TOASTMASTERS
By Carolyn Agosta
Special to the Carolina
Scoop
The Lincolnton Toastmasters began
their six-week public speaking course,
Speechcraft, this week. We have five attendees
but would welcome more. It’s not too late to
sign up. Visit our website at www.lincolntontoastmasters.com.
We meet Mondays at 7 pm at the Lincolnton Senior
Center on the 3rd floor of Gaston
College/Lincolnton Campus, 514 S. Academy Street,
Lincolnton.
AUTHORITIES LOOKING FOR SUSPECT IN
DENVER HOME INVASION
By Jon Mayhew
DENVER – Authorities
are looking for a man they say pointed a gun at
two people during a Thursday home invasion in
Denver.
Detectives say Aric Doran Torrence, 27,
of Crab Apple Trail, Denver, went to a residence
at 1470 Triangle Circle and walked into the
house. Authorities say Ryan Sykes was sleeping on
the couch and woke up to find Torrence, asking
for Nicholas Dustin Harmon.
When Sykes told Torrence he didn't know
where Harmon was, that's when Torrence pointed
the rifle at him.
Sykes ran out the back door to a
neighbor’s house and that’s when Harmon
came out of the bedroom and saw Torrence running
behind Sykes. Harmon returned to the
bedroom and locked the door. Torrence
returned to the residence and kicked the bedroom
door open. Torrence told Harmon to give him
what he had and Harmon turned over a shoebox
containing a number of one-dollar bills. He
also took several 20-dollar bills from a dresser.
Harmon said he followed Torrence
out of the house asking him why he was doing
this. Torrence then turned around and pointed
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SECOND
VICTIM IN GLADDEN WRECK DIES
By Jon Mayhew
NORTH
LINCOLN -- A second victim, pulled from
a vehicle that overturned in a pond on Gladden
Drive last Tuesday has died.
Taylor Peyton, 4, died Monday morning at
Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte according
to a hospital spokesperson.
Peyton, her brother John, and
their mother Chastity Spivey were pulled from the
vehicle by firefighters and neighbors after
Spivey lost control of her vehicle and ended up
overturned
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INCIDENT REPORT
October 14, 2008
2008-07750
Damage to Property, Communicating
Threats
Assigned: Officer Wise
Location: 6594 Deerwood Trail
Victim: Marie Thomas
Suspect destroyed clothes and threatened victim
Date Reported: October 13, 2008
District A
2008-07752
Damage to Property, Larceny
Assigned: Sergeant Cody
Location: 1485 S. Industrial Park Rd.
Victim: Lintex LLC
Suspect damaged work truck and took mailbox
Date Reported: October 13, 2008
District B
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FORMER
BRUNSWICK COUNTY SHERIFF SENTENCED TO 16 MONTHS
IN PRISON
RALEIGH - United
States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced
that Ronald E. Hewett, 45, was sentenced in
federal court today by Senior United States
District Judge W. Earl Britt to 16 months
imprisonment followed by two years of supervised
release. Hewett was also ordered to pay a fine of
$10,000.
On May 8, 2008, Hewett was charged in a one-count
Criminal Information charging corruptly
endeavoring to obstruct justice, specifically, a
federal grand jury investigation
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INCIDENT REPORT
October 13, 2008
2008-07489
Assault on Child Under 12
Assigned: Detective Etters
Location:
Victim: Juvenile
Assault on Child Under 12
Date Reported: October 3, 2008
District B
2008-07582
Larceny
Assigned: Officer B. Posey
Location: 406 Foxboro Lane
Victim: Tamalia Ballard
Suspect took fuel from victim’s vehicle
Date Reported: October 7, 2008
District C
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For
What It's Worth
10/13/08
When you go to the ballot box
on November 4th, how do you make your vote count?
North Carolina has some funny laws that, in an
extreme situation, could possibly invalidate your
ballot.
More votes are lost trying to vote a straight
party ticket than any other way.
It seems easy enough, just mark one place and go
home. If you are like many of us, you may think
you have voted in all of the races.
What about for president of the United States?
What about the non-partisan judges' races? What
about for county commissioners and the school
board, and even the Soil and Water Conservation
Districts? You didn't vote for any of them.
That's right, you may not even get to help choose
a president, the first thing on the ballot.
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FALL FOLIAGE COLOR
By Kevin Starr
Lincoln County Cooperative Extension Agent
I had the
opportunity to go to the mountains last week for
some training. Some of the trees were starting to
show significant color. No man-made attraction is
more beautiful than the show that nature puts on
in the North Carolina mountains. But why do
leaves turn certain colors and why are they
showier in certain years? The explanation for
that follows and is provided by Dr. Robert
Bardon, Extension Forestry Specialist from N.C.
State University.
Leaves get their green color from a pigment
called chlorophyll. This pigment, which is
necessary for food production, is found in
numerous cells through out the leaf. Along with
the green pigment, leaves also contain yellow or
orange carotenoids. Most of the year, these
yellowish colors are masked by the greater amount
of green coloring. But in the fall, partly
because of changes in the period of daylight and
changes in temperature, the chlorophyll breaks
down, the green color disappears, and the
yellowish colors become visible.
The red pigment, anthocyanin, appears later in
the growing season as a result of a combination
of factors. Anthocyanin is produced from high
concentration of simple sugars in the leaf cells
and warm sunny days followed by cool nights with
temperatures between freezing and 45o F.
Variations in leaf colors are due to the mixing
of varying amounts of the chlorophyll and other
pigments in the leaf during the fall season.
The most vivid colors appear after a warm dry
summer and early autumn rains that prevent early
leaf fall. Long periods of wet weather in late
fall produces a rather drab coloration. Some of
the most startling color combinations are to be
found in the leaves of red and sugar maples,
sassafras, sumac, blackgum, sweetgum, scarlet
oak, sourwood, and
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GASTONIA
POLICE CHIEF BECOMES CHIEF OF FORCE IN GEORGIA
GASTONA
— Terry L. Sult, currently the
chief of police in Gastonia, will become the new
police chief for the City of Sandy Springs, GA.
on October 27. He will receive the city benefits
including a salary of $143,500. His current
salary is $103,168.
“I am confident that Terry Sult will lead us
effectively and collaboratively. He is an
innovative chief with unquestionable integrity.
His leadership will be a great asset for Sandy
Springs,” said City Manager John McDonough.
“I chose Chief Sult not only for his
successes but also based on impeccable
references,”
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DAVID
C. KERNELL INDICTED FOR ALLEGED HACK OF GOVERNOR
SARAH PALIN’S E-MAIL ACCOUNT
KNOXVILLE — David C.
Kernell, 20, was indicted by a federal grand jury
in Knoxville, Tennessee, for intentionally
accessing without authorization the e-mail
account of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Acting
Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of
the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney James R.
Dedrick for the Eastern District of Tennessee
announced today. Kernell turned himself into
federal authorities for arrest and will be
arraigned today before the Honorable C. Clifford
Shirley, United States Magistrate Judge, Eastern
District of Tennessee.
The single count indictment, returned on October
7, 2008, and unsealed today, alleges that on
approximately September 16, 2008, Kernell, a
resident of Knoxville, obtained unauthorized
access to Governor Sarah Palin’s personal
e-mail account by allegedly resetting the account
password. According to the indictment, after
answering a series of security questions that
allowed him to reset the password and gain access
to the e-mail account, Kernell allegedly read the
contents of the account and made screenshots of
the e-mail directory, e-mail content and other
personal information. According to the
indictment, Kernell posted screenshots of the
e-mails and other personal information to a
public website. Kernell also allegedly posted the
new e-mail account password, thus providing
access to the account by others.
If convicted of the charge, the defendant faces a
maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine
and a three year term
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SCARRED
MAN HITS SAME BANK TWICE
OAKBORO
– The Charlotte FBI Safe Streets
Task Forces needs the public’s help catching
a man who has hit the same bank twice.
Agents say the
robber has a possible scar on the bridge of his
nose. They say he robbed the Bank of Stanly
branch at 624 North Main Street on Wednesday
October 8, and also back in May 2008.
Bank tellers
describe the robber as a black man about
6’2” tall, 210 pounds. He was seen
wearing a band-aid on the bridge of his nose in
the May robbery. Witnesses saw him leaving the
area in an older model burgundy Ford sedan. No
one was hurt during the robbery.
If you have seen
this man or know anything about the robbery
please contact the FBI Charlotte Field Office at
704-377-9200.
Poetry
"To Foreign
Lands"
By
Walt Whitman
I heard that you ask'd for something to prove
this puzzle the New World,
And to define America, her athletic Democracy,
Therefore I send you my poems that you behold in
them what you wanted.
If you know of a good poem,
or if you write poetry and would like to submit
some of your work, you may do so by e-mailing it
to: mail@thecarolinascoop.com. All content is subject to approval by
the staff of The Carolina Scoop.
WHO
AM I?
Clues:
1. He never attended college but he had a
classical education in morals, manners and
gentlemanly conduct;
2. Planter, farmer and soldier, he was a
professional surveyor at age 16;
3. His pet was a horse he named
"Nelson."
The first correct guess
received wins $5.
Submit your
guesses to mail@thecarolinascoop.com.
Be sure to include your name and telephone
number!
Employees of The
Carolina Scoop and their families are not
eligible to win.
Sheriff's
Dectectives Investigating Theft of Antique Plow
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Staff Reports
LINCOLNTON – Lincoln County Sheriff’s
detectives are investigating the theft of an
antique horse-drawn road scraper. The scrape is
approximately 26 feet long and weighs around six
thousand pounds.
It was last known secure on September 30, 2008 in
the 1500 block of Lee Huss Lane off Buffalo
Shoals Road.
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Crime
of The Week
Staff Reports
LINCOLNTON – Lincoln County Sheriff's
detectives are investigating a breaking, entering
and larceny at 2283 Ivey Church Road. Stolen in
the break-in was cash, antique watches, earrings,
neckaces and rings.
Officers are also investigating a break-in and
larceny at 4479 Old Plank
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OCT. 10 INCIDENT REPORTS
From the Lincoln County
Sheriff's Office
Publisher's
Note: Crimestoppers of Lincolnton/Lincoln County
may pay a cash reward of up to $1,000 for
information leading to an arrest in any crime.
Tipsters are anonymous. Have a tip? Call
704-736-8909,
2008-07612
Unauthorized Use of MV
Assigned: Officer Runyon
Location: 4022 Hazelwood Ln.
Victim: Robin Beer
Suspect took vehicle without knowledge
Date Reported: October 8, 2008
District B
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