Late last year, Governor Roy Cooper appointed Polk County attorney Lora Baker to finish the term of District Court Judge Emily Cowan, who had recently resigned.  Becoming a judge was a natural step on a path Judge Baker has been following ever since she attended freshman orientation at UNC-Chapel Hill and watched a mock trial being shown on the screen of Morehead Planetarium. “I found it fascinating,” Judge Baker said. “I couldn’t look away and my mom told me she knew at that