Union County Serving Indian Trail, Marvin, Stallings, Waxhaw, Weddington and Wesley Chapel INDEX: Scores, 5; News Briefs, 6; Crime Blotter, 7; Honor Rolls, 13; Calendar, 17; Sports, 18; Classifieds, 23 PAGE 18 Girls Basketball Preview PAGE 16 Volume 9, Number 47 • Nov. 20 to 27, 2014 Locally Owned & Operated www.unioncountyweekly.com SACRIFICING SAFETY FOR CONVENIENCE Marvin Creek residents continue to meet obstacles in traffic reduction efforts by Ryan Pitkin [email protected]The remnants of a mailbox taken out by a reckless driver in 2009, when residents of Marvin Creek began noticing speeders on their streets. Six mailboxes have been hit already in 2014. Photo courtesy of Marvin Ridge resident MARVIN - Residents of the Marvin Creek subdivision have continued to meet opposition to their six-year efforts to close the gate at the front of their neighborhood for good. As Marvin and surrounding municipalities have grown, some streets in the subdivision have become shortcuts for drivers between Rea and Marvin roads. At a Village Council meeting on Thursday, Nov. 13, Mayor Pro Tem Christina Frazzini hoped to pass a motion that would close the gate, located at the Tom Short Road entrance to the neighborhood, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and throughout the entire weekend for a six-month period in order to study the effects. Councilmembers were deadlocked on the vote, and Mayor Joe Pollino voted against the motion, saying the council needed more information about alternatives to the gate that could help calm speeding in the area. Some councilmembers said they asked for this information from the Marvin Creek Homeown- ers’ Association previously, but had not received (see Marvin Creek on page 11) Christmas lights show supports cancer research Brandon Oaks home’s annual holiday show to feature 13,000 RGB LED lights by Josh Whitener [email protected]INDIAN TRAIL – Pete Kimbell didn’t intend for his Garden Oak Holiday Lights show to double as a fundraiser when it debuted in 2012; the show was simply meant to be an offering to the community during the holidays. But a life-changing diagnosis prompted Kimbell and his wife, Sherri, to use their synchronized Christ- mas lights show to raise money for the National Foundation for Cancer Research. The show has raised nearly $2,000 for the foundation to date, and Kimbell hopes to more than double that amount this year. The Garden Oak Holiday Lights show will return to the Kimbells’ home on Nov. 29 and run through Jan. 1, 2015. Shows will run from 6 to 9 p.m. on school nights and from 6 to 10 p.m. on non-school nights. The Kimbells’ residence is located at 4026 Garden Oak Drive, in the Brandon Oaks sub- division. The Kimbells mission to simply pro- vide holiday entertainment changed when Pete Kimbell’s mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a few months before Christmas in 2012. At the time of her diagnosis, the life expectancy for pancreatic cancer patients was nine months. Kimbell’s mom is now a 27-month survivor who still mows her own yard in the summer. “The whole reason we started this (show) was not to raise money – it was to decorate the house and to do (see Holiday Lights on page 10) Rev. Tony’s column
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The remnants of a mailbox taken out by a reckless driver in 2009, when residents of Marvin Creek began noticing speeders on their streets. Six mailboxes have been hit already in 2014. Photo courtesy of Marvin Ridge resident
MARVIN - Residents of the Marvin Creek subdivision have continued to meet opposition to their six-year efforts to close the gate at the front of their neighborhood for good.
As Marvin and surrounding municipalities have grown, some streets in the subdivision have become shortcuts for drivers between Rea and Marvin roads.
At a Village Council meeting on Thursday, Nov. 13, Mayor Pro Tem Christina Frazzini hoped to pass a motion that would close the gate, located at the Tom Short Road entrance to the neighborhood, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and throughout the entire weekend for a six-month period in order to study the effects. Councilmembers were deadlocked on the vote, and Mayor Joe Pollino voted against the motion, saying the council needed more information about alternatives to the gate that could help calm speeding in the area.
Some councilmembers said they asked for this information from the Marvin Creek Homeown-ers’ Association previously, but had not received
(see Marvin Creek on page 11)
Christmas lights show supports cancer researchBrandon Oaks home’s annual holiday show to feature 13,000 RGB LED lights
INDIAN TRAIL – Pete Kimbell didn’t intend for his Garden Oak Holiday Lights show to double as a fundraiser when it debuted in 2012; the show was simply meant to be an offering to the
community during the holidays.But a life-changing diagnosis
prompted Kimbell and his wife, Sherri, to use their synchronized Christ-mas lights show to raise money for the National Foundation for Cancer Research. The show has raised nearly $2,000 for the foundation to date, and Kimbell hopes to more than double that amount this year.
The Garden Oak Holiday Lights
show will return to the Kimbells’ home on Nov. 29 and run through Jan. 1, 2015. Shows will run from 6 to 9 p.m. on school nights and from 6 to 10 p.m. on non-school nights. The Kimbells’ residence is located at 4026 Garden Oak Drive, in the Brandon Oaks sub-division.
The Kimbells mission to simply pro-vide holiday entertainment changed when Pete Kimbell’s mom was diagnosed
with pancreatic cancer a few months before Christmas in 2012. At the time of her diagnosis, the life expectancy for pancreatic cancer patients was nine months. Kimbell’s mom is now a 27-month survivor who still mows her own yard in the summer.
“The whole reason we started this (show) was not to raise money – it was to decorate the house and to do
(see Holiday Lights on page 10)
Rev. Tony’s column
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INDIAN TRAIL – Veterans in Union County who are in need of legal aid now have a new place to turn for assis-tance.
The Charlotte-based nonprofit Legal Services of Southern Piedmont (LSSP) is offering civil legal assistance to low-er-income veterans in Union County for the first time, thanks to funding contributed by a United Way grant. LSSP specializes in helping veterans secure unemployment assistance, tax assistance, disability compensation and survivor benefits from Veterans Affairs, particularly in cases where a service member did not receive an honorable discharge.
“Sometimes discharges for services are not fully honorable – they’re gen-eral discharges. (Post-traumatic stress disorder) sometimes causes less-than-honorable discharges,” Robert Davis, Veterans Legal Services Project attor-ney, said. “We help them get access to benefits from the VA in spite of those
discharges, or (in other cases) we work to get those discharges changed.”
One of the things LSSP sees fre-quently, Davis said, is veterans don’t understand the ins and outs of submit-ting or understanding a claim with the VA. Attorneys with LSSP help clients navigate a system Davis said often is filled with murky waters.
“Sometimes (veterans will) get a claim in for benefits, but they don’t necessarily understand the rules or how to navigate the VA. The VA can also be a very difficult place to navi-gate. There’s so much demand, and some of the rules are so complicated,” he said. “We offer (advice) on the best way for veterans to proceed.
Davis said working with VA claims will likely become even more difficult, as veterans will be required to fill out more specific forms starting next year. Though the VA provides a certain level of guidance for veterans submitting claims, sometimes it’s not enough to have the claim taken care of as effi-ciently as possible.
“In my experience, the VA does not have the resources to look at it in the same amount of time a legal advocate can look at it,” Davis said. “Where we really excel is cases involving appeals
or cases where it’s more difficult.”Another benefit of having legal aid is
it helps cut-and-dry cases pass through the system more quickly, Davis said.
“If (a veteran has) a back injury that no doubt the VA is going to pay on, you may be able to get that claim through faster with an advocate who knows some of the procedures to use,” he said.
LSSP’s Veterans Legal Services Proj-ect began in 2012 in Mecklenburg County and has served more than 700 veterans in a variety of civil legal mat-ters since its inception, according to a news release. A United Way grant received in July 2014 allowed the non-profit to expand its legal services for veterans in both Union and Cabarrus counties.
There are currently more than 13,000 veterans living in Union County, the release said, and the expansion of LSSP’s Veterans Legal Service Project will allow the nonprofit to provide legal aid to lower-income veterans at little to no cost to the receiving veteran. Many of the veterans the program serves face hardships like homelessness, health issues and financial burdens in addi-tion to being denied or delayed from receiving needed benefits.
“The project’s staff is dedicated to serving those who cannot afford a law-yer and helping them secure the assis-tance they cannot afford to be with-out,” LSSP said in the release.
Though LSSP won’t have an office in Union County, Davis said represen-tatives can meet with clients at various locations in Union County for their convenience.
“Though we’re located in Charlotte, I think it’s a natural progression to go places that border on Mecklenburg County,” he said. “We’ve seen a sig-nificant amount of veterans in Union County and Cabarrus County. Our state has a lot of veterans living in it, and we think that’s a great thing.”
Davis said he and others at LSSP are grateful for the funding United Way has provided, and are eager to put those funds to use to give back to those who have given so much to their country.
“We’re excited about helping as many veterans as we can,” he said.
Veterans and immediate family mem-bers of veterans in need of civil legal assistance can call LSSP’s Veterans Legal Services Project’s direct hotline at 704-808-4144 for more informa-tion.
Legal services project for veterans expands into Union CountyNonprofit providing civil legal assistance to lower-income veterans
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As the days of November wane and people eagerly anticipate Christmas, a handful of churches are taking time to help members reflect on their bless-ings in the spirit of Thanksgiving.
Several churches in Union County will host Thanksgiving services, meals and fellowship times as the holiday draws nearer. So whether you’re look-ing for some good food, a time to pray and give thanks or simply an opportu-nity to enjoy good company, check out Union County Weekly’s listing of area Thanksgiving services.
And if your church has a special holiday event coming up in the next few weeks, let us know about it. Send an email to [email protected] with a little information about the event, including when and where it is and what people who attend can expect.
Thanksgiving Eve worship at Spirit of Joy
WEDDINGTON – Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church will host a Thanks-giving Eve worship service on Wednes-day, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. Find more information at www.spiritofjoy.us, or call 704-821-8494.
Spirit of Joy Lutheran is located at 8600 Potter Road.
Thanksgiving Eve meal, service at Benton Heights
MONROE – Benton Heights Pres-byterian Church will host a Thanks-giving Eve meal and worship service on Wednesday, Nov. 26, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Find more information at www.bhpres.com, or call the church office at 704-283-4912.
Benton Heights Presbyterian Church is located at 2701 Concord Hwy.
Three churches to join together for Thanksgiving service and meal
MONROE – Ebenezer Baptist, Friendly Baptist and Trinity Baptist churches will host a joint Thanks-giving service and covered-dish meal on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 6:30 p.m. at Trinity Baptist.
Rev. Dustin Knight will serve as the guest speaker, and choirs from all three churches will join together to lead attendees in musical wor-ship. People are encouraged to invite friends and family to the event, which is free to attend and open to the pub-lic.
Find more information at www.myebenzerbaptist.org, or call 704-289-2642. Trinity Baptist Church is located at 2613 Concord Hwy.
Thanksgiving meal and service at Shiloh Baptist
MONROE – Shiloh Baptist Church will host a Thanksgiving service and meal on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 6:30 p.m. in the family ministry center.
The church will provide meal, bread and beverages, and attendees are encouraged to bring two side dishes (a vegetable, casserole or dessert). Call 704-283-4451 for more informa-tion.
Shiloh Baptist also will collect canned or non-perishable food items, paper products, cleaning supplies and laundry detergent during the Thanksgiving service and meal. The items will benefit clients of the Union County Community Shelter. People are encouraged to bring donations to the dinner and should place them on the stage.
Find more information at www.shilohbaptistmonroe.com. Shiloh Baptist is located at 2301 Rocky River Road.
Waxhaw Bible to host Thanks-giving service
WAXHAW – People are invited to join Waxhaw Bible Church on Tues-day, Nov. 25, at 7 p.m. for a Thanks-giving service. Find more information at www.waxhawbible.org, or call 704-843-4514.
Waxhaw Bible is located at 6810 Pleasant Grove Road.
Donations, volunteers needed for community Thanksgiving meal
WEDDINGTON – Operation Rea-chout provides a Thanksgiving meal each year to hundreds of people in need in Union County, and Wedding-ton United Methodist church is part-nering with the nonprofit to help col-lect items for the meal.
Donations of baked hams, large cans of green beans and corn, desserts and baked sweet potatoes are requested. Volunteers also are needed to help serve, clean up and deliver meals to nursing homes and shut-in residents. Contact Operation Reachout at 704-289-4237 for more information on how to volunteer.
Food donations should be dropped off at Weddington UMC’s church office by noon on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Find more information at www.weddingtonchurch.org.
Weddington UMC is located at 13901 Providence Road.
Giving thanks with a grateful heartArea churches to host Thanksgiving services
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Restaurant ScoresThe Union County Health Department inspected the following dining locations from Nov. 12 to 18.
Lowest Scores:• Kate’s Skating Center, 14500 Hwy. 74 E. – 87.5 Violations included: Employee drink lacking lid and stored on upper shelf in prep area; employee put on food gloves without washing hands first; employee handling/wrapping ready-to-eat hot dogs in buns with bare hands; hot dogs stored below proper temperature; mozzarella and hot dogs date marked for an eight days hold time; several unlabeled spray bottle of cleaners; toxins stored next to and above single-service plates; broken thin-tipped thermometer; mouse and mouse droppings in kitchen and front counter areas; three out of four stalls in ladies room lacked toilet tissue; and gen-eral cleaning needed.
• Waffle House, 1229 W. Roosevelt Blvd. – 90.5 Violations included: Four open employee drinks on storage rack and on top of drink dispenser; opened canned drink in reach-in cooler over food; back hand-washing sink lacking towels; raw pork stored over hash browns in reach-in; mold growth/build-up in tea urn nozzle and ice machine; metal bins stored with food debris present; eggs not labeled; flies throughout facility; sanitizer solution not at proper concen-tration; clean items being stored in soiled bins; metal bins stacked tightly while wet; and biscuit bin with breaks/cracks.
All Scores:28173• JAARS Cafeteria, 7405 JAARS Road – 98.5
• Rippington’s, 109 W. S. Main St. – 95 28104• Lucy’s Bakery, 4522 Potter Road – 97.5 • Sabor Latin Street Grill, 5945 Weddington Road, suite 101 – 96
28079• Arby’s, 13866 W. Roosevelt Blvd. – 99 • Bonfire Bar and Grill, 6751 Old Monroe Road – 95 • DJ’s Diner, 88 Dale Jarrett Blvd. – 95 • Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes and Fries, 6640 Old Monroe Road – 94.5 • Kate’s Skating Center, 14500 Hwy. 74 E. – 87.5 • N.Y. Pizza & Pasta, 624 Indian Trail Road – 97.5
28110• Bi-Lo Deli, 1642 Dickerson Blvd. – 94.5 • Crossroads Grill & Bar, 5250F Old Charlotte Hwy. – 96 • Hardees, 503 W. Roosevelt Blvd. – 97 • Hathaway’s, 1310 Roosevelt Blvd. – 95.5 • Jin Jin, 221 E. Franklin St. – 95.5 • Lone Star Steakhouse, 2841 W. Hwy. 74 – 92.5 • Mac’s Fish and Chicken, 2399 W. Roosevelt Blvd. – 99.5 • Olive Garden, 2983 Monroe Way – 95• Taco Bell, 2104 W. Roosevelt Blvd. – 99
28112 • Oasis of Monroe, LLC, 116 S. Main St. – 100 • Waffle House, 1229 W. Roosevelt Blvd. – 90.5
About the grades…Restaurants are given grades of A for scoring at least 90, B for 80 to 89 and C for 70 to 79. The state revokes permits for restaurants that score below 70. Find more details on Mecklenburg County restaurants at the health department’s website, http://charmeck.org/mecklenburg/county/HealthDepartment/Pages/Default.aspx.
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Wesley Chapel to solicit feedback on dangerous weapons ordinance
WESLEY CHAPEL - At a meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18, Wesley Chapel Vil-lage Council discussed a new ordinance that would prohibit people from carrying firearms and other weapons on property owned by the village.
The draft of the ordinance, which will go through minor revisions before being discussed at a public hearing, states, “No person shall carry, possess or have within his/her immediate access any dangerous weapon in or upon village-owned proper-ties.”
Village-owned properties include town hall and the 22.6-acre Dogwood Park.
The council discussed making minor changes to the ordinance on Tuesday night, including the exception of any and all sworn law enforcement officers.
Dangerous weapons are defined in the ordinance draft as, “Any object or device designed or intended to be used to inflict serious injury upon persons or property, including but not limited to firearms; knives of any kind or type having a blade in excess of 3.5 inches in length, except when used solely for preparation of food, fishing at a park owned by the village, or instruction or maintenance; razors and razor blades; metallic knuckles; clubs, blackjacks and nightsticks; dynamite car-tridges; bombs, grenades, mines and other powerful explosives; slingshots; shurikins; stun guns and loaded canes.”
Councilmembers Jeannine Kenary and Elaine Rosoff argued to remove the exceptions for knives used for fishing or
food preparation. Although council mem-ber Becky Plyler agreed at first, she soon changed her mind and, along with Mayor Pro Tem Mike Como and Mayor Brad Horvath, voted down the motion that would have included large knives in the new draft of the ordinance.
The ordinance will now go in front of the town attorney for minor changes, such as refining the law enforcement exception (it had once only included those working in their rightful jurisdiction) and a reference to the town’s general statute that allows the council to vote on ordinances.
Once the ordinance comes back to the council, they will call for a public hearing to hear resident feedback.
Local resident opens Union County’s first Pita Pit in Indian Trail
INDIAN TRAIL - Local entrepreneur and 21-year U.S. Army veteran Mike Summers, along with a business partner from California, is scheduled to bring fast food alternative Pita Pit to Union County in the first months of 2015.
Summers and his wife, Cindy, are well known in the community, as Mike oper-ates a carpet cleaning company, Platinum Professional Carpet Cleaning, and Cindy, a breast cancer survivor, founded Cindy’s Hope Chest, which assists women bat-tling the illness.
Mike said that beyond being able to bring fresh food options to Union County, he went into business with Pita Pit because of the work they do with the community. He plans to support multiple charities within the community, with Cindy’s Hope Chest being the primary benefactor of special nights and other events.
Pita Pit was founded in Canada in 1995 and opened in the U.S. in 2005. It was created to provide a healthier alternative to fast food, while keeping the low prices
and quick wait times. The new location will include a vegetarian menu.
“It’s really fresh food,” Summers said. “The pita is just used to keep all the ingre-dients together, whereas in other locations the bread is half of the sandwich. It should be the healthy food that fills you up.”
The new restaurant will be located on Sardis Road North just behind the Quik-Trip gas station, only two doors down from Cindy’s Hope Chest. Summers hopes to break ground soon, and from there it will take eight weeks until he is able to open the new location.
Union County Sheriff’s Deputy killed in Monroe traffic accident
MONROE – Union County Sheriff’s deputy Sgt. Jeffrey Wayne Green, 54, was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 19, when a tractor-trailer reportedly overturned onto his patrol car.
The crash, which also involved a tanker truck, happened around 7 a.m. on High-way 74 near Sutherland Avenue, which is near Carolinas Medical Center-Union.
According to reports, the tractor-trailer struck the back of the tanker truck and then overturned on top of the patrol car, which was apparently waiting on west-bound Highway 74.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol (NCHP) accident team flew in from Winston-Salem to investigate the crash, closing part of Highway 74 for a large por-tion of the day. Later, NCHP announced that the driver of the tractor-trailer, Eddie Ray Weeks of Weeks Trucking in Fayette-ville, would be charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle after being released from the hospital.
Green is survived by his wife, daughters and five grandchildren. He is also a vet-eran who served as a U.S. Air Force Air-man and Marine.
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The following people were arrested in western Union County between Nov. 13 and 19, according to the Union County Sheriff ’s Office.
Hemby Bridge• Shannon Bennett, 4000 block of
Faith Church Road: Beach bingo. Nov. 13• David Walker, 8200 block of Idlewild
Road: Misdemeanor larceny. Nov. 15
Indian Trail• Richard Ujobagy, 14300 block of
East Independence Boulevard: Driving while license revoked. Nov. 13
• Christian Rosas, 2100 block of Younts Road: No operator’s license. Nov. 13
• Don Briningstool, 3000 block of Twi-light Lane: Warrant. Nov. 13
Animal Calls• 2700 block of South Providence Road:
Animal bite. Nov. 13
Other• 6500 block of Buggy Whip Lane: Unau-
thorized use of a motor vehicle. Nov. 14
WeddingtonProperty Theft• 2400 block of Cherrywood Lane: $4,500
riding lawn mower stolen. Nov. 17
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something techy or geeky and have fun for the holi-days,” said Pete Kimbell, who previously operated a large static light display at his former home before moving to Brandon Oaks in 2008. “Then mom’s news came up, and we decided to support the cause.”
In its first year, the display featured 1,500 red, green and blue, or RGB, LED lights synchronized to music in a flashing, color-changing spectacle. The Kimbells increased the number of RGB LED bulbs to about 6,000 last year. The display takes months to assem-ble, as the Kimbells build it themselves through parts ordered from Hong Kong. Ordering the parts from an overseas wholesaler is the cheapest option, said Kim-bell, who has a degree in engineering.
The Kimbells were already planning this year’s show before last year’s run was over. Kimbell placed an order in December 2013 for materials to assemble additional RGB LED lights for the display. The couple has spent the majority of 2014 building the additions to the display and began hanging the lights in Sep-tember.
This year’s display will feature 13,000 all-RGB LED lights that have the potential to reflect 16 mil-lion colors. The Kimbells also have added matrixes, where images and words can be displayed, and RGB floodlights that will “wash the house in color and add another layer to the display,” Kimbell said.
“The magnitude of the show is on a much larger scale this year,” he said.
There is no charge to see the show, but visitors are encouraged to make a monetary donation, be it loose change or large bills, all of which will be given to the
National Foundation for Cancer Research. And if people aren’t carrying cash when they see the show, they can donate online through the show’s website.
“It’s very humbling,” Kimbell said of the public’s contribution to the show’s cause. “You might as well
have fun while supporting a good cause.”Visitors to the show can turn their car radio to 94.5
FM to listen to the music while watching the display. Find more information and donate online at www.goholidaylights.com.
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This year’s Garden Oaks Holiday Lights Show will feature 13,000 RGB LED lights. UCW file photo
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an answer. Although a resident did address the council about close calls she had witnessed between drivers and kids exiting school buses, no HOA members were in attendance.
A new motion, passed in a 3-1 vote, stated that the HOA would need to provide a standalone request for a new temporary encroachment agreement that would allow them to operate the gate for a trial period, but the request would need to include analyses of dif-ferent ways to access the gates and alternative speed calming possibili-ties.
Councilmember Lanny Openshaw said he supported the ideas in Frazzi-ni’s original motion, but was annoyed by the lack of communication from the HOA.
“I agree with the theory and con-cept, but I can’t support it because they won’t communicate with us,” Openshaw said.
Although he said he would sup-port the gate if the right analysis were presented to him, Openshaw openly doubted the effectiveness of a closed gate in slowing down traffic through Marvin Creek.
“I was a bad teenager, I know about speeding through neighborhoods,” Openshaw said. “Once they get through that gate that’s when the pedal is to the metal and they are going to fly wherever they need to go. We’re just talking about a gate that will incon-venience people, hopefully reduce the volume of drivers and hypothetically reduce the speeders.”
One Marvin Creek resident, who did not want to be named for this article, said it was “disheartening and painful” to hear Openshaw ask what anyone in the neighborhood was actually doing to help their own cause.
The mother said she has spoken with local engineers who told her speed humps are not feasible on the small stretch of road she lives on – a straightaway street called Kindling Wood Lane that cuts between a round-about at Tom Short Road, where the gate is, and the other entrance to the neighborhood on Wheat Field Drive. She has spent days going door to door to gain support from residents and attended multiple meetings pleading with councilmembers to help with her cause.
She said Thursday’s meeting was just one more example of council mem-bers finding any reason they could to refuse to close the gate.
“Since 2008, what have we not done? I don’t know what else we could do,” she said. “(Openshaw) wants to know, ‘What are you going to do for me?’ That’s not how it’s supposed to work. You’re our elected official, and
we need some help.” At one point in 2013, residents
and council were on the same page, as a 90-day encroachment agreement kept the gate closed during the previ-ously mentioned hours. As the 90th day approached, council suddenly rescinded the agreement during a meeting in which residents hoped to get it extended.
The Marvin Creek resident said there was an undeniably different feel-ing in the neighborhood during the three months when the gates stayed closed all day. She estimated between a 60 and 80 percent drop in traffic vol-ume.
As of now, she does not feel that even the front yards are a safe place for kids to play. Six mailboxes have been hit by reckless driving in 2014 alone, she said. The first days of a new school year are the most dangerous. The neighbors counted eight close calls between students and cars in the first 10 days of the 2013-14 school year.
For their part, no one on the council openly disagrees there may be a safety issue. Councilmember Ross Overby, who opposed the vote to rescind the encroachment agreement in 2013, believes more data should have been collected during that period to prove what needed to be done.
“The council just sort of ran (the vote ending the agreement) through. There was no trigger, no data that gave a reason,” Overby, a Marvin Creek res-ident, said. “My intent is to get data. If this is proven to have a value toward public safety, we will then consider. My priority, for any Marvin resident and any lives we can influence in the area, is to keep people safe.”
On Thursday, Openshaw repeatedly stated he thinks, because the roads are public roads, everyone should get the same accessibility. If the gate were closed today, Marvin Creek residents could swipe key cards they already use for access to the neighborhood swim-ming pool and tennis courts. A keypad makes it possible for other Marvin res-idents to acquire a code and use it to enter the neighborhood, but this is not seen as equal access to Openshaw.
Frazzini, who lives in Marvin Creek but not on a road used for cut-throughs, said she would like the gates closed and does not want to delay any further on the issue as it has shown up on the agenda many times for more than a year.
“We’re kicking the can down the street,” Frazzini said. “The facts are the facts. It’s a major cut-through. It’s not a good thing and it’s going to get worse. How is the HOA or any residents going to know if closing the gates will work unless they give it a good try?”
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Most people have nightmare vacation scenarios play out in their heads, but usu-ally put those visions behind them, never to be spoken of again. For one Indian Trail resident, one such experience awoke her sense of entrepreneurship and gave birth to a new business.
Local mother Jennifer Madsen recently created Gofer Errands, a personal assis-tant service that offers help with errands, from event planning to grocery shopping, after an overbooked weekend left her and her son with almost nowhere to turn.
In March 2013, Madsen’s son, who has autism, had a class trip to Charles-ton, South Carolina booked for the same weekend that Jennifer’s mother-in-law would celebrate her 80th birthday in New York. Jennifer and her son tried to make it to both, planning to go to Charleston on a Friday and to New York the follow-ing day.
Nature had other plans, however, and Madsen’s son was struck with a serious stomach virus half way back from Charles-ton. The two made their way to their home in Indian Trail and ditched the New York plans, but their problems weren’t over. Jennifer had no food in the house to feed her son, and he was too sick to come
along to the grocery store.
L u c k i l y , a neighbor helped Mad-sen by taking a trip to the gro-cery store for her, but the hectic week-end got her thinking.
“Not every-one is so lucky to have those resources and can make it to the store if the car breaks down,” Madsen said. “That’s what sparked this whole thing. If not for that neighbor, I would’ve been out of luck.”
Madsen had recently been laid off from a position with an industrial com-pany and wanted to return to community service, where she had spent 25 years of her professional life.
She has spent the last year and a half fine-tuning her business idea while acquiring the proper licenses, and is now ready to begin accepting clients.
Gofer Errands offers a wide array of services, from housekeeping to senior services, and Madsen accepts general errands like grocery shopping – and gift wrapping in the coming month – to be
a big part of her business. She will offer services to residents of Union County and the south Charlotte area, including Blakeney, Birkdale and SouthPark.
“It’s a community service,” Madsen said. “I want to make life easier for people in the community.”
Madsen’s experience raising a child with a disability also puts her in a posi-tion to help families who have more spe-cific needs which other personal assis-tants may not be accustomed to.
Though Madsen’s son is highly func-tioning now as a 12-year-old, there were times during his childhood when vacu-uming the house or going to the grocery store would turn into an ordeal.
“We couldn’t just go together into the grocery store, it was a horrible experience for both of us,” Madsen. “People out there need help with these sorts of things, and that would be another role for me.”
The name for the business came dur-ing a brainstorming session, one of many Madsen has had with her next-door neighbor, Randi Eccleston, who has watched Madsen dedicate all her time to making the business come to life over the past year.
“We were tossing names around, and someone said, ‘I’ll go for ya,’ and I heard it,” Madsen said. “It just sort of stuck.”
Eccleston said she has been very impressed with Madsen’s drive while she has hammered out the details of what Gofer Errands would entail. She points to Madsen’s motivation, organization and enthusiasm as reasons the business will thrive in due time.
“She’s really coming from a place where she just wants to help people,” Eccleston said. “It’s her big heart that’s driving her to do this.”
Eccleston also said she would hire her neighbor of nearly eight years “in a heart-beat” to help her with family errands.
“I think it’s brilliant,” she said. “We are all so busy. Whether you are single or married with children or a senior citi-zen, we all have so much going on. This is genius.”
Madsen said she plans to let her busi-ness adapt to demand as she gets it off the ground. She offers to help both businesses and families, but empha-sizes even if the personal assistant work were to become more business-oriented, she would still be there for anyone who needed her.
“I’m never going to say ‘No’ to someone who is in a jam,” Madsen said. “If you need help, then I will be there. I would never turn someone down that needs a hand.”
Indian Trail mother starts business for self, communityby Ryan Pitkin
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Education
A Honor roll
Third grade:Juliya Coffey, Tim Gustafson, Avery Hammersmith, Christian Milhone, Whitney Ray and Eva Sloan.
Fourth grade:Jase Albertini, Addisyn Ball, Abby Chew, Billy Giustiniani, Ava Guild, Kimberly Haines, Kyle Matlack, Noah McIntyre and Lauren Schwarz.
Fifth gradeAlexa Berkwits, Maya Charlton, Dominic Conroy, Jack Green, Nate Ladimir, Hannah McIntyre, Kayla Norris, Jeremy Palma, Ahsni Patel, Christopher Rice, Natalie Travis, Emarie Tucker and Isabella Tufano.
A/B Honor roll
Third grade:James Armentrout, Kaleb Bigham, Bella Blakeslee, Tess Brico, Collin Cheema, Jacob Fowler, Kayla Gillis, Maggie Green, Helena Guerrero, Ella Hart, Kiara Hines, Avalyn Jackson, Dustin Keeffe, Daniel Kennedy, Hudson Little, Taylor Maus, Megan McLary, Madison Pham, Caleb Simmons, Nadia Smihal, Ariselda
Villagomez, Ella Williams and Aaron Wright.
Fourth grade:Joshua Bernadis, Mariana Bustamante, Paul Cameron, Sarah Caruso, Marissa Cuckro, Alexa Fusco, Katie Heldt, Jackson Hirsch, Katherine Kivlan, Kennady Lalley, Sean McDevitt, Maya Nikolayenko, Michael Sheraden, Justin Shumaker, Nicholas Tolan, Brynn Wilson and Julia Zayachkowsky.
Fifth grade:John Alexander, Anakaren Aristizabal, Kate Augustine, Madison Barnes, Sophia Beeman, Landri Bigham, Brielle Borbolla, Alexa Bossert, Carson Brackenbush, Lucy Burch, Hannah Caruso, Aiden Chew, Justin Collins, JD Cupp, Shauna Currie, Nicole Cyr, Hunter Dubar, Preston Etheredge, Bella Foy, Zach Gotro, Brooke Gustafson, Will Hart, Aaron Hough, Bryn Keefe, Benjamin LaVigne, Risden Long, Josie Moore, Ashton Morris, Christian Natali-Gergich, Hunter Newstreet, Owen O'Keef, Jenella Olaleye, Jackson Papiernik, Davis Pavlyuk, Darby Sayball, Kendall Shumaker, Luke Smihal, Nolan Spurrier, Nathaniel Stout, Eriana Tucker, Avery Turpin, Makayla Wheelock, Jayden White and Erin Williamson.
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WEddington ElEMEntAry scHoolEditor’s note: The listing printed in the Nov. 13 to 19 issue of Union
County Weekly in the Honor Rolls section under “Weddington Ele-mentary School” included only the fifth-grade A/B honor roll from the school. All Weddington Elementary honor roll students are included in the following listing.
A Honor roll
Third grade:Nora Anderson, Riya Baddigam, Makenna Batchelor, Matthew Bojarski, Gage Boothe, Brooke Bullock, Nathan Butler, Tyler Campbell, Quinnlin Cayce, Isabela Coleman, Aiden Colonna, Aidan Cook, Alexandra Corbett, John Doyle, MacKenzie Draper, Jason Dromms, Owen Dunn, Ashlyn Emery, Rilee Felcher, Benjamin Frey, Tyler Funderburk, Donald Gale, Amber Garcia, Ronald Hankins, III, Layla Iglesias, Henry Jacobus, Tucker Kern, Benjamin Kirchoff, John Leaver, Hari Manchi, Ian Mas, Carleigh McCarthy, Ian McDermaid, Nikhil Mehta, Graham Mills, Devin Moore, Jaiden Morris, Lilly Mullikin, Jack Pfizenmaier, Sebastian Radomski, Gavin Rhodes, Morgan Richmond, Talan Sciortino, Riya Shah, Reagan Simco, Spencer Simco, Jordan Simpson, Avery Smith, Victoria Stoyneva, Emory Thews, Colby Tucker, Yuthika Ulaganathan, Nicole Wang, Brooklyn Warner and Samuel Weslake.
Fourth grade:Mia Anderson, Wesley Atoyebi, Nathan Bales, Tae Bark, Carter Bockenstedt, Riley Burke, Kaitlyn Cook, Arthur Decker, Lauren Douglas,
Pria Fennell, Ava Hall, Dar Hanjiev, Kaitlyn Joy, Sophia Juhl, William Lassiter, Valeria Mas, Jesse McGirt, Teaghan Mervis, Anna Orrell, Nishil Patel, Katherine Plutzker, Alexander Rowley, Aiden Simpson, Maddie Simpson, Carson Simpson, Rachel Staley, Madeleine Teas, Briar Tomcho, Caden Townshend, Carson Traylor, Nikitha Vennapu-Reddy and Ethan Williams.
Fifth grade:Christopher Allen, Taarana Athmakuri, Hunter Ballner, Abbey Bedard, Jackson Bentley, Gavin Boutwell, Carter Calagis, Sadie Cameron, Liam Cayce, Joseph Chau, Michael Colonna, Gabriel Corbett, William Crump, Mary Currie, Megan Dirr, Mamie Efird, Lucas Feola, Kendall Ford, Samantha Gross, Daniel Haughton, Charlotte Hoffman, Destiny Howard, Harrison Hughes, Renz Joseph, Jayvik Joshi, Maria Kaltsounis, Lydia Lucas, Jackson Mills, Colby Moore, Carrington Newsome, Tulsi Patel, Srinish Pellakur, Christian Peters, Mirabella Petruzzi, Sutton Pirkey, Savannah Randazzo, Katherine Rudolph, Isabella Sadler, Rahul Shah, Georgia Thews, Lauren Watson and Jack Werdann.
(see Weddington Elementary on page 15)
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Education
A/B Honor roll
Third grade:Isabella Alessandrini, Emilie Bedard, Tyler Best, Tyler Biggs, Jayla Breland, Alexis Brooking, Mia Brosterhous, Anna Casey, Jameson Dickey, Olivia Dromms, Abigail Ellington, Lily Gale, Kennedi Goodyear, Matthew Harris, Caitlin Illson, Scott Keller, Caroline King, Elizabeth Laughlin, Michael Luisa, Jacqueline Mauney, Max Moore, Tristen Mosbey, Ryan Moy, Madison Mullikin, Aiden Nixon, Ifeoma Okocha, Cole Parker, Sadie Parker, Jason Perez, Zoe Raj, Katherine Recher, Harrison Roy, Maxwell Sanneman, Ali Shalati, Siena Sofio, Ella Sutfin, Riley Swierski, Jett Thijssen, Austin Thomas, Sophia Tidwell, Karthik Vazrala, Brody Warren, Miranda Warren, Robert Williams, Chloe Wood and Gabriella Wyatt-Ingram.
Fourth grade:Samara Alhajli, Jesutola Aluko, Abigail Anatiychuk, Amogh Annamraju, Valerie Becker, Taylor Bernhard, Sadie Bland, Alexis Clifton, Jack Collins, Karly Connell, Max Connell, Colby Cook, Omari Cupid, Jackson Deville, Evan Easterling, Alyssa Edney, Isabella Efird, Daniel Everhart, Brady Farrell, Katelyn Ford, Katie Garcia, Evan Gilbert, Haylee Graham, Gabrielle Groves, Jared Haymore, Austin Hixon, Jonathon Hockenberry, Nick Holevas, Georgia Hughes, Hope Mary Hulse, Madison Kilbourne, Morgan Kilbourne, Ranya Lagdas, Ethan Lee, Blaine Lester, Emma Lunzmann, Lillian Mandeville, Michael McElveen, Charlotte Mendiola-Chumpitaz,
Ian Mervich, Nathan Miller, Miranda Mona, Alayna Moore, Samantha Moore, Michelle Onafowokan, Sowmyasri Pellakur, Declan Powell, John Reese, Peyton Rhodes, Jonathan Roy, Ella Russano, Sarena Saggoo, Jake Sciortino, Khyati Shrivastava, Ronald Smith, Berni Tah, Victoria Taran, Nolan Tournet, Leah Tsefrikas, Ellie Wall, Oliver Wright and Nathan Zurawski.
Fifth grade:Veronia Abrahim, Sarah Anderko, Aaron Applegate, Jordan Barone, Isabella Beilke, Charlie Boyd, Laksh Brahmbhatt, Lon Callis, Bryce Carney, Sarah Cho, Andrew Cook, Michael Cooper, Kelsie Culbreath, Charles Davidson, Maxwell Dell, Elijah Dembe, Brock Dickson, Mia Dixie, Alexandra Doyle, Lydia Dunn, Jordan Felipe, Sedona Finley, John Gibson, Maxwell Greenberg, Austin Hammer, Jessica Holler, Alyssa Holmes, Eden Howard, Aaditya Jampani, Sejal Johnson, Hudson Jones, Meghan Klingerman, Joshua Kubie, Hannah Layton, Curtis Leaver, Ansleigh Lewis, Grayson Lucas, Joshua Madrigal, Emma Manning, Haden Marcellini-Soto, Jonah Mathews, Nicholas McMillian, Lydia Melton, Gabriel Montognese, Molly Moore, Spencer Moore, Jonathan Moy, Amelia Napoli, Vaness Nnaji, Carley Nunn, Connor O’Keefe, Angelica Pererva, Brandon Peters, Abigail Pfizenmaier, Brigit Pingel, Zoe Poteat, Alexander Reese, Natalie Reid, Devin Reinhardt, Riona Roberts, Priyanka Samuel, Natalia Scheinson, Taylor Sharp, Erin Smith, Aleksandra Spencer, Rachel St. Gelais, Abigail Sutfin, Sakthi Thanigai, Halle Thigpen, Ava Thuresson, Julie Warren, Greyden Whitfield and Madison Williams.
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Around Town
When I first started dating my wife, I took her through a significant rite of passage in case she ever wanted to con-sider marrying into this “crazy” e n m e s h e d , c o d e p e n d e n t and Italian fam-ily.
She would attend our family Thanksgiving feast. My family was not a Hallmark special with eight people around the table – there were 27 of us. We didn’t fit into the dining room, instead we went to the basement and sat at a very long table.
The turkey was not carved by one person, as my father and uncle both carved the 26-pound turkey (yes, that was not a typo) before we sat down to eat. How my aunt ever got it into the oven was a miracle.
Then there was the pecking order of who sat where. Aunts and uncles sat in the same seat year after year, and sometimes we heard the same stories year after year.
As we sat at the table to eat, my cousin, Barbara, sat next to my girl-friend. Her job was to explain to my date what was about to happen and what she was eating.
It always started with my grand-mother saying the prayer. She spoke Italian, so nobody ever understood what she said. One year my mother translated it, “It doesn’t matter what you’ve done, Jesus makes it all the same.”
While the food was spread out across
the long table, the kids – who were in their early 20s at the time – learned to take food hostage. If the adults wanted the mashed potatoes, they had to trade it for the corn – no trades meant no food going to the adult end.
My wife grew up with Stouffers, but that word was never uttered near Aunt Lucy. We didn’t have dressing, we had stuffing. It had more meat in it than bread, and being Italian meant the meat was sausage. Stuffing was the food of choice on Thanksgiving, and it was an entire meal all by itself.
Then there were the desserts. Aunt Lucy made an incredible choco-late mousse pie – it was the food of angels.
On Thanksgiving, you didn’t come to our houses, eat and leave. You came, stayed, ate and stayed. It was an all-day extravaganza. The food was just an excuse to bring people together.
What I learned from my extended family we have turned into a Thanks-giving tradition at Charlotte Rescue Mission. Just like my family, it is an all-day event. We start with a hot breakfast at 6 a.m., ordered from a menu for our community guests. We show movies in the chapel and class-room from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. At 11:30 a.m., we have our famous mid-day meal. Our guests are greeted by a maitr’d who asks them, “How many are
in your party?” A hostess seats them at a table covered in cloth tablecloths, china, silverware and long-stemmed 14-ounce goblets (we’re not allowed to call them wine glasses). No one stands in line for their food, instead they are greeted by their waiter/wait-ress dressed in white shirts and black pants to resemble servers in a fine dining restaurant. After they eat, they can watch movies, use cellphones or just relax.
Why do we do this? We want to make the love of God so real that our guests can touch it. Last year, one person was so moved by the hospitality he received, he entered our Rebound program for addiction recovery.
While our volunteer slots are full, I still need your help. Please make a homemade dessert and bring it to the Rescue Mission either the day before or the morning of Thanksgiving. Know that while your family enjoys your des-sert tradition, someone at the Mission is enjoying that same dessert.
I’ll be back in two weeks. Until then, live well my friend.
Rev. Tony Marciano is the executive director of the Charlotte Rescue Mission. He is available to speak to your group. Visit www.charlotterescuemission.org for more information.
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Around Town
11.20.14Thursday
Indian Trail master plan meeting, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The town of Indian Trail will hold a meeting to gain feedback on its master plan and design elements of a future town hall/community center. All area residents are encouraged to attend, offer feedback and share their ideas.
Visit www.indiantrail.org for more information.Indian Trail Cultural Arts Center, 100 Navajo
Trail, Indian Trail, NC.
Ongoing through Dec. 31Cellphones for Soldiers cellphone drive
Mark Antonich and Ameriprise Financial Corporation are collecting gently-used cellphones for their fourth annual Cellphones for Soldiers Drive to help our troops call home.
In honor of our past and present veterans and the upcoming holiday season, Ameriprise Financial is correcting gently-used or new cellphones through Dec. 31.
Cellphones for Soldiers is a national nonprofit organization that collects and recycles used wireless phones. With the proceeds from the recycling, the organization purchases prepaid phone cards for military families. On average, the charity distributes 3,200 calling cards each week to bases around the world, care package programs, deployment ceremonies and veteran hospitals, has provided more than 210 million minutes of free talk time and recycled more than 11.3 million cell phones, reducing the impact on landfills.
Ameriprise Financial, 8832 Blakeney Professional Drive, suite 302, Charlotte.
11.22.14Saturday
Common Heart helping residents in need for Thanksgiving
Indian Trail-based nonprofit Common Heart is providing a turkey and “fixin’s” to families that are struggling this Holiday season. The meals will be delivered to the home of area residents in need for Thanksgiving.
Sign-ups are in-person only on Saturday, Nov. 1 and 8 at the community resource center between 10 a.m. and noon. The meals will be delivered on Saturday, Nov. 22.
Visit www.thecommonplace.org for more information.The Commonplace, 116 Business Park Drive,
Indian Trail
11.28.14Friday
Providence VFD Christmas Tree sale, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The Providence Volunteer Fire Department will begin selling Christmas trees on Nov. 28th, and running through Dec. 24.
The lot will open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and until 8 p.m. on Sunday. Trees range in size from six to 10 feet, and there also will be a limited number of wreaths and garland for sale. All proceeds will directly help support the operations of the Providence VFD. This is the 60th year the Providence VFD has held its Christmas tree sale.
Providence Volunteer Fire Department, 5025 Hemby Road, Weddington
11.29.14Saturday
Community Blood DriveThe Community Blood Center of the Carolinas is holding
community blood drives through the months of November and December.
Donors at this event receive a free movie ticket to Sun Valley 14 Movie Theater, but must weigh 120 pounds or more.
In addition, each donor may sign a gift tag to be attached to a stuffed puppy and delivered to children in the local hospitals as part of CBCC’s 10th-annual Puppies for Patients program. CBCC has donation centers in Charlotte, Concord, Gastonia, Hickory and Greensboro.
Call 704-972-4700 or go to www.carolinadonor.org to make an appointment at any location.
Sun Valley 14 Movie Theater, 6449 Old Monroe Road, Indian Trail
12.5.14Friday
Town of Weddington Christmas Tree Lighting, 5 to 7 p.m.
The town of Weddington is inviting all are residents to its annual Christmas Tree Lighting.
The celebration includes music and special performances by local school and church groups. Food will be available with selections ranging from cookies and hot chocolate to soups and sandwiches.
Guests are encouraged to bring a new toy and/or, non-perishable food item to be given to the Union County Christmas Bureau, and will receive a ticket to be entered to win a prize.
Pictures with Santa will be available for $5, and there will be a special visit from Santa himself and the 2014 Weddington Carrousel Representative.
Also the Annual Town of Weddington Ornament and Weddington town T-shirts and Decals will be available for purchase.
In the event of inclement weather, a rain date is scheduled for the next night, Dec. 6.
Contact the town hall at (704) 846-2709 for more information.
Weddington town hall, 1924 Weddington Road, Weddington
12.6.14Saturday
Light up MillBridge, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.Each year MillBridge, a 900-acre, master-planned
community located in Waxhaw, welcomes the holiday season with luminary-lined streets, a glowing and decorated tree and a special appearance from Santa. The tradition of Light Up MillBridge continues this year, and will be lit with hundreds of twinkling lights, wreaths and greenery to complement the covered bridge on MillBridge Parkway. The covered bridge is the only functional covered bridge in the region, will be lit by thousands of luminaries, placed one by one by members of the community.
Light Up MillBridge involves over 2500 luminaries and numerous volunteers to assemble.
Contact MillBridge at 704-834-3190 for information.MillBridge Community House, 1401
Millbridge Pkwy., Waxhaw
Ongoing, through 2.15.15Monroe Library healthcare insurance
assistersRunning now through Feb.15, 2015, the Monroe Library
will host trained volunteers to assist those who need help applying for healthcare insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
The volunteers, known as “Navigators,” are being provided in partnership with Legal Services of the Southern Piedmont. Navigators will provide free, unbiased, one-on-one assistance to the residents of Union County, helping families and individuals choose plans that are best for them.
The federally-certified Navigators are extensively trained in the insurance plan options offered by the marketplace, as well as the subsidies and other cost saving measures available to individuals and families. Local residents can schedule appointments with Navigators by calling the statewide appointment hotline at 855-733-3711.
Navigators will be available at the Monroe Library every Thursday from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. and intermittent Saturdays from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. during the enrollment period
Monroe Library, 316 E. Windsor St., Monroe
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Coach: Joel AllenLast year’s record: 18-8Conference record: 7-3 in Southern Carolinas, second (tie)Returning starters: Taylor Helms, Brianna Ingram, Mara ArnoldGirls to watch: Breanna McAdams, Ashley Huff, JV call-up Sarah MollOutlook: The Cavs already have their hands full competing in the same conference as Weddington, but they’ve got the talent to make some noise again this year. First and foremost, they boast sharp-shooting guard Helms (17 ppg, 3 spg, 3 apg) – the three-time all-conference selection and 1,000-point scorer who has college offers coming in. Then there’s Ingram (3 apg, 3 rpg) who’s quick and ath-letic enough to take some of the scoring pressure off of Helms, and Arnold – a capable shooter in line for more production this year. With Moll now in the mix at the varsity level after leading the JV team’s scoring effort, the Cavs will be conference contenders.
Warriors look to repeat success2014-15 Girls Basketball:
The Weddington girls basketball team was simply dominant last season. The Warriors won a school-record 25 games, went undefeated in conference play with a pristine 10-0 record that resulted in a conference championship, and made a deep run in the playoffs for the school’s first-ever Elite 8 appearance.
From the outside, most would argue the Warriors’ dominance resulted from North Carolina commit Stephanie Watts who suits up for the Warriors and led the team in points (21.8), rebounds (9.9), steals (5.3), assists (4.6) and blocks (3.1).
Take a closer look, though, and you’ll see that the Warriors benefited from sound coaching and a deep roster with talent at every position.
And this season won’t be any differ-ent.
Watts returns for her senior season and will undoubt-edly spearhead coach Ryun Cook’s up-tempo, aggressive style of play. In her senior season debut
on Nov. 18 against Parkwood, Watts wasted no time showcasing her talent with a triple-double, scoring 31 points with 10 rebounds and 10 assists while adding six steals and four blocks to her already impressive stats. The Warriors
won rather easily, 64-50.And though Watts is clearly a large
part of the Warriors success, don’t over-look girls like 6-foot forwards Remi Roberts and Molly Mann, guard Taylor Schuster and 5-foot-10 center Amari-anne Mitchell.
“We’ve got the potential to produce a big lineup and we’ve got the potential to produce a quick lineup,” Cook said of this year’s team. “I definitely think we can build off of what we started last
year. The team looks a lot different than it did then, but we’ve got a deep ros-ter and a lot of potential on this year’s team.”
Roberts played big minutes as a fresh-man last season, averaging 8.7 points per game and 7.8 rebounds. Mitchell and Mann are both capable rebounders who can take some of the pressure off Watts, and Schuster, who scored nine points in the Warriors opener, is quick, athletic and has worked hard to improve her shot from last year.
As the Warriors look to build on what they started last year, where they fell out of the tournament just two rounds before the championship game, it’ll be
a challenge early on to replace guard Jada Craig, who averaged 13.4 points, 3.8 steals and 2.5 assists last season as a sophomore, but transferred to Winston-Salem Prep at the start of the year.
But Cook is confident even in Craig’s absence that the Warriors have enough talent to make this season even better than last.
“We’re not looking to one specific person to replace Jada,” he said, adding that it’ll be a team effort to contribute the numbers that she produced.
Part of that pressure could fall on freshmen guards Blaire Brown and Erin Addison. Both played minutes in their varsity debut against Parkwood, where Brown grabbed three assists and Addi-son added five points with two steals.
“We’ve got a great combination of experienced talent and leadership along-side of new, young talent,” Cook said. “It’s a unique combination, and I think it’s going to work in our favor.”
The Warriors hope to repeat as confer-ence champions and will look to make a big statement when they tip-off against Cuthbertson on Jan. 6, but until then, their non-conference schedule is going to be tough. They take on a stacked Ardrey Kell team on Nov. 24 and then face reigning Class 4A champion Myers Park on Nov. 29 – a team that returns the bulk of their championship roster.
Cook said those tough games will only help the Warriors down the stretch.
“Of course we hope to compete for a conference title every year,” he said. “That’s our goal. Right now we’re focus-ing on getting our chemistry together and figuring out what our team is going to look like and how we’re going to play together.”
With North Carolina commit Stepha-nie Watts back for her senior season, combined with up-and-coming talent in Remi Roberts, Amarianne Mitchell, Taylor Schuster and Molly Mann, the Warriors have the chance to repeat as conference champs and go far again this season.
2) Monroe
It may take a few games for the Red-hawks to fill the shoes of Asha Jordan (24.2 points) but they’ve got a host of girls up to the challenge. Expect big performances from seniors Zasha Bar-rett (14.3 ppg, 12.6 rpg) and Bria Roddy (10.8 ppg, 7.1 rpg) – two girls who could carry the Redhawks far.
3) Sun Valley
The Spartans are young, but have a new coach in Jeremy Waldrup and new energy coming into the season. Softball star Hannah Adamczyk returns to the roster at forward and will team with up-and-coming talent in guard Amanda Cherry.
4) CuthbertSon
Taylor Helms can do it all and will be a huge factor in the success of the Cavs this season. They also return Brianna Ingram and Mara Arnold and coach Joel Allen will have this bunch ready to com-pete and contend for a conference title.
5) ParkWood
The Rebels will undoubtedly feel the loss of current USC-Aiken freshman Emry Tsitouris. This year will be 6-foot junior center Brittany Autry’s (15.8 ppg, 9.9 rpg) time to shine. Combine Autry with guards Lauren Brown (8.6 ppg, 3.4 apg) and Lillian Geehring (7.8 ppg, 2.7 spg), this bunch will be in the mix.
6) Porter ridge
The Pirates have their hands full, com-peting in the same conference as Myers Park and Butler, but coach Ina Thomp-son always has her girls ready and with Shaigna Wentz and Kara Cunningham underneath the basket, the Pirates could improve from their 16-8 record last year.
7) ForeSt hillS
Expect fast, physical basketball from the Yellow Jackets this season. They lost three of their top scorers but return center Onyx Burns (10 ppg) and 6-foot Raven Mobley (6.6 ppg, 8.9 rpg).
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Coach: Angelia JamesLast year’s record: 12-14Conference record: 6-5 in Yadkin Valley, thirdReturning starters: Cara McNulty, Siera Lunn, Anna Sidders, Lindsey StarnesOutlook: The Cardinals have made huge strides since winning just three games from 2009-2013. They had their best record in six seasons last year and return their top four contributors. Guard Siera Lunn returns for her senior sea-son after averaging a team-high 13.6 points along with 5.2 rebounds and 2.6 steals, and is expected to up that produc-tion this year. She’ll have help in McNulty, the 5-11 forward and the team’s leading rebounder (9.5) who averaged a con-ference-high 4.1 blocks per game. Factor in juniors Starnes and Sidders and you’ve got the nucleus of a disciplined group that will be looking to finish what they started.
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Sports
CuthbertsonCoach: Mike HelmsLast year’s record: 5-19Conference record: 2-8 in Southern Car-olinas, fifthReturning starters: Ryan Mobley (8.6 ppg, 2.3 apg), Matt Allen (7.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg), Tyler Hardiman (5.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg), Tyrik Dawson (6.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg), Anthony Pandoli (8.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg)Returning contributors: Steven Ruszala (5.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg), Bryon Gaymon (2.3 ppg)Guys to watch: freshman Malcolm Wade, 6-foot-5 sophomore Chris GrovanzWhat to expect: The Cavs dominated from 2010-2013, going 82-14 over the course of three seasons before losing in the finals of state championships. That changed last year when the Cavs lost their senior-filled lineup and had to rebuild. The good news for Cav fans is that they lost just two seniors, so most everyone is back with experience this year. Expect 6-6 center Pandoli to be a playmaker underneath the basket while 6-2 Allen will control the offense from his spot at guard. Helms should be able to do a lot with this bunch.
Forest hillsCoach: Matt SidesLast year’s record: 15-14Conference record: 6-4 in Rocky River, secondReturning starters: Terrance Huntley (15 ppg), Jordan Blak-eney (12.5 ppg), Zaccheus Rorie (11 ppg, 3.8 apg) Michael Whi-tis, (6.5 ppg) Desmond Lindsey (8.9 ppg)Returning contributors: AJ Allen, Tyrese Barbour, Brandon BarbourWhat to expect: Sides likes his Yellow Jackets running an up-tempo, physical game and they’ve got the talent to do it this year with their triple-threat guard combo returning in Hunt-ley, Blakeney and Rorie. They didn’t lose anyone from last year’s 15-14 squad, so expect big performances from the guards who will have the Jackets competing for the Rocky River crown.
Marvin ridgeCoach: Adam Haines
2014-15 Boys Basketball PreviewPreseason Super Team:
Jordan Barber, WeddingtonCaleb Homesley, Porter Ridge
Cameron Tripp, PiedmontTerrell Williams, Parkwood
Terrance Huntley, Forest HillsCAMERON TRIPP
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Last year’s record: 15-10Conference record: 6-5 in Southern Car-olinas, thirdReturning starters: AJ McCloskey (5.3 ppg)Returning contributors: David Cardwell (3.8 ppg), Anthony DeMarco (3.7 ppg), Emeka Emezie (2.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg) What to expect: The Mavs will feel the sting of losing scoring-machine John Emezie (31 ppg) and 6-foot-4 center Ben Williams. First-year coach Haines said he’s excited about the budding talent on this squad, though, begin-ning with guys like McCloskey and Cardwell. Expect an even scoring effort from the Mavs,
who will need the entire roster to contribute if they want to compete.
Metrolina ChristianCoach: Michael WilsonLast year’s record: 7-21Conference record: 2-12 in Metrolina Athletic Conference, seventhReturning starters: Chan-dler Rivers (14.6 ppg), Hakeem Rowe (10.4 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.6 apg) Brett Plyer (7.2 ppg), Demetrich Curry (6.6 ppg, 4 rpg), Kyle Kiser (6.1 ppg)Guys to watch: Noah Cran-ford, 6-foot-3 sophomore guard Braxton McClendonWhat to expect: It was a long, hard season for the War-
riors last year but times are changing and, with their roster returning in tact, they could make some noise in the MAC this season. Rivers and Rowe are two athletic guards comfortable controlling Wilson’s up-tempo pace and will be called upon to put points on the board.
MonroeCoach: Johnny SowellLast year’s record: 19-3Conference record: 10-0 in Rocky River, firstReturning starters: noneReturning contributors: Rahmaad Stur-divant and Jaylen NixonGuys to watch: 6-foot-3, 220-pound center Nicholas AshcraftWhat to expect: The Redhawks have been dominant on the court since winning it all in 2010. Last year’s undefeated conference record was nothing new for them, but this year could look a little different. They lost the bulk of their roster, including sharp-shooting guard Brandon Roddy. How well they do will depend on Sturdivant’s ability to control the offense and Nixon’s performance underneath.
ParkwoodCoach: Jamal McGeeLast year’s record: 11-12Conference record: 5-5 in Rocky River, fourthReturning starters: Terrell Williams (11 ppg), Victor Thompson (6 ppg, 5 rpg), Max Robinson (5 ppg, 5 apg), Kenan TurpinGuys to watch: JV call-ups Isaiah Thomp-son and JD Collins, two guys over 6-foot-3What to expect: The Rebels have a brutal non-conference schedule but once they battle through it, they could be in line for a big sea-son. They’ve got more size, speed and athleti-cism than prior years with guys like Williams and Robinson. Factor in key JV call-ups and this bunch could make some noise in the Rocky River conference.
(see Basketball on page 21)
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It’s Round 2 of the N.C. High School Athletic Association Playoffs and we’re back with all you need to know about this week’s games. Andrew and I have our picks in order and we’re taking a look at what’s expected on Friday of the five Union County teams left fighting for the chance to keep their season going.
nChSaa, ClaSS 3-aa
No. 13 A.C. Reynolds (7-5) at No. 5 Weddington (12-1)
-The Warriors were a touchdown away from an undefeated record, but fell on Oct. 17 to Cuthbertson in a loss that cost them the conference championship. Since, the Warrior defense has recorded four shutouts in their five games, out-scoring opponents 177-10.
-Quarterback David Bayha is com-pleting nearly 60 percent of his passes and has thrown for 1,607 yards and 22 touchdowns this year, but suffered an injury and is out the rest of the playoffs.
-The Rockets started their season 0-3 but have caught fire of late and are on a five-game winning streak where they’ve averaged 60 points per game.
No. 7 Asheboro (10-3) at No. 2 Cuthbertson (9-3)
-The Cavs started the season 1-3 but haven’t dropped a game since Sept. 15. Last week in their 63-20 first round win over Ashbrook, Tennessee commit Austin Kendall threw for 383 yards and three touchdowns.
-Asheboro hasn’t won more than eight games since 2006. They haven’t made it past the first round in over a decade.
-Receivers JT Cauthen (1,124 yards, nine TDs) and BJ Muckelvene (1,060, 18 TDs) lead the county in receiving yards while defensive end Connor Ger-lits (107 tackles, 14 sacks) is third in tackles and second in sacks.
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No. 13 Parkwood (7-5) at No. 5 Lincolnton (11-2)
-Parkwood entered the playoffs behind
a 5-6 record last season before making it to the regional round of playoffs, so these guys know what it takes to go far despite a mediocre season.
-Six-foot-four, 285-pound running back Darian Roseboro (N.C. State com-mit) runs the Wolves high-powered offense that’s averaged 51 points the last six weeks. He ran for 222 yards and six scores in the Wolves 63-32 win on Nov. 7, but is even more of a threat from his spot at defensive end.
-The Wolves defense has given up more than 20 points on just three occa-sions this season and they’re entering this matchup red hot, with seven con-secutive wins behind them.
No. 6 Monroe (9-4) at No. 3 Ashe County (11-1)
-The Huskies are riding an 11-1 record and their best season in over a decade. Last week’s playoff win over Maiden was their first since 2007.
-The defending Class 2-AA runners-up got off to a slow start this season but are on a five-game winning streak where they’ve given up an average of just 13 points per game behind a defense anchored by Eric Heath (122 tackles), Dontavious Covington (79 tackles) and Jaqueius Alsbrooks (nine sacks).
-Monroe running back Chase Byrum will be key in getting the Redhawks on the board. He’s rushed for 1,593 yards and 18 touchdowns this season.
nChSaa, ClaSS 1a
No. 5 Union Academy (6-6) at No. 4 Murphy (9-3)
-Bulldogs senior running back Deion Johnson has rushed for over 1,300 yards and 22 touchdowns this season. Last year he rushed for 1,109 on 92 carries and led the Bulldogs to the Class 1A state championship.
-The Bulldogs have gone 60-15 since 2010 and are currently on a four-game winning streak where they’ve outscored opponents 191-47.
-Cardinal freshman linebacker Jeremy Miller has totaled a team-high 77 tack-les this season and will be a big threat to Murphy QB Dalton Kent.
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sacksnaMe teaM gaMeS SaCkS Lance Moore Weddington 12 17Connor gerlits Cuthbertson 12 15Naim Donaldson CaTa 11 11Dom Ventura Sun Valley 12 9Jaqueius alsbrooks Monroe 11 9Demetrich Curry Metrolina 11 9Lawrence Harris Carolina pride 10 8.5Lee Davis CaTa 11 8.5Drew Hause parkwood 12 8Blake Neal Metrolina 11 8Kenneth Davis Sun Valley 12 7Nick patterson Weddington 12 7Keenan Vinson Sun Valley 12 6Izaiah Thomas Monroe 11 6John Wells Marvin Ridge 12 6Sam Shaffer Weddington 12 6
send us your stats!Attention coaches and team statisticians: As we do each football season, this fall we will publish weekly statistical leaders. To have players from your team included, please send the information by Monday morning following each game to [email protected].
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PiedMontCoach: Rudi HeathLast year’s record: 17-10Conference record: 7-3 in Southern Carolinas, secondReturning starters: Cameron Tripp (18.7 ppg, 9.3 rpg)Returning contributors: Sean Wickham (2.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg)Guys to watch: 6-foot-2 Tyler Williams, JV call-up Hayden QueryWhat to expect: This could be a long season for the Pan-thers, who lost eight seniors from last year’s team. The weight will fall on Tripp, who’s capable, but even he can’t do it all on his own. He’ll need help from the 6-foot-6 Wickham under-neath the basket, and returning forward Williams who played some minutes at the varsity level last season. The early season could be a roller coaster ride for this bunch, but they’ve got Tripp and some talent that could come forth a few games in.
Porter ridgeCoach: Jim RhodesLast year’s record: 5-17Conference record: 4-8 in Southwestern 4A, fifthReturning starters: Caleb Homesley (19 ppg), DeAndre Dennis (13.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg), RJ Filio (11.3 ppg), Dexter York (8.4 ppg), Nick Miller Returning contributors: Aaron Peace (4.3 ppg), 6-foot-2 Elijah PattersonGuys to watch: JV call-ups Noah Blair, Javonte Frazier, Will Gardner and Noah Taylor, transfer AJ Gallagher What to expect: The Pirates struggled in the stacked South-western 4A last season, but those days are gone, as they return their entire starting lineup intact, anchored by 6-foot-5 Liberty commit Homesley. Factor in forwards Dennis and Patterson,
who are both in line for big senior seasons, and you’ve got a group of guys that have the potential to give powers like Butler and Independence a run.
sun valleYCoach: Keith MasonLast year’s record: 12-14Conference record: 5-6 in Southern Carolinas, fourthReturning starters: Hughston Finklea (5 ppg, 2 rpg), Gabe Blount (6 ppg, 6.2 rpg), Albert Funderburke (4.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg)Returning contributors: Jeremiah Miller (3.7 ppg)Guys to watch: JV call-ups Anthony Brown and Elijah Evans, newcomer Cameron Corey, 6-foot-4 freshman Ethan LeGrandeWhat to expect: This group is young and inexperienced, but they’ve got a lot of depth and a slew of capable underclass-men, beginning with 6-foot-4 freshman LeGrande and the sharp-shooting Miller. The key for the Spartans will be in their defense and with athletic, aggressive guys like Funderburke and Finklea keeping opponents from scoring, the Spartans could improve from last year’s below-average season.
union aCadeMYCoach: Davis BowneLast year’s record: 11-14Conference record: 7-5 in Yadkin Valley, fifthReturning starters: Ben Killion, Matthew Guillot, Logan PautzReturning contributors: Myles Lloyd, Nate Pettit, Anthony BrownWhat to expect: After going 0-19 just two seasons ago, last year’s 11-14 record under first-year coach Bowne wasn’t half bad. The Cardinals return three key starters and will lean on Killion to do the bulk of the scoring after averaging double-digit points last season. He’s got help in Guillot and sophomore Brown, two athletic sharp-shooting guys. The Cardinals have
never boasted a strong basketball program, but they’re taking strides in the right direction.
weddingtonCoach: Gary EllingtonLast year’s record: 27-1Conference record: 9-1 in Southern Carolinas, firstReturning starters: Jordan Barber (11 ppg, 3 apg, 3 rpg, 2 spg) and Chris Trevisan (7 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2 apg, 2 spg)Returning contributors: Jordan Sharpe (5.5 ppg, 2 rpg, 2 apg), AJ Fulp, Colin Gorham, Tyrell ShannonGuys to watch: JV call-ups Ryan Schwieger and Timmy Havens, Michigan transfer Tyler GlassWhat to expect: The Warriors’ season last year was historic and most would argue that it ended too early. Despite losing the majority of their size and top rebounders, these guys can handle the ball, shoot and pass. They don’t look like the tall, athletic teams of prior years but Ellington knows what it takes to win and these Warriors will be conference contenders again.
Senior guard Jordan Sharpe (right) is just one piece of a stacked Weddington team hoping to repeat as conference champs. Hannah Chronis/UCW photo
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21 Eponymous star of a 1960s sitcom, the only American TV star with his three initials
24 Author Gay
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43 1985 Prince hit
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50 Story assigners, in brief
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55 Man or Mull
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59 Shoulder muscle, to a gym rat
60 Cornball
61 Forever and a day
62 Comes out with
63 Spanish “others”
64 Where Citigroup is C, for short
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1 Astronaut Wally, the first person to go into space three times
2 Airbrush, e.g.
3 Attributes
4 Two-piece suit
5 Brunette no more, say
6 Bumbler
7 Tai ___
8 German chancellor Adenauer
9 Unit of loudness
10 Rendered harmless, in a way
11 “Fighting” Big Ten team
12 Relax
13 Lilliputian
18 Vichyssoise vegetable
22 Plane’s parking place
24 Request for milk, maybe
25 Spilled the beans
29 View from Windsor Castle
31 Christian in Hollywood
34 Prepares for proofing
35 Hayseeds
36 Court replays
37 Tea choice for TV’s Frasier Crane
41 Short jackets worn open in front
42 Pain reliever
43 Canoeist’s challenge
44 Like some rescues
45 Ripe
46 Flying off the shelves
47 Starbuck’s superior
48 Greece/Turkey separator, with “the”
53 Bounce back
54 “The ___ the limit!”
57 Kiev’s land: Abbr.
58 Many a Fortune profilee, for short
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