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LINCOLN
TIMES-NEWS
P.O. Box 40
119 W. Water Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
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Recent News - February 2003
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Reverse 911 alerts public to emergencies
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CAN System contacts large groups of people by telephone
February 3, 2003 - In an emergency situation, there are common questions that run through people’s heads: Am I safe? Should I leave my home? Where do I go?
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Leslie Scanlan explains how the Community Alert Network works Friday at the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. With the system, officials
will be able to target areas of the county with infor-mation and instructions in the event of an emergency situation. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Denver man found guilty in rape trial
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Judge sentences Gray to lengthy prison term
February 3, 2003 - Kevin Dale Gray didn’t have to wait long Friday to learn how he’ll be spending the next few years of his life.
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Kevin Dale Gray (center) is led out of the Lincoln County Courthouse on Friday after being convicted of rape and kidnapping in the July
28, 2001, sexual assault of a 25-year-old woman in her home. Gray's attorney Theodore Cummings stands to the right. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Registry to honor astronauts
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February 3, 2003 - A local funeral home is helping those mourning the loss of the seven astronauts who
died aboard the space shuttle Columbia Saturday.
“At a time like this, you wish you could do something,” says Bud Warlick, owner of Warlick Funeral Home.
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Hearings set for two major subdivisions
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February 3, 2003 - Two subdivisions covering a total 400 acres and including more than 500 homes in east
Lincoln County are up for public hearing tonight.
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners and Planning Board will hold joint public hearings at 6:30 tonight in the Commissioners Room on the third floor of
the Citizens Center.
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LMC offers outpatient diabetes program
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February 3, 2003 - Diabetes is one of the most prevalent and costliest medical problems in Lincoln County
and North Carolina.
If not treated properly, diabetes — a disease that prevents the body from converting sugars and starches into energy — can lead to limb amputation, kidney
disease, blindness and cardiovascular disease.
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Woman accused of embezzling
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February 3, 2003 - A Lincoln County woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly embezzling thousands of
dollars from a local business.
Amanda Beth Combs, 32, is charged with six counts of obtaining property by false pretense and one count of embezzlement.
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Reaching out
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February 3, 2003 - Kristen Graham drops a donation in a bucket during Lincoln County's fund-raising drive for injured Charlotte paramedic
Tim Hayes. Paramedic Ken Scronce (left) and Gail Rombs manned the donation site in front of Cato Saturday. EMS operations officer Mike Keller estimates that volunteers raised around $20,000 Saturday,
which was more than expected. "The community was wonderful," Keller said. "It was really great how people came together." (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Order in the classroom
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Student court
February 5, 2003 - Court is in session at Lincoln Charter School with Judge Keith Hain presiding.
The six jurors are comfortably seated in the back of the “courtroom” while the accused takes a spot in the front. Meanwhile, anxious onlookers
listen to the defendant’s testimony and the probing questions from the jury that follow.
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Sixth-graders Brittney Berryhill, Brooke Rogers, Emily Bumgarner, Leslie Canipe, Corey Forner and Matthew Smith (clockwise from left) are
the Lincoln Charter School's sitting jury. Since October, the group has been in charge of handling some of the discipline problems in their grade. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Candy wrapper campaign to help Special Olympics
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February 5, 2003 - IRON STATION — Elizabeth Carpenter’s third graders at Iron Station
Elementary School are trying to make a big difference in Special Olympics with a lot of little candy.
Through the end of March, Carpenter’s class is heading up a school-wide effort to collect M&M’s wrappers marked with the words “Find All Gold.”
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Travis Morton, a third grader in Elizabeth Carpenter's class at Iron Station Elementary, decorates a bag for collecting M&M wrappers
to help Special Olympics. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Fifth-graders honor astronauts
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Subdivisions put on hold
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Hearings on east Lincoln projects resume in March
February 5, 2003 - Plans to develop two large subdivisions in east Lincoln have been put on hold.
Public hearings on requests to rezone property for The Village at Cowan’s Ford and Paradise Lakes were continued until the next county planning board meeting
on March 3.
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Community purchase plan advances
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Westport Golf Course
February 5, 2003 - DENVER — A community effort to purchase the Westport Golf Course is officially underway.
However, community leaders agree, a tough road lays ahead.
Nearly 150 residents crowded into the Westport Country Club last Tuesday for a presentation by the Westport Community Association Golf Committee.
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Schools to hold registration
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February 5, 2003 - Registration for kindergarten and first-grade students who will be attending Lincoln
County Schools for the first time will be held Wednesday, Feb. 12, through Wednesday, March 12, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Parents must register at each school where each child will attend. Students attending the new St. James Elementary may register at the school nearest to their
home.
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Fallen leader honored for bravery, sacrifice
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February 5, 2003 - HUNTERSVILLE
— On Feb. 1, 1781, a skirmish broke out on the banks of the Catawba River, and a page of American history was written.
Exactly 222 years later, a crowd gathered to commemorate that day, and remember a local hero lost during the Battle of Cowan’s Ford.
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Sweetheart of an auction will benefit East library
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February 5, 2003 - Valentine’s Day is for sweethearts, and you can’t spell sweetheart without art.
Pro-Tech Automotive, 3604 Denver Drive, will be transformed into an art gallery Thursday Feb. 13 for “Fall in Love with Art,” an auction to benefit the East
Lincoln Branch Library.
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House fire
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February 5, 2003 - Firefighters from Denver Volunteer Fire Department and East Lincoln Fire Department responded at 11:52 a.m. to a
structure fire at 7797 Red Robin Trail. Damage is estimated as "high," since smoke damaged the entire house, said DVFD firefighter and chaplain Matt Gunter (pictured). Fire Marshal Mike Futrell
determined that an iron which had been left on was the cause of the fire. No one was hurt in the blaze. The fire was under control at 12:07 p.m. (Photo by Diane Turbyfill)
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Balloons and Bouquets
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February 7, 2003 - Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Many men will turn to the traditional roses, candy and cards for
their loved ones. Area businesses will do their best to be ready for the holiday rush.
Karen Goins, right, prepares roses for the big day. Florists deliver flowers, plants, stuffed animals and balloons. Jessica Brown, far right, ties strings to heart-shaped balloons at Lincoln's Hallmark Shoppe. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Tar Heel geography can be misleading
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February 7, 2003 - North Carolina geography is confusing.
Don’t think for a minute that a town is in the county of the same name.
No. No, no, no.
Don’t think colleges are in the towns of the same names, either.
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Healthcare workers balk at smallpox vaccines
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February 7, 2003 - Healthcare workers in Lincoln County will soon have the opportunity to be vaccinated
against smallpox, but very few people are jumping at the chance.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that it has received a shipment of the smallpox vaccine and will begin administering it to
public health and hospital personnel across the state on a voluntary basis.
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Child injured in shooting; arrest made
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February 7, 2003 - One person has been arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting Thursday night
that sent a 5-year-old girl to the hospital, and police are searching for another occupant of the vehicle.
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Brush fire
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