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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 2012
Page
3
A Gazette report details David Usery’s church mission to Ukraine where elderly women, often in their 70s and 80s, struggle without local support. The effort raised about $3,000 to buy medicine, food, and firewood as residents endure winter blizzards and austere living conditions.
Ex-con William Spengler lured four firefighters to a Webster home blaze by setting a car and house on fire, then fired on them and engaged police before dying. Two firefighters die, two are hospitalized, and an off‑duty officer is injured as several lakeside homes burn and residents flee.
Daily arrest report from Gaston County Sheriff and Gastonia police lists adults charged on December 21. Christopher Lee Crawford, 26, of Gastonia, faces simple assault after a 4 a.m. incident on Pine Drive. Karen Clark Monk, 48, of Gastonia, charged with license revoked at Mountain View Street and South York Road after a 12:34 a.m. event. Patrick John Savage, 21, of Clover, charged with larceny other at 420 W. Franklin Blvd. on December 22. Mark Eugene Shires, 44, of Bessemer City, faces simple assault at 408 Creekside Court after a 9 p.m. incident.
The Wishes program saw 264 requests and 193 grants with strong reader support. Donors delivered gifts gift cards and checks, many new sponsors joined, and gifts arrived through the final hours as The Gazette closed for Christmas. A final review will be shared in January.
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