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SunnyHigh: 61Low: 41Complete report: Page 9A

DeathsHarold Nance Fowler

Joe Blair HaiglerAvery Jerome Harrington

Guillermo HernandezJayden C. Mack

Dorothy Rushing StroupeDennis Wayne Veit

WHAT’S NEWS

Voter turnout 15.5 percent

MONROEWith 63,404 registered vot-

ers in Union County, only 15.5 percent, or 9,862 residents, cast their ballots.

Numbers will not be official until Nov. 10, but show a sig-nificantly lower turnout than last year, when residents also voted for president. Nearly 87,000 residents voted last year for a 77 percent voter turnout.

Union County Board of Elections Director John Whit-ley called this year’s turnout “disappointing” and “very low.” Whitley was not sure why so few people voted.

Election volunteer Dick Wright visited precincts in Indian Trail, Stallings and Weddington. “Voting is such a great part of our freedom,” he said, adding that he’s unsure why younger generations seem to skip that privilege.

See TURNOUT / Page 5A

SETTING IT STRAIGHT

An editing error in Saturday’s Voters’ Guide mis-represented Weddington Town Council candidate Werner Thomisser’s resume. Thomisser is not a former member of the Town Council.

———There were 32 locations

open for voting in yesterday’s municipal elections. The num-ber of locations was wrong in a story on Page 1A of Tuesday’s edition.

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Bobby Crowder, Jerry McGee, Phoebe Williams, Shemelia Chambers, Michelle Barrett

Call (704) 261-2278 or e-mail [email protected] to add your names to the list.

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BY JASON deBRUYNStaff Writer

MONROECheers!Liquor-by-the-drink

referendums passed in In-dian Trail, Waxhaw and Wingate on Tuesday, a de-cision that made restau-rateurs raise a glass.

“I’m very ecstatic,” said Buddy Parker, owner of Shooters Corner Bar in

Wingate.“We love it,” said Beth

Watts, manager of Rip-pington’s Restaurant in Waxhaw. “We are going to expand our business.”

A previous referendum permitted the sale of beer and wine in Indian Trail and Wingate, but Wax-haw only allowed beer and wine sales in grocery stores. Now, restaurants in

all three towns can serve beer, wine and liquor. Af-ter passing referendums on Tuesday, Indian Trail and Wingate will also join Monroe and Waxhaw in permitting ABC — Alco-holic Beverage Control — stores within town limits.

Not everyone was hap-py with the results.

“It disappoints me that people could vote

for something that is so dangerous to family, to life itself and to the com-munity,” said Wingate resident Joe Larrimore. “I’ve never understood how people could accept something as dangerous as alcohol.”

In Waxhaw, alcohol ref-erendums failed on three previous votes, but passed convincingly this year.

“Times are changing,” Waxhaw resident Paul Dvorak said. “We did what we could to slow it down, and we did for several years, but people are be-coming more accustomed to this type of thing.”

Watts and Parker, the restaurant owners, said they will apply for per-mits as soon as possible.

See LIQUOR / Page 5A

BY ELISABETH ARRIEROStaff Writer

MONROEThe Monroe City Council vot-

ed to spend $125,000 to design a traffic exchange that would shift traffic from a congested intersec-tion in downtown Monroe.

A few residents who attended the council’s meeting Tuesday criticized the preliminary design for the Jefferson Street connector project, drawn by Ramey Kemp & Associates, Inc. The two-block-long bypass would divert Jeffer-son Street traffic to connect with Franklin Street west of Charlotte Avenue.

“This is the first time I’ve heard of a municipality planning how to make cut-through traffic avail-able and easier,” resident Bob Bullard said.

Many people heading west on Jefferson Street already skip the congestion caused by the left turn onto Charlotte Avenue, fol-lowed promptly by a right turn onto Franklin Street. Instead, they continue straight on Jeffer-son past Charlotte, turn left on Crawford Street, then right on Franklin.

Resident James Kerr urged the council to take its time when de-ciding on a final design, arguing that it carves off an “important” section of the downtown historic district.

“This would be a solution for people that don’t even live in Monroe,” Kerr said.

David Mitchell said his Real-tor told him his home at 502 W. Franklin St. would lose 20 to 30 percent of its value.

See STREET / Page 5A

Up to the challenge

Staff photo by Rick Crider

Indian Trail Town Council candidate Darlene Luther, cen-ter, talks with Kathy Broom supporters Sue White, left and Ken Howe, right, dressed as Uncle Sam. Luther finished second in the tightly contested voting for two seats.


INDIAN TRAILThe candidates who ran

as a team took the victory in Indian Trail.

“We worked our tails off, not just today but since we signed up to run,” said Darlene Luther, who won a Town Council seat along with Robert Allen.

“I’m glad we gave it what we had.”

The race was one of the closest in the county, with four candidates receiv-ing between 17.1 percent and 17.61 percent of the total votes. Allen was the top vote getter with 653 votes and Luther, with 650 votes, finished ahead of third-place finisher

Danny Figueroa by only 12 votes. Kathy Broom finished fourth with 634 votes. Only 19 votes sepa-rated first from fourth place.

“Obviously Indian Trail is a very split communi-ty,” Luther said. “I mean, one cul-de-sac could have changed it.”

See CLOSE / Page 5A

Staff photo by Rick Crider

Mayor Lynda Paxton, who retained her seat against three challengers, greets a voter at the Stallings United Methodist Church precinct.

BY TIFFANY LANEStaff Writer

STALLINGSLynda Paxton won four more

years as Stallings mayor Tues-day, claiming 959, or 55.7 per-cent, of the votes.

After a day at the polls bat-tling the flu, she gathered at the Shannamara clubhouse with fellow candidates. Paxton said her biggest accomplishment in the past four years has been “in-creased transparency” in local government. She is also excited about upcoming park renova-tions and will push for a capital improvement plan that would specify how project money is used.

She hopes for a tax decrease by next year.

“We’re on a good path,” she said.

Watching the results for other candidates, she said she is hap-py to have a “supportive coun-cil ... not running on their own agendas.”

Stallings results include a pocket of residents who live in

Mecklenburg County, but vote in Stallings elections. Accord-ing to the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, there are 175 registered voters in that cat-egory.

Other Stallings candidates ran on a few hours of sleep Tuesday, spending most of the day at the polls.

Prior to hearing results, may-oral candidate Louis Philippi said he would support whoever wins and hopes the winner will put an end to “bickering” on the Town Council. A mayor’s job is to present a solid vision for the town, he said, but honor the Town Council’s decisions no matter how it votes.

A recent retiree, Philippi said if he was not elected, he would still volunteer in town. Philippi took 186 or 10.8 percent of the votes.

Mayoral candidate Lucy Drake said it was a push from fellow residents that encouraged her to run again. Drake served as mayor for four terms from 1997 to 2005. She watched the results

from Skinnyz Bar and Grill, a restaurant that opened when she was mayor.

Drake was pleased with the overall campaign, but disap-pointed at some negative cam-paigning by opponents and their followers. “I took the high road on this one,” she said, adding that she is “thick-skinned.”

“You have to be in politics.”Before the results were in,

Drake said she would support “anybody but Mayor Paxton” if not elected.

Drake had 492 or 28.6 percent of the votes. She will continue her work with Jamison Realty in Matthews.

Councilwoman Barbara Anne Price also ran for mayor and re-ceived 80 or 4.7 percent of the votes. She was seen Tuesday hauling a trailer, dubbed The Straight Talk Express, covered in campaign signs. She handed out Tootsie Rolls to residents with a sweet tooth.

Price could not be reached for comment.

See STALLINGS / Page 8A

3 towns OK liquor by the drink

StreetchangedrawscriticismCouncil OKs$125,000 forJefferson StreetConnector design

Paxton holds off three to remain Stallings mayor

19 votes separate fourin race for two IT seats

2A / Wednesday, November 4, 2009 The Enquirer-Journal

Joe Blair HaiglerMONROE

Joe Blair Haigler, 92,

died Monday (Nov. 2, 2009).

Arrangements will be announced by Gordon Fu-

neral Service.

Guillermo Hernandez

MONROEGuillermo Hernandez,

78, died Monday (Nov. 2, 2009) at Carolinas Medi-

cal Center-Union.Arrangements will be

announced by Davis Fu-neral Service.

Jayden MackMINT HILL — Jayden

C. Mack, infant, died Sat-urday (Oct. 31, 2009) at Presbyterian Hospital.

Graveside service will be 2 p.m. today in Forest Lawn East Cemetery.

Heritage Funeral Home of Weddington is in charge.

Dennis VeitMARSHVILLE

Dennis Wayne Veit, 60, died Monday (Nov. 2, 2009) at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte.

Memorial service will be 4 p.m. Thursday at Cen-terview Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Nova Veit of the home.

Heritage Funeral Home of Indian Trail is in charge.

Avery HarringtonMONROE

Avery Jerome Har-rington, 62, died Tues-day, November 3, 2009. He was born in Union County on August 28, 1947, son of the late Ervin Filas and Mat-tie Hasty Harrington. He was preceded in death by his brother, Billy Harrington and his sister, Rosie Aus-tin.

He enjoyed riding his motorcycle and playing with his six grandchildren. He was a beloved hus-band, father, grand-father, and friend to all who knew him. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in Gordon Funeral Chapel, with burial to follow in Lakeland Memorial Park.

Mr. Harrington is survived by his wife of 39 years, Nancy Smith Harrington; daughter, Tammy Harrington Beach; son, Tommy Jerome Harrington and wife, Sue; grandchildren, Cameron and Karlee Beach, Deana, Paula, Susanna and Joshua Harrington, all of Monroe.

The family will receive visitors on Wednesday, Novem-ber 4, 2009, from 7:00 – 8:30 pm at Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Avenue, Monroe, NC 28112.

Online condolences may be made at www.gordonfuneralser-vice.com.

PAID OBITUARY

Dorothy StroupeMONROE

Mrs. Dorothy Rush-ing Stroupe, 82, of Monroe died Satur-day evening, October 31, 2009, at her resi-dence. Dorothy was born June 29, 1927, in Union County, N.C., daughter of the late John Worley and Carrie Rushing. She was also preceded in death by a son: Floyd T. Stroupe Jr., a broth-er: Rev. Jesse J. Rush-ing, and a sister: Ruby Rushing Kiker.

Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Floyd T. Stroupe Sr. of the home, sons: Donald Lee Stroupe and wife Donna of Wingate, N.C., Mi-chael Lynn Stroupe and wife Pamela of Monroe, N.C.; daugh-ters: Kathy Hinson and husband Don of Monroe, N.C., Janet Haigler and husband Conrad of Wingate N.C., eleven grand-children: Anthony Devone Stroupe, Dana Marie Stroupe, Ryan Lee Hinson, Nikki Hinson Ferrell, Ke-arry Wayne Hinson, Allison Haigler Sex-ton, Byron Adam Haigler, Jeremy Scott Jones, Matthew Lynn Stroupe, Autumn Leigh Stroupe, Colby Tew Stroupe, ten great-grandchildren: Kara Hinson, Josie Hinson, Mattie Hinson, Emma Hinson, Kaitlyn Hin-son, Hampton Ferrell, Mary Hinson, Haylee Ferrell, Davis Sex-ton, Bryce Ciacevich; daughter-in-law: Car-olyn Mower Stroupe of Florida; one broth-er, John Adam Rush-ing of Monroe, N.C.; sisters: Julia Clontz, Annie Mae Stroupe, Delane Mullis, all of Monroe, N.C., Clara Troutman of States-ville, N.C.

Visitation for Mrs. Stroupe will begin at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at Antioch Baptist Church, with ser-vices to celebrate her life at 11:00 a.m. in the church sanctu-ary, with Reverend Mike Riley, Reverend Charles Broome and Reverend Dac Croas-mun officiating. In-terment will follow in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Antioch Bap-tist Church Building Fund, 6223 Love Mill Road, Monroe NC 28110. McEwen Fu-neral and Cremation Service of Monroe is serving the family of Mrs. Stroupe.

PAID OBITUARY

Harold FowlerMONROE

Harold Nance Fowler, 88, passed away Mon-day, November 2, 2009, surrounded by his lov-ing family. He was born in Union County, N.C., on April 24, 1921, son of the late Andrew and Rossie Helms Fowler.

Mr. Fowler was a U.S. Navy, WW II veteran, serving in the Pacific, Atlantic and Asiatic the-aters from October 1942 until December 1945. He was a self-employed farmer for over 60 years and enjoyed woodwork-ing as a hobby.

The family will re-ceive friends Wednes-day evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Lakev-iew Baptist Church, 4602 Concord Highway, Monroe, NC 28110. Fu-neral services will be held at Lakeview Bap-tist Church, Thursday, November 5, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. Burial with military honors will fol-low at Lakeland Memo-rial Park, Monroe.

Mr. Fowler is sur-vived by his loving wife of 57 years, Caro-lyn Helms Fowler, son, Andy Fowler and wife

Janet, daughters, Ann Maness and husband Tommy, Kathy Knight and husband Terry, Cindy Baucom and husband Kelvin, all of Monroe; grandchil-dren, Jeremy Maness, Carol Tadlock and hus-band Chuck, Kelly Bau-com, Marshall Knight and Kyle Baucom and wife, Jennifer, a great-grandson, Ellis Walker Tadlock; brothers, Jack Fowler and Hoyte Fowler, both of Monroe; sisters, Christine Scott, Kathryn Mullis, both of Monroe, Mellie Simp-son of Indian Trail, and Monie McGee of Mon-roe. He was preceded in death by a brother, Pas-chal Fowler.

Memorials may be made to Hospice & Pal-liative Care of Char-lotte, 1420 East Seventh St., Charlotte, NC 28204 or Lakeview Baptist Church, Building Fund, 4602 Concord Hwy., Monroe, NC 28110.

Gordon Funeral Ser-vice is caring for the Fowler family. Online condolences may be made at www.gordonfu-neralservice.com.

PAID OBITUARY

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“(Each) donation helps us to be able to continue the quality advocacy and programming for people with developmental disabilities in Union County,” Executive Director Melinda Plue said in a news re-lease. “We have been hit hard by statewide budget cuts and a drop in our United Way funding, and we are committed to forging ahead and not looking back — but we need your help.”

Buyers must send their name, address, phone number and e-mail address, along with the quantity of poinsettias (please specify pink, red, or white). Or-ders with check (made payable to The Arc of Union County) should be mailed to The Arc of Union Coun-ty, 1653-C Campus Park Drive, Monroe, NC 28112; to make an order with a credit card, please call 704-261-1550.

Hendrick Classic Golf TournamentMONROE

The Hendrick Chevrolet Cadillac Hurricane Clas-sic Golf Tournament will be Thursday at the Stone-bridge Golf Club. Proceeds go to the American Red Cross. The cost is $75 per player, including lunch and a seated dinner. A raffle and silent auctioon will be held and team and individual prizes will be awarded. Registration and lunch begins at 11 a.m. The tour-nament starts at noon. For information, call Sheila Crunkleton at 704-283-7402 or e-mail [email protected].

Council on Aging attic salesMONROE

The Council of Aging will have indoor attic sales this Friday, Nov. 13 and Nov. 20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1401 Skyway Drive. Items on sale include upscale household items, jewelry, Chrismas decorations and children’s clothing. Proceeds will benefit senior citi-zens of Union County.

First Baptist fall bazaarMONROE

First Baptist Church of Monroe will have its fall ba-zaar Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Crafts, homemade casseroles and desserts and Christmas decorations will be on sale, with proceeds going to the Crisis As-sistance Ministry. There will also be a breakfast cafe and quilt raffle. For information, call 704-283-8534.

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Monroe closeslakes for winter

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Resources Department will close Lake Lee, Lake Monroe and Lake Twitty for the winter on Nov. 7. City lakes are open seasonally from approximately March 1 to Nov. 1 each year. During the time period while the lakes are closed, no activities (fish-ing, boating, etc) are allowed on the lakes.

School boardtraining Friday

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Democratic Womento meet Monday

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IN MEMORYBilly (Bill) Vance GreeneMay 23, 1925 - October 9. 2009

A True American HeroOur 63rd Anniversary was yesterday, Nov. 3, 2009.

You have been gone sucha short time, but my

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Pressley,Mullisoust Miller,SimpsonBY TIFFANY LANEStaff Writer

MONROERodney Mullis and Kev-

in Pressley will replace Jim Simpson and John Miller as Hemby Bridge aldermen.

The two winners were just one vote apart, with Mullis taking 143 votes and Pressley taking 142 — about 28 percent of the votes each.

Simpson received 118 votes; Miller, 106.

Simpson, along with other board members, watched election results in Union County Library’s Griffin Room in Monroe. He said if he doesn’t win, he still thanks his support-ers. His fellow aldermen are “good guys to work with,” Simpson said, add-ing he takes pride in his last four years as mayor.

The town built its Town Hall and renovated its old Volunteer Fire Depart-ment into a community center since Simpson was elected and then appoint-ed as mayor. Each term, Hemby’s aldermen ap-point one of their mem-bers as mayor.

“If I lose, I can still hold my head up high,” Miller said. He would like to keep serving his community on the board, he said, but a loss means “more time at the beach.”

Pressley previously served as the town’s first mayor, as well as Union County commissioner; he said he wanted to take the town back to its initial principals of remaining rural. “We’re very excited about getting a chance to turn the town back around to the way it was when we started,” he said.

Mullis could not be reached for comment.

Nancy Andersondefeats challengeby Hughie SextonBY JASON dEBRUYNStaff Writer

WEDDINGTONOnly one incumbent was re-

elected in Weddington on Tues-day; the other was defeated by just five votes.

“It was kind of a relief,” said Mayor Nancy Anderson, who was elected to her fourth term. “But a little bit of disappoint-ment,” she added because of the loss of now former Council-woman L.A. Smith who was de-

feated by Werner Thomisser 673 to 668 in District 1; Daniel Barry de-feated Gregg Wy-ant 683 to 579 to win District 3.

“I guess what this vote shows, is that the people of Weddington want their elected officials to repre-sent what they want to happen,” Thomisser said. “The people of Weddington want to main-tain the rural character ... and I think they delivered that mes-sage today.”

Campaigning at times turned

harsh and An-derson said she was afraid she was going to lose because of some smear cam-paigns against her. “It has been u n n e c e s s a r -ily painful,” she said. “I don’t know why it is that way in Wed-

dington.”Anderson said she would have

liked to continue working with Smith because they had started some projects together, but “you work with who you are assigned with,” she said. “The people

have assigned us now and you have to keep your focus on the goal at hand.”

Thomisser said he will im-mediately try to implement ordinances that will keep the town rural, but added that the Rea Road extension project was important so industrial devel-opment would be encouraged around the Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport and help keep property taxes low for county residents.

Former Weddington Council-man and County Commissioner Hughie Sexton received the few-est votes in his bid for mayor with 243, or 17 percent of the total.

Thomisser defeats Smith by slim five-vote margin

ThomisserAnderson

BY JASON dEBRUYNStaff Writer

MARSHVILLETwo incumbents and

a resident active in the community took the seats in Marshville.

“I was pleased with the results,” said incumbent Councilwoman Dora Bridget who was elected to her third term.

Matthew Halbert Jef-ferson was the highest vote getter with 110 votes,

or 29 percent of the to-tal. Bridget received 106 votes, 28 percent of the total. Larry Smith and Brian Weber were on the outside looking in and received only 88 and 70 votes respectively.

Bridget said she was not nervous that she would be re-elected. “This is my third time going through this,” she said, confident she would win her bid.

“I hope that (Marsh-ville voters) see me for someone that is work-ing for the benefit of the town,” she added and said the vote results

proved that.Incumbent Mayor

Frank Deese ran uncon-tested and was re-elect-ed.

Bridget, Jefferson win Marshville seats


MARVINMarvin voters elected the town’s

youngest-ever councilman Tues-day with a vote count that was 21 times his age — which is also 21.

Anthony Burman, a senior com-munications major at the Univer-sity of North Carolina-Charlotte, was the top vote getter in Marvin, receiving 447 votes, or 32 percent of the total. Ron Salimao, who at 59 was the oldest candidate, won a second council seat with 432 votes, 205 votes ahead of incumbent Vicki Lawton.

“I think it shows that age doesn’t really make that much of a dif-

ference,” Burman said.

Although he is young, Burman has racked up signifi-cant civic experi-ence in Marvin. He has served on the Marvin planning board, annexation study group and bike lane study group, the Wed-dington Chase landscape commit-tee and the library association of Waxhaw, just to name a few.

“Some people were concerned about my age,” Burman said, but apparently not concerned enough.

Critics also argued the Burman, who lives in his parents’ home, should not be entrusted with tax dollars because he doesn’t pay lo-cal property taxes.

Burman said he took some in-spiration from N.C. Rep. Justin Burr, R-Stanly, who was elected to the Statehouse when he was only 23 years old.

Incumbent Mayor John Cia-ramella won the mayoral race by only six votes over Joseph Bar-bara. Neither candidate could be reached for comment.

Burman called it “unsettling” for a race to be so close. “It just goes to show how close these elec-tions can be,” he said.

Marvin elects youngest councilman

Burman

Some thoughts fortroubled, trying times

Some words of wisdom in these hard times:

“Everything in the world can be endured, expect continual prosperity.” — Goethe

“A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner; neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify men for useful-ness and happiness.”

“In a terrible crisis, there is only one element more helpless than the poor, and that is the rich.” — Clarence Darrow

“Fortune, to show us her pow-er, and abate our presumption, seeing she could not make fools wise, made them fortunate.” — Montaigne.

“It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it is good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.” — George Horace Latimer.

“One day a rich but miserly man came to a rabbi. The rabbi led him to the window. Look out there, he said, and tell me what you see. People, answered the rich man. Then the rabbi led him to a mirror. What do you see now? the rabbi asked. I see myself, said the rich man. The rabbi said, “Behold , on the window there is glass and in the mirror there is glass. But the glass of the mirror is cov-ered with a little silver, and no sooner is there a little silver added than you cease to see oth-ers and see only yourself.” — S. Ansky

Joy is not in things, it is in us.” — Wagner .

ROBERT POPE Wesley Chapel

I have a complaint about the police

This is Walter L. Funderburk of 1828 Williams Road, Apart-ment A of Monroe, N.C. 28110.

I am writing this letter as I have a formal complaint against Captain David Williams of the City of Monroe Police Depart-ment.

On October 23, 2009, I went to talk to Officer J.M. Smith con-cerning the accident I was in. Officer Smith was not in at the time so I asked to speak to his supervisor, Captain David Wil-liams.

He came out in a rage , yelling and up in my face saying that I shouldn’t have called Rodney Heath Williams. I asked him is that why he was upset and he re-plied “yes.” I then told him that Mr. Williams’ vehicle was fixed by my insurance company.

He continuously stayed in a rage, telling me that I should not have called Mr.Williams and told him not to come to the Police Department.

After all that was said, he went back in the back of the Po-lice Department . I went out to my car to get some paperwork concerning the accident.

I went back in the depart-ment and Captain David Wil-liams came back to the front and apologized saying that he didn’t mean to be upset of say the things he said to me ear-lier.

I then went to talk to Captain Brian Gilliard this morning (Ocober 30, 2009) at 1:58 a.m. concerning the accident and he told me that there would be an investigation.

WALTER FUNDERBURKMonroe

Health care planwill be good for all

As a registered nurse in the US for more than 35 years, I have seen the horrors that our current health care system wreaks every day on my fellow human beings. Why would anyone not want the peace of mind of knowing that they could receive affordable health care coverage despite hav-ing a pre-existing condition? Why would anyone not want to know that they couldn’t be dropped or have their coverage weakened if they got sick? Why would anyone not want the assurance that lim-its couldn’t be placed on the cov-erage they can receive in a given year or their lifetime? These are the tenets of President Obama’s health care reform plan.

Health care reform is not about President Obama. As a US presi-dent, he will have a secure income and health care the rest of his life. He is trying to reform health care because he knows, as have presi-dents for the last 60 years. that it is the right thing to do. The current system is not only inhu-mane, it is bankrupting our coun-try along with the two wars and the unfunded medicare drug bill that drove us into huge deficits during the last administration while revenues were shrunk by the tax cuts for the wealthy.

If President Obama’s health care reform plan, that must in-clude a public option to be afford-able, does fail, it will be because of those who hate President Obama and would rather see our country destroyed than for him to accom-plish anything that will help us and risk his being reelected.That is obscene!

ShARON McKiNSTERWaxhaw

With Halloween now once again past us, we find our-selves safe once more from the ghosts, goblins, and bogeymen that haunt us this night of the year. But those haints don’t bother me. There ain’t much to ‘em except a rubber mask.

No, there are other spooks that bother me. Specters that run rampant in our daily lives, whether they are real or con-trived, all of which are mostly man made.

Daylight savings time would be chief among ‘em. With Hal-loween passing in the night this year we wake to find someone has monkeyed with the clocks. The ones on the computers that is. The rest of ‘em somebody had better have monkeyed with or by the time you read this you’re probably already in trouble.

This time of the year it ain’t so bad. We fell backward and caught an extra hour. But we’ll pay the devil the night we spring forward.

And I’ve actually paid the witch for a couple of times when I didn’t set my on board

clock and woke her up at the wrong time- a whole hour early two years hand running.

The first time was about 10 years back. I had to be out of town in Chapel Hill for several days the Monday morning af-ter we fell backwards. I figured I’d get up a 4 am and be out the door shortly after for the drive up. But that morning when I awoke, somehow I thought I’d missed the alarm and over-slept. I left at what was prob-ably about 3:30 in the morning. Laurie and the kids were natu-rally still sound asleep.

About an hour half later I called to wake Laurie at her usual 6am start time. She has a

strict morning routine that at that time included getting both kids to day care before she went on to teach school. We exchanged pleasantries and I hung up. Then, about an hour later, I turned on the radio and heard the morning DJ say something odd. He said, “Good morning, its 6 o’clock.”

People, I almost wrecked the car. That meant I’d awakened Laurie from her slumbers at 5 a.m. instead of 6 and put her an hour ahead of schedule. And that wasn’t good.

I was actually scared to dial our phone worried that by then she would’ve already be gone. The good news is she’d caught my error just prior to leaving. The bad news is she answered the phone.

The next year I fared little better when I woke up that Monday and thought we’d overslept by 10 minutes.

And it was Katie bar the door when Laurie figured out she’d been awakened in panic only to find she was rushing to get ready at 5:15 in the morning.

Needless to say I was home

when that bomb went off and her reaction is still so vivid in my mind that even to this very day I now carefully synchro-nize all the time keeping ap-paratus we have at High Grass Manor the night before.

As it was explained to me, doing so is now a critical and key component of my very sur-vival.

Time change is scarier than Halloween

A CAROLINA VIEW

“No, there are other spooks that bother me. Specters that run ram-pant in our daily lives, whether they are real or contrived, all of which are mostly man made.”

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There may be a sequel to late summer’s successful “Cash for Clunkers” program. But this time, kitchen appliances may earn government rebates rather than new cars.

The N.C. State Energy Office has arrived at an inno-vative way to distribute $8.5 million in federal stimulus funds that are supposed to be used to promote energy conservation. The office is seeking federal permission to help North Carolinians buy highly efficient refrig-erators, dryers, washers and freezers. If Washington agrees, shoppers will get in the range of $50 to $250 off the cost of the new appliances.

To qualify for the rebates - which would be applied at the cash register and not require the purchaser to file any paperwork - the customer would have to select what are known as Energy Star appliances. That is, the appliance would have to carry the seal of energy efficiency approval that the U.S. Department of Energy awards.

North Carolina is proposing to award the rebates from April 22 to April 25.

The program sounds like a winner for a number of reasons. First, it is likely to provide some economic stimulus to an economy that will probably still be struggling in the spring. But that’s not the biggest ad-vantage.

More important, the program, if approved, will help many North Carolinians reduce their daily consump-tion of electricity. Major appliances are responsible for a big piece of our monthly electricity bills. With the use of highly efficient appliances, North Carolinians will save money every month.

The money they save will actually help the state’s power producers who are under state mandate to in-crease the share of power they provide from alterna-tive sources of production.

Conservation is one of the alternative production op-tions spelled out in state law. So, when we conserve en-ergy, we help these companies meet that goal in a cost-effective way. Other conservation efforts are likely to be more expensive.

Finally, reduced power consumption means reduced air pollution, especially the release of climate-changing gases. North Carolina depends heavily on coal power, so the more we can save through appliance efficiency, the better off the environment.

If the program is approved, we can see appliance re-tailers jumping on board. With consumers focused on grabbing a bargain, retailers will likely offer sale pric-es of their own.

The rebates won’t hurt their profit margins but they will focus customers on the idea of buying new appli-ances. The retailers will compete to grab their share of the purchases.

The energy office’s idea looks like an efficient way to save energy, improve air quality and get the clothes washed.

Winston-Salem Journal

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YOUR VIEW


Liquor votesIndian Trail

To permit the operation of ABC stores.Yes 1,336 66.27No 680 33.73

To permit the sale of mixed beverages in hotels, restaurants, private clubs, community theatres, and convention centers.Yes 1,420 70.30No 600 29.7

Waxhaw

To permit the “on-premises” and “off-premises” sale of malt beverages.Yes 1,264No 326

To permit the sale of mixed beverages in hotels, restaurants, private clubs, community theatres, and convention centers.Yes 1,254No 337

Wingate

To permit the operation of ABC stores.Yes 130 60.47No 85 39.53

To permit the sale of mixed beverages in hotels, restaurants, private clubs, community theatres, and convention centers.Yes 137 63.72

No 78 36.28

LiquorContinued from Page 1A

Permit applications go to the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Com-mission, which reviews restaurants’ locations and qualifications before issuing permits. There is no set time to review the permits, but both restau-rant owners hope to have their permits sooner rather than later.

Parker said he does not expect to have much change in his restaurant. “We have a lot of families in here,” he said, adding he thinks that will con-tinue. “I’m dependent on food.”

CloseContinued from Page 1A

Luther said the tight race emphasized the need to encourage voters to go out to the polls.

Third-place finisher Figueroa said he was “dis-appointed” especially at losing by such a close mar-gin. “This was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.”

Figueroa said it was “en-couraging” to receive 638 votes and did not rule out future campaigns. “It just shows that we, as a town, are going to continue to debate those important is-sues.”

Allen said he wanted to tackle economic issues right away by determin-ing what the largest oc-cupations are and attract-ing those industries to the area.

“We have a very educated work force that lives here,” he said. “Well, they sleep here, they live in Mecklen-

StreetContinued from Page 1A

Mitchell said oncom-ing traffic would pass next to his living room and make it impossible to back out of his drive-way.

Kerr added that the change would defeat the purpose of the Downtown Master Plan because it wouldn’t encourage people to “slow down, shop and linger.”

City Manager Wayne Herron noted that there will be several pub-lic comment periods for the proposed road change. Tuesday’s deci-sion was just meant to hire a firm to create a more definitive plan, he said.

The city will pay $97,200 to the contrac-tor and $27,800 to the city Engineering De-partment to hire a firm to help develop a pave-

ment design.As part of the Down-

town Master Plan, Jeffer-son and Franklin streets will one day be two-way again, but this project will not change traffic patterns on the streets in the downtown area.

TurnoutContinued from Page 1A

A total of 116 resi-dents worked the polls at 32 voting locations.

Libby Nash was sta-tioned in Waxhaw and said there was a “steady flow” of voters all day. Her location had 50 per-cent turnout, with the youngest voter at 18 and the oldest at 81.

Other polls saw people in waves, getting many visitors before work and after school hours.

Winners take office in December.

— Staff Writer Tiffany Lane

LAKE PARK — Mayor Kendall Spence ran uncontest-ed, taking 255 or 97 percent of votes. There were eight write-in votes. Councilwoman Sandy Coughlin was re-elected with 229 or 51 percent of the votes, and Da-vid Cleveland will replace Councilman Clint Newton. Cleveland received 211 or 47 percent of votes.

MARSHVILLE — Incumbent Mayor Frank Deese was re-elected with 155 or 88 percent of the votes. There were 21 votes for write-in candidates.

MINERAL SPRINGS — Incumbent Mayor Rick Beck-er was re-elected for a sixth term. He received 236 votes, and there were 21 write-in votes for mayor.

WESLEY CHAPEL - Incumbent Councilman Brad Horvath was elected mayor, replacing Mayor Tracy Clinton, who did not run for re-election. He received 353 votes, and there were 48 write-in votes for mayor.

WINGATE - Councilman Brent Moser was re-elected for a second term with 174 or 51.6 percent of the votes. Councilman Johnny Jacumin was re-elected for his fifth term with 152 or 45 percent of the votes. Wingate commissioners serve two-year terms.

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BY TIFFANY LANEStaff Writer

MONROELarry Simpson begins his

third term as mayor next month. Simpson received nearly twice as many votes as opponent and longtime friend Ken Austin.

Simpson claimed 405 or 66.5 percent of the votes.

“I’ve tried to maintain the way that people think of Unionville,” he said. The

town stands for “family life ... and community involve-ment,” he said, bringing peo-ple together for events such as the Unionville barbecue and Fourth of July celebra-tions.

Before results were in, Simpson said if he didn’t win, “I don’t know what I’ll do with every fourth Monday night,” but would support Austin “100 percent.”

This was Austin’s first time

running for office, “but I’m running to win” against a “worthy” opponent,” he said prior to results.

Simpson will serve another four years.

Ken Brown Jr. and Robert Croutch will keep their seats on the Board of Commission-ers after a close race against three other candidates.

Croutch has served on the board for 10 years, but still had “butterflies” Tuesday

night.Tim Keziah, Arlie Rushing

and Richard Griffin also ran for office.

“Win or lose, I will have done just the best I can,” Ke-ziah said, calling all the can-didates “gentlemen.”

“There’s always next time,” Rushing said, adding that he would still like to see more recreation areas in town.

Brown and Griffin could not be reached for comment.

Simpson staves off challenge to win third term

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DEAR ABBY: My wife and I were visiting our children and grandson, “Rhett,” age 24. Rhett is a college student who lives at home. He had his girlfriend, “Peggy,” who lives in another town, at the house for the weekend.

Rhett and Peggy retired to his room early in the evening. When we saw them at break-fast, they were, basically, un-communicative. Shortly after, they went to the backyard and immediately climbed into the hammock, where they lay like tightly wound dishrags for the next two hours until it was time for us to leave. Our son and his wife did not awaken them to say goodbye, so we concluded that they had been exhausted by the previ-ous night’s activities.

Is this normal behavior in today’s world? We realize that we may be “old fogeys” by cur-rent standards, but isn’t there

any line drawn anymore? My son and his wife acted like this was all perfectly fine. -- INVISIBLE GRANDPA IN ARKANSAS

DEAR GRANDPA: Whether Rhett’s behavior -- and his par-ents’ tolerance of it -- is “fine” in today’s world depends upon the standards in that household. However, there are “family manners” and “com-pany manners.” From your description of the goings-on during your visit, and that no effort was made to spend any quality time with you, I’d say

your grandson’s behavior was just plain rude.

That said, Rhett was not en-tirely to blame. Some fault lies with your son and his wife for tolerating your being ignored and not insisting that you be treated with more courtesy and respect.

***DEAR ABBY: My brother,

“Jeff,” has not communi-cated with any of the family -- parents or siblings -- for two years. Nobody knows why. We grew up a close-knit fam-ily with lots of love and affec-tion.

About six years ago, Jeff moved with his wife and children to a different state. During the first few years, he stayed in touch via phone calls and e-mails, but sudden-ly all communication ceased. We know where he lives and have tried contacting him through letters, phone calls

and e-mails, but he will not respond. Our parents are dev-astated and none of us knows what to do.

We have so many questions: Is Jeff hiding something? Is he ill? How are the children? What do we do, Abby? Please help. -- FAMILY IN PAIN

DEAR IN PAIN: Because you have tried everything else, only one thing is left. If at all possible, your parents and the sibling who was closest to Jeff should schedule a visit to the city in which he now resides and pay him a call.

***DEAR ABBY: I married a

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My mother-in-law thinks her son should pay the taxes on both sides, and also pay to

fix up the place. Now that he has a wife, his mother thinks I should help him pay for the house and the taxes. But the deed is “survivorship” with him and his mother. Why should I pay to get it fixed up when his mom makes it clear that if something happens to her son, the house is hers and hers alone? -- TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN PENNSYLVA-NIA

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Regardless of the difficulties of the past, the year ahead is likely to bring some dramatic changes that will make a strong impact on your life. Some new developments will be the source of good fortune.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Even if change is not on the radar screen, you might benefit from an unexpected and unini-tiated adjustment. Go with the flow, and advantages will find you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- There is nothing wrong with your goals, and you’re not shy about going after what you want. But you’re still smart enough to wait for a golden opportunity to launch one of them. It might come now.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Don’t be an all-work or all-play person because, to acquire true fulfillment, a good balance between the two is necessary. You will experience more feel-ings of security and well-being than you thought.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- You’ll set the example others want to follow when they see a resilient person succeeding to achieve a high goal. It’ll inspire them to pursue their dreams.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Keep a low profile, and you’ll be able to conduct your pri-vate affairs without attracting too much attention from the competition. Make those long-awaited moves.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Your natural wit and personality will be a welcome addition to any gathering. Whether you realize it or not, you’re the ray of sun-shine people need so desper-ately in their lives.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- If you keep a low profile, the fulfillment of your ambitious objectives might actually come easier than expected. Chances are you won’t have to use your big guns after all.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- A new social outlet might be just what the doctor ordered if you don’t already have something to do during your leisure hours. Confer with a great teacher who can point you in the right direction.

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Ormiston,Brotton win inWesley ChapelBY ELISABETH ARRIEROStaff Writer

MONROENewcomers Howard

Brotton and Kim Ormis-ton won seats on the Wes-ley Chapel Village Council Tuesday, beating Charles “Chuck” Rohland.

The two will take over the seats of incumbents Rick Croffut and Sonya Pierce. Neither sought re-election.

Ormiston got 326 votes, followed by Brotton with 265 and Rohland with 171.

During the town’s Oc-tober forum, Brotton and Ormiston strove to dis-tinguish themselves with their pet issues. Ormiston stressed the importance of public safety and con-tracting deputies from the Union County Sheriff ’s Of-fice, while Brotton empha-sized long-term planning.

Ormiston said she is ex-cited.

“We’re ready to move for-ward and put new eyes on some of the projects,” she said, adding that she would like to work toward get-ting more law enforcement presence in Wesley Chapel “sooner rather than later.”

Brotton said he’s inter-ested in looking into past decisions of the council.

“I think we’re going to have to rehash some of the items that were taken be-fore,” he said, mentioning a controversial gun range owned by Michael Land, which is opposed by Land’s neighbors. Land took the village to court over a local firearms ordinance that it passed after Land’s neigh-bors complained. “I want to catch up with the board on deeper, underlying is-sues that weren’t fully vet-ted.”


MONROEAnother election season has

passed, and the faces on the Min-eral Springs Town Council will remain the same.

Incumbents Melody LaMoni-ca, Janet Critz and Jerry Coun-tryman retained their seats against Charles Bowden, each nearly tripling the challenger’s total of 74 votes.

Countryman received 219, and Critz and LaMonica both got 215.

“I was very pleased with the results. It gives us an opportu-nity to continue with what we’re set out to do in terms of doing what the public would like us to

do,” Country-man said.

Despite much talk about can-didate forums, all four candi-dates never attended a candidate forum together. Bowden said he refused to attend a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters at Western Union Elementary

School because he thought it was biased. Ultimate-ly he attended the Oct. 20 forum, but he arrived late and only took pictures.

In a letter to all candidates Sept. 26, Bowden suggested an independent forum on Oct. 8 at the Mineral Springs Music

Barn. But Critz at the time pointed out that the forum was scheduled for the same night as a Town Council meeting, making it impossible for them to attend.

Critz said she thought Tuesday’s turnout was most-ly about the public

showing the council its support.“I think it’s rewarding that ...

percentage wise, with nothing else on the ballot, that this many people would actually come out to vote to say, ‘Hey, we want you there, and we appreciate what you’re doing.’”

Same faces return in Mineral Springs

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MONROEJerry Clontz and Bradley Purser will

serve on the Fairview Town Council for another four years.

The two incumbents ran against new-comer Beth Rabb in Tuesday’s election. Purser led the race with 91 votes, Clontz came in second with 63, and Rabb got 43 votes.

“I guess standing at the polls must pay off,” Clontz said of Purser, who worked the polls all day.

Clontz said he hopes the town can finally acquire the old Fairview School property from the school board in his third term. He said he wants to put a park there.

“Maybe I can get what I want done this time,” he said.

Purser said he was “humbled” by the results and also said that getting a park in Fairview is high on his pri-ority list.

“It’s something all ages would certainly enjoy,” he said. “Nothing elaborate, just something that is practi-cal.”

Purser

Clontz, Purserwin in Fairview BY ELISABETH ARRIERO

Staff WriterMONROE

Two new faces and a familiar one will take their seats on the Waxhaw Board of Commissioners in December.

Incumbent Joyce Blythe retained her seat and newcomers Erin Kirkpat-rick and Brett Diller took the seats of Commissioner Sylvester McManus, who did not seek re-election, and Max Walker, who lost his bid to keep his council seat.

“I feel good about it. I’m tickled that I got in there,” Blythe said.

Kirkpatrick came with a landslide 1,027 votes, followed by Diller with 965, Blythe with 872, Walker with 607 and Ken Collins with 408 votes. Write-in votes totaled 26.

“I think it’s great for the town. The three candidates that I was hoping would pull out — I think we’re going to round out the board, and it’s going to be an awesome board,” Diller said.

Four of the five candidates listed growth and development as the top issues, continuing a theme started in previous Waxhaw upsets.

Historically, there has been tension

between heritage and growth in Wax-haw: In 2006, the town entered into an exhaustive series of hearings before rejecting efforts to build a Walmart Su-percenter in town.

And in October, the board struck down a proposed development in the historic district that would have in-cluded a three-story apartment com-plex, a hotel, a mixed-use building, a day care and a civic center. Historic Ventures, LLC, had requested a zoning change and conditional-use permit for the land but the board voted 4-1 against that, with Walker the only one in fa-vor.

Both Diller and Kirkpatrick said the passage of the liquor-by-the-drink ref-erendum will present both challenges and opportunities.

“I think it’s going to be positive for the town overall,” Diller said. “I’ve al-ready talked to some of the restaurant owners, and obviously they’ve very pro-liquor-by-the-drink.”

Kirkpatrick said she wants to make sure the sale of mixed drinks “plays out in way the town envisioned, in terms of adding to quality of life, and not taking away from it.”

Walker ousted in Waxhaw


COMING EVENTS(Editor’s note: To list the event

of your nonprofit civic, social or governmental organization, call 704-261-2252.)

Today• RETIRED LAW EN-

FORCEMENT OFFI-CERS ASSOCIATION, 7:30 a.m. Palace Restau-rant.

• MONROE-UNION BREAKFAST ROTARY, 7:30 a.m., Golden Corral. For details, call 704-507-3956.

• EXERCISE CLASS, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Ellen Fitzgerald Senior Center. Open to ages 55 and up. For details, call 704-282-4657.

• TODDLER TIME, 9:30 a.m., Marshville Li-brary, for children ages 12 months to 36 months.

• STORY TIME, 10 a.m., 11 a.m., Waxhaw Li-brary, for ages 3 to 5. For details, call 704-843-3131.

• COA UNION SE-NIORS PROGRAM, 10 a.m., Walkersville Pres-byterian Church. Bring a covered dish.

• STORY TIME, 10 a.m., Marshville Library, for ages 3 to 5. For details, call 704-624-2828.

• SENIOR FITNESS CLASS, 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., Bazemore Center, Winchester Avenue, Mon-roe. Free to all senior citi-zens. Details, 704-282-4654.

• JOB SEARCH HELP, 10 a.m. to noon, Monroe Library. Details, 704-283-8184, ext. 232.

• TODDLER TIME, 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., Union West Regional Library. For ages 18 to 36 months.

• BABY TIME, 11 a.m., Monroe Library. Details, 704-283-8184.

• STORY TIME, 11:30 a.m., Union West Region-al Library, for children ages 3 to 5.

• MONROE BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL, 1 p.m., Rolling Hills Coun-try Club. For details, call 704-289-2543.

• TURNING POINT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GROUP, 4 p.m. at the shel-ter. Details, 704-283-7233.

• MICROSOFT WORD I/EXCEL I CLASS, 5:30

p.m., Edwards Library, Marshville. Free. Regis-tration required; call 704-624-2828.

• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Low Bottom group, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., old Belk building, 200 Stewart St., Monroe. Details, 704-332-4387; 704-377-0244.

• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Sunset group, 6 p.m., 1010 Mc-Manus St., Monroe. De-tails, 704-219-6245.

• CLASSIC CRUIS-ERS, 7 p.m., Poplin Place shopping center, West Roosevelt Boulevard, Monroe. For informa-tion, contact Jim Collura at 704-289-6208 or [email protected].

• BINGO, 7:30 p.m., Vietnam Veterans As-sociation Post No. 14, 620 Roosevelt Blvd., $2,500 program. Doors open at 5 p.m. For details, call 704-283-6165.

• NARCOTICS ANON-YMOUS, 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friendship Missionary Baptist Church admin-istrative building, 501 Burke St. Details, 704-821-4256, 704-763-0784.

Thursday• UNION WEST RO-

TARY, 7:30 a.m., civic building behind Indian Trail Town Hall. For de-tails, call Sean Helms, 704-849-9332.

• WAXHAW-WED-DINGTON SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB, 7:30 a.m., Rippington’s Res-taurant, 109 W. South Main Street, Waxhaw. For information, call Arthur Lightbody at 704-843-6048.

• BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS CLASS, 10 a.m., Union West Library. Free. Registration required; call 704-821-7475.

• UNION COUNTY MOMMIES, 10:30 a.m., monthly meet-and-greet, Grace United Method-ist Church, 3522 Secrest Shortcut Road. Details, 704-221-8113, www.Union-CountyMommies.com.

• BABY TIME, 10:30 a.m., Union West Library. Details, 704-821-7475.

• MONROE LIONS CLUB meeting, noon, Quincy’s Family Steak-house. Call Wanda Deese, 704-577-7669, for details.

• KIWANIS CLUB OF MONROE, noon to 1 p.m., Rolling Hills Coun-try Club. For details, call Fran Dandridge at 704-289-9429.

• SENIOR CITIZENS CANASTA, 12:30 p.m., El-len Fitzgerald Center. For information, call Ellen Fitzgerald Senior Center at 704-282-4657.

• MICROSOFT EX-CEL I CLASS, 3:30 p.m., Monroe Library. Free. Registration required; call 704-283-8184.

• HOMEWORK HELP NIGHT, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monroe Library. For grades one through eight. Details, Kim, 704-283-8184, ext. 238.

• THURSDAY TALES, 5 p.m., Monroe Library. For ages 5 and up and their caregivers. Details, 704-283-8184.


• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), 6 p.m. weigh-in, 6:20 meeting, Love Baptist Church, 707 Deese Road, Monroe. De-tails, 704-225-1720.

• WAXHAW TOPS #613 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Waxhaw Bible Church, 6810 Pleasant Grove Road. For details, call 704-843-5518 or 704-254-3880.


• UNION COUNTY CRUISERS, 6:30 p.m., Monroe Mall, next to Pizza Hut. Custom and classic cars. Details, 704-238-1600.

• UNION COUNTY SADDLE CLUB, 7 p.m., Saddle Club grounds, East Sandy Ridge Road, Monroe. Details, 704-763-5396.

• SENIOR DANCE, 7

p.m.-9 p.m., Ellen Fitzger-ald Center, Line dancing and ballroom dancing. Details, 704-282-4657.

• BINGO, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Indian Trail VFW, 100 VFW Lane, Indian Trail; $500 jackpot. For details, call 704-821-9753.

• FOREST HILLS BAND BOOSTERS, 7 p.m., Forest Hills High School bandroom. De-tails, 704-233-0125.

• WAXHAW LIONS CLUB, 7 p.m., site TBA. For details, call 704-843-5537.

• BOY SCOUT TROOP 98, 7 p.m., Hemby Bridge Church, 6010 Mill Grove Road. For details, call 704-882-3482.

• WEDDINGTON HIGH PTSA, 7 p.m., me-dia center.

• UNION COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY EXECUTIVE COM-MITTEE, 7 p.m., Bear’s Lair Restaurant, 6751 Old Monroe Road, Indian Trail. Details, Terry Gle-sias, 704-243-3262 or [email protected].

• UNION DISTRICT BOY SCOUTS district committee meeting, 7:30 p.m., Central United Methodist Church Scout hut, Hayne and Sunset. Details, 980-722-3787.

• WEDDINGTON HIGH BAND BOOST-ERS, 7:30 p.m., Wedding-ton High band room. For details, call 704-226-0205.

• COCAINE ANONY-MOUS meeting, 7:30 p.m., at the Friendship Home, 2111 Stafford St. Ext., Monroe.

• CIVIL AIR PATROL, South Piedmont Squad-ron, 7:30 p.m., Indian Trail Town Hall. For de-tails, contact Jerry Lang-ley at 704-847-8304.

• UNION COUNTY SADDLE CLUB, 7:30 p.m., clubhouse. Open for novice and experienced horse owners/enthusi-asts. For details, contact Rick Harmon at 704-764-9104, or Harriet Metrosky at 704-289-5773.

• AL-ANON, 8 p.m., First Step Recovery Cen-ter, 1623 Sunset Drive, Monroe. Details, 704-283-0944, 704-764-7651.

Friday• EXERCISE CLASS,

9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Ellen Fitzgerald Senior Center. Open to ages 55 and up. For details, call 704-282-4657.

• COUNCIL ON AGING INDOOR ATTIC SALE, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 1401 Skyway Drive, Monroe. Details, 704-292-1797.

• SENIOR FITNESS CLASS, 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., Bazemore Center, Winchester Avenue, Mon-roe. Free to all senior citi-zens. Details, 704-282-4654.

• MORNING BOOK CLUB, 10 a.m., Union West Library. Topic, “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society” by Mary An Shaffer. Details, 704-821-7475.

• BABY TIME, 10:30 a.m., Edwards Library, Marshville. Details, 704-624-2828.

• TURNING POINT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GROUP, 4 p.m. at the shel-ter. Details, 704-283-7233.



• NARCOTICS ANON-YMOUS, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Nicey Grove Bap-tist Church, 318 Camden Road, Wingate. Details, 704-221-7352.

• OVERCOMERS OUT-REACH ANONYMOUS, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 1700 Secrest Shortcut Road. For details call 704-846-9223.

• NARCOTICS ANON-YMOUS, 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friendship Missionary Baptist Church adminis-trative building, 501 Burke St. Details, 704-821-4256, 704-763-0784.

• CAROLINA SINGLES & MARRIED COUPLES CLUB DANCE, 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Shrine Club, Phifer Street. Free line dance class, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Admission, $10. Must be 21. Details, Ellen Benton, 704-283-1304.

StallingsContinued from Page 1A

District 1Write-in candidate Har-

ry Stokes won 974 or about 64 percent of the votes against incumbent Al Gra-ham. Only seven write-in votes were not for Stokes.

Prior to final results, Stokes said if he wins, he will “celebrate and then go take the longest nap ever.” Stokes ran on three hours of sleep Tuesday and spent the evening at the Shanna-mara clubhouse with fam-ily and friends.

Still at the polls, he said he felt confident of his win. “Maybe I shouldn’t, but I just have this peace.” Thirty volunteers, a news-paper ad and 350 campaign signs later, Stokes claimed a spot on the council. His first step will be talking to town staff and the Police Department to ask how he can support them.

Graham could not be reached for comment.

District 2Reed Esarove beat Jerry

Nolan for a spot on the council by 543 votes, claim-ing 1,029 of his own. Esa-rove serves on the town’s Parks and Recreation Committee, but must va-cate that position to serve as councilman.

Post-results, Esarove said he was relieved for the campaign to end and claim the win. He will replace Mark Franza, who did not run for re-election.

“I’m humbled by the sup-port of the people that were helping me,” Esarove said. As councilman, he said he will promote residents’ wishes, not just his own.

“That’s what I promised to do and that’s what I’m going to do.”

Nolan could not be reached for comment.

District 3Councilman Wyatt Dunn

will keep his seat on the council, taking 1,242 or 77 percent of the votes against Michael Matlock. This is Dunn’s second term.

Dunn said he will “keep doing what’s in the best in-terest of all the citizens like I think I’ve been doing.”

Prior to the results, Dunn met his campaign volunteers for breakfast at 5:30 a.m. His wife and son helped him hand out fliers at the polls, but he said his “secret weapon” — his son who is in the U.S. Navy — could not be there.

“No one can say ‘no’ to someone in uniform,” he said, “but they wouldn’t let him out for this.”

He joined other town candidates in Shannamara to watch the results. “They won’t let me just watch it in my recliner” at home, he joked.

Matlock could not be reached for comment.

District 6Paul Frost will represent

District 6, a position previ-ously held by Price.

At 6 p.m., Frost said he was “both excited and ner-vous.”

Frost called the cam-paign “a great experi-ence,” saying he learned a lot about residents’ needs, including the need for bet-ter street maintenance.

As the winner, Frost will push for a capital im-provement plan, enabling Stallings “to prioritize the financial needs of the town.” He also hopes to see more commercial revenue.

Frost’s wife, Tracy Frost, serves on the Parks and Recreation Committee.

Frost received 1,020 or 62.5 percent of the votes. Jason Klingler got 24 per-cent and Doug Hutton came in at 13 percent.

Hutton ran on a platform for lower taxes and and commercial development, as did many other candi-dates. “I definitely want to see the campaign promise that was made by nearly every candidate come to fruition,” he said.

Regardless of the out-come, Hutton said he would “breathe a huge sigh of relief,” but still plans to serve the town.

“This is not a one-time deal for me,” he said. “This is still the town I live in. This is still the town where I raise my family, and this is still the town I pay taxes in.” Hutton has been a Stallings resident for six months.

Klingler could not be reached for comment.

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Sweet potato butter is sold

under Land of Saura label

People in Stokes County have always taken pride in their agriculture. Now they have a little more to make them proud.

The source of that pride is the Stokes Purple, a patented variety of purple sweet potato that’s unusually high in antioxidants. It’s also used in Land of.

the Saura (named after the Indian tribe) sweet-potato butter that’s sold in select Whole Foods Markets.

A few years ago, Mike Sizemore, David Priddy, their wives and a few partners formed Saura Pride, a company that contracts with Stokes farmers to grow the purple sweet potatoes, as well as regular orange ones. They also set up a processing company called Stokes Foods Inc.

Sizemore said that such a specialty prod-uct came along just at a time when Stokes farmers were making less and less off tobacco.

“The main reason we started this was to save farmland,” he said. “I’ve had more than one farmer say he makes about twice as much growing the sweet potatoes as tobacco.”

Stokes Foods started selling the whole po-tatoes to Whole Foods Markets this spring. The company also devel-oped a puree, primarily designed for restaurants. Then they decided to sell sweet-potato but-ter based on a recipe by Gail Greene, the wife of a sweet-potato farmer.

Stokes Foods con-tracted with Bill Cobb, a former small-business counselor at Forsyth Technical Community College, to market the products. Now, Cobb, Larry Weston and Tony McGee have put together a licensing company for the brand name Land of the Saura.

Saura Pride gets the potatoes, Stokes Foods gets them made into pu-ree or butter, then Cobb markets it under the Land of the Saura label.

“There are so many barriers for farmers and small entrepre-neurs to reaching a commercial market,” McGee said. “We real-ized that marketing is the missing piece here.”

Weston is a consultant and McGee is the execu-tive director of Stoke-sCORE, a nonprofit orga-nization that promotes economic development. StokesCORE has been involved in efforts to turn the Camp Sertoma 4-H Center into a conference center, and Forsyth Tech has already started using it as a satellite campus.

Though the sweet-potato butter is currently being made by Da’Vine Foods in Elizabeth-town, McGee hopes that Stokes will one day have a commercial kitchen that small, local manu-facturers can all share.

The story of Stokes Purple goes back a few years. An Asian woman at the N.C. State Fair gave an unusual sweet-potato plant to some Stokes farmers. Sizemore asked N.C. State University to analyze it. They found it was high in calcium and antioxidants, which increased with cooking.

Unfortunately, tests

also detected a virus that set the plant down a path toward extinc-tion. But with some selective breeding, N.C. State researchers developed a virus-free variety that still had all the nutritious qualities of the original plant.

And that’s how Stokes Purple was born.

The Stokes Purple potatoes are in Whole Foods throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. Whole Foods carries the sweet-potato butter in Winston-Salem, Duluth, Ga., Nashville and Memphis, Tenn. It’s also sold at Priddy’s General Store in Dan-bury. The butter costs $9.99 for an 18-ounce jar.

Like apple butter, the sweet-potato butter is fla-vored with nutmeg, cin-namon and allspice. “The great thing about it is you can use it not just as a spread for bread, but as an ingredient in pies and other things,” Cobb said.

He said that chefs at Whole Foods have used the butter in a salad dressing with balsamic vinegar. It’s also good for stirring into oatmeal. “My favorite thing is to take a bagel, put some cream cheese on top and then a ring of (sweet-po-tato butter),” Cobb said.

Cobb said that he and McGee hope to use the Land of the Saura brand for other products.

“We’re trying to estab-lish a brand of products

that have a certain consistency in what they are about - products that

are natural and from this region,” Cobb said.

For more infor-

mation, visit www.stokespurple.com. [email protected].

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Stokes produces purple sweet potato


Election results 2009The Enquirer -Journal Key

Blue — winnersRed — winner; recount expectedUnderlined — uncontested race

Source: Union County Board of Elections (unofficial results)

Votes Percent

Fairview Town CouncilJerry Clontz 63 31.03Bradley Purser 91 44.83Elizabeth Rabb 43 21.18

Hemby Bridge Board of AldermenJohn Miller 106 20.83Rodney Mullis 143 28.09Kevin Pressley 142 27.9Jim Simpson 118 23.18

Indian Trail Town CouncilRobert Allen 653 17.61Kathy Broom 634 17.1Danny Figueroa 638 17.21Vince Howard 274 7.39Larry Kindley 306 8.25Darlene Luther 650 17.53John Marshall 524 14.13

Lake Park MayorKendall Spence 255 96.96

Lake Park Village CouncilDavid Cleveland 211 46.99Sandy Coughlin 229 51

Marshville MayorFrank Deese 155 88.07

Votes Percent

Marshville Town CouncilDora Bridget 106 27.97Matthew Jefferson 110 29.02Larry Smith Jr. 88 23.22Brian Weber 70 18.47

Marvin MayorJoe Barbara 342 49.42John Ciaramella Jr. 348 50.29

Marvin Village CouncilAnthony Burman 447 31.97Robert Epps 162 11.59Richard Keagy 130 9.3Vicki Lawton 227 16.24Ron Salimao 432 30.9

Mineral Springs MayorRick Becker 236 91.83

Mineral Springs Town CouncilCharles Bowden 74 10.04Janet Critz 219 29.72Jerry Countryman 215 29.17Melody LaMonica 215 29.17

Stallings MayorLucy Drake 484 28.71Lynda Paxton 937 55.58Louis Philippi 185 10.97Barbara Anne Price 76 4.51

Votes Percent

Stallings Town Council District 1Al Graham 533 35.58Harry Stokes (write-in) 958 64.42

Stallings Town Council District 2Reed Esarove 1,007 67.4Jerry Nolan 477 31.93

Stallings Town Council District 3Wyatt Dunn 1,217 77.07Michael Matlock 357 22.61

Stallings Town Council District 6Paul Frost 1,002 62.59Doug Hutton 209 13.05Jason Klingler 380 23.74

Unionville MayorKen Austin 201 33Larry Simpson 405 66.5

Unionville Board of CommissionersKen Brown Jr. 331 28.86Robert Croutch 284 24.76Richard Griffin 179 15.61Tim Keziah 127 11.07Arlie Rushing 223 19.44

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Weddington MayorNancy Anderson 515 36.5Walker Davidson 370 26.22Barbara Harrison 281 19.91Hughie Sexton 243 17.22 Weddington Town Council District 1L.A. Smith 668 49.67Werner Thomisser 673 50.04

Weddington Town Council District 3Daniel Barry 683 53.95Gregg Wyant 579 45.73

Wesley Chapel MayorBrad Horvath 353 88.03

Wesley Chapel Village CouncilHoward Brotton 265 34.51Kim Ormiston 326 42.45Chuck Rohland 171 22.27

Wingate Board of CommissionersJohnny Jacumin 152 45.1Brent Moser 174 51.63

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Many of these tough, power-ful young men have been train-ing for this night for nearly a year now.

Conference championships are going to be decided for foot-ball on Friday night — creating a stream of cheers on one side and tears on the other.

Two games in particular top the list: Forest Hills at Monroe and Porter Ridge at Sun Valley.

FH and Monroe are a com-bined 14-0 against the confer-ence and the archrivals are both loaded with speed and ath-

leticism.Monroe is 10-0 with a chance

to go undefeated in the regular season for the first time since the program started in the 1960s, according to athletic di-rector Doug Jones, who gradu-ated from Monroe in 1979.

Forest Hills (8-2 overall), which has reached the 2AA state semifinal game three of the last four years, seeks its fifth conference championship this decade. The Jackets won their league title 16 out of 20 tries in the 1980s and 1990s.

While the Yellow Jackets and Redhawks are perennial pow-ers in Union County, Porter

Ridge is new to all this.Before this year, the Pirates

had never won more than three games in a season or finished higher than sixth in the confer-ence, so their 7-3 record is a bit shocking — along with their position at the top of the South-ern Carolina Conference stand-ings (3-1 SCC record).

The Pirates, who were 3-8 last year in coach Blair Hardin’s first season, can win the confer-ence outright with a win at Sun Valley (7-3, 2-2) on Friday.

See APPROACHING / Page 2B

By DAVID SENTENDREyE-J Correspondent

MARVINCharlotte Catholic ended

Marvin Ridge High‘s girs ten-nis season on Tuesday with a 5-1 win in the third round of the N.C. 3A dual team play-offs.

The Mavs’ Paige Nester de-

feated Catholic’s Kelly Tomlin 6-1, 6-0 for MR’s lone individu-al match victory.

The rest of the Mavericks were defeated in straight sets.

The Mavericks finished their season at 14-2 overall and shared the Southern Carolina 3A/4A Conference regular-season title with Weddington after splitting two matches with the Warriors.

“I’m very pleased with our season, very encouraged,” MR coach Michael Watson said after

Tuesday’s final match. “We’ve got a very young team; we don’t lose anybody in the top 10. For a young team, that’s a great sea-son, to get to the quarterfinals in the state playoffs.

“We’ll be very strong next year and looking forward to next year and having a great season.”

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SportsEditor: Jerry Snow (261-2225) [email protected] Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Section B

Nuggets start hotAnthony’s 25 help Denverimprove record to 4-0 3B

WHO’S NEWSJohnson’s 10 tackles key in pivotal victory

INDIAN TRAIL — Aaron John-son’s team-high 10 tackles helped Porter Ridge High defeat Anson

County 34-27 last Friday, allowing the Pirates to clinch at least a share of their first-ever conference championship in football.

Johnson also caused a fumble for the fourth

time this season, when Porter Ridge defeated Anson for the first time in the school’s five-year history. John-son, a junior defensive end, leads the Pirates in sacks (five), tackles for loss (8.5), QB pressures (10) and forced fumbles while ranking third in tackles (54).

Junior linebacker Zach Bevington had seven tackles and a forced fum-ble against Anson and continues to lead the team in tackles (68).

Senior cornerback PJ Freeman scored his second defensive TD of the year last week. Freeman leads Union County in interceptions (six) and takeaways (nine).

Porter Ridge is 7-3 overall and 3-1 in the Southern Carolina Con-ference heading into Friday’s game at Sun Valley.

CATA’s all-region runner off to states

KERNERSVILLE — Central Acad-emy senior Max Courtney earned all-region honors following his

performance at the 1A Midwest meet last Sat-urday at Bishop McGuiness High.

Courtney placed 10th overall with a time of 17:57. The top 12 finishers were named to the

all-region team.The Cougars placed 11th out

of 16 teams. Union Academy and Monroe also competed, finishing 15th and 16th, respectively.

Union Academy’s top runner was sophomore Jesse Skidmore, who placed 36th overall with a time of 19:26. Senior Kevin Phinney finished 76th overall with a time of 22.26 to lead the Redhawks.

Mount Airy’s Matus Kriska won the event with a time of 17:04. Gray Stone Day was the top team finisher.

Courtney has also qualified for the 1A state meet, which is being held at Tanglewood Park in Clem-mons this Saturday. All four classifi-cations will run at the same location with the 1A boys race starting the day off at 10 a.m.

Duke’s Smith out for first two games

DURHAM (AP) — Duke guard Nolan Smith will sit out two games because he played in an unsanc-

tioned summer league.

Smith said Tuesday night after the Blue Devils’ 84-48 exhibition vic-tory over Findlay that he was suspended be-cause he played a game with

overseas players and professionals over the summer near his hometown of Washington, D.C.

The junior will miss the opener against North Carolina-Greensboro on Nov. 13 and a game three nights later against Coastal Carolina. He didn’t play in the first half against Findlay so his teammates could adjust to playing without him.

The Blue Devils already have a thin backcourt — Smith and senior Jon Scheyer are the only returning guards with significant experience. Smith averaged 8.4 points last season.

WORTH A LOOKMajor League Baseball World Series, Game 6Philadelphia at N.Y. Yankees

7:30 p.m., FOX

JOHNSON

SMITH

COURTNEY

Mavs cruise past Carson

Catholic eliminates MR in quarterfinalsGirls Tennis

E-J staff photo by Ed Cottingham

Marvin Ridge senior Matt Risher (12) scored in the first half to put his team up 2-0 during a first-round playoff match on Tuesday. The Mavs are 17-2-1 this season with 13 shutouts.

Biggest night of football season approaching

Fourth-ranked MR reaches second roundBy ERIC RAPEE-J Correspondent

MARVINMarvin Ridge High got through the

first round of the 3A soccer playoffs with ease on Tuesday, blanking Car-son 4-0.

The Mavericks, who are 17-2-1 and ranked fourth in the state coaches’ poll, now have 13 shutouts on the sea-son — including five in their last six matches.

Nick Cevallos put Marvin Ridge up 1-0 just six minutes into the game af-ter J.D. Kahn found him with a long pass. Cevallos was able to take the feed straight to goal and get past the keeper.

Matt Risher sent in the second goal of the half for Marvin Ridge, popping a shot over the head of the keeper off a ball played in by Kyle Parker.

The Mavs took a 2-0 lead into half-time after an 8-2 shots-on-goal advan-tage.

Garrett Condon put the Mavericks up 3-0 early in the second half with an easy shot after the keeper came out too far. Matt Frein had the assist.

Harry Hockham put an exclama-tion point on the game with an unas-sisted goal with just under two min-utes left.

See MAVS / Page 2B

By JUSTIN MURDOCKE-J Sports Writer

MONROEFor the first time all season, two

players in Union County eclipsed 200 yards rushing on the same Friday in Week 11.

Sun Valley High sophomore Jadar-rius Williams ran for a career-high 294 yards on 23 carries to help his team to a 49-24 win over Weddington last Friday while Monroe senior tailback Shamiir Hailey carried 23 times for 252 yards in his team’s victory over Berry Academy.

The 200-yard barrier has been bro-ken on nine times in Union County this season, and Williams and Hailey have both done it twice. Forest Hills senior quarterback Juanne Blount has the most of any player in UC with three.

Blount had five 200-yard rushing games as a junior in 2008, when he

helped guide the Jackets to the 2AA state semifinals. His 22 100-yard games — including eight over 200 — the last three years tops active players in UC.

See LEADERS / Page 3B

Ball carriers flourishing

Union Co.’s 2009Yardage Leaders

Through Week 11 (out of 12)

PassingName, yr. (School) G Com. Att. TD Int yds yPGRyan Smith, So. (SV) 10 144 237 24 4 1,791 179.1Anthony Boone, Sr. (W) 10 76 174 13 9 1,327 132.7Jalen Sowell, Jr. (Mon.) 10 57 111 22 8 1,320 132.0Maurice Leak, Sr. (Pw) 10 65 142 11 5 1,113 111.3Lee McNeill, So. (PR) 10 80 172 6 7 921 92.1Tyler Chadwick, So. (Pm) 7 37 76 8 3 609 87.0

ReceivingName, yr. (School) G Rec yds. RPG yPGKJ Brent, Jr. (MR) 10 39 644 3.9 64.4Jamison Crowder, Jr. (M) 10 22 576 2.2 57.6Cameron Leviner, Jr. (Pm) 10 24 558 2.4 55.8Marcus Leak, Jr. (Pw) 9 21 490 2.3 54.4Andre McManus, Sr. (SV) 10 36 512 3.6 51.2Dustin Cook, Sr. (SV) 10 36 474 3.6 47.4 Rad Crowell, Sr. (PR) 10 34 462 3.4 46.2 Deonte Hiatt, Jr. (Pw) 10 27 370 2.7 37.0Christian Glackin, Sr. (W) 10 18 340 1.8 34.0 Brian Latimore, So. (Cuth) 11 23 342 2.1 31.1

RushingPlayer, yr. (School) G A yds yPC yPGJuanne Blount, Sr. (FH) 10 163 1,623 10.0 162.3Shamiir Hailey, Sr. (M) 10 130 1,509 11.6 150.9Jad. Williams, So. (SV) 10 190 1,217 6.4 121.7Kemp Lotharp, Sr. (Pw) 8 132 929 7.0 116.1Kolly Ogar, Jr. (MR) 10 137 974 7.1 97.4Charvis Barrino, Sr. (CA) 10 212 943 4.4 94.3Tyree Drakeford, So. (UA) 9 153 845 5.5 93.9Steven Miller, Sr. (Pm) 7 119 638 5.4 91.1Rasheed Rushing, Fr. (UA) 9 108 719 6.7 79.9Anthony Boone, Sr. (W) 10 103 649 6.3 64.9


SV’s Jadarrius Williams, left, has two 200-yard games in his sophomore season.

UC’s 200-yardrushing games

Four Union County players have combined to produce nine 200-yard games this season, led by Forest Hills QB Juanne Blount, who has three:

Player, Grade (School) Opponent YdsShamiir Hailey, Sr. (Mon) Piedmont 305Jadarrius Williams, So. (SV) Weddington 294Juanne Blount, Sr. (FH) West Stanly 272Shamiir Hailey, (Mon) Berry Academy 252Jadarrius Williams, So. (SV) Marvin Ridge 232Juanne Blount (FH) Weddington 231Tyree Drakeford, So. (UA) West Stanly 215Juanne Blount (FH) Piedmont 215Tyree Drakeford (UA) Cuthbertson 205

My View

Jerry SnowE-J Sports Editor

2B / Wednesday, November 4, 2009 The Enquirer-Journal

Sunday’s GamesSt. Louis 17, Detroit 10Miami 30, N.Y. Jets 25Dallas 38, Seattle 17Chicago 30, Cleveland 6Baltimore 30, Denver 7Houston 31, Buffalo 10Indianapolis 18, San Francisco 14Philadelphia 40, N.Y. Giants 17San Diego 24, Oakland 16Tennessee 30, Jacksonville 13Minnesota 38, Green Bay 26Carolina 34, Arizona 21Open: New England, Cincinnati,

Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Washington, Tampa Bay

Monday’s GameNew Orleans 35, Atlanta 27Sunday, Nov. 8Arizona at Chicago, 1 p.m.Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Miami at New England, 1 p.m.Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Kansas City at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Detroit at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.Carolina at New Orleans, 4:05 p.m.San Diego at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m.Tennessee at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.Dallas at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m.Open: Buffalo, N.Y. Jets, Oakland,

Minnesota, St. Louis, ClevelandMonday, Nov. 9Pittsburgh at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

College football

College Football ScheduleAll Times EST(Subject to change)

Thursday, Nov. 5EAST

Miami (Ohio) (1-8) at Temple (6-2), 7:30 p.m.

SOUTHVirginia Tech (5-3) at East Carolina

(5-3), 7:30 p.m. MIDWEST

E. Michigan (0-8) at N. Illinois (5-3), 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 6SOUTH

Boise St. (8-0) at Louisiana Tech (3-5), 8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7EAST

Hofstra (4-4) at Delaware (5-3), NoonNortheastern (1-7) at Massachusetts

(4-4), NoonRhode Island (1-7) at New Hampshire

(7-1), NoonSyracuse (3-5) at Pittsburgh (7-1),

NoonLouisville (3-5) at West Virginia (6-2),

NoonHarvard (5-2) at Columbia (2-5), 12:30

p.m.Cornell (2-5) at Dartmouth (1-6), 12:30

p.m.Holy Cross (7-1) at Lehigh (2-6), 12:30

p.m.Robert Morris (2-6) at Albany, N.Y.

(6-3), 1 p.m.Bucknell (3-5) at Fordham (3-5), 1 p.m.Colgate (8-1) at Lafayette (7-1), 1 p.m.Georgetown, D.C. (0-8) at Marist (5-3),

1 p.m.Bryant (3-5) at Sacred Heart (1-7), 1

p.m.Monmouth, N.J. (4-4) at St. Francis,

Pa. (2-6), 1 p.m.Cent. Connecticut St. (7-1) at Wagner

(5-3), 1 p.m.Brown (4-3) at Yale (4-3), 1 p.m.Princeton (2-5) at Penn (5-2), 3:30 p.m.Ohio St. (7-2) at Penn St. (8-1), 3:30 p.m.

SOUTHVirginia (3-5) at Miami (6-2), NoonGardner-Webb (5-3) at Coastal

Carolina (3-5), 12:30 p.m.Tennessee Tech (5-3) at Georgia (4-4), 1

p.m.S. Carolina St. (7-1) at Howard (2-6), 1

p.m.Valparaiso (1-7) at Jacksonville (4-4), 1

p.m.E. Kentucky (5-3) at Kentucky (4-4), 1

p.m.Maryland (2-6) at N.C. State (3-5), 1

p.m.Elon (7-1) at W. Carolina (1-7), 1 p.m.Delaware St. (2-5) at Winston-Salem

(1-7), 1 p.m.Furman (4-4) at Auburn (6-3), 1:30 p.m.Charleston Southern (3-5) at

Presbyterian (0-8), 1:30 p.m.Towson (2-6) at William & Mary (7-1),

1:30 p.m.Texas Southern (3-4) at MVSU (2-6), 2

p.m.Austin Peay (3-5) at Murray St. (2-6), 2

p.m.N.C. Central (2-6) at Old Dominion

(7-2), 2 p.m.Florida Atlantic (2-5) at UAB (3-5), 2

p.m.N. Carolina A&T (4-4) at Florida A&M

(6-2), 3 p.m.Maine (4-4) at James Madison (3-5), 3

p.m.Duke (5-3) at North Carolina (5-3), 3

p.m.SE Louisiana (5-3) at Northwestern St.

(0-8), 3 p.m.Wofford (2-6) at The Citadel (4-4), 3

p.m.LSU (7-1) at Alabama (8-0), 3:30 p.m.Chattanooga (5-3) at Appalachian St.

(6-2), 3:30 p.m.Wake Forest (4-5) at Georgia Tech

(8-1), 3:30 p.m.VMI (2-6) at Liberty (6-2), 3:30 p.m.Villanova (7-1) at Richmond (8-0), 3:30

p.m.Georgia Southern (4-4) at Samford

(3-5), 3:30 p.m.UTEP (3-5) at Tulane (2-6), 3:30 p.m.Hampton (4-4) at Bethune-Cookman

(3-5), 4 p.m.Norfolk St. (4-4) at Morgan St. (5-3), 4

p.m.Fla. International (2-6) at Middle

Tennessee (5-3), 4:30 p.m.Alabama St. (3-4) at Jackson St. (2-5), 5

p.m.Troy (6-2) at W. Kentucky (0-7), 5 p.m.Tenn.-Martin (3-5) at Tennessee St.

(3-5), 6 p.m.Memphis (2-6) at Tennessee (4-4), 7

p.m.Vanderbilt (2-7) at Florida (8-0), 7:15

p.m.N. Arizona (5-3) at Mississippi (5-3),

7:30 p.m.Florida St. (4-4) at Clemson (5-3), 7:45

p.m.Sam Houston St. (4-4) at McNeese St.

(6-2), 8 p.m. MIDWEST

Wisconsin (6-2) at Indiana (4-5), NoonNorthwestern (5-4) at Iowa (9-0), NoonPurdue (3-6) at Michigan (5-4), NoonW. Michigan (4-5) at Michigan St. (4-5),

NoonIllinois (2-6) at Minnesota (5-4), NoonKansas (5-3) at Kansas St. (5-4), 12:30

p.m.Butler (8-0) at Dayton (7-1), 1 p.m.Campbell (2-6) at Drake (7-1), 2 p.m.W. Illinois (1-7) at Illinois St. (4-4), 2

p.m.Baylor (3-5) at Missouri (5-3), 2 p.m.Indiana St. (1-8) at Missouri St. (5-4), 2

p.m.S. Illinois (7-1) at S. Dakota St. (7-1), 2

p.m.Jacksonville St. (5-3) at SE Missouri

(1-7), 2 p.m.Navy (6-3) at Notre Dame (6-2), 2:30

p.m.Kent St. (5-4) at Akron (1-7), 3:30 p.m.Oklahoma St. (6-2) at Iowa St. (5-4),

3:30 p.m.S. Oregon (2-6) at North Dakota (4-4), 5

p.m.Youngstown St. (4-4) at N. Iowa (5-3),

5:05 p.m.S. Utah (4-4) at South Dakota (4-4), 5:05

p.m.Connecticut (4-4) at Cincinnati (8-0), 8

p.m.Oklahoma (5-3) at Nebraska (5-3), 8

p.m. SOUTHWEST

UCF (4-3) at Texas (8-0), NoonSouth Carolina (6-3) at Arkansas (4-4),

12:21 p.m.Grambling St. (5-3) vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff

(4-3) at Little Rock, Ark., 2:30 p.m.Alabama A&M (5-3) at Prairie View

(5-1), 3 p.m.Rice (0-8) at SMU (4-4), 3 p.m.Louisiana-Lafayette (4-4) at Arkansas

St. (2-5), 3:30 p.m.Louisiana-Monroe (4-4) at North Texas

(1-6), 4 p.m.Texas St. (5-3) at Cent. Arkansas (5-3),

7 p.m.Nicholls St. (1-7) at Stephen F.Austin

(6-2), 7 p.m.Houston (7-1) at Tulsa (4-4), 7:30 p.m.

FAR WESTTexas A&M (5-3) at Colorado (2-6), 1:30

p.m.BYU (6-2) at Wyoming (4-4), 2 p.m.Sacramento St. (3-5) at N. Colorado

(2-7), 2:05 p.m.Army (3-5) at Air Force (5-4), 3:30 p.m.Washington St. (1-7) at Arizona (5-2),

3:30 p.m.Oregon (7-1) at Stanford (5-3), 3:30 p.m.Washington (3-5) at UCLA (3-5), 3:30

p.m.Davidson (2-6) at San Diego (3-5), 4

p.m.TCU (8-0) at San Diego St. (4-4), 4 p.m.Cal Poly (4-4) at UC Davis (4-4), 4 p.m.Montana St. (5-3) at Portland St. (2-7),

4:05 p.m.Montana (8-0) at Idaho St. (0-9), 5:30

p.m.New Mexico (0-8) at Utah (7-1), 6 p.m.Oregon St. (5-3) at California (6-2), 7

p.m.Southern Cal (6-2) at Arizona St. (4-4),

8 p.m.Colorado St. (3-6) at UNLV (3-6), 10

p.m.Utah St. (2-6) at Hawaii (2-6), 10:05 p.m.Fresno St. (5-3) at Idaho (7-2), 10:30

p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 8FAR WEST

Nevada (5-3) at San Jose St. (1-6), 8:30 p.m.

Pro basketball

NBA StandingsAll Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBBoston 5 0 1.000 —Philadelphia 2 2 .500 2 1/2Toronto 1 2 .333 3New York 1 3 .250 3 1/2New Jersey 0 4 .000 4 1/2

Southeast Division W L Pct GBMiami 3 1 .750 —Orlando 3 1 .750 —Atlanta 2 1 .667 1/2Charlotte 2 2 .500 1Washington 2 2 .500 1

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 3 2 .600 —Detroit 2 2 .500 1/2Milwaukee 1 1 .500 1/2Chicago 1 2 .333 1Indiana 0 3 .000 2

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBHouston 3 1 .750 —Dallas 2 1 .667 1/2San Antonio 2 1 .667 1/2Memphis 1 3 .250 2New Orleans 1 3 .250 2

Northwest Division W L Pct GBDenver 4 0 1.000 —Oklahoma City 2 1 .667 1 1/2Portland 2 2 .500 2Utah 1 2 .333 2 1/2Minnesota 1 3 .250 3

Pacific Division W L Pct GBPhoenix 4 0 1.000 —L.A. Lakers 2 1 .667 1 1/2Sacramento 1 3 .250 3L.A. Clippers 1 4 .200 3 1/2Golden State 0 2 .000 3

Monday’s GamesCharlotte 79, New Jersey 68New York 117, New Orleans 111Houston 113, Utah 96Sacramento 127, Memphis 116, OTL.A. Clippers 93, Minnesota 90Tuesday’s GamesDenver 111, Indiana 93Boston 105, Philadelphia 74Cleveland 102, Washington 90Phoenix 104, Miami 96Detroit 85, Orlando 80

Milwaukee at Chicago, lateL.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, lateUtah at Dallas, lateAtlanta at Portland, lateToday’s GamesPhoenix at Orlando, 7 p.m.Miami at Washington, 7 p.m.Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.Denver at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Indiana at New York, 7:30 p.m.Boston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8:30 p.m.Dallas at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m.Atlanta at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Memphis at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Thursday’s GamesChicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

Transactions

Tuesday’s Sports TransactionsFOOTBALL

National Football LeagueARIZONA CARDINALS—Placed DT

Keilen Dykes on the practice squad-injured reserve list. Signed DT Antoine Holmes to the practice squad.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Released OG Scott Kooistra. Signing OT Gerald Cadogan to the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Fired gener-al manager George Kokinis. Waived PK Billy Cundiff and DB Anthony Madison.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Signed LB James Holt from the practice squad. Signed LB Jeremy Leman to the prac-tice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed CB Keith Smith to a one-year contract. Released WR Micheal Spurlock. Released TE Carson Butler from the practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released RB Edgerrin James, S C.J. Wallace and CB Travis Fisher. Signed WR Mike Hass, S Jamar Adams and CB Roy Lewis from the practice squad. Signed RB Devin Moore, CB Trae Williams and CB DeAngelo Willingham to the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed PK Connor Barth. Signed CB Mike Mickens from Dallas’ practice squad. Released PK Shane Andrus and CB Marcus McCauley.

HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueCAROLINA HURRICANES—Assigned

D Jay Harrison to Albany (AHL).DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled D

Doug Janik from Grand Rapids (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD—Reassigned G Anton Khudobin to Houston (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Called up D Mathieu Carle from Hamilton (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES—Recalled F Mikkel Boedker from San Antonio (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled C Mathieu Perreault from Hershey (AHL). Assigned C Keith Aucoin to Hershey.

COLLEGEARKANSAS—Suspended G Stefan

Welsh from the first men’s basketball exhibition game.

COLORADO—Announced sophomore RB Darrell Scott is transferring at the end of the semester.

FLORIDA STATE—Announced the retirement of defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews at the end of the season.

MINNESOTA—Suspended F Royce White and G Devron Bostick indefi-nitely from the men’s basketball team for breaking team rules.

PRESBYTERIAN—Announced the res-ignation of athletic director Bee Carlton, effective Feb. 1, 2010. Named associate athletic director Mike Smith interim athletic director, effective Feb. 1, 2010.

Scoreboard

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC DivNew England 5 2 0 .714 198 98 3-2-0 2-0-0 1-1-0N.Y. Jets 4 4 0 .500 177 134 4-3-0 0-1-0 1-3-0Miami 3 4 0 .429 176 177 3-2-0 0-2-0 3-0-0Buffalo 3 5 0 .375 123 169 1-4-0 2-1-0 1-2-0

South

W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC DivIndianapolis 7 0 0 1.000 197 91 3-0-0 4-0-0 2-0-0Houston 5 3 0 .625 198 168 4-2-0 1-1-0 1-1-0Jacksonville 3 4 0 .429 133 177 2-2-0 1-2-0 2-2-0Tennessee 1 6 0 .143 114 211 1-6-0 0-0-0 1-3-0

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W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC DivCincinnati 5 2 0 .714 163 128 3-2-0 2-0-0 3-0-0Pittsburgh 5 2 0 .714 167 129 3-1-0 2-1-0 1-1-0Baltimore 4 3 0 .571 199 137 4-2-0 0-1-0 1-1-0Cleveland 1 7 0 .125 78 209 1-4-0 0-3-0 0-3-0

West

W L T Pct PF PA AFC NFC DivDenver 6 1 0 .857 140 96 5-1-0 1-0-0 2-0-0San Diego 4 3 0 .571 185 159 4-3-0 0-0-0 3-1-0Oakland 2 6 0 .250 78 201 1-5-0 1-1-0 1-3-0Kansas City 1 6 0 .143 105 181 0-3-0 1-3-0 0-2-0

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South

W L T Pct PF PA NFC AFC DivNew Orleans 7 0 0 1.000 273 154 4-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-0Atlanta 4 3 0 .571 171 149 3-2-0 1-1-0 1-1-0Carolina 3 4 0 .429 128 166 3-3-0 0-1-0 1-1-0Tampa Bay 0 7 0 .000 96 203 0-5-0 0-2-0 0-1-0

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West

W L T Pct PF PA NFC AFC DivArizona 4 3 0 .571 157 143 2-2-0 2-1-0 1-1-0San Francisco 3 4 0 .429 147 140 3-2-0 0-2-0 3-0-0Seattle 2 5 0 .286 135 147 1-4-0 1-1-0 1-2-0St. Louis 1 7 0 .125 77 221 1-5-0 0-2-0 0-2-0

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NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Pettitte leaned forward in his chair and recounted a recent chat he had with Derek Jeter as soon as they realized what was next in this World Series.

Pettitte vs. old foe Pedro Mar-tinez, with the Yankees one win from ecstasy.

Still chasing that elusive 27th championship, New York turns to Pettitte once again in Game 6 on Wednesday night, hoping he can pitch his team past the Philadelphia Phillies on only three days’ rest.

“Me and Derek were talk-ing about it in the clubhouse last night. Just, how strange is this?” Pettitte said Tuesday. “I think everybody knew it was going to be a great Series. I think everybody knew it was

going to be a tough Series. And it looks like it’s living up to that.”

After wasting a chance to wrap things up in Game 5 at Philadelphia, the Yankees set their sights on clinching at home. They’d love to christen their $1.5 billion ballpark with a World Se-ries crown in its first season and give a seventh title to 79-year-old owner George Steinbrenner.

They’ve got two chanc-es to do it. Game 7 would be Thursday night in the Bronx if necessary, with ace CC Sa-bathia pitching for New York — also on short rest.

“People expect us to be great all the time. We just need to be great tomorrow night,” Johnny Damon said.

Coming off an 8-6 victory Monday night that trimmed their Series deficit to 3-2, the

defending champion Phillies took the

train to New York on Tuesday after-noon, a ride that takes a little more than an hour. They

chose not to work out at Yankee Sta-

dium, but their oppo-nents did.

Martinez and Manuel showed up at the ballpark for news con-ferences. Manuel was uncer-tain whether All-Star center fielder Shane Victorino would

be able to play in Game 6 after getting hit in the right hand with A.J. Burnett’s 95 mph fast-ball Monday night.

If Victorino can’t go, Ben Francisco would likely start in center.

Riding Chase Utley’s hom-ers, the Phillies are trying to become the first team to rally from a 3-1 World Series deficit since the 1985 Kansas City Roy-als — and the first NL club to win consecutive champion-ships since the 1975-76 Cincin-nati Reds.

To do it, Philadelphia might need Ryan Howard to break out of his untimely slump. The big slugger is batting .158 (3 for 19) with 12 strikeouts, tying the Se-ries record set by Kansas City’s Willie Wilson in 1980.

Utley, however, is doing more than his share. His five home runs matched the mark set by Yankees Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson in 1977.

On the other side, second-year New York manager Joe Gi-rardi confirmed that he won’t hesitate to use a well-rested Mariano Rivera for multiple innings Wednesday to try and close it out.

“The only thing I focus on is Game 6. I don’t focus on legacy, because I’m not worried about my legacy,” said Girardi, try-ing to guide New York to its first title in nine years.

“People are always going to have perceptions of you, and some of them are going to be true, and probably most of them are going to be false.”

Pettitte, Yanks go for title against old foe

ApproachingContinued from Page 1B

The Spartans are having a completely different thought process.

Sun Valley has never won a confer-ence title in football, and this is the pro-gram’s 48th year.

But that can change on Friday. If the Spartans beat Porter Ridge, they will be co-champions with the Pirates — and potentially others.

If Sun Valley does beat Porter Ridge, and four of the six league teams are

pulling desperately for that to happen, it could leave a four-way tie for the con-ference crown.

Anson (6-4, 2-2) can get in on the title with a Porter Ridge loss if the Bearcats can beat Parkwood (4-6), and the win-ner of the Weddington at Marvin Ridge game will also claim a share of the SCC title under that scenario.

The Pirates have wins over Marvin Ridge and Anson County, and I would have laid heavy odds against that before the season started.

Porter Ridge and Weddington (5-5, 2-2) deserve credit for being the most improved programs in Union County — between them they have nine more

wins than they did in 2008.But Sun Valley has quietly put togeth-

er a very impressive season as well. The Spartans have exceeded expectations — ours anyway — by positioning them-selves to play for a share of the confer-ence crown at the end of the regular season.

Friday is a huge night in the lives of a lot of courageous athletes in Union County.

Hanging a championship banner in a gym might not sound like much to some, but there are others out there practical-ly living for such a moment.

The wait is almost over, at least for some.

MavsContinued from Page 1B

“We had to work really hard for this win when we re-ally didn’t have to,” said Mar-vin Ridge coach Ray Fumo.

“In the first half we struggled ad-justing to their speed and quick-ness up top and we tried to play right through them and we couldn’t do it. In the second half we got the ball a little further out wide to open some things up a bit. I thought in the second half we played a little bit more the way we wanted to play.

“I think we were a little nervous for the first round game, our expectations are kind of high and you’ve got to get them one at a time and this was the first one and you have to get get the first one to make it through, so I think we were a little nervous.”

Marvin Ridge plays the winner of the Northwest Cabarrus/North-east Guilford game in the second round at home.

Fumo expects the game to be played Saturday.

NW Cabarrus (15-3-1) is the No. 2 seed out of the SPC while NE Guilford (11-8-1) is the No. 3 seed in the Mid-Piedmont Conference.


J.D. Kahn (10) helped his team to a 4-0 win on Tuesday.

The Enquirer-Journal Wednesday, November 4, 2009 / 3B

AFC individualsQuarterbacks

Att Com Yds TD IntManning, IND 263 187 2227 15 4Ro’berger, Pit 233 164 2062 11 6Schaub, HOU 283 188 2342 16 7Brady, NE 273 179 2032 15 4P. Rivers, SD 238 142 2036 11 4Flacco, BAL 250 165 1849 12 5Orton, DEN 231 147 1617 9 1Palmer, Cin 227 140 1608 13 7Garrard, JAC 239 144 1603 5 5Henne, MIA 124 74 771 4 3

Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TDJohnson, TEN 119 824 6.92 91t 4Benson, CIN 164 720 4.39 28t 5T. Jones, NYJ 149 704 4.72 71t 7Drew, JAC 116 640 5.52 80t 10R. Rice, BAL 96 525 5.47 50 4R. Brown, MIA 120 518 4.32 38 7Jackson, BUF 112 445 3.97 43 0Williams, MIA 78 423 5.42 68t 5Moreno, DEN 109 420 3.85 17 2Mend’all, PIT 78 418 5.36 39 4

Receivers No Yds Avg LG TDWayne, IND 51 689 13.5 39 6Dal. Clark, Ind 46 584 12.7 80t 3Welker, NE 46 484 10.5 48 4Johnson, HOU 44 697 15.8 72t 4R. Moss, NE 43 565 13.1 40t 4H. Ward, PIT 42 602 14.3 52t 2Daniels, HOU 40 519 13.0 44 5H. Miller, PIT 40 353 8.8 25 4Ochocinco, Cin 39 573 14.7 50 5R. Rice, BAL 38 349 9.2 63 1

Punters No Yds LG AvgLechler, OAK 46 2407 70 52.3Scifres, SND 25 1188 65 47.5Moorman, Buf 50 2335 66 46.7B. Fields, MIA 32 1487 66 46.5

Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG TDCribbs, CLE 18 295 16.4 67t 1Cosby, CIN 17 223 13.1 60 0Sproles, SND 11 137 12.5 77t 1E. Royal, DEN 15 177 11.8 71t 1J. Jones, HOU 29 333 11.5 62 0

Kickoff Returners No Yds Avg LG TDGinn Jr., MIA 14 489 34.9 101t 2Webb, BAL 13 394 30.3 95t 1J. Jones, HOU 15 437 29.1 95t 1With’spoon, Jac 9 259 28.8 42 0Cribbs, CLE 31 860 27.7 98t 1

Scoring Touchdowns TD Ru Rec PtsJones-Drew, JAC 10 10 0 60Ro. Brown, MIA 7 7 0 42T. Jones, NYJ 7 7 0 42McGahee, BAL 7 5 2 42Wayne, IND 6 0 6 36 Williams, MIA 6 5 1 36Johnson, TEN 5 4 1 32Addai, IND 5 4 1 30Benson, CIN 5 5 0 30Daniels, HOU 5 0 5 30

NFC individualsQuarterbacks

Att Com Yds TD IntRodgers, GB 225 147 1989 14 2Brees, NOR 230 157 2006 16 6Favre, MIN 256 174 1925 16 3McNabb, PHL 133 80 1008 9 1Romo, DAL 230 138 1908 12 4Has’beck, SEA 152 85 978 9 3Manning, NY 242 140 1855 13 8Campbell, Wa 206 136 1481 8 7Wallace, SEA 112 74 645 3 2M. Ryan, ATL 233 139 1649 12 9

Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TDJackson, STL 165 784 4.75 58 1Peterson, Min 163 784 4.81 64t 9Williams, Car 128 619 4.84 77 5M. Turner, ATL 138 554 4.01 37 8Jacobs, NYG 140 550 3.93 31 2R. Grant, GBY 128 525 4.10 37 3Portis, WAS 120 490 4.08 78 1Bradshaw, NY 89 476 5.35 38 4Forte, CHI 118 408 3.46 61 3Thomas, NO 70 405 5.79 34t 4

Receivers No Yds Avg LG TDSt. Smith, NYG 53 662 12.5 43 4Fitzgerald, ARI 47 509 10.8 27 5Hightower, ARI 39 296 7.6 23 0Burleson, SEA 38 487 12.8 44t 3S. Rice, MIN 37 585 15.8 63 2R. White, ATL 37 543 14.7 90t 6Celek, PHL 37 447 12.1 42 3Witten, DAL 37 348 9.4 22 1Colston, NOR 36 551 15.3 40 6D. Hester, CHI 35 454 13.0 36t 3

Punters No Yds LG AvgJ. Ryan, SEA 36 1739 70 48.3Graham, ARI 40 1929 64 48.2A. Lee, SNF 48 2304 64 48.0J. Baker, Car 30 1404 61 46.8

Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG TDCrayton, DAL 17 283 16.6 82t 2Jackson, PHL 14 219 15.6 85t 1D. Hester, CHI 13 163 12.5 33 0Mun’lyn, Car 16 153 9.6 34 0Northcutt, Det 11 100 9.1 43 0

Kickoff Returners No Yds Avg LG TDHarvin, MIN 28 860 30.7 101t 2Knox, CHI 19 535 28.2 102t 1C. Smith, TAM 17 475 27.9 38 0Weems, ATL 21 582 27.7 62 0Roby, NOR 18 478 26.6 87 0

Scoring Touchdowns TD Ru Rec PtsPeterson, Min 9 9 0 54M. Turner, ATL 8 8 0 48Ve. Davis, SF 7 0 7 42Austin, DAL 6 0 6 36Colston, NOR 6 0 6 36Jackson, PHL 6 1 4 36Shiancoe, MIN 6 0 6 36R. White, ATL 6 0 6 36Fitzgerald, ARI 5 0 5 30Gore, SNF 5 4 1 30

2009 NFL LeadersThrough Week 8 out of 17 CLINTON, Md. — Dan

Snyder is embarrassed. He feels terrible. He’s also hurt, frustrated and apologetic. Name a downbeat adjective, and he’s all over it.

The Washington Red-skins owner made some rare in-season comments about his team Tuesday, speaking at an event to celebrate the franchise’s chari-table program to renovate football fields at Maryland high schools. He received nothing but cheers from appreciative stu-dents and faculty when introduced, a change of pace from the recep-tion he and his team have heard at FedEx Field during a 2-5 start.

“We feel frustration and are disappointed for our fans,” Snyder told the crowd. “Obvi-ously our performance to date is not what we expected, and we hope to turn that around.”

Afterward, speak-ing to a small group of reporters in a parking lot, Snyder elaborated — although only in general terms. Asked a question that referenced two recent controversies surrounding the team — the suing of fans who couldn’t pay for their pre-mium tickets, and a total ban on fans carrying signs and banners into the stadium — Snyder addressed neither issue.

“I feel bad for the fans. I feel sorry for the fans, and we’re very, very ap-preciative of our loyal fan base,” he said. “We just feel terrible. We’re disappointed. We’re em-barrassed, and we hope to get it going soon.”

There’s been an in-crease of negative signs

targeting Snyder and front office chief Vinny Cerrato. Asked how he is affected personally, Snyder said: “It hurts.”

“It really hurts,” Sny-der said. “We are really trying very, very hard, ev-eryone at Redskins Park, the coaches, the players. The organization’s quite frankly held together

well, and I think we’ve got an op-portunity the rest of the season to hopefully get it going. But to date we’ve let every-one down, includ-ing ourselves, and we know that and we’re just apologetic. We’ve blown

some games that ob-viously we think we should have won.”

Owner meets fansBEREA, Ohio —

Armed with thousands of e-mails and look-ing for answers, two die-hard fans met with Browns owner Randy Lerner to discuss the team’s problems.

The fans, Mike Randall and Tony Schafer, were scheduled to spend 30 minutes with Lerner but ended up staying in his office for two hours on Tuesday. Randall said Lerner was recep-tive to their ideas and even tossed out a few of his own. Randall was impressed with Lerner’s passion and determina-tion to get the Browns (1-7) turned around.

The fans have been encouraging others to stay out of their seats for the kickoff of Cleve-land’s next home game on Nov. 16 to protest the Browns’ futility. Randall said they were still going forward with the “Brown

out” despite their meeting with Lerner.

Bucs sign K BarthTAMPA, Fla. — The

Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed kicker Con-nor Barth and released kicker Shane Andrus.

Barth was cut by the Miami Dolphins in August after kicking in 10 games for Kan-sas City last season. He made 10 of 12 field goals and converted all 24 of his extra-point at-tempts with the Chiefs.

The Bucs also an-nounced Tuesday that they signed cornerback Mike Mickens from the Dallas Cowboys prac-tice squad. To make room on the roster, cornerback Marcus Mc-Cauley was released.

Chiefs sign WRKANSAS CITY, Mo. —

The Kansas City Chiefs have signed receiver

Chris Chambers, who was waived by San Diego.

The Chargers waived Chambers on Monday. Originally a second-round pick by Miami in 2001, Chambers has made 111 starts with the Dolphins and Char-gers and caught 482 passes for 6,827 yards and 53 touchdowns.

From 2007-09, he played in 31 games for San Diego, catching 77 passes for 1,139 yards and 10 scores. Wide receiver has been a posi-tion of need all season for the Chiefs (1-6).

Seattle cuts ‘Edge’RENTON, Wash. — The

Edgerrin James experi-ment in Seattle is over.

The struggling Seahawks cut ties with James on Tuesday, releas-ing the backup running back who never provided the pop Seattle hoped to get when it signed the 31-year-old in late August.

Redskins owner: ‘We’re just apologetic’

4-0 Nuggets off to their best start in 24 yearsINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Car-

melo Anthony scored 25 points and Chauncey Billups added 24 to help Denver beat the Indiana Pacers 111-93 on Tuesday night, lifting the Nuggets to their best start in 24 years.

Anthony, who was averaging 38 points, shot just 6-for-17 from the field but made 11 of 14 free throws. Nene added 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Nug-gets (4-0), who are off to their best start since the 1985-86 sea-son.

Former Denver guard Dahn-tay Jones led the Pacers with 20 points, and Danny Granger added 18 for Indiana (0-3).

Pacers forward Troy Murphy

bruised his lower back when he fell hard to the floor in the first quarter and did not return. He was second in the league in re-bounding and third in 3-point percentage last season.

Celtics 105, 76ers 74PHILADELPHIA (AP) —

Paul Pierce scored 21 points, Rasheed Wallace had 20 and the Boston Celtics remained un-beaten with a victory over the 76ers.

The Celtics improved to 5-0 even without the usual stand-out performances from Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen.

Allen didn’t score his first field goal until the third quar-

ter and had five points. Garnett made just one basket on seven shots and scored three points when he was yanked with the game out of hand.

Wallace was about the only Celtic who had his normal night, even getting whistled for a technical foul for arguing with the refs in the third quarter.

Andre Iguodala led the Six-ers with 17 points. Philadel-phia missed 15 of 16 3-point at-tempts.

Cavs 102, Wizards 90CLEVELAND (AP) — LeB-

ron James scored 27 points, Shaquille O’Neal added a season-high 21 while wearing

out Washington’s big men and the Cavaliers won their third straight, beating the Wizards.

The Cavs trailed by 18 in the second quarter before turning up their defense and relying on their superstar combo of James and O’Neal to win their sixth straight at home over the Wizards.

Mo Williams scored 15 and Daniel Gibson 14 for the Cavs, who made nine 3-pointers in the second half — four in the fourth quarter when James was out. Williams and Gibson were a combined 7-for-9 on 3s.

Caron Butler and Gilbert Arenas scored 22 apiece to lead the Wizards.

Pistons 85, Magic 80AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP)

— Ben Gordon scored 23 points and Rodney Stuckey added 20 as the short-handed Pistons beat Orlando, handing the Magic their first loss of the season.

Detroit’s Tayshaun Prince saw his streak of 496 straight games played end as he was sidelined with a back injury. Prince last missed a game on April 13, 2003 — during his rookie season — against Mem-phis.

Prince will be sidelined for at least three games before his status is re-evaluated this week-end. Richard Hamilton (ankle) also sat out.

LeadersContinued from Page 1B

Just a sophomore, Union Academy’s Tyree Drakeford has run for more than 200 yards twice, including 215 yards against West Stanly and 205 yards in the Cardi-nals’ first-ever win at Cuth-bertson.

Blount has already set a county record for rushing yards in a season (1,621) heading into Friday’s regu-lar-season finale at archrival Monroe. Hailey (1,509) and Williams (1,217) have also reached the 1,000-yard bar-rier this season.

Four backs in UC will en-ter Friday’s game with a shot to finish over 1,000, in-cluding: Marvin Ridge’s Kol-ly Ogar (974), Central Acad-emy’s Charvis Barrino (943), Parkwood’s Kemp Lotharp (929) and Drakeford (845).

Blount hits 2,000For the first time in his

three years at quarterback, Blount has compiled more than 2,000 yards of total of-fense during the regular sea-son.

Blount rushed for 2,246 yards in 2008, but that to-tal included four playoff games.

In addition to his rushing yards, Blount has improved his passing stats signficant-ly this year. He currently has 583 passing yards on the season to give him 2,206 yards of total offense.

Last year, Blount passed for just 183 yards in 15 games.

Weddington senior quar-terback Anthony Boone

needs just 24 yards to reach 2,000 yards for the season. Boone has 1,327 passing yards and 649 rushing yards headed into Friday’s regu-lar-season finale at Marvin Ridge.

Odds and ends ...... After catching five

passes for a season-high 133 yards last Friday, Wed-dington senior receiver

Christian Glackin moved into the top 10 in receiving yards for the first time this season with an average of 34 yards per contest.

... Parkwood senior quar-terback Maurice Leak went over 1,000 yards passing for the second straight year last Friday while SV’s Williams broke the 1,000-yard rushing barrier in the win at Wed-dington.

Photo by Jamie Belk

Parkwood senior Kemp Lotharp enters Friday’s regular-season finale at An-son needing 71 yards to reach 1,000 for the season. Parkwood is coming off its biggest win of the year — 21-20 over Marvin Ridge.


Sun Valley senior receiver Dustin Cook has caught at least one touchdown pass in five straight games. He has seven TD receptions over that five-game span and nine for the year. Cook’s 36 receptions for the 7-3 Spartans shares second in UC.

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Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Forrest K. Patterson and Heather D. Patterson to Burke & As-sociates, Trustee(s), dated February 28, 2006, and re-corded in Book 04079, Page 0730, Union County Registry, North Carolina.Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidenc-ing said indebtedness hav-ing directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door in Union County, North Caro-lina, at 10:30AM on No-vember 05, 2009, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following de-scribed property, to wit:Being all of Lot 1 in Block C of Hemby Acres Subdivi-sion, Section IV, as same is shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 6 at Page 150, Union County, North Carolina.Said property is commonly known as 6101 Clearwater Drive, Indian Trail, NC 28079.Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (45) per each One Hun-dred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-lars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Fol-lowing the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-ance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representa-tions of warranty relating to the title or any physical, en-vironmental, health or safe-ty conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, un-paid taxes, special assess-ments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the cur-rent owner(s) of the proper-ty is/are Forrest K. Patter-son and Heather D. Patter-son.PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agree-ment upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, that tenant is li-able for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc.Substitute Trustee 1587 Northeast ExpresswayAtlanta, GA 30329(770) 234-9181Our File No.: 348.0927675NC October 28, 2009November 4, 2009

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BEFORE THE CLERK9E0589

ADMINISTRATOR-EXECUTOR NOTICE

Having duly qualified before the Honorable J.R. Rowell, Clerk of Superior Court of Union County, as personal representative of the Estate of Wayne Vernon Carter,deceased.This is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned or before the 25th day of January 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per-sons indebted to said estate please make immediate pay-ment.This 21st day of October, 2009.Nancy Carter Peele118 Arthur CircleRockingham, NC 28379October 21, 28, November 4, 11, 2009

STATE OFNORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF UNIONIN THE GENERAL

COURT OF JUSTICESUPERIOR

COURT DIVISIONBEFORE THE CLERK

FILE# 9E0576ADMINISTRATOR

EXECUTOR NOTICEHaving duly qualified be-fore the Honorable J. R. Rowell, Clerk of Superior Court of Union County, as personal representative of the Estate of Kevin E. Curlee, deceased.This is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or be-fore the 15th day of Janu-ary, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons in-debted to said estate please make immediate payment.This 11th day of October, 2009.Co-Executirx Donna C. Sidway8339 Kapplewood Ct.Charlotte, NC 28226Glenda C. Thomas6715 Forest Green Dr.Waxhaw, NC 28173October 14, 21, 28, 2009November 4, 2009

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014 Lost & FoundFound 2 large dogs Marsh-

ville Library area, call to identify (704)624-9177

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Reward! Lost family pet,Golden Retriever, Cane Creek Park spayed. An-swers to Roxie. 704-843-7982 or (904)708-3351

020 Cemeteries & Plots

Lakeland Memorial Park Veterans Section 2 spaces together. $4000 for both (803)929-1071

BUSINESS SERVICES

EMPLOYMENT

040 Help Wanted

Avon- Do you need an extra $200-500? Act now!Ft/Pt. Free gift. Medical Ins. avail. 704/821-7398

FT Asst. Manager needed for DDA Group

Home. 2pm Fri - 6pm Sun sleep over at the home is req’d. HS diploma, DLs, and clean record check req’d (704)283-1400

PT help needed apply in person only Tues-Sat.

Dukes Grill 1114 Concord Ave.

READERNOTICE!While many work-at-home opportunities listed provide real in-come, many seek only to sell booklets or cata-logs on how to get such work.

Please usecaution when responding to all such ads.

044 Sales

Auto Sales ManagerPosition open for proven

closer. Must have auto sales experience and ability to take control of and close auto sales deals. We sell used cars and trucks with financing available. Full benefits package. Excellent com-pensation plan for the person who can produce results. References re-quired. Fax resume to 704-238-0637. Our em-ployees are aware of this ad.

046 Medical/DentalCarolina Clinic looking to

hire CMA’s, FT Medical Biller, CDE & Ultrasound Tech, PT Medical Tran-scriptionist. Please fax all resume to attn: Michelle 704-296-2743

050 ManagementMgr needed, great starting

salary + bonus, 401k, health and dental plan, no 3rd shift, experience needed. Send resume to [email protected] or apply at Market Ex-press, PO Box 769, Marshville, NC 28103, 704-233-2600

PETS & LIVESTOCK

056 Livestock2 Registered Miniature

Wht spotted donkeyscall for infor (704)385-9422 leave message

060 Pets & Supplies3 Chihuahua puppies full

blooded 7 wks, male choc/tan, fem. grey/wht, fem. bk/tan parents on site (704)624-2901

AKC Miniature Dachs-hund 5 males 3mo $300ea (704)233-4132

CKC Black Teacup Poodle7wks female $395

1st shots, dewormed 704-292-8777

062 Homes for PetsFree beautiful long haired

wht cat declawed, nur-tured, mild mannered (980)328-5686

Free puppies small mixed breed good home needed (704)275-4065

Free Rescued Kittens & Cats need good homes. Melissa at 704-882-0664 if interested.

MERCHANDISE

068 AuctionsAUCTION

7813 Idlewild Rd.Indian Trail, NC

Friday, Nov 6 @7:00PMAntiques and Collectibles

Furniture, Box Lots, Household Items

BELK AUCTION CONCAL 6936

704-339 4266www.belkauctionco.com

069 AppliancesRefrigerator & Stoves

$99.99 Washers & Dryers $79.99

704-649-3821

078 Feed/Seed/Plants

50 lb bag Fescue Grass Seed, 98.5% germ. $25Ea. 704-254-7775

082 Yard/Garage SalesOak Grove Bapt. Ch. Com-

munity Wide Yard/Bake Sale Sat. 6:30-2, 4013 New Town Rd Waxhaw

090 MiscellaneousFREE OLD BOTTLE AP-

PRAISALS. Buying all types old bottles, esp. MONROE and SC DIS-PENSARY. 704-221-6489

French Door set w/brick-mold. Top quality. 63x95. $800. 704-753-2179.

Goats for sale call for in-formation (704)289-1262

Metal Roofing 3ft wide $1.40 LF 1-803-789-5500

Pronto Power Scooter. Great condition. Call (704) 283-1685 anytime.

090 Miscellaneous

WOODEN PALLETSFREE. Pick up at The En-

quirer-Journal, 500 W. Jefferson St., Monroe, Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm

092 Firewood

Seasoned Firewood$65 a load delivered

(704)821-8395

Seasoned hardwood$85/pickup load (= one-half cord), del. locally. Call 704-289-2185

FINANCIAL

104 Bus. Opportunities

INVESTIGATEBEFORE

YOU INVEST!Always a good policy, es-pecially for business op-portunities and franchis-es. Call NC Attorney Gen-eral at (919)-716-6000 or the Federal Trade Com-mission at (877)-FTC-HELP for free information; or visit our Web site at www.ftc.gov/bizop.N.C. law requires sellers of certain business oppor-tunities to register with NC Attorney General be-fore selling. Call to verify lawful registration before you buy.

108 Money To LoanAdvance Fee Loans or Credit OffersCompanies that do business by phone can’t ask you to pay for credit before you get it.For more information, call toll-free 1-877-FTC-HELP.A public service message from The Enquirer-Journal and The Federal Trade Commission.

109 REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE - RENT

111 Commercial - Rent

Office Space for lease 1250sf. 621 Stallings Rd. (704)219-4190 broker

Warehouse/office with 4’dock door. 2400 sf. Old Charlotte Hwy. $600/Mo. (704)283-4697

112 Apartments

★ Monroe Apt. ★Special 2br 2ba

Move in by Nov. 1st. Get Dec & Jan FREE

Beautiful & quiet paid water

704-289-5949

★★★★★★★★★★★1/2 off 1st mo. rent !!

Ask about other specialsCompletely Remodeled 2br, 1.5ba Townhouse

Small pets allowed Shown by appt only

704-283-1912 ★★★★★★★★★★★

Newly RemodeledTownhouse 2bd/1.5 ba

$600mo.704-283-3097

113 Duplexes2br 1ba 900sf $595mo.

3br 1.5ba 1050 sf $695mo. both, great location in

Wingate cul de sac dep & ref’s req’d (704)283-6490

114 Houses For Rent$270/mo! 4 bed 2 ba! 5% dn, 15 yrs @ 8%!

For Listings 800-749-8106 x H611

3809 Fincher Rd.Indian Trail area, 3br 2ba

$750mo. + dep, (704)821-8577

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2003 Cadillac Seville STS Loaded, like new,

new M iche lin tires. 41 ,000 M iles. $14,500 704-608-4748 9A-9P

1988 PETERBUILT (379) C a t. M otor, 15 S peed W ith O verdrive , 411

R ear E nd, N ew P arts , 63” F la t Top S leeper, R ebu ilt E ng ine and Transm iss ion .

$12,000 704-651-9644

114 Houses For Rent3br home 1 mile west of

Monroe on Waxhaw Rd. no pets, AC ref’s & dep. $650mo. (512)771-9113

Nearly new 3 & 4BR in Monroe, $800-$950mo. (704)289-5410

Need to rebuild your cred-it? Let us build your new home while you build your credit Call to see if you qualify? 704-233-0236

Owner financing 3br 2.5batown home. $149,900.00 owner financing available. 4005 F Christine LaneWaxhaw NC (Alma Vil-lage) Call 704-609-5463

Waxhaw 3br 2.5ba kit, din-ing, den w/fp, all applian-ces & yard maintenance include $1195mo. Sherin Realty (704)882-1634

WAXHAW small brick ranch near Cane Creek Park, $700mo+dep (704)843-1676

REAL ESTATE - SALE

126 Houses For Sale$8,000 Tax Credit to buy

your first home Call to see if you may qualify New Homes Available from $129,900 Leon 704-607-2602

3 Bd 2 ba only $200/mo! 5% dn, 15yrs@8%!

For Listings 800-749-8106 x B002

128 Lots & AcreageNice homesite Hwy 601 N.

.52 ac. inside city $44,500Heritage Realty(704)289-5596

MOBILE HOMES

138 Mobile Homes - Rent2br 2ba MH near Monroe

ref +dep $550mo no pets (704)282-6317

Small but nice 2br MH ref’s & dep req’d. no pets call after 9am 704-282-1144

138 Mobile Homes - RentWingate: 2 mo free rent 3BR 2BA $600 Cent H/A. No pets. 704-451-8408

140 Mobile Homes - Sale

$500.00 DN moves you in. Call and ask me how. 704-225-8850

Land Owners Wanted Zero Down

call for details (704)225-8850

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

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

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

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

FOR SALE BY OWNER, NORTH MYRTLE BEACH HOUSE

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

TWO BLOCKS FROM BEACH WWW.NORTHMYRTLEBEACHTRAVEL.COM,

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

REDUCED! REDUCED!

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

and vinyl exterior, new appliances.

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

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

LEASE TO OWN!!

Michael Calabrese 704-231-7750

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

$169,000

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

704-621-7799

For Sale

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

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

CALL 704-243-4656

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Call Elsie: 704-363-8815 PRUDENTIAL CAROLINAS REALTY

Attention Golfers FOR SALE BY OWNER 2731 Rolling Hills Drive

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

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

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

SKYECROFT

Call Remax Executive: 704.602.8295, Lara Taylor

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

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

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

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

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

980-722-6702-cell [email protected]

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

hardwoods and ceramic tile/jacuzzi jet master bath.

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

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

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

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

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

Mostly wooded, some grass.

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

$500,000

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