2.28.2002

• The Brothers bring Rowan Academy gym to life
• Speaking a tougher assignment than playing for Tracy Connor
• Earnhardt memorial going in Cannon Village
• Doug Sellers will file today for U.S. Senate
• Sgt. Maj. Philip ‘Butch’ Young puts the ‘special’ in Special Forces
• East Rowan baseball coach Jeff Safrit faces charge
• Students turn winning cash into chance to share
• DSS puts non-English-speaking policy on hold
• Four-year-old found in road just wanted to go home
• Musical mecca: Pfeiffer is drawing talented musicians
• Pfeiffer’s Tom Smith a jazz detective
• Falcons ignoring playoff pressures
• Comeback Cavs face tough task in playoffs
• Davie girls advance
• 48 in a row: Tar Heels breeze past Clemson
• Softball roundup: Hornets growing; West could be outstanding
• Sports briefs: Todd Parnell leaves Intimidators, Mueller steps in
• Minors and pregnancy — protection comes first - editorial
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• Schools need to set longterm priorities
• Nicotine also a drug
• Kick-start economy
• No tax windfall
• Vision for Spencer
• Moving forward
• Positive direction
• A life well-lived

2.27.2002

• Salisbury High unveils strategy to attract students
• Police catch up to teen involved in five-hour chase
• Zoning board favors Wal-Mart in Concord
• Firefighter an honored guest in Salisbury
• Social Services board seeks to protect pregnant minors
• Fire protection needs growing, chief says
• Now grandparents can rest in peace — together - Rose Post column
• Food on cruise part of the fascination
• Catawba women edge Wingate
• Presbyterian men knock off Catawba
• Cold Davie burned by Spartans
• Falcons, Hornets to meet in soccer finals
• Wonders bounced from playoffs
• Salisbury boys ousted from playoffs
• Livingstone women’s basketball team ends season
• North Rowan survives in overtime
• East gets a test in season-opening baseball victory over Cavs
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• City should heed its own suggestion
• A wake-up call
• Spencer on track
• Continue momentum
• Keep Kannapolis dry
• Look at other cities
• A matter of choice
• Think before voting
• Letters deadline

• 4-year-old wanders from child-care center
• Royal Shakespeare Company: New hall dedicated properly
• Fire marshal: ‘It was like an oven’
• Saturday academies stress writing
• When and how to report elderly abuse cases
• County-wide ambulance stations OK’d
• Trent joins race for district court
• Tentative OK for 568-home subdivision
• The Wright stuff for Bear women
• South girls end season
• Hornets lose wild opener
• South’s Shore picks Wildcats
• Butner: NC. soccer player of the year
• Lottery player charged - editorial
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• For some, it isn’t ‘our’ language
• School solutions
• Sign facts posted
• Support progress
• Taste of success
• Economic survival
• Don’t stifle growth
• Shopping around
• Letters deadline

2.25.2002

• Workers try to help the elderly
• Schools will give list to county
• Official: Don’t take downtown Salisbury for granted
• Deputies nab man wanted in N.Y. murder
• Airport could see expansion
• County gears up for Rowan 250 Fest
• Pfeiffer breaks ground
• Carroll to star on ‘100 Centre Street’
• To be so young and so wise - Jillian McCartney column
• Shortage to persist - editorial
• Art of animation - editorial
• Senior Night a delight for Pack
• 35-1 run lifts Duke
• Pharr streaks to third
• Spring sports begin with tourney, more
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• Timing is wrong for school bond
• Re-elect Gettys
• Spencer’s future
• Sins of the fathers
• Teetotaler says ‘yes’
• Don’t fear change
• Letters deadline

2.24.2002

• Dole makes formal launch of Senate race at Catawba
• Schools deepen cultural studies
• Play about Rosa Parks brings story to life
• Battling back: Walter Wilhelm has help in battling back from stroke
• Utility system embracing change
• Paying for health coverage changes with times
• Food Lion suit nets MVP card-holders 28 cents
• College students share love of reading with area children
• Job fair offers tips to work seekers
• Liquor vote in Kannapolis could benefit Salisbury
• Liquor and taxes
• Five Finger Discount offers oddities
• T&T Dollar store latest enterprise for Davis couple
• Book review of ‘Even Now’: When warm memories darken
• It’s all the same game to me - Sara Pitzer column
• Blue challenges Bowles — debate early and often - editorial
• East’s Land, Davie’s Lowery win wrestling titles
• South girls open basketball playoffs Monday
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• Reasons to change those in charge
• Fiscal realities
• Gettys good leader
• Moving forward
• Trashy views

2.23.2002

• Coon hunters bring their best to Rowan for competition
• Teens help clean streets
• City jobs on the line as economic troubles continue
• In today’s market, high school degree isn’t always enough
• Teens help clean Salisbury streets
• Cabarrus ponders fate of middle school
• Subdivision dispute heads for Monday public hearing
• Recruiters look over Davie’s 5-foot-7 Sean Stevens
• Living legend Tracy Connor comes home to South Rowan
• Davie girls top West Forsyth in overtime
• Falcons polish off A.L. Brown
• West boys simply too good - David Shaw column
• Darts and laurels — no shortage of volunteers - editiorial
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• Generosity of many keeps shelter going
• Boulevard beautified
• Hometown heroes
• Quality care
• In good hands

2.22.2002

• Kannapolis man recalls seasons in Negro Leagues
• End of recession doesn’t mean all’s well
• Eight steps to economic recovery
• Faith board endorses alcohol sales
• Food Lion renovation unfolds
• Robber hits Landis business
• Baptist relief workers honored
• Duke, Dunleavy destroy Deacs
• R.J. Reynolds dunks Davie 89-51
• Long night for Mustangs against Statesville girls
• What ever happened to head-to-head in playoff races? - Mike London column
• West Forsyth tops South Rowan girls
• Wonders earn third shot at West
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• Community banking is a state of heart
• America still great
• No tax increases
• Anywhere but here?
• Oversized sign
• Letter deadline

2.21.2002

• Kannapolis man recalls seasons in Negro Leagues
• Black History event Saturday in Kannapolis
• Former Landis Elementary teacher pleads guilty
• Suspicious fires hit Woodleaf, Ellis Crossroads area
• Sportswriters Hall of Fame officials considering move to Catawba
• R.J. Krier files for commission
• Cigarette tax off limits? — Smoking out new revenue - editorial
• South Rowan coach John Davis shows emotional side - Steve Hanf column
• Walker leads Davie girls past Reynolds
• North’s Aaron Rimer mentally ready for wrestling finals
• High school basketball notebook: Girls player of year won’t be a senior
• Sports briefs: Courtney Hill named ODAC’s top rookie
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• Career Day offers pathways to jobs
• Forgotten park
• Kannapolis thriving
• Businesses waiting
• Sherry, and more

2.20.2002

• Retirement center gets into the Games
• Officers cleared in November shooting
• East Rowan baseball coach suspended
• Kenerly files to run for district attorney again
• Riley, Bullard file to run in Cabarrus County sheriff’s race
• State legislators, sheriff file for re-election
• County moving unused patrol cars from officers’ homes
• City officials OK with water financing plan
• Most speakers favor Cannon Village placement for Earnhardt memorial
• Backup big man lifts North Rowan
• East girls survive yawner
• Valiant effort ends in East boys loss
• Hornet boys win late
• Hillary Hampton hits 32 in West victory over A.L. Brown
• Stevens scores 43 in Davie boys win
• Sports briefs: Track club members shine
• Area obituaries

2.19.2002

• Billy Bostian wins national driving award as he battles cancer
• Salisbury resident survives 1,000-foot fall, days in sub-zero temperatures
• Incumbents file early in Cabarrus
• Lorene Coates seeks second term in House
• Officials veto group home
• County decides to finance water line
• Vigil draws fans
• Cramped department asks for needed space
• Sex offender charged
• A good jolt for new jobs - editorial
• Schools need more than Band-Aid fixes - editorial
• Upset bid denied for Salisbury girls
• Cavs knocked out
• South boys end with near-miss
• The prep swimming notebook …
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• County’s best course is a return to the basics
• Asheboro no model
• Killing Kannapolis
• A menu for growth
• Monumental fame

2.18.2002

• ‘A park for everybody’
• Barger seeks re-election as county clerk of court
• Charlie Brown wants second term on bench
• Kannapolis will get cash for schools
• County targets new jobs, more
• Public information hearing on annexation slotted
• Attorney Kevin Eddinger runs for Blanton’s seat
• True love takes the long haul
• Let’s not forget lessons of history - letter to the editor
• Alcohol kills - letter to the editor
• Foolish choices - letter to the editor
• Balanced Heels knock off ’Noles
• Lethal Lithuanians send Cavs packing
• Another Bass Contest
• Wild turkey release
• Area obituaries

2.17.2002

• Wedding brings couple in their 60s together
• Commissioners ponder land for jobs
• Budget cuts among subjects on agenda for county commissioners Monday
• Phil Meacham leaves legacy of service
• Saturday’s cut-a-thon raises almost $3,000 for cancer fight
• King of clubs: Carl Hoffner can fit golfers perfectly
• Spencer mayor’s race: Incumbent Gettys seeking sixth term
• Spencer mayor’s race: Everhart hoping third time’s the charm
• Salisbury native Britt Snider leading inquiry of Sept. 11 attacks
• Evidence of Fort Dobbs difficult to locate nowadays - Moments in History
• Katharine Osborne lets the poet speak for her
• School bond, land use — the public speaks out - editorial
• From hardship to hope and ’Heels - Elizabeth G. Cook column
• Vanity, vanity all is vanity - Sara Pitzer column
• Catawba edges Newberry
• Catawba women rout Newberry 103-53
• Livingstone pays back St. Augustine’s
• Livingstone women roll 79-56
• Pack bounces back against Clemson
• Tournament time: North, Salisbury girls among first games Monday
• East Rowan senior wrestler Trenton Freeman shines at regional meet

2.16.2002

• Economic Development Commission working to secure jobs
• Construction remains strong in Rowan
• Economic summit will focus on jobs
• County leaders want public’s help in deciding whether to back school bonds
• Officers smoke out suspects in cigarette heist
• China Grove’s finances topnotch
• Guild members run assembly line on quilts for children at shelter
• Sex offender arrested for failing to list change of address
• Former Kannapolis City Council member Phil Meacham dies
• Darts and laurels — health food for lovers? - editorial
• Don’t let Lincoln get lost in the shuffle - Ralf Walters column
• Heritage stamps honor achievers -letter to the editor
• Friend with a badge - letter to the editor
• Accident aid - letter to the editor
• West girls top East 61-47
• West pounds Mustangs again
• South storms past South Iredell in overtime
• South girls stick to game plan in victory
• Hornets top Ledford 53-50 in overtime
• Salisbury girls fall to Ledford
• North Rowan handles East Davidson 49-38
• North girls falter
• Area obituaries

2.15.2002

• Tabitha Smith fights leukemia with smiles, the support of family
• Bond reduced for Livingstone student involved in shooting incident
• Groups told not to expect funding from Salisbury city government
• School bond request draws opposition at public hearing
• Salisbury officials may have to lay off 36 workers
• Sheriff eyes new spots for southern office
• Man with gun takes woman’s car at NorthEast Medical Center
• Duke routs N.C. State
• Small world, big numbers for Davie County basketball duo
• Catawba football team gets commitments from 10 players
• Prep basketball notebook: NPC girls tourney should be a good one
• Sports briefs: Former North Rowan baseball star coming back home for series
• Wrestling notebook: North Rowan’s David Coward top seed at 103 pounds
• Growth industry — a return to teaching
• Area obituaries

2.14.2002

• Daily hugs and kisses part of love story that never gets old
• Volunteering for Valentine’s Day
• Residents along Club House Drive complain about trucks
• Ad campaign touts local doctors
• Tax rate would soar if $97.8 million school request goes through
• Kannapolis school leaders list critical needs
• School systems come to Catawba to recruit
• Sports briefs: Coleton Boone wins AAU wrestling gold
• Catawba women edge Wingate 78-76
• Catawba men lose fourth game in last five
• Victory over Kannapolis keeps West girls in the chase
• West boys devilish in win over Kannapolis
• Scott Treadway gave himself to others
• Ricky Childers joins big brother at Davidson
• Height holding back Davie’s Sean Stevens
• Area obituaries

2.13.2002

• New space for magistrate’s office
• Officer treated, released after chase ends with crash into tree
• Landis refusal of crossing delays bridge in Kannapolis
• Alternative learning facilities will cost $18.3 million
• Board at odds on new charter school
• Plan OK’d for senior apartments
• Spencer remembers veteran firefighter
• Rowan Bank-FNB follow trend — no end to mergers - editorial
• East Rowan girls drop Statesville
• Mustangs get close but can’t top Statesville
• North Rowan locks up playoff berth
• South boys sneak past Knights
• South loses big lead, game to North Davidson
• West girls take a hit
• Lexington crushes Hornets
• Sports briefs: Hornet girls held to 21 points in loss
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• No monument to honor officers
• Cut your losses
• Shaky assumptions
• Growth fantasies
• Correction

2.12.2002

• New high school part of bond package
• East will get its grandstand
• West High gym to be named for Kluttz
• Gun found on man at dance at Livingstone
• Rowan Bank set to merge
• Kannapolis council: Vote yes
• More arrests in pawn shop thefts
• Construction plan OK’d for Kannapolis schools
• Request for rock quarry permit goes to county commissioners
• Sidewalk amenities proposal - editorial
• Liquor vote is about control and profits - letter to the editor
• Vote ‘yes’ March 5 - letter to the editor
• School solutions - letter to the editor
• Efird-Butner: Four more years - Steve Hanf column
• After two torn ACLs, Pharr tears up CVAC - Mike London column
• Pfeiffer men bring out best in another foe
• Council approves arena plan
• Area obituaries

2.11.2002

• Erwin Middle needs more classrooms
• Lake levels looking up for Landis, China Grove
• Youth charged in Friday night murder
• City panel looking at wine sales on sidewalks
• Discrimination lawsuit against sheriff settled
• Read on! Write on!
• Scales from the dark side - Sara Pitzer column
• Reaching at-risk students - editorial
• Yes, Virginia, there is a Prince Charming - Jillian McCartney column
• Tar Heels satisfied with play
• Pfeiffer jayvees beat Heels
• Finally, Scooter’s playing - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• Check the facts before you vote
• Vote no March 5
• Discipline students

2.10.2002

• Boxwood Lodge sells for $782,250
• 9 Up program helps students meet goals
• Needs of elementary schools are great
• Discipline, family called keys to reducing youth violence
• Billboard decision appealed
• YMCA building gets boost from bonds
• Besides Dole: GOP candidates angling for their share of spotlight
• Kurt Corriher tackles task of becoming author
• Book review: Plunge headlong into exciting thriller ‘Someone to Kill’
• Book review: Inman’s ‘Captain Saturday’ needs rescuing himself
• With daughter’s prognosis good, most days we feel lucky - Katie Scarvey column
• School system priorities — boning up on bond plan - editorial
• North track team ties for fifth in state indoor meet
• Mars Hill knocks off Catawba 59-58
• Lady Indians score upset
• Sports briefs: Livingstone men 4th in CIAA Indoor Track Championships
• Indians claim 4-2 season-opening baseball win over Pfeiffer
• Deacs miss chance at upsetting Cincinnati
• Salisbury High girls third in swim meet
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• Don’t apply double standard
• Teen clubs
• A better budget
• More wrestling

2.09.2002

• Community behind girl with cancer; illness takes toll on family
• Kannapolis leaders support paid firefighting staff
• Details from shooting at Catawba emerging
• Going for gold leads to rift
• Motorcyclist survives brush with truck
• Secrets of loving our kids - Rose Post column
• Minter becomes second on county scoring list in victory
• West Rowan girls knock off Northwest Cabarrus
• West girls stay alive with victory over Trojans
• East girls hold off North Iredell 68-60
• East falls to North Iredell’s 3-point barrage
• North Rowan avenges loss to Ledford
• Victory moves Hornets closer to playoff spot
• Salisbury girls fall to East Davidson
• Davie swamps Raiders 98-70
• South girls move into tie for second; Connor’s number retired
• Area obituaries

2.08.2002

• Founders Day: Livingstone recalls past, looks to future
• Two nabbed in pawn shop robbery
• Jury finds man guilty of voluntary manslaughter
• Bond reduced for two in Catawba student’s shooting death
• Kannapolis chief wants 18 paid firefighters
• Wintry mix delays schools, causes accidents
• Jim Dunn honored at Community Appearance Commission program
• Chorus performs to benefit cancer patient Franz Merrell
• Historic Boxwood Lodge: An auction like no other ever
• Sports briefs: Catawba ready to face Lions
• Duke pounds Florida State in payback game
• Track title hopes will be tested Saturday
• Basketball notebook: Sprinkle, Watson join East Hall of Fame
• Basketball playoff positions up for grabs
• Dole: Negative ads won’t fly
• Easley to hear from city’s mayor
• Cancer hope - editorial
• China Grove and Landis — partners in efficiency? - editorial
• Area obituaries

2.07.2002

• Murder defendant tells jury: ‘I was real scared’
• Commissioners give subdivisions a green light
• Landis, golf club agree on easement
• County considers lawsuit in wake of Easley withholding funds
• No vote on ABC stores, but Kannapolis can decide on beer, wine, mixed drinks
• Woman’s efforts bringing help, hope to Afghanistan
• Kannapolis pawn shop owner fires at robbers
• Two men charged in burglaries
• Forest Park school honored for innovation
• Catawba rebounds from two losses
• Catawba women top Tusculum
• Hampton sticks with Bennett; High makes it official
• Wake Forest has no trouble with Carolina
• Kannapolis receiver Aundrae Allison going to Coffeyville Community College
• Scooter Sherrill scores 20 in Wolfpack victory
• Easley’s action creates dozens of funding problems - editorial
• Catawba College shows concern - letter to the editor
• Vote ‘yes’ March 5 - letter to the editor
• Area obituaries

2.06.2002

• County halts new hiring in budget crunch
• Serving up history: Dairy Queen building among potential historic sites
• Restaurant that would sell beer a concern for East Spencer board
• NorthEast Medical Center works out deal with insurer
• County buys more land for Sloan Park
• China Grove, Landis agree to talks
• Killing was in self defense, according to Crump’s attorney
• Salisbury boys fall short against East Davidson
• Loss fires up Hornet girls
• Wonders pound Belk-less Mustangs
• A.L. Brown girls turn up the heat against East Rowan
• Cavaliers continue surge through Central Carolina Conference
• West Iredell lights up North girls 71-23
• R.J. Reynolds overpowers South boys
• Raiders girls pound Demons
• Minter leads undefeated West boys with 34 against Mooresville
• West Rowan girls have no problem with Mooresville
• Sports briefs: Blue Bears drop pair to Elizabth City State
• Ads attack front-runner — Democrats target Dole - editorial
• ‘Fear Factor’ bunny fest was super trash from NBC - Katie Scarvey column
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor

• We still search for realities of race
• The color of life
• Cruel message
• Bulldogs dominant
• Going to the mat

2.05.2002

• Wind knocks out power, brings damage
• Grand jury indicts 6 in murder
• Man indicted in Frink murder
• East Spencer reviews finances
• Spencer sets priorities for year
• Jury being picked for murder trial
• County wins first round in EMS lawsuit
• Landis annexes site of future golf club community
• Towns will talk combined services, not merger
• Wilhelm will make bid for re-election
• Some accounts distort events before shooting
• Contract raises questions - editorial
• College, high school students need more social outlets- letter to the editor
• Eastern bypass is best - letter to the editor
• School bond questions - letter to the editor
• Falcons aiming high - Mike London column
• Salisbury begins wrestling playoffs
• Falcons face grueling stretch run
• Area obituaries

2.04.2002

• More than 500 turn out to run the course
• Dads take their ‘girls’ to annual dance
• Rowan will get money to rehabilitate housing
• Innes Street bridge could get extras
• Firefighter trains kids for safety
• Governor names Chip Short to Order of the Long Leaf Pine
• Revamped format - editorial
• Community safety takes many partners - editorial column
• Give Catawba community support - letter to the editor
• Don’t blame RAs - letter to the editor
• Headline insensitive - letter to the editor
• ... and misleading - letter to the editor
• Area obituaries

2.03.2002

• Mount Ulla, Bear Poplar reflect on rural ways, ability to adapt
• China Grove getting financial report
• Wal-Mart plans going to county commissioners
• All that’s shiny is silver
• Widdle wed twuck keeps on chuggin’ - Sara Pitzer column
• Burley Morgan still going strong at 100 - Rose Post column
• Underage ban isn’t working — the realities of drinking - editorial
• College students are adults and accountable - letter to the editor
• InSync not extinct - letter to the editor
• Teen club could work - letter to the editor
• Lenoir-Rhyne gains ground with 76-69 victory over Catawba
• Lenoir-Rhyne women defeat Catawba 97-80
• Livingstone falls to Johnson C. Smith
• Livingstone women claim 79-72 victory
• Area obituaries

2.02.2002

• Sacred Heart celebrates special week
• New York firefighter coming to Salisbury
• Barbecue raises cash, hopes for James Carscaddon
• Shooting aftermath draws Livingstone students, officials together
• Landis looks at possible rail crossing
• West Forsyth pounds South boys
• West Rowan boys drub Statesville 88-39
• Kannapolis tops NW Cabarrus boys 77-73
• North edges Salisbury 57-54 in overtime
• Asisha Littlejohn leads South girls over West Forsyth 53-49
• Salisbury girls nip North Rowan 45-43
• Statesville girls beat West 54-47
• Kannapolis girls go down against NW Cabarrus
• Melodic memories of Loonis McGlohon - letter to the editor
• Escorts appreciated - letter to the editor
• Police out-gunned - letter to the editor
• Area obituaries

2.01.2002

• Pet therapy — Seniors find friends in furry, four-legged creatures
• Trying to heal, deal at Catawba
• Livingstone officials say don’t rush to judgment
• Livingstone seeks more community support
• Officials seek ways to control underage drinking at colleges
• Thought of privatizing alcohol sales system worries some
• State will decide fate of alcohol election in Kannapolis
• Pieces of sunken sub Hunley come to Concord
• Dole raises more than $3 million in Senate race
• Ada Fisher seeks to join Freedom Corps mentioned by Bush
• Suspects face charges in case of stolen hawk
• 28-year-old woman dies from injuries in wreck
• Mooresville man recovering from truck accident
• Richard Brooke up to the challenge as actor
• Duke demolishes UNC
• Hornets host Cavs in basketball showdown
• Wrestling notebook: Hornets make playoffs
• Sports briefs: Bears dominate St. Paul’s
• East’s Brent Whitley has overcome the odds - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Prepare for Feb. 2 — groundhog needs boost - editorial
• Use of ‘club drugs’ on rise in Rowan - letter to the editor
• Join Winter Flight - letter to the editor
• Area obituaries