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LINCOLN
TIMES-NEWS
P.O. Box 40
119 W. Water Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
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Recent Social - December 2002
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Fun And Flurries Before The Ice Strikes
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December 6, 2002 - Fat snow flurries blanketed Lincoln County Wednesday, sending children home from school and closing area businesses.
The storm transformed the area into a winter wonderland. (Below right) Sixth-grader Sammy Foster didn't let the snowy weather keep him from riding his bike through town. (Below left) Sanchanze
Merritt picks up Tyron Roberts Wednesday morning at Battleground Elementary. Students went home at 10 a.m. Wednesday and are still out today due to power outages. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Winter Fun
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December 6, 2002 - (Top right) Josh and Amber Morrison took advantage of the time off school to play in the show while drivers struggled
through the snowy streets. (Below) Ten-year-old Candace Willard and her grandfather stopped for some ice cream only to find that many downtown stores had closed early.
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Peace poster contest winners named
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December 11, 2002 - Students from five Lincoln County Schools participated in the 15th annual Lions
International Peace Poster Contest, along with some 325,000 others from around the world. This contest encourages children, ages 11-13, to creatively express what peace means to them.
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Christmas Crafts
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December 11, 2002 - Nadine Becker (left) and her daughter Tina Freeland look over some of the homecrafted ornaments that will be on sale
Saturday, Dec. 21 at St. Luke's Parish House, North Cedar Street from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to crafts, pottery, lunch and baked items will be sold. Sale proceeds benefit projects of the ECW. (LTN
photos by Jenny Walling)
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Pint-sized crowd delights in farm fun
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Two not-so-tiny reindeer, slippery hay bales
December 13, 2002 - IRON STATION — Harrison Hall couldn’t have been much happier Wednesday morning.
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(Top) Zachary Venkus, 4, tries to tempt one of Bill Cline's reindeer with some food. (Below) Ryan Fisher, 4, works his
way down a pile of hay. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Click to enlarge
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Zachary Venkus, 4, zooms in for a reindeer close-up.
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Songs of the Season
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December 13, 2002 - The Lincoln Choral Guild, under the direction of Gene Heavner, filled the First Baptist Church sanctu-ary with songs
of the season Saturday.
The concert also featured Carolina Style Chorus, Sweet Adeline's International under the direction of Jean Danaher. The performance was sponsored by a grant from the Lincoln Arts Council. (LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Making Music: Teacher’s cross-cultural journey is one to note
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December 13, 2002 - Denise Baxter-Yoder’s passion is now a second career.
A sixth-grade teacher at Catawba Intermediate School, Baxter-Yoder has enjoyed creative writing since she was in elementary school.
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Teacher and recording artist Denise Baxter-Yoder says her music re-flects her appreciation of bluegrass, country, pop and Celtic songs.
(LTN photo by Jenny Walling)
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Volunteers provide food and toys for hundreds
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Santa’s helpers
December 20, 2002 - Santa’s little helpers are alive and well at Christian Ministry of Lincoln County.
Two of them act as volunteers each year to co-chair the ministry’s Christmas Fund, a drive to collect money, food and toys.
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(Above) Christian Ministry volunteer Ralph Zello checks the organization of boxes to distrib-uted to the needy this morning. (Right) Kathy
Rhyne sorts through a mound of toys that were donated by churches, businesses and individuals. The toys will be given to more than 800 children this Christmas. (LTN photos by Jenny Walling)
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Troupe to offer opportunity for teens
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December 20, 2002 - Area teens will have a new opportunity in the performing arts.
Peggie Boring, Gaston College professor and Lincoln Theatre Guild second vice-president, is heading up a new thespian troupe in the area.
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Methodist cookbook available
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December 20, 2002 - First United Methodist Church will publish its second cookbook, “A Feast of
Tradition.”
The first publication was completed about 10 years ago.
“We’ve had so many requests, everyone asked for another publication,” said Pat Lawing with the cookbook committee.
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2003 historical calendars on sale
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December 20, 2002 - A look at history is offered each month in the pages of the Lincoln
County Historical Association and Lincoln County Museum of History’s 2003 calendar.
The cover of the calendar shows the Seagle family in 1910 in front of the old Rev. Alfred J. Fox place. The black and white family portrait is a
preview of what’s to come inside.
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Page family and friend finds the spotlight, again
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December 30, 2002 - For the Page family, fame keeps coming their way.
James, a Dental Lab Technician, and Beverly, who does James’ bookkeeping and is a stay-at-home mom, Page, their daughter, Laura, 18, and a family
friend, Andrew Seagle, 19, a local guitarist, recently spent a day on the set of “Dawson’s Creek.”
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(Above) Laura and Catherine Page look through photos of their days on the set of "Dawson's Creek." (Below) Catherine and her
husband James were decked out for a cocktail party on the set of the weekly TV show.
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