By Jon Mayhew
Publisher DENVER – Authorities were
called to the new Highway 16 near the overpass
around 4:45 a.m. Monday to reports of a van
hitting a bicycle.
It’s the latest in a string of accidents in
Lincoln County where speed and driver
inattentiveness may be involved. According to the
North Carolina Highway
By Jon
Mayhew
Publisher EAST LINCOLN –
A former Denver car dealer is scheduled to appear
in Lincoln County court Tuesday on felony charges
that he failed to provide titles to customers at
Auto Sports by The Lake. Thirty-nine year old
John Rosenbaum closed the dealership earlier this
year and – according to authorities with the
state Division of Motor Vehicles – willingly
failed to obtain clear tities to vehicles by not
paying off previous debts
By Jon
Mayhew
Publisher BOILING
SPRINGS -- Around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, the
National Weather Service reported rotation in a
thunderstorm south of Boiling Springs in
Cleveland County.
According to Accuweather radar, there are storms
moving northwest with heavy cells northeast and
south of Shelby. Lincoln County authorities have
been notified these storms are moving towards the
county.
Authorities on Lake Norman are telling
dispatchers in Lincoln County that a bright flash
of light and a loud boom may be storm related.
Radio traffic indicated that nobody has called in
regarding any type of explosions on the lake.
As of 8:35 p.m., there haven't been any weather
alerts issued for Lincoln or surrounding
counties.
GUSTAV MAY END THE
LINCOLN GAS PRICE BREAK
By Jon Mayhew
Publisher
LINCOLN COUNTY – A category four
hurricane more than 500 miles away may put an end
to the 30-plus day drop in gasoline prices in
Lincoln and surrounding counties. While The
Carolina Scoop gas tracker showed gas prices
averaging $3.71 for regular unleaded as of Sunday
morning, Tom Crosby with AAA of the Carolinas
In exclusive video on
The Carolina Scoop, Lincolnton resident Cain
Leonard talks about the band Coast to Coast,
which performed at Alive After Five Thursday
evening in downtown Lincolnton. Video by Jon
Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop.
National Emergency
Family Registry And Locator System And The Child
Locator Center Activated For Hurricane Gustav
WASHINGTON,
D.C. -- The Department of Homeland
Security?s Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) has activated its National
Emergency Family Registry and Locator System
(NEFRLS) and National Emergency Child Locator
Center (NECLC) in connection with Hurricane
Gustav. The system is now available to help
families find members of their households
from whom they may have become separated as a
result
Contract
negotiations come on heels of award announcement
By Jon
Mayhew
Publisher DALLAS – The
Carolina Scoop has learned Gaston College
president Pat Skinner is receiving a nearly 5
percent salary increase for the upcoming 2008-09
school year that would raise her compensation to
more than $225,000. This past Monday, the
college’s Board of Trustees approved the
more than $10,000 increase.
According to a salary breakdown, Skinner’s
base salary increased more than $9,000 to
$212,928 and her car
By
Jon Mayhew
Publisher Authorities responded to reports of
a four-wheeler accident at 1592 Furnace Road
Extension. Around 8 p.m. Saturday, a 26-year-old
was riding a four-wheeler for the first time.
A witness
reported he road the four-wheeler until he struck
a tree, throwing him off the vehicle. Med Center
Air from Charlotte was put on standby as a
precaution. The victim suffered lacerations to
the chin and arm.
EFFORTS CONTINUE TO
TREAT RESCUED ANIMALS
Operation Noah’s Ark
continued Friday
By Jon Mayhew
Publisher
DENVER – It’s an 80,000 square
foot building in an undisclosed location. Inside
the building, cats meow, dogs bark and horses
neigh as a plethora of volunteers scurry to take
care of more than 300 animals rescued from a
Denver residence earlier in the week.
Mobile kennels line the floors and a mobile
veterinarian from Raleigh treats the animals
seized from Vicki Rauch’s residence on
Petite Lane. It’s the latest in the
controversy surrounding Rauch and a nuisance
lawsuit brought against her by Lincoln County
government.
This past week, Jack Kerley with Lincoln County
Animal Services served a search warrant on Rauch.
Original estimates of Operation Noah’s Ark
were around 150 animals; by Friday, that number
easily doubled.
Rauch told reporters Tuesday that the lawsuit
wasn’t the only reason for the animal
seizure.
“There were a lot of complaints as
well,” said Kerley.
Reporters and the public were kept from accessing
the location. Guards kept watch over the location
night and day, as the operation went from rescue
Please
find below a letter from Erin Powell with a plea
for help for the animals taken at the raid in
Lincoln County. As we all know the situation is
critical for the animals seized Tuesday from a
hoarder on Petite Lane in Denver NC and they need
every experienced hand to help they can get. The
mobile veterinary lab out of Raleigh is caring
for the animals but I am sure additional vet tech
and veterinarian help would be appreciated.
CHARLOTTE -- Investigators with the
Charlotte FBI Safe Streets Task Force need the
publics help tracking down a man who robbed the
Hamlet Federal Credit Union at 6101 Idlewild Road
on August 27. Witnesses say the man came into the
Credit Union just before lunchtime and pointed a
gun at the teller. He demanded money from the
drawer and forced the teller to get money from
the vault. The robber was holding a cell phone to
his ear the entire time he was in the Credit
Union.
Lincoln County Commissioner
Elected To Statewide Board
Lincoln County Commissioner James A. Klein was
elected to a two-year term to the Board of
Directors of the North Carolina Association of
County Commissioners during the NCACC’s
101st Annual Conference, which was held Aug.
21-24 in Craven County. Klein will represent
District 12, which includes Cabarrus, Gaston,
Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly and
Union counties.
Photo by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
INCIDENT REPORT August 28 & 29, 2008
2008-06460
Breaking & Entering,
Damage to Property
Assigned: Officer Barnes
Location: 6406 Sterling Ct.
Victim: Miriam Oliver
Suspect damaged window while
entered property
Date Reported: August 27, 2008
District C
UNITED
STATES ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES RETURNED INDICTMENTS
INVOLVING THE SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF
CHILDREN
RALEIGH – Tuesday, United
States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced
that in a single session last week, a federal
grand jury handed down five separate indictments
for crimes involving the sexual abuse and
exploitation of children. The defendants charged
were TRAVIS DITTRICH, formerly of Pender County,
CHRISTOPHER MARK SURLES of Rocky Mount, RUSSELL
BIATHROW of Fayetteville, DANIEL CARL SHERWIN of
Elizabeth City, and SCOTT ALEXANDER FRANTZ,
formerly of Willow Springs.
Though the cases are similar and every case
involves child pornography, the crimes charged
cover a broad range of conduct, a variety of
Credit Cards –
the American Emergency Fund
By: Leigh Guth
Family and Consumer Science Extension Agent
NC Cooperative Extension Service, Lincoln County
• In July 2008, Lincoln
County’s unemployment rate was 8% - higher
than the state rate of 6.6%.
• Since the beginning of the year, 155 of
our Lincoln County friends and neighbors have had
foreclosure begin on their homes.
Unfortunately, 70% of families facing foreclosure
do not seek assistance.
• The average cost of food is expected to
rise by 5 - 6% in 2008.
There
is plenty of bleak economic news to go around
these days. And if your household is not feeling
the pinch, you can almost
guarantee that a neighbor, coworker, or relative
is. What are our options when
Lincoln County
Officials and Volunteers Seeking Donations To
Care For Rescued Animals Staff
Reports
DENVER – Lincoln County officials and
volunteers are seeking donations to help care for
375 animals and birds
rescued from a residence on Petite Lane Tuesday.
Emergency
Management Director Susan Spake said there is a
desperate need for towels to help with washing,
bathing and bedding for the animals at the rescue
shelter. Anyone that has towels that can be used
for this
purpose can drop them off at the Denver Fire
Department on Highway 16.
If you prefer
to make a monetary donation, the fire departments
assisting in the rescue have set up an
Lincoln County Animal
Rescue “Operation Noah’s Ark”
Continues
More
Animals Recovered Than Expected
Staff Reports
Denver, NC – Lincoln County Animal
Services says the final total is almost twice
what they expected to find at a residence on
Petite Lane Tuesday.
Animal Services Director Jack Kerley said the
final total was 375 animals. That total included
160 large and small dogs, 40 cats, 100 rodents,
65 fowl and exotic birds and 10 livestock
including horses, ponies, a llama and goats.
DALLAS – The
Carolina Scoop has learned Gaston College
president Pat Skinner is receiving a nearly 5
percent salary increase for the upcoming 2008-09
school year that would raise her compensation to
more than $225,000. This past Monday, the
college’s Board of Trustees approved the
more than $10,000 increase.
