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303 Delburg: a symbol of ‘social division’ Historic-designated mill house signifies a different Davidson of days gone by. By John Deem [email protected] Tagging buildings with an official historic designation is traditionally about preserving a part of the past worth remembering. The Davidson Town Board’s unanimous vote Jan. 13 to designate a mill house on Delburg Street as an historic landmark, however, is more about reminding today’s citizens about something they shouldn’t forget. The board’s vote, which clears the way for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission to buy and renovate the property, was a positive step toward acknowledging a negative aspect of Davidson’s past that might seem out of character to many in a town whose leaders continue to

support — even in the face of legal challenges — rare measures aimed at guaranteeing economic inclusiveness in one of the Charlotte region’s most expensive communities. The house, at 303 Delburg St., sits on a corner across Watson Street from the old cotton mill that now houses the Brickhouse Tavern and several other buildings. When that and more than two dozen nearly identical homes were built along Delburg to house employees shortly after the 1917 opening of the Delburg Cotton Mill, Davidson was experiencing an unprecedented clash of cultures, according to a detailed research report prepared by the Landmarks Commission. “The increased industrialization of Davidson encouraged a social division between the white mill workers and the other white — mostly middle-class — residents in Davidson,” the report reads. “While this phenomenon was widespread throughout the sections of the Piedmont where industrialization was taking place, in Davidson the

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The now-historic house at 303 Delburg St. stands in the shadows of building that was once the Delburg Cotton Mill.

changes were especially vivid.” That wasn’t the case when industrialization had first taken hold in Davidson in the late 19th century with the opening of the town’s first cotton mill, along with a flour

mill, sawmill, roller mill, fertilizer plant and an ice plant, all west of Main Street. “In late 19th century Davidson, like (in) most other rural communities in North Carolina, whites

were jumbled together,” the Landmarks Commission report notes. “Regardless of wealth or social rank they generally worked togethSEE HISTORIC, PAGE 6

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HISTORIC FROM PAGE 4 er, lived near each other, and worshiped together. The introduction of the mills and other manufacturing plants into Davidson changed that order.”

‘Town and gown split’

As the population of mill workers and their families grew, so did social divisions between workingclass and middle-class residents. There were separate recreation programs and a separate chapel for the mill families. And while there was never a separate mill school, the town continued to offer only four months of free schooling, with additional months offered for a fee. While most middle-class families could afford the fee, most mill families could not. The result was a two-tiered system that disadvantaged the mill children. “While many Southern towns may have had a class division between mill workers and a merchant class, Davidson also had the distinction of having a ‘town and gown’ split,” the report reads. “With a significant number of citizens who worked for Davidson College

NEWS and who possessed an advanced education, the cultural, social and economic differences among the town’s elites and the mill workers were quite distinct.” By the time the Delburg houses were built, those divisions had become still more delineated. “By 1920, Davidson was a socially and geographically segregated town,” the report notes. “Mill workers were housed to the west of the railroad tracks, around the Delburg Mill on Delburg, Watson, Griffith, and Armour streets, and around the Linden Mill on Depot, Sloan and Eden streets. Other whites — including college faculty, merchants, builders, boarding house operators— generally lived east of the tracks. Blacks lived along Brady’s Alley to the east of the tracks, and to the west of the mill housing around Mock Circle.” In its recommendation for historic status, the Landmarks Commission pulls no punches in suggesting what the house ultimately will signify. “The designation and preservation of the Delburg Cotton Mill House would help to demonstrate the historic cultural and economic separation of mill workers in Davidson,” the report states.

Hurry-up offense

Designation of the Delburg house also represents a small victory in a larger race against time, as Davidson’s former mill communities continue to disappear in favor of larger new homes and “infill” development. On Delburg Street alone, six mill houses have been razed in just the past two years, and demolition permits are pending for two more. Delburg is now a hodgepodge of recently built homes (including a “pocket neighborhood” under construction by homebuilder and town commissioner Rodney Graham) between vacant lots where mill houses once stood, along with a few restored mill homes. “(The) 303 Delburg (house) is the closest mill house to the Davidson (Delburg) Cotton Mill,” Stewart Gray, a Landmarks Commission member and Davidson resident, told commissioners before their vote. “Its proximity to the mill, we believe, if the house were to be preserved, would be essential to preserving some semblance or some representation of the mill village relationship.” The Landmarks Commission plans to renovate the structure, including adding a master bedroom

Lake Norman Citizen and bath at the rear. The work would preserve the home’s historic profile while making it marketable to a new owner. A new owner would get a modernized landmark, though it would come with deed restrictions preventing its historical nature from being altered, Gray said. The State Historic Preservation Office didn’t entirely agree with the Landmarks Commission’s assessment, however, suggesting in a letter that the historic significance lies in the entire neighborhood of mill houses, not each house individually. However, the letter acknowledged that the decision lies with town commissioners, and if they voted to designate the house as historic, it would qualify for a 50 percent deferral of property taxes. The house at 303 Delburg is currently owned by lawyer and former Davidson commissioner Sandy Carnegie, a partner in the McIntosh Law Firm, whose offices are in the old mill across the street. Carnegie owns several other properties in the area, including two more on Delburg. The 303 Delburg house has an assessed tax value of $93,800. Carnegie bought it in 2006 for $125,000.

Huntersville board retreat next week Tuesday night, prior to its regular meeting (and after the Citizen print deadline), the Huntersville Town Board was scheduled to receive an update on findings from a months-long analysis of downtown transportation conditions and objectives. The report was for information purposes only, but data and recommendations from the study will no doubt be added to the list of discussion topics for next week’s town planning retreat. Huntersville’s annual two-day retreat will be held Wednesday, Jan. 28 and Friday, Jan. 30 at the Lee S. Dukes Jr. Water Treatment Plant on Babe Stillwell Road. Details from the downtown transportation study, as well as information compiled in a 2014 study of town-wide economic development conditions and objectives, are just some of the anticipated subjects at the retreat. The retreat is open to the public and sessions are scheduled Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday from 8:30 to 4. — Lee Sullivan

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Giving wings to Eagles:101 of them Scoutmaster Larry Banks surpasses 100 Eagle Scouts with Troop 19.

By John Deem [email protected]

Most people wrap community service around the demands of their personal and professional lives. From the time he earned his Bobcat badge as a 6-year-old Cub Scout in a troop near his west Charlotte home 46 years ago, Larry Banks has fit the rest of his life around Scouting. At age 17, as a newly minted Eagle, Banks was serving as an assistant scoutmaster for a troop at Charlotte’s Covenant United Methodist Church when he got a phone call from the scoutmaster. “He said, ‘Buddy, I need a favor from you,’” Banks recalls. The scoutmaster was having serious heart trouble and needed to step away. He asked Banks to take over. “Seventeen-year-olds weren’t

supposed to be scoutmasters,” Banks says. “But I said I’d do it.” And though he’s changed troops twice since, he’s still doing it. This past Sunday, as scoutmaster for Troop 19 at Huntersville Presbyterian Church, he helped Ann McDonnell pin the Eagle Scout medal on her son, Jesse, the 103rd young man to earn the Boy Scouts’ highest honor in troops led by Banks, and the 101st from Troop 19, which Banks started in 1988. In the church’s crowded sanctuary, Banks seemed perfectly at ease during the McDonnell’s award ceremony, as if he’d done this ... well ... 100 times before. Until it came time, more than an hour into the ceremony, to officially bestow the honor. Stage lights above the pulpit revealed the tears glistening in Banks’ eyes as he embraced Eagle number 101. As he stepped back, Banks had the look of a proud parent. The 52-year-old bachelor has no kids of his own. Given the time he puts into Scouting, though, it’s not much of a surprise that he didn’t get around to marrying.

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“Eighty to 90 hours a week,” Banks says without a pause when asked how much of his time is taken up by Scouting. “And I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Banks’ time spent on Scouting is in addition to his full-time job at Hale Trailer and Brake in Concord. Or, maybe it’s the other way around. “He’s the most dedicated of any scoutmaster I’ve seen,” says Hayden Fox, a Troop 19 member who earned his Eagle last year. “His full obligation is the troop. You go to his house, and it’s full of Scout stuff. We would work on his truck, and it was full of Scout stuff.” Eric West, who earned his Eagle just a few months ago under Banks’ leadership, agrees. “He lives, breathes and eats Scouting,” West says of his scoutmaster. “He’s dedicated. Every bit of him is about Scouting.”

‘One childhood’

A few days before McDonnell’s ceremony, Banks sinks into a couch in Troop 19’s “lounge,” a second-floor classroom in Huntersville Presbyterian Church’s Education Building. He’s wearing his trademark ballcap with the curved brim pushed up on his head. Despite temperatures in the 30s outside, he’s still in shorts. He has a penchant for starting sentences with the word “buddy” and, when he does, he makes you feel like you are.

Larry Banks speaks at Sunday’s Eagle Scout ceremony for his 101st Eagle with Troop 19, Jesse McDonnell.

He seems happy for the attention the 100-plus Eagle Scout milestone has generated, but not particularly comfortable with any assumption that he’s responsible for his troops’ accomplishments. “You have to have good people helping you,” he says when asked why his troops have produced so many Eagles. “But that’s the way it is with anything in life, I believe.” For the past 15 years, Troop 19’s membership has stayed steady in the 80 to 100 range which, Banks notes, is an accomplishment considering the demands and distractions faced by teenaged boys these days. “Fourteen- and 15-year-old young men just don’t walk off the street and say, ‘I want to be a Boy Scout,’” Banks says. Scouting isn’t considered cool, after all. Then there are the demands of homework, year-round sports and other expectations and distractions, especially for students who plan to go on to college. “I don’t know if I could handle being a kid today,” he says. “I really don’t.” Though Scouts work hard to advance through the ranks and spend a lot of time on camping trips and other outings, they also are allowed to be kids, Banks notes. “You only have one childhood,” he says. “Let them enjoy it.”

Still, the fact that so many Troop 19 members “age out” of Scouting before quitting is reassuring to Banks. “We don’t lose a lot of boys,” he says. “We have as many older boys — 15- to 17-year-olds — as we do younger boys. That’s unusual.”

Opening doors

Nationally, just six percent of boys who join Scouting advance to the level of Eagle. But Banks wants you to know this: a young man needn’t make Eagle to get life lessons out of Scouting. “If you do it correctly, there’s no better way to turn out fine young men,” Banks says. But raging hormones and a driver’s license often become distractions for Scouts once they hit 16. “They get so close, but then they get the ‘fumes,’” he says. “Around here that means perfume and car fumes.” Banks says he often hears later from former Scouts who left the program early. “One will call and say, ‘I didn’t tell you then, but thank you for everything you did for me.’” Scouts who do become Eagles enter an elite fraternity that can open doors, Banks says. He tells the story of one of his Eagle Scouts who, as a college student, had an interview several years ago for an

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FROM PAGE 8 internship with Bank of America. He was nervous, and called Banks for advice. “I told him, ‘Be courteous, be kind, have a firm handshake, and look him or her in the eye,’” Banks recalls. When the former Scout showed up for the interview, he was surprised when he was ushered straight to the office of then-CEO and Chairman Hugh McColl. “For the next hour-and-a-half, they talked about nothing but Scouting,” Banks says. “(McColl) knew that because he had ‘Eagle Scout’ on his application, he was a fine young man. When they were done, (McColl) just said, ‘We’ll see you tomorrow morning.’” How long will Banks keep offering guidance and inspiration to Boy Scouts. “I have no idea,” he says. “I really don’t. There are times when I ask myself, ‘What in the world am I doing this for?’” But then he gets a call from a former Scout or tears up as he awards another Eagle, and he asks himself how in the world he couldn’t do this.

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Anti-toll lane group announces lawsuit to stop I-77 project By David Boraks davidsonnews.net CHARLOTTE - Calling the Noth Carolina Department of Transportation’s I-77 widening plan “unconstitutional,” the members group WidenI77.org filed suit Tuesday at North Carolina Superior Court in Charlotte, seeking to halt the $655 million project. The Cornelius-based group’s leaders announced the suit at a press conference at the offices of their lawyer, Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith.   “This morning Widen I-77 filed a lawsuit in Mecklenburg Superior Court seeking a declaration that the project is unconstitutional and that the contract violates North

Carolina law,” Arnold said. WidenI-77 leader Kurt Naas, of Cornelius, said he thinks the local section of the road can be widened with general purpose (non-toll) lanes for about $100 million. The plan now to widen I-77 from downtown Charlotte to Mooresville is estimated at $655 million. He also argued that the project won’t solve congestion north of Charlotte.    “This is a bad deal for the citizens of the Lake Norman region. It’s a bad deal for the taxpayers of North Carolina,” Naas said. Widen I-77 wants officials to take another look at widening the highway using conventional lanes. The group also has criticized the DOT and Cintra for not announcing how much the tolls would cost,

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although both parties counter that the dynamic tolling procedures will be market-driven. The NCDOT in June signed a 50-year contract with construction giant Cintra Infraestructures, doing business locally as I-77 Mobility Partners, to widen 26 miles of I-77 from Charlotte to Mooresville. The project calls for converting existing HOV lanes into toll lanes or adding toll lanes — two lanes in each direction from I-277 to Cornelius and one lane in both directions from there north to Mooresville. The DOT has said the project will guarantee a reliable ride to and from Charlotte at peak hours by using tolls to regulate the number of cars in the toll lanes. Offi-

cials have said they hope to begin construction this year, and that the project could be done in threeand-one-half years, sometime in 2018. The toll lanes would be optional, and open to any drivers willing to pay the fee. The lanes would be free for drivers with at least three people in a vehicle, as well as motorcycles and buses.   The DOT and Cintra have said tolls would vary during the day according to the amount of traffic, and that they can’t say right now what the prices would be. That’s one of the issues in the lawsuit, according to Arnold. WidenI-77 reports it has collected about $20,000 in donations from more than 100 residents so

far to pay for the lawsuit, which leaders said could cost $50,000 to $70,000 if it goes all the way to a trial. Meanwhile, Cintra has been lining up financing to help pay for the work. In announcing the suit Tuesday, WidenI-77 said it believes I-77 Mobility Partners may miss a Jan. 22 deadline for securing financial close with the NCDOT. On Tuesday, a spokeswoman for I-77 Mobility Partners declined to comment on the suit. She said in a statement, “NCDOT and I-77 Mobility Partners are continuing to work together to complete all requirements toward financial close. I-77 Mobility Partners will not comment on any pending litigation at this time.”

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‘Rights’ and wrongs

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Winter games?

While playing basketball outdoors in shorts is more closely associated with a time of year when the calendar indicates it to be appropriate, these youngsters took to the courts at Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson to enjoy a little mid-January Indian summer.

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In a week that began with nationwide recognition of a man who led a struggle for freedom and rights, Talkers can’t help but notice recent interpretations of those priceless concepts have cast a shadow on a much-deserved legacy. While Martin Luther King Jr.’s commitment to demand equal rights for all never wavered, many voices shouting from self-made mountaintops these days seem more focused on promoting their own beliefs than honoring everyone’s. The issue of Duke University’s yes-then-no decision concerning Muslim calls to prayer from the school’s iconic chapel is just another disappointing example. While some Talkers admit to usually savoring any incident putting at-times pretentious Duke in the crosshairs of a controversy, this time it is the latest victim of a hate-based, my-way-or-else assault. Late last year, Sony Corp. was the victim, bearing the brunt of a cyber attack initially attributed to North Korea as retribution for a perceived insult delivered by a silly movie. When Sony responded to the event and threats of more action by pulling promotions and distribution of the movie, reaction was swift to condemn the company for kowtowing to a bully. Earlier this month, when the satirical and purposely edgy French magazine Charlie Hebdo was the site of a murderous rampage by apparent Islamic militants, world-wide angst and anger focused on the magazine’s (and really everyone’s) right to express ideas without fear of such reprisals. While it’s easy to dismiss those disruptive and violent incidents as societal outliers, attributable to poor education and limited exposure to other cultures or even maniacal SEE TALK, PAGE 13

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FROM PAGE 12 religious fervor, when freedoms and rights are restricted closer to home, and on the campus of a leading institution of higher learning, it reaches a higher level of concern. When the non-secular Duke Divinity School, comprised of students of all faiths and backgrounds united in the basic study of religion, decided to allow the traditional Muslim call to prayer from the bell tower of its chapel, Duke was bombarded with complaints and even leading religious figures took an active role in a social media campaign lambasting Duke’s decision and threatening verbal attacks and financial repercussions. Just last fall, when professional athletes, including many NBA players, donned Tshirts and used their celebrity status as a platform to state opinions about race relations and police procedures, there was nearly universal support for their right to speak freely. But it’s hard to ignore that, just a few months before, those same rights were denied an NBA team owner. Justice, equality and freedom are not just words, they are ideals that are, by design, difficult to obtain and harder to protect. And, in no acceptable scenario, can they be preserved by shooting at, shouting down or scaring into submission those with different views.

“Fourteen- and 15-year-old young men just don’t walk off the street and say, ‘I want to be a Boy Scout.’” — Boy Scouts Troop 19 Scoutmaster Larry Banks on the social challenges faced by Scouts as they enter their mid-teen years

Vial of bile

Reacting too quickly to just about anything — but especially things you don’t fully understand — often makes things worse. And it’s a condition Talkers can’t help but contemplate in the aftermath of last week’s international bulletin citing crocodile bile for dozens of deaths in Mozambique. Initial stories declared that discreetly dropping the bile into drinks was a traditional, and tough to detect, Mozambiquian method of eliminating enemies, and Talkers immediately imagined orders for the rare product streaming in from disgruntled spouses all over the world. But this week, the truth emerged identifying the bile as actually an aphrodisiac. Talkers can’t help but wonder just how weird things were for those who didn’t get the update in time.

“They get so close, but then they get the ‘fumes.’ Around here that means perfume and car fumes.” — Banks on the number of Boy Scouts who leave Scouting after several years prior to earning the Eagle Scout rank.

mill village relationship.” — Historic Landmarks Commission spokesman and Davidson resident Stewart Gray to Davidson commissioners.

“He’s the most dedicated of any scoutmaster I’ve seen. His full obligation is the troop. You go to his house, and it’s full of Scout stuff. We would work on his truck, and it was full of Scout stuff.” — Troop 19 Eagle Scout Hayden Fox on Banks.

“We’ve established a little bit of a pipeline. Word has gotten around.” — Davidson College assistant basketball coach Matt McKillop on the number of key players on the Wildcats’ roster from Ohio.

“The increased industrialization of Davidson encouraged a social division between the white mill workers and the other white — mostly middle-class — residents in Davidson. While this phenomenon was widespread throughout the sections of the Piedmont where industrialization was taking place, in Davidson the changes were especially vivid.” — Historic Landmarks Commission report on the former mill village houses in Davidson, specifically with regard to the house at 303 Delburg St. “(The) 303 Delburg (house) is the closest mill house to the (Delburg) Cotton Mill. Its proximity to the mill, we believe, if the house were to be preserved, would be essential to preserving some semblance or some representation of the

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Cornelius

Arrests and citations as reported by the Cornelius Police Department Jan. 6-11.

Arrests

• Crawford, Laura Bethany (WF, 21), Obtaining Property By False Pretenses (F), 20200 Sefton Park Road, 1/6. • Hancock, Dondi Christopher (BM, 25), Shoplifting/Concealment Of Merchandise (M), Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia (M), Impaired Driving-DWI (M), Fictitious Information (T), Old Statesville Road, 1/9. • Upright, Kindell Lanee (WF, 24), Financial Card Fraud (M), Financial Card Theft (F), Larceny (M), Identity Theft (F), 19733 Statesville Road, 1/6. • Gaffney, Joseph Hugh (WM, 56), Impaired Driving-DWI (M), Speeding (T), 20210 Henderson Road, 1/11.

Citations

• Greenman, Christopher Michael (WM, 43), Driving While License Revoked, 19899 West Catawba Avenue, 1/6. • Cortes, Claudia (HF, 38), Child Not In Rear Seat, No Driver’s License, Bailey Road, 1/6. • Mackey, Timothy David (WM, 35), Expired Registration, Statesville Road at Bailey Road, 1/6. • Jarrett-Doney, Jasmine (BF, 16), Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession Of A Controlled Substance, 11536 Bailey Road, 1/6. • Brown, Jeffrey Dean (WM, 34), Possession Of Marijuana, Catawba Avenue at School Street, 1/6. • Grebstein, Jenna Leigh (WF, 17), Possession Of A Controlled Substance (M), 11536 Bailey Road, 1/6. • Blitvich, Michael Louis (WM, 24), Failure To Stop Steady Red Light, Sam Furr Road at West Catawba Avenue, 1/6. • Ohlsen, Shayne Christian (WM, 44),

Expired Registration, 19999 South Main Street, 1/7. • Riley, Coral Janette (WF, 38), Expired Registration, 19723 Bethel Church Road, 1/6. • Thomas, Toni Yvette (BF, 46), Exceeding Posted Speed, 19751 Statesville Road, 1/7. • Cichowski, Amy Kate (WF, 31), Expired Registration, 19499 West Catawba Avenue, 1/8. • Newman, Earnell Lee (BM, 28), Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia, 19835 Lacebark Drive, 1/8. • Doyle, Kiley Garrett (WM, 21), Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia, 19839 Lacebark Drive, 1/8. • Sorensen, Anne Marie (WF, 22), Failure To Yield-Pedestrian Crosswalk, 21499 Catawba Avenue, 1/8. • Sinski, Austin Reed (WM, 26), Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia, 19835 Lacebark Drive, 1/8. • Siddiquiahmad, Kiran (OF, 32), SpeedingExcess Of 15 Miles Over, 20011 West Catawba Avenue, 1/9. • Woodard, Michael Shane (WM, 35), Exceeding Posted Speed, 19099 West Catawba Avenue, 1/9. • Williams, Arthur Stanley (WM, 41), Expired Registration, Display Fictitious Tag, 10723 Bailey Road, 1/9. • Bullock, Jeri Ann (WF, 52), No Insurance, 12449 Bailey Road, 1/9. • Hancock, Dondi Christopher (BM, 25), Driving While License Revoked, Failure To Exhibit/Surrender/Fictitious Information Information, 11299 Bailey Road, 1/9. • Black, Nancy Hertsch (WF, 69), Failure To Reduce Speed, 17421 Statesville Road, 1/9. • Hunsucker, Ramon Augustus (BM, 38), Possession Of A Controlled Substance (F), 19800 Mulberry Street, 1/10. • Baldwin, Lisa Dickinson (WF, 47), Speeding-Excess Of 15 Miles Over, 20011 West

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Catawba Avenue, 1/10. • Rolle, Andrea Monica (BF, 40), SpeedingExcess Of 15 Miles Over, 20655 Catawba Avenue, 1/10. • Haywood, Yolanda Sanders (BF, 35), Exceeding Posted Speed, 17999 Statesville Road, 1/10. • McCullar, Jeanne Marie (WF, 52), Exceeding Posted Speed, 7631 Windaliere Drive, 1/10. • Ernst, Alice Patteson (WF, 48), SpeedingExcess Of 15 Miles Over, 18899 West Catawba Avenue, 1/10. • Gaffney, Joseph Hugh (WM, 56), Driving While License Revoked, 20299 Henderson Road, 1/11. • Carvelli, Stephen Peter (WM, 42), Speeding-Excess Of 15 Miles Over, 20011 West Catawba Avenue, 1/11. • Felizardo, Victor Jose (WM, 62), SpeedingExcess Of 15 Miles Over, 19501 Statesville Road, 1/11. • Fulford, William Robert (WM, 54), Speeding, 20209 West Catawba Avenue, 1/11. • Bryant, Whitney Nicole (BF, 26), Speeding, 20105 West Catawba Avenue, 1/11. • Szilagyi, Benjamin Goetz (WM, 17), Speeding, 20209 West Catawba Avenue at Chance Street, 1/11.

Davidson

Arrests and citations as reported by the Davidson Police Department Jan. 5-11.

Arrests

• McGlynn, Brendan (WM, 16), Larceny of Property (M), Resist/Delay/Obstruct Public Officer (M), 650 Westside Trail, 1/9. • Ross, Isaiah Tayshaun (BM, 16), Larceny of Property (M), Resist/Delay/Obstruct Public Officer (M), 650 Westside Trail, 1/9. • Negron, Joseph Jesus (BM, 29), Reckless Driving (T), Speeding (T), 601 Griffith Street, 1/9.

Citations

• Carson, Michelle Denise (WF, 42), Speeding, Concord Road, 1/5. • Cruz, Maria Elizabeth (IF, 36 ), Speeding/ Failure to Carry Driver’s License, Griffith Street, 1/5. • Newbold, Judith Endicott (WF, 62), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/5. • Johnson, Nita Rena (BF, 43), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/5. • Roles, Kayla Marie (WF, 20), Expired Registration, Expired Inspection, I-77 South 1/5. • Harmer, Michael Hosea (WM, 73), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/5. • Scruggs, Katharine Bragg (WF, 45), Speeding, Concord Road, 1/5. • Clark, Reginald (BM, 52), No Insurance, Jetton Street, 1/5. • Kerr, Erik Len (WM, 33), Speeding, N.C. 115, 1/5. • Griswold, Emily Kristin (WF, 33), Speeding,

Griffith Street, 1/5. • Mele, Lisa Marie (WF, 29), Expired Registration, Expired Inspection, St. Albans Street, 1/5. • Bescher, Kelly Rebecca (WF, 42), Speeding, Robert Walker Drive, 1/5. • Carr, Travis Elaine (BF, 49), Failure to Carry Driver’s License, Davidson Gateway 1/5. • Miller, Karen Anne (WF, 34), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/5. • Meek, Billy Reece Jr. (WM, 45), Expired Registration, Expired Inspection, Griffith Street, 1/5. • Duff, Brandon Maurice (BM, 25), Driving While License Revoked, Davidson Gateway 1/6. • Porter, Daniel James (BM, 45), Speeding, Driving While License Revoked, Griffith Street, 1/6. • Martin, Winston Keith III (WM, 44), Expired Registration, Expired Inspection, DavidsonConcord Road, 1/6. • Cruzsolano, Andrea Oliveira (OF, 44), Speeding, South Street, 1/6. • Dziuk, Casey Austin (WM, 17), Speeding, Robert Walker Drive, 1/6. • Ericson, Lars Warren (WM, 55), Speeding, Jetton Street, 1/6. • Basgall, Amber Leigh (WF, 25), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/6. • Davis, Derek Thomas (WM, 25), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/6. • Volker, Richard Allen (WM, 31), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/6. • Scott, Abigail Anne (WF, 20), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/6. • Early, Hannah Brooke (WF, 21), Expired Registration, Expired Inspection, Gamble Street, 1/6. • Osborne, Michelle Leigh (WF, 29), Failure To Stop At Stop Sign, Summers Walk Blvd 1/7. • Boyle, Adele Louise (WF, 61), Speeding, North Main Street, 1/7. • Beaton, Johnathan Kelly (WM, 41), Improper Turn/Revoked Registration Griffith Street, 1/7. • Rehorn, Matthew Ryan (WM, 37), Failure To Stop At Stop Sign, Parting Oaks Lane, 1/7. • Krivanek, Melissa Marie (WF, 41), Failure To Stop At Stop Sign, Peninsula Drive, 1/8. • Faluey, Joseph Den (WM, 39), Speeding, North Main Street, 1/8. • Breen, Alexander Bryan (WM, 16), Failure To Stop At Stop Sign, River Ford Drive, 1/9. • Bradley, Donna Lisenby (WF, 45), Speeding, East Rocky River Road, 1/9. • Vander-Westen, Brian Alan (WM, 19), Speeding, Improper Passing On Right, Robert Walker Drive, 1/9. • Egert, Alexander Cole (WM, 27), Speeding, Robert Walker Drive, 1/9. • Schneider, Lori Ann (WF, 44), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/9. • Gardner, Jennifer Culbreth (WF, 38), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/9. • Negron, Joseph Jesus (BM, 29), Expired Registration, Expired Inspection, Driving While

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License Revoked, Griffith Street, 1/9. • Dryden, Sherwynia Denise (BF, 37), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/9. • Buckner, John Warner (WM, 50), Speeding, Concord Road, 1/9. • Johnson, Halm Khai (BM, 36), Speeding, Concord Road, 1/9. • Carter, William (BM, 35), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/9. • Singerman, Alan Jay (WM, 73), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/9. • Draper, Jonathan Charles (WM, 27), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/10. • St. John, Marc Daniel (WM, 45), Expired Registration, Expired Inspection, Jetton Street, 1/10. • Bowman, Travis Scott (WM, 41), Expired Registration, Jackson Street, 1/10. • Greene, Antonio Tobias (BM, 45), Expired Registration, Fictitious Registration Jetton Street, 1/10. • Knapp, Marianne Cheek (WF, 50), Speeding, Grey Road, 1/10. • Onufrak, Dustin John (WM, 30), Speeding, Grey Road, 1/10. • Brown, Anne Johnson (WF, 31), Speeding, Failure to Carry Driver’s License, Griffith Street, 1/10. • Pavlock, Michael Anthony (WM, 45), Speeding, Concord Road, 1/10. • Rose, John Christianson (WM, 17), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/10. • Petkus, Danielle (WF, 40), Speeding, N.C. 73, 1/10. • Stadtler, Elise Hannah (WF, 18), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/10. • Kelly, Colin Patrick (WM, 18), Failure To Stop At Stop Sign, Davidson Gateway Drive, 1/10. • Patterson, Branden L. (BM, 23), Failure To Stop At Stop Sign, Davidson Gateway Drive, 1/10. • Smith, Franklin Jerome (BM, 51), Speeding, North Main Street, 1/11. • Brown, Andrew III (BM, 24), Speeding, Failure to Carry Driver’s License, Concord Road, 1/11. • Wittfie, Regina Sue (WF, 41), Speeding, Griffith Street, 1/11

Huntersville

Arrests and citations as reported by the Huntersville Police Department Jan. 7-13.

Arrests

• Schoonover, Kathleen Marie (WF, 31), Impaired Driving-DWI (M), 15005 Sam Furr Road, 1/7. • Oxendine, Isaac James (WM, 26), Cyberstalking (M), 10030 Gilead Road, 1/7. • Hartsell, Tony Lee (WM, 58), Larceny Of Property (M), 189 Fourth Street, 1/7. • Gray, William (WM, 24), Extradition/Fugitive Other State (F), 9800 Gilead Road, 1/9. • Brown, Wayne Bernard (BM, 56), No Driver’s License-Revoked (T), 13506 Central Avenue, 1/10. • Garcia, Alan Jhonathan (WM, 22), Display Expired License/Registration (T), No Driver’s License-Revoked/Impaired Based (T), 9526 Birkdale Crossing Drive, 1/11. • Dulay, Angelo (WM, 55), Assault On A Female (M), Gilead Road, 1/11. • Lasnicki, Kenneth Paul (WM, 26), Speeding (T), 14320 Tribute Place Drive, 1/11. • Billings, Michael Gene (WM, 34), Assault On A Female (M), Carrigan Court, 1/12.

Citations

• Akers, Corey Larnard (BM, 30), Improper Registration, Statesville Road near Gilead Road, 1/7. • Schwartz, James Patrick (WM, 22), Possession Of Marijuana, Statesville Road near Hunters Road, 1/7. • White, Tyler Maneigh (BM, 19), Possession Of Marijuana, Statesville Road near

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POLICE REPORTS FROM PAGE 14 • White, Tyler Maneigh (BM, 19), Possession Of Marijuana, Statesville Road near Hunters Road, 1/7. • Oviedo, Lucino Alvarez (WM, 46), No Driver’s License, I-77 near Miler Marker 21, 1/7. • Marshall, Janice Yarbrough (WF, 67), Expired Registration, Reese Boulevard near Gilead Road, 1/7. • Schoonover, Kathleen Marie (WF, 25), Improper Turn, Sam Furr Road at Northcross Drive, 1/7. • Gregory, Curtis Franklin (WM, 31), Text Messages/Reading Electronic Mail While Driving, Sam Furr Road near Northcross Drive, 1/7. • Daniels, Caleb Stephen (WM, 19), Seat Belt Law, Old Statesville Road near Eastfield Road, 1/7. • Dounis, Vasilious Alexandros (WM, 21), Text Messages/Reading Electronic Mail While Driving, Sam Furr Road near Northcross Drive, 1/7. • Graham, Michelle Leigh (WF, 39), Tinted Windows Violation, Old Statesville Road near Hambright Road, 1/7. • Morgan, Allison (F ), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 9700 Rose Commons Drive, 1/7. • Austin, Amy Denise (WF, 44), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 9700 Rose Commons Drive, 1/7. • Williams, Nicholas Philip (WM, 31), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 9700 Rose Commons Drive, 1/7. • Lara, Sandra (F, 60), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 9700 Rose Commons Drive, 1/7. • Manjarrez, Erika Alejandra (WF, 17), No Driver’s License, Warfield Avenue near Gibson Drive, 1/8. • Taube, Timothy Nathan (WM, 31), Improper Passing, Statesville Road near Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road, 1/8. • Tetzlaff, Michael Lynn (WM, 18), No Driver’s License, Aberfield Road at Kinross Road, 1/8. • Paul, Jacob Ryan (WM, 39), No Driver’s License-Change Address, Sam Furr Road near Northcross Drive, 1/8. • Hartlage, Jillian Michelle (WF, 19), Inspection Violation, Alexanderana Road at Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road, 1/8. • Weir, Derek Thomas (WM, 17), Speeding, Eastfield Road near Dixon Farm Road, 1/8. • Broussard, Damon Ronald (BM, 25), Speeding, Eastfield Road near Dixon Farm Road, 1/8. • Kanda, Sanjeev (32), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 14200 Boren Street, 1/8. • Patel, Prashant Surendrabha (AM, 38), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 1420 Boren Street, 1/8 5. • Gudridge, John Anthony (WM, 34), Expired Registration, Rich Hatchet Road near Statesville Road, 1/9. • Qualls, Charlene Lashea (BF, 37), Inspection Violation, Sam Furr Road near Bayshore Drive, 1/9. • Tyner, Lindsey Elizabeth (WF, 27), Expired Registration, Northcross Drive near Sam Furr Road, 1/9. • Abbittista, Jay Scott (WM, 40), Seat Belt Law, Gilead Road near Rosedale Hill Avenue, 1/9. • Kovach, George Michael (WM, 26), Seat Belt Law, Sam Furr Road near Lindholm Drive, 1/9. • Keller, Caleb Shane-Riley (WM, 18), Seat Belt Law, Statesville Road near Hunters Road, 1/9. • Burrell, Toriano Marquel (BM, 18), Seat Belt Law, Statesville Road near Hunters Road, 1/9. • Ealy, Tyshawn Robart (BM, 24), Expired Registration, I-77 near Gilead Road, 1/9. • Reid, Tiffany Wright (BF, 44), No Liability Insurance, Old Statesville Road near Eastfield Road, 1/9. • White, Kelli Ruth (WF, 55), Speeding, Statesville Road near Stumptown Road, 1/9.

• Daye, Brian Wilson (BM, 52), Improper Turn, Statesville Road near Wilmington Street, 1/9. • Gagum, Jimmie Darrell (BM, 55), Improper Turn, Inspection Violation, Statesville Road near Wilmington Street, 1/9. • Bianouni, Humam (UM, 29), Exceeding Limit On Highway, Sam Furr Road near Knoxwood Drive, 1/9. • Robbins, Mark J. (WM, 34), Speeding, Gilead Road near I-77, 1/9. • Williams, Stephen James (BM, 52), Exceeding Limit On Highway, I-77 near Hambright Road, 1/9. • Russell, Michael Dwayne (WM, 18), Speeding, Old Statesville Road near Hambright Road, 1/9. • Dockery, Tumaz (BM, 17), DrugsEquipment/Paraphernalia-Possession, 11530 Beatties Ford Road, 1/9. • Jones, Jay Andrew (WM, 31), Interstate Highway Law, Sam Furr Road near Statesville Road, 1/9. • Archible, Quitman Ellison (BM, 55), Interstate Highway Law, Sam Furr Road at Statesville Road, 1/9. • Hernandez-Gonzalez, Julisa (WF, 17), Larceny-Shoplifting, 11145 Bryton Town Center Drive, 1/9. • Reyes, Jose (BM, 29), Larceny-Shoplifting, 11145 Bryton Town Center Drive, 1/9 • Gray, William John (WM, 24), Drugs-Equipment/Paraphernalia-Possession, Possession Of Marijuana, Gilead Road near Boren Street, 1/9. • Ortiz, Angela Maria (WF, 44), SpeedingSchool Zone, Old Statesville Road near Hambright Road, 1/9. • Harkins, David Edward (WM, 54), Speeding-School Zone, Old Statesville Road near Hambright Road, 1/9. • Mulkey, William Brandon (WM, 32), Expired Registration, Sam Furr Road near Glenfurness Drive, 1/9. • Borriello, Alberto (WM, 47), Improper Turn, Sam Furr Road near Northcross Drive, 1/10. • Egan, Nancy Turner (WF, 39), Improper Turn, Gilead Road near Reese Boulevard, 1/10. • Little, Alexia Idania (BF, 19), Expired Registration, Sam Furr Road near Northcross Drive, 1/10. • Hunter, Alexa Ray (WF, 22), Speeding, I-77 near Gilead Road, 1/10. • Thomas, Patrick Paul (WM, 28), Speeding, I-77 near Gilead Road, 1/10. • Ward, Kelsey Anne (WF, 27), Speeding, I-77 near Gilead Road, 1/10. • Berry, Jeremy Edward (BM, 23), Exceeding Limit On Highway, I-77 near Gilead Road, 1/10. • McBee, Michelle Monica (WF, 34), Speeding, N.C. 73 at Cambridge Grove Drive, 1/10. • Nicastro, Jonathan Cross (WM, 33), Speeding, Bud Henderson Road near Brenthaven Park Drive, 1/10. • Mahon, James Francis (WM, 24), Tinted Windows Violation, Sam Furr Road near Northcross Drive, 1/10. • Stephenson, Christina Ann (BF, 31), No Driver’s License-Revoked, Eastfield Road near Old Statesville Road, 1/10. • Madrasmurugesam, Ganesh (AM, 28), Speeding, Old Statesville Road near Eastfield Road, 1/10. • Zabilansky, Dana Anne (WF, 34), Speeding, N.C. 73 near Oliver Hager Drive, 1/10. • Arcuri, Leonard Michael (WM, 47), Exceeding Limit On Highway, Old Statesville Road near Hambright Road, 1/10. • Brown, Kaneeca Coletrain (BF, 33), Expired Registration, Eastfield Road near Independence Hill Road, 1/10. • Torres, Hector Mojica (WM, 40), No Driver’s License-Revoked, Eastfield Road near Bryton Town Center Drive, 1/10. • Phillips, Thomasina Obreca (BF, 52), Seat Belt Law, Hambright Road near Old Statesville, 1/10. • Horton, Chasity Monique (BF, 32), Seat Belt Law, No Driver’s License-Revoked, Old Statesville Road near Hambright Road, 1/10. • King, Stacey Michelle (WF, 44), Expired Registration, West Catawba Avenue near Sam Furr Road, 1/10.

• Frye, Tristen Blaine (WM, 18), Possession Of Marijuana, Provisional Licensee, I-77 near Alexanderana Road, 1/10. • Pasko, Brent Oliver (WM, 34), Exceeding Limit On Highway, Ramah Church Road near Fred Brown Road, 1/10. • Rivera, Manuel (WM, 18), Exceeding Limit On Highway, Ramah Church Road near Fred Brown Road, 1/10. • Spikes, James Alister (WM, 34), Speeding, Statesville Road near Bankside Drive, 1/10. • Nhek, Frisco Dim (AM, 24), Drugs-Equipment/Paraphernalia-Possession, Statesville Road near Gilead Road, 1/10. • Bowen, April Livingston (WF, 44), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 16800 Hugh Torance Parkway, 1/10. • Gentile, Julie Ann (F, 31), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 16900 Hugh Torance Parkway, 1/10. • Wheeler, Stephen Gerard (M, 29), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 7700 Regency Lake Drive, 1/10. • Miller, Anthony (BM, 52), No Driver’s License-Revoked, Expired Registration, Statesville Road near Hunters Road, 1/11. • Miller, Anthony (BM, 52), Possession Of Marijuana, Statesville Road near Hunters Road, 1/11. • Lockhart, Rhasaan Alexander (BM, 35), Exceeding Limit On Highway, I-77 near Gilead Road, 1/11. • Gonzalez, Eustaquio (WM, 40), No Driver’s License-Revoked, I-77 near Gilead Road, 1/11. • Hernandez, Ignacio Hernandez (WM, 44), No Driver’s License, Gilead Road near I-77, 1/11. • Baker, Curtis Alan (WM, 57), Exceeding Limit On Highway, Ramah Church Road near Fred Brown Road, 1/11. • Garcia, Alan Jhonathan Bernl (WM, 22), Expired Registration, No Driver’s License-Revoked, Sam Furr Road near Birkdale Crossing, 1/11. • Cosme, Naranjo Alvarez (WM, 23), No Driver’s License, Sam Furr Road near Northcross Drive, 1/11. • Penny, Nathan Reid (WM, 44), Signal/

January 21, 2015 Movement Violation, I-77 near Sam Furr Road, 1/12. • Riker, John Wesley (WM, 43), Improper Turn, Sam Furr Road near Northcross Drive, 1/12. • Long, Yashima Renee (BF, 38), No Driver’s License, Beatties Ford Road near Hambright Road, 1/12. • Rios, Hector Ignacio (WM, 46), Exceeding Safe Speed, Statesville Road near Northdowns Lane, 1/12. • Darnell, Jessica (F, 26), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 14400 Tribute Place, 1/12. • Sabillion, Manuel Dejesus Castell (M), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 14400 Tribute Place, 1/12. • Kanagy, Stephanie (F, 26), Parking Other Than In Direction Of Travel, 14200 Tribute Place, 1/12. • Mejia, Eliseo (WM, 23), Speeding, Statesville Road near Verhoeff Drive, 1/13. • Cruz, Uriel Rivera (WM, 35), No Driver’s License, Gilead Road near Commerce Center Drive, 1/13.

Mooresville

Arrests as reported by the Mooresville Police Department Jan. 5-11. • Glaspy, Kiontae Jasaun (BM, 17), LarcenyShoplifting/Concealment (M), 274 North Main Street, 1/5. • Troutman, Marcquita Sharnice (BF, 25), Drugs-Possession Of Schedule II Controlled Substance (F), 256 East Plaza Drive, 1/5. • Wade, Ricky Kennedy (WM, 51), Resisting, Delaying, Or Obstructing An Officer (M), 117 Doyle Farm Lane, 1/6. • Williams, Simon Lee Thomas (BM, 57), Failure To Appear-Misdemeanor (M), 109 Limerick Road, 1/6. • Hartness, Courtney Paige (WF, 28), Larceny-Shoplifting/Concealment (M), 350 West Plaza Drive, 1/7. • Smeltzer, Anthony Reid (WM, 44), FraudObtain Property By False Pretense (F), 219 Troutman Avenue, 1/8. • Cowan, Quentin Resean (BM, 23), Breaking Or Entering Of Building (M), 750 Lark Glen

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Chamber honors local leaders and volunteers at gala Cornelius businessman Greg O’Connor was named the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce’s Robert T. Cashion Business Person of the Year at a packed annual meeting of business and community leaders last Friday at The Peninsula Club in Cornelius.  Approximately 200 people gathered in the club’s ballroom to witness the transition of leadership between 2014 Chairman Hilary Broadway and incoming Chairman Mike Russell, as well as to celebrate the accomplishments of key volunteers and local businesspeople. The evening was highlighted by a keynote address featuring United States Sen. Thom Tillis, who took the opportunity to thank those in the room who had supported his campaign for office. Tillis discussed themes he will focus on in Washington — making North Carolina more competitive for business, working together across party lines, and establishing an energy policy that addresses the country’s

Business Briefcase current and future needs.  He also thanked the veterans in the audience and acknowledged “item one” was to fix a broken Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Award winner O’Connor and his wife, Pam, own Champions Sports Performance, an adult and youth personal and sports training facility. The business, which opened in 2011, has 11 employees and has more than 12,000 members. The sports program partners with local municipal parks and recreation departments in multiple adult and sports programs in Huntersville, Cornelius and Mooresville. In addition, Champions Sports Performance offers training and workout facilities for all parks and recreation employees, as

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2014 Lake Norman Chamber Chairman Hilary Broadway (left) presents Greg O’Connor with the Robert T. Cashion Business Person of the Year Award. Also pictured are Cashion’s sons (from left) Bobby, John and Gordon Cashion and Chamber President Bill Russell.

well as for police, fire and medics as a “thank you” for their service to the community. Sam James, founder of James Funeral Home in Huntersville, was one of many community leaders recognized at the Chamber’s Annual Banquet, receiving the Entrepre-

neur of the Year Award. The award, designated as The McIntosh Law Firm “Passion to Succeed Award,” was presented to James by Bob McIntosh, firm founder and past chairman of the Chamber. McIntosh explained to the business leaders in attendance, “The pas-

sion to succeed is a trait associated with all entrepreneurs.  The McIntosh Law Firm is honored to recognize that passion with the new “Passion to Succeed” award presented to the Chamber’s entrepreneur of the SEE BRIEFCASE, PAGE 17



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Weddings and Murphy’s Law: leaning cake and all by Lori Helms You’ve found “the one,” you’ve found “the ring,” you’ve found “the dress.” Those are big steps toward taking those final, hopefully graceful ones down the aisle, but don’t get too cozy. You’re just getting warmed up. You have no idea what zaniness awaits you. Now, I’ve only done this once, so that doesn’t really qualify me as a veteran wedding planner. But honestly, I don’t think you should take advice from someone who’s planned several of their own weddings. They keep getting something wrong. My advice is simple, and trust me, it works because I had to exercise this advice several times in the months it took me to plan my big day.

Rule No. 1: get over yourself and lighten up. And learn it fast, because you’re going to have to do it often. For instance, a sense of humor will be required when Rule No. 2 kicks in, which is that bridesmaids lie. Specifically, they lie about their dress size. Nothing is less funny than when they show up for their fitting two days before the wedding and insist they must just be retaining water from the long flight. “Well, dear, did you drink the entire Atlantic Ocean between Boston and Frankfurt?” I had to ask. But that was nothing. It all got much wackier. I got married in Germany, where I was living with my parents. My fiancé was stationed on Sardinia when we

got engaged, so it was up to my mother and me to plan the glamorous event my mom wanted for me … all in German. Dress, flowers, location, hotels, menu, cake, every little thing you can think of that’s a cinch in your native tongue had to be done “auf Deutsch,” with mostly successful but sometimes just comical results. For instance, in explaining my employment status for my German wedding license (I was basically an unemployed tourist during my time there), the Burgermeister immediately deemed me a “hausfrau.” That is now on my wedding license, for all time. Great. And apparently, the word I was using to describe to the florist the light, salmon-colored lilies I wanted is the

exact same word as Halloween Orange. Perfect. We got lost on our way to the venue the night before and were stopped by the German military, whose exercise we drove into the middle of, and the driver delivering my cake the next morning drove into a ditch. My favorite wedding picture of all is the one of my parents standing next to the cake and leaning at the exact same 10-degree starboard pitch as my cake. Things will happen. People will disappoint you. Something will not go as planned. It’s inevitable. But if you can remember to get over yourself, and enjoy the moment, you’ll have the time of your life. Just try to do it in English.

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Here comes the bride ... and look at that hairstyle! By Jen Mosteller Courtesy Kaas & Company

indicator of a sound choice.

Preparing for your wedding day can be overwhelming. Here are some tips and timelines for brides to help ease the stress of planning one of the most important good hair days in your life. Equal to the importance of the special hairstyle you choose for your big day is choosing a complimentary color and length as well as finding a stylist who can help you with your decision. Your stylist will help with your decisions on cut and a complimenting color to enhance your style as well as facial features and skin tone. Your personal everyday style should also be taken into consideration. If you do not have a professional to turn to, a good way to find one is to ask for referrals from friends and family. Being referred to the same person by two or more people is a good

Bridal portraits are the beginning of your journey down the aisle. It may take some time to perfect results for your style and color choice so be considerate of time if you’re going for a significant change in color or length. With anything chosen for your special day consider the significance of the choice, don’t just settle because you’re not prepared. Be true to yourself in order to maintain a version of you that will remain elegant and timeless 50 years from now. Consider choosing hair accents and accessories for you that suits the overall wedding style and gown before choosing the hairstyle for the big day. When complimenting the wedding day hairstyle with color, the length of the hair should also be considered. Hair grows approximately one-half

12 months out

inch per month, so be sure to choose something achievable. Reasonable expectations and regular trims (six to eight weeks) will keep you on track and protect the integrity of your hair. Extensions may also be considered at this time. At this point the bride still has some time to become comfortable with the length, color and style she has  chosen and commit. 

Three months prior Your style has been chosen and it’s time to practice your wedding day style. Still undecided at this

time? No worries. Bridal magazines and Pinterest can provide a wealth of information. It may even be helpful to keep a wedding hair journal. Using visual guides helps relay your specific preference to your stylist. Be clear and reason-

able on expectations for your hair. Your stylist will help guide you to find the perfect and achievable style for hair texture and your unique personal style. These are SEE HAIRSTYLE, PAGE B3

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HAIRSTYLE FROM PAGE B2 pivotal points to finalize your wedding day style.

Three weeks before Trim and do any special treatment that may be part of your regular process. If you have super short locks, consider trimming them two weeks prior to your wedding day leaving room for tweaking and diversion of any imperfections. Balancing the line of new growth could haunt your color and should be done no later than one week before the wedding. Cutting within this time frame will allow time for the hair to settle and appear more natural, not freshly cut. Always book your appointments as soon as you know your dates and remember to go by the same guidelines for your portraits as you will on your wedding day. If you have many bridesmaids or just one let the stylist know up front. You may want to discuss a plan and timeline for the big day. You want to be sure that all of you can be adequately accommodated. Jen Mosteller is a stylist at Kass & Company at 17115 Kenton Place in Cornelius. Call 704-896-7998.

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Rural Hill holds second bridal fair event Historic Rural Hill in Huntersville will host its second annual Sip & Seek Bridal Show Sunday, March 8, from 1 to 4 p.m. The event will provide an intimate setting for brides and vendors to meet while enjoying complementary wine, food and door prizes. This show will give brides-to-be an opportunity to meet local vendors as well as seek wedding inspiration throughout the venue. This exclusive wedding-style event is free with pre-registration by March 2, or $1 to attend without registration. In addition to the bridal fair, the event provides Historic Rural Hill with an opportunity to present itself as a wedding venue itself. The Historic Rural Hill Cultural Center – the centerpiece of the 265 acres of preserved farmland, woods and fields – offers a unique combination of vast outdoor spaces and inviting indoor comforts. Situated atop a hill with a view of the entire farm, it has become a popular wedding destination. Vendors include caterers, bar services, bakeries, photographers, wedding planners, DJs and musicians, florists, hair and makeup artists, a rental company and a venue director. Many of the vendors offer discounts to those in attendance.

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For more information, contact Rural Hill Event Director Lauren

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No-stress preparation equals wedding day success By Carlyn Hurley Courtesy LKN Weddings & Events ’Tis the season! No, not that season. It’s engagement season. With rings given and the promise of love in the air comes the exciting task of planning your special day. So, you’ve just gotten engaged, now all of your childhood wedding dreams can move from dreams to reality. While some would say this is a stressful task, It doesn’t have to be. How does that happen? Here are some tips to help you along the way to no stress equaling wedding day

success: • Determine your budget: Before you make any major decisions you need to sit down with everyone involved in the budget making process. Make a list of what is most important for you on your special day. This will give you an idea when you begin the planning process and in the end could save you time and money. Once you have an overall budget, it’s time to move forward with pinning down your costs, and remember to have all estimates in writing and signed. When the planning stage is com-

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plete, make sure your budget covers all your anticipated expenses, and remember to leave a little cushion for last-minute items. If your budget doesn’t cover everything, it’s time for some hard decisions. No matter who foots the bill, be advised that doing the homework here really counts. • Choose your perfect wedding date: Choosing a wedding date is perhaps one of the first things you want to consider. Knowing what time of year that works best with your schedules can definitely decrease the stress level. Food for thought: if you are a teacher, then summer may work best. However, if you are in the tax business then the spring would definitely not work. Another thought would be choosing the right day of the week. Remember, you know your guests better than anyone. Choose a day that will allow the majority of them to attend. That’s usually a Saturday but as you can imagine, a Saturday venue rental costs the most. • Find the right wedding venue: Choosing the right venue can appear to be overwhelming at first, but fear not, it really can be one of the most fun aspects of the planning process. The venue may be one of the most important decisions, given

it will provide the foundation from where the rest of your style and vendor options come. However, before you jump into the hunt for the perfect wedding venue, there are some aspects you may want to consider. As you begin to research and tour different venues, keep the vision for your wedding in mind. Pay attention to the look and feel of the place, and whether you can see it fitting into the style you desire. Sometimes, location will be a factor, especially if your ceremony and reception are not in the same place. You don’t want to ask your guests to travel too far between the ceremony site and the reception site. Also, ask whether you’ll be able to choose your own vendors, or if the venue will require you to work with specific caterers, cake bakers, DJs, etc. Of course, a huge factor with venue selection is budget. So, make sure to ask for a detailed description of what is included in the rental. Remember, make sure to check if your date is available. Sometimes you will love the venue so much that you might change your date to get the right venue for you. • Choose the right wedding vendors: With so many different options available, it can appear to be

a stressful task when selecting the right wedding vendors. Here are a few ideas to “de-stress” this process. Start by reaching out to friends and family who have recently gotten married in your area and ask them about their vendor experiences. This is usually a safe way to receive trustworthy feedback. Your venue choice can also play a significant role in whom you select. In most cases, the venue will either offer many of the services in-house or will provide you with a list of preferred vendors. You can rest assured that either way, the service and quality should be excellent. Remember, your vendors are the experts who will help bring your wedding dreams to life. The planning process through to your wedding day comes and goes more quickly than you think. When it is all said and done, most brides wish they’d spent less time worrying and more time having fun. So my advice is to enjoy the process and the time spent with the people involved in making your day special.

Carlyn Hurley is co-owner of LKN Weddings & Events, Catering, Rentals, Decor & More. For more information, visit lknweddings.com or call 704-659-1177.

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To have and to hold: five legal effects of marriage By Elspeth Crawford Courtesy Adkins Law For most couples, the thought of getting married is a joyous idea, perhaps with a few intermittent bouts of stress along the path leading up to the wedding day. The preparation and investment entailed with today’s weddings ranges from minuscule to obsessive. No matter what variety of blooms comprise your bouquets and centerpieces, once your vows are exchanged, you and your spouse’s relationship is forever changed. Here are a few tips for managing the legal implications of saying “I do”: • What’s mine is yours, and what’s yours is mine. The income you and your spouse earn, from your date of marriage onward, including benefits, retirement and stock options is classified as marital property. Assets you purchase (homes, cars, blenders) after Crawford marriage are considered marital property. Marital property is subject to equitable distribution in North Carolina, which is the distribution of assets following the “dissolution of marriage.” North Carolina presumes that an equal division of assets is equitable, which we all refer to as splitting things 50/50. Even if, over the course of a 20year marriage, one spouse works and one spouse does not work, the non-working spouse has a rightful claim to half of the earnings, benefits, stock options, homes, cars and blenders obtained by the working spouse during marriage. • We’re not losing a daughter, we’re gaining a son. You are not just marrying your spouse; you are marrying your spouse’s family, too. However dreadful or elated you feel over this matter, one incredibly important consideration when combining families is estate planning. Whether you are age 27 or 67, your new marriage affects who inherits your property upon your passing. This may be important to you if you have living parents, siblings or children at the (unpredictable) time of your death. It will also mean that you could be inheriting a share (or all) of your spouse’s estate. Commonly, blended families

with children from previous relationships want to protect those children’s rights to inherit, which can be done through estate planning. Likewise, newly married couples who do not yet have children, but are planning to do so, can create wills and trusts that name guardians for future children, and provide for the management of assets for those children’s benefit. On the same note … • For richer or poorer, in sickness and in health. Whether you have previously had a will drawn up or are contemplating your first, you may want to consider including advance directives: a financial (or durable) power of attorney, and health care power of attorney (also referred to as a living will). A financial power of attorney allows you to appoint a person (it does not have to be your spouse) to handle your financial obligations, sell your property or have access to your bank account if you are absent or incapacitated. A living will allows you to declare your wishes regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures under certain circumstances in North Carolina. You may also designate some-

one to make health care decisions for you in the future should you be unconscious or unable. • Love is blind. But when it comes to your personal or inherited wealth, your sight may be 20/20. If you would like to protect important assets, or if this is your second marriage or a marriage involving children from prior relationships, consider a premarital agreement (commonly referred to as a pre-nup) to safeguard both your and your future spouse’s premarital interests. Likewise, post-nuptial agreements are effective to ensure that if either spouse receives an inheritance from a parent, that inheritance will remain the property of the spouse who inherited those assets and will not be subject to division in the event of a divorce. Full disclosure of assets and separate attorneys for each party are among the requirements for a valid post-nuptial agreement. • ’Til death or divorce do us part. Both are messy. Both are expensive. Plan ahead, protect your loved ones and the things you have worked hard for. The threat of either makes the marriage commitment even more ironclad.

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Questions to consider before hiring a photographer Some moments are simply too important to trust to a camera phone. Your wedding will be one of the most memorable times of your life and no one can capture it better than a professional photographer. Here are some questions to help you determine if you’ve found the best photographer for your wedding. 1) What is the photographer’s working style? Some photographers are orderly

and operate like wedding planners. Others prefer to sit back and let the wedding unfold. It’s important that you find someone who can understand and meet your expectations. Discuss this ahead of time and ask away, so that you understand how well the photographer’s working style matches your own. 2) Will the photographer create a detailed shot list? This list will ensure no important

photo is missed during the commotion and excitement of the big day. You should be able to create that list together, add to the list leading up to the day and have a copy of that list the day of. Take an honest look at what images really matter and fill in your photographer on situations he or she might need to be aware of in order to prevent awkward moments, and to ensure that he or she can get the shots that matter most. 3) Is the photographer available for an engagement session? An engagement session does more than provide you with priceless images together before you get married. It’s also your first opportunity to work with your photographer and develop a relationship that will allow you to be completely at ease on your big day. Use this session to confirm if the photographer is indeed the right person to capture your wedding. 4) Does the photographer have liability insurance? Accidents happen at weddings and if one of your guests trips over your photographer’s light stand, it’s good to know you both are protected. Your reception venue may even ask the photographer to submit a certificate of liability ahead of time. 5) What kind of lighting will be

used? Whether you have an indoor or outdoor wedding, you’ll want to make sure your photographer has professional-grade lighting equipment to deliver the images your wedding deserves. 6) Does the photographer have backup equipment? You’ve prepared contingency plans for every other aspect of your wedding. Your photographer should as well. A professional photographer won’t miss your perfect shot because of a technology issue. He or she will always bring one or two backup cameras, lenses, flashes, additional lighting equipment, extra memory cards, and batteries. 7) Will there be one photographer or two? A second shooter increases the probability that no shot will be missed, especially if you are having a large wedding. If there will be two photographers, ask to meet them both to get a feel for their personalities and how well they might blend in on your big day. 8) What will happen to the images after your wedding? Will your images be backed up to a hard drive or the cloud once processed? How long will your photographer keep the images afterward?

How long will they be kept? If you have any concerns about losing your photos, knowing what the photographer plans to do with your images after your wedding is important. 9) When will you get your photos? You won’t get your pictures the day after. No photographer can deliver that quickly. It’s a good idea, though, to get a general idea of the timeline ahead of time. You might even be able to agree on getting a couple of images for social media use very quickly. But obtaining your photos will likely take several weeks. To help with the wait, some photographers will send you a sneak peak with a few images. 10) Does the photographer have a gallery of wedding images you can review? Reviewing sample work allows you to see the photographer’s strengths and weaknesses. You’ll also be able to get an idea of their style. Look for images that you can see yourself in. Think of three words that describe you and share those with your photographer. To learn how you can find the perfect photographer for your wedding, visit ppa.com/weddingphotographer. — Courtesy Brightpoint Media

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BRIEFCASE FROM PAGE 16 year. The Chamber is one of the few organizations that is as dedicated to the success of the vision of the entrepreneur as the individual themselves.” James opened James Funeral Home in 2010 and in 2012 received the prestigious Pursuit of Excellence Award from the National Funeral Directors Association. In addition to operating the funeral home, James teaches four to five online classes for the South Carolina College of Funeral Services — a program he created in 2007. Others recognized at the banquet included John McHugh from StaSys as the Chamber’s Volunteer of the Year, and Cornelius arts promoter Case Warnemunde with the Distinguished Service Award.  The Chamber’s Carbon Ambassador of the Year Award went to Brett Hicks with Servpro of Northwest Charlotte, and the Starrette Service Award for the Most Outstanding Board Member was given to Sabrena Fernandez, also an employee of Servpro. The John R. Cherry Community Service Award was presented to the Lake Norman Kiwanis Club, and the Duke Citizenship and Service Award recognized Lake Norman Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram owners Jack and Robin Salzman for their work throughout the Lake Norman region. Special service awards were presented to five outgoing board members who served from 2009 to 2014 including Adam Boatsman of Boatsman, Gillmore and Wagner, PLLC; Callan Bryan with the estate and elder law firm Vandiver & Bryan;  Jim Engel of Aquesta Bank;  Chris Hailey with CPCCMerancas Campus; and  Kevin Mahl with Champion Tire & Wheel.

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Rival Sports in Cornelius offers items for fans of the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and more than 70 college teams.

can’t wait to unveil it,” he says. With it being the second year in operation, this is the first time the store will remain open year-round.

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items  for all 32 NFL teams, more than 20 MLB teams, as well as NBA and NHL teams. In addition, college basketball fans will find more than 70 college teams represented from major schools such as Ohio State to local schools such as Catawba College, including all of the local college teams within a 50-mile radius. “This is a community gathering place,” Boutin says. “We are all about families coming together, enjoying the holidays, enjoying the game — that is what Christmas in the Village, and now Rival Sports, is all about. We are excited about doing business in Cornelius year round.”

Getting hitched? VLN wants you Visit Lake Norman (VLN), the region’s convention and visitors bureau, has begun a Lake Norman

weddings promotion with its Say “I Do!” Wedding Package. Soon-to-bebrides planning their own wedding, a mother of a bride or a wedding planner are all eligible to win by letting VLN assist in securing discount hotel rates for any out-of-town guests who utilize a Cornelius, Davidson or Huntersville hotel. As Lake Norman continues to grow as a wedding destination and the interest of waterfront weddings keep rising, VLN has created a new, customized Wedding & Special Event Venue Guide that details all the popular wedding venues in the Lake Norman area. VLN also now offers Lake Norman wedding bags that include VLN’s Official Lake Norman Visitor’s Guide and can be purchased for guests. If VLN assists with any hotel accommodation SEE BRIEFCASE, PAGE 18

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BRIEFCASE FROM PAGE 17 needs, the bags may be offered complimentary. The Say “I Do!” Wedding Package includes a two-night weekend stay at one of Lake Norman’s popular wedding host hotels and a $100 catering credit for any wedding catering need (a $400 value). Contact Travis Dancy at 704-987-3300 or tdancy@ lakenorman.org to assist with hotel needs and be entered to win. The Say “I Do!” Wedding Package submissions will be accepted through May 31.

American Tire grows with Lincoln area lease Huntersville-based American Tire Distributors will expand its space in the Lincoln County Industrial Park by leasing an existing 420,000-square-foot building. That addition will be paired with the distribution center it currently operates there, bring its total footprint at the park off U.S. Highway 321 near Lincolnton to more than one million square feet. Company officials say the newly leased space will house Hercules Tire & Rubber, one of several acquisitions American Tire has made since January 2014. Lincoln County

Going Publix The Lake Norman area’s second Publix supermarket will welcome customers at its grand opening on Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 7 a.m. (8315 Magnolia Estates Dr., Cornelius). A Huntersville Publix opened in the Rosedale shopping area at Exit 23 late last year. expansion could mean the addition of as many as 15 new jobs, or a total on site of about 55 employees. Following its acquisitions over the previous year, American Tire now as 113 distribution centers in 44 states, employing approximately 3,500 workers.

NASCAR Tech opens vet center Business leaders and elected officials helped cut the ribbon recently on a new veteran center on the Mooresville campus of NASCAR Technical Institute (220 Byers Creek Road). In recognition of the more than 200 veterans enrolled at the school, the center will provide a dedicated

space for veteran support services and resources. NASCAR Tech is a partner with Welcome Home Veterans and the Living Military Museum at Richard’s Coffee Shop in downtown Mooresville, and the new center will offer space for collaboration with the local veterans community. Officials with Universal Technical Institute, under which NASCAR Tech operates, say 20 percent of its student population across its 11 campuses are veterans, and the fact that such a large number of veterans are choosing to pursue a career path in the automotive technician field appears to be a rising trend. More than 86 percent of UTI veteran graduates obtain employment in their field of study, thanks in part to UTI’s specialized services, which are designed to help those who have served their country find opportunities to translate their skills to successful, stable post-military careers.

New home community under way in M’ville M/I Homes of Charlotte has begun development of Heritage at Neel Ranch,  a community of ranch and two-story homes on 241 homesites in Mooresville.  Pre-sales will start late spring or early this summer.  Prices will be from the $200,000s, with special pre-con-

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struction pricing available during the pre-sale period. This southern Iredell community off highways 152 and 150 just past downtown Mooresville will feature a pool and playground. There will also be a pathway to North Main Park, which is right next to the community. Homeowners will enjoy pedestrian-friendly sidewalks throughout the community, as well as tree-lined streets and pocket parks.  To take advantage of pre-construction pricing and get first options on home sites, join the VIP list for Heritage at Neel Ranch by visiting mihomes.com/info, by e-mail to [email protected], or call Kris Bates at 704-228-3992.

Faces & Places • Todd Holzen of Sperry Van Ness has sold unit B-1 at Park 21 Business Center in Cornelius. The 3,000-square-foot medical suite will be converted into a karate studio for the buyer, Tang Soo Karate Academy. Holzen represented the seller, Okwara Properties, and Matt Gallagher of Gandy Homes represented the buyer. • Sandy Aichner McAlpine has

been awarded the Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) designation by the Council of Residential Specialists, the largest not-for-profit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors. Those who receive the CRS designation have completed advanced professional training and demonstrated outstanding professional achievement in residential real estate. Only 37,000 Realtors nationwide have earned the credential. McAlpine is a Broker/Owner with McAlpine Properties. • Charlotte Magazine named 14 Southern Homes of the Carolinas brokers to its 2014 Five Star Best In Client Satisfaction Real Estate Agent list. Award winners represent fewer than five percent of real estate agents in the Charlotte area. They were awarded based on client surveys on satisfaction rating and criteria that included experience and production. Cornelius office winners are Arlene Arciero, Patty Bender, Teresa Carson, Jeff Grant, Melissa McEachren and Wisdom Stikeleather. From the Mooresville office, the winners are Michele Burton, Linda Lathrop and Sandra (Gale) Howard. Winners from the Denver office are Michele Canora and David Henderson, and from the Concord office, the winners are Tammy Fulk, Donna Sheppard and Diane Zimma. — Compiled by Lori Helms



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Retiring senator takes a crack at hefty IRS code “The Imitation Game” is the critically acclaimed story of Alan Turing, a British mathematician who is widely credited as being the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. Benedict Cumberbatch plays Turing, whose work in cracking Nazi Germany’s “ENIGMA” code helped lift the Allies to victory in World War II. Seventy years later, retiring Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has picked up the code-breaking bug. But Coburn has decided to take on something even more twisted and fiendish than Nazi ciphers. That’s right — he’s just issued a 312-page “Tax Decoder” taking on our tax system. (Read it at your peril — if decoding takes 312 pages, just imagine what encrypting looks like.) Coburn’s goal is to give us “an educational reference guide designed to equip taxpayers and lawmakers with the details needed to thoughtfully reconsider many aspects of the existing tax code.” We’re not sure why Coburn thought he needed 312 pages to make his case — anyone who’s ever seen their first paycheck and wondered “what’s FICA?” knows the system is a mess. Still, here are some highlights: • Our tax system has metastasized like a glioblastoma. “In 2012, the Internal Revenue Code contained over four million words, enough to fill 9,000 pages. By way of comparison, a pamphlet with the original 1913 income tax required only 27 pages for the full text of the statute.” • Our friends at the IRS really do want to help, but they’re just underfinanced, understaffed and underfed. “From FY 2004 to FY 2012, the number of calls the IRS received from taxpayers on its Accounts Management phone lines increased from 71 million to 108 million, yet the number of calls answered by telephone assistors declined from 36 million to 31 million.” • The law is full of inappropriate and wasteful giveaways benefiting taxpayers who would do just fine

It’s Your Money without them. “There is no shortage of tax subsidies for the rich and famous, such as credits to renovate vacation homes and purchase luxury cars and deductions for yachts. McDonald’s even received tax breaks to sell Chicken McNuggets overseas.” • Too many “not-for-profit” groups serve their own interests instead of the public interest. “Lady Gaga’s 501(c)(3) Born This Way Foundation is advertised as an organization that connects youth with antibullying, mental health and other community resources, but its

main activity appears to be throwing free pre-concert tailgate parties for fans.” Coburn’s solution probably won’t surprise you. Ideally, throw it all

out and start over. At the very least, make it simpler, flatter and fairer. “The tax code should be simple enough that everyone — including members of Congress — is capable

of filling out their own tax return.” (We’ll let you decide if that means an easier tax system or smarter members of Congress.) Still, there is some good news that we can help you put to work — and you’ll find it on the very first page. “Due to the code’s complexity, your taxes are not a simple calculation of earnings and obligations. Instead, taxes are determined by how well you can take advantage of the hundreds of tax credits, deductions, exclusions and carve-outs tucked into the code.” In other words, all that complexity creates opportunity — and the more complicated your taxes are, the more likely we can help. Provided by Laura M. Mikeworth, CPA, PA, in Cornelius. She can be reached at 704-894-9991 or at [email protected].

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Relay for Life kickoff

The Relay For Life Cornelius-Huntersville held its kickoff event recently at Hendrick Luxury Auto Mall in Huntersville. Last year’s event, which raises funds for the American Cancer Society, exceeded its fund-raising goal by some $30,000. As a result, this year’s effort, chaired by Marilyn Celenza, Colin Furcht and Lori Harrell, has set a goal of $100,000. The event will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, May 1, and continue until 6 a.m. Saturday morning. The next organizational meeting will be Thursday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m. at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center. To participate, join a team or form a team, visit relayforlife.org/chvnc.

Davidson Community Players’ The Connie Company, in collaboration with Davidson Day School, invites children and their families to the production of the classic fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin Jan. 29-Feb. 1 The classic tale has been adapted and interpreted by the late Rupert Barber Jr., who was professor of theatre at Davidson College.  “This production is a tradition with Davidson Community Players’ Connie Company,” says Davidson Community Players Executive Director Matt Merrell. “Rupert Barber is a beloved founder of DCP and it is an honor to bring his wonderful vision of this classic tale to the stage for the community.”  Rumpelstiltskin will be performed at Davidson Day School’s Gordon Theatre Thursday, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 31,

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DCP stages youth ensemble projects

Davidson Community Players offers community shows performed by its Youth Ensembles at Armour Street Theatre, 307 Armour St., in Davidson. Golly Gee Whiz, directed by Meredith Swanson, will be presented Saturday, Jan. 24, at 1 and 4 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 25, at 2 p.m. The shows are appropriate for all ages. No reservations are required. Seating is limited, so arrive early.  Doors to the public open 20 minutes prior to curtain. The performances are free, but donations will be accepted at the door to support future youth programming. Youth Ensemble productions focus on the development of the youth actor through the production process. They are purposefully scaled back to keep the emphasis on the process and are performed free of charge as a culmination of the project. For information on upcoming youth auditions and productions, call 704-892-7953 or visit DavidsonCommunityPlayers.org

Power Squadron sets safety checks

Owners of pleasure boats, fishing boats, pontoon boats, canoes, kayaks, and personal water craft are encouraged by the U.S. Coast Guard to have a free courtesy Vessel Safety Check (VSC) performed on their boat this spring. The Lake Norman Sail & Power Squadron will perform VSCs at three local Lake Norman marinas. Courtesy VSCs are performed

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EVENTS FROM PAGE 20 free of charge by certified vessel examiners who are members of the United States Power Squadrons (USPS).  The safety check covers mandatory state and federal items required aboard a pleasure craft plus 16 other recommended safety and discussion items. Boats passing the VSC will receive a 2015 Safety Decal to affix to the boat and that boat owner could qualify for a discount on marine insurance. Skippers needing additional safety equipment may receive a discount on safety equipment purchases at their local marine store. Checks are scheduled for April 25 at Kings Point Morningstar Marina, May 23 at The Peninsula Yacht Club, and June 6 at Holiday Marina. If those dates and venues are not convenient, boat owners can also make arrangements to have a free safety check performed at safetyseal.net/GetVSC/>.

Art openings at Davidson Opening at the Belk Visual Arts Center at Davidson College are the exhibits “Project 35” and works by Kymia Nawabi on Thursday, Jan. 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. On display in the Van Every Gallery, “Project 35” is the work of 35 international video artists and filmmakers selected by 35 international curators. Organized by Independent Curators International, Nawabi’s recent works are inspired by her research on alchemy, Greek & Egyptian mythology and religions from around the world. It will be on display in the Smith Gallery. Nawabi will give a brief gallery talk at 6 p.m. on Jan. 22. Both exhibitions will be on exhibit Jan. 22-Feb. 27. For more information, visit call 704-894-2519.

Free rabies clinic at animal shelter The Cornelius Animal Shelter and the Animal Hospital of Cornelius will host a free rabies clinic Saturday, Jan. 24, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Cornelius Animal Shelter, 19110 Meridian Street.  This event is open to all residents of Cornelius.   Photo ID is required with current Cornelius address.   If the address on ID is not current, also bring a utility bill with your name that shows your current address. You will be required to complete an owner information form to receive a vaccine for your pet.   All dogs and cats that are coming to receive a rabies shot must be at

least four months of age.  Any animal brought that is younger than four months will be turned away.  If you have any papers that show a birth date for your pet, you are welcome to bring that with yo Dogs must be leashed and cats kept in carriers at all times.  Do not bring dogs on retractable leashes.   For more information about the rabies clinic, contact Officer Nodine or Officer Russell at 704237-3602.

Senior Center sets grand opening party After more than a month of settling into its larger surroundings, the North Mecklenburg Senior Center will hold official grand opening ceremonies this week at its new home in the old police station in downtown Huntersville. The grand opening event will be held Thursday, Jan. 22, from 10

a.m. to 2 p.m. at the new location at 102 Gilead Road. Food and beverages, along with a ribbon cutting ceremony and comments from local dignitaries, will be part of the planned festivities. Senior Center programs relocated from the Rock Church on N.C. 115 in Huntersville to the old police station facility late last year as part of an agreement with the town to share space in the building with the Huntersville Parks & Recreation Department. “The senior citizen population in the Lake Norman area continues to grow and we’re growing along with them,” Center Director Joanne Ahern said. “Our new center evokes a warm, bright, friendly feeling which we like to call seniorfriendly. As we celebrate our grand opening, we’re also taking this opportunity to thank the Town of Huntersville for providing the availability of this space for our

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The Lake Norman Citizen wants to share news of your event. Please send your information by fax at 704-948-3349, by mail to The Lake Norman Citizen, P.O. Box 3534, Huntersville, NC 28070 or by e-mail to andreww@ lakenormancitizen.com. center.” Ahern said the new location, which served as Huntersville Police Department headquarters prior to the department’s move to a much larger building on Julian Clark Avenue, is completely handicapped accessible, provides ample parking and enough space to offer even more programs and activities. Food for next week’s grand opening activities will be provided by Autumn Care of Cornelius, Bayada Home Care, Summit Place of Mooresville and Donna Lee of Cor-

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nelius. Normal Thursday classes, such as line dancing, pinochle and Wii bowling, will take place at their regular times so visitors and guests will have the opportunity to see the senior center and its participants in action.   The new location is the third home for the North Mecklenburg Center. Previously, they were located at the River Church in Cornelius and then the Rock Church. There is no annual fee for participants. Classes with instructors carry individual fees while others are free of charge. The center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. More information on program activities is available by calling 704-9482486, by emailing Ahern at joanne. [email protected] or by visiting Charmeck.org/Mecklenburg/county.parkandrec. SEE EVENTS, PAGE 22

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DCP registering for spring ensembles

Registration is under way for Davidson Community Players’ spring youth ensembles. The ensembles are educational in nature with an emphasis on developing the student actor’s knowledge of and experience with the production process. This spring, DCP will offer more classes, including a new musical theatre ensemble.   Junior (ages 8-11) and senior (ages 12-16) ensembles are back and meet twice a week with a professional instructor to learn a wide range of theatrical skills such as acting, script reading, costuming, stage make-up, set design and construction. Junior ensembles are

designed for actors ages 8-11. The classes culminate with three performances of a production developed that are offered free of charge to the public. These ensembles are perfect for the beginner or returning performer.  Also returning this spring is the mini ensemble. This class allows aspiring actors ages 4-7 to investigate all aspects of theatre from acting to behind the scenes.  Through exploration of sets, costumes, props and lights, students develop their imagination while inventing new worlds and characters. Using theatre games and acting exercises, the program focuses on freeing the creative spirit of each child while building a dynamic ensemble of actors. Friends and family will be invited to a final sharing on the last day of class.   New this spring is a musical theatre ensemble for the budding

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musical theatre performer ages 9-15. The ensemble will meet twice a week with a professional instructor and will culminate with three performances of a production developed, offered free of charge to the public. This class will focus on beginning techniques to develop the voice for theater, ensemble dancing and performing music for the stage. Classes begin Feb. 2. Financial aid is available. For more details and pricing, davidsoncommunityplayers.org or call 704-892-7953. 

Little League registrations now Lake Norman Little League’s Spring 2015 baseball registration is is open through Feb. 15 for youth ages 4-12 in Cornelius, Davidson, and Huntersville. Spring games will begin in mid-March with opening day scheduled for March 21. Lake Norman Little League was formed fall 2011 to offer children and families of the Lake Norman area a safe, fundamentally sound option to learn the game of baseball. Starting with about 80 the program this year expects more than 400 participants. Lake Norman Little League is an official chartered league affiliated with Little League Baseball International, headquartered in Williamsport, Pa. As a member of

Lake Norman Citizen North Carolina’s District 3, Lake Norman Little League participates in all Little League-sanctioned tournaments including the postseason Tournament of Champions and All-Star play culminating with the Little League World Series. For more information and to register online, visit lakenormanlittleleague.org. Registrations are limited.

A Hard Day’s Night with Studio C It will be A Hard Day’s Night at Studio-C Cinema at the Cornelius Arts Center in the Oak Street Mill Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25, as the Art House Films series screens the 50th anniversary digital restoration of The Beatles’ iconic film. In A Hard Day’s Night, the wildly popular lads from Great Britain play wily, exuberant versions of themselves, capturing the moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever. Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester and featuring several iconic pop anthems including the title track, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “I Should Have Known Better,” and “If I Fell,” A Hard Day’s Night, which re-conceived the movie musical and exerted an incalculable influence on

the music video, is regarded as one of the most deliriously entertaining movies of all time. The show begins at 7 p.m. both nights. Doors open at 6:15 for a complimentary wine and cheese reception. Admission costs $9 per person for Cornelius residents, $10 for all others. Purchase tickets in advance at studioccinema.com or, if any remain, at the door. Oak Street Mill is at 19725 Oak St. in downtown Cornelius.

LNTA holds tennis expo

Lake Norman Tennis Association will host its first Tennis Expo Friday, Jan. 30, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Peninsula Club in Cornelius. The event is the first of its kind in the Lake Norman area.  The event will provide an overview of all the area’s tennis activities and player opportunities. Vendors will include equipment manufacturers, apparel retailers and United States Tennis Association (USTA) tennis professionals. A tennis fashion show, talks by college coaches and athletic training sessions are planned as well.   For more information about sponsorship or vendor opportunities call Rochelle Dearman at 704402-3059.

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Mrs. Posey, 83, of Huntersville died Tuesday, Dec. 31. She was born Aug. 22, 1931, in Huntersville to Ralph and Kathleen Cashion. She is survived by daughters, Malinda Parker of Johns Creek, Ga., and Kathie Whisnant of Charlotte; sisters, Linda Wigley of Mint Hill and Alice Chappell of Winston-Salem; and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by sister, Laura Graham; and son, Lawrence Posey. A service was held Saturday, Jan. 17, at 11 a.m. at Gilead ARP Church of Huntersville. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Gilead ARP Church, 15303 Beatties Ford Road, Huntersville, NC 28078. James Funeral Home of Huntersville is serving the family.

Betty Shields McMurray

Mrs. McMurray, 85, of Huntersville died Friday, Jan. 9, at Genesis Elder Care. She was born Nov, 10, 1929, in Mecklenburg County to the late Thomas and Ethel Hamilton Shields. She was a member of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, where she served as secretary, and retired from The Huntersville Oaks, where she was a ward secretary. She is survived by her sons, Robert McMurray Jr. and wife, Miriam, of Brandon, Miss., and James McMurray and wife, Kelly, of Huntersville; sister, Nancy Grice of Huntersville; and five grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert McMurray; and brothers, Thomas Shields Jr. and Charles Shields. A funeral service was held Monday, Jan. 12, at Hopewell Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Alan Purtill officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Shields-McMurray Scholarship Fund at Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 10500 Beatties Ford Road Huntersville, NC 28078. Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home of Huntersville is serving the family.

Ralph George Esposito

Mr. Esposito, 96, died Friday, Jan. 9, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born March 21, 1918. A funeral mass was held Wednesday, Jan. 14, at St. Mark Catholic Church in Huntersville with the Rev. Louis Pais officiating. Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home of Huntersville is serving the family.

Mary Wallace Askin

Mrs. Askin, 70, of Mooresville died Friday, Jan. 9, at her residence. She was born July 29, 1944, in Bing-

hamton, N.Y., to the late Robert and Margaret Goodwin Wallace. She is survived by her husband, Norman Askin; children, Robert Askin and Amanda Berridge and husband, Michael; and one grandchild. A funeral service was held Tuesday, Jan. 13, at Cavin-Cook Funeral Home. Burial followed at Iredell Memorial Gardens. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home of Mooresville is serving the family.

Ronald Lee Erwin

Mr. Erwin, 57, of Cornelius died Saturday, Jan. 10, at his residence. He was born July 4, 1957, to the late Donald and Doris Robinette Erwin. He was a lineman for the Town of Cornelius. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Carol Erwin; sons, Eric, Jacob, and Andrew and wife, Shana, all of Cornelius; sisters, Shelia BolickFerguson and Dorothy Erwin of Mooresville; and brother, Doug Erwin of Mooresville. A celebration of his life was held Thursday, Jan. 15, at Cornelius Presbyterian Church. Memorials may be made to Cornelius Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 279, Cornelius, NC 28031. Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home of Huntersville is serving the family.

Jean Wilson Griffith

Mrs. Griffith, 88, of The Pines at Davidson died Sunday, Jan. 11. She was born Oct. 6, 1926, in Johnstown, Pa., to the late John Wilson and Margaret MacDonald. She is survived by her son, John Griffith and wife, Charlene, of Rochester, N.Y., daughter, Barbara Weiner and husband, Gary, of Centennial, Colo.; sister, Barbara Ann Meyers of Warner-Robbins, Ga.; and two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard. Calling hours will be held Saturday, Jan. 31, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at The Pines at Davidson. Memorials may be sent to Habitat for Humanity, Administrative Offices, 270 Peachtree Street, Suite 1300, Atlanta, Ga 30303. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home of Mooresville is serving the family.

Katie Howard; sisters, Willie Caldwell and Polly Byers; and brother, Conrad McAllister. A funeral service was held Thursday, Jan. 15, at Cavin-Cook Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph Sparrow officiating. Burial followed at Glenwood Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Berea Baptist Church, 1015 River Highway, Mooresville, NC 28117; Shearer Presbyterian Church, 684 Presbyterian Road, Mooresville, NC 28115; or Susan G. Komen Foundation, P.O. Box 650309 Dallas, TX 752650309. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home of Mooresville is serving the family.

Kay Frances Bowles

Ms. Bowles, 81, of Mooresville died Monday, Jan. 12, at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. She was born May 30, 1933, in Alexander County to the late William and Ruth McCurdy Bowles. She was a 1951 graduate of Mooresville High School, where she worked for 51 years as financial secretary. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Mooresville, where she served as the Sunday school secretary. She is survived by brother, Julian Bowles, of Mooresville. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Lynn Bowles, Brice Bowles, E. Muriel Bowles, and Guy Bowles. A funeral service was held Thursday, Jan. 15, at Southside Baptist Church with the Rev. Mark Ball and the Rev. Hal Green officiating. Burial followed at Glenwood Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to the Humane Society of Iredell, 110 Robinson Road, Mooresville, NC 28117; or Southside Baptist Church, 525

January 21, 2015 South Broad Street, Mooresville, NC 28115. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home of Mooresville is serving the family.

William Elvin Lawing

Mr. Lawing, 74, of Mooresville died Tuesday, Jan. 13, at his residence. He was born Jan. 6, 1941, in Mooresville, to the late Lloyd and Katherine Kennerly Lawing. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1961 to 1964 and was an active member of the Masons No. 0261 for more than 40 years. He owned and operated Lawing Grower Poultry farm for more than 27 years. He later retired from Big Daddy’s Restaurant in Mooresville. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Sarah Lawing; daughter, Dana York and husband, Carter; sisters, Kathy Demery and Charlotte Fuller; brothers, Barry Lawing and Larry Lawing; and two grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother, Dewayne Lawing. A memorial service was held Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Heritage House of Cavin-Cook Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of North Carolina, 4701 Hedgemore Drive, No. 810, Charlotte, NC 28209; or American Cancer Society, 1901 Brunswick Avenue, No. 100, Charlotte, NC 28207. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home of Mooresville is serving the family.

June Strong

Mrs. Strong, 89, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, at The Pines at Davidson.  She was born June 4, 1925, in Ripley, Mich., to the late Will and Ethel Collins Thomas. She is survived by sons, Bill, Jon and wife, Jeannie, David and wife,

Gina, Chris, and Tim and wife, Amy; 13 grandchildren; and 12 greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Russell; and siblings Evabelle Carrington, Alice Vivian and W. Bruce Thomas. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m. Davidson United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to Davidson United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 718, Davidson, NC, 28036; The Pines Resident Support Fund, 400 Avinger Lane, Davidson, NC 28036; or Hospice Lake Norman, 705 Griffith Street, Suite 203, Davidson, NC 28036. James Funeral home of Huntersville is serving the family.

Ryan Joseph Hyland

Mr. Hyland, 24, of Huntersville died Wednesday, Jan. 14. He was born Nov. 25, 1990, in Raleigh to William and Susanne Burns Hyland. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother, William Hyland of Huntersville; sister, Abby Hyland of Huntersville; paternal grandmother, Margaret Hyland; and maternal grandparents, Stephen and Beverly Burns. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Robert Hyland. A funeral mass was held Monday, Jan. 19, at St. Mark Catholic Church in Huntersville. Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home of Huntersville is serving the family.

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Mary Martha McAllister Howard

Mrs. Howard, 88, of Mooresville died Monday, Jan. 12, at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville surrounded by her family. She was born June 24, 1926, in Cabarrus County to the late James and Annie Johnson McAllister. She attended Berea Baptist Church in Mooresville. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Thomas Howard; sons, Ronald Howard and wife, Dianne, and Mitchell Howard and wife, Pam; and two step-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by granddaughter,

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Vikings get back on track after loss

North Meck rolls by Hough Friday to stay in the title hunt.

By Justin Parker [email protected] Duane Lewis would probably just as soon shop at the Hopewell High team store before he would ever prescribe a loss for his North Meck basketball team. Well, maybe it’s a toss-up.  That said, the North coach has seen a change in his Vikings since their unbeaten season was blemished by a loss in their 14th game two weeks ago. “I think we’re re-energized and refocused,” Lewis said after his team blew past Hough 81-56 Friday night. “They’re zoned in now.” The win over Hough was North’s second straight after the 61-57 loss to Robinson on Jan. 6, when Lewis said his team didn’t play well defensively. He called the loss an “eyeopener.” The Vikings faced Robinson after winning the Arby’s Classic tournament in Tennessee during the holidays, and the Bulldogs were ready for them. “Give them credit,” Lewis said.  It wasn’t a result the Vikings wel-

comed, but it did provide teaching moments and adjustments that are otherwise undetected. North bounced back three days later with a 75-55 win over Vance. “I think it’s made us hungrier,” said forward Taj Middleton, who scored North’s first two baskets and finished with 13 points Friday. “We don’t want to feel that again. We’re coming to win every game. We’ve got an edge now.” North and Hough entered Friday’s game in a four-way tie for first place in the MECKA Conference with Robinson and West Charlotte, but the Vikings were dominant from the outset. They built an 18-4 lead and never looked back, while playing their aggressive, up-tempo style and pressure defense, forcing Hough into a kind of game it didn’t want to play. “They beat us in every facet of the game,” said Hough coach Jason Grube. “They executed better.” C.J. Bryce led the way with 30 points, and if not for a last-second layup by Hough’s Ryan Friday at the first-half horn, Bryce himself would have led the Huskies 16-15 at the half. As it was, North led 37-17. Bryce shot 11-of-17 from the field, 1-for-3 from beyond the arc and hit SEE NORTH, PAGE 26

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North Meck’s Taj Middleton drives in for two of his 13 points against Luke Maye (32) and Hough Friday night.

LNC putting it all together By Justin Parker [email protected]

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Senior Malik McCormick, left, is Lake Norman Charter’s leading scorer.

At the midpoint of the conference season, it’s a so far, so good scenario for the Lake Norman Charter Knights. The Knights entered this week in sole possession of first place in the Big South 2A/3A, having secured it with a 57-53 win at Ashbrook Friday night, a victory coach Aaron Reeves said is one of the biggest LNC has ever had during the regular season. Ashbrook, one of five 3A teams in the Big South, was previously unbeaten in conference play, but the 2A Knights went on the road and took care of business to get their fourth straight win. “They just kept playing hard defensively,” Reeves said of his team. “It was back and forth the whole fourth quarter.”

LNC (10-4) led by seven at the half, Ashbrook (11-2) made a run in the third quarter and LNC tied the game at 44-all when Nick Worthy hit a deep 3-pointer at the end of the period. In the final seconds, it was Worthy who drew an intentional foul and knocked down two free throws to give the Knights the lead. Grayson Hickert added two more for the final margin. Now, alone out front, the Knights aren’t likely to sneak up on anyone during the second half of the Big South season. “I feel like we’re going to see a lot of teams’ best shots,” said senior wing Malik McCormick. Entering Tuesday’s home game with winless North Gaston, the Knights were winners of eight of their last nine. “I like how we play together,” says senior forward Barrett Hancock,

who led the way with 16 points and 11 rebounds at Ashbrook. “We have a lot of good chemistry, have been together for a while.” Some of the Knights have played alongside one another since middle school, and the chemistry and familiarity they have is paying dividends. “We all like each other, work together, practice hard to make each other better,” says junior guard Worthy. The team’s defensive play reminds Reeves of LNC’s conference championship team (Southern Piedmont 1A/2A) from two years ago. They make stops. “They’ve all bought into the defensive end of the floor, which is big,” said Reeves. Offensively, the Knights are rarely calling set plays. Reeves switched to SEE LNC, PAGE 25

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LNC FROM PAGE 24 a motion offense, and the Knights are finding good looks by moving, cutting and passing. “I love it,” says Hancock. “It’s a lot of spacing. It lets you get on a run.” Reeves also tweaked his approach. “I’ve done a lot less yelling this year, and they’re responding,” he said. “Everybody in the gym is having a lot more fun.” Hancock’s emergence has been key. He’s averaging 14.4 points and a team-high 7.5 rebounds per game, and Reeves said Hancock is showing what can happen when a kid makes a commitment and works hard to improve. “It’s my senior year,” says Hancock. “I gotta do what I can.” McCormick has been a handful for the opposition for years and leads JUSTIN PARKER

Davidson has five players with ties to Ohio, including (from left) Peyton Aldridge, Jack Gibbs and Brian Sullivan.

Wildcats relying on Ohio By Justin Parker [email protected] Bob McKillop’s Davidson roster is traditionally comprised of players from all walks of life and backgrounds, and in that regard, this year’s Wildcats are no different. They’re diverse. There are players from around the globe, including Nathan Ekwu (Nigeria), Oskar Michelsen (Finland), Ali Mackay (Scotland) and Manu Giamoukis (Greece). But also this season, the Wildcats’ five most productive players have ties to one state: Ohio. Together, they are averaging 64.3 points, 23.6 rebounds, and 14.6 assists per game. “I think once you get a player from an area, it becomes an area that is fertile for you,” says McKillop, whose team entered the week 12-4 overall and 3-2 in the Atlantic 10. “Ohio’s been a fertile area for us.” It’s particularly noteworthy this week, considering that No. 22 Dayton, the Wildcats’ Tuesday opponent and the A-10’s only Ohio team, has just two players from the Buckeye State. “We’ve established a little bit of a pipeline,” says assistant coach Matt McKillop. “Word has gotten around.” In comparison, Davidson has three players from North Carolina: freshmen Rusty Reigel and Jordan Watkins of Charlotte and junior Matt Williams of Cary. Four of the Ohio players — freshman Peyton Aldridge of Leavittsburg, sophomore Jack Gibbs of Westerville,

junior Brian Sullivan of Upper Arlington and junior Jordan Barham of Cleveland — grew up and played their high school ball in Ohio, while senior Tyler Kalinoski was born in Cincinnati and moved to Overland Park, Kan., when he was 3. Aldridge, Gibbs, Sullivan and Kalinoski have started all 16 games, while Barham is the team’s top reserve. Davidson doesn’t typically have so many players from one area, although five North Carolina players — four from the Charlotte area — were on the 2010-11 roster, including Brendan McKillop, current assistant coach Will Reigel, former Hopewell High stars De’Mon Brooks and Jordan Downing and A.J. Atkinson of Winston-Salem. Kalinoski’s ties to Ohio had nothing to do with his recruitment, and Barham was a bit on an outlier, as former assistant coach Landry Kosmalski recruited him after seeing him at a summer tournament. But there’s a link between Sullivan, Gibbs and Aldridge, and it was formed in part because Matt McKillop was dating former Davidson student and tennis player Kelsey Linville, who is now his wife. She’s from Ohio. “He managed to find himself going up there for some visits,” says Bob McKillop. “He eventually married the girl, and not only did he marry the girl, but he brought some recruits back with him.” Linville attended Upper Arlington High, the same high school that produced Sullivan. Once that tie

was established by a mutual friend of the Linville and Sullivan families, it gave the younger McKillop an easy point of entry when he contacted Sullivan, who was in the process of transferring from Miami (Ohio). “You find some connection, something that works, you run with it,” says Matt McKillop. It worked. Sullivan came to Davidson with three years of eligibility remaining. Landing Sullivan was then key in landing Gibbs, who also grew up just north of Columbus. The two met while playing youth league basketball, and they played in the same high school conference. Once Gibbs came to visit Davidson, he and Sullivan really hit it off. “Now we’re like best friends,” says Sullivan. “He’s kind of like my little brother on the team. He’s always hanging around.” Having Sullivan and Gibbs on board was instrumental in securing Aldridge, who grew up outside of Youngstown and played in the same AAU program as Sullivan. Aldridge had narrowed his choices to Davidson, Dayton and Creighton and ran into the Gibbs family at a tournament. They told him how much Jack loved Davidson. Aldridge then felt at home when he toured the campus and met the guys. Now, they’re teammates, many of them sharing a Buckeye bond, which is a source of pride. As for Dayton, the Flyers (15-2, 5-0) also recruited Sullivan when he opted to transfer, and showed some interest in Barham and Gibbs as well.

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the team with 14.7 points per game and also grabs seven boards. Worthy, with 12.1 points and a team-best 3.7 assists average, has progressed as a vocal leader. There are young players stepping up. “Everybody’s gotten a little better, and they’re trusting each other,” said Reeves. The Knights are in their second season at the 2A level and have reached the third round of the state playoffs the previous two years, including at 1A in 2013. The Knights have found the third round to be a noteworthy destination, but it’s also the conclusion of the first playoff week when one more win could change everything. Three playoff wins send a team to regionals at a neutral site. “We feel like this could be our best shot to get to Greensboro,” says Worthy. “Things are going well. We have to keep it up.”

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MECKA swim meet is Friday The MECKA Conference swim meet is Friday night at Huntersville Family Fitness and Aquatics, and the teams from Hough will be looking to repeat. The Huskies cruised to the boys’ and girls’ championships last year, winning 21 of 24 events. The Hough boys will be vying for their fourth conference championship in as many opportunities. The program is in its fifth year, but inclement weather forced a cancellation of the 2013 I-Meck Conference meet. The Hough girls have won two conference titles (2012, 2014). Both Hough teams would certainly like to add to their trophy collection, but more than anything, the conference meet is the beginning of a month of significant challenges. “It always gets the kids excited

Sports Briefs to start the championship part of the season,” says Hough coach Tim Queen. Regionals are set for Feb. 7, with state championships scheduled for Feb. 14. The conference meet provides another opportunity to make regional cuts. “We’re still looking to get a few more automatic qualifying times,” says Queen. “We’d like to fill up all our events.”

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Titans, Huskies square off Friday Hopewell will host rival Hough in basketball Friday night, which will start the second half of the MECKA Conference season. The girls’ game will feature two teams in the conference title hunt. Entering Tuesday’s games, which occurred after press time, Hopewell was alone in first with a 6-0 MECKA record, while Hough was tied for second with Robinson and Mallard Creek at 4-2. Meanwhile, the Hough boys were in fourth, with a 4-2 league mark, while Hopewell, at 1-5, was in a three-way tie for sixth with Vance and A.L. Brown. On Dec. 12, the Hopewell girls topped Hough 49-42, while the Hough boys beat Hopewell 63-43. — Staff

C.J. Bryce scored 30 against Hough last Friday.

NORTH FROM PAGE 24 all seven of his free throw attempts in another conference player-ofthe-year type performance.  “C.J., naturally, makes us go,” said Lewis. “He can do so many things. He’s so unselfish. He shoots at such a high rate that you never feel like he’s shooting a lot.” The loss was the second straight setback for the Huskies, who fell to West Charlotte by nearly the same margin (80-56) the previous Friday. The Vikings rotated defenders on Hough star Luke Maye, crowded him when he received the ball and held him to an unusually quiet

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11-point night.  “He’s a good player,” said Bryce. “It’s just something we practiced for. We played some good defense on him.” The Vikings have lofty postseason goals, but they’re continuing to focus on what’s in front of them.  “We’re just trying to get it rolling,” said Bryce. Entering Tuesday’s slate of games, the Vikings (15-1 overall, 5-1 MECKA) were in a three-way tie for first in the conference with Robinson and West Charlotte, while Hough (11-4, 4-2) was alone in fourth. North was to play at Mallard Creek, while West Charlotte was set to host Robinson. Hough hosted Vance.

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Hough’s Alex Denny, left, scored a game-high 19 points in the Huskies’ 56-37 win over North Meck last Friday, which kept Hough in the MECKA Conference race, two games behind Hopewell. Hough visits Hopewell Friday. FILE

Fields picks Clemson

Hough High senior Mark Fields II has committed to Clemson. The star defensive back de-committed from South Carolina last month, then picked the Tigers this week. Rated a four-star recruit by 247sports.com, Fields will join fellow Husky defensive back Van Smith, who graduated in December, at Clemson.

Stat Sheet High School Basketball Boys Scores

Hopewell 76, Vance 73 OT

Vance 15 16 18 13 11 — 73 14 21 7 20 14 — 76 Hopewell Vance: Hamilton 23, Dorn 21, Simmons 11, McKinney 11, Neal 5. Hopewell: Houston 26, Sherrill 13, Faison 9, Smalls 9, C. Lewis 8, Funderburk 4, Smart 4, Gates 2, B. Lewis 1.

LN Charter 57, Ashbrook 53

LN Charter 23 14 7 13 — 57 16 14 14 9 — 53 Ashbrook LNC: B. Hancock 16, Worthy 15, McCormick 10, Cracknell 8, Hickert 6, Fairbairn 2. Ashbrook: Gingles 14, Whaley 12, Glenn 12, Mitchell 8, Givens 3, Hopper 2, Kennedy 2, Williams 1.

Jan. 16

North Meck 81, Hough 56

Hough 6 11 17 22 — 56 18 19 22 22 — 81 North Meck Hough: Grigg 12, L. Maye 11, Whipp 9, Murphy 8, Umstead 6, Sweetman 6, Friday 4. North Meck: Bryce 30, Middleton 13, Maxwell

13, Walker 8, Mintz 4, Rogers 4, McManus 3, Beasley 3, Wacker 2, Coles 1.

Girls Scores Jan. 16

Hough 56, North Meck 37

Hough 15 16 11 14 — 56 11 8 10 8 — 37 North Meck Hough: Denny 19, Alquiza 12, Parker 10, Gipson 8, Gianikos 5, Skidmore 2. North Meck: Stokes 13, Heyward 10, Lester 6, Price 3, Dunlap 2, Lewis 1, Lutz 1, Hayes 1.

Men’s College Basketball Jan. 14

Davidson 71, UMass 63

Davidson 30 41 — 71 28 35 — 63 UMass Davidson: Sullivan 14, Kalinoski 14, Aldridge 13, Gibbs 13, Barham 7, Ekwu 4, McAuliffe 4, Michelsen 2. UMass: Lalanne 17, Gordon 10, Davis 10, Dyson 10, Esho 8, Clark 2, Hinds 6.

Jan. 17

Richmond 89, Davidson 63

Davidson 27 36 — 63 42 47 — 89 Richmond Davidson: Kalinoski 20, Sullivan 10, Barham 9, Gibbs 7, Aldridge 6, McAuliffe 4, Watkins 4, Ekwu 2, Michelsen 1. Richmond: Anthony 25, Cline 23, Allen 21, Nelson-Ododa 15, S. Jones 3, J. Jones 2.

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You’re pumped now, but how does cheap gas affect investors? As you’ve no doubt noticed, your trips to the gas station have been a lot more pleasant these past several months. There’s not much doubt that low oil prices have been welcome to you as a driver. But when oil is cheap, is that good for you as an investor?  There’s no clear-cut answer. But consider the following effects of low oil prices: 

Positive impact on economy

When you spend less at the gas pump, relative to recent years, what will you do with your savings? Like most people, you’ll probably spend most of it on goods and services. If you multiply the amount of your increased spending by the millions of other Americans who are also saving money on gas, you can see that you and your fellow consumers are likely adding billions of dollars to the economy. Typically, a strong economy is also good for the financial markets — and for the people who invest in it.

Different results for different sectors

Different sectors within the financial markets may respond in different ways to low oil prices, even if the overall effect is generally positive. For example, businesses such as consumer goods companies and auto manufacturers may respond favorably to cheaper oil and gas. But the picture might be quite a bit different for energy Financial companies.  You could spend a lot of Expert time and effort trying to adjust your investment portfolio Missy Carlson in response to low oil prices. In fact, you may well want to consult with your financial professional to determine which moves might make sense for your individual situation. Yet there’s actually a bigger lesson to be learned here: Don’t overreact to temporary developments. The recent decline in oil prices has certainly had an economic impact, but no one can predict how long these prices will stay low or what other factors may arise that would affect the financial markets. That’s why you can’t reconfigure your portfolio based on particular events, whatever they may be — oil price drops, interest-rate fluctuations, political squabbles at home, natural disasters in faraway lands, and so on. If you can keep from being overly influenced by specific events, you may be able to gain at least two key benefits. First, by not making trades constantly in reaction to the headlines of the day, you can avoid piling up heavy fees and commissions — costs that can reduce the return rate on your investments. Second, you’ll find that if you aren’t always thinking about what’s going on in the world today, you can focus your investment efforts more intensely on where you want to be tomorrow. The most successful investors set long-term goals and don’t focus on factors they cannot control, such as oil prices, interest rate changes or other economic events. Instead, these investors make adjustments, as necessary, to accommodate changes in their goals as well as other changes, such as revisions in tax laws — but they basically stick to their same approach for the long term.  So be aware of low oil prices, but don’t get so “pumped” about them that you sludge up your consistent investment strategy — because that strategy has the energy to keep you moving toward your important objectives. Edward Jones, its employees and financial advisors are not estate planners and cannot provide tax or legal advice. You should consult your estate-planning attorney or qualified tax advisor regarding your situation. Missy Carlson can be reached at 704-948-5549.

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• ARIES (March 21 to April 19): You need to be certain that all the right conditions are in place before you take that first step. It can’t hurt to listen to good advice from those who have your best interests at heart. • TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Be careful not to get involved in other people’s disputes unless you know the facts behind the disagreements. That’s the best way to be assured of making wise and honest decisions. • GEMINI (May 21 to June 20): You still need to be careful about how you’re going to spend those energy reserves you finally got around to restoring. Best advice: Avoid overdoing it. Let things take their course. • CANCER (June 21 to July 22): Your aspect continues to favor travel — alone or with that special person. So if you’ve been putting off making those getaway plans, it’s still a good time to get started on them. • LEO (July 23 to August 22): Those so-called golden opportunities that continue to dazzle the Lion still need to be carefully checked out. Be suspicious about anything that looks like the “perfect” prospect. • VIRGO (August 23 to September 22): Changes at the workplace could make it more difficult to do things the way you prefer. But the wise Virgo who shows some flexibility could find it paying off in a big way. • LIBRA (September 23 to October 22): You might want to check out the explanation you were given for a sudden shift in your duties. There’s a possibility that you haven’t

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January 21, 2015

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Here’s why Jesus was a hillbilly

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In the aftermath of Christmas, the preacher in me wants to ask one more time, “What was the point of Christmas?” The answer, “Jesus was fully human, just like you.” I like that. Christians like that. This is why historically artists have visualized Jesus as if he were of their own race, culture, ethnicity or period in time. This, despite we all know he was a first-century, Palestinian Jew. I was reminded of this when I received a humorous piece from my friend, Sue Hicks, that gave some reasons we might argue for Jesus being from one group. For example, JeSouthern sus may have been a woman Fried Preacher because he could feed a huge crowd at a moment’s notice when the cupboard was Harold Bales virtually bare. Well, I’m a member of a group that is easily identified. I am a native of eastern Tennessee. I am by birth and persuasion an Appalachian hillbilly. So, I want to make my case that Jesus was a hillbilly too! The Hillbilly Jesus: Went to church regularly. Knew his Bible. Had a cousin named John who was a Baptist. Was baptized in a river that was not much more than a big creek. Enjoyed fishing with his friends. Was a masterful storyteller. Gave a sermon on a mountain. Enjoyed parties. Made home brew. Never had much money on him. Mostly walked or used borrowed transportation. Was impatient with highfalutin’ religious authorities. Knew about agriculture. Valued neighborliness. Came from a working-class family. Mostly stayed close to home, family and friends. Was sly and wily when people tried to trap him with tricky questions. Now, as you can see, this portrait of a genuine hillbilly is not unflattering. Everything on the list is inferred from the New Testament. And some of you, dear readers, will argue that you don’t need to be a hillbilly to possess some of these virtues. But if you are a New Jersey or Massachusetts person and have several of them, it could be that you are in the hillbilly gene pool and just didn’t know it. (Hillbillies can be from anywhere. Everybody lives South of somewhere!) Also, I eliminated some other possible arguments that I regard as perhaps even likely evidence that Jesus was a hillbilly. I feel these are probably just rumors: That he said “y’all” frequently and that he loved fried food. What is not a rumor to most of us hillbillies is that he loved all the children in the world. We learned that lesson from singing a little song in Sunday school. Most of us still remember that, and that’s what we try to do, too! Harold Bales is a retired Methodist minister. For more information about him, visitTheSouthernFried-Preacher.com. Send him an e-mail at [email protected].

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Memories revived through tragedy It pretty much goes without saying that nothing good, wholesome or safe is likely to happen when you and a bunch of your slightly nutty adult neighbors get together in someone’s driveway after dark. Add to the equation everyone’s children, bouncing from yard to yard, house to house, looking for the next incident that is certain to get someone a healthy timeout, and things start to crank up. Throw into the mix some red Solo cups filled with beverages of choice, the occasional illegal fireworks someone of driving age snagged from South Carolina and a hot tub, and the silly factor starts to escalate. Then, watch what happens when the more than tipsy, competitive, sometimes athletic mom in the crowd (ahem) spies a basketball hoop and her friend’s very kind — and entirely unsuspecting — teenage Final boy playing shoot-around on his own while the adults whoop thoughts it up. Oh, hoh hoh. Game on! Lori Helms I was a pretty decent basketball player back in the day — good ball handler, fast and the top scorer most every season on my recreational and church league teams. I loved the game, loved to practice and ate up the chance to compete. Then everyone — my opponents and teammates — started getting taller than me. A lot taller. The game that I loved suddenly became less and less fun, and more and more vicious. After a season or two of just too many elbows to the head, missing fistfuls of hair and feet stomped on until they were blackand-blue for several months of the year, I threw in the towel and stuck with tennis (little did I know that adult doubles tennis would be quite similar in its punishing nature). Since then, it’s never mattered that I haven’t played competitively in years, because even a stray ball at my son’s basketball practice used to be a temptation for me to pick it up and run the length of the court for a layup instead of just tossing it back to the boys. So one summer night, several years ago, I decided in all my winefueled wisdom that I would challenge my friend’s son to a little one-onone. What could possibly go wrong, other than his ego would probably need a little bandaging after being whooped up on by the crazy broad down the street? Being the nice, polite boy he was, he smiled and politely declined, but he ultimately caved in to my withering smack talk (he was just too polite to tell me to sit down and shut up) and agreed to play. He was even so kind as to offer to spot me 10 points. Silly boy, I said, I think I better donate those to you. Again, he smiled. And proceeded to whoop my behind. Of course, I helped him a bit by falling here and there. Turns out something happens to your footwork when you’ve done nothing but sit in a lawn chair and drink for a few hours straight, not to mention what it does to your shooting arm. That was several years ago, and since then our neighborhood has changed a good bit. Some folks moved, some of them I know longer run amok with and our kids are all but grown and headed in all manner of directions. I hadn’t thought of that basketball debacle in years, and hadn’t really seen much of those folks and their kids in quite some time. At least, not until earlier this week. I finally had a chance to catch up with many of them, sharing a smile and a hug and a “it’s so good to see you” and “oh my, look how you’ve grown.” I just wish the catching up hadn’t happened at that nice, polite young man’s funeral. Godspeed, Ryan. I’ll be looking for a rematch some day. And this time, I’m taking the points.

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