Saturday, March 27, 2010, Forest City, N.C. Conference battle The Trojans blasted Shelby in conference action on Friday in both baseball and softball Page 7 50¢ Central wins ICC Challenge — Page 3 Economic growth forecast remains tepid Page 11 Low: $2.71 High: $2.81 Avg.: $2.76 NATION GAS PRICES SPORTS Central played host to Freedom Page 7 DEATHS WEATHER Rutherfordton Martha Boyer James Griffin Spindale V Forest City Napoleon Whitesides Caroleen Louise Beaver Elsewhere Jane Lane Al Womack Margaret Hill Page 5 Today, sunny. Tonight, Thunderstorms. Complete forecast, Page 10 Vol. 42, No. 74 Classifieds. . . 14-15 Sports ........ 7-9 County scene ....6 Opinion .........4 INSIDE High 61 Low 41 Now on the Web: www.thedigitalcourier.com Sports Robbery is fourth in two weeks By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer FOREST CITY – Three employees of O’Reilly Auto Parts on Oak Street were held at gunpoint Friday morning during what makes the fourth robbery at a retail store in the county in two weeks. The robbery occurred at around 7:38 a.m., just min- utes after the store opened for business. “Two black males entered the store around 7:30 and held the clerks at gunpoint,” said Forest City Police Department Assistant Chief Bob Ward. “They left on foot toward Hardin Road.” The suspects asked the employees to leave the store following the robbery, which they did, Ward said. “The employees got in the car and came to the police department,” he said. A K-9 unit from Cleveland County was called and searched the area behind the store and near the golf course. Officers were also looking at footprints behind the building near the road, Ward said. There was a manager and two employees in the store at the time of the robbery, said Jessica Edwards, whose fiance works at O’Reilly. “This is awful,” she said. Edwards fiance, Danny Bradley, called to tell her and Please see Robbery, Page 6 By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer FOREST CITY — A recent string of armed robberies in the area have put stores on alert. Many merchants are altering schedules and taking extra pre- cautions to stay ahead of the criminals and increase security. “We’ve already got cameras and all of that in this store,” said Sam Dale, man- ager of the Family Dollar on West Main Street. “But we are being more aware of what is going on and making sure nobody is hanging around the front when we’re opening or closing.” Over on Oak Street, Advanced Auto Parts is also being leery, especially after another nearby auto parts store O’Reilly Auto Parts was hit on Friday. “We have been taking precautions and are certainly staying alert,” Advanced Auto Parts Manager Henry Cooper said. Please see Alert, Page 6 By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer FOREST CITY — After nine years in downtown, The Daily Grind will close Friday. “It’s at a time when we need to move on,” said Margaret Butcher, who owns the coffee shop and eat- ery along with Jill Thorne. The downturned economy in the area had nothing to do with the closing, Butcher said. “If we hadn’t had the custom- ers we had, we wouldn’t have the friends we did,” she said. “We hate to do this and to the downtown area, and we’ve tried to be a part of Forest City.” Butcher said the closing instead is due to a move. “We’re moving to Charlotte,” she said. The business is closing, but the building is for sale, Butcher added. The equipment used in the coffee shop will also remain. When asked could someone potentially re-open the building as a coffee shop, she said “I honestly hope somebody Please see Closing, Page 6 Downtown coffee shop is closing Employees and bystanders wait outside while police investi- gate the scene at O’Reilly Auto Parts after an armed robbery. Garrett Byers/ Daily Courier Maps show the loca- tions of the four armed robberies that have occurred in the county in the past two weeks. Area businesses are on alert for trouble n Two armed men hit O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Forest City Garrett Byers/Daily Courier MAN INJURED IN FIRE Garrett Byers/Daily Courier A man with burns to both arms and the esophagus was airlifted by Regional One to the Augusta Burn Center Friday night following a house fire on Oak Ridge Drive. Forest City Fire Department responded to the scene of the fire, and a landing zone for the helicopter was set up at Sandy Mush Fire Department. No other details were available Friday evening.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010, Forest City, N.C.
Conference battleThe Trojans blasted Shelby in conference action on Friday in both baseball and softball
FOREST CITY – Three employees of O’Reilly Auto Parts on Oak Street were held at gunpoint Friday morning during what makes the fourth robbery at a retail store in the county in two weeks.
The robbery occurred at around 7:38 a.m., just min-utes after the store opened for business.
“Two black males entered the store around 7:30 and held the clerks at gunpoint,” said Forest City Police Department Assistant Chief Bob Ward. “They left on foot toward Hardin Road.”
The suspects asked the employees to leave the store following the robbery, which they did, Ward said.
“The employees got in the car and came to the police department,” he said.
A K-9 unit from Cleveland County was called and searched the area behind the store and near the golf course. Officers were also looking at footprints behind the building near the road, Ward said.
There was a manager and two employees in the store at the time of the robbery, said Jessica Edwards, whose fiance works at O’Reilly.
“This is awful,” she said. Edwards fiance, Danny
Bradley, called to tell her and
Please see Robbery, Page 6
By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer
FOREST CITY — A recent string of armed robberies in the area have put stores on alert. Many merchants are altering schedules and taking extra pre-cautions to stay ahead of the criminals and increase security.
“We’ve already got cameras and all of that in this store,” said Sam Dale, man-ager of the Family Dollar on West Main Street. “But we are being more aware of what is going on and making sure nobody is hanging around the front when we’re opening or closing.”
Over on Oak Street, Advanced Auto
Parts is also being leery, especially after another nearby auto parts store O’Reilly Auto Parts was hit on Friday.
“We have been taking precautions and are certainly staying alert,” Advanced Auto Parts Manager Henry Cooper said.
Please see Alert, Page 6
By ALLISON FLYNNDaily Courier Staff Writer
FOREST CITY — After nine years in downtown, The Daily Grind will close Friday.
“It’s at a time when we need to move on,” said Margaret Butcher, who owns the coffee shop and eat-ery along with Jill Thorne.
The downturned economy in the area had nothing to do with the closing, Butcher said.
“If we hadn’t had the custom-ers we had, we wouldn’t have the friends we did,” she said. “We hate to do this and to the downtown area, and we’ve tried to be a part of Forest City.”
Butcher said the closing instead is due to a move.
“We’re moving to Charlotte,” she said.
The business is closing, but the building is for sale, Butcher added. The equipment used in the coffee shop will also remain. When asked could someone potentially re-open the building as a coffee shop, she said “I honestly hope somebody
Please see Closing, Page 6
Downtown coffee shop is closing
Employees and bystanders wait outside while police investi-gate the scene at O’Reilly Auto Parts after an armed robbery.
Garrett Byers/ Daily Courier
Maps show the loca-tions of the four armed robberies that have occurred in the county in the past two weeks.
Area businesses are on alert for trouble
n Two armed men hit O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Forest City
Garrett Byers/Daily Courier
MAN INJURED IN FIRE
Garrett Byers/Daily CourierA man with burns to both arms and the esophagus was airlifted by Regional One to the Augusta Burn Center Friday night following a house fire on Oak Ridge Drive. Forest City Fire Department responded to the scene of the fire, and a landing zone for the helicopter was set up at Sandy Mush Fire Department. No other details were available Friday evening.
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Easter services Easter Sunday is April 4. The following churches have announced activities and services: Easter cantata: The adult choir of Spencer Baptist Church will present “See What A Morning” Sunday, March 28, during the 10:55 a.m. Worship service. This cantata is a choral celebration of Christ’s Resurrection.
Easter cantata: Bethel Baptist Church Choir will present “I Know My Redeemer Lives,” Sunday, March 28, during the 11 a.m. Worship service.
Victory Temple Bibleway Church, Maple Creek Road, Rutherfordton, will hold a Good Friday service on April 2, at 7 p.m. Bishop Aaron Shawn Hooper, pas-tor of St. Luke Church of God, will speak.
Easter Extravaganza: Saturday, April 3, 11
a.m. to 1 p.m., Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 130 Pleasant Grove Road, Rutherfordton; Easter egg hunt and other activities for kids; also volleyball, basket-ball, and other activities for youth; lunch will be served. Chase Baptist Church will hold an Easter Jubilee “Celebrating 50 Years,” April 2-4. Friday, April 2, 7 p.m., music by the Foothills Gospel Choir; Saturday, April 3, 11 a.m., SonShine Saturday Children’s Worship Service; Sunday, April 4, Easter Jubilee ser-vice 11 a.m. Caroleen United Methodist Church, Holy Thursday Service with com-munion, April 1, 6 p.m.
Advent Lutheran Church, 102 Reveley St., Spindale, will hold a Maundy Thursday worship service on April 1, at 7 p.m.
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 130 Pleasant Grove
Road, Rutherfordton, sun-rise service at 7 a.m., break-fast will follow at 7:45 a.m.; Sunday School 8:45 a.m.; worship service 10 a.m., which includes baptism and a cantata by the church choir “Christ is Risen, Alleluia.” Easter egg hunt: Saturday, April 3, 10 a.m., West Memorial Baptist Church, Rutherfordton.
Community sunrise ser-vice: Easter Sunday begin-ning at 7 a.m., behind Harrelson Funeral Home, US 221-A in Caroleen; breakfast will follow the service at Caroleen Baptist Church; Rev. Robert Harris, pastor of Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist Church, will speak; music will be provided by Caroleen United Methodist Church.
High Shoal Baptist Church, 284 High Shoals Church Rd., Henrietta; Easter Sunday service begins at 6:30 a.m.; Good
Friday service, April 2, 7 p.m. St. John AME Zion Church, 109 N. Ridgecrest St., Rutherfordton, Easter sunrise service 6 a.m.; Rev. Thelena Jackson, pastor of Union Hill AME Zion Church, will speak.
West Memorial Baptist Church, Rutherfordton, will hold a sunrise service beginning at 7 a.m.
Spencer Baptist Church, Spindale, Easter sunrise service 7 a.m., breakfast will follow; Sunday School 9:45 a.m., worship service 10:55 a.m.
Music/concertsTrojan Concert Series: “New Fire Youth Rally”; Saturday, March 27, 7 p.m.; Chase High School auditorium; $5 per person; speaker, Steve Collins, South Mountain Christian Camp; worship music by Restoration Praise
Band; for more information call 245-1716, ask for Mr. Henderson.
Singing: Sunday, March 28, 6 p.m., Bostic Missionary Methodist Church; featur-ing The Lamberts.
The Far City Boys will be in concert Sunday, March 28, at Full Gospel Revival Church, 10 miles west of Rutherfordton, on Hwy. 74. Music begins at 2 p.m.
Singing: Sunday, March 28, 6 p.m., Shingle Hollow Congregational Holiness Church; featuring the Lumberton River Quartet.
Singing: Sunday, March 28, 2 p.m.; Harris Baptist Church; featuring Point of Life from Pickens, S.C.
Singing: Sunday, April 4, 2 p.m., Village Chapel Church, 141 Huntley St., Forest City; featuring Winners Either Way.
Special servicesRevival: March 28-31, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church; guest speaker, Evangelist Frank Walker; special music each night; Sunday services 10:45 a.m., and 6 p.m.; MTW, 7 night-ly; William Swink, pastor; church located 5 miles west on Hwy. 108, turn right on Pleasant Hill Church Road. Fellowship lunch, singing: Sunday, March 28, Johnson Memorial Baptist Church, 129 Groce St., Forest City; Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Preaching 11 a.m.; covered dish lunch at noon; after-noon singing at 2.
Four Gospels service: Sunday, March 28, 4 p.m., Forest Chapel Church, 137 Chapel St., Forest City; guest speakers, Rev. Albrutus Hines, Rev. Bernice Suber, Rev. Johnny Logan and Sister Tonya Mills.
Family and Friends ser-vice: Sunday, March 28, New Harvest Church; guest speaker, Josh Bunton, pas-tor of True Vine Tabernacle in Taylorsville, will speak; “Puppets on a Mission” will also perform. A meal will be provided following the 11 a.m. worship service.
Men’s Day service: (Men in Black), Sunday, March 28, 4 p.m., Zion Grove AME Zion Church; guest speaker, Rev. Leroy Staley, pastor of New Bethel AME Zion Church.
Family and Friends ser-vice: Sunday, March 28, 11 a.m. worship service, Wells Spring United Methodist Church; Rev. Donald E. McCoy, pastor of Faith St. Paul UMC Church, Mooresville, will speak; a meal will follow the service.
Prodigal Praise services: Beginning April 2, First Baptist Church in Spindale will hold Prodigal Praise services the first and third Friday of each month, beginning at 7 nightly.
100th anniversary cel-ebration: Sunday, April 11, worship service 11 a.m.; Sulphur Springs Baptist Church; a covered dish meal will follow.
Spring Marriage Celebration: Ignite your marriage with praise, wor-ship and five topical ses-sions with special guests Scott and Angela Hunter, April 16-17, at Florence Baptist Church, Forest City; $40 per couple, includes sessions, snacks, breakfast and lunch; for more infor-mation, contact Mike Elgin at 245-5411.
Usher Board program: Sunday, April 18, 4 p.m., Russell Tabernacle CME Church, 326 Ledbetter Road, Spindale; speaker, Dr. Karen McNeil-Miller, president of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust in Winston-Salem.
Lenten services: n St. Francis Episcopal Church, Rutherfordton, every Tuesday through March 30; soup/bread sup-per 6 p.m., service begins at 6:15 p.m.;n First Baptist Church of Spindale, 105 East Wilson St., each Wednesday through March 31; wor-ship time at noon; lunch promptly at 12:30 p.m.
Special services: “Back to the Heart of Worship”; April 8 and 9, 7 p.m., Faith Temple Christian Church, 151 Kentucky St., Spindale; doors open at 6; guest speaker, Pastor Joey Turner from Restoration Church International, Gaffney, S.C.; Tracy Martin, pastor of Faith Temple.
“Women in White”: Sunday, April 18, 3 p.m., Union Hill AME Zion Church; guest speaker, Rev. Juanita Staley from Zion Grove AME Zion Church, Rutherfordton; sponsored by the deaconess board.
FundraisersBreakfast buffet: Saturday, March 27, 7 to 10 a.m., Long Branch Road Baptist Church, 621 Long Branch Road, Forest City (Shiloh community); no set price, donations accepted.
Fish fry: Saturday, March 27, 4 to 7 p.m., Temple Baptist Church, Henrietta, (beside the post office); no set price, donations accept-ed; all proceeds go toward the Haiti mission team.
Yard sale: Saturday, March 27, begins at 7 a.m., Campfield Baptist Church, Ellenboro; country ham breakfast, car wash and yard sale items; proceeds for a youth mission trip.
Yard sale: Saturday, March 27, begins at 7 a.m., at 1491 Centennial Church Road, Union Mills; large variety of items; sponsored by Centennial UMC; proceeds for church projects.
Country ham, chicken pie supper: Saturday, March 27, begins at 4:30 p.m., Mt. Vernon Clubhouse; adults $8; ages 6-12, $5; ages 5 and under free; all proceeds go toward the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church children/youth programs.
Poor man’s lunch: Sunday, March 28, Oak Grove United Methodist Church, immediately after the wor-ship service (around noon); adults $6, donations accept-ed; includes dessert and beverage; church located on Oak Grove Church Road near Ellenboro.
Country ham supper: Saturday, April 3, 4 to 8 p.m., Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church, 1658 Duncan’s Creek Road, Ellenboro.
Poor man’s supper: Thursday, April 8, 4 to 7 p.m., Providence United Methodist Church (Chase Middle community); adults $5, children $3, under 6 free; proceeds will go to the Feed the Hungry ministry; bake sale.
Spaghetti lunch: Sunday, April 18, 12:15 p.m., St. Francis Episcopal Church, Rutherfordton; adult plates $6; children $3.
2 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SaTurDay, March 27, 2010
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The Dixie Melody BoysRUTHERFORDTON
— The Living Last Supper will be presented Friday April 2, at the Gold Hill Association Assembly Building, Spindale, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The cast includes Rev. Arnie Twitty, pastor of the Green Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Tryon; Rev. Jamel Edwards, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church, Forest City; Rev. Rob Roy Staley, pastor of the Zion Grove A.M.E. Zion Church, Rutherfordton; Rev. Theodore Kelly, pastor of the Moores Grove Baptist Church, Mill Spring; Rev. Phillip Forney, pastor of the Wheat Creek Baptist Church, Rutherfordton;
Terry Hines, James King, Min. Charles Simpson, Min. Nathaniel Miller, David Staley, O’Neal Edwards, Kevin Hamilton and Ulysses D. Miller. Faye Jones is the narrator.
Presentation of the ‘Last Living Supper’
A. Twitty
J. Edwards
P. Forney
T. Kelly
R. Staley
The Dixie Melody Boys will be in concert Sunday, March 28, at Crestview Baptist Church, Forest City. Music begins at 6 p.m. Public invited.
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Self-control is the final virtue which Paul lists as the fruit of the Spirit in Galations 5:22-23. Self-control is a translation of the Greek word “egkratia” and may also be rendered as temperance. This virtue is exemplified by the person who has mastered their passions and appetites.
The Greeks also had a word for the vice of lacking self-control, i.e., “akrasia,” which referred to the phenomenon of knowing the right thing to do but failing to do it.
This lack of self-control is something with which all of us struggle, often to our own det-riment. Proverbs 25:28 warns us that “A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”
And, St. James tells us that our religion is worthless if we cannot control our tongues: “If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is in vain.” (James 1:26) But of course, taming the tongue is more difficult than taming a wild beast. Socrates said that the appetitive part of our soul, the part of our self concerned with our appetites and passions, was like an unruly steed which needed
to be reined in by reason.
But sadly, reason is too weak in most of us to rein in the passions, and therefore, we need divine assistance. Where the flesh is weak, and reason is willing and able to follow the flesh, we must rely on the Spirit to guide us.
In the final analysis, we cannot rely solely on our own devices to be self-controlled, but must seek the assistance of God.
Self-controlAnd those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Contributed photoIsothermal Community College instructor Jay Coomes poses questions for teams competing in the annual Isothermal Challenge, an academic competition among county high school students. The event was held on Friday at the college.
SPINDALE — The academic team from R-S Central High School won top honors Friday in the Isothermal Challenge.
The challenge is a quiz bowl-style event that pits teams from area high schools against one another. The teams are made up of juniors and seniors.
R-S Central managed a nar-row 210-185 victory over Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy in the afternoon championship round.
TJCA had beaten R-S Central in a morning match during the head-to-head round robin por-tion of the competition.
During those morning matches, TJCA chalked up four wins; R-S Central, three wins; Rutherford Early College High School, two wins; Chase, one win; and East Rutherford, no wins. The top scoring teams advanced to the championship round.
This year marked the first time REaCH has participated in the event.
The members of the R-S Central team are Katie Yelton,
Forrest Thurman, Cory Lowery, Cameron Bynum, Lindsay Frazier, Danny Mossburg, Jerry
Yelton, David McLaughlin, Bronwyn Fadem, Nathan Dinovetskiy and Marshall Smith.
Central wins Senior Challenge
Contributed photoR-S Central’s academic team captured first place in the annual Isothermal Challenge on Friday.
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Court watch group challengedCHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina neigh-
borhood advocacy group is upset with a public defender, whom they say is taking steps to limit the group’s work in court.
The Charlotte Observer reported Friday that volunteers with CharMeck Court Watch push for tougher penalties for some defendants with histo-ries of arrests or convictions for felonies. They give letters to prosecutors that provide details of those criminal records.
Assistant Public Defender Dean Loven says he plans to object whenever that happens. He’s also concerned the volunteers could prejudice a case by wearing Court Watch T-shirts in court to lobby for tougher penalties.
Court Watch Chairman Marcus Philemon said Loven’s plans won’t change the group’s mission.
College opens job centerCHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina commu-
nity college is opening a center to help unemployed or underemployed professionals find a job in the health care and energy industries because those areas have openings.
The Charlotte Observer reported Friday that Central Piedmont Community College is one of eight around the country selected for the project by the League of Innovation in the Community College. A two-year grant from Walmart Brighter Futures is funding the center, which will be locat-ed on the school’s Harris campus near Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.
Counselors will work with clients and employ-ers to identify the skills needed to move to new careers.
Obama to discuss economy in N.C. CHARLOTTE (AP) — President Barack Obama
will discuss the economy when he visits North Carolina next week.
The White House said Friday that Obama will speak about the economy during a visit to the Charlotte area on April 2. The president’s visit is timely, coming a week after the state’s unemploy-ment hit a record high 11.2 percent for February. The rate is the highest since states started their current calculation method in 1976.
More details on Obama’s visit will be released later.
Army expert: DNA matches soldier FORT BRAGG (AP) — An Army expert says
DNA taken form a woman killed in a 1985 triple slaying in North Carolina matches a retired sol-dier once acquitted but now charged again in the deaths.
A forensics technician with the Army’s criminal investigations lab testified Friday that DNA sam-ples from the victim matched 51-year-old Master Sgt. Timothy Hennis.
“Master Sgt. Hennis and all his male, paternal relatives can’t be excluded as a source,” said Brian Higgins, a forensics technician at the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory located at Fort Gillem, Ga.
The DNA samples were from a vaginal smear obtained during an autopsy of Kathryn Eastburn. Higgins estimated that one Caucasian male in 426 would be a match for the DNA.
But Higgins also said Hennis’ DNA didn’t match samples on a bloody towel found at the Fayetteville home where she and two of her daughters were killed. And samples taken from under Kathryn Eastburn’s fingernails and in the tip of a rubber glove found at the scene were inconclusive.
Student brings handgun to class LUMBERTON (AP) — A student at a North
Carolina elementary school has been suspended for bringing a loaded handgun to class earlier this week.
Robeson County schools spokesman Al Kahn told The Fayetteville Observer that the 8-year-old boy brought the gun Tuesday to Rosenwald Elementary School. He says another student saw it in a book bag and told the teacher.
The boy has been suspended for 10 days.
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NOTICE OF MEETINGOF THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND REVIEW
Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-322the Rutherford County Board of Equalization and Review
will meet as required by law.
PURPOSE OF MEETING
To hear, upon request, any and all taxpayers who own or control taxable property assessed for taxation in Rutherford County, with respect to the
valuation of such property, or the property ofothers, and to fulfill other duties and responsibilities as required by law.
TIME OF MEETINGS
The Board will convene for its first meeting onThursday, April 8, 2010 at 9:00 AM in
room 6 of the County Annex.Subsequent meetings will start between 9:00 AM
and 5:00 PM as needed.The Board will adjourn for the purpose of accepting
request for hearing at its last meeting onThursday, April 15, 2010.
Request for hearings must be received no later than final adjournment which is scheduled for
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 12:00 PM.
In the event of earlier or later adjournment, notice to that effect will be published in the newspaper.
The schedule for hearing of appeals which were timely filed will be posted at the office of the Assessor, serving as Clerk to the Board, and will also be provided to individuals and organizations
that have requested notice pursuant to N.C.G.S. 143-318.12.
All requests for hearings should be made to:Kep Kepley, Clerk to the Rutherford County Board of Equalization and ReviewP. O. Box 143, Rutherfordton, NC 28139-0143, Telephone: (828) 287-6355.
SAVING WITH THE COUPON QUEENJill Cataldo saves hundreds on groceries by making
the cost of the common coupon count. You can, too.
JILL CATALDO
Last week we discussed how to handle confused cashiers who may try to incorrectly limit our coupon usage in one way or another. The key to eliminating most cashier confusion is to familiarize yourself with the store’s coupon policy, which states all of the store’s rules for accepting coupons. And while it’s true that most cashiers are familiar with what kinds and types of coupons the store will accept, there are also times when a cashier may mistakenly inform you that the store cannot take your coupons.In my coupon classes, I’ve taught over 6,000 people to Super-Coupon, and so I’ve heard more than my share of stories of cashier confusion. One common theme has to do with interpreting the fine print on a coupon.If you pick up any manufacturer coupon, either from the newspaper or one printed from the Internet, chances are it contains the wording “Limit one coupon per purchase.” Seems innocent enough, right? But these five little words can often be the source of cashier confusion.To understand why, consider this distinction. Each item we buy is a purchase. Each group of items that we take to the checkout lane and pay for at the same time, as a group, is a transaction. So, when a coupon’s fine print states, “Limit one coupon per purchase,” what it effectively means is “Limit one coupon per item purchased.” (In fact, many coupons now contain this updated wording, which makes the meaning much clearer.)So, if a coupon is limited to “one per purchase,” it simply means that we can use one coupon per item purchased. If I purchase 15 items, I can use 15 coupons – one for each item I’m buying (and I often do!) But cashier confusion frequently arises when a shopper uses several like coupons to buy several like items.For example, if I’m buying two bottles of juice and I have two $1 juice coupons, occasionally a cashier may say, “I don’t think you can use both of these coupons, because they’re one per purchase.” The easiest response? With a smile, ask, “How many bottles am I purchasing?” If you’re purchasing two, you can use a coupon on each. If you’re purchasing three, you could use three coupons, and so on. In this case, the cashier is confusing the “per purchase” wording with the “per transaction” wording.Coupons that state, “Limit one coupon per transaction” are typically store-issued coupons. This wording is commonly seen on coupons like “$5 off a $50 purchase” or a store’s coupon for a deeply discounted item. Stores use the “one per transaction” wording to limit your purchase in some way. In the case of coupons offering money off your purchase, the store simply doesn’t want you to use multiples of that coupon in the same transaction. Or, they may be offering you a coupon for a special loss leader, like a dozen eggs for 49 cents, but they only want to allow you to purchase one of that item per transaction.Knowing the difference between a purchase and a transaction can help you alleviate one of the most common sources of cashier confusion.Jill Cataldo, a coupon-workshop instructor, writer and mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Learn more about couponing at her Web site, www.super-couponing.com. E-mail your couponing coups and questions to [email protected].
Why a coupon’s fine print may be your friend
JILL CATALDO
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■ A daily forum for opinion, commentary and editorials on the news that affects us all.
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We must all hope that the spate of threats against lawmakers in the wake of the passage
of the health care reform bill is just an excessive outburst of emotionalism.
If it is more than that, we are in worse trouble than any of us ever imagined.
One can understand that people may be disappointed or even upset over political decisions, but violence is not the way to resolve any dispute.
There have always existed on the fringes of the political spectrum those radicals that espouse violence. They would impose their will on everyone else at the point of the sword.
Fortunately, we have been given a political system that allows us to address our differences in sane, rational ways.
If we allow ourselves to stoop to vio-lence to redress our political grievances, we will have abandoned the principals of democratic government that we all cherish.
Our Views
Violence never the best answer
Our readers’ viewsSays liberals were not shy in bashing Bush
To the editor: I read a recent letter from Ray
Crawford on Health Care Reform and the only thing that surprised me is that there was no blame laid on Bush for the 40,000 peo-ple that die needlessly every year.
And like all liberals, he com-plains that Republicans don’t have a plan for reforming health care in America.
What good would it do to pres-ent a plan if partisan politics would never let it get out of com-mittee?
He also makes note that the Republicans are trying to destroy President Obama and are hypo-critical.
I remember your letters bash-ing G.W. Bush rather well. You spent eight years calling Bush everything from a liar, cheat to a murderer.
How dare you criticize someone for calling your president on the carpet?
I just remind readers of relevant history and point out the blatant hypocrisy of the liberals. Your let-ter smacks of hypocrisy.
How does the shoe feel Mr. Crawford now that it is on the other foot? You whined about and bashed Bush for years, now it is your turn to grow a thick skin and suck it up.
With any luck, you will only have to listen to Obama bashing for less than three years. I will be glad to tell you that I hope your president fails miserably on all of
his socialist agenda items. If the Democrat leaders had
used the “Slaughter Solution”, they would have opened them-selves up for legal prosecution as criminals. Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution stipulates that for any bill to become a law, it must pass both the House of Representatives and the Senate. That is, not be “deemed” to have passed, but actually be voted on with the support of the required Constitutional majority.
The bill must contain the exact same language in both chambers — and in the version signed by the president — to be a legitimate law.
Hello, you idiots in Congress, this is Political Science 101. The rape and violation of the Constitution by Obama, Reid and Pelosi would definitely meet the requirements for “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” to be an impeachable offense.
Apparently Mr. Crawford thinks the people of Rutherford County are not sophisticated enough to see through the smokescreen thrown up by Democrats over the cost and far reaching implications of this health care reform.
This health care reform debate is meant to divert the citizenry’s attention away from the sad state of our economy. If more people were working, more people would be able to afford health care.
I would think that the liberals would be interested in getting people back to work. More people working equals more tax revenue for entitlement programs they so
dearly love to dole out. Andrew Cain
Forest City
Says family impressed by hospital care
To the editor: My family recently observed a
demonstration of excellence in care and concern by the staff of Rutherford Hospital during the illness of our dad.
We are grateful for the compas-sionate service provided by the entire first floor staff.
My sister was a registered nurse for 42 years, serving in much larger hospitals, and she was both very impressed and pleased with the care our dad received.
We want all the residents of Rutherford County to know that their hospital can provide such care and we want to publicly thank the staff members who served our family.
Doug HuntleyLaurinburg
Health care will be dominant political issue for yearsRALEIGH — With budget
deficits, recession, and both chambers of the General Assembly up for grabs this fall, North Carolina voters have a lot to think about.
But right now, it looks like the single-biggest factor shaping state politics will be the U.S. House vote to nationalize health care.
Most North Carolinians didn’t want it. Most North Carolinians would have pre-ferred that Congress and the Obama administration focus on measures to enhance eco-nomic growth, rather than socking the economy in the jaw. Most North Carolinians motivated to come to the polls in November will want to hear how their elected officials will repeal ObamaCare and replace it with real health care reform that respects America’s tra-ditions of federalism, indi-vidual liberty, and competi-tive markets.
They aren’t going to like what they hear from Democratic candidates. Liberals in other states and in safe seats may feel good
about what has happened in Washington. But many Democratic politicians in North Carolina feel a sense of dread. They’re not dumb.
Never before has Washington been so out of step with the country on a domestic policy matter of such import. Never before has Congress driven itself to such depths of public disap-proval for the sake of indulg-ing left-wing fanaticism.
But once before, a Democratic president did seek to nationalize health care through a complex array of new federal taxes and regulations. Bill Clinton failed. His effort led to a Republican takeover of Congress, and of the North Carolina House. But at least he failed, which meant that
he had room to change the subject and pivot to the cen-ter to save his presidency in 1996. Barack Obama “suc-ceeded,” and won’t be able to shed the issue in time for his reelection campaign.
My anger at the House’s decision to destroy con-sumer-driven health care — including my own health plan — has been alternating with a different feeling, the one you get when watching a slow-motion film of a car crash, or maybe an episode of Cops.
You want to yell, “Look out, you’re about to drive into a tree!” or “Dude, don’t bother telling the cop the weed isn’t yours, he’s not buying it!”
But you know that it won’t make any difference. So you watch, open-mouthed and, somewhat guiltily, enter-tained.
Congressional leaders
think that by shoving this idiotic, unpopular bill down our throats, they’ve finished the job. They keep thinking the massive tree in front of them is a mirage, or that the
skeptical cop will buy their nonsensical version of events. They’re deluded. It’s sad but fascinating to watch.
It’s become trite to say that this vote is only the beginning of the health-care debate, not the end. But observations often are trite because they are so obviously true.
Since major portions of Obamacare don’t come into effect for several years, there’s plenty of time for repeal legislation — and any future Republican Congress and president should feel entirely justified ignoring filibusters and other proce-dural roadblocks to repeal, given the way Democrats have handled the legislation.
Congressional repeal won’t be the only way for lov-ers of liberty to challenge ObamaCare. More than a dozen state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit to chal-lenge the constitutionality of the new federal mandate that all Americans do busi-ness with politically favored health insurers.
State legislatures can also
take a stand by authorizing a constitutional amendment to clarify that Congress has no power to intrude on the private health care arrange-ments of American citizens.
Until ObamaCare is repealed, every time a health insurer raises premiums or denies a claim, Democrats will be blamed. As with the stimulus issue, Democrats will claim that things would have been worse without their bill, but few will believe them. Ceteris paribus claims are hard enough to argue when they’re true. Theirs won’t be.
Tired of hearing about health care?
Sorry, but it will be a dominant political issue for years to come, much to the Democrats’ regret — espe-cially those running for competitive legislative seats in North Carolina. They didn’t pass ObamaCare. But now they’re in the way of an angry electorate.
Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.
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FOREST CITY – A truck stolen Thursday night on Franklin Drive was recovered Friday morning.
According to Forest City Police Department Assistant Chief Bob Ward, two men were stopped in the area of O’Reilly Auto Parts Friday morning following a robbery that occurred there.
“While we were talking to them, we found the key to the truck in one of the guy’s pock-ets,” Ward said.
Eric Javon Mayse and Joshua Jermaine Goldberry were arrested and taken to the Rutherford County Detention Center. No charges or bonds were available as of press time.
The truck, a red extended cab Toyota Tacoma, was recovered on Hamilton Street.
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LocaL/obituaries
James GriffinJames Michael Griffin
of Rutherfordton, died Thursday, March 25, 2010 at Rutherford Hospital.
Born in Rutherfordton, he was a son of Mary Sue Griffin and the late James Hampton Griffin.
He worked for many years in Emergency Medical Services with Rutherford County EMS, Rutherfordton Volunteer Lifesaving and Rescue, Rutherfordton Fire Department (volunteer) and with MEDIC (Mecklenburg County EMS). He was an industrial Safety Manager in Concord for several years and owned a landscaping com-pany, Yard Dogs, which was based in Cabarrus County. He was one of the first certi-fied Hurst power tool rescu-ers in Rutherford County and taught multiple EMS/Rescue classes.
He is survived by a son, George Michael Griffin of Raleigh; a daughter, Kim Haynes of Concord; two sisters, Julia Eudy of Kannapolis, and Wanda Lane of Forest City; and three nieces.
Memorials may be made to Volunteer Lifesaving and Rescue Squad, 561 Railroad Ave., Rutherfordton, NC 28139; or to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.
Online condolences www.crowemortuary.com.
Napoleon WhitesidesNapoleon Whitesides, 69,
died Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Asheville Healthcare Center.
He was a native of Rutherford County, he was a son of Ernest and Mattie Whitesides.
Survivors include, Linda Darnell Whitesides of the home; two sons, Cory Whitesides of Marion, and Joseph Montgomery of Rutherfordton; one stepson, Harlan Barnes of Norfolk, Va.; one daughter, Tammy Davis of Fort Belvuire, Va.; one stepdaughter, Rebecca Barnes of Marion; two sis-ters, Vivian Whitesides of Lake Lure, and Mary Johnson of Asheville; five grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Ulysses D. Miller Funeral Home.
Al WomackAl Phillips Womack of
White Oak Manor, Tryon, died Friday, March 26, 2010.
Arrangements are incom-plete and will be announced by Crowe’s Mortuary & Crematory.
Martha BoyerMartha Boyer, 90, of
Rutherfordton, died Friday, March 26, 2010, at Hospice House in Forest City.
A native of Lake County, Ind., She was a daughter of the late Blanford and Anna McKay
She was a homemaker.Survivors include one son,
Robert Boyer of Forest City.No formal services are
planned.
McMahan’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services assisted with the cremation.
Louise BeaverLouise Beaver, 81, of
Caroleen, died Friday, March 26, 2010, at the Restwell Resthome in Rutherfordton.
Arrangements are incom-plete and will be announced by Harrelson Funeral Home.
Jane LaneAleta “Jane” Johnston
Lane, 75, of Charlotte, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Britthaven of Charlotte.
Born in Charlotte, she was a daughter of the late Trady Johnston Sr. and Jessie Noles Johnston.
She is survived by her chil-dren, Leta Lane Wellman of Bostic, Tracy Lane Gugel of Richmond, Ky., and Robert Kenneth “Kenny” Lane Jr. of Charlotte; and a number of grandchildren.
Services were held privately.Memorials may be made
to the Humane Society of the U.S., 2100 L. Street NW, Washington, DC 20037.
Arrangements are in the care of Hankins & Whittington Funeral Service.
Online condolences www.han-kinswhittington.com.
Margaret HillMargaret Watson Hill,
86, of Hendersonville, died Thursday, March 25, 2010, at Carolina Village.
Born in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late James G. and Mattie Young Watson, and also preceded in death by her husband, William Hicks Hill who died in 2005.
She retired from Belk’s after 25 years, a former member of East Flat Rock First Methodist Church, and a current member of East Flat Rock First Baptist Church.
She is survived by a son, Mike Hill of Flat Rock; a daughter, Jane Hudson of Hendersonville; a sister, Nelle McCurry of Forest City; a number of grandchildren; and three great-grandchil-dren.
A funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel at Forest Lawn Mortuary. Burial will follow the service at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel. Memorials can be made to East Flat Rock First Baptist Church, or Four Seasons Compassion for Life, 571 South Allen Rd., Flat Rock, NC 28731.
Abbe Byers/Daily CourierForest City Police Department Assistant Chief Bob Ward (far right) and Det. Sgt. Chris Lovelace (far left) at the scene on Hamilton Road, where a stolen truck was discovered Friday morning. The vehicle was found behind a residence on the dead end road.
Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County
Sheriff’s Department responded to 135 E-911 calls Thursday.
Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police
Department responded to 23 E-911 calls Thursday.
Spindalen The Spindale Police
Department responded to 30 E-911 calls Thursday.
Lake Luren Lake Lure Police
Department responded to four E-911 calls Thursday.
Forest Cityn The Forest City Police
Department responded to 30 E-911 calls Thursday.
n A Forest City police offi-cer reported found property on Dunbar Street.
n An employee of Wal-Mart on Plaza Drive reported an incident of shoplifting/concealment and damage to property.
n A Forest City police offi-cer reported an incident of forced entry to assist EMS that occurred on South Church Street.
n An employee of Direct Care on West Main Street reported an incident of a missing person, who was later located in Gastonia.
Arrests
n Janice Kay Parris, 53, of East Main Street was cited for shoplifting/concealment.
n Kasheba Niesha Burns, 30, of Spurlin Road in Ellenboro was arrested on warrant for possession with intent to sell/deliver a sched-ule II controlled substance and maintain a vehicle for controlled substance and was released on a $15,000 bond. (FCPD)
n Codi Alan Greene, 20, of Cherry Mountain Street, was arrested for driving while license revoked and was released on a $1,000 bond. (FCPD)
n Chad Everette Greenlee, 31 of 407 Goodes Creek Church Rd.; charged with contributing to the delinquen-cy of a minor; released on a $500 bond. (RCSD)
n Bruce Lee Toney, 24, of 542 Harmon St.; charged with possession of drug paraphernalia; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD)
n Alice Louise Blount, 41, of 946 West Main St.; charged with misdemenaor larceny, second degree tres-passing and failure to appear on a misdemeanor; released on a $1,000 bond. (RCSD)
n Wilton Andre Park, 34, of 199 Goldenoak Ln.; charged with assault on a female and held for 48 hours. (RCSD)
n Richard Charles Dysart, 29, of 1330 Old Henrietta Rd.; charged with a misde-meanor probation violation and assault on an officer or state employee and released on a $10,000 bond. (RCSD)
n Charles Clifton Mann, 18, of 153 Sunnyside St.; charged with simple possession of a schedule IV controlled sub-stance; released on a $500 bond. (RCSD)
n Oree G. Shipman, 18, of 1351 Stateline Rd.; charged with breaking and entering and released on a $5,000 bond. (RCSD)
n Elizabeth Brooke Smith, 18, of 1205 Cleveland St.; charged with breaking and entering and released on a $5,000 bond. (RCSD)
n Joseph Efrain Robles, 18, of 1609 Burwell St.; charged with breaking and entering and released on a $5,000 bond. (RCSD)
n James Richard Toney, 18, of 120 Greene’s Dr.; charged with breaking and enter-ing, larceny after breaking and entering, three counts of breaking or entering a motor vehicle, three charges of felo-ny larceny and misdemeanor larceny and was released on a $146,000 bond. (RCSD)
n Thomas Jordan Brooks, 16, of 221 Pate Rd.; charged with simple possession of a controlled substance; released into custody. (RCSD)
n April Bland Wood, 38, of 274 Old Ross Rd.; charged with felony probation vio-lation and released on a $35,000 bond. (RCSD)
n Harold Ruff, 30, of 226 Main St.; charged with two counts of misdemeanor pro-bation violation and released on a $10,000 bond. (RCSD)
EMSn Rutherford County
Emergency Medical Services responded to 22 E-911 calls and rescue crews responded to five calls.
Fire Callsn SDO firefighters respond-
ed to a brush fire.
Stolen pick-up truck recovered
Mayse Goldberry
RUTHERFORD — The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office and the National Sheriff’s Association are sponsoring an All-Hazards Homeland Security Initiative Community Partnership and Awareness Training for Disaster Preparedness in Rutherford County.
This training opportunity is designed to educate the com-munity how best to prepare and respond to a disaster when emergency responders are overwhelmed.
Training includes:
n How to create a family disaster plan;
n What to include in a family disaster kit;
n Developing a community resources database;
n Crisis response;n Chemical, biological,
radiological, nuclear and explosive information;
n Terrorism awareness; and
n a desktop exercise.A complementary continen-
tal breakfast and lunch will be provided with this course.
The class will take place at
the Foundation at Isothermal Community College on April 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Foundation will be open 30 minutes prior to the start of class for registration.
This training is cost-free to all attendees. All interested community members are strongly encouraged to par-ticipate.
There are limited number of positions. If you are able to attend, please call Amy Henson at 287-6164 no later than April 5.
Disaster training to be offered
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Margaret Watson Hill, 86, of Hendersonville passed away Thursday March 25, 2010 at Carolina Village. Born in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late James G and Mattie Young Watson. She was also preceded in death by her husband William Hicks Hill who died in 2005. She retired from Belk’s after twenty five years and was a former member of East Flat Rock First Methodist Church and current member of East Flat Rock First Baptist Church. She is survived by a son, Mike Hill and his wife, Judy of Flat Rock; a daughter, Jane Hudson and her husband, Bob of Hendersonville; a sister, Nelle McCurry and her husband, Earl of Forest City; grandchildren, Josh Hill and his wife, Melissa of Fletcher, Nathaniel Hill and his wife, Michelle of Fletcher and Miriam Zook and her husband, Brian of Fletcher and three great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday in the chapel at Forest Lawn Mortuary. Burial will fol-low the service at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 2-3:00 pm Sunday in the chapel. Memorials can be made to East Flat Rock First Baptist Church or Four Seasons Compassion for Life 571 South Allen Rd. Flat Rock 28731. A guestbook or sympathy card is available at:www.forestlawnhendersonville.com Forest Lawn Mortuary is assist-ing the family with the arrange-ments.
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his mother, Sheila Bradley, to let them know what had happened. As Bradley stood near a Forest City Police squad car behind crime scene tape, both Edwards and Bradley watched, wait-ing to see if he was OK.
“I was getting out to go into work,” Bradley said. “I could hear it in his voice – he was extremely upset.
“He told me it was kind of scary here in the mornings,” Sheila Bradley said.
Ward did not say how much money was taken during the robbery, and said it is possible the robbery is linked to others that have occurred in the past two weeks.
“We’re looking at it that way, but it’s too early to say for sure,” he said. “I haven’t seen a pattern to it yet.”
The investigation is ongoing, Ward said, and the store was closed until around 2 Friday afternoon until forensics was completed.
Suspects are described as black males, one at 6-foot, 4-inches tall and approximately 250 to 260 pounds wearing a red zip-up hoodie and the other as 6-foot wearing a red pullover hoodie, a red hat and dark blue jeans, approximately 160 pounds.
O’Reilly’s is only a block away from the ABC Store in Forest City that was robbed March 13 as the store closed. Last weekend the Family Dollar in Ellenboro and Dollar General in Forest City were robbed. Suspects in those robberies were also described as black males. No arrests have been
made in any of those robberies. Forest City Police Department
and Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department responded.
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to contact the Forest
City Police Department at 245-5555 or the Tip Line at 245-7771 or [email protected].
would be able to do that soon. Hopefully someone will come in and provide what the town wants.”
This is the second business this year to close on Main Street. The Old Mill Tavern closed last month. However, the economy hasn’t impacted the downtown area quite as badly as one might think.
“The economy is bad, but our Main Street business has been able to hold on,” said Town of Forest City Planner and Downtown Development Director Danielle Withrow. “And City Table has expanded.”
Withrow said there were signs up at Western Auto of a “going out of business” sale but if you read the fine print, she said, the retail store is get-ting out of the furniture and appli-ance business.
“They will stay in business with sell-ing Cub Cadet and other lawn mow-ers,” she said.
Withrow said while there were emp-ty buildings in the downtown area, a closer look reveals there is work going on inside all of them. There are sever-al new restaurants on the horizon for downtown, she said, but did not name what they were or where they would be located because all the permits have not been filed.
“I think people realize there’s great potential in downtown,” she said. “Forest City is very progressive, but we are in the climate of Rutherford County where unemployment is 18 percent. We are not an edge city in Charlotte, nor do we want to be.”
The Daily Grind, Withrow said, was almost a symbol of the quality of business that could be had on Main Street, and she hates to see them go.
“Despite the economy, in our eco-nomic development plan the number one goal was to continue to work on downtown,” she said. “We are not a dying town.”
Health/educationFree Advance Directive Clinics, to discuss Living Wills and Health Care Powers of Attorney, are offered twice a month at the Hospice Annette Cash Whitaker Center of Living. The first Tuesdays from 12:30 to 2 p.m., and the third Tuesdays from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Call 245-0095 to register or for infor-mation.
Community Health Clinic of Rutherford County provides access to primary medical care, well-ness education, medications and preventative programs. The clinic, open Monday through Thursday, is located at 127 E. Trade St., B 100, Forest City. Patients seen by appointment only. The clinic does not accept patients with private insurance, Medicaid or Medicare. Call 245-0400.
Meetings/otherWelcome reception: In honor of James H. Hines Jr., newly appoint-ed health director, Rutherford County Health Department; Monday, March 29, drop-in from 3 to 5:30 p.m.; open to the public; for information call 287-6101; hosted by RPM District Board of Health.
Regular meeting: Rutherford-Polk-McDowell District Board of Health will meet Tuesday, March 30, 7 p.m., Rutherford County Health Department, 221 Callahan-Koon Road; open to the public; con-tact Brenda Green at 287-6101 for more information.
SWEEP meeting: (Solid Waste Environmental Education Panel) meets on the first Friday of each month at noon at GDS 141 Fairgrounds Road, Spindale. If you would like to help promote recycling in Rutherford County, please join us at our next meeting on April 2.
Athletic Boosters: Chase High Athletic Boosters will meet Monday, April 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the office conference room.
MiscellaneousBig Gospel Singing: Sunday, April 4, 5 p.m., Dunbar Community Center; doors open at 4 p.m.; On program — The New Telenaires and Kings of Joy from Forest City, 2gether of Spartanburg, Harris Brothers of Gaffney and others; admission $7; ages 8 and under free; senior citizens half price; con-cessions will be sold; drawing for an Easter basket.
Power of the Purse: Family Resources will be hosting its annual Power of the Purse fundrasier on May 13. To donate new or gently used purses, contact Sherry Bright at 247-1440, ext. 105.
Foothills Harvest Outreach Ministries is now fully stocked with spring and summer merchan-dise. All Easter items are 50 percent off. The store is located at 120 E. Trade St., Forest City.
Low-cost rabies clinic: Saturday, April 10, noon to 1 p.m.; Thunder Road Animal Hospital; $10 cash, one-year rabies; $12 cash, three-year rabies; other discounted vac-cines available; call 286-0033.
Beginner shag lessons: Last Chance to sign up for beginner shag lessons before summer. Class starts in April. Call 287-9228 for informa-tion or to register.
FundraisersFormal dress sale: Wednesday, March 31, 3 to 4 p.m., R-S Central High School, English Hall; dresses start at $10; donations accepted daily at the school before 4 p.m.; Proceeds for Hospice of Rutherford County.
Barbecue supper: Saturday, April 10, 4 to 8 p.m., Hopewell Hollis Community Clubhouse; barbecue pork and chicken plates; adults $8.50; ages 6-12, $5.
Relay for Life fundraiser: AMAZINGrace, sponsored by the Little Warriors Relay Team, will be held Saturday, April 24, beginning at 10 a.m. Based on the television reality show Amazing Race. Fee $100 per team. Deadline April 10. Contact Barbara at 429-4616, or Bobbie at 223-8193.
reunionsJ.C. Cowan plant reunion: Saturday, June 19, at Crowe Park in Forest City. The Dogwood and Forest City shelters are reserved for the event. Both have picnic areas with playground equipment for children. Bring a covered dish and drinks to share (no alcohol). Cups, plates, napkins, utensils, ice and tea provided. Bring lawn chairs and wear an old BI shirt or cap, if you still have one. For more information contact Don or Jackie Wilson at 657-5021 or via email at [email protected].
McNair 20th anniversary: The Robert and Janice McNair Educational Foundation will cel-ebrate its 20th year anniversary on May 14, 2010. If you are a McNair ROPE recipient, contact the founda-tion at [email protected] or www.mcnairedfoundation.org.
With about 20 employees, Autozone on Commercial Drive is full of work-ers on alert. Manager Kenny Poteat was reluctant to give any specific information over the phone for this article.
“The police come by regularly, prob-
ably a couple times an hour,” said Kenny Poteat, AutoZone manager. “We haven’t really changed our hours or anything like that. Some of our employees are concerned and we are making sure the police department is here when we close. But we had asked them to do that a long time ago.”
Downtown on West Main Street, Dale and his five employees have been
altering their routines.“We are also staggering our employ-
ees work schedules so that people aren’t leaving all at once, but also not leaving all alone,” Dale said. “We do have some of our clerks that are a little concerned, but we are doing the best we can do right now.”
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Crime scene tape surrounded the perimeter of the O’Reilly Auto Parts Friday morning after two black males robbed the store at gunpoint.
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Abbe Byers/Daily CourierDet. Sgt. Tommy Turner and a Forest City officer investigate footprints behind the O’Reilly Auto Parts store Friday morning following an armed robbery that occurred after the store opened. Forest City Police Department and the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to the robbery.
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FOREST CITY — The Owls are hosting an Easter Eggstravaganza at McNair Field on Saturday, April 3 from 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Hoot and Annie will set up a kid’s area in the concourse featuring games, face painting, an egg hunt, crafts, prizes, and free popcorn.
In addition, Gardner-Webb will host Winthrop in a double header beginning at 2 p.m. Admission is free for kids with a paying adult.
Gardner-Webb returns to McNair Field for a three game set against Big South Conference foe, Winthrop. Game one is Friday night beginning at 6 p.m. and the teams will play a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 2 p.m.
Adult general admission tick-ets are $6. All youth tickets are free on Saturday with an adult ticket purchase.
For more information contact the Owls at (828)245-0000.
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DALLAS (AP) — The parent company of the firm that built the Dallas Cowboys’ ruined practice facility says it has filed for protection from its creditors under Canadian law governing bankruptcies.
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Garrett Byers/Daily CourierChase’s Jay Turner slides into home safely according to teammate Thomas Melton. Turner came home on a passed ball and was officially ruled safe during the baseball game against Shelby, Friday.
Chase blanks Shelby, 8-0
By JACOB CONLEYDaily Courier Sports Reporter
CHASE — The Trojans performed well in all three facets of the game — getting a complete game shutout from Cameron Wilkins, a defense that turned three double plays and a five-run inning in the fifth to pull away from Shelby by an 8-0 score.
“Cameron just went after it tonight,” said Coach Matt Tipton. “And that tri-ple was just as big, because this was an important game to get as far as playoffs go. But it’s a long season, we still have a long way to go.”
The Trojans jumped out to an early 2-0 lead when Jay Turner delivered an RBI single that scored Tyler Gaffney and Robert Johnson both of whom reached base on infield hits. On the mound,
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Garrett Byers/Daily CourierChase pitcher Cameron Wilkins (4) and catcher Dakota Whitaker talk things over during the baseball game against Shelby, Friday.
By KEVIN CARVERSports Reporter
RUTHERFORDTON — R-S Central scored twice in the first 30 minutes of girls soccer action and then held on for a 2-1 victory over Freedom, Friday.
“It wasn’t pretty, but this is a much needed conference win for us,” R-S Central girl’s soccer coach Ashley Fromson said. “We are at mid-season
and I think the physical and mental straining is there, but I am happy that we pulled out the victory. We will take it and just move on to next week.”
Freedom had over twice the amount of shot attempts in the game, 18 to 7, but R-S Central was the bearer of good fortune. The Lady Hilltoppers had just three shots in the first half and made two of them.
The first of those came on some crisp passing as Daryl Brown’s long outlet hit the feet of Jessica Hernandez in the 25th minute of play.
Hernandez then split through two defenders and crashed toward the net for a one-on-one match up that Hernandez would win, scoring a
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Lady Hilltoppers clip Freedom, 2-1
Baylor, Tennessee advance
HOUSTON (AP) — Baylor knocked off 10th-seeded Saint Mary’s 72-49 on Friday night behind 28 points from LaceDarius Dunn and an exemplary all-around effort from Tweety Carter.
Coach Scott Drew, the man behind the Baylor reclamation project, couldn’t help but smile in the closing minutes as the Bears pushed their school record for wins in a season to 28.
Tennessee 76, Ohio State 73ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brian Williams
scored on a tip-in with 32 seconds left, Bobby Maze converted a pair of free throws and J.P. Prince blocked Evan Turner’s desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer, leading Tennessee to a 76-73 victory over Ohio State in the Midwest Regional semifinals Friday night.
It’s the first trip to the round of eight in school history for the Volunteers.
Associated PressOhio State’s Evan Turner and Tennessee’s Brian Williams (33) fight for the ball dur-ing the first half of an NCAA Midwest Regional college basketball game Thursday, in St. Louis.
n Lady Trojans also disman-tled Shelby in softball action
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BASEBALLMajor League BaseballSpring Training Glance
AMERICAN LEAGUE W L PctCleveland 14 6 .700Tampa Bay 16 7 .696Detroit 14 9 .609Minnesota 11 9 .550Boston 12 12 .500Kansas City 10 10 .500Oakland 11 11 .500Toronto 9 11 .450New York 9 12 .429Baltimore 9 13 .409Seattle 9 14 .391Chicago 7 13 .350Los Angeles 7 13 .350Texas 6 15 .286
NATIONAL LEAGUE W L PctSan Francisco 19 7 .731Atlanta 13 8 .619Chicago 13 9 .591Colorado 14 10 .583Philadelphia 11 8 .579San Diego 13 10 .565Houston 12 10 .545New York 12 10 .545Milwaukee 12 11 .522Florida 11 11 .500Arizona 11 12 .478St. Louis 10 11 .476Cincinnati 9 11 .450Los Angeles 8 11 .421Pittsburgh 6 14 .300Washington 6 16 .273
Thursday’s GamesDetroit (ss) 5, Toronto 1St. Louis 2, N.Y. Mets 1Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 3Philadelphia 8, Houston 7Pittsburgh 7, Atlanta 6, 10 inningsBoston 6, Florida 4Baltimore 8, N.Y. Yankees 0Kansas City 8, Seattle (ss) 7Chicago Cubs 7, Arizona 2Cleveland 3, Seattle (ss) 1L.A. Angels 9, Texas 6San Diego 5, Chicago White Sox 3L.A. Dodgers 7, Milwaukee 3Colorado 10, Cincinnati 6Detroit (ss) 8, Washington 2San Francisco 6, Oakland 3 Friday’s GamesTampa Bay 14, Toronto (ss) 10Florida 8, N.Y. Mets 8, tie, 10 inningsHouston 6, Pittsburgh 4Atlanta 5, Detroit 2Washington 7, St. Louis 4Boston 3, Toronto (ss) 2San Francisco 5, L.A. Angels 3Oakland (ss) 6, Texas 3Cleveland 5, Colorado 4Seattle 6, Cincinnati 5Arizona 10, Chicago White Sox 1Oakland (ss) 5, Chicago Cubs 2San Diego 9, Milwaukee 4Kansas City 8, L.A. Dodgers 4Minnesota vs Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., latePhiladelphia vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., lateSaturday’s GamesFlorida vs St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.Washington (ss) vs Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Tampa Bay vs Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Toronto vs Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees vs Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Boston vs Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Philadelphia vs Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Washington (ss) vs N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.San Diego (ss) vs Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Oakland vs Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Texas vs Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.Cincinnati vs San Diego (ss) at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.San Francisco vs L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Arizona vs Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Seattle vs L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox vs Colorado at Tucson, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division
W L Pct GBx-Boston 46 25 .648 — Toronto 35 35 .500 10 1/2New York 26 45 .366 20 Philadelphia 25 47 .347 21 1/2New Jersey 8 63 .113 38
Southeast Division W L Pct GBx-Orlando 50 22 .694 — x-Atlanta 46 26 .641 4Miami 38 34 .528 12 Charlotte 38 34 .528 12 Washington 21 49 .300 28
Central Division W L Pct GBy-Cleveland 57 15 .792 — Milwaukee 39 31 .557 17 Chicago 33 38 .465 23 1/2Indiana 26 46 .361 31 Detroit 23 48 .324 33 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division
W L Pct GBDallas 47 25 .653 — San Antonio 42 28 .600 4 Memphis 38 34 .528 9 Houston 36 35 .507 10 1/2New Orleans 34 39 .466 13 1/2
Charlotte 108, Minnesota 95Indiana 99, Washington 82Utah 113, Toronto 87New Jersey 93, Sacramento 79Philadelphia 101, Milwaukee 86Cleveland 105, New Orleans 92Oklahoma City 122, Houston 104L.A. Lakers 92, San Antonio 83Golden State 128, Memphis 110Thursday’s GamesMiami 103, Chicago 74L.A. Clippers 99, Houston 93Portland 101, Dallas 89Friday’s GamesCharlotte 107, Washington 96Indiana 122, Utah 106Denver 97, Toronto 96Philadelphia 105, Atlanta 98Orlando 106, Minnesota 97Sacramento at Boston, lateL.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, lateDetroit at New Jersey, lateMiami at Milwaukee, lateCleveland at San Antonio, lateNew York at Phoenix, lateSaturday’s GamesUtah at Washington, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Chicago, 8 p.m.Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8:30 p.m.Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
NCAA Tournament Glance
EAST REGIONALRegional SemifinalsThursday, March 25
West Virginia 69, Washington 56Kentucky 62, Cornell 45
Regional ChampionshipSaturday, March 27
West Virginia (30-6) vs. Kentucky (35-2), 7 p.m.
SOUTH REGIONALRegional Semifinals
Friday, March 26Baylor 72, Saint Mary’s 49Duke (31-5) vs. Purdue (29-5), late
Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 28
Baylor (28-7) vs. Duke-Purdue winner
MIDWEST REGIONALRegional Semifinals
Friday, March 26Tennessee 76, Ohio State 73Northern Iowa (30-4) vs. Michigan State (26-8), late
Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 28
Tennessee vs. N.Iowa-Mich. State winner
WEST REGIONALRegional SemifinalsThursday, March 25
Butler 63, Syracuse 59Kansas State 101, Xavier 96, 2OT
Regional ChampionshipSaturday, March 27
Butler (31-4) vs. Kansas State (29-7), 4:30 p.m.
FINAL FOURAt Lucas Oil Stadium
IndianapolisNational Semifinals
Saturday, April 3East champion vs. South championMidwest champion vs. West champion
National ChampionshipMonday, April 5
Semifinal winners
HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueEASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GANew Jersey 73 43 25 5 91 198 176Pittsburgh 74 42 25 7 91 228 212Philadelphia 74 37 31 6 80 215 205N.Y. Rangers 74 33 32 9 75 195 200N.Y. Islanders 74 30 34 10 70 192 229
Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-San Jose 74 45 19 10 100 239 193Phoenix 75 46 23 6 98 204 185Los Angeles 73 42 25 6 90 215 195Dallas 74 32 28 14 78 211 234Anaheim 73 34 31 8 76 205 224
x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionThursday’s GamesN.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey 3, SOCarolina 3, Washington 2, SONashville 4, Phoenix 3, SOTampa Bay 5, Boston 3N.Y. Islanders 3, Calgary 2Minnesota 4, Philadelphia 3, OTToronto 2, Atlanta 1, OTColumbus 8, Chicago 3Montreal 4, Florida 1St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 1San Jose 3, Dallas 0Friday’s GamesOttawa at Buffalo, lateMinnesota at Detroit, lateAnaheim at Edmonton, lateSaturday’s GamesCalgary at Boston, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Montreal, 7 p.m.Florida at Ottawa, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Carolina, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m.Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m.Colorado at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Vancouver at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
RACINGNASCAR-Sprint Cup
Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Lineup
(Car number in parentheses)1. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, Owner Points.2. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, Owner Points.3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Points.4. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, Owner Points.5. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, Owner Points.6. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, Owner Points.7. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, Owner Points.8. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, Points.9. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, Owner Points.10. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, Owner Points.11. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, Owner Points.12. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, Owner Points.13. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, Owner Points.14. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, Owner Points.15. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, Points.16. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, Owner Points.17. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, Owner Points.18. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, Owner Points.19. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, Owner Points.20. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Owner Points.21. (43) AJ Allmendinger, Ford, Owner Points.22. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, Points.23. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, Owner Points.24. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, Owner Points.25. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, Owner Points.26. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, Points.27. (6) David Ragan, Ford, Owner Points.28. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, Owner Points.29. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, Points.30. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, Owner Points.31. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, Owner Points.32. (38) Kevin Conway, Ford, Owner Points.33. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, Owner Points.34. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, Owner Points.35. (37) David Gilliland, Ford, Owner Points.36. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, Owner Points.37. (26) David Stremme, Ford, Owner Points.38. (36) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, Owner Points.39. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, Owner Points.40. (55) Michael McDowell, Toyota, Points.41. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, Owner Points.42. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Owner Points. Failed to Qualify43. (90) Casey Mears, Chevrolet.44. (09) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet.45. (46) Terry Cook, Dodge.46. (35) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet.Qualifying rained out; owner points set start.
TRANSACTIONSFriday’s Sports Transactions
BASEBALLAmerican League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Named David Stockstill director of international scouting and John Stockstill director of player development. Optioned INF Josh Bell, INF Rhyne Hughes, INF Brandon Snyder and INF Michael Aubrey to Norfolk (IL) and INF Pedro Florimon to Bowie (EL). Assigned RHP Frank Mata, RHP Josh Perrault, RHP Dennis Sarfate and OF Jonathan Tucker to their minor league camp.BOSTON RED SOX—-Optioned LHP Fabio Castro to Pawtucket (IL). Reassigned OF Darnell McDonald to their minor league camp. Released LHP Brian Shouse. Agreed to terms with LHP Scott Schoeneweis on a minor league contract.
National LeagueATLANTA BRAVES—Suspended minor league RHP Duente Heath indefinitely.CHICAGO CUBS—Optioned RHP Jeff Gray, RHP Marcos Mateo, LHP John Gaub and OF Jim Adduci to Iowa (PCL). Assigned INF Darwin Barney, INF Bobby Scales and C Robinson Chirinos to their minor league camp.FLORIDA MARLINS—Optioned LHP Andrew Miller, C Brett Hayes and RHP Chris Leroux to New Orleans (PCL).HOUSTON ASTROS—Optioned LHP Wesley Wright to Round Rock (PCL). Reassigned RHP Shane Loux and INF Oswaldo Navarro to their minor league camp.ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Optioned OF Jon Jay and INF Tyler Greene to Memphis (PCL).SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Traded INF Kevin Frandsen to Boston Red Sox for a player to be named or cash.
BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association
MIAMI HEAT—Signed G Kenny Hasbrouck to a second 10-day contract.
FOOTBALLNational Football League
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Signed QB Charlie Batch to a two-year contract.
HOCKEYNational Hockey League
LOS ANGELES KINGS—Activated F Andrei Loktionov from injured reserve and assigned him to Manchester (AHL).MINNESOTA WILD—Reassigned C Cody Almond to Houston (AHL).NEW YORK RANGERS—Recalled F P.A. Parenteau and D Anders Eriksson from Hartford (AHL).
American Hockey LeagueAHL—Suspended Binghamton RW Jonathan Cheechoo for two games as a result of his actions in a March 24 game vs. Toronto.MANITOBA MOOSE—Signed F Aaron Volpatti and D Ryan McGinnis.PROVIDENCE BRUINS—Signed F Olivier Labelle and F Devin Timberlake. Released D Jody Pederson.SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE—Signed RW Jared Staal. Reassigned RW Ryan Weston to Las Vegas (ECHL).SYRACUSE CRUNCH—Signed RW Alex Curran.
SOCCERMajor League Soccer
D.C. UNITED—Signed D Carey Talley and D Barry Rice.NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION—Signed MF Marko Perovic and MF Khano Smith. Waived D Gabriel Badilla.NEW YORK RED BULLS—Signed F Juan Agudelo.SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Named Bill Crook and Sean Henderson youth academy assistant coaches.TORONTO FC—Signed MF Martin Saric.
COLLEGEBOISE STATE—Named Leon Rice men’s bas-ketball coach.NEBRASKA—Announced junior F Quincy Hankins-Cole, sophomore G Myles Holley and freshman G Ray Gallegos will leave the men’s basketball program at the end of the semester.SAN JOSE STATE—Named Marie Tuite senior associate athletics director/chief operating offi-cer.SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA—Promoted Tony Miller to men’s assistant basketball coach.VIRGINIA TECH—Agreed to terms with men’s basketball coach Seth Greenberg on the remain-ing four years of his contract and extended it two years.
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clean goal from the left side for a 1-0 Central lead. Three minutes later, R-S Central (4-2, 3-1) struck
again from the right side as Morgan Gilreath’s assist found Erin Wilkins. Wilkins literally right-footed a popfly that sailed over the Freedom goal-ie’s head for a 2-0 lead.
Freedom (0-5-4, 0-3) answered quickly and in the 31st minute when Dominique Lor punched a nice ball into the right post from 30-yards out, cutting Central’s lead back to 2-1.
Brown remained defensive in clearing out would-be attempts to keep the game at 2-1 at the half.
The Lady Hilltoppers’ Haley Drabek came up with 12 saves in goal in the win.
SoccerContinued from Page 7
Wilkins allowed base runners in each of the first three innings, but the Trojans defense turned a double play to end each frame and keep Shelby off the scoreboard.
The Trojans tacked on a run in the third as Gaffney showcased his speed by reaching on yet another infield single. He then promptly stole sec-ond and scored on a wild pitch after moving to third on a ground out.
The Chase defense protected that lead in the fourth as the Trojans escaped a two on, one out jam as Thomas Melton made a running, over-the-shoulder catch in left and Wilkins recorded a strikeout to end the frame.
The top of the Trojans lineup did more dam-age in the fifth as Brandon Holland led off with a walk, Gaffney doubled and Johnson was intention-ally walked. Turner then cleared the bases with a triple to make the tally 6-0. After Turner scored on a pass ball, pinch-hitter Adam Copper brought in Chase’s final run of the night as the Trojans improved to 3-1 in conference play.
Lady Trojans 10, Shelby 0CHASE — The Lady Trojans used a 4-for-4 day
at the plate from Euletha Davis and a dominating two-hit performance from Rebecca Bailey to over-whelm the Golden Lions on Friday, 10-0.
“Today, we put both hitting and pitching togeth-er,” said Coach Daniel Bailey. “And doing it against Shelby really helps our goal of getting the number one seed in 2A when it comes to the playoffs.”
Chase cracked the scoreboard in the first when Davis crossed up the Shelby defense by legging out a bunt single. Davis then moved to 3rd on a botched double play and scored on a RBI ground-out.
The Trojans loaded the bases in the third as the top of the Trojans’ lineup continued to do damage to the Golden Lions. After the first three batters reached in the frame, Bailey brought in a run on a fielder’s choice and the Shelby pitcher then pro-ceeded to walk the next three Lady Trojans to give Chase a commanding 6-0 lead .
The Chase offense was far from finished as Davis’ third hit of game sparked a three-run outburst with the big blow coming off bat of Blair White, who laced a two-run single to put Chase up 9-0
Davis was part of the Trojans final run as well as the senior smashed a double to the fence to send the Trojans to the 10-0 win.
Chase steps out of conference play on Monday when the Lady Trojans take on 4A power, Spartanburg at home.
“They have an excellent pitcher,” said Bailey of Mondays contest. “It should be a good litmus test for the team”
R-S Central 13, Patton 3MORGANTON — Mariah Lattimore was nearly
unhittable and the Lady Hilltoppers offense erupt-ed to take down Patton, 13-3, Friday.
Lattimore worked six innings, in the rule-short-ened game, and allowed just one hit. The hard-throwing senior sat down 14 by way of strikeout. Lattimore also helped herself with a solo home run in the win.
Central (8-0, 4-0) received multi-hit games from Chelsea Smith (3-for-4), Brooke Owens (2-for-3), Cori Hipp (2-for-4) and Taylor Sullivan (2-for-3, HR) in the win.
East Rutherford 6, Burns 1LAWNDALE — Makayla Harrelson smacked a
Grand Slam and Ali Ruppe worked seven strong innings as East topped Burns, 6-1, Friday.
East (3-5, 2-1) got two hits from Ruppe to go along with her two-hitter from the circle. Ruppe struck out eight.
Chelsea Rush celebrated her 18th birthday with a crucial hit in the conference win, while teammate Sally Harrill also added a critical hit, according to coach Julie Powell, for the Lady Cavs.
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Contributed PhotoEast Rutherford High recently handed out awards to student-athletes at the school’s Winter Sports banquet. Awards were presented to the following: (front row, l to r) Girls Basketball: Tamara El-Amoor, Coach’s Award; Shaquisha Dawkins, Best Offensive Award; Rosland Lattimore, Best Defensive Award; Kaziah Miller, Team Before Self; Sha’Na Watkins, Most Improved; Ciara Lowrance, Best Rebounder. Cheerleading: Peyton Seres, Most Spirited; Amber Henson, Coach’s Award; Mary Elizabeth Bennett, Best All-Around. (second row, l to r) Heather Horn, Coach’s Award; Katie Downs, Most Spirited; Jessica Swink, Best All-Around; Brittany Stacey, Team Before Self; Brittany Henson, Coach’s Award; Jordan Hawkins, Most Spirited & Academic. Swimming: Mara Chambers, Cavalier Award; Lauren Henderson, Most Valuable. (third row, l to r) Wrestling: Joseph Bryd, Most Pins; Charlie Perez, Most Outstanding; Justin Barksdale, Defensive JV Basketball; Mikhail Baxter, Coach’s Award Basketball; Zachary Price, Best Defensive Basketball; T.J. Watkins, Offensive JV Basketball; Maddox Stamey, Intensity JV Basketball; Brandon Barber, Swimming Cavalier Award. (fourth row, l to r) Rahkim Franklin, Most Improved Wrestling; Rob Gray, Best Offense Basketball; Devince Boykins, Best Rebounder & Most Outstanding Basketball; Ricky Wilkerson, Mr. Hustle Basketball; Dathan Beckett, Coach’s Award JV Basketball; Zachery Arrowood, Coach’s Award Swimming. Not pictured: Raheem Hampton, Team Before Self Basketball; Kyle Maynard, Most Valuable Swimmer; Isabel Ireta, Coach’s Award Swimming.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Braves’ rookie sen-sation Jason Heyward will open the season as Atlanta’s regular right fielder.
“How could we keep him off the team?” Braves manager Bobby Cox said Friday. “He’s done every-thing this spring.”
The 20-year-old Heyward went into Friday’s game against Detroit batting .366 with a homer and five RBIs in 41 at-bats this spring. He had a .500 on-base percentage and .537 slugging aver-age.
“He’ll be in there every day,” Cox said of the left-handed hitter. “With him, it doesn’t matter if a lefty or a righty is pitching.”
Heyward learned he had made the team dur-ing a meeting with Cox early Friday morning, then general manager Frank Wren talked to him during batting practice.
“It was time to make it official that Jason was on the team,” Wren said. “Now he can just go out and play the last week of spring training without any more speculation.”
Heyward was low key about making the team, but admitted that “it was a great feeling” leaving Cox’s office knowing that he was officially a major leaguer.
“I really wasn’t surprised or relieved,” Heyward said. “It just means that it is time to get ready for the season.”
The Braves could have delayed Heyward’s arbi-tration and free agent clock by starting him in the minors.
“But I don’t know how we could have faced our players or the fans if we had done that,” Wren said.
Cox has been in Heyward’s corner all the time.“He makes us a lot better,” said the manager, who
is in his last season. “He doesn’t just hit, he can do it all. And his makeup is off the charts.”
Heyward was the Braves’ first-round draft pick in 2007 and made a quick rise through the Atlanta farm system.
“There is not a better manager for a young player to break in under than Bobby,” Wren said.
Heyward, from the Atlanta suburb of McDonough, was named minor league player of the year last season by Baseball America after hit-ting .323 with 17 homers over three minor league stops. He started in Class-A and ended in Triple-A.
“We saw last summer that he was a player on a quick ascent,” said Wren, who noted that the Braves considered calling up Heyward last September.
Heyward made a favorable impression on Braves players last spring and enhanced that this year.
“I couldn’t be more impressed,” Atlanta third baseman Chipper Jones said. “Look out Atlanta. He’s going to wow you.”
“He’s a stud,” said pitcher Tommy Hanson, who finished third in the National League rookie of the year voting last season. “He deserves all the atten-tion and he can handle it.”
Heyward doesn’t turn 21 until August, but you’d never guess his age with his maturity on and off the field.
“His plate discipline for being that age is really beyond my comprehension,” Braves hitting coach Terry Pendleton said. “All I can say is that everyone in Atlanta has a lot to look forward to.”
The Braves cleared a spot on the 40-man roster for Heyward, an invitee to spring training, when pitcher Todd Redmond was outrighted to Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday.
Now the question is which number Heyward will wear this season. He has been No. 71 this spring.
“I know, but it’s a secret,” Heyward said.
Jason Heyward to start in RF for Braves
Heyward
Batch stays a SteelerPITTSBURGH (AP) — Charlie Batch has signed
a two-year contract to remain with the Pittsburgh Steelers as a backup quarterback.
The 35-year-old Batch has been under contract with the Steelers for eight seasons, although he sat out 2004 and 2008 with injuries. He has thrown only two passes since 2007, and 135 overall during his time with Pittsburgh.
A former starter for the Detroit Lions, Batch is expected to compete with Dennis Dixon to be the backup quarterback.
Associated PressJimmie Johnson, left front, passes Tony Stewart, right front, as Greg Biffle, back left, and Kurt Busch, back right, follow during the final laps of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series Food City 500 auto race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., Sunday, March 21, 2010. Johnson won the race.
Johnson: “They want to be in my shoes”MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) —
Jimmie Johnson has won three races already this season, and last week rallied with 10 laps to go to win at a place where his results had been mediocre.
The victory at Bristol, Tenn., prompted a frustrated Kurt Busch, who Johnson passed, to say afterward that he would have preferred that anyone but the four-time Cup champion take the victory.
In Johnson’s mind, that means he’s got Busch — and others — right where he wants them.
“Man, I’ve always wanted to be that guy that frustrated the field, frustrated the garage,” he said Friday at Martinsville, where qualifying for Sunday’s race was rained out.
“I was fortunate enough to watch (Dale) Earnhardt do that during his run and (Jeff) Gordon during his. And you ask any driver in the garage area. They want to be in my shoes. They want to be the guy that is refer-enced when someone loses and they say ‘anyone but.’”
Getting into the competition’s head, intentionally or otherwise, isn’t new in NASCAR.
The key to being able to make it work is knowing who you are dealing with, said two-time champion Tony Stewart. And who is vulnerable to it and who is not.
“There is a group of guys that are easy to do that to and there is a group of guys that it is impossible to,” he said. “No mat-ter what you try to do, you can’t get in their heads.”
To some degree, what Johnson has done has to be in everyone’s head, Jeff Burton said. Before Johnson started winning cham-pionships, only Cale Yarborough had won three in a row.
“For me, if you’re not paying attention to what they’re doing and understand that they’re the guys you need to beat if you want to win a championship, then you’re not a fast learner,” he said. “You can be in denial about where they are and what they’re doing if you like, but if you want to understand what you’re up
against, then you need to under-stand it.”
The last driver to have a run going like Johnson has had in the past four years — he won 29 races, plus three of the first five this year — was his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Jeff Gordon, who won four champi-onships between 1995 and 2001.
In his mind, the surest way to keep the competition guessing is to keep winning.
“Those were the easiest week-ends I ever had in this sport,” he said of the six-year stretch when he earned 56 of his 82 career victories, including 33 in a three-year period.
When he was on top, and grad-ually taking the spot from Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace, Gordon was often loudly booed during introductions as though he had done something terrible.
Johnson, though, doesn’t even draw that response.
“It’s because he doesn’t do anything on the race track that makes them mad.” Stewart said, “other than win.”
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=WASHINGTON (AP) — A fax bearing the image of a noose. Profane voice mails. Bricks thrown, a gas line cut. White powder sent to an office.
Democrats and a few Republicans revealed mounting numbers and unsettling details of threats against them Thursday in the emotional aftermath of the passage of the health care overhaul.
Lawmakers uniformly condemned the harassment, but that’s where the agreement ended. Democrats said Republicans were slow to condemn the vigilantism, while Republicans said Democrats were playing politics with the threats.
“By ratcheting up the rhetoric, some will only inflame these situa-tions to dangerous levels,” said House Republican Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia. “Enough is enough. It has to stop.”
At least 10 Democrats now have reported harassment, including inci-dents involving at least four of their offices in New York, Arizona and Kansas. More frequent have been obscenity-laced, sometime-threaten-ing phone messages. An undisclosed number of lawmakers have been giv-en increased police protection.
“It is unfortunate that a small but vocal group of people are using insults to convey their opinions and alarming that anyone would make threats against me or my family,” said Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, D-Pa.
On Thursday, two Republicans said they, too, had been menaced.
No arrests have been reported. A threat to assault a member of Congress in retaliation for the perfor-mance of official duties is punishable by up to a year in prison.
House historian Fred Beuttler said there have been few acts of violence against lawmakers over legislation. The worst occurred in 1954 when four Puerto Rican nationalists shot up the House chamber, wounding five members. A cross was burned on Speaker Sam Rayburn’s front lawn in Texas during debate on civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
This week, hate-filled rants have been showing up in voice mails, e-mail boxes and on fax machines of lawmakers since the House approved the health care bill 219-212 Sunday night. President Barack Obama signed it into law on Tuesday. A package of fixes to the new law was winding through Congress Thursday on the brink of a two-week recess that begins on Monday.
On one point Thursday, there was bipartisan agreement: No act of Congress — health care reform or anything else — merits threats of violence against lawmakers or their families.
House Republican leader John
Boehner met with Speaker Nancy Pelosi about the incidents and both condemned them.
Pelosi was careful to avoid blam-ing Republicans directly for inciting the harassment, though she said that words “weigh a ton.” Such threats of retaliation “have no place in a civil debate in our country,” she said.
Boehner followed moments later. While many are angry over the health care measure, he said, “threats and violence should not be part of a political debate.”
The fact that lawmakers were being harassed took attention away from the package of fixes to the health care law.
Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, released a recording of a voicemail she said she received in which a man repeatedly accuses Republicans of being racists.
Cantor, meanwhile, said he has received e-mail threats and that a bullet struck the window of his cam-paign office building in Richmond. But Richmond police said the bullet apparently had been randomly fired skyward. It hit the front window of a building that houses Cantor’s campaign office as it fell at a sharp downward angle around 1 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
Cantor said the House’s Democratic campaign chairman, Chris Van Hollen, and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine had incited retribution against Republicans by telling The Huffington Post that the GOP would “own” responsibility for retaliatory slurs.
Schmidt, meanwhile, released a tape of a profanity-laced phone message in which the caller said Republicans were racists and, refer-ring to an accident two years ago when she was hit by a car while jog-ging, said, “You should have broke your back.”
Rep. Anthony Weiner’s office in the Queens borough of New York City received a letter with white pow-der in it Thursday that mentioned his vote for the health care bill, the police department said. Police later said field tests showed the powder was not hazardous.
In addition to Dahlkemper, Ohio Rep. John Boccieri, one of eight Democrats who switched to “yes” on the most recent House vote, said he had received threats.
E-mails sent to Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, D-Fla., another member who switched her vote, urged her to commit suicide and said she and her family should rot in hell.”
Rep. Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat and chairwoman of an influential House committee, said someone had left her a voicemail that used the word “snipers.”
Benefits bill held upWASHINGTON (AP) —
Once again, a stubborn Senate Republican is blocking speedy pas-sage of a stopgap bill to extend job-less benefits, saying its $9 billion cost should not be added to the national debt.
This time it’s Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who’s insisting that the measure be “paid for” so as not to add to the nation’s $12.7 trillion debt.
The clash comes less than a month after Republicans abandoned a similar battle that led to an inter-ruption in unemployment benefits eligibility for some people and a two-day furlough for about 2,000 Transportation Department employ-ees.
A stopgap law enacted early this month extends though March 31 unemployment insurance for people who have been out of a job for more than six months, provides health insurance subsidies for the jobless and protects doctors from a sharp cut in Medicare payments.
11 killed in Ky. accidentMUNFORDVILLE, Ky. (AP) —
A tractor-trailer loaded with auto parts crossed a highway median Friday and slammed head-on into a van carrying a Mennonite family, killing 11 people before dawn on a hilly stretch of interstate.
The dead included an engaged couple and several members of their family, whose house burned down in December. Two children in the van were the only survivors of the crash about 75 miles south of Louisville.
After the collision, the truck smashed into a rock wall and burst into flames. The driver, the lone occupant, was also killed.
A pastor for the family said they were traveling to a wedding in Iowa, and the engaged couple planned their own wedding for July.
The crash was the deadliest single accident in Kentucky since a 1988 bus crash in which 27 people died when a church bus carrying a youth group was hit by a drunken driver.
Kauffman said the family was from Burkesville, in southern Kentucky. Those killed were John and Sadie Esh and some of their children and grandchildren. The youngest victims were ages 1, 3 and 5.
In the addition to John and Sadie Esh, the dead included their chil-dren Anna, Rose, Rachel and Leroy, authorities said.
A cousin, Martha Byler of Altoona, Pa., said Leroy Esh’s wife, Naomi, was also killed, along with one of their adopted son, Jalen Esh. Also among the dead was Rachel’s fian-ce, Joel Gingrich. The coroner said family friend Ashley Kramer was also killed.
Nuclear pact approvedWASHINGTON (AP) — President
Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed on Friday to reduce the arsenals of the world’s two largest nuclear pow-ers — the first major arms accord in a generation.
Final agreement came in a phone call between the two and a flurry of announcements in Washington and Moscow.
The new treaty — designed to replace the 1991 START accord which expired last December — would further shrink the massive stockpiles the United States and Russia amassed during the Cold War. It would limit both sides to 1,550 warheads — about 30 percent fewer than are currently allowed — and 700 deployed missiles and bombers.
In addition, the White House statement said, the measure includes tough verification measures that’ll enable both sides to monitor all aspects of its implementation.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Greece won a major pledge of financial support from the other countries that use the euro and the International Monetary Fund in a deal that aims to halt a government debt cri-sis undermining confidence in Europe’s currency union.
The joint eurozone and IMF bailout program comes with strict conditions and makes no money available right now.
It could be tapped only if Greece or other finan-cially troubled eurozone members cannot raise funds from financial markets. It would require the unanimous agreement of the 16 eurozone countries to release the loan funds.
The deal at a summit meeting Thursday night in Brussels was a clear victory for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who had taken a tough line on any bailout. She demanded that a rescue for Greece only come when the country runs out of other options and said it must include the IMF.
It was also a comedown for the French and the European Central Bank, which had opposed turn-ing to the IMF out of fear it would damage the euro’s prestige and show that Europe was unable to solve its own financial woes.
Greece’s financial difficulties have weighed on the shared currency, driving its exchange rate down to $1.33 from $1.51 in November. It has also illustrated a basic weakness in the euro: the bud-get and deficit rules adopted to support it were not strong enough to prevent governments from spending their way into trouble.
A default — if Greece cannot raise money to pay off debt coming due this year — would be a further serious blow to the euro, and most economists and market analysts expected that the European Union would find a way to stop it. But pledges of support had been vague until now.
“We hope that it will not have to be activated,” said the European Union’s president Herman Van Rompuy. “This would be triggered as a last resort.” He said the program should tell markets to “have confidence that the eurozone will never abandon Greece.”
Luxembourg’s prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who heads the group of eurozone finance ministers, said “speculators will be discouraged because they know from now on we have this instrument.”
Greek government officials say they believe the existence of a eurozone safety net will help them borrow at lower costs. They expect the spreads to fall significantly in coming weeks.
“We hope and believe that we won’t ever use it,” a Greek source said under condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to be quoted in the news media.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said eurozone nations would offer loans totaling some two-thirds of the package with the IMF offering the last third. “We didn’t count up to the last euro,” he said. “It can be adjusted.”
Juncker said they did not agree an amount of a possible bailout for Greece. Two diplomats earlier said the total loans would be some €22 billion. All eurozone nations are pledging to help — although any contribution would be voluntary.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The burst of energy the economy showed at the end of last year isn’t likely to be repeated any-time soon.
The Commerce Department reported Friday that the econo-my grew at a 5.6 percent pace in the October-to-December quar-ter in its third and final estimate of economic activity during the period.
Even though growth turned out to be a tad less than the gov-ernment’s prior two estimates for the quarter, the new reading still marked the strongest show-ing in six years.
Many economists, however, think the economy has slowed in the current quarter to about half the pace seen at the end of last year.
Why won’t the big growth spurt be repeated? Because the main force behind it is already ebbing.
Most of last quarter’s growth came from a large bump up in manufacturing — but not because consumer demand was especially strong. In fact, con-sumer spending weakened at the end of the year, even more than the government previously estimated, contributing to the slightly lower reading on overall
economic growth.Instead, factories were churn-
ing out goods for businesses that had let their stockpiles dwindle to save cash. If consumer spend-ing remains lackluster as expect-ed, that burst of manufacturing — and its contribution to eco-nomic activity — will fade.
Analysts predict the economy will expand at only between a 2.5 percent and 3 percent pace in the first quarter of this year. The next two quarters should log similar growth, they say.
In normal times, growth in the 3 percent range would be considered respectable. But the nation is emerging from the worst recession since the 1930s. Sizzling growth in the 5 percent range would be needed for an entire year to drive down the unemployment rate, now 9.7 per-cent, by just 1 percentage point.
Unlike past rebounds driven by the spending of shoppers, this one is hinging more on spending by businesses and foreigners.
Businesses in the fourth quar-ter boosted spending on equip-ment and software at a pace of 19 percent, the most in 11 years. Foreigners snapped up U.S.-made goods and services at a pace of 22.8 percent, which propelled exports to grow at the
fastest pace since 1996. Both export growth and spending on equipment and software turned out to be stronger than the gov-ernment’s previous estimate last month.
The slower drawdown in busi-nesses’ stockpiles accounted for nearly 4 percentage points of the fourth-quarter’s overall growth.
But consumers didn’t spend as much.
They increased their spending at a pace of just 1.6 percent. That was weaker than the govern-ment’s prior estimate and was down from a 2.8 percent growth rate in the third quarter.
Although consumer spending is shaping up to be somewhat better in the current quarter, Americans aren’t in the mood to go on a spending spree, one of the reasons why the pace of the recovery will be more subdued than in the past. High unem-ployment, sluggish wage gains, hard to get credit and record-high home foreclosures are all expected to keep consumers rel-atively cautious.
The government first estimated that the economy grew at a 5.7 percent pace in the fourth quar-ter. Then last month it boosted that estimate to a 5.9 percent pace. On Friday it shaved it a bit.
Eurozone, IMF develop plan to support Greece
Growth outlook remains tepid
In this photo made March 3, Yenif Polanco checks a price tag while shopping at Century 21 department store in New York. The Commerce Department reported Friday that the economy grew at a 5.6 percent pace in the October-to-December quarter in its third and final estimate of economic activity during the period.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s bold new plan to stem the foreclosure crisis aims to succeed where previous efforts have fallen flat. Yet just as before, the odds are long, and many struggling borrowers won’t qualify.
In theory, the effort unveiled Friday would help millions of troubled hom-eowners who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, or who are jobless and need a break on their payments.
But it depends on coop-eration from investors and bankers, many of whom have been locked in disputes over whether to reduce the debt owed by homeowners.
And just like the bank bail-outs, this rescue plan poses risks. If it doesn’t slow the wave of foreclosures or if home prices nosedive, the tentative recovery in the housing market could fizzle.
The Obama administration says the plan will help stabi-lize the real estate market by keeping many borrowers out of foreclosure. If it succeeds, the plan would limit damage to the overall economy.
The new effort is designed to help two groups:
— Borrowers who owe more on their loans than their houses are worth. More than 15 million hom-eowners fall into this cat-egory, according to Moody’s Analytics. About 10 million of them owe at least 20 per-cent more than their house’s current value.
Their mortgage companies can cut the total amount they owe, or they can refi-nance into loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration. FHA will get $14 billion in incentive money from the federal bail-out fund.
— Unemployed borrowers. People receiving unemploy-ment benefits would have their mortgage payments cut to no more than 31 percent
of their monthly income for three to six months.
That’s intended to give homeowners more time to find a job. Once they do, they may qualify for a loan modi-fication that would perma-nently reduce their payments under the administration’s existing $75 billion loan modification program.
The plan aims to help 3 to 4 million borrowers avoid foreclosure — the same tar-get the administration tried to reach with its original plan last year. Even with the changes, the effort will likely prevent no more than 1.5 million foreclosures, estimates Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.
Disputes among banks and investors, who would have to approve any cuts in loan principal, could prevent the effort from stopping more foreclosures, as could anoth-er drop in home prices.
“Practically speaking, this is probably going to pre-vent foreclosures. But I don’t think they’re ever going to
reach 3 to 4 million hom-eowners,” said Chris Mayer, a real estate professor at New York’s Columbia Business School. “These plans always turn out to be harder than we think.”
The administration’s exist-ing program to prevent fore-closures hasn’t made much of a dent in the foreclosure crisis. A lack of planning and shifting rules on who quali-fies produced a huge backlog in the program, the special inspector general for the fed-eral financial bailout fund told lawmakers this week.
Still, analysts said this effort has a better chance of success than past efforts because it would reduce principal for some strug-gling borrowers — a method more effective at helping homeowners than reduc-ing interest payments or other forms of aid. Laurie Goodman, a widely followed mortgage securities analyst with Amherst Securities Group, called it “a huge step forward.”
The plan comes after pres-
sure from the administra-tion’s Democratic allies in Congress to intensify efforts to help Americans at risk of losing their homes.
The overhauled plan came together after several months of negotiations between the Treasury Department, major banks and investors in mortgage securities. A major sticking point so far has been getting everyone involved to agree on restructuring loans.
The problem is that most of the troubled mortgages aren’t owned by the banks them-selves. They were bundled into securities during the housing boom and sold to investors.
To reduce principal pay-ments on those mortgages, banks often must get permis-sion from the investors who hold the securities — and may not be willing to take less.
Banking industry officials were optimistic that inves-tors would negotiate.
“You have two choices: Modify the mortgage and help a borrower stay in their
home or possibly get nothing if they foreclose,” said Scott Talbott, the chief lobbyist for the Financial Services Roundtable, an industry group.
The plan risks angering Americans like Jim Truschel, a homeowner in La Mirada, Calif., who said he was dis-appointed the government is spending taxpayer money on another homeowner bailout effort.
“I feel very sorry for the people that are in these situ-ations, but they have to be somewhat to blame them-selves,” said Truschel, a retir-ee. “They should have real-ized that they were getting into things that they weren’t going to be able to pay for.”
The administration says irresponsible borrowers will not benefit. The plan will not help investors, speculators or “Americans living in million-dollar homes or defaulters on vacation homes,” an admin-istration fact sheet said.
Diana Farrell, a White House economic adviser, acknowledged the plan won’t prevent many of the expected 10 to 12 million foreclosures expected over the next three years. Doing so, she said, “wouldn’t be fair, it would be too expensive and we prob-ably wouldn’t succeed in any case, because many people got into homes that they sim-ply cannot afford.”
Rep. Barney Frank, chair-man of the House Financial Services Committee, praised the new steps, particularly giving jobless borrowers a break on their payments for three to six months.
For taxpayers, the govern-ment’s plan carries some risk. Lenders will probably sell their most troubled loans to the FHA so they can be insured against default, said Mayer of Columbia Business School. Experts have warned that the FHA faces rising losses from foreclosures and might need a bailout.
Government tries new fix for mortgage crisis
Associated PressIn this Feb. 19 file photo, a foreclosed house is shown in East Palo Alto, Calif. After months of criti-cism that it hasn’t done enough to prevent foreclosures, the Obama administration is announcing a plan to reduce the amount some troubled borrowers owe on their home loans.
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Dear Dr. Gott: My sister is 50-years-old and has been diagnosed with Behcet’s disease. Her symptoms began with some arthritis. She then developed horrible sores on her body and a terrible one in her throat. Then her eyes became involved. She has had to quit work and is in almost constant pain. She has been getting injections in her eye. Her throat is getting worse. Should she stop eat-ing and drinking and have IVs until her throat heals?
Dear Reader: Behcet’s is most com-mon in the Far East and Mediterranean areas. The syndrome is an idiopathic disorder classified as a form of vasculitis (blood-vessel inflammation).
Because of the diversity of the blood vessels affected, it can occur throughout the body but is most common in the eyes, mouth, lungs, joints, genitals, brain, GI tract and on the skin. Aneurysms in the lungs can rupture and lead to massive hemorrhaging. Painful ulcers can develop. Involvement of the central nervous system is a dangerous manifes-tation. When the disease involves the
white matter of the brain and brainstem, stroke, headache, confusion and other conditions can develop.
I do not believe that fasting is an answer, even with her troublesome throat lesion. While the condition is uncommon in the US and Canada, it has been studied extensively. A 1998 article by David Hellmann, published and copyrighted by the American College of Physicians in the Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program, edition 11, Rheumatology Section, covered Behcet’s. Furthermore, your sister could check with the Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center to determine whether any trials she can participate in are under way. Good luck.
Behcet’s uncommon and troublesome
Dear Abby: I’m 16 and have grown up religious my whole life. I get good grades and stay out of trouble. A lot of my friends have done crazy things like drinking and partying, but I haven’t. Because of this, I have the reputation of being a “goody-two-shoes.”
I’m not saying it’s a bad thing being a good girl, but I don’t want to be a goody-two-shoes. Part of me wants to try some of the stuff my friends have been doing, but I don’t want to lose my parents’ trust. Please help! — Restless
Dear Restless: You have your par-ents’ trust because you have earned it. Before you try any of the “stuff” your friends have been doing, ask yourself what the consequences could be. Yes, it’s hard being labeled a goody-two-shoes — but please look closely at who is doing the name-calling. A streetwise individual once told me, “The best way out of a jam is not to get into one in the first place.” That tidbit has served me well, and that’s why I’m passing it along to you.
Dear Abby: My daughter left our small Midwestern town for the West Coast to marry money. At 37, she finally snagged her millionaire. She thought it was going to give her a blank check.
She does live in a lovely home and drives an expensive foreign car, but that’s where it ends. Everything is
in his name, and her wedding ring is one we gave her, although he paid to remove the stone and have it pol-ished.
I told her then to walk away.They have two children. Her son
is a spoiled brat, completely self-absorbed like his dad.
Her daughter has learning disabili-ties and is still at home.
More than one family member refers to her spouse as a horse’s rear end.
He rarely attends family events, which is really fine with everyone. At best, he can be described as rude and obnoxious.
My daughter would never leave him. She loves the lifestyle too much. If she only knew how most of her extended family think of them. I’m embarrassed by it, really.
I just thought your readers should know that marrying money isn’t nec-essarily the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. — Mom
Dear Mom: I’ll say. Someone who marries for money usually ends up earning every single penny.
Good girl tempted to be bad
Your Birthday, March 27;
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Former U.S.-appointed prime min-ister Ayad Allawi and his secular, anti-Iranian coali-tion narrowly won Iraq’s par-liamentary elections in final returns Friday, edging out the bloc of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who angri-ly vowed to challenge the results.
If Allawi’s coalition remains on top, it will get the first opportunity to form a parliamentary majority and Iraq’s next government, and complete his emergence from what once appeared to be the political graveyard. But they do not automatically mean that he will become prime minister, and the nar-row margin sets the stage for months of political wran-gling.
A coalition including anti-American cleric Muqtada al-
Sadr finished a strong third and could end up playing the role of kingmaker. Kurdish parties also could be crucial in determining who will rule the oil-rich Arab nation of 28 million people.
Allawi told cheering sup-porters at his Baghdad head-quarters he wants to help build a stable region that would help “achieve prosper-ity for (Iraq’s) people.”
“On this occasion, I’d like to congratulate the Iraqi peo-ple and extend the hand of friendship to all neighboring and world countries,” said Allawi, a secular Shiite poli-tician who appealed across sectarian lines to minority Sunnis who have been out of power since the downfall of Saddam Hussein.
Baghdad’s Sunni neigh-borhoods, the site of vicious sectarian fighting just a few
years ago, erupted in cheer-ing, honking of horns and celebratory gunfire in sup-port of the man they have endorsed as their own.
“Today is a historic and joyful day which will wit-ness a change for the sake of Iraqi people,” said Hameed Marouf, an Allawi supporter.
But the results released Friday portend an ugly, pro-tracted battle. No coalition is close to the 163 seats needed to control the parliament.
Allawi’s Iraqiya coalition won 91 seats to 89 for al-Maliki’s State of Law bloc. The Iraqi National Alliance, a Shiite religious group dom-inated by al-Sadr’s follow-ers, won about 70 seats, and Kurdish parties picked up 51.
Regardless of who eventu-ally comes out on top, the results of the March 7 elec-tions suggest that millions
of Iraqis are fed up with a political system that revolves around membership in one of the two major Islamic sects.
Iraqiya’s win also shows that many Iraqis are suspi-cious of Iranian influence. Allawi was widely seen as closer to the region’s Arab governments than to neigh-boring Shiite Iran.
The next prime minister will lead a government that presumably will be in power when the U.S. completes its scheduled troop withdrawal from Iraq next year. There has been fear among some in the West that a U.S. with-drawal would effectively leave Iraq as an Iranian pup-pet.
Al-Maliki, the U.S. part-ner in Iraq for the past four years, announced in a nationally televised news
conference that he would not accept the results.
Gesturing angrily, he said he would challenge the vote count through what he described as legal process. By law, he would have until Monday to register his com-plaints.
The prime minister submit-ted a request to the country’s Supreme Court for clarifica-tion on the definition of the biggest bloc in parliament. Under the constitution, the president tasks that bloc with trying to form a government.
In what appears to be a non-binding legal opinion made public Friday, the court left open the possibliity that the biggest bloc in parlia-ment could be a coalition formed after the election, not necessarily the biggest coali-tion as it existed on Election Day.
