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MONROEDoris Love stood with

both hands resting on the porch rail. Her cane hung to her right and a dog lay to her left.

Love, who buried her husband of 57 years less than a week ago, said she t h o u g h t she was not going to have a good day when she woke up S a t u r d ay mor ning. “ T o d a y was going to be a sad day,” she said.

That changed, however, when a group of United Way volunteers showed up at her house off Gold-mine Road in Monroe. The volunteers weeded flower beds, raked the yard and spread new mulch around the porch; and did so with smiles seemingly tattooed on their faces.

“They just showed an outpouring of love,” said Love, or Miss Love as the group called her. “You hear about so many bad things in the world, but these people make you forget all that.”

The group of volun-teers from Citizens South Bank joined more than 930 volunteers from 45 local businesses, civic

groups, churches and other groups for the 17th annual Day of Caring, a day dedicated to making a positive impact on Union

County. There were 84 projects similar to Love’s countywide.

As with most service projects, those doing the

work are often as fulfilled as those they are serving.

“This always makes

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Union fugitive caught in BulgariaExtradited woman is accused of enslaving, abusing three girls in 2005BY JASON [email protected]

MONROEA woman who is ac-

cused of forcing three girls into servitude by beating them and claim-ing she was Jesus Christ has been extradited to the United States after almost four years in Europe.

In 2005, police say, Mer-cedes Farquharson held

three young women, ages 15, 18 and 22 at the time, and forced them to do manual labor that includ-

ed taking care of farm animals and yard work in conditions Sheriff ’s Of-fice Detective John Young described at the time as “nasty.” The girls and Farquharson lived at 3018 Hampton Meadows Drive after the girls’ parents agreed to give the girls into Farquharson’s care.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Union County Sheriff Eddie Cathey

said. “We’re certainly glad to have her back here in the country.”

Sheriff ’s deputies and officials from the Depart-ment of Social Services went to the house after a tip from a neighbor on Dec. 21, 2005. When they arrived, the girls were alone. Farquharson had not been not seen again until she was brought back to North Carolina

on Friday.In the spring of 2006, the

girls, Holly and Jasmine Lloyd and the 15-year-old whose name was with-held because of her age, told their story to The Enquirer-Journal.

“She was cutting my hair as a punishment and the razor stopped work-ing, and she was so angry she started hitting me with the razor and made

a huge gash on my head,” The 15-year-old said. “The blood soaked my shirt and was all over the floor. I thought I was going to bleed to death.

“Then another time she bashed my head against the wall and it started bleeding badly again,” she said. “That time it hurt even more, I guess be-

&How to build a school in NepalBY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROEJeff Gaura has led in

the building of two Ne-pali boarding schools, one mango tree and donkey load of cement at a time. He has a third on the way.

A New York native, Gaura lives in New Sa-lem and heads an 1 8 - p e r s o n n e t w o r k consulting c o m p a n y. He and his wife have two sons, ages 8 and 18.

B e f o r e the wife and kids, Gaura was a Peace Corps vol-unteer in Dang Valley, Nepal, from 1987 to 1989, working as a math and sci-ence teacher, and later, a community developer.

Now fluent in Nepali, he keeps in contact with people there and said the No. 1 need is schools. More than half of the students there drop out by seventh grade, he said, contribut-ing to making Nepal one of poorest, least literate countries in the world.

The first two schools, Saudiyar Middle and Su-crawar Elementary, were built in less than a year. The elementary school was completed this spring.

Jeff Gaura divides his time between New Salem and Nepal, where he works to build schools.

BY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROEUnion County Public

Schools’ SAT scores out-rank the state and nation for the fourth year in a row. School officials said higher student participa-tion in Advanced Place-ment and honors courses have a lot to do with it.

“It’s the level of inten-sity” coupled with a focus on critical thinking, Forest Hills High School principal Wanda Little said. Forest

Hills’ average SAT score went up nine points from last year — the same time that three new AP classes were introduced. This year’s curriculum includes three more AP options, in-cluding AP world history, psychology and art.

Countywide SAT scores released Tuesday show an average combined math and critical reading, or verbal, score of 1,029, up five points from last year. The average state score was 1,006; it was 1,016 na-tionwide.

Monroe High School had the biggest jump from last year, up 38 points to an average score of 936.

“We have a very strong faculty,” Monroe princi-pal Doreen Dotalo said; teachers hold students to high standards and know how to reach a cer-tain “profile.” Among last year’s 131 seniors, Dotalo said there was ex-ceptional talent in both academics and the arts. The senior class racked

Local SAT scores rise

A Saturday of Caring930 volunteers tackle 84 projects in eight-hour sweep

Staff photo by Rick Crider

Jake Plue and other adults with developmental disabilities will move into a new group home that Goodrich Corp. volunteers helped repair and renovate during the United Way Day of Caring on Saturday.

InsideThe United Way faces $1 million challenge

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Police say MercedesFarquhar-son fled to Spain and Bulgaria to avoid prosecution.

The scoresThe following are average combined math and critical reading scores for each high school. The highest combined score is a 1600.

‘07-08 ‘08-09CATA n/a 993Forest Hills 959 968Marvin Ridge n/a 1091Monroe 898 936Parkwood 1030 1020Piedmont 1008 1009Porter Ridge 1018 1001Sun Valley 1014 1006Weddington 1071 1074

Source: Union County Public Schools

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up 601 college applica-tions — almost five apiece — and earned more than $3 million in scholarship money.

How will they top it?“We’re going to work

even harder,” Dotalo said, adding that the school constantly promotes on-line SAT preparation and after-school practice ses-sions. This “takes away the fear of testing,” she said, and the more stu-dents practice that kind of test, the better they will get.

Of nine county high schools, four went up in SAT scores, three went down and two had SAT scores for the first time. Superintendent Ed Da-vis said comparing them wouldn’t be “apples to apples” because all vary in student population and demographics.

Carolyn White, UCPS director of student test-ing, said students from all schools are encouraged to take advanced courses

if their teachers or guid-ance counselors think they are cut out for it.

Sometimes students are “GPA driven,” Davis said, and don’t want to take harder classes, but they also need to challenge themselves. Their GPA might not be as high with a “B” as an “A,” but they will get a more in-depth education with advanced courses. Early prepara-tion for the SAT could also yield higher scores, he said, opening doors for students to attend the col-lege of choice.

Having that practice also bumps up their con-fidence for the SAT, he said, making the test “less daunting.”

Students generally take a preliminary SAT their junior year of high school. Those who do ex-ceptionally well have a chance at National Merit scholarships — another incentive to practice in and out of class, White said.

Taking AP and hon-ors classes could also cut down on college expens-es, she added. Many ad-

vanced classes transfer to college credit, requiring less money for tuition.

Of 2,170 UCPS seniors last year, nearly 64 per-cent of them took the SAT. That number is slightly above state figures and almost 18 percent higher than national figures. Many of these students are enrolled in advanced classes.

“Over time, more North Carolina students have decided to take the SAT and AP courses,” state

Superintendent June At-kinson said in a press release. “This increase offers proof that more young people see educa-tion as the key to their future success.”

The SAT also includes a writing portion intro-duced in 2006. The average writing score statewide was 480 and has remained about the same since the portion was added.

“The College Board obviously feels writing is important, and so do

we,” White said. Still, she said the writing portion doesn’t count toward SAT scores and many colleges ignore it when shuffling through applications.

Writing included, the average UCPS SAT score is 1,523; it’s 1,486 statewide and 1,509 nationwide.

“Although we feel good about the scores,” Davis said, “there’s still room for improvement.” He hopes to see each school with a higher score next year.

SATs: What do they measure?

Director of student testing Carolyn White said the SAT is more popular in this part of the country, but some students might decide to take the ACT.

The SAT covers math, critical thinking/verbal and writing. The ACT covers math, reading, English and science, and includes an optional writing portion.

Monroe High School principal Doreen Dotalo said students looking for alternatives to a four-year college might favor the ACT, although neither test is “better” than the other. Forty Monroe students opted for the ACT last year. Some take both the ACT and SAT.

White said colleges and most scholarships accept either one.

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MONROECounty and city lead-

ers seem to be at an im-passe.

The Union County Board of Commission-ers again voted 3-2 to reject Monroe’s request for park property.

The city had been op-erating Belk-Tonawanda Park for nearly 20 years when it realized this spring that about one-third of the park, just more than 6 acres, be-longs to the county.

The Monroe City Coun-cil requested that the

county simply give the property to the city. The board majority balked at that request, first offer-ing to sell it for it’s tax value of about $85,000. That offer rejected, the board then tried to ne-gotiate a trade involving no money. Commission-ers Allan Baucom and Parker Mills have al-ways favored giving the property to the city free and clear.

Commissioner Tracy Kuehler came back to the City Council with an offer for parking. Coun-ty employees park in the lot across Church Street from the Union County

Government Center even though the parking lot belongs to the city. Kuehler said that she just wanted to have that agreement in writing so future boards or coun-cils would continue to honor that agreement.

The City Council flat out rejected that offer last week, again request-ing that the park prop-erty be donated with no strings.

“We agreed to nego-tiate, and I fail to see where the negotiation is,” Kuehler said dur-ing the commissioners’ meeting Monday, where the rejected offer was of-

ficially discussed.Baucom again made a

motion to simply donate the property. “The city has maintained it,” he said, adding that county now has the additional cost on its books for that upkeep, which runs about $7,500 annually.

“We need to look at the big picture,” added Mills, who referenced a poten-tial plan to partner with Monroe for water and sewer capacity, a major need in Union County.

In Mills’ opinion, rock-ing the boat on this issue could have bad repercus-sions.

“I think in the end, we

will end up way ahead” if the property is donated, he said.

Commissioners Kue-hler, Kim Rogers and Lan-ny Openshaw agreed that they trusted the current City Council to honor the parking agreement, but still wanted a deal for the park to be a negotiation.

“I don’t respond to a flat-out no,” Rogers said.

City Council candidate Rick Alexander, who was at the meeting, sided with the city and turned Kue-hler’s distrust of future councils around. What if the city wanted to use the lot for a future building, he said after the meeting.

“Then we would have to come back and negotiate on our own property? ... I don’t think so.”

It was unclear what will happen to the park prop-erty with both the council and commissioners un-willing to budge on the is-sue. Rumors have floated that a permanent fence would be erected, making it difficult or impossible to get to the county side of the park, which has no di-rect entrance to I.B. Shive Drive. A playground at the park is technically on the county side but belongs to the city and it might be moved if an agreement cannot be reached.


MONROEUnion County coffers

took another hit this year as more county residents defaulted on their taxes.

The county collected only 96.83 percent of all taxes owed for the budget year ending June 2008 but budgeted for a collection rate of about 97 percent.

As all governments do, the county has a contin-

gency fund in the budget to cover unexpected costs or shortfalls, but that ac-count has been taking hits for years as county debts piled up.

While the shortfall ac-counts for only 0.17 per-cent of anticipated funds, county commissioners are concerned.

“Union County is run-ning so close to the line that anything is a signifi-cant number,” Board of Commissioners Chairman Lanny Openshaw said.

Openshaw has already requested that figures for the first quarter, due in October, be presented to the board. Last year, the board did not review ac-tual figures until after the second quarter in January. If any adjustments need to be made, commissioners should spread them over nine months instead of six months, Openshaw said.

Commissioner Allan Baucom said he antici-pates the current budget year to run just as lean as last year. He predicted a 7-cent tax increase in or-der to keep the same level

of service going forward. Commissioners did

not raise taxes this past year, even though some people requested their taxes be raised in order to maintain school funding. County policy requires tax increases or spending real-location that accounts for bonds passed by voters.

Openshaw added that more money might still be collected. There is $1 mil-lion in state lottery money scheduled to come to the county and residents could still pay their taxes late.

“They owe, so they can’t sell their house, for instance, and not pay those taxes,” Openshaw said. “Taxes are pretty high up there on the food chain as far as what needs to be paid.”

The 2009 tax bills are

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The Union County Tax Office has mailed approxi-mately 105,000 tax bills. The tax bills were mailed direct-ly to individuals who pay the bill — either property owners or mortgage com-panies with which taxes are escrowed.

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Property tax payments must be paid on or before Jan. 5 to avoid interest charges. If mailed, the pay-ment must be postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service on or before that date.

Property owners whose payments are postmarked on or after Jan. 6 will be charged a 2 percent interest penalty for January and an additional 3/4 percent ev-ery month thereafter until the bill is paid.

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FAYETTEVILLE — Re-publican Lou Huddleston announced Wednesday that he will run for the 8th District congressional seat, challenging incum-bent Democrat Larry Kis-sell.

Huddleston, an Army veteran and native of Fay-etteville, pledged to be a voice of “principled lead-ership” in Congress fo-cused on the concerns of North Caro-lina fami-lies.

“We need new jobs, not new en-ergy taxes,” Huddleston said in a press re-lease.

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“We need common sense and well thought-out fixes to complicated national problems, not massive government takeovers like we’re witnessing with our health care system. Unfor-tunately, Washington poli-tics has been part of the problem instead of part of the solution.”

“Over the course of this campaign, I will speak very clearly about the dangers facing our country from failed leadership at home and enemies abroad,” he said.

The son of an Army paratrooper, Huddleston was born at Fort Bragg. He has a degree in politi-cal science from Morgan State University and an M.A. in Public Adminis-tration from the Univer-sity of Missouri.

He retired from active duty as a colonel in June 2003 and entered the pri-vate sector, where he has served in corporate execu-tive leadership roles.

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“It was like the inside of a barn,” Young said in 2006. “This woman was working these girls basi-cally 20 hours a day and wouldn’t give them proper nourishment or any kind of schooling.”

In order to keep the girls under her control, Farquharson told the girls she was Christ, citing Bi-ble verses to justify their living conditions. The girls said Farquharson made them take care of 300 chickens, seven sheep, nine goats and more than a dozen dogs. She would tell the girls that the ani-mals were sacred.

Without provocation, the girls said, Farquhar-son would beat them with a wooden spatula or belt, choke them, shave their eyelids and pull their hair. She also trained the girls about how to behave when anyone, including DSS, visited in order to not be found out. Farquharson’s former son-in-law said the girls were “brain-washed.”

Farquharson, now 63, had left Monroe, and pos-sibly the country, by the time deputies got there in 2005. Since then, she has been to Spain and was found and arrested in Bul-garia.

She could face up to 65 years in prison if con-victed on all seven counts against her.

“We just got there too late the first time,” Cathey said. “But we kept look-ing, kept digging and fi-nally found her.”

District Attorney John

Snyder said this was a good example of “the long arm of the law” in action. Local authorities worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Jus-tice’s International Divi-sion to find Farquharson.

Farquharson was or-dered held in federal cus-tody pending a detention hearing, which is set for 10:25 a.m. Thursday. She is being held at the Meck-lenburg County Jail.

The indictment against Farquharson alleges that from about 1995 until De-cember 2005, Farquhar-son and others conspired to commit the offenses of forced labor, document servitude (withholding or destroying documents as part of a trafficking scheme), and harboring illegal aliens for commer-cial or private gain.

In addition to the con-spiracy count, Farquhar-son is charged with forced labor, document servi-tude, and harboring ille-gal aliens, totaling seven counts in all.

The charges were ini-tially filed May 24, 2006.

2,000 turn out at health care meeting


WEDDINGTONMore than 2,000 people

packed Weddington High School to voice their op-position to a government-run health care system.

Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., hosted a town hall at Weddington High School Tuesday night and fielded questions almost exclu-sively on the proposed overhaul of the U.S. health insurance business.

“We all agree that we need to solve a problem,” Myrick told the crowd. “Something needs to be done.” The point of con-tention, she said, is how.

Myrick spoke briefly about her ideas for health care before turning over the floor to the crowd, which at times had as many as 40 people stand-ing in line to speak.

There was a smattering of opposition to Myrick’s conservative record and health care proposals.

One man posed as an insurance representative and presented Myrick with a large, fake check, sarcastically thanking her for opposing health care reform because it kept big companies in the private sector rich.

Last week, a group of Democrats from Union and Mecklenburg coun-ties said they would chal-lenge Myrick at the meet-ing.

“We’ve decided we are going to have some signs, but will not engage in an-gry rhetoric,” Lynn Sliv-ka, who was helping to or-ganize the Union County Democrats, said before the meeting. “That’s not our M.O.”

Slivka said local Dem-

ocrats intended to ask Myrick tough questions about health care reform.

“We just want to show them that the Democrats are serious about health care reform,” she said.

Carol McKee runs a small business and said she pays 100 percent of the health insurance pre-miums for 18 full-time employees.

“I just see it as a moral obligation,” she said add-ing that she was taught to love her neighbors. “I fail to understand why we are so violently opposed to making sure everyone has health insurance. ... Is greed an American value?”

Mostly, though, com-ments were in support of Myrick and thanked her for representing conser-vative values of the 9th District.

“It’s not about covering the uninsured in Ameri-ca,” Wesley Chapel resi-dent Tony Mangum said. “It’s all about control.”

Others echoed Mangum and said they wanted the government to stay out of their lives.

Shirley Kohut said she had three close fam-

ily members who were in dire need of serious medi-cal treatment at one point in their lives and credited the current system as the only way they would have received that treatment.

“Under this plan (pro-

posed in Congress), no-where can I find that they would get the same care,” she said.

Some said that health insurance was not for ev-eryone and Mangum said he did not view health cov-

erage as a human right.Myrick listened to ev-

eryone who wished to speak and the town hall was not over by press-time. The Sheriff ’s Of-fice estimated that more than 2,000 people were in

attendance with stand-ing room only in both the auditorium and the caf-eteria, which was used as overflow.

— Jason deBruyn can be reached at 704-261-2243 or [email protected].

Speakers’ line reached 40 deep

Staff photos by Ed Cottingham

Protesters appeared to be in the miniority at a town hall meeting hosted by Rep. Sue Myrick last week at Weddington High Schoo. At right, Bill Wallace stood in line to express his frustration with President Barack Obama’s administration.

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Publisher: Marvin Enderle Editor: Betsy O’Donovan [email protected] [email protected]

A right or be right?

Your Talk

Our Talk

Health care is not a human right.

It’s not in the Constitution, either. It doesn’t even make the Bible (although I wouldn’t mind it if Blue Cross/Blue Shield added a Lazarus-come-forth clause to my policy).

Nor should health care be a right, the sort of thing over which we go to war with our own government. Viagara — or even insulin — isn’t the same as free speech, or the right to assemble, or the right to bear arms against an oppressive regime.

But government isn’t exclusively in the rights-enforcement business.

(Rights, actually, are generally disruptive to government.

The most efficient governments in history were the ones in which power and privilege (also known as “rights”) were concentrated in a very few, very carefully selected hands. OK, OK, I digress.)

Nope, government isn’t just in the rights-enforcement business, and health care isn’t a right, anyway.

But government is in the road-building business and roads — built with communal money, used by everyone, owned by the state — are a gateway drug to socialism.

So are farm subsidies. There is no Constitutional

provision that says we should be able to buy corn products — or wheat, flour, sugar, or milk — at reasonable rates even in years when the harvest is bad.

Like it or not, our government has always been in the basic business of every government, which is gathering our communal resources and redistributing them in ways that provide for the common good.

So: Health care isn’t a right, and public health care isn’t any more socialist than a lot of other things we do as a nation.

Glad we settled that.I should disclose

something important here: I grew up with the benefits of government-funded health care.

As the daughter of a Marine, all of my medical care up to age 21 was funded by taxes.

It was good care, and my parents still enjoy the benefits of the government-run and -funded medical network.

Even more disclosure: They are concerned that a public health care option means that veterans’ care and their medical benefit

will go away and be replaced by an inferior public system that doesn’t account for the specialized health problems experienced by the military.

My parents don’t think they have a right to health care, but they do think its something that they worked hard to earn.

This health care debate isn’t about the violation of a fundamental American right.

But ... if it’s not about a right, maybe it’s about something that’s more important and much harder to pin down.

Maybe it’s about what is right.

And perhaps that’s why we find ourselves at such an impasse.

One one side of this argument are people who are afraid that they will need health care and won’t have it because they are too poor to afford it because

a. insurance and pharmaceutical companies are expensive, and

b. have created a maze of regulations that mean almost no one can qualify for the treatments they need, so

c. only people who can pay out of pocket for treatment can get great care.

And on the other side of this argument are people who are afraid that they will need health care and won’t have it because

a. they are too poor to afford it, because

b. the government has raised taxes to pay for a massive health care plan with regulations that mean almost no one can qualify for the treatments they need, and

c. only people who can pay for private insurance can get great care.

Is it right to force a greater tax burden on people who are happy with the health care they can presently afford?

Is it right to live in one of the wealthiest nations in the history of the world, surrounded by people who can’t afford or access medical treatment?

Which bothers you more?— Indian Trail Trader

editor Betsy O’Donovan can be reached at 704-261-2223 or via e-mail at [email protected].

Fund Smart StartThe young children of

North Carolina are desper-ately waiting for Governor Bev Perdue to notice them.

Although the state has approved the 2009-10 budget with a $15.9 million cut to Smart Start funding, the cuts may not be over. Because state revenue remains below expectations, the governor has ordered further cuts of 5 percent to each agency until further notice. This additional cut would take the Smart Start funding to more than $25 mil-lion below last year’s level.

Special exceptions may be made to classroom instruc-tion, economic development opportunities, law enforce-ment, health care and public safety, Perdue says. We believe Smart Start should be one of those exceptions. Clearly early childhood education is related to success in school, is part of economic development and is essential for the economic recovery for North Carolina.

All around the state, children

and families rely on Smart Start to ensure that their early childhood programs are of high quality and safe, that they have programs available to them to support parenting (par-ticularly important in times of stress), that they have access to needed health care, and more.

All of these children and families will see these ser-vices cut back. Although the state has 742,232 children age birth to 5, the audience of Smart Start funding, the budget cuts put every North Carolinian at risk.

Please contact the Gov-ernor immediately and let her know that Smart Start should be exempt from this cut. She has claimed to be the “mother of Smart Start”; we need to help her remem-ber her commitment.

Leave a message with the Governor at 919-733-4240. Her fax number is 919-715-3175 and her office e-mail is [email protected].

Phil BazemoreMayor pro tem, Monroe

Disappointing answersFriday night was the Larry

Kissell town hall in Wadesboro. The first questioner asked Kis-sell if he had read the entire health care bill. He responded, “Yes..” The second asked how we can expect additional agen-cies to avoid the same kind of waste and fraud that other federal agencies already have. His response ended up not-ing it just happens, at the end expressing concerns about not knowing where much of the TARP money went.

I said I had called his office repeatedly concerning HR1207, the Federal Reserve Transpar-ency Act, and the responses I received said he would “watch this bill closely.” His response noted thousands of bills come across his desk and insinuated that he hasn’t read it. So, not only did he admit he or his staff lied to me about ‘watch-ing this bill closely,’ but insult was added to injury by hint-ing that he’s had the time and patience to read 1000+ pages of a bill most people couldn’t

follow and understand the first 10 pages of, while not having the time or patience to read a bill fitting on one page.

I managed to get another question in, about the health care bill. I said beginning on page 501 describes the cre-ation of a commission which decides what will be deemed effective, appropriate health care, deciding how much in dollars someone’s life is worth, and that 8-person commis-sion may be made up of up to 3 pharmaceutical reps, and that up 4 of those may be on the commission regardless of financial conflicts of interest. He proceeded to compare this to taking out the trash; it’s just something you have to do.

Brandon DerrMonroe

Veterans for healthI am a 76 year old US Army

overseas veteran, a.retired high school administrator, and insured with Medicare Advan-tage PFSS BCBS and a support-ing supplement from BCBS.

Having health insurance has been a part of my life since I left the US Army in June, 1957, but as children of coal miners, our fathers paid a monthly fee for medi-cal treatment at a company owned clinic but no coverage outside of the doctor’s office.

Also, many times when our fathers were laid off, our health insurance was cancelled until recalled for work. There were many times we were in the hospital for illnesses and inju-ries not related to work which were out-of-pocket cost and put us in heavy debt for prolonged periods of time. Sometimes the unlicensed Vet treated us as well as our few animals.

These uninsured people are just a sliver of the 47,000,000, uninsured citizens in the USA. This seems so sad for our country when we are spending over, $4,000,000,000 a day in Afghanistan, and almost as much in Iraq.

It seems sinful to me. Eddie Varney

Monroe

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Endorsing candidates in Stallings raceIn the 2005 election, Stall-

ings voters came out in record numbers to voice

their desire for change. The mayor and all but one incumbent were defeated, but new faces don’t always mean new attitudes. In the first few months of my term, the new board majority opposed my request to host a seminar on open government, refused development of an ethics policy, and blocked me from getting an opinion from the Attorney General’s office regarding release of em-ployee contracts. I knew the mandate for change would meet fierce resistance.

The mayor’s column was removed from the town newsletter; the mayor’s office was removed from Town Hall; and an ordinance redefining and limiting the role and responsibilities of the mayor was adopted. For the record, the state legislature clarified that the employee

contracts are a matter of public record in 2007 and the 2009 legislature man-dated that all towns adopt an ethics policy and all municipal officials partici-pate in ethics training.

I was politically naïve in 2005 and did not recruit can-didates who would share my goals for transparent and responsive government. My experience has made me a little wiser. I have publicly encouraged people to get involved and have had the pleasure of meeting with many of the candi-dates running for council seats. While all seem eager to serve, some show promise for giving Stallings intelligent, practical and

objective decisions based on logical analysis of facts without political games and personal agendas.

I am pleased to make the following endorsements for Stallings Council seats in the 2009 election.

District 1, Harry Stokes (write in)

Harry is president of Contemporary Benefits De-sign and has lived in Stall-ings more than 20 years. He and wife Sherri have been actively involved in com-munity leadership through numerous school commit-tees, Porter Ridge Athletic Association, and church. Those who know him best indicate that his actions in every arena are guided by a strong moral compass. His business acumen and experience handling complex issues in a focused, efficient manner will be an asset for our organization.

District 2, Reed Esarove As a three-year resident

of our community, Reed

brings a fresh perspective in many critical areas. He is a team player and has made positive contributions as a member of the Park and Recreation Advisory Board. Reed is also very involved in Girl Scouts with his daugh-ters and tee-ball with his son along with his church. He has 11 years experience as a sales executive most recently with Northwest Pallet Supply. Reed holds a B.S. degree in criminol-ogy and an emphasis in business and Spanish. Reed has a professional back-ground in law enforcement including management and supervision, operations and policy/procedure. Reed brings a supportive and objective view of our public safety needs and program.

District 3, Wyatt DunnWyatt served as the

mayor pro tem for the past two years and has demon-strated exceptional leader-ship on council, especially during the budget process.

He is a fiscal conservative without the empty rhetoric espoused by others. He is largely responsible for the tax reductions in 2008 and 2009. He brought the initia-tive for a hotel tax which improves town coffers at no cost to our citizens and guided improvements to the Taser policy to incorporate standards consistent with the N.C. Taser Safety Study Project. He speaks from a sound knowledge base and keeps citizens’ interest foremost. Wyatt holds a B.S. degree in community and regional planning from Ap-palachian State University. He is a native of the area, graduating from Indepen-dence High School. He, with his wife Terri, is actively involved in local schools.

District 6, Paul Frost Paul credits his wife Tra-

cie’s contagious enthusiasm in her role as chairwoman of the Park and Recreation Advisory Board for his deci-sion to get more involved

in serving the town. Paul is a business banking professional with BB&T in Charlotte. He holds a mas-ter’s degree in international affairs and a B.A. degree in humanities from Arizona State University where he served as student body pres-ident representing 45,000 students. More recently he has served on the PTO executive board of Antioch Elementary School, is a leader for Boy Scout Troop 715 and served on the land-scape committee of the Cal-lonwood HOA. Paul’s strong financial background will be a tremendous asset in developing long range fiscal management for the town.

These board members will provide a good bal-ance of perspectives and professional experience with both long term residents and seasoned newcomers. Please give them your vote on Nov. 3.

— Lynda Paxton is the mayor of Stallings.

Lynda Paxton

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Gaura will go back to Nepal after Thanksgiv-ing and hopes to open the third school by September 2011. It will cover grades one through 10, the equiv-alent of kindergarten through 12th grade in the United States.

Q: What have you learned from the previous two schools that you can bring to the table this time?

A: “We have to have a sharing of efforts for success. ... We came up with the money to help with materials, and the community (in Nepal) provided the labor to assemble everything.” When putting the roof on the last school, he said, community members used donkeys to carry the cement. “There were lots of burro fees because we had to put the bags of cement on donkeys and walk them out to the village. ... A donkey can’t carry as much cement as a truck.” People there also donated a mango tree, which was burned to harden mud bricks. Others in the next village dug a hole for a well, and some people from California gave money to have the well lined and prevent it from col-lapsing in a monsoon.

“It wasn’t a traditional project like you’d have in America where you pay somebody and they worry about everything,” Gaura said. “It was very much shared worry.”

With the second school, the Gauras donated $2,000 and the govern-ment matched it. With $4,000, they were able to provide a school, tables, chairs and blackboards for 200 students.

“The shared risk model is a great model. We pro-vide cash. They provide a lot of the labor. ... If the community is having to do all the labor and they need the school, they

can’t just say, ‘whoops’ and make it a non-priori-ty. ... If they don’t provide the labor, they get noth-ing. If we don’t provide the cash, they don’t get anything, either.”

Q: How will this school be different from the other two?

A: “The curriculum will include English from day one.” In the past, Gaura said, foreign language training started from fourth grade. “If you studied foreign language in school, you probably figured out that you weren’t as good in that language when you graduated as you were in the language you started when you began in kindergarten.” The goal is for each student to be bilingual by graduation.

Q: You serve as president of a network consulting company. What kind of technolo-gy do you hope to bring to the new school?

A: “They’re going to be in a mud building with no running water and no electricity, so for them, technology is a chalk holder that you can hit a button and put another piece of chalk in. ... What we want to do is provide

them older computers, ... so we’re going to need solar panels (for electric-ity).” Gaura also needs battery arrays to store unused energy, and is seeking a way to bring in satellite-based Internet.

“I’m hoping to intro-duce the fluorescent light bulb,” he said. The ones used now provide poor light and don’t last long. “Because they don’t have electricity in most of their homes, they don’t get the freedom of doing homework after din-ner because it’s dark.”

Q: How much will tuition be for these stu-dents? What will the school cost altogether?

A: “We’re hoping we can keep it at $2 a month,” not includ-ing boarding fees. The average Nepali earns the equivalent of $200 a year, making school fees for a single child one-eighth of an adult’s income.

Gaura hopes to estab-lish an endowment that will pay for children to go to school. “For 20 bucks a year, a student’s going to get a private education.” The goal is to start with 800 students, then expand to 1,200. There will be 12 classrooms, each with

a 50-person capacity.The school will also

include a hostel for teach-ers and guests. Gaura estimates the entire project coming to about $100,000, including a soc-cer field and playground. The most expensive por-tion is land — between $6,000 and $7,000 per acre. “Considering how much they make, that’s not apples to apples,” Gaura said. “That’s the equivalent of you and I having to pay $1 million an acre in Union County.”

Q: If the education system is so poor in that area, where do you find qualified teachers?

A: “We import teach-ers from the Kathmandu Valley” where most of the population resides. All but one university is in Kathmandu. Gaura also looks to India. Teach-ers must have finished school themselves, complete training and earn an intermediate degree, the equivalent of an associate’s degree.

Q: What kind of classes will stu-dents take? What extracurriculars will be available?

A: Social studies, math, science and

home economics are four major courses. A culture class will teach about Nepal’s history.

The school will also include a soccer field and volleyball court. Many students take up fencing. “Fencing is huge there because most people let their animals graze and it’s normal to ask somebody at the school during their planning time to go chase the goats away. ... There’s good grass around the school; they’re going to kill it.”

Q: Is the student population about equal with both boys and girls?

A: “No, it’s not. Girls there aren’t expected to be anything when they grow up outside of a mother and a farm work-er. They don’t participate in some of the more culturally significant events like politics, upper levels of government, up-per levels of education. ... So they’re discriminated against in the education markets only because it’s not perceived that they need it as much as the men do.” One girl Gaura taught was about to drop out because her parents couldn’t afford or “justi-fy” school. Several people back home pitched in and funded her education. The girl later graduated, moved to Kathmandu, married and is highly successful. Gaura said he would like her to teach at the new school. “You do not have to be limited in what you are and what you do by what your par-ents say. You can, in fact, expand your horizons if you just get educated.”

Q: How often do you have to go to Nepal?

A: Gaura makes about three trips per year. He will go after Thanks-giving to buy land and deposit funds for su-pervision. He will go back early next year to interview teachers, talk to families interested in having their children at-tend the school and help with any construction.

Another trip will be made when the school opens, with Gaura staying about a month to teach.

Q: What alterna-tives do these chil-dren have if they can’t go to school?

A: “If their name is written for them, they can’t read it. ... So the objective is to give them more than what their cur-rent offerings are.” It’s a government requirement to attend school through fifth grade, but there’s no consequence for leav-ing. Many drop out by seventh grade to help families on their farms. “That’s the norm,” Gaura said. “Class size is a quarter in the upper lev-els as it was in the lower levels, and it’s not be-cause they flunked out.”

Q: How does that affect their economy?

A: “When I lived there, the phrase was ‘Thank God for Chad’ because if Chad didn’t exist, Nepal would have been the poor-est country in the world. ... When I lived there, my salary was $95 (U.S. dollars) a month. I was the highest paid person in a village of 1,000. Here for $95, I’m a bum, I’m homeless and my mother won’t even talk to me.”

Q: How can people in Union County support a school in Nepal, and why should they?

A: “A lot of people want to contribute to a cause, but they fear that some middle man is going to siphon their money. ... This is a project where a little bit of money goes so far. There’s no middle man; 100 percent is going to this project.” There are always volunteers needed to contribute financially, donate items and even go along.

“... I think the idea of doing something for your fellow man — noth-ing could be greater.”

Donations can be made to Hope Christian Church, 8005 Lawyers Road, Charlotte, NC 28227 with attention to the Nepal School Fund.

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New Salem resident Jeff Guara helped build this elementary school in Sucrawar, Ne-pal, and is at work on his third project in that region, which has some of the highest rates of poverty and illiteracy in the world.

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you feel great,” said Jim Brewer, who has partici-pated in the Day of Caring for about eight years. “The more tired you are, the bet-ter you feel.”

Brewer said he and the bank try to participate in a service project once a quarter and he uses the opportunity to spend time with his family. Just as he finished the sentence, his wife, Pat, pushed a load of mulch past him and his daughter, Elizabeth, smiled at him while spreading an-other batch. “It’s not all about us,” he said.

Brewer is on the board for Community Health Services, one of 18 local nonprofit agencies that benefit from the United Way. He knows firsthand that as the economy wors-ens, it only increases the gap between donations and those who need help.

Local campaign chair-woman Pat Kahle agreed.

“Obviously, the mess in Charlotte is a factor (that affects fundraising),” she said, referring to the tur-moil surrounding former United Way of Central Carolinas chief executive Gloria Pace King and her compensation package. “But I think the economy is a larger factor.”

Kahle went on to tout Union County as a place filled with shovel-ready volunteers; the 930 par-ticipants broke a county record and was more than 100 more than last year.

“It’s a great sign of where we’re headed,” she said. “I like to think that people are concerned about Union County and people like Miss Love.”

As for King, Kahle said that was in the rearview mirror. “(New leader Jane McIntyre) is making sure that we move forward,” Kahle said. “We need to make sure that we do not forget the past, but we need to put it behind us, learn from it and move for-ward.”

The Day of Caring also marks the official begin-ning of the United Way campaign period, two months of intense fund-raising for the organiza-tion. Not all agency direc-tors were thrilled about that affects their organiza-tions.

Because the United Way plugs money directly back to agencies, there is a blackout period through October in which non-profits that benefit from the United Way are not al-lowed to conduct individu-al fundraisers.

Arc of Union County Executive Director Melin-da Plue thinks that is un-necessary.

Her agency advocates for people with mental disabilities. “The hard part for me is that October is Disability Awareness Month,” Plue said. “It’s something that we asked them to look at this year specifically.”

Plue made clear that she understands the purpose of the blackout and was not proposing to have any large-scale fundraisers, but would like the freedom to host something small, like a barbecue or yard sale.

Kahle said she under-stood the request and agreed it might be some-thing to look at in the fu-ture, but added that the blackout period is only six weeks this year, as opposed to eight or nine weeks in the past, and is the only time the United Way has to focus on its fundraising.

Standing in a house Goo-drich Corp. was preparing for Plue’s brother-in-law, Jake, who has a mental handicap and is an Arc of Union County client, Plue said she is proud to be a part of the Union County United Way and boasted of the good it has done for the community. She feared, however, that the spillover from the Charlotte office would have a ripple effect locally. “It’s going to take some time for the entire region to put their faith back in the Charlotte Unit-ed Way,” she said.

Jake Plue didn’t care about that; he was preoc-cupied exploring his new place. “That’s going to be for the cornhole (bean bag toss) and that’s going to be for the garden,” he said, pointing to areas in the backyard.

About 30 members of Goodrich helped pressure wash the house, clean the kitchen and paint the bath-room.

“We want to give back to the community because the community gives to us,” Goodrich facilities manager Daryl DeCasare said.

Section leader Tim Mitchell said Goodrich will

stick by the United Way. No matter what might happen at the administrative level, he said, the community cannot forget about those who are in need and must help them.

“No matter where you go, you’re going to have bad apples,” he said, refer-ring to King. “Now we are replanting new seeds that are going to grow.”

Staff photo by Rick Crider

Goodrich Corp. facilities manager Daryl DeCesare adds a coat of fresh paint to brighten the bathroom of a group home for adults with developmental disabilities.

Family Dollar founder offers $1M challengeBy Tiffany [email protected]

MONROEA surprise pledge

brought a surge of con-fidence to local United Way agencies Thursday after one family prom-ised $1 million if the or-ganization can beat last year’s goal.

The challengers? Leon and Sandra Levine, who said they would match every dollar, up to $1 mil-lion, raised above last year’s Community Care Fund total of $21.7 mil-lion. United Way of Cen-tral Carolinas promptly set a goal of $22.7 mil-lion.

“Incredible,” regional vice president Richard Heins said, just hours after the announcement at the Charlotte office. “Times are extremely tough for a lot of folks, but I’m hoping this will

excite folks to continue giving to United Way.”

The Community Care Fund comes solely from residents’ donations and is distributed at United Way’s discretion.

The Levines and their three children also made a personal donation of $100,000. Levine is the founder of Family Dol-lar and retired as CEO in 2003.

Crisis Assistance Ministry is helping peo-ple who never thought they’d need a United Way agency, she said, helping them pay rent or catch up on the electricity bill.

Other agencies under United Way include the Turning Point shelter for battered women and children, the Literacy Council, the Council on Aging and Community Health Services.

Tom Lawrence, vice president of the Leon

Levine Foundation, said there was a lot of plan-ning before the challenge was made. In the end, he said, the Levines decided to make the pledge based on United Way’s new board of directors and executive director Jane McIntyre.

“It’s no longer about the size of the total cam-paign,” Lawrence con-tinued. “It’s about how many dollars we can get into the hands of those in need in our commu-nity.”

The Levines aren’t the only ones known for gen-erous donations, though.

“Generally, the people who have the least to give, when you commu-nicate the need, I have learned, that they re-spond,” Barrino said.

If everyone chips in, she said, United Way will have no trouble meeting its goal.

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Walter JacksonJEFFERSON, S.C. —

Walter Dennis Jackson, 67, formerly of Monroe, died Thursday (Aug. 27, 2009).

Memorial service was Tuesday at Heritage Fu-neral Home of Indian Trail.

Born in Wytheville, Va., he was a son of the late William and Ellen Smith Jackson. He was a Marine Corps veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Ursula Catoe Jack-son of the home; two sons, Mark Jackson of Monroe, Steven T. Jackson of Wax-haw; one brother, John Jackson of Polkton; and six grandchildren.

George EvansINDIAN TRAIL

George John Evans, 74, died Aug. 26, 2009, at Hos-pice of Union County in

Monroe.Funeral was Saturday

at Good Shepherd Funer-al Home.

Born Dec. 27, 1934, in Queens, N.Y., he was a son of the late George and Catherine Walsh Rump. He was retired from Del-mar Printing Company (Herff-Jones) in Char-lotte.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy Evans; one daughter, Carolyn Mon-aghan; three sons, George Evans, John Evans, Christopher Evans; one sister, Arlene Rump; and 10 grandchildren.

Donna SimpsonSTALLINGS

Donna Pressley Simp-son, 58, died Aug. 25, 2009, at Presbyterian Hospital in Matthews.

Funeral was Friday at Calvary Baptist Church in Monroe, with burial in the Price Cemetery.

Born Sept. 22, 1950, in Union County, she was a daughter of the late Horace and Ruth Wooten Pressley. She was former-ly worked at Call Printing Company.

Survivors include her husband, James “Jimmy” Simpson of the home; one son, Jay Simpson of Unionville; one daughter, Jennifer Simpson Myers of Indian Trail; two broth-ers, Johnny Pressley of Charlotte, Richard Press-ley of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; two sisters, Shirley Thomas, Pat Deason, both of Fairview; and three grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund, 2518 Lan-caster Hwy., Monroe, NC 28112; or the Indian Trail Athletic Association, 300 Park Road East, Indian Trail, NC 28079.

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ward Delane “Lane” Da-

vis Jr., 46, died Aug. 24.Funeral was Friday at

Heritage Funeral Home of Indian Trail.

Born Dec. 28, 1962, in Union County, he was a son of Edward Delane Da-vis Sr. and the late JoAnne Allen Braswell.

Survivors, in addition to his father, include one son, Edward “Trey” Da-vis III of Charlotte; one daughter, Melanie Dianne Davis of Charlotte; one sister, Wendy Davis Wil-liams of Charlotte; two brothers, Mike Davis of Belmont, Wriston Davis of Charlotte; paternal grandparents, Arthur and Clara Davis of Wingate; maternal grandparents, Dave and Irene Whitlow of Charlotte; and one grandson.

Memorials may be made to Thompson Child and Family Focus.

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William H. Griffin, 93, of Monroe died on Aug. 24, 2009.

Memorial service was Saturday at Heritage Fu-neral Home of Indian Trail.

Survivors include four sisters.

Memorials may be made to Siler Presbyte-rian Church.

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MONROEMiss the registration

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Enrollment is up 13 per-cent for South Piedmont Community College, com-pelling faculty and staff to open more than two dozen extra courses this fall, be-ginning Sept. 15.

The classes will run for 12 weeks instead of 16.

“When times are bad, community colleges grow,” SPCC President John Mc-

Kay said, attributing his own school’s growth not only to high unemploy-ment, but to SPCC becom-ing a more familiar name, particularly among high school graduates. Last year’s growth saw the larg-est enrollment from 18- and 19-year-olds, he said. That does not include those who attend Union County Early College, a partner-ship between Union Coun-ty Public Schools and the community college that gives high school students a head start on college courses.

SPCC career counselor Eric Skeen said there’s also a demand for more courses from students struggling to find classes not already full. This is particularly true of those who register late.

SPCC had 2,260 students enrolled this time last year, and 2,602 as of Monday. Many have yet to register.

McKay said the first condensed classes were started as a response to requests from high school seniors graduating in Jan-uary — too late to start col-lege that spring. The col-

lege has offered 12-week courses for the past few years, he said, and they are still a hit.

Students who decide a current course is too dif-ficult can also take advan-tage of the 12-week classes by dropping the current one and picking up a lower level class.

Skeen assures prospec-tive students that they will get the same education they would receive if tak-ing 16-week courses. “It’s the same content, same amount of work due,” he said. Classes just meet

more often or for a longer period of time. Most of the 12-week classes are taught by part-time instructors.

Prospective students must complete an appli-cation for admission — available online — and take placement tests for reading, English, math and computer skills. Low scores don’t exclude a per-son from enrollment, but ensure placement in the right level of courses.

Those who have scored a 500 or higher on the criti-cal reading portion of the SAT or a 21 or higher on

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Registration is open Mondays through Thurs-days from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students are encour-aged to register as soon as possible, but registration will be open until Sept. 14. For more information, call 704-290-5100.

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UC’s 2009 sCoring Leaders(Through Week 2; minimum 6 points)

Offensive TDs Return TDs Special TeamsName, Yr. (School) Rush Rec K/P Int. Fum FG XP 2pt TotalC. Barrino, Sr. (CATA) 4 2 28Jamison Crowder, Jr. (M) 1 2 1 24Shamiir Hailey, Sr. (M) 4 24Juanne Blount, Sr. (FH) 3 18KJ Brent, Jr. (MR) 3 18Marcus Leak, Jr. (Pw) 3 18Maurice Leak, Sr. (Pw) 3 18Brandon Little, So. (W) 3 18Matt Frein, Sr. (MR) 2 7 13Kemp Lotharp, Sr. (Pw) 2 12Cody Haverland, Jr. (W) 2 12Orlando Ratliff, Sr. (FH) 2 12Canious Sturdivant, Sr. (FH) 2 12Mitchell Blackburn, So. (CA) 2 12Christian Cruz, Sr. (Mon) 10 10Cole Finch, So. (W) 9 9 Dylan Hunter, Sr. (Pw) 8 8Matt Wogan, Fr. (PR) 2 2 8Dominque Ardrey, Sr. (W) 1 6Jamie Baker, Sr. (FH) 6 6Bobby Blakeney, Sr. (Mon) 1 6Cal Bonar, Sr. (W) 1 6Anthony Boone, Sr. (Wed) 1 6Chris Butler, Sr. (Pied) 1 6Tyler Chadwick, So. (MR) 1 6Matt Chilton, Jr. (MR) 1 6Dustin Cook, Sr. (SV) 1 6David Covington, Sr. (CA) 1 6Tyree Drakeford, So. (UA) 1 6Qwadarius Duboise, Jr. (M) 1 6Chris Duffy, Fr. (SV) 1 6Christian Glackin, Sr. (W) 1 6Connor Gorham, So. (W) 1 6Jackson Hargett, Jr. (UA) 1 6Andrew Jauch, Sr. (Pw) 1 6Hunter Killman, Jr. (W) 1 6Jamal Little, So. (FH) 1 6Lee McNeill, So. (PR) 1 6Jordan Oakley, So. (PR) 1 6Justin Pleasants, Jr. (W) 1 6Kolly Ogar, Jr. (MR) 1 6Adam Remme, Sr. (MR) 1 6Steven Robinson, Sr. (Mon) 1 6Rasheed Rushing, Fr. (UA) 1 6Ryan Skibba, Sr. (MR) 1 6Jaylon Stitt, Jr. (Cuth) 1 6Mike Thornton, Sr. (W) 1 6

Bulldogs rally past W. Georgia in openerBY ERIC RAPEE-J Correspondent

WINGATEThe Wingate University football team

opened the 2009 season with a 38-17 come-from-behind victory over the Uni-versity of West Georgia on Saturday.

The Bulldogs got off to a slow start, but got back on track behind the legs of tailback Vince Jordan, who finished with 19 carries for 218 yards and three touchdowns in his first career start.

Jordan, a sophomore, replaced start-ing tailback Nelson Woods in the line-up. Woods has been suspended the first four games of the season for violating an unspecified team rule.

“I feel great, it’s really hard to ex-plain, it’s a whole new world being able to start,” said Jordan, “I was excited when I found out I got the start.”

Jordan ripped off touchdown runs of 87, 28 and two yards.

“Hopefully I’ll keep repeating today and get better,” said Jordan. “The offen-sive line made tremendous holes and they kept pushing me to keep running my feet.”

West Georgia jumped out to an early advantage after scoring just six seconds into the game.

Wingate’s Ed Doughty misjudged the opening kickoff and inadvertent-ly knocked the ball into the end zone, where West Georgia’s Dontavious Smith recovered the ball for a touchdown.

“That didn’t go down the way we drew

it up,” said Wingate coach Joe Reich on the start of the game, “But sometimes the ball bounces funny and you get a break like that. As a team, you have to move on from that. I was glad to see our guys respond the way they did.”

Wingate’s next drive ended with a missed field goal, and the Wolves re-sponded with another score.

Starting from their own 20-yard line, West Georgia marched 80 yards on nine plays over a four-minute span and punched it in when quarterback Kyle Padgett found Malcom Johnson in the left side of the end zone for a 22-yard TD pass. Padgett was 3-for-4 on the drive.

The Bulldogs’ woes continued on their second drive as they were unable

to get any offense going. WU quarter-back Cody Haffly tried to fire a pass to the outside, but West Georgia cor-ner Jenoris Darby made a good break on the ball for the interception at the 50-yard line.

Wingate’s defense then shifted the momentum back its way with an inter-ception of their own. Padgett tried to force a pass over the middle into double coverage while under pressure, and Bulldogs safety Derrick Jackson picked off the pass and returned it to the Bull-dogs’ 38-yard line.

Jordan then got Wingate on the board with a two-yard plunge to cut the lead in half.

James Hall came in to start the sec-ond quarter at QB for Wingate, and led the Bulldogs on a nine-play, 45-yard drive that was capped off when he found Delric Ellington on a swing pass to the right side for a 10-yard TD to tie the game.

RP Lopez later connected on a 27-yard field goal to give Wingate a 17-14 advan-tage at the half.

Jordan then took over in the second half and the Bulldogs’ defense tight-ened. Linebacker Ben Hinson recorded an interception in the end zone during the third quarter and later forced a bad throw by Padgett that forced the Wolves to settle for a 26-yard field goal.

Wingate, which plays at home against North Greenville next Saturday, fin-ished with 430 yards of total offense.

Photo by Rick Crider

Wingate tight end Ryan Webber (44) takes on a West Georgia tackler last Saturday.

Photo by Rick Crider

PR sophomore quarterback Lee McNeill (14) has ran and thrown for a TD in 2009.

Sons of Panthers owner resignCHARLOTTE (AP) — The two sons

of Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Rich-ardson resigned from high-ranking jobs in the organization Tuesday, an un-expected shake-up in one of the NFL’s most stable and successful franchises.

Team president Mark Richardson and Bank of America Stadium head Jon Richardson announced their deci-sions in a statement at practice. They were expected to eventually take over the team from their 73-year-old father, whose role with has been limited since a February heart transplant.

The two men didn’t give a reason for leaving and the resignations take effect immediately. Both Richardsons will re-main members of the ownership group, but left unclear is who would assume their management roles and run the franchise in the future.

When asked if the team would be put up for sale, team spokesman Charlie

Dayton said “absolutely not.”Mark Richardson had represented

the team at owners meetings and was a member of the league’s influential com-petition committee.

“The commissioner appoints commit-tee members and will replace Mark in due time,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.

Jerry Richardson said in a statement that Mark and Jon “made great contri-butions to the stadium and the team that have enabled us to enjoy much suc-cess over the last 15 years. At the same time, I am thankful that we have a staff that has been in place for many years and knows our philosophy.”

The three Richardsons declined fur-ther comment through a team spokes-man.

The NFL in 1993 awarded the expan-sion team to the Richardsons, who also own the downtown Charlotte stadium.

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Porter Ridge schools! Hurry! $199,900 (145) MLS #818545

Forest Park - 1 mi. from I-485 off Hwy. 74 in Union County. Stallings Elem - Porter Ridge schools. 1/2 acre wooded lot, 3 BR/2 BA with

brick veneer, maint. free exterior, cathedral ceiling, front porch & concrete drive. $144,700 incl. some closing costs.

Call Mike at 704-361-4308.

NEW CONSTRUCTION Lifestyle Builders, Inc.

302 Meadowbrook Dr., Stallings BELOW TAX VALUE $123,000

5808 Bridgeway in Alexis Point Will lease to own at $900 per month 3bd 2.5 ba All appliances included

UnionCountyForeclosures.com Janet & Bob’s Foreclosures

704-282-9338

Michael Calabrese704-231-7750

881 Clonmel Drive • Desired Shannamara Golf Community Breathtaking brick home w/open floor plan. Master on main. Gourmet kitchen w/extras. Oversize bedrooms & Loft. Beautiful landscape w/deck, & in-ground pool. Fenced yard w/ mature trees behind for privacy. For more information and virtual tour visit http: //www.MyRealtorMichael.com/ Offered at $399,900

$169,000

4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 car garage. Over 2000 square feet. Near Waxhaw.

704-621-7799

For SaleREDUCED New 2007, 3BR, 2BA, 2 car garage, rec room, s/s appliances, ceramic tile,

1 ac lot, lots of extras. Must see! $167,400

CALL 704-243-4656

OFFERED AT $129,900 WITH SELLER TO PAY $1000 in closing costs.1.5 Story, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths,

1651 sq. feet, Hardwood Foyer and Berber Throughout, Freshly Painted Interior and Updated appliances

Vinyl replacement windows, Large .45 acre lot nicely landscaped with Accent Pond, Beautiful Trees, and large

variety of plantings 12x14 Building/Shop with Power CONTACT WILL SMITH (704)506-9385

403 BROOKGREEN DR.

Historic House in the Federal List of Historic Places. Located at 501 Franklin St. on the corner of W. Franklin & N. Crawford. For sale for $159,000. Massive rehab work from roof to cellar. It was built to house two separate Medical Doctors with a Pharmacy occuping the center section. Today there is three separate apartments with large impressive rooms & separate utilities.

Call 704-553-0271 or 704-287-2440.

3BR 2B home on 1.23 acres Pageland SC. home has sheetrock walls, new laminate floors, berber carpet, front

and rear decks, septic tank, Pela storm doors, counter tops, whirlpool tub with jets. heat pump is 2 yrs old.

Refri, stove and dishwasher and gas logs to remain. This home is top of the line. Home can be seen on my web site : terripurser.remax-carolina.com list price $79,500.

Call 704-488-5869 Terri Purser Re/Max Steeplechase Monroe

Enjoy entertaining in this wonderful Marshville home: over 3500 sq. ft. on

2 acres. Holiday dinners a breeze to prepare in the spacious kitchen. Grand living

and dining rooms. 5 bedrooms; 5 fireplaces; den; screeened porch.

Call Elsie: 704-363-8815 PRUDENTIAL CAROLINAS REALTY

Attention Golfers FOR SALE BY OWNER 2731 Rolling Hills Drive

704-283-6519 or 704-242-1303 Brick home w/approx. 3200 sq. ft. w/4 large BDs, 3 Full BAs, 2 half BAs, GR room w/rock fireplace w/gas logs. Formal dining room, Bkfst room & kitchen w/pantry. Rear deck overlooking large yard w/garden spot. Oversized garage. Porter Ridge School District.

.87 ac cul-de-sac lot. Gated Community with full amenities; Swim,Tennis,

Club House. $189,000. MLS#850338.

SKYECROFT

Call Remax Executive:704.602.8295, Lara Taylor

Lot $30,000 5930 Timbertop Lane Charlotte, NC 28215

Jeff Hall - Realtor/Broker 980-722-6702-cell [email protected]

3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Ranch home with all new tile flooring/all new neutral

carpet thru out/Master bath has dual sinks/garden tubshower.

Kitchen has new installed oven. Jeff Hall - Realtor/Broker

980-722-6702-cell [email protected]

3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath. Gourmet kitchen with granite countertops/

hardwoods and ceramic tile/jacuzzi jet master bath.

Jeff Hall - Realtor/Broker 980-722-6702-cell [email protected]

Hamilton Place • 2808 Arrowhead Ct. $172,500 3 Bed/2 1/2 Bath/+Bonus Room,

1760 sq. ft. / .39 acre premium lot, 2 Car Garage, Gas FP, New Paint, Carpet, ceramic tile, counter tops

& gutters. Master suite w/trey ceiling. Contact Perkins Properties, 704-579-1364 MLS 717444

For Sale by Owner, 50 acres Piedmont schools, well installed perk permitted.

Mostly wooded, some grass.

Call day 704-291-1061or night 704-289-1734

$500,000

NEW SALEM/POLK MTN. 2200 HSF, cedar ext. w/ALL NEW paint, roofing,

windows, air. 2-1/2 BA, 3 BR + bonus room over dbl. gar. Custom oak cabinets.

Covered back porch overlooking nice 24’x40’ shop/office. 5 acs. in great location.

MLS 810187 $348,000 FSBO 704-694-8271 704-385-9294

FOR SALE BY OWNER, NORTH MYRTLE BEACH HOUSE

$725,000 5 BD, 4 BTH, ON CHANNEL,

TWO BLOCKS FROM BEACH WWW.NORTHMYRTLEBEACHTRAVEL.COM,

RENTAL HOUSE NAME, AQUAVIEW, 704-975-5996,[email protected]

REDUCED!REDUCED!

2224 heated sq. ft. Built in 2004. Like new inside and out 3-4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, stone

and vinyl exterior, new appliances.

2322 Lexington Ave. (Near New Walter Bickett Elem.)

$169,900 to buy or lease to purchase. Call 704-488-7722

LEASE TO OWN!!

Bob Parker 704-221-7363

UNDER THE PECAN TREE ... new 3BR ranch with luxury MBR, kitchen with island & smooth- top stove, ceiling fans, cable ready, cement drive, front porch, underground utilities. Qualifies for 100% financing.

Just $99,900! (154) MLS #827646

Huge 3854 sq. ft . 4bd 3.5ba New H/AC systems Inground pool

Hardwoods $189,900 Will rent to own $1100. 903 Walters St.

UnionCountyForeclosures.com Janet & Bob’s Foreclosures

704-282-9338

Call 704-261-2213 or email: [email protected]

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