Board of Commissioners
Lincoln County
115 W. Main St.
Lincolnton NC 28092
Re: Allied Waste Grant (pka BFI Grant)
The Allied Waste Grant Committee met on Thursday,
June 12, 2008, to award $50,000 in grant money on
behalf of Allied Waste. The $50,000 is divided
into five-$10,000 increments, based on the five
townships of Lincoln County, with each committee
member representing one of the five townships.
After each committee member designated the
recipients and the amounts of their
township’s portion of the grant money, the
committee voted collectively, and unanimously
approved the following:
Catawba Springs Township:
Carolina Comfort Coalition $ 1,000
Don’t Foul Out $ 1,000
East Lincoln Community Chorus $ 1,000
Lincoln County Family YMCA $ 1,000
Christian Ministry of Lincoln County Inc $ 3,000
Helping Hands Health Clinic $ 3,000
$ 10,000
Howards Creek Township:
Christian Ministry of Lincoln County Inc $ 600
Hesed House of Hope $ 600
Hospice & Palliative Care LC $ 600
L. C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence/Sexual
Assault $ 600
Surrender House of Lincolnton NC $ 600
Helping Hands Health Clinic $ 1,000
Cub Scout Pack 76 $ 2,000
Crouse Community Center $ 4,000
$ 10,000
Ironton Township:
Christian Ministry of Lincoln County Inc $ 1,000
Communities in Schools $ 1,000
Crime Stoppers of Lincolnton-Lincoln County $
1,000
L. C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence/Sexual
Assault $ 1,000
L-LC Regional Airport $ 6,000
$ 10,000
Lincolnton Township:
Lincoln Theatre Guild $ 500
Surrender House of Lincolnton Inc $ 750
Don’t Foul Out $ 1,000
Helping Hands Health Clinic $ 1,000
Hesed House of Hope $ 1,000
L. C. Historical Properties Commission $ 1,000
Christian Ministry of Lincoln County Inc $ 1,250
Crime Stoppers of Lincolnton-Lincoln County $
3,500
$ 10,000
North Brook Township:
Christian Ministry of Lincoln County Inc $ 1,000
Crime Stoppers of Lincolnton-Lincoln County $
1,500
Hesed House of Hope $ 2,500
West Lincoln Optimist Club $ 5,000
$ 10,000
The Allied Waste Grant Committee requests your
approval of these awards on the July 21, 2008
Consent Agenda, so that we can proceed with
presenting the checks at a luncheon to be held at
the Allied Waste Lake Norman Landfill on a date
yet to be determined. Thank you in advance for
your consideration.
Harry Huss, Chair
BFI Grant Committee
Publisher's
Note: The checks from the grant allocations will
be presented at Allied Waste's Denver facility
Aug. 15.
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2008-05294
Animal Bite
Assigned: Animal Control
Location: 7451 Hickory Creek Dr.
Victim: Acxel Gomez
Animal Bite
Date Reported: July 16, 2008
District C Click
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HOUSE FIRE UNDER
INVESTIGATION By
Jon Mayhew/Publisher -
July 23, 2008
NORTH LINCOLN -- A two-alarm fire is
under investigation Tuesday night by the Lincoln
County Fire Marshall's Office and centers around
a power line that came down behind a High Knoll
Road residence.
High Knoll Road is off Maiden Highway near the
Highway 321 interchange.
WEST LINCOLN -- Authorities have
their hands full with a thunderstorm that made
its way through western Lincoln County around
7:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Firefighters were reporting penny-sized hail,
high winds and power lines down in multiple
locations. Those locations included Shoal
Road/Highway 182 and Leonards Fork Church Road.
PUMPKIN CENTER --
Authorities have been called to east Highway 150
to reports of several trees being down throughout
the Pumpkin Center fire district. Firefighters
were called to the intersection of Highway 150
and Henry Dellinger Road. The accident involves a
fire truck according to Lincoln County
Communications. No injuries were reported in the
accident. Authorities are working to clear the
roadway to get traffic moving again. It's
believed the severe weather may have caused the
tree to come down. The accident was reported
around 8:23 p.m.
Homeowner Questions Answered Foreclosure and the
Housing Crisis
July 23, 2008
LINCOLN COUNTY -- A panel of
housing and finance professionals will convene to
provide information and resources for homeowners
facing the possibility of foreclosure. Homeowners
who are in default on their mortgage or who
believe they may become delinquent on their
payment in the future should attend Housing 101
to learn more about housing counseling and the
foreclosure timeline.
Housing 101 panelists include an attorney in
private practice; attorneys from Legal Services
of NC, Inc.; real estate agents; consumer credit
counselors from Family Service, Inc.; certified
housing counselors and lenders. They will talk
briefly about refinance options, talking with
lenders, the series of notices in the mail,
homeowner rights, short sales and real estate
trends, the legal implications of foreclosure and
how foreclosure affects the credit score.
“Recent statistics show that Lincoln County
was eleventh in the number of foreclosure filings
in North Carolina. In fact, there were 31 new
families facing this in May 2008.” reports
Leigh Guth, with NC Cooperative Extension.
“Families need coaching through the process,
and hopefully some families can avoid losing
their homes.”
Labor Law Posters Contributed by Cherie
Berry/NC Labor Commissioner
July 23, 2008
Effective July 24, 2008, the
minimum wage will increase from $6.15 per hour to
$6.55 per hour. (This is the second phase of a
three stepped increase enacted by Congress).
NCDOL has updated the Wage and Hour Notice to
Employees to reflect the minimum wage change.
Because of the change, private poster companies
are sending threatening mail in an attempt to
intimidate employers into buying expensive
posters or risk incurring substantial penalties.
Ignore these solicitations. Your tax dollars have
already purchased your business a poster, so save
your money and call NCDOL for your free set.
If you have any questions about the new posters
or the poster law, or you would like to order the
new posters, please visit our Web site at
www.nclabor.com/posters/posters.htm or call us at
1-800-625-2267.
Photo Courtesy
Lincolnton/Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce
A Grand
Opening and Ribbon Cutting was recently held at R
Fashions LLC.
They are located at 6014 South Highway 16 in
Denver.
Take
Take
The Next Step
Ira Dreyfuss
Department of Health and Human Services
Maybe 10 years ago, you wouldn’t hear about
teenagers having metabolic syndrome – risk
factors for heart disease, including elevated
blood pressure, bad blood sugar and cholesterol
readings, overweight and inactivity.
We do now, though – in about 5 percent of
teens – and research at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, indicates the
problems start early. Robert McMurray says kids
ages 7 to 10 who have inactive lives are five to
six times more likely to have metabolic syndrome
as teenagers.
I would advise parents to let their kids walk to
and from places, when it is safe. I would advise
the kids to be out and be more active. That also
includes less screen time, such as video games.
Second Man Involved in
Domestic Terrorism Plot
Targeting Military, Jewish Facilities Sentenced
to Prison
July 23, 2008
SANTA
ANA, CA -– terrorist cell that was
plotting to attack United States military
facilities, A man recruited to join a domestic
"infidels," and Israeli and Jewish
targets in the Los Angeles area as part of a
"jihad" was sentenced today to more
than 12½ years in federal prison.
Department of
Defense and Office of the Director of National
Intelligence Adopt New Software Licensing
Approach To Enhance Information Sharing
July 23, 2008
Officials in
the U.S. Department of Defense and the Office of
the Director of National Intelligence announced
today a combined approach to managing certain
computer software licenses – a move that
will give authorized information technology users
immediate, unobstructed access to information.
The initiative is outlined in a memorandum of
agreement, recently signed by Dave Wennergren,
DoD’s deputy chief information officer, and
John Brantley, deputy associate director of
national intelligence for Intelligence Community
Technology Management in the ODNI/CIO. The
approach supports the department’s
Net-centric Data and Services Strategies, as well
as the intelligence community’s Information
Sharing Strategy.
Specifically, DoD and the ODNI will jointly
negotiate with software vendors for licensing
agreements that will allow the
organizations’ components to access
information and share it with any potential
authorized user, regardless of the user’s
organization.
These licenses are called
“Net-centric.” Their primary purpose is
to eliminate information-sharing roadblocks, such
as institutional boundaries or license
limitations. The licenses are designed to
encourage sharing among people and organizations
that defend the interests of the United States,
its international allies, and the federal
government’s state and local partners.
For generations, one of the
thrills of childhood was riding on a
merry-go-round, awed by the movement and the
music of the band organ.
While the exact origins of the merry-go-round
— or carousel — are lost, William
Schneider of Davenport, Iowa, is credited with
inventing the device in America this week in
1871. By the early 1900s, there were some 6,000
across the U.S.— now, just 150 remain.
There is only one steam-powered carousel left in
the country, in Rollag, Minnesota, fired up once
a year on Labor Day.
Today, there are 563 amusement and theme parks in
the U.S. — featuring rides much faster and
more demanding than the merry-go-round.
You can find these and more facts about America
from the U.S. Census Bureau online at <www.census.gov>.
Born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio
Died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New
York
U.S. general, commander of the Union
armies during the late years
(1864–65) of the American Civil War,
and 18th president of the United States
(1869–77)
On
this day in 1984, 21-year-old Vanessa Williams
gives up her Miss America title, the first
resignation in the pageant's history, after
Penthouse magazine announces plans to publish
nude photos of the beauty queen in its September
issue. Williams originally made history on
September 17, 1983, when she became the first
black woman to win the Miss America crown. Miss
New Jersey, Suzette Charles, the first runner-up
and
Photo
by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
INCIDENT REPORT July 22, 2008
2008-05336
Possession of Child Porn, Contributing to
Delinquency of a Minor
Assigned: Detective Etters
Location:
Victim: Juvenile
Contributing to Delinquency of a Minor
Date Reported: July 17, 2008
District A
TEAM
SUCCESSFULLY COMBATS ILLEGAL DRUGS IN LINCOLN
COUNTY
By Jon Mayhew
Publisher
July 22, 2008
LINCOLNTON -- Their
battlefield involves weapons. However, a team of
at least six people from both the Lincoln County
Sheriff's Office and Lincolnton Police are
battling an enemy like no other: drugs. Illegal
drugs, like meth amphetamine; crack coacine; and
marijauna.
For about the past six months, the Interagency
Drug Task Force hss been a collaberative effort
between both law enforcement agencies. And the
task force has been busy for the past few weeks.
During a two-week period, the force found a total
of five meth amphetamine labs. It's found a total
of six meth labs this year according to Lincoln
County Sheriff Tim Daugherty.
FOUR
PEOPLE CHARGED IN STEALING METAL GRATES
By Jon Mayhew
Publisher
Eric Todd Johnson
July 22, 2008
LINCOLNTON
-- Four Maiden residents face charges
from Lincolnton Police for stealing metal grates,
then trying to resell the items to make money.
The arrests happened last Wednesday in a matter
of two hours. Clickherefor
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SUSPECTS
CRASH STOLEN CAR, STEAL ANOTHER
By Jon Mayhew
Publisher
July 22, 2008
LINCOLN COUNTY -- Lincoln
County Sheriff's Deputies had their hands full
Monday morning around 8:45 a.m.
The incident started when two suspects crashed a
stolen SUV into a dump truck on Highway 321 near
the Highway 321 - Business interchange. Not
wanting to be captured, the pair ran from the
minor accident into the woods.
On this
day in 2003, U.S. Army Private Jessica Lynch, a
prisoner-of-war who was rescued from an Iraqi
hospital, receives a hero's welcome when she
returns to her hometown of Palestine, West
Virginia. The story of the 19-year-old supply
clerk, who was captured by Iraqi forces in March
2003, gripped America; however, it was later
revealed that some details of Lynch's dramatic
capture and rescue might have been exaggerated.
Lynch, who was born April 26, 1983, was part of
the 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company from Fort
Bliss, Texas. On March 23, 2003, just days after
the U.S. invaded Iraq, Lynch was riding in a
supply convoy when her unit took a wrong turn and
was ambushed by Iraqi forces near Nasiriya.
Eleven American soldiers died and four others
besides Lynch were captured.
We pretty well take for
granted the ability to carry our favorite music
with us wherever we go — whether its
jogging, riding the bus, or lying on the beach.
There's
a sprit of giving afoot here in Lincoln County.
We're "giving" more for gas, food,
utilities and living..."giving" until
it hurts. We're also "giving" more time
at work these days with fewer days worked in an
effort to stop "giving" everywhere
else.
There's one thing, however, people can give that
can help save lives.
It's the gift of donating blood, and I know
firsthand how that donated blood can save a life.
I watched Elizabeth battle anemia for more than
seven years, often resulting in at least blood
transfusions of two pints of blood.
I figure over the last several years, with her
number of hospitalizations and blood given, she's
received at least 50 pints of blood. That's a
complete "oil change" 10 times over
because we have about five pints of blood in our
bodies.
DEPUTY ARRESTS
SUSPICIOUS SUSPECT ON DRUG CHARGES
Scores $1,200 worth of marijauna, paraphenelia in
bust
By Jon Mayhew
Publisher
IRON STATION -- She's known to
colleagues at both the Lincoln County Sheriff's
Office and Lincolnton Police as "J-Lo."
We're not talking about the actress and singer,
however. Officers are fondly speaking of Lincoln
County Sheriff's Office deputy Jeneatta Lopez,
who has been with the Sheriff's Office for almost
one year.
Friday night, Lopez scored a huge drug bust while
answering a traffic call within her patrol area,
which is the Iron Station area. That single event
would eventually lead to around $1,200 worth of
marijauna and drug paraphernelia being taken off
the streets and would place a man in jail who was
close to making it home.
DENVER -- The
Chesterbrook Academy's open house had more of a
fun local carnival atmosphere, complete with
food, a bounce house, tumble bus and face
painting. Parents brought their children to eat,
play and get a look at Lincoln County's newest
private school. And despite the heat, the turnout
was better than expected according to principal
LaSha Taylor.
Taylor said by the start of the fall quarter,
which is September 1, she expects to have around
100 students enrolled in the school that starts
teaching Spanish to children at age 2 and
computers at age 3.
"The word's getting out there," said
Taylor. "This is one way for parents to tour
the school and have fun at the same time."
Phillip Haines and his
three-year-old daughter, Ava, took a tumble in
the Twist and Tuck Tumble Bus, which turned out
to be a
2008-05145
PWISD Marijuana, Felonious Possession of
Marijuana, Possession of drug paraphernalia
Assigned: File Only (Grinnell)
Location: 2133 Gastonia Hwy
Victim: State of N.C.
Suspect charged with selling Marijuana
Date Reported: July 20, 2008
District A
“No Child Left
Behind” Preliminary Results are Out
Lincoln County Schools
Releases Preliminary Adequate Yearly Progress
Report
LINCOLNTON
-- Based
on preliminary Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
results released by North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction, Lincoln
County Schools has met 91.1% of its schools’
subgroup
goals for 2007-2008.
The preliminary scores include results for math
(all grades) and high school reading.
Reading proficiency results
for grades 3 through 8 will be released in
November 2008. The State Department of
Public Instruction raised
the standards for math from 65.8% in 2007 to
77.2% in 2008 which made reaching goals a bigger
challenge
this year.
Dr. David Martin, Lincoln
County Schools Superintendent states,
“The AYP results for Lincoln County Schools
demonstrates the hard work of students and staff,
as well as
indicates that improvement will continue to be
the overall goal.” He continues by
saying, “I believe that these
preliminary results give only one piece of
information and individual student growth data
should continue to
be impressive as well. I am proud of our
results, but I also know that more work needs to
done.”
Chef
Blake Dewey will demonstrate new ideas on how to
prepare local foods at the Lincoln
County Farmers Market at Denver at 9:00 a.m. on
Saturday, July 26. Blake is the co-owner of
Pomodoro’s Italian American Café in
Mooresville. His two demonstrations at the market
last year
were well received. Blake chooses most of the
products he prepares that morning at the market.
Sometimes it’s good to see some fresh ideas
on how to prepare our wonderful local foods.
TOURNAMENT BENEFITS
LINCOLN COUNTY Business leaders
expect a boom from Dixie Softball Tournament By
Jon Mayhew
Publisher
July 21
VALE
-- Batter Up! Business leaders in the
central and western parts of Lincoln County hope
the ongoing Dixie Youth
Softball Tournament will mean the sound of more
cash registers ringing. The tournament, which
started Saturday,
runs through Wednesday at West Lincoln Optimist
Park.
Byron Sackett, operating partner of Fatz Cafe in
Lincolnton, catered the opening ceremonies of the
tournament Saturday
The
Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meets
tonight at 6:30 p.m.
in the Board of Commissioners' Room on the third
floor of the James W. Warren Citizens Center
at 115 W. Main Street.
The citizens of Lincoln County are always
encouraged to attend. The following is the agenda for this meeting
Grande Produce,
LTD.CO Recalls Jalapeno Peppers, Serrano Peppers,
and Avocados Because of Possible Health Risk
July 21
NOTE: "According
to the Texas and North Carolina Departments of
Health, the strain of Salmonella
found in this company's jalapeño and serrano
peppers and in its avocado is not Salmonella
Saintpaul,
and is not believed to be related to the current
Salmonella outbreak.
The recall is a result of
sampling not by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) but by the Texas Department
of State
Health Services (Texas Health) and the North
Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
(North Carolina Health ) which revealed
that these products contained the bacteria.
The company has
voluntarily initiated a recall of its already
distributed products and has stopped future
distribution
while the FDA, Texas Health, North Carolina
Health and the company continue to investigate to
determine the source of the problem."
Grande
Produce of Hidalgo, Texas is recalling Jalepeno
Peppers and Serrano Peppers
distributed between May 17th and July 17th, 2008;
and Avocados, all sizes, with lot #HUE08160090889
because they have the potential to be
contaminated with Salmonella, an
organism which can cause serious and
sometimes fatal infections in young children,
frail or elderly people, and others with weakened
immune systems.
Healthy persons infected with Salmonella
often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be
bloody), nausea,
In
the first major land battle of the Civil War, a
large Union force under General Irvin McDowell is
routed by a Confederate army under General Pierre
G.T. Beauregard.
Three months after the Civil War erupted at Fort
Sumter, Union military command still believed
that
the Confederacy could be crushed quickly and with
little loss of life. In July, this overconfidence
led to a premature offensive into northern
Virginia by General McDowell.
Searching out the Confederate forces, McDowell
led 34,000 troops--mostly inexperienced and
poorly trained militiamen--toward the railroad
junction of Manassas, located just 30 miles from
Washington, D.C. Alerted to the Union advance,
General Beauregard massed some 20,000 troops
there and was soon joined by General Joseph
Johnston, who brought some 9,000 more
troops by railroad.
On the morning of July 21, hearing of the
proximity of the two opposing forces, hundreds of
civilians--men, women, and children--turned out
to watch the first major battle of the Civil War.
The fighting commenced with three Union divisions
VISITING THE TROOPS...As It Were....
Lincolnton Mayor
David Black (left) takes a moment to pause for a
picture while chatting with Sgt. Willie Vaughn
of the Lincolnton Police Department Wednesday
evening.
Mayor Black stopped in to say "hello"
to the officers who were working inside the
department. Photo
by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
(Click on the
arrow to play the video)
Chesterbrook
Academy, on Highway 73 in Denver, held its Open
House Saturday.
In exclusive
The Carolina Scoop video, principal LaSha Taylor
talks about the event and enrollment in
Lincoln County's newest private school.
See the
story Monday on The Carolina Scoop. Video by
Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
There is a water main break at West Lincoln High
School.
7575 W. Hwy 27 - Possible Structue Fire. Smoke
coming from a light fixture inside the residence.
Smell of burning plastic.
A vehicle (bobcat) is on fire on Landers Church
Rd. There are propane tanks, trees, campers and
buildings close to the fire.
Firefighters from Crouse Fire Department are on
the scene at this time. The Fire Marshall is
investigating.
A vehicle has struck a tree on Orchard Rd. in
Iron Station. Injuries are unknown at this time.
There has been a wreck on Lakeshore Rd. North in
Denver. At least 1 person is reportedly injured.
A power pole is down and power lines are on the
ground. East Lincoln Fire has responded. Duke
Power and AT&T are being called to the scene
as well.
MEXICAN
NATIONAL SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN SEX-TRAFFICKING
RING
IN THE CAROLINAS
July 19, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Jesus Perez-Laguna, a citizen of
Mexico, was sentenced July 17, 2008 in federal
court in
Columbia, S.C., on charges stemming from a sex
trafficking ring involving at least
....National
Counter Intelligence Letter
to the New York Times Public Editor Joel F. Brenner, National
Counterintelligence Executive in the Office of
the Director of National Intelligence, wrote the
New York Times' public editor recently to protest
the newspaper's naming of a former CIA
anti-terrorism interrogator. Brenner, former
Inspector General of the National Security
Agency, argued that the public editor's defense
of the story used specious reasoning to create a
false equivalence between the
"public's right to know" and the
interrogator's right to perform his mission with
limited risk to his safety.
This letter is available online at http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20080718_release.pdf.
Outing the CIA Interrogator:
Scrambled Logic at The Times
By Joel F. Brenner
July
19, 2008
In late June, The Times ran a story about a
former Central Intelligence Agency interrogator
who, in the words of its
public editor, “used shrewd psychology, not
rough stuff, to get Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the
mastermind of the 9/11
attacks, to talk” (“Weighing the
Risk,” Clark Hoyt, July 6, 2008). The Times
published the interrogator’s name over
the objections of his lawyers and the CIA, who
fear for his safety.
In supporting this decision, The Times’
public editor invoked “the public’s
right to know.” But this was a conclusion,
not a premise. Unfortunately neither The Times
nor its public editor has examined this asserted
public interest with
the same appetite they displayed for examining
and discounting the interrogator’s interest
in his own safety.
So let’s correct the balance.
On this day in 1799, during
Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign, a French
soldier discovers a
black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing
near the town of Rosetta, about 35 miles north
of Alexandria. The irregularly shaped stone
contained fragments of passages written in three
different scripts: Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics
and Egyptian demotic.
........ John Chavis Ross............Jarvis
Jarel Ross
LINCOLNTON
-- The District Attorney's office is
considering the death penalty for a 25-year-old
accused in the May 2005 shooting of Jarvis Jarel
Ross, 17, a Lincolnton High School student.
John Chavis Ross (no relation), 25, is charged
with murdering Ross. According to assistant
district attorney
Gwynn Radeker, capital murder may be considered
in the case that's scheduled to go to trial this
October.
"We'll start the process in August,"
said Radeker, "and we'll see where it goes
from here."
Douglas McKown YORK COUNTY CORONER
CHARGED
IN LINCOLN TRAFFIC STOP More problems for
embattled coroner Doug McKown
By Jon Mayhew
Publisher
July 18, 2008 LINCOLNTON --York County coroner Doug
McKown violates his probation after being
involved in a traffic stop in Lincoln County. His
passenger even admits to the officer he was
smoking crack. The incident unfolded Thursday
night around 9:05 p.m. after deputy John Dunigan
pulled into the One Stop at the intersection of
West Main and South Grove Streets.
........
DENVER -- The
Chesterbrook Academy's open house had more of a
fun local carnival atmosphere, complete with
food, a bounce house, tumble bus and face
painting. Parents brought their children to eat,
play and get a look at Lincoln County's newest
private school. And despite the heat, the turnout
was better than expected according to principal
LaSha Taylor.
