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Advertising: adsales@carolinaweeklynewspapers.com CEO Alain Lillie Associate Publisher Gretchen Mize GRAPHICS Graphics Director Steve Pigg Graphics artist Julie Austin Advertising Account Executives Lynn Marshall Phyllis Rozzelle Melissa Spinelli Classified and Service Directory Victoria Vizard Ad Coordinator Sarah Vizard DISTRIBUTION Manager Gary Boneno Assistant Manager Brian Hubsch Page 6 • <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Island</strong> <strong>Weekly</strong> • Sept. 18-24, 2009 News Briefs “Strong Urge to Move Your Legs” First Chip’n for Children Golf Tournament Griffin Brothers Tires, Wheels & Auto Repair will be helping local children through a golf tournament fundraiser in the <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Island</strong> area. The Chip’n for Children golf tournament will be held Oct. 21 the Pine <strong>Island</strong> Country Club, 1701 Stoneyridge Drive, Charlotte. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Children’s Miracle Network, one of the annual fundraising initiatives of Charlotte’s Levine Children’s Hospital. Every penny raised will stay in the community to help support the hospital and its related facilities. Levine Children’s Hospital treats children who suffer from a range of illnesses and injuries, including AIDS, asthma, birth defects, cancer, cerebral palsy, chemical dependency, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, Down syndrome, heart disease, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and sicklecell anemia. also will discuss best practices for updating sick leave policies and explore options Tournament play costs $150 per person and You includes Don’t Have lunch, To dinner Suffer and Anymore! an awards Want Your for dealing Life Back with Get the This predicted FREE REPORT 40-to-70 ceremony. And Discover Tickets The for Answer the dinner To Defeating only cost The percent Horror Of absentee Burning, rates. Creeping, q Tugging, $50. Cramping, Sensation Like Insects Crawling Inside Your Legs! To play in the Without tournament, Drugs, volunteer, Medication, Or Surgery! You need this donate or attend the dinner and awards Man arrested in FREE REPORT Available For A Limited Time Only, Go To ceremony, call Griffin Brothers General Manager Russ Carter www.RLSTx.com at 704-896-8473 Or Call Dr. stabbing Green at 704-987-3993 of girlfriend ext. 4003 or Vice President Larry Griffin Jr. at 704-896-2484. q Denver Days Drive-In Movie Night to benefit CHARLOTTE – A man accused of stabbing his girlfriend and taking their two daughters was arrested in a car in the <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Island</strong> area Tuesday night, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department reported. “Legs Want to Move at Rest” safe-driving program Members of the police Restless leg syndrome is a sleep disorder characterized department’s by leg discomfort Special during sleep. DENVER You may – The be suffering Denver Days from Fall Peripheral Festival’s Drive-In Movie Night on Sept. 24 and Violent Crime teams Neuropathy. Weapons and Perhaps Tactics the Doctors of will benefit Neuropathy the Dale Treatment Earnhardt Centers Foundation and Doug Go Herbert’s to www.RLSTx.com B.R.A.K.E.S pro- to find 4700 out more block information of Wildwood or call of America stopped have a vehicle an ANSWER in the for you! gram. Your local practitioner at 704-987-3993 Avenue to schedule and a FREE arrested consultation. The night will feature a ’50s style Maurice Jermaine Harris, drive-in movie theater complete with classic who was a passenger. cars, swing dancing, amusement rides, Police charged Harris Maurice Harris concession stand and a 65-foot movie with attempted murder screen. of Shakete Young, 22. The event will be held on the Denver Investigators say Harris stabbed Young Legs Want to Move at Rest Days Fall Festival grounds on N.C 16 and about 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at their Triangle Circle Road, 1 1/4 miles north apartment on Benjamin Street, near of N.C. 73. Festival gates open at 5 p.m., Revolution Park south of uptown Charlotte. and the amusement rides will operate. A He took their two daughters, ages 3 DJ will play classic favorites, and members Restless of Gottaswing leg syndrome Charlotte is also a will form give of a Peripheral an “extremely Neuropathy. urgent” Perhaps alert the for Doctors Harris and 8 months, and police initially issued swing of dance Neuropathy performance. Treatment Centers of and America the children. have an ANSWER Two hours for later, you! police The family-friendly Go to www.RLSTX.com movie begins to at find announced a Certified Professional the girls had near been you found nightfall, approximately 7:30 pm. Gen- unharmed. For more information: Call Lake Norman Health and Wellness 704-987-3993 eral parking is $5 per car, and guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. The fee for entering a car in the car show is $20, which includes parking in front of the big screen and judging for awards. q Regional Chamber advising businesses on swine flu MOUNT HOLLY – The Gaston Regional Chamber and the Gaston County Health Department will host an informational session in Mount Holly to help businesses prepare for the H1N1 flu pandemic. The presentation takes place Oct. 5 at 11:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Express, 250 Beaty Drive, and includes a presentation from Health Department officials and a question-and-answer session afterwards. The sessions are free and open to the public. Officials will review guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the health department on H1N1 prevention and response. Officials The special units arrested Harris around 9 p.m. Tuesday. q “Irresistible Urge to Move Your Legs” Many with RLS have impaired memory and are unable to concentrate. Exhaustion affects affects their their jobs jobs & personal & personal relations. relations. A brand A brand new new FREE FREE report report reveals reveals a new a new natural procedure natural procedure that is giving that is sufferers giving sufferers their “lives their back.” “lives If back.” you suffer If you from suffer Burning, from Tingling, Creepy - Crawling, Cramps, Cold Feet or the Feeling of Bugs Under your Burning, Skin, you Tingling, need this Creepy- FREE report Crawling, that is Cramps, giving hope Cold to RLS Feet sufferers or the Feeling everywhere. of Bugs Under your Go to Skin, www.rlstx.com you need this or FREE Call Dr. report Green’s that Office is giving at 704-987-3993 hope to RLS sufferers everywhere. Health department urges residents to get seasonal flu shot CHARLOTTE – The Mecklenburg County Health Department is now taking appointments for seasonal influenza vaccinations. Health department staff will administer the seasonal flu vaccine only at immunization clinics at 249 Billingsley Road and 2845 Beatties Ford Road. Officials said swine flu vaccine information would come later. To make an appointment, call 704- 336-6500. In a press release, Dr. Wynn Mabry, Mecklenburg County health director, said seasonal flu comes from viruses different from the Novel H1N1 influenza virus that first appeared this spring. Seasonal flu happens every year, starting in the fall and lasting through spring. “While we are certainly concerned about what the H1N1 flu will bring, we must be vigilant when it comes to seasonal influenza,” Mabry said. Groups at “higher risk” of complications from seasonal influenza include people 65 and older, children younger than 5, pregnant women and anyone with chronic medical conditions. Each year, close to 36,000 deaths occur from the seasonal flu, Mabry said. For more information about the flu and protecting yourself and your family, go to www.meckhealth.org. q Park and Rec’s “Get Going Guide” available The Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department is now distributing 115,000 copies of its fall/winter Get Going Guide, a magazine that lists recreation programs, classes, facilities and hundreds of indoor and outdoor activities. The Get Going Guide is a resource for: • Finding free or inexpensive fun and fitness activities • Joining sports leagues and competition for youngsters and adults • Getting outside on beautiful fall days • Discovering classes and activities at recreation and nature centers • Participating in swim lessons and aquatic recreation • Encouraging kids to be active on out-of school days. The Park and Recreation Department is distributing 67,000 copies of the colorful illustrated magazine this week through Charlotte-Mecklenburg elementary schools. Copies will also be available at recreation centers, nature centers, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, branch libraries, Park and Recreation’s administrative office and selected news boxes around the city. Get Going Guide is also online at www.parkandrec.com. q www.mountainislandweekly.com
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