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Crewel Beauty

Nov. 30 - Most of the designs are florals and landscapes, all with vibrant colors. Flowers burst from their yarn vases; hummingbirds are frozen in midair; and England’s rolling hills pop out of their frames.

(Left) This scene of the rolling hills of England has been framed and hangs on the living room wall of the Heaslip house. Robert and Jackie found the pattern while visiting Wales. (Right) Many of the pieces Heaslip creates are floral pictures with more than 30 colors entwined into the fabric.

Robert Heaslip spends approximately two hours a day working on crewel embroidery. His wife Jackie uses the time to catch up on her crossword puzzles. Heaslip's colorful creations cover the walls of their Lincolnton home.

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Nov. 23 - Not even a heaping helping of turkey helps some people get a good night’s sleep.

For some, catching some shut-eye is a job in itself.

“I wake up in the middle of the night. It’s like something just jars me,” Dana McGinnis said, a Lincolnton homemaker, who, like many Americans, does not sleep well.

Sleep technician Andy Young adheres electrodes to Dana McGinnis as she begins the process of having a sleep study done at Lincoln Medical Center.

Young checks McGinnis' pulse, oxygen levels and other statistics on the monitor while the patient sleeps in a room across the hall.

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Nov. 23 - The intent is to strengthen the church, one person at a time. That’s church in the broad sense — the church community — not any one church or denomination.

“As individual needs are met and couples are restored, it’s going to strengthen the local churches,” says Nathan Grooms, a Lincolnton pastor, who has opened a downtown office housing Fulfilling Love Ministries, a ministry aimed at helping individuals and couples  develop better relationships with family, friends and ultimately God.

Nathan Grooms, director of Fulfilling Love Ministries, is providing individual and group counseling at his Sycamore Street offices.

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Nov. 19 - Members of the Bible Club and FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) at West Lincoln High School recently collected more than $370 from students to give gifts to needy children. (Above) Packing boxes in the school's library are, from left, Jana Jonas, Jessica Cloninger, Rachel Jewell and Justice Herman. (Below) Elizabeth Payseur, who headed the project, helps pack the boxes before they are distributed to needy children. The students used the money to purchase items that filled shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Gift boxes donated to Operation Christmas Child are given to needy children around the globe. Since its inception in 1993, over 13 million shoe boxes have been delivered.

Southern Christmas Show

Nov. 16 - It’s the same Southern Christmas Show — lots of glitter, glitz and gifts — only this year with a patriotic twist. Red, white and blue ornaments and flags are tucked into tree limbs as decorations. Bunting is twisted into wreaths. And even Santa may have an American flag pin tucked under his beard.

Darrell Fulbright of Vale offers country primitive Christmas fare in his Ful O'Bright Ideas shop. Most of the items are handmade locally, he says.

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Nov. 7 - East Lincoln High’s Mandy Walker was the only student at the school chosen to attend the prestigious Governor’s School last summer.

It’s just another victory over severe hearing loss for the vibrant senior who turns 18 later this month.

“A lot of people are amazed I do some of the stuff I do, because of my hearing loss,”  she said.

East Lincoln High School student Mandy Walker with guidance counselor Jane Parker.

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