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MONDAY May 17, 2010
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Reported carjacking proves bogus BY KARISSA MINN kminn@salisburypost.com
WAYNE HINSHAW / FOR THE SALISBURY POST
Courtney Harrison and her brother Spenser have fun batting a beach ball around inside the Walk Balloon at the Cleveland Spring Fest.
Fun in the sun Cleveland’s annual Spring Fest held Saturday
A report of an armed carjacking Friday turned out to be false, according to the Salisbury Police Department. No charges are expected in connection with the false report, said Police Chief Rory Collins, because it was not made intentionally to police. The mother of a Salisbury man called the department Saturday afternoon, Collins said. She told police she had gotten a phone call from her son, who claimed to have been forced into the trunk of his car after being robbed at gunpoint while getting gas. Emergency radio communications indicated that the man did not show up for an appointment at the VA Medical Center. The Salisbury Police Department began looking for the man’s beige 1985 Nissan sedan and encouraged anyone with information about the incident to call the departmnet. Officers then called on the State Bureau of Investigation for help. “We used the assistance of the SBI to triangulate his cell phone through GPS,” Collins said. “He was actually located in Tallahassee, Fla.” Authorities there found him later Saturday walking around a “known drug area,” Collins said. The man then admitted that his story about the carjacking was false. “He never made (the report) to us,” Collins said. “He made it to his mother, who out of concern called us, not realizing it was bogus. Based upon that, I don’t really anticipate any kind of charges.”
City Council to discuss nuisances, rezoning BY SHELLEY SMITH ssmith@salisburypost.com
Jennifer Wilson and Jessica Yates dance the ‘twist’ to the music during the Cleveland Springfest. The two are partners with their vendor booth called Incredible Edibles.
The Salisbury City Council will hear a report from staff regarding nuisance conditions at 1605 S. Main St. and consider setting a public hearing for June 1 during its meeting Tuesday. Staff claims the property, owned by Robert F. Boone, to be a public nuisance, with nuisances including piles of red dirt on the property, several junked motor vehicles, a concrete road barrier next to the piles of dirt and six dilapidated U.S. flags. Also being presented to the council is a petition signed by 500 customers of an adjacent business, Rick’s BBQ, stating the property as a nuisance. If the council declares the condi-
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Rather than hold his child’s cap, why not wear it at the Cleveland Spring Fest. Bill Cothren had a two hat day on Saturday during the festival.
Four-year-old Kenzie Riley enjoyed bouncing around and flipping in air on the Salto Trampolino at the Cleveland Springfest on Saturday.
Men hit the runway to raise funds for local youth BY SARAH CAMPBELL scampbell@salisburypost.com
Seven men showed off their feminine side Friday, donning wigs, painted nails and a full face of makeup. They strutted down the runway in stylish threads, including floor-length gowns, mini skirts and high heels to compete in the YMCA of Rowan County’s 2010 Prettiest Man at the YMCA competition. The event, dubbed “An Evening of Womanless Pageantry,” was hosted at the J.F. Hurley Family YMCA to raise money for Y’s Invest in Youth Program. “(The program) provides funds for underprivileged children and families that are struggling and can’t afford to be members of the YMCA,” Travis Alligood, a massage therapist at the J.F. Hurley Family Y and coordinator of the event, said. Alan Lambert, executive director of the South Rowan branch in China Grove, said the Invest in Youth program raises money for those who can’t
afford services and serves as a way to tell the Y’s story. “We’re letting people know that the Y doesn’t turn parents and children away,” he said. “We want kids to get involved in the community and to be around healthy role models.” Sandy Flowers, executive director of the J.F. Hurley branch, said Invest in Youth wants to continue supporting families in need. “There are so many needs out there,” she said. “There are so many that are suffering. This is a fun way to raise money.” The event began at 6 p.m. with a spaghetti dinner catered by Debbie Suggs. Pageant contestants took the stage at 7 p.m. Individuals were judged on poise, creativity, evening gown and talent. Judge Janet Ruffin said her criterion was easy. “I’m just looking for the most beautiful womanless man at the Y,” she
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Fitness trainer Bryan Aycoth dances to Aqua's ‘Barbie Girl’ during the 2010 Prettiest Man at the YMCA competition Friday at the J.F. Hurley Family YMCA. Aycoth was crowned the winner of the contest.
A class trip to the quarry Granite Quarry School had a builtin field trip whenever rocks and minerals were being studied. Dunn’s Mountain was a nearby “peak” only a couple of hundred feet high, but its height stood out at a distance, especially looking east from Salisbury toward Granite Quarry. The source of its elevation above the surrounding terrain was what it consisted of: “granite.” Probably MACK less of WILLIAMS somewhat Dunn’s Mountain exists now than did then, because of the quarries located there, but that it has become preserved as a county park. When we were studying rocks and minerals, our sixth grade class walked there for a field trip, as it was close by. After ascending the path up “the mountain,” we looked down into what was colloquially known as “the quarry hole.” One section of the quarry was no longer used, due to its inaccessibility to further mining, because of
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