 |
|
|
|
LINCOLN
TIMES-NEWS
P.O. Box 40
119 W. Water Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
|
|
|
|
|
RECENT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recent News - August 2002
|
|
|
|
Lincoln honors a friend
|
|
|
|
Dot Johnson affects many lives during 60 years
August 2, 2002 - Dot Johnson has been working at the County Extension office for 60 years.
But perhaps even more amazing than her job history and background is the number of people whose lives she’s affected.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Officers find 360 marijuana plants
|
|
|
|
August 2, 2002 - VALE —More than 360 grown marijuana plants weighing a total of
63 pounds were found on the property of a Vale man Monday.
In one of the biggest live marijuana seizures in years, Lincoln County officers
moved onto the property of Harold Ray Scronce, 5115 Hoyle Farm Road, on Thursday after obtaining consent to search..
|
|
|
|
|
Sgt. Tim Johnson examines photos and bags of marijuana recently recovered from a Vale man's property. (LTN photo by Majick
Whitewolf)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lincolnton to beckon tourists
|
|
|
|
Authority funded by room tax
August 2, 2002 - The Lincolnton Tourism Development Authority wants to increase and promote tourism in Lincolnton.
The formation of the authority stems from a city room tax which went into effect July 1.
|
|
|
|
Camp Meeting Time
|
|
|
|
August 2, 2002 - Dylan Harris, 6, and Megan Harris, 9, enjoy snacks at a Rock Springs Campground, where the annual camp meeting begins
Saturday. The children are visiting their aunt and uncle, Mike and Gail Goodson of Pumpkin Center. (LTN photo by Majick Whitewolf)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Let's Chat
|
|
|
|
August 5, 2002 -
Mike Owen, director of the Lincolnton Housing Authority, and his wife, Letha, talk with Willie Kennedy during a stop at the Flint Street festivities during National Night Out Tuesday. (LTN photo by Diane Turbyfill)
|
|
|
|
|
|
‘Lab in a box’ to promote Internet access in county
|
|
|
|
August 5, 2002 - Bringing Internet access to people who aren’t lucky enough to be able to log on is the
goal of the e-NC initiative.
And with the help of a $12,000 e-NC grant, the Lincoln County eCommunity committee is one step closer to achieving that goal.
|
|
|
|
FILL THE BOOT:
|
|
|
|
August 5, 2002 -
Barry Hedgpeth of the Lincolnton Fire Department collects money from motorist Sharon Bowman for the Fill the Boot Muscular Dystrophy fundraiser held during the weekend. (LTN photo by Majick Whitewolf)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Religious persecution cited
|
|
|
|
Nine to compete for 2002 Apple Queen title
|
|
|
|
‘Living in America’ is theme
August 5, 2002 - Nine young women from Lincoln County will vie for the 2002 Apple Queen title Saturday night at the Citizens Center.
The contestants will compete for the crown and scholarship money. The queen will receive a scholarship for $2,500. First runner-up will win $1,000; and second
runner-up will get $750. Miss Congeniality — chosen by the contestants — will receive $50 and an engraved apple plaque.
|
|
|
|
Service kicks off camp meeting
|
|
|
|
August 5, 2002 - DENVER — Visitors walking the paths through Rock Springs Campground Sunday
morning heard the sounds of worship and praise echoing from the arbor.
The Campground Choir chimed in singing “How Great Thou Art.”
|
|
|
|
|
|
West Lincoln High Open House
|
|
|
|
August 7, 2002 - Shane Black, a West Lincoln High freshman, and her parents Debbie and Jack Black meet with algebra teacher Richard
Stuffle Monday during open house. (LTN photo by Diane Turbyfill)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swimming advisory removed
|
|
|
|
August 7, 2002 - A swimming advisory for part of Lake Norman was lifted Monday after test results
determined the lake is safe.
The advisory came after 2,500 gallons of untreated wastewater spilled into an area of the lake near Westport Marina July 31.
|
|
|
|
School supplies donated
|
|
|
|
August 7, 2002 - Just how far will 12,650 sheets of ruled notebook paper stretch?
Kathy Vinzant hopes it’s far enough to reach every needy student in Lincoln County.
|
|
|
|
|
Kathy Vinzant, director of Lincoln County Coalition Against Child Abuse, packs a bookbag us-ing some of the thousands of items donated for
the use of needy Lincoln students. (LTN photo by Jacqueline Casey)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preparing for School
|
|
|
|
August 7, 2002 - Jane Lifesy, teaching assistant, and Kathy Bumgardner, second grade teacher, pr at Rock Springs Elementary, are shown
preparing for classes, which open today in Lincoln County schools. (Photo by Majick Whitewolf)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pickens calls for video poker ban
|
|
|
|
August 7, 2002 - Lincoln County Sheriff Barbara Pickens joined 99 sheriffs from across the state last
week in urging the General Assembly to ban video poker machines in North Carolina.
|
|
|
|
Pizza Party
|
|
|
|
August 7, 2002 - Nine-month-old Tasiae Williams digs into some pizza at Flint Street's National Night Out party. Tasiae came with her
mother, Jessica Holland. (LTN photo by Diane Turbyfill)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denver’s New Harris Teeter offers variety
|
|
|
|
Flour Power
|
|
|
|
August 7, 2002 -
Members of the Extension and Community Association are making fried pies this week in the demonstration kitchen of the Citizens Center. The fried pies serve as a fund-raiser for the volunteer organization.
|
|
|
|
|
|
ELHS Band Performs at Camp Meeting
|
|
|
|
August 7, 2002 -
Drum major Dana Innes leads members of the East Lincoln High School band as they perform the Star spangled Banner during the weekend kick-off of the annual camp meeting at Rock springs Camp Ground. (LTN photo by Majick Whitewolf)
|
|
|
|
|
|
West Lincoln’s new look earns rave reviews
|
|
|
|
August 7, 2002 - With a single word, 10th-grader Beth Barnes summed up the reaction of West Lincoln High
parents and students to the school’s new look: “Wow.”
“It’s incredible. I didn’t think it would look like this,” Beth said during an open house Monday evening as she toured West’s new science wing with her mother.
|
|
|
|
Residents uninformed on school property
|
|
|
|
August 7, 2002 - Residents of St. James Church Road found out about plans for a new elementary school
when they saw trees being pushed down around them.
And they told County Commissioners and County Planning Board members — who were being asked to rezone the property — Monday at a public hearing that they don’t
understand why they weren’t informed of the plans.
|
|
|
|
Neighbors celebrate ‘Night Out’
|
|
|
|
14 communities bond with police and city officials
August 7, 2002 - At the Sunrise Community Tuesday evening children squeal and shout as cool water shoots out of a fire hydrant into the air..
|
|
|
|
|
(Top) Lincolnton Police Lt. Kenny Shrum visits the home of Siggy and Brigitte Hewald in Lithia Hills - just one of his stops during
National Night Out. Shrum says he is pleased with the event. (Bottom) Matthew Adams (left) and Jessica Kiser (right) join more than 20 kids in splashing around in the streets of the Sunrise Community
Tuesday. The spray of water from the hydrant offers the children a fun way to cool off.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lincoln students head back to class
|
|
|
|
Caution urged to protect against West Nile virus
|
|
