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Residents react UCPS Board of to Weddington’s decision to terminate PVFd’s contract on Page 3

“It was entirely unexpected and very exciting,” she said. “I got an email saying, ‘Congratulations, you’ve been nominated,’ and I was completely surprised.”

The journey to Watt’s nomination is riddled with the ups and downs that often comprise a life full of passion for the arts and the profession of acting. She (see Tony on page 11)

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Weddington resident nominated for Tony Award Theater teacher Linda Ann Watt nominated for Excellence in Theatre Education Students from across Union County weren’t surprised to learn their acting teacher, Linda Ann Watt, earned a nomination for the 2015 Tony Award honoring Excellence in Theatre Education. Watt is considered one of the most renowned

and accomplished theater teachers in the state.

But for Watt, a Weddington resident who teaches weekly classes at Spirit Square in uptown Charlotte and private classes throughout Union County, the nomination came as a complete surprise.

by Courtney Schultz education@unioncountyweekly.com

The Union County Public Schools Board of Education approved a $525million 2015-16 budget at its meeting on May 5 to meet the board’s May 15 deadline.

This year’s budget is a jump from last year’s, which was $387 million. UCPS Chief Financial Officer Daniel Karpinksi attributes that fact to increased utility costs; increasing teacher, principal and assistant principal supplements to stay competitive with surrounding markets, such as York and Fort Mill, South Carolina and Charlotte-Mecklenburg; increased maintenance, safety inspections, painting, custodial supplies and repair costs; noncertified personnel compensation adjustments; athletic supplements; loss of state driver training funds, with a mandate to continue service; local cost of the governor’s proposed “teacher pay” increase and the local fiscal impact of state legislated payments to charter schools.

Karpinksi distinguished teacher supplements and the payments to charter schools as the biggest sources of the increase, which go hand-in-hand, as legislation requires that any increases to the district’s funding must be shared with county charter schools.

He also said those two line items

Residents address Weddington Town Council on May 11 regarding a recent contract termination. See Crystal O’Gorman’s story on page 3.

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Embers still burn over Weddington decision to terminate fire contract Residents voice support for PVFD after contract terminated by town

by Crystal O’Gorman crystal@unioncountyweekly.com

WEDDINGTON – More than 150 citizens packed into Weddington United Methodist Church’s Helms Hall to express frustrations with the Weddington Town Council’s recent decision to terminate a fire suppression agreement with Providence Volunteer Fire Department (PVFD) at the council’s meeting on May 11.

The town agreed to a new contract with Wesley Chapel Volunteer Fire Department shortly after the termination notice was sent.

Twenty-seven residents stood before the board during public comments and stated financial, professional and personal reasons for their opposition. Much of the crowd jeered Mayor Bill Deter and applauded the speakers, some holding signs stating “Fire Deter.”

Speakers such as PVFD Secretary Judy Johnston, PVFD Lieutenant Travis Manning, PVFD President Jack Parks and resident Joe DeSimone, among others, scrutinized the estimated $233,000 financial gains for Weddington being touted by some councilmembers.

WCVFD’s new agreement requires four firefighters to be stationed at Hemby Road 24-7, states that the department will work to maintain an insurance rating of six at the least, and requires that WCVFD keep the current level of fire service from the Hemby Road station. The new contract does not include any information on how Hemby Road will be acquired or leased by WCVFD. Manning voiced concern with the potential financial loss of $3 million worth of fire apparatus.

“Look at me and my firefighters and tell us what we’ve done wrong,” he said. “My men don’t deserve this.”

Julie Moore claimed the one-year contract with WCVFD gave way to a potential increase in monthly costs or a decrease in level of service too soon, because WCVFD will need additional compensation to acquire the Hemby Road fire station and provide the same level of service residents currently receive.

PVFD President Parks cited evidence of a $76,000 cost reduction presented to town council upon the town’s April 15 request. Parks said Deter mocked the budget documentation, which Parks called “a complete comprehensive snapshot of everything this service is capable of providing.”

Parks also attested that the preliminary

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budget, discussed later in the meeting, presented a potential subsidiary savings of just $16,360.

“That savings is only $3.80 per piece of property and $1.64 per person that lives in Weddington,” Parks said.

Some residents, including former Mayor Nancy Anderson, challenged the level of professionalism of a council that would terminate a contract with the highest safety rating in North Carolina.

Anderson spoke about how she wrestled with the same problem when in office; however, she felt there had to be a better resolution.

“You promote top performers, you don’t dissolve them,” she said. “We could maintain integrity and pool the money and expertise we are about to lose.”

Jerry Fitzgerald argued the mayor shouldn’t liquidate a fire department with high performance ratings and cancel the contract against the residents’ desires.

“Mayor, if you complete the closing of this fire department, you will ignore the voice of your constituents, totally disregard the input of county commissioners and insurance commissioners, terminate 47 jobs and end a 60-year tradition of community service all to satisfy your personal agenda,” Fitzgerald said.

Deter has said a recent request from the Union County Board of Commissioners

will have no effect on the town’s decision, and neither the termination of PVFD nor the deal with WCVFD can be reversed.

WCVFD Chief Steven McLendon has said his department is offering all PVFD firefighters the chance to apply to keep their jobs at the Hemby Road or other WCVFD stations.

Residents such as Sam Delan and Janice Pope spoke about personal reasons for standing in defense of PVFD. Delan’s hand was caught in a wood splitter last year and said PVFD took two minutes to reach him.

“We won’t get that kind of service anywhere else,” he said.

Councilmember Pamela Hadley was the only town council representative to respond to public comments at the end of the meeting. She expressed her discontent about the way the resolution was passed and said she felt residents weren’t given fair chance to voice their opinion, such as public comment being prohibited on the night the resolution was approved.

“I want to voice my displeasure of how citizens have been treated,” she said.

“Words have not met actions, and actions have come and gone like spring showers.

Citizens who care enough to be engaged should be and their voices given careful decision. This is not the case in this issue.”

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Former special agent transitions from investigator to educator Local private eye publishes first book, has two more on the way

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LAKE PARK – The village of Lake Park, home of Charles Williams’s business, HDI Investigations, couldn’t be further from the streets of New York City, where Williams once spent more than two decades as a special agent for the FBI. When Williams moved to Indian Trail and began his business in the village of about 2,000 people after retiring from the bureau in 2006, it took him a while to make peace with the transition.

“I lived in NYC for 21 years and it was nothing but concrete and streetlights and skyscrapers, so you get used to that fast pace,” Williams said. “It took me a little while to adjust to the slower pace here, the smaller amount of people. After a while, I came to appreciate seeing the cows in the pastures.”

It was a natural move in the grander scale of Williams’s career. He spent 15 years apprehending and interrogating criminal suspects with the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force, then worked with counterintelligence before wrapping up his federal career doing community outreach.

Williams now consults and investigates criminal court cases with HDI, mainly in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area, and has worked on about 80 murder cases since founding the business nine years ago, he said.

Nearly a decade into his private investigative work, Williams, now approaching 60 years old, has begun planning the next phase of his career: writing books that share his trove of knowledge and experience on criminal apprehension and interrogation techniques.

“I will eventually have to hang up the old spyglass,” Williams said. “I do like consulting and doing the criminal work.

I have a practicability to be able to give insight and be a sounding board, but in terms of going out and looking under this rock and that rock to find people, those days are numbered. I want to eventually just get into writing, consulting and lecturing.”

Williams took the first step toward that goal with the publication of his first book, “C.A.R.E.: An Investigative Way of Life,” in December 2014.

In the book, Williams shares the interviewing and interrogation techniques that earned him commendations throughout his career from leaders such as William Sessions and Louis Freeh, the fourth and fifth directors of the FBI, respectively.

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individuals with valuable information and then persuade them to share that information with a jury.”

Williams compares the way he converses with a suspect or witness to a chess game in which he tries to think ahead as opposed to flying into a rage as is seen on many crime shows, he said.

“It’s like a chess game; you have someone who can’t see any checkmate, but if you bring in a better chess player they see a checkmate in five moves,” he said. “The checkmate was there. When you’re interviewing a witness or suspect and you say, ‘I couldn’t get him to confess,’ there’s a confession there, but you’re skill level is not where it needs to be to get that confession.”

Williams is currently pitching his book to law enforcement agencies for possible use as a training tool. It has already received positive reviews from people in the investigative field.

“It’s an excellent book, especially for a textbook, because textbooks are usually hard to read,” said Alfred Smith, retired New York City detective and currently a private investigator. “The way he implements crime stories throughout the text makes it interesting. It really talks about the process, the technique and the mindset of treating the suspect with a lot of respect and dignity and not losing your cool, and I think that’s a valuable tool.”

While still working to market his first book, Williams already has another two queued up for publication.

The first of these, to be titled “Without Deadly Force,” was written in the mid‘90s to be used by coworkers as a guide to making arrests without having to resort to deadly force.

Williams believes the book could have an important role to play in mitigating some of the tensions that have caused unrest over the last year in places such as Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland.

He said most police departments focus (see Charles on page 5)

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on technology and weapons when better training and understanding of any given situation should be the focal point.

“What we need is what is called community policing, police need to have another option,” Williams said. “They say they’re going to put body cameras on officers; that’s not going to change their training, that’s not going to change their perspective and it’s not going to change the situation. It will just record something being done wrong. I’m not here to criticize law enforcement or policing, I’m just here to say there’s another option for making arrests.”

Williams has also begun work on a third book, “The Song of the Interview,” that expands on an aspect of “C.A.R.E” in which he compares each interview to a song that he has heard thousands of times over his career.

“If you hear a song in church and someone sings that song off key, you know they’re off key because you’ve heard that song sung so many times before,” Williams said. “When you know how a story should unfold and you hear a story not unfolding right, you know right away something is wrong. I write about that, I write that every person has a natural ability to tell if someone is telling them the truth or not.”

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News Briefs Union County Weekly editor to take helm of news department at Creative Loafing

On Monday, May 11, Union County Weekly Managing Editor Ryan Pitkin Josh Whitener Erin Kirby announced he would be leaving the Education Editor Art Director paper to accept a position as News EdiCourtney Schultz Maria Hernandez tor at Creative Loafing in Charlotte.

News Writers A&E Editor Pitkin said he enjoyed covering Union Hannah Chronis Dee Grano County since arriving at the paper in June 2014 but the new offer has been a Crystal Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Gorman Faith Columnist Sports Writer Rev. Tony Marciano professional goal for years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have learned a lot over the last year Ben Doster and, while Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m upset to leave the great working relationships Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve built with my ADVERTISING staff and the residents of Union County, Charlotte Conway Adrian Garson I am excited to accept a challenging new position at the paper with which I DISTRIBUTION started my career.â&#x20AC;?

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New Weddington town clerk weighs in on new position WEDDINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Peggy Piontek took a seat in front of Weddington Town Council for the second time with her new position as town clerk on Monday, May 11. She was sworn in at her first working council meeting on May 4,

which was a budget meeting that she called â&#x20AC;&#x153;very informative.â&#x20AC;?

Piontek said she feels fortunate to have the opportunity to work for Weddington and its residents, and hopes her role can help nurture a mutual respect between town officials and residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have been given an opportunity to work with an incredible staff and a supportive council,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those residents that I have had the pleasure of meeting clearly are proud of and passionate about their town.â&#x20AC;?

Piontek comes from Indian Trail, where she served as clerk for nine years.

Indian Trail to begin week of street sweeping INDIAN TRAIL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Beginning May 18, the town of Indian Trail will implement its first-ever street sweeping program, according to the news release.

Established in response to federal and state clean water regulations, the program will remove debris from streets and gutters before they can enter the storm drain system. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The removal of dirt and debris from town-owned streets will provide a healthy, safe and attractive environment for the residents of Indian Trail,â&#x20AC;? the release read.

Town streets with established curbs will be swept on a semi-annual basis.

Approximately 100 miles of curb will be cleaned during the project, according to the release. State roads, private streets, unincorporated Union County roads and alleys will not be swept.

Visit www.indiantrail.org/uploads/ file/Engineering/PB2013_Webpage_ Final%20Sheets.pdf for a complete list of roads owned by the town.

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between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays beginning May 18, according to the release. To provide optimum service, the town has asked for residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cooperation in moving automobiles and other items into driveways and off streets and curbs on the days the street is swept.

Contact the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Engineering Department at 704-821-2542 for more information.

Local deputy receives child safety award Union County Sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deputy Jonathan Philemon has received the 2015 North Carolina Child Passenger Safety Advocate Award by the North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program and the North Carolina Child Passenger Safety Training Program, according to a news release.

Philemon serves as a traffic enforcement deputy in Indian Trail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a great honor and surprise to receive this award,â&#x20AC;? Philemon said.

Philemon was nominated, unknowingly, by Kim Karpovich, of Carolinas Medical Center-Union, and Windi Henderson, of the Hemby Bridge Volunteer Fire Department. He was nominated for his participation in rebuilding the Safe Kids/Communities of Union County, according to the release.

Philemon also helped establish six car seat-checking stations and a diversion program the district attorney uses to ensure kids are properly restrained and parents are correctly educated on car seat installation and use. The award was presented on behalf of the Department of Insurance, North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety, Safe Kids/Communities of North Carolina, North Carolina Child Passenger Safety Training Program and www.

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Crime Blotter The following people were arrested in western Union County between May 7 and 12, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office.

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

Hemby Bridge • Jalisha Evans, 8200 block of Idlewild Road: Failure to appear. May 7 • Tony Coats, 7600 block of Circle Drive: Possession of schedule VI controlled substance.

May 9 • Ryan Jacobs, 4100 block of Faith Church Road: Felony larceny. May 10 • Wesley McMurray, 4100 block of Faith Church Road: Assault inflicting serious bodily injury. May 10

Indian Trail • Antoine Brown, 6100 block of Stoney Ridge Road: Assault inflicting injury. May 8 • Terri Hilliard, 3100 block of Broad Plum Lane: Assault and battery. May 9 • David Collins, 4600 block of Hartis Grove Church Road: Driving while impaired. May 9 • Melissa Forbes, 2100 block of Hunters Trail Drive: Simple assault. May 11

Stallings • Toquar Lee, 3900 block of Privette Road: Probation violation. May 7 • Charles Ottoway, 4700 block of Morningwood Drive: Misdemeanor larceny. May 9

• John Maynor, 2800 block of Matthews Indian Trail Road: Possession of schedule VI controlled substance. May 9 • John Comstock, 5100 block of Smith Farm Road: Illegal possession/sale of alcohol. May 9 • Ricky Sherrin, 12700 block of East Independence Boulevard: Possession of stolen goods.

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Waxhaw • Harvey Starnes, 5500 block of H B Starnes Road: Communicating threats. May 7 • George Walters, 2000 block of White Cedar Lane: Failure to appear. May 9 • Paul Hicks, 3500 block of Waxhaw Parkway: Possession of marijuana. May 10 • Archie Hansley, 3600 block of South Providence Road: Larceny by employee. May 11

Wesley Chapel • Connie Poole, 5300 block of Woodridge Drive: Assault and battery. May 10

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Possession of methamphetamine. May 11

Miscellaneous

Home/Business Break-ins • 1000 block of Bikar Court: $510 worth of prescription medicine (Xanax and Fentanyl) stolen from home during break-in. May 11

Vehicle Break-ins

Hemby Bridge Vandalism/Hit-and-run • 7400 block of Pin Oak Drive: $50 in damage to Ford van in vandalism incident. May 10

Drugs • 7600 block of Circle Drive: Felony possession of heroin. May 8

Marvin Vandalism/Hit-and-run

• 6000 block of West Highway 74: $120 in cash and $18 check stolen and $500 in damage done to GMC Acadia during break-in. May 7 • 6000 block of West Highway 74: $50 worth of baby clothes and $20 worth of baby formula stolen and $750 in damage done to Ford Explorer during break-in. May 7 • 1000 block of Trillium Place: Nothing listed as stolen from vehicle during break-in. May 7

• 1600 block of Hickory Ridge Road: $300 in damage to grass in vandalism incident. May 8

Stallings Property Theft • 1900 block of Stallings Road: Burglary. May 9

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Property Theft • 2100 block of Windy Hill Lane: $500 pink flamingo stolen. May 10

Vandalism/Hit-and-run The following crimes were reported in western Union County between May 7 and 12, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office.

• 3700 block of Wesley Chapel Stouts Road: Violation of city ordinance. May 8

• QT, 5650 W. Hwy. 74: $100 in damage to business in vandalism incident. May 9

Home/Business Break-ins • 2600 block of Crane Road: $400 television and $1,000 worth of jewelry stolen from home during break-in. May 7

Weddington Financial Crimes/Fraud

Financial Crimes/Fraud • 3200 block of Parkland Drive: $950 obtained from victim through false pretenses. May 7 • 4800 block of Hudson Church Road: Diverting utility use. May 7 • 300 block of Unionville Indian Trail Road: Obtaining property by false pretenses. May 9

• 4000 block of Ancestry Circle: Identity theft.

May 7

Wesley Chapel Vandalism/Hit-and-run • 1200 block of Walnut Ridge Court: $11 in damage to plants in vandalism incident. May 7

Drugs • 2000 block of Brandon Oaks Parkway:

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Restaurant Scores The Union County Health Department inspected the following dining locations from April 30 to May 11.

Lowest Scores: • Little Caesar’s, 325 Unionville-Indian Trail Road, 28079 – 87.5 Violations included: Employee did not wash hands after handling unclean items before prepping; sink at preparation station did not have soap or hand towels; several utensils, bowls and pizza rings unclean; utensils and rings in use unclean, repeat violation; chicken wings at improper temperature; and general cleaning needed.

All Scores: 28173 No restaurants inspected this week.

28104 • Chick-fil-A, 6390 Weddington Road – 95 • Hickory Tavern, 6400 WeddingtonMonroe Road – 93.5 • Lucy’s Bakery, 4522 Potter Road – 98 • The Divide Golf Club, 6803 Stevens Mill Road – 97

28079 • Athenian Grill, 614 S. Indian Trail Road – 99.5 • Little Caesar’s, 325 Unionville-Indian Trail Road – 87.5 • Subway, 7802 Idlewild Road – 99 28110 • Bojangles’, 2200 W. Roosevelt Blvd.

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Indian Trail town manager presents budget to council Proposed budget receives support during first public hearing, discussion

by Ryan Pitkin editor@unioncountyweekly.com

INDIAN TRAIL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; At the Indian Trail Town Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s May 12 meeting, Town Manager Joe Fivas presented highlights and statistics from staffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed 2015-16 budget.

The council briefly discussed key points of the budget and how it will be implemented, followed by a lone public comment from a resident praising staff for its prudence and transparency throughout the budget process.

Councilmembers and staff seemed encouraged as they left Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting. Councilmember Gordon Daniels led a standing ovation for town staff following the presentation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am excited and energized about this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget,â&#x20AC;? Daniels said, citing that he was happy to see no tax increase will be necessary to build a town hall that has created some disagreement among residents.

While some councilmembers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree on the way future plans regarding parks, roads and the town hall should be implemented, the board stands behind the budget as it has been proposed.

The next council meeting, to be held on May 26, will feature more discussion from the council while offering residents another chance to speak during a public hearing.

Fivas said the new budget is a sign the town is finally able to prepare efficiently for the growth it is experiencing.

Highlights of the presentation included a review of the tax revaluation, which he said would suggest a necessary property tax increase that will not now be necessary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strong fiscal management from current and past town councils and staff will allow the town to absorb loss of funds,â&#x20AC;? the presentation read. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Therefore, every property owner has benefited from the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong financial controls and management.â&#x20AC;?

Fivas pointed out some property owners might still see an increase in property taxes due to a revaluation of actual property values carried out by Union County in January 2015.

The town will spend $1.84 million on infrastructure improvements in the coming fiscal year, according to the proposed budget, including repaving lower rated local streets, improving troubled intersections â&#x20AC;&#x201C; such as Sardis Road at Unionville Road and Indian Trail Road at Matthews

Indian Trail Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and beginning work on the second phase of Chestnut Parkway.

In regards to the town hall, called a municipal complex in the budget presentation, staff has proposed a â&#x20AC;&#x153;new and improvedâ&#x20AC;? funding formula that will cover the estimated $8 million cost with $4 million from reserves and $4 million in loans.

Fivas said the approximately $668,763 remaining in the debt service/capital reserve fund following bond debt payments and an annual payment for the municipal complex loan should be able to pay off remaining authorized bond debt left over from recent road and park projects. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It shows thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a clear pathway that you can fund the municipal complex clearly with no projected tax increase,â&#x20AC;? Fivas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can show that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s money there to fund this with the current situation that we have.â&#x20AC;?

Former councilmember Shirley Howe addressed the council before the presentation asking the town place the proposed town hall on a ballot referendum to let voters decide on its necessity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done this before, so whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the problem with doing it now?â&#x20AC;? Howe asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re afraid that maybe it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying we need or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a town hall, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m only saying the citizens who

would be paying the bill need a say.â&#x20AC;?

Two other residents addressed the council, urging them to move ahead with plans to build the town hall without any further delay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are long-term consequences in not investing in your town,â&#x20AC;? said one of the residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes courage to have a longterm vision and stay the course.â&#x20AC;?

Among other things, Fivas also spoke about a streamline development process that would include updating technology for the town to enhance its communications between staff and residents, as well as implementing community engagement and enhancement plans that include beautification programs and enhancing current nuisance ordinances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a lot of moving parts. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done a lot of good work and have to keep charging. There was a time in the past when we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily keep up with our growth; now we can,â&#x20AC;? Fivas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a good year; a lot of major projects were finished up, and now we can look ahead and see where the council wants to go.â&#x20AC;?

The full budget presentation can be found at the Union West Regional Library, at the current town meeting center, located at 100 Navajo Trail, or at www.indiantrail. org.

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describes her career path as a “squiggly line” leading in different directions in the entertainment industry.

Watt, a native of New York, knew she wanted to pursue a career in acting at the young age of 5 years old. By the time she was 15 years old, Watt received a scholarship to attend New York Academy of Theatrical Arts. Four years later, she produced her first documentary, “Unicycle,” for National Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Television.

During her 20s, Watt starred in numerous national commercials and soap operas.

She eventually moved to Los Angeles to continue her acting career, where she spent more than 22 years working with public television and studied extensively with director Milton Katselas and Beverly Hills Playhouse.

Watt and her husband, both of whom are members of the Screen Actor’s GuildAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), eventually relocated to North Carolina in 2007 after spending time in Charlotte collaborating on a PBS project.

“When I looked at where to live, it started out with Sound Stages in Wilmington,” she said. “A lot of production was going on there, with Homeland, Banshee – I felt that this could be the entertainment hub of the east coast.”

After moving to Weddington, Watt immediately jumped into the entertainment scene. She collaborated with Union County Public Schools (UCPS) in 2010 through a grant from the Union County Community Arts Council to teach an enrichment arts program at Cuthbertson High School and Central Academy of Technology and Arts. She also began teaching advanced acting classes at Spirit Square for professional writers, actors and directors, as well as a beginner’s class, private classes and a class for people with disabilities through the Charlotte chapter of Easter Seals, a service and advocacy group for disabled children.

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son, Quinn Riback, is a junior at Weddington High School and was recently the lead in the theater department’s production of Midsummer Night’s Dream.

He’s been involved with his mother’s acting classes since 2009, and has already been accepted to the University of North Carolina – Charlotte’s drama program.

The nomination for the inaugural Excellence in Theatre Education Award presented by the Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University came on behalf of two former students, Gray Gaertner, a student at East Carolina University who attended Watt’s advanced acting class, and Clayton Aggeles, another former student who said he’s now SAG-AFTRA eligible because of Watt and attends University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he’s pursuing filmmaking.

“When I look back, I appreciate Linda so much,” Aggeles said. “She guided me and helped me on my creative path and I can’t thank her enough.”

Watt said students like Aggeles and Gaertner are just two of the many talented students she’s taught over the years.

Despite spending years in New York City and Los Angeles, Watt said the arts scene is thriving in Charlotte and continues to grow, producing some of the most talented actors in the country.

“When I came here from Los Angeles and I started to see the productions and the talent, I was blown away,” she said.

“There is more talent here than I could’ve ever imagined. In spite of budget cuts and lack of support, they are thriving more than you could imagine.”

The award will recognize an educator in the United States who helps “create the next generation of theatre artists” and helps discover and nurture talent in inspiring theater professionals, according to the Tony Awards’ website. A panel of judges from the Broadway League, Carnegie Mellon and the American Theatre Wing will select the finalists and winner.

The winner will be announced at the 69th annual Tony Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 7, a Saturday.

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Community bakes relief for Nepal First-grader spurs efforts to help Nepali earthquake victims

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INDIAN TRAIL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After an earthquake with 8.1 magnitude struck the area surrounding Nepal and left more than 7,000 people killed and more than 450,000 displaced, a Sun Valley Elementary School first-grader knew he wanted to help.

When six-year-old Logan Minor, a Pack 276 Cub Scout, saw pictures of the devastation in Nepal, he asked his parents Ali and Ash Minor what he could do to help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just saw images of Nepal and it looked really sad and I asked my mom, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Is there anything to do, (so) that we can help somebody, help Nepal?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Logan said.

Ash Minor, who is Union West Rotary Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president and den leader of Pack 276, suggested Logan host a bake sale to coincide with the rotary clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot dog fundraiser at Indian Trailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family movie night on Friday, May 8, in Crossing Paths Park. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really touched (when he said he wanted to help Nepal) because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried to instill good values in him and (inform him) there are people less fortunate than us and he should always look

to give back,â&#x20AC;? Ali Minor said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of six-year-olds are really just focused on themselves and when he does something like this, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really touching. Day-to-day they might not always (think about others) and you may not feel like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting through to them, but we know that it is there.â&#x20AC;?

The Minor family enlisted the help of their neighbors in the Brandon Oaks subdivision, rotary club members and cub scoutsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; families to bake treats for the sale.

All the proceeds of the event, which tallied $640, will go directly to relieve the effects of the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Loganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fundraising goal is $1,000 and Ash said the rotary club will most likely donate to his efforts.

The Nepal earthquake, which occurred on April 25, killed more than 7,000 people and injured more than 14,000. The earthquake triggered two avalanches â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one on Mount Everest and one in Langtang Valley â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and was the most devastating disaster to strike Nepal since 1934.

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Logan felt it was important to help those who were displaced and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have homes.

Rotary District 3292, which covers all of Nepal, established a disaster relief fund to address the aftermath of the massive earthquake in Nepal.

Rotary District 7680, which encompasses 14 counties including Union, stated they will match all donations dollar-for-dollar, up to $5,000, for any donations from rotary clubs in the district.

Ash Minor said he and his wife always have encouraged their children to give back and help others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve raised Logan to have gratitude for all the things that he has and be grateful for his community,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Ali Minor believes no child is too young to learn about the world and learn to give back to those in need. With negative media influences, she hopes to instill positive messages in her children, she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taught me about how itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to help other people when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not as lucky as us,â&#x20AC;? Logan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You feel good when you (give back).â&#x20AC;?

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Six-year-old Sun Valley Elementary firstgrader Logan Minor hosted a bake sale to raise funds for Nepali people, who were displaced after a massive earthquake.

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impact and that people can relate to his sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire to give back. He hopes Logan continues to use his energies to help others as well as continue to stay informed about othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hardships around the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six years old now and is making a difference, imagine what he could do at 16 (years old),â&#x20AC;? Ash said.

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contributed to the increase in expenditures listed in the new budget from the superintendent’s proposed budget presented at the April 14 meeting.

The current expense budget’s sources of revenue will include state sources, which is estimated at $211 million via information given by the state department of public instruction; federal sources; local county appropriation, which is estimated at $104,460,942; specific restricted sources; restricted and assigned fund balances; and other local sources, according to Karpinksi.

UCPS’s per pupil expenditures has dropped more than 4 percent from 2012-13 through fiscal ended 2013-14, he added. In 2013-14, UCPS’s per pupil expenditures ranked 112 lowest out of 115 school districts, with $7,202 per student, excluding child nutrition.

In recent months, a joint working group with the Union County Board of Commissioners (BOC) and the Board of Education (BOE) has determines capital cost requests for the Community Construction Equity Plan (CCEP), an eightyear plan that was approved at the BOE’s March 10 meeting, and the capital outlay proposal.

County commissioners articulated to the joint working group the BOE would need to draft a resolution requesting that Union County place General Obligation bonds on the ballot, potentially for 2016 and 2018, no later than December 2015 to receive funding needed for “brick and mortar projects.”

Karpinksi said the board needed to articulate all UCPS needs to the county at once in order to be able to request funds from sources, such as bonds.

UCPS Superintendent Dr. Mary Ellis added the board had “learned their lesson” through the litigation between the BOE and BOC regarding budget disputes between the two groups, which ended in the North Carolina Court of Appeals vacating the $91 million jury verdict and a case remanded for retrial.

Karpinksi said if the board does not articulate their needs in writing there is a possibility they won’t be able to obtain that need.

The joint working group and county commissioners agreed to the previously decided $20 million allocation per year for the CCEP and the additional $157 million capital outlay for estimated “brick and mortar” projects would be funded through the General Obligation bonds.

The first year of the CCEP will include projects such as the new Sun Valley High School; renovations to Walter Bickett Elementary School; improvement projects at New Town and Western Union elementary schools, Parkwood and Sun Valley middle schools and Monroe and Porter Ridge high schools; and a new transportation facility, among others. www.unioncountyweekly.com

The budget expenditures, which is separate from capital outlay, will total $347.8 million and will include instructional programs, supporting services, community services, non-programming charges and the charter school payment, according to Karpinksi.

The entire budget was vetted through both the BOE’s finance and facilities committees, which approved the allocations.

The board approved the budget with only District 3 board member Gary Sides in opposition.

Sides started off budget discussions with a request to table the board’s approval of the budget because he said he had not received budget materials until May 1 and received additional materials minutes before the board’s meeting from the Finance Committee meeting, which took place hours before. He felt more time was needed to analyze the information and come to a conclusion. Sides said the new materials were the first time he had seen increased numbers from the superintendent’s proposal.

“It borders irresponsible for a decision to be made,” he said.

He also felt more time was needed as at least five members of the board were going through their first budget cycle.

“I came onto the board 11 years ago in a similar moment and I did my research,” said BOE Chairman John Collins.

Sides also said he felt the “needs” the board distinguished in capital outlay weren’t pressing needs.

“The whole concept of the CCEP (is) these are our needs … this isn’t our Christmas list, this is really what we need,” Sides said. “I have some questions about some of the projects about whether I wouldn’t call them a need … I’m sorry, $12 million for a transportation center, $5 million for a football stadium, $3.4 (million) for the (Professional Development Center.)

“I just got some questions (because) that’s going to be a hard sell when we’re going out to the public, if we go for a bond referendum, and we tell the public, ‘Look, we need $12 million for a new transportation center – that’s a real need – or you’re kids aren’t going to get the kind of education they can get.’ So, I have some challenges about some of the things that are on here that we can really call those needs.”

District 2 board member H. Kevin Stewart countered Side’s remarks, stating district engineers, staff and the facilities committee, vetted the needs listed in the CCEP. The board approved the CCEP at its March meeting, including the timeline of those projects, so the needs listed can no longer be changed without an official amendment.

The proposed budget will go to the Union County BOC to determine how much they will allocate to the district.

The county must submit their budget to the state by June 30.

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Union board of ed files for rehearing On Tuesday, May 12, the Union County Board of Education filed a request with the North Carolina Court of Appeals for a rehearing of the court’s April 7 decision, which reversed the Board of Education’s ruling against the Union County Board of Commissioners in a budget dispute case.

The decision sent the case back to Union County courts for a new trial because the board of education introduced evidence of needs that were not part of the 2013-14 fiscal year in which the trial depended on.

The board of education exercised its option under law to ask the appellate court to review its decision.

“While I think we can all agree that the relationship between our school board and the Board of Commissioners is on a much more solid footing than it was a couple of years ago, we believe it is important to pursue and resolve these issues and try to get clarification from the North Carolina Court of Appeals before either of our boards might have to face the prospect of a new trial,” BOE Chairman John Collins said in a news release. “I think we can safely say no

one would look forward to that, and we would hope for a more peaceful resolution.”

In the petition for rehearing, the board asks the court the following: to reconsider its decision that the evidence is limited to no more than the school board’s budget request; to overturn its determination that any school board that fails to sue its county commissioners has, by implication, determined school appropriations were sufficient for that year; to reexamine briefs and evidence presented and annul the court’s ruling that a new trial is needed on the jury’s $4,973,143 current expense award, since the board claims no evidence was presented to the jury regarding operating costs needed beyond the 2013-14 budget year; and to review the court of appeals’ ruling the jury instructions were “misleading” regarding the right to a “sound basic education” established in Leandro v. State.

The board feels its petition shows the trial court’s instructions were taken from the Leandro case, according to the release.

“I think I have told everyone who would listen that our board has tried to settle this case from day one, including every single day during the trial, and we would still like to do so,” UCPS Superintendent Dr. Mary B. Ellis said in the release.

Collins said the board wanted to take immediate legal action, but did not want the action to reflect on what he feels is an improved relationship with the county.

“We are simply carrying out this process, just as the commissioners did when they chose to appeal,” he said in the release. “We will continue to work closely with our commissioners moving forward.”

Union Academy to host spring day of fun MONROE – Union Academy Charter School will host its seventh annual Spring Day of Fun on May 16, a Saturday, at the Upper School campus, located at 675 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in Monroe.

This year’s theme is “Come Join the Fun! Something for Everyone!”

The day combines three events, including the 5K Run, Walk or Crawl Race, community carnival and battle of the bands, and is open to the entire community.

The 5K Run, Walk or Crawl Race is slated for 9 to 10 a.m. and all age groups may register to participate.

Pre-registration costs $15 for youth and $20 for adults. Registration for the day of the race costs $20 for youth and $25 for adults. All registered participants will receive a 5K T-shirt.

The Community Carnival will be held from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for all age groups. Admission is free and tickets will be sold at the event for rides, food and activities.

Battle of the Bands will be held from 2:30 to 6 p.m. for all age groups.

The entry fee will be $5 and an entry fee/T-shirt combo will cost $15.

Call 704-238-8883 or visit www. unionacademy.org for more information.

Union County students earn merit scholarship The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced this year’s National Merit $2,500 scholarship winners, and the list included some Union County students.

The scholars were chosen from more than 15,000 finalists and were judged on accomplishments, skills and potential for success in college after earning top scores on the PSAT. The following students earned the scholarship: Cuthbertson High School’s Justin Aufderheide; Providence Day School’s Alexandra Halberstadt and Brittany Halberstadt, both Waxhaw residents; and Marvin Ridge High School’s Prakash Mishra.

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My wife and I fight about her â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;darkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roots

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by Rev. Tony Marciano news@unioncountyweekly.com

I married a blonde. This geek who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dribble a ball, catch a ball or throw a ball married a blonde.

I was â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and still am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in heaven.

Over the course of three kids and being married to Rev. Tony me, that gorgeous blond hair started Marciano to turn brown.

Fortunately, hair dye came to the rescue and I had my blond wife back.

Over the next few weeks after coloring her hair, something very special happened. Her dark roots started to show.

She moved her hair, and it was brown on the inside â&#x20AC;&#x201C; yet on the outside, it was blond. I love it. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great. Does it get better than this?

However, after a while, the dark roots

took over and out came the box of hair dye. Now, you would think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be happy; I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. What happened to those gorgeous dark roots in that head of blond hair? All I saw is a full head of blond hair â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no dark roots.

I waited a while, and the dark roots were back. I was happy again.

One night in Bible study, we were talking about this (you can only have this kind of conversation in Bible Study).

One of the group members said she changes her hair color every six weeks.

After discussing hair color changes, I said how much I like a blonde with dark roots. The whole room gasped at that comment. No one agreed with me. My wife thought I was crazy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; she disagreed with me strongly.

She still disagrees with me. Each time she takes out the box of hair dye, I have to wait two to three weeks for the dark roots to reappear. It has become a running joke between the two of us.

The reality is that one day my wife will not have blond hair or dark roots â&#x20AC;&#x201C; she will have white or silver hair. Will I love

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her any less? Of course not. If I only loved her for the color of her hair, then we would have a shallow relationship.

My love for my wife is based on the character of her heart. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been about character.

Employers know when they hire someone, the one thing they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change is that personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character. I told my daughter when choosing a spouse, character is first and chemistry is second.

Reggie Love served as a personal aide to President Barack Obama. He spent six years at the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side.

This is what he said in a recent article on character: â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one in Beirut cares that you attended Harvard. No one in the Sudan gives a flip about who your parents are. The only true international currency is character. It was the same thing Coach K (Mike Krzyzewski, Duke Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball coach) drilled into me, and my father, tooâ&#x20AC;Ś It was an example Obama had set since the day we met â&#x20AC;&#x201C; character doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just count; it is the password to every code you will ever need to crack.â&#x20AC;?

Jesus said in Matthew 15:17-20, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.â&#x20AC;?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll always tease my wife about her hair color, but the best part of her is the purity of her heart.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been about character â&#x20AC;&#x201C; always.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be back in two weeks. Until then, live well, my friend.

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Blood Drive at Spirit of Joy WEDDINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church will host a blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross on Tuesday, May 19 from 3 to 7:30 p.m.

Visit www.redcrossblood.org/rcbmobile/drive/chooseDonationTime.jsp to register for a blood donation. The Red Cross will have appointments for regular blood donations and Double Red Cells donations. In the latter, donors must meet specific eligibility requirements and have type A Negative, B Negative or O blood types, according to the website.

Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church is located at 8600 Potter Road.

First Baptist â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Indian Trail will host Boulevard Bazaar this Saturday INDIAN TRAIL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; First Baptist Church â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Indian Trail will hold a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boulevard Bazaarâ&#x20AC;? on Saturday, May 16 from 8 a.m. to noon in the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Life Center.

Interested shoppers can get into the bazaar by donating 1 box (12 one-ounce packets) of Quaker Instant Grits to support the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Food for Families Ministry. Vendor tables cost $15.

Contact Sherri Mangum at 704-8930026 or sherrimangum@att.net for more information and vendor registration.

First Baptist â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Indian Trail is located at 732 Indian Trail Fairview Road.

Prospect UMC dedicated Prospect Food and Clothing Ministry on April 26.

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church and donations from the community.

Visit www.Prospectumc.org or call the church office at 704-764-3795 for more information about this ministry.

Prospect UMC is located at 6020 Prospect Road.

Community Yard Sale and Perpetual Food Drive at Indian Trail Presbyterian INDIAN TRAIL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Indian Trail Presbyterian Church will host their second annual community yard sale at the church on Saturday, May 16 from 6 a.m. to noon. Register to rent a 10-foot by 10-foot space to sell clothing and household items. Each rental space costs $15. Interested sellers can contact Scott Stinson at sstinson@psav.com or sign up online at www.itpcusa.org.

The churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Service and Fellowship Committee also holds a Perpetual Food Drive, in which it collects non-perishable items every Sunday. They decided to hold a weekly drive â&#x20AC;&#x153;because people are hungry all year, not just November and December,â&#x20AC;? according to their website.

Interested donors can place food items such as canned soup, jars of peanut butter and cereal in the collection baskets at each vestibule.

The food will be delivered to Loaves and Fishes monthly.

Indian Trail Presbyterian is located at 200 S. Indian Trail Road.

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Central Academy at Lake Park celebrated National Prayer Day INDIAN TRAIL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Central Academy at Lake Park held a prayer walk on Thursday, May 7 from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. in celebration of National Prayer Day. Staff, students and family members walked through various locations in Lake Park and Indian Trail while praying for the government officials, U.S. Armed Forces and their families, local leaders, church pastors, Lake Park and Indian Trail town councils and Central Academy student leaders and staff.

Central Academy at Lake Park is a private Kâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 Christian school located at 3624 Lake Park Road.

New Ministry at Prospect UMC MONROE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Prospect United Methodist Church celebrated the dedication of their new ministry, titled Prospect Food and Clothing Ministry on April 26.

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Calendar 5.16.15 Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Disc Golf Tournament

5.16.15 Saturday 8 a.m. to Noon Boulevard Bazaar

The family-friendly event is followed by a movie night in the park at dusk. There is a $5 individual entry fee for participants in the tournament. First, second and third place gift bags are up for grabs, and will be awarded to both children 14 years old and younger and adults 15 years old and older.

Visit www.discgolfunited.com to register.

This event provides a one-stop shop for gifts and more. Admission is one box of Quaker Instant Grits to support the First Baptist Church of Indian Trail’s Food for Families ministry. Cost for a vendor table is $15. Contact Sherri at sherrimangum@att.net or 704-893-0026 to sign up as a vendor or for more information.

Blair Mill Park, 1025 Fair Oaks FBC Indian Trail Family Life Center, 732 Drive, Stallings Indian Trail Fairview Road, Indian Trail 5.16.15 Saturday 9 to 10 a.m.

Rabies Clinic

5.16.15 Saturday 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Waxhaw UMC Yard Sale

North Carolina state law requires the owner of every dog, cat and ferret older than 4 months old to have the animal vaccinated against rabies.

Rabies vaccines will be offered for $10 per animal. Pet microchipping will be offered for a $15 donation to Friends of Union County Animal Shelter.

This yard sale will benefit local mission efforts.

Sausage biscuits and coffee will be offered, as well.

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5.16.15 & 5.17.15 Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. & noon to 6 p.m.

Waxhaw Art Kaleidoscope This two-day art-centric event, formerly known as Spring Fest, takes place the third weekend in May and showcases a variety of art mediums and handcrafted goods in downtown Waxhaw.

The event includes a juried art contest. Attendees can expect acoustic musical entertainment, street performances and a free Kids Zone complete with carnival rides, inflatables, entertainers and more.

Visit www.waxhaw.com/index.aspx?NID=117 for more information.

Historic Downtown area, Waxhaw 5.20.15 Wednesday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Indian Trail Mastermind

Attendees will have the chance to answer Waxhaw United Methodist Church, 200 McDonald St., Waxhaw questions about Indian Trail’s past and present to earn prizes. Cost is $10 per person and only 25 spaces are available. Residents can register at Cathy’s Coffee. Call Eddie Mitchell, Mastermind Send your host, at 704-206-0976 for more information.

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Cathy’s Coffee, 606 Indian Trail Road S., Indian Trail

5.21.15 Thursday 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Clay Workshop Attendees will learn the basics of clay while creating a fabulous functional project that will be a reflection of their individual personality. Visit www.facebook.com/ IndianTrailCulturalArtsCenter to see a picture of the proposed project. The price $25 includes instruction, tools, materials and firing fees.

Indian Trail Cultural Arts Center, 100 Navajo Trail, Indian Trail 5.23.15 Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Pringles Turns 10 The Carolina Waterfowl Rescue mascot, Pringles the Goose, will mark his 10th birthday. Admission is free and local residents can drop in for tours of the rescue, a chance to feed the birds, raffle prize drawings every hour and a silent auction.

Pringles will cut his cake at noon and free cake will be available for humans, too.

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Calendar 5.25.15 Monday 11 a.m. to Noon Memorial Day Ceremony

5.30.15 Saturday 6:45 a.m.

Dash ‘N Splash 5K

The second annual Lake Park Memorial Day Ceremony will feature veteran speakers, such as B.L. Starnes, district president of Union Power Cooperative, and Marine Corps Recruiting Staff Sgt. John York. This year’s keynote speaker is Jason Braase, of the Wounded Warrior Project.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Registration and packet pick-up for this event begins at 6:45 a.m. and the run/ walk begins at 8 a.m. Other activities include a Kids’ Fun Run, Doggie Dash and awards ceremony. The water park opens at 10 a.m.

Visit www.queencitytiming.com or visit the Monroe Aquatics and Fitness Center for more information or to register.

Veteran’s Pond, 3708 Faith Church Road, Lake Park 5.28.15 Thursday 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Music on Main Fourth Creek Band, a local James Taylor tribute band, will perform. All band members are experienced musicians with more than 60 years of combined playing experience and multiple years playing together. Two band members, Marie Reid and Ryan Chappell, won Folk Artists of the Year at the 2010 Country Music Awards.

Downtown merchants will be open for business.

Main Street, downtown Monroe 5.29.15 Friday 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

‘Annie’ in the Park Families are welcome to attend a free movie at Crossing Paths Park. Kids’ activities begin at 6:30 p.m. Contact Susan Didier at sdidier@ admin.indiantrail.org or 704-821-2541 for more information.

Crossing Paths Park, 120 Blythe Drive, Indian Trail 5.30.15 Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Crooked Creek Park Grand Opening Indian Trail will celebrate the opening of its newest park with a municipality softball game, featuring representatives and staff from Indian Trail and surrounding towns. Crooked Creek Park will be open to the public at the start of the grand opening celebration. Call the Indian Trail Parks and Recreation Department at 704821-8114 for more information.

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5.30.15 Saturday 6 to 10 p.m.

Outdoor Movie Night Attendees will watch Big Hero 6 at Stallings Park. The movie night also includes a family fitness night with a children’s obstacle course.

Stallings Municipal Park, 340 Stallings Road, Stallings 6.6.15 Saturday Noon Miracle League Charity Golf Tournament This will be the first annual golf tournament benefitting the Miracle League of Indian Trail.

All skill levels are welcome. Registration will begin at noon and the tournament begins at 1 p.m. Price is $75 per players. The event includes a raffle giveaway, a barbecue dinner, greens fees and more. Call David Cohn, tournament organizer, at 704-641-6944, or Shirley Howe, fundraising chair, at 704-8822856 for more information.

Emerald Lakes Golf Club, 9750 Tournament Drive, Stallings 6.5.15 & 6.6.16 Friday & Saturday 6 to 9 p.m. & 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Nonprofit Conference This event is aimed to educate, empower and encourage local nonprofit staff, board members and volunteers. Manny Ohonme, founder and president of Samaritan’s Feet International, will be the keynote speaker during a luncheon on Saturday.

Conference costs are $85 for both days, $45 for Friday only and $60 for Saturday only.

Participants are encouraged to register in advance, as seating is limited.

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Rebels with a cause

From left, Zach Farmer, Jess Gainey and Sout McFalls have the Rebels chasing a state championship.

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Parkwood’s baseball team was in search of its identity, and found it in its season opener against one of the area’s top teams – Piedmont.

The Rebels led 5-0 going into the seventh inning. The wheels nearly fell off, as the Panthers got within a run before Parkwood pumped the brakes in time to recover and get the final out.

“We’re not that group that has to doubt,” Parkwood coach Rocky Richar said. “We’re not the group that has to be concerned with our performance late in the game, because we believe we’re supposed to win.”

The Rebels used that win over the Panthers for the confidence they needed to take down other quality teams in tight games. Parkwood beat Cuthbertson, 3-1, on March 16, and took down

Mount Pleasant in a 5-3 road win on April 21.

Senior pitcher Jess Gainey said another highlight of the season was when the Rebels shut out West Stanly, 6-0, on April 6. He had 13 strikeouts in the win.

The Rebels rode those confidencebuilding wins to a 17-6 (8-2 Rocky River) record and a share of the regular season conference championship with West Stanly (23-3, 8-2) and Mount Pleasant (13-8, 8-2), but lost to the Colts, 2-0, in the conference tournament championship on May 7.

“Coming out of last week we’ve really spent some time, these kids have really worked hard at making sure when given the opportunity to execute that they’re prepared to do that job,” Richar said.

“I feel real good about our chances. All you can ask this time of the year is to

be the toughest out in the state, and I think our kids given where they’ve been and where they are now I think they’re prepared to do that.”

Parkwood, a No. 12 seed, hosted No. 21 seed Salisbury (17-8, 6-4 Central Carolina) in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A state playoffs on May 13 at 7 p.m., after Union County Weekly’s press deadline.

“They’ve been electric since day one in terms of wanting to get better, wanting to be better and needing to be successful,” Richar said.

“They went through some tough times. We’ve had injuries, all the things any athletic team faces in a given year we’ve had those things. Through that collectively they have looked to one another as their resource and decided, ‘What can we learn from this, and how can we use this to get better?’”

Richar added the Rebels won some games they would have lost in the past, because they were playing for each other.

“These guys have played at a high level from a young age for the most part.

These guys are one of the best groups I’ve ever had in terms of loving one another, being able to be hard on each other but yet still recover. A lot of times you get young guys that somebody’s critical of somebody else, and it creates resentment. These guys don’t look at it that way.”

He added what he loves about his players is the familial like relationships they have with one another. The eat together, and hang out together outside of baseball and school.

Junior center fielder Scout McFalls, who is committed to Winthrop

University, said they have all known each other since they played T-ball together as 5 year olds.

“We share a bond that I haven’t shared with a lot of teams,” senior pitcher/ shortstop Zach Farmer said. “We’ve been together for a long time. I think that’s what brings in some of the best competition on the team itself. We all get along. We all have a great friendship with each other, and we’re almost like brothers. If we have an issue we talk it out, and then move on and get back to being best friends again.”

Farmer, who will continue his baseball career at Erkine College in Due West, South Carolina, said he and his teammates don’t want to get ahead of themselves so they’re taking it one game at a time.

McFalls said the goal for Parkwood is to win a state championship – something he thinks is entirely possible.

“That’s what we all want,” McFalls said. “We believe we’re capable.”

Gainey agreed, adding the team needs to work harder and more together to achieve it.

“The big thing we’ve got to make sure we’re doing is continuing to maintain a focus offensively,” Richar said. “We’ve got tremendous depth on the mound.

We’re very solid defensively.”

This team learns from its losses and mistakes, and responds well.

Richar said the Rebels have faced their share of bumps in the road being in a competitive league.

He said they've been fortunate to have some talent, but more importantly, love and respect one another.

That’s why they’re able to enjoy this run of success.

Cuthbertson thriving in Paciolla’s first year

by Ben Doster ben@unioncountyweekly.com

Jeff Paciolla’s transition from assistant coach to the head coach of the Cuthbertson girls’ soccer team has been smooth, as evidenced by the Cavs’ impressive 16-2 record.

Paciolla, who served as assistant coach for the Cavaliers the last three seasons, replaced Nelson Garner, who is now the athletics director at Parkwood.

“I’ve known most of these girls,” Paciolla said. “I kind of knew the system, not so much the system of play from a soccer perspective, but I knew what to expect from a school perspective. It’s made that transition very easy.”

Paciolla said the biggest difference is one of coaching style, as he and Garner have very different approaches to the Cav team.

“He’s a great coach,” Paciolla said.

“He did a great job while he was here.

My approach is slightly different. Our personalities are slightly different. It’s nothing different other than the girls had to get used to a new voice.”

The Cavs have responded well to Paciolla’s approach. Cuthbertson (8-2 Southern Carolinas) finished second in league play.

“I’m more than ecstatic with the way our season went,” Paciolla said.

“I don’t think it’s any shock or surprise. We play in, if not the toughest conference in the state, then the (see Cuthbertson on page 21)

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From left, Emily Weisberg, Ashton Duty, coach Jeff Paciolla and Emma Sosinski helped lead the Cavs to a second place conference finish.

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11-2-1 North Piedmont) on May 16.

The Cavaliers had to do some soul searching after sustaining embarrassing losses in the middle of the season to Marvin Ridge and Weddington, but turned around to avenge both.

“I think that happens with adversity,” Paciolla said. “We took our knocks. I think through that adversity the girls come together closer. To me as a coach, the most gratifying thing is watching the team become a team.

“You start the season with a collection of students. Some of them know each other. Some of them don’t. Some of them have played varsity. Some of them haven’t. To watch them jell and turn into a team of 20 players that truly love being around each other, truly love playing the game for each other, not necessarily playing for themselves and that’s what I admire the most about this team.”

Though Paciolla’s expectations may be different than others, he still wants to win.

“I don’t garner success by wins alone,” Paciolla said. “My hope for this team is that, win or lose, we compete for 80 minutes, 100 minutes, whatever the game lasts. If you give everything you’ve got on the field the results will be what they are.

“At the end of the day as long as you can look yourself in the mirror and say, ‘I gave it my all. We tried our hardest,’ the wins and losses are what they are. It’s just part of sports.”

The Cavaliers are led by a plethora of players already committed to take their talents to the collegiate level.

Junior defender Ashton Duty (UNCGreensboro), junior midfielders Brandi Walker (University of North Florida) and Emma Sosinski (College of Holy Cross) and senior defender

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third in the discuss with a 104-foot, three-inch throw.

“She was a big factor in helping the girls to be runner-up,” Starr said.

“Also, for the girls we knew going into the meet that they were one of four or five teams could potentially finish second. We knew first place was probably a little out of reach for this year, but we knew we had a chance at second. For them to get the state runner-up trophy was special too.”

It was the highest outdoor finish for Marvin Ridge’s girls’ team in program history.

On the boys team, senior Julian Gaines came up big for the Mavericks when he won the long jump by clearing 22 feet, two inches.

Senior Christopher Garrick also leaped his way to a state title, winning the high jump when he cleared six feet, eight inches. He also finished third in the triple jump, covering 45 feet and an inch.

Junior Bailey Frederick vaulted himself over 15 feet, six inches to finish second in the pole vault.

Senior Justin Titgen finished fifth in the 100-meter dash, but set a school record with a time of 10.78 seconds.

“It has been an incredible year,” Starr said. “I think it speaks to my athletes and the support they get from their families, and I think it speaks to our coaching staff. We have a group of coaches that put a lot of time into our athletes, and I think it shows.

“We aren’t one of those teams that has a star, super athlete that can win three or four events. When we’ve won it’s been with kids in the field events, kids in the relays, helping with sprints, helping with distances. I think that speaks to our coaching staff. We’ve got that balance.”

Starr added he hopes that balance between the athletes and coaches continues to thrive at Marvin Ridge.

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second toughest conference in the state. I don’t know if there’s another one out there.

“To be able to compete at that level with the teams I go against on a daily basis in my conference and then to play some other good teams outside of the conference in the Charlotte area and to be successful and to get some wins, it’s been great. The girls have been everything I’ve asked for and more.”

Cuthbertson, a No. 10 seed, hosted No. 23 seed Western Guilford (9-7, 6-6 Mid-Piedmont) in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A state playoffs on May 13 after Union County Weekly’s press deadline.

If the Cavaliers advance, they’ll visit No. 7 seed South Iredell (14-3-3,

Marvin Ridge boys track and field team won the state championship for the first time since 2009.

Photo courtesy of Marvin Ridge

by Ben Doster ben@unioncountyweekly.com

Mavs boys’ track team wins states, girls take second It was an epic weekend for Marvin Ridge at the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A track and field state championship meet at Irwin Belk Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro on May 8.

The school’s boys’ team edged Sun Valley, 60-44, to win the meet, while its girls’ team lost, 61-39, to Southern Guilford on its way to a second-place finish.

This marks the first time in the history of Marvin Ridge’s boys’ track and field program the Mavericks have won the indoor state championship and outdoor state championship in the same year.

This is their first outdoor state championship since 2009.

Marvin Ridge coach Cameron Starr said he and his staff talked with student athletes about the 2009 team frequently leading into the meet.

“Even though boys won and the girls finished second, we really look at ourselves as one team. I think when the www.unioncountyweekly.com

girls perform well it has an impact on the boys, and vice versa,” Starr said.

Starr said sophomore Alexa King, juniors Melanie Hussey and Nicole Renwick and sophomore Jennae Jacob got the Mav spirit going when they teamed to win the 4x800-meter relay.

They finished with a time of 9:40.82, which beat Cuthbertson by almost 12 seconds.

“That sent a message to everybody that we’re ready to compete, and I think that was the catalyst for everything,” Starr said. “Early on, there were some things that sent a message to the rest of the team that we’ve got some kids that were focused, ready to go. It was a snowball effect.”

Teammate Shaye Stegall also earned a state title in the pole vault, clearing 10 feet, six inches.

“The week of the regional meet she walking around in a boot,” Starr said.

“We knew that she was kind of iffy going in, but she stayed positive the whole time. I think that was really big for the girls.”

Junior Ngozi Frances Obuseh placed

Emily Weisberg (Lynn University) have the Cavs looking to make a deep run in the playoffs and continue the impressive tradition of Cavalier soccer.

Courtney Walker has scored a teamhigh 25 goals this season, while Weisberg has added 14 goals and senior forward Cassie Robb (10 goals) has played big minutes as well.

“As players individually they’re all very talented,” Paciolla said. “They’ve collectively come together as a team.

They all want to be successful, but they all understand success is more than wins and losses.

“I’m trying to build a program here.

I’m trying to build a family like environment here, where these kids are willing to do whatever it takes for their teammates standing next to them.”

Lauren Greenberg, a Marvin Ridge graduate, will continue her swimming career with the Navy.

Photo courtesy of Mercersburg

Waxhaw’s Greenberg to swim at Navy Lauren Greenberg, a native of Waxhaw and Marvin Ridge graduate, is about to graduate from Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, and has decided to continue her swimming career at the United States Naval Academy.

She set a school record in the buttlerfly with a time of 54.94 seconds, breaking a record that stood for 24 years.

Mercerburg awarded her with the school’s Neidhoefer Swimming Award, which goes to the team’s most outstanding swimmer.

Greenberg was the Union County Weekly Swimmer of the Year in 2014.

Send your sports news to ben@unioncounty weekly.com!

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