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Today in
History
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Friday, March 18, the
78th day of 2016. There are 288
days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 18, 1766, Britain
repealed the Stamp Act of 1765.
On this date:
In 1837, the 22nd and 24th
president of the United States,
Grover Cleveland, was born in
Caldwell, New Jersey.
In 1910, the first filmed adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel
"Frankenstein," a silent short
produced by Thomas Edison's
New York movie studio, was
released.
In 1925, the Tri-State Tornado
struck southeastern Missouri,
southern Illinois and southwestern Indiana, resulting in some
700 deaths.
In 1937, some 300 people,
mostly children, were killed in a
gas explosion at a school in New
London, Texas.
In 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met at the Brenner
Pass, where the Italian dictator
agreed to join Germany's war
against France and Britain.
ANNUAL NEWTON
HOLY WEEK SERVICE
TO BE HELD AT
ABERNETHY LAURELS
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Public meeting
scheduled for
Park 1764 project
SPECIAL TO THE O-N-E
HICKORY, N.C. – There will be
a Special Joint Meeting of the
Catawba County Board of Commissioners and Hickory City
Council on Monday, March 21, at
5 p.m. in the Catawba Valley
Community College Sipe Board
Room, 2550 US-70, Hickory. The
purpose of this meeting relates to
the Park 1764 Project. This meeting is open to the public.
Park 1764 is to be developed as
a 170-acre Class A upscale busi-
ness park located at 2355 Startown Road in Hickory. The park
is zoned for office and light
industrial.
The purpose of this meeting is
to discuss funding for the development of entrances, berms,
landscaping, and other features
which will help position the
property as an upper-end park in
order to help set the stage for the
right users at a more developed
pricing position.
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Proposed plans for Park 1764, a Class A upscale business park to be developed at
2355 Startown Road in Hickory.
Discovery High grows their own greens
BY CIGI SPARKS
O-N-E REPORTER
Are you familiar with
the saying “April showers
bring May flowers”?
Well, warm March
weather also brings fresh
green veggies.
Students and teachers
at Discovery High School
in Newton are currently
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working to cultivate their
very own lush vegetables.
For the first time, Discovery High School is
using greenhouse technology to grow various
types of produce.
In previous years the
high school has planted a
garden to grow vegetaSee DISCOVERY, Page 3
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Discovery High School Science Teacher, Gene Scronce and History Teacher, Jody
Dixon, along with DHS students, are working hard this semester to get their new
greenhouse functioning at maximum capacity.
Rotary car show
returning to Newton
BY MICHELLE T. BERNARD
O-N-E REPORTER
O-N-E FILE PHOTO
Fans of hot rods and classic cars take a look under the hood of a Ford Mustang
during last year’s N-C Rotary Club Car Show.
Rev up your engines and break
out the car wax – the 3rd annual
Rotary Club of Newton-Conover
(N-C Rotary Club) Car Show will
be here before you know it.
The event will take place rain
or shine on Saturday, April 30
around the square in Newton
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“We had around 120 cars last
year all around the square and
everyone had a wonderful time –
the kids really enjoyed it,” N-C
Rotary Club President Scott
Gilleland said.“We had over 1,000
people attend from as far away as
Tennessee and Virginia.”
In conjunction with the City of
Newton the streets around the
square will be closed to create a
community event with fun for
the kids and entire family.
This year there will be a barbecue cook off, music all day, a cake
walk, inflatables for the kids, raffle, poker walk, silent auction,
50/50 tickets and door prices.
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Catawba County Library Awarded Prestigious
LEED Green Building Certification
With the Sherrills Ford-Terrell Branch
SPECIAL TO THE O-N-E
Newton, NC - The Catawba County Library System
announced today that it has been awarded LEED Gold Certified for the Sherrills Ford-Terrell Branch. The LEED rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council
(USGBC), is the foremost program for buildings, homes
and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained and operated for improved environmental and
human health performance.
“Libraries have the potential to transform lives with
the resources and services we provide,” said Library Director Suzanne White, “we’re delighted to be recognized for
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Gold Certification for our award-winning Sherrills FordTerrell Branch--and proud to be a model for how we can
all succeed in a more sustainable and reduced-carbon
society.”
Catawba County Library System achieved LEED certification for implementing practical and measurable strategies and solutions aimed at achieving high performance
in: sustainable site development, water savings, energy
efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental
quality.
See LIBRARY, Page 3
For complete listing of obituaries,
please see PAGE 2
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Maiden • 828-428-2460
Local people
serving with dignity
and understanding
Obituaries
Rickie Lyne Kiziah
Newton- Rickie Lyne Kiziah 61 of Newton died
Thursday, March 17th, 2016 at Catawba Regional Hospice.
Born March 25th, 1954 he was the son of John Kiziah and
Shirley Kiziah. He was a veteran of the US Army serving
in Germany and also in the National Guard for nearly 20
years.
The funeral will be 3:00pm Saturday, March 19th, 2016
at Celebration Center of Jenkins Funeral Home with
Pastor Edwin Elmore officiating.
The family will receive friends from 2-3:00pm
Saturday, March 19th, 2016 at the funeral home.
The Shook family has entrusted arrangements to
Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Newton
828-464-1555.
Nantahala Abernethy
Maiden- Nantahala “Nan” Ervin Abernethy, age 56 of
Maiden, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016 at her residence. He was born April 28, 1959 in Catawba County.
The graveside service will be held Saturday, March 19,
2016 at 11:00 am at Mt. Ruhama Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Burke Mortuary in Maiden is serving the Abernethy
family.
Gay-rights advocates urge
Charlotte ordinance be left intact
GARY D. ROBERTSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — State lawmakers were urged
Thursday to leave intact a new non-discrimination ordinance in North Carolina's largest city that says transgender people can use the restroom aligned with their gender identity.
Republican House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate
leader Phil Berger have railed against the ordinance
passed last month by the Charlotte City Council and takes
effect April 1 and wants it stopped — either in full or in
part.A special session is possible to address the law before
the next regular meeting of the General Assembly in late
April. Legislators have ultimate authorities over North
Carolina cities and counties.
Supporters of the ordinance held a news conference
outside the Legislative Building to voice their support.
"Transgender and gay people deserve to be protected
from discrimination," said Chris Sgro, executive director
of Equality North Carolina.
Legislative leaders have cited safety concerns, in particular that sexual predators could use the ordinance as a
pretense to enter a women's bathroom. People who
oppose the ordinance and want state government leaders
to overturn it scheduled a news conference Friday in
Charlotte.
REBA FORD
NEWTON – Reba Ford, 85 of Newton passed away on
March 17, 2016 at Catawba Regional Hospice.
A Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, March 20,
2016 at 3 PM at Catawba Funerals & Cremations with
burial following at Catawba Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends prior to the service
from 1-3 PM at the funeral home.
The Ford Family is under the care of Catawba
Memorial Park, Funerals & Cremations.
Annual Newton
Holy Week Service
to be held at
Abernethy Laurels
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Newton, NC- Abernethy
Laurels, a continuing care
retirement community, is
hosting
the
Annual
Newton Holy Week Service
on Palm Sunday, March 20
at 4pm in Spirit Place,
located in the Community
Center of Abernethy
Laurels. The communitybased worship service is
open to the public.
As a collaboration with
area church leaders, the
Newton
Ministers’
Association
continues
their tradition of organizing and taking part in this
service. “We will move
from the excitement of the
crowd as they welcomed
Jesus with palm branches
on his way to Jerusalem, to
the Last Supper he shared
with them before he was
betrayed,” stated Susan
Roddey,
Director
of
Spiritual Life at Abernethy
Laurels.
There will be parking
and directional signs visible for guests. For more
information, please contact Rev. Dr. Susan Roddey
at
828-465-8546
or
sroddey@uchas.org.
Abernethy Laurels, a
ministry of United Church
Homes and Services in
Newton, NC takes pride in
its history and tradition of
excellence. While the community offers a wide range
of first-rate amenities, it is
surprisingly affordable.
For more information,visit
www.abernethylaurels.org
or call toll free 877-6377941 or 828-465-8519.
2 juveniles arrested after
shots fired at police officers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police in Charlotte have
arrested two juveniles after shots were fired at plainclothes officers near the scene of a deadly police shooting nine years ago.
The
Charlotte
Observer
reports
(http://bit.ly/1R1iJGJ) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police on
Thursday said a 14-year-old is facing multiple charges,
including assault with a deadly weapon. A 13-year-old
is charged with resisting arrest and possession of marijuana.
Police say plainclothes officers in the vicinity of an
intersection where a person was seen firing a gun into
the air followed the shooter and a second person headed for some woods. As the officers got out of their car,
the person fired more rounds and fled into the woods.
Both people were found and taken into custody.
In March 2007, two officers were shot and killed near
the same intersection.
DNDA Meeting
The City of Newton and
Downtown
Newton
Development Association
encourage businesses that
call downtown Newton
home to attend the DNDA
meetings.
The meetings are held
on the third Thursday of
each month at the DNDA
office above Marie and
Twannette’s at 6 p.m.
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.
Mar. 19
Egg Hunt
The Town of Hildebran
will be hosting its annual
Easter Egg Hunt this
Saturday, March 19th with
the Egg Hunt starting
promptly at 2pm at the
Hildebran Community
Park.
There will be separate
areas for age groups 2 to 4,
5 to 8, and 9 to 14. Bring
your baskets! There are
4,000 eggs filled with
candy and toys with a
Golden Egg hidden in
each area and one lucky
child in each age group
will win a special prize.
The Easter Bunny will
also be making a special
appearance!
Everyone
can visit and have their
picture taken with him.
There will be indoor
activities, snacks, and fun
for all ages. This will be a
free event and the Town
welcomes everyone to
come out and join us this
Saturday, March 16th from
2 pm until 4 pm.
Parking will be available at Mt. Hebron
Lutheran Church. The
Park is located at 114 East
Main Avenue, Hildebran,
NC 28637. Please call
(828)397-5801 with any
questions.
NCSHP Open House
If becoming a North
Carolina State Trooper is
something you may be
interested in or want to
inquire about, show up
early as the:
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But Sgro said Moore and Berger are using unwarranted
fears and suspicions to build support for canceling the
provision and to win political points. "It's not too late to
pull politics out of the equation and do the right thing to
concentrate on real issues and not perpetuate harmful
stereotypes and misinformation for personal gain," he
said.
The ordinance is otherwise designed to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity
and gender expression at hotels, restaurants and other
public accommodations.
Members of the transgender community often are
afraid to walk into a bathroom that matches the person's
gender identity, said Erica Lachowitz of Charlotte, who
was born male but identifies as female. Lachowitz said
she's experienced discrimination at restaurants, and the
ordinance "sends a message to everyone that we matter."
"We're not out there to cause ripples,we just want to feel
safe," Lachowitz added.
GOP Gov. Pat McCrory also has said he'd support a
statewide law that would bar local governments from
passing similar restroom provisions.
He said the ordinance in his hometown oversteps privacy expectations of the general public. Sgro asked
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Community Calendar
Connie Lail
Lincolnton- Connie Rogers Lail, age 71 of Lincolnton
passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at her residence.
Connie was born March 14, 1945 in Catawba County.
The funeral service will be held Friday, March 18, 2016
at 2:00 pm at Burke Mortuary Chapel.
Burial will follow at Maiden City Cemetery.
The family will receive friends prior to the service
from 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm at the funeral home.
Burke Mortuary in Maiden is serving the Lail family.
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2016
Open House begins
promptly at: 2- 4:pm at
Troop F Headquarters
1033 Smyre Farm Road in
Newton
Troopers will discuss
everything from basic
qualifications of an applicant to retirement from
the organization.
If you would like to
speak to a recruiter, call:
Trooper Lineberger at
(704) 775-6042
Community College.
The
Alex
Lee
Leadership Lecture Series
is developed to help people
understand
the
dynamics of leadership
while helping them identify administrative traits
and capabilities. The
series presents a unique
opportunity to attend
MBA level lectures for free
and learn the ropes from
top professionals in the
area.
Easter Egg Hunt
March 25
Trinity
Reformed
United Church of Christ
in Conover is having an
Easter egg hunt from 2-4
p.m.
The event will feature
snacks, drinks and tons of
eggs to find. Rain date is
March 26.
The church is located at
217 2nd Ave NE in
Conover.
March 20
Newton Egg Hunt
The Newton Parks and
Recreation Department’s
annual Easter Egg Hunt
begins at 2 p.m. Sunday,
March 20, at Southside
Park.
This year’s event will be
divided into three divisions: ages 1-3, ages 4-6,
and ages 7-10. Prizes will
be awarded in all three
age divisions to children
who find the crazy eggs,
the largest eggs, the smallest eggs, the most unusual
eggs, the golden eggs, various prize eggs, and the
most eggs.
The Easter Bunny will
greet youngsters and give
away prizes. The public is
invited to attend this special free event.
March 23
As part of LenoirRhyne University’s Alex
Lee Leadership Lecture
Series, Former Senior
Resident
Judge
of
Superior Court, Forrest A.
Ferrell, will speak in the
Fintel Room of the
McCrorie Center on
Wednesday, March 23 at 6
p.m.
Ferrell became Senior
Resident
Judge
of
Superior Court in 1980
when Hon. Sam J. Ervin,
III was appointed to U.S.
Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals. Ferrell was reelected in 1982 and 1990.
He was elected Vice
President of the North
Carolina Bar Association
in 1987, and elected president
of
the
N.C.
Conference of Superior
Court Judges in 1992.
Ferrell returned to general practice of law in
February 1999 at Sigmon,
Clark, Mackie, Hanvey &
Ferrell, P.A. He has served
for many years on the
Board of Trustees of
Catawba
Valley
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BBQ Chicken
The Newton Kiwanis
Club is sponsoring a Porta-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
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,
Chancellorsville,
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, 828-327-7037,
ctoney@cvcc.edu for more
information.
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
June 17
Pottery Class
Beginning Pottery with
Evelyn Arnold will be
offered on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, June 17
through July 15, 6 p.m.
until 9 p.m. This is an
introductory
course
designed to give students
a hands-on educational
and artistic experience
using clay. Students will
learn a variety of techniques, including handbuilding and wheel throwing with the potters’
wheel. Students will also
gain experience with surface design and glazing, as
well as loading and firing
an electric kiln. All levels
welcome. Pre-registration
is required for all workshops.
For more information
on class schedules, and to
register, please visit
www.cvcc.edu/Potters_Wo
rkshop, or call 828-3277000 x4032.
(828) 464-0221
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History
Library
In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the
Hawaii statehood bill. (Hawaii became a state on Aug. 21,
1959.)
In 1962, France and Algerian rebels signed the Evian
Accords, a cease-fire agreement which took effect the
next day, ending the Algerian War.
In 1965, the first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov went outside his Voskhod 2 capsule,
secured by a tether. Farouk I, the former king of Egypt,
died in exile in Rome.
In 1974, most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended
their 5-month-old embargo against the United States that
had been sparked by American support for Israel in the
Yom Kippur War.
In 1980, Frank Gotti, the 12-year-old youngest son of
mobster John Gotti, was struck and killed by a car driven
by John Favara, a neighbor in Queens, New York. (The following July, Favara vanished, the apparent victim of a
gang hit.)
In 1990, thieves made off with 13 works of art from the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston (the crime
remains unsolved).
In 1996, rejecting an insanity defense, a jury in Dedham, Massachusetts, convicted John C. Salvi III of murdering two women in attacks at two Boston-area abortion
clinics in Dec. 1994. (Salvi later committed suicide in his
prison cell.)
Ten years ago: Thousands of anti-war protesters took
to the streets around the world, marking the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Students and
activists clashed with police in Paris as demonstrations
against a government plan to loosen job protections
spread across France. Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic (sloh-BOH'-dahn mee-LOH'-shuh-vich)
was laid to rest in his hometown of Pozarevac (POH'zhuh-ray-vahts) in Serbia-Montenegro.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama demanded
that Moammar Gadhafi halt all military attacks on civilians and said that if the Libyan leader did not stand
down, the United States would join other nations in
launching military action against him. At a massive
demonstration against Yemen's government, snipers
fired on protesters and police blocked an escape route;
dozens were killed, including children. Former Secretary
of State Warren M. Christopher died in Los Angeles at 85.
Princess Antoinette of Monaco, the late Prince Rainier
III's oldest sister and a prominent advocate for animal
rights, died at 90.
One year ago: Militants opened fire at a museum in
Tunisia's capital, killing 22 people, most of them foreign
tourists. Serbia arrested eight men accused of taking part
in the massacre of some 1,300 people at a warehouse on
the outskirts of Srebrenica (sreh-breh-NEET'-sah) in
1995. Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup downhill title for
the seventh time, winning the last race in the discipline at
the World Cup finals in Meribel, France.
Today's Birthdays: Composer John Kander is 89. Country singer Charley Pride is 82. Nobel peace laureate and
former South African president F.W. de Klerk is 80. Country singer Margie Bowes is 75. Actor Kevin Dobson is 73.
Actor Brad Dourif is 66. Jazz musician Bill Frisell is 65.
Singer Irene Cara is 57. Movie writer-director Luc Besson
is 57. Actor Geoffrey Owens is 55. Actor Thomas Ian Griffith is 54. Singer-songwriter James McMurtry is 54. TV
personality Mike Rowe (TV: "Dirty Jobs") is 54. Singer-actress Vanessa L. Williams is 53. Olympic gold medal
speedskater Bonnie Blair is 52. Country musician Scott
Saunders (Sons of the Desert) is 52. Actor David Cubitt is
51. Rock musician Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) is 50.
Rock singer-musician Miki Berenyi (ber-EN'-ee) is 49.
Actor Michael Bergin is 47. Rapper-actress-talk show host
Queen Latifah is 46. Republican National Committee
Chairman Reince Priebus is 44. Actor-comedian Dane
Cook is 44. Country singer Philip Sweet (Little Big Town)
is 42.Rock musician Stuart Zender is 42.Singers Evan and
Jaron Lowenstein are 42. Actress-singer-dancer Sutton
Foster is 41. Singer Devin Lima (LFO) is 39. Rock singer
Adam Levine (Maroon 5) is 37. Rock musician Daren Taylor (Airborne Toxic Event) is 36. Olympic gold medal figure skater Alexei Yagudin is 36. Actor Adam Pally is 34.
Actor Cornelius Smith Jr. is 34. Actress-dancer Julia
Goldani Telles is 21. Actress Ciara Bravo is 19. Actor Blake
Garrett Rosenthal is 12.
Thought for Today: "No man has a right in America to
treat any other man tolerantly, for tolerance is the assumption of superiority." — Wendell Willkie, American
politician (1892-1944).
LEED is the foremost program for
the design, construction and operation of green buildings. More than
74,500 commercial and institutional
projects are currently participating
in LEED, comprising more than 14.4
billion square feet of construction
space in all 50 states and more than
150 countries.
“Buildings are a prime example of
how human systems integrate with
natural systems,” said Rick Fedrizzi,
CEO and founding chair, USGBC.
“The Sherrills Ford-Terrell Branch
Library project efficiently uses our
natural resources and makes an immediate, positive impact on our planet, which will tremendously benefit
future generations to come.”
There are a number of categories
that are measured by LEED in determining certification,and in which the
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Sherrills Ford-Terrell project was designed to meet those standards.
A Bio Retention Basin mitigates
storm water run-off. Using native
plants for outdoor landscaping eliminates the need for irrigation which
contributes to outdoor water conservation, while sensored sink faucets
and waterless urinals save indoor
water.
Solar reflectance roofing and
clerestory windows that reduce the
need for interior lighting combine to
lower energy costs. These features are
coupled with a state of the art heating
and cooling system that functions
more efficiently and consistently.
An interior bottle refilling water
fountain reduces plastics in landfills,
and the low VOC paint provides vivid
color throughout, reducing allergens
and indoor fumes.
Local suppliers were used as much
as possible for the project, reducing
carbon emissions and lowering the
amount of material transport typical
for a project of this size.
“We are excited to have surpassed
our goal of Silver Certification. The
County has a beautiful branch library
that was constructed with environmentally friendly products and is energy efficient.”, said County Purchasing Manager, Debbie Anderson.
For more information about Sherrills Ford Terrell Branch Library
LEED Certification visit the website
at
www.catawbacountync.gov/libraryLEED.asp.
For the latest in library news, visit
librarynews.catawbacountync.gov
or stop by your local branch.
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The Rotary Club is looking for people interested in
participating in the barbecue cook-off.
Car judging will begin as
soon as the cars are ready
with awards given at 2 p.m.
Prizes include:
Best of Show
Club Participation
N-C Rotary President’s Choice
Top 50
Sponsor Choice
Best Muscle Car (6473)
Best Late Model (79-
Current)
Car show pre-registration is $12 or $22 including
a show T-shirt (pre-registration must be done by
April 23).
Day of show registration
is $15 or $25 including a
show T-shirt
Checks should be made
payable
to
NewtonConover Rotary Club and
mailed to P.O. Box 541,
Newton, NC 28613
The show is still looking
for event sponsors. For
$200 the name of the sponsor will be printed on the
back of the event T-shirt,
announcer recognition
during the event and two
event T-Shirts.
Kid’s zone sponsorship
is also available for $400
which will include the
sponsor’s name on a banner in front of the kid’s
zone (which includes inflatables), sponsor name
printed on the back of the
event T-shirt, announcer
recognition during the
event and two event TShirts.
“All proceeds go to local
charities including Cataw-
ba County Backpack for
Kids, Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry and Rising Hope
Farm,” Gilleland said. “Last
year we raised over $8,500.”
Local businesses can
also donate items for the
silent auction.
Sponsorship
checks
should be made payable to
Newton-Conover Rotary
Club and mailed to P.O. Box
541, Newton, NC 28613
For more information
on the car show contact
Scott Gilleland at 828-4612180
be fit with a self-sustaining
water system, fit with a
small catfish pond, and
will utilize hydroponic and
aquaphonic technology to
water the various plants
inside.
The end goal, once the
garden and greenhouse really get up and going is to
possibly offer a fresh salad
bar for students int he
cafeteria, according to
Scronce.
In the future, both
Scronce and Dixon would
like to have another greenhouse along with solar
panels to heat the houses.
More information on
the various projects that
are going on at Discovery
High School can be found
at dhs.newton-conover.org
or on their Facebook page
at www.facebook.com/DiscoveryHighSchoolAtNewtonConover/.
ordinance that allows
"men to share public bathrooms and locker rooms
with young girls and
women to go into effect."
Berger focused his
scorn upon Democratic
Attorney General Roy
Cooper,who earlier said he
saw no need for the legislature to overturn the provision. Cooper, who is running against McCrory for
governor this fall, said
prosecutors can still
charge people who violate
criminal laws, which preempt local ordinances.
Some Republican senators
argue the entire ordinance
is unconstitutional.
More than 200 cities nationwide have passed similar non-discrimination
ordinances that cover
transgender people.
Charlotte council member John Autry, who voted
for last month's ordinance,
said the ordinance also
will show businesses interested in expanding in the
city that all of their workers are "going to be protected, as welcomed, in
Charlotte."
Discovery
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bles, however, this year
the staff was able to raise
money via GoFundMe to
purchase supplies to build
a greenhouse.
Teachers Gene Scronce
and Jody Dixon (who is
also a Newton City Council
Member), along with students from their classes,
tend to the garden and
greenhouse.
“Kids come out to check
the water quality, water the
plants in the greenhouse
and the raised beds,”
Scronce said.
Scronce is a science
teacher at Discovery so
classes like his Environmental Science Class get
hands-on
experience
working with the world
around them.
Currently, the growing
team is tending to plants
like sugarsnap peas, kale,
cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, beats and
swiss chards. After the
school’s spring break is
over, the team will be
planting things like tomatoes, squash, zucchini, cantaloupes and watermelons.
Kibbles & Quiche
fundraiser for HSCC
On Thursday, March
24th from noon-1pm, Humane Society of Catawba
County will hold their annual lunch and learn, Kibbles & Quiche, to discuss
their programs and services and showcase how a
monthly or annual contribution can help homeless
animals in the community.
Limited seating is available at Moretz Mills in
Hickory, please call for a
reservation by Friday,
March 18th and ask for
Suzanne, 828-464-8878.
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Having the greenhouse
on campus will allow students and faculty to be
able to grow fresh greens
nearly year round – at least
until the first major coldsnap hits, according to
Scronce.
“The purpose of this is
to be able to teach kids different techniques to grow
things,” Scronce said.
Once the school’s greenhouse is complete, it will
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McCrory to veto any
anti-ordinance legislation.
Three-fifths of the
members of both chambers would have to ask for
a special session. Moore,
who has said enough of his
House colleagues want a
special session to exceed
that threshold, didn't respond to a request to his
office Thursday seeking
comment on the news conference.
A response from Berger's office called the news
conference speakers part
of the "political correctness mob" that wants the
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Sanders Burns Out Versus Hillary
It's time to say it out
loud:
The Democratic race for
president is all over but for
the shouting.
Yes, a bushel basket of
nominating
contests,
including such key battleground
states
as
Pennsylvania, still remain.
And in this unpredictable
season, the improbable
may still yet happen.
But with a slender victory in Illinois and doubledigit wins in Florida, North
Carolina and Ohio on
Tuesday, former Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton
effectively put an end to a
duel that Bernie Sanders's
campaign maintains is still
far from over.
"Our plan on this is
we've got a long way to go,
and we've got to demonstrate that Bernie's the
strongest
candidate,"
Sanders adviser Tad
Devine told Politico. "We
believe that slowly we can
win support for people
who aren't for someone, or
who are softly for her, and
then we can reach out
more."
After Tuesday night, it's
tough to imagine how
that's possible. Clinton's
wins
during
Super
Tuesday, Parte Deux,
increased her delegate
count to 1,561, with 2,382
needed to clinch the nomination, according to a tally
by Real Clear Politics.
Sanders has 800 delegates, a gap that might as
well be measured in light
years at this point, given
the vagaries of the party's
nominating rules.
And with primaries in
such states as Alaska,
Idaho,
Utah
and
Washington still ahead,
whose electorates are overwhelmingly white and
expected to favor Sanders,
the Vermont senator could
yet increase his delegate
haul.
In Phoenix, Sanders
maintained that his campaign had "defied expectations," The Washington
Post reported. Later on
Tuesday night, the campaign released a statement
vowing to press forward.
"With more than half the
delegates yet to be chosen
and a calendar that favors
us in the weeks and
months to come, we
remain confident that our
campaign is on a path to
win the nomination," it
read, according to The
Post.
In West Palm Beach, an
ebullient, if a little hoarse,
Clinton appeared before a
rainbow-hued throng of
supporters. And as she's
done for the past several
contests, she cast her
toward the general election
campaign.
"Our commander-inchief has to be able to
defend our country, not
embarrass it," she said, in a
clear reference to GOP
front-runner
Donald
Trump.
"... When we hear a candidate for president call for
rounding up 12 million
immigrants, banning all
Muslims from entering the
United States," she added,
according to Politico.
"When he embraces torture, that doesn't make him
strong, it makes him
Micek
wrong."
The crowd erupted at
that one. How could it not?
The Manhattan real
estate magnate is the bete
noire of Democrats this
campaign season. He's the
monster under the bed
that Democratic moms tell
their kids about to make
them go to sleep at night.
Establishment
Republicans, too, after
Tuesday, were facing their
own Ragnarok, a twilight
of the GOP brought on by
their inexplicable indulgence of Trump's divisive
rhetoric and a spaghettispined unwillingness to
bring the fight directly to
him earlier in the primary
calendar.
With Florida Sen. Marco
Rubio's exit from the race
Tuesday, establishment
Republicans now find
themselves pinning their
hopes on Ohio Gov. John
Kasich, who won his home
state on Tuesday.
It was a rare note of
good news for establishment Republicans, who
could only look on as
Trump sailed to victory
across the country on
Tuesday.
Both the GOP establishment and Texas Sen. Ted
Cruz are now hoping a
floor fight at this July's
Republican
National
Convention that will result
in Trump being denied the
GOP nomination.
That's a scenario that
hasn't played out in any
meaningful form since
1952, when it took
Democrats no fewer than
three ballots to finally settle on their nominee Adlai Stevenson of Illinois.
And history documents
what happened to him:
Republican
Dwight
Eisenhower
crushed
Stevenson in the general
election that year.
And one more bit of history for good measure: As
Time notes, the last candidate to come out of a contested convention and win
the White House was
Franklin D. Roosevelt in
1932.
Clinton has an average
6.3 percent advantage over
Trump, according to Real
Clear Politics. And Cruz
holds a far narrower average 0.8 percent lead over
Clinton.
Thus, Republicans will
need to capture historical
lightning in a bottle.
Or else it'll be the GOP
that really ends up feeling
the burn come November.
GOP Gapes at its Existential
It's
thigh-slappingly
funny to recall that RNC
chairman Reince Priebus
said on the eve of this
national
race
that
"Republicans will choose
from a deep bench of presidential material."
After the latest round of
contests and the latest winnowing of the field, here's
what the GOP is left with: A
celebrity
hate-peddler
whose agenda is built on
bluster, a far-right government-crashing ideologue
who would lose 40 states,
and a governor whose primary season record is 1-28.
Yes, folks, the GOP's
long-gestating existential
crisis has finally arrived.
What does it stand for as a
party? Three years after
vowing, in an official
report, to adopt a more tolerant tone and nurture
relations with an increasingly diverse electorate, is
it now willing to let itself be
trampled by Donald
Trump? How hard is it prepared to fight (if at all) to
regain its self-respect and
retain its claim to being
"the party of Lincoln?"
The delegate math
makes these questions ever
more urgent.After winning
in Florida, Illinois, North
Carolina, and (apparently)
Missouri, Trump is wellpoised to reach the
Cleveland convention with
a solid plurality of dele-
Dick Polman
gates. His loss in Ohio,
courtesy of home-boy Gov.
John Kasich, is a stone in
his shoe that slows his
march, but he can still
clinch a delegate majority
if he wins 60 percent of
those not yet chosen. That's
arguably a tall order. But
his chief rival is Ted Cruz,
who's widely hated in the
party, and who's surely
toxic in late-voting delegate-rich
states
like
California, New York and
New Jersey.
Within the party, there's
still great unease about
Trump. According to the
Ohio exit polls, 43 percent
of those who voted in the
Republican primary said
they would "seriously consider voting for a thirdparty candidate" if Trump
wins the nomination.
That's significant, because
no Republican has ever
won the White House without winning Ohio.
And similar sentiment
was expressed elsewhere.
In North Carolina, a state
that went blue eight years
ago, 39 percent of voting
Republicans said they'd
seriously look at a thirdparty candidate if Trump
gets the nod. In Missouri, a
state that has tilted red in
the last four elections, that
share was 43 percent. In
swing-state Florida, it was
29 percent.
So is the GOP prepared
to blow up its own convention in order to thwart
Trump? Under the current
rules, only those candidates who have won the
majority of delegates in
eight states can be formally
placed in nomination.
Right now, only Trump
meets that criterion. Cruz
might hit that mark, but
Kasich probably won't. But
if the GOP is serious about
stopping Trump, it could
vote to dump that rule —
thus boosting Kasich, or
perhaps paving the way for
a late entrant who didn't
run in the primaries at all.
The hope — among
saner, civil Republicans —
is that Trump comes up
short on the first ballot, so
that enough delegates
would be freed up for subsequent ballots. The hope
is they would then rationally assess the race by looking at electability. And the
fact is, Hillary Clinton has
been beating Trump in virtually every poll.
But if the GOP heeds the
electability factor and
somehow manages to
come to its senses, what
would happen then?
Trump
might
well
announce that the party
isn't treating him nice and
bolt, taking his fans with
him. Which would leave
the party just as fractured.
Still, maybe a Trump
exodus is the best outcome
— because otherwise, this
autumn, all the down-ballot
swing-state
Republicans will be compelled to say whether they
agree with their nominee's
denigration of women,
stoking
of
violence,
endorsement of torture,
exploitation of bigotry, and
whatever acts of repugnance that have yet to be
committed.
It's their soul at stake.
Will they try to save it?
Dick Polman is the national
political columnist at
NewsWorks/WHYY in
Philadelphia
(newsworks.org/polman) and a
"Writer in Residence" at the
University of Philadelphia.
Email him at
dickpolman7@gmail.com.
An award-winning political journalist, Micek is the Opinion
Editor and Political Columnist for
PennLive/The Patriot-News in
Harrisburg, Pa. Readers may follow him on Twitter
@ByJohnLMicek and email him
at jmicek@pennlive.com.
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Don’t be afraid to take charge and show Overreacting or being tempted to indulge in bad
everyone what you have to offer this year. Your habits will lead to discord.
confidence and ability to get things done will
help you build the momentum you need to get
ahead. Think big, but stay within your means
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Put a little
financially in order to reach your destination.
added detail into whatever you do. Your uniqueness will make you stand out and will lead to an
interesting proposal. Romance is looking good.
Make plans for two.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Don’t overdo it
or exhaustion or injury is likely. Slow down and
only do what you are capable of doing. Strive to
keep your life simple.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Don’t stop short of
what you want to achieve. Give an added push
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Say what’s on
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Protect your home and reputation. You’ll gain
satisfaction and respect if you help others.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — A positive change
in a personal relationship or business partnership will develop if you are forthright about what
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You should plan you want and what you are willing to give. Make
a busy schedule and stick to it in order to avoid a a deal and move forward.
run-in with someone looking for a fight.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Get your personal priorities straight. An emotional situation
will dampen your plans if you have neglected to
include someone close to you. Check out a creative venue.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Keep your
life simple and your conversations exact. Protect
against misinterpretation or loss of reputation.
Focus on positive and affordable changes that
will improve your domestic situation.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — It’s time to
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ONE TRICK SHORT? FIND ANOTHER WINNER
Alan Parsons, an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer, said,“I started in a
research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me
to recorded music and hi-fi.”
We have duplication in bridge, not just of boards for a tournament, but in a single suit. The North-South clubs
in today’s diagram have all four honors, but will take only two tricks. Duplication of this sort is often fatal to a
contract, because each partner will have given his cards full value, when they are not pulling their weight.
This deal from Steve Conrad was declared by his regular partner, Ruth Stober of Great Neck, New York. How did
she play in four hearts after West led a trump?
North’s three-club rebid was fourth-suit game-forcing. Then his jump to four hearts was a slam-try, showing a
stronger hand than a four-heart rebid on round two.
South could see only nine top tricks: one spade, five hearts, one diamond and two clubs (that annoying duplication). The kibitzers thought she would play on diamonds to collect an overtrick if they were 3-2. But Stober
noticed that she could win 11 tricks by ruffing a very rare four times in her own hand. She won the first trick
on the board, cashed the spade ace, ruffed a spade with the heart five, played a diamond to the ace, ruffed
another spade, overtook the club jack with dummy’s queen, ruffed a third spade, crossed to the club ace, ruffed
the now-high spade seven, and had two top trumps on the board. It was a beautiful dummy reversal.
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MACKIE,
N.C.G.S.
§7AHANVEY &
308(a)(1).
FERRELL, P.A.
P.O. Drawer
This sale is made
1470
subject to all unHickory, NC
paid taxes and
28603
superior liens or
encumbrances of
record and asPublish: February sessments,
if
26, March 4, 11 & any, against the
18, 2016.
said
property,
and any recorded
leases. This sale
is also subject to
any
applicable
county land transSTATE OF
fer tax, and the
NORTH
successful
third
CAROLINA
party bidder shall
COUNTY OF
be required to
CATAWBA
make
payment
for
any
such
NOTICE
county land transfer tax.
The undersigned,
having qualified A cash deposit of
as
Co-Executri- 5% of the purces of the Estate chase price will
of LYNDA LEA be required at the
DEHART, late of time of the sale.
Catawba County, Any
successful
North Carolina.
bidder shall be
required to tender
This is to notify all the full balance of
persons,
firms the
purchase
and corporations price so bid in
having
claims cash or certified
against said Es- check at the time
tate to present the
Substitute
them to the un- Trustee tenders
dersigned on or to him a deed for
before June 18, the property or at2016, or this No- tempts to tender
tice will be pled in such deed, and
bar of their recov- should said sucery. All persons cessful bidder fail
indebted to said to pay the full balEstate will please ance
purchase
make payment to price so bid at
the undersigned.
that time, he shall
remain liable on
This the 18th day his bid as providof March, 2016
ed for in North
Carolina General
Statutes Section
Amanda Lea
45-21.30 (d) and
DeHart Welch,
(e). This sale will
Co-Executrix
be held open ten
Terry M. Taylor, (10) days for upCo-Executrix
set bids as reESTATE OF
quired by law.
LYNDA LEA
DEHART
Residential
real
3445 Rock Bridge property with less
Drive
than 15 rental
Conover, NC
units,
including
28613
single-family residential real propTerry M. Taylor, erty: an order for
Attorney
possession of the
YOUNG,
property may be
MORPHIS,
issued pursuant
BACH &
to G.S. 45-21.29
TAYLOR, LLP
in favor of the
Post Office
purchaser
and
Drawer 2428
against the party
Hickory, NC
or parties in pos28603
session by the
Phone: (828)
clerk of superior
322-4663
court of the county in which the
property is sold.
PUBLISH: March Any person who
18, 25, April 1, occupies
the
and 8, 2016.
property pursuant
to a rental agreement entered into
or renewed on or
after October 1,
2007, may, after
NORTH
receiving notice
CAROLINA
of sale, terminate
CATAWBA
the rental agreeCOUNTY
ment by providing
Special
Proceedings No. written notice of
termination to the
16 SP 7
landlord, to be efSubstitute
Trustee: Philip A. fective on a date
stated in the noGlass
tice that is at
least 10 days, but
NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE not more than 90
days, after the
SALE
sale date conDate of Sale: tained in the notice of sale, proMarch 22, 2016
Time of Sale: vided that the
mortgagor
has
11:00AM
Place of Sale: not cured the deCatawba County fault at the time
the tenant proCourthouse
Description
of vides the notice
termination.
Property: See At- of
tached Descrip- Upon termination
of a rental agreetion
Record Owners: ment, the tenant
James Lee Wal- is liable for rent
due under the
lace
Address of Prop- rental agreement
erty: 1733 7th prorated to the effective date of the
Street Lane SE
Hickory,
NC termination.
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CREDITORS
Having qualified
as Administratrix
of the Estate of
Lesa D Lenix,
late of Catawba
County,
North
Carolina, this is to
notify all persons,
firms and corporations
having
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Publish:
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late of Catawba
11 & March 18,
County,
North
2016.
Carolina, this is to
notify all persons
having
claims
against the estate
of said deceased
ADMINISTRAto exhibit them to
TOR
This the 26th day the undersigned
EXECUTOR’S
of
February, at 1420 Fairway
NOTICE
Drive,
Newton,
2016.
NC 28658, on or
Having qualified
before the 20th
on
March
3, April Van Story, day of June 2016,
Administratrix
2016, as Execuor this notice will
tor of the Estate 3975 1st Ave SW be pleaded in bar
Hickory, NC
of Joseph Miof their recovery.
28602
chael
AberneAll persons inthy, Sr.,
dedebted to said esceased, late of
tate will please
Estate
of:
Catawba County,
make immediate
Lesa
D
Lenix
North
Carolina,
payment.
this is to notify all
persons,
firms
This 16th day of
and corporations Publish: February March 2016.
having
claims 26, March 4, 11 &
against the de- 18, 2016. Paid
RICHARD C.
ceased to exhibit
CAMPBELL,
the same to the
ADMINISTRAundersigned on
TOR OF THE
or before June
ESTATE OF
NORTH
13, 2016, or this
TERRY ELLEN
CAROLINA
notice will be
CAMPBELL
CATAWBA
pleaded in bar of
COUNTY
their
recovery.
Patrick, Harper &
File No.
All persons, firms
Dixon L.L.P.
16
E
200
and corporations
PO Box 218
indebted to the
Hickory, NC
NOTICE TO
estate
should
28603
CREDITORS
make immediate
payment to the
Having qualiundersigned.
March
fied as Executor Publish:
of the estate of 18, 25, April 1
John Miles
Mckinley Sherrill and 8, 2016.
Abernethy, III,
Sr.,
deceased,
Executor
Estate of Joseph late of Catawba
County,
North
Michael
Carolina, this is to
Abernethy, Sr.
3038 Cambridge notify all persons,
PUBLIC
firms and corpoRoad
HEARING
having
Winston-Salem, rations
claims
against
NC 27104
Newton
the estate of said The
Comdeceased
to Planning
David L.
present them to mission will hold
Isenhower
the undersigned a Public Hearing
Attorney and
within three (3) beginning at 7:00
Counsellor at
months from Feb- p.m. on March
Law, PLLC
ruary 26, 2016, or 23, 2016 in the
PO Box 1627
Chamthis notice will be Council
210-A First
bers at Newton
pleaded
in
bar
of
Avenue South
their recovery. All City Hall, 401
Conover, NC
persons,
firms North Main Ave28613
and corporations nue, on the following matter:
Publish:
March indebted to said
please
11, 18, 25 & April estate
make immediate Rezoning Appli1, 2016.
payment to the cation #2016-02
filed by Theodore
undersigned.
H. Corriher. The
This the 26th day Applicant is seekof
February, ing to rezone the
properties located
2016.
NORTH
on the west side
CAROLINA
Mckinley Sherrill of S Ashe Av beCOUNTY
tween W B St
Jr.,
CATAWBA
and W A St from
Executor
File No.
721 36th Ave NW a B-3 Central
16 E 202
Business District
Hickory, NC
to a B-4 General
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NOTICE TO
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Business District. from March 4,
2016, or this noThe area to be tice will be pleadrequested to be ed in bar of their
rezoned is 1.75 recovery. All peracres. According sons, firms and
into
Catawba corporations
County Tax Re- debted to said escords the proper- tate please make
payties are identified immediate
as parcel num- ment to the unbers 3730-16-93- dersigned.
3449 and 3730This the 4th day
16-93-3681.
Both
properties of March, 2016.
are owned by the
Gail Cloer
applicant.
Lackey,
Executrix
The file for this
Application
is 6526 Curlee Rd
Conover, NC
available
for
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viewing between
the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 5:00
p.m.,
Monday Estate of:
through Friday in Rickey Lee
the Planning De- Lackey
partment,
City
Publish: March 4,
Hall.
11, 18 & 25,
All interested per- 2016. Paid.
sons are urged to
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Publish:
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2016.
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STATE OF
NORTH
CAROLINA
COUNTY OF
CATAWBA
NOTICE
The undersigned,
having qualified
as Administratrix
CTA of the Estate
of Virginia Mae
Miller, late of
Catawba County,
North Carolina;
This is to notify all
persons,
firms
and corporations
having
claims
against said Estate to present
them to the undersigned on or
before June 4,
2016 or this Notice will be pled in
bar of their recovery. All persons
Publish:
March indebted to said
11 & March 18, Estate will please
2016.
make payment to
the undersigned.
This the 4th of
March, 2016.
NORTH
CAROLINA
CATAWBA
COUNTY
File No.
16 E 85
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
Susannah L.
Brown,
Administratrix
CTA
ESTATE OF
VIRGINIA MAE
MILLER
208 Union
Square
Hickory, NC
28601
Having qualified as Executrix
of the estate of
Rickey
Lee
Susannah L.
Lackey,
deBrown,
ceased, late of
Attorney
Catawba County,
ANTHONY &
North
Carolina, BROWN, PLLC
this is to notify all
208 Union
persons,
firms
Square
and corporations
Hickory, NC
having
claims
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against the estate
of said deceased
to present them PUBLISH: March
to the under- 4th, 11th, 18th,
signed
within 25th, 2016.
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Red Devils battle Red Tornadoes in tennis
O-N-E PHOTOS BY CODY DALTON
From left, Newton-Conover’s Chandler Roffey and Aaron Hamm both participated in singles matches on Thursday against Hickory High School. The Red Devils fell 5-4 to the Red Tornadoes during the nonconference match, which was held in Newton.
Propst, Donovan lead Saint
Maiden in 5-0 victory
CONTINUED FROM 8
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
Elena Propst scored
three goals and Danielle
Donovan added two to
lead the Maiden girls soccer team to a 5-0 victory
against
Bandys
on
Thursday.
The win is the first for
the Lady Blue Devils (1-5,
1-1) this season.
Bandys drops to 0-5
overall and 0-2 in SD-7
games this spring.
NCHS 1, East Lincoln 0
Chaniece Moss scored a
goal in the second half to
lead the Lady Red Devils to
the one-goal victory at
home against the Lady
Mustangs.
NCHS improves to 5-1-1
overall and 2-0 in Southern
District 7 Athletic 2A play.
Boys golf
Warriors win in Maiden
Led by medalist Dylan
Gurnsey, the West Caldwell
boys golf team tallied 164
strokes to win Thursday’s
nine-hole conference match
at Glen Oaks Golf Club.
Newton-Conover was
second with 176 strokes.
O-N-E PHOTO BY CODY DALTON
The New Orleans Saints’ Austin Johnson
poses for pictures during his visit Thursday.
left there. They signed me
back shortly after I left.
That was very encouraging. I’m glad that I’m going
to be back in New Orleans
playing with those guys.”
Johnson, who lives in
Hickory during the NFL
offseason, will also have
his head coach — Sean
Payton — back with the
Saints this fall despite a
difficult 2015-16 season.
“He’s all Saints and all
about New Orleans,”
Johnson said. “The city
loves him, and we love
him. He loves the city, and
he loves us. I think he’s in a
great place, and (New
Orleans) is where he wants
to be.”
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O-N-E
SPORTS
No changes in
conferences
with 3rd draft
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
O-N-E PHOTO BY CODY DALTON
St. Stephens’ Brandon Hundley (11) and Matt Hainor (3) try to chase down a Pine Lake Prep player during Thursday’s boys lacrosse game in Hickory. Grabbing a 9-2 halftime
lead, the Indians won the contest 12-5, moving to 5-0 overall on the season.
MARCHING TO 5-0
Indians stay unbeaten,
defeat Pine Lake Prep
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
Building off its first-ever
appearance in the playoffs last
season, the St. Stephens boys
lacrosse team is off to a perfect
start to its 2016 spring campaign.
Behind three goals each from
Matt Hainor and Nick Yapundich
on Thursday, the Indians beat
visiting Pine Lake Prep 12-5 to
improve to 5-0 on the season.
“We are playing really good,”
said St. Stephens boys lacrosse
head coach Eric Mendel.
“Coming into every season, you
don’t know what you have until
you get out there. This season,
we’ve been really fortunate that
we’ve gelled really quickly in
practice and the first five games.
I think the product has been
showing on the field.”
Ryan O’Mara and Garrett
Bolter both added two goals in
the victory for St. Stephens, while
Braden Reeves added two goals
and two assists for the Indians.
Saint senior goalkeeper John
Lauffenburger also made six
saves in goal for the Tribe.
The Indians pulled ahead 9-2
by halftime, taking control of the
contest against Pine Lake Prep.
“We played a game yesterday
and were a little flat coming out
there,” Mendel said. “We really
wanted to come out strong, fast
and aggressive. I think we really
achieved that.”
The Indians return to action
on the field Monday at Northwest
Guilford.
“We’ve got a couple of big nonconference opponents coming in
that I think are really going to
test us,” Mendel said. “The next
few games will tell all about what
we’ve got in store for us and what
we can accomplish this season.”
O-N-E PHOTO BY CODY DALTON
St. Stephens senior defender Kevin Wood (right) tries to fend off a Pine Lake Prep
player during Thursday’s lacrosse game hosted by the Indians.
O-N-E PHOTO BY CODY DALTON
Former Hickory High School standout
and current New Orleans Saints fullback Austin Johnson spoke Thursday at
St. Stephens High School during the
school’s monthly Fellowship of
Christian Athletes meeting.
Saints FB Austin Johnson
shares football, his faith
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
Former High School standout and
current New Orleans Saints fullback
Austin Johnson was the guest speaker
during Thursday’s monthly Fellowship
of Christian Athletes (FCA) meeting
held at St. Stephens High School.
“I love coming back home and being
able to talk to the schools around here,”
Johnson said. “This is where I grew up,
so I can relate to everyone here.”
Johnson spoke to a group of about 20
Indian student-athletes, sharing stories
about his football journey so far and his
faith in Jesus Christ.
“I love just giving back to them and
sharing my testimony a little bit and
how my faith has really helped me get
through my career,” Johnson said. “It’s
been an up-and-down career. Without
my faith in God, it wouldn’t have been
possible.”
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The third draft for new
conferences starting in the
2017 school year was
released by the North
Carolina High School
Athletic
Association
(NCHSAA) on Thursday.
Catawba County’s teams
will still be divided into
three conferences with no
changes from the previous
draft.
Bunker Hill and Fred T.
Foard will be in a 2A
conference with Draughn,
East Burke, Hibriten,
Patton and West Iredell.
Bandys, Maiden and
Newton-Conover will be in
a separate 2A conference,
which will include East
Lincoln, Lake Norman
Charter, Lincolnton, North
Lincoln and West Lincoln.
Hickory
and
St.
Stephens will stay in the
3A ranks and remain in a
split 3A/4A conference
together with Alexander
Central (3A), Freedom
(3A), Watauga (3A), West
Caldwell (3A), McDowell
(4A) and South Caldwell
(4A).
There are still several
steps to go before these
conferences are set in
stone for another fouryear period.
T h e N C H S A A’s
Realignment Committee
will hear final appeals on
April 13, and a realignment report will be submitted to the Board of
Directors.
These appeals must be
sent in writing to the NCHSAA by April 1.
Then on May 3-4, the
NCHSAA
Board
of
Directors will meet and
consider these appeals
based on procedural
errors.
If there are no errors
found, these proposed
conferences and alignment will be finalized and
start officially on Aug. 1,
2017.
For more information,
visit www.nchsaa.org.
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Johnson said the line between being a
Christian and a professional athlete can
be a difficult one to navigate sometimes.
“People don’t want to hear it,” he said.
“You don’t want to overwhelm someone
with (religion), but you want people to
know about it and other people to see
that in you. Just the way you live your
life kind of exemplifies the way that you
want other people to see you, and hopefully, maybe they’ll follow that.”
Johnson is returning to the New
Orleans Saints for his fourth NFL season after signing a one-year free agent
contract with the team on Feb. 10.
“Every offseason is crazy,” Johnson
said. “I try not to watch it too much
because you start thinking too much.
You try not to play mind games with
yourself. I really didn’t know where I
was sitting with (New Orleans) when I
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