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National D-Day Museum Bedford, Va www.dday.org
Burke DISTRICT 44 Caldwell
JUNE 10, 2011
JUNE 10, ISSUE #2
Dear Friends,
This week the legislature faced the “crossover” deadline.
Each year the General Assembly sets a “deadline” for bills to cross-over from one body to the other. If a bill does not pass in either the House or Senate by that time it is considered “dead” for the remainder of the 2011-2012 session. Because of this deadline, both the House and Senate have been hearing dozens of bills each day, and working until late at night. If you are interested in learning more about what your legislature is doing, I encourage you to go to www.ncleg.net or www.ncga.state.nc.us .
Here are a few of the important bills that were passed this week:
SB 679: Castle doctrine, allows concealed carry in state parks (2nd Amendment bill)
HB 854: Woman’s right to know (Pro-life bill) HB 351: Voter ID (election reform) SB 8: Eliminated the cap on charter schools
HB 289: Choose Life License Plate SB 33: Medical Malpractice Reform SB 781: Regulatory Reform Act of 2011
At the beginning of the session, Republicans vowed to make
this long session a short one. If all goes as scheduled, we will be ending this session by June 17th, which will make it one of the shortest long sessions in North Carolina history. This will save the taxpayers millions of dollars. We were able to accomplish this by working together with the House to avoid the need for a conference committee (saving 2-3 weeks), and thereby passing the budget in the first week of June.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Senator Warren T. Daniel Legislative Office Bldg., Room 411 300 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27603-5925 Email: [email protected] Phone: 919-715-7823 Fax: 919-754-3265 District Office of Sen. Warren Daniel 348 Harper Avenue NW Lenoir, NC 28645 Email: [email protected] Phone: 828-754-9335 Fax 828-754-9335 (Please call before faxing)
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TODAY’S MARKET ACTIVITY
Helium was up. Feathers were down. Paper was stationary. Cows steered into a bull market. Weights were up in heavy trading. Knives were up sharply.
Pencils lost a few points. Hiking equipment was trailing. Elevators rose. Escalators continued a slow
decline.
Burke DISTRICT 44 Caldwell JUNE 10, 2011
This past Monday marked the anniversary of D-Day. On
the morning of June 6, 1944, 150,000 men left the shores of
England on planes and naval vessels headed toward an unknown
end. To land on a beach with white cliffs; covered with steel
obstacles, barbed wire, mines and machine gun fire, to face a
rested and entrenched enemy. Many did not return. These men
and women we and women we now remember and honor as the
Greatest Generation.
When I consider the current state of our nation, and the
challenges we face in our great State, I do not fear the lack of
revenues, or the loss of this program or that program. What I fear
is the loss of the American fighting spirit possessed by the
Greatest Generation that simply says: “I can, we will, let’s get
going.” Ultimately the success of our state doesn’t rest on the
hope of government, but on the protection of the inalienable
rights and liberties given by God to every man, woman, and child.
Thank you again for all of your input and support over
these last few months. I have worked my hardest to be receptive
to all issues from Burke and Caldwell counties and believe we have
achieved a great deal. However, we still have a week to go and I
have yet to get all I wish to accomplish done. This will be a very
busy and trying week and I ask for your thoughts and prayers as
we conclude this long session in Raleigh. It is truly an honor to
serve the people of Burke and Caldwell counties.
Sincerely,
North Carolina on D-Day William Carey Lee, the “Father of the
Airborne,” was born in Dunn in1895, the son of
Eldrege and Emma Lee. He attended public schools
prior to studying at Wake Forest College from 1913 to
1915. From 1915 until 1917 Lee attended North
Carolina State College, where he played baseball and
football. Caught up in the patriotic fervor of World War
I, Lee volunteered for the United States Army and
received a lieutenant’s commission.
Lee served in France as a platoon and
company commander before returning to the United
States at war’s end. He remained in the army, returned
to teach military science at North Carolina State
College and then served a three-year tour in Panama.
Lee subsequently entered the Tank Corps, and trained
with French armored personnel in the mid-1930s. He
returned to North Carolina in the late 1930s, and
completed a bachelor’s degree in education. In 1939 he
was assigned to the Chief of the Army’s office in
Washington, D.C., where he became part of a small,
maverick group of army officers advocating for the
development of an airborne army infantry force.
In June 1940, the Army authorized the
development of a test platoon of paratroopers, and
placed Lee, now a lieutenant-colonel, in charge. The
following year Lee was appointed head of a provisional
detachment of paratroopers, and by 1942 was the
colonel commanding the entire Airborne Command
Headquarters. In July 1942, after Army officials
authorized the raising of two airborne divisions, Lee
received command of the 101st Division. For the next
two years he oversaw its development and training and
was instrumental in getting airborne and glider
operations begun at both Camp Mackall and
Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base.
The inclusion of the airborne divisions in the
Normandy Invasion in June 1944 was directly the work
of Lee. Nevertheless, Lee would not be allowed to
jump into occupied France with his beloved
paratroopers. A heart attack on February 5, 1944, ended
his war. Although he survived, Lee was forced to retire.
However, the members of the 101st Division, the
Screaming Eagles, were ordered by their new
commander, Gen. Maxwell Taylor, to scream the name
“Bill Lee” as they departed their transports over France
in the early morning hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Lee’s health continued to deteriorate. He died
on March 1, 1948, survived by his wife Dava Johnson
Lee. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Dunn.
STATE GRADUATION RATE CLIMBS ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGE
It was announced this week by Diplomas Count researchers that North Carolina’s public high school graduation rate has exceeded the national average. Our state graduation rate is calculated at 72.8%, which is tied for 25th among the 50 states and Washington, DC. This marks the first time our state’s position has moved above the national average on this annual ranking. Congratulations to our teachers and to all graduating seniors.
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