HOSPITAL GROUNDBREAKING
HELD SUNDAY FOR NEW CMC-LINCOLN City and county
dignitaries, along with Carolinas
Healthcare System, Carolinas Medical
Center and Carolinas Medical Center
Lincoln, shoevl dirt on the site of a new
$85 million, 110-bed new Carolinas
Medical Center Lincoln. Photo contributed/TCS.
By Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON -- A
groundbreaking on a new hospital facility
for Lincoln County was held Sunday at the
site of the new hospital on McAlister
Road. The groundbreaking marks the start
of construction of the new $85 million
hospital that would replace the current
Carolinas Medical Center Lincoln on
Gamble Drive.
Lincolnton Police Chief Dean Abernathy. Photo
by Jon Mayhew/TCS
"ARRESTED
DEVELOPMENTS" -- THE OFFICIAL
LINCOLNTON POLICE BLOTTER
Reports
of Nov. 10, 2008
Report #
2008-008194 -- Call for service.
Location -- Government and Sycamore
Streets.
By leaving subject in middle of street
and driving off.
Reported 3:34 a.m.
Report # 2008-008200 -- Breaking and
entering, larceny, dmaage to property
Location -- 215 Bonview Ave. -- P & M
Royster Warehouse
By entering building and taking copper
wire.
Reported 9 a.m.
HOSPITAL
PATIENT CITED FOR TRYING
TO STEAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- A Cleveland County woman,
being treated at Carolinas Medical Center
Lincoln, is cited for trying to steal two
large bags that were full of medical
supplies.
The
incident happened Monday around 10:30
p.m., according to an incident report on
file at the Lincolnton Police Department.
Crowder's
Mountain Rescue brought in Sandra Bean,
33, from Kings Mountain to the hospital
for treatment.
LINCOLN
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
INCIDENT REPORTS FOR NOV. 12
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.
2008-08432 Assault &
Battery, Disorderedly Conduct by Fighting
Assigned: Officer Rex
Location: 803 N Aspen St.
Victim: Helen Bullard
Suspects struck victim with fist
Date Reported: November 6, 2008
District B
KITCHEN FIRE
DAMAGES RESIDENCE One
resident suffers second-degree burns,
refuses treatment
Firefighters from
three departments quickly extinguished a
housefire in the 1500 block of Ivey
Church Road Tuesday afternoon that
started in the kitchen. Photo
by Jon Mayhew/TCS
By Jon
Mayhew
PUMPKIN
CENTER -- Pumpkin Center, North
321 and Boger City Fire Departments
responded to a three-alarm fire Tuesday
afternoon at a residence in the 1500
block of Ivey Church Road.
Firefighters arrived
on the scene to find smoke and flames
coming from the attic area of the
residence. The occupants inside managed
to get out of the house.
One of the residents
told authorities he sensed something
wasn't right in the
FURNACE
CLEAN-UP DAY
HELD SATURDAY IN EAST LINCOLN
Photo contributed by LCHA/TCS
Members
of the Big Dixie Boggers assembled at the
Madison-Derr Iron Furnace in Pumpkin
Center on Saturday for a service project
to clear trees and undergrowth from one
of Lincoln County’s most significant
historic sites.
Included in this group were workers,
supporters, and kids from seven counties:
Lincoln, Catawba, Caldwell, Alexander,
Gaston, Iredell, and Mecklenburg.
The names of those in attendance included
Landon Beard, Kevin Bentley, Shellie
Bentley, Cody Biggerstaff, Conway Brown,
Chris Driver, Larry Elder, Josh Guffey,
Josh Harrington, Brandon Josey, Willie
Josey, Dean Justice, Warren Landis, Chad
Mackie, Matt Phinney, Eddie Sigmon, Scott
Sills, Chuck Smith, King Stone, Scott and
Christy Thomas, Rich and Kelly Todaro,
Ben Whitener, Ricky Wilson, Jim Mackie,
Gene Weaver, Edward and Doris Little,
Bill Mackie, and January W. Porter,
LCHA’s Curator of Archaeology and
Collections.
DENVER
MAN CHARGED WITH COUNTERFEITING, FORGERY
By Jon Mayhew
DENVER -- An Eastern Lincoln
County man is charged with creating
counterfeit checks and possessing stolen
property after authorities seized what
amounted to a counterfeit-check operation
in Denver.
Authorities in Lincoln County got a break
in the case when they were contacted by
Newton Police regarding Delta Dawn
Bensley, 35, of Old Shelby Road. Bensley
reportedly passed one of the counterfeit
checks made by Christopher Michael
Martin, 24, of Highway 16 North.
DENVER -- Alcohol
may be a factor in a weekend accident
that killed a Denver man.
Around
11:40 p.m. Sunday night, authorities from
Denver Fire Department, Lincoln EMS, East
Lincoln Rescue, the Lincoln County
Sheriff's Office and the North Carolina
Highway Patrol were called to the 5700
block of Mundy Road off Highway 16.
INCIDENT
REPORTS FROM THE
LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Nov.
10, 2008
Have an anonymous tip that
could help authorities solve a crime?
Call the Crimestoppers of
Lincolnton/Lincoln County tipline at
704-736-8909. Rewards of up to $1,000 may
be paid for arrests in any crime.
2008-08445
Breaking & Entering MV, Larceny
Assigned: Detective Paris
Location: 947 Spring Lake Dr.
Victim: Ronald Fenters
Suspect took green purse with social
security card, debit cards, and NC
Driver’s License
Date Reported: November 11, 2008
District B
MAN
ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES Lincolnton
Police officer makes rare find
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- It was a non-functioning tail
light that got Lincolnton Police officer
M. Sain's attention late Sunday night.
And
after conducting a driver-consented
search, Sain also turned up the very rare
find of 3 milliliters of liquid morphine.
Now a Hickory resident faces drug
charges.
Sain
stopped a vehicle operated by Andy Jordan
near the intersection of Cherry Street
and North Aspen Street.
After
consenting to a search, Sain said he
frisked
RADIO
HISTORY COMES DOWN Photo by Jon Mayhew/TCS A giant crane prepares to lift the
205-foot WLON radio tower from it's base
Monday morning.
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- Fans of the Hometown Radio
Network got a surprise Monday morning
when they turned on their radio dial.
They
were treated to silence.
The
reason for the silence was in the
backyard of the five-station HRN
Broadcasting facility on Startown Road: a
new, studier tower.
General
Manager Lanny Ford said Monday morning
the tower, which sends out signals for
two Shelby stations; one Gastonia
station; a Cherryville station and WLON
in Lincolnton, needed to be replaced
because it was becoming a hazard.
Photo by Jon
Mayhew/TCS Downtown Lincolnton
officer Kameron Keener (left) chats with
Lincolnton resident Lester Eaker during
the downtown cruise-in Sunday afternoon.
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- For Lincolnton Police officer
Kameron Keener, being the new downtown
traffic safety officer is more than
marking tires and issuing parking
tickets.
It's
like coming home.
Keener,
a 23-year veteran of Lincolnton Police,
was recently assigned to be the downtown
traffic officer.
Keener
said he found out the position was open
in September, after former officer Scott
Photo by Jon
Mayhew/TCS 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.
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."
CHAMBER
BANQUET
CELEBRATES SUCCESS
Photo
by Jon Mayhew/TCS Dave Heavner of the
Homeplace Restaurant in Vale received the
Small Businessman of the Year award for
2008. Presenting the award is former
Chamber chairman Brad Rivers.
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- More than 300 people gathered
Thursday at the James W. Warren Citizens
Center for the Lincolnton/Lincoln County
Chamber of Commerce's annual banquet.
Jim Owen
received the Man of the Year Award from
the Lincolnton Rotary Club; Melinda
Houser received the Woman of the Year
Award from Lincolnton's Business and
Professional Women's organization; David
Heavner of the Homeplace Restaurant won
Small Business Person of the Year
presented by the Chamber's Small Business
Council. Bill Transon of SOTEC won the
New Member of the Year and Chamber
Ambassador of the Year Award. Jason
Phillips of
At our most recent
Master Gardener class, we talked about
how plants are propagated. While most of
us are familiar with starting new plants
from seeds and cuttings, one of the most
fascinating ways to propagate new plants
is by budding and grafting.
In most forms of grafting, a stem portion
of a desired plant (referred to as the scion) is attached to
the stem of another plant (referred to as
the rootstock). Once the scion begins to
grow, it will form the top of the new
plant. All new growth originating below
the graft will be removed. If you’ve
seen a weeping cherry tree that has a
straight trunk and then weeps at the top
of that trunk, you’ve seen a classic
example of a grafted plant.
Budding is a variation of grafting in
that only a bud with the attached
Exclusive
video on The Carolina Scoop shows Med
Center Air flying in to take a patient
from Lincoln County to Carolinas Medical
Center in Charlotte. The unidentified
patient was riding a moped on Gastonia
Highway near Long Shoals Road Friday
afternoon when the driver collided with a
car.
Authorities
airlifted the moped driver as a
precaution. The moped driver will be
charged with driving while impaired by
the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
See
the story below for video and pictures.
For
What It's Worth..... "M.
WILSON" IS WAY OFF
By
Jon Mayhew
As a
general rule, newspapers don't publish
reader's letters until the information is
confirmed. It's a way to make sure the
writier of the letter is legit and the
content of the letter original.
"M.
Wilson" is way off on her recent
letter.
In the
most glaring point of inaccuracy, she
writes:
".....I am
also appalled that the Carolina Scoop
actually published misquoted information
from the Crimestoppers organization, even
after being contacted and given the truth
'from the horses mouth'. Mr.
Mayhew was given the true quotes but
obviously printed slander anyways.....
"In fact,
at the grand opening for a new medical
facitlity,
Barry actually told Mayhew who was also
at that opening that
he thought Sheriff Daugherty and Chief
Abernathy were doing
great jobs. "
Dear
writer, you are incorrect. Barry Schrum
never said that to me before I wrote the
editorial that Schrum needs to step down
as Crimestoppers president.
Son:
Billy Graham's work with presidents is
ending
By Mike Baker
Associated Press
Billy Graham's work as a pastor to
presidents is coming to an end, but he is
praying for Barack Obama as the nation's
next leader begins his work, Graham's son
said Friday on the aging evangelist's
90th birthday.
Franklin Graham said in an interview that
his father's mind remains sharp even as
his body continues to fail. But the
preacher who has counseled every
president beginning with Eisenhower is
not in line to mentor Obama.
"My father feels like his time and
day for that is over," Franklin
Graham said. "But he would certainly
like to meet (Obama) and pray with
him."
Graham's views of the world are still
respected in White House circles.
Republican presidential candidate John
McCain visited Graham at his mountainside
home during the campaign, and Obama tried
to meet Graham but wasn't able to do so
because of the preacher's poor health.
Though never partisan in his preaching,
Billy Graham is a registered Democrat.
His son expressed concern about Obama's
views on abortion and gay marriage —
an issue Franklin Graham raised in a
meeting with the Illinois senator —
saying that he and is father are
conservatives who believe the Bible
speaks clearly on those issues.
"President-elect Obama heard our
position," Franklin Graham said.
"And I told him that this was very
difficult for us and hard for us. It's a
moral issue that we just can't back down
on."
"But he's our president-elect, and
those positions that he holds that are
contrary to Biblical teaching, I hope
that
THREE
VEHICLE ACCIDENTS WITHIN 20 MINUTES KEEP
AUTHORITIES BUSY IN LINCOLNTON, DENVER Four
accidents in total in less than an hour
By
Jon Mayhew
Three
vehicle accidents reported within a 20
minute period Friday afternoon kept
firefighters and medics in Lincolnton and
Denver extremely busy.
First,
around 2:45 p.m., a vehicle struck a pole
on East Main Street in front of Jewell's
Mustang in Boger City. Authorities
reported two patients involved, one of
those being an infant. The extent of
injuries isn't known in the accident and
it's not known if anyone was transported
to the hospital.
About
five minutes after responding to the
first wreck, there was an accident
involving a Ford Focus and pickup truck
near the Times Turn Around -- about one
block away -- at Salem Church Road and
East Main Street. No injuries were
reported in the second wreck.
At 3
p.m. Friday, authorities in eastern
Lincoln County were called to Highway 73
in front of East Lincoln Middle School to
reports of a head-on collision. No word
on injuries.
A fourth
accident was reported around 3:20 p.m. on
Keener Road, where a vehicle struck a
tree. The driver of the vehicle notified
authorities. Radio traffic indicated the
driver wasn't seriously injured.
PEDESTRIAN
STRUCK IN COURT SQUARE Second time in
a week in same location
Photo
by Jon Mayhew/TCS While authorities
tended to a pedestrian in a wheelchair
struck by a motor vehicle on south Court
Square, firefighters prepare to lift the
damaged wheelchair into a pickup truck.
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- For the second time in a
week, a pedestrian has been struck on the
south side of the Court Square, at the
intersection of South Aspen Street and
South Court Square.
This
time, the victim was an elderly man in a
motorized wheelchair.
The
driver of the vehicle that struck the
pedestrian told police he was looking to
the left watching traffic and didn't see
the man go into the crosswalk.
Video and reporting by Jon
Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
SOUTH
FORK -- South Fork firefighters,
Lincoln EMS and law enforcement have been
called to a motorcycle accident at the
intersection of Gastonia Highway ant Long
Shoals Road.
Radio traffic indicated the accident,
where a car has struck a motorcycle,
happened around 1 p.m. Friday.
Authorities are currently on the scene
assessing injuries and have asked if Med
Center Air is available to fly.
Medics
on the scene have requested a chopper
from Carolinas Medical Center in
Charlotte to land in the 2600 block of
Gastonia Highway, according to radio
traffic.
The
North Carolina Highway Patrol is
investigating the incident. NCHP
investigating trooper Brent Hipp said the
moped driver suffered non life
threatening injuries but struck his head.
Authorities
were flying the man as a precaution. Hipp
said he was charging the driver with
driving while impaired. The family was in
the process of being notified of the
accident.
Photo by Jon Mayhew/TCS Firefighters and medics prepare to
load a moped driver into Med Center Air
for transport to Charlotte.
CHAMBER
BANQUET HAS TEXAS FLAVOR
More
than 300 people packed the James W.
Warren Citizen Center Thursday night for
the Lincolnton/Lincoln County Chamber of
Commerce Annual Banquet.
Comedian
Willie P. Richardson, phone prankster
from Texas, entertained the crowd with
down-home, clean comedy.
See
story Saturday night.
COUNTY
DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING BOMBINGS
By
Jon Mayhew
WEST
LINCOLN -- Authorities are
hoping "money is the motivator"
in four cases of homemade bombs being
detonated in western Lincoln County.
Lincoln
County Sheriff's detectives are
investigating four cases where someone
either threw or placed "Drano
Bombs" on porches of two homes on
Highway 182 where in three of the four
cases, residents were inside sleeping.
HEAD-ON
WRECK SENDS TWO TO HOSPITAL Alcohol
a factor in accident
By
Jon Mayhew
UNION
-- The 1300 block of Reepsville
Road was shut down for more than an hour
Wednesday around 6 p.m., after two Ford
pickups collided head-on in an accident
where alcohol was a factor, according to
authorities.
North
Carolina Highway Patrol trooper J.M.
Futrell identified the two drivers as
Reginald Hunsucker, 40, of Palm Tree
Drive, Vale, and Ricky Lane, 48, of
Burris Lane, Lincolnton.
Futrell
was able to speak to both victims before
they were taken to Carolinas Medical
Center Lincoln with non life-threatening
injuries.
"Mr.
Hunsucker told me he had been
drinking," said Futrell, adding his
girlfriend confirmed
scion) is attached to
the stem of another plant (referred to as
the rootstock). Once the scion begins to
grow, it will form the top of the new
plant. All new growth originating below
the graft will be removed. If you’ve
seen a weeping cherry tree that has a
straight trunk and then weeps at the top
of that trunk, you’ve seen a classic
example of a grafted plant.
