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Volume 5, Number 12 • March 26-April 1, 2010 

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PLAYING BY THE RULES 

on and off the courts 

Wesley Chapel author of two marriage primers suggests faith, 

family rules she and Carolina Crossroads co-owner husband live by 

by Laura Johannesen 

news@unioncountyweekly.com 

When Melanie Chitwood first told 

her husband, Scott, a former pilot, that 

she was about to realize her dream by 

writing a book, she thought he would 

laugh so hard he might crash his 

plane. 

The Wesley Chapel woman has many 

roles – wife, mother, published author 

and speaker – which she manages successfully, 

most days. She also lends a 

hand at her husband’s dream come true, 

Carolina Courts, a 44,000-square-foot 

indoor sports facility in Indian Trail. 

Like skilled trapeze artists, the 

CMC-Union potential 

buyers start to circle 

Consultant directed to collect information 

from inquiring health care companies 

by Brian Carlton 

brian@unioncountyweekly.com 

While Union County hasn’t decided if it will sell Carolinas 

Medical Center-Union, commissioners do want to know who’s 

interested in buying it. During their March 25 work session, 

commissioners authorized Kaufman Hall representatives to 

start collecting official letters of interest from prospective 

buyers, detailing their financial abilities. 

“We’re getting a lot of calls and all the press coverage is just 

increasing that,” Kaufman Hall Senior Vice President Michael 

Finnerty said, adding that the firm hasn’t received any official 

(see CMC-Union on page 11) 

Melanie Chitwood 

Wesley Chapel residents have learned 

to balance on life’s tightrope, 

with Melanie readily admitting 

it takes lots of practice, 

trial and error, and not a 

little stress. In fact, her two 

books, “What a Wife Needs 

from Her Husband” ($12.99, 

Harvest House, 2010), and 

“What a Husband Needs 

from His Wife,” ($12.99, 

Harvest House, 2006), which 

she said has sold 30,000 

copies, are full of practical 

advice on how to build and maintain 

healthy relationships between husband 

and wife – physically, emotionally, spiritually 

– while still handling the rest of 

life’s ups and downs. 

With 86 percent of divorced 

couples citing deficient communication 

as the major problem, 

the author thinks she’s 

on the right track. Chitwood 

suggests wives write a note or 

e-mail listing 10 reasons “you 

think he is ‘it’ on a stick.” Or 

just tell him outright he’s the 

best thing that ever happened 

to you. 

“We can so easily allow 

independence and isolation to worm its 

way into marriage, slowly loosening the 

(see Rules on page 9) 

Many neighborhoods, 

one voice 

County homeowners learn rights, 

express concerns at first conference 



Union County wants more communication with its local 

homeowners’ associations, including details on how fees are 

spent. Those were two issues addressed March 20 at the 

first Union County Neighborhood Leadership Forum conference 

at South Piedmont Community College, 4209 Old 

Charlotte Highway, Monroe. 

“We were very happy with the results of the conference,” 

said UCNLF Secretary Roger Fish, an Indian Trail resident 

and former member of the Taylor Glen HOA board. “We 

(see HOAs on page 8) 

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Stallings faces parks 

funding decision 

First-phase-costs $500K 

higher than expected 



To proceed with its parks plan, the 

Stallings Town Council will have to 

decide if it wants to start slower or pay 

more. Costs for the plan’s first phase, 

which includes athletic fields, a splash 

pad and a shelter area with restrooms 

at Stallings Municipal Park, 322 Stallings 

Road, now are estimated at $2 million, 

up from the $1.5 million the town 

budgeted, according to Charlotte civilengineering 

firm Site Solutions. 

“The original estimates didn’t take 

into account the cost of fill dirt, grading 

and piping,” Town Manager Brian 

Matthews said. “They didn’t do any preliminary 

engineering, because we didn’t 

pay them for that. Once they got out 

there, they realized the estimates were 

not appropriate to do exactly what the 

concept plan shows,” Matthews said. 

For the 2009 estimate, the town 

asked Site Solutions for a ballpark figure 

without visiting the park to gauge 

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architect Phillip Hobbes said. 

“(Originally) we were not charged to 

handle topography, finished grades (or) 

storm water,” Hobbes said. “We did a 

series of cost estimates.” 

Now that the park’s concept has 

been approved, Site Solutions developed 

a detailed estimate that could be 

used to issue proposal requests from 

companies interested in construction 

contracts. 

According to Hobbes, most of the 

extra money is grading and drainage, 

which added $451,000 to the bill. The 

remaining $49,000 is work on the proposed 

shelter, which includes bathrooms, 

finishing work on arbors around 

the park and a suggested 8 percent contingency. 

Town officials were hesitant to commit 

to a higher price tag. “We approved 

a concept and were agreeable to 

$1.5 million, which is still a pretty goodsized 

expenditure,” Stallings Mayor 

Lynda Paxton said. 

Her comments were echoed by 

councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Wyatt 

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Community 

Waxhaw, Historic Ventures 

seal the downtown deal 

Mixed-use development 

approved on second try 



For Historic Ventures, the second 

time’s the charm. The Waxhaw 

Town Council approved the estimated 

$6 million downtown project March 

23, granting the conditional-use permit 

3-1 vote with Erin Kirkpatrick opposing. 

Councilman Brett Diller recused himself 

from the vote because he said he lives next 

door to the property. 

In October 2009, commissioners denied 

the first Historic Ventures proposal, then a 

298,000-square-foot, mixed-use development 

with a civic center, hotel, day care, 

apartments and offices at the corner of N.C. 

16 and Price and Broad streets downtown. 

The group has since revised plans, meeting 

with local residents for input throughout 

January and February. Apartments were 

removed and the buildings’ heights were 

reduced to calm fears that they’d tower 

over older structures. The plan now totals 

about 290,000 square feet. 

“We are all very excited about the 

decision we received (and) we can’t wait 

to get started,” Ventures co-owner Lisa 

Gioveniello said. 

Commissioners outlined a list of conditions 

that developers agreed to meet, 

before approving the project. Historic Ventures 

has submit an environmental-impact 

statement, as well as conduct monthly 

monitoring of water that’s piped across the 

property to guarantee any change in water 

pressure won’t affect neighboring land. As 

for construction requirements, the developers 

can’t work on Sundays or through 

the early morning hours the of the week. 

Developers also have a two-year moratorium 

on submitting plans for the remaining 

undeveloped portion of the land, where 

apartments stood in the original plan. 

“Our intent, by accepting all of the 

conditions, is to work with the concerned 

citizens on Broad Street, as well as other 

adjacent property owners, and do our very 

best to impact their lives as little as possible 

during the construction of the project,” 

Giovenniello said. 

Next up, water and sewer 

The town’s next step is securing water 

and sewer rights from Union County, 

which could get a little tricky. According 

to Union County Public Works Director 

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It’s raining meds, hallelujah! 

Second Operation Medicine 

Drop huge success, collects 

30 percent more drugs 

by Pat Higgins 

editor@unioncountyweekly.com 

Union County’s second Operation 

Medicine Drop March 13 was a whopping 

success, according to organizers, netting 

35,630 doses of pills and liquid medications 

– up nearly 30 percent from the 

more than 27,000 collected at the first 

event in October 2009. 

Led by the Union County Sheriff’s 

Office, Union County Public Schools 

and Carolinas Medical Center-Union, 

the medicine drop gave residents a place 

to properly dispose of their unused or 

outdated medications. The five collection 

sites around the county busily bagged and 

tagged the medications for disposal later 

by federal law enforcement officers. 

Safe and Drug Free Schools assistant 

Lisa Callaham said March 25 the following 

number of doses were collected at 

each site: 

• Walmart Supercenter, Indian Trail: 

11,346 doses 

• Food Lion – 221 W. Highway 74, 

Wingate:10,104 doses 

• New Town Market shopping center, 

Photo courtesy of the UCSO 

Waxhaw: 6,533 doses 

• Walmart, Monroe: 6,012 doses 

• Waxhaw Police Department – 703 W. 

South Main St., Waxhaw: 1,634 doses 

Residents made confidential dropoffs 

of outdated, unused prescription and 

over-the-counter pill and liquid drugs. 

Participating organizations also 

included all five local police departments, 

the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, 

North Carolina State Bureau of 

Investigation, Union County Safe Kids/ 

Safe Communities, Southeast Pain 

Care-Union, Behavioral Health Center 

First Step, Village of Marvin, Food Lion, 

Walmart, Latino Outreach Progam 

(United Way), American Red Cross and 

the Union County Safe and Drug Free 

Community Partnership. 

Union County Sheriff’s Office officials 

said the county may hold a third Operation 

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Briefs 

Date set for Wesley 

Chapel-Land gun range 

appeal 

Wesley Chapel finally will present 

its case against controversial private 

gun-range owner Michael Land before 

the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 

Monroe on Monday, April 12 at 1 p.m. 

at the Court of Appeals Building, 1 W. 

Morgan St., Raleigh. The village has 

appealed the 2009 Union County Superior 

Court ruling upholding Land’s right 

to fire weapons on his property at 1402 

Bloomsberry Lane. 

The court ruled July 19 for Land, 

saying the doctor’s gun range, where 

he fires high-powered weapons, doesn’t 

violate county regulations. A threejudge 

panel of John Martin, Barbara 

Jackson and Cheri Beasley will hear 

arguments, the latest development 

in a continuing series of legal battles. 

The village contends Land, 57, didn’t 

comply with Union County or village 

zoning regulations since he never 

applied for a special-use or other permit 

to operate the gun range in his backyard. 

Neighbors have complained that 

they’re afraid of the machine-gun fire, 

which allegedly occurs a few hundred 

feet from their backyards. 

Wesley Chapel incorporated in 1998 

and annexed Land’s property in 1999. 

Land argued that because the gun 

range was built in 1991, it falls under 

the county-zoning ordinance in effect 

at that time, which didn’t list a shooting 

range as a regulated use. In May 2008, 

Wesley Chapel adopted an ordinance 

that made firing weapons in the municipality 

illegal in most instances. The village 

then ordered Land to stop shooting 

at the property. Land appealed the 

order with the Wesley Chapel Board 

of Adjustment, which ruled for the 

village. In January 2009, Land asked 

for a superior court review of the 

decision. q 

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Vietnam Vets honored 

on new 

Welcome Home Day 

Vietnam veterans will be honored with 

a special Welcome Home Day on Tuesday, 

March 30, which the U.S. Senate 

unanimously passed March 19 as a resolution 

introduced by U.S. Sen. Richard Burr 

of North Carolina. The county will fly the 

Vietnam Service Medal Flag outside the government 

center, 500 N. Main St., Monroe 

on March 30 to mark the occasion. 

“Our Vietnam Veterans did not receive 

the recognition they deserved upon their 

return home,” said Union County Veterans 

Service Director Michelle Marcano. “The 

unanimous passing by the U.S. Senate to 

recognize March 30 as ‘Welcome Home 

Vietnam Veterans Day’ shows this is long 

overdue and well deserved.” 

Burr said in a statement that the 

resolution encourages communities across 

the nation to designate the day to honor 

“the return home of U.S. armed service 

members after serving in Vietnam.” The 

U.S. military began serving as advisors 

to the South Vietnamese in 1961, with 

ground combat troops sent in 1965. All 

U.S. troops were withdrawn from on March 

30, 1973, under the terms of the Treaty of 

Paris, making March 30 an appropriate 

day to establish Welcome Home Vietnam 

Veterans Day, Burr said. q 

Correction 

In a March 19 article titled, “Wesley 

Chapel considers acquiring Houston 

House,” Union County Weekly incorrectly 

stated the village wants to buy the home 

and move it to a village park site. Wesley 

Chapel is considering accepting the home 

as a donation in partnership with the 

Church of the Redeemer in Monroe, which 

bought the land on which the homestead 

stands. The donation would require the 

village to spend $20,000-$30,000 to 

move the house to its site, where it could 

be fixed for park use. 

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Sheriff’s pretrial 

program eases jail 

crowding, already 

saved taxpayers $100K 

The Union County Sheriff’s Office 

has reported that a new Pretrial Services 

Program launched in October 

2009 to help ease overcrowding at 

the Union County Jail in Monroe has 

been so successful in four months that 

a planned jail expansion has been suspended 

and the county has saved nearly 

$100,000 in inmate housing. 

The new program offers all criminal 

defendants who originally couldn’t 

post bail the opportunity to interview 

for a supervised jail-release program 

administered by Dottie Thomas, Union 

County senior coordinator of pretrial 

services. “I like to call the program jailpopulation 

management,” Thomas said 

in a statement. 

“We try to keep the jail population 

under the maximum capacity for 

both the safety of the inmates and 

the officers. We also strive to save the 

taxpayers money by keeping people 

who shouldn’t be in jail, out of jail.” 

In January, the average daily jail 

population was 260, four shy of the 

jail’s 264-inmate maximum capacity, 

Thomas said. At $69 per day to house 

each inmate, the program had saved 

taxpayers more than $91,000 by the 

end of February, Thomas said. 

Pretrial releases are mainly for defendants 

accused of minor crimes who can 

demonstrate they live in the community, 

pose no threat of flight or danger 

to the community at large and have no 

history of violence or violent charges. 

Thomas screens all jail inmates to identify 

who may be eligible for pretrial 

release, which the court determines. 

She also receives referrals from defense 

attorneys, judges and jail staff. 

Thomas currently supervises 19 

inmates; eight have completed the 

program. She can accommodate up to 

35 inmates. Only one defendant has 

violated prerelease conditions to date, 

she said. 

Union County Sheriff Eddie Cathey 

said in a statement he’s pleased by the 

program’s success so far, especially the 

bed space it’s opened up. He won’t 

expand until Thomas needs help, he 

added. “She is taking a slow-growth 

position.” 

Cathey says the program’s not 

a space cure-all, and some type of 

jail expansion still could happen. In 

February, county commissioners agreed 

on a jail needs study of overcrowding 

problems. q 

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Community 

HOAs 

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made contact with several new HOAs 

and had good participation from everyone 

around.” 

Fish said the conference included 

discussions on everything from how to 

preserve property values to a session on 

the ways towns and counties can support 

the HOAs. 

“What we heard is that some people 

More than 100 county residents and homeowners associations and 

municipal officials met for the first time March 20 at South Piedmont 

Community College in Monroe to talk and share information about 

how the county’s more than 640 neighborhoods can work together 

to improve their communities. Organized by the new Union County 

Neighborhood Leaders Forum, the daylong event featured (from 

left) emcee Brien Blakely, FOX Charlotte News; UCNLF President 

Kathy Kukor, Colton Ridge Homeowners Association, Indian 

Trail; Willie Ratchford, executive director, Charlotte-Mecklenburg 

Community Relations Committee; UCNLF Secretary Roger Fish, 

Taylor Glenn HOA, Indian Trail; and UCNLF board member Favio 

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associations,” Fish said. “A number of 

communities said their HOAs weren’t 

meeting regularly. The problem is these 

boards are staffed by volunteers, so the 

members come on and possibly don’t 

know the responsibilities that come 

with the position.” 

The conference included sessions 

to help with that problem, detailing an 

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so they have a duty 

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Indian Trail also attended and staff 

members answered questions. 

“I think it was a very good program,” 

said new Indian Trail Town Manager 

Joe Fivas. “I think we battled the 

weather and March Madness for attendance 

but I think it was well worth our 

time.” 

Stallings officials especially are 

working to help older HOAs, which 

sometimes are operating without 

guidelines. 

“(A) problem we often deal with 

is older neighborhoods without covenants 

or HOAs,” Stallings Mayor 

Lynda Paxton said in an email. 

“We have tried to help these communities 

organize and set up communication, 

particularly for neighborhood 

crime-watch programs,” Paxton said. 

Other organizations attending 

included the Monroe Volunteer Fire 

Department and the Union County 

Sheriff’s Office, answering residents’ 

questions about everything from crime 

to calls for service. 

The UCNLF was formed in 2009 by 

various HOA groups in Indian Trail and 

quickly spread to the rest of the county. 

The nonprofit organization hopes to 

help HOAs, neighborhood leaders and 

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threads that weave us together,” Chitwood 

warns. 

Chitwood advises wives to be helpers 

and companions to husbands to 

increase the sense of oneness in a 

marriage. “Men will always gravitate 

toward the loudest applause,” she says, 

suggesting a husband needs encouragement, 

not criticism, from his wife. 

Chitwood knows whereof she 

speaks. Married for 18 years, she and 

Scott have struggled with many of the 

issues she addresses. 

“I sadly realized I had spent years 

trying to figure out marriage my own 

way. In fact, I spent a lot of years telling 

my husband what he needed to do 

instead of focusing on what I needed 

to.” 

Life would teach a different lesson. 

Discovery and renewal 

Seen through a Christian lens, 

Chitwood leads her readers on a journey 

of discovery and renewal. Using 

Scripture and large doses of good common 

sense, she navigates the complexities 

and storms of married life, using 

her and others’ experience and examples 

to make her points. Her personal 

story is a compelling example. 

The couple met when they both 

taught high school in Atlanta. At the 

time, Scott was working on his pilot 

license. “He was charming and handsome. 

One of my main dreams growing 

up was to get married, have children 

and live happily ever after,” Melanie 

recalled. “I was really thinking about 

what I needed and how I could live 

happily.” 

Scott became a pilot, fly for US Airways, 

a job that would eventually land 

them in Charlotte in 2000, where they 

thought “all their dreams would come 

true.” By then the parents of two young 

boys, Zachary, now 15, and Tyler, now 

10, Melanie would find her days as a 

stay-at-home mom stretching endlessly 

before her. 

She became bitter and resentful 

toward Scott and not until she joined a 

local Bible study, did her marriage and 

life change. “I began to take my eyes 

off myself. Instead, I began to focus on 

God and as I did, my marriage changed 

for the better,” she said. 

It would be the life-altering events 

on Sept. 11, 2001, that would once 

again test their family’s faith. Scott was 

laid off. They did a lot of soul-searching 

and in the end Melanie concluded, 

“Sure, Scott had lost a job but the 

most valuable parts of our life were in 

intact. 

“So we made an everyday choice to 

keep the faith and stay committed to 

our dreams,” she said. 

The choice paid off. Scott soon 

found a job flying a corporate jet for 

the Family Dollar Corporation. 

Fast-forward to 2009. “My dream 

and passion was always to encourage 

and challenge women,” says Chitwood. 

With that in mind, she decided to write 

another book, “What a Wife Needs from 

Her Husband.” This time she advised 

men to take an honest assessment of 

themselves and their marriages. 

She suggests they list five top priorities 

and asks them, “Does the investment 

of your time, energy and money 

reflect your priorities?” Her message is 

love your wives with all your hearts, no 

matter what the circumstances. 

Chitwood knew her husband was 

a “man of many dreams,” but didn’t 

know his big plan would come along at 

the same time she’d write that second 

book. Scott, who always had a heart for 

sports, dreamed of owning a basketball 

and volleyball training facility with 

year-round programs. 

“After much prayer and a huge leap 

of faith,” according to Melanie, Scott 

quit his job and along with partner 

Ron Esser, opened Carolina Courts, 

a 44,000-square-foot facility at 7210 

Stinson Hartis Road. 

“This (past) year has presented lots 

of challenges. We have had health and 

extended issues, as well as the stress of 

Carolina Courts co-owners Ron Esser (left) 

and Scott Chitwood 

me writing my book and Scott running 

the business,” she admitted. “Most 

times he works 10-hour days, six days 

a week.” 

While finishing her book, Melanie 

also was busy taking care of the home 

front and the boys. Scott agreed, “We 

knew there would be long and stressful 

days and that we would need to lean on 

and be there to support one another. 

We just could not have done it without 

our faith in God and each other.” 

“In retrospect we know we made the 

right decision. We are committed to 

one another and to each other’s dream,” 

Melanie concluded. Sounds like a page 

right out of one of her books. q 

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still is in the middle of budget preparations. 

“We haven’t seen our revenue 

projections (for the year) yet,” Dunn 

said. “It’s phase one (of the project). We 

don’t have to do everything now.” 

Hobbes said Site Solutions could 

create a first-phase plan within the 

$1.5 million limit, but added some 

things would have to be removed. 

“It (would be) smaller; in that plan 

the above-ground stuff (would) get 

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Portions designated a floodplain 

One problem the town has to tackle 

is that a portion of the park is designated 

a North Carolina floodplain. Matthews 

said town officials knew about 

the issue, but hoped to resolve it without 

any engineering studies. The state 

refused to change the designation. 

“The state took the position (that) it 

was on the map, it was a floodplain,” 

Matthews said, explaining that North 

Carolina has to follow federal rules, 

with no wiggle room. 

If the floodplain proved unusable, 

Matthews said, the town would have to 

revise the park plan, perform additional 

grading and lose the use of the area 

now planned for an athletic field. 

The town council authorized staffers 

March 22 to file a request that the 

state change the designation of the 

area from a floodplain to shaded zone 

X. That basically means North Carolina 

still recognizes the area as a floodplain, 

but one without any use restrictions. 

The council is scheduled to discuss 

the parks plan and whether to approve 

the additional cost at its April 12 

meeting. q 

Stallings, Matthews to discuss joint business park venture 

Stallings Commissioners will meet with their Matthews colleagues March 29 to discuss 

the possibility of building a business park that straddles both town limits – and 

splits the tax revenue. 

The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in room 2215 of Central Piedmont Community 

College’s Levine Campus in Matthews, 2800 Campus Ridge Road. Calling the meeting 

“very preliminary,” Matthews Mayor Jim Taylor said a Huntersville official will address the 

group about how similar joint ventures there have paid off. 

Officials haven’t pinpointed an exact location where they would like to build, but Taylor 

said undeveloped land off John Street near Interstate 485 is one option. The land is 

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offers yet, just verbal inquiries. 

Kaufman Hall also was authorized 

to continue negotiations with Carolinas 

HealthCare System about a current 

lease extension. The two sides met 

March 24 for preliminary discussions, 

Finnerty said. 

Commissioners said they wanted to 

see who, including current hospital leaseholder 

Carolinas HealthCare System, is 

interested in taking on a long-term lease 

or buying the hospital outright. 

“I believe in competition; I want to 

see what’s out there,” county commissioner 

Chairwoman Kim Rogers said. 

The county is considering selling the 

hospital property, 600 Hospital Drive in 

Monroe, to help pay down more than 

$600 million in debt. CHS still has 10 

years left on its current lease, which was 

originally signed in 1995. So far, at least 

12 companies have expressed interest. 

They include Nashville, Tenn.-based 

Vanguard Health Systems, Universal 

Health Services in Fort Worth, Texas 

and RegionalCare Hospital Partners in 

Brentwood, Tennessee. Now Kaufman 

Hall will request official statements of 

interest from each group. 

Property purchase price estimates have 

ranged from $178 million to $280 million, 

depending on whether a buyer assumes 

the current lease or negotiates to break it. 

However, Finnerty cautioned that there 

were variables at play here that Kaufman 

Hall has never dealt with before. 

“We’ve never completed a transaction 

where there’s this long (a period) left on 

the lease,” Finnerty said. “It’s a mitigating 

factor. Does it lower the proceeds 

you get? Quite possibly.” 

Kaufman Hall representatives also 

explained to commissioners that a flatout 

sale would come with less risk than 

a long-term lease. 

“During the 40-year lease, the operator 

could have to replace (the hospital) 

building,” Finnerty said. “They file a 

new certificate of need with the state, 

locate another location, get a new building 

and then you’re left holding the bag,” 

Finnerty said. 

Finnerty explained that more and 

more companies are leaning toward 

long-term leases because the property 

isn’t theirs and they don’t have to pay 

property taxes on it. 

“But at the end of the day, with a 

lease you still own the property; (the 

county has) that revenue coming in,” 

Commissioner Parker Mills Jr. said. 

Mills argued that the county didn’t need 

to take control of the hospital back from 

CHS, because its track record was less 

than stellar. 

“The county didn’t do a good job of 

running the hospital,” Mills said. “That’s 

what led up to 1995 and (the deal) with 

CMS. We’re much better than where we 

were.” 

Commissioners also told Kaufman 

Hall the county wants some additional 

elements in any proposal. Those requests 

include paying for more nurses in the 

Historic Ventures 


Ed Goscicki, the property currently is allocated 

for 6,000 gallons per day. However, 

UCPW estimates anticipate Historic Ventures 

will require 65,000 gallons per day 

when built out. 

“Of course we must now apply for water 

and sewer and are confident we will get 

what we need,” Giovenniello said, adding 

that all 65,000 gallons wouldn’t be needed 

at once. Instead, as capacity becomes available, 

the project will grow piece by piece. 

Community 

Union County Public School system, 

requiring the hospital to cover the costs 

and care for patients at the jail, increasing 

the number of ambulances and 

detailing each hospital applicant’s level 

of commitment to charity care, such as 

free and low-income clinics. q 

However, Historic Ventures isn’t on the 

current list of commercial or residential 

projects allocated water or sewer under the 

county’s plan and UCPW hasn’t estimated 

when that additional capacity will be available. 

Giovenniello said her company just 

is happy to be moving forward to a point 

where they can break ground. 

“We remain committed to the public 

process we have employed during 

the rezoning and will continue to reach 

out to the community for their input,” 

Giovenniello said. q 

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Thanks Kissell for health care stand 

While we’re disappointed with the outcome 

of the latest health care vote, on behalf 

of North Carolina’s small businesses I want 

to thank Rep. (Larry) Kissell for standing 

up for small business and voting against the 

health care bill that threatens the ability of 

so many small business owners to operate 

and grow their businesses. 

Not only does this health care bill spend 

$900 billion we don’t have, but it’s paid for on 

the backs of small business. The facts are clear: 

This bill will raise insurance costs and will 

increase both taxes and the cost of doing business 

for the very people they said they wanted 

to help – small businesses. This is not the 

reform small business asked for or can afford. 

We couldn’t have been clearer how damaging 

this bill will be to North Carolina’s 

small businesses and the economic recovery 

of this country. Instead, this bill dumps 

disproportionate costs and mandates on 

small businesses, and provides unfair exemptions 

for big business and labor unions. It’ll 

only result in more job losses and shuttered 

businesses here in North Carolina during an 

unprecedented recession. 

The National Federation of Independent 

Business/North Carolina commends Kissell 

for doing the right thing and voting for small 

business. He’s been an independent voice who 

understands that small businesses are vital to 

our economic recovery. We need more representatives 

in Washington like Kissell who’re 

willing to take hard votes to protect the interest 

of small businesses. Maybe then our nation’s 

job creators wouldn’t have to worry so much 

about the agenda being pursued in Washington 

and get back to running their business and 

helping to get our economy on track. 

Gregg Thompson 

State Director 

National Federation of Independent 

Business/North Carolina 

Transparency and hypocrisy 

In recent weeks, former Councilman 

Dan Schallenkamp has appeared at Indian 

Trail council meetings demanding compete 

openness and transparency by its elected 

officials. While seemingly noble, such 

demands run counter to Dan’s prior tenure 

on the council. 

A case in point was the $1.2 million 

purchase of the Blythe building in 2008 

for use as the town hall. Mr. Schallenkamp 

spearheaded the purchase and then opposed 

the planned construction of a suitable new 

town hall building across the street from the 

Blythe building. Dan, instead, demanded 

multiple traffic-flow studies of the new 

building in an apparent attempt to kill such 

project, but none for the Blythe property. 

No formal study on the Blythe building’s 

suitability for town hall use was ever 

required or performed. Instead, council 

members hastily voted in closed sessions 

held in May and June 2007, and devoid of 

public input and expert review, to simply pay 

the full asking price of $1.2 million for the 

property (which had been unsuccessfully up 

for sale the preceding four years). 

The Blythe purchase was completed in 

2008 and was shortly found to be overpriced 

and deficient in needed office space. Former 

town Councilwoman Shirley Howe later 

said at an August 2008 council meeting that 

the “unfortunate” 2007 town council vote 

to purchase the Blythe building had been 

based on misleading, improper information. 

Why did the Blythe purchase occur 

behind a veil of secrecy and misdirected 

information? Perhaps, some special 

favors or cronyism were involved? Clearly, 

Mr. Schallenkamp, in his demand for greater 

transparency and openness of government, 

has some explaining to do. 

Carlton Aldrich 

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“The Union County Parkway” is nice. No town is “bypassed,” no town singled out 

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still looking. But just think, you could name a road. 

Residents can send in suggestions for bypass names to a new e-mail address: 

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Nature, nests, fun and feathers 

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by Anna Dykema 

anna@unioncountyweekly.com 

Think Carolina Raptor Center’s 

summer day camps are all about 

birds, feathers, flight and fowls? 

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wildlife and sustainability amid 

the center’s natural setting. The goal, 

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and inspire campers to make environmentally 

conscious decisions and graduate 

from the camp experience with 

knowledge they can then pass along to 

family and friends. 

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Hawkwarts: A Camp for 

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years – this summer a new camp is 

slated to join the mix: Eager Eaglets, 

specifically themed for 4- to 6-yearolds. 

Similar to its predecessor camps, 

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campers about relevant topics to make 

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Unique experiences, she added, 

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geocaching – a scavenger hunt 

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to locate various points along 

wooded trails – wildlife presentations 

and overnight adventures are planned 

for each camp to ensure fun is a big 

part of the camp equation. 

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and have fun doing it. 

“Another day we have a water 

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Although camp agendas vary 

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she added. “All campers 

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the human impact we have on 

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them.” 

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In recent years the most popular 

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Muggles, she said. 

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on the science behind it. One of the 

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Creatures,” she said, noting one day 

during the weeklong camp, Hawkwarts 

participants get the opportunity 

to dress up as wizards and other Harry 

Potter characters. “We teach campers 

how to take care of our birds and in 

the past also have taken them to visit 

the equestrian center and also done a 

reptile presentation. It’s about how we 

care for those creatures, and even more 

about the science (involved) in that. 

“Everyday magic is really science 

(based).” 

As part of the center’s focus on making 

students more conscious of their 

impact on the world, Bofill said campers 

are required to pack lunches using 

as little packaging as possible, encouraging 

reusable Tupperware and lunch 

boxes. 

“At the end of each day we weigh 

trash. Our goal is to keep reducing the 

weight of the trash (we accumulate) 

each day,” Bofill explained. 

“We hope that, not only will campers 

walk away better stewards of the environment, 

but they will share the lessons 

they learn with others. This could 

really have a ripple affect. Maybe next 

school year they will pack their lunches 

in recyclable lunch bags and use a permanent 

water bottle instead of plastic 

water bottles and they’ll encourage 

their friends to do the same. 

“We want them to be ambassadors 

for the environment.” q 

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All Carolina Raptor Center camps 

are offered Monday through Friday 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Early 

drop-off and late pickup times can be 

arranged. 

Each weeklong session costs $199 for 

Carolina Raptor Center members and 

$249 for nonmembers. There will be 

two optional overnights available for an 

additional $35, with limited space available. 

Overnight dates are July 23 and 30. 

Space is limited to 24 campers per weeklong 

session and priority is given to early 

registrants. A $50 deposit is due upon 

registration. Health forms and information 

packets will be sent via e-mail once 

initial registration is complete. 

Eager Eaglets 

Ages 4-6 

A half-day camp for younger raptor 

lovers! Campers will learn about the 

environment through fun, educational 

games, outdoor activities and raptor 

encounters. 

June 21-25 

Radical Raptor Adventures 

Ages 11-14 

Campers will explore animal behavior, 

forest ecology and environmental 

issues through hands-on lessons, 

activities and projects. With daily raptor 

encounters, outdoor adventures and 

nature photography, campers will leave 

with an enriched sense of environmental 

awareness and a newfound respect 

for the natural world. 

July 26-30 

Wings of Wonder 

Ages 7-10 

Campers explore adaptations, habitat 

and environmental topics through 

hands-on lessons, games and crafts. 

With daily raptor encounters, outdoor 

adventures, nature photography and 

more, campers will receive a wellrounded 

experience. 

June 28-July 2 

Hawkwarts: A Camp for Muggles 

Ages 8-12 

During this Harry Potter-themed 

camp, kids will blend fantasy and reality 

through science experiments, art 

projects and botany. Classes include 

Care of Magical Creatures and Wands 

& Potions and focus on engaging young 

minds and exposing campers to nature’s 

everyday magic. 

July 5-9, July 12-16, and July 19-23 

For more information or to register, 

visit www.carolinaraptorcenter.org or 

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Back in 

Action 

Pirate Liz Rounds 

overcomes injury, 

prepares for college career 

by Aaron Garcia 

aaron@unioncountyweekly.com 

having that ability, you don’t want to see 

something like that with good kids. 

“You don’t want anyone hurt, but there’s 

some people that it kind of hurts a little 

more and gets into the ‘Why, why, why’ 

kind of a thing.” 

As soon as Liz Rounds heard the “pop,” 

she knew what had happened. 

She knew because, as a club soccer 

player, she’d attended several classes geared 

toward preventing the injury. She knew 

that, most likely, her soccer season was over 

and that she wouldn’t be able to attend a 

vital recruiting showcase event the following 

weekend, one in which several college 

coaches were attending just to see her play. 

Of course, the fact that the opposing 

coach was telling her to stay on the ground 

while motioning for the Porter Ridge athletic 

trainers was an indication that others 

heard the “pop” sound as well. 

On March 30, 2009, Rounds made 

a move to keep a Hickory Ridge player 

from getting the ball on the sideline. She 

stepped with her right foot and started to 

take a step with her left before her knee 

buckled inward, tearing the anterior 

cruciate ligament in her left knee. 

“It was a ‘Why her?’ kind of a thing,” 

Porter Ridge coach Ron Ladimir recalled 

thinking at the time. “With so much 

potential, wanting to play college ball and 

Marvin Ridge High School softball 

coach Kevin Allran said there’s a simple 

reason his team is off to a 9-0 start to the 

season: The Mavericks are excelling in 

some of the diamond’s tried-and-true fundamentals. 

“We’ve hit the ball very well, played 

some pretty good defense and it seems 

that the pitching’s been great all the way 

around,” he said. 

Allran said the team has battled injuries 

this spring, but the Mavericks are 

approaching full strength for the first 

time this season. That has to be scary for 

Marvin Ridge opponents, considering the 

Mavericks sport a .367 team batting average 

and have scored 81 runs while allowing 

just seven. 

Field of tears 

Rounds first started playing soccer 

because of her sister, Kaitlyn, who’s two 

years older. Kaitlyn played on a team, so 

their dad, Jake, signed Liz up as well. But 

it was hardly love at first sight. 

“I did not want to play soccer,” she 

remembered with a laugh. 

In fact, Rounds recalls crying hysterically 

when it came time for her to step on 

the field. 

“But as soon as I went on the field, I loved 

it,” she said. “I haven’t stopped since.” 

Well, she stopped long enough to give 

some other sports a try along the way. She 

was a gymnast from the second grade until 

high school, though her participation was 

more about wasting time until soccer 

came back around – not that it didn’t have 

some obvious benefits on the pitch. 

“It got my flexibility up, which helps a 

lot with soccer,” she explained. “It helps 

with my throw-ins and being able to get 

to certain balls other people can’t because 

my body can move that way.” 

sports shorts 

Maverick softball team still perfect 

by Aaron Garcia 

aaron@unioncountyweekly.com 

(see Action on page 17) 

“Different people have stepped up and 

done some different things,” Allran said. 

“It’s been a total team effort.” 

A big part of the success has been utility 

player Erin Robertson, who has played 

five different positions this season, “sometimes 

without a lot of practice at any of 

them,” said Allran. 

“She’s made a conscious effort to be 

better and has worked really hard,” he 

continued. “She’s really stepped up this 

year and done a fantastic job.” 

Allran also explained that this season’s 

team is the best defensive squad he’s had 

in his three years at Marvin Ridge, despite 

the fact that he has four freshmen and two 

sophomores in the lineup. 

“Our chemistry on the team is really 

good,” he said. “They really like each 

other, and that’s a dream come true for a 

coach.” 

Porter Ridge High School girls soccer player will enroll at UNC Charlotte this fall to play for the 

49ers. 

Of course, having the tandem of 

pitcher Caitlyn Kurtz and catcher Erin 

Kayton doesn’t hurt, either. Kurtz has 

registered 73 strikeouts and allowed only 

three earned runs. Backup Peyton Jordan 

also has been solid, said Allran. 

As hot as their start has been, the 

Mavericks have a tough slate ahead, with 

games against Anson (Friday, March 

26), Parkwood (Tuesday, March 30) and 

Charlotte Myers Park (Wednesday, March 

31). 

“We’re getting into the meat of our conference 

schedule now,” said Allran. “We’re 

getting those situations ironed out. We 

know we have a battle on our hands for 

the rest of the year.” 

Union County all-conference 

basketball teams 

Marvin Ridge’s T.J. Tolbert and 

Parkwood’s Maurice Leak were named 

Boys Co-Players of the year in the Southern 

Carolina 3A/4A conference. 

Leak was joined on the all- conference 

team by his brother, Marcus. Sun Valley 

had a trio of honorees in Jalen 

Witherspoon, Shaun Stewart and Luke 

Maynor who were joined by Weddington’s 

Bennett Rutherford. 

Ten girls players were honored by the 

league, headlined by Co-Players of the 

Year Morgan Brown (Parkwood) and Kelly 

Godbout (Porter Ridge). Sun Valley’s 

Stephanie Taylor and Jordan Gaymon 

made the team, as did Marvin Ridge’s 

Chelsea Horan and Jordan Henry. Brown 

was joined by teammates Michelle Brown 

and Tori Tsitouris. Porter Ridge’s Raven 

Falls also was selected, as was Weddington’s 

Sam Sebastian. 

(see Sports Shorts on page 17) 

Aaron Garcia/UCW photo 



Sports 

Action 


But all the time, Rounds focused on 

soccer, whether it was playing in leagues 

or kicking the ball in the driveway while 

playing soccer tennis, a game she and her 

sister picked up at a soccer camp. 

When she was 9, Rounds made a select 

club team in Charlotte. Suddenly, she realized 

she could have a future in the sport. 

“I felt the difference in the speed of play 

(while on the club team) and how the players 

moved, picked up their heads and saw 

everyone,” she said. “It was an eye-opener. 

I could do this and keep going higher and 

higher. I wanted to push myself to do that, 

so it felt natural, I guess, to want to challenge 

myself.” 

So she did. By the time she got to the 

high school level she was ready and contributed 

immediately in the midfield for the 

Pirates. Her sophomore year, she moved to 

forward and promptly had 16 goals and 26 

assists, earning her an all-state nod. 

At that point, all she needed was an 

equally productive junior year to solidify 

her chance of fulfilling her dream to play 

college soccer. Unfortunately, fate had 

other plans. 

Down but not out 

Before the injury, Wingate, Mars Hill, 

the Charlotte 49ers and Western Carolina 

were starting to show some interest in 

Rounds. But she figured her chances were 

dashed with the injury. 

“Especially with the (Division I) 

schools,” said Rounds. “I thought, ‘They’re 

never going to think I’m the same player 

again or they’re going to have doubts about 

me.’ But I still got some e-mails that said 

they were thinking about me and don’t 

completely shut them out.” 

She didn’t. In fact, she even attended 

the Wingate and 49er camps that summer. 

Her first choice always had been the 49ers, 

so when coach John Cullen approached 

Rounds during the camp about committing 

to them, even though Rounds still was hobbled 

with the injury, she was ecstatic. There 

was one catch: The 49ers weren’t prepared 

to offer her a scholarship, so she would 

have to earn one as a recruited walk-on. 

“I was completely in shock and in love 

with the atmosphere and everything about 

it,” she gushed. “He told me to talk to my 

parents and give him an answer. 

“We just decided that because I was 

always in love with that school, I couldn’t 

pass that up,” she reasoned. 

Before she could suit up for the 49ers, 

Rounds needed to earn her way back on 

the Pirates’ field. Throughout the offseason 

she pushed through rehabilitation 

and physical therapy. And by the time this 

spring rolled around, she was ready to go. 

On March 1, Rounds took the field in 

the team’s first scrimmage against East 

Mecklenburg, and she’s played in every 

game since. 

There are still moments of hesitation 

and doubt, especially on tackles, said 

Rounds. Ladimir admits to taking it easy 

with her so far, even pulling her out of 

some games at crucial moments just to 

make sure she wasn’t rushing her return. 

Ladimir said Rounds isn’t the type to complain 

or ask out of a game or practice drill, 

so he stays vigilant, looking for limps and 

stumbles. So far, so good, he said. 

Sports Shorts 


In the Rocky River 1A/2A, eight Union 

County boys basketball players made the 

all-conference team: Cuthbertson’s Mike 

Cuthbertson and Cody Esser; Forest 

Hills’ Dre Huntley and Markell Lotharp; 

and Monroe’s Issac Blakeney, Qwadarius 

Duboise and Jamison Crowder. 

Crowder was named Player of the Year, 

while Monroe’s Johnny Sowell was named 

Coach of the Year. 

The Rocky River all-conference girls 

list included Monroe’s Dequisha McCain 

and Shakira Jordan; Piedmont’s Jade 

Montgomery and Amber Weaver; Cuthbertson’s 

Sidney Sebastian; Union Academy’s 

Erin Walters; and Forest Hills’ Kinya 

Adams. 

Montgomery earned Player of the Year, 

while Piedmont’s Philip Apple was named 

Coach of the Year. 

Rounds has scored six goals and 

notched four assists for the 5-1-2 Pirates. 

But no amount of goals can beat the feeling 

she got when she first stepped on the 

field this spring. 

“It was amazing,” said Rounds. “I felt 

like a freshman all over again because 

I had twice as many butterflies as I had 

in the past. It was so good, though. It felt 

good to touch a ball and to be playing with 

the team again.” q 

Blakeney, Hallice make all-star game 

The 19th Annual Charlotte All-Star 

Classic, held at Charlotte’s Providence 

Day School on March 27, will feature a 

pair of Union County basketball players. 

Metrolina Christian Academy’s T.J. 

Hallice will play for the West team while 

Monroe’s Issac Blakeney each will suit up 

for the East boys team. 

The All-Star Classic features some of 

the region’s top seniors. The girls game is 

at 12:30 p.m., while the boys tip off at 2. 

Tickets are $7. 

The 6-foot-9 Hallice, who signed with 

Gardner-Webb, helped the Warriors to a 

16-10 overall record. Blakeney, a 6-6 Duke 

football recruit, anchored the Redhawks’ 

run to the Class 1A state championship. 

Hallice and Blakeney are the first Union 

County players to play in the All-Star Classic 

since Monroe’s Jeanette and Willette 

Oxner joined Sun Valley’s Spring Drake in 

the 2008 Charlotte All-Star Classic. q 

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Saturday April 24 - March For Babies 

 

 

You’ll Feel Great About Every Step You Take! 

March for babies because it’s fun. 

 

 

 

To Register: 

go to www.marchforbabies.org 

March for babies in Charlotte. 

 

 

 

March for babies because you care. 

 

 

 

 

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 

A guide to events, organizations and people in the community 

Ahoy, mateys! 

‘Treasure Island’ has thrills aplenty 

by Jackie Lupo 

AandE@unioncountyweekly.com 

In “Treasure Island,” Ron Ludwig’s 

adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson 

story now at the Children’s Theatre of 

Charlotte, we meet a boy on the cusp of 

manhood, proper English folk who aren’t as 

smart as they look, and some pirates who 

are as nasty as they come. 

Set in the late 1700s, “Treasure Island” 

takes us on the adventures of Jim Hawkins 

(Isaac Josephthal), a teenage boy who 

helps his widowed mother run the Admiral 

Benbow Inn, a tavern on the coast of 

England. Unfortunately for the Hawkins 

family, the tavern is occasionally visited by 

sailors on leave – and not just any old sailors, 

but pirates! 

“Treasure Island” taught us everything 

we think we know about pirates. Violent? 

Check. Badly dressed? Check. Fond of 

drink? Check. Likely to be missing limbs, 

eyes and other body parts? Check. 

History tells us that Robert Louis 

Stevenson wasn’t exaggerating when he 

created the crew of hard-drinking, swordwielding 

knaves we meet onstage here. 

Pirates did sail the seas in the 1700s. One 

EntEr to Win 2 tickEts! 

SO MUCH HAPPENED BEFORE DOROTHY DROPPED IN. 

of the most famous, “Blackbeard,” concentrated 

on robbing ships near the Carolina 

coast. With a long black beard and a hat 

under which he hid slow-burning matches 

so his head appeared to be smoking, he was 

a frightening figure indeed. In fact, his reputation 

was so bad that many sea captains 

surrendered to him without a fight. When 

not robbing ships at sea, he hid out along the 

coast of North Carolina. But he finally met 

his match in 1718 when an expedition sent 

out by the governor of Virginia managed to 

kill him at sea. 

By the time Robert Louis Stevenson 

wrote his adventure story for boys in 1883, 

the legends of Blackbeard and other pirates 

already were part of popular culture. But in 

creating “Treasure Island,” Stevenson came 

up with a group of pirates as unforgettable 

as the real pirates in history books. 

The CTC production brings Stevenson’s 

characters to life in vivid detail. We know Jim 

is in for trouble when the door to the tavern 

flies open and in walks Billy Bones (Chad 

Calvert), one of the most unsavory villains 

who ever swabbed a deck. Billy, a less-wellgroomed 

lookalike for Hagrid of Hogwarts, 

would be comical if he weren’t so threatening. 

He takes over the tavern, scaring the village 

folk silly and drinking tankard after tankard of 

rum, while young Jim does his best to keep 

him placated so he doesn’t kill anybody. 

But Jim’s troubles only are beginning. It 

turns out Billy is on the run because he’s 

stolen a treasure map, and sure enough, 

some even worse characters soon show up 

at the tavern door. Bill slips the map to Jim, 

who finds himself its unwilling owner after 

the pirates fight it out with flashing swords 

and knives. Audiences will find the swordplay 

excitingly realistic and dangerous. 

When naïve Jim reveals to his friends, 

the noble Dr. Livesey and the effete Squire 

Trelawney (Ashby Blakely), that he has a 

treasure map, they decide to go in search of 

the treasure themselves. It’s while the trio 

is at the waterfront assembling a crew for 

the expedition that Jim meets Long John 

Silver, one of the most memorable characters 

from children’s literature. 

Mark Sutton has brought the character 

of Long John Silver to life in all his complexity. 

John Silver is not a cardboard 

villain. He has a backstory: He once was an 

upstanding citizen and honest seaman but 

became a pirate after he was injured. He 

has a grotesque peg leg that doesn’t seem 

to slow him down a bit as he schemes to 

win Jim’s confidence, leading the band of 

cutthroats and thieves he and Jim recruited 

as crew of the “Hispaniola.” 

The voyage to Treasure Island and the 

group’s adventures once there could fill 

several hours on the stage, but Ken Ludwig 

has captured the high points of the story 

and keeps the action quickly moving. 

This show has wonderful production 

quality, with evocative scenery and costumes 

by Bob Croghan. The clever staging, atmospheric 

lighting, ominous background music 

and sound effects literally will shiver your 

timbers. One ingenious piece of scenery is 

the top deck of the ship, complete with functioning 

sails. The backdrop for the mysterious 

island itself features mysterious lighting and 

all sorts of weird plants in ghostly silhouettes, 

capturing the mood perfectly. 

The producers of this show recommend 

it for children over age 10, and that seems 

to be about right. Some of the characters 

and events may be downright scary to 

younger children. But older ones will enjoy 

the danger and excitement happening 

onstage. “Treasure Island” makes movies 

such as “Pirates of the Caribbean” look like 

Saturday morning cartoons. q 

“Treasure Island” continues through Sunday, 

March 28 at the McColl Family Theatre 

at ImaginOn, 300 E. Seventh St., Charlotte. 

For tickets and more information, visit www. 

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C Corner 

ulinary 

Jimmie’s Restaurant 

HHHH1/2 out of five stars 

7024 Brighton Park Drive, Mint Hill 

Phone: 704-545-7750 

Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 5:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; 

Sunday, 5:30 a. m.-3 p.m. 

Price range: $2.29-$13.99 

Details: Dine in, take out, catering, banquet room 

Join the crowd at Jimmie’s 

by Charles Jenkin 

culinary@unioncountyweekly.com 

A robust breakfast crowd, a lunch bunch 

that rushes in and a steady stream of dinner 

diners keep Mint Hill’s Jimmie’s Restaurant 

abuzz. In between main mealtimes, there’s 

still a consistent number of folks flowing in 

and out at a pretty good clip. Most impressive, 

though, was a few Saturday mornings ago, 

when I decided to visit for breakfast. This was 

the busiest I’d seen a restaurant in a while, this 

early. The Jimmie’s Restaurant morning crowd 

had created a substantial waiting list and a 

packed foyer. Keep in mind that Jimmie’s seats 

200 guests. I was delighted to see the dining 

rooms packed with a steady wait; not that I love 

to wait, but having owned a restaurant, it was 

the kind of crowd that you dream about becoming 

a reality. 

In 1953, Jimmie and Ronnie Pourlos opened 

Jimmie’s Restaurant on Elizabeth Street in 

Charlotte, across from Central Piedmont Community 

College. They concentrated on madefrom-scratch 

cooking, everyday fare, comfort 

foods and Italian specialties, all offered at very 

reasonable prices. Jimmie retired in his late 

80s and his two sons, Chris and Gregory, took 

helm of the eatery. The place was so successful 

it survived in the same location for about 50 

years until CPCC bought the property and the 

restaurant moved to Mint Hill. Chris runs the 

Mint Hill location, now a town staple for more 

than five years. 


diced tomatoes; it’s a delicious harmony of 

flavors with plenty of ingredients, prepared and 

cooked to perfection. Other options include 

a veggie, cheese, ham, bacon or sausage and 

cheese, along with a Western, Spanish and a 

chicken fajita omelet, which has chicken, onion, 

pepper, cheddar and pico de gallo. Again, each 

omelet arrives with all the chosen sides. Belgian 

waffles, pancakes, French toast, breakfast 

sandwiches and wraps all are available, as well 

as Eggs Benedict. For a change, try the Irish 

Benedict with its addition of corned beef hash. 

Breakfast is served weekdays until 11 a.m. and 

weekends until noon, so sleep late. 

Like the breakfast menu, the full menu 

offers all the basics for which Jimmie’s has 

been known for all these years. For appetizers, 

you can definitely wing it. Plump, moist 

good-size chicken wings are offered hot or mild, 

as a half or full dozen. The menu also includes 

homemade chips with ranch dressing, handbattered 

onion rings and recently added fried 

pickles with ranch, another Southern favorite. 

Salad dressings are homemade for the salad 

selections, which include a couple of unique 

items, such as the Taco salad and the Popeye 

salad, which is made with spinach, marinated 

artichoke hearts, crumbled bacon, fresh mushrooms, 

cucumbers, hard-boiled egg and croutons. 

Make it “all the way” with the addition of 

grilled salmon and feta cheese. Try a bowl of 

any of the daily soups; they are all homemade 

from scratch. 

Menu basics include a multitude of 

sandwiches, subs and wraps. Cheeseburgers, 

classic clubs and homemade chicken and tuna 

salads always are good choices. Consider the 

BLT, meatball sub or Philly cheesesteak, longtime 

favorites. Newer menu items include the 

Cuban sandwich, marinated roast pork, ham, 

Swiss cheese and pickles on a grilled hoagie 

roll; the grilled turkey wrap and the chicken 

Caesar wrap. 

Biscuits and jam 

The morning menu is chock-full of everything 

considered great starts to the day. Breakfast 

favorites are served with a choice of grits, 

hash browns or home fries and toast or biscuits. 

First, I highly recommend getting the 

home fries, crispy seasoned bites of potato with 

sautéed onions and peppers; perfectly cooked 

and so flavorful, they pair well with the eggs. 

Second, I strongly suggest you get the biscuits; Homemade dinners done right 

these are fresh-made, steamy and moist on the Hungry for supper? You’re in the right place. 

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And, you get two of those tasty, 

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dinner plates for around $8. The grilled steaks, 

$ Big Apple Bucks $ 

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any other 

beef hash or country chicken tips with peppers and onions over rice 

offer. Exp. 5/31/10. 

Not to be combined with any other 

ham. offer. For Exp. steak-and-eggs 5/31/10. fans, they also offer are on the menu. offer. The Exp. Southern-fried 5/31/10. chicken 

eggs with hand-cut rib-eye steak or grilled pork takes a few extra minutes to prepare, thankfully, 

and is definitely worth the wait. It’s crispy, 

chops and all the fixin’s. 

The omelets are superb. Consider Athena’s crunchy outside, moist and tender inside. 

Greek omelet, with feta cheese, onions and The Italian entrées come complete with 

a garden salad and garlic bread. Fettuccini 

Alfredo, spaghetti marinara and oven-baked 

lasagna are offered along with new items, such 

as the vegetable lasagna and chicken parmigiana. 

There’s a bounty of seafood offerings: 

fried filet of flounder, calabash shrimp, fried 

perch, Maryland-style crab cakes, grilled tuna, 

broiled stuffed flounder and blackened tilapia. 

There are new features every day. For 

instance, Tuesday features homemade meatloaf 

with mushroom gravy, barbecued chicken 

and a half dozen other considerations. Wednesday 

offers chicken potpie or a bowl of homemade 

chili and a grilled cheese sandwich. 

Check out the corned beef cabbage or baked 

chicken specials on Thursday, among other 

offerings. Celebrate Thanksgiving every Friday 

with turkey and dressing. If you’re a chicken 

and dumplings fan, get to Jimmie’s on Saturday. 

All features include a complimentary cup of 

homemade soup and a choice of two vegetables 

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items such as grilled rainbow trout, chicken 

Capri and shrimp fra diavolo. The calzone, 

when offered, is excellent: a thin-crust pizza 

pocket is stuffed with ground beef, mozzarella 

cheese, onions and ricotta cheese. You can’t 

help but notice the revolving glass display unit 

filled with desserts, each made on site. The 

assorted pies, cakes and desserts are fresh and 

delicious, such as the banana pudding or popular 

fudge brownie with vanilla ice cream and 

hot fudge. 

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Jimmie’s on a daily basis. If you have to wait to 

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‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ 

(From left) Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, John Cusack and Rob Corddry 

“Hot Tub Time Machine” may sound like 

a bad comedy almost by definition. I mean, 

how good can a movie named “Hot Tub 

Time Machine” possibly be? Yes? That’s not 

what I thought. I saw the stand-up display 

in a movie lobby and perked up. With a title 

like that, the filmmakers aren’t lacking in 

confidence. There was also the item of John 

Cusack in the lead. As a general rule, he isn’t 

found in bad films. 

I wasn’t disappointed. This is a step or 

two below “The Hangover,” but occupying 

similar turf. It’s another guy picture, which 

is like a buddy picture except usually without 

cops. The guys bond, they seek to relive 

Grade: HHH out of 4 

MPAA Rating: r for sexual content, nudity, 

drug use and pervasive language 

Cast: John cusack, rob corddry, 

craig robinson 

Genre: comedy 

Studio: MgM 

‘The Bounty Hunter’ 

I’m on the brink of declaring a new entry 

for Ebert’s Little Movie Glossary: No comedy 

not titled “Caddyshack” has ever created 

a funny joke involving a golf cart. The only 

thing preventing me is that I can’t remember 

if “Caddyshack” had golf cart jokes. In any 

event, if there is a golf cart, it will sooner or 

later drive into a water hazard. The funny 

angle here is that the filmmakers went to all 

that trouble because they trusted the audience 

to laugh. 

I stared with glazed eyes at “The Bounty 

Hunter.” Here is a film with no need to exist. 

Among its sins is the misuse of Jennifer Aniston, 

who can be and has been very funny, but 

not in dreck like this. Lacking any degree of 

character development, it handcuffs her to 

a plot of exhausted action comedy cliches – 

and also to a car door and a bed. 

The handcuffer is her former husband, 

Milo (Gerard Butler), a former cop who is 

now a bounty hunter and draws the assignment 

of tracking down his ex-wife, who has 


their misspent youth, there are women and 

even wives around but they’re strictly in supporting 

roles. 

A 40-something party animal named Lou 

(Rob Corddry) gets drunk and passes out 

after he unwisely guns his car engine in time 

to the music while parked in his garage and 

listening to Motley Crue. This is interpreted 

as a suicide attempt by his best friends 

Adam (John Cusack) and Nick (Craig Robinson), 

and although he tells him they’re 

mistaken, they’re not so sure. They’re worried 

about their friend. He’s a full-bore, fulltime 

alcoholic without a shred of maturity 

or caution. What this boy obviously requires 

is a return to the ski lodge where they all 

got blasted together in the 1980s. Over 

Lou’s protests, they drag along Jacob (Clark 

Duke), Adam’s nephew. Adam wants to keep 

him out of trouble (hollow laugh). 

Today, this lodge is so shabby it looks not 

only like a poor excuse for a ski resort but 

even like a poor excuse for a movie set. That’s 

part of the movie’s charm. Did the Marx 

Brothers ever lavish money on sets? (Well, 

skipped bail. Have I lost touch here, or are 

bounty hunters routinely deployed to track 

down criminals accused of no more than a 

non-fatal traffic violation? Never mind. 

Let’s do a little mental exercise here, 

the same sort that the screenplay writer, 

Sarah Thorp, must have done. Remember 

the ground rules: The movie must contain 

only cliches. I used to test this exercise on 

my film class. I’d give them the genre, and 

begin sentences ending with an ellipsis. 

They’d compete to be first to shout out the 

answer. You try it. 

1. The story involves a formerly married 

couple. He is a bounty hunter tracking 

Grade: H1/2 out of 4 

MPAA Rating: pg-13 for sexual content, 

language and some violence 

Cast: Jennifer aniston, gerard butler 

Genre: action/comedy 

Studio: columbia pictures 

yes, but never mind.) The check-in routine 

is from Motel Hell, and the surly one-armed 

bellboy (Crispin Glover) kicks their luggage 

around, dumps it on the floor, and sticks out 

his remaining hand for a tip. 

They get the same big room they had 

before. It’s gone downhill. The hot tub seems 

to harbor growth from the Planet of Mold. 

But there’s a cheerful repairman (Chevy 

Chase), who plays the role that George 

Burns used to play when you needed a guy 

who just looked like he knew the secrets of 

the universe. Chevy fixes the tub and it starts 

to bubble with an inner glow, like beer on 

the simmer. The guys jump in and are magically 

transported back in time to their youth 

in the 1980s. Jacob hadn’t been born then, 

but never mind; it’s their present selves who 

are transported. 

This then becomes the premise for a 

comedy contriving more or less every possible 

problem and paradox, of which the 

high point is possibly Nick’s boozy phone 

call to his wife, who at the time is still in 

grade school. A pretty girl named April 

(Lizzy Caplan) catches Adam’s eye, although 

strict logic suggests they have little future 

together. And Corddry essentially steals the 

movie as Lou. 

Remember how Corddry was always 

so earnest and sincere when assuring Jon 

Stewart of outrageous facts on “The Daily 

Show”? He brings the same focus to getting 

drunk. Comedy is a delicate art, with nothing 

so important as the performer never seeming 

to believe anything he does is funny. Corddry 

here achieves a level of comic confidence 

that seems almost uncanny; Cusack, as coproducer, 

and Steve Pink, the director (who 

wrote Cusack’s “High Fidelity” and “Grosse 

Point Blank”), must have intuited this gift 

and been willing to give him free rein. 

I can’t be sure, but I think the density 

of the f-word reaches the saturation point 

in “Hot Tub Time Machine.” I may have 

heard it employed as three different parts of 

speech in the same sentence. One wonders 

if American-spoken English could survive 

without it. What did we say in the old days? 

It must have been a quiet land. 

her down for ... 

2. They dislike one another. Therefore by 

the end of the movie ... 

3. He drives a ... 

4. Because ... 

5. And his beloved ... 

6. He loves to gamble. Their road trip takes 

them to ... 

7. Where he ... 

8. And gets into trouble with ... 

9. Inspiring ... 

10. In a golf cart, they ... 

11. During the movie, he gets kicked ... 

12. She wears clothes so we can ... 

Well, I already gave you No. 10. To the 

others, clever students would answer: (1) a 

non-serious crime, since this is a comedy; 

(2) they will fall back in love; (3) vintage 

convertible; (4) movies like them because 

older cars look like real cars, and with a 

convertible you can more easily light the 

characters and show the landscape at the 

same time; (5) gets damaged; (6) you can 

be excused for guessing Las Vegas, but 

with RogeR ebeRt 

opening 

Friday, March 26 

‘chloe’ (r) 

‘GreenBerG’ (r) 

‘hoT TuB Time mAchine’ (r) 

‘hoW To TrAin your drAGon’ (PG) 

box oFFice 

weekend 

1. ‘Alice in WonderlAnd’ (PG) 

$34.5M 

$265.8M 

2. ‘diAry of A WimPy Kid’ (PG) 

$21.8M 

$21.8M 

3. ‘The BounTy hunTer’ (PG-13) 

$21M $21M 

4. ‘rePo men’ (r) 

$6.2M 

total 

$6.2M 

5. ‘She’S ouT of my leAGue’ (r) 

$6M $20M 

6. ‘Green Zone’ (r) 

$6M $24.7M 

7. ‘ShuTTer iSlAnd (r) 

$4.8M 

$115.8M 

8. ‘AvATAr’ (PG-13) 

$4M $736.9M 

9. ‘our fAmily WeddinG’ (PG-13) 

$3.8M 

$13.7M 

10. ‘rememBer me’ (PG-13) 

$3.3M 

$13.9M 

The bottom line is, gross-out guy 

comedies open twice a month, and many of 

them are wretched excesses. “Hot Tub Time 

Machine,” which wants nothing more than 

to be a screwball farce, succeeds beyond 

any expectations suggested by the title, 

and extends John Cusack’s remarkable run: 

Since 1983, in 55 films, he’s never made 

a bad one. Well, I never saw “Grandview, 

USA.” q 

it’s Atlantic City; (7) wins big or loses big, 

but either way ... ; (8) gangsters; (9) chase 

scenes, CGI sequences, impossible action 

and lots of shots of her running in high 

heels; (10) you know; (11) in the crotch; 

(12) peek down her neckline. 

Why, oh why, was this movie necessary? 

Could it have been redeemed by witty dialogue? 

Perhaps, but neither character is 

allowed to speak more than efficient sentences 

serving to further the plot. Hollywood 

movies started to simplify the dialogue when 

half the gross started to roll in from overseas. 

Has anyone noticed the great majority 

of nations dub foreign movies, so that 

subtitles aren’t a problem? 

Gerard Butler is a handsome hunk who 

can also act; he’s currently starring in Ralph 

Fiennes’ “Coriolanus.” Jennifer Aniston is a 

gifted comedienne. If you could pay their 

salaries, wouldn’t you try to put them in a 

better movie than this? 

I saw the poster and had a sinking feeling 

the title gave away the whole story. q 


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3.26.10 

Friday 

Wesley Chapel Elementary Spring Fling, 5-9 p.m. 

Wesley Chapel Elementary School will host its first 

Spring Fling, featuring carnival rides, inflatables, games, 

prizes, a trackless train, face painting, a DJ and more. 

Food includes everything from barbecue and hot dogs 

to cotton candy. $1 tickets will be sold for raffle baskets 

and a flying lesson. A silent auction will offer a week 

at Hilton Head and the Carolina Panthers’ Sir Purr will 

pose for pictures. 

Wesley Chapel Elementary School, 110 Potter Road 

South, Wesley Chapel 

Cost: $10 until March 22; $15 at the gate. Wristbands 

are good for all activities; visit www.wesleychapelPTA. 

org for an order form and drop it at the school with 

payment. 

3.26-27.10 

Friday and Saturday 

‘Snow White’ puppet performance at Wingate 

The classic children’s fairy tale of a hidden princess who 

is rescued by her Prince Charming comes to Wingate 

University’s Recital Hall with the Magical Marionette 

Theatre. The performance is at 7 p.m. on Friday and 

3 p.m. on Saturday. 

George A. Batte Jr. Fine Arts Center, Wingate University, 

403 N. Camden Road, Wingate 

Cost: $5, children under 12 free with purchase of adult 

ticket 

For more information or to buy tickets, call 

704-233-8316. 

WHS presents “Man of La Mancha” musical, 

7 p.m. 

Weddington High School’s Theater Arts Department will 

present the musical “Man of La Mancha (Don Quixote)” 

The Cervantes tragicomedy portrays Don Quixote and 

adventures with his servant, Sancho Panza. 

Weddington High School, 4901 Monroe-Weddington 

Road, Weddington 

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For more information or to buy tickets, call Maria Moore 

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3.29.10 

Monday 

Shakespeare LIVE! from NJ at Wingate, 7:30 p.m. 

Shakespeare LIVE! will present a free performance of “A 

Midsummer Night’s Dream” in the university’s McGee 

Theatre. The traveling troupe performs one-hour versions 

of the Shakespeare play at schools and other venues. 

George A. Batte Jr. Fines Arts Center, Wingate University, 

403 N. Camden Road, Wingate 

For more information, call Dr. Joshua Fisher at 704-233- 

8282. 

4.1.10 

Thursday 

Author Greg Mast discusses N.C. Civil War 

soldiers, 7 p.m. 

Author of “State Troops and Volunteers: A Photographic 

Record of North Carolina’s Civil War Soldiers, Greg 

Mast will feature “Tarheels in Color” and colorized 

ambrotypes, emphasizing Union County’s boys in gray. 

Help identify mystery images of unidentified soldiers 

and bring photos of your Confederate ancestors to scan 

for a future volume. 

Monroe Library, Griffin Room entrance, 316 E. Windsor 

St., Monroe 

For more information, call at 704-283-8184, ext. 224. 

Calendar 

Top 10 Insects & Diseases seminar, 7 p.m. 

Know the good from the bad and how to deal with 

both? Insects & Diseases is presented by the Union 

County Extension Master Gardeners, featuring Extension 

Agent and popular radio host Jeff Rieves. Jeff will talk 

about pest ID and best management practices, and how 

to identify plant diseases and what to use to remedy 

them. 

Union County Agricultural Center, 3230-D Presson Road, 

Monroe 

Cost: $10. All proceeds benefit county horticultural 

programs. Each participant will receive live red wigglers 

for their gardens. 

To register (encouraged), call the Union County Extension 

Master Gardener Growline at 704-283-3822 or e-mail 

unionmg@co.union.nc.us. 

Simonton Place Home and Barn Tour for rescued 

horses, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 

Help horses rescued by the Union County chapter of the 

U.S. Equine Rescue League with a tour of the original 

pre-Revolutionary home and site of Iredell County’s 

original courthouse and jail. Costumed interpreters 

describe life then, and visitors can meet some rescued 

horses. See a horse exhibition, taste local wines and 

shop at the silent auction. 

2030 Simonton Road, Statesville. 

Cost: In advance: $10 adults, $5 children and seniors. At 

the door: $12 adults, $6 children and seniors. 

For more information call 704-872-3388 or visit www. 

userlcpnc.org. 

4.10.10 

Saturday 

Kids Consignment Sale, 7:30-11:30 a.m., half-price 

sale 12:30-2 p.m. 

This sale features newborn through junior clothing 

and much more. Name-brand clothing will be sold at 

discounted prices. 

First Baptist Church of Indian Trail, 732 Fairview Indian- 

Trail Road, Indian Trail 

Call 704-882-1005 for more information. 

Ongoing 

2010 Sheriff’s Auto Show 

Love classic, flashy, hot cars and trucks? The Union County 

Sheriff’s Office’s 2010 Auto Show is the place to find them. 

Sponsors are needed for the annual show, which benefits 

the Sheriff’s youth programs, such as fifth-grade summer 

camp, bicycle safety, Boy Scout and others. The cruise-in 

is on Friday, May 14, 6-9 p.m., with the auto show on 

Saturday, May 15, beginning at 8 a.m. with judging at 

noon. Vehicle class prizes will be awarded, including Bestin-Show 

for cars, trucks and motorcycles. Sponsorship 

deadline is April 15. 

Motorama Classic Cars, 1601 Skyway Drive, Monroe 

Cost: $10 advance registration, $15 at the door. Car 

registration is $15 in advance, $25 at the show. 

For more sponsor information or to register vehicles 

early, call the UCSO Community Resources Bureau at 

704-283-3765 or Deputy Chad Evans at 704-320-4700. 

DaviD GanDossy, LLC 

2411-B Plantation Center Drive 

MaTThews, NC 

704-841-2000 

www.DavidGandossy.com 

Investment AdvIsory servIces offered 

by dAvId GAndossy, LLc 



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matthews-mint hill area. 

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or call 704-2. 

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Family Safe and 

Comfortable” 

Healthy Home Heating and Air is 

committed to providing your family 

with safe, economical, environmentally 

friendly solutions for 

ALL of you heating and cooling 

needs. 

704-684-4044 

www.healthyhomecharlotte.com 

Healthy Home 

Heating & Air 

•Professional, Courteous, 

Trained Technicians 

•Licensed, Bonded, and Insured 

•UV Air Treatment Lights, Antimicrobial 

Filters, Humidifiers 

•Free Estimates, Price 

Match Policy* 

•We accept all major credits 

cards, financing available* 

HAPPY HOMES 

PAINTING, INC. 

Customized Professional Quality 

• Free Estimates 

• Color Consulting 

• Faux Finishes 

• Wallpaper Removal 

• Licensed and Insured 

704-804-4513 

www.happyhomespainting.net 

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TRUCK 

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HAUL? 

-We Make Things Disappear- 

Demolition, Hauling, 

Junk Removal, 

Garage/Yard Clean Ups 

of All Types & 

Other Misc. Services 

Residential, Commercial, 

Free Estimates 

No Job Too Big or Small 

Licensed and Insured 

charlotte weekly 

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704-787-2830 

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Adkins 

Stump Grinding Service 

Prompt, Professional Service • Lower Prices 

Access Thru Small Gates • Bush Roots 

ogadkins@bellsouth.net 

Open Monday-Saturday • 704-545-1482 

CustomWoodCreations 

• Hand crafted furniture 

that fits your space 

• One-of-a kind designs 

• Custom cabinetry 

• Chest of drawers and 

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• Old-World professional 

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Residential and Commercial 

David Clonts 

Lawn Mowing - Landscaping - Mulch 

Pine Needles - Core Aeration - Seeding 

Fertilization - Pre Emergent 

Cleanups - Free Estimates and 

Fully Insured 

704-254-1321 

clontslawncare@gmail.com 

Kelly’s Painting 

Professional Interior Painting 

and Handyman Service 

Affordable Prices • Outstanding Customer Service 

Attention to Detail • Quality Workmanship 

Ken Kelly 

(704) 619-0253 

Satisfaction Guaranteed 

Free Touch-ups for 

One Year! 

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with paint job over $300. 

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charlotte, huntersville, cornelius, davidson, 

union county, matthews-mint hill, mountain 

island and university areas. 

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Vehicles for sale 

BMW MINI COOPER, White, 2 DR. 

HATCHBACK, 2009, $18888, 27483 

miles, Stock # 12222Z, Randy Marion 1- 

877-370-7788. 

CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT, BLACK, 

4 Door SUV, 2007, $33888, 41592 miles, 

Stock # 12259Z, Randy Marion 1-877- 

370-7788. 

CHEVROLET 1500 EXPRESS CARGO, 

WHITE, Van, 2008, $11888, 49392 miles, 


370-7788. 

CHEVROLET COBALT LS, Silver, 4 

DOOR SEDAN, 2006, $9988, 41803 


877-370-7788. 

Chevrolet Colorado Z85, Black, 4Dr Ext 

Cab Long Bed Truck, 2005, $8888, 76015 

miles, Stock# 9512A, Liberty Pontiac - 

GMC Trucks 1-888-306-4370. 

CHEVROLET EQUINOX LT AWD, SIL- 

VER, 4 Door SUV, 2009, $17988, 35372 


877-370-7788. 

CHEVROLET IMPALA LT SEDAN, 

PRECISION RED, 4 Door Sedan, 2008, 

$12988, 48609 miles, Stock # 12154Z, 

Randy Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

Chevrolet Tahoe, White, 4Dr SUV, 2003, 

$11788, 120810 miles, Stock# 9805A, 

Liberty Pontiac - GMC Trucks 1-888-306- 

4370. 

CHEVROLET TAHOE LT, Beige, 4 

DOOR SUV, 2007, $29988, 44217 miles, 


370-7788. 

Chevrolet Tahoe Z71, Black, 4x4, 2004, 

$13788, 152891 miles, Stock# 9666S, Liberty 

Pontiac - GMC Trucks 1-888-306-4370. 

CHEVROLET ASTRO LS, Burgundy, 

MINIVAN, 1999, $3988, 107977 miles, 

Stock # 12173ZA, Randy Marion 1-877- 

370-7788. 

DODGE CALIBER SE, BEIGE, 4 Door 

Wagon, 2008, $9988, 45752 miles, Stock # 

12236Z, Randy Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

Dodge Journey SXT, Red, 4Dr Front 

Wheel Drive, 2009, $16988, 39202 miles, 

Stock# 9769A, Liberty Pontiac - GMC 

Trucks 1-888-306-4370. 

DODGE NITRO SXT 4X4, BLUE, 4 

Door SUV, 2008, $14488, 36382 miles, 


370-7788. 

DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE, DK 

BLUE, Minivan, 2008, $14888, 41209 


877-370-7788. 

FORD E150 CARGO VAN, WHITE, 

Cargo Van, 2008, $11888, 48766 miles, 


370-7788. 

Ford Econoline 250, Black, 3Dr Cargo 

Van, 2006, $13588, 40277 miles, Stock# 

P3001, Liberty Pontiac - GMC Trucks 1- 

888-306-4370. 

FORD EDGE SEL 4X4, RUST, 4 Door 

SUV, 2008, $17988, 42727 miles, Stock # 

12134Z, Randy Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer, White 4x4, 

2003, $13888, 127907 miles, Stock# 

9854A, Liberty Pontiac - GMC Trucks 1- 

888-306-4370. 

Ford F-150 FX4, White 4x4 Super Cab 

Flareside, 2005, $17688, 67990 miles, 

Stock# P2897, Liberty Pontiac - GMC 

Trucks 1-888-306-4370. 

GMC ACADIA FWD SLT, QUICKSIL- 

VER METALLIC, 4 Door SUV, 2009, 

$31888, 33898 miles, Stock # 12162Z, 

Randy Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

HONDA ACCORD LX, Silver, 4 DOOR 

SEDAN, 2008, $15488, 41113 miles, 


370-7788. 

Honda Civic LX, Black, 2Dr Coupe, 2008, 

$15988, 28482 miles, Stock# 9773B, Liberty 

Pontiac - GMC Trucks 1-888-306- 

4370. 

HUMMER H3, IMPERIAL BLUE ME- 

TALLIC, 4 Door SUV, 2007, $20988, 

40045 miles, Stock # 12262Z, Randy 

Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

HYUNDAI ELANTRA, GRAY, 4 Door 

Sedan, 2008, $12988, 38810 miles, 


370-7788. 

HYUNDAI SANTA FE GLS, Gray, 4 

DOOR SUV, 2008, $14988, 41736 miles, 

Stock # 12205ZA, Randy Marion 1-877- 

370-7788. 

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, 

White, 4 DOOR SUV, 2009, $19988, 

31289 miles, Stock # 12135Z, Randy Marion 

1-877-370-7788. 

JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED, Silver, 

2 DOOR SUV, 2005, $15988, 19534 

miles, Stock # 12122ZA, Randy Marion 

1-877-370-7788. 

Mercury Marquis LS, Green 4Dr Sedan, 

2005, $11688, 48449 miles, Stock# 


888-306-4370. 

Mercury Montego, Purple Luxury 4Dr 

Front Wheel Drive Sedan, 2005, $10788, 

49277 miles, Stock# 9009A, Liberty Pontiac 

- GMC Trucks 1-888-306-4370. 

MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS, DOVE 

GRAY, 2 Door Coupe, 2006, $12888, 

27208 miles, Stock # 12128ZA, Randy 

Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

NISSAN XTERRA, SILVER, 4 Door 

SUV, 2008, $16988, 45457 miles, Stock # 

12133Z, Randy Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

Pontiac G6, Gray, 4Dr Sedan, 2008, 

$12988, 26900 miles, Stock# 157283, 

Liberty Pontiac - GMC Trucks 1-888-306- 

4370. 

PONTIAC VIBE, White, 4 DOOR, 2009, 

$14788, 34039 miles, Stock # 12196Z, 

Randy Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

PONTIAC G6 GT, IMPERIAL BLUE, 

Convertible, 2008, $17888, 34087 miles, 


370-7788. 

SATURN VUE XE AWD, QUICKSIL- 

VER, 4 Door SUV, 2009, $17488, 35002 


877-370-7788. 

TOYOTA COROLLA LE, Gray, 4DOOR 

SEDAN, 2010, $16988, 3266 miles, Stock 

# 12175ZA, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

Toyota Sequoia 4x2, White Limited 4Dr 

SUV, 2002, $13488, 112331 miles, Stock# 

G2903A, Liberty Pontiac - GMC Trucks 

1-888-306-4370. 

Toyota Solara, White 2Dr Convertible, 

2006, $19888, 25566 miles, Stock# 

9794B, Liberty Pontiac - GMC Trucks 1- 

888-306-4370. 

Toyota Tacoma, Black 2Dr Long Bed 

Truck, 2001, $9888, 125768 miles, Stock# 


888-306-4370. 

TOYOTA YARIS, Green, 4 DOOR 

SEDAN, 2008, $10788, 28933 

miles, Stock # 12197Z, Randy 

Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

TOYOTA MATRIX, White, 4 DR. 

HATCHBACK, 2009, $11988, 22360 

miles, Stock # 12214ZA, Randy Marion 

1-877-370-7788. 

TOYOTA PRIUS, Black, 4 DR. HATCH- 

BACK, 2008, $14888, 40694 miles, Stock 

# 12258Z, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE, Yellow, 

2 DOOR COUPE, 2008, $13888, 39488 


877-370-7788. 

NEED TIRES??? Check out Liberty’s 

110% Price Guarantee on any tire! See 

Dealer for Details. 1-866-466-2774. 

2007 SUZUKI SV 650, only 1600 miles. 

Like new condition, great ride. Comes 

with tank bag and ramp. $4,900. 704-737- 

1672. 041610. 

for sale 

NEW MATTRESS SETS!! Still in factory 

plastic! K$175, Q$125, F$99, T$88. 

2928 Monroe Rd 28205. 704-332-8090. 

New, not refurbish. PillowTops K$285, 

Q$195, F$145, T$125! Honest! Bring this 

ad! 032610. 

FALCONE GRAND PIANO, 6’2”, Ebony 

Satin with bench. Bought new in 2005, 

rarely played, like new condition. Moving, 

must sell now. $7000 or OBO. 704-528- 

1268 Ask for Tom. 031910. 

LEYLAND CYPRESS TREES - 5-gallon 

size (4-5 feet tall), $19 each or 7 gallon 

size (5-6 feet tall) $25 each - We deliver 

& plant at no additional charge! Call 704- 

426-0947. 031910. 

SHAKLEE - SHAKLEE - SHAKLEE 

- Free Shipping - Independent Distributor - 

Visa, Amex, MC, Phone 1-800-269-2311. 

040210. 


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041610. 

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RANDY MARION PONTIAC Buick 

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career opportunity. High Volume Dealer. 

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randymariongmc.com. A. Call 704-659-7010. 

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ensuring the safest/cleanest environment. 

MANAGERS: responsible for operations 

of the facility including daily management 

tasks associated with the pool including 

maintenance, scheduling, and event coordination. 

Employees must be lifeguard 

certified. WWW.CSCMPOOLS.COM. 

041610. 

OUTLET TRAINERS WANTED Company 

looking for online trainers. Flexible 

hours, work from home. www.miniglobal. 

net. 032610. 

SALES PRO- ENTRY level. Biz to Biz. 

Commercial janitorial. Base, Comms, 

Benefits. Fax Resume to 704-405-5989. 

032610. 

MOMS Home Business No inventory, 

parties or risk! Support, training and a free 

website. Moms, choose your hours, work 

at home. Join our successful team today. 

www.HelpingMomsForLife.com. 032610. 

DRIVERS: PICKUP/DELIVERY Contractors. 

Possible revenue $115,000/+. 

Day cab or Sleeping Tractors. Home daily, 

no weekends. Must have own truck. 1 year 

exp. 800-583-9292 x5604. 032610. 

CUSTOMER FOCUSED SALES Professional 

- If you are: - Someone who loves 

meeting new people -Someone who takes 

satisfaction making people feel comfortable 

-Someone who is willing to learn 

foot biomechanics with ultimate goal of 

obtaining professional designation as Certified 

Pedorthist. -Someone who can work 

independently and whose ethical behavior 

can be categorized as “beyond reproach”, 

We offer: -Thorough training -No late evening 

or Sunday hours -Higher than average 

retail pay with incentive based on specific 

benchmarks Discount on footwear for immediate 

family. Foot Solutions, located 

in Cornelius, is the world’s largest and 

#1 ranked health & wellness franchise, 

focusing on foot care and proper fit. Additional 

attributes which will enhance 

your possibilities include medical-related 

background, superior oral communication 

skills, fashion sensibility and Word/Excel 

familiarity. Please e-mail resume to fscornelius@yahoo.com 

or fax to 704-894- 

0641. 040910. 

NORTH CHARLOTTE LAB looking 

for Medical Insurance Biller. Charge & 

payment posting experience a must. For 

consideration fax resume to: 704-875- 

1978 Attn: Mauy. No phone calls please. 

040910. 

HAIRSTYLIST/ASSISTANT needed for 

busy salon in Cornelius. Must be self motivated 

and enthusiastic! We offer extensive 

training and guaranteed base pay! Call David 

@ 704-785-1010. 041610. 

business opportunities 

NO EXPERIENCE!! MAKE over $300 a 

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040210. 

NEED ADDITIONAL INCOME! Learn 

to operate a Mini-Office Outlet. 50 yr old 

Distribution Company looking for online 

trainers. Work from home. Flexible hours. 

Free online training. www.12bestbiz4u. 

com. 040910. 

NEW COMPANY LAUNCH- Attention 

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services 

KIDS PARTY ENTERTAINMENT! We 

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entertainer to their party! Ages 1-10. 

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Cinderella, Sleeping & Frog Princesses, 

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Star Wars, Pirates, Train Themes, Face 

Painters, Balloon Twisting, Magic & Puppets, 

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Daycares, Grand Openings, www. 

WishUponAStarParties.com. 704-780- 

4300. 040210. 

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR for installations 

of ceiling fans, light fixtures, 

receptacles, circuit additions, main power 

panels, room additions and all other electrical 

requirements & repairs, NC. Licensed, 

Call anytime “So/Lo” Electrical Services 

704-622-0654. Lowest prices always. Reliable 

references. 051410. 

$50 FOR 90 MINUTE MASSAGE by 

Julie Dean, LMT 704-895-1999. Professional, 

Nonsexual, Therapeutic Licensed. 

Swedish, Deep Tissue, Prenatal, Gift Certificates. 

15 Years Experience. Servicing 

Lake Norman Area. Across from Outback 

Steakhouse License 02096. www.juliedeanmassage.com. 

032610. 

PAINTING SPECIAL DISCOUNTS- $79 

per room every day all the time. Gold Star 

Painting is Charlotte’s premier painting 

company. Fully licensed and insured. We 

are skilled professional painters and do 

paint every day. Services include painting, 

drywall, wallpaper, and pressure washing. 

Interior and exterior. Commercial and residential 

we paint for everyone. Free Estimate 

704-776-6698. 043010. 

MUSIC LESSONS FOR All Ages & All 

Levels- Piano-Guitar-Voice-Drums-Violin- 

Etc. 45 Minutes Lessons. Exciting Music 

Summer Camps. Also, Choir (Ages 6- 

12), Pre-K Music (Ages3-5), Drama (Ages 

4-8). Convenient Location for All Family 

Members. Register Now: by phone, in person 

or online www.CharlotteMusicSchool. 

com - 704-295-7676. 040910. 

WHITLEY’S TAX SERVICE-Specializing 

in Individual and Small Business. Open 

House Sat 1/30/2010 9:00am to 5:00pm 

(refreshments). Tax Preparation. E-Filing. 

Fast cash (5-7) days. No out of pocket 

cash, preparation and other fees deducted 

from proceeds. Federal and State preparation 

only $59.00 Regina Whitley. IRS Authorize 

Agent 704-964-1238. 040210. 

WINDOW & GUTTER CLEANING- 

Windows cleaned by hand, Sills Cleaned, 

No Streak Guarantee, Gutter Guards & 

Repairs, Roof Debris Removed, French 

Drains Flushed, and Gutter Cleaning. Starting 

at $65. Fully Insured, Tony Grooms 

980-329-4410. 041910. 

R. SIMON’S LAWN Care- full service 

maintenance company. Weekly, monthly, 

yearly and one time mowing services. 

We specialize in pruning small trees and 

shrubs. Pruning special, one hour $35.95 

per man. Pine needles applied 1-49 bails, 

$6.25 per bail.50 or more $5.90 per bail. 

Yearly lawn maintenance contracts available. 

In most cases we will beat your existing 

contract. We are licensed and insured. 

Call 704-849-8075 or email us at rjs2155@ 

localnet.com. 050710. 

LAWN SHAPERS- QUALITY Outdoor 

Services. Mowing. Edging. Fertilizing. 

Pressure Washing. Complete Lawn Care 

Maintenance. Residential, Commercial. 

Licensed Insured. Owner Operator. Free 

Estimates. 704-497-5566. 032610. 

A CLEANING SOLUTION, LLC has 

been serving Lake Norman with excellence 

since 1989. We have an A rating 

with Angie’s List. Call 704-564-0781 or 

visit our website at www.dustnomore.com. 

051410. 

RELIABLE CLEANING LLC, 704-221- 

2728, Residential cleaning, free quotes, 

competitive rates for Weekly, Bi Weekly, 

Monthly, One Time and Initial cleaning. 

Licensed and Insured. 051410. 

PRIVATE SOCCER TRAINING- Speed 

Training-First Session Free! Stay ahead 

of the competition! Contact nikki_number9@hotmail.com 

or 704-942-8204 for 

any questions or to set up your free 1/2hr 

eval. 042310. 

HOME HAIR CARE- Licensed Stylist, If 

You Can’t Come To Me. I’ll Come To You, 

Call Anna For Appointment or Details. 

704-651-7732. 040910. 

HIGHSPEED WIRELESS INTERNET- 

Get 4g wireless Internet now and save $$$ 

money. Lets be CLEARtm about it! Go to: 

getclear4gwirelessnow.com or call: 888 

250 8947. 040210. 

ECONO MAIDS! Where everyone can afford 

a maid! Most apartments $50.00 most 

town homes and small homes $75.00 980- 

226-7455. 032610. 

AFFORDABLE HANDYMAN FOR 

Home Remodeling: Licensed And Insured. 

Custom Painting, Sheet Rock, 

Interior Carpentry, Cabinets, Hardwood 

Floors, Tile, Showers, Backsplash, Carpet, 

Vinyl. Decks, Pressure Washer. Free Estimates. 

Francisco Escobar- 704-400-6455. 

032610. 

LOW COST TREE Removal. Free Estimate. 

11 Years. Insured and Experience 

Call Michael 704-493-3405. 040210. 

VIP PET SERVICES- Dog Walking/Pet 

Sitting. Mid day walks breaks for busy 

owners, multiple visits for vacations. 

Serving Huntersville/Cornelius. Licensed, 

Bonded & Insured. Call 704-875-8341 or 

visit www.vippets.org. 032610. 

CONCEALED CARRY FIREARM Permit 

Class. Next class Fri. 4/16, 6-9pm and 

Sat. 4/17, 8am - 1pm. Both sessions req’d. 

for permit. Call 704-892-7838 to reserve. 

Lake Norman Firearms, Cornelius, NC. 

052810. 

AFFORDABLE CLEANING-best quality, 

lowest prices-GUARANTEED! $40 

per 1000sqf.First time cleaning $10 off 

special.12years experience. References 

available. Call Mariya at 704-728-1923 

today for a Free Estimate. 040910. 

MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT 

Paying Too Much? 

Age 65 Age 70 

Plan F $83.25 $96.87 

Plan G $70.76 $82.34 

Rates quoted: Female, North Carolina Rates, 7% discount for couples 

Gene Tucker 704-488-7237 

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NEED MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT? 

Find out about New Modernized plans 

beginning June 1st! Lissa Roseman 704- 

778-1511 rosemanl@vzw.blackberry.net. 

032610. 

TILE AND FLOORING, professional 

installation for low price, tile, travertine, 

backsplash, shower pan, prefinished and 

unfinished hardwood, and laminate floor. 

Call Adrian at (704) 7732835, to see pictures 

visit www.aditanasetc.vpweb.com. 

041610. 

CONSIDER REDWOOD. My tree service 

company. I am the owner and will answer 

your call. Estimates are free. Call Jim 

Spellman 803 3968513.This is my 39th 

season. 041610. 

DECKS SOLUTIONS - New decks, 

screen porches, sun rooms, extensions, 

repairs, rotten wood, new platform 

boards, rescreens. Fresh stain, pressure 

washer cleaning. We are fully insured 

and licensed. Francisco Escobar 704- 

400-6455. 040910. 

TREE & STUMP SERVICES Insured 

to $2 Million. Licensed. Out 39th Year! 

Owner on every job. Expert care. Great 

cleanups. “Usually the cheapest, Always 

the best” Professorstump.com Call Jim or 

Rich 704-841-2788. 043010. 

VEGETABLE GARDENS - Contact 

the Gardening Gals We install raised 

bed gardens. Time to plant your spring 

and summer vegetables! We host garden 

parties too. Call for free consultation. 

www.gardeninggals.com 704.502.4387. 

040210. 

STOP SWEATING! Let us take care of all 

your lawn/outdoor needs! Quality Weekly/ 

Biweekly Mowing starting at just $30! 

One-Time cutting service available (with 

24-hour notice). Other services include: 

Shrub Trimming, Trenching Bedlines, Tilling 

Gardens, Core Aeration, Seeding, Fertilization, 

Mulch/Pine Needle Installation, 

Clean Up, Small Shrub/Tree Planting... 

Free Estimates, Call Today! 704-458-0037 

Jose. 040910. 

WILL MOW, EDGE, trim, and blow 

off entire area. Will also trim shrubs. 

Will provide quality work and the lowest 

rates. Free estimates. Call 704-929- 

6006. 040210. 

child care 

MISS GINGER CHILDCARE- flexible 

hours to meet your schedule. Opening in 

fall 09 + Feb 2010. Very competitive pricing. 

23 years of childcare & development 

experience. For additional information 

Call @ 704-947-0177. 041610. 

garage sales 

CEDARFIELD GARAGE SALE - two 

homes downsizing. Selling baby & house 

hold items & much more! Saturday, 3/27, 

7:30 am to 12:00pm. 12416 Bluff Meadow 

Trail. 032610. 

ATTIC/GARAGE SALE - Patio furniture 

and more. Ez access from I485/Providence 

Rd. 8AM-1PM, Saturday 3/27. 5721 

Providence Country Club Dr. 032610. 

MOVING SALE- EVERYTHING must 

go! Preview at http://photos.oersolutions. 

com. Kitchen, Home & Garden Items, Decor, 

Furniture, Electronics, Tools and much 

more. Sat-Sun, Mar 27/28, 8-4pm. 15409 

Aberfeld Rd, Huntersville, jnkconr@bellsouth.net. 

032610. 

GARAGE SALE: 11534 Dartington Ridge 

Lane Charlotte, NC 28262. Outdoor yard 

equipment, storage, china, dining room 

set, desk, office furniture, bedroom furniture, 

pictures. BEGINS at 7 am Saturday 

March 27. 032610. 


events 

INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIBLES 

and antiques, held the first full weekend 

of every month at Metrolina Tradeshow 

Expo. Show dates: April 1-4. The tradition 

continues, in Charlotte, where treasures 

await! 7100 Statesville Road, Charlotte, 

NC 28269, visit www.icashows.com 704- 

714-7909. 020510. 

miscellaneous 

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR for installations 

of ceiling fans, light fixtures, 

receptacles, circuit additions, main power 

panels, room additions and all other electrical 

requirements & repairs, NC. Licensed, 

Call anytime “So/Lo” Electrical Services 

704-622-0654. Lowest prices always. Reliable 

references. 051410. 

BREAKING NEWS!!! Tax credits for 

Buyers are extended even if you have 

owned property over 5 years. New construction 

or re-sales are available. See 

which Builder deal fits your needs. Payments 

maybe less than rent. Inquire to see 

how you can save money and WIN with 

the Stimulus plan. KITTY GIESE, Southern 

Homes Broker 704-502-5656 kitty@ 

kittygiese.com. 032610. 

SHAKLEE - SHAKLEE - FREE Shipping 

- Independent Distributor - Visa, Amex, 

MC - Ask for Janice - ph# 800-269-2311. 

032610. 

PUBLICATION AND NOTICE OF 

HEARING CHANGE OF NAME - On 

September 26, 2003 At 9:00 A.M., In 

Courtroom, # 1821, Coleman A. Young 

Municipal Center, Detroit, Michigan, 

Before Hon. Helen E. Brown, Judge, 

A Hearing Was Held On The Petition 

Of Sridhar Gopalkrishnan For A Name 

Change To Sridhar Gopalkrishnan Iyer, 

And To Change The Names Of Shanthi 

Rao Gopalkrishnan, A.K.A Shanthi Rao, 

To Shanthi Rao Iyer, Prashanth Sridhar 

Gopalkrishnan To Prashanth Sridhar Iyer, 

And Prakash Sitaram Gopalkrishnan To 

Prakash Sitaram Iyer. 032610. 

LEARN SOMETHING NEW! Exciting, 

informative, fun, and professional classes 

for adults taking place in and around Charlotte. 

Sailing, Crafts, Interviewing, EBay, 

$279 Flat Fee Listing Option 

Or 6 3.95% Full Service Listing 

www.DaneWarren.net 

(704) 821-9000 

We Give Home Buyers 1% Cash Back 

Health, and more. Visit LSNCHAR- 

LOTTE.COM or call 704-625-0868! 

061110. 

CASTING FOR GARAGE MAHAL 

- Looking for homeowners who are huge 

racing fans and want their garage transformed 

on TV into a Kasey Kahne and/or 

Jason Leffler theme. Contact casting-call@ 

live.com for application. 032619. 

biusiness for sale 

RESTURANT FOR SALE- Mint Hill 

Area- Seating 36- Fully equipped. (704) 

877-3498 or (704) 547-4679. 040210. 

real estate- rent/lease 

MOBILE HOMES FOR sale in nice quiet 

park-also large lots available for rent seniors 

only 704 634 6885. 040210. 

UNION COUNTY (BRANDON Oak) 

4Bd, 2.5 Bath, Family room, Dining room, 

Sunroom, Loft, Master down, Granite tops, 

ceramic tiles and hardwoods throughout. Refridg., 

elec. Stove & dish washer., 2 car garg. 

$1350 mo. Call 347/432-1985. 040910. 

LAKEFRONT CONDO for rent in Cornelius. 

Two Bedroom/two full bath. Ground 

floor with private balcony and storage. 

Lake access and boat storage. $850 per 

month. Contact Brian at 704-726-8498. 

040210. 

FOR LEASE/RENT - Immaculate all 

brick home! Fantastic open floor plan that 

will WOW you. Hardwood floors; upgraded 

carpet/pad, corian countertop in kitchen 

with tile backsplash, island in kitchen. Gas 

log fireplace in living room Hunter-Douglas 

shades. Spacious Master suite with 

whirlpool. Very large bonus room. Huge 

country style front porch (must see), large 

back deck, huge 3+ car garage with openers, 

organized closets and MUCH MORE! 

A customized David Weekly Home, corner 

lot with two cul-de-sacs. Union County 

Schools – Sandy Ridge Elementary and 

Marvin Ridge Middle and High School! 

Great friendly neighborhood with pond/ 

nature trails. Exclusive custom built neighborhood 

with 45 homes! Will consider 7 

months or longer lease. $1950 per month, 

negotiable, and security deposit. Convenient 

access to shopping and I-485. Call 

704-651-3719. 040910.ß 

MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE, lakefront, 

dock, 3BR, 3BA, clean doublewide. Central 

air, refrigerator, stove, washer dryer 

connections. Lawn care included. $900 

plus deposit. 704-617-7185. 040210. 

real estate- for sale 

LONG CREEK, 2.5 acres. $125,000. 

HUNTERSVILLE, .68-acre lot, $150,000. 

CORNELIUS, 4 BR 2 BA brick duplex, 

$215,000. HUNTERSVILLE, Updated 

3BR2BA brick ranch, hardwoods, granite, 

attached 2 car carport, etc. $250,000. 

DAVIDSON Potential Home site, ¾ 

acre lot w/useable house, $275,000. I- 

77/HAMBRIGHT ROAD RECUCED! 

5.98 acres, zoned Corporate Business. 

$325000. HAMBRIGHT ROAD, 6 acres 

W/3BR2BA house, 2 & 4 car garage, etc. 

Business. $800,000. Huntersville Real Estate 

704-875-3999. 

HOMES: FOR SALE/RENT To OWN. 

3bed/2bath Nice Neighborhoods. Act Now 

for Qualified Tax Credit, Call Bessie Today 

704.962.9711. 032610. 

WATERFRONT PENTHOUSE CONDO- 

MINIUM! Ready for Spring! Completely 

Remodeled Waterfront Unit with Pool in 

Quaint Davidson Development. 2 BR / 2 

Rod Potter 

(704) 840-4137 

BTH / Boat Slip & Marina Access. $299K. 

Call Joe Rusnak, Wilkinson & Associates, 

704-900-4742. 040210. 

FORECLOSURES: Learn how to buy 

foreclosures from courthouse in Mecklenburg 

County to flip, rent out, or personal 

home. Only 59.95 for PowerPoint or word 

presentation. www.carolinahomefindersgroup.synthasite.com 

or 704-488-0196. 

040210. 

pets 

THE GREAT DANE Rescue of the 

Carolinas is 100% funded and ran by 

public donations and volunteers. The 

GDRC helps place Great Danes and all 

size mixed breed dogs in their forever 

homes. Please visit our website at www. 

greatdanerescue.org. You can visit with 

our wonderful orphans the 1st and 3rd 

Sunday of each month from 1-4pm at 

10425 Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road, 

Huntersville. “We Find Great People For 

Danes, Not Great Danes For People.” 

CAROLINA P.A.W.S. (Pet Adoption & 

Welfare Society) has an urgent need for 

foster homes to continue rescuing animals 

from abuse and potential euthanasia. Please 

call (704) 916-9138 if you can help! 

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