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Heavy Rain In Caldwell County Causes Flooding

CALDWELL COUNTY, NC (02-03-2016)...Rain began falling early on Wednesday morning with the heaviest coming quickly mid to late morning resulting in many swollen creeks. Many roads and bridges became overrun as well throughout the county. Some students from the Collettsville area were dis-missed from school early due the threat of rising waters. Nearly two inches of rain fell at the Morganton-Lenoir Airport in a 1.5 hour span between 9:30am and 11am. The Old John’s River Road in the Col-lettsville area saw several low water bridges under water making travel dangerous and impossible. The lower end of Brown Mountain Beach Road was also under water early in the afternoon. Many roads in the county were closed including Indian Grave Road, Cottrell Hill Road, Severt Circle, Indian Grave Road, Riverview Drive, Valley View Circle and Granada Hills Drive. In above photo: a low water bridge that became impassable on the Old John’s River Road next to the “Coffee Cup House.”

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Granite Falls’ own Meredith Fann to attend the Grammy’s

GRANITE FALLS, NC...Each year, Hilton Hotels & Resorts Worldwide hosts the Rock Star Contest which gives lucky team members an all-expense paid GRAMMY weekend in Beverly Hills. This year, four winners stood out among the 150 entries from around the globe. One of the four winners included Granite Falls’ very own Meredith Fann. She currently serves as a Guest Services Agent at the Embassy Suites in downtown St. Louis, Mis-souri.

After her boyfriend of three years ob-tained a job as a vo-calist in the Band of Mid America for the US Air Force there, the move to the Mid-west was unfore-seen, but welcomed with an idea of pos-sibility. And boy did opportunities arise! Meredith previously worked as a cruise ship entertainer for Holland America Line and as a principal singer/dancer for Carowinds.

This year marks the 28th consecutive year that Hil-ton has been a successful partner with the GRAM-MY Awards. Meredith is the only winner from the United States as other winners were from Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. The contest re-quired the team member to create a video of a vo-cal or instrumental performance and Meredith made a spoof of Kanye West, Rihanna, and Paul McCartney’s hit “FourFiveSeconds,” which includ-ed references to the hotel industry.

Meredith and her boyfriend, Derek, will receive two tickets to the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards and the official GRAMMY Celebration After-Party in Los Angeles on February 15, 2016. Their prize will also include accommodations for four nights at the famed Beverly Hilton, two round-trip airline tickets, ground transportation in LA, and a $500 Visa gift card.

If you know Meredith, it is needless to say that this is a life dream to walk the red carpet of the GRAM-MYs and attend music’s biggest night.

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William Lenoir Middle champions at NC Beta Convention

LENOIR, NC...BETA Club students from William Lenoir Middle School attended the 2016 Junior NC Beta Convention in Greensboro last week. More than 50 students participated in competitions and activities. WLMS students made arts and crafts pieces to enter into compe-tition, as well as, a t-shirt and banner with the theme of “Let the Beta Times Roll.” Students also competed in Language Arts, spelling, science, social studies, math, Tower of Power and the Talent Show. The William Lenoir Middle Quiz Bowl team won first place with team mem-bers John Pezzi, eighth grade; Cody Pennell, also eighth grade; and seventh graders Simon Hawkins and Aaron Reid. The school received recognition for increasing its attendance by 10 per-cent from last year.

Easter Drama and Dinner Theatre At Clover Baptist Church

GRANITE FALLS, NC...Clover Baptist Church will be presenting an Easter drama, “Nothing Stops The Saviour’s Love” on Friday evening, March 18 and Saturday evening, March 19. The “drama along with dessert” will be presented on Friday evening at 7 PM. No reservations are necessary for this event and all seating is free.

On Saturday evening the drama will be presented in the form of a Dinner Theatre. Reservations are required for the Dinner Theatre. The menu will consist of chicken breast as the main entrée along with salad, baked potato, roll, dessert, and coffee, tea or water or spaghetti as the main entrée along with sal-ad, roll, dessert, coffee, tea or water. The cost for the Dinner Theatre will be $9 for adults and $7 for children under age 12.

A Roman Centurion will take our hearts and minds back to that day some 2,000 years ago when his en-tire world changed as he stood watching Jesus give His life on an old, rugged cross. At first this Roman Centurion believed he was simply witnessing the death of another criminal but as the events of that day unfolded he came to the realization that “Truly, this was the Son of God.” In various sketches from the scriptures the audience will hear from disciples, and other Biblical characters who witnessed Jesus as He ministered and taught. The goal of this drama is enable the audience to come to better appreciate and understand the life-changing message of Easter. Hopefully, as the drama closes everyone will see that “Nothing Stops The Saviour’s Love.”

The drama is comprised of a cast of over forty individuals and features stirring musical selections in-cluding “I’ve Just Seen Jesus”, “Redeemer”, “Had It Not Been For The Old Rugged Cross” and “Nothing Stops The Saviour’s Love.” Reservations for the Dinner Theatre may be made by calling the church of-fice at 828 396 2417 or by stopping by between the hours of 8 AM and 2:30 PM Monday through Thurs-day. Clover Baptist Church is located at 100 Pinewood Road in Granite Falls, just one mile off of Hwy 321 between Hickory and Lenoir.

The congregation of Clover Baptist Church will also be hosting an Easter Sunrise Service to be followed by a fellowship breakfast, Sunday School, and morning worship service on Easter Sunday, March 27.

Granite Falls’ own Meredith Fann to attend the Grammy’s Continued from page 2…

She is an alumna of South Caldwell High School where she was a drum major for the Marching Band, played in concert and jazz bands, and danced on the SCHS Spartan Spirits Dance Team. She then grad-uated with an International Public Relations degree from Appalachian State University where she was heavily involved with the ASU Gospel Choir, Jazz Vocal Ensemble, and the Hip Hop Oasis Dance Team.

Meredith is thrilled for this chance of a lifetime. She is happy to continue performing in the St. Louis area with Push The Limit band, a full band specializing in corporate events and weddings. So far the Midwest has been good to Meredith, but nothing beats home, Granite Falls.

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Caldwell Hospice Offers Healing Hearts Support Group

LENOIR, NC…With the death of a child, all your hopes, dreams, and plans for the future are turned upside down. At first, you may feel numb or dazed and have a sense of disbelief. Then, waves of vary-ing emotions hit.

Healing Hearts, a five-week support group for any parent who has experienced the loss of a son or daughter of any age, will meet on February 16, 23, March 1, 8, and 15, 2016, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at Ashewood Grief and Counseling Services, 1002 Ashe Avenue, Lenoir. Bereavement Coordinator Steve Butler, DMin, ACC, will facilitate the support group.

Because of the generous support of our community and the belief that bereavement services improve the quality of life, Caldwell Hospice offers commu-nity bereavement services to anyone who needs our help in coping with grief. For more infor-mation, or to register, call 828.754.0101.

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Caldwell Hospice Good Grief Meal To Be Held February 4

LENOIR...Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care will hold its next monthly Good Grief Meal at 3 pm, Thursday, February 4, at A.J.’s Family Steak-house, 314 Blowing Rock Blvd., Lenoir, NC. The informal time of food and fellowship is open to an-yone who is experiencing grief and loss. The meal is dutch treat.

The Good Grief Meal is sponsored through Ash-ewood Grief and Counseling Services, bereavement care of Caldwell Hospice, and is one of many op-portunities offered to help individuals of all ages and families cope with the loss of people they love. Because of the generous support of our community and the belief that bereavement services improve quality of life, Caldwell Hospice offers community bereavement services to anyone who needs our help in coping with grief. For more information about the upcoming Good Grief Meal or other be-reavement services, call 828.754.0101, or visit www.caldwellhospice.org or facebook.

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Caldwell Hospice Events

Free Living Will Clinic LENOIR...Living wills and other advance directives describe your preferences regarding end-of-life care. Because unexpected situations can happen at any age, all adults need advance directives. Cald-well Hospice and the Caldwell Senior Center will partner together to offer a Living Will Clinic on Thursday, February 11, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. at the Caldwell Senior Center in Lenoir. Notaries and wit-nesses will be available to help anyone who wants to complete their documents at the clinic. For more information, or to register, call 828.758.2883.

CCC&TI SGA to Host Etiquette Banquet

HUDSON, NC…Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute’s Student Government Associa-tion is hosting an Etiquette Banquet to give stu-dents, faculty, staff and the community an oppor-tunity to learn the rules and conventions of formal and professional dining.

The event will be held on Thursday, March 24 at 6 p.m. in K Building on CCC&TI’s Caldwell Campus in Hudson. Tickets for the event are $20 for stu-dents and employees and $25 for the general pub-lic. All proceeds from the event will go to the Foundation of CCC&TI’s Annual Fund Drive.

The meal will be prepared and served by the JEBCC Catering Group and will consist of creamy five onion soup, choice of Duck A L’orange or Beef Bordelaise entrée and crème brulee.

In addition to the meal, attendees will also receive instruction on how to handle professional and for-mal dining situations from Brenda Floyd, Service Coordinator and Hospitality Instructor at CCC&TI. Professional business attire required.

Seating is limited. Tickets will be available for pur-chase through March 11. For more information about this event or for tickets, visit the Continuing Education Department on either CCC&TI Campus or call 828-726-2242 (Caldwell) or 828-297-3811 (Watauga.)

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CCC&TI Announces Upcoming Courses, Events

Let’s Roll Sushi CCC&TI will offer “Let’s Roll Sushi,” a weekend culinary course with instructor Chef Corey Hooks. The class will be held on the Caldwell Campus in Hudson from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13. Partici-pants will receive a CCC&TI embroidered apron and recipe packet. Cost is $95. This class will be held in the professional-grade kitchen used by CCC&TI’s Culinary Arts students located in K Building on the college’s Caldwell Campus in Hudson. For more information or to register, call CCC&TI’s Continuing Education Division at 828-726-2242.

Mixology: The Study of Mixing Beverages The Continuing Education and Workforce Development Division at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute will offer “Mixology: The Study of Mixing Beverages” from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mon-days and Wednesdays from Feb. 15 to March 21 on the Caldwell Campus in Hudson. Must be at least 21 years old to enroll. The cost of the class is $126. For more information, or to register, call 828-726-2242.

Conversational French I The Continuing Education and Workforce Development Division at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute will offer “Conversational French I” from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Mondays from Feb. 15 to May 9 on the Caldwell Campus in Hudson. No prior knowledge of French is required. The cost of the class is $71. For more information, or to register, call 828-726-2242.

Intro to Bluegrass Guitar The Continuing Education and Workforce Development Division at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute will offer “Intro to Bluegrass Guitar” from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Mondays from Feb. 15 to March 21 on the Caldwell Campus in Hudson. Must bring your own instrument to be eligible. The cost of the class is $75. For more information, or to register, call 828-726-2242.

Cake Decorating The Continuing Education and Workforce Development Division at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute will offer “Cake Decorating Basics” from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays from Feb. 15 to April 11 on the Caldwell Campus in Hudson. The cost of the class is $135. For more information, or to register, call 828-726-2242.

Truck Driver Hiring and Info Expo Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute will host a Truck Driver Hiring and Info Expo from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18 at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center in Lenoir. This event is for people who have a CDL or those looking to earn their CDL and enter the truck driving industry. Truck-ing companies from across the state will be on hand to recruit drivers. Representatives from CCC&TI's Truck Driver Training Program will also be in attendance to meet with prospective students. The event is sponsored by CCC&TI, the Caldwell Economic Development Commission, NCWorks, Specialized Fur-niture Carriers and the American Home Furnishings Alliance. For more info, call 828-726-2380.

Spring Plant Propagation The Continuing Education and Workforce Development Division at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute will offer “Spring Plant Propagation” from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays from March 8 to May 3. The class will be taught by Landscape Gardening Program Director Debbie Mitchell. Cost of the class is $71. For more information or to register, call CCC&TI’s Continuing Education Division at 828-726-2242.

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Eric Church leads the 2016 ACM Awards with 5 nominations

EricChurch.com (02-01-2016)…Eric Church leads the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards with 5 nominations, including the top honor Entertainer of the Year.

It’s the second time in six months Eric has taken the leading nominations total at a major awards after earning five for the 2015 CMA Awards in No-vember. He also is up for Album of the Year for Mr. Misunderstood, Male Vocalist of the Year, Video of the Year for his surprise album’s title track and Musical Event of the Year for “Raise ‘Em Up” with Keith Urban at the April 3 CBS broadcast from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Meadowbrook Baptist Church w ill present "The Thief", an Easter play written by Tim Baker, on Thursday, March 24 at 7:00pm and Sunday, March 27 at 10:00am. Everyone is invited.

The Mylon Hayes Family w ill be in concert at Crest View Baptist Church on Sunday, February 7 at 6pm. All are invited and encouraged to attend this fun night of worship. A love offering will be taken.

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Dr. Herb Says….Stay healthy with nature

Heart

Heart disease is our nation’s #1 killer. It has been our #1 cause of death among the American people for the past 80 years. It is a staggering financial burden with estimates as high as 2 billion dollars a day. It is estimated that 1,100,000 new or recurrent heart attacks occur each year in America. Half of all Americans who die this year will die from a heart attack. To better place this disease in perspective, every 20 seconds a person in the United States has a heart attack, and every 60 seconds a person will die from one. Often times the very first symptom is the last…a fatal heart attack. That means t her is a killer running rampant in the United States who is responsible for the deaths of 2,600 American’s every day. This is almost the equivalent of the two World Trade Center buildings collapsing each and every day of the year. And yet more time, money and media exposure is spent securing our country’s security from terrorists than securing our protection from this silent killer.

Since 1900, heart disease has been the #1 killer in the United States every year except 1918, the year of the great influenza epidemic. Heart disease is directly responsible for over 40% of all health-related deaths in this country and is either the primary or a major contributing factor in 70% of all health-related deaths. In fact, every 29 seconds someone in America dies as a result of heart disease. That is equivalent to a fully loaded 747 aircraft falling out of the sky each and every day. And here’s a sobering statistic: 50% of the time, the first symptom of heart disease is cardiac arrest. Without any prior warn-ing half of the people who have heart disease die without ever knowing they had it.

And heart disease is not just a man killer. More than 500,000 women die in the U.S. each year of heart disease, making it, not breast cancer (40,000 deaths annually) women’s #1 killer. Yet ask any Ameri-can woman what disease they fear most, and the vast majority will answer without hesitation: breast cancer.

Your heart is an amazing organ. It continuously pumps oxygen and nutrient-rich blood throughout your body to sustain life. From the moment it begins beating, until the moment it stops, the human heart works tirelessly. In an average lifetime, the heart beats more than two and a half billion times, without ever pausing to rest. Like a pumping machine, the heart provides the power needed for life. This fist-sized powerhouse beats (expands and contracts) 100,000 times per day pumping five to six quarts of blood each minute, or about 2000 gallons every 24 hours. That is equivalent to 36.6 fifty-five barrel drums each and every day!

For seventy, eighty or more years, your heart beats slightly more than once each second, contracting and propelling about three ounces per beat of freshly oxygenated blood into your aorta, the large blood vessel attached to your heart muscle. The blood then winds its way into your body’s vascular system, including the coronary arteries, which embrace the heart and send the blood further on in its travels.

Blood is essential. In addition to carrying fresh oxygen from the lungs and nutrients to your body ’s tis-sue, it also takes the body’s waste products, including carbon dioxide, away from the tissues. This is necessary to sustain life and promote the health of all the body’s tissues.

This vast system of blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries) is over 100,000 miles long. That is long enough to go around the world more than twice; and get this, your blood makes a complete voyage through the body about once a minute. Wow! We are fearfully and wonderfully made!

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Dr. Herb Says….stay healthy with nature

Avoid These Processed, Refined, Harmful Foods

Once you realize the harm caused to your body by unhealthy refined, chemicalized, deficient foods, you’ll want to eliminate these “killer” foods. Also avoid microwaved foods! Follow The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle to provide the basic, healthy nourishment to maintain your health.

* Refined sugar, artificial sweeteners (toxic aspartame) or their products such as jams, jellies, pre-serves, marmalades, yogurts, ice cream, sherbets, jello cake, candy, cookies, all chewing gum, colas & diet drinks, pies, pastries, and all sugared fruit juices and fruits canned in sugar syrup. * White flour products such as white bread, wheat-white bread, enriched flours, rye bread that has white flour in it, dumplings, biscuits, buns, gravy, pasta, pancakes, waffles, soda crackers, pizza, ravi-oli, pies, pastries, cakes, cookies, prepared and commercial puddings and ready-mix bakery products. Most are made with dangerous (oxy-cholesterol) powdered milk and powdered eggs * Salted foods, such as corn chips, potato chips, pretzels, crackers and nuts. * Refined white rice and pearled barley * Fried fast foods * Indian ghee * Refined sugar (also, aspartame), dry processed cereals – cornflakes, etc. * Foods that contain olestra, palm and cottonseed oil. These additives are not fit for human con-sumption and should be totally avoided * Peanuts and peanut butter that contain hydrogenated, hardened oils and any peanut mold and all molds that can cause allergies. * Margarine – combines heart-deadly trans-fatty acids and saturated fats. * Saturated fats and hydrogenated oils – enemies that clog the arteries * Coffee, decaffeinated coffee, caffeinated tea and all alcoholic beverages. Also all caffeinated and sugared water-juices, all cola and soft drinks. * Fresh pork and products * Fried, fatty, greasy meats * Irradiated GMO foods * Smoked meats, such as ham, bacon, sausage and smoked fish * Luncheon meats, hot dogs, salami, bologna, corned beef, pastrami and packaged meats containing dangerous sodium nitrate or nitrite. * Dried fruits containing sulfur dioxide – a toxic preservative * Don’t eat chickens or turkeys that have been injected with hormones or fed with commercial poultry feed containing any drugs or toxins * Canned soups – read labels for sugar, salt, starch, flour and preservatives * Foods containing benzoate of soda, salt, sugar, cream of tartar and any additives, drugs, preserva-tives; irradiated and genetically engineered foods * Day-old cooked vegetables, potatoes and pre-mixed, wilted lifeless salads * All commercial vinegars: pasteurized, filtered, distilled, white, malt and synthetic vinegars are dead vinegars!






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Sage

Botanical Name: Saliva officinalis

Common Name: Garden sage

Medicinal Properties: Sudorific, astr ingent, expectorant, tonic, arom atic, antispas-modic, nervine, vermifuge

Sage is a well-known seasoning for roasts, soups, etc. The tea is an excellent gargle for ulcerated throat or mouth. It can be mixed with a little lemon and honey. An excellent article for excessive sexual desire and sexual debility. One of the best remedies for stomach troubles, dyspepsia, gas in the stomach, and bowels. For quinsy, take the tea externally and also gargle throat. Will expel worms in adults and children. Will stop bleeding of wounds, very cleansing to old ulcers and sores. Good for spermatorrhea. Also in liver and kidney troubles. Wounds of any kind will heal more rapidly when washed with sage tea. It is very soothing in nervous troubles and delirious fe-vers. A most effective hair tonic. Will make hair grow when the roots are not destroyed, and re-move dandruff. As a substitute for quinine, it is better than this drug.

For fever, la grippe, or pneumonia, first take a high enema; next take a big dose of body cleanser and laxative. Then go to bed and take three, four, or five cups of hot sage tea in short intervals—say a half hour apart. This will cause free perspiration, will make the whole body active, and will throw off the cold. It will relieve the pains in the head. It produces strong circulation. A strong tea is excellent to gargle for sore throat. This tea, drunk cold during the day, will prevent night sweats.

The American people would do well if they would use sage instead of tea and coffee. The Chinese make fun of the American people because they buy the expensive tea for their drink and pay a big price for it, while the Chinese buy sage from America for a small price and drink that for their tea, which is a most wonderful remedy. The Chinese know that the sage tea will keep them well, while the tea that we buy from the Chinese makes the American people sick, is a cause of great nervous-ness and one of the causes of insanity. Sage tea is very soothing and quieting to the nerves, while the tea that we buy from China is a great cause of nervousness, headache, and delirium. In case of weaning a child, or when it is desired that the milk should cease in the breasts, in case of sickness or other reasons, the sage tea, drunk cold, will cause the flow of milk in the breasts to cease.

This tea should not be boiled, but just steeped. It should be kept covered while steeping. The or-dinary dose is a heaping teaspoonful to a cup of hot water. Let it steep twenty or thirty minutes. Drink three or four cups a day. Never steep herbs in aluminum.






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Black Walnut

Latin Name: Juglans nigra

Common Name: Black W alnut

Usage: Useful in treatm ent of low thyroid, parasites, r ingw orm , athletes foot, toxic blood conditions, and skin detoxification. The fruit is useful for promoting strength and weight gain. The extract of the hulls can be taken internally or used externally for skin diseases, eczema, herpes, psoriasis, skin parasites. The bark is useful for constipation.

History: Black Walnut is a North American relative of the more commonly known English or Persian Walnut which has been used as a food source and herbal agent for centuries. Black Walnut was espe-cially revered as a dependable remedy for bad blood diseases such as scrofula (degenerative lymphatic infection characterized by swelling and pain in the lymph nodes and joints), syphilis, and diphtheria. Black Walnut Hulls are known to be especially high in organic iodine and are useful in cleansing pro-grams, especially in expelling parasites.

Rosemary (Leaves and flower)

Botanical Name: Rosem arinus officianalis.

Common Names: Garden rosem ary, rosem ary plant.

Medicinal Properties: Stim ulant, antispasm odic, em m enagogue, tonic, astr ingent, dia-phoretic, carminative, nervine, aromatic cephalic.

An old-fashioned remedy for colds, colic and nervous conditions. Very good in headaches caused by nervousness. Should be taken warm for these complaints. Good as wash for mouth, gums, halitosis (foul breath), and sore throat. Is useful for female complaints. The leaves are used for flavoring. The oil is used as a perfume for ointments and liniments. This is an excellent ingredient for shampoos. Rosemary is helpful in cases in insanity. It aids digestion, cough, consumption, and strengthens the eyes.

Rosemary calms and tones the digestive system, helping ease conditions like flatulent dyspepsia. It also helps with nervous tension which may manifest in headache or depression.

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Granite Falls History and Transportation Museum seeks

quilts to display during National Quilting Month

GRANITE FALLS, NC...The Granite Falls History Committee will host its 4th Annual Quilt Exhib-it during the month of March in honor of National Quilting Month. The display will be at the Granite Falls History and Transportation Museum located

at 107 Falls Avenue in Granite Falls. The commit-tee invites area quilters and/or collectors to lend quilts (new and vintage) for this special dis-play. Owners may leave quilts along with names and contact information with a volunteer at the museum no later than Sunday, February 28th.

The museum is open on weekends from noon until 4 pm on Saturdays and from 2 until 4 pm on Sun-days (except holiday weekends). The museum will be closed for Easter on March 26th and 27th. Owners may pick up quilts at the museum during open hours beginning Saturday, April 2nd. For more information about the quilting ex-hibit, call Barbara Ross at 828-396-1668. To ar-range a private tour of the museum, call the Town of Granite at 828-396-3131.

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The Town of Hudson announces the Cast and Crew of Harvey

HUDSON, NC…Rehearsals are now under way for the classic comedy, “Harvey,” to be presented as Din-ner Theatre at the Hudson Uptown Building, (HUB), 145 Cedar Valley Road, Hudson, NC, 28638. Tick-ets go on sale, Monday, February 15th. “Harvey” will run on Thursday through Saturday, April 7th, 8th, 9th, 14th, 15th and 16th. Dinner will be catered by Dan’l Boone Inn and will be served at 6:30 PM with the show to follow at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $30 for dinner and the show, $15 for the show only. Reser-vations may be made by calling (828)726-8871, or by going by the HUB Monday through Friday. Box office hours are 8:30 – 12:30 and 1:30 until 5:00 daily. “Harvey” tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his friend, Harvey, a 6 foot 3 and ½ inch invisible white Pooka Rabbit. Elwood’s sister, Veta, intends to have him committed but through mistaken identity and poor communication, Veta herself is committed and the entire psychiatric staff work frantically to correct the situation. In the end, Harvey has affected everyone’s life! “Harvey” was made into a movie starring Jimmy Stewart in 1950; in 2012, the show enjoyed a Broadway revival, starring Jim Parsons of “The Big Bang Theory.” For further information, call the HUB Box Office at 726-8871 or Hudson Town Hall at 728-8272.

Cast and Crew of “Harvey” in the above photo: Back Row left to right: Dennis Kevitt, Joe Icard, Jeff Beane, Jim Engelman, Keith Smith, “Harvey,” Ad-am Lowery, Stephen Starnes, Randall Norman, GC Trivett, Frans Boersma Front Row left to right: Alexis McBurney, Kirsten McBurney, Katie Newkirk, Cathy Hawkins, Tera En-loe, Cynthia Hauss, Kerstin vanHuss, Carolyn Icard, Sierra Beane, Rose Bibeau

Caldwell County’s Black Art & Literary Legacy IS NEXT COFFEE WITH THE CURATOR Wednesday February 10th, 2016

LENOIR, NC...In honor of Black History Month, the Caldwell Heritage Museum will present a Coffee with the Curator program highlighting our county’s Black arts and literary legacy. Lester Whittington, Director of the Martin Luther King Recreation Center in Lenoir, will be the presenter.

The Coffee with the Curator presentation is open to the public. Coffee and pastry will be provided. A contribution $5.00 is requested, but not required.

The Caldwell Heritage Museum is located at 112 Vaiden Street, on Davenport Hill, in downtown Lenoir.

The Museum’s website is www.caldwellmuseum.org



Blue Ridge Electric announces Historic Temporary Rate Reduction: Board Approves Full Year

Lenoir, North Carolina (February 1, 2016)…Members of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation will enjoy a full year of a temporary rate reduction made possible by lower wholesale power costs pri-marily driven by historically low natural gas prices.

The rate reduction first began in December and the cooperative’s board of directors approved staff rec-ommendations for the full year reduction at their latest Board meeting. It is the first time a temporary rate reduction has been possible for an entire year.

Member bills will be reduced by $18 for each 1,000 kwh (kilowatt hours) of electricity used monthly, which is the amount used by the typical member. This is equal to a 15 percent rate reduction for the average residential member.

As a not-for-profit cooperative, Blue Ridge Electric returns any excess funds to its members. Recent cost projections from the cooperative’s wholesale power provider, Duke Energy Carolinas, showed con-tinued lower costs for 2016 largely due to continued low natural gas prices. Recent domestic production of natural gas has resulted in an over-supply, which is causing significant cost decreases.

The majority of the cooperative’s costs come from wholesale power purchases to provide electricity to members. The cooperative’s provider, Duke Energy, has increased its use of natural gas to replace re-tired coal plants.

Blue Ridge Electric serves some 74,000 members in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, Wilkes and Alexander counties. Learn more at BlueRidgeEMC.com.

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Trends Hair Salon

Trends Hair Salon would like to thank all of our loyal, wonderful, customers for 16 years of great business! We strive on running our business with excellent services and great customer service. Our main goal is that each customer leaves happy and looking great! We hope to see each one of you soon and always welcome new clients! All of our stylist offer excellent work including:

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Obituaries

Brenda Louise Bowman Hall Brenda Hall, age 67, of Granite Falls went home to be with her Lord and Savior on January 28, 2016 at Trinity Village, Hickory. She was born Septem-ber 21, 1948, daughter of the late Howard Eugene Bowman and Frances Louise Miller Bowman.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her loving husband, Eddie Hall.

Mrs. Hall is survived by her daughter, Lisa Edgins of Granite Falls; two sons, Jeffrey Tolbert and wife Kim of New Port News, VA and Mark Tolbert and wife Becky from Apex, NC; two brothers, Wayne Bowman and wife Janice of Mathews, NC, Robert Bowman and wife Mary of Austin, TX; one sister Wanda Bowman Warnock and husband Glenn of Rural Hall, NC; five grandchildren, Joshua, Chris, Nathan, Sarah, and Abby.

The family will receive friends Monday, February 1, 2016, at Mackie Funeral Home from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. The funeral service will follow in the chapel at 1:00 PM with Rev. Dan Green officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family asked that memorials be made to Caldwell County Hospice and Palliative Care, 902 Kirkwood Street, Lenoir, NC 28645.

Mackie Funeral Home of Granite Falls, NC is serving the family. You may view the obituary online at www.mackiefh.com.

Covenant Baptist Church, 1425 Lee Pearson Road, Granite Falls (intersection with Connelly Springs Road) is in need of a keyboard player to play with other instrumentalists. If interested call Pastor David Bean at 828-443-6465.

Whitnel First Baptist Church is looking for a Youth Director to lead the Youth and Children's Department. This is a part-time position at around 20 hours per week. Resumes can be sent to the church at PO Box 2999, Lenoir, NC 28645 or emailed to [email protected].

Harris Chapel Preschool is needing a year -round preschool teacher. If interested call the church office at 828-728-3721.

Genesis 2:3 “And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.” Seven means completeness, spiritual, per-fection. Seven is used more than all other numbers in the Bible except the number one. The number seven is used over 500 times in the Bible and 54 times in the book of Revelation. At the end of creation week, seventh day, God had completed His work. At the end of the seventh Millennium, God will have it all wrapped up concerning the Great Controversy. Why sevens of many things? Seven churches, Seven Spirits, Sev-en Stars, Seven Seals, Seven Trumpets, Sev-en Thunders, Seven Vials, Seven Days, Sev-en Years; The word seventh in the Bible is connected with words like, complete, fin-ished, done; Revelation 16:17 “And the sev-enth angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the tem-ple of Heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.” When God created, He used the word created seven times. God appointed seven days for a week. All nations keep a seven day week. There are seven notes in the musical scale: Do, Re, Mi, Fah, So, La, Ti: Noah took seven clean animals on the ark. Seven days after Noah went into the ark the flood came. There is a seven in the Bible, that the whole world is going to be tested on.

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Politics and Pints in Lenoir, NC

LENOIR, NC...Entertainment will be provided by Andrew Massey, member of Sycamore Bones and Rescue Horse.

Candidates attending: Caldwell Co Clerk of Court Kim Clark, Tom Hill (US Congress), Kevin Griffin (US Senate), Representative from Chris Rey's cam-paign (US Senate), Mayor of Lenoir Joe Gibbons

Event: Politics & Pints Where: Howard Brewing Co. Address: 1001 Harper Ave. NW Lenoir, NC 28645 Date: Monday, February 15th, 2016 Time: 5-9pm Description: Enjoy discounted brew at Howard Brewing, a 15 barrel brewery producing super fresh craft beer and music from Andrew Massey, mem-ber of Sycamore Bones and Rescue Horse.

Campaign for Specialty License Plate Shifts Branding Program

Into Next Gear

RALEIGH, NC...Imagine showing your state pride everywhere you drive by proudly displaying a state license plate featuring the new expression of North Carolina's brand.

The N.C. Brand Team, based at N.C. Commerce, is launching a cam-paign to create and issue a new state license plate. Along

with the inspirational tagline "Nothing Compares," the plate will prominently feature the brand logo, a green and blue "NC" encompassing the outline of a long leaf pine, symbolic of our state's deep historic roots and scenic diversity from the mountains to the sea. The plate will be the latest option for mo-torists under the N.C. Department of Transporta-tion's specialty license plate program.

To begin the process of claiming your new 'Nothing Compares' plate, visit this special page on the de-partment's website: nccommerce.com/nc-license-plate.

Show your pride on your ride in North Carolina: where everything is possible and Nothing Com-pares!

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Donors urged to help the American Red Cross maintain blood supply

CHARLOTTE, NC (Feb. 3, 2016)...The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to help ensure a sufficient blood supply for patients by giving blood this February.

During the winter months, inclement winter weather and seasonal illnesses can keep regular donors from giving blood. Healthy donors of all blood types are needed to help maintain an ade-quate blood supply for patients in their own com-munities as well as areas where donors were una-ble to give due to severe winter weather. Individu-als with types O, AB, B negative and A negative blood are especially needed.

Donor Loretta Brandon knows how important it is to have a readily available blood supply. Her late husband required transfusions from generous strangers multiple times for health conditions. She gives blood as often as she can. “Every time I give blood, I am filled with a sense of gratitude for all I have and for the fact that I can share with others,” she said.

Make an appointment to help maintain an ade-quate blood supply for patients in need this winter by downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting redcrossblood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Upcoming blood donation opportunities Feb. 16-29, 2016:

Hudson 2/26/2016: 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Caldwell Communi-ty College & Technical Institute, 2855 Hickory Blvd.

Patterson 2/29/2016: 2:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., Yadkin Baptist Church, 2044 Roby Martin Road

How to donate blood Simply download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to make an ap-pointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in.

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Polar Plunge for Caldwell County Special Olympics Set

The Polar Plunge for Caldwell County Special Olympics will take place on February 20th. It's get-ting to be that time of year again so who is up for a challenge. We are looking for people to jump into a lake to help support Caldwell County Special Olympics. There is a $25 fee to jump and it in-cludes hot chocolate, a doughnut and a t-shirt. All of the money raised by jumpers goes to support Special Olympics. Special Olympics never charges an athlete to participate in any of our sports we provide all the equipment and uniform needs they may have so think about taking a plunge and help-ing out a great cause. Registration will start at 10am and you can register that day with no pre-registration required. There will also be frozen chicken shirts for $10. [email protected]

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Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with paren-tal consent in some states), weigh at least 110

pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have

to meet certain height and weight requirements.

Blood donors can now save time at their next do-nation by using RapidPass to complete their pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online, on the day of their donation, prior to arriv-ing at the blood drive. To get started and learn more, visit redcrossblood.org/RapidPass and fol-low the instructions on the site.

About the American Red Cross The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and pro-vides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit red-cross.org or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.

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