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Festively frightening
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
garnishing local yards leave little doubt Halloween is here. Check out some favorite haunts South Charlotte Weekly’s Anna Dykema, Sean O’Connell and Regan White captured while
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
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Page 8 • Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2009 • South Charlotte Weekly
“I have known Tim for many years and
he will make an outstanding public
servant.”
- Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory
• Save money by consolidating services
with Mecklenburg County
• Re-hire effective teachers
• Adopt a student assignment plan that
keeps neighborhoods together
• Married 19 years to Janet Morgan
• Children: Bryce and Taylor
(9th & 10th grades at Ardrey Kell H.S.)
Elizabeth (deceased-former specialneeds
student at Eastover E.S.)
• Graduate of Independence H.S. &
Appalachian State University
• Master of Public Administration
(UNC-Chapel Hill)
• South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church
(Elder and Sunday School teacher)
• Scoutmaster and Eagle Scout
• Mecklenburg County Park and
Recreation Commission (Vice Chair)
• Mecklenburg County Citizens Capital Budget Advisory Committee (2003-07)
• Gov. Jim Martin’s School Building Solutions Committee (2008)
• Partners for School Reform (2004-06)
• CMS Long-Range School Facilities Master Plan Task Force (2003)
Endorsed by:
Matthews Mayor Lee Myers • Mint Hill Mayor Ted Biggers
Pineville Mayor George Fowler • The Honorable Lee Kindberg
The Honorable Bill Brawley
PAID FOR BY: COMMITTEE TO ELECT TIM MORGAN
Regan’s Rant
(continued from page 7)
made it out of my car. They currently
reside on the floor of the front passenger
side. I’ll pull out a slim box anytime
I need a sugar fix. At a stoplight one
recent morning, I caught my reflection
in a side window. A candy cigarette was
hanging from my bottom lip and looked
almost real. It made me laugh.
I hope fellow drivers are puzzled each
time they see me pull the whole thing
into my mouth. “My word, Richard, that
girl just ate a cigarette!” someone might
say. “I mean, seriously! One minute it
was hanging from her lip, and the next
she just consumed the whole thing!”
With the exception of wax lips (which
are far less fun – they always smell like
they’d taste great and they never do) I
challenge you to find a more fun candy,
albeit controversial.
Heinous holiday Glade
And in the spirit of impending holidays,
I’d like to issue everyone a warning.
Christmas and other holiday decorations
already are appearing in stores.
Due to the corporate conspiracy to one
day launch Christmas mid-summer, I’m
not entirely surprised. However, I was
surprised at how horrendous one holiday
Glade candle in particular is.
I don’t burn candles often but I buy
them often. I don’t know what that
says about me. I recently made a point
of sniffing each candle in the Holiday
Glade collection. Peppermint Crush is
only available at Target. It’s decent and
smells like lip balm that Lip Smackers
might make – minty with a definite
hint of sugary sweetness. Hollyberry
Wreath is only available at Wal-Mart
and I haven’t smelled it yet. I hope it’s
good because the rest of the collection
is devoid of balsam, pine and all
the smells critical to wintertime in the
outdoors or around a Christmas tree.
Homemade Gingerbread is decent but
smells more generally of spicy perfume,
not gingerbread. And Apple Cinnamon
is pretty standard and for some reason
included in the holiday collection.
Bayberry Spice is absolutely awful. If
ever a candle smelled like an airplane
bathroom or the automated air freshener
in a public restroom, this would be
it.
I include all this because I thought
maybe it was just me until I overheard
a husband at the display say to his wife,
“Honey, is it just me or does this candle
smell horrible?”
I have no idea how any Glade product
tester could take a whiff of that bayberry
candle and say, “Oh yeah. I’d totally use
that candle in my bathroom … in the
Taco Bell restaurant I operate.”
Buyer beware and nose be on guard
this holiday season. q
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