Archive - Jul 7, 2011
At 18 years old, Jurickson Profar is taking center stage Sunday.
The Hickory Crawdadsâ shortstop is participating in the Major League Baseball Futures Game in Arizona, which is part of the leagueâs annual All-Star festivities.
The game pits the United States team against the World team. Teams are comprised of top minor league prospects.
Players on both of the 25-man rosters are selected by MLB, the MLB Scouting Bureau, MLB.com, Baseball America, USA Baseball and the 30 MLB teams.
Mark Randal Mecimore, 50, of Sherrills Ford, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2011, at his residence. Burke Mortuary in Newton is serving the Mecimore family.
Elmo Preston Waldron, 97, of WhiteStone, a Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Greensboro, and formerly of Greensboro, died July 1, 2011. The family is being served by Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home of Newton.
Catawba County's assistant district attorney was recently reinstated to full duty after being placed on administrative leave following an arrest and DWI charge in Sunset Beach.
Catawba County's assistant district attorney Eric Robert Bellas, 45, of Morganton, was allegedly riding a bicycle on Clubhouse Road at Sunset Beach at about midnight June 20 when he apparently flipped over a guardrail and fell off the bicycle, according to Sunset Beach Police reports and reliable O-N-E sources.
Claremont officials recently approved amendments to its sign ordinance that will allow businesses to incorporate high-rise signs close to its property.
Claremont City Council members approved amendments Tuesday that will establish a high-rise sign overlay district adjacent to Interstate 40 that will let business owners incorporate up to 80-foot-tall signs either on or near their property.
âWe are trying to be a little more business friendly,â said Claremont City Manager Doug Barrick. âWe are also trying to attract new businesses to the interchange.â Â Â
If you walk around the Hickory American Legion Flea Market on an early Thursday morning, youâre bound to see some interesting things for sale.
Thereâs military gear. Piles of used tires. Comic book collections.
Miniature cacti farms. Live animals. Basically, if the flea market had a motto, it would probably read â âYou want it, we sell it.â
As area citizens continue to battle the hot and stormy summer months, the county sheriff is also recommending that residents do their part to fight another reoccurring summer plague â larceny.
âIt goes up a little bit during the summer months,â said Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid. âEverything is out in sight where thieves can see it, and thereâs a bigger demand for home equipment and things like that.â
By
Jordan Moses, Outlook correspondent
Mountain biking with a large family isn’t always easy. There are different speeds to consider, questions of endurance, child seats perched on the back of bikes versus toddler-sized carriages, and of course, those who don’t even care to bike. It is because there are so many factors that the location becomes imperative. Biking with friends, I found the perfect place that not only met everyone’s needs, but proved to be enjoyable even for non-bikers. It was a place as unique as its name: The Virginia Creeper Trail.
After trailing 5-0 in the second inning, a Hickory Crawdads' rally fell just short.
Delmarva (6-8) held on to a 5-4 lead heading into the eighth inning of Wednesday's South Atlantic League contest against Hickory (8-6), when rain began to pour.
Officials called the game after seven complete innings, allowing the Shorebirds to survive the rally and a sweep on the road against the Crawdads.
Hickory starting pitcher Matt Thompson (3-5, 4.42) struggled in his short outing on Wednesday. Thompson pitched 1.1 innings.
