STATE BUDGET
REVERSE AFFECTS
LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOLS
By Jon Mayhew
LINCIONTON -- Lincoln
County Schools received some unwelcome
economic news from the state this week.
The State Department
of Public Instruction has notified the
school system they'll have to
give back nearly $500,000 in funds due to
the lack of current and
anticipated revenues to support state
government operations.
The Office of State and Management has
requested a $117
million reversion from the State Public
School Fund. This
reversion will require all local school
districts and charter
DENVER --
A Denver principal has been named
preschool principal of the year by the
parent organization of Chesterbrook
Academy in Denver, Nobel Learning
Communities.
LaSha Taylor
received the honor at the annual
principal's conference, which was held in
Las Vegas in early October.
"LaSha's
commitment and enthusiasm to her students
makes it a pleasure, as a parent, to be
part of the Chesterbrook Academy
family,"
Crimestoppers of
Lincolnton/Lincoln County may pay a
reward of up to $1,000 for information
leading to an arrest in any crime. Tips
are anonymous and can be given by calling
704-736-8900.
2008-08706
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Assigned: File Only (Milton)
Location: 6471 Hwy 73
Suspect in possession of pipe and
marijuana residue while on
school campus
Date Reported: November 18, 2008
District C
Traffic
slowed around the Court Square downtown
Wednesday as workers prepare the city's
Christmas tree for display. The Christmas
parade and tree lighting ceremony is on
Nov. 30 at 4 p.m.
Photo by Jon Mayhew/TCS
BANK
CUSTOMERS BEWARE OF FRAUD SCAM
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- Authorities are warning
customers of one bank to beware for a
fraud scam involving cell phone text
messages.
According
to a Lincolnton Police Department police
report, officer Spencer Summers responded
to Carolina Trust Bank at 901 E. Main
Street Monday after bank employees said
they received more than 100 phone calls
about the text messages.
The
messages stated that customer's bank
cards had been deactivated
On Sunday, a
merger of two churches took place. Hulls
Grove Church in Vale merged with the
former New Life Baptist Church in
Lincolnton. The new church on Car Farm
Road is called Hulls Grove North Church,
pastored by former Lincolnton Fire chief
Harvey Gates. Video shot
by Elizabeth Mayhew/TCS
TOYS
FOR TOTS DRIVE UNDERWAY Ensuring children
will have a Merry Christmas!
The Capt. Jeb F.
Seagle Marine Corps League has started
its Annual Toys for Tots Toy Drive.
Toys will be donated to Christian
Ministries of Lincolnton and will stay in
Lincoln County. Toys will be distributed
to needy children on December 20, 2008 at
Christian Ministries Annual Christmas
party.
Families in need
should contact Christian Ministries at
704
COPPER WIRE
STOLEN FROM BUSINESS Second
Time for Warehouse in Weeks
By Jon
Mayhew
LINCOLNTON --
For the second time in several
weeks, a Lincolnton warehouse had copper
wire stolen. Unlike the last time the
incident happened at P & M Lincoln
Warehouse at 215 Bonview Avenue, this
time authorities were able to talk to
witnesses.
The Lincolnton Police
Department report indicated the incident
happened
LINCOLNTON --
A fire that started in a dryer
at the Heath House on Wilma Sigmon Road
sent more than 25 residents of the
assistant living facility out in the
cold.
Around 8:09 p.m.,
Boger City firefighters, along with
Lincolnton firefighters, Lincoln Life
Saving Crew and Lincoln EMS responded to
the facility.
Transportation
Lincoln County was also called in to
assist the
Watts Up! with
Holiday Lights By:
Leigh Guth Are you a Scrooge
or a Griswold when it comes to holiday
lights? If you’re like most folks,
you are somewhere in between with a tree
and a spotlight or two. But you may feel
like a Scrooge once you see your power
bill at the end of the holidays! It just
contributes to that crash many experience
as the holidays pass and the bills and
the calories begin to show. Think of the ways
we use power over the holidays –
cooking holiday meals, keeping the home
lit and warm
Photo Contributed/TCS
The Lincolnton Toastmasters completed
their six-week public speaking workshop,
SpeechCraft, on Monday, November 17th.
Graduating participants each completed
three prepared speeches. Proudly holding
their certificates are (back row) Jim
Sehy, Sheree and Tom Troy, and Michael
Lancaster, and (front row) Rhonda Hunter
and Deirdre Nachamie. For more
information on Toastmasters, visit their
website at www.lincolntontoastmasters.com.
Help
us
"Raise the House"
Buffet Lunch will
be served on Sunday, Nov. 23rd from 11:00
- 1:30 at the Home Place Restaurant. Cost
will be $8 adults and $5 children 10 and
under. Proceeds will go to the Hesed
House of Hope homeless shelter
COMMISSIONERS
APPROVE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
By Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
– In one of their last official acts
as the current Lincoln County Board of
Commissioners, county leaders took the
planning board’s recommendation and
unanimously approved the Unified
Development Ordinance (UDO) during Monday
night’s commission meeting.
Randy
Hawkins, zoning administrator with
Building and Land Development (BALD)
Scott
Heldreth with Hulls Grove West Church in
Vale works on a horseshoe during a
celebration of two churches merging. Photo by
Elizabeth Mayhew/TCS
TWO LINCOLN
COUNTY CHURCHES
MERGED SUNDAY New Hulls
Grove North “replaces” New Life
Baptist Children
enjoyed the Melamoose Scoops and Java
Bounce House at the celebration of the
"New Life" of Hulls Grove
North.
Photo by Elizabeth Mayhew/TCS
By Jon
Mayhew
NORTH LINCOLN – It
was more than a fall festival in the
parking lot of the newly-renamed Hulls
Grove North Church from New Life Baptist.
It was more than people eating hot dogs
and cotton candy, getting wagon rides and
even hearing the roaring engine of a
funny car.
It was symbolic of one church showing the
love of Jesus to another congregation. It
was the merger of the historic Hulls
Grove Church in West Lincoln with the New
Life Baptist congregation in North
Lincoln.
The churches are now known as Hulls Grove
West on Highway 27 across from
Mitchem’s Kitchen and Hulls Grove
North on Car Farm Road.
According to Hulls Grove West senior
pastor Marcus Redding,
HE'S
GOT THE POWER "Iron"
Mike Collins of the Power Team bends a
steel rod during Sunday morning services
at New Vision Ministries on Clark's Creek
Road. New Vision pastor Scott Mann told
the congregation the group -- known for
their positive messages in schools and
churches -- will be coming to New Vision
in either April or May 2009. Photo
by Jon Mayhew/TCS.
THE CAROLINA SCOOP'S
WEEK IN REVIEW Video shot by Elizabeth
Mayhew
Publisher
Jon Mayhew presents a new feature called
The Carolina Scoop's "Week in
Review," a look at some of the top
stories of the week.
SUSPECT
FIGHTS POLICE, GETS TASERED
By Jon
Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
– A Lincolnton man fights police and
ends up getting hit with a taser.
The incident started
just after midnight Sunday at a residence
on Sherrill Avenue. According to officer
R. Harrington’s incident report, he
responded to the call of a fight at Jimmy
Watts’ house.
Commissioners
Marie Moore (left) and Tom Anderson will
be sitting commissioners for a final
meeting Monday night before leaving the
board. Photos by Jon
Mayhew/TCS
By Jon
Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
– In one of their final acts as the
current Lincoln County Commission,
commissioners are expected to vote on the
Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)
tonight during their meeting at 6:30 p.m.
on the second floor of the James W.
Warren Citizens Center.
Before voting, commissioners will
consider the recommendations of the
Lincoln County Planning Board, which
voted unanimously 8-0 two weeks ago to
adopt the UDO as of March 31, 2009.
The vote marks one of the last actions of
sitting commissioners
September's
Sheriff's Department Employee of the
Month
Sgt. Steve Dombrowski
CHARLIE
DISTRICT DEPUTY
ALWAYS ON THE MOVE Exclusive
Video of award presentation
Lincoln
County Sheriff's Deputy Steve Dombrowski
checks paperwork in preparation for
serving a Domestic Violence Protection
Order. Photo by Jon
Mayhew/TCS
By Jon Mayhew
DENVER – For
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy
Steve Dombrowski, patrolling the East
Lincoln District – known as the
Charlie District – is sort of like
his first job as a Sheriff’s Deputy
in eastern North Carolina.
Before coming to Lincoln County,
Dombrowski was a deputy with the
Currituck County Sheriff’s
Department. He was near a large body of
water there in Nags Head as he is here
today in East Lincoln.
“I was a beach patrol officer in
Currituck,” said Dombrowski, the
September Court Street Grille/The
Carolina Scoop Lincoln County
Sheriff’s Department Employee of the
Month. “I had friends who were in
law enforcement where I grew up in Nags
Head, so I went to basic law enforcement
training in Elizabeth City in 1995.”
Dombrowski said his very first job was in
the detention center in
POT POSTAL
PACKAGE LANDS
LINCOLN MAN IN JAIL Charles
Lee Pridemore is charged in connection
with having marijauna delivered to his
residence. Photo
contributed/TCS
By Jon
Mayhew
MAIDEN -- Several
agencies including Lincoln County
narcotics officers, Burke County drug
task force and the U.S. Postal Service
teamed up to intercept a marijauna
delivery through the mail. Now a Lincoln
County man is in trouble for "postal
pot."
Charles Lee Pridemore, 36, of 4163 Kent
Street, Maiden was charged with
Artists Lynn Dermott
and Ginny Boyd, both of Denver, install
the newest rotation of the LEDA Art
Invitational '08 in the LEDA Board Room
Gallery located in downtown Lincolnton. Photo Contributed/TCS
STAFF REPORTS
LINCOLNTON
-- The Lincoln Economic
Development Association (LEDA) announces
the opening of the Third Rotation of the
LEDA Art Invitational '08, which began
November 3, 2008 and runs through January
7, 2009, in the LEDA Board Room Gallery
located at 502 East Main Street in
historic downtown Lincolnton .
The LEDA Art Invitational '08 is a
unique, collaborative effort between
economic development professionals and
invited professional artists who have
lived and/or worked in Lincoln County .
The purpose of the LEDA Art Invitational
'08 is to showcase the cultural richness
of Lincoln County to visitors from around
the world and to local business,
community, and civic leaders who visit
the LEDA facility. In addition to the
Lincoln County highlighting its
"creative class", the
participating artists receive exposure to
potential corporate art buyers and
influencers to help them build their art
businesses. The exhibit is
"THE
FAMILY'S" HEAD NO LONGER WRESTLING Hayes
loses "Texas Death Match" to
Keith Matthews
The
head of "The Family", Father
David Hayes, stands over a prone referee
and "All American" Rob Deputy
at a recent MWF show at Howards Creek. Photo
by Melody Womack/TCS
By Jon
Mayhew
HOWARDS CREEK
-- With only two weeks left
before "Brawl Games 2008," the
head of the most notorious stable of
wrestlers is out as a wrestler himself in
the Millennium Wrestling Federation.
"Father"
David Hayes -- the controversial leader
of "The Family" -- lost a Texas
Death Match to "Outlaw" Keith
Matthews at the most recent MWF show at
the Howards Creek Veterans Center.
At the beginning of
the show on Nov. 1, Hayes again told a
jeering crowd "The Family"
planned to fulfill more
"prophecies" at the next two
shows.
RARE NOVEMBER
THUNDERSTORM
TEMPORARILY HALTS PLAYOFF GAMES Also
creates dangerous driving conditions
along Highway 16
By Jon
Mayhew
EAST LINCOLN
-- It was a rare moment Friday
night. Mother Nature decided to pay an
unscheduled visit to the Denver area,
bringing driving rains, high winds, loud
thunder and dangerous lightning.
Fortunately, there
weren't too many people on the roads
because everyone may have been at the
East Lincoln/East Rutherford playoff game
at David Clark Stadium.
The Lincoln County Farmers Market is
ready for its first-ever Holiday Markets
on Saturday, November 22. Both the
Lincolnton and Denver locations will be
participating and will conclude their
season with this special event.
We’ll also be celebrating Farm-City
Week with refreshments and cooking
demonstrations, plus a wonderful gift bag
and basket of local products which will
be given away at each market. Thanks to
the Lincoln County Apple Festival and
Piedmont Farm Credit for sponsoring
Farm-City Week activities this year. What
better place to celebrate the mutual
dependence of our rural and urban
populations than at our farmers markets.
Let’s review the basics for each
market. The Denver market is located at
Rock Springs Elementary School on Highway
16. It will be open from 8:00 a.m. until
12 noon.
The refreshments will be available at
9:00 a.m. and this is also when Chef
Blake Dewey will begin his cooking
demonstration. Blake is co-owner of
Pomodoro’s Café in Mooresville.
The Lincolnton location is at 225 West
Water Street in Lincolnton. This is just
a short distance from the James W. Warren
Citizens Center. This market will open
from 7:00 a.m. until 12 noon.
Refreshments and a cooking demonstration
will held at 9:00 a.m. Extension
SUSPECT TRIED
TO ROB PHARMACY FOR A SECOND TIME Suspect
Ryan Bauman is charged with the robbery
of the CVS Pharmacy on Wednesday and the
attempted robbery of the same pharmacy
Friday morning. Photo
contributed/TCS
By Jon
Mayhew
DENVER -- Two suspects
are in custody after Lincoln County
Sheriff's detectives said they tried to
rob the CVS Pharmacy at 2128 Highway 16
North Friday morning after robbing the
pharmacy Wednesday afternoon.
A white male dressed in all black
clothing entered the store around 9:20
a.m.and approached the pharmacy and
demanded
Lincolnton defeated
North Lincoln last week at Von Ray Harris
Field in Lincolnton. Will the second time
be the charm for the Wolves?
Photo by Adam Diaz/TCS
THREE
COUNTY
TEAMS IN PLAY-
OFFS TONIGHT
Lincolnton, East
Lincoln and North Lincoln start the first
round of the high school football
playoffs tonight. Lincolnton and North
Lincoln plays in Lincolnton, while East
Lincoln tangles with East Rutherford. The
winner of the East Lincoln/East
Rutherford game will face the winner of
the Lincolnton/North Lincoln game. Will
it be deja-vu for the North Lincoln
Knights like last week's loss? Will top
seeded East Lincoln roll through East
Rutherford?
Check out The
Carolina Scoop for final scores from
across the state!
LINCOLNTON
POLICE TO GET ALCO-SENSORS FOR DWI STOPS
Lincolnton Police are getting five
Alco-Sensor FSTs for use on the road. Photo
contributed/TCS
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- Police officers in Lincolnton
are getting five Alco-Sensor FSTs free
from the state of North Carolina to
assist in driving while impaired stops in
the city.
According
to Chief Dean Abernathy, the additional
hand-held sensors bring the total number
in the department to about 10.
LINCOLN
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
INCIDENT REPORT FOR NOV. 14
Publisher's Note:
Crimestoppers of Lincolnton/Lincoln
County will pay a reward of up to $1,000
for an anonymous tip that leads to an
arrest in any crime. Call the tipline at
704-736-8909.
2008-08565 Breaking and Entering
and Larceny
Assigned: Deputy Hargrave
Location: 7822 Pine Cove Ln
Victim: Vandyke, Thomas
Suspect kicked in front door and stole
boat keys
Date Reported: November 12, 2008
District C
SEVERAL
LEADS IN WEDNESDAY
ROBBERY OF DENVER STORE
By
Jon Mayhew
DENVER
-- Detectives have been
feverishly working leads in a robbery of
a Denver drugstore that happened
Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities
said around 2:30 p.m., a white male,
about five-feet-seven inches tall, walked
into the store at the Westport Shopping
Center and went to the pharmacy
Lincoln
County Sheriff Tim Daugherty said the man
had a weapon and demanded drugs from the
pharmacist. The pharmacist complied
Publisher's
Note: The story on the Sunday cruise-in
in downtown Lincolnton did not have a
link where our readers could "click
here for the whole story." We are
re-running the story, complete with the
link. Literally hundreds of
people took advantage of a beautiful
Sunday afternoon and flocked to downtown
Lincolnton for the annual fall cruise-in,
which this year benefits Holy Cross
Lutheran Church. Photo
by Jon Mayhew/TCS
DOWNTOWN
RETURNED TO DAYS
GONE BY WITH CRUISE-IN
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- Remember the poodle skirts?
How about going to the local diner to
hang out with friends or cruising the
streets with the top down, listening to
popular tunes of the day?
For a
few short hours Sunday, people from
across the Charlotte region called
downtown Lincolnton a cruising
destination, as downtown streets were
closed for the fall cruise-in.
Organizer
Mike Silman has been putting two
cruise-ins on for the past several years.
One to coincide with Memorial Day and one
to coincide with Veterans Day.
"It's
a way to honor the veterans of Lincoln
County," said Silman, while standing
on the corner of First United Methodist
Church. "And while we honor the
vets, we pick a charity each show to
benefit with what we raise."
HESED
HOUSE TO BUILD NEW SHELTER Also
looking for volunteers
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- With a recent approval from
the Lincolnton City Council on Hesed
House of Hope's conditional use permit,
the new shelter's board of directors
recently voted to move forward with
construction of a new shelter.
The
shelter will be located in the Oaklawn
community on East Lincoln Street.
The
decision by the board to move forward
with new construction comes after several
months of deciding whether or not to
upfit an existing building, to purchase a
manufactured building or to construct a
new facility.
The
building is slated for the existing site
currently zoned for shelter activities.
It will be 4,000 square feet and will
cost approximately
MWF WRESTLING SATURDAY NOV. 15 AT HOWARDS
CREEK VETERANS CENTER -- DOORS OPEN 7
P.M., BELLTIME IS AT 8 P.M. -- Admission
$5, kids six and under in for free.
"Outlaw" Keith Matthews
defeated "Father" David Hayes
in a Texas Death Match Nov. 1, meaning
"The Father" is no longer
wrestling in the Millennium Wrestling
Federation. Photos
by Melody Womack/TCS
For
more on the MWF, click on the banner
above, or visit the Web site www.mwf-live.com
Lincoln
County Sheriff's detectives are
investigating an armed robbery Wednesday
afternoon at the CVS Pharmacy in the
Westport Shopping Center in Denver. Photo
by Jon Mayhew/TCS.
ARMED ROBBERY
UNDER INVESTIGATION
By
Jon Mayhew
DENVER
-- Sheriff's department detectives are
investigating an armed robbery Wednesday
afternoon at the CVS Pharmacy in the
Westport Shopping Center in Denver.
Around
2:30 p.m., a white male, about
five-feet-seven with short hair, walked
into the store and demanded drugs from
the pharmacist.
In
exclusive video on The Carolina Scoop,
Lincoln County Sheriff Tim Daugherty
"ARRESTED
DEVELOPMENTS" -- THE OFFICIAL
LINCOLNTON POLICE BLOTTER
Lincolnton
Police Officer Tony Potts. Photo
by Jon Mayhew/TCS
Reports
for Nov. 11, 2008
1:45
a.m. - Report #2008-008217
Domestic Violence Protection Order
violation, possible assault
615 E. Sycamore St.
By allowing daughter to return after
restraining order
Lincoln County Sheriff's
Detectives are investigating a rash of
vehicle break-ins from over the weekend.
The break-ins occurred at locations on
Spring Lake Drive, Chestnut Street,
Whisnant Street, Birch Street, and Teague
Street. Stolen in the break-ins were an
AR 15 assault rifle, money,
identification cards and credit cards.
If
you have information about this or any
other crime, Call Crime Stoppers at
704-736-8909. You could receive a
reward of up to $1,000 if the
tip leads to an arrest.
LINCOLN
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
INCIDENT REPORTS FOR NOV. 13
Publisher's Note:
Crimestoppers of Lincolnton/Lincoln
County will pay a reward of up to $1,000
for an anonymous tip that leads to an
arrest in any crime. Call the tipline at
704-736-8909.
2008-08474 Domestic
Assigned: Sergeant Hooks
Location: 710 Hatchett Rd.
Victim:
Domestic
Date Reported: November 7, 2008
District B
Jon
Mayhew/TCS Robert Tallent of
Western Lincoln County receives the 2008
Veteran of the Year
Award during the Veterans Day ceremony
held on the Court Square in Lincolnton
BIGGEST
CROWD EVER AT
VETERANS DAY PARADE, CEREMONY Robert Tallent
named Veteran of the Year
LINCOLNTON
-- Organizers of the annual
Veterans Day parade and ceremony that was
held Tuesday morning in downtown
Lincolnton said this year's crowd was the
largest ever.
And a
veteran of the Vietnam War became the
2008 Veteran of the Year.
and will conclude their
season with this special event.
We’ll also be celebrating Farm-City
Week with refreshments and cooking
demonstrations, plus a wonderful gift bag
and basket of local products which will
be given away at each market. Thanks to
the Lincoln County Apple Festival and
Piedmont Farm Credit for sponsoring
Farm-City Week activities this year. What
better place to celebrate the mutual
dependence of our rural and urban
populations than at our farmers markets.
