South Charlotte Weekly

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CMS ensures safety in wake of last month’s threats

In the wake of threats made against a few Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools (CMS) last month, area parents are looking for ways to help their students feel safe in the classroom.

CMS representatives say the district already has implemented procedures and infrastructure to increase security and safety in schools.

The district developed new security measures at the beginning of the 2014-15

school year, including electronic locks, identification systems, lobby guard systems, panic button installations, bi-directional amplifiers to improve communication with first responders and installation of about 4,000 security cameras around the district, including all elementary schools that previ-ously didn’t have any on their campuses.

“Schools (also) have various drills throughout the school year, including lockdown procedures, fire drills, evacua-tions (and) weather-related drills,” Yaviri Escalera, spokesperson for CMS, said in an email.

The drills help ensure students and fac-ulty are prepared, if and when dangerous events happen, she added.

“Lockdown drills are (particularly) impor-tant because it lets students know what they should do during a lockdown and how they should be behaving during the lockdown,” Escalera said.

Schools also have safety plans, which are confidential and are not shared with the general public in order to maintain the safety of students and staff, she added.

CMS Police Chief Randy Hagler said each high school has a police officer on

campus each day.“Parents are always welcome to contact

their officer at their school in case there is something that just doesn’t look right,” Hagler said.

Three CMS schools received threats against their students last month through the social media site Yik Yak. CMS Police apprehended the perpetrator, Patrick Philip Brehm, who made the threats against Prov-idence High School, but are still investigat-ing other threats made.

“During last month’s threat, the district (see CMS safety on page 5)

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A 10-year cancer survivor Ireland has been involved in Relay since her diagnosis and had a grandfather lose his battle to cancer. Her father is currently bat-tling the disease. Ireland said she holds the efforts of Relay dear to her and hopes to connect with other sur-vivors.

For individuals who cannot attend the kick-off event, but want to support the cause, RFLB have determined some other ways to help. Residents can: become a member of a team to raise funds and partici-pate in an overnight event in spring 2015; participate in a team and in other events as a survivor of cancer; or become a member of the planning committee for the 2015 event.

“I just want to get more people involved and I find that the easiest way is to get my friends and family involved and form teams together,” Ireland said.

Last year’s Relay raised more than $105,000 to help fight cancer and 12 teams and 29 participants have already raised almost $4,000 this year before the kick-off event, according to the group’s website.

Ireland said the goal is set for 45 participating teams and to raise $115,000.

“The American Cancer Society wants to make sure that the community knows that Relay for Life is a large community festival that benefits not only the individ-ual, but the community as a whole,” Fletcher said.

Visit relayforlife.org/Ballantynenc or facebook.com/Ballantynerelay for more information.

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Ballantyne to kick off its ‘Relay’ effortsby Courtney Schultz

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Relay For Life of Ballantyne (RFLB) will kick off its fourth year on Tuesday, Jan. 13, to help support the American Cancer Society.

Event organizers will launch its Luau for Life – Kick-Off Open House on Tuesday, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Black-thorne Restaurant & Bar, located at 11310 N. Community House Road in south Char-lotte.

Residents can attend the free event to learn how to become involved with RFLB, to form and reg-ister fundraising teams for the event and to learn about other volunteer opportunities, according to a news release.

“The kick-off open house is an opportunity for people to come and mingle and be introduced to Relay,” said spokesperson Gayle Ireland.

Efforts from Relay go toward furthering the American Cancer Society’s education, advocacy and research efforts as well as treatments the association

provides, Felisha Fletcher, liaison for Ballantyne’s Relay event, said.

Relay For Life is an organized, overnight commu-nity fundraising walk, where teams of people camp out around a track. Members of each team take

turns walking around the track. The event also includes food, games and activities in a family-friendly environment to pro-vide entertainment and build camara-

derie.This year’s event will be

held at the Morrison Family YMCA, located at 9405 Bryant Farms Road in south Charlotte, in May

or June, Ireland said.

Relay For Life is also a great way for people to meet other can-

cer survivors, Fletcher said. S o m e t i m e s

cancer survivors feel alienated from

the community and Relay is a way for

those people to find others who are experiencing or have experienced the disease, she added.


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Hurry In!worked with CMS Police and the (Char-lotte-Mecklenburg Police Department) to implement safety protocols and other mea-sures to support the safety of our students and staff. There was also additional police presence throughout the week,” Escalera wrote in an email.

Hagler said parents monitoring social media sites helped CMS Police take action quickly during the incident.

Principals sent multiple messages to par-ents regarding the threats, as well as imple-mented the schools’ confidential safety plans.

CMS acknowledged such occurrences are possible but rare, and when they do happen, the district tries to ensure parents are “in the loop.”

“When those things do happen, we send (Blackboard) Connect 5 messages to our families to let them know what we’re doing as a school district to make sure our stu-dents and staff are safe,” Escalera said.

CMS encourages parents and students to be vigilant not only in schools, but around the community, and to be mindful of poten-tial hazards.

Representatives from the National Asso-ciation of School Psychologists (NASP), as well as CMS, also have suggested some guidelines to help parents and students to take an active role in ensuring school safety and feeling comfortable at school:

• Students should not be afraid of tell-ing the truth, and should not mistake being truthful for tattling or gossiping. They should provide important information that might prevent harm by directly or anony-mously telling a trusted adult what they know or hear, NASP suggested on its web-site.

“If (a student) hears something, (it should be) communicated to someone at school so it can be looked into,” Escalera said.

• Play a role in school safety. “Be obser-vant and let an adult know if you see or hear something that makes you feel uncomfort-able, nervous or frightened,” NASP stated on its website.

“The biggest thing that we ask parents to do is be involved in what their kids are doing and what technology they’re using,” Hagler said.

• School staff and parents at home should emphasize that violence is never the answer and that there are other ways to solve prob-lems, according to NASP.

• Parents should know open communi-cation between home and school is impor-tant to school safety, CMS representatives said. Parents should contact school offi-cials regarding concerns or questions about school policy or their child’s safety.

“We do need the public to support us and let us know when something is going on like they did (last month),” Hagler said.

• Parents also can contact the CMS Safety Department at 980-343-5156.

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The Fresh Market will hire approximately 90 people at its new south Charlotte location, located in the Promenade Shopping Center off Providence Road. The store is expected to open later this year.

The Fresh Market will host a Career Open House on Jan. 21, a Wednesday, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at SpringHill Suites by Marriott, located at 12325 Johnston Road in south Charlotte. Attendees must apply online at careers.thefreshmarket.com prior to attend-ing.

Available positions include assistant front end managers, assistant deli managers, bak-ers, produce managers, meat cutters, seafood and cheese specialists and a variety of other openings. Attendees will be invited to speak directly to the hiring team.

Visit careers.thefreshmarket.com for a complete list of openings.

Future redevelopment of Sharon UMC leaves Barbecue Fundraiser in question

Boy Scout Troop 355 will hold its annual “Best in the Galaxy” barbecue fundraiser on Jan. 16, with order pickup from noon to 8 p.m., and on Jan. 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sharon United Methodist Church, located at 4411 Sharon Road. Lunch will be available on Jan. 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and dinner will be from 5 to 8 p.m. with live bluegrass music.

The fundraiser will help troops fund a vari-ety of activities, from adventure excursions to helping the homeless. This year, the troop hopes to plan a canoe trip on the Penobscot River in Maine.

Boy Scout Troop 355 has hosted the annual

barbecue at Sharon UMC since 1995. The barbecue is smoked “low and slow” for 12-15 hours over hickory, giving the meat a unique and smoky flavor. To prepare for the barbe-cue, the troop completed a preliminary event at John Belk Scout Camp where they spent a day and a half preparing and bottling Barbe-cue sauce. The troop prepared 1,200 bottles of sauces for the fundraiser this year.

The troop plans on preparing and cooking an estimated 11,000 pounds of barbecue on 35 cookers. Smoking begins on Jan. 12 and will continue for two days.

This year’s fundraising event will be partic-ularly important, as the church has recently elected to redevelop its building and grounds, which could alter the location of the barbe-cue for future years. In order to prepare for the site’s redevelopment, Troop 355 hopes to raise record-breaking funds to help continue the troop’s work in future years.

Contact scoutmaster Gary Swanson at 803-984-6545 for more information.

Ballantyne Hotel’s Gingerbread Lane most successful fundraiser yet

The Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge raised over $7,800 to benefit Levine Children’s Hospital with its annual Gingerbread Lange competi-tion.

Thirty-one participants competed in the fundraiser. Johnson & Wales University stu-dents Maris Pederson and Charles Zimmer-man won the People’s Choice Award for their “Chateau Blanc” gingerbread house.

Attendees voted on the different entrees with a minimum donation of $1. All proceeds

benefited Levine Children’s Hospital.Charlotte resident Penny Cunningham

placed first in the contest’s professional cate-gory for “North Pole Diner.” Fort Mill, South Carolina resident Kristen Childers placed first in the amateur division for “Gingerly Awaiting Christmas.”

Scarlett Properties announces new real estate company

Scarlett Properties, a full service real estate firm in Ballantyne, announced on Jan. 5 the launch of its new company, new location and new website – www.lovecharlotteliving.com. Scarlett Properties is now located at 3426 Toringdon Way, suite 104-8.

Kyle Bender, founder and president of Scarlett Properties and five-time award win-ner of “Best in Client Satisfaction” in Char-lotte Magazine, said the goal of the full ser-vice real estate company is to share business objectives and client focus.

“Our intention was to create a real estate company that showcases Charlotte as a won-derful location to live in the Carolinas, as well as our vision for helping our tenants and owners through our property management services,” Bender said in a news release.

Scarlett Properties will market, locate and place qualified tenants, regulate properties for the length of their contract and manage maintenance, as well as provide marketing services for property owners. Scarlett Proper-ties also will utilize state-of-the-art technol-ogy to provide real-time listings in the greater Charlotte area.

“We are dedicated to providing property owners with confidence that their prop-erty is maintained with professional, timely and financially responsible measures,” Sara Botza, property manager for Scarlett Proper-ties, said in the release.

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The following crimes were committed in the south Charlotte area between Jan. 2 and 7, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

Home/Business Break-ins

• 10900 block of Pound Hill Lane: Known suspect entered home without permission, $200 worth of Cialis stolen. Jan. 2

• 12300 block of Paperbark Circle: Suspected break-in due to debris found on floor of home. Jan. 6

• 10700 block of Painted Tree Road: $4,900 worth of power tools stolen from storage building during break-in. Jan. 7

Vehicle Break-Ins

• 8200 block of Providence Road: $600 iPad and $120 jacket stolen from vehicle during break-in. Jan. 4

• 7800 block of Rea Road: $30,000

Mercedes Benz stolen from parking lot. Jan. 4

• 3800 block of Stokes Avenue: $5 worth of loose change stolen from vehicle during break-in. Jan. 5

• 6400 block of Long Meadow Road: $480 worth of sunglasses stolen from vehicle during break-in. Jan. 5

• 3800 block of Terrebone Court: $300 worth of jewelry and credit cards stolen when three cars were broken into. Jan. 5

• 7600 block of Whistlestop Road: Sun-glasses, leaf blower and extension cord, worth $730 total, stolen from vehicle dur-ing break-in. Jan. 5

• 3600 block of Kelway Avenue: $2 worth of loose change stolen when two cars were broken into. Jan. 5

Property Theft

• 13500 block of Edgetree Drive: $500 Samsung Galaxy cellphone stolen. Jan. 3

• 10800 block of Eddings Drive:

Suspect failed to return victim’s vehicle after borrowing it. Jan. 3

• 10800 block of Aspen Bend Court: Suspect stole victim’s debit cards and Social Security card while visiting. Jan. 3

• SouthPark Mall, 4400 Sharon Road: $50 purse holding $500 iPhone, debit cards, Social Security card and $536 cash stolen by three suspects when victim put purse down to look at scarves. Jan. 3

• Best Buy, 9839 Rea Road: Two Play-Station controllers, worth $25 each, sto-len from business. Jan. 5

• Target, 9870 Rea Road: $55 worth of jewelry stolen from business. Jan. 5

• Belk, SouthPark Mall: $332 worth of jewelry stolen from business. Jan. 5

• 2800 block of Sharon View Road: $300 worth of planting containers stolen from yard. Jan. 6

• 11400 block of Providence Road: $6,000 worth of moving equipment sto-len. Jan. 7

• 6600 block of Fairview Road: $500 iPhone stolen. Jan. 7

• 7700 block of Little Avenue: $20 wal-let holding $12 cash, credit cards and identification stolen. Jan. 7

Vandalism/Hit-and-Run

• 8000 block of Corporate Center Drive: $100 damage to Lexus in vandalism incident. Jan. 5

• Fairmeadows Swim Club, 2810

Eastburn Road: $1,500 damage to video cameras and motion light during vandal-ism incident. Jan. 6

• 4500 block of Cameron Valley Park-way: $800 damage to Dodge Journey in hit-and-run. Jan. 7

Financial Crimes/Fraud

• 1700 block of Whispering Forest Drive: Suspect refused to pay $49 cab fare. Jan. 6

• 14900 block of Edindale Drive: Suspect lied to victim about holding her brother hostage. Victim sent suspect $500 through Western Union as false ransom. Jan. 7

Drugs

• South Mecklenburg High School, 8900 Park Road: Partially smoked mari-juana blunt found in bus parking lot. Jan. 6

• 2600 block of Birnen Drive: Posses-sion of marijuana. Jan. 6

Miscellaneous

• Summit Commons Boulevard, no address listed: Attempted armed robbery. Jan. 3

• 2000 block of Courtside Lane: Attempted robbery. Jan. 5

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The Mecklenburg County Health Department inspected the following dining locations from Dec. 31 to Jan. 7.

Lowest Score:• Tin Tin Buffet Restaurant, 10215 Park Road,

28210 – 93 Violations included: Slicer and two graters had

food residue; seaweed salad, pork dumpling and onion and garlic mixture at improper temperatures; one coconut milk mixture labeled for Dec. 27, four hot soup mixes labeled for Dec. 10 through Dec. 17 and four Camaron soups labeled for Dec. 17; several ducks cooling at room temperature; noodles cooling covered; several pans stacked while wet, repeat vio-lation; and pans drying on absorbent cloths, repeat violation.

• Tasty Deli, 6701 Carmel Road, 28226 – 93 Violations included: Build up inside of tea nozzles;

all foods in tall two-door reach-in cooler reading improper temperature; several foods in walk-in cooler not date marked; numerous live roaches throughout facility; table top flat top grill used to make sand-wiches, eggs, sausage, and chicken with no hood system; leak at faucet of three-compartment sink and hand sink very slow draining; and absorbent ceiling tiles throughout the front and back of kitchen.

All Scores:

28210• D.D. Peckers Wing Shack, 10403 Park Road,

suite E – 97.5 • Moe’s Southwest Grill, 4724 Sharon Road,

suite H – 98.5 • Original Pancake House, 4736 Sharon Road,

suite V – 95.5 • Panera Bread, 5940 Fairview Road – 97.5 • Showmars, 9925 Park Cedar Drive – 96.5 • Tin Tin Buffet Restaurant, 10215 Park Road

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• Tasty Deli, 6701 Carmel Road – 93 28270

No restaurants inspected this week.28277

No restaurants inspected this week. 28209

• The Flying Biscuit Café, 4241 Park Road – 95.5

• Jason’s Deli, 1600 E. Woodlawn Road – 97 • Park Road Soda Shoppe, 4121 Park Road –

97.5 • Subway, 4323 Park Road – 98.5 • Sushi 101, 1730 E. Woodlawn Road – 97

28211• Roosters Wood Fired Restaurant and Wine

Bar, 6601 Morrison Blvd. – 97 • Starbucks, 4450 Randolph Road – 97 • Subway, 901-F N. Wendover Road – 94.5 • Subway, 108 S. Sharon Amity Road – 95

About the grades…Restaurants are given grades of A for scoring at least 90, B for 80 to 89 and C for 70 to 79. The state revokes permits for restaurants that score below 70.

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Major changes are taking place in StoneCrest at Piper Glen, one of the south Charlotte area’s premier shopping centers, located off Interstate 485 at Rea Road.

In 2014, four of the center’s restaurants were closed or replaced, causing shoppers and business owners to question the future of StoneCrest.

The mixed-use retail center occupies 419,914 square feet and is anchored by Target, Harris Teeter, Michaels craft store and Regal 22 Cinemas, along with a variety of clothing stores, specialty stores and 17 restaurants and eateries. Charlotte-based Jones Lang LaSalle manages StoneCrest, and the Shopping Center Group handles the center’s leasing.

Within the last year, StoneCrest restaurants JoJo China Bistro, Miro Spanish Grille, City Tavern and Qdoba have either relocated or closed their doors permanently.

Jo Jo’s China Bistro was the first dining establishment in StoneCrest to close in 2014, shutting its doors at the end of January after its lease expired. The nearly 5,000-square-foot location did not relocate, and the space is now home to Basil Thai, a business-casual, Asian-fusion restaurant which also has an uptown location.

City Tavern closed after its lease expired on Sept. 1, 2014. The restaurant occupied the space adjacent to Michaels and Jersey Mike’s. The building has not yet been leased, and City Tavern has since opened a new location in Waxhaw.

Qdoba’s StoneCrest location closed its doors on Nov. 1, 2014, after 15 years in the shopping center. The casual Mexican eatery’s lease expired, and owner Mike Bradley was denied the opportunity to renew, according to director of catering Mitch Mitchell.

Mitchell said StoneCrest’s property management company

is looking to make the open-air shopping center “more like SouthPark,” which resulted in the restaurant closures.

“We were most definitely ready to renew,” Mitchell said. “The landowner isn’t renewing leases and from what I hear, they’re trying to make it more upscale, like SouthPark. They’re trying to get nicer places out there.”

Mitchell added that he and Bradley received several complaints from regular customers stating they were “very unhappy” with the restaurant’s closure, but Qdoba has plans to open a new south Charlotte location within the upcoming weeks. The new location site has not been announced, and the former Qdoba building has not been leased.

Miro Spanish Grille closed its doors on July 11, 2014, after a 15-year run.

The 3,100-square-foot restaurant’s lease expired in July, and owner Tri Luong and business partner Phong Luong were denied an extension. The restaurant relocated to Tor-rington Market Shopping Center – just over a mile from its former location.

“Our lease expired, and our property manager decided not to give us an extension,” Phong Luong said. “From their point of view, they said they wanted to refresh the shopping center. We loved StoneCrest and wanted to stay there. Unfortunately, they wanted something different.”

Jones Lang LaSalle and the Shopping Center Group did not return South Charlotte Weekly’s phone calls before press.

“Retail and restaurant turnovers are a common, cyclical occurrence in the retail sector, and it’s normal evolution for retailers to be changed over a period of time,” said Laura Griffin, senior property manager of Jones Lang LaSalle, in an email. “The goal for shopping center ownership is to evalu-ate and enhance the retail offerings at their centers to better meet the needs of their customers.”

Luong said he expects other restaurants in StoneCrest to

relocate in the coming months as the property management company looks to refresh the center.

“All I can say is they want to do something different and bring something different to the shopping center,” he said. “We aren’t in that mix. I don’t know their direction – I thought we were adding a dynamic mix and we proved that for 15 years, so I’m not sure what they’re going for.”

Charleston, South Carolina-based restaurant Pearlz Oyster Bar has taken over the former Miro site. The restaurant offers a raw bar with seasonal shellfish and a mix of low-country classics like gumbo, shrimp and grits and fried oysters. The StoneCrest location will be the first in North Carolina, join-ing two locations in Charleston and Columbia, South Caro-lina.

The restaurant was originally slated for a November open-ing date but has since been postponed.

Miro Spanish Grille’s new location at 12239 N. Com-munity House Road, next to EarthFare, opened in October 2014. Luong said despite resistance to relocating, the change has proved to be a positive one, as the restaurant has seen a 25-percent increase in business.

“Like they say, when one door closes, another opens,” he said.

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Volunteers with Indian Trail-based Carolina Waterfowl Rescue (CWR) spent New Year’s weekend searching the McAlpine Creek area in south Charlotte for geese that were harmed in a suspected dumping of cooking oil.

The group pulled nearly 30 geese from the area surrounding McAlpine Creek Park after a resident emailed the rescue group with concerns about a bird that didn’t seem well.

A volunteer sent to find the goose came across a much larger problem: 10 geese soaked in oil and evidence that there were more who had been affected. A group of volunteers set out on Friday, Jan. 2, and captured the 10 that were in trouble, some of which were badly inundated with cooking oil.

Geese who come in contact with large amounts of cooking oil can lose their buoyancy and drown. Two geese were found drowned in the area during searches over New Year’s weekend.

Geese also lose the ability to regulate their body temperature when soaked in grease, and can easily freeze to death. This fact brought a sense of urgency to the rescue efforts over the week-end, as volunteers were aware that the night of Monday, Jan. 5, would bring the first freeze of the season.

Jennifer Gordon, director of CWR, said that in her 10 years doing rescue work in the area, she has come across only two other situations similar to this one. One incident involved the illegal dumping of motor oil and another involved unknown people specifically targeting geese with cooking oil.

She suspects that the New Year’s incident also involved people specifi-cally targeting geese, due to the fact that no other wildlife in the area has been affected by the oil.

Altogether, volunteers brought nearly 30 birds to the rescue and will be washing 23 of them. Others were brought because their mates needed washing, and geese stay calm when kept with their mate.

The volunteers ranked the birds they will wash on a one to five scale to distinguish which ones were most affected by the oil. Two of the birds were ranked at five, meaning they were in the worst shape. Eight others were ranked at four, which means they, too, will have to stay at the rescue for at least a month, going through clean-ings about once every other day.

Volunteers have been working full-time at the rescue due to the New Year’s oil incident, and some, like Gor-don, have been working what would

be considered overtime at a normal job. Gordon suspects the incident will set her organization back by at least $5,000 due to the activities over the past week alone.

“That’s just for the feed and the water we are using,” Gordon said. “We’ll have to start the year behind again and that makes things hard.”

CWR usually uses this time to do maintenance around the rescue house, located in Indian Trail, but won’t be able to do the necessary work before spring and summer, which is when they receive 80 percent of the animals they bring in, Gordon said.

Volunteer Susan Jordan has worked throughout the weekend to capture and wash some of the geese, and said the situation is “heartbreaking,” but there is nowhere she would rather have spent her holiday weekend.

“I love spending time with the crit-ters. I love helping the voiceless,” Jordan said. “I just wish more people would step up to help, I’ve definitely seen a strain put on the rescue.”

Once the incident was brought to her attention, Gordon took to the CWR Facebook page to ask for dona-tions of time and supplies. Many peo-ple have brought in the original, blue Dawn dish soap needed along with rubber gloves, towels and other sup-plies.

Melissa Reynard, a Ballantyne resi-dent who volunteers with CWR, said it has been great to watch people step up in the rescue effort on behalf of geese who can’t help themselves.

“I think it’s great because you always see the cat and dog rescues, but I like to work with these types of animals to get them in the public eye,” Reynard said, with a large turkey at her feet in the rescue kitchen, watching the geese receive baths. “They’re usually seen just as nuisance animals, but then you get to see that each bird has their own personality and they’re all different.”

CWR is still seeking supplies and volunteers to help wash the geese in the coming weeks. Visit www.facebook.com/cwrescue or email [email protected] for more information.

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United Faith Christian Academy (UFCA) has dedicated the last decade to citizen service through its commitment to global organizations, such as Operation Christ-mas Child.

Last month, the preschool-through-12-th-grade school sent students to the Opera-tion Christmas Child Charlotte Processing Center to help aid the shipment of shoe-boxes to Third World countries as a part of the school’s strategy to instill values of generosity and service in its students. The students helped inspect, seal and prepare hundreds of shoeboxes filled with small gifts and necessities for shipment around the world.

“We were looking for something that we could involve the whole school in from top to bottom,” Windy Woodall, chaplain and service outreach coordinator at UFCA, said.

Woodall said the school’s mission is to create a commitment to helping the “world of Christ” by aiding others through outreach efforts and becoming “servant leaders.”

“As a Christian school, we believe in modeling our lives after (Jesus) Christ,” he said, adding he believes that message is the No. 1 reason the school emphasizes service. “We want them to learn to give back.”

UFCA also requires high school students

serve a minimum of 20 hours each year they attend the school to further carry out the mission of service.

Woodall said most of the students exceed the 20-hour mark and the school believes the students’ commitment shows the ser-vice-oriented strategy is working.

The chaplain volunteers at a homeless shelter once a week to serve breakfast and has seen several UFCA students join him during their free time.

Students engage in “service-learning days,” where they participate in service events, such as collecting or packing items for needy people abroad.

Middle school students also have visited Samaritan’s Feet, a nonprofit that delivers shoes to needy people in the United States and abroad. UFCA high school students will travel to the Dominican Republic this semester to deliver the collected funds and goods to impoverished people.

The school hopes such trips encourage students to learn to give back even beyond their time at UFCA.

“We hope that we engrave these oppor-tunities to serve others to be built into their hearts in the future,” Woodall said. “We believe a life of service is a life fulfilling. It’s the most rewarding life you can live – not about yourself, but others.

Some UFCA graduates have continued to serve in college and in their adult lives,

Woodall added. The school also hopes the experiences

will give students exposure of another sec-tor of Charlotte’s community.

“We want them to serve and we want them to broaden their horizon,” Woodall said. “Being near the Arboretum (Shop-ping Center), they have a lot of blessings and opportunities here and we want them to see what the other parts of the world look like.”

Hannah and Will Adams, a United Faith senior and sophomore, respectively, have always been involved in outreach programs and have taken mission trips to Honduras to serve others.

Woodall said the siblings always exceed their required hours and have served along-side him before.

“Knowing you’re helping others so much by simply packing a shoebox (through Oper-ation Christmas Child) is such an amazing thing,” Hannah said. “Just impacting one person by making an impact in their lives brings such joy to my heart.”

Hannah and Will traveled to Honduras through Samaritan’s Feet, where they dis-tributed shoes and school supplies, among other items, to needy children. The volun-teers also wash the children’s feet before they give them shoes. The Hondurans were baffled that someone would be willing to wash their feet, Hannah said.

“Washing the feet is symbolic for what Jesus (Christ) did for his disciples that the

kids really take to heart,” Will said. “I didn’t know that something as simple as washing their feet could have such an impact on them and their love for Jesus (Christ).”

Will said he’s witnessed how the Hon-durans, who often live in poor conditions compared to American standards, still have a strong passion for the Christian faith despite their circumstances.

Hannah said she was shocked to see the conditions of Honduras, which motivated her to want to continue to serve others.

“God was teaching me that it’s not all about me and it’s about caring for others,” Hannah said. “Even the smallest things that I did could make the biggest difference in other people’s lives.”

Will thinks it’s important for teens to serve the community and to reach out to the local community to find ways to serve. He said some people think they need to travel internationally to make a difference, but he feels local efforts are just as important.

“Every opportunity to serve is important for everybody, especially for teens because they misunderstand what’s important. It’s actually something that could change a per-son’s life – physically and spiritually,” Will said. “It brings joy to the teen and the kid on the other end of what you did for them. It’s not just a one-way thing, it’s a two-way thing.”

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Rep. Pittenger announces appointments to U.S. service academies

U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, of District 9, announced appointments to United States service academies, including two south Charlotte students.

Jackson Dunn, a senior at Myers Park High School, received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy. Dunn began his life in a Russian orphanage, which help him develop strong work ethic, lead-ership and teamwork skills at a young age, according to a news release.

“The early years of my life were differ-ent than most people I know, but for that, I am now thankful,” Jackson said in the release.

He is the son of Kimberly and Bradley Dunn and lives in Charlotte.

Riley Brosnan, a senior at Charlotte Catholic School who lives in Matthews, received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. He is the son and grand-son of United States Marine officers.

“America allowed my mother and her family to emigrate from Vietnam and start a new future away from that war torn country,” Riley said in a news release. “Our nation has granted me freedom and opportunity that can best be repaid through a period of military service.”

He is the son of John and Kim Bros-nan.

Sheppard Wilson, a senior at Char-lotte Country Day School, received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy.

He told Pittenger that “to be able to serve my country and defend the ideals of democracy and freedom would be the highest honor for me,” according to the release.

Sheppard is the son of Tom and Laurie Wilson and lives in Charlotte.

“Our nation and our community are blessed by these outstanding local

students who chose a life of service and sacrifice in defense of our freedom. Thank you, as well, to all the other local students who volunteer to serve in so many important ways,” Pittenger said in the release.

Harris Teeter awards funds to Providence PTSO through fundraising program

Harris Teeter donated $3,006.12 to Providence High School’s PTSO through its Together in Education (TIE) program, Harris Teeter’s fundraising program for schools in its communities.

This is the first of three payouts the Matthews-based company will make to schools during the current school year, according to a news release.

The program is linked to the company’s VIC cards, where parents can register their school and earn funds for educa-tional programs. Providence has 934 links within the program.

Since 1998, TIE has donated more than $21.5 million to area schools, the release said.

Parents can find more information about the program at www.harristeeter.com/community/together_in_education/tie.aspx.

Charlotte Catholic brings Christmas to families in need

Charlotte Catholic High School stu-dents collected over $8,000 in gifts and gift cards for families in need in the com-munity who might not have been able to afford Christmas gifts.

The school hosted a homeroom Christ-mas project in which students helped fulfill the wish lists of 39 children and families and 32 developmentally chal-lenged children who did not have fami-lies, according to a news release from the school.

“The response was as generous as I can remember in my five plus years of coordinating the project,” student coun-cil advisor Shawn Panther said in a news release.

Student council members delivered

Charlotte Catholic students donated Christmas gifts to families in need. Photo courtesy of Charlotte Catholic High School

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British International School to host seminar on early years education

The British International School of Charlotte will host a seminar to discuss the proven benefits of early years educa-tion at the Ballantyne County Club on

Thursday, Jan. 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., according to a news release.

Speakers Adam Stevens and Cecilia Armour will host “Early Years Education: Friend or Foe,” which will emphasize the benefits of learning phonics, math and other basic academics before kindergar-ten.

The lecture also will include reports, statistics and stories demonstrating the curriculum.

A question-and-answer session will fol-low the seminar and refreshments and lunch will be served.

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CMS ranks fourth in National Board teachers

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools ranked fourth in the nation in the number of National Board-certified teachers, with 1,995 teachers with the certification, according to a news release.

The ranking, compiled by the National Board for Professional Teaching Stan-dards, also shows that CMS ranked fourth in the number of newly certified teachers

this year, with 82 earning the designation.“We have a strong history of our teach-

ers earning National Board certification, and that is clearly continuing,” CMS Deputy Superintendent Ann Clark said in the release. “The rigorous process of certi-fication, combined with the many oppor-tunities to reflect on teaching practice and collaborate with others, helps our teach-ers improve instruction. We’re very proud of our NBCT teachers.”

North Carolina has more National Board-certified teachers than any other state, with a total of 20,611. CMS is ranked second in number of certified teachers among districts in North Caro-lina; Wake County leads the state and the nation, the release said.

The National Board certification is valid for 10 years and can be renewed. In 2014, 69 teachers in CMS renewed their cer-tification. New and renewed teachers in CMS will be honored with a ceremony in February.

CMS to host school options fair this Saturday

The annual School Options Fair will be held on Saturday, Jan. 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology, located at 1430 Alleghany St. in Charlotte, for parents to survey CMS school options.

Parents can find more information about the 52 school options the district will offer this semester, including STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs, immer-sion schools and magnet programs, among others.

Parents also can visit the 2015-16 School Options Guide at www.cms.k12.nc.us/cmsdepartments/ci/MagnetPrograms/Documents/2015-16%20School%20Options%20Guide.pdf for more information about the specific programs available.

The deadline for families to submit applications for the CMS school option lottery is Jan. 26, a Monday, at 10 p.m.

Deputy superintendent to host bi-monthly talk

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Dep-uty Superintendent Ann Clark will hold her next coffee session, “Coffee with Ann Clark,” on Jan. 20, a Tuesday, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. for parents and community members.

The session will take place at Harding University High School, located at 2001 Alleghany St. in Charlotte, for attendees to share ideas about district initiatives, legislative actions and how to improve education for all students, according to the CMS website.

Clark assumed all responsibilities of the superintendent position as of Nov. 6, 2014, and has served in CMS since 1983.

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Dan DeLuca (Jack Kelly) (center) and the origi-nal North American Tour company of “News-ies.” Photo by Deen van Meer/ ©Disney

“Newsies” is based on the real-life newsboy strikes against Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. The opening number, “Sante Fe (Prologue),” is a bit of a misstep, as performers try too quickly to make the audience empathize with the lead, Jack Kelly (played by Dan DeLuca), and his wish to leave the streets of New York and head West.

The succeeding rendition of “Carrying the Banner” by the ensemble is a far more rous-ing and appropriate show-opener, and quickly amps up the energy in the theater.

Though the newsies live on the streets and have to hustle to sell all their papers, they’re a plucky bunch that enjoys the freedom that comes with making their own way. Since most are orphans or runaways with no home, the arrival of newcomer Davey (played by Jacob Kemp) and his little brother, Les (played by the scene-steal-ing Anthony Rosenthal, in the performance reviewed), rustles the other boys when they find out the brothers are earning money to bring home to their unemployed father. The two are quickly taken under the charismatic wing of Jack, who shows them how to artfully make up exciting headlines and turn a profit even on slow news days.

But when the cost of a bundle of news-papers increases by a dime, the newsboys

quickly realize they won’t be able to main-tain even the meager living they have. Rather than accept the price hike, Jack and Davey convince the newsies to strike, in arguably the best number in the show, “The World Will Know.”

The choreography is worth the price of admission alone, and the ensemble is at its best when performing together. Unfor-tunately, many of the solos fall flat in spite of the talent of the actors. The exception is Angela Grovey’s crowd-pleasing perfor-

mance, “That’s Rich,” as Medda, an actress and entrepreneur who has a fondness for the antics of the newsies and allows them refuge in her the-ater. Grovey has the rare ability to maintain audi-ence interest through a solo performance in a largely ensemble-focused musical.

The low point of the show is the addition of female lead Katherine. The character is adapted from Bill Pullman’s role in the film version, in which Pullman portrayed a respected newspaper reporter. Katherine (played by Stephanie Styles) is a fledgling journalist who takes interest in the boys’ strike and an even greater interest in Jack. Though the effort to make a strong female lead is appreciated, the execution is a little insulting when she is relegated to the love interest of

the lead. What starts off as a promising and independent female character is wasted when she allows a romantic prospect to supersede her professional goals.

Thankfully, the slow moments in which underwhelming solos and too much dia-logue fill the scenes are forgotten once the ensemble takes over in expertly crafted dance sequences. The acrobatic moves are not only impressive, they fuel the show through to the end and make “Newsies” more than just a pleasant underdog story.

While the subject matter behind the song and dance numbers is slightly too complex for young children and much too abridged for adults who know the realities of negoti-ating union agreements and the atrocities of child labor, it’s enjoyable if for nothing else than the sheer energy the performers bring to the stage. Just check your mind at the door.

Content advisory: A Disney production, “Newsies” is appropriate for children. There are a few instances of modest innuendo (a young character is wowed by the skimpy costumes of vaudeville performers, for example) but the musical was largely written with younger audiences in mind. Comic mischief abounds, and fights are more playful than violent. The subject matter may be a bit confusing for very young children, and the longer dialogue sequences may make them fidget in their seats, but the high-energy dances are sure to regain interest quickly.

Based on the 1992 box-office flop that had a gradual rise to cult following after, “News-ies” the musical is charming its way into audiences’ hearts in its Broadway tour across North America.

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Tucked away in the second floor of the Bal-lantyne Corners shopping center is the Bal-lantyne Arts Center, a jam-packed hub of art activity for children and young people inter-ested in visual and performing arts. The space is large, with classroom space, dance studios, music rehearsal space and a fully functional theater, and the entire program is run by the YMCA of Greater Charlotte.

Children 2 to 5 years old keep the space busy in the Preschool of the Arts on weekday mornings. During the afternoons and on Sat-urdays, kids of all ages can practice painting and drawing in workshops or participate in more advanced classes in the School of Visual Art.

In the evenings, dancers fill the studios while thespians practice on the stage and spill into the hallways to rehearse lines and blocking at the School of Theatre. (The Bal-lantyne School of Music is not connected to the YMCA; learn more in South Charlotte Weekly’s next A & E issue in two weeks.)

“The alignment of the Y’s mission is focused on youth, and pairs with art so well,” Andrea St. Clair, the senior program director of art, said. “They have made a big commitment to make a strong arts program that gives quality opportunities to youth.”

Every educator at the Ballantyne Arts Cen-ter is a professional artist or trained art teacher. Shana Templin coordinates the Ballantyne Preschool of the Arts and teaches “Art Explor-ers” and “Mini Masters” at the visual art pro-gram. A native Charlottean, Templin grew up being involved at the YMCA, eventually serv-ing as a camp counselor in high school around the time she discovered photography. She and the team she organizes bring their artistic pas-sions to work to share with the children.

Program leaders play jazz for the children during downtime. The dance studios replace outdoor play space where preschoolers develop gross motor skills. Even the fish in the 4-year-old room is named Kandinsky.

The children learn comprehensively through creating, exploring, discovering and experienc-ing learning hands on. Children use shapes to create artwork, and pre-academic skills like counting and handwriting are practiced as

movement. As the children age out of preschool, they

move to other classes in a “scaffolded” curricu-lum where one set of skills builds upon another. Children who advance through the visual art curriculum can participate in workshops in nature art, found art and mixed media. Chil-dren interested in theater can study modern musicals, mask making and Broadway revue. Children interested in ceramics or dance can take advantage of kilns and other specialized facilities at the Morrison YMCA.

“They really come out of their shell,” said Templin, who has enjoyed watching children grow with the program, literally and figura-tively. “There is no ‘right’ way to do art; nothing is ‘cookie cutter.’”

St. Clair said the YMCA is committed to providing what each individual community needs and wants, and she’s found the organi-zation to be an enthusiastic partner in helping her build a high-quality art program.

“The heart of the organization has driven me the most,” said St. Clair, referring to the YMCA’s mission of building healthy children (mind, body and spirit) by teaching valuable character traits. “Being a team player, learn-ing to respect other actors and artists, being responsible, confidence … it’s more than act-ing, dance or art that children take away from a class or a show; it is the life skills mastered through the art.”

St. Clair fell in love with theater years ago as a student at Piedmont Middle School. She liked the technical aspects of play production and character development, but loved having a creative outlet for self-expression. She also found community in a tight-knit group of fel-low theater lovers.

St. Clair is working to recreate that expe-rience at the Ballantyne School of Theatre, with classes, workshops and stage shows like “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” and “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” The per-formance space is fully dedicated to youth programming and designed so the children can be easily heard. Auditions are open to children and young people of all ages, not just YMCA members.

St. Clair also is creating more opportunities for teens wishing to serve as camp counselors and mentors to the younger children.

Auditions for “James and the Giant Peach” and “Jungalbook” will be held Saturday, Jan. 10, and auditions for “Disney’s Peter Pan Jr.” are slated for April 18. Find more information at www.ymcacharlotte.org/morrison under “Arts, Education & Leadership.”

Y Not?Educating Ballantyne in Art, Dance, Theater

by Dee [email protected]

Photos courtesy of Shana Templin

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1.12.15Monday7 p.m.

Maintaining Healthy Plants in Your Garden

Learn the basics needed to make sure your garden survives and thrives. Plants often fail in our region’s landscape because simple steps are not taken. Greg Paige, curator at Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories and Arboretum, will discuss a sustainable approach that will get gardeners off on the right foot and stay on course. Attendees also will find out about favorite performers that adapt with a little bit of tough love. This Charlotte Garden Club program is free and open to the public. Refreshments at 7 p.m., program starts at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.charlottegardenclub.org for more

information.

Mint Museum, 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte

1.13.15Tuesday7 p.m.

Author Event: Deborah Johnson – “The Secret of Magic”

Prize-winning author Deborah Johnson will be on hand to discuss her new book, “The Secret of Magic,” a story of the postwar

American South. The story follows a young woman who tries to find justice for a black war hero who was murdered in the Deep

South.

Park Road Books, 4139 Park Road, Charlotte

1.13.15Tuesday

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Ballantyne Kick-Off

Open House

Relay For Life of Ballantyne will launch its fourth annual event at a Kick-Off Open House. The community is invited to the open house to learn about becoming involved with Relay

for Life of Ballantyne and to learn about other volunteer opportunities.

Blackthorne Restaurant & Bar, 11318 N. Community House Road, Charlotte

1.13.15Tuesday

2 to 3:30 p.m. OR 6 to 7:30 p.m. Art Therapy for Brain Power

Art therapy can help develop or preserve thinking skills in everyone from adults experiencing normal aging to senior citizens with Alzheimer’s disease. Discover the

latest research, plus art activities to improve cognition and enhance the way you think, in this free workshop from

The Ivey Memory Wellness Day Center. Pre-registration is requested at 704-909-2070.

The Ivey Memory Wellness Day Center, 6030 Park South Drive, Charlotte

1.13.15Tuesday

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Carolina Voices Spring Concert

Audition

Charlotte’s volunteer choral arts organization and producers of the annual holiday production, The Singing Christmas Tree, will hold auditions this month for its three choral ensembles. On Jan. 13, auditions will take place for the MainState Choir, Festival Singers and Impromptu. All auditions will be held in Shalom Hall at Myers Park Baptist Church. Singers are encouraged to visit the website at www.carolinavoices.org/auditions. Audition appointments are

required. Call 704-374-1546 to sign up.

Myers Park Baptist Church, 1900 Queens Road, Charlotte

1.14.15Wednesdsay

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.DivorceCare Celebration &

Orientation

Church at Charlotte’s DivorceCare group hosts a celebration and orientation for those who have been through the

DivorceCare program and those interested in joining. Visit www.churchatcharlotte.com/divorcecare for more information.

Church at Charlotte, 2500 Carmel Rd., Charlotte


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1.15.15Thursday

12 to 1:30 p.m.Ladies’ Luncheon featuring Ebola

Survivor

Charlotte Christian School is hosting a Ladies’ Luncheon at Calvary Church that will feature American missionary, alumni

parent and former employee, Nancy Writebol. Writebol and her husband,

David, were serving as missionaries in Liberia when she contracted the Ebola

virus. After successfully being treated at Emory University in August, she is now

sharing her story. Cost is $35 per person and includes lunch. Contact Sara, director of annual giving, for more information at

704-366-5657.

Calvary Church, 5801 Pineville-Matthews Road, Charlotte

1.17.15Saturday

1:30 p.m.Greater Charlotte

Health & Fitness Expo Race

Presented by Charlotte Running Club in association with the Greater Charlotte Health & Fitness Expo presented by Novant Health, this road race travels

along the historic streets of Charlotte’s Chantilly neighborhood. The four-mile race will make two complete two-mile loops, making it spectator friendly. The

race also will feature a unique two-person relay where each team member will run the two-mile loop once. There

also will be a kid’s Fun Run. The race begins at 1:30 p.m. at The Park

(previously the Merchandise Mart). Call 704-995-2878 for more information or

to register.

Chantilly Shopping Center, 800 Briar Creek Road, Charlotte

1.17.15Saturday11 a.m.

Saturday Morning Storytime

Join Barnes & Noble staff at 11 a.m. in the Children’s Department every

Saturday morning for storytime and an activity.

Barnes & Noble – Morrison Place, 4020 Sharon Road, Charlotte

1.18.15Sunday

11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.Mahjong and Lunch

to benefit fight against breast cancer, Parkinson’s and MS

This is an afternoon of mahjong and lunch to benefit medical research in the fight

against breast cancer, Parkinson’s and MS. Play mahjong, enjoy a lovely buffet, and the proceeds benefit Hadassah. There are different sections so all levels of players are welcome; come with a group or as a single and play with others. The cost is $20 for

Hadassah members and $25 for nonmembers. If you have any questions or want to make

a reservation, please call Sandy at 704-543-6338.

Levine Jewish Community Center (Gorelick Hall), 5007 Providence

Road, Charlotte

1.23.15 to 1.24.15Friday and Saturday

5 to 8 p.m.Art in the Village

Relax and enjoy an evening of art. Ballantyne Village welcomes visitors to stroll and enjoy

local art during the fourth Friday and Saturday of the month. Stroll through the gallery, meet artists, enjoy local jazz and find the perfect piece to take home. Located next to TCBY.

14825 Ballantyne Village Way, Charlotte

1.27.15Tuesday

4:15 p.m.American Girl Book Club

An American Girl Book Club for children 8 to 11 years old. Participants will discuss

and share opinions on this month’s selected American Girls, Julie and Ivy, and celebrate the Chinese New Year. Registration is required for this program and begins Jan. 20. Residents can register in person or by calling 704-416-

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Sports

CiERA COCKRELL, PROViDEnCE DAY

Cockrell, a Davidson College commit, capped off her senior campaign in style, becoming an all-state selection and AVCA Phenom selec-tion. Cockrell led the

Chargers with 2.9 digs per game (245 total) and 4.1 kills per game (341 total) while recorded 44 aces.

BECKY PORTER, PROViDEnCE

Porter was a big fac-tor in the Panthers’ 26-3 run that ended in the state championship game. Named an Under Armour 3rd Team All-American, the Panthers’

star setter recorded 833 assists, 255 digs, 114 kills, 63 blocks and 52 aces on her way to becoming the So. Meck 8 Player of the Year. She’ll continue her career at N.C. State.

KATiE TYLMAn, MYERS PARK

The Mustangs 6-foot-2 middle hitter and last year’s South-western 4A Player of the Year missed some of the season with a knee injury but she didn’t let

that stop her from racking up 120 kills and 49 blocks. She’ll continue her volleyball career at High Point University.

SARAH BiLLiARD, COVEnAnT DAY

Billiard is just a sopho-more but already has a lengthy list of accomplish-ments to her name on the volleyball court. A key cog in the Lions’ machine this season that ended with a

state runner-up finish, Billiard finished with a team-best 328 kills and was named an all-state selection. She’s in line for huge junior and senior seasons.

RACHEL JAnSOn, COunTRY DAY

Janson is one of the best setters in the coun-try, as she finished her senior career with 1,277 assists – 30th in the nation. Add that to her 290 digs and 41 aces and

it’s easy to see why she’s named an all-state selection and was a member of the Best of the Best Invitational all-tournament team.

KATHARinE FRAnz, COunTRY DAY

Franz did it all this sea-son. The Davidson College commit was named the conference and NCISAA Class 3A state Player of the Year for the second year in a row after recording 412

kills with a hitting percentage of .455. Franz, a middle hitter, was named a 2014 Under Armour Honorable Mentional All-American and was a member of the Hillcrest Invitational and Nation Ford Invitational all-tournament team.

HAnnAH KinTzinGER, COunTRY DAY

The senior outside hit-ter recorded 426 kills for the Bucs, along with 361 digs and 52 aces on her way to becoming an all-state selection. Kintzinger

was also a member of the Best of the Best Invi-tational, Hillcrest Invitational and Nation Ford Invitational all-tournament team.

EMMA MiTCHELL, CHARLOTTE CATHOLiC

The 6-foot senior was a big factor in the Cougars’ 11-3 confer-ence record this sea-son. The outside hitter recorded 283 kills, 246 digs and 38 blocks and

was named a member of the Best of the Best Invitational all-tournament team.

player of the Year: KATHARinE FRAnz, CHARLOTTE COunTRY DAY

Coach of the Year: BRiAn ROSEn, CHARLOTTE COunTRY DAY

South Charlotte Weekly’sVolleyball Super Team

SECOnD TEAM:KEnDALL BEnDER, PROViDEnCE

CHRiSTinA GOFORTH, COVEnAnT DAY

ELizABETH KAESER, ARDREY KELLLExi MiTCHELL, PROViDEnCE DAYCARRiE MiTTL, CHARLOTTE LATin

ASYA PATTERSOn, CHARLOTTE COunTRY DAYTAYLOR PORTLAnD, CHARLOTTE COunTRY DAY

CHAnin SCOTT, MYERS PARK

back-to-back all-state selection, back-to-back NCISAA Player of the Year and became an honorable mention Under Armour all-American selection.

It’s easy to see why Franz is the 2014 South Charlotte Weekly Volleyball Player of the Year.

Despite the honors and accolades continuing to roll in for Franz,

she remains humble to her core.

“I really started to develop into the player I am now when I moved to Char-lotte freshman year and began training with Brian Rosen,” she said. “He really believed in me

and pushed me to be the best player I

could… I’m so thankful for my teammates and coaches. With-out them in the gym with me and all the hours, prac-tices, wins and tough losses, I wouldn’t be

where I am. We did it together.”A star on the volleyball court, Franz

also succeeded in the classroom, main-taining a 3.65 GPA at the rigorous Country Day. In her spare time, she volunteered with a plethora of organi-zations, such as Big Brothers Big Sis-ters and Special Olympics.

Franz’s impressive resume will carry her far. She’s signed to continue her volleyball career at Davidson College, where she hopes to study psychology or pre-med.

“I’m so excited to continue my career at Davidson,” she said. “I love the coaches there and my teammates. It’s such a great fit and the academic oppor-tunities there are incredible as well.”

The humble star acknowledges that though she’s put in countless hours in the gym, weight room and on the road traveling with her club team, she couldn’t have done it without support from her coaches and team.

“Honestly, it was an honor for me to be able to play with the girls I did, and against the girls I did,” she said. “It’s an honor because I’ve played with and against such amazing talent. It’s an incredible feeling.”

KaTharine franzVolleyball Player of the Year:

by Hannah [email protected]

Six-foot senior Katharine Franz helped make Charlotte Country Day history on the volleyball court this year.

A talented Buc team is nothing new, especially with coach Brian Rosen – one of the best volleyball coaches in the state – leading the charge. But this year was truly something special.

With top-tier talent in middle hitter Franz, setter Rachel Janson, outside hitter Hannah Kintzinger and libero Asya Patterson, the Bucs won a school record-breaking 44 games on their way to becoming back-to-back N.C. Inde-pendent School Athletic Association state champions. What’s even more impressive is the Bucs only dropped five sets all season to finished as the No. 15 team in Maxpreps.com Xcellent 25 national ranking.

“It was awesome,” Franz said. “I think winning states this year was the only way we were going to go out feeling

successful. To do that with the girls I consider my family, it was an incredible thing to do.”

There’s a good chance the Bucs couldn’t have done it without Franz. She recorded 412 kills, 295 digs, 65 aces and 47 blocks this season while boasting a kill percent-age of .537. She recorded a season-high 19 kills and 11 digs when it mattered most – fighting for the state champion-ship.

Franz’s num-bers are eye-popping. She’ll graduate with 1,251 kills, 676 digs, 220 blocks and 175 aces. This year, she became a Photo courtesy of Charlotte Country Day


Sports

Providence Day hosts Inaugural Queen City Relay Invitational swim meet

Providence Day swim coach Kristina Bond and Butler swim coach Amanda von Thron joined forces to launch an inaugu-ral Queen City Relay Invitational on Jan. 10 at the Mecklen-burg County Aquatic Center from 4 to 8 p.m, presented by BSN Sports.

Public and private schools from Union and Mecklenburg counties will be participating in the meet. The Invitational will be a championship scored meet with all teams competing against each other.

Immediately following the meet, teams will compete in a relay. The format will include relays with boys and girls swim-ming together, while other will feature events not typically seen in high school competition. Relay events will include 4x50 breaststroke, 4x50 butterfly, 4x100 individual medley, a

decrescendo freestyle relay and four mixed relays. Each swim-mer can compete in a maximum of three relays.

Butler, Providence Day, Independence, Marvin Ridge, Myers Park and Sun Valley will be competing in the event.

Catholic hosts alumni Hoop in Holiday Tournament

Charlotte Catholic High School’s Alumni Association hosted its annual holiday Alumni Basketball Tournament on Dec. 26 and 27. Over 100 alumni from five decades of gradu-ating classes participated in the tournament.

This year’s event featured a “Spotlight Game” that pitted the 2014 Cougar varsity team against alumni. The alumni took an early lead and in a game filled with entertainment and lots of shots, the varsity pulled away with the win off a Joe Scibelli 3-pointer buzzer-beater to win, 89-86.

Boys coach Mike King, JV girls coach Stephan Schachner (1985), JV girls assistant coach Ryan Kilmartin (2012), Pet McArdle (1987) and Peter Grant (1990) played on the alumni team, among others.

The CCHS Alumni Association was founded in 1987 to pro-vide social, spiritual and educational enrichment for alumni, students and friends of CCHS. Its mission is to provide a source of additional funding to enhance the academic, spiri-tual and cultural missions of CCHS.

Charlotte Country Day beats Carmel Christian

Country Day senior Michael White tossed in 14 points on Jan. 5 to lead the Bucs in a 54-42 win over Carmel Christian. White had help in Andy Salisbury (12 points) and Mike Dalton (eight points). Carmel Christian’s Remele Everett-Hicks led the Cougar’s scoring effort with a game-high 16 points.

With the win, Country Day improved to 6-8. They travel to Cary Academy on

Jan. 9.

Knights remain undefeated in conference play

Ardrey Kell beat Providence soundly, 75-55, on Jan. 6 to remain undefeated in So. Meck 8 conference play (4-0) and improve to 14-1 on the season.

Senior Rhyle Scott led the Knights, shooting 67 percent from the field for 18 points and made it a solid double-double with 11 points.

Elon commit Steven Santa Ana added 14 points and five assists while sophomore Wes Morgan (12 points) and senior Josh Freund had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

The Knights host Berry on Jan. 9.

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Peripheral Neuropathy WARNING!Pain, Numbness, & Tingling In The Hands/Feet

Call 704-228-3882

Charlotte, NC -- �e most common method your doctor will recommend to treat your neuropathy is with prescription drugs that may temporarily reduce your symptoms. �ese drugs have generic names such as Gabapentin, Amitriptyline, or Pregbalin and are primarily antidepressant or antiseizure drugs. �ese drugs may cause you to feel uncomfortable and have a variety of harmful side e�ects.

Figure 1: Notice the very small blood vessels surrounding each

nerve.

Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to the nerves o�en causing weakness, pain, numbness, tingling, and the most debilitating balance problems. �is damage is commonly caused by a lack of blood �ow to the nerves in the hands and feet which causes the nerves to begin to degenerate due to lack of nutrient �ow.

As you can see in Figure 2, as the blood vessels that surround the nerves become diseased they shrivel up which causes the nerves to not get the nutrients to continue to survive. When these nerves begin to “die” they cause you to have balance problems., pain, numbness,

Figure 2: When these very small blood vessels become diseased they begin to shrivel up and the nerves

begin to degenerate.

tingling, burning, and many additional symptoms.

�e main problem is that your doctor has told you to just live with the problem or try the drugs which you don’t like taking because they make you feel uncomfortable. �ere is now a facility right here in Charlotte, NC that o�ers you hope without taking those endless drugs with serious side e�ects (see the special neuropathy severity examination at the end of this article).

In order to e�ectively treat your neuropathy three factors must be determined.

1) What is the underlying cause?

2) How Much Nerve Damage Has Been Sustained.

NOTE: Once you have sustained 85% nerve loss, there is nothing that we can do for you.

3) How much treatment will your condition require?

�e treatment that is provided at the Charlotte Spine and Pain Relief Center in Charlotte has three main goals:

1) Increase blood �ow2) Stimulate small �ber nerves3) Decrease brain-based pain

�e treatment to increase blood �ow utilizes a specialized low level light therapy (not to be confused with laser therapy) using light emitting diode technology. �is technology was originally developed by NASA to assist in increasing blood �ow.

�e low level light therapy is like watering a plant. �e light therapy will allow the blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerves and provide them with the proper nutrients to heal and repair. It’s like adding water to a plant and seeing the roots grow deeper and deeper.

Figure 3: �e blood vessels will grow back around the nerves much

like a plant’s roots grow when watered.

�e amount of treatment needed to allow the nerves

to fully recover varies from person to person and can only be determined a�er a detailed neurological land vascular evaluation. As long as you have not sustained at least 85% nerve damage then your condition can be treated.

Dr. Keith Helmendach, D.C. at the Charlotte Spine and Pain Relief Center will do a neuropathy severity examination to determine the extent of the nerve damage for $49 (normally $70). �is neuropathy severity examination will consist of a detailed sensory evaluation, extensive peripheral vascular testing, and a detailed analysis of the �ndings of your neuropathy.

Dr. Helmendach will be o�ering this neuropathy severity examination from now until Friday, January 23rd, 2015.

Call 704-228-3882 to make an appointment with Dr. Keith Helmendach, to determine if your peripheral neuropathy can be treated.

NOTE: Our o�ce is located in Charlotte, NC at 7215 Lebanon Road.

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