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LINCOLN
TIMES-NEWS
P.O. Box 40
119 W. Water Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
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Crossing still hazardous at courtsquare
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More than 650 graduate from area high schools
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Salutatorian: ‘Our lives have no boundaries’
May 27, 2002 - More than 650 students graduated Saturday from Lincoln County’s three high schools.
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Above, Lincolnton High School graduate Pablo Quezada is congratulated by friends William Rivera (left) and Elbert Barrantes
(right). Right, East Lincoln High School graduates celebrate by throwing their mortar boards in the air.
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Teacher of the Year honored
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North Brook’s Tallent surprised with new car
May 24, 2002 - A North Brook Elementary School teacher’s dedication to her classroom has earned her a 2003 Pontiac
Vibe.
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Lincoln County teacher of the year Michele Tallent (top) shows her surprise after she was presented
a 2003 Pontiac Vibe to drive for one year. Below, Tallent gets ready to take the car for a spin with her assistant Wilma Hull. First grade teacher Kristina Hendrick peers in the door.
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State cuts weigh heavy on schools
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May 24, 2002 - State budget cuts are hitting Lincoln County Schools hard, board members learned Wednesday.
Bus routes may have to be doubled and that means earlier pickups. Free breakfast may be canceled at some schools and the system’s distance learning program may
be dead.
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Lincoln braces for Fire Ant infestation
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May 24, 2002 - Red Imported Fire Ants: the bane of those who enjoy the summer outdoors.
Though Lincoln county is not under quarantine like 49 of North Carolina’s 100 counties, those pesky fire ants are still a problem.
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City, county send message to Raleigh
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May 24, 2002 - Still smarting from the loss of $600,000 this year, the Lincolnton City Council Wednesday
unanimously passed a resolution designed to protect local revenues from being held up in state coffers.
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Maryvale children dedicate memorial
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May 22, 2002 - Children at Maryvale Daycare Center on Tuesday waved American flags and sang
patriotic songs as they helped dedicate a monument to emergency workers and others killed Sept. 11.
The children have donated pennies, nickels and dimes since the attack on America last fall. With some help from parents, enough money was collected
to create a memorial on the daycare center grounds.
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Sister Mary Michael (left) pushes the six babies in her care through the crowd during a memorial dedication ceremony at Maryvale Daycare
School on Tuesday. The stone, angel and flag pole below are part of a memorial honoring people killed during the Sept. 11 attack on America. Maryvale students and their parents donated money to create
the memorial on the June Bug Road campus.
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$70 million budget proposed
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May 22, 2002 - The proposed 2002-2003 county budget will not increase taxes.
County Manager Stan Kiser presented a $70,286,566, budget Monday to the board of commissioners Monday.
The total net budget after transfers is $70,286,566 — an increase of $1,646,142 over last year’s budget. It has no tax increases.
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Barefoot writes ‘Haunted 100’
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May 22, 2002 - Rep. Dan Barefoot’s latest historical work has a new, scary twist.
“North Carolina’s Haunted 100” is a collection of haunted tales from each of the state’s 100 counties.
Barefoot read excerpts from the work Monday at the Lincolnton Rotary club.
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McGregor: Remember helpers
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Students honored at Academic Achievement Banquet
May 22, 2002 - Don’t forget who made you successful.
That message from New Orleans Hornets announcer Gil McGregor was delivered to some of Lincoln County’s top students Tuesday at the Lincolnton-Lincoln
County Chamber of Commerce Academic Achievement Banquet.
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Land purchase to extend rail trail
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May 22, 2002 - Despite this year’s bleak budget, work will proceed on extending Lincolnton’s Marcia
Cloninger Rail Trail, the city’s planning board learned during its Tuesday afternoon meeting.
“We’re getting ready to go into a fiscally tight year but we can begin facets that require little or no funding,” City Planner Steve Gurley told the
board.
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Commissioners reject election change
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May 22, 2002 - The Board of Education will continue to hold district elections, at least until 2004.
Lincoln County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday against a proposed change from district to at-large elections for the 2002 election.
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East Relay celebrates successful event
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May 22, 2002 - East Lincoln’s Relay for Life raised $177,142 and more money is expected to come in,
supporters learned during a Monday night celebration at Westport Baptist Church. The annual event raises funds for the American Cancer Society.
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Institute will offer NASCARtech training
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May 22, 2002 - MOORESVILLE — If you have ever wanted to work for NASCAR, career training may be
close than you think.
The NASCAR Technical Institute, a first-ever technical training school combining a complete automotive technology program and a NASCAR-specific motorsports
program, held a grand opening Monday night at Talbert Pointe Business Park.
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Shop will repair pick-ups to semis
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May 22, 2002 - DENVER — One Stop Truck Shop is open for business in the Triangle Industrial Park on N.C.
16.
The company offers repair work on trucks — pick-up to semi — for both independent and large fleets.
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3rd annual race is a winner for Hospice
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May 22, 2002 - They raced for a good cause in east Lincoln Saturday.
The 3rd Annual Lincoln County Hospice race attracted 100 race cars to pit areas of East Lincoln Speedway.
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Kannapolis' Terry Bunn rounds the track in his late model modified at East Lincoln Speedway Saturday.
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Blustery temps chill Strawberry Festival
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Detention officers learn self defense
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May 20, 2002 - It’s a little bit like martial arts.
A detention officer has to come up with some super hero antics to deal with attacking prisoners intent on escape.
As an officer goes about her duties she suddenly finds hands are around her neck in a full-throttle choke. What does she do?
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Top seniors to be honored at banquet
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May 20, 2002 - Lincoln County’s top high school seniors for 2002 will be recognized Tuesday at the 23rd Annual
Academic Achievement Banquet at the Citizens Center.
Ten top seniors will be honored from each of the county’s three high schools.
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Election change on table
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May 20, 2002 - The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners will vote tonight on a proposal from the Board
of Education to change the current method of electing school board members.
The proposal would abandon the district method of elections and allow voters to choose at-large seats.
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Child booster seats available to families
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May 20, 2002 - Three Lincoln County agencies are making child booster seats more accessible to low-income
families.
The United Way of Lincoln County, Lincoln County Health Department and the Lincoln County Fire Marshall’s Office are distributing 200 seats locally through the
Boost America program. Ford Motor Company and the International Center for Injury Prevention are also helping sponsor the giveaway.
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Runners carry on without torch
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May 17, 2002 - The Torch Run for Special Olympics went torchless this year.
The entourage was there: two Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office runners, another volunteer runner, a large truck and two escort cars. They left
the Lincolnton Police Department just after 12:30 p.m. Thursday on their leg of the run.
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LEDA seeks study
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May 17, 2002 - The Lincoln Economic Development Association wants to change the economy.
A recent Federal Economic Development Administration project mapped increases in unemployment throughout the United States.
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Kiser, Barefoot could land in same district
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May 17, 2002 - Lincoln County’s two resident House members could wind up in the same district as
lawmakers reconstruct House and Senate district lines to comply with court directives.
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Experts appraise attic treasures
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May 17, 2002 - Guns, pottery, pictures, books — most were old but did the objects hold
monetary value?
A team of appraisers tried to answer those questions Wednesday night during a local version of the “Antiques Roadshow” held at the Charles R. Jonas
Library.
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Kids and cops mix it up
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Adopt-A-Cop celebration
May 17, 2002 - A 32-foot inflatable McGruff, helicopters and police cars with flashing lights converged on Betty G.
Ross Park Wednesday as hundreds of wide-eyed third-graders celebrated the 10th annual Adopt-A-Cop celebration.
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Jumping pays off for title holder
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Mom’s not mad anymore:
May 15, 2002 - DENVER — If your kids race through the house, trying to jump and touch the top of the door frames and
the ceiling, it’s not necessarily a bad thing.
East Lincoln High School junior Meghan Seehorn did that as a youngster.
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Lake development criticized
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May 15, 2002 - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department has joined critics who say Duke
Power’s management of the Catawba River lakes does more to encourage new home-building than to protect the environment.
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Huntersville hospital gets state OK
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May 15, 2002 - After four filings, several appeals and a lot of frustration, Huntersville is finally
getting a hospital.
Presbyterian Healthcare was issued a Certificate of Need by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Facility Services Thursday.
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Lincoln posts Web sites in cyberspace
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May 15, 2002 - Lincoln County is flying through cyberspace.
And so are the city of Lincolnton, the Economic Development Association, the Chamber of Commerce and the Lincolnton/Lincoln County Airport.
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Danté Patterson surfs through the county's Web site Tuesday. Site visitors can access deeds, taxes and records with click of a mouse.
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Storm batters Lincoln
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Limbs and power lines downed by powerful winds
May 15, 2002 - Lincoln County saw its share of fallen trees and downed power lines after Monday’s storm.
Winds reaching up to about 85 mph swept through the county, leaving downtown areas in the dark for an hour or longer.
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William Fowler (top) with the Lincoln County Building and Grounds Department saws a 50-foot maple tree that fell on the
courthouse lawn dur-ing Monday's storm. Mi-chael Herring (bottom) works on Holloway Road to restore electricity to a neighborhood hit by Monday's storm. This trailer belonging to Tamara Grant
sits de-stroyed by an oak tree.
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School board votes to change election method
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At-large seats replace districts
May 15, 2002 - The Lincoln School Board Monday decided to abandon the district method of elections and allow voters to choose
at-large seats.
This is a departure from the method that has been in place since 1974 requiring candidates to live in certain districts, though subject to countywide elections.
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Program grads gain sense of community
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It Takes A Village helps participants develop strong life skills
May 15, 2002 - Self-esteem, budgeting and household safety were on the agenda for six women
who completed Lincolnton Housing Authority’s It Takes A Village program Monday night.
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Family Resource Center Director Fran Senters (front, center) celebrates graduation with It Takes A Village participants Donna Richards
(front, left), Lisa Belk, Annette Howie (back, left), Jenny Sanchez, Crystal Bumgarner and Ruby Hefner.
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Lincolnton's town portrait
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May 13, 2002 - About 100 people gathered Sunday for Lincolnton's second annual town portrait. Ashley Arlow and Hazel Andrews were right up
front and ready to smile while photographer Ron Atchley organized the crowd in front of Memorial Hall on the corner of Academy and Pine Streets. The portrait kicked-off Historic Preservation Week in
Lincolnton which will include events each night this week.
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Local school volunteers recognized for service
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May 13, 2002 - They tutor students, work in concession stands, chaperone field
trips and help with strategic planning but never receive a paycheck.
Lincoln County Schools’ 350-plus volunteers donated over 32,000 hours of service this year.
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North Brook Volunteer of the Year Belinda Watts
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Schools seek funds for summer
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May 13, 2002 - School doesn’t stop for the summer.
When school is out for students, the school doors are not locked. Additional personnel must be hired and oriented, new students need registering, school
handbooks are written, summer school and extra-curricular camps bring students to campus and repairs are made to the buildings.
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City to celebrate Hog Happenin’
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Bikers and barbecue coming May 31
May 13, 2002 - Rev up your engine, strap on your bib and go hog wild.
Something big is happenin’ in downtown Lincolnton May 31-June 1.
The First Charter Hog Happenin’ is back, and it promises to be better than ever.
The event was recently proclaimed by Gov. Michael Easley as “The Lincolnton Hog Happenin’ Barbecue State Championship.”
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Students get year-end test results
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May 13, 2002 - Lincoln County’s third- through eighth-graders proved what they had learned this year
during last week’s end-of-grade testing.
While countywide test results are not back yet, individual students have received their results.
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SBA offers many aid programs
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School Board considers at-large election
By JACQUELINE CASEY, LTN Staff Writer
May 10, 2002 - The days of district representation on the Lincoln County School Board may be numbered.
Wednesday the board agreed to develop a plan that would seat members in a countywide at-large election. The plan will be up for comment Monday at 7 p.m. during
a public hearing at Lincolnton Middle School.
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SBA offers many aid programs
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May 10, 2002 - DENVER — Small businesses can’t get any free handouts from the Small Business
Association, but a multitude of services are offered by the government agency..
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New Christian School hopes to open in fall
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May 10, 2002 - As one local Christian school closes its doors another is trying to open.
New Life Christian Academy, which is part of New Life Baptist Church on Car Farm Road, is closing after 18 years. Its administrator and several
parents of New Life students hope to open Lincoln Christian Academy in the fall.
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Lincoln man missing after knife show
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May 10, 2002 - A 63-year-old Lincolnton man has been missing since April 27 when he disappeared from a
knife show in Pennsylvania.
Henry “Ike” Imhauser and a friend, Greg Keys, left Lincolnton together April 26 to attend a knife show at the Allentown Expo Center.
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Volunteers help cancer victims Look Good, Feel Better
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May 8, 2002 - DENVER — During the past 18 years working as a cosmetologist, Susan Harrison has helped
customers cope when they lose their hair as a side effect of chemotherapy. When Harrison learned that she could help even more women through the American Cancer Society’s Look Good, Feel Better program, she was
eager to volunteer.
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Despite rain, festival entertains families
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May 8, 2002 - DAVIDSON — The rain may have sent the exhibitions and events at Davidson’s
annual town day packing but it didn’t dampen the fun and togetherness families felt as they crunched up indoors.
Davidson Elementary’s PTA always takes part in Davidson Town Day, so when it rained, they held their town day fund-raiser in the school gym.
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Family-oriented CIS director comes home
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May 8, 2002 - When he accepted the job as executive director of Lincoln’s Communities in
Schools, Billy Marsh was practicing what he preaches – parents taking more interest in their children’s lives.
Marsh, who started the job last week, was eager to work closer to his Lincolnton home so he could spend more time with his own children, Rylee, 6,
and Noah, 3.
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Mock disaster tests LMC
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May 8, 2002 - A train carrying fertilizer derailed, spewing a dense cloud of toxic vapor into
the air around Boger City United Methodist Church.
Now, how do you handle such a disaster if you’re a firefighter, an EMS worker, a hospital technician?
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Commissioners appoint Beutel to LHS board
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By ALICE SMITH, LTN Staff Writer
May 8, 2002 - The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners ended a controversial stand-off over a Lincoln Health System board appointment Monday with the
unanimous approval of Dr. William Beutel..
At an April 24 meeting, the LHS board nominated and approved Beutel for the position. With the commissioners’ approval, Beutel will fill the open seat
immediately.
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Maiden settles lawsuit
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Town sued by Justice Department for discrimination
May 8, 2002 - MAIDEN — The town of Maiden has made an out-of-court settlement in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department.
The suit charged that Maiden discriminated against a group home, which sought to operate in the town seven years ago.
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Council names Officer of the Year
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May 8, 2002 - It was what Lincolnton Police Sgt. J.M. Caudle considers a routine call.
But Caudle’s skill in diffusing the potentially explosive confrontation between a public housing resident and Lincolnton Housing staff six
weeks ago left a lasting impression on those involved. ”
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Rain, chill fails to dampen relayers
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May 6, 2002 - Despite rain and chilly temperatures, the weekend’s American Cancer Society
Relay for Life raised $133,800.
“You would think with all the rain it would have dampened people’s spirits. It didn’t,” said Susan Beaver, team recruitment chairwoman.
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Habitat home a dream come true
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May 6, 2002 - It’s a gray, gloomy kind of day on Lincoln Street Thursday. An overcast
sky seems to threaten the area with rain.
The sounds of hammering, sawing and tools clanking echo through the streets.
But the sound of laughter is louder.
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New center would provide English survival skills
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May 5, 2002 - English is not the first language of more than 900 Lincoln County students.
Not only is the language unfamiliar, the class schedules, lunchrooms and even the dress code poses problems.
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Airport has wet Fly-in
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Open house may be rescheduled
May 6, 2002 - Three airplanes, caterers, a few people and much more rain than was wanted showed up for the
Lincolnton/Lincoln County Airport’s Fly-in Saturday.
Unfortunately, the open house was canceled early in the morning because of the weather.
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Marine ROTC coming to WLHS
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May 6, 2002 - West Lincoln High has been approved as a U.S. Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers Training
Corps site but money — and a long waiting list — mean students will not be marching any time soon.
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School calendar proposed
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May 6, 2002 - Parents, teachers and students can voice their opinion on a proposed draft calendar for the
2003-2004 school year.
School board members approved the draft Wednesday night. It will stand open for public comment until May 25.
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Mom and Dad thankful for a ‘Shriners’ kid’
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May 3, 2002 - She pulls out a large box and takes off the top to display tiny casts, braces
and pins — not the usual keepsakes of a 3-year-old’s first years.
“I want her to know where she’s come from and what all she’s been through,” says Tracy Barger.
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Now a healthy 3-year-old, Victoria Barger enjoys playing and having her mom, Tracy, push her on the swing.
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LMC heads east
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Hospital will manage medical park
Lincoln Medical Center is heading east.
The hospital plans to manage a medical office park that is being built by private investors.
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New clerk won’t keep deputy
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May 3, 2002 - A Lincoln County deputy clerk lost her job soon after Lincoln County’s newly appointed
Clerk of Court took office.
Teresa Peeler, who was sworn in as interim clerk on Wednesday, informed Lisa Garland Tuesday that she would not be re-appointed to the position she has held
since last fall.
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City adopts room tax
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Lodging representatives opposed
May 3, 2002 - Lincolnton City Council members adopted a 2 percent room occupancy tax Wednesday, after
hearing protests from local hotel and motel representatives.
Council originally wanted 3 percent, but local objection led them to vote unanimously on establishing a 2 percent tax instead.
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Huskey steps down after 30 years at courthouse
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May 1, 2002 - Goodbye work, hello free time.
That’s what Pam Huskey, Lincoln County’s Clerk of Court for the last 15 years can say today, her first day of official retirement.
After working in the clerk’s office for 30 years, Huskey said Tuesday that she is looking forward to her retirement.
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Group proposes children’s clinic
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May 1, 2002 - Some Lincoln County children are going without healthcare and a group of local citizens
wants to change that.
Several doctors met Monday night at the Senior Center with clergymen and representatives from the Department of Social Services, county health department,
Lincoln Medical Center, Christian Ministry, United Way, recreation department, the Partnership for Children and juvenile services. The group hopes to start a low cost clinic for Hispanic children and others
who cannot afford healthcare.
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ELBA hosts candidate forum
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Questions concern schools, budget shortfalls and east Lincoln issues
May 1, 2002 - East Lincoln residents had the opportunity to question clerk of court and county commission candidates Tuesday night
at a forum hosted by the East Lincoln Betterment Association.
About 85 ELBA members turned out at the East Lincoln High School cafeteria to hear what candidates had to say about the issues.
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Schools lead in reporting suspected child abuse to DSS
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May 1, 2002 - Daily contact with children make school teachers a first line of defense against child
abuse.
In Lincoln County, more reports of child abuse are from the schools than any other source, according to the county Department of Social Services.
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City council to consider room occupancy tax
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May 1, 2002 - The
Lincolnton City Council will vote Thursday on whether to establish a 3 percent room occupancy tax.
The General Assembly enacted legislation to allow the city to create the room occupancy tax, according to city officials.
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New city budget won’t raise taxes
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May 1, 2002 - Citizens will not see any tax or utility increases next year if the proposed 2002-03 city
budget is adopted.
City Manager Jeff Emory presented the budget to the city council at a budget work session Tuesday.
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Charter school grows
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New building readied for 9th and 10th graders
May 1, 2002 - Lincoln Charter School is growing but not too much — and that is the way staff and students like it.
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