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WEEKEND EDITION, AUGUST 8-10, 2015
PANTHERS’
TILLMAN
PACKS A
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50 CENTS
REV IT UP
TO PERFORM AT
PATHWAYS DINNER
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Honda on the hood
Balls Creek at
the beach
PHOTO BY SETH MABRY
JUST KIDDING — AGAIN
Sylvia K. Ray
My colleague Dr. Gary R.
Freeze is once again bringing
new material to help us with the
understanding of our heritage.
This time it has nothing directly
to do with his upcoming third
volume of The Catawbans. Dr.
Freeze will be the speaker on Friday evening, August 21, at Balls
Creek Camp Meeting, and this
year he is doing a comparative
lecture.
Turns out that our local camp
meetings are not the only ones
thriving today. Gary has found
out about one that is popular on
Martha’s Vineyard, the island off
Cape Cod. He plans to use it as a
comparison with our culture,
and he has generously supplied
me with some facts about how
Yankees do things there.
The campground was called
Wesleyan Grove originally, which
means it was Methodist like ours.
It’s located in the northeastern
corner of the island.“They likely
did this on purpose, since summer storms come from the
southwest, and this would give
some buffer space,”Freeze noted.
The first camp meetings were
A two-car accident looked
worse than what it really was at
the intersection of Northwest
Boulevard and Radio Station
Road in Newton on Friday.
A white Chevrolet Beretta
was traveling south on Northwest Boulevard when a blue
Honda Civic, which was traveling north on Northwest Boulevard, attempted to make a left
turn onto Radio Station Road.
The driver of the Civic said
there was a car in front of her
and did not see the Beretta,
according to Newton Police
Maj. Tim Hayes.
The driver of the Civic pro-
ceeded to make the turn when
she was struck in the passenger side by the Beretta.
The impact forced the Civic
onto the hood of the Beretta
and spun both vehicles around
90 degrees before coming to
rest near the sidewalk of the
intersection.
Three people received
injuries, two of which were
transported to a local hospital
with
non-life-threatening
injuries.
The drivers’ names have not
been released at time of press
as the investigation is still
ongoing.
Officials:Text
leads to drug bust
FROM O-N-E REPORTS
O-N-E PHOTOS BY BRANDY TEMPLETON
Skylar Sisk plays with her trophy and flowers after winning to Baby Miss
Reunion on Tuesday.
Gettin’ dolled up
for Reunion
See RAY, Page 2
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON
O-N-E CONTRIBUTOR
Thursday night concluded three
days worth of Soldiers Reunion Beauty Pageants. After rehearsing on Monday night, the contestants competed
in one of seven divisions for the title
of their division’s Reunion winner.
Tuesday night, the Baby Miss and
Tiny Miss contestants took the stage.
In the Baby Miss division, Skylar Sisk
took home the crown. Charlotte Isenhour was first runner up, with Chloe
Taylor coming in second. MaKenna
Ross won Baby Miss Photogenic.
Kinsley Herman won the Tiny Miss
title. Sydney Baker was first runner
up, with Kara Burgin winning second
place and Miss Photogenic.
On Wednesday night, the Little
Miss and Junior Miss pageants were
held. Taytum Robbins was crowned
Little Miss Reunion. First Runner Up
was Mollie Crumpler. Ava Sigmon
came in second place, and took home
the title of Little Miss Photogenic.
In the Junior Miss division, Kaila
Atapovich won. Savannah Henline
was first runner up, and Chloe Bryant
came in second. The Junior Miss Photogenic title was awarded to Allison
Honeycutt.
The final night of competition was
held on Thursday. Teen Miss, Miss,
and Ms. titles were awarded. Allison
Honeycutt won the Teen Miss Photogenic award. Summer Lingle came in
second place, with Bethany Henze as
First Runner Up. Haleigh Kanipe took
the crown home.
In the Miss category,Taylor Wright
placed as second runner up and Miss
Photogenic. Bethany Ingle came in
first place, and Megan Pope was
crowned Miss Reunion 2015.
Finally, in the Ms. Reunion division, Brandy Templeton was titled
second runner up. Brittany Cline
came in first place, and Megan Payne
was crowned Ms. Reunion.
See more photos from the Soldier’s Reunion beauty pageant on page 3
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A Taylorsville man got
more than he bargained for
when he attempted to do a
drug deal via text.
Franklin
Chadwick
Rogers, 42, of 2188 Highway
16 North in Taylorsville, was
arrested by the Catawba
County Sheriff 's Office
Drug Task Force after
attempting to complete a
drug transaction with an
undercover officer.
An investigator of the
Catawba County Sheriff 's
Office Drug Task Force
received a text message
from Rogers asking if they
ROGERS
were interested in purchasing a controlled substance
on August 7,according to Lt.
Jason Reid.
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The Entertainers to headline Soldiers
Reunion Beach Music Night
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE O-N-E
The Entertainers will perform in Downtown Newton during Soldiers
Reunion Beach Music Night at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18. The concert is free and open to the public.
SPECIAL TO THE O-N-E
NEWTON, N.C. – The Entertainers will get everybody
moving in Downtown Newton at Soldiers Reunion Beach
Music Night on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The free show begins at
7:30 p.m. on the 1924 Courthouse Square.
See SOLDIERS, Page 3
Town of Catawba commences
construction on Veterans Garden
BY CIGI SPARKS
O-N-E REPORTER
The Town of Catawba's Veterans Garden of Honor will be
a permanent commemorative tribute to local men and
women who have served our great country.
After months of fundraising, the garden's building
process commenced on Aug. 1. The tribute site is located
between Catawba Town Hall and the Town of Catawba Historical Museum.
Although fundraising has allowed construction on the
garden to begin, the garden isn't fully funded just yet.
"To continue our fundraising, the Small Town Main
Street Veterans Garden of Honor Committee (STMS-VGH)
will have a booth selling hamburgers and hotdogs at the
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please see PAGE 2
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Obituaries
Cecil Gene Schronce
Cecil Gene Schronce, age 79, of Claremont passed away
Friday, August 7, 2015 from declining health, at his residence. Born July 12, 1936 in Lincoln County, he was the
son of the late Jesse Robert and Zora Lee Clark Schronce.
The funeral service will be held on Sunday, August 9,
2015 at 4:00 p.m. at Mathis Chapel Baptist Church in
Catawba.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends prior to the service Sunday from 1:30-3:45 p.m. at the church.
Burke Mortuary in Newton is serving the Schronce
family.
Bobby Stanley Austin
Bobby Stanley Austin, 83, of Newton passed away Monday, July 27, 2015 at Frye Regional Medical Center.
The family will hold a service at later date.
Condolences may be sent to www.bennettfuneralservice.com
The Austin family is in the care of Bennett Funeral Service of Conover, 828-465-2111
Funeral home
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in 1837, about the time that Rock
Springs Camp Ground in Lincoln
County got going good. There is a difference though: from the start the New
Englanders had large tents that represented each congregation that came
from the mainland. They called them
“society tents.” Freeze thinks that “it
sounds almost biblical. There were
twelve of them the first year. For folks
here to compare this,think of everyone
from Shiloh or Centre congregations
sharing a same tent at Balls Creek.”
There was far less of a family orientation. Men and women slept on cots in
each half of a tent,with a canvas divider.
This continued for the first generation.
Over time some families began to bring
their own tent and used it nearby.By the
time of the Civil War the number of private tents had grown to 500.
During and right after the Civil War
folks began to build small cottages .
There were about 250 during the Reconstruction era.“I find this most interesting,” Freeze observed. So, Wesleyan
Grove was about the size of both Rock
Spring and Balls Creek.That may mean
that there was so natural limit to how
many people could worship comfortably in that period.”
But the housing was very different.
Dr. Freeze has long reminded Catawbans that the rows of tents we have reflect the values of our agrarian,Jeffersonianly minded ancestors. They built
shelters that reflected their value system,” he argues.“The folks on Martha’s
vineyard seem to have done the same.
Their arrangements more accurately
reflect the village culture that they inherited from their Puritan forebears.”
He grinned, “And, given the Civil War,
they likely had more money to spend.
And fewer cows to milk back home.”
The cottages on the Vineyard followed the carpenter’s textbook cottage
pattern that was popular all across the
north.“Most Americans think them as
the classic gingerbread cottage and they
were,” he found out. Many were board
and batten in construction and often
had dormers on the sides for the second floor rooms. Freeze has not been
able to find out how many rooms they
originally had, on average. They were
painted during the Gilded Age, and appear to have had bright colors all along.
They are very like Balls Creek once
color was allowed there.I find this fascinating.”
And, the whole thing was enclosed,
not open to the nearby woods the way
that Balls Creek is to this day.The whole
campground was surrounded by a
picket fence. And, it had no square and
no arbor. The tents were arranged in a
strict semi-circle around the big tent.
“This is very different from the southern square that we have. “In fact, Balls
Creek resembles a bit the old sacred
square that goes back to the Muskegeon
culture of the southern tribes,” he said.
“I’m still working on that.” There was
once a horse trolley that brought worshippers from the nearby ferry.
Worship seems to have been held in
a huge circus tent in the beginning,or in
the open air.In 1859 they built a preaching stand that had room for thirty people at a time.They seemed to have twice
a day services through much of the
summer, not just laying by time as in
the south.“Remember, though, the seasons came later in New England,”
Freeze said.
In 1879 was built a huge wooden
Tabernacle, which is still standing. Services were held in it for more than a
century.“It was primarily enclosed,very
different from our open arbor,” Freeze
has concluded.“This is again the village
motif.”
Also,he found,during the Gilded Age
came the tradition of Illumination
Night, when each cottage holder lights
one or more Oriental lanterns to light
up the whole village.The lanterns came
on the Clipper Ships from Canton and
Hong Kong.Many are more than a century old and have been handed down
like heirlooms from generation to generation and owner to owner.On Illumination Night most of the Island comes
to walk the streets and be part of the
wonder. That still happens today, and a
concert is held at the Tabernacle.
“All the Catawbans will like this. Illumination Night is the highlight of the
season, and it always happens on third
Wednesday in August, the eve of Soldiers Reunion,” he smiled.
There remain 300 cottages today, all
privately owned.Some are rentable,and
others are used only by the families who
have come for generations.A few of the
owners live in the village year round.
The camp meeting is really just a series
of activities that span the months of
July and August. There is singing every
Wednesday night, and services only on
Sunday.They also have Bible study each
week, and there is always “Yoga Under
the Tent” on Saturdays. At some point
there is a crafts fair. It is totally interdenominational now.
“I would suggest that Balls Creek
contact them and offer a cultural exchange some summer. That would be
amusing.And I volunteer to be a part of
the delegation,” he said with a smile.
Sylvia K. Ray is the former managing edi
tor for the O-N-E.
Rev It Up to perform at Pathways August dinner
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Once again in August, Bennett Funeral Service of
Conover, NC will be paying homage to two of the oldest
traditions in Catawba County with old-timey, cardboard
fans. On August 20, 2015, Robbie and Rhonda Bennett
will be honoring American Legion Post 16 at the 126th
Soldiers Reunion Parade with a commemorative fan.
Based on the old-fashioned cardboard fans that were usually found in funeral homes and churches before air-conditioning, the fan features a picture of the Honor Guard of
Post 16. Commander Ron Harris states there are presently twenty-two members in the Honor Guard of Post 16
and over five hundred members in the American Legion
Post 16. He also explained that members of the Honor
Guard volunteer their time to provide military rites at the
funerals of deceased veterans. All members served for
the United States in a war or time of conflict. When asked
why the Post 16 Honor Guard picture was chosen for the
second year, Robbie Bennett explained, “I wanted to
honor the veterans in the local community and to let our
community see these great men and women who so
proudly served for the United States. This annual parade
is to honor and remember soldiers, and this is an opportunity to show citizens an actual picture of those who
have served and are still serving the community.” Bennett also said, “We ran out of fans quickly last year because family members realized that their loved ones who
served our country were being honored, and each relative
wanted the fan as a keepsake.”
The second Catawba County tradition to be celebrated
by the Bennetts this summer is the 161st year of the Balls
Creek Campmeeting. This year’s fan features the schedule of activities, speakers and musicians for the annual
two weeks of old-fashioned preaching and singing in the
arbor. Over three thousand fans have been made so that
each tent owner will receive one and there are enough to
place fans in the arbor to help cool off the worshiper on
the hot summer nights. Rhonda and Robbie Bennett
grew up attending the Balls Creek Campmeeting and
their son, Kyle, also fondly remembers going to the camp
ground. Both Rhonda and Robbie commented on how
appropriate the old-fashioned fans are for campmeeting.
Rhonda stated,“These fans remind people of the past and
the Balls Creek Campmeeting keeps the Methodist tradition alive of coming together at the end of harvesting the
crops for worshipping and resting together. Few people
are full-time farmers now, but campmeeting is an annual
event that began in 1853, and it still focuses on time with
friends and the opportunity for worshipping together.”
Robbie explained, “Since the fans are a throw-back from
churches with no air-conditioning,the fans are perfect for
hot evenings in the arbor.”
Bennett Funeral Service is Conover’s only locally
owned and operated funeral home. Established in 2013
by Rhonda and Robbie Bennett, this family owned business offers the most affordable funeral and cremation
services in the Catawba Valley. Robbie is a fully licensed
funeral director/embalmer and a licensed crematory operator, Rhonda is presently seeking her license in funeral
service. Bennett Funeral Service just received The Observer News Enterprise 2015 Reader’s Choice Award for
the best funeral home in Catawba County.
“We had the biggest
crowd ever when this unique
band played for us about two
years ago,” declared Greg
Terry about a musical group
composed of seven area
Lutheran church pastors
performing for Pathways of
Catawba County bereavement support organization.
He was announcing the
band, with its humorous
name “Rev It Up,” will be giving the program for the August Pathways dinner gathering.
Terry, who heads Drum
Funeral Homes of Conover
and Hickory and WillisReynolds Funeral Home of
Newton—the
founding
business and sponsor of
Pathways, said the event is
set for Thursday, August 27,
at the fellowship building of
Conover First United
Methodist Church on First
Avenue North. The buffetstyle meal will be served at
6:30 p.m., he explained, with
the program to follow.
Pathways activities, based
on the premise of fellowship
as therapy for grief,are open
to the public, he explained,
and the informal gatherings
are multi-generational. “We
drew more than 150 people
when the pastors’ band
played for us the last time
and I want to invite all the
local communities’ residents
to come hear their talent
away from the pulpit,” he
added.
He said the Methodist
Men group of the host
church will prepare the dinner,and the cost for the meal
is $9.50 per person.
The Rev.Jeff Lindsay of St.
Luke’s Lutheran Church in
the Springs Road community, said all the musicians are
from ELCA Lutheran con-
cited several popular songs,
both r-and-r and smooth
jazz, which they play and
sing:“Stand By Me,” a perennial favorite, and “I Can See
Clearly Now.” He said their
repertoire also includes
“People,Get Ready,” a combination of blues and Christian gospel tunes.
“All our music is positive
and uplifting, whatever the
genre,” he continued.
Everyone planning to attend the gathering should
make reservations by telephoning Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home office at 828-4640131 by Monday, August 24,
and giving the number and
names of persons in their
group. Payment of the dinner fee and names of persons who will be attending
can also be sent by mail to
Willis-Reynolds Funeral
Home, Post Office Box 610,
Newton, NC 28658.
Community Calendar
Aug. 9
NAACP Meeting
The Catawba County Branch
NAACP will hold their regular
meeting on Sunday August 9, 2015
at 4:00 pm. The location will be
Mt. Olin AME Zion Church 2583
Smyre Farm Road Newton, NC
28658. There will be a workshop
and some discussion on the Confederate Flag. The Youth Council
will be meeting in the fellowship
hall at 4:00 pm. If you have any
questions or concerns please call
the President, Jerry L. McCombs at
828-464-9609. The public is invited
to attend.
Aug 10
Registration is open to any new or
returning students who have met
first with an admissions staff member to complete paperwork for enrollment and are prepared to personally pay the cost associated with
registration by cash, check, or credit
card.A monthly payment plan for tuition is also available.
Appointments for registration August 10 through 15 must be made online at www.cvcc.edu/advising
Fall semester classes begin August
17. Classes are offered in Hickory,
Newton and Taylorsville at the
Alexander Center for Education.
For more information about the
enrollment process, contact the Student Services office at 828-327-7000,
ext. 4216 or visit www.cvcc.edu.
CVCC Registration
Catawba Valley Community College is registering students August 10
through 15 for the fall 2015 semester.
Sixty-six years after its successful
completion, Eddie Ide of Newton will
tell the story of the Berlin Airlift after
the German capital was blockaded
by the Soviets following WWII.
His “Saving a City” talk to Newcomers of Catawba Valley is free and
open to the public. Ide will speak at
10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at
Hickory Regional Airport.
With 300,000 Soviet troops surrounding Berlin, the airlift went on
15 months in 1948 and 1949. British
and American pilots were landing
aircraft loaded with supplies every 3
minutes to supply 2.4 million people.
Ide is a planner and speaker for
the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation and has spoken with many of its
pilots and the Germans that the airlift helped during the Cold War.
Aug. 12
WWII Story
BY LUPITA SANCHEZ
There they assisted in various sites including, St. Charles and St.
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Loius where their work consisted of filling sandbags.
AUGUST 4TH, 1993
The Green Room sponsored the first annual Catawba County
Amateur Golf Tournament, to be held at Rock Barn Club of Golf.
There will be three divisions: Mens open, Seniors and Females. All
golfers will be pre-flighted by handicap and will be eligible to win
the County amateur in the open division.
Arndt Middle School teacher Rick Kohrs, students Brian Eckard
and Chris Mckie and St. Stephens student Dustin Isenhower traveled to Mississippi to help with the flood that devastated the area.
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gregations.He listed them as
the Rev. David Keck of Mt.
Olive Church of Hickory, a
vocalist; the Rev. Scott
Bollinger of Mt.Zion Church
of Conover, a guitarist and
vocalist; the Rev. John
Woodard, a retired pastor
now doing interim service at
Unity Church in Hickory,
bass player; the Rev. Phil
Thorsen of St.Mark’s Church
in China Grove,guitarist and
vocalist; the Rev. John Duncan, a retired pastor doing
interim service at St.
Stephens ELCA Church in
Hickory, guitarist and vocalist; the Rev. Robert Sain of
Old St.Paul’s Church in Newton, guitarist and vocalist;
and himself. Lindsay is the
band’s drummer and harmonica player.
Lindsay said the group
performs a variety of contemporary Christian music
and “old rock and roll.” He
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Fairway homeowners fill Newton’s City Hall to protest the proposal of Twin H Development which proposed locating a sewage
pumping station in their neighborhood. Mike Lutz, president of
Fairway Acres Homeowners Association, states that hundreds of
concerned citizens have signed a petition to prevent the placement of the unwanted sewage station.
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The Entertainers stay true to their R&B and beach
music roots while satisfying diverse audiences by playing
selections from the latest Top-40 hits,classic rock and roll,
and country music. Their latest hits, “Summer Love” and
“Maybe We Can Still Be Friends,” remain on the Smokin’
45 chart of beach music songs.
Founded in 1980, the Entertainers first regional smash
hit was “Living for the Summer.” The song propelled the
group to the forefront of beach music. In 2014, the group
was named group of the year by the Carolina Beach Music
Association and won songwriters of the year for “Maybe
We Can Still Be Friends.”
The Entertainers have performed along the grand
strand of Myrtle Beach and throughout the region, reaching as far as Washington, D.C., and Naples, Fla. The Entertainers have played at various events from conventions to
weddings to festivals.
Share in the Southern tradition of great beach music by
bringing a lawn chair or blanket (and your dancing
shoes) to the 1924 Courthouse Square for an evening of
music, fellowship and fun.
Learn more about The Entertainers at www.theentertainersband.com. For more information about Soldiers
Reunion, contact Wayne Dellinger at 828-464-3906.
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city Street Dance on
Sept. 12, sponsored by the
Town of Catawba Festival
and Parade Committee,"
said STMS-VGH Chairperson, Fran Little.
Profits
from
the
fundraiser will go directly
to the Town of Catawba
Veterans
Garden
of
Honor building fund and
to future maintenance
needs for the garden.
In order to make the
Veterans Garden Committee's vision come to
life, Kevin Sipe of
Scenicview Landscapes of
Hickory created the
design for the garden.
Working alongside Sipe
will be Dave Bridle of
Winecoff Memorials in
Statesville, Jeff Muray's
Grading in Claremont,
Martin Marietta Aggregates
of
Hickory,
Statesville Brick Company, the Keep Catawba
County Beautiful Committee, and countless volunteers.
The garden will pay
tribute to more than 800
veterans who's names
will be placed on the wall.
The walkway leading to
the Veterans Garden of
Honor will also be lined
with engraved bricks
purchased by supporters
and donors of the project,
to pay tribute to even
more veterans.
The public is invited to
to purchase bricks for
the walkway as a memorial or honorarium.
Since veterans with ties
to Catawba will have their
tions
Prescrip
names and service information engraved on the
granite wall please consider purchasing bricks
to honor your company,
battalion, or regiment,
remember a loved one,
express gratitude to a
comrade or sister, convey
appreciation to a family
member, recognize an
important time in your
life, or set your own name
in stone.
The formal dedication
of the garden is slated for
Nov. 7 at 11:30 a.m. The
public is invited to join
and honor this tribute to
our men and women of
the military.
The next meeting of the
STMS-VGH Committee
will be on Aug. 13 at 5:30
p.m. at Catawba Town
Hall.
For questions or to
make a donation to support the project, contact
Fran Little by phone at
828-241-3636 or email
[email protected].
Brick sizes for purchase and prices are
available at www.townofcatawba.org.
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The undercover officer arranged a transaction with Rogers for 40 morphine tablets in
exchange for $1,000.
At approximately 10:00 a.m. the undercover officer met with Rogers at the Dollar
General on Highway 16 North in Catawba County. After the transaction was completed
investigators of the Catawba County Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force arrested Rogers at
the location the transaction was intended to be made, according to Reid.
Seized during the bust operation from Rogers were 44 morphine tablets.
Rogers was charged with trafficking by possession, trafficking by transportation, trafficking by delivery, possession with intent to sell and deliver schedule II and maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of sale and delivery of schedule II.
Rogers was held at the Catawba County Detention facility under a $40,000 secured
bond and his court date is August 10. The Catawba County Sheriff's Office Drug Task
Force is made up of narcotic investigators from the Catawba County Sheriff's Office,
Maiden Police Department and Department of Homeland Security.
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PERSPECTIVE
Stop Obama's
Clean Power
Grab
In President Obama's
first big speech to Congress, just a month after
he took office, he said, "I
ask this Congress to send
me legislation that places
a market-based cap on
carbon."
They didn't. Indeed,
largely
because
of
Obama's own words on
the campaign trail, it
became clear that under
his plan for a cap-andtrade system, "electricity
rates would necessarily
skyrocket" and that if
"somebody wants to
build a coal-powered
plant, they can. It's just
that it will bankrupt
them."
These facts became
well known and contributed directly to the
smashing defeat of his
proposed cap-and-trade
legislation during his
first term, when it barely
squeaked the through the
House and was dead-onarrival in the Senate even
though Nancy Pelosi and
Harry Reid were running
the places.
Yet this week, the president had his EPA issue
the Clean Power Grab, a
1,560 page rule coercing
states to adopt precisely
the cap-and-trade policies he previously admitted required legislation
from Congress. They did
it with wildly creative
lawyering to twist the
Clean Air Act of 1970 into
a global warming law.
Longtime liberal Congressman John Dingell
said, "This is not what
was intended by the Congress and by those of who
wrote that legislation....
So we are beginning to
look at a wonderfully
complex world which has
the potential for shutting
down or slowing down
virtually all industry and
all economic activity and
growth."
The failed 2009 capand-trade bill called for a
20 percent reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions over 11 years and 42
percent reduction over 21
years. The Clean Power
Grab splits the difference,
requiring a 32 percent
reduction over 15 years.
Otherwise it is nearly
identical. The administration is simply acting as
if the law they wanted
passed.
If they succeed, it
would mean steeply higher electric bills and major
manufacturing job losses
for what, according to
conventional
climate
models, would avert less
than 0.02 degrees Celsius
of global warming by the
year 2100.
Can they get away with
it? There will certainly be
litigation, and President
Obama's own Harvard
law professor, liberal
legal giant Laurence
Tribe, has said of the
Clean Power Grab: "Burning the Constitution
should not become part
Phil Kerpen
of our national energy
policy."
But the recent history
of a related rule, and the
insidious structure of the
Clean Power Grab, suggest
that
President
Obama and the EPA may
succeed even if they ultimately lose in court.
In June, the Supreme
Court caught the EPA
failing to even consider
billions of dollars in
costs, and struck down
another expensive anticoal rule. The EPA's
response was a smug
press release saying the
illegal rule had already
accomplished its purpose: "EPA is disappointed that the Court did not
uphold the rule, but this
rule was issued more
than three years ago,
investments have been
made and most plants are
already well on their way
to compliance."
In those three years ,
the value of the country's
three largest publicly
traded coal companies
was crushed from $25 billion to just $1 billion.
That's 96 percent of the
wealth of a vital American industry already
wiped out.
The Clean Power Grab
similarly seeks to lock
itself in permanently,
even if eventually found
illegal, by coercing states
to do most of the dirty
work of enacting draconian caps on fossil fuel use
into state law. Those laws
would continue in effect
after the EPA rule is
struck down, and would
create permanent rentseeking corporate cronies
who benefit from emissions trading and renewables mandates that
would make the laws
almost impossible to
repeal.
All state leaders should
protect their citizens
from higher electricity
prices and job losses by
rejecting the Obama
administration's call to
submit a state plan. And
they should join the
effort to defeat the Clean
Power Grab in court, in
Congress, and at the ballot box.
Sales tax redistribution harmful
A lot of positive results
are coming out of Raleigh.
When the Republicans
took over state government, they inherited a
multi-billion dollar deficit.
With sound fiscal planning, North Carolina now
enjoys a multi-million dollar budget surplus, and the
tax and regulatory burdens
on our businesses and citizens have decreased.
However, a local sales tax
redistribution bill in the
state Senate is troubling.
This bill would redistribute
more of the local sales tax
proceeds from the counties
and cities where people
come to eat, shop and purchase goods to other North
Carolina counties. Proponents of this redistribution
of local sales tax submit
this is "fairer" to the poorer
counties that do not have
retail centers. This is kind
of a take from the rich and
give to the poor philosophy. But this ignores the
increased costs to our
county and cities in providing services for the
additional population traveling to make the purchases.
Under the latest version
of the state Senate sales tax
bill, it is estimated Catawba
County would lose over
$500,000.00 if the sales tax
base is not expanded. All
towns and cities in our
county would also experience lost revenue. And
while Catawba County and
our citizens are working
hard to recover from significant job losses, we are
not a large urban center
that can easily absorb this
significant revenue take
away.
This Senate bill to redistribute the local sales tax
makes no economic sense.
I have a friend who is a
county commissioner in
Vance County.Vance County is one of the 20 most
distressed counties in
North Carolina (a Tier I
county). Their property
tax base is about onefourth of ours here in
Catawba County. He tells
me his county might lose
money under this bill.
I applaud the General
Assembly for looking to
restructure, and reduce,
taxes in North Carolina.
However, I encourage our
leaders in Raleigh to develop a comprehensive plan
of revenue and incentives
that benefits all of our citizens. Property tax is the
overwhelming source of
revenue for local governments. To build this base
requires good economic
development. The idea,
and I submit this is true
with legislation that distributes economic incentives based upon rural vs.
urban, that certain funds
should be distributed
based on the wealth of the
county belies economic
reality, and is too one
dimensional. Rural and
urban counties rarely compete for the same business-
es, as the competition is
less intra, and more inter
state. This redistribution
of local sales taxes does not
address the underlying
question of building the
property tax base. This
Senate bill is an ad hoc
measure that simply creates winners and losers
among our citizens, and
does nothing to move our
state forward.
I encourage each of you
to contact our legislators to
express your disapproval
of this Senate bill. Governor McCrory has wisely
stated he will veto this bill.
I also encourage you to
contact the Governor's
office to support his veto.
Randy Isenhower
Chair, Catawba County Board of
Commissioners
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THE CHURCH
DIRECTORY
The following churches invite you to visit or
join them for worship or other services.
“Professional Prescription
Service Since 1974”
815 Fairgrove Church Rd., S.E.
Conover, NC 28613
Hwy. 150, Terrell 28682
478-2651
Authorized Prowler & Jayco
Camper Dealer
HUSS BAIL
BONDS INC.
2218 N. Main Ave.
Newton
464-2127
DINE IN/PICK UP/DELIVERY
NEWTON (114 N. College Ave.)
464-7833
Join us for our Daily Lunch Buffet
11 am - 2 pm
SAV-A-LOT HICKORY
Gene Keiger
Sales Manager
800 Hwy. 70
Hickory, NC 28602
Bus. 828-267-5700
Fax 828-304-0212
Mobile 704-400-4203
◆ Anglican Church
◆ Episcopal
St. Andrews Anglican Church
Holding Services at Calvary Baptist
Church, 201 South Main Ave.
Newton.
Services begin at 8:00 AM
Bishop Rick A. Reid, Rector
Phone number: 828-291-5631
Email: [email protected]
Web site:
http://standrewsnewton.weebly.com/
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
750 West 13th St., Newton
828-464-1876
Pastor: Rosa D. Erickson
Holy Eucharist: Sundays 9:30 a.m.,
and Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.
◆ Baptist Churches
Calvary Baptist Church
201 South Main Avenue, Newton
464-1631
Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.
Wednesday evening: 6:30 p.m.
R.A.’s, G.A.’s, Mission Friends,
Adult Bible Study and
Youth Night: 6-7:30 p.m.
◆
Calvary Chapel of Newton
Teaching Verse by Verse Through
God’s Word
612 S. College Ave., Newton
704-765-4183
Services: Saturdays at 5 p.m.
Sundays at 11 a.m. beginning
Nov. 1, 2015
Pastor: Mike Burner
more info at calvarync.com
◆
Newsome
Tire Service
1205 N. Main,
Newton
464-0511
East First Street Baptist Church
703 East First Street
Newton, NC 28658
(828) 514-4548
Pastor - Rev. Allen McCoy
Sunday School: 10:00 AM
Worship Service: 11:00 AM
Wednesday Activities
Prayer Service: 6:30 PM
◆
First Baptist Church
206 S. Depot St., Claremont
459-7110
Reverend Dennis J. Richards, Sr. D. Min.
Worship Service: 11:00 AM & 7:00 PM
Mid Week: Wednesday 7:00 PM with
R.A’s, G.A.’s & ACTEENS
◆
Mt. Anderson Baptist Church
4818 Hwy. 16 South, Maiden
465-2680
Rev. Don Cline
Disciple Training: 6:30 PM
Wednesday: 7:00 PM
◆
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Your
Business
Here
Call Cindy
828-464-0221
33 N. College Ave.
Newton -- 464-1222
Sigmon’s Painting
And Wallcovering
•Residential •Business •Churches
Phone: (828) 322-4505
(800) 322-4506
Fax: (828) 322-2669; (800) 977-9494
TERRELL
CAMPING CENTER
WALKER’S
PHARMACY
North Newton Baptist Church
(a Southern Baptist Church)
316 West 21st St., Newton
464-5849
Pastor, Dr. Tom Early
Worship Service: 11:00 AM & 6:30 PM
Wednesday Prayer Service 6:30 PM
[email protected]
◆ Inter-Denominational
Covenant Christian Church
2968 Hughey Drive
(Off US Hwy 70 West - Between
Conover & Hickory)
464-5074
Rev. Don & Helen Bledsoe, Pastors
Rev. Ron & Katie Carson, Assoc. Pastors
Joyce Robinson, Minister of Music
Morning Worship: 11:00 AM
Mid Week: Wednesday 7:00 PM
◆ Lutheran Churches
Beth Eden Lutheran Church
400 North Main Avenue, Newton
464-3331
Worship Service: 8:15 & 10:30 AM
www.bethedenlutheran.org
◆
Concordia Evangelical
Lutheran Church
216 5th Ave., SE, Conover
464-3324
Pastor A. Mark Schudde
Worship Times:
8:00 AM – Traditional
10:30 AM – Traditional
10:45 AM – Contemporary Praise in
the Family Life Center at
Concordia School
Sunday School, Youth and Adult
Bible Studies 9:15 AM
The community is invited and is
welcome to join us in worship.
◆
Faith Evangelical Lutheran
Church
439 7th St. Pl. SW, Conover
464-3804
Sunday Morning Service: 10:30 AM
◆
Immanuel Lutheran Church- Mo Synod
2448 Emmanuel Church Road
Conover, NC 28613
464-4050
Pastor Rudy DeRosa
Sunday School 9:00 am
Worship Service 10:00 am
Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday
◆ Lutheran Churches
◆ Pentecostal Churches
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church (LCMS)
2103 Mt. Olive Church Rd., Newton
464-2407
web site: www.mtolivenewton.org
email: [email protected]
Facebook: mtolivenewton.org/facebook
Reverend Ralph Abernethy, III, Pastor
Sunday School: 9 AM
Sunday Morning Service: 10:00 AM
Wednesday Night Bible Study: 6:30 PM
Midweek service on Wednesday
evenings at 6:15 PM each week, and
the second Wednesday of the month,
we meet at 12 noon.
Living Word Church
Business Highway 321 South,
Maiden
Office: 828-428-2351
Fax: 828-428-9639
E-mail: [email protected]
Website:www.livingwordnc.net
Senior Pastor: Rick Haug
Associate Pastor
Brennan Travis
Services:
Sunday
Sunday School 9:30 AM
Worship 10:30 AM
Evening Service 6:00 PM
Sunday
Rangers 6:00 PM
Wednesday
Choir practice 7:00 PM
“Ignite” student ministry (ages 11+)
7:00 PM
WOW kids 7:00 PM
Call or visit our Website for other
services and events.
Full Gospel - Spirit Filled
◆
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church (ELCA)
4420 County Home Road
Conover, North Carolina 28613
(828) 256-2123
Service Schedule
Sunday School - 9:30 to 10:15 AM
Worship - 10:30AM
◆
St. James Lutheran Church
1942 St. James Church Road
Newton, North Carolina 28658
(828) 464-1953 Church Office
(828) 465-2084 Fax
www.stjameslutherannewton.com
email:[email protected]
◆
St. John’s Lutheran Church,
Missouri Synod
2126 St. John’s Church Rd, Conover
464-4071
Senior Pastor Scott D. Johnson
Pastor Anton Lagoutine
(Nursery thru Adult)
◆
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
214 W. Main St.
Maiden, NC 28650
(828) 428-8527
◆ Methodist Churches
First United Methodist Church
Conover
Rev. Dr. Gary Royals
464-4635
Sunday Worship Services:
Contemporary: 8:45 AM
Traditional: 11:00 AM
Sunday School: 10 AM
Located at Intersection of County
Home Road and Highway 16
Open Hearts
Open Minds Open Doors
To List
Your
Church
On This
Directory,
Call
464-0221
◆ Presbyterian Churches
First Presbyterian Church
701 N. Main Ave, Newton • 464-0648
Sr. Pastor Reverand Steven Barnes
Worship Schedule
Sunday Youth Groups: 6:00 PM
www.fpcnewton.org
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Wishing you the best
in your worship this week
CARPENTER
REALTY &
AUCTION CO.
701 East 1st Street
Conover
464-2342
MEDICAP
PHARMACY®
“We’ll Always Make Time For You”
828-464-4491
203 1st St. East - Conover
Ron Harwell, R. Ph./Owner-Manager
MAUNEY
INSURANCE
AGENCY
Insurance & Real Estate
◆
New Vision Church (PCUSA)
Changing Your Idea of Church
a multi-ethnic congregation
Worship: 10:00 am
Classes: 11:30 am
502 Thornburg Dr. NE, Conover
www.NewVisionConover.com
(828) 464-1330
528 E Main St., Maiden
428-8231
McCreary
Modern
Employee Owned
For employment
opportunities call
464-6465
2564 Highway 321 S. • Newton, NC
◆ United Church of Christ
Grace United Church of Christ
117 East J Street, Newton
1/2 mi. south of the Newton Square
between Brady and College Aves.
464-4421
Rev. Ryan Brakemeyer
[email protected]
Worship: 11:00 AM
www.graceuccnewton.org
◆
Trinity Reformed United Church of
Christ
217 Second Avenue NE
Conover, NC 28613
Across the street from Conover City
Park and Post Office
Reverend Peggy J. Stout
Pastor • 828-464-8226
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.trinitytoday.org
Sunday School: 9:15AM
Celebration Contemporary Worship
Service: 8:30 AM
Worship: 10:30AM
Fellowship Time: 11:30AM
“To Serve and Honor Christ”
CATAWBA REALTY &
INSURANCE CO., INC.
464-3829
West A Street, Newton
Terry Misenheimer - Les Killian
Bill Powell
DIANNE’S
DAIRY CENTER
1712 N. Main Ave.
Newton
464-8460
LITTLE PIGS
BARBEQUE
1904 N. Main Ave.
Newton -- 464-6293
(828) 464-0221
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RELIGION
Aug. 8
Benefit Breakfast
The Baptist Men at First
Baptist Church in Newton
will be having a breakfast
fundraiser on Saturday,
August 8, 2015, 7 to 10 a.m.
to benefit the Appalachian
Backpack Ministry. A full
breakfast menu will be
available in the Family Life
Building. Take-outs available. The cost is adults, $7,
children, $3. First Baptist
Church in located at 501
Northwest Boulevard, Newton (Corner of Business 321
& West Sixth St.) For more
info, call 828-464-0952.
Aug 9.
Dr. Seuss’Gospel
First United Methodist
Church in Newton is hosting a fun and different way
of looking at our faith. We
hope you'll join us for a new
sermon series that will use
some of Dr. Seuss' most
popular books to explore
the teachings of the Bible.
Many of us grew up reading
or having Dr. Seuss books
read to us. These books are
full of color, rhymes and
made up words. And they
also deal with some of the
basic issues of life in a
delightful way. So whether
you are old or young, let's
join together to see what we
can learn about the Gospel
and Dr. Seuss.
August
9
Oh, The Places You'll Go
August
16
Green Eggs and Ham
August
23
Horton Hears a Who
Please join us for worship at one of our three
services:
8:30am Informal
worship in the sanctuary
9:00am Contemporary service
Fellowship Hall
(entrance
off of Ashe Ave.)
11:00am Formal worship in the sanctuary
Nursery is provided during all worship services.
Aug. 6
Blood drive
Blood drive to be given
at Mt. Olive Lutheran
church, located on Hwy. 10
East and Mt. Olive Church
Rd.in Newton.he Bloodmobile will be at Mt. Olive on
Thursday, August 6th, 2 to
TO SUBMIT CHURCH INFORMATION, E-MAIL [email protected] OR FAX YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT
TO (828) 464-1267. YOU CAN ALSO DROP YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE NEWSPAPER’S OFFICE AT 309 N. COLLEGE
AVE., NEWTON, N.C. 28658 OR MAIL THEM BY SENDING THEM TO P.O. DRAWER 48, NEWTON, N.C. 28658.
Church Events
6:30pm. Make plans to
come out and give the Gift
of Life.
August 15
Memorial Service
The life of Jacob F. Blackburn, a Catawba County
native and a World War II
veteran, will be celebrated
in a memorial service Aug.
15 at Wesley Chapel United
Methodist Church, which
his family has attended for
many years. Mr. Blackburn
died Oct. 10, 2014, in Falmouth, Mass., where he had
lived for the past few years.
He was 95.
Born in the Blackburn
community on Nov. 27,
1918, to Julius Walter Blackburn and Lottie Mae Lael
Blackburn, he was the oldest of the family’s children
and one of three sons who
lived to adulthood. He is
survived by one brother,
Asa D. Blackburn, who lives
in the Blackburn community with his wife, Betty C.
Blackburn. His other brother, Thomas H. Blackburn of
Hickory, a longtime faculty
member at Lenoir-Rhyne
College (now University),
died in 1996.
The service at 11 a.m.
Aug. 15 will be led by the
Rev. David McHale, pastor
at Wesley Chapel. Burial
will be in the Wesley Chapel
cemetery. The church is at
2613 Wesley Chapel Road,
Newton.
August 30
Mass Service
Bethel Lutheran Church
of Claremont, NC will be
holding its first annual
“Mass on the Grass ” on
Sunday, August 30 at 10:30
am. Sunday School and
Bible classes will precede
the single worship service
for the fifth Sunday at 9:15
am. Everyone is encouraged to bring lawn chairs
and dress appropriately.
Following the worship
service, a cook-out will be
held with hamburgers and
hot dogs, some sides and
homemade ice cream.
Games will be organized
among children, youth and
adults. There will be a softball
game
between
“younger” and “older”
church members. Everything but the softball game
will be held in the Family
Life Center in case of
inclement weather.
On Going Events
Bible Class
Servces are held at 10:00
am, Sunday School and
Bible Class at 9:00 am The
third Tuesday of each
month we get together for
prayer service. Tuesday
night Bible Study each
week at 6:30 pm. Wednesday servie at 6:15 pm. The
third Sunday of each
month we have Christain
fellowship and enjoy a covered dish meal.. Vistors are
always welcomed to join
our services and activites.
Sunday Service
The people at Mt. Olive
Lutheran Church, located
on Hwy. 10 East and Mt.
Olive Church Rd.in Newton,
extend you a warm welcome in the name of our
crucified and risen Savior,
Jesus Christ. We would be
happy to have you worship
with us,as together we gather in the name of the Triune
God who has created,
redeemed and sanctified us.
Our worship at Mt. Olive is
liturgical. We follow an
order of worship drawn
largely from God’s Holy
Word, the Bible. To learn
more about our church and
teachings, check out our
website at www.mtolivenewton.org. Also, check us
out
on
Facebook:
www.mtolivenewton.org/fa
cebook. Mt. Olive’s sermons are now on line at
www.mtolivenewton.org.
OUR DIVINE SERVICES
are held at 10:00am, Sunday
school and Bible Class at
9:00am. The sermon title on
for this coming Sunday
morning, The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost,is “Satisfaction” taken from the
Holy Gospel Reading: St.
Mark 6:30-44.
THE THIRD TUESDAY of
each month we get-together
for prayer service.
WE HAVE Tuesday Night
Bible Study each week at
6:30.
THE THIRD SUNDAY OF
EACH MONTH we enjoy a
covered dish meal and
Christian fellowship following the Divine Service.
VISITORS are always welcomed to join us for any of
our services or activities.
Because Thou Knewest Not The Time Of Thy Visitation
Luke xix.41.
Rev. Rick Reid
In our Gospel reading this week, Jesus
wept and said as he approached
Jerusalem: “If you, had only known on
this day, what would bring you peace,
but now it is hidden from your eyes. The
days will come when your enemies will
build an embankment against you and
encircle you and hem you in on every
side. They will dash you to the ground,
you and the children within your walls.
They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the
time of God’s coming to you.”When
Jesus entered the temple courts, he
began to drive out those who were selling. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My
house will be a house of prayer’; but you
have made it ‘a den of thieves.
Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of
the law and the leaders among the people were plotting to kill him. Jesus was
now approaching Jerusalem for the last
time, just before His death. It was on
Palm Sunday, as He rode from Bethany
with rejoicing crowds, and then at the
turn of the hill on the Mount of Olives,
he came suddenly in sight of Jerusalem,
St Luke’s Gospel account says: He beheld
the city, and wept over it. To the casual
observer everything looked like all was
well in the city. It was peaceful, full of
festivities, and the people were rejoicing.
But it was a false peace, and not to
last. In the words of Baruch, who was a
protégé of the prophet Jeremiah: “Thou
hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
For if thou hadst walked in the way of
God, thou shouldest have dwelled in
peace forever.” Baruch 3:12-13
Very prophetic words: For if thou
hadst walked in the way of God, thou
shouldest have dwelled in peace forever.” Now to them the day of peace was
forever over and gone: and the signs of
this were already approaching, for war
and destruction of the most terrible
kind…which the world has ever witnessed, was in forty years to overwhelm
them.
He wept,” not for His own
approaching suffering, which He so also
foresaw, but for them who would one
day also suffer pain and despair: For
the days shall come upon thee, that
thine enemies shall cast a trench about
thee, and compass thee round, and keep
thee in on every side, and shall lay thee
even with. the ground, and thy children
within thee; and they shall not leave in
thee one stone upon another. What an
awful figure of that inevitable ruin
which was to come, casting a trench
around the city on every side, as a net
from which there is no escape. “Thy
children within thee, no stone remaining!” All thine earthly hopes gone, no
trace left!
In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus foretold of the
events surrounding the destruction of
Jerusalem by the Roman army in the
year 70 AD, just 40 years later.Because
thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. These are remarkable words, “the
time of thy visitation,” and “because
thou knewest it not.”
There is a day in which God visits
every person, every Church, and every
individual soul. It was this for which the
warning voice of John the Baptist had
been sent, saying, “Now is the axe laid
unto the root of the trees,” and “repent
ye, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at
hand.” This was the day of their visitation.
Moreover, there is an imminent danger lest it be not known; that it should
come and go, and not be felt or understood, because our eyes are closed by sin
while it is with us; and that it should
have gone by, like the harvest and the
summer ended, but never again to
return. But now they are hid from thine
eyes.” It is this want of knowledge which
is twice spoken of in our Lord’s appeal,
“if thou hadst known in thy day the
things of thy peace;
“and again, “because thou knewest
not the time of thy visitation.” And a
circumstance which Jesus mentions
immediately after, gives us strong and
lively evidence how it was that they
knew not the things of their peace, and
the day of their visitation; It was
because the love of the world and the
business of the world occupied and profaned the temple where God alone
dwells.
So it is with the soul; which knows not
the things of its peace. On beholding the
city He wept; And, on entering
Jerusalem, He went into the temple, and
began to cast out them that sold therein,
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and them that bought, saying unto
them,
It is written, My house is the house of
prayer; but ye have made it a den of
thieves. Now we are taught by this, what
great reverence is due to that holy place
wherein God has placed His Name; that
the evil world is not to enter there; there
is to be there no buying and selling;
nothing that partakes of the spirit of
this world; no thoughts of covetousness,
or business; but all is to be holy, full of
veneration, awe, and peace; that God
may be worshipped in spirit, and in
truth.
We as Christians are so often in the
Scriptures, said to be the temple of God,
being such, we should keep ourselves
holy, as the house of prayer; that nothing should be admitted within us which
would impair or take the place of our
constant communion with God; because
we are called upon to love God with all
our heart, soul and mind, so nothing of
this world should find an entrance into
our heart, wherein God dwells.
Faith, hope, and charity are the things
which should dwell in our inner hearts,
and should not be like those who are of
this world.
We need to know the things which
bring us peace and salvation, to know
these things, is to know the time of our
visitation; that Christ may not be weep-
ing over us while we are rejoicing, and
we know it not. When Christ had driven
out the buyers and sellers, He taught
daily in the temple. So it is the same
with us; If we cast out from the heart
whatever is unclean, to include worldly
thoughts and desires, and remain in
constant communion with God, then He
will “daily teach us.”
He will open our eyes to the wonderful things of His love. He will allow us to
know the things which belong, unto our
peace. He Himself in our heart will sit as
a teacher, instructing us daily, so that
day after day and night after night we
shall come to a greater knowledge of
Him.
The other term,“the day of visitation,”
can be a time of fear and alarm, but to
us Christians it is a time of love and celebration; For it is the day when God visits us, and is therefore called “the day of
salvation.”For how does He visit us? It is
with thoughts of repentance, with
desires to pray, and to serve Him better
than we have ever done. And when He
gives us these thoughts and desires, He
gives us likewise, the power to fulfill
them.
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both now and ever. Amen
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EUGENIA LAST
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Save your breath. critical or negative people are best avoided if you
Getting into a battle of wills with someone who want to get ahead.
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NEA BRIDGE
PHILLIP ALDER
WHEN YOU NEED 13, COUNT TO 13
The first sentence of George Orwell’s “1984” is,“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking
13.”
Typically, when you are in a suit contract, you first count your losers. But when you reach a grand slam, there is
little point in that — you cannot afford any. Instead, try to find 13 winners.
In this deal, for example, how should South play in seven spades after West leads the heart king?
In this auction, North’s response of three no-trump showed four or more spades and game-forcing values. (He
had added value for his doubletons. His hand had seven losers, three spades, one heart and three clubs, which
also made it worth game.) After South control-bid (cue-bid) his club ace to suggest a slam, North took over
with two doses of Roman Key Card Blackwood, learning that his partner had the spade ace-king and club ace
(five diamonds) and the spade queen (six spades) but no side-suit king. Yes, bidding seven spades was crazy!
South must take these 13 tricks: five spades, one heart, four diamonds, one club and two heart ruffs in the
dummy.
After winning with dummy’s heart ace, declarer draws one round of trumps to get the bad news. Then he plays
off dummy’s diamond winners, returns to his hand with a trump, discards the heart five on his diamond
queen, ruffs a heart in the dummy, plays a club to his ace, trumps his last heart, ruffs a club, draws trumps, and
claims. Brilliant!
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3135 35th St
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28601
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Tillman
CONTINUED FROM 10
Football League (fumbles were
officially recorded as a statistic in
1994).
Tillman, who goes by the nickname “Peanut” because of his size
and shape as a baby,compares his
punching style on the gridiron to
that of a professional boxer.
“They might throw 700 punches, but out of the 700, they might
only land 400,” Tillman said.“The
more punches I throw, the more
likely the ball will come out.
You’ve just got to make a fist and
punch it. Sometimes you miss.
Sometimes you get lucky and the
ball comes out.”
Those misses can sometimes
hurt, and Tillman admits he’s
struck his share of helmets and
arms instead of footballs while
attempting the maneuver.
However, the biggest risk of
Tillman’s punches are missed
tackles and giving up big plays.
“Sometimes you have to make
a really good tackle and make the
punch go away,” he said. “You
have to make sure you get the guy
on the ground.”
When asked if he practices the
art of punching out the football,
Tillman said there’s no such
thing.
“I just punch,” he said. “There
is no film study. If I see what I feel
is a vulnerable spot — an area of
weakness by the ball carrier — I
just punch it, and it keeps coming
out.”
As for his approach on the
field, Tillman believes the secondary is key for any team’s
defense, especially Carolina’s.
“Defensively, we like to ‘drive
the bus from the rear,’” he said.
“We can’t give up mistakes.When
we do make mistakes, they result
in touchdowns. Our mistakes are
costly. We are the ‘garbage men.’
We pick up for everything and
for everybody.”
The play of that secondary,
though, hinges on the defensive
line’s play and vice versa, Tillman
said.
“The secondary and the front
four are a marriage,” he said.
“They are a husband and a wife.
We go hand in hand. If my front
four is terrible, that means I have
cover longer and the quarterback
has more time to throw the ball
or has more time to sit in that
pocket. If they defensive backs
are terrible, it’s not giving our dline enough time to get to the
quarterback. The better the front
four, the better the back four.”
Also helping the secondary is
the play of linebackers like the
Panthers’ Luke Kuechly, who
Tillman said is “the same, if not
better” than former Bears linebacker and teammate Brian
Urlacher.
“Brian obviously was really
great in his prime,” Tillman said.
“‘Father Time’ catches up to us
all.Right now,Luke is very young,
very active, very explosive, very
fast. He’s got a lot of power and a
lot of speed. He reminds me a lot
of Brian back in the ‘03,‘04,‘05,‘06
era. One of the main reasons I
came here was not just because of
Luke, but because of our defense
as a whole. I liked what these
guys were doing. I was always on
a good defense in Chicago for the
most of my time there. The
defense was what really pulled
me to come to Carolina.”
Signing with Carolina on April
9, the Chicago native Tillman has
already made a new home, estab-
lishing his veteran presence with
the Panthers.
While any other veteran player
would normally be afraid to lose
his spot to a younger athlete,
Tillman has embraced giving
back to his teammates.
“I don’t want to be here if I’m
keeping secrets,” he said.“I’m not
here just to try to better myself.
I’m here to try to better this team.
I’m just one-eleventh of this
defense. Everybody on this team
— offense, defense, special
teams — all have one common
goal, and that’s to win a Super
Bowl. If me giving this guy a tip
can help make us better in a
game, I did my part and he did
his part for listening. That made
us better — the both of us. It
made our team better.”
Carolina head coach Ron
Rivera expects nothing less from
the former Chicago Bear standout and Walter Payton Man of the
Year recipient.
“That’s who Charles is,” Rivera
said. “I was fortunate enough to
have coached Charles when I was
in Chicago. He picked up right
where he left off.”
‘King of Road’ Gordon says goodbye to road racing
BY JOHN KEKIS
AP SPORTS WRITER
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — It’s been nearly
two decades since Jeff Gordon won his
first Sprint Cup road race. He has one
more chance to add to his legacy on the
two twisting courses NASCAR visits each
year.
A five-time winner at Sonoma and fourtime winner at Watkins Glen
International, Gordon is NASCAR’s leader
in road course wins heading into Sunday’s
Sprint Cup race at The Glen.
Another would make it a perfect 10 — it
would be the first victory of his final season and, more importantly, pretty much
secure a spot in the 10-race Chase for the
series title. Drivers with at least one win
and in the top 30 in points are virtually
assured of a spot in the field of 16. So far
this season, there have been 11 winners,
though one of them, Kyle Busch, remains
13 points outside the cutoff.
Gordon sits 10th in points and in a comfortable position with five races to go
before the Chase.
“There are no guarantees unless you get
that win. That win means so much,”
Gordon said Friday before going out and
pacing the second Sprint Cup practice, the
memory of his crash at Indianapolis two
weeks ago a stark reminder of how quickly
a big advantage in points can vanish. “It’s
important for us, if we can’t win this race,
to be really solid, get a good solid finish.”
What is most impressive about Gordon’s
nine road course wins is that the first six
were in succession,starting at Watkins Glen
in 1997 and ending here three years later.
“That’s incredibly amazing,” said Rusty
Wallace, who finished his Cup career with
six road wins.“I can’t believe anybody did
that, but he did. You get on a roll, man.”
“It’s pretty remarkable,” added NASCAR
icon Richard Petty, also a six-time road
course winner. “That was a crowning deal
as far as road racing is concerned.”
The streak might have reached seven,
but a hard-charging Gordon, who was
inside the top five early in the 2000 race at
The Glen, was involved in a wreck with
Tony Stewart while speeding up through
the esses and never was a factor. Their
post-race confrontation in the garage
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Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet, practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen International on Friday in
Watkins Glen, N.Y. This will be Gordon’s final road course race of his career. He is a five-time winner at Sonoma and four-time winner at Watkins Glen.
Ward family filed a wrongful death lawsuit
afterward remains one of the signature just past the midpoint spoiled his day.
In 2007, Gordon had the lead with two against Stewart, another hurdle in what
moments since the Cup series began raclaps to go with Stewart pressing and spun has been a season without much hope
ing regularly at Watkins Glen in 1986.
“We were really on top of our game at out entering the first turn, handing until recently. Stewart qualified well at
Indianapolis two weeks ago and ran OK
that time,” said Gordon, who credited crew Stewart an unexpected victory.
“We’ve had great performances that until pit strategy ruined his chance at a
chief Ray Evernham for much of that success.“Early on, I just remember wanting to didn’t show up in the stats,” the four-time good finish, and last week at Pocono he
take on every challenge as a team, to Cup champion said. “I think when you qualified well again but ran out of fuel at
improve to be a bigger threat to the cham- look at the drivers and teams — who’s at the end and finished ninth.
A moment of silence for Ward is
pionship. We worked hard at it, and that the top of the list — I think if you can add
hard work paid off. Back then, you had to a road course win to it, it puts you in an planned Saturday at Canandaigua
Motorsports Park and the anniversary of
try to be good everywhere because every elite group.”
Stewart, second to Gordon with seven his death is race day on Sunday. The threetrack mattered. It was something that we
pursued heavily. I enjoyed it, even though road course wins, is back at Watkins Glen time NASCAR champion, who has a record
after missing the previous two Cup races five wins at Watkins Glen, hasn’t won in 62
I didn’t grow up road racing.”
Gordon hasn’t won here since 2001 and at the track in the Finger Lakes of upstate races, a streak that dates to Dover in June
has not triumphed at either road course New York. He was nursing a broken right 2013, before he broke the leg.
He’ll try to focus on ending that streak.
NASCAR races at since a win at Sonoma in leg two years ago and sat out last year’s
race after the sprint car he was driving in It won’t be easy.
2006.
“I’m trying to not think about it,”
It’s not as if Gordon hasn’t had his a race at nearby Canandaigua struck and
chances. He won the pole here a year ago, killed 20-year-old driver Kevin Ward Jr. on Stewart said at a midweek appearance in
besting road race ace Marcos Ambrose for Aug. 9, 2014, the night before Stewart was Texas. “The easiest way to move forward
and not linger on the tragedy is to put
the top spot, and led nearly a third of the scheduled to race at Watkins Glen.
On Friday, attorneys representing the together a strong weekend on the track.”
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Prep football teams around Catawba
County, including the Newton-Conover
Red Devils, were on the practice field
Friday for the first official day of
contact, which is set by the North
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Carolina Panthers defensive back
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13th year in the NFL. The former
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knack for packing a punch, and he’s
hoping to provide a veteran presence
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“I don’t possess that hard-hitting capability like (Panther
linebackers) Luke (Kuechly) or TD (Thomas Davis),” Tillman
said. “I’m not really good at separating the man from the
ball. So, I just figure why not just punch it out? I just try to
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