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Editorial - February 2002 |
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Regulating crematories |
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Feb. 27, 2002 - It’s a tragic, almost unbelievable story. Investigators in Georgia have now found more than 300 corpses randomly tossed about grounds surrounding a crematory that had been out of repair for years. The crematory’s operator has been arrested on theft-by-deception charges for allegedly taking payment for cremations not performed and giving families wood chips or cement powder instead of ashes. |
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County’s voters can weigh the arguments on alcohol |
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Feb. 22, 2002 - Lincoln County commissioners on Monday approved holding an alcohol sales referendum in the spring to let voters decide just what can be sold and who can sell it. The reasoning for this somewhat controversial decision is simple: Lincoln County is losing taxable revenue to other counties because it does not allow the sales. |
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Mark your calendar |
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Feb. 18, 2002 - Check your events calendar for the next month or so, particularly you volunteer types and members of the business community who participate in chamber and civic club events. |
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Lawmakers should have balanced the state budget |
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Feb. 11, 2002 - It makes you wonder what was accomplished during a 10-month legislative session of the North Carolina General Assembly when all of a sudden we learn the state’s budget was never balanced. City and county officials all across North Carolina expressed disgust and outright anger last week when Gov. Mike Easley announced that he would once again squeeze local governments to help meet a state budget shortfall. Isn’t this a problem that could have been addressed in Raleigh during those 10 months? |
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Economic crisis in the textile industry |
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Feb. 01, 2002 - The U.S. textile industry is suffering from a devastating economic crisis, and Lincoln County is feeling the impact. Last year, 103 textile mills closed and almost 67,000 jobs were lost nationwide, according to the American Textile Manufacturers Institute. Since Sept. 11, the crisis has worsened as bankruptcies triggered the loss of nearly 24,000 textile jobs, the institute said. |
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