Teen drowns as two others rescued near High Shoals
A 16-year-old girl drowned Monday while swimming with two companions in the South Fork of the Catawba River near High Shoals. Police identify the Lincolnton girl. rescue teams from multiple agencies recovered one more teen and searched the area near the Jack C. Whitener Bridge.
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Catawba River
High Shoals
Gaston County
Lincolnton
Jack C. Whitener
Cherry Street
U.S. 321
Dallas, Agriculture Center
GEMS
Gaston County Sheriff's Office
Ethan Britt
Melton
Dallas Rescue and Gems
Mike Hensdill
THE
Gaston Gazette
Music instructor Porter earns UNC World View Fellowship
Judith Porter, Gaston College music instructor since 2005, has been accepted as a fellow in the 2019 2020 World View Fellows Program at UNC Chapel Hill. The program brings a dozen educators from K 12 and community college settings, meeting on campus for two July days and working off campus through the year to boost global competency and music integrated teaching. Porter aims to study folk music from indigenous cultures and adapt it for her classroom.
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Judith Porter
Gaston College
Porter
World View
UNC Chapel Hill
Gaston Restaurateur Advocates Digital Policy in DC
John Bailey owner of Sammy's Pub in Belmont and McAdenville Table and Market spoke in Washington with U S representatives about digital policy. Bailey joined fellow North Carolinian in discussing how online tools aid business and potential privacy regulation side effects in a marathon session led by Congressman Patrick McHenry.
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Gaston County
Washington
Congress
John Bailey
Sammy
On the Job with Paula Wilkersor Belmont Community OBITUARIES
Obituary brief noting Ralph Carver aged 84 of Dallas Allene Huffstetter aged 92 of Kings Mountain and Brandon Brice aged 25 of Gastonia. Includes notice style typical of local memorials and basic biographical identifiers.
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Paula Wilkersor
The
Belmont Community Organization
Ralph Carver
Dallas
Allene Huffstetter
Kings Mountain
Brandon Brice
Gastonia
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