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February 3rd, 2012
Chaos ensued at Corpas Gymnasium on Friday, as Fred T. Foard and St. Stephens collided in a contest befitting a rivalry.
Foard junior Jordan Turner saluted his fellow upperclassmen by making a lay-up with 15 seconds to go, lifting the Tigers to a nail-biting 45-43 victory Friday against St. Stephens on “Senior Night."
Turner scored 10 of his game-high 14 points in the fourth quarter, including the last-second bucket to give Foard (13-9, 3-8) the victory.
Bandys’ Cassidy Winchester made history on Friday.
The senior became the first girls soccer player at her school to sign with a Division I college, inking her National Letter of Intent with University of South Carolina-Upstate.
“I’m so excited,” Winchester said. “It’s an honor to be the first one to sign, just for my sake. I’m really happy just to be signing.”
Lady Trojans coach Clifford Mayer said the senior is unlike any player he’s ever had the privilege of coaching.
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Steve Reed, AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTE — It’s hard to imagine things looking any bleaker for the Bobcats.
They’ve lost 10 straight games, have the NBA’s worst record and are coming off a 44-point drubbing Wednesday night at Portland, the worst loss in franchise history.
That’s why Charlotte director of basketball operations Rod Higgins said now, more than ever, the Bobcats need to exercise patience.
Dorothy Smith Letterman, 88, of Newton, died Feb. 3, 2012, at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory. The Letterman family has entrusted the funeral arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton.
Flint Gilbert, 62, of Iron Station, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at Carolinas Medical Center in Lincolnton. Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Conover.
It’s nearing 3 p.m. on Friday — almost “race time.”
Gerald Bennett takes his hands out of his pockets and takes a few steps toward Grace Church Road.
“In 10 minutes, this road will turn into I-40, qualifying for the Daytona 500,” Bennett said.
Bennett, a longtime resident of Grace Church Road in the Blackburn area, has watched “speeders” race down his street for 10 years. Friday, he showed The O-N-E first hand.
A few cars pass by, tempting the road’s unmarked speed limit of 55 mph. Then, at about 3:08 p.m., they started coming.
VROOOOMM!
Friendship defeats bullying.
Shuford Elementary School students learned that message all week during programs, contests and lessons that taught them no one has to be a victim of bullies.
"We learned how to help your friends when there are bullies," said fifth-grader Tamiya Artis. "If you do something good, you get something in return — friends."
Daily themes shaped the week's activities. Students wore hats Tuesday to "put a lid on bullying." On another day, students wore tie-dyed shirts and some read quotes about peace on the school's intercom.
A Conover woman faces child abuse charges after police said she was seen tampering with her infant daughter's intravenous line at a Charlotte hospital.
The Charlotte Observer reports Charlotte-Mecklenburg police responded to Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) after hospital staff saw Ladonna Kaye Parlier, 26, injecting a substance into her 5-month-old daughter's IV line.
Police said they caught Parlier on surveillance video abusing her child.
Detectives said she pulled a syringe from her daughter, Naomi's, IV line, then injected an "unknown substance" into the IV.
Summer will be two weeks shorter for students and teachers in the Catawba County Schools system - but that might not be such a bad thing, according to some.
More details on next year’s school calendar in the Friday edition of The O-N-E.
Newton-Conover High School received remains from the World Trade Center, and the 110-pound piece of 9/11 history will be unveiled during a community ceremony later this month.
February 2nd
The exit of Gov. Beverly Perdue from the 2012 North Carolina gubernatorial race opened the door for a variety of serious and rumored candidates on both party tickets.
Former Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory — a Republican who lost to Perdue in the 2008 race for governor — and Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, a Democrat, are in the race.
Current Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and former UNC system president Erskine Bowles said they won't run for the state's top government position.
Have you picked a candidate to support in the governor race?
Bessie Cresimore McGee, 96, formerly of Newton, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 at Catawba Valley Assisted Living at Rock Barn in Claremont. The McGee family has entrusted the funeral arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton.
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