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Arrest & Incident Reports from Lincoln Co. Sheriff's Office
STAFF REPORTS

LINCOLNTON - The following listing represents incident and arrest reports from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

This listing does not necessarily mean anyone at the listed address was accused of any crime, only that a report was made at that location. Also, it is advisable to understand that many people may have the same or similar names.

Local law enforcement asks that anyone with information about any of these incidents or to report a crime call CrimeStoppers at (704) 736-8909. CrimeStoppers allows you to remain anonymous and pays up to $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

Incident reports are brought to you by Helms Security, Inc. in Lincolnton. Follow update “tweets” on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/helmssecurity .

INCIDENTS

2010-01361
Unattended Death
Detective Dellinger
Location: 851 Orchard Drive
Victim: Bonnie Brown
Unattended Death
Date Reported: 03-10-10
District: A

Could you be an Episcopalian?
STAFF REPORTS

LINCOLNTON - Could you be an Episcopalian?

Find out at the Inquirer’s Class at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, March 17 and 24, 7-8pm. 315 N. Cedar St., Lincolnton.

Questions: call Father Smith at 704-732-7933.

Joey Logano Is Pumped
NASCAR THIS WEEK
By Monte Dutton

Season two could be a breakout year for Joey Logano, who won't turn 20 until May. The 2009 Raybestos Rookie of the Year has finished fifth and sixth in the past two races.

Don't look now, but Logano, a Middletown, Conn., native, is eighth in the Sprint Cup point standings, ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Kyle Busch (12th) and Denny Hamlin (22nd).

PHOTO: A year after replacing Tony Stewart in the No. 20 car for Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, 19, has made a successful transition to Sprint Cup racing. (John Clark/NASCAR This Week photo)

Pension Advisory Committee Features Academics, Business Leaders
Treasurer to retain final say on retirement investments

By Sarah Okeson
Carolina Journal

RALEIGH — State Treasurer Janet Cowell has appointed six people, including a former CEO of Wachovia, to an expanded Investment Advisory Committee to help her decide how to invest the state’s pension funds.

The appointments replace a five-member board that served under former Treasurer Richard Moore. All are newcomers.

“North Carolina is fortunate to have John Medlin and this expert group working to protect our pension fund,” Cowell said in a statement. “The collective experience and integrity that this committee represents will be invaluable in maintaining the long term stability of the fund for North Carolina’s public servants.”

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Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.

Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75, a solitary figure living in a rented house four miles from the gleaming Statehouse dome.

Mystery Surrounds NC Board Member Death
North Carolina police are looking at a residential burglary near where 62-year-old State Board of Education member Kathy Taft was assaulted. Taft was taken off life support Tuesday after she was found badly injured at a residence Saturday.

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Sheriff’s Office Asks for Help in Excavator Theft
STAFF REPORTS

DENVER, NC - On March 8th, 2010 unknown suspects removed a Takeuchi Excavator from a construction site in Denver NC. The Excavator was located near 3450 Highway 16 North.

The Excavator is grey with Red lettering and is similar to the one pictured below.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Mark Stamey at 704-268-3051 or contact Crimestoppers for a reward up to $1,000 dollars. All callers remain anonymous.


1918 Flu Pandemic
Profile America -- Thursday, March 11th. A devastating public health crisis began in the U.S. on this day 92 years ago -- and has been mentioned often in discussions about the H1N1 virus scare of recent months. The disease was called the "Spanish influenza," and first hit soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas, just back from fighting in Europe. The virus moved quickly, and in October of 1918 195,000 Americans perished. In one day alone, 851 New Yorkers died. By 1920, nearly one-in-four Americans had suffered from this strain of the flu, killing a half-million of them. But even less dramatic forms of the disease are deadly. Each year, more than 56,000 Americans die of the flu and pneumonia.