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Shireen Iyer moved from Connecticut to Waxhaw five weeks ago, viola, piano and harp music in tow.

“I started looking for a place for her to play as soon as we moved here,” said her mother, Gi Iyer. With a little research, she found the Union Sym-phony Youth Orchestra. Members met for the first time on Saturday.

“It’s been a vision for a long time,” managing director Kim Norwood said. With a large cam-era strapped around her neck, Norwood rushed from room to room at South Piedmont Commu-nity College, checking students’ nametags be-fore introducing herself.

The idea for USYO sprang from the Union Symphony Society’s Ju-nior Guild, introduced

last year for grades seven through 12. Junior Guild members attend concerts, act as greeters and ush-ers at local performances and meet musicians, but, Norwood said, “a lot of

them wanted to play.” A test run in the lobby

of one performing arts building stopped patrons in their tracks, she said.

Auditions for USYO be-gan this spring, partici-

pants required to have at least two years of profes-sional experience with their instruments. The group has 71 members.

Many students hail from Union County; oth-ers from Rock Hill, S.C., Fort Mill, S.C., Matthews and Charlotte. Several are homeschooled.

Mekel Rogers, a band director at Weddington Middle School, is one of seven instructors, all from local schools and universities.

“There’s a lot more tal-ent in Union County than we thought,” he said.

Prior to auditions, instructors were wor-ried the sign-up sheet would be skimpy. They figured brass and wood-wind players would be strong, but weren’t sure they could find enough students to play stringed instruments, since many schools don’t include

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President’s speech stirs debateSchools say parents may opt out of broadcast aimed at studentsBY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROEPresident Barack

Obama will address stu-dents nationwide on Tues-day, but some parents are worried about the content of his speech.

According to the White House Web site, Obama will speak to kindergart-ners through 12th-grad-ers “on the importance of

taking responsibility for their education, challeng-ing them to set goals and do everything they can to succeed.”

Tuesday is the first day of school for many stu-

dents across the country.Presidents have often

visited classrooms and spoken to large groups of students. President George Bush gave a na-tionally broadcast ad-dress to students in 1991, which drew debate at teh time from the Democrat-ic National Committee, which protested that it was a campaign speech funded by taxpayers prior

to the 1992 elections. The Obama broadcast

has also inspired strong protest, led in part by Texas school systems that have refused to show the speech during the school day. Some parents and school personnel for the speech, others against it. As of Friday, school dis-tricts in six states — Tex-as, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Virginia and

Wisconsin — had refused to show it.

UCPS Superintendent Ed Davis said this district will follow its policy of giv-ing parents a choice to ex-empt their students from participation in a supple-mentary instructional activity if they think it’s inappropriate.

BY JASON [email protected]

MONROECurrent and former

county commissioners will be investigated to see if they violated an ethics policy or criminal statutes by using taxpayer money for personal legal fees.

First-term Commis-sioner Tra-cy Kuehler a c c u s e d C o m m i s -sioners Al-lan Baucom and Parker Mills and f o r m e r C o m m i s -s i o n e r K e v i n Pressley of i n c u r r i n g $127,000 in attor neys’ fees in con-j u n c t i o n with an FBI inves-t i g a t i o n . B a u c o m , Pressley and Mills signed personal contracts with a Charlotte legal firm four days before voting to amend the county bud-get to cover their costs, according to documents Kuehler provided.

Commissioner Lanny Openshaw, who was on the previous board with Bau-com, Mills, Pressley and Roger Lane, voted 3-2 with Kuehler and Commission-er Kim Rogers to pay for an independent investiga-tor to look into the matter.

Openshaw said he has long wanted answers about the FBI’s inquiry. The FBI has refused to disclose the subject of the investigation, but former members of the Public Works Advisory Board who were questioned by FBI agents said it centered on the county’s sewer and water policies.

“This was not a pleasant chapter in the county’s history, but I do think it needs to be addressed,” Openshaw said. “I sat on the board at the time, and I don’t think the right thing was done.”

Rogers, who was not on the previous board, said she voted with Openshaw and Kuehler to make sure

County to fund ethics inquiryFBI interviews led to $127K in legal fees

InsideProposed lesson plans to accompany Obama’s speech

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Kuehler says some county leaders were wrong when they voted to cover their own legal expenses.

Young musicians

Rick Crider / Waxhaw Exchange

Chris Philips, of Rock Hill, plays violin with the Union Symphony Youth Orchestra. The young musicians sat through a 12-hour practice on Saturday to prepare for a concert at 1:30 p.m. Monday at South Piedmont Community College.

Fledgling youth symphony to perform Monday


Leah Reeder, 14, is one of 71 students who auditioned and earned spots in the new youth orchestra.

New United Way chief adjustsBY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROEShe’s new to the posi-

tion, but no stranger to United Way.

Jane McIntyre is the new head of United Way of Central Caro-linas, replacing Gloria Pace King as executive director. Her first day on the job was Aug. 26.

“People have been really welcoming,” she said, adding that she’s

still adjusting to her of-fice. “I have great staff.”

Before the three-month search for King’s replacement led to McIn-tyre, the new leader was CEO of YWCA Central Carolinas for nine years,

making countless trips to Monroe to oversee two youth learning centers here. She spent another nine years with Caroli-nas Healthcare System and eight years on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.

“She has a unique combination of strong leadership and commu-nication skills,” said Car-los Evans, chairman of United Way’s board of directors, in an August press release. McIntyre

has also established positive relationships with agency leaders, he said, and has “keen insight into convening people in this commu-nity to address critical and long-term needs.”

Raised in Rock Hill, S.C., McIntyre has lived in the Charlotte area for 36 years. She received a bachelor’s degree in special education from

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Editor’s note: Monday is the Labor Day holiday.

ElementaryTuesday: Pepperoni

pizza, chef salad, baked potato, green beans, spiced apples, fruit, crackers

Wednesday: Chicken and pasta, toasted cheese sandwich, corn, spinach salad, fruit, biscuit

Thursday: Chicken patty sandwich, country-style steak with rice and gravy, sweet potato souffle, salad, blueberry cup

Friday: Cheese pizza, fish sticks with tarter sauce, french fries, coleslaw, fruit, cornbread

MiddleTuesday: Pepperoni pizza,

chef salad, baked potato, green beans, pear salad, spiced apples, fruit, crackers

Wednesday: Chicken and pasta, toasted cheese sandwich, corn, peas, spinach salad, fruit, biscuit

Thursday: Chicken patty sandwich, country-style steak with rice and gravy, sweet potato souffle, lima beans, salad, blueberry cup, fruit, roll

Friday: Cheese pizza, fish sticks with tarter sauce, french fries, carrots, coleslaw, peaches, fruit, cornbread

High schoolTuesday: Lasagna,

barbecue on roll, potato bites, broccoli, salad, cantaloupe, fruit, garlic bread

Wednesday: Soft taco, cheese stix dippers, refried beans, Capri blend, Mexican garden salad, pear halves, fruit

Thursday: Chicken dinner, ham and cheese on a bun, corn on the cob, green beans, spinach salad, strawberry cup, fruit, poppy seed roll

Friday: Pepperoni pizza, fish sandwich, parsley potatoes, carrots, slaw, pineapple and applesauce, fruit

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MenusSome school systems

aren’t allowing students to opt out of the televised speech.

“We’re not going to mandate it or ban it,” Davis said, adding that he personally supports a speech that stresses edu-cation as a key to success. “I think it’s great if the U.S. president has that kind of discourse with our students,” he said. “I hope that’s what we’re all passing on to our students no matter what their po-litical ideology.”

Davis said he has re-viewed the optional les-son plans that go along with the speech, and “it appears to have a lot of educational value.”

“I would hope that par-ents would really look at the material and make a decision based on the ma-terial,” Davis said.

The lesson plans can be found on the U.S. De-partment of Education Web site, which can be accessed through http://

tiny.cc/W7uAz.Union County resi-

dent Randy Cox has five grandchildren in the school system and called the speech “propaganda ... to improve (Obama’s) political position.” His children have refused to let their children watch the speech.

“He has an agenda,” Cox said. “He’s trying to indoctrinate the chil-dren to his philosophy of a socialist republic and eventually a communist republic.”

Cox said he does not trust the people appointed as presidential advisers, whom he said are former communists and oppo-nents of free speech, ac-cording to media reports he has seen.

“Certainly, I don’t want (Obama) advising my children and grandchil-dren when he has those advisers advising him,” Cox said.

Others say students in public school can benefit from hearing an educa-tional message from the president.

Pam Runkel has a ju-nior at Marvin Ridge High School.

“Is there anything that (politicians) don’t do that’s not political?” she said. “But if it helps my child, ... I think it’s awe-some.”

Over time, she said, a parent’s push to do well in school and be successful might fall on deaf ears, and having someone else send that message can be refreshing.

“Anything that will

help emphasize the im-portance of education, ... I’m all for it,” she said. “Republican or Democrat, I don’t care.”

“This isn’t a policy speech,” Sandra Abreva-ya, a spokeswoman for the Department of Educa-tion, told The New York Times. “It’s designed to encourage kids to stay in school. ... This is absolute-ly voluntary.”

Board of Education Chairman Dean Arp said teachers who choose not to air the speech “won’t be ostracized or penal-

ized,” just as there are no consequences for showing the speech.

If a teacher decides to show the speech and parents don’t want their children to watch it, they can write a note to the principal to exempt the children. The speech will also be available on-line. The address will be televised on C-SPAN at noon and streamed through the White House Web site at www.whitehouse.gov. The president will speak for 15 to 20 minutes.

Speechfrom 1 Some parents claim that

President Barack Obama is asking students to support him through suggested lesson plans available on the U.S. Department of Education’s Web site. The plans can be accessed through http://tiny.cc/W7uAz.

Pre-kindergarten through sixth gradeBefore the speech:• If you were the presi-dent, what would you tell students?During the speech:• What is the president trying to tell me?

• What is the president ask-ing me to do?After the speech:• Are we able to do what President Obama is asking of us?• What would you like to tell the president?Extended assignments:• Write letters to themselves about how they can achieve their short-term and long-term education goals.

Seventh grade through 12th gradeBefore the speech:• What ideas do we associate with the words “responsi-

bility,” persistence” and “goals”?During the speech:

• Focus students on quota-tions that either propose a specific challenge to them

or that inspire them in some meaningful way.After the speech:

• What lines or phrases do you remember?

• Is President Obama inspir-ing you to do anything?Extended assignments:

• Interview and share their goals with one another and the class, establishing community support for their goals.

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Schools propose a letter of understandingUCPS construction chiefs say they will offer notice to county, but will not seek approvals

BY TIFFANY [email protected]

WAXHAWWaiting for permis-

sion from the Union County Planning Board and Board of Adjustment prior to school construc-tion and renovation could mean “inadequate” or “unsafe” facilities for stu-dents, Board of Education member David Scholl said after Tuesday’s meeting.

The Planning Board says the school system has showed disregard for county residents’ money, deliberately ignoring state permitting rules when working on a Marvin Ridge stormwater project in 2006. That mistake cost

the county $380,000 to cor-rect, they say.

Scholl and other school officials have said that’s a false assertion; the Facili-ties Committee never pur-posely acted against state guidelines.

The committee will soon meet with the Plan-ning Board to “hear them out,” Scholl said, and see if a compromise can be reached.

“My preference is to do nothing,” Chairman Dean Arp said during the meeting, but “in the spirit of compromise,” the committee will offer up a memorandum of understanding between the school board and the

county Board of Commis-sioners.

Commissioners have asked both parties to get a more concrete handle on what they want accom-plished, then bring the recommendations back to them.

An ultimate decision lies with commission-ers. The two boards have a meeting tentatively set for Tuesday.

The memorandum sug-gests providing notice to a single county contact regarding permits.

The committee also suggests a joint resolu-tion with commissioners to “seek state authority and provide personnel for

in-county stormwater quality permitting.”

The Planning Board will offer its recommen-dations at the meeting with school officials.

Scholl said adding two more steps to the con-struction and renovation process would cost UCPS more time and money, freeing up less to be used elsewhere. UCPS already has a “limited” budget, he said.

With no new school con-struction set for the next couple of years, he added that the more immediate problem is requiring the Board of Adjustment’s approval on renovations.

Under the Planning

Board’s original sugges-tions, the Facilities Com-mittee would need the Board of Adjustment’s nod on projects like mov-ing classroom trailers. Delaying such moves could create crowded classrooms until adequate arrangements could be made, Scholl said.

“We owe it to the citi-zens to exhaust every ef-fort possible” to reach a compromise, Arp said, adding that he hopes to “nail down the details” at the meeting with the Planning Board.

Both boards have nine members, but only four from each will attend the meeting.

BY JASON [email protected]

MONROEThe Union County

Board of Commissioners has agreed to fund a study of local fire services.

“In the long run, I think this will be a good thing for the county,” Stallings Fire Department Assis-tant Chief Charlie Porter said. “Hopefully it will get us all to a common stan-dard with our training and equipment.”

Porter sat on the com-mittee of Union County Fire Chief ’s Association members that recom-mended the fire study to commissioners; he said county volunteer fire sta-tions were already doing a good job of responding, but the study would bring “more of a standard cover-age” to the entire county.

“When you call 911, you can expect to get the right equipment and the right personnel who are trained appropriately,” he said.

“Not that they aren’t do-ing that already, but it will give a good evaluation for the whole county.”

Commissioners put the wheels in motion for a study on Feb. 2. At the time, the goals were to “define adequate fire pro-tection,” look at funding mechanisms — compare the fire fee versus fire tax system — and look at the fire districts.

Union County Fire Mar-shal Neal Speer broadened the scope of the work and listed several specific as-

pects for the fire study.The fire commission

also recommended the phrase “adequate fire protection” be changed to “fire protection needs for the county as a whole and for each of the 18 volun-teer fire departments.”

Proposal requests were sent out March 19 and came back ranging in price from $39,800 to $192,271, but not all proposals met the requirements. The commissioners, at Speer’s recommendation, chose York, Penn.-based Emer-gency Services Education and Consulting Group for $76,000.

“Quite honestly, I’m surprised it came in this low,” Commissioner Al-lan Baucom said.

ESECG will conduct interviews and surveys for the next 60 days, give a rough draft in he final report in six months, or early February.

County will fund fire service study

My preference is to do nothing ... (but) we owe it to the citizens to exhaust every effort possible.

— UCPS Chairman Dean Arp

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Save us, Dr. Phil.I think we could

use some national marriage counseling.

One of my fundamental concerns for this country is the same one that plagues most of the troubled marriages I’ve known: how rarely we listen to each other.

We talk. Lord, how we talk. We bloviate, blather, spew and, in Glenn Beck’s case, cry. But do we listen? Rarely.

One of the funnier exercises that I’ve ever been asked to perform by a counselor involved a squishy stress ball that was dyed to look like a globe.

“Sit on it,” the counselor said.

Huh?“It’s a metaphor. When the

other person is talking, you have to sit on your world, all of the stuff that you walked in here thinking and knowing, and listen to what that person actually says.”

Hmm.“And then, before you can

respond, you have to repeat back to that person what you heard, and confirm that what you heard and what they said was the same thing.”

And then?“And then, once you know

that you have actually heard his or her point, he or she will sit on his or her world, and then you can respond. And he or she will repeat back what you said.”

Do we have to end up agreeing? Is that the point? Because I don’t want to be a pessimist but we could be here a while. Are there canned goods?

“You don’t have to agree. This isn’t a negotiation; it’s a conversation.”

As starting points go, there are worse ideas.

I think we could apply this kind of advice to our national discourse and maybe — just maybe — we could get something done.

The example that comes to mind isn’t the health care debate or the county commissioners. Nope, it’s President Obama’s broadcast speech on Tuesday.

I think the Union County Public Schools are taking the right approach: Teachers who don’t want to use their class time for the broadcast can opt out. Parents who don’t want their children to watch the speech can withdraw them from the classroom.

This is reasonable. But let me play Dr. Phil for a moment:

What is not reasonable is some of the wild-eyed nonsense that I have heard from people on both sides of the issue. Please note that I am not making any of this up. None of it is exaggerated or hyperbole.

From the left: If people don’t want their kids to hear the president speak, their kids should be in private school or home schooled.

From the right: I don’t want my children exposed to a communist agenda. The president is trying to indoctrinate my kids to be socialists.

First, I can’t believe that anyone would suggest that,

for hypothetical example, an AP biology student should be forced to watch a presidential address in lieu of an experiment that might be critical to a good score on the AP test. And a parent who feels that his or her child is on the right track with school performance and critical thinking skills isn’t necessarily some kind of ignorant refusenik who ought to turn to home schooling.

UCPS defines this sort of event as a “supplementary instructional activity,” a potentially valuable exercise that’s not a critical part of the goals of the core curriculum.

Second, I would like everyone who says the president is a communist to please take out their small, squishable stress balls and sit on the world for a second.

Imagine if — and this is such an outlandish “if ” that I’m snickering as I type it — Imagine if the president came on television and say, “Children, I would like you to go into your parents’ wallets, take out money and give it to your poor classmates and, if you don’t, you’re an enemy of America. If your parents say I’m wrong, they are enemies of America, too.” What do you think would happen? Do you think that, just perhaps, you would have a conversation with your child about it? Do you think that, just perhaps, an involved parent like you might have more influence on your kids than a 15-minute video interface with the president?

You will, in the end, get to speak your piece.

And that’s something that I learned from debate club, not marriage counseling: The best reason to listen isn’t always because you’re a nice person who wants to understand the other side in the interest of world harmony.

Nope. Sometimes you listen to the other side because understanding is a powerful weapon. You can’t genuinely reject what another person says if you haven’t heard what he says.

And if you listen and still despise everything that a person stands for, then a clear understanding is a tool that will let you craft your devastating argument, the one that will blow all opposition out of the water.

(Dr. Phil wouldn’t have told you that.)

— Betsy O’Donovan can be reached at 704-261-2223 or [email protected].

THE IDEA"The public interest is best served by the free exchange of ideas."

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OUR VIEW

BetsyO’Donovan

Ink by the Barrel

YOUR VIEW

Parroting the Dems“Does she understand what

socialism is?” That is what I thought after reading Betsy O’Donovan’s editorial “A right or be right?” Socialism is not simply the government spending money. It is system where the government controls what is produced and how it is distributed, usually with a goal of equal compensation for all. While the U.S. leans heavily towards capitalism we are not a purely capitalist society, just as other “socialist” countries are not purely socialist. We do have some programs that would be considered social-istic. I happen to believe we should eliminate farm subsi-dies precisely because they are socialist (in a broad sense of the term) and interfere with the free-market. Roads, however, are a necessary part of our infrastructure. The authority of the government to build post roads (which was later expanded) is enumerated in the Constitution. Building roads does not constitute a redistribution of wealth and is not socialist in the sense of welfare or nationalized health care (although I know some lib-ertarians who would disagree).

There is also a matter of de-gree. Nationalizing health care would be a huge shift towards socialism. Building roads accounts for around three per-cent of our national spending. Letting the government take over health care would give it control of one-sixth of our en-tire economy. This is the same government that bankrupted

(or will bankrupt if nothing is changed) Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Fannie Mae, and Freddy Mac. Given the government’s track record, do you really want to say that nationalizing health care is no different than building roads?

In the end, Ms. O’Donovan gives us a choice that parrots the current Democratic Party talking points and asks us what bothers us more: Rais-ing taxes on everyone and nationalizing health care, or living with the shame of being “surrounded by people who can’t afford or access medi-cal treatment”? She doesn’t consider other solutions such as tort reform or introduc-ing increased competition by allowing people to purchase health insurance across state lines. There are other free market solutions that Ms. O’Donovan chooses to ignore. I will close by offering Ms. O’Donovan a choice similar to what she offered us. What both-ers you more: Being surround-ed by people who can’t afford or access medical treatment, or stepping outside of your partisan box and discussing real solutions to this problem?

Stephen NicholsIndian Trail

More misinformationRegarding Betsy

O’Donovan’s editorial: you did your parents a disservice when they expressed their concern “that a public health care option means that veterans’ care and their medical benefits will go away and be replaced

by an inferior public system that doesn’t account for the specialized health problems experienced by the military.”

First of all, considering that their care through the Veter-ans’ Administration is admin-istered by the government, this shows that the government is able to effectively and efficient-ly provide excellent health care to veterans. Add to this the sat-isfaction that senior citizens have with their Medicare, and we can see that the govern-ment CAN provide health care that is not only satisfying to its recipients, they can do it efficiently. So why do you let your parents think that they will get an “inferior system”?

Secondly, why did you not tell your parents that the government is NOT going to change their VA benefits? President Obama has been very explicit about this. Why do you let your parents worry about something that is not going to happen, unless you are pushing a negative po-litical agenda on them.

What bothers me more, you ask? People who knowingly spread falsehoods about the most important public policy discussions. You pose 6 ques-tions in your editorial. Why did you not give people the true answers to them instead of perpetuating the confusion created by misrepresentation of the Health Care Bill. It is not right to pay more than any other country in the world for health care and not get even close to the best care.

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Columbia College and a master’s in business administration from Queens University.

McIntyre will oversee United Way’s 97 agen-cies, including 21 of Union County’s own.

What is less well-known about the sea-soned leader is a list of her second loves — salted pecans, murder mys-teries and Italy. “And the beach,” she added. “I love the beach.”

Q: Trust in United Way has waned since Gloria Pace King’s $1.2 million compensation package was uncovered. What’s been the greatest impact on United Way agencies?

A: “We all for a number of reasons received substantial reductions” in funding, she said of the agencies. “These were tremendous reductions.” Com-paring the hard times to post-Sept. 11, she said “everything was bad then and the cuts were

more in the 20 to 25 percent range. This year, it’s about the 30 to 40 percent reductions range,” double what it was before. “We had a tough year all the way around. ... And then the economy has some bearing.”

Q: How do you plan to address concerns stemming from those reductions and mold United Way into a nonprofit that people are willing to support again?

A: “We have focus only on ... the community care fund,” money set aside to support United Way’s 97 agencies throughout the region instead of individual agencies. United Way donors contribute to this fund for about two months, using fundraisers to pool their money, which is then distributed to the agencies based on need.

“Our goal this year is $22.7 million,” $1 million more than last year. The Levine family has agreed to match any amount raised, up to $1 million, above last year’s goal. “The potential is to raise $2 million more for the 97 agencies,” she said.

In the past, the focus has been on the size of the campaign, and donors could designate their money for organizations outside of the United Way agencies, such as

schools. Open campaigns, held under United Way’s name, al-lowed money not allocated for one of its agencies to still count toward United Way’s goal. “A significant amount went outside to other organizations that were not necessarily related to United Way or to the community care fund,” she said. A United Way representative said exact figures are not available.

“We want to have a really complete process to really rein-vent United Way. ... That would involve all the regions,” includ-ing agencies, volunteers and the community at large “to look at a better way of doing business.”

The number of board mem-bers, on the other hand, will decrease, from about 60 last year to “no more than 24 board members by the beginning of the year.” The board currently has about 40 members. “They have a whole new set of bylaws, ... and all the meetings are open to the media.” New bylaws call for “stronger financial over-sight;” the nearly 40 percent reduction in staff has already contributed heavily to $3.1 million in reduced expenditures.

Q: How long do you think it will take to “reinvent” United Way?

A: “About a year or more.

We’ll make changes along the way.” McIntyre said in a year, she would like to see “people regaining trust in us and confidence in us, that we do un-derstand health and human ser-vices needs of our community.”

Q: There’s been talk about changing the name of United Way as part of several efforts to renew people’s confidence in the nonprofit. Do you think the name should be changed?

A: “I don’t right now. I think we need to look at everything and that will be part of the pro-cess. ... There are many reasons you should keep it, and I’m not sure it was so much the name as the way we did business.”

Q: The blackout is a period of about two months in which agencies can raise funds only for United Way as a whole and not individual organiza-tions. Why was this rule put in place, and would you consider amending it?

A: “We depend on the agen-cies to help make presentations throughout the region, so I think part of it is to keep the focus on United Way, and this year, the community care fund. That’s again something that will need to be looked at, but it allows

people to focus. People are asked to support the community care fund and not the agencies, too. ... Agencies all fundraise during the rest of the year.”

Q: Should United Way continue to solicit through employers? What are the alternatives?

A: “We have to do it because I don’t think employers want to have all 97 agencies knocking on their doors. ... But I think we’re also going to look at workplace giving and how it’s done and (ask), ‘Does that need to be changed?’ A task force is already doing research for the best models of doing that. ... This is a lot of money that’s raised — $21.7 million. Agen-cies would find it very difficult to raise the kind of dollars we’re talking about on their own.” McIntyre said fundraising in the workplace allows employees to donate all at once and “support a multitude of agencies.”

Q: What are three things you learned as a former CEO of the YWCA that you can bring to your role as executive director?

A: One, “that donors are critical and vital. ... Treating donors with respect and care because they’re really the ones that make it all possible. ... The

value of relationships. Rela-tionships with staff, relation-ships with donors, with other agencies, with volunteers.

Two, “always to look at programs and (ensure) the quality of programs. ... It’s not bigger necessarily; it’s just doing it better and having the quality in the programs that you do run.” McIntyre said a person can determine the quality of a program by studying it, setting goals, tracking results and asking if the program is making a positive difference.

Three, “feeling that what you’re doing is an oppor-tunity to make a difference for people that may have less, but they may need sometimes a little help.”

Q: You are taking about half the salary — $142,000 — that Gloria Pace King had to lead United Way of Central Carolinas. Why the pay difference?

A: “I know that that’s a lot of money. I recognize that it’s a large salary, but I felt like there was a range and we needed to stay on the lower end. This was very important to me that the salary not be the barrier to helping agencies, helping United Way or even to my own personal success.”

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By the first break of the day, students had already made new friends and shared band stories over sandwiches at lunch.

“It’s the best crowd you could be in,” said Wed-dington junior Bryan Gobey, vice president of the Junior Guild. Gobey has played the tuba for five years and practices five times a week in ad-dition to the bimonthly rehearsals he will put in with the orchestra. He’s leaning toward a career as a high school band di-rector.

Some students said they are nervous about their first performance on Monday, but are also excited. If Saturday’s re-hearsal is any indication for what’s to come, they should be in good shape.

“It went really well,” Iyer said. Although her

focus is on the viola, she also plays the piano and harp. Why the harp? “I saw it in a movie and so I liked how it sounded, and I wanted to play it because it looked beauti-ful.” The instrument was featured in “Aristocats,” a Disney cartoon about

musical felines.Marvin Ridge fresh-

man Jordan Laird, on the other hand, is partial to the clarinet. It can be awkward to play with new students under a new director, she said, but is anxious to try more difficult music. Monday

will give her fellow musi-cians a chance to “show off what we’ve done.”

USYO members met for 12 hours Saturday and will repeat the schedule Sunday. They will also practice Monday morn-ing. With all the hard work that goes into re-

hearsal, Norwood said, it’s no surprise that mu-sic is such a big part of these students’ lives.

How has music impact-ed Rogers’ life?

“It is my life,” he said. “Right under my wife and daughter, it is me. That’s who I am and that’s what I do.”

He hopes that inspira-tion rubs off on Mon-day’s audience. “You get that rush of adrenaline. It’s better than any cup of coffee.”

Plans for a youth cham-ber orchestra and jazz ensemble for both youth and adults are also in the works.

The orchestra will per-form at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the SPCC Conference Center. It is free and open to the public. The next concert will be held Jan. 11.

— Have a great idea for a news story? Contact education reporter Tif-fany Lane at 704-261-2229 or [email protected].

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Mekel Rogers, one of seven conductors of the Union Symphony Youth Orchestra, teaches band at Weddington Middle School. Monday’s concert will feature some of his students, who are members of the new orchestra.


Julia Van Patter, 15, of Rock Hill, S.C., participates in a 12-hour practice at SPCC on Saturday.

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Working as the cover artist on both Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys books, Nappi turned out more than 130 covers for the ju-nior detectives. Some of them were for newly pub-lished books, others were to update Nancy and the brothers for newer gen-erations of readers. Nappi said the publisher, Gros-set and Dunlap, asked him “How would you like to paint Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys for life?”

“I never really thought they would ever be that popular,” he admitted. The two best-selling Nancy Drew books are “The Se-cret of the Old Clock” and “The Hidden Staircase,” both with Nappi covers.

Along with some of his cover art from Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, Nappi will bring art from other projects he has worked on, including scholastic book covers and greeting cards. The program is free and open to the public. Galleries of Nappi’s cov-ers can be found at www.nancydrewsleuth.com and at hardyboys.bobfinnan.com. For information, call 704-821-7475, ext. 4 or go to www.union.lib.nc.us.

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Learn the factsAs the debate over na-

tional health care reform has grown increasingly heated, it’s become more and more difficult to separate fact from fiction based on newspaper accounts alone, despite journalists’ best efforts. In that spirit, here are a few points people should know the truth about be-fore reform comes up for final votes in Congress.

A lot of the misconcep-tions out there about health care reform can be traced to the power-ful lobbying and misin-formation campaigns of the very industry with the most to lose when the system gets fixed — the private insurance companies who are taking advan-tage of current holes in regulations. If it sounds too BAD to be true, it probably isn’t true.

Some versions of health care reform contain language about eligibility for health care that is similar to lan-guage found in George W. Bush’s Medicare Part D bill from 2003. As any reasonable person would expect, this language restricts eligibility to U.S. citizens and those living in America legally. Yet many of the very same Republicans who voted for Bush’s Medicare bill now oppose President Obama’s health care reform because they wrongly claim it would give benefits to people who are in America without proper legal paperwork. These claims don’t add up, and they deserve to be ignored.

Polls show that most people who find out the truth about these myths support health care reform, and I’m confidant the readers of your paper will be no different. Please make sure every-one knows the truth.

JENNIFER STEWART,Monroe

A new low in UnionWe, in Union

County, N.C., have reached a new low.

First, Union County commissioners’ three ruling majority team of Lanny Openshaw, Tracy Kuehler and Kim Rog-ers have decided their investigative resources are more effective and may come to a more dissimilar conclusion as the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI has investigated and closed their investigation of commissioners’ ethics policy or criminal stat-utes by using taxpayer money for personal legal fees. Where and when did these Union County com-missioners three-member ruling majority “three blind mice” ascertain such an investigative education? Where is their degree in “any” police in-vestigating profession, or is there any? How much time and taxpayers’ mon-ey are these “three blind mice” willing to spend, in an effort to politically destroy a Conservative?

Secondly, these same U.C. commissioners ruling majority “three blind mice” apparently have determined the taxpaying residents of Monroe are not taxpay-

ing citizens of Union County, or maybe these three U.C. commission-ers do not believe city of Monroe residents deserve equal rights as other Union County residents.

The referenced ap-proximate 2-acre parcel located as a part of Belk-Tonawanda Park has been upgraded and maintained by the city of Monroe for more than 20 years; all of this public park property which was free and open to the citizens of Monroe and Union County, N.C., as well as all others. The question is what can, or will our U.C. commis-sioner majority “three blind mice,” do with this property? The common-sense solution is for these three much-less-than-intelligent “three blind mice” ruling majority of Lanny Openshaw, Tracy Kuehler and Kim Rog-ers, to give the property to the city of Monroe, so as Belk-Tonawanda Park can continue to operate this entire public park to all the visitors, as usual.

Thirdly, lest we forget, these three ruling U.C. commissioner major-ity are spending (y)our taxpayers money for a study to consider the selling of one of our

greatest assets, the entire property of Carolina Medical Center-Union. By the way, the existing property of Carolina Medical Center-Union was “freely” granted to the county of Union by the city of Monroe.

In summary, where did these “three blind mice” come from? When did each arrive? What is their motive? What may be next?

Are these three Union County immigrants determined to destroy Union County’s history? Keep tuned! I would sug-gest their decisions are based on old worn out liberal “tax and spend” politics. These U.C. commissioners’ ruling three-team majority are a political embar-rassment to the citizens of Union County.

Oscar Y. HarwardMonroe

Ethical hysteriaAh yes, another round

of histrionic and vindic-

tive politics opens that is sure to be costly and most likely, very short on tangible results accord-ing to experts. Maybe the current BOC majority can retain the services of Eric Holder as this seems to be the type political witch hunting which he practices so well. Given the current majority’s penchant for cracking the whip on our Volun-teer Fire Departments, the Belk-Tonawanda Park issue and now in all probability wasting more money on inves-tigating than might be recovered with this latest “righting the wrong” of the day, many are bound to begin seriously questioning the current majority’s motivations.

There is much irony to be found within the transition of local power when those on the outside make their way to the inside only to morph into what they once so despised and railed against isn’t there? Have we learned

nothing from the Shalati debacle? Shall we dredge up ethics questions from previous commissioners while we are at it for yet more useless expendi-ture of monies that are needed by schools, law enforcement, emergency services and avoiding losing more valuable county employees?

Will we ever move past “tit for tat” politics in Union County? It has been my hope and prayer we could and would to actually move forward but as the current and several previous BOC majorities have repeat-edly demonstrated, nobody had better try holding their breath until we do. It would seem that political egos and hired gun attorneys are the only winners in Sweet Union anymore as the titans of power dance. Too bad the only thing taxpayers seem to receive is the bill for the fiddler.

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firm Wyatt & Blake dated March 6, 2008, the firm confirms the terms to represent Baucom, Mills and Pressley “in connec-tion with any claims or proceedings arising from actions taken during the course and scope of (their) employment as a County Commissioner.”

At a county commis-sioners’ meeting on March 10, 2008, Mills moved to authorize the interim county manager to enter into contracts for the defense of individual commissioners, not to ex-ceed $15,000 each, accord-

ing to the minutes.The motion passed on

a 3-2 vote. Baucom, Mills and Pressley did not disclose that they had already entered into a le-gal contract with Wyatt & Blake. At the June 2,

2008, meeting, the board increased the maximum allowance to $30,000 on a 5-0 vote.

“When this came up, they should have dis-closed that,” Kuehler said Monday. “That is a viola-tion of our ethics policy, and I believe it’s a viola-tion of state statutes.” The county’s ethics policy was passed in 2004.

On Monday, County Manager Al Greene cau-tioned commissioners to consider the implications of going forward with the ethics investigation.

“Mr. Chairman, I don’t think you enter into such things lightly,” Greene told the board. “I think this is a very serious mat-ter that has been raised. I would urge the board to be cautious in its actions. The effectiveness of this

board moving forward, I think, is at stake, even more than it already has been. ... It’s a serious mat-ter and I would ask this board to weigh that care-fully before deciding to proceed.”

Baucom said an inves-tigation would have seri-ous ramifications.

“This could be the pro-verbial Pandora’s box and I clearly don’t under-stand the purpose,” he said. “I don’t think it’s for the public good. ... The phrase, ‘Be careful what you ask for,’ might be pru-dent.”

Fleming Bell, a profes-sor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Govern-ment, said ethics policy violations are difficult to prove and criminal stat-utes that govern a com-

missioners’ right to legal protection from the coun-ty are broad.

“You get into the murky world of ethics,” he said.

N.C. statutes allow com-missioners to use tax-payer money to protect themselves in legal mat-ters that pertain to their government position, Bell said, but typically, a budget amendment would be approved by the governing board prior to any commissioner enter-ing a contract with an at-torney.

In the Union County case, the three commis-sioners contracted with Wyatt & Blake before the same three commission-ers approved the budget amendment to cover the cost, on a 3-2 vote.

Bell said that because the statutes are broad, it

would be difficult to prove that there was any crimi-nal wrongdoing by any of the commissioners. How-ever, he added, because the only commissioners who approved the motion were the ones directly af-fected by it, and they did so after entering a con-tract with the attorney, there might be an ethics violation. Still, Bell add-ed that proving an ethics violation is difficult.

District Attorney John Snyder did not return a phone message left Tues-day afternoon.

The county attorneys were directed to find a third-party attorney to help in the investigation and come back at the Sept. 21 meeting with a recommendation.

— Jason deBruyn can be reached at 704-261-22243.

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Ethics policyDisclosures of Interest in Legislative Action:Any Board Member who has an Interest in any Official Action or action before the Board of Commissioners shall publicly disclose on the record of the Board of Commissioners the nature and extent of such Interest, and shall withdraw from any consideration of the matter if excused by the Board of Commissioners pursuant to applicable law.

Crowded SPCC offers extra courses for fallBY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROEMiss the registration

deadline? Can’t get the class you want?

Enrollment is up 13 percent for South Pied-mont Community Col-lege, compelling faculty and staff to open more than two dozen extra courses this fall, begin-ning Sept. 15.

The classes will run for 12 weeks instead of 16.

“When times are bad, community colleges grow,” SPCC President John McKay said, attrib-uting his own school’s growth not only to high unemployment, but to SPCC becoming a more familiar name, particu-larly among high school graduates. Last year’s growth saw the largest enrollment from 18- and 19-year-olds, he said. That does not include those who attend Union County Early College, a partnership between Union County Public

Schools and the commu-nity college that gives high school students a head start on college courses.

SPCC career counselor Eric Skeen said there’s also a demand for more courses from students struggling to find classes

not already full. This is particularly true of those who register late.

SPCC had 2,260 stu-dents enrolled this time

last year, and 2,602 as of Monday. Many have yet to register.

McKay said the first condensed classes were started as a response to requests from high school seniors graduat-ing in January — too late to start college that spring. The college has offered 12-week courses for the past few years, he said, and they are still a hit.

Students who decide a current course is too difficult can also take ad-vantage of the 12-week classes by dropping the current one and picking up a lower level class.

Skeen assures prospec-tive students that they will get the same educa-tion they would receive if taking 16-week courses. “It’s the same content, same amount of work due,” he said.

Classes just meet more often or for a longer pe-riod of time.

Most of the 12-week classes are taught by part-time instructors.

Prospective students must complete an appli-cation for admission — available online — and take placement tests for reading, English, math and computer skills. Low scores don’t exclude a person from enrollment, but ensure placement in the right level of courses.

Those who have scored a 500 or higher on the crit-ical reading portion of the SAT or a 21 or higher on same portion of the ACT in the past two years are exempt from the reading and English placement tests.

The same rules apply for the math placement test. Computer skills must be tested regardless of SAT or ACT scores.

Registration is open Mondays through Thurs-days from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Students are encour-aged to register as soon as possible, but registration will be open until Sept. 14. For more information, call 704-290-5100.

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Q&A: How Kissell would fix health careBY JASON [email protected]

MONROERep. Larry Kissell, D-

N.C., visited Union Coun-ty last week and spoke with the Monroe City Council about early child-hood education and fund-ing projects for the 8th Congressional District.

The Waxhaw Exchange took the opportunity to ask Kissell about the House of Representa-tives’ deliberation over health care reform, and the plans that have been proposed in four congres-sional committees.

Q. Why is it important to reform heath care?

A. Well that’s one place you don’t see much de-bate, everyone thinks it’s important to reform health care. Whether its the child with type 2 dia-betes that would be de-nied later in life because of a pre-existing condi-tion or a cancer survivor who is ruined financially because of a medical pro-cedure. We know the rea-sons for reform; the chal-lenge is to bring around the reform that will meet these goals.

Q. There seems to have been a lot of push back and misinforma-tion toward the bill.

A. Well, first of all, peo-ple have to realize that the House has three versions of the bill, so this is still a work in process. People are saying that this is too important and they want us to slow down and make sure we get it right.

We’ve got to have some-thing that bends the cost curve and is deficit neu-tral, bigger does not mean better. I think that’s where a lot of the misconcep-tions come from and we need to change that.

Q. How can you stir intelligent debate and clear up some misinfor-mation?

A. I wouldn’t say there is a lot of misinformation. In some ways House Bill 3200 has brought around some misconceptions, but while we want reform, the Senate has said House Bill 3200 is dead on arrival, so

we in the House shouldn’t tie our success on that bill. We need to put our energy into conversations that will lead to solutions that we can agree on.

Q. U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., has been touting his Patients’ Choice Act and other Republicans have been offering amendments. What are some propos-als that you agree with and could work to com-promise on?

A. I think there are good ideas all around, and it’s a matter of trying to get some of these good ideas together in a way that fits. One area that I am par-ticularly interested in is home health care. I have felt that we need to extend home health care to our seniors. It saves money, creates jobs and improves the lives of our seniors.

Q. Is health care re-form not just another way of the government trying to control Amer-icans’ lives?

A. Once again, the Sen-ate has said the bill is dead on arrival. They are saying the public option will not be used, so I think the government control aspect is an extreme ex-aggeration that has been used to worry people. It needs to be part of the conversation, but I don’t think that’s the direction that we are going to be headed in.

Q. What direction will you be heading?

A. I put in the stipula-tions, it needs to be true re-form, bigger is not better; it needs to bend the cost curve and be deficit neu-tral. We put 17 percent of our gross domestic profit into health care now, so why can’t we re-arrange that money to take care of what we need?

Q. Talk about some of

the positives and nega-tives of keeping the pri-vate insurers involved.

A. It’s a little hypotheti-cal because the Senate has said we will not have the public option and we’ve got to deal with the real-ity that until they change their minds, I don’t see any use in discussing that. I want to put my en-ergy into things that will be accepted and will ac-complish what we want.

Q. So what is the Sen-ate leaning toward?

A. Well we haven’t heard much from them. I have heard that they like the ideas of co-ops, and we have presented that to some of the committees. But once again, I think it’s premature to say what they are going to do.

Q. Do you think that it’s possible to pass health care legislation that will work?

A. I think it’s out there. Right now we are also hearing a lot about insur-ance reform, so we are just going to have to break it down and see how it works. But I do think that we are capable of produc-ing the kinds of reforms that we want and I hope we get there.

Q. In broad terms, how do you view health care?

A. I think it’s an eco-nomic situation that af-fects our families. People should not be financially devastated just because of their medical situations. If you have good health coverage, and you are rel-atively healthy, then you are happy. But we’ve got to find that balance for our families and make it economically feasible.

Q. Democrats have a majority. Why not just push it through if you have the votes?

A. You know, we are a majority, but we have in-dividual thinkers. There are different thoughts on it and we are trying to come to a compromise.

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Doris Cureton died Thursday (Sept. 3, 2009) at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Arrangements will be announced by Gri-er Funeral Service.

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Lois Elizabeth Craw-ford Moore, 90, died Friday (Sept. 4, 2009) at Presbyterian Hospital in Matthews. Arrangements will be announced by Her-itage Funeral Home.

Georgios Statho-poulos

CHARLOTTE — Mr. Stathopoulos, 83, of Charlotte, died Thursday (Sept. 3, 2009) at Presby-terian Hospital in Mat-thews.

Funeral services were Saturday at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathe-dral. Interment followed in Evergreen Cemetery.

He was born Nov. 26, 1925, in Nostimo, Evryta-nias, Greece, son of the

late Spero and Eugenia Stathopoulos.

He came to Charlotte in 1971 with his family and was employed with Lance for 14 years.

Surviving are his wife, Andrigoula Stathopou-los; daughters, Eugenia Hondros and Eleni Liro-nis; a son, Spero Geor-gios Stathopoulos; eight grandchildren; brothers, Kosta Stathopoulos, Chris Stathopoulos, and John Stathopoulos; and many nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the Ministry Fund- c/o Kanidilia, c/o Holy Trinity Greek Or-thodox Cathedral, 600 East Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28203.

Arrangements are in the care of Hankins &

Whittington Funeral Ser-vice. Please share con-dolences online at www.hankinswhittington.com.

Tiny McGillMONROE

Irene Osborne “Tiny” McGill, 82, died Aug. 25, 2009 at Carolinas Medi-cal Center-Union.

Funeral was at Lang-ford Chapel CME Church, with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery.

Born March 1, 1927, in Union County, she was a daughter of the late Cleressa Osborne.

Survivors include two sons, Thomas McGill of Wilmington, Del., Tony McGill of Monroe; two daughters, Phyllis Cof-fey of Waxhaw, Mary Al-

len of Monro; one sister, Barbara Osborne of Tar-boro; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Grier Funeral Service is in charge.

Barbara AnayaCHARLOTTE — Barba-

ra A. Anaya died Friday (Aug. 28, 2009) at Presby-terian Hospital.

Funeral was Wednesday at St. Matthew Catholic Church. Heritage Funeral Home of Weddington is in charge.

Randolph BaehreCHARLOTTE — Ran-

dolph Baehre, 59, died Monday (Aug. 31, 2009) at home. Arrangements were handled by Heritage Funeral Home of Wed-dington.

Daniel BarbeeMONROE

Daniel M. Barbee, 90, died Aug. 30, 2009 at home. Arrangements were han-dled by McEwen Funeral Home.

Clifford BlytheMINERAL SPRINGS

Clifford Ashley Blythe, 79, of Mineral Springs, died August 30, 2009 at Carolinas Medical Center of Monroe.

Funeral services were Wednesday at Mineral Springs United Method-ist Church.

The daughter of the late Winslow and Flor-ence Ashley, she was born in Lancaster County, S.C., on Jan. 23, 1930. She was raised in Waxhaw, and lived the last 60 years in Mineral Springs, where she was an active mem-ber of Mineral Springs United Methodist Church for over 50 years, serving in all aspects of church leadership, as a choir member, and co-director of the Mineral Springs Methodist Church Youth Choir. She retired from Tool Service Engineering Co. (Scott Aviation) after 30 years. She was preced-ed in death by a borther, Winslow “Peanut” Ash-ley Jr., and a sister, Lav-ater Knight.

She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Henry Blythe; three daughters: Marilyn Woo-ten, Donna Harrington, and Patti Lemmond; a son, Perry Blythe; eight grandchildren; two sis-ters, Alta Tysinger and Rosa Lee Blythe; a broth-

er, Ken Ashley; and a host of nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers me-morials may be made to Mineral Springs United Methodist Church, 5915 Old Waxhaw Monroe Road, Monroe, NC 28112.

Gordon Funeral Ser-vice is caring for the fam-ily. Online condolences may be made at www.gor-donfuneralservice.com.

Walter JacksonJEFFERSON, S.C. —

Walter Dennis Jackson, 67, of Jefferson, S.C., died Thursday (Aug. 27, 2009), after a period of declin-ing health.

A memorial service was held Tuesday.

He was born in Wytheville, Va., to the late William and Ellen Smith Jackson. Besides his par-ents Walter is preceded in death by a brother, David Jackson, and a sister, Sid-ney Butler. He served as a U.S. Marine.

Survivors include his wife, Ursula Catoe Jack-son, of the home; two sons, Mark Jackson, of Monroe and Steven T. Jackson; a daughter, El-len Jackson of Waxhaw; a brother, John Jackson, of Polkton; and six grand-children.

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

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ing to Mavs coach Scott Chadwick.Brent, a 6-foot-4, 180-pounder, already had an offer on the table from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.After missing the entire 2008 regular season while recovering from a broken bone in his leg, Brent is off to hot start this year.Through the Mavericks’ first two games, Brent has 11 catches for 216 yards and three touchdowns. He recorded seven grabs for 131 yards and three scores in last week’s win over Hickory Ridge.Brent and the Mavs travel to first-year Cuthbertson High tonight starting at

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Volleyball

Myers Park 3Weddington 1

Clt. Christian 3Marvin Ridge 2

Weddington 3Providence 2

Girls TennisMarvin Ridge 9Porter Ridge 0

Weddington 9Parkwood 0

Weddington 9Ardrey Kell 0

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Mavericks dominate at SCC meetWeddington did not compete; MR carried top spotsfRoM STAff REPoRTS

WINGATEMarvin Ridge domi-

nated a mostly Southern Carolina Conference field in a cross country meet on Tuesday, but the Mav-ericks’ strongest competi-tion was not at the event.

The only drama was de-ciding who won the boys individual race.

Junior Chris Colo and junior Michael Colven,

both of Marvin Ridge, were timed at 18 minutes and 42 seconds over the 3.1-mile course at Wing-ate University. Colo was awarded the victory.

Sun Valley’s Alex Wil-son broke up a Marvin Ridge sweep. Wilson placed third overall in 19:23.

Marvin Ridge took the next six places, led by Drew Buckley (19:43), who was fourth overall. Alec Lane was fifth (20:17), fol-lowed by teammates Kev-in Marko (20:18), Connor Deason (20:18) and Sebas-tian Rodriguez (21:47).

Cuthbertson’s Thomas Nesbitt (22:00) and An-drew Tomsolvic (22:04) rounded out the top 10.

Chase DeVonde was Porter Ridge’s top finish-

er (15th, 23:32) and Park-wood was led by Cody Bittner (26th, 27:24).

Weddington did not participate.

In the girls race, Mar-vin Ridge’s Kayli Buckley won in a time of 21:52, fol-lowed by teammate Brit-tany Fritz (22:03).

Eden Bayuk of Sun Val-ley placed third overall in

Rushing to win

BY DAviD SENTENDREYExchange Correspondent

ROUGHEDGETwo different running

styles were apparent when the Parkwood High football team hosted first-year Cox Mill on Friday.

The Rebels maintained a well-dispersed rushing attack using seven differ-ent ballcarriers, averag-ing 8.43 yards per carry and totaling 253 yards.

The visiting Chargers used two different rush-ers, one being the quar-terback, as they averaged 1.96 yards per carry and

totaled just 47 yards.Parkwood’s style

proved more effective as they rolled to a 45-0 home win over the Chargers.

Last week, the Rebels allowed Monroe High 271 yards rushing in a 55-21 loss, and was certain that after watching last week’s film, the Chargers would try to do the same on the ground as the Red-hawks had done just one week prior.

“We were certain from

watching the Monroe film that they were go-ing to say, ‘Hey, they can’t stop the run,’” head coach Nelson Rowell said. “So we felt like we had a plan for that.”

The Rebels’ defensive front allowed only three runs of ten yards or more, none being longer than 13 yards, and stopped ten runs either for a loss or no gain.

With 5:06 remaining in the second quarter, the Chargers had an op-portunity to kill a Rebel drive when Maurice Leak’s pass went through

the hands of safety Park-er Kenney, almost for an interception.

On the following play, running back Keith Har-bison rushed for a 43-yard touchdown, putting the score at 28-0 and let-ting the Chargers know they were in for a long evening.

Harbison led the Reb-els with 107 yards rush-ing with fullback Seth Springs adding 59 yards and Marcus Smith gain-ing 46 yards.

The Rebels proved to be


Parkwood linebacker Tim Richardson (42) pulls down a Cox Mill runningback with an assist from lineman Trey Mobley (70) and lineback-er Chandler Nunn (44). Parkwood handled the Chargers 45-0 at home.

Parkwood shares the carries for 45-0 home win

Weddington scrambles to 41-14 winThree early TDs called back on penalties in messy game at North GastonBY Bill MARxExchange Correspondent

DALLASQuarterback Anthony

Boone directed a potent attack Friday night that enabled Weddington to overcome numerous mis-takes in a 41-14 victory at North Gaston.

Three touchdowns by the Warriors, including their first two plays from scrimmage were called

back because of penal-ties. For the night, the Warriors were penalized 13 times for 130 yards.

Despite the penalties and turnovers—includ-ing an interception in the end zone—the Warriors still racked up 412 yards of offense. They led 31-7 at halftime.

“It’s our first road game and it’s good to get on the road and get a win,”

Weddington coach Justin Hardin said. “And I told the guys 2-1 is a lot better than 1-2. Especially for a young team still trying to figure out how to win. I’m proud of that.”

But Hardin still saw enough areas that needed improvement.

“Offensively we didn’t finish,” he said. “You know, we got down to the red zone … we had pen-

alties the first couple of plays of the game; we didn’t finish. … We did some good things. We moved the ball. We just had turnovers and penal-ties.”

North Gaston didn’t have a problem with pen-alties (six for 43 yards), but turnovers were an-other story. The Wildcats fumbled seven times, los-ing four. Fumbles led to

three Weddington touch-downs, and an intercep-tion led to the Warriors’ final score, a 3-yard run by Boone in the final sec-onds.

Penalties for holding and an illegal shift erased the first two touchdowns, and Weddington settled for a 41-yard field goal by

WHS crushes Ardrey Kell

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CHARLOTTEWeddington High’s girls

tennis continued to estab-lish itself as an area pow-erhouse by blanking 4A Ardrey Kell 9-0 on Tues-day.

The Warriors, who are ranked 10th in the state among 3A schools, im-proved to 4-1 on the sea-son.

The Warriors crushed Cuthbertson 9-0 on Mon-day, only giving up four combined points in the singles matches, which included straight set shut-outs in the last four con-tests.

Their only loss is to Charlotte Catholic, 6-3. The Cougars are ranked No. 1 in the 3A state poll.

Mike Murphy has been Weddington’s coach for four years, and has fol-lowed all of the Warriors’ teams — dating back to the school’s inception in 2000 — because WHS has trained at the Weddington Swim and Raquet Club, where he’s the tennis pro.

Murphy seems con-vinced this is the best girls tennis team Weddington has ever had, and that in-cludes the 2003 team that lost in the state finals to East Chapel Hill. “I think this team is better than the 2003 team, I’m almost certain of it,” Murphy said.

One reason is the addi-tion of two freshmen who have cracked the starting lineup. Alice Song is play-ing No. 1 despite her fresh-man status, and fellow ninth-grader Casey Rowe

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Cuthbertson tops CA, 3-2, in soccerFrom StaFF rEportS

WaxhaWCuthbertson High

stayed unbeaten with a 3-2 win over Central Acad-emy on Wednesday.

The Cavs are now 4-0.Brendon Reid struck

first for the Cavs off a pass from Dannon Fields. Fields later added a goal of his own off an assist from Michael Proctor.

Cuthbertson secured the win when Kyle McGuire found the back of the net off an assist from John Lewthwaite. Adam Lutz was the win-ning keeper.

Johnny Andon and Brendan Duncan each had goals for CATA with John Wright and Julian Ramirez adding assists.

Spartans shut out CATA tennis squad

MONROESun Valley won its first

match of the season with a 9-0 shut out of Central Academy.Sun Valley 9, Cata 0SinglesNo.1 Katie Lefler d. Mary Rod-gers 6-1, 6-0No.2 Morgan Apple d. Jodie Griffin 6-3, 6-1No.3 Jessica Weirich d. Annie Neese 6-3, 6-1No.4 Kataryna Babchuck d. Cawley Moore 5-7, 6-3, 10-8No.5 Felicia Hoelldobbler d. Pol-len Trexler 6-2, 6-3No.6 Jamie Bates d. Danya Tereeskin 6-4, 6-3Doubles

No.1 Lefler/Morgan d. Rodgers/Griffin 8-3No.2 Weirich/Babchuck d. Neese/Tereeskin 8-2No.3 Hoelldobbler/Bates d. Moore/Trexler 8-4

Myers Park hands WHS first defeat

CHARLOTTE — Myers Park High downed Wed-dington, 3-1, in volleyball

on Wednesday.The Warriors fell to 4-1.Myers Park claimed the

victory by scores of 25-20, 25-20 15-25, 25-19.

Alex Kachulis had 29 digs for the Warriors, while Allison Rickher recorded eight kills and 15 blocks. Amy Schwartz had 14 kills and sopho-more setter Taylor Linton had 32 assists.

UA whips BerryIn Charlotte, Union

Academy defeated Berry Academy on the road 6-0.

Jordan Aiken and Kyle Lohn each had two goals, Cameron Voegele had a goal and two assists, Na-thaniel Peralta had a goal; Ethan Daly and Cody Lloyd each had assists.

is playing No. 6.Song stayed unbeaten

in singles with a 6-1, 6-2 victory on Tuesday. Se-nior Meredith Branham, last year’s No. 1, cruised at No. 2 (6-0, 6-1. Branham has also played some No. 1 singles this season, and has teamed with Song to go undefeated at No. 1 doubles.

Junior Sarah Carroll won her No. 3 singles match 6-3, 6-0 and No. 4 Samantha Wingo, one of two senior starters, won 6-3, 6-3. Sophomore Kin-dell Schmitt met little resistance in her No. 5 singles match, winning 6-1, 6-0, and Rowe won at No. 6, 6-3, 6-2.

Rowe combined with Katie Gutt to win at No. 3 doubles.

Carroll and Wingo re-mained unbeaten at No. 2 doubles.

Murphy believes the Warriors “should prob-ably be ranked three or four in the state.”

“I don’t want to build

us up too much, but I do think this is far and away the best team we’ve had here,” he said. “Catho-lic probably has the best team in the state and we were competitive with them. I think we’ll prob-ably see them again in the playoffs.”

The Warriors’ biggest competition in the first-year Southern Carolina 3A/4A Conference should be Marvin Ridge. The Mavericks share eighth place in the 3A state poll.

On Wednesday, the Warriors had no trouble defeating Parkwood 9-0.

All six Warriors won their singles matches by a score of 6-0, 6-0.

Singles winners for Weddington included: No. 1 Meredith Branham, No. 2 Alice Song, No. 3 Sarah Carroll, No. 4 Kin-dell Schmitt, No. 5 Sa-mantha Wingo and No. 6 Katie Gutt.

In doubles, the War-riors’ No. 1 team of Mad-ison Murphy and Ashlyn Scruggs won 8-1 while the No. 2 doubles team of Audrey Wenzel and Roli Tyagi won their match 8-0. Parkwood forfeited the No. 3 doubles match.

The Warriors, who improved to 5-1 on the season, have a break be-fore returning to action a week from today at home against Charlotte Chris-tian in a 4 p.m. start.

TennisMarvin Ridge also shut out Porter Ridge 9-0 without losing a set.Marvin Ridge 9, Porter Ridge 0

SinglesNo.1 Hannah Florian d. Brooke Ingram 6-1, 6-2No.2 Minali Nigam d. Paige Hubbard 6-2,6-2No.3 Danielle Danlao d. Madi-son Beltran 6-1, 6-1No.4 Hannah Farley d. Bryce Ingram 6-0, 6-0No.5 Mariel Emery d. Tatiana Gomez 6-1, 6-1No.6 Paige Foster d. Sam Ger-vais 6-0, 6-0

DoublesNo.1 Allison Koric/Meredith Smorey d. Beltran/Ingram 8-5No.2 Suzanna Treski/Allison Allcock d. Megan McGuire/Ka-tie Wilber 8-5No.3 Erin Foley/Erica Garrivon d. Nicole Belcher/Nicole Peltier 8-4

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a time of 22:26.Marvin Ridge took

fourth through seventh,

led by Kate Johnston (24:21). She was followed by teammates Sarah Plascyk (24:25), Caitlyn Colo (24:25.7) and Ailish Dwyer (24:38).

Taylor Tippett of Sun Valley was eighth in

24:47, Marvin Ridge’s Morgan Durand placed ninth (24:53) and Ruth Johnson of Parkwood was 10th in 25:10.

Porter Ridge’s Victoria Grose led her team with a 14th-place finish (26:40).

MR girls took 8 of top 10 spotsRunning

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Casey Lang to complete its first drive.

North Gaston (0-3) came right back on its next pos-session to take the lead, with Michael Adams hit-ting Stephen Vernon for 62 yards to make it 7-3.

Both North Gaston touchdowns were the re-

sult of big plays. Cameron Russell replaced Adams to start the second half, and on the Wildcats’ second play of the third quarter, Russell hit Vernon for 96 yards, with Vernon get-ting free when the defen-sive back slipped.

Weddington answered quickly. Boone capped a four-play, 80-yard drive with a 68-yard run, and Weddington went up 10-7 with 3:42 in the quarter.

Less than a minute

later, North Gaston lost its first fumble on its next position, and Weddington took over on the Wildcats’ 41. After an incompletion and false start penalty, Boone hit Jacob Reardon with 46-yard touchdown pass.

Boone was flushed from the pocket and scrambled right. Just before reach-ing the sideline he lofted a deep ball that Reardon gathered in to make the score 17-7.

Boone launches 46-yard TD passWHSfrom 11

more experienced than the Chargers, and right-fully so, as this is the in-augural season for Cox Mill High, who opened their season with a 31-0 loss to Thomasville High last week.

“Wins are always

sweet,” coach Rowell said. “Last week, playing a quality team like Monroe, it was not a fiasco, we got our rear ends whipped, bottom line.

“We dictated the tempo of the ball game tonight, we smashed them up front, we won the battles in the trenches, offensive and defensively, and we were able to wear on them. Wins are always good, and wins coming off a loss are

always sweet.”Parkwood was disci-

plined throughout the night. Besides several kicks going out of bounds, the Rebels only had three penalties.

“And that is one of our focus points,” Rowell said. “We’re real big on keeping your composure and playing within the rules and the confines of the game.”

‘We smashed them up front’Parkwood

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Marvin Ridge’s Kayli Buckley, front right, won the girls race while teammate Brittany Fritz, left, was sec-ond at the Southern Carolina Conference meet at Wingate University on Tuesday.

LibertyMurdock Snow deBruynMarvin Ridgeat Cuthbertson

Last week’s high school football games, as predicted by The E-J sports staff, and the flip of ‘Liberty’ the coin.

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Piedmontat Robinson

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WAXHAW — Marvin Ridge High took advan-tage of nine turnovers by first-year Cuthbertson and rolled to a 70-0 road win over the Cavaliers on Friday.

Cuthbertson (0-3) turned the ball over on seven of its nine first-half possessions, allowing the Mavericks (3-0) to jump out to a commanding 42-0 lead by the end of the first quarter.

Mavs junior tailback Kolly Ogar rushed for 166 yards and three touch-downs on just seven car-ries while teammate Dylan Williams also had three rushing scores — all from a yard out. Junior tailback David Bryant added 91 yards on 10 car-ries.

“Kolly has really be-come a force for us in the running game,” said Marvin Ridge coach Scott Chadwick. “Tonight was really the first time this season we’ve played him a little more in the first half, and with him, Dylan and David back there, we’ve got a pretty good mix.”

Tyler Chadwick, Chan-dler LeDoyen and Matt Chilton all ran for a touch-down while junior receiv-er KJ Brent caught the only TD pass of the night off the arm of Chadwick.

Marvin Ridge finished with 422 yards of total of-fense, compared to just 106 yards for the Cavaliers.

The Mavericks play at

Central Cabarrus next Friday while the Cavs host North Stanly.

Marvin Ridge 70, Cuthbertson 0M. Ridge 42 14 7 7 - 70Cuthbertson 0 0 0 0 - 0Scoring SummaryMR — Tyler Chadwick 6 run (Matt Frein kick)MR — Dylan Williams 1 run (Frein kick)MR — KJ Brent 12 pass from Chad-wick (Frein kick)MR — Kolly Ogar 12 run (Frein kick)MR — Williams 1 run (Frein kick)MR — Williams 1 run (Frein kick)MR — Ogar 14 run (Frein kick)MR — Chandler LeDoyen 7 run (Frein kick)MR — Ogar 91 run (Nick Mills kick)MR — Matt Chilton 8 run (Mills kick)

m. ridge Cuthbertson15 First downs 937-323 Rushes-yards 27-5299 Passing yards 546-7-0 Passes 3-13-52-0 Fumbles-lost 5-411-102 Penalties 1-8

IndividualsRushing: MR — Ogar 7-166, David Bryant 10-91, Alex Hall 7-31, Wil-liams 6-17, Chilton 2-13, LeDoyen 3-6, Chadwick 1-6, Mills 1-(-7); Cuthbertson — Josh Lee 19-56, Lamarr Wade 8-(-4).Passing: MR — Joe Henry 2-2-0 40, Chadwick 3-3-0 39, LeDoyen 1-2-0 20; Cuthbertson — Jacob Barfield 2-4-2 30; Austin Hill 1-9-3 24.Receiving: MR — Brent 3-39, Adam Remme 1-20, Chris Ogbana 1-17, Derek Smith 1-23; Cuthbertson — Brian Latimore 3-54.

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RN Case Manager-seeking RN to manage the care of hospice patients. Min. 1 yr. exp. as an RN (3-5 preferred); med-surg, HH or hospice exp. preferred.

Send resumes to adriane.mckoy@

community-companies.com,call 866-358-1502, fax 866-337-2716 or appy online at

www.communityhch.com <http://

www.communityhch.com>EOE/Drug Free Workplace

PETS & LIVESTOCK

058 Horses8yr Bay Gelding riding

horse good sound, cur-rent coggins test, $800 btw 4-8 (843)672-7902

062 Homes for PetsFree female Rotteweiler

neutered 5 yrs old (704)221-4296

Free good home 1yr. Plopt Hound mix male & female all shots (704)283-1424

MERCHANDISE

068 AuctionsAUCTION

Sat. Sept. 12 @ 10 AM7813 Idlewild Rd.Indian Trail, NC

92 Ford Dually, 85 Yellow-stone RV, 2007 18ft Pon-toon w/50hp Honda, Fine Antique Oak & Mahogany Furniture, Fenton, Hum-mels, Glassware, Pottery, Home Decor & More

10% BP, Cash, Local Checks

BELK AUCTION CONCAL 6936

704-339-4266www.belkauctionco.com

069 AppliancesRefrigerator & Stoves

$99.99Washers & Dryers $79.99

704-649-3821

White Kenmore Washer & Dryer,

$200 for both good cond (704)882-2710

071 FurnitureLiving Room Set- Couch,

Recliner, and Rug. In good condition! $250 Call to see, 704-843-2106

090 Miscellaneous

Metal Roofing 3ft wide $1.40 LF 1-803-789-5500

Public Dove FieldOld Pageland Monroe Rd

area (704)220-7789

FINANCIAL

104 Bus. Opportunities

INVESTIGATEBEFORE

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.

108 Money To Loan

Advance Fee Loans or Credit OffersCompanies that do business by phone can’t ask you to pay for credit before you get it.For more information, call toll-free 1-877-FTC-HELP.A public service message from The Enquirer-Journal and The Federal Trade Commission.

109 REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE - RENT

112 Apartments

Camelot Apt 3mo. free power $125wk, $150dep. $50mo. water/garbage to-tal $325 to move in week-ly. no pets. Pageland also Duplexes, 2 & 3BR hous-es (843)672-5616

112 Apartments★ Monroe Apt. ★

1mo. free w/12mo. leaseBeautiful, quiet, patio’s

w/pool, paid water Studio’s $410 1br $499

2br $585-615 & 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★★★★★★★★★★★

Manor Ridge Apartmentsin Wingate, Now Renting

3BR Apt. $655mo. Certain Restriction Apply

(704)233-0482

Newly RemodeledTownhouse 2bd/1.5 ba

$600mo.704-283-3097

Woodbrook ApartmentsFree Rent !!

Excellent School District (704)282-4940

113 DuplexesVintage Hill Duplexes

2br 1ba $630mo.Great, safe community

(704)292-1329

114 Houses For Rent2 brick house 1750sf &

2012sf, both have cent. H/A, 3br 2ba, garages, stor. blds, $920 & $980mo (704)847-6561

2450sf house up to 5br, 2.5ba, Wingate area, in ground pool, $1350mo. +dep (704)291-7296

3br 2ba hdwood floors country living, Parkwood Sch dist. ref’s & dep req’d $800mo. (704)289-6613

114 Houses For Rent3br 2ba homes Monroe

Wingate & Waxhaw $500 to $800

(704)283-2286

3br 2ba Parkwood / Pros-pect Sch private large yard $850mo + $850 dep.(704)254-3610

★ Luxury historic home ★3br 3ba near hosp. no in-side pets, $1100mo+dep.

(704)254-2723Mineral Springs $1,495 mo.

3br 3ba 2 car gar. 3000 sf brick home, lg lot w/pas-ture, good for horses

Indian Trail- 3br 1ba 1000sf detached gar. $750mo.

Austin Rentals (704)289-6531

Need to rebuild your cred-it? Let us build your new home while you build your credit Call to see if you qualify? 704-233-0236

Owner financing 3br 2.5batown home. $149,900.00 owner financing available. 4005 F Christine LaneWaxhaw NC (Alma Vil-lage) Call 704-609-5463

Waxhaw 3br 2.5ba kit, din-ing, den w/fp, all applian-ces & yard maintenance include $1195mo. SherinRealty (704)882-1634

REAL ESTATE - SALE

126 Houses For Sale$8,000 Tax Credit to buy

your first home Call to see if you may qualify New Homes Available from $129,900 Leon 704-607-2602

House & acreage nearPolkton, interested firm offers only. Call Johnny 704-254-0355

128 Lots & Acreage1.901 ac. wooded lot on cul-de-sac $74,500

Heritage Realty(704)289-5596

MOBILE HOMES

138 Mobile Homes - Rent2 & 3 BR mobile homeson 1ac lots 10 min from

Monroe cross NC/SC line. call (843)672-7445 Atkinson Rentals

2br 2ba mobile homenice/clean/guiet area Un-ionV/Piedmont, $550mo. (704)282-9335

Large 3br 2ba dbewide country setting $800 dep. $200 week Waxhaw (704)843-2094

138 Mobile Homes - Rent3 bedroom / 2 bath on 2.50

acres. Recently remod-eled. $550 deposit/$550 a month. Call 704-254-2288 or 828-474-5070.

5 miles out New Town Rd.Large 2br 2ba

new paint & carpet $575mo. 2br 1ba $500mo.

704-289-4017/980-721-6214

Wingate: 2 mo free rent 3BR 2BA $600 2BR 2BA $525 Cent H/A. No pets. 704-451-8408

140 Mobile Homes - Sale

$500.00 DN movesyou in. Call and ask me how. 704-225-8850

For Sale 3br 2ba Monroew/1 acre for limited time only. No money down 100% financing OAC Qualifiers for $8,000 Gov. Rebate (704)320-4878

Land Owners Wanted Zero Down

call for details (704)225-8850

TRANSPORTATION

164 Motorcycles97 Harley Davidson Road

King 17,000 miles, $8500 (704)254-7474

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NEW SALEM/POLK MTN. 2200 HSF, cedar ext. w/ALL NEW paint, roofing,

windows, air. 2-1/2 BA, 3 BR + bonus room over dbl. gar. Custom oak cabinets.

Covered back porch overlooking nice 24’x40’ shop/office. 5 acs. in great location.

MLS 810187 $348,000 FSBO 704-694-8271 704-385-9294

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

LEASE TO OWN!!

Bob Parker 704-221-7363

UNDER THE PECAN TREE ... new 3BR ranch with luxury MBR, kitchen with island & smooth- top stove, ceiling fans, cable ready, cement drive, front porch, underground utilities. Qualifies for 100% financing.

Just $99,900! (154) MLS #827646

Huge 3854 sq. ft . 4bd 3.5ba New H/AC systems Inground pool

Hardwoods $189,900 Will rent to own $1100. 903 Walters St.

UnionCountyForeclosures.com Janet & Bob’s Foreclosures

704-282-9338

All Brick 3 Br, 3.5 Ba Home, approx 3200 htd sq ft, on approx 6 acres! HUGE eat-in Gourmet kitchen, Sunroom

overlooking pool, Office/Bonus room, HUGE laundry room w/ Island, 9’ ceilings and more! Piedmont Schools, 20 x 40 Inground

Pool, Great place for Horses. $329,900. Owner/NC Broker

7321 Morgan Mill Road

704-661-2551Reasonable Real Estate Fees

mailto:[email protected]

Bob Parker 704-221-7363

5 Bedrooms! 3-Car Garage with workbench! Stone gas FP! Bkfst bay, formal DR, warranty,

Porter Ridge schools! Hurry! $199,900 (145) MLS #818545

Forest Park - 1 mi. from I-485 off Hwy. 74 in Union County. Stallings Elem - Porter Ridge schools. 1/2 acre wooded lot, 3 BR/2 BA with

brick veneer, maint. free exterior, cathedral ceiling, front porch & concrete drive. $144,700 incl. some closing costs.

Call Mike at 704-361-4308.

NEW CONSTRUCTION Lifestyle Builders, Inc.

302 Meadowbrook Dr., Stallings BELOW TAX VALUE $123,000

5808 Bridgeway in Alexis Point Will lease to own at $900 per month 3bd 2.5 ba All appliances included

UnionCountyForeclosures.com Janet & Bob’s Foreclosures

704-282-9338

Michael Calabrese704-231-7750

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 SaleREDUCED New 2007, 3BR, 2BA, 2 car garage, rec room, s/s appliances, ceramic tile,

1 ac lot, lots of extras. Must see! $167,400

CALL 704-243-4656

OFFERED AT $129,900 WITH SELLER TO PAY $1000 in closing costs.1.5 Story, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths,

1651 sq. feet, Hardwood Foyer and Berber Throughout, Freshly Painted Interior and Updated appliances

Vinyl replacement windows, Large .45 acre lot nicely landscaped with Accent Pond, Beautiful Trees, and large

variety of plantings 12x14 Building/Shop with Power CONTACT WILL SMITH (704)506-9385

403 BROOKGREEN DR. Historic House in the Federal List of Historic Places. Located at 501 Franklin St. on the corner of W. Franklin & N. Crawford. For sale for $159,000. Massive rehab work from roof to cellar. It was built to house two separate Medical Doctors with a Pharmacy occuping the center section. Today there is three separate apartments with large impressive rooms & separate utilities.

Call 704-553-0271 or 704-287-2440.

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

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

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

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

Call Elsie: 704-363-8815 PRUDENTIAL CAROLINAS REALTY

Attention Golfers FOR SALE BY OWNER 2731 Rolling Hills Drive

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

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

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

SKYECROFT

Call Remax Executive:704.602.8295, Lara Taylor

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

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

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

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

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

980-722-6702-cell [email protected]

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

hardwoods and ceramic tile/jacuzzi jet master bath.

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

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

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

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

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

Mostly wooded, some grass.

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

$500,000

Call 704-261-2213 or email: [email protected]

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