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Looking back on 2020 – The Year of COVID-19 A year of losses, quarantines, masks, stay-at-home orders; of lay-offs, a depressed economy, but also a fasttracked, much-anticipated vaccine by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
(Ed. Note: This is Part One of a two-part series looking back on 2020 and how we dealt locally with the COVID19 pandemic. It covers the first six months of the year, January through June.) JANUARY • As Cherryville New Year’s Shooters, Inc., Treasurer Rusty Wise noted, “There is always something new about their group whenever a ‘shoot’ is planned” or is taking place. Those new
things are rarely seen as they mostly involve insurance items or changes, or schedule changes by way of either adding stops or removing stops. • As Traditional New Year’s Shooter crier and member Gary Dellinger said about what’s new with their group at the beginning of 2020, “It’s hard when you basically do the same thing every year for the past 250 years, to come up with a new ‘spin’ for that story; to keep it fresh and new every year.” He noted there have been some changes over the years that have been made for safety, and to keep them up to date with laws and technology, but added they are still just “shooting guns and welcoming in the new year.” • The team members and coaches of the NCHSAA See 2020, Page 10
Members of the Cherryville New Year’s Shooters, Inc., group line up at the railroad tracks by the Heritage Mural on the building at the corner of Main and Mountain Streets in January 2019. (Eagle/CF Media file photos by Michael E. Powell)
Gaston County track one of 17 short line railroads $16.7M awarded grants The total cost of that project is estimated at $1 mifllion, according to NCDOT by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
According to a Monday, Dec. 21, media release from NCDOT’s Katie Trout, a track in Gaston County is one of 17 short line railroads that will soon be making improvements to their infrastructure. In Trout’s release it was noted that the Piedmont and Northern short line track project will “…complete construction of track storage and a second switching lead to a transload facility in Gaston County.”
The total cost of that project is estimated at $1 million, according to NCDOT information. Trout’s release continued, all of this is due, “… thanks to approximately $16.7 million in matching grant funds being awarded as part of the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Freight Rail and Rail Crossing Safety Improvement program (FRRCSI).” It was further noted the FRRCSI “…supports rail infrastructure health, safety and performance throughout the state, enabling NCDOT to partner with rail companies on improvement projects. This partnership helps railroads meet customer needs in an efficient and cost-effective manner while also preparing them for
growing service demands and partnerships with new businesses and industries across the state.” Ms. Trout’s information continued by adding that the projects will “provide more than $32 million in rail infrastructure improvements statewide.” In addition to the Gaston County short line track mentioned, the remaining projects awarded funding and their estimated total costs, including railroad matching funds, are as follows: • Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway Company (total cost: $3 million) – The project will construct two phases of track spur and storage at the ACWR shop facility, construct two double-ended passing sidings See GRANTS, Page 8
Butch Boyd, Amy Butler, John Randall, and Sandy Homesley are all diligently cleaning the equipment at the Cherryville Family YMCA. This is an hourly routine at all the Gaston County YMCA’s in this time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Cherryville ‘Y’ is hosting Open House Friday, Jan. 1, 2021 It’s a part of County YMCA’s “Resolve to help yourself, your neighbors this New Year’s” program by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
Short Line Railroad track located in Gastonia, is one of many short line tracks across the state, like this one, that have been awarded grants. (photo provided)
According to Molly D’Avria, Director of Advancement for the Gaston County Family YMCA, and the staff at the Cherryville Family YMCA, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021 will be a special day for the Cherryville Family ‘Y’. D’Avria said simply in a media release, “We are preparing for New Years at the Y.” The big deal that day, noted D’Avria, is that the Cherryville ‘Y’ is hosting an Open House that Friday, Jan. 1, from 7 a.m., to 2 p.m. “The community is welcome to
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come in to check out the ‘Y’ and work out,” she said, adding there is also a ‘No Joining Fee’ offer from that Jan. 1, to Saturday, Jan 9. “We hope people take advantage of this offer,” she said, as we are asking that this New Year’s, we all resolve to help ourselves and our neighbors.” Cherryville Family YMCA Administrative Coordinator Butch Boyd said, “As Molly said, we are doing our annual Open House on Jan. 1 2021, at the times listed, and anyone is welcome to drop in, tour our facilities, ask questions, get ‘demo’s’ or whatever, and if they join from Jan. 1, through Jan. 9, we will waive the $50 joining fee. “Plus, we will give them a $20 off their first months’ membership fee, that’s a savings of $70!” He continued, “If a current
member gets a new member to join, we will also give that member a $20 savings for their first membership fee in January.” Boyd said they will have invitations at the front desk at the Cherryville Family YMCA for their members to give out to prospective members in order to take advantage of this opportunity. He also noted the Cherryville Branch will not have any group exercise class on Jan. 1, but added, “Members can take advantage of our Virtual Fitness, and Health and Wellness Classes. They can take a look at these on our Gaston Family website.” Said Boyd, “We in Cherryville continue to follow the COVID-19 policies and protocols at all of our four locations and our number one priority is the safety and See Page 2
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Barbara Davis Barbara Ann Howard Davis, 75, of Fallston, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Atrium Health - Cleveland, Shelby . Born in Cleveland County, on June 17, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Edgar Devere “Bill” Howard and Ruth Druzilla Leonhardt Howard. Barbara was retired from the Cleveland County Register of Deeds Office as an assistant register of deeds. She was an active member of Fallston Baptist Church where she was a former member of the choir, Sunday school teacher, and WMU. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her step-mother, Betty Howard. She is survived by her son, Eugene Davis of Fallston and sister, Linda Pruett of Cherryville. Mrs. Davis will lie in state at the funeral home on Saturday from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The family will not be present at this time. A graveside service will be held at Rose Hill Memorial Park on Saturday at 2:00 PM with the Rev. David Blanton officiating. Memorials may be made to March of Dimes National Office, 1550 Crystal Dr, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22202 or to Hospice Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150. A guest register is available at www.stameytysingerfuneralhome.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Stamey-Tysinger Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Inc., Fallston, NC.
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■ POLICE ARRESTS 12-15: Ashley Tristan Lewis, 29, 100 Hummingbird Ln., Mooresboro; one count felony WSOJ (Cleveland County), and one count misdemeanor possession of Schedule III controlled substance. $2,500 unsecured bond. 12-16: Kevin Carroll Farmer, Jr., 23, 204 Harrelson Rd., Cherryville; one count each misdemeanor DWI, possession of marijuana up to ½ ounces, failure to stop at a stop sign, revoked registration plate, and no insurance. $2,500 secured. 12-18: Nicholas Keith Chapman, 41, 128 Walnut Ave., Belmont; felony possession of Schedule II controlled substance. $5,000 secured bond. 12-19: Timothy Dewayne Wilson, 48, 6001 Maple St., Charlotte; one count each misdemeanor possession of a Schedule II controlled substance and possession of a Schedule III controlled substance. No bond type/amt./ listed on arrest report. 12-19: Bryant Roberto Booth, 30, 1759 Delview Rd., Cherryville, was arrested at this address by GCPD officers for one count each of “all other” incidents and aggravated assault. 12-20: Beth Anne Lutz, 36, 513 Lineberger Rd., Lincolnton; one count each misdemeanor DWLR, OFA/DWLR (Gaston Co.), and OFA/misdemeanor larceny (Lincoln Co.). Vehicle released to unidentified other per owner’s request.
$7,000 secured bond. 12-20: Samantha LeAnn Obryant, 36, 401 Self. St., Cherryville; one count felony WSOJ (Lincoln Co.). No bond type/amt. listed on arrest report. Ms. Obryant was released by CPD officer to Deputy Lafone with the LCSO for transport to Lincoln Co. Jail, as per the arrest report. INCIDENTS 12-14: Cherryville man reports all other larceny by unknown person(s). Victim said he left his Yeti cooler, valued at $250, at a Cherryville car wash. Case is active and under further investigation. 12-14: Cherryville business reports larceny by unnamed subject who stole listed items from their store ($15.05/misc. listed items). Case is active and under further investigation. 12-15: CPD officer reports possession of Schedule III controlled substance (3.5 dosage units/Suboxone) and WSOJ (OFA) by listed suspect. Closed/cleared by arrest. 12-15: Cherryville man reports larceny ($100/backpack leaf blower & misc. plastic items) by unknown subject who stole listed items from his yard. Case is active and under further investigation. 12-15: Lincolnton man reports obtain property by false pretenses by unknown woman who was using his lost credit card to compete a transaction w/o his knowledge or consent at a Cherryville business. Est. dollar usage: $15.62. Case is active and under further inves-
tigation. 12-16: CPD officer reports DWI, possession of marijuana up to ½ ounces, displaying a revoked license plate, and failure to stop at a stop sign by listed suspect who committed listed offenses. Seized: 4.5 grams/ marijuana. Closed/cleared by arrest. 12-17: CPD officer and City of Cherryville report injury to personal property (three headstones damaged) by unknown person(s) causing said damage to multiple listed headstones. Est. damages: $200/headstone ($600 total). Case is active and under further investigation. 12-18: GCPD officers report a new investigation into larceny/other at 310 Tot Dellinger Rd., Cherryville. 12-18: CPD officer reports possession of Schedule II controlled substance by listed suspect possessing 0.50 grams of methamphetamine (meth was seized). Case closed/cleared by arrest. 12-18: On Dec. 15, a Cherryville man reported larceny by listed suspect who stole his medication (missing: eight [8] Hydrocodone tablets valued at $10). Case is active and under further investigation. 12-19: CPD officer reports listed suspect possessed a Schedule II controlled substance and a Schedule III controlled substance. Seized: one dosage unit of Hydrochloride and one dosage unit of Adderall XR. Closed by other means. 12-20: CPD officer reports DWLR, WSOJ/OFA misdemeanor larceny (Lincoln Co.),
and WSOJ/OFA DWLR (Gaston Co.) for listed suspect who had said outstanding WSOJ’s. Closed/cleared by arrest. 12-20: CPD officer reports WSOJ/OFA for listed suspect. Closed/cleared by arrest. 12-22: GCPD officers report further investigation into larceny of auto parts/accessories, and damage to property/ vandalism at 100 Anthony Grove Rd., Crouse. WRECKS 12-11: A vehicle driven by Nicholas Barton Heavner, 48, 1202 Johnson Dr., Cherryville, was traveling east on W. Church St., and a vehicle driven by Jeffrey Wayne Huffstetler, 59, 2508 Gaston-Webb’s Chapel Rd., Lincolnton, was also traveling east on W. Church Street. The Huffstetler vehicle slowed down to allow EMS and fire trucks to pass while running lights and sirens. Mr. Heavner failed to reduce speed and collided with the Huffstetler vehicle. The injured were treated at the scene by GEMS. Est. damages to each vehicle: $500. 12-15: A vehicle driven by Haven Leeann Angel, 18, 737 Sugar Hill Rd., Lawndale, was traveling east in the Walmart parking lot and a vehicle driven by Rhonda Lee Enrique-Garcia, 37, 1239 Georgetown Rd., Lincolnton, was traveling west in this same parking lot, when the two collided. No injuries reported. Est. damages to the Angel vehicle: $4,000; to the Enrique-Garcia vehicle: $3,000. The Angel ve-
‘Y’ From Page 1 well-being of our members and guests. We are cleaning like crazy, so come join us on Jan. 1, 2021!” Cherryville Family YMCA Member Services Coordinator Sandra Homesley agreed with Boyd, adding, “We are excited for our community to be healthy this new year! We challenge Cherryville to make a New Year’s resolution to join the ‘Y’! “We are having a ‘no joining fee’ Jan. 1, through 9, and we will go the extra mile to keep our ‘Y’ safe and clean for our members!” Also in the media release, D’Avria noted how membership to any of the Gaston County Family YMCA’s not only benefits the individual, but also Gaston County, as a whole. Said D’Avria, “It’s always exciting to change the calendar
Gaston County Family ‘Y’ workers Susan Davidson, Shane Breckman, and Cathy Ramsey at a recent YMCA Food Drive. (photos provided)
‘Y’ worker Michelle Euler sanitizes one of the SciFit exercise bikes at the Stowe YMCA.
more than just yourself? When you join community-based organizations like the ‘Y’, you’re committing to more than simply becoming healthier; you’re supporting the values and programs that strengthen the communities where you live.” Sharon Padgett, Gaston County YMCA’s CEO, said, “Community-based organizations like the ‘Y’ provide the
resources and opportunities that people need to reach their full potential, and supporting those organizations through membership and philanthropy helps ensure they can continue to help build the communities we all want to live in. “Membership at Gaston County Family YMCA helps provide support for programs that address distance learning,
from December to January. A new year is filled with potential and the chance to start fresh. And after the busy holidays filled with celebrations and tables of delicious treats, it’s not surprising that, according to a 2019 survey, 65 percent of people resolved to exercise more with the New Year. “But what if your New Year’s resolution could benefit
hicle was towed to KT Towing by KT Towing, while the Enrique-Garcia vehicle was towed to McDaniel’s Towing to McDaniel’s Towing. 12-16: A vehicle driven by Dianne Green Saunders, 58, 815 Pettus Ln., Lincolnton, backed out of a space in the McDonald’s Restaurant parking lot and collided with a vehicle driven by Jo Anne Neal Hoppes, 64, 2018 Bill Lynch Rd., Lincolnton. Est. damages to each vehicle: $500/vehicle. 12-16: An unidentified vehicle made a right turn from Mountain Street onto Main Street, rode over the curb and collided with a concrete planter, then left the scene of the accident. No injuries reported by anyone and est. damages to the large concrete planter are $212.17. 12-17: A vehicle driven by William N. McFadden, 71, 6457 Sumter Hwy., ran off the road to the right, attempting to make a turn and damaged the landscape (est. $500) of an address on Roy Eaker Road. No damage to the McFadden vehicle. 12-19: A vehicle driven by Gary Leon Brooks, 106 Cedar St., Cherryville, was backing out onto the roadway. A vehicle driven by Richard Keith Bowman, (no age given) 420 Webb Rd., Shelby, was parked stationary on the roadway. The Brooks vehicle collided with the Bowman vehicle at 105 Cedar St., Cherryville. No injuries reported. Est. damages to the Brooks vehicle: $0; to the Bowman vehicle: $500. food insecurity, chronic disease prevention and so much more. From athletics to academic achievement, weight training to water aerobics, and virtual learning to volunteerism, the Y doesn’t just strengthen bodies – it strengthens people, families and communities.” Padgett continued, “As our friends and neighbors look to make themselves healthier in the New Year, we want them to remember that when they join the ‘Y’, they’re not simply joining a gym, they’re joining a community. “The ‘Y’ brings together people from different backgrounds, perspectives and generations and ensures that we all have access to the opportunities, relationships and resources necessary to learn, grow and thrive.” To learn more about joining any of the Gaston County Family YMCA’s please visit gastonymca.org.
By JIM MILLER Editor
What Caregivers Should Know About Medicare Dear Savvy Senior, I am the caregiver for my 81-year-old mother, who recently fell and broke her hip, and have a lot of questions about how original Medicare works and what it covers. Where can I get some help understanding this program? Overwhelmed Caregiver Dear Caregiver, Excellent question! Having a working knowledge of Medicare can help you take full advantage of the coverage and services it provides to ensure your mom receives the best care possible. Here’s what you should know. Medicare Assistance A good starting point to get familiar with Medicare is the official “Medicare & You” handbook that overviews the program. It’s mailed to all beneficiaries every fall and provides an up-to-date description of all services and benefits. You can also see it online at Medicare.gov/medicare-andyou. If you have a particular question, you can call and visit with a Medicare customer service representative at 800-633-4227. Medicare also works closely with State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP) to provide free health insurance
counseling. To find a SHIP counselor in your area visit ShiptaCenter.org or call 877-839-2675. Caregivers also find Medicare’s secure website – MyMedicare.gov – especially useful. After setting up a personal account for your mom, you can view the details of her coverage, track recent health care claims and keep up to date on the preventive services she qualifies for. Compare Tools Medicare can also help you locate the right health care providers for your mother. At Medicare.gov/care-compare you can find and compare doctors, hospitals, home health agencies, dialysis facilities, inpatient rehab facilities, long-term care hospitals and nursing homes in your mom’s area. What Medicare Covers Medicare can reduce many out-of-pocket medical expenses your mom incurs, but it doesn’t cover everything. Understanding what Medicare does and doesn’t cover can save you time and spare you frustration when navigating the caregiving maze. Here are some key points for caregivers: Besides basic hospital and physician services (which includes telehealth services) and optional prescription drug benefits,
Medicare covers home health care too. To qualify, your mom must be homebound, under a physician’s care and in need of part-time skilled nursing care or rehabilitative services like physical therapy.
eye exams or eyeglasses, and hearing exams and hearing aids. Likewise, it won’t pay for nonemergency ambulance trips unless a doctor certifies they’re medically necessary.
Medicare also helps pay for oxygen, catheters and other medical supplies that a doctor prescribes for home use. The same is true for medically necessary equipment like oxygen machines, wheelchairs and walkers.
To find out what Medicare covers, visit Medicare.gov/coverage and type in the test, item or service you have questions about, or download the Medicare “What’s covered” app in either the App Store or Google Play.
In addition, Medicare covers skilled care in a nursing home for limited periods – up to 100 days – following hospital stays. But it doesn’t cover long-term stays. Patients who need custodial care (room and board) must pay out of pocket unless they’re eligible for Medicaid or have private long-term care insurance.
Financial Assistance If your mom lives on a limited income, you should check whether she qualifies for help with prescription drug costs or with other Medicare-related premiums, deductibles and copayments.
Medicare pays for hospice care too, for someone with a terminal illness whose doctor expects to live six months or less. The hospice benefit also includes brief periods of respite care at a hospice facility, hospital or nursing home to give the patient’s caregivers an occasional rest. Besides long-term nursing home stays, original Medicare typically doesn’t cover regular dental care or dentures, regular
For help with drug costs, visit SSA.gov/ prescriptionhelp or contact Social Security at 800-772-1213 and ask about the “Extra Help Program.” For help with other Medicare costs, go to Medicare.gov or call 800-633-4227 and ask about the “Medicare Savings Programs.” Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.
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Who’s getting stuck first? Vaccine details still unclear as NC hospitals receive initial shipments CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia is expecting 1,950 doses by NC WATCHDOG REPORTING NETWORK Carolina Public Press Just before noon last Monday, Dr. Katie Passaretti stood still while a nurse stuck a needle in her arm and injected a dose of cold liquid. Then Passaretti, the medical director of infection prevention at Atrium Health in Charlotte, stood in front of a cellphone and made a video. “So, I just got my first COVID vaccine, the first one at Atrium,” Passeretti, donning clear protective eyeglasses and a teal face mask, told the camera. “It feels perfectly fine.” Although Passaretti shared her story publicly, most hospitals have provided few specifics about the other health care workers who will receive the state’s first COVID-19 vaccines last week. An informal survey of about three dozen hospitals and health care systems in the state by the N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network found plans to roll out the vaccine are still largely in flux as administrators work to pin down the arrival and volume of shipments and schedule high-risk employees – on a volunteer basis – for inoculation. Some hospitals provided few details on their plans; others didn’t respond at all. But their responses overall highlight the complexity and inherent uncertainty that comes with the massive logistical challenge of distributing a new vaccine amid a raging pandemic. State data shows more than 2,700 people are now hospitalized with COVID-19, a record since the first case was reported in the state in early March. State leaders say they’re trying to pull off a delicate balancing act, getting a finite amount of the vaccine to people who have the most need for it in every corner of the state – without sending too much to any one place and having doses go to waste. And they’re relying largely on hospitals to execute the first phase of that plan: the vaccination of 85,800 health care workers at highest risk for contracting the virus. Nobody can know exactly how effectively the state’s strategy is working until after tens of thousands of doses have been administered. That means state health officials are watching the rollout closely and collecting data to indicate where adjustments need to be made. “We’re going to have to
A nurse administering a vaccine. State officials expect doses of a coronavirus vaccine to be available to high-risk health care workers and long-term care residents and staff by the end of 2020. (photo provided) adjust, and it’s going to be hyperlocal as we go, which is why the data is going to be important as we get into this,” N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen said of the work her staff will be doing to make sure the state’s vaccine distribution is effective. ‘Things are a bit unclear’ The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer were scheduled to go to 11 hospitals scattered across the state, selected because they had enough storage space to keep the vaccine at the required subzero temperature for up to two weeks. “Essentially, if you were a health care entity, or hospital entity, and you had this freezer space, you got on the list,” Cohen said. The list includes some of the largest hospital systems in the state: Atrium Health, based in Charlotte, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and the UNC Health system. But smaller hospitals, including Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville and Pardee Memorial in Hendersonville, were also on the list. Other large hospitals, including Novant Health, did not receive a shipment in last Monday’s initial distribution because they could not guarantee enough storage capacity for the full two-week period. “We weren’t sure how long they would actually need to store before they actually get the vaccine into arms,” Cohen said. “So, we basically just said, ‘Anyone who could meet these specs, you’re on the list.’” The Pfizer vaccine is being shipped to North Carolina from its Wisconsin and Michigan locations. UPS and FedEx are shipping the frozen vials in specialized temperature-controlled thermal boxes, which
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maintain the necessary minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit for up to 10 days unopened, thanks to the two layers of dry ice. The Pfizer-manufactured thermal boxes can serve as temporary storage units for up to one month if needed as long as the dry ice is replaced every five days. A day after the centers receive the vaccines, UPS Healthcare President Wes Wheeler said, the company will mail around 42 pounds of additional dry ice, which the CDC says is about the necessary quantity to maintain the required freezing temperature. At its peak, Wheeler said at a recent White House summit, the company will be mailing between 60,000 and 70,000 pounds of dry ice each day. Once ready to use, the vials can be stored at the same temperature as a common household refrigerator, between about 36- and 46-degrees Fahrenheit, for five days. Once the shipments arrive, there’s variation in how systems are distributing the vaccine. For example, in addition to the medical center in Chapel Hill, some UNC Health-affiliated hospitals will receive direct shipments as well, while WakeMed Health and Cone Health planned to keep initial doses at the flagship hospitals. But as these first 11 hospitals received their shipments Monday, how they would distribute the vaccine remained unclear. When contacted by reporters late last week and again Monday for details, many hospitals gave little information or responses. In some cases, hospital spokespeople said they were unsure of the details. Wake Forest Baptist Health said in a statement Monday the medical center received 2,925 doses and that the vaccine would go to front-line health care workers. But a spokesman for the hospital, Joe McCloskey, didn’t answer questions directly early last week, saying that “specifics are a bit unclear right now.” “Wake Forest Baptist Health plans to follow a phased vaccination approach, aligned with federal and state guidance, to prioritize our health care workers based on likelihood of exposure,” McCloskey said. “Hope to know more in the coming days, but that’s what I’ve got for now!” Among the other responses from hospital spokespeople: • In Elizabeth City, Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, which is managed by a Virginia-based company, will receive its first shipments at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, through Virginia’s health department. • Iredell Memorial Hospital and Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital, in Elkin, are each slated to receive 975 doses of the vaccine this week. • UNC Health Southeastern in Lumberton, formerly Southeastern Regional Medical Center, plans to vaccinate about one-third of its workforce over the next four weeks with its initial 975 doses. • CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia is expecting 1,950 doses and, like many other hospitals, will allow staff deemed to be a priority to opt in to receiving the vaccine. • Vidant Health, based in Greenville, is another hospital system expecting a shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine later this week. Records show the hospital has been allocated 2,925 doses. Spokesman Jason Lowry said the hospital expected to administer the vaccine to staff, and not community members, “for some time.” State lets hospitals decide who gets first doses Ahead of distribution, North Carolina officials laid out a basic framework for who should get the vaccine first. Hospitals were instructed to prioritize staff who are exposed to COVID-19 the most and then those who would be most adversely affected by contracting it. But within that framework, hospitals have leeway to decide whom exactly to vaccinate first. “We’ve left that to the hospitals,” Cohen said. “We attempted to start to think about that rabbit hole and then recognized that every hospital is, you know, so different.” Hospitals have been encouraged to stagger their injection schedules to allow for any of the potential side effects of the vaccine, such as injection site soreness, fatigue and other symptoms. “We have to stagger this because if, you know, folks feel crummy for 24 hours, we don’t want folks calling out all at the same time, and then we don’t have anyone to staff the hospital,” Cohen said. “So, they’re trying to be thoughtful now.” At Novant’s Brunswick Medical Center, President Shelbourn Stevens said the facility is encouraging staff members to get their vaccine the day before a day off and are having people sign up so that the order can be monitored. After the first round of vaccine is delivered to the 11 hospitals, a second shipment of vaccine will arrive later in the week to a much longer list of 42 hospitals, including Novant. Many of those sites either indicated too late that they had the required long-term storage space to be included in the initial shipment or have far less storage capacity. Shipments of the Pfizer vaccine, Cohen explained, contain 975 doses per package, but not all hospitals in the state need that many in the first phase – especially rural medical centers. “We don’t want vaccine, obviously, sitting or sitting around,” she said. “We wanted to make sure we were concentrating on sending these 975 units to places that could use them in the first week.” This strategy means some hospitals in the hardest-hit areas, such as Columbus County, won’t receive doses in the first rollout. However, Cohen said it won’t be long before the urban-rural divide is rectified. “The plan will be to be in
all 100 counties through our local health departments and hospitals by week two, assuming all the other things go right,” she said. “So, we are only talking about a week difference.” While the Pfizer vaccine goes to hospitals in the initial phase, the Moderna vaccine, should it also be approved by the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be distributed to Walgreens and CVS to target nursing homes and other adult care facilities. Once the state receives its allocation of the vaccine, Cohen said, it will in turn allocate doses to the pharmacies, which will set up appointments and clinics with the congregate care facilities to begin vaccination. Assuming Moderna gets clearance, she anticipates that process will begin next week and into the week after Christmas. The Moderna vaccine has a slightly different distribution process. McKesson, a pharmaceutical distribution company, will receive the vaccines and coordinate its delivery through UPS and FedEx, which will ship them to the chosen locations along with kits of ancillary supplies. Each kit will include vaccination record cards, needles and syringes, surgical masks and face shields for the vaccinators, alcohol prep pads and vaccine needle guides detailing specific procedures according to the patient’s age, weight and gender, according to the CDC. Moderna expects its vaccine to keep at a significantly higher temperature than the Pfizer vaccine, at minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit, the same temperature as most medical freezers, for up to six months. After thawing, the vaccine can be kept at standard refrigeration temperature – between about 36- and 46-degrees Fahrenheit – for up to 30 days within the six-month shelf life. When it comes to oversight, Cohen said, state health officials are learning as they go, but they will require distributors like CVS and Walgreens to account for doses they’ve given to patients. “Before we allocate any more, they have to show us, well, how much have you used? Where has it gone?” she said. “It’s not sitting on some shelf there. You’ve got to use what we’ve given you before we give you more.” Still, Cohen said, it’s a process that is evolving by the day. “We are going to have to adjust, go back and figure out how to make sure that we are getting everyone,” she said. Who gets vaccinated first? Hospitals that did respond to questions for this story indicated the vaccine would first be given to front-line health care workers who are most likely to be exposed to the virus. Charlotte-based Atrium Health, where Dr. Passaretti received the first COVID19 vaccine, hasn’t provided a breakdown of which of its many hospitals were slated to get the first vaccine shipment. A total of seven Atrium facilities are expected to receive a shipment of the vaccine that is scheduled to arrive as early as Thursday, Dec.17. A spokeswoman for the health system said in a release Monday that workers in the emergency room and medical intensive care units will get
priority. Pressed for more details on the hospital system’s distribution plan late Monday, a second Atrium spokesman could not provide them. Tatyana Kelly, a vice president and spokeswoman for the N.C. Healthcare Association, said hospitals are doing their best to address the most urgent needs first. “What they’re not going to be doing is vaccinating employees that aren’t patient-facing, because it really is health care workers that are patient-facing, and those environmental services folks, etc.,” Kelly said. “So, if you’re working from home doing paperwork, you may not be in the first couple of weeks.” A Novant Health spokeswoman said the health system anticipated receiving its first doses of the vaccine on Thursday, though the timing remained in flux. Like Atrium, Novant has a number of hospitals across its system. Spokesperson Megan Rivers said Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte would receive nearly 3,000 doses in the system’s first allocation and nearly 7,000 doses total. Novant expects to be able to vaccinate at least 6,825 of its 29,000 employees by year’s end, Rivers said. But Rivers, like other spokespeople, could not give more specifics about which employees would receive the first doses of the vaccine. Many hospitals did say however, they would prioritize employees who work directly with COVID-19 patients or have a higher risk of exposure to the virus. Duke Health provided some specifics, saying it has identified 5,000 of its 20,000 employees as eligible to get the vaccine first. That cohort includes emergency staff as well as personnel in COVID units, respiratory care centers and urgent care centers. Asheville-based Mission Health’s system spokeswoman Nancy Lindell said Tuesday that the hospital will not deviate from CDC recommendations about who should get the vaccine first. “We’re not deviating from those at all,” Lindell said of the CDC recommendations. “Although it is our right to do so, we’re looking at it and saying, ‘You’re right, that’s the way to go.’” Mission also has an assisted living facility based on the campus of Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, where some of the vaccine will also go. In addition to health care workers, including doctors and nurses, vaccinating environmental and cleaning staff should also be part of the initial rollout plan, Kelly, of the N.C. Healthcare Association, said. “It’s really important to protect them just as much as someone that is providing clinical care, because they are just as close to the exposure as the people providing clinical care,” Kelly said. (This story was jointly reported and edited by Kate Martin, Laura Lee and Frank Taylor of Carolina Public Press; Ames Alexander, Gary Dotson and Gavin Off of The Charlotte Observer; Chiara Vercellone, Jordan Schrader, Tyler Dukes and Lucille Sherman of The Raleigh News & Observer; Nick Ochsner of WBTV; Emily Featherston of WECT; Ali Ingersoll of WRAL; and Jason deBruyn of WUNC.)
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OPINION
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
TODAY’S QUOTE:
Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. – Goran Persson
Good-bye (and good riddance), 2020. Hello, 2021! As far as my wife and I are concerned, 2020 will be remembered by us as the “Year That Never Was!” Oh, don’t be mistaken. We aren’t in denial here, and, for my part, at least, I don’t believe I am slipping into a mild form of “old man brain” psychosis (though my wife might challenge that statement on its surface – just joking…). That said, so far as I’m concerned, I’m just done with this bloody year! I’m over it. I’m sick of it and all that it represents, from the (in my opinion) stolen Presidential election to what our (possible) sordid future is shaping up to look like, economically and otherwise, to the seemingly undeclared “open season” on the men and women who give their lives protecting us – our brave and valiant police officers – to all the negative mainstream media “news” on all things COVID or conservative. For those of you who don’t like what you’ve read so far, perhaps it would be best if you stopped reading this opinion piece right here. Honestly folks, if there
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were a country that resembled the America of my youth – or at least, as I perceived it was then, I would happily ask for asylum there and move to it as fast as I could get my, wife, her mom, our cat, all my books, my guitars and all our bags packed! I would apply for citizenship there so fast it would make your head ‘swim’, as the old saying goes! Granted, the America of the 60s and 70s was, in some folks’ minds, racist, misogynistic, and all about ‘White privilege’ (I’m still not sure just what sort of privilege I was supposed to have as I grew up in a poor part of
western Kentucky’s largest town), apparently we poor fools there – White and Black – must’ve missed the memo because we all seemed to be happy and so far as I was able to discern, angry factions of each race pretty much kept to themselves, preferring to pass their hatreds around within their own small circle of haters. As time wore on, we did have some race issues that blew up like a quick storm but soon petered out, and life went back to normal, or as normal as we all thought it was then. Oh, to be sure, absolutely NONE of us were perfect – far from it. However, we were basically able to talk to one another on what was a fairly level playing field; i.e., none had much more than the others as we were all equally either bald-faced poor or ultra-lower low class, or super lower middle class. Even those of our community who were deemed “rich” were only mildly so, with none of them just disgustingly “filthy” rich. Again, such was my young naïve self’s estimation of my sur-
Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new have been No matter busy in the how you spin it, latter part of evaluate it, or this year back even want it to in the tutoring be gone, 2020 field. I spent has been quite a full career a year. Many as an elemenfamilies have tary teacher welcomed baand retired. bies while many People ask me others have By Anne S. Haynes why I keep said goodbye to on working now and my loved ones. I don’t know how many Americans have answer is that I am an educator. It’s what I do and lost their lives to COVIDit’s what I am happy and 19, but I do know it is an fulfilled doing. I’ve told astonishing number. Facthe story many times of ing the daily challenges of how I knew in the second staying well and staying grade that I was supposed socially distanced while to be a teacher, and I never wearing a mask certainly changed my mind. caught me by surprise, to The most unusual thing say the least. happened to me this year My family has been as I accepted a job at the blessed except for the loss school where I began of a few very good friends who were close to my fam- my teaching career. The school has a new name ily and me. It was a heartand some new classrooms, breaking time and a year unlike any I have ever seen but my first-ever classroom as a teacher is still there before in my lifetime. and it has given me so On a brighter note, I
much joy. The memories of my years there flood my mind daily as I make new memories with some great educators and students. Of course, the future blessings I see on the horizon for 2021 would not be possible without my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He came to this sinful world over two thousand years ago in a manger in a stable in Bethlehem and shed His blood that we might have eternal life. I cannot talk about a new year without talking about Him. I shall be forever grateful for what He did for me. It is my prayer that an increasingly large number of people will accept Him as Lord in 2021 and settle the eternity question for themselves once and for all. Without a doubt, I know that any catastrophe – including a pandemic – can be faced and survived when Jesus is Lord.
roundings. Imagine the difference five or six decades makes! I guess you could say I am somewhat “woke”, though not by the liberal, White or Black progressive leftist definition. I am “woke” only in the sense that I wish I could go back to sleep and become “woke” in another place and time where
these issues didn’t exist, or had been worked out to the betterment of all people, Black or White. Or Brown. Or Yellow. Or Red. Or whatever… But, exist they do. And, we, as we face 2021 must deal with them without killing each other; without destroying this great country from within (which many Communists
have prophesied would happen, by the way…), without destroying the rule of law. Without destroying this great Democratic Republic. We must do this, or else we perish. Let’s really work at that this year, yeah? God bless all y’all, and have a safe, healthy and Happy New Year!
DECISIONS: 2021 – Let’s work together for a good year so much better very 2021 is soon. here, and Decide about will it be financial habits. Miljust another lions of Americans year? If it’s carry credit card debt. just another Minimum payments year then on $3,000 of credit that won’t card debt is like swimbe bad at all Glenn Mollette ming upriver. If you because too Guest Editorial have missed a few many will not payments your credit have another card company may be anxyear. The opportunity and ious to hear from you. Ask privilege to have another year is the gift of life. Being them if they will consider a settlement payoff. A friend alive and living your life of mine owed $5,000 and is about as good as it gets. his credit card company Aim for being alive this settled for a $2,800 paytime next year. off. Your company might Make some decisions about 2021. Where do you or might not, but it never hurts to negotiate. You want to be this time in 12 might be able to sell some months? Would you like things in order to erase that to be 10 pounds heavier? backbreaking, high-interest Maybe you would like to debt. be 10, or even 20, pounds Make some money in lighter? If you cut back on 2021 – if you want to. your portions and get off Most Americans need to the couch you can lose a make money in 2021. pound a week on average. Work on job applications. This is daunting but just Peruse the newspaper. think about where you Search online. Consider can be the first of March if you start today? Don’t start places you have heard about and call them, go tomorrow. Start right now. Today. This minute. Throw see them. Knock on doors of opportunity. You get all that junk cake and nowhere if you do not try. pie in the trash. This is a tough decision because we You might complete 20 or 30 applications to get one hate to say goodbye to all job interview. Complete those holiday cookies and the application thoroughly. candies. Your body will thank you and you will feel Give them a reason to con-
sider you. Put together a good biographical sketch; a good resume. Have a friend or two review and edit it because two heads are better than one. Have some good, trusted references. Wherever you work do a good job because you want them to say a good word about you. A good word may seal the deal on your next job opportunity. Jobs sometimes are scarce. Consider your personal knowledge and abilities and what you might do to make a dollar or two? What do you know that others need to know? What can you offer that others need or might want? Can you make something? Can you fix things? How can you help others? Creating your own life and business might be the financial and mental sanity answer for you. If you create your own work and are good at what you do, you will not run out of something to do. Our decisions determine our destiny. Whatever decision we make we have to put into action. Faith without works is dead. May your life be good, healthy and filled with wonderful love, family and friends in 2021. And, let’s work together for a good year!
Triumph of the Vaccine: The Swift Rescue by DR. GLENN MARSCH In the first month or two of 2020, we had the first hint of a new, strange disease that originated in Wuhan, China. By March, we were locked down in our homes and have lived unprecedented disruptions of normal life since then. All along we have looked to science for a remedy – holding our breath behind
our masks. Finally, two COVID-19 vaccines are now being released. This is extremely good news. The virus that causes COVID-19 is an insidious little beast that has disrupted the entire world, and effective vaccines are welcome. In a cost-benefit analysis, vaccines offer tremendous blessings with relatively few drawbacks. But suddenly there’s a
lot of hesitation about this thing we have looked to as our hope out of this mess. Some are reluctant to take the vaccine because of its development during a political administration they don’t like, and some are reluctant to take it because of its administration (to most of us) during a political administration they don’t like. And its stunning See VACCINE, Page 6
ers have started receiving shots already. That’s amazing. Pfizer and Moderna broke the records for the fastest vaccine development by more than three years. Nor are Pfizer and Moderna the only game in town. Eight additional candidates are in Phase 3 clinical trials. Altogether, 40 additional vaccine candi-
dates are in development. We’re going to beat the pandemic because of pharmaceutical innovation. From the moment scientists first sequenced the genome of the novel coronavirus, research-based pharmaceutical companies leapt into action. Moderna’s vaccine candidate moved to human trials just See COVID, Page 6
First Amendment under siege. Most Americans know it Why COVID-19 hates America… by ROBERT CHARLES Guest columnist
First, digital conversations on “matters of public concern,” legally the centerpiece of First Amendment jurisprudence, were consistently blocked by partisan social media operators throughout the 2020 election cycle. That alone is arresting; it has changed public access to informa-
tion and calls for action. Social media moved from offering a “public forum” (with concurrent legal duties, including openness) to a “content editor” (typically imposing higher liability, such as for defamation), then into the unseemly, otherworldly role of kingmaker. By appearances, they know exactly what they are doing – no apologies.
Second, critical information – official, damning, highly material, and verifiably accurate information concerning Joe Biden’s son, apparently under investigation for months, was blocked by these social media giants, potentially affecting the election. The rub is that this information not only reflected poorly
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No matter what happens, we can always turn to Jesus In this Some of those life, so things may affect many things us for a short seacan change son while others so quickly. will affect us for a When we lifetime. celebrated I would like to the new year share with you one of 2020, we such event that has never exchanged my family by REV. DALE pected that forever. In DecemHENDRICKS by March, ber of 2002, my Senior Pastor – Shady the coronalife seemed to truly Grove Baptist Church virus would be blessed. I was Church of Cherryville be sweeping the Youth Ministhrough not ter at a large Baponly our nation, but around tist Church; blessed with the world. one of the largest youth Who would have imag- programs in our area. My ined that life as normal beautiful wife was carwould very shortly be any- rying our first child. It thing but normal? So, what seemed like life could not do we do? be better, until we received You see, not only can the news that there was a our lives be turned upside problem with our son, and down by a virus, but it can he was very unlikely to be turned upside down survive. I still very vividly by many different things. remember the day we went
in for a checkup and was told there was no heartbeat. Our world started to crash around us. We were instructed to go to the hospital where labor was to be induced, and my precious wife would go through complete labor and delivery knowing that our son would be deceased when delivered. With broken hearts, we held him in our arms. In the days to come, we would have a full memorial service. People tried to encourage us; however, many did not know what to say, or said things that really did not help. It was during this time that we realized we were so thankful for our family and friends around us who loved and supported us. Most importantly, we realized that our relationship with Jesus Christ was where our true
strength came from and that is what carried us through. Without our faith, I know we would not have made it. On Dec. 7, 2020, our son, Andrew would have turned 18. As much as we would like to say that all the pain is gone and our hearts are completely healed, that is not true. The truth is, even now Jesus still loves on us and carries us through. We continue to rely on His promises, and when the dark hours come in our lives, we still lean on our Savior. (Deuteronomy 31:6, “He will not leave you nor forsake you.”) My wife posted the following on her Facebook page on our son’s birthday. “Today, we should be celebrating an 18th birthday. We should be wrapped up in a crazy senior year.
We should be embracing every moment knowing our first born should be graduating in only a few short months and beginning life’s journey as an adult. We should be doing a lot of things, but we are not. “Instead, I sit and wonder about what he would look like. I wonder what his interests would be. I wonder how in the world we would be surviving in a home of four high school teenagers. I wonder if he would enjoy Christmas as much as I do. I wonder..., I wonder..., I wonder... “But, I also wonder what it was like for him to open his eyes in glory. I wonder how the last 18 years have been seeing the face of Jesus. I wonder, if we will be known as we are known, did he recognize his sister right away.
I wonder if their 11-month age difference was as just a day in Heaven? “There are so many things I’ve wondered about over the last 18 years. So many questions I’ll never have answers to. But, I’m thankful for the peace of knowing just where he is and that I’ll see him again one day.” You see, not only did our faith in Jesus bring us through the loss of our son, but just 11 months later the loss of our daughter, Elizabeth. Our faith in Jesus has brought us through so many other dark hours and uncertainties. Please remember, when we don’t know which way to turn and all hope seems to be gone, we can always turn to Jesus.
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Fairview Baptist Church 415 South Mountain Street, Waco, NC Anthony Grove Baptist Church 100 Anthony Grove Road Crouse, NC 704-435-6001 Bess Chapel United Methodist Church 6073 Flay Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-7969 Bethlehem United Methodist Church 6753 NC 182 Highway Cherryville, NC 704-435-1608 Blessed Hope Baptist Church 3357 Fallston-Waco Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-8530 Body of Christ Fellowship Center 405 S. Cherokee Street Cherryville, NC www.bodyofchrist7.com Calvary Way Holiness Church 1017 Second Street Cherryville, NC Pastor Clifton Morgan Cherryville Church of God 810 East Main Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-2275 Cherryville Missionary Methodist Church 318 W. Ballard Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-6934
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Emmanuel Baptist Church 1155 Marys Grove Church Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-5764
Fairview Baptist Church 415 South Mountain Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-4299
Living Word Ministries 306 East Academy Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-3213
Second Baptist Church 201 Houser Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-9657
First Baptist Church 301 East 1st Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-3796
Marys Grove United Methodist Church 1223 Marys Grove Church Rd Cherryville, NC 704-435-5544
Shady Grove Baptist Church 3240 Tryon Courthouse Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-9605
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church 235 A.W. Black Street Waco, NC 704-435-8842
St. John’s Lutheran Church 310 West Church Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-9264
Mt. Zion Baptist Church 112 Mt. Zion Church Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-9636
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 1203 St. Mark’s Church Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-5941
North Brook Baptist Church 7421 Flay Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-4471
Victory Life Assembly 1655 Shelby Highway Cherryville, NC 704-435-5539
First Church of the Nazarene 301 North Elm Street Cherryville, NC 828-838-2428 First Presbyterian Church 107 West Academy Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-6064 First United Methodist Church 601 N. Pink St. Cherryville, NC 704-435-6732 First Wesleyan Church 800 North Pink Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-6069 Free Saints Chapel Church 813 Self Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-0949 Gospel Way Baptist Church 3904 Tryon Courthouse Rd. Cherryville, NC 866-356-3219 Jesus Servant Ministries 108 N. Mountain St. Cherryville, NC 704-769-8085 Legacy Church 805 Self Street Cherryville, NC 704-457-9615
Oak Grove AME Zion Church 542 Flint Hill Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-3687 Oak Grove Baptist Church 219 Tot Dellinger Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-3053 Revival Tabernacle 1104 Delview Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-4073
Waco Baptist Church 262 N. Main Street Waco, NC 704-435-9311 Washington Missionary Baptist Church 1920 Stony Point Road Waco, NC 704-435-3138 Word of Faith Ministry 306 Doc Wehunt Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-5560
Rudisill Chapel AME Zion Church 417 South Mountain Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-5621
Zion Hill Baptist Church 3460 Zion Hill Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-3355
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found that remdesivir could shorten hospital stays for those infected with the virus. It was the first major clinical breakthrough in developing treatments for those COVID-19 hits the hardest. The world needs innovation, and innovation requires a policy environment and market conditions that nurture it. That’s what the United
States brings to the table. Thanks to our brilliant scientists and our nation’s free market economy, we are delivering relief from this pandemic faster than anyone could have imagined. The research ecosystem is motivated as never before. Countless lives are at stake – and probably a Nobel Prize or two.
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vaccine developed for humans. Two other coronaviruses are deadly, but not very contagious, and cases are rare, so it was not deemed necessary to develop vaccines for them. Four others cause some colds, but these are rarely dangerous, so developing a vaccine (or antiviral drugs) is a waste of effort when pharmaceutical expertise could be directed to more needful projects. Now we have another coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease we call COVID-19. When it first came to light, I told my students that a vaccine would be developed soon, hopefully by the end of the year. I suspected that small-molecule antiviral drugs to lessen the severity of the illness would be very difficult to find, and it has proven to be so. Why was I confident that we would be able to produce vaccines against COVID-19? It has to do with the mutation rate of the virus. HIV mutates so quickly that it’s almost impossible to raise a vaccine against it, although researchers are still trying. Epidemiologists and virologists must decide each year which strains of influenza viruses they want to raise vaccines against, and they do a good job predicting the season to come, but it can be hit-or-miss, because the mutation rate of flu bugs is so high. SARSCoV-2 mutates with some frequency, but fortunately its mutation rate is roughly a quarter that of influenza
viruses. I thought that COVID19 would be a good candidate for a vaccine. In early fall 2020, there were several vaccines in phase III trials worldwide. The Johnson and Johnson vaccine triggered too may contraindications (deleterious side effects) and was withdrawn. Two vaccines are being approved and implemented in the United States as of this writing, with others in development and testing. This is a signal accomplishment, and all responsible – from President Donald Trump and his Warp Speed program to all the researchers worldwide – should take a bow. These are mRNA-based vaccines, too, which is really slick. Never has a vaccine gone from pathogen discovery to vaccine approval in less than a year – it is unprecedented. The president removed a lot of regulations and accelerated the process of vaccine discovery. Necessity is the mother of invention, and the emergency of COVID-19 enabled us to figure out how to make fast vaccines with streamlined regulations. I believe most of these regulations should be permanently removed, so that drug and vaccine discovery don’t cost well over a billion dollars and a decade of development time. That’s not sustainable. The time and expense it takes to create a vaccine or to market a drug is a regulatory nightmare. It should never take that much time
and treasure to manufacture vaccines and drugs. But, because that’s what we’re used to, some assert that the COVID vaccines are “rushed.” That might be true relative to what we have had to live with in the last decades. The expense of vaccine and drug discovery has been escalating, to the point that manufacturers can’t afford to bring to the public many drugs that are critical to human well-being. For example, new antibiotics are too expensive to develop, because the manufacturers know they cannot turn a profit on them. This is tragic, because we now see more antibiotic-resistant bacteria than ever before. Pharmacologists see an impending crisis barreling towards us. The amount of regulation we have now is far more than was required in the 1960s, when the FDA was cautious enough to ban thalidomide for pregnant women in the United States. It is indeed cause for celebration that COVID vaccines are already being distributed, and I will not hesitate to take the vaccine, though I have a good understanding of the coronavirus and do not fear it. I think we have done what our historical moment called for, and I hope biomedicine of the future will be all the better for it.
From Page 4 speed getting to us is concerning to many. I think we have acquired cultural amnesia about vaccines. I grew up not long after the Polio scares, and in my childhood heard horror stories about outbreaks that left many in iron lungs for the rest of their lives. The disease claimed paupers and presidents; even President Franklin Roosevelt was not exempt, his body permanently weakened and crippled after acquiring the disease as a young man. Decades ago, vaccines were not taken for granted, because we were close to the plagues that still tormented us. The Spanish Flu epidemic was a century ago, and during this holiday from history we have forgotten how desperately people desire to prevent or cure or just effectively treat disease, but there was no technological cure to assuage the suffering of a century ago. We in the 21st century have drunk from the river Lethe. We have forgotten why we had to develop all these vaccines, and why it was necessary to immunize. Smallpox was a disfiguring scourge that may have killed up to 10 percent of humanity before the advent of Jenner’s inoculation. COVID-19 is not so bad as that, but it is bad enough. There has never been a coronavirus
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mean it’s a bust. Investigators can evaluate it for other conditions. Take the first FDA-approved coronavirus treatment, remdesivir. Gilead originally developed it in hopes of finding a treatment for hepatitis. That didn’t pan out – but Gilead did uncover its broad antiviral properties. But then came COVID-19. Researchers
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social media and high-tech companies. In a nutshell, the time has come to open these oligopolistic companies to civil liability – beginning with a repeal of section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, then aggressively regulate, deconstruct, break up, reduce the influence of and de-politicize (and hold accountable) these digital behemoths. Theodore Roosevelt – famously patriotic, pro-commerce, and profree enterprise – was among the first to call out the abuse of power by monopolies and oligopolies, and to push not only the Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts, but also to come down hard on the abusers of public trust – in the marketplace and the marketplace of ideas. His example is a shining one – and should make these big social media and data-manipulating giants shiver. The influence of big tech on America – our social harmony, mental health, basic human interactions, decision-making, political stability, institutional and political accountability, commerce, and contentment – in short, their manipulation of the public mind – is working at cross-purposes with democracy. It has become a threat to the free flow of information vital for sustaining a free republic, not only teaming with powerful political actors (including socialist ideologues and promoters of leftist violence), but undermining the currency of any democracy, the guarantee of citizen free speech. So, looking back on history, the most heinous deprivations of individual liberty – including impairment of the God-given freedoms of worship, assembly, travel, protest, self-defense, confronting accusers, fair trial, no false imprisonment, harm to life or limb, fear of government – all begin with loss of free speech. That is why the outrage of the moment – is a talisman of our future. If Americans will see and speak truth, enact laws that protect political, personal, and professional free speech – rather than empowering oppressors of free speech – we can rise above this. If we do not act, we will wish we had. The First Amendment is under siege – and most Americans know it. We do not need more political violence. We need free speech, and protection of it. The time – if there ever was one – is now, to say so.
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From Page 4 three days after President Trump declared a state of emergency. Pfizer was ready to move into final-stage trials by July. No one knew which, if any, vaccine candidate would succeed. But the ecosystem for private sector innovation has long been a powerful force in the United States in the development of breakthrough treatments and cures. Pharmaceutical innovation is inherently risky. Less than 12 percent of promising compounds ever make it past clinical trials to market. Taking the failures into
account, research and development costs for every success story run to the billions of dollars. A sound policy environment that promotes innovation has led to some of the most advanced research techniques of any industry – just what we needed when COVID-19 came calling. The federal government’s Operation Warp Speed identified several of the most promising vaccine candidates and guaranteed government purchases in the billions of dollars. Operation Warp Speed has also contributed directly to funding for research and development. But these federal in-
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Lady Rams down Lady Ironmen Spikers 3-0 in rare Friday night match COVID-19 issues cancel planned Dec. 17 game against Hunter Huss by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
Going into the pre-holiday season week, CHS head volleyball coach Leigh Kiser’s Lady Ironmen were, as she put it, “…set to host Hunter Huss at Nixon Gym on Thursday, Dec. 17, in a non-conference matchup,” but it seems COVID-19 had other thoughts. The match scheduled that day to be played at Nixon Gym had to be canceled, said Coach Kiser. There is no indication when, or if, it will be rescheduled. That said, Kiser noted her ladies turned their attention to current SPC 1A conference leader, the
Lady Rams of Highland Tech, who they took on in a rare Friday night match, on Dec. 18, at Nixon Gym. Said Kiser afterwards. “The Lady Rams left no doubt why they are leading the conference,” adding the HT ladies “…have plenty of offensive power and can spread the ball all over the floor. They also have great defense and solid serving.” Highland Tech walked away with a convincing 3-0 win by match scores of 25-11, 25-11, and 25-12. For the Lady Ironmen varsity women, junior outside hitter Jamarra Wall led the way, said Coach Kiser, “…with five (5) kills and sophomore defensive specialist Kaitlyn Newsome led the defense with four (4) digs.” Coach Kiser noted her JV ladies also fell in a hard-fought match by a 2-1 score. Said Kiser, “Scores in
this one were 25-17 (HT), 25-22 (CHS), and 15-6 (HT). “(Sophomore) Gracie Truesdale had three (3) serve aces and four (4) kills, and (freshman) Laila Davis contributed three (3) aces and four (4) kills. Kiser noted that after the Christmas break the Lady Ironmen teams will get back into conference play as they head towards the season finale. The varsity ladies’ current overall record is 3-6; in SPC 1A play, they are 3-5. The JV ladies are currently 2-7 overall, and are 2-6 in SPC 1A play. (Additional information and stats by Brian Kiser)
CHS junior outside hitter Jamarra Wall in action at the net against the HT Lady Rams.
CHS’ All-Conference player Rileigh Kiser gets airborne as she serves against the visiting Lady Rams of Highland Tech at the Friday, Dec. 18 match. (photos by MEP/The Eagle/CF Media)
As her Lady Ironmen teammates Jamarra Wall (#5) and Laura Morgan (#9) look on, sophomore setter Rileigh Kiser puts the ball back across the net to the Lady Rams of Highland Tech.
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The 2020 CHS Ironmen JV Basketball team are (front row, left to right): Cameron Wright, Chance Hunt, Will Allen, Ade Anderson, Nate Bookout, and JD Dattoli. Back row: Tanner Sisk, Drake Mauldin, Darrien Floyd, Ethan Honeyman, Hunter Jackson, Will Fowler, and Coach Franklin Allen. (photos by Susan L. Powell/The Eagle)
The 2020 CHS Ironmen Varsity Boys Basketball team are (front row): Carter Spangler, Carson Kelly, Lavonte Hughes, Landon Hahn, Numerius Good, and Noah Abernethy. Back row: Assistant coach Dennis Tate, Jack Mulvey, Teaghan Strutt, Austin Thompson, Gavin Cease, TJ Thompson, Assistant coach Antonio Griggs, and Head coach Scott Harrill. Absent when photo made was Jaylon Moon.
GRANTS From Page 1 and install new crossties in various locations in Moore and Montgomery counties. • Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway Company (total cost: $9.1 million) – The project will construct and improve nearly 32,000feet of track and install new crossties in various locations over 21-miles of track in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Stanly, Montgomery and Moore counties. Additional project components include construction of a storage siding track, three double-ended sidings, an industrial spur and a lead track in a switching yard. A crossover and a track for fueling and sanding will be extended, plus two culverts will be improved.
• Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway Company (total cost: $1.2 million) – This project in Stanly County will construct a new rail siding extension, a new rail yard and improve a highway-rail grade crossing. • Aberdeen and Rockfish (total cost: $0.8 million) – These improvements will install new rail and crossties, surfacing and tamping, and make highway-rail crossing surface upgrades on rail corridor where heavy loads are transported in Hoke County. • Alexander Railroad Company (total cost: $0.6 million) – The project will improve track and switches, install new crossties, resurface track, relocate a siding and consolidate highway-rail grade crossings in Iredell County. • Atlantic and Western
LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GASTON NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Having qualified as Administrator, of the Estate of Forest Everette Rayfield, deceased, of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims to exhibit them to the undersigned, Forest Wayne Rayfield, Administrator on or before the 30th day of March, 2021, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
(total cost: $1.4 million) – The project will replace and upgrade rail, install new crossties, rehabilitate grade crossings and provide bridge improvements in Lee County. • Atlantic Railway (total cost: $0.4 million) – The project will install new crossties, provide bridge improvements and improve sections of the corridor for service in Stanly County. • Blue Ridge Southern Railroad (total cost: $0.7 million) – The project will provide bridge improvements and modernization along the Canton and Skyland subdivisions in Buncombe and Haywood counties. • Blue Ridge Southern Railroad (total cost: $0.2 million) – The project will complete a second phase of slope stabilization and improvements to the Balsam Mountain slope in the Canton subdivision in Jackson County. • Blue Ridge Southern Railroad (total cost: $0.7 million) – The project will
upgrade turnouts in the Canton yard in Haywood County. • Blue Ridge Southern Railroad (total cost: $0.3 million) – The project will upgrade an eight-track grade crossing and install new rail in the Canton subdivision in Haywood County. • Caldwell County (total cost: $0.7 million) – The project will install new crossties, switch ties and rail on the Hickory Runaround siding, renew grade crossings, address drainage issues, and improve embankment roadbed shoulders in Burke, Catawba and Caldwell counties. • Carolina Coastal Railway (total cost: $2.1 million) – The project will install new bridge ties and crossties, plus improve bridges on the Main Line and Rocky Mount line in Beaufort, Pitt, Greene, Nash and Wilson counties. • Chesapeake & Albemarle (total cost: $0.8 million) – The project will make track, bridge and other improvements in Chowan,
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ties and a new locking mechanism on the movable bridge connecting the main port to Radio Island in Carteret County. • Red Springs and Northern (total cost: $0.4 million) – The project will install new crossties, culverts and surface track in Robeson County. • RJ Corman (total cost: $1 million) – Improvements include new track materials, track surfacing, new crosstie installation, new ballast and improvements to grade crossings in Columbus County. • Wilmington Terminal (total cost: $1.2 million) – The project will upgrade rail on the lead track and turnouts, install new crossties, and ballast and surface track in New Hanover County. • Yadkin Valley (total cost: $1.5 million) – The project will replace and upgrade rail, install new crossties, provide ballast and surface track in Forsyth, Stokes, Surry and Wilkes counties.
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Pasquotank, Camden and Currituck counties. • Great Smoky Mountains (total cost: $1.7 million) – The project will upgrade rail, install new crossties, provide ballast and tamping, improve bridges and provide ultrasonic testing and bridge inspections in Jackson, Graham, Macon and Swain counties. • Laurinburg and Southern (total cost: $1 million) – This project will replace and upgrade rail, upgrade switches and improve crossing surfaces in Scotland County. • North Carolina and Virginia (total cost: $2 million) – The project will replace and upgrade rail, install new crossties, ballast and resurface track, and repair bridges in Bertie, Hertford and Northampton counties. • North Carolina State Ports Authority (total cost: $0.8 million) – The project will make improvements on track operated by the Carolina Coastal Railway and install new bridge
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DIE CAST WAYNE MECHANICAL REPLICA 1920 Gas Pump Coin Bank. 12” tall. 8 available. $50 each. In Shelby. Call Tom (704) 4736384 FERRIS LAWNMOWER IS600Z S., 48 inch cut, 18 1/2 HP, Kawasaki, 33 Hours, $6,000.00. Call 704-974-1861 anytime. CARPORTS, GARAGES, RV COVERS, FREE STANDING LEAN TO’S. Areas largest on site display. J. Johnson Sales, Inc. 2690 US Hwy 221S., Forest City. 828-245-5895. DEER CORN, SHELLED, 50 LBS, $7. Cob Corn, $8. 828287-3272. WATER TOTES & BURNING BARRELS. 55 Gallon Solid Top Plastic; 55 Gallon Metal & Plastic with Lids & Rings; 15 Gallon Jugs Plastic. (828) 327-4782
1912 SELF PLAYER PIANO. In good condition, good tuned. $1400. Music rolls included. (704) 470-7134 RIDING/PUSH MOWERS, GARDEN TILLERS AND GO-KARTS. Ready to mow. All in excellent condition. Can deliver, 30+ years experience in repair work. 828-980-0853, 704-476-9383. BABY CRIB, MATTRESS AND ACCESSORIES. $100. High chair with 3 attachments, $45. 980-292-2298 4 TIRES: 275/35/21 made by Bridgestone, $150 for set. 4 tires: 265/50/20 made by Goodyear, $200 for set. 4 tires: 225/45/17 made by Bridgestone, new, $300 for set. Electric lift-char, $125. 828-286-8093. FOUR CEMETERY PLOTS in Section 1 of Rose Hill Memorial Park. Graves 1,2,3,4. Lot 170. Only $500 each. Will sell in pairs. Call 704-4735000 (704) 473-5000
3 HEAVY DUTY TOOL BOXES. Ford Super Duty (250 & 350), $250 each. All three $600. Retail over $400. Reggie Keistler, 980-254-5876 HIGH QUALITY BANNERS FOR SALE. We offer many sizes and options. Call for more info and price. 704-6924449. PROPANE GRILL TANKS RE-FILLED. Only $10.99. Call 828-287-3272.
WE HAVE TRAILERS IN STOCK! GOOSENECKS, NEW AND USED, 7 TON AND 10 TON. ENCLOSED 4x6, 5x8, 5x10, 6x10, 6x12, 7x14, (7x14 7k), 8.5x20 (10k AUTO CARRIER), DUMP TRAILERS. ALL SIZES OF UTILITY TRAILERS, 2020 & 2021 WITH MORE ON WAY! J. Johnson Sales, Inc. 2690 US Hwy 221S., Forest City. 828-245-5895. TRAILERS IN STOCK NOW! ALL KINDS. Areas LARGEST on site display for trailers. J. Johnson Sales, Inc., 2690 US Hwy. 221 S., Forest City. 828245-5895. FLAG POLES AND FLAGS IN STOCK. 15ft., 20ft., and 25ft. Delivery and install available. J. Johnson Sales, Forest City. 828-245-5895. 16X40 STORAGE BUILDING, WORK SHOP, ETC. Built on site, one day install. J. Johnson Sales, Inc. 2690 US Hwy 221S., Forest City. 828245-5895.
HORSE QUALITY HAY. Square and round bales, also 3x3x8’ bales. Call (704) 4876855
WE BUY TRAILERS. Must have title and ID. 828-2455895. TWO CEMETERY PLOTS. Two burial plots in Section II of Rose Hill Memorial Park, Graves 1 and 2, Lots 256. $1800 for both. Call 704-4822647 or 704-477-7625, if no answer leave your name & number. A CLEANING COMPANY WITH NO HIDDEN FEES!!! 2 Room Carpet Special, only $88.00. Call 704-980-3047. FESQUE HAY FOR SALE $4.50 per bale. Call 704-5384110. If no answer, leave message.
FARM & GARDEN HORSE QUALITY HAY FOR SALE. 4x5 Round Bales in barn, $40 each. Fescue and Orchard grass. Rutherford County. 828-429-3100. NEW SOUTHERN 5 FT. BUSH HOG. $1,065. 828-2873272.
PETS & LIVESTOCK GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS. Full blooded. Males & females $200. Call: 704-7183827 or 704-718-7420. (704) 718-3827 CHRISTMAS PUPPIES. Full blooded Labrador Retrievers. All black, first shots & wormed. Parents on site. Ready 12-24-20. Taking deposits $400. Leave message 828-429-0210 OLDER MATURE KITTENS. Neutered and spayed with all shots. Looking for good homes. (704) 472-7116 SIBERIAN HUSKY PUPPIES for sale. Ready for a great gift at Christmas. Blue eyes. AKC registered. 704-300-1466.
“COVETED VETERANS CIRCLE” In Gaston Memorial Park. Three Burial Plots For Sale. Will Sell Together or Individually. (919) 272-5503
REFRIGERANT RECOVERY & RECYCLING SYSTEM. Mac by Robinair Recovery and Recycling System. Comes with spare tank. Can send pictures by phone. $475. (704) 300-1818
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HANDYMAN SERVICES. Offering: yard work, mulching, trees and bushes trimmed. Clean flower beds, pressure washing, minor repairs. Decks stained & restored. Any Handyman Services. No Job too Big or Small! References available, over 25 years experience. Call us first, 704-6924449.
TRAILERS, LAWNMOWER TRAILERS, Flatbed Trailers, Enclosed Trailers, Horse and Cattle Trailers, Saddlery. Check our prices and quality before you buy. Bridges Riding Equipment. Boiling Springs, NC. (704) 434-6389
MORGAN’S FIREWOOD SERVICE. Seasoned oak. Short stove wood. Cut, split, delivered, $60. (828) 3950758
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ALL METAL GARAGES. Big Discounts! Call for more details. 828-382-0455.
18X21X6 REGULAR STYLE CARPORT. Free braces on all legs. $1,095. 704-482-3166.
4 PIECE BROYHILL BEDROOM SUITE only $300. Recliner in good condition $20. Microwave “Like New” $25. Assortment of Exercise Equipment $25 each. Call (980) 404-0068
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DEER CORN, 60 POUND BAG. $7.00. Callahan Farms. 704-300-5341, Steve 704472-8865, Cletus, 704-3005341, Todd (704) 692-1627
BUSINESS CARDS FOR SALE. 1,000 Black & White, $35.00 plus tax. Buy Local! Call 828-248-1408.
WNC CHIMNEY SWEEP, Western Carolina. Cleaning, Repair, Caps, Pest removal, 25+ years experience. Ellenboro +75 miles. Call Neal, 828-223-7730. SHIPMAN’S MASONRY- 48 YEARS EXPERIENCE. Brick, Block & Stone, Outside Fireplaces, Foundations, Underpinnings. “Free Estimates”. 1st Quality Work! (863) 5321587
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DOG KENNELS, FROM $189.99 IN STOCK. 7x7, 5x10, 10x10, 10x20, 10x10 split, 20x20 split. Tops, Delivery and Install available. J. Johnson Sales, Forest City. 828-245-5895.
CARS & TRUCKS 1980 FORD F100 PICKUP. Long bed with ladder rack. Needs some work. Can send pictures by phone. $1200. Call (704) 300-1818 kim_hopper@ bellsouth.net 1997 FORD ECONOLINE COMMERCIAL CUTAWAY E-350 WORK TRUCK. High back, 7.3 Diesel, 118k miles, auto, Reading work body with ladder rack, one owner, new tires, $15,000. 828-245-9620, 828-223-1564. 1990 CADILLAC DEVILLE 72,000 original miles. $4,000. 828-980-0692
LAND FOR SALE. Logan Township in Rutherford County. 828-429-7200. 1 ACRE LOT. Located at 239 Owens Chapel Road, Union Mills. Has well, septic-tank and electricity. Nice for camper spot or mobile home. Asking $20,000. 828-286-9457. UNRESTRICTED LAND FOR SALE. 6.9 Acres of UNRESTRICTED land with a BOLD CREEK. Wooded, gently sloping to creek, and at the end of a dead end, paved road. NO OWNER FINANCING. Ellenboro, NC 28040 (828) 453-7341 t_mcdowell@ bellsouth.net
FOR RENT CLEVELAND COUNTY MOVE IN SPECIAL. 2 & 3 Bedroom, deposit required. $190 weekly rates. Includes power and water. NO PETS. Visit us online at Oakwood Rentals, Shelby. Call (704) 473-4299 2BR, 1BA. Appliances, central heat/air. $650 month, $650 deposit. HAP ok. 704487-8282, 704-692-0091. 314 Grice St. Shelby, NC 28150 HOUSE FOR RENT IN SHELBY 1 BR Duplex, Frig & Stove. $525/month. 941-9162235. MOBILE HOMES & APARTMENTS. In Kings Mountain. Price starting at $100 per week. Call (704) 739-4417 1, 2 & 3 BEDROOM TOWNHOMES. Shelby, NC. We are currently accepting applications for our waiting list. Rent is based on income (and some expenses are deducted). Call or visit us today, Laurel Hill Apartments 704487-1114. Equal Housing Opportunity. LIONS SENIOR VILLAGE has 1 bedroom HUD subsidized apartments for low income seniors. Taking applications. Age 62 or older. Equal Housing Opportunity. 211 North Morgan Street, Shelby, NC 28150 (704) 4827723
2010 BMW 3 SERIES 328i. Hardtop convertible, leather seats, All bells and whistles, 104,000 miles. $10,500. Call Larry (704) 297-3234
CAMPERS FOR SALE 2016 Prowler Camper. Call and leave message at 704-482-0865 for more information. WANT TO BUY. Pop-up campers. Call 828-429-3935.
VACATIONS OCEAN LAKES MYRTLE BEACH. Cottage N34. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, den, kitchen, dining, covered deck, near country store. Call Dorcas, 803-718-2659, (803) 6359831
REAL ESTATE RUTHERFORD COUNTY TWO RESTRICTED MOUNTAIN VIEW LOTS in gated community, near Lake Lure. Owner financing available, 0% financing for a limited time. Also, 78 Acre Riverfront Horse Farm, 5 miles from TIEC. 864-909-1035, www. rowelland.com
HICKORY CREEK APARTMENTS FOR SENIORS. (62 and older), disabled (50 and older). Shelby. Now taking applications for waiting list. 418 East Warren Street, Shelby, NC 28150 (704) 4876354 2&3 BEDROOM MOBILE HOMES. Nice and clean, water furnished. Oak Grove Community, Kings Mtn. Call or text, 704-739-0259. RUTHERFORD COUNTY 2 BAY GARAGE FOR RENT. Ellenboro area, Hwy. 74 Business. $325 per month. 828429-5001. 2 & 3 BEDROOM MOBILE HOMES. Small private park between Spindale and Forest City. Starting at $500 per month. 828-382-0475.
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WANT TO BUY DANNY’S AUTOWERKS. Buying used or junk cars. Competitive prices. Call Danny 828-289-3081 or Jimmy 828-289-1175. I PAY CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS. Up to $10 per 100ct. Must be Unused, Unexpired. I’m local and pay fast. (828) 577-4197 CASH FOR YOUR CAR running or not, title or no title. Call Charles Dellinger at Red Road Towing. 704692-6767, (704) 487-0228 CASH$$ FOR OLD FISHING LURES. Call Rick Hutton collector, (704) 695-4917 WANTED: OLD AND NEW AMMO. Reloading supplies. 828-245-6756.
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The Cherryville Eagle
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Theses members of the Traditional New Year Shooters group brave the cold temps as they met on N. Mountain St., in front of Cherryville’s City Hall to end out the old year, and welcome in the New Year with the traditional firing of their muskets to scare away the evil spirits. (Eagle/CF Media file photos by Michael E. Powell) 2020 From Page 1 State Championship 2016 CHS baseball team were recognized at the Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 basketball game halftime between the CHS Ironmen and the Piedmont Charter Patriots at Nixon Gym. The players and their coaches were: Scott Heavner (head coach); Brian Kiser, Seth Freeman, Jeff Williams, and Dustin Wilson (assistant coaches), and manager Lee Roy Montgomery. Seniors on that team were: Randall Long, Ray Sensing, Ryan Owens, and Lane Camp; juniors were: CJ Degree, Noah Eaker, Trevor Harrill, Dayne Homesley, Carlton Jackson, Tyler Sanders, Austin Treadway, and Will Walker; sophomores were: Nick Carpenter, Dawson Cody, Johnathan McSwain, and Hunter Melton; and the freshmen were Matt Cain and Jared Emory. • Proposed land acquisition moves closer to becoming new Beam Industrial Park. The roughly 93 acres of land will be home to future industries; new jobs. • The second City of Cherryville Strategic Planning Session was held last Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 at the Cherryville Fire Department, with 15 City staff and department heads and elected officials present. City Manager Jeff Cash said the session went well. • Cherryville Police Chief Cam Jenks and Capt. Brian Doolittle said their officers made several narcotics arrests over a nine-day period at the start of the new year, 2020. FEBRUARY • CHS wrestling Coach Matt Powers glad to see wrestlers “rolling” on at the conference level. Two have reached their 100th wins; and another is a 2020 James Orr Invitational winner. • An unfortunate mid-morning vehicular accident on Hwy. 150 took the life of noted Cherryville native, Terry Roger “Fish” Fisher, on Thursday, Feb. 6. • Certified City Clerk Paige H. Green was recognized Monday night, Feb. 9, 2020, at the regular City Council work session with a certificate, for her 25 years of service to the City of Cherryville by Mayor H.L. Beam, III, and Council. • Two Cherryville Fire Department firefighters received badges at Feb. 13, ceremony. Nathan Bowman becomes newest Captain; Coby Heffner newest Driver/Engineer. MARCH • Cherryville PD’s drug sniffing dog, Ayko, helps with narcotic’s arrests. Don’t let the cute face fool you, he’s serious about taking a bite out of (drug) crime. • The dawn of 2020 ushered in many newsworthy headlines, but few have turned the heads of the masses as sharply as the arrival of a the novel coronavirus that was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. In late 2019, Chinese authorities identified the new virus, which has resulted in scores of confirmed cases in China, and additional cases identified in a growing number of international locations. • Local art educator’s Children’s Art Alleyway a labor of love. Artist Sherry Bingham’s creative inspira-
The 2016 CHS state NCHSAA champion baseball team and their coaches are recognized at Nixon Gym during halftime at an Ironmen/Piedmont Charter basketball game. The players and their coaches are: Scott Heavner (head coach); Brian Kiser, Seth Freeman, Jeff Williams, and Dustin Wilson (assistant coaches), and manager Lee Roy Montgomery. Seniors on that team were: Randall Long, Ray Sensing, Ryan Owens, and Lane Camp; juniors were: CJ Degree, Noah Eaker, Trevor Harrill, Dayne Homesley, Carlton Jackson, Tyler Sanders, Austin Treadway, and Will Walker; sophomores were: Nick Carpenter, Dawson Cody, Johnathan McSwain, and Hunter Melton; and freshmen were Matt Cain and Jared Emory.
Cherryville Police Department K-9 handler Sgt. J.D. Colvard puts their newest K-9 dog, Ayko, through his paces to show how he checks a vehicle for narcotics. Here he sniffs the front bumper of a test vehicle (rubbed with one of five illegal narcotic odors for the test) as part of keying in on the smell of the narcotics.
With members of the Catawba Nation Tribal Council and Mayor Scott Neisler of Kings Mountain behind him, Chief Bill Harris speaks to the press about what a great day it is for him and his people to be able to move forward with their casino project. Behind Chief Harris are Butch Sanders, Vice-Chief Jason Harris, Mayor Neisler, and Catawba Nations Treasurer Rod Beck. tion brings joy to all who see and experience it. • Newest group of cherry trees beautifying Cherryville planted. Town truly lives up to its motto: “Cherryville – Where Life Blossoms!” • Rainy day doesn’t keep Cherryville voters away from polls. 34,398 of 140,232 registered county voters make voices heard on “Super Tuesday”. • Catawba Nation’s plans for large casino in Kings Mountain get ‘OK’ from U.S. The building of a large gaming enterprise could help area economically, according to Catawba and KM officials. • The City Council got good news at their Monday, March 9, regular session regarding their audit. City Manager Jeff Cash said, “Our audit was free and clear with no exceptions!” • 2020 Cherry Blossom Festival becomes first economic “casualty” for the City as it is postponed due to coronavirus fears. CDC’s guidelines recommend gatherings of more than 100 should be cancelled for up to 8 weeks. March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day) beginning of first of Governor Cooper’s ‘shut-down’ and ‘stay-athome orders’. • Gaston County school system starts feeding program for students. Service – termed “Grand and Go” – offers nutritious meals for those who need them. APRIL • Cherryville’s Dr. Allison Abernathy and her staff at Gaston College get materials together for pandemic “front-line warriors” as Gaston College Nursing Department donates medical supplies to local hospitals in effort to help front-line fight COVID-19. • Chamber President Richard Randall bids fond farewell to Chamber. He, along with the late Diana Beam, helped shape and solidify the Chamber’s position as a major player in economic development in Cherryville for many years. • CHS’ #BetheLight Night honors 2020 (quaran-
tined) seniors a huge success. Scores drive by ball fields or leave front porch lights on celebrating the Quarantined Class of 2020. MAY • CHS “Cheer Readers” brighten up kids’ days by reading stories to them. Cherryville area elementary students benefit from live “story hours” read to them by the cheerleader volunteers. • “Share a Coke and Smile!” parade at local care home a huge success. Caravan of family, friends, greet Carolina Care residents, in spite of pandemic’s shutdown rules prohibiting family members visiting. • City of Cherryville states intent to proceed with bond referendum. $8.7 million in General Obligation Bonds to be for improvements. • Proposed 2020/2021 budget provides means of moving City forward. Public hearing; vote scheduled for June 8. • CPD honors fallen officer in May 15 ceremony at local church cemetery. Chief Albert Painter 52 when killed in the line of duty in Cherryville. • CHS basketball phenom Lane Harrill on 2020 AP All-State team for N.C. Formidable guard in Top Five of august group of men’s prep players. JUNE • HEROES WORK HERE! Series starts – CPD Telecommunicator Maddy Freeman one of the department’s newest employees, and her story is the first in a series of Eagle articles on local pandemic heroes. • NCHSAA extends high school and college sports “dead period” to June 15. Board hopes for return to some type of training, utilizing safest possible methods, procedures. • CHS Class of 2020’s Valedictorian Avery Grace Walker and Salutatorian Juliana Leigh Vollmer give their speeches to their classmates of the Class of 2020. • High schools’ gradu-
ation plan for the Class of 2020 looked different this year than in past years as, on June 1, each high school began scheduling various times for seniors to participate in graduation. • CHS’s Avery Grace Walker, Kiersten Houser are school’s 2020 Star Student/ Star Teacher. • Originally scheduled for May, Cherryville’s 2020 Farmer’s Market’s first day goes well. Customers glad to see familiar market back in business in spite of late opening. • Cherryville City Council approves 2020-2021 budget. $13.1-plus million budget combination of General, Electric and Water/ Sewer funds. (This is the end of Pt. One’s 2020 look back in the news year. Pt. 2 – covering highlights of the remaining six months, July through December, is planned to follow in the Jan. 6, 2021 Eagle)
The “Grab and Go” crew at BCHS – Cafeteria manager Allison Adams (far right) and the ladies helping her: Krista Phillips, of Bessemer Central (second from right); volunteers Rosalyn Adams – BCHS, (left) and Susan Powell, lead lady at BCHS (second from left), and Costner school bus driver, Doris Scott (center).
Weaving his way away around a Highland Tech Rams defender, CHS Ironmen senior player, Lane Harrill drives to the basket at Nixon Gym.
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