BY JASON deBRUYN Staff Writer INDIAN TRAIL Color Ad Packaging closed its doors Friday; it employed 85. Company President Rob Dreger cited “economic reasons” for closing the 50,000-square-foot, plas- tic-bag producer. He said the company was trying to sell the Indian Trail op- eration but would divulge only that “somebody will be coming in.” He did not talk about any offers, but hoped a deal would be fi- nalized by the end of year. He would not speculate what would happen to the current employees after a sale. At the plant, controller J.J. Pace said he was “dis- appointed” when he heard the news and that all the employees had been given advance notice. Employment Security Commission and Depart- ment of Social Service of- ficials visited the plant to let employees know their options in regards to fu- ture income streams. “You have to try to smooth the transition from being employed to unemployed,” ESC direc- tor Curtis Blakney. “It can be frightening and frustrating at the same time.” Blakney said the 85 jobs would not be felt signifi- cantly in the unemploy- ment rate since there were 82,414 employed in the county. With the un- employment rate still around 10 percent, how- ever, Blakney said the im- pact could be worse than when economic times are good. “It’s adding fuel to the fire,” he said. Blakney added that companies do not typi- cally go through hiring phases at the end of the year and he did not expect any major hirings until February or March. Indian Trail Mayor John Quinn the news was “tough to hear.” He added that he hoped to establish a better relationship be- tween the business and government sectors so the town can be “more busi- ness friendly” and attract new jobs to the area. “We are a very attrac- tive place,” he said. “Indi- an Trail has all the tools to be successful.” Color Ad closes; 85 out of work SATURDAY Partly cloudy High: 45 Low: 35 Complete report: Page 11A Deaths Bruce Dougherty Clyde Morris Yeargin WHO’S NEWS Woods to take leave from golf Tiger Woods said Friday he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on saving his marriage, using the word “infidelity” for the first time in a statement posted on his Web site. “After much soul search- ing, I have decided to take an indefinite break from professional golf,” Woods said. “I need to focus my attention on being a bet- ter husband, father, and person.” Woods and his wife, Elin, have been married five years and have a 2-year-old daughter and 10-month-old son. The announcement came two weeks after a car ac- cident set in motion a shock- ing downfall for the world’s No. 1 player, and included sordid allegations of numer- ous extramarital affairs. One woman even shared a voice mail she said Woods left her two nights before his Nov. 27 accident. BIRTHDAYS Best wishes are extended to everyone who is celebrat- ing a birthday today, especial- ly: David Merrill, Larry Von Cannon, Campbell Cox, Mike Parker, Kathy Harper, T.A. Blackwell, Robbie Jordan, Larry Polk Call (704) 261-2278 or e-mail [email protected]to add your names to t he list. INSIDE Classified 6B Comics 4B Entertainment 6B Obituaries 2A Opinion 4A Sports 1B State 3A + E nquirer- J ournal December 12, 2009 • 50 cents Monroe, N.C. Your county• Your news•Your paper Prize Winner A middle school student’s artwork will be featured as UCPS Christmas greeting. 5A Nativity Scenes What do nativity scenes and St. Francis of Assisi have in common? Columnist Mark Nickens knows. 7A The Post ^ News and Events • Share ^ Photos and Videos EnquirerJournal.com “Union County’s Largest Community Newspaper Network” The Enquirer-Journal • Indian Trail Trader • The Waxhaw Exchange E-J staff photo by Rick Crider Color Ad, an Indian Trail company that produced plastic bags, has closed its doors. Towns: Don’t sell hospital County plan draws wide opposition BY JASON deBRUYN Staff Writer MONROE Towns that oppose sell- ing the hospital are lining up against the commis- sioners. The Union County Board of Commission- ers is shopping Carolinas Medical Center - Union and hopes to get upwards of $200 million for it. Mon- roe has already passed a resolution opposing the sale and Marshville and Wingate plan to do so in January. “I don’t think it’s a good idea to sell the biggest as- set,” Monroe Councilman Lynn Keziah said. “In my opinion, they are not taking the eastern part of the county into consid- eration,” said Marshville Mayor Frank Deese. The board majority of Commissioners Lanny Openshaw, Tracy Kuehler and Kim Rogers said they want to sell the hospital in order to pay down debt in- curred from school bonds. “If they’ve got a better solution, I guess I’d like to see it,” Kuehler said. She argued that oppo- sition to the sale was a knee-jerk reaction for fear of losing quality health care. The county owns the building and the land, but has a lease with CMC- See DON’T / Page 2A E-J staff photo by Ed Cottingham Desiree Thomas dancing as the female doll in this year’s production of “The Nutcracker.” BY TIFFANY LANE Staff Writer MONROE Seven rats in leotards and tights marched toward the floor-length mirror, plastic rifles in hand. “I’m missing one rat who couldn’t get off work,” said Amy Helms, assistant ar- tistic director of the Union County Youth Ballet. Out of breath after a rousing battle scene, Helms said her dreams of being a Russian dancer in “The Nutcracker” were dashed early; although she began training at the tender age of 4, her childhood dance studio never performed the famous holiday ballet. But next weekend, the dance of the villainous Rat King is all hers. There were no high school seniors to See BALLET / Page 2A Youth ballet perfects 17th ‘Nutcracker’ BY TIFFANY LANE Staff Writer MONROE Hannah Potter is more than halfway through her study abroad program in Egypt. Just a couple of months ago, the Forest Hills High School senior checked her calendar every day to count the days until her return home. Now, Potter said she can’t imag- ine leaving. Potter is studying at Misr Language School near Cairo. Q: Before you left for Egypt, you said you looked forward to taking Arabic classes but didn’t care if it stuck with you. Now, you say you have a “passion” for the language. What changed? A: “Before getting the scholar- ship to come to Egypt, it had nev- er even crossed my mind to study Arabic or travel to the Middle East. Even once I got here, I still did not see learning Arabic as a main focus of mine. However, after learning the alphabet and beginning to understand some basics of Arabic, I found it to be a very interesting language. It was getting over the hump in the beginning of the script and new sounds. After reaching that point, studying became much easier and I felt like I could prog- ress. I also really enjoyed the class because our teacher made it fun. ... I want to continue to study Arabic after this program during college, and travel more throughout the Middle East.” Q: You mention in your blog that your school is unique in that it has clubs and sports. You are involved in tennis and the pottery club. How are the sports and clubs different from the ones you were in- volved in at Forest Hills? Do you miss the ones you had at See EGYPT / Page 12A Forest Hills student develops ‘passion’ for Egypt If you’re going - Friday, Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. or Saturday, Dec. 19 at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the George A. Batte Fine Arts Center at Wingate University. - Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children (ages 2 to 17) and seniors (65 and up.) To order tickets online, visit www.breedlove5.com; a $1 service charge will be added, and tickets must be purchased through PayPal. Tickets can also be purchased at the door, by calling Bonita’s School of Ballet at 704-289-5733 or visiting the school at 903 N. Charlotte Ave. in Monroe. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/ycbcto9. QA & with Hannah Potter
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BY JASON deBRUYNStaff Writer
INDIAN TRAILColor Ad Packaging
closed its doors Friday; it employed 85.
Company President Rob Dreger cited “economic reasons” for closing the 50,000-square-foot, plas-tic-bag producer. He said the company was trying to sell the Indian Trail op-eration but would divulge only that “somebody will be coming in.” He did not talk about any offers, but hoped a deal would be fi-nalized by the end of year. He would not speculate what would happen to the current employees after a sale.
At the plant, controller
J.J. Pace said he was “dis-appointed” when he heard the news and that all the employees had been given
advance notice.Employment Security
Commission and Depart-ment of Social Service of-
ficials visited the plant to let employees know their options in regards to fu-ture income streams.
“You have to try to smooth the transition from being employed to unemployed,” ESC direc-tor Curtis Blakney. “It can be frightening and frustrating at the same time.”
Blakney said the 85 jobs would not be felt signifi-cantly in the unemploy-ment rate since there were 82,414 employed in the county. With the un-employment rate still around 10 percent, how-ever, Blakney said the im-pact could be worse than when economic times are good.
“It’s adding fuel to the fire,” he said.
Blakney added that companies do not typi-cally go through hiring phases at the end of the year and he did not expect any major hirings until February or March.
Indian Trail Mayor John Quinn the news was “tough to hear.” He added that he hoped to establish a better relationship be-tween the business and government sectors so the town can be “more busi-ness friendly” and attract new jobs to the area.
“We are a very attrac-tive place,” he said. “Indi-an Trail has all the tools to be successful.”
Tiger Woods said Friday he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on saving his marriage, using the word “infidelity” for the first time in a statement posted on his Web site.
“After much soul search-ing, I have decided to take an indefinite break from professional golf,” Woods said. “I need to focus my attention on being a bet-ter husband, father, and person.”
Woods and his wife, Elin, have been married five years and have a 2-year-old daughter and 10-month-old son.
The announcement came two weeks after a car ac-cident set in motion a shock-ing downfall for the world’s No. 1 player, and included sordid allegations of numer-ous extramarital affairs. One woman even shared a voice mail she said Woods left her two nights before his Nov. 27 accident.
BIRTHDAYSBest wishes are extended
to everyone who is celebrat-ing a birthday today, especial-ly: David Merrill, Larry Von Cannon, Campbell Cox, Mike Parker, Kathy Harper, T.A. Blackwell, Robbie Jordan, Larry Polk
Call (704) 261-2278 or e-mail [email protected] to add your names to t he list.
Enquirer -Journal December 12, 2009 • 50 cents Monroe, N.C.Your county• Your news•Your paper
Season’s Greetings
Prize WinnerA middle school student’s
artwork will be featured as UCPS Christmas greeting.
5A
Nativity ScenesWhat do nativity scenes and St.
Francis of Assisi have in common? Columnist Mark Nickens knows.
7A
The
Post ^ News and Events • Share ^ Photos and VideosEnquirerJournal.com
“Union County’s Largest Community Newspaper Network”The Enquirer-Journal • Indian Trail Trader • The Waxhaw Exchange
E-J staff photo by Rick Crider
Color Ad, an Indian Trail company that produced plastic bags, has closed its doors.
Towns:Don’t sellhospital
County plandraws wideopposition
BY JASON deBRUYNStaff Writer
MONROETowns that oppose sell-
ing the hospital are lining up against the commis-sioners.
The Union County Board of Commission-ers is shopping Carolinas Medical Center - Union and hopes to get upwards of $200 million for it. Mon-roe has already passed a resolution opposing the sale and Marshville and Wingate plan to do so in January.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea to sell the biggest as-set,” Monroe Councilman Lynn Keziah said.
“In my opinion, they are not taking the eastern part of the county into consid-eration,” said Marshville Mayor Frank Deese.
The board majority of Commissioners Lanny Openshaw, Tracy Kuehler and Kim Rogers said they want to sell the hospital in order to pay down debt in-curred from school bonds.
“If they’ve got a better solution, I guess I’d like to see it,” Kuehler said.
She argued that oppo-sition to the sale was a knee-jerk reaction for fear of losing quality health care. The county owns the building and the land, but has a lease with CMC-
See DON’T / Page 2A
E-J staff photo by Ed Cottingham
Desiree Thomas dancing as the female doll in this year’s production of “The Nutcracker.”
BY TIFFANY LANEStaff Writer
MONROESeven rats in leotards and
tights marched toward the floor-length mirror, plastic rifles in hand.
“I’m missing one rat who couldn’t get off work,” said Amy Helms, assistant ar-tistic director of the Union County Youth Ballet.
Out of breath after a rousing battle scene, Helms
said her dreams of being a Russian dancer in “The Nutcracker” were dashed early; although she began training at the tender age of 4, her childhood dance studio never performed the famous holiday ballet.
But next weekend, the dance of the villainous Rat King is all hers. There were no high school seniors to
See BALLET / Page 2A
Youth ballet perfects 17th ‘Nutcracker’
BY TIFFANY LANEStaff Writer
MONROEHannah Potter is more than
halfway through her study abroad program in Egypt. Just a couple of months ago, the Forest Hills High School senior checked her calendar every day to count the days until her return home. Now, Potter said she can’t imag-ine leaving. Potter is studying at Misr Language School near Cairo.
Q: Before you left for Egypt, you said you looked forward
to taking Arabic classes but didn’t care if it stuck with you. Now, you say you have a “passion” for the language. What changed?
A: “Before getting the scholar-ship to come to Egypt, it had nev-er even crossed my mind to study Arabic or travel to the Middle East. Even once I got here, I still did not see learning Arabic as a main focus of mine. However, after learning the alphabet and beginning to understand some basics of Arabic, I found it to be a very interesting language. It was getting over the hump in the beginning of the script and new sounds. After reaching that point, studying became much easier and I felt like I could prog-ress. I also really enjoyed the
class because our teacher made it fun. ... I want to continue to study Arabic after this program during college, and travel more throughout the Middle East.”
Q: You mention in your blog that your school is unique in that it has clubs and sports. You are involved in tennis and the pottery club. How are the sports and clubs different from the ones you were in-volved in at Forest Hills? Do you miss the ones you had at
See EGYPT / Page 12A
Forest Hills student develops ‘passion’ for Egypt
If you’re going- Friday, Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. or Saturday, Dec. 19 at 10 a.m.,
2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the George A. Batte Fine Arts Center at Wingate University.
- Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children (ages 2 to 17) and seniors (65 and up.) To order tickets online, visit www.breedlove5.com; a $1 service charge will be added, and tickets must be purchased through PayPal. Tickets can also be purchased at the door, by calling Bonita’s School of Ballet at 704-289-5733 or visiting the school at 903 N. Charlotte Ave. in Monroe.
For more information, visit tinyurl.com/ycbcto9.
QA &with
Hannah Potter
2A / Saturday, December 12, 2009 The Enquirer-Journal
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Union County Youth Bal-let’s 17th annual perfor-mance of “The Nutcrack-er,” a show that its cast and audience say rivals professional productions.
“The only thing they have that we don’t have is the money,” director Boni-ta Simpson said. “We have all the talent.”
Simpson owns Bonita’s School of Ballet in Mon-roe, where most of her dancers attend, although auditions for “The Nut-cracker” are open to any dancer. After 42 years of dancing, Simpson said she looks forward to “The Nutcracker” just as much
as her students do. It costs the nonprofit
group $40,000 to put on the show, with most of the funding coming from ticket sales. There are no sponsors yet, and most of the elaborate costumes are handmade by Simp-son’s mother.
Sarah Jirgal, 13, is so bent on perfecting her part that she practices at home after 12 hours of rehearsal each weekend. “The oven door is my bar,” she said, and she’s not the only one who uses it.
“Sometimes I open the oven door on accident,” 14-year-old Ashely Can-upp said.
More than 100 members have rehearsed every Fri-day and Saturday since Labor Day, with the ex-ception of a short break
around Thanksgiving. Many of the younger chil-dren’s roles are split be-tween two dancers so they don’t wear out. A dozen adults lend their talents for a party scene, but most cast members are 5 to 18.
Chris Guion, 11, has read the book “The Nut-cracker,” but said he pre-fers performing it. Guion started ballet when his mother noticed him danc-ing around the kitchen, and several years later, the kicks are improving his performance in football.
Jirgal read “The Nut-cracker” in elementary school, but prefers tangi-ble characters. “I like the Barbie series.”
Helms said each year’s performance is differ-ent, with solos becoming group dances, girls’ roles
opening up to boys and choreography changing to fit the dancer.
Anna Meade and Mad-elyn Beck, both 15, will split the leading role of Clara. “It’s every little girl’s dream,” Meade said, but harder than it looks. There’s also more sitting than she realized, but Meade said she loves it all the same.
“I was surprised I got it,” Beck said. Her class-mates said they knew she would.
Minutes later, Beck took center stage in re-hearsal, twirling around a nutcracker doll before a band of rats in ballet slip-pers threatened to steal it away.
Guion, who usually plays Clara’s brother, Fritz, will be the Nut-
cracker this year, replac-ing Justin Minsk who is cast in three different roles. Guion said he will only be nervous if he has classmates in the audi-ence. Guion is a student at Parkwood Middle School.
Several cast members said rehearsal is tiring, but they run on adrenaline, doing what they love to do. Canupp said her toes hurt and the fake snow gets in her mouth sometimes, but it’s all worth it.
Helms has seen other performances in both Charlotte and Columbia, S.C., and said the Union County cast is on par with the professional dancers.
“It’s a big commitment” for both students and par-ents, Simpson said, but watching it come together is priceless.
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MATTHEWSBruce A. Dougherty, 70,
of Matthews, passed away Friday, December 11, 2009. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at Heri-tage Funeral Home, 4431 Old Monroe Rd., Indian Trail, NC 28079.
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Son of the late Rev. O.L. and Lilla Mae Smith Yeargin; he was also pre-deceased by his wife Bar-bara Yeargin.
Survivors include a son, Morris Yeargin of Monroe; a brother, Ellis Yeargin of Charlotte; a sis-ter, Louellen Wiles of Win-gate ; and two grandsons.
Visitation will be today, December 12, 2009 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Sutton-Baum-gartner Funeral Home.
Sutton-Baumgartner Funeral Home of Page-land, SC ([email protected]) is handling the ar-rangements.
COMING EVENTSDon’tContinued from Page 1A
-Union for the opera-tion. The lease runs for more than a decade.
“If a different entity comes in, I do not be-lieve that health care would suffer in Union County,” Kuehler said. “So I don’t see how that would change.”
Commissioner Allan Baucom has long op-posed the sale. “I don’t see why every town in Union County wouldn’t adopt a similar resolu-tion (opposing the sale),” he said. That towns were publicly opposing it, “I think goes to the good common sense of the people of Union Coun-ty,” he said.
Wingate Commissioner Johnny Jacumin took a more historical point of view. “If you look at Union County you have Wingate University and Union Re-gional,” he said. “To take it away, is ridiculous.”
Exacerbating the de-bate, according to Kue-hler, was hospital offi-cials not helping clear up misconceptions. Under the “Leadership Team” tab on the CMC-Union Web site reads the line, “CMC-Union is owned by the citizens of Union County”.
CMC-Union is a non-profit organization con-tracted with the county, not a county department, said Kuehler, so the resi-dents of the county do not own the hospital operator. “That’s irritat-ing,” she said.
Commissioners will meet Monday to discuss hospital issues, including a emergency department expansion at the CMC-Union Waxhaw location.
E-J staff photo by Ed Cottingham
Party girls dance in the Union County Youth Ballet production of the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker.”
The Enquirer-Journal Saturday, December 12, 2009 / 3A
BY TIFFANY LANEStaff Writer
WINGATENearly 100 years after
it was built, Wingate’s Hinson House got a face-lift. Renovations on the 3,000-square-foot build-ing, now Town Hall, were completed last week.
The two-story home is named after former Mon-roe businessman Sam W. Hinson. The Jesse Helms Center took it over in 1993, putting in thousands of dollars to refinish its heart pine floors and ceil-ings and mahogany wood-work. In 2001, the center moved next door to its present location and town staff members moved in.
“The house had a ten-dency to be a little drafty in the cold of winter,” Wingate Mayor Bill Bras-well said, but with the rot-ting wood fixed and better
insulation, staff members don’t have to worry about that this year. “It’s a tight-er structure.”
“It holds up well on the inside, but the stuff on the outside is open to the weather,” Jesse Helms Center President John Dodd said. The Helms Center secured the grant that paid for the improve-ments.
Built in 1912, the Hin-son House is one of the oldest homes in Wingate. Dodd said the improve-ments give town staff “a top-notch building ... to be proud of.”
With a $45,000 grant from the Cannon Foun-dation of Concord for historic preservation, the home’s siding was resurfaced and painted and the front columns re-placed. Ahern Rentals of Charlotte donated use of
a 45-foot boom lift, which helped Incentive Builders of Indian Trail complete the work.
Dodd said the renova-tions will also ensure easier maintenance in the years to come.
“We’re very pleased,” he said. “It looks a lot bet-ter.”
Historic Hinson House getsrenovation after 100 years
Since Christmas is a time for Remembering, we are lighting a candle
in our funeral home for all the familieswe have served this past year.
You and your family are cordially invited to our18th Annual Holiday
Service of Remembrance and ReflectionJust another way that our caring makes the difference.
Davis Funeral Home Chapel704-289-4242
Heartfelt and moving message of remembranceProvided by Rev. Paul Saleeby
Refreshments will be catered by Bernice Starnes
The Union Choraleand the
Huntersville Chancel Choir
Stallings UMC - December 14, 7:30 PMCentral UMC - December 21, 7:00 PM
This project is supported by the Union County Community Arts Council and the N.C Arts Council, a division of
the Department of Cultural Resources.
present
Let’s Have aChristmas Celebration!
For more information please contactSandy McReynolds at (704) 238-1555
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Sunday, December 13th at 6:00pm.
A love offering will be collected.More Info: 704-289-5654
The historic Hinson House in Wingate, the former home of the Jesse Helms Center Foundation and the current home of Wingate’s Town Hall, recently received a much-needed facelift.
BY KArEN CImINo WILsoNMedia General News Service
Cabarrus County com-missioners reopened dis-cussions this week about whether to continue as a member of Centralina Council of Governments, questioning whether the organization does enough to warrant the expense of membership.
Centralina Council of Governments is an orga-nization that brings nine Charlotte region counties and several municipalities to the same table to dis-cuss and vote on regional issues that require coop-eration between various government bodies, such as ways to improve local air quality. The counties that belong to the organi-zation are Cabarrus, Row-an, Mecklenburg, Anson, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Stanly and Union.
During budget discus-sions in July, commission-ers talked about whether to terminate their mem-bership in the organiza-tion, but found out they had to give six months no-tice to withdraw from the group. Membership costs Cabarrus County $39,295 annually.
Last summer, commis-sioners expressed a desire to have a seat on a Blue Ribbon Committee that Centralina promised to es-tablish to determine ways to improve the efficiency of the organization. The committee has not been formed, but Centralina representatives have told county officials that the committee will be formed and will begin its work in early 2010.
“It’s my opinion that we should not re-up with them,” Commissioner Chairman Jay White said.
Commissioner Liz Poole, who is the county’s representative at Cen-tralina, disagreed.
“I think we should re-main a member,” she said, adding that the organiza-tion plans to get serious
about dealing with air quality and road improve-ments on a regional level in the coming year.
“I do think it would be important for us to still be there and be a part of those discussions,” Poole said.
Poole told commission-ers that Centralina has several open positions and has decided not to buy a building. Instead, they are looking for a building to rent because the one they used last year did not have air conditioning for a good portion of the sum-mer, Poole said.
White said his first issue with continuing member-ship is the value of what the county gets from it.
“Two is if you are part of an organization, your voice should be heard,” White said, adding that he did not feel Cabarrus County’s voice was heard on issues in the past.
Commissioner Bob Car-ruth said part of the prob-lem is the way the organi-zation is set up.
“(Centralina Council of Government’s) mem-bership is driven in such a way that automatically you have 10 times as many cities represented as you do counties who are mem-bers. So the counties have no real voice,” Carruth said.
Concord, Kannapolis, Midland, Mount Pleasant and Harrisburg are all members of Centralina.
Poole said that’s not necessarily true. She said there is an executive com-mittee and there is the group at large. The execu-tive committee is more evenly split between coun-ties and cities, she said.
“All the work is done on the executive commit-tee, which is that smaller group,” she said. “I have made a point of going to those meetings every month and making sure out voice is heard.”
The discussion will con-tinue at the commission-ers meeting on Dec. 21.
Convicted murderer may be paroledBY JAsoN deBrUYNStaff Writer
MONROEA man convicted of
murder in Union County could be paroled.
Ricky Straing, 43, for-merly of 627 Creekridge Dr. in Monroe, was con-victed of second-degree murder on Aug. 4, 1994, and was sentenced to life in prison. Criminals given life sentences for crimes committed after Oct. 1, 1994, are not eligible for parole, but the N.C. Parole Commission can parole offenders who committed crimes under earlier sen-tencing guidelines.
Straing was convicted in the murder of Doug-las Wiliam Efird, who was found dead on June 14, 1993, off West Duncan Road near Unionville. Efird was last seen driving a 1984 Buick Skyhawk the night before and the medi-cal examiner reported the cause of death as “blow or blows to the head,” ac-cording to court records. The Buick was found par-tially submerged in a lake off Pleasant Plains Road, across the Mecklenburg County line.
Court records showed that Tavis Zavin Garland and Wesley Tyrone Mor-ris admitted to taking part in the murder.
Vinson Randolph Gar-mon, 33, formerly of Con-federate Street in Monroe, will also have a parole hearing. Garmon pleaded no contest to second-de-gree murder on Aug. 4, 1994, in the May 9, 1994, killing of J.J. Benson.
Garmon’s court file was archived in Raleigh and was not immediately available; the Union Coun-ty clerk of court office re-quested the information and said it would be avail-able next week.
Sewer spills saidto be no threat
MONROETwo sanitary sewers
overflowed Wednesday; the overflows were not of the magnitude to cause immediate danger to hu-man health or the environ-ment, according to county officials.
All pumps and equip-ment were operating prop-erly and at full capacity on Wednesday. The sewer overflows were the direct result of heavy rain caus-ing stormwater to enter the sanitary sewer system through defects in pipes and manholes.
The sanitary sewer over-flows happened off McIn-tyre Road near Wingate at approximately 2 a.m. and lasted until 4:30 a.m. and again at 7:30 a.m. lasting until 9:15 a.m. Portions of the overflows entered Meadows Branch.
Union County has an ongoing program to iden-tify and reduce stormwa-ter entry into the sanitary sewer system. The over-flows have been reported to the North Carolina Divi-sion of Water Quality. For additional information, contact the Union County Public Works Department at 704-296-4210.
CORRECTIONPhone number error
The correct phone number to call for West Monroe Baptist’s extreme giveaway is 704-285-2532 rather than Pastor Jason Williams’ personal num-ber, The giveaway will be from 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 19.
Cabarrus may boltregional council
RALEIGH For as long as there have been
state treasurers managing state pension funds, there have been attempts by political insiders to scam some of the money with promises of “creating jobs.” They’ve always been, properly, rebuffed.
Until now. State Treasurer Janet Cowell
has just announced the creation of an Innovation Fund that will invest up to $250 million of pension funds in businesses with “significant operations in North Carolina.” According to reporting by Carolina Jour-nal, the fund has two goals: to achieve a competitive rate of return and to “support the eco-nomic well-being of the state of North Carolina.”
At first glance, however, it would seem to be impossible to pursue both goals at the same time. By definition, if the fund’s managers are required to favor North Carolina-based busi-nesses in their investment deci-sions, then they are required to sacrifice rate of return for eco-nomic development. Any politi-cal constraint on their choice of business investment inherently reduces the manager’s ability to meet or exceed the perfor-mance of other managers who lack such a constraint.
That’s why former state trea-surers have turned down every major attempt to use North Carolina pension funds for so-called economic targeted invest-ment (ETI). They recognized that their sole responsibility was to maximize rate of return over time so as to guarantee the largest possible pensions to teachers and state employees at the lowest possible cost to tax-payers.
State treasurers, in other words, are not elected to serve
as economic-development offi-cers. As a fiduciary, they are re-quired to focus like a laser beam on finding the best investments for the retirement savings en-trusted to them – regardless of whether those investments oc-cur in North Carolina, South Carolina, or South Korea.
But this first glance is mistak-en, Cowell argues. Her case cen-ters on the fact that the health of North Carolina’s economy bears a strong relationship to the fiscal health of its govern-ment. Unless the state becomes a more attractive place to cre-ate or expand businesses, fewer people will have jobs and fewer tax dollars will flow to Raleigh to pay for, among other things, contributions to the pension fund.
This is more of a rationaliza-tion than an argument, how-ever. If it’s okay for the state treasurer to make economic development a “secondary” ob-jective to the primary one of maximizing investment return, how secondary does it have to be? How will the treasurer’s managers ever know if they’ve gotten the balance right? How many jobs must the Innovation Fund create in the short run to offset the hit that the pension fund takes on the long run by having an artificial limit on the breadth of its investments? And what happens if a firm in
which the treasurer invests subsequently concludes that it should move its operations out of North Carolina in order to become more profitable? Does she buy, hold, or sell?
That these are unanswer-able questions is the point. Clear rules exist precisely to clarify one’s responsibilities in an unpredictable world of limited knowledge. State trea-surers are supposed to act as fiduciary agents, not economic policymakers. Whatever Cow-ell’s intentions may be, her In-novation Fund compromises her fiduciary responsibility, as I’m sure she’s going to hear loud and clear from irate teach-ers and state employees if she hasn’t already.
Now, one can be yet more cynical about all this and won-der who is about to get what. The state treasurer’s request for proposal was rather specif-ic: she is looking for firms that have made at least three North Carolina or regional ETIs or have invested in at least 25 pri-vate companies with signifi-cant operations in North Caro-lina. Potential bidders must be managing at least $1 billion in assets.
Chris Tobe, a trustee for Kentucky Retirement Systems, told CJ that the wording in the state’s request for proposals ap-peared rigged. “There are not a lot of firms that can do North Carolina only,” Tobe said. “You have a very limited number of people who can do it.”
It will be interesting, to say the least, to find out who ends up with the dough.
• John Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation and publisher of CarolinaJournal.com.
I make about 80 presenta-tions each year all around the state where I talk about the economy and forecasts
for the future. Many of the questions I get from attendees are about jobs. Questions like, where will the new jobs be? And how can we ever hope to com-pete against countries where wages are so much lower?
These are important ques-tions, and their urgency has increased with the recession and the growth of global com-petition. And as is frequently the case with economic issues, there are different answers to the questions.
One answer is pessimistic. Some think the outlook for U.S. workers is quite gloomy. They think manufacturing jobs will continue to be lost to foreign countries where worker sala-ries are much lower and where products can be made at a frac-tion of the cost. They also think better-paying service jobs – par-ticularly professional positions – will increasingly follow the same pattern. Modern commu-nication technologies (e-mail, faxing, instant video transmis-sions) will make it easier for en-gineering, legal, architectural
and even some medical work to be done outside the U.S. and then quickly sent to domestic clients.
This pessimistic outlook sees increasing numbers of U.S. workers limited to lower-paying service jobs in retailing, health care and the restaurant indus-try.
But there is an alternative an-swer that is more upbeat about the future of the U.S. workplace for three reasons. First, it argues that foreign countries may not maintain their wage advantage with the U.S. Countries with sharply rising standards of liv-ing usually experience corre-sponding increases in wages and salaries. So while foreign work-ers may continue to be cheaper
than their U.S. counterparts, the pay gap between the two may ac-tually narrow, thereby making it less lucrative to move U.S. jobs to foreign lands.
Second, the optimistic view-point says there continue to be advantages for companies locat-ing near their customers. For-eign production may be fine for standardized, mass-produced products and services, but customized products require feedback and interaction with buyers. So as the marketplace becomes more specialized and customized, the value of hav-ing a U.S. based location may increase.
But the third reason for be-ing optimistic may be the most important – indeed, it may be the ace in the hole for the U.S. economy. In a word, the rea-son is innovation. Economies never stand still. There is an on-going process of some prod-ucts and companies being de-stroyed while new companies and products are developed. The 20^th century economist Joseph Schumpeter coined the term “creative destructionism” to de-scribe this transition.
If creative destructionism is inevitable – in other words, if a
better mousetrap is always go-ing to be made – then countries that are best able to create new things – to innovate – will be the ones that prosper over time.
And here’s the good news. By many standards, the U.S. has an economy that is most inviting to innovation. We have a flexible economy that allows businesses to shift resources and workers with little restriction. For the most part, failing companies are not propped up and protected by the government – although certainly some of the bailouts occurring in the past year went against this principle – and new companies aren’t barred from competing. We also have an open and flexible education system that facilitates worker retraining and the development of new areas of study.
However, innovation is messy. It requires the old and outdated to be closed to make way for the new and modern. Losses will oc-cur as new profits are made. In-novation is also hard to predict. Because the concept deals with the future and the unknown, much trial and error goes into the development of a new prod-uct or idea before it is commer-cially viable. Hence, innovation
best thrives in an unregulated, unrestricted economy with min-imal rules and requirements.
Indeed, where would North Carolina’s economy be today without the innovations that allowed for the growth of tech-nology, health care, food pro-cessing and other new firms that now employ the resources cut by the downsizing in our traditional tobacco, textile and furniture companies? While the shift hasn’t been painless, it has allowed for progress to be made in our state over the past three decades.
Where will the next innova-tions be made? It’s impossible for me – a mere economist – to say. But I do know they will oc-cur, and both the U.S. and North Carolina are in great positions to foster them. Because – and you’ll have to decide if I’m cor-rect – our future prosperity will be riding on the next “big things”!
• Mike Walden is a William Neal Reynolds Professor and North Carolina Cooperative Ex-tension economist in the Depart-ment of Agricultural and Re-source Economics of N.C. State University’s College of Agricul-ture and Life Sciences.
Is innovation the path back to prosperity?
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No one can accuse Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue of taking a hands-off approach to governing the state. Just the other day, the governor made another trip to the nation’s
capital in an effort to get officials in Washington to funnel more federal dollars down to Raleigh.
We all like to get someone else to pay for the things we need and want. So a flight to D.C. to try to cajole Washington bureaucrats into sending more money our way seems like a good way to do that, doesn’t it?
Well, not exactly. Don’t Perdue and the members of her administration realize that the money to finance federal spending comes from the same resource that the state uses to get its money? It all eventually comes out of taxpayers’ pockets.
Our state constitution requires that the General Assembly and governor balance state government’s budget, thereby putting a measure of fiscal discipline on our leaders in Raleigh.
But there’s no such constitutional requirement on the federal government. Politicians have exploited this lack of constitutional discipline and have placed taxpayers in tremendous debt.
According to usdebtclock.org, the U.S. national debt is approaching $12.1 trillion. That’s more than $39,000 per citizen and more than $111,000 per tax-payer.
This calendar year’s federal budget deficit is ap-proaching $1.5 trillion. More federal spending, even if it’s on the states, will serve to add to that deficit and to the federal taxpayers. In North Carolina, those are generally the same people that pay the taxes to help state government function.
The same Web site estimates that the average tax-payer in the United States has already shelled out this year more than $37,000 in federal, state and local taxes this year.
Taxpayers don’t need a bigger burden, whether they’re paying for government at home, in Raleigh or in Washington. The debt that will have to be shoul-dered by taxpayers doesn’t need to continue mush-rooming.
What taxpayers need is for their elected officials to practice better fiscal discipline. Many of them have seen their hours reduced, their salaries cut or, even worse, been laid off. They don’t need to be saddled with future increased tax bills.
Doing so would be counterproductive.
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Perdue plansare costing us
The state treasurer’s bad ideaJohn
Hood
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The Enquirer-Journal Saturday, December 12, 2009 / 5A
MARVINA 12-year-old Marvin
Ridge Middle School student’s drawing of an acorn has won the Union County Public Schools’ second annual greeting card contest.
“I didn’t think that I was going to win. I was really surprised because I saw some really good cards out there,” said Jake Kenley, a seventh grader at Marvin Ridge Middle School. “It was exciting. Everybody was congratulating me.”
He and dozens of other middle school students submitted entries for the greeting card contest, hop-ing theirs would be chosen to be the face of the school system’s 2009 greeting card.
Jake, who says he re-ally enjoys detailed pencil drawings, said he chose the acorn because he knew it was the new UCPS logo and he knew the school system was trying to focus more on global education. “I tried to tie the acorn and the globe together.”
“When we looked at this card during the selection process, it just jumped out,” said UCPS Superintendent Dr. Ed Da-vis. “It was pretty much unanimous that this would be the card rep-resenting Union County Public Schools.”
Davis presented Jake with a framed version of his greeting card as a keep-sake during his art class at Marvin Ridge Middle School on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. He told Jake dur-ing the presentation that he is proud to send the card to other superinten-dents across the state.
“This holiday card will go to a lot of people that the Union County Public Schools work with and do business with throughout the state,” he said.
Davis said the card cap-
tures the essence of what Union County Public Schools is all about. “Our new logo, the acorn, rep-resents the system’s motto of growing possibilities,” he said during the presen-tation. “We hope that the little acorns we get when they’re in kindergarten grow to be tall, strong oaks by the time they graduate from high school.”
Davis noted that Jake also captured the school system’s focus on global-ization by drawing the acorn as the world.
Jake’s parents, Rob and Jeanne Kenley of Waxhaw, came to share in Jake’s presentation. “We’re very excited,” said Rob Kenley. “We knew that Jake had a very strong artistic ap-titude. He’s done creative things all through elemen-tary school. He has a de-sire to become an archi-tect. He’s a very creative boy.”
His mom, Jeanne Ken-ley, said since his design was chosen for the school system’s greeting card, Jake seems to be taking his talents more seriously.
“We always tried to get him to do more with his art because he’s very creative, but it was just something he did for fun,” she said. “I think this has pushed him a little bit be-cause he’s asked me about
scholarships in art. We saw some drawings at the high school and he said that maybe his drawings could be displayed there some day. Now I think he’s more interested.”
When explaining the contest rules to the stu-dents, Jake’s art teacher, Heidi Cabatit, said she brainstormed with stu-dents all the possible sub-jects that could be drawn. This included the school system’s goals to teach globalization and informa-tion on the new logo of the acorn that now represents UCPS.
“I thought Jake did a really good job,” Cabatit said. “He used the acorn. He had jingle bells on the side of the card, with the globe inside the acorn. I thought it met the Union County goals very well. He incorporated it all very well.”
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Community Baptist212 Garmon Road, Indian TrailPastor: Henry FunderburkSundays: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., worship.Wednesday worship and children’s pro-grams, 7 p.m.
Corinth Baptist3805 Corinth Church Road, MonroeChurch phone: 704-289-2102Pastor: Roy HelmsRegular schedule: Sunday school 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Cornerstone Community Church of the Nazarene2707 Secrest Short Cut Road, Monroe; 704-289-6790Pastor: Bob Humphrey Regular Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; worship, 10:45 a.m.
Cornerstone Worship Center206 W. Main St., MarshvillePastor: Michael J. OneyRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Emmanuel Baptist3816 Morgan Mill Road, Monroe; 704-289-5654; www.emmanuel-baptistchurch.orgPastor: Jack HildrethDec. 12: 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Benefit break-fast for the Mike Simpson family. $6 mini-mum donation. Co-sponsored by Lakeview Baptist Church; makes checks payable to Lakeview Baptist Church, designated for the Mike Simpson Fund.Dec. 13: 6 p.m., The Issacs in concert; love offering will be taken.Dec. 20: 6 p.m., “A Miracle on Main Street” Christmas program.Second and fourth Tuesdays: 7 p.m., Grief-Share Ministry.Tuesday: 7 p.m., GriefShare meetsWednesdays: 6:45 p.m., Awana Club, ages 3 to eighth grade.Youth: Sunday at 6 p.m. and Wednesday at 7 p.m. www.n2jesusebc.org.
Essence of the Cross Ministries2310 Appian Lane, Monroe; 704-291-9898, 704-698-0110Pastor: W. Kaye McDonaldSundays: 11 a.m., worship
Euto Baptist6019 N.C. 205, New Salem; 704-385-8117Pastor: Dale BrooksSundays: 8:30 a.m., coffee fellowship; 8:45 a.m., small groups; 10 a.m., worship.Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Children’s and youth ministries; 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Adult Bible study.
Evangelistic Temple of Deliverance6016 Waxhaw Hwy., Mineral Springs; 704-598-8203Pastor: William McLainToday: 2 p.m., special service to honor pastor.Sundays: Sunday School 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.
Fairfield BaptistN.C. 205, Olive Branch Road, Marshville; 704-624-5503Pastor: Tommy ThreattRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Bible time.Second and fourth Wednesday: 7 p.m. Children and youth.
First Baptist Church of Indian Trail732 Indian Trail-Fairview Road, Indian Trail;
website, www.fbcit.org; 704-882-1005Pastor: Mike WhitsonSunday: 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., worship and Life groups. 6 p.m., evening worship.Tuesdays: 7 p.m. Singles meeting.Wednesdays: 7 p.m., Power Hour.Thursdays: 10 a.m., adult prayer meeting.
First Baptist Church of Marshville404 N. Elm St., Marshville; 704-624-2710Pastor: Alex MartinRegular Sundays: 10 a.m., Bible study; 11 a.m., worship.Wednesdays: 6:30 p.m., youth ministry activities.
First Baptist Church of Monroe109 Morrow Ave., Monroe; 704-283-8534Pastor: John HewettSundays: 9:30 a.m., Bible fellowship; 10:45 a.m., worship; college group Bible fellowship follows worship; 5 p.m., youth group; 6:30 p.m., supper.Wednesdays: 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., fel-lowship meal followed by prayer meeting, age-group activities.
First Church of God301 Morgan Mill Road, MonroePastor: Floyd BowenRegular Sundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.
First Presbyterian Church of Waxhaw7700 Waxhaw Highway, Waxhaw; 704-843-4774Pastor: James C. SheltonSunday: 10 a.m. worship, 11:15 a.m. Sun-day School
First Presbyterian Church of Monroe302 E. Windsor St., Monroe; 704-289-2574; www.fpcmonroenc.orgPastor: John WilkersonSundays: 9 a.m., Sunday school, 10 a.m., worship; 4:30 p.m., youth club (grades 6 through 12).Mondays: 6 p.m., Cub Scouts.Tuesdays: 7 p.m., Boy Scouts.Wednesdays: 4:30 p.m., youth club (grades one through five).
Flint Ridge East Baptist Church5720 Flint Ridge Church Road, Marshville; 704-624-5008Pastor: Richard A. GrahamDec. 12: 6 p.m., “A Heralded Christmas Concert”
activities.Mondays: 6 p.m. Celebrate Weight Loss; 7 p.m., Celebrate Recovery.Wednesdays: 5:30 p.m., Family Night supper (advance reservations required); 7 p.m., Bible study and prayer; 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Awana.
Higher Praise Deliverance1047-A Van Buren Ave., Indian Trail; 704-904-4073Pastor: Reginald O. CoffeySundays: 4 p.m., worship.
Hillcrest Baptist4316 Hillcrest Church Road, Monroewww.thehillcrestbaptistchurch.orgPastor: Gene MullisRegular Sundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., 6 p.m., worship.Wednesdays: 7 p.m., adult prayer service, All Stars for Jesus
Hope230 E. Union St., Marshville; 704-624-2447Pastor: Michael StoneSundays: 10:30 a.m., contemporary wor-ship
Hopewell Baptist420 Hopewell Church Road, Monroe 704-753-1084; www.whatasavior.comPastors: Lee PiggSundays: 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., worship; Sun-day school for 50 and older during second worshipWednesdays: 7 p.m., Discipleship groups for those younger than 50; Bible study
Iglesia Ministerio Internacional Je-sucristo para las naciones103-H Wilkes Drive, Monroe; 704-777-1207Pastor: Ever Hernandez
Indian Trail United Methodist113 Indian Trail Road, Indian TrailPastor: Jim ChrisawnSundays: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., worship; 10:10 a.m., Sunday school
Indian Trail Presbyterian200 Indian Trail Road South, Indian Trail; 704-821-8751Pastor: James E. JohnsRegular Sunday schedule: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.
Lanes Creek Baptist Church118 Marshville Water Plant Road, Marsh-villePastor: Ronnie CollinsDec. 13: 11 a.m., Adoration in concert.
Langford Chapel CME113 S. Johnson St., MonroePastor: Sandra H. Gripper
Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist520 Billy Howey Road, WaxhawPastor: Michael Flowers Living Word Worship Center2691 W. Roosevelt Blvd., MonroePastor: R.D. VaughtSunday: 10:30 a.m., worshipWednesday: 7 p.m., worship
Love Baptist707 Deese Road, MonroePastor: Don ThompsonRegular Sunday: 9 a.m., worshipRegular Wednesday: 7 p.m., Bible study
Macedonia Baptist610 Macedonia Baptist Church Road, Monroe Pastor: Billy BelkRegular Sunday: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school assembly; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship.Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Adult prayer and Bible study, children’s programs
Maple Grove BaptistMaple Grove Church Road, WeddingtonPastors: Terry SimpsonSundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., worship.Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m., worship
Marshville Presbyterian501 N. Elm St., MarshvillePastor: Ed HenegarRegular schedule: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.
Mary Elizabeth Baptist3703 Mary Elizabeth Church Road, Wax-hawPastor: Curtis LaneySundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship; 6 p.m., discipleship trainingWednesdays: 7 p.m., prayer meeting, youth meeting, GAs & RAs
Marvin AME Zion1525 Crane Road, WaxhawPastor: Haven O. Anderson
Master’s Family Church International402 N. Sutherland Ave., MonroePastors: Charles and Emma Moore.Phone: 704-622-8881, 704-254-2868.Sundays: Noon, worship.Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m., prayer, worship
Memorial United Methodist1200 Miller St., Monroe; 704-283-6026Pastor: Bill EnglebrethRegular Sundays: 10 a.m., service; 11 a.m., Sunday school.
Midway United Methodist3625 Stack Road, MonroePastor: Don MeadowsSundays: 11 a.m. Worship; Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.
Mill Creek Baptist5417 Morgan Mill Road, Monroe; 704-283-8889; www.millcreekbaptistchurch.orgPastor: George GougeWednesday: 6:30 p.m., Wednesday night groups meet.Regular Sunday: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.
Mill Grove United Methodist7311 Mill Grove Road, Indian TrailPastor: Earl BradshawRegular Sunday: 8:30 a.m., worship; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.Wednesday: 7:30 p.m., youth group.Currently registering for preschool.
Mineral SpringsChurch of Christ6403 Waxhaw Highway, Mineral Springs; 704-243-3388; www.mineralspringschur-chofchirst.org
Mineral Springs United Methodist5915 Old Waxhaw-Monroe Road, Mineral Springs; 704-843-5905Pastor: Bruce Gwyn
Monroe Christian Worship Center1721 N. Charlotte Ave., MonroePastor: Billy Gowan
Mount Zion Baptist6907 Gus Eubanks Road, MonroePastor: John LindsayRegular Sunday: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship.Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m. Prayer service and youth groups.
New Beginnings Baptist1122 Marshville-Olive Branch Road, MarshvillePastor: Johnathan AshSundays: Sunday school, 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening worship, 5 p.m.Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m. New Beginnings Christian MinistryRock Rest Community Center, White Store RoadPastor: Eddie S. Parsons Sr.Sundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worshipWednesdays: 7:30 p.m., Bible study, A 52-lesson introduction to the 66 books of the Bible.
New Grace Baptist6201 Indian Trail-Fairview Road, Hemby Bridge; 704-400-3258.Pastor: Roger Johnson
New Hope Baptist5928 New Salem Road, MarshvillePastor: Tommy ButlerRegular Sundays: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Wednesdays: 6:30 p.m., night services, Kid’s Club and youth; 7 p.m., adult Bible study
New Hope United Methodist3221 Plyler Mill Road, Monroe; 704-320-7607Pastor: Ron SetzerRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; 11 a.m., worship; 5 p.m., children’s choir.
New Life Baptist826 Willoughby Road, MonroePastor: Ricky GodwinSundays: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m., 6 p.m.Wednesday: Bible study and prayer meet-ing, 7 p.m.
New Life Community Temple of Faith3216 Griffith Road, Monroe; 704-219-6166Pastor: Sharon O’Leary
New Living Word Discipleship and Worship Center7720 South Rocky River Road, Monroe; 704-764-9348Pastor: Merv T. MasseySundays: 9 a.m., Sunday school; 10 a.m., worship
New Salem Baptist2915 Goldmine Road, MonroePastor: Douglas RumleyRegular Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship; 6 p.m. Team Kid Club for age 3-grade 5; youth fellowship.Wednesday: 7 p.m. Children’s, youth mis-sions classes.
New Town Road Community Church7513 Broome’s Old Mill Road, Waxhaw; 704-843-3610Pastor: William ChandlerRegular Sundays: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 10:30 a.m., worship
Nicey GroveMissionary Baptist318 Camden Road, MarshvillePastor: M.L. KaufmanRegular Sunday: 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. wor-ship; 9 a.m., Christian education.Wednesdays: 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Bible study.
Nu Life End Time Word Ministries1307 Highway 74 West, Wingate; 704-320-1581Pastors: Guillermo and Bridgette YardRegular Sunday: 10:15 a.m., Sunday school; worship, 11:15 a.m.
Oak Grove Baptist4013 Newtown Road, WaxhawPastor: Richard MyersSunday: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; wor-ship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.Wednesday: 7 p.m., prayer service.
Oakland Baptist Church600 E. Sunset Drive, Monroe
Oasis Christian Teaching CenterHampton Inn, MonroePastor: Chris and Ilene StoverRegular Sundays: 11 a.m., worship.
Red Level Baptist1920 Rocky River Road, MonroePastor: Daniel M. GatewoodSundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11:15 a.m., worship.
Resurrection Christian103-C Wilkes DrivePastor: Zack F. Little Sr.Sunday: Church school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m.
Roanoke Baptist618 Roanoke Church RoadPastor: Kenny PittmanSaturday: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., youth church night at Concord Mills. More information, call Rocky Rushing at 704-506-0671.Sunday: 11 a.m., children’s hand bell per-formance Dec. 16: 6:15 p.m. to 8 p.m., youth Christ-mas party at church, bring a $5 gag giftDec. 20: 11 a.m., Cantata “The Love of God at Christmas”; 6 p.m. Children’s Christmas play, refreshments afterwardsRegular Sunday: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.Wednesday: 6:15 to 8 p.m. Youth Christ-mas party, bring a $5 gag gift
Sandy Ridge Baptist1106 Sandy Ridge Road, West, MonroePastor: Eddie PowersRegular Sunday: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship; children’s church except last Sunday in month; 6:30 p.m., evening worship, youth discipleship.Mondays: 7:30 p.m., Outreach,Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Awanas, 4 years to youth; 7 p.m., adult prayer and Bible study.
Southbrook Church Monroe campus1410 Skyway Drive, MonroePastor: Geoffrey Janes
Stallings United Methodist1115 Stallings Road; 704-821-8820; www.sumc.comPastor: Bart MillesonFirst and third Saturdays: 5:30 p.m., con-temporary worship.Regular Sundays: 8:30 a.m., intimate ser-vice; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school for all ages; 10:55 a.m., formal worship; 4:30 p.m., Bible Zone, youth programs.
Stephenson Presbyterian4224 Rocky River Road North; www.ste-phensonpres.org; 704-882-2018Pastor: Keith MorrisonRegular Sundays: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church909 Circle Drive, Monroe; 704-283-5244Pastor: Kenneth W. Fink Regular Sundays: 8:15 a.m. and 10 a.m. worship
Sutton Park BaptistMcIntyre Street, MonroeSundays: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; wor-ship, 11 a.m.Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Bible Study and prayer time.
Tabernacle House of Prayer Apostolic MinistriesOld Highway 74, Wingate; 704-207-6681Pastor: Addie Robinson
TheRiverMeets at New Salem Volunteer Fire De-partmentPastor: Jimmy Brown 704-753-1929E-mail: [email protected]: Interdenominational church meets at 10 a.m. Very casual dress, casual atmosphere.
Tirzah Presbyterian7507 Tirzah Church Road, Waxhaw; 704-843-2893; www.tirzahchurch.org.Pastor: Jill DuffieldSunday school, 10 a.m.; worship at 11 a.m.
Turner Presbyterian4802 Lancaster Hwy., MonroePastor: Roy ScarbroughSundays: 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., prayer time; 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.
Union Baptist4312 Old Pageland-Monroe Road, Mon-roe; 704-764-7289Pastor: Joseph HicksonSunday: 6 p.m., Reggie Saddler and Fam-ilyDec. 13: 7 p.m., “One Holy Night” Christ-mas cantataRegular Sunday: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worshipRegular Wednesday: 7 p.m., adult Bible study.
Union Chapel Missionary Baptist621 E. Lawyers Road, Monroe; 704-753-1481Pastor: J.W. Threatt
Union Grove Primitive Baptist3619 Morgan Mill Road, MonroePastor: Newell Helms
Union Grove United Methodist8708 Indian Trail-Fairview Road, Indian Trail; 704-753-4966Pastor: Robert Sturge
Union United Methodist6315 New Town Road, Waxhaw; 704-843-1603Pastor: Kim HigginsSundays: 8:45 a.m., contemporary worship; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., blended service; 5 p.m., youth Tuesdays: 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., senior chair yoga.
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One scene that commonly appears in front of churches and in store windows at this time of year is the Nativ-ity Scene. The story of the first Nativity Scene some 2000 years ago is well-known, but who started the practice of remembering that Scene through figurines and some-times live characters? For that we have to go back almost 800 years to what I call “the Sec-ond Nativity Scene”; the first time someone came up with the idea. And the guy who gets the credit is none other than Francis of Assissi.
Francis of Assisi (St Francis for Catholics)(1181 or 2-1226) is mainly remembered today because of a monastic order he founded which bears his name, the Franciscans. The purpose of this order (also known as the Order of Friars Minor) was complete poverty
for the monk and preaching and works of charity to the people.
Francis was raised the rich son of a cloth merchant in As-sisi. As a boy and young man he engaged in the mindless ac-tivities of other wealthy sons. Slowly, after being captured in a local war and after going on a pilgrimage to Rome, Francis decided to give up his former lifestyle and devote himself to God. At first he focused on helping lepers in Assisi and
in rebuilding a small church. He soon attracted followers, like-minded men and women who also wanted to minister to others’ needs. The Francis-can Order was officially sanc-tioned in 1209.
Francis desired to alleviate suffering and to teach people about God. As for teaching, Francis followed the practice of the day, namely to preach. Yet Francis lived in the Middle Ages. This meant that illiter-acy was widespread. So most of the people to whom Francis and his followers were preach-ing received their knowledge of the Bible only from what they heard and saw. The hear-ing part was easy (preaching), the seeing part more difficult. One attempt at getting the Bible message across visually was through stained glass. To those who could not read, a visit to church would show
them the Christian message in the windows of the church or cathedral. For the illiterate peasant, this was his Bible.
Francis was well aware of this problem. He himself could read, remember he had grown up in wealth. And he knew the purpose of the stained glass in the churches. And he himself was preach-ing to the people. Yet in his pastor’s heart, he wanted a more dramatic way of pre-senting the Gospel message to people.
Christmas had always been Francis’ favorite holiday, perhaps because of its mes-sage of hope to people that a Savior had been born. He realized that he could pres-ent this message in a visual form so that the illiterate peasants could better under-stand what happened on that night so long ago. Therefore,
in 1223 Francis and some of his followers took an ox, don-key, and trough filled with hay and reenacted the scene of the birth of Christ. He led the townspeople of Greecio (where he was staying at the time) to this reenactment on Christmas Eve and had a wor-ship service in front of this Second Nativity Scene.
And the rest is history. From one man’s desire to vi-sually represent the scene of Jesus’ birth to illiterate peasants has come to us the practice of Nativity scenes seen around the world every Christmas.
Extra credit: A Nativ-ity scene is also known as a crèche.
RALEIGH, North Car-olina (AP) — Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell believes in end-ing the death penalty, conserving water and reforming government — but he doesn’t believe in God. His political op-ponents say that’s a sin that makes him unwor-thy of serving in office, and they’ve got the North Carolina Constitution on their side.
Bothwell’s detrac-tors are threatening to take the city to court for swearing him in, even though the state’s anti-quated requirement that officeholders believe in God is unenforceable be-cause it violates the U.S. Consititution.
“The question of whether or not God ex-ists is not particularly interesting to me and it’s certainly not relevant to public office,” the re-cently elected 59-year-old said.
Raised a Presbyterian, Bothwell began ques-tioning Christian beliefs at a young age and con-sidered himself an athe-
ist by the time he was 20. He’s an active member of the Unitarian Universal-ist Church of Asheville and he still celebrates Christmas, often hang-ing ornaments on his Fishhook cactus.
Bothwell ran this fall on a platform that also included limiting the height of downtown buildings and saving trees in the city’s core, views that appealed to voters in the liberal-leaning community at the foot of the Appala-chian Mountains. When Bothwell was sworn into office on Monday, he used an alternative oath that doesn’t require officials to swear on a Bible or ref-erence “Almighty God.”
That has riled conser-vative activists, who cite a little-noticed quirk in North Carolina’s Consti-tution that disqualifies officeholders “who shall deny the being of Al-mighty God.” The provi-sion was included when the document was draft-ed in 1868 and wasn’t revised when North Car-olina amended its consti-
tution in 1971. One foe, H.K. Edgerton, is threat-ening to file a lawsuit in state court against the city to challenge Both-well’s appointment.
“My father was a Bap-tist minister. I’m a Chris-tian man. I have problems with people who don’t believe in God,” said Edgerton, a local civil rights leader and found-er of Southern Heritage 411, an organization that promotes the interests of black southerners.
The head of a conser-vative weekly newspaper says city officials shirked their duty to uphold the state’s laws by swearing in Bothwell. David Morgan, editor of the Asheville Tribune, said he’s tired of seeing his state Consti-tution “trashed.”
Bothwell can’t be forced out of office over his atheist views because the North Carolina provi-sion is unenforceable, ac-cording to the supremacy clause of the U.S. Consti-tution. Six other states, Arkansas, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and
Texas, have similar pro-visions barring atheist officeholders.
In 1961, the U.S. Su-preme Court reaffirmed that federal law prohib-its states from requiring any kind of religious test to serve in office when it ruled in favor of a Mary-land atheist seeking ap-pointment as a notary public.
But the federal protec-tions don’t necessarily spare atheist public of-ficials from spending years defending them-selves in court. Avowed atheist Herb Silverman won an eight-year court battle in 1997 when South Carolina’s highest court granted him the right to be appointed as a notary despite the state’s law.
Bothwell said a legal challenge to his appoint-ment would be “fun,” but believes his opponents’ efforts have more to do with politics than reli-gious beliefs.
“It’s local political opponents seeking to change the outcome of an election they lost,” Bothwell said.
Constitution: No God, no council seat
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican called a meet-ing between Pope Benedict XVI and the president of Vietnam on Friday “a sig-nificant stage” in efforts for closer ties between the communist country and the Holy See.
President Nguyen Minh Triet met with Benedict for 40 minutes — twice as long as was scheduled and the first time that the head of state of Vietnam has met with the pope since the communists took pow-er in 1954.
On the eve of the trip, Triet had told an Italian newspaper that his gov-ernment is working to open diplomatic relations with the Vatican. Viet-nam’s 6 million Roman Catholics is one of the largest Catholic commu-nities in Asia.
“The Holy See ex-pressed its pleasure at the visit, a significant stage in the progress of bilateral relations, and expressed the hope that outstanding questions may be resolved as soon as possible,” the
Vatican statement said.There have been ten-
sions between Catholics and the Hanoi govern-ment over church prop-erty seized by the Com-munists. The government also closely monitors reli-gious groups and insists on approving most church appointments.
The Vatican said “the cordial discussions pro-vided an opportunity to touch upon certain themes concerning coop-eration between church and state,” but the state-ment did not elaborate.
When the meeting was opened to reporters, both men seemed pleased with the discussions.
In his interview pub-lished Tuesday in Cor-riere della Sera, Triet described himself as an atheist but said he goes to churches and pagodas be-cause “I recognize the cul-tural value” of religious feasts.
Church officials have spoken about the possibil-ity of a papal visit to Viet-nam.
Vatican, Vietnamaim for closer ties
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Union Springs A.M.E. Zion4003 Morgan Mill Road, UnionvillePastor: Michael BakerSundays: 8 a.m., Sunday school; 9:15 a.m., praise and worship; 9:30 a.m., morning worship.
Word of Christ Baptist3629 Highway 74, WingatePastor: Gary W. McLainRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.Regular Wednesday: 7 p.m., Bible study
Zion Hill Christian FellowshipPlyler Mill and Grifin Road, MonroePastor: Bill Sullivan
Zion United Methodist1521 Old Fish Road, MonroePastor: Mark CurtisRegular Sundays: 9 a.m., Sunday school; 10 a.m., worship.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It’s been the year of the gun in Tennessee. In a flurry of legislative action, handgun owners won the right to take their weapons onto sports fields and playgrounds and, at least briefly, into bars.
A change in leadership at the state Capitol helped open the doors to the gun-related bills and put Ten-nessee at the forefront of a largely unnoticed trend: In much of the country, it is getting easier to carry guns.
A nationwide review by The Associated Press found that over the last two years, 24 states, most-ly in the South and West, have passed 47 new laws loosening gun restric-tions.
Among other things,
legislatures have allowed firearms to be carried in cars, made it illegal to ask job candidates whether they own a gun, and ex-panded agreements that make permits to carry
handguns in one state valid in another.
The trend is attributed in large part to a push by the National Rifle Asso-ciation. The NRA, which for years has blocked at-
tempts in Washington to tighten firearms laws, has ramped up its efforts at the state level to chip away at gun restrictions.
“This is all a coordi-nated approach to respect
that human, God-given right of self defense by law-abiding Americans,” says Chris W. Cox, the NRA’s chief lobbyist. “We’ll rest when all 50 states allow and respect the right of law-abiding people to defend them-selves from criminal at-tack.”
The AP compiled the data on new laws from groups ranging from the Legal Community Against Violence, which advocates gun control, to the NRA.
Public attitudes toward gun control have shifted strongly over the past 50 years, according to Gal-lup polling. In 1959, 60 percent of respondents said they favored a ban on handguns except for “police and other autho-
rized persons.” Gallup’s most recent annual crime survey in October found 71 percent opposed such a ban.
The NRA boasts that al-most all states grant hand-gun permits to people with clean criminal and psychological records. In 1987, only 10 states did. Only Wisconsin, Illinois and the District of Co-lumbia now prohibit the practice entirely.
“The NRA has a stran-glehold on a lot of state legislatures,” said Kristin Rand, legislative director the Violence Policy Cen-ter, a gun control group in Washington. “They basically have convinced lawmakers they can cost them their seats, even though there’s no real evi-dence to back that up.”
Supporting the Second Amendment:• Arizona, Florida, Louisiana and Utah have made it illegal for businesses to bar their employees from storing guns in cars parked on company lots.• Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, South Carolina and Virginia have made some or all handgun permit information confidential.• Montana, Arizona and Kansas have allowed handgun permits to be issued to people who have had their felony convictions expunged or their full civil rights restored.• Tennessee and Montana have passed laws that exempt weapons made and owned in-state from federal restrictions. Tennessee is the home to Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, the maker of a .50-caliber shoulder-fired rifle that the company says can shoot bullets up to five miles and is banned in California.
Gun laws loosen across United StatesNew laws allow firearms in bars, office parking lots, sports fields and playgrounds
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Son faces jail after letting father rot
GRETNA, La. — For 2 1/2 years, the body of 81-year-old Leroy Adams Sr. lay curled in bed, rot-ting down to a dark stain around a partly clothed skeleton.
His son, a retired Army reserve officer, has main-tained that he did not kill his father. Lon Adams, 60, says he can’t explain why he left the body in a closed bedroom, tell-ing his sister and his son that “Paw Paw” was asleep, sick, angry or in a hospital.
But on Friday, Adams was sentenced to 20 years on a manslaughter con-viction. A grand jury had charged him with sec-ond-degree murder — ac-cusing him of beating his
father and leaving him to die, but jurors convicted him in September of the lesser charge.
Police found the body in June 2008.
Soldiers lined up for H1N1 vaccine
FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Thousands of Army recruits in training must line up at least once more before heading home for the holidays, this time for mass inoculations by the hundreds against swine flu.
The Army is hurrying to finish the shots before the year-end break.
Flu shots are mandato-ry for all active duty men and women unless they have a medical condition such as an egg allergy, of-ficials said.
“It’s just one more shot in a long list of shots,” Staff Sgt. David Gavula said after rolling up his sleeve for a swine flu shot at this post’s vaccination clinic. Overall, the De-partment of Defense pur-chased 2.7 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine, which it is trying to de-liver to soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines be-fore the end of the year.
Judges, lawyers must ‘unfriend’
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida’s judges and lawyers should no longer “friend” each other on Facebook, the popular so-cial networking site, ac-cording to a ruling from the state’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee.
At least one South Flor-
ida judge warned her pals with a Facebook status update that they could be “unfriended,” and the ruling has prompted oth-ers to do the same. The committee ruled Nov. 17 that online “friendships” could create the impres-sion that lawyers are in a special position to influ-ence their judge friends.
The committee did conclude that a judge can post comments on another judge’s site and that during judicial elec-tions, a judge’s campaign can have “fans” that in-clude lawyers. Although only the Florida Supreme Court can mandate what judges can do, most will likely follow the ruling out of an abundance of caution, said Craig Wa-ters, spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON (AP) — People who could help financial firms make a quick buck held some of the fastest-growing jobs two years ago.
In coming years, more jobs will go to those who can help them follow the rules.
Financial examiners and compliance officers are expected to be two of the nation’s 30 fastest-growing occupations over the next 10 years, accord-ing to a Labor Department report released Thursday.
Two years ago, finan-cial analysts — the peo-ple at investment firms who pore over stocks and bonds — were on that list. But one financial crisis later, their occupation has fallen out of the top 30.
Robert Johnson, senior managing director at the CFA Institute, a member-ship group for money managers and financial analysts, said the report is good news.
“The finance industry grew so rapidly that peo-ple were attracted for the wrong reasons,” he said. “People were buying and
selling assets they didn’t understand.”
Financial examiner jobs are projected to grow more than 40 percent from 2008 to 2018, the depart-ment’s report said.
Examiners are em-ployed by banks, insur-ance companies and other firms, as well as by the government agencies that regulate them. They’re charged with ensuring that the firms comply with the state and federal rules that govern their indus-tries. The occupation will account for 38,000 jobs in 10 years, the department said.
Compliance officers perform similar work and are mostly employed by government regulators and financial firms.
They are more numer-ous than examiners, and their jobs are forecast to jump 31 percent to a total of 341,000 by 2018, the de-partment said.
Accountants and au-ditors are projected to add 279,000 jobs within 10 years, the department said, for a total of nearly 1.6 million.
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Encourage your children to read the newspaper.
DEAR ABBY: I am nearly 50, and learned when I was in my early 30s that I was ad-opted. I became engaged to a man my adoptive mother did not like. When I told her the news, her response was, “Do what you want -- you aren’t ours anyway!” I was devas-tated. I didn’t realize it was literally true until years later, when several of my cousins confirmed it.
Since then, I have located my birth family, although my birth mother died long ago. I asked my adoptive mother (who was and still is “Mom” to me) to please send me all the documents she had relat-ing to the adoption, as well as some letters she mentioned that my birth mother had sent in later years saying she was thinking about me and hop-ing I was well. Mom told me she had thrown them all out! I was devastated all over again.
Mom says I’m overly sen-sitive, that the papers were worthless trash and were hers to dispose of. Over the years she had promised sev-eral times to show them to me but never did. Now she claims I knew all along that I was ad-opted and just wanted to find a better mom.
Abby, am I being ridiculous? I still have a hole in my heart because I’ll never speak to my birth mom, although my siblings have filled in a lot for me. I was able to get my birth certificate and some other pa-
pers, but would have loved to have read the letters my birth mom wrote asking about me. I haven’t spoken to Mom since, and I’m waiting on your ver-dict now. --- JANET IN TEX-AS
DEAR JANET: Your feelings are not “ridiculous.” It was cruel of your adoptive mother to promise to share your birth mother’s letters with you and then to destroy them. She may have done it because she was deeply insecure about wheth-er she would measure up in your eyes if you saw them. Her comment at the time of your engagement was also cruel in light of the fact that you had no clue that you were adopted when she said it.
Was this woman EVER a lov-ing and supportive parent? If so, then try to forgive her. But from my perspective, “Mom” has some glaring personality flaws, and whether you speak
to her is strictly up to you.***
DEAR ABBY: Please settle a disagreement I’m having with my boyfriend. In the song “Jingle Bells,” he insists the horse’s name is “Bob Tail.” However, I’m pretty sure it’s a description of the horse, as their tails used to be “bobbed,” or cut short.
Please understand my boy-friend is one of those guys who is “never wrong”! -- JIN-GLE BELLE IN DALY CITY, CALIF.
DEAR JINGLE BELLE: Nev-er wrong? Well, there’s always a first time. You happen to be 100 percent right. The lyric in the carol isn’t “Bob Tail,” it’s “bobtail.” The definition of the word is in Webster’s Col-legiate Dictionary. (What may need some “bobbing” may be your boyfriend’s ego, and I hope you had some money “riding” on this.)
***DEAR ABBY: Is it impolite
to ask for your favorite server at a restaurant you frequent? -- DINING OUT IN WIN-CHESTER, VA.
DEAR DINING OUT: No, it’s not impolite -- in fact, it’s done all the time. But if the server is popular, it’s always a good idea to call ahead to reserve a table in your favorite server’s section.
Good advice for everyone
-- teens to seniors -- is in “The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It.” To order, send a business-size, self-addressed envelope, plus check or money order for $6 (U.S. funds only) to: Dear Abby -- Anger Book-let, P.O. Box 447, Mount Mor-ris, IL 61054-0447. (Postage is included in the price.)
Dear AbbyColumnist
Daughter crushed by loss of birth mom’s letters
Dec. 12, 2009
ASTRO-GRAPHBy Bernice Bede Osol Having lots of friends and
contacts has always been im-portant to you, and this empha-sis will not change in the year ahead. It is likely to be through these very people where you’ll find your opportunities for ma-terial growth as well.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Rather than attempting to force things to happen, relax and go with the flow. You’re clever enough to take a simple happening, apply your smarts and turn it into a thing of joy.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - You could prove that brains are more powerful than money when you use your mind to fulfill everyone’s hopes and expectations, fixing something that’s been out of control.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Unbeknownst to you, you have a friend arranging something that’ll help you out tremendously. This individual’s support is likely to do as much
good for your spirits as it does anything else.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - A positive, upbeat attitude will work wonders and serve as a source of inspiration to people with whom you’ll be involved. You’re a light that can ignite others.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) - With all that you have to offer, there isn’t anyone or any group that wouldn’t want you to join them in whatever it is they are doing. Your participation will be greatly appreciated.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - No one is more skillful than you at garnering bountiful benefits from a partnership arrange-ment. Those who are on your team feel privileged to be part of whatever it is you’re doing.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Recipients of your past intellec-tual participation may attempt to get on your team once again. They know that you will furnish a great idea.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) - This is a perfect day to explain yourself to someone who is having a hard time understand-
ing you or finding a way to agree with you. You’ll be able to clarify matters in lickety-split time to everyone’s satisfaction.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - The more you apply your mental prowess to a matter, the luckier you are likely to get, especially when dealing with work-relat-ed matters. Use your brains to figure out how to accomplish something tricky.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - This is an especially good day to get together with friends and celebrate. Your personal-ity will be a welcomed addition to any gathering, be it large or small.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Financial negotiations are very favorable for you, so go ahead and get as much Christmas shopping done as possible. Chances are you’ll find great deals that everybody else misses.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Find things to do today that uti-lize your dexterity and mobility, both mentally and physically. You’re quick on your feet and with your brain.
Horoscopes
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded its probe of Bank of America to include the bank’s pos-sible failure to disclose mounting losses at Mer-rill Lynch, a top agency official said Friday.
The SEC has been pursuing civil charges against Bank of America over the failed disclosure to shareholders of bo-nuses to Merrill employ-ees after it was acquired by the second-largest U.S.
bank. But when Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich asked at a hear-ing whether the agency has widened its investiga-tion to include the disclo-sure of losses at Merrill, SEC Enforcement Direc-tor Robert Khuzami said: “That’s a yes.”
The SEC has been “and (is) looking at all aspects” related to Bank of Amer-ica’s disclosures to share-holders before the merger was approved last Decem-ber, Khuzami said.
The agency “will con-
tinue to vigorously pur-sue our charges against Bank of America and take all necessary steps in an effort to prove our case in court,” he said.
A federal judge threw out a proposed $33 million settlement in September and rebuked the SEC for not pursuing charges against individual execu-tives of Bank of America Corp.
As the litigation pro-ceeds, “We may get ad-ditional information and we’ll take that into ac-
count in making our deci-sion,” Khuzami said. He noted that a higher level of proof, showing knowl-edge or reckless conduct, is required to make a case against individuals as op-posed to companies.
The broader examina-tion of disclosure issues has been ongoing since at least last spring. Other SEC officials had indi-cated at that time such a review had started.
Bank of America “is the test case” for the SEC’s enforcement efforts,
Kucinich declared. The House Oversight and Gov-ernment Reform Commit-tee has been examining for seven months Bank of America’s acquisition of Merrill and the role of government officials in the $45 billion federal res-cue of the bank. Friday’s hearing was its fifth and final one on the subject.
Lawrence Di Rita, a Bank of America spokes-man in Charlotte, said the SEC has “always said they’d review all the evi-dence, and that process is
underway as we prepare for the trial in March.”
“We have no reason to believe the SEC intends to seek additional charges,” Di Rita said. “We’re pre-paring to present our case and continue to believe our disclosures were ap-propriate.”
Federal Deposit Insur-ance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair said her agen-cy took part in the rescue of Bank of America in January because its con-dition posed a threat to the financial system.
SEC expands investigation of BofAOfficials allege that Charlotte-based bank did not disclose losses to Merrill Lynch
Feds waver over executive pay SAN ANTONIO (AP) —
Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treat-ment option.
A combination of two drugs that more pre-cisely target tumors sig-nificantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other medicines, doctors reported Friday.
It was the first big test of combining Herceptin and Tykerb. In a study of 300 patients, women receiving both drugs
lived nearly five months longer than those given Tykerb alone.
Doctors hope for an even bigger benefit in women with less ad-vanced disease, and were elated at this much im-provement for very sick women who were facing certain death.
“We don’t see a lot that works in patients who have seen six prior ther-apies as they did in this trial, so that alone is ex-citing,” said Dr. Jennifer Litton, a breast cancer
specialist at the Univer-sity of Texas M. D. An-derson Cancer Center.
The good results are in stark contrast to two other studies that found no survival advantage from Avastin, a $30,000-a-month drug whose ap-proval for breast cancer patients was very contro-versial.
Considering Avastin’s potential side effects — blood clots in the lungs, poor wound healing, kid-ney problems — a sur-vival benefit “would have
made the cost of the drug less painful to take,” Lit-ton said.
She had no role in any of the studies, which were reported Friday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Herceptin and Tykerb aim at a protein called HER-2 that is made in abnormally large quanti-ties in about one-fourth of all breast cancers. Herceptin blocks the pro-tein on the cell’s surface; Tykerb does it inside the cell.
New treatment for cancer?
Democrats seek increase in debt limitWASHINGTON (AP) —
A top House Democratic leader said Friday Con-gress will have to permit at least $1.8 trillion in ad-ditional federal borrow-ing next year in order to avoid a default on the U.S. debt.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said that an increase in the so-called debt limit would have to be in the neigh-borhood of $1.8 to $1.9
trillion in order to al-low the government to borrow enough money to keep the government running through Decem-ber of next year.
Democrats are strug-gling to pass an increase in the $12.1 trillion cap on borrowing before the end of the year and are trying to pass an increase large enough so that they won’t have to vote again on the issue before next year’s
midterm elections. The bill would permit a total federal debt of about $14 trillion.
To win the votes of moderate “Blue Dog” Democrats for the po-litically unpopular debt limit, Hoyer pledged to attach to the debt limit increase a strict “pay-as-you-go” budget law aimed at ensuring that new tax cuts or new spending programs with don’t in-
crease the deficit.Under a pay-as-you-go
regime, if offsetting cuts or revenue hikes are not found to pay for new poli-cies, across-the-board spending cuts would hit selected programs such as farm subsidies and Medicare.
The debt limit measure is expected to be attached next week to a $626 bil-lion measure funding the Pentagon budget.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Depart-ment has told four bailed-out companies that they can’t pay some top earn-ers more than $500,000 cash per year. But it’s told the official who made that decision that the rule shouldn’t always apply.
Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama administration’s pay czar, said Friday that lobbying by Treasury and Federal Reserve officials helped persuade him to exempt about 12 execu-tives from the salary cap. The pay cap will affect about 300 employees at Citigroup Inc., GMAC, American International Group Inc. and General Motors.
The move highlights tension between the gov-ernment’s competing pri-orities: Appeasing public fury over outsized pay, while making sure the firms retain the talent they need to stay competi-tive and repay their tax-payer billions.
Outrage over banker
salaries exploded this year after it was revealed that AIG would pay millions in bonuses to employees of the division that had toppled the company. The government provided up to $182 billion to stabilize AIG. Congress held hear-ings and grilled Treasury Secretary Timothy Geith-ner about the bonuses.
The Obama adminis-tration responded by ap-pointing Feinberg. He oversees pay packages for the top 100 earners at the companies that received the largest bailouts.
As they negotiated their pay packages, the com-panies warned that pay restrictions could keep them from attracting and retaining top talent. With-out competitive pay, they said, it would be hard to regain their footing and repay their bailout mon-ey. Pay restrictions led AIG general counsel An-astasia Kelly to indicate she would leave by year’s end, The New York Times reported this week.
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EgyptContinued from Page 1A
home and don’t have there?
A: “Here, there was a sports day on Mondays and a club day on Wednes-days. On these days, the class periods were short-ened and we had an hour for our sport and club re-spectively. There was no outside of school require-ment. Because school was canceled for two weeks before Eid Holiday be-cause of swine flu, we no longer participate in clubs or sports. I defi-nitely miss my clubs and sports at Forest Hills. A lot of times I think about
how I would be playing tennis or basketball if I was at home.”
Q: During a brief ill-ness, your said your host mother checked your fever every two hours. Is there a clear distinction between your biological fam-ily here and your host family there, or do you consider your host fam-ily an extension of your biological one?
A: “The host mother ... was from my first host family, and now I am in my third family. ... My host family does mean a tremendous amount to me. I still feel there is a distinction between my
biological family and my host family because they are just different, and it is hard for me to be as com-fortable with this family as I am with my family in America. I could not thank my host family enough for all they have done for me, and there is a special relationship there, but I don’t see them as my biological family.”
Q: Your Nov. 26 entry, written on Thanksgiv-ing, lists several people you are thankful for — your parents for allow-ing and preparing you to go to Egypt, siblings for their encourage-ment and friends and Forest Hills teachers
for their support. Still, you say you will be sad to leave when your stay comes to an end in Feb-ruary. Did you expect to become so attached to Egypt? Is there a chance you will live there someday?
A: “I did not expect to be as attached to Egypt at all. I can remember in September how I would look at the calender on my cell phone countless times and scroll through the weeks and count how many weeks there were to when I left. It seemed so far away, and I longed for it so much. Now, I can’t even think of leaving. I have made such great friends, I am having so much fun, and I really feel like I am learning so much about myself and the world. I love it here, and it is sad
to think it will come to an end. Good will come of it, though. It will (be) great to see my family, friends, and teachers again. ... I will definitely come back to Egypt. My host fam-ily has told me that their house is always open to me and my family. I want to come again and go to college for a semester, and I have thought about living in Egypt for a while when I am older.”
Q: Earlier this year, the Egyptian govern-ment slaughtered pigs to help prevent the outbreak of swine flu. Your fall semester was delayed due to concerns about spreading it, and as a new rule, teachers switch classes instead of students to cut down on the spread of germs.
The Ministry of Health announced last month that there were nearly 500 cases of swine flu among Egyptian stu-dents. Do Egyptians seem panicked about this virus? Are these precautions excessive or well-founded?
A: “Egyptians are defi-nitely panicked about swine flu. There have been several deaths, and be-cause most of these deaths have been young people, people become much more concerned. There is reason to be overly con-cerned in Egypt as well. Cairo, especially, is very crowded and people are very close. The metro, mi-crobuses, and other forms of public transportation are always very crowded. Also, on the street, there are communal places for water. There is also not enough space in hospitals if the virus was to get out of hand. I haven’t known anyone personally, but school has definitely been affected.”
Q: How will you spend Christmas in a predom-inantly Muslim soci-ety? Will you celebrate with other Christians or exchange gifts? Will you bypass the holiday this season?
A: “For Christmas, my friends and I are going to celebrate it. One of our friends is Jewish, so we are going to celebrate Ha-nukkah one weekend, and then the next weekend we will celebrate Christmas. We did a secret Santa, so we are going to exchange gifts. ... We will make our version of Christmas, but it will not be the same. ... I really miss the lights on the tree and Christ-mas music because I am one of those people that listens to the Christmas music as soon as it starts on the radio. ... One of the exchange students is staying (with) a Chris-tian family, and they are decorating with a tree and everything, so I will probably go over there sometime. ... I am sure I will miss my family a lot during the holiday be-cause I missed them a lot during Thanksgiving, but it won’t be long before I am back with them.”
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By Eric rapEE-J Correspondent
MonroeThe Monroe High
boys basketball team improved to 6-0 with a run-away win over North Stanly, 80-51, on Friday.
The Redhawks jumped out to a 6-0 lead to start the game and eventually went up by 11 in the first quar-ter before the Comets (3-4) hit two late field goals to stay in the game (19-12).
Monroe then used a 12-4 run to start the second period to push the lead to 15 on the way to a 42-24 ad-vantage at halftime.
The Comets were down but not out as they fought back in the third, using a 14-4 run to cut the Red-hawks lead to eight. But North scored only one more field goal the rest of the way, and the Redhawks
ended the third on a 10-2 run that pushed their lead back to 16 going into the fourth quarter.
A 12-0 run to start the final period allowed the Redhawks to coast the rest of the way while pushing their lead to as much as 32 points after coach Johnny Sowell had put most of his bench on the floor.
“Them cutting the lead in the third quarter didn’t bother me,” Sowell said. “I know why they cut it, they cut it because we forgot to move the ball around. Ev-erybody wanted to take a shot and you can’t do that. A team like this and you’re OK but you start playing a team that’s a lot better, just as equal as we are, you have five different guys taking shots without the rebound and that’s 10 points.”
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By JUSTiN MUrDOcKE-J Sports Writer
WeDDInGTonLocked in a tie at halftime,
the Weddington High boys basketball team exploded in the second half on its way to an easy 88-58 home win over Union Academy on Friday.
With their entire starting five on the floor for the duration of the third quarter, the Warriors (3-3) outscored the visiting Car-dinals (0-6) 34-8 to break the game open.
WHS coach Gary Ellington
credited his team’s defense for the decisive run.
“We weren’t putting any pressure on the ball and our defense was just lazy in the first half,” said Ellington. “We talked at halftime and decided to come out in a full-court man-to-man, which is not something we normally do, but I thought that was something we needed to do to get the intensity and energy up.”
Weddington finished with 26 steals for the game, including eight by Dexter Harding and
seven by Ben Buchan.Harding and Buchan, along
with sophomore guard Bennett Rutherford, were especially key during the big third-quar-ter run.
Buchan scored 11 of his game-high 20 in the third while Rutherford totaled eight of his 14. Harding finished with 15 points, including seven in the third.
“Those three guys were the ones speaking up at halftime telling everybody to get going, stop playing around and being
so lazy,” said Ellington. “Those three in particular really put the pressure on (Union Acad-emy).”
James Mauney kept the Cardinals in the game early, scoring eight of his team-high 18 points in the first half. He also had 10 rebounds and four blocks.
Zack Anderson added 11 points and six rebounds for Union Academy while team-mate Justin Gibson contribut-ed 10 points and four assists.
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SportsEditor: Jerry Snow (261-2225) [email protected] Saturday, December 12, 2009 Section B
Tiger taking leaveWoods says he will sitout to focus on family 2B
WHO’S NEWSDuke offers football ride to MHS’ Crowder
MONROE — Jamison Crowder has been offered a full scholarship to play football at Duke University, according
to Monroe High coach Johnny Sowell.
A junior at Monroe High, Crowder plays receiver and defensive back for the Redhawks. Crowder is an all-state returner — scoring seven
special teams touchdowns as a junior and four as a sophomore.
Sowell, who coaches Crowder in football and basketball, said after Tuesday’s win at Porter Ridge that Duke was expressing interest in Crowder.
A Duke football assistant watched Monroe’s basketball game on Tuesday, and the 5-foot-9 Crowder had three dunks among his 24 points.
Monroe senior receiver Issac Blak-eney has already committed to Duke and plans to sign with the Blue Devils in February.
Duke also has a commitment from Weddington High senior quarterback Anthony Boone.
Seven seniors and two juniors in Union County now have full scholar-ship offers in football.
In addition to Boone and Blakeney, Weddington defensive tackle Darius Kilgo has committed to Maryland.
Parkwood has two seniors commit-ted: defensive tackle Dustin Ruff (Elon) and safety Andrew Jauch (Liberty).
Two Forest Hills seniors have been offered by Western Carolina — Juanne Blount and Orlando Ratliff.
Marvin Ridge junior receiver K.J. Brent has been offered by North Carolina, Duke, South Carolina and East Carolina.
— Jerry Snow
Braves tradeSoriano to Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have complet-ed a trade with the Atlanta Braves,
acquiring right-handed pitcher
Rafael Soriano and signing the re-liever to a $7.25 million, one-year contract.
The deal Friday sends right-hander Jesse Chavez to the Braves, who considered Soriano expend-able after recently signing free agent relievers Billy Wagner and Takashi Saito.
The Rays were searching for bull-pen help after the lack of a proven closer contributed to the 2008 AL champions not getting back to the playoffs this year.
With several pitchers sharing the role, Tampa Bay wound up with 22 blown saves — eighth most in the major leagues. Soriano had a career-best 27 saves in 31 opportu-nities for the Braves last season.
Moore will start again for Carolina
CHARLOTTE (AP) Carolina’s Matt Moore will make his second straight start this weekend when the Panthers play at New England.
Jake Delhomme was declared out for Sunday’s game and missed his third straight day of practice Friday with a broken right finger.
Panthers coach John Fox says it’s still difficult for the 11-year veteran to grip the football. Fox says Delhomme is “day-to-day” and that Carolina will “go with our quarterbacks who are healthy enough to do it.”
A.J. Feeley will backup Moore.
WORTH A LOOKCollege basketballArmy vs. Navy
2:30 p.m., CBS
I-AA national semifinalAppalachian State at Montana
4 p.m., ESPN
Heisman Trophy Presentation 8 p.m., ESPN
College basketball Virginia Tech at Penn St.
ESPN2, 9 p.m.
CROWDER
By JErry SNOWE-J Sports Editor
MonroeMarkell Lotharp and Dre Hunt-
ley consistently deliver for For-est Hills High, which is why the seniors made all-Union County last season.
But less is expected of 6-2 se-nior Tyrone Roland, a first-year player who is starting at forward for the Yellow Jackets.
Roland delivered a double-dou-ble in Friday’s 61-48 road win over Central Academy, including a pair of baskets in the third quarter when the game was tight.
The Rocky River Conference rivals played to a draw in the first half (30-all), but FH won the third quarter 20-14 and slowly pulled away in the fourth.
Roland finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
“Tyrone really gave us a lift,” said Forest Hills coach Warren Taylor, whose team improved to 4-1 overall and 3-1 in league play. “He hit some big shots in the third quarter when we needed them.”
Lotharp and Huntley did their part as well.
A 6-6 senior, Lotharp had 15 by halftime on his way to a game-high 26 points. He also pulled down eight rebounds, blocks four shots and made three steals.
“Markell is playing with more intensity this year,” Taylor said.
Huntley, a cat-quick point guard, had 13 points, six re-bounds, six assists and five steals.
See JacKETS / Page 6B
Seniors spark FH
Photo by Jamie Belk
FH’s Markell Lotharp glides in for a baseline dunk on his way to 26 points.
Vocal trio ignite Warriors after halftime
E-J staff photo by Rick Crider
Monroe guard Dequisha McCain scored a game-high 24 points.
Redhawks blast Comets, improve record to 6-0
Spurs dropBobcats to 1-9 on road
colts’ second-quarter run enough to top cavsBy DaviD SENTENDrEyE-J Correspondent
WAXHAWThe Cuthbertson High boys
basketball team led early, but fell to Rocky River 1A/2A con-ference rival West Stanly (4-3) 67-55 on Friday evening.
The Cavaliers (2-6) led 11-9 after the first quarter, but the Colts opened with an 11-0 run to start the second quarter with the Cavs using four freshmen on the court.
CHS freshman guard Jorden Hardrick-Givens helped narrow the deficit to 20-15 after back-to-
back field goals. Junior forward Mike Cuthbertson shortly fol-lowed with a field goal after grabbing his own rebound to tie the game at 20-all just before halftime.
But the Colts came out of half-time making shots off ball rota-tion, adding to what would be 13 assists by the end of the night.
West Stanly led 36-23 with 3:07 remaining in the third quarter.
“We didn’t have enough en-ergy to start the third quarter – I thought the game changed in the first four minutes of the third quarter,” CHS coach Mike
Helms. “And really I thought we got some pretty good shots, we didn’t score. We got the ball in-side a couple of times and didn’t score.
“I really thought that little three or four minute stretch right there was the difference in the game.”
Cuthbertson fought back though, starting with a Cor-nelius Stradford 3-pointer and followed by back-to-back Mike Cuthbertson steals that turned into field goals. The 7-0 run had CHS trailing 36-30.
Mike Cuthbertson added an-
other steal shortly after, leading to a Cody Esser field goal, and Esser hit a 3-pointer on the fol-lowing possession to bring the Cavs within one point – but it was the closest Cuthbertson would come.
Both teams made seven 3-pointers on the evening, but the Colts used their size advan-tage to out-rebound the Cavs 27-19, leading to second-chance points. West Stanly also got to the free-throw line 13 times, making nine attempts, com-pared to Cuthbertson’s making
See cavS / Page 2B
By MaTT aBriggE-J Correspondent
UnIonVILLeBerry Academy pulled
out a 55-48 road win over Piedmont’s boys basket-ball team on Friday.
The win improved the Cardinals to 8-2 over-all and 3-1 in the Rocky River Conference, while Piedmont fell to 1-5 over-all and 1-2 in the league.
Jaquiantis Pinder scored a game-high 15 points for Berry and teammate Deuan Graf added 14.
Piedmont was led by senior forward TJ Doster, who had 14 points and a game-best 12 boards. Junior guard Cameron Leviner con-tributed 12 points, four rebounds and three as-sists for the Panthers.
Piedmont plays at Parkwood on Monday.
Piedmont girls win 39-35
Amber Weaver’s 22 points allowed Pied-mont High’s girls to end a three-game losing streak with a 39-35 win over Berry.
A junior forward, Weaver made five 3-pointers and also had five rebounds.
Piedmont is now 2-2 in conference play and 3-4 overall, while Berry fell to 6-2 and 2-2.See paNTHErS / Page 2B
Berry boys get past Panthers
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Manu Ginobi-li scored 22 points and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Charlotte Bobcats 104-85 Friday night.
Tim Duncan and Richard Jefferson added 17 apiece and the Spurs dropped the Bobcats to 1-9 on the road. Charlotte won’t get any breaks Saturday night against the Mavericks, a team the Bob-cats have never beaten.
Stephen Jackson had 23 points for the Bobcats.
The Spurs held the Bobcats to just six baskets in the fourth.
Tony Parker had nine points and 10 assists for San Antonio.
The Spurs led 65-43 two minutes into the second half when Charlotte began to push. Gerald Wallace scored 12 of his 18 points in the third, the league’s best defense held San Antonio to five field goals in the quarter and the Bobcats went on a 28-7 run.
Roland, Lotharp, Huntley combine for 49 of 61 points
2B / Saturday, December 12, 2009 The Enquirer-Journal
x-clinched divisionThursday’s GameCleveland 13, Pittsburgh 6Sunday’s GamesSeattle at Houston, 1 p.m.Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m.Detroit at Baltimore, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Buffalo at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Denver at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Carolina at New England, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Miami at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Minnesota, 1 p.m.St. Louis at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m.Washington at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.San Diego at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m.Monday’s GameArizona at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 17Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 8:20 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 19Dallas at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 20Miami at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Arizona at Detroit, 1 p.m.Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Houston at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Chicago at Baltimore, 1 p.m.New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.San Francisco at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Oakland at Denver, 4:05 p.m.Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 4:15 p.m.Minnesota at Carolina, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Dec. 21N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m.
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NBA StandingsAll Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division
W L Pct GBBoston 18 4 .818 —Toronto 10 15 .400 9 1/2New York 8 15 .348 10 1/2Philadelphia 5 18 .217 13 1/2New Jersey 2 21 .087 16 1/2
Thursday’s GamesDetroit 101, Denver 99Boston 104, Washington 102Utah 120, Orlando 111Friday’s GamesAtlanta 111, Toronto 89Indiana 107, New Jersey 91Houston 96, Philadelphia 91Dallas 106, Miami 93Oklahoma City 102, Memphis 94New York 113, New Orleans 96Chicago 96, Golden State 91, OTCleveland 104, Portland 99San Antonio 104, Charlotte 85Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, lateOrlando at Phoenix, lateToday’s GamesIndiana at Washington, 7 p.m.Golden State at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.Charlotte at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Portland at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Utah, 9 p.m.Minnesota at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Sunday’s GamesHouston at Toronto, 12:30 p.m.New Jersey at Atlanta, 5 p.m.Memphis at Miami, 6 p.m.Cleveland at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
National Football LeagueNFL—Fined Tampa Bay OT Jeremy
Trueblood $25,000 for unnecessary roughness and Tennessee DT Tony Brown $20,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct during Dec. 6 games.
ARIZONA CARDINALS—Signed LB Mark Washington to the.
BUFFALO BILLS—Placed OT Demetrius Bell on injured reserve. Signed OL Andre Ramsey from the practice squad.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed DE Chris Harrington from Arizona’s practice squad. Waived DB Kennard Cox.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Announced the retirement of LB Jeff Ulbrich.
HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueCAROLINA HURRICANES—Recalled
F Patrick Dwyer and F Jiri Tlusty from Albany (AHL). Placed F Erik Cole and F Chad LaRose on injured reserve.
DALLAS STARS—Activated D Karlis Skrastins from injured reserve.
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned D Yannick Weber to Hamilton (AHL).
NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Assigned F Cal O’Reilly to Milwaukee (AHL).
American Hockey LeagueNORFOLK ADMIRALS—Signed F
Matt Syroczynski.
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AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC DivNew England 7 5 0 .583 328 224 5-4-0 2-1-0 3-2-0Miami 6 6 0 .500 278 296 4-4-0 2-2-0 4-2-0N.Y. Jets 6 6 0 .500 249 208 5-5-0 1-1-0 2-4-0Buffalo 4 8 0 .333 199 261 2-7-0 2-1-0 2-3-0
South W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC Divx-Indianapolis 12 0 0 1.000 331 201 8-0-0 4-0-0 5-0-0Jacksonville 7 5 0 .583 225 273 6-2-0 1-3-0 3-2-0Tennessee 5 7 0 .417 246 316 3-7-0 2-0-0 2-4-0Houston 5 7 0 .417 277 266 4-6-0 1-1-0 1-5-0
North W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC DivCincinnati 9 3 0 .750 254 187 6-3-0 3-0-0 6-0-0Baltimore 6 6 0 .500 271 215 6-4-0 0-2-0 3-2-0Pittsburgh 6 7 0 .462 278 244 4-6-0 2-1-0 1-4-0Cleveland 2 11 0 .154 158 315 2-7-0 0-4-0 1-5-0
West W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC DivSan Diego 9 3 0 .750 342 242 7-3-0 2-0-0 5-1-0Denver 8 4 0 .667 240 202 6-3-0 2-1-0 3-1-0Oakland 4 8 0 .333 142 282 3-6-0 1-2-0 1-4-0Kansas City 3 9 0 .250 196 326 2-6-0 1-3-0 1-4-0
NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PA NFC AFC DivDallas 8 4 0 .667 279 213 6-3-0 2-1-0 2-2-0Philadelphia 8 4 0 .667 327 235 7-2-0 1-2-0 3-1-0N.Y. Giants 7 5 0 .583 303 285 5-3-0 2-2-0 3-1-0Washington 3 9 0 .250 200 238 2-8-0 1-1-0 0-4-0
South W L T Pct PF PA NFC AFC Divx-New Orleans 12 0 0 1.000 440 251 8-0-0 4-0-0 3-0-0Atlanta 6 6 0 .500 279 279 5-5-0 1-1-0 2-2-0Carolina 5 7 0 .417 215 262 5-4-0 0-3-0 3-2-0Tampa Bay 1 11 0 .083 187 330 1-8-0 0-3-0 0-4-0
North W L T Pct PF PA NFC AFC DivMinnesota 10 2 0 .833 359 233 8-1-0 2-1-0 5-0-0Green Bay 8 4 0 .667 323 229 6-3-0 2-1-0 3-2-0Chicago 5 7 0 .417 233 270 3-6-0 2-1-0 1-2-0Detroit 2 10 0 .167 206 358 1-8-0 1-2-0 0-5-0
West W L T Pct PF PA NFC AFC DivArizona 8 4 0 .667 297 234 6-2-0 2-2-0 3-1-0San Francisco 5 7 0 .417 245 233 4-4-0 1-3-0 3-1-0Seattle 5 7 0 .417 243 267 4-6-0 1-1-0 3-3-0St. Louis 1 11 0 .083 139 314 1-9-0 0-2-0 0-4-0
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CavsContinued from Page 1B
four of six attempts from the stripe.
Coach Helms is hoping that Mike Cuthbertson (6-foot-5, 195 pounds) can take advantage
of his size and become more patient in the post through the season, leading to easier baskets and taking heat off shooters. “[Mike Cuthbertson] gets impatient and when he’s not getting the ball he wants to start floating,” Helms said. “He’s our guy down there and we don’t have anybody else, so
he has got to be the man down there.
“We have got to have him down and around the post and around the paint all the time.”
Colts drop CHS girlsWest Stanly’s girls ran away
with a 56-23 win over Cuthb-ertson on Friday.
The Cavaliers (0-8) got seven points from Sydney Sebastian and seven rebounds from Em-ily Barfield.
West Stanly was paced of-fensively by Jenna Strickland, who scored a game-high 14 points.
Cuthbertson will host For-est Hills next Tuesday.
PanthersContinued from Page 1B
Courtney Barrineau added seven
points and Allison Florence grabbed a team-high six rebounds to lead the Panthers.
The Panthers played again without top scorer Jade Montgomery.
The junior guard is serving a four-
game suspension, rather than a two-game suspension that was originally reported.
Montgomery was suspended under state rules after being ejected from a game.
TrioContinued from Page 1B
Senior Michael Piciucco also reached double figures for Weddington, finish-ing with 11 points off the bench.
Sebastian outscores UAWeddington High senior wing Saman-
tha Sebastian outscored the entire Union Academy team by herself on Friday.
Sebastian made six 3-pointers on her way to a game-high 22 points to lead the Warriors (3-3) to a dominating 52-19 vic-tory over the Cardinals (2-4).
Sebastian connected on three triples in the opening quarter to help WHS jump out to a 19-7 advantage. UA never threat-ened as the Warriors extended their lead to 25 by halftime.
Weddington made seven 3-pointers in
the opening half and finished with 10 for the game. Caroline Brown came off the bench to hit three from beyond the arc.
Senior post Erin Walters paced Union Academy with 10 points, 10 rebounds and game-high five blocks.
The Warriors are at home against South Mecklenburg on Wednesday.
The Cardinals are off until the Caro-linas Medical Center-Union Holiday Classic, which is being held at Wingate University Dec. 26-30.
(AP) — Tiger Woods said Friday he is taking an in-definite leave from golf to try to save his marriage, the biggest fallout yet from two shocking weeks filled with allegations of rampant ex-tramarital affairs.
“I need to focus my atten-tion on being a better hus-band, father, and person,” Woods said on his Web site.
Woods and his wife, Elin, have been married five years and have a 2-year-old daugh-ter and a 10-month-old son.
The announcement came two weeks after Woods crashed his SUV into a
tree outside his Florida home, setting in motion a stunning downfall for the world’s No. 1 player who for 13 years rarely made news off the golf course. One woman who said she had a 31-month affair with Woods shared a voice mail that she said Woods left her two nights before his Nov. 27 accident.
“I am deeply aware of the disappoint-ment and hurt that my infi-delity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife
and children,” Woods said. “I want to say again to ev-eryone that I am profoundly sorry and that I ask forgive-
ness. It may not be possible to repair the damage I’ve done, but I want to do my best to try.”
Woods has not been seen in public since the accident.
He gave no indica-tion when he might return in what could be a pivotal year as
he pursues the record 18 major championships won by Jack Nicklaus. Woods,
who did not win a major this year, has 14.
The Masters, where Woods has won four times, is April 8-11. The U.S. Open is at Pebble Beach, where Woods won by a record 15 strokes in 2000, and the British Open returns to St. Andrews, where he has won twice by a combined 13 shots.
It will be the second straight year that a PGA Tour season begins without its star player. A year ago, Woods was recovering from reconstructive knee surgery that kept him out a total of eight months.
Tiger taking a break from golf
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004 LegalsSTATE OF
NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF UNION IN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICESUPERIOR
COURT DIVISIONBEFORE THE CLERK
FILE #9E0663ADMINISTRATOR
EXECUTOR NOTICEHaving duly qualified be-fore the Honorable J. R. Rowell, Clerk of Superior Court of Union County, as personal representative of the Estate of Guillermo Hernandez, deceased.This is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or be-fore the 25th day of Febru-ary 2010, or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons in-debted to said estate please make immediate payment.This 19th day of Novem-ber, 2009.Administrator:Jose A. Hernandez2310 Bear Skin Ln.Monroe, NC 28110November 21, 28. 2009December 5, 12, 2009
09 SP 1380NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALENORTH CAROLINA,
UNION COUNTYUnder and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael O'Hara, and Dianna O'Hara aka Dianna OHara, Married to Daniel Barone, Trustee(s), which was dat-ed January 31, 2008 and recorded on February 1, 2008 in Book 04799 at Page 0507, Union 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 Union County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidenc-ing said indebtedness hav-ing directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthousewhere the property is locat-ed, or the usual and cus-tomary location at the county courthouse for con-ducting the sale on De-cember 15, 2009 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 14-B as shown on final recorded plat of Glendalough, Phase 1C recorded in Plat Cabi-net K at Files 129 through 131 in the Union County, North Carolina, Public Reg-istry. Save and except any re-leases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of re-cord. Said property is commonly known as 1816 Seefin Court, Indian Trail, NC 28079. Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of For-ty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). Acash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichev-er is greater, will be re-quired at the time of the sale. Following the expira-tion of the statutory upset bid period, all the remain-ing amounts are immedi-ately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-ance “AS IS WHERE IS.”There are no representa-tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, en-vironmental, health or safe-ty conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, un-paid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special as-sessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of re-lease, and any other en-cumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the cur-rent owner(s) of the proper-ty is/are Michael O'Hara
004 Legalsand wife, Dianna O'Hara. 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 per-son who occupies the prop-erty pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after re-ceiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agree-ment upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is li-able 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 validi-ty 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 reme-dy. THIS IS A COMMUNICA-TION FROM A DEBT COL-LECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICA-TION IS TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY INFOR-MATION OBTAINED WILLBE USED FOR THATPURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTEC-TION. IF YOU ARE UN-DER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCYCOURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RE-SULT OF A BANKRUPT-CY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIRE-MENT AND FOR INFOR-MATIONAL 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 Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-16849-FC01 December 5, 12, 2009
09 SP 1397NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALENORTH CAROLINA,
UNION COUNTYUnder and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Charles Wei-denhoeft aka Charles Wie-denhoeft and wife, Kristin Weidenhoeft aka Kristin Wiedenhoeft to The law of-fices of Daniel A. Fulco, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated November 30, 2005 and recorded on De-cember 1, 2005 in Book 3999 at Page 660, Union 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 Union County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidenc-ing said indebtedness hav-ing directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthousewhere the property is locat-ed, or the usual and cus-tomary location at the county courthouse for con-ducting the sale on De-cember 15, 2009 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 18 of COLTON RIDGE, Phase 1, Map 1, as same is shown on map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet F at Files 984 - 986 in the Union County
004 LegalsPublic Registry. Save and except any re-leases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of re-cord. Said property is commonly known as 2015 Colton Ridge Drive, Indian Trail, NC 28079. Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of For-ty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). Acash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichev-er is greater, will be re-quired at the time of the sale. Following the expira-tion of the statutory upset bid period, all the remain-ing amounts are immedi-ately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-ance “AS IS WHERE IS.”There are no representa-tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, en-vironmental, health or safe-ty conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, un-paid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special as-sessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of re-lease, and any other en-cumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the cur-rent owner(s) of the proper-ty is/are Charles Wieden-hoeft and wife, Kristin Wie-denhoeft. 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 per-son who occupies the prop-erty pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after re-ceiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agree-ment upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is li-able 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 validi-ty 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 reme-dy. THIS IS A COMMUNICA-TION FROM A DEBT COL-LECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICA-TION IS TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY INFOR-MATION OBTAINED WILLBE USED FOR THATPURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTEC-TION. IF YOU ARE UN-DER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCYCOURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RE-SULT OF A BANKRUPT-CY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIRE-MENT AND FOR INFOR-MATIONAL 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 Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-16712-FC01 December 5, 12, 2009
004 Legals09 SP 1402NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALENORTH CAROLINA,
UNION COUNTYUnder and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joseph R Costello and wife, Kim-berly T Costello to Judy H. Woody, Trustee(s), which was dated April 6, 2004 and recorded on April 8, 2004 in Book 3403 at Page 533, Union 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 Union County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidenc-ing said indebtedness hav-ing directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthousewhere the property is locat-ed, or the usual and cus-tomary location at the county courthouse for con-ducting the sale on De-cember 15, 2009 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT(S) 62, OAKSTONE, MAP 2 AS SHOWN ON A PLATTHEREOF RECORDED IN MAP BOOK G, PAGE 783, UNION COUNTY REGIS-TRYSave and except any re-leases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of re-cord. Said property is commonly known as 2020 Twilight Lane, Indian Trail, NC 28079. Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of For-ty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). Acash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichev-er is greater, will be re-quired at the time of the sale. Following the expira-tion of the statutory upset bid period, all the remain-ing amounts are immedi-ately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-ance “AS IS WHERE IS.”There are no representa-tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, en-vironmental, health or safe-ty conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, un-paid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special as-sessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of re-lease, and any other en-cumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the cur-rent owner(s) of the proper-ty is/are Joseph R. Costello and wife, Kimberly T. Cost-ello. 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 per-son who occupies the prop-erty pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after Octo-ber 1, 2007, may, after re-ceiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agree-ment upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is li-able 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 validi-ty of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to
004 Legalshave merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further reme-dy. THIS IS A COMMUNICA-TION FROM A DEBT COL-LECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICA-TION IS TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY INFOR-MATION OBTAINED WILLBE USED FOR THATPURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTEC-TION. IF YOU ARE UN-DER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCYCOURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RE-SULT OF A BANKRUPT-CY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIRE-MENT AND FOR INFOR-MATIONAL 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 Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-17076-FC01 December 5, 12, 2009
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JacketsContinued from Page 1B
Taylor was happy to take home the road win in the league, but still isn’t seeing the consistently he wants.
“We play in spurts, and that’s how we’ve been all year,” Taylor said. “That’s something we’re trying to improve on.”
Taylor said he was im-pressed with CATA (2-4, 1-2).
“They’re very much improved from last year,” Taylor said. “There’s pretty good balance in our league. Somebody’s going to beat somebody they’re not supposed to.”
Senior forward Matt Bar-tley had eight of his team-high 16 points in the sec-ond quarter, when CATA outscored the visitors 17-9 to force a halftime tie.
Senior center Darnell Hill added nine points for Central — all on 3-pointers.
The Cougars played without junior Jon Wright, a three-year start-er at point guard.
Wright said he dropped a weight on his toe during school on Friday. An X-ray next week will reveal how long Wright will be out.
Sophomore John Quintero and senior Charvis Barrino did most of the ballhandling in Wright’s absence. Quintero led his team in
rebounding (eight) in ad-dition to three steals and three assists. Barrino had a team-high four assists.
Both teams return to action on Tuesday, when Forest Hills travels to Cuthbertson and CATA hosts North Stanly.
Adams outrebounds CATAForest Hills junior cen-
ter Kinya Adams had 22 rebounds and 19 points to lead her team to a 57-40 win at CATA.
Adams actually out-rebounded Central Acad-emy’s entire team, 22-19. She had 13 rebounds in the fourth quarter alone.
The Jackets (2-3, 2-2 in RRC) led 28-13 at half-time and 43-21 after three quarters.
CATA won the fourth quarter 19-14, but the game was out of reach by then.
FH got good production from a pair of freshmen — Venisha Blount contribut-ed 16 points, six rebounds and four steals while teammate Shuntel Kirk-land added 10 points, three steals and two assists.
The Cougars (3-3, 1-2) were led by Larie Bailey, who had 11 of her 16 points in the final quarter. Bailey also had five rebounds, two steals and a block.
Point guard Brittany Barrino had a game-high six assists to go with four steals, four rebounds and five points.
The two most successful Foot-ball Championship Subdivision teams this past decade meet in a semifinal game Saturday.
Appalachian State, a three-time national champion with a 101-32 record since 2000, plays at Montana, which has a 118-12 re-cord and the 2001 national title to go with three runner-up finishes since 2000.
“I told our team I thought it will be the biggest game in the history of our stadium, and it certainly has a chance to be the toughest ticket of all time,” said Montana coach Bobby Hauck. “It has a chance to be the largest crowd in
stadium history. Nationally tele-vised, it should be a lot of fun.”
The game kicks off at 2 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN. William & Mary (11-2) and Vil-lanova (12-1) meet in the other semifinal Friday night.
Montana (13-0) is trying to ad-vance to the national champion-ship game in Chattanooga, Tenn., for the second straight year while Appalachian State (11-2) is look-ing for its fourth appearance in five years.
Appalachian State is led by defending Walter Payton Award winner Armanti Edwards, who led the led the team to its second and third national titles in 2006
and 2007.“Right now we’re playing the
team that has the Walter Payton Award winner,” said Griz defen-sive tackle Austin Mullins. “Last year he was the best player in the country, and he’s a finalist this year.”
Edwards has passed for 2,938 yards and 12 touchdowns this season and rushed for 625 yards and 18 more scores. His top two receivers are Matt Cline with 880 yards and two touchdowns while Brian Quick has 847 yards receiv-ing and four scores. Devon Moore has rushed for 1,290 yards and 17 touchdowns.
“They’re a gifted group,” Hauck
said. “We’ll have our hands full with these guys. We don’t have any illusions about that.”
Montana quarterback Andrew Selle has passed for 2,531 yards and 24 touchdowns while backup Justin Roper has 951 yards pass-ing and eight more scores. Marc Mariani is the leading receiver with 1,262 yards and 12 touch-downs. Chase Reynolds leads the Griz ground game with 1,245 yards rushing and 20 scores.
Both teams have used some comebacks to advance in the postseason.
Last week, Appalachian State trailed defending national cham-pion Richmond 31-28 with 3:26
left. Armanti led the Mountain-eers on a 70-yard drive, capped by the game-winning 4-yard touch-down pass to Cline with 10 sec-onds left.
“We’re down and we always find a way to win,” said App State linebacker Jacque Roman. “Nine-ty-nine teams out of 100 would’ve given up in Richmond, because of the (snowy) conditions and the calls. That shows the heart of a champion.”
Montana has scored 91 straight points in the playoffs, after ral-lying from a 48-21 third-quarter deficit against South Dakota State to win the opening round game 61-48.
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Issac Blakeney, a 6-6 senior center, had another double-double for MHS with a game-high 17 rebounds and 15 points on the night.
Three other Redhawks scored in double digts, in-cluding junior point guard Jamison Crowder (18), junior shooting guard Qwadarius Duboise (14) and senior wing Quontez Threat (15).
Shamiir Hailey, a senior wing, added 11 rebounds for the Redhawks.
Alex Russell scored a team-high 17 points for the Comets.
Monroe hosts West Stanly on Tuesday.
North downs MHS girlsNorth Stanly held off the Redhawks’ upset bid in
the girls game, 72-58.The unbeaten Comets (7-0) led by just two at half-
time (32-30).Monroe (1-4) tied the game midway through the
third quarter (39-all), but the Comets responded with a 10-0 run.
DeQuisha McCain scored a game-high 24 points for the Monroe and Shakira Jordan added 15.
Holly Chandler scored 19 points for the Comets and three others were in double figures — Tanya Bryant (16), Elizabeth Deck (14) and Lindsey Burleson (10).
Katie Bention had 17 rebounds for the Redhawks, who outrebounded the visitors 40-32 as a team.
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Forest Hills junior Kinya Adams (22) scores two of her 19 points during Friday’s win. Adams had 22 rebounds.
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