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Computer classes start Monday at Rowan Public Library with Blogging for Beginners

Computer classes start Monday at Rowan Public Library with Blogging for Beginners

SALISBURY - Rowan Public Library offers free, monthly computer classes on beginning to advanced topics.  Classes are hands-on and are free and open to the public.  All classes are approximately 90 minutes long. 

This month’s class will be Blogging for Beginners and will cover basics on how to set up a web blog (type of website) where you can post photos, share recipes, and keep notes of your favorite travels this summer.  This class will be offered at all three branches of the Rowan Public Library:

South Rowan Regional (China Grove): Monday, June 17, 2013, 7:00 pm

East Branch (Rockwell): Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 1:00 pm

Headquarters (Salisbury): Thursday, June 20, 2013, 9:30 am

Registration is required for the class offered at the East Branch.  For more information or to register, please call 704-216-8229.

Back to school already? Yes, sort of...

Back to school already?  Yes, sort of...

SALISBURY - Fall registration at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is now underway and ongoing through August 14, 2013.

Enrolling at Rowan-Cabarrus has never been easier; students may apply online at http://www.rccc.edu/admissions/. Registration is online, however, the college provides weekly on-campus support sessions to assist with the enrollment process (http://bit.ly/WebAdvisorSupport).

RCCC rolls out Camp Creativity

RCCC rolls out Camp Creativity

SALISBURY - Summertime is a great time for fun, sun and learning, too! In recent years, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has expanded its summer camp offerings for youth to include game development, healthcare and graphic design. This year, the college is proud to expand its annual Literary & Fine Arts Festival focus with Camp Creativity.

Camp Creativity serves as an alternative to the traditional summer sports programs available in the summer months. The one-week camp helps students gain self-confidence, learn hands-on skills and apply their creativity. Camp Creativity is geared at participants between the ages of 8 and 14.

The college’s English and fine arts faculty have teamed up to organize and facilitate this multi-disciplinary summer arts camp that blends together creative writing, drama, spoken word, music and art.

“We are so excited about Camp Creativity!

NC Baptist Men Disaster Relief helping storm victims in Stanly County

NC Baptist Men Disaster Relief helping storm victims in Stanly County

ALBEMARLE - The strong storms that passed through the area on Thursday afternoon left a lot of damage behind for residents.  Stanly County was one of the hardest hit local counties.

The North Carolina Baptist Men and Women Disaster Relief has sent volunteers to help residents in Stanly County who were impacted by the storms. The team is organizing now and on Saturday volunteers will use chainsaws to cut and clear trees that fell as a result of the storm.

The volunteers are headquartered at Anderson Grove Baptist Church in Albemarle.

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Family members in jail on drug charges...again

Family members in jail on drug charges...again

SALISBURY - In December four members of the same family were placed in jail on drug charges, and on Friday afternoon, two members of the same family were right back behind bars.

Brittney Donahue, 21, and Larry Donahue, 45, were arrested and booked into the Rowan County Detention Center.

Larry and Brittney are both charged with drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia, along with maintaining a dwelling or vehicle for drugs.  Bond is set at $15,000.

In the December case two other members of the same family were charged, and at that time one of the charges was for selling drugs within 300 feet of a school.

 

Police: Woman killed after teen driver fails to stop at intersection

ALBEMARLE, NC (WBTV)- A woman died Friday morning when a teenage driver failed to stop at a Stanly County intersection where the traffic lights were malfunctioning.

Jennifer Fesperman, 32, was pronounced dead, according to the Albemarle Police Department.

The crash happened at the intersection of Highway 27 and 52 in Albemarle around 4:15 a.m. Friday morning.

According to investigators, a tractor trailer driven by Larry McIntire of Sanford was driving westbound and a minivan driven by Jessica Fesperman, 17, was traveling southbound on 52.

Officials say the lights at the intersection were flashing when the two vehicles collided.

"Chills went over me. I couldn't believe it," said the Fesperman's next door neighbor Betty Tutherow.

Fesperman had 4 four passengers in her vehicle, including Jennifer, who died.

Vacationing group has close encounter with tree during storm

Those strong storms brought trees down all over our area, even on some local interstates. One group of family and friends had an encounter with a tree that was a little too close for comfort.

The story starts with this battered Honda Pilot, and what should have been a routine trip home from Walmart on I-40 west of Statesville.

"The storm was coming in, it was just starting to rain, just starting to blow," said Rick Davis, who was behind the wheel. "The next thing you know a tree came down on top of us."

"It was like a bomb went off," said Sharon Clothier, sitting in the back seat on the passenger side. Her elderly mother was sitting right beside her. The group was traveling west on I-40 near Stamey Farm Road when the big tree came crashing down.

"It crashed so hard it just bottomed the car out on the shocks, the whole load just bottomed the car out," Davis added.