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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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February 7, 2003 - It took 25 to 30 firefighters about half an hour to get a brush fire under control about a quarter of a mile off
Startown Road in Maiden Thursday afternoon. The fire charred about three acres, said Maiden assistant fire Chief Rick Cansler. Cansler said the fire probably started when the truck of the landowner
backfired, sparking a blaze that quickly spread. Here, firemen from North 321 Volunteer Fire Department spray down the perimeter of the area. North 321 responded to aid Maiden Volunteer Fire Department.
(LTN photo by Diane Turbyfill)
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Family Fair features service agencies
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February 7, 2003 - Unsure about where to go for different services in Lincoln County?
An informational fair Saturday is designed to let residents and their families know what services are available to them locally.
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Lincoln’s student dropout rate down slightly
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February 7, 2003 - The dropout rate for students in North Carolina decreased slightly in the 2001-02
school year, a trend mimicked in Lincoln County according to data released Tuesday by the Department of Public Instruction.
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Students project with beacons
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Lighthouse creations
February 10, 2003 - Most fourth graders in North Carolina study the famed Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
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Bayley Beal sits between the two lighthouses she made for her class at S. Ray Lowder Elementary School. Bayley's Beacon II (right) was a
replacement for Bayley's Beacon I, which Beal said succumbed to a hurricane last year. (LTN photo by Jeremy Ashton)
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Going APE
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February 10, 2003 - (Right) Allison Castle sings karaoke with the Awareness Prevention Education gorilla at the second annual Family Fair
Saturday. The gorilla will be traveling to elementary schools to teach kids about child abuse. (Far Right) Callie Thompson, 12, also takes time to sing karaoke. The karaoke was provided by NTC
Entertainment. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Family Fun
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February 10, 2003 - Lindsey Taylor, 8, gives her brother Kevin, 10, a "Frosty Wrap" Friday at Iron Station Elementary School's
Family Fun Night. For one ticket, students could get wrapped up in toilet paper like snowmen and decorated with hats and scarves. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Police to document stops
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New law requires recording of race, sex
February 10, 2003 - Lincolnton police officers will soon have to record information, including the race of each person involved in any routine traffic stop, even if the
person is not ticketed.
The action comes as a result of state law mandated by the N.C. General Assembly in 2000.
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Neighbor’s response may have saved lives
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Man, son overcome by gas fumes
February 10, 2003 - A neighbor’s good sense of hearing is credited with saving the lives of a Lincolnton man and his 2-year-old son Thursday night.
Firefighters received a call just after 8 p.m. Thursday about a smoke detector going off in a residence at 735 East Jennings St.
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Second arrest made in drive-by shooting
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More retaliation feared in long-standing feud
February 10, 2003 - Police have arrested the second suspect in Thursday’s drive-by shooting that injured a 5-year-old girl.
Fredrick Beam, 302 North High St., was arrested Sunday by Lincolnton police at 1710 Riverview Road.
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Look at us now
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Lincoln is both large and small
February 10, 2003 - Salutations my fellow Lincolntonians.
Or how about “Lincolnites?” That doesn’t sound too bad.
Or even “Lincolners” has a nice ring and technically includes the whole county so that our east-enders don’t feel left out.
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Bands join for concert
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February 12, 2003 - Band students from different schools joined sounds Friday for the All
County Band concert.
The Citizen’s Center was crowded with excited parents as students from the Lincoln County middle and high schools gathered to perform.
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LHS students Ashton Howard, left, and Brittney Nicholson look over music selections during Friday's concert at the Citizens Center.
(LTN photo by Sara Funderburk)
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Cherryville seeks water link with Lincolnton
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February 12, 2003 - CHERRYVILLE – After enduring a critical water emergency last summer, the City of Cherryville has taken the first steps to ensure it
can get through any future droughts.
The City Council took a series of actions at its meeting Monday night that could pave the way for an interconnect between Cherryville’s and Lincolnton’s water
systems.
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March of Dimes
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February 12, 2003 - Team captains and volunteers for the March of Dimes gathered Tuesday at the Senior Center. Chris Beeson, volunteer,
Kara Mariaca, special events coordinator, and Tracy Pyant, committee member, prepared food and informational packets about March of Dimes and the annual WalkAmerica event. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Firefighting role enthralls scouts
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February 12, 2003 - For many high school students, the question “What do you want to be when you grow
up?” is answered with shrugged shoulders, rolled eyes or loud sighs.
But for Brent McConnell, Joe Fletcher, Matt Moses and Chris Gaffold, the answer comes quickly and clearly.
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Kirk defends testing
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February 12, 2003 - The chairman of the State Board of Education spent a busy few hours in Lincoln County
on Monday.
Phil Kirk recognized three Lincoln County schools in the morning for outstanding achievement on the state’s standardized tests before heading to a meeting of
the Lincolnton Rotary Club to talk about the interaction between business and education.
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Sale of school pondered
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High Shoals
February 12, 2003 - HIGH SHOALS — High Shoals city officials are taking a hard look at the future of the old elementary school, a structure that currently sits empty and
vandalized.
During Tuesday’s meeting, the city council heard from Robbie Ray, who is interested in buying the school from the city to house his construction business.
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State chairman honors three Lincoln schools
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Commission OKs new boating regulations
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Februray 12, 2003 - Regulations for charter and excursion boats have been outlined and approved by the
Lake Norman Marine Commission.
The commission approved, though with some disagreement, sending application packages to the handful of Lake Norman charter companies at its monthly meeting
Monday in the Mooresville Municipal Court Room.
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Long-awaited lakefront park closer to reality
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February 12, 2003 - DENVER — An east Lincoln park and recreation area, five years in the planning, has
moved one step closer to reality.
State grants have been applied for, and, if all goes well, construction on Beatty’s Ford Park will begin this summer, according to Erma Deen Hoyle, Lincoln
County Recreation Department director.
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Rhynes celebrate 56th Valentine’s Day
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Love story
February 14, 2003 - Their love affair began more than 50 years ago — a man with a motive; a cautious, independent woman.
Paul and Virginia Rhyne are spending their 56th Valentine’s Day together. The Lincolnton couple still remembers the day they met.
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Virginia Rhyne plays the piano while her husband, Paul, sings in their music room of their Laboratory home. The couple is celebrating
their 56th Valentine's Day together. They first met on Dec. 7, 1946, when she was choir director at First Baptist Church in Lincolnton. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Massey students test computer skills in quiz
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Council clears the way for pool in sports bar
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February 14, 2003 - Rack ’em!
One Lincolnton business’s eight-month fight for pool tables is almost over.
David and Anna Kuss, owners of Lincolnton’s The Rock Garden, a private social club, are one step closer to being able to put billiards in their establishment.
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ID theft increasing
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Precautions urged
February 14, 2003 - Identity theft is on a roll and it’s getting worse, according to Lt. Leroy Buff of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department.
He said his own research produces some “scary” results.
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Schools may push for more local funding from county
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February 14, 2003 - Lincoln County Schools could ask for as much as $1.9 million in new local funding
from the county commissioners for the 2003-04 fiscal year.
Before the regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting Wednesday, the board’s Budget and Finance Committee started the long, arduous task of formulating a
new budget.
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Terror alert: Preparing for the worst
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Emergency kit should have duct tape, sheeting
As America enters its eighth day on “high” terrorism alert, local officials are urging residents to take precautionary measures, but not panic..
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Susan Spake, emergency management director, demonstrates how to seal off a room by duct-taping plastic sheeting around doors. It takes
about five minutes to complete the process, Spake said. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Veteran 4Her joins county’s Extension office
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February 17, 2003 - April Dillon is a 4Her through and through.
She joined the Extension club as a child and has never strayed. Dillon has stayed a part of the organization because she believes in its
effectiveness.
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Kevin Starr, County Extension director, goes over some paperwork with April Dillon, Lincoln County's new 4H agent.
(LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Singing valentine leaves trail of smiles
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February 17, 2003 - A new item was added to the menu in the cafeteria at East Lincoln High
School Friday — a love song with a side of sentiment.
Cafeteria Manager Lorene Ward came into the kitchen Friday morning to more than pots and pans and school pizza. She was met with a singing telegram.
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Lorene Ward, cafeteria manager at East Lincoln High School, blushed and covered her smile Friday afternoon as Chelsea Harpe sang
"Love Me Tender." (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Goals higher for Lincoln MS Walk
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February 17, 2003 - When she began organizing a walk to raise money for multiple sclerosis research last
year, Belinda Branson was hoping for an enthusiastic response.
The 50 people who participated in Lincolnton’s first MS Walk obliged by raising more than $8,000 for the cause. A year later, Branson wants to duplicate that
success on a larger scale.
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City to go online with warrants
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February 17, 2003 - The Lincolnton Police Department is taking steps to gain online access to the statewide
magistrate’s system, a move that is making some tasks quicker and safer.
The Lincolnton City Council Thursday authorized police Chief Terry Burgin to sign an agreement with the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts, which
provides this service.
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Valentine's at Heath House
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February 17, 2003 - Stephanie Isenhower, one of the members of Community in Schools class at Pumpkin Center Middle School, gives a
handmade Valentine to Heath House resident Viola Dellinger during a Valentine's Day visit Friday. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Freezing rain, sleet leave icy blanket
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Several wrecks reported; little thawing expected
February 17, 2003 - Sleet and freezing rain pelted the Carolinas Sunday, dropping up to three-quarters of an inch of ice on Lincoln County.
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Two people were transported to Lincoln Medical Center Sunday with minor injuries following this wreck on Hovis Road. Authorities said icy
conditions coupled with speed caused the wreck. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Gifts support Helping Hands
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Indigent clinic receives portrait, books and toys
February 19, 2003 - Before the Helping Hands Health Clinic opened a little more than a month ago, its board of directors knew it would need volunteers and
monetary donations to make it a success.
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Above, Carroll Morrell (right), the artist who painted "The Great Physician," and Kevin Rojas pray at the Helping Hands Health
Clinic's opening Tuesday. Morty Wadsworth (right) reads one of the children books at the clinic to 7-year-old twins, Kevin and Steven Rojas. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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City considers rate hike for water, sewer
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February 19, 2003 - The City of Lincolnton, faced with millions of dollars in debt services, is being forced to
take a hard look at what residents are paying in water and sewer rates.
“Our revenues aren’t anywhere near keeping up with our additional debt, and that’s what I’m concerned with,” Emory told city council members Monday during a
budget preparation meeting.
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Cultural assimilation difficult
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February 19, 2003 - The Latino population in Lincoln County is on the way up — way up.
The increase in population, however, does not translate directly into increased cultural assimilation.
“In Lincoln County, right now, the Latino population is a subculture, it’s not well blended,” said Cristina Arlow, a local interpreter and translator.
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Hispanic numbers surging in Lincoln
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February 19, 2003 - Lincoln County’s Hispanic population has exploded in recent years, up nearly 650
percent since 1990, according to the latest Census figures.
Those numbers correspond with trends in counties across North Carolina. Statewide, the Hispanic population grew by nearly 400 percent in the same period.
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City swamped with budget requests
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Chamber, airport, LEDA and Cultural Center make appearances
February 19, 2003 - As budget time for the city of Lincolnton quickly approaches, the City Council is in the process of finding out just how much money local groups need.
Several organizations appeared before the council Monday afternoon to request money for the coming budget year.
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Legion has high hopes for contest
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Teen to speak on Constitution
February 19, 2003 - Janelle Moore knows a little bit about speaking in front of a crowd..
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Janelle Moore, the district winner of the American Legion National High School Oratorical Contest, practices her speeches for Saturday's
division competition in Asheville. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Meetings planned on changes
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The coming code
February 19, 2003 - The question on many minds these days is, “What do the new building codes meant to those of us in the construction industry?”
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County ABC board still hunting east Lincoln site
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February 19, 2003 - DENVER — Five months after Lincoln County voters approved the operation of ABC
stores, plans to build an east Lincoln ABC store are moving along slowly.
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Friday Fun
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February 19, 2003 - Kazoo saxophonists John Smith and Bea Musser (right) pose with their instruments last week at Wayne's Second Friday
Feast held at Captain Pete's. Far, right, Lula Bell, the love finder, serenades Friday Feaster George Crocker. The Valentine's Day fun included costumes, a harpsichord and an impromptu band. (Photos by
Jacob Rudolph)
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Art, auto shop mix for a successful library benefit
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Security expert offers tips for business, residential safety
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Hundreds turn out to discuss golf course’s fate
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February 19, 2003 - DENVER — The last in a series of community-wide meetings packed 240 concerned
residents in the Westport Baptists Church fellowship hall Thursday.
The area residents gathered to discuss the fate of the Westport Golf Course, and a community effort to purchase the course before it is sold for development.
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Mud hole seen as thriving wetland
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Battle for pool tables nears end
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February 21, 2003 - Lincolnton’s The Rock Garden has all the makings of a sports bar: a big
TV, cold beer, darts and video games.
But something has been missing in the private social club since it opened in December — pool tables.
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Teresa Nichols and David Kuss finalize details for Saturday's live entertainment at The Rock Garden. If the City Council votes yes, Kuss
will able to offer customers pool, as well as music. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Lincoln’s report card shows ‘good progress’
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February 21, 2003 - Parents of Lincoln County students just got more access to information about their
schools.
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the N.C. Education Research Council and Gov. Mike Easley released report cards for every school in the state
Thursday.
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The Timken Co. planning another upgrade
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February 21, 2003 - The Timken Co., which just seven months ago thrust $16 million into the local
economy, is planning another upgrade.
If incentives are approved, Timken will invest $3.5 million in its Lincolnton bearing plant, said Laura Foor, existing industry coordinator for the Lincoln
Economic Development Association.
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Unifour Grand Opening
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February 21, 2003 -Supporters from the Lincolnton/Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce were on hand Thursday for the grand opening of
Unifour Mortgage, located at 113 S. Oak Street. Branch Manager Shelly McCraw is standing beside Lincolnton Mayor Bobby Huitt and Lincoln County Commission Board Chairman Jerry Cochrane as she cuts the
ribbon. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Spayed pup
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February 21, 2003 - A puppy that was taken to a spay and neuter clinic in Asheville waits in front of Rising Sun Pottery for its
owner Wednesday. The dog was among 19 sent to the clinic along with 35 cats, thanks to donations from students at the Lincoln Charter School. Last year more than 600 animals were sent to the clinic. (LTN
photo by Jenny Walling)
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Saturday classes possible
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No other choices if another snowfall closes schools
February 21, 2003 - School on Saturday.
It’s a concept about as appealing to students as, well, summer school.
Yet in the last two and a half months, Lincoln County Schools has lost enough instructional days to winter weather to make Saturday classes a real possibility
if more snow falls.
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Lincoln Times- News loses long-time carrier
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February 21, 2003 - MAIDEN — The Lincoln Times-News lost one of its most faithful carriers Sunday.
Bonnie Lee Rainey of Maiden was a carrier for the newspaper for the past 25 years. She never missed a day on her route during that quarter century, according
to Circulation Manager Robin Ledford.
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More at Four programs under way in Lincoln
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February 24, 2003 - Jasmine Parsons and Nicole Ruiz sit in the corner of a classroom at G.E.
Massey Elementary School on a Thursday afternoon playing dress-up.
The two busily take care of their dolls and pull out their “cell phones” every couple of minutes so they can chat with each other.
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Jasmine Parsons, 4, chats with a friend on the phone during a More at Four class at G.E. Massey Elementary School.
(LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Fuel prices soaring
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February 24, 2003 - Pat Miller doesn’t know how much it costs to fill up her car’s gas tank.
“Since the prices went up, I don’t fill it up,” Miller said as she pumped a couple dollars of gas Friday at Southern Convenience Store.
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Pat Miller pumps a couple gallons of gas into her tank Friday at Southern Convenience Store on West Main Street. Southern's gas prices
are right at the statewide average of $1.59. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Band cancels New York trip
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Safety issues raised
February 24, 2003 - The East Lincoln High School wind ensemble was going to perform in one of the most well-known concert halls in the world in April..
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Neil Underwood warms up the East Lincoln High School wind ensemble Friday. The students learned earlier that day that their planned
performance at Carnegie Hall in April was canceled. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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DOT will make one last sweep
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Storm debris
February 24, 2003 - Time is running out for residents who live on state-maintained roads to have storm debris picked up.
The N.C. Department of Transportation will make one last sweep of state highways beginning March 1, according to a press release from the DOT.
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30 Hour Famine
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February 24, 2003 - Nearly 100 Lincoln County teens participated in the 12th annual World Vision 30 Hour Famine Friday and Saturday. The
event is designed to get youth involved in raising awareness and money to fight hunger overseas and in the United States. The group, from five area churches, gathered at Bethphage Lutheran Church and
fasted for 30 hours. They divided into teams and participated in many activities. Drew Southern of First United Methodist Church handed out paper clips to his team. The paper clips represented survival
resources for third world countries and were used to illustrate the power the United States holds. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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‘Smile Day’ offers dental services
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Black History Month celebrated
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February 26, 2003 - Members of the Black History Month committee hope their annual program will be the beginning of year-round cultural
celebrations.
“It’s almost impossible to cram in what you would like to within that month,” says committee member Ola Mae Foster.
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Tre Vaughn, 9, looks over the Lincoln Arts Council's Black History Month art exhibit at the Lincoln Cultural Center. (LTN photo by Jenny
Walling)
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DSS worker arrested on drug charges
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February 26, 2003 - An employee of the Lincoln County Department of Social Services was arrested Monday
on “date rape drug” charges.
Jaie Warlick, 30, 102 Wendover Drive, turned himself in to Lincolnton police Monday morning, according to Lt. Dean Abernathy. Warlick was indicted by a grand
jury Thursday.
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Food stamps hit high
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February 26, 2003 - The sagging economy is continuing to hit the Lincoln County Department of Social
Services hard.
DSS Director Susan McCracken reported to the Board of Social Services at its meeting Monday night that the number of families on food stamps in the county
reached record levels in January.
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ELMS team to compete in MathCounts finals
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February 26, 2003 - IRON STATION — Kurt Hasian has a new digital camera to show off.
The eighth-grader from East Lincoln Middle School didn’t save his money to buy it, and it wasn’t an early present for his 14th birthday.
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Joseph Twiford, Adam Hoyle, Cody Whitt and Kurt Hasian (clockwise from left) of East Lincoln Middle School practice with coach Darin
Blalock for Saturday's state finals of MathCounts. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Woman dead after parking lot shooting
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February 26, 2003 - A woman died this morning following a shooting outside a local assisted
living center.
A suspect is in custody and being questioned at the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
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Authorities are investigating a shooting that occurred this morning in the parking lot of the Heath House, 919 Wilma Sigmon Road. A
suspect is in custody at the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Conviction stands in restaurant shooting
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February 26, 2003 - The 2002 conviction of Lincolnton man for assault with the intent to kill was upheld
by the N.C. Court of Appeals last week.
Doneal Jeffrey Gillispie, who was 16 at the time, was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury Jan. 16, 2002. He
was sentenced to a minimum term of 90 months and a maximum term of 117 months.
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Driving Safety
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February 26, 2003 - Sade Carter, a junior at Lincolnton High School and a member of the Lincolnton Student Advisory Council, ties a
ribbon to the antenna of a student's car on Feb. 14. Council members did several activities like this at each high school as part of Driving Safety Awareness Week. (LTN photo by Jeremy Ashton)
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House fire
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February 26, 2003 - Firefighters from Boger City Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 3:24 a.m. Tuesday in
Brookwood Acres. No one was seriously hurt, firefighters said, but one man was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. The fire started in a back bedroom of the house, and the cause appears to be
electric. Firefighters from North 321 Volunteer Fire Department assisted Boger City. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Church celebrates a firm — and debt-free — foundation
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February 26, 2003 - DENVER — A leap of faith.
That is what the Denver Wesleyan Church congregation says it took to construct their new building.
“It’s nothing short of a miracle,” Ann Allen, church treasurer, said.
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Denver Wesleyan Church pastor, Johnny Houser talks about the new church nursery. The freshly-painted room is part of a 3,200-square foot
church addition. (Photo by Jacob Rudolph)
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Denver student is a top money-maker
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Editor’s note: This coverage is provided by a journalism student in the Carolina Community Media
Project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The Project is also supported by the UNC-CH Carolina Center for Public Service.
February 26, 2003 - Stephanie Smith of Denver, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earned recognition as the
third highest dancer fundraiser at the fifth annual UNC Dance Marathon.
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Stephanie Smith dances the night away at the fifth annual UNC Dance Marathon. The 24-hour event raised more than $167,000 for the N.C.
Children's Hospital. (Photo courtesy of UNC )
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Quake Hunters: East Lincoln class is seismologically savvy
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February 26, 2003 - DENVER — Eastern Lincoln County isn’t typically thought of as a great
place to study geological activity.
There are no volcanoes and only the occasional tremor, which, more often than not, is the result of blasting at the local quarries.
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Deborah Michael, an earth and environmental science teacher at East Lincoln High School, looks over the results of a seismograph reading
with Teairra Tucker. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Denver’s Gus collars a Westminister win
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Heavy rains, mud lead to water advisory
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February 26, 2003 - DENVER — Torrential weekend rainfalls prompted Lincoln County officials Sunday
morning to issue a water-use advisory for east Lincoln residents.
Sedimentary runoff led to an unexpected amount of turbidity, or particulate matter, in the water supply, which lowered production at the Lake Norman Water
Plant off of Webbs Road, said Steve Gilbert, director of public utilities.
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Students compete with creative plots
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Odyssey of the mind
February 28, 2003 - More than two centuries ago, Shihuangdi, a Chinese emperor, ordered a work force of 700,000 people to build an army of clay soldiers in
central China that would guard his tomb for eternity.
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ELMS students Raven Hasian and Kendall Law (wearing the hat) cringe in horror Wednesday as aliens Danielle Martin and Cinnamon Mittan
(right) arrive. The four were practicing their skit. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Quick arrest follows slaying
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S.C. man charged in shooting at Heath House
February 28, 2003 - A South Carolina man is being held without bond in connection with the fatal shooting of his estranged wife in the parking lot of a local
assisted living home Wednesday.
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