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LINCOLN
TIMES-NEWS
P.O. Box 40
119 W. Water Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
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Recent News - October 2002
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ABC tests show little change
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Charter School
October 2, 2002 - The Lincoln Charter School’s ABCs testing scores for the 2001-02 school year remained close to the previous year’s levels,
according to statistics released last month by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
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Second-grader Rebecca Pearce anxiously raises her hand during a class at the Lincolnton campus of the Lincoln Charter School.
The school was recently notified that its ABCs testing scores for 2001-02 were nearly identical to the previous year. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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NAACP: Schools should recognize MLK holiday
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October 2, 2002 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wants the Lincoln County
Board of Education to recognize Martin Luther King’s birthday as an official holiday.
NAACP representatives will discuss their grievance at the board’s meeting tonight at 7 in the Board of Education building.
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Anti-radiation pills to be distributed
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KI pills will be offered to residents near McGuire
October 2, 2002 - Local health departments will soon begin passing out anti-radiation pills to residents living near McGuire Nuclear Station.
The Potassium Iodide (KI) pill will be distributed to residents living within the 10-mile emergency planning zones, around McGuire, as well as Catawba Nuclear
Power Station, according to a press release from Maggie Dollar, Lincoln County Health Department director.
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Education—and an award— are health fair goals
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Cadet Troop 656 to host event on Oct. 12 at Salem UMC
October 2, 2002 - DENVER — Girl Scouts in Cadet Troop 656 hope to educate women and earn an award with an upcoming Women’s Health Fair..
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ELBA accelerates campaign
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East Lincoln branch library
October 2, 2002 - DENVER —
With construction well underway, the East Lincoln Betterment Association is now trying to ensure the Florence Soule Shanklin Memorial Library will have enough places to quietly sit down and browse through a good book.
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The frame of the Florence Soule Shanklin Memorial Library on Fairfield Forest Road in Denver is now in place. (Photo by Jenny Walling)
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Filled bowls raise funds
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Hospice benefit
October 4, 2002 - Bowls filled with piping hot soup are brewing to benefit Hospice of Lincoln County.
Rising Sun Pottery will host the 5th Annual Empty Bowls Benefit Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m.
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Gary Lee, owner of Rising Sun Pottery, works at the wheel in preparation for the 5th Annual Empty Bowls Benefit. The event
will fill bowls and give money to Hospice of Lincoln County. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Council denies pool hall request
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October 4, 2002 - Pool and alcohol still don’t mix in Lincolnton.
At its meeting Thursday night in City Hall, the City Council voted 3-2 against a motion made by Councilman Les Cloninger that would have permitted David and
Anna Kuss to operate pool tables in their private social club until midnight and still serve alcoholic beverages.
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Flu shots will be available
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October 4, 2002 - The Lincoln County Health Department will offer influenza and pneumonia vaccinations
this month at the following sites:
Monday, Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Messiah United Methodist Church, 4102 Hwy 27 West, Lincolnton
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KI pills: Evacuation is still best response
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October 4, 2002 - Potassium Iodide pills that will soon be distributed to residents who live near McGuire
Nuclear Station are not a substitute for evacuation, emergency management officials said.
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Rowdy Rebels
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October 4, 2002 - West Lincoln High School students celebrated Thursday evening with a homecoming parade through Cat Square. (Above)
Sheena Simpson, representative of the junior class, rode in Thursday's parade. The parade included floats, sports cars and tractors pulling rowdy Rebels. West Lincoln will celebrate homecoming tonight at
8 p.m. during the Rebels' game against the Bunker Hill Bears. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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MLK Jr. Day issue raised
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Almost 40 years later, chaplains to the troops reunite
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October 7, 2002 - The first time they saluted Maury Hundley was in November of
1965 at Ft. Benning, Ga., at the height of the Vietnam War.
Lamar Hunt wore fatigues so crisply creased that it looked as if he had stood on a table to step into them; Henry Hilliard wore a Class
A uniform, full dress with ribbons.
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Retired Army chaplains (left to right) Lamar Hunt, Maury Hundley and Henry Hilliard look through an Army-issued chaplain's
combat kit Sunday. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Homecoming Parade
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October 7, 2002 - The Lincolnton High School band performs in front of the courthouse Friday during the Homecoming Parade. The Wolves
later celebrated their 22-20 win Friday evening over the Trojans of Chase High School. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Homecoming Queens
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October 7, 2002 - It was Homecoming for Lincolnton High School and West Lincoln High on Friday night. Homecoming queens crowned during
halftime ceremonies were Shereka Nixon, right, at LHS, and
Lauren Mosteller, center in lower photo. She is accompanied by her father, Mack Mosteller and Student Body President Mandy Sanford. Carousel Princess was Lindsay Houser. (Photos by LTN photographer Jenny Walling and LTN correspondent Richard Beeker)
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Tablets to be distributed
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October 7, 2002 - County health officials will hand out Potassium Iodide tablets Saturday, Oct. 19 and
Tuesday, Oct. 22.
Residents living within the 10-mile emergency planning zone around McGuire Nuclear Station are not required to accept the pills, but they are encouraged,
Maggie Dollar, health director, said in a press release Friday.
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Higher fines considered for zoning rules
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October 7, 2002 - A proposed amendment to a county ordinance will raise fines for violating zoning
rules.
Another amendment will lessen the amount of time residents have to fix the problem before each day is considered a separate offense.
A public hearing on these amendments will be held tonight. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Room in the Citizens Center.
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Candidates make pitch in east Lincoln
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Growth issues, school improvement addressed during public forum
October 9, 2002 - TRIANGLE — Voters on the eastern end of the county came out Tuesday night to find out what local candidates can do for them.
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Stanley Roseboro (left), Democratic candidate for commissioner, discusses county issues with Denver residents Larry and Sharon Pattee at
the candidates forum held by ELBA Tuesday night. (LTN photo by Alice Smith)
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McWhirter promises leadership, efficiency
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October 9, 2002 - Republican Colin P. McWhirter believes Lincoln County needs a change in the district
attorney’s office.
McWhirter, 40, of Boiling Springs,
wants to unseat Democratic incumbent Bill Young, who has been the top prosecutor in Lincoln and Cleveland counties for 16 years.
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Young touts non-partisan support
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October 9, 2002 - For 16 years, Democrat Bill Young has been the only district attorney Lincoln County
has known.
Young, who represents Lincoln and Cleveland counties in Judicial District 27B, would like to continue that role for another four years.
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Ribbons serve as reminders
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October 9, 2002 - The Lincoln County Health Department and the American Cancer Society are
sponsoring a county wide Pink Ribbon campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer.
During Pink Ribbon Week, free pink ribbons along with breast cancer educational materials will be distributed.
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Local sales tax hiked by half-cent
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County commissioners Monday night voted to raise the local sales tax by half a penny, thereby patching a gaping
hole left by state budget cuts.
Commissioners voted 4-1 with Commissioner Beth Saine voting against the increase.
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Truck hits house
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October 9, 2002 - A man was sent to Lincoln Medical Center Tuesday after his truck crashed into A.J. Lemmond's house at 930 Buffalo Shoals
Road. Authorities at the scene said the man, whose name was not available early today, was traveling down Buffalo Shoals and struck a car at the intersection of Bethel Church Road, continued through a
field, and crashed into the home. Three occupants of the home were not injured.
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