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LINCOLN
TIMES-NEWS
P.O. Box 40
119 W. Water Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
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RECENT
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Recent Social - August 2002
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Pageant title teaches reigning Apple Queen valuable life lessons
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August 2, 2002 - The 2002 Apple Queen title has taught Jaime Goodson many life lessons.
Lessons she will take with her even after she crowns the new queen Saturday, Aug. 10 at the Citizens Center.
The reigning queen and daughter of Allen and Jeannie Goodson of Lincolnton, has spent the last month working with this year’s contestants.
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Artist brings ‘visions’ to Tucker’s Grove
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August 2, 2002 - Ernest Wingate wants to bring artwork and open minds to Tucker’s Grove
United Methodist Church. He hopes his actions will build awareness and break racial barriers.
“I think it’s about high time we get together and enjoy this (art) as a group and not as a color,” says Wingate.
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Ernest Wingate, above, prepares his pieces, "Brother and Sister," for Saturday's exhibit. Karlos McAfee, left, shapes the wires
of his sculpture, "The Wave." (LTN photos by Diane Turbyfill)
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Pie Time
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August 7, 2002 - Members of the Extension and Community Association are busy in the demonstration kitchen this week making fried apple
pies. Bessie Mosteller has been busy rolling doe while other volunteers fill and fry the scratch-made treats. Orders are being taken by phone this week by calling 704-736-8464..
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The Ripe Stuff
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August 7, 2002 - Ralph Norman of Lincolnton has had great success this year with his tomato plants. The eight plants have reached almost
eight feet high, yielded the red, ripe fruit for his friends and family.
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Lifelong friends meet face to face
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Write relationship
August 9, 2002 - Their 37-year-old has passed many milestones. Together they have experienced puberty, graduations, marriages, children and
anniversaries.
And just last week they met for the first time.
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Debbie Whitworth and Lea Mumbray-Williams sit around the kitchen table, looking at old letters and reminiscing about their
longtime friendship. (LTN photo by Diane Turbyfill)
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Nantahala trips are a whitewater rush
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Rafting in the ‘Land of the noonday sun’
August 9, 2002 - Looking for one last summer thrill?
Rafting western North Carolina’s Nantahala River just might be it.
It’s a great way to cool off; the scenery is outstanding, and the race through whitewater hints of just enough danger to be exciting.
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Cyclist treks across the United States
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Growers sell melons, peaches and tomatoes
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Ripe to the Rind
August 16, 2002 - A "He's a great one. We always visit."
Ralph Sain was one of several farmers selling locally-grown produce on a shaded lot at
the corner of N. Aspen and Pine streets.
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Top, Nathan and Danica Tyler purchase peaches from Ralph Sain Thursday. Below, Sain displays his Georgia Belle peaches, Goliath tomatoes
and green beans. (LTN photos by Diane Turbyfill)
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Electric cooperatives sponsor youth tour of nation's capital
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Preschoolers ‘Get Silly’ at story hour
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August 23, 2002 - Songs, books, crafts and games await preschoolers on Wednesdays at the
Charles R. Jonas Library.
The main branch of the Lincoln County Library offers Preschool Story Hour to children ages three through five.
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Rebekkah Crawford, 3, and Noah Bridges, 3, clap and dance during Preschool Story Hour at the Charles R. Jonas Library.
(LTN photo by Diane Turbyfill)
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Guild gets down to business
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Piece-ful practices
August 23, 2002 - As needles weave in and out of fabric, comments are made about material, patterns and designs. Members of the
Piecemakers Quilt Guild are hard at work.
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Vicki McBride helps Peggy Cooper trip fabric for her six-hour quilt. (LTN photos by Diane Turybfill)
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Lincoln County 4-Hers win awards at State 4-H Congress
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August 26, 2002 - Lincoln County was represented among winners at State 4-H Congress. Congress is the
high point of the 4-H year, bringing young people from across the state to the North Carolina State University campus and Raleigh for a week of activity. This year’s Congress was July 15-19.
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