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KVLT nature and history walk

The Katawba Valley Land Trust will host a nature and history walk from 1:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at Landsford Canal State Park, 2051 Park Drive, Catawba. 

Retired park naturalist Irvin Pitts will speak on identifying birds and naturalist Andrew Lazenby will speak about plants and animals. Local historian Mark Grier will lead a tour of the Lockkeeper’s House and the park museum. The event will also include a visit from a revolutionary war militia. 

Officials won’t comment on the specifics, but it looks as if Lancaster County has landed a $20 million investment that will create 200 news jobs in the next five years, including 130 jobs paying more than $15 an hour.
“An announcement will be made Wednesday, Oct. 29,” said county Economic Development Director Jamie Gilbert.
County council Chairman Steve Harper was just as vague when asked specifics about the announcement.
“I can’t discuss it at this point,” Harper said.

A loud, jarring buzz bounced off the concrete-block walls, past the clanking metal doors and the occasional yells of the people trapped behind them.
The source of the annoyance, a man incarcerated months before for receiving stolen goods, was holding down a call button and banging repeatedly on the metal door of his cell with his fists.
“Larry! Larry! Larry!” the inmate hollered in desperation.
Capt. Larry Deason walked calmly to the cell and peered through a 4-inch-tall window at the man’s unkempt face.

Mary Blackmon wouldn’t have been surprised to see a deer or even a bear in her Heath Springs garden, but she sure didn’t expect an emu.
When they first saw it Monday afternoon, Blackmon and her husband wondered what type of bird it was – eating their plants and making itself right at home.
Maybe it’s an ostrich. How about a roadrunner? They finally called animal control officials Tuesday, who postulated that the unexpected guest could be an emu.