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June 25, 2008 By jmorris
By Bill Kiser
Kannapolis Citizen
The Kannapolis Intimidators picked up two players from their sister team in Winston-Salem, and had two players reassigned to rookie-level teams in roster moves made last week.
The Intimidators picked up outfielders Lee Cruz and Anderson Gomes from the Warthogs — the Chicago White Sox’s Advanced-A level Carolina League team — with infielder Luis Sierra and outfielder Lyndon Estill sent to rookie-league teams in Bristol (Tenn.) and Great Falls (Mont.), respectively.
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June 12, 2008 By jmorris
By Joanne Gonnerman
Kannapolis Citizen
Saturday night at Village Park sounded like a venue from the 1980s as the hit rock band Starship featuring Mickey Thomas took to the amphitheatre stage in front of a crowd estimated at 3,000.
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June 12, 2008 By jmorris
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June 12, 2008 By jmorris
By Joanie Morris
Kannapolis Citizen
• Doug Goodnight called to tell us about a thumbs down he observed in Landis.
Work is being done on the railroad crossing there and Goodnight saw one of those trucks that can run on the road or the railroad tracks.
“It just sat there and idled for hours,” he said. Goodnight thought added the truck driver should have turned his truck off, because of the waste of fuel. Oil was up $8 a barrel on
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June 12, 2008 By jmorris
By Norris Dearmon
For the Kannapolis Citizen
It appears that as we grow older, history has a lot more meaning to us than when we were much younger. I find it interesting that people can suddenly become interested in a particular piece of history.
Church history for our local congregations seems to be very popular these days. It may be because some have been around for 100 years or more now and are celebrating their centennial. Some have become concerned about their archives and the possible loss... read more | No Comments »
June 12, 2008 By jmorris
By Joanie Morris
Kannapolis Citizen
Students worked for a month to portray the nation’s leaders during the annual State of the Union Addresses at Jackson Park Elementary School.
They learned little-known facts such as:
• George Washington had 36 dogs, 14 horses and a parrot named Polly.
• Thomas Jefferson liked to greet White House visitors in his pajamas and slippers.
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June 12, 2008 By jmorris
By Emily Ford
Kannapolis Citizen
As the N.C. Research Campus prepares to open this summer, more people hope to land a job at the biotech complex.
“We get people almost every day who come in, asking when we might have jobs open,” said Kelly Elliott, administrative manager for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s nutrition center in Kannapolis.
The inquiries come mostly from Kannapolis residents who are tired of driving to Charlotte and elsewhere to work, Elliott said.
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June 12, 2008 By jmorris
By Hugh Fisher
Kannapolis Citizen
The first regular meeting of the Kannapolis City Council was held on Monday, June 9, at the Kannapolis Train Station.
All council members were present. The invocation was given by Mayor Pro Tem Randy Cauthen.
The consent agenda was approved unanimously and included these items:
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June 12, 2008 By jmorris
By Steve Huffman
Kannapolis Citizen
Dr. Carol Spalding said there’s a lot about being named president of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College that excites her.
Not the least of which, she said, is the school’s association with the soon-to-be-completed N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis.
“That’s a huge opportunity for the college and community,” Spalding said.
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June 12, 2008 By jmorris
The cities of Concord and Kannapolis continue to monitor water levels of all the streams that provide raw water for treatment and distribution to their customers.
While rainfall has contributed to the rising levels of the water reservoirs, Lake Howell is still more than 3 feet below full pond and stream flows feeding all reservoirs are below normal.
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