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Remembering 9/11
Most of us — whether we were school children
or seniors — remembers where we were on Sept.
11, 2001. As the United States prepares to mark
the 10th anniversary of 9/11, we invite Scotland
County readers to share their memories of that
historic day and reflect how that time has shaped
us as a nation.
Visit www.laurinburgexchange to share your
thoughts on our blog. Watch for coverage and a
special edition of The Laurinburg Exchange as the
anniversary nears.
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PHOTO BY MARY KATHERINE MURPHY
Varsity Scots
prepare for
‘Battle of the
Border’
Mayor Matthew Block (center) signs a proclamation instating September as Laurinburg's Literacy Month while (left to right) Bettie
McNair, Diana Altman, Cecilia Walters, Carolyn McNeil, Ray Seals,
and Rebecca Bradley look on.
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PHOTO BY JOHN LENTZ
COMING UP
Laurinburg's Diane Vinson and her son Alex will participate in the 23rd annual Boston Marathon
Jimmy Fund Walk on Sept. 18.
Recap of this
weekend’s
events!
Laurinburg woman to
join Jimmy Fund Walk
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“Although my sister’s initial diagnosis
did not offer much hope of
JLentz@HeartlandPublications.com
survival
beyond a few months, we
STAFF REPORTER
were fortunate to have her with us
The 23rd annual Boston Mara- for much longer due in large part
thon Jimmy Fund Walk will
to the excellent care she was
include at least one familiar
provided,” Vinson said.
face among the participants.
“The vast majority of her
Laurinburg’s Diane Vintreatments were received
son will walk the 26.2 mile
through her association
historic route on Sept. 18
with the Dana Farber Canalong with some 9,000 other
cer Institute in Boston. The
participants. The collective
expense of their important
goal of the group will be to
research (is) largely funded
Pan
raise more than $7.5 million
from proceeds derived from
for lifesaving adult and pethe Jimmy Fund Walk.”
diatric patient care and cancer reParticipants may choose to walk
search at the Dana-Farber Cancer one of four routes: the entire 26.2Institute through its Jimmy Fund. mile Hopkinton to Boston route, the
She will be participating for the 13.1-mile Babson to Boston route,
second year as a member of Team the five-mile Boston College route,
Pan, in honor of her sister Barbara or the three-mile route starting at
Pan who died of cancer in February
2011.
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Scotland Joblink awarded
Mary Katherine Murphy
MMurphy@HeartlandPublications.com
S TAFF REPORTER
Scotland County’s
JobLink has recently
been awarded for its
success in keeping
area veterans employed.
At the Veterans
Employment Service
Training Conference
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in Asheville held from
Aug. 17-19, The Lau- Benjamin Thomas, Scotland County's JobLink Veteran Program superrinburg Employment visor with Gregory Jones, Disabled Veteran Outreach specialist.
Security Commis“We help veterans find employsion-JobLink Office
ment
and work with employers
was presented with an award for
meeting all veterans’ performance
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standards during the 2010 year.
Literacy month
celebrated
Mary Katherine Murphy
MMurphy@HeartlandPublications.com
STAFF REPORTER
In a world where communication – through
Facebook, smartphones, and Internet forums
- is increasingly reliant upon technology and
the written word, basic literacy can be overlooked.
Scotland County’s Literacy Council has determined to bring literacy awareness to the
county, as has Mayor Matthew Block. Block
signed a proclamation on Thursday which
declared September as the official literacy
month in Laurinburg.
“More than 39 percent of the City of Laurinburg and Scotland County’s adults experience literacy issues that severely impact
their lives and families, their ability to work
productively, and their participation as citizens and residents of our county,” Block said.
Such action on the part of the literacy
council may come as a surprise, as the organization has recently encountered financial
difficulties.
“We’re doing okay. All the nonprofits are
hurting pretty much,” said council board
chairperson Diana Altman.
Services provided by the literacy council
are of paramount importance in a society
based upon skilled labor.
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Dr. Block, Desiree and the
Staff at Scotland Cardiology
wish the Fighting Scots
good luck tonight in the
“Battle of the Border”!!
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Crime Report
STANLEY – Brandy
Ault, 36, of 105 Mt.
Holy Road, was arrested
Wednesday
under a warrant, according to a sheriff’s
report. Ault was placed
under no bond.
LAURINBURG –
Lisa Hunt, 39, of 21920
Blue St., was arrested
Tuesday under a warrant for one count of
medical assistance recipient fraud and one
count of food stamp
fraud, according to a
sheriff’s report.
MARSTON – Betty
Jernigan, 30, of 15700
Silver Hill Road, was
arrested Wednesday
under an order for arrest and charged under
a true bill of indictment, according to a
sheriff’s report. Jernigan was placed under a
written promise to appear in court.
LAURINBURG –
Michelle Grooms, 37,
of 23241 Crandall St.,
was arrested Wednesday under an order
for arrest and charged
under a true bill of indictment, according
to a sheriff’s report.
Grooms was placed
under a written promise to appear in court.
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“A high school diploma has become a
necessity of employment. Once someone
loses an unskilled
job, there are few
jobs available without a high school
education or comparable literacy skills,”
said Rebecca Bradley, literacy council
outreach coordinator.
“The literacy council offers one-on-one
and small group tutoring to adults in
need of reading, writing, and math skills,”
Bradley said.
“We average about
25-30 students a
month,” said Altman. “Some come
every day; others will
come once or twice a
week.”
The
Scotland
County
Literacy
Council also offers
instruction in basic
computer skills.
“The Work Keys
program is exciting
for us,” said Altman.
“Scotland County
businesses need help
with some of their
employees’ computer
skills, but a lot of
people don’t even
have the skills necessary to go into a
classroom.”
Anyone who would
like to volunteer,
should contact the
Scotland County Literacy Council at 2767007.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
OBITUARIES
Christopher Jeremiah McLean
Mr. Christopher Jeremiah McLean,
28 of 21141 Gillis Road, Laurel Hill,
died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 in Laurinburg.
Funeral services will be Saturday,
Sept. 3, 2011 at 1 p.m. at Laurel Hill
First Baptist Church in Laurel Hill.
The Rev. Michael Webber will officiate. Burial will be at Robinson Chapel
Memorial Cemetery in Laurel Hill.
Survivors are his father, Michael
Breeden of High Point; his mother,
Sharon McLean of Laurel Hill; paternal grandparents Fred and Virginia
Breeden of Laurinburg; two brothers,
Michael Breeden, Jr. of Durham and
Corey McLean of Laurel Hill; and two
sisters, Lateisha Breeden of Durham
and Machela McRae of Laurinburg.
McPhatter Funeral Home is serving
the family.
Terry Ray “Red Head”
McPherson, Sr.
Terry Ray “Red Head” McPherson,
Sr., age 52 of Shallotte, passed away
on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.
Funeral services will be held at 3
p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 at the Charity Outreach Holiness Church in Gibson.
Interment will follow in the Pinecrest
Cemetery, Gibson.
Services are entrusted to Hardee
Mortuary Service, 5 North 12th Street,
Wilmington, NC 28401.
Gilbert S. McLeod
Mr. Gilbert S. McLeod, 61 of 1631
Gainesville St. SE, Washington, D.C.,
died Aug. 28, 2011.
Funeral services will be Saturday,
Sept. 3, 2011 at 2 p.m. at Nazareth
Baptist Church in Wagram. The family will receive friends Friday from 6
until 7 p.m. at the Jackson Funeral
Home Chapel in Laurinburg. The
burial and dove ceremony will follow
at the church cemetery.
Survivors are one son, Gifford McLeod
of Laurinburg; seven brothers,Herbert
McLeod of Laurinburg, James McLeod
of Winston-Salem, Earvin McLeod of
Louisburg, Edward McLeod of Winston-Salem, Neil McLeod of Dansville,
Va., and Gene and Selen McLeod of
Red Springs; and one sister, Rachel
McLeod Johnson of Raleigh.
Jackson Funeral Home is serving
the family.
IRS provides tax relief to some Irene victims
WASHINGTON (AP)
— The Internal Revenue
Service is extending tax
payment deadlines for some
individuals and businesses
affected by Hurricane Irene.
The tax agency said
Thursday the extensions
will initially apply to taxpayers in certain counties
and municipalities in North
Carolina, New Jersey, New
York and Puerto Rico. It
said the list of eligible taxpayers is expected to grow
as the Federal Emergency
Management Agency makes
further damage assessments.
The tax relief allows businesses that had previously
obtained extensions until
Sept. 15 to file 2010 returns
to wait until Oct. 31. Also
given extensions until Oct.
31 are individuals and businesses required to file 2010
returns by Oct. 17 and those
who normally would make
third-quarter estimated tax
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payments by Sept. 15.
In North Carolina, the filing and payment relief extends to Beaufort, Carteret,
Craven, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico and Tyrell counties.
Eligible in New Jersey
are Bergen, Essex, Morris,
Passaic and Somerset. The
New York list is Albany,
Delaware, Dutchess, Essex,
Greene, Schenectady, Scho-
harie and Ulster. Puerto
Rico areas covered are
Caguas, Canovanas, Carolina, Cayey, Loiza, Luquillo
and San Juan.
The tax agency later said
that tax returns normally
due on Sept. 15 would get
a one-week extension if the
taxpayer's preparer is located in an area that was
under an evacuation order
• MARATHON
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Left to right are
Diane Vinson, her
sister Martha, her
sister Linda, and
sister Barbara Pan,
who passed away
from cancer earlier
this year.
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Vinson and last year’s
30-member Team Pan
chose the longest route for
last year’s walk and will
do so again this month.
“It’s such a neat walk,
with banners and posters
all along the route,” Vinson said. “I was joined last
year by all three of my sisters, including Barbara,
who was able to join us
for the final steps to the
finish line in spite of her
weakened condition.”
Barbara Alexander Pan
studied Chinese at a university in Taiwan and received her doctorate from
Boston University. In
1994, Pan and eight other
families established The
Chinese Language School
in Lexington, Mass.,
where she was the first
curriculum director.
According to Vinson, all
walkers must raise a minimum of $250 except for
walkers 12 years old and
younger who have a fundraising minimum of $100.
“Pacesetters” are fundraisers who raise $1,250
or more, while “Young
Pacesetters” are children
12 years old and younger
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to make sure that we find veterans jobs that they
are qualified for,” said Veteran Program Supervisor Benjamin Thomas. “We also counsel them
on training and any barriers to employment they
may experience.”
JobLink serves about 500 veterans in Scotland
and Hoke counties.
They were awarded for meeting established performance goals throughout the year.
“Over the course of the year, we get performance
standards as far as how many veterans we actually place in jobs, said Thomas. “We have certain
goals we have to obtain.”
In July, ESC added a new face to its veterans’
service staff: Gregory Jones, disabled veteran outreach specialist. Jones comes to Scotland County
with 17 years of experience in the New York Department of Labor.
“Jones will be working with veterans who need
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who raise at least $500.
Vinson plans to walk
this year with her son
Alex, her two sisters from
Raleigh and California,
and her sister Barbara’s
son Noah.
“The Jimmy Fund Walk
meant so much to Barbara
that I couldn’t imagine not
participating again this
year in hopes of generating some fundraising for
the cause she cared about
so much,” Vinson said.
“We will be continuing
our family commitment
in Barbara’s memory with
each of us soliciting contributions from our friends
in hopes that this year’s
event will surpass all previous fundraisers and will
eventually lead to a cure.”
Contributions to Team
Pan may be done by visiting Diane Vinson’s Jimmy
Fund Walk site at www.
jimmyfundwalk.org/2011/
dvinson or Alex Vinson’s
site at www.jimmyfundwalk.org/2011/alexvinson.
“We invite you to join a
team, make a donation,
or sign up to walk in the
upcoming event,” Vinson
said. “It is a great experience where you can meet a
number of people and hear
the stories of others whose
lives have been touched by
cancer.”
The Boston Marathon
Jimmy Fund Walk is the
only event, other than
the Boston Marathon itself, that is sanctioned by
the Boston Athletic Association to use the official
course from Hopkinton
to Boston. Since its 1989
inception, the Walk has
raised more than $73 million.
“We are thankful to everyone involved in the
walk who is committed
to raising funds for cancer care and research at
Dana-Farber,” said Ann
other help prior to getting employment – whether
that’s housing or medical services,” said Betty
Galloway, ESC manager. “He’s going to work with
their barriers and get them ready.”
For the fall, ESC will continue to offer new programs and resources for veterans seeking employment.
“We’re planning on working on a job fair for
Scotland County veterans during the week of Nov.
7-12. The tentative date is Nov. 9,” Thomas said.
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or a severe weather warning because of Irene.
It said the extension
would apply primarily to
corporations, partnerships
and trusts.
The IRS said taxpayers
and tax practitioners should
monitor "Tax Relief in Disaster Situations" on the
IRS.gov website for further
extensions.
Beach, director of the
Boston Marathon Jimmy
Fund Walk.
“Through the event,
walkers are united by the
common goal of funding
cures for all cancers.”
Vinson encouraged everyone to pray for the
team as they walk.
“We will certainly need
your encouragement and
God’s help along the 26.2
mile journey,” she said.
“Our Jimmy Fund websites offer the option of
specifying someone in
whose honor you are making a donation, and as we
read of your support we
will pledge to keep all of
those persons in mind
as we walk that Sunday
morning.
“It will remain our
prayer that the discoveries
that are found through the
efforts of the Dana Farber
Cancer Center Institute
will end up benefiting people all around the world
and (will) eventually lead
to better treatments and
an eventual cure.
“Thank you so much for
your support.”
For additional information about the 23rd annual
Boston Marathon Jimmy
Fund Walk visit www.JimmyFundWalk.org or call
(866) 531-9255.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
School reunion - The
R.C.T.S-R.B. Dean Alumni
Association will host a reunion for alumni of R.B.
Dean Elementary School
from Sept. 2-4. Registration
will begin at noon on Sept. 2 at the
Maxton Freight Building. For more
information, call Delia Quaison at
844-3431.
SEPT.
2
SEPT.
Breakfast Plate Sale - The
Gibson Fire Department
will host a plate sale from
7 a.m. - 12 p.m. There will
be a buffet with eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, etc.
Eat in or carryout options are available. The cost is $5 per plate. Delivery is available for 5 plates or more.
Contact 910-280-5849 for more information.
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Yard sale - St. Mary Catholic
Church at 800 South Main Street will
hold a yard sale from 7 a.m. until
noon. An auction will take place at
12:30 p.m. Many items will be featured. Filipino food will be prepared
by members of the church in addition to coffee, donuts, hot dogs
and sodas. For more information
call the church office at 276-4468.
Gibson Baptist Church Yard Sale
- Gibson Baptist Church will hold a
yard sale on Main Street from 7-11
a.m. For information, call 268-2702.
Fundraiser - Pizza Inn
employees will be raising
funds from 4-8 p.m. for
Steven Morton, a Pizza Inn
employee who was seriously injured in a car accident. All tips recieved
during this time will be forwarded
to his medical expenses.
SEPT.
7
SEPT.
Yard sale for a cure
- There is a yard sale
today to benefit the
American Cancer
Society. It will be held
at the Hampton Inn
of Laurinburg from 7am- until.Multiple
families have donated items Proceeds
will go to the Scotland County chapter of Relay for Life. There will be sausage biscuits in the morning and hot
dogs at lunch for sale.
10
Gospel Jubilee -The 7th annual Kiwanis Club’s Gospel Jubilee will take
place at the Scotland High School
auditorium beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Groups scheduled to appear include
the Eastern Sonrise Quartet, the Hometown Quartet, the Spirit Borne Quartet,
Adoration, Alyse Player, the First Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir, Mackie
Swails, James and Laura Rainey, and
the Resurrection Quartet. Admission
will be $7. Tickets are available by
contacting any Kiwanis member or by
calling 280-9632.
Golf Tournament - Laurinburg Masonic Lodge #350 AF & AM wil hold
a fundraiser golf tournament beginning at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start.
The event takes place at the Cypress
Creek Golf Course, Hwy. 74 Business
East, Laurinburg. The format will be a
four-man Captain’s Choice. Entry fee
is $50 per player and includes door
prizes and lunch afterwards. For an
entry form contact Michael Nobles,
lodge master, at seseshboy@yahoo.
com or at 910-217-0637.
9/11 Parade - Total Woman Outreach Ministry and community leaders
will sponsor a 9/11 Memorial Obser-
vance Parade and Ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. The event will proceed
down Main Street to Bright Hopewell
Baptist Church. A ceremony will be
held at 11 a.m. The guest speaker
will be Ret. Army 1st. Sgt. Trina Hines,
an author and 9/11 survivor. Ms. Hines
will be doing a book signing after the
program. To be a part of the parade
contact 1Sgt. Swift at 384-3875 or Mary
Evans 276-6908.
For more information call Essie Davis
384-7071 or Ben McNeill at 280-5142.
9/11 Observance
- Total Woman Outreach Ministry, Inc.
and community leaders will sponsor a 9/11
Observance at the
Scotland County Courthouse at 3
p.m. at the flagpole. The speaker will
be Carol Ann Lentz, executive director
of the American Red Cross Scotland
County Chapter. There will be singing
by the East Laurinburg Church of God
and Pat Fields. Ministers and community leaders will lead continual prayers
for the families that lost loved ones in
the 9/11 tragedy. The community is
invited. For more information call Essie
Davis, director of Total Woman Outreach Ministry, Inc. at 384-7071.
SEPT.
11
Military retirees’
meeting - The Scotland County Military
Retirees’ Organization
will hold its monthly
meeting at Captain
Larry’s. Social time will be drom 6:39-7
p.m. and the meeting will run from 7-8
p.m. All retired military service members are invited.
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6:30 am until 12:00 noon. There will be
lots of household items, clothing and
baked goods for sale. Proceeds from
the sale will be used to support Community Projects such as: Brainminders,
Adopt a Classroom, Alzheimer’s Support Group,Autism Enhancement Program, Scotland High Special Needs
Art Project, and Scotland High School
Anchor Club. If you have any items
you would like to donate, call any Pilot
Club member or Amy Inniss, Chairperson at 276-5957.
SEPT.
Kirkin’ of the Tartans
- The First Presbyterian
Church of Lumberton
will hold a Kirkin’ of
the Tartans service at
11 a.m. in the church
sanctuary. Scottish elements of the
service will include processionals and
recessionals of clan tartan flags by
members of the church, the blessing
of the tartans, the singing of Scottish
psalms and bagpiping. Min. Matt Rich
will deliver the sermon and church
member Congressman Mike McIntyre
will speak on the Scottish history of the
congregation. Communion will be
served.
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David Holt - Grammy winning musician and teller David Holt will be at
the Storytelling and Arts Center in
Laurinburg. He will join musicians at
the Bluegrass Jam from 1:30 to 3, and
then perform from 4 to 6 pm. He will
be joined by bass player Will McIntyre.
Tickets are $10 before Sept. 4th and
$15 after that date. Tickets: 910-2773599 or 910-706-3266. Information:
www.StoryArtsCenter.org.
SEPT.
Shag classes - Shag classes will
begin at Scotland Place at 7 P.M.
for five weeks. Instructors- Charles
Bounds/Betty McLaurin. To reserve
your spot call 277-2983 or 276-2133 or
Email boundscharles@yahoo.com or
betmcl@att.net.
Relay information session - Scotland
County Relay for Life will hold an information session at 6 p.m. in the Dulin
Center at Scotland Memorial Hospital.
Angel Food - Angel
Food orders will be
taken from 9a-noon
and 6-7pm at Scotland Place. Pick up
date for Angel Food
will be Saturday, Sept.
24 from 9-9:30 am at Scotland Place.
SEPT.
14
SEPT.
Cancer survivors’
banquet - Scotland
County Relay for Life
will hold a survivors’
banquet at 6 p.m. at
Laurinburg Presbyterian Church. Registration will begin at
5:30.
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Oak Grove reunion The Oak Grove School
reunion will be held at
the Bennettsville Community Center. The
cost to attend is $25
per person, and registration packets may be collected
beginning at 5 p.m. Send registration
to Betty Jean (Clark) Locklear, 15201
Locklear Road, Laurinburg NC, 28352
by Sept. 7. She can be contacted at
(910) 384-3600.
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NOV.
Bank Night - Scotland County Relay
for Life will hold Bank
Night at RBC Centura
on Main Street at 5:30
p.m.
Relay for Life - Scotland County’s Relay
for Life event will begin
at 6 p.m. at Pate Stadium and run until 6
p.m. on Sept. 24.
Relay wrap-up - The
Relay for Life wrap-up
meeting will be held in
the Dulin Center at Scotland Memorial Hospital at
6 p.m.
Class reunion - The
Fairmont High School
Class of 1986 will hold
their class reunion in
Myrtle Beach, S.C. at
the Landmark Resort
Nov. 25 - 27, 2011. For more information contact Rhonda Maultsby at 910538-9466 or Carla Thompson-Denning
at 919-422-0653.
NOV.
Ongoing
WARM Program – Laurinburg has a
program that allows electricity and/
or water customers to assist people in
need. The money collected through
the WARM program assists families,
during the months of November
through March, who are not able to
pay all of their electric/water bill, with
a portion of what they owe. Drop by
the city (910) 276-1521 and ask them
to round off your bill or add a monthly
amount like $5 to your bill or make a
donation directly to the program. Distribution of the funds collected is handled by Church Community Services.
U.S. Army Museum - The National
Museum of the U.S. Army is expected
to open on June 14, 2015, outside of
Washington, D.C. To support or learn
more about this project, visit www.armyhistory.org.
Diabetes Support - The Community
Diabetes Support Group Program
meets every third Tuesday of the
month from 5:30 to 6:30 at the Staff
Development Center of Scotland Memorial Hospital. April’s program is “Tips
for Managing Diabetes” by Sofia Filzer,
PA of The Purcell Clinic and sponsored
by Scotland County Healthy Carolinians. For information, contact: Kathie
Cox, Health Educator/Healthy Carolinians Coordinator at 277-2440.
Student suspension - For those
who have a child who has been suspended or expelled from school, Scots
For Youth and Project T.R.U.S.T. may be
able to help. They will provide a place
for them to go that provides: counseling, mentoring community service,
transportation, behavior intervention
and a safe and structured environment. If you have a child between
the ages of 10-16 that has been suspended, call 276-5477 or come by
Main Street at 140-B North Main Street
beside Scotland Drug.
Shooting Club - Scotland County
4-H Sports Shooting Club meets the
third Saturday of every month. For
more information, call the Scotland
County Extension office at 277-2422.
Sewing Club - Scotland County 4-H
Sewing Club meets the second Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. - 1:30
p.m. and the fourth Friday of each
month from 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the
Museum of Scotland County. For more
information, call the Scotland County
Extension office at 277-2422.
Museum of Scotland County/Rebound Book Exchange - Hours of operation: Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. - 5
p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., fourth
Friday of each month 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Oak Grove reunion - The second annual reunion of the Oak Grove School
will be held on Oct. 1 at Breath of
Fresh Air, formerly Adams Fish Camp
on Johns Mill Road. The event is being
planned by the original Oak Grove Elementary School Class Reunion Committee. The reunion begins at 4;30
p.m. Tickets for the event are $60 for
couples and $35 for singles. The deadline to register for the event is Sept. 4.
All funds collected are accounted for
and are available for review upon request. For information on the event,
contact Marie Locklear at 277-0359,
Woodrow Cooper at 910-318-3478, or
Cathy Chavis-Wright at 276-9674.
Yard and Bake Sale - The Pilot Club
of Laurinburg will hold its annual Yard
and Bake Sale at the American Legion Building on Atkinson Street from
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ANOTHER VIEW
Take a hike
Yael T. Abouhalkah
Once again, President Barack Obama has looked politically spineless
and clueless in backing down to House Speaker John Boehner.
For giddy Republicans, things couldn’t get any better.
For depressed Democrats, things could hardly be worse.
After Boehner taught Obama a lesson or two during the debt ceiling
fiasco (“Read my lips, no new taxes, Mr. President”), the speaker basically told the president Wednesday he couldn’t talk to a joint meeting of
Congress next week.
And Obama meekly agreed to postpone the speech to the next night.
This is the kind of meeting that should have been worked out in private, then publicly announced.
Instead, it appears a lazy White House thought it could get what it
wanted — against all odds — from Boehner and the House.
But the speaker — aware that the president wanted his original
speech to occur at the same time as a GOP presidential debate — told
Obama to take a hike.
And that’s how political hardball is being played as the fall of 2011
nears.
Abouhalkah writes for The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Mo.)
ANOTHER VIEW
Fixing America
The Mount Airy News
How many of you are tired of hearing “these troubled economic times?” I
know I sure am, so I’m going to offer some solid solutions on how to fix what
is wrong with our country.
First of all, we know that former President Bill Clinton sold our country
down the river when he signed NAFTA into law. Now it’s next to impossible
to find anything that is American made. Just recently, people were all up in
arms about how the Bring it Beck! T-shirts that had an American flag on them
and a stamp that said Made in USA, were printed on Honduras made shirts.
But now that the shirts are made 100 percent in the USA, only a handful of
people want one even though the proceeds will go to the United Fund of Surry.
In the wake of that drama, I went home and looked through my own closet
and only found only three American made shirts. The rest were made in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, China, etc. As I said before, I’m as guilty of buying
non-made-in-America products as anyone, but as poet Maya Angelou says,
“When you know better, you do better.” So now that I’m aware of what’s going
on, I’m certainly going to make better choices.
As Americans we can change our own country by voting with our pocketbooks and wallets. If you insist that you will only buy made in America
products and stop buying imports, retailers will tailor their merchandise to
what will sell.
The second thing we need to do as a country is to stop helping other countries
and help ourselves first. How much of our debt problem today was created by
spending money to fix other countries? It flew all over me when I heard that
America had provided clean drinking water to every citizen in Iraq, but yet,
there are people living in America that don’t have clean drinking water.
How many billions of dollars have we spent fighting the war in the Middle
East? That money could have been used to educate our children to be able to
compete with other countries who place a higher value on education. Or, that
money could have been used to put Americans back to work.
Here we are in the wake of Hurricane Irene with many states that are in
states of emergency and I don’t see other countries coming to our aid. We
are going to have to stop playing superhero to the world and let the world
take care of itself for once. I’m not saying our citizens shouldn’t help out
in other countries, I just think our government needs to spend its dollars
here first.
The third thing is that government needs to stop overtaxing small businesses. From everything I’ve seen in today’s economy, it’s the small business
man or woman who is putting people back to work. I owned my own business
a while back and the taxes were somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,000 a
year. I don’t know about you, but $5,000 is a lot of money. And, in order to
stay competitive, I had to price my service according to the going rate, so there
wasn’t a lot of wiggle room in my budget to have to pay that much, especially
when big corporations find loopholes and write-offs to get out of paying large
sums of money to the government.
I know I’m no economist, or high ranking official, but if we just get back to
using some commonsense, this country would be a lot closer to getting back
on track.
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ANOTHER VIEW
Out of fashion
Jon Huntsman’s prescription for righting the nation’s fiscal woes is standard
Republican fare: cut spending, rein in entitlements, reform the tax code and
pass a balanced-budget amendment. But dig in a little deeper — ask whether
he insists on the balanced-budget amendment that the House passed this summer, the one that goes far beyond what he and nearly all of the nation’s other
governors have lived with, undermining majority-rule by turning tax policy over
to a minority in either house of the Congress — and you hear one of the essential
differences between the former Utah governor and U.S. ambassador to China
and the rest of the GOP presidential field.
“Listen, this is going to come down to a negotiation,” Mr. Huntsman said during a visit with our editorial board on Monday. “During the debt-ceiling debate,
we got people in their respective corners kind of firing at each other, not willing to
make a deal and move on. At some point you’ve got to get the work of the nation
done. And I bring that perspective from having been a governor.
“People elect you to get things done. You just can’t stay in your respective
corner, fire rhetorically at the other side and expect the business of the nation to
move forward and the marketplace to respond positively. It’s not going to happen.”
As with most of the things that distinguish Mr. Huntsman from the other
Republican presidential candidates, I can easily remember a time when this
perspective would have been unremarkable. What serious candidate for president, or for governor, or for the Congress, didn’t understand that negotiation
is essential to a functioning republic? Or to running a business, or surviving a
marriage or raising a family or living anywhere other than alone on a deserted
island, for that matter?
But of course that’s out of fashion with the most coveted wing of the Republican Party. The tea party, presenting a louder mirror image of the most extreme
voices in the Democratic Party, has declared that compromise is evil and that
it supports only “real,” uncompromising conservatives — which means those
who don’t have a prayer of appealing to the moderate middle of our nation, and
certainly couldn’t govern if they somehow managed to do so.
So the presidential contenders are falling all over each other to demonstrate
who can be the most obstinate and hardheaded. Sort of like they’re falling all
over each other to demonstrate who can be the angriest and embrace the most
extremist ideas and say the most vitriolic things about the Democratic president.
None of that interests Mr. Huntsman. And unless or until someone else with
his values enters the race, or he sells his soul in a vain attempt to woo tea party
voters, that makes him the most important candidate in the 2012 presidential
field. Not because he has the perfect plan to revive our economy or tackle the disturbingly large federal deficit and debt or cure any of the other ills of a nation that
has lost its way, but because of the vital values that he represents: pragmatism
and honor and old-fashioned decency. Because this election will test whether the
sensible center can hold, or the angry extremes have finally overrun us. (What
a sad commentary on the rapid disintegration of civility, that Mr. Huntsman
should seem so out of place in the party that just four years ago nominated Sen.
John McCain, the most honorable presidential candidate I’ve ever met.)
Mr. Huntsman describes himself as a “mainstream conservative” in a nation
that he is convinced is mainstream conservative, and pragmatic, and he talks
frequently about the real world. As in: “We live in the real world; we have to come
up with real-world fixes and solutions. They can’t be political. They can’t be pie in
the sky. They can’t appeal to one end of the political spectrum or the other. They
can’t be pandering. We just can’t afford that anymore.” It’s a concept that seems
to have disappeared from our nation’s capital, and from hate TV, and from too
much of the casual conversation even among smart, apolitical people.
He doesn’t say kind things about the way President Obama has governed.
But his critique is all job performance, not personality, and certainly without the
invective that the crowds love to hear. “The president’s a good man, he’s earnest,
he has a great family,” he told us. “But I would have to tell you he has failed us
in the most important task of our time, and that is doing what’s necessary to
infuse confidence and predictability in our economy, during a time of national
economic emergency.”
As his opponents wrap themselves in the flag of hollow patriotism, he lives
the patriotism that carries a price: Two and a half years ago, he took himself out
of the political world and earned the distrust of voters who confuse party with
country by accepting the president’s call to serve in one of our nation’s most important strategic posts, as ambassador to China. “If you love your country, you
serve her,” he says simply. “That’s my philosophy. And that’ll be the philosophy
I take to my grave.”
As anger invigorates the tea party and its would-be standard bearers, he focuses on the great strengths of our nation: stability, the rule of law, the longeststanding constitution in the world, private property rights, “the most innovative,
creative, entrepreneurial class of people the world has ever known , the greatest
think tanks, medical facilities, hospitals anywhere in the world , the most courageous armed services ever seen.”
“I’ve raised seven kids and seen everything that life can throw at you, and that
either makes you angry or it turns you into a problem solver,” he said. Governors
are either problem-solvers or failures; he wasn’t a failure. “I’m not going to buy
into the angry side of life, because I see the goodness underneath.”
As I walked him out of the building after our meeting, Mr. Huntsman asked
what our state’s biggest challenges were. I reeled off the obvious answers — a
dismal economy, an antiquated tax system, a broken budgeting process, a government in need of overhaul. “All entirely fixable,” he said. Yes, I responded, if
you have leaders of good will who understand that they have to work together
and compromise. “Exactly,” he said.
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Hank Ketchum
CONCEPTIS SUDOKU
by Dave Green
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday,
Sept. 2, 2011:
This year, you open up to new situations. With creativity and a willingness to experience the new, you grow
into a new world. Express your caring
more often. People need to hear
that they are cared about. If you are
single, a new door opens, and you
meet someone quite exotic. Though
this might not be the right person, you
certainly could enjoy yourself with him
or her. If you are attached, keep the
lines of communication open. Go on
more old-fashioned dates. SCORPIO
always enjoy chatting with you.
The Stars Show the Kind of Day
You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive;
3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
HHH You might need to be
more centered than you have been
recently. Extremes mark finances and
partnership decisions. Be kind when
dealing with a dear friend or a loved
one. You might not have the time
needed. Do a better job of listening
and not judging. Tonight: Someone
reveals too much information.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
HHHHH Defer to others; perhaps
it would be easier. What you are
choosing to do might not make sense
to many people. Remain positive
and optimistic. Listen to what someone shares. Tonight: You can afford
to give someone the benefit of the
doubt.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
HHHH Try to level out. Only then
decide how to approach an important associate or partner. You could
feel as if you have too much on your
plate, though that might not be exactly
accurate. Use your instincts, and
you’ll land well. Tonight: Push to complete certain errands.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
HHHH You could be causing
yourself a problem without intending
to. Be optimistic about your potential
and your direction. Your softer side
emerges with a child or loved one. It
is important to stay with the consensus of opinion. Tonight: Play the night
away.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
HHHH You might want to rethink
a decision involving your work and
how you are juggling it with other
concerns. Quite clearly, something is
likely to go. You might wonder what.
Once more, an investment comes
under consideration. Think positively.
Tonight: Be aware of a roommate’s
needs.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
HHHH Speak your mind and let
others know what you think. Someone
might want to brainstorm. You don’t
need to change your mind. In a
debate, you simply need to be aware
of someone’s suggestions and his
or her rationale. Tonight: Recognize
there are many ways to skin a cat.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHHH Be aware of how much
you will need to give both financially
and emotionally to make a situation
work. A partner seems unusually positive yet at the same time overwhelming. You might not be revealing the
whole story just yet. Tonight: Where
the action is.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHHHH Keep revisiting an idea.
You’ll get a new perspective because
of your willingness to toss yourself
into a problem and accept new ideas.
A meeting could be more important
than you first realized. Tonight: Say
“yes” to an offer.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
HHH Take your time making a
decision. Your ability to make a difference emerges in the near future. Stay
centered on day-to-day matters. Your
instincts will guide you. A boss, parent
or authority figure smiles at what you
do. Tonight: Rethink a decision.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
HHHHH Stay focused on the
group, the whole, the collective. In a
meeting, you develop supporters and
new ideas, as others reveal their feelings willingly. Use care with a friendship, as it might be changing right
in front of your very eyes. Tonight:
Where the fun is.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
HHHHH Be willing to take a
stand. Not everyone feels like you do.
Let go of a problem. Make an effort
toward a loved one. One-on-one
relating proves to be important. Your
professional image counts. Tonight: A
must appearance.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
HHHH You could be overwhelmed by everything that is going
on around you. Reach out for a key
person at a distance. Your ability to
move past an obstacle could be more
important than you realize, whether it
is related to work or a specific friend.
Tonight: Surround yourself with music.
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at www.jacquelinebigar.com.
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CHURCH NEWS
Mission of Faith Outreach Ministry at 307 Gibson Street, McColl,
S.C., will hold “The Mouthpiece
of God” through Sept. 2 with intersession from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and
services at 7 p.m. nightly. Prophet
Robbie B. Riley Sr. of Mountaintop Ministries
in Birmingham, Ala. will speak.
SEPT.
2
New Life Churches of Deliverance Inc.
in Hamlet will conclude a three night preanniversary service for Bishop Sam W. Davis
Jr. On Sept. 2 Bishop William Young from
Refreshing Springs Family Worship Center in
Florence, S.C. will speak. Services are at 7
p.m. nightly.
Glorious Pentecostal Holiness Church
of McColl, S.C. will celebrate the pastoral
anniversary of Pastor Virginia Lane through
Sept. 4. On Friday, Pastor Bittle of New
Bethel Church in Wagram, Pastor Jackson
of Holiness Deliverance Church in Gibson,
and Bishop Dudley of Lighthouse Church
in Laurinburg will speak. On Sept. 4, Eldress
Margaret Brown of Glorious Pentecostal
will speak at 11:15 a.m. and Pastor Gracie
David of Greater Rock Church in McColl
will speak at 3:30 p.m.
Saint Matthews Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion
Church in Maxton will hold their annual revival through Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m. nightly.
The speaker will be the pastor, Dr. J.C.
White. All are invited.
Huckabee Grove Church at 17741
Church St., Laurel Hill, will hold a youth revival through Sept. 2. The speaker will be
Jason White. There will be a “lock-in” at 7
p.m. on Sept. 2. Sept. 3 will be “fun day”
from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Call 462-4223 for
more information.
GreaterGlory Kingdom Outreach Ministries will present guest speaker Apostle
White at 7:30 p.m.
Anointed House of God at 1724 East US
Highway 74, Hamlet, will present Pastor
Pearl Gillis from Christian Plain to speak at
7:30 p.m.
to their program “Thank God for Years” at
4 p.m. Pastor Peggy Miles of New Birth of
Bennettsville, S.C. will be the guest speaker.
The United Voices of Christ will perform. All
are invited.
Progressive Missionary Baptist Church will
have a gospel choir anniversary dedicated
“to the falling children in our community”.
Many guest choirs will be featured. All are
invited.
The Deacon and Deaconess ministry of
Jones Chapel Baptist Church will have their
annual fellowship service at 3 p.m. The Rev.
Daryl Carter and the Ellerbe Grove Baptist
Church family will hold the service. All are
invited.
SEPT.
6
Galilee United Methodist Church at
941 McGirts Bridge Road, Laurinburg, will
hold a revival Sept. 6 through Sept. 8. The
Preacher for Tuesday is the Rev. George
Coates; Wednesday, the Rev. Walter
McLeod, pastor of Philadelphia United
Methodist Church in Rockingham. Worship
will begin at 7 p.m. each night. Tuesday is
Youth Night and will feature youth in the
worship including the Imani Gospel Choir of
Scotland High School and Focused Mime
Team of Galilee United Methodist Church.
Next Dominion Apostolic Ministry at 8741
McColl Road, Laurinburg, invites everyone
to a pre-anniversary service for Apostle C.E.
Smith and Prophetess L.H. Smith Sept. 6-9 at
7:30 p.m. nightly. Speakers include Bishop
Anthony Pankey of Touch By Faith Ministries
in Fayetteville on Tuesday; Wednesday,
TBA; Thursday, Apostle Arileen Jacobs of
Free Spirit in Bennettsville, S.C. will speak;
and Friday, the speaker will be Bishop
James Gordon of Faith Lighthouse in Rowland. All are invited.
SEPT.
SEPT.
3
Gibson Baptist Church Yard
Sale - Gibson Baptist Church
will hold a yard sale on Main
Street from 7-11 a.m. For information, call 268-2702.
New Life Churches of Deliverance Inc.
in Hamlet will hold a Black and White Attire banquet at the Wayman Chapel Faith
Center in Hamlet. The keynote speaker will
be Dr. David Patterson of Southern Grove
MB Church in Rowland. Tickets are $25.
Next Dominion Apostolic Ministry at 8741
McColl Road, Laurinburg, will hold a preanniversary singing program from Apostle
and Pastor Smith at 5 p.m. Lil C and the
Boys of Laurinburg, Echoes of Faith of Laurinburg , “Jimmy” and more will perform.
Progressive Missionary Baptist Church will
hold a yard sale in Captain D’s parking lot
beginning at 6 a.m.
4
7
9
GreaterGlory Kingdom Outreach Ministries will hold a
pastoral anniversary from Sept.
7 through Sept. 11. All are invited.
Sandhill F.W.B. Church at
21421 Crawford Lake Road,
Laurel Hill, will hold a Ladies
Auxiliary Spaghetti
Plate Sale from 10 a.m.
until 2 p.m. and from
4 to 7 p.m. Dine in or
take out. Plates are $7.
SEPT.
Woodville Pentecostal Holiness Church
on Snead Town Road, Laurel Hill, will hold a
singing with Nadine and Stevie and a spaghetti plate sale prior to the singing from 3
to 5 p.m. Plates are $5. The singing begins
at 6 p.m.
SEPT.
James Freewill Holiness Church
in Bennettsville, S.C. will hold their
2011 Fall Festival Sept. 6-9 at 7:30
p.m. nightly. Bishop Robert Purvis
from the House of Deliverance in
Bennettsville will speak.
Sandy Grove will celebrate
its annual homecoming beginning at 11 a.m. The church
will welcome the R.C.T.S. - R.B.
Dean Alumni Association.
Reedy Branch Baptist Church on Highway 83 South, Clio, S.C., will present the 50th
anniversary of the Original Golden Tone
Spiritual Singers at 2:30 p.m. Many groups
including the Anointed McGirt Singers of
Maxton and Lil Ricky and the Golden Stars
of Bennettsville, S.C. will sing. All are invited.
GreaterGlory Kingdom Outreach Ministries will present guest speaker Apostle Buie
of Red Springs at 4 p.m. on behalf of the
pastor’s aide dept.
Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church at
2491 N. Hilltop Road, Red Springs, will celebrate homecoming at 11 a.m. All are invited.
First Thessalonian Missionary Baptist
Church in Gibson will hold “The Four Gospel” at 4 p.m. Speakers will be Elder Garry
Carpenter of Wilson Chapel Holiness
Church, Min. Michael Leak of Smith Temple
Church of God in Christ in Fayetteville, and
more.
New Life Churches of Deliverance Inc. in
Hamlet will present Dr. Linda Richardson of
Mt. Peace M. Baptist Church in Raleigh at
11:30 a.m. At 4 p.m., the anniversary climax
will take place. All are invited.
Saint Matthews Metropolitan A.M.E.
Zion Church in Maxton will celebrate
homecoming beginning with church
school at 9:45 a.m. All are invited.
Fletcher Grove M.B.C. invites everyone
Syrian Missionary Baptist Church at 1340 Sarion
Church Road, McColl,
S.C., will hold the “Holy
Ghost Explosion” with the
theme “Don’t Worry Be
Happy” at 4 p.m.
SEPT.
11
John 1:1 – “In the
beginning was the
Word, and the Word
was with God, and
the Word was God.”
Galilee United Methodist Church at 941
McGirts Bridge Road, Laurinburg will celebrate homecoming at the 10:45 a.m.
worship. A special observance remembering the victims of Sept. 11, 2001 will be
included. Dr. Jesse Brunson, pastor, will deliver the homecoming message. A fellowship meal will follow worship.
There
was
a
teaching in the
early days of Christianity that said
that Jesus could not
be God because He
was human. John
begins his great
Gospel
account
stressing that Jesus
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New Hope and is
for Today G o d .
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writing
to the
entire
world
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shows
the incarnation of
God in the form of
human flesh, who
though unable to
sin was tempted
just as we are and
successfully defeated it, that He
went to the Cross
– died for our sins,
and rose again on
the third day. When
you come face to
face with Jesus,
accept His gift of
salvation, and let
Him into your life
– then you have a
real New Hope for
Today.
Total Woman Outreach Ministry, Inc.
and community leaders will sponsor a
9/11 Observance at the Scotland County
Courthouse at 3 p.m. at the flagpole. The
speaker will be Carol Ann Lentz, executive
director of the American Red Cross Scotland County Chapter. There will be singing
by the East Laurinburg Church of God and
Pat Fields. Ministers and community leaders
will lead continual prayers for the families
that lost loved ones in the 9/11 tragedy. The
community is invited. For more information
call Essie Davis, director of Total Woman
Outreach Ministry, Inc. at 384-7071.
Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church at
2491 N. Hilltop Road, Red Springs, will celebrate their annual Missionary Day at 11
a.m. and at 4 p.m. The theme will be “The
Women of the Bible”. All are invited.
Jones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
at 1176 Johns Road, Laurinburg will hold a
Grandparents Day program at 4 p.m. The
guest speaker will be Mary Milhouse, formerly of Laurinburg, a grandparent who
now resides in Monroe. All are invited.
Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church
in Maxton invite everyone to celebrate
their “Hands of Praise” mime team anniversary at 3 p.m. All are invited.
Hunter’s Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church will
celebrate Women’s Day at 3:30 p.m. The
guest speaker will be the Rev. Joletha
Dockery. All are invited.
Laurel Hill First Baptist Church at 12360
McFarland Road, Laurel Hill, will hold a
Women on the Move Prayer Breakfast at
9 a.m. The guest speaker will be Sis. Gertie
Gilmore of Reedy Creek Church. Breakfast
is free. Door prizes will be given. All are invited.
Marshall is pastor of New Hope
Baptist Church
Springfield Church of God will
hold a Joyful Hearts collard sandwich sale from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at
Springfield Church of God, 10101
Gibson Road in Laurel Hill. Sandwiches are $4.
Union Grove Missionary Baptist
Church will celebrate the 18th anniversary of Rev. George T. Ellis and
the first lady with services Sept. 9,
23, 30, and Oct. 1-2. On Sept. 9 the
Rev. James Dunlap will speak at 7
p.m. All are invited.
Anointed House of God at 1724
East US Highway 74, Hamlet, will
present Overseer Emma Meeks
from Mission of Faith in McColl,
S.C. to speak at 7:30 p.m.
Total Woman
Outreach Ministry and community leaders will
sponsor a 9/11
Memorial Observance Parade
and Ceremony beginning at
10 a.m. The event will proceed
down Main Street to Bright
Hopewell Baptist Church. A
ceremony will be held at 11
a.m. The guest speaker will be
Ret. Army 1st. Sgt. Trina Hines,
an author and 9/11 survivor.
Ms. Hines will be doing a book
signing after the program. To
be a part of the parade contact 1st Sgt. Swift at 384-3875
or Mary Evans 276-6908. For
more information call Essie
Davis 384-7071 or Ben McNeill
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AGAPE BUCHANAN FEATHERAGAPEMEMORIAL
BUCHANANTABERNACLE
FEATHERSTONE
STONE
MEMORIAL
TABERNACLE
1505 Woodlawn
Street,
Laurinburg
1505Dr.
Woodlawn
Street, Laurinburg
Pastor
Fannie Bachanan-Featherstone Pastor Dr. Fannie
Bachanan-Featherstone
AMEN ALLELUIA BAPTIST
CHURCH
AMEN ALLELUIA BAPTIST CHURCH
9061 Tartan
Rd., Laurinburg
9061 Tartan
Rd., Laurinburg
Pastor Rev. Charles E. John
Pastor Rev. Charles E. John
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ANOINTED HOUSE OF GOD
ANOINTED
OF GOD
1723 Highway
74 HOUSE
East, Hamlet
Highway
74 East, Hamlet
Pastor1723
Jackie
McRae
Pastor Jackie McRae
910-610-4410
910-610-4410
ANOINTED HOUSE OF PRAYER
17201ANOINTED
Old Lumberton
LaurinHOUSERd.,
OF PRAYER
burg
17201 Old Lumberton Rd., Laurinburg
Pastor
Johnson,
Cory
Pastor
Johnson,Assoc.
Assoc.Pastor
Pastor Cory
Armstrong Armstrong
277-0259
277-0259
APOSTOLIC LIGHTHOUSE TABERAPOSTOLIC LIGHTHOUSE TABERNACLE
NACLE CHURCH
401 N. Main St.,CHURCH
Laurinburg
401Barnhill
N. Main St., Laurinburg
Rev. Joe
Rev. Joe Barnhill
Phone: 277-7115
Phone: 277-7115
BEAUTIFUL ZION FREEWILL BAPTIST
BEAUTIFUL ZION FREEWILL BAPTIST
Route 2Route
Box 2125,
Hill Hill
Box Laurel
125, Laurel
Pastor A.C. Pastor
Crisp A.C. Crisp
Phone: 268-4454
Phone: 268-4454
BEAVER DAM UNITED
BEAVER DAM UNITED METHODIST
METHODIST
Old Wire Road., Laurel Hill
Old Wire Road., Laurel Hill
Rev. Josephine
Sutton
PastorPastor
Rev. Josephine
Sutton
462-2950
462-2950
BETHLEHEMMISSIONARY
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
BETHLEHEM
BAPTIST CHURCH CHURCH
439439
Stewartsville
Road,
Stewartsville
Road,Laurinburg
Laurinburg
Pastor Jesse
Timmons
PastorL.Jesse
L. Timmons
276-7795
276-7795
BEYOND
VEILASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY
OF
BEYONDTHE
THE VEIL
OF GOD
GOD
Wagram, NC 28396
Wagram, NC 28396
John G. Walker
Rev. John Rev.
G. Walker
910-521-9200910-521-9200
BIBLEWAY
WAYCHRISTIAN
CHRISTIAN PENTECOSTAL
BIBLE
PENTEHOLINESS CHURCH
COSTAL HOLINESS
CHURCH
508508
E. E.
Covington
CovingtonStreet,
Street,Laurinburg
Laurinburg
PastorPastor
ElderElder
CaryCary
J. McQueen
J. McQueen
GOD
EASTChurch
LAURINBURG
East
Street CHURCH OF GOD
East
Street
Pastor Rev.
JeffChurch
McGirt
276-2184Pastor Rev. Jef McGirt
276-2184
EAST LAURINBURG PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS
EAST LAURINBURG
303 Sanford
Rd. HOLINESS
PENTECOSTAL
Pastor Michael
Price Rd.
303 Sanford
276-1869
Pastor Michael Price
276-1869
EMMANUEL TEMPLE DELIVERANCE CHURCH
EMMANUEL
TEMPLE
226 E. Dickson
St., Laurinburg
CHURCH
Pastor &DELIVERANCE
Founder Bishop
E. Cooper
226 E. Dickson St., Laurinburg
Pastor &CHAPEL
Founder Bishop
E. Cooper
FAIRLEY
BAPTIST
CHURCH
Pastor
Rev.CHAPEL
MurrayBAPTIST CHURCH
FAIRLEY
Pastor Rev. Murray
BUNCH
GROVE
PENTECOSTAL
BUNCH
GROVE
PENTECOSTAL
F.W. HOLINESS
F.W. HOLINESS
Pastor Dorothy
Pastor Dorothy
Robbin Robbin
Phone: 276-6395
Phone: 276-6395
CALEDONIA
UNITED
CALEDONIA
UNITEDMETHODIST
METHODIST
15201 Barnes
BridgeBridge
Rd. just
15201 Barnes
Rd.off
Hwy. 501just
South
of Hwy. 501 South
Rev. Kelly Barr
Rev. Kelly Barr
276-4741/276-6858
276-4741/276-6858
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
800 Old Lumberton Road,
800 Old Lumberton
Pastor Charles
Modrell Road,
276-4212Pastor Charles Modrell
276-4212
CAROLINA NEW LIFE CHURCH
NEW LIFE CHURCH
LaurelCAROLINA
Hill
Pastor M.R. Copeland,
Laurel HillSr.
Pastor M.R. Copeland, Sr.
CAROLINA PARK FIRST BAPTIST
1016 CAROLINA
Gibson St.,
Laurinburg
PARK
FIRST BAPTIST
Rev. Robert
Williams
1016 Gibson
St., Laurinburg
276-0018
Rev. Robert Williams
276-0018
CEDAR GROVE FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
CEDAR
GROV
14600 Railroad
St., Gibson
FIRSTC.R.
MISSIONARY
Pastor
Moody BAPTIST CHURCH
Railroad
St., Gibson
Phone:14600
268-2501/
1-910-944-3963
Pastor C.R. Moody
CENTRAL
UNITED METHODIST
Phone: 268-2501/
1-910-944-3963
2nd Street & Commonwealth, East
Laurinburg
CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST
Pastor2nd
Robert
StreetDean
& Commencement
Phone: 276-8881
East Laurinburg
Pastor Quinton Covington
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Sam’s Gas
& Grocery
74 Hwy, Laurel Hill
462-3377
702 Martin Luther King Dr., Maxton
PastorFREEWILL
Geraldine McLaurin
HILLSIDE
BAPTIST
844-5764
Hillside Avenue
and Perk Street
Pastor Woody Byrd
HUCKABEE GROVE EMMANUEL HOLIHOLY GROUNDNESS
CHURCH
702 Martin Luther
LaurelKing
Hill Dr., Maxton
Pastor Pastor
Geraldine
LarryMcLaurin
Singletary
FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER
FAITH
PRESBYTERIAN
5 Miles
West
of Laurel HillCHURCH
on US 74
2220 Elm Ave. (south of Scotia Village)
West
Dr. Wm.
Pastor
DarylBruce
CookEzell, Jr. PhD, CLP
Phone: 462-2901
Phone 276-9151
HUCKABEE GROVE EMMANUEL
231 Fairley St., Laurinburg, NC 28352
HOLINESS
Laurel HillPastor Linda Ross
Co-Pastor
Livingston Bruce
Pastor
LarryJanie
Singletary
Co Pastor Mordecla Ross
FIRST FAMILY
ASSEMBLY
OF CENTER
GOD OF
WORSHIP
MAXTON
5 Miles West of Laurel Hill
Route 2 Boxon102,
Maxton
US 74 West
Pastor Gilbert Walker
Pastor Daryl Cook
Phone: 875-8603
Phone: 462-2901
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
FIRST
302
E. ASSEMBLY
Church St.OF GOD OF MAXTON
Route 29Box
102,p.m.
Maxton
Office Hours:
a.m.-5
Mon-Fri
276-2161Pastor Gilbert Walker
Phone: 875-8603
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, DISCIPLESFIRST
OF CHRIST
BAPTIST INC.
CHURCH
1405 Produce
302 Market
E. ChurchRd.
St.Laurinburg
277-2905
Oice Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri
276-2161
FIRST FREEWILL BAPTIST
CHURCH
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,
Barnes Drive
CHRIST INC.
Pastor DISCIPLES
Jonathan OF
Pruitt
1405 Produce
Market Rd. Laurinburg
Phone:
280-5174
277-2905
FIRST THESSALONIANS BAPTIST
6060
Herndon
St.,BAPTIST
Gibson CHURCH
FIRST
FREEWILL
Pastor Rev. Fred
L. Drive
Terry
Barnes
FIRST UNITED
Phone:METHODIST
280-5174
CHURCH
101 W. Church St.
FIRST THESSALONIANS BAPTIST
Rev. Ralph Brown, Pastor
6060 Herndon St., Gibson
276-1592
Pastor Rev. Fred L. Terry
FLETCHER GROVE MISSIONARY
FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
BAPTIST
CHURCH
101 W.Rd.,
Church
St.
8701 Academy
Laurinburg
Rev. Gene
Tyson
Pastor: Dorothy
Anderson
276-3158
276-1592
844-5764
Impact of Faith Deliverance Ministries
JERUSALEM UNITED
UNITED METHODIST
JERUSALEM
METHODIST
South, Johns
501 South,501
Johns
Pastor
Rev.
Gypsie
Murdaugh
Pastor Rev. Gypsie Murdaugh
JONES
BAPTIST
JONESCHAPEL
CHAPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH
CHURCH
Johns Road/501 South
Johns Road/501
South
Phone: 276-6590
Phone: 276-6590
Pastor T.D. Williams
900 McGirts Bridge Rd. P.O. Box 1866,
Laurinburg
GIBSON BAPTIST
CHURCH
4961 Main Street
BAPTIST CHURCH
PO BoxGIBSON
408, Gibson
Rev. GregMain
IcardStreet, Gibson
Rev. Greg Icard
Phone: 268-4759
Phone: 268-4759
GIBSON CHURCH OF GOD
Walker GIBSON
Street, CHURCH
Gibson OF GOD
Pastor Rev.
David
Starling
Walker
Street,
Gibson
268-2949
Pastor Rev. David Starling
268-2949
17760 Log Cabin Rd., Hwy 401
PATHWAY CHURCH
North, Laurinburg
River Road,
Pastor Kenneth
F. Wagram
Blease
369-3886
Phone: 277-0410
PEACECHURCH
TRUE HOLINESS
PATHWAY
7500
X-Ray Rd.
River Road,
Wagram
Pastor John Cartrette
369-3886
268-4742
PEACE TRUE HOLINESS
PEELESX-Ray
CHAPEL
7500
Rd.WESLEYAN CHURCH
Hill
Pastor John Laurel
Cartrette
268-4742
Pastor J.W. Williams
Phone: 462-3287
PLEASANT VIEW PRESBYTERIAN
801 Stewartsville Rd., Laurinburg
901 Old Lumberton Rd.
Pastor Nathaniel Morrison
Pastor Clayton Gween
LAUREL
HILL
FIRST
LAUREL
HILL
FIRSTBAPTIST
BAPTIST
Laurel Hill Laurel Hill
PROGRESSIVE MISSIONARY BAPREEDY CREEK MISSIONARY BAPTIST
TIST
Bostick Road,Rd.,
Laurinburg
801 Stewartsville
Laurinburg
Pastor EricMorrison
Harris
Pastor Nathaniel
844-3410
LAUREL HILL PRESBYTERIAN
LAUREL HILL PRESBYTERIAN
15301 McFarland Rd. 3 miles N of
15301 McFarland Rd. 3 miles N
Laurinburg
Laurinburg
Pastor DeckofGuess
Pastor Deck Guess
Phone: 276-7151
Phone: 276-7151
LAUREL HILL UNITED METHODIST
Laurel
HillHILL UNITED METHODIST
LAUREL
Pastor H. Lamar
Smith
Laurel
Hill
Phone: Pastor
462-2221/
462-3187
H. Lamar
Smith
Phone: 462-2221/ 462-3187
LAURINBURG CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
LAURINBURG CHRISTIAN CHURCH
1111 Turnpike Rd., Laurinburg
1111 Turnpike Rd., Laurinburg
Minister Michael G. Water
Minister Michael G. Water
276-4085
276-4085
LAURINBURG
LAURINBURGPRESBYTERIAN
PRESBYTERIAN
600 W. Church
600 W.St.
Church St.
Pastor Dr. Neal Carter
Pastor Dr. Neal Carter
Phone: 276-0831
GALILEE UNITED
METHODIST
276-145
CHURCH
900 McGirts Bridge Rd. P.O. Box
GALILEE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
1866, Laurinburg
Hwy 401 North, Laurinburg
Pastor Kenneth
F. Blease
NORTHVIEW
HARVEST
MINISTRIESPhone: 277-0410
LAURELHILL
HILLBAPTIST
BAPTIST CHURCH
LAUREL
CHURCH
95609560
Morgan
St., St.,
Laurel
HillHill
Morgan
Laurel
Pastor Don
Malpass
Pastor
Don Malpass
FREEDOM TEMPLE BAPTIST
FREEDOM(FULL
TEMPLE
BAPTIST CHURCH
CHURCH
GOSPEL)
(FULL GOSPEL)
Pastor Dr. Lucinda
Snead
Pastor
Dr. Lucinda Snead
217-1712/
291-9876
217-1712/ 291-9876
NORTH LAURINBURG BAPTIST
NORTHVIEW HARVEST MINISTRIES
517 Lee's Mill Rd.
Log Cabin
Rd.,
Pastor 17760
Rev. Edward
Pilarczyk
PEELES CHAPEL WESLEYAN
CHURCH
PLEASANT VIEW PRESBYTERIAN
Laurel901
HillOld Lumberton Rd.
Pastor J.W. Williams
Pastor Clayton Gween
Phone: 462-3287
JOSEPH TEMPLE AME CHURCH
FRANKLIN
CHAPEL
FRANKLIN
CHAPELAME
AMEZION
ZION
1103 Caledonia
Rd.
1103 Caledonia
Rd.
Rev.
Rev.Paul
PaulMurphy
MurphyHome:
Home: 276-9931
276-9931
Office: 277-1764
FROM THE WORD MINISTRIES
Pastor
FROMT.D.
THEWilliams
WORD WORSHIP CENER
276-0068
17160 Plant Rd., Laurinburg
4359 NC Hwy. 710 North, Pembroke
910-521-3167
NEW PROSPECT HOLINESS
METHODIST
CHURCHBAPTIST
NORTH LAURINBURG
4359 NC517
Hwy.
710Mill
North,
Lee's
Rd. Pembroke
910-521-3167
Pastor Rev. Edward Pilarczyk
JOSEPH TEMPLE AME CHURCH
S. Caledonia
1134 S.1134
Caledonia
Rd. Rd.
Rev.Rigsbee
K.P. Rigsbee
Pastor Pastor
Rev. K.P.
Phone: 276-2987
Phone: 276-2987
LAURINBURG NAZARENE
LAURINBURG NAZARENE CHURCH
CHURCH
Turnpike
Rd.,Laurinburg
Laurinburg
11211121
Turnpike
Rd.,
Pastor Larry
PastorLawrence
Larry Lawrence
910-276-1835
910-276-1835
Oice: 277-1764
Pastor Doris McEachern
NEW LIGHT
HOLINESS
Phone:
276-7289 CHURCH
451 Stewartsville
Rd.
NEW PROSPECT
HOLINESS
Pastor Doris
McEachern
METHODIST
CHURCH
Phone: 276-7289
Phone: 276-0831
THE LIFE CHANGING MINISTRY
LIFE CHANGING
MINISTRY
441THE
E. Church
St., Laurinburg
441 E. Church St., Laurinburg
LIGHTENING TEMPLE
LIGHTENING
TEMPLE
407 Mundy
St., Maxton
Pastor 407
Bishop
Johnny
McLean
Mundy
St., Maxton
Susie
McLean
844-1853
Pastor
Bishop
Johnny McLean
Susie McLean 844-1853
LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL
OUTREACH
MINISTRIES
LIGHTHOUSE
INTERNATIONAL
11400 Academy Rd., Laurinburg
OUTREACH MINISTRIES
Pastor Lee Jackson
11400 Academy Rd., Laurinburg
910-462-3144
Pastor Lee Jackson
910-462-3144
THE LUTHERAN
CHURCH OF THE
LIVING WORD
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
1925 S.THE
Main
St.
OF THE
Pastor The
Rev.LIVING
LindaWORD
B. Nelson
276-7900 1925 S. Main St.
Pastor The Rev. Linda B. Nelson
PROGRESSIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST
844-3410
The Rev. Marty Stebbins
STEWARTSVILLE
276-1757BAPTIST
USwww.stdavidsepiscopal.org
401 South, Laurinburg
Pastor Eddy Simmons
Phone:
277-0077
ST. JOHN
HOLINESS CHURCH
700 Tuskeegee Dr., Laurinburg
ST. DAVID'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Elder Zack Rogers
506 Azure Court (Corner of West
276-1561
Covington Sreet),
Laurinburg
The Rev. Marty Stebbins
ST. JOHN UNITED METHODIST
276-1757
P.O. Box 181, Gibson
www.stdavidsepiscopal.org
Pastors Myron and Barbara Dice
ST. JOHN
HOLINESS
CHURCH
Phone:
910-690-2859
700 Tuskeegee Dr., Laurinburg
Elder
Zack Rogers
ST. MARGRET
BIBLE PENTECOSTAL
276-1561
FREEWILL HOLINESS
105 N. Caledonia Rd.
ST. JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST
Pastor Mitchell Johnson, Sr.
CHURCH
Phone: 276-1868
Pastor Rev. Kelly Hunt
Phone: 910-674-4885
ST. MARK CHURCH OF CHRIST DISCIOF CHRIST
ST. JOHNPLES
UNITED
METHODIST
19281
Arch181,
McLeod
Rd., Laurinburg
P.O. Box
Gibson
Pastor
Rev.
TomElder
MillerGene A. McLeod
Phone:
Church268-4292
Phone: 910-277-9936
ST.
MARY'S AME
ST. MATTHEW
AME ZION
ZION CHURCH
8920
Wire Rd.,
Laurel
Hill
SouthOld
Patterson
Street,
Maxton
Pastor
Rev.
Charles
Ingram
Pastor Dr. James C.R.White
Phone: 462-2206
Parsonage: 462Phone: 844-5102
3576
ST. PAUL'S UNITED METHODIST
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Box 9:00-12:00
429, Maxtona.m.
Office P.O.
Hours:
Rev. Valerie
Tyson
Father JaVan
Saxon
844-3792
Phone: 276-1478
REFUGE CHRISTIAN CENTER
REEDY
CREEK
1035
McGirt'sMISSIONARY
Bridge Rd. BAPTIST Pastor David Looper
Bostick Road, Laurinburg
Pastor
HarrisOF DELIVERANCE
REFUGEEric
CHURCH
Hwy. 401 South
REFUGE Pastor
CHRISTIAN
I. McRaeCENTER
1035 McGirt's Bridge Rd.
PastorREFUGE
DavidOF
Looper
DELIVERANCE
East Church Street, Laurinburg
REFUGE CHURCH OF DELIVERPastor Daniel White
ANCE
Hwy. 401 South
RIVER
OF LIFE MINISTRIES
Pastor
I. McRae
15760 Barnes Bridge Road
Hwy.DELIVERANCE
501 South
REFUGE&OF
Pastors
Hal Street,
& PhyllisLaurinburg
Culberson
East
Church
Phone:
Church: 277-7226
Pastor 277-0376/
Daniel White
RIVER
MINISTRIES
SAINTOF
LUKELIFE
UNITED
METHODIST
15760 Barnes
Bridge Road
1501 Turnpike
Rd. & Hwy.
501 South
Pastor David Blackmon
Pastors276-6821/
Hal & Phyllis
Culberson
276-6918
Phone: 277-0376/ Church: 277-7226
SANDHILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH
SAINT LUKE UNITED METHODIST
Laurel
Hill Community
Center
1501
Turnpike
Rd.
910-277-2948
Pastor David
Blackman
276-6821/ 276-6918
SANDHILLS
FREEWILLCOMMUNITY
BAPTIST CHURCH
SANDHILLS
Crawford Lake Road, Laurel Hill
CHURCH
Rev.Community
Willie R. Jacobs
Laurel Hill
Center
910-277-2948
910-875-5855
SANDHILLS
FREEWILL
BAPTIST
SANDY GROVE
BAPTIST
CHURCHHwy. 71, Maxton
CrawfordRev.
Lake
Road,Pratt
Laurel Hill
Donald
Rev. Willie R.844-5686
Jacobs
910-875-5855
ST.ST.MATTHEW
AME
ZION CHURCH
PETER UNITED
METHODIST
South Patterson
Street, Maxton
Route 1, Wagram
Pastor Dr.
James
C.Blue
White
Pastor
Henry
Phone: 844-5102
TRINITY PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS
ST. PAUL'S UNITED METHODIST
10520 Turnpike Rd., Laurinburg
P.O. Box 429, Maxton
Rev. Wayne Gibson
Pastor Valerie Tyson
844-3792843-479-7691
TRINITY
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
ST.
PETER
UNITED METHODIST
13000 Blues
Farm Rd., Laurinburg
Route
1, Wagram
276-7616
Pastor Henry
Blue
TRINITY
PENTECOSTAL
HOLITURNPIKE
BAPTIST CHURCH
NESS
31000 Hillcreek Rd., Wagram
10520
Turnpike
Rd.,
Laurinburg
Pastor's
Phone:
369-2549
Rev. Wayne Gibson
843-479-7691
UNION GROVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST
Pastor Rev. George T. Ellis
TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH843-523-5650
Assoc. Pastor
Rev. Margie
Pegues
13000
Blues Farm
Rd., Laurinburg
276-7616 276-8520
Church: 276-9106
TURNPIKE BAPTIST CHURCH
31000
Rd.,HOP
Wagram
UPPER Hillcreek
ROOM #2 OF
FEED MY
Pastor's
Phone:
369-2549
CHILDREN
MINISTRY
INC.
924 McGirts Bridge Rd., Laurinburg
UNION
MISSIONARY
Pastor GROVE
Bishop Willie
Gibson, Jr. BAPTIST Pastor Elder Dr. Selena Gibson
Assist.
Pastor Rev. George T. Ellis
910-384-4167/ 910-277-7417
843-523-5650
Assoc. Pastor Rev. Margie Pegues
WAGRAM CHURCH OF GOD
276-8520
McKay
Street, Wagram
Church:
276-9106
Pastor Harry E. Clark
SANDY GROVE
BAPTIST
Laurinburg
Hwy. 71, Maxton
Founder-Pastor Elder L. Leak
Rev. Donald Pratt
910-318-4228
844-5686
369-2417
UPPER ROOM
#2 OF HOP FEED
MY CHILDREN MINISTRY INC.
924
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Bridge Rd.,
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WAGRAM
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Phone: 276-6680
910-384-4167/ 910-277-7417
SEED HARVEST MINISTRIES
WESTMINISTER PRESBYTERIAN
Laurinburg
Wade Outlaw
CHARITY Pastor
OUTREACH
CHURCH
Quick
GIBSON CHAPEL
MISSION
13280 Church St., Gibson
Pastor
William
K. Quick CHURCH
GIBSONDr.UNITED
METHODIST
MCZARN AME ZION CHURCH
18701 Old Wire Rd., Wagram
MCZARN
AME ZION CHURCH
Pastor
Carol Turner
18701 Old Wire Rd., Wagram
277-2711
SILVERMISSIONARY
HILL PRESBYTERIAN
SHILOH
BAPTIST
Hofman Rd.,
Marston
61424881
E. Rockingham
Rd.,
Maxton
277-2900
Pastor Dr. H.E. Edwards
844-8661
276-2846 HOLINESS
WAGRAM EMMANUEL
Riverton Road, Wagram
Pastor
Norton CHURCH
WINDYRonnie
HILL HOLINESS
Phone:11921
276-6680
Old Johns Rd.
Bostic Road, Laurinburg
PastorCHARITY
Rev. Jerry
Oxendine
OUTREACH
CHURCH
844-8841Bostic Road, Laurinburg
13280 Church St., Gibson
Pastor Rev. Jerry Oxendine
CHRISTIAN LIFE
CENTER
844-8841
GLORIOUS
PastorPENTECOSTAL
Rev. Patricia StoneHOLINESS
Pastor
Virginia
Lane
GLORIOUS
PENTECOSTAL
HOLINESS
Phone: 276-6867
8941 Hasty Rd.
Pastor
Rev. PINES
Gary Cofman
CHURCH
IN THE
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GOOD NEWS CHAPEL
13940 Pea Bridge Rd., Laurinburg
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13940 Pea Bridge Rd., Laurinburg
276-4316
8941 Hasty Rd.
Pastor Rev. Gary Coffman
CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER
277-1737/280-4946
Laurel Hill
CHURCH
THE Miller
PINES PRESBYTERIAN
Pastor
Dr. IN
Gene
Phone: 462-2465
Laurel Hill
Pastor Dr. Gene Miller
9421 Morgan St., Laurel Hill
Pastor
CarlOF
Beasley
CHURCH OF
GOD
PROPHECY
Church
Phone:
462-2504
608 Lee’s
Mill Rd.,
Laurinburg
Senior Pastor Kenny Duke
Phone:
276-3804
CHURCH
OF GOD OF PROPHECY
608 Lee Mill's Rd., Laurinburg
THE CHURCH
OF JESUS
Rev. John
MurphyCHRIST
OF LATTERPhone:
DAY SAINTS
276-3804
1210 Pelham Drive, Laurinburg
President
Gary Smith
THE CHURCH
OF JESUS CHRIST
910-992-7063
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
1210 Pelham Drive, Laurinburg
CHURCH OF MACEDONIA & THE
Overseer
844-9282
MISSION
OFEmma
FAITHMeeks
EVANGELISElder Jesse McNeil 276-9444
TIC CENTER
924 McGirt Bridge Rd.
CHURCH
OF MACEDONIA
& THE MISPastor
Emma
Meeks
SION OF
FAITH EVANGELISTIC CENTER
Phone:
844-9425
924 McGirt Bridge Rd.
COMMUNITY
CHURCH
PastorBAPTIST
Emma Meeks
Pastor William
D. Manning
Phone:
844-9425
COOLCOMMUNITY
SPRING UNITED
BAPTIST CHURCH
METHODIST
Pastor William D. Manning
16301 Scotch Grove Rd.
Pastor
George
Jr.
COOL
SPRINGMcDougald,
UNITED METHODIST
277-839216301 Scotch Grove Rd.
Pastor George McDougald, Jr.
CROSSROADS FELLOWSHIP
277-8392
CHURCH
College Plaza Shopping Center
CROSSROADS FELLOWSHIP CHURCH
10:30 Sunday Morning Worship
College Plaza Shopping Center
10:30 Sunday Morning Worship
EAST LAURINBURG BAPTIST
Pastor Richard Tyson
EAST LAURINBURG BAPTIST
276-7585
Pastor Richard Tyson
276-7585
EAST LAURINBURG CHURCH OF
Pastor Virginia Lane
Phone: 276-6867
Contact Gene Locklear
276-4316
GRACE ABIDING
LOVE SOUNDS
OF PRAISE
17201 Old
Lumberton
GRACE
ABIDINGRd.,
LOVELaurinburg 28353
SOUNDS OF PRAISE
Pastor
DeWitt
17201 Dr.
Old Dionnie
Lumberton
Rd., Laurinburg
843-535-1105 28353
Pastor Dr. Dionnie DeWitt
GRACE UNITY MISSIONARY BAP843-535-1105
TIST CHURCH
1220 N. Main St., Laurinburg
Pastor BryantGRACE
DixonUNITY
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
276-3115
1220 N. Main St., Laurinburg
BryantC.O.G.I.C.
Dixon
GRAHAMPastor
TEMPLE,
501 R. Graham
St., Laurinburg
276-3115
Pastor Elder Gomizie Hoggard
291-0151
GRAHAM TEMPLE, C.O.G.I.C.
501 R. Graham St., Laurinburg
GREATER
FAIRGomizie
PLAIN AME
ZION
Pastor Elder
Hoggard
CHURCH
291-0151
3619 Pea Bridge Rd., McColl SC
Pastor: Kelvin F. Freeman
GREATER
HOUSE OF DELIVERANC
Church:
843-523-9314
HOLINESS CHURCH
Pastor: 843-910-7213
& OUTREACH MINISTRY
307 GibsonHOUSE
Ave. (oldOF
Kings
grocery),
GREATER
DELIVERMcColl, SCCHURCH
29570 & OUTANCE HOLINESS
REACH MINISTRY
Pastor Patricia White
307 Gibson
Ave. (old Kings
843-862-0338
(cell)grocery),
McColl, SC 843-523-6393
29570
Pastor Patricia White 843-862-0338
(cell)
THE GREATER HUNTER'S CHAPEL AME
843-523-6393
ZION CHURCH
Jerusalem Church Road, Laurinburg
THE GREATER HUNTER'S
PastorZION
SarahCHURCH
Kelly
CHAPEL AME
Jerusalem Phone:
Church276-8102
Road, Laurinburg
Pastor Sarah Kelly
GREEN
LAKE AME ZION CHURCH
Phone:
276-8102
14280 Railroad St., Gibson
GREENPastor
LAKERev.
AME
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CHURCH
Rebecca
14280 Railroad
St.,268-3302
Gibson
Ch. Oice:
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Ch.GREEN
Office:POND
268-3302
CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST
GREATER LIGHTHOUR FULL
Old Wire Road, Gibson
GOSPEL CHURCH
Pastor Elder George W. Davis
8520 McColl Road. Laurinburg, NC
910-268-3185
Overseer Apostle
Sherenna Glenn
Pastor Elder Bryan Johnson
Pastor Carol Turner
MISSION OF277-2711
FAITH POWER OF
DELIVERANCE CHURCH
Lee's MillMISSION
Road, Laurinburg
OF FAITH
Pastor/Prophetess
Hattie CHURCH
Weathers
POWER OF DELIVERANCE
910-610-1033/1-866-453-7729
Lee's Mill Road, Laurinburg
Pastor/Prophetess Hattie Weathers
MONTPELIER PRESBYTERIAN
910-610-1033/1-866-453-7729
CHURCH
201 N. Main St., Wagram
MONTPELIER
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Pastor
Jim Smith
N. Main St., Wagram
Phone:201
369-2259
Pastor Jim Smith
MT. OLIVEPhone:
S.D.A.369-2259
801 Caledonia Rd.
Pastor Jason
MT. Scott
OLIVE Home:
S.D.A. 910-8780039
801 Caledonia Rd.
Church: 276-6515
Pastor Jason Scott
Home: 910-878-0039
MULTITUDES
Church: 276-6515
Hwy. 79, Laurinburg
www.multitudes.cc
MULTITUDES
Hwy.MISSIONARY
79, Laurinburg BAPTIST
NASHVILLE
CHURCHwww.multitudes.cc
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NASHVILLE
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William, Jr.
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276-6250
15001 Palmer Rd., Marston
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Pator Dr.MISSIONARY
Hurley William,BAPTIST
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CHURCH 276-6250
25020 Nazareth Church Rd., Wagram
NAZARETH
Pastor
Darrel D.BAPTIST
Gibson,CHURCH
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369-2790
25020 Nazareth Church Rd., Wagram
Pastor Darrel D. Gibson, Jr.
NEW BEGINNING FAITH TABER369-2790
NACLE HOLINESS CHURCH OF
MAXTON
NEW BEGINNING
FAITH TABERNACLE
Pastor
Samuel Thomas,
Asst. Pastor
HOLINESS
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Retha
Thomas
Pastor Samuel Thomas, Asst. Pastor
Retha Thomas
NEW COVENANT
WORSHIP CENTER
9300
LaurelCENTER
Hill
NEWMcFarland
COVENANT Rd.,
WORSHIP
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Mayers
9300Howard
McFarland
Rd., Laurel Hill
Pastor Howard Mayers
THE NEW GREATER ST. JAMES
HOLINESS CHURCH
THE NEW GREATER ST. JAMES
Pastor Elder Jane Hasty
HOLINESS CHURCH
Pastor BAPTIST
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Hasty
NEW HOPE
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NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Presbyterian College
Rea Magnet
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3576
WAGRAM CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH
McKay Street, Wagram
Corner Harry
of McGirt
Bridge & Speller
Pastor
E. Clark
369-2417 Roads
Pastor L.M. Cole
844-5482
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ST. MARY'S OF
CATHOLIC
CHURCH
DISCIPLES
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OiceArch
Hours:
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19281
McLeod
Rd., a.m.
Laurinburg
FatherGene
John Saxon
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A. McLeod
Church Phone:
Phone:276-1478
910-277-9936
SHILOH
MISSIONARY
BAPTIST
SEED
HARVEST
MINISTRIES
614 E. Rockingham Rd., Maxton
Laurinburg
Pastor Dr. H.E.
Edwards
Founder-Pastor
Elder
L. Leak
844-8661
910-318-4228
Pastor L.J. Young, Assoc. Pastor Joel
Place
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PENTEST. MARY'SBIBLE
AME ZION
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HOLINESS
8920 OldFREEWILL
Wire Rd., Laurel
Hill
105Pastor
N. Caledonia
Rd.
Rev. Charles R. Ingram
Pastor Mitchell Johnson, Sr.
Phone: 462-2206 Parsonage: 462Phone: 276-1868
MAXTON PENTECOSTAL
HOLI276-7900
NESS
Pastor
L.M.PENTECOSTAL
Cole
MAXTON
HOLINESS
844-5482
1000 S. Main St., Suite 11, Laurinburg
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HAVEN OF TRUTH
268-2727
Hwy. 74, Rockingham
Pastor
Larry Crosby,
HILLSIDE
FREEWILLSr.BAPTIST
910-895-2250
Hillside Avenue and Perk Street
HERITAGE
COMMUNITY
Pastor Woody ByrdCHURCH
4480 Main St., Gibson
Pastor Donnie & Bonnie Meetze
HOLY GROUND CHURCH
268-2727
11003 Academy Rd.
NEW
LIGHT HOLINESS
Rev.
Dewayne
Powers CHURCH
451 Stewartsville Rd.
276-9100
1200 S. Caledonia Rd.
ST. DAVID'S
EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Pastor
James
C. McLean
506 Azure
Court •277-0593/
Laurinburg276Phone:
276-4074/
(Corner of West Covington Sreet)
1071
GIBSON PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH
GIBSON
Pastor L.J. Young,
Assoc. Pastor
HOLINESS CHURCH
JoelPENTECOSTAL
Quick
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY
Phone: 910-205-0093
9421 Morgan St., Laurel Hill
Pastor Rayford S. Martin
CHURCH
OF462-2504
GOD OF PROPHECY
Church
Phone:
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PastorPENTECOSTAL
Dwayne Powers HOLINEW LIFE
NESS
276-9100
HAVEN OF TRUTH
CHARITY FREEWILL BAPTIST
Phone: 276-9191
CHURCH
1000 S. Main & Tucker Streets, LaurCHARITY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH
inburg
S. Main
& Tucker Streets
Pastor1000
Wade
Outlaw
CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Phone:
462-2465
1000 S. Main St., Laurinburg
Phone: 910-291-0222
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Place
277-1362
NEW LIFE
PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS
Phone:
276-5211
74, CHURCH
Rockingham
GREENHwy.
POND
OF GOD
Pastor Larry Crosby, Sr.
IN CHRIST
Old Wire Road,
Gibson
910-895-2250
Pastor
ElderCOMMUNITY
George W. Davis
HERITAGE
CHURCH
910-268-3185
4480 Main St., Gibson
FAITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
2220
Elm
Ave. (south
of Scotia
VilFaith
Assembly
Outreach
Ministry
lage)
148 Daniels St., Hamlet, NC 28345
Dr. Wm. Bruce Ezell, Jr. PhD, CLP
Pastor Linda Ross
Phone 276-9151
Pastor Jonathan Pruitt
BRIGHT
BAPTIST
BRIGHTHOPEWELL
HOPEWELL BAPTIST
CHURCH
CHURCH
601 N. Main Street, Laurinburg
601 N. Main Street, Laurinburg
Pastor Garland E. Pierce
Pastor Garland E. Pierce
Phone: 276-6930
SKYWAY BAPTIST
SILVERSkyway
HILL PRESBYTERIAN
Church Road
24881
Hoffman
Marston
(across
from Rd.,
Pioneer
Seed)
277-2900
Pastor Dorothy Bell
Phone: 582-1080 Church: 844-3108
SKYWAY BAPTIST
Skyway Church Road (across from
SNEAD'S Seed)
GROVE UNITED METHODIST
Pioneer
12800Dorothy
Old WireBell
Rd., Laurel Hill
Pastor
Pastor
Rev. Gordon
Caughill
Phone:
582-1080
Church:
844-3108
Church Phone: 277-2750
SNEAD'S GROVE UNITED
METHODIST
SOLID ROCK MISSIONARY BAPTIST
12800 Old320
WireBizzell
Rd., St.
Laurel Hill
PastorPastor
Rev. Richard
GordonL.Caughill
Ingram
Church Phone:
277-2750
278-7726
SOLID
ROCK
MISSIONARY
SOUTH
LAURINBURG
BAPTISTBAPTIST Maple Street, Laurinburg
320 Bizzell
St. Standridge
Rev. Sam
Pastor Richard L. Ingram
278-7726
SOUTH LAURINBURG CHURCH OF GOD
276-8553
SOUTH276-5525/
LAURINBURG
BAPTIST
MapleMAIN
Street,
Laurinburg HOLINESS
SOUTH
PENTECOSTAL
Interim Pastor
1510 S.Sam
MainStandridge
St.
Pastor Gary Wilson
SOUTH LAURINBURG CHURCH
Phone: 276-2446
OF GOD
276-5525/ 276-8553
SPRING
BRANCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST
21300 Old Wire Rd., Wagram
SOUTH MAIN PENTECOSTAL HOPastor Bert Lattaker, III
LINESS
1510 S. Main St.
SPRING HILL BAPTIST
Pastor Gary Wilson
South
Main Street, Wagram
Phone:
276-2446
Reverend Matt Harmon
369-2335
SPRING Phone:
BRANCH
MISSIONARY
BAPTIST
SPRINGFIELD
CHURCH
OF GOD
21300 Old Wire Rd., Wagram
10101 Gibson Rd. (Hwy. 79)
910-369-2877
Laurel Hill
SPRINGPastor
HILL Carl
BAPTIST
Fosdick
South Main910-462-3432
Street, Wagram
Rev. Vitaliy Bak
Phone:
SPRING369-2335
PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS
P.O. Box 428, Laurel Hill
SPRINGFIELD
CHURCH
Pastor J.B.
Loving OF GOD
10101
Gibson
Rd. (Hwy.
79), Laurel
Phone:
462-2992/
462-2513
Hill
Pastor
Fosdick BAPTIST
STARCarl
OF BETHLEHEM
910-462-3432
1200 S. Caledonia Rd.
Pastor James C. McLean
SPRING
PENTECOSTAL
HOLIPhone:
276-4074/
277-059/ 276-1071
Pastor Thomas E. Kinder
277-1362FELLOWNEW LIFEHome:
CHRISTIAN
Phone: 276-5211
SHIP
NESS
P.O. Box 428, Laurel Hill
STEWARTSVILLE BAPTIST
Pastor J.B. Loving
US 462-2992/
401 South, Laurinburg
Phone:
462-2513
14681 Rea Magnet Rd.
Pastor Thomas E. Kinder Home:
277-0077BAPTIST
STAR OFPhone:
BETHLEHEM
Pastor Eddy Simmons
Pastor Rev. Ruby P. Lennon
Pastor Joel Quick
WESTMINISTER PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
VICTORY TABERNACLE
Corner of McGirt Bridge & Speller
15601 Old Wire Rd., Laurel Hill
Roads
Pastor Fred Ball
Pastor Rev. Ruby P. Lennon
276-2846910-291-1628
VICTORY
CHURCH
WINDY
HILLBAPTIST
HOLINESS
CHURCH
Corner
Peele
& Ward
11921ofOld
Johns
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Pastor JoelLaurinburg
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VICTORY
Cell:TABERNACLE
910-280-1586
15601 Old910-276-1507
Wire Rd., Laurel Hill
Pastor Fred Ball
910-291-1628
WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
17361 Fieldcrest Rd.
VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH
277-0335
Corner of Peele & Ward Streets,
East Laurinburg
WILSON
CHAPEL
Pastor Rev.
Frank
"Spike" TroubleCHURCH OF GOD
fieldHOLY
Cell:BIBLE
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333 Foraker St.
910-276-1507
Elder John Crochton
WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
17361 Fieldcrest
Rd. HOLINESS
WOODVILLE
PENTECOSTAL
277-0335
12581 Sneadtown Rd., Laurel Hill
Associate Pastor Rev. J.R. Clyde Davis
WILSON
CHAPEL
HOLY
BIBLE
Youth Pasor
Rev. Chris
Pruitte
CHURCH OF GOD
276-4708
333 Foraker St.
Elder John Crochton
WORD OF LIFE OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC
P.O. Box 266,
Maxton
WOODVILLE
PENTECOSTAL
HOLIEvangelist's Benjamin &
NESS
Aundrea Stephens
12581 Sneadtown
Rd., Laurel Hill
844-6170
Pastor Gerald
Goins
276-4708
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WORD
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12400
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INC R.B. Williams
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P.O.
Box
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Stephens
WORD OF LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD
844-6170
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WORLD
LIFE
CHRISTIAN
1211
Turnpike
Road CENTER
12400 Airport
Rd., Maxton
Laurinburg,
NC
Pastor Apostle
R.B. Williams
276-4622
Asst. Pastor Jennifer Williams
ZION CAMPBELL AME CHURCH
ZION CAMPBELL
AME
801 Midland
St. CHURCH
801 Pastor
Midland
Rev.St.Ester Johnson
Pastor Rev. Lisa Marshall
ZION HOLINESS CHURCH
ZION HOLINESS CHURCH
Bundy Street, Wagram
Bundy Street, Wagram
Pastor
Elizabeth
Monroe
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Monroe
910-269-0201
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THE LAURINBURG EXCHANGE
WWW.LAURINBURGEXCHANGE.COM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
Robo-signed mortgage docs date back to late 1990s
New York (AP) — Counties across the United
States are discovering that illegal or questionable
mortgage paperwork is far more widespread than
first thought, tainting the deeds of tens of thousands
of homes dating to the late 1990s.
The suspect documents could create legal trouble
for homeowners for years.
Already, mortgage papers are being invalidated
by courts, insurers are hesitant to write policies,
and judges are blocking banks from foreclosing on
homes. The findings by various county registers of
deeds have also hindered a settlement between the
50 state's attorneys general who are investigating
big banks and other mortgage lenders over controversial mortgage practices.
The problem of shoddy mortgage paperwork,
which comprises several shortcuts known collectively as "robo-signing," led the nation's largest
banks, including Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan
Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co., and other lenders
to temporarily halt foreclosures nationwide in the
fall of 2010.
At the time, "robo-signing" was thought to be contained to the affidavits that banks file and use to
prove they have the right to seize a home for foreclosure. Companies that process mortgages said they
were so overwhelmed with paperwork that they cut
corners.
But now, as county officials review years' worth
of mortgage paperwork, in some cases combing
through one page at a time, they are finding suspect
signatures — either signed with the same name by
dozens of different people, improperly notarized or
signed without a review of the facts in the paperwork — on all sorts of mortgage documents, dating
back as far back as 1998, The Associated Press has
found.
"Because of these bad titles, property owners
can't prove they own the properties they think they
bought, and banks can't prove they had the right to
sell them," says Jeff Thigpen, the registrar of deeds
in Guilford County, N.C.
In Guilford County, where Greensboro is located,
a sample of 6,100 mortgage documents filed since
2006 turned up 74 percent with questionable signatures. Thigpen says his office received 456 more documents with suspect signatures from Oct. 1, 2010,
through June 30.
The suspect signatures found by Thigpen and
other registrars around the country were on documents from the banks involved in the temporary
foreclosure halt and others like Citigroup.
Widespread robo-signing that stretches back a decade or more could create problems for homeowners.
Regulators have so far not asked lenders to clean up
the potentially millions of suspect documents filed in
the past decade or earlier. That troubles some banking experts, including Sheila Bair, who until early
July was chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
"We do not yet really know the full extent of the
problem," Bair said in written remarks to the Senate
Banking Committee. She and others have called for
a comprehensive study on the extent of the fraudulent signatures in mortgage documents.
If documents with robo-signed signatures are challenged in court, judges could question the ownership
of the properties, says Katherine Porter, a professor
at University of California Irvine School of Law and
an expert on consumer credit law. The consequences
extend to homeowners in good standing when they
try to sell.
If invalid documents are discovered in the chain
of ownership, it could delay the sale or make it difficult for buyers to get a mortgage because title insurers won't write a policy for the property, says
Justin Ailes, vice president of government affairs
of the American Land Title Association, a trade association representing the title insurance industry.
Banks and other mortgage lenders won't write a
home loan without title insurance.
Among the findings shared with The Associated
Press by county officials from several states:
n An investigation of mortgage documents in the
county that includes Salem, Mass., found that more
than 25,000 had suspect signatures. The earliest
date to 1998, says John O'Brien, the registrar of
deeds there.
n In Michigan, the state attorney general has sent
criminal subpoenas to three companies that processed mortgage paperwork after 24 local recorders
of deeds looked through their files and found rampant robo-signing.
n An Illinois county, Kankakee, pulled a sample
of 60 documents filed since 2007 to look for suspect
signatures. All 60 were "signed" by people who have
been identified as robo-signers. At least 12 county officials in Illinois have sent their findings to the state
attorney general.
The results of these reviews are troubling to the
registers of deeds in counties across the country. It's
job of these front line officials to record documents
on property transfers and they need to be able to
trust that notarized paperwork is legitimate.
"I want papers that come into our office to be
clean," says Lori Gadbois, the recorder of deeds in
Kankakee County, whose office handles more than
15,000 mortgage documents in a typical month.
Many banks began outsourcing paperwork at the
beginning of the housing boom around 1998. That's
when an increasing number of home loans were
being packaged into securities on Wall Street and
sold off to global investors. As demand skyrocketed,
lenders and mortgage processing firms hired entrylevel employees to sign hundreds of mortgage documents a day.
Sometimes they forged the signatures of executives who were qualified to sign. Other times, actual
executives signed the documents without ever verifying their accuracy. Many of the documents were
stamped by notaries even though the people who
had signed the documents weren't present when the
papers were notarized, a requirement by law.
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
Guilford County, N.C. registrar Jeff Thigpen shows a group of signatures on loan documents all "signed" by Linda Green in
Charlotte, N.C., County officials in at least three states say they have found an alarming number of suspect signatures on
mortgage documents filed over the last 12 years.
HASTY REALTY
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N.C. governor meets farmers as damage total grows
PINETOPS (AP) — Damage
estimates for North Carolina
inched up Thursday as teams
assessing the impact of Hurricane Irene tallied the costs and
more counties were added to the
list of those whose residents and
businesses could receive federal
financial help.
Edgecombe County farmers
suffered at least $44 million in
crop damage from last weekend's
storm, the local cooperative extension office said Thursday,
pushing the statewide tally to
$192 million. The farm-service
agency said 70 percent of the
county's 8,500 acres of tobacco
was damaged. Local farmers
said the estimate is low.
The statewide damage estimate was expected to grow as
counties report their figures,
state emergency management
spokesman Ernie Seneca said.
Local governments reported
that their costs for removing debris and making infrastructure
repairs will be about $40 million, Gov. Beverly Perdue's office
said. Martin County estimated
some $37 million in damage to
crops, especially tobacco and cotton, officials said Wednesday.
Perdue had said earlier that a
preliminary estimate of damage
hit more than $71 million.
Perdue's office said the federal
government on Thursday added
Halifax and Lenoir to the list
of seven counties — Beaufort,
Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde,
Pamlico and Tyrrell — already
approved Wednesday by President Barack Obama for individual assistance. Such assistance
includes grants and low-interest
loans for individuals and businesses harmed by the storm.
Perdue also said the state has
Swisher
Hygiene
acquires
Chicago
franchisee
CHARLOTTE (AP)
— Swisher Hygiene
Inc. said Thursday
that it acquired Evergreen Hygiene Co.,
a Swisher franchisee
that does business in
Chicago.
Swisher said the
principals of Evergreen, Andy and
Eric Neville, will join
Swisher and help the
company expand in the
Chicago area. Evergreen was one Swisher's last franchisees.
The Neville family
has been involved in
Swisher Hygiene since
1994.
Swisher, based in
Charlotte, N.C., provides
commercial
cleaning equipment
and supplies.
The deal is worth
$840,000 in cash, and
it includes a note that
can be converted into
about 313,000 shares
of Swisher common
stock. The company
had 173.5 million
shares as of Aug. 12.
Shares of Swisher
Hygiene rose 51 cents,
or 11.4 percent, to
$4.97 in afternoon
trading. The stock has
traded between $2.28
and $11.43 in the last
year.
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
Adrian Rodriguez takes out tobacco leaves damaged by Hurricane Irene Wednesday in Craven County.
Hundreds of farmers across North Carolina are fighting to save what's left of their tobacco and cotton crops,
and wondering whether insurance, which will only cover part of their losses, will come through.
asked the federal government
for 20 counties to become eligible for federal aid so local governments can be compensated
for removing debris and making
infrastructure repairs.
Perdue sought to emphasize
the storm's toll on farmers with
a visit Thursday with an Edgecombe County tobacco farmer.
Perdue used the visit to sign an
executive order that will make it
easier for state crews to remove
storm debris from farmland and
for farmers to burn storm-related trash.
At Pitt Farms outside Pinetops,
as much as about 100 acres of tobacco appeared lost after Irene's
high winds shredded leaves and
turned them yellow and brown.
Farmer Bert Pitt said he was
able to harvest about 20 acres of
his tobacco, working even in the
rain to salvage a portion of his
crop.
"What can you get from this
field?" Perdue asked Pitt, look-
ing out over remaining rows of
unharvested tobacco plants.
"Heartache," Pitt responded.
Other farmers visiting with
Perdue asked her to intervene
with the federal and state governments for help, saying insurance won't cover losses and
federal programs don't offer
much immediate help beyond
more borrowing.
"We're going to need some kind
of help," said Richard Anderson,
a tobacco grower in Tarboro.
"Those of us in the tobacco industry are the first to be taxed
and we'd just like some of our
tax dollars to come back and
help us."
The governor told local and
state agriculture officials to assemble a letter she can forward
to U.S. Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack to highlight urgent
needs and ways to end a logjam
in applications for disaster relief.
"We've got to really just stand
up and fight," Perdue said.
While many Outer Banks
beaches were open Thursday,
one was closed because of floating debris.
Corolla's beach was closed
Wednesday after lifeguards saw
trash, wood planks and tree
branches floating in the water
and worried they could hit a
swimmer. Officials were waiting for the high tide to recede
Thursday to determine whether
the water at Corolla was safe,
Currituck County Emergency
Management spokesman Randall Edwards said.
"I guess it's just one of those
things that happen in a big
storm like that. Things that
wash out to sea wash back up
on the shore," Edwards said. "It
just adds to the things we need
to take care of."
About 15 miles south, the
beach at Duck was open and
workers were collecting debris that was washing up, Dare
County spokeswoman Dorothy
Toolan said, but all beaches
were open on Bodie Island.
Farther south, county leaders
visited Hatteras Island to weigh
when residents who evacuated
from communities like Rodanthe
and Hatteras might be able to
return home, Toolan said.
Boil-water advisories were removed for the length of the county's barrier islands, Toolan said.
The number of electric utility
customers without power due
to the storm had fallen to about
26,000, compared to the peak
of about 600,000 last weekend.
Roughly half the outages were in
northeastern North Carolina in
areas served by Dominion North
Carolina Power.
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After bumpy August, economy shows signs of growth
WASHINGTON (AP) — August
began with rising fears that another
recession was about to hit. That was
then.
A month later, the economy and
the stock market appear more resilient, suggesting that consumers, businesses and investors remain confident
enough to keep spending.
A more authoritative test will come
Friday, when the government issues
the August jobs report. Employers are
expected to have added 93,000 jobs,
which would not be enough to significantly lower the jobless rate of 9.1 percent.
But it would solidify evidence that
the economy, though still weak, is
growing steadily. Many analysts now
expect it to strengthen in the months
ahead.
A stream of data released Thursday bolstered the case for an economy
that's healthier than it seemed just
weeks ago:
n Americans kept shopping in August despite higher prices and a hurricane that battered the East Coast
during the important back-to-school
shopping season.
n Car buyers lifted U.S. sales last
month for most automakers. Analysts
had expected a weaker August because
of anxiety about the economy and Hurricane Irene, which forced many dealers to close during the month's final
weekend.
n Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign
that the job market may be improving
slightly.
n Manufacturing managed to expand in August for the 25th straight
month. Last month's growth, though
modest, defied fears that manufacturing, one of the economy's few sources
of strength, had contracted last
month.
All that delivered a sense of relief
that the economy is still expanding —
even if it's not enough to reduce unemployment, raise wages and drive the
housing market out of its depression.
"Today's releases add to the evidence that underlying economic conditions aren't half as bad as feared a
few weeks ago," said Paul Ashworth,
an economist at Capital Economics.
Early last month, some economists
had warned that the economy might
be sliding into a recession — that is, if
it were not already in one. The econ-
omy had managed to plod ahead at an
annual growth rate of just 0.7 percent
for the first six months of the year.
Growth that scant leaves an economy
vulnerable to shocks.
And the shocks arrived. The worsening European debt crisis threatened
U.S. banks. Politicians fought to the
final hours over whether to raise the
debt ceiling. Standard & Poor's downgraded long-term U.S. debt. A regional
manufacturing index plunged.
Stocks tumbled in response. The
Dow Jones industrial average shed
16 percent of its value from July 21 to
Aug. 10. (The Dow has since regained
about half that loss.)
While all that was happening, consumer confidence was plummeting to
its lowest point since April 2009, when
the economy was in the midst of the
worst recession in 70 years.
Yet Thursday's economic news,
coming on top of other encouraging
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
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sales and consumer spending, helped Larry Chappell uses a ‘C Press’ machine to form a tank head at JV Northwest, in Canby, Ore. JV Northwest
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manufactures stainless steel vessels. Manufacturing growth slowed slightly in August, but the sector
Target Corp., Macy's Inc., teen re- expanded for the 25th straight month, easing fears the economy is on the verge of another recession.
tailer Wet Seal Inc. and warehouse
club operator Costco Wholesale Corp.
all posted sales gains that beat Wall
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LIFE & TIMES
A to-do list for
brides-to-be
Family Features
reparing for the big day means planning a multitude of details; everything from the flower arrangements
to that something blue must be decided upon well in advance of the
ceremony. Here are some tips to help
ensure your big day goes off without a hitch.
P
The Big Decisions
The decision to get married is the first of
many big decisions you will be making in the
weeks and months to come. Here are some
things to consider right away:
n Pick a date. Talk with your fiancé and
family (and your fiancé’s family) about potential wedding
dates to ensure the
important people
in both your lives
will be able to take
part.
n Select your
guests. The number
of guests you invite
will directly influence the cost of your
wedding.
n Set a budget.
Budgeting for your
wedding is crucial,
as this will have
a great impact on
every other aspect
of your day, as
well as your honeymoon. Plan for a
little wiggle room
for unexpected expenses.
n Choose a loPhotos courtesy of Getty Images
cation. Because
most popular bridal
spots are just that — popular — you may want
to start searching for a location quickly.
n Organize the bridal party.
Make careful decisions about who
you want supporting you leading up
to the big day, and who will be displayed in
front of everyone in your life.
n Pick a style. Many brides choose wedding styles that are reflected in their save-thedates, invitations, ceremonies, receptions
and thank-you cards. Choosing a theme
and color scheme in the beginning will help
narrow down options later.
n Hire a caterer. Take into account the
dietary needs of your guests by offering a variety of menu options, including a vegetarian
dish.
n Order the cake. Whether you
choose a large multi-tiered cake or cupcakes, remember to keep your budget in mind—and pick flavors you
and your fiancé truly enjoy.
n
Make
the
announcement.
Decide how you want to let the
community know of your planned nuptials.
Do you want to take professional engagement photos? Do you plan to contact your
local paper? Will you include a link to a wedding day website on your save-the-date or
your wedding invitations?
n Get the gown. On your wedding day,
everyone will be awaiting a glimpse of your
gown. Listen to your instincts and choose a
gown that “feels right” and reflects your personality and style.
n Dress your party. Once you have chosen the wedding dress of your dreams, speak
with your fiancé about his wishes for his suit,
as well as the bridal party attire.
n Hire a photographer. Choose your
professional photographer wisely. With a
walk down the aisle, father/daughter dance
and toast, your father is sure to get photographed, but your mother might get overlooked. Make sure to ask the photographer to
get shots of your mother throughout the day
as well.
n Choose your flowers. Once
you set the date, discuss with
your florists which flowers are in season to
help narrow down your selection. You may
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Wedding Day Details
and provide plenty of water for guests.
n In case of cold — Space heaters
can be placed through out the space to
warm up the room in advance of the
event.
n Over-estimate the amount of parking needed for guests.
n Provide bottled water for your
wedding party. To ensure no one gets
over-heated, hide water near your
bridal party during the ceremony
for emergencies.
n Choose meaningful
gifts for your wedding
party. Necklaces, earrings or bracelets are
great for bridesmaids;
cufflinks are perfect for
groomsmen.
n Bobby pins
n Create individual enn Elastic hair bands
velopes for tipping drivn Hairbrush
ers, caterers, musicians,
n Hairspray
etc. Separate envelopes
n Panty hose
will help ensure you don’t
n Nail file
forget anyone.
n Nail polish
n Nail polish
Plan for weather
remover
n In case of rain — Order a
n Baby powder
tent or choose a venue
n Makeup
with indoor space for lastn Stain remover
minute protec tion from
n Tissues
the elements. Offer extra
n Sewing kit with
umbrellas to usher people
scissors
from their vehicles to the
n Ballet flats
venue.
n Pocket mirror
n In case of heat — Place
fans throughout the venue
The Big Day
Bridal Kit Supplies
n Extra post-earring
backs
n Static cling spray
n Antacid
n Pain reliever
n Bandages
n Deodorant
n Dental floss
n Eye drops
n Bottled water
n Breath mints
n Duct tape — for
last-minute dress fixups and to adhere to
the bottom of slippery
dress shoes
For more information about protecting your bridal jewelry, visit www.insureyourjewelry.com.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
Family Features
Whether it’s an engagement party, bridal shower,
the reception or post-wedding
brunch, profes sional event
planner Alison Hotchkiss
knows a thing or two about
creating mem orable bridal
celebrations. As the founderowner of Alison Events, and
author of “The Destination
Wedding Planner:
The Ultimate Guide to
Planning a Wedding From
Afar” (Chronicle Books),
she’s produced stunning
weddings all over the world.
Whether you enlist the help
of a planner or do it yourself,
Alison’s tips on entertaining
will help you make your bridal
celebration picture perfect.
n Bubbles add a festive, celebratory note to
any bridal celebration. I
love Cupcake Prosecco sparkling wine from Italy. It’s
crisp and refreshing — an
affordable alter native to
pricey French champagne yet
equally delicious.
n Food doesn’t have to be
complicated to be remarkable. The finger foods here
are varied and flavorful — but
they’re not hard to make. To
satisfy all guest preferences,
I always recommend 3 to 5
appetizers including chicken,
beef and fish plus two veggie options (ideally one being
vegan or dairy free).
n A signature drink is a
fun way to welcome guests
and get the party off to a
great start. The Prosecco
Ginger Cocktail is delicious
and memorable. I like to
serve it in uncon ventional
glassware and garnish with
Persian
cucumber
“swizzle
sticks”
for
even more impact.
n A popular alternative to
the traditional sit down meal
at engagement parties or
showers: food stations with a
range of different foods offered
at each. Pair a different wine
with each station to create
maximum
variety and
enjoyment
as guests
taste and
mingle.
n Factor
in overall
ambiance
and the vibe
you want
for
your Alison Hotchkiss
wedding or
event. Lighting is key. And
when it comes to candles,
more is more.
n Flavored vodka is another
big trend I’m seeing right
now. Look for vodkas infused
with such exotic flavors as vanilla frosting, devil’s food cake
and more. And don’t be afraid
to mix spirits with wine: One
of my favorite concoctions is
a blend of lemony Cupcake
Chiffon Vodka with muddled
blackberries, fresh mint, sparkling grapefruit water and a
splash of Cabernet Sauvignon.
n It’s not only more fun to
serve bite-sized cupcakes at
your wedding but they offer
more variety and unexpected
flavor combinations than a
traditional cake.
n Be sure to have a good assortment of non-alcoholic beverages on hand as well such
as bottled water, soft drinks
and more to prevent dehydration and ensure that guests
drink responsibly.
For more tips from
Alison
for
creating
a bridal event to remember,
visit www.cupcakevineyards.
com.
School's out forever for 'unschoolers'
ASSOCIATED PRESS
School's never out for 14-year-old
Zoe Bentley. Nor is it ever in.
The perky teen from Tucson, Ariz.,
explores what she likes, when she
likes as deeply as she chooses every
day of the year. As an "unschooler,"
Zoe is untethered from the demands
of traditional, compulsory education.
That means, at the moment, she's
checking out the redwoods of California with her family, tinkering with
her website and looking forward to
making her next video on her favorite subject, exogeology, the study of
geology on other planets.
"I love seeing the history of an
area," Zoe said. "Maybe a volcano
erupted and grew taller over time, or
wind eroded rock into sand dunes, or
a meteor hit the ground and made
a crater. Finding out how these and
other formations formed is something I just really like."
Zoe's cheer: "Exogeology rocks!"
Unschooling has been around for
several decades, but advocates say
there has been an uptick as more
families turn to home-schooling
overall.
Reliable data is hard to come by,
but estimates of children and teens
home-schooled in the U.S. range
from 1.5 million to 2 million. Of
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love tulips, but if you have a winter wedding, they may be hard to
come by, and may be more expensive.
n Book the entertainment.
Do you want a DJ or a live band?
Talk with your fiancé about your
music preferences, as well as the
types of tunes you want played at
your reception to keep your guests
those, as many as one-third could
be considered unschoolers like Zoe,
meaning their parents are "facilitators," available with materials and
other resources, rather than topdown "teachers."
There's no fixed curriculum, course
schedule or attempt to mimic traditional classrooms. Unless, of course,
their children ask for those things.
Zoe, for instance, wanted to know
more about geology once she turned
12, so she signed up for a class at
Pima Community College. "I had to
take a placement test, which was the
first test I'd ever taken," she said. "It
was surprisingly easy."
She has since taken several other
college classes, including astrobiology, algebra and chemistry. Maybe,
Zoe said, "I'll earn a degree, but the
important thing to me is to learn
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
what I need to and want to know.
For 14-year-old Zoe Bentley school's never out. Nor is it ever in. The perky teen from Tucson, Ariz., exEverything else is a bonus."
John Holt, considered the father plores what she likes, when she likes as deeply as she chooses every day of the year. As an "unschooler,"
of "unschooling," would have been Bentley is untethered from the demands of traditional, compulsory education.
proud. The fifth-grade teacher died
in 1985, leaving behind books and to study things they have no inter- filmmaker said.
Brown and her husband unother reflections that include his est in.
Colorado
unschool
mom
Carol
schooled
their oldest daughter until
1964 work "How Children Fail."
she left for college and their youngest
The book and others Holt later Brown couldn't agree more.
"Being bored makes school miser- until her junior year in high school,
wrote propelled him into the spotlight as he argued that mainstream able for a lot of kids, plus there is the when she chose to attend Telluride
schools stymie the learning process element of compulsion, which com- Mountain School, a small, progresby fostering fear and forcing children pletely changes any activity," the sive school near home.
on the dance floor.
Before the Big Day
n Create a website for your
wedding to keep guests informed
of events and for easy access to
registry information. Provide
accommodation information
for those guests traveling from
out of town.
n Insure your engagement and
wedding rings against loss, damage, theft or mysterious disap-
pearance. According to a survey
conducted by Jewelers Mutual
Insurance Company, 44 percent of
married women either don’t insure
their engagement ring, or don’t
know for certain whether their engagement and wedding rings are
insured. For a free, no-obligation
jewelry insurance quote, visit
www.insureyourjewelry.com.
n Make sure your marriage license, travel documentation and
insurance information are ready
to go and stored in a safe place in
advance of the wedding day.
n Practice reciting your vows
and speeches until you feel comfortable.
n Wear your wedding heels
around the house to “break them
in.” Pack a back-up pair of flats to
wear during the reception.
n Remember to ask for help.
Designate members of your family
or close friends to specific assignments.
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SPORTS
PHOTO BY MATT SMITH
A pair of Scotland defenders attempt to break up a Marlboro County touchdown pass in the Scots’ 21-20 victory over the Bulldogs Thursday night. Scotland picked up 339 rushing yards in the win.
Scots squeak by Bulldogs in rivalry clash
Matt Smith
S PORTS R EPORTER
Sometimes, luck is just on your
side.
The Scotland High School junior varsity football team needed
a little luck to get by the Marlboro County Bulldogs Thursday
night, fighting through a pair
of fumbles in the second half to
hold onto a 21-20 win at Pate
Stadium.
Despite rushing for over 300
yards in the contest, Scotland
(3-0, 0-0) needed a late fumble
from the Bulldogs to seal the
win, halting a late Marlboro
charge in Scotland territory.
Josh McPhatter led the Scots
with 189 yards on the ground
on 20 carries, while quarterback
Jaylend Rattliffe added 39 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns in the Scots’ third win of
the season.
“Overall, I thought Marlboro
was the best team we’ve played
this year at the jayvee level so
far,” Scotland junior varsity
head coach David Hunt said.
“Their quarterback and a couple
of their receivers are great athletes and gave us problems early
on. At times, we had chances to
distances ourselves with the
lead; we just weren’t able to do
it. Coming out in the second half,
we drove almost to their 6-yard
line. I was really disappointed
we couldn’t punch it in.”
On Marlboro’s second possession of the game, the Bulldogs
punched in the night’s first
touchdown on a 13-play drive,
using a 23-yard pass over a pair
of Scotland defenders to take a
6-0 lead.
The Scots’ answered on their
next drive, marching down the
field on a 5-minute scoring drive
to knot the score at 6-6.
McPhatter and Scotland running back Tre Thomas combined
for 66 rushing yards on the scoring drive, with Rattliffe punching in a 2-yard touchdown run to
even the score.
Scotland claimed the lead
eight minutes later with 2:09
left in the first half, as Thomas
found the end zone on a 14-yard
run.
McPhatter set up the score
with a 30-yard rush down the
Marlboro sideline on an optionpitch, allowing Thomas to breeze
through the Bulldogs’ defense a
play later for the go-ahead score.
Ben Utter knocked in the extra
point for the Scots to give Scotland a 13-6 advantage.
Tyran Murphy and Avery
Simmons ended the Bulldogs’
final drive of the half with a
pair of sacks, as the Scots’ defense thwarted Marlboro’s late
first-half drive to hold onto the
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Scots breeze by Rams
Matt Smith
S PORTS REPORTER
The Scotland High School women’s tennis team picked up their
first conference victory of the
season Thursday in Pembroke,
N.C., breezing by Purnell Swett
8-1 in SEC play.
Scotland swept through singles
play with a perfect 6-0 mark,
dropping just one doubles match
in shortened play.
Kathleen Ralls fires a forehand shot back to her opponent in the Lady Scots’ 8-1 victory over Purnell “Munroe Buie played well tonight at No. 1 singles, leading
Swett Thursday afternoon. Ralls downed the Rams’ April White 6-1, 6-2 in straight sets.
the charge with an easy win in
our opening match,” Scotland
head coach Jeanne Roller said.
“Leslie Floyd split sets in her
match at No. 2 singles, but made
the necessary adjustments in her
backhand to win the tie breaker.
The win was a good one to start
off conference play, but up next
we have a big match against
Pinecrest in our second conference game of the season.”
Buie led Scotland with a 6-0,
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Varsity Scots prepare for “Battle of the Border”
Matt Smith
SPORTS REPORTER
Sporting a perfect 2-0 record on the road this season, the Scotland High School
varsity football team will travel to Bennettsville, S.C., today for their annual
battle with the Marlboro County Bulldogs.
Scotland enters the“border war” coming off a 49-28 thrashing of New Hanover. The Scots picked up five combined scores from running backs Caison
Murphy and Tony McRae in the win, while quarterback Kwashaun Quick tallied 256 of total offense, including a 9-for-15 mark through the air.
Marlboro also brings an unblemished 2-0 record to the rivalry contest after
doubling up Cheraw High School 20-10 last Friday night.
Jamal Stanton led Marlboro with 139 yards receiving, but it was Malik Ford’s
90-yard punt return for a touchdown that put the Bulldogs in control against the
visiting Braves in the third quarter.
Scotland head coach Chip Williams said the Scots haven’t been resting on
their early season laurels this week, putting in a solid week of practice in their
effort to continue to pick up big yards on the offensive side of the ball.
PHOTO BY MATT SMITH
“Really we’re just working on effort and practicing hard so that we can make
the plays,” he said. “Last week against New Hanover, I thought we were an inch The Scotland High School football team will travel to Bennettsville, S.C. tonight to take on rival
or two away (from making) plays, and I think that comes from going through the Marlboro County in a 7:30 p.m. contest. The Scots enter the game with a 3-game losing streak
drill and not really playing…hard during the drill. We’ve worked hard on that to the Bulldogs, but hold a perfect 2-0 record so far this season.
and hopefully we’ll improve on that this week. But, we have a huge challenge
against the Bulldogs, and it’s Scotland’s turn.”
The yardage goes to the quarterback, but the effort goes to the offensive line.”
The Scots’ defense has allowed just 18 points a game over their first two
With a win over the Bulldogs, Scotland could finish up their out-of-conference
contests, while Scotland’s offense has rattled opposing defenses for 37 points a road schedule with a perfect 3-0 clip, and after three straight losses to the Bullgame.
dogs, the Scotland seniors will be hungry for a win in their final chance against
“That’s huge,” Williams said. “I think coach (Will) Clark, along with coach Marlboro.
(Norman) Quick along the offensive line, (deserve credit). A quarterback can’t
“We were here last year,” Williams said. “Same place, same time, same situabe successful without work from the offensive line. You have to give them a lot tion. We know they’ll be prepared and we’ll be prepared. It’s going to be a great
of credit. You don’t hear their names much. Johnny Mintz, Tyler Jones (and) football game.”
Martin Locklear…those guys go unheralded and they deserve a lot of credit.
Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. at Marlboro High School.
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Mountaineers hoping to make more upset history
BLACKSBURG,
Va. (AP) — A laughing Frank Beamer
wasn't joking when he
talked about what went
through his mind when
Virginia Tech was considering scheduling a
game with Appalachian
State.
The coach said he
wanted to make sure
dynamic Armanti Edwards was no longer
going to be the Mountaineers' quarterback.
Edwards, who engineered Appalachian
State's upset of Michigan, is now with the
Carolina Panthers. But
as Beamer noted, "Daggone it if they don't
have another one."
His name is DeAndre
Presley.
The No. 13 Hokies
will get an in-person
introduction on Saturday when Presley leads
the Mountaineers, one
of the powerhouse programs of the FCS, into
Lane Stadium in the
opener for both teams.
Last season, Presley
became one of 13 quarterbacks in Division I
history to pass for 2,000
yards and run for 1,000
in a season. He had one
game in which he ran
for 264 yards, another
in which he threw five
touchdown passes. And
he came out of seven
games early with a big
lead.
"I don't think anybody knew that from
the beginning," Mountaineers coach Moore
said when asked when
he realized that Presley would be so explosive. He said Presley
even started slowly in
the opening game.
Then the 5-foot-11,
180-pounder came
alive, leading a 28point fourth-quarter
comeback against
Chattanooga, and capping the rally by running 33 yards with a
teammate's fumble.
"From that point on,
he's just gotten better and better," Moore
said.
He might be, Beamer
said, "as good a quarterback as we play all
year."
Presley averaged
6.4 yards per carry
and scored 13 touchdowns on the ground.
He threw for 2,631
yards and 21 touchdowns, and the first of
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6-3 win in No. 1 singles over the Rams’ Larssia Lowery, while Floyd battled it out with Purnell’s Kali
Strickland in a 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 victory.
Cori Newton and Kathleen Ralls kept the Lady
Scots’ perfect in No. 3 and No. 4 singles, with Newton topping Kailey Godwin 6-1, 6-1 in No. 3 singles
play and Ralls winning 6-1, 6-2 in No. 4 singles over
April White.
Sallie Wegner picked up a straight-set 6-1, 6-1 win
over Falon Strickland and Morgan Haywood earned
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7-point advantage at
halftime.
After the break, the
Scots looked poised to
make their way back
down the field for another score after a pair
of runs from Thomas
and McPhatter brought
the Scots out to their
own 44-yard line, but a
Rattliffe pass bounced
off the hands on Thomas
on Scotland’s third play
of the quarter, landing
in the arms of a Bulldog
defender for the interception.
Marlboro turned the
turnover into points
five minutes later, taking their second lead of
the night on a 3-yard
touchdown run after a
successful 2-point conversion.
Scotland answered
with a 67-yard drive
down field on their next
possession, breaking
deep into Bulldog scoring territory on a 13yard run from Thomas.
Thomas left the game
after the first down-run
with an injury, and two
plays later, Scotland
fumbled the ball on the
Marlboro 6-yard line,
ending the Scots’ scoring
chance.
“Tre is obviously one
of our best athletes and
a leader,” Hunt said.
“After that, our ball handling was a little sloppy
and we turned it over.
I think the break hurt
us a little bit with the
injury because we came
out a little bit flat after
that.”
After forcing a Marlboro punt, Scotland took
the lead for good on their
first drive of the fourth
quarter.
McPhatter broke two
tackles on his first run
of the drive to break free
for a 32-yard run, and
Rattliffe used a 4-yard
touchdown run to find
the end zone for the second time on the night.
his seven interceptions
came in the eighth
game.
The Mountaineers
are usually pretty
solid, too. They won
three consecutive national championships,
beginning in 2005, and
have won the Southern Conference six
straight seasons.
While officials at the
school in Boone, N.C.,
have recommended
the football program
get elevated to the
FBS level, Beamer
said they already play
like they are in that
class.
"There's no question he's got a football
team that can compete
at the next level up,"
Beamer, who is entering his 25th season
at Virginia Tech, said
of his counterpart,
Moore.
The Hokies see it,
too.
"When I look at film,
these guys, they look
just like everyone
else," Hokies cornerback Kyle Fuller said.
"Just because they're
a I-AA team doesn't
mean anything. They
can play ball."
Moore's
team
splashed onto the national stage in 2007
when it beat Michigan, then ranked No.
5, to become the first
FCS school to beat a
ranked team in the
larger classification.
The Hokies last year
became the second
ranked team to lose
such a game, falling
21-16 to James Madison.
While Moore said
that he has not mentioned the Michigan
game to his team this
week, Beamer did
show his team some
film of the lowlights
of last season's loss to
James Madison.
"James Madison
took it to us and beat
us," he said. "It's how
you play on Saturday
that counts. It's not
what should happen,
what you think is
going to happen, the
levels of teams."
The message was
not lost on Fuller, who
called the film session
"pretty disturbing."
"Just made us feel
like we don't want
that to happen again,"
he said.
an 8-6 win over Jordan Jacobs in a shortened No. 6
singles match.
In doubles play, Buie and Ralls downed Lowery
and Strickland 8-5, while Floyd and Newton earned
an easy 8-0 win over Godwin and White.
Scotland dropped their lone game in No. 3 doubles
in a shortened 7-6 (7-5) loss.
The win pushes Scotland’s record to 2-1 on the
season.
The Lady Scots will return to action on Tuesday,
Sept. 6, against Pinecrest.
Match time is set for 4 p.m.
McPhatter converted
the 2-point conversion,
putting Scotland ahead
21-14.
McPhatter’s 2-point
conversion turned out
to be the game’s difference maker, as the
Bulldogs returned the
ensuing kickoff 75 yards
to the Scots’ 12-yard line.
Marlboro scored two
plays later on a 13-yard
run, but on the 2-point
conversion, Scotland defensive back Tasheem
Tyson knocked away
Marlboro’s pass, keeping
the Scots’ 1-point advantage intact.
A late Scotland fumbled allowed the Bulldogs one last scoring
opportunity in Scots’ territory, but the Scots’ defense forced their second
turnover of the game
two plays later, as Marquis Williams recovered
the Marlboro misstep to
preserve the lead.
With the win, Scotland pushes their regular season record to 3-0
on the year.
Rattliffe finished the
game 1-for-4 passing
with 39 yards on the
ground, while Thomas
added 111 rushing yards
on 11 carries with one
touchdown.
Murphy finished with
a pair of sacks for the
Scotland defense. Scotland will return to action
Thursday, Sept. 8, when
they travel to Jack Britt
for their first road contest of the season.
Game time is set for 7
p.m.
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Two brothers
square off in SCECU matchup
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The brothers Paulk
are only focused on helping South Carolina and
East Carolina start their respective seasons off
with a win.
But something's got to give.
The former high school teammates will face each
other for the first time Saturday night when the
12th-ranked Gamecocks meet the Pirates at Bank
of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
Rodney Paulk is a South Carolina linebacker;
younger brother Leonard is a defensive back for
East Carolina.
Both will have plenty of support Saturday at the
Carolina Panthers stadium. What there won't be
is trash talk or family bets, Rodney said. That's not
the Paulk way.
"We're excited to play the game," said the Gameoccks sixth-year linebacker. "But it is what it is.
We're ballplayers so we're going to go into this
game like any other game. It just so happens we're
playing each other."
The two were standouts at Richland Northeast
High in Columbia, part of a Cavaliers team that
won a region title and reached the state championship finals in 2005. Rodney was the defensive star
of that club with 172 tackles and 12 sacks that season. Leonard was a rising defensive back, part of
a secondary that included Notre Dame defensive
back Gary Gray.
"The Paulks are always very close and one of
those families that always does things together,"
said Richland Northeast coach Jay Frye, who
coached both with the Cavaliers.
Rodney, a 6-foot, 229-pounder who turns 23 on
Sept. 11, locked onto hometown South Carolina because he wanted to be a part of coach Steve Spurrier's rebuilding project. Rodney never figured he'd
be here this long to see it pay off.
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Legals
Administratrix Notice
Having qualified as Administratrix of
the Estate of George David Pratt of
Scotland County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the Estate of said
George David Pratt to present them
to the Undersigned on or before
11/19/2011 or said will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate, please
make immediate payment.
This is the 19th day of August, 2011
Administratrix:
Christine Penny Burnette
17180 Morgan Circle
Laurinburg, NC
Publication dates:
8/19, 8/26, 9/2, & 9/9/2011
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Legals
minutes West 200 feet to a stake in
the northern line of a ten foot alley;
thence with the alley, parallel to
East Vance Street, South 67 degrees 11 minutes East 62 feet to a
stake in the northern line of the
alley; thence, parallel to First Street,
North 22 degrees 49 minutes East
200 feet to a stake in the southern
line of East Vance Street; thence
with East Vance Street North 67 degrees 11 minutes West 62 feet to
the BEGINNING.
The record owner(s) of the property,
as reflected on the records of the
Register of Deeds, is/are Cartina
DeLee Manning.
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority contained in the
above-referenced deed of trust and
because of default in the payment
of the secured indebtedness and
failure to perform the stipulation
and agreements therein contained
and, pursuant to demand of the
owner and holder of the secured
debt, the undersigned substitute
trustee will expose for sale at public
auction to the highest bidder for
cash at the usual place of sale at
the county courthouse of said
county at 10:00 AM on September
8, 2011 the following described real
estate and any other improvements
which may be situated thereon, in
Scotland County, North Carolina,
and being more particularly described as follows:
Being a lot composed of the eastern thirty-seven (37) feet of Lot No.
503 and the western twenty-five
(25) feet of adjoining Lot No. 505
East Vance Street, as shown, located and described upon a plat of
McNair Investment Company's Sallie Bizzell Lots, which is recorded in
Plat Book No. 2, at Page 54, Scotland County Registry, to which plat
reference is hereby made for
greater certainty of description.
Said lot is further described according to the plat as follows:
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be
advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued
in favor of the purchaser. Also, if
your lease began or was renewed
on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the
rental agreement upon 10 days
written notice to the landlord. You
may be liable for rent due under the
agreement prorated to the effective
date of the termination.
Lying on the south side of East
Vance Street, and BEGINNING at a
stake in the southern line of East
Vance Street located South 67 degrees 11 minutes East 63 feet,
measured along the southern line
of the street, from the intersection
of the southern line of East Vance
Street with the eastern line of First
Street, and runs thence, parallel to
First Street, South 22 degrees 49
The date of this Notice is August
18, 2011.
IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST
EXECUTED BY CARTINA D. MANNING DATED FEBRUARY 15,
1996 AND RECORDED IN BOOK
406 AT PAGE 317 IN THE SCOTLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA
NOTICE OF SALE
Elyse Johnson
Attorney for Substitute Trustee
10130 Perimeter Parkway,
FOR SALE
5 acres of land located in the
Laurel Hill, NC area.
Small pond, shop, & multi-use cabin.
Plenty of storage.
Call 910-506-9245 for more info.
Legals
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
(704) 333-8107
http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/
11-017270
Publication dates:
8/26 and 9/2/2011
300
And Being more commonly known
as: 503 East Vance St, Laurinburg, NC 28352
The property to be offered pursuant
to this notice of sale is being offered
for sale, transfer and conveyance
"AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the
Trustee nor the holder of the note
secured by the deed of trust, being
foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents
or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the
note make any representation or
warranty relating to the title or any
physical, environmental, health or
safety conditions existing in, on, at
or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or
in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.
This sale is made subject to all prior
liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any
transfer tax associated with the
foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid
or seven hundred fifty dollars
($750.00), whichever is greater, is
required and must be tendered in
the form of certified funds at the
time of the sale. This sale will be
held open ten days for upset bids
as required by law. Following the
expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING.
Failure to remit funds in a timely
manner will result in a Declaration
of Default and any deposit will be
frozen pending the outcome of any
re-sale.
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE OF NORTH
CAROLINA SUPERIOR
COURT DIVISION
SCOTLAND COUNTY
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Antiques, Gifts, Collectibles
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Sat. Sept. 3rd
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
Kyle Busch fan hopes driver makes her millionaire
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Dana
Hardie has been out of work
since January and spends her
days picking up cans and scrap
metal along the side of the road
to make ends meet.
The die-hard NASCAR fan
could become a millionaire this
weekend if her favorite driver
wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Hardie is one of five fans
traveling to the race this weekend as part of the Sprint Summer Showdown. The first-year
program promised a $3 million
payout if an eligible driver wins
Sunday night's race.
The money will be split between the driver, the charity of
his choice and a fan paired with
him in advance.
Hardie got the call she'd been
paired with Kyle Busch a day
after his Aug. 21 victory at
Michigan.
"We actually out picking up
cans that day, and my oldest
son called me over, and over,
and over," Hardie said by phone
Thursday from her home in Laurel Hill. "When I finally called
him back, he said 'You've won
something and the man says if
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going to miss out."
Hardie said when she returned
the call and learned she was the
fan selected to be paired with
Busch, "my fiancee said I lost
my color for a minute. It is just
so huge."
The Summer Showdown was
open for the five races at Indianapolis, Pocono, Watkins Glen,
Michigan and Bristol. Each
week, fans could register online
and predict which driver they
thought would win that week.
A victory Sunday night at Atlanta would yield $1 million each for Kyle Busch, his foundation and fan Dana Hardie.
One fan was then randomly selected from the correct answers
each week. Hardie said she entered Busch every week and has
rooted for him since before his
Sprint Cup Series debut in 2004.
"He just reminds of back-inthe-day NASCAR, when drivers
raced just to race," she said. "He
ain't afraid of anything."
Hardie now will meet Busch at
Atlanta, which will be only the
second race she's ever attended.
To get there, she'll fly on an airplane for the first time in her
life.
"This is just so huge for a normal, everyday person like me,"
she said. "I've never won anything in my life. I'm just trying
to make ends meet. I go to school
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this unbelievable experience and
the chance to win $1 million."
Hardie has a very, very good
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Busch, who currently shares
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Also eligible for the $3 million
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Andrea Gay from Voorhees, N.J.
and Ambrose with Ron Rempinski of St. Charles, Mo. Keselowski is paired with two fans,
Helene Cross of Kansas City and
Molly Hilyard of Sidney, Ohio.
Hardie said if Busch wins, she
and her fiancee, Thomas Frazier, finally will be able to get
married.
"We'll take care of every debt
possible, get us a house, some
decent cars and make sure my
kids never want for anything,"
said Hardie, a mother of three
boys. "But I already feel like a
winner."
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