Caldwell Journal 01-15-2015

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The Search for Scooter

By Pam Setzer...I'd like to tell you a story about a community coming together in the search for a little Yorkshire terrier, named Scooter. was the night before New Year's Eve and our family was about to go to bed. & lifelong girlfriend Dorothy needed to go outside before going to bed, as they always did that time of night. Ten minutes later, Dorothy came back to the door.....Scooter did not. was a frightful night for Scooter's mom & dad. scoured the very foggy neighborhood with flash-lights, calling out his name. Scooter. The next morning, family got together going door to door with, hoping to find Scooter. mail lady started putting the mailboxes on our route, so as to make sure we got Scooter back fast. that afternoon, it was decided to call in the big guns. family called.com. called 750 of the neighbors in the area, and sent flyers to vets, pet recovery, and animal shel-ters with a 100 mile radius. The family went in all directions putting up all the stores, gas stations and restaurants. even put one on the desk in front of their register so that all their customers would see it. lady at the Market Basket gas station took a flyer and started asking all her customers if they had seen Scooter. The FedEx man and UPS man took a flyer with them on their route. As darkness was ap-proaching, it was decided to stop the search for the night and start again the following day. That night, I began posting on facebook, on every yard sale site I could think of. Facebook family and friends started giving me advise and helped me post all over. Scooter was now on craigslist, missing pet and pet harbor. Surely someone would find our Scooter. Story continued on page eight…

54 Flu Related Deaths In North Carolina This Season

The North Carolina Division of Public Health reported 30 new Flu Deaths from the week of 12/28/14 thru 1/3/15 bringing the total to 54 for the season which started on 10/4/2014. With schools back in session more flu cases are expected. The single best way to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated each year. Flu symptoms include a 100F or higher fever or feeling feverish (not everyone with the flu has a fever), a cough and/or sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, headaches and/or body aches, chills, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea (most common in children). Source: CDC.gov. For more important information go to: www.flu.nc.gov.

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Clover Baptist Church Movie Night

Clover Baptist Church will be hosting a Family Movie Night featuring the movie Life Changes Everything on Saturday, January 17 at 6 PM in the church's multi-purpose facility.

"Life Changes Everything begins at an abortion clinic in 1978. Madeline Ryan is 19 years old, tender-eyes, confused and about twelve weeks pregnant. Her boyfriend, Eric, 23, is a career-minded student on his way to grad school. They talk together in the clinic as they wait to be seen. Madeline is hesitant, but Eric is determined to get this done today. In the midst of conversation, Eric makes the statement, ‘Having a baby will change everything!’ A doctor enters and asks Madeline is she is ready..if she really wants to go through with this. The room is silent.

All that's heard...is a HEARTBEAT.

Flash-forward to PRESENT DAY and ZAC RYAN is a clinical oncologist searching for a cure, when he discovers his trial patient is his biological father."

GFMS All District Band Results

Congratulations to the following students from Granite Falls Middle School who were selected for the Northwest North Carolina All District Honor Band! These students will be representing our school and our county at the annual Honor Band Clinic held at Appalachian State University in Feb-ruary. They auditioned on Saturday and were se-lected out of over 700 students as the best instru-mentalists in Northwest NC. Congratulations to them!

Catherine Edmondson, flute

Ashlyn Rhoney, flute

Katie Haynes, clarinet

Chastyn Minton, bass clarinet

Tara Hildebrand, bass clarinet

Blake Henkel, alto saxophone

Gabriel Huffman, french horn

Bryson Crump, trumpet

Sara Cline, trumpet

Abby Fleri, trumpet

Bailey McCowan, snare

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Caldwell Journal Weekly Recipe

Old-Fashioned Sweet Cornbread

Ingredients

1/4 cup sugar 1 cup milk

2 tablespoons shortening 1 cup fine dry bread-crumbs

1 egg yolk 1 egg white

4 teaspoons baking-powder 2/3 cup corn-meal

1 teaspoon salt

Directions

Mix sugar and shortening together. Sift dry ingre-dients. Add the egg yolk, milk, and dry ingredi-ents to the sugar and shortening. Beat the egg white and stir into the rest of the ingredients. Pour batter into a greased pan. Bake.

Southern Sweet Potatoes

Cut cold boiled sweet potatoes in lengthwise slices. Arrange in layers in buttered baking dish. Cover each layer with brown sugar, dot with but-ter, sprinkle with salt and pepper, add one cup boiling water, and bake in hot oven.

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Caldwell County Offices will be closed for

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

All Caldwell County government offices will be closed Monday, January 19, 2015 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. All county offices will re-open for regular business on Tues-day, January 20, 2015.

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Johnson Wins National Leadership Award for

Communication Innovation

St. Petersburg, FL (January 12, 2015) – Doug Johnson, chief executive officer of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, was awarded the 2015 J.C. Brown CEO Communication Leader-ship Award through the electric cooperative indus-try’s Spotlight on Excellence Awards program.

Johnson was honored today during CEO Close-Up, a leadership conference for chief executives in the electric cooperative industry held by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). The award, presented by NRECA CEO Jo Ann Em-erson, recognizes an electric co-op CEO who ad-vances communication in the electric cooperative industry.

Emerson noted that “Doug Johnson has turned Blue Ridge Electric into one of the top co-ops in the country with strong member satisfaction through a well-planned and executed communica-tion plan. Blue Ridge Electric now ranks in the top one percent of all electric utilities for customer sat-isfaction and electric service reliability. I commend Doug for his commitment to communication and his energy and willingness to take risks in the ser-vice of accountability to the co-op members,” com-mented Emerson.

Johnson, who has been at Blue Ridge Electric for more than two decades, adopted a Balanced Score-card approach, which is a strategic planning and management system that is used extensively worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization.

“We can gauge the health of democratically gov-erned co-ops by how many member-owners vote in board elections, and by this measure Blue Ridge Electric, under Doug’s leadership, is very, very healthy,” she added. Under Johnson’s leadership, he increased member participation from 800 to 7,000 by changing the election process at his co-op’s annual meeting to include mail-in and online ballots.

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The Search for Scooter Continued from page one...

The next morning we awoke with agony. It was New Year’s Day with no celebration in sight. Our be-loved Scooter was gone. Checking facebook, someone said that they had seen Scooter running across the road to a development called Virginia Acres. Aww..Hope! I jumped in my car with Dorothy and some flyers. We parked the car and started walking all through the development, handing out flyers to all that were outside on that beautiful day. We saw some men building on the back of a house. Hmmm....surely they would spot Scooter from way up there, I thought. I was right....one of the men had seen Scooter at his father's house down the road right before going to work. Aww... more hope. I went there and found two boys that were happy to run down into the fields hollering for Scooter. They came back minutes later to say they did not see him but wanted a flyer. Sure, you can have one. Call me if you spot him...there's a reward if you find him. A reward!!! How much? A hun-dred dollars! I never saw such excitement in two boy’s eyes. They ran off to talk about what they were going to do with all that money. Then came in another tip....facebook again! A man had seen Scooter near the Market Basket running down the road. He's going the wrong way!!! We have to get ahead of him. I had to work that day and the next. My father made some large signs and nailed them to the telephone poles at intersections. On my way home from work, I saw those signs and knew that my friends and family were still working on finding Scooter! Thinking he was heading towards Hudson, another Neon sign was made and placed beside the "birthday sign" at the stoplight. Bingo. Another alert! Scooter had been seen by the stop sign behind the old Parkway Bank in Hud-son. Boy that little booger can move! A driver had passed Scooter, drove to the light and saw our sign. As soon as the light changed, he turned around only to find Scooter had vanished again. He called to let us know that he had spotted Scooter so that we could be hot on his trail. Here it was, late in the evening. It had already gotten dark, and Dorothy & I were on our way to that spot. We walked around the neighborhood, door to door; passing out flyers to people we had never met. Many of them saying that they walk their dogs during the day and would keep an eye out for him. We got back in the car, Dorothy with her head hanging out the window searching for Scooter, all the while putting another 20 miles on my car. Still, no Scooter. I get back home to find hundreds of e-mails and posts on facebook, asking about Scooter. A lady from a vet's office in Raleigh even called. Scooter's picture and story had been shared hundreds of times to people and places I had never heard of. So many people, searching for our baby! The next day, I and my father drove around slowly, calling out Scooter's name, with Dorothy once again hanging her head out the window, searching for Scooter. We noticed two city workers checking the wa-ter meters, so we decided to stop. As they approached our car and saw our flyer, they said that they al-ready knew about Scooter and had been searching for him for several days. A lady on facebook telling me her son was a police officer in Hudson and all the officers had been searching also. Two boys, play-ing in front of their house said that they saw the flyer on their school bus, and had been looking for Scooter. "Wow", I thought, "Scooter was beginning to get more famous than Madison Bumgarner." A lady that I didn't even know suggested that we put some water and an article of my clothing near the spot Scooter was last seen. Hunters had once told her that this was how they always found their dogs that had gone missing. So I decided I would do just that. The next morning, with a nasty migraine, I took Scooter's house, bedding, blanket, water and a pair of my old pj's that I had worn the previous night to the spot behind the old Parkway Bank, where Scooter had last been spotted. I got back home, checked my facebook and posted that I didn't think I would be able to search for Scooter that day. A lady on facebook said "You just rest and let us take care of that". Then the calls, e-mails, texts and posts started rolling in. "We went by Scooter's house....he wasn't there". "I got off work early so that I could search for Scooter". "I had a few minutes at lunch so I drove by Scooter's house."


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"I walked my dogs all over Hudson today, but did-n't see Scooter". "I had a few hours between jury duty and church to search for Scooter". I could not believe what was happening. Literally, hundreds of people, most of whom I had not met, where search-ing for my baby. Every place that I have been in the last week, someone has approached me and asked about Scooter. They tell me their stories about searching for Scooter, how worried they are about him. It takes hours at a time, several times a day to answer the questions and to comment on the posts about Scooter and his story. You see, 15 months ago I rescued Scooter and Dorothy from a life of living on the streets with no food, water or shelter. They would scavenge around in trash and dig up old rot-ten potatoes out of people's gardens. They were covered with fleas, ticks and fly larvae with their hair so matted that we didn't even know they had collars on. I wanted a better life for these sweet babies. They deserved a better life. I was thinking of fostering them and finding them a terrific new home. My wonderful husband saw these precious ones, and told me right there that "You know they are going to live with us". He was right; Scooter and Dorothy would have a new and wonderful life, living with us in our home, never having to worry about being too hot/cold or wet, thirsty or hungry or unloved. They would be our babies. Only now they are not just our babies, but that of a commu-nity working together to bring one of our precious ones home, to the life he deserved in the first place. Even though Scooter has yet to be found, I know that my family, friends and the community as a whole, will continue to search for Scooter. I felt that you should hear this story, a story of a love for a little yorkie and of one another at a time where there is little love to be found.

If you have any information about Scooter please contact the Caldwell Journal and we will pass your information along. Contact Mark at 828-493-4798 or at [email protected].

And, always feel free to let us know about your lost animal and we will help you get the word out!

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Dr. Herb Says….Take These Steps To Health

Take Care Of Your Amazing Liver

In ancient Babylon it was the liver and not the heart which was esteemed as the seat of the soul. In cer-tain parts of Africa they say “My liver feels for you.” The ancient Egyptians took special care of the liver when mummifying bodies. The Etruscans would study livers of animals to assess omens and guidance from their gods. This fantastic and complex organ performs the true miracles of converting our food into living energy and the elements for sustaining life. The human system is a scientific marvel often compared to a ma-chine; e.g. the steadfast pump of the heart, the remarkable bio-computer brain, the electrical system of the nerves. So subtle and versatile is the liver that it defies a machine-like analogy, but rather might be compared to an entire city for the variety of its activities. It is one of the body’s most vital organs. The largest of the internal organs the liver “weighs in” at 2.5 to 3 pounds. It is suspended behind the ribs on the upper right side of the abdomen and spans almost the entire width of the body. It has two separate lobes which operate independently of each other (in case one side stops functioning) and is made up of about 50,000 tiny lobules (little liver units). One unique feature of the liver is that it is ca-pable of regenerating itself after a portion is removed. After a loss of up to 75% due to injury or surgery the remaining liver can grow back and be restored to normal size within several months. The liver receives blood directly from the stomach, pancreas and intestine via the portal vein. The liver with its dazzlingly intricate labyrinth of special cells, veins and ducts receives this nutrient rich blood and filters out the nutrients taking them into its own cells to be processed. The liver also receives freshly oxygenated blood via a different artery from which it takes its oxygen supply. It filters out wastes and other poisons and converts them into substances which can be safely carried out of the body. The liver filters more than a quart of blood each minute. The liver is the organ that is responsible for processing, converting, distributing and maintaining the body’s fuel supply. It converts the complex energy foods we eat (carbohydrates, fats and proteins) into simple glucose (blood sugar) or stores this fuel as glycogen. It breaks down and converts fat for distri-bution and storage. The liver is responsible for dismantling proteins into amino acids, assembling proteins and making new amino acids for use throughout the body. It breaks down old blood cells and recycles the iron. The liver also makes bile, a yellowish-green alkaline liquid which is stored in the gall bladder and se-creted into the small intestine to help break down fats. Bile contains the pigments which give color to urine and feces. When the bile ducts are obstructed it is the bile pigments which can cause the body to turn jaundice or yellow. Add to the list of liver functions the production of many different hormones and proteins which affect the way the body grows and heals. Many vitamins and other nutrients like iron are stored in the liver and released when needed. Poisons such as alcohol and drugs are detoxified in the liver. As we can see, this organ is vital for many reasons. No one has ever devised an artificial liver because it is so complex. Second only to the brain in complexity, the liver is the home to the many of the myster-ies of life. As powerful as this organ is, it is also delicate and may fall prey to disease. The following paragraphs will briefly describe some of the common diseases of the liver.

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Hepatitis literally means an inflammation of the liver. It can be caused by either alcohol, viruses or drugs. One type of viral hepatitis, hepatitis A (also called infectious hepatitis) is transmitted usually through food and is more common where sanitation and hygiene are poor. The other type, hepatitis B is a virus spread via exchange of blood (it is also known as serum hepatitis). Today’s blood supplies are thoroughly checked for the hepatitis B virus. In most cases viral hepatitis clears up naturally with bed rest and light diet. As with other viral infections, there isn’t any medical treatment. Alcohol can damage the liver even in moderate quantities. Alcohol is a concentrated sugar which causes fat to be deposited in the liver. For those who drink only occasionally, the damage is temporary and the liver can usually “bounce back” to normal after several days of rest and clean living. Those who drink more often don’t give the liver a chance to recuperate from the alcohol poisoning and more seri-ous damage to the liver can result. In some cases alcohol abuse can lead to alcoholic hepatitis or cirrho-sis. As mentioned before, the liver is one organ which has the amazing ability to regenerate itself. Cirrhosis is a condition in which a liver damaged by disease or alcohol doesn’t grow back “good as new.” In cir-rhosis, the liver forms fibrous scar tissue and lumpy irregular nodules as it regenerates. In advanced cases, the liver becomes so badly scarred by cirrhosis that it can no longer do its work and the afflicted person dies of liver failure. “What are good things to do for the liver?” Following the general rules for a healthy body does wonders for your liver as all the organs share the benefits of loving your body. These general guidelines, as far as this author is concerned, can’t be stressed enough: natural diet (plenty of fresh vegetables, whole grains, fresh fruit, low fat, high fiber and don’t overeat), exercise, clean air (if you smoke, quit), clean and sufficient drinking water (coffee or sugar drinks like soda are no substitute for just plain water), proper rest and relaxation, positive attitude (it is an established fact that those who are happy are healthier), loving relationships and good communication. These general guidelines when integrated into our habits will give greater joy and vibrancy to our lives and our livers. Many natural health experts will treat liver troubles with cleansing and rest. The wisdom of fasting to treat a clogged or overworked liver is prevalent in many of these circles. Some natural healers recom-mend a diet of only apples, only stewed tomatoes, or some other special food, and then follow with a special concoction (usually a mixture of olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and cayenne) to facilitate a liver “flush” to release stored toxins. There are herbs which are used to strengthen, sooth, energize, cleanse and revitalize the liver. By far the most popular is Dandelion Root. This is certainly an easy to find herb, but if you plan to harvest your own, be sure to find a field that has not been sprayed with weed killers or pesticides. Taken as a tea or tincture, this herb has properties that invigorate liver functions, stimulate the purification of blood and help with the removal of toxins. Although the spice Rosemary is toxic in large quantities, in small doses it has been found to be very stimulating to the liver, other digestive organs, and the circulation.

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Licorice Root, also known as “The Great Detoxifier,” may reduce accumulation of fatty acids called triglycerides in the liver, and increase stored simple sugars called glycogen. It can be of help in improv-ing the general health and healing of the liver. Garlic, the healing hero has forged its way into everyone’s natural “medicine chest.” It should come as no surprise that it is also a good liver tonic. In addition to providing some good nutrients, the use of garlic will help with bacterial, fungal and viral infections. Garlic helps with circulation and digestion and is very effective in preventing and treating several liver disorders. Yellow Dock is a powerful health giving herb for the liver and the blood. Some other popular herbs for the liver are Cascara Sagrada, Club Moss, Gentian and Black Cohosh. Perhaps it’s not often enough that we acknowledge the splendor of the living being and the utterly breath-taking intricacy of its workings. The liver is an energy company in the body, building supply manufacturer and warehouse, housekeeper, poison control center and much more. The liver does much to maintain this marvelous chapel which is our body.

Vitamins

Our 60 trillion cells continuously undergo chemical reactions. Vitamins give them life and vitality, turn food into energy, abets growth and strength and provides disease prevention. A person only needs a teaspoonful of vitamins per day, but since our bodies can’t produce vitamins on their own, we must ob-tain them from food. All natural foods contain vitamins but they are destroyed through processing and cooking. Cutting and chopping food into small pieces, even washing it, causes vitamin loss. Vitamins differ greatly in stability. Vitamin B1 and folic acid are easily destroyed by air, heat, acid and metals, and readily dissolves in water. Even when rinds of certain fruits and vegetables are scratched or peeled, they lose a great amount of vitamin C. Vitamin B1 dissolves in water and is easily affected by temperature and contact with metals, alkali, and oxygen. Although vitamin B2 is less sensitive to heat, it is vulnerable to light and can be lost in water during cooking. Fat-soluble vitamins are more stable than water-soluble ones, but can easily be destroyed by high tem-peratures or contact with oxygen. Vitamins are destroyed in great quantity during the storage process, in both warm and cold conditions. Asparagus, for example, loses 50% of its vitamin C at 32F, and 90% at 70F. Chinese cabbage loses all its vitamin C in just a few days. Vitamin B1 in a humid place easily loses its potency. This is why there’s no benefit to buying fruit and vegetables in bulk at a discount. To reduce vitamin loss, buy small quantities as fresh and as frequently as possible. Store them in a dark place without airflow. Don’t soak them in water but wash quickly.


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Vitamins

When we endure stress, we quickly consume our vitamin stores, especially such antioxidants as vita-mins A, C, and E. A lack of sufficient vitamins weakens the immune system and causes insomnia, loss of appetite, over-sensitivity, and fatigue. These symptoms can occur long before the development of vitamin deficiency diseases, such as scurvy (vitamin C deficiency), and beriberi (vitamin B1 deficiency). Each vitamin has its unique deficiency symptoms, but vitamins also have relationships with each other. Missing or lacking only one can cause physical imbalances. People try to obtain vitamins through supplements, but artificially synthesized vitamin products aren’t as effective because of their low absorption rate. In addition, excessive vitamins at one time are lost through the body’s waste systems (urine and feces). This is why it’s absolutely best to obtain vitamins through meals of raw, natural, organic food.

Seeds

Studies have shown that seeds are good to prevent some of the serious diseases and problems that mankind has. At New York University of Medicine, mice were injected with cancer cells. Some mice were fed seeds and some were not. The mice that were not given the seeds rapidly got cancer. The mice that ate the seeds; the enzymes in the seeds prevented them from getting cancer. Heart disease is the number one disease and experiments have shown that eating seeds improved heart conditions by lowering blood serum cholesterol and fatty plague on the artery walls of the heart. Seeds helped circulation to brains that were clogged with clumps of thick blood and bacteria caused from eating animal. Animal protein is dead food. Studies have shown seeds to improve eye functions. Seeds should be about one half of our protein in-take and only eaten in the morning. Remember beans are seeds too. Seeds have life in them enjoy pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds.

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Off Duty State Trooper Saves Three from Freezing Water

By the N.C. Department of Public Safety…Choosing to be a law enforcement officer, on occasion, can require those making that choice to place their own life in danger so that others may be saved. On Fri-day, January 09, 2015, Trooper Christopher J. Matos demonstrated this by placing his own life in harm’s way. Trooper Matos, while off duty in his personal vehicle, was traveling west on John Green Smith Road in Lenoir County. Trooper Matos observed a passenger vehicle traveling east on John Green Smith Road, start to slide uncontrollably on the icy roadway. The passenger vehicle traveled off the roadway onto the right shoulder, overturned within a creek, and came to rest upright. Trooper Matos turned his vehi-cle around after observing the vehicle leave the roadway and proceeded to the collision scene. Upon arrival, Trooper Matos observed the passenger vehicle partially submerged within the creek, filling with water. Without hesitation, Trooper Matos entered the frigid water to render aid. While in the water, Trooper Matos noticed the vehicle’s front passenger window had been partially rolled down. After swimming around to the passenger side of the vehicle, Trooper Matos assisted a 14 year old child out of the vehi-cle’s front passenger window.Trooper Matos then climbed partially within the vehicle and assisted the female driver in unbuckling her infant child from a child seat. Trooper Matos then removed the infant out of the vehicle and placed the child into the care of another motorist who had stopped to render as-sistance. The female driver was also removed from the vehicle by Trooper Matos and assisted to the bank. Trooper Matos accompanied the mother and her two small children to a nearby home where they were treated by emergency medical personnel for mild hypothermia. The selfless actions of Trooper Matos and those who assisted assured the safety of the mother and her small children.

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Free Radon Test Kits for Your Home

By the Caldwell County Health Department…As the turning of the seasons brings colder weather to North Carolina, and families close windows to keep warm, it is an excellent time to make plans for ra-don testing in your home. Radon is the odorless, colorless gas that is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. The effects upon the families it touches can be just as devastating as lung cancer caused by smoking tobacco. January is National Radon Action Month. Each year upwards to 22,000 people die from radon-induced lung cancer. Roughly 54 percent of those diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer are expected to live no more than five years after diagnosis. Caldwell County Health Department is partnering with the NC Radon program to provide free short-term radon test kits in recognition of National Radon Action Month. A limited supply of radon test kits are being made available locally on January 27th 2015 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at Health and Human Ser-vices Building (1st floor Lobby) at 2345 Morganton Blvd SW, Lenoir, NC 28645. Approximately 7,000 kits are being distributed statewide. Only one kit per home is needed to determine if your home has a high level. The North Carolina Radon Program website, www.ncradon.org, will have a list of all 83 par-ticipating organizations across North Carolina. The NC Radon Program website will also have a limited supply of kits available. Once the supply of free kits have been exhausted, the NC Radon Program web-site will return to providing short-term radon test kits at a reduced cost of $5.34, a kit retailed at $15.00. The North Carolina Radon Program of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services educates families and homeowners about radon gas, how to test for radon gas and how to lower the ra-don levels within a home. Lowering the radon levels in a home lower the risk of lung cancer. The North Carolina Radon Program website also contains a new mobile application. Meant to particu-larly help real estate brokers working in North Carolina, the mobile application will assist the user in determining how many tests have been conducted within a zip code as well as the highest radon level recorded in that zip code. The user of the APP will also be able to locate a certified professional to assist them in testing or fixing the radon issue in their home. The cost of lowering radon levels in a home averages to about $1,500. The North Carolina Radon Pro-tection Section sought help for families that might struggle to meet that expense. The Self Help Credit Union stepped up and created a loan program specifically for radon mitigation. North Carolina home-owners who meet federal poverty criteria may be eligible for forgivable loans from local programs. A link to more information is available on the NC Radon Program web page. Lung cancer can strike any-one, even a nonsmoker. Test your home for radon and lower your family’s risk of lung cancer. For more information visit www.ncradon.org.

Auditions for “No Time for Sergeants” to be held

Auditions for the classic comedy, “No Time for Sergeants,” the Spring Dinner Theatre Production for the Town of Hudson, will be held Monday, January 12th and Thursday, January 15th at 7:00 PM at the Hudson Uptown Building (HUB). The HUB is located at 145 Cedar Valley Road, Hudson, NC 28638. “No Time for Sergeants” tells the hilarious story of Private Will Stockdale and his raucous antics in the military. Andy Griffith was the star of both the Broadway play and movie of the same name in the mid-late 1950s. Parts are available for 34 men, ranging in age from 18-60 and 3 women, ages 20-35. No preparation is needed to audition. Simply show up and read from the script. The play will be presented at the HUB. Performance dates are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28. For more information, call Director Keith Smith at the Town of Hudson, 728-8272.


Caldwell County’s Only Confirmed Rabies Case In 2014

By the Caldwell County Health Department…On January 2, 2015, Caldwell County Animal Control was notified by the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health that a raccoon submitted for test-ing was infected with the rabies virus. On December 30, 2014, a resident in the Granite Falls commu-nity of Caldwell County contacted Animal Control and reported that there was a raccoon fighting with their dog. Animal Control Officer, Joe Watson, responded to the property and found that the dog in question was not current on rabies vaccinations, so the raccoon was euthanized and prepared for rabies testing, stated Animal Control Director Greg Greene. Reports from the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health stated the raccoon tested positive for the rabies virus. Animal Control has taken the dog and placed it in quarantine. Greene stated, “At this time, Animal Control is waiting for the owner of the dog to decide whether they will quarantine the dog for six months or will have the dog euthanized in accordance with state law.” North Carolina law requires that any unvaccinated animal that comes into contact with a rabid animal must be euthanized or be quarantined for six months in a facility authorized by the local health director. Please make sure your pet’s rabies vaccinations are current as this will help to protect the animal against rabies. This is the only confirmed rabies case in Caldwell County for 2014. Rabies is a viral disease of the central nervous system that is almost always fatal once symptoms begin. The virus is found in the saliva of an animal with rabies and is usually transmitted by a bite or scratch. People can protect themselves and their pets from rabies by taking a few simple precautions:

Make sure all your companion animals are up to date on their rabies vaccinations. They should always wear their license tags.

Supervise your pets to prevent exposure.

If a bat is found inside your home you should contact Animal Care & Control

If your animal is exposed to a potentially rabid animal wear glove to protect yourself from the in-fectious saliva that may be on your animal’s coat.

Teach your children to stay away from wild animals including bats or animals they don’t know.

Avoid attracting wildlife to your home by removing food sources such as food scraps and remov-ing cat and dog food at night.

Raccoons and other wild animals are scavengers and search for sources of food. It is important to keep all garbage containers sealed tightly and especially areas of high food disposal. This also pertains to pet food bowls. When your pet finishes eating, clean out the bowl to avoid other animals from getting the food and keep discarded foods inaccessible to animals to lessen the chance of them coming to your resi-dence or business to look for food. If there are any questions concerning rabies and its prevention, please contact the Animal Care & Con-trol Division of the Caldwell County Health Department at 829 Fairview Drive SW, Lenoir, NC 28645 or call 828-757-8625. If there is an emergency situation outside the normal working hours of 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday, please notify the Caldwell County Sheriff Department at 828-758-2324.


Caldwell Arts Council Events

The Caldwell Arts Council is now open Tuesday-Friday 9am-5pm AND Saturdays 10am-2pm

Jan.-March 30 – “The Gooood Life: Dawn Mathews” art exhibit at Caldwell Memorial H o s p i t a l ’ s A r t - i n - H e a l i n g G a l l e r y ; www.caldwellarts.com 828-754-2486

January 16-30 – Young At Art-Elementary student art on display at the Caldwell Arts Council www.caldwellarts.com 828-754-2486

January 22 – 9:30am & 12:30pm – David Holt at the JE Broyhill Civic Center for Caldwell County students (one of the Caldwell Arts Council’s Artists-in-Schools Programs). 828-754-2486 or [email protected]

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As one judge summarized Johnson’s approach, “the cooperative principles shine brightly at this cooperative. He has a “very organized system of strategic planning happening at this cooperative, with targeted approaches to key groups.” In addi-tion, in its home state of North Carolina, Blue Ridge Electric was named one of the top “Best Em-ployers in N.C.” by Business North Carolina.

The J.C. Brown award memorializes the late J.C. Brown, who – as editor and publisher of NRECA’s RE Magazine – is best remembered for his dedica-tion to communication as a vital link connecting electric cooperatives with each other as well as with their consumer-owners. The panel of five judges consisted of communication and manage-ment experts in academia, business and industry, including electric co-ops.

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is the national service organization that represents the nation’s more than 900 private, not-for-profit, con-sumer-owned electric cooperatives, which provide ser-vice to 42 million people in 47 states.

Blue Ridge Electric serves some 74,000 members in the northwest North Carolina counties of Caldwell, Wa-tauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, Wilkes and Alexander counties. Learn more at www.BlueRidgeEMC.com.


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degree of our success in life will be in direct

proportion to the amount of time and en-

ergy we spend in putting God first. Putting

first things first is a basic rule for success in

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tual. When Jesus said to seek the Kingdom

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North Carolina AMBER Alerts on Facebook

By the N.C. Department of Public Safety…The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons, which issues AMBER Alerts in this state, welcomes a new partnership with Facebook to help find missing children.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Chil-dren joined with Facebook to send AMBER Alerts to the social network’s community to help find missing children. Facebook’s distribution system will send AMBER Alerts to user’s News Feeds.

“Getting detailed information to the public quickly improves dramatically the ability to find an ab-ducted child,” said Lt. Jeff Gordon, director of the N.C. Center for Missing Persons. “When the com-munity is able to report sightings of the child, the suspect or the vehicle, especially in the first few hours, law enforcement are better able to find and recover the child safely.

Facebook authorities say that for most people, the alerts will be rare because they will only go to peo-ple within the designated search area. If a Face-book user does get an alert, it means there is an active search for an abducted child going on in that area. The alert will provide the critical information needed to potentially help reunite a child with his or her family.

Last year, an 11-year-old girl was safely recovered after a South Carolina motel employee recognized a photo of the girl in an AMBER alert she saw on Facebook. The woman called the police, and the child was found unharmed. Similar word-of-mouth efforts inspired Facebook to develop a more systematic way to help find missing children.

The AMBER Alert system issues media alerts when a law enforcement agency determines that a child was abducted and is in imminent danger.

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Here’s how Facebook will complement existing AMBER Alert distribution systems:

1)Reach – Facebook’s distribution system will get the AMBER Alert to everyone who is logged into Facebook (on both mobile and desktop) during the alert if they are within the designated search area as specified by law enforcement.

2) Comprehensive Information – the alert will in-clude important details about the child such as a photo, description, location of the abduction, and any other available information that can be pro-vided to the public to aid in the search for the miss-ing child.

3) Community Involvement – the Facebook system enables people to share the alert with friends and link to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children for the most up-to-date information about the case.

AMBER Alerts are a child abduction alert system that started in the United States in 1996.AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emer-gency Response and was named for Amber Hager-man, a 9-year-old abducted and murdered in Ar-lington, Texas.

The decision to declare an AMBER Alert in North Carolina is made by the N.C. Center for Missing Persons. Information in an AMBER Alert usually includes the name and description of the abductee, a description of the suspected abductor, and a de-scription and license plate number of the abduc-tor's vehicle.

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Happy New Year

What does a New Year mean? It means the dis-appointments of the previous year are now be-hind you forever, no need to live in regret or bit-terness.

A New Year means water under the previous year’s bridge: arguments, misunderstandings, fights, verbal and mental abuse, etc.

Let it all flow under the bridge of yesterday and when t he last drop of pain has cleared from last year, “Burn that bridge and build a new one for the coming year.”

A fresh set of 365 days can be filled with hope and exciting expectation.

A New Year offers new opportunities and new goals to pursue.

Don’t waste a lot of time on last year’s failures and misfortunes, but rather cast your eyes on the vision of what is ahead in your future.

Life in many ways is like a puzzle; each year we find another piece finding a fitting place until the picture takes form.

Let’s go into this brand new year with a stronger determination to love more, serve more and en-joy more.

We invite you to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Call 828-726-6564 for more information.

God Bless You, Pastor John Gray

Obituaries

Jackie Kincaid Jackie Kincaid, age 62, of Granite Falls, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 11, 2015, at NC Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. He was born October 3, 1952, son of the late Carroll Ivy Kincaid and Betty Jo Shook Kincaid.

Mr. Kincaid is survived by his loving wife of 30 years, Donna Kincaid of the home; two sons, Jacob Kincaid of Granite Falls and Joseph Kin-caid and wife Rebecca of Lenoir; one daughter, Betty Jo Pritchard and husband Rocky of Lenoir; eight grandchildren, Kylee and Zachery Pritchard, Devonn, Gwendolyn, Sage, Jocilyn Aleya, and Kaitlyn Kincaid; one brother, Richard Kincaid; two sisters, Carolyn Hildebran and JoAnne Eckard.

The family will receive friends at Mackie Funeral Home on Wednesday, January 14, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM. The funeral service will follow in the chapel at 2:00 PM with Rev. Charles Worley of-ficiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Cemetery, Lenoir, NC.

Military orders will be rendered by DAFV Chap-ters 6 and 84.

Mackie Funeral Home is serving the family. You may view the obituary online at www.mackiefh.com.

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