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“Gone with the Wind”

by admin on May 19, 2011

in Profile America

Profile America — Thursday, May 19th. One of the most popular American novels ever written was published on this date 75 years ago — Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind.” The epic novel of the Civil War won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award as best novel. Three years after its debut, [...]

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CPR/PR and A.E.D. Renewal Class

by admin on May 18, 2011

in Local

LINCOLNTON – On Wednesday, May 25 from 5:30pm – 9:30pm at the W.M. Lentz Recreation Center there will be a recertification class in the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer and Automated External Defibrillation (A.E.D.) courses. Cost is $20.00 for the recertification class.  Participant’s certification should be current but close to expiring.  This [...]

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NCAE’s Averted Gaze

May 18, 2011

By Bob Luebke | Civitas Institute Let’s not be diverted from the important issues at hand.  That’s the surprising response of officials at the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) to a report released last week by the Civitas Institute that said from 2006 to 2009 total compensation for NCAE executives increased 24 percent, while [...]

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Center of Population

May 18, 2011

Profile America – Wednesday, May 18th. One of the more famous bits of advice given in American history was “go west, young man.” One of the ways the census tracks the continued westward movement of the population is by computing what’s known as the center of population after each 10 year census. To understand this [...]

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McHenry Says Virginia Judge is right to strike down ObamaCare

December 13, 2010

By Blake Sawyer | Lincoln Tribune WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal judge in Virginia ruled earlier today that President Obama’s health care law, which lawmakers rushed to pass earlier this year, many admittedly not even reading the bill, is unconstitutional and cannot force Americans to purchase insurance. North Carolina’s 10th District Congressman, Patrick McHenry, agreed [...]

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