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LINCOLN
TIMES-NEWS
P.O. Box 40
119 W. Water Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
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Local News - January 2002
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Presbyterian applies to open Huntersville hospital
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Jan. 30, 2002 - HUNTERSVILLE — For almost 100 years, Charlotte-based Presbyterian Hospital has been
expanding and growing. Now its parent company Presbyterian Healthcare is asking for state approval to build a 60-bed facility, in the Huntersville area.
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Destructive hydrilla invading Lake Norman
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Jan. 30, 2002 - It’s straight out of a ’50s B movie: noxious, slimy green plant rapidly
reproduces, threatening to overrun a community.
But hydrilla is for real and it’s taken up residence in Lake Norman..
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Lake Keeper Jay Bunzey rakes up strings of hydrilla offer a Neck Road boat landing. Below, Bunzey holds clumps of the fast-growing weed.
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United Way celebrates success
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Jan. 30, 2002 - United Way volunteers Tuesday celebrated surpassing fundraising goals despite
a rough climate for charity fundraising.
The agency raised $388,000 and expects more to come in before the campaign ends March 1.
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United Way Director Rhonda Sigmon (center) talks with fundraising volunteer Doug Phillips and Beverly Allran, board treasurer. Allran and
Sigmon are with First Citizens Bank. Fundrais-ing volunteers celebrated surpassing the agency's goal during a breakfast meeting Tuesday.
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Hungry pie lovers swarm Citizens Center
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Jan. 30, 2002 - Pecan praline, coconut pineapple, chocolate chess, sweet potato and
peppermint were among the more than 30 varieties of pies served Tuesday at the National Pie Day celebration in Lincolnton.
Pie lovers came in droves to the Citizens Center to enjoy the tantalizing treats prepared by members of the Lincoln County Extension and Community
Association.
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Mikaela Quiles, 3, inspects each bite as she reaps the rewards of attending this year's National Pie Day celebration Tuesday at the
Citizens Center.
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New school on schedule
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Bad weather hampers work
Jan. 30, 2002 - Construction is behind schedule by one week at Lincoln’s newest school but officials say it will still
open August, 2003.
Bob Sebire of M.B. Kahn, the school’s construction management firm, met with school board building and site committee members Monday afternoon.
Work on the footings was slated to begin last week but was delayed due to rain.
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Hallman to run for clerk
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Jan. 30, 2002 - A former Lincoln County commissioner will make a bid for the Lincoln County Clerk of
Court’s office.
Republican Jim Hallman said Monday he will run for the four-year position.
“At this time in my life, this will be my last opportunity perhaps for that. I feel I need to make the effort,” Hallman
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Workshops scheduled
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Jan. 30, 2002 - The Lincoln County Fire Marshall will hold three workshops on open burning regulations in
the next couple of weeks.
The first will be on Jan. 31 at the Denver Volunteer Fire Department, the second on Feb. 11 at the Howard’s Creek Volunteer Fire Department and the third will
be Feb. 14 in the Senior Center at the Lincoln Campus of Gaston College. The workshops are scheduled for 7 p.m. on all three dates.
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Legal assistant seeks clerk’s post
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Jan. 28, 2002 - A local legal assistant hopes to run for Lincoln’s Clerk of Court as an
unaffiliated candidate.
Before Janet Carpenter Spears can get her name on the ballot, she will have to get 1,593 signatures of local registered voters. The petition is
required of any candidate who wants to run unaffiliated.
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Dental clinic speeds services
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LMC opens operating room for indigent
Jan. 28, 2002 - A preschooler’s mouth is filled with decay; some teeth need filling, others must be removed. Sedation
is required to get the teeth fixed, a procedure that used to mean a months’ long wait to visit an out of county hospital’s operating room. Today, the work can be done quickly right here in Lincolnton.
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Dr. Cordell Scott is using Lincoln Medical Center's operating room to do extensive dental work on indigent children.
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Morganton’s Daugherty seeks 10th District seat
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Jan. 28, 2002 - A Morganton man hopes to be the 10th Congressional district’s next
representative, running on a platform to keep jobs in the United States or North America.
Ron Daugherty recently announced his candidacy for the seat now held by U.S. Rep. Cass Ballenger, R-Hickory, who is expected to seek re-election.
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Pumpkin Center clowns around
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Jan. 28, 2002 - It was barrels of fun Friday at Pumpkin Center Elementary as Physical Education teacher Sherry Bourbeau's fourth-graders
put on Clown School for kindergartners. Above, Johnathan Auton, helps kindergartner Dakota Newsome to stack shapes. Fourth-grader Emily Cooke, right, smiles through her special Clown Day make-up.
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Teacher commits to racing for a cure
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Jan. 25, 2002 - Karen Lounsbury ran 13 miles during a January marathon at Walt Disney World.
The three hours of pounding the pavement through the theme park were grueling but Lounsbury did not give up.
As each step got harder, she would look at her bracelet. It bore the name “Sarah,” a 12-year-old Statesville girl with leukemia. Lounsbury was
running to raise money for a cure.
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Karen Lounsbury runs to raise money for leukemia and lymphoma research. The S. Ray Lowder teacher and her husband Steve completed a half
marathon in Florida earlier this month.
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Task Force wants help with man hunt
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Jan. 25, 2002 - The Lincolnton-Lincoln County Drug Task Force has been looking for fugitive
James Taylor Gettings since he made bail in 1997 and never returned for court.
When last seen, Gettings, now 56, had short brown hair, hazel eyes and stood about 5 feet 10 inches tall. He weighed about 190 lbs. and wore
prescription glasses.
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LMC looks to new scanner to boost its bottom line
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Jan. 25, 2002 - Lincoln Medical Center is updating its CT scanner, enabling patients to receive care
without traveling to Charlotte or Gastonia.
Board members voted unanimously during a Wednesday board meeting to either purchase or lease a G.E. Lightspeed CT Scanner.
The current computerized topography scanner is eight-years-old, Teresa Watson, vice-president of administration, told board members.
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Tough economy is fueling rise in domestic violence, say officials
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By COURTNEY MARTIN, LTN Staff Writer
Jan. 25, 2002 - With Lincoln County’s unemployment rate increasing, so are crime and domestic violence. That’s what local law enforcement officials have
been seeing during the past several months.
“When people are out of work, it’s a known fact that there’s more crime,” said Lt. Ronnie Matthews with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
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Board tells county: School needs top $9 million
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Jan. 25, 2002 - County schools have requested $9.4 million in personnel, furniture, instructional materials, computers and software though it may take years to fulfill the wish
list, officials say.
School board members discussed the request with Lincoln County Commission Chairman Jerry Cochrane during a Wednesday night Budget and Finance Committee meeting.
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Sports juice softens slowdown for Lincoln bottler
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Company’s product switch save jobs, improves outlook, and brings a new brand name to town
Jan. 25, 2002 - A sweet aroma wafts through National Fruit Product Company’s Lincoln plant,
but it’s not the same fragrance as when the plant opened 28 years ago.
And that’s likely a surprise to many in Lincoln County.
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Rachel Austin works on the Gatorade bottling line at National Fruit Product Company's Lincolnton plant. The bottles 11-1/2 million gallons
of the sports drink each year at the plant.
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Area students learn history can come to life in the classroom
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Jan. 23, 2002 - Area students have been traveling back in time, taking on roles as Egyptian reporters and English colonists.
It’s all part of making history fun at East Lincoln Middle and the east campus of Lincoln Charter School.
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Tax refunds may be tapped
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Jan. 23, 2002 - Owe county taxes? Failed to pay a water or ambulance bill? The money will now come out of
your state income tax refund.
County commissioners gave tax administrator Madge Huffman permission to use a clearinghouse set up by the state League of Municipalities and the North Carolina
Association of County Commissioners.
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Family proud of new Habitat home
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Jan. 23, 2002 - Their home was an old trailer. The floor had holes. Pipes leaked water.
Today, they live in a new three-bedroom home, thanks to Habitat for Humanity.
“If it hadn’t been for God and Habitat we would still be out there,” said Johnny Smith.
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Edwards takes Lincoln stage
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Avoids comment on presidential bid during tour
Jan. 23, 2002 - Lincoln County Democrats whispered approval to each other as they warmly received U.S. Sen. John
Edwards Tuesday.
Edwards could be the next president, many confided as they watched him greet the crowds at the Lincoln Cultural Center.
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