Lake Wylie Summer 2011

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‘Reel’ fun Summer fun on Lake Wylie includes plenty of boating and fishing, of course

Geocaching High-tech treasure hunting offers fun for the entire family

Chamber Spotlight Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce news and information

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Our View

Come home to a resort … every day

By Susan Bromfield, President, Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce

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he slogan coined by local realtor John Wilkerson more than a decade ago: “Come home to a resort … every day,” says volumes about the lure of living at Lake Wylie. Located minutes from a metropolitan city and international airport, Lake Wylie affords a relaxed lifestyle every day for those lucky enough to live here.

Where else can you have the option of working in a major metropolitan city just 20 minutes away and have a commute that’s short enough you can come home after work and still have the whole evening to go: sailing on the lake, cruising on a pontoon for cocktails at sunset, kayaking, golfing, fishing, or to enjoy the area’s nature on a scenic walk?

Whether one is fortunate enough to live along the shoreline, in view of the lake, or in one of the many neighborhoods or rural areas that surround the lake, there is a sense of calm knowing there are opportunities to relax and enjoy the many forms of recreation every day.

This is the lure of living at Lake Wylie.

It is no surprise that the recent census shows Lake Wylie’s population grew a record 189%. Lake Wylie was one of the fastest growing areas in the state and arguably in the nation. It is the second largest populated area in York County.

Lake Wylie used to be thought of as a weekend recreational community, known as “The Rivah” by the locals. It was once considered by many as a remote location to live. Lake Wylie was thought to be a retirement community in the 1970s and 1980s when River Hills Plantation was developed by the Sea Pines developers of Hilton Head Island, S.C. While Lake Wylie is certainly a fabulous location to retire, it is also a fabulous location to raise a family and enjoy life while in your working years.

During the last decade, new schools have been built in the Lake Wylie area. Highway 49 was widened in both South Carolina and North Carolina, making it a major corridor for transportation and commerce. Carolinas Healthcare System has built a major “healthplex” just 3 miles from the lake itself, making medical care easily accessible 24/7. Economic 2

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The Lake Wylie experience Lake Wylie is minutes away from more than 1 million people living in the Charlotte metro area, making it a perfect location for a day trip or extended vacation. It provides the respite and enjoyment without the long drive. “Urban camping” is available at Ebenezer Park and McDowell Park on the lake, and summer memberships are available at Long Cove Marina, where there is a beach, pool and lakeside recreational opportunities all season. Just because you don’t live here doesn’t mean you have to miss out on a summer experience at the lake!

development opportunities are vast with the population growth and there is plenty of available land along the corridors. More than 30,000 vehicles travel through Lake Wylie each day. Household incomes are among the highest in South Carolina, making it a good area for businesses to locate. Plans are under way to develop and expand many new residential neighborhoods. Major companies like Lowe’s and Wal-Mart have identified Lake Wylie as one of the strongest locations in the Carolinas. The expansion of these businesses into the area has added convenience for residents to purchase a variety of goods locally.

The lifestyle Lake Wylie affords has contributed to the 189% growth statistic during the last decade. The secret is out and many want to experience the feeling of coming home to a resort … every day. LW The Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce operates a visitor center at 264 Latitude Lane, Lake Wylie, SC 29710. 803-831-2827. www.lakewyliesc.com

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Contents 2 Our View 6 Mailbag 14 Shoreline

Ways to get on the water this summer What’s biting at Lake Wylie

18 Roving Palate

Get out of the hot kitchen and enjoy summer specialties at local restaurants

The basics of pairing wine with food

26 Garden Party

Lake Wylie couples turn their backyards into tributes to their treasures and hobbies

36 Development Update 40 Geocaching

High-tech treasure hunting offers fun for the whole family

44 Community Connection

How to volunteer with Adopt-a-Stream or the Storm Drain Marking program

46 Faces

Family-owned M.L. Ford & Sons has been providing quality service and products since 1890

53 Spotlight

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Mailbag Did you just catch a fish? Celebrate your 50th wedding anniversary? Are you participating in a charity event or community fundraiser? Where did you go on your last family outing? Whether you just celebrated a major milestone or are gearing up to give back, part of our goal with Lake Wylie Today is to provide a platform for our community to share what’s happening in the community through stories and photos. We want to celebrate with you, laugh with you and build memories with you. See page 13 for information on how to submit photos and stories.

Amy and Greg Gardner of Lake Wylie Coffee House with Jane DuBois McCarthy at the Lake Wylie Today preview party.

Boat enthusiasts check out a rocket-shaped boat docked at T-Bones on the Lake on a spring day.

Carol Couse of Edward Jones and Donna Tucker of Mary Kay leave the River Hills Country Club after the Spring Fashion Show.

Don Petty (left) and Dean Powell (right) of DP2 Productions took advantage of the spring weather to shoot video footage for several video advertisements. You can see the ad DP2 shot for the Chamber at www.lakewylietoday.com or at www.dp2.tv.

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Pet Tribute Celebrations has officially opened in Lake Wylie. A locally owned e-commerce site, www.pettributecelebrations.com uses your photos to create a customized, professionally produced DVD that can also contain music or a special message. The “photos-in-motion” DVD is the perfect memorial to honor the memory of your pet, as well as to celebrate the life of your current pet. Owners Carol Butler and Katherine Gillis are long-time local animal advocates.

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Lake Wylie is a particularly beautiful place in the spring, when everything is blooming, including this cherry tree.

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Get out on the lake this summer Enjoying the lake by boat is the key to summer fun in our area with available slips. More than a few neighborhoods in Lake Wylie also offer storage on-site. Some dealers also offer storage. Most dealers also offer service and maintenance for your boat — some even offer classes so that you can learn to do some of that maintenance yourself, if that is more your style.

Oh, and if none of these options are in your budget, then rent a boat for the day!

The main thing is to get out on the lake this summer! LW

Helpful links

Chip Krell at Pier 88 Yacht Club, one of the many places you can find just about everything you need for a day on the lake. (Photo/Jane DuBois McCarthy)

By Chip Krell

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ummer on the lake. Does anything sound better than that? Don’t let another summer go by without you, your friends and your family getting a real taste of lake living — boating on the lake.

When it comes to owning a boat, you have options: buying a new boat and buying a used boat. Just keep in mind that along with all the fun you’ll have out on the lake, you’ll also have to maintain and store your boat. Luckily, you have choices there, as well.

First — buying a boat. Obviously a new boat sounds great. If that is what you are looking for, there are several dealers in Lake Wylie that can help you. This option usually carries the greatest up-front expense.

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Another idea would be to buy a used boat.

Just because someone is selling their boat does not mean it had problems. You can buy used boats directly from the owner, or most new boat dealers also sell used boats.

Yet another option is to buy a boat with other people. This obviously reduces your cost, and as long as everyone is clear on usage and maintenance, this can work great. I knew a guy years ago that met another man in a bait shop, got to talking and the next thing you know they had purchased a fishing boat together! They owned that boat for 20 years.

So now you have a boat. Where do you store it? Who will take care of it? Obviously a marina is the most convenient place for your boat (unless you have a dock and a boathouse), and there are several marinas

River Hills Marina www.riverhillsplantation.com Lake Wylie Marina www.lakewyliemarina.com Boat Sales of Lake Wylie www.boatsalesoflakewylie.com Tega Cay Marina www.tegacaymarina.com Pier 88 Yacht Club www.pier88yc.com Long Cove Marina and Yacht Club 704-588-1667

Shoreline

What’s biting

at Lake Wylie this summer?

Story and photography by Rodger Taylor

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ake Wylie is one of the busiest reservoirs on the Catawba River chain in the summer. Recreational boaters, including fishermen and pleasure boaters, can expect the lake to be saturated with watercraft of all types as summer gets into full swing. When the temperatures heat up, the fishing will also heat up. Here are a few suggestions to make your summer fishing excursions more successful and hopefully pleasurable.

Avoid rush hour

Picking the right time to check out what is biting at Lake Wylie is important. Typically, Lake Wylie does not get “cranked up” until around 11 a.m., even in the heart of summer. For fishermen, that means that by starting at daybreak, you can

Andrew Shipman (left) and Jeff Taylor. Jeff is holding a small Lake Wylie blue catfish.

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Shoreline same places you fish during the morning hours are excellent choices for fishing at night.

Night fishing will require more planning. In the darkness, everything becomes a little more difficult, so familiarize yourself with the areas you plan to fish prior to a night fishing trip. Nighttime anglers often use an array of lighting systems to illuminate the darkness. Examples include lanterns, shop lights, even specialized submersibles. While night lighting is a plus, the lights can attract a massive amount of insects in the early hours of darkness. You may feel as if you are in an Indiana Jones movie, at times. Placing the light high above the boat helps decrease the insect concentration and as night approaches morning, bug life around the lights tends to slow down.

A mayfly is among the many insects you may encounter on Lake Wylie.

Non-boaters and novices

Top: Jeff Taylor reels in a nice Lake Wylie channel catfish.

Above: Ashley Childers (left) and Hollis Reed have a double hook-up of catfish. get in about 4 hours of fishing before pleasure boats begin buzzing up and down the waterways.

The early morning hours offer low light conditions until around 9 a.m. on most days, and temperatures are more comfortable, too. By fishing early in the morning, you will often find channel and blue catfish in shallow water near the back of feeder creeks and shallow water flats. A trolling motor allows an angler to present slow-drifting baits to these fish. This presentation is easy and enjoyable, especially from the comfort of a pontoon or well-equipped fishing boat.

Once the sun gets higher in the sky, these fish will move from the shallow water to deeper water

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and seek out sharp changes in the bottom contour. A good example is a “hump” that rises from a deep-water flat. Areas like this are easily spotted on a decent contour map or sonar unit equipped with GPS. Catfish and other fish such as white perch will congregate and school around these structures, so concentrating your efforts there will greatly increase your hook-up rate.

By the light of the moon

Non-boaters can find good fishing action from docks and the shore in the summer. Fish such as bluegill are ready and willing biters.

Bluegill is a favorite with children and fishing rigs don’t need to be more elaborate than a cane pole and bobber equipped with a small hook.

Crickets and worms make bluegill easy marks for young anglers who are just getting started.

Summer fishing on Wylie is very diverse and can be as simple as cane pole fishing or as involved as planning and executing an all-night excursion.

Recognizing the peak times of boaters and avoiding the “rush hour” in the afternoons — especially weekend afternoons — may make for a safer and more enjoyable fishing experience. LW

Night fishing on Lake Wylie not only provides Capt. Rodger Taylor is a USCG licensed fisha break from boat traffic, but also a break from ing guide on Lake Wylie. He can be reached at the summer heat. The classic pattern for catfish rodon@comporium.net, or visit his website at anglers is fishing on bottom at night. Some of the www.catfishon.com.

Jeff Taylor shows off a catch while drift-fishing for channel catfish in the creeks with multiple lines out.

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to cook?

Area restaurants offer satisfying summer specialties

By Arthur Murray • Photography by Richard Rudisill

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t’s summertime and the living is easy — especially when you let someone else do the cooking. That in itself is easy when you weigh all the restaurant options available in and around Lake Wylie. And while many establishments are sticking with tried and true menus, others have added special items for the summer. In most cases, the additions are lighter fare, meant to help customers get back into bathing suit shape. But whether you’re looking to cut the calories or willing to splurge, there are plenty of options available for you.

T-Bones Steak House & Saloon

Don’t be fooled by the name. Oh, T-Bones sells steaks, all right. But owner and general manager David Mathein, who recently celebrated this 17th anniversary at the restaurant, says it is moving in another direction. “We’re actually gearing ourselves to lighter items.”

The restaurant unveiled its new summer

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menu in April, and it will stay in use through Oct. 15. The menu adds oysters to a seafood lineup that includes scallops, crab cakes, catfish, salmon and shrimp. The seafood offerings are a natural. The restaurant, which seats 600, has 38 boat slips and 20 tables outside.

Mathein says he’s already seeing results from the changes. “Our No. 1 seller at lunch off the new menu is the avocado-tuna BLT. It’s selling like crazy.” Also causing a stir, he says, is a sandwich featuring a grilled chicken breast topped with crunchy peanut butter, coleslaw and Asian chili sauce. Lighter fare includes a strawberry spinach salad, one of eight salads on the lunch and dinner menus.

The other change for summer began May 1.

The restaurant has nightly entertainment, with solo entertainers Sunday through Thursday and bands Friday and Saturday nights. The most popular act, Mathein says, is Vanilla Cornbread — which specializes in soul music. “They play

everything from the 1950s to right now.”

But it’s not all fun and games at T-Bones.

The restaurant takes its community involvement very seriously, including an annual children’s cancer benefit concert, which includes six bands that play near the boat docks.

Admission is free, but donations are collected for the cause.

T-Bones Steak House & Saloon: 3990 Highway 49, Lake Wylie. 803-831-0170. http://www. tbonesonthelake.com.

Q2U BBQ Pit

Mark Cieslikowski and Brian Rich didn’t begin their friendship planning to open a restaurant. They met in 1978 working at Continental Tire in Charlotte and a year later started cooking whole hogs for poker games. About 10 years ago, they started entering barbecue competitions and catering on the side.

Mediterranean pasta at T-Bones Steakhouse & Saloon on Lake Wylie.

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“As we won competitions, the catering just grew,” Cieslikowski says. They worked out of their homes until July 2006, when the Continental factory closed. They first moved to a former pizza restaurant for catering, but then opened their own restaurant after about two years.

Q2U uses a vinegar-based sauce on the hogs, which are roasted over a Southern Pride electric cooker that uses hickory chips to give the meat a smoky flavor. In addition to pulled pork, the restaurant sells baby back ribs, barbecued chicken — including pulled chicken, smoked and grilled bologna with cheese and onions, foot-long hot dogs and Brunswick stew, which is made on-site. For dessert, there’s banana pudding and seasonal cobblers — strawberry, blackberry and peach.

Catering remains a big part of the business, up to 40%, Cieslikowski says. The restaurant seats about 30 inside, with eight seats at the counter.

The picnic tables outside can seat about 20.

Q2U BBQ is a sponsor at the Carolina Speedway dirt track in Gastonia, which gets its name out to potential customers. “Customers leave here and they’re happy,” Cieslikowski says.

“They tell their friends.”

Top: Black bean nachos at T-Bones. Above: The deck at T-Bones overlooks Lake Wylie.

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Q2U BBQ Pit: 4052 Charlotte Highway, Lake Wylie. 803-831-8883.

Roving Palate Jersey Mike’s

Bill Ross opened the Jersey Mike’s franchise in Lake Wylie just after Labor Day last year. He doesn’t change the menu for the season — it’s set by the corporate office in Manasquan, N.J. Even so, he expects customers may change their orders.

“The unique thing about Lake Wylie is that as soon as you pinpoint one sandwich as the most popular, you go through all the others,” he says. The turkey sandwich is likely to be popular because it is lower in fat. Other favorites include the original Italian — which features five meats and provolone cheese — as well as two club sandwiches and roast beef sandwiches.

Oddly enough, Ross and his wife, Nicole, who co-own the restaurant, moved to the region because they didn’t want to raise their children in New Jersey, where he managed Ruby Tuesday and Applebee’s restaurants. They had family in Charlotte, N.C., and loved the area when they visited. They first opened a Jersey Mike’s in Indian Land, S.C., a little less than three years ago.

“I’d like to be that stopping place for folks putting that boat in the water,” he says.

The other thing he wants to do is continue the restaurant’s charity work. “Back when we

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Roving Palate opened, we were giving away free sandwiches, and all the benefits were donated to Crowders Creek Elementary School,” he says. He and other franchisees in the Charlotte market just completed a giveaway that raised about $40,000 for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure organization, which fights breast cancer. Ross also works with Second Harvest Food Bank, Autism Speaks and other charities.

Jersey Mike’s: 604 Nautical Dr., Lake Wylie.

803-831-0912.

The Concord Cove Restaurant

That’s not the only summer specialty. Beginning June 1, the restaurant — which has been open nearly seven years in its current configuration — will begin serving its summer drink special. It’s a Hurricane, made with New Orleans staple Pat O’Brien’s special mix and dark rum. It sells for $5.

The restaurant changes desserts daily, but Funderburk says mainstays will include its Oh! Susannah and key lime pies. The Oh! Susannah pie is a frozen delicacy with whipped cream, pecans, caramel, coconut and other ingredients

on a graham cracker crust. “It’s really good in the summer,” he says.

Something else that’s good in the summer is the meeting business. Concord Cove has two rooms used for meetings. One seats about 40, while the other will handle about 30. The gatherings include business meetings, birthday parties, baby showers and other events. “We’ve been doing pretty good since Thanksgiving,” Funderburk says. “Things have picked back up.”

Concord Cove: 5303 Concord Road, York.

803-831-1036. LW

Johnny Funderburk laughs when the talk turns to lighter summer fare. He’s a steak man himself, and the restaurant’s menu — he calls it American cuisine, with a summer flair — reflects it. Entrées include Chateaubriand and porterhouse steaks.

Other main dishes include duck a l’orange, osso bucco, rack of lamb, filet of salmon and lobster tail.

But even with all that, Funderburk has added some lighter fare for summer. The featured one is a mixed green salad with cranberries, walnuts and mandarin oranges with a raspberry vinaigrette dressing. It can be ordered as a side salad or as an entrée. And there is the option of topping it with shrimp, steak or chicken.

T-Bones’ drink specialties include the Sunny Lake Splash (red) and the Salted Electric Parrot (blue).

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Summertime,

summer wine Pairing delicious wines with summertime fare is easier than you think

By Jeffrey Cushing

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he art of matching food with wine dates back centuries. In fact, in some parts of the world, the wines are so unique that they match the local foods almost exclusively. Northern Spain, where they have a mostly seafood diet, makes a white wine from the Albarino grape because of its great pairing with fish. In Greece there is a wine called Retsina, the taste of which some have compared to turpentine, yet when paired with the proper Greek food is very enjoyable.

In the U.S., we are fortunate to have more flexibility in pairing our foods and wines. The old adage of white wines with white meat (chicken, pork or seafood) and red wines with red meat (beef, lamb or game birds) still holds true as a general rule for pairings. However, with the addition of sauces and spices to meat, the color of the wine selection may change so that the flavors better complement each other.

Neither the food nor the wine should overpower the other; a wine should enhance the food and allow for all of its flavors to come out.

Whether you are dining at home or at your favorite restaurant, remember to choose a wine that complements, not contrasts, the flavor of your food. Many restaurants have suggested wines on their menus and servers are often educated to make suggestions. As you choose, start with the grape that matches the general profile of the food you are ordering; then try to find a style that suits your individual taste buds.

To learn your tastes, think about each wine you drink and what makes it pleasing to you. Chardonnay is a good example of a wine that can have many different tastes depending on the winemaker and the winery location. Among the many profiles, Chardonnay can be buttery and oaky, crisp and clean, or tropical and fruity. So when you order a glass of Chardonnay from your favorite restaurant, think about the style

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and flavor because the place next door will probably have a similar Chardonnay, but with a totally different label. Welleducated servers can help you find just what you like.

Two hundred years ago, the natives of the West Indies used a low-heat fire pit that produced a heavy smoke to slowly cook meat. The smoke helped keep the bugs away while cooking and preserving the meat. They called this process â&#x20AC;&#x153;barbacoa,â&#x20AC;? which is regarded by many to be the root of the word barbecue.

During the summer, when we barbeque and start adding spices and sweet sauces to our meat, the complexity of flavors cry out for a wine with added flavor and complexity as well. A zippy sweet barbecue sauce on chicken, pork or beef does well with Petite Sirah, Shiraz or Zinfandel wines that are ripe with spice and jammy, berry flavors. The mesquite and smoky flavors of a slow cooked brisket pull out the oaky nuances when sipping on a Tempranillo from Rioja, especially an aged one.

What is summertime without a big juicy burger stacked high with your favorite toppings?

Sitting out on the deck also calls for a refreshing and flavorful drink. Lighter whites that have a little spritz or sparkle would be what my recommendation.

A product called New Age from Argentina has gained popularity in the

last few years with the explosion of importing wines from South America. Portugal has a product called Vino Verde which also fits this category. The grape Torrontes from Argentina has beautiful aromas of honeysuckle and peach but has a dry, light style that is the perfect patio pour.

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For a great transition from reds to whites, try a dry rosĂŠ. In America, when we see a pink wine we think sweet. From the early rosĂŠ jug wines to white zinfandels, the wine society told us, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pink is sweet.â&#x20AC;? However, a great dry rosĂŠ is a beautiful combination of red fruit aromas and tastes. I love to match a dry rosĂŠ with grilled salmon. So how about a pink wine with pink meat? LW

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Step into a person’s garden, and you’re likely to learn a little about the hobbies and passions of the gardener. Take David and Lorre Coone’s garden, for example. David and Lorre, who live on the Allison Creek Peninsula on Lake Wylie, are avid collectors of antiques and Victorian

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memorabilia. Their home is a tribute to the era, decorated with treasures found over the years.

In the garden, David constructed an arbor for Lorre’s roses, using posts from a turn-of-thecentury home, and the headboard of an antique iron bed as a trellis. (See photo on page 28.)

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Kathy Kitts’ landscape (clockwise from opposite left) includes a vegetable garden, displays of blue glass, pottery, a fountain and a garden shed accented with lush vines.

Another resident of the Allison Creek Peninsula, Kathy Kitts, transforms what some may consider “junk” into creative garden art. Broken and imperfect pottery pieces are gathered in a display amongst flowers and greenery. A rusty old windmill adorns her vegetable garden. A collection of glass is arranged into an artistic display. Kathy has even taken some welding classes so that she may create her own garden sculptures.

The Elstons, who live in The Landing in Lake Wylie, have created a garden that is a favorite gathering spot for friends and neighbors.

“When we turn the garden lights on,” Kristi Elston explains, “the neighbors know it’s an invitation to come over and share a glass of wine.”

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Kristi and her husband Jake have integrated a wine theme throughout their landscape. Jake made mosaic glass flags (photo on page 29) from broken wine bottles, held together by resin in old window frames, to add color to some of the natural areas. Wine bottles hold candlesticks for lighting ambiance (photo above). The Elstons even built their own wine cellar — three feet below the ground — in their yard. It is nearing completion

as they begin the landscaping around the cellar.

Kristi, who is a decorator for weddings and special events, uses her talents in various displays and floral arrangements throughout the garden and home. Kristi and Jake’s gift of hospitality, however, present a very casual atmosphere that welcomes guests to just drop by.

And yes, when the garden lights turn on, neighbors begin to appear. LW

Top: The Elston’s patio is a wonderful retreat, as is their newly-built wine cellar.

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Gardening Tips

Choosing plants for a garden arbor or trellis

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ne of the most satisfying accomplishments after building a garden arbor, garden trellis or pergola, is training plants over these garden structures. Climbing plants can be chosen for color, scent and screening.

However, as with all plants in your garden, carefully consider the location of your garden arbor or garden trellis when selecting vines and other climbers. There are climbing plants for full sun and shade, plants with slow and vigorous growth habits, and plants that require and do not require support. All the plants listed here are suitable for arbors, trellises and pergolas.

Keep in mind, that a wild or vigorous climber may happily take over your garden arbor and the form of the structure will disappear. The same goes for trellises. Also make sure that you understand the care and pruning requirements

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Garden Party Plants for shady or partly shady sites • Clematis • Climbing Hydrangea • Ivy • Winter Jasmine • Roses • Fast growing plants • Clematis Montana

• Honeysuckle • Russian Vine • Virginia Creeper • Grapevines • Annuals • Sweet Peas (need support) • Nasturtiums (climbing varieties)

• Black-eyed Susan (vine) • Morning glory • Fragrant Plants • Climbing Rose • Wisteria • Honeysuckle • Sweet Peas of your climber so that all your planting and training efforts will be rewarded.

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Perform annual maintenance on your deck and fence, and they will look as good as the day they were installed. (Photo/Susan Bromfield)

Keeping your deck or fence in top condition

Did you know that the moisture of spring, along with the heat of the summer, could have a harsh effect on your deck and/or fence? The moisture saturates the wood leaving it damp.

The heat rapidly dries out the wood leaving it cracked and discolored. In order to prevent this from happening, you should have your deck and/or fence pressure washed and sealed once a year. They will look as good as the day they were installed! LW Source: Eric Brigmon, Brigmon Construction and Home Repair Service. 803-818-1941.

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Summer gardening

By Lizabeth Currie

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t was a long hard winter, but now as we speed our way through the short-lived spring, here are a few things to consider for your summer gardening.

Annuals are plants that have a short life cycle, but they are great for that â&#x20AC;&#x153;spark of colorâ&#x20AC;? you need in your home landscape. Most annuals require 5-6 hours of sun with the exception of shade plants (impatiens, begonias, etc.). If your annuals are performing poorly on a fastrelease fertilizer, switch to a systemic (granular) fertilizer like 10-10-10. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need to reapply it every 6 weeks throughout growing season at rates of 1 pound per 100 square feet. It may be a bit more expensive, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need for the entire season.

When arranging your beds and borders, consider arranging them by height and when they will bloom. Also consider their color, texture and surrounding landscape. Always go for the waterfall effect â&#x20AC;&#x201D; tall flowers in back should cascade to shorter plants in front.

When planting herbs, good drainage is a must. The level of acidity in the soil should be 6-6.5, and I recommend using compost for fertilizer. Also, using too much mulch around herbs can cause root rot and attract unwanted insects.

If you are planting a vegetable garden, make sure your garden has full sunlight at least 6 hours per day and place plants as close as possible to a water source. When prepping land, first

perform a soil test. A pH of 6-6.5 is what you are looking for. Work compost into your soil to form beds at least 6 inches deep. Rotate vegetables that are in the same family to other areas each year to reduce insect and disease pressure.

Most of all, plant plenty and share with friends!! Happy gardening! LW

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Development Update

Lake Wylie just keeps on growing The new promenade at River Hills Marina.

By Susan Bromfield

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he big news at Lake Wylie is the 2010 U.S. Census data reveals a 189% growth in the population in the past decade. This translates into more opportunities for commerce and economic development. More people equal more customers. The growth, coupled with the high income levels of Lake Wylie residents, means that Lake Wylie and its Chamber of Commerce will be able to attract more businesses to the area.

Fishing is big business in South Carolina, and Lake Wylie is home to the most used boat landing access area on the Catawba River chain. This makes it a great location for the new Lake Wylie Bait and Tackle Shop, owned

by Ken Ponder and Brittany Markolf. The Lake Wylie Bait and Tackle Shop opened this spring, just in time for fishing tournaments and the recreational fishing season. Located on Highway 49 near the Buster Boyd Bridge, it has a large assortment of supplies for fishing.

Bumblebees and Butterflies, a new gift and embroidery shop opened in May in Lake Wylie at the Wilkerson Building across from the entrance of River Hills. Owner Nichole Foster carries a variety of adorable gifts suitable for children and adults, for birthdays, special occasions or just for fun. A step inside the shop reflects a fun inventory of polka dots, stripes and brightly colored items for all occasions.

Plans are under way at the former Waterside Marketplace located near the bridge to be renovated and change its name to Wylie Gateway on the Lake. Plans are for a Lake Wylie Bowl Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bounce to open in the former Food Bumblebees and Butterflies is a new gift and embroidery shop. It opened in May. Lion location by this fall. The 27,000-squarefoot center will have 16 bowling lanes and a

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Development Update bounce house for children. Quik Trip, a major convenience store and fuel business is planning to open on the front parcel of Waterside. Other plans include a fitness center, restaurants and ice cream parlor. Watch for more detailed information in the fall issue of Lake Wylie Today.

Lake Wylie Coffeehouse has decided to stay at its current location until a later date when more location options are available in Lake Wylie shopping centers.

The ever popular T-Bones on the Lake, located by the Buster Boyd Bridge, has created a summer menu with a variety of new offerings including an assortment of salads, sandwiches, seafood and appetizers just time for summer. The deck has been spruced up and is ready for summer.

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Kodiak Mini Storage now has a rental truck available for rent for local usage.

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signs that are featured in small jewelry boutiques nationwide.

Cookie’s Boutique, located at Pier 88 at River Hills Marina and owned by Heather and Chip Krell has opened and has a variety of accessories with a lake and water theme. There are beach bags, fun T-shirts, sunglasses, sandals and flip flops in many colors and designs, and items with the Lake Wylie identity. Pier 88 has fuel for boats and Cookie’s Café offers an assortment of snacks and light lunch and dinner fare. Picnic tables are available for those who want to enjoy the view.

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Development Update Highway 49 — one near Christopher’s and the other by Lake Wylie Car Care. Hours vary depending on the weather and when they sell out of produce. Supporting our local farmers is good for the local economy and your health.

Duke Energy completely redesigned and resurfaced the Buster Boyd Landing this year. The newly opened Buster Boyd access area is ready for summer with new ramps and improvements.

Marlin Bay, Lake Wylie’s newest apartment living complex, located along Highway 49 by Crowders Creek is nearly full and is planning an expansion later in 2011 or 2012.

Summertime at the lake is a time of activity and sure to bring many new projects and developments to the Lake Wylie area.

To include your project or development news in the next issue of Lake Wylie Today, please call Susan Bromfield at the Lake Wylie Chamber at 803-831-2827. LW

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Below: South Forty Farm offers fresh seasonal produce. dedicated its new promenade, which was built along the water next to the boat docks in River Hills to replace the boardwalk that had been there for more than 30 years. Lighting was added and it connects to the new foot bridge that was built last year. It is certainly a great addition for walkers, boaters and those who would like to walk by the water.

Summer means it’s time for farm fresh produce and there are several locations at Lake Wylie to get local berries, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, melons and peaches in season. At South Forty Farm, located on Highway 274, the Reids have added Tony’s Ice Cream to their air conditioned farm stand. South Forty Farm is open daily. They also have plants and will have peaches in season. There are two additional open air produce stands located along

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Geocaching is a fun, family-friendly sport for all ages

By Greg Gardner • Photography by Jan Todd and Greg Gardner

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eocaching is a high-tech game of hide-and-seek played outdoors, where the seekers use smartphones or GPS devices to seek out “treasures,” also known as “caches,” other people have hidden. But if you don’t have a GPS, don’t be discouraged, the game can be played low-tech as well. While a GPS or GPS-enabled phone may make the search a little easier, the clever seeker can read clues and review maps to get close enough to find the treasure.

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Geocaching is a great opportunity to take the entire family on an adventure. (Photo/Greg Gardner) The best-known site is www.geocaching.com, which lists hundreds of thousands of caches all over the world, from several right here in Lake Wylie to others in New York, California, Florida, Canada, Mexico, Asia and many more. It’s a game you can play no matter where you travel.

When you visit the site, or download the smartphone apps, you simply type in a ZIP code to search for nearby caches. Depending on the location, you will see anywhere from a few caches to 20, 30, 50 or more. There are more than 1,500 caches within 100 miles of Lake Wylie.

South Carolina has more than 25,000 caches that have been hidden and are being actively maintained. And, www.geocaching.com says there are more than 1.3 million active caches around the world.

Once you’ve reviewed the list of options, you can select a cache and view it on an interactive map. Those who place the cache come up with a name for it. Some provide coordinates, others provide clues you must solve to find the cache.

In the Lake Wylie area, there are caches called “Bouncy Balls,” “Clover’s Steam Engine” and

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“Buried Treasure.”

There are different kinds of caches. Microcaches may just contain a log to sign your name, (always bring your own pen, just in case). Larger caches may be found in Tupperware containers or old ammo boxes that are filled with a log and trinkets placed by other geocachers. The trinkets that can be found inside are generally small and inexpensive. You might find small toy cars, old cell phones, balls, toys, anything that will fit.

One of the most exiting items you’ll find is a “tracking bug.” These are anything from dog tag-style emblems to anything that can be printed on and contain a unique number that can be used to “track” everywhere the bug has traveled. New bugs may have only traveled a few miles but older bugs may have traveled across the country or around the world. The bugs “travel” when someone takes a bug from one cache and places it in another.

Some bugs have a “purpose” like reaching a certain location, or traveling a certain distance.

Whenever you pick up a bug, you enter the unique number into Geocaching.com and you can see a map of where the bug has traveled.

You never know what you’ll find, but the philosophy of geocaching is always the same: “Take something and leave something.” Be sure to bring a small trinket with you, so if you take something from the cache, you can leave one behind in its place.

I have been geocaching all over the U.S. and turned it into an enjoyable hobby for the whole family. We have found old ammo boxes hidden in the woods near Yellowstone and Yosemite national parks. We’ve hunted for “micro-caches,” which are usually no bigger than a 35mm film canister, in the heart of Manhattan, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

In addition to caches in larger, well-known areas, geocaching can take you to little-known historic spots, waterfalls, caves, mines. There also might be caches hidden in places you go every day like the mall or church.

Geocaching is a fun, family activity you can do outside. You don’t have to travel far to do it and you might even decide to create and hide your own cache for someone else to find!

Login to www.geocaching.com (it’s free for a basic membership) and let the fun begin. LW Greg Gardner owns Lake Wylie Coffee House and spends his free time geocaching.

Types of caches: Traditional cache

This is the original type of cache consisting, at a bare minimum, of a container and a log book. Normally you’ll find a Tupperware container, ammo box or bucket filled with goodies, or smaller container (“micro cache”) too small to contain items except for a log book. The coordinates listed on the traditional cache page are the exact location for the cache.

The general rule of thumb is, “If you take an item, leave an item, and write in the logbook.” Some caches are themed, so make sure to read the description before going on a hunt.

Multi-cache or offset cache

A multi-cache involves two or more locations, the final location being a physical container. There are many variations, but most multi-caches have a hint to find the second cache, and the second cache has hints to the third, and so on. An offset cache (where you go to a location and get hints to the actual cache) is considered a multi-cache.

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Adopt-a-Stream update and Storm Drain Marking programs as part of the Chamber’s Green Initiative.

Since then, the chamber has asked businesses, neighborhoods and individuals to Earlier this year, the Lake Wylie Cham- support these programs to help keep Lake ber of Commerce proudly announced it Wylie and the surrounding communities a would join York County’s Adopt-a-Stream beautiful place.

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Adopt-a-Stream is a citizen-based monitoring and litter prevention initiative intended to protect the health and beauty of our local waterways.

The Storm Drain Marking program was designed to raise citizen awareness and educate the public about the connection between storm drains and the local creeks.

In the Lake Wylie area, Kodiak Mini Storage was among the very first to clean and mark more than 20 drains at their facility.

There is still time for you to get involved and make a difference in our area. Volunteer for the Adopt-a-Stream or Cove and/ or Mark Storm Drain programs in your area and help protect the health and beauty of our local waterways. LW

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t first glance, M.L. Ford & Sons Inc. in Clover seems like an odd combination. The business, housed in two 8,000-squarefoot buildings along Main Street, comprises a furniture store and funeral home. Not in the same building, of course. They’re separated by a parking lot.

But they’re bound by many other things — owners Brian and Lisa Hall, for one. They’re also bound by history. The business was started in 1890, when it was common for the local furniture shop or store to provide the caskets for the deceased.

Brian Hall’s great-grandfather M.L. Ford launched the company shortly after moving to Clover from Dallas, N.C., where he was a housing contractor.

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“He opened a business here that was more like a furniture or hardware store,” Brian Hall said. “Originally, they started just providing the coffins to the local folks.” But later, Ford started offering more help with funerals and the funeral home business evolved from that. “Most old funeral homes evolved either out of a hardware store or a furniture store, but very few of them are still together, with the owners still operating both.”

The reason M.L. Ford & Sons does, Brian Hall said, is simple.

“It’s just because it’s still in the family. A lot of times, the owners will spin the different businesses off — they’re so different. At that time, it was a natural fit, but now they’re different.”

To say M.L. Ford & Sons is still in the family is an understatement.

Since it opened, every generation has worked in it.

Brian Hall and his wife Lisa own and operate M.L. Ford & Sons in Clover and Lake Wylie.

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Faces “M.L. Ford had several children, and my grandfather, Edmund, was one of them. One of his brothers, Clyde, was very instrumental in the business with him. When they came back after World War II, that’s when my great-grandfather changed the name to M.L. Ford & Sons.”

Edmund Ford had three daughters, all of whom brought their husbands into the business. That includes Hall’s parents, Martin and Harriett Hall. But Brian Hall is the only member of his generation who stayed with it. “I grew up helping out around here on both sides of the company.”

He washed vehicles, cut the grass and did other odd jobs around the company — especially vacuuming the lush maroon carpet at the funeral home. After getting a bachelor’s degree in business from Clemson University in 1977, he decided to attend Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in Atlanta.

He got a degree there — and much more.

Lisa Neal’s family owned Bryant Funeral Home in Franklin and Highland, N.C. She didn’t want to go into the business, but her brother, Lyn, did. He also went to GuptonJones. “I went to visit my brother and met Brian,” Lisa said.

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Faces Lisa and Brian clicked immediately, in part because both were from funeral-director families. “When you have that in your background, you automatically have a connection that other people don’t understand,” she said. “To outsiders, there’s so much mystery around the business. But when you grow up with it, you realize there’s not so much mystery as people think.”

But there was more to it than that. Hall is a tall, slender man, soft-spoken, with an easy smile and a comforting manner. “He

was very mature and very sure about what he was doing. It made me feel very safe. We just spoke the same language.”

They got married in 1981 and settled into the business. Brian eventually spent most of his time on the funeral home side, though he also remains involved in the store. “I enjoy working with the families and comforting them,” he said.

Lisa, who has an English degree from Furman University and a master’s in mass communications from the University of South Carolina, was

Lisa Hall (above) is the primary buyer for the M.L. Ford & Sons furniture business.

She also involved in arranging the floor displays (top).

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a full-time mom initially, but later drifted toward the furniture store. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the primary buyer and is involved in arranging floor displays.

The businesses both have a white exterior with with large columns out front. The furniture store features multi-paneled windows with black doors beckoning customers inside. There they find the expected neutral carpets, mostly beige and warm yellow, and tan or light green walls, all offering a contrast to the dark woods of much of the furniture on display. Across the parking lot, the funeral homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior includes striking red and cream wallpaper, and the maroon carpet Brian grew up vacuuming. There are a couple of smaller family rooms for visitation and a larger chapel for services, as well as rooms displaying full-size caskets and vaults.

In 2008, the family opened a second funeral home. This one is in Lake Wylie, in a 4,000-square-foot brick building on Charlotte Highway. The interiors are mostly yellow with green accents. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a larger family room and a small kitchen. The chapel features individual seating rather than the standard benches.

Rather than full-size caskets, the Lake Wylie location has samples of corner sections.

Both businesses have been viable, Brian Hall said, but the funeral home now carries the bigger load. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the economy the way it is, furniture

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Faces is the one thing people can leave off buying. But it’s starting to turn around now.”

His wife agrees. “We deal with quality products,” she said. “We are a fairly traditional store, but we’re trying to be more transitional. We’re reaching out to younger families.” Even so, she said, the store doesn’t want to forget its niche in the market. “The most important thing is not to try to be everything for everybody. Our philosophy is to do what we do and do it well. I buy with that in mind.”

Both say it’s not difficult to work together.

Lisa doesn’t spend much time at the store, for one thing. She says the only time things get tough is when her husband is working with a family the couple knows. “That’s when it becomes a real emotional issue for both of us. I find myself helping him, and he helps me.”

Neither is sure the business will extend to a fifth generation. They have three children — all in college. “It would be good if one of them would,” he says. Lisa Hall believes the two younger children, Christopher and Caroline, are still possibilities. “We have never put pressure on the kids. We try to be real careful Lisa Hall is the primary buyer for the furniture side of M.L. Ford & Sons. about that.” LW

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Spotlight Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce 2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Charles Wood – Chairman KODIAK MINI STORAGE Ed Stewart – Past Chairman M.L. FORD & SONS Don Long – 1st Vice Chairman Fred Wetherell – 2nd Vice Chairman STERLING SOURCE, INC. Donna Bordeaux – Secretary BORDEAUX & BORDEAUX, CPAs, PA Michaelyn Sherrill – Treasurer WINGFOOT RESIDENTIAL Myron Boloyan, Esq. HASELDEN, OWEN, BOLOYAN & CORSON, LLC Joan Brom PHP LOCKER CO. Fred Caldwell FRED CALDWELL CHEVROLET Jeffrey DeSart ENERGY SMART HOMES Allan Gregory EDWARD JONES Diana Grubenhoff LONG COVE MARINA Leonard Jackson LAKE WYLIE BUSINESS CENTRE Andy Kane David Mathein T-BONES ON THE LAKE Paige McCarter CLOVER COMMUNITY BANK Susan Bromfield, President P.O. Box 5233 264 Latitude Lane, Suite 101 Lake Wylie, SC 29710 803.831.2827 Fax: 803.831.2460 lakewyliechamber@yahoo.com www.lakewyliesc.com

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Splash Dash 2011 June 11, 2011 • Camp Thunderbird

Presented by CMC – Steele Creek and Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce

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he Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce and presenting sponsor, CMC-Steele Creek, have teamed up to be sure this year’s Splash Dash is sure to be a hit with runners and their families in the region. Chamber President Susan Bromfield said, “Due to the positive response to Splash Dash, we added more awards and age categories for those participating in the 5K run.

This decision was made in order to provide the 5K runners and families with more opportunity to compete in all levels and win.”

Bromfield said that the 10K run has always been the “star” component of Splash Dash. This is the category in which the more competitive, longer-distance runners participate. She explains that the 5K was added as a way of attracting more people to run at Splash Dash, and so families can participate

at a variety of levels. Later, awards were added to the 5K, to make it a bit more competitive.

The 10K and the 5K races have the same number of awards, beginning with overall first prize for the top male and female runners in both races. Next are the first, second and third place awards for males and females in various age categories, for a total of more than 120 awards and medals to be presented.

“Our great location, the scenic and challenging race course through River Hills, exceptional hospitality for our participants, combined with the addition of ChampionChip technology to the race and the expansion of awards for 5K race participants all combine to make Splash Dash a wonderful event,” said Bromfield. “The goal is to make this event ‘family-friendly’ and to give opportunity for all age groups to com-

pete and feel good about their run.”

Splash Dash takes place on Saturday, June 11. Registration is at 7 a.m. at Camp Thunderbird, One Thunderbird Lane, Lake Wylie. The races begin at 8 a.m. For those who do not wish to run, there is a 5K walk. Pre-event registrations ($20 for the 10K or 5K races, $10 for the 5K walk) will be accepted until Thursday, June 9. You can register by mailing your form or by visiting the Chamber offices at P.O. Box 5233, 264 Latitude Lane, Lake Wylie. Online registration is available at www.queencitytiming.com.

Same-day registration for runners is $25. Colorful T-shirts are guaranteed to all pre-registered runners and to the first 100 walkers.

For more information about Splash Dash, call the Chamber at 803-831-2827 or visit www.lakewyliesc.com.

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Business After Hours March 10, 2011 â&#x20AC;˘ AAA Carolinas Sponsored by: AAA Carolinas Photos provided by AAA

Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce members gather for Business After Hours, held at AAAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Steele Creek location off of Steelecroft Parkway.

Debra Andres of Wells Fargo Mortgage, Michaelynn Sherrill of Wingfoot Residential and Bob and Joan Brom of PHP Lockers enjoy the festivities.

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Bill Jupena of Anchor Self Storage chats with Chamber Board Chairman Charles Wood of Kodiak Mini Storage.

Chamber volunteers Bud Rother and Norma Wood greet Lee Rowley of Frugal Blinds.

Kay McGarity and Diana Johnson of AAA Carolinas are pictured here enjoying themselves at the Spring Appreciation Luncheon.

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Business After Hours April 14, 2011 â&#x20AC;˘ Lake Wylie Professional Center Sponsored by: Bordeaux & Bordeaux, CPAs, Focus Physical Therapy, Glaza Chiropractic Center, Lake Wylie Eye, McSpadden Custom Homes and Miller Orthodontics Photos provided by Ed Stewart

Mike Miller of Lightning PC Solutions, and his wife, Elena enjoy the event.

Tom Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan of Pre-Pay Legal and Tom Griffin of Bank of America Home Loans have fun chatting.

Jennifer Shiflett joins friends from Focus Physical Therapy & Fitness.

Les Smith, Randy Lewis and Tally Roberts get ready to enjoy the Lowcountry Boil.

Russell White and Bill Jupena of Anchor Self Storage pose for the camera.

Q2U BBQ Pit & Catering gladly caters another Chamber event.

Rep. Ralph Norman talks with Bob Wheeler.

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Spring Appreciation Day Luncheon and Fashion Show April 27, 2011 • River Hills Country Club Sponsored by: Bank of York and Watson Insurance Photos by Jim Stadnyck - Point of View Photography

Rob Jewell, president of River Hills Marina Club, along with his wife, Linda, and daughter, Jen Spiro, enjoy the event.

Seated at Lake Wylie Business Centre’s table are long-time friends, Becky Oxford and Ed Stewart.

Rinehart Realty’s very own Jay Rinehart sports the casual look!

What, no bow-tie?

Jane Sifford and friends are thrilled with her door prize!

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Scholarship Gold’s Elizabeth Hartley, wife of Alan Hartley of Lake Wylie Family Chiropractic, charms the crowd!

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A view of the Spring Appreciation Luncheon and Fashion Show held April 27 at the River Hills Country Club.

Ann Dixon and Madge Biggers enjoy the festivities.

Ronnie Bailes from The Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shop of York, along with Jamie Westmoreland of The Bank of York, shows off reversible madras shorts. Bank of York was a presenting sponsor of the Spring Luncheon and Fashion Show.

Lyndsi Reimer of CMC-Pineville strikes a pose!

Leonard Jackson of Lake Wylie Business Centre looks fabulous in his casual attire from The Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shop of York.

Jennifer Williams of Wachovia-Wells Fargo looks adorable.

Lu Aiken of Rinehart Realty is ready for a party in this fabulous dress from Alta.

Ty Racette of Watson Insurance looks especially handsome in this outfit.

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Spotlight Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce

New Member Package We have a saying here in Lake Wylie: “The Chamber is a contact sport!” That said, it is important to not only attend our networking functions, but also to take advantage of all the benefits that apply to you and the success of your business.

New Member Networking Coffee for new members once a month at the Lake Wylie Coffee House. Connect quickly with other new members!

New Member Auto Service Package — $69.95 value Fred Caldwell Chevrolet provides new members receive this one‐time service package!

Lube, oil and filter service $24.95 Tire rotation and reset sensors $25 Wash and vacuum service $19.95 Total $69.95

Member Services and Benefits: Networking opportunities: Approximately 10 Business After Hours held throughout the year (usually more than 140 members attend), plus invitations to our Spring Luncheon, Annual Golf Classic and Annual Holiday Gala.

Marketing opportunities: New for 2011! Member e‐mail address list available to members only for member-to-member marketing!

Continuing education opportunities: New for 2011! York Technical College will offer classes on insurance, social media, Internet basics and much more.

Listing in Chamber’s online Business Directory: Updated weekly and available online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Internet Presence and Strategy — $125 value DuBois and Co. Don’t lose customers because of a poor Internet presence and website strategy! Our complimentary consultation will evaluate your current state and determine the best value for your individual business needs.

Business referrals: The Chamber refers business to members only. (Inquiries received daily in the Chamber office.)

Business Consultation — $75 value ComPro Business Services — A personal discussion of your financial statements or other business matters.

Monthly news page in the Lake Wylie Pilot: The Chamber news is included in the Lake Wylie Pilot. More than 10,000 copies distributed in the area.

Business Consultation — $125 value Haselden, Owen, Boloyan and Corson LLC Receive a complimentary consultation from this law firm.

Insurance and Risk Management Consultation — $250 value Lakeside Insurance offers a complimentary health insurance check‐up. They will analyze your health insurance and conduct a risk assessment. They will compare and evaluate all 11 insurance companies that offer health insurance in the Carolinas to determine the best possible coverage and value for your needs.

Advertising Value up to $335 Lake Wylie Pilot provides a 50% discount on a new member’s first retail advertisement.

Social Membership — $250 value Long Cove Marina (includes pool, beach, camping, fishing and picnic area.)

Lake Wylie Chamber conference rooms: The Chamber has two conference rooms and facilities for meetings and group gatherings available to its members by reservation and advance approval.

Quarterly newsletter in Lake Wylie Today magazine: The Chamber’s 12 page newsletter is included in Lake Wylie Today. More than 10,000 copies are distributed in the area each quarter.

Lake Wylie Visitor Center: The Chamber maintains a visitor center in the heart of Lake Wylie and promotes area businesses daily to visitors.

Promotes the area: The Chamber promotes the area through brochures, website, collaborations with publications. The Chamber also advertises and maintains memberships with regional organizations. It also promotes the area via special events including the holiday boat parade and the Splash Dash 10K race.

Area development and beautification: The Chamber lobbied and supported the Highway 49 overlay, the raising of Buster Boyd Bridge, the widening of Highway 49, providing traffic signals on Highway 49 and containing cost of water and sewer service.

Countywide representation: The Chamber president serves on boards and committees in the county, region and state (ie., Council of Chambers of York County, York County Day and York County Economic Development Board).

Legislative liaison: President promotes our community and businesses to local and state representatives.

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Spotlight Welcome New Lake Wylie Get the Edge Chamber of Commerce Members in Business Feb. 15, 2011 – May 11, 2011 Portable Restroom Trailers, LLC

Living Waters Church

Teri Pahon 6428 W. Wilkinson Blvd., Suite 141 Belmont, NC 28012 704-825-1787 Fax: 866-215-9169 pottytrailers@hotmail.com www.portablerestroomtrailers.com Event Upscale Mobile Restroom Trailers

Marty Taylor 612 Bethel School Road Lake Wylie, SC 29710 843-997-5571 revmarty@me.com www.livingwaters.org Church

Cookie Lee Jewelry

Amy Crossman 13850 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Suite 500 Charlotte, NC 28277 704-887-3436 acrossman@nuclearpro.com www.nuclearpro.com Specialized Security Training and Education

Jockey Person to Person Sharon Zeggert 148 Woody Lane, York, SC 29745 803-684-4634 svzeggert@yahoo.con www.cookieleeBiz/SharonZeggert Jewelry, Accessories, Personal Fashion Consultant

A Step Above Benefits Maria R. Overcash P.O. Box 273, Fort Mill, SC 29716 704-521-0600 Fax: 980-229-4687 Maria.Overcash@gmail.com www.astepabovebenefits.com Health, Life and Medical Insurance, Individual and Group

Nuclear Pro Academy

ai Design Group Ryan Doherty 500 S. College St., Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28202 704-731-8080 rdoherty@aidginc.com www.aidginc.com Architect

Renewing Members Investing in our Lake Wylie Community Feb. 15, 2011 - May 11, 2011 Businesses American Cancer Society Anchor Self Storage Association Management Solutions Bethel Commons Associates, LLC Comporium Long Distance Concord Cove Earl Tindol Ford, Inc. Energy Smart Homes Glaza Chiropractic Center, Inc. Forest City Land Group Fort Mill Ford Focus Physical Therapy & Fitness Home Helpers Joe L. Versen Appraisals, LLC Lake Wylie Coffee House (formerly Dilworth Coffee House) Lake Wylie Plaza Associates LP Properties, LLC Microtel Inn & Suites

Member Benefits and Discounts Bordeaux & Bordeaux, CPAs The certified public accounts at Bordeaux & Bordeaux will provide a complimentary business consultation for all new members. Located at 548 Nautical Drive, Suite #202 in Lake Wylie.

Watson Insurance of the Carolinas Chamber members may receive a 5-12% discount on autoowners insurance (home, life, car and business) through Watson Insurance. Join the Chamber group coverage to take advantage of this membership benefit. For information call the Chamber office at 803-831-2827.

Haselden, Owen, Boloyan and Corson, LLC Offering complimentary legal consultation for Chamber members. Get started in business on the right foot. 803-831-2738 Lakeside Insurance & Consulting, LLC Let the pros take your info and goals and then shop the market for health, life, homeowners, auto and commercial insurance in the Carolinas. Determine the top 3-4 choices that meet your needs. Complimentary market analysis for chamber members. HSAs and affordable group benefits also available. Save money today. 704-408-8363 ComPro Business Services ComPro takes care of your business while you take care of business. Offering small business accounting, payroll and quarterly tax service at reasonable rates. Complimentary consultation. 704-588-1040

Nationwide – Bill Buchanan Agency Parkway Concrete Piedmont Medical Center River Hills Community Association Ryan Homes – Lake Forest Sifford Stine Insurance Agency Sloan Financial Group, LLC Stateline Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge Subway – Lake Wylie Total Security Services, LLC Wal-Mart

Small Business Development Center Complimentary service for developing small businesses. Located at the Thurmond Business Center at Winthrop University. 803-323-2283.

Individuals

New in 2011 York Tech to offer classes at Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce Small Business Center in computer skills, geneology and marketing for small businesses. Classes must have a minimum of five participants. Call the Chamber with your group info. 803-831-2827.

David S. Cox Bob Goodell Andy Kane Don Long Peggy Upchurch Ricardo Bach

Premier Financial Solutions Long-term care from Great American Life Insurance Co., offering discounted rates to Lake Wylie Chamber members.

Contact David Brantley at 704-678-1535, 803-831-2823 or david0102@comporium.net.

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Thank you to our 2011 Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce Spring Appreciation Luncheon Sponsors!

Event Sponsors

Bank of York • Watson Insurance

Lake Wylie Community’s 4th of July Fireworks What: Fantastic fireworks display When: Monday, July 4, 2011 Time: Dusk – approximately 9:45 pm Where: Lake Wylie by the Buster Boyd Bridge, S.C. Hwy. 49 at Lake Wylie Best Viewing: ∙ Buster Boyd Bridge Boat Landing ∙ T-Bones on the Lake - outside deck ∙ Rey Azteca at Lake Wylie Plaza - deck ∙ Lake Wylie Italian and Pizza at Lake Wylie Plaza - patio We all enjoy the fireworks each year. And because the Lake Wylie Community Fireworks Display is funded solely through donations, your support of this wonderful event is really needed in order for the event to continue. Please send your contribution in any amount now to: Camp Thunderbird Fireworks Fund One Thunderbird Lane Lake Wylie, SC 29710 Thanks very much for your support!

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Table Sponsors

Camp Thunderbird CMC-Steele Creek Lake Wylie Business Centre Lake Wylie Today Rinehart Realty Wachovia – Wells Fargo

We Also Thank

River Hills Country Club Joan Johnson, Harpist The Men’s Shop of York, Ronnie Bailes Alta of Rock Hill, Tracy Stiff Beth Harrell, Hair Stylist – Salon One 80 Donna Tucker – Mary Kay – Makeup BI-LO-Lake Wylie – Flowers David Wysor of D David Fine Jewelry Pier 88 – Accessories Point of View Photography Debra Andres, Mistress of Ceremonies –– Wells Fargo Mortgage

Our Models

Lu Aiken, Denise Bolender, Elizabeth Hartley, Heather Krell, Lyndsi Reimer, Sandee Wilkerson, Jennifer Williams, Melanie Wilson, Allan Gregory, Leonard Jackson, Ty Racette, Jay Rinehart, Jamie Westmoreland

Thank you to our door prize contributors, volunteers and to everyone who participated.

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Lake Wylie Splash Dash 2011 5K & 10K Road Race and Walk Presented by: Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce & CMC – Steele Creek When: Saturday, June 11, 2011 • 5K & 10K Race - 8 a.m.

• 5K Walk - 8 a.m.

Location: Camp Thunderbird/River Hills on Highway 49S. (Located 10 miles south of Charlotte and 9 miles north of Clover.)

Course: Champion Chip event by Queen City Timing. 10K course is USATF-certified (#SC96013BS). 5K course is a scenic and challenging run/walk through River Hills.

Registration • 10K & 5K Race is $20 in advance or $25 on race day. T-shirts guaranteed to pre-registered runners, then as supplies last.

• $10 walk fee for Camp Thunderbird Scholarship Fund. T-shirts for first 100 registered walkers.

Awards • 10K First Overall Male and Female 10K Age Group Awards (Top 3 in each division for male and female): 17 & under, 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-55, 56-59, 60+ • 5K First Overall Male and Female 5K Age Groups Awards (Top 3 in each division for male and female): 17 & under, 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-55, 56-59, 60+

Information Contact Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce @ 803-831-2827 • Fax: 803-831-2460 • Web site: www.lakewyliesc.com (on-line registration available) Email: lakewyliechamber@yahoo.com

Payment Make check payable to and mail to: Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce/Splash Dash, P.O. Box 5233, Lake Wylie, SC 29710 Or register online at www.queencitytiming.com

Registration Information and Form Event: (Check one)

_____10K Run

_____5K Run

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Name:______________________________________________________________Age:________Sex:______M_______F Address:____________________________________________________________________Date of Birth:___/___/_____ City:________________________________________________________State:_________ZIP Code:_________________ Phone:__________________________E-mail:______________________________________Fax:___________________ T-shirt Size (Check One): ______M______L______XL Waiver & Release: By signing this entry form, I release Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce, its agencies, and representatives of the Splash Dash Road Race, River Hills Community Association, Queen City Timing, YMCA Camp Thunderbird and Carolinas Healthcare System from any claims of liability, illness, damage, or injury suffered by me as a result of participating or traveling to and from this event. I understand that running or walking a road race is a potentially hazardous activity, unless I am medically able and properly trained. I hereby certify that I am in such physical condition and in good health. I also give permission for use of my name and picture to be used in any account, broadcast, or telecast of this event.

Signed:____________________________________________________________Date:___________________________ (Parent or Legal Guardian if under 18)

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Upcoming Activities

Lake Wylie Splash Dash 5K/10K Run and 5K Walk Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 8 a.m.

Presented by: CMC-Steele Creek Held at: Camp Thunderbird and River Hills, Lake Wylie

Business After Hours Thursday, June 16, 2011 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Sponsored by: River Hills Marina, T-Bones on the Lake, Pier 88, Q-2-U- Catering, Whippoorwill Carriage Tours, The Kelly Group and Sea Tow Held at: River Hills Marina Pavilion, River Hills, Lake Wylie

4th of July Fireworks Monday, July 4, 2011 at dusk – approximately 9:45 p.m.

Sponsored by: The Lake Wylie Community Held at: Lake Wylie by the Buster Boyd Bridge, S.C. Hwy. 49 at Lake Wylie (See page 62 for information on how you can contribute to the Camp Thunderbird Fireworks Fund!)

SAVE THE DATE! Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament and Business After Golf What: Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament When: Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 Time: 12 p.m.

Where: River Hills Country Club & Golf Course, 1 Country Club Lane, Lake Wylie, SC 29710 Sponsored by: Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce What: Business After Golf event When: Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 Time: 5:30 p.m.

Where: River Hills Country Club, 1 Country Club Lane, Lake Wylie, SC 29710 Sponsored by: River Hills Country Club & Golf Course

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Thank You to our 2010 Business After Hours Sponsors Anytime Fitness Q-2-U Catering Lake Wylie Professional Center Focus Physical Therapy Glaza Chiropractic Center Bordeaux and Bordeaux, CPAs Lake Wylie Eye Care McSpadden Custom Homes Heron Cove Clover Community Bank Lake Wylie Liquors Sportscenter Athletic Club David Wysor Jewelry Lake Wylie Plaza T-Bones on the Lake River Hills Marina Club Lake Wylie Marina Sea Tow Pier 88 Yacht Club Whippoorwill Ranch Carriage Tours Mercedes Homes The Community Café Elrod Pope Law Firm PHP Locker Company Forms and Supplies Lake Wylie Auto Care Fred Caldwell Chevrolet Lake Wylie Retirement & Assisted Living Home Helpers

Thank You to our Business After Golf Sponsors First Diversity Management Group Haselden, Owen, Boloyan and Corson, LLC Lake Wylie Business Centre Ledcor Construction, Inc. Watson Insurance River Hills Country Club Wachovia Bank, NA

Please patronize our sponsors!