Ward II city councilman Dr. John Les Cloninger
(left) and ward IV councilman Larry Mac Hovis
will be sworn-in Thursday along with Lincolnton
mayor John Gilleland (not pictured). File
photos/TCS
BY JON MAYHEW December 30, 2011
– The Carolina Scoop has
learned the protest to the North Carolina
Board of Elections have been put on hold to
see if the District Attorney’s office
will charge anyone in the voting
irregularities case.
During the one-stop voting process, Alonzo
Odom of Lincolnton voted by absentee ballot.
Elections officials
BY JON MAYHEW December 30, 2011
– Starting Monday, January 2,
2012, there will be some minor changes coming
to Lincoln’s Innovative News Channel On
Line Now.
A new “progressive news” format
will be implemented where the Web site
Council
to fund resource officer position among budget
amendments
BY
JON MAYHEW December 30, 2011
– Our tax dollars are being put
to work as several budget amendments have
been proposed for the upcoming Thursday
Lincolnton City Council meeting including the
school resource officer position for
Lincolnton High.
According to the agenda, the city may approve
spending a little more than
A message to the DA:
don’t be “stupid and
irresponsible” in elections fraud case
December 30,
2011 – As I had stated in a
previous editorial, the time for smiling and
handshakes have ended for now and it’s
time to bring out the “big guns.”
Here is a message for Lincoln/Cleveland
County District Attorney Rick Shaffer:
don’t be “stupid and
irresponsible” in handling the elections
fraud case.
Why be so harsh, you ask? It’s simple.
The above comment is one Shaffer
The Carolina Scoop
presents Tri
County Animal Rescue's Pet of the Week
All of the babies
found homes. Now it is time to find homes for
their moms!
Santa
is at Petsmart in Gastonia for the next three
weekends. He will be stopping by to have his
picture taken with your pets! Santa will be
available Saturday and Sunday from 11am until
4pm.
Come on out and see him! Petsmart will be
making a contribution to Tri-County Animal
Rescue from each package purchased.
Santa is at Petsmart in Gastonia for the next
two weekends. He will be stopping by to have
his picture taken with your pets! Santa will
be available Saturday
Time
once again for "Where's Willie,"
the monthly contest featuring Lincolnton
Police Sgt. Willie Vaughn.
Guesses can be emailed to scoopcontest@gmail.com. The correct answers
will be put in a drawing for a massage
certificate from A Caring Place Massage on
Lithia Inn Road in Boger City.
This month's "Where's Willie" is an
abbreviated two-week contest due to the
Christmas holiday. Please include a
full name and telephone number on all
guesses. Only one guess per person please.
See Kathy Saunders' ad
on The Carolina Scoop and ask her about her
December specials.
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NC
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT
SECURITY
JOB LISTINGS
You must
currently be registered with DES to be referred
on any of our jobs. Go to www.ncjobconnector.com to
register or update an existing registration. Job
listings for all of North Carolina may also be
accessed. Call DES, Lincolnton, 704.735.8035, or
come to the Lincoln County JobLink Career
Center/DES, 529 N Aspen St., Lincolnton.
SALES-INSIDE
SALES
JOB NUMBER 010076895 1-2 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN A COMMISSION
ENVIRONMENT. A COLLEGE DEGREE AND BILINGUAL
SPANISH SKILLS ARE A DEFINITE PLUS. RETAIL
SALES POSITION.
DATA ANALYST
JOB NUMBER 010074799 ANALYZE INFORMATION OR COMPUTATION
NEEDS AND PLAN AND DESIGN COMPUTER SYSTEMS,
USING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS STRUCTURED ANALYSIS,
DATA MODELING AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING.
COORDINATE AND LINK THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS
WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION TO INCREASE
COMPATIBILITY. REQUIRES SIX MONTHS EXPERIENCE
AND AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE.
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT
JOB NUMBER 010074895 MUST BE ABLE TO REACT QUICKLY IN
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND COMMUNICATE
EFFECTIVELY. REQUIRES HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
WITH VALID STATE CERTIFICATION AS A CNA. SIX
MONTHS OF EXPERIENCE IN A LONG TERM CARE
ENVIRONMENT PREFERRED.
CONSTRUCTION WORKER
JOB NUMBER 010077198 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS NEEDED THAT
WILL REQUIRE SOME TRAVEL. WORKERS MUST HAVE
SOME EXPERIENCE WITH CARPENTRY, CONCRETE AND
WELDING. WILL BE DOING METAL BUILDING WORK,
FRAMING AND INTERIOR FINISHING.
Trinity Lutheran
Church, Vale and Daniels Lutheran Church,
Lincolnton will combine choirs to perform
their Christmas Cantata at Trinity on
Saturday, December 17 at 6:00 p.m. Cantata is
titled "Lead Me Back to Bethlehem"
and is composed by Pepper Choplin. Todd
Wright, music director at Trinity and Linda
Wyant, director at Daniels will lead the
choirs in singing prayerful pieces about
Jesus' birth. All are invited to this musical
worship experience at either church. Trinity
is located at 2700 Trinity Church Road in
Vale. For more information call Pastor John
Locke at (704) 276-1257
