March 2016 - The Claremont Courier

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CLAREMONT INFORMATION
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LAREMONT
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Volume 10 Issue 3 – March, 2016
GIVING A VOICE TO EASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY AND BEYOND!
Monthly Community Calender
First Sunday – Claremont Youth Council, City Hall
– 3 p.m. First Monday – Claremont City Council,
City Hall – 7 p.m.; Bunker Hill Athletic Boosters,
Bunker Hill High School – 7 p.m.; Bunker Hill Optimist Club, Optimist Club House – 7:45 p.m. Third
Monday – Claremont Parks & Recreation Committee, City Hall – 6 p.m.; Claremont Planning Board,
City Hall – 7 p.m. Bunker Hill Optimist Club, Club
House – 7:45 p.m. Fourth Monday – Claremont
Appearance Committee, Claremont Library – 6
p.m. Every Tuesday – Claremont Fire Department,
Claremont Fire Department – 7 p.m. Fourth Tuesday – Friends of the Library, Claremont Library – 6
p.m. First Thursday – Bunker Hill Band Boosters,
Bunker Hill Band Room – 6:30 p.m.; Claremont
Fire Department Auxiliary, Claremont Fire Department – 6 p.m. Second Thursday – Claremont Rescue
Squad Business Meeting, Claremont Rescue Squad
– 7 p.m. Third Thursday – Claremont Lions Club,
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church – 7 p.m.; Claremont
Rescue Squad Continuing Education, Claremont
Rescue Squad – 7 p.m. Every Friday – Farmers Tailgate Market, City Hall – 3-6 p.m., May-September.
Claremont City Hall – 3288 East Main Street –
Phone: 466-7255 – www.cityofclaremont.org
Claremont City Council – Mayor – Shawn R.
Brown, Mayor Pro-Tem – Dale Sherrill, Tim Lowrance, Dayne Miller, Lee Miller & David Morrow
Claremont Planning & Adjustment Board –
Chairman – Robert E. Smith, Vice-Chairman –
Larry Pannell, Jeff Barkley, Nick Colson, Crystal
Clark, Rupert Little, Jack Ledford, Gene Monday
& Todd Setzer
Claremont Appearance Committee – Chairman –
Glenn Morrison, Jan Colson, Sue Karen Falls, David
Morrow, Nancy Murray, Jane Robbins, Judy Setzer
& Nicky Setzer
Claremont Parks & Recreation Committee –
Chairman – Tim Lowrance, Shawn Brown, Danny
Hedrick, Kendra Hedrick, Roger Shook, Angie
Sigmon, Candice Simmons, Thad Sparkman, Cole
Travis, Lisa Travis & Mary Watts. Veterans Sub
Committee – Paul Gaither & Jack Little
Claremont City Staff – City Manager – Catherine
Renbarger, City Planner – Elinor Hiltz, Finance Officer – Stephanie Corn, Customer Service Specialist
– Melinda Bumgarner, City Clerk – Wendy Helms,
City Attorney – Robert M. Grant, Jr., Parks & Recreation Specialist – Michael Orders
Claremont Police Department – 3301 East Main
Street – Phone: 466-7265 – www.claremontpolice.
com
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The Big Read designed to
bring area residents together
Area residents asked to read Harper
Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel,
“To Kill A Mockingbird.”
BY SCOTT W. RAMSEY
NEWTON – There are very few events designed to gather an entire community around
one common theme, and that’s one reason
that the Big Read – Catawba County is such
a big deal. The Big Read is a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA) in partnership with Arts Midwest which
is designed to restore reading to the center
of American culture. The program looks to
cultivate one topic, idea, and conversation
through one book in one community. In the
end, the Big Read wants to bring together
various partners across communities to encourage reading for pleasure and enrichment.
During the months of March and April, Catawba County will just be one of hundreds of communities throughout the country that will participate in the Big Read. Catawba County has
elected to read Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” A plethora
of community wide events will be held in conjunction with the Big Read in March and April.
In addition to free copies of “To Kill a Mockingbird” that will be available at the various community events, copies will also be available
throughout the county in random locations.
At the conclusion of the Big Read project,
FREE
Distributed Throughout Bandys, Catawba, Catfish,
Claremont, Conover, Denver, Lake Norman, Hickory,
St. Stephens, Long Island, Monbo, Mooresville, Maiden,
Murray’s Mill, Newton, Oxford, Sherrills Ford & Terrell.
Fundraisers and
Easter fun planned
for everyone
Numerous fundraisers and Easter
themed events planned throughout
the next two months
BY SCOTT W. RAMSEY
CATAWBA, CLAREMONT & NEWTON –
Now that winter is starting to give way to
spring, numerous events have been planned
throughout the area to tempt local residents to
get out of their homes for awhile. The municipalities of Catawba, Claremont, and Newton
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Annual pottery
festival to be
held in Hickory
Annual Catawba Valley Pottery and
Antiques Festival to be held on
March 26 at Hickory venue.
1,300 English and 200 Spanish copies of the
timeless classic will have been put into the
hands of Catawba County readers. The Big
Read of Catawba County is made possible
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BY SCOTT W. RAMSEY
HICKORY – Catawba County has a rich history and is know for many things, and pottery is
one of the historical aspects that can be traced
back to the early 19th century. The earliest
Catawba Valley pottery was earthenware made
by German settlers who established farming
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Catawba to honor Claremont looks Conover amends
NASCAR legend, at economic and three 2015-2016
Bobby Isaac
demographic data budget ordinances
Catawba Town Council will look at
various signs to place around town
to honor NASCAR legend.
Claremont City Council hears
presentation regarding the
Claremont comprehensive plan.
Three budget ordinances were
amended by the Conover City
Council for a total of $28,000.
BY SCOTT W. RAMSEY
CATAWBA – The Town of Catawba will soon
have signs recognizing one its legendary citizens, Bobby Isaac. Isaac was the 1970 Grand
National Series Champion, holds the Sprint
Cup Series record for most poles in a season
(20 poles in 1969), named one of NASCAR’s
50 Greatest Drivers in 1998, was named to the
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BY SCOTT W. RAMSEY
CLAREMONT – As a part of the City of Claremont Planning Board’s work to update its
Comprehensive Plan, Tayler Dellinger with the
Western Piedmont Council of Governments
(WPCOG) recently compiled a Demographic
and Economic Data Profile for the city of Claremont, and presented it at the Feb. 1, 2016 City
BY SCOTT W. RAMSEY
CONOVER – During the Feb. 1, 2016 City of
Conover Regular City Council Meeting, the
council adopted three 2015-2016 Budget Ordinances for a total of $28,000. The first budget
ordinance that was adopted was Ordinance
7-16 – Amending the 2015-2016 Budget Ordinance. This ordinance appropriated $4,700
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Chief of Police – Gary Bost, Captain – Allen Long,
Training Specialist – David Pruitt, Community Relations – Terri Pope, Administrative Assistant – Pamela Shook
Claremont Fire Department – 2850 Firehouse
Lane – Phone: 459-9296 – www.claremontfd.net
Fire Chief – Bart Travis, Assistant Fire Chiefs –
Bruce Hartsoe & Jason Lowrance, Captains – Brian
Helms & Kevin Little, Lieutenants – Ray Ball, Eddie Chapman & Mike Hathaway
Oxford “Catfish” Fire Department – 5688 Oxford
School Road – Phone: 459-9678 – http://oxfordcatfishfd.com
Fire Chief – Wayne Smith, Assistant Fire Chief –
Donnie Deal
Claremont Public Works Department – 2748
South Oxford Street – Phone: 466-7255 – www.
cityofclaremont.org
Director – Thomas Winkler, Supervisor – Bo Prince
Claremont Rescue Squad Base 1 – 2748 South
Oxford Street – Phone: 459-7968 – www.claremontrescue.org
Chief – Eric Jones, Assistant Chief – Steve Norris, Captain – Jessalyn Johnson, Lieutenants – Carl
Greene, Gary Peeler & Christian Huffman, Secretary/Treasurer – Gary Reitzel
Base 2 – 5710 Highway 16 North – Phone: 2566423 – http://oxfordcatfishfd.com
Claremont Branch Library – 3288 East Main Street
– Phone: 466-6817 – www.catawbacountync.gov
Branch Manager – Richard Haunton
Hours: Tue.-Fri., 12 to 6 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Claremont Friends of the Library Officers – Chairperson – Glenn A. Morrison, Secretary – Mary Moser, Historian – Shirley Harwell
Claremont Elementary School – 3384 East Main
Street – Phone: 459-7921 – www.catawbaschools.
net
Principal – Kim Yancey, Assistant Principal – Kim
Penley
Oxford Elementary School – 5915 Oxford School
Road – Phone: 459-7220 – www.catawbaschools.net
Principal – Kelly Nicholson, Assistant Principal –
Jerry Gouge
Mill Creek Middle School – 1041 Shiloh Road –
Phone: 241-2711 – www.catawbaschools.net
Principal – Maria Simmons Ballard, Assistant Principal – Jamey Carter
River Bend Middle School – 4670 Oxford School
Road – Phone: 241-2754 – www.catawbaschools.
net
Principal – Chip Cathey, Assistant Principal – Alisa
Ferguson
Bunker Hill High School – 4675 Oxford School
Road – Phone: 241-3355 – www.catawbaschools.
net
Principal – Dr. Jeff Isenhour, Assistant Principals –
Drew Stiles & Lisa Thomas
Claremont City Park – 3384 East Main Street
(next to Claremont Elementary School) – www.cityofclaremont.org – Winter Hours – Oct. 1 - March
31 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Summer Hours – April 1 Sept. 30 from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. The park features
playground equipment, lighted tennis courts, picnic
shelters, restrooms, amphitheater with stage, a quarter mile-paved walking trail, and camping sites.
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The Claremont Courier
March, 2016 • Volume 10 Issue 3 • www.theclaremontcouriernc.net
Some interesting facts about March
FROM THE PUBLISHER
BY SCOTT W. RAMSEY
e all know that March is the third
month of the year, but did you
know that the name of the month
dates back the Roman calendar? March was
named for Mars, the Roman god of war. Now,
here some other fun facts about the month
of March you may not have been aware of.
March was the first month of the year until
the Gregorian calendar began to be used
in 1752. March was called Hlyda or Lide in
Old English, which is a reference to the loud
winds. An old proverb says, “March comes in
a like a lion, and goes out like a lamb,” which
is reference to winter ending and spring beginning. Aquamarine and the bloodstone
are the birthstones for March. Both stones
stand for courage. There are different re-
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ports about the true “birth flower.” Some
says it’s the daffodil and others say it’s violet.
March is the first month of Spring which begins between March 19-21. In the Southern
Hemisphere, March is the same as September
in the Northern Hemisphere. Each year March
and June end on the same day of the week. It is
the time of year when animals start to wake up
from hibernation. March is also know for Women’s History Month, National Reading Month,
National Nutrition Month, American Red Cross
Month, Fire Prevention Month, National Music
in our Schools Month, National Professional Social Work Month, and National Nutrition Month.
The following days are celebrated during the
month of March: Self-injury Awareness Day,
March 1; National Reading Day, March 2; International Women’s Day, March 8; Pi Day,
March 14; Save a Spider Day, March 14; Saint
Patrick’s Day, March 17; Sun-Earth Day, March
Many ways to connect to the county
CATAWBA COUNTY CORNER
BY DAVE HARDIN
f you’re looking for news about Catawba
County, you can certainly find it in these pages and we thank The Claremont Courier for
its continuing coverage. I also like to occasionally remind readers about the many other ways
you can keep in touch with Catawba County
and get information specific to your needs.
Our Web site at www.catawbacountync.
gov, our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/catawbacountync, and Twitter feed
at https://twitter.com/catawbacounty always
have current news about Catawba County. If
you don’t want to keep up with all those web
addresses, just look for icons in the top right
hand corner at www.catawbacountync.gov
and they’ll take you to our Facebook and Twitter feeds, other social media we use like YouTube, Instagram and Flickr, and our mobile
app, iCatco. Our Facebook and Twitter feeds
are really gaining momentum. We’ve had al-
I
most 200 new followers on Facebook since
Jan. 1, and 140 new followers on Twitter in the
same time frame. That’s about the average.
For sheer volume of information and your
ability to find what you’re looking for or choose
what you see, www.catawbacountync.gov is
still probably the best source for information. If
you’ve never visited or it’s been awhile, the first
thing you’ll see is a large area in the middle of
the page that rotates through six photos. Clicking on each photo will take you to a news story.
At the top of the page you’ll see a series of
words in white that have “drop-down” menus
leading to a lot more information about the
county including staff contacts, our history,
separate departments, links to other agencies that are either directly or indirectly reflected in the county budget, the Board of
Commissioners, and on-line county services. Down the left hand side are links to
the most popular pages on our website so
users will have a fast route to those pages.
You may also notice columns of larger “but-
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18; International Day
of Happiness, March
20; and World Water Day, March 22.
Celebrity birthdays
in March include Jon
Bon Jovi, March 2;
Jessica Biel, March
3; Shaquille O’Neal,
March
6;
Chuck
Norris, March 10;
Carrie Underwood,
March 10; Albert
Einstein,
March
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14; Adam Levine,
March 18; William Shatner, March 22; Reese Witherspoon, March 22; Lady Gaga,
March 28, and Celine Dion, March 30.
Scott W. Ramsey is the Publisher of
The Claremont Courier. For more information, call 320-8450, or e-mail
to
[email protected].
tons” on either side of
the website near the
bottom. Those lead
to information about
partnerships in improving government
and the quality of life
in the county such
as Innovate Catawba
and Life, Well Run,
and to significant reports about children
and senior citizens.
Full agendas for
every meeting of
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the Board of Commissioners are always posted at www.
catawbacountync.gov and on our Facebook and Twitter feeds. After the meetings
occur, we also publish a synopsis of what
happened at the meeting. Minutes of all
meetings are linked to all our on-line channels after they are approved by the board.
If you’d rather have news and information
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Bunker Hill Covered Bridge – 2 miles east of Claremont on NC Hwy. 70 – Phone: 465-0383 – www.
catawbahistory.org
Hours: Sun.-Sat., 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Designated as a
National Civil Engineering Landmark in 2001, is the
only remaining example in wood of the Improved Lattice Truss patented by General Herman Haupt.
CATAWBA INFORMATION
First Monday – Catawba Town Council, Town
Hall – 7 p.m. Third Monday – Bandys Athletic
Boosters, Bandys High School – 7 p.m. Every
Tuesday – Catawba Fire Department, Catawba
Fire Department – 7 p.m. Third Tuesday – Bandys
High School Band Boosters, Bandys High School
– 6:30 p.m. First & Third Wednesday – Balls
Creek Optimist Club, Club House – 7:30 p.m.
Second Wednesday – Festival & Parade Committee, Town Hall – 6:30 p.m. Second Thursday
– Veterans Garden of Honor Committee, Town
Hall – 5:15 p.m. Fourth Thursday – Small Town
Main Street Committee, Town Hall – 5:15 p.m.;
Catawba Planning Board, Town Hall – 7 p.m.
Catawba Town Hall – 108 North Main Street;
Phone: 241-2215 – www.townofcatawbanc.org
Catawba Town Council – Mayor – Donald Robinson – Mayor Pro-Tem – Jeff Hendren, Donnie
Allen, Colleen Anderson & Patrick Laney
Catawba Planning Board – Ray Abernathy, Trent
Cloninger, Linda Charles, Kathy Ervin, John Gilbert,
Denise Lineberger, Clyde Robinson, Donald Robinson, Isaiah Springs & Cindy Richardson-Travis
Catawba Town Staff – Town Manager – Joel
Mashburn, Town Clerk – Kathy Johnson, Town
Attorney – Blair Cody III, Town Planner – Elinor
Hiltz, Public Works Director – Claude Gwynn
Catawba Police Department – 107 South Main
Street – Phone: 241-4888
Police Chief – Duane Cozzen
Catawba Volunteer Fire Department – 108
North Main Street – Phone: 241-4955 – www.
catawbafire.org
Fire Chief – Donald Robinson – Deputy Fire
Chiefs – Trent Cloninger & Kelly Pope
Bandys Crossroads Fire Department – 1611
Buffalo Shoals Road – Base 1: Phone: 241-2111
– Base 2: Phone: 428-3897 – www.catawbacountync.gov
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Catawba to honor NASCAR legend, Bobby Isaac
National Motorsports Press Association Hall of
Fame in 1979, named to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1996, and was named
to the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2016. In addition to his racing career, Isaac also set 28
world speed records in 1971 at the Bonneville
Salt Flats in Utah, some of which still stand to
this day. The council decided to honor Isaac by
putting up signs at the Town of Catawba Welcome Signs at NC Highway 10 and 5th Street
SW and NC Highway 10 and US Highway 70.
The council explained that at one time there
were signs honoring Isaac, but they were made
of wood and after years of wear and tear were
removed. The council decided that since Isaac
was selected as a NASCAR Hall of Fame
member in 2016, that new signs should be
put back up. The council stated that the town
would contact NCDOT about the prices and
sizes of different signs that could be placed
at the two signs. An update on the matter will
be given at a future town council meeting.
The Feb. 1, 2016 Town of Catawba Regular
Town Council Meeting was held at Catawba
Town Hall in downtown Catawba at 7 p.m. The
meeting was officially Called to Order by Town
of Catawba Mayor, Donald Robinson which
was followed by the Invocation and the Pledge
of Allegiance. The council then approved
the Minutes from the Jan. 4, 2016 Town of
Catawba Regular Town Council Meeting, and
the Feb. 1, 2016 Agenda before opening the
floor for the Public Comment Period. Once
the floor was closed for public comments,
the meeting then entered into Old Business.
The first item listed under Old Business was
an update on the East Central Avenue drainage issues. According to the council, the town
is working with Catawba United Methodist
Church to fix the ongoing problem, and an
update will be given at a future town council
meeting. The council then approved Resolution 2016-2 – Resolution Declaring Certain
Property Surplus and Authorizing its Disposal.
The two items listed were a 1998 and 2006
Ford Crown Victoria from the Catawba Police
Department. The final item under Old Business was an update on two Town Code Violations. Town Planner, Elinor Hiltz stated that
an RV parked in a driveway for an extended
period of time had been resolved. Hiltz finished by stating that the second violation was
regarding a piece of property that had high
grass that needed to be mowed. Hiltz said the
owners were being tracked down, and an update would be delivered at a future meeting.
New Business was next on the agenda, and
THE CATAWBA VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A
RIBEYE STEAK DINNER FUNDRAISER ON
SATURDAY, APRIL 9
FROM 4:00 PM UNTIL
The fundraiser will be held at the department headquarters
at 108 North Main Street in downtown Catawba.
The department will be selling dine-in adult plates for $13,
and $6 for children ages 12 and under.
The plates will include a steak cooked to order,
choice of baked potato or french fries, salad, roll, dessert,
and tea or coffee. All take-out orders are $13 per plate.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
OR TO PLACE A TAKE-OUT ORDER,
CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT
828-241-4955
www.catawbafire.org
the council had a discussion regarding the use
of jack brakes by trucks in the downtown area.
The council decided to look at ways other municipalities deal with the issue, and an update
will be given at a future town council meeting. The council then approved the Upgrade
and Replacement of Lights around Town Hall.
LED lighting would be placed at the corner, the
canopy, and on the north side of Town Hall.
New Business was closed after the council
held their discussion on the Bobby Isaac signs.
Mayor, Donald Robinson then delivered his
monthly Mayor’s Report, and he stated that the
search for a new Town Manager is underway
and several candidates have been identified.
Robinson finished his report by saying that
the lighting at the Veterans Garden of Honor
would be installed by spring. The Catawba
Police Department and Public Works Department Reports were then delivered. Robinson then Adjourned the Feb. 1, 2016 Town
of Catawba Regular Town Council Meeting.
All Town of Catawba Town Council meetings
are held on the first Monday of every month, at
7 p.m., at Catawba Town Hall at 108 North Main
Street in downtown Catawba, unless it falls on a
major holiday at 7 p.m. All area citizens are encouraged to attend these meeting. For more information, call Catawba Town Hall at 241-2215,
visit the town Web site at www.townofcatawbanc.org, or visit the town Facebook page.
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Claremont looks at economic and demographic data
of Claremont Regular City Council Meeting.
The numbers run from 1980 through 2013, and
include population trends, household income
and poverty levels, employment and wages,
educational attainment, and housing trends.
Under population trends, the number state that
the city population was at 880 in 1980, 980 in
1990, 1,060 in 2000, 1,352 in 2010, and 1,404
in 2013. The Claremont population by race/
ethnic group 2000-2010 was 1,260 (White),
25 (African American), 1 (American Indian),
16 (Asian American), 24 (Two or More Races),
48 (Hispanic). Under household income and
poverty levels, in 2009-2013 there were 555
total households, 109 households earning less
than $25,000, 164 households earning between $25,000 and $50,000, 193 households
earning between $50,000 and $100,000, 89
households earning more than $100,000, and
the median household income was $$50,450.
Under employment and wages, in 2009-2013
those in the labor force were 637 people or 63%,
those underemployed were 41 people or 4%,
and those not in the labor force were 334 people or 33%. Under educational attainment from
2009-2013, 91.6% of the population attended
high school or higher, and 26.2% receive a
bachelor’s degree or higher, And under housing trends between 2009-2013, 534 people or
81.3% of the population lived in a single family
home, 109 people or 16.6% of the population
lived in a multi-family home, and 14 people or
2.1% of the population lived in mobile home.
The Feb. 1, 2016 City of Claremont Regular
City Council Meeting was held at Claremont
City Hall at 7 p.m. The meeting was officially
Called to Order by City of Claremont Mayor,
Shawn Brown, which was followed by the Approval of the Agenda. The Invocation was then
delivered by Pastor Jason Sigmon from Mt.
Calvary Lutheran Church, before everyone recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Shawn Brown
then delivered the Mayor’s Report, which was
followed by the council approving the Consent
Agenda which covered the Regular City Council Meeting from Jan. 4, 2016, and the Special
Called Meeting Minutes from Jan. 12, 2016.
Citizen’s Concerns and Comments was next,
and when nobody approached the podium,
the floor was closed for public comments.
Old Business was next, and the first item for
discussion were two Budget Transfers. The
council approved a measure to move $250
from Travel and Training to Contributions; and
$2,000 from Travel and Training to Miscellaneous. Old Business was closed after the
council approved Resolution 18-15 – Ratify
Lease Agreement with Pöppelmann Properties USA LLC. The lease agreement allows
Pöppelmann Plastics to lease the railroad spur
and execute the siding agreement with the city.
Moving forward, the council then heard two
Presentations. The first Presentation was for
the 2014-2015 Audit by Melanie Starr. The
second Presentation was regarding the City of
Claremont Demographic and Economic Data
Profile by Tayler Dellinger from the WPCOG.
The meeting then entered into New Business,
and the council quickly approved Resolution
15-15 – Surplus Property to be Sold via GovDeals and Resolution 16-15 – Surplus Property
to be Sold to the Bethlehem Fire Department.
The council then approved Ordinance 09-15 –
Amending the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Budget.
New Business continued when the council
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approved Resolution 17-15 – Authorizing a
NC Industrial Development Grant Fund Application for the Substance Inc. Sewer Project.
A Public Hearing was then held to discuss
a Zoning Amendment. The discussion was
for 4883 North Oxford Street from Community Business to Highway Business. The applicant’s immediate proposal is to sell cars
in addition to repairing cars on that property.
Once the Public Hearing was closed the council approved an Amended Audit Contract.
The council then held a Parks and Recreation Master Plan Review, before hearing an
update on the Wastewater Needs Analysis
Once New Business was closed, the council received the Department and Committee
Reports from the Youth Council, Police, Fire,
Public Works, Utility, Parks and Recreation,
Rescue Squad, and the Planning and Zoning Departments. The City Manager’s Report
was then delivered by Catherine Renbarger.
Once Renbarger was finished with her City
Manager’s Report, the meeting entered into
a Closed Session Meeting regarding Personnel. Once the Closed Session Meeting was closed, Claremont Mayor, Shawn
Brown Adjourned the Feb. 1, 2016 City of
Claremont Regular City Council Meeting.
All City of Claremont City Council meetings
are held on the first Monday of every month,
unless it falls on a major holiday at 7 p.m., at
Claremont City Hall at 3288 East Main Street
in downtown Claremont. For more information,
call Claremont City Hall at 466-7255, visit the
city Web site at www.cityofclaremont.org, or
visit the city Facebook page or Twitter account.
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CATAWBA INFORMATION
Catawba Rescue Squad – 300 Second Street SE –
Phone: 241-3111 – www.catawbarescue.com
Chief – Donald B. Houston
David A. Hunsucker Memorial Park – 101 Third
Street NW – Phone: 241-2215 – www.townofcatawbanc.org
The park features a walking trail, playground equipment, picnic shelters, a volleyball court, and horseshoe pits.
Oxford Convenience Center – 4637 Lookout Dam
Road – Phone: 241-3774
Hours: Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Town of Catawba Historical Association – President – John Gilbert, Vice-President – Marilyn Gabriel, Secretary – Arlene Sigmon, Historian – Albert Keiser, Jr., Trustees – Helen Campbell, Linda
Charles, Barbara Lynch & Jennifer Whisnant
Catawba Rosenwald Education Center – 403
Rosenwald School Street – Phone: 241-2734 –
www.catawbaschools.net
Principal – Shannon Clemons, Assistant Principal
– Angela Charles
Catawba Elementary School – 5415 Hudson
Chapel Road – Phone: 241-3131 – www.catawbaschools.net
Principal – Todd Sudderth, Assistant Principal –
Brigette DeArman
Bandys High School – 5040 East Bandys Road –
Principal – Angela Williams – Assistant Principals –
Brandon Harbinson & Todd Davis
Murray’s Mill Historic Site – 1489 Murray’s Mill
Road – Phone: 241-4299, 465-0383 – www.catawbahistory.org
Hours: Fri.-Sat., 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sun., 1:30 to 4:30
p.m. Group tours of 10 or more by appointment.
Features Murray’s Mill, Murray & Minges General
Store, Wheathouse Exhibit Gallery & John Murray
House.
Dr. Q.M. Little House 1873 Museum – 101 West
First Street SW – Phone: 241-4077, 241-2424
Tours by appointment. Features six-room brick
home with artifacts and displays. The National Little
Library is also available for research.
SHERRILLS FORD/TERRELL
INFORMATION
Every Tuesday – Baby Bounce, Sherrills Ford/Terrell Library – 2 p.m. Second Tuesday – Chamber of
Commerce Southeast Area Council, Sherrills Ford/
Terrell Fire & Rescue Building – 4 p.m. Third Tuesday – Friends of The Library, Sherrills Ford/Terrell
Library – 6:30 p.m. Every Wednesday – Sherrills Ford/Terrell Rotary Club, Sherrills Ford/Terrell Fire & Rescue Building – 7:30 a.m.; Ready to
Learn, Sherrills Ford/Terrell Library – 10 a.m. First
Wednesday – Sherrills Ford Optimist Club, Sherrills Ford Optimist Park – 7 p.m. Every Thursday
– Ready to Learn, Sherrills Ford/Terrell Library –
10 a.m. Second & Fourth Thursday – Sherrills Ford
Lions Club, Lions Den – 6:30 p.m.
Sherrills Ford /Terrell Fire & Rescue Headquarters – 4011 Slanting Bridge Road – Phone: 4782131 – www.sftfr.net
Chief – Rick Davis
Base 1 – 8073 Sherrills Ford Road – Phone: 478-
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SHERRILLS FORD/TERRELL
INFORMATION
9105, Base 2 – 4385 Mt. Pleasant Road – Phone:
704-483-9531, Base 3 – 4582 Burris Road, Denver
– Phone: 478-3296
Sherrills Ford Branch Library – 8456 Sherrills Ford
Road – Phone: 478-2729 – www.catawbacountync.gov
Branch Manager – April Green
Hours: Tue., 12 to 8 p.m.; Wed. - Fri., 9 a.m. to 6
p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sherrills Ford Convenience Center – 8876 Sherrills Ford Road – Phone: 478-2248
Hours: Wed.-Sun.; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sherrills Ford Elementary School – 8103 Sherrills Ford Road – Phone: 478-2662 – www.catawbaschools.net
Principal – Shelly Black, Assistant Principal –
Heather Houser
CONOVER INFORMATION
Monthly Community Calendar
First Monday – Conover City Council, City Hall –
7 p.m. Second Monday – Newton-Conover School
Board, 1924 Courthouse, Newton – 7 p.m. First &
Third Monday – Conover Lions Club, CVMC Jade
Room – 6:45 p.m.; and Newton-Conover Athletic
Boosters, Newton-Conover High School AV Room
– 6:30 p.m. Every Tuesday – Ready To Learn, Conover Library – 11 a.m.; and Newton-Conover Rotary
Club, Catawba Country Club – 12 p.m. Third Tuesday – Conover Planning Board, City Hall – 7 p.m.
Every Saturday – Ready To Learn, Conover Library
– 11 a.m.; and Conover Farmers Market, 109 1st
Street East – 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., April-October.
Conover City Hall – 101 First Street East – Phone:
464-1191 – www.conovernc.gov
Conover City Council – Mayor – Lee Moritz, Jr.,
Mayor Pro-Tem – Kyle Hayman, Don Beal, Mark
Canrobert, Bruce Eckard & Joie Fulbright
Conover Planning Board – James Ten Kate, David
Brown, Robert Jarrett, Janette Sims, Helen Whitfield, Jim Rice, Ken Hilderbran & Ryan Spleet
Conover City Staff – Town Manager – Donald
Duncan, Jr., City Clerk – Cara C. Reed, City Finance Director – Vickie K. Schlichting, City Attorney – Monroe Pannell, City Planner – Lance Hight,
Public Works Director – Jimmy Clark
Conover Police Department – 115 Second Avenue
NE – Phone: 464-4698 – www.conovernc.gov
Chief of Police – Steve Brewer
Conover Fire Department – Station One, 122
Conover Boulevard East – Station Two, 1011 Hwy.
70 West – Phone: 464-1295 – www.conovernc.gov
Fire Chief – J. Mark Hinson
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Conover amends three 2015-2016 budget ordinances
from the Fund Balance in the Priority Sidewalk
Capital Project Fund and transferred the funds
to the Lyle Creek Greenway Capital Project
Ordinance. The second budget ordinance
adopted by the council was Ordinance 8-16 –
Amending the 2015-2016 Budget Ordinance.
This ordinance appropriated $12,000 water/
sewer retained earnings which will be used to
satisfy the settlement agreement with Bestway
Rental. The final budget ordinance adopted by
the city council was Ordinance 9-16 – Amending the 2015-2016 Budget Ordinance. This
ordinance appropriated $11,300 from the General Fund Balance and transferred it to the city
Cemeteries, Parks and Grounds Department
to update three existing brick monument signs.
The Feb. 1, 2016 City of Conover City Council Regular Meeting was held at Conover City
Hall in downtown Conover at 7 p.m. The meeting was officially Called to Order by City of
Conover Mayor, Lee E. Moritz, Jr., and then
the Rev. Joe Dillard from New Life Fellowship
Church delivered the Invocation. Moritz led
everyone through the Pledge of Allegiance
before the council Approved the Minutes from
the Regular City Council Meeting on Jan. 4,
2016. Comments from visitors and guests
was next on the agenda, and when the floor
was closed for public comments the council
then heard a Presentation regarding library
services for Conover by Catawba County Library Director, Suzanne White. When White
was finished with her report, the council then
heard a Report on the city’s Audit for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 by Debora Wentz, CPA.
The council then approved a Contract to Audit City Accounts between the city and Debora B. Wentz, CPA for $15,700 for the 2016
Fiscal Year. A Public Hearing was then held
regarding a Voluntary Annexation for the Jeffery C. Murray property contiguous with the
city limits located at 908 4th Street SW, and
containing approximately 3.8 acres. Once the
Public Hearing was closed, the council adopted Ordinance 4-16 – Extending the Corporate Limits of the City of Conover for the
Jeffery C. Murray property at 908 4th Street
SW, and containing approximately 3.8 acres.
Moving forward, the council then held another Public Hearing to consider an Amendment
to Appendix A, Zoning, of the Conover Code
of Ordinances. Once the Public Hearing was
closed, the council adopted Ordinance 5-16
– Amending Appendix A, Zoning, of the Conover Code of Ordinances. The council then
held another Public Hearing to receive citizen
input in the Development of Community Devel-
opment Block Grant (CDBG) Applications for
the coming year. The council then approved a
GKN Sinter Metals, LLC Assessment Policy.
The council then adopted Resolution 4-16
– Policies and Guidelines for the Community
Development Block Grant Program and Economic Development Administration Grant Program. The council then adopted Ordinance
6-16 – Capital Project Ordinance – Lyle Creek
Greenway. This ordinance amends the Lyle
Creek Greenway Capital Project Ordinance
with a $4,700 transfer from the Priority Sidewalk Fund to provide for the completion of
trail improvements including an additional foot
bridge near County Home Road and the Ridge
Point Apartments entrance and additional field
work. The council then adopted Ordinance
7-16 – Amending the 2015-2016 Budget Ordinance for the Priority Sidewalk Capital Project. The council then approved a Settlement
Agreement and Mutual Release for Bestway
Rental. The council then adopted Ordinance
8-16 – Amending the 2015-2016 Budget Ordinance for the Bestway Rental settlement.
The council then adopted Ordinance 9-16 –
Amending the 2015-2016 Budget Ordinance
for Three Existing Brick Monument Signs.
The council then heard the Tax Collector’s
Report, and the Tax Lien Advertisement Report. The council then approved the Tax Releases and Refunds. The council then heard
the various Committee Reports, before the
monthly City Manager’s Report which was
delivered by Conover City Manager, Donald
Duncan, Jr. Once the City Manager’s Report
was finished, City of Conover Mayor, Lee E.
Moritz, Jr. Adjourned the City of Conover
Feb. 1, 2016 City Council Regular Meeting.
All City of Conover City Council meetings are
held on the first Monday of the month, unless
it falls on a major holiday at 7 p.m., at Conover
City Hall at 101 1st Street East in downtown
Conover. All area citizens are encouraged to
attend these meetings. For more information
or questions about any of the services provided
by the city, call Conover City Hall at 464-1191,
visit the city Web site at www.conovernc.gov, or
visit the city Facebook page or Twitter account.
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Fundraisers and Easter fun planned for everyone
all have fun, family friendly events planned in
March and April that are sure to lure a number
of people out of their winter hibernation. The
Town of Catawba has two annual fundrisers
planned, and the City of Claremont and Newton each have one event scheduled event.
Kicking things off in the Town of Catawba is
the 53rd annual Ham Day at the Riverside Masonic Lodge 606 at 102 Main Street in downtown Catawba. The yearly event will be held
on March 12 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Breakfast,
lunch and dinner will be served, and patrons
can either dine-in or take-out a plate. Breakfast will be served from 6 to 11 a.m., and will
include: country ham, scrambled eggs, redeye gravy, grits, and homemade biscuits.
Lunch and dinner will be served from 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m., and the menu will include: country
ham, green beans, candied yams, cole slaw,
red-eye gravy, grits, homemade biscuits, and
a dessert. All plates will cost $8, and ham biscuits will be sold for $2 per biscuit, or $8 for
five biscuits. A to-go line will also be available
to pick up biscuits or to-go plates. For more
information, questions, or to purchase tickets,
visit the Riverside Masonic Lodge 606 Web
site at www.masonpost.com/nc/riverside606.
Next, the City of Claremont will host its sixth
annual Easter Egg Hunt on March 12 from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. The annual Claremont Parks
and Recreation Department event will be held
at Claremont City Park at 3384 East Main
Street in downtown Claremont (next to Claremont Elementary School). This free event will
give children the chance to hunt over 4,000
Easter eggs, in addition to eating cookies, hot
dogs, and drinks. All area children are invited
to come to the park at 10:45 a.m., to meet
the Easter Bunny (parents and guardians are
asked to bring a camera for pictures). Age
divisions for the Easter Egg Hunt are divided
into 0-3, 4-6, and 7-10 years old; and all participants should bring an empty Easter basket for collecting eggs. All visitors are asked
to park at Claremont Elementary School, and
Claremont City Hall. A rain date has also been
planned for March 19 (same time and location). For more information, call Claremont
City Hall at 466-7255, e-mail to morders@
cityofclaremont.org, or visit the City of Claremont Web site at www.cityofclaremont.org.
The Newton Parks and Recreation Department will host also be hosting its annual Easter Egg Hunt at Southside Park at 1775 Southwest Boulevard in Newton on March 20 at 2
p.m. Age categories for this Easter Egg Hunt
will be 1-3, 4-6, and 7-10 years old. Prizes
will be awarded in all three age divisions to
the children who find the craziest eggs, largest eggs, smallest eggs, most unusual eggs,
golden eggs, various prize eggs, and the most
eggs. The Easter Bunny will also be on hand
to greet youngsters and give away numerous
prizes during the event. The public is invited
to attend this free family friendly event. For
more information or questions, call the Newton Parks and Recreation Department at 6954317, or visit the Newton Parks and Recreation
Department Web site at www.newtonnc.gov.
The last event scheduled will be back in the
Town of Catawba, where the Catawba Volunteer Fire Department at 108 North Main Street
in downtown Catawba will host its annual rib
eye steak dinner fundraiser. The annual event
will be held on April 9 from 4 p.m. until all of
the steaks are sold. The meal will include a
choice of baked potato or fries, salad, roll, dessert, and tea or coffee. All steaks are cooked
to order, and the cost for a plate is $13 for
adults and $6 for children. All take out orders
are $13 per plate. Money raised from the event
will go for much needed equipment for the
fire department. For more information, questions, or to place a to go order, call the Town
of Catawba Volunteer Fire Department at 2414955, e-mail to [email protected],
or visit the Town of Catawba Volunteer Fire
Department Web site at www.catawbafire.org.
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CONOVER INFORMATION
Newton-Conover Rescue Squad – Base 1, 337 East
A Street, Newton – Phone: 465-2958 – Base 2, 2705
North College Avenue, Newton – Phone: 466-0176
– www.newtonconoverrescue.org
Conover Branch Library – 401 Conover Station SE
– Phone: 466-5108 – www.catawbacountync.gov
Branch Manager – Debbie Hovis
Hours: Tue., 12 to 8 p.m.; Wed.-Fri., 9 a.m. to 6
p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Conover School – 108 Seventh Street Place SW –
Phone: 464-9532 – www.nccs.k12.nc.us
Principal – Phyllis Pegram, Assistant Principal –
Valerie Leath
Lyle Creek Elementary School – 1845 Edgewater
Drive – Phone: 464-0299 – www.catawbaschools.
net
Principal – Angela Blackstock Garcia, Assistant
Principal – Danielle Caims
Shuford Elementary School – 810 Hunsucker
Drive – Phone: 464-1973 – www.nccs.k12.nc.us
Principal – Patrick Nelson
St. Stephens Elementary School – 684 30th Street
NE – Phone: 256-2570 – www.catawbaschools.net
Principal – Donna Heavner, Assistant Principal –
Robert Turner
Riverbend Park – 6700 NC Hwy. 16 North –
Phone: 256-9157 – www.catawbacountync.gov
Open Fri.-Mon., Nov.-Feb, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; March &
Oct., 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; April-Sept., 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Conover City Parks
City Park – 409 4th Street SE; Downtown Park
– 112 2nd Avenue NE; Gateway Park – 1st Street
West; Hines Park – 1130 4th Street SW; Hunsucker Park – 8th Street NE & 1st Avenue Place NE;
Majestic Park – 624 2nd Street Drive SW; Rowe
Park – 217 9th Street SW; Travis Park – 612 6th
Street Court NW & Washington/Southwest Park
– 555 4th Street Place SW
Catawba County Firefighters Museum – 3957
Herman Sipe Road – Phone: 466-0911 – www.
catawbacountync.gov
Open Fri. & Sat., 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sun., 1 to 4 p.m.
Adrian L. Shuford, Jr. YMCA – 1104 Conover Boulevard East – Phone: 464-6130 – www.ymcacv.org
MAIDEN INFORMATION
Monthly Community Calendar
First Monday – Maiden Town Council, Maiden Library – 7 p.m. Second Monday – Maiden Planning
Board, Maiden Library – 5:30 p.m. Third Monday
– Maiden Town Council, Maiden Library – 7 p.m.;
American Legion Meeting, Maiden American Legion – 7 p.m. Every Thursday – Ready To Learn,
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MAIDEN INFORMATION
Maiden Library – 9:30 a.m. First Thursday – American Legion Meeting, Maiden American Legion – 7
p.m.
Maiden Town Hall – 19 North Main Avenue –
Phone: 428-5020 – www.maidennc.com
Maiden Town Council – Mayor – Robert L. Smyre,
Mayor Pro-Tem – Ronnie Williams, Max Bumgarner, Jr., Marcus Midgett, Trina Michael & Fore
Rembert
Maiden Beautification Committee – Charles Adams, Mark Beals, Mary Jo Williams, Rhonda Fulbright & Anette Barkley
Maiden Board of Adjustments – Donald Long,
Mike Morris, Doug Ledford, Danny Hipps & Roger Isenhour. Alternates – Vernon Stinson & Lewis
Parlier
Maiden Planning Board – Lynne Jenkins, Joseph
David Miller, Bruce Ikard, Josh Grant & Pat Keener.
Alternates – Marian Abernathy & Lora Herman
Maiden Town Staff – Town Manager – Todd
Herms, Town Clerk – Wendy Vanover, Town Attorney – Scott Conrad
Maiden Police Department – 201 West Main
Street – Phone: 428-5005 – www.maidennc.com
Chief of Police – Tracy Ledford
Maiden Fire Department – 113 West Main Street
– Phone: 428-5028 – www.maidennc.com
Fire Chief – Danny Hipps – Assistant Fire Chiefs –
Tracy Caldwell & Kenneth Huffman
Maiden Public Works Department – 113 West
Main Street – Phone: 428-5033 – www.maidennc.
com
Director – Billy Price
Maiden Recreation Department – 207 East Klutz
Street – Phone: 428-5023 – www.maidennc.com
Director – Jody Rogers
Recreation Advisory Committee – Kenny Moore,
Tracy Caldwell, Michelle Diciuccio, Derek Lawing,
Scott Carpenter & Allen Sigmon
Maiden Rescue Squad – 3496 St. James Church
Road, Newton – Phone: 428-9841 – www.catawbacountync.gov
Rescue Chief – Dustin Frye
Maiden Branch Library – 11 South A Avenue –
Phone: 428-2712 – www.catawbacountync.gov
Hours: Tue., 12 to 8 p.m.; Wed.-Fri., 9 a.m. to 6
p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Maiden Elementary School – 201 North Main Avenue – Phone: 428-8769 – www.catawbaschools.net
Principal – Lori Reed, Assistant Principal – JR Sigmon
Maiden Middle School – 518 North C Avenue –
Principal – Brian Hefner, Assistant Principal –
Shannon Plemmons
Maiden High School – 600 West Main Street –
Principal – Robert Bliss, Assistant Principals – Caine
Houser & Melissa Gemes
Tuttle Elementary School – 2872 Water Plant Road
– Phone: 428-3080 – www.catawbaschools.net
Principal – Laura Marie Ingenito, Assistant Principal – Fred Whalen
Maiden Town Parks
Union Street Park – Union Street; Rosenwald Park
– South C Avenue & Maiden Recreation Park –
207 East Klutz Street
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Annual pottery festival to be held in Hickory
communities in the region. By the early 1820s,
Catawba Valley potters had adopted stoneware technology that allowed for the manufacture of stronger, larger and more varied wares.
Artisans made utilitarian wares needed by
the local farming community, such as churns,
molasses and whisky jugs, and food storage vessels. At the turn of the 20th century,
potters who chose to continue the craft had
to rely on tourism and an interest in handmade crafts. Face jugs became popular with
collectors of folk art pottery, and by 1960
only one craftsman, Burlon Craig, was still
producing pottery in the Catawba Valley.
Today, North Carolina potters are flourishing
because of their sense of tradition and their
awareness of earlier forms, glazes, or technologies. That sense of tradition is one of the reasons the annual Catawba Valley Pottery and
Antiques Festival is such a popular event in
the area. Pottery and antique enthusiasts from
across the region will once again descend on
the Hickory Metro Convention Center at 1960
13th Avenue Drive SE in Hickory for the 19th annual festival on March 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Each year more than 115 potters and vendors from across the region offer their wares
for purchase to the public. Items for sale in-
clude historical pottery, textiles, folk art, baskets, furniture, and miniature items. Contemporary potters typically sell items ranging from
coffee mugs, to face jugs, to amazing works
of art. The festivities also include featured
programming including pottery videos, demonstrations and a lecture presented by special
guest, Terry Zug. Zug’s expansive knowledge
of folk pottery and NC’s ceramic heritage
make him an illustrative keeper of the faith.
Pottery’s important role as a cultural force
comes alive in a short illustrated talk on the
history of swirl ware, “Swirl Ware: The Catawba Valley’s Art Pottery,” draws on examples
from ancient China, Europe, and present day
Catawba Valley. Swirlware is a style of pottery
made by pulling up two or more contrasting
colors of clay, together forming a “swirl” pattern
on the vessel. Immediately afterward, Catawba
Valley potters Steve Abee and Charlie Lisk will
give a demonstration and discuss the production of swirl ware at 11 a.m., and is included in
the ticket price. Tickets to the March 26 festival
cost $6 per person, tickets for children ages 12
and under cost $2, and children three and under are admitted for free with a paid adult. Tickets can be purchased at the door or on-line.
A special preview party featuring live music by
The Sigmon Stringers, a catered southern in-
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RIVERSIDE MASONIC LODGE 606
At 102 Main Street in Downtown Catawba
will celebrate the 53rd Anniversary of
HAM DAY on MARCH 12
Prices for a plate are $8 for adults
and $5 for children. Ham biscuits
will be sold for $2 per biscuit, or $8
for five biscuits. Breakfast will be
served from 6 AM to 11 AM,
and lunch and dinner will be
served from 11 AM to 7 PM.
spired dinner, and an early buying opportunity
will be held on March 25 from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets for the preview part cost $45 per person,
and must be purchased no later than March 18.
The festival is a non-profit event benefiting
the Historical Association of Catawba County in
Newton, and the North Carolina Pottery Center
in Seagrove. More than $500,000 has been donated to the institutions over the past 18 years.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call
Barry Huffman at 322-3943, e-mail to folkpot@
charter.net, or visit www.catawbavalleypotteryfestival.org, or http://catawbahistory.org/
catawba-valley-pottery-and-antiques-festival.
City of Claremont seeks
volunteers for committee
CLAREMONT – The City of Claremont is seeking residents to join the Claremont Parks and
Recreation Committee. The committee plans
yearly events such as the Easter egg hunt, city
wide yard sales, the farmers market, TouchA-Truck event, Claremont Daze, Scaremont,
veterans programs, and the Christmas parade.
The committee meets every third Monday of
the month at 6 p.m., at Claremont City Hall at
3288 East Main Street in downtown Claremont.
For more information, call Claremont Parks
and Recreation Specialist, Michael Orders
at 466-7255, e-mail to [email protected], or visit www.cityofclaremont.org.
LRU A Cappella Choir to
perform in Hickory
HICKORY – The Lenoir-Rhyne University
A Cappella Choir will be celebrating its 80th
anniversary this year by hosting a special
concert at Grace Chapel on the university
campus on March 21 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will also feature the LRU College Singers, the Brass Ensemble, and alumni from
the A Cappella Choir. The concert is free
and open the the public. For more information, visit mus.lr.edu/a_cappella_choir.
THE CLAREMONT COURIER
HALL OF FAME
Cheryl Ramsey; Bob & Rita Busbee; In Memory
of Bob Ramsey; Helen Ramsey; Mary Frances
Busbee; In Memory of Willard & Pauline Yount;
Mike Pannell; Peggy Miller; Mitchell Setzer;
Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc.; Thelma Wysong; In
Memory of Russell & Mary Boggs; In Honor of
Nell Hewitt; Town of Catawba Historical
Association, Inc. Board Members; In Memory
of PJ Stanley; Rev. Dennis & Jean Richards;
In Memory of Darrin Hollar; & In Memory of
Robert Ramsey, Jr.
To have your name placed in the Hall of Fame,
send your donation to The Claremont Courier,
c/o Hall of Fame, 3283 White Oak Court,
Claremont, NC 28610-8669.
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The Big Read designed to bring area residents together
through the partnership between the Catawba
County Library System, Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory Library System, LenoirRhyne University, the Green Room Community Theatre, and the Catawba County Historical
Association. Additional support has been provided by the United Arts Council of Catawba
County through the North Carolina Arts Council.
Kicking off the additional events planned
in conjunction with the Big Read is a photo
contest during March where members of the
community are encouraged to take pictures
of places, objects, buildings, trees, or other
images that remind them of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Citizens can post as many photos as
they like to Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram
using #catcobigread. Throughout the month,
the Catawba County Library System will be
tracking the hash tag and re-posting photos
on the library’s social media platforms. At the
end of March, those who follow the library’s
social media will vote on their favorite photos.
Winning photographers will receive prizes including a Kindle Fire or tickets to the Green
Room productions of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
The Big Read keynote speaker is Mary Badham, the actress who portrayed young “Scout”
in the 1962 movie “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Bad-
ham will be speaking at four events about her
experiences of making the film, and expounding
on the book’s messages of tolerance and compassion. Badham will be at the Lenoir-Rhyne
University Belk Centrum at 625 7th Avenue NE
in Hickory on April 4 from 10 to 11 a.m.; the
Green Room Theatre at 10 South Main Avenue
in Newton on April 4 from 6 to 7 p.m.; Catawba
Valley Community College at 2550 US Highway
70 in Hickory on April 5 from 12 to 1 p.m.; and
the Patrick Beaver Memorial Library at 375 3rd
Street NE in Hickory on April 5 from 6 to 7 p.m.
The Murray’s Mill historical site at 1489
Murray’s Mill Road in Catawba will host a
1930’s experience on March 12 from 1 to 4
p.m. All ages are invited out to enjoy a free
day at Murray’s Mill where visitors will see
how agriculture, commerce, and family life
intertwined in the early twentieth century.
Costumed interpreters will also be on hand
to describe their clothes and the interior furnishings of extant Murray family dwellings.
The Green Room Theatre at 10 South Main
Avenue in Newton will present the production
of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Six performances
of “To Kill a Mockingbird” will be held on April
8, 9, 15, and 16 at 8 p.m.,; and April 10 and
17 at 3 p.m. Guests lucky enough to secure
seats at an opening weekend performance
will enjoy a twist as the entire second act of
the play will take place in the historic courthouse on the town square. School performances will also be held on April 14 and 15.
Big Read Events will also be held at various
Catawba County Library locations in March
and April. The Main Library at 115 West C
Street in Newton will host a coffee and conversation event on March 8 at 2 p.m. A book
discussion by the Southern Pens book club
will be held. The group will compare and contrast “To Kill a Mockingbird” with Lee’s most
recent publication “Go Set a Watchman.”
Light refreshments will be served A “Hey Boo:
Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird” movie
night will be held on March 17 at 6 p.m. The
movie explores “To Kill a Mockingbird” and
unravels some of the mysteries surrounding
Harper Lee. A book to big screen discussion
will be held on March 24 at 6 p.m. A companion
read: “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson book
discussion will be held on March 31 at 6 p.m.
The Sherrills Ford-Terrell Branch Library
at 9154 Sherrills Ford Road in Terrell will
host a discussion on the life of Harper Lee
on March 14 at 6 p.m. A dinner and discussion event will be held on April 18 from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. The Our event will include a
comparative study between “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Go Set a Watchman.” A discussion on the climate of the south during the
1930’s and 1950’s and how the setting played
a role in both novels will also be discussed.
The Patrick Beaver Memorial Library at
375 3rd Street NE in Hickory will host a musical tribute to the Civilian Conservation
Corps on March 15 at 6 p.m. William Jamerson will perform an hour-long program of
songs and stories about the Civilian Conservation Corps. The program will be followed
by a short question and answer period and
book signing. Teen Jeopardy will be held on
March 22 at 6:30 p.m. Teens will participate
in playing Jeopardy to discuss various topics
related to the book “To Kill a Mockingbird.” A
movie night will be held on April 4 at 6 p.m.
Lenoir-Rhyne University at 625 7th Avenue
NE in Hickory will host a book discussion
on March 21 at 6 p.m., in the Belk Centrum.
Catawba Valley Community College at 2550
US Highway 70 in Hickory will host a book discussion on March 9 at 12 p.m. And the Abernethy Laurels Retirement Community Auditorium at 102 Leonard Avenue in Newton will host
a musical tribute to the Civilian Conservation
Corps on March 16 at 2 p.m. William Jamerson
will perform an hour-long program of songs
and stories about the Civilian Conservation
Corps. The program will be followed by a short
question and answer period and book signing.
For more information about the Big Read events,
visit enewsletter.catawbacountync.gov/library/.
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The meeting will begin at 10 a.m., for a coffee social, a brief business meeting, and then
a presentation by Theresa Stroisch who is a
CLAREMONT – The City of Claremont has principal with Brooktana Consulting. For more
announced several upcoming events that will information, e-mail to [email protected].
be held in the Claremont community. The anBookmark contest planned
nual City Wide Yard Sale, and Claremont Fire
Department Pancake Breakfast will be held at Hickory Public Library
on May 7. The city wide yard sale will be held HICKORY – The Friends of the Hickory Public
from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is no charge to par- Library will be sponsoring its annual bookmark
ticipate, but an application must be filled out contest for children in grades K-8. All area
for a spot at Claremont City Hall. Applications children are invited to participate through their
can be found at Claremont City Hall. For more
school, youth organization, home, or the Patinformation, call Recreation Events and Park
rick Beaver Memorial and Ridgeview Branch
Maintenance Coordinator, Michael Orders at
Libraries. Winners will be chosen from grades
466-7170, e-mail to morders@cityofclaremont.
K-2, 3-5, and 6-8, and their bookmarks will be
org, or visit www.cityofclaremont.org, or the
printed and used as the library’s official bookcity Facebook page. The pancake breakfast
mark for distribution during the coming year.
fundraiser will be held from 6 a.m. until at the
Prizes will be awarded in each age category,
Claremont Fire Department at 2850 Firehouse
Lane in Claremont. The menu will consist of and a selection of bookmark entries will be
pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, juice, coffee on display at both libraries during National
and tea. Children ages 5 and under eat for free Library Week on April 10-16. The bookmark
with a paying adult, and adult plates cost $6 theme is “Libraries Transform.” Entry forms
per person. Carry out orders for adult plates, and contest rules may be picked up at either
and delivery is also available for large orders. library branch. Information about the contest
For more information or to place an order, has also been sent to area public and private
call 459-9296, or visit www.claremontfd.net. schools, homeschoolers, and youth organizations. Entries must be received by March
PROBUS Club to meet in
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reception at the library on April 14. For inforMooresville on March 15
MOORESVILLE – The PROBUS Club of mation, call 304-0500, Ext. 7266 or 345-6037.
Lake Norman is a non-profit and nonsectarian Seniors programs planned
club formed to advance intellectual and cultural interests among retired and semi-retired for surrounding areas
professional and business persons and their CATAWBA, MAIDEN, & NEWTON – The Claspouses. The next meeting will be on March remont/Catawba/Sherrills Ford area Seniors
15 at the Berea Baptist Church Fellowship Morning Out (SMO) program at Center United
Hall at 1015 River Highway in Mooresville. Methodist Church at 4945 Sherrills Ford Road
Claremont to host annual
events on May 7
in Catawba; the Maiden SMO program at the
Maiden Community Center at 207 East Klutz
Street in Maiden; and the Newton SMO program at First Presbyterian Church at 701 North
Main Street in Newton have announced some
of the highlights for the month of February.
The
Claremont/Catawba/Sherrills
Ford
SMO highlights include: March 8: bowling at
Pin Station and shopping at Honey’s IGA in
Newton; March 10: St. Patrick’s Day crafts
and baking lemon squares; March 15: folk
art presentation; March 22: dyeing Easter
eggs and decorating Easter baskets; and
March 23: bingo. To reserve a spot, contact
site manager, Wendy Thomas at 320-0434.
The Maiden SMO highlights include: March
8: green fruit kabobs and corn hole games;
March 9: group walking and bingo; March
16: bingo and a spelling bee; March 17: St.
Patrick’s Day party; March 21, Kellerhaus
program with the Keller Family; March 24:
Easter party and crafts; March 29: Folk art
presentation. To reserve a spot, contact
site manager, Loretta Hefner at 320-5966.
The Newton-Conover SMO highlights include: March 7, cooking lessons; March 10:
depression program; March 14: macular degeneration program; March 15: music by Sentimental Journey; March 17: music by Rev It
Up; March 24: folk art presentation; March
29: bowling at Pin Station and shopping at
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E-Newsletter. You may sign up at http://www.
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Catawba County has been recognized in
two of the last three years as the top ranked
county in the US, with a population between 150,000 and 249,999, in the use of
online technologies. To stay current on all
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do is visit www.catawbacountync.gov, like
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Dave Hardin is the Public Information Officer for Catawba County. For
more information, call 465-8464, email
to
[email protected],
or
visit
www.catawbacountync.gov.
Honey’s IGA in Newton. To reserve a spot,
call site manager, Robyn Curtis at 455-4133.
Seniors Morning Out is a free half-day program held on Monday through Thursday for
ages 60 and older from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. For more information, call 695-5610 on
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CVCC to host annual job
fair on March 8
HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College will host its annual Job Fair on March 8
from 1 to 4:30 p.m., in the CVCC Tarlton Complex on the Main Campus located at 2550 Highway 70 SE in Hickory. More than 70 employers,
including manufacturers, healthcare, retailers,
insurance companies, camps, and other companies, are planning to attend. A list of employers is available online at www.cvcc.edu/Student_Services/Career_Services/Job_Fair.cfm.
Job seekers are encouraged to dress professionally and bring a current resume. There is
no admission for job seekers, but registration is
required either prior to or the day of the event.
Registration can be completed in advance online. For more information, call CVCC’s Career
Center at 327-7000, Ext. 4690, e-mail to [email protected], or visit www.cvcc.edu.
Red Leaf Artist Collective is
Newton’s newest business
NEWTON – The City of Newton welcomed
Red Leaf Artist Collective to the city during a
ribbon cutting ceremony Feb. 12. Red Leaf is
a showcase for area artists displaying paintings, pottery, photography, origami quilts,
and handmade items. Most of the pieces are
made by Newton artists, and all of them are
from Carolina artists. Owner and artist Lindsay
Robins has lived in Newton for the past nine
years. Red Leaf Artist Collective is located at
24 East 1st Street. Currently the hours of operation are 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday through
Friday; and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Saturday.
For more information, visit www.facebook.
com/redleafartistcollective, or call 719-1959.
Local travel agency
honored by Disney
HICKORY – The Travel Center of Hickory at
1463 2nd Street NE in Hickory has announced
it was recently named a 2015 Top Sales Performer for Disney Destinations. The business
was presented with a limited-edition award
and certificate of authenticity for being one
of the elite sales performers of the Disney
Ear Marked Program. The exclusive award
also recognized the Travel Center of Hickory
as being a top tier travel agent, exceeding
2015 sales goals for Disney Destinations.
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CONOVER – The City of Conover recently
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in the city, West Penn Hardwoods, Inc. West
Penn Hardwoods, Inc. was started by Rocky
and Kim Mehta 20 years ago in a small western New York town. West Penn has grown to
become the largest importer and distributor of
exotic woods in the world. They are the main
suppliers of exotic wood to all the large retail
woodworking chain stores. Their products are
sold on the wholesale level and also on the
retail level through their Web site, ebay, and
walk-in customers. West Penn Hardwoods
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Spring is prime time for home sales
REALTY BYTES
S
BY ELIZABETH FRANKLIN
pring marks the busiest home-selling
and home-buying season in our area.
Forty-six percent of the homes sold in
Catawba County in 2015, sold in the spring,
closing between April 1 and Aug. 31. With
the warmer weather and more daylight, buyers are more likely to shop during this time
of year. Curb appeal also peaks in the spring
for most properties enticing buyers to get
out and look for a new home. Craig Donofrio, Real Estate and Finance Journalist says,
“Daylight saving time also gives buyers more
time to look at houses, which means your
property can be seen by more buyers during
the day, increasing the chances of a sale.”
Some agents in our area believe we are
now in a seller’s market. According to RedFin, a seller’s market is when there are more
buyers than homes for sale. Since supply
is less than demand, homes will be higher
priced, giving sellers an advantage. In contrast, a buyer’s market is when there are
lots of homes on the market and relatively
few buyers, which leads to lower prices.
I personally feel like we are currently in transition between a buyer’s market and a seller’s
market. There are buyers currently looking who
can’t find a house, especially if they are limited
to a certain area or neighborhood. However,
sellers are still not getting top dollar for their
homes and most would tell you they definitely don’t feel like they have the advantage
over buyers. In fact, current fair market value
(what someone is willing to pay for your home)
is rising, but is still often lower that it was in
2008. In addition, as demonstrated in the chart
below, home values in our area are recovering more slowly than the national average.
If you are wondering how long you should
expect your house to be on the market should
you decide to sell, we can look at the absorption rate. Approximately 1,500 homes sold
in Catawba County in 2015. There are cur-
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almost five months
for all the homes currently on the market
to sell. This rate is
an average and there
are multiple factors
that play into how
quickly a home will
sell, especially the
condition of the home,
the home’s price
FRANKLIN
range and how competitively
the
home
is
priced.
Vacant land is a different story. Almost
100 residential lots were sold in Catawba
County in 2015. There are currently around
600 residential lots on the market. At the
rate residential lots sold in 2015, it would
take six years to sell all the residential lots/
land currently on the market in this area.
There is a glimmer of good news if you own
a residential lot in an established neighborhood. After new home construction came to
almost a standstill in 2009 and 2010, some
builders are starting to build spec homes
again. Thirty new homes are currently on the
market in Catawba County. Approximately half
of those homes are in the southeastern part
of the county in Newton, Conover, and Sherrills Ford. These builders are still being conservative and many are only building one or
two spec homes at a time. Some are also currently building on lots they acquired prior to the
2008/2009 fall in home sales, so they are not in
the market to purchase additional land just yet.
The lack of available new construction can
be good for existing home sales, however.
Many buyers don’t have the time, budget
or desire to have their home built. But finished or almost complete new construction is often stiff competition for resales.
So if you are considering putting your home
on the market, spring is the optimum time to
sell your home. It doesn’t matter whether it’s
a buyer’s market or a seller’s market, inventory almost always increases in the spring, because the number of buyers actively looking
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How should you respond to market ‘correction?’
FINANCIAL FOCUS
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BY SAM MORRISON
s an investor, you may be gaining familiarity with the term “market correction.” But what does it mean? And,
more importantly, what does it mean to you?
A correction occurs when a key index, such as
the S&P 500, declines at least 10 percent from
its previous high. A correction, by definition, is
short-term in nature and has historically happened fairly regularly – about once a year. However, over the past several years, we’ve experienced fewer corrections, so when we have one
now, it seems particularly jarring to investors.
How should you respond to a market correction? The answer may depend,
to some extent, on your stage of life.
• If you’re still working – If you are in the
early or middle parts of your working life, you
might not have to concern yourself much about
a market correction because you have decades
to overcome a short-term downturn. Instead of
selling stocks, and stock-based investments,
to supposedly “cut your losses,” you may find
that now is a good time to buy more shares of
quality companies, when their price is down.
Also, you may want to use the opportunity of
a correction to become aware of the need to
periodically review and rebalance your port-
folio. Stocks, and investments containing
stocks, often perform
well before a correction. If their price has
risen greatly, they
may account for a
greater percentage of
the total value of your
portfolio – so much so,
in fact, that you might
become “overweighted” in stocks, relative
to your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon. That’s why it’s
MORRISON
important for you to
proactively rebalance your portfolio – or, during a correction, the market may do it for you.
To cite one aspect of rebalancing, if your portfolio ever does become too “stock-heavy,” you
may need to add some bonds or other fixedrate vehicles. Not only can these investments
help keep your portfolio in balance, but they
also may hold up better during a correction.
• If you’re retired – After you retire, you may
need to take money from your investment accounts – that is, sell some investments – to
help pay for your cost of living. Ideally, however, you don’t want to sell stocks, or stock-
CVCC to offer computer
classes in March
HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College’s Workforce Development Innovation
Center will be offering a variety of classes in
March. All classes are to be held at the East
Campus in Room 956, unless otherwise stated. Excel 1 – Tuesday and Thursday, March
15-31 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., registration fee
is $75. Class will focus on the toolbar and learn
how to create, edit, save, format, and print
spreadsheets. A working knowledge of Windows is required. Excel-Intermediate – March
18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., registration fee is
$92. Students will learn how to use more tools
based vehicles, during a correction – because
when you do, you may be “selling low.” (Remember the most common rule of investing:
Buy low and sell high. It’s not always easy
to follow, but it’s still pretty good advice.)
So, to avoid being forced into selling, you need
to be prepared. During your retirement years,
try to keep at least a year’s worth of cash instruments on hand as well as short-term fixed
income investments. By having this money to
draw on, you may be able to leave your stocks
alone and give them a chance to recover,
post-correction. And it’s important to maintain
a reasonable percentage of stocks, and stockbased vehicles, in your portfolio, even during
retirement – because these investments may
provide the growth necessary to help keep
you ahead of inflation. Consequently, as a
retiree, you should have a balance of stocks
and stock-based vehicles, along with fixedincome vehicles, such as bonds, certificates
of deposit, government securities and so on.
Being prepared can help you get through a correction – no matter where you are on life’s journey.
This article was written by Edward Jones for use
by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
Sam Morrison is a Financial Advisor for
Edward Jones at 24 South Brady Avenue
in downtown Newton. For more information, call 464-1688, fax to (855) 379-2945,
e-mail to sam.morrison@edwardjones.
com, or visit www.edwardjones.com.
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Computrain classes are designed to provide
the participant with a one day training session
that focuses on the specific skills encountered
at the workplace with the supposition that the
participant is using the computer/software at
work on a regular basis. This class is designed
for students who have mastered the concepts in the previous levels and need to take
their skill level into more advanced functions.
To register, call Janet Lail one week prior to
class date at 327-7000, Ext. 4116, or e-mail
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Main Street in downtown Claremont will host its Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
monthly Dinner With Friends event on March 12,
which will include an entree, salad, two sides, CVCC to host notary
dessert, and a drink. A social time will be held public classes in March
from 5:30 to 6 p.m., and the meal will be served
HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community Colat 6:15 p.m. These social outings are designed
lege in Hickory will offer two notary public
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area to gather in a cozy relaxed atmosphere will be held on March 7 from 5:15 to 8:45 p.m.,
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Catawba County Library in downtown Newton
each Tuesday; the Patrick Beaver Memorial luggage for foster children
Library on the SALT Block in Hickory each CLAREMONT & STATESVILLE – The Boxcar
Thursday; and the West Hickory Senior Cen- Grille at 3140 North Oxford Street in Claremont
ter each Friday. Appointments are required and at Exit 148 off of Interstate 40 in Statesville
The Coffey Pot to host
dinner event on March 12
has announced it is currently collecting new or Colby Bolick honored by
gently used luggage for area foster children in
the area. Many foster children have to carry Thrivent Financial
their belongings from home to home in trash CLAREMONT – Colby Bolick, FIC, of Clarebags. All luggage can be dropped off at either mont, a financial associate with Thrivent Finanlocation. For more information, call the Box- cial, has qualified to attend the Peak Performers conference as a
car Grille in Statesville at (704) 397-9287, or
Sierra Level qualifier
the Boxcar Grille in Claremont at 459-9287.
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Expectations for a doctor’s visit
THE MEDICAL MESSAGE
H
BY DR. AMANDA H. BAILEY, DO
i, Mr. Smith. I’m Dr. Bailey. What
brings you in today? These are usually the words that I use when I introduce myself upon entering a patient room. We
all have different expectations when it comes
to visiting the doctor. In our first column, we
will address some of these. My goal for this
column is to educate through questions and
concerns from both sides, the patient and the
provider. I hope that through this your relationship with your doctor will improve and hopefully as a result promote overall health outcomes.
My background is in osteopathic medicine.
Therefore, I am a DO (Doctor of Osteopathic
Medicine) instead of an MD (Doctor of Allopathic Medicine). Osteopathic physicians are
taught under the philosophy that the body is a
whole and has the inherent ability to heal itself.
We are also taught osteopathic manipulative
treatment (OMT), which is a hands-on system
of therapy and treatment. We are trained to
look at each patient as a whole person, instead
of just organs or body parts, and to promote
healthy lifestyles and disease prevention. DO’s
and MD’s alike have the main goals of providing
quality patient care and preventing diseases.
I am sure many of you have been to the doctor before but wondered what to expect upon
your first visit Those of you that have yet to
visit the doctor are probably concerned about
what to expect. First, there are a few things
that are very important for you to bring to your
visit, even if you have been to the same doctor multiple times. You will need to bring your
ID and insurance cards so the front desk can
verify your identity and also ensure your insurance is active. It is also very important that
you bring all of your medication bottles with
you or ensure you have an updated list with
your current medications (including any over
the counter medications), dosages, and how
often you take them. Your medications are
very important for any provider to know as
there can be interactions with medications
or certain medications that can be harmful.
You will also need to complete paperwork
upon your visit to the doctor as well. The paperwork will include your HIPAA privacy form.
This form advises you of your rights as a patient, helps to reduce health care fraud and
abuse, and ensures privacy and confidentiality
of your medical records. The form has an area
to list those with whom you wish to share your
medical information. Those listed may call
and receive information on your medical care.
For your actual visit with the provider, a clinician will take you to an exam room and get your
vitals such as blood pressure, weight, height,
temperature, pulse, oxygen level, and pain
scale. Your height and weight are important as
we need to ensure that you are maintaining a
healthy BMI. Weight can also be an important
indicator of medical illnesses such as congestive heart failure if your weight increases
rapidly. Blood pressure is important to obtain
as many patients have elevated blood pressures and are not aware of the elevation. The
clinician will also discuss your symptoms and
the reasons you are visiting the doctor today.
Once the provider knows you are ready, we
will enter the room. We will ask your reason
for being seen today. There are two main reasons patients visit the doctor. The first is to get
established with a primary care provider. It is
important that you become established and
have a primary care provider as this will help
with your overall health outcomes. Having a
primary care provider allows continuity of care,
which helps with your health promotion and
disease prevention. Continuity of care is important as your regular provider is able to see
if there have been any recent changes in your
current health. These can include rapid weight
changes, mood changes, and blood pressure changes. Developing a provider/patient
relationship is also important as the provider
can also be aware of
your family and know
if there have been
recent stressors in
your life. Becoming
established with a
provider is also important as it can improve your chances
for early detection
of medical illnesses,
such as diabetes,
high blood pressure,
and even cancer.
There will always
BAILEY
be questions that
you may not want to answer or discuss with
your doctor, but we need to know this for a
reason. If you are a smoker and come to the
office complaining of a cough, our initial diagnosis would be different than a non-smoker.
A patient who drinks alcohol excessively and
complains of lower right abdominal pain would
be thought to have liver problems. A patient
who does not drink and complains of the same
symptoms would be thought to have gallbladder problems. As a provider, we do not judge
based on your habits; however, we do need to
know so we can provide top quality care and
know in which direction to look first based upon
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Expectations for a doctor’s visit
symptoms. If you feel comfortable with your
provider and have a good rapport with us, you
will feel more apt being truthful with us. The
information you tell us is confidential per the
above mentioned HIPPA forms/patient rights.
Another common reason patients visit the
doctor is to seek treatment for chronic illnesses. According to the CDC, about half of all
adults in 2012 had at least one or more chronic
health conditions. Visiting your primary care
provider regularly can help prevent, treat, and
control these chronic conditions. Ensure that
you ask your provider questions about your diagnosis and treatment plan to make sure you
understand the reasoning we have that led to
your treatment plan/goals. Understanding why
we prescribed a certain medication for your diagnosis and the consequences of not taking
that medication will improve your likelihood of
taking the medication and following the other
guidelines for health promotion. If you do not
understand something, you should ask or we
may falsely think you completely understand
all elements of your visit and treatment plan.
It is also important for us to ensure we are able
to address your concerns for the visit; however,
we are given 15-30 minutes with each patient.
This means we most likely will not be able to
address a notebook page full of concerns in
one visit. As a provider, we will have you pick
your top concerns or if there is one that we
consider quite concerning such as chest pain,
we will decide to address that one instead of
what you feel to be top priority. Most offices
will gladly make a follow up appointment to allow you to come back within a short amount of
time to address your other concerns. Sometimes, you may need more than one follow up
appointment. We as a provider will establish
whether your concerns can be addressed in
our office, or if you would need a referral. Referrals are done in order to provide you with
the utmost quality of care as specialists are
trained/focused on their one certain specialty.
I hope this article has helped to inform you of
what to expect when visiting the doctor. I would
like to thank the Claremont Courier and all of the
readers for the opportunity to do this column. I
will continue to write about important/hot topics
that are current or that I read in my journals.
Dr. Amanda Bailey, DO works at Catawba
Valley Family Medicine – Claremont at 2890
South Lookout Street in downtown Claremont. For more information or to schedule
an appointment with Dr. Bailey, call Catawba Valley Family Medicine – Claremont at
459-7324, or visit www.cvmgonline.org.
The event will also feature a 50/50 drawing,
silent auction, and door prizes will also be
given out. For more information or questions,
NEWTON – The City of Newton Police Depart- call 459-7968, or visit their Facebook page.
ment will offer a free self-defense class in on
Meals on Wheels seeks
March 19 for women and female teenagers.
The class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., volunteers
on the lower level of the Newton Recreation HICKORY – Catawba County Meals on Wheels
Center at 23 South Brady Avenue in Newton. is currently looking for volunteers to deliver
Participants must be at least 16 years old, meals to seniors age 60 or above who are unand have parental permission and be accom- able to shop or prepare their own meals. Donapanied by an adult. After a brief presentation, tions can be made by writing a check to CatawNewton police officers will provide hands- ba County Social Services and writing “SNS”
on self-defense instruction to participants. in the memo line and mailed to Senior Nutrition
The class is free, but registration is required Services, PO Box 207, Newton, NC 28658.
and lunch will be provided. To sign up for the You can donate on-line at catawbacountync.
class, e-mail M.D. Hopkins at mhopkins@ gov/dss. For more information, call 695-5610.
newtonnc.gov, or call Alex Frick at 695-4266. Terrell church to host
Newton police to offer free
self-defense training
Claremont Rescue Squad
to host annual fundraiser
CLAREMONT – The Claremont Rescue
Squad at 2748 South Oxford Street in Claremont has announced that it will host its 16th
annual Pig Pickin’ and Poker Run on April
16 at the department headquarters. The pig
pickin’ will be held from 3:30 until 8 p.m., or
until the food runs out. The poker run will begin
at 10:30 a.m., and the cost for a single rider
is $20, and the cost for double riders is $25.
weekly health screenings
TERRELL – Every first and third Monday, Rehobeth United Methodist Church Parish Nurses
will be available at the Connor Recreation Center at 4015 McGee Road in Terrell from 8 to 10
a.m. The event provides free wellness screenings, assistance in weight and management,
along with information concerning specific
medications and new and pre-existing health
conditions. For more information, call 4782518, 478-2552, or visit www.rehobethumc.org.
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Pregnancy Care Center to
host monthly meetings
HICKORY – The Pregnancy Care Center
of Catawba Valley at 421 Main Avenue SW
in Hickory has announced plans to host two
monthly meetings. The first meeting will be the
abortion recovery Bible study group for men
and another meeting for women. For more
information about this meeting, call Renee
at 322-4272. The pregnancy loss group will
be held on the third Tuesday of each month
at 6 p.m. For more information, call Janet
at 322-4272. You can also obtain more information by visiting, www.pcchickory.com.
ACAP to host support
group for caregivers
HICKORY – Adult Children of Aging Parents
(ACAP) will offer a free support group for area
caregivers in the Fellowship Hall at Mt. Olive
Lutheran Church at 2780 North Center Street
in Hickory. Registration is not required, and
meetings are held on the second Tuesday of
the month. The next meeting will be held on
March 8 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and will focus on
helping loved ones live confidently with vision
and hearing loss For more information, call
(877) 599-2227, e-mail to [email protected], or visit www.acapcommunity.com.
ment at Abernethy Laurels. For more infor- ery Wednesday morning from 10 to 11 a.m.,
mation or to register, contact Rossidivito at at Lake Norman Lutheran Church at 1445
465-8521, or visit www.abernethylaurels.org. North Highway 16 in Denver. For more information, call 478-2063 or (704) 516-2312.
HICKORY – Family Builders of Catawba
Chronic pain support
Valley invites anyone interested in fosterClaremont church to host
ing or adopting a child to attend an informa- group to meet on March 21
tion meeting from 6 to 7:30 p.m., on March 8 HICKORY – The Hickory Fibromyalgia and dementia workshop
and again on April 12 at the Family Services Chronic Pain Support Group will host its next CLAREMONT – St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Center, 3050 11th Avenue Drive SE in Hick- meeting on March 21. The free monthly meet- at 3216 West Main Street in downtown Clareory. There is an urgent need for foster par- ings will be held at Women’s Resource Cen- mont will host a free Dementia: Understanding
ents, especially those who can accept sibling ter (WRC) at 125 Third Street NE in Hickory It and Offering Care workshop on April 9 from
groups. Specific information about becoming on the third Monday of each month from 1 to 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The workshop will be prea resource family will be available. For more 2:30 p.m. Anyone with chronic pain related to sented by staff members of Trinity Village in
information or questions, call Megan Hildebran fibromyalgia or another health related condi- Hickory, and will focus on ways congregations
at 695-4553, or visit www.fostercatawba.com. tion can join the group. Membership is free, can care for its members and their families livwith dementia and alzheimers. Information
Alzheimer’s support group and guest speakers will be invited to share in- ing
formation. For more information or questions about Trinity Village will also be given. For more
planned for March 23
about any of the WRC’s programs, call 322- information, call the church office at 459-2161.
NEWTON – A monthly support group for 6333, or e-mail to [email protected]. WRC pantry in need of
friends and family of people with Alzheimer’s Weekly Al-Anon meetings
numerous personal items
disease and related dementias will take place
planned
in
Denver
at 8:30 a.m., on the fourth Wednesday of each
HICKORY – The Women’s Resource Center
month at Abernethy Laurels at 102 Leonard DENVER – The Al-Anon Family Groups is (WRC) at 125 3rd Street NE in Hickory has anAvenue in Newton. The next meeting will an anonymous fellowship whose purpose nounced that its pantry is in need of laundry
be held on March 23. There is no charge for is to help families and friends of those who detergent, bathroom cleaner, hand soap, winthe open and on-going group, with the pur- have a problem with alcohol. The “Starting dow cleaner, fabric softener, disinfectant, dryer
pose to provide emotional, educational and Over” group meets every Tuesday evening sheets, mouthwash, bleach, body wash, dish
social support for caregivers through regu- from 8 to 9 p.m., at Bethel Methodist Church detergent, and all purpose cleaner. For more
lar meetings. The support group will be led at 7284 Campground Road in Denver. And information, call 322-6333, e-mail to support@
by Greg Rossidivito, Director of Life Enrich- the “Just For Today” group will meet ev- wrchickory.org, or visit www.wrchickory.org.
Adoption and foster care
meeting scheduled
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• March 29 – 2:30 to 7 p.m., at East Maiden BapHICKORY – The American Red Cross tist Church, 1400 East Maiden Road, Maiden.
has announced its area Blood Drives for
March throughout the area. The Ameri- Claremont based charity
can Red Cross suggests you drink plenty makes announcements
of water and avoid caffeine on the day of CLAREMONT – The Crossroads Compasthe drive. You must also bring a photo ID. sion Project (CCP), a charity that helps
For more information, call 1-800-GIVE- many people in Moldova and based out of
LIFE,
or
visit
www.redcrossblood.org. Claremont has announced plans to partner
• March 2 – 2:30 to 7 p.m., at Freedom Bik- with Doxa Deo to open the Doxa Deo Café
er Church, 1385 33rd Street SE, Conover. in Chisinau, Moldova. The Doxa Deo Café
• March 8 – 2 to 6:30 p.m., at Westport Baptist will create job opportunities for the kids that
Church, 2372 Lakeshore Road South, Denver. the CCP is working with in Moldova. It cafe
• March 14 – 2:30 to 7 p.m., at St. Mark’s Lutheralso provides a Christ-filled atmosphere for
an Church, 3216 West Main Street, Claremont.
the public. The cafe will promote evangelism
• March 14 – 2:30 to 7 p.m., at Rehobeth
through building relationships and one on one
UMC, 9297 Sherrills Ford Road, Terrell.
interactions. CCP will also be opening a new
• March 14 – 2:30 to 7 p.m., at Hull’s Grove
home for girls in April. CCP still has some fiBaptist Church, 6670 Highway 27 West, Vale.
nancial needs to make the cafe operational.
• March 17 – 1:30 to 6:30 p.m., at First United
Visit www.crossroadscompassion.com, or call
Methodist Church, 204 Mills Avenue, Troutman.
459-6567 for questions or more information.
• March 18 – 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at St. Stephens
High School, 3205 34th Street Drive NE, Hickory. Free car seat checks offered
• March 19 – 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at
every Tuesday in Hickory
Old St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 2035
Old Conover Startown Road, Newton. HICKORY – Catawba Valley Medical Cen• March 23 – 2 to 6:30 p.m., at Charles Mack Citi- ter, the lead agency for Safe Kids Catawba
zens Center, 215 North Main Street, Mooresville. County, has announced a new location for its
• March 29 – 2:30 to 7 p.m., at monthly free car seat checks it offers to the
Various blood drives
scheduled for March
public. The passenger seat safety inspections
will take place the first Tuesday of every month
from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., in the parking lot of
Catawba County Public Health Department located at 3070 11th Avenue Drive SE in Hickory. Safe Kids Day helps raise awareness of the
primary cause of death among children, preventable injuries. Seat checks are also available by appointment. Contact Kayla Hefner
at 485-2300, Ext. 6204 for more information.
Volleyball tournament to
benefit Claremont charity
HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College at 2550 Highway 70 SE in Hickory will
host an open volleyball tournament fundraiser
for Rising Hope Farms. The event will be held
at the Tarlton Complex on March 14 at 12 p.m.,
and will also feature a silent auction. Six to eight
person teams are allowed, at $10 per person.
Forms and money must be turned in by March 7.
Area Red Cross to host
For more information, call Shannon Hudson at
various classes
327-7000, Ext. 4239, or by e-mail at shudson@
HICKORY – The Catawba Valley Chapter cvcc.edu, or Katelyn Houser at 455-8533, or
of the American Red Cross at 1375 Lenoir- by e-mail at [email protected].
Rhyne Boulevard SE, Piedmont Center Suite
Yoga for seniors to be held
#119 in Hickory has announced it will host
several classes during the month of March. at Newton venue
An adult first aid/CPR/AED course will be held NEWTON – The Newton Parks and Recreation
on March 25 from 9 to 10:45 a.m. The class Department will offer yoga for seniors ages 55
costs $90 per person. An adult and pediatric and over every Thursday morning from 10 to
first aid/CPR/AED class will be held on April 9 11 a.m., in March. The classes will be held on
from 9 to 11 a.m. The cost is $110 per person. March 3, 10, 17, 24, and 30 for a suggested
The Red Cross also offers on-line courses donation of $3 per class. The class will introfor babysitting and child care; lifeguarding, duce participants to basic postures and techlifeguard management, and swim lessons; niques used in yoga. Classes will be held at the
and instructor training for numerous classes. Newton Recreation Center at 23 South Brady
For more information, questions, or to sign Avenue in downtown Newton. For more inforup for a class, call 322-4151, or visit www. mation, call 695-4317, e-mail to mwinkler@
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versity with a Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed- Claremont Elementary to
ucation in General Curriculum. She has been
teaching at Oxford for four years and prior to host a variety of events
CLAREMONT – Kelly Nicholson, Principal that she taught at Balls Creek for three years. CLAREMONT – Claremont Elementary School
at Oxford Elementary School at 5915 Oxford Lloyd lives in Statesville with her husband, Ja- at 3384 East Main Street in Claremont will host
School Road in Claremont has been named as son and their one year old daughter, Sydney. a fundraiser at El Paso Mexican Restaurant at
one of eight outstanding public school princi719 Conover Boulevard West in Conover on
pals in NC. Nicholson has been selected as Concordia student wins
March 4 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Ten percent
the Northwest Regional Wells Fargo NC Prin- geography bee again
of all sales will be donated to the Claremont
cipal of the Year, and will now compete for the
CONOVER – Concordia Christian Day School Elementary PTO to support its technology inistate title of 2016 Wells Fargo NC Principal of
at 215 5th Avenue SE in downtown Conover tiatives. A Scholastic book fair will be held on
the Year. Nicholson received $1,000 for perhas announced that eighth grader, Ben Hin- March 21, 22, 23, and 24 in the school Media
sonal use, and $1,000 for her school. A state shaw, has won the school geography bee Center. Family Night will be held on March 22
selection committee will review the portfolios for the fourth consecutive year. Hinshaw has from 5 to 8:30 p.m. The spring PTO program
of the regional winners before selecting the been competing in the nationwide geography will be held on March 22 at 1 and 6:30 p.m.,
2016 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of bee since his fourth grade year where he took in the gymnasium. The PTO program will also
the Year. The announcement will occur on May second place overall. Hinshaw has qualified feature a silent auction, and anyone wanting
12 during a luncheon in Cary. Trina Combs for the state competition which will be held on to donate items can contact the school office
was also named a 2016 Regional Teacher As- April 1. If Hinshaw wins at the state level he for more information. The PTO program will
sistant of the Year. Combs has been a teacher will move on to the televised national cham- be held again on March 23 as part of a grandassistant with Catawba County schools for 13 pionship in Washington DC where he could parents tea and cookies event at 9 a.m. For
years. Combs has supported students in learn- win up to $50,000 in scholarships, a trip to more information or questions, call the school
ing and practicing skills that reinforce their the Galapagos Islands, a lifetime subscrip- office at 459-7921, or visit the school Web
educational success. Combs also served as tion to National Geographic, and $500 in site at www.catawbaschools.net/claremont.
Nicholson’s teacher assistant when she was a cash. Other Concordia students who placed
kindergarten teacher. The staff at Oxford Ele- in this years geography bee were London Bandys High to host Miss
mentary School also selected Allyson Lloyd as Fidler, sixth grader who placed second; and Bandys pageant on March 5
their 2016 Teacher of the Year. Lloyd is an Ex- fourth grader Atticus Fiddler and eighth grader
ceptional Children’s teacher serving students Davis Chamberlain tied for third. For more CATAWBA – Bandys High School at 5040
in kindergarten through the sixth grade. Lloyd information, call the school office at 464- East Bandys Road in Catawba will host its
is a 2008 graduate of Appalachian State Uni- 3011, or visit http://school.concordianc.org/. annual Miss Bandys High School pageant on
March 5 at 7 p.m., at the Maiden High School
Auditorium at 600 West Main Street in Maiden. Proceeds will go to the Bandys food and
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at 4675 Oxford School Road in Claremont
recently started a student angler club. The
team attended in a tournament at Lake Norman and had 17 student anglers participate.
Dylan L. finished in first place with a total of
5.86 lbs., which included the big fish of the
day weighing 2.98 lbs. Dylan and his partner Nathan C. also won the team event with
a combined weight of 8.17 lbs. For more information, call the school office at 241-3355,
or visit www.catawbaschools.net/bunkerhill.
Sherrills Ford Elementary
to host numerous events
SHERRILLS FORD – Sherrills Ford Elementary School at 8103 Sherrills Ford Road in
Sherrills Ford has announced plans to host a
Scholastic book fair in the school Media Center
on March 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. The school will
also host its PTO science fair night on March
10, and career day will be held on March 11.
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CLAREMONT – The Bethany United Church
of Christ After School All-Stars before and
after school programs are currently accepting applications for their 2016 program for
children of all ages. The daily program provides before school care beginning at 6 a.m.,
and includes breakfast and transportation to
area schools. The after school program is a
tutoring program designed to help youth with
their homework, and transportation is also
provided from area schools. The program
also offers children personalized tutoring for
individual grade levels, qualified counselors,
age appropriate games and books, a gated
playground, and is also open on teacher
workdays. Bethany United Church of Christ
is located at 2952 Bethany Church Road in
Claremont. For more information or questions
about the program, call Leona at 464-5193,
or e-mail to [email protected].
Bandys to host annual Ag
Day on April 15
CATAWBA – The Bandys High School FFA
chapter will host its annual Agriculture Day
on April 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the
school farm at 5040 East Bandys Crossroads
in Catawba. Ag Day is an agriculture awareness event that features livestock, tractors/
equipment, and interactive displays that highlight the food and fiber industry. The chapter
will also be hosting their annual plant and
flower sale, a BBQ fundraiser, and a food
drive during the event. A rain date has been
planned for April 20. For more information,
call Laura E. Parker at 241-3171, Ext. 5601;
e-mail
to
Laura_Pugh@catawbaschools.
net, [email protected],
or [email protected]; or visit https://
sites.google.com/site/bandysffaagday/.
Bunker Hill High to host
Miss Bunker Hill pageant
CLAREMONT – Bunker Hill High School at
4675 Oxford School Road in Claremont has
announced plans to host its annual Miss Bunker Hill High School pageant on April 9 at 7
p.m., at the River Bend Middle School Auditorium at 4670 Oxford School Road in Claremont. The pageant is open to all current female Bunker Hill High School students in the
ninth through twelfth grade. Tickets will be sold
for the event at the door, and refreshments
will also be available. For more information or
questions about the pageant, call the school
office at 241-3355, or visit www.catawbaschools.net/schools/BunkerHill/default.aspx.
Shuford Elementary School Claremont Elementary hires
new assistant principal
helps the less fortunate
CONOVER – The Shuford Elementary School
Student Council recently partnered with
Woodlawn Baptist Church to collect items
for blessing bags for the homeless. Each
grade level was assigned an item to bring,
and the school collected 72 bars of soap,
38 tubes of toothpaste, 79 toothbrushes, 59
tubes of Chapstick, 57 packages of tissues,
and 477 granola bars/packages of crackers. For more information, call the school
office at 464-1973, or visit http://ses.newtonconover.org. Shuford Elementary School is
located at 810 Hunsucker Drive in Conover.
Bandys High to host BBQ
fundraiser on March 12
CATAWBA – Bandys High School at 5040
East Bandys Road in Catawba will host its
annual PTSO community BBQ sale on March
12 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the school cafeteria. Tickets are $9 per person. Patrons
can choose between a plate that includes
BBQ, slaw, beans, and a roll, or one pound of
BBQ. You can dine in or take out, and if you
choose to dine in, drinks will be provided. Volunteers are needed for the event, if you are
interested in participating, contact Aubrey
Wallace by e-mail at [email protected].
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Hickory Community Theatre Newton-Conover Auditorium
to present several productions to host numerous events
HICKORY – Hickory Community Theatre at 30
3rd Street NW in downtown Hickory has announced its next production for its 2015-2016
season, “Ain’t Misbehavin’” featuring the music
of the immortal Fats Waller. The production will
be an evening of rowdy, raunchy, and humorous songs that encapsulate the various moods
of the era and reflect Waller’s view of life as a
journey meant for pleasure and play. The production will be held in the Jeffers Theatre on
March 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, and 13. Regular
price tickets are $20, seniors are $2 off; tickets
for students and youth 18 and under are $10.
Thursday nights, all adult and senior tickets
are just $14. The production is rated PG-13.
HCT will also present, “Incorruptible: A Dark
Comedy About The Dark Ages” in the Firemen’s Kitchen Theatre on April 1, 2, 7, 8, 9,
14, 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23. The monks of Ste.
Foy have problems, their relics haven’t done
a miracle in 13 years, a rival church claims to
be performing miracles with the “real” bones of
Ste. Foy and now the Pope is coming to visit.
Enter a sneaky minstrel with a not-so-saintly
plan. Tickets for the production cost $16, and is
rated PG-13. For more information, questions,
or to purchase tickets, visit the HCT Web site
at www.hickorytheatre.org, or call 328-2283.
NEWTON – The Newton-Conover Auditorium at 60 West 6th Street in Newton will host
a number of events in March and beyond. A
Bach’s Lunch ‘n’ Listen concert will be held on
March 18 featuring Peter Corneliussen and
Friends. Future performances will feature the
CVCC Chamber Choir on April 15, and Eclectic Winds on May 20. The performances will
start at 12 p.m., and finish no later than 1:30
p.m. Tickets are $15 per person. A vintage jazz
dance will be held on March 5. A Cinema Social
featuring “The Sound of Music” will be featured
on March 12 at 3 p.m. Audience members are
encouraged to sing along to the classic films,
and the cost is $5 per person. A one-person
Civil War-inspired art exhibition by Dan Smith
will be on display through March in the gallery. For more information, call 464-8100, email to [email protected],
or visit http://newton-conoverauditorium.org.
Full Circle Arts to host
several exhibits
HICKORY – Full Circle Arts (FCA) at 42-B
Third Street NW in downtown Hickory will
continue to host “Spare Parts Recycled” on
March 17 through April 16. “Spare Parts Recycled” is a competition for art that re-uses
spare parts of things. Awards include a first
place prize of $300, a second place prize of
$200, a third place prize of $100, and honorable mentions Drop off dates are March
3, 4, and 5. For more information, call 3227545, e-mail to [email protected], or visit
the FCA Web site at www.fullcirclearts.org.
Sherrills Ford Library to
host community read
TERRELL – The Sherrills Ford-Terrell Friends
of the Library are sponsoring their sixth annual
Community Read. This year’s book, the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, “All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer,” weaves the story of
a blind French girl named Marie-Laurie and a
German orphan named Werner during World
War II. This isn’t just another war story, but
rather a book that helps readers understand
the effects of war on children and the moral
choices forced on people during wartime.
To provide a community gathering around the
book, Tony Abbott, poet and professor emeritus at Davidson College, will lead a discussion on March 21 at 7 p.m., at the Sherrills
Ford-Terrell Branch Library at 8456 Sherrills
Ford Road in Terrell. Multiple copies of the
book are available at the Sherrills Ford-Terrell
Branch Library for citizens to check out. For
more information, call the library at 478-2729.
Acoustic Stage schedules
several concerts
HICKORY – Acoustic Stage at 734 1st Avenue
SW in downtown Hickory will host the John
Cowan Band on March 11 and 12. Tickets
cost $23.50 for members and $27.50 for nonmembers. Selwyn Birchwood will perform on
March 18. Tickets cost $12.50 for members
and $16 for non-members. And David Lindley with Marshall Ballew will perform on April
8. Tickets cost $18 for members and $22.50
for non-members. All shows will start at 8 p.m.
For more information, visit www.acousticstage.
co, or the Acoustic Stage Facebook page.
Lenoir-Rhyne to present
several concerts
HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory has announced it will host two concerts
during the month of March. The first concert
will be a part of its Concert Series – Music
for One Piano by Cynthia Lawing and Gloria
Cook on March 4 at 7:30 p.m., in Grace Chapel. The second concert will feature the university A Capella Choir and Brass Ensemble
on March 21 at 7:30 p.m., in Grace Chapel.
Another Concert Series concert will feature Piedmont Triad Jazz Orchestra at 7:30
p.m., at Grace Chapel on April 1. For more
information, visit http://mus.lr.edu/concert.
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Hickory Museum of Art
announces March events
what seems real at first might be a dream, and
what seems impossible could actually come
true. Performance dates are scheduled for
March 11, 12, 18, and 19 at 8 p.m.; and March
13 and 20 at 3 p.m. The annual children’s production will feature Dr. Seuss’ “The Cat In The
Hat” on March 4 and 5 at 8 p.m., and March
6 at 3 p.m. Performances will be held at the
Old Post Office Playhouse. Tickets can be
purchased by calling 464-6128 on Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
or by visiting www.thegreenroomtheatre.org.
HICKORY – The Hickory Museum of Art (HMA)
at 243 3rd Avenue NE on the SALT Block in
Hickory has announced it will host “A Morning
Light” Gallery Talk with Jim Ruff on March 10 at
6:30 p.m. Award-winning nature photographer
Jim Ruff’s presentation will focus on capturing
the beauty of mountains around the world and
highlighting nature’s dynamic movement using time-lapse photography. A Luck ‘O the Irish
Puddingstone concert will be held on March
WPS to host numerous
12 at 7 p.m. The St. Patrick’s Day themed
concert will feature Celtic music by Pudding- concerts this winter
stone and dancing from the St. Joseph’s Irish HICKORY – The Western Piedmont SymDancers. For more information or questions, phony (WPS) has announced it will host a
call 327-8576, or visit www.HickoryArt.org. MasterWorks concert featuring the Time for
Three Trio on March 19 at the PE Monroe
The Green Room to host
Auditorium on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne
University in Hickory at 7:30 p.m. A Chamupcoming productions
ber Classic Series concert featuring the Kaia
NEWTON – The Green Room Community The- Quartet will be held on March 5 at the SALT
atre will continue its 2015-2016 by presenting, Block Auditorium at 243 3rd Avenue NE in
“Isabella at the Circus” at the Old Post Office Hickory. Another Chamber Classic Series conPlayhouse at 10 South Main Avenue in down- cert featuring the Tesla Quartet will be held on
town Newton. When the circus rolls into town, April 2 at the SALT Block Auditorium at 7:30
strange things begin to happen. A girl and her p.m. Tickets start at $12 for both concerts.
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more than magic tricks and acrobatic illusions. call WPS at 324-8603, e-mail to info@wpBut once they step inside, they discover that symphony.org, or visit www.wpsymphony.org.
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NEWTON – The Historical Association of
Catawba County (HACC) will host several
events in March and April. On March 12 from
1 to 4 p.m., the HACC will host A Day in the
Life of the 1930s event at Murray’s Mill at 1489
Murray’s Mill Road in Catawba. Visitors will
see how agriculture, commerce, and family
life intertwined in the early twentieth century.
Costumed interpreters will be on hand to describe their clothes and the interior furnishings
of extant Murray family dwellings. On April 16
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the HACC will host an
intimate look at Hart Square in Vale, the largest collection of original historic log buildings
in the US. Two tours will be offered, and will
feature six different structures on the property.
Tours will focus on the history of the structures
and the objects in them that represent examples of Southern decorative arts. The tours will
run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and 2 to 5 p.m.,
with a break in between for lunch and a lecture by Dr. Robert Hart. Tickets can now be
purchased for $63 per person at the Catawba
County Museum of History at 30 North College Avenue in downtown Newton, or by calling the CCHA at 465-0383. You can also visit
www.catawbahistory.org, or e-mail to [email protected] for more information.
HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory will continue its Visiting Writers Series on
March 31, when its welcomes Garrison Keillor.
Keillor is an author, poet, storyteller, humorist
and radio personality. He is well-known as the
host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” a public radio variety show which debuted in 1974.
A National Radio Hall of Fame inductee and
winner of the Peabody Award and National Humanities Medal, his latest works include “The
Keillor Reader,” a collection of his work, and “O,
What a Luxury: Verses Lyrical, Vulgar, Pathetic
and Profound.” Author, Anne Lamott will speak
on April 7. Lamott is the bestselling author of
“Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and
Life;” “Operating Instructions;” and “Traveling
Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith.” She is a
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UC Davis and at writing conferences across
the country. Her biweekly Salon Magazine “online diary,” Word by Word, was voted Best of
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free and open to the public and will be held at
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Newton seeks teams for
softball season
NEWTON – The Newton Parks and Recreation Department is currently seeking teams
who would like to participate in the upcoming 2016 men’s and women’s industrial/open
softball leagues. Any interested teams are
asked to contact the Newton Recreation Department to pick up a registration packet. The
registration deadline for all interested teams is
5 p.m., on March 18. For more information or
questions, call the Newton Recreation Department at 695-4317. You can also obtain more
information by visiting, www.newtonnc.gov.
NC Troopers 5K and fun
run to be held in Conover
CONOVER – Plans have been announced for
the fourth annual NC Troopers Footchase 5K
and Fun Run. The event will be held on March
26 at Conover City Park (across from Conover
Station) at 361 5th Avenue SE in downtown
Conover at 8:30 a.m. The cost to participate
is $27, and the fun run is free for everyone.
Age divisions include: 10 and under, 11-14,
15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 4549, 50-54, 55-59, and 60 and over. Proceeds
from the race will go to The Corner Table. For
more information, e-mail to runtimeraces@
gmail.com, or visit www.runtimeraces.com.
LRU to host anniversary
5K run
HICKORY – As part of its 125th anniversary
celebration, Lenoir-Rhyne University will host
a 5K run on April 2 at 8:30 a.m. The course
will start and finish on 7th Street NE in Hickory,
leading runners on streets through and adjacent to the university. Early registration is open
through 12 p.m., on March 22, and includes a
T-shirt. The race will feature awards, refreshments, music, and local vendors. Prizes will
also be given to the top three male and female finishers overall, as well as the top three
male and female finishers in each individual
age group. Overall Masters male and female
awards will also be given. Registration packet pick-up is April 1 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at
Fleet Feet Sports in Hickory. Runners can also
pick up their packet on race day between 7:15
and 8:15 a.m. To register, visit LR.edu/5Krace.
For more information, contact Allie Bentley at
328-7979, or e-mail to [email protected].
Zumba classes to be held
in Newton
NEWTON – The Newton Parks and Recreation Department and Catawba Valley
Community College have announced plans
to host Zumba classes on April 7 through
May 12 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. No partners are
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March 17 – Glen Oaks Golf Club, Maiden
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April 11 – Lincoln Country Club,
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April 14 – Rock Barn Golf & Spa, Conover
April 21 – Cowans Ford Golf Club, Stanley
April 25 – Rock Barn Golf & Spa, Conover
needed for this class, and the fee for the
class is $55. The classes will be held at the
Newton Recreation Center at 23 South Brady
Avenue in downtown Newton. For more information, e-mail Cheri Toney at ctoney@
cvcc.edu, or call 327-7037 or 695-4317.
Golf tournament planned
in Statesville
STATESVILLE – A golf tournament benefitting the Boston Children’s Hospital Miles for
Miracles program, and in memory of Luke
Sigmon will be held on March 19. The tournament will be held at River Oaks Golf Club
at 233 Broken Arrow Drive in Statesville, and
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Tri-City Christian School to
host 5K on March 12
CONOVER – Plans have been announced
for the Tri-City Christian School walk, run,
soar 5K, and fun run for March 12 at 1409
NC 16 North in Conover. The event will help
fund their senior mission trip. This course will
start and finish at Tri-City Christian School,
and lead you along the Conover Greenway
Trail. A fun run is also planned for ages 12
and under. Awards will be given to the top
three male and female finishers, and top
overall masters male and female. Awards
will also go to the top three male and female
finishers in the 10 and under, 11-14, 15-19,
20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49,
50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, and 70 and
up age groups. For more information, visit
https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Conover/
TriCityChristianSchoolWalkRunSoar5K.
American Legion to host
match program in March
NEWTON – The American Legion Post 48 at
1 American Legion Avenue in Newton has announced plans to host its third annualMarch
Match Madness match program on March 9,
10, 11, and 12. The program is for Legion junior air rifle sporter/precision teams, and individuals. Relay reservations are taken on a first
registered, first served basis. Teams from area
JROTC, clubs, 4H, CMP, Scouts, and American
Legion Junior Air Rifle Sporter/Precision Teams
and Individuals can compete. The program will
feature 28 competitors (seven teams) per relay.
The entry fee is $60 per team, or $15 per individual. For more information, call Kevin Nash
at (704) 677-0326, or e-mail to Kevin_nash@
nccs.k12.us.us, or call Harry Flynn at 2382137, or visit www.hickory48airrifleteam.org.
Hunting education classes
scheduled
RALEIGH – The NC Wildlife Resources Commission has announced it will host numerous
hunting education classes during the months
of March and April. The first class will be held
on March 19 and again on April 16 from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Catawba Valley Wildlife
Club at 2705 Lynn Mountain Road in Vale. Another class will be held on March 11 from 6
to 10 p.m., and March 12 from 8 a.m. to 12
p.m., at the Lincolnton Sportsman Club at 389
Horseshoe Lake Road in Lincolnton. There
is no minimum age requirement, and participants need to pre-register for the classes.
Courses are a minimum of six hours, and certification is accepted in every state and province in North America. For more information,
or to register for any of these classes, visit
www.ncwildlife.org, or call (800) 662-7137.
and under). Awards will be given to the top
male and female competing and age groups
in the timed 5K run. Register online at http://
CATAWBA – The Catawba Elementary School runofthemill.eventbrite.com/. For more inforPTO has announced plans to host its second mation, call Amanda Crouse at 327-7000,
annual Rocket Run 5k and a Rocket Dash ext. 4365, or e-mail to [email protected].
on March 19 at Catawba Elementary School
at 5415 Hudson Chapel Road in Catawba. ALFA Hike for Hope and
Registration will be held through March 4, and 5K to be held on April 9
costs $20 for the 5K and $15 for the fun run.
The course is relatively flat, fast and group HICKORY – AIDS Leadership Foothills Area
rates are available. Participants of all ages (ALFA) has announced plans to host its anare encouraged to participate. Timing will be nual Hike for Hope and 5k, one mile fun run,
conducted by Racing Toes. Registration forms walk, and high heel dash on April 9 at Union
can be found at https://runsignup.com/Race/ Square in downtown Hickory. On site registraNC/Catawba/CatawbaElementarysRocket- tion and packet pick-up will begin at 7 a.m.,
Run5kRocketDask, or at the school office. and the 5k, fun run, and walk will begin at 9:30
Additional information can be found at www.fa- a.m. The high heel dash will begin at 11 a.m.
cebook.com/RocketRun5k, by e-mail at rock- Awards will be presented to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
[email protected], or by calling 241-3131. place for overall male and female winners for
the 5k. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards will be
CVCC to host its annual
presented for each age group: 10 and under,
11-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60‘Run of the Mill’ 5K
CATAWBA – Catawba Valley Community Col- 69, and 70 +. Funds raised from the event will
lege will hold its eighth annual “Cru Run of go to improve the lives and health of those
the Mill” 5K charity cross-country run/walk on affected by HIV/AIDS while preventing transApril 9, at historic Murray’s Mill at 1489 Mur- mission through education and testing in the
ray’s Mill Road in Catawba. The event begins surrounding counties. For more information,
at 9 a.m. The entry fee is $25 ($10 runners visit www.alfahikeforhope.org or https://runages 14 and under) through April 3; after April signup.com/hikeforhope, e-mail to HikeStaff@
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2016 BASEBALL/SOFTBALL SCHEDULE
MARCH 15 – H.M. Arndt at Maiden, Grandview at River Bend,
Newton-Conover at Northview, Mill Creek at Jacobs Fork
MARCH 17 – Maiden at Grandview, Northview at Mill Creek,
Newton-Conover at Jacobs Fork, River Bend at H.M. Arndt
MARCH 22 – Jacobs Fork at Maiden, H.M. Arndt at Mill Creek,
River Bend at Northview, Grandview at Newton-Conover
MARCH 24 – Jacobs Fork at Northview, Maiden at River Bend,
H.M. Arndt at Grandview, Mill Creek at Newton-Conover
APRIL 5 – Northview at Maiden, Grandview at Mill Creek,
River Bend at Jacobs Fork, Newton-Conover at H.M. Arndt
APRIL 7 – Jacobs Fork at Grandview, River Bend at Mill Creek,
Northview at H.M. Arndt, Maiden at Newton-Conover
APRIL 12 – Mill Creek at Maiden, H.M. Arndt at Jacobs Fork,
Newton-Conover at River Bend, Grandview at Northview
APRIL 14 – Maiden at H.M. Arndt, River Bend at Grandview,
Northview at Newton-Conover, Jacobs Fork at Mill Creek
APRIL 19 – Grandview at Maiden, Mill Creek at Northview,
Jacobs Fork at Newton-Conover, H.M. Arndt at River Bend
APRIL 21 – Maiden at Jacobs Fork, Mill Creek at H.M. Arndt,
Northview at River Bend, Newton-Conover at Grandview
APRIL 26 – Northview at Jacobs Fork, River Bend at Maiden,
Grandview at H.M. Arndt, Newton-Conover at Mill Creek
APRIL 28 – Maiden at Northview, Mill Creek at Grandview,
Jacobs Fork at River Bend, H.M. Arndt at Newton-Conover
MAY 3 – Grandview at Jacobs Fork, Mill Creek at River Bend,
H.M. Arndt at Northview, Newton-Conover at Maiden
MAY 5 – Maiden at Mill Creek, Northview at Grandview,
Jacobs Fork at H.M. Arndt, River Bend at Newton-Conover
CATAWBA COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
2016 GIRLS SOCCER SCHEDULE
MARCH 15 – Maiden at H.M. Arndt, River Bend at Grandview,
Northview at Newton-Conover, Jacobs Fork at Mill Creek
MARCH 17 – Grandview at Maiden, Mill Creek at Northview,
Jacobs Fork at Newton-Conover, H.M. Arndt at River Bend
MARCH 22 – Maiden at Jacobs Fork, Mill Creek at H.M. Arndt,
Northview at River Bend, Newton-Conover at Grandview
MARCH 24 – Northview at Jacobs Fork, River Bend at Maiden,
Grandview at H.M. Arndt, Newton-Conover at Mill Creek
APRIL 5 – Maiden at Northview, Mill Creek at Grandview,
Jacobs Fork at River Bend, H.M. Arndt at Newton-Conover
APRIL 7 – Mill Creek at River Bend, H.M. Arndt at Northview,
Grandview at Jacobs Fork, Newton-Conover at Maiden
APRIL 12 – Maiden at Mill Creek, Northview at Grandview,
Jacobs Fork at H.M. Arndt, River Bend at Newton-Conover
APRIL 14 – H.M. Arndt at Maiden, Grandview at River Bend,
Mill Creek at Jacobs Fork, Newton-Conover at Northview
APRIL 19 – Maiden at Grandview, Northview at Mill Creek,
Newton-Conover at Jacobs Fork, River Bend at H.M. Arndt
APRIL 21 – Jacobs Fork at Maiden, H.M. Arndt at Mill Creek,
River Bend at Northview, Grandview at Newton-Conover
APRIL 26 – Maiden at River Bend, Jacobs Fork at Northview,
H.M. Arndt at Grandview, Mill Creek at Newton-Conover
APRIL 28 – Northview at Maiden, Grandview at Mill Creek,
River Bend at Jacobs Fork, Newton-Conover at H.M. Arndt
MAY 3 – River Bend at Mill Creek, Northview at H.M. Arndt,
Jacobs Fork at Grandview, Maiden at Newton-Conover
MAY 5 – Mill Creek at Maiden, Grandview at Northview,
H.M. Arndt at Jacobs Fork, Newton-Conover at River Bend
Catawba County Kids
Marathon seeks donations
CONOVER – The annual Catawba County
Kids Marathon will be held on April 30 at 9
a.m., at the Hickory American Legion Fairgrounds in Newton. The YMCA of Catawba
Valley is currently seeking vendors and donations to be used for the cash awards that will
go to the top five participating schools. Checks
can be made to YMCA of Catawba Valley, Attention: Naomi Mitchell, 1104 Conover Boulevard East, Conover, NC 28613. For more information or questions, call Mitchell at 464-6130.
Area YMCA to hold
dodgeball tournament
CONOVER – The Adrian L. Shuford YMCA
at 1104 Conover Boulevard East in Conover
will host a dodgeball tournament fundraiser on
March 12 at 10 a.m. The cost is $100 for teams
of six to eight, and is a coed (ages 18 and up)
double elimination tournament with three round
matches. The deadline to register is March 6
at 5 p.m., and teams must have matching apparel. Prizes will be awarded for best dressed
and to the overall winner. For more information or to register, call Heather Garvey at 4646130, e-mail to [email protected], or
visit
www.ymcacv.org/account-request.php.
Concordia basketball teams
do well at tournament
CONOVER – The Concordia Christian Day
School’s boys basketball team recently triumphed in the NC Lutheran School Tournament in Asheville. The boys’ team beat Emmanuel Lutheran, Resurrection Lutheran, and
First Lutheran from Knoxville, TN to win the
tournament. The boys team has won this tournament four times in the last six years. Cody
Zimmerman and Hayden Patel were named
to the All-Tournament Team. The Concordia
girls basketball team took second place in the
same tournament. Lauren Higgins and Anna
Grace Hinshaw were named to the All-Tournament Team. For more information, call 4643011, or visit http://school.concordianc.org/.
Weekly walking program
to be held at Terrell church
TERRELL – Every Tuesday and Thursday,
Rehobeth United Methodist Church will host
a walking program at 8:30 a.m., at the Connor Recreation Center at 4015 McGee Road
in Terrell. The program is free for everyone in
the area. Everyone will use the track at the
Connor Recreation Center unless it is raining,
and then the walking will be moved inside the
center. For more information, call 478-2518,
478-2552, or visit www.rehobethumc.org.
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18. MasterCard Rival
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26. Mr. Skelton
27. To Be Disloyal
30. Green Gemstones
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36. Brown Songbird
37. Put In Order
38. Get Old
39. Endless
42. Singer, David Allan _____
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45. City In Oklahoma
46. Foolish
48. Vacillate
50. Cured
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52. What It ____, It Pours
54. Club Carriers
58. Major Golf Tournament
62. Immigrant
63. Assist In Crime
65. Region
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68. Thailand, Formerly
69. Skins
70. Finishes
71. Morays
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Sanctuary and children’s church at 11 a.m.;
and youth fellowship at 4 p.m. For more information, call the church office at 459-7480,
CLAREMONT – Bethlehem United Methodist or e-mail to [email protected].
Church 3214 Catawba Street in Claremont has
First Baptist Church to host
announced that the March mission is the Claremont Elementary School backpack program. Easter events
The Outreach Committee is currently collect- CLAREMONT – First Baptist Church of Claing color markers and pencils. Holy Week will remont at 4791 South Depot Street in Clarebegin on March 20 with Palm Sunday services mont will host an Easter sunrise service at
at 9:39 a.m., in the Fellowship Hall and 11 7 a.m., on March 27 in the Bethlehem UMC
a.m., in the Sanctuary. A Maundy Thursday church cemetery on Catawba Street. Breakservice will be held on March 24 at 7 p.m., in fast will follow the service at the Bethlehem
the Sanctuary. On March 27, the church will UMC Fellowship Hall. Worship services on
host a sunrise service at 7 a.m., at the church Easter Sunday will be held at 11 a.m. and 6
cemetery on Catawba Street. Breakfast will p.m., in the Sanctuary. The church will also
follow in the Fellowship Hall. Easter services feature special music during worship serwill be held at 9:39 a.m., in the Fellowship Hall vices in March. For more information or
and at 11 a.m., in the Sanctuary. The church questions, call the church office at 459-7110.
will host an Easter egg hunt and lunch on Bethany UCC announces
March 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A new ministry for children in K-5th grade will meet weekly March schedule
with devotion learning and monthly mission CLAREMONT – Bethany United Church of
outings and events. Contact Angela Dean at Christ at 2952 Bethany Church Road in Cla241-4868 for more information. Every Sunday remont has announced that faith formation
the church will host praise worship service for adults continues every Monday with Bible
in the Fellowship Hall, the Open Heart Cafe, study from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The adult disand Jesus’ kids for children at 9:39 a.m.; open cussion group will meet every Sunday morndoor class for adults at 10 a.m.; war room ing from 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. Bethany’s Young
study in the Young Adults Stewards Room at Disciples will meet every Sunday during the
10:45 a.m.; traditional worship service in the 10:30 a.m., worship service and is designed
Bethlehem UMC schedules
various March events
for children in grades K-7. On March 20 the
church will celebrate Palm Sunday with special
music by the Keller Family during the 10:30
a.m., worship service. On March 24 at 7 p.m.,
the LINC (Linked in New Creative) Ministries’
churches will worship together at Grace Reformed church in Newton. The church young
will hold an Easter party on March 26. This
event will feature a glow in the dark Easter
egg event. March 27 will feature an Easter
sunrise service at 7 a.m., with breakfast to follow. A traditional Easter worship service will be
held at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call
the church office at 464-5194, visit www.BethanyUccClaremont.org, or their Facebook page.
Bethel Lutheran Church to
host multiple events
CLAREMONT – Bethel Lutheran Church at
5759 Bolick Road in Claremont will host Lenten services on March 2, 9, and 16 at 12 and 7
p.m., in the Sanctuary. A meal will be served at
6 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall. A Palm Sunday
service on March 20 at 10:30 a.m., in the Sanctuary. A Maundy Thursday service will be held
on March 24 at 12 and 7 p.m., in the Sanctuary. A Good Friday service will be held at 12
and 7 p.m., in the Sanctuary. An Easter sunrise
service will be held on March 27 at 7 a.m. A
traditional Easter worship service will be held
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at 10:30 a.m., in the Sanctuary. The church will
host an Easter egg hunt for children ages 0-5
on March 19 beginning at 11 a.m. The event will
also feature inflatables, a balloon artist, face
painting, and prizes. The senior youth will host
a yard sale on April 23 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information, contact Heidi Hedrick at
459-0680, or by e-mail at dahedrick@charter.
net. For more information, call the church office
at 459-7278, e-mail to churchoffice@bethelms.
org or [email protected], or visit
http://bethelms.org, or their Facebook page.
Catawba UMC to host
numerous March events
CATAWBA – Catawba United Methodist Church at 207 East Central Avenue in
downtown Catawba has announced it will
host an Easter egg hunt and hot dog supper on March 19 beginning at 3:30 p.m. The
church will host a community Lenten service
on March 16 with light refreshments at 6:30
p.m., which will be followed by the worship
service. The United Methodist Men will meet
at Cindy’s Cafe in downtown Catawba on
March 6 at 7 a.m., for their monthly meeting
with Pastor Stephen who will be delivering the
devotion. For more information or questions,
call the church office at 241-4868, e-mail to
[email protected], or visit www.catawbaumc.org or the church Facebook page.
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Rehobeth UMC to host
numerous of events
TERRELL – Rehobeth United Methodist
Church at 9297 Sherrills Ford Road in Terrell
will host the King’s Daughters Closet on March
5 and 10 and April 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and
March 16 and April 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. This is for
all area high school girls who need a dress for
prom. There will be numerous racks of prom
dresses for all young ladies to choose from. All
dresses are $25 each, and dress sponsorships
are available if anyone cannot afford the $25.
Other times can be made by appointment by
e-mailing Natalie Gray at [email protected], or by calling 478-2518. The church
also host Zumba classes every Monday and
Wednesday at 10 a.m. The church is collecting Easter cards for troops stationed in
Afghanistan and those on active duty in Kuwait. our many troops serving overseas this
Easter. Those submitting cards may sign the
cards on the inside, but for security reasons
you are asked not to include your return address. Those submitting cards are also asked
to write Easter on the envelope. Everyone is
asked to place the Easter cards in the red,
white, and blue box in the Narthex by March
13. For more information, call the church office
at 478-2518, e-mail to [email protected], or visit http://rehobethumc.org.
Bethany UCC is now an ‘Inclusive Church’
Claremont church announces
decision to accept all people that
consider themselves Christian.
BY SCOTT W. RAMSEY
CLAREMONT – After many months of study,
discussion, prayer, learning, education, and
discernment; Bethany United Church of Christ
at 2952 Bethany Church Road in Claremont
recently announced that it has become an
Inclusive Church. According to Rev. Colleen
Samson, “Our statement of inclusion says that
we are all one, unified in Jesus Christ. And
we believe that we are called as Christians to
be a community of peace and justice. Therefore, in the spirit, we the members of Bethany
United Church of Christ declare ourselves to
be an Inclusive Church, open and accepting
of all people without qualification including persons of any race, sex, age, nationality, marital
status, physical or mental ability, economic
status, political affiliation, sexual orientation,
or gender identity, and open and accepting
of all family units including traditional, single
parent, divorced, never married, same-sex,
parents of LGBT, bi-racial, or multi-racial. We
affirm the worth and dignity of all persons,
just as Christ accepted all people he encoun-
tered. We believe that God’s wondrous and
inclusive love, Christ’s church, and the Spirit’s
power are for all people, and that no matter
who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here. We invite all who
share in this vision to join us in the full life,
membership, leadership, employment, and
ministries of this church as we strive to work
for peace and justice for all of God’s people.”
The church made this move in response to a
number of area residents who felt they didn’t
have a church that truly represented their views
or beliefs. Church member, Larry Sink went on
to say, “The process of becoming an Inclusive
Church took around three years. Our congregation spent many hours of study, and talking
with consultants and speakers before moving
forward with this process in December.” Sink
also stated that even though Bethany United
Church of Christ has decided to become an
Inclusive Church, other United Churches
of Christ have the right to govern themselves independently and have not followed
suit with Bethany United Church of Christ.
By becoming an Inclusive Church, Bethany United Church of Christ is creating a
safe space for all people where no judgement will be passed on anyone. Samson
calls this attitude, “radical hospitality” and
believes that has already attributed to several people visiting the church because they
felt they had nowhere to go and worship.
“We take the Bible seriously, not literally at
Bethany United Church of Christ. God’s love
is for all people, and we want to be a church
that is affirming to everyone,” said Samson.
Some of the things Bethany United Church of
Christ hopes to accomplish by becoming an Inclusive Church is to provide an open and safe
space for all to worship God. The congregation
will encourage all people to serve in lay and ordained leadership roles, celebrate all types of
marriages and/or partnerships and advocate for
those who have felt excluded from the church.
Bethany is open to hosting meetings for all
types of support groups including providing a
safe space for LGBT parents and questioning
youth. The congregation also wants divorced
persons, single parents, multiracial couples,
unmarried couples and those who have never
been to church to know that Bethany is a church
you can feel safe attending without judgement.
For more information or questions, call the
Bethany United Church of Christ church office at 464-5194, visit www.BethanyUccClaremont.org, or the church Facebook page.
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The importance of the resurrection: I Corinthians 15:12-19
FROM THE PULPIT
BY REV. DENNIS J. RICHARDS, SR., D.MIN., D.D.
B
y the time you are reading this article,
a lot of people will already be thinking about Easter. Easter reminds us
of our Savior who died for us and then rose
again. The Bible says, “Because He lives, we
shall live also.” I would like for you to consider why the resurrection is so important.
People say, “I’ve got faith.” Faith in what?
People, wealth, friends, religion? Yet, Paul
is telling us in (I Corinthians 15) that our
faith in Jesus Christ will not fail us, because
we can depend upon Him. Seven times in
I Corinthians 15:12-19, Paul uses the little word
“if.” Paul is reasoning with people at Corinth.
There are some people there who deny the
resurrection of the dead. Paul is showing the
terrible price that we Christians would pay if
there is no resurrection of the dead. Paul begins
with their belief, “there is no resurrection of the
dead.” Paul then draws four conclusions from
their belief to show just how wrong they are.
IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION
OF THE DEAD, THEN WE HAVE
NO SAVIOUR (VS. 13 & 16)
Jesus Christ came to earth as a true man. He
had every experience that man does. He was
born, He grew up, was hungry, was thirsty, He
slept, He felt pain, and He died. Then He arose
again. If man is not raised from the dead then Jesus should not have been raised from the dead
because Jesus was a true man. For Jesus to
identify with us in birth, growth, suffering, death
and then not to identify with us in resurrection
would mean that God had failed miserably. We
must believe in the resurrection of the human
body because Jesus was raised from the dead.
Now if Jesus Christ is a true man and He rose
from the dead then there is a resurrection of
the dead for man. Jesus must be raised from
the dead. His person demands it, (John 5:26).
Jesus has life in Himself and it was seen by
the resurrection, (Acts 2:24 and Romans 1:4).
His purpose in coming demands resurrection. His purpose is to save the lost. If there
is no resurrection then we have no Saviour.
IF CHRIST IS NOT RISEN,
THEN WE HAVE NO MESSAGE (VS. 14-15)
It will silence our mouths completely if
there is no resurrection from the dead. In
verse 14, you find the word “vain” and vain
equals empty. If there is no resurrection then
we have empty faith. If Jesus rose from the
dead, we have a message to proclaim. If He
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459-7110
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Sunday Schedule
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Morning Worship – 11 AM
Children’s Church – 11 AM
Evening Worship – 6 PM
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was not raised, then we have no message.
The resurrection of Jesus is a very important
part of the gospel. What is the Gospel? It is
found in I Corinthians 15: 3-4. The Lord Jesus
Christ arose from the dead; this is a part of
the Gospel. Christ died for our sins and that
is important. People knew Jesus had died on
the cross but they believed His body had been
stolen or that the resurrection story was just
a hoax. If Jesus is not raised from the dead,
then we have no living saviour and we have no
message. The Bible says, “Whosoever shall
call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
But if the Saviour is dead, He’ll never hear their
calls. If there is no resurrection of the dead;
we have no Saviour and we have no message.
IF THE DEAD ARE NOT RAISED,
THEN WE HAVE NO SALVATION (VS. 17)
Paul uses two different words in this passage that are both translated “Vain.” One
means worthless, empty. In verses 10 and
14, it means useless, no results. You are putting faith in something that can do you no
good. How can you put your faith in a Saviour who could not save himself because he
was dead? If there is no resurrection, then we
have no salvation and you are yet in your sins.
IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION,
THEN WE HAVE NO
HOPE (VS. 18-19)
There is no hope in
death, (vs. 18). Paul
speaks of Christians
not as dying but as
falling asleep. Jesus
died for our sins but
when you and I die,
we just fall asleep.
Jesus took the darkness and defeat out
of death. So when
a believer dies, they
just fall asleep. The
RICHARDS
body goes to sleep
and the soul goes home to be with the Lord.
We do have a real message. We have a
real Salvation. Our sins have been forgiven.
We do have a living hope. One day we shall
see Jesus and be like Him. You might not be
able to trust every bank or every banker and
every person but you can trust Jesus and His
word. Therefore, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
The Rev. Dennis J. Richards, Sr., D.,
Min., D.D. is the Minister of First Baptist
Church of Claremont. For more information, call the church office at 459-7110.
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
3216 West Main Street
Downtown Claremont
459.2161
www.stmarksclaremont.org
Holy Week Services – 3/20 - Seder Meal at 6PM
3/24 - Maundy Thursday at 7PM • 3/25 - Good Friday at 7PM
3/26 - Saturday Vigil at 8PM • 3/27 - Easter Sunrise Service
at 7AM, Breakfast at 8:30AM, Late Service at 10AM
For more information or questions, call the
church office, or visit our Facebook page.
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Lake Norman Lutheran
Church schedules events
DENVER – Lake Norman Lutheran Church at
1445 Business Highway 16 North in Denver
has announced the following Lenten and Holy
Week events. Lenten services will be held at 7
p.m., on March 2, 9, and 16. Maundy Thursday
services will be held at 1 and 7 p.m., on March
24. Good Friday services will be held at 1 and 7
p.m., on March 25. On March 27 an Easter sunrise service will be held at 7 a.m., and Easter
celebration services will be held at 8:30 and 11
a.m. For more information, call the church office
at (704) 483-2130, e-mail to officelnlc@gmail.
com, or visit www.lakenormanlutheran.com.
Concord UMC plans
various events in March
CATAWBA – Concord United Methodist Church
at 7618 Monbo Road in Catawba will present a
Passion Play called “Where’s Jesus?” at 9:30
a.m., on March 20. Coffee and snacks will be
served before the play at 9 a.m. The church will
also host its annual Easter egg hunt on March
26 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A hot dog
lunch with all the fixings will also be provided
in addition to games, activities, prizes, and pictures with the Easter Bunny. For more information, call the church office at 478-3110, or email to [email protected].
more information. For more information, call
the church office at 459-2161, e-mail to [email protected], or visit www.
CLAREMONT – St. Mark’s Lutheran Church stmarksclaremont.org or their Facebook page.
at 3216 West Main Street in downtown Claremont has announced that One-derful Wednes- Olivet Baptist Church lists
day’s will be held every Wednesday through various March events
March 16. A meal will be served at 5:15 p.m., CATAWBA – Olivet Baptist Church at 7893
in the Family Life Center, followed by activities Monbo Road in Catawba will host a special
for children, teens, and adults from 6 to 7 p.m. concert featuring Highroad on March 6 at 10:30
A donation of $5 for adults and $3 for children
a.m., in the Sanctuary. A love offering will be
is suggested to pay for the meal. Lenten midtaken during the event. For more information,
week services will be held every Wednesday
visit www.highroadmusic.com. The church will
at 12:10 and 6:10 p.m., on March 2, 9, and
host an Easter sunrise service on March 27 at 7
16. A Seder Meal will be served in the Family
a.m., which will be followed by breakfast in the
Life Center on March 20 at 6 p.m. A Maundy
Fellowship Hall. A traditional Easter service will
Thursday service will be held on March 24 at 7
be held on March 27 at 10:30 a.m., in the Sancp.m., in the Sanctuary. A Good Friday service
tuary. The church will host its monthly breakwill be held on March 25 at 7 p.m., in the Sancfast on March 6 and April 3 at 8 a.m., in the Feltuary. A Saturday Vigil will be held on March
lowship Hall. Sisters in Prayer will meet every
26 at 8 p.m., in the Sanctuary. On March 27
second Saturday at 9 a.m. For more informathe church will host an Easter sunrise service
tion, call the church office at 478-3118, e-mail
at 7 a.m., in the Sanctuary; breakfast in the
Family Life Center at 8:30 a.m.; and a late ser- to [email protected], or visit www.obcnc.org.
vice at 10 a.m. The Women of the ELCA will Mt. Calvary Lutheran
meet on March 15 at 11 a.m., in the Lounge.
The Younger Than Springtime group will meet Church plans March events
on Feb. 16 at 12:30 p.m. The church Praise CLAREMONT – Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Team is currently looking for instrumental- at 3180 West Main Street in downtown Claists and vocalists to perform with the group. remont has announced that on March 5, the
If you are interested, call the church office for church will host a World Day of Prayer service
St. Mark’s Lutheran makes
March announcements
for the Claremont community in the Sanctuary.
Pastor Jason Sigmon’s first Sunday with Mt.
Calvary will be on March 6. Sigmon will continue conducting the Sunday evening Lenten
Services on March 6 and 13 beginning with a
Lenten meal at 6 p.m., and a worship service
to follow at 7 p.m. A Palm Sunday celebration
service will be held in the Sanctuary on March
20 at 10:30 a.m., with an Easter egg hunt for
the children at 3 p.m., on the church grounds
A Maundy Thursday service will be held in
the Sanctuary on March 24 at 7 p.m., with the
stripping of the altar. A Good Friday service will
be held in the Sanctuary on March 25 at 7 p.m.
On March 27, the church will hold an Easter
sunrise service at 7 a.m., and breakfast will
follow at 8 a.m. The traditional festival Easter
service will be held at 10 a.m., in the Sanctuary. The church has also announced plans to
host a special pancake breakfast fundraiser
on March 12 at Applebee’s at 2180 US Highway 70 SE in Hickory from 7 to 10 a.m. Proceeds from this fundraiser will be given to the
backpack program at Claremont Elementary
School. Tickets cost $7 per person, and can
be purchased at the church office. For more
information or questions, call the church office
at 459-7195, e-mail to mtcalvarylutheran@att.
net, or visit the church Web site at www.mtcalvarynalc.org or the church Facebook page.
BETHLEHEM
United Methodist Church
3214 Catawba Street, Claremont, NC
(One Block North of Main Street)
Rev. Dennis Marshall, Pastor
(828) 459-7480
• Sunday Worship At 9:39 AM And 11:00 AM
• Nursery Care & Children’s Church During Worship
• Casual Dress Welcome
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church NALC
3180 West Main Street, Claremont
828.459.7195
Sunday School - 9:30 AM
Morning Worship - 10:30 AM
Other Services By Announcement
“Your Friendly Neighborhood Church”
www.mtcalvarynalc.org
BETHANY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
2952 BETHANY CHURCH ROAD, CLAREMONT, NC
For information about our
worship and ministries, visit
www.BethanyUccClaremont.org
828.464.5194
REV. COLLEEN SAMSON
Sunday Adult Faith Formation – 9:30 AM
Sunday Worship – 10:30 AM • Youth & Teens Meet Weekly
Bethany Is A Community of Justice and Peace
Serving The Needs Of People On Their Spiritual Journey
OUR
PRIORITY
IS YOU!
STILL THE SAME PERSONALIZED SERVICE, STILL THE SAME
HEALTH CARE SERVICES, STILL THE SAME FRIENDLY FACES!
EIGHT AREA LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU
CATAWBA
201 2nd Ave. SW
Brad Moser, R.Ph.
PHONE
828.241.2422
OPEN
Monday-Friday
8:30AM-6:00PM
Saturday
9:00AM-1:00PM
MOORESVILLE
108 Leaning Oak Dr.
Doug Balog, R.Ph.
PHONE
704.658.1184
OPEN
Monday-Friday
8:30AM-6:30PM
Saturday
9:00AM-2:00PM
CLAREMONT
3319 E. Main St.
Bob Busbee, R.Ph.
PHONE
828.459.2149
OPEN
Monday-Friday
8:30AM-6:00PM
Saturday
9:00AM-1:00PM
NEWTON
401 West A Street
Melinda Travis, R.Ph.
PHONE
828.466.1500
OPEN
Monday-Friday
8:30AM-6:00PM
Saturday
9:00AM-1:00PM
CONOVER
317 First Street E.
Ron Harwell, R.Ph.
PHONE
828.464.4491
OPEN
Monday-Friday
8:30AM-6:00PM
Saturday
9:00AM-1:00PM
HICKORY (STARTOWN)
1985 Startown Rd.
Lauren DeBerry,
Pharm.D., R.Ph.
PHONE: 828.449.8910
OPEN
Monday-Friday
8:30AM-6:00PM
Saturday
9:00AM-1:00PM
MOORESVILLE
594 N. Main St.
Gavin Houchins,
Pharm.D, R.Ph.
PHONE: 704.799.6870
OPEN
Monday-Friday
8:30AM-6:00PM
Saturday
9:00AM-1:00PM
VIEWMONT
53 13th Ave. NE
Bill Pitts, R.Ph.
PHONE
828.322.1816
OPEN
Monday-Friday
8:30AM-6:30PM
Saturday
9:00AM-2:00PM
On-Line Refills • FREE Home Delivery • Herbals • 24 Hour Drop Box • Immunizations
Medication Flavoring • Greeting Cards • Easy Prescription Transfers • Short Wait Times
Patient Counseling Services • Compounding Services • Drive-Thru Window
Pet Prescriptions • FREE Vitamin Program For Children And Senior Citizens
And We Accept Most Medicare Billing Methods
If you are turning 65, we can help you choose the Medicare Part D plan that’s right for you!
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March 2016 - The Claremont Courier

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