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South Charlotte eyes mayoral race by Hannah Chronis scweditor@thecharlotteweekly.com

Michael Barnes

Jennifer Roberts

Edwin Peacock

Last week was a busy one in Charlotte as Scott Stone and David Howard officially launched their campaigns to become the next mayor of Charlotte. Stone and Howard join current Charlotte Mayor Dan Clodfelter, Jennifer Roberts, Edwin Peacock and Michael Barnes to vie for the spot. Voters will either elect the city’s fifth mayor in five years or keep Clodfelter on the job on Election Day, Nov. 3, a Tuesday. Filing officially opens July 6 and runs through the 17, but with the candidates utilizing social media to spread their platforms, the campaign has been underway since Roberts put her name in the hat in May 2014. Candidates competing for south Charlotte votes face a plethora of issues – first and foremost, an increasingly divided community frustrated with an uneven distribution of tax money. Stone is the sole south Charlotte resident in the campaign and has two daughters attending Ardrey Kell High School. “Out city has lost its way

over the past few years,” Stone said at his launch on June 3. “We used to be a collaborative and cooperative community. Unfortunately, Charlotte has become more polarized than ever before. We need to come together as one community and get back to the spirit of what was the Charlotte way.” In the coming months, South Charlotte Weekly will meet the candidates and discuss topics most pertinent to south Charlotte readers. This week, readers can learn about each of the candidates hoping to become the city’s next mayor.

Michael Barnes

• Democrat • Current Mayor Pro Tem • Serving fifth term on City Council • City Council Economic Development and Global Competitiveness Committee chair • University City Partners board member • Bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina • Law degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law • Currently managing member of (see Mayoral Race on page 5)

Providence baseball team wins state title Panthers overcome game one loss to take home title for first time since 1995 by Ben Doster ben@thecharlotteweekly.com

David Howard

Dan Clodfelter

Scott Stone

Providence coach Danny Hignight told his players Millbrook acted like it had won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 4A state championship after taking game one of the best of three series, 4-3, on June 5, and forgot it had to beat them again. “We hit the ball hard all night,” Hignight said. “I felt unless the game didn’t want us to win there’s no way – we’re going to continue to square it up and hit it right at him. We got to the bus and I stopped our club and said, ‘The worst thing you can do right now is be angry, because that’s not going to help us make the adjustments we need to make.’” During the team meal after the game, it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Hignight broke the silence, asking senior first baseman Trevor Rhyne, “How do you feel?” “I’m feeling good, coach, I’m feeling good,” he said. Hignight asked the rest of his seniors (see Providence on page 21)

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CMPD Chief Monroe bids farewell at Hood Hargett Breakfast Club Monroe addresses retirement, the department’s standing

Chuck Hood (left) discusses CMPD Chief Rodney Monroe’s success in Charlotte. Crystal O’Gorman/SCW photo

by Crystal O’Gorman crystal@thecharlotteweekly.com

More than 50 residents dined at The Palms at Phillip’s Place in SouthPark on June 4, a Thursday, during the Hood Hargett Breakfast Club’s farewell luncheon to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) Chief Rodney Monroe. Monroe announced his resignation on May 18, adding he would officially step down on July 1. Monroe addressed attendees about the current state of the police department, and his reasons for retiring from the force. “After seven years, now is a good time,” he said. “Your department and the city are in good hands and in a good state.” Monroe has served in law enforcement for 36 years, spending 15 years as chief of police

in three cities. Monroe added he is leaving to spend more time with his family. “Finding the right time (to retire) is hard,” he said. “The suddenness came after a long deliberation with my family and I decided to retire now, especially since things are going well with the police department.” The majority of his speech addressed the current state of the police department, where he reflected on the department’s efforts to rely on technology, as well as become more involved in the community. Monroe cited the Democratic National Convention, held in Charlotte in 2008, as a catalyst for upgrading technology, which has continued to be a great resource benefiting the department by saving man hours and using resources more wisely. “Camera access in public views allowed us to put that program on steroids to a tech system that allows tag readers and shot spotters to have 22-hours per day of crime surveillance,” he said. There are 100 license plate readers throughout the city that help locate stolen automobiles, according to Monroe. He said car theft crime has decreased by 69 percent in seven years since the department began using this technology. “When I first came here, people were more concerned about having their cars broken

into and stolen and homes broken into than violent crimes,” said Monroe. He also remarked how shot spotters use technology that pinpoints the sound of a gunshot to within a small proximity of its expected location. “We get 10 to 15 calls per sound of a gunshot and it takes time to track down where it comes from, but the shot spotter gives the precise location and helps us pool our resources better,” he said. Monroe believes the most valuable change the department has moved toward is becoming more community-focused. Under his leadership, the department started focusing on a division-centered model versus a central approach, making each division, such as South or University, the main connection to its corresponding community. “Every community has different needs and conditions,” he said. “Every division can stand out on its own by making one person responsible for every neighborhood – having someone focused on your community level allows us to be more responsive to the community,” he said. Monroe also mentioned the department’s community outreach efforts, where the police department works with local service providers to help repeat offenders get the help they need to prevent the cycle of crime. Two of the department’s officers helped an 18-year-old boy, who had 17 arrests and

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dozens of charges, receive treatment for drug addiction. After his recovery, he got accepted to and eventually graduated from Central Piedmont Community College. “Community outreach is important,” Monroe said. “We need to be out there everyday trying to understand what’s going on and working to prevent future problems.” Monroe concluded he felt leaving while the department was at the “top of its game” was a good decision and he believes his replacement, which he said could be announced in the coming weeks, should come from within the department. “We’ve been able to develop people to be the future one in charge,” he said. Hood Hargett Breakfast Club members gave Monroe a standing ovation as the club’s owner, Chuck Hood, hugged Monroe and complimented him on a job well done. The Hood Hargett Breakfast Club is a business development and networking group of more than 300 business and civic leaders at more than 48 events each year. Jenn Snyder, executive director of the group, said Monroe has been active with Hood Hargett for the longevity of his time with the force. “It’s a tremendous honor and we are forever grateful that he took the time to fit this into his schedule during his last 30 days as chief of police,” she said.

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Providence junior launches computer company South Charlotte student helps elderly community with technology, computers by Hannah Chronis hannah@thecharlotteweekly.com

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According to a Scottish legend, dogs with one blue eye are really angels, and if you kiss the top of their head, you will have good luck. Penelope really seems like an angel. She is great on a leash, likes playing with balls, and she knows “sit”. She is calm, gentle, and affectionate--one of those “schmoozie” dogs who just snuggles up to you. And she gets along so well with other dogs---we used her as our non-reactive dog when testing other dogs’ temperament!! Would do best in a home with kids over 7 years. She qualiﬁes for the Pit Pass Package: $300 worth of free training classes, a kong, an ID tag, and a leash and collar combo and the adoption is FREE!

CMPD Animal Care & Control also holds an adoption event the ﬁrst Saturday of each month at the SouthPark Mall located at 4400 Sharon Road Name: Sisi ID: A1082954 Breed Mix: Medium hair Age: 2 years Weight: 8 lbs Sex: Spayed Female Date of Arrival: 3/27/15 (Stray) Vaccinations: Has all required vaccinations. Has been microchipped.

SISI Hi! I’m Sisi! I’m a very quiet, laid back kinda gal who likes to just hang out. I am a Personal Assistant on the Meet Your Match scale which mean that I really just want to plop in your lap while you are sitting doing whatever (watching TV, playing games, or whatever you like to do). I love attention and rubs. I’m slightly curious of new environments but I’m really very laid back and not interested in toys. I can get along with other cats that are quiet and like to be on their own.

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Seventeen-year-old Preston Bessire received his first laptop as a gift from his grandfather when he was 8 years old. It wasn't long before his first computer spiked a lifelong interest in technology, which would eventually lead to the launch of his own business. Preston, a self-proclaimed problem solver and troubleshooter, spent hours examining the construction of his laptop and figuring out how to make the programs run at a higher speed. Six years later, when Preston was just 14 years old and a freshman at Providence High School, he started his company “Computer Solutions” with the help of his father. The idea for the company developed after Preston realized a void in the market to help the elderly and retirement community learn how to use technology, such as laptops, desktop computers, iPhones and more. “I love teaching people and I love computers,” the entrepreneur said. “I have a good computer mindset and I thought, ‘How cool would it be if there was a fun class that could teach the older population how to use technology?’ because there isn’t really anything out there like that.” Computer Solutions gives Preston the opportunity to visit elderly clients in the south Charlotte area and help them with a variety of technological issues, from routine computer maintenance to transferring images from a smartphone or tablet to a television screen. Preston began working strictly off referrals when the company launched. Three years later, he has a steady base of 25 clients, 10 of whom are on a monthly contract with Computer Solutions. “I really enjoy just helping people with their computers, and learning to do things they didn't otherwise know how to do,” he said. “For example, one of the clients I work with always wants his computer clean and running fast. I did a free diagnostic on his computer and guaranteed I could make it run faster and I did. It’s really fun for me.” Preston is self-taught and self-motivated and has cultivated his interest in technology since receiving his first laptop. But he said several engineering

Preston Bessire, founder of Computer Solutions, launched his own business at 14 years old and hopes to continue growing in the south Charlotte community. Photo courtesy of Preston Bessire

and computer classes at Providence have helped develop his craft throughout his high school career. Often, Preston would help his classmates and even teachers solve computer-based problems. “Sometimes a printer will stop working or a computer will be running really slow,” he said. “Instead of having to find the IT (information technology) person, I usually can fix it myself and we don’t have to wait for someone to come in.” Preston’s next step in growing his business begins with his education; as a rising senior in high school, he’ll begin taking courses at Central Piedmont Community College to jumpstart his college education. He also hopes to expand Computer Solutions into Ballantyne, SouthPark and retirement homes across south Charlotte. “I think it would be awesome if I could get a group of 10 or 20 elderly people and do a simple lesson on computers or iPhones,” he said. “The first lesson would be how to connect with grandkids – things like, how to send pictures, how to use Skype and how to organize contacts in a phone.” Contact preston@bessire.com for more information on Computer Solutions. www.thecharlotteweekly.com

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Dan Clodfelter

• Democrat • Current Mayor of Charlotte • Former North Carolina State Senator (1998-2014) • Former Planning and Public Works chair • Bachelor’s degree from Davidson College • Rhodes scholar • Second bachelor’s degree from Oxford University • Law degree from Yale School of Law

David Howard

• Democrat • Serving third term on Charlotte City Council • Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Fund Development at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership • Transportation and Planning Committee co-chair • Transit Finance Working Group co-chair • Economic Development Committee member • Environment Committee member • Bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina – Charlotte

Edwin Peacock

• Republican • Vice President of The Pomfret Financial Company, Inc. • Former at-large Charlotte City councilmember • Former Charlotte Country Day alumni board member • Former Budget and Safety committee member • Blumenthal Performing Arts trustee • Bachelor’s degree from University of Georgia

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Jennifer Roberts

• Democrat • Charlotte World Affairs Council Executive Director • University of North Carolina – Charlotte Adjunct Professor • Former Mecklenburg County Commissioner • Former Mayor’s International Cabinet Director • Bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina • Master’s degree from John Hopkins University • Second Master’s degree from University of Toronto

Scott Stone

• Republican • Current President of American Engineering • Chairman emeritus and founder of North Carolina Heroes Fund • Former chair of City of Charlotte Business Advisory Committee • Bachelor’s degree from Clarkson University • Master’s degree from Marymount University • Licensed professional engineer in North Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee, Georgia and Virginia • Member of N.C. Economic Developers Association Stay tuned to South Charlotte Weekly and www.thecharlotteweekly.com for additional election coverage.

The Ballantyne Breakfast Club will host a live mayoral debate on Aug. 25, a Tuesday, at 6 p.m. at the Ballantyne Hotel.

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City Council approves budget

The Charlotte City Council approved its Managing Editor $2.13 billion budget for the fiscal year 2016. Hannah Chronis Key components of the budget include a one-cent increase to property tax rate to Features Editor Layout Editor become $47.87 per $100 of assessed valuJosh Whitener Erin Kirby ation, as well as revisions to stormwater and Education Editor Art Director Charlotte Water rate structures. Courtney Schultz Maria Hernandez Council also approved changes to the original budget recommendations, includNews Writer A&E Editor ing: decrease in single family solid waste fee Crystal O’Gorman Dee Grano from $47 to $25 annual; increase in multiSports Writer Faith Columnist family solid family waste fee from $24 to Ben Doster Rev. Tony Marciano $25 annually; elimination of council discretionary fund in the amount of $100,000; funding restored for Bike Charlotte in the ADVERTISING amount of $35,000; restoration of funds Charlotte Conway for paving in the amount of $857,265 using Adrian Garson one-time funding from asset sales; and PUBLISHER implementation of solid waste small busiFounder ness fee of $250 to cover cost of service. As adopted, the budget will result in an Alain Lillie overall reduction of combined property taxes and solid waste fees for 73 percent of single-family residential properties. ProperAdvertising: ties valued less than $220,000 will have a adsales@carolinaweeklynewspapers.com reduction in combined property taxes and solid waste fees. Visit www.charmeck.org to view the budget in its entirety.

SignUpGenius relocates to Ballantyne Corporate Park

SignUpGenius, an online sign up provider based in south Charlotte, relocated to Ballantyne Corporate Park on June 2. “This will be our third move to

double office space since starting to hire staff six years ago,” said Angel Rutledge, chief operating officer, in a news release. “With every move, we joke with each other that if you don’t like your office space, there’s no need to worry. It won’t last long. And if you do, don’t get too comfortable because we’ll need to move soon enough. It’s exciting for our team to have a very tangible way to continually measure the growth of our company.” SignUpGenius helps provide online signups for nonprofits, schools, sports team, churches, businesses, families and more by enabling 7 million unique visitors per month to sign up for various tasks online.

Publix partners with Produce for Kids

Produce for Kids and Publix Super Markets launched a campaign, which will raise funds for local Feeding America food banks. The campaign offers Publix customers in-store and online meal solutions, recipes and tips for families looking to encourage healthy eating. The campaign will run through July 1 and is supported by 14 fresh vegetable and fruit suppliers. “At Publix, we have a strong charitable mission to help improve the quality of children’s lives in our local communities,” said Maria Brous, media and community relations director for Publix, in a news release. “We are proud to partner with Produce for Kids on an effort that encourages our shoppers to introduce fresh fruits and vegetables to their families while supporting local families and children in need.” The partnership has raised more than $2.5 million to benefit children’s charities. In-store displays will be in Publix produce departments, which list participating companies. Shoppers will be directed to www.

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Letters to the Editor Editor, I read with great interest your article “Is South Charlotte ready for deannexation?” What became evident to me is that the formation of concerned citizens groups like SMART is the direct result of elected officials, like Mr. (Ed) Driggs, offering no real, actionable solutions to the problem of taxation and development. In the article, his response to the problem is to acknowledge that there is a problem; and then go on to say that deannexation isn’t the solution. I would submit to Mr. Driggs that de-annexation is a solution because it gives financial and management control to the people who live and work, come and go, and whose children attend the neighborhood schools. The centralized, uptown approach of doing the people’s work is ineffective; unless the definition of success is just a larger tax base and gridlock, rather than quality of day-to-day living. That said, I would further submit to Mr. Driggs the following question: If de-annexation is not the solution, what are your specific solutions and how and why will they work ? Respectfully submitted,

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Home Sales in south Charlotte A breakdown of recent home sales May 2015 May 2014

May 2013

369 $384,799

381 $395,913

Homes Sold Average Sales Price Date sold

Address

sale price

28277 Allyson Park 9907 Allyson Park Drive May 13 $513,000 10012 Hazelview Drive May 11 $567,000 Ardrey 17414 Captain Ardrey Road May 27 $475,000 17912 Meadow Bottom Road May 15 $439,500 16927 Hedgerow Park Road May 08 $423,150 Ardrey Crest 11531 Ardrey Crest Drive May 22 $390,000 10327 Royal Winchester Drive May 8 $374,000 Ardrey Woods 9443 Ardrey Woods Drive May 7

$431,000

Ashton Grove 9234 Elrose Place May 15 $223,500 9243 Elrose Place May 8 $210,000 Auburn Place 9020 Beaver Brook Way May 21 $280,000 12417 Bobhouse Drive May 18 $280,000 8532 Darcy Hopkins Drive May 12 $269,000 Ballantyne Country Club

15126 Ballantyne Country Club Drive May 29

$635,000

14732 Ballantyne Glen Way May 22 $472,000 10909 Lee Manor Lane May 21 $610,000 14809 Resolves Lane May 19 $1,250,000 12004 James Jack Lane May 12 $1,100,000 Ballantyne Meadows 11360 Deer Ridge Lane May 12 $210,000

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$396,799 Date sold

sale price

Address

Date sold

sale price

Editor’s note: Information provided by the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association and www.sales.carolinahome.com Address

Date sold

sale price

Berkeley 10409 Oak Pond Circle May 22 $443,000

Essex Fells 7336 Roseland Ave. May 14 $405,000

8434 Castlebay Drive 8400 Albury Walk Lane

Berkeley Park 5148 Berkeley Park Court May 11 $504,000

Farmington 10921 Fruitland Road May 15 $425,000

Lansford 9327 Hanlin Court May 15 $350,000

Bevington Pines 7133 Bevington Woods Lane May 15 $244,500

Highgrove 8926 Summer Club Road May 22 $1,295,000 8031 Pemswood St. May 04 $1,045,000

Mitchell Glen 11729 Borchetta Drive May 15 $271,500 11704 Borchetta Drive May 08 $289,900 11709 Borchetta Drive May 4 $250,000

Blakeney Heath 8610 Fieldcroft Drive May 22 $254,000 8712 Fieldcroft Drive May 6 $265,000 Brittany Oaks 7601 British Gardens Lane May 29 $330,000 Cady Lane 10629 Knight Castle Drive May 22 $410,000 11021 Knight Castle Drive May 15 $395,000 10528 Stallions Glen Lane May 4 $347,500 Carlyle 11427 Mcginns Trace Court May 8

$235,000

Cobblestone 10005 Willow Rock Drive May 27 $359,900 9874 Corrystone Drive May 5 $373,000 Downs Grant 4821 Cody Place May 18 $220,000 Edinburg 11807 Hawick Valley Lane May 27 $225,000 Endhaven 6807 Ridge Haven Lane May 20 $268,000

Hunters Gate 6701 Lyndonville Drive May 29 $369,900 Kenilworth 15969 Cumnor Lane May 29 $267,910 10929 Wilklee Drive May 28 $442,100 15528 Donnington Drive May 4 $334,000 Kensington at Ballantyne 6908 Dowington Drive May 28 $610,000 7213 Watersreach Lane May 22 $595,000 Kingsley 11930 Royal Castle Court May 20 $280,000 Kingston Forest 8824 Kingston Forest Drive May 29 $360,000 8421 Headford Road May 14 $331,000 Landen Glen 6837 Oldecastle Court May 13 $264,900 Landen Meadows 8521 Newton Lane May 28 $265,000 9121 Fairbridge Road May 22 $264,000 9032 Castlebay Drive May 21 $236,000

May 15 $289,900 May 13 $254,900

Oak Ridge 12111 Bobhouse Drive May 27 $235,000 Piper Glen 7832 Seton House Lane May 28 $573,000 7419 Willesden Lane May 21 $595,000 7416 Willesden Lane May 1 $552,803 Providence Country Club 12735 Lindrick Lane May 29 12432 Pine Valley Club Drive May 28 5718 Providence Country Club Drive May 26 11311 Pine Valley Club Drive May 15 6313 County Donegal Court May 15

$484,000 $685,000 $698,000 $620,000 $770,000

Providence Crossing 5328 Boulware Court May 29 13342 Chasewater Drive May 29 13317 Chasewater Drive May 28 12309 Darby Chase Drive May 15

$440,000 $550,000 $430,000 $377,000

Providence Pointe 15610 Prescott Hill Ave. May 26 $342,000 13722 Copper Leaf Lane May 15 $394,900 (see Home Sales on page 10)

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Restaurant Scores The Mecklenburg County Health Department inspected the following restaurants from June 3 to 9.

Lowest Scores: â&#x20AC;˘ Monsoon Thai Cuisine, 2801 South Blvd. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 81 Violations included: No true person in charge; no food protection manager on duty; open coffee cup stored on preparation table, repeat violation; employee went from soiled to clean dishes without washing hands; employee used cell phone and then touched clean dishes; no paper towels available at hand sink, repeat violation; filter placed at hand sink for personal staff use; unwashed cabbage stored over readyto-eat noodles; no date-marking system used throughout establishment; and sanitizer not at proper concentration.

Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 95.5 â&#x20AC;˘ Sir Edmond Halleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 4151-A Park Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 98 28210 â&#x20AC;˘ CafĂŠ Monte, 4705 Ashley Park Lane, suite 108 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 85 â&#x20AC;˘ McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 6428 Fairview Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 97 â&#x20AC;˘ P. F. Changs China Bistro, 6809-F Phillips Place Court â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 93 â&#x20AC;˘ Taco Mac, 4625 Piedmont Road Drive, suite 115 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 95 28211 â&#x20AC;˘ Pacoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tacos & Tequila, 6401 Morrison Blvd., suite 8A â&#x20AC;&#x201C;95.5 â&#x20AC;˘ Park Central CafĂŠ, 2101 Rexford Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 98 â&#x20AC;˘ Poppyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bagels and More, 2921 Providence Road, suite 102 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 92.5 â&#x20AC;˘ Toscana Ristorante, 6401 Morrison Blvd. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 96

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28226 â&#x20AC;˘ The Wine Shop at Foxcroft, 7824 Fairview Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 96

28209 â&#x20AC;˘ The Flying Biscuit CafĂŠ, 4241 Park Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 87 â&#x20AC;˘ Jasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deli, 1600 E. Woodlawn Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 95 â&#x20AC;˘ Librettoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizzeria, 1600 E. Woodlawn Road, suite 250 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 94.5 â&#x20AC;˘ Monsoon Thai Cuisine, 2801 South Blvd. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 81 â&#x20AC;˘ Mugs, 5126 Park Road, suite 1D â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 99 â&#x20AC;˘ Park Road Soda Shoppe, 4121 Park

28277 â&#x20AC;˘ Chipotle, 7800 Rea Road, suite F6 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 98 â&#x20AC;˘ Cinebarre, 8008 Providence Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 96 â&#x20AC;˘ IHOP, 5335 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., suite 200 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 97 â&#x20AC;˘ McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 9710 Rea Road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 92 â&#x20AC;˘ Persis Indian Grill, 14027 Conlan Circle â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 85.5 â&#x20AC;˘ Residence Inn, 5115 Piper Station Drive â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 96.5

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Home Sales (continued from page 7)

Address

Date sold

sale price

12344 Chesley Drive May 12 $305,000 12122 Landing Place Lane May 12 $383,000 Providence West 9009 Hatley Place May 28 $414,000 Quail Acres 6004 Paddington Court May 22 $292,000 Raeburn 11723 Apleby Lane May 29 $153,455 11720 Cricketfield Court May 20 $225,000 9014 Gamesford Drive May 15 $230,900 Raintree 9001 Peyton Randolph Drive May 27 3136 Shallowood Lane May 22 11205 Quiet Wood Court May 22 4135 Rounding Run Road May 22

$355,000 $300,000 $325,000 $320,000

Reavecrest 8931 Darcy Hopkins Drive May 29 $310,000 Southampton 9911 Southampton Commons Drive May 29 $281,000 17219 Cambridge Woods Court May 22 $270,000 17316 Commons Crossing Drive May 15 $240,000 Southampton Commons 16736 Kettlewell Lane May 29 $210,000 17224 Overstone Court May 27 $302,000

sale price

Date sold

Address

Date sold

sale price

Address

Date sold

sale price

10718 Whitfield Ridge Drive May 27 10806 Hastings Mill Lane May 21 11018 Stonepath Lane May 15 6626 Charter Hills Road May 14 11003 Jordan Rae Lane May 08 6716 Stanette Drive May 5

$318,000 $340,000 $419,950 $302,000 $385,000 $279,900

Crown Colony 7101 Colleton Place May 29 $263,000

6501 Summertree Lane 6237 Garamond Court

Providence Glen 3005 Hornell Place May 28 $220,000 3015 Hornell Place May 6 $210,000

Touchstone 7007 Turtle Rock Court May 8

Hembstead 2347 Howerton Court May 21 $657,000 1231 Jericho Lane May 15 $785,000 2303 Gunners Court May 11 $750,000

$302,500

Heritage Woods East 525 Kelford Lane May 22 $167,500 519 Kelford Lane May 4 $176,000

$570,000 $425,000 $425,000 $543,000 $530,000 $450,000 $518,000 $435,000 $537,000 $392,000 $555,000 $370,000

Vanderbilt at Providence 12010 James Richard Drive June 1 $495,000 $340,000

Huntington 1819 Kilmonack Lane May 15 $488,000 943 Longfield Circle May 6 $365,000

Woodview 10301 Woodview Circle May 21 $438,989

Jefferson Park 6113 Lansing Drive May 29 $689,700

Wynridge Estates 10823 Carmody Court May 12 $370,000 10023 Zackery Ave. May 8 $387,500

Langston 3409 Allenwood Road May 29 $232,000

Wilshire 7132 Broadford Court May 7

28270 Alexander Woods 328 Pine Creek Drive May 26 $282,000 Bellemeade 1225 Weymouth Lane May 18 $580,000

Stone Creek Ranch 4923 Hawk Shadow Lane May 29 6032 Cactus Valley Road May 29 10503 Alvarado Way May 21 6523 Manitoba Lane May 19 5722 El Campo Court May 13 10608 Round Rock Road May 4 11518 Wheat Ridge Road May 1

$416,500 $355,100 $252,000 $275,000 $362,500 $307,500 $501,000

The Enclave 5929 Copperleaf Commons Court May 1

$789,000

Bishops Ridge 5823 Chalyce Lane May 26 $253,500 6205 Tuskan Drive May 15 $267,500 5819 Chalyce Lane May 5 $276,000

Thornhill 11021 Thornhill Club Drive May 28 $432,500

Brackenbury 200 Brackenbury Lane N. May 19 $345,000

Beverly Crest 2722 Saintfield Place May 20 8115 Hawk Crest Court May 15 7738 Rathlin Court May 14 2125 Mirow Place May 7

$283,500 $430,000 $363,000 $432,500

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Lansdowne 5215 Lansing Drive May 29 404 Jefferson Drive May 29 6945 Folger Drive May 27 6946 Folger Drive May 14

$450,000 $419,500 $335,000 $305,000

Lost Tree 1233 Lost Oak Road May 16 $700,000 Mammoth Oaks 5813 Preston Lane May 18 $290,000 Nottingham Estates 2545 Harlington Lane May 29 $315,000 Oak Creek Estates 225 Oak Creek Drive May 5 8513 Lorraine Drive May 5

$173,000 $186,000

Providence Arbours 10458 Breamore Drive May 11 $360,000 Providence Commons 6129 Robley Tate Court May 22 $305,000

May 18 $310,000 May 11 $296,000

Providence Plantation 2641 Houston Branch Road May 29 9439 White Hemlock Lane May 28 3226 Rhett Butler Place May 27 3401 Plantation Road May 27 2736 Cross Country Road May 22 3225 Twelve Oaks Place May 20 2601 Goshen Lane May 19 3101 Valentine Lane May 19 5518 Lancelot Drive May 18 5701 Providence Glen Road May 15 2122 Maynard Road May 7 2861 Redfield Drive May 5

Sarah Hall 10355 Lady Candice Lane May 22 $465,000 4900 Sarah Hall Lane May 19 $560,000 Sardis Beverly Park 359 Beverly Circle May 1

$412,500

Sardis By the Park 646 Kelford Lane May 18 $196,000 Sardis Crest 119 Hillandale Road May 20 $423,602 127 Hillandale Drive May 4 $434,793 Sardis Forest 8303 Braeside Court May 28 10530 Sardis Oaks Road May 26 8306 Braeside Court May 7 833 Ingraham Place May 1

$215,000 $215,000 $199,500 $169,500

Sardis Hills 530 Wilby Drive May 28 $255,400 Settlers Landing 630 Silversmith Lane May 26 $192,000

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Home Sales (continued from page 16) Date sold

Address

sale price

Springbrook 7111 Kilcullen Drive May 29 $290,000 Willowmere 2029 Chinabrook Court May 26 $179,000 2009 Mckenzie Creek Drive May 5 $175,000

28211 Barclay Downs 3601 Merrifield Road May 6 $920,000 Brookwood Hills 2200 Brookwood Road May 10 $1,310,000 Castleton Gardens 1218 Erinshire Road May 5 $298,500 Charlestowne Manor 1011 Worcaster Place May 11 $290,000 Cotswold 241 Wonderwood Drive May 27 $995,000 701 Mcalway Road May 26 $452,500 250 Hargett Court May 22 $535,000 3816 Craig Avenue May 20 $162,450 175 Canterbury Road N May 13 $837,000 820 Millbrook Road May 5 $365,000 1069 Coddington Place May 1 $352,000 4505 Sir Winston Place May 1 $569,000 1320 Meadowood Lane May 1 $2,650,000 Greentree 944 Greentree Drive May 27 $565,000 829 Greentree Drive May 27 $400,000 935 Greentree Drive May 5 $735,000 Lincolnshire 521 King Edward Road May 29 $349,000 Medearis 6636 Ciscayne Place May 1 $335,000 Myers Park 1930 Harris Road May 29 $1,700,000 1923 Overhill Road May 13 $670,000 New Stonehaven 6541 Deermont Court May 13 $136,300 Old Foxcroft 2241 Sanford Lane May 26 $760,000 Providence Park 3023 Robin Road May 8 $625,000 Queens Grant 922 Lynbrook Drive May 19 $187,600 Sherwood Forest 5438 Finsbury Place May 29 $496,100 1036 Circlewood Drive May 8 $283,000 Southern Oaks 1113 Moray Court May 7 $310,000 Stonehaven 6716 Pleasant Drive May 29 $310,000 6627 Burlwood Road May 19 $272,750 6753 Wheeler Drive May 15 $310,000 7066 Rocky Falls Road May 15 $394,000 1418 Redcoat Drive May 6 $274,990 6025 Springhouse Lane May 4 $316,000 1108 Bearmore Drive May 1 $415,000 Walston 3425 Walston Lane May 29 $890,000 Wendover Hills 3868 Sedgewood Circle May 15 $1,075,000

28226 Abbotswood 7136 Colony Road May 20 Alexsis 5624 Mccallum Court May 4 Battle Forest 6901 Heatherford Drive May 1 Candlewyck 2000 Glouchester Circle May 15 Carmel Acres 4201 Carmel Acres Drive May 28 3911 Carmel Acres Drive May 30

$305,000 $393,500 $263,000 $275,000 $465,000 $152,199

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Date sold

sale price

Carmel Estates 4400 Parview Drive May 7 $2,643,080 Carmel Forest 3426 Carmel Forest Drive May 20 $463,000 Carmel Park 4600 Oglukian Road May 29 $2,895,000 4721 Oglukian Road May 7 $1,549,000 Carmel Ridge 11722 Carmel Lakes Drive May 27 $136,000 Carmel Station 5034 Virginian Lane May 27 $261,000 Carmel Valley 4112 Foxmoor Drive May 7 $311,000 Carsons Pond 4801 Carsons Pond Road May 8 $345,001 Cedar Woods 3634 Sweetgrass Lane May 29 $230,000 Challis Farm 8611 Tullamore Park Circle May 26 $598,000 Darby Hall 2524 Landing View Lane May 1 $330,000 Falconbridge 11214 Blue Heron Drive May 26 $139,000 11316 Vista Canyon Drive May 22 $167,000 Five Knolls Estates 5201 Summer Gate Drive May 26 $289,000 5503 Five Knolls Drive May 8 $505,000 Giverny 2002 Valencia Terrace May 18 $745,000 Green Park 6841 Larrisa Court May 28 $482,500 Hampton Manor 3609 Hampton Manor Drive May 20 $1,475,000 Innisfree 10812 Painted Tree Road May 21 $195,000 8420 Tifton Road May 1 $185,000 Kingswood 4101 Oldfield Road May 26 $355,000 3921 Braxton Drive May 4 $395,000 Meadowbrook 8201 Meadowind Circle May 27 $163,000 8113 Cricket Glen Court May 22 $150,000 Montibello 3135 Lauren Glen Road May 28 $675,000 4630 Montibello Drive May 5 $637,205 Old Farm 1217 Old Farm Road May 29 $317,000 7507 Folger Drive May 21 $300,000 Olde Providence 7529 Bedfordshire Drive May 28 $314,000 6626 Brynwood Drive May 14 $289,000 6608 Brynwood Drive May 1 $314,000 6729 Knightswood Drive May 1 $275,000 Park Ridge 7924 Park Vista Circle May 20 $126,500 8337 Trail View Drive May 19 $172,200 11212 Kingfisher Drive May 8 $162,900 Pellyn Grove 2032 Delpond Lane May 15 $895,000 Pellyn Wood 2032 Delpond Lane May 15 $895,000 Providence Springs 1705 Rosebank Lane May 29 $607,000 1613 Bardstown Road May 14 $675,000 Quail View 4909 Lindstrom Drive May 8 $327,000 Rea Woods 8700 Briar Oak Court May 1 $630,000 Ridgeloch 3321 Thaxton Place May 26 $286,000 Rockbridge 4019 Bridgewood Lane May 29 $317,000 4116 Bridgewood Lane May 20 $269,950 4001 Bridgewood Lane May 20 $300,000

Date sold

Address

sale price

Royden 3400 Meadow Bluff Drive May 29 $840,000 3400 Stonier Court May 1 $1,130,000 Shadow Lake 5909 Tillery Drive May 28 $179,900 7214 Connan Lane May 28 $211,900 6108 Ryder Ave. May 27 $198,000 5911 Carpenter Drive May 22 $176,000 5701 Tillery Drive May 15 $196,500 Stoneybrook 7701 Robin Crest Road May 28 Sturnbridge 5724 Ivygate Lane May 26 4500 Meadowridge Drive May 12 Terrabrook 7238 Killingdeer Lane May 11 Town and Country 2136 Carmel Road May 21 Walden on Carmel 11118 Vista Haven Drive May 29 8410 Fallbrook Drive May 27 11026 Vista Haven Drive May 12 11231 Vista Haven Drive May 8 Wessex Square 4644 Bournewood Lane May 28 4733 Truscott Road May 19 4642 Twynham Lane May 7 4808 Truscott Road May 1

$225,000 $324,500 $264,000 $150,000 $466,000 $197,500 $170,000 $160,000 $125,000 $299,000 $195,000 $180,000 $325,500

28210 Belingrath 6933 Cameron Glen Drive May 29 6608 Colston Court May 19 Beverly Woods 4035 Chandworth Road May 28 3821 Rhodes Ave. May 21 3810 Stokes Ave. May 19 3901 Chandworth Road May 6 5522 Sharon Road May 5 3820 Kitley Place May 5 3716 Sulkirk Road May 1 Beverly Woods East 5701 Maylin Lane May 28 5511 Sharon Road May 28 Brandon Forest 9118 Landsburg Lane May 21 2327 Turnberry Lane May 18 Cameron Wood 3015 Wind Flower Lane May 18 9224 Covey Hollow Court May 13 Fairmeadows 6330 Hazelton Drive May 21 4712 Fairheath Road May 21 4827 Fairheath Road May 14 3116 Pendleton Ave. May 5 Huntingtowne Farms 2807 Huntingtowne Farms Lane May 4 Madison Park 5326 Londonderry Road May 28 640 Seneca Place May 20 1940 Tyvola Road May 8 5317 Furman Place May 7 5008 White Oak Road May 6 226 Cooper Drive May 6 845 Fairbanks Road May 5 401 Seneca Place May 4 2032 Tyvola Road May 1 Montclaire 2200 Rocky Knoll Drive May 29 5748 Farmbrook Drive May 21 1714 Wensley Drive May 21 2226 Rocky Knoll Drive May 19 6136 Montpelier Road May 15 Mountainbrook 3200 Landerwood Drive May 20 3417 Tinkerbell Lane May 20 Oberbeck Farm 8625 Gruenewald Lane May 28 8725 Kirchenbaum Drive May 20 8701 Kirchenbaum Drive May 14

$600,000 $539,000 $305,000 $210,000 $420,000 $425,000 $266,000 $375,000 $282,000 $427,500 $330,000 $186,000 $163,900 $321,000 $425,000 $379,900 $241,500 $213,500 $325,300 $295,000 $254,900 $275,000 $98,000 $230,000 $246,000 $294,075 $210,000 $260,000 $204,000 $251,500 $228,900 $300,000 $237,500 $220,750

Date sold

Address

Olde Goergetowne 8300 Prince George Road May 26 Park Crossing 10313 Kilmory Terrace May 27 9909 Chatham Oaks Trail May 14 Park South Station 6048 Union Pacific Ave. May 29 Pine Valley 2237 Longleaf Drive May 28 Quail Hollow Estates 2428 Brantford Drive May 29 2523 Robin Hill Drive May 28 2431 Brantford Drive May 20 2410 Brantford Drive May 11 Sharon Hills 6711 Rosemary Lane May 22 Sharon Woods 2715 Wamath Drive May 6 Southpark 7036 Old Reid Road May 29 3624 Sharon View Road May 28 Spring Valley 2901 Spring Valley Road May 18 Starmount 6209 Ingleside Drive May 22 7523 Thorncliff Drive May 12 1714 Archdale Drive May 1 7133 Starvalley Drive May 1 Starmount Forest 1634 Starbrook Drive May 6 Winwood 3005 Archdale Drive May 7 Wolfe Ridge 7901 Sunnyvale Lane May 14

sale price

$359,900 $501,500 $458,000 $371,116 $55,000 $365,000 $369,000 $339,500 $371,000 $580,000 $609,000 $850,000 $795,000 $305,000 $197,000 $190,000 $216,500 $216,000 $187,900 $155,000 $450,000

28209 Ashbrook 1327 Holmes Drive May 28 $337,725 Barclay Downs 2309 Inverness Road May 26 $468,000 300 Manning Drive May 26 $417,500 3001 Eastham Lane May 12 $565,000 Collins Park 811 Manhasset Road May 19 $170,000 314 Blackthorne Lane May 1 $233,000 Colonial Village 1100 Hartford Ave. May 14 $282,900 515 Hollis Road May 8 $260,000 518 Hollis Road May 8 $253,000 3612 Annlin Ave. May 5 $223,500 Madison Park 4515 Halstead Drive May 14 $301,000 1215 Mockingbird Lane May 12 $220,000 734 Montford Drive May 12 $319,500 926 Montford Drive May 8 $312,500 Myers Park 2701 Idlewood Circle May 29 $585,000 2231 Colony Road May 28 $817,500 1417 Lilac Road May 28 $855,000 1909 Maryland Ave. May 22 $1,350,000 1118 Princeton Ave. May 18 $420,000 344 Tranquil Ave. May 18 $832,500 2323 Hassell Place May 8 $607,500 Sedgefield 807 Wriston Place May 27 $702,500 3126 Cambridge Road May 11 $297,500 Selwyn Farms 816 Blackburn Court May 14 $375,000

$403,000 $515,000 $213,900 $207,500 $228,900

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Ardrey Kell student debuts science fiction novel by Courtney Schultz education@thecharlotteweekly.com

Fifteen-year-old Andrew Daly, of Charlotte, hopes readers will embark into a new world in his science fiction, fantasy novel “Portal of Vaal.” The Ardrey Kell High School rising junior recently debuted his first novel this year, inspired by his adventures playing Minecraft, an “open world” independent video game where players build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D world. Andrew has always been interested in writing so trying his hand at a novel based on his hobby seemed only natural. “I usually liked writing in elementary and later middle school,” he said. Andrew mostly wrote fan fiction about the activities within a Minecraft community server he played on and its characters. The rising junior continued to write his fan fiction and placed his writings on the server and was encouraged to create a full-length story. He initially wrote “Portal” as a short story in 2011, when he was 12 years old, and ultimately decided to turn it into a novel. Andrew’s book takes readers to “the far-off land of Vaalbara,” where a young hero awakens with no memory and

embodies a new identity, soon learning he must save Vaalbara from the “Dark Ones.” Throughout his journey, he befriends other allies in an effort to destroy his enemies and bring peace to the land. The 15-year-old said the book took significant research and discussions with copyeditors to complete the final product. Over the years of writing the book, Andrew said he experienced “writer’s block,” citing one summer where he couldn’t contribute a single sentence to the book. His commitment to balancing community service and schoolwork also challenged the book’s completion, but despite the obstacles, Andrew didn't give up. Andrew also self-published the book, which presented challenges for the author, such as frequently editing the book and sending the revisions to Amazon.com. The book is geared toward readers 10 to 16 years old, but Andrew has heard reviews from readers who range from 8 to 40 years old. Most of the feedback has been positive, he added. He even visited an elementary school for a question-andanswer session and book signing with

rave reviews. Andrew said booklovers could relate to lessons learned through the novel, such as the bonds of friendship and the power of determination over adversity. “Throughout the journey, (the protagonist) has to go through tough challenges … some challenges he can’t overcome on his own even if he wants,” Andrew said. Throughout the writing and publishing process, the author discovered he’s more creative than he originally thought and plans to continue to writing with the encouragement of the Charlotte Writer’s Club – an organization developed to inspire and support writers of all forms. “Personally, the part I like about writing is the creative aspect,” he said. “You can create your own world and write your own stories.” The 15-year-old said readers can expect a direct squeal to “Portal” in the near future, but he said the book is still in the planning stage. When the Ardrey Kell student isn’t writing or researching Minecraft, he can be found outdoors running, skiing or kayaking, which he says has helped his creativity. “Being in nature opens up creativity

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in a whole new way, in ways that I can’t explain in words,” he said. The book is available in paperback or for Kindles at Amazon.com. Visit www.amazon.com/Portal-VaalAndrew-Thomas-Daly/dp/0692450904/ ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=14331605 82&sr=8-1&keywords=portal+of+vaal for more information.

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South Charlotte high schools ace Odyssey world championship Odyssey of the Mind teams from Providence, Ardrey Kell, Myers Park and South Mecklenburg high schools traveled to the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals from May 20 to 23 in East Lansing, Michigan, and earned Top 20 in the world awards.

A total of 56 teams competed, including 22 American teams and others from Singapore, Hong Kong, India, China, Poland, South Korea, Mexico and Togo. Each team worked on specific problems to determine solutions as a team. The Problem 5 team from Providence placed first among U.S. teams and second in the world; and the Providence Problem 2 team placed 14th overall. In the Problem 3 competition, South Meck’s team placed fourth and a team from Myers Park finished 13th. Two Problem 4 teams from Ardrey Kell and Myers Park tied for 14th place.

Montclaire Freedom School needs summer reading volunteers Montclaire Elementary School’s Freedom School is looking for volunteers to read one-on-one with elementary-aged children during its “Drop Everything And Read” time. The school needs volunteers from 11 a.m. to noon, almost every Monday through Friday between June 18 and July 30. Interested volunteers can sign up at montclaire.freedomschoolpartners. volunteerhub.com/events/index. Contact Elizabeth Stearns at maryelizabethstearns@msn.com for more information.

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Providence Day honors teachers Providence Day School recognizes a faculty member from its upper, middle and lower schools with its annual Teacher of the Year awards, as well as the Blackwell Award for merit in humanities. “The Teacher of the Year awards, sponsored by the Parents’ Association, go to those who best uphold the school’s mission of inspiring in students a passion for learning both in the classroom and through extracurricular activities,” according to a news release. This year’s winners include: Dr. Jennifer Bratyanski, from the upper school; Carol Lawrence, from the middle school; Kristie Olgesby, from the lower school; and Mary Jo Adams, for the Blackwell Award. Bratyanski teaches AP U.S. History and AP Government, and also is an advisor of various clubs, including World Quest, Film/ Media and Random Acts of Kindness. “She inspires students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn and effect change in the world,” Upper School Head Eric Hedinger said in the release. “She has earned a respect and admiration of students, parents and colleagues, and plays an active role in the school/community while remaining poised, articulate and possessing the energy to withstand the taxing schedule of a teacher.” Lawrence, a computer science teacher, integrates unique events and activities for her students, including the game of cricket, sewing and organizing the Girls in Tech club. “She truly gives of herself to help students find confidence and success, and along the way helps them learn some of those new things about themselves and their participation for the future,” Middle School Dean of Students Michael Magno said in the release. Oglesby serves as the physical education and health department chair. She has organized service projects with the Academic Council and uses technology to track and report students’ fitness goals and accomplishments. “Her professionalism and drive to do better has encouraged the P.E. Department to want more and do more,” Lower School Head Kay Montross said in the release. “Her passion and energy for the children in developing and instilling in them a love and desire to be physically healthy is contagious.” Lower School World Language Department Chair Adams is credited with being a major influence in rewriting the school’s world language program, the release said. Adams, who teaches French and Spanish, worked with colleagues to design a data-driven program that embeds practice and repetition in language classes. “Our Lower School World Language program is an exemplary one. It is a true honor to offer this award to Mary Jo Adams,” Dr. Glyn Cowlishaw, head of school, said in the release.

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Honor Rolls Charlotte Secondary School Honor Rolls Editor’s note: Charlotte Secondary does not submit full last names for publication, in accordance with the school’s public information policy. A Honor Roll Sixth grade: Miller D., Giselle H., Alcie K. and Emily M. Seventh grade: Laura B., Margaret M., Eleanor O., Morgan P., Hannah S. and Kasidi S. Eighth grade: Jasmine C-M., Ryan E., Katryna N., Sarah O., James S. and Eva W. High School: Tomas S., Monica G., Elsa K., Erin K., Peter M., Chimdiugo N., Katherine B., Maria C-M. and Lauren S. A/B Honor Roll Sixth grade: Morgan B., Jaden B., Myasia B., Brevin C., Samantha D., Annika F., Addison G., Nazare G-H., Maureen G., Rukeya M., Udochukwu N., Isabelle P., Alexander R. and Joshua T.

Seventh grade: Jason B., Jaden B., Conor C., Jamiya C., Trinity D., Sophie D., Jonathan G., Rebecca G., Abigail (Abby) H., Ethan H., Mitchell L., Azaan M., Christian M., Brianna P., Dylan P., Rachel R., Jamison R., James T., Inayah W-J. and Montrez W. Eighth grade: Chloe' B., Daniel C., Carmen C., Carley C., Crishanna D., Kiara D-B., Noah F., Joel G., Maria G., Ethan H., Journey H., Brendan H., Damarcus H., Julianna K., Kaleb K., Kelsie L., Mohamed M., William M., Ashlee P., Alexi R., Alexander R., Jenny R., Camryn R., Shannon R., Jared T., Bryanna T., Juanita V. and Xavier W. High School: Cynthia B., Alana B., Joshua C., Jackson H., Daniel H., Teearha J., Autumn M., Jakes N., Tecambra R., Jonathan R., Jefferson S., Meredith T., Kevin W., Brandon B., Jessica B., Jessica C., Sean G., Kimberly J., Jessica M., Jonas N., Xavier R., Erik R., Hope S., John T., Blaine W., Madeline C., Donovan E., Douglas G., Isaiah L., Agustina M., Jesse P., Brandon R., Tia S., Sam S. and Cheyenne S.

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Charlotte Latin School Grayce Anderson, Owen Armstrong, Jessie Ary, Olivia Barron, Audrey Beaussart, Lily Beck, Harrison Bell, Bo Bernhardt, Grace Beuley, Anthony Bilas, Sam Black, Thea Boatwright, Gus Bowen , Amelia Brackett, Lauren Brackett, Catherine Carlson, Caroline Cary, Carlisle

Cashion, Inessa Chandra, Scott Chappell , Jonathan Chen, Walker Cisne, Catherine Crigler, Emma Culver, Bentley Dalton, Sparling Davis, Alex Demas, Rachel Demas, Moira Dohan, Hill Dowdy, Hope Dragelin, Leila Evans, Amanda Fine, J.T. Fortenberry, Ashley Fox, Michael Gabbard, Ryan Gardner, Joth Gass, Catherine Gill, Stephen Gillis, Jack Gitlin , Steven Glaser, Chip Griffin, Tucker Haas, Zachary Hall, Alec Hanff , Rachel Hargrave, Khalil Harris, Haley Hedrick, David Herrmann, Emily Herron, Avery Horvath, Shireen Iyer, Dan Jessell, Anna Jones, Daniel Jones , Madeline Jones, Nancy Jones, Jay Kane, Jamie Kaplan, Lily Kelly, Adam Kirby, Ken Koch, Virginia Koonce, Alec Lambert, Austin Lancaster, Morgan Levy, Rebecca Lewis, Anna Linsz, Dannie Litaker, Mary Katherine Lupo, Trent Martensen, Alex Massardo, Clifton Mathis, Anna McAlister, Abbe McCarter, Rozhina McClanahan, Megan McClelland, Billy McClelland, Lauren McDowell, Tay McMaster, Francis Medearis, Carrie Mittl, Jackson Monnin, Bridget Mulrooney, Sebastian Nabatoff, Clyde Nelson, Matthew O’Brien, John Oates, Caroline Okel, Amaka Okonneh, Toby Okwara, Ben Olmstead, Denzel Pearson, Cydne Pennington, Caroline Peters, Eleanor Pinckney, William Plumides, Trey Powell , Nova Quaoser, Madison Reid, John Reilly, Sarika Sajja, Emerson Schaeffer, Katherine Schell, Annie Simpson, Gray Smith, Tabia Smith, Carson Song, Matthew Sparks, Sarah Stephens, Reid Surles, Matthew Swimmer, Caroline Targgart, Marcus Tayloe, Kelly Thomsen, Collin Tidwell, Katherine Tomlin, Sarah Traxler, Kanyon Tuttle, Nick Verderame, Timothy Vorhoff, Adam Watts, Julia Wiles, Anna Williams, Nick Wilson, Jack Wrigley and Perry Zollicoffer.

Charlotte Christian School Ashlynn Arthur, Sydney Barnes, Hank Bennett, Kate Benson, Alex Black, Wood Boone, Josh Broadway, Sheppard Brown, Josh Bryant, Callie Buckner, Madison Byron, Dillon Carpenter, Destin Cassier, Brian Chaffin, Amy Chen, Sam Clark, Colter Corish, Luke Crawford, Logan Curry, Caroline Dennehy, Stephen Dillon, Deanna Drogan, Britton Edwards, Tatiana Egbuna, Caroline Finke, Lauren Foery, Brittany Fuller, Sean Gallagher, Hayden Girard, Dalton Gouveia, Collin Greig, Marcus Guarnieri, Charisse Haines, Catherine Hair, Maddy Haislip, Josh Hall, Reece Hampton, Faith Hanegraaff, Meredith Harris, Heath Hawkins, Charles Hiller, Thomas Hodges, Gena Horton, Jin Huang, Alex Johnson, Parker Johnson, Caroline Kasay, Ross Kemp, Madison Killen, Jackson Kowar, Julia Lang, Heidi Ledford, Bailey Lewis, Serena Lin, Trey Linton, Julia Littleton, Grant Mahan, Jaylon McClinton, Robert McLean, Chase McNaughton, Sydney Michaud, Maddie Moore, Caleece Nash, Thomas Nations, Tanner Norris, Gavin Owen, Tori Parker, Jake Payne, Kelsey Phalen, Trey Phills, Haley Putnam, Charlie Rand, Emily Saba, Wes Selby, Hank Simmons, Charles Stephens, Corey Stillman, Michael Tan, Christian Taylor, Jeremy Timperio, Shelby Valeriano, Emma VanDeVelde, Jackson VanSickle, Karsyn VonEgidy, Jack Wagner, Morgan Wakefield, Aaron Walker, Eli Walker, Josh Walker, Payton Walker, Philip Walton, Alex Watkins, Sydney Weaver, Matthew Weigel, Nicole Wiggins, Derrick Wood, Jackson Wood, Alec Yoh, Sophia Youmans and Stella Zhuo.

The Sandwich Generation Faces Emotional and Financial Challenges

As CEO of Care Reps, I wanted to share some valuable information that might be informative to the ever-growing “Sandwich Generation.” The challenges facing middle-aged parents supporting multiple generations are overwhelming. According to Pew Research Center, “38 percent of adults, age 40 to 59, provide emotional or financial support to a parent and an adult child.” Baby boomers are aging and are looking to their adult children for care and financial support. Often adult children are geographically dispersed, making involvement in care matters impractical. Today, many parents support young adult children, as they finish college and

look for employment. They just don’t have the resources to help their children and pay for long term rehab. And, frankly many older adults want to remain at home anyway. They are just not eager to give up independence. Additionally, another important factor to consider, healthcare has increased life expectancy. A male who turns 65 this year is expected to live to be 84 on average, while a woman is expected to live to be 86. Given longer life spans, some members of the sandwich generation now find themselves assisting older parents and contending with their own aging issues. Some baby boomers have in a sense become “sandwich seniors.” They need help and information to balance all of this responsibility and emotional turmoil. Care Reps helps families stay united by looking after their loved one on their behalf! Care Reps is a non-legal, non-medical, company founded to help enable independence. We want to help

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in any way we can to improve our clients’ quality of lives. We take an individualized approach. We are flexible and willing to do what is necessary to make our clients happy, healthy, and safe. There are 5 key areas where we make a difference: 1) “On Call” Personal Assistance: Many adults with health challenges want to remain independent and at home. Care Reps is there to help make that a reality by providing “on call” assistance for our clients when they can no longer go out safely or as often. With a Personal Assistant helping them, they once again feel productive. And families don’t have to worry or be overburdened. 2) Healthcare Advocacy: Care Reps handles coordinating total medical care. We set and attend physician appointments. Make visits to provide encouragement and advocacy in the hospital. We act as a helpful liaison between the family, patient, physicians, nurses, and discharge social workers.

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Flying high: Aerial artist Caroline Calouche

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Dancer and choreographer Caroline Calouche’s vision is not the best, thanks to a family history of astigmatism and near-sightedness. When she started dancing at 8 years old, Calouche didn’t want to wear her glasses on stage. Because she couldn’t clearly see everyone around her, she learned their parts and worked around them. “Limitation” is not in her vocabulary. As a professional dancer, Calouche knows kinesiology; as a local pioneer in aerial performance art, she creates beautiful movement in mid-air. Through Caroline Calouche &

Co. aerial and contemporary dance, she choreographs performances and leads a faculty who teach classes and camps for every age and expertise. Her company performs at festivals including the Kings Drive Art Walk and Taste of Charlotte. And at 35 years old, Calouche continues to fly even higher. “(In other dance mediums) if you are not in a company by your mid-20s, you are getting old,” said Calouche. “Circus arts are different, and dance can really learn from that.” Popularized by Cirque de Soleil, “circus arts” encompass many acts including acrobalance (performers balance using one another), hand balancing (using the floor) and aerial performance (using hoops, silks, trapeze) in addition to “sideshow” acts like fire-breathing and sword-swallowing. Beyond performing “flashy tricks,” Calouche seeks to blend aerial and dance for a theatrical experience. “I feed off of the dancers’ abilities and how I would like to challenge them,” Calouche said. Calouche tried gymnastics as a child, but didn’t connect with it. Still, she was fascinated by acrobatic styles of movement. She started her training at Gaston Dance Theatre. Though she specialized in modern dance and ballet, Calouche learned as much as she could about any type and style of dance.

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“I knew I wasn’t going to be a ballerina, but ballet is a good base for everything,” she said, adding she owes a lot to her strong foundation in technique. “I wanted to be a more versatile dancer.” Calouche attended college in Texas and danced professionally at the Contemporary Ballet Dallas and Contemporary Dance Fort Worth. From 2003 to 2006, she lived and danced in Europe, where she became drawn to aerial performance. When she returned to Charlotte, Calouche wanted to try aerial dance, but there was no place to practice safely. So, she and fellow dancer Juliana Hane approached Inner Peaks Climbing Center on Monroe Road. The pair used rock-climbing riggers to rehearse and eventually graduated to long bands of silk fabric, which create a solid, safe hold when wound around a dancer’s body. Calouche started teaching dance out of Inner Peaks and Carolina Star gymnastic studio in Fort Mill, South Carolina. As she produced shows, her dancers rehearsed where they could, until they secured studio space in NoDa. Today, Calouche’s studio and school are located at 9315 Monroe Road in the Greylyn Business Park. Calouche has built a popular education program. She offers teacher training for the New England Center for Circus Arts, as well as intensive classes for advanced

students. Children 6 to 12 years old can take classes and summer camps in aerial dance and circus arts. Through outreach, her company brings dance demonstrations and residency programs to schools. No experience is necessary to start, and though there’s risk involved in any aerial sport, Calouche says it’s safe. “As long as the equipment is rigged properly above and the teacher is trained well, the risk becomes a lot less … comparable to gymnastics or football,” she said. All exercises are performed low to the ground, and students must master basic techniques before moving higher. There are gymnastic-grade “crash mats” under each apparatus. Class sizes stay small, so teachers can give students their undivided attention, and they invite adults – parents hesitant to involve their children – to try it “to have a better understanding of how it feels,” Calouche said. On Aug. 7, a Friday, Calouche will host a guest troupe, Girls on Trapeze, in conjunction with Carolina Aerial and Dance Exchange. The troupe’s unique performance, “Herself Rising,” fuses theater, trapeze art and spoken word. One of “girls” is nearing 70 years old and an inspiration to Calouche, who says there’s no need to retire as long as there is something new to learn. Visit www.carolinecalouche.org or call 704-844-0449 for more information.

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Follow the yellow brick road ‘The Wizard of Oz’ to celebrate 20 years of community theater by Josh Whitener josh@thecharlotteweekly.com

Audiences will travel via twister to a place somewhere over the rainbow, as Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts presents the biggest show in its 20-year history: “The Wizard of Oz.” The show debuts Friday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m. and will continue with multiple weekend performances through June 28. All shows take place at Fullwood Theater, part of the Matthews Community Center, located at 100 McDowell St. E. in downtown Matthews. With this year marking Matthews Playhouse’s 20th anniversary, June Bayless, the organization’s founder, wanted to do something bigger and better than ever before to celebrate two decades of bringing community theater to Matthews, south Charlotte and surrounding areas. “Everyone knows (‘The Wizard of Oz’) – it’s a huge show, one of the biggest we could do,” Bayless said. “We thought it would draw folks from all around. People know the title … and it spans across the ages. We have senior citizens who’ve already bought tickets, (as well as) families with kids.” The budget for “The Wizard of Oz” – $70,000 – is by far the largest of any show in Matthews Playhouse’s history, and will allow the theater to offer more extravagant entertainment than ever before, Bayless said. Brand-new special effects are on the docket, including flying and pyrotechnics, as well as a “yellow brick road” expanded into the audience seating area. While “The Wizard of Oz” will stick closely to the classic film people know and love, Bayless said Matthews Playhouse will add a few new elements, with the most recognizable being “The Jitterbug” – a song and dance number that was shot for the 1939 film but ultimately deleted from the final cut. “The bugs are there to put a spell on Dorothy and her three friends, (and they) do it through tap-dancing,” Bayless said. South Charlotte resident Sophie Lamm will dance in “The Jitterbug” sequence. The 14-year-old Providence High School student is looking forward to bringing the additional element to the show. “I grew up watching the movie, too, so when we started choreographing that number (‘The Jitterbug’), it was exciting. We could kind of do whatever we want with that,” Sophie said. “No one’s ever seen it – it’s something that everyone will really enjoy.” The show will feature 200 costumes – including two (the Tin Man and Cowardly Lion) rented from the Madison Square Garden production. Thirty-nine human performers and one canine star – Willow, who will play the role of Toto – will take the stage for Matthews Playhouse’s production. Cast members range in age from 5 years old to adults, and www.thecharlotteweekly.com

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Ellen Bailey and Winston Sims will play Dorothy and the Scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz.” Photo courtesy of Willa Folmer

the show has offered families a chance to perform together. Jake Yara, who will play the Cowardly Lion, will perform with his 9-year-old daughter, Shannon, and 7-year-old son, Kodi. The Mint Hill resident said he auditioned because his kids wanted to perform in the show, and he’s enjoyed watching them blossom in their roles of Munchkins, Poppies and Ozians. “It’s a load of fun,” Yara said. “It’s neat to see them experiencing that kind of theater … to learn how to be part of the process. It’s cool to see them in rehearsals and how quickly they learn.” Vanessa Davis, a Union County resident, also auditioned for the production at the urging of her 9-year-old son, Jackson. After auditioning, Davis was cast as the iconic villain and Dorothy’s archenemy, the Wicked Witch of the West. She said it’s been fun playing the “bad part,” but it’s also been a challenge balancing her stage role as evil witch and her real-life role as doting mom. “I have to keep reminding myself what role I’m playing at certain times … it’s interesting going back and forth between mom and witch,” Davis said. “… Of course, being with my son has been the true highlight, but also being on stage with a new group. I’ve never performed with Matthews Playhouse, (and) everybody has been wonderful, extremely professional.” Bayless gives props to canine performer, Willow, whom she said has exceeded her expectations. “He’s better than I could have ever imagined,” she said. “He is perfect. I did not expect this much from him.” In addition to the scheduled performances, a Breakfast with the Characters is slated for Saturday, June 13, at 11 a.m. Tickets cost $10. Matthews Playhouse also will host “There’s No Place Like Home,” a family-friendly 20th anniversary celebration featuring carnival games, free giveaways, arts and crafts, food, raffle prizes, face painting, pictures with the cast and more. The Fudd truck also will be on hand, selling hamburgers, French fries and beverages. The event, scheduled for June 27, a Saturday, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., costs $5 for children and is free for adults; however, adults still need to obtain a ticket. Tickets for all events are available at www.matthewsplayhouse.com.

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Calendar 6.12.15 and 6.13.15 Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m Jonathan Stewart Youth Football Procamp Carolina Panther’s running back Jonathan Stewart will host an inagurall youth football procamp. The two-day Public Jonathan Stewart Football Procamp will feature Steve Smith and a guest appearance by Luke Kuechly. Participants will learn fundamental football skills and receive an autograph from Smith and Stewart. Camp is open to boys and girls in first through eighth grade. Camp cost is $199. Ardrey Kell High School, 10220 Ardrey Kell Road 6.13.15 Saturday 7:30 a.m. to noon Pancake Breakfast and Blood Drive Community Blood Center of the Carolinas will host a blood drive and pancake breakfast. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. with the blood drive taking place from 8 a.m. to noon. Breakfast costs $8 and $5 for children 3 to 10 years old. Call 704-972-4700 for more information. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3115 Providence Road

6.13.15 Saturday 8 a.m. U.S. Air Force Special Ops Fitness Test The U.S. Air Force Special Ops Fitness Test replicates the physical tests for entrance into the Air Force Special Ops divisions. The challenge will include a 500-meter surface swim, 1.5 mile run, as well as timed pull ups, push ups and sit ups. Registration cost is $12 or $15 on the day of the event. Contact Elizabeth Allen at elizabeth. allen@ymcacharlotte.org for more information. Harris YMCA, 5900 Quail Hollow Road 6.13.15 Saturday 7:30 p.m. Queen City Groove Concert Queen City Groove, an a cappella group, will host a free summer concert at Rogers Hall on the campus of Queens University. The group will perform a number of jazz pieces, Top 40 hits and oldies. Rogers Hall, 1900 Selwyn Ave. 6.18.15 Thursday 6 p.m. NEUVOluction! Latinos and the New South Presented by the Levine Museum of the New

South, this interactive presentation incorporates oral history and mini-presentations to explore shifting demographics in the New South. Register at 704-416-6600, option No. 4. Open to adults 18 years old and older. South County Regional Library, 5801 Rea Road 6.18.15 Thursday 8 p.m. One Voice Chorus Charlotte One Voice Chorus, Charlotte’s gay, lesbian and gay-affirmative chorus, will perform its fifth annual summer concert and fundraiser. The concert will celebrate the organization’s 25th anniversary and is modeled after, “Hollywood Squares: The Speakeasy Edition.” Tickets are on sale at www.onevoicechorus.com. Charlotte Ballet, 701 N. Tryon St. 6.19.15 Friday 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Summer Kick Off at Harris YMCA The Harris YMCA will host a family-friendly summer kick-off event at its new Cato Education Center. Attendees can tour the building, participate in games and activities, test out the Teaching

Kitchen with cooking demonstrations and more. Food trucks will be on site. Harris YMCA, 5900 Quail Hollow Road 6.19.15 Friday 2 to 7 p.m. National Flip Flop Day at Tropical Smoothie Café Customers wearing flip-flops will receive a free 24-ounce Jetty Punch smoothie, made with strawberries and bananas to honor National Flip-Flop Day. The restaurant also will collect donations for Camp Sunshine, an organization that provides support for children with life-threatening illnesses. Tropical Smoothie Café, 5349 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy. 6.22.15 Monday 2 p.m. Meet the Author: Dr. Abe Senbel Dr. Abe Senbel will discuss his latest children’s book, “Khalil and the Flying Cart,” and share stories from Morocco. Registration is required and the program is open to children 5 to 11 years old. South County Regional Library, 5801 Rea Road

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Calendar 704-248-4100. Space is limited. 6.22.15 Gallery Restaurant, 10000 Ballantyne Monday Commons Pkwy. 6 p.m. Professional Book Cover 6.26.15 and 6.27.15 Design Friday and Saturday Marisa Shor will discuss the book cover 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. design process, including the importance of a standout book cover, where cover design falls Carolina Voices Impromptu in the publishing process, how to pick your Concert designer, ways to promote your book and more. Carolina Voices a cappella ensemble Registration is required by calling 704-416“Impromptu” will perform a summer concert 6600, option No. 4. Open to adults 18 years called, “That’s a Take” at Duke Energy Theater old and older. at Spirit Square. Tickets cost $20 and can South County Regional Library, 5801 be purchased online at www.carolinatix.org. Performances take place on Friday at 8 p.m. Rea Road and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Visit www. carolinavoices.org for more information. 6.23.15 Duke Energy Theater, Tuesday 345 N. College St. 7:30 to 11 a.m. Worksite Wellness 6.27.15 Symposium Saturday The American Heart Association will host a 9 a.m. Worksite Wellness Symposium as a component Ballantyne Breakfast Club of the “My Heart My Life” initiative. This free, This month’s Ballantyne Breakfast Club will half-day summit will join local human resources focus on public safety. The event’s guest executives with wellness coordinators to learn speaker will be Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police about health issues impacting their workplaces Department Deputy Chief Kerr Putney. Putney and ways they can foster heart healthy work will discuss issues and concerns within the environments that combat cardiovascular police department. Charlotte City Council diseases and stroke. District 7 representative Ed Driggs and at-large Southminster, 8919 Park Road representative Claire Fallon will be in attendance. The Ballantyne Hotel will provide coffee and 6.23.15 pastries beginning at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday Ballantyne Hotel, 10000 Ballantyne 6 p.m. Commons Pkwy. Outlander Book Club The South County Regional Library will host a 6.30.15 book discussion on a portion of the “Outlander” Tuesday series by Diana Gabaldon. Registration is required 6 p.m. and can be completed at www.cmlibrary.org/ programs. The book club will meet on the fourth North Carolina Musicians Tuesday of each month. Explore North Carolina music and musicians South County Regional Library, 5801 with Daniel Coston, local author/photographer Rea Road of “North Carolina Musicians: Photographs and Conversations.” Registration is required by calling 704-416-6600, option No. 4. Open to adults 6.25.15 18 years old and older. Thursday South County Regional Library, 5801 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Rea Road Child and Family Development Seminar Dr. Paul Smolen will host a free seminar on parenting and children’s health. Dr. Smolen has been an adjunct associate professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina for 33 years. The seminar will go over practical advice from Smolen’s book, “Can’t Doesn’t Mean Should.” Child and Family Development Center, 10516 Park Road

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Cockrell’s in a different zone Providence Day’s Anna Cockrell is the 2015 South Charlotte Weekly Track and Field Athlete of the Year by Ben Doster ben@thecharlotteweekly.com

Providence Day junior Anna Cockrell gets in a zone right before a race, where she tunes out everything. The expression on her face changes to a focused stare with eyes on the prize. “Even when she’s warming up with her teammates, it’s like they don’t exist,” Providence Day coach Carol Lawrence said. “She gets in that zone where she’s so focused on the race, which is great.” Cockrell’s focus is ironic – she’s often all smiles and quick to laugh with an outgoing personality. But she puts that energy on the shelf and turns into a different person when it’s time to compete. It’s that kind of focus and dedication that’s paying off in big ways for Cockrell. This year, she won the North Carolina Independent Athletic Association 3A state championship in the 100-meter hurdles (13.53 seconds), 100-meter dash (11.93 seconds), 300-meter

hurdles (41.31 seconds) and ran the final leg of the Chargers state championship winning 4x400-meter relay team. She won every event she competed in at the state championship meet, and even set a new personal record (previously 41.6 seconds), state record and is No. 2 national record for the 300-meter hurdles. “I couldn’t celebrate, because I was so tired,” Cockrell said. “The next thing I knew, five of my teammates rushed me and tackled me, so I was laying at the bottom. They were all screaming and shaking me. “It was really fun, but I couldn’t breathe. That was really special, because I was very happy with the accomplishment, but it was more special, because my teammates were celebrating with me and they were excited for me.” It’s the third time Cockrell won the state championship in the 100-meter hurdles, 100-meter dash and 300-meter hurdles, while Providence Day as a team won its third

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consecutive NCISAA 3A state crown. Cockrell’s hat trick culminates with her earning 2015 South Charlotte Weekly Track and Field Athlete of the Year. “It’s awesome,” Cockrell said. “It’s incredible. From the start of the season we had talked about how we have already gotten two and how we need to keep this legacy going. It was great, especially for the seniors. Even with the plethora of accomplishments, Cockrell, a true competitor, wasn’t completely satisfied. She said she was pleased with parts of the meet, but displeased with others. Her insatiable desire to be the best is one reason why she is the best – at least in the

state, which is pretty significant. “My 300 hurdle time, I was definitely happy with that,” Cockrell said. “That was a big breakthrough for me. It was a really big personal record. “It felt good to finally start mentally getting that race together, like understanding how to run it and how not to kill myself too much and how to relax. That was the thing I think I was most proud of. That and the 4x4.” Now, Cockrell is receiving the national recognition she’s due. She was among 28 student athletes (14 boys and 14 girls) selected from all over the country to join the National Scholastic Athletic Foundation (NSAF) team to compete in the Caribbean Scholastic Invitational in Havana, Cuba on June 12 and 13. “It’s so cool,” Cockrell said. “I was first contacted about the meet in February. They told me they wanted to put me in the pool of athletes that are being considered for the team. At the end of March, I found out I had been selected to be on the team. I’ve been freaking out ever since.” Lawrence said Cockrell takes ownership of the track when she steps on it – a mentality she’s helped her star runner develop. “Now, she has that air, and it scares everybody else, which is great,” Lawrence said.

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2015 GIRLS’ Track and Field Super Team Anna Cockrell

Sydney Scott

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Cockrell is nothing short of a champion. The Providence Day junior won the NCISAA 3A state championship in the 100-meter hurdles, 100-meter dash, 300-meter hurdles, and ran the fourth leg of the Chargers 4x400-meter state championship winning relay team. On her way to a superior outdoor season, she won the 100-meter hurdles at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics and owns the United States record in the 60-meter hurdles.

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Gracie Whelan

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Providence Day’s Whelan charged her way to a strong finish. She won the NCISAA 3A state championship in the 400-meter dash, ran the second leg on the Chargers 4x400-meter winning relay team, placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles and the 200-meter dash.

Emma Brown

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Providence Day’s Emma Brown, an Elon commit, is synonymous with elite endurance when it comes to long distance running. She finished third in the state in the 3,200-meter run (11:25.70) and 1,600-meter run (5:15.76), fourth in the state in the 800-meter run (2:24.02), and ran the final leg of the Chargers second-place 4x800-meter relay team at the NCISAA 3A state championship meet.

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Mary Prouty

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Scott, a freshman at Charlotte Latin, was fabulous in her first year with the Hawks. She soared her way to third in the state in the long jump and in the triple jump (35-07.50), fourth in the state in the 100-meter dash (12.62), and ran the final leg of Latin’ 4x100-meter NCISAA 3A state championship winning relay team (51.52).

Mary Prouty, a senior at Myers Park and Georgia Tech signee, made the most of her final ride with the Mustangs. She finished fourth in the state in the 3,200-meter run (11:01.30), and ran the final leg of Myers Parks’s seventh-place 4x800-meter relay team (9:21.52) at the NCHSAA 4A state championship meet. Prouty also performed well at regionals, finishing second in the 3,200-meter run.

Country Day’s Dunn was super as a sophomore. Dunn finished third in the state in the 400-meter dash (59.16), ninth in the state in the 800-meter run (2:31.35), and ran the first leg of the Buccaneers sixth-place 4x200-meter relay team (1:51.24) and eighth-place 4x400meter relay team at the NCISAA 3A state championship meet.

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Grace Sullivan

Sophomore Stallion Avianna Hopkins may not be fresh off a triple crown like American Pharoah, but she played a major part in Queen’s Grant’s successful first season in track and field. Hopkins won the conference championship in the discus and shot put, helping the Stallions trot to a second-place finish in the Yadkin Valley West conference championship. She won the NCHSAA 1A state championship in the discus (119-08), and finished third in the state in the shot put (36-07.25).

Sullivan was at the top of the Panthers lair this year. She finished second in the 1,600-meter run (5:02.45) at the NCHSAA 4A state championship meet, and ran the final leg of Providence’s second-place 4x800-meter relay team (9:21.52) at the same event. Sullivan was also stellar at regionals, winning the 1,600-meter run. She’ll continue her athletic career running cross-country at East Carolina University.

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Asmara Lee, Queen’s Grant McKenzie Scott, Queen’s Grant Ayanna Dennis, Queen’s Grant Sun-Sar Williams, Independence Lydajah McLeod, Independence Camille Martin, Independence Lindsey Wheeler, Ardrey Kell Kenya Livingson, Rocky River

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four runs in the first inning of game two, so all he had to do was try to throw strikes and pitch with a lead. Leonard’s four-seam fastball, slider and even his changeup were cue. “It’s a testament to the whole team,” Jones said. “We all contribute. That’s the best part. We don’t have one player that single-handedly wins us games. We have really good players.”

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the same question – and got the same response. He told his coaching staff they were going to wear the Wildcats out, then went to bed, woke up eight hours later, and left for the ballpark to finish guiding his team to the program’s first state championship crown. Rhyne, a Catawba College signee, and senior catcher Andrew Fishel, an Ohio State Buckeyes signee, both said everybody looked at each other at dinner and said, “We got this.” Providence, a No. 9 seed, bludgeoned University of North Carolina at Wilmington commit and Millbrook’s ace pitcher, Alex Royalty, in game two with 10 runs, forcing a mercy rule ending after five innings in game two on June 6. Royalty had 120 strikeouts in 60 innings, but didn’t have an answer for Providence batters. The Panthers, who set a state record with 31 wins to only four losses (12-2 So. Meck 8), hammered No. 21 seed Millbrook (21-12, 11-3 CAP-8) again later that day, beating the Wildcats 10-2 to end the series and claim Providence’s place in history. “It’s very meaningful,” North Carolina signee and senior shortstop Josh Hiatt said. “Coach has been here 12 years, and to be his first it’s pretty

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great. I know it means a lot to him, but it means a lot to us as well. It would’ve been nice to win any other year, but senior year, ending on that, go to college now with a state championship it doesn’t get much better.” Hignight has received more than 400 congratulatory text messages from former players and folks in the community. “From the phone calls to the texts to the interviews it’s been a whirlwind,” Hignight said. “It’s been crazy. I told my wife it’s been the craziest two days of my life, and I hope it happens again.” Junior pitcher/fielder Zach Brown said the Panthers began to realize their potential as a team when they beat Ardrey Kell, 15-3, on April 21.

Junior center fielder Tucker Jones, who bats in the nine hole, was MVP for the state championship series, while University of North Carolina at Greensboro signee Andrew Moritz elevated his hitting in the postseason (batting .500 through nine playoff games). For Moritz, it was as simple as making few slight adjustments with hands by loosening his grip on the bat. He said he also picked up curveballs and changeups better at the end of the year too. Fishel, who Hignight said is the “heart and soul” of the team, made plays that didn’t appear on the stat sheet. Providence put Davidson College signee and senior pitcher Austin Leonard in a comfortable position early with

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