Profile America — Sunday, November 8th. As National American Indian Heritage Month continues, many may not be aware that the states they live in have names derived from Indian names. In fact, the names of 16 states come from American Indian or Alaska Native words, including Alaska, Kentucky, Mississippi and Wisconsin, as well as Connecticut, Michigan, and Illinois. Six American Indian tribal groups number more than 100,000. The largest are Cherokee at 730,000 and Navajo at nearly 300,000. Other tribes with more than 100,000 include Choctaw, Chippewa and Sioux.

Terrell Hudgins set the all-time Football Championship Subdivision record for receiving yards and Brandon Newsome ran for four touchdowns as Elon beat Western Carolina 42-17 on Saturday.

Hudgins caught eight passes for 153 yards and a touchdown, setting the all-time FCS record with 4,812 career yards, breaking Jerry Rice's mark of 4,693 receiving yards.

No. 3 Alabama picked up another dramatic win and a second straight trip to the SEC championship game.

Julio Jones caught a 73-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and Leigh Tiffin booted a 40-yard field goal with 3:04 left to seal a 24-15 victory for the Crimson Tide against No. 9 LSU on Saturday.

Devon Moore scored three touchdowns and Appalachian State beat Chattanooga 35-20 for its seventh straight win.

Moore finished with 74 yards rushing and had scoring runs of 1, 8 and 15 yards for the Mountaineers (7-2, 6-0 Southern Conference).

By Jason Saine

LINCOLNTON – It is often said in politics that it is tough to beat an incumbent in office. In Lincolnton, the bar may have been raised to such a point that even when you beat an incumbent they refuse to leave office.

On Friday, reports surfaced that local Democrats were scrambling to find a way to claim back the seat that first time office seeker Republican Tim Shain had won by defeating longtime Ward 1 incumbent Democrat Fred Houser on the Lincolnton City Council. Shain won with 53% percent of the vote.

Democrats are claiming that Tim Shain lives on the wrong side of the street and that the Board of Elections was in error in letting him file for office though a quick check of Shain’s voter registrations at the North Carolina Board of Elections states otherwise. (http://www.sboe.state.nc.us)

Anyone can look up a person’s registration on the site and their voting districts. When a search is performed for “Timothy Shain” in Lincoln County, the voting district for City of Lincolnton elections clearly states Ward 1.

When contacted by phone about the matter, Shain indicated that he intends to fight for what he believes he rightly won on Tuesday.

“It was a fair election and I won that election,” he said.

By M. Dawn Crouse

LINCOLNTON - This photo is from the annual Seniors Craft Bazaar held at Boger City United Methodist Church this morning.

There were all kinds of crafts including pottery, sewn ornaments, snowmen, Christmas trees, jewelry, carved wood, and more.

Photo by Melany Dawn Crouse.

By M. Dawn Crouse

LINCOLNTON - On Saturday, November 7, 2009, the Lincoln County Historical Association presented “Making Faces” with Catawba Valley potter Michael Ball. This program offers everyone from novice to professional an opportunity to put their own hand-sculpted face on various forms made by Ball.

The Making Faces class had a total of 30 people this morning all working on their individual jugs.

Pictured here is Brian and Kris Dedmond working on their one of a kind pieces.
Brian was making a pig with wings and Kris was applying a dog to her jug.

Photo by Melany Dawn Crouse.

Jason Meyers and Scott Bloomquist Visit Victory Lane on First Night of World of Outlaws World Finals

CONCORD, N.C. - After two incident-filled features, Jason Meyers and Scott Bloomquist, each found Victory Lane in the first night of racing action for the World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway on Friday.

Meyers, of Clovis, Calif., started from the pole in the Sprint Car Series feature and led most of the laps in a race that was halted several times for wild wrecks. The first-place finish marked Meyers' second trip to Victory Lane at The Dirt Track and his ninth win of the 2009 World of Outlaws season.

By Kevin Starr
County Extension Director
N.C. Cooperative Extension Service


LINCOLNTON - In our last 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.

STAFF REPORTS

WASHINGTON, DC - C-SPAN is carrying live the debate on socialized health care in the United States House of Representatives live.

Members of Congress have had their phone lines flooded all week as opposition by the American people has mounted.

Most of the Democrat members from North Carolina phone lines have either been busy or, once a caller gets the voice mail message, the caller gets a message that their voice mailbox is full and cannot receive any messages.

Democrats gave the gavel to the longest-serving House member ever as the chamber began debating legislation overhauling the country's health care system.

Rep. John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, was given the honor of presiding Saturday at the start of what was expected to be a lengthy, contentious debate. Dingell joined the House in 1955, replacing his late father, and has introduced his father's national health insurance bill every year since.

By Melany Dawn Crouse

LINCOLNTON - If you happen to dine at Court Street Grill last Saturday night, you would have noticed the different costumes the staff wore for Halloween.

Pictured are Chrissi Wilkinson, Jennifer Angel, Samantha Johnson, Macy Lathery, Alesha White, Samantha Harris, Jesse Longshore, Ingrid Bonilla, Kim Phillips, and Lydia Miller.

Photo by Melany Dawn Crouse.

Volunteers honored for making a difference in the lives of people impacted by multiple sclerosis

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – – Lester and Becky Ranson, a husband-and-wife team, have been inducted into the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s National Volunteer Hall of Fame, along with an elite corps from across the country. They are two of three inductees from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter, which includes 33 counties in western North Carolina and all of South Carolina.

Lester and Becky will be honored at the 2009 Carolinas Consortium on MS on November 14 at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, NC. Hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter, the Carolinas Consortium will include MS Specialists from North and South Carolina, exhibitors, catered lunch, information session on multiple sclerosis and a chance to meet others whose lives have been impacted by the disease.

Photo courtesy of National MS Society

by Jim Kouri


Bernard B. Kerik, former Commissioner of the New York City Police Department and the Department of Corrections, pleaded guilty in White Plains, NY federal court to eight felonies, two of which were separately charged in an indictment in the District of Columbia, according to documents obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.

Kerik pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen C. Robinson to: one count of obstructing and impeding the due administration of the internal revenue laws from 1999 to 2007, one count of aiding in the preparation of a false tax return, one count of making a false statement on a loan application and five counts of making false statements to the federal government.

As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name.

From a professor who just testified in Congress, to a White House adviser appearing before a Jewish group and a former Marine driving home from work, Muslims across the country were shocked, angry and afraid that the attack would erode efforts to erase anti-Islamic stereotypes.

A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.

A grief counseling center was set up Friday at the Killeen Community Center to help residents struggling to make sense of one of the worst mass shootings ever on a base in the United States. At least 13 people died and more than two dozen were wounded in the attack a day earlier.

Profile America — Saturday, November 7th. Today is a big day on the college football schedule, and tens of thousands of people will be jamming the stands to see their favorite teams on the gridiron. Part of the fun in attending a college game is the music played by each school’s band. One of the key instruments in these bands is the saxophone. The family of brass wind instruments with reed mouthpieces were invented by Adolph Sax of Belgium, whose birthday was noted yesterday. Saxophones were first used in symphonic music, but gained worldwide fame when American jazz artists such as Sidney Bechet, Lester Young and Charlie Parker explored their sound and dynamic range. Today, saxophones are an important part of the inventory in the nearly 4,500 music stores around the nation, which sell close to $5 billion worth of instruments, music and supplies each year.

Profile America — Friday, November 6th. The first intercollegiate football game was played on this date in 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The game, which resembled soccer more closely than today’s college football, was won by Rutgers, 6 goals to 4. A few years later, representatives from Rutgers, Princeton, Columbia and Yale met to formulate the first intercollegiate rules for the increasingly popular game, including the number of players and the size of the field.

By JOHN HOOD

RALEIGH – The 2009 election cycle is a prime example of how political trends are sometimes hard to spot when they’re approaching, hard to describe when they arrive, and hard to flag when they’ve run their course.

Around the country, conservatives and Republicans were jubilant about the outcome of two gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey watched closely this year for signs of a GOP resurgence. But the story was a bit more muddled here in North Carolina.

"Obviously you pay attention to it, you'd be a fool not to," said Rep. Bob Etheridge, a North Carolina Democrat.

Southern Democrats who watched the trouncing of their party's gubernatorial nominee in Virginia this week are starting to worry that a rising anti-Democratic tide in the South may reverse their hard-fought gains from the last two national elections.

"They say people won't walk a mile to vote for you but they'll walk 100 miles to vote against you," said Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat who won his Alabama seat with just 52 percent of the vote last year. "Well, people walked 100 miles Tuesday."

STAFF REPORTS

LINCOLNTON NC — A man being held in the McDowell County Jail was arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on October 23 in connection to two stolen checks cashed in February at Half-Way Supply and Hardware in Vale.

Jacob Daylen Ross, 34, of Marion is charged with two felony counts of forgery of instrument. Ross appeared in court on Monday, October 26 and was given a $5,000 secured bond. Ross has been transported back to McDowell County Jail where he is being held for similar charges.

The United Nations is to evacuate its non-essential foreign staff from Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on a guesthouse for UN workers, a spokesman said Thursday.

Around 600 non-Afghan staff will be temporarily relocated, Dan McNorton told AFP.

"The only people who will remain are regarded as essential staff. This is to ensure the safety of all our staff in Afghanistan," the spokesman said.

STAFF REPORTS
DENVER, NC - The Denver-Lake Norman Rotary Art & More Auction Fundraiser Event on Saturday November 14th at the Lincoln Charter High School.

Preview and social will start at 6:00PM, followed by the auction at 7:00PM.

Heavy hors’ doeuvres will be served and cash bar will be available.

A military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 11 other people and left 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and the violence was believed to be the worst mass shooting in history at a U.S. military base.

The shooting began around 1:30 p.m., when shots were fired at the base's Soldier Readiness Center, where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening, said Lt. Gen. Bob Cone at Fort Hood.

STAFF REPORTS

LINCOLNTON - The following listing represents incident and arrest reports from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

This listing does not necessarily mean anyone at the listed address was accused of any crime, only that a report was made at that location. Also, it is advisable to understand that many people may have the same or similar names.

Local law enforcement asks that anyone with information about any of these incidents or to report a crime call CrimeStoppers at (704) 736-8909. CrimeStoppers allows you to remain anonymous and pays up to $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

Incident reports are brought to you by Helms Security, Inc. in Lincolnton. Follow update “tweets” on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/helmssecurity .

INCIDENTS
2009-07472
Damage to Property
Assigned: Officer Edwards
Location: North Lincoln High School
Victim: Juvenile
Suspect caused damage to vehicle
Date Reported: November 02, 2009
District B

LINCOLNTON - Sometimes your just hanging around and other times that's your job.

Tribune photographer Dawn Crouse snapped this photo on Wednesday of construction workers at the construction site of the new ABC Store in Lincolnton.

STAFF REPORTS

DENVER, NC - Lincoln County Parks and Recreation will be holding a meeting on Wednesday, November 18th from 6:30-7:00pm for anyone interested in being a team captain for a new coed dodgeball league.

The meeting will be held at the East Lincoln Community Center located at 8160 Optimist Club Road in Denver and will be used to discuss rules, schedule, teams, etc.

For additional information, contact the East Lincoln Community Center at (704) 483-8980.