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Davidson IB Middle School students protest possible closure of the their school. 

CMS: Move Davidson IB 

School’s needs too costly 

by Christina Ritchie Rogers 

education@huntersvilleherald.com 

Only a few days after Davidson IB 

Middle School students marched 

through the town in an effort to save 

their school, Charlotte-Mecklenburg 

Schools leaders made it official: they 

want to close the school’s building. 

The school was one of 11 recommended 

for closure Tuesday, Sept. 28, 

at the Board of Education work session. 

The program would move to J.M. 

Alexander Middle School next fall if 

the board approves the plan. 

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders 

are facing another round of massive 

Christina Ritchie Rogers/Herald photo 

budget cuts next year and hope to save 

cash by consolidating or closing some 

schools. The school board will vote on 

Nov. 9 after a series of community forums 

to be announced this later week. 

Davidson IB’s building needs millions 

in upgrades and J.M. Alexander 

Middle, at 12201 Hambright Road in 

Huntersville, is currently well below its 

operating capacity. 

Consolidating the two facilities poses 

a win-win scenario for the school system. 

But some Davidson IB parents, town 

leaders and at least one school board 

member feel that moving the school 

and severing its ties with the Davidson 

community could hurt the program. 

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Davidson library’s 15th 

anniversary reflects its 

founding 

by Courtney Price 

courtney@huntersvilleherald.com 

This isn’t the first time they’ve rallied to 

save it. And they’ll keep fighting. 

They are the people of Davidson, and 

they’re trying to make the Davidson 

Branch Library a lasting resource, at the 

same time they’re celebrating the library’s 

15th anniversary. 

Fifteen years ago the library was threatened 

with closure, just as it is now. A group 

formed in the town to save it. 

“At that time the director of the library 

(in Charlotte) wanted to close a lot of the 

small libraries and open big branches,” 

(See Library on page 22) 

Lawsuit: Pastor 

‘coerced’ teen 

for sex 

by Josh Lanier 

editor@huntersvilleherald.com 

Days after a Matthews 

man became the fourth 

person to file a lawsuit 

alleging Bishop Eddie 

Long coerced him into a 

sexual relationship, the 

founder of New Birth 

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He’s ‘A G.I. through and through’ 

by Josh Lanier 

editor@huntersvilleherald.com 

CORNELIUS — Joe Houser always 

thought he would be a farmer. But when 

Uncle Sam intervened a few months after 

his 17th birthday, he suddenly found 

himself on the gangplank for the cruiseliner-turned-troop-transporter 

Queen 

Mary in September 1943 bound for Europe 

and the front lines of World War II. 

He’d spent the past several months 

training to work with the Motor Vehicle 

Assembly company, tearing apart and rebuilding 

trucks and Jeeps and just about 

anything that could carry a soldier or 

equipment. Bouncing from Camp Croft 

in Spartanburg, then to Fort Bragg and 

on to the Atlanta Ordinance Depot and 

then to Camp Shanks in New York, the 

sergeant found himself waiting with the 

thousands of others aboard the ship not 

knowing where they’d end up. 

“None of us had any idea where the 

boat was heading or what we’d find when 

we got there,” he said. 

But it wouldn’t take long for the war 

to find them. Shortly after shoving off in 

New York Harbor, sirens blared from the 

ships speakers. The men rushed to the 

decks just in time to see two American 

planes dropping bombs on and sinking a 

German U-Boat not far from the Statue 

of Liberty, Houser recalls. 

Days later the men landed in Scotland 

A Soldier’s Story 

It’s been 65 years since World War II ended, 

and with each passing day the voice of 

the Greatest Generation dims. We at the 

Herald Weekly hope to capture the voices 

of some of those heroes in a series we are 

calling “A Soldier’s Story.” 

Each week leading up to Veteran’s 

Day the Herald Weekly will profile a local 

World War II veteran. If you want 

to nominate yourself or someone you 

know, call 704-766-2100 or e-mail news@ 

huntersvilleherald.com. 

– The Herald Weekly Staff 

and worked their way to England. While 

stationed in Ashchurch, Glouchestershire, 

Houser worked on an assembly 

line wiring trucks. He helped his company 

assemble more than 25,000 vehicles 

while in Europe. Many of which 

would be shipped to France to be used 

in D-Day. 

He loved his job. He can still take 

apart a Jeep by memory and recalls the 

intricate workings of a GMC truck’s engine. 

Houser didn’t take part in D-Day. He 

and his men landed on Utah Beach in 

July 1944, a little more than a month following 

the invasion, but it wasn’t easy. 

A German mortar shell hit his landing 

craft on its way toward beach and he had 

to escape mortars and bombs crashing 

along the sand once there. 

“You were told that your only job was to 

‘Get off that beach’” he said. “So, when I 

hit that landing craft door I just kept on 

going as fast as I could.” 

He survived without a scratch, but 

shortly there after, he wouldn’t be so 

lucky. 

His closest call came while driving 

with a convoy hundreds of trucks long 

into Cherbourg, France. A recent mortar 

strike had collapsed a building and Houser 

got out of his truck to take a closer 

look. He wanted to see where he thought 

the mortars were coming from. 

Then the bomb went off. An 88-mm 

round landed somewhere behind him, 

knocking him unconscious and peppering 

his face with shrapnel. He doesn’t 

know how long he was knocked out. 

“It could have been an hour or a day or 

it could have been two,’ he said. “I don’t 

know. ... I just remember waking up and 

walking out and seeing they’d built tents 

already and when I was knocked out 

those tents weren’t there.” 

He had a severe concussion, but with a 

hot meal and some new clothes, Houser 

was ready to keep working. 

“A new set of clothes can always make 

you feel a little better,” he joked. 

He would spend most of the remainder 

of the war as a Military Police Officer, the 

bulk of that was spent working as guard at 

a Prisoner of War camp in France watching 

740 inmates. 

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Josh Lanier/Herald photo 

Joe Houser stands outside his Cornelius home. 

In December 1945, Houser boarded 

an Italian transport ship bound for America. 

It was similar to the Italian ship that 

brought his father home from World War 

I. 

“That meant a lot to me,” Houser said. 

Shortly after returning home, he signed 

up for the U.S. Army reserves and rose to 

the rank of CW4. He spent nearly 40 years 

in the reserves before retiring in 1983. 

He’s been married to his wife Mary 

Houser for 60 years and they have two 

children: son, Daniel Mock Houser and 

daughter, Robin Neill Tolbert. They have 

one grandchild. 

They’ve all heard his war stories because 

he loves to tell them. 

“He’s a G.I. through and through,” Mary 

said. “There isn’t no doubting that.” q 

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Refugees find home 

in Huntersville 

by Erin Odom 

news@huntersvilleherald.com 

When Mooresville resident Ron Major 

was a child, he felt a strong calling to 

be a missionary. He envisioned a life full 

of bugs, snakes, jungles and heat. 

But his life turned out very different 

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“I got married, raised my family and 

pursued my career,” the retired real estate 

developer said. “Then I realized my 

service as a missionary actually involved 

ministering to refugee children.” 

And for the past 12 years Major has 

been doing just that with children from 

all over the world. 

The refugee ministry Major co-founded 

is an effort of Cornelius’s Community 

in Christ Lutheran Church, where he is 

a member, and Charlotte’s Resurrection 

Lutheran Church, as well as other community 

partners. The outreach started 

as a boys’ club offering soccer and Bible 

study. 

“Our refugee ministry is a place where 

all are embraced, all accepted, all loved, 

all supported,” Major said. 

Two years ago, Major, his 16-year-old 

son, Devon, and Charlotte-resident Patricia 

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whom are Montagnards. Ron Major explained 

that Montagnards are an indigenous 

people from Vietnam, who routinely 

face persecution in their country. 

“Most of the children were not allowed 

to be educated in their country,” 

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Lake Norman Kiwanis succeeds 

with golf fundraiser 

Pictured is Michaele Autry of Kiwanis Lake Norman and Ada Jenkins Center children and 

volunteers. 

STANLEY – Lake Norman Kiwanis raised more than $7,000 for local children’s causes 

and organizations during its annual golf fundraiser Aug. 30 at Cowan’s Ford Country 

Club. 

More than 140 sponsors, supporters, golfers and guests participated, according the 

event chairwoman Brenda Carsey. During the tournament, about 12 children from the 

Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson enjoyed a putting contest, received a professional golf 

lesson, worked at crafts and sang at the closing ceremony. 

Volunteers make 

‘big sweep’ of Lake 

Norman Saturday 

The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation 

is asking residents to join in the annual 

Big Sweep on Lake Norman on Saturday, 

Oct. 2, with boats leaving for cleanup 

sites at 9 a.m. Register to help at the 

foundation website, www.catawbariver 

keeper.org (click on events) or at the state 

website, www.ncbigsweep.org. 

Cleanup crews will work for three 

hours. Volunteers should dress comfortably 

and wear sturdy shoes, a hat and 

sunscreen. Organizers will provide bags, 

gloves and an event T-shirt. 

Anyone who would like to volunteer 

the use of their boat should call the site 

captains: 

• Mecklenburg County multiple access 

sites: http://waterquality.charmek.org and 

click on Big Sweep to register. 

• Iredell County Pinnacle Point Access: 

Jill Feldmeyer, jillbf@charter.net or 

704-458-1163. 

• Lincoln County Beatty Ford Access: 

Capt. Craig Price, craig@folkn.com or 

704-996-0946. 

The riverkeeper foundation and 

Queen’s Landing are sponsoring an aftercleanup 

celebration at Queen’s Landing 

from 1 to 3 p.m., with food and drinks 

and entertainment by the Piedmont Natural 

Grass Bluegrass Band. q 

GOP Women hold 

second Pig Pickin’ 

and Politickin’ Oct. 12 

HUNTERSVILLE – North Mecklenburg 

Republican Women invites the 

Courtesy of Brenda Carsey/Kiwanis Lake Norman 

public to meet local GOP Candidates, 

including U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick, at its 

second annual Pig Pickin’ and Politickin’ 

GOP Rally and BBQ Dinner on Oct. 12 

at NorthStone Club, 15801 NorthStone 

Drive. 

Hear from candidates, pick up yard 

signs and volunteer. Early voting begins 

Oct. 14. 

Tickets, by reservation, are $20 and can 

be made by e-mailing nomeckrw@gmail. 

com. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., 

and dinner starts at 6. Dress is casual. q 

State plans public 

hearing on coal-fired 

plants on Catawba 

MOORESVILLE – The N.C. Division 

of Water Quality will hold a hearing Oct. 

19 at 7 p.m. to get comments on draft 

surface water discharge permits for Duke 

Energy’s three coal-fired power plants 

along the Catawba River. 

The meeting takes place at the Charles 

Mack Citizen Center, 215 N. Main St., 

and concerns Marshall Steam Station 

on Lake Norman, Riverbend Steam Station 

on Mountain Island Lake and Allen 

Steam Station on Lake Wylie. The pollution 

discharge permits include waters 

from cooling water systems, coal ash 

ponds and yard sump overflows, according 

to Catawba Riverkeeper David Merryman. 

“I’m pleased that (the state) has agreed 

to hear from the public regarding the discharge 

of heavy metals and super-heated 

water into our lakes,” Merryman said in 

a news release. “We’ve had to deal with 

the smell of rotting clams and mussels 

around these ‘hot holes’ for too many 

years.” 

The N.C. Environmental Management 

Commission proposes to reissue the discharge 

permits. The permit would continue 

to allow Duke to discharge heated 

water and “the unlimited discharge 

of heavy metals from Duke’s coal ash 

ponds,” Merryman said. 

People who want to comment can register 

to speak at the hearing, beginning 

at 6 p.m. “If oral comments exceed three 

minutes, three copies of the oral remarks 

should be submitted for the record,” 

Merryman said. State officials also will 

take written comments. 

Draft permits for these facilities can be 

found on the Division of Water Quality’s 

website, http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/ 

event-calendar/ under Notice Date 2010- 

09-13. q 

Aquesta sponsors 

5K run-walk for ALS 

on Oct. 9 

CORNELIUS – Aquesta Bank and Insurance 

Services will host a 5K run-walk 

Oct. 9 to support research into ALS, better 

known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. 

The race begins at 8 a.m. at The Preserve 

at Robbins Park, 8424 Robbins 

Crescent Drive, and offers one of the first 

races on the new greenway connecting to 

Birkdale Village. The bank is holding the 

race in honor of Dennis Coogle, owner of 

PostNet in Cornelius, who was diagnosed 

with ALS two years ago. 

Aquesta Bank, working with the ALS 

Therapy Development Institute, has taken 

the lead in this fundraising event. The 

community bank and Coogle’s friends are 

looking for area business sponsors, runners 

and walkers to help raise money for 

ALS research. 

The adult entry fee is $15 before Saturday, 

Oct. 2, and $20 after that. To register 

visit www.setupevents.com and select 

Aquesta 5K for ALS. For more information, 

contact Lauren Furcht at 704-439- 

4335 or lfurcht@aquestabank.com. q 

Lions Club holding 

eyeglass recycling 

event Oct. 16 

CORNELIUS – The Cornelius-Lake 

Norman Lions Club is asking residents 

to donate old pairs of eyeglasses Oct. 16 

between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Cashion’s 

Quick Stop, 19733 Statesville Road. 

The event is part of the international 

Lions’ Club’s Sharing the Vision campaign. 

The local club conducts a variety 

of projects, including operation and 

maintenance of Camp Dogwood for the 

visually impaired on the western shore 

of Lake Norman, providing eye exams 

and glass for those who cannot afford 

them and supplying white canes and/or 

guide dogs for the visually impaired. 

Throughout October, Dr. Steven Fiedman, 

of OD/ Horizon Eye Care, 19900 

W. Catawba Ave. is collecting used eyeglasses 

for the Lions Club. 

(See News Briefs on page 10) 



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They also have seven grandchildren 

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the farm no longer produces dairy, sons 

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Betty and Jack started their married 

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Because of a 2006 change in reporting 

rules for nonprofits, the Internal Revenue 

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lose their tax-exempt status if they do not 

file updated information by Oct. 15. 

“As many as 10,900 small communitybased 

nonprofits in the Carolinas are in 

jeopardy of losing their tax-exempt status,” 

IRS spokesman Mark Hanson wrote 

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could greatly impact the organizations’ 

charitable work and their donors’ potential 

tax deductions.” 

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associations and community-support 

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associations and their auxiliaries, social 

clubs, educational societies, veterans 

groups, church-affiliated groups and 

groups designed to assist those with special 

needs. 

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required returns for 2007, 2008 and 

2009, according to IRS records. Tax law 

changed in 2006 to require those groups 

file. For many of these small organizations, 

complying with the new law may 

be as simple as completing a 10-minute 

form online. They can preserve their exempt 

status under a one-time relief program 

the IRS announced in July, but only 

if they file by Oct. 15. 

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concerned that many may not have gotten 

the word,” Hansen said. A list of the 

at-risk organizations at the end of July is 

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DAVIDSON – The deadline for applying 

to participate in the annual Christmas 

in Davidson festival is Friday, Oct. 1. 

Sponsorship deadlines have not been 

set. Find sponsorship packages and participant 

applications online at the town’s 

website, www.ci.davidson.nc.us. Click on 

the Christmas in Davidson 2010 link on 

the left-hand side. 

The Christmas festival takes place Dec. 

2 through 4, from 6 to 9 p.m. and drew 

more than 20,000 people last year. 

The 28th Annual North Mecklenburg 

Christmas Parade, which starts in Davidson 

and follows Main Street into Cornelius, 

takes place Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. The deadline 

for applying to participate is Nov. 10. 

Find guidelines, entry forms and waivers 

of liability online at the town’s website. 

Click on North Mecklenburg Christmas 

Parade 2010 on the left side. 

For information on the Christmas festival, 

contact the 2010 event coordinator, 

Tina Gibson, at 704-596-0342 or tgibson@ 

imaginemusicgroup.com or call Town Hall 

at 704 892-7591. For parade information, 

contact Wilson Sadler at 704-940-962 or 

wsadler@ci.davidson.nc.us. q 

Dilworth Coffee offers 

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cancer awareness 

CORNELIUS – During the first week 

in October, 12 local Dilworth Coffee 

shops, including branches in Cornelius 

and NorthLake Mall, will give away any 

size or flavor latte in exchange for a $5 

donation to pay for mammograms for local 

women. 

The breast cancer awareness event 

starts Friday, Oct. 1, and continues 

through Oct. 8. 

Dilworth Coffee has partnered with 

Charlotte Radiology for the second annual 

joint fundraiser to raise awareness 

that one in eight women are affected by 

breast cancer. Get coupons for the free 

latte online at www.dilworthcoffee.com 

and www.beatcancerCR.com as well as 

all 12 Charlotte Radiology centers. 

Dilworth Coffee branches also will 

sell 8-cent cups of coffee Saturday 

from 7 to 10 a.m., and Dilworth Coffee 

General Manager Sandy May said 

the company hopes customers will donate 

their savings to the mammography 

fundraiser. 

Find local Dilworth branches at 9606 

Bailey Road, suite B, Cornelius; 6801 

Northlake Mall Road at the mall; and 

5818 Prosperity Church Road, C-9, in 

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Home for Children 

The Lake Norman Tennis Association 

will hold its first Ace-toberfest Tennis 

Tournament Oct. 22 to 24 to benefit the 

Barium Springs Home for Children. 

The tournament takes place at Hornets 

Nest Park in north Charlotte and 

will follow a mixed doubles, round robin 

tournament format with competition at 

6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and 9.0 combo levels. U.S. 

Tennis Association membership is not 

required, and self-rating is allowed. 

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$25 per person. Register at the tournament 

website, www.lakenormantennis.org/Acetoberfest. 

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partners can use the Player Finder 

option on the tournament website. 

At the tournament site, the local 

group will raffle gifts and donated items 

and offer an exhibition of QuickStart, 

a fun-focused tennis program for children 

that uses shorter courts and lowcompression 

balls. 

Companies or individuals interested 

in sponsorships should contact Tom 

Polk at 704-293-9049 or tpolk@compassdraw.com. 

Founded in 1891, the Barium Springs 

Home for Children is a nonprofit providing 

residential care and treatment 

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childhood development for low-income 

families, counseling services and foster 

family programs. Barium Springs serves 

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UNIVERSITY CITY – Ramona 

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on the culture and history of the Tuscarora 

People on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at the 

monthly meeting of the Mecklenburg 

Historical Association Docent Committee. 

The meeting starts at 11 a.m. in the 

fellowship hall of Sugaw Creek Presbyterian 

Church, 101 Sugar Creek Road W. 

Admission is free and open to the public. 

Ramona Moore Big Eagle is oral historian 

and legend keeper of the Tuscarora 

Nation of North Carolina. She has 

served in a number roles on the Tribal 

Council and founded the Storytellers 

Guild of Charlotte. 

Visitors are invited for refreshments 

at 9:30 a.m. Find information about the 

historical association and the docents 

group online at www.meckdec.org. q 

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HUNTERSVILLE – McGuire Nuclear 

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Girl Power, a career workshop for teenage 

girls, Saturday, Oct. 2, at 9 a.m. 

The event allows professionals from 

various fields, including chemistry, 

public relations, law and medicine, to 

speak to girls from sixth through 12th 

grades. Duke Energy employees also 

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The American Taekwondo Association 

will demonstrate self-defense tactics, 

and the Huntersville Police Department 

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Kenton Place, 17029 Kenton Drive. 

The patch will open daily through 

Oct. 31. Buy pumpkins Monday 

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p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

The Scouts offer a variety of sizes, from 

tiny to enormous, as well as carving kits 

and assorted sizes and colors of decorative 

gourds. The Pumpkin Patch also 

offers photo opportunities. For more 

information, call John Carpenter at 

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HUNTERSVILLE – The Huntersville 

Police Department is holding its 

12th annual golf tournament benefiting 

Special Olympics of North Carolina at 

Birkdale Golf Club on Tuesday, Oct. 5. 

Registration costs $100 for one golfer, 

which comes with a gift bag and 

free food, or $400 for a team of four. 

Companies can sponsor a hole for $75, 

and police organizers are still looking 

for $1,000 sponsors, whose names 

are listed on all tournament literature 

and at each hole. All proceeds benefit 

Special Olympics, and registration and 

sponsorships are tax deductible 

Registration starts at 8 a.m. Tuesday, 

with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. 

Dunkin Donuts is providing breakfast, 

Chick-fil-A at Northcross is bringing 

lunch and Outback Steakhouse will serve 

dinner, starting at 3:30 p.m. Victory Chevrolet 

and Huntersville Ford are sponsoring 

hole-in-one prizes of new cars. 

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contact Tom Seifert at 704-453- 

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At-large school board member Kaye 

McGarry questioned whether the board 

was moving away from its educational 

goals and focusing too much on cost. 

“The decision in this case is more 

than just a dollars and cents decision,” 

she said. 

For Davidson residents and parents, 

the school is a nationally recognized 

program with high marks in all state mandated 

tests. 

“It’d be a shame to fix something that 

isn’t broken,” Davidson IB parent Peter 

Thorsheim said. 

J.M. Alexander is designed to hold 

about 1,000 students, but only has about 

600 students currently. Davidson IB’s enrollment 

is just over 240 and moving the 

program there would not overcrowd the 

school, which was an early concern for 

some parents. 

And it would also allow J.M. Alexander 

students to participate in the magnet program. 

“Davidson IB is such a wonderful program 

and does such wonderful things for 

kids, it would be a really positive addition 

for our school,” said J.M. Alexander Principal 

Joanna Smith. “ … It means the school 

would be operating as it was designed to 

operate.” 

Davidson IB made the list because of 

its need for renovations, something the 

board intended to address in less lean 

years. 

Torrence Creek makes list, 

overcrowded 

Torrence Creek Elementary School 

also made the list of schools in need 

of changes because it operates well 

above capacity. CMS staff plans to 

examine a boundary change for students 

in that area. Look for the story 

in next week’s Herald. 

The consolidation would mean eliminating 

the $8 million bond package approved 

in 2007 to upgrade the Davidson IB building. 

It was last renovated in 1948. 

“We want to see an effective teacher 

in every classroom,” said Board of Education 

Chairman Eric Davis. Who explained 

selling those bonds would increase 

an already nearly unmanageable 

debt load. 

The county is not in a position to increase 

its debt service so the board needs 

to find solutions that don’t require capital 

investments, he said, and available 

funding needs to go towards effective 

staffing, pay for performance incentives, 

and other items that have a direct impact 

on the students in the classroom. 

Effectively any available funding should 

go to improvements in the classrooms, 

not to them. 

While basic repairs would cost less 

than the $8 million to upgrade to a community 

center like Davidson leaders had 

envisioned years ago, doing just the basic 

repairs is out of the question. 

“If we touch it at all,” CMS Planning 

Specialist Dennis LaCaria said, “we will 

have to bring the whole 

building up to code.” 

But parents aren’t advocating 

for renovations, 

Davidson IB parent and 

PTSA President Ruth 

Pilsbury said. 

“They’re not need to 

haves, they’re nice to 

haves,” she said. 

And Davidson IB 

doesn’t need the millions 

in renovations to bolster 

its enrollment. It’s full, 

and currently has a waiting 

list of more than 200 

students who have chosen 

the school with the 

building as-is, Pilsbury 

said. 

But the waiting list 

speaks to the Charlotte- 

Mecklenburg Schools 

staff’s second point: access to the program. 

The staff noted that prospective 

students have limited access to the 

magnet program as a result of the low 

number for enrollment and the school’s 

physical location, on the far north edge 

of the district. 

Moving it to the larger J.M. Alexander 

would place the program closer to North 

Mecklenburg High School, which has a 

partial IB program. 

School board member Rhonda Lennon 

wants to know how many Davidson IB 

students go on to attend IB high schools, 

like North Meck. 


Davidson IB student Sam Pilsbury holds up his sign. He joined 

the students and parents who marched into town Friday, Sept. 

24 in protest of the possible school closing. 

“Is it the program they’re passionate 

about or is it the piece of brick and mortar 

on South Street?” Lennon said. 

It’s likely both. 

On Friday, Sept. 24 dozens of students 

and parents marched in protest 

from Davidson IB to the Davidson 

Town Green, a few blocks away at the 

corner of Main Street and Concord 

Road. They carried signs reading “Keep 

the D in DIB,” and, “Don’t mess with 

success.” 

“It’s being packaged as just a move, but 

it’s not,” PTSA President Pilsbury. “If you 

move it, you’re closing it.” q 



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HUNTERSVILLE – Presbyterian Hospital 

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Davidson board hears 

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Davidson is gearing up to attract 

more business and to study parking 

downtown, the Economic Development 

Department told the Board of Commissioners 

Tuesday night, Sept. 28. 

Downtown Manager Sandy Lemons 

gave a presentation to the board showing 

economic growth from 2009 to 

2010. 

According to her presentation, the 

number of jobs, businesses and total 

occupied commercial space increased 

in downtown Davidson and at Exit 30. 

Final numbers were not available. 

“So much of it is market-driven. We 

can’t tell people we want more offices 

or fewer convenience stores,” Kris Krider, 

Davidson’s economic development 

manager said. 

But, he said, the market can affect 

what types of businesses the town tries 

to recruit. 

Commissioner Connie Wessner noted 

that the presentation detailed statistics, 

but not what plans would stem 

from those numbers. She pressed the 

development team to figure out the best 

way to use the collected data for further 

planning. 

That plan, could come from an Economic 

Advisory Council, which Krider 

recommended after presenting the economic 

numbers. The council would 

be comprised of public officials and 

private stakeholders who would review 

economic growth and devise plans for 

further development based on the collected 

data. 

“What is it that we’re seeking and 

what are the numbers we’d like to see? 

I don’t think we’re there yet,” Krider 

said. “What are the town’s goals, what 

are our economic development goals?” 

These are questions the stakeholder 

group would likely be answering, he 

said. 

Krider said that, as part of the downtown 

development, the parking consultant 

firm Rich & Associates will conduct 

a parking study of downtown Davidson, 

starting in about a month. 

The study will look at existing and 

potential parking, survey residents and 

merchants and watch for typical parking 

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he said. “We’ve had 8-, 10-, 15-year-old 

children arriving in this country unable 

to read and write.” 

Community in Christ’s Associate 

Pastor Travis Norton sees ministering 

through the program as following Jesus’ 

own example of servanthood. 

“Just as Jesus knelt down and washed 

the disciples’ feet, Christians should 

kneel down in service to others,” Norton 

said. The children have “a great desire to 

take advantage of the American dream,” 

but face obstacles, he said. 

“Besides the language gap, they get 

beat up at school,” he said. “They live in 

dangerous neighborhoods, where they 

feel like prisoners in their own homes.” 

Edmondson helped remove some of 

those obstacles for 15-year-old Van Kpa. 

Because of bullying, Kpa was afraid to 

attend school. Through a scholarship, 

he now attends Charlotte Catholic High 

School and lives in a safer neighborhood 

with Edmondson, a retired attorney and 

former teacher, during the week. 

“He is currently a happy kid doing well 

in his classes and playing on the JV football 

team,” Edmondson said. “My home 

offers him a quiet space to do his studying.” 

Children like Kpa are excelling in 

school as a result of the tutoring program. 

Last year, each child in the program 

advanced to the next grade, which 

is a great feat for children attending 

schools where only 18 percent of students 

pass minimum standards, Major 

said. 

“These children are bright and eager 

to learn,” he said. “The highlight of the 

program is watching a young mind open 

to the world around them, watching 

them gain confidence and watching how 

grateful and appreciative they are.” 

Initially the Majors and Edmondson 

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neighborhoods, but they decided to 

meet in another location to attract more 

volunteers. 

Charlotte’s ImaginOn children’s library 

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last year, but because of the library system’s 

funding limitations, the tutoring 

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County Regional Library. 

The program quickly grew to approximately 

35 children each week. Forty 

volunteers helped run the program last 

year, but Major still had to turn students 

away. 

“I don’t do that well,” he said. “That’s 

hard.” 

The school-year tutoring began again 

Sept. 20. Volunteers work with children 

in 90-minute shifts, arriving anywhere 

between 6 and 7 p.m. each Monday. Tutoring 

consists of listening to children 

read and helping them with their homework. 

“It’s simple yet very effective,” Major 

said. “We have tutors from age 10 to 89. 

Anyone in between these ages and can 

read qualifies.” 

Major explained that some adult volunteers 

bring their children to help tutor. 

“These parents tell us how much this 

has helped their own children to have an 

insight into how much of the rest of the 

world lives, to understand different cultures 

and to instill in (them) the spirit of 

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lives of these refugees. Besides tutors, 

the program needs drivers to take students 

to the library; volunteers to deliver 

donated food, clothing and furniture for 

the families; Boy Scout leaders for a new 

Montagnard troop; chaperones for field 

trips; and someone to set up appointments 

for Medicaid applications. 

The needs of the refugees are many, 

but Major is confident God will provide. 

“The Lord still delivers his people,” 

he said. “I am firmly convinced (He) 

brought these people halfway around 

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Mayors: Utility customers still getting the runaround 

by Andrew Batten 

andrew@huntersvilleherald.com 

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities’ Director 

Barry Gullet will reveal results from 

a study, which over the past several 

months has examined how his department 

interacts with its customers. 

Gullet’s Oct. 4 presentation to Charlotte 

City Council will cover a number 

of “steps completed or under way 

– now or in the future – to improve 

customer service,” utility spokesman 

Vic Simpson said. The study’s results 

come after a north Mecklenburg task 

force found that the utility consistently 

threatened to cut off customers’ water 

rather than work with those customers 

who complained about incorrect bills. 

“Due to the threat of discontinued 

service, the customer in many cases 

felt powerless to dispute or refuse to 

pay large bills,” the task force’s March 

report said. 

Seven months later, however, north 

Mecklenburg leaders in Cornelius and 

Davidson are still getting phone calls 

from residents who have been treated 

poorly by the utility. 

“I’m getting a regular stream of calls,” 

Cornelius Mayor Jeff Tarte said. “Not 

near as many as we were, but it hasn’t 

stopped. It’s the same complaints, 

where the bill is exorbitant and the 

water company says, ‘If you don’t pay, 

we are going to turn off the water.’” 

In Davidson, Mayor John Woods is 

hearing the same complaints from his 

constituents. 

“There is evidence out in the marketplace 

that the issues are not totally 

resolved,” he said. “There are also 

issues that when calls are made into 

the customers service area that those 

are being handled as appropriately as 

they should be.” 

Both mayors are still concerned that 

the utility is requiring customers to 

pay higher than normal bills, while 

those bills are being contested. Tarte 

said he still gives residents the same 

advice he has since the beginning – 

pay your bill. 

“I tell them the same thing: Pay your 

bills. Don’t stop because they will shut 

your water off,” Tarte said. “You’ve just 

got to be a pest and stay after it.” 

Woods believes the utility should 

place a moratorium on cutting off service 

while the high bills are appealed, 

the same recommendation the taskforce 

made in March. 

“I’m not certain that’s been put in 

place yet. I believe that it should be,” 

Woods said. 

Both mayors expressed concern 

about what appear to be longer than 

normal billing cycles after one Davidson 

resident, Sally Gordon, e-mailed 

both towns about being charged for 

39 days of water use in August, rather 

than 30 or 31 days. 

“Again, the answer to the ‘wild water 

bills’ seems likely to be that CMUD 

uses a tiered billing system and yet 

sometimes has 39 days in a billing 

cycle or 23 days, for example,” Gordon 

said. 

Because water used at the end of a 

billing cycle is more expensive than at 

the beginning due to the utilities’ tiered 

rate structure, extending customers’ 

billing cycles could exponentially 

increase their bills. 

“A customer’s water bill typically 

reflects 28-33 days of service,” Simpson, 

the utility’s spokesman, said. 

“That range is within the water utility 

industry standard, and we usually 

meet this target.” 

But there are circumstances that 

could lead to a longer billing cycle, 

Simpson admits. The average billing 

cycle for utilities customers in August 

was 31.51 days and 349 customers had 

cycles more than 34 days. 

“While this ‘long bill’ will possibly be 

higher than a normal 30-day bill due 

to the additional usage, all of the additional 

usage charges are not necessarily 

assessed at the highest tier price,” 

Simpson said. 

The department uses pre-billing 

software that redistributes the rate 

tiers in cases where days of service 

lasted 34 days or longer. For example, 

the fourth tier kicks in when customers 

use more than 12,716 gallons. But 

when the billing cycle is longer than 

34 days, that last tier doesn’t kick in 

until customers use 15,708 gallons. 

The same normalization occurs in the 

other three tiers. 

“This process for billing cycles lasting 

34 days or longer – known as normalization 

– means the bill already 

was automatically adjusted before it 

was mailed out,” Simpson said. “Our 

goal is to bill consistently, at 28-33 

days of service. In cases where billing 

was based on more than 33 days 

of service, normalization ensures customers 

aren’t inappropriately charged 

for additional usage.” 

Simpson said customers might not 

be aware their bills have been normalized 

because the information isn’t 

included in their bills. 

“We understand this leads to confusion 

and frustration for customers who 

attempt to manually calculate all their 

normalized charges … We are working 

on a remedy to this specific problem,” 

Simpson said. 

That fix, plus making meter reading 

and billing more efficient, will be 

included in Gullet’s presentation to 

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by Frank DeLoache 

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CHARLOTTE – Members of a special 

“stakeholders” panel advising Charlotte- 

Mecklenburg Utilities on its rate structure 

have sharply varying opinions about the 

important factors to consider in charging 

for water. 

At the panel’s Sept. 22 meeting, some 

members gave great importance to economic 

development and pricing water 

low enough to attract “large-volume commercial 

and industrial users” to Charlotte. 

Other panel members gave greater weight 

to emphasizing conservation of water and 

pricing water to reduce daily and peak demands 

on the utility. 

Jim Patterson, of Childress Klein, a large 

development company, pointed to those 

rankings as an apparent contradiction. 

But Chris Matthews, a south Charlotte 

neighborhood representative, disagreed, 

saying the utility ought to be able to set 

a reasonable rate for industries that use 

a consistent – if large – amount of water. 

Those industries need that water to operate. 

But the utility could still emphasize 

conservation by charging higher rates to 

users with variable water use, primarily 

homeowners who can choose whether to 

water their lawns. 

“People who don’t have to use water, but 

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they want to, you stick it to them,” he said. 

That got north Mecklenburg resident 

Jim Duke’s attention. He pointed out that 

residential customers already are unhappy 

about their bills – for a variety of reasons 

– and that groundswell of unhappiness led 

to the resignations in recent months of the 

director and assistant director of Charlotte- 

Mecklenburg Utilities. 

“Barry Gullet has a new job because the 

utility stuck it to them,” Duke said, as Gullet, 

the new director, sat across the table. 

Duke and Buddy Morrow, a representative 

of the Green Building Council, 

said the utility has other tools for encouraging 

conservation without “penalizing” 

homeowners who want to water their 

lawns. Morrow said the utility can promote 

more conservation-friendly ways of 

maintaining lawns. 

Bruce Anderson, a Huntersville representative, 

suggested charging a lower rate 

for water when rain is sufficient and the 

Catawba River is full. In times of drought, 

the utility could invoke a different rate 

structure encouraging people to use less. 

But Catawba Riverkeeper David Merryman 

said conservation should always 

be a priority, and he believes the utility 

can construct water rates that “emphasize 

conservation while utility still gets 

enough revenues to support itself” at a 

reasonable cost. q 

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Those e-mails are, by state law, public 

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of e-mails that had piled up in that 

public e-mail account about his vacation 

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Police Chief Bence Hoyle was worried 

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records as one more pain and something 

they can do every 30 days. 

Thanks to Bensman and Chief Hoyle, 

Cornelius is now average. Not as closed as 

Davidson, which makes no regular release 

of public e-mail, but certainly nothing to 

brag about. 

So, now that the commissioners and 

Chief Hoyle are feeling safer, do you feel 

more confident about your town government? 

In two months – after the town board 

has approved a new, greatly debated sign 

ordinance – you can ask the town for all 

the e-mail collected over 30 days and then 

held for 30 days and see how many business 

people – and which ones – sent commissioners 

e-mail expressing their displeasure 

about those proposed restrictions on 

real estate sales banners. 

Of course, the debate will be over and 

the ordinance on the books. 

Or you might find in all those e-mails if 

anyone has lobbied commissioners about 

favorable zoning – or about their opposition 

to zoning – for an expanded or new 

business on the west side of Interstate 77 

off Catawba Avenue. 

But even if you took the time to look 

through them, the town board may already 

have voted and moved on to the next 

issue. 

Yes, reporters like me might take the 

time to go through those e-mails to see 

what your elected officials are talking 

about. But chances are I’ll be writing three 

to five stories about things that are going 

on right now, and I really don’t have the 

time to go back through 30 days of 30-to- 

60-day old e-mail. 

On the other hand, when commissioners’ 

e-mails were available in real time 

under the old system, I tell you without 

doubt that I found stories that I would 

never have known were there. 

Is 30 days a “reasonable time” to delay 

releasing public e-mail? As a journalist, I 

don’t think so. I don’t know what residents 

think. 

The law is vague, so that allows Cornelius, 

Huntersville (90-day delay) and others 

to get away with doing it. 

On the other hand, when Cornelius was 

setting an example of openness, commissioners 

were sending their e-mail to that 

public account every day. Why could they 

not continue sending their e-mail daily 

to a town account, enabling town staff to 

burn a disc as a routine every week? 

To his credit, Anthony Roberts suggested 

a 7-day delay in releasing e-mail. But 

Bensman thought that still left the door 

open to those damn burglars. 

Why do public officials have to make 

the public’s business so complicated? Why 

do journalists and citizens have to apologize 

for demanding that government operate 

with transparency? Why do citizens let 

elected officials get away with blaming the 

public for asking them to provide public 

records in a timely fashion? 

And as smart as Jim Bensman is, why 

can’t he simply remember not to write his 

vacation plans in public e-mails? 

Being raised a redneck from the backwoods 

of South Carolina, I may not have 

as much education as Jim and other elected 

officials in our fair towns, but I know 

that dog won’t hunt. q 


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Missionary Baptist Church in Huntersville, 

told thousands of his parishioners 

Sunday, Sept. 25, that he intended to fight 

the charges. 

Speaking from his megachurch near Atlanta 

via satellite, Long compared himself 

to David in a fight with Goliath. 

“I’ve got five rocks and I haven’t thrown 

one of them yet,” he told the crowd of 

thousands in Huntersville and in Lithonia, 

Ga. 

Pastor Terrell Murphy of the Huntersville 

church attended the speech in Atlanta, 

reports said. 

Long never denied the allegations of 

any of the men in his speech, but said he 

is “not the man being portrayed on television.” 

Long’s speech came two days after the 

22-year-old Matthews man, a former 

member of the Huntersville church, filed 

a lawsuit in Georgia claiming Long manipulated 

him into having sex with the 

pastor by saying it was part of a healthy 

spiritual life. He also contends that members 

of New Birth leadership knew about 

the relationships but did nothing to stop 

them. No criminal charges have been filed 

in the case. 

In 2005, the lawsuit alleges, the then 

17-year-old Matthews man met the pastor 

after hearing one of Long’s sermons 

at the Huntersville church. The teen said 

the teaching about forgiving fathers who 

were absent from their son’s lives moved 

him, and he wished his father had been a 

part of his life. Long hugged the teen and 

said, “I got you,” and “I’ll be your dad,” the 

lawsuit alleges. 

Long gave the boy his contact information, 

and after months of talks, he invited 

him on a trip to Kenya. 

The lawsuit alleges while in Kenya, 

Long gave the teen sleeping pills and 

kissed him on the mouth, followed by a 

“prolonged hug.” The two shared a bed 

the remainder of the trip, the suit alleges. 

The two took a later trip to South Africa 

together where, the suit alleges, the sexual 

relationship continued. Long began buying 

the teen lavish gifts and taking him on 

spending sprees. 

The man alleges that Long asked to be 

called “Dad.” 

Long allegedly told the teen to attend 

Beulah Heights University in Atlanta to become 

a pastor and forego his wish to play 

basketball. While in Atlanta, Long paid for 

his tuition, room and board and purchased 

a Dodge Intrepid for him to use. Long told 

the teen to have no girlfriends during the 

time, the lawsuit contends. 

Long moved the teen to different locations 

across Atlanta over the next year. 

The man left college and returned to 

Charlotte in 2009, claiming the pastor 

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The man is also suing the Georgia 

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and exploit young male members” of 

the church. 

He is the fourth congregant to come 

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and gifts to coerce and manipulate them 

into having sex with him, media reports 

have said. The three, now in their 20s, 

and all from Atlanta, claim Long used 

jewelry, cars, cash to lure them into the 

relationships when they were 17 and 18. 

They also filed suit in a Georgia court 

last week. 

Long, 57, is a native of Huntersville 

and a graduate of North Mecklenburg 

High School. He founded the Huntersville-based 

New Birth church in 2003. 

He’s been pastor at New Birth in Atlanta 

since 1987, growing the church from 

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said Randall Kincaid, former Davidson 

mayor and chairman of the current town’s 

library task force. “The library board was 

building the Huntersville regional branch, 

and they wanted to close Davidson and 

Cornelius. So we came up with an alternative. 

“The idea was that we would build a 

new library,” he said. “We would put it on 

the Village Green where it would be the 

most obvious building in town. It’d be the 

front-and-center, a ‘greet you when you 

come into Davidson’ building.” 

The new library opened Nov. 5, 1995, 

and was a four-way partnership between 

Mecklenburg County, the Charlotte 

Mecklenburg Library, Davidson College 

and the town, Kincaid said. 

“The college moved the house that now 

sits on the bend in the road at Lorimer. 

They moved that house about 200 yards to 

make room for the library,” he said. 

The library was originally built in 1920. 

Moving the library to the Village Green 

in 1995 was a big community effort, and 

the people of Davidson have once again 

stepped up to save what’s theirs. Volunteers, 

from teens to retirees, have turned 

out. 

“It’s been an incredible, enormous, gargantuan 

outpouring,” librarian Martha 

Ferguson said. Research usually shows 

most volunteers drop out, but that hasn’t 

been the case at the Davidson branch, she 

said. 

“You can’t apply standard statistics to 

this town,” she said. The branch has 42 

volunteers who logged 362.5 hours in August. 

The Davidson Library celebrated its 

15th year on the Village Green on Wednesday, 

Sept. 29. Huge rain puddles out front 

Wednesday morning highlighted the need 

to remodel the patio. The Library Task 

Force has been selling $100 and $500 

bricks with customized engraving to raise 

the $175,000 needed. As of Wednesday, 

the total raised is $143,000. 

And most of that money, task force 

member Kim Fleming said, came from 

Davidson residents, not from businesses. 

Beverly Swanson, the children’s librarian, 

said, “It’s the Davidson people. It’s like 


The “Got Brick?” campaign to raise funds for the Davidson Branch Library has encouraged residents 

to purchase engraved bricks to remodel the front patio of the library. Located on Concord 

Road just east of Thompson Street, one Davidson resident implores passersby to purchase a brick. 

The library celebrated its 15th anniversary Wednesday, Sept. 29. 

Cornelius changes hours 

The Cornelius Branch Library will 

return to a five-day schedule, beginning 

Oct. 7 with its first Thursday 

opening since July. Cornelius is 

also negotiating with Mecklenburg 

County to receive land in return for 

the $175,000 provided to keep the 

Cornelius branch open. If the Board 

of County Commissioners and the 

Cornelius Town Board approve the 

agreement, Cornelius will gain the 

land where the Westmoreland Athletic 

Complex is under construction. 

no other library I’ve ever worked at.” 

“I think that it speaks to the uniqueness 

of Davidson,” said Cristina Shaul, a task 

force member. “We’re a very culturally 

aware community. We’re an active family 

community, and this library is a venue for 

that.” 

That venue is not just important to Davidson, 

said Kristin Coupal, also on the 

library task force. “If we were to close, the 

Huntersville branch would probably be 

overwhelmed,” she said. 

Also answering the community’s call-toaction 

is Tim Helfrich, owner of Summit 

Coffee across the street from the library. 

Helfrich has organized a 10-hour benefit 

concert for Saturday, Oct. 2, at Summit 

Coffee starting at 1 p.m. Ten percent of 

the sales on Saturday will be donated to 

the library. 

The Birdsnest, Davidson’s newest concert 

venue, will also hold a concert from 

4:30 to 7 p.m., and Summit Coffee will 

match all donations made during that 

show, up to $500. 

“We’re a shop that the community is 

built around,” Helfrich said. “We see ourselves 

as a place to bring people together, 

like the library, and we try to do that when 

we can.” 

Kincaid, the task force chair, said the 

library should be important to any community. 

“The thing that separates a successful 

community from one that’s not so successful 

is the presence of communitybuilding 

opportunities, and the library is 

just front-and-center on that score. It’s not 

just a place where you go check out books; 

as planners say, it gives us a sense of place 

in the town of Davidson.” q 



Knox Road aka ‘Doggie 

Wasteland’ 

Editor, 

I wanted to voice an opinion of how horrified 

and disgusted I am of the pure laziness 

of a small percentage of dog owners 

who walk their dogs on Knox Road. The 

area between the two entrances of the 

Blue Stone Harbor subdivision is just littered 

with dog waste. I am sure the owners 

know who they are and since the size 

of the dog waste left behind ranges from 

small to large, so it is not just one party but 

multiple owners. 

First, it is common courtesy to pick up 

after your dog. I know most of us feel our 

dogs just poop on command or when we 

take walks they never leave behind any 

waste. But just in case, bring a plastic bag 

to pickup after your pooch (Actually bring 

multiple because you never know when 

your dog might need to go again). 

I know you’re thinking: “Not my dog.” 

Plastic bags are readily available. We receive 

them every time we make a purchase 

(if you want them or not) or if you receive 

the paper in the morning. Eco warriors 

have the option of biodegradable bags and 

smell-a-phobes can purchase scented bags 

for their sensitive noses. 

Second, I am sure the bag carriers who 

walk their dogs would appreciate this, as 

well asthe families that walk this area with 

their children, people who walk or jog this 

stretch of road and most of all, the people 

who mow the lawn along this area (Yeah, it 


letters 

To The eDiToR 

doesn’t magically disappear, and I am sure 

they would really appreciate not mowing 

over a mine field). 

Third, it’s the law. 

So bring a bag and pick up after your 

dog. It is one of the many responsibilities 

of being a dog owner. This also goes for 

any area throughout the community of 

Blue Stone Harbor, or any community 

for that matter (See First, Second and 

Third). 

– George Nonemaker, Blue Stone 

Harbor, Cornelius 

Thanks for article on breast cancer 

patients’ fight to keep Avastin 

Editor, 

The article on Avastin is wonderful. I 

am a longtime friend, former co-worker 

and schoolmate of Pat Morgan. 

Pat is trying desperately to keep Avastin 

on the market to help give Shannon 

(his wife) a good life and perhaps for long 

enough that a cure can be found for her 

cancer. Why the Oncology Advisory Committee 

(to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) 

is so bent on taking it off 

the market is hard for me to understand. 

The drug is indeed keeping her healthy as 

you say in your article – free of circulating 

tumor cells in her blood and her cancer 

shows no new growth. What more do they 

want from a trial drug? 

Shannon Morgan is a fighter, and she 

will continue to fight to keep her life with 

whatever means she has. She and Pat were 

meant for each other, and Pat wants to 

keep her here for as long as he can. Why 

take that hope away from them? 

You say that the panel of specialists is supposed 

to evaluate the results of a drug trial, 

and they said the current trial results don’t 

provide enough evidence to conclusively say 

Avastin works for most breast cancer patients. 

What if those specialists had a spouse 

or child with breast cancer and had Avastin 

available? I’ll bet they would go to all lengths 

to keep it on the market! If this drug can help 

only one person, that’s good enough reason 

to keep it on the market. 

I am an 18-year breast cancer survivor. 

I have had no recurrence of cancer, and 

I pray to God that I never do. Let’s give 

Shannon and all the other women fighting 

breast cancer a fighting chance with the 

drug Avastin. I know it’s working for Shannon 

Morgan and probably others as well. 

Thank you for your article. Maybe it will 

shed more light on this issue and sway the 

Oncology Drug Advisory Committee to 

keep Avastin on the market for those who 

desperately need it and are willing to fight 

for it. Remember, the life you save may be 

one of your cherished family members. 

– Phyllis B. Batts, Charlotte 

Sad in Cedarfield 

Opinion 

Editor, 

One of the best things about living in 

Cedarfield was the beautiful Torrence 

Creek Greenway that everyone enjoyed 

walking, jogging or taking the dog for a 

walk. 

That has all recently changed with the 

stream restoration project that has been 

under way for the last few months. They 

have cut down hundreds of trees and destroyed 

the homes of the birds, deer, owls 

and squirrels that once were abundant 

along the greenway. Now if you walk the 

greenway, the only sounds you hear are 

the loud noises of grinding trees and heavy 

machinery and what you see is mounds of 

cut down trees and bare red dirt. 

I feel if they had to destroy the greenway 

to save the stream, then it wasn’t worth it. 

Even if they replant new trees, it will take 

decades for the trees to reach the maturity 

they were. 

The greenway has been destroyed beyond 

the point of recognition and the 

saddest part is that our taxpayers’ money 

is paying for this destruction. I feel it was 

a bad decision on someone’s part and I 

know the people in Cedarfield wish it had 

not been made. If we knew that restoring 

the stream meant destroying our greenway, 

then we would have been against it. 

I no longer walk the greenway because it’s 

just too painful to see what has become of 

it and it’s no longer a “green” way. 

– Cyndi White, Huntersville 

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CORNELIUS – Police arrested a 27-year-old 

Cornelius man Sunday, Sept. 26, after he held 

his girlfriend for two days in his bedroom, 

where she was beaten and sexually assaulted, 

Lt. Jennifer Thompson said. 

Keith Glenn Robinson was arrested after 

the girl escaped from his third-floor bedroom. 

Thompson said. 

His mother, who also 

lives in the home, but was 

unaware the woman was 

trapped inside, called 911 

after the woman escaped 

and Robinson then ran 

away, police said. 

The girl, who was only 

Robinson 

identified as in her mid- 

20s, told police she was 

locked in the bedroom 

Friday, Sept. 24. She said 

Robinson punched and kneed her while she 

was held captive. 

Charlotte police captured Robinson shortly 

after his mother called 911, Thompson said. 

He is charged with assault inflicting serious 

bodily injury, assault by strangulation, 

kidnapping first-degree, kidnapping seconddegree, 

sex offense first degree victim 13 or 

older, the Mecklenburg County jail log said. 

He is being held without bail, the log said. 

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• Jamohn Alexander Neal, 35, felony 

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at North Mecklenburg High School, 

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• Sean Christian Miles, 22, resisting arrest, 

at 706 Gilead Road. Sept. 21. 

• Mary Elizabeth Terry, 17, theft, at 

Kohl’s Department Store, 9743 Sam Furr 

Road. Sept. 22. 

• Grant Matthew Ancevic, 33, disorderly 

conduct, at 8711 Lindholm Drive. Sept. 23. 

• Roger Allen Moore, 46, assault on a female, 

at 12812 Martello Lane. Sept. 24. 

• Gavin Douglas Ashley, 28, DWI, at Interstate 

77. Sept. 25. 

• Joshua Alton Keziah, 17, possession of 

marijuana, at Interstate 77. Sept. 25. 

• Kenneth Bernard Berry, 45, felony 

forgery/uttering, at 241 Commerce Center 

Drive. Sept. 25. 

• Garland Eugene Turner, 50, worthless 

check writing, at 16715 Old Statesville 


• Janius Fernandez Broadnax, 29, assault 

on a female, at 8819 Glad Court. Sept. 25. 

• Jerry Daniel Picklesimer, 44, theft, at 

10030 Gilead Road. Sept. 25. 

• Keith Patrick Cummins, 44, DWI, at 

15407 Stumptown Road. Sept. 26. 

• Kristopher Benjamin Henson, 30, DWI, 

at 9400 McCoy Road. Sept. 27. 

• Dianne Langston Williams, 52, fraud, 

at 15300 Great Glen Lane. Sept. 27. 

• Sean Michael McDonough, 17, possession 

of marijuana and bringing a knife 

onto school property, at North Mecklenburg 

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CORNELIUS – Excluding routine citations, 

the Cornelius Police Department reported 

the following charges, including the places 

and dates of arrests, from Sept. 21 to 27: 

• James Francis Lacadra, 48, assault on a 

female, at 18817 Nautical Drive. Sept. 22. 

• David Eliott Scattergood, 24, domestic 

violence, at 21216 Rio Oro Drive. Sept. 23. 

• Rananna Lee Cox, 47, DWI, at 19819 

Henderson Road. Sept. 24. 

• Wyatt Sutherland, 17, theft, at 19925 

S. Main St. Sept. 24. 

• Leslie Hovis Hayes, 52, aiding and 

abetting DWI, at 19699 W. Catawba Ave. 

Sept. 25. 

• Kevin Charles Nelson, 28, DWI, at 

20124 W. Catawba Ave. Sept. 26. 

• Nicole Lee Ann Neuhlen, DWI, at 20545 

Catawba Ave. Sept. 26. 

• Kyle Michael Freeze, 22, assault on a 

female, at 8301 Magnolia Estates Drive. 

Sept. 26. 

• Keith Glenn Robinson, 27, assault inflicting 

serious bodily injury, assault by 

strangulation, kidnapping first-degree, 

kidnapping second-degree, sex offense 

first-degree victim 13 or older, at 10221 Perimeter 

Pkwy. Sept. 26. 

• Donald Joseph Rose, 33, DWI, at 20500 

Torrence Chapel Road. Sept. 26. 

• Jaron Edward Ball, 26, DWI, at 20399 

Northport Drive. Sept. 26. 

• Karin Nicole Necker, 21, DWI, at 200 

Hawthorne Lane. Sept. 26. 

DAVIDSON – Excluding routine citations, 

the Davidson Police Department reported 

the following charges, including the places 

and dates of arrests, from Sept. 19 to 25: 

• Lavarius Stewart, 17, possession of 

marijuana with intent to sell or deliver and 

underage drinking, at 819 Blackwelder 


• Joseph Little, 21, probation violation, 

at 128 Potts St. Sept. 21. 

HUNTERSVILLE – The Huntersville Police 

Department reported the following incidents 

from Sept. 21 o 27: 

Burglary 

• 12000 Willingdon Drive. Sept. 21. 

• 10700 block of Huntersville Commons 


• 300 block of Gibson Park Drive. Sept. 

23. 

• 500 block of Canadice Road. Sept. 27. 

Car break-in 

• 13200 block of Kennerly Drive. Sept. 

22. 

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Theft 

• 12400 block of Ranger Trail. Sept. 21. 

• Kohl’s Department Store, 9743 Sam 

Furr Road. Sept. 22. 

• North Mecklenburg High School, at 

11201 Old Statesville Road. Sept. 23. 

• 8700 block of Castledown Drive. Sept. 

23. 

Vandalism 

• 8600 block of Cedar Hollow Lane. Sept. 

22. 

• 9000 block of New Oak Lane. Sept. 22. 

• 8500 block of Streamview Drive. Sept. 

23. 

• 14900 block of Almondell Drive. Sept. 

26. 

• 8700 block of Pinnacle Cross Drive. 

Sept. 26. 

• Newbridge Bank, 16625 Statesville 


CORNELIUS – The Cornelius Police Department 

reported the following incidents 

from Sept. 21 o 27: 

Burglary 

• Liquid Records, 19732 W. Catawba Ave. 

Sept. 27. 

Car break-in 

• 19600 block of Liverpool Pkwy. Sept. 

21. 

• Ron Shue Imports, 19401 Statesville 


• 19300 block of Meridian Street. Sept. 

25. 

Car theft 

• 18000 block of Lochcarron Lane. Sept. 

24. 

Theft 

• 9000 Glenashley Drive. Sept. 21. 

• 8700 block of Creek Trail Lane. Sept. 

23. 

• 2100 block of Island Forest Drive. Sept. 

24. 

• 21300 block of Crown Lake Drive. Sept. 

27. 

Vandalism 

• 18700 block of Oakhurst Blvd. Sept. 

21. 

• 19300 block of Meridian Street. Sept. 

22. 

• Southeastern Architectural Systems, at 

21016 Catawba Ave. Sept. 25. 

• 10700 block of Meadow Crossing. Sept. 

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Education 

Christ the King Catholic High School planned for 2011 

HUNTERSVILLE – The north 

Mecklenburg area could get its first 

Catholic high school next year. Christ 

the King High School is planned to 

open in August 2011, and officials are 

seeking students to fill its first freshman 

class. 

“There has been a lot of growth in 

north Mecklenburg, and with it has 

come a demand for more choices in 

education,” David Hains, director of 

communications for the Charlotte Diocese, 

said. 

The closest Catholic high school is 

Charlotte Catholic located on Pineville-Matthews 

Road in south Charlotte. 

Christ the King High School’s temporary 

location, at 13728 Statesville 

Road, between Gilead and Mt. Holly- 

Huntersville roads, in Huntersville, 

would provide those families interested 

in a Catholic high school education a 

closer option. 

“This is not a start-up high school,” 

Hains said. The school is “a system 

with a track record of success, with 

SACS (Southern Association of Colleges 

and Schools) accreditation and 

an established college preparatory curriculum,” 

he said. 

The school plans to open with a 

freshman class and then add a grade 

each year as those freshmen progress. 

Enrollment is open until Oct. 15, 

and families enroll by Thursday, Sept. 

30 are offered a fixed tuition for 4 

years. Typically, tuition increases 3 to 

5 percent per year. 

The school plans to occupy its temporary 

location for two years, and the 

school’s development team is looking 

for a permanent location within a five 

mile radius of Highway 73 and Poplar 

Tent Road, Hains said. For the plans 

to continue, the school must get a financial 

commitment from 100 or more 

freshman students. 

Students of all faiths are welcome, 

Hains said, and if enough sophomore 

students express interest, the school 

may consider a freshman and sophomore 

class. 

For more information, visit www. 

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JV Washam kicks off 

Goodwill donation drive 

CORNELIUS – Goodwill brings its 

educational school donation drive program 

– and its donation trailer – to JV 

Washam Elementary on Monday and 

Tuesday, Oct. 4 and 5, from 8 a.m. to 2 

p.m. The Cornelius school kicks off the 

donation drive this year. 

Through donation drives, students 

learn how their donations of clothing, 

books, toys and household items positively 

affect the environment and the 

community. For many students, this 

will be their first Goodwill donation 

experience. 

Nine local schools participated last 

school year, generating more than 

$95,000 of donated goods that helped 

fund Goodwill’s job training and employment 

programs. 

On Friday, Oct. 1, JV Washam students 

will attend an educational and 

interactive pep rally promoting the 

Oct. 4 and 5 drive. The school, located 

at 9611 Westmoreland Road, invites 

the community to bring donations to 

the trailer in the bus parking lot. The 

donations will be sold in Goodwill’s retail 

stores. 

“We are proud to be a supportive part 

of the community and excited to team 

with Goodwill. The students and staff 

at JV Washam believe strongly in meaningful 

community service,” JV Washam 

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Bailey Middle School hosts CMS 

Parent University session on Bullying 

CORNELIUS – Bailey Middle 

School will host the next Parent University 

session Thursday, Sept. 30 from 

6:30 to 8 p.m. The session will include 

an overview of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg 

Schools Bully Prevention Policy 

and provide helpful information on 

how to recognize, define, and prevent 

bullying. 

After the workshop, participants will 

know how to identify bullying behavior, 

explore the causes and types of bullying, 

and be able to teach children bully 

resistance, coping and reporting techniques. 

For more information, visit the Parent 

University’s website: www.cms.k12. 

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CORNELIUS – Former chief meteorologist for Charlotte’s NBC affiliate, Terri Bennett, 

talked about weather with Cornelius Elementary School students Thursday, Sept. 23. Her 

presentation supplemented the fifth grade science unit on weather and climate, which 

started in classrooms two weeks ago. 

More than 100 fifth graders took notes and asked questions during the presentation, 

which covered latitude, climate, weather instruments, the water cycle, high and low pressure 

systems, the westerly winds and the Coriolis Effect. 

Weather makes up about a quarter of the fifth grade end-of-grade test. 

“Sometimes in test mode we get anxious,” Bennett said to the students, and she seasoned 

her presentation with catchy mnemonic devices, like the “three C’s” of water behavior: 

water cools, condenses and forms clouds. 

“I know what they’re going to stumble upon,” Bennett said. She tweaks her presentation 

based upon feedback from teachers and students, and based on her knowledge of 

the test’s weather section. 

But students aren’t the only ones who benefit from Bennett’s visits. 

“I find the teachers get a lot out of it, too,” Bennett said. “Meteorology is a four-year 

degree,” she said, and often teachers struggle to understand some of the more complex 

aspects of the weather lessons. Bennett’s presentation breaks down the “weather puzzle” 

into its component parts and focuses on the relationships between them. 

“My true passion is teaching children,” Bennett said. “We see so many kids leaving 

elementary school not liking science,” she said. Through her visual, engaging lessons, she 

hopes to change that. 

Bennett is also the co-founder of Do Your Part, an organization providing green living 

ideas for busy families. To learn more, visit www.doyourpart.com. 

School Notes 



school 

NOTES 

• Bailey Middle: Progress reports go 

home Thursday, Sept. 30. 

• Blythe Elementary: The school 

holds its scholastic fall book fair through 

Friday, Oct. 1. The school needs book 

fair volunteers to pack up. … The school 

takes fall pictures Oct. 7. … The school 

hosts Autumn Fest on Oct. 15 from 6 

to 8 p.m. … The school needs health 

room volunteers to help nurse scrapes 

and bruises and contact parents when 

students are ill. For more information, 

contact the school. … The media center 

needs volunteers to help check out and 

re-shelve books. If you are interested in 

volunteering, please contact Susan Inabinet 

in the Media Center. 

Christina Ritche Rogers/HW photo 

• Bradley Middle: Progress reports go 

home Thursday, Sept. 30. 

• Cannon School: The school hosts 

three open houses in Taylor Hall on the 

following dates: Friday, Oct. 1, at 10 a.m. 

for junior kindergarten through fourth 

grade, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. for junior kindergarten 

through twelfth grade and 

Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. for junior kindergarten 

through twelfth grade. Visiting families 

have an opportunity to tour the campus, 

speak one-on-one with parents and students 

about the school’s academic, arts 

and athletics offerings, including a new 

varsity football program, and learn more 

about the admission process. 

• Children’s Schoolhouse: The school 

goes on a field trip Oct. 19. … Oct. 29 is 

a teacher workday. 

• Cornelius Elementary School: 

The Cornelius Book fair runs Monday 

through Friday, Oct. 4, to Oct. 8. 

• Davidson Day School: World-renowned 

anthropologist Mark Van Stone 

speaks about Mayan culture and the year 

2012 at Davidson Day School Tuesday, 

Oct. 5, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available 

for purchase at the door, at 750 Jetton St. 

(See School Notes on page 28) 

BEYOND 

expectations 

At Cannon School, families from across the Charlotte region come 

together as one community. Your neighbors choose Cannon for its 

unparalleled offerings in academics, arts, athletics, and character 

education. And because Cannon feels like home. 

Come to Cannon. Go Beyond. 

Small 

Class Sizes • Safe, Nurturing Environment • Interscholastic Athletics 

On Campus Open House Events 

October 1, 10 a.m. (JrK-Grade 4) 

October 14, 7 p.m. (JrK-Grade 12) 

November 6, 1 p.m. (JrK-Grade 12) 

5801 Poplar Tent Road 

Concord, NC 28027 

704-721-7199 

JrK-Grade 12 

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School Notes 


in Davidson, and cost $5 per person and 

$3 per student. For more information, 

call 704-237-5200. 

• Davidson Elementary School: The 

PTO meets Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. in the media 

center. 

• Davidson IB: The school takes fall 

pictures Thursday, Sept. 30. 

• Hopewell High School: Hopewell 

High School’s leadership class sponsors 

a school beautification day Oct. 16. Supported 

by Hands On Charlotte, a nonprofit 

organization that mobilizes volunteers for 

community service, the school seeks volunteers 

to help clean up the grounds. ... The 

school holds homecoming celebrations 

Friday, Oct. 1. … The senior homecoming 

dance is Saturday, Oct. 2. … The school 

leadership team meets Monday, Oct. 4. … 

The school takes senior pictures Monday, 

Oct. 4 and Oct. 11. … The school administers 

PSAT tests to tenth- and eleventh-graders 

Oct. 13. … The PTSA meets Oct. 18 at 

6 p.m. … The school’s hospitality committee 

requests donations of paper products, 

2-liter drinks and small gift cards. … The 

school reminds people to link their grocery 

customer card accounts to the school’s 

account so the school benefits from each 

purchase. The code to link Bloom grocery 

cards is 01308, and the code for VIC cards 

at Harris Teeter is 4769. … The PTSA invites 

parents to join the growing number of 

contributors in the school’s “Invest in Excellence” 

program. Contributors provide 

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Lake Norman Charter makes top 20 

in Read for the World Record 

Courtesy of Lake Norman Charter Middle School 

HUNTERSVILLE – For the second consecutive year, Lake Norman Charter Middle School 

made the list of top 20 schools in the Scholastic Read for The World Record competition. 

Lake Norman Charter is the only North Carolina school and one of only two middle 

schools that made the top 20. 

More than 700 Lake Norman Charter students logged 292,261 minutes of summer 

reading for Scholastic’s Read for the World Record summer program. The school will be 

listed in the 2011 Scholastic World Record Book. 

equipment, supplies and teacher support. 

More information on the program may 

be found on the Hopewell PTSA website, 

http://pages.cms.k12.nc.us/hopewellptsa. 

• Hough High School: The Cornelius 

Police Department, in partnership 

with United Family Services and the 

B.R.A.K.E.S. program, presents a teen 

awareness and safety seminar Oct. 21 

from 7 to 9 p.m. Space is limited. R.S.V.P. 

to Officer Williams at 704-892-1363. 

• Huntersville Elementary School: 

The school holds McDonald’s restaurant 

night Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. 

… The school holds Tenders restaurant 

night Oct. 19 from 5 to 9 p.m. … The 

PTA board meets Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m. 

… The Scholastic book fair runs Oct. 28 

through Nov. 4. … The school holds a fall 

festival Oct. 29 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. 

• JV Washam Elementary: Mid-quarter 

reports go home Friday, Oct. 1. … 

Teachers have a planning day Tuesday, 

Oct. 5. … Kindergarteners take their dads 

or male role models to school Friday, Oct. 

8. … Principal Giovanelli holds a coffee 

chat at 7:45 a.m. Oct. 13. 

• SouthLake Christian: Fall break is 

Monday through Friday, Oct. 4 through 8. 

• Torrence Creek Elementary: The 

first All-Pro Dads event, which includes 

a breakfast and a 45-minute program, begins 

Friday, Oct. 1, at 8 a.m. R.S.V.P. to 

trainer2go@aol.com. … The school holds 

a book fair Monday through Friday, Oct. 

4 to 8, which includes Family Fun Night 

on Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. 

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Education 

Corvian cuts ribbon 

on new classrooms 

Northcross Village 

HW-201010 

Sam Furr Rd (I-77, exit 25) Huntersville, NC 

(704) 895-5123 www.wbu.com/huntersville 

Courtesy of the Corvian Community School 

Corvian Community School celebrates the opening of its classrooms Saturday, Sept. 25, with 

an official ribbon cutting. School founder Stacey Haskell (right) cuts the ribbon with the help 

AWARDS 

& HONORS 

of Connor Craig and Drew O’Donnell, the first two students to enroll in the new school, which 

now has more than 20 students. 

The school is located on Eastfield Road in Huntersville. For more information, visit www. 

corvian.org. 

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AWARDS 

& HONORS 

Hopewell seniors named Commended 

Students for PSAT performance 

HUNTERSVILLE – Hopewell High 

School seniors Michelle Ruse and Allison 

Stubbs have been named Commended 

Students in the 2011 National 

Merit Scholarship program. 

They placed among the top 5 percent 

of more than 1.5 million students 

who took the 2009 Preliminary SAT / 

National Merit Scholarship Qualifying 

Test (PSAT / NMSQT) and entered the 

2011 competition. 

North Meck debate and speech team 

places third at Pinecrest 

HUNTERSVILLE – Members of the 

North Mecklenburg High School Debate 

and Speech Team took third 

place overall at the Pinecrest Open 

Tournament in Southern Pines, NC on 

Saturday, Sept. 25. 

Competing against more than 20 

schools from both Carolinas, and led 

by the “Fabulous Five” members of 

Coach Oxendine’s speech squad, the 

team took six placements with only 

five members entered in speech categories. 

The students placed as follows: 

speech co-captain senior Raul Gonzalez 

took first in Original Oratory; 

Speech co-captain senior Brittany Wallace 

took second in Oral Interpretation 

and third in Humorous Interpretation; 

Junior Lauren Calucag placed fourth 

in Humorous Interpretation; Junior 

Brooke Carter, in her debut performance 

in Dramatic Interpretation, 

placed fifth; and in his first competition 

ever in the largest speech classification, 

freshman James Williams took 

fifth place in Impromptu Speaking. 

In debate, students placed as follows: 

Seniors Jeremy Miranda and 

Chris Folmar placed third in varsity 

public forum; sophomores Abby Auerbach 

and Micayla Murphy won the 

junior varsity public forum division; 

junior Catherine Bizub placed fifth in 

Varsity Student Congress; and freshman 

Alex Pope took fifth place in junior 

varsity Lincoln/Douglas. 

“We’re in the age of communication,” 

North Meck debate and speech 

team Head Coach Christopher Rocca 

said, “and the ability to articulate 

yourself is the most important ability 

to have.” 

Upcoming debate and speech 

team events: The team sponsors the 

Eighth Annual Jimmy K. Poole “Viking 

Classic”/Carolina Challenge Cup 

tournament on North Meck’s campus 

Saturday, Oct. 2. The public is invited 

to attend, and the team seeks volunteers 

to judge the events. Interested 

volunteers may contact Christopher 

Rocca at Christopher.rocca@cms.k12. 

nc.us or call 704-773-0329. 

The team travels to Mountain Heritage 

High School on Oct. 9 and Bob 

Jones Academy on Oct. 16. 

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Former Mooresville residents April 

Johnston and Madeline Kragh used to 

hang out after school, sewing and creating 

clothes with hopes of one day breaking 

into the world of fashion. 

Last month, they wound up working 

together at New York Fashion Week. 

Kragh walked the runway wearing an outfit 

Johnston had designed for the “Project 

Runway” fashion show. 

“I think it really touched both of them 

that they both are on parallel paths to reaching 

their dreams,” said Madeline’s mother, 

Sandy Kragh, who works in the Town of 

Davidson’s planning department. 

Not long after graduating in May with a 

fashion design degree from the Savannah 

College of Art and Design, Johnston was 

picked to compete on the Lifetime Network’s 

“Project Runway.” And through 

the television show, she and nine other 

contestants earned the opportunity to 

showcase their work Sept. 9 during New 

York Fashion Week. 

The experience was even more memorable 

for Johnston, because she got to 

work with Kragh. 

“Me and her were the ones who shot 

photos together in high school, pretending 

we were models,” Johnston said. “It 

was cool living that moment in real life.” 

Kragh got involved with the “Project 

Runway” fashion show because she was 

so excited that Johnston had such an 

amazing opportunity to show her work. 

“It’s a really big industry,” Kragh said. 

“It’s really tough – even when you’re good 

– for people to notice you.” 

Kragh attended Lake Norman High for 

a year, describing that time as a transitional 

period in her life when she began 

testing the creative waters. She found 

herself drawn to Johnston. 

“April has always been really sure of 

who she is, and I really needed that in 

a friend,” Kragh said. “She really pulled 

me toward opening up and doing things 

outside of the box, having interests and 

really focusing on something.” 

Sandy Kragh believes Johnston was instrumental 

in her daughter’s decision to 

go into fashion. 

“I think April really encouraged Madeline 

to be creative in her style and in her 

pursuit of a modeling career,” Sandy said. 

“They really complemented each other.” 

Not long after leaving Lake Norman, 

Kragh was featured in “Model.Live,” an 

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Kragh, who has lived in New York, 

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The Kraghs moved there after a year in 

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“Because of the nature of her job, she 

doesn’t really have another home,” Sandy 

said. “She lives out of a suitcase. I think 

she considers Davidson her home.” 

Johnston didn’t get to absorb too much 

of New York Fashion Week. The “Project 

Runway” cast had a reunion but spent 

a lot of time preparing for the fashion 

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09.30-10.02.10 

Thursday-Saturday 

Denver Days, schedule varies 

Three more days remain in the eighth annual 

festival, organized this year by the Denver-Lake 

Norman Rotary Club. Festival hours are 4 to 10 

p.m. Thursday, 4 to 11 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. 

to 11 p.m. Saturday just off N.C. 16 on Triangle 

Circle. Cole Amusements is providing 17 rides 

and games, and admission to the festival is free. 

Hecht Development is sponsoring two free concerts: 

Craig Woolard Band at 8 p.m. Friday and 

General Johnson and Chairman of the Board at 8 

p.m. Saturday. Parking costs $5 Thursday and $10 

Friday and Saturday. Proceeds from the festival 

go to the East Lincoln Rescue Park. Find more information 

online at www.denverdays.com. 

10.02.10 

Saturday 


calendar 

Festival for Hope & Housing, 8 a.m. through 

the day 

DAVIDSON – The Davidson Housing Coalition invites 

cyclists, runners and walkers to the sixth annual 

fundraiser. The festival’s cycling, running and 

walking events end at Davidson’s Village Green, 

where local restaurants will offer tastes of local 

food and goodies. Sales of food-tasting tickets 

go to the nonprofit affordable-housing coalition. 

Registration begins at 8 a.m. in the parking lot of 

Davidson United Methodist Church, 233 S. Main 

St. The 100K ride begins at 9 a.m. and the remaining 

rides depart in close succession. The 5K 

Family Fun Ride begins at 10:15 a.m. and the 5K 

Stride at 10:30 a.m. Local bands, including Rusty 

Knox, Billy Jones and The Sands of Time, will perform 

and children will have lots of activities. Get 

more information or register online at www.davidsonhousing.org 

or call 704-892-4486. 

Main Street at Davidson-Concord Highway 

All American Dog Show, 5-8 p.m. 

The Cornelius Parks, Arts, Recreation and Culture 

Department and MI-Connection are sponsoring 

the town’s 10th annual All American Dog Show 

at Bailey Road Park. 

Dogs with pedigrees and no degrees will compete 

for prizes in fun contests ranging from Cutest 

Puppy and Best Dressed to Most Ear-Resistible 

Ears. Pet-related businesses and rescue groups 

also will set up booths. Register your dog in advance 

for $5 or $8 the day of the show. Forms are 

available online at www.corneliuspr.org or at the 

PARC department, 21445 Catawba Ave. For more 

information call 704-892-6031, ext. 160. 

11536 Bailey Road 

10.04 & 06.10 

Monday and Wednesday 

events 

Pilates classes, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 

The Cornelius Parks, Arts, Recreation and Culture 

Department sponsors the eight-week group exercise 

classes for beginner, intermediate and advanced 

students at Bailey Road Recreation Center. 

Certified instructor Danielle Wasser will lead 

a beginner/intermediate class on Mondays from 

Oct. 4 to Nov. 22 and an intermediate/advanced 

class on Wednesdays from Oct. 6 to Dec. 1. The 

eight-week class costs $80 for residents and $90 

for nonresidents. Bring $8 cash on the first night 

for an exercise ball that will be used in the class, 

as well as towel and mat. Register or get information 

online at www.corneliuspr.org or call the 

PARC Department at 704-765-1450. 

Rec center at Bailey Middle School, 11900 Bailey 

Road, Cornelius 

10.09-10.10 

Saturday-Sunday 

Folklife Festival and Craft Show, 

10 a.m.-4 p.m. 

Historic Latta Plantation hosts the 29th annual 

Folklife Festival and Craft Show, with Marie Reid 

performing Americana music and many traditional 

and modern artists selling their work, 

including baskets, pottery, jewelry, lace, gourds, 

yarn crafts and Uncle Scott’s Root Beer. Children 

can listen to stories, explore the hay maze, make 

crafts and visit farm animals. Historic interpreters 

will also demonstrate the folkways. See openhearth 

cooking in the kitchen, blacksmithing, 

gunsmithing, woodworking, spinning, weaving 

and other plantation crafts. Admission is $7 for 

adults, $6 for seniors and $5 for students. Children 

5 and younger and Latta Plantation members 

get in free, and no charge for parking. Find 

more information at the plantation website, 

www.lattaplantation.org. 

5225 Sample Road, Huntersville 

10.15.10 

Friday 

Ghost Tales at Latta, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. 

Tour the plantation by candlelight and hear real 

ghost stories from staff, volunteers and previous 

ghost hunts. RSVP is required, and the tour costs 

$12, or $6 for members. Call 704-875-2312 to 

Around Town 

register. The Latta staff will offer Ghost Tales in 

the Dark again Oct. 16, 22 and 23, with three 

tours each night. 


10.29-30.10 

Friday-Saturday 

Civil War Ghost Walk, 7-10 p.m. 

Visit Latta Plantation for this spook-tacular historic 

event as a guide leads you through a haunted 

Civil War site. Venture through the explosive 

battlefield, witness a family mourning their lost 

loved ones in the parlor, make your way through 

the haunted field hospital, the creepy cemetery 

and more. Admission is $8. 


ONGOING EVENTS 

Huntersville Farmers Market, Saturdays, 7 

a.m.-noon 

Sponsored by the Huntersville Parks and Recreation 

Department, the market is open every Saturday 

through Oct. 23. The market also offers a 

central location for farmers, crafters and all types 

of vendors to sell their goods. For more information, 

contact Recreation Director Sierra Davis at 

704-766-2253 or sdavis@huntersville.org. 

103 Maxwell St., next to the caboose 

Davidson Farmer’s Market, Saturdays, 8 

a.m.-noon 

The market is a producer-only, year-round market 

featuring more than 35 farmers and local producers 

who operate within a 100-mile radius of 

the town. Find more information at the market’s 

website, http://davidsonfarmersmarket.org. 

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News 

St. Mark observes National 

Respect Life Sunday 

HUNTERSVILLE – St. Mark Catholic Church, 

14740 Stumptown Road, will observe National 

Respect Life Sunday on Oct. 3. 

The church invites people to bring a covered 

dish to share and enjoy food and fellowship at 

12:15 p.m. Hot dogs, desserts and drinks will be 

supplied. The meal continues until 1:15 p.m., 

with a short presentation by Maggie Nadol, of 

the Diocesan Respect Life Office, and prayer 

in our Parish Hall. All are invited to participate 

in the silent Life Chain on Stumptown Road in 

front of the church from 2 to 3 p.m., in memory 

of “lives that have been lost through abortion, 

euthanasia and stem-cell research.” 

For information, contact Donna Smith 704- 

948-1306 or dsmith18@bellsouth.net. 

Meadowlake lights up grills 

for ‘Holy Smoke BBQ’ 

HUNTERSVILLE – Meadowlake Church, 6501 

Gilead Road, will hold its first annual Holy Smoke 

BBQ fundraiser Oct. 15. A portion of proceeds 

will go to Angels and Sparrows soup kitchen in 

Huntersville. 


church 

NEWS 

Church volunteers will serve barbecue, slaw, 

French fries and desserts from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. the 

third Friday in October. The public is invited to eat 

at the church or take meals to go, and volunteers 

will deliver orders of 12 or more meals. 

Advance tickets are available, or buy tickets at 

the door that Friday. For more information, call 

Cathy Micun at 704-948-1600. 

Veterans 

seminar series! 

Shads Landing can assist all Veterans and their spouses begin 

to receive all due benefits from the VA that will apply to their 

housing expenses. Come and learn which plan is right for you. 

Wartime Veterans may qualify for up to $1,644 monthly 

and Surviving Spouses may receive $1,056. 

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Thursday, October 21st 

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General session, 20 to 30 minutes 

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5101 Prosperity Church Road - Charlotte, NC 28269 

Congregation observes Jewish holiday of Sukkot 

Davidson College Presbyterian holds 

Blessing of Animals Oct. 10 

DAVIDSON – Davidson College Presbyterian 

Church, 100 N Main St., will offer a Blessing of the 

Animals to the community on Oct. 10 at 4:30 p.m. 

The feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron 

saint of animals and the environment, is Oct. 4. 

The service will be held on the front steps of 

the church’s sanctuary, facing the Davidson College 

campus. The service will last about 20 minutes, 

beginning with a procession. Bring pets, 

leashed or caged, real, stuffed or represented by 

photograph. Bring a lawn chair. 

The church will collect a voluntary offering of 

pet food or money to benefit pet owners served 

by the Loaves & Fishes food pantry at the Ada 

Jenkins Center. 

Youth from Huntersville ARP 

attend regional retreat 

HUNTERSVILLE – About a dozen teens from 

Huntersville Associate Reformed Presbyterian 

Church, accompanied by Pastor David Winburne 

and Randy Karsten, recently attended the denomination’s 

regional Senior High Retreat in Flat 

Rock. About 300 teens from Associate Reformed 

Presbyterian churches throughout the Carolinas 

attended the gathering at Bonclarken, the center 

found in 1921. 

The church is located at 200 N. Old Statesville 

Road. Call 704-875-1704 or e-mail info@huntersvillearp.org. 

Courtesy of Doug Eilenberg 

DAVIDSON – The religious school of the Lake Norman Jewish Congregation gathered Sept. 

19 at Davidson College in front of the community- and Hillel-sponsored Sukkah to hang the 

first decorations in preparation for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which began Sept. 22. 

Sukkot is an autumn holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the 

Jewish month of Tishrei. It falls on the fifth day after Yom Kippur, the Day of Repentance. The 

origins of Sukkot can be found in the Bible, where the Israelites made an annual sacred pilgrimage 

to the Temple in Jerusalem to offer the first fruits of their autumn harvest, in thanks 

to God. 

Sukkot, “the Feast of Booths,” also recalls how God protected the Israelites while they 

wandered in the Sinai Desert, living in temporary huts, as they made their way from slavery in 

Egypt to the Promised Land of Israel. 

The offices of the congregation are located at 209 Delburg St., suite 108, Davidson. Call 704- 

987-9980 for more information. 

Northlake Assembly of God sponsors 

volleyball tournament 

NORTHLAKE – Northlake Assembly of God, 

2632 Sunset Road W., invites teams and the public 

to participate in its second annual volleyball tournament 

Oct. 16, benefiting the church’s choir. 

Those who want to organize a team should 

call the church office at 704-399-8061 by Wednesday, 

Oct. 6. Play begins at 9 a.m. and goes until a 

winner is determined. Trophies will be awarded. 

The church welcomes teams of five to seven 

people, including at least one woman. Registration 

is $10 per person to play. Concessions will be 

available all day at a minimal cost. All proceeds 

benefit the Northlake Assembly of God choir. 

Find more details at the church’s website, www. 

northlakeag.com. q 

Correction 

Meadowlake Church will hold its first 

Holy Smoke BBQ on Oct. 15. The date was 

listed incorrectly in one part of a church 

news brief in the Sept. 24 Herald Weekly. 



Brenda Burton 

CHARLOTTE – Brenda Keith Burton, 

59, of Charlotte, died of cancer 

Sept. 20, 2010. 

Born Oct. 20, 1950, in Charlotte, 

Mrs. Burton was the daughter of Earnest 

W. and Betty Harpe Keith of Charlotte. 

Survivors, in addition to her parents, 

include her husband, Will Burton, and 

brothers Tim, Tony and Rob Keith. 

A memorial service was held Sept. 23 

at Raymer Funeral Home, Huntersville, 

conducted by the Revs. Jim Howard and 

Jim Howell. 

Memorials: Hospice of Charlotte, 

1420 E. 7th St., Charlotte, NC 28204 

or donor’s choice. 

Maj. Aurel Lafreniere 

in 1992, was serving as the intelligence 

officer for the 6th Marine Amphibious 

Brigade. During his career, Maj. Lafreniere 

received the Purple Heart with 

three Gold stars, Air Medal w/ no. 25, 

Navy and Marine Corps Commendation 

Medal with combat distinguishing 

device, Navy and Marine Corps 

Achievement Medal, Combat Action 

Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal with two 

bronze stars, Marine Corps Expeditionary 

Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary 

Medal, and two Republic of Vietnam 

Cross of Gallantry, one with Palm for 

Heroism. 

Survivors include his wife, Annemarie 

B. Lafreniere; stepsons Stuart C. Atwell 

and wife, Tammy, Huntersville, and Ian 

P. Atwell and wife, Sheryl, Lexington; 

sister Fernand Myers, Painesville, Ohio; 

and four stepgrandchildren. 

HUNTERSVILLE – Maj. Aurel Eugene 

Born Sept. 24, 1939, in Blind River, 

Ontario, Canada, he was the son of the 

late Aurel L. and Agnes Martin Lafreniere 

Arnold. 

He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 

1959, beginning his 33-year career as 

a motor transport operator. He served 

as an intelligence chief before accepting 

a battlefield commission in 1969, 

serving as a combat intelligence officer 

during the Vietnam War. He was never 

more proud than his time with the 5th 

Marine Regiment at Khe Sanh. (“They 

never gave up.”) 

A funeral service was held Sunrine 

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Obituaries 

Memorials: VA Hospice Center, 1601 

Brenner Ave., Salisbury, NC 28144 or 

Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, 

3800 Fettler Park Drive, suite 104, 

Dumfries, VA 22025. 

John Moss 

HUNTERSVILLE – John Parks 

Moss, 89, of Huntersville, died Sept. 

24, 2010, at Huntersville Oaks Nursing 

Home. 

Born May 8, 1921, in Charlotte, he 

was the son of the late William Edward 

and Kathleen Parks Moss. 

He graduated from Long Creek High 

School in 1939 and Geyer Business 

School. He served as a B-25 bomber 

pilot in the China-Burma Theater 

during World War II, flying 93 combat 

hours. 

He retired from Ashland Chemical, 

formerly F.H. Ross Co, and was a 

lifelong member and former deacon of 

Hopewell Presbyterian Church. 

Survivors include his wife, Martha 

R. Moss; stepson, Charles Sullivan and 

wife, Diane, Mint Hill; stepdaughter, 

Dawn Dellinger and husband, Dale, 

Mint Hill; and nephews Bill, Dave and 

Bob Moss, all of Huntersville. 

A graveside service was held Saturday, 

Sept. 25, at Hopewell Presbyterian 

Church, conducted by the Revs. Allan 

Purtill and J.E. Wayland Jr. Raymer Funeral 

Home was in charge. 

Memorials: Hopewell Presbyterian 

Church, 10500 Beatties Ford Road, 

Huntersville, NC 28078. q 

Curtis Blakney 

CHARLOTTE – Curtis Blakney, 50, 

of Charlotte died Monday, Sept. 27, 

2010. 

Blakney was a supervisor for Charlotte-Mecklenburg 

Utilities and worked 

30 years for the City of Charlotte. 

“He was well known by various people 

from the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg 

County,” co-worker Scott Loidhamer 

said. 

A funeral service will be held Saturday, 

Oct. 2, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul Baptist 

Church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. 

Gregory K. Moss. Visitation will start 

at noon at the church. On Friday evening, 

family members will gather at 

Alexander Funeral Home, on Statesville 

Avenue. q 


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SPORTS 

Titans don’t have stars, but 

well-rounded effort could yield title 

by Chris Hunt 

chris@huntersvilleherald.com 

When it comes to winning a high school state championship, 

it seems easier for Mecklenburg County schools 

to stockpile talent instead of squeezing maximum effort 

out of a close-knit group of overachieving athletes. These 

days, there simply are more stories about teams loaded 

with college-level talent that have gone on to win titles 

than there are heartwarming accounts of underdogs rising 

to the occasion. 

But if you’re interested in a unassuming team that just 

might be on a championship run, than you should follow 

Hopewell’s girls volleyball team this season. 

After graduating their top two athletes from a unit that 

finished with a 23-6 record last season, the Titans gelled 

to win their first 18 matches in 2010. What’s surprising 

about Hopewell is that it’s dismantling the competition 

without Division I college recruits. 

More than halfway through the I-MECK 4A schedule, 

the Titans have lost just three games in best-out-of-three 

matches and hold a commanding lead at the top of the 

standings with a 11-0 mark. Hopewell is doing it without 

a towering 6-foot-3 outside hitter most powerhouse 

clubs use to climb high above opposing team’s blocks 

for key points. The Titans’ early-season performance is 

so impressive; it’s been a surprise to their own coach, 

Rhonda Auman, who knew the team’s potential better 

than anyone. 

“Entering the season, I thought we could be in first 

place in the conference, but I didn’t think we would be 

undefeated after 18 games,” said Auman. “We have a tight 

bunch of girls that generally like each other. It would be 

nice to have two more 6-foot players, but I wouldn’t trade 

The Hopewell volleyball team is off to an 18-1 start this season. The team includes (from left) Dallas Burnette, Adrian Eppley and 

Caroline Hughes. 

any of my girls for them.” 

The groundwork for Hopewell’s run was laid out last 

season when the Titans had two tall outside hitters in 

North Carolina recruit Chaniel Nelson, who led the team 

with 204 kills, and hard-spiking Brie Levitski. When 

both battled long stretches off the floor with injuries, the 

Titans needed to find another way to win matches. They 

did so by relying on the entire squad instead of expecting 

too much from one or two players. 

This season, eight seniors returned to the floor with a 

confidence that caught many teams by surprise. A valiant, 

come-from-behind victory over state powerhouse 

Winston-Salem Mount Tabor (14-2) for their 14th victory 

was the Titans’ coming-out party. In that match, the 

Titans were down two games before rallying to win 26-28, 

25-16, 25-22, 25-23, 15-13. Senior Hannah Early led the 

Titans with 18 kills, while outside hitter Rachel Eppley 

chipped in 10 points and 42 digs. Eppley’s older sister, 

Adrian, controlled the floor with 30 assists from the setter 

(see Titans on page 41) 

Chris Hunt/Herald photo 

Are JV Patriots ready for big time? 

Chris Hunt/Herald photo 

The Davidson Day junior varsity football team is scoring more than 50 points per game this season. 

Pictured above (from left) are Josh Barclay, Will Grier, coach Chad Grier, Aaron Seward and Jordan 

Young. 


by Chris Hunt 


It seems the Davidson Day football 

program has been getting a lot of attention 

these days. Some might think all the 

hoopla is unwarranted because the Patriots 

are still in their infancy, just a junior 

varsity squad in the program’s inaugural 

season. 

Right now, it’s difficult to argue against 

the skeptics. Davidson Day still needs to 

prove itself at the varsity level next season 

before donning the crown as the county’s 

next great private-school football program. 

Yet it’s still hard to ignore the way the 

Patriots have dismantled the feeder programs 

to some of the most respected 

teams in the state. In its first three games, 

Davidson Day manhandled the junior 

varsity teams of state championship 

programs from Charlotte Latin, Rock Hill 

South Pointe and Hilton Head Christian 

by a combined score of 174-12. Since 

then, the Patriots have rocked independent 

teams Arden Christ School, Asheville 

School and the AFC Rangers by doubledigit 

margins. 

The Patriot defense is just as stout, having 

scored 11 touchdowns on its own and 

allowing just 18 points in Davidson Day’s 

six victories this season. And when opponents 

did score, it was with the emphasis 

of a popgun instead of a cannon. One 

of those touchdowns was the result of a 

1-yard drive after a Patriot turnover, while 

the second score came courtesy of an 

opponent’s rare kickoff return. 

And to think, Davidson Day coach Chad 

Grier was worried about his team’s schedule 

entering the season. 

“We put together a strong schedule for 

(see Patriots on page 41) 


STANDINGS 

I-MECK 4A 

Conference W-L Overall W-L 

Mallard Creek 1-0 5-0 

Hopewell 1-0 4-1 

Vance 1-0 3-2 

North Mecklenburg 1-0 2-3 

West Charlotte 0-1 4-1 

Mooresville 0-1 3-2 

Hough 0-1 2-2 

Lake Norman 0-1 1-4 

Last week’s results 

Hopewell 30, West Charlotte 27 (OT) 

Mallard Creek 58, Mooresville 0 

North Mecklenburg 22, Lake Norman 10 

Vance 29, Hough 0 

Football Night 

in Mecklenburg 

The Weekly Football Super 10 week 7 

Rank Team Previous Record Last week This week 

1. Butler 1 5-0 W, Myers Park, 64-20 vs. Rocky River 

2. Mallard Creek 2 5-0 W, Mooresville, 58-0 vs. Lake Norman 

3. Charlotte Catholic 3 6-0 W, Olympic, 56-21 vs. West Mecklenburg 

4. Berry 5 5-0 W, West Stanly, 47-20 vs. Monroe Union Academy 

5t. Charlotte Country Day 7 4-1 W, Ravenscroft, 42-14 vs. Victory Christian 

5t. Hopewell 9t. 4-1 W, West Charlotte, 30-27 (OT) vs. Hough 

7. Ardrey Kell 6 3-2 W, South Mecklenburg, 48-21 vs. Independence 

8. Charlotte Latin 8 4-1 W, Elkin, 51-0 at Charlotte Christian 

9. West Charlotte 4 4-1 L, Hopewell, 30-27 (OT) at North Mecklenburg 

10. Providence 9t. 3-2 W, Rocky River, 49-0 vs. South Mecklenburg 

football notes 

Titans impressive in OT win at West Charlotte 

by Chris Hunt 


Hopewell entered its I-MECK 4A conference 

opener as an underdog to undefeated 

West Charlotte. But after first-year Titans 

kicker Tyler Roberts’ clutch 21-yard field 

goal in overtime, the Titans mobbed each 

other on the Lions’ home turf, celebrating a 

spectacular 30-27 victory. 

Roberts is best known throughout the 

Hopewell hallways as a captain on the boys 

soccer team and last season’s conference 

tournament champion in boys tennis. He’d 

never kicked in a football game until his 

this year. 

Roberts faced added pressure because 

the Lions had blocked two of his first three 

extra-point attempts, but when it counted 

most, his line held true, and he blasted the 

game winner through the uprights. In the 

aftermath, Roberts’ teammates jubilantly 

piled on him while the Hopewell crowd 

chanted his name. 

“I never expected a game winner when 

I signed up to kick for the team – especially 

in overtime,” Roberts said. “I thought 

maybe (I could make a kick) to put us up 

late in the fourth quarter, but nothing like 

that. That was crazy. That was one of the 

best moments I ever had.” 

• Leading rusher Dondre Lewis-Freeman 

was knocked out of the second quarter 

after re-aggravating an ankle injury suffered 

against Harding on Sept. 18. Quarterback 

Cole Blythe and fullback Denzel Heath 

carried the offensive load until Lewis-Freeman 

returned in the second half to score 

his second touchdown of the game on a 

7-yard run. 

Heath finished with more than 100 yards 

rushing, and Blythe threw two touchdowns, 

including a 51-yarder to Leroy Jackson just 

before the half. The ensuing two-point conversion 

tied the game at 21. Blythe finished 

with nine completions for 172 yards. Jackson 

caught the quarterback’s first touchdown 

pass in the opening quarter. 

• The Titans survived a peculiar play 

after blocking a Lions punt late in the second 

half. The ricochet landed in a West 

Charlotte player’s hands behind the line of 

scrimmage, but neither team recognized 

that the play was still alive. As West Charlotte 

fans implored the oblivious ball carrier 

to run, West Charlotte running back Scoot 

Simmons yanked the ball out of his teammate’s 

hands and hustled 72 yards for an 

unexpected score to put the Lions ahead, 

21-13. 

Vikings win second in a row 

North Mecklenburg got its running game 

on track in a 22-10 victory over Lake Norman 

to improve to 2-3, 1-0 in the I-MECK 

4A. Running back Garrison Dark benefited 

from solid offensive line play, rushing for 

a career-high 116 yards on 16 carries. His 

longest run went for 60 yards, and he passed 

the 100-yard barrier before halftime. 

In the last two games, Dark has come 

alive with 216 rushing yards and a touchdown. 

North Meck coach Mike Bradley 

said the running back’s performance in the 

last two contests was sparked by inspired 

play from the offensive line, in particular 

newly appointed center Jonny Peace, guard 

Gavin Rawls and tackle Thomas Dunlap. 

After struggling to establish the run in 

the first three games, minor adjustments 

to the offensive philosophy put the Vikings’ 

undersized unit in a position to succeed. 

Bradley also moved Peace from linebacker 

– where he made 34 tackles and two sacks 

– to the offensive line before the team’s victory 

over Myers Park three weeks ago. Now 

a full-time offensive player, Peace subs in at 

linebacker on every third defensive series. 

“We ran different blocking schemes the 

past two weeks to switch things up for conference 

play,” said Bradley. “Peace is the key 

to the past two games, and Gavin has been 

the surprise of the offensive line because he 

didn’t play much last season.” 

Friday night’s home game against West 

Charlotte will be a true test for how much 

the Vikings’ offensive line has improved. 

The Lions boast a monstrous defensive line 

and should be fuming after an overtime 

loss to Hopewell last week. 

• Linebacker Andrew Yost already has 68 

tackles in the first five games of his senior 

season. The Vikings’ leading tackler also 

has six sacks, second only to nose tackle 

Latham York (eight). Early this season, 

Bradley moved York along the defensive 

line to avoid double teams but settled the 

past two weeks on keeping York at nose 

tackle to absorb offensive linemen and free 

up linebackers such as Yost to take on ball 

carriers. 

“I thought Yost would be a good linebacker, 

but he’s turned out to be an exceptional 

player,” said Bradley. “Latham and 

Andrew have kicked it up a notch and are 

carrying the defense on its back. Offenses 

have to spend two or three players on 

Latham, which is why our linebackers are 

so effective.” 

• Junior Jon Harrison turned in three 

sacks and two tackles for loss against 

Lake Norman. Darnell Foster also had a 

strong game with six tackles, while Donald 

Armond, Darryle Neely and Jalen 

McCullough added five stops each. 

Lake Norman Charter gets thinner 

Reserve running back Dwayne Jackson’s 

junior campaign ended prematurely after 

Also receiving votes: Charlotte Christian (1), Vance (1) 

tearing a knee ligament in a loss to Asheville 

School on Sept. 24. Jackson joined the 

team after school began in August and 

didn’t play until after participating in 10 

practices, which is an N.C. High School 

Athletic Association rule. 

Before the injury, Jackson had rushed for 

27 yards on two carries against Asheville 

School. The Knights didn’t just lose a running 

back; they also lost a cornerback who 

could spell Michael Dorsainvil and Lee 

Bobo, who also start at quarterback and 

running back, respectively. Both will now 

have to take on more defensive reps.” 

• Freshman defensive end Austin Calton 

was moved to middle linebacker midway 

through the Asheville School game. Without 

starting middle linebacker Sam Peskin, 

who’s out with a shoulder injury, teams 

were taking advantage of the Knights’ soft 

defense up the middle. Lake Norman 

Charter coach Bob McKay said Calton 

was the heart of the defense and forced 

Asheville School to find other avenues to 

move the ball.” 

Eagles also ailing 

SouthLake Christian linebacker/receiver 

Travis Hallman left after two series against 

East Lincoln with a chest injury. The 

senior suffered a contusion after catching a 

73-yard touchdown, his third of the season. 

Hallman returned to the game after the hit, 

but was transported to the hospital when 

he complained of shortness of breath. 

It was determined that a chest cold aggravated 

the injury. Hallman returned to practice 

and is expected to play at home against 

Asheville School on Friday, Oct. 1, but the 

availability of starting running back Ashton 

Stroud is uncertain. Stroud sprained his 

ankle after collecting 33 yards on 11 carries 

against East Lincoln. q 


Football Night 

passing 

Players School Games Comp. Att. Yds. Int. TDs 

Marquise Williams Mallard Creek 5 72 115 1,263 2 17 

Sam Spence Charlotte Latin 5 62 117 1,110 1 14 

Evan Guest Independence 5 73 130 1,020 3 6 

Sam Remick SouthLake Christian 6 55 121 1,018 5 9 

Riley Ferguson Butler 5 59 112 992 5 4 

Morgan Roberts Charlotte Country Day 5 42 80 841 2 10 

Drew Davies Ardrey Kell 5 46 86 703 3 5 

Chris Macon Hickory Grove 5 48 98 694 5 6 

Michael Irvin North Mecklenburg 5 53 115 670 5 3 

Price Litton Providence Day 5 45 81 633 2 6 

Chauncey Concepcion Providence 4 58 98 578 0 5 

Simms McElfresh Charlotte Christian 5 41 74 560 4 5 

receiving 

Player School Games Rec. Yards TDs 

Kevin Asante Mallard Creek 5 17 477 7 

Rashaan Brown North Mecklenburg 5 29 425 3 

Michael Massardo Charlotte Latin 3 17 353 2 

Travis Hallman SouthLake Christian 6 16 340 3 

Justus Pickett Ardrey Kell 5 19 340 3 

Deion Walker Butler 5 16 305 1 

Jamel Harbison Mallard Creek 5 24 290 5 

Alex Scearce Lake Norman Charter 6 16 289 5 

Matthias Farley Charlotte Christian 5 17 283 5 

Adisa Batten Independence 5 17 277 2 

Tyler Miess Charlotte Latin 5 13 271 4 

Wake Hamilton Charlotte Country Day 5 11 248 3 

Austin Turner Hickory Grove 5 21 242 4 

Zach Ferguson Butler 5 14 239 0 

Drew Owens Ardrey Kell 5 13 237 3 

Ben England Providence 4 19 233 2 

Demetri Allison SouthLake Christian 6 13 231 2 

Lee Harrison Charlotte Country Day 5 16 230 3 

Corey Sloop Hickory Grove 5 10 214 2 

DeQuan Barnes Independence 5 18 208 2 

DeMario Johnson South Mecklenburg 2 7 187 3 

Revonn Hassell SouthLake Christian 6 9 185 6 

Brandon Santiago Charlotte Country Day 5 6 178 2 

Brent Spisak Mallard Creek 5 10 170 1 

Nick Funck Charlotte Catholic 6 7 168 2 

Kris Frost Butler 5 9 166 1 

Jahwan Edwards Butler 5 8 159 1 

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Player School Games Att. Yards TDs 

Justus Pickett Ardrey Kell 5 90 981 12 

Josh Covington Providence Day 5 92 715 12 

Steven Bevilacqua Charlotte Catholic 6 93 595 9 

Dondre Lewis-Freeman Hopewell 5 81 577 7 

Sam Remick SouthLake Christian 6 96 531 6 

Nick Johnson Charlotte Catholic 6 61 529 7 

Thomas Passenant Charlotte Country Day 5 41 460 7 

Chauncey Concepcion Providence 4 52 458 5 

Deion Walker Butler 5 50 456 12 

Jahwan Edwards Butler 5 77 439 4 

Quantarius Jordan Hough 4 54 422 3 

Marquise Williams Mallard Creek 5 42 406 9 

Nyjee Fleming Independence 5 86 401 6 

Scoot Simmons West Charlotte 5 48 385 7 

Simms McElfresh Charlotte Christian 5 60 318 5 

Ashton Stroud SouthLake Christian 6 76 317 5 

Stevie Magyer Hickory Grove 5 59 307 2 

Morgan Roberts Charlotte Country Day 5 48 303 4 

Jalen Ross Charlotte Latin 3 41 300 3 

Aaron McNeely Mallard Creek 5 25 284 4 

Garrison Dark North Mecklenburg 4 45 256 1 

Denzel Heath Hopewell 5 30 254 4 

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Andre Diouf SouthLake Christian 6 5 

Wake Hamilton Charlotte Country Day 5 4 

Austin Stewart Butler 5 4 

Demetri Allison SouthLake Christian 6 3 

Jack Brodowicz Charlotte Catholic 6 3 

Brandon Sansbury West Charlotte 4 3 

Karl Roberts North Mecklenburg 5 3 

Andrew Yost North Mecklenburg 5 3 

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Player School No. Yards avg. 

Tommy Hibbard Butler 15 55.07 

Chase Marshall Lake Norman Charter 20 45.42 

Ryan McGuirt Providence Day 8 40.60 

Garrett Huneycutt Charlotte Christian 13 38.20 

Andre Diouf SouthLake Christian 13 36.94 

Patrick Harrow North Mecklenburg 20 36.59 

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Hopewell 30, West Charlotte 27 

recapping last week 

The Titans defeated the Lions for the first time in Hopewell’s 10-year history with a 30-27 overtime victory. 

First-year kicker Tyler Roberts connected on a 21-yard field goal for the win after junior Cameron Underwood 

intercepted a pass on the Lions’ first play in overtime. 

Hopewell forced three more turnovers in the game, including one that completed a critical goal-line stand 

at the 1-yard line near the end of the third quarter with the score knotted up at 21. Titan safety Michael Russell 

picked up West Charlotte running back Scoot Simmons’ fumble to preserve the tie and set the Titans up with 

good field position. 

After the teams exchanged turnovers in the fourth quarter, Hopewell’s Dondre Lewis-Freeman scored on a 

7-yard run with 6 minutes, 30 seconds remaining in the game. The Titans’ extra point was blocked, but they 

survived a West Charlotte touchdown with 23 seconds remaining when Lions’ kicker Ardy Holmes pulled his 

extra point attempt wide left. 

With the win, the Titans improved to 4-1, 1-0 in the I-MECK 4A conference. The Lions fell to 4-1, 0-1. 

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North Mecklenburg 22, Lake Norman 10 


After dropping its first three contests, North Mecklenburg turned the season around, winning its last two games, 

including an I-MECK 4A conference opener at Lake Norman High School on Sept. 24. 

The Vikings exploded for 439 yards of offense to defeat the Wildcats, 22-10. 

North Meck coach Mike Bradley said the key possession was the Vikings’ 62-yard drive just before the half. With 

the clock ticking down, North Meck quarterback Michael Irvin completed three passes in 32 seconds, including a 

32-yard touchdown throw to receiver Rashaan Brown. The score and successful extra point tied the game at 10. 

While the first half ended in a standstill, the second half was all Vikings. North Meck running back Jalen 

McCullough completed an 81-yard drive to start the third quarter with a 1-yard touchdown. Kicker Austin Holland 

followed with three field goals -- from 23, 22 and 37 yards -- to complete the scoring. 

Irvin completed 12 passes for 128 yards and a score. Brown gobbled up 104 yards on nine catches, while 

Garrison Dark turned in a career-high 116 yards on 16 carries. Linebacker Andrew Yost chipped in 14 tackles and 

a sack. 


Vance 29, Hough 0 


The Hough Huskies couldn’t capitalize on five takeaways to win the first I-MECK 4A conference game in their 

brief history. 

The Huskies recovered three fumbles, intercepted two passes and still had a chance at halftime, down 7-0. 

Vance, however, broke the game open with a 15-point third quarter to seal Hough’s fate. The Huskies lost for just 

the second time in their first four games. 

Nate Mays and Ben Craig intercepted passes in the first half. The Huskies survived another drive in the third 

quarter when Connor Millikin fell on a loose ball at the Huskies’ 4-yard line, but a botched snap on the next possession 

set up Vance running back Larenz Bryant’s second touchdown of the game. 

Hough defenders Spencer Call and Brandon Mobley also recovered fumbles. Blake Dueitt, Mike Hart, Brian 

Jones, Millikin and Ryan Lemke collected sacks. 

The Cougars’ Calvin Hunter made it a three-touchdown lead with a 52-yard punt return. Reserve running back 

Jermaine Walls ran in a 1-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. 

Hough’s offense was led by running back Quantarius Jordan, who accumulated 82 yards on 12 carries. The 

Huskies visit Hopewell this week. 


East Lincoln 44, SouthLake Christian 28 


East Lincoln wore out host SouthLake Christian with a 23-point fourth quarter to win a battle between 

schools just six miles apart. 

The Mustangs, a Class 2A public-school powerhouse, scored 30 consecutive second-half points, including 

16 in a one-minute span, to erase their private-school opponents’ 20-14 third-quarter lead. 

“To be honest with you, our lack of depth on the roster was the difference,” said SouthLake coach Rich 

Landis. “They ran the ball a lot, but what we did to stop them for three quarters took its toll.” 

East Lincoln running back Bubba McDowell rushed for three touchdowns. The Eagles countered with 269 

yards passing and two touchdowns from quarterback Sam Remick, who connected with Travis Hallman for a 

73-yard score and Revonn Hassell for a 5-yard touchdown. 

Hassell also caught a 29-yard scoring pass on a reverse from slotback Demetri Allison, who also found Billy 

Misenheimer on a similar play for 20 yards and the Eagles’ final score of the game. 

The Eagles fell to 4-2, but they have twice as many wins as last year, when they lost to East Lincoln for the 

first time, 56-6. 


Asheville School 31, Lake Norman Charter 21 


For the third consecutive game, Lake Norman Charter watched a second-half lead and chances for its first 

varsity victory slip away in the second half. 

The first-year program held a 21-17 halftime advantage but fell, 31-21, at Asheville School. It was the sixth 

loss for the Knights, who also held second-half leads over Wake Christian and Concord Cannon. 

“I hate to sound like a broken record, but we are having trouble finishing games because our players get 

worn out,” said Lake Norman Charter coach Bob McKay. “We were looking good in the first half, but finishing 

teams off without much depth is our biggest obstacle.” 

Freshman quarterback Michael Dorsainvil found receiver Alex Scearce for three first-half touchdowns. Dorsainvil 

completed 10 of his 17 passes but threw two interceptions. Scearce caught five passes for 86 yards 

and is emerging as Lake Norman Charter’s top receiving threat with five scores this season. The 6-foot-4 

Scearce contributed nine tackles on defense. 

Running back Lee Bobo led the Knights on the ground with 61 yards on 13 carries. Dorsainvil added 41 

yards rushing on seven attempts. 


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Records: Asheville School 2-2 as an independent; SouthLake Christian 4-2, 2-1 Carolina Piedmont 

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Last meeting: Asheville School won, 27-13, in 2009. 

Players to watch: Asheville School: running back Leonard Martin, quarterback Chad Koehler, 

running back Malik Risher; SouthLake Christian: defensive back Andre Diouf, quarterback/safety 

Sam Remick, defensive lineman Charles Hazzard, running back Ashton Stroud 

The skinny: The Eagles look to rebound from last week’s tough loss at East Lincoln, as well 

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Lake Norman Charter last week, with Martin scoring a pair of late touchdowns. Risher had 102 

rushing yards and caught a touchdown pass in that game. Hazzard and Diouf will spearhead the 

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Hough at Hopewell 


Time: 7 p.m. 

Records: Hough 2-2, 0-1 I-MECK 4A conference; Hopewell 4-1, 1-0 I-MECK 4A 

Players to watch: Hough: junior receiver Brandon Mobley, junior running back Quantarius 

Jordan, sophomore quarterback Keegan Brennan; Hopewell: junior linebacker/running back 

Denzel Heath, senior safety Michael Russell, junior defensive lineman Tevin Stevenson, senior 

receiver Leroy Jackson. 

The skinny: Heath is quickly emerging as one of the top two-way players in the county, while 

Russell continues to make huge plays at critical times for the Titans’ defense. Hopewell quarterback 

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with Jackson for two touchdowns. The Huskies will need a heavy dose of Jordan to offset the Titan 

running duo of Dondre-Lewis Freeman and Heath. Mobley will have to make big plays against the 

Hopewell secondary, and that hasn’t happened often this season. 


Providence Day at Lake Norman Charter 


Time: 7 p.m. 

Records: Providence Day 4-1, 0-0 Carolinas Independent Schools Athletic Association; Lake 

Norman Charter 0-6 as an independent. 

Players to watch: Providence Day: running back Josh Covington, quarterback Price Litton, 

receivers Mac Sanders and Mark Young, linebackers Robert and Daniel Stack; Lake Norman 

Charter: quarterback Michael Dorsainvil, receiver/defensive back Alex Scearce, lineman Scott 

Graham 

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by hosting, perhaps, its toughest opponent yet. The Knights’ lack of depth adds to the challenge 

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and 12 touchdowns. Providence Day hopes to have standout linebacker Will Smith back in the 

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West Charlotte at North Mecklenburg 


Time: 7 p.m. 

Records: West Charlotte: 4-1, 0-1 I-MECK 4A conference; North Mecklenburg: 2-3, 1-0 

I-MECK 4A 

Last meeting: West Charlotte won, 19-10, in 2009. 

Players to watch: West Charlotte: running back Scoot Simmons, quarterback Ahmad 

Brown, linebacker Britton Grier; North Mecklenburg: quarterback Michael Irvin, defensive lineman 

Latham York, linebacker Andrew Yost, receiver Rashaan Brown, running back Garrison Dark. 

The skinny: The Vikings’ homecoming game will feature a number of players who transferred 

from West Charlotte playing against their former team. West Charlotte is one of the most athletic 

teams in the county and will try to create opportunities for Simmons and Brown. The Vikings’ 

defensive front, which limited Lake Norman to four yards rushing last week, will face a stiff test. 

Irvin’s gotten better every week and could test a Lions secondary that got burned against Hopewell 

last week. 



in Mecklenburg 

WEEK 7 

STAFF PICKS 

Each week, our sports staff predicts 

the winners of every game involving 

Mecklenburg County teams. 

Friday, Oct. 1 

Asheville School at SouthLake Christian 

Charlotte Latin at Charlotte Christian 

Garinger at East Gaston 

Harding at Waddell 

Hough at Hopewell 

Independence at Ardrey Kell 

Lake Norman at Mallard Creek 

Mooresville at Vance 

Myers Park at East Mecklenburg 

Olympic at Weddington 

Providence Day at Lake Norman Charter 

Rocky River at Butler 

South Mecklenburg at Providence 

Monroe Union Academy at Berry 

Victory Christian at Charlotte Country Day 

West Charlotte at North Mecklenburg 

West Mecklenburg at Charlotte Catholic 

Hickory Grove at Concord First Assembly 

C. Jemal Horton Chris Hunt 

Aaron Garcia 

Denny Seitz 

SouthLake Christian 

Charlotte Latin 

Garinger 

Harding 

Hopewell 

Ardrey Kell 

Mallard Creek 

Vance 

Myers Park 

Weddington 

Providence Day 

Butler 

Providence 

Berry 

Charlotte Country Day 

West Charlotte 

Charlotte Catholic 

First Assembly 

Last week: 15-2 

Season: 80-16 



Garinger 

Harding 

Hopewell 

Ardrey Kell 

Mallard Creek 

Vance 

Myers Park 

Weddington 


Butler 

Providence 

Berry 






Season: 78-18 



Garinger 

Harding 

Hopewell 

Ardrey Kell 

Mallard Creek 

Vance 

Myers Park 

Weddington 


Butler 

Providence 

Berry 






Season: 76-20 



Garinger 

Harding 

Hopewell 

Independence 

Mallard Creek 

Vance 

Myers Park 

Olympic 


Butler 

Providence 

Berry 






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Lake Norman Charter soccer hopes for bright future 

Photo courtesy of Linda Gallagher 

by Chris Hunt 


It might not look like it right now, but 

Lake Norman Charter boys soccer coach 

Justin Valenti said his team has a bright 

future. Seven sophomores make up the 

core of the team, which is off to a 3-5-4 

start in the Knights’ second varsity season. 

Mix that talented group with two 

more years of experience, and Valenti 

expects big things in the future. 

Valenti, who coached at Hopewell 

from 2004 to 2006, pointed out that the 

program benefited from Lake Norman 

Charter’s first senior class, increasing the 

student body from 500 to 750 students. 

With a larger pool of students, he’s found 

more athletes who put soccer ahead of 

other sports. 

“Last season, we made the 1A state 

playoffs with a team of athletes who 

played other sports,” said Valenti, whose 

team lost in the first round to state champion 

Hendersonville. “We filled that team 

with lacrosse players and other athletes, 

but this year we have some soccer players 

who played club and premier together 

from more than five years now.” 

Part of the Knights’ optimism for the 

future is due to the stellar play of sophomore 

goalkeeper Justin Smieja, who Valenti 

said also plays for an U.S. Olympic 

Development team. Smieja has three 

shutouts to his credit and made 14 saves 

in a loss to Hough on Sept. 23. This season, 

he’s made 56 saves in 765 minutes. 

“He’s played at a high level all his life,” 

said Valenti. “He not only positions himself 

well, he positions the two sophomores 

and one freshman on our defensive 

line. His verbal cues have helped us 

tremendously.” 

Sophomores Lawson Owen, Zach 

Quests and Evan Lucas top the squad’s 

stat sheet. Owen leads the team with 37 

shots and four goals. Quest has four goals 

on 33 shots and an assist. Lucas leads the 

team in assists (four) to go with his two 


Lake Norman Charter goalkeeper Justin Smieja 

has three shutouts for the Knights this season. 

goals. Junior forward Frank Silva (two 

goals, two assists) has plenty of offensive 

potential, but he’s bothered by a hip 

injury. 

Iron Kids 

On Oct. 3, seven Huntersville and Cornelius 

youth triathletes will find out what 

they are made of in the IronKids National 

Championship, which will be held in St. 

Petersburg, Florida. 

Riley Gallagher (Huntersville), Hallie 

Amat (Huntersville), Hannah Wilder 

(Cornelius), Taylor Hughes (Huntersville), 

Brandon Ellington (Cornelius), 

Malia Ellington (Cornelius) and Hannah 

Ellington (Cornelius) qualified for 

the event for children ages 6 to 15 this 

summer after finishing at least eighth in 

regional meets in Raleigh and Alpharetta, 

Ga. 

The Raleigh event was held at N.C. 

State University on June 27. There, 

Hannah Ellington finished fifth among 

1 2 - y e a r - o l d s , 

completing a 

300-meter swim, 

8-mile bike ride 

and 2-mile run in 

1 hour, 8 minutes, 

38 seconds. Malia 

Ellington came 

in third in the 

Seven local athletes will compete in the IronKids National Championship 

this week. Pictured above are (front row, from left) Riley Gallagher, Brandon 

Ellington; and (back row) Hallie Amat, Hannah Wilder, Taylor Hughes, Malia 

Ellington and Hannah Ellington 

13-year-old division 

with a time of 

55:58 on the same 

length course. 

Amat qualified 

for St. Petersburg 

in the 11-yearold 

competition, 

crossing the line 

Photo courtesy of Micheal Jones 

fifth with a time of 40:25 after completing 

a 150-meter swim, 4-mile bike ride 

and 1-mile run. Ten-year-olds Brandon 

Ellington (sixth place in boys) and Gallagher 

(seventh place in girls) covered the 

same-sized course in 32:42 and 34:22, 

respectively. 

At Wills Park in Alpharetta on Sept. 12, 

12-year-olds Hughes and Wilder finished 

second and fifth. Hughes finished the 

300-meter swim, eight-mile bike ride and 

2-mile run in 48:56, while Wilder turned 

in a time of 50:43. 

Holiday Classic field set 

Two Lake Norman-area boys basketball 

teams will compete in the 2010 Prep All 

Stars Holiday Classic at Queens University 

of Charlotte. 

The tournament takes place Dec. 20-22 

in the Ovens Athletic Center. Hopewell 

and Davidson Day will be in the 16-team 

field, along with East Mecklenburg, Providence 

Day School, Queen’s Grant, West 

Mecklenburg and Waddell. The rest of 

the teams include Concord’s First Assembly 

Christian, Washington D.C.’s Paul VI 

Catholic High, Fayetteville’s Flora Mac- 

Donald High, Greensboro’s Oak Ridge 

Military Academy, Salisbury’s North Hills 

Christian School, Raleigh’s Upper Room 

Christian Academy, Asheville Veritas 

Christian Academy, Aiken, South Carolina’s 

Adelphi Christian Academy and 

Gastonia’s Forestview High. 

Roux takes the gold 

Davidson resident and USA Track & 

Field masters athlete Maryline Roux 

returned home with two gold medals 

from the World Regional Championships 

in Puerto Rico this summer. 

The event included some of the best 

40-and-over athletes from the United 

States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. 

Roux won her first individual world 

championships in the 200- and 400-meter 

dashes with times of 28.48 seconds and 1 

minute, 5.77 seconds, respectively. 

Cornelius resident Frazier 

to become Catamount 

Charlotte Country Day baseball player 

William Frazier, who lives in Cornelius, 

has made a commitment to play for 

the Western Carolina University Catamounts. 

Frazier, a senior, is a three-year starter 

for the Bucs. He was an all-conference 

selection in each of the past two seasons 

and an all-state choice by the N.C. Independent 

High School Athletic Association. 

In 2009 and 2010, Frazier played in 

the Battle of the Border Showcase game, 

an all-star event featuring the best high 

school players from North and South 

Carolina. 

Zoeller excels at second sports 

career 

Former Hopewell soccer player Holly 

Zoeller helped the University of North 

Carolina girls rugby squad to a secondplace 

finish at the NACRA Rugby Tournament 

in the Bahamas on Aug. 20. 

Zoeller played for the U.S. national 

20-and-under women’s team in the 

North American and Caribbean Rugby 

Association tournament, which defeated 

a spirited Cayman Island squad, 85-0, in 

its opening match and Caribbean Select 

Side, 30-7, but fell to Canada’s 20-andunder 

team, 6-3. 

Cover recognized 

Huntersville junior golfer Patrick 

Cover won the National Junior Golf 

Tour College Prep Tour Series in the 

12-13-year-old division. 

Cover received his award – a championship 

ring and hand-cut crystal trophy 

– on Sept. 5 in Myrtle Beach at the 

national junior tournament. Cover was 

presented the award after finishing third 

in the 14-18-year-old division with a 

score of 69. 

HYAA ready for hoops 

The Huntersville Youth Athletic Association 

opened its 2010 boys and girls 

basketball registration. HYAA will continue 

to take player registrations until 

Nov. 7. The basketball skills days are 

set for Nov. 9-11, and the season begins 

Nov. 29. 

To register, visit www.hyaasports.com. 

HYAA will also hold its Baseball/Softball 

All-Star Night on Oct. 27th at Bradford 

Park. 

Cool Cats Kick-Off 8th Annual 

Tigers on the Prowl 

On Oct. 7, the Davidson Elementary 

community will come together for the 

eighth-annual Kickoff for the Tigers on 

the Prowl running program at McEver 

Field, located on South Street across 

from the school. 

Special guests at this year’s event will 

include Davidson College athletes and 

coaches, Police Chief Jeannie Miller and 

Mr. Cat from the College, who will be 

joining another popular feline, the Tiger 

mascot from Davidson Elementary. 

TOTP was created by Davidson Elementary 

School’s physical education 

teacher Walter Rabb. Students will run 

or walk laps as part of recess to accumulate 

miles of activity throughout the 

school year. Last school year, the equivalent 

of 800 marathons were achieved by 

students. T-shirts are awarded to marathoners, 

with a different colored shirt 

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position. 

“Last year, we looked to Chaniel too 

much,” said senior Dallas Burnette. “But 

when she got hurt, we got used to playing 

without her. We see other teams play as 

individuals on the floor, but we don’t rely 

on one person.” 

Hopewell stumbled for the first time on 

Sept. 25, falling to Class 2A power Newton-Conover, 

3-1. Auman, however, isn’t a 

coach who’d back down from a challenge 

at the risk of her team’s perfect record. 

The loss is viewed more as a building 

block toward an I-MECK 4A conference 

championship. A taste of defeat should 

prepare Hopewell for its biggest match of 

the season scheduled to be played at second-place 

Lake Norman High School on 

Sept. 29, with the outcome determining 

whether the Titans end up in the driver’s 

seat or in a position that forces them to 

battle down the stretch for the top seed in 

the 4A state playoffs. 

“Even though we beat them at home 

(earlier this season), Lake Norman is going 

to give us a good game,” said Auman. “It 

will be no cakewalk because it’s a game 

we’ve got to have. We don’t want to leave 

(the No. 1 seed) to be determined in the 

conference tournament.” 

Sisterly love 

While college volleyball recruiters aren’t 

exactly kicking down the door of the Titans’ 

gym, to say there isn’t any talent on the 

Hopewell volleyball team would be inaccurate. 

One Titan senior with a chance 

to play in college is middle hitter Hannah 

Early, who leads the team with 198 kills in 

65 games played. The high-rising Titan is 

also a force on defense, clogging up the 

middle of the floor with 64 blocks, more 

than double the output of any of her teammates. 

Early, however, isn’t interested in a volleyball 

scholarship because she’s already 

committed to play basketball at Davidson 

College. Early’s potential in basketball is 

so great that more than one eyebrow was 

raised when she returned to volleyball for 

her senior season. With so much on the 

line, a minor injury on the volleyball court 

could dramatically affect her final season 

of high school basketball. More important, 

a devastating accident could disturb her 

first season of college basketball. 

But it wasn’t a difficult decision for 

Early. She considered skipping volleyball to 

concentrate on basketball, but the chance 

to play with her volleyball teammates one 

more time convinced her to return to the 

team. 

“I came back because I love to play volleyball,” 

Early said. “But if it was a different 

team, I don’t know if I would play again. 

At practice every day, I don’t have to worry 

about drama on or off the court that will 

bring us down. Our high-spirited practices 

are very uplifting.” 

The Titan most likely to play volleyball 

in college is Rachel Eppley. Eppley showcased 

her potential, connecting on 20 of 

her 25 kill attempts in a four-game victory 

over Lake Norman. After 18 matches in 

her second season of varsity volleyball, the 

5-foot-8 outside hitter passed the 100-kill 

barrier with 145. Early said she’s never 

played with a teammate who hits the ball 

harder than the sophomore, and that list 

includes Nelson and Levitski. 

Some could try to make the case that 

Eppley has more kills than seven seniors on 

the squad because her older sister, Adrian, 

is the setter. But that’s far from the case. 

The elder Eppley said that teasing erupts 

at the dinner table when she doesn’t pass 

the ball enough to her ultra-competitive 

younger sister’s liking. Even her parents 

join in on the joke. 

But Adrian has an ally in her defense; 

Burnette agrees that Adrian passes based 

on game strategy, not nepotism. 

“I wouldn’t say its favoritism,” said Burnette. 

“Adrian knows her sister’s potential 

as a volleyball player, but she treats us 

equally. Sometimes I think Hannah is her 

sister (because on the number of sets she 

gets) instead of Rachel.” 

Adrian does an outstanding job distributing 

the ball when considering all the 

weapons at her disposal. Five Titans have 

topped 100 attempts this season. Outside 

hitter Caroline Hughes has 86 kills, followed 

by middle hitter Kalia Angello (67) 

and Burnette (50). And, of course, Adrian 

saved a few kills for herself, racking up 58 

in 20 games. 

“Adrian has taken her game to another 

level this season,” said Auman. “Her decision-making 

in regards to when and where 

to go with a set is superb.” 

While offense gets all the credit, the 

Titans’ defense can’t be ignored. Another 

Hopewell girls basketball player, Hunter 

Meakin, anchors a workman-like defense 

of five players with more than 100 digs. 

Rachel Eppley leads the team in that category 

with 335. Burnette and Hughes are 

next with 169, while Early and Meakin 

have collected 151 and 140 respectively. 

Despite the gaudy statistics, the Titans 

don’t stand out in pre-game warmups. 

With only Early taller than 6 feet in a sport 

reserved for giants, they seem to draw more 

attention with the lime shoelaces they wear 

during games, which was described more 

as an amusing fashion statement. 

Then again, the Titans’ imposing record 

is getting harder and harder to ignore with 

each victory. q 

Patriots 


this year to measure up where we would 

be (after the first season),” said Grier. “I 

told (Davidson Day Headmaster Bonnie 

Cotter) to bear with me because we were 

staring down an 0-3 start to the season.” 

As most know now, Grier’s preseason 

expectations were far from accurate. 

Truth be told, Grier had an idea before 

the season that his team would be competitive, 

even if the lopsided scores have 

come as a surprise. Grier was impressed 

with his offense, led by his son, freshman 

quarterback Will Grier, after the undersized 

Patriots scored four touchdowns in 

a preseason scrimmage against Class 4A 

Davie County’s junior varsity squad. 

“Davie County arrived with two busloads 

of giants,” laughed Grier. “They 

had kids with beards, and we had just 19 

players dress out. Three of our players are 

eighth-graders. It was a combination of 

that scrimmage and the Latin and South 

Pointe games when I realized we had 

something special here.” 

The Patriots aren’t winning games with 

size and power. That’s hard to do with a 

roster that doesn’t have a single player who 

owns a driver license. Only one Patriot 

weighs more than 215 pounds. But what 

Grier’s group lacks in size, it makes up for 

with rare athletic ability. 

It’s been well documented that Grier’s 

son is on the fast track to a college football 

roster. But it’s the weapons around Grier 

that make this team so explosive. 

The elder Grier made his mark as a 

player at East Carolina. Since then, he’s 

spent time as an assistant coach at Charlotte 

Latin and SouthLake Christian, and 

coached youth football program’s such as 

the Lake Norman Giants. With such a high 

profile in the Lake Norman youth football 

community, many players were excited to 

follow the Griers to Davidson Day. 

“When I heard Coach Grier and Will 

were coming here, I really wanted to come 

to Davidson Day,” said wide receiver/defensive 

back Jordan Young, who played four 

years with the Griers as a Lake Norman 

Giants running back. “Coach Grier loves 

his players, and Will has been trained to 

become a college quarterback since he was 

born. He’s been trained to read coverages 

and defenses. His dad has showed him all 

the secrets of being a quarterback.” 

Both Griers admit football always is the 

subject of conversation at home. It’s Will’s 

favorite topic, and his younger brothers, 

12-year-old Nash and 10-year-old Hayes, 

join in whenever they can. As a sixth-grade 

quarterback, Nash has led Davidson Day’s 

middle school program to a 4-0-1 mark. 

But life as a quarterback prodigy with a 

coach for a dad is only as good as the players 

who surround him, and if this season 

is any indication, Will is going to be just 

fine. 

Davidson Day speedster Jordan Brown 

has already surpassed 335 yards rushing 

after more than 100 yards in a 28-0 victory 

over the AFC Rangers on Sept. 27. 

His 70-yard touchdown run was his fifth 

of the season, and he also returned an 

interception for a defensive score. 

Defensive back Mark Fields, son of the 

former Carolina Panther with the same 

name, has a rushing touchdown and four 

interceptions, three of which went for 

scores. Sophomores Ronnie Jenkins (21 

catches, 381 yards and eight touchdowns) 

and Aaron Seward (16 catches, 248 yards 

and three scores) lead the team in receptions 

even though they haven’t played 

football in several years. 

And those are just a few of the players at 

Grier’s disposal. 

“I have coached at many different levels, 

and I’ve never had a team with as many 

weapons as this one,” said Chad Grier. “We 

have a half-dozen kids that could take it to 

the house on any given play. Scoring isn’t a 

problem; it’s keeping everybody happy.” 

Of course, its one thing when a coach 

has faith in his players, but it’s another 

when they get national recognition at a 

young age. Davidson Day eighth-graders 

Ronald Albritton (a 290-pound lineman), 

Fields and Dallas Lawing are being considered 

for the 2011 Football University 

Youth Middle School All-American game 

in San Antonio, Texas. It’s the same game 

that Will Grier played in last year. He was 

one of four quarterbacks across the county 

to accept the prestigious invitation. 

Their reputation precedes them 

Word has quickly gotten out about 

Davidson Day’s blowout victories. Then 

again, Chad Grier isn’t exactly comfortable 

with the scores. The Patriots needed 

just 15 offensive plays to score 61 points 

against Christ School. They didn’t pass 

once in the second half and used seven 

different running backs, but the coach still 

felt uneasy after the game. 

The same goes for the 89 points Davidson 

Day put on Hilton Head Christian, 

even after they took a knee for every offensive 

play in the fourth quarter. And there’s 

the 50 points the Patriots scored in the 

first half against Charlotte Latin, Chad 

Grier’s alma mater. With a running clock, 

the Patriots had just one possession in the 

second half. 

“Scoring all these points isn’t always 

positive,” said Grier. “We found ourselves 

making apologies after games. We’re not 

trying to run the score up here.” 

As a new program, Davidson Day is supposed 

to be the underdog. But it’s safe to 

say the last time the Patriots were expected 

to lose was when they traveled to face the 

JV squad at Rock Hill South Pointe, whose 

varsity squad is a perennial state power. 

There, walking through the mammoth 

football stadium, Grier pulled a page out 

of the 1986 movie “Hoosiers,” when the 

small-town Hickory High boys basketball 

coach measured the height of the basket 

in the coliseum just before the Indiana 

state championship game. It’s might 

be the last time Grier will get to use that 

coaching tool. 

“We walked their field, and I told them 

it’s still 100 yards,” said Grier, whose team 

defeated South Pointe, 35-12. “I pointed 

out that the goalposts were still there in 

the same spot.” 

Grier might have been correct on that 

day. Davidson Day does play on the samesized 

field as the competition. Then again, 

not many teams play under the same 

white-hot expectations as the Patriots. q 


Arts & EntErtAinmEnt 

From table to stage, Connie Company’s “dream” 

by Ann Fletcher 

AandE@huntersvilleherald.com 

DAVIDSON – For 14 years, The Connie 

Company, the youth programming 

arm of Davidson Community Players, 

has produced dozens of children’s stage 

productions. But two years after moving 

into its Armour Street Theatre home and 

expanding programming to include yearround 

classes, the troupe sought a different 

teaching platform. 

“Little by little, we’ve been expanding 

and trying different things in our effort to 

find what’s going to resonate with people, 

what’s going to fit into youth’s schedules,” 

Artistic Director Melissa Ohlman-Roberge 

said. 

They sought creative ways to balance 

kids’ desire to perform with The Connie 

Company’s goal to teach the essentials of 

acting. 

“Producing plays is not necessarily the 

best way to train young actors,” Ohlman- 

Roberge said. Although plays give young 

actors experience, educational time is limited 

by the production process because a 

director’s responsibility is to put out the 

best possible production, while a theatre 

educator’s responsibility is to give each 

actor what they need at the level they need 

it. 

Courtesy of Lisa Brueggeman 

Director Wrenn Goodrum works with child actors during The 

Connie Company’s “Shakespeare Unplugged” workshop, which 

culminates in a free production of “A Midsummer Night’s 

Dream” Oct. 22-24 at Davidson’s Armour Street Theatre. 

“The two experiences are sometimes at 

cross-purposes,” she said. 

To address both, they’ve begun “Shakespeare 

Unplugged,” an intensive workshop 

led by veteran actor/director Wrenn Goodrum 

who founded and served as artistic 

director of All Children’s Theatre in Rhode 

Island for 22 years before moving to the 

Lake Norman area. 

The workshop culminates in free public 

performances of a multi-media version 

of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s 

Dream,” and encompasses 

more in-depth study and 

behind-the-scenes work 

than is usually expected of 

young actors. 

The workshop involves 

13 students, grades 6-12, 

who meet three days per 

week, August through 

October, and are divided 

up into various committees, 

so they not only act, 

but also serve on teams 

from technical to props, 

tackling “both sides” of 

play production. 

More importantly, they 

expand their knowledge of 

Shakespeare beyond the 

study of a book. 

“They’ve been learning about the genre, 

the language, and spending the first three 

weeks ‘at the table,’” Ohlman-Roberge 

said. 

“Table work,” the first phase of putting 

together a play, is the time when casts 

gather to analyze the script, study the characters, 

their interactions and focus on the 

printed word. Actors try to find the meaning 

behind the script before they venture 

on stage to incorporate blocking, choreography, 

and all other elements of stage 

Want to go? 

The Connie Company presents free 

performances of “Shakespeare Unplugged: 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream” 

at Armour Street Theatre, 307 Armour 

Street, Davidson, Oct. 22 and 23 at 7 

pm and Oct. 24 at 2 pm. Ideal for ages 

10 and up. Donations welcome at the 

door to benefit future Connie Company 

Programming. 

performance, Ohlman-Roberge said. 

“(Goodrum) does a tremendous amount 

of table work at the start of this process 

through which she endeavors to teach 

them more about Shakespeare’s work and 

the genre of performing Shakespeare,” she 

said. 

The result will be a modernized version 

of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s 

Dream, the comedy of four young lovers, 

a group of amateur actors, and the fairies 

that manipulate them all. Goodrum’s 

modernized version is a play within a play, 

through which actors produce a YouTube 

video of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” 

which is presented in the original Shakespearean 

version. 

“It’s very challenging,” Ohlman-Roberge 

said. “These are kids have never acted 

Shakespeare before. They’re doing a great 

job with it.” q 

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Arts & Entertainment 

Davidson College releases 

upcoming events schedule 

DAVIDSON – Davidson College has 

released its public events calendar for 

next month. Here are some of the arts 

and entertainment fare available at the 

college next week: 

• Musical Interludes, Friday, Oct. 1: 

A mid-day musical celebration of Robert 

Schumann’s Bicentennial. Pianist 

Robert Hallquist will be featured in the 

free event, which begins at 12:30 p.m. in 

Tyler-Tallman Hall of the Sloan Music 

Center. For information call 704-894- 

2848. 

• Concert Series, Sunday, Oct. 3: The 

college’s Concert Series begins Sunday, 

Oct. 3 with an opening of chamber music 

featuring Alan Black, cello; Rosemary 

Furniss, violin; and Dana Protopopescu, 

piano. The program will include masterpieces 

by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and 

Brahms. It will begin at 3 p.m. in Tyler- 

Tallman Hall of Sloan Music Center. For 

tickets call 704-894-2135 from 10 a.m. 

to 4 p.m. weekdays or visit www.david 

son.edu/tickets. For more information, 

call 704-894-2848. 

• Choral Concert, Wednesday, Oct. 

6: The Davidson College Chorale will 

perform a preview of the music for its upcoming 

winter European tour Wednesday, 

Oct. 6, including works by composers 

from Prague, Salzburg and Vienna, 

and a variety of spirituals. The free event 

begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Davidson College 

Presbyterian Church. For more information, 

call 704-894-2848. 

• Literary Reading, Oct. 7: D.A. Powell, 

associate professor of English at University 

of San Francisco will hold a poetry 

reading Oct. 7. Powell is the author 

of the books “Tea, Lunch, and Cocktails,” 

which was nominated for the National 

Book Critics Circle Award. His fourth 

collection of poems, “Chronic,” received 

the Kingsley Tufts Prize and was a finalist 

for the National Book Critics Circle 

Award. There is no charge to attend the 

reading, which will begin at 5 p.m. in the 

parlor of the Carolina Inn. For more information, 

call 704-894-2254. 

Community Players holding auditions 

for ‘A Christmas Story’ 

DAVIDSON — The Davidson Community 

Players is seeking actors for the 

stage adaptation of the classic “A Christmas 

Story.” 

Auditions begin Sunday, Oct. 3, from 1 

to 3 p.m. and Monday, Oct. 4, from 7 to 

9 p.m. at the Armour Street Theatre, 307 

Armour St. 

The Greta Zandstra directed production 

is looking to fill a number of positions 

for the Dec. 2 to 9 play. 

Interested actors need only attend one 

audition. Bring a resume or list of theatre 

experience, a recent photo and a list of 

conflicts for the October through December 

time period. Auditions will consist of 

cold readings from the script. Possible 

callbacks will be held Tuesday, Oct. 5. 

For more information contact Melissa 

at Davidson Community Players 

Th e He r a l d We e k l y 

arts 

BEAT 

at 704-892-7953 or melissa@davidson 

communityplayers.org. 

Local catering company on TV 

HUNTERSVILLE – Gypsy Soup Catering 

Company will air an eight-episode 

series of hands-on-cooking tips and techniques. 

The Huntersville-based company is 

working with Fighting Fierce Productions 

to air the “Gypsy Soup: Hands-On- 

Cooking” show every Wednesday at 3:30 

p.m. from Wednesday, Oct. 6 to Dec. 29 

on Time Warner Channel 21. 

Stacey Wackerman, of Huntersville, 

and the owner of the company will host 

the show. During each episode Wackerman 

will demonstrate how to prepare 

meals and create recipes with the help of 

local celebrities and chefs. 

For more information on the show, visit 

www.gypsysoup.com. 

Ciao, Italia! brings a little piece of Italy 

to the Queen City 

CHARLOTTE – The Christopher Columbus 

Italian Club of Charlotte will 

hold the Ciao, Italia! festival Oct. 9 from 

11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Wachovia Plaza, 

301 S. Tryon St. 

The festival, which began in 1996, is to 

celebrate all things Italian from food and 

wine to dancing and art. 

The festival will feature performances 

by Opera Carolina Chorus, the Northwest 

School of the Arts Chamber Group, 

and Italian singer Franco Corso. The day 

will also feature exhibits on Italian history. 

The rain-or-shine event will include raffle 

prizes like $1,000 cash or an espresso 

maker. 

Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for teens 

and children 12 and under get in free. 

For more information, visit www.italian 

-club-charlotte.org. 

Wildlife Federation celebrates big win 

with barbecue 

CHARLOTTE – The North Carolina 

Wildlife Federation is celebrating its win 

as National Wildlife Federations affiliate 

of the year with a barbecue. 

The event will be held on Oct. 9 at 

6:30 p.m. at Oehler’s BBQ, 4503 Ridge 

Road, and will include all-you-can-eat 

barbecue. 

The Wyndsors will perform its style of 

1960s, 1970s and 1980s rock. 

Tickets are $35 if purchased before 

Oct. 2 and $45 at the door. Anyone 

younger than 21 can get in for $25. 

For more information or tickets, call 

Diane Hatch at 919-833-1923 or e-mail 

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‘The Social Network’ 

by Ryan Hill 

movies@huntersvilleherald.com 

The creation of Facebook is arguably 

one of the most defining events of the 

past decade. So, naturally, they made a 

movie about it. What began as a social 

site for college students exploded into an 

everyday tool for almost anyone with a 

computer and has redefined how people 

interact with each other in the 21st century. 

And “The Social Network” may very 

well be the defining movie of this period 

in time, especially for Generation Y. From 

its whiplash ADD-style dialogue that anyone 

over the age of 40 may have a hard 

time keeping up with to its ideas about 

kids who want to, as the film puts it, create 

their own job, “The Social Network” 

crawls into the minds of these characters 

and explores how adhering to the established 

way of doing things doesn’t necessarily 

apply the way it used to. 

Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) is a 

Harvard sophomore who has some talent 

with computers. After he’s dumped, and 

Grade: HHH1/2 out of 4 

MPAA Rating: pG-13 for sexual content, 

drug and alcohol use and language 

Cast: Jesse eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, 

rooney Mara, Justin Timberlake, 

Armie Hammer, Max Minghella 

Studio: Columbia pictures 

Genre: drama 

Jesse Eisenberg 

deservedly so, by the girl he’s been dating 

(Rooney Mara, who snagged the role of 

Lisbeth Salander in the English-language 

version of “The Girl with the Dragon 

Tattoo”), he drunkenly decides to create 

facemash.com, a site that lets people vote 

on the attractiveness of Harvard co-eds. 

The site gets 22,000 hits in two hours, 

crashing the Harvard server and gaining 

the attention of not only the Harvard 

powers-that-be but also the Winklevoss 

twins (both played by Armie Hammer), 

two Olympic-level rowers who think 

Zuckerberg is the perfect programmer for 

their upcoming site Harvard Connection, 

a social site exclusively for Harvard students. 

Zuckerberg sees the potential in such a 

site and decides to improve on it, enlisting 

his best friend Eduardo Saverin (Andrew 

Garfield, who will be Peter Parker in the 

upcoming “Spider- 

Man” reboot) 

to help him 

get it off 

the ground. 

The 

only 

catch is he 

d o e s n ’ t 

tell any 

of this to the Winklevoss twins and their 

partner, Divya Narendra, which is the first 

of many deceptions Zuckerberg pulls off 

as Facebook becomes a phenomenon. 

Things get especially dicey when Sean 

Parker (Justin Timberlake), the creator of 

Napster, gets Zuckerberg’s ear and starts 

filling him with ideas of world domination. 

The only one who sees Parker as 

his true used-car salesman self is Saverin, 

but his lack of maturity and loyalty 

to Zuckerberg prevents him from taking 

proper action. In fact, all of these kids, 

especially Parker, lack the maturity or life 

experience to handle this incredible success 

that’s found them at such an early 

age. 

One of the most fascinating things about 

“The Social Network” is Zuckerberg himself, 

and what drove him to create Facebook 

and deceive almost everyone around 

him. Was it his obsession with being in 

one of Harvard’s exclusive clubs? To stick 

it to everyone who had what he didn’t? 

Or was it simply because a girl broke up 

with him? The ambiguity of Zuckerberg’s 

motives is the most compelling aspect of 

“The Social Network,” and one that keeps 

the movie fresh in your mind long after 

the credits have rolled. 

“The Social Network” will find its way 

onto almost every “best of 2010” film list, 

and deservedly so. It will probably even 

get several Academy Award nominations. 

But the exhausting pace of the dialogue 

in the film’s first half leads to a bit of a 

letdown in the second half, when things 

slow down a bit and will likely keep it 

from being the crowned the year’s best (a 

title that “Inception” still has a firm grasp 

on). Either way, “The Social Network” 

is an excellent film 

about not only 

the creation of 

Facebook, but 

the creation of 

the 

Facebook 

generation. q 

Jesse Eisenberg (left) and Justin Timberlake 

O peninG 

FridAy, OCT. 1 

1. “Wall sTreeT: 

mOney never sleeps” (pG-13) 

$19M $19M 

2. “leGend Of The Guardians: 

The OWls Of Ga’hOOle” (pG) 

$16.1M 

$16.1M 

3. “The TOWn” (r) 

$15.6M 

4. “easy a” (pG-13) 

$10.6M 

5. “yOu aGain” (pG) 

$8.4M 

6. “devil” (pG-13) 

$6.6M 

“CaTfish” (pG-13) 

“haTCheT ii” (nr) 

“The sOCial neTWOrK” (pG-13) 

On videO OCT. 5 

“GrindhOuse” (r) 

“The KaraTe Kid” (r) 

“a niGhTmare On elm sTreeT 

(2010)” (r) 

“The seCreT Of Kells” (nr) 

“spliCe” (r) 

$48.7M 

$32.7M 

$8.4M 

$21.9M 

7. “residenT evil: afTerlife” (r) 

$5M $52.1M 

8. “alpha and OmeGa” (pG) 

$4.7M 

$15.2M 

9. “TaKers” (pG-13) 

$1.6M 

“leT me in” (r) 

“Case 39” (r) 

BOx OFFiCe 

weekend TOTAl 

$54.9M 

10. “inCepTiOn” (pG-13) 

$1.2M $287M 

Tv On dvd 

“All in the Family: 

The Complete Seventh Season” 

“Ally McBeal: 

The Complete Fourth and Fifth Seasons” 

“Blue Mountain State: Season One” 

“Bones: The Complete Fifth Season” 

“Gunsmoke: The Fourth Season, Volume 1” 

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 7” 

“Medium: The Sixth Season” 

“Monk: The Complete Series” 

“Ugly Americans: Volume 1” 



‘Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole’ 

by Tim Ross 

movies@huntersvilleherald.com 

Rich, layered animation and saturated 

colors make “Legend of the Guardians: 

The Owls of Ga’Hoole” a pretty film 

to watch. And that pretty filmmaking 

comes in handy because the plot, based 

on the first three books of the popular 

children’s series by Kathryn Lasky, is 

somewhat complicated with mystical 

guardians, evil owls bent on revenge, 

kidnapped owls put into indentured service 

and a mysterious blue metal that 

incapacitates the birds. 

Despite the plot density, it’s hard not to 

enjoy the sheer beauty of the animation 

and the intense flying scenes, especially 

in 3-D. This isn’t director Zack Snyder’s 

first journey into the world of lush visuals, 

with “300” and the “Watchman” on 

his résumé, and it certainly shows as 

he fills the screen with deep colors and 

Grade: HHH out of 4 

MPAA rating: PG for some sequences 

of scary action 

Cast: Jim Sturgess, Ryan Kwanten, 

Joel Edgerton, Helen Mirren 

Genre: Adventure 

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures 

slow-motion flying and battle scenes. 

Young Soren, an owl just beginning to 

learn to fly, has a feathered head filled 

with tales of the legendary guardian 

owls, who are noble, fierce and always 

battle for good. The problem is nobody 

really knows if the guardians still exist 

or if the legends of their battles with an 

evil sect of owls are fact or myth. 

Soren and his brother, Kludd, learn 

the truth the hard way when they are 

owlnapped and taken to a dark kingdom 

to serve a bitter, armored owl with vengeance 

on his mind. While there, Soren 

and his brother grow apart, as Kludd 

begins to embrace the lure of power. 

When Soren manages to escape, he 

heads out to find the warrior guardians, 

who may or may not exist as far as the 

young owl knows. Along the way, he 

gathers a group of friendly owls with a 

diverse range of skills that will come in 

handy for the impending showdown. 

Parallels to classic good-versus-evil 

tales abound in this film. There’s a 

group of power-hungry owls known as 

the “pure ones,” as with the Nazi movement 

leading up to World War II, and 

you may be reminded of “the force” 

from the “Star Wars” series as every owl 

is called to follow the instinct of their 

gizzards. The flying scenes resemble 

Movies 

those in “Avatar,” and the power of the 

mysterious blue metal could just as well 

be the ring from “Lord of the Rings.” 

Still, it’s a well-crafted film with a 

variety of messages; it’s a coming-of-age 

tale with lessons of belief without proof, 

trusting your heart and the value and 

power of friendship. 

The film is populated by talented 

but largely unknown vocal actors, but 

the top of the cast list has star power. 

Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Rush, Sam 

Neill, Hugo Weaving and Jim Sturgess 

lead the way, but the vocal qualities are 

consistent top to bottom. 

The real stars of the movie, however, 

are the animation and production values. 

Feathers ripple and shimmer with 

life, the great sea Soren must navigate 

sparkles from every wave and the storm 

scenes just might give you a shiver. The 

sound is crisp and rich, and the birds 

move, talk, fly and fight with attention 

given to every claw, feather and shape 

of their eyes. It is indeed a feast for the 

senses. 

It’s still hot outside, so treat it like a 

summer popcorn movie. Your kids don’t 

need to give a hoot about the plot, they 

just need some snacks and a pair of 3-D 

glasses to take flight with this fantastic, 

feathery flick. q 

CMPD Animal Care & Control 

Orphaned Animals Available for Ad❤ption 

name: Blue 

id: 783086 

Breed mix: russian Blue 

Age: 2 years 

Weight: 8 lbs 

sex: spayed female 

Blue 

Vaccinations: Has all required vaccinations 

Will be micro chipped 

As you can see from the picture, stunning Blue’s favorite spot to rest is in front of the computer! This 

absolutely, beautiful girl is an affectionate cat with a short steel gray/blue coat. Although Blue is not a “lap 

cat,” she does like hugs when standing. When one stops loving on her, she will reach out a paw to pull you 

back! Blue is always within reach and will play fetch, from time to time, with her favorite toy. She will fetch 

this toy, drop it at your feet and will look for you to throw it again. She will also let you know when she is 

finished playing by walking off. Blue is much fun and will make a loyal companion. Please visit the shelter to 

meet this unique feline! 

Cmpd Animal Care & Control also holds an adoption event 

the first Saturday of each month at the SouthPark Mall located at 4400 Sharon Road 

SAmAnthA 

name: samantha 

id: 787467 

Breed mix: german shepherd mix 

Age: 8-10 months 

Weight: 48 lbs 

sex: spayed female 

Vaccinations: Has all required vaccinations 

Has been micro chipped 

Samantha is an easy one to love. This affectionate girl leans into the person with a grateful heart during 

interaction. Samantha has a gentle personality.... loves to snuggle and give kisses. Samantha listens well 

to her handler and she wants to please. She will excel with positive reward training with her shepherd 

intelligence. Samantha needs the opportunity to exercise and enjoys running beside you on leash. 

Samantha also loves peanut butter stuffed Kongs! She has been kenneled since early August and barks 

from within the kennel to receive attention. Once out and given some love, she displays a calm and relaxed 

behavior. Please come to the shelter to meet this wonderful girl! Samantha needs a home! 

8315 Byrum Drive / www.charmeck.org 

Adoption fees rAnge from $68 to $98 



“ 

A 

is for 

awesome! ” 

Mark S. Allen 

CBS - CW TV & REELZ CHANNEL 

SCREEN GEMS PRESENTS AN OLIVE BRIDGE ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION A WILL GLUCK FILM “EASY A” PENN BADGLEY 

AMANDA BYNES THOMAS HADEN CHURCH PATRICIA CLARKSON CAM GIGANDET LISA KUDROW MALCOLM MCDOWELL ALY MICHALKA 

PRODUCED 

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STANLEY TUCCI BY ZANNE DEVINE WILL GLUCK BY BERT V. ROYAL BY WILL GLUCK 

CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES 


MOVIE LISTINGS 

Times are subject to change. Please call the theater for up-to-the-minute information. 

birkdale 16 

16950 Birkdale Commons Pkwy. 

704-895-7997 

The Social Network (PG-13) 

Fri. - Sun. (1230)355 715 1000 

The Social Network - DP (PG-13) 

Fri. - Sun. (200)445 745 1030 

Beauty And The Beast Sing-Along Event (NR) 

Sat. 1200 

Case 39 (R) 

Fri. - Sun. (1155 220)455 725 955 

Let Me In (R) 

Fri. - Sun. (1145 220)455 735 1015 

Legend Of The Guardians In Real D 3D (PG) 

Fri. - Sun. (1145 210)430 705 925 

Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’hoole 

(PG) 

Fri. - Sun. (1235 250)510 750 1005 

You Again (PG) 

Fri. - Sun. (1205 235)520 755 1020 

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (PG-13) 

Fri. - Sun. (1150 1245 300)400 700 730 955 1030 

Devil (PG-13) 

Fri. - Sun. (1250 255)530 805 1015 

Easy A (PG-13) 

Fri. (230)445 720 935; Sat. (1220)445 720 935; Sun. (230)445 720 

Alpha And Omega In RealD 3D (PG) 

Fri. (1210 215)425 710 920; Sat. 425 710 920; Sun. (1210 215)425 

710 920 

OC: Easy A (PG-13) 

Fri. (1220); Sat. (230); Sun. (1220)935 

Alpha And Omega (PG) 

Fri. - Sun. (1240 245)455 740 950 

The Town (R) 

Fri. - Sun. (1255)405 710 1010 

The Other Guys (PG-13) 

Fri. - Sun. (1215 240)525 800 1025 

Inception (PG-13) 

Fri. - Sun. (1225)330 640 945 

Concord mills 24 

Concord Mills Mall 

704-979-0200 

Life As We Know It (PG-13) 

Sat: 7:30 PM; Thu: 12:00 AM 

My Soul to Take 3D (NR) RealD 3D; 

Thu: 12:00 AM 

Secretariat (PG) 

Sat: 7:00 PM; Thu: 12:00 AM 

1 a Minute Live Supporting Susan G Komen for 

the Cure (NR) 

Wed: 8:00 PM 

Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along Event (NR) Digial 

Presentation; Sing along Event; 

Sat: 12:00 PM 

Anjaana Anjaani (NR) AMC INDEPENDENT; 

Fri - Sun: 11:25 AM, 3:05, 6:45, 10:25; Mon - Thu: 11:20 AM, 3:00, 

6:35, 10:05 

Case 39 (R) 

Fri - Sun: 11:25 AM, 2:00, 4:35, 7:20, 10:00; Mon - Thu: 12:30, 3:10, 

5:40, 8:15, 10:45 

Chain Letter (R) AMC INDEPENDENT; 

Fri - Sun: 10:20 AM, 12:45, 3:15, 5:40, 8:00, 10:25; Mon - Thu: 11:55 

AM, 2:25, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 

Hatchet II (NR) AMC INDEPENDENT 

Fri - Sun: 9:55 AM, 12:20, 2:50, 5:25, 7:55, 10:30; Mon - Thu: 11:45 AM, 

2:20, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 

Let Me In (R) 

Fri - Sun: 11:30 AM, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:35; Mon - Thu: 11:35 AM, 2:15, 

5:00, 7:45, 10:30 


Fri - Sun: 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:05, 2:05, 4:10, 5:10, 7:05, 8:05, 10:00, 

11:00; Mon - Wed: 11:00 AM, 12:00, 1:50, 2:55, 4:40, 5:45, 7:30, 8:40, 

10:20; Thu: 11:00 AM, 12:00, 1:50, 2:55, 4:40, 5:45, 7:30, 8:40, 10:20, 

11:25 

Enthiran (The Robot) (NR) 


6:40, 10:00 

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole 

(PG) 

Fri: 10:10 AM, 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40; Sat: 10:00 AM, 10:10 AM, 

12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40; Sun: 10:10 AM, 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 

10:40; Mon & Tue: 12:40, 3:05, 5:35, 8:10, 10:40 

Wed: 12:40, 3:05; Thu: 12:40, 3:05, 5:35, 8:10 



3D (PG) RealD 3D; 


3:50, 6:20, 8:55 


An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) IMAX 3D; 


4:35, 7:10, 9:40 


Fri - Sun: 11:40 AM, 12:45, 2:50, 3:45, 5:50, 6:50, 7:50, 8:50, 9:50, 

10:50; Mon & Tue: 11:40 AM, 12:45, 2:50, 3:45, 5:50, 6:50, 7:40, 8:50, 

9:50, 10:40; Wed: 11:40 AM, 12:45, 2:50, 3:45, 5:50, 6:50, 7:40, 8:50, 

10:40; Thu: 11:40 AM, 12:45, 2:50, 3:45, 5:50, 6:50, 7:40, 8:50, 9:50, 

10:40 


Fri: 10:05 AM, 11:05 AM, 12:35, 1:35, 3:10, 4:15, 5:45, 6:45, 8:20, 9:25, 

10:50; Sat: 10:05 AM, 11:05 AM, 12:35, 1:35, 3:10, 4:15, 5:45, 8:20, 

10:00, 10:50; Sun: 10:05 AM, 11:05 AM, 12:35, 1:35, 3:10, 4:15, 5:45, 

6:45, 8:20, 9:25, 10:50; Mon - Thu: 11:05 AM, 12:35, 1:35, 3:10, 4:15, 

5:40, 6:45, 8:15, 9:25, 10:45 

Alpha and Omega (PG) 

Fri - Sun: 10:30 AM, 12:50, 3:10, 5:30; Mon - Thu: 12:55, 3:15, 5:25 

Alpha and Omega 3D (PG) RealD 3D 


1:30, 3:55, 6:20, 8:45 

Devil (PG-13) 


1:25, 3:30, 6:00, 8:05, 10:10 


Fri - Sun: 10:05 AM, 12:30, 2:55, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05; Mon - Thu: 11:25 

AM, 1:45, 4:10, 6:35, 8:55 

The Town (R) 


7:00, 10:00 

Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (R) RealD 3D 

Fri: 10:35 AM, 12:55, 3:20, 5:50, 8:15, 10:45; Sat: 3:20, 5:50, 8:15, 

10:45; Sun: 10:35 AM, 12:55, 3:20, 5:50, 8:15, 10:45; Mon: 12:10, 2:30, 

5:05, 7:30, 9:55, 10:23; Tue - Thu: 12:10, 2:30, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 

Takers (PG-13) 


5:15, 7:50, 10:25 

Lottery Ticket (PG-13) 

Fri - Sun: 5:05, 10:45; Mon - Thu: 4:30, 10:15 

The Other Guys (PG-13) 


4:15, 6:55, 9:30 


Fri: 10:30 AM, 1:50, 7:30; Sat: 10:30 AM, 1:50; Sun: 10:30 AM, 1:50, 7:30; 

Mon - Thu: 1:15, 7:00 

COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH RELATIVITY MEDIA 

A SCOTT RUDIN / MICHAEL DE LUCA / TRIGGER STREET PRODUCTION A DAVID FINCHER FILM 

“THE SOCIAL NETWORK” JESSE EISENBERG ANDREW GARFIELD JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ARMIE HAMMER 

MAX MINGHELLA MUSIC BY TRENT REZNOR & ATTICUS ROSS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KEVIN SPACEY 

BASED UPON THE BOOK “THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES” BY BEN MEZRICH SCREENPLAY BY AARON SORKIN 

PRODUCED BY SCOTT RUDIN DANA BRUNETTI MICHAEL DE LUCA CEÁN CHAFFIN DIRECTED BY DAVID FINCHER 

STARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 

CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR 

THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES 

discovery Place IMAX® Dome 

301 N. Tryon Street 

704-372-6261 

IMAX/Discovery Place 

The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 

Mon-Fri noon, 2:00 p.m.; Sat 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 

p.m; Sun 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. 

Legends of Flight 

Mon-Fri 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.; Sat 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m.; 

Sun 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. 

Under the Sea 

Mon-Fri 11:00 a.m.; Sat 1:30 p.m. 

northlake 14 

7325 Northlake Mall Dr. 

1-888-AMC-4FUN 

Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along Event (NR) Digial 

Presentation; Sing along Event; 

Sat: 12:00 PM 

Case 39 (R) 

Fri & Sat: 11:40 AM, 2:20, 5:00, 8:00, 10:40; Sun - Thu: 11:40 AM, 2:20, 

4:50, 7:30, 10:05 

Let Me In (R) 

Fri & Sat: 10:40 AM, 1:30, 4:20, 7:40, 10:30; Sun: 10:40 AM, 1:30, 4:20, 

7:40, 10:15; Mon - Thu: 11:10 AM, 1:50, 4:30, 7:40, 10:15 


Fri - Sun: 9:45 AM, 10:15 AM, 12:30, 1:10, 3:20, 4:00, 6:40, 7:10, 9:20, 

10:00; Mon - Thu: 12:00, 1:10, 3:00, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:20, 10:00 


3D (PG) RealD 3D 

Fri: 10:30 AM, 1:10, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30; Sun: 10:30 AM, 1:10, 3:40, 6:50, 

9:30; Mon - Thu: 11:00 AM, 1:20, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 


Fri & Sat: 9:50 AM, 10:20 AM, 12:45, 1:20, 3:55, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:55, 

10:25; Sun: 9:50 AM, 11:55 AM, 12:45, 3:20, 3:55, 6:20, 7:00, 9:30, 9:55; 

Mon - Thu: 11:55 AM, 12:45, 3:20, 3:55, 6:20, 7:00, 9:30, 9:55 


Fri - Thu: 11:20 AM, 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 

Alpha and Omega 3D (PG) RealD 3D 

Fri - Sun: 10:10 AM, 12:30, 3:00, 5:20; Mon - Thu: 12:30, 3:00, 5:20 

Devil (PG-13) 

Fri - Sun: 10:40 AM, 1:00, 3:10, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30; Mon - Wed: 11:10 

AM, 1:15, 3:15, 5:30, 8:00, 10:10; Thu: 11:10 AM, 1:15, 3:15, 5:30, 8:00 


Fri - Sun: 10:00 AM, 12:15, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20; Mon - Thu: 12:15, 

2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 

The Town (R) 

Fri & Sat: 10:00 AM, 12:55, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10; Sun: 10:00 AM, 12:55, 

4:00, 7:00, 10:00; Mon - Thu: 12:55, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 

Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (R) RealD 3D 

Fri - Thu: 7:40, 10:20 


Fri & Sat: 9:45 AM, 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:40; Sun - Wed: 11:00 AM, 

1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40; Thu: 11:00 AM, 1:30, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 

Lottery Ticket (PG-13) 

Fri - Thu: 11:30 AM, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 10:10 

Our Town Cinemas 

227 Griffith Street, Davidson 

704-237-3235 


Fri & Sat: (1:50), (4:45), 7:25, 9:45; Sun - Thu: (1:50), (4:45), 7:25 

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (PG) 

Fri & Sat: (1:30), (4:30), 7:15, 9:35; Sun - Thu: (1:30), (4:30), 7:15 


Fri & Sat: (1:00), (4:00), 7:00, 10:00; Sun - Thu: (1:00), (4:00), 7:00 

The Maltese Falcon (1941) (NR) 

Fri & Sat: (1:40), (4:30), 7:10, 9:30; Sun - Thu: (1:40), (4:30), 7:10 

starlight 14 

Hwy 29, North 

704-503-0070 


Fri. - Sun. (115)420 730 1010 

Chain Letter (R) 

Fri. - Sun. 300 525 800 1015 

Case 39 (R) 

Fri. - Sun. (155)500 750 1030 

Let Me In (R) 

Fri. - Sun. (150)440 740 1020 


Fri. - Sun. (215)455 725 950 

Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’hoole (PG) 

Fri. - Sun. (210)430 700 920 


Fri. - Sun. (110)410 705 1000 

Devil (PG-13) 

Fri. - Sun. (240)515 745 945 

Alpha And Omega (PG) 

Fri. - Sun. (225)450 

The Town (R) 

Fri. - Sun. (125)425 710 955 


Fri. - Sun. (230)505 720 930 

The Virginity Hit (R) 

Fri. - Sun. (250)530 755 1005 

Resident Evil: Afterlife (R) 

Fri. - Sun. 445 1025 

The American (R) 

Fri. - Sun. 655 925 


Fri. - Sun. (200)435 715 940 


Fri. - Sun. (130)650 


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16988, 30196 miles, Stock # 12350Z, 

Randy Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

CHEVROLET MALIBU, SILVER 

ICE METALLIC, 4 Door Sedan, 2010, 

15488, 29061 miles, Stock # 12364Z, 

Randy Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 EXT 

CAB LS, DARK CHERRY METAL- 

LIC, Pickup Truck, 2008, 19988, 17199 

miles, Stock# BU0723A, Randy Marion 

1-877-370-7788. 

CHRYSLER PACIFICA TOURING, 

White, 4 DOOR SUV, 2007, 15988, 

49367 miles, Stock # GM2894A, Randy 

Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY LX, 

Red, MINIVAN, 2009, 16988, 50060 


1-877-370-7788. 

DODGE RAM 1500, Blue, PICKUP 

TRUCK, 2003, 8988, 71167 miles, Stock 

# GM2692A, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

DODGE VIPER GTS, RED, 2 Door 

Coupe, 1997, 31888, 37631 miles, Stock 

# GM2627B, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

FORD E350 15 PASS, WHITE, Van, 2007, 

16888, 56354 miles, Stock # 12380Z, Randy 

Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

FORD MUSTANG GT, Silver, 2 DOOR 

COUPE, 2008, 19988, 25970 miles, 

Stock # GM2817A, Randy Marion 

1-877-370-7788. 

FORD TAURUS SE, Jade, 4 DOOR SE- 

DAN, 2006, 7888, 41920 miles, Stock 

# 12331ZA, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

GMC ACADIA, White, 4 DOOR SUV, 

2010, 30988, 14367 miles, Stock # 

GM2947A, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

GMC ACADIA SLT, QUICKSILVER 

METALLIC, 4 Door SUV, 2010, 33988, 

25363 miles, Stock# 12377Z, Randy 

Marion 1-877-370-7788. 

GMC TERRAIN SLT, Black, 4 DOOR 

SUV, 2010, 26988, 22218 miles, Stock 

# 12372Z, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

GMC YUKON, ONYX BLACK, 4 

Door SUV, 2008, 28888, 40217 miles, 

Stock# 12357Z, Randy Marion 1-877- 

370-7788. 

HUMMER H3, Graphite, 4 DOOR 

SUV, 2008, 24988, 25167 miles, Stock 

# 12334ZA, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

KIA SORENTO LX, Silver 4 DOOR 

SUV, 2008, 14988, 27338 miles, Stock# 

GM2709B, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

LEXUS IS350, Starfire Pearl 4 Door Sedan, 

2008, 28988, 13241 miles, Stock# 

BU0773A, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

NISSAN CUBE, BLACK, 4 Door 

Hatchback, 2010, 14988, 17384 miles, 


370-7788. 

PONTIAC G6, Red, 4 DOOR SEDAN, 

2009, 12288, 39718 miles, Stock # 

12290Z, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

SATURN OUTLOOK XE, Gray, 4 

DOOR SUV, 2007, 19988, 50993 miles, 


370-7788. 

SATURN VUE XE, Silver, 4 DOOR 

SUV, 2009, 14488, 37765 miles, Stock# 

12240Z, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

SUZUKI XL-7, Black, 4 DOOR SUV, 

2008, 14988, 32321 miles, Stock # 

GM2849B, Randy Marion 1-877-370- 

7788. 

TOYOTA SCION XB, Blue/Gray, 4 

DOOR WAGON, 2008, 12988, 65823 

miles, Stock # 12133ZA, Randy Marion 

1-877-370-7788. 

VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2.5S, WHITE, 

4 Door Sedan, 2010, 14888, 29054 


1-877-370-7788. 

2007 Ford Fusion SEL - CARFAX ONE 

OWNER - $13,899. 877-451-9865 or 

www.LakeNormanChrysler.com. 

2008 Honda Accord EX-L - CARFAX 

ONE OWNER - $18,899. 877-451-9865 

or www.LakeNormanChrysler.com. 

2010 Dodge Charger SXT - CERTIFIED 

- CARFAX ONE OWNER - $17,834. 

877-451-9865 or www.LakeNorman- 

Chrysler.com. 

2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited 



Chrysler.com. 

2010 Jeep Compass - CERTIFIED - $15, 

989. 877-451-9865 or www.LakeNormanChrysler.com. 

2010 Jeep Compass - CARFAX ONE 

OWNER - CERTIFIED - $15,989. 877- 

451-9865 or www.LakeNormanChrysler. 

com. 

2009 Chevy Malibu LS - CARFAX 

ONE OWNER - $12,989. 877-451-9865 


2007 Chrysler Town & Country - $9,239. 


Chrysler.com. 

2007 Honda Civic EX - CARFAX ONE 

OWNER - $12,679. 877-451-9865 or 


2008 Chrysler 300C Hemi - CERTIFIED 



Chrysler.com. 

2008 Volvo XC90 - CARFAX ONE 

OWNER - $25,489. 877-451-9865 or 


2010 Jeep Patriot - CERTIFIED - 

$16,472. 877-451-9865 or www.LakeNormanChrysler.com. 

2010 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 

- $31,698. 877-451-9865 or www.LakeNormanChrysler.com. 

2008 Dodge Dakota SXT Club Cab - 

CARFAX ONE OWNER - $16,969. 


Chrysler.com. 

2008 Mini Cooper S - CARFAX ONE 

OWNER - $18,992. 877-451-9865 or 


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For Sale, Service, Real Estate 

For Sale or Lease, Office 

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2010 Hyundai Sonata GLS - CARFAX 

ONE OWNER - $14,499. 877-451- 

9865 or www.LakeNormanChrysler. 

com. 

2010 Chevy Silverado 1500 - $25,819. 


Chrysler.com. 

2010 Dodge Avenger - CARFAX ONE 

OWNER - $15,299. 877-451-9865 or 


2007 Hyundai Santa Fe - CARFAX 

ONE OWNER - $15,987. 877-451- 


com. 

2008 Chrysler Town & Country - CER- 

TIFIED - CARFAX ONE OWNER 


2007 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer - CAR- 

FAX ONE OWNER - $21,348. 877-451- 


com. 

TENNIS PLAYERS 

WANTED 

3.5 to 4.5 Rating 

Seeking Intermediate rated 

“Male Double” players to join 

our great group for either Monday 

or Thursday nights or both, 

on my deluxe home court 

with LIGHTS in Waxhaw 

Call Steve: 704-243-4446 



TIFIED - CARFAX ONE OWNER 


2009 Hyundai Sonata GLS - CARFAX 

ONE OWNER - $13,544. 877-451-9865 


2007 Honda Pilot EX - CARFAX ONE 

OWNER - $21,498. 877-451-9865 or 



TIFIED - $25,887. 877-451-9865 or 


2008 Chrysler Sebring Touring Convertible 

- CARFAX ONE OWNER 


2008 Mazda CX-7 - CARFAX ONE 

OWNER - $17,399. 877-451-9865 or 


2007 Dodge Charger R/T - CERTIFIED 


2008 Honda CR-V EX - CARFAX ONE 

OWNER - $19,987. 877-451-9865 or 


2007 Honda Element EX - CARFAX 

ONE OWNER - $17,989. 877-451-9865 


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 refurbs. Pillowtops K$285, 

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

this ad! 110510. 

EmploymEnt Ads 

without the 

sticker 

SHOCK! 

Advertise in the Carolina Weekly 

Newspaper Group Classified Network 

shockingly low prices 

with a circulation 

of 106,000! 

Classified ads run in all six weekly newspapers: 

Mountain Island 

For More Information Contact Victoria: 

e-mail victoria@carolinaweeklynewspapers.com 

or call (704) 849-2261 

MATTRESS OUTLET: Save Money, 

T, F, Q, K mattresses, new w/warranty, 

sets start at $119, $139, $149, 

$229, PillowTop, Sealy, Plush, American-Pedic, 

Eurotop, Symbol, Basic to 

Luxury, Delivery and More, 704-677- 

6643. 100110. 

KENMORE AND WHIRLPOOL 

washers and dryers, heavy duty extra 

large capacity looks and runs great, 

free delivery and hook-up with up to 

1 year warranty, $125.00 each with up 

to 1 year warranty call Joe @ 704-617- 

4405. 111910. 

SOLID OAK DINING Room Set: Oval 

table with one leaf, 4 chairs, 2 pc hutch 

with glass doors, 1 dry sink. All matching, 

A1 condition $925.00 Cal 704-660- 

6739. 100810. 

BLACK & DECKER CMM 1200 19- 

inch 24-volt Cordless Recharging Electric 

Mulching Lawn Mower. Practically 

brand new! $450 OBO. Contact 704- 

947-0281. 100810. 

LEYLAND CYPRESS TREES (Americas 

Most Planted Privacy Tree) - (3-4 

feet tall) $19.99, 5 gallon size (4-5 feet 

tall) $29.99, or 7 gallon size (5-6 feet 

tall) $39.99. We will deliver and plant at 

no additional charge! Starting this month 

- fall special on Crape Myrtles - 6-7 footers 

delivered and planted for $69.99 (we 

have red, pink & white). Call 704-426- 

0947. 101510. 

ANTIQUES FOR SALE at private 

home. Oak Desks, Tables, Chairs, Rockers, 

glassware, and stained glass. 704- 

875-9482 (115 S. Old Statesville Ave., 

Huntersville) 100810. 

Help Wanted 

MULTI DENTAL OFFICE has a fulltime 

position available for DAII. Excellent 

salary and benefits. Fax resume to 

704-799-7421. 100810. 

CLIENT SERVICE REPRESENTA- 

TIVE needed for Enterprise Wireless 

Accounts in Cornelius. 2-5 years of 

wireless carrier exp required. Must 

be very skilled with MS Excel, pay 

close attention to detail, be proficient 

at multi-tasking, and possess a very 

positive attitude. Immediate f/t position 

open, salary in 30’s w/exp. Build 

a long-term and successful career with 

Ovation. Send resume to info@ovationwm.com. 

101510. 

CALLING ALL WONDERFUL women, 

especially single and stay-at-home 

moms: Recognition for your intelligence 

and talent is long overdue. Join a reputable 

and enduring Fortune 500 company 

that will reward your efforts and fit your 

schedule. Too many positives to mention 

here. Call Kelly at 919-636-2548. 

100810. 

SUPERVISOR FOR LOCAL company 

providing cleaning and carpet cleaning 

services to the multi-family industry. 

This position has growth potential as 

future Operations Manager. Although 

we are a very hands-on company, people 

skills are more important than prior experience. 

Tiered compensation includes 

salary, commission, and performance 

bonus. Fax resume to 704-827-0467. 

100110. 

SALES ASSISTANT FOR local financial 

services firm. $10.00 per hour. PT. 

Send Resume to cthompson@thompsonfinancial.net. 

102210. 

ANGEL CAREGIVERS needed. Inactive 

nurse or CNA for night shift 11pm 

to 7am. Mooresville. Two patients only. 

Comfort care at Serenity House. Call 

Mary Hope for interview 704 664-2004. 

100810. 

FOR OVER 70 years Brownlee Jewelers 

has been trusted to provide not 

only outstanding beauty and value in 

Diamond Jewelry but to provide something 

that money cannot buy-peace of 

mind. It is our mission to ensure that 

our customers are satisfied with their 

purchase of every product and service 

we offer. We are looking for part time 

sales associate and customer service. 

Flexible hours between 25 and 30 

hours. Requirements the ideal candidate 

must have the ability to achieve 

sales and profit goals, be knowledgeable 

in all facets of the retail jewelry 

business, flexible scheduling, competent 

in minor jewelry and watch repairs 

and repair take ins. they should 

have a proven. Contact Julie Maurer, 

Stonecrest Shopping Center 704-544- 

0780. 101510. 

Business opportunities 

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. 

100110. 

MPB TODAY EARN 300 dollars. Shop 

at Walmart and in Sams Club 4 free. 

Leave your information #206-203-0885. 

070111. 

LOW COST JANITORIAL Franchise! 

Become your own boss. Only $1200, accounts 

provided. (704) 503-7141. www. 

jantizefranchise.com. 111910. 

CAN YOU AFFORD to loose your 

job? Work at home opportunity for 

serious individuals struggling with the 

bad economy. Start your own business 

today and develop a solid income. Free 

training and website, low investment 

and no risk. Call Robin at 704-585- 

6233, or email at explore.wellness@ 

yahoo.com. 100810. 

WANT FINANCIAL SECURITY?! 

Excellent Business Opportunity. You 

can control your time, your hours, your 

income, and your future. Call for information. 

919-475-4426 or 704-490-5124. 

102210. 

ALL STEEL BUILDINGS 

Shop Shop & & Warehouse / Garage && RV RV Storage Storage 

Office & Recreation / Mini Storage 

Ofce & Recreation / Agricultural & Barn Aviation 

ALL SIZES AVAILABLE - Free Quotes 

Mini Storage / Churches / Fitness Center 

ALL SIZES AVAILABLE - Free Quotes 

CUSTOM HOME BUILDING 

CUSTOM 

Build 

HOME 

on our lot or your 

BUILDING 

own! 

Experts Build in Residential on our & lot Commercial or your own! Consturction 

www.blutobuilders.com 

blutobuilders@bellsouth.net 

704-782-6212 704-782-6216 Ofce 

services 

KIDS PARTY ENTERTAINMENT! 

Now Booking REAL Santa’s! Invite 

your child’s favorite LOOK- A-LIKE 

character to their party to entertain! 

Ages 1-10. Clowns, Characters, Wow 

Wubzy, Elmo, Dora, Sponge, Storybook 

Cinderella, Mermaid, Sleeping, 

Frog, & Fairy Princesses, Superheroes, 

Star Wars, Pirates, TOY Cowboys, 

Train themes too! Face Painters, Balloon 

Twisters, Tattoos, Magic & Puppets, 

Games, Moonwalks, Birthdays, 

Church Socials, Open Houses, Daycares, 

Grand Openings, HOA Festivals, 

www.WishUponAStarParties. 

com. 704-780-4300. 102910. 

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR LI- 

CENSED & Insured. For Residential 

& Commercial Installations: Ceiling 

Fans, Light Fixtures, Receptacles, New 

Construction, Renovations, Services 

Upgrades, Outside Lighting, Electrical 

Trouble Shooting and Repairs, “Call 

So / Lo Electric Company Anytime” at 

704-622-0654. Your Dependable Electrical 

Contractor, for Reliable Low Cost 

Electrical Installations. We can Meet & 

Beat other written Legitimate Estimates. 

122410. 

$50 FOR 90-MINUTE MASSAGE by 

Julie Dean. New Northeast Location! 

13534 Plaza Road Extension. I-485 & 

Rocky River Road Exit 36. 704-502- 

5695. Easy Access, 1 Mile Off Highway. 

Servicing University, Harrisburg/ 

Concord, Mint Hill/Matthews Or Original 

Lake Norman Location 16501-D 

Northcross Drive, Huntersville. Across 

From Outback Steakhouse. Licensed, 

Professional, Therapeutic, Completely 

Nonsexual, Swedish, Deep Tissue, 

Prenatal. 15 Years Experience. License 

#2096. www.Juliedeanmassage.com. 

092410 

R. SIMON’S LAWN Care- full service 

maintenance company. Weekly, monthly, 

yearly and one time mowing services 

available. We specialize in pruning small 

trees and shrubs. Pruning contracts and 

yearly lawn maintenance contracts available. 

Aeration and over-seeding starting 

Sept. We are licensed and insured. Call 

704-849-8075, email rjs2155@localnet.com. 

- www.rsimonslawncare.com. 

102210. 

PROFESSIONAL WINDOW & GUT- 

TER Cleaning & Pressure Washing. 

Residential & Commercial. Interior, 

Exterior, Sills, Screens, Frames 

Cleaned, No Streak Guarantee, All 

Done By Hand. Gutter Cleaning Starting 

at $75. Gutter Repairs, Gutter 

Guards Installed, Roof Debris Removal. 

Pressure Washing 3300 PSI, Whole 

House Specials, We Offer Package 

Deals. Free Consultations & Estimates. 

Fully Insured. Call Tony Grooms: 980- 

329-4410. 121010. 

J & S LANDSCAPING and Pressure 

Cleaning. Residential/Commercial. 

Installation, maintenance and mowing, 

spring clean-ups. House washing, 

driveways, decks and fleet trucks. Free 

estimates. Call Jim at 704-724-4915. 

100810. 

PAINTING SPECIAL DISCOUNTS 

$79 Per Room every day all the time. 

Gold Star Painting is Charlottes 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. 

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HOLLOWAY QUALITY PAINTING - 

Interior and Exterior Painting, Pressure 

Washing, Deck Refinishing. 30 yrs experience, 

Insured. References available, 

Member of BBB. Free estimates! 704- 

619-9022. 111910. 

AFFORDABLE CLEANING-$40 

per 1000sqft. Servicing Huntersville, 

Cornelius, Davidson and Denver area. 

References available! $10 OFF the first 

cleaning! Call Mariya 704-728-1923 

or email mariyavucheva@yahoo.com. 

100110. 

LAWN SHAPERS QUALITY outdoor 

services. Fall aeration, overseed, fertilizing, 

edging, trimming, and mulch. 

Call today 704-497-5566. Mt Island, 

Lake Norman, and Huntersville Area. 

100810. 

WINDOWS & SIDING, vinyl replacement 

windows and siding, up to $1500 

tax credit, huge energy saver, bonded 

and insured, call Jack for a free quote at 

704-221-1967. 112610. 

CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT 

Classes. Classes forming NOW! Visit 

NCGTA.COM for details & specials. 

100810. 

HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE CON- 

TRACTOR- Entrance Ramps, Door 

& Hall Openings, Kitchen Accessible 

Counter Tops, Cabinets, Switches, Roll- 

In Pantry. Bathroom Accessible Tubs, 

Vanity, Roll-In Shower, Grab Bar, Faucets. 

Stair Lifts, And More! Affordable 

& Senior Discounts! 704-617-2662. 

101510. 

COULWOOD’S PIANO TEACHER 

now has openings. Adults or children. 

Call 704-399-5040 or www.gospelpianostudio.com. 

100110. 

ESTATE CARPET CLEANING LLC 

is running a back to school special 

until 10/31/10 3 rooms steam cleaned 

for 85.00 Give us a call and make 

your appointment today 704-254- 

9127 or www.estatecarptcleaning.com. 

102210. 

TUTOR: MASTER’S EDUCATION 

22 years experience all ages at CPCC, 

CMS, privately. Teaches: Reading, English, 

Writing, Math, elementary through 

Algebra I, German beginning Spanish. 

704-532-9685. 100810. 

A+ PAINTING. QUALITY Painting at 

Cheap Prices. Quick and Fast Service. 

Can start your paint job immediately. 

20+ years of experience. Excellent references. 

Call Buck for free estimate Today. 

704.962.8627. 100810. 

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. 101510. 

PRESSURE WASHING, STAINING, 

Bathrooms, Tile and Wood Floors Kitchens, 

Sunrooms, Decks, Screen Porches, 

Doors, Windows Replacement & 

more..... All Handyman Work 704-766- 

0568. 101510. 

ALL ROTTENWOOD REPAIR: Termite 

Damage - Window Sills - Roof Rafters - 

Sill Plate - Rotten Plywood - Sub-Floors 

- Joists - Jams - Interior Walls - Exterior 

Walls - Door Frames - New Roofs - We 

Specialize In All Rottenwood Replacement 

- No Job Too Big or Small - Affordable 

and All Work Guaranteed! Licensed 

- Insured - Bonded - Free Consultation 

704-617-2662. 102910. 

CONCEALED CARRY HANDGUN 

Permit Class. October 9/10 or October 

23/24. Class on Saturday & Range time 

on Sunday. Call 704-892-7839 for information 

& reservation. Lake Norman 

Firearms Inc., 20823 N. Main Street, 

Cornelius. 121710. 

COME HOME TO a beautifully clean 

and disinfected home by: Karyn Only. 

704-274-5178. Pet friendly. Through, 

quality work, experienced, references, 

supplies – since 1998. Dependable, 

trustworthy, affordable – estimates over 

phony by square footage. Bi-weekly, 

monthly. Servicing – Charlotte, Concord, 

Huntersville, Davidson and Mooresville. 

100110. 

CLEAN AND RESTRETCH you’re carpet 

before you buy new! 20 years experience 

we accept cash check credit card. 

You’re friends will swear you bought 

new carpet! Call Kent 704-960-0187. 

102210. 

PIANO LESSONS: Huntersville teacher 

with over 25 years’ experience has openings 

for students ages 6 and up. Recitals, 

competitions and computer music games 

available. Please call Linda Gebelein at 

704-576-6010. 101510. 

AFFORDABLE CREW SERVICES- 

Painting, Drywall, Roofing, Siding. 

Residential And Commercial. We Accept 

Builders Jobs Locally Or Out Of Town. 

Warranty, Licensed, Insured. Free Estimates. 

Www.Anythingcustomconstruction.Com. 

Francisco Escobar 704-400- 

6455. 101510. 

CAROLINA ROOF CONSULTANTS- 

We have installed brand new roofs 

for hundreds of your neighbors in and 

around Charlotte. These roofs were installed 

with no out of cost to your neighbors. 

Due to recent wind and hail damage 

their homeowners insurance covered the 

cost of the new roof. BBB. Sales John 

Heidman At 704-904-4841. 

SHUT IN- HAIRSTYLING in your 

home – cuts/styling, permanents, etc. 45 

yrs. experience – licensed. Call Brenda 

704-875-9482. 100110. 

Child Care 

LAKE NORMAN NANNY- I am caring, 

energetic and have experience with children 

of all ages. Excellent references are 

available. Call Renee: 704-896-8696. 

100110. 

HUNTERSVILLE AREA – LOVING 

Mature Nanny will take care of your 

children any age. Have references, flexible 

hours, & lots of TLC. 980-226-6600. 

100110. 

Senior Care 

EXPERINCED CARE GIVER and 

companion for the elderly. Will help 

with light house keeping and cooking, 

and transportation to appointments and 

shopping. Top references available. 

Call 704-256-4936, South Charlotte, 

Matthews-Mint Hill and Union County. 

100110. 

GaraGe SaleS 

CONSIGNORS AND SHOPPERS 

wanted for women’s, teen and home 

goods consignment event!! Huntersville, 

September 30 - October 2, Rosedale 

Shopping Center. See our website for 

more information: www.charlottestyleexchange.com. 

100110. 

SILENT AUCTION: October 2,10 

AM - 2 PM. New merchandise, gift 

certificates, collectibles, personal services, 

vacation time-shares, more. St. 

Michael’s Anglican Church, 2211 Margaret 

Wallace Road, 704-537-7777. 

100110. 

YARD SALE AT 17318 Cambridge 

Grove in the Cambridge Grove Subdivision. 

Saturday Oct 2 from 7 am until 2 

pm. Children clothes, toys, dolls, electronics, 

and several house hold items. 

100110. 

MULTI FAMILY Street Sale NORTH- 

STONE Subdiv. Kinross Ct. (Fri & Sat). 

Oct 1& 2, 8am – 12N. Appliances, Furniture, 

Sporting Equip. Clothing, Toys. 

NC 115 to Ramah Church Road – follow 

signs. 100110. 

PRESCOT SUBDIVSION MULTI- 

FAMILY Garage Sale Saturday, Oct. 

2 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. off Waxhaw- 

Marvin Road, south of Kensington 

Waxhaw-Marvin intersection. Waxhaw, 

NC 28173. Wide selection of items. 

100110. 

HUNTER OAKS COMMUNITY yard 

sale- Saturday, 10/9/10, 8:00 am – 1:00 

pm. Located at Beckford Glen Drive off 

Rea Road in Waxhaw. Something for 

everyone!! Directional signs posted in 

community. 100110. 

MONTEITH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 

yard sale, Sat. Oct 2, 7am to noon. 50+ 

homes participating. Between Hwy21 

and 115 off Stumptown Rd. 100110. 

YARD SALE - October 2 Serenity 

House Fundraiser. 110 Centre Church 

Rd, Mooresville exit 33 8AM to 1PM. 

Holiday decorations, tools, furniture, 

golf clubs, racing memorabilia, medical 

equipment, power wheelchairs, adult 

briefs. Support end of life care. Rain 

date October 9th. 100110. 

GARAGE SALE SAT. 10/2 - 7am-1pm 

@ 15307 Swissgate Ct, Huntersville in 

NorthStone. Furniture, housewares, electronics, 

clothing & much more. 100110. 

GARAGE SALE- Sat Oct 2nd 8am- 

2pm 21901 Satilla Dr. Cornelius. 

Clothing: Baby’s, Children’s, Men’s & 

Women’s. Girl’s crib bedding, children’s 

Angelguard window security, child bedrails, 

books, toys, stuffed animals, holiday 

decorations, Weider Crossbow home 

gym, and kitchen and other household 

items. 100110. 

COMMUNITY YARD SALE - Heritage 

Green In Cornelius. October 9, 2010 Saturday 

7 a.m. - 2 p.m. Interstate 77 Exit 

25 East On Catawba Avenue Right on 

Highway 115 Right Into Heritage Green 

On Meadow Crossing Lane. Household, 

Furniture, Clothing, Toys & more! Over 

25 homes participating! 100810. 

eventS 

INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIBLES 

and antiques, held the first full weekend 

of every month at Metrolina Tradeshow 

Expo. Show dates: Sept 30- Oct 

3. The tradition continues, in Charlotte, 

where treasures await! 7100 Statesville 

Road, Charlotte, NC 28269, visit www. 

icashows.com 704-714-7909. 020511. 

FREE SPINE WELLNESS Screening- 

Wednesday November 3. Learn How To 

Get Relief From Headaches, Fibromyalgia, 

Acid Reflux, Bronchitis, Seizures, 

ADD And Autism. 704-541-7272 For 

Appointment- Limited Space. 10716 

Carmel Commons Blvd Suite 100, Gonstead 

Family Chiropractic, P.A. If you 

decide to purchase additional treatment 

you have the legal right to change your 

mind within three days and receive a refund. 

102210. 

miSCellaneouS 

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR LI- 

CENSED & Insured. For Residential 

& Commercial Installations: Ceiling 

Fans, Light Fixtures, Receptacles, New 

Construction, Renovations, Services 

Upgrades, Outside Lighting, Electrical 

Trouble Shooting and Repairs, “Call 

So / Lo Electric Company Anytime” at 

704-622-0654. Your Dependable Electrical 

Contractor, for Reliable Low Cost 

Electrical Installations. We can Meet & 

Beat other written Legitimate Estimates. 

122410 

THE SANTA SHOPS! Vendors and artisans 

Wanted! We want the best of the 

best! Our gift show is Nov.11&12,9am- 

8pm. Email for information: quilldesigns@yahoo.com. 

100810. 

LOOKING FOR A Good Home: Adult 

incontinence briefs. Discounted at 20 

cents each. Variety of styles. Small to 

XXL. Mooresville exit 33. Fundraiser 

for Serenity House, Mooresville. Call 

704-664-2004. 100110. 

real eState- rent/leaSe 

FOR RENT: DOWNTOWN Huntersville 

– duplex all downstairs. 3 bedroom, 

2 bath, large family room, private deck 

– all appliances and water included. 

$950.00 mo. 704-756-4527 or 704-875- 

6474 – Broker/owner. 100810. 

NORTH LAKE MALL area. Three Bedroom 

Townhouse. Possible lease to purchase. 

One month Free with 12-month 

lease. Call 704-562-4726. 100110. 

$550 ROOM FOR Rent. - House Is In 

Great Location. With-In Walking Distance 

To Jetton Park, Shopping, Restaurants, 

Community Pool And More. All 

Utilities Included. Absolutely No Pets 

Or Smoking. Call For More Information. 

100810. 

ROOMS FOR RENT Near Davidson 

College. Share Living Room, Kitchen 

And Bath. Utilities Included. Cable. 

Separate Entrance, Near Shops. $115/ 

Week $115 Deposit Or $120/Week $120 

Deposit 704-892-7420. 101510. 

AVAILABLE NOW- 5-year-old townhouse 

in Huntersville, not far from the 

hospital, off exit 23 of I-77. Large bedroom, 

private bath, all house privileges. 

Washer and Dryer in unit. Back Patio, 

Pool in neighborhood. Single mature 

woman (50) seeing roommate M/F. Rent 

is $500 incl. utilities. I have a small 

cocker spaniel who is very friendly. 

SMALL dog ok.... no cats pls. nrebori@ 

aol.com. 101510. 

real eState- for Sale 

LONG CREEK, 2.5 wooded acres. 

$80,000. CORNELIUS, 2B2BA, condo, 

etc. $102,000. KERNS ROAD, 3 wooded 

acres, $110,000. LAWING SCHOOL, 

5+ wooded acres. $155,000. CORNE- 

LIUS, 4BR2BA brick duplex. $215,000. 

DAVIDSON Potential Home site, ¾ acre 

lot w/useable house, $275,000. KERNS 

ROAD, 4BR3BA, marble, granite, tile 3 

car garage, on 3 acres. $385,000. HAM- 

BRIGHT ROAD, 6 acres W/3BR2BA 

house, 2 & 4 car garage, etc. Business. 

$800,000. Huntersville Real Estate 704- 

875-3999. 

FAB SOUTH CHARLOTTE Home for 

Sale! Beautifully appointed 3 BDR/2BA 

ranch five minutes from the Arboretum 

with hardwood floors, eat-in kitchen 

with Corian countertops and recessed 

lights; large living room with vaulted 

ceilings, gas fireplace and upgraded ceiling 

fan; separate formal dining room. 

Spacious master bedroom and master 

with two sinks, garden tub, and stand up 

shower. Well-manicured flat, fenced yard 

with a peach tree! Beautiful South Charlotte 

neighborhood, walking distance to 

shopping and restaurants and zoned for 

best CMS schools including Myers Park 

High School. Call Merrill Needham at 

Dream Realty at 704-945-7143 or visit 

dreamrealtyonline.com for more details. 

100110. 

FOR SALE: MOUNTAIN home – 1 & 

½ hours from Huntersville – Glade Valley 

– 12 miles from Sparta – 2 miles 

from Blue Ridge Parkway – 1900 sq ft, 

doublewide - .83 acres – 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 

hardwood floors, very good condition. 

Enjoy 4-acre pond. Homeowner Asso. 

available. $79,500.00. Broker/owner – 

704-756-4527. 100810. 

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN Condos- 

Sparta, NC: Gated/Maint Free, 2bd/2ba, 

1400 sqft. Great Views, 90 minutes 

North of Charlotte. New Const/Custom, 

Start $170k’s. 800-470-8949, www. 

RidgewayManor.com. 121710. 

offiCe rentalS 

+/- 400SF SUITE in Mooresville mixeduse 

professional building. $295/mon incl 

utilities. 704-562-6427. 100810. 

GREAT LOCATION ROSEDALE, Exit 

23,Huntersville across from Presbyterian 

Hospital. Individual offices, free use 

of Internet, conference room. Ideal for 

Start-up or downsizing. Call George at 

704-589-6111. 102910. 

petS 

MISSING CALICO CAT! White, orange, 

and black, very shy, sweet. Pink 

Nose. Last seen in Oakhurst area of 

Cornelius/Huntersville. Please help us 

find her! $100 reward! 704-280-6787. 

100110. 

HUMANE SOCIETY UNION COUN- 

TY- Wanna feel needed, make a difference, 

meet friends? Furry & not! 

Volunteer! Foster/web help/fundraise/ 

photos. Fellow animal lovers, our 

dogs/cats need YOU. Please e-mail 

hsuc@hs-uc.org. 

TRI-COUNTY Animal Rescue has animals 

for adoption at Pet Smart in Gastonia. 

Hours are Friday 6-9, Saturday 

12-6 and Sunday 2-6. 704-263-2444. 

TFN 


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‘06 aveo hatchback 

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$ 

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‘06 NissaN seNtra 

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‘05 chrysler pt cruiser 

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$ 

12,999 

‘04 cadillac deville 

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$ 

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‘07 toyota camry 

se PKg., AutomAtic - 207885A 

$ 

14,687 

‘03 gmc sierra 

4x4,57,000 miles - P13931A 

$ 

14,995 

‘06 malibu maxx ltz 

47K miles, lthr, loADeD - P13967 

$ 

15,999 

‘09 chevy impala 

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$ 

16,839 

‘07 volkwagoN jetta 

wolfsBurg, AutomAtic - P5381 

$ 

18,437 

‘08 hoNda accord lx-p 

locAl trADe - P5305A 

$ 

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‘08 NissaN maxima 

se, low miles - 214395B 

$ 

19,987 

‘06 chevy silverado 1500 

ext cAB, 2 wheel Drive - P5371 

$ 

20,990 

‘07 chevy trailblazer 

locAl trADe - P5311A 

$ 

23,371 

‘06 hoNda ridgeliNe 

rts, 4x4 - 105356A 

$ 

23,599 

‘06 jeep wraNgler 

limiteD eDition - #139054B 

$ 

33,549 

‘08 chevy colorado z71 

4x4, crew cAB, loADeD - P5427 

‘07 ford explorer 

4x4, v6, eDDie BAuer - P5386 

‘08 miNi cooper 

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‘07 gmc acadia 

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‘09 chevy suburbaN lt 

2wD, leAther, 34K miles - P13969 

*Price plus tax, tag and $599 administrative fee. 

All vehicles subject to prior sale. All rebates to 

dealer. Must finance with GMAC. 

1-866-206-4789 

15235 STATESVILLE RD. 

HUNTERSVILLE 

SALES: MON-FRI 9-8, SAT 9-7 

SERVICE: MON-FRI 7:30-6; SAT 8-1 

Make Your serVice appointMent online! 

We are the Big Dog! 

www.ParksChevrolet.Com 

1-866-338-8344 

6441 NORTH TRYON ST. 

CHARLOTTE 

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SERVICE: MON-FRI 7:30-6; SAT 8-1 

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