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LINCOLN
TIMES-NEWS
P.O. Box 40
119 W. Water Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
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Recent News - November 2002
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Trick or Treat
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November 1, 2002 - Taylor "Minnie Mouse" Thomas, 5, extends her goodie bag to a neighbor during Thursday's Halloween celebration
in Lincolnton. Police said local ghouls and goblins had a safe day. (LTN photo by Jenny Wallling)
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Three killed in domestic shooting
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Mother, daughter shot in Grove Street home
A 15-year-old girl is being called a “hero” following an early morning shooting in a quiet Lincolnton neighborhood that left three people — including the teen — dead
Friday.
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In the top photo a Lincolnton police officer keeps a careful eye on a North Grove Street residence soon after shots were reported fired
early Friday. Bottom, police make their way up the stairway to the apartment where three persons were reported shot to death. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Lincoln honors top administrators
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November 1, 2002 - The Lincoln County school system honored two of its top administrators
earlier this week.
On Tuesday, Sheila Finger of Pumpkin Center Elementary School and Denise Patterson of North Brook Elementary School were named the county’s
Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year, respectively.
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Pumpkin Center Elementary School Principal Sheila Finger, the 2002-03 Principal of the Year, helped first-grader Abi Smith and her class
get ready for Halloween Thursday. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Nine seek three seats on school board
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Races open to voters countywide
November 1, 2002 - Nine candidates are trying to win three seats on the Lincoln County Board of Education in Tuesday’s election.
Candidates must run within their home townships, but everyone in the county can vote in every race. The winners will serve on the board for four-year terms.
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LMC ends fiscal year in the black
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November 1, 2002 - The financial report card for Lincoln Medical Center is in, and the hospital is
receiving high marks.
LMC President Pete Acker presented the Joint Boards of Directors of the Lincoln Health System and Lincoln Medical Center with a performance report and
2001-2002 fiscal year-end review Wednesday afternoon at its monthly meeting.
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Dole Campaigns
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Novem ber 1, 2002 - U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Dole campaigns at the courtsquare in Lincolnton on Wednesday. Dole, who is opposed by
Democrat Erskine Bowles in next Tuesday's general election, was making a final swing through the area. Several of her supporters gathered at the courthouse for the midday visit. (LTN photo by Jenny
Walling)
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Shootings follow rocky relationship in family
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LHS students and teachers mourn lost of ‘model’ student
November 4, 2002 - Lincolnton High School students and teachers are mourning the loss of Amanda Barnhardt, a ninth-grader, who Associate Superintendent of
Schools Ed Hatley called a “model student.”
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Lincolnton High School cheerleaders Elizabeth Lackey (top) and Heather Whiteside cheer in front of a banner that reads "In Memory of
Amanda" at the LHS football game Friday night. LHS students wore baby blue wrist bands and ribbons, Amanda's favorite color, and took up a collection to help the family. (LTN photo by Jenny
Walling)
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Concert celebrates early bands
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November 4, 2002 - The Lincoln County Concert Association will present a musical event that will takes
listeners back to a more simple time of entertainment before television, radio, and the movies.
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Lincoln short on paramedics
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November 4, 2002 - For at least several hours, several times a week, there are not enough paramedics in
Lincoln County to answer calls for assistance.
It is a scary thought for those who need medical assistance — and for the paramedics who are sometimes forced to make patients wait in life-or-death situations.
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Fly In
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Novemeber 4, 2002 - Saturday was "Fly In" day at the Lincolnton/Lincoln County Airport. Experimental Aircraft Association
Chapter 309 helped sponsor activities as the airport held an open house. In top photo Lt. Bradford Marker with the Civil Air Patrol, standing in front of an OV1 Mohawk, demonstrates the night goggle
uniform from Desert Storm. At bottom, Tequila Black, 10, exits the plane after a ride with pilot John Wigney. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Grisly details of shooting recounted
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November 4, 2002 - Police have identified a Lincolnton man who shot his way into the home of his
estranged wife Friday and killed her and her 14-year-old daughter, before turning the gun on himself.
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Republicans win big in Tuesday vote
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Pickens trounces Ledford
November 6, 2002 - It was cold outside, but inside Republican headquarters Tuesday night, things were getting hot.
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(Top) Republican Fred Hatley watches along with other candidates and supporters as the unofficial results of the 2002 election are
projected onto a wall at Republican headquarters Tuesday night. Hatley defeated Democrat Teresa Peeler for the win. (Right) Unaffiliated candidate for sheriff Tommy Ledford arrived at Republican
head-quarters shortly after the results were announced to congratulate Sheriff Barbara Pickens, who won her third term in office. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Republicans win big in Tuesday vote
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Lincoln board goes Republican
By ALICE SMITH, LTN Staff Writer
November 6, 2002 - One board, five seats, five Republicans.
Voters chose Republicans Carrol Mitchem and James “Buddy” Funderburk as their new county commissioners Tuesday night, making the board completely
Republican controlled.
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Hatley takes clerk’s post
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November 6, 2002 - The Republican juggernaut that rolled through Lincoln County Tuesday swept a political
novice into the Clerk of Court office.
Republican Fred Hatley soundly defeated Democrat Teresa Peeler and unaffiliated candidate Janet Carpenter Spears to claim the clerk’s position.
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Democrat incumbent keeps Register’s office
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November 6, 2002 - Election Day was bittersweet for Elaine Harmon.
On a night dominated by Republicans, Harmon, a Democrat, defeated challenger Beth Saine to retain her post as Lincoln County’s Register of Deeds..
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Newcomers elected to school board
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November 6, 2002 - The Lincoln County Board of Education will have its most veteran member back and bring
in two newcomers next year.
Board Chairwoman Jean S. Dellinger retained her seat in the Catawba Springs Township Tuesday, while Joan S. Avery and Bobby E. (Rusty) Beam Jr. claimed the
Howards Creek Township and Lincolnton Township Outside-the-City Limits seats, respectively.
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Marching musicians fight for first
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November 6, 2002 - DENVER —It was one last family reunion, set to music.
The East Lincoln High School marching band held its 13th annual Carolina Classic Band Competition Saturday..
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Led by Danielle Caldwell (center), Bandys High School's flag team dances to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Saturday. Below,
Bandys' musician Eric Sigmon performs. (Photos by Jenny Walling)
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Gift of giving earns special honor
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Citizen of the Year
November 6, 2002 - After spending so long giving to the senior citizens of eastern Lincoln County, Celia G. Deese got something in return last week..
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Celia Deese, right, visits with friends at Lakewood Nursing Center (from left) Kitty Olivares, who nominated her as Citizen of the Year,
Lakewood resident Wilma Hilderbran (seated), and Lisa Gonzin, Lakewood social worker and admissions director.
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Exhibit of local artist’s work will aid Amy’s House
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November 6, 2002 - DENVER — Artist Angela Parker hopes to empower women by the strokes of her paintbrush.
When she puts paint to canvas, she often features women wearing the battle scars of domestic violence — a subject that hits close to home.
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Service celebrates second chances
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November 8, 2002 - Jerry Lackey got a second chance.
Two years ago, Lackey, 56, a Lincolnton resident who owns a real estate appraisal service, received a kidney transplant after spending the previous
20 years with a kidney disease. Within a week of the tran | | |
