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MurderProsecutors open their case against Jamez Hunter with grisly details about how his grandmother was killed.

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TeachersFast-growing New Town Elementary will get two new teachers despite cutbacks.

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First-time United Way volunteers dig deep to help embattled charity.

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The battle between your interests, your doctor’s liability, and the insurance industry’s profits.

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Charter schools sue county, stateUA seeks portion of UCPS capital fundsBY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROEUnion Academy is su-

ing the state for a share of lottery money and corpo-rate income taxes.

North Carolina estab-lished charter schools in 1996, but limited the funds they could receive from the state. Charter schools are public, tu-ition-free schools funded

by federal, state and local taxes to pay for teachers, textbooks and some oper-ational costs. Union Acad-emy’s operational costs are about $7 million per year, according to finance officer Lynn Kroeger.

The lawsuit seeks mon-ey from the state’s capital outlay fund, which comes from two sources. The Public School Building Capital Fund receives 14 percent of the money col-

lected by the N.C. Educa-tion Lottery, and about 7.25 percent of corporate income tax, although the General Assembly divert-ed the income tax contri-bution until 2011.

Union Academy head-master Raymond Rein-sant said a share of that money could help provide a central location for all its students.

Ed Cottingham / Waxhaw Exchange

Second-grader Nick Smith leaves school for the day at Union Academy. The charter school is developing plans to add a building that would join the gym, background left, with the media center on the right, but does not receive capital funds from the state.SCHOOLS / 2

Hospitals ban kids to fight H1N1BY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROEVisitors under the age

of 18 will be barred from several area hospitals un-less they receiving treat-ment.

Carolinas Health-Care System and Novant Health, which owns Pres-byterian H o s p i -tals, an-n o u n c e d the ban on Mon-day, citing o n g o i n g e f f o r t s to pre-vent the spread of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu. The new rule will take effect Thursday,

Stephen Wallenhaupt, executive vice president of Novant Health, said the policy should protect both children and adults, including patients, staff members and visitors.

“We know this change poses an inconvenience to families with patients in area facilities, but it is important to make this change effective now to limit the spread and im-pact of flu,” Wallenhaupt said in a press release. “Many patients, particu-larly newborns, pregnant women and patients with suppressed immune sys-tems, are particularly vul-nerable.”

Byron Pouges, a spokes-man for Carolinas Medi-cal Center-Union, said it will affect every part of the hospital, from waiting

InsideA llist of health care facilities enforcing the ban

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County panel rejects voting districtsCommittee will recommend adding two county commissioners to boardBY JASON [email protected]

MONROEA county governance

committee rejected a dis-trict-only representation format.

The committee agreed to recommend that the Union County Board of Commissioners be in-creased to seven mem-bers, from its current five, but has not made a

final recommendation on how those seven should be elected. The committee eliminated the possibil-ity of having no at large members, however.

The governance com-mittee is made up of rep-resentatives from each of Union’s 14 towns.

Marshville Mayor Frank Deese voted in fa-vor of having seven dis-tricts.

“I feel like we need to have district representa-tion so that everyone can be equally represented,” he said. “Our House of Representatives is on districts, our state elec-tions house and senate are on districts. If it’s good enough for the fed-eral government and good enough for the state government why is it not good enough for us?”

Deese did not say he saw the committee’s desire for at large candidates purely as an east vs. west issue in the county, though said it plays a small part. The two towns east of Mon-roe have a combined 3,191 registered voters, while 11 towns west of Monroe have 59,423 combined.

Commissioner Tracy Kuehler serves as a non-voting chairwoman of

the governance commit-tee and said a decision on how many districts to draw will be looked at during the next meeting. Factors they will consider include allowing one dis-trict to vote in a majority. For example, if there are four districts and three at large members, four

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BY TIFFANY [email protected]

WAXHAWValerie Fox loves her

horses, but simply can’t allow them in the barn this weekend – not when there are quilts to dis-play.

Fox Farms in Waxhaw will host its seventh an-nual Barnful of Quilts on Saturday. Money raised through admissions do-nations will go to mis-sions and outreach at Waxhaw Presbyterian Church.

“It’s a celebration of quilting and fiber arts,” Fox said. “The whole barn is just given over to the quilts.”

The event raised $7,000 last year.

Barnful of Quilts will feature several quilters, including Fletcher Mc-Neil of Lenoir. McNeil began quilting at the age of 65. Now 84, she will have several of her own quilts on display.

The event also includes a bake sale, yarn vendors, embroiderers’ guild, lace makers’ guild, silent auc-tion and raffle. A quilt historian will be on hand to date antique quilts and discuss the history behind their patterns. Some quilts are for show, and some are for sale.

While many of the contributing quilters are from Charlotte and oth-ers from Lancaster, S.C., several are from Union County.

Karen McWhorter is part of UCo Quilters, a group of five Union County women who meet

weekly in McWhorter’s “bonus room” above the garage. Two are from Waxhaw and three are from Monroe.

McWhorter, retired from Bell South, began quilting in 1983 while she was pregnant with her son.

“I became a nester. I had to have a project,”

Quilters on mission

Rick Crider / Waxhaw Exchange

Valerie Fox, owner of Fox Farm, and quilters Judy Jewell, Joyce Walker, Karen McWhorter and Rose Giacchetta look over quilts and discuss entries in the 2009 Barnful of Quilts benefit show, which will be at Fox Farm in Waxhaw on Saturday.

7th Barnful of Quilts aids Presbyterian outreach

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Union Academy’s goal is to move students from its lower campus on Old Charlotte Highway to its upper campus on North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. With no capi-tal funding, though, there is no money for another building, Reinsant said.

Union County and the Union County Board of Education are named as defendants in the lawsuit. Some Union Academy parents are listed as plain-tiffs.

Six other North Caro-lina charter schools are parties in the lawsuit, list-ing their own counties and school boards as defen-

dants. The suit was filed in Mecklenburg County.

Ed Davis, superinten-dent for Union County Public Schools, said North Carolina law provides no provision for charter schools to receive capi-tal funding, although the wording could be more explicit.

“We certainly are fol-lowing the law as the law currently exists,” he said.

According to North Carolina law, the General Assembly “shall provide ... for a general and uni-form system of free public schools, ... wherein equal opportunities shall be pro-vided for all students.”

References to “uniform” and “equal” education are at the center of the dispute as charter schools say that should mean funding for every public school, in-

cluding charters. “The question is a point

of clarity,” Reinsant said.The Union County

school board has yet to discuss the issue in depth, Davis said, but will talk about it in closed session at Tuesday’s meeting.

If charter schools win the case, he said, “It could be significant. It could take money that we have used for our building pro-gram and upkeep on our facilities.”

Attorneys Robert Orr and Jason Kay with the N.C. Institute for Constitu-tional Law are represent-ing the charter schools. The institute is a nonprofit organization and does not charge for its services.

“It doesn’t mean any particular charter school will get capital funding,” Orr said, “but at least they

can be considered.” Capi-tal funding would help provide new facilities and renovations for the state’s 98 charter schools.

Orr added that some charter schools rely on private benefactors for funding or local govern-ments to lease unused school facilities to them, but the schools still flip the bill for new construc-tion and renovations.

“Parents want their children treated equally,” Reinsant said. “As tax-payers, they are looking for the benefits that come from taxes; for instance, education. ... Charter schools shouldn’t be left out of it.”

Still, after reverting thousands of dollars to the state this year, some UCPS officials are worried about having even less money to

work with.Orr said many school

systems are behind in capital projects, but it is a challenge for everyone, not just traditional public schools.

“It’s not us versus them,” Orr said. “These are all public school stu-dents. If there was no charter school, they would be over in the traditional public school right now.”

Why is the lawsuit com-ing up 13 years after char-ter schools were estab-lished? Orr said the N.C. Institute for Constitu-tional Law has existed for only five years and some people are just realizing that it is there to help with such disputes.

“Charter schools are relatively new,” Reinsant said, and still trying to “create a place for them-

selves ... as a public alter-native.”

Union Academy opened in 1999, three years after the charter school law was put in place. Reinsant took over as headmaster this summer.

The other schools that are party to the suit in-clude Socrates Academy, Matthews; Sugar Creek Charter School, Char-lotte; Metrolina Regional Scholars’ Academy, Char-lotte; Community Char-ter School, Charlotte; Rocky Mount Preparatory School, Rocky Mount; and Thomas Jefferson Classi-cal Academy, Mooresboro.

— Do you have an idea for stories about public, private or home schools? Contact education reporter Tiffany Lane at 704-261-2229 or e-mail [email protected].

Union Academy seeks funds for expansionSchools

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UCPS menus

Editor’s note: Year rounds schools are not in session this week.

ElementaryMonday: Chicken nuggets with

barbecue sauce, country style steak with rice and gravy, green beans, veggie dipper, fruit, muffin

Tuesday: Pepperoni pizza, chef salad, corn, broccoli, peach cups, fruit, saltine crackers

Wednesday: Beefy nachos, turkey deluxe on hearty roll, potato bites, green salad, fruited gelatin, fruit

Thursday: Oven fried chicken, toasted cheese, sandwich, mashed potatoes with gravy, peas, salad, fruit cup, fruit, whole wheat roll

Friday: Cheese pizza, fish sand-wich, baked french fries, California blend, caesar salad, fruit crisp, fruit

Middle schoolMonday: Chicken nuggets

with barbecue sauce, country style steak with rice and gravy, green beans, glazed carrots, veggie dip-per, strawberries and bananas, fruit, muffin

Tuesday: Pepperoni pizza, chef salad, corn, broccoli, maca-roni salad, peach cups, fruit, saltine crackers

Wednesday: Beefy nachos, turkey deluxe on hearty roll, spicy tomato soup, potato bites, green salad, fruited gelatin, fruit

Thursday: Oven fried chicken, toasted cheese, sandwich, mashed potatoes with gravy, peas, salad, fruit cup, fruit, whole wheat roll

Friday: Cheese pizza, fish sand-wich, baked french fries, California blend, caesar salad, fruit crisp, fruit

High schoolMonday: Chicken nuggets

with barbecue sauce, broccoli and cheese, stuffed spud, corn, peas, green salad, pear halves, fruit, whole wheat roll

Tuesday: Lasagna, barbecue on roll, potato bites, broccoli, cae-sar salad, pineapple, banana,, red grapes, fruit, garlic bread

Wednesday: Soft taco, cheese stix dippers, refried beans, corn on the cob, mexican garden, salad, strawberry cups, fruit

Thursday: Chicken dinner, ham and cheese, on a bun, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, spinach salad, fruited gelatin, fruit, poppy seed roll

Friday: Cheese pizza, fish sandwich, parsley potatoes, carrot coins, pepper slaw, fresh orange, wedges, fruit

After schoolMonday: Giant goldfish gra-

ham, milkTuesday: Cheese sticks, juice Wednesday: Rice krispie treat,

milkThursday: Doughnut, milkFriday: Sun chip, juice

MARVINThe State Library of

North Carolina, a divi-sion of the N.C. Depart-ment of Cultural Resourc-es, has awarded Marvin Ridge High School a grant to help strengthen its li-brary’s book collection. The $10,000 School Li-brary Collection Devel-opment Grant was one of 114 awarded this year to public school libraries statewide with federal Li-brary Services and Tech-nology Act funds.

“This school library collection grant helps us

build a strong book col-lection to support the school’s curriculum,” said Cheryl Tunno, the librarian in the Marvin Ridge High School media center. “We struggle to maintain a collection that is current and meets stu-dent needs, but this will help — our average book is 7 years old,” she added, noting that the grant will be used to replace outdat-ed books as well as to add new books to the library’s collection. “This grant will help us buy 250 new titles.”

The Marvin Ridge High School library has 10,311 books.

The single-year grants are to buy books only, and are not offered to replace existing funding for the li-brary. Each dollar of grant funds must be matched with at least 25 cents in local funds. Marvin Ridge High School provided matching funds in the amount of $2,500. Over-all, the grants to school libraries this year totaled $1,124,429. Through this program, 874 grants have been awarded since 2000.

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UCPS adds teachers at New TownOne reassigned, one to be hired for fast-growing schoolBY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROEThree teachers from

Porter Ridge Elementary School have been reas-signed to new schools, effective Monday. They were notified Thursday afternoon.

David Clarke, Union County Public Schools assistant superintendent for human resources, initially said five or six teachers would be moved, but the extra reassign-ments were not neces-sary because of attrition within the last week. The school system will also hire four new teachers for overcrowded elemen-tary and middle schools.

The teachers will be assigned to New Town, Rocky River and Pop-lin elementary schools. They will not teach the same grades they cur-

rently teach. The most extreme

change is for Elizabeth Clarke, who will move from fifth grade to kin-dergarten.

Clarke said a curricu-lum specialist already provided her with books to review, and Poplin Ele-mentary principal Steph-anie McManus is giving her a week to adjust.

After meeting with David Clarke, Elizabeth Clarke — no relation — said the transfer won’t be “as disruptive as I thought.” She looks at it as “a new opportunity to go to a beautiful, brand new school.”

The other two teachers were also positive, David Clarke said.

“They handled it very well.”

Students that the teach-ers taught at Porter Ridge will be dispersed among

other classes. Class size at the school was below average, David Clarke said, and will not be over capacity with the transi-tion. Each grade level’s curriculum is the same, he added, and students switching classes should not fall behind.

As for the schools teachers will move to, a school can either take a certain number of stu-dents out of each class in a certain grade to form a new class, David Clarke said, or pull small groups of students from a few classes.

The school system will hire four new teach-ers, one each at Union Elementary, New Town Elementary, Sun Valley Middle and Piedmont Middle.

It is up to individual schools to post those openings, David Clarke

said, to be filled “as soon as possible.”

Union County Public Schools could still be asked to give more posi-tions back to the state, he added, but there are unfilled positions on re-serve that it can give up if that is the case.

“We don’t think that the ones we’ve handed out will be needing to go back to the state,” he said. “We’re pretty confi-dent in that.”

If the state asks for fewer positions than UCPS anticipates, more people will be hired to fill reserved spots, he said.

The state will make that decision the 40th day of school, near the end of the month.

— Have a story idea? Education reporter Tif-fany Lane can be reached at 704-261-2229 or [email protected].


Desiree Thomas, left, practices ‘The Waltz of the Flowers’ for the Union County Youth Ballet’s 17th annual performance of “The Nutcracker.” A cast of 150 dance students will perform the tradition-al holiday ballet Dec. 18 and 19 at the Batte Center at Wingate University. For more information, call 704-289-5733.

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You know what I forgot to say last week?

Thank you.Thanks to all of you who

responded to the news that I had a lump in my breast. Thanks to those of you who wrote and called, offered good wishes and prayed.

And thanks to those of you who offered your own stories and expertise as I began exploring the subject of how consumers can become their own health care advocates.

It’s comforting to know that I’m not the only one who is bewildered, amazed and frustrated by turns.

It’s slightly less comforting to find out that a lot of the people who share my feelings actually work in the health care and insurance industries.

I talked to some of them this week, and came away with useful information:

There is a lot of good news:• The cost of health care is

becoming more transparent — in theory, at least.

• Doctors — who, frankly, want to get paid — are trying to help patients manage their insurance companies’ requirements.

• The cost of health care is a lot more negotiable than you might think.

There is some bad news, too:• The quality of health

care is a lot less transparent than it should be.

• Doctors — who, frankly, don’t want to get sued — are nervous about offering cost estimates to patients (but they’re working on it).

Probably the most enlightening conversation I had this week was with Katie Robbins, the director of marketing and practice relations for Charlotte Radiology, which is where I had my diagnostic mammogram.

Katie, like everyone I’ve spoken with in the health care industry, has her own war stories about care and coverage. When I mentioned that, now that I’ve met my deductible for the year, I’m going on a spree of health care check-ups, she laughed ruefully — and knowingly.

As someone whose job is to manage how a medical practice is perceived, Katie has a front-row seat to doctor-patient relations.

One of the first things we discussed was what the maze of billing looks like from the inside.

We talked about how useful it is to know the average cost of a given treatment — something that Blue Cross Blue Shield provides to its members (but which I, an Anthem subscriber who is served by BCBS, was unable to access). We also talked about how useless that can be as patients move away from common tests — like mammograms — and into things like CT scans and MRIs, which are offered at radically different prices in hospitals and freestanding clinics, by hospitals and by private physicians.

I’ve been talking a lot about cost in these columns,

and it’s important.And, as complicated as it

can be, it’s also the easiest part of this whole puzzle for a layperson to grasp. The other moving target is value: The quality of the care you’re getting for the price you pay.

So how does a person assess value?

According to Katie, BCBS and Anthem, that’s up to patients, and a lot of the time, we’re assessing the wrong things.

I was impressed that Charlotte Radiology had cookies (OK, impressed against my better judgement, but still).

But, apparently, when you’re talking about someone shooting radiation through your body, it’s worth knowing whether the technician is well-trained and whether the practice has the top accreditations. The question of “chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin” really ought to take a back burner, but ...

The problem is obvious, right? I understand chocolate chips and dollars. I don’t understand x-rays, and I don’t understand what makes one mammogram better or worse than another.

I can spot a dangling participle at 50 yards and wince at the abuse of “who” and “whom,” but I don’t know the difference between a machine that delivers an appropriate dose of radiation and one that could blast me into next week.

Bless Katie’s heart for telling me the most obvious and useful thing I’ve ever heard: That’s what the experts are for — and most of the experts have made lists to help patients advocate for themselves.

In my case, Katie said, I could have gone to the American College of Radiology Web site (www.acr.org) and found a full list of questions, including “Will a board-certified radiologist interpret my examination?” and “Is the imaging facility formally accredited to perform my examination?” Um, I didn’t exactly ask those things.

When I googled “Questions to ask your doctor” just now, I got 33,500,000 hits, led off by the American Heart Association, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), and the National Institutes of Health.

Well ... neat.For those of you whose

experiences and questions I didn’t get to tackle this week, take heart: We’re not running out of subject matter anytime soon.

— Betsy O’Donovan can be reached at [email protected].

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OUR VIEW

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YOUR VIEW

OversimplifiedIt seems very simplistic for

a Democrat to think that there are more Republicans than Democrats because Repub-licans get their conclusions from talk show hosts. Perhaps that kind of attitude is why there are more Republicans. Just because Bush acted more like a free-spending liberal than he should have is no rea-son for conservatives to switch parties. A better solution is to get true conservatives in of-fice. To think that Democrats are outnumbered because Republicans are stupid is kind of stupid itself. Look at your party and try to find out what is wrong with it instead of be-ing so superficial, because the talk show host approach really won’t get you more members.

Jim SilvusIndian Trail

Sound of freedomThis letter is in response

to the gentleman who com-plained about the jet engine noise during a fly over for the Panthers opening game. Where I come from, we call that the sound of freedom.

Regarding your concerns about “wasting taxpayer money”, events such as this are considered live training missions. It takes a co-ordi-nated response from an entire team to get “time on target”. Classroom simulation is a use-ful training tool, but real time training is invaluable to the mission… FLY, FIGHT, WIN.

Lt. Col. Nancy Anderson, USAFR (Ret)

Weddington

Editor’s note: Ms. Anderson is the mayor of Weddington.

Replace the mayorThe jets might be making pa-

triotic sonic booms and flyovers for the Panthers games, but the noise in Weddington is coming from our mayor and her self serving, unapproved connector roads, roundabouts, left hand turn lanes into her property, and inappropriate use of tax-payer dollars for athletics and weight rooms.

Additionally, continuing the pursuit of commercial devel-opment in the downtown area over the objections of 72% of the citizenry has been the con-sistent noise from our mayor for seven years!

It’s time for experience and honest leadership in Wedding-ton, and the self serving non-sense to end.

Hughie SextonWeddington

Editor’s note: Sexton is op-posing Ms. Anderson in the Wed-dington mayoral race.

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YOUR VIEW

Vote ThomisserMy wife and I support

Werner Thomisser for Town Council, Wedding-ton. Werner is a great candidate for Wedding-ton Council because of his integrity, his win/win attitude and most of all, he cares about the people of Weddington.

Werner has worked with both Union County and Weddington officials, NC DOT, EMS, Fire De-partments, Sheriffs office and a number of civic groups. He researches all the issues, presents all the facts and then gives his point of view. He is open for constructive debate and alternative ideas. He has an amaz-ing energy level and stays with an issue until resolved. Werner doesn’t have a self serving agenda and has no ties to any group or individual profiting by land develop-ment in Weddington.

Werner has been work-ing for the benefit of the citizens of Weddington and when elected will

continue to work for the citizens of Weddington. He already has been in-volved in numerous posi-tive changes for the town and given the greater forum of a Council Mem-ber, we will be amazed!

Werner is a Citadel graduate, served in the USMC, former busi-ness executive, lived in Charlotte for 26 years and Weddington for 7 years!

The Weddington Mayors office and Town

Council has been in the paper and the news too much with all sorts of al-leged negative comments. To many accusations, too much defensiveness and too much wasted time and resources.

Its time for the ma-jority of Weddington residents to vote and make their voices count! Surveys are ignored, Town Hall is a maze and too many folks from the outside have influ-

ence. Weddington is at a cross roads and if we want to keep the best interests of the citizens the focal point, its time to elect people like Werner Thomisser.

Werner Thomisser will continue to work for us in a ethical manner, dem-onstrate integrity and improve the residents quality of life. Wedding-tons future depends on it!

Again please join my wife and I in support-ing Werner Thomisser for Weddington Town Council. Please on November 3rd, get out and vote, take a stand!

Mike Simon Weddington

Support ThomisserI am in strong support

of Mr. Thomisser for the following reasons:

1- Mr. Thomisser supports the following efforts and special inter-est projects in our town:

a- The Rea Road Exten-sion to bypass traffic around Weddington and

eliminate congestionb- Funding for traf-

fic lights at Hemby/Weddington-Matthews/Belulah Church Roads

c- The passage of an ordinance prohibiting any future consider-ation for a private sewer plant in Weddington

d- Funding for much needed equipment for Providence Vol-unteer Fire Dept.

e- Consideration for development of a Lo-cal Library without any further commer-cial development.

f- A continued Strong School system, Man-aged Growth and No tax increases.

Mr. Thomisser has demonstrated his ability to work ethically and sys-tematically for the better good of our town and resident’s quality of life. He has done this by being a constant presence at the Monthly Town meet-ings and working with the different Municipali-ties, which include Union County Board of Com-

missioners and the Wed-dington Town Council.

In the past, Mr. Thomisser has success-fully lobbied for Wed-dington residents by being a direct participant in securing the traffic light at the Intersec-tion of Providence and Hemby Roads, as well as helping to secure the EMS ambulance and salaried crew at the new Wesely Chapel Fire Dept. and three full time fire-fighters at the Providence Volunteer Fire Dept.

I am asking your readers to support Mr. Thomisser by voting on November 3, and get out and vote! Take part in the “right to Vote.” which is such a privi-lege in our country.

Please vote for Wer-ner Thomisser who is the right man to be a part of Town Council and who is a staunch advocate for the resi-dents of Weddington.

Janet BeckertWeddingon

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Man must repay police fundFormer treasurer pleads guilty to embezzling $57,000BY JASON [email protected]

MONROEA man pleaded guilty

to embezzlement, but will not face jail time if he repays the money.

Richard Taylor Davis, 40 of 6820 Sims Road in Waxhaw, pleaded guilty to embezzling more that $57,000 from the Union County Fraternal Or-der of Police and was sentenced to six to eight months in jail. He will not serve jail time if he pays back the full $57,148.77.

“We wanted him to pay back the money,” FOP secretary treasurer Mar-garet Derenge said. “We put our trust in him, and he broke that trust.”

Davis was charged with embezzling money from an FOP fund start-

ing in 2003; he was arrest-ed and charged Nov. 13, 2008. The Union County Sheriff ’s Office reported that he had been under investigation since May 27, 2008.

“I hate that the whole thing happened,” said Elizabeth Cooke, who is involved with police agencies and helps orga-nize events for them. “I was just surprised that he did it. I’m glad that the FOP will get the money back.”

Derenge said she was

given the impression from Davis’ family that the money had already been set aside and would be paid back. She said she was given the impression that family would like to have the felony charge dropped if he paid the money back.

The district attorney’s office proceeded with the charge and Davis will have a felony embezzle-ment conviction on his permanent record.

“He just fell into temp-tation that proved too great for him,” said Da-vis’ attorney, Harry Crow. “He has pleaded guilty to a felony and that is a significant punishment already.”

Derenge said she was more concerned that the money be returned. “It’s terribly critical that he

should pay the money back,” she said. “It will bring some closure to all of us.”

The FOP is raising money for a memorial, but that money was in a separate account which Davis did not access. Still, Derenge said the FOP has not done fund-raisers “because we were waiting and wanted this settled and wanted a higher standard put in place so this wouldn’t happen again,” she said. “I feel like he broke my trust personally. I took it very personally.”

FOP leaders said they hoped to move on as an organization. Davis has 30 days to repay the mon-ey.

District Attorney John Snyder declined to com-ment.

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

Richard Davis must repay $57,000 to the Fraternal Order of Police or face jail time.

County takes action against local rodeoBY JASON [email protected]

MONROEUnion County officials

have taken legal action to shut down Plaza de Toros Rio Grande.

Thomas “Pinky” Marsh has repeatedly and admit-tedly bucked county offi-cials and held rodeos and saddle clubs at his farm in Marshville.

In May 2007, Marsh was granted a special-use per-mit to conduct “special events/rodeo type activi-ties” according to a court file. He was limited to four one-day events per year.

In September 2007, county land use admin-istrator Lee Jensen ruled that Marsh had violated the special use permit and issued a citation for two violations on Oct. 12, 2007. On Oct. 25, 2007, the Board of Adjustment re-voked Marsh’s special use permit.

Marsh maintains he is not subject to local regu-lations because state law allows agribusinesses to operate without local oversight. He has filed lawsuits and appeals, and has continued operating his events, including one on June 26 and June 27 called “Bull Fights and Dirt Bikes,” according to the court file.

The county has sought a permanent injunction from the court that would bar Marsh from conduct-ing events on his property including: “Bull riding, calf scrambles, horse rop-ing, horse racing, petting zoos, motorcross events, selling prepared foods and alcohol, broadcasting amplified music and other disc jockey type events to the public, and other sim-ilar type activities,” ac-cording to the court file.

The county is also seek-ing to tax the costs of the action against Marsh.

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United Way volunteers dig deep for agenciesBY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROE“That’s appalling.”That was the reaction

of Ray Shroyer, a support engineer for Goodrich Corp., after he visited three United Way agen-cies earlier this summer. On his list: United Fam-ily Services, the Union County Community Shel-ter, and Turning Point, a shelter for victims of do-mestic violence and their children.

“I can’t believe the shape our society is in,” Shroyer said. To see the children at Turning Point “just broke my heart. I didn’t realize how bad it is.”

Shroyer was one of 12 Goodrich employees who visited the agencies as part of the company’s ef-forts to raise money for its weeklong United Way

campaign. It is one of the first businesses to finish the campaign and raised more this year than last, despite a fewer partici-

pants.United Way kicked off

its campaign Aug. 29; it will run into November. United Way of Central

Carolinas has set a goal of $22.7 million this year. Union County, which is part of the Central Caro-linas fundraising pool, raised $1.4 million last year.

Goodrich raised $31,113 last year with 225 employ-ees. This year, it raised $34,745 with 203 employ-ees. Most of that money comes through employee contributions; the com-pany offers a 50 percent match.

United Way took a hard hit this year when news broke of Gloria Pace King’s $1.2 million com-pensation package. King served as executive di-rector of United Way of Central Carolinas. Jane McIntyre took her place at the end of August.

Hearing news of King’s substantial compensa-tion, Gloria Goodwin, an associate technician for Goodrich, put a hold on

last year’s United Way donations. This year, she again set aside a portion of her paycheck for Unit-ed Way agencies.

“Times are really tough now,” she said. “I thought this would be a good time to get back in it.”

Goodwin said she feels better about the organi-zation’s leadership and was swayed by firsthand accounts of where her money goes.

Goodrich human re-sources manager Heather Russell, who helped head the campaign, said no one at the company was required to give, but ev-eryone was provided with information about local need and services.

“Politics aside, contro-versy aside, let’s look at who’s affected, who needs the help,” she said, and “how the funding received from us affects them.”

When the dozen em-

ployees returned from visiting agencies, they shared their experiences with co-workers.

Goodwin said they gave “heartfelt speeches,” which touched her more than agency pamphlets would have.

Goodwin is giving more this year and, on shop-ping trips, picks up extra food and school supplies to donate.

Shroyer said his visit “made a night and day difference.” Shroyer has given to United Way for 20 years and will give the same amount this year, but “I’m going to give more of myself than money.”

He has already dropped boxes of clothes and food off at the Union Coun-ty Community Shelter, where he will also volun-teer. “It was such an eye opener for me. ... I came back here and preached to everybody.”

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ObituariesNancy Starnes

MINERAL SPRINGSNancy Winchester

Starnes, 98, died Thursday (Oct. 1, 2009) at Hospice of Union County in Monroe.

Funeral was Saturday at Heritage Funeral Home of Weddington, with buri-al in Lakeland Memorial Park in Monroe.

Born Aug. 25, 1911, she was a daughter of the late George T. and Rilla H. Winchester.

Survivors include Myra Starnes Helms of Indian Trail, Anne Starnes How-ell of Charlotte; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Union County Council on Aging, or Hospice of Union County or to the charity of one’s choice.

Online condolences may be left at www.heritagefu-neral.net.

Elizabeth ButlerWAXHAW

Elizabeth Butler, 74, died Thursday (Oct. 1, 2009) at home.

Arrangements will be announced by Grier Fu-neral Service of Monroe.

De Shonney CroweWAXHAW

De Shonney Gregory Crowe, 46, died Sept. 26, 2009, at home.

Funeral was Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Waxhaw.

Born May 8, 1963, in Manhattan, N.Y., he was a son of James McIntyre of New York City and Helen Gwendolyn Crowe of Wax-haw.

Survivors, in addition to his parents, include one son, DeShonney Staten of Indiana; one daughter, Ta-heerah Smith of Waxhaw; maternal grandparents, James and Annie Faye Crowe of Waxhaw; and two grandchildren.

Gary BurnetteWAXHAW

Gary Sylvanus Bur-nette, 70, died Monday (Sept. 28, 2009).

Funeral was Thursday at Gordon Funeral Ser-vice in Monroe.

Born May 19, 1939, in Gaston County, he was a son of the late Cecil and Dessie Reagan Burnette. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Sondra Burnette.

Survivors include his wife, Brenda Rogers Bur-nette; three daughters, Christy Burnette of Wax-haw, Lisa Ramirez of Paso Robles, Calif., Kim Hitt of Burbank, Calif.; one son, Cory Burnette of Hick-ory; two brothers, C.D. Burnette, William “Bud” Burnette, both of Canyon County, Calif.; one sister, Tincey Burnette of Ari-zona; and eight grandchil-dren.

Memorials may be made to Mary Elizabeth Baptist Church, 3703 Mary Eliza-beth Church Road, Wax-haw, NC 28173.

Online condolences may be made at www.gor-donfuneralservice.com.

Margaret GriggCHARLOTTE — Mar-

garet Boatright Haywood Grigg, 85, died Sept. 27, 2009, at Hospice House I in Monroe.

Funeral was Wednesday at Davis Funeral Home of Monroe, with burial in Forest Lawn East Cem-etery in Weddington.

Born Aug. 27, 1924, in Union County, she was a daughter of the late Grady Lee and Kathleen Jackson Boatright, and was married to the late Jennings Haywood and to the late Otto Grigg. She was a retired electronic assembler with Douglas Aircraft.

Survivors include three daughters, Patricia Grant of Charlotte, Nancy Moore of Unionville, Su-san Haywood of Concord; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s As-sociation, Western Caro-lina Chapter, 3800 Sham-rock Drive, Charlotte, NC 28215-3220

An online guest book is available at www.davisfu-neralservice.com.

Albert YakavonisMONROE

Albert W. Yakavonis, 92, died Sept. 26 2009, at Hos-

pice House.Funeral Mass was

Wednesday at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Char-lotte, with burial in Forest Lawn East Cemetery in Weddington.

Born Sept. 29, 1916, in South Boston, Mass., he was a son of the late Jo-seph and Malvina Skrip-konis Yakavonis and was married to the late Blanche Stella Urban Yakavonis.

Survivors include one daughter, Ruth Virginia DePaola; four grandchil-dren; and six great-grand-children.

Online condolences may be left at www.heritagefu-neral.net.

Virginia HelmsMONROE

Virginia Lee Aldridge Helms, 74, died Sept. 26, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center-Union.

Funeral was Wednes-day at Freedom Baptist Church in Wingate, with burial in the Faulks Bap-tist Church cemetery in Marshville.

Born Feb. 13, 1935, in Union County, she was daughter of the late Hen-ry L. and Jenny M. Helms Aldridge, and was mar-ried to the late Billy F. Griffin Sr. and to the late Clarence Grady Helms. She was preceded in death by a son, Bobby J. Griffin. She was a retired seam-stress.

Survivors include two sons, Billy F. Griffin Jr., Randy L. Griffin, both of Waxhaw; one daughter, Patricia W. Evans of Lan-caster, S.C.; four stepsons, Dennis (Pete) Helms of Indian Trail, Eddie Helms of Greenville, S.C., Rick Helms of Matthews, Rog-er Helms of Monroe; three stepdaughters, Frances Tipton of Wingate, Edith Witmore of Waxhaw, Wil-lie Ruth Snyder of Indian Trail; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchil-dren.

Online condolences may be left at www.davis-funeralservice.com.

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

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rooms to medical treat-ment rooms.

“As you can imagine, we know that there will be some special circumstanc-es,” said Roger Ray, execu-tive vice president of Car-olinas HealthCare System. Ray said medical officials don’t want to “stand in the way” of seeing patients or of complicating family matters in an “end-of-life situation.”

Ray said examples of ex-ceptional circumstances might include a 16-year-old might bring his mother in to the emergency room, or a parent in need of im-mediate attention might bring a child along with no time to make other ar-rangements. A teenage mother would be allowed to bring her child in for treatment, he said.

Still, children and ado-lescents are more likely to contract H1N1 flu and might be contagious be-fore showing symptoms.

“Goodness knows we don’t want them coming for an innocent visit ... and getting exposed,” Ray said. “North and South Carolina have widespread H1N1 presence right now,” and the states have yet to receive the H1N1 vaccine. A vaccine should be avail-able in October.

So far, he added, there are very few cases of sea-sonal flu. “Almost any flu we’re seeing these days is still H1N1.”

North Carolina’s most recent guidelines are to

test patients for H1N1 only if their illness is bad enough to land them in the intensive care unit. This makes it difficult to calcu-late an accurate number of confirmed swine flu cases, Ray said.

In addition to the lim-ited visitation, both hos-pital systems encourage everyone over the age of 18 to stay away from hos-pitals if they have flu-like

symptoms, such as sore throats, coughing, body aches or high fevers. Those with the flu should stay at home until they are fever-free for 24 hours.

Wallenhaupt said many people with these symp-toms can be treated at

home with over-the-coun-ter medications.

Ray also urges people to get seasonal flu and H1N1 flu vaccinations as soon as possible. The early version of the H1N1 vaccine is ex-pected to be a nasal spray, but where there is a choice,

the CDC recommends na-sal sprays for children and shots for adult. A recent study indicated that shots may be twice as effec-tive in adults, while nasal sprays are more effective for children.

“We can prevent flu outbreaks or at least de-lay their onset until more people have had time to get immunized,” Ray said in a press release. “The most important steps are the common sense pre-cautions that have been publicized: Cover your cough. Wash your hands often. If you have flu-like

symptoms, avoid contact with other people and stay home.”

Ray said the policy is in place for an “indefinite” amount of time and will be reconsidered weekly.

A press release issued by the two hospital sys-tems said it will be in ef-fect until “the incidence of flu has significantly de-creased.”

The Mecklenburg Coun-ty Department of Health is endorsing the visitation policy.

— Staff writer Tiffany Lane can be reached at 704-261-2229.

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Nyesha Mills, 10, reads a magazine as she and her younger brother, Christopher, wait outside the lab at Carolinas Medical Center-Union. Starting Thursday, the hospital and others in the region stepped up their efforts to fight vulnerable patients’ exposure to the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, by ban-ning children unless they are receiving treatment.

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Opening arguments dwell on bloody detailsD.A.: Jamez Hunter stabbed his grandmother with golf club; defense says he ‘could not’BY JASON [email protected]

MONROEProsecutors offered

bloody details as they opened their case against a man accused of killing his grandmother.

Jamez Dorjan Hunter, 27, formerly of 124 W. Union St., Marshville, is accused of stabbing his grandmother to death on May 6, 2007. Rosia Hunter was found the next morn-ing by another one of her grandsons, who was wait-ing for the school bus to Forest Hills High School.

The handle of a golf club was protruding from her neck, a detail prosecutors described while showing photos to the jury.

“This man sitting right there killed his grand-mother,” District Attorney John Snyder said in his

opening argument, stand-ing close to Hunter and pointing while Hunter sat, quiet and expressionless.

Defense attorney Nor-man Butler countered, ar-guing that Hunter “would not ... could not ... did not kill his grandmother,” but “went into a blackout stage,” on May 6 after taking crack cocaine and ecstasy.

“When he gained aware-ness, he discovered that his poor grandmother was dead,” Butler said, then added that Rosia Hunter was his client’s “beloved grandmother.”

The district attorney’s first witnesses were Hunt-er’s family; James Allen, one of Rosia Hunter’s five children, now lives at 124 W. Union St. in Marshville and said he assumed she had died from medical complications because she was a 20-year cancer survivor and a diabetic. During Butler’s cross-examination, Allen said that his mother never said anything that would make him believe she was afraid of Jamez Hunter.

After family members testified, Union Emer-

gency Services Emer-gency Medical technician Cathy McNair was called. McNair was in the ambu-lance that responded to the 911 call made shortly before 7 a.m. on May 7, 2007.

After seeing the body and the inside of the house, McNair said it was “obvious” to her that it was a “murder scene.” Rosia Hunter’s body was found in the master bathroom of her home; prosecutors showed pho-tographs of a path of smears marking the floor

between her kitchen and bedroom.

State Bureau of Inves-tigation Special Agent Christie Hearne described the crime scene in detail, noting blood marks in the laundry room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. She also testified that there were red marks that appeared to be blood stains on a mop.

The trial will resume Monday with Hearne’s testimony.

— Jason deBruyn can be reached at 704-261-22243 or [email protected].

Jamez Hunter is charged with first-degree murder. Testimony began in his trial Friday.

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Plastic bottles banned from N.C. landfillsUnion County landfill will accept separated bottles, wooden pallettes and oil for recyclingBY ELISABETH [email protected]

MONROEBefore you chuck that

water bottle into the trash can, you might want to check your calendar.

Starting Thursday, plas-tic bottles — as well as mo-tor oil filters and wooden pallets — were banned from solid waste disposal in North Carolina.

The state banned the three items to preserve space in existing landfills and to create green jobs, said Gary Hunt, direc-tor of the N.C. Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental As-sistance.

“There’s a huge market for plastics and pallets,” he said.

Wooden pallets are of-ten ground up and used for fuel, said Jennifer Nance, recycling coordi-nator for Union County public works. Plastics are often reused, and Hunt pointed out that, because

plastic is a petroleum product, it is not infinite-ly renewable.

“There’s a whole lot more energy that goes into taking oil and mak-ing plastic versus recy-cling plastics,” Hunt said. “There’s a lot of energy savings.”

Hunt said oil filters were added to the banned

list because oil was al-ready banned in landfills and, since the filters often contain traces of oil, it made sense to ban them as well.

Since 1989, the N.C. General Assembly has es-tablished disposal bans on items ranging from oyster shells to televisions.

Still, the state has strug-

gled meeting its recycling goals in the last couple of decades, said Elizabeth Ouzts, state director for Environment North Car-olina, a statewide, citizen-based environmental ad-vocacy group.

Instead of decreasing the amount of trash per person between 1991 and 2001, the total went up, from 1 ton of trash per year per person to 1.21 tons. And for every bottle that is recycled, four are thrown away, Ouzts said.

“The ban will be a good first step toward encour-aging recycling in North Carolina,” she said.

Union County residents have several options for disposing of the three newly banned materials. The Union County land-fill and transfer stations accept plastic bottles, wooden pallets, oil and oil filters. These items will be put in a separate location from the rest of

the solid waste and later transferred. Residents will be charged $1.50 per 100 pounds of wooden pal-lets and $30 per ton.

“We had to do that to meet our end,” Nance said. “We have to actually pay to have a private ven-dor come and grind the pallets up.”

Additionally, collection sites take plastic bottles, oil and oil filters.

Monroe residents can also use the city’s curb-side recycling program to dispose of plastic bottles.

Monroe’s Operation Center, at 2401 Walkup Ave., accepts used motor oil and oil filters between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Nance acknowledged the problem of enforcing the ban.

“We don’t have the man-power to open up each in-dividual household bag,” she said. To combat that problem, some munici-

palities require residents use clear plastic bags.

Instead, Nance said, the city will focus on bigger players, like businesses.

“It’s mainly about pub-lic information and get-ting people to think about recycling,” Nance said.

A large percentage of the trash that Union Coun-ty residents throw away can be recycled, said Solid Waste Director Mark Tye. In a typical load of resi-dential garbage, 22 per-cent is plastic, 15 percent is paper or cardboard and 6 percent is metal. Forty-three percent of residen-tial garbage could have been recycled.

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A special bin at the Union County Landfill holds plastic bottles, which have been banned in an effort to reduce bulk and increase recycling statewide.

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UCo Quilters makes quilts for a number of charities through Habitat for Humanity, local hospi-tals and the Union Coun-ty Animal Shelter. The group also designed the quilt that will be raffled off this weekend.

Unlike other quilt shows that show only a handful of quilts, Fox said, Barnful of Quilts has dozens on display.

“Each of the stalls be-comes a boutique,” she said, and each artist will be there to talk about his or her work.

“The tradition of quilt-ing has been around for

so long that people in the last number of years have been taking it to such new heights,” she said. “It’s such an art form now. It used to be Sunbonnet Susan, … but now people are incorporating new ideas.”

Saturday’s show will re-flect that movement with

examples of both tradi-tional and contemporary designs.

“There will be a lot of ladies, but we welcome the guys, too,” McWhort-er said. “They will love the barn.”

Money raised in the past has helped fund a sat-ellite dish in Africa. Wax-haw Presbyterian also supports young mission-aries, as well as Glasses for Missions, an outreach project to provide glasses at little expense. A vol-unteer from that mis-sion will be at Barnful of Quilts to share his own artwork.

Church members have also worked with the Cri-sis Pregnancy Center of Monroe and Hospice of Union County.

Fox Farms is located at 7505 Sims Road in Wax-haw. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ad-mission is a $5 donation. People under 18 and over 80 get in free.

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Bowden cancels debateIncumbents say aspiring councilman cross-scheduled with town meetingBY ELISABETH [email protected]

MONROEIt’s looking less and

less likely that all Miner-al Springs Town Council candidates will be pres-ent at the same forum leading up to the election on Nov. 3.

In an e-mail Thurs-day, candidate Charles Bowden said he is his in-dependent forum, sched-uled for Oct. 8 at the Mineral Springs Music Barn, “due to the refusal of the incumbent candi-dates, for town council and mayor of Mineral Springs, to participate in a debate with myself.”

Bowden proposed the debate in a letter to all candidates dated Sept.

26. The forum would have included two mod-erators: one chosen by him and one chosen by the incumbents.

Bowden and incum-bents Jerry Country-man, Janet Critz and Melody LaMonica are vying for three council seats. Mayor Rick Becker is up for re-election but is running unopposed.

Bowden added that he will not participate in the League of Women Voters’ forum scheduled for 7 p.m. on Oct. 20 at the Western Union Elemen-tary School auditorium.

Critz said that even if any of the candidates had wanted to attend Bowden’s forum, they wouldn’t have been able

to because it was sched-uled on the same night as their Town Council meeting.

Bowden said he did not realize the time conflict.

Town meetings have been scheduled on the second Thursday of the month since the town in-corporated.

“I have no idea why he would propose such a ridiculous opportunity,” she said. “We would have been remiss in our town duties to make such a de-cision.”

Becker said it was “un-fair” of Bowden to expect candidates to choose.

“I certainly wasn’t go-ing to expect our council members to miss a meet-ing for a forum,” he said.

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Tickled Pink is an exclusive charity and comedy event designed to raise awareness and funds for uninsured and underserved women fighting breast cancer in Union County. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Edwards Cancer Center at CMC-Union.

In addition to a great comedy show, the evening will also include a silent auction, “Bras for the Cause” contest and breast cancer education.

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Ed Pfau, a member of the Waxhaw Woodturner Club, demonstrated his craft while fashioning a natural-edge bowl at the 2008 Autumn Treasures Festival in Waxhaw. The 2009 festival will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Fall festival begins Saturday‘Autumn Treasures’ brings artists and artisans to WaxhawBY ELISABETH [email protected]

WAXHAWThe sixth annual Au-

tumn Treasures Festival in Waxhaw will reach out to children like never be-fore, town events coordi-nator Cathy Murphy said.

The free event, sched-uled for Oct. 10-11, will feature a larger kid zone with more rides and in-flatable attractions. The Carolina Raptor Center will participate for the first time, allowing chil-dren to see birds of prey up close. Schiele Museum Gem Mining and A Walk in the Woods will also make their debuts.

“Number one, I didn’t want people to have to pay a lot of money to be here,” Murphy said. “Number two, I wanted the kids to be entertained. If the kids are having fun, the par-ents are having fun.”

Parents might be happy to know that their chil-dren can also get free

lessons on manners at the festival. Libby Mill-er from The Etiquette School of The Piedmont

will offer free classes at the top of each hour. Top-ics will include telephone and table manners, and

advice about how to write thank-you notes.

The downtown Wax-haw event will also have booths selling jewelry, woodwork, local apples and other crafts and art. Area musicians, includ-ing the Norris Boys and GodSent, will play on the main stage. A variety of local foods will be sold.

Terri Barbee, a rep-resentative for festival sponsor Waxhaw United Methodist Church, said she is excited to have the expanded kid zone on and around the church prem-ises.

“It’s letting the church’s people serve the people of the community,” she said. “I’m looking forward to it.”

Autumn Treasures be-gins at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10 and noon on Oct. 11; the festival ends at 6 p.m. both days.

— Waxhaw reporter Elisabeth Arriero can be reached at 704-261-2226.

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Timothy Ferry fielded questions about his chair caning technique at the 2008 Autumn Treasures festival. This year, visitors will find rides, raptors, gem mining and free children’s seminars from The Etiquette School of the Piedmont at the two-day festival. Artists and craftsmen will also set up booths along main street in downtown Waxhaw.

commissioners, a major-ity, could come from one district. The next meeting is scheduled for Oct. 28.

Deese was against any-thing fewer than five dis-tricts so no majority could come from one district.

“They can still stack the board,” he said.

N.C. Rep. Pryor Gib-son, D-Anson, represents eastern Union County. “As long as whatever happens,” he said. “Accu-rately and fairly includes representation for east-ern Union County, I will support it completely.”

Because Union is af-fected by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, any changes to voting pro-cedures must be approved by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The act of 1965 declares that no one shall be de-nied a vote based on color or race and, according to department Web site, “is generally considered the most successful piece of civil rights legislation ever adopted by the Unit-ed States Congress.”

Section 5 of the act makes certain districts get approval before mak-ing any changes to the voting procedures in-cluding “anything from moving a polling place to changing district lines in the county,” according

to the Web site. Union is one of 40 North Carolina counties under Section 5. Nine entire states, includ-ing South Carolina, fall under Section 5.

The assistant attor-ney general for the Civil Rights Division rules on most change requests after a 60-day review pe-riod. Among other things, the assistant general will have conversations with private citizens, particu-larly of racial or linguis-tic minorities.

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

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Offensive TDs Return TDs Special TeamsName, Yr. (School) Rush Rec K/P Int. Fum FG XP 2pt Tot.Juanne Blount, Sr. (FH) 14 2 88Shamiir Hailey, Sr. (M) 13 2 82Jamison Crowder, Jr. (M) 7 3 1 2 70Charvis Barrino, Sr. (CA) 8 3 54Dylan Williams, Sr. (MR) 8 48Matt Frein, Sr. (MR) 5 28 43Brandon Little, So. (W) 6 1 38Jadarrius Williams, So. (SV) 4 2 1 38Maurice Leak, Sr. (Pw) 6 36Kolly Ogar, Jr. (MR) 6 36Anthony Boone, Sr. (W) 5 30Marcus Leak, Jr. (Pw) 4 1 30Kemp Lotharp, Sr. (Pw) 5 30Steven Miller, Sr. (Pm) 5 30Christian Cruz, Sr. (M) 28 28Dylan Hunter, Sr. (Pw) 2 21 27Jamie Baker, Sr. (FH) 2 20 26Jalen Sowell, Jr. (M) 4 1 26M. Montgomery, Sr. (Pm) 4 13 25Bobby Blakeney, Sr. (M) 4 24KJ Brent, Jr. (MR) 4 24Tyler Chadwick, So. (MR) 4 24Qwadarius Duboise, Jr. (M) 3 1 24Deonte Hiatt, Jr. (Pw) 4 24Cameron Leviner, Jr. (Pm) 4 24Lee McNeill, So. (PR) 4 24Orlando Ratliff, Sr. (FH) 3 1 24Casey Lang, Sr. (W) 4 10 22Matt Wogan, Fr. (PR) 3 13 22Quon Threatt, Sr. (M) 3 1 20Jody Fuller, So. (SV) 3 18Cody Haverland, Jr. (W) 3 18Rasheed Rushing, Fr. (UA) 3 18Canious Sturdivant, Sr. (FH) 3 18Mike Thornton, Sr. (W) 3 18Cameron Havey, Sr. (SV) 1 13 16Donnard Covington, Sr. (M) 2 1 14Mitchell Blackburn, So. (CA) 2 12Isaac Blakeney, Sr. (M) 2 12Matt Chilton, Jr. (MR) 1 1 12Cole Finch, So. (W) 12 12Jared Hill, So. (UA) 2 12Tyler Kirk, Sr. (PR) 2 12Chandler LeDoyen, Sr. (MR) 2 12Jamal Little, So. (FH) 2 12Devin Martin, Sr. (PR) 2 12Ryan Patty, Sr. (PR) 2 12Justin Pleasants, Jr. (W) 2 12Tyler Sierra, Sr. (PR) 2 12Ryan Smith, So. (SV) 2 12

Spurgeon leads Mavs to sweep Sun ValleyBy DaviD SEntEnDrEySports Correspondent

MARVINThe Marvin Ridge vol-

leyball team served up a 3-0 defeat to Sun Valley on Tuesday.

The Mavericks are now 9-5 overall and 6-1 in the Southern Carolina 3A/4A Conference with their sole loss coming against conference leader Wed-dington.

After winning the first set 25-8 and the second 25-11, the Mavericks were tested by the Spartans early in the third set, trailing 6-5, but finished strong, 25-17.

Junior Jacqui Spurgeon led the Mavericks with 14 kills and two blocks.

“[Spurgeon] loves the sport, she aspires to play

in college … she’s always looking for ways she can improve,” Mavs coach Brook Sandburg said. “She’s going to be a senior next year and she’s proba-bly going to dominate this area for the most part.”

Sophomore Ashlyn Sun-seri added seven kills and two digs while the Maver-icks received help from two freshmen – Amanda Hampton, who recorded 10 digs and two assists, and Olivia Smiarowski, who scorched seven kills.

Sophomore Brooke Soldo had a strong outing for the Mavericks in lim-ited playing time; Soldo is recovering from an ankle injury.

Soldo is not quite the tallest player on the court, but has quick feet and tre-mendous leaping ability – enabling her to work for kills when set up with a good pass.

“Brooke is a very strong individual,” Sandburg said.

“She works hard and does a lot of good things –

positive things for us.“She stays after to get

her hitting in, it’s very good to see.”

The Mavericks have only one senior this sea-son. Their biggest disad-vantage may be their lack of experience and size, but their roster is heavy with aggressive hitters – maybe even sometimes too ag-gressive.

Too often, Marvin Ridge lacks quality passing and proper sets for kills. A poor set often leads to a hit into the into the net or a ball that sails out of bounds.

If the Mavericks can control their passes and put the ball in place where hitters like Spurgeon can come down hard on the ball, then their chances of competing with confer-ence leader Weddington improves greatly.

“With this team being so young we still have a lot of girls that need more reps in,” Sandburg said. “When you get more reps in and you get more chances to

terminate the ball, you’re going to learn to adjust to the sets regardless of height, off the net, close to the net – whatever it is.

“It’s such a tough game because timing is key, in everything. Timing is key in passing, hitting, serv-ing – everything.”

With three matches re-maining, Marvin Ridge is fighting with Weddington for the top seed in confer-ence.

The Mavericks’ 3-0 loss to the Warriors on Sept. 22 failed to address how close the game actually was – only a total of 10 points separated the two teams.

“A missed serve, an er-ror, a missed hit – that puts us back into that match instead of losing hit,” Sandburg said. “We didn’t get blown out, but we did make some minor mistakes that if we can tweak them up a little bit, we have a good chance at taking games away from them.”

The Mavericks will host the Warriors on Oct. 8.

Marvin Ridge junior Jacqui Spurgeon (7) had 14 kills and two blocks to lead the Mavericks past Sun Valley on Tuesday.Ed Cottingham / Waxhaw Exchange

Martin had 12 digs against Porter Ridge with eight coming in the third set when Weddington was trailing.

Martin showed off her quick feet and aggressive-ness, diving for balls around the court and recording several one-handed digs.

“Lauren Martin came through in that third game when we got behind 10-2 and she kept that ball up on that left side consistently so that we could come back into the game,” Powell said. “Without those passes we would have never of got-ten the hits that brought us back.

“That defense is so im-portant and [Martin] is a big part of it right now.”

Junior Sarah Harvey contributed three blocks in that third set as well.

Leading the SCC stand-

ings, the Warriors will control their own destiny in regards to a conference championship.

Marvin Ridge has just one league loss — at WHS. The rematch is Thursday at Marvin Ridge starting at 6:30 p.m.

“It’s ours to defend right now,” Powell said.

“Marvin Ridge is good, they have great hitters, they get to the ball, they get it up – to me it could go either way when we meet Marvin Ridge.”

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competitive she is,” Mur-phy said. “She sets the tone for the team that way.”

Branham has consis-tent control of her shots and turns well on the ball — forcing opponents to run off the court-of-play in an attempt to return a shot.

“She’s very strategic and wants to figure out a way to beat you,” Murphy said. “She’s not going to just try and hit the ball all over the place and go for winners. …She’s very dis-ciplined.”

Branham’s discipline showed against Porter Ridge’s Brooke Ingram.

Ingram is one of the more consistent players in the county – rarely go-ing for winners, yet wear-ing down her opponents with her speed and ability

to hit back most shots.“She runs down tons of

balls, to beat her you have to hit a lot of winners and you cannot miss a lot,” Branham said. “I like to work the point and then wait until I see an angle opening. If I hit an angle either to her backhand or her forehand that opens the court up more and I try to drive it to the other side.

“Or sometimes I come to the net and try to finish the point there, too.”

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touchdown pass from Lucas Beatty.

Weddington had just 43 yards of total offense in the second half.

“Once we got down 21-7, we got pretty pre-dictable,” said Hardin. “Olympic’s got a good defense with some good athletes, and when a defense like that makes you one-dimensional,

it’s easier for them to at-tack you.”

Despite the loss, Har-din was pleased with his team’s defensive effort after allowing just 213 yards of total offense by the Trojans.

“Defensively, we had a good plan and the guys believed in it,” said Har-din.

“This is something we have to build on going into the conference. The first five weeks of the season we were moving kids around, but now we feel like we’ve got guys in the right spots.”

Weddington opens up play in the Southern Carolina Conference at home against Parkwood next Friday starting at 7:30 p.m.

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629 N West St. Monroe, 3br 1ba, good location fenced yard stor bldg $89,000 nego (704)764-8837

128 Lots & Acreage

3 vacant lots for sale 600 block English St. Mon-roe call (704)272-8704

92.61 acres near Wingate Universitygood frontage $795,000

HERITAGE REALTY704-289-5596

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 1ba 5 miles out of Mon-roe $525mo +dep & refs. req’d, (704)283-4269 or 704-577-2253

3br 2ba Unionville/Pied-mon clean/neat $600mo (704)289-1460Wingate: 2 mo free rent 3BR 2BA $600 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

140 Mobile Homes - Sale

Land Owners Wanted Zero Down

call for details (704)225-8850

TRANSPORTATION

148 Autos For Sale

05 Buick LeSabre mileage 31K, metallic blue & gray inside, 1 owner, no smok-er $11,000 704-753-1044

93 Honda Civic 2 dr, stand-ard trans, 170k miles, good cond 38 mpg $2000 firm (704)233-0464

163 ATVs

ATV Honda 300 cc runs exc. gun rack great for hunter $2300 OBO 843-634-3577, 704-219-0225

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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

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] 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

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

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 $139,000. 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.

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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

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