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BOSTIAN HEIGHTS’ 50TH An early Bostian Heights helmet.
Crack cocaine sales lead to charges Two held for trafficking after purchase by undercover officer Staff report
Two Salisbury residents face multiple drug charges after authorities say they sold crack cocaine to an undercover Iredell County Sheriff’s Office detective. Marcus Lamont McCain, 35, of 310 Miller Ave., was arrested Wednesday in Cleveland and charged with trafficking cocaine. Teira Shawnta Heaggins, 24, MCCAIN also of 310 Miller Ave., has been charged with two counts of trafficking cocaine and conspiracy to traffic cocaine in Iredell County. Her arrest is pending.
Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deputies, assisting Iredell detectives, stopped the GMC Denali McCain was driving eastbound on U.S. 70. During a search of the vehicle, deputies recovered $10,400 in cash. Shortly afterward, Rowan deputies executed a search warrant at 310 Miller Avenue, recovering a shotgun and other items. According to a press release from Iredell Sheriff Phil Redmond, his undercover detective purchased 13.5 ounces of crack cocaine from McCain on two separate occasions at a location in Statesville. Investigators bought a total of 27 ounces of crack cocaine, with a street value estimated at
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The headquarters for Bostian Heights Fire Department is near the intersection of N.C. 152 and Old Concord Road.
Much has changed since first truck arrived efore Bostian Heights firemen could respond to their first call 50 years ago, they had to have a truck. They located one in Raleigh for $200. It was a 1952 Studebaker — a 2.5ton, military-surplus vehicle that still had its Civil Defense symbol on a fender. The guys who traveled to Raleigh to pick up the truck found it sitting in a field amid rows of MARK other castoffs. WINEKA Grass was growing all around it, and the men from Bostian Heights had to jump-start the truck to get it going. On the way home, the truck broke down in Siler City, and it didn’t make it back to Rowan County until the following day. One truck in a two-bay station. Fifty years later, Bostian Heights Volunteer Fire Department has an expansive station, eight pieces of equipment, a 30-person roster and a proven track record — a stellar one in fighting
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Three out of four Rowan County households that received a 2010 Census questionnaire mailed it in, eclipsing 2000 figures, according to final mail-in participation rates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. But those 25 percent who didn’t return the forms by mail can expect a knock on the door sometime between Saturday and the middle of July. Nearly 19,000 census workers are about to fan out across the state in a door-to-door effort to collect census information from the households that haven’t already provided it, William W. Hatcher, regional
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didates filed reports. Auten’s report included 12 pages of contributions of $50 and under, to-
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Longtime Bostian Heights Fire Department members Mike Shue, Mike Zimmerman, Barry Corriher and Rick Yost sit in a station conference room filled with department memorabilia, trophies, photographs and scrapbooks. fires, responding to accidents and storm-related events, providing mutual aid to other departments and serving the community. The department will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend with a huge, sit-down banquet and ceremony at the station Saturday night and an open house at the station from 2-5 p.m. Sunday. At the banquet, the department will recognize its former chiefs, of-
Census participation ahead of 2000 count Staff report
Auten’s $24,846 the most raised by any candidate running for sheriff
ficers and retired firefighters. Memorials also will be given for 74 members who have passed away over the half century. People attending — 260 are expected — will receive commemorative books, detailing Station 41’s history. Bostian Heights responded to its
taling $6,437. And another 23 pages detail more substantial contributions. Auten’s mother, Becky, was his single biggest contributor, writing a check for $3,000. Several others from Salisbury made donations of $1,000 or more. They include Jerry Womack, a retired banker, $1,000; Hilda Bailey, retired physician, $2,000; Gladys VanPoole, retired nurse, $2,000. Auten also got lesser amounts
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Census mail-in participation rates, by percentage: 2000 2010 Rowan 70 75 Cabarrus 76 77 Davie 70 78 Davidson 71 76 Stanly 71 76 Iredell 70 78
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director of the U.S. Census Bureau, said in a press release. “We hope people will cooperate with census takers in this non-response follow-up Salisbury 69 73 because the census is so imKannapolis 72 74 portant to the state,” Hatcher Spencer 71 75 said. “We are constitutionally mandated to count everyone, China Grove 73 72 and that’s what we plan to do.” Landis 80 77 Rowan’s increase in mailGranite Quarry 67 70 in census participation was no Faith 60 66 fluke. It’s a trend across North Rockwell 77 79 Carolina, in which 99 counties Cleveland 63 78 saw higher rates and one — East Spencer 40 40 Mecklenburg — matched its 2000 figure. In neighboring counties, in bettering their 2000 rates Iredell and Davie saw gains of by 5 percentage points. Cabar8 percentage points and StanSee CENSUS, 9A ly and Davidson joined Rowan
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One candidate for Rowan County sheriff has raised more money by far than all the other candidates. Kevin Auten, a Republican who was appointed sheriff March 24, raised $24,846 since Jan. 1. He raised that total since setting up an election committee. Auten’s donors include a mix of lawyers, bankers, doctors, nurses, waitresses and retired law enforcement officers. The next highest fundraiser is Travis Allen, also a Republican and a current deputy. He has raised $12,624. Candidates expecting to spend more than $1,000 were required to file campaign reports by Monday with the Rowan County Board of Elections. Six of seven Republican candidates filed reports. Two of four Democratic can-
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VENICE, La. (AP) — An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control and drifted inexorably toward the Gulf Coast on Thursday as fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread floating barriers around marshes. The spill was both bigger and closer than imagined — five times larger than first estimated, with the leading edge just three miles from the Louisiana shore. Author-
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Boats with booms try to contain oil spreading off the coast of Louisiana after the collapse of a rig last week. ities said it could have reached the Mississippi River delta overnight. “It is of grave concern,” David Kennedy of the Nation-
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