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WEEKEND EDITION, JAN 30-FEB 1, 2016
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Longtime politician dies unexpectedly
There’s More
Than Weather
He was part of a political dynasty
JUST KIDDING — AGAIN
BY SYLVIA RAY
unexpectedly
late
Wednesday.
Abernethy
was
reportedly
stricken
with a coronary attack
while driving with his
wife through Georgia,
traveling between the
couple’s winter residence in Florida and
their home here.
Initial reports indicate emergency med-
O-N-E CONTRIBUTOR
Joseph
Michael
“Mike” Abernethy, a
former county commission chairman and
Newton
municipal
alderman and a member of one of Catawba
County’s leading political families of the mid20th century, died
Sylvia K. Ray
We can count the weather
woes and wonder where’s Al
Gore when we need him?”
After I drove home from Salisbury in the hardest rain ever, it
then snowed and snowed and all
we scaredy cats holed up like
hermits and waited and waited.
Next, Newtonians got a kick in
the posterior when a major
water main burst and we ended
up boiling kettle after kettleful
for everything from brushing
the toofies to making the obligatory suppertime pitcher of iced
tea.
We could swap angry and/or
desolate thoughts about outcomes of those Mother Nature
crises. We could say it is a shortsighted error to assume the tragic shooting death of a young
local man by another young local
man over a stuck-in-the-snow
incident is one-dimensional. It is
ical workers attempted
to save the Newton
native, members of his
family were called, but
he was pronounced
dead in a hospital—
possibly in Brunswick,
GA, on the coast near
Sea Island.
According to one of
his sons, John Miles
Abernethy II of Winston-Salem, the family
is making funeral
plans, which will be
announced next week.
A memorial service
may be held Sunday,
Feb. 7, at Newton First
Presbyterian Church
where he and his second wife, the former
Marie Huffman, are
members.
See ABERNETHY, Page 3
Full ‘STEAM’ Ahead
Students engaging in learning
BY MICHELLE T. BERNARD
O-N-E REPORTER
Students at Balls Creek
Elementary School have
found a way to put ‘fun’ in
fundamental learning.
The students have weekly access to the new
“STEAM” Lab.
“STEAM”, which stands
for science, technology, engineering, arts and math, was
started this year and has a
full-time teacher, Stephanie
Eddings.
On Fridays, the fourth,
fifth and sixth grade students have club sessions
where they are able to
choose what curriculum
they want to take part in.
This past Friday, they were
learning about electricity –
specifically how to build a
battery powered lamp with
an on and off switch.
“I love that the children
See STEAM, Page 3
See SYLVIA, Page 2
Hickory man arrested
on drug charges
FROM O-N-E REPORTS
A Hickory man who
was a target of a countywide drug round-up in
December was tracked
down and arrested Friday by the Catawba
County Sheriff’s office.
Christopher Rashad
Gibbs, 30, of St. Stephens
Mobile Home Park located off of Springs Road in
Hickory, was arrested
after a tip lead investigators to the mobile home
park.
“We received very
good information saying
a target we were looking
for was hiding out in the
trailer park,” said Cataw-
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828-464-0131
ba County Sheriff’s Narcotics and Vice Unit Lt.
Jason Reid.
Reid said once investigators were able to make
a positive identification
of Gibbs, they set up on
the trailer he was occupying until he exited.
He was arrested without any resistance.
“(Gibbs) was very
cooperative,” Reid said.
Gibbs is charged with
four counts of trafficking
heroin, two counts of
possession with intent to
sell and deliver heroin,
two counts sell/deliver
heroin, one count possession with intent to sell
and deliver oxy pills, one
count sell/deliver oxy
pills, two counts felony
maintain a dwelling, one
count of selling a controlled substance within
1,000 ft of a school.
“We are seeing a rise of
heroin and meth, so anytime to can apprehend
someone distributing
either one of those drugs,
it helps not only (law
enforcement), but also
the community,” Reid
said.
Gibbs has a bond
amount of $511,000.
Gibbs’ first
county
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appearance is scheduled
for Feb. 1.
Christopher Gibbs was arrested as part of Operation 110%
Newton seeks ideas with community meetings
BY CIGI SPARKS
O-N-E REPORTER
The City of Newton welcomes your ideas.
As 2016 picks up to full speed,the city of Newton is gaining momentum as well.
This week, the city began holding “community meetings” at various locations throughout the community to
given citizens the chance to familiarize themselves with
upcoming projects in Newton and to talk about what they
want to see in their city, as well as express any concerns
they might have.
The meetings drew in about 50 citizens all together this
week – with about 20 attending at both the Monday and
Wednesday meetings and about 10 attending the Thursday
meeting.
Newton Mayor Anne P. Stedman and city leaders facili-
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tated the meetings.Discussion topics included streetscape,
funding sources, asset management, strategic property
purchases, expansion of water and sewer service, development of Danner Industrial Park and more, according to a
press release on the events.
Major Pro Tem John Stiver and Newton City Councilmen Jody Dixon and Jerry Hodge were in attendance at the
Thursday meeting as well as many city officials.
“There are a lot of parts – a lot of puzzle pieces to the
puzzle that is our city and making this city a better place,”
Hodge said.
“We all have a visual – you guys have a vision, we have
a vision – and for the most part, we all know what we want
it to look like in the future – we want Newton to grow
responsibly and we want it to be the best it can be,” Dixon
See MEETING, Page 3
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please see PAGE 2
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and understanding
Obituaries
Stanley “Mark” Connor
Conover- Stanley “Mark”
Connor, 56, of Conover
passed away on Thursday,
January28, 2016 at Carolinas
Medical Center in Charlotte.
He was born February 8,
1959 in Catawba County to
the late Charles Franklin
Connor Jr. and Alice Faye
Travis Tucker. Mark was a
member of First United
Methodist Church in Conover, Catawba Masonic Lodge
#248, a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College and he enjoyed
golfing and fishing.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by
a great nephew, Luke Sigmon.
Those left to cherish his memory are;
His wife of 28 years: Holly Hamilton Connor of the
home
Son: Landon Travis Connor and fiancé Lauren Donahue of Norfolk, VA
Daughter: Crystin Connor of Conover
Brothers: Charles Franklin Connor, III and wife Edie of
Catawba, Monte Connor of Catawba, Eric Connor and
wife Kim of Claremont, Tracy Connor and wife Julie of
Claremont
Sister: Kimberly Little and husband Brad of Claremont
Grandchildren: Camryn, Connor, Alex and Jobe
Many Nieces and Nephews
A service to celebrate Mark’s life will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at First United
Methodist Church in Conover. Rev. Gary Royals, and Rev.
Mickey Moree will officiate. Burial will follow at Catawba
Memorial Park in Hickory.The family will receive friends
on Sunday, January 31, 2016 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. at
First United Methodist Church. Those serving as pallbearers are; Travis Connor, Charles Franklin Connor III,
Monte Connor, Charles Franklin Connor IV, Brad Little,
Graham Hauss, Todd Medlin and Wayne Simanovich.
Memorials may be made to Catawba Medical Foundation, 810 Fairgrove Church Rd., Hickory, NC 28602 or
Team Luke Scholarship, c/o St. Mark’s Pre-School Program, P.O. Box 550, Claremont, NC 28610
Condolences may be sent to the Connor family at
www.bennettfuneralservice.com
The Connor family is in the care of Bennett Funeral
Service of Conover, 828-465-2111
Ramtajah Singh
Claremont- Ramtajah Singh, 63 of Claremont died
Thursday, January 21st, 2016 at Catawba Valley Medical
Center. Born May 1st, 1952.
The funeral will be 1:00 pm Saturday, January 30th,
2016 at Resurrection Church Hickory.
The family will receive friends from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Saturday, January 30th, 2016 at Resurrection Church
Hickory.
The Singh family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Newton 828464-1555.
Newton’s Senior
Citizens Sweetheart
Dance is Feb. 11
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NEWTON,
N.C.—
There’s sure to be love in
the air at Newton’s annual
Senior Citizens Sweetheart
Dance.
The Newton Parks and
Recreation Department
will host the dance for
sweethearts 55 and older
from 7-10 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 11, on the lower level
of the Newton Recreation
Department.
Live entertainment will
be provided by variety
band Billy Rose. Soft
drinks will be provided.Attendees are asked to bring
finger foods to share.
Tickets will be $8 at the
door. No advance tickets
will be sold.
For more information,
please call the Newton
Recreation Department at
828-695-4317 or visit
www.newtonnc.gov.
ASPCA makes huge
seizure of 600 animals
from no-kill shelter
MARTHA WAGGONER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The ASPCA is carrying out one
of the largest rescues in the organization's 150-year history, seizing 600 dogs, cats, horses and other animals from a
no-kill shelter in North Carolina.
It's a massive operation about an hour southwest of
Raleigh, where about 300 dogs arrived Thursday night
and more of the animals are on their way.
The animals had been held at a private shelter called
The Haven-Friends for Life, managed by Stephen Joseph
and Linden Spear, who appeared in court Thursday on
animal cruelty charges. A friend says the couple has performed a tremendous service over the years.
But a state inspection found the animals had inadequate water and medical care, and the shelter had not had
a state license for more than 10 years
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Sylvia
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blind not to realize either drug use
or alcohol abuse played a factor in
the senseless shooting—which even
may have been affected by the graphic entertainment we nowadays view.
Just as we might share thoughts
about how short-sighted it can make
the controversial decision by municipality officials to emphasize attractiveness as a greater need for development-business luring than mundane needs like fixing potholes and
spending those big bucks to update
the aged infrastructure, i.e., potholes
in the streets.
But let’s approach what may well
be a WARM, sunny weekend and start
with your allowing me to hand out a
few “well done” accolades to several
folks. Let’s do that.
Such as: I phoned Alex Frick, Newton’s public information officer, late
Wednesday to compliment him on
the informative robo phone calls that
went out to the city’s citizens that day
about the dangers of drinking tap
water until tests for purity could be
taken after the water line repair.
Again, I was so impressed by the
good citizenship of the city’s downtown grocer, “Cotton” Young, at
Honey’s. He hurriedly acquired a big
supply of bottled water and began
giving it to local residents, not for
praise but as something he had the
contacts to achieve. That’s what I call
being a good businessman.
Ditto on the good citizenship accolade for my life-long friend Newton
accountant Mike Sherrill. The O-N-E
just a few days ago had an article
about Mike’s longest-running weekly
jazz radio show. He’s been on the air
with his beloved music at WNNC
here for no less than 37 years. His
Sunday night program is my kind of
music and the performers are among
the favorites of zillions of us who are
turned off by some contemporary
“artists”—what a misnomer!
It would not do to also fail to mention Mike’s good citizenship efforts
in graciously providing sound systems and even emceeing events every
August for our Soldiers Reunion patriotic festival. He’s like the Reunion
chairman, Wayne Dellinger, who
ought to be draped with purple robes
of praise instead of being vilified by
some people who ought to be
ashamed of using a selfless event of
community respect for all our war
veterans to promote a cause that in
today’s culture has no justification.
Wayne, Mike and other volunteers
help year-round, not for pay or for
honor, to provide us that wonderful
week of getting together on The
Square to thank our vets, living and
dead.
And I and other Catawbans stood
tall with pride a few days ago when
our own “put the pedal to the metal
good ol’ country boy speed demon”
Bobby Isaac was inducted into the
NASCAR Hall of Fame.
When his widow, Patsy, accepted
the award, we recalled his daring and
his absolute love for cars—and for
speed on the track (and on a few
Piney Woods area back roads, too,
but I didn’t say that).
Bobby was remembered with affection that day in Charlotte, and a
photo of the event showed our own
Mr. Racing, Ned Jarrett, and his justlike-dad son Dale—both of whom
are also among the good citizens we
can boast of here in Catawba County.
And I love that family for all its men,
Glenn, the maestro of keepin’ ‘em
runnin,’ and young generation racer
Jason.
I can’t sign off without reminding
you that there is a presidential election coming up. Oh, you didn’t know
that, did you? And before you get on
your high horse and rail against one
or the other contender, I’d like to
bring you down to size by asking if
you know who our first President
was.
Nope, it wasn’t George. On November 5, 1781, the Continental Congress
elected John Hanson (no, not John
Hancock) of Maryland as its chairman, giving him the title “President
of the United States in Congress Assembled.”
And where did we learn about that?
We learned it from reading it in the
paper. Catawba County didn’t have a
home-town paper for you then, but
our state’s first newspaper, The North
Carolina Gazette, was published in
1751 by James Davis. He served as the
official printer of the then-British
colony. Davis set up his print shop
Down East in New Bern.
So, there!
Syvlia K. Ray is the former
managing editor of the O-N-E.
Community Calendar
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.
posal.
This program is made
possible by a grant from
the Unifour Foundation
Inc. Endowment, which
is administered by the
North Carolina Community Foundation.
There is no cost to
attend this seminar, but
pre-registration is required.
Participants
can register on-line at
http://sbc.cvcc.edu or
contact the CVCC Small
Business Center at 828327-7000, ext. 4117.
DAR Membership
Feb 4
DNDA Meeting
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.
Feb 2
Grant Writing 101
The Catawba Valley
Community
College
Small Business Center
will present “Grant
Writing 101--Elements
of a Winning Proposal”
on Tuesday February 2
from 9:00 AM to 11:30
AM at CVCC’s Corporate
Development Center in
Hickory.
As funding becomes
more difficult to secure,
non-profit
organizations face significant
challenges to fulfill
their missions. This
seminar reviews the
questions non-profits
need to answer prior to
searching and applying
for grant funds, outlines
the basic elements of
proposals, and shows
participants how to
match their needs to
funder priorities. Participants focus on incorporating this information into their research and ultimately
into a competitive pro-
How to do Business
with the Government
The Catawba Valley
Community
College
will present “How to do
Business with the Government” on Thursday
February 4 from 4:00
PM to 6:00 PM at CVCC’s
Corporate Development
Center.
Many small businesses have a product
or service which the
Federal
Government
can use, but where you
start and how do you
navigate the maze of
agencies and regulations? This two-hour
seminar provides attendees with the priority
actions needed to identify and create opportunities and begin their
adventure into the Federal market.
There is no charge to
attend this workshop,
but pre-registration is
required. To register or
for more information
please
visit
http://sbc.cvcc.edu or
contact the CVCC Small
Business Center at 828327-7000, ext. 4117.
Feb. 7
Jazz Band
The GMC Jazz Band
will perform at Grace
Reformed UCC during
the 11 a.m. service.
Grace Reformed UCC
is located at 117 E. J St.
in Newton.
Feb. 8
eCommerce Seminar
The Catawba Valley
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Community
College
will present two seminars to assist small
businesses grow eCommerce sales at CVCC’s
Corporate Development
Center in Hickory.
The Small Business
Center will present
“eCommerce Part 1 Selling Products OnLine” on Monday February 8 from 5:30 PM to
8:30 PM. This session
will explore features of
well-known
e-commerce hosts such as the
eBay Store and Amazon.com, as well as
other options for creating an online store.
PayPal and other payment gateways will also
be discussed.
The Small Business
Center will present
“eCommerce Part 2 Create An On-Line
Store” on Monday February 15 from 5:30 PM
to 8:30 PM. This session
builds on Part 1 and assists participants with
actually setting up their
operational
on-line
storefront using the Big
Commerce platform to
make their products
available on the internet.
There is no cost to attend these seminars, but
pre-registration is required and space is limited. For more information or to register, contact the CVCC Small
Business Center at 828327-7000, ext. 4117 or
visit http://sbc.cvcc.edu.
4317 or visit www.newtonnc.gov.
Feb. 11
The class will be from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 19, on the
lower level of the Newton Recreation Center at
23 South Brady Ave. Participants must be 16
years old or older. Participants 16 and 17 years
old must have parental
permission and be accompanied by an adult.
After a brief presentation, Newton police officers will provide handson self-defense instruction to participants.
The class is free, but
registration is required.
Lunch will be provided.
To sign up for the
class, email Master Police Officer M.D. Hopkins at [email protected] or call Alex
Frick at 828-695-4266.
Sweetheart Dance
The Newton Parks
and Recreation Department will host the dance
for sweethearts 55 and
older from 7-10 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 11, on the
lower level of the Newton Recreation Department.
Live entertainment
will be provided by variety band Billy Rose.
Soft drinks will be provided. Attendees are
asked to bring finger
foods to share.
Tickets will be $8 at
the door. No advance
tickets will be sold.
For more information, please call the
Newton Recreation Department at 828-695-
Feb. 18
Supervisory Class
Supervisory Certificate Program, provides
new or experienced supervisors with the tools
and skills necessary for
building personal confidence in their leadership role in the workplace. Participants will
meet one day per month
for eight months. Tours
of local businesses and
insight from business
leaders are integral
parts of this program.
This class will be held
Feb. 18, through Sept.
15. The fee for the class
is $850, including all
materials and lunch.
This Online class will
be held from, Feb. 22,
through May 2, from
5:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
at CVCC Corporate Development Center. Registration fee is $995. For
more information on
SHRM
certifications
please visit www.shrmcertification.org. Contact Janet Lail at 828327-7000, ext. 4116, or
[email protected].
Newton police officers will lead a free selfdefense class in March
for women and female
teenagers.
Mar. 19
Women’s Self
Defense
(828) 464-0221
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Abernethy, who was in
his late 70s, was elected to
the Catawba County Board
of Commissioners in
November 1974 and
installed Dec. 4, 1974. During a mid-century period
of frequent changes in
political
leadership
between the Democrat
and Republican parties,
records indicate Abernethy was named board
chairman when he was
installed, a post he held
one year.
He relinquished the
chairmanship to Bruce
Teague on December 1,
1975, and he ended his
four-year board term following the general election of 1978. During those
years planning was underway to move the seat of
county government away
from the over-crowded
1924
courthouse
in
uptown Newton and move
offices to a new complex
built on U.S. 321 Business.
Abernethy’s term was
over before the Justice
Center was dedicated on
May 24, 1980.
Before he ran for a
county office, Abernethy
had served as an alderman
(now city councilman) of
Newton, elected in 1965
and holding that office
until elected to the county
commission, city records
indicate One of his sons,
Joseph Michael Abernethy,
was elected to one term on
the Newton City Council
in 1997.
In both his public service to Newton and to the
county, Abernethy followed in the footsteps of
his father, John Miles
Abernethy, who had been
mayor of Newton from
1947 to 49 when Newton
officially became a “city”
instead of a “town.” John
Miles Abernethy then
served 12 years on the
county board of commissioners from 1954 to 1966
and was county board
chairman for 10 years
from 1956 to 1966.
Abernethy, who was a
local insurance executive
and also involved in the
family business, a wholesale plumbing supply
company in Hickory, was
on the Newton Recreation
Commission for four
years, was president of
Newton-Conover Rotary
Club 1975-76 and received
the club’s Vocational Service Award in 1991. At one
time he headed the local
United Fund.
When he was a member
of Grace Reformed United
Church of Christ in Newton he was a Sunday
School teacher, a deacon,
chairman of the Men’s
Brotherhood, and was
active in the denomination’s Southern Synod. For
a period he and his first
wife were managers of the
denomination’s summer
assembly grounds at Blowing Rock.
A 1955 graduate of Newton-Conover High School,
he earned the Bachelor of
Arts degree in business
administration
from
Catawba College in Salisbury. His father was a local
native and his mother, the
former Carolyn Jacob,
moved to Newton after her
marriage from her home
in Alexandria, VA.
Mike Abernethy first
married the former Flora
Belle McMillan of Red
Springs and they had four
children, Joseph Michael
Abernethy Jr. of Claremont, John Miles Abernethy II of Winston-Salem,
James Weidner Abernethy
of Newton, and Flora Lynn
Steam
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are always engaged
when they are in here, they
are excited,” Eddings said.
“I’ve always taught fifth
grade science and it’s
amazing getting to see
already how it flows from
Kindergarten all the way
up to sixth grade. We have
kindergartners already
talking about our robotics
program – they can’t wait
until fifth grade to be able
to do the robotics program
which is wonderful.”
“The children are so
excited to come into
STEAM lab,” Principal Rita
Lail said. “They’ve been
disappointed the few days
we’ve had snow and they
have not been able to get in
here.”
PHOTO BY MICHELLE T. BERNARD
Recently, a Catawba
County resident, Danny Mitchell Whelchel and Raysean Cloud learning how to build a working lamp that will turn on and turn
Chu, donated both funds off. Once they’ve built the “guts” to their lamp, they’ll build the outer parts of it using construction
and his time to implement paper and popsicle sticks.
a new curriculum that
“If you know how to quit. If the United States
Chu moved to the area
aligns with what the middle school and high school around three years ago code, you don’t need a cannot find those workers,
are using with robotics and from the northern Virginia four-year degree to get a they will go to foreign
coding. Currently there is area. His wife is from good job,” Chu said.“There countries to get them.”
With his donation to
not a curriculum in place Catawba County. He is of are a huge amount of jobs
for this type of education the belief that young peo- open in IT – between now Balls Creek, Chu hopes that
for elementary schools and ple in this area need to be and 2020 the United States “it will start a spark that
Chu is working with dis- more exposed to coding in needs 1.4 million IT profes- will build into a bonfire of
trict leaders to help make the K12 students in order sionals and at best univer- interest in coding and IT.”
to be successful in today’s sities can only squeeze out
that happen.
400,000 if people do not
world.
Meeting
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said.“We used to call this the city of opportunity and that this
city is where the heart is – I still think that’s true but I don’t think
we do the best job of telling our story and getting that message
across to others.Now the question is where do we go? How do we
get there? We need all of us to tell the story of this great city,more
than anything else.I want to know what’s important to you guys.”
City officials talked a bit about projects that are in the works
that will impact the city for years to come – like the Downtown
Newton Streetscape and North Newton Master Plans and the
Newton Strategic Growth Plan.
Citizens were also prompted to fill out a small questionnaire,
asking them to answer the questions “I love Newton because…”
and “I think Newton needs…”
The Newton Community Meetings continue on next week
with two more meetings.Info for the meetings is below:
Wednesday, Feb. 3, at Startown Elementary School, 4119 Startown Road.
Thursday,Feb.4,at North Newton Elementary School,221 West
26th St.
Meetings will begin at 7 p.m.and should end around 8 p.m.
For more information on the meetings, visit
www.newtonnc.gov.
Black History Month performance of the
play “Boomerang”at Ridgeview Library
Award
winning
actress/journalist Anita
Woodley will perform her
one-woman
show
“Boomerang” at the
Ridgeview Branch Library
on Saturday, February 6 at
2 p.m. in honor of Black
History Month.
Boomerang is a performance about Anita’s
transformation through
struggles with racism and
sexism in the workplace.
These struggles were the
motivation to researching
her heritage through DNA
testing, enabling her to
trace her heritage back to
the Tikar tribe in
Cameroon Africa in 2010.
Anita Woodley
They gave her the name
Princess Bekang, which
means “Boomerang” (to
go and return). She was
[email protected]
the first African American
of Tikar descent to return
to the village.
Ms.Woodley is a national award winning journalist and former producer
for the NPR affiliate
WUNC-FM’S The Story
with Dick Gordon. She
won an Emmy with CNN
news for her coverage of
September 11, 2001 attack
at the World Trade Center
and has been awarded the
Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artists Grant from the
Durham Arts Council.
Anita’s most popular solo
theatrical performances
include “Bucking the
Bull”, “Mama Juggs” and
“The Men in Me”, and has
performed them throughout the US and internationally.
In addition to
her performances, Anita
also writes a column for
the News & Observer
newspaper and is lead
vocalist for N4HC Improvisational Jazz Band.
Lester of Salisbury, who
survive along with six
grandchildren.
Flora Belle Abernethy,
who died April 27, 2000,
was a former teacher who
served on the NewtonConover City Schools
Board of Education for 12
years, 1981-1993 and was
board chairman 1991-93.
She was named to the AllState School Board in
1991.
Later she was a member
of the administrative staff
of the Catawba County
Historical Association, was
a coordinator with the
state Community Service
operation at the Justice
Center and was named in
1996 director of the Catawba County Board of Elections. She was one of the
founding members of the
Catawba County League of
Women Voters in 1963 and
served four terms as pres-
ident.
Abernethy’s
second
wife, who survives him,
shared
his
political
involvement—even
though he was a Democrat
and she was elected to
office on the Republican
ticket. The former Marie
Hefner Huffman followed
her first husband, Eddie
Huffman, on the county
commission; he was elected in 1990 and served half
a year before his death and
she was elected in 1992.
Marie Huffman was
commission chairman for
one year, installed Dec. 4,
2000.
Abernethy is also survived by a sister, Caroline
Smith of Blowing Rock,
and a brother, Charles
Abernethy.
An
obituary
with
memorial service arrangements will be published in
the O-N-E next week.
CVCC Accounting
Program Director
appointed to N.C.
Association of
Young CPA Cabinet
Catawba Valley Community College accounting
program director Christy
Land was recently appointed to the North Carolina
Association of Young CPA’s
Cabinet for a three-year
term.
Prior to joining the CVCC
faculty full time, Land
taught as an adjunct for
Western Piedmont Community College and CVCC.
Land
She received an associate
degree in accounting from Western Piedmont Community College in 2000. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s
degrees in accounting at Gardner Webb University. While
completing her degrees, she worked full-time in a variety
of business and accounting sectors, including manufacturing, banking, and public accounting.
In 2012, Land successfully passed all four sections of
the Uniform Certified Public Accountant examination to
achieve the Certified Public Accountant designation.
A native of Morganton, Land is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the North Carolina Association
CPAs and the Institute of Management Accountants. She
serves as advisor to the CVCC Accounting Club. She led a
team of CVCC accounting students to a Top 10 finish in
the annual American Institute of Certified Public Accountants College Competition in 2011. CVCC is the only twoyear institution to reach a Top 10 spot in this national
competition.
Land and her two children live in Morganton.
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A question and answer
session about tracing your
genealogy, along with a
mini documentary of her
being crowned a princess
by the Tikar tribe will follow the performance.
This program is free
and open to the public.
For more information call
the Ridgeview Library at
828-345-6037.
(828) 464-0221
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PERSPECTIVE
It's the Negativity,
Stupid
Watching all the negativity flying around the
stage at the Democratic
Town Hall Forum the
other night, something
struck me.
Why, after watching
Hillary and Bernie go
after each other's left-liberal throats, would anyone ever want to vote for
either one of them?
They had nothing but
rotten things to say about
the other.
Hillary's too cozy with
Wall Street.
Bernie's too soft on the
NRA and naive about
negotiating with Iran.
Hillary's insufficiently
progressive and takes
obscene speaking fees
from Goldman Sachs.
Bernie's expensive progressive ideas will never
make it in the real world.
Etc. Etc.
The Democrat debate
got so dirty that Hillary
has had to call her pet
attack dog David Brock
in from the kennel and let
him off his leash.
Brock is the nasty former right-wing hit man
whose pro-Clinton super
PAC has sent out emails
equating Bernie Sanders
with dead Venezuelan
dictator Hugo Chavez.
His PAC has also
attacked Bernie for not
including enough "people
of color" in his nice feelgood TV ad featuring
Paul
Simon's
song
"America."
Somebody
actually
counted the blacks and
Latinos in the video and
declared that Bernie was
insufficiently diversityminded.
Now the dirty dogs in
Brock's pack are running
ads calling for Sanders to
release
his
medical
records.
The Republicans presidential finger-pointers
are just as negative,
thanks mostly to attacker-in-chief
Donald
Trump.
Actually, since there
are more attackers and
attackees, and since the
attacks are constant and
usually more personal,
and since Trump is mixed
up in all of it, the GOP
negativity is much more
self-harmful.
It's been hard to keep
track of who's been hitting whom in the Republican primary brawl, but
here are just some helpful
headlines from the Internet:
- Trump: Ted Cruz flipflopped on birthright citizenship
- New Ted Cruz ad
attacks Donald Trump's
'New York Values'
- Bush: Rubio, Cruz are
followers, not leaders on
Making Sense
Michael Reagan
Syria
- Carson questions
authenticity of Trump's
faith
- Rubio hits Trump's
debate 'theatrics'
- Trump hits Cruz on
loans, citizenship: 'Did he
borrow unreported loans
from Canadian banks?'
- Trump, Rubio and
evangelicals target Cruz
as Iowa caucus nears
- Kasich super PAC
attacks Trump immigration plan
- Carly Fiorina repeats
after
girl:
'Donald
Trump's a moron'
- Christie on Trump
skipping GOP debate:
Leaders have 'got to show
up'
- Pro-Bush super PAC
hammers Rubio for credit card controversy
- Rand Paul: 'Trump is
a delusional narcissist
and an orange-faced
windbag'
Rand Paul must have
hired a new writer, probably a sophomore in high
school. But what's going
on is not funny.
We're all being played
for suckers.
After we hear months
of this nonstop Republican-on-Republican bashing, we're supposed to
forget about it and vote
for one of these bums to
be our next president?
They don't like each
other, for both good reasons and stupid reasons.
But I bet half of the GOP
candidates won't have the
stomach to vote for the
nominee in the fall.
If you believe all their
negative ads and what the
candidates say about
each other and their
ideas, it makes sense.
There's not a damn person worth voting for.
Copyright ©2016 Michael Reagan. Michael Reagan is the son
of President Ronald Reagan, a
political consultant, and the
author of "The New Reagan
Revolution" (St. Martin's
Press). He is the founder of the
email service reagan.com and
president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation. Visit his websites at www.reagan.com and
www.michaelereagan.com.
Send comments to
[email protected].
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Politicians' Candid Thoughts
on Black History Month
After four decades, Black
History Month remains
controversial.
What is your position?
Should the celebration
remain unchanged? Should
the commemoration of
African-American milestones be spread throughout the year? Or should a
color-blind,
seamlessly
integrated timeline of the
accomplishments of all
races and cultures be
America's goal?
I took it upon myself to
ask a collection of presidential candidates, government spokespersons and
media pundits for their gut
instincts on Black History
Month. Any connection
you draw between these
unguarded, off-the-cuff
comments and specific
individuals are entirely up
to you.
One speaker confided, "I
see America as a land of
equal opportunity, where if
your father and your
brother got to live in a
white house — or casa
blanca -- with a rose garden, you have an equal
opportunity to do so as
well."
Another political mover
and shaker proclaimed,
"Gone are the days when
blacks were regarded as
less than human. Oh, hey,
could
you
JUMP
Tyrades!
Danny Tyree
THROUGH THESE HOOPS
for me before registering
to vote?"
One official shared,"It's a
national disgrace that
blacks had to sweat in the
hot sun picking cotton.
According to the U.S. Constitution, ethanol production would have been a
much better choice."
Bold assertions were
common. ("I'm sure if I had
been president in the
1860s, I would have done
exactly what Abraham Lincoln did — except without
the whole 'boots on the
ground' thing. And beards
and stovepipe hats? Can
you PAY a focus group
enough to like presidents
with beards with stovepipe
hats?")
One interviewee opined,
"Booker T. Washington.
W.E.B. Du Bois. The
Tuskegee Airmen. Today's
African-Americans stand
on the shoulders of giants.
Speaking of that, I wish
you'd stoop a little. I can't
see my reflection in the
mirror."
Comments included,
"And I truly believe that
steel-driving man John
Henry would have laid
down his hammer and
died much more peacefully
if someone had slipped
him some medicinal marijuana — and the knowledge that his opponent the
steam-powered hammer
would eventually be denied
its supply of coal."
One leader agreed, "I
don't know where America
would be today without the
contributions of black citizens. Um, I'm not even sure
where America is today
WITH the contributions of
black citizens. Geography
is not my strong suit. I just
know I can see Beijing
from my front porch. You
bet'cha."
I couldn't resist recording the observation, "I
don't really know what to
say about this 'Roots'
remake on TV. I know that
I've done an exhaustive
search of 'TV Guide' and
not a single writer would
ever come out and say
definitively that this Kunta
Kinte guy was not Canadian."
Posterity needs to know,
"Of course, with a concealed carry permit, Rosa
Parks could have had the
whole &^%$# bus. I'm just
saying."
A progressive respondent argued, "I know they
called the Sidney Poitier
character MISTER Tibbs,
but I think he should have
been allowed to use the
girls' shower if that was
how he rolled."
Celebrate black history,
even if hidden agendas do
tend to creep into politicians' praises. "I have no
doubt that, if he was alive
today, Rev. Martin Luther
King, Jr. would declare, 'I
have been to the mountaintop — I had to climb
there to escape the rising
ocean levels predicted by
heretofore wildly inaccurate computer models. Any
day now, the polar bears
will be floating into the
Promised Land. Any day
now..."
©2016 Danny Tyree. Danny
welcomes email responses at
[email protected] and visits to his Facebook fan page
"Tyree's Tyrades". Danny's'
weekly column is distributed
exclusively by Cagle Cartoons
Inc. newspaper syndicate.
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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
Phone: (828) 322-4505
(800) 322-4506
Fax: (828) 322-2669; (800) 977-9494
TERRELL
CAMPING CENTER
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 8:30 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
To Advertise
Your
Business
Here
Call Cindy
828-464-0221
◆ 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 (ELCA)
Church
439 7th St. Pl. SW, Conover
464-3804
Sunday Morning Service: 10:30 AM
◆
Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Church (NALC)
4536 Hickory Lincolnton Highway
Newton, NC 28658
704-462-1035
www.GraceLutheran-Newton.org
Pastor Dr. J. George Gilbert, STS
Learning Hour each Sunday for all
ages at 9:30 AM
Worship & Holy Communion each
Sunday at 10:30 AM
◆
◆
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
Immanuel Lutheran Church- Mo Synod
[email protected]
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
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
828-322-9323
302 4th St. SW, Hickory
Wishing you the best
in your worship this week
CARPENTER
REALTY &
AUCTION CO.
701 East 1st Street
Conover
464-2342
“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
528 E Main St., Maiden
428-8231
McCreary
Modern
Employee Owned
For employment
opportunities call
◆
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
464-6465
2564 Highway 321 S. • Newton, NC
CATAWBA REALTY &
INSURANCE CO., INC.
464-3829
West A Street, Newton
Terry Misenheimer - Les Killian
Bill Powell
◆ 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”
DIANNE’S
DAIRY CENTER
1712 N. Main Ave.
Newton
464-8460
LITTLE PIGS
BARBEQUE
1904 N. Main Ave.
Newton -- 464-6293
To Advertise
Your
Business
Here
Call Cindy
828-464-0221
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Church Events
On Going Events
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
w w w. m t o l i v e n e w t o n . o r g .
Also, check us out on Faceb
o
o
k
:
www.mtolivenewton.org/face-
book. 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. Pastor Abernethy’s
sermon title for this coming
Sunday morning, The Last
Sunday of the Church Year is
“VDMA” (meaning:
The
Word Endures Forever).
Our Evening Advent Services will begin next Sunday,
November 29th at 6pm, with
pre-service meal at 5pm.
THE THIRD TUESDAY of
each month we get-together
for prayer service.
EACH WEDNESDAY we
have a midweek service at
6:30pm.
WE HAVE Tuesday Night
Bible Study each week at 6:30.
VISITORS are always welcomed to join us for any of
our services or activities.
Grief Share
GriefShare at Friendship
UMC, Newton-Help and support for those
journeying through
grief from losing a loved
one.
Where: 2900 NC Hwy. #16
South in Newton.
When: Tuesday evenings
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Contact:
Church Office
828-464-5408 or Katie @ 828994-4018
Resident Bishop of the Western North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist
Church in July 2008 and reassigned in 2012. His sermon
will be based on the Book of
John chapter 10 verses 7
through 18. Music will be provided by the Chancel Choir of
First
United
Methodist
Church along with the Kids 4
Christ Choir, accompanied by
Mr. John Coffey.
Please join us this Sunday!
Nursery provided.
Jan. 31
Feb. 7
5th Sunday Service
Jazz Band
First United Methodist
Church of Newton welcomes
Bishop Larry Goodpaster to
our 5th Sunday Unity Service
this Sunday, January 31st at
11:00am. Bishop Goodpaster
was assigned to serve as the
The GMC Jazz Band will
perform at Grace Reformed
UCC during the 11 a.m. service.
Grace Reformed UCC is
located at 117 E. J St. in Newton.
Feb. 27
Chicken Pie Supper
First United Methodist
Church – Maiden will be having a Chicken Pie and
Dumpling Supper on Saturday
February 27, 2016 from 47:00 pm. Dine in or Carry out.
Includes Pie, Dumplings,
green beans, coleslaw, cranberry sauce, roll, dessert and
drink
Sponsored by
United Methodist Women
Cost: Adults $8.00 - Child $4.00 (12 & under)
303 N Main Ave., Maiden
(828) 428-8739
firstmethodistchurchmaiden.org
What Does God’s Grace Have to do with a Vineyard?
Matthew 20:1-16
The owner of the vineyard in today’s Gospel
lesson exemplifies the
way God deals with us:
not in fairness, but with
righteous judgment and
abundant grace.
The five sets of laborers arrived to work at 6:00
am, 9:00 AM, 12:00 pm,
3:00 PM and 5:00PM.
Evening comes, the work
stops promptly at 6:00
p.m., and the workers line
up to receive their pay.
The book of Leviticus
tells us that workers must
be paid for their work at
the end of the day. Chapter 19: 13: Thou shalt not
defraud thy neighbour,
neither rob him: the
wages of him that is hired
shall not abide with thee
all night until the morning. And then the turning
point in the story: everyone is paid one denarius,
which is what they all
agreed to. Historians
pretty much agree that
the daily wage for an
unskilled laborer and a
common soldier was 1
denarius estimated at
$20.00.
Remember the four
classes of workers: some
worked the full twelvehour day; others 3/4 of
the day; others ? a day;
and a few others just one
hour of the working day.
Then the owner of the
vineyard says, “Call the
laborers and pay them
their wages, beginning
with the last first.” This
was a very unusual practice. Most business owners would start with the
first and then work their
way to the last. But what’s
really outlandish is the
equal amount of pay for
vastly different working
days. In the midst of their
anxious score-keeping,
the workers had not factored in one important
thing: the owner’s abundant grace.
He is not paying them
based on the hours that
they worked; rather, he’s
paying them based on His
own goodness and mercy.
“Not fair!” cry the twelvehour workers. “We’ve
worked hard, out in the
heat the whole day, and
those people who only
worked for one hour have
received the same pay.
But the owner of the vineyard is not interested in
their complaints. He basically replies, “A denarius
is what we agreed on, and
a denarius is what you
got. If I want to give a full
day’s wage to some workers that worked only an
hour, that’s my business,
not yours.”
Do you see how this
vineyard owner operates?
It’s not a merit-based sys-
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tem, but a grace-based
mentality. He is the owner
and he is allowed to do as
he pleases with what
belongs to him. And so it
is that “the last will be
first, and the first last” in
this vineyard of judgment
and grace.
So what have we
learned? The rewards that
we are storing up in heaven are not proportional to
the total amount of time
that we have practiced
the Christian life. If
someone becomes a
Christian early in life he
or she may spend decades
diligently practicing the
Christian life, but in the
end receive the same
reward as one who
became a Christian later
in life. The phrase, "Don't
I have the right to do
what I want with my own
money? Or are you envious because I am generous?
One other aspect to this
is to consider the precarious position of those who
were looking for work all
day and only got hired in
the last hour. If anyone
has been unemployed
and spent many months
looking for a job, as your
savings decrease, and the
bills pile up you know the
difficulties and pressures
you can face.
In this case it seemed
that some of the workers
were just victims of circumstances, and the
landowner, being a gracious man wanted to help
them out, by paying them
the same as others whose
circumstances allowed
them to go to work earlier.
Sometimes people who
are successful in this life
often congratulate themselves and don’t really
understand the plight of
those less fortunate. Too
often they forget that
some of their success was
simply due to circumstances not necessarily
under their control.
We need to also consider the position of
those who become Christians late in life, if they
had died earlier; they
would have not gone to
heaven. Given a choice,
after having come to
know Christ, I suspect
most of them would have
preferred to have done so
early in life. But the
mercy of this vineyard
owner preaches Jesus
Christ and Him crucified.
Notice how the times
of day that the owner
hires workers correspond
to the hours of Jesus’
cross. Very early in the
morning, Jesus was on
trial, tossed to and fro
from Pilate, back to
Herod, and finally back to
Pilate for His condemnation. At the third hour
(9:00 a.m.) He was led as a
lamb to the slaughter and
made to carry His own
cross to Calvary, where
He died our death. At the
sixth hour, there was
darkness over all the land
that we might be delivered from the darkness of
death and have the light
of life. At the ninth hour,
Jesus cried, “My God, my
God, why have you forsaken me?” and yielded
up his spirit, winning full
and free forgiveness for
the entire world. And
about the eleventh hour
(5:00 p.m.) He was buried,
taking all of our sins into
His tomb and leaving
them there for eternity.
Do you see how the
wonderful grace of the
vineyard owner is based
on Christ and His cross?
There’s nothing “fair”
about it, so there’s no
sense in keeping score.
It’s called God’s Grace.
The innocent One dies for
the guilty; the Righteous,
for the unrighteous, that
we might freely receive
this wonderful thing
called “Grace”
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Red Hawks hosting pair of baseball camps
FROM O-N-E REPORTS
Lace up your running shoes to support
education at the second annual Miles for
Maiden 5K and Fun Run.
The Maiden Elementary, Maiden Middle
and Maiden High schools’ PTOs are proud
to host this community-wide event on
March 5.
Come inspire children and adults to
develop and maintain healthy bodies and
minds in the community, while having fun
raising funds for these local schools.
The event is being held at Maiden Elementary School (field behind the gym),
located at 201 North Main Avenue in Maiden.
The Fun Run starts at 8:30 a.m. followed
by the 5K at 9 a.m.
Age groups are as follows: 10 and under,
11-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69
and 70-plus.
Awards will be given to the first-place
overall male and female, and all Fun Run
participants will receive a ribbon.
All profits will be equally shared by the
Maiden Elementary, Maiden Middle and
Maiden High school PTOs for technology
needs.
Strollers are allowed, but there are no
animals, roller blades and bikes allowed.
The Fun Run costs $15 if registered
before March 2 or $20 the day of the race.
The 5K costs $25 before March 2 and $30
the day of the race.
Participants must be signed up prior to
the Feb.12 deadline to be guaranteed a race
T-shirt.
For more information about the race
and/or
to
sign
up,
visit
https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Maiden/MilesforMaiden5k.
Sports Hall of Fame
seeking nominations
The Hickory Metro Sports Commission
is seeking nominations for the 2016 class
of the Catawba County Sports Hall of
Fame.
Established in 2000, the Catawba County
Sports Hall of Fame aims to recognize the
extraordinary efforts and achievements of
athletes, coaches, teams and contributors,
while reinforcing a sense of history and
tradition in Catawba County.
Deadline for nominations is Tuesday,
Feb. 15.
“We would like to thank the public for
getting involved in nominating so many
worthwhile candidates over the years,”
said CVSHOF Chairman JuJu Phillips.
“Last year we had 15 new nominees. It still
amazes me how many coaches, players,
pioneers, or contributors that deserve the
recognition for helping to build the sports
heritage here.”
Phillips said several nominations
remain on file and are part of a permanent
pool of applications reviewed by the selection committee each year.
Already, 68 men and women are
enshrined in the Catawba County Sports
Hall of Fame at Hickory’s Highland Recreation Center. Plaques representing Hall of
Fame members are on permanent display
and are available for public viewing daily
at the recreation center.
Hall of Fame members represent a
broad variety of sports, and they are individuals who distinguished themselves as
athletes, coaches and/or supporters of athletic endeavors in Catawba County.
New members to the Catawba County
Sports Hall of Fame will be inducted during a ceremony at the Hickory Highland
Recreation Center in May.
To make a nomination for the Catawba
County Sports Hall of Fame, complete a
nomination form, which is available at the
Hickory Metro Sports Commission website, www.hickorymetrosports.com. Nomination forms are also available at the
Catawba County Chamber of Commerce
office, located at 1055 Southgate Corporate
Park Southwest in Hickory.
Nomination forms detail criteria for
Catawba County Sports Hall of Fame candidates, including:
The candidate must have been a resident of the Catawba County area for at
least of four years;
The candidate must have been a par-
ticipant in his/her sport for at least four
years;
The candidate must be of good character and reputation;
While a citizen of the Catawba County area, the candidate’s sports achievement(s) and/or contributions must have
been recognized throughout the Catawba
County area as enhancing the sports activity he/she represents;
and all candidates shall be considered
without discrimination on the basis of
race, color, religion, gender, age, handicap
or national origin.
For more information or questions contact
JuJu
Phillips
at
[email protected]
Blue Devils’ alumni baseball game
Maiden High School is hosting an alumni baseball game for any and all who
played baseball for the Blue Devils.
The game is Saturday, April 2 at the
Maiden High School baseball field. The
cost is $25 to play.
For more information or to sign up,
contact Maiden head baseball coach David
Williams
via
email
at
[email protected] or
call 828-428-8197.
Panthers’ fast starts in playoffs keyed Super Bowl run
BY STEVE REED
AP SPORTS WRITER
CHARLOTTE — The
Denver Broncos may want
to make sure they get off to
a fast start if they hope to
beat the Carolina Panthers
in the Super Bowl.
Cam Newton and the
Panthers have been dominant in the first half of
their postseason games,
outscoring Arizona and
Seattle by a combined margin of 55-7.
That’s been the norm
this season for the Panthers.
They doubled the output
of their opponents in the
regular season, outscoring
them 265-121 in the first
half.
Newton said it has nothing to do with rah-rah pregame speeches, attributing
the team’s fast starts to
preparation.
“Our coaches do an
unbelievable job with
preparing us for the
moment,” Newton said.
“Coach (Ron Rivera) has a
saying, ‘You don’t have to
be prepared today, nor
tomorrow, but you have to
be prepared to play on
Sunday.’ So, that’s kind of
been our philosophy in
staying in the same groove
and the process — and
hopefully that it carries
over to the game.”
It certainly has Denver
quarterback Peyton Manning’s attention.
“As you watch the game
unfold, you see the scoreboard and it’s just 7-0, it’s
14-0,” Manning said. “It’s
like the guy singing the
National Anthem is still on
the field, you know, the
game hasn’t started yet.
“So, they feed off each
other, is what you gather
from the film. The offense
takes advantage of the
turnovers that the defense
gets them. That’s the sign
of a great football team.”
It has worked well for
Carolina, especially in the
playoffs.
The fast-starting Panthers have scored six
touchdowns and two field
goals in 13 first half possessions in the postseason.
Carolina’s defense has also
scored with Luke Kuechly
returning an interception
for a TD against the Seahawks.
Rivera praised his
coaching staff, but said the
players are the main reason the team has been
ready to go on game day.
There are routinely 30 to
40 players on the field well
after the completion of
practice.
Cornerback Josh Norman has his own routine,
sitting on the ground and
having members of the
staff fire passes at him
from close range. Others
are lined up to catch balls
fired out of the jugs
machine. Even Newton, a
league MVP candidate, is a
regular after practice,
sticking around to work on
timing with his receivers.
Inside the stadium, Newton and linebacker Luke
Kuechly set the tone by
staying late into the night
watching game film and
coming to the stadium to
review more film on Tuesdays, the typical players’
day off.
Rivera said that type of
leadership has had a trickle-down effect.
“These are the guys that
always seem to be able to
go above and beyond and
they’ve done it for five seasons,” Rivera said. “We’ve
always asked that you do
something extra and our
guys do that and I think
“These are the guys that
always seem to be able to
go above and beyond
and they’ve done it for
five seasons.”
Ron Rivera
Carolina Panthers
head football coach
that’s what has helped in
terms of our preparation. ...
One of the nice things that
I’m really grateful for is the
fact that I think our guys
have taken ownership of a
lot of things in this building.”
The Broncos would certainly prefer not to dig
themselves a hole in the
Super Bowl like they did
two years ago when fell
behind 22-0 at halftime to
the Seahawks and lost 43-8.
But this year’s team has
shown a penchant for
orchestrating some quality
comebacks.
The Broncos are the only
team in NFL history ever to
overcome 14-point deficits
in one season against three
playoff-bound teams —
New England, Kansas City
and Cincinnati.
Denver cornerback Aqib
Talib said it will be important for the Broncos to
match Carolina’s energy.
“They’re playing great
football right now,” Talib
said. Newton “is throwing
the ball amazing right now,
and then you know what he
can do with his legs. He’s
the best of both worlds.
He’s probably the most
dangerous quarterback in
the NFL right now.”
Talib said Newton’s
speed and 6-foot-5, 245pound frame makes him
difficult to defend.
“Super unique,” Talib
said. “I’ve never seen anybody who is that size.”
O-N-E PHOTO BY SETH MABRY
The Super Bowl 50 run made by quarterback Cam Newton (1) and
the Carolina Panthers has been powered by fast starts in games.
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EUGENIA LAST
ASTROGRAPH by Eugenia Last
sonal connection, the outcome will bring interLIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Keep your point
esting options that you never before considered. of view a secret in order to avoid conflict.
Don’t listen if someone tries to push you in Practical input will pay off.
Maintaining the peace will give you a chance to
a different direction. It’s important to be satisfied
consider your options while you decide what’s
with the choices you make if you expect to be
best for you.
happy in the long run. Pleasing others can be
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Taking an
rewarding, but this year it’s time to meet your opportunity to review your personal position or
needs first.
current state of affairs will help you make a wise
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Don’t share
decision that can encourage a healthier lifestyle personal information. Use your time wisely in
and a less indulgent future.
order to come up with an interesting plan that
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Make a perwill help you better utilize your space. A creative
sonal change that will leave you feeling good
project looks promising.
about the way you look and feel. Don’t let someCANCER (June 21-July 22) — You should
one with a negative attitude bring you down.
use your intelligence and creative talent to come
up with workable solutions to various improveSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t be
ment projects. Do something that will lift your enticed by someone who is a bad influence.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — A monetary spirit.
Change can take place, but it’s best if you stick to
gain is apparent. Discuss your plans or projects
a budget that won’t jeopardize your future.
with someone who can offer suggestions or support. You have plenty to gain if you are willing to
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Don’t make a fuss
listen.
if you want to get your way. Doing something
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — An emonice or offering an incentive will put you in a tional situation will surface. Use diplomacy and
good position. Socializing and networking will encouragement in order to win favors and avoid
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Keen obser- lead to new opportunities.
opposition. Do something that will make you feel
vation will help you find the answers you’ve been
or look good.
searching for. Don’t let your emotions lead to an
irreversible situation with someone you love.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Invest in someTolerance will be required.
thing that will make your life easier or bring you
the happiness you deserve. If you prioritize love
and romance, you will improve your life.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — A partnership
looks promising. Whether it’s a business or per-
NEA BRIDGE
PHILLIP ALDER
RIGHT THOUGHTS BEGAT RIGHT PLAYS
Most of the time at the bridge table, if you think the right thought at the appropriate moment, you will
make the best call or play.
Today’s deal is an example of that. How did South plan the play in five clubs after West led the heart king?
South’s bidding left something to be desired. Ideally, North-South would have ended in three no-trump,
which would have made with at least one overtrick. Over two hearts, South should have cue-bid two spades to
show a very strong hand. Then, when North in desperation rebid three clubs, South could have cue-bid three
spades to ask for a spade stopper. North, if a trusting partner, would have bid three no-trump — mission
accomplished.
South starts with 10 top tricks: one heart, two diamonds and seven clubs. He must take a spade trick —
but how?
Declarer wins with his heart ace, draws trumps, and pauses to consider the spade situation. He knows
from the bidding that the suit is either 5-1 or 6-0. If it is 6-0, playing low to dummy’s queen works fine. If the
split is 5-1, that is also successful if East’s singleton spade is at best the jack. But if East has the spade ace or
king, South must duck the first spade trick. Which is the right play, and why?
Remember the opening lead: If West had started with the spade ace-king and heart king-queen, he would
have led the spade ace, not the heart king. So South should lead a spade from his hand and play low from the
dummy.
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having
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corporation,
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This the 21st day This the 30th day Stuart D. Casper,
of January, 2016
of January, 2016. 7400 Sun Island
Dr. S, Suite 805,
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Ernest Williams, South Pasadena,
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Having qualiNOTICE TO
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professional asof the estate of
sociation d/b/a
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Richard
REED DERMA- Having qualified Laws, deceased,
TOLOGY,
was as Administrator late of Catawba
effectively
dis- of the Estate of County,
North
Scott Carolina, this is to
solved on the Faron
31st day of De- Walker, late of notify all persons,
cember, 2015. All Catawba County, firms and corpoCarolina, rations
creditors of and North
having
claimants against this is to notify all claims
against
firms the estate of said
the
corporation persons,
are hereby re- and corporations deceased
to
claims present them to
quired to present having
their
respective against the estate the undersigned
claims and de- of said deceased within three (3)
mands
immedi- to present them months from Janately to the cor- to the under- uary 16, 2016, or
within this notice will be
poration so that it signed
can proceed to three (3) months pleaded in bar of
collect its assets, from January 30, their recovery. All
convey and dis- 2016, or this no- persons,
firms
pose of its prop- tice will be plead- and corporations
erties, pay, satis- ed in bar of their indebted to said
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please
its liabilities and sons firms and make immediate
in- payment to the
obligations, and corporations
do all other acts debted to said es- undersigned.
required to liqui- tate please make
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and affairs. With undersigned.
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respect
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2016.
claims,
please This the 30th day
take notice of the of January, 2016.
Carrie Laws
following:
Morris,
Randy Keith
Executrix
Dellinger,
1. Claims must
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be in writing and
Pines Ct
include the name 1002 College Ave Sherrills Ford, NC
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of the claimant,
28673
Lenoir, NC
the amount of the
28645
claim,
and a
short
summary
Estate of:
for the basis for
Fred
Richard
the claim and a Estate of:
Laws
copy of the con- Faron Scott
tract
relating Walker
thereto, if any.
2. Claims should
be mailed to the
corporation,
to
the attention of
Charles N. Reed,
M.D., at
1870
North
Center
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208 Union
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28601
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O-N-E
S
PORTS
AN IMPORTANT
VICTORY
Maiden avenges loss
versus West Caldwell
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
Taking advantage od
West Caldwell’s poor
shooting, turnovers and
foul trouble early in
Friday’s game, the Maiden
boys basketball team
picked up an important
63-44 victory against the
Warriors at home.
The victory propels the
Blue Devils (10-8, 6-4) into
sole possession of third
place in the conference
standings behind only the
first-place East Lincoln
Mustangs and the secondplace Lincolnton Wolves.
Maiden didn’t allow a
field goal by West Caldwell
(9-9, 5-5) until the 1:53
mark of the first quarter.
The Warriors weren’t
helped by the fact that
standout junior guard
Titus Tucker picked up his
third foul just 22 seconds
in the second quarter.
Holding a 32-15 advantage at halftime, the Blue
Devils extended their lead
in the second half on their
way to the 19-point win.
Girls basketball
West Caldwell 50,
Maiden 41
The Lady Warriors overcame a nine-point halftime
deficit, pulling ahead for
good in the third quarter
en route to the victory
against the host Lady Blue
Devils on Friday.
Sammie West scored 13
points to lead Maiden (810, 5-5) with 13 points,
while Abby Setzer added 10
points.
Annie Brown paced
West Caldwell (9-9, 6-4)
with 11 points, while
Destanie Wright added
nine points.
LRDs remain
in first, top
Lady Rebels
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
The Newton-Conover
girls basketball team
defeated West Lincoln
43-32 on Friday, remaining
in first place in the Southern District 7 Athletic 2A
standings.
Paired with a 57-48
victory by Bandys versus
Lincolnton on Friday, the
Lady Red Devils move into
sole possession of first
place in the conference
standings.
Hannah
Stull
led
Newton-Conover (11-8,8-2)
in the win with 12 points.
St. Stephens 61,
Patton 33
Sy-Tasia Brown scored
16 points and Autumn
Williams added 15, leading
the Lady Indians to the
28-point conference win
on Friday.
Kylea Cooper also
reached double digits in
scoring with 13 points for
St.
Stephens,
which
improves to 14-5 overall
and 7-2 in conference play.
Boys basketball
Newton-Conover 52,
West Lincoln 46
Led by Hunter Clark’s 19
points, the Red Devils beat
the Rebels on the court
Friday night.
New ton-Conover
improves to 7-12 overall
and 4-6 in SD-7 games.
O-N-E PHOTOS BY CODY DALTON
Above, Maiden’s Payton Rowe (2)
drives to the basket past West Caldwell defender Dillan Church (55) during Friday’s Southern District 7 Athletic
2A basketball game.
Conference wrestling
tournaments taking
place this weekend
The Southern District 7
Athletic 2A and Northwestern 3A/4A conferences will be hosting their
respective wrestling tournaments this weekend.
West Lincoln is hosting
the SD-7 tournament starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday,
while the Northwestern
3A/4A tournament is Saturday at St. Stephens High
School starting at 9:30 a.m.
Right, pictured with head coach Amber
Vaughan (right), Maiden senior girls
basketball player Sammie West (left) is
presented a ball signifying her 1,000th
career point before Friday’s game
against West Caldwell. She reached
the milestone on Wednesday against
Newton-Conover.
VSU names former Trojan
Harper its interim coach
O-N-E FILE PHOTO BY CODY DALTON
Former Bandys and Virginia Tech standout wide receiver Justin Harper was named the interim
football coach at Virginia State University this week. Harper is also a former LR assistant coach.
[email protected]
FROM O-N-E REPORTS
Virginia State University has named
Justin Harper as its interim head football
coach.
Harper replaces Byron Thweatt, who
resigned to accept a position on the James
Madison University coaching staff under
former Lenoir-Rhyne football coach Mike
Houston.
VSU also announced its search for a permanent head coach.
Harper joined the Trojans' staff in 2015 as
wide receivers coach.Before coming to VSU,
Harper coached wide receivers and special
teams at Lenoir-Rhyne University under
Houston.
During his tenure, Lenoir-Rhyne played
in the 2013 NCAA Div. II National Championship game.
Harper played collegiately at Virginia
Tech, where he totaled 83 receptions for
1,338 yards and nine touchdowns. In his
four years with the Hokies, Virginia Tech
won ACC championships in 2004 and 2007
and played in the conference title game in
2005. Virginia Tech also won a schoolrecord 42 games and finished in the Top 10
three times during that four-year stretch.
In 2008, the Baltimore Ravens drafted
Harper in the seventh round. He played
three seasons with the Ravens and also for
the Saskatchewan Roughriders and British
Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football
League.
In announcing Harper's appointment
and coaching search, VSU Athletic Director
Peggy Davis expressed appreciation for
Thweatt's service.
"I want to wish Byron the best in his new
endeavor at James Madison University,”
Davis said.
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