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Vigil to be held for couple
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One key to having a healthy
and lasting garden is starting
with the correct plants. With all
the slight variations in species,
purchasing plants can be quite
bewildering. As spring rolls
around the corner, take some of
these tips into consideration
before you purchase any plants
for your garden.
- If you tend to buy on impulse
or without a plan, take a list of
what you’re looking for before
heading into garden centers. Try
to decide in advance on what to
buy and make sure to do
research on growth size, height,
and spacing. If you’re not sure
what you like, take a look at different planting schemes in different magazines or catalogs.
Remember to choose plants that
are suitable for your garden, and
plan accordingly whether the
site’s sunny or shaded.
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Tips for
buying
plants
CATAWBA VALLEY CATTLEMENS ASSOC.
A vigil in memory of two Claremont citizens, who were found
seemingly shot to death in their home on Sunday, will be held
tonight in Newton.
On Monday night around 7 p.m. officers with the Catawba County Sheriff 's Office received a call regarding two people who had
seemingly been shot and killed at a home on Rest Home Road in
Claremont. Officers began investigating into the possible double
homicide following the discovery.
A relative of the two found dead had gone to the home to check
on the couple because she hadn't heard from them all weekend.
The relative found the couple, who had seemingly been shot to
death beside their bed, upon entry to the house.
There was seemingly forced entry into the home, according to
investigators with the sheriff 's office.
The couple was identified as Deidra Ramseur and Mark Wilson.
Yesterday as investigators were searching for evidence in the
possible homicide case they discovered a 380 caliber pistol underneath the mattress in the bedroom where the couple was found
dead and they also found a 12-gauge shotgun nearby, according to
multiple reports.
The vigil for Ramseur and Wilson will be held tonight, March 17,
at 7 p.m. at Southside Park in Newton.
Police: Claremont
men found in
possession of cocaine,
marijuana, oxycodone
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MICHELLE T. BERNARD
ABOVE: Hana McKinney, Angel
Tenjhay, Carson Scronce and
Lorilai Dewitt at South Newton Elementary School hard
at work Wednesday morning
at building a trap that they
hope will be successful at
catching a leprechaun this
evening.
RIGHT: South Newton kindergarten students recording
messages in an attempt to
lure a leprechaun into their
trap.
How to build a better
leprechaun trap
BY MICHELLE T. BERNARD
O-N-E REPORTER
“This is going to be the year – we
are going to catch a leprechaun,”
South Newton kindergarten teacher
Leah Hayes said. “We’ve been trying
for the past 17 years and I feel like
this will be the year we finally do it.”
Building a leprechaun trap is not as
easy as it seems – first of all it takes
team work. During this project the
kindergarten students learn that it is
better to work as a team and to value
their differences.
How the trap is built and the bait
used is very important. Leprechauns
like gold coins, potatoes (they eat
potatoes at every meal and are very
fond of them), rainbows and of
See LEPRECHAUN, Page X
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The Catawba County
Sheriff 's Office Narcotics
Task Force, in a joint
effort with the Claremont Police Department
and the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security,
arrested Tevin Donzell
Wilfong, 25, of Claremont, and Travis Montrell McDaniel, 33, of
Claremont, at a residence
located at 2742 Sherlock
St. in Claremont on
March 15 after the execution of a search warrant.
The Catawba County
Narcotics Task Force
consists of multiple
agencies which includes
the Catawba County
Sheriff 's Office and the
Maiden Police Department.
The search warrant
came after a yearlong
investigation into the
illegal sale and distribution of crack cocaine
after the sheriff 's office
about the on-going drug
activity taking place.
During the search,
investigators seized over
66 grams of crack
cocaine, approximately
80 grams of Marijuana,
1.4 grams of Oxycodone,
and approximately $750
in U.S. Currency.
Along with the narcotics, other items were
also seized by officers
MCDANIEL
WILFONG
including a variety of
digital scales, packaging
materials, assorted drug
paraphernalia used for
the sale and distribution
of narcotics, and a
firearm that was reported stolen in 2010.
Tevin Donzell Wilfong
was transported to the
Catawba County Detention Facility where he
was charged with felony
See CLAREMONT, Page 3
Newton Easter egg hunt
to occur this Sunday
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NEWTON, N.C. – The Newton Parks and Recreation
Department’s annual Easter
Egg Hunt begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at Southside
Park.
This year’s event will be
divided into three divisions:
ages 1-3, ages 4-6, and ages 7-10.
Prizes will be awarded in all
three age divisions to children
who find the crazy eggs, the
largest eggs, the smallest eggs,
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the most unusual eggs, the
golden eggs, various prize eggs,
and the most eggs.
The Easter Bunny will greet
youngsters and give away
prizes. The public is invited to
attend this special free event.
Southside Park is off South
U.S. 321 Business, behind the
National Guard Armory. For
more information, call the
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Newton Recreation Center at
828-695-4317 or visit newton- The annual Newton Easter egg hunt will be held this year on
nc.gov.
Mar. 20 at Southside Park in Newton beginning at 2 p.m.
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Betty Morgan Ebert
Betty Morgan Ebert, age 90, died on Friday, March 11,
2016 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She
was born in Welch, West Virginia to Haden French and
Rae Davis Morgan. She married Gilmer Gray Ebert of
Winston-Salem, NC in 1947. He preceded her in death in
2008. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Raymond F. Morgan. She is survived by her daughter and
son-in-law, Sherry and Mike Tennant of Duluth, GA;
granddaughter, Schelly Tennant Marlatt; grandson and
grand-daughter-in-law,Michael Ebert and Jennifer Mathews Tennant; great grandchildren, Emma Gray Tennant,
Parker West Marlatt, Jack Ebert Tennant, and Grayson
Tennant Marlatt, all of Dacula, GA; sister, Joan Morgan
Price, of Winston-Salem, NC; sister-in-law, Helen H. Morgan of Tulsa, OK; and several nieces and nephews. There
will be a private family service with interment at the First
Presbyterian Church in Newton, NC. In lieu of flowers,
the family requests donations to be made to the First
Presbyterian Church, 701 N Main Ave, Newton, NC 28658.
(828) 464-0648. The family expresses its gratitude to the
staff of Plantation South Assisted Living and especially to
Meg Singletary for the loving care and attention during
her time there. Arrangements by: Crowell Brothers
Funeral Home and Crematory, Norcross/Peachtree Corners, GA 30092. (770) 448-5757. Online condolences may
be expressed at www.crowellbrothers.com.
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- The first place people look for
plants are the local garden centers.
Garden centers tend to have a large
stock of plants but only a small selection of each species. It might be
tempting to choose plants that are
similar varieties of the same species.
However,check the tag,because some
varieties may come from the same
species but grow differently. If there
is not enough selection at the local
garden centers the next place to
check is specialty nurseries.
Plants can be sold in many different forms. Bedding plants are usually
sold in individual pots, or flats. Flats
are often divided into packs. Annuals
bedding plants are typically sold in
packs. Choose packs that have large
deep cells (containers) to keep the
roots from drying out too quickly.
The larger the cell, the more developed their root system. Remember
that the smaller the pot or cell, the
quicker the soils dry out and will
require more nutrients. Some plants
are sold bare rooted. Bare rooted
Florene Campbell Burgin Hicks
Florene Campbell Burgin Hicks, 88, of Maiden passed
away on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Wexford House in
Denver. She was born August 21, 1927 in Catawba County.
A service to celebrate Florene’s life will be held on Friday, March 18, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Mt. Ruhama Baptist
Church in Maiden.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family
will receive friends on Thursday, March 17, 2016 from
6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Mt. Ruhama Baptist Church.
The family is in the care of Bennett Funeral Service of
Conover, 828-465-2111
Today in
History
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Thursday,
March 17, the 77th day of
2016. There are 289 days
left in the year. This is St.
Patrick's Day.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 17, 1966, a U.S.
Navy midget submarine
located a missing hydrogen bomb which had fallen
from a U.S. Air Force B-52
bomber into the Mediterranean off Spain. (It took
several more weeks to
actually
recover
the
bomb.)
On this date:
In 1776, the Revolutionary War Siege of Boston
ended as British forces
evacuated the city.
In
1861,
Victor
Emmanuel II was proclaimed the first king of a
united Italy.
In 1906, President
Theodore Roosevelt first
likened crusading journalists to a man with "the
muckrake in his hand" in a
speech to the Gridiron
Club in Washington.
In 1912, the Camp Fire
Girls organization was
incorporated in Washington, D.C., two years to the
day after it was founded in
Thetford, Vermont. (The
group is now known as
Camp Fire USA.)
In 1936, Pittsburgh's
Great St. Patrick's Day
Flood began as the
Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, swollen by rain
and melted snow, started
exceeding flood stage; the
high water was blamed for
more than 60 deaths.
In 1941, the National
Gallery of Art opened in
Washington, D.C.
In 1956, comedian Fred
Allen, 61, died in New York.
In 1969, Golda Meir
became prime minister of
Israel.
In 1970,the United States
cast its first veto in the U.N.
Security Council. (The U.S.
killed a resolution that
would have condemned
Britain for failure to use
force to overthrow the
white-ruled government of
Rhodesia.)
In 1976, Italian movie
director Luchino Visconti
("The Leopard") died in
Rome at age 69.
In 1988, Avianca Flight
410, a Boeing 727, crashed
after takeoff into a mountain in Colombia, killing all
143 people on board.
In 1996, French movie
director Rene Clement
("Forbidden Games") died
in Monaco at age 82.
Ten years ago: Federal
regulators reported the
deaths of two women in
addition to four others
who had taken the abortion pill RU-486; Planned
Parenthood said it would
immediately stop disregarding the approved
instructions for the drug's
use. Fashion designer Oleg
Cassini died on Long
Island, New York, at age 92.
Former Federal Reserve
Chairman and former
treasury secretary G.
William Miller died in
Washington, D.C., at age 81.
Five years ago: The U.N.
Security Council paved the
way for international air
strikes against Moammar
Gadhafi's forces, voting to
authorize military action
to protect civilians and
impose a no-fly zone over
Libya. U.S. drone missiles
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plants are grown in the field instead
of a pot. Bare rooted plants tend to be
less expensive but will require more
attention and care.
- Make sure you inspect the plant
before purchase. There are five key
areas to look for: new buds and
shoots, well branched and new
growth,healthy roots,signs of correct
watering, and pest and disease free.
Some plants are grown indoors and
have been forced to bloom earlier.
Remember that flowering plants that
are forced to bloom earlier for market will bloom a bit later in the gardens. Choose flowering plants that
have plenty of buds for a longer
blooming season. Check the roots
before purchase to see if it has a
healthy root system. Plants that have
healthy roots hold the soil intact
when the plant is pulled from the pot
and have lots of young roots. Plants
that fall apart when pulled from the
pots are not fully established. Plants
that are pot bounded will be harder
to establish in the garden.
Plants with large foliage should
have no blemishes and leaves should
be intact with new growth. Don’t
choose plants that are leggy or limp.
Leaves should have a healthy color
and not yellowed or mottled. Signs of
overwatering are rotting foliage
around the crown, grey mold, and
smelly soils. Plants that are under
watered will have signs of severe wilting and premature flowering. A good
indication of inadequate water is yellowed lower leaves. Check the plants
for signs of pest or diseases. Always
double check the underside of the
leaves. Avoid any plants that are
twisted, yellowed, gray mold on the
top, or loss of foliage.
For more questions about buying
or purchasing plants, please visit our
website at Catawba.ces.ncsu.edu or
call the Catawba County Cooperative
Extension Center at 828-465-8240.
Derr Xiong is immigrant agricultural agent
for Catawba County Cooperative Extension
Community Calendar
Dennie Frank Charles
Dennie Frank Charles, 72, of Taylorsville passed away
on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Catawba Regional Hospice.
He was born August 30, 1943 in Pike County, KY.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 18,
2016 at 4:00 p.m. at Millersville Baptist Church in Taylorsville The family will receive friends on Friday, March
18, 2016 from 3:00 to 3:45 p.m. at Millersville Baptist
Church.
The Charles family is in the care of Bennett Funeral
Service of Conover, 828-465-2111
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016
DNDA Meeting
The City of Newton and
Downtown Newton Development
Association
encourage businesses that
call downtown Newton
home to attend the DNDA
meetings.
The meetings are held
on the third Thursday of
each month at the DNDA
office above Marie and
Twannette’s at 6 p.m.
DAR Membership
The Daughters of the
American Revolution was
founded in 1890 to promote patriotism, preserve
American history, and
support better education
for our nation’s children.
Its members are descended from the patriots who
won American independence during the Revolutionary War. With more
than 165,000 members in
approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide, DAR is
one of the world’s largest
and most active service
organizations. To learn
more about the work of
DAR, visit www.dar.org.
Mar. 17
Chorus
Carolina Style Chorus,
the
area's
premier
women's 4 part a Cappella
chorus is hosting their
Friends & Family send off
performance / dress
rehearsal prior to regional
5 state competition.
The public is invited to
come at 8:00 pm to the
Life Enrichment Center,
(Trinity United Churc of
Christ), 217 Second Ave
NE, Conover (next to the
Conover Police Dept,
behind Conover City Hall)
this Thurs, March 17. This
is the public's chance to
see what the chorus does
for competition as well as
hear some of our current
repertoire.
The chorus holds open
rehearsals and auditions
on Thursdays at 7 pm. for
women of all ages who
like to sing. (Under 18
need to be accompanied
by parent / guardian.)
For more information
about the chorus, please
contact Dolores Mueller
(704) 325-3247 or visit the
website,
<www.carolinastylechorus.org> , Facebook and MeetUp.
Mar. 19
Egg Hunt
The Town of Hildebran
will be hosting its annual
Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday, March 19th with
the Egg Hunt starting
promptly at 2pm at the
Hildebran Community
Park.
There will be separate
areas for age groups 2 to 4,
5 to 8, and 9 to 14. Bring
your baskets! There are
4,000 eggs filled with
candy and toys with a
Golden Egg hidden in
each area and one lucky
child in each age group
will win a special prize.
The Easter Bunny will
also be making a special
appearance!
Everyone
can visit and have their
picture taken with him.
There will be indoor
activities, snacks, and fun
for all ages. This will be a
free event and the Town
welcomes everyone to
come out and join us this
Saturday, March 16th from
2 pm until 4 pm.
Parking will be available at Mt. Hebron Lutheran Church. The Park is
located at 114 East Main
Avenue, Hildebran, NC
28637.
Please
call
(828)397-5801 with any
questions.
NCSHP Open House
If becoming a North
Carolina State Trooper is
something you may be
interested in or want to
inquire about, show up
early as the:
Open House begins
promptly at: 2- 4:pm at
Troop F Headquarters
1033 Smyre Farm Road in
Newton
Troopers will discuss
everything from basic
qualifications of an applicant to retirement from
the organization.
If you would like to
speak to a recruiter, call:
Trooper Lineberger at
(704) 775-6042
Easter Egg Hunt
March 23
As part of LenoirRhyne University’s Alex
Lee Leadership Lecture
Series, Former Senior Resident Judge of Superior
Court, Forrest A. Ferrell,
will speak in the Fintel
Room of the McCrorie
Center on Wednesday,
March 23 at 6 p.m.
Ferrell became Senior
Resident Judge of Superior Court in 1980 when
Hon. Sam J. Ervin, III was
appointed to U.S. Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ferrell was re-elected in
1982 and 1990. He was
elected Vice President of
the North Carolina Bar
Association in 1987, and
elected president of the
N.C. Conference of Superior Court Judges in 1992.
Ferrell returned to general practice of law in February 1999 at Sigmon,
Clark, Mackie, Hanvey &
Ferrell, P.A. He has served
for many years on the
Board of Trustees of
Catawba Valley Community College.
The Alex Lee Leadership Lecture Series is
developed to help people
understand the dynamics
of leadership while helping them identify administrative traits and capabilities. The series presents a unique opportunity
to attend MBA level lectures for free and learn
the ropes from top professionals in the area.
Mar. 29
Vietnam Vet
Reception
Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ in
Conover is having an
Easter egg hunt from 2-4
p.m.
The event will feature
snacks, drinks and tons of
eggs to find. Rain date is
March 26.
The church is located at
217 2nd Ave NE in
Conover.
The John Hoyle Chapter
of the Daughters of the
American Revolution cordially invites all Vietnam
Veterans to a commemorative reception honoring
Vietnam Vets at the American Legion Fairground,
Post 48 from 4-6 p.m.
Light refreshments and
beverages will be served.
RSVP by Mar. 20 to Ric
Vandett. 828-267-2541
March 20
April 20
Newton Egg Hunt
Civil War Study Course
The Newton Parks and
Recreation Department’s
annual Easter Egg Hunt
begins at 2 p.m. Sunday,
March 20, at Southside
Park.
This year’s event will be
divided into three divisions: ages 1-3, ages 4-6,
and ages 7-10. Prizes will
be awarded in all three
age divisions to children
who find the crazy eggs,
the largest eggs, the smallest eggs, the most unusual
eggs, the golden eggs, various prize eggs, and the
most eggs.
The Easter Bunny will
greet youngsters and give
away prizes. The public is
invited to attend this special free event.
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Catawba Valley Community College has developed a Civil War Hands on
History
course
that
includes a five-day, fournight travel experience
beginning April 20. This
course is available to currently enrolled students
and individuals who want
to take the course for personal enrichment.
Meeting on Wednesday
evenings 5:30 to 7:20 p.m.
at the Historical Museum
of Catawba County in
downtown Newton, faculty member Richard Eller
will lead lectures about
the causes, events and
outcomes of the American
Civil War. Special emphasis is placed on the battle-
field sites that will be visited in May in the travel
portion of the course. The
lecture portion of the
course ends May 4.
Site visits that take
place May 9-13 during the
travel portion of the class
include tours of Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Wilderness and
Spotsylvania battlefields
in Virginia. Stops are
scheduled at the South
Mountain and Antietam
battlefields in Maryland
and Gettysburg battlefield
in Pennsylvania. The tour
also includes Harper’s
Ferry, W. Va., Lee Chapel
and the Jackson House in
Lexington, Va.
Cost of the class for
those taking it for personal enrichment is $500.
This includes the weekly
lectures, transportation
and double occupancy
accommodations. Add
$320 for single occupancy.
Registration takes place
Monday through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
or Fridays until 4:30 p.m.
at the CVCC East Campus
Continuing
Education
Office. Contact Cheri
Toney,
828-327-7037,
[email protected] for more
information.
April 30
Festival
Town of Long View will
host its May Days Festival
at the Long View Recreation Center, 3107 2nd Ave
NW in Hickory, NC 28601.
10:00AM - 9:30PM. The
festival will include entertainment,
Children's
Rides, Food, and More!
Guest Bands: Shellem
Cline, Jim Sheldon, and
Bev McCann; 28690; Vic
Wheeler and the Gruv
Dawgs; and the Tim Clark
Band
June 17
Pottery Class
Beginning Pottery with
Evelyn Arnold will be
offered on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, June 17
through July 15, 6 p.m.
until 9 p.m. This is an
introductory
course
designed to give students
a hands-on educational
and artistic experience
using clay. Students will
learn a variety of techniques, including handbuilding and wheel throwing with the potters’
wheel. Students will also
gain experience with surface design and glazing, as
well as loading and firing
an electric kiln. All levels
welcome. Pre-registration
is required for all workshops.
For more information
on class schedules, and to
register, please visit
www.cvcc.edu/Potters_Wo
rkshop, or call 828-3277000 x4032.
(828) 464-0221
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016
THE OBSERVER NEWS ENTERPRISE
YOUR NEWS
LRU welcomes
international entrepreneur
Neal Asbury
NEAL ASBURY
SPECIAL TO THE O-N-E
HICKORY, N.C. – The
Center for Commercial
and Social Entrepreneurship (CCSE) of LenoirRhyne University will welcome international entrepreneur, Neal Asbury, on
Monday,April 4 at 6 p.m. in
P.E. Monroe Auditorium.
Asbury is a respected businessman and advocate of
entrepreneurship and free
enterprise. His presentation, entitled “America
Must Believe in Itself
Again,” will provide a
worldwide look at the
power of American entrepreneurs and the benefits
they bring to society.
Asbury is the author of
Conscientious Equity: An
American Entrepreneur’s
Solutions to the World’s
Greatest Problems. Published by Palgrave &
MacMillan in 2010, the
book has quickly become a
respected guidebook to
help American manufacturers engage with the
world on trade, fighting
corruption, environmental
issues and preserving
human dignity. Those attending the presentation
will receive a free copy of
the book compliments of
Asbury, who will available
to autograph copies at the
close of the event.
Asbury currently serves
as president and CEO of
The Legacy Companies,
based in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. The Legacy Companies is a diversified
group of businesses, either
founded by or acquired by
Asbury, which are representative of the American
entrepreneurial spirit and
success.
In addition to his book,
Asbury has published over
400 articles on global trade
issues, and writes a weekly
column for Newsmax. He
has been quoted in The
New York Times, Wall
Street Journal, LeMonde,
and frequently appears on
cable television nationally
and internationally, often
seen on CNBC, MSNBC,
BBC, Fox News and RT Network. Each week he hosts
the nationally syndicated
talk radio show “Neal Asbury’s Made In America,”
produced by Radio America in Washington, D.C. The
show has become a nationally respected forum for
reinvigorating the entrepreneurial spirit that is vitally important to keep
America strong and prosperous.“Made In America”
features leading political,
academia and industry experts and is broadcast by
more than 80 affiliates
from coast-to-coast.
Asbury has received several recognitions for this
success including the coveted United States National
Champion Exporter of the
Year Award in 2008. In addition, he has received the
President’s E-Star Export
Award and the Export
Achievement Award from
the U.S. Department of
Commerce. Asbury is
Chairman and founding
faculty member of Export
University, a collaboration
between the District Export Council and the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
Following his graduation from Rowan State
University in New Jersey,
Asbury was recruited by
Inchcape PLC and moved
to Asia to represent the interests of a number of U.S.
manufacturers throughout
the region, and has remained involved in entrepreneurship and global
business ever since.
He has addressed the
United Nations at the
Commission of Trade and
Development, and has remained a sought after
speaker for prominent universities,
government
events and trade associations. Students of LenoirRhyne will have the unique
opportunity to hear more
from Asbury on April 5. He
will be the guest lecturer
for the Managing the Small
Business course and will
share what he considers
the most important lessons he has learned as an
entrepreneur.
“When it comes to advocating on behalf of entrepreneurship and free enterprise, there is no one
more passionate about
these topics than Neal Asbury,” said Trish Cooper,
Entrepreneur in Residence
at LRU. “We are thrilled to
have him visit LRU and encourage anyone who has
thought about starting a
business and would like to
learn more about the
process, to take advantage
of his expertise.”
Those interested in attending the presentation
on April 4 are asked to register at LR.edu/NealAsbury. A free copy of Asbury’s book will be reserved for those registering on or before March 28.
For more information,
contact
Cooper
at
[email protected].
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hit a village in Pakistan; U.S. officials said the group targeted was
heavily armed and that some of its
members were connected to alQaida, but Pakistani officials said the
missiles hit a community meeting,
killing four Taliban fighters and 38
civilians and tribal police. Michael
Gough, the British actor best known
for playing Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred in a series of Batman movies,
died in England at age 94. Country
music entertainer Ferlin Husky, 85,
died in Westmoreland, Tennessee.
One year ago: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud
Party won a resounding victory in
parliamentary elections after an acrimonious campaign, giving him a
mandate to form the next government. U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill.,
abruptly resigned following a cascade of revelations about his business deals and lavish spending on
everything from overseas travel to
office decor in the style of "Downton
Abbey."
Today's Birthdays: The former national chairwoman of the NAACP,
Myrlie Evers-Williams, is 83. Former
NASA astronaut Ken Mattingly is 80.
Singer-songwriter Jim Weatherly is
73. Singer-songwriter John Sebastian
(The Lovin' Spoonful) is 72. Former
NSA Director and former CIA Director Michael Hayden is 71. Rock musician Harold Brown (War; Lowrider
Band) is 70. Actor Patrick Duffy is 67.
Actor Kurt Russell is 65. Country
singer Susie Allanson is 64. Actress
Lesley-Anne Down is 62. Actor Mark
Boone Jr. is 61. Country singer Paul
Overstreet is 61. Actor Gary Sinise is
61. Actor Christian Clemenson is 58.
Former basketball and baseball player Danny Ainge is 57. Actor Arye
Gross is 56. Actress Vicki Lewis is 56.
Actor Casey Siemaszko (sheh-MA'zshko) is 55. Writer-director Rob
Sitch is 54.Actor Rob Lowe is 52. Rock
singer Billy Corgan is 49. Rock musician Van Conner (Screaming Trees) is
49. Actor Mathew St. Patrick is 48.
Actor Yanic (YAH'-neek) Truesdale is
47. Rock musician Melissa Auf der
Maur is 44. Soccer player Mia Hamm
is 44. Rock musician Caroline Corr
(The Corrs) is 43. Actress Amelia
Heinle is 43. Country singer Keifer
Thompson (Thompson Square) is 43.
Actress Marisa Coughlan is 42. Rapper Swifty (D12) is 41. Actress Natalie
Zea (zee) is 41. Actress Brittany
Daniel is 40. Country musician Geoff
Sprung (Old Dominion) is 38.
Pop/rock singer/songwriter Hozier is
26. Actress Eliza Hope Bennett is 24.
Actor John Boyega (Film: "Star Wars:
The Force Awakens") is 24. Actor
Flynn Morrison is 11.
Thought for Today: "May your
neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and
heaven accept you." — Irish saying.
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Yhana McKinney, Angel Tenjhay, Carson Scronce and Lorilai Dewitt at South Newton Elementary School hard at
work Wednesday morning at building a trap that they hope will be successful at catching a leprechaun this
evening.
course
the
color green.
L e p r e c h au n s
are wily creatures
– and not easy to
catch.
Should
the students not
be successful in
luring one into
the trap, the leprechaun
may
mess up their
classroom. Apparently
leprechauns take offense to attempts
to trap them.
The good thing
about
leprechauns is that
they are usually
very
forgiving
and may leave a
few
chocolate
coins for the students to enjoy.
Happy Saint
Patrick’s Day.
Former Charlotte mayor Cannon
sentenced in voter fraud case
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former Charlotte Mayor
Patrick Cannon has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor
charge stemming from the vote he cast almost two years
ago after he was sentenced to prison in a bribery scandal.
Local media outlets report Cannon pleaded guilty on
Wednesday to attempted voter fraud. The plea came after
an agreement worked out between Mecklenburg County
District Attorney Andrew Murray and Cannon's defense
team.
Superior Court Judge Robert Ervin sentenced Cannon
to one day, to run concurrently with his existing sentence.
He is serving a 44-month sentence after he pleaded guilty
in 2014 to taking more than $50,000 in bribes from FBI
undercover agents.
As a result of the Cannon voting case, federal judges in
Charlotte now specifically remind defendants pleading
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trafficking in cocaine, felony possession with intent
to sell, manufacture or deliver a schedule II controlled
substance (Oxycodone), felony possession of marijuana, and felony possession with intent to manufacture,
sell or deliver marijuana. He was placed under a
$100,000 secured bond.
Travis Montrell McDaniel was transported to the
Catawba County Detention Facility where he was
charged with felony possession of cocaine and placed
under a $5,000 secured bond.
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PERSPECTIVE
The Government's War on
Free Speech
During her appearance
before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week,
Attorney General Loretta
Lynch admitted that she
asked the FBI to examine
whether the federal government should take
legal action against socalled climate change
deniers.
Lynch is not responding to any criminal acts
committed by climate
change skeptics. Instead,
she is responding to
requests from those frustrated that dissenters
from the alleged climate
change consensuses have
successfully
blocked
attempts to create new
government programs to
fight climate change.
These climate change
censors claim that the
argument over climate
change is settled and the
deniers' success in blocking congressional action
is harming the public.
Therefore, the government must disregard the
First Amendment and
silence anyone who dares
question the reigning climate change dogma. This
argument ignores the
many reputable scientists
who have questioned the
magnitude, effects, and
role of human action in
causing climate change.
If successful, the climate change censors
could set a precedent that
could silence numerous
other views. For example,
many people believe the
argument over whether
we should audit, and then
end, the Federal Reserve
is settled. Therefore, the
deniers of Austrian economics are harming the
public by making it more
difficult for Congress to
restore a free-market
monetary policy. So why
shouldn't the government
silence Paul Krugman?
The climate change
censorship movement is
part of a larger effort to
silence political speech.
Other recent examples
include the IRS's harassment of tea party groups
as well as that agency's
(fortunately thwarted)
attempt to impose new
rules on advocacy organizations that would have
limited their ability to
criticize a politician's
record in the months
before an election.
The IRS and many state
legislators and officials
are also trying to force
public policy groups to
hand over the names of
their donors. This type of
disclosure can make individuals fearful that, if
they support a pro-liberty group, they will face
retaliation from the government.
Efforts to silence government critics may have
Ron Paul
increased in recent years;
however, the sad fact is
the U.S. government has a
long and shameful history of censoring speech. It
is not surprising that war
and national security
have served as convenient excuses to limit
political speech. So-called
liberal
presidents
Woodrow Wilson and
Franklin Roosevelt both
supported
wartime
crackdowns on free
speech.
Today, many neoconservatives are using the
war on terror to justify
crackdowns on free
speech, increased surveillance of unpopular religious groups like Muslims, and increased government control of social
media platforms like
Facebook and Twitter.
Some critics of U.S. foreign policy have even
been forbidden to enter
the country.
Many opponents of
government restrictions
on the First Amendment
and other rights of Muslims support government
actions targeting socalled
"right-wing
extremists." These fairweather civil liberties
defenders are the mirror
image of conservatives
who support restricting
the free speech rights of
Muslims in the name of
national security, yet
clam to oppose authoritarian
government.
Defending speech we do
not agree with is necessary to effectively protect
the speech we support.
A government that
believes it can run our
lives, run the economy,
and run the world will
inevitably
come
to
believe it can, and should,
have the power to silence
its critics. Eliminating the
welfare-warfare state is
the key to protecting our
free speech, and other liberties, from an authoritarian government.
Easter: The Next Generation
Palm Sunday will find
me back in an adult Sunday
school class, after having
taught the class of my 12year-old son Gideon for the
past several months.
I hope Gideon will
remain respectful of those
with differing views of
Jesus Christ (whether they
regard him as A prophet
but not THE Prophet,a nice
Jewish boy with a Messiah
complex, a wise non-divine
teacher whose followers
got carried away, a complete fabrication or whatever), but without apologizing for his core beliefs.
In other words, he
shouldn't be "in your face"
but should also avoid a
wimpy proclamation of
"He is risen,he is risen with
an asterisk."
An increasingly irreligious world that gets its
view of the Son of God
from sensationalized documentaries and TV musicals will stray further and
further from the truth.
Someday when he's teaching Sunday school for my
hypothetical grandchildren, I hope Gideon will be
able to overcome increasingly muddled legends,factoids and agendas about
Jesus and Easter.
For example, it's okay to
Tyrades!
Danny Tyree
point out that Jesus cast
seven demons out of Mary
Magdalene. It is historically
inaccurate to say that he
told her, "With the free version, the demons still tag
along to the mall with you
and your friends. Now, if
you want to upgrade to the
Premium exorcism..."
The people of Flint,
Michigan did not tell Jesus,
"Forget wine! Turn the stuff
coming out of our faucets
into water!"
Jesus's Triumphal Entry
into Jerusalem did not
involve looking at the
throng of well-wishers and
muttering, "Ooo, I'd like to
smite that guy on both
cheeks!"
The apostles did not
launch a media blitz specifically trumpeting the inclusion of the first plus-size
models in the Book of Life.
The words "Last Supper"
and "all-day breakfast
menu" appear together in
absolutely no early church
writings that survive.
No matter what your
friends tell you, there was
no Jumbotron available
when Judas betrayed Jesus
with a kiss. And there was
no advertising slogan that
began "Every kiss begins
with 30 pieces of silver."
Peter's triple denial of
Christ had absolutely nothing to do with whether the
crowing cock was raised in
a cage. Likewise, it is not
true that Jesus's prayer in
the Garden of Gethsemane
was that no one would find
out that the garden was
GMO.
Contrary to popular
belief, the crown of thorns
Jesus was subjected to at
the Crucifixion did not
include a beer dispenser.
Early Christians thought
of Jesus as the Fountain of
Life rather than the
Streaming Media of Life.
The angel proclaiming
the Good News at the
Empty Tomb was distinguished by white garments, not White Privilege.
In the future, people will
probably lose interest in
carbon dating the Shroud
of Turin and will instead
concentrate on whether it
was moisture-wicking and
whether any "wardrobe
malfunctions"
ever
occurred with it.
Jesus's Ascension into
heaven should not be trivialized as his partaking in
"cloud storage."
Alas, even the secular
aspects of Easter will be
under fire 25 or so years
from now. GPS will make a
mockery of Easter egg
hunts, candy will be made
of solar photons instead of
sugar and old-timers will
talk about 2016 as the Bad
Old Days.
"Can you believe there
used to be a time when
rabbits didn't get to vote?
Hey, let's swing by the rabbit cemetery and resurrect
Congressman
Smith's
chances of getting reelected..."
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welcomes email responses at
[email protected] and visits to his Facebook fan page
"Tyree's Tyrades". Danny's'
weekly column is distributed
exclusively by Cagle Cartoons
Inc. newspaper syndicate.
Ron Paul is a former Congressman and Presidential candidate. He can be reached at the
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will bring unexpected compensation and help
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future progress.
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THE OPENING LEAD HELPED DECLARER
Michael Morpurgo, the author of “War Horse,” said,“Don’t worry about writing a book or getting famous or
making money. Just lead an interesting life.”
At the bridge table, one tries to find successful opening leads, but it is impossible to do it on every deal. In this
example from Steve Conrad of Manhasset, New York, West found the worst possible start. True, if declarer could
see all 52 cards, West did not have a winning lead. But if he had selected a card from any suit but hearts, surely
the contract would have failed.
How did South get home in six spades after West led the heart queen? What do you think of the bidding?
In the auction, North did a double-cross, giving his partner the choice of playing in three no-trump or at least
five spades. North should have rebid four no-trump, which ought to be quantitative, not ace-asking. (To use
Blackwood, North starts with a Texas transfer at the four-level, responding four hearts, then bids four notrump.) Here, though, South would probably have rebid five spades.
In the given auction, four no-trump was Roman Key Card Blackwood, South’s reply indicating two aces and the
spade queen.
South realized that he needed to take these 12 tricks: five spades, three hearts, two diamonds, one club, and a
diamond ruff in the short-trump hand. He won the first trick, cashed his spade queen, played off dummy’s top
diamonds, ruffed the diamond six high in his hand, drew trumps, ran the heart nine to West’s jack, and
claimed.
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MAIDEN ALUMNI Living Word claims the championship
BASEBALL GAME
FROM O-N-E REPORTS
Maiden High School is
hosting an alumni baseball
game for any and all who
played baseball for the
Blue Devils.
The game is Saturday,
April 2 at the Maiden High
School baseball field. The
cost is $25 to play.
For more information or
to sign up, contact Maiden
head baseball coach David
Williams via email at
[email protected] or call 828428-8197.
College basketball
Lady Red Hawks
hosting try outs
The Catawba Valley
Community
College
women’s basketball program is holding try outs on
Sunday, April 3 from 2-5
p.m. at the Tarlton
Complex for prospective
student-athletes (current
high school seniors or college-age players).
This is a great opportunity for you to be seen by
CVCC head women’s basketball
coach
Tisha
England and her coaching
staff while competing
against current players and
other prospects.
Those trying out must
bring current physical and
wear appropriate athletic
gear.
If student-athlete can
not make the try out,
please contact England
[email protected] or call
828-327-7000 ext. 4014 for
more information.
Iindustrial, open
softball leagues
The Newton Parks and
Recreation Department is
seeking teams to participate
in the upcoming men’s and
women’s industrial/open
softball leagues.
Any interested teams
may contact the Newton
Rec Department to pick up
a registration packet. The
registration deadline for is
5 p.m. on Friday.
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE O-N-E
Members of the Living Word Church men’s basketball team claimed the Maiden Recreation Department church basketball regular-season and tournament championship. Members of the team include, from left, Jeremy Repass, Jordan Goodson, Shinny Miles, Scott
Carpenter, Scott Strait, Todd Thompson, Josh Wittensoldner and Joe Hurdon. Living Word Church defeated First United Methodist of
Maiden in the tournament championship game 40-39 when Strait made the winning basket on a lay up with 12.6 seconds left to play.
Living Word Church ends its season with a 15-2 overall record.
Tigers top Panthers on
the baseball diamond
PHOTO BY GENE LEATHERMAN/
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Fred T. Foard’s Trent Mosley lays
down a bunt during Tuesday’s NWC
baseball game against Hibriten.
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
The Fred T. Foard baseball team earned
its second conference victory of the spring
season on Tuesday, defeating Hibriten 5-3
at home.
The win for the Tigers (3-4, 2-1) came
despite trailing early in the contest.
The Panthers (3-3, 1-2) led 2-0 in the
first inning of the contest with two hits
and an error off Tigers starting pitcher
Caleb Lutjens, who pitched 5.1 innings
with five strikeouts and five hits allowed.
Foard tied the contest with two runs in
the third inning behind four walks by
Hibriten
starting
pitcher
Brad
Schmertzler, who gave up four walks and
had a wild pitch in the inning.
Trent Mosley put Foard ahead 3-2 in the
contest with a squeeze bunt that allowed
Josh Mckinney to score from third in the
fourth inning.
After the Panthers tied the game in the
sixth inning with an RBI single by Caleb
Clark, Zander Toy’s two-out double off the
right field fence allowed Joel Gosda to
score from third base.
Toy scored later in the inning on an RBI
single from Dominic Colosimo.
The Panthers were retired in order in
the seventh inning with Colosimo earning
the victory on the mound in relief. He
pitched 1.2 innings, allowing one hit and
striking out two.
Connor Pruitt led Hibriten offensively
with two hits in the contest, and
Schmertzler took the loss on the mound
for the Panthers.
The Tigers return to conference action
on Friday when they travel to take on
Patton (1-5, 0-3) in Morganton.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016
O-N-E
SPORTS
O-N-E PHOTO BY CODY DALTON
Newton-Conover’s Gage Baldwin threw
a complete game against St. Stephens
on Wednesday night, leading the Red
Devils to their first win of the season.
St. Stephens
bests Bandys
in softball
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
NO PAIN, NO GAIN
Baldwin leads N-CHS to
its first baseball victory
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
Gage Baldwin and his NewtonConover baseball teammates weren’t
sure they’d win a game this season.
After Wednesday, they can put that
thought to rest.
Behind a valiant performance
from senior pitcher Gage Baldwin,
the Red Devils defeated St. Stephens
4-2 at home for their first victory of
the season.
“It feels good,” Baldwin said of
Wednesday’s victory.“We don’t have to
worry about losing anymore. I think
everyone thought we’d lose every
game. Now that we’ve got this win, I
think we are excited to play even more.
We’ll get more wins as we go on.”
Starting on the mound, Baldwin
injured his hip on a infield pop fly in
the top of the first inning when he
tripped and fell trying to field the ball.
Despite the ailment, Baldwin
pushed through.
“Just fight through the pain is
Baseball
Bunker Hill 11,
Hibriten 1
what my parents have always told
me,” Baldwin said. “I just fought
through the pain and kept going.”
The Red Devils (1-7) fueled off
Baldwin’s injury, taking a 2-0 lead in
the bottom of the first on an error by
the Indians and a Jared Sigmon RBI
single.
After James Zehmer pulled the
Tribe (4-4) within 2-1 with an RBI
double in the top of the fourth
inning, Hayes Elliot re-extended the
NCHS lead with an RBI single in the
bottom half of the frame.
The Indians pulled within 3-2 with
an RBI single by Noah Brown in the
top of the fifth, but the Red Devils
would once again answer.
Baldwin’s RBI double in the fifth
added a late insurance run for NCHS.
“Our team played together
tonight,” Baldwin said. “We haven’t
done that in a while. It was a pretty
good performance by all of us. This
win gives us energy and excitement
to play harder. We’ll see what we can
really do on the field.”
PHOTO BY ERIC FRANKLIN
St. Stephens’ Krystyn
Franklin (10) tries to take
possession of the soccer
ball from a Wilkes Central
player during Wednesday’s
non-conference game.
O-N-E PHOTO BY CODY DALTON
Newton-Conover’s Jake
Hayman (left) scores
from third base during
the bottom of the first
inning of Wednesday’s
baseball game against
St. Stephens.
The Bears defeated the
Panthers in a six-inning
non-conference game on
Wednesday.
Clay Ervin and Kevin
Robinson led Bunker Hill
(6-2) with two hits apiece
in the contest.
The Bears’ Devin Perdue
and Seth Miller also had
RBI singles in the game.
Bunker Hill’s Ande Farr
was the winning pitcher,
allowing three hits and
striking out five in 3.1
innings pitched.
Foard 9, Maiden 4
The Tigers earned a
non-conference win on
Wednesday against the
Blue Devils.
Foard tallied 12 total
hits in the game en route
its non-conference victory.
Indians, Eagles tie
BY CODY DALTON
O-N-E SPORTS EDITOR
The St. Stephens girls soccer team tied
with Wilkes Central on Wednesday in a
non-conference game in Hickory.
Emily Janicki scored the lone goal for St.
Stephens (4-2) in the contest.
Track & field
Indians, Spartans tops at NWC meet
The St. Stephens girls and South Caldwell
boys were the top-finishing teams during
Wednesday’s Northwestern 3A/4A meet at
St. Stephens, which also included Freedom,
Watauga and Hickory.
Hickory’s girls finished in fifth place in
the final standings, while St. Stephens boys
were third in their respective standings.
Bunker Hill, Ashe County finish first
The Bunker Hill boys and Ashe County
girls track & field teams finished in first
place during Wednesday’s meet held in
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The St. Stephens softball
team earned its second
win against Bandys on
Wednesday, winning 11-1
in six innings in Hickory.
The Lady Indians (5-3)
tallied 12 hits in the game,
including three each from
Roni Flores and Sierra
Hines.
Flores was 3-for-3 with
four RBIs and one run
scored, while Hines was
also 3-for-3 with three
triples, three RBIs and
three runs scored.
A two-RBI single from
Flores was part of a fourrun first inning for the
Lady Indians, pushing
them ahead early in the
contest.
Cappy Sigmon led
Bandys offensively with a
2-for-3 performance at the
plate with an RBI.
Sigmon’s RBI single in
the second inning scored
Kat Barrow, who reached
base on an error.
Kayle Starnes scored the
game-winning run for
Saint in the fifth on a sac
bunt by Lauren Moser.
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Claremont.
The meet also included Bandys, Draughn,
West Caldwell, Newton-Conover, East Burke
and University Christian high schools.
The Bear boys tallied 204 total points to
second-place West Caldwell’s 97. Bandys
boys were fifth in the final team standings
with 76 points, while Newton-Conover was
sixth with 40 points.
Ashe County’s girls racked up 153.5
points to second-place Bandys’ 114.5 points.
Newton-Conover was fifth in the girls
standings with 73 points, and Bunker Hill
finished sixth with 59 total points.
Boys tennis
Statesville 8, Bunker Hill 1
Singles
Nikolas Frederick (S) d. Leng Moua 8-0; Blair Warren (S) d.
Gavin Boyles 8-0; Joseph Cross (S) d. Jesse Lee 8-4; Joe
McConnell (S) d. Eric Chang 8-0; Graham Pake (S) d. Sang
Vang 8-0; Keiran Dougherty (S) d. Cheng Moua 8-1.
Doubles
Pake-McConnell (S) d. Boyles-Leng Moua 8-1; Nate
Bullins-Rhys Bonin (S) d. Lee-Chang; Vang-Cheng Moua
(S) d. J.T. Last-Drew Huffman 8-4.
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