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Long Branch Road Baptist Church
Boston Butt, Slaw & Sauce, $30. Smoked Turkey $30. Orders must be pre-ordered & pre-paid by Nov. 17^th. Pick-up Nov. 23, 2pm-3pm. Info: 828-429-4479. 621 Long Branch Road, Forest City.

Well Springs UM Church, Forest City
Rutherford County NAACP Membership Drive Program Sun. Nov. 17, 3pm. Guest Speaker; Presiding Elder Andrew Smoke, AME Zion Church & local male choirs. All invited.
 
Redemption Faith Center
Weekly Intercessory Prayer Wednesdays, 7pm. 1070 74-A Spindale. 828-245-6296.
 
Church of Christ
FREE Bible Study Course by mail. Leave name, address & number. 115 Clay St., Forest City. 828-245-2720.

Buffet Breakfast 
Sat. Nov. 9, 7am-10am at the Gilkey School Community Center. Adults $5, Kids 6-12 $3, 6 and under free. All you can eat. Proceeds to help the Community Center.

Cornerstone Baptist Church
Veterans Day Service Sun. Nov. 10, 11AM. Special speaker NC State Rep: Tim Moore. US74 & North Academy St., Mooresboro. Info: 704-434-4949 or visit church website www.cbc-web.org. 
 
Chase FFA Alumni Meeting
Mon. Nov. 11, 7pm. Ag. Department, Chase High School. Contact: chaseffaalumni@gmail.com
 
Benefit Ride & Auction
For Karla Bradley Oliver on Sat. Nov. 16, 11am until at Rutherford County Moose Lodge; 548 E. US 74B, Bostic. Proceeds help Karla in her fight against Lymphedema. Cost $10/single rider or $15/double rider, includes meal.  Info: 828-429-8481 or 828-289-1944.

Do you get it right every time?      

   Do you sometimes expect yourself to get it right every time? 

   Does your expectation keep you from taking a risk sometimes?  From trying something new that you’ve never done before because you’re afraid you won’t get it right?

   I suppose we’re all like that at least a little bit.  Well, the next time you find yourself paralyzed and can’t try something new, I want you to think about this:   Everyone misses the mark at some time.

   Need proof?  Okay, do you remember Kevin Costner’s movie, Waterworld?  Probably not.  Or if you do, you remember it as a flop.  What about Tom Hanks in Joe and the Volcano?  Even Wilson is glad to have missed that trip.  And as beautiful as Jennifer Aniston is and as wonderful as she was in Bruce Almighty, did you see her in The Office Space?  If not, please don’t.

   Even highly successful people swing and miss.  But they keep on swinging and celebrate the times they hit the bullseye.

   And you can, too. Believe you can as you Live Positive and Work Positive today.

As they say, it’s not how you start, but how you finish! R-S Central had to come back from 14 down in the first half and held off East Rutherford in the classic county rivalry, 20-17.

The Cavaliers scored a field goal just three seconds before the end of the first half to go up 17-7. East then kicks off to Matt Atchley and it will be forever known as “The four point swing, in three seconds of Cavalier doom.”

Mi Pueblito Celebrates New Restaurant Opening in Rutherfordton With Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on November 9

Get Elevated at Climbin’ The Chimney Saturday, November 9

Long Branch Road Baptist Church
Christmas Bazaar Sat. Nov. 2, 8am-2pm. Breakfast 8am-10am. Lunch 11am-1pm. 828-429-4479. 621 Long Branch Rd., Forest City.
 
Bostic First Baptist Church
Free Food & Clothes Closet on Sat. Nov. 2, 10am-12pm.
 
Faith Praise and Worship
Everyone welcome, simple and natural approach to family wellness 101. Sat. Nov. 4, 7pm-8:30pm. 143 Old Wagy Rd. Forest City.

West Point Baptist Church
Operation Inasmuch Sat. Nov. 2, 8am-12pm. The following FREE SERVICES will be offered: Clothes closet, food give-away, car wash and service. 1160 Union Rd., Rutherfordton. 828-287-0165.

Music at the Mills
Fri. Nov. 1, featuring: Homegrown Music. Music 7pm & Supper 6pm. Union Mills Learning Center; 6495 Hudlow Rd. Union Mills.
 
Washburn Community Outreach Center
50% off all items sale on Sat. Nov. 2, 9am-2pm. All proceeds go towards funding our food pantry ministry. 2934 Piney Mountain Church Road in Bostic. 828-245-5603
 
Fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer Research 
Sun. Nov. 3, 10am-3pm. 108 E. Main St., Forest City. Selling Thirty One - all kinds of bags, scarfs, gifts, etc. Refreshments served. Info: www.mythirtyone/EllenMoyer or 828-289-4429.

HOPE Grief Support Group
November 5, 6pm at Hospice of Rutherford County.  This is a free support group for any adult who has lost a loved one.  Please call 828-245-0095 to register or for more information.

How’s your pace?

As I travel and speak to business groups and associations, one of the most common questions I get is, “How do you write all of those stories?” These stories are on the radio and in newspapers across the U.S. and on our blog which reaches hundreds of thousands of people in some 50 countries.

My usual response is something like, “Well, I listen to my life and that’s where the stories come from.” Then lots of times there’s a follow-up question: “But how do you write so many?”  And that’s a fair question since I write about 260 or so a year.

I always answer, “I write them one at a time.”

You see, if I sat down in front of my blank computer screen with that constantly blinking cursor staring at me, and said, “I’ve got to write 260 stories” I’d never write the first one. I’d be paralyzed, frozen, by such a daunting task.

But just about everyday something happens around me and I jot myself a note about it. Later I sit down and write about that experience and it becomes a story. And pretty soon one story in a blog becomes 260.

Today, just listen to life for your story as you Live Positive and Work Positive in a negative world.

   One of my favorite creations in our world is that thing we call a “day.” You know, that 24 hours that comes to an end, only to begin another 24 hours. Now I know it doesn’t take much to intrigue me but this has always been something that I have given thought to. And if you think about it, it is one of the most refreshing things about life.

   In hunting or fishing it doesn’t matter what yesterday was like, today is a new day. It doesn’t matter that I never saw a deer yesterday, today will be better.