County commissioners have agreed to match a $250,000 grant to West Lincoln Park from the Land and Water Conservation Fund should the grant be approved. The Land and Water Conservation Fund provides money to projects under conditions in order to promote preservation of natural resources. The grant is in addition…
School officials have unanimously marked mandated expenses and teacher supplements as high priorities in the 2005 to 2006 school system budget. What the next most important need is, however, has caused debate. “The needs always exceed the resources,†said Superintendent Jim Watson. School board members ranked their top priorities and…
ASHLEY CUNNINGHAM, JENNY BOYLE, HANNAH HOOVER and JESSICA LESTER North Lincoln High School ———————————— A Chinese Proverb says, “Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.†Dropout rates across the board seem to be lowering. For example, in Lincoln County last year, 167 people dropped out.…
A representative of Duke Power will be the guest speaker at the next East Lincoln Betterment Association meeting starting at 7 p.m. on March 10. ELBA has now moved its meetings to Thursdays instead of Tuesdays and will begin meeting at Unity Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 8210 Unity Church Road.…
Its bread and butter during the weekdays and weddings on the weekend. Jennifer Hatley, owner of No Time to Cook in Denver, keeps her days filled by pleasing people’s taste buds. The popular catering business has been going strong for five years offering food to many local businesses and also…
Paris by Night. John Lennon. Moulin Rouge a la Nuit. Even a Bruce Springsteen autographed guitar. These were just some of the items that were available at the 3rd annual “Fall in Love with Art and More Auction.†The event held Thursday night at the Triangle Industrial Park attracted more…
ELBA MEETING ELBA will meet Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m. at Unity Presbyterian Church. Duke Power will be doing the program. COMMUNITY GARDEN CLUB The East Lincoln Community Garden Club will meet Monday, March 14 at 9:45 a.m. in the fellowship hall of Webbs Chapel Church. The program will…
The banjo strumming Lincoln County Outlaw has friends in high places. Butch Jenkins, a local musician, regularly shares the stage with his idol – Raymond Fairchild, a bluegrass legend. “I didn’t think I would ever get to see Raymond play in person, and here I am picking with him on…