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By LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — A Rutherford County man said Friday that law enforcement offi-cers needlessly traumatized him and his family when they aggres-sively executed a search warrant at a residence in Ellenboro.

Chris Dewberry, 40, says officers pushed him back-ward into a glass coffee table at his girlfriend’s apart-ment at 639 East U.S. 74 Business after they used a battering ram to make entry to the residence at about 3 a.m. Monday.

The Forest City Police Department initiated the warrant. But entry into Aundra Hines’ apartment was gained by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office SERT Team, working in con-junction with the FCPD.

Dewberry said the early-morning drama was unnecessary.

“If they had just knocked,” he com-

Please see Dewberry, Page 6

Man says family was needlessly frightened

The Journey to the Cross of Jesus Christ was re-enacted Maundy Thursday and Good Friday at Florence Baptist Church in Forest City. There were 13 individual stations, including. clockwise from upper left, sandals reminded people they could be worn by any ordi-nary man, and that God became a man when He came to earth; candles were snuffed out and the area became dark, reflecting the day turned to night; the Crown of thorns was placed on Jesus’ head to wound and humiliate him; and bread signified the Last Supper Christ had with his dis-ciples. This weekend marks the holiest of Christian days around the world.

Illustration by Garrett Byers/Daily Courier

By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Facing down 18 percent unemployment makes hunting for a job a daunting task for many in Rutherford County. But some sources are showing a few positions available.

The medical field dominates the listings of jobs in the county on the Yahoo! Hotjobs Web site with employers looking for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses for home health care. One listing is looking for an occu-pational therapist as well. The Yahoo! site is directly accessible from the Jobs section of thedigitalcourier.com.

Other popular Web job search engines list more medical positions as seeking workers from Rutherford County and several retail positions including kiosk managers for wire-less telephone companies and managers for restaurants.

“We have some industrial positions, a main-tenance tech, an accounting position and others,” said Beverly Allen, Personnel Services Unlimited manager in Forest City. “They all start above minimum wage and pay rates go up from there.”

Job seekers that are willing to look a little further afield and search in cities like Charlotte or Spartanburg, S.C. might find a few more options including sales repre-sentatives, auto parts store representatives, instructional designers, graphics designers, a content architect for Web sites or program-mers.

During a visit to Charlotte this week, President Barack Obama told workers that

Please see Job, Page 6

From staff reports

FOREST CITY — Some people may get a second census form in the mail soon.

Beginning Thursday through April 10, most North Carolina households will receive a replace-ment 2010 Census questionnaire designed to increase census mail participation, get a better count for the state, and save taxpayers the higher cost of sending out census takers to collect informa-tion.

“From our research, we esti-mate that mailing out a replace-ment questionnaire in targeted areas might save more than $500 million by raising the participa-tion rate by 7 to 10 percentage points,” said William W. Hatcher, regional director for the U.S. Census Bureau. “The replace-ment form gives households a second chance to fill out the form and return it by mail before we begin going door-to-door May 1 to collect census information.”

Hatcher added that people who have completed and returned their questionnaires need not fill out the replacement census form. People who still have the original questionnaire should fill it out and mail it back immediately in the provided, postage-paid enve-lope.

People who discarded or mis-placed the original questionnaire should fill out the replacement. You should only complete and return one census form. Extra census forms should be discard-ed.

The 10-question census ques-tionnaires were mailed to

Please see Census, Page 6

On the job huntSecond census mailing under way

Dewberry

Job postings are growingSee related stories, Page 12 and 13.

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Easter services Easter Sunday is April

4. The following church-es have announced activities and services:

Spring Fling: Saturday, April 3, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Forest City Foursquare Church, 178 Cornwell St., Forest City; arts, crafts, yard sale items, breakfast and lunch; women’s speakers — Amy Torvinen at 9 a.m., Pat Evans at 10 a.m., Carol Deaton at 11 a.m.

Easter Egg Hunt: Saturday, April 3, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Long Branch Road Baptist Church; bring an Easter basket.

Easter Egg Hunt: Saturday, April 3, begins at 10 am., Walls Baptist Church, Bostic.

Easter egg hunt: Saturday, April 3, 10 a.m., West Memorial Baptist Church, Rutherfordton.

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 service 11 a.m.

Easter Egg Hunt: Saturday, April 3, Bill’s Creek Baptist Church, Lake Lure, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; bring your Easter baskets; ham-burgers and hot dogs for lunch; children under 3 must be accompanied by parent/guardian.

Bill’s Creek Baptist

Church in Lake Lure will hold an Easter sun-rise service with com-munion at the cross, beginning 7 a.m.

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 130 Pleasant Grove Road, Rutherfordton, sunrise 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.”

Community sun-rise service: Easter Sunday beginning 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.

Chapel in The Woods, 348 Rob Long Road, Rutherfordton, will hold a Blessing of The Cross service at 3 p.m. Easter Sunday. Picnic on the church

grounds at 1 p.m., prior to the service. Children’s Easter egg hunt 1:30 p.m.

55th Annual Easter Sunrise Service (April 4) at Chimney Rock Park, beginning at 6:30 a.m.; Gates open from 5 to 6 a.m.; breakfast buffet follows the cer-emony from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Old Rock Café, Chimney Rock village.

West Memorial Baptist Church, Rutherfordton, will hold a sunrise service begin-ning at 7 a.m.

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.

Long Branch Road Baptist Church will hold a sunrise service beginning at 6:45 a.m.;

breakfast will follow at 7 a.m.; Sunday School 8 a.m.; worship service 8:30 a.m.; no evening service.

Spencer Baptist Church, Spindale, Easter sunrise service 7 a.m., breakfast will fol-low; Sunday School 9:45 a.m., worship service 10:55 a.m.

Caroleen Congregational Holiness Church will hold a sunrise service beginning at 7 a.m. Breakfast will follow the service.

Spindale Church of the Brethren, Midland St., Spindale, will hold a sunrise service at 8 a.m., followed by break-fast and regular ser-vices. Sunday School 10 a.m., worship service 11 a.m.

Mountain View Baptist Church will hold a sunrise service at 7 a.m., followed by a cantata, Sunday School and breakfast.

Rock Springs Baptist Church will hold a sun-rise service beginning at 7 a.m. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship service 10 a.m.

Music/concertsSinging: Sunday,

April 4, 2 p.m., Village Chapel Church, 141 Huntley St., Forest City; featuring Winners Either Way.

Big 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; concessions will be sold; drawing for an Easter basket.

Special services

Prodigal Praise ser-vices: Beginning April 2, First Baptist Church in Spindale will hold Prodigal Praise ser-vices the first and third Friday of each month, beginning at 7 nightly.

Lights of Love: Saturday, April 3, 6 p.m., St. Paul AME Zion Church, 200 Lawing Road, Forest City; lumi-naries will be placed in the church cemetery in memorial or in honor of loved ones; $2 per lumi-nary; candles will be lit at 6.

Revival: April 5-7, 7 nightly; Haynes Grove Baptist Church, Cliffside; guest speaker, Elder Felicia Cureton from Victory Temple Bibleway Church.

Lay program:

Sunday, April 11, 3 p.m., Russell Tabernacle CME Church; guest speaker, Serverne Budd, District Lay President.

100th anniversary celebration: Sunday, April 11, worship service 11 a.m.; Sulphur Springs Baptist Church; a cov-ered dish meal will fol-low.

Revival: Begins April 11, at Caroleen Congregational Holiness Church; Sunday service 6 p.m., weeknights at 7; guest speaker, Evangelist Larry Brewton.

Spring Marriage Celebration: Ignite your marriage with praise, worship and five topical sessions 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 pro-gram: Sunday, April 18, 4 p.m., Russell Tabernacle CME Church, 326 Ledbetter Road, Spindale; speak-er, Dr. Karen McNeil-Miller, president of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust in Winston-Salem.

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, pas-tor 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 dea-coness board.

Fundraisers

Spaghetti sup-per: Saturday, April 3, begins at 4 p.m., Thermal City United Methodist Church; adults $7; children $3.

Buffet Breakfast: Saturday, April 3, 7 to 10:30 a.m.; Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant Church Road, Forest City; $5 per per-son, all you can eat.

Car wash: Saturday, April 3, at One Stop in Rutherfordton (across from Dominos); cars $5; trucks $7; sponsored by Angel Divine Faith Church.

Country ham supper: Saturday, April 3, 4 to 8 p.m., Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church, 1658 Duncan’s Creek Road, Ellenboro.

Car wash, blood drive: Saturday, April 3, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Southern Baptist Church in Ruth; pro-ceeds for the youth Caswell trip; a Red Cross blood mobile will also be at the church during this time.

Poor man’s supper: Thursday, April 8, 4 to 7 p.m., Providence United Methodist Church (Chase Middle commu-nity); adults $5, chil-dren $3, under 6 free; proceeds will go to the Feed the Hungry minis-try; bake sale proceeds go toward purchasing of a musical keyboard.

Spaghetti lunch: Sunday, April 18, 12:15 p.m., St. Francis Episcopal Church, Rutherfordton; adult plates $6; children $3; sponsored by the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew; all proceeds go toward the local prison chaplaincy program.

Auction: 10th Annual Johnny Hill Memorial Auction; Saturday, April 24, at West Point Baptist Church, Union Road, Rutherfordton; viewing and breakfast 8 to 10 a.m., auction fol-lows; lunch begins at 11 a.m.; proceeds for the building fund.

Breakfast buffet: Saturday, April 24, 7 to 10 a.m., Long Branch Road Baptist Church, 621 Long Branch Road, Forest City, (Shiloh community); no set price, donations accept-ed; proceeds for the building fund.

Car show: 7th Annual Cruise for Christ; Saturday, April 24, at Missionary Wesleyan Church, 811 Doggett Road, Forest City; regis-tration begins at 8 a.m.; barbecue; live music by Rick Strickland and Cindy Griggs; for infor-mation or to enter the show, call 245-0931 or 657-5772.

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LOCALChurch News

LDS general conference will air todayFOREST CITY — The Annual

General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be broad-cast to the world on DirecTV channel 374 and on DishNet channel 9403 on Saturday, April 3, from noon to 2 p.m., and the second session will be

from 4 to 6 p.m.

On Easter Sunday sessions will be broadcast from noon to 2 p.m., and the concluding ses-sion will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend any or all of the sessions in the chapel located at 250 Mt.

Pleasant Church Road at those times. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will present Easter music during all sessions of the Conference and presentations will center on the life, teach-ings, the Atonement and the Resurrection of the Savior Jesus Christ.

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What does Easter mean to you? If you are a child, or have a bit of the child still in you, it might mean a basket full of candy, and images of the Easter Bunny. But, if you’ve con-sidered the true meaning of this Holy day, you know it means so much more than marsh-mallow candies and chocolate crosses.

Perhaps the deepest meaning of Easter is the aspect of sacrifice. That is God sacrificed Himself by becoming human, quite literally sacrificing His divinity and taking on the lowly flesh of humanity, and suffering the most ignominious death as an atonement for a race of creatures who don’t seem to merit the sacrifice.

There is another important meaning to Easter, however, and that is the meaning sur-rounding Christ’s resurrection.

The resurrection is more than just Christ ascending up to heaven. The true significance of the resurrection is that our earthly existence is only the first stage of our cosmic life. In this way we are like caterpillars that will be reborn as butterflies as we live and die in Christ, only to live again as we ascend to heaven. Our current existence gives us only the merest glimpse of eter-nity. The true gift of Easter is the message that the resurrection is the soul’s transformation from an earthbound soul to a heavenly spirit.

The Meaning of EasterBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus

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Jessica OsborneChase Middle Assistant Principal Cindy Hogston gets a pie in the face from eighth grader Dace Rollins as a result of efforts raised for Haiti relief funding.

By JESSICA OSBORNEDaily Courier Correspondent

FOREST CITY – SPLAT! was the sound heard as sixth, sev-enth and eighth graders from Chase Middle watched from the hill of the soccer field with excitement as fellow students pied their principals in the face Friday morning.

All three grades raised money for about two weeks to go towards Haiti relief funds. For every $10 that was raised a teacher would get “pied. “

“Students put money in the jars of faculty members they wanted to see the most get pied in the face,” said Trudy Jackson, an eighth grade teacher at Chase Middle.

The three principals from Chase Middle that would get pied in the face were Terry Brooks, Joey Glenn and Cindy Hogston.

Hogston was originally sup-posed to have 23 pies thrown at her, while both Brooks and Glenn were to only have one thrown at them. Instead they

decided to split them up and take eight pies to the face each so Hogston would only have to have nine pies thrown at her.

Students and faculty at Chase Middle raised $250 for Haiti relief funds in honor of seventh grade teacher Greg Deschommes who has family in Haiti.

“It was a really great experi-ence and a great motivation to raise money,” said student Brittany Brown. “It was a won-derful thing to do, and the peo-ple in Haiti really need it.”

BOILING SPRINGS – Gardner-Webb University has received its largest donation in history – $5 million that will be used to build the Tucker Student Center.

The gift was given by long-time university bene-factors Robert and Carolyn Tucker, who were on hand Tuesday during the official announcement of the donation made by GWU President Dr. Frank Bonner.

“The Tucker Student Center will develop students who are leaders, who are committed to the concept of service and character, not only in their profes-sions, but in their civic life, their family life, their church and community life,” Bonner said.

Scheduled to be located on the Lake Hollifield Complex and complete in 2012, the Tucker Student Center will be a functional atmosphere for activi-ties and entertainment with meeting space for stu-dent organizations, conference rooms, mail facili-ties, student dining, the University campus shop, multipurpose facilities and lounges. It will also house student offices and work space for organiza-tions that include Student Government, Campus Ministries, Leadership Development, Community Engagement and Service Learning.

“The Tuckers have expressed that it’s not the bricks and mortar of the student center project that interests them, but the things that will happen inside building,” Bonner said.

Robert and Carolyn Tucker are the owners of Shoe Show Inc. Founded in 1960 in Kannapolis,

When speaking about the gift, Carolyn Tucker shared why the family has been so supportive of the University over the years.

“I’ve seen so many instances of young people, including my daughter Lisa, who went to Gardner-Webb and they were changed by being there,” she said. “Now that’s what I want to be on board with – an organization that is changing lives.”

Lisa Tucker is a 1989 graduate and former vol-leyball player for Gardner-Webb. She has remained committed to the University for two decades and currently serves as a trustee for GWU. Working in the family business as vice-president, Tucker has seen her family’s dedication to worthwhile organi-zations throughout the years including the Crisis Pregnancy Center, Hospice and the Salvation Army.

“Gardner-Webb believes in personal attention for the students. That is special to the University,” said Tucker. “It follows the example of Jesus. He paid attention to the one sheep; He paid attention to the people that no one else would. That is what Gardner-Webb is about. No one is forgotten, no matter where, who or how you got there, or what you are when you get there, you’re not forgotten. Gardner-Webb’s going to make sure of that and do everything within its power, to make sure that you become a better human.”

Chase Middle Principal Joey Glenn, and Assistant Principals Cindy Hogston, and Terry Brooks prepare themselves as they get ready to be pied in the face by students. They even throw in a little smack talk.

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SPINDALE — Two tickets for the price of one are being offered by The Foundation and Isothermal Community College to any state and county employee for its next show “The Piano Men featuring Jim Witter.”

The “Furlough Special” is a pro-motion to try and boost moral in the community, explained The Foundation’s Executive Director Russell Wicker. “And this show is sure to bring a smile and pleasant memories to anyone who was around in the 70’s or for those who just appreciate the music of Billy Joel and Elton John.”

Wicker encourages all state and county employees to come by The Foundation box office Tuesday through Friday between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and give proof of state or county employment. Tickets can

be purchased the night of the show, Friday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m.

“The Piano Men - Starring Jim Witter” is a musical journey through the ‘70s, featuring the songs of Billy Joel and Elton John, performed live by Jim and his band.

Witter and his band make possible a return visit to specific landmarks in a pop culture time line, with some of the best music ever written. This multi-media rock musical has been a hit, receiving rave reviews from music critics all across North America.

Whether it be country music, con-temporary Christian, or the music of Billy Joel and Elton John, Witter’s versatility as an artist has allowed him the opportunity to reach out and share his music and his infectious personality with audiences of all ages across Canada and the United States.

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JILL CATALDOIf you’ve been following my column, you know that stockpiling groceries

is an extremely effective way to beat the pricing game and stock up when items are inexpensive. It’s true that this is an entirely different way to approach shopping, but when we learn to shop on a price-based basis ver-sus a needs-based basis, we spend less and save more!

But what do you do when your significant other isn’t entirely on board with the idea of having a large stash of groceries on hand at any given time? I’ve addressed the issue of spousal resistance in a previous column, when a wife asked for help explaining her stockpile strategy to her hus-band. This week, we hear from a husband.Q: “My wife and a few of her girlfriends really enjoy your column, but

I don’t appreciate that you don’t give the full picture of this stockpil-ing and foolish spending. You mention a 12-week cycle but you should also point out that items that are on sale will be on sale again, and there is no need to stockpile those items beyond 12 weeks. Just today, my wife was moving groceries around and found items in our closet with an expira-tion date of March 2005! This is due to stockpiling so much that one can become obsessed with the sale and not think clearly how often [an item] will be used. It’s true that paper products and other items that move fast in a home are good to stock up on, but please address readers who don’t rotate or use the old before the new and then have to throw things out since they are outdated.”A: I’m often asked how big my stockpile is and what kinds of things

I stockpile the most. It’s true that almost every product does enjoy a price drop in a regular, predictable way and a good portion of the items I have in my stockpile are in quantities that our family can use during the next 12 weeks. During that time, we’re eating and using those items and they’re things we don’t have to run back to the store to purchase. When we run low on a particular item, I’m already looking for the next sale on it to replenish the stockpile. Shoppers definitely need to be conscious of expiration dates on food. It’s a good rule of thumb not to buy more than you can eat or use before the expiration dates. But the other side of this issue is that sometimes you’ll come across a fantastic sale on an item that’s offered at an even lower price than the normal 12-week low. Knowing that you will likely not see that deal again any time soon, this can be a great opportunity to stock up on that item for the long-term.

Just this past week I bought four bottles of name-brand laundry deter-gent for 79 cents each during a great sale. I already have five other bottles at home, but that’s a low price that I will likely not see again soon, even 12 weeks from now. Detergent doesn’t have an expiration date. And, with our family of five, it will certainly get used at some point! Buying more than we need of this item because the price is incredibly low isn’t “foolish spending,” but paying $7.99 a bottle when we’re out of detergent and we actually do need it would be foolish in my book. As long as I don’t mind storing those bottles in the meantime, I’ve saved $28.80 on this item alone. I think that’s smart shopping s! If you feel that your home stock-pile is really getting out of control, here’s another great way to prune it down to a manageable size. Once a month, take a look through your items and see if anything will expire within the next month. If you find some and you don’t think your household will use them in the next 30 days, consider donating them to a local food bank or food pantry. Your donations are usu-ally tax-deductible and you’ll also help people within your community, too. I bring groceries to our local food pantry regularly, and I’ve seen first-hand how hard it has been hit in the current economy. Sharing your excess stockpile items is definitely a win-win!

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JILL CATALDO

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■ A daily forum for opinion, commentary and editorials on the news that affects us all.

Jodi V. Brookshire/ publisherSteven E. Parham/ executive editor

601 Oak Street, P.O. Box 1149,Forest City, N.C. 28043Phone: 245-6431 Fax: 248-2790E-mail: dailycourier@thedigitalcourier.com

Rutherford County residents have long enjoyed the pleasure of living in a place that features

beautiful natural scenery and when we travel around on gorgeous spring days like we have had this week, that beauty is striking.

Yet, something else will strike us if we look closely and that is the litter that too often clutters our roadsides.

There is simply no acceptable excuse for littering along our highways.

Littering is a crime and when more people get caught, perhaps behavior will change.

The state now has a way for motor-ists to help out. E-mail a report via the On-line Swat-A-Litterbug form to report a litterbug or call the Customer Service Office at 1-877-DOT-4YOU (1-877-368-4968).

The DOT will use the information to let litterbugs know that someone is watching.

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It’s time to fight back on littering

Our readers’ viewsSays county really needs an obesity clinic

To the editor:I am writing this letter because

I am very concerned about the increasing number of obese chil-dren, not only across the nation, but especially here in our own backyard.

I know of what I speak because I am portly, big-boned, fluffy, pleasingly plum, etc. All of which translates to that awful three-letter word that begins with an “F.” Yes, I am talking about the fat word.

Everyone has heard the old addage — sticks and stones may break my bones, but words never hurt. Those of us who are overweight know this is not true because pork chops and French fries can break your body and words definitely hurt.

I would like to challenge the county commissioners, town leaders, churches, civic groups, health care workers and whoever else would like to help create a child’s obesity clinic.

Looking around our county, there are several large buildings that come to mind, one in par-ticular is the old K-mart building. This site is well suited with a lot of space and a kitchen area.

The following are some services that could be provided by such a clinic: A kitchen area is available for nutritional counselling and education; a psychiatric counsel-ing area; a gym; an indoor track;

exam rooms’ triage area; social worker area; a possible small lap pool.

I am sure there could be some insurance reimbursement, but funding would mostly come from government grants, local and state funding, social fundraising, private donations, not to mention a lot of pro bono work from the staff members. The clients could also pay if and what they can.

I do feel this clinic should be open to kids who are obese, at risk for obesity and for education to people who have a history of obesity in their family who could use prophylactic measures.

As an adult, it is hard for me to go to a gym and work out oppo-site a “fit” man. This would be especially embarrassing for obese children.

I hope this can lead to some-thing positive. I have been visu-alizing this for two years. This could serve as a pilot project for our community, state and even the nation.

Jamie GrantRutherfordtron

Says health care bill is travesty of Democracy

To the editor:It never ceases to amaze me

how democrats take a letter someone writes or a speech someone gives and makes it say what they want it to say.

Ray Crawford submits a letter stating that health care is a right,

although I’ve never seen it in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.

Maybe he has and if he has he can enlighten the rest of us. Anyway, Mike Crain sent in a response and the way I read it he never says we shouldn’t help peo-ple that “can’t” help themselves as Mr. Crawford writes in his rebut-tal but we shouldn’t help the ones who won’t help themselves, which is the norm these days.

They also leave things out. You will never hear them say that although the CBO gave the cost of this travesty of a bill many times and said we can’t afford it, oh and by the way every orga-nization that I heard that gives out numbers like this said we couldn’t afford it.

Obama, Pelosi, Reid and all the rest of the arrogant whatever you want to call them goes against the CBO, bribes members of their own party with earmarks to get them to vote for the bill but most importantly goes against the majority of the American people’s wishes and pushes this travesty through and voted it in.

Here’s what should have been done.

If there are 30 million without health care and we are going to pay for it we should have covered those 30 million not force a bill on everybody and tell them you will take it or pay a fine.

That doesn’t sound like a democracy to me.

Harry HallmanBostic

Tea Party activists portend the future of politicsRALEIGH – If the Tea

Party movement consists of a bunch of extremists, prone to violence and potty mouths as some have been trying to assert, then I guess that means most Americans are extremists, too.

You see, most voters agree with the tenets and activism of the Tea Party movement.

They think ObamaCare will be disastrous and want it repealed and replaced with real reform.

They think taxes are too high, not too low.

They think the federal gov-ernment’s massive operating deficits and its nearly $100 trillion in unfunded entitle-ment liabilities are not an economic stimulus, as liber-als apparently believe, but represent a clear and present danger to American prosper-ity and to representative gov-ernment itself.

Tea Party activists believe that members of Congress are secretive, corrupt, and out of touch.

According to a new Ras-mussen Research survey, the American public agrees. While only 30 percent of

respondents believe that the average member of Congress has a better understand-ing of the issues facing the country than the average Tea Party activist, 52 percent of likely U.S. voters see it the other way – the average Tea Party activist has a better understanding of the issues than the average member of Congress.

If you think average Americans informing them-selves, exercising their rights, and challenging the preten-sions of the political class are properly thought of as extremists, that says more about you than it says about them. It suggest that you are the extremist.

As for the rest of us, we see the Tea Party movement as a grassroots explosion of righteous anger and resolute activism.

We see it as a portent of the political future. We see it as the last, great hope for preventing America from abandoning its constitutional traditions and descending into a European-style wel-fare state that will sap our economic vitality and curtail our freedom.

Whether you like the Tea Party movement or not, you’re going to hear more about it in the coming weeks.

Last April, dozens of spon-taneously organized Tea Party organizations held ral-lies in communities across North Carolina to protest the fiscal irresponsibility of their elected officials in Raleigh and Washington.

This year, from what I’m hearing and seeing, there will be another round of Tea Party protests on or around April 15th – sending the message that ObamaCare is unacceptable, that spending America into bankruptcy is unacceptable, and that they will not let the politi-cal activism of millions of concerned Americans be smeared by biased and cred-

ulous news reporting. Here in North Carolina,

the steps necessary to restrain and reform our government aren’t hard to formulate:

■ No more job-killing taxes. Policy makers need to balance state and local budgets by setting firm pri-orities and focusing scarce resources on government’s core responsibilities.

■ No more job-killing regulations. North Carolina should impose new rules on private economic activ-ity only when the expected health or safety benefits exceed the expected costs, and when there is no less-restrictive alternative that can accomplish the same goal.

■ Subject services to com-petition. Rather than throw-ing more money into govern-ment education or health care monopolies, North Carolina should give its citi-zens more power to choose the services that best meet their needs – and private firms more freedom to com-pete for willing consumers without undue burdens and

restrictions.■ Embrace innovation.

Rather than assuming that North Carolina needs to do the same old things the same old way, we should welcome new technologies and orga-nizational forms – including the consolidation of state agencies, the expansion of distance learning, and the use of new ways to design, build, operate, and pay for the infrastructure North Carolina needs to sustain growth.

Be it at the federal, state,

or local levels, the problems that currently plague us cannot be solved simply by taxing more, spending more, and borrowing more.

In the coming weeks, thou-sands of North Carolinians will take to the streets – both in their own communi-ties and in their state and national capitals – to send this message clearly to the political class.

Perhaps this time the mes-sage will be heard.

Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.

Syndicated columnist

John Hood

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Robert Wells Jr.Robert Lee Wells Jr., 89,

of Rollins Road, Forest City, died Friday, April 2, 2010, at his residence.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Robert L. Wells Sr. and Sarah Hester Davis Wells.

He worked at Stonecutter Mills Corp. for 20 years, for General Fireproofing and retired from Burlington Industries. He was a mem-ber of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, where he had served as a Deacon and Sunday School teacher and was former Superintendent of Sunday School. He was a 32nd degree Master Mason and a member of Forest City Masonic Lodge No. 381, AF&AM and the Shrine.

He was married to his wife of 63 years, the late Vonnie Crowder Wells.

Survivors include two sons, Billy Wells and Grady Wells; two daughters, Jeanne W. Waters and Levonna W. Reed, all of Forest City; nine grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; and six great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Philbeck offici-ating.

Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Masonic rites by the Forest City Masonic Lodge, No. 381, AF&AM. Visitation will fol-low the grave side service in the sanctuary of the church.

Memorials may be made to Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 1776, Forest City, NC 28043 or Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge.

An online guest registry is avail-able at www.padgettking.com.

Bobby TessnearBobby Tessnear, 66, of 156

Wilson Road, Spindale, died Thursday, April 1, 2010, at his home.

He was a native of Gaston County, a son of the late Horace “Tommy” Tessnear and Mary Guffey Tessnear.

He was a graduate of R-S Central High School, retired from Mastercraft Corporation and was a member of Southern Baptist Church.

He was the husband of Anita Rippy Tessnear.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son Michael Tessnear of Forest City; daughters, Allyson Bradley of Spindale; Melony Tessnear of Fort Mill, S.C,; and sisters, Jean Berrier of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Shirley Yelton of Spindale.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Perry officiat-ing. Visitation will follow.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

Online condolences: www.crowemortuary.com

Gene JonesErnest Eugene Jones,

66, of Rutherfordton, died Thursday, April 1, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital. A native of Rutherford

County, he was a son of Birdie Jones and Odessa Wilson Jones and was the husband of Madge Jones.

He retired from the heating and air conditioning busi-ness and attended Fellowship Holiness Church.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Ricky Jones of Rutherfordton; two daughters, Sherry Jones Brown of Rutherfordton and Dee Dee Jones Hensley of Rutherfordton; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and four siblings, Thelma Jones VanDyke of Shelby, Helen Jones Ballard of Hendersonville, Mae Jones Reece of Charlotte and Blaine Jones of Rutherfordton.

The family will receive friends Sunday at the Fellowship Holiness Church from 2 to 3 p.m. with the funeral service at 3 p.m. with the Revs. Bobby Brown and Leon Brown officiating.

Burial will be in the Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memori-als may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC.

Online condolences: www.crowemortuary.com.

George PriceGeorge Thomas Price, 68,

of 212 Oxford St., Spindale, died Thursday, April 1, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Thompson’s Mortuary.

Emma White and Ava White

Infant twins Emma Mary Alice White and Ava Kellie Rose White, daughters of Wesley White and Kori Healy of Ellenboro, died Friday, April 2, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

Arrangements are incom-plete and will be announced by Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home.

Paul McFarlandPaul McFarland, 57, of

Sedgefield Drive, Forest City, died Thursday, April 1, 2010.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Ernest and Lula Barnett McFarland.

He was a former assembly line spray operator for AGI.

Survivors include his wife, Lora Hoppes McFarland; a daughter, Katie McFarland, both of the home; two broth-ers, Billy McFarland of Bostic and Joe McFarland of Union Mills; and three sisters, Paulette Van Dyke of Bostic, Mary Downs of Bostic and Addie Mae Greene of Morganton.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 5, 2010, at Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 today at the home of James and Chris Freeman, 350 Bostic-Sunshine Highway, Bostic, NC.

Memorials may be made to Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church, 1658 Duncan’s Creek Road, Ellenboro, NC 28040.

The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

An online guest registry is avail-able at www.padgettking.com.

Obituaries

Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Office responded to 164 E-911 calls Thursday.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded to 38 E-911 calls Thursday.n Portia Nero Watkins

reported the theft of a .38-caliber revolver and a derringer.

Spindalen The Spindale Police

Department responded to 50 E-911 Thursday.

Lake Luren The Lake Lure Police

Department responded to six E-911 calls Thursday.

Forest Cityn The Forest City Police

Department responded to 93 E-911 calls Thursday.

Arrestsn Ernest Leroy Williams,

46, of 518 Honeysuckle Drive; charged with two counts of misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $20,000 secured bond. (DOC)n Edward Marquis

Oglesby, 31, of 118 Fox Hill Drive; charged with breaking and/or enteringand larceny after break/enter; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (FCPD)n Carson Lee Curtis, 44,

of 116 Bellvue; charged with assault on a female; placed under a 48-hour hold. (FCPD)n Tracy Lee Sams, 32, of

598 Gun Club Road; charged with assault with a deadly weapon; released on an unsecured bond. (RCSD)n Richard Gerald Cyr, 51,

of 317 Dennis Court; charged with larceny of a dog; placed under a $3,000 secured bond. (RCSD)

n Joseph Brandon Pauley, 17, of 248 White Pines Drive; charged with misdemeanor possession of schedule VI controlled substance, car-rying a concealed weapon, purchase/ receive cigarettes/ tobacco under 18, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia

and weapons on educational property; freed on a custody release. (RCSD)n Glendale Ruff, 63, of

200 Creek Road; charged with assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of com-mon law false imprisonment, three counts of assault by pointing a gun and commu-nicating threats; released on a $1,500 unsecured bond. (RCSD)n Misty Dawn Holmes, 25,

of 105 Neely Ave.; charged with assault with a deadly weapon, assault and battery, communicating threats, inju-ry to personal property and resist/ obstruct public offi-cer; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD)n Billy Ray Black, 22, of

511 Washburn Switch Road; charged with misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (RCSD)n Julie Nicole Moore, 24,

of 180 Coyote Pass Lane; charged with disorderly con-duct; released on a written promise to appear. (RPD)n Fredrick Mark

McKinney, 27, of 160 Park Circle; charged with driving while license revoked; placed under a $500 secured bond. (RPD)

EMS/Rescuen The Rutherford County

EMS responded to 26 E-911 calls Thursday.n The Volunteer Life

Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to three E-911 calls Thursday.

Fire Callsn Ellenboro firefighters

responded to a power line fire and to a vehicle fire.n Forest City firefighters

responded to a vehicle fire.n SDO firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle accident.

Police Notes

FOREST CITY — A week after 71-year-old Earl Harris sustained burns in a house fire on Oakridge Drive, he remains in critical condition today in the Burn Center at Doctors Hospital, Augusta, Ga.

Earl Harris was at his home when a fire broke out at about 6:43 p.m. His wife Libby, was going to dinner with friends in Forest City when she received a call the house was on fire.

At the request of friends and neighbors, a fund has

been established at the Wachovia Bank for donations to assist the Harris couple. Mrs. Harris is with her hus-band inGeorgia.

The account is in the name of Alicia Sisk- Morris, CPA, FBO Libby and Earl Harris. Contributions may be made at any branch bank. In the event someone wishes to write and mail a check, it should be written as described above.

Mail to Glenn M. Satterfield, Customer Sales and Service Representative, Wachovia Bank, Wells

Fargo Co., 1 Haywood St., Asheville, N.C. 28801, 1-828-232-3838)

For more information, call the nephew, Michael Stephenson, 287-2603 or 223-1323.

Harris, who is disabled, was not able to get out of his chair, when the fire broke out in the porch, garage area of the home Friday, March 26. He was rescued by Bobby Hill, who was visiting his mother at her home on nearby Sycamore Street.

The house and its contents were a total loss.

Associated PressStephanie Blair and father John Blair look over a book, one of the few things left after last week-end’s tornado ripped their house in High Point apart on Thursday. Stephanie was not at home when the tornado hit, but her father was and saw the funnel cloud approach, he said. John’s family owned the property where Blairwood is located.

TORNADO DAMAGE

Fund set up to assist fire victim

R. L. Wells, Jr. Robert Lee Wells, Jr., age 89 of Rollins Road, Forest City, NC died Friday, April 2, 2010 at his residence. He was born August 3, 1920 in Rutherford County and was a son of the late Robert L. Wells, Sr. and Sarah Hester Davis Wells. He worked for Stonecutter Mills Corp. for some 20 years and the former General Fireproofing and retired from Burlington Industries. An active member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church where he had served as a Deacon and Sunday School teacher and was former Superintendent of Sunday School. He was also a 32nd degree Master Mason and member of Forest City Masonic Lodge No. 381, AF&AM and the Shrine and served in the US Army during War World II. Mr. Wells was also a avid lover and collector of antique clocks and has repaired many for others in this area. He was also preceded in death by his loving wife of 63 years, Vonnie Crowder Wells in 2003. Survivors include two sons, Billy Wells and his wife, Gloria, Grady Wells and his wife, Waynette, two daughters, Jeanne W. Waters and husband, Jerry, and Levonna W. Reed, all of Forest City. There are also nine grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Sunday, April 4, 2010 at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with the Reverend Bob Philbeck officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Masonic rites by the Forest City Masonic Lodge, No. 381, AF&AM. Visitation will follow the graveside service in the sanc-tuary of the church. Memorials may be made to Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 1776, Forest City, NC 28043 or Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge and an online guest registry is available at:www.padgettking.com

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mented. “Said ‘Sheriff’s Department. We have a search warrant.’ I’d have let them come in. There would have been no problem.”

Dewberry criticized the actions of the officers and added that things might have ended differently if he had been armed.

“It’s a shame that innocent people have to go through something like that,” he said. “It’s not right. I try to teach my kids what’s right. But I’m ashamed of how they did it.

“They scarred me. They scarred my kids. It’s hard to sleep. When you hear something on the outside you don’t know what it is.

“What if I had had a gun. I have a gun but it’s been at my daddy’s house 17 years. What if I had a gun, and they hadn’t even identified them-selves. They never identified them-selves. If I had had a gun there would have been a mess that night.”

He added that it is also lucky that the glass table he hit didn’t break because it is probably a half inch thick.

There were five people in the apart-ment when the search warrant was served: Dewberry, Aundra Hines, and Dion, Davon and Whitney Hines, all three teenagers. The five said Friday that there was a lot of confusion when the incident suddenly occurred.

Davon, 17, said, “I just heard a loud noise, like someone was beating on the door. I thought somebody was trying to break in. I went to the door. I was going to open the door. But I twisted the knob, and I couldn’t open it. So I just left it alone.

“And my daddy came in there and told me to not open the door. Then I think he came over there, and I moved away from the door. And my little sister looked out and said it was the police. About that time the door came open. I just went ahead and lay on the ground. And as I looked, in the corner of my eye I saw my daddy lying in the table. And I just put my hands on my head.”

Dion, 17, agreed with that descrip-tion. He said, “I heard a whole bunch of noise out the window.”

He was at the couch, behind his brother, and sat down there.

Whitney commented, “I was asleep too. My bed is right there by the door. And they were hollering, ‘Open up the door.’ Me and my brothers got up at

the same time, and we all went into the front room. And they were still hollering ‘open up the door’ and beat-ing it.

“My brother tried to open the door but it was jammed, and he couldn’t get it open. I looked out the window and they had the lights shining in the windows and I backed up and told my daddy, ‘It’s the police.’ That’s when my daddy told my brother to get back, and that’s when they busted in the door and pushed my daddy into the table.”

Dewberry picked up the narrative.“They woke us up with a loud boom,

boom, just beating the door,” he said “That’s what got them up. Their room is right there at that door. They just heard the boom, boom, boom. And I jumped up. All the lights in the house were off. I jumped up out of bed, put my clothes on. I put my shorts on and said, ‘You all get away from that door. Don’t open that. Get away from that door.’

“They (officers) never knocked on no door. They never knocked. All I heard was a bunch of hollering. I didn’t know who was out there.

“I told my daughter to call the police. She said, ‘Daddy, it is the police.’ I got (the door) open. But the frame and hinges are just tore all to pieces.

“They came in with guns. I never backed up. I think the officer pushed me. When I opened the door, the guns came in.

“They said, ‘Get on the floor. Get on the floor.’ I fell into the table. I fell hard. The door couldn’t have hit me. There ain’t no way the door hit me. Officers were running in there so hard. It is a small door. And those officers were right behind each other, pushing, trying to get in. And that’s when they knocked me into the glass table.”

Dewberry said he lay in the table for five or 10 minutes, “with M-16s in my face. I couldn’t see. They had flash-lights. I could just barely see.”

The officers handcuffed everyone there except Aundra, and the people in the house were questioned.

Dewberry says he knows why the search warrant was executed on the apartment.

He said the officers were looking for his 21-year-old son, who recently got out of prison on parole after serving time for a store robbery.

“They think it was him,” Dewberry said, referring to the five recent armed robberies in Rutherford County. “That’s why they came to our

house, although his address is totally different. And that’s the reason they came to our house. He’s in and out of there.”

Dewberry said he told officers, “Even if my son did rob a store, and I know he didn’t, he wouldn’t bring nothing here anyway. I’m not going to jeopardize my kids. They are all in school. I just told them everything. I took it upon myself. I said my son is in and out. His mama stays in Spindale. That’s where his address is.”

Dewberry said officers are wrong about his son. “He is trying to find a job,” Dewberry said. “He is doing what is right.”

Dewberry said he then took officers to his mother’s house in Henrietta, and they searched there, too.

He said he told officers, “They (his parents) cannot tolerate what you all did to me and my family in that house.”

Dewberry said the police took him back home, then went to Spindale, to the home of his oldest son’s mother, and went into that house. “Same way,” he noted. “Guns flashing around.” That, he said, despite the fact that there are young children in the house.

Dewberry said he doesn’t blame Sheriff Jack Conner.

“The sheriff is sitting there going by what his officers told him,” Dewberry said. “Which, I can understand. He has a tough job. I’m not talking bad about him. But he needs to get up and come down there. I can show him what happened. I can tell him what happened.”

Dewberry said his back is sore from hitting the table. “They told me it is going to be sore,” he said of his emer-gency room visit. “They said, ‘It just barely missed the bottom of your rib-cage.’ They asked me what happened. I broke down in tears, and I told them the truth. When the doctor saw me he said it is a shame: Here’s a man sitting at home, trying to take care of his family.’”

Dewberry said he has not yet con-sulted an attorney, and isn’t sure if he will pursue legal action. But he added, “God will punish people like that. And I’m a strong believer in it. I told them the truth, and it ain’t nothing but the truth.”

Dewberry said if the same thing had happened to the sheriff’s family or to anybody else, “they would feel the same way I am feeling right now.”

Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigi-talcourier.com

red CrossThe following blood drives are scheduled:April 9: 3-7:30 p.m. Big Springs Baptist Church; 453-7485 Ellenboro. Call Polly Gettys; Fozr more info; schedule an appoint-ment.April 13: Isothermal Community College; 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Call Cindy Martin at 286-3636 ext. 353 April 13: Beta Sigma Phi Blood Drive; 3 p.m.-7:30 p.m. First Baptist of Forest City. Call Sharon Scruggs at 286-0658. April 23: Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy; 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m, Mooresboro. Call Jennifer Hoyle at 657-9998 ext. 7.April 26: Red Cross Blood Drive at the Chapter; 2-6:30 p.m. House 838 Oakland Road. Call at 287-5916. April 28: Concord Baptist Church Blood Drive; 3 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Call Kim Jones at 245-6130.April 29: Union Mills Community Development Center; 2 to 6 p.m. Call Pat Taylor at 245-8554.All presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a cruise for two.

The following Red Cross classes are scheduled. Adult CPR: April 12, begins at 6 p.m.Child, Infant CPR: April 13, begins at 6 p.m.Adult, Child, Infant CPR: April 17, begins at 8:30 a.m.First Aid: April 22, begins at 6 p.m., preventing disease transmis-sion.Lifeguard Class: April 5-8, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Isothermal Community College; students must attend all four classes.All Red Cross classes must be paid in advance. Call 287-5916 for fur-ther information.

Meetings/otherMeeting change: The Chase High Athletic Boosters will meet Tuesday, April 6, (instead of Monday) at 6:30 p.m. This month’s meeting will be held at Zaxby’s, Forest City. Regular meeting date and place will resume in May.

MiscellaneousPower of the Purse: Family Resources will be hosting its annual Power of the Purse fundraiser 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.

Free AARP CARFIT® event: Thursday, May 6, 1 to 5 p.m., at Bennett Classics Museum, 241 Vance St., Forest City; this event is geared toward senior adults who still drive; sponsored by The Little Detroit Car Club of Forest City and the museum; call 247-1767 to make an appointment; Web site www.car-fit.org.

FundraisersRelay 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.

Music/concertsGospel singing: Saturday, April 17, 6 p.m., Chase High School auditorium; doors open at 5:30 p.m.; Featuring The Far City Boys, Golden Valley Crusaders, and King James 1611; donation accepted for admission; sponsored by Long Branch Road Baptist Church; pro-ceeds for the building fund.

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 jccowanre-union@yahoo.com.

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 rope2010@att.net or www.mcnairedfoundation.org.

4.23 million North Carolina house-holds in mid-March.

As of April 1, 54 percent of the received questionnaires had been returned.

About 40 million replacement ques-tionnaires are being sent nationwide to households in areas with low mail return rates in Census 2000, even if they have returned the original 2010 questionnaire.

“The replacement questionnaire is a safety net and a wise investment,” Hatcher said. “It reminds people who have not mailed back their question-naires to send it in now. It doesn’t

matter if they return the original form or the replacement form. Both are barcoded to ensure that people are counted only once and in the right place.”

April 1 was Census Day, the refer-ence day for the population count and a day marked by events to remind people to return their census ques-tionnaires.

Census officials stressed that April 1 was not the deadline for return-ing census questionnaires. April 1 is merely the reference point people should use when filling out their forms.

People have until mid April to return their questionnaires.

If they have not done so by that point they will be included in the Non Response Follow Up operation and a

census taker will visit their home to collect their information.

NRFU begins May 1 and continues through July 10. Every person living in a household should be listed on the census form, including relatives and nonrelatives. People should be count-ed where they live and sleep most of the time.

Federal law requires census partici-pation and protects personal informa-tion.

Title 13 of the U.S. Code prohibits sharing personal data with anyone, including other federal agencies and law enforcement entities.

Census employees are sworn to secrecy for life and face a fine of up to $250,000 and/or five years imprison-ment for violating the oath.

his aggressive policies helped create new jobs. He spoke at a factory that received grants from the economic stimulus package that will eventually allow it to add about 300 jobs making

battery parts.Even so, Obama noted that some

eight million workers have lost jobs since the recession began. And the president called that “a staggering sum.”

A Labor Department report said businesses added 162,000 jobs to

payrolls in March, but the unemploy-ment rate remained unchanged at 9.7 percent.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaugh-man@thedigitalcourier.com.

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Chase .spills .FreedomMORGANTON — Robert

Johnson knocked in three to help back four strong innings from Cameron Wilkins as Chase defeated Freedom, 11-4, Thursday.

The win allows the Trojans to remain a half-game behind East Rutherford in pursuit of the 2A title. Chase is 4-1 in conference play and 5-4 over-all.

The Trojans’ Brandon Holland closed with 2 RBI, while Jay Turner scored twice, including a steal of home, in the win.

Chase plays in the East Rutherford Easter Tournament at McNair Field beginning on Monday and will return to con-ference play with a showdown against the Cavaliers on April 13.

Cowboys .release .LT .Adams, .S .Hamlin

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have released five-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle Flozell Adams and safe-ty Ken Hamlin two years after both signed long-term con-tracts.

Adams was coming off his 12th season and was the lon-gest-tenured player on the team, having started 178 of his 182 games for Dallas.

COLLEGE BASEBALL2 p.m. Winthrop vs. Gardner Webb (McNair Field, double-header)

7:30 a.m. (ESPN2) English Premier League Soccer Teams TBA.11:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Girls High School Basketball National Invitational, Final: Teams TBA. 12:30 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) ATP Tennis Sony Ericsson Open, Women’s Final. 1 p.m. (WYFF) PGA Tour Golf Shell Houston Open, Third Round. 1 p.m. (FSS) MLB Preseason Baseball Chicago White Sox at Atlanta Braves. 1 p.m. (TS) NHL Hockey At-lanta Thrashers at Pittsburgh Penguins. 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) High School Basketball National Invitational, Final: Teams TBA. 4 p.m. (ESPN) NASCAR Rac-ing Nationwide Series: Nash-ville 300. 4 p.m. (TS) College Baseball Mississippi State at South Carolina. 4 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Pre-season Baseball Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks. 5 p.m. (WYFF) Horse Racing Santa Anita Derby. 6 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) College Basketball NCAA Tournament, First Semifinal: Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (ESPN2) LPGA Tour Golf Kraft Nabisco Champi-onship, Third Round. 7 p.m. (FSS) NHL Hockey New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes. 7 p.m. (TS) NBA Basketball Detroit Pistons at Atlanta Hawks. 8 p.m. (WGN-A) NBA Bas-ketball Charlotte Bobcats at Chicago Bulls. 8:30 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) College Basketball NCAA Tournament, Second Semifi-nal: Teams TBA. 10 p.m. (FSS) Boxing Mikey Garcia vs. Tomas Villa.

Wondering .What .Went .Wrong

North Carolina’s Deon Thompson, left, and Tyler Zeller, right, watch Dayton celebrate after Dayton’s 79-68 win in a college basketball game in the final of the NIT on Thursday, in New York.

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NIT exit signals new start for Tar HeelsBy AARON BEARDAP Basketball Writer

CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina’s season began with the goal of defending its latest national champi-onship. It ended with the Tar Heels figuring out how excited to get by reaching the NIT championship game.

Injuries, criticism, blowout losses — it all added up to the Tar Heels’ worst season since Roy Williams returned to his alma mater.

“This was the hardest year I’ve ever had coaching, there’s no ques-tion about that,” Williams said after Thursday night’s loss to Dayton in the NIT final in New York. “I didn’t do a very good job with this team and that is hard for a coach to say, but I can say it because I believe it.”

North Carolina (20-17) knew it had to replace departed stars Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington from the team that won the program’s second NCAA title in

five years. The Tar Heels couldn’t, and suffered more losses than in the previous three years combined (14) and finish 10th in the Atlantic Coast Conference after being the preseason co-favorite with rival Duke.

Williams missed the NCAA tourna-ment for the first time since inher-iting a Kansas team on probation for his first year as a head coach, while the Tar Heels went from being ranked sixth nationally in the pre-season to flirting with their second losing season in a half-century.

Only four straight wins in the NIT prevented that, which aside from ear-ly wins against Ohio State and Final Four participant Michigan State was their biggest accomplishment.

“It kind of gives you a little better taste in your mouth, but at the same time, it’s still a disappointing year,” sophomore 7-footer Tyler Zeller said. “We want to get to the NCAA tour-nament. We don’t really want to be in

Please see Tar Heels, Page 10

Associated PressNorth Carolina coach Roy Williams calls out to his team during the second half of a college basketball game against Dayton in the final of the NIT on Thursday, in New York.

Final Four

By EDDIE PELLSAP National Writer

INDIANAPOLIS — On one bench, there’s Bob Huggins, a coach who has dealt with an NCAA investigation, suffered a heart attack, been arrested for DUI, endured the stain of a zero-percent graduation rate and the tumult of two contentious job changes.

On the other, there’s Mike Krzyzewski, a coach making his 11th Final Four appear-ance who has more or less defined modern-day stability — and solid citizenship — in college sports.

So why is it Coach K who’s been taking all the heat lately?

Well, such is life when you’re the coach at Duke and your program — the program you built and recruited all the talent to — doesn’t make the Final Four for five straight

seasons.“People expect us to

always be at this stage,” Blue Devils forward Lance Thomas said Friday, the last day of practice before the games begin.

Duke’s return to the Final Four, where the Blue Devils (33-5) will play West Virginia in Saturday’s second semifi-nal, has quieted a growing

cadre of skeptics.Since 2004, when the Blue Devils lost

to Connecticut in the national semifinals, Krzyzewski has kept the talent coming in

Please see Final Four, Page 11

By JOEDY McCREARYAP Sports Writer

INDIANAPOLIS — One of Duke guard Nolan Smith’s prized possessions is the NCAA championship ring his late father Derek won three decades ago with Louisville.

What better way to honor him, Smith wonders, than to win one himself?

“That’s the motivation,” Smith said. “That’s what I’m going to carry with me.”

Smith’s journey has brought him to Indianapolis, the same city where his father led the Cardinals to the 1980 national title before beginning his NBA career.

Now it’s Nolan’s turn to chase a champion-

ship of his own.“I see a very high level of focus,” teammate

Lance Thomas said Friday. “Nolan’s very confident right now, and this is probably the most focused I’ve seen him since he’s been here. He has the look of a winner right now, and I can’t always say he had that look.”

Called his team’s “unsung hero” by coach Mike Krzyzewski, Smith will be asked to lead the Blue Devils (33-5) against West Virginia (31-6) in Saturday night’s NCAA semifinal.

Before the game, he’ll pause to look at the tattoo on his right arm, the one that bears his father’s likeness and the words, “Forever Watching.”

And he’ll ask himself how his dad would handle the situation.

“I take a lot of his game, his passion andPlease see Smith, Page 11

‘That’s the motivation’

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BASEBALLNational League

East Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 0 0 .000 — Florida 0 0 .000 — New York 0 0 .000 — Philadelphia 0 0 .000 — Washington 0 0 .000 —

Central Division W L Pct GBChicago 0 0 .000 — Cincinnati 0 0 .000 — Houston 0 0 .000 — Milwaukee 0 0 .000 — Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 — St. Louis 0 0 .000 —

West Division W L Pct GBArizona 0 0 .000 — Colorado 0 0 .000 — Los Angeles 0 0 .000 — San Diego 0 0 .000 — San Francisco 0 0 .000 —

Friday’s GamesNo games scheduledSaturday’s GamesNo games scheduledSunday’s GamesNo games scheduledMonday’s GamesPhiladelphia at Washington, 1:05 p.m.Florida at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.St. Louis at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.Colorado at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m.San Diego at Arizona, 5:10 p.m.San Francisco at Houston, 7:05 p.m.

American League

East Division W L Pct GBBaltimore 0 0 .000 — Boston 0 0 .000 — New York 0 0 .000 — Tampa Bay 0 0 .000 — Toronto 0 0 .000 —

Central Division W L Pct GBChicago 0 0 .000 — Cleveland 0 0 .000 — Detroit 0 0 .000 — Kansas City 0 0 .000 — Minnesota 0 0 .000 —

West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 0 0 .000 — Oakland 0 0 .000 — Seattle 0 0 .000 — Texas 0 0 .000 —

Friday’s GamesNo games scheduledSaturday’s GamesNo games scheduledSunday’s GamesN.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m.Monday’s GamesCleveland at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.Toronto at Texas, 2:05 p.m.Detroit at Kansas City, 4:10 p.m.Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBy-Boston 47 27 .635 — Toronto 37 37 .500 10 New York 26 48 .351 21 Philadelphia 26 49 .347 21 1/2New Jersey 10 65 .133 37 1/2

Southeast Division W L Pct GBx-Orlando 53 22 .707 — x-Atlanta 48 26 .649 4 1/2Miami 41 34 .547 12 Charlotte 39 35 .527 13 1/2Washington 22 52 .297 30 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBy-Cleveland 59 16 .787 — Milwaukee 41 33 .554 17 1/2Chicago 35 39 .473 23 1/2Indiana 28 47 .373 31 Detroit 23 51 .311 35 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBx-Dallas 50 26 .658 — San Antonio 45 29 .608 4 Memphis 38 36 .514 11 Houston 37 37 .500 12 New Orleans 35 41 .461 15

Northwest Division W L Pct GBx-Utah 50 26 .658 — x-Denver 49 27 .645 1 Oklahoma City 46 28 .622 3 x-Portland 46 30 .605 4 Minnesota 15 60 .200 34 1/2

Pacific Division W L Pct GBx-L.A. Lakers 54 21 .720 — x-Phoenix 49 26 .653 5 L.A. Clippers 27 48 .360 27 Sacramento 24 52 .316 30 1/2

Golden State 21 53 .284 32 1/2

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionThursday’s GamesOrlando 97, Dallas 82Denver 109, Portland 92Friday’s GamesCharlotte 87, Milwaukee 86, OTMiami 105, Indiana 96, OTChicago 95, Washington 87Houston at Boston, lateNew Orleans at Memphis, latePhoenix at Detroit, lateAtlanta at Cleveland, lateOrlando at San Antonio, lateNew York at Golden State, lateUtah at L.A. Lakers, lateSaturday’s GamesToronto at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Detroit at Atlanta, 7 p.m.New Orleans at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Charlotte at Chicago, 8 p.m.Miami at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Phoenix at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Denver, 9 p.m.Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Sunday’s GamesCleveland at Boston, 1 p.m.San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m.Houston at Indiana, 6 p.m.New Jersey at Washington, 6 p.m.Golden State at Toronto, 6 p.m.Memphis at Orlando, 6 p.m.Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.New York at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA Tournament Glance

FINAL FOURAt Lucas Oil Stadium

IndianapolisNational Semifinals

Saturday, April 3Michigan State (28-8) vs. Butler (32-4), 6:07 p.m.West Virginia (31-6) vs. Duke (33-5), 40 minutes following

National ChampionshipMonday, April 5

Semifinal winners

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament

FINAL FOURAt Alamodome

San AntonioNational Semifinals

Sunday, April 4Stanford (35-1) vs. Oklahoma (27-10), 7 p.m.Connecticut (37-0) vs. Baylor (27-9), 9:30 p.m.

National ChampionshipTuesday, April 6

Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-Pittsburgh 77 44 26 7 95 237 219x-New Jersey 76 44 26 6 94 203 184Philadelphia 77 38 33 6 82 225 216N.Y. Rangers 76 34 32 10 78 201 206N.Y. Islanders 77 32 35 10 74 205 240

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-Buffalo 77 43 24 10 96 223 195x-Ottawa 78 43 30 5 91 214 223Montreal 77 37 32 8 82 205 210Boston 77 35 30 12 82 191 190Toronto 78 29 36 13 71 208 255

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAz-Washington 77 50 15 12 112 298 220Atlanta 78 34 32 12 80 228 244Carolina 78 33 35 10 76 215 241Florida 77 31 34 12 74 198 226Tampa Bay 77 31 34 12 74 201 240

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-Chicago 76 47 22 7 101 247 195Nashville 79 45 28 6 96 217 216Detroit 77 41 23 13 95 215 203St. Louis 77 37 31 9 83 209 210Columbus 78 32 33 13 77 210 249

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAVancouver 77 46 27 4 96 251 204Colorado 76 41 28 7 89 227 212Calgary 77 39 29 9 87 196 194Minnesota 77 37 34 6 80 208 230Edmonton 76 24 45 7 55 194 260

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-San Jose 77 47 20 10 104 248 203x-Phoenix 78 47 25 6 100 212 193Los Angeles 77 44 27 6 94 228 205Anaheim 76 37 31 8 82 216 229Dallas 77 34 29 14 82 221 239

x-clinched playoff spotz-clinched conferenceThursday’s GamesOttawa 4, Carolina 3, SOFlorida 1, Boston 0Toronto 4, Buffalo 2N.Y. Islanders 6, Philadelphia 4Washington 2, Atlanta 1Detroit 3, Columbus 2Nashville 3, St. Louis 2Los Angeles 8, Vancouver 3Friday’s Games

Chicago 2, New Jersey 1, SOMontreal 1, Philadelphia 0N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, lateSan Jose at Minnesota, lateEdmonton at Dallas, lateCalgary at Colorado, lateVancouver at Anaheim, lateSaturday’s GamesAtlanta at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.Nashville at Detroit, 2 p.m.Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Montreal, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 7 p.m.Washington at Columbus, 7 p.m.Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Edmonton at Phoenix, 10 p.m.Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.Sunday’s GamesDetroit at Philadelphia, 12:30 p.m.Calgary at Chicago, 3 p.m.San Jose at Colorado, 8 p.m.Minnesota at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

TRANSACTIONSFriday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALLAmerican League

BOSTON RED SOX—Optioned 2B Tug Hulett to Pawtucket (IL).CLEVELAND INDIANS—Purchased the con-tract of RHP Jamey Wright from Columbus (IL). Reassigned RHP Saul Rivera, C-1B Chris Gimenez, INF Brian Buscher, INF Luis Rodriguez and INF Niuman Romero to their minor league camp.TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Feldman on a three-year contract. Traded RHP Luis Mendoza to Kansas City for cash considerations.

National LeagueLOS ANGELES DODGERS—Reassigned RHP Josh Towers to their minor league camp.PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Placed RHP Brad Lidge and LHP J.C. Romero on the 15-day DL.PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Traded RHP Virgil Vasquez to Tampa Bay for a player to be named.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

NBA—Fined Boston F Kevin Garnett $25,000 for publicly criticizing game officials and for using inappropriate language during an interview after Wednesday’s game against Oklahoma City.LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Signed G Kobe Bryant to a three-year contract extension.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

DALLAS COWBOYS—Released OT Flozell Adams and S Ken Hamlin.OAKLAND RAIDERS—Re-signed OT Langston Walker.PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Traded CB Sheldon Brown and LB Chris Gocong to Cleveland for LB Alex Hall and 2010 fourth- and fifth-round draft picks.WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Agreed to terms with RB Willie Parker on a one-year contract.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

NHL—Suspended Atlanta F Colby Armstrong two games for using his elbow to deliver a blow to the head of Washington F Mathieu Perreault during Thursday’s game.ANAHEIM DUCKS—Recalled G Joey MacDonald from Toronto (AHL). Reassigned G J.P. Levasseur to Springfield (AHL).CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Assigned LW Kyle Beach to Rockford (AHL).COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Assigned C Trevor Frischmon to Syracuse (AHL).LOS ANGELES KINGS—Assigned G Jonathan Bernier to Manchester (AHL).NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed F Ryan Flynn to a two-year contract.WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned C Mathieu Perreault to Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey LeaguePROVIDENCE BRUINS—Signed G Nevin Hamilton and F Brian Roloff.TORONTO MARLIES—Reassigned D Joey Ryan to Reading (ECHL). Recalled G Andrew Engelage, F Alex Berry and D Todd Perry from Reading. Signed F Philippe Paradis.

ECHLECHL—Fined Ontario D Mike Egener and Ontario RW Sean O’Connor undisclosed amounts as a result of their actions following Thursday’s game at Las Vegas.ELMIRA JACKALS—Loaned LW Maxime Gratchev to Rochester (AHL). Signed D Alex Dzielski and F Rusty Masters.IDAHO STEELHEADS—Signed F Zack Torquato.READING ROYALS—Signed G Kain Tisi.

COLLEGEBOISE STATE—Named Dave Wojcik men’s associate basketball coach and Jeff Linder assis-tant men’s basketball coachGEORGIA TECH—Announced junior F Gani Lawal is entering the NBA draft.KENT STATE—Agreed to terms with men’s bas-ketball coach Geno Ford on a two-year contract extension through the 2014-15 season.PURDUE—Signed men’s basketball coach Matt Painter through the 2016-17 season.SAM HOUSTON STATE—Named Jason Hooten men’s basketball coach.UCLA—Named Daronte’ Jones defensive gradu-ate assistant football coach.UNC GREENSBORO—Announced the resigna-tion of men’s associate head basketball coach Rod Jensen so he can become men’s basketball coach at The College of Idaho.

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the NIT. We’ve just got to learn from it.”North Carolina seemed better positioned than

when Williams lost his top seven scorers from his first championship team in 2005. This time, he returned a double-figure scorer in Deon Thompson, a versatile fifth-year senior in Marcus Ginyard — the team’s top defender on its Final Four run of two seasons earlier, and a promising big man in sophomore Ed Davis.

The players around that core — a talented recruiting class and a pair of unproven returnees in point guard Larry Drew II and 3-point threat Will Graves — seemed enough to at least con-tend in the ACC. Yet while the 2006 team steadily improved, these Tar Heels were more a mistake-prone collection of talented parts than a cohesive unit.

They forced Williams to adjust his long-held approach to search for answers, even made him burn the timeouts he hoards like his mentor Dean Smith. But the fast offense Lawson directed a sea-son earlier was nowhere to be seen.

Then came the injuries.Davis was lost to a broken left wrist in February.

Zeller, who missed most of last season with a bro-ken wrist of his own, missed a month with a foot injury. Freshman David Wear missed the final month with a hip injury, while another six players missed time with injuries.

Even Williams needed surgery in November on his left shoulder to repair a torn labrum suffered when he slipped on a wet step at a golf course dur-ing a charity event. He coached with his arm in a sling for several weeks.

“Does it make me any less confident? I don’t think so,” Williams said in early March. “Because I do still have that idea that for 21 years in a row, we did it all right. ... If next year we’re having the same conversation, my confidence will be shook a little bit. And the following year if we’re having this conversation, I’ll go to the first tee.”

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. each blame the other for the delay, of course.

Nearly 17 years after two up-and-coming middleweights fought at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. on the undercard of a heavyweight title defense by Riddick Bowe, Hopkins and Jones finally will meet again at Mandalay Bay on Saturday night.

They’re a combined 86 years old, and they’ve earned armloads of title belts and untold millions since Jones’ unanimous deci-sion over Hopkins on May 22, 1993. Yet they never managed to make a deal for a rematch until this twilight moment in both remarkable fighters’ careers.

So why did it take this long? Why did Hopkins and Jones

wait until well past their physi-cal primes, until long after box-ing fans’ optimum interest in what would have been a scin-tillating bout in 1998, 2002 or even 2007?

“He didn’t want to fight me because after 1993, I got better, but he didn’t,” the 45-year-old Hopkins said.

“I love the fact that he hates me so bad,” the 41-year-old Jones said. “He hates me so bad, but he still never chose to get back in the ring with me.”

No matter who’s to blame, the space between the first fight and the rematch is among the longest in major boxing his-tory. Frankie Gomez, a talented 140-pound amateur making his pro debut on the undercard, was a 15-month-old toddler when Hopkins first fought Jones.

Beyond the fighters’ entertain-ing bluster in the weeks lead-ing up to the bout, Hopkins and Jones acknowledge it all came down to money and ego, as it usually does in boxing.

When Jones (54-6, 40 KOs) was the world’s best fighter in the 1990s, he says he wouldn’t agree to meet Hopkins for a 50-50 financial split. When Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KOs) sur-passed Jones in accomplish-ments over the past decade, Jones was never the most attrac-tive matchup until this pay-per-view light heavyweight bout.

“A desperate man is a danger-ous man, and that’s Roy Jones in this bout,” Hopkins said. “It’s a personal fight for me. I don’t know why a fight wouldn’t be personal. Our rivalry is just a little bit spicier.”

By JACOB CONLEYDaily Courier Sports Reporter

FOREST CITY — Gardner-Webb scored the go-ahead run on a interference call in the sixth, com-ing back from a 4-2 deficit to grab a 5-4 confer-ence win over Winthrop.

The win moves GWU to 3-1 in conference play and to 13-12 overall.

“That’s not exactly the way we drew it up,” said Rusty Stoupe of the interference call. “But I’ll take it.

“This was a big win for us in the conference, but also it puts us above .500, which is huge because we started out 0-5.”

Gardner-Webb wasted little time getting on the board as Daniel Merck led off with a single. Aaron Miller then sliced a single down the left field on a well-executed hit-and-run. Merck later came home on a sacrifice fly and Miller followed, scoring on a pass ball.

Future Forest City Owls pitcher Brett Stackhouse allowed two base runners in both the second and the third, but the junior escaped damage in both frames leaving GWU up 2-0 after three innings of play.

Winthrop, however, tagged Stackhouse for three runs in the fourth knocking him out of the game.

After the Eagles tacked on another run in the 5th, the Bulldogs pulled to within one, 4-3, in the bottom half when Kurt Fulginiti chased home Miller on a double off the centerfield wall.

The Bulldogs tied the contest in the sixth when Ty Boyles tripled home Jake Watts. GWU then took the lead on a bizarre play as Matt Sapp grounded to the 3rd baseman.

When the throw was made to first, Boyles took off for home and collided with the fielder who was still in the base line. As a result, Boyles was award-ed home plate on an interference call despite a vehement argument by the Eagles’ manager.

GWU kept that lead thanks to a sparkling defen-sive play in top of seventh. With one man out, Miller made diving stop in the hole and a back-handed flip to Merck at second, who fired over to Josh Drewry to complete the twin killing.

Winthrop threatened in the ninth as GWU closer Adam Izokovic issued a leadoff walk, but the run-ner was erased when Boyles gunned him down try-ing to steal. From there, Izokovic induced a ground out and a pop up as the Bulldogs held on for the 5-4 win.

GWU and Winthrop complete their series with a doubleheader, today at 2 p.m.

17 years later, Hopkins and Jones meet again

Tar HeelsContinued from Page 7

GWU downs Winthrop, 5-4, in an unusual way

Bobcats top Bucks in OTCHARLOTTE (AP) — Stephen Jackson scored

32 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with a minute left in overtime to lead the Charlotte Bobcats to an 87-86 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks and further crowd the Eastern Conference playoff race.

Jackson won a scoring duel with John Salmons, who had 28 points and whose 3-pointer in the closing second of regulation tied it.

The game wasn’t decided until Charlotte’s Tyson Chandler batted teammate Raymond Felton’s miss back to midcourt, where Felton grabbed it as time expired.

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ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves are inviting fans to cel-ebrate Bobby Cox’s career this season. He would prefer to cel-ebrate a return to the playoffs.

And Cox is counting on rookie Jason Heyward to help he and the Braves get there.

Cox, retiring after this season, named the 20-year his starting right fielder during sprint train-ing.

Heyward caused a stir when his batting practice homer cleared the bullpen beyond the right-field wall and destroyed the sun roof on assistant general manager Bruce Mano’s car.

It was no fluke. Heyward’s blasts kept reaching the park-ing lot at the Braves’ spring facility, so a net was raised to protect the cars. In one week of spring training, J-Hey forced the stadium addition that had not been needed in the Braves’ first decade at Disney.

The Braves return to Atlanta from Florida with a few dent-ed cars — and a rising star in Heyward, the new starter in right field.

Heyward adds needed power to the Braves’ lineup.

“When you add a young play-er like Jason Heyward, it gets everyone jacked up,” said third baseman Chipper Jones. “It makes our lineup better to have him in it. Now it’s up to the old guys like me to do our part.”

Jones and first baseman Troy Glaus are keys in the middle of the lineup.

Jones’ batting average dropped 100 points in 2009 from his NL-leading .364 mark in 2008. He fell to .264 last season with 31 fewer hits in almost 50 more at-bats and finished with career-low totals of 18 homers and 71 RBIs.

Jones, who will turn 38 in April, this spring repeated his pledge to retire after the season “if I don’t play this game at the level I want to play it.” He signed a three-year, $42 million con-tract extension last spring which

runs through 2012.

Glaus, who missed most of last season with St. Louis after shoul-der surgery; is moving from third base to first base. He has made a smooth tran-

sition defensively and gives the team a right-handed bat between the switch-hitting Jones and catcher Brian McCann.

Glaus carried a strong batting average through the spring but has yet to prove he has regained his power stroke.

The Braves finished 22nd in the majors with 149 homers in 2009. They need more than singles from Glaus, who has hit 27 or more homers in eight of his 11 seasons. He hit .270 with 27 homers and 99 RBIs for St. Louis in 2008.

If Heyward, Jones and Glaus are productive, the lineup should be improved.

The Braves made a late playoff push in 2009 after Martin Prado took the starting job at second base from Kelly Johnson. Prado, who hit. 307, found a home as the No. 2 hitter. Shortstop Yunel Escobar moved to fifth and sixth in the lineup and hit .299 with 14 homers and 76 RBIs.

The Braves added outfielder Melky Cabrera in the trade which sent right-hander Javier Vazquez to the Yankees. Cox says Cabrera can play any spot in the outfield. Matt Diaz, who hit .313 last season, and Nate McLouth return in the outfield.

The other major offseason additions were new closer Billy Wagner and Takashi Saito. Wagner, 38, pitched for the Mets and Red Sox last year in his return from Tommy John surgery. Saito, 40, could see some saves opportunities behind Wagner.

Atlanta’s strength in Cox’s final

season as manager is starting pitching, the same as in most of the last two decades. Even after dealing Vazquez, the Braves have a strong top four of Derek Lowe, Jair Jurrjens, Tim Hudson and Tommy Hanson.

Hudson, the team’s former ace, made a late-season return last year from elbow ligament-replacement surgery and says his arm has never felt better.

Strong cases could be made for Hudson, Jurrjens or Hanson as the No. 1 starter, but Cox chose Lowe as the opening day starter. It could be a confidence boost for Lowe after he heard his name in trade rumors through the offseason.

Jurrjens, who was 14-10 with a 2.60 ERA last year, was held back at the start of spring after feeling discomfort in his right shoulder. Tests showed only inflammation in the shoulder, and he is ready for the season.

Hanson was 11-4 with a 2.89 ERA in 21 starts as a rookie and is entering his first full season. Kenshin Kawakami, 7-12 with a 3.86 ERA in 2009, is the No. 5 starter.

“We’ve got five quality starters, and how many teams can say that?” Cox asked.

Entering his 21st consecutive season and 25th overall as the Braves’ manager, Cox led the Braves to 14 straight division titles. He says the Braves have the talent to return to the play-offs an end their four-year post-season drought.

“I like our pitching and I like our chances,” said Cox, 68. “We should be right there in the race.”

The problem is the Braves compete with the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East. Jones set his aim on a wild-card spot even before the season began.

“Is this team capable of win-ning 90 games with the talent that’s in here?” Jones asked. “No question. Is 90 games enough to make it to the wild-card? Who knows?”

Associated PressAtlanta Braves’ Jason Heyward bats during the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Friday, March 26, 2010, in Kissimmee, Fla.

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the way he approached every game,” Smith said. “It makes me feel good, when I take the court, I look down at my tattoo. ... I know he’s always with me, every game.”

The younger Smith has done his part to keep his father’s memory alive — especially in the South Regional championship against Baylor. He watched a television feature on Derek Smith early that day and sent out a pregame tweet: “This one is for you Dad!! I love you! 43..... Let’s go Duke!”

Then, he went out and had the game of his life, scoring a career-high 29 points to lead the Blue Devils a 78-71 win that gave them their 11th Final Four appearance under Krzyzewski and first since 2004.

“I didn’t let it over-emotionalize me, but I used it to my advantage, and I’ll do the same thing” in the Final Four, Smith said.

Then, for an extra jolt of inspiration, he said he plans to glance at his dad’s championship ring, which he brought with him to Indianapolis. The diamond-laden gold ring has Smith’s name and uniform No. 43 on it.

“I look at it before I do anything, really,” he said.At 6-foot-2, 185 pounds, Nolan Smith is about

four inches shorter and 20 pounds lighter than his father, who as a sophomore forward won an NCAA title here before a nine-year NBA career with the Clippers in both San Diego and Los Angeles, plus Sacramento, Philadelphia and Boston.

“We watch the YouTube clip where his dad dunks on Michael Jordan,” Duke’s Jon Scheyer said. “The thing that stands out to me is how much bigger Nolan’s dad is than Nolan. I never let him hear the end of that.”

Nolan Smith had just turned 8 when he went on a cruise with his parents. While on the ship, Derek Smith died of an apparent heart attack at age 34.

It wasn’t until last year when a television network produced a tribute to Derek Smith that his son took some significant steps forward, allowing him to open up and discuss some of his feelings without having to go over every painful detail.

The special “was a great cleansing thing for Nolan — it lifted a big burden from Nolan, because it told the story in a very good way, and he didn’t have to tell the story,” Krzyzewski said. “He never wanted to tell the story. ... I called (Smith) up, I met with him. I didn’t know what it would do to him.

“And then, as soon as I sat down with him, I said, ’Holy mackerel, this is good.’ He said, ’Coach, it was great.’ ... It conjured up good feelings, strength. And whether he said ’I’m doing this for my dad’ or whatever, it was the feelings that it prompted and evoked,” he said. “I think (playing in Indianapolis is) a very special thing. It shouldn’t be his only motivation, but the fact that it is a motiva-tion, that’s great. That is a positive thing.”

and won four ACC tournament and two regular-season titles. But during that span, Duke hadn’t advanced past the NCAA regional semifinals until this year.

That, combined with the two national champion-ships North Carolina has won in the same span, has certainly made it easier to criticize a program that already has its share of haters.

The program that gave us Grant Hill, Shane Battier, Christian Laettner, Jason Williams and dozens more NBA players has produced a 2010 team with pro talent, but no lottery picks — a team with players who can score and defend but nobody who dominates nightly.

The man who turned it into Final Four material: Krzyzewski, who insists he never let the criticism get to him.

“I think everyone feels pressure, but not the pres-sure from the outside,” he said. “It’s the pressure from within, to do as well as you think you can do.”

Facing Krzyzewski on the other bench will be Huggins, who has brought West Virginia (31-6) back to the Final Four for the first time since 1959 and is making his first appearance since 1992, when he was with Cincinnati.

An 18-year drought would gnaw at most coaches, a hyper-competitive bunch. But the 56-year-old Huggins insists he hasn’t spent much time — any time, really — during that span wondering if he would make it back or worrying about his short-comings.

“Not really,” he said, when asked if there’s any-thing specific that eats at him. “I can’t say I worry about our guys, because our guys are really good guys. I want them to be successful and do well. But I’ve never lived my life worrying.”

If he did, there’d be plenty of material to choose from, including his 2002 heart attack, a DUI and a program at Cincinnati that had a 0.0 graduation rate.

Though beloved at West Virginia, Huggins remains a divisive figure in Cincinnati, where memories of his bad temper, along with the other baggage, are still vivid.

It’s a matchup of two coaches who have ended droughts — long by Coach K’s standards, nothing to worry about the way Huggins sees it.

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CHARLOTTE (AP) — While President Barack Obama touted green-energy jobs and the over-haul of America’s health care system, tea party groups upset with his policies protested his visit Friday to a North Carolina factory that makes rechargeable batteries.

Protesters holding anti-Obama signs lined a busy street lead-ing the Celgard LLC factory, which received a $49 million grant from the U.S. Energy Department last August. Among other things, the plant manufac-tures membranes used mainly in lithium batteries.

High Point businessman Larry Davidson said the health care reform package will ruin what

he called “the best health care system in the world.”

“It’s the end of health care as we know it,” said Davidson, 59. “He just rammed it down every-one’s throat. It was wrong. He didn’t listen to the people.”

His friend, Dr. James McGukin, agreed.

“It’s amazing what was done behind closed doors,” said McGukin, 52, a cardiologist. “I’m telling you that many doc-tors are going to quit rather than deal with a socialist health care system. The changes are bad for doctors. Bad for the American people. This is socialism. Obama is not a leader, he’s a dictator.”

Obama toured the Celgard plant to promote green ener-gy jobs. During his visit, he

answered questions from factory workers, including one about the health care overhaul.

Outside, about 250 people held signs and shouting angrily at the president’s motorcade as it passed to the factory. But there were some supporters.

“He doing a great job,” said retired bus driver Bill Jackson, 56. “He’s trying to do some-thing. So many people don’t have health care in this country. They’re hurting. He had to do something.”

But many in the crowd repeat-ed the familiar chorus, compar-ing the health care overhaul to socialism. They held signs that read: “Repeal Obamacare” and “Obama, you are a socialist.”

Damage estimate growsHIGH POINT (AP) — The esti-

mate of damage is growing from the six tornadoes that hit North Carolina last weekend.

Multiple media outlets reported Friday that High Point officials have tripled an earlier damage estimate and now believe more than 600 homes and businesses were hit in the city.

The National Weather Service says six tornados touched down in the state Sunday night, with the worst hitting High Point with winds of almost 140 mph.

The weather service says two twisters touched down in Davidson County, with others striking in Person, Gaston and Rowan coun-ties.

Federal Emergency Management Agency representatives surveyed damage in High Point and Davidson County on Thursday. Their damage findings will help determine wheth-er federal or state disaster help is available.

10 plead to IRS fraudCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ten

people in the United States ille-gally have pleaded guilty in South Carolina to defrauding the IRS of $13 million by filing more than 10,000 income tax returns.

Multiple media outlets report the

group pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and to entering the U.S. without authorization.

Federal prosecutors say the defen-dants operated tax preparation businesses in Spartanburg, Boiling Springs and Forest City, N.C., and claimed more than $22 million in refunds between 2006 and 2009. The IRS says it paid out $13 million in refunds before discovering the fraud.

Two other people associated with the case pleaded guilty to obstruc-tion of justice last month. All 12 will be sentenced later. Prosecutors say more charges are likely.

Blaze hits chicken farmMAXTON (AP) — Fire has ripped

through a North Carolina plant for one of the country’s largest chicken processing companies.

Multiple media outlets reported Friday that fire broke out just before midnight at the House of Raeford plant in Maxton, 85 miles south of Raleigh and near the South Carolina state line.

About 100 firefighters fought the fire. Investigators say a warehouse on the property was gutted. No injuries were reported.

Live chickens are not kept at the plant, which processes chicken parts into products like chicken patties and chicken hot dogs.

CHARLOTTE (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday hailed a new government report showing the most jobs created in nearly three years. “We are beginning to turn the corner,” he told employees of a manu-facturing plant that received govern-ment stimulus money.

Steps taken by the government “have broken this slide and are help-ing us to climb out of this recession,” Obama said several hours after the Labor Department reported that businesses added 162,000 jobs to their payrolls in March.

Even so, the Labor Department report was a mixed one. The over-all unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.7 percent, where it has been stuck since January. And 48,000 of the new workers filled temporary government-created Census Bureau positions. Some 8.4 million jobs have evaporated since the recession began in December 2007.

“That’s a staggering sum,” the presi-dent acknowledged, saying, “we’re still going through a hard time.”

But he chose to emphasize the job-creation component of the report.

“I’ve often had to report bad news during the course of this year, as the recession wreaked havoc on people’s lives. But today is an encouraging day. We learned that the economy actually produced a substantial num-ber of jobs instead of losing a sub-stantial number of jobs,” he said.

He spoke at a Celgard LLC factory, which received a $49 million grant from the U.S. Energy Department last August. The company makes high-tech battery components, including membranes used in advanced lithium batteries

The president said the grant was creating nearly 300 direct jobs for the company and more than 1,000

jobs for its contractors and suppliers. He also pledged that a new emphasis on oil and gas drilling will not under-cut alternative energy work.

Taking questions from the audi-ence, Obama was asked whether his decision earlier in the week to open the door to offshore oil and gas drill-ing would hurt development of alter-native energy sources.

He said it wouldn’t, and that there was room for both.

“We can’t drill our way out of this problem,” he said.

Obama said a top priority remains improving energy efficiency and pro-moting clean energy.

But during the transition, he said, the nation needs to find ways to use traditional energy sources in the “most efficient and most environ-mentally friendly ways.”

Reversing two decades of policy, Obama earlier in the week voiced support for lifting drilling bans off the southern Atlantic coastline, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and in parts of Alaska.

Obama cheers jobs news during visit to N.C. plant

Associated PressPresident Barack Obama talks about jobs during a forum at Celgard, Inc. in Charlotte Friday,

Associated PressCelgard Vice President of Operations Bryan Moorhead, left, leads President Barack Obama on a tour of the battery-parts makers facility in Charlotte Friday.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest increase in jobs in three years pushed interest rates to their highest level since before the worst days of the credit crisis in 2008.

With the stock market closed for Good Friday, investors had a shortened day of trading in the bond market to react to the Labor Department’s report that employers added the most jobs in March since before the recession began in December 2007.

Treasury prices fell after the report, sending their yields higher. Bond prices tend to fall as inves-tors’ confidence grows and demand for safe-haven investments wanes.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.94 percent from 3.87 percent late Thursday, its highest level since last June and the latest sign of confidence that the U.S. economy is recovering. The yield on the 10-year note is tied to many kinds of consumer loans. The increase could raise bor-rowing costs for mortgages and other debt.

Chik Quintans, a certified mortgage planner at Atlas Mortgage Inc. in Lynnwood, Wash., said rates have gone up following the jobs report. The rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage Friday was 5.125 percent, up from 4.875 late Thursday. Less than two weeks ago, the rate was about 4.75 percent.

Barclays Capital Research called the increase in hiring by private employers “solid.” Other analysts also said the numbers were encouraging, point-ing to a higher open when stock trading resumes Monday.

“The bond market seems to have taken it as a very positive number,” said Andrew Neale, head of portfolio management at Fogel Neale Partners in New York.

It was an unusual day for investors, with the big-gest economic news of the month coming out on a holiday for stock markets in U.S. and Europe.

Stock futures contracts rose in an abbreviated session of electronic trading. U.S. investors will get their first taste of how the upbeat report will drive stocks when trading in Asia begins late Sunday. Dow Jones industrial average futures and Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures each rose about 0.3 percent.

The yield on the 10-year note is approaching 4 percent, a level that hasn’t been seen since October 2008, just before the financial crisis peaked. The 10-year’s yield went as high as 4.09 percent that month, before plummeting as low as 2.06 percent in December 2008 as the credit crisis erupted and investors poured money into bonds as they cut back their exposure to risk.

Friday’s trading was the closest the yield has been to 4 percent since June, when it reached 3.96 per-cent.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation added jobs at the fastest pace in three years last month as factories, stores, hospitals and the census all brought workers on board — the surest sign yet that the worst employment mar-ket in a generation has finally snapped back.

The unemployment rate stayed at 9.7 percent for the third month in a row, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists actually consider that a hopeful sign because it means more people are encour-aged and starting to look for work.

“This recovery is for real,” said Chris Rupkey, economist at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi.

Overall, the economy added 162,000 jobs for the month. About a third of the gains came from the census, with much more to come: About 700,000 head-counters will be hired to tally the nation’s population this spring.

Economists took heart that even aside from the population count, the private sector added 123,000 jobs for the month.

Hiring is not expected to be robust enough anytime soon to significantly bring down the unemployment rate. Economists think unemployment will prob-ably still be above 9 percent by the November midterm elec-

tions, making Democratic and Republican incumbents in Congress vulnerable, particu-larly in hard-hit states such as Michigan, Nevada and Rhode Island.

House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said a jobless rate near 10 percent is “no cause for celebration.” The unemploy-ment rate peaked at 10.1 percent in October, a 26-year high.

No one disputes that the job market is still bleak. Counting people who have given up look-ing for work and part-timers who would prefer to be working full-time, the so-called under-employment rate rose to 16.9 percent in March.

But Friday’s report from the Labor Department at least pro-vides firm evidence that the job market is on the right track, even if it will be a long journey for the millions of Americans who want work but cannot yet find any.

“The economy is moving in the right direction, albeit at a tor-turously slow pace,” said Paul Ashworth of Capital Economics.

Economists do not expect the jobless rate to drop to something more normal — like 5.5 percent to 6 percent — until the middle of this decade.

In the meantime, economists are concerned that hiring now appears to be concentrated

among large companies — a sign that small businesses, which typically lead job creation in the early stages of a recovery, are having difficulty getting financ-ing from banks.

In March, the education indus-try led job creation, followed by health services and government. Those sectors, plus others like the hospitality industry, manu-facturing and retail, will contin-ue hiring as the recovery picks up, economists say.

For example, Sodexo Inc., a large food services company based in Maryland, plans to fill thousands of openings for cooks, servers, cashiers and other posi-tions. Demand for food services is on the rise again at schools, hospitals and corporations.

“We’re really very optimistic that this is not a blip,” said Arie Ball, the company’s vice presi-dent for human resources.

Although construction com-panies added jobs last month, it was seen as a temporary snap-back from February, when snow-storms along the East Coast idled many construction jobs. The real estate market is still fragile in much of the country.

Other pockets of weakness include financial services, pub-lishing and state and local gov-ernments, which are grappling with budget crises from coast to coast.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration sought Friday to show voters concrete benefits from the new health care law, taking steps to provide insurance coverage to people with pre-existing health conditions.

The law the president signed March 23 requires creation within 90 days of buying pools to target unin-sured people who can’t get coverage because of health conditions. Five billion dol-lars is being spent on the program, which will remain in place until the sweeping

health law is fully imple-mented in 2014, when insur-ance companies will have to take all comers.

The program will build on buying pools that already exist in some states. The federal government will let states take the lead in setting up new pools or will admin-ister them in states that don’t want to participate on their own. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote to states Friday asking them to report back by the end of April on how they want to proceed.

The new program will provide “immediate relief for potentially millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions, like diabetes or high-blood pressure, who have been shut out of the insurance system,” Sebelius told reporters on a confer-ence call.

The administration is under pressure to turn the health care bill from a politi-cal negative into a positive ahead of the fall elections and to undercut Republican calls to repeal the law. In recent speeches, President

Barack Obama has dared the GOP to push for repeal, call-ing on Republicans to look uninsured voters in the face and tell them newfound ben-efits will be yanked.

Administration officials believe their best defense against Republican criticism of the bill is a good offense highlighting its benefits, especially things that take effect quickly. In addition to the new buying pools, that includes tax credits for small businesses, a $250 rebate for seniors who fall into Medicare’s prescription drug

coverage “doughnut hole,” and new requirements for insurers to cover kids with pre-existing conditions.

“Over the next couple of months, we’ll be making a lot of announcements just like this,” Sebelius said.

Some details about the new buying pools remain fuzzy, including how many people might qualify, how much they will have to pay in pre-miums, how existing state programs would be affected and whether $5 billion will be enough.

Interest rates rise on latest economic news

Job gains pick up some pace

Government starts move on insurance pools

In this photo taken March 30, Stafford Muller, left, of Fremont, Calif., gets help with his resume from Janis Barat, right, of Resume Professionals at a career fair put on by National CareerFairs in San Jose, Calif. The nation’s economy created the larg-est number of jobs last month since the recession began, while the unem-ployment rate remained at 9.7 percent for the third straight month.

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Name Div Yld PE Last Chg %ChgAT&T Inc 1.68 6.4 12 26.11 +.27 -6.8Amazon ... ... 65 131.81 -3.96 -2.0ArvMerit ... ... ... 13.76 +.41 +23.1BB&T Cp .60 1.8 28 32.47 +.08 +28.0BkofAm .04 .2 ... 18.04 +.19 +19.8BerkHa A ... ... 24122420.00+620.00 +23.4Cisco ... ... 25 25.83 -.20 +7.9Delhaize 2.01 2.4 ... 82.42 +1.93 +7.4Dell Inc ... ... 21 15.05 +.03 +4.8DukeEngy .96 5.9 14 16.41 +.09 -4.6ExxonMbl 1.68 2.5 17 67.61 +.63 -.9FamilyDlr .62 1.7 17 37.00 +.39 +33.0FifthThird .04 .3 19 13.59 +.03 +39.4FCtzBA 1.20 .6 18 200.89 +2.13 +22.5GenElec .40 2.2 18 18.33 +.13 +21.2GoldmanS 1.40 .8 8 170.22 -.41 +.8Google ... ... 28 568.80 +1.68 -8.3KrispKrm ... ... ... 4.07 +.05 +38.0

LeggPlat 1.04 4.8 29 21.69 +.05 +6.3

Lowes .36 1.5 20 24.54 +.30 +4.9

Microsoft .52 1.8 16 29.16 -.13 -4.3

PPG 2.16 3.2 23 66.50 +1.10 +13.6

ParkerHan 1.00 1.5 38 65.27 +.53 +21.1

ProgrssEn 2.48 6.2 13 39.74 +.38 -3.1

RedHat ... ... 67 29.94 +.67 -3.1

RoyalBk g 2.00 ... ... 59.37 +1.02 +10.9

SaraLee .44 3.1 12 14.13 +.20 +16.0

SonicAut ... ... 11 11.64 +.64 +12.0

SonocoP 1.08 3.4 21 31.70 +.91 +8.4

SpectraEn 1.00 4.4 17 22.84 +.31 +11.4

SpeedM .40 2.6 ... 15.31 -.30 -13.1

Timken .36 1.2 ... 30.45 +.44 +28.4

UPS B 1.88 2.9 29 64.15 -.26 +11.8

WalMart 1.21 2.2 15 55.49 -.11 +3.8

STOCK MARKET INDEXES

MUTUAL FUNDS

DAILY DOW JONES

10,955.48 7,278.78 Dow Industrials 10,927.07 +70.44 +.65 +4.79 +36.964,439.24 2,517.16 Dow Transportation 4,392.48 +17.86 +.41 +7.14 +49.02

408.57 320.44 Dow Utilities 383.02 +4.20 +1.11 -3.77 +14.517,497.88 4,832.15 NYSE Composite 7,539.02 +91.22 +1.22 +4.93 +43.131,925.54 1,321.21 Amex Market Value 1,944.69 +37.71 +1.98 +6.56 +37.032,432.25 1,482.15 Nasdaq Composite 2,402.58 +4.62 +.19 +5.88 +49.911,180.69 772.31 S&P 500 1,178.10 +8.67 +.74 +5.65 +41.19

800.73 464.38 S&P MidCap 797.29 +7.39 +.94 +9.72 +54.6612,351.24 7,801.35 Wilshire 5000 12,314.16 +91.87 +.75 +6.63 +44.86

693.32 405.71 Russell 2000 683.98 +5.34 +.79 +9.37 +51.93

52-Week Net YTD 12-moHigh Low Name Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

PIMCO TotRetIs CI 122,927 11.03 +0.5 +15.3/C +7.5/A NL 5,000,000American Funds GrthAmA m LG 64,425 28.71 +5.6 +44.8/D +4.3/B 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIdx LB 59,564 29.21 +5.8 +51.5/B +2.9/B NL 3,000American Funds CapIncBuA m IH 56,242 48.34 +3.2 +33.2/C +4.4/C 5.75 250Fidelity Contra LG 55,524 60.77 +5.1 +42.8/D +5.6/A NL 2,500American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS 53,078 34.37 +6.1 +47.2/D +6.4/A 5.75 250American Funds IncAmerA m MA 48,457 15.89 +3.3 +39.0/B +3.8/B 5.75 250Vanguard 500Inv LB 47,853 108.54 +5.7 +48.4/B +2.1/C NL 3,000American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 47,616 26.86 +5.0 +42.1/E +2.8/B 5.75 250Vanguard InstIdx LB 44,500 107.81 +5.7 +48.5/B +2.2/C NL 5,000,000Dodge & Cox Stock LV 40,010 102.97 +6.4 +62.3/A +0.8/D NL 2,500American Funds EurPacGrA m FB 38,069 39.13 +7.3 +51.4/C +8.3/A 5.75 250American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 37,537 25.65 +5.1 +41.3/E +1.6/C 5.75 250Dodge & Cox IntlStk FV 35,758 33.47 +9.1 +73.3/A +6.3/A NL 2,500PIMCO TotRetAdm b CI 31,614 11.03 +0.5 +14.9/C +7.2/A NL 5,000,000American Funds NewPerspA m WS 31,553 26.51 +5.8 +49.7/C +7.0/A 5.75 250American Funds FnInvA m LB 30,216 34.32 +5.9 +48.0/C +5.2/A 5.75 250Fidelity DivrIntl d FG 29,870 28.66 +7.5 +49.6/D +4.2/D NL 2,500FrankTemp-Franklin Income A x CA 29,675 2.10 +3.4 +46.4/A +4.7/A 4.25 1,000American Funds BalA m MA 29,546 16.86 +3.4 +34.3/C +3.3/C 5.75 250Vanguard 500Adml LB 28,279 108.54 +5.7 +48.5/B +2.2/C NL 100,000Vanguard TotStIAdm LB 28,262 29.22 +5.9 +51.7/B +3.0/B NL 100,000Vanguard Welltn MA 28,252 29.89 +3.9 +35.5/C +5.8/A NL 10,000American Funds BondA m CI 27,481 11.96 +0.2 +17.9/B +3.0/E 3.75 250Fidelity GrowCo LG 27,150 73.62 +6.5 +52.9/A +7.2/A NL 2,500PIMCO TotRetA m CI 25,333 11.03 +0.5 +14.7/C +7.0/A 3.75 1,000Vanguard TotIntl d FB 25,302 14.89 +7.5 +58.3/A +6.0/A NL 3,000Fidelity LowPriStk d MB 24,867 35.01 +6.4 +63.1/B +5.4/A NL 2,500T Rowe Price EqtyInc LV 15,542 22.47 +6.9 +56.2/A +2.4/B NL 2,500Hartford CapAprA m LB 9,595 32.14 +5.4 +57.8/A +5.1/A 5.50 2,000Pioneer PioneerA m LB 4,231 37.87 +5.4 +47.0/C +2.7/B 5.75 1,000Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m GS 1,496 10.36 -0.2 +3.3/B +4.8/A 1.50 1,000Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m LV 1,216 3.10 +4.4 +38.2/E -0.2/E 4.25 2,500DWS-Scudder REstA m SR 430 15.21 +9.1+108.0/C +3.7/C 5.75 1,000Hartford GrowthL m LG 180 15.88 +6.5 +46.8/C +2.7/C 4.75 0

Total Assets Total Return/Rank Pct Min InitName Obj ($Mlns) NAV 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -ForeignLarge Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV -Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs.others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

NYSE7,539.02 +91.22

AMEX1,944.69 +37.71

NASDAQ2,402.58 +4.62

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards.lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within thelast year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee.f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fundsplit shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week.Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to belisted in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press.Sales figures are unofficial.

uu uu uuGAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

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Name Vol (00) Last ChgMicronT 834564 10.17 -.20PwShs QQQ783834 48.16 ...Microsoft 624632 29.16 -.13Cisco 550711 25.83 -.20RschMotn 446384 68.48 -5.49ApldMatl 369204 13.35 -.12Intel 355535 22.39 +.10Oracle 261902 25.46 -.25SkillSoft 228971 11.10 +.78Palm Inc 170146 3.90 +.14

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Name Last Chg %ChgGentium 3.57 +1.28 +55.9NA Galvin 7.49 +1.93 +34.7AmrSvFin 2.23 +.56 +33.5LihirGold 35.61 +7.45 +26.5AirTrnsp 4.17 +.83 +24.7AtlCstFd 3.00 +.50 +20.0GulfportE 13.42 +2.18 +19.4CambLrn n 4.68 +.68 +17.0AlliedMot 4.19 +.59 +16.4MedNutrit 2.55 +.35 +15.9

Name Last Chg %ChgChinaGrnT 2.97 -.88 -22.9P&F 2.17 -.48 -18.0VCG Hold 2.02 -.38 -15.8Encorm rs 2.26 -.38 -14.4Telestone 15.08 -2.42 -13.8VillBk&Tr 2.99 -.48 -13.7NestCmty 6.22 -.97 -13.5DemandTc 6.09 -.86 -12.4BakersF h 2.03 -.27 -11.7SinoCkg n 27.35 -3.55 -11.5

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Name Last Chg %ChgSearchM un 5.00 -1.15 -18.7SearchMed 4.30 -.41 -8.7ChinaMda 12.80 -.99 -7.2Arrhythm 7.39 -.56 -7.0SunLink 3.63 -.27 -6.9Gainsco rs 8.65 -.50 -5.5ChiArmM 8.90 -.49 -5.2RennGEnt 2.60 -.14 -5.1Flanign 6.30 -.30 -4.5Bcp NJ 13.40 -.60 -4.3

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Name Vol (00) Last ChgFordM 2060708 12.63 +.06Citigrp 1890624 4.18 +.13S&P500ETF 952365 117.80 +.80iShEMkts 945254 43.22 +1.10BkofAm 699921 18.04 +.19Pfizer 551507 17.08 -.07Chimera 537788 3.91 +.02US NGsFd 509066 7.29 +.38iSTaiwn 466474 12.88 +.33DirFBear rs 465678 13.14 -.33

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

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Name Last Chg %ChgBorders 2.54 +.82 +47.7BkA DJ1-1514.10 +4.20 +42.4Kngswy g 2.05 +.45 +28.1AZZ Inc 38.46 +4.61 +13.6FdAgricA 11.31 +1.31 +13.1CitiDJaig1410.42 +1.15 +12.4Goldcp wt 4.60 +.47 +11.4Quiksilvr 5.22 +.49 +10.4Pier 1 6.98 +.61 +9.6Valhi 21.34 +1.66 +8.4

Name Last Chg %ChgMauiLnd h 5.60 -.64 -10.3DirEMBr rs 40.09 -3.39 -7.8PzenaInv 7.07 -.56 -7.3Worthgtn 16.14 -1.15 -6.7Prime pfB 2.95 -.19 -6.0Intermec 13.35 -.83 -5.9DirLatBear 35.00 -2.11 -5.7DirxDMBear13.05 -.77 -5.6Duoyuan n 10.20 -.60 -5.6PrUShCh25 7.43 -.43 -5.5

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10,960Dow Jones industrialsClose: 10,927.07Change: 70.44 (0.6%)

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man who murdered one of the few U.S. doctors who performed late-term abortions used his sentencing hear-ing as a forum to espouse his views in an effort to justify his crime, argu-ing that he had chosen to obey “God’s law” to save babies.

Scott Roeder was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 50 years, the longest sentence possible under Kansas law for first-degree mur-der. The 52-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man killed George Tiller as he was serving as an usher last May in the foyer of the doctor’s church in Wichita.

“I stopped him so he could not dismember another innocent baby,” Roeder said. “Wichita is a far safer

place for unborn babies without George Tiller.”

Roeder also was sentenced to an additional year in prison on each of two counts of aggravated assault for threatening two church ushers as he fled. With time off for good behavior, Roeder won’t be eligible for parole for 51 years and eight months.

An attorney for Tiller, speaking in court as a friend of the slain doctor, said the toughest sentence would dis-courage other anti-abortion zealots from attacking doctors. Tiller’s wid-ow, Jeanne, cried as the sentence for murder was announced.

“We only can hope that this sen-tence will serve as a deterrent to those who have conspired and con-tinue to conspire to murder abor-tion providers,” the Tiller family said written in a statement.

3 adults, 3 children dead MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A

fire swept through a two-story Minneapolis building that housed several apartments and an Irish pub Friday, killing six people, including three children, authorities said

Friends and relatives said they believed those who died includ-ed a bartender who lived above McMahon’s Pub and five members of his girlfriend’s family, who had been visiting the bartender the night before.

Firefighters arrived shortly after 6 a.m. to find heavy flames and smoke pouring from the building, where the roof eventually collapsed, authorities said. The blaze began in a second-floor apartment, but the cause hadn’t been determined Friday evening, said Assistant Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel.

While authorities did not immedi-ately identify the victims, the bar-tender’s girlfriend said her mother, her brother and his three young children had been visiting the bar-tender, Ryan Richner, Thursday night.

Letter brings chargesPORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) —

Prosecutors say an Ohio inmate’s letter to his mother included detailed instructions on how to sneak drugs to him — but lacked the correct ZIP code.

Ottawa County Sheriff Bob Bratton says the letter was returned to the Port Clinton jail where cor-rections officers read it along with the other incoming mail.

Donald Dudrow III of Toledo was indicted Thursday on charges of attempted drug trafficking and try-ing to get drugs into a correctional facility.

Countdown under wayCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)

— NASA’s countdown clocks began ticking Friday for next week’s launch of shuttle Discovery on a space station supply run, one of only four remaining.

Discovery is scheduled to blast off just before dawn Monday with seven astronauts and a load of sci-

ence experiments and spare parts for the International Space Station. Forecasters put the odds of good weather at 80 percent.

This is scheduled to be the last space shuttle launch in darkness. Only three shuttle missions remain after this one.

NASA already is relying on the Russians for rides to the space sta-tion. In fact, U.S. astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson hitched a ride aboard a Soyuz rocket early Friday. The space agency hopes U.S. com-mercial rockets will take over this taxi job, but that’s still several years away. As for cargo, Russian, Japanese and European spacecraft will fill the void, though none is as big as the shuttle.

FBI issues warningsWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal

intelligence note is warning police that an anti-government group’s call to remove dozens of sitting gov-ernors may encourage others to act out violently.

A group that calls itself the Guardians of the free Republics has a plan to “restore America” by peacefully dismantling parts of the government, according to its Web site.

As of Wednesday, more than 30 governors had received let-ters demanding they leave office within three days or they will be removed, according to an inter-nal intelligence note by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, which was obtained by The Associated Press.

Investigators do not see threats of violence in the group’s message, but fear the broad call for removing top state officials could inspire others to act out violently.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office confirmed the governor had received a letter and directed all further questions to the Louisiana State Police.

Lt. Doug Cain, a state police spokesman, said the letter from the Guardians of the free Republics arrived at the governor’s office and the state police were called.

“They called us as they do for any letter that’s out of the norm,” Cain said.

ANACORTES, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state oil refinery hit by a deadly blast and fire early Friday was recently fined for safety violations amid what federal watchdogs call a troubling trend of serious accidents at refineries.

The blast struck the Tesoro Corp. refinery in Anacortes, about 70 miles north of Seattle on Puget Sound, around 12:30 a.m. Employees were doing maintenance work on a unit that processes highly flammable liq-uid derived during the refining pro-cess, the company said.

The blast shook houses and woke people miles away, shooting flames as high as the refinery’s tower before the blaze was extinguished about 90 minutes later.

“We could tell this was horrific, this was huge,” said Jan Taylor of La Conner, Wash., who felt the blast rock her motorhome at the RV park across the bay.

Three men died at the scene and a woman died later at a Seattle hospi-tal. Three others were hospitalized with major burns over the major-ity of their bodies. It was the largest fatal refinery accident since a 2005 explosion at a BP American refinery in Texas killed 15 people and injured another 170.

Six investigators with the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board were dispatched to the scene, and the Washington Department of Labor and Industries launched an investigation.

The agency fined the San Antonio-based company $85,700 last April for 17 serious safety and health viola-tions, defined as those with potential to cause death or serious physical

injury.Inspectors found 150 instances of

deficiencies and said the company didn’t ensure safe work practices and failed to update safety information when changes were made to equip-ment.

In November, the state reached a settlement with Tesoro, requiring in part that the company correct the hazards and hire a third-party con-sultant to do a safety audit. The set-tlement reduced the total penalty to $12,250 and lowered the number of violations to three.

“We don’t know if any of those haz-ards were involved in the incident that happened today,” said Hector Castro, spokesman for the state labor department. The company was also fined $6,000 for two serious viola-tions in 2005, and another $6,000 for two serious violations in 2007, Castro said.

Jeff Haffner, associate general counsel for Tesoro, said the third-party audit was completed in the past few weeks, but the consulting firm hired had not yet issued its report.

Most of the items involved require-ments for managing safety, he said.

“There’s no way for us to know whether the subject matter of any of those items were related, if at all, to this incident, because we don’t know what caused the incident,” Haffner said.

The company is conducting its own investigation into the fire, he said.

The blast occurred in a unit that was in the dangerous process of returning to operation, turning up heat and pressure, said Tesoro spokesman Greg Wright.

“It’s a volatile process,” Wright said.

Associated PressA black, burned-out area of a Tesoro Corp. refinery is shown along with a charred tower at left, Friday in Anacortes, Wash. An overnight fire and explosion at the refinery killed four people and critically injured three others who were working at the plant.

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Dear Dr. Gott: I am wondering if there is a test for depression. I’m always lethargic and drained, even though I get regular sleep and eat well. I was told by someone that there are two reasons for being tired — too little rest and depression. I get enough sleep but have been incred-ibly sad for years.

Dear Reader: Your brief inquiry could require far-reaching answers, since there is no single known cause for depression, which can be mild or so severe it heavily affects a person’s ability to function from one day to the next.

There are a number of types of depression, including a psychotic form that accompanies delusions, hallucinations or some other form of psychosis. Postpartum depres-sion affects women within a month following delivery. While quite com-mon, it presents for a relatively brief period. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) presents in the winter, when

there is less natural sunlight. .The key to diagnosing chronic long-

standing fatigue is that the symp-toms remain, despite adequate sleep. If we couple this with the mild form of depression I mentioned above, these symptoms outwardly fit your profile to a T.

Having said this, I must strongly recommend that you make an appointment with your physician for a complete examination to include blood work, EKG, chest X-ray and anything else he or she recommends. If no abnormalities exist, and per-haps even if they do, request a refer-ral to a therapist or psychiatrist to determine if the cause is depression.

Is there a test for depression?

Dear Abby: I broke up with my girlfriend of almost two years last July because I thought I was going to be getting a job overseas and she would be staying in the States. We have always had a long-distance rela-tionship (me being from New York and she from New Hampshire), and it didn’t look like it would be any dif-ferent for the next five or so years what with graduate school, etc.

I was becoming more and more distant in our relationship because I’d see her only for a weekend every other month or so, and the lack of physical contact left me feeling single but unavailable.

It has been many months now, and it turned out I didn’t get the job after all. She’s now living two hours away, and we’re still on good terms. We talk occasionally but never about us. Our families loved each other, and we never had any deal-breaking fights.

Part of me wants to see if she wants to give it another shot, but the other half feels almost embarrassed to ask. What would you suggest I do? — Musing

Dear Musing: Sitting around “mus-ing” won’t solve your problem. So get off the dime and ASK her before someone else steps in and does!

Dear Abby: I have been married a year and a half. My husband works three jobs because he wants mate-

rial things. We spend very little time together and when we do, it’s sleep and sports. We don’t go out to din-ner or movies. I feel like I’m just here so he can get the material things he wants. — Lonesome

Dear Lonesome: You and your husband are overdue for some serious discussions regarding priorities, goals and values because it appears you are far out of sync. Tell him that while you admire his drive and ambition, successful marriages take work, too.

While many people can hold down two jobs, trying to hold down three is a challenge.

A person can’t put forth his best effort if he’s exhausted all the time — and fatigue leads to mistakes and inefficiency.

For the sake of your husband’s health, he should rethink what he’s doing.

P.S. Speak up now, because if you truly believe you’re just there so he can get the material things he wants, it doesn’t take a crystal ball to see this marriage may not be one of long duration.

Man hesitates with ex-girlfriend

Your Birthday, April 3;

There’s a possibility that you could be far more adventurous than usual.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Avoid jumping to conclusions. Don’t be your own worst enemy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Poking your nose in another’s private affairs or finding them prying into yours will do nothing but cause trouble.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —Listen to the advice of others, but before acting on it, judge its worth.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Do what is expected of you, and you shouldn’t have to worry about what is going to happen.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — If you feel you must take a gamble, do so only on your-self, your abilities or that which you are personally familiar.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Be careful to bank only on what is visibly being done, not on someone’s promises or good intentions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Any unhappiness is likely to come from your own negative exaggeration.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Do your part to be protective of your resources, as well as the resources of others in your charge.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Be cognizant of the fact that what may serve your best interests might not necessarily serve the interests of an associate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You can be either a person who is for-giving, or one who holds a grudge.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — You’d be wise to limit your nonessential spending today, when you find yourself with a high-roller friend.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Your shaky areas have to do with things that pertain to your status.

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World

VATICAN CITY (AP) — At a solemn Good Friday service, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal preacher likened the tide of alle-gations that the pontiff has cov-ered up sex abuse cases to the “more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism.” But within hours, facing a storm of criticism at the comparison, the Vatican felt it necessary to distance the pope from the preacher’s remarks.

Both Jewish and victims’ groups responded that it was inappropriate to compare the discomfort being experienced by the church leadership in the sex abuse scandal to the vio-lence that culminated in the Holocaust. The Vatican has been on the defensive in recent days, saying the church has been sin-gled out and collectively stereo-typed for the problem of pedo-philia, which it says is a society-wide issue.

Invoking any comparison with anti-Semitism was particularly sensitive on Good Friday, itself a delicate day in a decades-long effort by Jews and Catholics to overcome a legacy of mistrust. There was a long-held Catholic belief that Jews were collectively responsible for executing Christ, and a landmark achievement of the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s was a declaration stating the Jews should not be blamed for the crucifixion.

As the pope listened in a hushed St. Peter’s Basilica, the Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa lik-ened accusations against the pontiff and the Catholic church in sex abuse scandals in Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere to “col-lective violence” suffered by the Jews.

Benedict, 82, looked weary as he sat near the central altar at the early evening prayer service.

Cantalamessa, in his reflec-tions for the pope on the Catholic church’s most solemn day, said he was inspired by a letter from an unidentified Jewish friend who was upset by the “attacks” against Benedict.

Jews “know from experience what it means to be victims of collective violence and also because of this they are quick to recognize the recurring symp-toms,” said Cantalamessa, a Franciscan priest.

Quoting from the letter, Cantalamessa said his Jewish friend was following “with indig-nation the violent and concentric attacks against the church, the pope and all the faithful of the whole world.”

“The use of stereotypes, the passing from personal respon-sibility and guilt to a collective guilt remind me of the more shameful aspects of anti-Semi-tism,” he said, quoting from the letter.

The Rev. Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman, later con-tacted The Associated Press and said Cantalamessa wasn’t speak-ing as a Vatican official when he compared “attacks”’ on the pope to “collective” violence against Jews.

Such parallelism can “lead to misunderstandings and is not an official position of the Catholic church,” Lombardi said, adding that Cantalamessa was speaking about a letter from a friend who lived through a “painful experi-ence.”

Although the Vatican said Cantalamessa wasn’t speak-ing as an official of the Holy See, its official daily newspaper L’Osservatore Romano ran the text of the homily in full.

Benedict didn’t speak after the homily but chanted prayers in a tired voice. He leaned up to remove a red cloth covering a tall crucifix, which was passed to him by an aide. He took off his shoes, knelt and prayed before the cross.

Two hours later, Benedict, wearing a red cloak in the breezy night, knelt in prayer at the Colosseum as he watched the faithful carry a tall, slim wood-en cross in Rome’s traditional torchlit Via Crucis procession that commemorates Christ’s suf-fering and death.

Hamas wants Gaza quietGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Hamas

rulers indicated Friday they were trying to keep attacks on Israel in check, in an apparent attempt to keep a recent spate of violence from spiraling into open conflict.

Hamas made this known just hours after Israeli aircraft pounded multiple targets in the territory in response to the latest rocket attack on southern Israel. Three Palestinian children were wounded in one of the Israeli airstrikes, Gaza health official Dr. Moaiya Hassanain said.

A statement released by the Hamas govern-ment after the aerial attacks accused Israel of an “escalation” against Gaza. But the Hamas government also said it was “making contact with the factions to safeguard internal agree-ment.”

Hamas has never explicitly criticized attacks against Israel, though top officials have said such attacks don’t serve Palestinian inter-ests right now. Friday’s statement signaled the Islamic group was pushing to get the territory’s other militant groups to honor this policy.

Pakistan attorney general quitsISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s attorney gen-

eral resigned Friday, accusing the government of preventing him from carrying out Supreme Court orders to reopen old graft investigations into President Asif Ali Zardari.

Anwar Mansoor’s announcement was the lat-est chapter in a simmering dispute between the judiciary and Zardari that risks destabiliz-ing the government just as Washington wants it to focus on the threat posed by al-Qaida and Taliban militants close to the Afghan border.

The Supreme Court last year struck down a controversial amnesty that had been protect-ing Zardari and scores of other top officials from prosecution over allegations of corruption dating back several years. Earlier this week, it ordered those cases reopened.

Rescuers hear taps in China mine BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers cheered Friday

after hearing faint signs of life — tapping noises, and possibly shouting — from inside a flooded Chinese coal mine where 153 workers have been trapped for more than five days.

Footage on state-run China Central Television showed rescuers tapping on pipes with a wrench, then cheering and jumping after hear-ing a response. They lowered pens and paper, along with glucose and milk, down metal pipes to the spot where the tapping was heard.

About 3,000 rescuers were working nonstop to pump water out of the Wangjialing mine, which government officials say flooded last Sunday afternoon when workers digging tunnels broke into an old shaft filled with water. But experts said it could still take days to reach the min-ers — and their survival depended on whether they had decent air to breathe and clean water to drink.

The flood was one of three coal mine acci-dents in China within a week. A gas explosion Wednesday in the central province of Henan killed 19 and left 24 trapped, and nine people died Thursday in northwestern Shaanxi prov-ince.

Bomber was 17-year-old widowMOSCOW (AP) — The image is striking: a sul-

try teenager, partly veiled, in the embrace of a bearded man — both grasping handguns.

The photo appeared Friday in a leading Russian newspaper, which reported that the teen was one of the two female suicide bombers who struck Moscow’s subway. The paper indi-cated that she may have been out to avenge her husband, an Islamic militant killed by Russian forces.

Russian investigators said one of the attack-ers was a 17-year-old widow named Dzhanet Abdurakhmanova.

Federal investigators said Abdurakhmanova, who was from the province of Dagestan in the North Caucasus region, attacked the Park Kultury subway station near the famous Gorky Park.

Pope’s preacher likens abuse accusations to anti-Semitism

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The Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa delivers the Good Friday homily during a service celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Friday.

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EvErything ruthErford-All New color magazine

formerly known as the Fact Book.Published annually for visitors, residents

and newcomers alike. Everything Rutherford is a comprehensive guide to living, working and playing in

Rutherford County.

Coming Soon...

PublishesSunday, May 4, 2010In The Daily Courier

Additional copies will be distributed to localchambers of commerce as well as targetedlocations

Ad reservationdeadline is

Friday,April 9, 2010

All advertising space includes FULL color and additional copies for your business based on ad size purchased.

Call your advertising representative today to reserve your space

828-245-6431