SATURDAY Rain, snow High: 39 Low: 25 Complete report: Page 9A Deaths Doris Haire Amaro Jeffrey Allen Deese Phillip Michael Vance Loretta Yarborough WHO’S NEWS Library program is rescheduled MONROE The Union County Historical Society rescheduled its “Gold Mines in Union County” presentation for 2:30 p.m. on March 7 at the Union County Public Library in Monroe. Bad weath- er on Jan. 31 caused the delay, Virginia Bjorlin of the society said. Local historian Bill Howie will lead the presentation, which is open to the public. There were almost as many people working in mines in the county as in agriculture, according to the 1850 census. The county’s largest and most developed gold mine, Howie Gold Mine, has 28 recognized shafts, although Howie said there were likely more at some point. BIRTHDAYS Best wishes are extended to everyone who is celebrat- ing a birthday today, especial- ly: Kim Bateman, Diana Gillespie, Mickey Rorie, Andy Little and Vickey B. Alexander. Call (704) 261-2278 or e-mail [email protected] to add your names to t he list. INSIDE Church 6-8A Classified 4B Comics 3B Obituaries 2A Opinion 4A Sports 1B Nation 9A Bjorlin + E nquirer- J ournal February 6, 2010 • 50 cents Monroe, N.C. Your county• Your news•Your paper TIED UP Sun Valley boys win at Parkwood moves them into a tie for second place with Marvin Ridge 1B CHANGING LIVES Safer Communities Ministry works with inmates to help turn things around for the better 5A The Post ^ News and Events • Share ^ Photos and Videos EnquirerJournal.com “Union County’s Largest Community Newspaper Network” The Enquirer-Journal • Indian Trail Trader • The Waxhaw Exchange Forecast calls for more rain and cold today BY ELISABETH ARRIERO Staff Writer MONROE Karen Haymer’s trek to Char- lotte became a soggy, dangerous drive Friday. She drove with care as she took her young daughter to a doctor’s appointment, but wor- ried as she saw “humongous” ca- nals of water flow alongside the roads she drove. “There were bad spots where I had to move over the double line to avoid flooding,” Haymer said. Heavy rains flooded Union County Friday, requiring a list of roads to be closed. When temper- atures drop tonight, the excess water could lead to ice on the road, officials said. As of 2 p.m. Friday, 1.66 inches of rain fell in the Charlotte-met- ro region. The rain eased up by late afternoon, Accuweather me- teorologist Mike Pigott said. A flood warning was in effect for Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Gas- ton and Union counties until 5:30 p.m. Friday. Some school buses had to take detours because of area flood- ing, causing up to 15 minutes in delays for students going home, Adam Johnson, director of trans- portation for UCPS, said. See FLOODS / Page 10A Heavy rains, floods close roads E-J staff photo by Ed Cottingham An SUV plows through water on Highway 84 near Antioch Church Road. E-J staff photo by Ed Cottingham Patrick Narmi, left, as Alfred Dussel , Stephanie Renda as Anne Frank, Kendall McGee as Mrs. Van Daan , Matt Hagan as Mr. Van Daan - in background are Tim Quinn as Mr. Frank and Lilly Allemond as Mrs Frank in the production of “Diary of Anne Frank.” BY TIFFANY LANE Staff Writer WAXHAW There’s a first time for everything. Cuthbertson High School’s stage awaits the applause of an audience as the school counts down to its first production, “The Diary of Anne Frank.” “It’s been a good start,” theater teacher Joy Ham- ilton said as she watched rehearsal. Stephanie Renda ran her lines as a classmate stood below, following along with a script in a three- ring binder. About 30 girls and five boys showed up for audi- tions before Thanksgiving, she said — a good turnout for the first show. Unsure how many people would sign up to audition and help backstage, Hamil- ton chose the play partially based on its practicality. The play calls for a 10-per- son cast and stationary set. “I wasn’t sure I would have a crew,” Hamilton said. The school opened in August to relieve over- crowding at other schools, bringing in students and staff from several other high schools. Hamilton previously taught at For- est Hills High, and her cast pulls from Weddington, Parkwood and Marvin Ridge. Hamilton hopes the the- ater program creates its own identity by combining talents from the different schools. For props, Hamilton got much of the furniture from her parents’ old house. A group of students shopped for costumes at thrift stores, then hit the sewing machine for alterations. Cast members said it was especially fun to find vintage patterns. In the play, Anne’s diary begins on her 13th birthday in 1942 and documents two years living in Amsterdam during World War II. Anne and her family take ref- uge in an office building’s secret annex to escape the Nazis and their concentra- tion camps. The van Daan family joins them. Cuthbertson took a short play to the North Carolina Theatre Conference last fall, but “Anne Frank” is its first big performance. The play was originally slated to begin next week, but bad weather put the group behind. The play will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 through Feb. 20. Tickets cost $2 on the 18th and $5 on the 19th and 20th. A performance for understudies will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 at $2 per person. All per- formances are open to the public. ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ is Cuthbertson’s first stage production Their best behavior Monroe, Parkwoods have ejection-free sports seasons BY ELISABETH ARRIERO AND TIFFANY LANE Staff Writers MONROE Parkwood and Monroe High Schools know how to be team play- ers. The two schools were recognized Tuesday for going a full school year with no students or coaches kicked off of any sports teams. “It’s hard to do because you’ve got so many sports and so many kids,” said Doug Jones, Union Coun- ty Public Schools’ lead athletic di- rector. Players are ejected from games when they display unsports- manlike be- havior like biting, cuss- ing, throwing equipment or addressing officials dis- respectfully. E a c h school has an average of 200 to 250 athletes, Jones said, and it costs the team when they are down a player for a couple of games or matches. Students or coaches may get caught up in the moment or want to show off, but “you can always be a good sport,” he said. High schools have about 30 teams, including lacrosse, wrestling, volley- ball, cheerleading and swimming. Just under half of the schools statewide were ejection-free in the 2007-08 season, said Assistant Ex- ecutive Director Mark Dreidelbis of the N.C. High School Athletic Asso- ciation. There were 522 ejections in 386 state high schools during that sea- son, with the majority — 210 — in football. Soccer players accounted for 124 ejections. Locally, soccer is the most prone to ejections, Sam Beasley, athletic director for Parkwood High School, said. “It’s the nature of the game. There are a lot of quick calls, and there’s not really time for coaches to com- ment,” he said. “And there’s a lot of back and forth between soccer play- ers and officials.” Ejections are more likely to hap- pen anytime winning is the most valued outcome of a game, Dreidel- bis said. “There’s a tendency that you might compromise your beliefs, values and principles when that happens,” he said. See BEST / Page 3A MEET THE CAST Name: Stephanie Renda Year: junior Previous school: Weddington High Role: Anne Frank Anne, an energetic teenager, longs to be a writer. She details light-hearted accounts of her friendships and crushes, as well as feelings of loneli- ness and isolation in her diary. She admires her father, considers her mother unaffectionate and her sis- ter, Margot, pleasant. Name: Tim Quinn Year: sophomore Previous school: Marvin Ridge High Role: Mr. Frank Otto Frank hides his family above an of- fice building to escape the Nazis. The family is later betrayed and taken to concentration camps. Upon his return to Amsterdam after the war, Frank learned that his family did not survive. He found Anne’s diary and his efforts led to its publication in 1952. Name: Lilly Allemond Year: sophomore Previous school: Parkwood High Role: Mrs. Frank The Franks lived a comfortable life in Am- sterdam prior to World War II. When they moved into the annex, Mrs. Frank’s demeanor changed and she often scolded Anne, unnerved to be cramped in a small space for so long. See PLAY / Page 3A
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SATURDAY
Rain,snowHigh: 39Low: 25Complete report: Page 9A
DeathsDoris Haire AmaroJeffrey Allen Deese
Phillip Michael VanceLoretta Yarborough
WHO’S NEWS
Library programis rescheduled
MONROEThe Union County Historical
Society rescheduled its “Gold Mines in Union County” presentation for 2:30 p.m. on March 7 at the Union County Public Library in Monroe.
Bad weath-er on Jan. 31 caused the delay, Virginia Bjorlin of the society said.
Local historian Bill Howie will lead the presentation,
which is open to the public. There were almost as many
people working in mines in the county as in agriculture, according to the 1850 census.
The county’s largest and most developed gold mine, Howie Gold Mine, has 28 recognized shafts, although Howie said there were likely more at some point.
BIRTHDAYSBest wishes are extended
to everyone who is celebrat-ing a birthday today, especial-ly: Kim Bateman, Diana Gillespie, Mickey Rorie, Andy Little and Vickey B. Alexander.
Call (704) 261-2278 or e-mail [email protected] to add your names to t he list.
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TIED UPSun Valley boys win at Parkwood moves them into a tie for second
place with Marvin Ridge1B
CHANGING LIVESSafer Communities Ministry works
with inmates to help turn things around for the better
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Forecast calls for more rain and cold today
BY ELISABETH ARRIEROStaff Writer
MONROEKaren Haymer’s trek to Char-
lotte became a soggy, dangerous drive Friday. She drove with care as she took her young daughter to a doctor’s appointment, but wor-ried as she saw “humongous” ca-nals of water flow alongside the roads she drove.
“There were bad spots where I had to move over the double line to avoid flooding,” Haymer said.
Heavy rains flooded Union County Friday, requiring a list of roads to be closed. When temper-
atures drop tonight, the excess water could lead to ice on the road, officials said.
As of 2 p.m. Friday, 1.66 inches of rain fell in the Charlotte-met-ro region. The rain eased up by late afternoon, Accuweather me-teorologist Mike Pigott said.
A flood warning was in effect for Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Gas-ton and Union counties until 5:30 p.m. Friday.
Some school buses had to take detours because of area flood-ing, causing up to 15 minutes in delays for students going home, Adam Johnson, director of trans-portation for UCPS, said.
See FLOODS / Page 10A
Heavy rains, floods close roads
E-J staff photo by Ed Cottingham
An SUV plows through water on Highway 84 near Antioch Church Road.
E-J staff photo by Ed Cottingham
Patrick Narmi, left, as Alfred Dussel , Stephanie Renda as Anne Frank, Kendall McGee as Mrs. Van Daan , Matt Hagan as Mr. Van Daan - in background are Tim Quinn as Mr. Frank and Lilly Allemond as Mrs Frank in the production of “Diary of Anne Frank.”
BY TIFFANY LANEStaff Writer
WAXHAWThere’s a first time for
everything. Cuthbertson High
School’s stage awaits the applause of an audience as the school counts down to its first production, “The Diary of Anne Frank.”
“It’s been a good start,” theater teacher Joy Ham-ilton said as she watched rehearsal.
Stephanie Renda ran her lines as a classmate stood below, following along with a script in a three-ring binder.
About 30 girls and five boys showed up for audi-tions before Thanksgiving, she said — a good turnout for the first show.
Unsure how many people would sign up to audition and help backstage, Hamil-ton chose the play partially based on its practicality. The play calls for a 10-per-son cast and stationary set. “I wasn’t sure I would have a crew,” Hamilton said.
The school opened in August to relieve over-crowding at other schools, bringing in students and staff from several other high schools. Hamilton previously taught at For-est Hills High, and her cast pulls from Weddington, Parkwood and Marvin Ridge.
Hamilton hopes the the-ater program creates its own identity by combining talents from the different schools.
For props, Hamilton got much of the furniture from her parents’ old house. A group of students shopped for costumes at thrift stores, then hit the sewing machine for alterations.
Cast members said it was especially fun to find vintage patterns.
In the play, Anne’s diary begins on her 13th birthday in 1942 and documents two years living in Amsterdam during World War II. Anne and her family take ref-uge in an office building’s secret annex to escape the Nazis and their concentra-tion camps. The van Daan family joins them.
Cuthbertson took a short play to the North Carolina Theatre Conference last fall, but “Anne Frank” is its first big performance.
The play was originally slated to begin next week, but bad weather put the group behind.
The play will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 through Feb. 20. Tickets cost $2 on the 18th and $5 on the 19th and 20th. A performance for understudies will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 at $2 per person. All per-formances are open to the public.
‘Diary of Anne Frank’is Cuthbertson’s first stage production
Their bestbehavior
Monroe, Parkwoodshave ejection-free
sports seasonsBY ELISABETH ARRIERO AND TIFFANY LANEStaff Writers
MONROEParkwood and Monroe High
Schools know how to be team play-ers.
The two schools were recognized Tuesday for going a full school year with no students or coaches kicked off of any sports teams.
“It’s hard to do because you’ve got so many sports and so many kids,” said Doug Jones, Union Coun-ty Public Schools’ lead athletic di-rector.
Players are ejected from games when they display u n s p o r t s -manlike be-havior like biting, cuss-ing, throwing equipment or a d d r e s s i n g officials dis-respectfully.
E a c h school has an average of 200 to 250 athletes, Jones said, and it costs the team when they are down a player for a couple of games or matches.
Students or coaches may get caught up in the moment or want to show off, but “you can always be a good sport,” he said.
High schools have about 30 teams, including lacrosse, wrestling, volley-ball, cheerleading and swimming.
Just under half of the schools statewide were ejection-free in the 2007-08 season, said Assistant Ex-ecutive Director Mark Dreidelbis of the N.C. High School Athletic Asso-ciation.
There were 522 ejections in 386 state high schools during that sea-son, with the majority — 210 — in football. Soccer players accounted for 124 ejections.
Locally, soccer is the most prone to ejections, Sam Beasley, athletic director for Parkwood High School, said.
“It’s the nature of the game. There are a lot of quick calls, and there’s not really time for coaches to com-ment,” he said. “And there’s a lot of back and forth between soccer play-ers and officials.”
Ejections are more likely to hap-pen anytime winning is the most valued outcome of a game, Dreidel-bis said. “There’s a tendency that you might compromise your beliefs, values and principles when that happens,” he said.
See BEST / Page 3A
MEET THE CASTName: Stephanie RendaYear: juniorPrevious school: Weddington HighRole: Anne FrankAnne, an energetic teenager, longs to be
a writer. She details light-hearted accounts of her friendships and crushes, as well as feelings of loneli-ness and isolation in her diary. She admires her father, considers her mother unaffectionate and her sis-ter, Margot, pleasant.
Name: Tim Quinn Year: sophomorePrevious school: Marvin Ridge HighRole: Mr. FrankOtto Frank hides his family above an of-
fice building to escape the Nazis. The family is later betrayed and taken to concentration camps. Upon his return to Amsterdam after the war, Frank learned that his family did not survive. He found Anne’s diary and his efforts led to its publication in 1952.
Name: Lilly AllemondYear: sophomore Previous school: Parkwood HighRole: Mrs. FrankThe F ranks lived a comfortable life in Am-
sterdam prior to World War II. When they moved into the annex, Mrs. Frank’s demeanor changed and she often scolded Anne, unnerved to be cramped in a small space for so long.
See PLAY / Page 3A
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DEATHS COMING EVENTS
Loretta Wilson Yarborough
StallingS, nCLoretta Wilson Yar-
borough, 67, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at home from complications arising from metastatic breast cancer.
She was born in Flo-rala, Alabama on Feb. 12, 1942 daughter of the late Frank and Ellen El-liot Wilson.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 at 1 p.m. in South Monroe Church. Buri-al will follow in Forest Lawn East Cemetery.
Mrs. Yarborough is survived by her hus-band, Eric P. Yarbor-
ough, brothers, Bennie Wilson of Jacksonville, FL, Rickey Wilson of Savannah, GA, sister, Claudette Spence of Panama City, FL.
The family will re-ceive friends Friday evening from 6 until 8 at Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave, Monroe, NC 28112.
Memorials may be made to South Monroe Church Missions Fund, 1320 S. Hayne St., Mon-roe, NC 28112 or Bible Broadcasting Network, P O Box 7300, Charlotte, NC 28226. Online con-dolences may be made at www.gordonfuner-alservice.com.
PaiD OBitUaRY
Jeffery Allen DeeseMOnROe
Jeffery Allen Deese, age 45, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, formerly of Monroe, North Carolina, passed away on Thurs-day (Feb. 4, 2010) at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
A graveside funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 7, 2010) at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery in Page-land, South Carolina, offi-ciated by Reverend Frank Crump.
Mr. Deese was born on March 10, 1964, in Union County, a son of Rosa Mae Medlin Deese and the late Allen Clegg Deese who passed in 1985.
Mr. Deese was a self- em-ployed carpenter.
Survivors include his mother, Rosa Medlin Deese of Monroe; a son, David Allen Deese and wife Casey of Newland, North Carolina; a brother, Phillip Eugene Deese of Monroe; a sister, Brenda Kay Deese Helms and husband Tim of Monroe; and his ex- wife Rosemary Deese of Spruce Pine.
The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Saturday Night (Feb. 6, 2010) at Davis Funeral Home in Monroe, 1003 East Franklin Street.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart As-sociation, Greater Char-lotte Area, 222 S. Church Street, Suite 303, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202.
Davis Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Monroe. An on-line guest register book is available at www.davisfuneralser-vice.com
Phillip Michael Vance
MatthewSMr. Phillip Michael
Vance, 48, of Matthews died on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at Presbyterian-Main.
Visitation is Tuesday, Feb. 9 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, Weddington.
Mass is at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Matthew Catholic Church.
Justin MentellJustin Mentell, 27, actor
who portrayed attorney Garrett Wells on the TV series Boston Legal (2005-06).
Mentell was killed when his sport utility vehicle went down an embank-ment off Highway 39 near Blanchardville, Wisconsin and hit two trees, on Feb-ruary 1, 2010.
Actress Frances Reid, 95, who played matriarch Alice Horton on Days of Our Lives for 40 years.
Reid was among the original cast of the day-time soap opera, which premiered in 1965, star-ring film actor Macdon-ald Carey, who played her husband until his death in ‘94.
Reid’s final appearance as a regular was in 2007. She died in Beverly Hills, California on Feb. 3, 2010.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Former Oklahoma State NCAA wrestling champion Jack Brisco has died at age 68.
The university said Tuesday that Brisco died on Monday after suffering from heart disease.
Brisco was a native of Blackwell and was the 1964 and 1965 Big Eight cham-pion at 191 pounds. He was runner-up for the national title in 1964 and won the NCAA championship the following year. He finished 27-1-1 as a Cowboy.
He wrestled profession-ally after college and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008.
He is survived by his wife, a son, two daugh-ters, three brothers and two sisters. Services were pending.
Kage Baker, 57, Ameri-can science fiction author best known for her series of time travel novels and stories, notably The Em-press of Mars (2008).
Baker started out teach-ing Elizabethan English to stage actors before turn-ing full-time to writing in the ‘90s.
She died of cancer in Pismo Beach, California on Jan. 31, 2010.
Doris Haire AmaroMOnROe
Doris Haire Amaro, 81, of Monroe, passed away peacefully into her Lord and Savior’s arms on Feb. 4, 2010, surrounded by her husband, children, and grandchildren at Presbyte-rian Hospital after a brief illness. A private memo-rial service was held on Feb. 5, 2010.
She was born May 16, 1928 in Wadesboro, NC to the late William Calvin and Mary Lilly Huntley Haire.
She is survived by Jacob (Jack) Amaro, her loving and devoted husband of 60 years; sons John Amaro of Indian Trail and Joseph Amaro (Cathy) of Monroe; daughters Karen McLain (Doug) of Indian Trail and Donna Amaro of Concord, NC, and Lynda McKee (Larry) of Mint Hill, NC. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Brandon and Jake McLain, Lauren and Alec Hartman, and Morgan and Carmen Mc-Kee. Also surviving are a brother, Risden Haire of Clarksville, TN and sis-ters Margaret Caudle of Marvin, NC and Mildred McLaurin of Upatoi, GA.
The family wishes to express thanks for all the prayers that were lifted up for her during her illness. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
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• TOPS (TAKE OFF POUnDS SenSiBlY), 6:30 p.m. weigh-in, 7 p.m. meeting, Bonds Grove United Methodist Church,
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• MONROE CIVITAN ClUB, 7 p.m., Wingate University LaVerne Ban-quet Hall. Anyone inter-ested in joining call Pat Laney at 704-283-5711.
• MONROE HIGH SChOOl BanD BOOSt-eRS, 7 p.m., MHS band room.
• PIEDMONT HIGH SChOOl BanD BOOSt-eRS monthly meeting, 7 p.m. in the band room at Piedmont High School.
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• GIRL SCOUT SER-VICE UNIT NO. 2, meet-ing, 7 p.m., Central United Methodist Church.
• PARKWOOD BOOST-eRS ClUB, 7 p.m., Park-wood Middle, library. For details, call 704-764-2910.
• UNION COUNTY BLACK CAUCUS, 7 p.m., Bazemore Center. Details, 704-233-4037.
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• TRUTH LODGE No. 749 A.F. & A.M., 520 E. Franklin St. Regular meeting 7:30 p.m., dinner 6:30 p.m. For details, call Ed Currie, 704-753-4745.
• XI ALPHA TAU Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, 7:30 p.m. For meeting place and de-tails, call Debbie Searcy, 704-289-2321.
• INDIAN TRAIL LI-OnS ClUB, 7:30 p.m., In-dian Trail Civic Building.
• NARCOTICS ANON-YMOUS, 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friendship Missionary Baptist Church admin-istrative building, 501 Burke St. Details, 704-821-4256, 704-763-0784.
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Q: What’s the biggest challenge in working with students from oth-er schools?
Renda: “If anything, it was the first part of meet-ing everybody, but after that, theater kids just seem to mesh automati-cally. We’re all weird and quirky, so we all fit togeth-er pretty easily.”
Quinn: “I wouldn’t real-ly think there is any (chal-lenge).”
Q: What was your re-action when you heard that the first play is go-ing to be “The Diary of Anne Frank”?
Renda: “We were talk-ing about what play we wanted to do. ... Somebody said ‘Anne Frank,’ and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I love Anne Frank.’ I read the book and everything, and I’ve been told that I look like her.”
Quinn: “I never really even thought about the play. ... I always thought of it as the book that you read in middle school. ... I’m big into 1940s history, so it was like, ‘Let’s go.’”
Allemond: “I was sur-prised that Ms. Hamilton chose something so dark.”
Q: Some of your lines are in French, German and Hebrew. Are those languages difficult to learn?
Renda: “There’s a He-brew song. ... I can do the first tune part, but then the second verse, I mix it with a Christmas song. I had trouble with it. ... I got the first verse, and then the second verse, I guess I never really fully re-membered it, so I kind of placed it with ‘Oh, Christ-mas Tree.’ ... I have some French lines, so I have to use my French buddies. I’ve taken Spanish, and French and Spanish are very different.”
Allemond: “(The Hebrew song) was a little difficult because I’ve taken three years of French, so I see
it and I try to pronounce it with a French accent, and it didn’t work.”
Q: How is Cuthbert-son’s theater program different from the ones at your old schools?
Renda: “At Weddington, (auditions) was adver-tised a lot, but unless you were in the little clique, ... it was very difficult to get a part of it. I never got into the theater thing at Weddington.”
Quinn: “When I came here, I thought it was re-ally small, the amount of people who would show up for auditions. At Marvin Ridge, you had a drama club of 30 kids, so I was expecting that here.”
Allemond: “Auditions were advertised a lot more here. ... At Parkwood, if you weren’t in the little
circle, you didn’t know about it. ... The only way you’d know about it is the day of the first perfor-mance, it was tradition, everyone in the cast would wear their costumes to school. When they did ‘The Sound of Music,’ there were nuns running all over the school.”
Q: Joy Hamilton said one reason she chose the play was to incorpo-rate the school system’s focus on globalization and teach students about other cultures. What’s something you’ve learned about the Jewish culture?
Renda: “I never realized how difficult it was for them. The book, it was dif-ficult, but the play, you ac-tually have to be in char-acter, so you get the full
deal, ... the full realization of their hardships.”
Quinn: “People of the Jewish religion are really strong in their religion. ... I always questioned that; during World War II, why didn’t people just say they weren’t Jewish? But the whole community was just so strongly based on their beliefs.”
Allemond: “The emo-tional impact of this. Be-tween Mrs. Frank and Anne, there’s such ten-sion between that and be-tween the van Daans and the Franks. You’re in this small space with so many people for so long, there’s no escape from it, and it really feels like you’re in a cage, but there’s nothing you can do about it. It’s ei-ther that or you get killed on the streets.”
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Lessons on sportsmanship need to start before players ever enter the field or court, Johnny Sowell, Monroe High School’s head basketball coach, said.
“It starts with the athletic director who spreads it along to the coaches: ‘This is how our kids are going to act, and if they can’t do that, they don’t need to be involved,’” Sowell said.
The entire staff should celebrate when a school has an ejection-free season, Beasley said.
Athletes or coaches who are kicked out must go through the STAR program, an online tutorial through the N.C. Athletic Association that teaches about sportsmanship, before returning for a game.
Area athletic directors have thrown around the idea of hanging banners for ejection-free seasons in the same way they do for championship titles, Bea-sley said. This would offer students and staff an in-centive to strive for sportsmanship.
“It’s great to be a conference champion, but it’s great to have sportsmanship, too,” Beasley said.
Stephanie Renda as Anne Frank and Geoff Vin-
cent as Peter Van Dann, in fore-
ground, act out a scene from ‘The
Diary of Anne Frank.’
Staff photo by Ed Cottingham
Union County Republican Party Precinct MeetingsWHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 at 7:00 PMWHERE: Monroe High School, Media Center Room1 High School Dr., Monroe, NC 28112
During the Annual Precinct Meetings Delegates and Alternates are elected for each precinct to attend the County Convention.
Anyone who wants to be seated and eligible to vote at the Union County Republican Party Convention to be held on March 13, 2010 must attend this Precinct Meeting or notify their Precinct Chairman that they want to be added to the credentials list as a Delegate or Alternate to the County Convention for their Precinct. As a Delegate or Alternate to the county convention you can be elected to attend the District or State Convention during the County Convention. If you don’t know who your Precinct Chairman is, or would like more information please contact Elizabeth Cooke at [email protected] or 704-609-3478.
Once the Precinct Meeting is over no one can be added as a Delegate or Alternate to the Credentials list. Article II, A, 4 of the State Plan of Organization reads as follows: No Delegate or Alternate shall be added to the Credentials List following the adjournment of the Precinct Meeting.
BRIEF
RALEIGH I was tucking my sons in bed
a few nights ago when MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann named me as one of the worst people in the world.
When a left-wing friend later informed me of the honor, I ad-mit to being a bit underwhelmed. Since Olbermann hands out the honorific frequently, and pre-sumably doesn’t want to bore his audience by naming Dick Cheney every night, it was only a matter of time before he got to me. Plus, I’ve seen MSNBC’s ratings so I figured it was sta-tistically unlikely that I’d meet very many people who had ac-tually watched the show.
So I just went to bed. But it turns out that being
named one of the worst people in the world comes with re-sponsibilities that aren’t easy to shirk. There are character flaws to be hidden, prejudices to be denied, and conspiracies to be explained away.
Still, it’s pretty silly to as-cribe made-up beliefs and atti-tudes to individuals who write and speak for a living. In my case, there are literally tens of thousands of columns, blog posts, audio files, and TV snip-pets freely available on the web to anyone who might wonder what I think. It should be pretty obvious by now.
But I’ll offer the following as a handy time-saver:
I hold it to be self-evident all that persons are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalien-able rights; and that among these are life, liberty, the enjoy-ment of the fruits of their own labor, and the pursuit of happi-
ness. Sound familiar? It should.
This is a direct quote of Article 1, Section 1 of the North Caroli-na Constitution. With a couple of small differences, of course, the passage also appears near the beginning of America’s founding document, the Decla-ration of Independence. That language was, in turn, lifted with just a few other alterations from a famous passage in Two Treatises of Government by, as it happens, an English chap named John Locke.
Many have heard these words so often that they’ve become a catechism. Let’s look at each phrase in more detail.
To say we are all created equal is not to say that we are indistinguishable. We differ widely in size, shape, hue, tal-ents, culinary preferences, and the hand-eye coordination nec-essary to master the Wii. Left to our own devices, we won’t all develop the same interests, earn the same wages, rear identical children, or adopt the same beliefs.
What the phrase really means is that, whatever our dif-ferences of status or wealth, we all enjoy equal rights under the law.
And what are those rights? They include the right to own ourselves and our decisions (life & liberty), to acquire prop-erty by mixing our labor with natural resources (the fruits of our labors), and to acquire property by voluntary exchange with other people (the pursuit of happiness).
To say I have the right to pur-sue happiness is not, of course, to say that I have a right to force you to make me happy. I don’t have a right to force you to give me food, clothing, shelter, or health care. I can ask. I can of-fer something you value in ex-change. When the Left tries to misuse the concept of rights to justify theft via welfare and income-transfer programs, I snort.
I take a dim view of politi-cians who think their job ex-tends beyond carrying out the few, core, constitutional duties of government. I also take a dim view of people who won’t mind their own business, in all senses of the terms. And I take a dim view of anyone who thinks that personal freedom doesn’t come with personal responsibility, and that it is the job of govern-ment to force taxpayers to bail out profligate households or businesses.
If that makes me one of the worst people in the world in the eyes of a few deluded nincom-poops, fine. I’ll just wish them a speedy recovery and go play with my kids.
• John Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation and pub-lisher of CarolinaJournal.com.
Understanding a prob-lem is the first step to solving it. So when we look at the overriding
problem in the country today - the recession and the likeli-hood of a slow recovery - our initial task is to understand how we got here. Let me see if I can weave a story that makes sense.
The starting point is you and me – the consumer – for the simple reason that we drive the economy. Three decades ago our behavior in the economy began to change. First, our wealth started to rise. Driven by the good stock market in the 1980s and 1990s and then the booming housing market in the decade from 1997 to 2007, aver-age wealth per person (after taking out inflation) jumped 100 percent from 1980 to 2007. Never before were consumers so rich!
Simple economics dictated what happened next. With more wealth at hand, consum-ers were motivated to take on more debt. A big part of this debt came directly out of the rising value of our homes in the form of home equity loans. Consumers used this debt to purchase bigger homes, more
vehicles and all the electronic gadgets that are so much a part of today’s society.
Even with our greater bor-rowing, consumer debt rose at a slower rate than consumer wealth (75 percent versus 100 percent, again per person and adjusted for inflation). Further-more, because interest rates on loans were falling after the early 1980s, consumers easily financed this additional bor-rowing from their budgets. In-deed, consumer debt payments as a percent of their income rose only 30 percent during the period – less than one-third as fast as wealth.
And because our wealth was rising from the booming stock and housing markets, we had less motivation to save money out of our paychecks. The per-
sonal saving rate dropped from 10 percent in 1980 to almost nothing by the mid-2000s.
So here’s the situation for consumers in 2007: they had a record level of debt and were spending virtually everything from their paychecks. Yet it didn’t matter because consum-er wealth was also at a record high. In fact, on paper, consum-ers’ financial situation looked very strong. Life was good!
Then, literally, the bottom fell out. Beginning in 2007 and con-tinuing into 2008 and 2009, the wheels fell off both the stock and housing markets, caus-ing an unprecedented (at least for modern times) plunge in consumer wealth. At the worst point, consumers collectively lost $13 trillion of wealth, a full 20 percent of what they had be-fore the recession.
With wealth down, consum-ers’ high debt loads became ex-posed. The only way out of this situation was for consumers to spend less, save more and pay down on debt.
Lo and behold, this is exactly what consumers are doing. In the past two years, consumers have paid down 7 percent of their debt and have increased their saving rate from nothing
to almost 5 percent. Debt pay-ments as a percent of consumer income have also fallen by a full percentage point.
These individual actions are certainly good for consumers. It’s a way for consumers to get their financial balance sheets back in order, and it’s what any financial adviser would recom-mend. But what’s good for the individual consumer may not be good for the overall econo-my.
Here’s the issue. Spending by consumers still accounts for the majority of economic activity. If consumer spend-ing is sluggish because people are spending less and saving more in order to reduce debt, then the economy will also be sluggish. A sluggish economy means jobs - even when they start to come back – will return very slowly.
This is why the majority of economists think the time pe-riod after the recession will continue to be challenging. Al-though the stock market has regained some of its losses and housing values seem to have stabilized, few forecast a return to pre-recessionary wealth lev-els any time soon. This means the frugality consumers started
during the recession will con-tinue even after the recession – perhaps for several years.
Some say we lived high on the hog in the almost 30 years from 1980 to 2007, and now we must pay for that party by tighten-ing our collective belts. I don’t totally agree with this charac-terization because it implies consumers threw caution to the wind when they spent more and saved less. However, as I’ve tried to explain, this high-spending and low-saving behavior made perfect sense when consumer wealth was rising.
Perhaps the lesson here is to be cautious of your wealth. We’ve certainly seen in the last three years that wealth can evaporate very quickly. Our wealth will increase again but probably at a slower pace. Yet maybe, you’ll decide, this is a better way!
• Mike Walden is a William Neal Reynolds Professor and North Caro-lina Cooperative Extension econo-mist in the Department of Agricul-tural and Resource Economics of N.C. State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He teaches and writes on personal fi-nance, economic outlook and public policy.
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North Carolina’s stubborn refusal to add char-ter schools could sting the very people who have supported the 100-school limit. If that happens, it should be enough to get some state
leaders thinking clearly about charter schools.The state’s application for almost $470 million of
special federal-education funds is vulnerable to rejec-tion because the Obama administration strongly favors charter schools.
Charter schools are a partisan issue in North Caro-lina. Republicans want them. Democrats don’t. In the mid-1990s, when the Republicans controlled the state House for two terms, they pushed through legislation creating charter schools here. But Democrats insisted that there be no more than 100 charters.
Legislative Democrats have resisted all efforts in the past 15 years to raise that cap. Their political allies - teacher groups and school administrators - generally oppose charters.
The election of this Democratic president shuffled the charter environment, however, because Obama likes charters. So does his education secretary, Arne Duncan. They’ve created a $4 billion, three-year edu-cational improvement program, “Race to the Top,” and will begin handing out funds in the spring. Not every state will get money under the program.
North Carolina wants $469.5 million for a Perdue ad-ministration program recently submitted to Washing-ton. At one point, charters were specifically written into the federal grant rules, but Duncan changed that. Charter advocates still say that the state has hurt its own chances by failing to do anything to expand be-yond 100 of the schools.
If North Carolina does not get a share of the educa-tion funds, the blame will lie squarely in the lap of Gov. Bev Perdue and her friends in the state’s education es-tablishment.
They are the leaders who have stopped all efforts to expand charters. Ironically, it will be the traditional public schools that don’t get the federal money.
Charters are publicly financed but operate without most of the government regulations. They often work with some of the most difficult children in a commu-nity. And a few of them are considered among the na-tion’s very best schools for high-performing students.
In the early 1990s, there were fears that charters would be all-white and exclusively middle-class.
But the opposite has occurred. Charters are very pop-ular in low-income and minority neighborhoods where parents often feel that their children are ignored by the educational establishment.
It’s too late for the General Assembly to lift the 100-school cap, as it should do, and still qualify for the federal money. But the legislature should make that move in May, whether the state gets “Race to the Top” funds or not.
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Chaplain Sharon Cart-er’s motto, “To be, rather than to seem,” is one she borrowed from the State of North Carolina. It’s a lesson the Life Skills in-structor for women at the Union County Jail says she works to instill in her students.
The class, sponsored by Safer Communities Min-istry, is held in Cell Block F in the center of the jail. This class is for women only and is voluntary, al-though the Safer Commu-nities Ministry also runs a class for male prison-ers. Inmates choosing not to participate must be re-spectful during class time and the television may not be on.
Carter has been teach-ing this class for al-most two years now. She has seen lives changed through the precepts of the program. She uses the motto to help the women to truly look at themselves, to drop the facade of pretending ‘ev-erything is great as long as I am high’ but to admit that nothing has changed when they come off their high and to change atti-tudes about themselves that were conditioned in them in childhood.
“We know that ad-dictions are difficult to overcome but sometimes after looking deep inside a woman or man can re-alize something about themselves that surpris-es them and helps them to understand what it is that they are running away from. This new self awareness can help them to begin the process of re-covery,” she said.
The curriculum for the course includes teaching inmates how to parent their children, how to re-late to their partners or spouses and how to com-municate with friends and
family. Week one of the seven-week course helps the women to take a good look at who they have be-come and helps them to look back into their past to track the events that triggered their fall into drugs, alcohol, prostitu-tion, shoplifting, forging papers and the many oth-er crimes that they com-mit in order to be able to afford their addiction.
“These women are like all women:” she says, “ they want to be respect-ed, loved, and most of all they want to be good mothers, good wives; but somewhere along the way they experienced some heartache, some disap-pointment that they got tired of carrying-thus they turned to drugs or alcohol.”
Chaplain Carter fur-ther stated that the goal of Safer Communities Ministry is to help in-mates realize that their lives are not over just because they have been to jail or prison but that when they begin to ap-ply the truths they have learned and accepted, then they are able to move forward into a truly new life for themselves. The problem is that they have difficulty seeing them-selves as good, difficulty forgiving themselves and, she says, “that is my life’s work – teaching them to forgive themselves and move forward.”
Week two in the cur-riculum considers the emotions and the prob-lems that uncontrolled or unexpressed feelings can cause in life – helping the women to look deep in-side and face themselves and move outside of this to a victorious life.
Other subjects covered in the course include bud-geting, jobs and career searches, chemical depen-
dency and how drugs and alcohol affect the body. Each subject is taught openly with question and answer time and from a completely non-judgmen-tal standpoint. Partici-pants are encouraged to be open and honest about their lives and their feel-ings.
Safer Communities Ministry has been in op-eration since 1985 when Reverend Al Lewis, Jr., started it as Covenant Prison Ministry. Besides women’s and men’s life skill classes, the minis-try now boasts a compo-nent called SCREEN for Second Chance Re Entry Network. This network is a group of individu-als and businesses that work together to aid the inmate as he becomes an ex-offender and is transi-tioned back into society. It involves job readiness skills, resume writing, as well as helping with peo-ple skills.
The new SCREEN Coor-dinator is Dan Marshall, who is at the Employment Security Commission of-fice on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. Until 12 noon. Mar-shall, a former career mil-itary man and seminary student, meets and works with ex-offenders trying to match them with em-ployers who need their particular skills.
The Chaplain said that many of these men and women are college gradu-
ates, former business owners, etc. They just need an extra boost right now and Dan is there to give it.
Chaplaincy at the Union County Jail is a volunteer ministry which provides opportunities for religious expression for inmates of different faiths and de-nominations. All inmates in the jail desiring spiri-tual advice are asked to complete a request form asking to speak with the chaplain. Carter tries to accomplish these visits before going home each day and that this is one of her favorite activities.
Safer Communities
Ministry, like most non-profit ministries in these economic times, is expe-riencing an extreme drop in funds. If you would like more information about the ministry or about giv-ing to the ministry you
may call 704.283.3573 or mail a check to PO Box 556 Monroe, North Caro-lina 28112.
This article contributed by Safer Communities Ministry.
Teaching inmates life skills and giving hope for the future
Photo courtesy of Sharon Carter
Left to Right: Rev. Al Lewis, Jr., Founder and Executive Director of Safer Communities and Head Chaplain; Rev. Wally Gilmer, Men’s Life Skills Coordinator; Dan Marshall, SCREEN Coordinator for Ex-Offenders; Chaplain Sharon Carter, Women’s Life Skills Coordinator and Associate Jail Chaplain
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Altan Presbyterian108 W. Sandy Ridge Road, Monroe; www.altanpc.orgPastor: William WileyRegular Sunday: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship
Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran416 W. North Main St., WaxhawPastor: Richard CarterRegular Sunday: 9 a.m., Sunday school; 10 a.m., worship; 7 p.m. Antioch Baptist6223 Love Mill Road, Monroe; 704-753-4977; www.antiochbaptistchurch.usPastor: Mike RileyFeb. 7: 10 a.m., Sunday school high at-tendance SundayRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; prayer service and youth program, 6 p.m.Wednesday: 7 p.m., Bible study, King-dom Kids.
Antioch Missionary Baptist5909 Wolf Pond Road, Monroe; 704-841-7046Pastor: Robert M. ParkerRegular Sundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship
Antioch United Methodist3205 Antioch Church Road, Pastor: Betty Jeanne DayRegular Sunday: 9:30 a.m., worship, 9:30 a.m.; 10:30 a.m., Sunday school.
Austin Grove Baptist5919 Austin Grove Church Road, MarshvillePastor: Leon WhitleyRegular Sunday: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 10:45 a.m., 6 p.m., worship.Wednesdays: 6 p.m., Awanas; 6:45 p.m., worship.
Benton’s Cross Roads Baptist109 Lawyers Road East, Monroe; 704-753-1291Regular Sundays: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.Wednesdays: 6:45 p.m., AWANA, Brothers & Sisters in Christ; 7 p.m., Kids Music & Creative Movement for ages 3 through eighth grade; adult prayer meeting.
Benton Heights Baptist1411 Helms St., Monroe; 704-283-2606Pastor: M.A. “Sandy” RogersRegular Sunday schedule: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship; 6 p.m., worshipWednesday: 6:30 p.m., Bible study.
Benton Heights Presbyterian2701 Concord Highway, Monroe; 704-283-4912; www.bhpres.org; www.bhp-cyouth.blogspot.comPastor: Paul SaleebySundays: 8:45 a.m., contemporary ser-vice; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., traditional worship.Wednesdays: Youth activities, men and women’s fellowship and Needler’s Group.Tuesdays and Thursdays: 9 a.m. to noon, mother’s morning out; ages 6 months to 4 years.Thursdays: 7 p.m., RESET service; live music, coffee bar; nursery provided
Bethany Presbyterian6713 Plyler Mill Road, Monroe; 704-764-3357Pastor: Janet R. TysonFeb. 7: 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., free men’s breakfast with guest speakerRegular Sundays: 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.
Bethel Baptist2317 Landsford Road, MarshvillePastor: Randy DavisRegular Sunday: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship
Bethel United Methodist3207 Wesley-Stouts Road, MonroePastor: Betty Jeanne DaySundays: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; tradi-tional worship, 11 a.m.
Bethlehem United Methodist5300 Nesbit Road, WaxhawPastor: Howard FlemingDec 20: 11 a.m. Christmas CantataRegular Sundays: 8:30 a.m., contem-porary service; 11 a.m., traditional service.
Bethlehem Presbyterian7608 Concord Hwy., Monroe; 704-753-4223; www.bethlehemchurch.netPastor: Ken ThomasSunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Con-temporary Service, 8:45 a.m.; Tradition-al Worship, 11 a.m. Preschool: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thurs-days, ages 3 to 5. Youth group: 6-7:30 p.m. Sunday evenings.
Bonds Grove Methodist8215 Bonds Grove Church Road, Wax-haw; 704-843-5231; www.gbgm-umc.org/bondsgrove/Pastor: Randy BlantonSundays: 9:15 a.m., Sunday school; 10:30 a.m., worship.Mondays: 6:30 p.m., TOPSTuesdays: 6:30 p.m., disciple class.
Calvary Baptist2518 Lancaster Highway, MonroePastor: Eddie PriceRegular Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 10:30 a.m., worship and chil-dren’s worship for 3-5-year-olds.Wednesdays: 7 p.m., adult Bible study, infant/toddler nursery, children’s minis-try and HisSpace for youth grades 6-8, and for grades 9-12.
Central Baptist4821 Waxhaw-Indian Trail Road; 704-821-6509Pastor: Tim HelmsRegular Sundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worhship; 6 p.m., eve-ning worship.Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m., Bible study, youth group.
Central United Methodist801 S. Hayne St., Monroe; www.Cen-tralUMCMonroe.orgPastor: J. Matthew Burton Jr.Sunday schedule: 8:45 a.m., chapel ser-vice; 8:50 a.m., contemporary; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., traditional worship
Christ Bible Discipleship Center1019 Unarco Road, MarshvillePastor: David Allen; 704-624-3453Regular Sundays: Sunday school, 9 a.m., leadership class; 10 a.m., dis-cipleship training; 11 a.m., prophetic deliverance service.
Community Baptist212 Garmon Road, Indian TrailPastor: Henry FunderburkSundays: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., worship.Wednesday worship and children’s programs, 7 p.m.
Corinth Baptist3805 Corinth Church Road, MonroeChurch phone: 704-289-2102Pastor: Roy HelmsRegular schedule: Sunday school 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Cornerstone Community Church of the Nazarene2707 Secrest Short Cut Road, Monroe; 704-289-6790Pastor: Bob Humphrey Regular Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; worship, 10:45 a.m.
Cornerstone Worship Center206 W. Main St., MarshvillePastor: Michael J. OneyRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Covenant Baptist 2706 Secrest Short Cut Road, MonroePastor: Rile BaucomRegular Sunday schedule: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.Wednesday: 7 p.m., worship.
Covenant Community13003 E. Independence Blvd., Stallings; 704-257-4519; www.changeatc3.orgPastor: John LoftonSundays: 10 a.m., worship; Wednes-days, 7 p.m., Bible studyEast Campus,First Baptist of Indian Trail6140 W. Marshville Blvd., Marshville; 704-624-1998
Ebenezer Baptist1417 Unionville-Indian Trail Road, In-dian TrailPastor: Timothy RogersRegular Sundays: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 10:30 a.m., worship; 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., AWANA, discipleship .Wednesdays: 7 p.m., midweek prayer service; youth, children’s study.
Emmanuel Baptist3816 Morgan Mill Road, Monroe; 704-289-5654; www.emmanuel-baptistchurch.orgPastor: Jack HildrethFeb. 7: 10:45 a.m., Scout SundaySecond and fourth Tuesdays: 7 p.m., GriefShare Ministry.Wednesdays: 6:45 p.m., Awana Club, ages 3 to eighth grade.Youth: Sunday at 6 p.m. and Wednes-day at 7 p.m. www.n2jesusebc.org.
Emmanuel Baptist15601 Idlewild Road, Indian TrailPastor: Leland StephensSundays: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., worship. Faith rider meet 10:45 a.m.Women’s ministry meets 12:45 p.m. for covered dish luncheoon. Tuesday: Community Health Services conducts screenings.Wednesdays: 6:30 p.m., worship.Feb. 7: Scout Sunday, 10:45 a.m.Feb. 14, Brotherhood meets at 7:30 a.m. at Golden Corral
Essence of the Cross Ministries2310 Appian Lane, Monroe; 704-291-9898, 704-698-0110Pastor: W. Kaye McDonaldSundays: 11 a.m., worship
Euto Baptist6019 N.C. 205, New Salem; 704-385-8117Pastor: Dale BrooksSundays: 8:30 a.m., coffee fellowship; 8:45 a.m., small groups; 10 a.m., wor-ship.Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Children’s and youth ministries; 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Adult Bible study.
Evangelistic Temple of Deliverance6016 Waxhaw Hwy., Mineral Springs; 704-598-8203Pastor: William McLainSundays: Sunday School 10 a.m.; wor-ship 11 a.m.
Fairfield BaptistN.C. 205, Olive Branch Road, Marsh-ville; 704-624-5503Pastor: Tommy ThreattRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Bible time.Second and fourth Wednesday: 7 p.m. Children and youth.
Faith Community Independence701 Howie Mine Road, Waxhaw; 704-843-2085Pastor: Rickey TruesdaleRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.
Faith United Methodist3708 Faith Church Road, Indian TrailPastor: David LawrencePhone: 704-882-6623Regular Sundays: 8:30 a.m., praise and worship; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., praise and worship.Mondays: 6:30 p.m., Cub ScoutsTuesdays: 6 p.m., Girl Scouts; 6:30 p.m., Boy Scouts.
Faulks Baptist2234 Faulks Church Road, MarshvillePastor: David RichardsonRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Bible study, 6 p.m.Wednesday: 9:30 a.m., morning Bible study; children’s mission groups, 5:45 p.m.
First Baptist Church of Indian Trail732 Indian Trail-Fairview Road, Indian Trail; website, www.fbcit.org; 704-882-1005Pastor: Mike WhitsonSunday: 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., worship and Life groups. 6 p.m., eve-ning worship.Tuesdays: 7 p.m. Singles meeting.Wednesdays: 7 p.m., Power Hour.Thursdays: 10 a.m., adult prayer meet-ing.
First Baptist Church of Marshville404 N. Elm St., Marshville; 704-624-2710Pastor: Alex MartinRegular Sundays: 10 a.m., Bible study; 11 a.m., worship.Wednesdays: 6:30 p.m., youth ministry activities.
First Baptist Church of Monroe109 Morrow Ave., Monroe; 704-283-8534
Pastor: John HewettSundays: 9:30 a.m., Bible fellowship; 10:45 a.m., worship; college group Bi-ble fellowship follows worship; 5 p.m., youth group; 6:30 p.m., supper.Wednesdays: 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., fellowship meal followed by prayer meeting, age-group activities.
First Church of God301 Morgan Mill Road, MonroePastor: Floyd BowenRegular Sundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.
First Presbyterian Church of Waxhaw7700 Waxhaw Highway, Waxhaw; 704-843-4774Pastor: James C. SheltonSunday: 10 a.m. worship, 11:15 a.m. Sunday School
First Presbyterian Church of Monroe302 E. Windsor St., Monroe; 704-289-2574; www.fpcmonroenc.orgPastor: John WilkersonSundays: 9 a.m., Sunday school, 10 a.m., worship; 10 a.m.., 4:30 p.m. youth club (grades 6 through 12).Mondays: 6 p.m., Cub Scouts.Tuesdays: 7 p.m., Boy Scouts.Wednesdays: 4:30 p.m., youth club (grades one through five). Haiti Relief Trailer opens 3 to 6 p.m.Saturday: Haiti Relief Trailer open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Sunday: Haiti Relief Trailer open noon to 3 p.m.
Flint Ridge East Baptist Church5720 Flint Ridge Church Road, Marsh-ville; 704-624-5008Pastor: Richard A. Graham
Forest Hills BaptistWillis Long Road, MonroePastor: Neal WorkmanSunday: Sunday school, 9 a.m.; wor-ship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Youth meeting.
Freedom Biker Church of Mon-roeUnion Baptist Association build-ing1744 Williams Road, Monroe; 704-999-4244Pastor: Steve Starling
Friendly Baptist5418 Friendly Baptist Church Road, In-dian Trail; 704-753-1652Interim pastor: Dustin KnightRegular schedule: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship; 6:30 p.m., youthWednesday: 7 p.m., Bible study.
Friendship Missionary Baptist501 Bazemore St., Monroe; 704-283-1917Pastor: L.W. Leake
Gilboa Methodist5515 Gilboa Road, MarshvillePastor: Tracy CarrollRegular schedule: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship
God’s Temple of Zion Internation Fellowship5017 Waxhaw-Marvin Road, WaxhawPastor: Victor D. Thompson
Gospel Freewill Baptist2901 Belk Mill Road, Wingate; 704-218-8051Pastor: Henry BraswellRegular Sundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship; 6 p.m., wor-ship.
Gospel Way Church7310 Tirzah Church Road, WaxhawPastor: Ben Karecsky
Grace Baptist3411 Weddington Road, Monroe; 704-289-4917Pastor: Joe HaskettRegular schedule: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship, children’s church. Wednesday: 7:15 p.m., worship, youth groups.
Grace United Methodist3522 Secrest Short Cut Road, MonroePastor: Bill EnglebrethSundays: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worshipWednesday: 7 p.m., Bible study.
Greater Blessed Hope Baptist3607 Andrew Jackson Drive, Waxhaw, 704-843-2553Pastor: Waymon Jordan Sr.
Greater Grace Community Baptist880 Hasty Road, Marshville; 704-233-9484.Pastor: Rodney J. Evans Sr. Sunday: Sunday school, 9 a.m.; wor-ship, 10 a.m. Wednesdays: 6 p.m., prayer service and Bible study.
Greater Grace World Outreach 5017 Waxhaw-Marvin Road, Waxhaw; 704-843-5418Pastors: Charles Carter, Jacqueline Carter
Hamilton Cross Roads Baptist6133 Old Goldmine Road, MarshvillePastor: Jeff SmithRegular Sunday schedule: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Prayer, Children’s and youth groups, Divorce Care.
Hartis Grove Baptist4224 Blanchard Circle, Indian TrailPastor: Joe KirkpatrickSunday: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; wor-ship, 10:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Harvest Chapel5809 Highway 74, Indian Trail704-882-4662, www.harvestchapelclt.orgPastor: Paul Durham
Heath MemorialUnited Methodist9908 Richardson-King Road, WaxhawPastor: Marilyn Wooten
Hebron United Methodist2820 New Town Road, MonroePastor: Sherry Frerichs; 704-906-1443Regular Sundays: 9:30 a.m., worship; 10 a.m., Sunday school. Hemby Bridge Presbyterian6010 Mill Grove Road, Indian TrailPastor: Walt DeHartSunday: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school, 10:30 a.m., fellowship brunch; 11 a.m., worship.Wednesday: 7 p.m., prayer service.
Hermon Baptist9713 Lancaster Highway, Waxhaw; 704-843-4924; [email protected]; www.hermonbaptist.orgPastor: Donnie GambleRegular Sunday: 8:30 a.m., worship; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship; 6:30 p.m., worship, youth and children’s activities.
Mondays: 6 p.m. Celebrate Weight Loss; 7 p.m., Celebrate Recovery.Wednesdays: 5:30 p.m., Family Night supper (advance reservations required); 7 p.m., Bible study and prayer; 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Awana.
Higher Praise Deliverance1047-A Van Buren Ave., Indian Trail; 704-904-4073Pastor: Reginald O. CoffeySundays: 4 p.m., worship.
Hillcrest Baptist4316 Hillcrest Church Road, Monroewww.thehillcrestbaptistchurch.orgPastor: Gene MullisRegular Sundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., 6 p.m., worship.Wednesdays: 7 p.m., adult prayer service, All Stars for JesusMarch 6: Youth Rally at 6 p.m. Youth choir practice 5 p.m.
Hope230 E. Union St., Marshville; 704-624-2447Pastor: Michael StoneSundays: 10:30 a.m., contemporary worship
Hopewell Baptist420 Hopewell Church Road, Monroe 704-753-1084; www.whatasavior.comPastors: Lee PiggSundays: 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., worship; Sunday school for 50 and older during second worshipWednesdays: 7 p.m., Discipleship groups for those younger than 50; Bible study
Howie BaptistHowie Mine Church Road, WaxhawPastor: Donnie B. CrumpRegular schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Bible study.
Iglesia Ministerio Internacional Jesucristo para las naciones103-H Wilkes Drive, Monroe; 704-777-1207Pastor: Ever Hernandez
Indian Trail United Methodist113 Indian Trail Road, Indian TrailPastor: Jim ChrisawnSundays: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., wor-ship; 10:10 a.m., Sunday school
Indian Trail Presbyterian200 Indian Trail Road South, Indian Trail; 704-821-8751Pastor: James E. JohnsRegular Sunday schedule: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.
Lakeview Baptist4602 Concord Highway, Monroe; www.lakeviewfamily.org; 704-283-0019Pastor: Steve JirgalRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m.Wednesdays: 6:30 p.m., Bible study
Lanes Creek Baptist Church118 Marshville Water Plant Road, MarshvillePastor: Ronnie Collins
Langford Chapel CME113 S. Johnson St., MonroePastor: Sandra H. Gripper
Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist520 Billy Howey Road, WaxhawPastor: Michael Flowers Living Word Worship Center2691 W. Roosevelt Blvd., MonroePastor: R.D. VaughtSunday: 10:30 a.m., worshipWednesday: 7 p.m., worship
Love Baptist707 Deese Road, MonroePastor: Don ThompsonRegular Sunday: 9 a.m., worshipRegular Wednesday: 7 p.m., Bible study
Macedonia Baptist610 Macedonia Baptist Church Road, Monroe Pastor: Billy BelkRegular Sunday: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school assembly; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship.Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Adult prayer and Bible study, children’s programs
Maple Grove BaptistMaple Grove Church Road, Wedding-tonPastors: Terry SimpsonSundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., worship.Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m., worship
Marshville Presbyterian501 N. Elm St., MarshvillePastor: Ed HenegarRegular schedule: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.
Marshville MethodistEast Union Street, MarshvillePastor: Sherri BarnesRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.
Mary Elizabeth Baptist3703 Mary Elizabeth Church Road, WaxhawPastor: Curtis LaneySundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship; 6 p.m., discipleship trainingWednesdays: 7 p.m., prayer meeting, youth meeting, GAs & RAs
Marvin AME Zion1525 Crane Road, WaxhawPastor: Haven O. Anderson
Master’s Family Church International402 N. Sutherland Ave., MonroePastors: Charles and Emma Moore.Phone: 704-622-8881, 704-254-2868.Sundays: Noon, worship.Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m., worship
Memorial United Methodist1200 Miller St., Monroe; 704-283-6026Pastor: Bill EnglebrethRegular Sundays: 10 a.m., service; 11 a.m., Sunday school.
Midway Baptist4615 Olive Branch Road, Wingate; 704-233-5632; www.midbc.org.Sunday: Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; wor-ship, 11 a.m.
Midway United Methodist3625 Stack Road, MonroePastor: Don MeadowsSundays: 11 a.m. Worship; Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.
Mill Creek Baptist5417 Morgan Mill Road, Monroe; 704-283-8889; www.millcreekbap-tistchurch.orgPastor: George GougeWednesday: 6:30 p.m., Wednesday night groups meet.Regular Sunday: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.
Mill Grove United Methodist7311 Mill Grove Road, Indian TrailPastor: Earl BradshawRegular Sunday: 8:30 a.m., worship; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m., youth group.Currently registering for preschool.
Mineral SpringsChurch of Christ6403 Waxhaw Highway, Mineral Springs; 704-243-3388; www.mineral-springschurchofchirst.org
Mineral Springs United Methodist5915 Old Waxhaw-Monroe Road, Min-eral Springs; 704-843-5905Pastor: Bruce Gwyn
Monroe Christian Worship Center1721 N. Charlotte Ave., MonroePastor: Billy Gowan
Morningstar A.M.E. Zion4604 Secrest Shortcut Road, MonroePastor: Jacqueline Roper.Regular Sundays: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship
Mount Calvary A.M.E. Zion800 LaSalle St., Monroe; 704-289-6186Pastor: David L. McLendon
Mount Carmel United Methodist1712 Carmel Road, Monroe; phone, 704-289-6908Pastor: Nicholas Rochester1st and 3rd Sundays: 6 p.m., contem-porary serviceRegular Sundays: 9:45 a.m., Mrs. Eula’s Prayer Group, 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worshipTuesdays: 7 p.m. Choir practiceWednesdays: 6 p.m., United Methodist Women’s dinner, 7 p.m., youth, junior youth
Mount Nebo Missionary Baptist700 Miller Dr., Waxhaw; 704-243-0182Pastor: J.D. Mills Sr.Regular Sunday: 9:05 a.m., Sunday school; 9:50 a.m., Baptist training union; 11 a.m., worshipWednesdays: 6 p.m., Bible study and prayer meeting
Mount Olive A.M.E. Zion119 East Ave., MonroePastor: Michael McCray Sr.Regular Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.Tuesdays: 6:30 p.m., Bible study
Mount Pleasant Baptist2524 Stack Road, MonroePastor: Shad HicksRegular Sundays: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship Wednesdays: 7 p.m., worship, Mission Friends, GAs, RAs, youth.
Mount Zion Baptist6907 Gus Eubanks Road, MonroePastor: John LindsayRegular Sunday: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. worship.Wednesdays: 7 p.m., prayer service and youth groups.
New Beginnings Baptist1122 Marshville-Olive Branch Road, MarshvillePastor: Johnathan AshSundays: Sunday school, 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening worship, 5 p.m.Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m. New Beginnings Christian MinistryRock Rest Community Center, White Store RoadPastor: Eddie S. Parsons Sr.Sundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worshipWednesdays: 7:30 p.m., Bible study, A 52-lesson introduction to the 66 books of the Bible.
New Grace Baptist6201 Indian Trail-Fairview Road, Hem-by Bridge; 704-400-3258.Pastor: Roger Johnson
New Hope Baptist5928 New Salem Road, MarshvillePastor: Tommy ButlerRegular Sundays: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Will have dedi-cation services followed by communion service at 11 a.m. Youth will sponsor a luncheon to raise money for Haiti’s Earthquake victims. They will serve spaghetti and chicken and dumplings.Wednesdays: 6:30 p.m., night services, Kid’s Club and youth; 7 p.m., adult Bible study
New Hope United Methodist3221 Plyler Mill Road, Monroe; 704-320-7607Pastor: Ron SetzerRegular Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; 11 a.m., worship; 5 p.m., chil-dren’s choir.
New Life Baptist826 Willoughby Road, MonroePastor: Ricky GodwinSundays: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; wor-ship, 11 a.m., 6 p.m.Wednesday: Bible study and prayer meeting, 7 p.m.
New Life Community Temple of Faith3216 Griffith Road, Monroe; 704-219-6166Pastor: Sharon O’Leary
New Living Word Discipleship and Worship Center7720 South Rocky River Road, Monroe; 704-764-9348Pastor: Merv T. MasseySundays: 9 a.m., Sunday school; 10 a.m., worship
New Salem Baptist2915 Goldmine Road, MonroePastor: Douglas RumleyRegular Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship; 6 p.m. Team Kid Club for age 3-grade 5; youth fellowship.Wednesday: 7 p.m. Children’s, youth missions classes.
New Town Road Community Church7513 Broome’s Old Mill Road, Wax-haw; 704-843-3610Pastor: William ChandlerRegular Sundays: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 10:30 a.m., worship
Nicey GroveMissionary Baptist318 Camden Road, MarshvillePastor: M.L. KaufmanRegular Sunday: 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. worship; 9 a.m., Christian education.Wednesdays: 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Bible study.
Nu Life End Time Word Ministries1307 Highway 74 West, Wingate; 704-320-1581Pastors: Guillermo and Bridgette YardRegular Sunday: 10:15 a.m., Sunday school; worship, 11:15 a.m.
Oak Grove Baptist4013 Newtown Road, WaxhawPastor: Richard MyersSunday: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; wor-ship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.Wednesday: 7 p.m., prayer service.
Oakland Baptist Church600 E. Sunset Drive, Monroe
Oasis Christian Teaching CenterHampton Inn, MonroePastor: Chris and Ilene StoverRegular Sundays: 11 a.m., worship.
Olive Branch Missionary Baptist9510 Monroe-Olive Branch Road, Marshville; www.obmbc.comPastor: Tobias M. Wall
Open Hands Christian Fellowship3515 Hwy. 74 West Unit F, MonroePastor: James M. KinyanjuiSundays: 10:30 a.m., non-denomina-tional fellowship.
Open Book Baptist Church2850 Old Charlotte Highway, Monroe; 704-221-4938Pastor: Mitchell Griffin
Philadelphia Missionary Baptist4109 Canal Road, Marshville
Piney Grove East1708 Ansonville Road, MarshvillePastor: C.C. Craig Jr.
Piney Grove Missionary Baptist - West6712 Sims Road, Waxhaw; 704-843-3572Pastor: Robert L. Sanders
Pleasant Hill Baptist7002 Pleasant Hill Church Road, MarshvilleInterim pastor: Ollis RevelsRegular Sundays: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
Pleasant Plains Baptist Church3316 Pleasant Plains Road, MatthewsPastor: Ron RiddleySundays: Sunday School 9:15 a.m.; worship 10:30 a.m.; Awana Clubs 5:30 p.m.; evening worship 6 p.m.
Prospect United Methodist6020 Prospect Road, MonroePastor: Steve PhillippiSundays: 8:45 a.m., contemporary ser-vice; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., traditional service; 5 p.m., UMYF/UM Kids
Red Level Baptist1920 Rocky River Road, MonroePastor: Daniel M. GatewoodSundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11:15 a.m., worship.
Resurrection Christian103-C Wilkes DrivePastor: Zack F. Little Sr.Sunday: Church school, 9 a.m.; wor-ship, 10 a.m.
Roanoke Baptist618 Roanoke Church RoadPastor: Kenny PittmanMountain Top Mondays coming in March at 6:30 p.m.Regular Sunday: 9:15 a.m., Upper Room prayer; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.Wednesdays: Club J.A.M. for kids, Plugged for teens, adult Bible study and prayer meeting
Sandy Ridge Baptist1106 Sandy Ridge Road, West, MonroePastor: Eddie PowersFeb. 6: 1 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., GriefShare ministryRegular Sunday: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship; children’s church except last Sunday in month; 6:30 p.m., evening worship, youth dis-cipleship.Mondays: 7:30 p.m., Outreach,Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Awa-nas, 4 years to youth; 7 p.m., adult prayer and Bible study.
Secrest Grove Baptist4505 Weddington Road, Monroe; 704-289-5725, 704-486-7032Pastor: Jeff WhitecottonRegular Sunday: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m, worship; 6 p.m., youth.Wednesdays: 7 p.m., worship.
Shiloh Advent Christian Church3601 Sikes Mill Road, Unionville
Shining Light Baptist2541 Old Charlotte HighwayPastor: Tim CruseRegular Sundays: 9:30 a.m., Bible study; worship, 10:45 a.m., 6 p.m.; prayer, 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays.
Siler Presbyterian6301 Weddington-Monroe Road, Wes-ley Chapel; 704-821-7445Pastor: Bruce Powell
Smyrna Methodist5019 Medlin Road, Monroe; 704-764-7341Pastor: Mike CappsRegular Sundays: 9:30 a.m., worship; 10:45 a.m., Sunday school.
Southbrook Church Monroe cam-pus1410 Skyway Drive, MonroePastor: Geoffrey Janes
Stallings United Methodist1115 Stallings Road; 704-821-8820; www.sumc.comPastor: Bart MillesonFirst and third Saturdays: 5:30 p.m., contemporary worship.Regular Sundays: 8:30 a.m., intimate service; 9:45 a.m., Sunday school for all ages; 10:55 a.m., formal worship; 4:30 p.m., Bible Zone, youth programs.
Stephenson Presbyterian4224 Rocky River Road North; www.stephensonpres.org; 704-882-2018Pastor: Keith MorrisonRegular Sundays: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church909 Circle Drive, Monroe; 704-283-5244Pastor: Kenneth W. Fink Regular Sundays: 8:15 a.m. and 10 a.m. worship
Sutton Park BaptistMcIntyre Street, MonroeSundays: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Bible Study and prayer time.
Tabernacle House of Prayer Apostolic MinistriesOld Highway 74, Wingate; 704-207-6681Pastor: Addie Robinson
TheRiverMeets at New Salem Volunteer Fire DepartmentPastor: Jimmy Brown 704-753-1929E-mail: [email protected]: Interdenominational church meets at 10 a.m. Very casual dress, ca-sual atmosphere.
Tirzah Presbyterian7507 Tirzah Church Road, Waxhaw; 704-843-2893; www.tirzahchurch.org.Pastor: Jill DuffieldSunday school, 10 a.m.; worship at 11 a.m.
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BOSTON (AP) — It’s tied by its name and air date to Super Bowl Sunday, but the Catho-lic “Faith Bowl” being broad-cast nationwide has no link to football, unless you count talk about the saints.
The third annual Faith Bowl will run just before and after the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints meet to settle Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday. There’s no hype or Hail Mary passes, just former major league All-Star Mike Piazza and current pro Mike Sweeney talk-ing about faith and family in a roundtable discussion hosted
by former Minnesota Twins re-liever Bobby Keppel.
Hollywood-based Family Theater Productions created the show, and its aim is simple, said the Rev. Willy Raymond, the Catholic company’s nation-al director: to use high-profile Catholics to reach men and young people with a faith mes-sage at a time when they gather in hordes around the tube.
“It’s no secret if you go into any church on Sunday morn-ing, there are a lot of men who are missing. ... and especially older people, rather than young-er people,” Raymond said. “The audience that’s missing is the audience we are going after with this.”
The Faith Bowl was born after Family Theater began gathering Catholic athletes and actors for an annual retreat at the Franciscan order’s Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, Calif. It struck them that a show high-lighting the athletes’ faith on Super Bowl Sunday would be great outreach, Raymond said.
Faith Bowl III was taped in November at the end of this year’s retreat.
Professional athletes live in a hyper-reality of big tempta-tions, but Piazza said the basic struggles are the same as any Faith Bowl viewer. Catholicism can offer perspective and a peace that’s tough to find, he said.
Piazza, who is married with
two young daughters, said that at the start of his career, he had a “’I-wanted-to-be-a-rock-star’ type of mentality, and I realized once I got there that it was very empty at times. ... I just have nev-er been as happy as I have being a good husband and father.”
Raymond said no one is pre-tending the Faith Bowlers have all the answers just because they have celebrity.
“These guys are not theolo-gians,” he said. “They’re in the struggle. They’re doing the best they can, and they’re good ex-amples of guys that have made it in one world and still are seri-ous about trying to be disciples of Christ and good people.”
Among the outlets carry-
ing the Faith Bowl are Boston-based CatholicTV, which says it’s piped into 5 million to 6 mil-lion homes via various cable providers. Another national Catholic broadcaster, Eternal Word Television Network, is also carrying the program.
No one is measuring the show’s ratings, so it will be im-possible to know whether it’s a hit or fails to outdraw an aver-age half-hour of local cable ac-cess TV. Piazza said his hopes for the Faith Bowl are modest.
“To me, if there’s just one person out there who sees this, and says, ‘Hey, I saw Mike, and I thought about it, and went back (to church),’ that’s pretty much all I need,” he said.
Super Sunday is not about football at ‘Faith Bowl’
PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press Writer
ZAAFARANA, Egypt (AP) — Egypt’s chief archaeologist unveiled on Thursday an ex-tensive renovation of the oldest monastery in the world, touting the work at the 1,600 year-old-site as a symbol of peaceful co-existence between the country’s Muslims and Christians.
It’s the message Egypt’s gov-ernment has been emphasiz-ing ever since a lethal drive-by shooting at a church a month ago in a southern town: No troubles here — dismissing new worries over sectarian di-visions between Egypt’s main-ly Muslim population and the large Christian minority.
“The announcement we are making today shows to the world how we are keen to re-store the monuments of our past, whether Coptic, Jewish or Muslims,” he said, referring to the dominant Christian sect in Egypt.
“The incident in Upper Egypt can happen between two broth-ers,” said Hawass when asked if there was any connection be-tween the Jan. 6 shooting and the timing of his announcement at the monastery. “I want every-one to forgot this incident.”
Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities spent eight years and $14.5 million dollars to carry out a comprehensive res-toration and conservation of the ancient monastery, situated
in the rugged desert mountains near Egypt’s Red Sea coast.
It was in this remote spot, at the end of the 3rd century that renowned Christian ascetic St. Anthony took up a residence in a cave, with little more than a spring and some palm trees to sustain him.
Upon his death in A.D. 356, his followers built cells and cre-ated the world’s first Christian monastery, which now houses 120 monks, the burial place of four saints, and ancient church paintings dating to the Middle Ages.
Monks say the restoration and discovery of the cells of the monks sheds important light on the early years of monasticism and bolsters the country’s long monastic tradition.
“For the monastery itself,
this is very important, we have found a missing part of our his-tory with this restoration, for there is nothing written about the beginning of the monas-tery,” said Father Maximus, who oversaw the renovation.
In the government-sponsored project, workers renovated the fortress-like ancient wall sur-rounding the monastery, sev-eral outbuildings, and its two main churches — the 15th cen-tury Church of the Apostles and the 4th century Church of St. Anthony.
A modern sewage system was also installed for the monastery, which receives a million visi-tors every year.
“The monastery has become a very important retreat for spiritual relaxation for visitors, especially when they visit the cave of St. Anthony,” he said.
For Hawass, the high profile director of Egypt’s antiquities department, the completion of the project was an opportunity for Egypt to show its critics the depths of its tolerance.
“I believe today is important because it can answer all the questions of the people all over the world and it can show how the Muslims can stay here eight years restoring and making im-pressive work,” he told journal-ists while touring the site.
The drive by shooting in the southern Egyptian town of Nag Hamadi on Jan. 6, Coptic Christ-mas Eve, killed six Christians and a Muslim guard, shocking
Egypt’s Christians and bring-ing widespread condemnation internationally over sectarian relations in the country.
Egyptian officials insist the shooting was a purely criminal act, without sectarian motives. Authorities categorically deny there are any problems between Muslims and Christians and say there is national unity, with all groups living in harmony.
The state often maintains that attacks against Christians, especially in poverty-ridden southern Egypt, are isolated, criminal incidents, often relat-ed to disputes between clans.
But Youssef Sidhom, the edi-tor of the weekly Coptic news-paper Al-Watani, dismisses the government stance on the Jan. 6 attack.
“Targeting Christians com-ing out of church on Christmas eve, this cannot be fully a crimi-nal affair, it is a criminal sectar-ian affair,” he said. “We have to face for once our bitter heritage that has accumulated during the last four decades, making such hostilities more frequent than before.”
Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the popu-lation of 79 million, complain of discrimination, saying they have insufficient representa-tion in parliament or the secu-rity forces and that education and media don’t reflect their community. They also point to restrictions requiring security officials’ permission to build or
even repair churches.“When the state wants to
renovate a Jewish temple, an ancient church or an ancient mosque, no one can stop the state. The problem comes when we want to renovate a church, things get tough and we have to apply to the security apparatus to approve it,” Sidhom said.
Leonard Leo, the chairman of the U.S. government’s Commis-sion on International Religious Freedom, said the State Depart-ment is “very worried about in-creased violence against Chris-tians in Upper Egypt.”
“There are quite a number of laws in Egypt which blatantly discriminate against Chris-tians and other religious mi-norities in a way that creates a climate where people don’t respect Christians,” he told Fox News on Jan. 28.
In its splendid isolation at the foot of mountains surrounded by the crisp desert air, the mon-astery seems far away from troubles elsewhere. In a sign of its turbulent past, one of the re-stored buildings is a tall tower only accessible by a wooden drawbridge, where the monks would take refuge during as-saults by hostile Bedouin tribes in the Middle Ages.
“We are living in the same land, drinking the same water — we are Egyptians, all of us. What is going on is something not normal,” said Father Maxi-mus about the shooting in Nag Hamadi.
Egypt restores monastery touting harmony
“We are living in the same land, drinking the same water — we are Egyptians, all of us.”
Father Maximus
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Trinity Baptist2613 Concord Hwy., Monroe; 704-292-2613; www.trinitymonroe.orgPastor: Ted Wright
Turner Presbyterian4802 Lancaster Hwy., MonroePastor: Roy ScarbroughSundays: 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., prayer time; 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.
Union Baptist4312 Old Pageland-Monroe Road, Mon-roe; 704-764-7289Pastor: Joseph HicksonRegular Sunday: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worshipRegular Wednesday: 7 p.m., adult Bible study.Today: Spaghetti dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit building fund.
Union Chapel Missionary Baptist621 E. Lawyers Road, Monroe; 704-753-1481Pastor: J.W. Threatt
Union Grove Primitive Baptist3619 Morgan Mill Road, MonroePastor: Newell Helms
Union Grove United Methodist8708 Indian Trail-Fairview Road, Indian Trail; 704-753-4966Pastor: Robert Sturge
Union United Methodist6315 New Town Road, Waxhaw; 704-843-1603Pastor: Kim HigginsSundays: 8:45 a.m., contemporary worship; 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., blended service; 5 p.m., youth Tuesdays: 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., se-nior chair yoga.
Union Springs A.M.E. Zion4003 Morgan Mill Road, UnionvillePastor: Michael BakerSundays: 8 a.m., Sunday school; 9:15 a.m., praise and worship; 9:30 a.m., morning worship.
Unionville Baptist510 Baucom Road, MonroePastor: Hank Parker Jr.Sundays: 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.
Walkers Grove Missionary Biptist1006 Walkers Grove Road, Wingate; 704-233-4676Pastor: The Rev. Jasper Powe Jr.
Walkersville Presbyterian Church6204 Brady Road, Waxhaw; 704-843-3612Pastor: Warren NanceSundays: 9:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship.
Watts Grove Missionary Baptist3105 Rocky River Road North, MonroeSunday: Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; wor-ship, 11 a.m.
Waxhaw Baptist8213 Old Waxhaw-Monroe Road, WaxhawPastor: Donny RoysterSundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., worship; 6 p.m., Bible study, Kids for Christ, Y Factor Class.Wednesday: 7 p.m., prayer and youth class, Kids for Christ
Waxhaw Bible Church6810 Pleasant Grove Church Road, Wax-haw
Waxhaw Presbyterian8100 Old Waxhaw-Monroe Road, Wax-hawSundays: Sunday school, 9 a.m.; wor-ship, 10:15 a.m. Tuesdays: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Bible study, call 704-843-4685 for details.
Waxhaw United Methodist 200 McDonald St., Waxhaw; 704-843-3931; www.waxhawumc.org.Pastor: Harrison HinsonSundays: 9 a.m., worship; Sunday school, 10 a.m.; traditional worship, 11 a.m.
Weddington United Methodist13901 Providence Road, Weddington; 704-846-1032; www.weddington-church.org
Wesley Chapel MethodistPotter and Weddington roads, Wesley ChapelPastor: Denise Earls; phone, 704-814-
4739; www.wesleychapelumc.netSundays: Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; wor-ship, 10:30 a.m., with children’s church provided. For transportation, call 704-283-6106.
West Monroe Baptist Church1212 Icemorlee St., 704-283-2532Pastor: David Hayes
Westend Baptist1611 Sanlee Church Drive, Monroe; 704-764-7366Pastor: Rodney FairclothSundays: 10 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m., 6 p.m., worship.Wednesdays: 6 p.m., worship.
Wingate Baptist108 E. Elm St., Wingatewww.wingatebaptistchurch.com; 704-233-4256Pastor: J. Derrill SmithRegular Sunday schedule: Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Kids Club for age 4 through sixth grade.Wednesday: 6 p.m, Mid-week Gather-ing, fellowship hall.
Wingate United Methodist111 Hinson St., Wingate; 704-233-4995; www.wingateumc.comPastor: Rhonda HartwegSundays: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; wor-ship, 11 a.m.; evening prayer and praise, 5 p.m.Wednesday: 6 p.m., meal; 7 p.m., Bible study, youth meeting
Word of Christ Baptist3629 Highway 74, WingatePastor: Gary W. McLain Regular Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.Regular Wednesday: 7 p.m., Bible study
Zion Hill Christian FellowshipPlyler Mill and Grifin Road, MonroePastor: Bill Sullivan
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WASHINGTON (AP) — No, maybe he can’t.
President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where oth-er presidents had failed to fix the nation’s health care system, now con-cedes the effort may die in Congress.
The president’s newly conflicting signals could frustrate Democratic law-makers who are hungry for guidance from the White House as they try to salvage the effort to ex-tend coverage to millions of uninsured Americans and hold down spiraling medical costs. Obama’s comments Thursday night came hours after Re-publican Scott Brown was sworn in to replace the late Edward M. Kennedy, leaving Democrats with-out their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, and Obama’s signature health legislation with no clear path forward.
“I think it’s very im-portant for us to have a methodical, open process over the next several weeks, and then let’s go ahead and make a deci-sion,” Obama said at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser.
“And it may be that ... if Congress decides we’re not going to do it, even after all the facts are laid out, all the options are clear, then the American people can make a judg-ment as to whether this Congress has done the right thing for them or not,” the president said. “And that’s how democ-racy works. There will be elections coming up, and they’ll be able to make a determination and regis-ter their concerns.”
It appeared to be a shift in tone for the issue the “Yes we can” candidate campaigned on and made the centerpiece of his do-mestic agenda last year. In a speech to a joint session of Congress in Septem-ber, Obama declared: “I am not the first president to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last. ... Here and now we
will meet history’s test.”Sweeping health legis-
lation to extend medical coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Ameri-cans passed the House and Senate last year and was on the verge of com-pletion — though there were still disagreements between the two houses — before Brown’s upset victory last month in a special election in Mas-sachusetts. Since then it has been in limbo, and Obama has not publicly offered specifics to help lawmakers move forward. Congressional aides felt his remarks Thursday did not clarify matters.
“The next step is what I announced at the State of the Union, which is to call on our Republican friends to present their ideas. What I’d like to do is have a meeting where-by I’m sitting with the Republicans, sitting with the Democrats, sitting with health care experts, and let’s just go through these bills. ... And then I think that we’ve got to go ahead and move forward on a vote,” Obama said Thursday shortly after a White House meeting with Democratic congres-sional leaders that pro-duced no apparent prog-ress on health care.
“I think we should be very deliberate, take our time. We’re going to be moving a jobs package forward over the next several weeks; that’s the thing that’s most urgent right now in the minds of Americans all across the country.”
“Here’s the key, is to not let the moment slip away,” Obama also said.
White House spokes-man Reid Cherlin said the president’s position has not changed and he will not walk away from health care reform. “He used his remarks last night to motivate Demo-crats to come together and get this done, noting that the public will judge their leaders on what they accomplish,” Cher-lin said.
White House press sec-retary Robert Gibbs told reporters Friday that there was no meeting set for the president to talk over health care strat-egy with Republican and Democratic lawmakers. The GOP has shown more interest in opposing Dem-ocrats on the issue than in working with them.
Bipartisan congres-sional leaders are plan-ning to join Obama at the White House on Tuesday, but Gibbs reiterated that the meeting will be cen-tered on how to create jobs and boost the econ-omy. Gibbs said White House officials are “still working with Capitol Hill on the best way forward” on health care.
Rank-and-file Demo-crats are eager for their leaders to settle on a strategy by the end of next week, after which lawmakers will return to their states for a week-long recess during which they’re sure to face ques-tions from constituents. The health legislation has become unpopular with voters and a political drag in a midterm elec-tion year.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought momentum in a speech Friday to Dem-ocratic Party activists meeting in Washington.
“Standing together and working together, we will pass health care reform for the American people,” said Pelosi, D-Calif.
“But recognize your role in this. We can do all the inside maneuvering and legislating and the rest, but without the out-side mobilization, with-out your participation, nothing really great or good can happen.”
Ralph Neas of the lib-eral National Coalition on Health Care issued a stern warning to the White House after learn-ing of Obama’s remarks.
“The time has come for more forceful presi-dential leadership,” Neas said. Obama must ex-plain more clearly how his health care provi-sions would help average Americans and must give clearer guidance to Con-gress, he said.
A number of Demo-cratic lawmakers and liberal groups believe the only way to enact a worth-while health care package
is to have House Demo-crats hold their noses and vote for a bill the Senate passed on Christmas Eve with no GOP help. It has many provisions that House members don’t like, such as a tax on high-cost health insurance plans, and they would insist that senators also pass legis-lation to change some of them using a controver-sial procedure not subject to Republican filibusters.
Some party activists saw Obama’s remarks as a signal that he’s pulling back from that idea. Oth-ers said he may simply be making a last overture to Republicans before using the muscular partisan strategy in the Senate.
Anne Kim, of the cen-trist group Third Way, saw the remarks as an acknowledgment that the White House and congres-sional Democrats must cool down the health care debate and regain public trust about the process being used.
Obama admits health care overhaul may die on the Hill
“Here’s the key, is to not let the moment slip away.”
— President Barack Obama
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But residents should re-main cautious through the weekend as temperatures dipping to 22 degrees Sat-urday night might freeze standing water, Pigott said.
“That might be some-thing to be concerned about,” he said.
Staff writer Alan Jen-kins contributed to this report.
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New Town between Cuthbertson and Twelve Mile Creek
Lanes Creek between White Store and Old Page-land Marshville
Lawyers Rd. between Indian Trail Fairview Rd. and Friendly Baptist Church Rd.
DOT: all above should be closed until 7 a.m. today.
Staff photos by Rick Crider
Seemy Heath, 12, of Monroe, (above) stops to take a look at the flooded bike and jogging path at the Jaycee park on Skyway Drive Friday afternoon. A majority of the entire park was completely under water by 4 p.m.
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Roosevelt Blvd. at the intersection of Rocky River
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Life in the nation’s capital ground to a halt Friday as steady snow fell, the be-ginning of a storm that forecasters said could be the biggest for the city in modern history.
A record 2½ feet or more was predicted for Washington, where snow was falling heavily by evening and forecast-ers warned that blizzard conditions were on the way. Big amounts of snow were expected elsewhere throughout the Mid-At-lantic, and authorities already blamed the storm for hundreds of accidents and the deaths of father-son Samaritans in Vir-ginia.
A few thousand people in West Virginia lost electricity because of the storm and more outages were expected. A hospi-tal fire in D.C. sent about three dozen patients scur-rying from their rooms to safety in a basement. The blaze started when a snow plow truck caught fire near the building, but no injuries were reported.
The region’s second snowstorm in less than two months could be “ex-tremely dangerous,” the National Weather Service said. Heavy, wet snow and strong winds threatened to clog roads and paralyze the region’s transporta-tion and retail.
Airlines canceled flights, schools closed and the federal government sent workers home, where they could be stuck for several days in a region ill-equipped to deal with so much snow. Some area hospitals asked people with four-wheel-drive ve-hicles to volunteer to pick up doctors and nurses to take them to work.
Gilles Conti, scrambled in vain to find a way to get to Los Angeles from Dull-es International Airport in suburban Washington, where all flights through Saturday afternoon were canceled.
“I’m just going to wait, I
mean, what can I do?” he said.
Amtrak stopped most trains heading south from Washington.
As heavy snow fell at an Indianapolis airport, Colts fans arrived early hoping they could still catch flights to Miami, where the Super Bowl was to be held. Most di-rect flights were on time, but travelers passing through Philadelphia and Washington had to make other arrangements.
In western Virginia, a tractor-trailer struck and killed a father and son who had stopped to help another driver who had wrecked in snow on Interstate 81, Virginia State Police said. William Edward Smith Jr., 25, of Mooresburg, Tenn., and 54-year-old William Ed-ward Smith Sr. of Sylva, N.C., died at the scene, au-thorities said.
Across the region, trans-portation officials were deploying thousands of trucks and had hundreds of thousands of tons of salt at the ready. Several states exhausted or ex-pected to exhaust their snow removal budgets.
Blizzard warnings were also in effect for much of Delaware and southern New Jersey from Friday afternoon to Saturday night, with strong winds and blowing, drifting snow.
Philadelphia could get about a foot of snow and up to 20 inches was ex-pected in the Pittsburgh area.
The storm comes less than two months after a Dec. 19 storm dumped more than 16 inches of snow on Washington. Snowfalls of this magni-tude — let alone two in one season — are rare in the area. According to the National Weather Service, Washington has gotten more than a foot of snow only 13 times since 1870.
The heaviest on record was 28 inches in January 1922.
Mid-Atlantic shuts down ahead of huge snow storm
BY JUSTIN MURDOCKE-J Sports Writer
WEDDINGTONThe Weddington High boys
basketball team kept its playoff hopes alive with a 60-52 home win over Porter Ridge on Fri-day.
The Warriors, who entered the game having lost three straight, improved to 10-11 over-all and 4-4 in the Southern Caro-lina Conference.
With Parkwood’s loss to Sun Valley on Friday, the Warriors and Rebels are currently tied for the third and final 3A play-off spot out of the league.
Anson is in first at 6-2, while Marvin Ridge and Sun Valley are both 5-3 heading into the final week of the regular sea-son.
“We talked about it and said if we dropped this one, we were pretty much out of it unless we win the conference tourna-ment,” said WHS coach Gary El-lington. “It was definitely a big game and the kids responded pretty well. Porter Ridge was much improved from the first time we played them at their place, so they made it tough.”
Three players scored in dou-ble figures for the Warriors, in-cluding junior wing Ben Buch-an, who finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Senior Dexter Harding added
13 points and a game-high 14 re-bounds while sophomore Ben-nett Rutherford chipped in with 13 points, six rebounds and five assists.
Weddington made just one 3-pointer on the night, but owned a 46-28 rebounding ad-vantage, including several on
the offensive glass.“Before the game, we really
stressed sending four guys to the boards and we thought if could just hit the glass hard, we could catch them sleeping a cou-ple times and get some offensive boards,” said Ellington.
See WARRIORS / Page 2B
BY RIChARD hORDE-J Correspondent
WAXHAWThe last two times Cuth-
bertson High’s boys played Piedmont, the Cavaliers jumped out to an early lead only to allow the Pan-thers to rally for wins.
Friday night was a dif-ferent story.
Cody Esser scored 25 points, connecting on seven 3-pointers, and Mike Cuth-bertson had 17 points and nine boards as the Cava-liers started the game on a 7-0 spurt and never looked back during a 60-38 home win over Piedmont.
“We have been there be-fore,” said Cuthbertson coach Mike Helms. “We knew we had to hold the lead, and we did tonight. When Cody shoots like that, we are a totally different team. He stretches the de-fense, and in the second half of this season, he has been doing that every night.”
Esser hit three shots from behind the arc in the third quarter, when the Cavaliers really started to put some distance between them-selves and the Panthers. Cutherbertson outscored Piedmont 20-11 in the third.
See CAVS / Page 6B
BY MATT ABRIggE-J Correspondent
MARSHVILLEThe Forest Hills boys outscored North
Stanly (8-13, 2-11) 23-15 in the first quarter, and it proved to be the difference on their way to a 62-53 victory Friday night.
The Yellow Jackets’ Brandon Glenn led all scorers with 22 points, including a breakaway one-handed dunk to start the third quarter.
Senior Markell Lotharp, a 6-6 post player, added 12 points and 12 rebounds and senior point guard Dre Huntley scored 10 points,
dished out eight assists and had seven steals on senior night for the Yellow Jackets.
Forest Hills improved to 12-9 overall and 10-4 in the Rocky River.
North Stanly was led by Chris Edwards, who had 16 points and nine rebounds. Teammate Alex Russell added 15.
Forest Hills travels to Piedmont on Tues-day.
North girls cruiseThe North Stanly girls used a 30-9 fourth
quarter to pull away in a 74-50 road win.The game was back and forth for three
quarters, with Forest Hills up 31-29 at half and North Stanly up just 44-41 to start the fourth.
North Stanly‘s full court press forced 20 Forest Hills turnovers on the night.
The Yellow Jackets fell to 7-13 overall and 6-8 in the Rocky River Conference.
North Stanly improved its season record to 19-2 and 11-2 in the conference — good enough for first place.
BY JERRY SNOWE-J Sports Editor
ROUGHEDGEJalen Witherspoon and
Shaun Stewart were a combined 7 of 8 from the foul line in the last 80 sec-onds, helping Sun Valley High’s boys hold on for a 64-62 road win over Park-wood on Friday.
The victory improves the Spartans to 5-3 in the Southern Carolina Confer-ence (14-6 overall), moving them into a tie for second place with Marvin Ridge; both trail first-place Anson County by one game with two left in league play.
Trailing by nine points in the fourth, Parkwood mounted a rally and even-tually tied the game with 2:46 remaining when Ryan Helms drove the left side of the lane, drew contact and hung in the air for what resulted in a three-point play that tied the game at 55-all.
Blake Dixon scored on a reverse layup to give SV the lead again with two minutes left, and Tony Da-vis pushed the advantage
to 59-55 with 1 minute to play on a cutting layup.
Maurice Leak had a pair of driving layups in the final minute to keep the Rebels close, but With-erspoon made two free throws with 27 seconds to make it a two-possession game again (63-59).
Justin Crowder’s 3-point-er from the right wing inched the Rebels to with-in 63-62, and after Stewart made 1-of-2 at the line with 3.7 seconds on the clock, Parkwood got one last hur-ried possession.
The result was a desper-ation attempt from half-court by Parkwood’s Mar-cus Leak. The attempt was on line but bounded long without scraping the rim.
“About 80 percent of our games have been close like this,” said SV coach Keith Mason, who started three sophomores, a freshman and a senior. “We’re still very young and we don’t know how to put games away yet, but we’re work-ing on it. It’s a maturation process.”
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SportsEditor: Jerry Snow (261-2225) [email protected] Saturday, February 6, 2010 Section B
Hawks winSmith’s triple-double lifts Hawks over Bulls 2B
WHO’S NEWSMonroe boys roll up 101 on Cardinals
MONROE — The Monroe High boys basketball team rolled to a 101-44 win over Union Academy on Friday.
Senior center Issac Blakeney led the offen-sive charge for Monroe (19-1, 12-0 RRC) with a game-high 25 points. He was joined in double figures by teammates Quayshawn
Chambers (14), Quontez Threatt (13) and Jamison Crowder (12).
Chambers, a 6-2 freshman forward, scored his career-high.
Zach Anderson scored 17 points to pace the Cardinals (1-19, 1-15).
Monroe plays at West Stanly today, while Union Academy travels to North Stanly on Tuesday.
Manus leads UA girls past Monroe
MONROE — Hunter Manus scored 14 points to lead the Union Academy girls basketball team to a 51-46 win over Monroe on Friday.
Kendall Cox added 13 points for the Cardinals, who improved to 6-13 overall and 6-10 in the Rocky River Conference.
“It was a great overall team perfor-mance and everybody contributed,” said Union Academy coach Tom Cripe. “It was a pretty big win for us.”
Shakira Jordan led Monroe (8-11, 5-7) with 17 points, while teammate Dequisha McCain added 12 points.
Union Academy plays at North Stanly on Tuesday. Monroe travels to West Stanly today starting at 3:15 p.m. in a makeup game.
Busch gets engaged at Daytona track
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Busch is getting married.
Busch says he asked girlfriend Samantha Sarcinella to marry him on Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway. It was the first night at the race track, and their first night in a brand new motorhome
the two designed together. No date has been set for a wedding.
The 24-year-old Busch is taking on many new endeavors this sea-son, including becoming owner of a NASCAR Truck Series team. He also recently signed a contract extension with Joe Gibbs Racing.
Busch has dominated the past two Daytona 500s, leading a combined 174 laps, but did not win either race. The season-opening Daytona 500 is scheduled for Feb. 14.
Colts WR Wayne leaves practice early
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Reg-gie Wayne gave the Indianapolis Colts quite a scare Friday when he pulled up short on a pass route.
He’s still expected to play in Sunday’s Super Bowl.
The four-time Pro Bowl receiver left practice 20 minutes early after aggravat-ing an injured right knee.
Coach Jim Caldwell said Wayne hurt the soft tissue below his kneecap. Wayne is listed as probable.
But the Colts still don’t have an answer on All-Pro defensive end Dwight Freeney. He hasn’t practiced since tearing a ligament in his right ankle during the AFC title game.
Freeney hopes to work out today and is listed as questionable. Earlier Friday, Caldwell said Freeney’s recovery was “trending in the right direction.”
WORTH A LOOKNASCARBudweiser Shootout
8 p.m., FOX
College basketballClemson at Virginia Tech
4 p.m., Raycom
LOTHARP
Kyle Busch
CHAMBERS
E-J staff photo by Ed Cottingham
Sun Valley senior wing Blake Dixon (30) had 14 points, 10 rebounds and three assists to help his team edge Parkwood on the road Friday.
E-J staff photo by Ed Cottingham
WHS junior Ben Buchan, driving against the defense of Porter Ridge freshman Shaun Thompson, had 14 points and 12 boards.
glenn’s 22 help Jackets down North Stanly
Youthful SV still in huntClutch foul shooting helps Spartans nip Rebels, 64-62
Cavs ripPiedmontboys by 22
Warriors keep playoff hopes alive
Bearcats’ 50-46 win gives them top spot in SCCBY ERIC RAPEE-J Correspondent
WADESbOROThe Anson County boys bas-
ketball team took over sole possession of first place in the Southern Carolina Conference by edging out Marvin Ridge 50-46 Friday night.
After trailing by as many as 10 in the second half, the Maver-
icks (8-9, 5-3 SCC) had a chance to cut the lead down to one late, but were unable to convert.
Anson’s Garry McKnight then made 1-of-2 free throws in the finals seconds to seal the win for the Bearcats (14-8, 6-2 SCC).
“It’s really big for our guys; it shows how far they’ve come as far as mental toughness,” said
Anson coach Matt Sides, “Give Marvin Ridge all the credit at the end. They really battled to come back. They put all the pressure on us. Marvin Ridge is well-coached and they have a couple of great guards in Colby Rhodes and TJ Tolbert that made some plays in the end that made the game close.
“Our guys found a way to win
even though there were a cou-ple plays at the end where we could’ve easily given it away. I was proud of our guys for fight-ing back and not giving in be-cause a year ago we might have crumbled in that situation.”
Anson’s Chris Christian and MR’s Tolbert shared game-high honors with 15 points.
See BEARCATS / Page 6B
2B / Saturday, February 6, 2010 The Enquirer-Journal
Thursday’s GamesCleveland 102, Miami 86Portland 96, San Antonio 93Friday’s GamesIndiana 107, Detroit 83Washington 92, Orlando 91Boston 96, New Jersey 87Milwaukee 114, New York 107Houston 101, Memphis 83Philadelphia 101, New Orleans 94Atlanta 91, Chicago 81Minnesota 117, Dallas 108Phoenix at Sacramento, lateDenver at L.A. Lakers, lateToday’s GamesNew Orleans at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.New York at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m.Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Philadelphia at Houston, 8:30 p.m.Indiana at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.Denver at Utah, 9 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10 p.m.Oklah. City at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday’s GamesSacramento at Toronto, 12 p.m.Orlando at Boston, 2:30 p.m.
Prep basketball
Friday’s boxscores
WHS boys 60, P. Ridge 52Porter Ridge (4-17, 0-8)Victor Freeman 1 1-2 3, PJ Freeman 2
10-12 14, Tyrelle Wardell 4 0-0 10, Brian Jackson 2 0-0 4, Charles Tinsley 5 0-1 10, Allen Peace 1 0-0 2, Javonte Truesdale 2 0-0 4, Xavier Hailey 0 0-0 0, Jordan Van Beek 0 1-2 1, Shaun Thompson 0 1-2 1, Rad Crowell 0 0-0 0, Tanner Fort 1 0-0 3. Totals 18 13-19 52.
Weddington (10-11, 4-4)Grant Martenson 1 4-6 6, Ryan
Langevin 3 0-5 6, Bennett Rutherford 6 0-1 13, Dexter Harding 5 3-4 13, Ben Buchan 6 2-4 14, Michael Piciucco 1
1-2 3, Dewayne McClain 1 0-0 2, Bill Liu 1 1-3 3, Daniel Mickey 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 11-25 60.
P. Ridge 8 17 8 19 - 52WHS 12 18 12 18 - 60
3-pointers: PR 3 (Wardell 2, Fort 1); WHS 1 (Rutherford). Rebounds: PR 28 (Tinsley 11, Truesdale 6); WHS 46 (Harding 14, Buchan 12, Rutherford 6). Assists: PR 7 (V. Freeman 2, Truesdale 2); WHS 10 (Rutherford 5, Buchan 2). Steals: PR 10 (Jackson 3, PJ Freeman 2); WHS 8 (Rutherford 2, Buchan 2, Harding 2). Blocks: PR 2 (Jackson, Tinsley); WHS 3 (Buchan 2, McClain 1).
P. Ridge girls 58, WHS 25Porter Ridge (19-3, 7-1)Jada Huntley 3 1-1 7, Cayleigh Weekly
4 0-0 10, Kara Hastings 6 1-2 13, Kelley Godbout 4 1-2 10, Raven Falls 4 0-0 8, Jasmine Huntley 2 1-2 5, Ashlei Boone 1 0-0 2, Hayley Secrest 0 1-2 1, Ashley Frey 0 0-0 0, Itiana Gainey 1 0-0 2, Katie Steeb 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 5-9 58.
Weddington (10-12, 2-6)Maurvella Fuller 0 0-0 0, Kinsey
Wilson 0 2-2 2, Katelyn Demille 1 0-0 3, Mecca Asturias 2 0-0 4, Sam Sebastian 4 5-7 14, Margot Harper 1 0-0 2, Caroline Brown 0 0-0 0, Courtney Billingsley 0 0-0 0, Alyssa Sharpe 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 7-9 25.
P. Ridge 15 17 16 10 - 58WHS 10 8 5 2 - 25
3-pointers: PR 3 (Weekly 2, Godbout 1); WHS 2 (Demille, Sebastian). Rebounds: PR 31 (Hastings 10, Jada Huntley 5, Weekly 5); WHS 17 (Asturias 5). Assists: PR 16 (Godbout 5, Jasmine Huntley 3, Hastings 3); WHS 5 (Fuller 2). Steals: PR 17 (Hastings 4, Godbout 3, Jada Huntley 3); WHS 7 (Asturias 4, Sebastian 3). Blocks: PR 5 (Godbout 3); WHS 1 (Sebastian).
SV boys 64, Parkwood 62Sun Valley (5-3, 14-6)Jalen Witherspoon 7 4-6 18, Blake
Dixon 7 0-2 14, Shaun Stewart 4 3-4 14, Kyle Buffkin 3 0-1 6, Kevin Saxton 1 1-2 3, Tony Davis 4 0-0 10, Kirby Faulkner 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 8-14 64.
Parkwood (4-4, 9-9)Maurice Leak 7 2-2 18, Marcus Leak 5
4-8 14, Justin Crowder 5 0-0 13, Deonte Hiatt 3 4-6 10, Joseph Gordon 2 0-0 4, Ryan Helms 1 1-1 3, Anthony Evans 0 0-0 0, Jimmy Richardson 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 11-17 62.
Sun Valley 14 10 19 21 — 64Parkwood 15 10 17 20 — 62
3-pointers: SV 3 (Davis 2, Stewart 1); Parkwood 5 (Crowder 3, Maurice Leak 2). Rebounds: SV 31 (Dixon 10, Saxton 8); Parkwood 29 (Marcus Leak 14, Crowder 6). Assists: SV 11 (Stewart 5, Dixon 3, Saxton 2); Parkwood 10 (Maurice Leak 3, Marcus Leak 2, Crowder 2, Hiatt 2). Steals: SV 10 (Davis 3, Saxton 2, Stewart 2, Witherspoon 2); Parkwood 8 (Hiatt 3, Maurice Leak 2). Blocks: SV 4 (Buffkin 3, Dixon 1); Parkwood 0.
SV girls 48, Parkwood 41Sun Valley (5-3, 13-7)Stephanie Taylor 3 9-14 15, Jordynn
Gaymon 4 3-3 11, Tashaun Stewart 3 3-10 9, Raven Stevenson 2 1-2 5, Bianca Allyn 0 4-8 4, Jasmin Wynne 2 0-0 4. Totals 14 20-38 48.
Parkwood (5-3, 16-3)Morgan Brown 5 2-3 13, Michelle
Brown 3 2-2 8, Tori Tsitouris 2 4-7 8, Bailey Sims 2 1-3 5, Cadeja Hood 1 1-2 3, Justice McKinney 0 0-2 0, Daven Barnett 0 0-0 0, M. Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 10-19 41.
Sun Valley 12 8 12 16 — 48Parkwood 10 15 7 9 — 41
3-pointers: SV 0; Parkwood 1 (Morgan Brown 1).
Anson boys 50, M. Ridge 46Marvin Ridge (8-9, 5-3 SCC)Colby Rhodes 2 3-4 8, TJ Tolbert 5 3-4
15, Tim Neal 1 0-0 2, Pat Bellucci 1 1-2 3, David Powell 3 0-0 6, Taylor Neal 2 0-0 5, Joey Musante 2 0-0 5, Joe
Jacobs 0 0-0 0, Channing Bass 0 0-0 0, Josh Garrick 0 0-0 0, Andy Lipocky 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 7-10 46
Anson (14-8, 6-2 SCC)Chris Christian 5 4-7 15, Johnny
Robinson 1 0-0 3, Emmanuel Hough 0 0-2 0, Greg Lomax 0 0-0 0, Matthew McLeod 1 0-0 2, Terrance Polk 1 0-1 2, Garry McKnight 3 5-8 11, Jarmar Marshall 0 3-3 3, Diondre Pratt 2 0-0 6, John Hough 3 1-4 8. Totals 16 13-25 50.
M. Ridge 9 6 13 18 - 46Anson 19 6 11 14 - 50
3-pointers: MR 5 Tolbert 2, Rhodes 1, Tay. Neal 1, Musante 1); A 5 (Pratt 2, Christian 1, Rbinson 1, J. Hough 1). Rebounds: MR 23 (Bellucci 6, Powell 5, Tay. Neal 4); A 36 (Polk 14, E. Hough 7, J. Hough 5). Assists: MR 13 (Rhodes 5, Tolbert 2, Bellucci 2, Musante 2); A 9 (E. Hough 7).
M. Ridge girls 44, Anson 24Marvin Ridge (11-7, 5-3 SCC)Toni Lashley 4 1-2 9, Eryn Curry 4 0-0
8, Chelsea Horan 2 0-0 4, Jordan Henry 5 0-0 10, Erica White 0 1-5 1, Katie Lombard 1 0-2 2, Casey Tarwater 3 0-0 6, Josie Butler 0 1-2 1, Rachel Walker 1 1-2 3, Anna Lipocky 0 0-0 0, Katherine Cannon 0 0-0 0, Katie Agers 0 0-1 0. Totals 20 4-14 44
Anson (0-8 SCC)Shauntia Moore 1 3-4 5, Jasmine Jones
0 0-0 0, Keyara McKnight 1 1-3 3, Lativa Lee 0 0-0 0, Jillayan Murray 0 1-4 1, Jessica Crowder 3 4-11 10, Victoria Crowder 0 0-0 0, Natalie Ratliff 1 0-0 2, Mary Diggs 1 0-0 3, Mary Allen 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 9-22 24.
M.Ridge 15 8 18 3 - 44Anson 3 5 6 10 - 24
3-pointers: MR 0; A 1 (Diggs). Rebounds: MR 32 (Butler 7, Horan 5, Henry 5, Lombard 5); A 32 (Crowder 15, Murray 10, McKnight 4). Assists: MR 12 (Horan 3, Henry 3, Tarwater 2, Butler 2); A 3 (Murray 3).
FH boys 62, N. Stanly 53North Stanly (8-13, 2-11)Chris Edwards 7 2-2 16, Eric
Ritzhiemer 3 0-0 9, La’Cario Sellers 1 0-0 3, Alex Russell 5 2-2 12, Brandon Wallace 3 0-0 6, Gus Fesperman 2 0-0 5, Nick Kolk 0 2-2 2, Logan Forest 0 0-0 0, Matt Akers 0 0-0 0, Taylor Thomas 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 6-6 53.
Forest Hills (12-9, 10-4)Dre Huntley 4 2-2 10, Markell Lotharp
6 0-1 12, Brandon Glenn 9 3-4 22, Canious Strudivant 0 0-0 0, John Goodrum 2 0-0 5, Jarvin Wilson 1 0-0 2, Demontrez Allen 2 0-0 5, Hykeem Robinson 1 0-0 2, Roderick Poag 1 2-2 4. Totals 26 5-8 62.
N. Stanly 15 13 13 12 - 53 Forest Hills 23 15 12 12 - 62 3-Pointers: NS 5 (Ritzhiemer 3,
Fesperman 1,Sellers 1, ); FH 5 (Glenn 3, Goodrum 1 Allen 1). Rebounds: NS 15 (Edwards 9); FH 29 (Lotharp 12). Assists: NS 12 (Russell 5); FH 12 (Huntley 8). Steals: NS 7 (Ritzhiemer 2); FH 14 (Huntley 7). Blocks: NS 4 (Russell 3); FH 3 (Robinson 2).
N. Stanly girls 74, FH 50North Stanly (19-2, 11-2)Tyana Bryant 7 1-5 17, Melissa Stallings
2 3-4 8, Jenni Speight 1 0-0 2, Holli Chandler 6 2-4 17, Nicole Turner 2 0-1 4, Elizabeth Deeck 2 0-0 6, Symphonie Richardson 4 4-10 12, Lindsey Burleson 3 2-4 8. Totals 27 8-18 74.
Forest Hills (7-13, 6-8)Kinya Adams 11 0-0 22, Whitley McCray
0 0-0 0, Coree Coley 1 3-6 5, Venisha Blount 3 1-2 11, Sherita Thomas 2 1-4 5, Shekeliah Gaddy 1 3-4 5, Shuntel Kirkland 1 0-0 2, Whitleigh Allen 0 0-0 0, Kimberly Rivers 0 0-0 0, Natobian Allen 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 8-16 50.
N. Stanly 21 8 15 30 - 74 Forest Hills 13 18 10 9 - 50 3-Pointers: NS 8 (Chandler 3, Bryan 2,
Deeck 2, Stallings 1); FH 2 (Blount 2). Rebounds: NS 28 (Richardson 9); FH 22 (Adams 12). Assists: NS 15 (Chandler 9); FH 13 (McCray 5). Steals: NS 20 (Bryant 5, Deek 5); FH 11 (Adames 4. Coley 4). Blocks: NS 4 (Richardson);
FH 2 (Coley 1, McCray 1).
CHS boys 60, Piedmont 38PiedmontCameron Leviner 11; TJ Doster 8; Ross
Rushing 7; Brady Meggs 5; Patric King 4; Trenton Linville 3.
CuthbertsonCody Esser 25; Mike Cuthbertson 17;
Chris Bristow 5; Lucious McMillan 4; David Schaff 3; Emmitt Afam 3; Ralph Wright 2; Lamar Wade 1.
Piedmont 10 8 11 9 - 38Cuthbertson 17 11 20 12 – 60 3-pointers: Piedmont 4 (Leviner 3,
Rushing 1); Cuthbertson 9 (Esser 7, Bristow 1, Shaff 1); Rebounds: Piedmont 28 (Doster 9, Rushing 5, Meggs 4, King 4).
Piedmont girls 68, CHS 18PiedmontAmber Weaver 18; Jade Montgomery
14; Courtney Barrineau 13; Callie Rape 10; Nicole Hyatt 6; Shinese Allen 2; Hayley Whitley 2; Allison Florence 2; Sarah Wylie 1.
CuthbertsonSydney Sebastian 5; Emily Barfield 5;
Rachel Miller 3; Brogan O’Brien 3; Theresa Walther 2.
Piedmont 23 15 16 14 – 68Cuthbertson 2 5 6 5 – 18 3-pointers: Piedmont 4 (Montgomery
2; Rape 2); Cuthbertson 2 (Sebastian 1, Miller 1); Rebounds: Piedmont 33 (Weaver 7, Rape 6); Cuthbertson 24 (Walther 4, Taylor 4).
Monroe boys 101, UA 44Monroe (19-1, 12-0 RRC)Quayshawn Chambers 6 2-7 14,
Shamiir Hailey 2 0-0 4, Quon Threatt 5 3-4 13, Isaac Blakeney 11 3-5 25, Donnard Covington 1 0-0 3, Qwadarius Duboise 4 0-0 9, Jamison Crowder 5 1-1 12, Brian Cureton 1 0-0 2, Mason Sledge 4 1-2 9, Chris Thomas 2 0-0 4, Eric Horne 3 0-0 6. Totals 44 10-19 101.
Union Academy (1-19, 1-15 RRC)Justin Gibson 3 0-0 9, Brad Helms 2 0-2
4, Justin Snipes 1 0-0 3, Zach Anderson 8 1-1 17, James Mauney 1 0-2 2, Chris Acosta 1 2-4 5, Tommy Yandle 2 0-1 4. Totals 18 3-10 44.
Monroe 36 26 23 16 - 101U. Academy 13 10 13 8 - 44
Auto racing
NASCAR-Sprint Cup Budweiser Shootout LineupAfter Thursday qualifying; race todayAt Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Fla.Lap length: 2.5 miles(Car number in parentheses)1. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford.2. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet.3. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota.4. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet.5. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford.6. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet.7. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet.8. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford.9. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet.10. (34) John Andretti, Ford.11. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet.12. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet.13. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet.14. (82) Ken Schrader, Toyota.15. (51) Michael Waltrip, Toyota.16. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet.17. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota.18. (75) Derrike Cope, Dodge.19. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford.20. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet.21. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota.22. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge.23. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet.24. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota.
Transactions
Friday’s Sports TransactionsBASEBALL
American LeagueMINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to
terms with 2B Orlando Hudson on a one-year contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with RHP Kevin Gregg on a one-year contract.
National LeagueCOLORADO ROCKIES—Agreed to
terms with INF-OF Melvin Mora on a one-year contract.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Announced RHP Tim Dillard cleared waivers and was sent outright to Nashville (PCL).
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Sent 1B Jesus Guzman outright to Fresno (PCL). American Association
ST. PAUL SAINTS—Sold the contract of OF Anthony Norman to Pittsburgh (NL).
WICHITA WINGNUTS—Sold the con-tract of RHP Will Savage to Los Angeles (NL). Frontier League
EVANSVILLE OTTERS—Signed OF Kenny Gilbert, RHP Dustin Renfrow, and 2B Jeremy Strack to contract extensions. Signed SS Jake Rogers.
FLORENCE FREEDOM—Signed LHP Demetrius Banks and RHP Ben Shivers to contract extensions.
BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationCHICAGO BULLS—Signed F Chris
Richard to a 10-day contractNEW ORLEANS HORNETS—Signed
G Jason Hart to a 10-day contract.FOOTBALL
National Football LeagueARIZONA CARDINALS—Named
Tommie Robinson running backs coach.
CHICAGO BEARS—Promoted Rod Marinelli to defensive coordinator and Eric Washington to defensive line coach. Named Shane Day quar-terbacks coach, Andrew Hayes-Stoker offensive quality control coach and Mikal Smith defensive quality control coach.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Promoted Will Lewis to vice president of foot-ball operations and Tag Ribary to director of pro personnel. Named Trent Kirchner assistant director of pro personnel.
Canadian Football LeagueWINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—
Named Paul LaPolice coach.HOCKEY
National Hockey LeagueCAROLINA HURRICANES—Placed F
Chad LaRose on injured reserve. Called up G Justin Peters and F Zach Boychuk from Albany (AHL).
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Recalled F David Desharnais, F Brock Trotter and F Ryan White from Hamilton (AHL).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Sent RW Patrick Davis to Lowell (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Reassigned C Paul Szczechura to Norfolk (AHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled G Micahl Neuvirth from Hershey (AHL). Reassigned G Braden Holtby to Hershey (AHL). American Hockey League
AHL—Suspended Houston LW Colton Gillies for two games for his actions in a Feb. 3 game vs. Peoria.
HAMILTON BULLDOGS—Recalled F Maxime Lacroix from Cincinnati (ECHL).
NORFOLK ADMIRALS—Signed D Jamie Fritsch.
ECHLELMIRA JACKALS—Announced G
Chris Holt and LW Tim Spencer have been loaned to the team by Binghamton (AHL). Loaned G Tyler Sims to Albany (AHL).
KALAMAZOO WINGS—Loaned G Ryan Nie to Houston (AHL).
READING ROYALS—Announced Norfolk (AHL) returned F Ryan Cruthers.
OLYMPICSU.S. ANTI-DOPING AGENCY—
Suspended Duane Ross, hurdler, for two years for using performance enhancing drugs.
SOCCERMajor League SoccerCHIVAS USA—Announced the retire-
ment of MF Jesse Marsch to become assistant coach of the U.S. soccer team.
COLUMBUS CREW—Signed F Sergio Herrera.
COLLEGEGEORGIA—Named Warren Belin line-
backers coach.MINNESOTA—Named Thomas
Hammock co-offensive coordinator.OBERLIN—Named Adrian
Abrahamowicz baseball coach.UNLV—Announced the resignation of
men’s soccer coach Mario Sanchez to take a position on the Louisville soccer coaching staff.
Scoreboard
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf
Boston 32 16 .667 — 5-5 W-3 15-8 17-8 22-10
Toronto 27 23 .540 6 7-3 W-1 18-6 9-17 19-16
New York 19 30 .388 13 1/2 3-7 L-1 12-15 7-15 13-19
Philadelphia 18 31 .367 14 1/2 5-5 W-3 8-16 10-15 10-17
New Jersey 4 45 .082 28 1/2 1-9 L-5 3-20 1-25 3-26
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf
Orlando 33 17 .660 — 7-3 L-1 19-5 14-12 23-10
Atlanta 32 17 .653 1/2 6-4 W-2 21-5 11-12 18-11
Charlotte 24 24 .500 8 5-5 L-2 18-5 6-19 15-16
Miami 24 26 .480 9 3-7 L-4 13-12 11-14 15-14
Washington 17 32 .347 15 1/2 4-6 W-1 9-16 8-16 13-18
Central Division
W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf
Cleveland 40 11 .784 — 10-0 W-10 21-3 19-8 21-6
Chicago 23 25 .479 15 1/2 5-5 L-3 14-8 9-17 13-14
Milwaukee 22 26 .458 16 1/2 6-4 W-1 15-7 7-19 14-13
Indiana 18 32 .360 21 1/2 4-6 W-2 12-13 6-19 14-18
Detroit 16 32 .333 22 1/2 3-7 L-1 11-14 5-18 12-17
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf
Dallas 31 19 .620 — 5-5 L-1 15-9 16-10 17-14
San Antonio 28 20 .583 2 4-6 L-1 19-10 9-10 15-15
Houston 27 22 .551 3 1/2 5-5 W-2 15-9 12-13 21-14
Memphis 26 23 .531 4 1/2 5-5 L-2 18-7 8-16 17-17
New Orleans 26 24 .520 5 5-5 L-3 16-8 10-16 19-12
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf
Denver 33 16 .673 — 8-2 L-1 22-4 11-12 20-10
Utah 30 18 .625 2 1/2 9-1 W-7 21-6 9-12 16-13
Portland 30 22 .577 4 1/2 5-5 W-1 18-9 12-13 19-11
Oklahoma City 28 21 .571 5 7-3 W-4 15-10 13-11 12-15
Minnesota 12 38 .240 21 1/2 4-6 W-3 8-17 4-21 6-26
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf
L.A. Lakers 38 12 .760 — 7-3 W-1 24-3 14-9 20-9
Phoenix 30 21 .588 8 1/2 6-4 W-4 18-6 12-15 18-11
L.A. Clippers 21 28 .429 16 1/2 4-6 L-1 14-9 7-19 10-19
Sacramento 16 32 .333 21 1-9 L-4 13-11 3-21 10-19
Golden State 13 35 .271 24 2-8 L-7 9-13 4-22 7-22
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“I thought it worked out pretty well. For a team that’s as little as we are, I think we rebound pretty good. We don’t have any big-time jumpers or anything, but the guys are just scrappy and tough.”
PJ Freeman paced Porter Ridge (4-17,
0-8) with 14 points, while teammate Charles Tinsley posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Tyrelle Wardell added 10 points for the Pirates.
PR girls whip WHSThree players scored in double figures
to lead Porter Ridge’s girls to an easy 58-25 road victory over Weddington.
Senior post Kara Hastings scored 13
points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Pirates (19-3, 7-1), who outscored the Warriors (10-12, 2-6) 26-7 after halftime.
Senior Cayleigh Weekly and junior Kelley Godbout both added 13 points for Porter Ridge. Godbout also had five as-sists, three steals and three blocks.
Senior wing Sam Sebastian led all scorers with 14 points for Weddington, which plays at Sun Valley on Tuesday.
The Pirates travel to Anson County Tuesday.
ATLANTA (AP) — Josh Smith posted his second ca-reer triple-double and the Atlanta Hawks recovered in the fourth quarter to beat the Chicago Bulls 91-81 on Fri-day night.
Smith had 18 points, 14 re-bounds and 10 assists as the Hawks recovered after trail-ing by six to open the final period. The Hawks took the lead with two 8-0 runs in the fourth. Smith set up a jump-er by Mike Bibby with 2:13 remaining for his 10th assist, matching his career high.
Joe Johnson had 18 points and Jamal Crawford added 17 for Atlanta.
Luol Deng had 20 points and eight rebounds, and Der-rick Rose scored 19 points for the Bulls, who lost their third straight.
Tlwolves 117, Mavericks 108DALLAS — Jonny Flynn
scored 19 points and Min-nesota finished the game on a 13-2 run to snap a 13-game losing streak against Dallas.
Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki did not start after he was late for the team’s shootaround before the game. The nine-time All-Star finished with 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
Kevin Love had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Al Jef-ferson and Ryan Hollins each added 15 points for the Tim-berwolves, who have won three straight for the first time this season.
Celtics 96, Nets 87BOSTON — Ray Allen
scored 26 points, Rajon Ron-do added 17, and Eddie House scored all 10 of his points in the fourth quarter as Boston ral-lied to win its third straight.
The Nets led 73-72 through three quar-ters, putting the Celt-ics in danger of losing to a team that had won just four games.
Brook Lopez scored 19 points and Devin Harris added 17 for New Jersey, which fell to 4-45 with its fifth straight loss.
Wizards 92, Magic 91ORLANDO, Fla. — Caron
Butler made a 19-foot jumper with 0.5 seconds remaining, capping Washington’s come-back from a 21-point deficit.
Butler finished with 31 points and nine rebounds, and Randy Foye had 22 points and seven assists for the Wiz-
ards, who snapped the Mag-ic’s win streak at four.
Vince Carter scored 21 points and Dwight Howard had 20 points and 18 rebounds for Orlando.
76ers 101, Hornets 94NEW ORLEANS — Thad-
deus Young made his first seven shots and finished with 19 points to lead Philadelphia
over short-handed New Orleans.
Andre Iguodala scored 14 points, Rod-ney Carney added 13 and Samuel Dalem-bert had 16 rebounds for the 76ers, who stretched their win-ning streak to a sea-son-high three games.
Peja Stojakovic had 23 points for New Or-leans, which has with-
out All-Star point guard Chris Paul, who had arthroscopic knee surgery on Thursday and will be out four-to-six weeks.
Pacers 107, Pistons 83INDIANAPOLIS — Danny
Granger scored 25 points and Brandon Rush added 16 to help Indiana to one of its most lopsided wins over Detroit.
Only a last-second layup by Detroit prevented the Pacers
from tying the franchise re-cord for its biggest win over the Pistons, a 26-point blowout in 1995.
Ben Gordon scored 26 points and Rodney Stuckey added 16 for the Pistons.
Bucks 114, Knicks 107NEW YORK — Brandon
Jennings scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half, and reserve Ersan Ilyasova added a career-high 25 for Milwaukee in place of starting center An-drew Bogut, who was forced to leave midway through the first quarter with a migraine.
Jennings also had eight as-sists as the Bucks won their fourth in five games.
David Lee had a season-high 32 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Knicks, who lost for the eighth time in 11 games. Reserve Al Harrington scored 22 points.
Rockets 101, Grizzlies 83MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Aaron
Brooks had 19 points and eight rebounds and Houston handed Memphis its fourth loss in five games.
Trevor Ariza and Carl Lan-dry finished with 17 points apiece, and Luis Scola added 12 points for the Rockets, who have won three of four.
Smith’s triple-double lifts Hawks
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DEAR ABBY: I am a 16-year-old girl who is starting to se-riously consider colleges and plan for the future. I found an amazing school close to home that I’d love to attend -- but there’s a problem.
Two years ago, after much thought and consideration, I decided I wanted to be a doc-tor. My mother completely supported my choice and was more than a little happy about it.
I recently accepted a posi-tion as a tutor, and now I re-alize that I love being able to teach children and help them with their studies. The college I want to attend is a teaching college, not a school for pre-med studies.
I am confident in my deci-sion to become a teacher, but I’m afraid my mother will be disappointed and upset that I no longer want to be a doc-tor. How can I tell her that my
dreams have changed? -- E.D. NOT M.D. IN MASSACHU-SETTS
DEAR E.D.: This is some-thing that should be discussed with your guidance counselor at school. You set your goal of obtaining a medical degree when you were only 14. While your aspirations of becoming a teacher are admirable, it is possible that once you reach college and are exposed to a broader range of intellectual opportunities your goal may change again. This is why many college students declare
their major upon completing their sophomore year.
As to talking about this to your mother, remem-ber that careers in medicine and education have some things in common -- among them dedication and deter-mination. So start practicing now
***DEAR ABBY: My best friend
and I are talented artists. She receives a lot of attention for her work. She sells whenever she wants to, shows her work in New York and teaches at a prestigious school.
I have many successes in my career, but I have had to work very hard for everything. She hasn’t. I am beginning to re-sent it because I’m growing exhausted from trying to ac-complish my dreams.
I have also noticed that on occasions when I have asked my friend for help, she
hasn’t followed through. I am starting to conclude that she doesn’t respect me. I must admit that the amount of at-tention she gets for her work frosts me.
Is there a chance to save this friendship, or should we part ways? Or, am I too selfish and jealous? -- TALENTED ART-IST IN CANADA
DEAR TALENTED ARTIST: Let me put it this way -- unless you are able to find it within yourself to forgive your friend for her success, then I doubt your friendship will continue much further.
***
DEAR ABBY: My birthday is in two months, and it’s a “big” one. As of today, two people -- a close friend and my mother -- felt the need to tell me that “someone” has planned a sur-prise birthday party for me.
I am disgusted that they
spoiled the surprise. Why would someone want to take the joy out of something that way? I will do my best to act surprised, but it won’t be the same.
Abby, please tell your read-ers they are doing a disser-vice by doing this. It is not, in my opinion, the behavior of a true friend. -- BIRTHDAY GIRL-TO-BE IN GEORGIA
DEAR BIRTHDAY GIRL-TO-BE: I’ll pass along your message, but as your experi-ence shows -- some people just CAN’T keep a secret. Just as you wouldn’t put water into a pitcher that leaks, it’s a mis-take to confide your secrets in the Town Crier. If there is an upside to this, it’s that you know there are two of them in your life and who they are. Mum’s the word!
Dear AbbyColumnist
Teen reluctant to disappoint mom with plan change
Feb. 6, 2010
In the year ahead, get out and socialize with as many new people as possible because fresh contacts could realize some unprecedented success. Mingle as much as you can.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Once Lady Luck sees that you will work hard to achieve ma-terial rewards, she will multiply these earnings for you. Get the ball rolling as soon as possible.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- The only thing that can suc-cessfully stop you from compet-ing is a lack of faith in yourself. Don’t empower your rivals with ammunition they don’t have. You’re the one with the edge.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- You will clarify some issue that
has previously given you fits. Work with these things first, and then move onto the next project.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Don’t discount a flash of in-spiration. In fact, develop it first before you get into your usual business. Once done, it will make everything else easier for you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- When it comes to mate-rial prospects, take the bull by the horns and do things your-self instead of waiting for out-side sources to develop growth for you. You have what it takes.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- If you let the adage “If you want something done right, do it yourself” guide you, it won’t steer you wrong. In fact, it will substantially enhance your pro-ductivity.
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NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF UNIONIN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICESUPERIOR
COURT DIVISIONBEFORE THE CLERK
FILE #10E0067ADMINISTRATOR
EXECUTOR NOTICEHaving duly qualified be-fore the Honorable J. R. Rowell, Clerk of Superior Court of Union County, as personal representative of the Estate of Paul Wayne Carter, deceased.This is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or be-fore the 10th day of May 2010, or the same will be pleaded in bar of their re-covery. All persons indebt-ed to said estate please make immediate payment.This 3rd day of February, 2010.Milas Wayne Davis5918 McWhorter Rd.Waxhaw, NC 28173James L. Davis III418 Lester Davis Rd.Waxhaw, NC 28173Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2010
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014 Lost & FoundFound 2 black male dogs
may be Bassett/Dash. mix near Aldi in Monroe, to identify (704)995-1111
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Found puppy Lancaster Hwy. call to identify (704)283-4824
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040 Help Wanted2 Singers: 1 tenor & 1 bari-
tone for Southern Gospel Quartet exp. only (704)699-8506
040 Help WantedAvon- Do you need an extra $200-500? Act now!Ft/Pt. Free gift. Medical Ins. avail. 704/821-7398
Earn Extra MoneyDeliver the new AT&T Real
Yellow Pages in theUnion Co. area. FT/PT,
daily work, quick pay, must be 18 yrs+, have drivers license & insured vehicle(800)422-1955 Ext. 48:00A-4:30P Mon-Fri
Exp’d Electricians & Help-ers needed for residential wiring. Random drug screening. Apply in per-son to Simpson Electric 222 Unionville Indian Trail Rd. Indian Trail NC
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042 Office/ClericalBoggs Paving seeks Re-ceptionist/Clerical posi-tion. Construction exp. req’d. 401 K & Blue Cross Blue Shield. Send re-sumes by fax or mail only. Fax: 866-467-5476, mail PO Box 1609 Mon-roe NC 28111-1609.
046 Medical/DentalCoordinator
Atlantic Coast Home Care Agency. Requires fre-quent travel around Stan-ly, Union, Anson & Sur-rounding ares. Must pos-sess exemplary leader-ship skills, have reliable transportation & be highly motivated, computer liter-ate a plus. Must be or-ganized. Salay plus com-mission. Email resume to: [email protected] or call 1-866-575-5888 for more info.
PETS & LIVESTOCK
MERCHANDISE
069 AppliancesRefrigerator & Stoves
$99.99 Washers & Dryers $99.99
704-649-3821
071 Furniture2 Wing back chairs, love
seat, bookcase, almost antique dressing table & child's crib, mirror on stand, antique rocker & straight back chair (704)225-8629 after 5pm
A beautiful 6 pcs. Cherry BR set brand new in box-es, Must sell $425 (704)918-8401
Brand New Queen Plush mattress in box & plastic Must Sell $150, (704)998-8044
Oak Sleigh crib w/chang-ing table & 2 chest of drawers $250 Must sell (704)400-2139
078 Feed/Seed/PlantsAlfalfa hay for sale horse
quality square bale $8 at barn wheat straw $3 a bale all 09 crop. D-910-572-6966 N-(910)439-5182
Hay For Sale 60 smaller round bales $10 each, or all for $300 You load (704)221-3353
090 Miscellaneous
Metal Roofing 3ft wide $1.40 LF 1-803-789-5500
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104 Bus. Opportunities
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YOU INVEST!Always a good policy, es-pecially for business op-portunities and franchis-es. Call NC Attorney Gen-eral at (919)-716-6000 or the Federal Trade Com-mission at (877)-FTC-HELP for free information; or visit our Web site at www.ftc.gov/bizop.N.C. law requires sellers of certain business oppor-tunities to register with NC Attorney General be-fore selling. Call to verify lawful registration before you buy.
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109 REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE - RENT
111 Commercial - RentWarehouse 2500sf with
dock door, $1000mo. 1630-C Concord Ave.
call (704)283-4697
Warehouse/office with 4’dock door. 2400 sf. Old Charlotte Hwy. $600/Mo. (704)283-4697
112 Apartments$550mo incls: 1 mo rent &
sec. 1br Apt Cotton St. Monroe Unionville Real-ty 704-753-1000
2BR/1ba Apt adj. Stewart Park, new carpet & paint, non-smoker $550 month $550 dep 704.320.6074
★ Monroe Apt. ★Call for free rent spe-cial! Beautiful, quiet w/pool & paid water
Studio $410, 1br $475 2br $560-$590
3br $690 704-289-5949
★★★★★★★★★★★1/2 off 1st mo. rent !!
Ask about other specialsCompletely Remodeled 2br, 1.5ba Townhouse
Small pets allowed Shown by appt only
704-283-1912 ★★★★★★★★★★★
Newly RemodeledTownhouse 2bd/1.5 ba
$600mo.704-283-3097
113 Duplexes1br 1ba duplex spacious,
cent H/A, $437mo. 903 AGuild, ref’s & dep req’d (704)225-1543
3br 1.5ba 1050sf $695moboth, great location in
Wingate cul de sac dep & ref’s req’d (704)283-6490
114 Houses For Rent2005 Ruben Rd, 3br 1ba
Prospect Sch. $550mo. + dep & ref’s (704)764-3148
3br 2ba DW Sun Valley sch/Lowes country, new paint $750mo +dep 704-442-0071 / 704-408-3971
3br 2ba Parkwood Sch. dist country living, hardwood flooring, $850mo. ref’s & dep req’d (704)776-4664
5804 Hillcrest Circle Ind Trl 3br 1ba LR,DR,kit & laun-dry room, move in ready $745mo 704-575-7436
Country living 2br 1ba big den, kit w/furnished appli-ances, cent H/A, no pets (704)289-3596 after 6pm
New Salem/Piedmont 13ac 3br 1.5ba $1000mo. un-finished & 1200mo fur-nished creek/pond & pas-ture/barn (704)201-1197
Unionville area 2bd 1babrick, cent AC, gas heat, 3 acre fishing pond, $650 (704)641-5898
Waxhaw 3br 2 full ba, Park-wood $895mo. 3000sf re-tail store for lease $700mo.(704)221-0948
REAL ESTATE - SALE
126 Houses For SaleNew Homes $99,900 You
may qualify $8,000 refund $0 down payment pro-grams call 704-607-2602
128 Lots & AcreageFSBO 12.0 aces, Mt Pisgah
Community, $39.900 owner financing 803-427-3888
MOBILE HOMES
138 Mobile Homes - Rent2br 1ba MH on private lot
near 601 S. $550mo. +$550dep ref’s req’d
704-764-8132 leave msg
Neat clean 3br 2ba MHUnionville/Piedmont dist $600mo. 704-289-1460
Wingate: 2mo. rent free 2BR 2BA $525; 3BR 2BA$600. Cent H/A. No pets. 704-451-8408
140 Mobile Homes - Sale
$500.00 DN moves you in. Call and ask me how. 704-225-8850
First Time Home Buyers$8000 Tax Credit
$500 down (704)225-8850
New 14 x 66 selling at cost
1-800-777-8652
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881 Clonmel Drive • Desired Shannamara Golf Community Breathtaking brick home w/open floor plan. Master on main. Gourmet kitchen w/extras. Oversize bedrooms & Loft. Beautiful landscape w/deck, & in-ground pool. Fenced yard w/ mature trees behind for privacy. For more information and virtual tour visit http: //www.MyRealtorMichael.com/ Offered at $399,900
$169,000
4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 car garage. Over 2000 square feet. Near Waxhaw.
704-621-7799
For Sale
3BR 2B home on 1.23 acres Pageland SC. home has sheetrock walls, new laminate floors, berber carpet, front
and rear decks, septic tank, Pela storm doors, counter tops, whirlpool tub with jets. heat pump is 2 yrs old.
Refri, stove and dishwasher and gas logs to remain. This home is top of the line. Home can be seen on my web site : terripurser.remax-carolina.com list price $79,500.
Call 704-488-5869 Terri Purser Re/Max Steeplechase Monroe
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,
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SKYECROFT
Call Remax Executive: 704.602.8295, Lara Taylor
Lot $30,000 5930 Timbertop Lane Charlotte, NC 28215
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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
FOR SALE BY OWNER, NORTH MYRTLE BEACH HOUSE
$725,000 5 BD, 4 BTH, ON CHANNEL,
TWO BLOCKS FROM BEACH WWW.NORTHMYRTLEBEACHTRAVEL.COM,
RENTAL HOUSE NAME, AQUAVIEW, 704-975-5996,[email protected]
REDUCED! REDUCED!
2224 heated sq. ft. Built in 2004. Like new inside and out 3-4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, stone
and vinyl exterior, new appliances.
2322 Lexington Ave. (Near New Walter Bickett Elem.)
$169,900 to buy or lease to purchase. Call 704-488-7722
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Photo by Darcy Duncan
Cuthbertson junior Chris Bristow (5) scored five points to help his team to a 60-38 home win over Piedmont on Friday.
E-J staff photo by Ed Cottingham
Sun Valley’s Stephanie Taylor, right, battles for a board with Parkwood’s Cadeja Hood. Taylor scored a game-high 15.
SpartansContinued from Page 1B
Witherspoon, a 6-2 sophomore guard, scored 14 of his 18 points in the third quarter, helping his team turn a 25-24 halftime deficit into a 43-42 advantage heading into the fourth.
“Jalen’s very versatile,” Mason said. “Shaun’s versatile, too. Jalen’s our point guard, but Shaun can play there, too, and he makes good decisions. Jalen’s long enough and jumps well enough that he can fin-ish shots better inside now. They make a good one-two punch for us in the backcourt.”
Stewart, also a sophomore, had 14 points and a game-high five as-sists.
Wing Blake Dixon, SV’s only se-nior starter, continued to play big-ger than his 6-foot frame suggests. Dixon scored 14 points, mostly around the basket, and led his team in rebounding with 10 while also passing out three assists.
Junior guard Tony Davis sparked the Spartans off the bench. Davis made two critical 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and finished with 10 points and three steals.
Sun Valley played without junior forward Luke Maynor, the team’s second-leading scorer (13.2 ppg) and rebounder (6.0 rpg). Maynor spent the game in street clothes for disciplinary reasons, but said he will return to the court when his team hosts rival Weddington on Tuesday.
Freshman Kevin Saxton got the start in Maynor’s absence and con-tributed eight boards and three points.
Marcus Leak stood out for Park-wood with 14 points and 14 re-bounds.
His older brother, Maurice, had 18 points, three assists and two steals.
Crowder, a sophomore guard, made three 3-pointers on his way to 13 points. He also pulled down six rebounds. Deonte Hiatt, a ju-nior wing, added 10 points and three steals for the Rebels, who
dropped to 4-4 in the league and 9-9 overall.
Sun Valley has swept the regu-lar-season series with Parkwood, winning the first game in double overtime (87-82) on Jan. 15.
SV girls win by sevenStephanie Taylor scored a game-
high 15 points to lead SV’s girls to a 48-41 victory, which avenged a 15-point home loss to the Rebels three weeks earlier.
Taylor, a 6-2 junior forward, scored 10 after halftime as her team rallied from a 25-20 deficit at the break.
Junior center Jordynn Gaymon contributed 11 points and sopho-more guard Tashaun Stewart add-ed nine points for Sun Valley (13-6, 5-3).
Parkwood (16-3, 5-3) was led by junior point guard Morgan Brown’s 13 point. Michelle Brown and Tori Tsitouris added eight points each.
The Rebels travel to face Marvin Ridge on Tuesday.
BearcatsContinued from Page 1B
Terrance Polk didn’t have the big game offensively for the Bearcats, but he pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds.
McKnight added 11 points for Anson, while teammate Emmanuel Hough dished a game-high six assists.
Marvin Ridge plays at home against Park-wood on Tuesday before rounding out the regular season at Weddington next Friday.
Mavs blast AnsonMarvin Ridge’s girls cruised to a 44-24
win over the Bearcats to improve to 11-7 overall and 5-3 in the Southern Carolina Conference.
Four players scored at least six points for the Mavericks, including sophomore Jordan Henry, who finished with 10 points to share
game-high honors with An-son’s Jessica Crowder.
The Mavericks jumped out to a 12-0 lead in the first four minutes of the game and never looked back, extending their lead to 27 by the end of the third quarter.
Crowder added a game-high 15 rebounds for the Bearcats (0-8 SCC), while
Josie Butler led the Mavs with seven boards.
The Mavericks are tied with Parkwood for second place in the conference. The two teams will meet at Marvin Ridge on Tuesday.
CavsContinued from Page 1B
The fourth period belonged to Mike Cuthbertson, as the junior had four rebounds and a block in the quarter. He drew praise from Helms.
“That is the way that we need Mike to play ev-ery game,’ said Helms. “He didn’t take any plays off tonight. He affected shots sometimes with-out even leaving his feet. That is the kind of player that he is, and that is the player that we need him to be.”
Cameron Leviner led the way for Pied-mont with 11 points. Teammate TJ Doster added nine boards and eight points.
Panthers crush CuthbertsonThe Piedmont girls
jumped out to a 17-0 lead, led 23-2 after the first quar-ter, and dominated Cuthb-ertson 68-18.
Amber Weaver led Pied-mont with 18 points, while Jade Montgomery had 14, Courtney Barrineau 13 and Callie Rape 10.
Cuthbertson was led by Sydney Sebastian and Em-ily Barfield, who had five points a piece.
Piedmont hosts Forest Hills on Tues-day while Cuthbertson is at home against Monroe.
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