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Volume 8, Number 44 • Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2009 www.thecharlotteweekly.com An independent, award-winning and locally owned newspaper<br />
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Zone A<br />
South Charlotte’s ghouls, ghosts<br />
and Halloween haunts<br />
Bucs, Hawks face off in<br />
annual rivalry classic<br />
page 26<br />
A farewell party<br />
for the King of Pop<br />
page 36<br />
News Briefs ..............................................6<br />
Regan’s Rant ............................................7<br />
Halloween Scenes & Events ................8-9<br />
Education ...............................................18<br />
Pets .....................................................22-23<br />
Calendar/Crossword ........................24-25<br />
Sports.......................................................26<br />
Arts ..........................................................32<br />
Culinary ..................................................34<br />
Movies .....................................................36<br />
Classifieds ...............................................39<br />
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by Anna Dykema<br />
anna@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
Ghosts, goblins and other creepy creatures aren’t the only<br />
things that incite fear during the Halloween season. For parents<br />
of trick-or-treaters, the massive amounts of candy their children<br />
collect can lead to worries about cavities, empty calories and<br />
sugar highs.<br />
(more on page 19)<br />
Warrier Family Dentistry’s Dr. Smita Warrier (left), office manager Lori<br />
Biscardi and dental assistant Rasheka McQueary are teaming with<br />
Ballantyne- area restaurants and businesses for a family-friendly – and<br />
tooth- friendly – event Monday, Nov. 2. The practice will pay $1 per<br />
pound for trick-or-treaters’ candy, which will be sent to U.S. troops<br />
stationed overseas.<br />
For a Thursday afternoon, John Lassiter’s<br />
office at <strong>Carolina</strong> Legal Staffing, the<br />
business he started more than a decade<br />
ago, is quiet. A lot of that has to do with<br />
the fact that Lassiter is in and out all day.<br />
Campaigning for mayor of the Queen<br />
City keeps him on his feet. And with the<br />
election just days away, he’s cool, confident<br />
and collected. The campaign is<br />
“going fine,” he said, rattling off a list of<br />
what’s happening: volunteers making<br />
calls, TV and radio ads playing or coming<br />
soon, and a grassroots effort working tirelessly<br />
until the Nov. 3 general election.<br />
For Lassiter, the ball started rolling last<br />
year, during current Mayor Pat McCrory’s<br />
gubernatorial bid.<br />
“I talked with Pat McCrory back while<br />
he was running for governor – I actually<br />
managed his first campaign for city council<br />
in 1989 – and he told me that if he<br />
were to lose the governor’s race, he was<br />
not going to seek re-election for mayor,”<br />
Lassiter said. “Once I knew that, I had<br />
to make a decision whether to run. Back<br />
in early November of ’08, I began to (discuss)<br />
all that with my wife, with my colleagues<br />
here at my company, and tried to<br />
kind of really determine if it was the right<br />
thing for me to do right now.”<br />
A juggling act<br />
Family – wife Beverly and sons Ben<br />
and Alex – is very important to Lassiter,<br />
who was Nation Chief for his sons’<br />
Indian Guides tribes, participated in their<br />
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Republican mayoral candidate talks transportation, revitalization and his Queen City vision<br />
by Wilson Wright<br />
news@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
Heroin cartels<br />
setting up shop<br />
in Charlotte<br />
No cases at The Arboretum yet<br />
(more on page 16)<br />
by Brian Carlton<br />
brian@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has mapped seven<br />
primary heroin distribution areas, each operated by a different<br />
Mexican drug cartel.<br />
The cells are spread across the city, including around Ballantyne<br />
and Providence Plantation and Whiteoak neighborhoods.<br />
Other cells operate in the areas off Central Avenue, near Plaza-<br />
Midwood, in Third Ward and near Dilworth. The area around<br />
the University of North <strong>Carolina</strong> at Charlotte appears to have<br />
the most centralized cases, with one death and two additional<br />
overdoses so far this year.<br />
“They’re specifically targeting young kids, ages 17 to 25,”<br />
Monroe said, adding that his department has shut down seven<br />
cells over the last four months.<br />
Each cell has two to six members, including a dispatch, a runner<br />
and others involved in the operation, Monroe explained.<br />
The cells change personnel routinely. Even when police make<br />
an arrest, the hole in the cell doesn’t stay empty for long.<br />
“Some people are getting replaced as quick as they are taken<br />
off,” Monroe said, adding that the groups stay in contact with<br />
their cartel, relaying information of an arrest so that additional<br />
(more on page 11)<br />
John Lassiter with wife, Beverly, and sons Ben<br />
and Alex.<br />
Photo courtesy of John Lassiter
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H1N1 vaccine<br />
slow to reach<br />
Charlotte<br />
It could be December before shot is<br />
widely available here<br />
by Brian Carlton<br />
brian@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
It could be December before the H1N1 flu vaccine<br />
is widely available in Mecklenburg County, according to<br />
the North <strong>Carolina</strong> Department of Health and Human<br />
Services.<br />
“Everybody’s getting less than expected. It’s coming,<br />
but it’s limited,” said Amy Caruso, spokeswoman of the<br />
department’s immunization branch.<br />
As of Oct. 26, the Mecklenburg County Health<br />
Department and Presbyterian Healthcare had received<br />
11,000 of the 440,000 vaccine doses they’re expecting.<br />
The county’s other major health care provider, <strong>Carolina</strong>s<br />
HealthCare System, didn’t have an up-to-date count and<br />
wouldn’t offer an estimate.<br />
North <strong>Carolina</strong> has ordered 441,200 vaccine doses<br />
for health departments in its 100 counties. Mecklenburg<br />
County’s share of the order is about 40,000 doses,<br />
Caruso said. So far, the county has received 7,000 doses,<br />
6,000 of which were given to health care workers and<br />
first responders.<br />
“We’re not getting enough to make a dent in the population,”<br />
Mecklenburg County Health Department Public<br />
(more on page 11)<br />
Nearly two weeks after <strong>Carolina</strong> First Bank began<br />
foreclosure proceedings against it, Crosland officials<br />
are wondering why.<br />
<strong>Carolina</strong> First Bank wants to foreclose on the Charlotte<br />
real estate company’s Blockbuster store at 9016<br />
Providence Road and 13 vacant acres at the southeast<br />
corner of Ardrey Kell and Rea roads. Crosland<br />
was holding the land for possible expansion of the<br />
Blakeney shopping center.<br />
<strong>Carolina</strong> First filed for foreclosure in Mecklenburg<br />
County District Court on Oct. 19.<br />
“We’re disappointed that <strong>Carolina</strong> First chose to<br />
take this action, but we’ll continue to work toward<br />
an appropriate resolution,” Crosland spokesman Bill<br />
Norton said, noting that the company had been negotiating<br />
with the bank and many of its other lenders to<br />
restructure several loans.<br />
“This is a course of action that all developers are<br />
taking, and the overwhelming majority of our lenders<br />
are cooperating with us to restructure such loans,”<br />
Norton said.<br />
He admitted that the company has missed payments<br />
on the loan but had been negotiating with the bank to<br />
solve the problem. In the midst of negotiations, <strong>Carolina</strong><br />
First started foreclosure proceedings, he said.<br />
As of Oct. 26, Crosland’s asset portfolio and current<br />
projects have a market value of an estimated $1.5 billion,<br />
according to company records. <strong>Carolina</strong> First is the only<br />
lender filing foreclosure proceedings against Crosland.<br />
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Bank foreclosing on land near Blakeney<br />
by Brian Carlton<br />
brian@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
Crosland just finished leasing the third phase of<br />
Blakeney. It announced Oct. 12 that Creative By Nature<br />
Home and Verve Fitness will occupy the shopping center’s<br />
final two spaces. Creative By Nature already has<br />
moved in. The shopping center won’t be affected by the<br />
foreclosure filing and the Blockbuster store won’t close<br />
as a result of the foreclosure proceedings, Norton said.<br />
<strong>Carolina</strong> First, meanwhile, has its own financial<br />
issues. South Financial Group Inc., <strong>Carolina</strong> First’s<br />
parent company, reported a $340.8 million net loss for<br />
the third quarter. The group also reported $431.8 million<br />
in nonperforming loan balances, compared with<br />
$464.9 million at the end of June.<br />
Bank officials didn’t respond to multiple requests for<br />
comment by press time. A date hasn’t been set for a judge<br />
to consider the foreclosure. Norton said Crosland still is<br />
trying to reach an agreement with <strong>Carolina</strong> First. q<br />
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Bevington Place<br />
alongside Four Mile<br />
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in south Charlotte.<br />
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Oct. 24. According to Charles Able of the Charlotte Department<br />
of Transportation, the weather will determine when the<br />
lights are operational. “If we have good weather, then the light<br />
will be operational by sometime next week, Nov. 5-6. If the<br />
weather’s bad, then we’ll have to push it back another week to<br />
Nov. 12-13,” Able said. q<br />
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Via Veneto's<br />
Fabulous Female<br />
Please consider my entry for my fabulous<br />
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mutual friend about 15 years ago. Faye is enjoying<br />
her second marriage to a wonderful man<br />
who’s brought his three grown children and<br />
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At age 69, she’s a dynamo! I’m just one of<br />
her many friends for whom she has “worked<br />
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purchased a condo at the beach to enjoy my<br />
retirement (right before the housing market hit<br />
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caused mold and mildew. At the same time, I<br />
became ill and also had a major illness in my<br />
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making appointments, meeting with the various<br />
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Temple Beth El breaks ground<br />
on Providence Road addition<br />
Temple Beth El, Charlotte’s largest Jewish congregation and the largest Reform Jewish<br />
congregation in the <strong>Carolina</strong>s, recently broke ground on an addition to its 5101 Providence<br />
Road campus.<br />
The temple’s existing building was built in the early 1990s to accommodate 750 families.<br />
Today, the more than 1,000-family congregation has outgrown the space. To accommodate<br />
members, Temple Beth El will undergo a $5.4 million renovation and expansion.<br />
A new social hall, chapel, additional administration and clergy offices, and meeting and<br />
storage space will be added. The addition will double the current facility’s size.<br />
Plans for the sanctuary’s renovation include improving the sound and lighting systems<br />
and adding flexible seating and a larger bimah, the space at the front of the sanctuary<br />
from which services are led. q<br />
(From left) Rabbi Judy Schindler, building supervisor Bill Loya, Rabbi Micah Streiffer, former<br />
President Fred Dumas, Campaign Chairman Larry Polsky, Moira Quinn Klein, Zoe Kronovet, Jill<br />
Blumenthal and Marc Silverman help break ground on Temple Beth El’s addition.<br />
Health department fights flu with Fit City Challenge<br />
To promote healthy habits that will ward off the flu, the Mecklenburg County Health<br />
Department recently launched the online Fight the Flu with Fit City Challenge.<br />
To participate – and be eligible to win prizes – visit www.fitcitychallenge.org now<br />
through Nov. 13 and complete eight out of the 10 healthy-activity challenges.<br />
Prizes include a six-month membership to Massage Envy, a $50 gift card to CVS and a<br />
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Gold Card, redeemable for a free golf round, free<br />
admission to several Park and Recreation attractions and a 50 percent discount on shelter<br />
and pavilion fees. In addition, everyone who registers automatically is entered in weekly<br />
drawings for prizes such as free massages at Massage Envy and $20 CVS gift cards. q<br />
Honors accumulate for Storm Water Services<br />
Three national organizations have awarded Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services<br />
top honors for its recent efforts, including responding to destructive flooding, protecting<br />
property and the environment, and educating residents about flood risks.<br />
On Oct. 22 the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies<br />
announced that Storm Water Services won the national Award of Excellence for<br />
2009 and the first-place award for Excellence in Communication for Public Awareness<br />
of Flooding and Flood Prevention. The association recognized Storm Water Services’<br />
extensive public-information efforts after destructive flooding in August 2008.<br />
In addition, the Association of State Floodplain Managers presented Storm Water Services<br />
the James Lee Witt Award for Excellence in Floodplain Management. Storm Water<br />
Services’ flood mitigation program was recognized for its ongoing efforts, including maintaining<br />
accurate floodplain maps, identifying properties at highest risk of flooding and,<br />
occasionally, purchasing flood-prone properties.<br />
Earlier this year the Hydrologic Warning Council presented its Operational Excellence<br />
Award to Storm Water Services and the U.S. Geological Survey for their local Flood<br />
Information and Notification System, a network of rain gauges and stream-depth gauges<br />
around the county. The system automatically alerts police, firefighters and other emergency<br />
responders to the threat or actual danger of flooding. The advance warning gives<br />
officials time to barricade streets or evacuate residents during flash floods.<br />
“Each of these awards is a great honor,” said Tim Trautman, Storm Water Services<br />
flood mitigation program manager. “Charlotte-Mecklenburg is very prone to flash flooding.<br />
Because of that, we must have a proactive, cost-effective plan in place to identify<br />
risks and to protect lives and property.<br />
We also need an ongoing education effort for the public before, during and after flood<br />
events. These awards show that Charlotte-Mecklenburg is a national leader in flood<br />
preparation and flood-risk reduction.” q<br />
Wells Fargo Advisors’<br />
Symphony Park coat<br />
drive a success<br />
SouthPark’s Symphony Park was the<br />
place to be Oct. 24 as Wells Fargo Advisors<br />
hosted a community event with bluegrass<br />
band Family of Five, a barbecue lunch,<br />
and coat and blanket drive to benefit Crisis<br />
Assistance Ministry.<br />
More than 140 coats and 60 blankets<br />
were donated by the estimated 200 company<br />
associates, clients and community members<br />
who attended. Also on hand at the event was<br />
a stagecoach complete with live horses.<br />
Joel Glasco, Wells Fargo Advisors managing<br />
director and marketing manager, said<br />
the event drove home the importance of<br />
community spirit and helping the less fortunate.<br />
“There is still a group of folks out<br />
there who will be cold this winter. A good<br />
blanket or coat will make a difference in<br />
someone’s life,” Glasco said. “It was uplifting<br />
to see so many people (attend) who<br />
were willing to help and to do something<br />
to make a difference.”<br />
The event is part of Wells Fargo Advisors’<br />
ongoing, national effort to extend a<br />
helping hand to the communities it serves.<br />
The company’s Investing in Our Communities<br />
program, being rolled out across the<br />
country, is designed to combat the nation’s<br />
unemployment and homelessness statistics.<br />
“We are seeing homelessness up 35<br />
percent nationally,” Glasco said. “And 15<br />
million (people) are estimated to be out of<br />
work. So we are recognizing that we need<br />
to be putting back into the communities<br />
where we are doing business.”<br />
Events like the coat drive awaken Wells<br />
Fargo Advisors’ associates to the community’s<br />
needs, he added. Because Crisis Assistance<br />
Ministry is a “great steward” of resources, he<br />
said, “these coats and blankets will end up<br />
on the back of someone soon.” q<br />
South Charlotte sunset<br />
Area residents were treated to an end-ofweekend<br />
feast for the eyes when the sun<br />
set on Oct. 25. Though Saturday’s warmer<br />
temperatures gave way to cooler climes on<br />
Sunday, residents were graced with this fiery<br />
display as seen in the Carrington neighborhood<br />
off Rea Road and Highway 51.<br />
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egan’s ant<br />
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by Regan White<br />
regan@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
Reunion recap<br />
Thanks to all of you who e-mailed<br />
both before and after my 10-year<br />
reunion to offer encouragement and to<br />
inquire about how it went. It was lovely<br />
and wildly amusing. The evening’s highlight<br />
came in the wee hours of the following<br />
morning, when a number of us<br />
wound up at a friend’s home. A handstand<br />
competition ensued. A rear end<br />
wound up through someone’s wall, clear<br />
to the insulation. I’ve never heard drywall<br />
crack like that. It’s a shame. It had<br />
been a lovely, sage-colored wall.<br />
You’d think that at nearly 30 years old,<br />
the proclivity to challenge one another<br />
to physical feats would wane a bit. I<br />
guess not. I informed our alumni director<br />
that she might want to provide foam<br />
padding and stepped-up supervision at<br />
the Class of 1999’s next reunion.<br />
Southern seasoned<br />
Turnout for the reunion was a bit<br />
disappointing. Our graduating class<br />
hovered around 120 people or so, but<br />
only 18 showed. While many there were<br />
transplants – so shocking in Charlotte,<br />
I know – the largely conservative dress<br />
really underscored that I live in the<br />
South. I don’t think about it much, until<br />
the mercury dips and I swaddle myself<br />
in sweaters just to brave anything below<br />
70 degrees.<br />
It wasn’t always this way. I grew up in<br />
Bergen County, N.J. My blood thinned<br />
quickly when I moved here at 12 years<br />
old. It thickened again after college in<br />
Connecticut, and thinned down during<br />
a brief stay in the <strong>Carolina</strong>s before<br />
reluctantly bulking back up for a twoyear<br />
stint in Philadelphia.<br />
I’ve been back in Charlotte longer<br />
than I realize. Autumn always has a way<br />
of reminding me. My sister just moved<br />
to Boston and I leave this week to spend<br />
Halloween with her. It’s hard to plan<br />
a costume knowing that you’ll want to<br />
make a down jacket the base. Hmmm<br />
… devil in a down jacket? Werewolf in<br />
a wool coat? Snow White in a snowsuit?<br />
The options are endless and oh, so<br />
sexy.<br />
Price-slashed scythes<br />
Speaking of Halloween costumes, I<br />
was a bit disturbed at something I saw<br />
at my neighborhood Wal-Mart the other<br />
night. Where else but in America can<br />
you buy a plastic, raptorheaded<br />
scythe for the bargain-basement<br />
price of $4?<br />
How scary is that? You can<br />
get a devil pitchfork for the<br />
same price, but, honestly,<br />
who would go for that over<br />
a raptor scythe? And those<br />
things are sharp! Not “puncture<br />
a skull” sharp, but definitely<br />
“lose an eye” sharp.<br />
Candy cancer sticks<br />
Wal-Mart has provided me<br />
one guilty pleasure during<br />
Halloween, one of my favorite<br />
holidays. It seems to be<br />
one of the few retailers left<br />
that has no problem selling<br />
large bags of “candy sticks,”<br />
proving that a candy cigarette<br />
by any other name is still<br />
Community<br />
a candy cigarette. The chalky, slightly<br />
minty white sticks come in two-packs<br />
in slim, cardboard boxes decorated with<br />
cartoon characters like Wolverine and<br />
Spider-Man. One large bag contains 60<br />
boxes, or 120 candy sticks.<br />
I’ve never smoked cigarettes – or<br />
anything else – in my life. I think as a<br />
childhood asthmatic I was too scared to<br />
even try. The closest I’ve ever come is<br />
my love of candy cigarettes. I bought a<br />
bag of them two weeks ago. They never<br />
(more on page 8)<br />
It seems I’m not the only one who has a fondness for candy<br />
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Hazel, who popped it into her mouth only removing it to<br />
laugh and say, “These are so good! Oh, my mother would<br />
kill me!”<br />
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Community<br />
Festively frightening<br />
There’ve been some scary scenes spotted recently in south Charlotte neighborhoods Carrington, Piper Glen, Hempstead, Huntington Farms and Ballantyne Country Club. The boo-tiful decorations<br />
garnishing local yards leave little doubt Halloween is here. Check out some favorite haunts South Charlotte <strong>Weekly</strong>’s Anna Dykema, Sean O’Connell and Regan White captured while<br />
scouring south Charlotte streets. Watch out, trick-or-treaters! In order to get candy, you’ll have to pass by these ghouls, ghosts and goblins first! Happy Halloween! q<br />
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Page 8 • Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2009 • South Charlotte <strong>Weekly</strong><br />
“I have known Tim for many years and<br />
he will make an outstanding public<br />
servant.”<br />
- Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory<br />
• Save money by consolidating services<br />
with Mecklenburg County<br />
• Re-hire effective teachers<br />
• Adopt a student assignment plan that<br />
keeps neighborhoods together<br />
• Married 19 years to Janet Morgan<br />
• Children: Bryce and Taylor<br />
(9th & 10th grades at Ardrey Kell H.S.)<br />
Elizabeth (deceased-former specialneeds<br />
student at Eastover E.S.)<br />
• Graduate of Independence H.S. &<br />
Appalachian State University<br />
• Master of Public Administration<br />
(UNC-Chapel Hill)<br />
• South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church<br />
(Elder and Sunday School teacher)<br />
• Scoutmaster and Eagle Scout<br />
• Mecklenburg County Park and<br />
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• Mecklenburg County Citizens Capital Budget Advisory Committee (2003-07)<br />
• Gov. Jim Martin’s School Building Solutions Committee (2008)<br />
• Partners for School Reform (2004-06)<br />
• CMS Long-Range School Facilities Master Plan Task Force (2003)<br />
Endorsed by:<br />
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Pineville Mayor George Fowler • The Honorable Lee Kindberg<br />
The Honorable Bill Brawley<br />
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Regan’s Rant<br />
(continued from page 7)<br />
made it out of my car. They currently<br />
reside on the floor of the front passenger<br />
side. I’ll pull out a slim box anytime<br />
I need a sugar fix. At a stoplight one<br />
recent morning, I caught my reflection<br />
in a side window. A candy cigarette was<br />
hanging from my bottom lip and looked<br />
almost real. It made me laugh.<br />
I hope fellow drivers are puzzled each<br />
time they see me pull the whole thing<br />
into my mouth. “My word, Richard, that<br />
girl just ate a cigarette!” someone might<br />
say. “I mean, seriously! One minute it<br />
was hanging from her lip, and the next<br />
she just consumed the whole thing!”<br />
With the exception of wax lips (which<br />
are far less fun – they always smell like<br />
they’d taste great and they never do) I<br />
challenge you to find a more fun candy,<br />
albeit controversial.<br />
Heinous holiday Glade<br />
And in the spirit of impending holidays,<br />
I’d like to issue everyone a warning.<br />
Christmas and other holiday decorations<br />
already are appearing in stores.<br />
Due to the corporate conspiracy to one<br />
day launch Christmas mid-summer, I’m<br />
not entirely surprised. However, I was<br />
surprised at how horrendous one holiday<br />
Glade candle in particular is.<br />
I don’t burn candles often but I buy<br />
them often. I don’t know what that<br />
says about me. I recently made a point<br />
of sniffing each candle in the Holiday<br />
Glade collection. Peppermint Crush is<br />
only available at Target. It’s decent and<br />
smells like lip balm that Lip Smackers<br />
might make – minty with a definite<br />
hint of sugary sweetness. Hollyberry<br />
Wreath is only available at Wal-Mart<br />
and I haven’t smelled it yet. I hope it’s<br />
good because the rest of the collection<br />
is devoid of balsam, pine and all<br />
the smells critical to wintertime in the<br />
outdoors or around a Christmas tree.<br />
Homemade Gingerbread is decent but<br />
smells more generally of spicy perfume,<br />
not gingerbread. And Apple Cinnamon<br />
is pretty standard and for some reason<br />
included in the holiday collection.<br />
Bayberry Spice is absolutely awful. If<br />
ever a candle smelled like an airplane<br />
bathroom or the automated air freshener<br />
in a public restroom, this would be<br />
it.<br />
I include all this because I thought<br />
maybe it was just me until I overheard<br />
a husband at the display say to his wife,<br />
“Honey, is it just me or does this candle<br />
smell horrible?”<br />
I have no idea how any Glade product<br />
tester could take a whiff of that bayberry<br />
candle and say, “Oh yeah. I’d totally use<br />
that candle in my bathroom … in the<br />
Taco Bell restaurant I operate.”<br />
Buyer beware and nose be on guard<br />
this holiday season. q<br />
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Halloween Planner<br />
10.30.09<br />
Friday<br />
Haunted Forest at 521 Recreation Center,<br />
6-10 p.m.<br />
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation’s Haunted Forest<br />
features goblins, ghosts and all-things- frightening.<br />
Activities for young children also will be available.<br />
521 Recreation Center, 11401 Ardrey Kell Road,<br />
Charlotte<br />
Cost: $1<br />
Creepy Crawly Critter Celebration, 7-10 p.m.<br />
Celebrate all that’s creepy at Reedy Creek Nature Center.<br />
Learn about creatures’ important roles in the environment,<br />
and enjoy a live animal presentation, costume<br />
contest, marshmallow roasting and trick-or-treating.<br />
Reedy Creek Nature Center, 2900 Rocky River Road,<br />
Charlotte<br />
Cost: Free<br />
Halloween Carnival at Ray’s Splash Planet,<br />
6:30-9:30 p.m.<br />
Ray’s Splash Planet’s Halloween Carnival is a familyfriendly<br />
event featuring a haunted tour of the facility, an<br />
indoor carnival, contests and trick-or-treating. Costumes<br />
are encouraged.<br />
Ray’s Splash Planet, 215 N. Sycamore St., Charlotte<br />
Cost: Carnival and haunted tour tickets are $2 apiece.<br />
Children 2 and under are free.<br />
Haunted Creek at Mallard Creek, 6-9 p.m.<br />
Children ages 2 and older are invited to Mallard Creek<br />
Recreation Center’s Haunted Creek. Participants are<br />
encouraged to don costumes and participate in the costume<br />
parade and contest.<br />
Mallard Creek Recreation Center, 2530 Johnson- Oehler<br />
Road, Charlotte<br />
Cost: $3<br />
10.30-31.09<br />
Friday-Saturdy<br />
Latta Plantation Ghost Hunt, 9 p.m.<br />
Participate in a real ghost hunt at Historic Latta Plantation.<br />
Led by the North American Paranormal Society,<br />
participants will have one hour of training before investigating<br />
different “haunts” around the plantation. Participants<br />
must be 18 years or older. Registration is required.<br />
Historic Latta Plantation, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville<br />
Cost: $60<br />
Rural Hill Amazing Maize Maze, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.<br />
and 6:30-8 p.m.<br />
The Rural Hill Amazing Maize Maze boasts more than 7<br />
acres of cornfield that will challenge even the most directionally<br />
astute. Scour the trails for 12 mailboxes that hold<br />
clues to solving the maze and 12 “Kernels of Knowledge”<br />
questions about alterative energy. Rural Hill also offers a<br />
pumpkin patch and hayrides.<br />
4431 Neck Road, Huntersville<br />
Cost: Daytime: $10 for ages 13 and up, $7 for ages 5 to<br />
12; nighttime: $15 for ages 13 and up, $10 for ages 5 to<br />
12. Children 4 and under are free.<br />
For more information, call 704-875-3113.<br />
Aw Shucks! Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch,<br />
hours vary<br />
With a new design each year, the Aw Shucks Corn Maze<br />
keeps guests young and old guessing as they make their<br />
way through the twists and turns. The pathways are large<br />
enough to accommodate strollers and wagons, and maps<br />
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“On Halloween the thing you must do<br />
is pretend that nothing can frighten you.<br />
An’ if somethin’ scares you and you just want to run,<br />
Jus’ let on like it’s Halloween fun.”<br />
– from an early-19th-century Halloween postcard<br />
There are plenty of local events – some scary and some not-so-scary – that promise<br />
to entertain this Halloween weekend. Below are some you may want to venture<br />
to – if you dare!<br />
are available for those who need extra help. For an extra<br />
challenge, visit at night. Flashlights (not provided) are<br />
recommended after dark.<br />
3718 Plyler Mill Road, Monroe<br />
Cost: $6<br />
For more information, visit www.awshuckscornmaze.<br />
com.<br />
10.31.09<br />
Saturday<br />
SouthPark hosts kid-friendly Halloween,<br />
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.<br />
SouthPark is providing ghouls and goblins a safe place<br />
to haunt this Halloween at Simon Kidgits Club and Oriental<br />
Trading’s Kidgits Club Halloween Carnival. From<br />
costume contests to trick-or-treating, kids can join in<br />
all the frightfully fun activities for Halloween in a safe,<br />
climate-controlled environment. The fun kicks off in the<br />
Macy’s wing where kids can enjoy pumpkin decorating,<br />
courtesy of California Pizza Kitchen; Halloween arts and<br />
crafts; and games and activities, including an inflatable<br />
bounce house. There also will be a raffle and costume<br />
contest for the scariest, cutest and most creative costumes.<br />
In addition to Halloween treats, participants will<br />
get coloring sheets from the movie “Ice Age 3: Dawn of<br />
the Dinosaurs,” Halloween goodie bags and My Little<br />
Pony Twinkle Wish Adventure stickers. Oriental Trading<br />
Company will provide discount coupons to guests.<br />
SouthPark, 4400 Sharon Road, Charlotte<br />
For more information, visit www.simon.com/kidgits.<br />
St. Anne’s Catholic Church Carnival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.<br />
St. Anne’s Catholic Church’s annual fall indoor/outdoor<br />
carnival features a cake walk, obstacle course, arts &<br />
crafts, face painting, bake sale, dancing, silent auction,<br />
live music, a $1,000 cash-prize raffle, mega slide and<br />
more. The carnival also includes a costume contest. Prizes<br />
will be awarded to the best, funniest, most saintly and<br />
most creative costumes.<br />
St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 3635 Park Road, Charlotte<br />
For more information, visit www.stannparish.org.<br />
Halloween Hoot-n-Howl, 11 a.m.<br />
Halloween at the <strong>Carolina</strong> Raptor Center means live<br />
raptor demonstrations, a hoot-off hooting contest and a<br />
Potions 101 class, as well as the more traditional costume<br />
and cookie-decorating contests, storytelling, pumpkin<br />
painting and hay rides. Participants also can have their<br />
pictures taken with one of the center’s many raptors.<br />
<strong>Carolina</strong> Raptor Center, 6000 Sample Road, Huntersville<br />
Cost: $8 for adults; $6 for students. Children under 5 are<br />
free.<br />
For more information, visit www.carolinaraptorcenter.org<br />
or call 704-875-6521, ext. 207.<br />
The Haunted Mill,<br />
Friday, 5:30-11 p.m.; Saturday, 4 p.m.-midnight<br />
6325 Wilkinson Blvd., Belmont<br />
Cost: adults, $10; children, $5.<br />
For more information, visit www.thehauntedmillnc.com<br />
or call 704-829-6455.<br />
Hickory Grove Haunted Trail, 6:30 p.m.-midnight<br />
4064 Mountain View St., Gastonia<br />
Cost: $10 adults<br />
For more information, visit www.hghaunts.com.<br />
Reaper Woods Haunted Trail, 6:30 p.m.-midnight<br />
3300 Orphanage Road, Concord<br />
Cost: $8<br />
For more information, call 980-521-2618.<br />
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Walkers make every step<br />
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“Diabetes is a devastating disease that<br />
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Heroin cartels<br />
(continued from page 1)<br />
manpower can cross the border.<br />
Heroin use is increasing partly because<br />
the drug is cheaper than prescription<br />
drugs such as oxycodone, known by the<br />
brand name OxyContin. A small balloon<br />
of heroin costs an average of $10, and one<br />
OxyContin pill costs $20 to $25. Users<br />
also are mixing heroin with prescription<br />
drugs, ranging from valium to Ambien, a<br />
prescription sedative. Over the past year,<br />
Charlotte EMS has responded to 1,453<br />
overdoses resulting from these types of<br />
drug cocktails.<br />
“These are huge increases in such a<br />
short period of time,” Charlotte Mayor<br />
Pat McCrory said. “These overdoses are<br />
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department<br />
has mapped several heroin distribution areas<br />
in south Charlotte.<br />
occurring across the city. We’re seeing<br />
people of all races, all income levels,”<br />
he said. “We have worked hard to build<br />
a beautiful city and we simply cannot let<br />
Legal and financial roadblocks could<br />
stall an expanded drug-testing program<br />
for Mecklenburg County Jail inmates.<br />
During an Oct. 20 press conference,<br />
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney<br />
Monroe suggested drug-testing all<br />
inmates as they’re processed after arrest,<br />
in part to address a local explosion in heroin<br />
trade and use. “We want an ongoing,<br />
day-to-day testing of individuals that have<br />
been arrested,” Monroe said. “We’re still<br />
gingerly working through that process.”<br />
The number of heroin-related deaths<br />
in Charlotte has tripled since last year,<br />
as Mexican cartels target the Queen City<br />
with the drug. Ten people have died from<br />
heroin overdoses in Charlotte in 2009,<br />
compared with three in 2008. And so far<br />
this year, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police<br />
have seized 4,989 grams of heroin, up<br />
from 1,075 grams throughout last year.<br />
“We need to really draw a better correlation<br />
between drug use and crime,”<br />
Monroe said. “People that are coming in,<br />
testing positive for heroin, what are they<br />
being arrested for? Where are they being<br />
arrested?”<br />
drug use set us back.”<br />
During an Oct. 20 press conference,<br />
McCrory mentioned heroin is a citywide<br />
problem spanning from The Arboretum<br />
Community<br />
Mandatory inmate drug-testing faces hurdles<br />
Challenges could stall drug use-tracking program<br />
Tracking those statistics would give<br />
police a better idea of which drugs are<br />
involved in which crimes, Monroe said.<br />
It also would help determine the kinds of<br />
drugs used in Charlotte.<br />
How the program would be funded or<br />
staffed is unclear, however. There’s no<br />
money available from the city or county<br />
to run the tests or hire more officers.<br />
There also are legal questions about the<br />
program. No North <strong>Carolina</strong> county ever<br />
has run anything but a voluntary drugtesting<br />
program.<br />
“State law is kind of wishy-washy on<br />
this,” said Jamie Markham, a criminal law<br />
expert at the University of North <strong>Carolina</strong><br />
School of Government.<br />
“The department of corrections can virtually<br />
test anyone once they’re in prison (but)<br />
it’s different on a local level,” Markham<br />
said. “Cheek swabs, stuff like that, which<br />
are minor intrusions, you can get away<br />
with, but I’m not sure if mandatory drugtesting<br />
would violate the inmate’s rights.”<br />
Securing a judge’s approval could be<br />
problematic because the program would<br />
establish precedent, Markham said. “If<br />
to Northlake Mall. However, CMPD confirmed<br />
there are no statistics or cases pegging<br />
The Arboretum or Northlake Mall as<br />
specific problem areas at this time. q<br />
it’s just being used for the study – if it’s<br />
not being tied in to officer safety or safety<br />
within the jail – I’m not sure a judge would<br />
sign off on it,” he said.<br />
Mecklenburg County currently operates<br />
a program called A.D.A.M., Arrestee Drug<br />
Abuse Monitoring, run by UNC Charlotte<br />
professor Paul Friday. Inmates willingly<br />
enter the program, then are tested at random<br />
intervals. It costs $100,000 a year to<br />
run and is funded with federal grants.<br />
Mandatory drug-testing would also be<br />
a big undertaking for the Mecklenburg<br />
County Sheriff’s Department. “(Day-today<br />
testing) would be a huge thing for us<br />
to tackle,” Sheriff’s Department Public<br />
Information Officer Julia Rush said, adding<br />
that more than 50,000 people a year<br />
are currently processed at the jail.<br />
“What the sheriff wants to do is sit down<br />
and see how the stats could be used,” Rush<br />
said. “We may already have the program in<br />
place to do what everyone wants.” Before<br />
an expansion is considered, Rush said, the<br />
sheriff would want to ensure funding is in<br />
place for the drug-testing program and the<br />
officers needed to run it. q<br />
H1N1<br />
(continued from page 3)<br />
Information Officer Rick Christenbury<br />
said. “We were told the (full) order would<br />
be here Oct. 1, then we were told Oct. 15,<br />
then Oct. 30. We’re doing the best with<br />
what we have.”<br />
Presbyterian Healthcare, meanwhile,<br />
has received about 1 percent of the<br />
400,000 doses it ordered, said Presbyterian<br />
Hospital public relations manager<br />
Marcia Meredith. She said the vaccines<br />
were distributed to affiliated medical<br />
South Charlotte Catholic church<br />
changes procedures for H1N1<br />
practices and the system’s hospitals: Presbyterian<br />
Hospital, 200 Hawthorne Lane;<br />
Presbyterian Orthopaedic Hospital, 1901<br />
Randolph Road; Presbyterian Hospital<br />
Matthews, 1500 Matthews Township<br />
Parkway; and Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville,<br />
10030 Gilead Road. Presbyterian<br />
Children’s Hospital, located on the second<br />
floor of Presbyterian Hospital, received<br />
most of that facility’s supply. At other locations,<br />
most doses were given to children<br />
and pregnant women, considered at-risk<br />
populations.<br />
A spokesman for <strong>Carolina</strong>s HealthCare<br />
said the company still is trying to determine<br />
how much of the vaccine its facilities<br />
have. <strong>Carolina</strong>s HealthCare hospitals<br />
can order doses themselves, making it<br />
more difficult to get totals from each of<br />
its 200 facilities.<br />
by Regan White<br />
regan@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
On Oct. 27, the Rev. Msgr. John<br />
McSweeney of St. Matthew Catholic<br />
Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons<br />
Parkway, sent an e-mail to the south<br />
Charlotte church’s more than 27,000<br />
parishioners explaining the church<br />
will take precautions and make procedural<br />
changes to protect churchgoers in<br />
response to the H1N1 state of emergency<br />
declared Oct. 26 by President Obama.<br />
Only the Eucharistic wafer will be<br />
offered at Communion, meaning no<br />
more communal drinking at the wine<br />
chalices. “Effective immediately, we will<br />
offer only one species, the body of Christ,<br />
at all daily and weekend liturgies until<br />
further notice. No cup will be offered,”<br />
the statement read. McSweeney recommends<br />
that parishioners receive<br />
the Eucharist in their hands, although<br />
church members who still wish to<br />
receive the consecrated wafers on their<br />
tongues can’t be denied. In addition, a<br />
public sign of peace – shaking hands and<br />
saying “Peace be with you” – will be suspended,<br />
as will holding hands during the<br />
Lord’s Prayer.<br />
McSweeney also continued to ask<br />
that people sick with the flu or flulike<br />
illnesses refrain from attending Mass to<br />
prevent spread of the virus.<br />
The same changes have been made<br />
at Catholic churches across the country<br />
since H1N1 flu first began circulating<br />
last spring. St. Matthew Catholic’s<br />
Facilities Operations Director Antoinette<br />
Usher said Oct. 27 that the move<br />
to make the changes at St. Matthew<br />
was McSweeney’s decision, not a directive<br />
from the Diocese of Charlotte.<br />
McSweeney has been very proactive on<br />
behalf of the parish since H1N1 first<br />
broke out last spring, Usher added. “We<br />
probably have the largest supply of hand<br />
sanitizer in the south Charlotte area –<br />
both alcohol- and non-alcohol-based<br />
sanitizer,” she said, adding that since<br />
the spring McSweeney has stressed the<br />
importance of not shaking hands or coming<br />
to church when feeling sick.<br />
“We’re right under 8,000 families so<br />
that translates to well over 27,000 folks,”<br />
Usher said. “With our kids in the parish,<br />
they’re in more than 139 different educational<br />
institutions. As you can understand,<br />
Monsignor has to respond to a<br />
very real need.” q<br />
Manufacturing delays to blame<br />
The Centers for Disease Control and<br />
Prevention announced Oct. 23 that the<br />
number of doses expected to be shipped<br />
that month dropped from 40 million to<br />
30 million doses at most. Of that amount,<br />
11.3 million doses had been distributed<br />
nationwide. Another 16 million were<br />
expected to ship on Oct. 30; of that shipment,<br />
Mecklenburg will get 200 doses.<br />
During an Oct. 23 conference call,<br />
CDC Director Thomas Frieden blamed<br />
manufacturing delays. “It’s frustrating to<br />
all of us,” he said. “Manufacturers are<br />
working hard to get as much vaccine out<br />
as safely as possible. …<br />
“This is not unusual for influenza,” Frieden<br />
said. “It’s a chicken-and-egg process.<br />
It doesn’t move as quickly or as efficiently<br />
as we’d like, and it’s not as predictable.” q<br />
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Community<br />
Kickoff party for 2010 Wine & Food Weekend<br />
by Jackie Lupo<br />
news@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
Wine, food and philanthropy proved to<br />
be a winning recipe for the festive preview<br />
party for the Vintage 2010 Charlotte<br />
Wine & Food Weekend.<br />
More than 200 supporters<br />
attended the Oct. 17 cocktail<br />
reception and auction<br />
held at The Ritz-Carlton,<br />
Charlotte. The gala was the<br />
first major event at the newly<br />
opened luxury hotel.<br />
While costumed actors<br />
from the Children’s Theatre<br />
of Charlotte mingled with<br />
guests sampling crab cakes<br />
and pulled pork “sliders,”<br />
connoisseurs had the opportunity<br />
to taste special vintage<br />
wines and bid on dozens<br />
more. The silent auction<br />
was also a chance to satisfy<br />
a serious shopping urge, with items ranging<br />
from vacations and theater tickets to<br />
hand-knit fashions, fine jewelry, paintings<br />
and artisanal pottery. Auctioneer Danny<br />
Fontana kept the action going with a spirited<br />
live auction of rare wines, sports tickets<br />
and memorable dining.<br />
The Oct. 17 party was just a taste of<br />
next spring’s festivities, to be held April<br />
Ruth Shaw with her husband,<br />
Charlotte Wine &<br />
Food Weekend board<br />
member Colin Shaw.<br />
21-24. Local wine enthusiasts eagerly<br />
await the event, which has traditionally<br />
been held only on even-numbered years<br />
since its founding 20 years ago.<br />
Since its inception, it’s grown into one<br />
of the Southeast’s largest wine events and<br />
has raised more than $3 million for local<br />
charities.<br />
“The first year, we made<br />
$16,000,” said Chuck Richards<br />
of Reid’s Fine Foods,<br />
one of the founders of the<br />
program in 1989. Over the<br />
years since, the charity has<br />
grown, attracting sponsorship<br />
from not only wine- and<br />
food-related businesses but<br />
from the financial community<br />
and local retailers. “This<br />
year, we hope everyone<br />
enjoys themselves and that<br />
the charities benefit from<br />
our efforts,” Richards said.<br />
The five organizations<br />
targeted by the 2010 event were selected<br />
based on the theme “Nourishing Mecklenburg<br />
County Youth.” As a group, these<br />
charities focus on such issues as education,<br />
child abuse and neglect, homelessness<br />
and hunger. The programs are the<br />
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina’s<br />
Backpacks for Underprivileged Kids;<br />
The W.I.S.H. (Workforce Initiative for<br />
Volunteers wear the signature aprons of Charlotte Wine & Food Weekend at the Oct. 17 kickoff<br />
party at The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte.<br />
Supportive Housing) Homeless Children<br />
Focus; The Council for Children’s Rights<br />
Abuse and Neglect Advocacy Program;<br />
the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte; and<br />
the Scholarship and Career Development<br />
programs of Johnson & Wales University.<br />
The springtime events are all open<br />
to the public via advance ticket sales.<br />
Notable vintners from around the world<br />
will join Charlotte’s top chefs for three<br />
days of tastings, memorable meals and<br />
educational events. The vintner dinners<br />
are held at local restaurants, and the<br />
weekend culminates in a formal auction<br />
gala. As a lead-up to the weekend, a new<br />
event will be held on Feb. 6 at Founders<br />
Hall. The “Charlotte Cru Competition”<br />
or “C3,” will allow vintners to enter wines<br />
for judging in various price categories.<br />
For more details and ticket information,<br />
visit http://charlottewineandfood.com or<br />
call 704-338-WINE. q<br />
Photos courtesy of Donna Bise<br />
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Community<br />
Blockbuster shutters south Charlotte locations<br />
by Sean O’Connell<br />
sean@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
As promised, Blockbuster has begun<br />
closing several of its retail locations across<br />
south Charlotte.<br />
The Dallas-based movie-rental chain in<br />
September announced plans to close as<br />
many as 960 stores nationwide by the end<br />
of 2010. The cuts, according to company<br />
documents, would leave Blockbuster with<br />
about 20 percent fewer U.S. stores. Executives,<br />
however, refused to identify which<br />
locations would close. Employees at the<br />
individual locations directed all inquiries<br />
to Blockbuster’s media relations department,<br />
though calls to that office were not<br />
returned. Posters on movie-related Web<br />
forums have speculated that Blockbuster<br />
refuses to reveal which locations will close<br />
for fears that customers will rent movies<br />
and video games from the targeted outlets<br />
and never return them.<br />
Within the last month, however, three<br />
south Charlotte locations have been<br />
placed on the chopping block. The anchor<br />
store in the Quail Corners Shopping Center<br />
at the intersection of Park and Gleneagles<br />
roads is empty, having liquidated its<br />
inventory by mid-October. Two SouthPark<br />
locations on Fairview Road and Abbey<br />
Place (behind the Park Road Shopping<br />
Center) are in the process of selling off<br />
as much inventory as possible. Sandwichboard-toting<br />
employees advertise “Everything<br />
Must Go” sales at these doomed<br />
locations. As indicated, everything in the<br />
store is for sale, from Blu-ray movies and<br />
video games to wire racks, cash registers,<br />
shelves and countertops.<br />
Store closures are one of several<br />
changes on the horizon for Blockbuster<br />
as the company attempts to reverse its<br />
financial losses and struggles to compete<br />
with alternate rental opportunities such<br />
as Netflix and Redbox.<br />
A 2004 study conducted by the Entertainment<br />
Merchant Association found<br />
that brick-and-mortar stores represented<br />
92 percent of the video rental market,<br />
with subscription rentals such as Netflix<br />
at 8 percent. By 2013, however, stores are<br />
expected to represent about 48 percent<br />
of the market, with subscriptions at 36<br />
percent and kiosks, such as Redbox, at 17<br />
percent.<br />
With that in mind, Blockbuster spokesman<br />
Randy Hargrove said the company<br />
expects to have 10,000 DVD vending<br />
kiosks in stores by the middle of next<br />
year.<br />
“We could have fewer physical stores<br />
and still have more rental points for our<br />
customers,” Blockbuster CEO James<br />
Keyes said in a September interview with<br />
the Associated Press. q<br />
The Blockbuster at 7804 Fairview Road is in the process of selling its inventory.<br />
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Community<br />
Finding Common Grounds<br />
Providence Road farm stand<br />
donates $25,000 to Urban<br />
Ministry Center<br />
by Don Rosenberg<br />
news@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
If you were driving past the intersection<br />
of Providence and Queens roads this<br />
summer, you might’ve noticed something<br />
going on next to Interiors Marketplace<br />
and Myers Park Garden Center on Tuesdays<br />
and Fridays around noon. Many saw<br />
an old-fashioned red truck and a bunch<br />
of women in white T-shirts, standing<br />
around with bushels of veggies and colorful<br />
fresh flowers. This was the Common<br />
Grounds Farm Stand, organized by Sarah<br />
Belk and Paige Waugh to raise money for<br />
the Urban Ministry Center.<br />
Common Grounds founders and volunteers<br />
with their first season’s donation of $25,000<br />
to Urban Ministry Center for the homeless.<br />
Common Grounds recently completed<br />
its inaugural season and was able to raise<br />
$25,000 for the center. Of that amount,<br />
$20,000 has been earmarked for two<br />
apartments in Moore Place, slated to<br />
break ground in the fall of 2010. Urban<br />
Ministry Garden Director Don Boekelheide<br />
said, “In these difficult economic<br />
times the demands for our services are<br />
greater, while our corporate funding is<br />
becoming more scarce. This money is<br />
especially welcome!”<br />
The market, 923 Providence Road,<br />
started May 25 and ran until Sept. 25.<br />
The volunteers, called “Mustard Seeds,”<br />
ranged in age from 7 to over 60, and sold<br />
fresh, local and organic produce, freshcut<br />
flowers and a wide variety of locally<br />
generated products including baked<br />
goods and organic soaps.<br />
Common Grounds’ final event is a “BIG<br />
CORNUCOPIA” on Saturday, Nov. 21,<br />
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its regular location.<br />
They’ll have a wide variety of baked<br />
goods and produce plus soups, stews,<br />
casseroles and sauces so people can stock<br />
up for the holidays. The stand will reopen<br />
in the spring at the same location.<br />
The group needs volunteers and donations<br />
for its continuing efforts to provide<br />
grassroots support to the Charlotte homeless<br />
community. “We would love extra<br />
Common Grounds Farm Stand began operating at 923 Providence Road in May. The season<br />
generated $25,000 for the Urban Ministry Center and will culminate in a Saturday, Nov. 21, sale<br />
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
donations, more volunteers for next summer,<br />
local farmers and urban gardeners<br />
who would be willing to donate surplus<br />
produce for us or plant certain items that<br />
we would like to sell in our market next<br />
season. We had to do a lot of running<br />
around to get produce this past summer,”<br />
Sarah Belk said.<br />
“Ideally, we would love to have a community<br />
garden supported by someone or<br />
some group who would like to work with<br />
some of our homeless neighbors who are<br />
on the road to a positive life change. Of<br />
course we are always on the lookout for<br />
new products and contacts and anything<br />
local!” q<br />
To help, e-mail commongrounds1@<br />
gmail.com or follow the farm stand on<br />
Twitter at Twitter@commongrounds1.<br />
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Join us as we celebrate a new era of patient-focused healthcare at CMC-Mercy. We have events<br />
planned for every member of your family.<br />
Sunday, Nov. 1:<br />
Patient-Centered Care Community Day 1 – 4 p.m.<br />
· Free health screenings (blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol and BMI)<br />
· Free flu vaccinations to the first 25 attendees (additional shots available for $25)<br />
· Complimentary massages<br />
· Teddy bear clinic (free bears for the first 250 children), games and<br />
children’s art program<br />
· Tours of the new hospital and art collection<br />
· Special guest appearances by Sir Purr, Doctor Know and others<br />
· Prizes and gifts<br />
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Community<br />
Lassiter<br />
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scouting programs (both are Eagle Scouts)<br />
and coached soccer and T-ball. Both sons<br />
graduated from Providence High School.<br />
Ben, 25, recently returned to Charlotte<br />
as a Certified Professional Accountant<br />
and lives Uptown. He’s put together an<br />
event at the EpiCentre to reach out to<br />
young professionals. Alex, 21, is a senior at<br />
the University of North <strong>Carolina</strong> at Chapel<br />
Hill. He spent some of his semester<br />
encouraging the school’s Charlotte residents<br />
to vote by absentee ballot. Beverly<br />
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is the General Federation of Women’s<br />
Club’s state president.<br />
Lassiter’s accustomed to all the activity.<br />
“I’ve juggled a lot most of my adult life,”<br />
he said.<br />
He and his wife came to Charlotte<br />
in 1983, Lassiter working as a lawyer<br />
for Belk. He became a member of the<br />
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission<br />
in 1987 and served for five years.<br />
He was on the school board from 1992<br />
to 2003. He left that office for a seat on<br />
Charlotte City Council, which he’s held<br />
since.<br />
Alongside holding public office, Lassiter<br />
Republican Mayoral candidate John Lassiter at work in his <strong>Carolina</strong> Legal Staffing office in<br />
uptown Charlotte.<br />
A successful stroll<br />
Hundreds flocked to this year’s Easter Seals UCP North <strong>Carolina</strong>’s Walk With Me-StRoll in the<br />
Park held Oct. 17 at Freedom Park, where more than 500 walkers, rollers and runners, alongside<br />
the event’s 100 volunteers, gathered to participate in the nonprofit’s signature event. Their<br />
efforts paid dividends; collectively participants raised more than $120,000. Proceeds now will<br />
help Easter Seals UCP centers continue their mission to support children living with disabilities,<br />
by preparing them to enter the public school system and providing specialized services including<br />
speech, occupational and physical therapies. Pre- and post-walk events included games and<br />
activities hosted by supporters Victory Junction Gang, Pet Therapy Dogs, Freedom Concepts,<br />
Lowe’s Home Improvement and others. Statewide, Easter Seals UCP serves a broad range of<br />
people with disabilities, including cerebral palsy, autism, spina bifida, mental retardation, muscular<br />
dystrophy, stroke, spinal cord injuries, head injuries, hearing and visual impairments and<br />
mental health diagnoses. Services offered to the 17,000 individuals served by Easter Seals UCP<br />
annually include access to child development centers, therapy, community inclusion services,<br />
residential living, supported employment, in-home and community-based supports, respite<br />
care, disability benefits counseling, information and referral and advocacy. q<br />
has run a successful business in <strong>Carolina</strong><br />
Legal Staffing. “I love my business.<br />
I’ve grown it from a desk and a phone<br />
in 1997 to four offices in two states,” he<br />
said. If elected, he believes it will help him<br />
stay connected to Charlotte’s economic<br />
environment.<br />
“I’ll have to give up some of my dayto-day<br />
responsibility in my business, but<br />
it’s what keeps me rooted, and it keeps<br />
me connected to the complex issues that<br />
most of us deal with,” he explained.<br />
Big plans<br />
“The next mayor needs to understand<br />
how we deal with our transportation<br />
needs, how do we deal with our criminal<br />
justice needs, how do we deal with our<br />
economic needs, how do we deal with our<br />
housing needs. All of these are part of a<br />
vibrant city,” Lassiter said.<br />
He has plans for Charlotte.<br />
“I think the vision is captured in the<br />
economic downturn we’re in. We need<br />
to put Charlotte back on its feet and put<br />
the city back to work,” he said. “We’re<br />
not used to seeing high unemployment;<br />
we’re not used to seeing businesses struggle.<br />
We’re used to seeing growth, and a<br />
dynamic community that attracts the best<br />
and brightest people and investments.”<br />
That starts with making our community<br />
more welcoming, he explained. “We have<br />
to create jobs. We have to make sure we<br />
both rebuild and diversify our economy,”<br />
Poll results released Oct. 27 indicate<br />
a dead heat between Charlotte mayoral<br />
candidates Anthony Foxx and John Lassiter,<br />
with each winning 45 percent of the<br />
vote.<br />
Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling<br />
surveyed 531 likely voters Oct. 26-29.<br />
The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus<br />
4.3 percentage points.<br />
According to Public Policy Polling,<br />
Foxx is leading among African-American,<br />
female and younger voters, and Lassiter<br />
is ahead with white, male and older voters,<br />
as well as independents. “We expect<br />
high turnout from older voters and low<br />
he said. “We’ve also got to do the kinds<br />
of things that make the city businessfriendly.”<br />
That starts with making it easier for<br />
businesses to move to Charlotte, he said.<br />
“We want to get back to the point where<br />
we are continuing to cut ribbons for folks<br />
who say, ‘I want to start my new business<br />
here.’”<br />
And cutting more ribbons may start<br />
with cutting red tape, he said. “We’ve<br />
made it more difficult to get permits and<br />
inspections done, so if somebody wants to<br />
start a dry-cleaner or expand a restaurant<br />
or open an office, they have delays and<br />
costs that make it really hard in a down<br />
economy.”<br />
For the financial sector, some of Charlotte’s<br />
best selling points are the trained<br />
workforce and the low rents, compared<br />
with Manhattan’s rates. But he knows that<br />
diversifying means meeting the expectations<br />
of more industries. “Each industry<br />
you want to target requires a unique perspective,”<br />
Lassiter said. “We’ve got to do<br />
what we can to attract the venture capital<br />
that’s historically not in this marketplace.<br />
“We’ve got to expand our strengths in<br />
energy and renewable energy.”<br />
He added that it’s also about making<br />
things easier on homeowners. “We’ve<br />
got regulations that have been passed<br />
over the last seven or eight years – many<br />
of which I’ve opposed – that have now<br />
Poll shows mayoral<br />
candidates tied<br />
by Brian Carlton<br />
brian@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
(more on page 17)<br />
turnout from younger voters, but a deviation<br />
from that pattern could give either of<br />
the candidates a more clear advantage,” a<br />
company press release said.<br />
Meanwhile, early-voting turnout has<br />
been low. Of Mecklenburg County’s<br />
467,805 registered voters, 5,927 had<br />
cast absentee or early-voting ballots as of<br />
Oct. 27. “It’s basically what we expected,”<br />
Mecklenburg County Elections Director<br />
Michael Dickerson said. “We didn’t think<br />
there would be a massive turnout, but<br />
we’ve had several good days.”<br />
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and view a sample ballot, visit www.<br />
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may vote at any early-voting site. Sites in south Charlotte and Uptown include:<br />
Main Library, 310 N. Tryon St., Charlotte<br />
Morrison Regional Library, 7015 Morrison Blvd.<br />
South County Regional Library, 5801 Rea Road<br />
Steele Creek Library, 13620 Steele Creek Road<br />
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Lassiter<br />
(continued from page 16)<br />
added $2,700 dollars to the cost of a new<br />
house.”<br />
Property tax increases aren’t helping<br />
either, he said. “I’ve opposed every single<br />
property tax increase that’s come before<br />
city council in the six years I’ve been on<br />
there,” he said.<br />
Transportation, revitalization<br />
Transportation is another key issue<br />
for Lassiter, who said Charlotte’s already<br />
made strides in the right direction.<br />
“If you look at the light-rail that comes<br />
from South Boulevard (to) downtown,<br />
it’s generated over $2 billion of new<br />
investment all along that corridor, all of<br />
which is positive to the taxpayers for this<br />
community,” he said, adding that ridership<br />
numbers “are now rivaling the 2020<br />
expectations for the plan.”<br />
And while he’s excited about the lightrail’s<br />
future expansions, the importance<br />
of completing Interstate 485 can’t be<br />
overemphasized, he said. “Without the<br />
completion and widening of 485, it inhibits<br />
economic growth, certainly along the<br />
southern part of the city,” he said.<br />
Lassiter examines transportation issues<br />
on a national level. “If you compare Charlotte<br />
to our peer cities – Atlanta, Indianapolis,<br />
maybe Nashville, St. Louis – we<br />
are a much more cohesive community<br />
than most of those places, in part because<br />
we’re still relatively small in terms of our<br />
land mass,” he said, noting that good planning<br />
decisions over the last two decades<br />
have left Charlotte with two major sports<br />
teams with accessible facilities.<br />
The city’s other strengths include<br />
the retail at Ballantyne and SouthPark,<br />
he said. “If they were standing alone in<br />
another community, they’d be one of the<br />
largest cities in North <strong>Carolina</strong>.”<br />
Still, Lassiter added, there’s definite<br />
room for improvement. “We’ve got to find<br />
ways to revitalize a number of corridors<br />
that have not seen the economic health of<br />
other parts of this city,” he said.<br />
Also on Lassiter’s list is crime. He wants<br />
to target repeat offenders. “They know<br />
there aren’t enough resources to arrest<br />
them and put them in jail,” Lassiter said,<br />
noting that things are looking up when it<br />
comes to fighting crime, and he wants to<br />
keep the ball rolling in the right direction.<br />
“We have a great new police chief. He’s<br />
been able to reduce our property crime<br />
rate by almost 20 percent,” Lassiter said.<br />
“All those issues kind of roll up into a<br />
pretty good blueprint for what the next<br />
mayor needs to be,” he added. “That’s the<br />
vision that I clearly have for Charlotte.”<br />
Behind the ballot<br />
He waved off concerns that last year’s<br />
election changed the game. “To a limited<br />
extent national politics will energize voters<br />
along particular perspectives,” he said,<br />
stressing that this election is about local<br />
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Community<br />
issues.<br />
Almost as an aside, Lassiter added, “I<br />
am ready to be mayor. I think when I was<br />
reflecting on this back in December and<br />
January, you do wonder, ‘Can I balance<br />
the responsibilities? Can I provide the<br />
vision and provide the leadership?’<br />
“The more I go through this campaign,<br />
the more I hear from people that have<br />
confidence in me. The more I talk to business<br />
leaders and community leaders and<br />
talk to our counterparts around the state<br />
and the country, I’m absolutely convinced<br />
I provide the kind of leadership Charlotte<br />
needs.”<br />
It’s a perfect list of problems to solve<br />
for a man who likes to think. “I like to be<br />
engaged in complex issues,” he admitted.<br />
“I enjoy trying to solve problems that are<br />
maybe a little more difficult to solve.”<br />
If he finds time for a bit of leisure, Lassiter<br />
enjoys playing golf. “I haven’t played<br />
much golf in the last few months,” he<br />
admitted. “My sons are better than I am,<br />
and I love to have them out with me.”<br />
Lassiter also loves to travel. Now that<br />
his children are grown and out of the<br />
house, he says that he and Beverly try and<br />
take a couple of trips a year to go somewhere<br />
new.<br />
But if he can’t get away for days, or even<br />
a whole afternoon, Lassiter occasionally<br />
finds time to watch some TV.<br />
“I’ve got a couple of shows (that) when<br />
they run I try to catch,” he said. “My two<br />
favorite shows are ‘24’ and ‘Entourage.’<br />
They’re a bit of an escape. And I’m a huge<br />
ACC basketball fan.”<br />
And Lassiter doesn’t hesitate when<br />
asked what his favorite home-cooked<br />
meal is. “Spaghetti. I think it’s because it’s<br />
the only thing I can cook,” he said.<br />
The bigger picture<br />
While campaigning may be taxing, Lassiter’s<br />
trying to keep the bigger picture in<br />
mind.<br />
“I’ve tried to step back and realize how<br />
wonderful the city is, and how fun it can<br />
be to meet people, hear their stories, and<br />
talk about what they want to see in their<br />
next mayor,” he said.<br />
This election has presented unique<br />
challenges, though. “I think it’s been on a<br />
much bigger scale than anyone expected,<br />
in part because we came out of a national<br />
election that was a little bit on steroids,”<br />
Lassiter said. “Then you’ve got a seventerm<br />
mayor creating a big vacuum, and<br />
the high expectation of who will become<br />
mayor.”<br />
But Lassiter is standing firm on the<br />
issues – and on his commitment to continue<br />
to be himself. That’s his promise<br />
to voters. “I’m not going to sacrifice my<br />
reputation for political gain,” he said.<br />
“They’re gonna get the same honest voice<br />
of reason that they’ve seen in public office<br />
for almost the last 20 years.<br />
“I show up every day prepared. I’m<br />
thoughtful and genuine, and I’m fair in<br />
the way I address issues.” q<br />
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EDUCATION<br />
Politics aside …<br />
Country Day Democrat, Republican unite local politicians,<br />
students for candidates forum<br />
by Anna Dykema<br />
anna@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
Friendship supersedes political alliances<br />
for Charlotte Country Day School juniors<br />
Kevin Phelan and Ethan Blumenthal, who<br />
reside on opposite sides of the political<br />
fence.<br />
Despite their differences, the students<br />
worked together to set up an Oct. 16 candidate<br />
forum at their Carmel Road school<br />
featuring Charlotte’s eight at-large city<br />
council and two mayoral candidates, who<br />
were together for the first time – and within<br />
feet of the school’s ninth- through 12thgraders<br />
and staff.<br />
Phelan and Blumenthal, who relaunched<br />
Country Day’s Young Republican<br />
and Young Democrat clubs last year, constantly<br />
seek out opportunities to dig deeper<br />
into the political arena. The fact that the<br />
17-year-olds can’t vote has little effect on<br />
their activeness.<br />
After all, just because they’re under 18<br />
doesn’t mean the issues at stake in this<br />
year’s municipal elections don’t affect<br />
them, Phelan explained. “Even if you can’t<br />
vote, these are issues that affect us every<br />
day, especially at the local level,” he said.<br />
“It’s not just when you turn 18 that public<br />
transportation or road safety starts affecting<br />
you. Public transportation, road safety and<br />
the safety of the communities affects everyone,<br />
birth through life.”<br />
Committed to raising awareness of the<br />
issues among his schoolmates, Phelan, a<br />
Republican, began planning the forum this<br />
summer. “I thought it was important for our<br />
(school) community to get the candidates<br />
here, so the students that can’t vote can put<br />
a face to a name of who they would vote for,<br />
and to be able to hear what the candidates<br />
stand for in person, rather than on TV or on<br />
the radio,” he said.<br />
When school resumed in August, he<br />
approached Blumenthal, a Democrat, with<br />
the idea. After lobbing countless calls and<br />
sending myriad e-mails, they secured 100<br />
percent participation from Charlotte’s atlarge<br />
city council and mayoral candidates.<br />
The two brainstormed questions, from<br />
how to keep Bank of America in the Queen<br />
City and how much money should be allocated<br />
to the arts to what compelled the<br />
Charlotte Country Day School students Kevin Phelan (left) and Ethan Blumenthal (right) set up a<br />
candidate forum at their school featuring Charlotte’s eight at-large city council candidates and<br />
mayoral candidates John Lassiter (second from left) and Anthony Foxx.<br />
candidates to run. Audience members had<br />
a chance to ask questions during a brief<br />
Q-and-A session. Each candidate had equal<br />
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The opportunity to hear candidates’<br />
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said. “Politics really does decide<br />
how we live our lives and how we will be<br />
able live our lives (in the future). It’s an<br />
important part of society,” he explained.<br />
“You have to know what is going on to be<br />
able to change things. No one thinks things<br />
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changed. So it’s important to know who’s<br />
the best (candidate) to change what you<br />
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Seeing the candidates in person was an<br />
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it was important for our (school) community,<br />
to get the candidates here so the students<br />
that can’t vote can put a face to a name of<br />
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This Halloween, dentist Smita Warrier<br />
of Ballantyne’s Warrier Family Dentistry<br />
is taking some of that fear out of the year’s<br />
spookiest holiday by offering kids cash for<br />
their unwanted – or unneeded – loot. On<br />
Monday, Nov. 2, from 4 to 6 p.m., children<br />
can sell their candy at Warrier Family<br />
Dentistry, 16143 Lancaster Highway,<br />
for $1 per pound – and also put smiles<br />
on the faces of U.S. troops overseas. After<br />
the family-friendly event, Warrier Family<br />
Dentistry will send the candy, along with<br />
toothbrushes, dental floss and mouthwash,<br />
to Operation Gratitude, a nonprofit<br />
that assembles and distributes care packages<br />
for troops.<br />
Deciding what to do with the surplus<br />
candy was easy, Warrier said. “(Military<br />
service is) something that takes a lot of<br />
courage,” she said. “They work way too<br />
hard yearlong, and this is our way of saying<br />
thank you.” Yet she noted that the<br />
sweetest gifts the troops receive might not<br />
be the candy.<br />
“We’re planning to have cards here so<br />
that they children can write thank-you<br />
notes to the soldiers,” she said. “That way<br />
we’ll know that somewhere, someone will<br />
be smiling.”<br />
The cost of sending the donations and<br />
cards will be covered by Atlanta Dental,<br />
Warrier Family Dental’s supply company.<br />
Several Ballantyne-area businesses also<br />
stepped up to ensure the event is as much<br />
fun for parents as it is for children, office<br />
manager Lori Biscardi added. Lorenzo’s<br />
Pizzeria, Pei Wei Asian Diner, Zapata’s<br />
Mexican Restaurant, Rising Roll Gourmet<br />
and Posh Nails & Spa donated gift<br />
certificates for a raffle, and there also<br />
will be a chance to win one of two Oral<br />
B Professional Care Power toothbrushes<br />
toward dental work at Warrier Family<br />
Dentistry. Bagel Bin & Deli II, Dunkin’<br />
Donuts, Panera Bread and Starbucks will<br />
donate food and beverages to the event.<br />
Since this is the first time she’s hosted<br />
an event like this, Warrier said she doesn’t<br />
have a clue how much candy she’ll collect<br />
– but the more the better, she added.<br />
She said she’ll shell out cash as long as<br />
the kids arrive with candy to sell.<br />
As an extra thank-you to the children,<br />
Warrier Family Dentistry will give away<br />
goody bags stocked with Dr. Fresh Firefly<br />
toothbrushes that light up for 60 seconds,<br />
the dentist-recommended time for<br />
brushing each arch; gift certificates for<br />
sandwiches at Ballantyne’s Sticky Fingers<br />
RibHouse; toothpaste; floss and Lance<br />
crackers.<br />
Warrier and Biscardi, dental assistant<br />
Rasheka McQueary and hygienist Carolyn<br />
Shelton plan to make the event – inspired<br />
by a similar event Warrier read about in a<br />
dental magazine – an annual tradition.<br />
“It sounded like a lot of fun, and<br />
Education<br />
something that we could do to help give<br />
back to the community. A lot of parents<br />
say their children receive way too much<br />
candy.<br />
They really don’t need it or even eat<br />
all of it,” she said. “This is a good way<br />
to keep kids healthier while giving them<br />
the chance to be part of (an event) that<br />
donates to a good cause.<br />
“It makes the children feel like they’re<br />
doing something good, and they’re also<br />
getting something in return. So it’s a winwin<br />
situation.” q<br />
For more information, visit www.<br />
warrierdentistry.com.<br />
Politics<br />
(continued from page 18)<br />
what they stand for in person, rather than on<br />
TV or on the radio,” he explained.<br />
Although their goal – to raise awareness<br />
of the issues and inspire students to take<br />
an interest in politics – was shared, Phelan<br />
and Blumenthal hoped to hear candidates<br />
address different issues.<br />
Blumethal said he’s most interested in<br />
issues that affect the arts and the environment;<br />
Phelan said job creation and attracting<br />
companies to Charlotte are his chief issues.<br />
They agree that improving transportation is<br />
a top priority, especially with the addition of<br />
the LYNX light-rail system, Blumethal said.<br />
“I live down Providence Road and see the<br />
congestion every day. Widening Providence<br />
Road and … (the fact that Interstate) 485<br />
hasn’t even been completed yet are hotbutton<br />
issues right now,” Phelan added.<br />
Encouraging students to become<br />
invested in the issues today will make for a<br />
better tomorrow, Blumenthal said. “Maybe<br />
when you’re younger you don’t realize it,<br />
but … the arts, freedoms, whether or not<br />
your parents feel safe letting you ride your<br />
bike around the city, those issues are in<br />
many ways more important and will affect<br />
us more than some of the larger issues that<br />
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Seven Providence Day students on factors such as academic success, and<br />
on Myrick’s Youth Advisory Council volunteer and extracurricular activities. The<br />
Seven Providence Day Upper School council meets regularly to talk and share<br />
students – sophomores Tucker Albert and opinions with Myrick about current events,<br />
Hanna Terry and juniors Nathan Bruns, politics and government. It also works on a<br />
Alex Cichan, Zach Gilbert, Paul Heacock variety of service projects that benefit the<br />
and Madeline Jurchwere – recently were local community.<br />
appointed to U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick’s Youth<br />
Advisory Council. The council is comprised Lassiter, Foxx discuss ‘Future of Youth<br />
of more than 80 high school students from in Charlotte’<br />
30-plus schools who’ve shown interest in More than 75 professionals joined<br />
the chs-oral functions health of the ad1(spw)-r10-23 legislative branch of 10/23/09 Partners 2:36 in Out-of-School PM Page 1 Time at Covenant<br />
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Morehead St., on Oct. 23 to hear mayoral<br />
candidates Anthony Foxx and John Lassiter<br />
answer questions about “The Future of<br />
Youth in Charlotte.”<br />
Topics included the city’s role in youth<br />
services and leveraging public partnerships<br />
to benefit children and families.<br />
“It was interesting to hear from each<br />
of them what they would emphasize to<br />
provide a better future for the children of<br />
Charlotte,” Partners in Out-of-School Time<br />
Executive Director Claire Tate said.<br />
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Luncheon raises breast cancer<br />
awareness<br />
Providence Day School hosted its annual<br />
student-led Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon<br />
in the foyer of the Fine Arts Building<br />
on Oct. 27.<br />
Twenty senior girls planned the<br />
luncheon for their classmates, mothers<br />
and the school’s female faculty and staff.<br />
More than 180 women attended the luncheon,<br />
designed to increase breast cancer<br />
awareness and teach participants about<br />
the importance of early diagnosis.<br />
Joanne Compton, a first-grade teacher<br />
at Providence Day, shared her experiences<br />
as a breast cancer survivor. Katie Robbins<br />
of Charlotte Radiology also spoke to the<br />
group.<br />
The Providence Day School community<br />
also showed its support for the fight against<br />
breast cancer by wearing jeans and pink<br />
shirts that day. q<br />
Politics<br />
(continued from page 19)<br />
with political candidates was an accomplishment<br />
they hope to repeat in the future.<br />
“I think the audience really enjoyed getting<br />
to hear the candidates and see them;<br />
these are names they hear… and they were<br />
right in front of us at our school,” Phelan<br />
said. “I heard from a lot of students that it<br />
was one of the best upper-school assemblies<br />
they’d been to.<br />
“Next year we have midterm congressional<br />
elections. You never know – we may<br />
get Sen. Richard Burr and whoever he runs<br />
against, or Rep. Sue Myrick (and her opponent)<br />
to come to a forum here. I think that<br />
would be extraordinary for our school.”<br />
They also envision more lively discussion<br />
among students.<br />
“Later this year, hopefully, we can arrange<br />
a debate between the (Young Republican<br />
and Young Democrat) clubs, which would<br />
get the students involved much more<br />
knowledgeable about the issues,” Blumenthal<br />
added.<br />
Although the students appear to have<br />
concrete goals for their not-so-distant<br />
futures, they both say plans for their longterm<br />
futures – and any political aspirations<br />
– remain unresolved.<br />
“Politics interests me a lot. We’ll see<br />
where the road leads, but I see myself<br />
involved in the community,” Phelan said.<br />
“I really don’t know (what the future<br />
holds) at this point. I feel as if I’ll wait and<br />
see where college points me. I could go in a<br />
lot of different directions. But I am open to<br />
politics,” Blumenthal said.<br />
“No matter what I do, I will still be involved<br />
in politics – actively. Maybe I won’t ever be a<br />
candidate, but I will still know the issues and<br />
know who I am voting for. No matter where<br />
I am in life, I will at least do that.” q<br />
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Animal<br />
HOUSE<br />
A new feature focusing on the latest south Charlotte pet care trends and accessories<br />
Here’s to your (pet’s) health!<br />
by Wilson Wright<br />
news@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
Your pets may be like family members. They<br />
may eat the same food and sleep in the same<br />
bed, but to keep them in good health they<br />
have to see their own doctor.<br />
After working in a large Chicago veterinarian<br />
clinic, veterinarian William Cooper, a<br />
south Charlotte native, returned to his roots,<br />
opening St. Francis Hospital for Animals,<br />
3928 Park Road, in 1996.<br />
“It’s pretty much just a solo practice,” Cooper<br />
said. And he prefers it that way. “I get to<br />
focus on the relationship between me and the<br />
client and the pet.”<br />
Cooper said his practice doesn’t often see<br />
exotic animals. “It’s 95 percent dog and cat.<br />
We see the occasional hamster or guinea pig,<br />
or bird sometimes here and there,” he said,<br />
noting that he’s treated snakes, turtles, iguanas<br />
and other animals over the years.<br />
But no matter what kind of pet clients have,<br />
Cooper offers the same advice: “The most<br />
important thing is that they have a regular<br />
checkup by a veterinarian.”<br />
And regular doesn’t necessarily mean<br />
annual. In fact, some animals might need<br />
more frequent care. “Often animals age 5 to<br />
7 years for every year we do,” he said. So for<br />
older animals and animals with pre-existing<br />
conditions, more is better.<br />
Another health risk for pets is uninformed<br />
owners. “Someone will get a big dog that needs<br />
a lot of exercise and has a lot of energy, and<br />
they’re just not ready for that,” Cooper said,<br />
suggesting that people decide the type of pet<br />
they get based on their lifestyles. “Sometimes<br />
people don’t know exactly what it is they’re<br />
getting into.”<br />
The necessity of other vaccines depends on<br />
the animal’s lifestyle, but there are some that<br />
every animal should have.<br />
“As far as vaccines go, I think rabies is critical,”<br />
Cooper said. “If you see a raccoon in<br />
Charlotte, it’s probably got rabies.”<br />
Cooper stresses parasite prevention in<br />
general, because he sees parasite cases yearround.<br />
A pet needs different vaccines based<br />
on whether they live outdoors and have contact<br />
with other animals. Cooper also emphasizes<br />
heartworm prevention for dogs. “We’re in<br />
a heartworm area,” he explains.<br />
Age also can play a factor. “As an animal<br />
gets older there are certain blood tests you<br />
want to run,” he said.<br />
And with the weather getting colder every<br />
day, there are also a few seasonal precautions<br />
an animal owner should take. “If the weather<br />
gets extremely cold, most animals need<br />
Dr. William Cooper of St. Francis Hospital for Animals on Park Road says he likes being part of a small<br />
veterinarian clinic so he can spend more time with pets and their owners.<br />
Photos courtesy of St. Francis Hospital for Animals<br />
shelter,” Cooper said, cautioning that outdoor<br />
pet owners should ensure outdoor water supplies<br />
don’t freeze. In addition, all animals may<br />
need more food during the winter in order to<br />
maintain body heat.<br />
Cooper also explains that animal lumps,<br />
injuries and problems are most commonly<br />
found in the warmer months when owners<br />
are paying more attention to them. “In the<br />
wintertime,” Cooper said, “people just need to<br />
make sure they’re paying attention to the pets,<br />
especially the outdoor ones. <strong>Make</strong> sure that<br />
animal’s OK. <strong>Make</strong> sure to continue to handle<br />
and pet the animal – spend time with them, so<br />
you can see if there’s anything going on.”<br />
But if there’s an emergency, Cooper has a<br />
couple of important suggestions.<br />
“What constitutes an emergency is any issue<br />
where an animal is having trouble breathing,<br />
While Halloween can be a frighteningly<br />
good time for children and adults alike, it<br />
can also be petrifying for your pooch or terrifying<br />
for your tabby. The Humane Society<br />
of the United States is reminding pet owners<br />
that this haunting holiday may be too scary<br />
for pets. Companion animals aren’t used to<br />
the doorbell-ringing, costumed creatures<br />
and general hustle-and-bustle that come<br />
into our homes at this time of year.<br />
“For your pet’s comfort and safety, the<br />
best thing that you can do is to make sure<br />
that they have a stress-free holiday,” according<br />
to Adam Goldfarb, director of the Pets<br />
at Risk program for The Humane Society of<br />
the United States. “The noises, smells and<br />
people can be overwhelming for many pets<br />
on Halloween, so create a safe haven in one<br />
room of your home where he or she can quietly<br />
relax.”<br />
Follow these tips to keep Fido<br />
and Frisky safe and calm:<br />
• Keep pets safely indoors, away from trickor-treaters<br />
and other Halloween activities.<br />
• <strong>Make</strong> sure that all pets are wearing tags<br />
with current identification. Opening the<br />
door repeatedly for trick-or-treaters creates<br />
where they’re bleeding, where they collapse,<br />
or have obvious trauma,” he said, noting if<br />
any of those symptoms are observed pet owners<br />
should call a vet and tell them they’re on<br />
the way. If it’s nighttime, he added, it’s much<br />
faster to go to one of the emergency clinics in<br />
Charlotte.<br />
Overall, apply the same advice your own<br />
doctor gives you to your pet.<br />
“The checkups I can’t stress enough,” said<br />
Cooper, who sees more successful early detection<br />
than when he started practicing, and<br />
that’s contributed to the extended lifespan of<br />
a lot of animals. “I’d much rather screen for<br />
diseases and catch them early than wait until<br />
it’s too late,” he says.<br />
“Animal health and human health – it’s pretty<br />
amazing how there are a lot of similarities.” q<br />
Visit www.stfrancispetdoc.com or call 704-<br />
527-2030 for more information about St.<br />
Francis Hospital for Animals.<br />
Save pets from a hair-raising Halloween<br />
Humane Society tips for a safe, healthy holiday<br />
plenty of escape opportunities.<br />
• Keep candy out of pets’ reach. Chocolate<br />
and other ingredients can be toxic to them.<br />
• Most pets are happiest wearing nothing<br />
but their birthday suits. Costumes and<br />
masks can make pets uncomfortable or even<br />
cause injury.<br />
• Decorations can be dangerous, so be<br />
sure to keep them safely away from pets.<br />
Candle flames can set fire to a pet’s fur.<br />
Hanging or dangling decorations can be an<br />
entanglement or choking hazard to some<br />
animals.<br />
• Use fake cobwebs sparingly, if at all. Pets<br />
can choke on fake cobwebs set up indoors.<br />
Outdoors, fake webs may be a hazard to<br />
birds and wildlife.<br />
• When trick-or-treating, leave your dog<br />
at home. Dogs can be easily excited by the<br />
Halloween commotion and a dog bite or lost<br />
dog will quickly end the evening’s fun.<br />
Don’t forget about wildlife on Halloween,<br />
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opossums and foxes will be out looking for<br />
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10.31.09<br />
Saturday<br />
Third annual Runway 5K Run/Walk, 8 a.m.<br />
The Runway 5K takes place at Charlotte Douglas<br />
International Airport. Last year’s event drew more<br />
than 600 runners and walkers and raised more than<br />
$10,000 for LifeSpan’s Community Activities Employment<br />
Transition Program. LifeSpan provides education,<br />
employment and enrichment opportunities to<br />
people with developmental disabilities. Registration<br />
starts at 6:30 a.m. Race begins at 8.<br />
Register before Oct. 23: 5K run, $20; 5K walk, $15.<br />
After Oct. 23 rates increase $5.<br />
5501 Josh Birmingham Parkway, Charlotte<br />
Visit www.charlotteairport.com to register.<br />
11.1.09<br />
Sunday<br />
Blackmore’s Night, 7 p.m.<br />
Home from their sold-out European tour, the minstrels<br />
of Blackmore’s Night are touring before returning to<br />
the recording studio. Blackmore’s Night, the musical,<br />
renaissance-folk-rock project of guitarist Ritchie<br />
Blackmore and award-winning singer-songwriter<br />
Candice Night, will showcase their unique melodies<br />
using contemporary rhythms and instruments.<br />
McGlohon Theatre, 345 N. College St., Charlotte<br />
Cost: Prices vary<br />
Kids’ Night at Blumenthal’s Beatles tribute,<br />
7 p.m.<br />
Kids’ Night at the Blumenthal will stage six shows<br />
for children age 14 and under; the first of the six is<br />
RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles. Children will receive<br />
half-price entry with a paying adult, and the first 70<br />
children get admission to a pre-show activity.<br />
130 N. Tryon St., Charlotte<br />
Cost: $21<br />
For more information, call 704-372-1000 or visit<br />
www.BlumenthalCenter.org/Kids.<br />
11.2.09<br />
Monday<br />
Cash for candy for the troops, 4-6 p.m.<br />
Warrier Family Dentistry in south Charlotte is offering<br />
trick-or-treaters a pretty sweet deal and a chance to<br />
give back. The dentistry office will give $1 per pound<br />
of donated excess candy. Donors also will receive<br />
electric glowing toothbrushes. All collected candy<br />
will be shipped to U.S. troops overseas. All candy<br />
must be unopened and uneaten.<br />
16143 Lancaster Highway, Suite 101, Charlotte<br />
Visit www.warrierdentistry.com or call 704-544-5500<br />
for more information.<br />
11.4.09<br />
Wednesday<br />
Florence Crittenton Night at Brio,<br />
6-9 p.m.<br />
An evening of live music and drink specials will help<br />
raise funds for Florence Crittenton Services and will<br />
kick off the Etcetera Trunk show. Ten percent of the<br />
proceeds will benefit Florence Crittenton Services, a<br />
nonprofit that provides single mothers and their babies<br />
with comprehensive medical and prenatal care;<br />
social; educational; adoption and parenting support<br />
services; as well as substance abuse intervention,<br />
treatment and prevention.<br />
Brio Tuscan Grille, 4720 Piedmont Row, Suite 150,<br />
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E-mail bmaybach@fcsnc.org for more details and to<br />
RSVP.<br />
11.5.09<br />
Thursday<br />
Ikebana International meeting, 9:30am<br />
The Charlotte chapter of Ikebana International will<br />
meet at Southpark Christian Church for a workshop<br />
entitled “Ohara with a Twist.” All are invited. Ikebana<br />
is the Japanese art of flower arranging.<br />
6650 Park South Drive, Charlotte<br />
For more information, call 704-542-1879.<br />
11.6.09<br />
Friday<br />
Ballantyne Arts Forum After-Dark Mixer, 6:30-<br />
8:30 p.m.<br />
Local artists will display their work during a mixer at<br />
Gallery Bar. Art will be available for purchase.<br />
10000 Ballantyne Commons Parkway, Charlotte<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www. ballantyneartsforum.com.<br />
11.7.09<br />
Saturday<br />
Chocolate and Confections Cooking<br />
Demonstration, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.<br />
Learn to make homemade chocolates and truffles<br />
during this class at Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge. Wine<br />
and cheese will be served.<br />
10000 Ballantyne Commons Parkway, Charlotte<br />
Cost: $45<br />
To make reservations, call 704-248-4100.<br />
Patriot Gala, 6 p.m.<br />
The Patriot Gala, an annual black-tie event that raises<br />
money for nonprofits that support military troops<br />
injured in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring<br />
Freedom, will feature live and silent auctions, a 21-<br />
gun salute to honor fallen soldiers, a special military<br />
guest speaker, a color guard procession, dinner and<br />
live entertainment at Quail Hollow Country Club.<br />
3700 Glen Eagles Road, Charlotte<br />
Cost: $200<br />
For tickets or more information, visit http:// patriotgala.<br />
com/index.html.<br />
Charlotte Children’s Choir performs ‘Peace<br />
Song,’ 7 p.m.<br />
The Charlotte Children’s Choir will perform “Peace<br />
Song,” featuring songs by Mozart, David Brunner<br />
and others, at Providence United Methodist Church.<br />
2810 Providence Road, Charlotte<br />
Cost: $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors. All<br />
tickets will be $12 at the door.<br />
For tickets, visit www.charlottechildrenschoir.org.<br />
11.8.09<br />
Sunday<br />
Providence Chamber Music Series, 7 p.m.<br />
The third concert in this year’s Providence United<br />
Methodist Church’s Chamber Music Series will feature<br />
music by Franz Schubert and Philippe Gaubert,<br />
including Schubert’s “Trio in Bb Major, Op. 99” and<br />
Gaubert’s “Three Watercolors for Flute, Cello and<br />
Piano.”<br />
2810 Providence Road, Charlotte<br />
Dance-A-Thon<br />
honors a teacher’s<br />
brave fight<br />
by Sean O’Connell<br />
sean@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
Joanna Nichols’ dance students may<br />
remember their instructor’s mantra:<br />
“Go for it! Life is not a<br />
dress rehearsal.”<br />
It’s fitting, then, that<br />
next week the proverbial<br />
curtain will open on<br />
Dance for the Cause’s first<br />
annual Dance-A-Thon<br />
held in Nichols’ honor.<br />
The longtime south Charlotte<br />
dance instructor<br />
passed away on Dec. 10<br />
from her fight with colon<br />
cancer. All of the money<br />
raised from the event,<br />
scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 8, will go<br />
to the American Cancer Society, earmarked<br />
for colon cancer research.<br />
Nichols taught dance in the area for<br />
more than 30 years. She started her<br />
teaching career at the Belmont Recreation<br />
Department before opening her<br />
own studio – Dance Specialties – on<br />
Catawba Street in Belmont. She was a<br />
member of the Greensboro Civic Ballet<br />
and certified by Dance Masters of<br />
America and <strong>Carolina</strong> Dance Masters.<br />
She most recently taught<br />
at Dreamweavers Studio<br />
in Forest City, and had a<br />
longstanding professional<br />
relationship with Jami<br />
Masters, who teaches<br />
dance in the SouthPark<br />
neighborhood.<br />
Masters’ school, located<br />
behind the Park Road<br />
Shopping Center, will<br />
host one of three Dance-<br />
A-Thon events on Nov. 8,<br />
from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The<br />
Dance-A-Thon is a dance workout<br />
that any healthy person can do. It’s an<br />
aerobic exercise, but is geared toward<br />
any skill level. To participate, arrive at<br />
Jami Masters’ studio beginning at 1:30<br />
p.m. The facility is located at 1425<br />
Queens Road West, Charlotte. q<br />
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For more information, call 704-366-7442.<br />
11.10.09<br />
Tuesday<br />
Southern Christmas Show Preview Night,<br />
5:30-9:30 p.m.<br />
Enjoy the Southern Christmas Show without the<br />
crowds during the Junior Woman’s Club of Charlotte’s<br />
preview night. Proceeds will support charities,<br />
including the Shoe Closet and Charlotte Rescue Mission.<br />
2500 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte<br />
Cost: $15 in advance or $17 at the door for adults; $3<br />
for ages 6-12 (Ages 6 and under free)<br />
For tickets, call 800-849-0248.<br />
11.14.09<br />
Saturday<br />
Book signing, 1-3 p.m.<br />
Meet Mama and Papa Bear and “Berenstain Bears”<br />
creator Michael Berenstain at a book signing at<br />
Joseph-Beth Booksellers at SouthPark mall. Berenstain<br />
will sign autographs and draw his famous<br />
characters.<br />
4400 Sharon Road, Charlotte<br />
For more information, call 704-602-9800.<br />
11.15.09<br />
Sunday<br />
Smooth Dance Workshop, 2-4 p.m.<br />
Allen Cooke, founder, director and choreographer of<br />
the Skyline Cloggers and Wareham Branch Cloggers,<br />
will teach the basics of smooth dance. Participants<br />
will rehearse and perform routines in smooth dance,<br />
an elegant form of Appalachian-style square dance.<br />
Tom Sykes Recreation Center, 1501 Euclid Ave.<br />
Cost: $5<br />
11.17.09<br />
Tuesday<br />
Educating for Social Responsibility, 7 p.m.<br />
The Friends School of Charlotte will host Bruce<br />
Calendar<br />
Stewart, former head of school at Washington,<br />
D.C.’s Sidwell Friends School, for a free lecture,<br />
“Educating for Social Responsibility,” at Myers<br />
Park Baptist Church. Sidwell is the school<br />
Sasha and Malia Obama attend, and the school<br />
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South Charlotte <strong>Weekly</strong> • Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2009 • Page 25
Aaron Garcia/SCW photo<br />
The 2009 Charlotte Country Day football team has 18 players who have attended the school for 12 years, including (from left) Miles Boardman, Nic<br />
DeLuca, Daniel Breedman, Jonathan Howe, Payton McCrossan, Chris Shembo, Dave D’Alessandro, Ben Rhyne and Lee Cummings.<br />
Homegrown talent plays key role in Charlotte Country Day’s success<br />
by Aaron Garcia<br />
aaron@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
By 2005, Charlotte Country Day football coach Bob<br />
Witman had grown tired of opposing coaches “complimenting”<br />
him for his recruiting efforts.<br />
Recruiting, the rival coaches figured, must’ve been the<br />
reason the Bucs were able to win state championships<br />
and even step outside the private-school ranks to knock<br />
off highly regarded public schools.<br />
So Witman found a way to volley the backhanded<br />
compliments.<br />
In the Charlotte Country Day game programs, along<br />
with categories such as “grade” and “position,” Witman<br />
began adding one more column: “Years at CCDS.”<br />
“We had some good athletes here,” said Witman.<br />
“(Opponents) thought, ‘Heavens, why<br />
would they be going to school there?’”<br />
As the Bucs enter their Friday, Oct. 30,<br />
regular-season finale against rival Charlotte<br />
Latin, the “Years at CCDS” column<br />
in the game programs goes a long way<br />
toward explaining how Charlotte Country<br />
Day (9-0) has emerged as one of the county’s<br />
three unbeaten teams this season.<br />
An exclusive club<br />
For Witman, listing the players’ time at<br />
Charlotte Country Day was the perfect<br />
answer to critics who thought they’d just<br />
lost to a group of private-school mercenaries.<br />
That myth was quickly debunked<br />
when the number matched that of the<br />
players’ grade levels.<br />
In private-school circles, these students<br />
are commonly referred to as “lifers.”<br />
Each year, a few Charlotte Country Day<br />
upperclassmen stick out for having spent<br />
their entire careers at the school. But the<br />
number is even more impressive this year,<br />
as 18 of the team’s 37 players have spent<br />
12 years at the school. Eleven of those<br />
players are seniors. (Charlotte Country<br />
Day also offers a junior kindergarten<br />
program.)<br />
Another four players – two sophomores<br />
and two juniors – have spent 11 years at<br />
the school.<br />
“I was amazed at how many lifers there<br />
were on the team,” said Witman. “Sure, we have a<br />
couple of kids who came as freshmen. But for the most<br />
part, these kids have been here since elementary school,<br />
which makes it special. This is our team.”<br />
The players are grateful for their unique bond.<br />
“I don’t think there’s another group (of players in the<br />
city who’ve) been together as long as we have,” said<br />
(more on page 28)<br />
Austin Powers Hawks<br />
Shagging touchdowns in nine consecutive games,<br />
Latin receiver living a dream<br />
by C. Jemal Horton<br />
jemal@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
As a lower-school student romping<br />
through Charlotte Latin School’s wooded<br />
setting in the late 1990s, Davis Austin<br />
always kept an eye on the Hawks’ football<br />
field.<br />
Even then, Austin towered over many<br />
of his classmates and appeared to have<br />
a stature more conducive to excelling for<br />
the Charlotte Latin basketball team one<br />
day. Basketball, in fact, had been his first<br />
sports love.<br />
But over the years, as he grew taller,<br />
and the Hawks’ football squad began a<br />
magnificent ascent to one of the state’s<br />
elite private-school teams, Austin found<br />
it increasingly difficult to ignore the whispers<br />
calling from the gridiron.<br />
Page 26 • Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2009 • South Charlotte <strong>Weekly</strong><br />
Now a senior, he feels he’s exactly<br />
where he’s supposed to be: making an<br />
impact for the Charlotte Latin football<br />
team.<br />
The 6-foot-5, 195-pound Austin is one<br />
of Mecklenburg County’s top wide receivers,<br />
having hauled in 35 passes for 772<br />
yards and 13 touchdowns this season.<br />
His sparkling statistics have prompted<br />
college coaches from the Ivy League,<br />
Southern Conference and, most recently,<br />
the Atlantic Coast Conference to come<br />
calling.<br />
The individual attention has been<br />
rewarding for Austin, who put in a lot of<br />
sweat equity over the summer to attain<br />
his current level of play. But for a trueblue<br />
Hawk such as Austin, what’s most<br />
satisfying is Charlotte Latin’s 8-1 record<br />
– and a chance to win a conference title<br />
Charlotte Latin senior wide receiver Davis Austin has had a breakout season, catching 35 passes for<br />
772 yards and 13 touchdowns.<br />
– heading into the Friday, Oct. 30, regular-season<br />
finale against rival Charlotte<br />
Country Day.<br />
“I’ve loved it,” Austin said. “I’ve been<br />
here since kindergarten. I’ve always<br />
dreamed of being on the field. It’s just<br />
pretty much a dream come true to be<br />
playing this well and scoring touchdowns<br />
for my school.”<br />
(more on page 29)<br />
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Tim Steadman/SCW photo
Football Night<br />
in Mecklenburg<br />
STANDINGS<br />
CISAA<br />
Conference W-L Overall W-L<br />
Charlotte Country Day 2-0 9-0<br />
Charlotte Latin 1-1 8-1<br />
Charlotte Christian 1-1 7-2<br />
Providence Day 0-2 3-6<br />
Last week’s results<br />
Charlotte Country Day 24, Providence Day 7<br />
Charlotte Latin 31, North Cross (Va.) 7<br />
Charlotte Christian 21, Raleigh Ravenscroft 14<br />
SOUTHWESTERN 4A<br />
Conference W-L Overall W-L<br />
Independence 4-0 9-0<br />
Butler 4-0 8-0<br />
Providence 2-2 5-4<br />
Ardrey Kell 2-3 3-6<br />
Myers Park 2-3 3-7<br />
East Mecklenburg 1-3 5-4<br />
South Mecklenburg 0-4 4-5<br />
Last week’s results<br />
Butler 35, Providence 28<br />
East Mecklenburg 28, Ardrey Kell 0<br />
Myers Park 23, South Mecklenburg 14<br />
MEGA 7 3A/4A<br />
Conference W-L Overall W-L<br />
Olympic 4-0 7-2<br />
Charlotte Catholic 4-1 6-4<br />
East Gaston 2-2 4-5<br />
Harding 2-2 3-6<br />
Garinger 2-2 2-7<br />
West Mecklenburg 1-3 1-8<br />
Waddell 0-5 1-9<br />
Last week’s results<br />
Olympic 62, Waddell 6<br />
Charlotte Catholic 41, Garinger 14<br />
Harding 14, West Mecklenburg 12<br />
I-MECK 4A<br />
Conference W-L Overall W-L<br />
Mallard Creek 5-0 8-1<br />
West Charlotte 3-1 5-4<br />
Vance 3-1 4-5<br />
Lake Norman 2-3 7-3<br />
North Mecklenburg 1-3 5-4<br />
Hopewell 1-3 4-5<br />
Mooresville 0-4 0-9<br />
Last week’s results<br />
Mallard Creek 41, Hopewell 14<br />
Lake Norman 20, West Charlotte 18<br />
Vance 21, North Mecklenburg 13<br />
Lenoir Hibriten 62, Mooresville 21<br />
CENTRAL PIEDMONT 2A/3A<br />
Conference W-L Overall W-L<br />
First Assembly 5-0 9-0<br />
Westminster Catawba 5-1 6-3<br />
Forsyth Country Day 3-2 6-3<br />
Christ School 3-3 4-4<br />
Hickory Grove 2-4 5-4<br />
Northside Christian 2-4 4-5<br />
SouthLake Christian 0-6 2-7<br />
Last week’s results<br />
First Assembly 14, Westminster Catawba 3<br />
Asheville School 6, Kennedy Charter 0<br />
Forsyth Country Day 37, AFC Rangers 14<br />
Christ School 6, Hickory Grove 0<br />
Northside Christian 30, SouthlLake Christian 8<br />
OTHER MECKLENBURG TEAMS<br />
W-L CONFERENCE<br />
<strong>Carolina</strong> Pride 8-1 <strong>Carolina</strong>s Independent<br />
Berry 7-2 Rocky River 1A/2A<br />
Last week’s results<br />
<strong>Carolina</strong> Pride 37, Q Foundation 20<br />
Berry 39, North Stanly 0<br />
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The <strong>Weekly</strong> Football Super 10<br />
This time last year, the South Mecklenburg<br />
football team was turning its season<br />
around. The Sabres went from a four-game<br />
losing streak to winning three of their last<br />
four regular-season games, and then won<br />
three consecutive games in the postseason.<br />
This year however, the Sabres have lost<br />
three of their last four games with Southwestern<br />
4A conference foes Butler and East<br />
Mecklenburg left on the schedule.<br />
“This is a different season,” South Meck<br />
coach James Martin said.<br />
What hasn’t been different this year is<br />
the Sabres ability to run. Despite their losing<br />
record (4-5, 0-4), senior Larry Kennedy<br />
has more than 1,000 yards rushing and 17<br />
touchdowns. When the Sabres have been<br />
able to control the clock with their running<br />
game, they’ve been successful.<br />
“We were able to sustain long drives, keep<br />
the other team off of the field,” said Martin.<br />
“That’s what we do best.”<br />
Martin added that junior Avery Lee and<br />
senior Harrison Phillips also have sparked<br />
the running attack.<br />
“(Lee’s) given us a burst we’ve needed<br />
in a couple of games to really give us some<br />
momentum,” said Martin. “I’ve been real<br />
proud of what he’s done the last couple<br />
weeks. (Phillips has) been a nice complement<br />
when people key on Kennedy.”<br />
This week, however, the Sabres have a<br />
daunting task against undefeated Butler.<br />
“The biggest thing is being able to take<br />
the ball and keep it out of Butler’s hands,”<br />
stated Martin. “We’re not looking for quick<br />
strikes. We’re just trying to keep their<br />
offense off the field. Defensively, we’ve got<br />
to be able to pick some coverages up. We’ve<br />
got to be able to tackle – not arm tackle. I<br />
think that can help us.”<br />
Knights prepare for Chargers<br />
Charlotte Christian (7-2, 1-1 Charlotte<br />
Independent Schools Athletic Association)<br />
concludes regular-season play this week<br />
against conference rival Providence Day<br />
(3-6, 0-2).<br />
A win, coupled with a Charlotte Country<br />
Day loss to Charlotte Latin, would give<br />
Charlotte Christian a shot at a three-way<br />
tie for the Charlotte Independent Schools<br />
Athletic Association championship. A loss<br />
could drop the Knights to third place in the<br />
four-team league.<br />
But Knights’ coach Jason Estep doesn’t<br />
think the added urgency surrounding the<br />
game gives his team an advantage.<br />
“Both teams are going to be jacked and<br />
ready to go,” Estep said. “I think it’ll be no<br />
different than Christian-Latin or Christian-<br />
Country Day games. It’s a conference game,<br />
so we have to be ready.”<br />
Estep said he was pleased with the way<br />
his team rebounded from an Oct. 16 loss<br />
to Country Day to earn a 21-14 win over<br />
Raleigh Ravenscroft last week.<br />
“We’ve really tightened the screws and<br />
had to get back to basics,” he said. “We were<br />
able to do that. That was very encouraging<br />
to us.”<br />
Estep said the Knights must slow down<br />
Providence Day running back Josh Covington,<br />
who has 1,390 yards and 13 touchdowns<br />
this season.<br />
“I think (Covington’s) as good as advertised,”<br />
Estep said. “He’s a true running<br />
back; he has good vision, and he can cut on<br />
a dime and not lose a bit of speed. So we<br />
need to fly around the football, which we’re<br />
very capable of doing.”<br />
Estep hasn’t forgotten that the Chargers<br />
upset the Knights in last year’s regularseason<br />
finale.<br />
“One thing I said (to my team) was (Providence<br />
Day’s) kids were hungrier than we<br />
were last year, for whatever reason,” said<br />
Estep. “That will not be the case this Friday,<br />
I can promise you that.”<br />
The Knights will benefit from the return<br />
of several key players, including senior<br />
quarterback John Kincaid (flu), lineman<br />
Sam Duyck (flu) and running back Parker<br />
Blazevich (ankle).<br />
New setting, same rivalry<br />
As is usually the case, this week’s game<br />
between Charlotte Country Day and<br />
Charlotte Latin will have major playoff<br />
implications.<br />
A Charlotte Latin win could create a<br />
week 11<br />
Rank Team Record Last week This week<br />
1. Independence 9-0 Idle at Myers Park<br />
2. Butler 8-0 W, Providence, 35-28 vs. South Mecklenburg<br />
3. Mallard Creek 8-1 W, Hopewell, 41-14 at No. 9 West Charlotte<br />
4. Charlotte Country Day 9-0 W, Providence Day, 24-7 at No. 5 Charlotte Latin<br />
5. Charlotte Latin 8-1 W, North Cross (Va.), 31-7 vs. No. 4 Charlotte Country Day<br />
6t. Charlotte Christian 7-2 W, Raleigh Ravenscroft, 21-14 vs. Providence Day<br />
6t. Providence 5-4 L, Butler, 35-28 at East Mecklenburg<br />
8. Olympic 7-2 W, Waddell, 62-6 vs. Garinger<br />
9. West Charlotte 5-4 L, Lake Norman, 20-18 vs. No. 3 Mallard Creek<br />
10t. Charlotte Catholic 6-4 W, Garinger, 41-14 at Harding<br />
10t. Vance 4-5 W, North Mecklenburg, 21-13 vs. Hopewell<br />
NOTEBOOK<br />
Sabres eyeing another turnaround<br />
by Erica Singleton and Aaron Garcia<br />
sports@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
three-way tie atop the Charlotte Independent<br />
Schools Athletic Association standings,<br />
if Charlotte Christian beats Providence<br />
Day on the same night. If Country<br />
Day wins, the Bucs will be the conference’s<br />
lone undefeated team, thus making them<br />
champions and a No. 1 seed in the state<br />
playoffs.<br />
“I think a No. 1 seed would be very nice,”<br />
said Charlotte Country Day coach Bob<br />
Witman. “It’d be helpful to us, so we’d like<br />
to (win this game).”<br />
But Witman stopped short of calling the<br />
contest a “must-win.”<br />
“I think this isn’t a game where we feel<br />
pressure that we have to win or we should<br />
win, whereas if we get beat we’re upset,”<br />
said the coach. “(The Hawks) would have to<br />
be slight favorites. They had more returning<br />
kids, more playoff experience. But we also<br />
feel we have something going for us, too.”<br />
Charlotte Latin coach Larry McNulty<br />
said that while the two teams are similar,<br />
the Hawks must match the Bucs in one<br />
important category.<br />
“The thing that I noticed in the games<br />
they played against Charlotte Christian and<br />
Providence Day is they seem to have a huge<br />
advantage in mojo,” said McNulty. “They’re<br />
really playing with a lot of passion, and I<br />
think they out-hustled and wanted it more<br />
than those teams the last couple of weeks.<br />
“I’m very impressed with their team all the<br />
way around – good offense, good defense,<br />
good kicker, good kicking game.”<br />
After part of uptown Charlotte’s Memorial<br />
Stadium collapsed this summer, officials<br />
were forced to move the game to Charlotte<br />
Latin for the first time since 1999. But<br />
Witman doesn’t see the change of venue as<br />
a detriment to the game itself.<br />
“I think it’ll be exciting,” said Witman.<br />
McNulty agreed.<br />
“I liked playing (at Country Day), and<br />
they play great over here,” he said. “It<br />
doesn’t matter.”<br />
Regardless of the venue, said Witman,<br />
fans should expect a good game between<br />
two great teams.<br />
“They’ve got some excellent kids,” he said.<br />
“We have some good ones, too, so it’s going<br />
to be interesting.” q<br />
South Charlotte <strong>Weekly</strong> • Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2009 • Page 27
Football Night<br />
in Mecklenburg<br />
MECKLENBURG<br />
STATISTICAL<br />
LEADERS<br />
passing<br />
Player School Comp. Att. Yards Int. TDs<br />
Chauncey Concepcion Providence Day 152 261 2,187 8 25<br />
Jonathan Weymann Myers Park 122 231 1,908 10 18<br />
Brad Clay North Mecklenburg 112 210 1,868 3 17<br />
Ray Mallos <strong>Carolina</strong> Pride 122 193 1,821 6 22<br />
Sam Spence Charlotte Latin 96 188 1,452 7 16<br />
Kenny Patterson Berry 101 156 1,431 4 20<br />
John Kincaid Charlotte Christian 75 177 1,264 10 15<br />
Lucas Beatty Olympic 80 123 1,248 5 16<br />
Morgan Roberts Charlotte Country Day 69 124 1,078 1 17<br />
rushing<br />
Player School Att. Yards TDs<br />
Josh Covington Providence Day 187 1,390 13<br />
Jalen Ross Charlotte Latin 131 1,078 19<br />
Deyonta Wright Myers Park 147 1,061 6<br />
Dondre Lewis-Freeman Hopewell 103 955 13<br />
Mike Huff Olympic 89 936 10<br />
Xavier Joplin North Mecklenburg 102 866 8<br />
Germone Hopper Berry 89 821 13<br />
Angelo Acitelli Charlotte Catholic 126 730 9<br />
Zak Johnston SouthLake Christian 93 685 5<br />
Chris Shembo Charlotte Country Day 107 578 7<br />
Grant Nowell Hopewell 82 529 2<br />
Chauncey Concepcion Providence 77 518 5<br />
Ty Linton Charlotte Christian 111 500 5<br />
Chris Williams Providence 111 472 5<br />
interceptions<br />
Player School No.<br />
Nick Dawson Berry 6<br />
Andre Diouf SouthLake Christian 6<br />
Taylor Chiesa North Mecklenburg 5<br />
Nic DeLuca Charlotte Country Day 5<br />
Tate Bloomer Charlotte Country Day 4<br />
Quan McCleary <strong>Carolina</strong> Pride 4<br />
Toby Swimmer Providence Day 4<br />
receiving<br />
Player School Rec. Yards TDs<br />
Banks Jenkins Myers Park 47 931 10<br />
Davis Austin Charlotte Latin 35 772 13<br />
Marquis Buckman Berry 25 734 10<br />
Matthias Farley Charlotte Christian 15 618 8<br />
Travis Hallman SouthLake Christian 37 583 2<br />
Michael Haffner Hopewell 27 576 6<br />
Dasean Payton North Mecklenburg 26 554 3<br />
Braxton Deaver Providence 43 543 5<br />
Jarrid McKinney Providence 21 530 6<br />
Raheim Jennings Olympic 23 478 7<br />
Quincey Ekechukwu Berry 19 462 5<br />
Anthony Henderson Olympic 31 458 7<br />
Miles Boardman Charlotte Country Day 23 450 9<br />
Tim Litton <strong>Carolina</strong> Pride 33 441 6<br />
Greg Brignolle <strong>Carolina</strong> Pride 21 433 5<br />
Tate Bloomer Charlotte Country Day 28 418 6<br />
Brandon Braxton Providence 25 415 7<br />
sacks<br />
Player School No.<br />
Ty Linton Charlotte Christian 10<br />
Daquavius Reid Berry 9<br />
David Durham Charlotte Christian 7<br />
Braxton Hicks Berry 7<br />
Chance Miller Hopewell 7<br />
Latham York North Mecklenburg 7<br />
Tyler De Stefani <strong>Carolina</strong> Pride 6.5<br />
Alex Zimmerman Providence Day 6<br />
Chase Carbone Charlotte Latin 5<br />
Judson Hall Charlotte Christian 5<br />
James Howe Charlotte Country Day 5<br />
Keith McAfee Olympic 5<br />
Charles Hazzard SouthLake Christian 4.5<br />
Sam Fulginiti Charlotte Christian 4<br />
Colton Walls Charlotte Latin 4<br />
punting<br />
Player School No. Yards avg.<br />
Tim Litton <strong>Carolina</strong> Pride 12 42.3<br />
Austin Long Myers Park 14 42.1<br />
Ace Richardson Myers Park 25 40.6<br />
Michael Haffner Hopewell 24 38.50<br />
Bryce Thompson Providence 26 34.3<br />
Ben Rhyne Charlotte Country Day 22 33.4<br />
Tyler McMahan Olympic 25 33.0<br />
John Kincaid Charlotte Christian 12 32.7<br />
Nick Funck Charlotte Catholic 20 32.4<br />
tackles<br />
Player School No.<br />
Garrett Gysel Myers Park 104<br />
Travis Hallman SouthLake Christian 94<br />
Connor Dunaway Charlotte Country Day 87<br />
Robert Stack Providence Day 86<br />
Ryan Merceer Myers Park 85<br />
Matt Sawyer Charlotte Catholic 79<br />
Kelby Brown Charlotte Christian 78<br />
Ryan Lemke North Mecklenburg 76<br />
Denzel Hooks Olympic 75<br />
Donshae Joyce North Mecklenburg 75<br />
Colton Walls Charlotte Latin 74<br />
Jonny Peace North Mecklenburg 69<br />
Jake Flynn Providence Day 67<br />
Paul Paschal Charlotte Latin 67<br />
Quacy Robinson Myers Park 66<br />
Darius MacKey Hopewell 65<br />
Cameron Joe North Mecklenburg 64<br />
Daniel Breeden Charlotte Country Day 63<br />
Matt Hall Charlotte Christian 63<br />
Sean Hubbard Olympic 63<br />
Kentril Washington North Mecklenburg 62<br />
Nick Dawson Berry 60<br />
David Durham Charlotte Christian 59<br />
Latham York North Mecklenburg 59<br />
Will Smith Providence Day 58<br />
Toby Swimmer Providence Day 58<br />
Antwan Alexander Myers Park 57<br />
Nic DeLuca Charlotte Country Day 55<br />
Chase Carbone Charlotte Latin 54<br />
Collin Manning Charlotte Catholic 54<br />
Tyler De Stefani <strong>Carolina</strong> Pride 53<br />
Keith McAfee Olympic 52<br />
Chance Miller Hopewell 51<br />
Sayyid Muhammed Olympic 51<br />
Justin Avery Hopewell 50<br />
Buddy Craft Charlotte Christian 50<br />
Derek Passenant Charlotte Country Day 50<br />
To report statistical leaders,<br />
send an e-mail to sports@<br />
thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
each Tuesday by noon.<br />
Bucs<br />
(continued from page 26)<br />
senior running back Chris Shembo.<br />
Track record<br />
When the Charlotte Country Day players<br />
heard preseason discussions that Charlotte<br />
Christian and Charlotte Latin were<br />
favored to win the conference title, they<br />
understood – to a certain degree. After all,<br />
they did lose 14 starters from last season’s<br />
squad that posted an 8-3 record. But this<br />
group of Bucs also knew better than to<br />
expect a mediocre campaign. They’d never<br />
had one, so why start now?<br />
Since seventh grade is the first year<br />
students are eligible to don a Bucs uniform,<br />
this the sixth season the current<br />
seniors have played alongside one<br />
another.<br />
Witman said that continuity within the<br />
program has certainly helped his team.<br />
“And that has (a lot) to do with our<br />
coaching staff,” Witman said. “(The<br />
coaches) are not identical (with their)<br />
coaching (styles) all the way through.<br />
But we’ve got good coaching staffs at<br />
the seventh-grade, eighth-grade and the<br />
(junior varsity) levels … (The players are)<br />
getting pretty much the same philosophy<br />
and the same stuff up through the ranks.<br />
You have to be a little more basic at the<br />
lower levels.”<br />
The numbers seem to agree. This season,<br />
the Bucs score an average of 33.8<br />
points per game while allowing opponents<br />
just 11.4.<br />
But the players’ success stems from<br />
more than just a thorough knowledge of<br />
the playbook.<br />
“Basically, all the lifers, we’ve always<br />
been best friends,” said senior defensive<br />
back Nic DeLuca. “That’s basically what<br />
it comes down to.”<br />
After six years, the players have logged<br />
more hours playing football together than<br />
many sets of brothers. A good portion of<br />
them even played together before seventh<br />
grade in various youth leagues.<br />
“We all know each other’s tendencies,<br />
we all know each others’ strengths and<br />
weaknesses and where we can help each<br />
other in those areas,” said senior lineman<br />
Payton McCrossan. “But really, we’ve<br />
played with each other forever, so we<br />
just click offensively and defensively. We<br />
understand each other so well.”<br />
Linebacker Daniel Breeden agreed.<br />
“You know exactly what (teammates<br />
are) thinking when they’re alongside<br />
you,” Breeden said.<br />
A winning tradition<br />
Charlotte Country Day assistant Art<br />
Hoffman began coaching the current<br />
Bucs seniors when they were in middle<br />
school. He believes the players’ winning<br />
tradition offered a clue that 2009 could<br />
be a big year for them, mainly because<br />
the majority of the seniors have notched<br />
an overall record of 47-9 while playing for<br />
the Country Day seventh-grade, eighthgrade,<br />
junior varsity and varsity teams.<br />
That culture of success seems to have<br />
become as much a part of the players’ identities<br />
as the pirate flags on their helmets.<br />
“There’s that belief that you’ve been<br />
successful before and … just a feeling<br />
of, ‘Well, I can be successful again,’” said<br />
Hoffman. “These guys have clearly far<br />
exceeded what we thought might happen<br />
(this season). There’s a lot of talent in<br />
the league this year, and we thought we’d<br />
be rebuilding. But (this team has) been<br />
successful all the way along. Maybe we<br />
(coaches) were just too critical.”<br />
The players said their winning legacy<br />
comes in handy when adversity strikes.<br />
“It helps a lot because you can think<br />
back, look around (and say), ‘Guys, we’ve<br />
been doing this forever. This is nothing<br />
new to us at all,’” said McCrossan.<br />
“’We’ve been in this situation many times.<br />
We all know what we have to do to make<br />
this situation better.’”<br />
Breeden agreed.<br />
“It’s calming because you know you<br />
have the ability to come back if you’re<br />
down,” he said.<br />
The team’s bond is even more evident<br />
when facing a team that doesn’t share the<br />
Bucs’ level of camaraderie.<br />
“With other teams, when they’re down,<br />
we’ve noticed that they always fight,” said<br />
Cummings. “But with us, when we’re<br />
down, we always (convene) at halftime<br />
and bring it back together.”<br />
So while they understood why the prognosticators<br />
figured other teams would<br />
do better this season, the Bucs’ players<br />
didn’t buy into that sentiment. After all,<br />
they knew they’d be facing many of the<br />
same teams and players they’d grown up<br />
beating since seventh grade.<br />
Bucs senior Miles Boardman was a freshman<br />
on the Bucs’ 2006 JV squad and recalls<br />
that year’s season finale against Charlotte<br />
Latin. Though they finished with a 5-5<br />
record, the Bucs rallied to beat the Hawks<br />
and finish their season on a high note.<br />
“That was a high point in my athletic<br />
career,” said Boardman of beating Latin.<br />
“I knew it was going to be fun from there<br />
on out.” q<br />
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Austin<br />
(continued from page 26)<br />
When he was younger, Austin thought<br />
his main athletic contribution to the<br />
school would come via dunks and jump<br />
shots. He’s been a key player in the Hawks<br />
basketball program throughout his high<br />
school days and even had dreams of playing<br />
the sport in college one day.<br />
Then, after showing potential as the<br />
third receiving option on the Hawks’<br />
football team last season, he started getting<br />
questionnaires from Southern Conference<br />
programs such as The Citadel<br />
and Furman. That’s when he decided to<br />
become a devoted football player.<br />
“Basketball has been my No. 1 sport up<br />
through high school,” Austin said. “But<br />
last summer, I pretty much dedicated<br />
myself to football – and playing college<br />
football.<br />
“Over the summer, I worked with a<br />
speed coach, Charlie Newman. I went to<br />
pretty much every ‘Iron Hawks’ workout<br />
– our weightlifting program – over the<br />
summer. I got a lot stronger and faster.”<br />
Austin shaved two-tenths of a second<br />
off his 40-yard dash time to 4.75 seconds.<br />
He also increased his bench press<br />
20 pounds, up to 235 pounds. Those<br />
improvements, combined with his height,<br />
made him a bona fide commodity on the<br />
football field; on the basketball court, 6-5<br />
players are available in abundance.<br />
The hard work that led to his increased<br />
speed has made all the difference, Charlotte<br />
Latin coach Larry McNulty said.<br />
“(A lack of speed) was the thing that<br />
was holding him back,” McNulty said.<br />
“He always could catch well, and he had<br />
good size. He just really wasn’t quick<br />
enough to get away from coverage. But<br />
now he can do that. He’s stepped it up.<br />
He’s caught a touchdown pass in every<br />
game.”<br />
That last fact might have landed Austin<br />
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Although Charlotte Latin coaches are<br />
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that Austin’s nine consecutive games with<br />
a touchdown reception is a state record.<br />
Either way, Austin is honored to even be<br />
a part of the discussion.<br />
“It’s cool to have your name down there<br />
for consideration,” he said. “No matter<br />
what happens, it feels good because I’ve<br />
worked really hard in the offseason to get<br />
where I am.<br />
“I expected to do a lot better this season.<br />
Last year, we had two all-state receivers<br />
– Ross Cockrell and Tayler Sipperly –<br />
and I was kind of the third guy. Now I’m<br />
pretty much the go-to receiver. But I’ve<br />
had to earn it.”<br />
And following his hard work on Friday<br />
nights, Austin has hustled almost as<br />
much on Saturdays, too.<br />
Last weekend, Clemson University<br />
hosted him on an unofficial visit. The<br />
week before, the University of Virginia<br />
did the same thing. He’s also had trips to<br />
The Citadel and Furman.<br />
“The Ivy League and Southern Conference<br />
are showing me the most interest,<br />
but some ACC schools are starting<br />
to show more interest since I’ve started<br />
doing well,” said Austin, who sports a 3.5<br />
GPA and a 1270 SAT score.<br />
“I’m not sure how things will end, but<br />
I’m just grateful for my position right<br />
now.”<br />
But for a lifelong Hawk, the season<br />
highlight always is the regular-season<br />
finale against Charlotte Country Day.<br />
And Austin is hoping to have his best<br />
game of the season when the Hawks play<br />
host to the Bucs on Friday.<br />
“Oh, yeah, that’s the game!” Austin<br />
said. “That’s our main rival. It would be<br />
great to beat Country Day the day before<br />
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long time, too.” q<br />
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Football Night<br />
Breaking down this week’s games<br />
Providence Day at Charlotte Christian<br />
Time: 7 p.m.<br />
Records: Providence Day 3-6, 0-2 Charlotte Independent Schools Athletic<br />
Association; Charlotte Christian 7-2, 1-1 CISAA<br />
Last meeting: In 2008, Providence Day shocked the eventual state champs in the<br />
season finale, 14-10.<br />
Players to watch: Providence Day: junior running back Josh Covington, senior<br />
safety Toby Swimmer, junior linebacker Robert Stack and junior receiver Mike<br />
McConoughey; Charlotte Christian: senior linebacker/running back Ty Linton,<br />
senior defensive end Judson Hall, senior defensive end/linebacker David Durham<br />
and senior safety Jake Watson<br />
The skinny: Charlotte Christian finally has all its players healthy, but don’t expect<br />
that to intimidate the Chargers, who are looking to repeat last year’s shocker. Charlotte<br />
Christian will look to bottle up Covington, so Litton has to keep the Knights<br />
honest through the air. If the Chargers can keep Charlotte Christian from overloading<br />
the defensive line, this could be as exciting as last year’s contest.<br />
– Aaron Garcia<br />
Charlotte Country Day at Charlotte Latin<br />
Time: 7:30 p.m.<br />
Records: Charlotte Country Day 9-0, 2-0 Charlotte Independent Schools Athletic<br />
Association; Charlotte Latin 8-1, 1-1 CISAA<br />
Last meeting: In 2008, Charlotte Latin won, 30-10.<br />
Players to watch: Charlotte Country Day: junior quarterback Morgan Roberts,<br />
senior running back Chris Shembo, senior linebacker Connor Dunaway, senior<br />
defensive back Nic DeLuca and senior receivers Miles Boardman and Tate Bloomer;<br />
Charlotte Latin: junior running back Jalen Ross, junior quarterback Sam Spence,<br />
senior receiver Davis Austin, junior defensive back Paul Paschal, senior linebacker/<br />
fullback Chase Carbone, defensive lineman Archie McIntosh and sophomore<br />
receiver Michael Massardo<br />
The skinny: This is going to be fun. Both teams need to jump-start their rushing<br />
attacks after unimpressive showings last week, but each can compensate with its<br />
passing game. This should come down to who can minimize mistakes. Yes, the<br />
Hawks are hosting, but homefield advantage tends to disappear in rivalry games.<br />
– Aaron Garcia<br />
South Mecklenburg at Butler<br />
Time: 7 p.m.<br />
Records: South Meck 4-5, 0-4 Southwestern 4A conference; Butler 8-0, 4-0<br />
SW4A<br />
Last meeting: In 2008, Butler won, 28-13.<br />
Players to watch: South Meck: freshman quarterback Chase Ferguson, senior<br />
running back Larry Kennedy, senior fullback Trevor Hovis and junior wingback<br />
Avery Lee; Butler: junior quarterback Christian LeMay, senior running back Markel<br />
Moore and senior receivers Nate Charest, Anthony Short and Tony Yorio<br />
The skinny: Butler beat Providence by a touchdown last week despite committing<br />
a number of penalties, including three personal fouls in the fourth quarter. The<br />
running game has fueled South Meck, but penalties have forced the Sabres into<br />
passing situations. South Meck will have to methodically eat up the clock and keep<br />
the Bulldogs’ offense off the field. But the Butler defense can score touchdowns, so<br />
the Sabres’ upset hopes could hinge on their ability to hold on to the ball.<br />
– Erica Singleton<br />
Providence at East Mecklenburg<br />
Time: 7 p.m.<br />
Records: Providence 5-3, 2-2 Southwestern 4A conference; East Mecklenburg<br />
5-4, 1-3 SW4A<br />
Last meeting: In 2008, East Mecklenburg won, 34-14.<br />
Players to watch: Providence: junior quarterback Chauncey Concepcion, senior<br />
receivers Brandon Braxton, Braxton Deaver, Jarrid McKinney and Damon Magazu;<br />
East Meck: junior running back Ronald Howard, senior quarterback Olen Little,<br />
senior running back Elgin Counts and senior receiver J.P. Phifer<br />
The skinny: Last week, East Meck ended its three-game losing streak with a<br />
28-0 win over Ardrey Kell, during which Howard and Counts combined for 253<br />
yards and three touchdowns. The Panthers lost a 35-28 heartbreaker to Butler, but<br />
coach Randy Long said his team still hasn’t played its best game. Concepcion’s a<br />
legitimate dual threat, throwing for 2,178 yards and rushing for 518. If the Eagles<br />
can slow Concepcion down, while also minimizing penalties, they stand a strong<br />
chance of extending their streak.<br />
– Erica Singleton<br />
Independence at Myers Park<br />
Time: 7 p.m.<br />
Records: Independence 9-0, 5-0 Southwestern 4A conference; Myers Park 3-7,<br />
2-3 SW4A<br />
Last meeting: In 2008, Independence won, 55-15.<br />
Players to watch: Independence: senior quarterback Anthony Carrothers, senior<br />
running back Nyjee Fleming and senior defensive backs Jeremy Inglesi and Leonard<br />
Gleaves; Myers Park: senior receivers Banks Jenkins and Ace Richardson, senior<br />
quarterback Jonathon Weymann and junior running back Deyonta Wright<br />
The skinny: Myers Park’s young defense was able to defend South Mecklenburg’s<br />
rushing game last week, but this week the Mustangs must deal with the multitalented<br />
Carrothers and his speedy receivers. The under-publicized Wright is coming<br />
off another strong game (22 carries, 143 yards and two touchdowns). However,<br />
the key to a Myers Park victory will be defense. The Patriots haven’t scored<br />
fewer than 30 points in a game, and they’ll be looking to impress heading into next<br />
week’s game with rival Butler.<br />
– Erica Singleton<br />
Charlotte Catholic at Harding<br />
Time: 7 p.m.<br />
Records: Charlotte Catholic 6-4, 3-1 MEGA 7 3A/4A conference; Harding 3-6, 1-2<br />
MEGA 7<br />
Last meeting: In 2008, Charlotte Catholic won, 41-21.<br />
Players to watch: Charlotte Catholic: senior quarterback Danny Reyes, senior<br />
running back Jadarius Bruce, senior running back Angelo Acitelli and senior<br />
receivers Nate Landi, Ryan Gibbons and Matt Tomsho; Harding: running back<br />
Emanuel Robinson, receiver/linebacker Walt Gwin, junior linebacker Aquil Steward<br />
and senior lineman Jamal Allen<br />
The skinny: The past two weeks have been good to the Rams, who are enjoying<br />
their first two-game winning streak since 2007. But their ascension in the conference<br />
standings likely will end this week. The Cougars appear primed to make their<br />
annual push through the Class 3AA playoff field, but they’ll first have to go through<br />
a Harding team with newfound confidence. The Cougars’ rushing attack has a way<br />
of crushing an opponent’s momentum, though.<br />
– Aaron Garcia<br />
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in Mecklenburg<br />
WEEK 11 STAFF PICKS<br />
Each week, our sports staff<br />
predicts the winners of every<br />
game involving Mecklenburg<br />
County teams.<br />
Chris Hunt<br />
C. Jemal Horton<br />
Aaron Garcia<br />
Erica Singleton<br />
Friday, OCT. 30<br />
Providence Day at Charlotte Christian<br />
Charlotte Country Day at Charlotte Latin<br />
South Mecklenburg at Butler<br />
Providence at East Mecklenburg<br />
Independence at Myers Park<br />
Hopewell at Vance<br />
Mallard Creek at West Charlotte<br />
Mooresville at North Mecklenburg<br />
Charlotte Catholic at Harding<br />
East Gaston at West Mecklenburg<br />
Garinger at Olympic<br />
Monroe at Berry Academy<br />
Kennedy Charter at Hickory Grove<br />
Forsyth Country Day at SouthLake Christian<br />
Concord First Assembly at Northside Christian<br />
Charlotte Christian<br />
Charlotte Country Day<br />
Butler<br />
Providence<br />
Independence<br />
Vance<br />
Mallard Creek<br />
North Mecklenburg<br />
Charlotte Catholic<br />
East Gaston<br />
Olympic<br />
Monroe<br />
Hickory Grove<br />
Forsyth Country Day<br />
First Assembly<br />
Last week: 11-4<br />
Overall: 124-35<br />
Charlotte Christian<br />
Charlotte Country Day<br />
Butler<br />
Providence<br />
Independence<br />
Vance<br />
Mallard Creek<br />
North Mecklenburg<br />
Charlotte Catholic<br />
East Gaston<br />
Olympic<br />
Monroe<br />
Hickory Grove<br />
Forsyth Country Day<br />
First Assembly<br />
Last week: 13-2<br />
Overall: 123-36<br />
Charlotte Christian<br />
Charlotte Latin<br />
Butler<br />
Providence<br />
Independence<br />
Vance<br />
Mallard Creek<br />
North Mecklenburg<br />
Charlotte Catholic<br />
East Gaston<br />
Olympic<br />
Monroe<br />
Hickory Grove<br />
Forsyth Country Day<br />
First Assembly<br />
Last week: 12-3<br />
Overall: 120-39<br />
Charlotte Christian<br />
Charlotte Latin<br />
Butler<br />
Providence<br />
Independence<br />
Vance<br />
Mallard Creek<br />
North Mecklenburg<br />
Charlotte Catholic<br />
East Gaston<br />
Olympic<br />
Monroe<br />
Hickory Grove<br />
Forsyth Country Day<br />
First Assembly<br />
Last week: 12-3<br />
Overall: 117-42<br />
SporTS SHorTS<br />
Charlotte teams headline NCISAA volleyball field<br />
Five Charlotte volleyball teams are<br />
among the eight squads remaining in the<br />
N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association<br />
3A tournament.<br />
Second-seeded Charlotte Latin (24-1)<br />
will face seventh-seeded Raleigh Ravenscroft<br />
(13-8) on Friday, Oct. 30, in the state<br />
quarterfinals at 9 a.m. The Hawks received<br />
a first-round bye and will play host to the<br />
tournament quarterfinals, semifinals and<br />
finals.<br />
Third-seeded Charlotte Christian (22-5)<br />
and fourth-seeded Hickory Grove (18-6)<br />
also received byes. Charlotte Christian will<br />
take on sixth-seeded Covenant Day (16-8)<br />
on Friday at 11 a.m. Hickory Grove faces<br />
Wesleyan Academy Friday, also at 11 a.m.<br />
Charlotte Country Day (9-13), the tournament’s<br />
ninth seed, meets No. 1-seeded<br />
Cary Academy on Friday at 9 a.m.<br />
The tournament’s title game is set for<br />
Saturday at 11 a.m.<br />
Emrey, Ardrey Kell finish second<br />
Ardrey Kell junior girls golfer Allison<br />
Emrey fell just short of repeating as the<br />
N.C. 4A state champion.<br />
On Oct. 27, Emrey finished second in<br />
the individual standings after shooting a<br />
two-day score of 148 at the Foxfire Golf<br />
and Country Club’s West Course. Emrey<br />
won the 2008 state title.<br />
Ardrey Kell (467) finished second to<br />
Raleigh Athens Drive (456) in the team<br />
competition<br />
Emrey led the field after the first day of<br />
competition, when she fired a 71. However,<br />
she shot a 77 on the second day.<br />
Emrey’s teammates, Elisha Zhang (159)<br />
and Allyson Marklewicz (160) also had<br />
strong individual showings, finishing in an<br />
11th-place tie and 14th, respectively.<br />
Myers Park finished eighth in the team<br />
standings. The Mustangs were paced by<br />
Alexandra Anderson’s 21st-place finish.<br />
Hawks, Bucs field hockey still alive<br />
On Oct. 27, Charlotte Latin and Charlotte<br />
Country Day field hockey teams<br />
advanced to the NCISAA semifinals.<br />
Charlotte Latin, the tournament’s No. 1<br />
seed, moved on by toppling eighth-seeded<br />
Greensboro Day, 3-1. The unbeaten Hawks<br />
(15-0) are scheduled to face fourth-seeded<br />
Raleigh Ravenscroft (9-9) in a Friday, Oct.<br />
30, semifinal game at Durham Academy.<br />
The contest is slated to begin<br />
at 1:30 p.m.<br />
Charlotte Country Day,<br />
the tournament’s No. 2 seed,<br />
advanced by defeating seventh-seeded<br />
Cary Academy,<br />
2-0. Caroline Plyler and Loren<br />
Shealy each scored goals for<br />
the the Bucs. Alison Dillard<br />
posted the shutout.<br />
The Bucs (12-2) are slated<br />
to take on third-seeded host<br />
Durham Academy (13-3) on<br />
Friday at 3:30 p.m.<br />
The championship game<br />
will be held Saturday, Oct. 31, at Durham<br />
Academy at 11 a.m.<br />
Latin soccer team looks strong<br />
On Oct. 27, reigning state champion<br />
Charlotte Latin defeated rival Providence<br />
Day, 5-0, to advance to the NCISAA 3A<br />
boys soccer semifinals.<br />
The top-seeded Hawks (19-1-1) will face<br />
Forsyth Country Day (18-6) on Oct. 31.<br />
The NCISAA title game will be held<br />
Saturday at North Raleigh Christian Academy<br />
at 1 p.m.<br />
The Holey Trinity Catholic Middle School girls tennis team won<br />
the 2009 Greater Charlotte Middle School Athletic Association<br />
title. Team members include (first row, from left) April Purvis,<br />
Rachel Tomchin, Clare O’Brien, Grace Deering, Eliza Spratt,<br />
Lucy Green, Megan Archer and Bailey Thomas; and (back row)<br />
coach John Dempsey. Not pictured: Madeline Balch.<br />
Holy Trinity nabs first girls tennis title<br />
The Holy Trinity Catholic Middle<br />
School girls tennis team recently completed<br />
an undefeated season to earn its<br />
first conference championship.<br />
Holy Trinity emerged as the Greater<br />
Charlotte Middle School Athletic Association<br />
champion after defeating traditional<br />
power Charlotte Latin, which<br />
won the crown last season, and Concord<br />
Cannon.<br />
Holy Trinity had a 14-0 record this<br />
season. q<br />
Photo courtesy of John Dempsey<br />
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A guide to events, organizations and people in the community<br />
Fade to<br />
Theatre Charlotte has<br />
a ghost story to tell<br />
by Sean O’Connell<br />
sean@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
You’ve seen the new “Saw” film and<br />
engaged in some “Paranormal Activity.”<br />
Where do Charlotte’s horror junkies find<br />
fresh scares this Halloween weekend<br />
(and beyond)?<br />
Theatre Charlotte suggests spending<br />
time with “The Woman In Black,”<br />
Stephen Mallatratt’s chilling ghost story<br />
adapted from Susan Hill’s book that has<br />
terrified theater crowds in London’s West<br />
End for more than two decades.<br />
This wasn’t exactly director Vito Abate’s<br />
plan. His intention was to strand fictional<br />
author Paul Sheldon in the cramped<br />
cabin of deranged fan Annie Wilkes for<br />
a production of Stephen King’s “Misery.”<br />
But Theatre Charlotte discovered over the<br />
summer that licensing restrictions would<br />
prevent “Misery” from making its way to<br />
the Queen City, and executive director<br />
Ron Law suggested betting on “Black.”<br />
Abate hadn’t seen<br />
Mallaratt’s play, which<br />
is structured as a show<br />
within a show, though<br />
he was intrigued by the<br />
story of a middle-aged<br />
lawyer with horrific<br />
childhood memories<br />
who confronts his<br />
inner demons after<br />
they’re accidentally<br />
stirred up on Christmas<br />
Eve.<br />
“He realizes that one<br />
way to get rid of such things is to tell them<br />
to someone. He’s never told anyone his<br />
story, so he hires an actor to help him do<br />
this,” Abate said. “They basically re-create<br />
the events in that time in the man’s life.”<br />
That’s not all Abate has to create to<br />
successfully stage “Black.” Chris Timmons<br />
and the production designers have<br />
crafted an old Victorian theater for a set,<br />
leaving the director time to perfect the<br />
production’s sound.<br />
“It’s such a crucial element of the<br />
show,” he said. “It’s almost like one of the<br />
‘Black’<br />
Patrick Hogan<br />
characters itself.”<br />
“Black” contains audio cues that are<br />
not typical to a stage show. Think of<br />
haunted house sounds, and things that<br />
go bump in the night.<br />
“Fortunately, as it turns out, we have<br />
some hardworking sound designers. I<br />
think this will be one of the first shows<br />
(at Theatre Charlotte) where there will<br />
be sound in the back as well as the front<br />
of the theater.”<br />
When asked whether Abate and his<br />
crew have to conjure an actual ghost,<br />
the director coyly guards the truth by<br />
answering, “All I can tell you is that it is<br />
a ghost play.” Surprises are allowed in a<br />
play that’s intended to scare, and Abate<br />
promises plenty of psychological twists<br />
and turns.<br />
“So much of this show relies on the<br />
audience using their imagination,” Abate<br />
said. “This middle-aged man knows nothing<br />
about theater or acting, so the actor<br />
(he hires) must convince him that their<br />
imaginations, and the audiences’ imaginations,<br />
will create a lot of the things that<br />
they cannot possibly bring to the stage.<br />
And this is where the sound comes in,<br />
because we are hearing things happening<br />
without seeing them. I believe that people<br />
very much are going to have pictures<br />
in their minds.<br />
“It’s fun to be scared in a safe way,”<br />
Abate continued. “I think this show<br />
is a way to do that, and it’s perfect for<br />
Halloween.” q<br />
Want to go?<br />
Theatre Charlotte presents “The<br />
Woman In Black” Oct. 29-Nov. 8, at its<br />
space at 501 Queens Road, Charlotte.<br />
Vito Abate directs. There will be a special<br />
Halloween performance Friday, Oct. 30,<br />
at 11 p.m. For tickets, $7-$24, call 704-<br />
372-1000 or visit www.carolinatix.org.<br />
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More than 60 people attended the<br />
Ballantyne Arts Forum’s inaugural gallery<br />
crawl, held Oct. 10 at the Morrison<br />
Family YMCA. Inspired by the turnout,<br />
BAF President Rick Crowley’s wasting<br />
no time setting up the cultural organization’s<br />
next south Charlotte event.<br />
“We’re looking to quadruple that<br />
(attendance) number,” Crowley said<br />
as he announced a November gallery<br />
crawl. The action moves to The<br />
Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge, 10000<br />
Ballantyne Commons Pkwy, and will<br />
be held Friday, Nov. 6, from 6:30 to<br />
8:30 p.m.<br />
Once again, FABO – or “Fabulous<br />
Art Buying Opportunities” – will partner<br />
with BAF as hosts of the crawl. This<br />
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Arts & Entertainment<br />
Arts Forum crawling<br />
to Ballantyne Hotel<br />
by Sean O’Connell<br />
sean@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
Arts Beat<br />
Symphony unwraps Lollipop season<br />
The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra’s<br />
Lollipop series begins Saturday, Oct. 31,<br />
with an 11 a.m. performance by Dan<br />
Kamin. “The Magic Orchestra – A<br />
Halloween Spectacular” follows the<br />
nerdy Mr. Kirby (Kamin), a representative<br />
from the National Association of<br />
Children’s Entertainment, who doesn’t<br />
believe in playing Halloween music for<br />
children because it’s too frightening.<br />
So conductor Christopher Confessore<br />
uses his magical baton technique to<br />
play a series of musical pranks, such<br />
as turning Kirby into a marionette to<br />
accompany Gounod’s famous “Funeral<br />
March of a Marionette,” better known<br />
as Alfred Hitchcock’s theme music.<br />
Pre-concert festivities begin at 10 a.m.<br />
in the Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon St.,<br />
Charlotte. All children are encouraged<br />
to come in Halloween costumes. For<br />
tickets, $12-$25, call 704-972-2000 or<br />
visit www.charlottesymphony.org.<br />
Pineville hosts open house<br />
The Civic and Cultural Arts Center of<br />
Pineville will hold an<br />
open house on Friday,<br />
Nov. 6, to celebrate<br />
the opening of its<br />
new facility. Attendees<br />
will be able to<br />
learn more about cultural<br />
programs sponsored<br />
by the CCAC.<br />
The free open house<br />
will be held from 7 to<br />
8:30 p.m. For details,<br />
visit www.ccacpine<br />
ville.org.<br />
time, though, they will be adding contributions<br />
from members of Ballantyne<br />
After Dark and the Ballantyne Breakfast<br />
Club.<br />
Crowley emphasized that the crawls<br />
highlight Ballantyne-area artists as they<br />
provide residents with the opportunity<br />
to socialize, view unique art and jewelry,<br />
and establish a cultural footprint<br />
in south Charlotte. More than 300<br />
pieces of artwork were on display at the<br />
October event, and Crowley anticipates<br />
as much, if not more, at the next crawl.<br />
Looking ahead, Crowley would like<br />
to do one more crawl before the year<br />
ends, and he plans to host several more<br />
in 2010.<br />
For more information on the Ballantyne<br />
Arts Forum and the group’s gallery<br />
crawl series, visit www.ballantynearts<br />
forum.com. q<br />
A snapshot of arts-related news items<br />
Come hear Ardrey Kell’s<br />
Mighty Knights<br />
The Ardrey Kell High School Band<br />
will host its second annual Mighty<br />
Knight Invitational, a marching band<br />
competition, on Saturday, Oct. 31.<br />
Gates open at 9:30 a.m., with the first<br />
band performing at 10:30. The competing<br />
high school bands will include<br />
Independence, Olympic, Marvin Ridge,<br />
South Mecklenburg, Mount Pleasant,<br />
East Lincoln, Myers Park, Butler, Providence,<br />
Lexington and Boiling Springs.<br />
The final performance, for exhibition<br />
only, will be the Ardrey Kell Mighty<br />
Knight Marching Band, performing<br />
their 2009 show, “The Way of the Samurai.”<br />
Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for<br />
students. Food will be available for purchase<br />
at the concession stands. Ardrey<br />
Kell is located at 10220 Ardrey Kell<br />
Road, Charlotte. For more information,<br />
visit www.ardreykellband.org.<br />
Send your arts news items to<br />
sean@thecharlotteweekly.com.<br />
The Ardrey Kell High School Band<br />
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photos by Jeff Cravotta
C<br />
C ulinary<br />
orner<br />
Scare up some<br />
HAlloweEn Sweets<br />
Editor’s note: Trick-or-treaters might be at the door, but it’s not too late to scare up some culinary<br />
fun in the kitchen. Gather the family or party guests and whip up these treats – and some tricks – to<br />
make Halloween last all weekend long.<br />
Recipes courtesy of Family Features<br />
<strong>Make</strong> your own<br />
Happy Haunted House<br />
Maybe carving jack-o-lanterns isn’t your style.<br />
Start a new family tradition by crafting a Halloween<br />
cookie house. Starter kits are available at most<br />
craft and hobby stores, or you can get creative by<br />
cutting graham crackers to fit and icing them to<br />
small milk cartons for tiny, homemade graham<br />
cracker homes.<br />
Some ideas for house decorating: Goldfish<br />
Grahams crackers make perfect roofing tiles when<br />
held in place by icing; use blue piping gel or icing<br />
to create a moat or pond for your haunted house<br />
and stock it with Goldfish crackers; decorate your<br />
house’s yard with green coconut grass and a candycorn<br />
fence.<br />
Happy Haunted House<br />
Wilton or other brand Halloween<br />
Cookie House Kit<br />
10x14-inch cake board<br />
Cornstarch<br />
Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon, Chocolate<br />
and Honey Goldfish Grahams<br />
Piping Gel<br />
Black, orange royal blue and kelly green icing mixes<br />
Flaked coconut<br />
Candy corn<br />
Jelly beans<br />
Prepare icing mixes following instructions. Attach<br />
house to cake board.<br />
Outline door with black icing; attach candy dots.<br />
Outline door window in black icing; fill in with orange<br />
icing and smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch.<br />
Outline windows with black icing; add orange icing<br />
accents. Attach candy-dot window sills.<br />
Use a spatula to apply icing to the roof; attach<br />
crackers to the roof with dots of icing. Decorate house<br />
eaves with jelly beans attached with dots of icing. Add<br />
orange outline to roof peaks; attach candy dots.<br />
Tint portion of piping gel blue; spatula blue gel<br />
moat and pond on cake board; arrange crackers in<br />
the water. Brush clear piping gel onto open areas<br />
of cake board; sprinkle with green-tinted coconut.<br />
Arrange candy corn around house with dots of icing.<br />
Frightening fish<br />
This Halloween Goldfish Munch offers a tasty party snack in<br />
a snap or a tantalizing takeaway for party guests. Assembly is<br />
easy enough for kids to help mix Goldfish crackers together with<br />
nuts and dried fruits while parents melt chocolate for drizzling.<br />
Halloween Goldfish Munch<br />
(<strong>Make</strong>s about 14 cups of treat mix)<br />
3 packages (6.6 ounces each) Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon,<br />
Chocolate and Honey Goldfish Grahams (or any combination)<br />
1 package (8 ounces) Pepperidge Farm Pretzel Goldfish<br />
Snack Crackers<br />
1 can (10 ounces) salted mixed nuts<br />
1 cup chopped, dried apricots<br />
1 cup golden raisins<br />
2 packages (10 ounces each) Wilton Spooky Green Candy Melts<br />
or 20 ounces of chocolate chips for melting<br />
In a large bowl, combine crackers, nuts, apricots and raisins. Divide<br />
between two large cookie pans. Melt candy or chocolate following<br />
package directions in a double boiler or in a heat-safe bowl over a<br />
pot containing boiling water. Drizzle the melted candy or chocolate<br />
over the snack mixture. Refrigerate until firm. Break apart and store<br />
in airtight container until ready to serve.<br />
Source: Wilton Food Crafts/Pepperidge Farm<br />
Boo-ti-ful Ghosts<br />
(<strong>Make</strong>s 12 ghosts)<br />
Wax paper<br />
2 cups (12-ounce package) Nestlé Toll House Premier<br />
White Morsels<br />
3 Tablespoons vegetable shortening<br />
12 lollipop sticks (found in craft stores)<br />
Assorted candies for decorating<br />
Line baking sheets with wax paper. Place morsels and shortening<br />
in a large, microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on medium-high (70<br />
percent) power for one minute, 30 seconds. Stir. Morsels may retain<br />
some of their original shape. If necessary, microwave at additional<br />
10- to 15-second intervals, stirring just until melted; cool slightly. Place<br />
lollipop sticks on prepared baking sheets, spacing about 6 inches<br />
apart. Spoon melted morsel mixture halfway over lollipop sticks into<br />
ghostly shapes. Decorate with candies. Refrigerate for 15 minutes or<br />
until set.<br />
Pop goes the ghost<br />
There’s nothing scary here with these browniebased<br />
lollipops. Use a Brownie Pop Silicone<br />
Mold available at local hobby and craft stores to<br />
ensure lollipop perfection.<br />
B-O-O Brownie Pops<br />
(<strong>Make</strong>s 48 pops)<br />
1 package (about 16 ounces) of brownie<br />
mix (8x8-inch size)<br />
Eggs, water and oil needed to prepare mix<br />
48 lollipop sticks<br />
Wilton Orange, Spooky Green and Light Cocoa<br />
Candy Melts (available at Michael’s and<br />
some hobby stores)<br />
Holiday sprinkles, edible decorations and<br />
colored sugars as desired.<br />
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray brownie pop<br />
mold with vegetable pan spray. Place it on a cookie<br />
sheet.<br />
Prepare brownie mix following package directions.<br />
Spoon batter into prepared brownie pop mold, filling<br />
cavities two-thirds full. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove<br />
mold from the oven and insert lollipop sticks. Return<br />
to oven and continue baking 10 to 15 minutes or until<br />
brownies test done. Cool brownies in mold on cooling<br />
rack for 20 minutes. Remove the brownies from<br />
the mold and cool completely.<br />
Melt each color candy following package instructions.<br />
Dip cooled pops into melted candy, covering<br />
completely. While the candy is still soft, sprinkle<br />
with or dip pops into sprinkles and sugars. Place on<br />
parchment paper to set.<br />
Note: If desired, bake brownies completely without<br />
inserting stick. After brownies have cooled, dip<br />
lollipop sticks into melted candy and insert into<br />
either end of brownie. Let set before decorating.<br />
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Devilish dips meet<br />
creepy crackers<br />
Had enough sweets? Break out the cold<br />
cuts, fashion a party tray and gather the gang<br />
to put together Creepy Crackers and Dire<br />
Pepperoni Dip. You can use templates (available<br />
at Hormel.com) to fashion your party<br />
tray into a creepy, construction-paper spider.<br />
Creepy Crackers<br />
Crackers<br />
An 8-ounce package of pepperoni<br />
Sliced cheeses<br />
Garnishes, such as olives, capers, pimento<br />
and green pepper<br />
Butter, cream cheese or mayonnaise<br />
to secure toppings<br />
Sharp knife and creativity necessary<br />
Follow cracker-design templates available at<br />
Hormel.com or create your own. One of the easiest<br />
is to top a pepperoni slice with cheese cut into<br />
the shape of a ghost, cat or pumpkin. Secure toppings<br />
to one another and to crackers with butter,<br />
cream cheese or mayonnaise.<br />
A sharp knife or cookie cutters and a keen<br />
imagination recommended.<br />
Culinary Corner<br />
Dire Pepperoni Dip<br />
(<strong>Make</strong>s 6 to 8 servings)<br />
1 8-ounce package cream cheese<br />
1 10-ounce can cream of chicken<br />
soup<br />
3/4 cup water or milk<br />
1 8-ounce package pepperoni,<br />
cut in quarter slices<br />
Soften cream cheese in microwave<br />
oven for eight minutes at 20<br />
percent power. Stir in soup and<br />
water. Cook two minutes, 30 seconds<br />
at 50 percent power. Stir pepperoni<br />
into cheese mixture. Cook<br />
two minutes, 30 seconds at 70 percent<br />
power. Serve with crackers or<br />
vegetable dippers. Finish with a silly<br />
face fashioned from pepperoni, vegetables,<br />
cheese, olives or other garnishes.<br />
Spooktacular party ideas from Nestlé Test Kitchens<br />
• <strong>Make</strong> a cereal-box graveyard. Take black and white tempera paints<br />
and mix them into three shades of gray: light, medium and dark. Paint<br />
empty cereal boxes with the medium gray. Use sponges to mottle the<br />
gravestones with light and dark gray spots. Once they’re dry, write<br />
names and dates with a marker.<br />
• Play “Ring Around A Pumpkin.” Paint point values on pumpkins – 5,<br />
10, 15 and 25 points – and arrange the pumpkins with the highest point<br />
value farthest away. Players stand at a starting line and try to toss a hula<br />
hoop around a pumpkin. Each person gets three tries and the highest<br />
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• Don’t forget goodie bags. Use markers, paint and crayons to decorate<br />
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eel<br />
the<br />
reeldealby Sean O'COnnell<br />
‘This Is It’<br />
O'COnnell<br />
Grade: HHH1/2 out of 4<br />
MPAA Rating: PG for some suggestive<br />
choreography and scary images<br />
Cast: Michael Jackson<br />
Genre: Documentary<br />
Studio: Sony Pictures<br />
Our “Rewind” column reviews home<br />
video titles available for rent or purchase<br />
that hit the shelves in the past<br />
few weeks.<br />
‘Orphan’ (Blu-ray)<br />
It’s a common theme in<br />
the horror genre: strangers<br />
entering a safe haven<br />
so they can terrorize victims<br />
while their guards are<br />
down. In the psychological<br />
disturber “Orphan,” the<br />
notion’s tweaked a bit so<br />
that evil is invited into the<br />
REWINDREWIND<br />
by Sean O’Connell<br />
sean@thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
Knowing what we know, it’s eerily prescient<br />
hearing Michael Jackson giddily proclaim, “This<br />
is it, the final curtain call,” during the March 5<br />
press conference to announce his 50-show, farewell<br />
stint in London’s O2 Arena.<br />
The King of Pop would pass away on June 25,<br />
three weeks before the first planned concert.<br />
Kenny Ortega’s accidental documentary “This Is<br />
It” cobbles exclusive, up-close footage into a keepsake<br />
treasure chest for a show that would never be.<br />
It’s a splashy souvenir, a high-concept greatest-hits<br />
package. More important, it’s a ferociously entertaining<br />
send-off for the musical icon, a coda that<br />
permits Jackson’s legacy to end on a high note.<br />
Ortega’s spectacular documentary honors Jackson’s<br />
spirit with a dynamic party, an outright jam.<br />
It’s quite possibly the greatest concert film dedicated<br />
to a concert that didn’t happen. Yet Ortega,<br />
a longtime choreographer who served as Jackson’s<br />
creative partner for the program, dutifully constructs<br />
Jackson’s epic vision for the London shows<br />
from candid interviews, pre-produced video segments<br />
and polished rehearsal footage.<br />
The musical documentary essentially sprints<br />
through Jackson’s catalogue, joyously celebrating<br />
his artistry, command and unparalleled<br />
showmanship at each stop.<br />
Backed by world-class dancers,<br />
singers and musicians – all of<br />
whom gush over the influential<br />
artist in heartfelt interviews – the<br />
50-year-old Jackson looks light<br />
years away from his death bed as<br />
home by tormentees Vera Farmiga and<br />
Peter Sarsgaard.<br />
They’re the distraught parents who<br />
adopt the seemingly innocent Esther<br />
(Isabelle Fuhrman) after suffering a<br />
miscarriage. “Orphan” director Jaume<br />
Collet-Serra establishes an uncomfortable<br />
mood with nightmarish dream<br />
sequences and the threat of a supernatural<br />
danger. But most of that fades<br />
once its revealed that Esther’s not a<br />
demon, just a demonic<br />
and manipulative little<br />
brat with the mouth of<br />
a sailor and the vicious<br />
disposition of a maximum-security<br />
prisoner.<br />
Her goal isn’t to haunt,<br />
but to drive a wedge<br />
between her new parents,<br />
murder her adoptive siblings<br />
and, if she plays her<br />
he tears through the sophisticated choreography<br />
and driving beats of “Billie Jean,” “Smooth Criminal,”<br />
“Beat It,” “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”<br />
and “Thriller.”<br />
“This Is It” spends most of its time onstage.<br />
Lovely renditions of “Human Nature” and “Man<br />
In the Mirror” suggest Jackson’s vocals were<br />
approaching concert shape. Because Ortega has<br />
captured rehearsals, we hear Jackson singing every<br />
other word on the fast-tempo tracks so he can concentrate<br />
on his dance steps. A perfectionist, Jackson<br />
occasionally halts the production numbers<br />
to emphasize little marks he and his crew need<br />
to hit. “This is why we rehearse,” he repeatedly<br />
says, not with anger but love for the process of<br />
creating art. That enthusiasm also shines through<br />
as he collaborates with musical director Michael<br />
Bearden on a slower arrangement for “The Way<br />
You <strong>Make</strong> Me Feel” (which sounds amazing).<br />
Yet Jackson must have understood his limitations,<br />
for he’s quick to restrain himself from going<br />
all out in rehearsals when he knows a monthslong<br />
stint is on the horizon. After he finally lets his<br />
vocals soar for a tender duet with Judith Hill on “I<br />
Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” Jackson immediately<br />
regrets letting his guard down, stating he needs to<br />
save that energy for the fans. But Bearden quickly<br />
commends the singer for feeling the song’s rhythm<br />
and riding it.<br />
For everyone involved, these concerts were a<br />
labor of love. That’s why “It” lacks one crucial element<br />
– a proper ending. The audience knows what<br />
the performers onstage do not, that Jackson’s death<br />
cards right, knock her recovering-alcoholic<br />
mommy off<br />
the wagon.<br />
Warner’s Blu-ray release<br />
of “Orphan” has its ups and<br />
downs. Collet-Serra’s snowbound<br />
cinematography looks<br />
crisp and chilly on screen.<br />
But the audio mix buries crucial<br />
bits of whispered conversation<br />
while amplifying the<br />
violin screeches intended to<br />
jolt you out of your chair.<br />
A disappointing alternate ending<br />
kicks off the extra features, which<br />
round out with a digital copy of the<br />
film and the featurette “Mama’s Little<br />
Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children,”<br />
a discussion about satanic, cinematic<br />
children.<br />
HH out of 4 / MPAA rating: R<br />
abruptly pulls the plug on what looked to<br />
be a spectacular production, and all of<br />
the hard work, imagination and creativity<br />
poured into “This Is It” dissipates into<br />
thin air. Reactions from Ortega and some<br />
of the musicians who shared a history with<br />
Jackson could have given the film a sense<br />
of closure, as opposed to the herky-jerky<br />
non-ending we instead receive.<br />
That’s not Ortega’s point, however. And<br />
in reality, too much already has been made<br />
of Jackson’s passing. “This Is It” gives Jackson’s<br />
fans a hint of the performer’s fantastic<br />
final concert. In doing so, he has left<br />
them with a fantastic concert movie. q<br />
‘Night of the Creeps’<br />
(Blu-ray)<br />
My wife, bless her<br />
heart, doesn’t understand<br />
my passion for<br />
Fred Dekker’s “Night<br />
of the Creeps.” Not<br />
that I made the most<br />
convincing case after a<br />
recent screening – her<br />
first, and roughly my<br />
51st. I fell in love with<br />
this horror-comedy hybrid as a teenager,<br />
when unrequited adoration for<br />
silly cinema seemed easier. Sometimes<br />
that’s the only explanation necessary.<br />
Of course I recognize the film’s<br />
warts 23 years after its release. The<br />
laughable alien puppets that launch an<br />
experimental race of slugs toward our<br />
planet. The stir these wormy creatures<br />
(more on page 37)<br />
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create on an unsuspecting college campus<br />
as they wiggle inside the brains of<br />
coeds and lay eggs, turning the teens<br />
into zombies. And the clichéd 1980s<br />
party scene with its bouncy New<br />
Wave soundtrack and “stylish” period<br />
garb. But Dekker’s campy and creepy<br />
“Night” has plenty of highlights, as<br />
well, from Tom Atkins’ acerbic, catchphrase-spitting<br />
detective (“Thrill me!”)<br />
to the frenzied final confrontation that<br />
involves tuxedoed monsters, sorority<br />
babes wielding shotguns and an overworked<br />
flamethrower.<br />
Timed perfectly for Halloween,<br />
Sony unleashes a<br />
director’s cut of “Creeps”<br />
on beautiful Blu-ray. The<br />
video transfer has a neon<br />
glow, with pink and purple<br />
tinges that scream 1980s<br />
horror (in the best way<br />
possible). And the studio<br />
has gone out of its way<br />
to include worthy supplements.<br />
Dekker contributes<br />
a director’s commentary, while the<br />
cast reminisce on a separate track.<br />
Deleted scenes include the original<br />
theatrical ending (which is superior to<br />
the ridiculous sci-fi epilogue tacked on<br />
the Blu-ray). Five “Making of” features<br />
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“Creeps,” while Atkins is celebrated<br />
– and rightfully so – in the excellent<br />
“Man of Action” clip.<br />
HHH1/2 out of 4<br />
MPAA rating: Unrated<br />
‘Cheri’<br />
The last time Michelle Pfeiffer<br />
donned ornate period garb and explored<br />
themes of lust and betrayal with director<br />
Stephen Frears and writer Christopher<br />
Hampton, the trio treated us to<br />
the scandalous Oscar winner, “Dangerous<br />
Liaisons.” Sadly, their latest<br />
collaboration “Cheri,” based<br />
on two novels by French<br />
novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle<br />
Colette, doesn’t belong in<br />
the same league.<br />
Rupert Friend plays the<br />
title character, the bratty and<br />
self-absorbed son of obese<br />
Parisian courtesan Madame<br />
Peloux (Kathy Bates, blustery<br />
as ever). Out of boredom,<br />
Cheri begins a torrid<br />
affair with Lea de Lonval<br />
(Pfeiffer), an elder prostitute who’s<br />
contemplating an early retirement<br />
but tumbles under her young suitor’s<br />
charms. What starts as a fling lasts six<br />
years and never really ends, even when<br />
Peloux forces Cheri into an arranged<br />
marriage with pouty-lipped Edmee<br />
(Felicity Jones) and Lea escapes to the<br />
coast to find a new man.<br />
“Cheri” is a one-sided romance, with<br />
Pfeiffer doing the heavy lifting alongside<br />
Friend’s lifeless, fey lover. Frears<br />
lovingly photographs his stately European<br />
locales, and encourages his cast<br />
to enunciate as if speaking from the<br />
stage. But the posh and haughty love<br />
affair is cool to the touch. As a passion<br />
play about forbidden romances, it’s as<br />
steamy as a day-old bath.<br />
Look for a “Making of” reel and two<br />
short deleted scenes on Miramax’s new<br />
“Cheri” DVD.<br />
HH out of 4<br />
MPAA rating: R<br />
‘Waterworld’ (Blu-ray)<br />
I’ll never understand why<br />
Hollywood studios remake<br />
movies that worked the<br />
first time around – Tony<br />
Scott’s “The Taking of<br />
Pelham 123,” out on DVD<br />
next week, being a perfect<br />
example. Why not spend<br />
time and money improving<br />
films that fell short of their potential<br />
on the first pass?<br />
Kevin Reynolds’ much-maligned<br />
“Waterworld” strikes me as a good candidate<br />
for a re-imagining. Improved<br />
green-screen technology could reduce<br />
the costs of creating a potential future<br />
where melting polar ice caps cover 95<br />
percent of our planet in water. But<br />
in 1995, a problematical production<br />
schedule, ballooning budgets and a<br />
creative rift between Reynolds and his<br />
leading man, Kevin Costner, contributed<br />
to “Waterworld” tanking at the<br />
box office, earning the film the unfortunate<br />
nickname, “Fishtar.”<br />
Unfairly buried – or, more accurately,<br />
submerged – “Waterworld” is redeemed<br />
through Universal Studios’ pictureperfect<br />
Blu-ray release. Reynolds’ adventure<br />
would benefit from a<br />
big-screen projection, of<br />
course, but his futuristic<br />
“Road Warrior”-minusthe-road<br />
is sufficiently<br />
beefed up with elaborate<br />
action sequences, roaring<br />
Jet Skis and Dennis Hopper<br />
devouring scenery.<br />
The disc boasts a spectacular<br />
transfer, with<br />
sparkling visuals that<br />
shimmer off the endless<br />
shots of ocean blue. Bright<br />
cinematography eliminates any grain on<br />
the print, and the DTS-HD audio transfer<br />
rocks. Enjoy the picture and sound<br />
quality, however, for Universal’s Blu-ray<br />
has no extras of which to speak.<br />
HHH out of 4<br />
MPAA rating: PG-13<br />
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• Wallpaper Removal<br />
• Licensed and Insured<br />
704-804-4513<br />
www.happyhomespainting.net<br />
Al’s Pressure Washing Pro’s<br />
LICENSED & FULLY INSURED<br />
ASK ABOUT AL’S HOLIDAY SPECIALS<br />
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WE PRESSURE WASH...<br />
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•Caulking<br />
•Doors<br />
•Lock Sets<br />
•Cabinets<br />
•And Much More<br />
Exact-time Appointments<br />
2-year Warranty<br />
704-759-3920<br />
Charlotte<br />
CaseRemodeling.com<br />
This business is independently owned and is operated under<br />
a license agreement with Case® Handyman Services, LLC.<br />
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Service Directory<br />
circulation of 66,000 weekly in the<br />
south charlotte, union county &<br />
matthews-mint hill area.<br />
to advertise, email servicedirectory@carolinaweeklynewspapers.com<br />
or call 704-766-2100.<br />
Now ENrolliNg<br />
Pat Moehring<br />
Accomplished pianist teacher,<br />
performer and recording artist.<br />
All levels<br />
Choice of Ballantyne or<br />
Indian Trail locations<br />
Call 704-564-4275<br />
pat.moehring@yahoo.com<br />
Also available for weddings,<br />
receptions or corporate events.<br />
We’ve Got the<br />
TRUCK<br />
...What Have You Got to<br />
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-We make things disappear-<br />
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charlotte weekly<br />
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Stewart Homes, Inc.<br />
www.PineNeedles4Sale.com<br />
<strong>Carolina</strong> Long and Short Leaf Needles<br />
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Classified Marketplace<br />
circulation<br />
of 112,000 weekly in the south<br />
charlotte, huntersville, cornelius, davidson,<br />
union county, matthews-mint hill,<br />
mountain island and university areas.<br />
to advertise, email victoria@carolinaweekly<br />
newspapers.com or call 704-766-2100.<br />
Vehicles for sale<br />
BUICK ENCLAVE CXL, WHITE<br />
OPAL 4 Door SUV, 2009, $33988,<br />
19982 miles, Stock # 12167Z, Randy<br />
Marion 1-877-370-7788.<br />
BUICK LACROSSE CX, Taupe<br />
4 DOOR SEDAN, 2009, $17988,<br />
24387 miles, Stock # 12126Z, Randy<br />
Marion 1-877-370-7788.<br />
BUICK LESABRE CUSTOM,<br />
White 4 DOOR SEDAN, 2001,<br />
$6488, 91919 miles, Stock #<br />
BU0573A, Randy Marion 1-877-<br />
370-7788.<br />
CADILLAC CTS, White 4 DOOR<br />
SEDAN, 2005, $15788, 46371<br />
miles, Stock # 12068Z, Randy Marion<br />
1-877-370-7788.<br />
DODGE GRAND CARAVAN<br />
SE, DK BLUE Minivan, 2008,<br />
$15488, 41209 miles, Stock #<br />
12140Z, Randy Marion 1-877-<br />
370-7788.<br />
DODGE NITRO SXT 4X4, BLUE<br />
4 Door SUV, 2008, $14488, 36382<br />
miles, Stock # 12132Z, Randy Marion<br />
1-877-370-7788.<br />
FORD EDGE SEL 4X4, RUST 4<br />
Door SUV, 2008, $17988, 42727<br />
miles, Stock # 12134Z, Randy Marion<br />
1-877-370-7788.<br />
FORD EXPLORER XLT, BLACK<br />
4 Door SUV, 2004, $12888, 76836<br />
miles, Stock # BU0567A, Randy<br />
Marion 1-877-370-7788.<br />
FORD RANGER EXT CAB<br />
XLT, PEWTER Pickup Truck,<br />
2003, $9888, 82476 miles, Stock #<br />
GM2437A, Randy Marion 1-877-<br />
370-7788.<br />
GMC ACADIA SLE, Plum 4<br />
DOOR SUV, 2008, $23988, 45502<br />
miles, Stock # 12171Z, Randy Marion<br />
1-877-370-7788.<br />
GMC ENVOY XUV SLT, White 4<br />
DOOR XUV, 2004, $11988, 72682<br />
miles, Stock # 12107ZA, Randy<br />
Marion 1-877-370-7788.<br />
GMC SIERRA, Silver EXT. CAB<br />
TRUCK, 2007, $20988, 65908<br />
miles, Stock # GM2506A, Randy<br />
Marion 1-877-370-7788.<br />
GMC YUKON XL DENALI,<br />
Beige 4 DOOR SUV, 2007,<br />
$33988, 57496 miles, Stock #<br />
GM2371A, Randy Marion 1-877-<br />
370-7788.<br />
HUMMER H3, SUPERIOR BLUE<br />
4 Door SUV, 2006, $19888, 32895<br />
miles, Stock # 12108Z, Randy Marion<br />
1-877-370-7788.<br />
HYUNDAI ELANTRA, GRAY 4<br />
Door Sedan, 2008, $12988, 38810<br />
miles, Stock # 12141Z, Randy Marion<br />
1-877-370-7788.<br />
HYUNDAI SANTA FE GLS,<br />
Blue 4 DOOR SUV, 2008, $15988,<br />
38597 miles, Stock # 12097Z, Randy<br />
Marion 1-877-370-7788.<br />
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT-<br />
8, Black 4 DOOR SUV, 2007,<br />
www.thecharlotteweekly.com<br />
$32988, 37824 miles, Stock #<br />
12173Z, Randy Marion 1-877-370-<br />
7788.<br />
JEEP LIBERTY 4X2 SPORT,<br />
BLACK 4 Door SUV, 2008,<br />
$14488, 42702 miles, Stock #<br />
12131Z, Randy Marion 1-877-<br />
370-7788.<br />
JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMIT-<br />
ED 4WD, SILVER 2 Door SUV,<br />
2005, $17488, 19195 miles, Stock<br />
# 12122ZA, Randy Marion 1-877-<br />
370-7788.<br />
LEXUS GX470, Beige 4 DOOR<br />
SUV, 2007, $33888, 52520 miles,<br />
Stock # GM2318A, Randy Marion<br />
1-877-370-7788.<br />
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS<br />
GS, PEWTER 4 Door Sedan,<br />
2000, $4888, 80588 miles, Stock #<br />
12106ZPA, Randy Marion 1-877-<br />
370-7788.<br />
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS,<br />
DOVE GRAY 2 Door Coupe,<br />
2006, $14888, 27208 miles, Stock<br />
# 12128ZA, Randy Marion 1-877-<br />
370-7788.<br />
NISSAN XTERRA, SILVER 4<br />
Door SUV, 2008, $17488, 45457<br />
miles, Stock # 12133Z, Randy Marion<br />
1-877-370-7788.<br />
PONTIAC G6 SEDAN, SILVER<br />
4 Door Sedan, 2008, $9888, 36568<br />
miles, Stock # 12040Z, Randy Marion<br />
1-877-370-7788.<br />
PONTIAC VIBE, NEPTUNE 4<br />
Door Wagon, 2007, $9988, 62021<br />
<strong>Carolina</strong><br />
newspaper group<br />
miles, Stock # PT0863A, Randy<br />
Marion 1-877-370-7788.<br />
SAAB 9-5, Silver 4 DOOR SE-<br />
DAN, 2007, $18888, 33179 miles,<br />
Stock # 12119ZA, Randy Marion<br />
1-877-370-7788.<br />
TOYOTA COROLLA LE, GRAY<br />
4 Door Sedan, 2010, $16988, 3223<br />
miles, Stock # 12175ZA, Randy<br />
Marion 1-877-370-7788.<br />
TOYOTA PRIUS HYBRID, SIL-<br />
VER 4 Door Sedan, 2007, $17988,<br />
24043 miles, Stock # GM2537A,<br />
Randy Marion 1-877-370-7788.<br />
VOLKSWAGEN GTI, BLACK<br />
2 Door Hatchback, 2003, $10788,<br />
70740 miles, Stock # 12177ZPA,<br />
Randy Marion 1-877-370-7788.<br />
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA, BLUE 4<br />
Door Sedan, 2008, $12988, 38122<br />
miles, Stock # 12096Z, Randy Marion<br />
1-877-370-7788.<br />
CASH PAID FOR your junk cars,<br />
trucks, vans, motor homes, and<br />
campers. Running or not, with or<br />
without title. Call anytime. 704-<br />
460-2226. 103009.<br />
for sale<br />
NEW MATTRESS SETS! Still in<br />
factory plastic! K$175 Q125 F$99<br />
T$88. 2928 Monroe Rd 28205.<br />
704-332-8090. New, not refurbs.<br />
Pillowtops K$285 Q$195 F$145<br />
T$125! Honest! Bring this ad!<br />
112709.<br />
PILLOWTOP MATTRESS SETS,<br />
New in Plastic with warranty, Have<br />
both Queen $189 and $269 and<br />
Kings $289 and $429, Delivery<br />
is available, Call 704-597-2865 if<br />
interested. Several other sets available.<br />
110609.<br />
THE BEST SWEET potatoes in<br />
the US. Covington- sweeter, tastier,<br />
sweet potatoes with orange flesh,<br />
cooper-skinned, uniformed shaped<br />
and it stores well. Clean and waxed.<br />
Simmon- Head Farms.704-617-<br />
5110. 103009.<br />
2001 JAYCO HERITAGE Potomac<br />
Pop-up Camper 24’ sleeps 7-8. 30<br />
amp. A/C, water heater, furnace,<br />
stove, fridge, toilet, awning, grill,<br />
lots of extras, good condition. Kept<br />
in garage. $5500 704-875-6449.<br />
110609.<br />
PIANO, BEDROOM SET: Chickering<br />
Upright piano with bench,<br />
$600.00; Young-Hinkle solid oak<br />
trundle bed with twin mattresses,<br />
nightstand, student desk, dresser,<br />
$750.00. Call 704-875-0778.<br />
103009.<br />
CRYPT INSIDE LOCATION- No<br />
more available now. Top row in a<br />
Locked Bldg. Valued at $8.500 will<br />
sell for $2,500. Have deed. Lakeland<br />
Park, Monroe, NC. Call 704-<br />
905-9625. 103009.<br />
MAYTAG Atlantis heavy duty<br />
WASHER and DRYER 3 years new<br />
works great $400 704-987-3648.<br />
110609.<br />
Classified Marketplace<br />
Name:_____________________________________________________________________<br />
Daytime Phone:______________________________________________________<br />
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90 $55 $80 $100<br />
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by a space, counts as a word. All<br />
groups of numbers count as one<br />
word. Phone numbers count as one<br />
word.<br />
How to submit a classified<br />
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To ensure accuracy, CWNG does<br />
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Ads may be placed on the website<br />
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where an e-mailable and printable<br />
form is available for both submitting<br />
and purchasing marketplace ads.<br />
Ads may also be faxed to 704-992-<br />
0801, or may be placed in person<br />
at the <strong>Carolina</strong> <strong>Weekly</strong> office located<br />
at 501-B. S. Old Statesville Rd.<br />
Huntersville, NC 28078 from<br />
9 a.m. to 5 p.m, Monday - Friday.<br />
STEEL BUILDINGS- ARE you<br />
flexible? Ltd sizes avail on specially<br />
disc left over quoted deals not taken.<br />
www.scg-grp.com. Source #1CT<br />
phone- 704-820-4059. 110609.<br />
2002 BAYLINER CAPRI classic<br />
bowrider 19.5 ft., 135 hp motor<br />
with trailer and canvas cover. Ex.<br />
condition. Kept in carport. $9,500<br />
Call 704-392-4480. Leave message.<br />
111309.<br />
LEYLAND CYPRESS TREES -<br />
We have 5gal. (4-5 foot) Leylands<br />
on sale for $16/each. We will deliver<br />
and plant for no extra charge.<br />
Fall is best for planting. Call 704-<br />
426-0947. 111309.<br />
FURNITURE+ SEWING MA-<br />
CHINES couch/with chair, ottoman,<br />
coffee table, end table. Casa Strada<br />
Italian stone coffee table. Three sewing<br />
machines. Call 704 882-4294 or<br />
561 309-9131. 103009.<br />
53 INCH SAMSUNG Television<br />
$525 Drop leaf birch table $35 Like<br />
new work bench $50 Phone 704-<br />
596-5001. 103009.<br />
help wanted<br />
RANDY MARION PONTIAC<br />
Buick GMC. Now Hiring Sales<br />
Associates. Great career opportunity.<br />
High Volume Dealer. 401K +<br />
Health plan available. rmarion@<br />
randymariongmc.com. Call 704-<br />
659-7010. Ask for Ron or Doug<br />
CRM. 120409.<br />
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newspapers. 112,000 Circulation!<br />
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Deadline for ads is 10 a.m.,<br />
Monday before each Friday’s<br />
paper<br />
ALL MARKETPLACE ADS MUST<br />
BE PAID IN ADVANCE<br />
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Mastercard, American Express or<br />
Discover. Payments must be made in<br />
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Open Home Delivery Routes<br />
Immediate Openings for<br />
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tion, proof of insurance and a clean driving<br />
BOOTH AVALABLE AT established<br />
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record. Must be available to pick up and<br />
deliver<br />
lift Downtown newspaper bundles Cornelius. weighing 50-75 Only lbs two<br />
and spaces be familiar available! with the route Professionals<br />
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SALON (704) CIELO 849-2261 NORTHLAKE<br />
Mall- Lake<br />
Norman Now Herald hiring working Mountain Island manager.<br />
Must have Cosmetologist license.<br />
Excellent income and benefits. Call<br />
Karen Phillips 1-888-888-7778 ext.<br />
41878. 110609.<br />
MANAGING CONSULTANT -<br />
IBM Corporation, Somers, NY and<br />
at various client sites throughout<br />
the U.S. Lead teams on projects<br />
that implement data warehousing<br />
applications and support testing<br />
and production implementation<br />
efforts. Architect, design and<br />
build Enterprise Data Warehouses.<br />
Gather, identify and develop business<br />
requirements and transform<br />
them into technical requirements.<br />
Distribute resources, allocate<br />
tasks and plan projects. Utilize<br />
Ab Initio EME, Oracle, DB2, Informix,<br />
Unix Shell Scripts, Data<br />
Warehousing Methodology and<br />
Dimensional Modeling. Required:<br />
Master’s degree or equivalent in<br />
Computer Science, Engineering or<br />
related and one (1) year of experience<br />
as a Senior Consultant, Associate<br />
Consultant, Programmer<br />
Analyst. Send resumes to IBM,<br />
box #F260, 71 Fifth Avenue, 5th<br />
Floor, NY, NY 10003. 103009.<br />
MOMS WORK AT Home Business.<br />
No inventory, parties, or risk. Ongoing<br />
support and training. Computer<br />
and phone required. Join our team<br />
of successful moms. Change your<br />
GOING INTO FORECLOSURE?<br />
Free rental/home search!<br />
Let me help you sell your home<br />
and find you a new one!<br />
FOR<br />
SALE<br />
704-840-4137<br />
Your Foreclosure<br />
specialist!<br />
Rod Potter<br />
(704) 840-4137<br />
Broker/Realtor ® licensed in NC & SC<br />
Wilkinson & Associates<br />
www.RodPotter.com<br />
financial future today! www.HelpingMomsForLife.com.<br />
111309.<br />
PART TIME ADMINISTRATIVE<br />
assistant for local insurance agent.<br />
$8-9/hour 20 hours a week to start.<br />
Applicant must have good customer<br />
service skills & basic computer<br />
knowledge. Flexible hours. Email<br />
resume to Lworgan@mindspring.<br />
com. 110609.<br />
GYMNASTIC INSTRUCTOR -<br />
energetic, friendly and experienced<br />
instructor needed for growing recreational<br />
gymnastic program. Located<br />
in new 11,000 sq ft facility in Huntersville.<br />
Great working environment.<br />
Please call (704) 896-1090.<br />
110609.<br />
BROWNLEE JEWELERS IS<br />
actively seeking to fill a part time<br />
sales position at our new location at<br />
Stonecrest Shopping Center on Rea<br />
Road. Requirements: Prior jewelry<br />
experience preferred, and highly<br />
motivated individuals with a desire<br />
to build sales and a strong clientele<br />
following. All qualified applicants<br />
please contact Julie Mauer 704-<br />
544-0780. 110609.<br />
MANAGING CONSULTANT<br />
- IBM Corporation, Somers, NY<br />
and at various client sites throughout<br />
the U.S. Provide functional and<br />
configuration knowledge to clients.<br />
Conduct design workshops to solve<br />
complex problems. Implement endto-end<br />
SAP finance solutions. Analyze<br />
financial and management data<br />
and critical gaps. Document and<br />
formulate business process flows for<br />
the FICO module and map relevant<br />
SAP transaction codes. Utilize SAP<br />
FICO, SAP Profit Center Accounting,<br />
SAP General Ledger, SAP<br />
Business Consolidation, Vertex Tax<br />
Software, SAP Profitability Analysis<br />
and SAP Cost Center Accounting.<br />
Required: Master’s degree or<br />
equivalent in Business Administration,<br />
Accounting, Economics or related<br />
and one (1) year of experience<br />
as a Senior Consultant, Market Research<br />
Analyst or Business Analyst.<br />
Send resumes to IBM, box #F267,<br />
71 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor, NY, NY<br />
10003. 103009.<br />
RECEPTIONIST NEEDED: 35<br />
hours/week. We are an independent<br />
office of Raymond James<br />
Financial Services and are looking<br />
for a professional, personable<br />
receptionist to handle phones<br />
and basic customer service in our<br />
Huntersville office. Some administrative<br />
duties are included in this<br />
job. Knowledge of the industry a<br />
plus, but is not necessary. Please<br />
email resume to kate.pajor@raymondjames.com.<br />
111309.<br />
TELEPHONE SURVEY<br />
AGENTS needed! Ear $15 to $25<br />
per hour; Work from home. No<br />
selling required. For information<br />
call: 1-800-881-1540 ext. 6724.<br />
112009.<br />
HOME BASED BUSINESS! Discovery<br />
Toys urgently needs distributors<br />
in this area. Flexible schedule.<br />
It’s easy and fun. <strong>Make</strong> a difference<br />
in a child’s life today while earning<br />
money! Email dwtoys@yahoo.<br />
com. 110609.<br />
IN-HOME CAREGIVERS- Visiting<br />
Angels has positions in Lake<br />
Norman area. Seeking compassionate,<br />
dependable caregivers.<br />
Requirements: nurse-aide training,<br />
no criminal record and 5<br />
years experience. LKNangels@<br />
visitingangels.com or 704-892-<br />
8886. 110609.<br />
LANDSCAPE COMPANY IN<br />
Mt. Holly seeking landscape crew<br />
operations assistant. Full time with<br />
benefits, inside and outside work,<br />
driver’s license required. 704-820-<br />
3022. 103009.<br />
business opportunities<br />
AS SEEN ON TV! Become an<br />
independent Avon Sales Representative.<br />
Only $10 to join! Flexible<br />
hours. Mentoring available.<br />
Lucrative holiday sales! Call June<br />
at 980-328-0735. www.youravon.<br />
com/jbiedma. junessecret@aol.<br />
com. 103009.<br />
look ~ feel ~ live to the max<br />
BUSINESS FOR SALE! Tired<br />
of Corporate America? We have a<br />
number of small, owner-operated<br />
businesses for sale, including an ice<br />
cream shop, upscale fitness center,<br />
direct mail advertising, packaging/shipping<br />
store, and many more.<br />
Some for $75,000 or less. Call CFC,<br />
Inc. at 704-650-6630. 110609.<br />
ONLINE TRAINERS WANTED-<br />
Are you tired of struggling to pay<br />
off debts? The Freedom Project can<br />
help. Flexible hours. Online training<br />
provided. www.zestyventure.com.<br />
111309.<br />
INCOME FROM HOME. Serious<br />
inquiries only. Great companies to<br />
work with! We show you how. Visit<br />
website: http://workonlinemomma.<br />
com or Call now at 1-888-247-<br />
0028. 112709.<br />
services<br />
KIDS PARTY ENTERTAIN-<br />
MENT! We come to you! Invite<br />
your child’s favorite LOOK A LIKE<br />
character to their party to entertain!<br />
Ages 1-10. Whether your child’s<br />
favorite travels by cape, web, pumpkin<br />
carriage; we are sure to have<br />
them! Clowns, Characters, ELMO,<br />
Princess Parties, Hannah, Superheroes,<br />
Face Painters, Balloons, Magic<br />
and Puppets, Moonwalks, SANTA,<br />
Birthdays, Church Socials, Open<br />
Houses, Daycares, Grand Openings,<br />
www.WishUponAStarParties.<br />
com. 704-780-4300. 112009.<br />
ELECTRICIAN, NC LICINSED<br />
for residential, commercial, industrial,<br />
no job too small or large. Call<br />
anytime, So-Lo Electric Services<br />
704-622-0654 for lowest rates always.<br />
122509.<br />
LAWN SHAPERS- QUALITY<br />
Outdoor Services. Mowing. Edging.<br />
Fertilizing. Pressure Washing.<br />
Complete Lawn Care Maintenance.<br />
Residential, Commercial. Licensed<br />
Insured. Owner Operator. Free Estimates.<br />
704-497-5566. 103009.<br />
$50 FOR 90 MINUTE MASSAGE<br />
by Julie Dean, LMT 704-895-1999.<br />
Professional, Nonsexual, Therapeutic<br />
Licensed. Swedish, Deep Tissue,<br />
Prenatal, Gift Certificates. 15 Years<br />
Experience. Servicing Lake Norman<br />
Area. Across from Outback<br />
Steakhouse License 02096. www.<br />
juliedeanmassage.com. 110609.<br />
Monday Night at 10:00pm<br />
Chanel 318 or 92 on DirectTV<br />
www.gomaxpower.com<br />
704.395.1056<br />
of 112,000 weekly in the south<br />
charlotte, huntersville, cornelius, davidson,<br />
union county, matthews-mint hill,<br />
mountain island and university areas.<br />
to advertise, email victoria@carolinaweekly<br />
newspapers.com or call 704-766-2100.<br />
DEPENDABLE CLEANING<br />
GUY - Exclusive - personalized<br />
house cleaning. Excellent references.<br />
Since 1979. Vacuum and<br />
supplies included. Appointments<br />
weekly - bi-weekly. Please call<br />
Steven @ 704-385-8472. Serving<br />
Union County, Matthews, Mint Hill<br />
areas. 112009.<br />
HOME REMODELING/HANDY-<br />
MAN repairs/bathrooms, decks,<br />
kitchens, windows, doors, fixtures,<br />
fans, sheds sheetrock, siding interior<br />
exterior hi quality professional<br />
at your service licensed/insured ref<br />
avail. 704-766-0568. 110609.<br />
RESIDENTIAL PAINTING SER-<br />
VICES Interior and Exterior No<br />
job to big or small dependable and<br />
affordable Free estimates call today<br />
704-359-7573 or brushnrollpainting@yahoo.com.<br />
110609.<br />
COMPUTER SERVICE- Home or<br />
Office. Respectful, Knowledgeable,<br />
Efficient and Affordable. Call for<br />
appt. 704-605-4950. www.peritusit.<br />
com. Randall C Fullerton. info@<br />
peritusit.com. Save 25$ with ad.<br />
103009.<br />
CASH NOW!!! Cash paid for owner-financed<br />
mortgage & business<br />
notes. Free professional consultation.<br />
Fast closing. Toll Free: 1-800-<br />
846-6738. Local Calls: 704-846-<br />
2459. Google: www.caplinggroup.<br />
com. 121809.<br />
TILE AND FLOORING installation,<br />
best quality, best price, tile,<br />
travertine, backsplash, shower pan,<br />
prefinished, unfinished hardwood,<br />
laminate floor, free carpet-vinil removal,<br />
call Adrian (704) 773-2835,<br />
to see pictures visit www.aditanasetc.vpweb.com.<br />
103009.<br />
HARP LESSONS for all ages: folk/<br />
Irish and pedal. South Charlotte studio.<br />
Piano background helpful, but<br />
not required. Kind, patient teacher.<br />
Harpist available for receptions,<br />
restaurant work, Protestant church<br />
services of all kinds. 704-542-2728.<br />
121109.<br />
MUSIC LESSONS with a personal<br />
touch. Juilliard-trained professional<br />
teacher. Piano, clarinet, or classical<br />
guitar in your home. South Charlotte<br />
area. 704-301-0718. 110609.<br />
ARCHITECT NCARB, leed ap.<br />
Residential, commercial. (704)<br />
5449925. 110609.<br />
ROOFING AND PAINTING- 10<br />
% off with this ad. New shingles,<br />
tear offs, lick repairs, all work with<br />
guarantee. Anything custom construction.<br />
Commercial and residential.<br />
Licensed and insured. Call Paco<br />
704-400-6455. 103009.<br />
GUTTER CLEANING $75 and<br />
up. Pressure washing $150 and up.<br />
Painting exterior starting @ $1199<br />
= one floor; $2199 = two floors.<br />
Interior painting foyer Starting @<br />
$599. Paint specialists, inc. office<br />
704-663-3636.120409.<br />
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circulation<br />
of 112,000 weekly in the south<br />
charlotte, huntersville, cornelius, davidson,<br />
union county, matthews-mint hill,<br />
mountain island and university areas.<br />
to advertise, email victoria@carolinaweekly<br />
newspapers.com or call 704-766-2100.<br />
RESIDENTIAL PLANS SER-<br />
VICES for new homes, additions<br />
and renovations. 30+ years design<br />
and building experience. No job<br />
too small. Visit my website www.<br />
BrookeDavisLLC.com for more information.<br />
Brooke Davis 704-541-<br />
3325. 110609.<br />
SEWING CLASSES! Mt. Island<br />
Area--Learn to sew before Christmas!<br />
Openings for children and<br />
adults. Call 704-391-1591 or e-mail<br />
ssmith65@carolina.rr.com. 103009.<br />
GOSPEL PIANO & organ lessons.<br />
Adults and Children. Over 50 years<br />
experience. Christian atmosphere.<br />
Also, chord book and companion<br />
DVD available. Located in Coulwood.<br />
(704) 399-5040 www.gospelpianostudio.com.<br />
111309.<br />
CANFIELD PLUMBING CALL<br />
704-847-2195 cell 704-560-2695<br />
new construction, remodel& repair<br />
work. Water, drain, gas, lines water<br />
heaters, tank less installed.30yrs exp<br />
license & insured. 112009.<br />
NEED RELIABLE AND affordable<br />
movers to move you? Need movers<br />
to handle your valuables with care?<br />
If the answer to either YES; call<br />
(704) 957-9193 for quick and easy<br />
quote. References provided. CALL<br />
NOW!!! 1 bedrm apt - $140, 2 bedrm<br />
apt - $180, 3 bedrm apt - $240,<br />
Whole house – Varies. 112709.<br />
child care<br />
MISS GINGER CHILDCAREflexible<br />
hours to meet your schedule.<br />
Opening in fall 09 + Feb 2010.<br />
Very competitive pricing. 23 years of<br />
childcare & development experience.<br />
Sleepovers. For additional information<br />
Call @ 704-947-0177. 112709.<br />
CHILD CARE AVAILABLE at Busy<br />
Bee Daycare. 2 full-time openings for<br />
children ages 0-3. Over 25 years of<br />
experience. Licensed and Accredited<br />
in the state of NC, 4Star certified, CPR<br />
and First Aid certified. Open 6:30am-<br />
5:30pm Mon-Fri. Meals are provided.<br />
Busy Bee Daycare is located off of Mt<br />
Holly-Huntersville Rd. For more information<br />
call Angie: 704-965-1781.<br />
103009.<br />
I AM A SAHM and teacher looking<br />
to care for 1-2 children in my<br />
home. I will provide educational<br />
activity, lunch/snacks, and a nurturing<br />
environment for your children. I<br />
am a nonsmoker and live in Brightmoor<br />
subdivision in Matthews. Call<br />
Heather at 704-575-3164 for information.<br />
111309.<br />
IN HOME CHILDCARE available.<br />
Coulwood neighborhood. Convenient<br />
to I-485. First Aid and CPR<br />
certified. N.C. licensed. Many years<br />
of experience. Daily activities, activity<br />
centers, well balanced meals<br />
and snacks provided. Large backyard<br />
for outside play. References<br />
available. Please call 704-392-2781<br />
for more information. 111309.<br />
garage sales<br />
COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE-<br />
Sat. Nov. 7. 8AM-1PM. Exit 23,<br />
West on Gilead Rd. Left on McCoy,<br />
right Stratton Farm Rd.- Cedarfield<br />
Subdiv. Follow signs and balloons<br />
to participating homes. 110609.<br />
YARD SALE @ 18832 Victoria Bay<br />
Dr, Cornelius Saturday 10/31/2009.<br />
Victoria bay neighborhood. Rain<br />
date is Saturday 11/7/2009.<br />
CORNELIUS-YARD SALE- Victoria<br />
Bay Subdivision, 20734 Waters<br />
Edge Ct. 8:00 am - 1:00 pm<br />
Saturday October 31st. A little bit<br />
of everything, including the kitchen<br />
sink. 103009.<br />
GARAGE SALE BIRKDALE<br />
10/31: Sample sale - apparel, headwear,<br />
specialties- all new items!<br />
Household items, pet crate, TV.<br />
Great prices! 7AM to 11AM. 16316<br />
Kelly Park Circle 704-655-9697.<br />
103009.<br />
events<br />
INTERNATIONAL COLLECT-<br />
IBLES and antiques, held the<br />
first full weekend of every month<br />
at Metrolina Tradeshow Expo.<br />
Show dates: Nov. 4-8. The tradition<br />
continues, in Charlotte, where<br />
treasures await! 7100 Statesville<br />
Road, Charlotte, NC 28269, visit<br />
www.icashows.com 704-714-7909.<br />
103009-110609.<br />
miscellaneous<br />
ELECTRICIAN, NC LICINSED<br />
for residential, commercial, industrial,<br />
no job too small or large. Call<br />
anytime, So-Lo Electric Services<br />
704-622-0654 for lowest rates always.<br />
110609.<br />
PROTECT YOUR FAMILY & home<br />
from electrical fires. Have your entire<br />
home inspected for potential electrical<br />
problems. Be smart act promptly<br />
to this low cost offer. So-Lo Electrical<br />
Services, NC. Licensed for residential,<br />
commercial, & industrial. Call<br />
anytime 704-622-0654. For lowest<br />
rates always. 121809.<br />
MATTRESS SALE- Brand New!<br />
Twin Set $159, Full Set $179,<br />
Queen Set $199, King Set $349,<br />
Queen Pillow-Top Set $299. Keziah’s<br />
Furniture 704-596-7427 www.<br />
keziahsfurniture.com. 111309.<br />
THOMAS KINKADE Precious<br />
Moments Nativity tree cost $300.00<br />
asking $150.00 (new) New crockpot<br />
(large) with extra liner. Cost<br />
140. Asking 40.00. 6 1/2 ft multicolor<br />
lighted tree used once. Asking<br />
$40.00. 704-895-1199. 103009.<br />
real estate- rent/lease<br />
2417 SQUARE FOOT home in<br />
Cornelius for lease or lease purchase.<br />
Upgraded countertops, 42 inch cabinets,<br />
stainless steel appliances. Large<br />
Bonus Room. Two car garage. $1375/<br />
month. (704) 728-9775. 103009.<br />
RENT, LEASE, OWN Caldwell<br />
Station Home, Cornelius, 2005, 4<br />
bdrm., 2.5 baths, fenced yard, ss appliances,<br />
granite countertops, 2 car<br />
garage, washer/dryer, gas fireplace,<br />
extras. www.tourfactory.com Call<br />
704 467-4294. $1,200. 103009.<br />
FOR RENT: TOWNHOUSE.<br />
12123 Cane Branch Way, Tanners<br />
Creek. 2 br, 2.5 ba, garage, community<br />
pool. Bricked patio, bricked<br />
b-b-que, rear yard. Light and airy,<br />
neat and clean. Lost of upgrades.<br />
New Hopewell High School. $895/<br />
month. 704-948-5118. 111309.<br />
DAVIDSON POINTE PENNSISU-<br />
LA, Tuscany home full furnished, off<br />
exit 30. Pool/boat privileges. 30k upgrade<br />
plus 3 bdrms, 3 ½ baths, and custom<br />
Italian fauw walls. 2 car garage.<br />
Paradise for kids and animals. Rent<br />
1 month- $2500, 3 months- $2200, 6<br />
months, - $2000, 12 months- $1800.<br />
Available Oct 1. Dream location will<br />
not last long! ndchet@yahoo.com or<br />
704-743-8448. 103009.<br />
LAKEFRONT Mountain Island<br />
Lake, Mecklenburg County, 3BR,<br />
2BA, central air, dock, clean doublewide,<br />
no pets, yard work included,<br />
$900 and deposit, 704-617-7185.<br />
112009.<br />
Lake Norman- Waterfront Furnished<br />
Condo. 2-3br/2ba Quiet.<br />
Includes Utilities, Internet. AHome-<br />
SuiteHome.com. Clean, Wash/Dry,<br />
Linens-Nice! No Smoking/Pets.<br />
704-892-0027. 111309.<br />
BIRKDALE, SHOPPING, LAKE<br />
& I-77. Master/main, 4BR w/Office<br />
& Bonus Room, LR, DR, Den,<br />
level backyard, 2 car garage $1850.<br />
Level Lot, 4BR, Office/Bonus<br />
down, LR, DR, 2 car garage $1695.<br />
Kitty, Property Manager 704-502-<br />
5656. 111309.<br />
SHORT TERM ON Lake Norman<br />
shared apartment. Covered balcony<br />
with view of lake, fireplace, laundry<br />
inside apartment, 24 hour work out<br />
rooms, pool, tennis courts, and car<br />
wash area. $400/m 704-249-1095.<br />
111309.<br />
3 BEDROOM 2 BATH homes in<br />
charlotte available for lease option.<br />
Oakdale area $950 Turtle rock area<br />
$1250. Call 704 2220716 or 704<br />
8821103. 110609.<br />
LOVELY HOME IN exclusive<br />
Hamptons neighborhood in Huntersville,<br />
4 Br 3.5 bath. Master down<br />
plan, fenced back yard, 2 car garage.<br />
John Wieland home. Close to<br />
everything in Huntersville. $2700<br />
per month. Lease purchase available.<br />
Call Robert at 704-957-2246<br />
or email Robertnparks@gmail.com.<br />
Available immediately!!!! 110609.<br />
HUNTERSVILLE WALK TO<br />
BIRKDALE Lovely 1500S/F 3br,<br />
2bath ranch on tree’d lot, loaded<br />
with stone, tile, dual sinks, Jacuzzi<br />
tub, gas top range, $1095 8110<br />
Maxwelton Dr, Normans Shore 704<br />
890 4857. 110609.<br />
2BR/2.5BA, 2 story luxury townhome.<br />
1 car (attached) garage, FP,<br />
great location, Huntersville, $850/<br />
month, 919-321-6127, hmaris5@<br />
gmail.com. 111309.<br />
real estate- for sale<br />
CONCORD, Reconditioned 3 BR<br />
1.5 BA, $83,000. CORNELIUS, 4<br />
BR 2 BA brick duplex, $215,000.<br />
HUNTERSVILLE, Updated 3br2ba<br />
brick ranch, attached 2 car carport,<br />
etc. $250,000. DAVIDSON Potential<br />
Homesite, ¾ acre lot w/useable<br />
house, $275,000. JUNE WASHAM<br />
ROAD, 5.1 acres. $450,000. I-<br />
77/HAMBRIGHT ROAD, 5.98<br />
acres, zoned Corporate Business.<br />
$780,000. HAMBRIGHT ROAD,<br />
6 acres, Business. $800,000. HAM-<br />
BRIGHT ROAD/HWY 115, 71<br />
acres, near I-485 interchange,<br />
$7,990,875. Huntersville Real Estate<br />
704-875-3999. TFNTD<br />
LARGE 2700 SQ. home in Cornelius.<br />
Four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms.<br />
Fenced in back yard. New paint and<br />
carpet throughout. Two car garage.<br />
Too much to list. $199,999 (704)<br />
728-9775. 103009.<br />
FOR SALE OR lease by owner-<br />
Near Huntersville, Cornelius &<br />
Birkdale Village. 3 bdrms, 2.5 bath,<br />
new paint, carpet and hardwood<br />
floors, nice porch, lease $1,000, sale<br />
$159,000. 336-918-2000. 110609.<br />
HOUSE FOR SALE By Owner-<br />
3500 Sq. feet. 4 Bedrooms 4 Full<br />
Bathrooms. 2 Master suites. Bonus<br />
room. All hardwood floors in excellent<br />
condition. Gorgeous in ground<br />
pool. Providence Rd. in Eastover.<br />
Please call for appt. 704-516-6957.<br />
110609.<br />
DOCTORS<br />
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704-506-4149<br />
FSBO In Cabarrus Crossing near<br />
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2.5 bath, 2 car garage, fireplace, security<br />
system - New paint, cabinets,<br />
bath fixtures, hardwood floors, tile,<br />
carpet, appliances. $166,900. 704-<br />
753-4677. 111309.<br />
NO DOWN PAYMENT! 4 Bedroom,<br />
2.5 bath, 1 car garage. Under<br />
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704-777-7624. 103009.<br />
SELLING YOUR HOME? Forget<br />
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office rentals<br />
OFFICE BUILDING SALE/<br />
LEASE- 6829sqft, 1.03acres,<br />
TwinLakes Business Park, I-485<br />
& Hwy115 Interchange, Sale<br />
$1,175,000, Lease $13.50sqft 704-<br />
319-8141 Norman Walters www.<br />
thekeithcorp.com. 110609.<br />
FIRST MONTH FREE! 2400 sq<br />
warehouse with plenty of office<br />
space in Indian Trail. Great location<br />
convenient to I485; between<br />
Charlotte & Monroe. $1,300 mo.<br />
Deposit required. 704-624-6780 or<br />
704-361-4028. 110609.<br />
pets<br />
TRI-COUNTY Animal Rescue has<br />
animals for adoption at Pet Smart<br />
in Gastonia. Hours are Friday 6-9,<br />
Saturday 12-6 and Sunday 2-6. 704-<br />
263-2444. TFN<br />
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888-306-4370<br />
Hours of Sales – Mon-Sat 9-9 & Sun 12-6<br />
operation: Service – Mon-Fri 7-7 & Sat 8-4<br />
‘01 BMW X5<br />
9616C<br />
$13,788<br />
2007 GMC SIERRA 1500<br />
Stock #: P2883<br />
$25,488<br />
2008 GMC YUKON DENALI<br />
Stock #: G2869<br />
$41,588<br />
CHEVROLET IMPALA<br />
5 TO CHOOSE<br />
$13,988<br />
2006 NISSAN ARMADA<br />
Stock #: 9647A<br />
$26,588<br />
2008 GMC YUKON DENALI<br />
Stock #: 9666A<br />
$42,388<br />
‘06 HONDA CIVIC EX<br />
9681A<br />
$14,688<br />
2007 GMC YUKON SUV<br />
Stock #: P2878A<br />
$27,788<br />
2007 CADILLAC ESCALADE<br />
Stock #: G2870<br />
$44,688<br />
2007 FORD FUSION SEL<br />
Stock #: P2837<br />
$16,588<br />
2006 MERCEDES-BENZ R-CLASS<br />
Stock #: 9564B<br />
$27,888<br />
2007 CADILLAC ESCALADE<br />
Stock #: G2870<br />
$44,688<br />
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*Plus tax, tag, and $589.50 administration fee. On Approved Credit<br />
SERVICE SAVINGS<br />
60-DAY<br />
SA<br />
Independence Blvd.<br />
Charlotte<br />
H<br />
Matthews<br />
Crown<br />
Point<br />
ntee<br />
0 % for 72 mo.<br />
on all Pontiacs<br />
Lube, Oil, & Filter<br />
with Tire Rotation<br />
$<br />
19.95<br />
All makes and models<br />
Free<br />
Car Wash<br />
with purchase<br />
5 quarts included. Plus tax and waste fee. Synthetic and Diesel extra.<br />
I-485<br />
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