Do you struggle with aching
joints caused by arthritis? If you do, you
aren’t the only one. Arthritis affects one
out of every five American adults.
Among the best things you
can do for your arthritis is to keep your joints
moving, because physical activity can preserve
range of motion and increase muscle strength.
Kevin
Starr
County Extension Director
N.C. Cooperative Extension Service
MASTER
GARDNER PROGRAM
Are you interested in becoming a Master Gardener?
If so, I want to invite you to attend an
informational session at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday,
September 2. The meeting will be held in the
Extension demonstration kitchen on the first
floor of the James W. Warren Citizens Center in
downtown Lincolnton.
What is the Master Gardener program? It begins
with a course which covers the basics of plant
science and soils and then touches on most areas
of horticulture including how to care
FIREFIGHTERS
BATTLE HEAT FROM BELDING-HAUSMAN FIRE, WEATHER
By
Jon Mayhew
Publisher
LINCOLNTON
-- A muffler falling off a piece of
eqiupment is to blame for starting a fire that
didn't do any damage to a Lincolnton
manufacturing facility.
According to
Lincolnton Fire Department assistant chief Mitch
Burgin, it's not known if the muffler fell off
the piece of eqiupment into a pile of roofing
materials that started a massive outside fire or
if the muffler sparked into the pile.
Jon Mayhew
reports from the scene on a construction pile
that caught fire. As of Wednesday night, a cause
hadn't been determined. Firefighters were on the
scene for over five hours, making sure the fire
was out.
SENATOR
DOLE STOPS IN LINCOLNTON THURSDAY Exclusive
video of Dole's visit
By
Jon Mayhew
Publisher
LINCOLNTON
-- North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole
(R) made Lincolnton one of her scheduled stops on
a tour of the greater Charlotte area Thursady.
Dole, along with
her western North Carolina field representative
Graham Fields and other members of her office,
stopped into the Lincolnton/Lincoln County
Chamber of Commers for about a half-hour.
A Lincolnton man
speeds away from a license check around 9:15
Wednesday night. Authorities were in the process
of arresting him around 10pm thanks to a clue the
suspect provided highway patrol troopers. Jon
Mayhew reports.
MAN
LEAVES IMPORTANT CLUE FOR AUTHORITIES AFTER
RUNNING FROM LICENSE CHECKPOINT
By
Jon Mayhew
Publisher
LINCOLNTON
-- Call it a case of flight or fight
response or call it stupidity. Whatever label you
wish to put on Christopher Easter for what he did
at a license check point Wednesday night, the
word "dumb" may fit.
According to
North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper Randall
Neal, Evans pulled up to a license check on
Bonview Avenue Wednesday night and, when asked,
presented his license and registration to the
trooper.
Neal, acting on
instinct, felt something wasn't right.
LINCOLNTON -- Fifteen women are
expected to compete in this year's Apple Queen
Pageant, scheduled for Saturday 7 p.m. at the
James W. Warren Citizen's Center.
It's the 30th year of the pageant, which is held
about a month before the Lincoln County Apple
Festival.
Special guest emcee is Charlotte television
personality Larry Sprinkle.
The 2007 Apple Queen, Rachel Cochran, said the
pageant is a "big deal."
Did you know that, until
recently, approximately 75% of medicines used in
children did not have prescribing information on
how to use these medicines safely in children?
FDA efforts to implement special pediatric
legislation over the past decade has led to a
significant amount of new, science-based,
ethically-obtained information that helps parents
and physicians to more safely and more
effectively use medicines in our children.
Photo
by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
INCIDENT REPORT August 8, 2008
2008-05870
Animal Bite
Assigned: Animal Control
Location: 2006 St. James Ch. Rd.
Victim: Charles Cook
Animal Bite
Date Reported: August 4, 2008
District C
STANLEY
-- Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies are
investigating a case of animal cruelty involving
dogs after serving an eviction notice at 1955
Cabin Lane, Stanley, on 32-year-old Terrance Lee
Vanepps Jr. What a deputy discovered outside the
apartment was shocking, and the former tenant of
that apartment is now in jail.
Lincoln County Schools Release ABC Results
Results Mark a Successful Year
Lincoln County Schools
released the 2007-2008 North Carolina ABC results
today. Dr. David Martin, Superintendent of
Lincoln County Schools states, “The ABC
results indicate that Lincoln County Schools are
on a path of continuous improvement. The results
are indicative of the commitment by students,
teachers, and parents to do whatever it takes to
assist students to grow academically. I am proud
of our results; however, we have more work to
do.”
The North Carolina ABC plan was developed by the
North Carolina Board of Education to allow public
schools to focus more on basic skills, higher
accountability and more local control over
educational decisions. ABC scores are based on
individual schools. The North Carolina ABC
accountability model measures school achievement
in three ways to determine schools’ success
over time:
1. Percent of students’ test scores at or
above the proficient level (Performance
Composite)
2. Academic Growth (High or Expected)
3. Adequate Yearly Progress
Photo
by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
INCIDENT REPORT August 7, 2008
2008-05876
Simple Possession, Drug Paraphernalia
Assigned: File Only (Sgt. Ingle)
Location: Beth Haven Ch. Rd.
Victim: State of N.C.
Suspect in possession of Marijuana
Date Reported: August 5, 2008
District C
State Board of Education Releases 2007-2008
Cohort Graduation Rate
The State Board of Education released the
2007-2008 Cohort Graduation Rates. This rate
includes the
percentage of students who were in the ninth
grade during the 2004-2005 school year and
graduated four years
later in June 2008. Lincoln County's rate of
79.8% exceeded the state rate of 69.9%.
Summer is an exciting time for kids—what are
your child’s plans? Will he or she be
spending time home alone? Going to local parks
and pools with friends? Attending a sleep-away
camp?
NCMEC recommends that parents and guardians
consider children’s summer activities, both
structured and unstructured, and take responsible
actions to keep them safer. The first step is to
open the lines of communication.
Kids need to know:
Neighborhood boundaries and whose homes they may
visit.
Who to call and where to go in an emergency.
Their full names, address, and telephone
number(s).
To keep doors locked and not open the door if
they are home alone.
Not to approach a vehicle or accept a ride from
anyone without your permission.
To avoid pools and other bodies of water without
adult supervision.
Their curfew, and to call you if they will be
late.
Other important reminders for parents:
Supervise children at malls, movies, arcades, or
parks.
Choose and screen babysitters with care.
Before enrolling your children, investigate
daycares, camps, and summer programs thoroughly.
Always listen to your children
Going to an Amusement Park?
Theme parks are great places for family fun. Take
time to plan your trip, and talk to your kids
about ways to
CONCORD
-- The FBI wants to find the man who
robbed a bank in Concord, NC and hopes the public
can help identify him. The robber has a
distinctive scorpion tattoo on the left side of
his neck. He also made a mistake after leaving
the bank that could help lead to his capture.
Agents say
the man held up the SunTrust Bank at 176 Concord
Parkway on June 24, 2008. He was wearing a mask
and had a gun. He demanded money from the tellers
and then forced the employees into the vault. On
his way out the door, he pulled his mask up
revealing his face. Witnesses saw him taking off
in a late model white Chrysler Sebring. Concord
Police and FBI Agents believe he is the same man
responsible for several other bank robberies
dating back to May 2007.
If anyone
knows anything that may help investigators track
this man down, they are asked to call the
Charlotte Division of the FBI at 704-377-9200 or
Concord Police at 704-920-5055.
FIRE
AT BELDING-HAUSMAN
LINCOLNTON --
Firefighters from four departments are at Belding
Hausman at 2100 East Main Street Wednesday
afternoon. Lincoln County Fire Marshal Mike
Futrell said he was passing by the plant when he
saw smoke coming from the back of the building.
A pile of
roofing materials is on fire. One employee has
reportedly entered the building to try and get a
fire extinguisher. It's not known if the building
itself is on fire.
The Carolina
Scoop has learned the fire has possibly spread to
some nearby railroad tracks. The American Red
Cross has also been called in to assist with
helping firefighters saty cool.
The Carolina
Scoop has confirmed firefighters from North 321
and South Fork have been caled in for manpower
resources. Lincoln Rescue has also been called in
to assist because of the excessive heat.
Temperatures are hovering around the century mark
in Lincolnton.
The Carolina
Scoop's publisher, Jon Mayhew, shot exclusive
live video from the scene, which will be posted
soon.
WANTED
BY THE LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Roger Dale Willis
WHITE MALE,
AGE 40
HEIGHT 6' 0", BROWN HAIR, HAZEL EYES
GENERAL DELIVERY, CHERRYVILLE, NC 28021
FELONY LARCENY,
FELONY POSESSION OF STOLEN GOODS
If you have any information
on Wilis or any of the 10 most wanted, contact
Crime Stoppers of Lincolnton/Lincoln County Inc.
at
704-736-8909
"Arrested
Developments"
The Official
Police Blotter of The Carolina Scoop
Issac Julius Gillespie- Age 25
AKA "Spiderman" 1014 E.
Catawba St. Date of
Arrest - August 6, 2008 - 01:00 hrs. Place
of Arrest - S. Aspen St.
He has been charged with the following charges:
Felony PWISD
Felony Sell and Deliver Schedule II CS
Complainant - Detective Munday
Trial Date - 8/06/08 Bond: $10,000 Warrant Service
after subject made a 911 hang up call
August7, 1789-An Act of
Congress (1 Stat. L., 53), only the ninth law
passed by the newly-created Congress of the
United States and the first one to make any
provisions for public works, created the
Lighthouse Establishment as an administrative
unit of the Federal Government, when it accepted
title to, and joined jurisdiction over, the 12
lighthouses then in existence, and provided that
"the necessary support, maintenance and
repairs of all lighthouses, beacons, buoys and
public piers erected, placed, or sunk before the
passing of this act, at the entrance of, or
within any bay, inlet, harbor, or port of the
United States, for rendering the navigation
thereof easy and safe, shall be defrayed out of
the treasury of the United States."
Prior to this time the lighthouses had been paid
for, built and administered first by the colonies
and then the states.
"Neighborhoods coming together....in the
fight against crime...."
NEIGHBORHOODS
COME TOGETHER FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2008
By
Jon Mayhew
Publisher
LINCOLNTON
-- Twelve different Lincolnton
neighborhoods participated in National Night Out
block parties Tuesday night. From D.J. Johhny B's
beach and oldies sounds at the Carter Street
celebration to the massive party at Newcastle
Avenue, residents of each of the neighborhoods
joined with law enforcement and city leaders to
send a clear message to criminals.
Crime, in any
form, isn't welcome in our neighborhoods.....at
all!
People
visiting the National Night Out celebration get
down to the sounds of DJ Johnny B and "The
Electric Slide" during the observance of the
25th annual nationwide National Night Out. Twelve
neighboroods in Lincolnton observed National
Night Out.
See the story in Wednesday's The Carolina Scoop.
Video by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
The
Carolina Scoop Exclusive Trey's Notebook
THESE GIRLS ARE ON A
ROLL!
By Trey Childs
Adversiting Manager
Publisher's Note:
Trey Childs recently visited the Charlotte Roller
Girls while they were training in Gastonia. Trey
not only learned about the sport of Roller Derby
but got an inside look at the ladies that make up
the team.
My Experience It was my distinct
pleasure to spend some time with the Charlotte
Roller Girls. They are skating club within the
Women’s Flat Track Derby Association or
WFTDA. They are based out of Charlotte NC and
practice in Gastonia NC. They are non-profit,
non-sectarian and open to new members.
They are headed up by a
spit-fire of a woman who skates under the name
Lucy Kwipment (Cress Barnes) and wears the number
29.
MAN CHARGED WITH
BREAKING INTO PHARMACY Suspect broke
into Lincolnton church in 2007, Served Time
By Jon Mayhew
Publisher
LINCOLNTON -- A
Lincolnton man who plead guilty and served eight
months in prison for breaking into Temple Baptist
Church last July is in troube with the law again
for breaking into a pharmacy Thursday morning.
He didn't get far
Lincolnton Police arested
Jamie Sutton, 34, Lincoln Street, after he was
caught in front of Carolinas Medical Center -
Lincoln.
Photo
by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
INCIDENT REPORT August 6, 2008
2008-05856
Domestic
Assigned: Officer Dunigan
Location: 644 Southside Ch. Rd.
Victim: Michael Kulczyr
Domestic Disturbance
Date Reported: August 4, 2008
District A
Family
Woodland Owners Have New Opportunities With
Emerging Biomass
Energy Markets
RALEIGH -- With demand for fuel
wood rising as the biomass energy market expands,
North Carolina’s family woodland owners
are well-placed to enhance their assets, reduce
overhead and maybe even turn a profit. To educate
landowners, N.C.
Cooperative Extension is holding free dinner
program across the state in September.
Co-sponsors include the state’s
Division of Forest Resources and the U.S. Forest
Service.
Every woodland produces so-called “trash
trees” – tree species that are not in
high demand for construction or furniture
markets.
But rising needs for wood-fueled energy by
utilities and manufacturers, and the increase in
facilities that use wood for heat,
have increased the value of the trees.
Two
Teens Including a Juvenile Charged With May 2008
Break-ins
In Lincoln County
Joshua Nash Gardner
August 5, 2008
LINCOLNTON -- Lincoln
County Sheriff’s Detectives have charged two
teens with break-ins to Lincoln County businesses
on May 1, 2008. Detective Sally Dellinger said
the break-ins occurred at the Ranch House
Restaurant and Hampton Wrecker Service, both on
Reepsville Road in Lincolnton.
Detective Dellinger charged Joshua Nash Gardner,
17, of River Road in Lincolnton and a juvenile,
who was 15 years old when the crime was
committed, with two felony counts each of
Breaking and Entering a Building and two counts
of felony larceny.
Detective Dellinger said deputies chased a
suspect vehicle, a pickup truck, which wrecked on
the Startown Road and the men fled the
CROUSE
-- Lincoln County Sheriff’s
detective Sally Dellinger has charged an illegal
immigrant with two count of first-degree rape.
Noe Perez Trinidad, 18, of 3814 Crouse School
Road, Crouse, NC is charged in connection with
the rape of a 12-year-old female.
Dellinger
said Lincoln County Sheriff’s detectives and
DSS were dispatched to the scene after an
anonymous source reported the alleged incident.
The suspect in the case gave officers a fake
Social Security Card and ID when they questioned
him at the scene. Click here for the whole story
Inez Mauney POLICE
NEED HELP IN FINDING IDENTITY THEFT SUSPECT
By Jon
Mayhew
Publisher LINCOLNTON
-- Lincolnton Police are asking for the
public's help in looking for a woman wanted in an
identity theft case.
According to Detective
Dennis Harris, authorities are looking for Inez
Mauney.
Harris said Mauney gained
the trust of an elderly woman, who gave Mauney an
ATM card. According to Harris, Mauney and Jeffrey
Scott Blauvelt, both of 1845 Bill Lynch Road,
Lincolnton, withdrew more than $1,200 from the
woman's bank account over an unspecified
Ms. Pac Man and Daytona USA
are two of several video game offerings at
Melamoose Scoops and Java, located on East Main
Street in Lincolnton. The games were recently
added, according to co-owner Sharon Funderburk,
and future plans include having a video game
room. "It's more than something sweet, it's
something good to eat" at Melamoose Scoops
and Java.
See their ad on The Carolina Scoop homepage.
Did you know that, until
recently, approximately 75% of medicines used in
children did not have prescribing information on
how to use these medicines safely in children?
FDA efforts to implement special pediatric
legislation over the past decade has led to a
significant amount of new, science-based,
ethically-obtained information that helps parents
and physicians to more safely and more
effectively use medicines in our children. 
It was my distinct
pleasure to spend some time with the Charlotte
Roller Girls. They are skating club within the
Women’s Flat Track Derby Association or
WFTDA. They are based out of Charlotte NC and
practice in Gastonia NC. They are non-profit,
non-sectarian and open to new members. 
