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Deficient bridge to be replaced
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Thursday, March 24,
the 84th day of 2016. There are
282 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus
A320, crashed into the French
Alps, killing all 150 people on
board; investigators said the jetliner was deliberately downed by
the 27-year-old co-pilot, Andreas
Lubitz, who had a history of
depression and mental illness.
On this date:
In 1765, Britain enacted the
Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
In 1832, a mob in Hiram, Ohio,
attacked, tarred and feathered
Mormon leaders Joseph Smith Jr.
and Sidney Rigdon.
In 1913, New York's Palace
Theatre, the legendary home of
vaudeville, opened on Broadway.
In 1934, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed a bill granting
future independence to the
Philippines.
In 1944, in occupied Rome, the
Nazis executed more than 300
civilians in reprisal for an attack
by Italian partisans the day
before that had killed 32 German
soldiers.
BY MICHELLE T. BERNARD
O-N-E REPORTER
If you normally travel on Riverbend Road in Catawba County specifically over the bridge that crosses Elk Shoal Creek, you
will need to plan an alternate route beginning on Monday,
March 28.
This portion of Riverbend Road will close while crews
replace the bridge which was built in 1965 and is considered
functionally obsolete and structurally deficient.
“The terms structurally deficient and functionally obsolete
do not mean the bridge is unsafe – it is just a means for us to
qualify which bridges need to be repaired or replaced,” North
Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Communications Officer Jordan-Ashley Walker “In North Carolina we
have about 18,000 structures which is a lot to maintain and
keep an eye on.”
According to the NC DOT “structurally deficient” bridges
have load carrying components in poor condition due to deterioration. These bridges are safe. However, they require significant maintenance to remain in service, and limits on vehicle
weights may be required.To fully address the issues on a structurally deficient bridge, extensive rehabilitation or replacement is usually required.
See BRIDGE, Page 3
Newton seeks
citizens input on Parks
and Rec Master Plan
BY CIGI SPARKS
O-N-E REPORTER
See History, Page 3
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE O-N-E
Gerald Loftin ( fourth from left) of Conover, recently received the American Legion Department of
North Carolina Scoutmaster of the Year Award. Also picture, left to right, is Pierre Rheeder, Billy
Boston, Bill Davis, Gerald Loftin, Wayne Thornburg, Jacob Fisher, Josh Howard, and Brice Wilson.
Scout leader named state
Scoutmaster of the Year
BY MICHELLE T. BERNARD
O-N-E REPORTER
A local Boy Scout leader, Gerald Loftin
of Conover, recently received the American Legion Department of North Carolina Scoutmaster of the Year Award.
“I didn’t even know this award existed,” Loftin said. “After I found out what it
was, it blew me away – I think it’s a real
honor just to be nominated let alone to
receive it. This award is for all of North
Carolina and now my name goes in for
the national award. It goes way beyond
anything I ever expected.”
Loftin founded Boy Scout Troop 322 in
1984 and Cub Scout Pack 322 in 1994 and
he has been the sole leader of both
groups since they were formed.
A veteran of the Vietnam War, Loftin
has been a member of American Legion
Post 48 in Hickory for 43 years. He
received his Third Degree in Masonry in
See SCOUT, Page 3
The city of Newton’s 27-year-old Parks and Recreation
Master Plan is getting some much needed updates.
Also, the city is asking for citizen’s input on the plan
though an online survey.
“The city’s current Master Plan was prepared in May
1988, revised in 2001 and is over 27 years old and outdated. For State Funding Consideration, a Master Plan needs
to be updated at least every 7-10 years,” according to a consideration request from the Newton Parks and Rec
Department to the Newton City Council.“On Oct. 5, 2015
the City of Newton sent out proposal request for qualifications seeking out an innovative, qualified consultant to
prepare an updated Parks and Recreation Master Plan.”
The plan is set to focus on seven different aspects: physical, environmental, social, intellectual, spiritual/cultural,
occupational/economic and emotional wellness, according to a press release from the city of Newton.
The purpose of the plan is to “identify the current state
of the Parks and Recreation Department’s facilities,parks,
activities and to make recommendations for the future to
enhance the overall wellbeing of the residents of Newton.”
The plan is supposed to focus on the recreation facilities and and parks as well as the evaluation of greenways
within Newton. Officials hope that the plan will be an aid
the city of Newton’s actions in regards to parks and recreation throughout the next 10 years.
“The survey takes only a few minutes to complete and
aims to find out what people love about Newton’s parks
and what areas need improvement.The survey is available
at www.newtonnc.gov/recreation_survey,” according to
the release.
“Our mission is to improve the quality of life of all our
citizens,” said Parks and Recreation Director Sandra
Waters in the release.“With the responses from this survey, we’ll be able to tailor the new master plan to fit the
specific needs and wishes of the people we serve.”
The city is working with Sage Design,a North Carolinabased landscape and architecture firm, to complete the
plan. The firm has more than 20 years of experience
focusing on parks and recreation,according to the release.
Cat. Co couple arrested for making meth
BY CIGI SPARKS
O-N-E REPORTER
Two Catawba County residents were arrested by the
Catawba County Drug Task
Force on Tuesday as the
result of a Meth Lab bust.
On Tuesday morning
between 10 and 11 a.m., two
meth experts with the task
force conducted a “knock
and talk” investigation at a
residence located at 4252
Harrys Lane in Sherrills
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Ford, according to Catawba
County Drug Task Force
Supervisor, Jason Reid.
The investigation conducted by the two officers
gave enough probable
cause to search the residence. The search was conducted by the drug task
force along with assistance
from the State Bureau of
Investigation (SBI). The
investigation was began
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Local people
serving with dignity
and understanding
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Lawmakers
move to prevent
Charlotte
ordinance
statewide
Catawba Regional Hospice Volunteers Complete Training
FROM O-N-E REPORTS
Newton, NC – March 23,
2016 – Catawba Regional
Hospice recently welcomed 26 new volunteers
to touch the lives of
patients and families in
local communities. Their
training was held Saturday, February 20 and Monday, February 22, 2016, at
Catawba Regional Hospice’s Newton campus.The
training class included 21
Catawba County residents,
four Caldwell County residents, and one resident of
Burke County. Six members of the new class are
VolunTeens, between the
ages of 14 and 18. They
will all help enhance the
care provided to local peo-
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ple throughout CRH’s 10county service area. Volunteers are valued members of the care team,
offering needed support
for patients at the end of
life as well as for the
patients’ families. After
completing the class, volunteers will offer administrative support, provide
respite for caregivers,
serve as companions for
patients, and help in other
meaningful ways.
For more information
on joining the next volunteer training class, contact
the CRH volunteer department at 828.466.0466, by
e m a i l i n g
volunteer@pchcv.org, or
via Facebook.
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Hart, Emily Cornett, Breanna Starnes, Guynell Sears
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GARY D. ROBERTSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators
moved ahead Wednesday with stopping any local government in the state from passing an ordinance like the one
Charlotte recently approved allowing transgender people
to use the restroom aligned with their gender identity.
If the Republican-controlled General Assembly succeeds in passing the bill as expected and it becomes law,
it will block the bathroom provision in the state's largest
city, Charlotte's broader anti-discrimination measure and
similar rules approved on a local level in the future. The
action would deal a blow to an LGBT movement that has
had success with similar measures in more than 200 cities
across the country.
Republicans and their allies have said intervening is
necessary to protect the safety of women and children.
There have been arguments that any man — perhaps a
sex offender — could enter a woman's restroom or locker room simply by calling himself transgender.
"It's common sense — biological men should not me
be in women's showers, locker rooms and bathrooms,"
said GOP Rep. Dean Arp of Monroe before the chamber
voted 84-24 for the legislation after nearly three hours of
debate.
The bill next goes to the Senate.
Representatives for gay rights groups said the legislation demonizes the community and espouses bogus
claims about increasing the risk of sexual assaults. They
say the bill will deny lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people essential protections needed to ensure they
can get a hotel room, hail a taxi or dine at a restaurant
without fear.
"Charlotte's law is not unusual, unique or radical," said
Chris Sgro, executive director of Equality North Carolina.
"A special session to deal with such an ordinance is radical, unique and unusual."
GOP leaders scheduled a one-day session at the cost of
$42,000 because Charlotte's ordinance was set to take
effect April 1. Otherwise, the legislature wouldn't have
returned until late April.
The bill would bar local governments statewide from
prohibiting discrimination in public places based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It directs all public
schools,government agencies and public college campuses to require bathrooms or locker rooms be designated
for use only by people based on their biological sex.
Transgender people who have transitioned to the
opposite sex wouldn't be affected if they get their birth
certificate changed.
Democrats said the bill makes North Carolina less
inclusive and interferes with local governments. They say
the state could also risk billions in federal education dollars with the school policy.
"This is really not about bathrooms," said Democratic
Rep. Rodney Moore of Charlotte. "This is about fear."
Madeline Goss, a transgender woman from Raleigh,
told a House committee she grew up in western North
Carolina but had to leave because she was bullied mercilessly there. LGBT protections, Goss said, make it safer for
her to live and allow her to the restroom where she feels
most comfortable.
"I can't use the men's room.I won't go back to the men's
room. It is unsafe for me there. People like me die in
there," Goss said.
Chloe Jefferson, 16, a private school student in
Greenville, 85 miles east of Raleigh, told the committee
she's worried without legislative action, girls would soon
have males changing their clothes in front of them.
"I think everyone has the freedom to believe in what
they want," Jefferson said. "But they shouldn't change the
laws for a small number of students that punish and single out the rest of us."
Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, has criticized the ordinance in Charlotte, where he was mayor for 14 years. He
has called for action, but earlier this week, a top aide had
concerns about the bill's scope — raising questions about
what the governor's response will be.
In a video, Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper,
who is running for governor against McCrory, called
Wednesday's actions "shameful" and "unprecedented"
and said they could hurt the state's economy.
Russell Peck, the governor's campaign manager, on
Wednesday in turn accused Cooper of supporting "forcing women and young girls to use the same restrooms
and locker rooms as grown men."
Legislation requiring transgender students to use bathrooms corresponding with their birth gender have failed
recently. South Dakota's legislature failed to override Gov.
Dennis Daugaard's veto and a similar bill in Tennessee
bill died Tuesday.
The North Carolina bill also would also make clear
local governments can't require area businesses to pay
workers above the current minimum wage, with some
exceptions.
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
DAR Membership
The Daughters of the
American
Revolution
was founded in 1890 to
promote patriotism, preserve American history,
and support better education for our nation’s
children. Its members
are descended from the
patriots who won American independence during
the Revolutionary War.
With more than 165,000
members in approximately 3,000 chapters
worldwide, DAR is one of
the world’s largest and
most active service
organizations. To learn
more about the work of
DAR, visit www.dar.org.
March 25
BBQ Chicken
The Newton Kiwanis
Club is sponsoring a
Port-a-pit BBQ chicken
fund raiser on Friday,
from 11 am-6 pm at the
Newton Train Depot.
The cost of the meal is
$10 and includes drink
and dessert. Proceeds go
toward Newton-Conover
High and Bandys High
Schools
scholarship
funds.
For take-out orders,
contact Les Sigmon at
828-381-8302 or Mary
Bess Lawing at 828-6123672 or email jenkinsfh@bellsouth.net.
Mar. 29
Vietnam Vet
Reception
The John Hoyle Chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution
cordially invites all Vietnam Veterans to a commemorative reception
honoring Vietnam Vets
at the American Legion
Fairground, Post 48 from
4-6 p.m. Light refreshments and beverages
will be served.
RSVP by Mar. 20 to Ric
Vandett. 828-267-2541
may contact St. Mark’s
Lutheran Church at 828459-2161.
April 20
Civil War Study
Course
Catawba Valley Community College has
developed a Civil War
Hands on History course
that includes a five-day,
four-night travel experience beginning April 20.
This course is available
to currently enrolled students and individuals
who want to take the
course for personal
enrichment.
Meeting on Wednesday
evenings 5:30 to 7:20 p.m.
at the Historical Museum
of Catawba County in
downtown Newton, faculty member Richard
Eller will lead lectures
about the causes, events
and outcomes of the
American Civil War. Special emphasis is placed
on the battlefield sites
that will be visited in
May in the travel portion
of the course. The lecture
portion of the course
ends May 4.
Site visits that take
place May 9-13 during
the travel portion of the
class include tours of
Fredericksburg, Chancel-
lorsville, Wilderness and
Spotsylvania battlefields
in Virginia. Stops are
scheduled at the South
Mountain and Antietam
battlefields in Maryland
and Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania.
The tour also includes
Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.,
Lee Chapel and the Jackson House in Lexington,
Va.
Cost of the class for
those taking it for personal enrichment is $500.
This includes the weekly
lectures, transportation
and double occupancy
accommodations. Add
$320 for single occupancy.
Registration
takes
place Monday through
Thursdays from 8 a.m. to
8 p.m., or Fridays until
4:30 p.m. at the CVCC
East Campus Continuing
Education Office. Contact
Cheri Toney, 828-3277037, ctoney@cvcc.edu
for more information.
April 23
Conover Litter Sweep
The City of Conover
will be hosting their 3rd
annual community-wide
Litter Sweep on Saturday,
April 23 from 9 a.m. to
noon. Volunteers are
needed to remove litter
from Conover’s roadways
and we are asking our
local churches, schools,
businesses, boy/girl scout
troops, neighborhoods
and civic organizations
to organize a team and
help clean up our beautiful city. We will provide
to all participants safety
vests, trash bags, gloves,
maps and a hot dog
lunch to be served at the
Conover Station community room patio at 12
noon. Supplies can be
picked up at that location
between 8 a.m. – 9 a.m.
For more information or
to register, contact Joy
Heller at Ph. 828-6952909.
April 30
Festival
Town of Long View
will host its May Days
Festival at the Long View
Recreation Center, 3107
2nd Ave NW in Hickory,
NC 28601.
10:00AM 9:30PM. The festival will
include entertainment,
Children's Rides, Food,
and More!
Guest Bands: Shellem
Cline, Jim Sheldon, and
Bev McCann; 28690; Vic
Wheeler and the Gruv
Dawgs; and the Tim
Clark Band
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HROWBACK
HURSDAY
April 9
Dementia Workshop
St. Mark's Lutheran
Church Family Life Center in Claremont is hosting a dementia workshop on Saturday, April
9 from 9:30 AM – 12
Noon. The title of the
workshop is: Dementia
Workshop: Understanding it and Offering Care.
The
workshop will be
presented by staff members of Trinity Village in
Hickory, NC. The workshop will focus on the
dementia
and
alzheimer’s and discuss
ways in which congregations can care for members and their families
living with dementia
/alzheimers.
Additional information about the Trinity
Village facility will be
available as well. For
more information, you
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1983 and 32nd Degree
in 1983. Loftin has been
an active Shrine Clown
since 1983.
Loftin has received
many awards and certifications via the Boy Scouts
of America. He was
Scoutmaster of the Year
in 1995, 1997 and 2015 for
the Lakeland District. He
is also the recipient of the
Silver Beaver Award in
2005.
A resident of Conover,
Loftin has been a member of the First United
Methodist Church in
Conover (which sponsors
both of his troops) since
1980 and chairman of the
Church Administrative
Council since 2005. He
has also served for six
years as Conover’s delegate to a regional recreation committee serving
a four county area.
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Under Loftin’s leadership, Boy Scout Troop 322
has produced 49 Eagle
Scouts with seven more
eligible for this year.
“Being a scout leader
has a lot of personal reward,” he said. “I don’t
expect anything from it
but what makes it all
worthwhile for me is
when I see a boy come in
who really needs help.
You work with him all
those years and you get
him up to becoming an
Eagle Scout – it means so
much.
“But what really kicks
it off is when they age out
and go on into life, get
married, have their own
kids and then their sons
come into my troop. It’s
really an honor that they
bring their son back to
my troop.”
because of various
complaints that officers
were receiving via the
Cat. Co. Drug Tip Line regarding the suspect’s
meth precursors as well
as possession of Pseudoephedrine.
Upon search of the residence, officers found an
active meth lab.
“They were making
and distributing meth out
of that home,” Reid said.
The main suspect and
official resident of the
home was identified as
Chad Price, 42, of Sherrills Ford. Price was
charged with manufacturing
methamphetamine, two counts of trafficking methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute meth
precursor and maintain-
ing a vehicle, dwelling or
place for the purpose of a
controlled substance.
Also arrested in the investigation, as an accomplist to the drug manufacturing and trafficking,
was Cassondra Leatherman, 26, of Vale. Leatherman was living with
Price, according to Reid.
Leatherman
was
charged with manufac-
turing
methamphetamine, two counts of trafficking methamphetamine and possession with
intent to distribute meth
precursor.
Both Price and Leatherman are being held in the
Catawba County Detention Center under no
bond. They are first
scheduled to appear in
court on April 13.
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History
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In 1955, the Tennessee
Williams play "Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof " opened on
Broadway.
In 1958, rock-and-roll
singer Elvis Presley was
inducted into the Army in
Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1975, Muhammad Ali
defeated Chuck Wepner
with a technical knockout
in the 15th round of a
fight in Richfield, Ohio.
(Wepner, a journeyman
known as the "Bayonne
Bleeder,"
inspired
Sylvester Stallone to make
his "Rocky" films.)
In 1976, the president of
Argentina, Isabel Peron,
was deposed by her country's military. British war
hero Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, 88,
died in Alton, Hampshire,
England.
In 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez
(vahl-DEEZ') ran aground
on a reef in Alaska's
Prince William Sound
and began leaking an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil.
In 1995, after 20 years,
British soldiers stopped
routine patrols in Belfast,
Northern Ireland.
In 1999, NATO launched
airstrikes against Yugoslavia, marking the first
time in its 50-year existence that it had ever attacked a sovereign country. Thirty-nine people
were killed when fire
erupted in the Mont Blanc
tunnel in France and
burned for two days.
Ten years ago: Thousands of people across the
country protested legislation cracking down on
immigrants who were in
the U.S. illegally. In
Selmer, Tennessee, Mary
Winkler was charged with
shooting to death her
minister-husband,
Matthew Winkler, in the
parsonage
of
their
church. (Mary Winkler,
who said she'd been
abused by her husband,
was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and
received a three-year
prison sentence, but was
granted probation for
most of it.)
Five years ago: The
Census Bureau released
its first set of nationallevel findings from the
2010 count on race and
migration, showing that
Hispanics accounted for
more than half of the U.S.
population increase over
the previous decade, exceeding estimates in most
states as they crossed a
new census milestone: 50
million, or 1 in 6 Americans. A private funeral
was held at Forest Lawn
Cemetery for Elizabeth
Taylor (the service began
15 minutes behind schedule in accordance with
the actress' wish to be late
for her own funeral).
One year ago: President
Barack Obama received
Afghan President Ashraf
Ghani at the White House,
where Obama agreed to
slow the U.S military pullout from Afghanistan at
the request of its new
government but insisted
the delay would not jeopardize his commitment to
end America's longest
war before leaving office.
Today's Birthdays: Poet
Lawrence Ferlinghetti is
97. Actor William Smith is
83. Fashion and costume
designer Bob Mackie is
77. Actor R. Lee Ermey is
72. Movie director Curtis
Hanson is 71. Former
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire is 69. Rock
musician Lee Oskar is 68.
Singer Nick Lowe is 67.
Rock musician Dougie
Thomson (Supertramp)
is 65. Fashion designer
Tommy Hilfiger is 65. Comedian Louie Anderson
is 63. Actress Donna
Pescow is 62. Actor Robert
Carradine is 62. Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer is 60.
Actress Kelly LeBrock is
56. Rhythm-and-blues DJ
Rodney "Kool Kollie"
Terry (Ghostown DJs) is
55. TV personality Star
Jones is 54. Country-rock
musician Patterson Hood
(Drive-By Truckers) is 52.
Actor Peter Jacobson is
51. Rock singer-musician
Sharon Corr (The Corrs)
is 46. Actress Lauren
Bowles is 46. Actress Lara
Flynn Boyle is 46. Rapper
Maceo (AKA P.A. Pasemaster Mase) is 46. Actress Megyn Price is 45.
Actor Jim Parsons is 43.
Christian rock musician
Chad Butler (Switchfoot)
is 42. Actress Alyson Hannigan is 42. NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is
40. Actress Olivia Burnette is 39. Actress Jessica
Chastain is 39. Actor Amir
Arison is 38. Actress Lake
Bell is 37. Rock musician
Benj Gershman (O.A.R.)
is 36. Neo-soul musician
Jesse Phillips (St. Paul &
the Broken Bones) is 36.
Actress Keisha CastleHughes is 26.
Thought for Today: "Either you think, or else
others have to think for
you and take power from
you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes,
civilize and sterilize you."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald,
American author (18961940).
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This bridge on Riverbend Road near Claremont will be closed as a new bridge is constructed.
“Functionally obsolete” bridges no longer meet the demands of the traffic using them. These bridges are safe
but need to be improved or replaced due to narrow lanes,
low height clearances, or have posted weight limits.
A signed detour will be in place directing motorists to
use Rest Home Road and Oxford School Road.
The bridge replacement project is scheduled for completion in late July.
This project is included in a $4 million contract to replace a total of five bridges in Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln and Iredell counties. The contractor is
Dellinger, Inc.
For real-time travel information, call 511, visit the Traveler Services section of NCDOT.gov or follow NCDOT on
Twitter.
Drive a bit over the limit?
N. Carolina says that's too fast
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina are cracking
down on speeders with a simple message: Obey the posted speed limit or
pay a fine, even if you're only going a
bit over.
The N.C. Governor's Highway Safety Program says in a news release it
will announce its "Obey the Sign or
Pay the Fine" campaign on Thursday.
Both state and local law enforcement
are participating.
The agency says many people believe they won't get a ticket so long as
they don't travel too far beyond the
speed limit. But the agency says the
aim is to remind people that it's
against the law to drive faster than
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what is posted.
One trooper says that although
troopers are aware of the program,
they issue citations for "clear-cut and
substantial violations." Master
Trooper Chris Knox tells the News &
Record of Greensboro that troopers
assess each circumstance to decide if
citations are warranted.
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PERSPECTIVE
Transient Americans
& My Parents' House
I'm lucky that my mother
and father are doing so well
— lucky that,in our transient
country, their home is the
hub that unites my extended
family.
According to the U.S.Census Bureau,nearly 36 million
Americans moved between
2013 and 2014 — almost 12
percent of the population.
Among our 36 million
movers:
- 23,150,000 moved within
the same county.
- 6,961,000 moved to a different county within the
same state.
- 4,770,000 moved to a different state.
- 1,036,000 moved to a different country.
Like nearly 5 million
Americans who moved to
another state, I moved from
Pittsburgh to Alexandria,Va.,
in 1998 to seek better job
opportunities. I lived in the
D.C. area nearly eight years
and it proved to be a great
experience, helping me land
marketing clients who I am
supporting still.
As an adult, I've never
lived in the same place
longer than 4 years. Lately,
I've been moving into a property, renovating it, renting it,
then moving to another
place to repeat the cycle.
That is why I'm so blessed
that my parents' home is
such a central part of my life.
Unlike much of the country, in which people uproot
themselves every few years,
Pittsburghers prefer to stay
put.
For 35 of my first 37 years,
my mother and father
resided in a two-story, fourbedroom design that was
typical of 1960s suburbia.My
father remodeled the basement into a family room.
And when my baby sister,
Jennifer, expanded our
household to eight, my parents added a fifth bedroom
onto the first floor — where
they were able to enjoy space
and comfort for the first time
in their lives.
That house was the hub of
a lot of people's lives. The
door was never locked and
aunts, uncles, friends and
neighbors regularly stopped
in to say hello. My mother
always hosted holiday celebrations, especially Thanksgiving.
To house all of the kids
and grandkids, however, we
had to clear out the living
room furniture.We pushed a
large table up to the dining
room wall, then pushed
another table against that
table to make one large Lshaped table. There wasn't
much space, but nobody
minded.
Misadventures of
a 1970s Childhood
Tom Purcell
To accommodate our
expanding clan, my parents
moved to a larger,contemporary house in 2000 — a scandalous affair,as far as my sisters and I were concerned,
because Pittsburghers are
not supposed to move! The
old house had so many
memories,after all.
On Sundays when we were
little, our dad made us
scrambled eggs and bacon
and we'd put cinnamon and
sugar on our buttery toast.
Our dog Jingles lived the
good life under the large
shrubs by the front porch.We
have hundreds of photos of
holiday parties, baptisms,
confirmations, graduations
and the weddings of four of
my sisters.
Well, my parents have
been in the "new" house 16
years already and that has
become the family homestead now, a place where
many new memories are
being made — and where 30
to 40 Thanksgiving guests
can sit comfortably in the
massive living room and
dining room.
The longer-term Census
trends show that Americans
are beginning to move a little
less — partly because our
country is aging, that dualincome families have less
flexibility and, in a still challenging economy, because
Americans aren't switching
jobs as often as they used to.
Well, moving is good for
individuals and the economy, and I wish my fellow
Americans the best as they
pursue their American
dream.
But I also hope there is one
home in their extended families that brings them as
much peace and happiness
as my parents' home brings
to my family.
Tom Purcell, author of "Misadventures of a 1970's Childhood" and
"Sean McClanahan Mysteries,"
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Cuba's New Moment
Most of us have never
been to Cuba and yet we
easily conjure images of
brightly colored vintage
American cars, of deeply
creased yet smiling faces,
of bare-chested young athletes bounding in the
bright sun, of cigar smoke
wafting above crowded
dance floors.
President Obama's wise
decision to try a different
approach in relations with
the Castro regime is likely
to improve things for
Cuba's economy and its
people. A nation frozen in
time will change, but many
Americans — especially
tourists — hope the
images are preserved.
Photographer
Lorne
Resnick understands, having spent the last 20 years
chronicling the island
nation and its people. His
large and striking book,
"Cuba: This Moment,
Exactly So," could not be
better timed nor more useful in depicting the Cuban
experience.
Resnick's 250 photographs, culled from over
400,000 he took during
more than 50 trips to Cuba,
are truly remarkable. And I
would say that even if
Resnick were not my
brother-in-law. His photographic passion can be
examined at www.ThisCu-
Peter Funt
ba.com.
"Just like the buildings
have exposed their raw
structure as the paint peels
away from decades of wear
and lack of funds for
upkeep," Resnick observes,
"it seems to me that the
Cuban people's social
masks have also faded
away to reveal honest,
open, kind, warm humans
who will engage you in
intense, frank conversations about politics, religion and life."
"The Cubans are incredibly family and friend centered," he continues. "If you
spend enough time in a
family home it makes you
weep at how beautiful their
closeness is. The warmth
and love is really extraordinary."
Much of Cuban life is an
enigma. For instance:
"Health care is free in
Cuba. They have worldclass doctors and not
enough tongue depressors
— largely due to the
embargo. They have a
Parkinson's treatment center that people fly to from
all over the world. They
have cutting edge cancer
research. But the hospitals
are old.
"Fidel Castro actually
admitted not long ago that
he made a mistake and
over-educated Cubans, so
that now they have too
many doctors and not
enough mid-level service
people."
Pressed at an awkward
news conference on Monday, Raul Castro mentioned free health care as
he sought to deflect questions about Cuba's rights
violations. Cuban "rights,"
he declared, include health
care, free higher education
and equal pay for women.
That brought a reply
from President Obama
summing up this turn in
U.S.-Cuban relations. "I
actually welcome President
Castro commenting on
some of the areas where he
feels we are falling short,"
he said, "because I think we
should not be immune or
afraid of criticism or discussion as well."
Over time, shiny new
American cars will line the
streets of Havana, in front
of tall, modern hotels and
rows of U.S.-owned businesses.
Eventually
Havana's photo album
might look more like San
Diego's.
Photographer Resnick
probably won't care as
much about those images,
but he's developed a keen
appreciation for the Cuban
people.
"I was in Cuba on
December 17, 2014, when
the Obama announcement
came that things were
going to change," he says.
"Everywhere I went people
were quietly celebrating,
each raising a glass to a
potential bright future,
hugging and kissing everyone."
For Cuba, that is the bigger picture.
Peter Funt is a writer and
speaker. His book, "Cautiously
Optimistic," is available at Amazon.com and
CandidCamera.com. © 2016
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Personal pressure will mount if you are inde- move forward. Taking part in something that
cisive. Controlling your emotions will be neces- reunites you with old buddies or colleagues will
sary if you want to be taken seriously. You can lead to a window of opportunity.
make headway if you are precise and pay attention to detail. If you display your skills and versatility, others will take notice.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Stay busy. A day trip
will motivate you to try something new. Do your
part by contributing knowledge and solutions. A
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Adapt your positive change at home will lighten the mood.
plans and proceed with them. If you get in the
right frame of mind, you will receive positive
results. Assess a relationship if you feel the other
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Your entertainparty is withholding information. Ask direct ing, fun-to-be-with attitude will draw attention.
questions.
Focus on love, romance and socializing.
Relationships will be enhanced and selfimprovement projects will pay off.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Don’t make an
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is an asset.
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ty confuse you or stop you from doing your best. problem and take action. Losing control of a perSet a good example.
sonal situation will make it difficult to regain
ground. Nurture what you have and eliminate
what isn’t working for you.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Indecisiveness
will work against you. Consider your options and
NEA BRIDGE
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should concentrate on your home, family and
what you know and do best. Personal changes
will enhance your relationship with loved ones
and friends, and position you for greater popularity and success.
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to emotional instability. Stick close to home and
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make home improvements.
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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Money matters
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WHEN THEIR BIDS HELP YOUR SIDE
Dorothy Thompson, a journalist and radio broadcaster who in 1939 was recognized by Time magazine as the
second most influential woman in America behind Eleanor Roosevelt, said,“There is nothing to fear except the
persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.”
Good bridge players analyze the calls and plays. The better their conclusions, the more accurate will be their
actions.
In today’s deal, look at the South hand. He opens one heart, West overcalls one spade, North responds two
hearts, and East raises to two spades. What should South do now?
Initially South started with four spade losers, but how many spades does North hold? Given the opponents’
bids, it must be one or zero. South can ruff most of those losers on the board. This makes his hand much
stronger than the basic 14 high-card points. He might jump to four hearts, but perhaps North has values wasted
in diamonds. It is better for South to rebid three clubs, a game-try.
Here, North, with all of his points in the rounded suits and that useful-looking spade singleton, should have no
qualms in jumping to four hearts, despite holding only six high-card points.
West leads the spade ace, then shifts to a trump. South can win in his hand, ruff a spade on the board, and, if
greedy, cross to his hand with a club, ruff another spade, play a club to his hand, draw trumps, and claim an
overtrick.
It is tough, but East-West would do well to sacrifice in four spades doubled, which costs only 500.
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Daniel G.
And Being more
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commonly known
Attorney for the
as: 5115 GateEstate of
way Dr, ClareFoy Frederick
mont, NC 28610
Propst
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er(s) of the propBox 2244
erty, as reflected
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on the records of
28603
the Register of
828-322-1105
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is/are
Hannah P. GuntPublish:
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24, March 31, Pruette.
April 7 and April
The property to
14, 2016.
be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for
sale, transfer and
IN THE
conveyance "AS
GENERAL
IS, WHERE IS."
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Neither the TrustJUSTICE
ee nor the holder
OF NORTH
of the note seCAROLINA
cured
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the
SUPERIOR
deed of trust, beCOURT
ing
foreclosed,
DIVISION
nor the officers,
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directors,
attorCOUNTY
neys, employees,
15SP469
agents or authorized representaIN THE MATTER tive
of
either
OF THE FORE- Trustee or the
CLOSURE OF A holder of the note
DEED
OF make any repreTRUST
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NAH P. GUNTER the title or any
AKA
HANNAH physical, environR.
PRUETTE mental, health or
AND
THOMAS safety conditions
ALLEN GUNTER existing in, on, at
DATED APRIL 1, or relating to the
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LEASEHOLD
TENANTS: If you
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that an Order for
Possession of the
property may be
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the
purchaser.
Also, if your lease
began or was renewed on or after
October 1, 2007,
be advised that
you may terminate the rental
agreement upon
written notice to
the landlord, to
be effective on a
date stated in the
notice that is at
least 10 days, but
no more than 90
days, after the
sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the
mortgagor
has
not cured the default at the time
notice of termination is provided.
You may be liable
for rent due under
the
agreement
prorated to the effective date of the
termination.
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Notice is February 11, 2016.
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Trustee
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Attorney
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Young, Morphis, and corporations
This the 10th day
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having
claims
of March, 2016.
LLP
against the deP. O. Drawer
ceased to exhibit
Pamela Richards
2428
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8393 Slate St
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indebted to the
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Roger Sailors
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Publish: March
STATE OF
10, 17, 24 & 31,
NORTH
2016. Paid
Mira Edwards,
CAROLINA
Administratrix
COUNTY OF
Estate of Mary
CATAWBA
Ann Holden aka
Mary H. Edwards
NOTICE
4738 Rock Barn
NORTH
Road Ext.
CAROLINA
Claremont, NC
COUNTY
The undersigned,
28610
CATAWBA
having qualified
File No.
as Executor of
David L.
15 E 1223
the Estate of JOIsenhower
SEPHINE
H. Attorney at Law
NOTICE TO
HILL of Catawba
210-A First
CREDITORS
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North
Avenue South
Carolina.
PO Box 1627
Having qualified
Conover, NC
as
Co-Adminis- This is to notify all
28613
trator of the Es- persons,
firms
tate of Kenneth and corporations
Ralph
Jones, having
claims Publish:
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late of Catawba against said Es- 17, 24, 31 & April
County,
North tate to present 7, 2016.
Carolina,
them to the Unthis is to notify all dersigned on or
persons,
firms before June 24,
and corporations 2016, or this Nohaving
claims tice will be pled in
against the estate bar of their recovNORTH
of said deceased ery. All persons
CAROLINA
to present them indebted to said
CATAWBA
to the under- Estate will please
COUNTY
signed
within make payment to
File No.
three (3) months the Undersigned.
16 E 253
from March 10,
2016, or this no- This the 24th day
NOTICE TO
tice will be plead- of March, 2016.
CREDITORS
ed in bar of their
recovery. All perHaving qualisons firms and Kenneth W. Hill
corporations
in- Executor for the fied as Executrix
of the estate of
debted to said esEstate of
tate please make Josephine H. Hill Hoyle Leon Hoover II, deceased,
payment to the
921 6th Ave
late of Catawba
undersigned.
Dr NW
County,
North
Hickory, NC
Carolina, this is to
This the 10th day
28601
notify all persons,
of March, 2016.
Wayne M. Bach, firms and corporations
having
Attorney
against
Marcus G.
Young, Morphis, claims
the estate of said
Jones,
Bach & Taylor,
deceased
to
Co-Administrator
LLP
present them to
7046 Summer Hill
P. O. Drawer
the undersigned
Rd
2428
within three (3)
Denver, NC
Hickory, NC
months
from
28037
28603
March 10, 2016,
Phone:
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Alene H. Jones,
(828) 322-4663
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7046 Summer
Hill Rd
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estate
please
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payment to the
Estate of:
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Kenneth Ralph
Jones
This the 10th day
ADMINISTRAof March, 2016.
TORPublish: March
EXECUTOR’S
Sydney Story
10, 17, 24 & 31,
NOTICE
Hoover,
2016. Paid
Executrix
Having qualified 1845 Terrain Dr
Conover, NC
on March 11,
28613
2016, as AdminSTATE
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CAROLINA
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CITY OF
CLAREMONT
NORTH
CAROLINA
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC
HEARING ON
REQUEST FOR
ANNEXATION
The public will
take notice that
the
Claremont
City Council of
the City of Claremont has called a
public hearing at
7:00 p.m. on April
4, 2016 at Claremont City Hall on
the question of
annexing the following described
territory, requested by petition
files pursuant to
G.S. 160A-31:
BEGINNING
at
an existing iron
pipe in the western margin of
North
Oxford
Street, a variable
public
right-ofway, said point
being
in
the
southern line of
Jackie Devlin, either now or formerly, as described in instrument
recorded in Deed
Book 1277, Page
056, in the Catawba County Registry ( the “Devlin
Property”),
said
beginning
point
also being North
52 deg. 22 min.
55 sec. West
2175.84 feet from
a
published
NCGS
monument,
“Claremont” and having
NAD 83\2011 coordinates
of,
Northing
=
722,276.987 and
Easting
=
1,361,929.287;
and
running
thence from the
Point of Beginning in a southerly
direction
along the western
margin of North
Oxford
Street,
South 25 deg. 41
min. 29 sec. East
423.86 feet to an
existing iron pipe
in the northern
line of Max G.
Fulbright, either
now or formerly,
as described in
instrument
recorded in Deed
Book 310, Page
391, in the Catawba County Registry ( the “Fulbright Property”);
thence
leaving
the western margin of North Oxford Street and in
a westerly direction
with
the
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northern line of
the
Fulbright
Property the following two (2)
courses and distances: (i) South
65 deg. 34 min.
01 sec. West
80.73 feet to an
existing iron pipe;
(ii) South 48 deg.
11 min. 22 sec.
West
1030.71
feet to an existing
iron
rod,
the
northwest corner
of the Fulbright
Property and in
the eastern margin of Peachtree
Street, a 50’ public
right-of-way;
thence with the
eastern
margin
of
Peachtree
Street, North 44
deg. 37 min. 36
sec. West 55.50
feet to an existing
monument,
the
southeast corner
of William C. Noble and Cynthia
C. Noble, either
now or formerly,
as described in
instrument
recorded in Deed
Book 1877, Page
579, in the Catawba County Registry ( the “Noble
Property”),
said
point also being
the junction of
Peachtree Street
and Walter Drive,
a 50’ public rightof-way; thence in
a northerly direction with the Noble
Property
North 44 deg. 30
min. 28 sec. West
375.25 feet to an
existing iron pipe,
the
southeast
corner of William
E. Gilbert and
Loretta H. Henry,
either now or formerly, as described in instrument
recorded in Deed
Book 1344, Page
434, in the Catawba County Registry ( the “Gilbert
Property); thence
continuing in a
northerly direction
with the Gilbert
Property North 44
deg. 30 min. 28
sec. West 101.30
feet to an existing
iron pipe, the
southwest corner
of William E. Gilbert and Loretta
H. Henry, either
now or formerly,
as described in
instrument
recorded in Deed
Book 1331, Page
367, in the Catawba County Registry ( the “Gilbert
Property); thence
in a easterly direction with the
southern line of
the Gilbert Property North 49
deg. 11 min. 05
sec. East 250.00
feet to a point,
the
southwest
corner of Claremont Plaza, LLC,
either now or formerly, as described in instrument
recorded in Deed
Book 2194, Page
1141, in the Cata-
wba County Registry ( the “Claremont Plaza Property); thence continuing in a easterly direction with
the southern line
of the Claremont
Plaza
Property
North 49 deg. 13
min. 02 sec. East
856.05
feet
(
crossing an existing iron pipe at
20.00 feet) to an
existing iron pipe
in the western
line of the Devlin
Property; thence
with the Devlin
Property the following two (2)
courses and distances: (i) South
36 deg. 26 min.
12
sec.
East
80.86 feet to an
existing iron pipe;
(ii) North 65 deg.
44 min. 28 sec.
East 159.71 feet
to the Point and
Place of Beginning and containing 13.969 acres
more or less.
North
Oxford
Street South 25
deg. 41 min. 30
sec. East 423.78
feet to a point;
thence in a westerly
direction
South 65 deg. 34
min. 01 sec. West
28.00 feet to an
existing iron pipe
in the northern
line of Max G.
Fulbright, either
now or formerly,
as described in
instrument
recorded in Deed
Book 310, Page
391, in the Catawba County Registry ( the “Fulbright Property”);
thence in a northerly direction with
the western margin of North Oxford Street North
25 deg. 41 min.
29 sec. West
423.86 feet to the
Point and Place
of Beginning and
containing 0.272
acre
more
or
less.
Survey ROW Description – Oxford
Crossing Apartments,
Claremont, NC
Wendy L. Helms,
City Clerk
ALL that certain
piece, parcel or
tract of land lying
and being in the
Town of Claremont,
Clines
Township, Catawba
County,
North
Carolina,
and being more
particularly
described as follows:
BEGINNING
at
an existing iron
pipe in the western margin of
North
Oxford
Street, a variable
public
right-ofway, said point
being
in
the
southern line of
Jackie Devlin, either now or formerly, as described in instrument
recorded in Deed
Book 1277, Page
056, in the Catawba County Registry ( the “Devlin
Property”),
said
beginning
point
also being North
52 deg. 22 min.
55 sec. West
2175.84 feet from
a
published
NCGS
monument,
“Claremont” and having
NAD 83\2011 coordinates
of,
Northing
=
722,276.987 and
Easting
=
1,361,929.287;
and
running
thence from the
Point of Beginning in a easterly
direction North 65
deg. 44 min. 28
sec. East 28.00
feet to the approximate centerline of North Oxford
Street;
thence in a southerly direction with
the approximate
centerline
of
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March
NORTH
CAROLINA
COUNTY
CATAWBA
File No.
16 E 277
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
Having qualified
as Administrator
of the Estate of
Vaughn
Lee
Stamper, late of
Catawba County,
North
Carolina,
this is to notify all
persons,
firms
and corporations
having
claims
against the estate
of said deceased
to present them
to the undersigned
within
three (3) months
from March 17,
2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons firms and
corporations
indebted to said estate please make
payment to the
undersigned.
This the 17th day
of March, 2016.
Scott Carroll
Willis,
Administrator
5577 Grace
Chapel Road
Hickory, NC
28601
Estate of:
Vaughn Lee
Stamper
Publish: March
17, 24, 31 & April
7, 2016. Paid
NOTICE
Publish:
March
24 & March 31, The undersigned,
having qualified
2016.
as Executrix of
the Estate of RICHARD
A.
BRECKENRIDGE of CataNORTH
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County,
CAROLINA
North Carolina.
COUNTY
CATAWBA
This is to notify all
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persons,
firms
16 E 245
and corporations
having
claims
NOTICE TO
against said EsCREDITORS
tate to present
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of the Estate of before June 24,
2016, or this NoChristopher
Roger
Sailors, tice will be pled in
late of Catawba bar of their recovCounty,
North ery. All persons
Carolina, this is to indebted to said
notify all persons, Estate will please
firms and corpo- make payment to
rations
having the Undersigned.
claims
against
the estate of said This the 24th day
deceased
to of March, 2016.
present them to
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the undersigned
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within three (3)
Executrix
months
from
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Round up
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Tigers, Red Devils battle on diamond
CONTINUED FROM 8
Girls soccer
Maiden 6, West Lincoln 1
Elena Propst scored four goals and
teammates Danielle Donovan and Jordyn
Threadgill added one goal each, leading
the Lady Blue Devils to the conference win
on Tuesday night.
Donovan also assisted on Threadgill’s
goal in the contest.
Goalkeeper Aleigha Grant had 11 saves
in the game for Maiden (2-5, 2-1).
Softball
The Spartans scored two runs in both
the first and third innings en route to the
conference victory.
West Lincoln 8, Maiden 4
The Lady Blue Devils fell on the softball
diamond Tuesday against the Lady Rebels
in Maiden.
Sammie West led Maiden (4-5, 2-3) with
two hits, including a single and a double.
Addy Ikard and Hayley Chapman also had
a hit apiece for the Lady Blue Devils.
Ikard was the losing pitcher, while West
Lincoln’s Cassidy Wise was the winning
pitcher.
Prep baseball
South Caldwell 4, St. Stephens 1
Vanessa Bolick went 3-for-3 with two
RBIs,leading the Spartans past the Indians
on the softball field Tuesday.
Roni Flores led St. Stephens (6-4, 3-2)
with one hit and one RBI, while Monica
Pepe added one hit and one run scored.
Jenna Pittman was the winning pitcher
for South (7-3, 5-0), allowing one run, four
hits,two walks and striking out two.Saint’s
Riley Forbes took the loss, giving up four
runs, six hits and six walks.
Tigers make game time changes
Fred T. Foard High School has made a
couple of changes to its schedule for baseball games today.
The start time of the junior varsity baseball game at Foard against South Caldwell
today has been moved to 4 p.m.
The varsity contest between the Tigers
and Spartans will follow at approximately
6:15 p.m.
PHOTO BY GENE LEATHERMAN/THEONLINEVIEW.COM
Fred T. Foard’s Tyler Ward takes a swing during Wednesday’s non-conference baseball game against
Newton-Conover on Wednesday. Behind Josh McKinney’s one-hitter, the Tigers defeated the Red
Devils 11-1 in five innings to improve to 5-6 overall on the season. Newton-Conover drops to 2-9.
Tigers hosting Spartans LR’s Palmore to play in D-II
men’s hoops All-Star Game
PHOTO BY GENE LEATHERMAN/THEONLINEVIEW.COM
Audrey Sigmon (25) the Fred T. Foard girls soccer team (6-3, 2-1) welcomes South Caldwell (6-2, 2-1)
tonight for a key Northwestern 3A/4A conference game.
FROM O-N-E REPORTS
Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Keenan
Palmore will compete in the 2016 Reese’s
Div. II College Men’s Basketball All-Star
Game at the Dr. Pepper Arena on Friday at
7 p.m.
The game will be played during the
NCAA Div. II Elite Eight on the day
between the semifinals and championship
games.
The 2016 Reese’s Div. II College All-Star
Game will have two teams of 10 senior student-athletes. Two student-athletes are
selected from each of the eight regions in
NCAA Division II with the four remaining
selections made at-large.
The coaches for the game are former
Pittsburg State head coach Gene Iba and
former Northeastern State head coach
Larry Gipson.
Palmore, a senior guard from Stone
Mountain, Ga., led the South Atlantic
Conference in points (21.9 ppg), rebounding (9.2 rpg) and assists (6.3 apg) and was
named both the 2015-16 league and the
D2CCA NCAA Div. II Southeast Region
Player Of the Year.
Palmore tallied four triple-doubles on
the season as well and led the Bears to a
21-10 mark and Lenoir-Rhyne’s first-ever
berth in the NCAA Division II Regional
Championship. The Bears also won 20
games in a season for the first time in
eight years.
College baseball
Lenoir-Rhyne 21, Limestone 3
The Lenoir-Rhyne baseball team was
simply too much for Limestone in a 21-3
victory Tuesday afternoon in a non-conference regional game at Founders FCU
Stadium.
Sophomore catcher Cole Fowler hit a
grand slam while senior first baseman
Colby Dishmond added a two-run home
run and four runs batted in to lead the
Bears (22-8) to their second consecutive
victory over the Saints (12-19) this season.
College softball
LR sweeps conference openers
The Lenoir-Rhyne softball team opened
South Atlantic Conference play with a
road doubleheader sweep of Wingate 4-1
and 9-8 on Tuesday afternoon.
LR sophomore Madison Carter hit the
game-winning home run in the nightcap
in the sweep of the Bulldogs
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THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
SPORTS
Red Devils
win match
at Lenoir
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
O-N-E PHOTO BY CODY DALTON
A pack of sprinters that includes Hickory’s Zaveon McCluney (far left) and Jered Butler (second from left) and St. Stephens’Antwan Shuford (far right) compete in one of three
heats of the boys 200-meter dash during Wednesday’s track & field meet held at Hickory High School. The meet, which was swept in boys and girls competition by the Red
Tornadoes, also included Patton, Watauga and Challenger Early College high schools.
BACK ON TRACK
The Newton-Conover
boys golf team won a ninehole match at Lenoir
Country Club on Tuesday.
The Red Devils tallied a
team score of 149, which
was five strokes better
than second-place West
Caldwell.
Bandys finished third
with a team score of 166,
followed by West Lincoln
(169), Maiden (175), Lincolnton (189) and Bunker
Hill (206).
N e w t o n - C o n o v e r ’s
Logan McNeely took
medalist honors with a
round of 35.
The Red Devils’ John
Walker finished in second
place, tied with West Caldwell’s Hunter Dillard. Both
Walker and Dillard shot
rounds of 36.
The next Southern District 7 golf match takes
place on April 5 at Catawba
Country Club. It will be the
first 18-hole match of the
season.
Spartans win NWC
golf match
O-N-E PHOTOS BY CODY DALTON
Left photo, St. Stephens’Lauren Gantt participates in the girls triple jump during Wednesday’s conference meet held at Hickory High School. Right photo, the Indians’Austin
Holmes (right) competes in the 300-meter hurdles while being chased by Hickory’s Derrien Phillips (left).
O-N-E PHOTO BY CODY DALTON
Devin Perdue (18) and the
Bunker Hill baseball team are
the top seed entering next
week’s 26th Catawba County
Easter Baseball Classic.
See ROUND UP, Page 7
26th Easter Classic
pairings are released
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
The 26th Annual Catawba
County Easter Baseball
Classic will start on Monday
at Henkel-Alley Field at the
Hickory American Legion
Fairgrounds and continue
through Wednesday.
This year’s participants
include
Hickory,
St.
Stephens, Fred T. Foard,
Bunker Hill, Maiden, Newton-Conover, Hibriten and
West Caldwell high schools.
Watauga won last year’s
title, defeating Bunker Hill
in the finals, 8-3.
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The South Caldwell boys
golf team tallied 319 total
strokes, winning an 18hole match hosted by
Patton High School at
Mimosa Hills Golf & Country Club in Morganton on
Tuesday.
St. Stephens finished in
second place as a team at
the match with 337 total
strokes, followed by Hickory (342), Patton (343), Hibriten (354), Watauga (361),
Fred T. Foard (372) and
Freedom (439).
St. Stephens’ Bryce Hull
took medalist honors with
a round of 70. Hickory’s
Austin Harrill was second
with a 72.
The next Northwestern
3A/4A golf match will take
place April 4 at Silver
Creek Plantation Golf Club
in Morganton.
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Below is a look at the
tournament schedule:
First round (Monday)
No. 7 West Caldwell (3-6) vs.
No. 2 Hickory (6-3), 11:30 a.m.
No. 6 Fred T. Foard (5-6) vs.
No. 3 Maiden (5-3), 2 p.m.
No. 8 Newton-Conover (2-9) vs.
No. 1 Bunker Hill (7-3), 4:30 p.m.
No. 5 St. Stephens (5-5) vs.
No. 4 Hibriten (6-4), 7 p.m.
Consolation bracket
(Tuesday)
West Caldwell-Hickory loser vs.
Foard-Maiden loser, 11:30 a.m.
Newton-Conover-Bunker Hill loser vs.
St. Stephens-Hibriten loser, 2 p.m.
Semifinals (Tuesday)
West Caldwell-Hickory winner vs.
Foard-Maiden winner, 4:30 p.m.
Newton-Conover-Bunker Hill winner vs.
St. Stephens-Hibriten winner, 7 p.m.
Third-place game
(Wednesday)
Semifinal losers, 4:30 p.m.
Championship game
(Wednesday)
Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.
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