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Charlotte-based real estate firm HM Properties will be moving into a larger office in the SouthPark area, about a mile down the road from where the company began in 2006.

The company will be moving into a two-story, stand-alone building in the Colony on Fairview II office complex near SouthPark Mall, Valerie Mitch-ener, owner and broker-in-charge at HM Properties, announced in December.

Mitchener, who founded the com-pany in the midst of a recession that was affecting the real-estate market in debilitating ways for those in the field, has watched her firm grow rap-idly since its inception. HM started with six brokers and two staff mem-bers in 2006 and now employs 62 brokers and 10 staff members.

“I’m not surprised at our growth now, but I was during those first three years,” Mitchener said. “There was lots of speculation that smaller com-panies couldn’t survive and would be merging with larger, franchise firms, which was something I was not inter-ested in. I’m very happy that people believed in us and wanted to come here.”

It became evident to Mitchener about two years ago that the firm’s current home in the Piedmont Row

Real estate firm buys building in SouthPark, plans to make major renovations

by Ryan [email protected]

(see HM Properties on page 5)

McAlpine Creek Park closes until August for sewer projectby Courtney Schultz

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Area residents will have limited access to the trails at McAlpine Creek Park until the beginning of August due to a county relief sewer improvement project.

The McAlpine Creek Relief Sewer Project is a $53 million investment for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility Department (CMUD) to enhance sanitary systems, provide increased sewer capacity and protect McAlpine Creek water quality, according to the CMUD’s website.

The trails will be closed for the next seven months as contractors install a long sewer pipe under-neath the existing trails.

“We already have a sewer system in place (at McAlpine) and this

will be to improve the sewer pipes that serve communities so that when (the sewer pipes) become 75 percent full the (new) pipe can alleviate the flow,” said Cam Coley, spokesperson for CMUD.

CMUD and Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation (MCPR) have worked closely for multiple years to develop this project, and held several public meetings to inform residents of the improvements.

Greenways are typically built around sewer lines because the spaces are already clear, Coley said, so MCPR and CMUD have to work together to help maintain the pipes in McAlpine, as well as have greater surveillance on sewer pipe quality.

In the early 2000s, McAlpine

experienced sewer spills due to heavy rain. The current sewer system is not meant for rain, but solely for water flow from house-holds, Coley said.

(see McAlpine Creek Park on page 4)

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or new earrings or something,” Sansone said. “But I think when I really realized I wanted to do it forever was when I was in my first year in college.”

Sansone, who grew up in the Williamsburg neighborhood, was pursuing a nursing degree at Central Piedmont Commu-nity College and realized it wasn’t for her.

The 22-year-old couldn’t afford to attend a school for fashion, but was determined to gain experience in the fashion indus-try. Sansone traveled to Manhattan, New York and applied for numerous internships, landing five different internships over a summer, including an assistant buyer at a yoga company, an editorial writer at a small newspaper in New Jersey and a social media manager.

“It helped me to get my foot in the door, to meet people at a major magazine that were so influential,” Sansone said. “…It was nice to be challenged in a way that I knew I could handle.”

Along with her internships, she started her fashion blog in 2010, presently titled “Rings A Belle,” that documented her daily outfits and displayed her fashion commentary.

“It’s almost like a diary. I can go back and see how I’ve grown,” she said. “Like sometimes, I’ll look at (past outfits) and say ‘God, that’s awful.’”

Sansone brought confidence and a few lessons home to Charlotte after her summer in New York.

“It taught me to expect anything,” she said, regarding the tasks she completed throughout her internships.

Upon her return, Sansone decided to find a place in Char-lotte’s fashion world. She contacted the representatives of Char-lotte Seen Fashion Week and, after months of correspondence through email, she met with Rita Miles, director of the show.

She volunteered and after some time, gained an internship. Ultimately, she would go on to help direct the show the next year, Sansone said.

Over about three years, Sansone helped direct three shows and directed the front of the house for Charlotte Fashion Week.

“It was really beautiful,” she said, regarding the experience. “I think it was strange for a lot of people because I was so much younger than everyone else. I think the difference was that I was so passionate about what I was doing.

“I remember I would stay up all night, making sure the seat-ing looked great to me – everything, every detail. The attention to detail is what I took away from that. It taught me every little detail counts. You don’t notice everything right away, but after one show, the little things start to pick up.”

Sansone said the experience was invaluable and she’s grateful for the opportunities, which helped her love for fashion flour-ish and sparked her interest in vintage fashion and professional styling.

Earlier this year, Sansone styled appearances for Mirjana Puhar, a finalist in the 21st season of American’s Top Model, who was a Charlotte resident.

She also has styled models for Glenn Robertson, a Charlotte-area wedding and portrait photographer and owner of Glenn Robertson Photography.

Sansone continues to update “Rings A Belle,” which high-lights vintage fashion.

“I like vintage fashion more because it’s so classic,” she said. “I know that if I wear this exact same dress (from the 1960s) next month, I won’t look like an idiot, but if I wear some kind of trend in three months, I’ll look outdated, I’ll look kind of tacky. (Buying trends is) an easy way to spend so much money on things that don’t really count or they don’t last. I like things that will last forever, not to mention that the quality (of the clothes) is usually a lot better.”

Sansone has been contacted through her blog by community members who share a love for vintage clothing, but didn’t know whether it was socially acceptable to wear it.

“It’s reassuring to let people know that they’re not alone in the fact they think it’s cool,” she said.

Visit Sansone’s blog at ringsabelle.com to find her latest fash-ion updates.

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by Courtney [email protected]

South Charlotteresident findsher place in

fashionBelle Sansone sits in a café swirling her tea, wearing a black

1960s day dress with victory rolls in her hair, musing over fash-ions of the past. Despite financial setbacks, the Ardrey Kell graduate has found a place in Charlotte’s fashion scene all on her own.

“Even when I was really small, I would notice when even the cafeteria ladies at my school would have new hair, a new dress


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“When you flush your toilet or shower, all that water is draining into a creek near your neighborhood and from there, there are sewer lines that take it several miles to a sewer facility to be cleaned and then put back in the creek cleaner than it was,” he added.

The new pipe is intended to mini-mize sewer overflow and help main-tain the sewer spills.

The trails and weirs, a low dam built across a river to regulate water flow, also will undergo improve-ments through the project that MCPR believes runners will be happy with.

Bridges are a key element to the improvement project, said Gwen Cook, MCPR planner of the green-way. The weirs throughout the greenway of the park, extending from Sardis to Monroe roads, will become bridges and a wooden bridge near the Monroe Road access point of the park to the pond and creek will become concrete, Cook said. Cook believes the bridge changes will create greater access for vehi-cles to deliver supplies to the park for upcoming 5K races as well as provide and create structural stabil-ity into and around the park.

Trails extending from the Monroe Road access point to the Sardis Road access point will become paved, Cook added, and the paved section will also have a 10-foot-wide run-ning shoulder of granulated surface for runners. As part of the develop-ment plan, MCPR wanted to ensure the park accommodated runners.

The trails extending from the

Monroe Road access point toward Independence Boulevard, which are home to many 5Ks and high school races, will retain a granulated sur-face runners have been accustom to, Cook said.

Parts of the park will still be avail-able for runners and bicyclists to use, but the locations will vary each month, Coley said. Some neighbor-hood access points may be blocked by construction, he added.

CMUD advises residents be mind-ful of posted signs regarding access to the park as well as to check the department’s website, charmeck.org/city/charlotte/Utilities for updates.

Construction is not projected to interrupt running events between Aug. 1 and Dec. 15, 2015, Coley said. A penalty will be administered to the contractors if construction exceeds Aug. 1, but Coley does not anticipate that to be an issue.

In the meantime, Coley advises residents alleviate ways they con-tribute to sewer overflow.

“Most of sewer spills are caused by what people put down the drain,” he said. Grease or food debris are examples of items that cause prob-lems, he said.

Coley added that residents should put food items in the trash and not to flush products, besides toilet paper, in the toilet.

“Those clogs can cause a back up into someone’s home or a sewer spill along McAlpine Creek and that’s not good,” Coley said.

Residents who witness a sewer overflow or experience a pungent smell surrounding nearby sewage should call 311 to report the issue.


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The new building is only 1,500 square feet bigger, Mitchener said, but she plans to renovate the inside and outside of the building com-pletely to create a space that will make all the difference for those inside.

Mitchener said that the decision to buy the building had a lot to do with her ability to tear out the inside and start over.

“I’m very particular with my space,” she said.

She plans to open up the ceiling of the first floor and create a two-story foyer at the entrance of the building, as well as a lounge area and two conference rooms for cli-ents, as opposed to the lobby and single conference room the firm currently has.

Mitchener expects to close the sale in mid-January and begin ren-ovation work, moving her team in August 2015, as a way to celebrate its nine-year anniversary.

Mitchener, a Foxcroft neighbor-hood resident, said she had no

intentions of moving out of the SouthPark area and would have continued looking if she hadn’t found the Fairview building.

“It’s where we started so that’s important to me,” she said. “It’s near my home and it’s near a lot of our agents’ homes.”

HM Properties is currently licensed in North Carolina and South Carolina and serves the greater Charlotte area, including upstate South Carolina.

Despite the firm’s growth, Mitch-ener still considers HM Properties a boutique firm. She is proud that most of the firm’s original staff is still with the company.

While the firm’s current office space was leased with growth in mind in 2006, Mitchener didn’t take more brokers into account while purchasing the new build-ing.

“There’s no more need to grow, we just needed a better space,” she said. “The intent is not to have more agents. Certainly we aim to grow in sales and volume but not necessarily agents. We just have a really great group of people and our goal is to keep people there.”

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Ballantyne Resort announces Gingerbread Lane Winners

Charlotte resident Penny Cunningham won first place on Dec. 22 in the Ballant-yne Hotel and Resort’s annual Gingerbread Lane gingerbread house competition for her “North Pole Diner.” Thirty-one participants competed in the event.

Julie and Michael Andreacola placed sec-ond in the professional division for their cre-ation, “Elsa’s Delight.”

In the amateur division, Kristen Childers placed first for “Gingerly Awaiting Christ-mas;” Alice Kerrigan placed second for “Sweet Wonderland;” and Avis Taylor fin-ished in third place for “Whimsical Paw-tucket Train Station.”

The contest ran from Dec. 11 through Dec. 28 at Ballantyne Hotel and Resort.

Ballantyne Corporate Park collecting used computers

Ballantyne Corperate Park will host a used computer drive Jan. 14-16, 2015 to benefit the Heineman Foundation of Char-lotte, a nonprofit specializing in educational and medical outreach.

Representatives from the Heineman Foundation will pick up computers and functional computer equipment from the donor’s office. The service is free of charge and all donations are tax-deductible.

Collections will be donated to the Tech-nology for Education project in Guatemala. Since 2011, the Heineman Foundation has donated more than 14,000 computers to Technology for Education.

All hard drives will be wiped following U.S. Department of Defense protocol.

Call Nicole at 704-374-0505 for more

information on donating computers.

Mecklenburg County confirms measles case

Mecklenburg County officials confirmed on Dec. 29 that a Charlotte resident was diagnosed with confirmed red measles (Rubeola). The patient traveled to a country with endemic red measles and individuals who came in contact with the patient have been notified. County officials stated in a release that measures are being taken at this time and there is no immediate threat to the general public.

Red measles is a contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus and is spread through the air. Symptoms include runny nose, cough, fever, sore throat, red eyes and a rash. Measles can be prevented with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine, which is routinely given at 12-15 months and 4-6 years. Unvaccinated adults or chil-dren should contact their primary doctor.

Charlotte Post Foundation hosts inaugural “Friendraiser”

The Charlotte Post Foundation hosted an inaugural “Friendraiser” on Dec. 30 at Sullivan’s Steakhouse on South Boulevard.

to raise money for after school programs at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The Foundation recently launched a campaign to raise $75,000 to provide after school pro-grams. So far, $19,000 has been raised from individual donors in the greater Charlotte community.

The Charlotte Post Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization aimed at providing after school programs for second- and- third-graders in CMS Title I schools.

Contact Brandi Williams at 980-345-6491 for more information.

Charlotte Catholic students visit Ivey Memory Wellness Center

Charlotte Catholic’s High School Hon-ors Choir visited the Ivey Memory Wellness Day Center last week for special holiday performances. The Ivey Memory Wellness Day Center provides daily care for those living with memory loss due to Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and mild cognitive impairment.

Dottie Tippett, the fine arts chair and choral director at Charlotte Catholic, joined the students on the trip. Singers chatted with audience members following the per-formance.

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Teenager shot near SouthPark Mall

A 19-year-old man was shot on the same block as SouthPark Mall on Monday, Dec. 29 after 6 p.m.

An unknown suspect fired multiple rounds from a vehicle into a Chevy Tahoe at the inter-section of Morrison Boulevard and Sharon Road, near the mall. Both drivers sped away and, shortly after, the victim, who was in the Tahoe, arrived at Northeast Regional Medical Center with a bullet in his lower back. A 20-year-old man was in the Tahoe with the victim, but was not injured.

When South Charlotte Weekly went to press, police had not made any arrests in the case and would not release details about the relationship between the victim and suspect, but have said that an argument broke out between the two at an intersection.

If an arrest is made, the suspect will be charged with Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill and Discharging a Weapon into Occupied Property, according to the police report. – Ryan Pitkin

Vehicle Break-Ins• 6200 block of Park Road: Handgun, check-

book and briefcase, worth $575 total, stolen from vehicle during break-in. Dec. 27

• 10300 block of Lady Grace Lane: Nothing stolen from vehicle during break-in. Dec. 28

• 9100 block of Holly Hill Farm Road: $4,200 worth of golf clubs and accessories stolen and $1,000 damage done to two cars during break-ins. Dec. 29

• 1800 block of Carmel Ridge Road: Check-book stolen from vehicle during break-in. Dec. 30

• 3500 block of Castellaine Drive: $130 jacket stolen from vehicle during break-in. Dec. 30

Property Theft• 4200 block of Toddington Lane: $10 worth of

Christmas lights stolen from yard. Dec. 27• 6600 block of Bunker Hill Circle: $50 cell-

phone and $50 purse containing credit cards suspected stolen. Dec. 28

• 7200 block of Brigmore Drive: Four Liberty gold coins and one 1899 Prussian gold coin, worth $3,000 total, stolen from home. Dec. 29

• Belk, SouthPark Mall: $225 ski vest stolen from business. Dec. 29

• 6800 block of Morrison Boulevard: $200 LG

cellphone stolen. Dec. 29• Nordstrom, SouthPark Mall: $29 Gucci

deodorant stick stolen from business. Suspect admitted to obtaining $312 worth of merchandise by false pretenses on two separate occasions in the past. Suspect also found to possess heroin paraphernalia. Dec. 29

• 4900 block of Water Oak Road: $351 worth of alarm equipment stolen from business and not returned. Dec. 29

• Macy’s, SouthPark Mall: $136 pair of jeans stolen from business. Dec. 30

• 1200 block of Over Stream Lane: $40 wooden deer stolen from yard. Dec. 30

Vandalism/Hit-and-Run• 6400 block of Cameron Forest Lane: $200

damage done to apartment door during domestic altercation. Dec. 26

• 15200 block of John J Delaney Drive: $50 damage done to cellphone during domestic distur-bance. Dec. 28

Financial Crimes/Fraud• 14800 block of Ballantyne Village Way: Sus-

pect used victim’s name and Social Security num-ber to open a Verizon account. Dec. 28

• 14200 block of Nolen Lane: Suspect used

victim’s personal information to open a credit card account. Dec. 29

Drugs• 11000 block of Running Ridge Road: Posses-

sion of marijuana and paraphernalia. Dec. 24• 10500 block of Old Ardrey Kell Road: Posses-

sion of marijuana and paraphernalia. Dec. 28• 17700 block of Marvin Road: Possession of

marijuana and paraphernalia. Dec. 28• 15600 block of Johnston Road: Possession of

marijuana and paraphernalia. Dec. 28• 8500 block of Park Road: Possession of

heroin paraphernalia. Dec. 29• 3700 block of Moorland Drive: Possession of

marijuana and paraphernalia. Dec. 29• 8000 block of Horse Chestnut Lane: Police

serving a warrant find suspect in possession of marijuana and cocaine. Dec. 29

Miscellaneous• 9400 block of Elm Lane: Female assaulted

by two males and in turn assaulted one of the males with an aluminum bat during a road rage incident. Dec. 27

• 8000 block of Providence Road: Suspect allegedly punched victim in the chest, choked him and threatened to kill him. Dec. 29

The following crimes were committed in the south Charlotte area between Dec. 24 and 30, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.


Restaurant ScoresThe Mecklenburg County Health

Department inspected the following dining locations from Dec. 23 to 30.

Lowest Score:• Charlotte Café, 4127 Park Road,

28209 – 84.5 Violations included: No certified food

safety manager on duty; cook cracked eggs with gloved hand and then peeled glove and did not wash hands before handling

ready to eat foods; cook lightly touched cooked foods with bare hand as it came off griddle; both kitchen and hand sinks blocked; meatballs, country ham, lasagna, quiche, gravy, chili and cooked greens without date marks; consumer advisory

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was incorrect; and small prep unit not cold holding properly.

All Scores:

28210• Cook Out, 10645 Park Road – 99 • Wendy’s, 10729 Park Road – 94.5

28226• Bangkok Ocha, 7629-B Pineville-

Matthews Road – 91.5 • Panera Bread, 3207 Pineville-Mat-

thews Road – 98 • Pizza Hut, 8800 Pineville-Matthews

Road – 97.5 • Sonny’s Bar B Q, 3351-300 Pineville

Matthews Road – 96.5

28270No restaurants inspected this week.

28277• Anzi Pizzeria, 8133 Ardrey Kell Road

– 93.5 • Portofino’s Italian Restaurant, 8128

Providence Road – 95 • The Q Shack, 10822 Providence Road

– 99.5 • Room 18 Asian-Sushi Bar, 9935 Rea

Road – 95.5 • Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina, 9941 Rea

Road – 96.5 • Toast of Ballantyne, 8430 Rea Road

– 94.5 • Vintner Wine Market, 8128 Provi-

dence Road – 99 • The Wok, 11508 Providence Road –

95.5

28209• Bedder, Bedder & Moore, 1730

Abbey Place – 95.5 • Charlotte Café, 4127 Park Road –

84.5

28211• Bricktop’s Restaurant, 6401 Morri-

son Blvd. – 97 • The Cheesecake Factory, 4400 Sha-

ron Road – 94.5 • The Cowfish, 4310 Sharon Road –

97 • Maggiano’s Little Italy, 4400 Sharon

Road – 94

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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A year in featuresTake a look back at some feature story highlights from 2014

by Josh [email protected]

Community features are a huge part of the South Charlotte Weekly.

As a hyper-local newspaper, South Char-lotte Weekly and its staff strives to bring readers quality features on relevant com-munity news, such as fundraisers, 5Ks, nonprofits, arts and entertainment events, school news and people who are simply making a difference.

As 2014 draws to a close and people welcome the New Year, take a look back through a handful of diverse community feature stories included in South Charlotte Weekly over the past year. Read the full sto-ries by visiting www.thecharlotteweekly.com and typing a story’s headline in the search bar at the top of the homepage.

And, remember – if you have an idea for a community feature, we want to know about it. Email story ideas to [email protected].

scouts unite against local hungerFeatured in the Jan. 24 to 30 issue

Thousands of Boy Scouts across Meck-lenburg County united to feed people in need in the Charlotte region through the

Mecklenburg County Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s annual Scouting for Food Drive on Feb. 1.

Boy Scout Troop 24 and Cub Scout Pack 24, both chartered at the British American School of Charlotte in south Charlotte, have collected thousands of pounds of food for the initiative since they joined the effort two years ago, despite being “relatively small” groups. But Del Whittaker, chairman of the Mecklenburg County Boy Scouts Council,

said the drive was more than just another project for Scouts.

“You can talk about collecting ‘X’ number of pounds of food, but how many people are being fed? That truly is the real story,” Whit-taker said. “It’s important to us because of the cause – the more we collect, obviously, we’re helping more people and families.”

from church plays to the small screenFeatured in the Feb. 21 to 27 issue

South Mecklenburg High School gradu-ate Jenn Lyon got her start as an actress on the stage of her church. Nearly three decades later, Lyon was featured on both the critically-acclaimed FX crime drama “Justified” and the George Lopez sitcom, “Saint George,” which premiered March 6 on the FX network.

Lyon played the role of Mackenzie, Lopez’s ex-wife and mother of their 12-year-old son on the show. She was drawn to the show in part because she was excited about the

chance to do comedy, but she also jumped at the chance of working with Lopez.

“I’m a huge fan of George’s stand-up,” Lyon said. “I think that he’s an incredible writer, so funny, so insightful ... and also in person he is just delightfully funny.”

a ‘fresh’ opportunityFeatured in the March 28 to April 3 issue

South Charlotte resident Bertrum Wil-liams didn’t start out as a filmmaker, but he and his colleague, John Kofonow, decided to pursue their dreams and enroll as film-making students at The Art Institute of Charlotte.

Their short film “Fresh” was chosen as one of six finalists in the annual Sprite Films competition, a nationwide program that offers student filmmakers the chance to gain firsthand knowledge from profes-sionals in the film industry.

Kofonow directed “Fresh,” while Wil-liams worked as the film’s producer.

“Collaboration – being willing to work with other people and knowing how to work with them is important,” Williams said. “You also have to recognize when you come to the table with an idea, the idea is going to be expanded by other people working with you, and you have to be willing to do that.”

Blazing a trail for troop 24Featured in the May 2 to 8 issue

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dedicated his Eagle Scout project to his church, St. Gabriel Catholic, creating a paved walkway from the church’s parking lot to the playground area.

While he was creating a way for church members to easily access the playground, he also was carving a path for future mem-bers of his south Charlotte Boy Scout troop, Troop 24. Matthew became the first Eagle Scout chartered by Troop 24, something he hopes inspires other Boy Scouts to want to earn their Eagle rank.

“After the ceremony, a lot of boys came up and said they were going to get their Eagle Scout (badge),” Matthew said. “... What I would like to see is all the boys I know that deserve it, I’d like to see them get it.”

pond tour returns to south charlotteFeatured in the June 13 to 19 issue

The nine-stop 2014 Charlotte Pond Tour, hosted by the Piedmont Koi & Watergarden Society, introduced dozens of tourists to the garden pond and offered tips and advice on how to maintain such a facility.

People who embark on the annual tour learn a variety of information about garden ponds, including infiltration systems, how to install a pond, tips for caring for koi and goldfish in the ponds and more.

“I think just sitting there and watching the beautiful fish swim around” is the best part about owning a koi pond, said Mary Ellen McClain, a south Charlotte resident who opened her home to tourists. “... It’s just sort of a soothing, comforting feeling to sit there and watch them.”

scrabble spells closeness for south charlotte familyFeatured in the Aug. 22 to 28 issue

Scrabble has been the centerpiece of many trips for south Charlotte resident Katya Lezin and her children, Noah, Han-nah and Eliza.

The family has participated competitively in Scrabble tournaments for years, even when Katya Lezin recently battled ovarian cancer. Through their tournaments, they’ve made a group of loyal friends, who rallied around Lezin earlier this year as she battled the disease – with one organization design-ing a T-shirt that spelled out, “This is one challenge I will win,” in Scrabble tiles.

“You wouldn’t expect that from Scrabble players because we’re competitors,” Han-nah Lieberman, Lezin’s daughter, said. “You don’t think you’ll go into it building a com-munity, but you do.”

racing in the name of taylorFeatured in the Oct. 31 to Nov. 6 issue

South Charlotte resident Laura King Edwards laced up her running shoes and donned a witch costume on Oct. 25 as she ran in the Great Pumpkin 5K in Rock Hill, South Carolina, with the goal of bringing awareness to rare diseases.

Edwards’s sister, Taylor, was diagnosed in 2006 with Batten disease, a severe rare dis-ease that causes blindness, seizures, loss of motor and cognitive skills, speech impedi-ment and, ultimately, death. Edwards ran the Thunder Road Half Marathon blind-folded last year in honor of Taylor, and has made it her mission to eventually run races in all 50 states in support of her sister and others battling Batten disease and other rare illnesses.

“People hear ‘rare,’ and they think, ‘That doesn’t apply to me,’” Edwards said. “I’m always careful to make people (aware) that rare diseases affect 1 in 10 Americans.”

Find more information and follow Taylor and Edwards’s stories at www.taylorstale.org.

helping wishes come trueFeatured in the Nov. 7 to 13 issue

Ballantyne resident Anjali Arnold has par-ticipated in a number of charity endeavors throughout her life, but she considers help-ing the Make-A-Wish Foundation one of the most important things she’s ever done.

Arnold was named a W.I.S.H. Society Honoree and tasked with raising at least $6,000 for her local Make-A-Wish chapter. She chose to triple that amount to raise a total of $18,000 in honor of her three chil-dren. She raised funds through a letter cam-paign, as well as through her own birthday party on Oct. 21, in which she asked people to donate to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in lieu of bringing presents.

“I can say that participating in the W.I.S.H. Society is the most meaningful thing that I’ve ever done,” Arnold said. “To know that I will have a positive impact on a child for a lifetime is the most precious thing I’ve ever experienced.”

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South Charlotte Middle School has taken on a new perspective on bullying and started a campaign of kindness.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Dep-uty Superintendent Ann Clark recently encouraged a culture of caring at all lev-els of the CMS community and South Charlotte Middle students are taking the reins and making positive changes in their school.

South Charlotte started a “Be Kind” campaign this year, where students par-ticipate in “kindness training” to encour-age compassionate behavior in the school.

South Charlotte Dean of Students Dan Siftar said the campaign began when the school planned its anti-bullying assem-bly. Siftar noticed how many schools focus on the negative connotations sur-rounding bullying and decided to shift the perspective to focus on the positive behavior students should exhibit.

“We started talking with students and dealing with a lot of issues that we’ve had with students picking on one another,” Siftar said. “We wanted to make a new theme throughout the school.”

Throughout the fall semester, middle schoolers participated in kindness activi-ties where students learned about the

negative effects of bullying and the expec-tation of kindness within the school.

“It’s much harder to hide behind cer-tain things (regarding bullying) because kindness is kind of black and white,” Siftar said.

Students and faculty took a pledge to be kind to one another and focus on treating each other the way they deserved to be treated, Siftar added.

He said he saw a change in the culture at the school, as students were excited to be supportive of their peers.

“Students are honestly excited to be kind to one another and look for oppor-tunities,” Siftar said, adding he witnessed students who walked by a turned-over trashcan and helped pick up the trash that spilled out.

The school also developed a student kindness committee that meets with Siftar to determine new ways to encour-age kindness in school. One activity included placing post-it notes on every locker in the school with an encouraging message so each student would start the day with a positive note.

More recently, South Charlotte Mid-dle raised over $10,000 for the Salvation Army Angel Tree Program and hosted two shopping events to provide holiday goods to needy families. The school incorporated the kindness campaign into

the fundraiser. School administration hopes the cam-

paign continues to foster a culture of fair treatment among students, create greater safety in the school and teach them life lessons about integrity and how to treat others.

“Middle school is where students set themselves up on their trajectory and start making decisions on their own,” Siftar said. “It’s really important to hit them in middle school because middle schoolers can really, truly hurt people and can be really sweet and build people

up as well.”The school hopes that kindness will

become a part of their character, Siftar added.

The student kindness committee has weekly meetings to determine how the school plans to continue the campaign throughout the year.

“We didn’t want this to be a two-week thing and then stop there,” Siftar said.

South Charlotte Middle School is located at 8040 Strawberry Lane in Charlotte, about one mile from the Arbo-retum Shopping Center.

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Rather than focus on the growing rate of verbal/physical bullying in schools and cyberbul-lying by teens, South Charlotte Middle has initiated a “kindness campaign” to encourage students to be friendly and supportive of their peers. SCW file photo

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McClintock faculty named to leaders network

Robin Williams, the media specialist at McClintock Middle School, was recently accepted into the inaugural cohort of the North Carolina Digital Leaders Coaching Network, a part of the Friday Institute of North Carolina State University.

The group seeks to provide North Caro-lina instructional technologists, instruc-tional coaches, mentor teachers and media coordinators with ongoing and job-embed-ded professional learning opportunities to build capacity in both digital and person-alized learning, according to the organiza-tion’s website.

Williams will travel to Raleigh four times in 2015 to collaborate with educators across North Carolina.

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Providence Day faculty gains national recognition

Multiple faculty members at Providence Day School recently gained national recog-nition.

First grade teacher Lana Cummings became nationally board certified. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and a master’s from Queens Uni-versity in Charlotte.

Transitional kindergarten teacher Kelly Smith created a “Community and Transpor-tation” unit that Joseph Renzulli, the direc-tor of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, wants to use.

He requested permission to use the unit in his teacher training activities, citing the curriculum as a “great example of Early Childhood content,” read a news release from Providence Day.

Kenna Powell, director of school safety, served as a delegate and presenter at the Security100 K-12 Summit in early Decem-ber in Tucson, Arizona, according to the release. Powell was one of the leaders rep-resenting kindergarten through 12th grade school districts from around the country.

Lansdowne Elementary seeks mentors, volunteers

Lansdowne Elementary School, located at 6400 Prett Court, is currently seeking CMS-approved mentors for groups of fifth-grade students and tutors to work with kin-dergarten through fifth-grade students in reading and math.

The mentor will be needed once a week for 30 to 45 minutes from Jan. 26 to March 11. The mentors will be asked to guide and assist a small group of students in complet-ing and presenting a research project of global significance for the IB Exhibition.

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Those interested in becoming a mentor should email [email protected] and interested tutors should email [email protected].

Providence Day middle schoolers earn trophy at robotics competition

A team of Providence Day School middle schoolers was recognized with a Gracious Professionalism trophy at the North Caro-lina FIRST Lego League (FFL) qualifying tournament, according to a news release.

The FFL hosts teams of students, who are 9 to 14 years old, to solve real-world engi-neering challenges and develop life skills through guidance from their adult mentors and their own imaginations.

The teams collaborate to build and pro-gram autonomous robots to score points on a thematic playing surface and create an innovative solution to a program correlated to the yearly, themed project.

The PDS team, advised by computer sci-ence teacher Daniel Pavitt, programmed a Lego robot to interact with as many Lego obstacles as possible on a table within the two and a half minute time limit, the release read.

"The Providence Day First Lego League (FLL) team improved on their robot com-petition score each judging session, ending at 10th place out of 24 teams,” Pavitt said in the release.

The team also made a Raspberry Pi laptop – a credit card-sized single-board computer. They completed the project over several weeks and taught the concept to middle and upper school computer science teachers.

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I hope you got a broken Etch A Sketch for Christmas

REV. TONy MARCIANO

by Rev. Tony Marciano [email protected]

cold it was (how’s that for drama?). But my cousin persevered. We saw the inside of this fabulous toy but after oohing and aahing, we faced more worry. Would she get the sil-very powder back on the screen? But it wasn’t our problem. You’d never find our finger prints on those two white wheels.

The great part about an Etch A Sketch is that when you messed up, you simply turned it over, shook it and started all over again. You could start over as often as you wanted to. Each time you did, it looked brand new – just like it came out of the box.

Imagine if someone took an Etch A Sketch and used it to write down everything you did wrong and then showed it to you at the end of the day. My wife could fill the screen within an hour of my waking. I’m not that good. While my wife would tell me that she still loves me, if she constantly threw my shortcom-ings in my face, the discouragement would have a negative impact on our relationship and I would just “give up.”

I think we see God as having a “super” Etch A Sketch and He’s writing down all the ways we mess up. Then, we see Him as wanting to “shove it in our face” as a constant

reminder of how we mess things up.

Imagine God having an Etch A Sketch, but His is broken. He puts His hands on those two white wheels to record our sins; they turn but nothing happens. It’s as if the gears are stripped. The stylus doesn’t move. There is no silvery powder removed from the screen. There is nothing to be seen but that famous silver screen. It’s as clean as the day you bought it.

The depth of God’s love is that he remembers our sin no more. They are vanished forever. He doesn’t bring them up against us. As a Christian, I believe the one who took our guilt and penalty for our sin was Jesus on the cross.

If you should happen to receive an Etch A Sketch this Christmas, enjoy it. It’s a classic toy that every kid should have. While your version draws fabulous pictures, remember, God’s Etch A Sketch is broken.

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.

When I was a kid, we always went to my grandmother’s house after eating our Christmas Day dinner. It was the perfect time to see what everyone received for Christmas. I could never understand why my cousin Diane wanted clothes. How can you play with clothes? I mean, what do you do with that?

One toy my cousin had that I

thought was so cool was an Etch A Sketch. We’ve all seen them (or owned one). You turn the vertical and the horizontal wheels to draw figures. When you get really good, you turn both wheels simultane-ously to create a circle. I remember my early circles. They looked more egg shaped than round.

Then there was my rebellious cousin Kathy who decided she would “erase” the entire screen so we could see inside. While it would be “cool” to do that, the rest of us faced sheer panic. We lived with the dreaded disease of “Italian guilt.” We believed if we did that, we would ruin the toy. Our parents would find out and we’d never get another toy for the rest of our lives. In fact, we'd be banished to live on the back porch regardless of how

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What started as a goal to make $39 is

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Kristi Buttles was trying to teach her

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Berkeley home in December 2004 with

three pitchers of lemonade and a couple

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The bake sale won out over, among

Let me start out by

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family activities you

could be doing right

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ing this, put the paper

down and go make the

most out of the holi-

day. I can wait.

Because that’s what this column is

really all about. I don’t write many opin-

ion pieces, so when I do steal the space

to jot down my thoughts, you know that

it’s pretty important to me.

The other day, while driving to work,

I saw people putting up a tent to start

selling Christmas trees. It was Nov. 19,

and I was on the way to a Thanksgiving

pot luck. I was immediately reminded

of something a friend said: “People are

trying to erase Thanksgiving and go

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While I love Christmas, I’m not will-

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Turkey, family, more turkeyMake the most out

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by Mike Parks

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(see Turkey on page 7)

Bake sale turned

Bruce and Kristi Buttles with their kids, (from left) Ben, 14, Paul, 10, and, Sarah, 12 seen here at the

2008 bake sale. Since then, the event has grown by leaps and bounds. This year’s event is Saturday,

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Police are looking for a group of sus-

pects responsible for two recent daytime

break-ins at south Charlotte homes, and

they have warned neighborhood associa-

tions that the men could be tied to four

other break-ins in the department’s South

Division.

Police are warning homeowners to

remain vigilant and are asking for help in

finding the men.

The group of men stole a large amount

of jewelry and other possessions from

two homes off Providence Road West

between Community House and John-

ston roads, according to Detective Steve

Simono with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg

Police Department’s South Division.

In both instances, the suspects were

seen, first, by surveillance camera and

later by eyewitnesses, driving what

appeared to be a white Nissan Sentra or

Altima with North Carolina plates and

a gold Nissan Altima with Tennessee

plates.The first incident occurred Nov. 12

around 11 a.m. at a home in the 10000

block of Sutherby Drive in the Kenil-

worth/Amberleigh neighborhood.

A surveillance camera caught the

white car pulling into the home’s drive-

way, and three black men left the vehicle

and walked to the back yard and out of

view. The driver then backed out of the

driveway, and neither the car nor any of

the suspects was seen again.

The following day, in the nearby Allyson

Park neighborhood around 12:30 p.m.,

eyewitnesses saw a similar scene unfold

on Capricorn Lane. Except this time,

witnesses saw the white vehicle drive by

the victim’s home first, followed shortly

Police advise vigilance after two break-ins

Camera, witnesses give

detectives clues in search

by Mike Parks

[email protected]

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Father-daughter ministers to lead cross-generational program

Rev. James Howell, of Myers Park United Methodist Church, and his daughter, Rev. Sarah Howell, of Cente-nary United Methodist Church in Win-ston-Salem, will lead a cross-generational program at Myers Park UMC.

The Howells will present “A Cross-Generational Conversation: Where the Church Has Been, Where the Church is Going” on Jan. 13, a Tuesday, in Myers Park UMC’s Jubilee Hall. The program will offer different perspectives on chal-lenges facing the church, according to a news release. The Howells will cover changes in worship, the shifting of per-spective on moral issues, the impact of social media and how the church can thrive in new ways.

Rev. Sarah Howell, 27 years old, serves as an associate minister at her church in Winston-Salem. Rev. James Howell is the senior pastor of Myers Park UMC. Find more information at www.mpumc.org.

Myers Park UMC is located at 1501 Queens Road.

Calvary Church to launch support ministries

Calvary Church will launch a hand-ful of support ministries in the coming weeks.

The church’s classes and seminars explore specific aspects of a particular personal experience – spiritual, intel-lectual, emotional and physical – from a Christian-based perspective. Support ministries include:

• Boundaries – This course will help participants identify boundaries, com-mon myths that can influence a person’s thinking and “the basis for Biblically-legitimate boundaries,” according to a church announcement. The class will meet on Mondays at 7 p.m. from Jan. 12 to March 9. Cost is $15 and includes a book and workbook.

• CORPS (Christ Our Refuge, Power and Strength) Support Class – This new ministry class is designed for women whose husbands have experienced a life-altering injury or disease affecting motor skills, such as spinal trauma or ALS. Classes will include prayer, confidential discussion and Biblical studies, accord-ing to the church announcement. The program is open to all women and will meet on Mondays at 7 p.m. from Jan. 12 to March 30. Cost is $20, which covers a “Trusting God” book and workbook.

• DivorceCare – This program is designed to offer encouragement and insight to those facing divorce. The cur-riculum uses DVDs “by top experts on divorce and recovery,” according to the church announcement, and sessions also will include discussion and prayer. The program is open to men and women and will meet Mondays at 7 p.m. from Jan. 12 to April 20.

• DivorceCare for Kids – This 13-week series is designed for children 6 to 12 years old, who are experiencing divorce within their own families. Sessions will introduce children to Biblical concepts about themselves and their relationships, the church announcement said. Classes will meet on Mondays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. from Jan. 12 to April 20. Cost is $30 for one child, $45 two children and $60 for three children.

• GriefShare – This course is open to anyone grieving the death of a spouse, child relative or other loved one and offers “Christ-centered compassion and perspective through this difficult loss,” the church announcement said. The group is open to men and women at any time and will meet on Mondays at 7 p.m. from Jan. 12 to March 30. Cost is $20, which includes a workbook and booklet.

Participants can register for these classes and find more information, including meeting places for the classes, at www.calvarychurch.com under “Prayer & Care” and “Support Ministry.”

Calvary Church is located at 5801 Pin-eville-Matthews Road.

Sharon Presbyterian to host annual chili cook-off

People are invited to cook a pot of their best chili for the annual chili cook-off at Sharon Presbyterian Church on Jan. 18, a Sunday, in the church gym following the 10:30 a.m. worship service.

The contest will include prizes, and hot dogs and slaw will be served. Those not cooking chili are encouraged to bring cornbread, salads, sandwiches and des-serts to share. Contact the church at 704-553-0869 or [email protected] for more information or to register for the chili cook-off.

Sharon Presbyterian is located at 5201 Sharon Road.

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This pizza joint boasts a coal burning oven, sauce and dough made in house and fresh toppings cut by hand. On the menu, they claim, “NO FREEZERS, FRYERS, GRILLS or MICROWAVE OVENS. Every-thing we make is made fresh to order and baked in our coal oven.” It’s no secret some of the best pizza still exists where it all began in America – in New York City, with coal fired ovens. Several of the original coal ovens are still fired up daily in Man-hattan. That’s what you’ll find at Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza in the Prom-enade shop-ping center on Ballantyne Commons Parkway.

Tony Sacco’s is casual from the moment you step in the door. The seating is comfort-able, as all the chairs are padded, and the barstools are both cushioned and have full backs. There are only three or four strategi-cally placed large flat screen televisions, so if you can’t miss the game during dinner, you can feel fulfilled. Otherwise, you won’t feel like you’re in a sports bar.

The menu at Tony Sacco’s is concise. Many establishments have the word pizza in their name, yet the menu is so large, pizza takes a back seat. Other

than a few appetizers and salads, along with a handful of select sandwiches and wraps, it’s all about the pizza… and the calzones. There also are several selections of wine by the glass or bottle, and eight beers on draft along with a couple handfuls of bottled craft beers. For traditional classic Italian fare, choose the Caprese; a salad comprised of slices of fresh mozzarella, Roma tomatoes and fresh basil, topped with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. For a hearty starter, consider the Sausage and Peppers – Italian sausage

combined with the delicious flavor of coal roasted pep-pers, caramel-ized onions and crostini.

I’m not sure when pizza and wings became almost inseparable; however, I am pleased they

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The meat is tender and juicy and the bleu cheese dressing is made in house.

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degrees for about

four minutes. Don’t try this at home, as the saying goes, not that you could; thus the popularity of this south Charlotte eatery. You can make up just about any combination, or make it a no-brainer and choose one of the combination offerings. A tasty grouping can be found on the Capo – tomato sauce, moz-zarella, pepperoni, Italian sausage, roasted onions and roasted mushrooms, finished

off with olive oil and fresh basil. For a meat-less treat, go with the Vegetariana – tomato sauce, mozzarella, roasted onions, fresh roma tomatoes, roasted mushrooms, zuc-chini, roasted red and green peppers, then topped with olive oil and fresh basil. A cou-ple other offerings are the Greek, with olive

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oil, roasted garlic, Romano cheese and basil sauce, mozzarella, feta cheese, green olives, red onions, banana peppers, fresh roma tomatoes and spinach, completed with olive oil and fresh basil. The other is the Buffalo chicken – buffalo sauce, roasted chicken, mozzarella, fresh roma tomatoes and celery. This one’s finished with olive oil and your choice of bleu cheese or ranch dressing.

All of the toppings taste fresh and you receive a sufficient amount. Any pie worth its weight starts with a superb crust, based on the thickness, flavor and bite. Tony Sacco’s crust has a great flavor profile, hav-ing been infused with the smokiness of the coal-fired oven. The quick cook time com-bined with high heat also results in a won-derful texture to the crust with a nice crispy edge. I like a pie that has a thin crust, but there is such a thing as too thin. As good as the overall pizza’s taste, the center of sev-eral pie’s crust was so thin that picking it up at the center, or even considering folding it New York style, was impractical. Unfor-tunately, only a fork could rescue the first couple of bites before you could dine on pizza pies as they were originally meant to be – with one hand. I would tend to believe that there wasn’t enough ‘rise’ to the dough. The thinnest of excellent pies still have an observable rise to the crust throughout.

Calzones are another option, begin-ning with a foundation of the house-made tomato sauce and plenty of mozzarella, plus the toppings of your choice. And there are a lot of topping choices, be it a calzone or a pizza. Diners can choose from seven cheeses, 18 fruits and veggies, and eight meats.

Sandwiches are coal oven baked, which definitely enhances the flavors. Even the rolls are coal oven baked. I was very pleased with the Meatball Sandwich, which had plenty of tasty meatballs with tomato sauce and provolone. The meatballs are sliced so as to stay in the roll, and the sandwich arrived with a nice crispy edge from the oven. It was so hot, I had to wait a minute to pick it up.

I really enjoyed the side of Italian pasta salad that comes with each sandwich or wrap – ideally cooked penne pasta with pieces of fresh Spanish onion, red and green peeper, feta cheese, sliced green olives and garbanzo beans. It’s a delicious combina-tion with just enough dressing. Another offering is the Italian – ham, capicola, and

provolone with lettuce, tomato and Ital-ian dressing. One sandwich is the Pollo di Forno, which includes the flavorful coal-roasted chicken along with provolone, let-tuce, tomato and pesto mayo. For wraps, consider the Chicken Caesar with the yummy oven roasted chicken, romaine let-tuce, fresh roma tomatoes, Romano cheese and Caesar dressing.

The atmosphere is pleasing and the ser-

vice is generally good. That’s not to say there aren’t opportunities for improvement. When the wings are brought to the table, have the dressing in the other hand or return with them in seconds, not several minutes later. On our last visit for lunch, one guest was considering dessert, but chose not to order it, as the check was placed on the table. Before bringing the check, always inquire to see if anyone wishes to consider dessert – even at lunchtime. Better yet, make a suggestion. I do like the servers consistently welcoming you and introducing themselves by name, and they were attentive.

I’m not sure how much it costs to install a custom built 1,000 degree anthracite coal burning oven, never mind the cost of the coal. That may be why the prices for the specialty pizzas are $13.99 for a medium, or 12-inch pie; and $17.99 for a large, or 16-inch pie. The sandwiches and wraps are $8.99. There are daily lunch specials at a lower price point, and on Wednesdays and Fridays all wine bottles are $10 off – especially fitting for a Friday evening. The perceptions of slightly higher prices are justified by the freshness of the ingredients and robust flavors. Tony Sacco’s has been doing a good business for a year and a half, and will most likely remain a staple in the Promenade for a long time to come. It is definitely worthy of your own personal culi-nary investigation.

Tony Sacco’s(continued from page 18)

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Maintaining Healthy Plants in your Garden

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1.15.15Thursday

12 to 1:30 p.m.ladies’ luncheon featuring ebola

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Ben Olmstead, CharlOtte latinOlmstead, the Hawks leading

scorer from his position at midfield, was named an all-state selection. The senior co-captain helped lead the Hawks to an 11-7-2 record.

COaCh Of the Year: Oscar del PinO, charlOtte cathOlic

Juan Guerrero, Myers ParkBrad Scharf, South Meck

dylan ritch, independenceBraxton roBinSon, Myers Park

nick aParicio, ProvidenceJuStin Brown, ardrey kell

Jack coover, Providence daySean carlin, charlotte catholicJack hitchcock, ardrey kellSean Pratt, charlotte catholicShane SwiSher, Providence

boyS Soccer Super team

PlaYer Of the Year: Brendan McdOnOugh, charlOtte cathOlic

marCO GarCia, sOuth meCkGarcia had a standout junior

season for the Sabres, leading the team in goals (11) on his way to becoming an all-state stricker.

Chad hunkler, COvenant daYThe four-year varsity starter was

a senior captain for Covenant Day and a three-time all-conference selection. This season, the mid-fielder was the team’s leading scorer.

Julius klOhr, COvenant daYJust a sophomore, the center

midfielder led the Covenant Day team in assists and was named the team’s Most Valuable Player. Klohr, a two-year varsity starter, will serve as a team captain next season.

matthew nOzedar, PrOvidenCeThe two-time all-state selection

finished his high school career with 62 goals total and 28 during his senior campaign. He’ll con-tinue his soccer career in the fall at Pittsburgh.

Brenden mCdOnOuGh, CharlOtte CathOliC

The senior forward led the Cou-gars in goals (30) and assists (24) for his senior season, helping his team to a 22-3-1 overall record. The all-state selection is a Georgetown commit.

Ben lOCke, CharlOtte COuntrY daY

Locke, two-time all-state selec-tion from his spot at midfielder, finished his senior season in style as he helped lead the Bucs to the state championship game.

axel rYdBerG, CharlOtte COuntrY daY

The all-state defender anchored a stingy Bucs defense and helped lead the team to the state cham-pionship.

JaCk miller, CharlOtte CathOliCThe Cougars leading defender

was a key cog in their 21-3-1 run this season as Miller helped limit opposing teams to just 18 goals all season.

JaCk wlOdYka, PrOvidenCeThe all-conference and all-

region defender racked up seven assists this season while limiting opponents to .89 goals per game. Wlodyka will continue his soccer career at Wingate University.

JaCk mOrtOn, ardreY kellThe senior defender was named

an all-conference and all-region selection after leading the Knights to a 17-6-1 record and becoming the only team to beat No. 1 ranked Charlotte Catholic in conference play.

The Charlotte Catholic soccer team has established a dynasty in North Carolina.

After winning the state championship in 2009 and gradu-ating 14 seniors from that group, the Cougars came back the next year with just two returning starters and made it all the way to the state quarterfinals, backing up the reputation they’ve been building.

Since then, they’ve gone 88-14-5 the last four seasons under coach Oscar del Pino, quickly becoming known as a perennial power.

Though each season at Catholic has been successful in its own right, their most recent run proved to be the sweetest as they won the conference championship, recorded 13 shutouts and finished 21-3-1.

But it’s not the impressive stats that made the season so spe-cial. It was having star midfielder Brendan McDonough back in Catholic red.

McDonough, a senior, played for the Cougars as a sopho-more and scored 18 goals, making the all-state team. But last year, McDonough made the tough decision to sit out the Cath-olic season and devote time to his Charlotte Soccer Academy team.

His return poured new life into the Cougar team, and it’s

easy to see why – McDonough finished the season as the team’s leading scorer, with 30 goals and a team-high 24 assists.

On his way to becoming an all-state selection, Cougar co-captain and Georgetown University commit, McDonough is now the 2014 South Charlotte Weekly Player of the Year.

“He’s a special player,” said del Pino. “He’s a great leader and a great kid. He’s loaded with talent and having him back this season was a huge difference-maker for our team. Hon-estly he’s heads and tails better than the majority of kids we play with and against. More than anything though, he’s a really great kid who’s easy to coach.”

McDonough had the ability and natural talent to score mul-tiple goals per game, del Pino said, but would often sit out the second half to let the second-string play as Catholic had no problem dominating their opponents (7-0, 8-0 and often 9-0 wins were the norm).

And though some high-caliber athletes would resent miss-ing an opportunity to build on their stats, McDonough put the team first and was just as comfortable cheering from the side-lines as he was making passes and scoring goals.

“Some kids, the more talent they have the more difficult they are to coach,” del Pino said. “But not him. He was never pushing hard for his own stats and he never complained when he wasn’t playing. Some players at other schools have seven or eight goal performances in one game, but we don’t play like that. It’s not our style and Brendan understood that. He under-stood the role he had to play and he did that.”

It’s no surprise that McDonough’s talent as a natural mid-fielder grabbed the attention of Georgetown coach Brian

Wiese. The 6-foot-2, 180 center-mid has vision and delivery that makes it easy for him to pinpoint teammates anywhere on the field.

“He’s a passer,” del Pino said. “He’s a play build-up kind of guy. He’s going to be incredible at the next level.”

Though McDonough’s career is far from over, del Pino will undoubtedly feel the sting of his absence, along with losing his entire starting lineup.

But del Pino is confident that McDonough’s skill and lead-ership was a good example to the younger players and they’ll be ready to step up and fill in his shoes, as that’s the Catholic way.

“I’m not going to say it won’t be hard, because it will be,” he said. “But we’ve done it before and we’ll do it again. It will be a rebuilding season, but those guys will step up because they’ve had a great group of guys to look up to.”

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Charlotte Latin won the first annual Charlotte Latin Holiday Wrestling Duals Tournament on Dec. 23. The Hawks finished the two-day tourna-ment with an unblemished 8-0 record, beating Cox Mill, Sun Valley, Leesville Road, Independence, Grimsley, Cuthb-ertson, Providence and Riverside.

Riverside senior Jaquon Sowell was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament, going 10-0 in two days in the 170-pound weight class. Sowell is 33-0 on the season and is the defending state champion at 160 pounds.

Providence came in second place, finishing 7-2 in the tournament. Char-lotte Catholic finished in fifth place (6-2); Independence finished in ninth (2-8) and Providence Day placed 10th (1-8).

Charlotte Catholic girls stay hot

The Charlotte Catholic girls basket-ball team improved to a seven-game win streak with a 51-27 win over Watauga on Dec. 29.

Senior Hannah Bolly had a noteworthy performance with a team-high 18 points.

Freshman Maggie Dupre added 13 points in the win.

Junior Carrie Eberle leads the Cougars scoring effort this season, averaging 10.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Dupre is averaging 9.4 points on the

season.The Cougars improved to 10-2 and 3-0

in conference play with the win. They travel to South Meck on Jan. 6, 2015.

Bo Hines to transfer from N.C. State

Former Charlotte Christian wide receiver Bo Hines announced on Dec. 27 he would be leaving North Carolina State University.

Hines was the Wolfpack’s leading receiver this season as a freshman with 45 catches for 616 receiving yards. He took to Twitter

to announce he had been granted a release from N.C. State.

“I must do what I believe is best for my future not only as a student-athlete, but as a human being,” Hines said via Twitter. “…I wish nothing but the best for everyone who is a part of the North Carolina State University community and pray for the suc-cess of teammates and coaches in future seasons to come.”

Hines plans to enroll in an Ivy League school.

Carmel Christian blasts Gaston Christian

The Carmel Christian boys basketball team had no problem handling Gaston Christian on Dec. 29 in the Gaston Chris-tian Holiday Tournament.

The Cougars won soundly, 68-39. Rafael Jenkins had a team-high 20 points and another six steals. Jenkins had help from Jack Crocker (12 points) and Mac Brydon (eight points, five rebounds).

The win placed the Cougars in the cham-pionship round of the tournament against Pine Lake Prep, which took place after South Charlotte Weekly went to press.

Boys Basketball Player of the Week: Devin Cooper, Ardrey Kell

Cooper scored the game-winning basket off a Steven Santa Ana assist on Dec. 29 in the Knights 58-56 victory over Victory Christian. Cooper had eight points in the win.

Girls Basketball Player of the Week: Jordan Muhammed, Ardrey Kell

Muhammed tossed in a team-high 16 points on Dec. 29 in the Knights 60-44 win over Northside Christian in the 2nd Annual Hoodies for Hope Tournament. She also grabbed six rebounds, three steals and dished out three assists in the win.

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Abbr. 4 Sounds from test

cheaters, maybe 9 Bris officiant14 Moo goo ___ pan15 Erect16 Have ___ to pick17 Nanette’s nana19 Parachute parts20 Clergyman who

wrote “What is originality? Undetected plagiarism”

21 “Bonne ___!”23 Those, to José24 Geographical

name that’s another geographical name backward

25 One of two N.T. books

26 Leave in the lurch

28 German town30 World

headquarters of LG Electronics

32 Civil War inits.

33 Wee bit

35 Numerical prefix

36 ___ Lingus

37 & 40 Repeat offender? … or something found, literally, in four rows in this puzzle

42 ___ Paulo

43 Like one for the ages

45 Racket

46 Airport approximation, for short

47 Shade of brown

49 Mexican cigar brand

53 Less likely to be G-rated

55 Car starter?

57 Vitamin amts.

58 Uptight, informally

59 “His/her” alternative

61 Bone near the funny bone

62 Georges who wrote “Life: A User’s Manual”

64 Making a father of

66 Serengeti scavenger

67 Name hollered in the “Flintstones” theme song

68 See 69-Across

69 Participated in a 68-Across

70 True

71 Ones who are so last year?: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Texas A&M team

2 “Rats!”

3 Product touted by Hugh Hefner

4 Mail order abbr.

5 Poison ___

6 They tend to be fast typists

7 Flush

8 Graf ___ (ill-fated German cruiser)

9 Buddy

10 Small section of an orchestra

11 Transportation in Disneyland’s Main Street, U.S.A.

12 Backed

13 Cigarette ad claim

18 Must

22 Drew out

27 Draw out

29 Start to a baseball song

31 “The Star-Spangled Banner” preposition

34 Send away for good

37 React, just barely

38 Baseball Hall-of-Famer mistakenly listed in “The Chanukah Song” as a Jew

39 Actor Cage, informally

41 Minimal baseball lead

42 High-ranking angels

44 “Ta-ta!”48 With bitterness50 Does improv51 Way52 Plains Indians

54 Chaiken who co-created “The L Word”

56 Slangy commercial suffix

60 Laugh uproariously

63 No great catch

65 Confident finish?

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