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BY JASON [email protected]

MONROELiquor-by-the-drink ref-

erendums passed in In-dian Trail, Waxhaw and Wingate on Tuesday, a de-cision that made restaura-teurs raise a glass.

“I’m very ecstatic,” said Buddy Parker, owner of Shooters Corner Bar in Wingate.

“We love it,” said Beth Watts, manager of Rip-pington’s Restaurant in Waxhaw. “We are going to expand our business.”

A previous referendum permitted the sale of beer and wine in Indian Trail and Wingate, but Wax-haw only allowed beer and wine sales in grocery stores. Now, restaurants in all three towns can serve beer, wine and liquor. Af-ter passing referendums on Tuesday, Indian Trail and Wingate will also join Monroe and Waxhaw in permitting ABC — Alco-holic Beverage Control — stores within town limits.

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Stallings shifts on strong turnoutPaxton, Dunn will stay; write-in Stokes defeats incumbent Graham for council seatBY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROELynda Paxton won four

more years as Stallings mayor Tuesday, claiming 959, or 55.7 percent, of the votes.

After a day at the polls battling the flu, she gath-ered at the Shannamara clubhouse with fellow candidates. Paxton said her biggest accomplish-ment in the past four years has been “increased transparency” in local

government. She is also excited about upcoming park renovations and will push for a capital improvement plan that would specify how project money is used.

She hopes for a tax de-crease by next year.

“We’re on a good path,” she said.

Watching the results for other candidates, she said she is happy to have

a “supportive council ... not running on their own agendas.”

Stallings results include a pocket of residents who live in Mecklenburg Coun-ty, but vote in Stallings

elections. According to the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, there are 175 registered voters in that category.

Other Stallings candi-dates ran on a few hours

of sleep Tuesday, spend-ing most of the day at the polls.

Prior to hearing results, mayoral candidate Louis

Lynda Paxton was returned to the mayor’s office with 55 percent of the vote.

Write-in candidate Harry Stokes grabbed the District 1 seat from incumbent Al Graham.

Reed Esarove won election to the District 2 seat on a platform of long-range planning.

Newcomer Paul Frost carried 1,002 votes to win the District 6 seat over Doug Hutton and Jason Klingler.

Three towns go for mixed drinks

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Narrow margin in IT


INDIAN TRAILThe candidates who

ran as a team took the victory in Indian Trail.

“We worked our tails off, not just today but since we signed up to run,” said Darlene Lu-ther, who won a Town Council seat along with Robert Allen. “I’m glad we gave it what we had.”

The race was one of the closest in the county, with four candidates receiv-ing between 17.1 percent and 17.61 percent of the total votes. Allen was the top vote getter with 653 votes and Luther, with 650 votes, finished ahead of third-place finisher Danny Figueroa by only 12 votes. Kathy Broome finished fourth with 634 votes. Only 19 votes sepa-rated first from fourth

place.“Obviously Indian

Trail is a very split com-munity,” Luther said. “I mean, one cul-de-sac could have changed it.” Luther said the tight race emphasized the need to encourage voters to go out to the polls.

Of 19,213 registered voters in Indian Trail, 3,708, or less than 20 per-cent, cast ballots.

Third-place finisher

Figueroa said he was “disappointed” espe-cially at losing by such a close margin. “This was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.”

Figueroa said it was “encouraging” to receive 638 votes and did not rule out future campaigns. “It just shows that we, as a town, are going to con-tinue to debate those im-portant issues.”

Allen said he wanted

to tackle economic issues right away by determin-ing what the largest occu-pations are and attract-ing those industries to the area.

“We have a very educat-ed work force that lives here,” he said. “Well, they sleep here, they live in Mecklenburg; and I want to change that.”

— Jason deBruyn can be reached at 704-261-2243 or [email protected].

A safe home for the holidaysEditor’s note: This is

the first of a weekly series of stories about families helped by United Way agencies.BY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROESudie Allen grabbed

a broom left by the con-struction crew, swishing it side to side on the dirt

porch. “I’m practicing,” she said. The huge smile on her face made her eyes squint so that they were barely visible behind her glasses.

Allen will move into her Habitat home Dec.

19, just in time for Christ-mas. An inflatable Santa Claus will decorate the front porch, and there’s just enough room for a Christmas tree in the liv-ing room window.

“I’m ready to get in that

baby,” she said, glancing back at the house.

Allen applied for a home through Habitat for Hu-manity a few years ago, but had to get her credit straightened out to make mortgage payments.

Allen is on disability because of her back prob-lems.

Habitat director Mike Reece said the average

home costs his agency $75,000.

“When Sudie makes her payment, she’s actually giving back to Habitat,” he said.

The United Way agen-cy received $51,000 from United Way this year; Habitat’s total budget is $1.47 million. Most of that

Habitat for Humanity puts grandmother in new, safer neighborhood

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Staff photo by Rick Crider

Indian Trail council candidates Robert Allen, back to camera, John Marshall and Larry Kindley joke with Kathy Broom supporter Ken Howe, right, dressed as Uncle Sam at the Brandon Oaks Clubhouse precinct on Tuesday. Allen and Darlene Luther won the seats vacated by Howe’s wife, Councilwoman Shirley Howe, and Dan Schallenkamp

Voters returned incumbent Wyatt Dunn to the District 3 seat with 77 percent of the vote.

Allen, Luther lead field in race decided by 12 votes

1,420 vote for liquor by the drink in IT

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2A / Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Indian Trail Trader

BY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROEForget 21; among Union

County students who have tried alcohol, the averagestudent had his first drink before the age of 13.

There are other signs that addictive behaviors are increasing in this year’s drug and school safety report, which sur-veyed 3,000 middle and high school students.

Alcohol is the drug of choice for local stu-dents, Safe and Drug Free Schools coordinator De-nise Cavoly said, but mar-ijuana and prescription drug use are also rising.

Union County Public Schools spent Monday through Friday celebrat-ing Red Ribbon Week, the nation’s oldest and larg-est drug prevention pro-gram.

A one-week anti-drug campaign isn’t that effec-tive on its own, Cavoly said, but can have a long-term impact when problems are addressed throughout the year.

This year, for example, schools are attempting to send the “consistent

message” of drugs’ harm-ful effects by integrating campaign lessons across

the curriculum, she said.Drama classes might

write and perform plays about the physical and emotional disadvantages of drugs, while social

studies classes focus on the social norms.

Each day across the na-tion, Cavoly said, 7,800 children ages 12 to 17 take their first drink of alco-hol. In a sample of Union County middle and high school students, 15.3 per-cent of them drank alco-hol in the past 30 days, up from 14.2 percent in 2006. The average student has had alcohol a few months after his 12th birthday.

Another 7.6 percent used marijuana, also up from 6.2 percent in 2006.

Cavoly pointed out that drug use might stem from other “poor choices.”

The first national Red Ribbon Week was held in 1988. Red Ribbon Week tries to raise aware-ness about the dangers of drugs. Fewer schools planted red tulips this year because of budget cuts.

UCPS studies student drug and alcohol useSurvey: 15.3 percent of students had alcohol in last 30 days, up from 2006 report

Drug use in Union CountyThere are about 19,000 middle and high school students in UCPS; 3,000 were surveyed for the 2009 UCPS drug and school safety report. Of those surveyed, sixth-, eighth-, ninth-, 11th- and 12th-graders were represented.Because of the caffeine they contain, energy drinks are con-sidered drugs, even though they are legal, Safe and Drug Free Schools coordinator Denise Cavoly said. It is the amount and speed at which people drink energy drinks that can make them dangerous, she said.

In the past 30 days:42.8 percent of high schoolers drank at least one energy drink30 percent of middle schoolers drank at least one energy drink15.3 percent of all students drank alcohol15 percent of all students used some kind of tobacco product; 11.6 percent smoked cigarettes 7.6 percent of all students used marijuana 5.9 percent of all students took pain pills

Photo by Ed Cottingham

Sun Valley High School students planted red tulip bulbs and pansies during Red Ribbon Week. From left are Igor Popowich, Kayla Theriault (background), Liz Keech, horticulture teacher Amanda Price, and Derrick Streater.

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HabitatContinued from 1A

comes from grants and Habitat owners making house payments.

For every 50 houses un-der mortgage, Reece said, Habitat can build anoth-er one. The agency has worked on 10 in Union County this year, building eight from the ground up. Some of those were spe-cial projects, including a three-house “blitz build” and a “women’s build.”

Allen’s house is the first she will have in her own name. The house will be complete about three months after construc-tion began, thanks to an average of 30 volunteers each weekend.

Allen held a piece of lumber steady as the first wall went up in Septem-ber.

“My first thought was, ‘Wow, I got a house,’” she said. “I don’t have much yard, but I have a home. ... I keep comin’ by and be-ing nosey.”

Allen drives by the house almost every day, often at the request of her three granddaughters.

“They’re ready to get in here,” she said, and can’t wait to paint their bed-room walls different col-

ors.Allen had three daugh-

ters before her youngest died in 2001. She took

custody of her grand-daughters, but said the house they are living in, near Morgan Mill Road, doesn’t feel safe.

“It’s a bad neighbor-hood. They shoot over there and you get afraid of the area. ... You don’t know what bullet’s gonna come, you don’t know if it’s gonna end up in your house.”

Allen heard gunshots one morning as children boarded a school bus.

Speaking of her new neighborhood, she said “you don’t see people down there hangin’ on the streets, selling drugs like they do where I stay.” The quiet Monroe neigh-borhood is in walking dis-tance to her church and favorite drugstore.

It is also more spa-

cious.“Sometimes when the

kids get mad, they don’t want to touch each other,” Allen said, but that can’t be avoided in her current home. The hallways are narrow, the bathroom cramped and counter space sparse.

Allen constantly cracks her toes on the dresser and hits her knees on the night stand.

Because her current home has only three bed-rooms, Allen’s youngest granddaughter sleeps in her bed. Allen said she is just as happy to have four bedrooms as the girls are. “They won’t have to be in my bed,” she said with a satisfied smile.

Minutes later, Allen was circling the house again “just to look at it.”


Sudie Allen, a soon-to-be homeowner, stands with her granddaughters Maleea Al-len, 8, Iyanna Bennett, 12, and Shinese Allen, 16, outside of their new, four-bedroom house, which Habitat for Humanity volunteers will complete before the holidays.

You don’t see people down there hangin’ on the streets, selling drugs like they do where I stay (now.)

— Sudie Allen, grandmother and Habitat for Humanity homeowner

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UncontestedIncumbents go unchallenge in LP

LAKE PARKMayor Kendall Spence

ran uncontested, taking 255 or 97 percent of votes. There were eight write-in votes.

Councilwoman Sandy Coughlin was re-elected with 229 or 51 percent of the votes, and David Cleveland will replace Councilman Clint New-ton. Cleveland received 211 or 47 percent of votes.

Becker gets sixth term in Springs

MINERAL SPRINGSIncumbent Mayor Rick

Becker was re-elected for a sixth term. He received 236 votes, and there were 21 write-in votes for may-or.

Horvath to replace Clinton as mayor

WESLEY CHAPEL Incumbent Councilman

Brad Horvath was elected mayor, replacing Mayor Tracy Clinton, who did not run for re-election. He received 353 votes, and there were 48 write-in votes for mayor.

Moser, Jacumin keep council seats

WINGATECouncilman Brent Mo-

ser was re-elected for a second term with 174 or 51.6 percent of the votes. Councilman Johnny Jacumin was re-elected for his fifth term with 152 or 45 percent of the votes. Wingate commissioners serve two-year terms.

No challenge for Marshville mayor

MARSHVILLEIncumbent Mayor

Frank Deese was re-elect-ed with 155 or 88 percent of the votes. There were 21 votes for write-in can-didates.

Mullis, Pressley win seats on Hemby Bridge boardBY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROERodney Mullis and

Kevin Pressley will re-place Jim Simpson and John Miller as Hemby Bridge aldermen.

The two winners were just one vote apart, with Mullis taking 143 votes and Pressley taking 142 — about 28 percent of

the votes each. Simpson received 118 votes; Miller, 106.

Simpson, along with other board members, watched election re-sults in Union County Library’s Griffin Room in Monroe. He said if he doesn’t win, he still thanks his supporters. His fellow aldermen are “good guys to work with,”

Simpson said, adding that he takes pride in his last four years as mayor.

The town built its Town Hall and renovated its old Volunteer Fire De-partment into a commu-nity center since Simp-son was elected and then appointed as mayor. Each term, Hemby’s alder-men appoint one of their members as mayor.

“If I lose, I can still hold my head up high,” Miller said. He would like to keep serving his commu-nity on the board, he said, but a loss means “more time at the beach.”

Pressley has served as the town’s mayor, as well as Union County commis-sioner. Mullis and Press-ley could not be reached for comment.

MONROEWith 63,404 registered

voters in Union County, only 15.5 percent, or 9,862 residents, cast their bal-lots.

Numbers will not be official until Nov. 10, but show a significantly

lower turnout than last year, when residents also voted for president. Near-ly 87,000 residents voted last year for a 77 percent voter turnout.

Union County Board of Elections Director John Whitley called this year’s turnout “disappointing” and “very low.” Whitley

was not sure why so few people voted.

Election volunteer Dick Wright visited precincts in Indian Trail, Stallings and Weddington. “Vot-ing is such a great part of our freedom,” he said, adding that he’s unsure why younger generations seem to skip that privi-

lege. A total of 116 resi-dents worked the polls at 32 voting locations.

Libby Nash was sta-tioned in Waxhaw and said there was a “steady flow” of voters all day. Her location had 50 per-cent turnout, with the youngest voter at 18 and the oldest at 81.

Voter turnout below 16 percent

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Commissioners adopt growth policiesBY JASON [email protected]

MONROECounty commissioners

will move forward with new development poli-cies.

Commissioner Tracy Kuehler proposed 74 poli-cies to guide the Union County Board of Commis-sioners in future develop-

ment decisions and hopes that it will help county leaders make smarter permitting decisions.

Commissioners Allan Baucom and Parker Mills did not see it the same way during Monday’s meeting. They pointed to a land-use plan currently at the Planning Board level that is basically the same thing.

“A vision statement is something you do at the beginning,” Mills said. He compared the decision to digging a foundation, then building a house next to that foundation.

“I just believe this is a good time to bring it forth,” Kuehler told Mills.

The plan is divided into 11 sections, including

well-managed growth, infrastructure, parks and safety services.

“During the past sever-al years, Union County ... has undergone consider-able change,” reads part of the introduction. “As the region grows ... lo-cal elected leaders must make difficult decisions about how to manage growth and about how to

allocate the area’s finite financial and natural re-sources.”

Commissioner Kim Rogers supported the policies and said she “ap-preciates the initiative” from Kuehler for putting in the effort to develop the policies.

“The land-use plan is a work in progress,” she said, adding that it was

better to throw out these policies now, rather than waiting for the Planning Board to propose a fin-ished plan, only to have to rework it.

The motion to send the policies to the Planning Board passed by a 3-2 vote, with Baucom and Mills dissenting.

— Jason deBruyn can be reached at 704-261-2243.

Kuehler’s 74 rules for development pass on 3-2 vote; Baucom and Mills dissent

Jobless rate drops slightlyBY JASON [email protected]

MONROEEmployment officials

say the bleeding has stopped.

That’s not to say that employers are handing out job applications in-stead of Halloween candy this year, but they believe the unemployment rate has seen its worst.

In September, Union County’s unemployment rate was 10 percent, down from 10.2 percent in Au-gust and 11.2 percent in June. The total unem-ployed also dropped again, down to 9,213 in Septem-ber from 9,435 in August and 10,399 in June.

“There are a lot of em-ployers who are ready to hire, but not quite ready to open the gates,” said Thomas Foster, a veterans employment consultant with the Union County office of the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina.

Claims supervisor Gwen Evans pointed out that the ESC showed 36 job orders, an employer seeking an employee, in

Union County. That is down from the 80 to 90 range the office enjoyed having in the past, but more than the fewer than 10 job orders during lean times this summer.

Evans acknowledged that the list of jobs posted through the ESC is not ex-haustive, “but it’s a good indicator of who is hir-ing,” she said.

The unemployment rate, however, might not drop as quickly as it went up. One reason is that there have been three extensions to receive un-employment benefits, so a person would drop off the unemployment roll much later than in previ-ous years.

Benefits were still be-ing paid out by the mil-lions, with more than $80 million being given out in Union County since Oc-tober last year. Over that same time, there has been almost $4 billion paid out statewide. Another trend Foster noticed was that the majority of jobs are full-time positions, some-thing he said is good. Also, employers seemed to be keeping workers longer.

Local BriefsBakers VFDseeks junk cars

MONROEBakers Volunteer

Fire Department is looking for two junk cars to be donated to the department for training purposes. R.B. Meachum’s Used Parts and Wrecker Service in Wadesboro has agreed to tow the vehicles to the fire department free of charge. Anyone who would like to donate a vehicle can call 704-694-5572 or 704-694-8138, or Patrick Cannon at the VFD at 704-289-2741.

Alzheimer’s study set for Thursday

MONROEThe Family Caregiver

Support Program and the Alzheimer’s Associa-tion will present “Can-dlelight Reflections,” a ceremony is to honor all those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, as well as their caregivers. The ceremony will be from 5:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. Thursday on the Union County Public Library terrace, 316 E. Windsor St. Contact Council on Aging at 704-292-1797 for more information.

CBC sets November blood drives

MONROECommunity Blood Cen-

ter of the Carolinas will have the following blood drives in November in Monroe:

• Nov. 22, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Lakeview Baptist Church, 4602 Concord Highway.

• Nov. 22, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Union Square Cinema 8, 1911 Dicker-son Blvd.; free movie ticket to all presenting donors.

• Nov. 29, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Elizabeth Mission-ary Baptist Church, 503 Maurice St.

Donors must weigh a minimum of 120 pounds.

Cane Creek Lake reopens to boats

WAXHAWAs a result of Tues-

day’s rain, the level of Cane Creek Park Lake has risen from 16 inches below normal to 14 inch-es below normal, and the lake is again open to the public. The lake was closed to boat traffic on Oct. 21 when the lake fell 16 inches below its nor-mal water level.

Boaters can find out

the status of Cane Creek Park Lake by calling 704-843-3919 or at www.co.union.nc.us.

Red Cross seeks blood donors

MONROEThe following public

American Red Cross blood drives are sched-uled in Union County during November. Ap-pointments are not re-quired, but are recom-

mended to your donation time quicker.

• Nov. 10, 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Spirit of Joy Lu-theran Church, 8600 Pot-ter Road, Weddington.

• Nov. 12, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., South Piedmont Community College, 4209 Old Charlotte Highway, Monroe.

• Nov. 13, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monroe High School, 1 High School Road, Monroe.

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My foodie friends (and that’s pretty much all of my friends) know

that “mise en place” means having all of your ingredients prepped and in place before you begin to cook.

I was considering Thanksgiving this weekend, and the fact that I usually have lots of time to think about the year’s blessings on the drive to the annual Strays and Waifs Feast that my friends Meg and Aaron throw in the mountains. Even though it’s a two-and-half-hour drive, and even though I haven’t become a world-famous ... well, anything (nor do I make a lot of money), I always seem to run out of time, anyway. I have a rich life.

I thought I’d get a jump on this year’s list, a sort of mise en place for the holiday’s key ingredient, which is grateful reflection.

This actually started out as a list I posted on Facebook for my friends, asking them to add their own thanks, and build their own lists.

I don’t know if you want to play along, but now that elections are over — and, yep, we’ll be talking about that in the next few weeks here — isn’t it time for something kinder, more generous, and seasonal?

Why don’t we count our blessings, large and small? There are worse letters to send to the newspaper than a quick recap of the bounty that has enriched your life in the past year.

And, it seems to me, during the years when we have struggled and survived, the things for which we can be grateful are more precious. We should talk about them. We should remember them.

So, without further ado:• First and always, my

resilient, powerful, loving family. First. Always.

• Friends across multiple generations. There’s something rich and real about being connected to little kids and grandparents and everyone in between.

• A job that I genuinely relish in all of its weird permutations. It’s not always fun, but it’s almost always interesting.

• Whoever planted elderberry trees in my yard, years and years ago. It was a rare pleasure to go out in the morning this spring and pick my breakfast from a tree.

• The weird and rare luck that has made every party in my house the RIGHT party. People drop in, drop out, cancel, show up unexpectedly — and it has all worked.

• And, on that note, a charming, funny and, above all, happy group of friends who seem generally determined to be their best, and who make me want to try to be my best, too.

• Poker.• Indoor plumbing. Oh, and

HVACs. A modern miracle.• The Union County Public

Library. Libraries, in general, are such a great idea and easily the best example of what communities ought to be doing with tax dollars.

• Louisiana hot sauce. Also? Bottled buffalo wing sauce. Such a time saver.

• $10 haircuts that feel like $1 million

• Having a church home, but also more than one place where I want, and like, to worship.

• The opportunity to hear different views on faith without worrying that bombs will go off.

• A good job in an uncertain economy.

• Giant, quirky coffee mugs. I have a huge collection, and the coffee shop around the corner only charges you for a small coffee if you bring your own mug (no

matter how cavernous).• The opportunity to do

freelance writing this year — an exciting new experience. (The extra income didn’t hurt at all, either.)

• Self-reliance and people who teach you how to be self-reliant when your skills aren’t quite there yet.

• Finding out that I like grits. And veggie crumbles. And lentils! It’s been a good year for old/new foods.

• That it’s still free to read The New York Times online.

• Speaking of free stuff: Hulu.com, Pandora.com, Google Voice, Google 411, Google Maps ...

• Time to myself.• Invitations to be around

all kinds of other people.• Really great neighbors.• Opposable thumbs. (This

makes the list every year.)• That Beau, my big

ol’ dog, is still here.• That Smitty, my

little, ridiculous dog, joined the family.

• Resilience.• Warm, friendly notes

from total strangers.• The right criticism.

It’s good to be humble, and it’s good (if painful) to be humbled when you slip.

• Clever writers. P.G. Wodehouse comes to mind, and so does Terry Pratchett.

• Coffee. I can’t believe I got this far in my list without mentioning my daily grind.

• The chance to live in a place where I can ride my bicycle or walk to all of the important things: My job, the gorcery store, the library, my friends’ houses, the video store, the post office ... just about everything I need.

• My front porch. • That I learned to love

to run this year. I never thought I would, but I took some advice, went slowly, and now it feels great.

• This sprawling, brawling, huge and interesting country.

• Speaking of which, the cereal aisle of the grocery store. I don’t like cereal that much, but standing in that aisle, with hundreds of choices, always amazes me and reminds me how good it is to have been born in this country, and how important it is not to take it for granted.

• No-iron, button-down shirts from Land’s End.

• Strawberry jam.• The smell of ink.

Whenever I feel wiped out by my job, I can walk into the press room, breathe deeply, and remember exactly how it felt to be 21 and getting the chance to be a writer.

• The Salvation Army store on Franklin Street (I’m always surprised what they have — like, just when I didn’t want to pay $20, an ironing board that I needed for sewing. Really? Cool.)

• Kindnesses• The chance to

return kindnesses.• Hand sanitizer.• Corrective lenses.• My trusty, hardworking

sewing machine, a gift that truly gives back.

• That most of the people I love made it through this year, and a deep, unearned conviction that we haven’t really lost the ones who didn’t, not for always.

• Hope.• Joy.• Twice-baked potatoes.• You.— Betsy O’Donovan can

be reached at 704-261-2223 or [email protected].

BetsyO’Donovan

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First accoladesCongratulations to Nancy

Anderson and Linda Paxton for their mayoral wins. The people are harder to fool that most people think. Nancy, the real friend of Weddington, has been maliciously maligned by a lot of people who obvi-ously believe that a well chosen name gives them credibility. I can not even imagine the firestorm that Mayor Paxton lives through to be the best friend of Stallings. Maybe this large win will make it less severe. Good wins ladies and you certainly have, for the moment, proved that you are the ones who are where the people want their towns to be.

Aubrey MooreWesley Chapel

Supporting veteransNovember 11, 2009 is

Veterans Day – a day set aside to honor veterans of the U.S. armed forces and those killed in battle.

The day gives our great

nation an opportunity to show appreciation to all veterans for their service, to acknowledge their sacrifice and to remember the price of the freedom we enjoy.

There are approximately 5 million veteran-owned busi-nesses in the United States and over 400,000 small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans. North Carolina is home to over 100,000 vet-eran-owned businesses.

U.S. Army veteran Joseph Marchesani took advantage of SBA-sponsored counseling at the North Carolina Small Business & Technology Devel-opment Center. Marchesani is owner of Markee Distributors, a Service Disabled Owned Small Business in Waxhaw, NC. Markee supplies medical batteries, two-way hand held radio batteries, UPS back-up replacement batteries and other battery related items. Joe is a co-founder of the newly formed North Carolina Veterans Business Association, Inc. —NCVetBiz. Marchesani

was recently honored as SBA’s 2009 North Carolina Veteran Small Business Champion.

North Carolina Veter-ans should also be aware of additional SBA help:

• A NC Veteran’s Resource web page on www.sba.gov/nc

• An SBA Veteran’s Busi-ness Development Officer to provide guidance

• The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Busi-ness Program, which offers

contracting incentives to firms selling to the Federal Government.

Veterans learned important lessons while serving the nation: teamwork, discipline and pride in a job well done.

These concepts are impor-tant in business, too. Whether you’re a current veteran business owner or someone new leaving the service, you should visit the SBA’s website at www.sba.gov/nc or contact Glenn Harris at 704-344-6585 or [email protected].

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StallingsContinued from 1A

Philippi said he would support whoever wins and hopes the winner will put an end to “bickering” on th Town Council. A mayor’s job is to present a solid vision for the town, he said, but honor the Town Council’s decisions no matter how it votes.

A recent retiree, Philip-pi said if he was not elected, he would still vol-unteer in town. Philippi took 186 or 10.8 percent of the votes.

Mayoral candidate Lucy Drake said it was a push from fellow residents that encouraged her to run again. Drake served as mayor for four terms from 1997 to 2005. She watched the results from Skinnyz Bar and Grill, a restaurant that opened when she was mayor.

Drake was pleased with the overall campaign, but disappointed at some neg-ative campaigning by op-ponents and their follow-ers. “I took the high road on this one,” she said, adding that she is “thick-skinned.”

“You have to be in poli-tics.”

Before the results were in, Drake said she would support “anybody but Mayor Paxton” if not elected.

Drake had 492 or 28.6 percent of the votes. She will continue her work with Jamison Realty in Matthews.

Councilwoman Bar-

bara Anne Price also ran for mayor and received 80 or 4.7 percent of the votes. She was seen Tues-day hauling a trailer, dubbed The Straight Talk Express, covered in cam-paign signs. She handed out Tootsie Rolls to resi-dents with a sweet tooth.

Price could not be reached for comment.

District 1Write-in candidate

Harry Stokes won 974 or about 64 percent of the votes against incumbent Al Graham. Only seven write-in votes were not for Stokes.

Prior to final results, Stokes said if he wins, he will “celebrate and then go take the longest nap

ever.” Stokes ran on three hours of sleep Tuesday and spent the evening at the Shannamara club-house with family and friends.

Still at the polls, he said he felt confident of his win. “Maybe I shouldn’t, but I just have this peace.” Thirty volun-teers, a newspaper ad and 350 campaign signs later, Stokes claimed a spot on the council. His first step will be talking to town staff and the Police De-partment to ask how he can support them.

Graham could not be reached for comment.

District 2Reed Esarove beat

Jerry Nolan for a spot on

the council by 543 votes, claiming 1,029 of his own. Esarove serves on the town’s Parks and Rec-reation Committee, but must vacate that position to serve as councilman.

Post-results, Esarove said he was relieved for the campaign to end and claim the win. He will re-place Mark Franza, who did not run for re-elec-tion.

“I’m humbled by the support of the people that were helping me,” Esa-rove said. As councilman, he said he will promote residents’ wishes, not just his own.

“That’s what I prom-ised to do and that’s what I’m going to do.”

Nolan could not be

reached for comment.

District 3Councilman Wyatt

Dunn will keep his seat on the council, taking 1,242 or 77 percent of the votes against Michael Matlock. This is Dunn’s second term.

Dunn said he will “keep doing what’s in the best interest of all the citizens like I think I’ve been do-ing.”

Prior to the results, Dunn met his campaign volunteers for breakfast at 5:30 a.m. His wife and son helped him hand out fliers at the polls, but he said his “secret weapon” — his son who is in the U.S. Navy — could not be there.

“No one can say ‘no’ to someone in uniform,” he said, “but they wouldn’t let him out for this.”

He joined other town candidates in Shanna-mara to watch the results. “They won’t let me just watch it in my recliner” at home, he joked.

Matlock could not be reached for comment.

District 6Paul Frost will repre-

sent District 6, a position previously held by Price.

At 6 p.m., Frost said he was “both excited and nervous.”

Frost called the cam-paign “a great experi-

ence,” saying he learned a lot about residents’ needs, including the need for bet-ter street maintenance.

As the winner, Frost will push for a capital im-provement plan, enabling Stallings “to prioritize the financial needs of the town.” He also hopes to see more commercial rev-enue.

Frost’s wife, Tracy Frost, serves on the town’s Parks and Recre-ation cCommittee.

Frost received 1,020 or 62.5 percent of the votes. Jason Klingler got 24 per-cent and Doug Hutton came in at 13 percent.

Hutton ran on lower taxes and and commer-cial development, as did many other candidates. “I definitely want to see the campaign promise that was made by nearly every candidate come to frui-tion,” he said.

Regardless of the out-come, Hutton said he would “breathe a huge sigh of relief,” but still plans to serve the town.

“This is not a one-time deal for me,” he said. “This is still the town I live in. This is still the town where I raise my family, and this is still the town I pay taxes in.” Hut-ton has been a Stallings resident for six months.

Klingler could not be reached for comment.


Incumbent Stallings Mayor Lynda Paxton greets a voter at the Stallings United Meth-odist Church precinct. Paxton won reelection Tuesday with 937 votes, outpacing her nearest competitor, former Mayor Lucy Drake, by 453 votes.

LiquorContinued from 1A

Not everyone was hap-py with the results.

“It disappoints me that people could vote for something that is so dangerous to family, to life itself and to the com-munity,” said Wingate resident Joe Larrimore. “I’ve never understood how people could accept something as dangerous as alcohol.”

In Waxhaw, alcohol ref-erendums failed on three previous votes, but passed convincingly this year.

“Times are changing,” Waxhaw resident Paul Dvorak said. “We did what we could to slow it down, and we did for several years, but people are be-coming more accustomed to this type of thing.”

Watts and Parker, the restaurant owners, said they will apply for per-mits as soon as possible. Permit applications go to the state Alcoholic Bever-

age Control Commission, which reviews restau-rants’ locations and qual-ifications before issuing permits.

There is no set time to review the permits, but both restaurant owners hope to have their permits sooner rather than later.

Parker said he does not expect to have much change in his restaurant. “We have a lot of families in here,” he said, adding he thinks that will con-tinue. “I’m dependent on food.”

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BY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROESix students said the

school year was off to a good start last month when they summed up first impressions of their new schools.

All six are affected by reassignments from Union County Public Schools to fill new schools and relieve overcrowded ones. Poplin Elementary, Cuthbertson middle and high opened in August.

Last month, students said they still spend time with their old friends, but have made new ones as well. Some were already involved in clubs and sports; others were wait-ing for tryouts.

Sixth graders said they were enjoying the freedom of middle school. Some had pinpointed their least favorite subjects (and have since changed their minds), and a couple were steering clear of cafeteria food.

Ashley Dixon6th grade, reassigned from

Rocky River Elementary and the Sun Valley school cluster to Mon-roe Middle

Q: Do you feel like you fit in at your new school?

A: “Yeah. ... There are a lot of people like me that act like me. I feel comfort-able at the school.”

Q: Are your new friends different from the ones you had at your old school? How so?

A: “The personalities, yeah. ... You’re in middle school; you feel like they’re grown and more mature.”

Q: Is your school work challenging, or is it easy?

A: “It’s a little challenging ‘cause I’m in all AIG classes. ... It’s different work and a little

bit more frustrating and more homework. I don’t understand as much as last year. Last year, I’d have homework every other day. This year, it’s every day (and) a lot more reading.”

Q: How do you spend your free time?

A: “Draw in my little design book, ... talk to my friends on the phone. And I like going outside on my bike.”

Q: Is it hard to be involved in the things you want to do, such as clubs, sports or plays?

A: “No. ... I’m still working on trying to get into band. I know next year I’m going to sign up for it. ... I got understudy (in a play).”

Q: What do you most look forward to during the school day?

A: “Probably social studies because we do a lot of cool proj-ects. ... That and gym. ... We have a lot of fun there.”

Q: What do you least look forward to?

A: “Math ‘cause I just feel like it’s too complicated. I’m in AIG math and I feel like I should know it, but I don’t. It’s a little more challenging.”

Teal Brooks6th grade, reassigned from

the Piedmont cluster to Porter Ridge Middle

Note: Teal lives closer to Hemby Bridge Elementary, but attended Fairview Elementary due to a previous reassignment. Fairview is a split feeder to Por-

ter Ridge and Piedmont middle schools. Teal will go to Porter Ridge Middle, which is closer to where he lives and the school that most of his neighborhood’s students attend.


A: “Yeah.”Q: Are your new friends

different from the ones you had at your old school? How so?

A: “A little bit. Some of them are more mature than they used to be.”


A: “It’s kind of in between ‘cause some of the tests are kind of hard and some of them are fairly easy.”


A: “I usually play baseball and play with my friends. We usually play football in the yard.”


A: “Not really.”Q: What do you most

look forward to during the school day?

A: “Science. That’s the thing I’m most best at and it’s my fa-vorite subject.”


A: “Spanish. We didn’t learn a lot of Spanish at our old school and it’s really hard to understand what the teacher is saying.”

Jessica Sheehan6th grade, reassigned from

Sun Valley Middle to Monroe Middle


A: “Yes, I do.”Q: Are your new friends


A: “Not really. Most of them act the same and look the same.”


A: “It’s easy.”Q: How do you spend your

free time?A: “I hang out with friends.”Q: Is it hard to be involved

in the things you want to do, such as clubs, sports or plays?

A: “No. Cheerleading hasn’t started yet.”


A: “Gym to hang out with my friends.”


A: “Computer (class). You have to look at the computer and you can’t look at the keyboard.”

Lamar Patton9th grade, reassigned from

the Sun Valley cluster to Monroe High


A: “Yeah, I do.”Q: Are your new friends


A: “Not really ‘cause some of them from Sun Valley are at Monroe.”


A: “Kind of still the same. The work doesn’t seem difficult, but it doesn’t seem easy.”


A: “I’m usually either at foot-ball practice or the house trying to relax.”


A: “Not really because I just told my mom (about football) in the beginning and she helped me sign up for it.”


A: ”Football practice ‘cause it’s fun.”


A: “Math.”

Kayla Taylor9th grade, reassigned from

Marvin Ridge cluster to Cuthb-ertson High


A: “Yes, I do. ... There’s a lot of different types of people. ... I think everyone feels welcome at that school.”

Q: Are your new friends different from the ones you had at your old school? How so?

A: “No, I don’t think so. I think they’re the same because I’m not going to change my personality just to make friends.”


A: “Some classes, it could be easy, and then other classes, they just give us a lot of work. And plus I had volleyball on top of it, but now that the season is over I think it’ll be easier.”


A: “Now that volleyball is over, I’ll be focusing on my studies and

spending time with friends.”Q: Is it hard to be involved

in the things you want to do, such as clubs, sports or plays?

A: “Sports wise, I don’t think it was. For volleyball, there was no one who had to be cut. ... I think it’s actually easier. ... Peo-ple didn’t realize (tryouts) were over the summer,” so some of them missed it.


A: “Seeing my friends and learning new stuff.”


A: “Having homework.”

Amanda Sica11th grade, reassigned from

Weddington High to Cuthbert-son High


A: “Yeah, definitely.”Q: Are your new friends


A: “Not really. It’s all the same personalities.”


A: “This semester it’s pretty easy for me, but I think next se-mester it’ll be harder. My classes are just harder. I have more core classes.”


A: “I have softball condition-ing. ... I’ll go to the soccer games or football games.”


A: “Not really. It’s actually ... easier because everything is new and you can pretty much sign up what you want.” Sica is involved in SADD, photography club, spirit club and the superintendent’s student advisory council.


A: “Probably friends.”Q: What do you least look

forward to?A: “Tests.”

Ashley Dixon has transferred from the Sun Valley cluster to Monroe Middle School.

Teal Brooks the moved to Porter Ridge middle, the second time he has been reassigned.

Jessica Sheehan moved from Sun Valley Middle to Monroe Middle for sixth grade.

Lamar Patton moved from Sun Valley Middle to Monroe High School this week.

Kayla Taylor was reassigned from the Marvin Ridge cluster to Cuthbertson High School.

Amanda Sica will spend her junior and senior years at Cuthbertson High School.

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MONROEThe dancers may jump,

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The Warriors and War-birds Air Show is back for its third year, and will bring a hangar dance, pyrotechnic display and classic military aircraft to the Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport on Nov. 7 and 8.

“This show will have a little bit of everything for everybody,” city spokes-man Pete Hovanec said in the release

“We have every flagship aircraft of the World War II era as well as a huge children’s area, great food vendors and so many true American heroes that have proudly served our country.”

The event started in 2006, when a group of concerned residents got together to figure out how to best honor and pay trib-ute to area veterans.

Unsure of exactly where to begin, the group

decided to organize a World War II-themed hangar dance at the Char-lotte-Monroe Executive Airport. And while the hangar dance has contin-ued to grow each year, the

group began adding on other aviation elements to the celebration, which has led to the evolution of the Warriors and War-birds Air Show.

On Nov. 7-8, 70,000 peo-

ple are expected to con-verge on Monroe’s air-port.

“We are so proud to be able to put on this show not only for fans of air shows, but in honor of the

veterans who have served this country,” event co-or-ganizer Bob Russell said in a press release. “We really want families to come out to learn a little history by seeing the dis-plays and performers as well as talking to the pi-lots and veterans.”

Scheduled to fly dur-ing this year’s show is the Flying Fortress B-17 Bomber “The Memphis Belle.”

It will be accompanied by three B-25 bombers. This year’s show will also feature pyrotechnics throughout the perfor-mances by Tora! Tora! Tora! team that reenacted Japanese bombing raids at last year’s show.

In addition to the bomb-ers, this year’s slate of performers includes the Trojan Horseman’s group of aerial acrobatics, the C-54 Spirit of Freedom, an A-26, a C-47, a B-25, a P-51, a Stearman, a FW149, a Helldiver, P-3s, T-28s, TBM Avenger/Dauntless, skydivers and flag presen-tations and more.

The hangar dance, the backbone of the event, is also bigger this year.

The Reflection Band will play swing music and Eric and Stephanie Simp-son with Lovin’ Lindy will provide free swing dance lessons Saturday night.

Astronaut Joe Ed-wards will once again be the guest speaker for the event. He piloted the last American crew member to the Russian Mir space station and holds world records for flying the greatest mass in earth or-bit and for flying the most humans in space simulta-neously.

Charlotte-Monroe Ex-ecutive Airport will open at 9 a.m. each day with performers hitting the skies at noon. Smoking, pets and coolers will not be allowed.

Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for veterans. Children under 18 will be admitted free.

More information about the event can be found at www.warriorsandwar-birds.com.

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Spa offers treat for soldiers’ familiesBY TIFFANY [email protected]

INDIAN TRAILCharity Dalton gripped

the arms of the salon chair, her eyes fixed on the stylist’s scissors. Two snips away from hav-ing side bangs, she said she felt like a guest on a makeover show.

“It’s out of my element,” she said, and couldn’t re-member the last time she treated herself to the spa, if ever.

Dalton, the mother of five, is part of the N.C. National Guard Fam-ily Readiness Group. She and 34 other women in the group spent Monday at ImageZ Salon and Spa in Indian Trail — all ser-vices free of charge.

The salon, owned by Stephanie Robinson and Parrish Stegall, used the event to celebrate its one-year anniversary.

Most of the women there have a husband or son overseas in Iraq. Two are on active duty them-selves.

Waiting her turn, Jolynda Cowher said her hair can’t come below her collar and is always in a ponytail. Cowher has served in both Iraq and Kosovo; she lives with her husband in Charlotte.

Other women haven’t seen their husbands since April. Jenny Wood was lucky to see hers in July when he came home for their one-year anniver-sary.

Wood often hears wives saying they miss their husbands on busi-ness trips, but women in her situation are happy to have theirs back, pe-

riod. “You just roll with the punches,” she said. “You’re always proud of them.”

Women in the group came from a number of towns, including Monroe, Albemarle, Rockingham, Wadesboro, Kannapolis and Mount Gilead.

The spa day included hair cuts, manicures, massages, optional wax-ing, makeup application and photos.

“It’s really sweet of these people to volun-

teer their time and their skills,” Wood said.

All staff members worked on what is usu-ally their day off.

The absence of hus-bands has also left their wives to handle things they know little about. A few have had car prob-lems. Wood’s washer re-cently broke. Some take on the roles of both mom and dad.

For Carrie Alexander and Wendy Anderson, both of Indian Trail, it is their sons who they are missing. After two weeks home, Alexander’s son left Sunday to go back to

Iraq.“It’s been emotional,”

she said, holding a framed picture of him in uni-form. Facebook has been her “life line,” she said, but for those with a hus-band overseas, “I don’t know how they do it.”

With five other children at home, Alexander was in the same boat as Dalton and said she rarely pam-pers herself. Her eyes lit up as she planned a date night with her husband. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had that, too.”

Anderson also hoped for an evening “with my sweetie.” Anderson’s two

sons, 20 and 22, both serve in Iraq and one just signed up for Afghanistan. Her sons are good friends with Alexander’s.

Sliding their pictures out of an envelope, An-derson was careful not to bend them. She said her daughters miss their brothers, but all her fam-ily can do is remember that “they are in God’s hands.” She, too, found that the spa calmed her nerves. “It’s a treat,” she said.

The women were later treated to lunch and a va-riety of door prizes.

Jane Ciucevich, a book-keeper for the salon, said

for men in the National Guard, “they volunteered. That’s their job. The la-dies, on the other hand, didn’t quite volunteer to get separated for a year.”

Ciucevich’s husband has been in Iraq for two years. He said he will come home for good in De-cember, but his wife bets he will want to go back. “Once a soldier, always a soldier,” she said, adding that that is one reason the women left behind need each other, that “sister-hood.”

Next door to the salon, a Mary Kay representative walked each participant through applying their makeup. Photographer Angie Dehart set up a temporary studio to take their pictures. Dehart offered each one a free picture, along with a free studio session for their families.

Dehart’s business One Focus is based in the Charlotte metropolitan area.

“Some of them are kind of nervous, but they’re very sweet,” she said. Some women were shy; others pretended to be movie stars.

Prior to her photo shoot, Shamika Mont-gomery rubbed a grainy cream on her lips in the makeup room, laughing with fellow wives when her lips turned white be-fore washing it off.

“I love my hubby,” her T-shirt read.

Montgomery, a hair stylist from Wingate, also has a husband who is de-ployed. She said it was refreshing to pamper her-self for a day. “I girly up everyone else,” she said.

Although nervous about her haircut, Dalton later posed for the camera, a big smile on her face.

Will she send the pic-tures to her husband?

“Oh yeah.”— Tiffany Lane can be

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Lindsay Knopp, of Lilesville, laughs as manicurist Stacy Lancaster does her nails during a day of free spa treatments at ImageZ Salon and Spa in Indian Trail Monday. Knopp’s husband, Joey, looks on and laughs. Joe Knopp is home for a two-week leave from Iraq.

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WESLEY CHAPELA much-challenged gun

owner was deemed to own and use all his weapons legally.

A group in Wesley Cha-pel who call themselves “citizens for safer neigh-borhoods,” asked District Attorney John Snyder to investigate the legal own-ership of weapons, espe-cially the automatic weap-ons, Michael Land fires on a gun range near the Stonegate neighborhood. Snyder reported that all the guns were owned le-gally and that Land fires the guns legally.

“I looked at everything they asked me to he is as legal as can be,” Snyder said. “He has followed the letter of the law.”

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owners saw it differently.“I’m very disappointed

that the D.A. doesn’t look at the whole law,” Kathy Patterson, with the citi-zens for safer neighbor-hoods group, said.

The Bureau of Alco-hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has also approved every weapon Land owns and fires; it has also approved Land’s gun range in Wesley Cha-pel.

The specific North Carolina statute the saf-er neighborhoods group wanted inspected was N.C. General Statute 14-409 which regulates ma-chine guns; the law allows automatic weapons if they are registered with the sheriff and used in conjunction with a busi-ness. Patterson said Land has no business at the Wesley Chapel address.

“I want a tax I.D. num-ber. I want a document that shows me there is a busi-ness down there,” she said.

In response, Snyder simply reiterated that Land has fully complied with all the laws and meets all the criteria of statute 14-409.

In an e-mail, Land said he had no comment.

Patterson did not know what the next step for the group would be, but that they would continue to fight Land and his use of the high-powered weap-ons.

“It’s very discourag-ing,” she said about Sny-der’s ruling. “We are in danger. It’s not about the noise, it’s about the danger. ... These are our homes. This is where we raise our families. We’ll pursue this until justice is done.”

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A month after the Toys for Tots parade float was stolen, the Marine Corps League of Monroe has a replacement. League members noticed the float missing Sept. 21 and have been unable to find it. League Commandant Richard Stone said the new one will “work beautifully for Toys for Tots and parades.” The League col-lects toys each Christmas for Union County children in need. More than 12,000 toys were distributed last year. The new float is a 10-wheel, 2.5-ton truck, better known in the military as a “deuce and a half.” Servicemen will recognize it from World War II, Vietnam and Korea. In past years, the league used a pickup truck with a couple of barrels in the back to collect toys at various parades. “This is our response to having our trailer stolen,” Stone said, smiling. “Come back stronger.” The new truck will accept donations at the Indian Trail Holiday Parade.

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ObituariesHarold Fowler

MONROEHarold Nance Fowler,

88, died Monday (Nov. 2, 2009).

Funeral will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Lakeview Baptist Church, with burial with military hon-ors in Lakeland Memo-rial Park.

Born April 24, 1921, in Union County, he was a son of the late Andrew and Rossie Helms Fowler. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and was a retired self-employed farmer.

Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Helms Fowler; one son, Andy Fowler of Monroe; three daughters, Ann Maness, Kathy Knight, Cindy Baucom, all of Monroe; two brothers, Jack Fowl-er, Hoyte Fowler, both of Monroe; four sisters, Christine Scott, Kathryn Mullis, Monie McGee, all of Monroe, Mellie Simp-son of Indian Trail; five grandchildren; and one

great-grandson.Visitation will be from

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.today at the church.

Memorials may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Charlotte, 1420 E. Seventh St., Charlotte, NC 28204; or Lakeview Baptist Church, Building Fund, 4602 Concord High-way, Monroe, NC 28110.

Gordon Funeral Ser-vice is in charge. Online condolences may be made at www.gordonfuneralser-vice.com.

Bessie CarterINDIAN TRAIL

Bessie Ruth Kelley Carter, 77, died Oct. 27,

2009, at Carolinas Medi-cal Center-Mercy in Char-lotte.

Funeral will be 11 a.m. today at Davis Funeral Home in Monroe.

Born July 28, 1932, in Boston, she was a daugh-ter of the late Samuel and Maude Pray Kelley and was married to the late Rudolph Antonio Carter. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, De-nise M. Carter-Johnson, and a son, Baron R. Cart-er. She was retired as a so-cial worker with the city of New York.

Survivors include three daughters, Deborah Huie of Wappinger Falls, N.Y., Roxanne Callender of Indi-

an Trail, Monique Carter of Yorba Linda, Calif.; two sons, Lenwood Carter of Norwich, Conn., Wendell Carter of Brockton, Mass.; and one grandson.

Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 6000 Fairview Road,Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28210.

An online guest regis-try is available at www.davisfuneralservice.com.

Hubert FloweDURHAM — Hubert B.

Flowe, 90, died Saturday (Oct. 31, 2009) at home.

Funeral will be 11 a.m. today at Stallings United Methodist Church, with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Born in Mecklenburg County, he was a son the late Baxter and Annie Fincher Flowe and was married to the late Helen Faulk Flowe.

Survivors include one daughter, Judy Flowe Bowles of Durham; two sons, Ronald Hubert Flowe of San Antonio, Larry Baxter Flowe of Clayton; three sisters, Rachel Laney of Raleigh, Janie Guion, Ruth Do-ares, both of Matthews, seven grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.

Clements Funeral Ser-vice and Heritage Funer-al Home of Indian Trail are in charge.

Online condolences may be left at www.heri-tagefuneral.net.

Pauline FurrINDIAN TRAIL

Pauline Mullis Furr, 93, died Tuesday (Nov. 2, 2009) at Lake Park Nurs-ing Home and Rehabilita-tion Center.

Funeral will be 1 p.m. today at Wilson Grove Baptist Church, with burial in Sunset Memory Gardens. The body will lie in repose for 30 min-utes before the service.

Born April 4, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Vern S. and Ludie Mae Ford Mullis and was mar-ried to the late David Levi Furr Jr.

Survivors include three daughters, Linda Hargett of Summerville, S.C., Carolyn Griffin of Mint Hill, Joy Purser of Mat-thews; two sons, Homer Furr of Mint Hill, Dave Furr III of Indian Trail; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

The service to celebrate the life of Pauline will be held on November 4, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. at Wilson Grove Baptist Church with Rev-erend Grant Hoffman and Reverend Joe Mullis of-ficiating. The body will

lie in state thirty minutes prior to the service. Inter-ment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens.

Memorials may be made to With Love From Jesus, 5226 Indian Trail-Fairview Road, Indian Trail, NC 28079.

McEwen Funeral Home of Mint Hill is in charge.

Wesley MortonWINGATE

William “Wesley” Mor-ton, 61, died Sunday (Nov. 1, 2009).

Funeral was Tuesday at Mount Zion Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery.

Born April 7, 1948, in Union County, he was a son of the late Silas and Vessie Morton.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy Morton; one son, Travis Morton of the home; five sisters, Jean Griffin, Clara Deason, Tiny Laton, Darlene Har-gette, all of Monroe, Judy Price of Indian Trail; and three brothers, Leroy Morton, Johnny Morton, both of Monroe, and Allen Morton of Marshville.

Heritage Funeral Home of Indian Trail is in charge. Online condo-lences may be left at www.heritagefuneral.net.

Virginia Little-Jackson

INDIAN TRAILVirginia Little-Jackson,

73, died Thursday (Oct. 29, 2009) at home.

Funeral was Sunday at Hartsell Funeral Home in Midland, with burial in the Locust Presbyterian Church cemetery.

Born March 12, 1936, in Anson County, she was a daughter of the late Wilkie and Earcil Nash Preslar who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Paula Whitley. She was an office admin-istrator with Hendrick Auto in Monroe.

Survivors include her husband, Harold Jackson; two sons, Berry Whitley of Lincolnton, Perry A. Whitley of Fuquay-Vari-na; two stepdaughters, Lisa Grieff of Thomas-ville, Tracy Newton of Indian Trail; and three grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Stan-ly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle, NC 28001.

Online condolences may be made at www.hartsellfh.com.

Susan AukampMATTHEWS — Susan

Mary Aukamp, 60, died Oct. 28, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center in Char-lotte.

Funeral was Saturday at Heritage Funeral Home of Indian Trail. Burial was private.

Born Aug. 7, 1949, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Jackie Ru-pert and was married to the late Stanley Aukamp Sr.

Survivors include two daughters, Amy Gill, An-gela Mumma; four sons, Stan Aukamp Jr., Steven Blair Aukamp, Adam Au-kamp, Shaun Aukamp; and 11 grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Hospice and Pal-liative Care Charlotte Re-gion, 1420 E. Seventh St., Charlotte, NC 28204; or to the American Heart Asso-ciation.


Sarah Belk

MONROESarah Kate Wallace

Belk, 81, died Oct. 26, 2009, at Lake Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lake Park.

Funeral was Friday at Shiloh Baptist Church, with burial in Lakeland Memorial Park.

Born Feb. 12, 1928, in Chesterfield County, S.C., she was a daughter of the late John Ervin and Myr-tle Mangum Wallace and was married to the late Charles Warren Belk.

Survivors include two sons, Marvin Belk of Monroe, Randy Belk of Indian Land, S.C.; two sis-ters, Savannah Wallace of Charlotte, Lucille Evans of Monroe; one brother, John Edward Wallace of Pageland, S.C.; three grandsons; and six great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Shiloh Baptist Church, 2301 Rocky River Road North, Monroe, NC 28110.

McEwen Funeral Home is in charge.

David ShivelyINDIAN TRAIL

David Charles Shively, 55, died Oct. 25, 2009, at home.

Funeral was Friday at Heritage Funeral Home of Weddington.

Born May 28, 1954, in Massillion, Ohio, he was a son of the late Paul and Margaret Miller Shively.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Jo Griffith Shively of Indian Trail; one son, Matthew Shively of Indian Trail; and one brother, Tom Shively of Massillion.


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Charles Gary Haywood, 58, died Oct. 25, 2009.

Memorial service was Oct. 28 at West Monroe Baptist Church.

Born March 2, 1951, he was a son of the late Charles Jackson and Beu-lah Frances Baucom Hay-wood. He was an Army veteran and was employed by Lowe’s.

Survivors include his wife, Pamela Harris Hay-wood; one son, Carl Rich-ard Haywood of Monroe; one daughter, Leslie De-nise Whitehea of Wilm-ington; one sister Lesa Haywood Almond of Indi-an Trail; and three grand-children.

Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, 608 E. Frank-lin St., Monroe, NC 28112.

Gordon Funeral Ser-vice is in charge. Online condolences may be made at www.gordonfuneralser-vice.com.

Obituary policyObituaries are published daily and include name, age, address, place of death, occupation, military service, spouse, parents, childre, immediate family survivors, number of grandchildre and great-grandchildren, funeral arrangements and memorials. Obituaries containing additional information may be purchased. Obituaries, whether free or paid, are accepted only from funeral homes.


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Votes Percent

Fairview Town CouncilJerry Clontz 63 31.03Bradley Purser 91 44.83Elizabeth Rabb 43 21.18

Hemby Bridge Board of AldermenJohn Miller 106 20.83Rodney Mullis 143 28.09Kevin Pressley 142 27.9Jim Simpson 118 23.18

Indian Trail Town CouncilRobert Allen 653 17.61Kathy Broom 634 17.1Danny Figueroa 638 17.21Vince Howard 274 7.39Larry Kindley 306 8.25Darlene Luther 650 17.53John Marshall 524 14.13

Lake Park MayorKendall Spence 255 96.96

Lake Park Village CouncilDavid Cleveland 211 46.99Sandy Coughlin 229 51

Marshville MayorFrank Deese 155 88.07

Votes Percent

Marshville Town CouncilDora Bridget 106 27.97Matthew Jefferson 110 29.02Larry Smith Jr. 88 23.22Brian Weber 70 18.47

Marvin MayorJoe Barbara 342 49.42John Ciaramella Jr. 348 50.29

Marvin Village CouncilAnthony Burman 447 31.97Robert Epps 162 11.59Richard Keagy 130 9.3Vicki Lawton 227 16.24Ron Salimao 432 30.9

Mineral Springs MayorRick Becker 236 91.83

Mineral Springs Town CouncilCharles Bowden 74 10.04Janet Critz 219 29.72Jerry Countryman 215 29.17Melody LaMonica 215 29.17

Stallings MayorLucy Drake 484 28.71Lynda Paxton 937 55.58Louis Philippi 185 10.97Barbara Anne Price 76 4.51

Votes Percent

Stallings Town Council District 1Al Graham 533 35.58Harry Stokes (write-in) 958 64.42

Stallings Town Council District 2Reed Esarove 1,007 67.4Jerry Nolan 477 31.93

Stallings Town Council District 3Wyatt Dunn 1,217 77.07Michael Matlock 357 22.61

Stallings Town Council District 6Paul Frost 1,002 62.59Doug Hutton 209 13.05Jason Klingler 380 23.74

Unionville MayorKen Austin 201 33Larry Simpson 405 66.5

Unionville Board of CommissionersKen Brown Jr. 331 28.86Robert Croutch 284 24.76Richard Griffin 179 15.61Tim Keziah 127 11.07Arlie Rushing 223 19.44

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Waxhaw Board of CommissionersJoyce Blythe 872 22.33Ken Collins 408 10.45Brett Diller 965 24.71Erin Kirkpatrick 1,027 26.3Max Walker 607 15.54

Weddington MayorNancy Anderson 515 36.5Walker Davidson 370 26.22Barbara Harrison 281 19.91Hughie Sexton 243 17.22 Weddington Town Council District 1L.A. Smith 668 49.67Werner Thomisser 673 50.04

Weddington Town Council District 3Daniel Barry 683 53.95Gregg Wyant 579 45.73

Wesley Chapel MayorBrad Horvath 353 88.03

Wesley Chapel Village CouncilHoward Brotton 265 34.51Kim Ormiston 326 42.45Chuck Rohland 171 22.27

Wingate Board of CommissionersJohnny Jacumin 152 45.1Brent Moser 174 51.63

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good plays.”The Pirates now stand

alone at the top of the Southern Carolina 3A/4A Conference with a 3-1 re-cord (7-3 overall).

“We talked about all year, our goal is to win a conference champion-ship,” Hardin said. “Our kids worked hard in the offseason and we’ve put ourselves in that posi-tion.”

Porter Ridge starting quarterback Lee McNeill was injured early in the

first half when hit inside the Anson red zone trying to escape a rush and did not return to the game.

Senior Devin Martin en-tered the game in place of McNeill and had a fumble and an interception early but composed himself on the way to passing for 88 yards and rushing for 81 yards and three touch-downs.

“Devin [Martin] does exactly what we ask him,” Hardin said. “He’s great with his role and he does

a great job for us.“He can play about any

position for us and to-night he came up huge for us as quarterback.”

Porter Ridge trailed nearly the entire game, unable to stop an Anson running back Brandon Ellerbe, who carried the ball 18 times for 180 yards. But Anson turned the ball over five times, including four fumbles, allowing the Pirates to stay within

By JUStin [email protected]

WEDDINGTONBehind a stellar perfor-

mance from sophomore tailback Jadarrius Wil-liams, the Sun Valley High football team exploded for 35 second-half points on its way to a 49-24 road win over Weddington (5-5, 2-2 SCC) on Friday.

Williams rushed 23 times for a career-high 294 yards to go along with four touchdowns. He did most of his damage in the second half, carrying 12 times for 209 yards and three scores.

Williams had eight runs that went for 10 or more yards, including TD runs of 65, 45, 44 and 38 yards. He now has 1,217 yards and 15 touchdowns for the season.

“My (offensive) line was doing a great job blocking and I just kept making cut-backs and getting into the open field,” said Williams. “Our defense shut them down in the second half and we just kept rolling on offense. We were playing great out there.”

Trailing 17-14 at the break, the Spartans (7-3, 2-2 SCC) took the lead for good on their first possession of the second half when junior Robert Viehmeyer hauled in a 15-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Smith.

Viehmeyer’s score was the first of three TDs in a crucial four-minute stretch in the third quar-ter.

Less than two minutes after the first score, Wil-liams found the end zone from 44 yards out for his second TD of the night.

Then, on the Spartans’ next offensive possession, Smith hit junior receiver Steven Cole for a 10-yard TD pass to make the score 35-17 with 5:06 left in the third. Cole’s TD was set up by an interception return down to the WHS 10-yard line by junior cornerback Aaron Hancock.

“Our kids came out, got caught a little off guard and just didn’t come out playing well,” said SV coach Scott Stein. “But the

one thing about this team is we’ve been behind, so that’s not something we are going to panic about. We knew we had the ball to start the second half and knew we had an opportu-nity to go back up, so we really stressed coming out and making a statement in the first few minutes of the third quarter.”

Williams reached the end zone on a 65-yard scamper on the first play of the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach. His last score came from 45 yards out just three minutes later.

WHS senior QB An-thony Boone threw for 195 yards, including an 81-yard TD pass to se-nior Christian Glackin (5 catches, 133 yards) in the fourth quarter.

Many of these tough, powerful young men

have been training for this night for nearly a year now.

Conference championships are going to be decided for football on Friday night — creating a stream of cheers on one side and tears on the other.

Two games in particular top the list: Forest Hills at Monroe and Porter

Ridge at Sun Valley.FH and Monroe

are a combined 14-0 against the conference and the archrivals are both loaded with speed and athleticism.

Monroe is 10-0 with a

chance to go undefeated in the regular season for the first time since the program started in the 1960s, according to athletic director Doug Jones, who graduated from Monroe in 1979.

Forest Hills (8-2 overall), which has reached the 2AA state semifinal game three of the last four years, seeks its fifth conference championship this decade. The Jackets won their league title

16 out of 20 tries in the 1980s and 1990s.

While the Yellow Jackets and Redhawks are perennial powers in Union County, Porter Ridge is new to all this.

Before this year, the Pirates had never won more than three games in a season or finished higher than sixth in the conference, so their 7-3 record is a bit shocking — along with their position at the top of the Southern Carolina

Conference standings (3-1 SCC record).

The Pirates, who were 3-8 last year in coach Blair Hardin’s first season, can win the conference outright with a win at Sun Valley (7-3, 2-2) on Friday.

The Spartans are having a completely different thought process.

Sun Valley has never won a conference title in football, and this is the program’s 48th year.

But that can change on

Friday. If the Spartans beat Porter Ridge, they will be co-champions with the Pirates — and potentially others.

If Sun Valley does beat Porter Ridge, and four of the six league teams are pulling desperately for that to happen, it could leave a four-way tie for the conference crown.

Anson (6-4, 2-2) can get in on the title with a Porter Ridge loss if

By Jerry [email protected]

INDIAN TRAILBasketball practice

opened Monday for high schools across the state, with most teams using the first couple of days to hold open tryouts in search of a pleasant surprise.

“We’ll make cuts the third day,” said Sun Val-ley’s third-year boys coach Keith Mason, who returns three starters from last year’s 17-10 team. When the J.V. (football) season is over, we’ll have another tryout and make some cuts. Then we’ll have a third tryout when var-sity football gets done.”

Mason is counting on two varsity football players contributing — 6-foot soph-omore receiver Jody Fuller and freshman J.V. quarter-back Kevin Saxton (6-2).

Sun Valley has three scrimmages, starting Nov. 12, in preparation for the season opener on Nov. 17 against Piedmont.

The Spartans will start a guard-heavy lineup with nobody taller than 6-3, but has size and athleticism to bring off the bench. Mason is committed to playing uptempo.

“We’re going to run and press a lot,” Mason said. “We’re not trying to hide it.

“We’ve been doing the PX90 to get our endurance up and get us quicker. We’re trying to wear some teams down.”

Mason expects up to 40 players to try out for the two teams. Much like a training camp, play-ers on the fringe will be trying to survive cuts for three weeks or more — depending on how long the football teams lasts in the playoffs.

Porter Ridge edges into first placePirates beat Anson County 34-27 to lead SCC

Sun Valley drops WHS


Sun Valley sophomore Jadarrius Williams ran for a career-best 294 yards in Friday’s win over Weddington and now has 1,217 rushing yards for the season.

Sun Valley’s defense held off the Weddington offense on possession after possession Friday night, forcing fumbles and blocking passes.


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PiratesContinued from 1B

reach. With 50 seconds re-maining in the third quar-ter, Porter Ridge safety PJ Freeman recovered an Ellerbe fumble and ran 37-untouched yards for a touchdown.

“I saw the fumble recov-ery and I had to take it to the house,” said Freeman, who leads UC in intercep-tions with six.

After a Matt Wogan ex-tra point, the game was notched up at 27-all.

The touchdown had ex-tra meaning for Freeman, who was punched in the back by an Anson player earlier in the game.

“He kind of hit me in my back earlier, but we knew they were going to come in playing dirty and all,” Freeman said. “Coach Hardin told us

just to keep our head in the game and play hard, and that’s what we did.”

Anson had an oppor-tunity to take the lead on the next possession, but Ellerbe fumbled, this time into the Porter Ridge end zone after run-ning for 48 yards, which resulted in a touchback and Porter Ridge taking possession.

Unable to move the chains, the Pirates were forced to punt with the score still tied at 27 and 2:53 remaining. Anson took over on its own 20-yard line and on the first play from scrimmage, once again, Ellerbe fum-bled, handing the ball back over to Porter Ridge.

The Pirates scored on a 1-yard run by Martin, tak-ing the lead 34-27.

Anson had one more chance at the end zone, taking the ball over with

1:09 remaining. Thw Bearcats completed three passes, their only recep-tions of the night, mov-ing the ball to the Porter Ridge 6-yard line with one second remaining in reg-ulation.

The Bearcats spread out five wide receivers and quarterback Jordan Hildreth through a fade pass into the right corner of the end zone, but it fell incomplete.

Porter Ridge will travel to face Sun Valley next Friday. If the Pirates win, they will earn their first-ever conference champi-onship in football.

“We’ve got a huge task next week against Sun Valley,” Hardin said. “[Sun Valley] is playing really, really well, they score a lot of points – I’m just excited for our kids for the opportunity that we have right now.”

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“We’ll end up cutting between 10 and 20 guys,” Mason said. “That’s typi-cal numbers for us. Some kids cut themselves. They want to play in the games but they don’t realize the work we put in, or don’t want to put it in.”

The Spartans have their first scrimmage on Nov. 12 at home against Central

Academy. SV will play two scrimmage games on Nov. 14, a Saturday, at Olympic High against Waddell and (Greensboro) Smith.

A first-year 4A school, Mason has mostly 4A opponents on the non-conference schedule — East Mecklenburg, Independence, South Meck, Providence and Central Cabarrus.

“We had a real good summer,” Mason said. “We had a good team camp at Wilmington

and we played pretty well at Wingate’s team camp. Our conference is pretty solid. Anson is athletic and Marvin Ridge has guys that can shoot it from anywhere.

“I could see the league being a lot like it is in football. They might end up with a four-way tie for first. Our conference might have something like that in basketball, too. There’s not a lot of size in the league, which is good for us.”

PiratesContinued from 1B

the Bearcats can beat Parkwood (4-6), and the winner of the Weddington at Marvin Ridge game will also claim a share of the SCC title under that scenario.

The Pirates have wins over Marvin Ridge and Anson County, and I would have laid heavy odds against that before

the season started.Porter Ridge and

Weddington (5-5, 2-2) deserve credit for being the most improved programs in Union County — between them they have nine more wins than they did in 2008.

But Sun Valley has quietly put together a very impressive season as well. The Spartans have exceeded expectations — ours anyway — by positioning themselves to play for a share of

the conference crown at the end of the regular season. Friday is a huge night in the lives of a lot of courageous athletes in Union County.

Hanging a championship banner in a gym might not sound like much to some, but there are others out there practically living for such a moment.

The wait is almost over, at least for some.

— Jerry Snow can be reached at 704-261-2253.

UC’s 2009 sCoring Leaders

(Through Week 11; minimum 18 points)

Offensive TDs Return TDs Special TeamsName, Yr. (School) Rush Rec K/P Int. Fum FG XP 2pt Tot.Juanne Blount, Sr. (FH) 29 2 178Shamiir Hailey, Sr. (M) 20 4 128Jamison Crowder, Jr. (M) 10 6 1 3 108Jadarrius Williams, So. (SV) 13 2 1 92Charvis Barrino, Sr. (CA) 13 6 90Dylan Williams, Sr. (MR) 12 72Donnard Covington, Sr. (M) 11 2 70Anthony Boone, Sr. (W) 11 66Steven Miller, Sr. (Pm) 10 1 62Matt Frein, Sr. (MR) 7 39 60Kolly Ogar, Jr. (MR) 10 60Orlando Ratliff, Sr. (FH) 9 1 60Casey Lang, Sr. (W) 8 35 59Cameron Leviner, Jr. (Pm) 8 1 4 58Dustin Cook, Sr. (SV) 9 1 56Jamie Baker, Sr. (FH) 2 45 51Maurice Leak, Sr. (Pw) 8 48Kemp Lotharp, Sr. (Pw) 8 48Christian Cruz, Sr. (M) 46 46M. Montgomery, Sr. (Pm) 6 27 45Cameron Havey, Sr. (SV) 2 37 43Qwadarius Duboise, Jr. (M) 6 1 42Matt Wogan, Fr. (PR) 6 24 42Quon Threatt, Sr. (M) 6 2 40Brandon Little, So. (W) 6 1 38Bobby Blakeney, Sr. (M) 6 36KJ Brent, Jr. (MR) 6 36Marcus Leak, Jr. (Pw) 5 1 36Dylan Hunter, Sr. (Pw) 2 29 35Jalen Sowell, Jr. (M) 5 1 32D. Alexander, Jr. (PR) 4 1 30Deonte Hiatt, Jr. (Pw) 5 30Devin Martin, Sr. (PR) 5 30Canious Sturdivant, Sr. (FH) 5 30Isaac Blakeney, Sr. (M) 4 1 26Mitchell Blackburn, So. (CA) 4 24Tyler Chadwick, So. (MR) 4 24Jody Fuller, So. (SV) 4 24Cody Haverland, Jr. (W) 4 24Jamal Little, So. (FH) 4 24Lee McNeill, So. (PR) 4 24Andre McManus, Sr. (SV) 4 24Jacob Oakley, Jr. (Pm) 4 24Rasheed Rushing, Fr. (UA) 4 24Dominque Ardrey, Sr. (W) 1 2 18Matt Chilton, Jr. (MR) 1 1 1 18Christian Glackin, Sr. (W) 1 2 18Sam Harris, Sr. (Pm) 3 18Jared Hill, So. (UA) 3 18Marcelis Lewis, Sr. (PR) 3 18Ryan Patty, Sr. (PR) 3 18Justin Redfern, Sr. (Pm) 3 18Mike Thornton, Sr. (W) 3 18Robert Veihmeyer, Jr. (SV) 1 2 18Deonta Vinson, So. (FH) 3 18

Sun Valley’s

Sean Stewart (31) was

named the freshman

of the year in Union

County by The

Enquirer-Journal

last season,

after helping

the Spartans

go 17-10.

Trader file photo

BY JUSTIN [email protected]

MONROEFor the first time all sea-

son, two players in Union County eclipsed 200 yards rushing on the same Fri-day in Week 11.

Sun Valley High sopho-more Jadarrius Williams ran for a career-high 294 yards on 23 carries to help his team to a 49-24 win over Weddington last Fri-day while Monroe senior tailback Shamiir Hailey carried 23 times for 252 yards in his team’s victory over Berry Academy.

The 200-yard barrier has been broken on nine times in Union County this sea-

son, and Williams and Hai-ley have both done it twice. Forest Hills senior quar-terback Juanne Blount has the most of any player in UC with three.

Blount had five 200-yard rushing games as a junior in 2008, when he helped guide the Jackets to the 2AA state semifinals. His 22 100-yard games — in-cluding eight over 200 — the last three years tops active players in UC.

Just a sophomore, Union Academy’s Tyree Drakeford has run for more than 200 yards twice, including 215 yards against West Stan-ly and 205 yards in the

Cardinals’ first-ever win at Cuthbertson.

Blount has already set a county record for rushing yards in a sea-son (1,621) heading into Friday’s regular-season finale at archrival Mon-roe. Hailey (1,509) and Williams (1,217) have also reached the 1,000-yard barrier this season.

Four backs in UC will enter Friday’s game with a shot to finish over 1,000, including: Marvin Ridge’s Kolly Ogar (974), Central Academy’s Char-vis Barrino (943), Park-wood’s Kemp Lotharp (929) and Drakeford (845).

Spartans’ Williams pass 200-yard mark

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Enjoy entertaining in this wonderful Marshville home: over 3500 sq. ft. on

2 acres. Holiday dinners a breeze to prepare in the spacious kitchen. Grand living

and dining rooms. 5 bedrooms; 5 fireplaces; den; screeened porch.

Call Elsie: 704-363-8815 PRUDENTIAL CAROLINAS REALTY

Attention Golfers FOR SALE BY OWNER 2731 Rolling Hills Drive

704-283-6519 or 704-242-1303 Brick home w/approx. 3200 sq. ft. w/4 large BDs, 3 Full BAs, 2 half BAs, GR room w/rock fireplace w/gas logs. Formal dining room, Bkfst room & kitchen w/pantry. Rear deck overlooking large yard w/garden spot. Oversized garage. Porter Ridge School District.

.87 ac cul-de-sac lot. Gated Community with full amenities; Swim,Tennis,

Club House. $189,000. MLS#850338.

SKYECROFT

Call Remax Executive: 704.602.8295, Lara Taylor

Lot $30,000 5930 Timbertop Lane Charlotte, NC 28215

Jeff Hall - Realtor/Broker 980-722-6702-cell [email protected]

3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Ranch home with all new tile flooring/all new neutral

carpet thru out/Master bath has dual sinks/garden tubshower.

Kitchen has new installed oven. Jeff Hall - Realtor/Broker

980-722-6702-cell [email protected]

3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath. Gourmet kitchen with granite countertops/

hardwoods and ceramic tile/jacuzzi jet master bath.

Jeff Hall - Realtor/Broker 980-722-6702-cell [email protected]

Hamilton Place • 2808 Arrowhead Ct. $172,500 3 Bed/2 1/2 Bath/+Bonus Room,

1760 sq. ft. / .39 acre premium lot, 2 Car Garage, Gas FP, New Paint, Carpet, ceramic tile, counter tops

& gutters. Master suite w/trey ceiling. Contact Perkins Properties, 704-579-1364 MLS 717444

For Sale by Owner, 50 acres Piedmont schools, well installed perk permitted.

Mostly wooded, some grass.

Call day 704-291-1061 or night 704-289-1734

$500,000

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