Why, Why, Why,
Submitted
by Wood Side
Why do we press
harder on a remote control when
we know the
batteries are almost dead?
Why do banks
charge a fee on 'insufficient
funds'
when they already know there is
not enough money?
Why does someone believe you when
you say there
are four billion stars; but have
to check when you
say the paint is still wet?
Why doesn't
Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman
stop bullets with his chest,
but ducks when you throw a
revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze
pilots wear helmets?
Whose idea was it
to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?
If people evolved
from apes, why are
there still apes?
Why is it that no
matter what color bubble bath
you
use the bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a
day that mattresses are not on sale?
Why do people
constantly return to the
refrigerator
with hopes that something new to
eat will
have materialized?
Why do people
keep running over a string a
dozen
times with their vacuum cleaner,
then reach down,
pick it up, examine it, then put
it down to give the
vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that no
plastic bag will open from the
end on your first try?
How do those dead
bugs get into those
enclosed light fixtures?
When we are in
the supermarket and someone rams
our ankle with a shopping cart
then apologizes for
doing so, why do we say, 'It's
all right?
' Well, it isn't all right, so
why don't we say,
'That really hurt, why don't you
watch where you're going?'
Why is it that
whenever you attempt to catch
something that's falling off the
table you always
manage to knock something else
over?
In winter why do
we try to keep the house as warm
as it was in summer when we
complained about the heat?
How come you
never hear father-in-law jokes?
And my
FAVORITE......
The statistics on sanity is that
one out of every
four persons is suffering from
some sort of mental
illness.
Think of your three best friends
--
if they're okay, then it's you.
****A day without
a smile is like a day without
sunshine!****
ART
TRADING CARDS SESSION TO BE HELD
The Gaston County Museum
will host an Art Card Trading
Session in Tuesday, November 18
from 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM. This
event will allow you to trade
your ATCs and ACEOs. Please note
– at this program you will
not be making cards, rather
trading only. This is a very
unique event and os free to
attend.
RSVP REQUIRED to Jeff Pruett
– Programs Coordinator,
704.922.7681 x105 or jpruett@co.gaston.nc.us
History of Art Trading
Cards
Art Trading Cards have a
unique history that goes all the
way back to the 16th century.
They were mostly portraits and
were what we think of today as
wallet photos. In the mid-1700s,
the English expanded on the idea
and began using these cards for
advertising. In addition, during
the Impressionist Age, artists
would trade cards so they could
study each other’s style and
sometimes these were even traded
or sold for supplies and other
needed items. They were also used
as calling cards during the
Victorian Era. Today, all of
these ideas have been combined to
form Art Trading Cards (ATCs) and
Art Cards, Editions, and
Originals (ACEOs).
More about Art Trading
Cards
Both ATCs and ACEOs are
small works of miniature art,
baseball or playing card size.
All cards should be signed by the
artist and numbered if they are
part of an edition. Besides that,
there are no rules! All types of
media are acceptable, from paint,
photos, and collage to textiles,
stamps and computer prints. They
are produced as single originals,
in a series
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STATE
RELEASES SCHOOL A-Y-P RESULTS
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- Lincoln County
Schools received some good news
from the state regarding Adequate
Yearly Progress (AYP) results
Thursday, where the system
exceeded the state average in
reading and math assessments
given in grades 3-8. The results
were the final results released
by the North Carolina Department
of Public Instruction.
The
system exceeded the state average
in science in grades 5 and 8,
with 48.8 percent of grade five
and 64.1 percent of grade 8
students scoring at or above
proficient. The state averages
are 40.8 percent and 52.4
percent, respectively.
While
the science assessment is new for
the system and is a requirement
for all states under the federal
No Child Left Behind legislation,
the results aren't included in
North Carolina's ABC's model for
accountability.
LCS
Superintendent Dr. David Martin
said the assessments were
revised, that the revisions to
reading and math and the addition
of science in grades five and
eight were necessary to keep up
with "raising the bar"
in North Carolina Public Schools.
"As
educators, we expect a decrease
in scores of individual students
each time the assessments are
revised," said Martin.
"When this occurs, it
doesn't indicate that students
have lost reading or mathematical
abilities from one year to the
next. It does mean the state has
raised the standard for the
particular content area."
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POLICE
BLOTTER FROM LINCOLNTON POLICE
Nov.
4 - Nov. 6, 2008
2008-008067
Suspicious
activity
604 Clark Drive -- Lincoln House
Restaurant
Male subject throwing rocks in
the parking lot of business.
Reported 11-4 @ 12 p.m.
2008-008068
Call for
service
9B Woodmont Circle
Child not listening to care
provider
Reported 11-4 @ 12:30 p.m.
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Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
INCIDENT REPORT
November 6 2008
2008-08352
Possession of
Sch. IV, Possession of Sch. VI,
Carry Concealed Gun
Assigned: File Only (Owens)
Location: Hwy 18
Victim: State of N.C.
Suspect in possession of
Marijuana, Xanax, and concealed
weapons
Date Reported: November 02, 2008
District A
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TEENAGER
PROVES TROUBLE FOR POLICE
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- Lincolnton Police had
their hands full with a
15-year-old teen Wednesday night.
Officers
were first notified the
unidentified youth had run away
from his Sycamore Street
residence after 8 p.m.
Officers
found the child and took him
home. However, the youth decided
not to go home quietly.
The
youth bolted once he was out of
police custody. Authorities were
able to catch up with the youth
blocks from his residence.
As
of 11 p.m., authorities were
still out with the youth.
TRACTOR
TRAILER KNOCKS DOWN DOWNTOWN
LIGHT POLE
Photo
by Adam Diaz/TCS
Lincolnton Police Lt. Dwite
Shehan looks at a downed light
pole in front of the tax office
in
downtown Lincolnton Wednesday
night. A tractor trailer,
traveling east, knocked the pole
down
across the bench across from the
Chamber office.
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- A tratctor trailer
driver from Alabama is cited
Wednesday night after knocking a
downtown Lincolnton light pole
down across a bench in front of
the Lincoln County Tax Office.
According
to Lincolnton Police Lt. Dwite
Shehan, the incident happened
around 6 p.m. when James Edward
Parham of Alabama came around the
Court Square, heading east.
Parham,
driving for Western Express
trucking, had come to Lincoln
County to pick up a trailer and
was heading to his next
destination at the time of the
incident.
"His
trailer hit the light pole,
knocking it down," said
Shehan. "A witness who
observed this said the driver
stopped the vehicle, got out and
looked, then drove away."
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WOMAN ARRESTED
FOR COUNTERFEIT BILLS
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- A Lincolnton woman
wasn't "lovin' it"
Tuesday, as she was arrested at
McDonalds on East Main Street
after she tried to pass a
counterfeit $100 bill that she
made on her home copier.
Police
responded to McDonalds around 10
a.m., after store employees
called about the counterfeit
bill.
The
26-year-old woman paid for her
order in the drive-thru and was
then told to come inside.
According
to the Lincolnton Police incident
report, the suspect was
identified as Shawna Danielle
McLean of North Highview Lane,
Lincolnton.
Officer
Billy Burgin and Sgt. Johnny
Caudle said
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"DYNAMIC
DUO" RACKS UP THREE
BIG ARRESTS OVER THE WEEKEND
Photo
by Jon Mayhew/TCS
The "Dynamic Duo" of
Lincolnton Police Sgt. Willie
Vaughn (left) and officer Tony
Potts (right) are giving
Lincolnton's criminals a run for
their money.
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- As individuals, the
hard-working officers of the
Lincolnton Police Department
constantly strive to be a thron
in the side of the criminal
element. But pair two of these
formidible men together and crime
-- and the criminals who commit
the crimes -- don't stand a
chance.
Just
ask Wade Anthony Rippey, Mary
Watts and Christopher O'Neil
Smith. They all three encountered
the "Dynamic Duo" and
all three ended up in the same
place.
The
Harven A. Crouse Detention
Center.
Rookie
officer Tony Potts was teamed
with the veteran Vaughn, where
Vaughn
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