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February 28th
By
O-N-E Publisher Michael Willard
This week, a Catawba County Grand Jury officially delivered news the world has anxiously awaited the past four months. An indictment issued Monday declared that, in the eyes of this county’s prosecutors and grand jury members, Elisa Baker was involved in the death and dismemberment of a 10-year-old, disabled cancer survivor. Zahra.
February 23rd
By
O-N-E Staff Writer Jordan-Ashley Baker
Zahra Baker.
I’ve probably typed her name hundreds of times in the past five months.
Monday was another one of those days when I typed Zahra’s name over and over again as I learned more about what happened to the freckle-faced cancer survivor. The more I type Zahra’s name, the more I hope to see swift, firm justice delivered in the case.
By
O-N-E Publisher Michael Willard
With only a handful of exceptions during the past decade, I have spent at least a couple of evenings every month attending regular and special meetings of some elected government body or another. Some months, particularly when I was a fledgling cub reporter covering anything and everything that came my way, I toted a notepad and pen into a couple of meetings every week.
LAURELS
Laurels to four Kiwanis Clubs in Catawba County and the city of Hickory, which are partnering to create a special playground to honor the life of Zahra Baker.
The project aims to create a play space suitable for children with disabilities, who are like the 10-year-child who used a prosthetic leg and hearing aides until she died and was dismembered in 2010.
February 7th
LAURELS
Laurels to the Catawba County Schools Board of Education for taking a serious look at its policy for non-faculty coaches at the system’s schools.
While we find fault with the means through which CCS made public the proposals, deliberations and finally the revisions to the policy, the intent of the new protocol hits the right mark.
By
O-N-E Publisher Michael Willard
While the 2010 college football season is a quickly fading memory for most rational people (who won the BCS Championship again?), activity on the football front was far from silent this week.
That’s right. You don’t have to have the glorious traditions of a Saturday tailgate or a ball game complete with school colors, cheers and marching bands to get some folks whipped into a college football frenzy. Even smack-dab in the middle of winter, one topic still gets some fanatics hyped up for college football.
Signing day and the recruiting wars.
February 4th
On Nov. 1, 2010, the Catawba County Schools Board of Education approved changes to the school system’s policy for non-faculty coaches. That approval came after school system leaders began discussing changes to CCS Board of Education Policy 7.3500 in late June 2010.
By
O-N-E Editor LaDonna Beeker
I got out of bed Tuesday morning and could barely move. My neck was stiff and my legs didn’t want to move without a little pinch in my nerves. I walked in somewhat of a hunch as I tried to make my way to the shower. Why was I in so much pain? Three words: Step moves class.
Monday night, I decided to try something different at The Perfect Workout. I got off work in time to make it to the gym’s weekly step moves class, so I thought I’d give it a shot. It was something different for me. The only class I’ve tried was Zumba, which I’ve grown to enjoy.
By
O-N-E Staff Writer Jordan-Ashley Baker
One morning last week, I awoke to a very unsettling sound.
No, it wasn’t the jarring sound of an alarm clock. It was the harsh peal of thunder.
After hearing the thunderstorm move across Hickory, my thoughts immediately went to one thing: snow.
It’s part of an old wives’ tale my grandmother always talked about. She said that any time it thunders during winter months, the area will have snow within 7-10 days.
The surprising thing is that most of the time, it happens.
