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Contents |

10 The Main Channel 14 Currency What’s hip at Lake Norman

Monthly Financial Feature – Averaging methods could be your way back into the market

16 The Captain’s Chair Herb Jackson romances the recession with his art

18 Porthole

Racin’ Rockin’ ’N Roofin’ with Our Towns Habitat for Humanity

20 Rip Currents

Mooresville’s Lean Performance U helps businesses produce

24 Rip Currents

The Lancaster family’s work ethic is apparent throughout Lake Norman

30 Undercurrents 34 Smooth Sailing

Peggy Miller is more than a talking head

Lake Norman Collaborative Divorce Group offers a healthy way to break up

38 Green Waves

A Davidson garden house created from reclaimed materials offers a peaceful retreat

44 On Course 50 The Galley

Birkdale Golf Club is in the swing of things

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52 Grapevine 54 Yum Update 56 Let’s Go Sherry shows its sexy side

Thai Emerald heats things up in Huntersville

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61 Currently 64 One More Thing

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You need more than water to grow flowers

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want to become a good gardener. Really, I do. Every spring it’s the same scenario. I see all the colorful flowers at the hardware store, and I immediately envision my yard looking like a smaller version of the Biltmore Estate. I think about what color themes I want and how flowers should be arranged around my shrubbery. I’ve even been known to Google a plant just to make sure it’ll work in this climate. By mid-June, my enthusiasm surrenders to the hot weather, leaving the flowers to fend for themselves. While sad, it’s also interesting to see which ones survive despite my negligence. Geraniums and vinca usually earn top honors. The truly sad part about this is that I have gardening in my genes. My Grandmother Mildred could grow anything. Her driveway was always lined with orange irises in the spring. During a visit, we’d pick beans and strawberries from her garden. My Grandmother Louise knows every flower that’s ever grown because she’s probably grown it. She’s been known to slice a homegrown tomato in the garden just to make sure it was warm for her sandwich, and she’s also successfully grown lemons. Grandmother Annie (I had three grandmothers — long story) was a wiz at growing scuppernongs. Once she picked these large grapes, she’d turn them into tasty jellies and pies. She even made wine out of them, although she didn’t share that with many people being the good Methodist that she was. Then there’s me, slowly making the leap from annuals to perennials. Four years ago I planted Harriet the hydrangea, and she finally delivered dozens of beautiful blooms last summer. Encouraged, I planted a clematis, a miniature rose bush and a regular rose bush shortly after. I’m happy to report that all three have bloomed this year without me putting forth hardly any effort. As I try to surmise why the gardening gene hasn’t shown up as well in me as it did in my grandmoth8

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ers, I realize that while they all had green thumbs, they also had a large helping of patience. That’s the difference. They didn’t live in a world where one click delivered the weather report, a TV show or a new pair of shoes. They had to wait for things to happen, and in turn their yards were more glorious than I could ever hope mine to be. A couple of weeks ago I bought a book about flowers and when to plant them, as I’m determined to live up to my heritage. Next time I try to rationalize why I don’t need to water the flowers, I’ll think of how happy I was the morning I discovered the purple clematis blooming outside my door. All it takes is patience.

Letters to the Editor Here’s your chance to be seen and heard. Have a comment concerning something you read in CURRENTS? Want to pass on a money-saving tip, complain about Lake Norman traffic, thank someone special or just tell us why you love living here? Whatever is on your mind, tell us about it. You can send letters to PO Box 1676, Cornelius, NC 28031 or email to Editor@LNCurrents.com. Let’s give Lake Norman something to talk about!

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It’s not hard to find Acrofitness students performing. Go to Town Day, a Davidson Wildcats game or even a Charlotte Bobcats game, and most likely you’ll see them tumbling around. This month, the 35-member Acrofitness Allstar Team takes their show up North as they share their love of physical fitness with abused, neglected and underprivileged children at Channel 3 Kids Camp in Connecticut. Founded by Marie Severance, Acrofitness is a non-competitive program that uses street tumbling, hip-hop and fitness to introduce 10

children to all types of movement. Severance, who also has a studio in Connecticut, opened a studio in Mooresville when she moved here 12 years ago. Every year the Mooresville Allstar Team travels to Connecticut to perform with their sister studio’s Allstar Team. For the past three years, they’ve traveled to Indiana together afterward to volunteer at the Kenny Irwin Jr. Foundation’s Dare to Dream Camp. Due to the economy, they’re staying in Connecticut this year to help out at Channel 3. “They do their super hero routine,” explains

Severance, adding that the camp has 1,700 kids. “The idea behind that is to inspire the campers to want to try to do some of the things they’re watching. It’s kids motivating kids.” Through fundraisers, the Acrofitness students purchase balls for the campers and teach them how to do all sorts of fun things with them, such as flips and crunches. “They [our students] say it’s changed their lives,” says Severance of the trip. “I think it makes them appreciate their own lives and kind of look at friends and neighbors with a bigger heart.” — LKT

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Get Fresh at our local farmer’s markets During the summer at Lake Norman, the only reason people walk down the freezer aisle at the grocery store is to either cool off or get beer or ice cream. Everyone knows that frozen vegetables are a no-no when locally grown produce is so readily available. Realizing how many green thumbs there are in the area, scoured Lake Norman for a roundup of the best farmer’s markets. — LKT

Ready, Set, Read

DavidsonReads announces this year’s book selection The voters of Davidson have spoken, and this year’s 2009 DavidsonReads book selection is The Color of Water by James McBride. Running against Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, this eloquent story of a young black man searching for his roots against his white mother’s desires won out. The initiative behind DavidsonReads is to get members of the community talking and reading about the same book. Starting in September, events will be held throughout the community to celebrate and discuss the characters, plots and themes of the The Color of Water. Main Street Books (126 South Main Street, Davidson) has paperback copies of the book available for $13.50. For more information, visit www.davidsonreads.org. — LKT

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When: Every Saturday through October, 8 a.m.-noon Where: Next to Davidson Town Hall between Main and Jackson Streets Info: www.davidsonfarmersmarket.org

The Evening Farmer’s Market — Statesville

When: Every Thursday through October, 4 p.m. until Where: Pecan Park in historic downtown Statesville Info: www.theeveningfarmersmarket.com

Lincoln County Farmer’s Market — Denver

When: Every Saturday through November, 8 a.m. until sell out Where: Rock Springs Elementary School, 3633 Hwy. 16 North, Denver Info: http://lincoln.ces.ncsu.edu/content/ LincolnCountyFarmersMarket, 704.736.8452

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When: Every Tuesday and Saturday through October 24, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: 103 Maxwell Street (corner of Main and Maxwell Streets) Info: www.huntersville.org, 704.766.2220

Meeting Street Market — Mooresville

When: Every Tuesday, 5 p.m. until dark Where: Morrison Plantation (in the parking lot behind the live/work townhomes near Bruster’s) Info: www.meetingstreetmarket.com

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If you’re tired of spending a fortune on the perfect outfit for your little one, only to have them outgrow it in two weeks, check out Kids Consignment Warehouse, an upscale children’s consignment store. Opening this spring in Huntersville, the 4,500-square-foot space caters to babies, girls and boys, and a quarter of the space is dedicated to twins and multiples. 105 Parr Drive, Huntersville, 704.947.7000, http://kidsconsignmentwarehouse.com. — LKT

Drew Crawford gives Davidson a New Benchmark Drew Crawford wanted to create a gathering space in front of Wooden Stone, his functional art gallery in Davidson. Instead of buying a bench at the local hardware store, he worked with Dean Reganess, a stone carver who lives in Cornelius, to design a bench that doubles as a work of art. Made of limestone and Tennessee fieldstone, the bench features four carved motifs. “One is principally the Davidson well. One is of the church [Davidson College Presbyterian Church].

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One is of the people gathering and reading, and then the fourth one is an acorn at the bottom of

an oak tree,” explains Crawford. “There’s a bit of a life cycle in there from education and childhood to adulthood.” The bench took five months to complete, as a large part of the process involved deciding what ideas the carvings should depict. Crawford held a workshop for townspeople and had conversations with folks around Davidson. Reganess spoke with Tom Ross, president of Davidson College, about the bench. Says Crawford, “The theme that came up the most was literature and the agrarian background for the Davidson area.” Topped with red geraniums, Wooden Stone’s bench offers an inviting place for people to relax and socialize. “A lot of people use it as they’re waiting on customers,” says Crawford. “It is used a fair amount. …I’m glad I did it.” — LKT THE SCOOP Wooden Stone is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and is located at 445 South Main Street, Suite 200 in Davidson. For more information, call 704.892.1449 or visit www. woodenstonegallery.com.

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nvestors have every reason to be skittish about the current, uncertain markets. Some merely sit on the sidelines and wait for a definitive turn to the upside. However, active but wary investors sometimes choose to slowly get back into the market through dollar-cost or value averaging. Either method has a potential advantage compared to doing nothing, simply because it allows an investor to participate in any market upside if and when it emerges from the slump. That could be of value because as markets rise from their lows, the first months and years are typically much more profitable than later on, when most investors have decided it’s safe once again. Of course, neither method guarantees a profit or protects against a loss in a declining market.

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market gradually. You establish a timetable and invest the same amount regularly, knowing that when the market is down you’ll be buying more shares of stock or a mutual fund than when share prices are higher. Say your $1,000 investment one month buys 100 shares at $10; the next month, shares are worth just $9.25, so your $1,000 buys 108-plus shares. Over time, as the price per share seesaws a bit, you may find you have paid less per share than you would if you had bought a fixed number at any one point. A slightly more complex variant of this is value averaging. To do this, you set a goal – say $12,000 by the end of the year. Your $1,000 the first month buys 100 shares of a $10 stock. The following month, with the share price at $9.25, you’ll put in $1,075 to bring the total value of your portfolio to $2,000.

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Herb Jackson’s latest show helps art collectors deal with hard times

earing his signature black T-shirt and blue jeans, Herb Jackson sits in his office at Davidson College, where he has been a professor of art since 1969. The abstract painter has work in more than 100 museum collections, as it is exhibited all over the world.

When he talks about art in his soothing voice laced with a slight southern accent (he’s originally from Raleigh), it is obvious that painting is the same as breathing to him. We sat down to talk with Jackson about his exhibit at Cornelius’ Christa Faut Gallery this month.

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How did the show The Family Jewels Small Paintings For Hard Times come about at Christa Faut Gallery? Well, we were talking about doing a show, and the idea was batted around of what would be interesting, what kind of concept the show would have. …We’ve done various things that are typical for me to do. I hadn’t done a show with Christa of small oil paintings on birch panels, so I thought, ‘Well, let’s show some small paintings.’ In thinking it through, I came up with the idea that people who have been supporting me deserve some sort of bonus or acknowledgement during these hard times. That’s how I came up with the idea of giving each person who buys a painting a drawing as well. You’re giving away an 11-by-11 crayon drawing with every painting you sell at Christa Faut Gallery during this A Davidson College art professor for 40 years, Herb Jackson has work in more than 100 museum collections across the world.

show. Is this almost like a thank-you note to your patrons? Of course, it’s just as available to a new client and collector as well. It’s sort of an incentive, and it marks this show as different from any other. It’s a one-time event. It’ll never happen again. I thought it would just be fun to do. Obviously, people are having to make more stringent choices about where they place their disposable income. I might as well reward them for choosing my work as a place. Tell me more about the name of this exhibit? Family Jewels? I just thought we needed to have a little fun with it. Obviously, there’s the old sort of Vaudevillian interpretation of the family jewels — lord knows how far that goes back. Then the hard times are an acknowledgement of what’s going on in the country. So it just puts a little levity into the title. You’ve said that you’ve experienced several downturns in the economy during your career and that the art world always tends to emerge stronger, how so? Well, during times of high affluence, a typical sort of excess gets bred into the system when money is free and flowing. Some of the adventurous nature of that is a positive thing, but some of it is just dreck. Once money gets tight, people become much more selective about what they’re willing to invest their money in, and a lot of the weaker work falls by the wayside. An artist who is willing to keep working through difficult times when there’s very little positive feedback by way of exhibitions or sales is going to persevere and be there when it’s over. Whereas people who are making art because they want to get their picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone will probably fade away.

to day. So even though there is this element of anxiety in the culture, I would hope that people could find in my work sort of a quiet place. LNC THE SCOOP The Family Jewels Small Paintings for Hard Times will be on exhibit through June 30 at Christa Faut Gallery (Jetton Village, 19818 North Cove Road, Suite E3, Cornelius, 704.892-5312, wwwchristafautgallery.com).

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How has the recession affected your work? I’m tempted to say not at all, but I’m always leery of absolutes. When I do my work, I go into a different space that doesn’t really deal so much with current events, whether

those are on a personal level with family and friends or on a national and international level with the crisis of wars and things. There are times when the work has responded. For example, the first gulf war, I did a painting called Dark Angel, and it was definitely in response to that conflict. But most of the time I’m interested in the sort of trail in the subconscious that I can follow and that leads me into a kind of visual consciousness which is apart from the day

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Hundreds of guests and volunteers flocked to Raceworld USA in Cornelius on April 25 to celebrate Our Towns Habitat for Humanity being named Affiliate of the Year. During the evening, the Ronald E. Bishop Leadership award was presented to Mal Murray, a longtime volunteer with Habitat.

From left, Ron Bishop presents the Ronald E. Bishop Leadership award to Mal Murray.

Terry Laney, executive director of Our Towns Habitat for Humanity, spoke during the event.

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more flights a day — without adding staff, planes or money.” Those are the kinds of results companies love to hear, especially now. Lean Performance U takes place in PIT’s Mooresville facility, complete with a soaring glass atrium, state-of-the-art theatre, grandstands and a race track that surrounds the outside of the building. PIT offers half-day, full-day and two-day sessions, and it customizes the experience for your group. For most, that doesn’t include a car speeding around the building, for safety reasons. But you still have the suits, the noise, the big electronic stop-clock, the competition for a trophy, and the cheers and groans from onlookers. “We bridge the gap between what a pit crew does and the challenges faced every day by business,” says Klopp. “People get it pretty fast. The message is a little sexier when it comes from motorsports than from your plant manager. … What they end up learning is that it isn’t really about the time; it’s about the process. ‘Lean’, to us, means focused, efficient, reviewing — we videotape so we can check performance — and improving all the time. We take 100th of a second in pit crew training and apply it to 100th of a penny in business.” Plus, Klopp says the fresh perspective of seeing how ‘lean’ works in something as adrenaline pumping as motorsports doesn’t hurt. He points out that the sport’s physicality helps people remember the lesson of lean.

Buffalo, parts of Canada,” says Klopp. “Of course, our core business is training the pros, the professional pit crews, but that lends credibility to our lean performance training.” Apart from the fun he has with rookies in Lean Performance U, Klopp has overseen professional training for more than 600 individual pit crew professionals from 48 states and four countries. “Professional pit crews we’ve produced are keeping their jobs,” he explains. “We’ve given them the groundwork to survive and keep improving.”

Klopp adds, “This is a great time to learn to do more with less. When things are good, people don’t pay as much attention to doing more with less. It’s hard to write that check [for training], but that’s when you get the best results.” LNC Eloise D. Morano has been a free-lance writer and journalist for 28 years, including eight years in the Boston area as a food critic. She has a master’s degree in landscape design and ecology.

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From left, Sherri Lancaster Ball, Jeff Lancaster, Mark Lancaster, Freddie Lancaster and learned the value of hard work from their father and grandfather.

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Big Daddy’s Restaurant and Oyster Bar is an institution at Lake Norman.

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ig Daddy’s Restaurant and Oyster Bar is an institution in the Lake Norman area. Ask anyone in Mooresville where it is, and they will surely tell you to look for the place with the cars on the roof. Founders Tommy “Big Daddy” Lancaster and his son, Bud, were hardworking entrepreneurs, always busy operating their restaurants and opening other ventures, yet they took the time to instill the same values in their offspring –— and it worked.

Bud’s children, Freddie, Jeff, Mark and Sherri, all grew up working in the family restaurants, including the original Big Daddy’s at North Carolina’s Kure Beach, which opened in 1963. Freddie and Jeff stayed in the restaurant business, while Mark and Sherri learned other trades, but one thing is for sure — Bud and Tommy Lancaster would be proud of each of them.

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Freddie Lancaster grew up in Kure Beach and came to Mooresville in 1985 to take over running Big Daddy’s after the manager retired. A local favorite, the restaurant seats 500 and has a 51-seat oyster bar. “We have the largest oyster bar that I know of anywhere in the Southeast; we shuck them for you — all you do is sit down and eat,” says Freddie. Oysters, crab Freddie Lancaster legs, soft shell crabs, shrimp, fish and live lobsters are trucked in frequently to meet the demand. “We serve top quality,” says Freddie. “We don’t cut corners.” As for the cars on the roof — Bud Lancaster had a replica of Dale Earnhardt’s put together to set curbside in order to attract customers during race weekends. As a joke, Freddie hoisted the car up on top of the restaurant. “I took it and set it on the corner of the building one day, and people started stopping and taking pictures, and Dad got the idea to build a couple more,” says Freddie. The next thing you know, Ron Hornaday, Kevin Harwick and Rick Crawford all donated vehicles to the cause. Freddie explains that the restaurant gets its name from his grandfather, who had “Big Daddy” as a nickname. “The nickname came from the movie Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” he says. “The character Burl Ives played was known as ‘Big Daddy’ — Tommy resembled Burl.”

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lina he helped his uncle, Tommy Rothrock, build docks and piers. Just out of high school, he ended up at Lake Norman and told his Dad that he would rather start a dock building company than work at the restaurant. He soon took out a loan and built his first barge to use in his business — he still owns it to this day. Mark started a dredging business as well and has completed work for clients from Florida to New York, although most of his business takes place closer to home. He is the former

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president of the Lake Norman Marine Commission and is involved with the North Carolina Wildlife Federation. “The whole success of our family was based on the work ethic of my granddad, my dad and my uncle,” explains Mark. He, in turn, is instilling the same values in his daughter, Maggie, who works at Big Daddy’s. A close family, the Lancasters get together every week and even go to the same church. “I couldn’t have gotten better brothers and sisters,” says Mark. “If we have a problem, we all sit down and talk about it together, and get each other’s advice — four heads are better than one.”

Jeff

In 1986, after serving in the Air Force for several years, Jeff Lancaster opened Lancaster’s BBQ inside a Mooresville gas station with only three tables and a take-out counter. By 1992, he Jeff Lancaster had moved to a much larger location on Rinehardt Road, with a major expansion in 1998 that included wedging a full-size school bus inside the restaurant. The bus is outfitted with several booths, while the interior walls of the restaurant are covered with NASCAR regalia in addition to a complete car. Next, he opened a smaller Lancaster’s BBQ inside Duckworth’s Food Market on River Highway. In 1994, his intention was to open another Lancaster’s BBQ, but instead he decided that Mooresville could use an upscale restaurant, enter Jeffrey’s Restaurant. With a Charleston influence, Jeffrey’s offers shrimp and grits and crab cakes, along with salads, pasta and steaks. In 2006, another Lancaster’s was established in Huntersville in the old Puckett’s Market building on Beatties Ford Road. Jeff explains that Lancaster’s makes Eastern-style BBQ, which has a vinegar-based seasoning, versus Lexington style, which has a vinegar and ketchup mix for the seasoning. Regardless, both types of sauce are on the table.

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Jeff’s wife, Terry, handles the administrative responsibilities for the restaurants, and his son, Cory, is serving in the Marine Corps. Perhaps when Cory’s tour of duty is over, he, like his dad, will carry on the tradition.

Sherri

Sherri Lancaster Ball was born in Goldsboro but moved to Kure Beach when she was four. Her dad and granddad owned five restaurants by then, and the family moved around quite Sherri Lancaster Ball a bit to oversee them. By the time she was 15, she was living at Lake Norman, where she began working in the family restaurant. “I shucked oysters for 18 years and was in charge of the oyster bar at Big Daddy’s during this time,” says Sherri. “I have shucked my share.” Sherri was a master of several trades. While

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running the oyster bar at night, she was a hairstylist by day and an artist as well. She worked in her dad’s sign shop in Mooresville where she honed her artistic side. Eventually, she merged those skills into one business — a salon and art gallery combination. The Chameleon Studio, as it is aptly named, is located in a shopping center that the siblings own right beside Big Daddy’s. “I know how it is being an artist. It is hard to find a place for people to see our work,” says Sherri. “With our busy lifestyles, we don’t take time to go to galleries.” With that in mind, Sherri decided not to decorate her shop with anonymous framed prints, but to give local artists a place to show their work. “I get to look at beautiful art,” she adds. “And I help to sell it for them.” Paintings line the walls, and ceramics, and hand-made jewelry are arranged around the waiting area and under the glass checkout counter. Sherri’s salon has five hairstylists (including her), two manicurists, an esthetician and a massage therapist. “I love to work,” says Sherri. “My parents and grandparents taught us the value

of working, good craftsmanship and always doing the best that we can do. And they always kept the family close. If you don’t have a good family and good friends, you don’t have anything.” LNC

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ith a dummy the size of a small 6-year-old on each arm, Peggy Miller has a talent for making audiences forget that she’s the one telling stories, singing and pulling people out of the crowd for a gag. A professional ventriloquist, the Mooresville resident entertains audiences across the country while she lives out her childhood dream.

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Miller is the voice behind Willie, her star, as well as Great-Great Granny Gardner and Willie’s little cousin, Hannah, who loves corny limericks. Together they form Willie & Company. It won’t take long to notice that Willie is a brash and witty young chatterbox who’s so wide-eyed and appealing that he gets away with all kinds of wisecracks. His sense of humor entertains the whole family — toddler to octogenarian. Granny Gardner, the epitome of spunk, is a great foil for him. Willie once talked with the late Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, opened for The Oak Ridge Boys and has given Randy Travis some public, tongue-in-cheek instruction on how to entertain a crowd. He even spoke to the late Milton Berle, who went out of his way to compliment Miller on her vocal skill. And of course Willie had to join in on Miller’s wedding to the man who is now her stage manager, Bill Carey. You’ll find Carey booking engagements, handling sound and lights and anything else that happens before or during the show. And plenty happens because much of the show is ad-libbed.

Miller, who moved to Mooresville from Florida three years ago, says she knew at age 7 that she wanted to be a ventriloquist. Her parents saved their pennies to buy her first dummy. “One day I came home from school, and there was a dummy on the bed. It came with a brochure on how to be a ventriloquist. From there I went on to show after show. My mom helped,” says Miller, explaining that her first dummy was basically a starter kit. “I saved enough money from doing shows, and finally had enough to buy Willie’s head. It’s $400 just to carve their heads out of basswood.” Inside each dummy is a set of delicate strings. Miller reaches inside and plays them like a musical instrument, raising the eyebrows, making the eyes blink or wink, and of course, moving the mouth. “When Peggy is working Willie, her fingers are moving constantly. And she can do two [dummies] at once,” says Carey. “He’s so lifelike that sometimes people strike up a conversation with Peggy while Willie is talking to someone else.” Keeping the illusion real is paramount to

Ventriloquist Peggy Miller with Great-Great Granny Gardner. Below from left, Willie and Hannah.

the couple. “We never let the public see him go into his suitcase or come out. It helps preserve the illusion that he’s real,” explains Miller, adding that Willie has his own room, complete with a closet filled with clothes sized for 6-year-old boys. The couple is on the road entire months at a time, and their performances vary in size. Willie & Company has entertained 11,000 people at an RV rally in Gillette, Wyoming and smaller crowds of 50 in Mooresville. Recently, they finished a sweep of multiple locations in Florida, including Polynesian Village in Englewood, where their audience numbered about 300. “We even do trade shows,” says Carey. “We’re booking into 2010 now, but we might have next week open.” LNC Eloise D. Morano has been a free-lance writer and journalist for 28 years, including eight years in the Boston area as a food critic. She has a master’s degree in landscape design and ecology.

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Friguglietti. As a result, they avoided months — possibly years — of legal headaches. Baker and Friguglietti are part of a team of six professionals, including financial specialists, divorce coaches, child specialists and family lawyers, known as the Lake Norman Collaborative Divorce Group. The group offers an innovative — and friendly — approach to severing family ties. The other four members include Landa Duszynski, Shannon Hartman, Debra McKenzie and Ingrid Pruitt. A new way Collaborative divorce is a revolutionary new process that combines the best of legal, emotional and financial wisdom to help couples dissolve their marriage in a civilized and amicable manner without going to court. Collaborative divorce is an ideal solution for couples that are childless, have minor children or are empty nesters.

“We’ve had clients who will vent for two hours about what their spouse did or said that made them angry,” says Baker. “In a collaborative divorce, clients can spend the same two hours with a coach, learning how to talk and listen better.” While it sounds like a warm and fuzzy way to split up and start over, the process is sometimes as challenging and expensive as conventional divorce, warn Baker and Friguglietti. But the payoffs are immense, especially when children are at the center of the proceedings. A licensed marriage and family therapist for Solutions Counseling in Mooresville and a divorce coach for the Lake Norman group, Pruitt says court proceedings are emotionally taxing on lawyers, clients and especially children. Unlike traditional proceedings, collaborative divorce puts children first by giving spouses access to financial specialists, divorce coaches and other professionals who work as a team to help families redefine how they live.

From left, Laura Snider Baker, John Friguglietti, Jr., Ingrid Pruitt, Debra McKenzie and Landa Duszynski are part of the Lake Norman Collaborative Divorce Group.

“A conventional divorce typically feels more like a battleground where the children are caught in the middle. No one wins when that happens,” says Pruitt. “As a group, we strive to keep our cases, especially those with children involved, out of the courtroom. …We all work together to achieve a mutual goal that puts the children first.” Pruitt believes the team’s coaches help divorcing couples understand what their children might not be able to express. “We give the children in our cases a voice.” Help through experience McKenzie started Equitable Divorce Solutions, Inc. in Cornelius 11 years ago to help clients sort out their marital estates and evaluate the tax implications of splitting up. She had just returned from an intense training session in Arizona where the idea to launch the collaborative group hit her. “I first heard about it in a continuing educa-

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Working toward the same goal The group meets once a month in Davidson to discuss current cases and review potential clients interested in the team approach. While they have never advertised their collaborative services, Pruitt says they would like to expand and work with more families. The Lake Norman Collaborative Divorce Group has handled about a dozen cases since 2004, according to Pruitt, who first heard about the concept from McKenzie. “When Debra first brought this up five years ago, we didn’t rush into this overnight,” says Pruitt. “It was important to each of us to build a strong, solid group that families can trust. We have spent the past few years figuring out what works best and how we can provide families with

the tools they need.” The collaborative process is not for everyone, warns Baker. As a group, they don’t take cases that involve domestic violence or addiction. Couples must be collaborative in nature, willing to work honestly with each other. If there are children in the marriage, the divorcing parents must put their interests first. “Everyone has to be honest and provide all the information they have,” says Baker. “That’s how the collaborative process works. In the end, if you do it right, the outcome is positive for everyone involved.” Once the group agrees to work with a family, each member meets with the client to learn more about their specific needs and establish goals. “We look at the divorce process as a problem

to be solved, not a battle to be fought,” says Pruitt. The process can take as few as two months to as long as a year, says Baker. Unlike traditional divorce cases where court schedules and settlement negotiations determine the pace, the collaborative route allows families to structure the timeline based on their personal preference. Minnesota lawyer Stu Webb first introduced the idea for collaborative practice during the 1980s. While collaborative divorce arrangements have grown steadily in recent years, many couples don’t realize they can break up the nice way. When McKenzie first suggested starting the group in Lake Norman, there was only one other firm (located in Raleigh) that did the same thing. Although several groups focused on collaborative law have formed in recent years around the state, McKenzie believes there are still only two options for collaborative divorce in North Carolina. LNC THE SCOOP For more information about Lake Norman Collaborative Divorce Group, call 704.892.1170 or visit www.lkncdg.com.

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hen Ed and Marlys Daugherty lived in Western North Carolina years ago, they often dreamed of building their own little place. Over the last few years, they have done exactly that, as they’ve designed and built a tiny garden cottage with an artist’s loft in the back yard of their Davidson home — almost entirely from recycled and reclaimed goods.

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Ed’s great aunt’s house in Georgia. Cedar shakes came from his grandmother’s house. A salvage pile on a local back road and construction castoffs led to 2-by-4s and other wood. The slate on the patio area came from a friend’s home. When they couldn’t find the items they needed for free, they turned to Habitat ReStore for windows and doors and Home Depot’s castoff carts for roofing materials. Inside the garden house, the couple put a

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he driving range is packed, the phone in the pro shop rings off the hook and the sun-drenched tables outside Arnie’s Tavern are full of lunchtime customers enjoying the sight of golfers trying to land their balls close to the 18th pin. A corporate event in the banquet facility is about to adjourn for the afternoon, and the subject of discussion is more about the possibility of getting in nine holes before dark than it is about business. If you’ve spent any amount of time at Huntersville’s Birkdale Golf Club recently, you’ll understand that this is just a typical Wednesday afternoon. 44

Birkdale is in full swing, and golf is the name of the game. “Our priority is most of all to promote the game of golf as we welcome the public,” says Wesley Jones, general manager and head golf professional. “From the golf course and driving range right down to the banquet facility and tavern, we differentiate ourselves by promoting a ‘private’ feel whether you are a new visitor or a Birkdale local.”

Hole No. 5 is Birkdale’s signature hole, as it is the quintessential Arnold Palmer hole. Offering almost all risk and no reward, this is an excellent hole for scrambles.

with Bermuda fairways and Crenshaw bent grass greens. It is carved between tall pines and natural streams. The length is a challenging 7,013 yards with a rating/slope of 74.1/138 from the gold tees, 71.2/127 from the blue tees, 68.9/123 from the whites and 69.7/123 from the green tees. Junior tees will be installed this summer. “I am especially excited that by adding junior tees, we will give two and three generations a chance

to play equally together at once,” Jones explains. “We also want to promote a family feel. It is a wonderful image seeing a parent and junior head out onto the course.” In March 2007, Birkdale was purchased by IRI Golf Group, a national golf course management company that owns and operates private, semi-private and public courses across the Continued on page 47

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Arnie’s Influence The legendary Arnold Palmer, who interjected a bit of his personal style into the layout, designed Birkdale Golf Club. “Arnold has the reputation of being a swashbuckler,” explains Jones. “One of the things that made him such a fan favorite was if he had a backswing, he would go for whatever the shot gave him even if it appeared risky. You see that in this design.” Opened in 1997, Birkdale is a par 72 course

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Hole No. 7 at Birkdale can be deceiving. The minute you think you’ve got it figured out, it jumps out and bites you.

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Barbecue and green bean casserole are favorites at Mac’s Speed Shop.

hen you’re in the mood for ‘cue and a brew, rev your motor and head out to Mac’s Speed Shop. The barbecue shack in Cornelius has roots as a biker hangout, but that doesn’t keep all manner of folks from stopping in for some of the best barbecue and fixins’ around.

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Beer and barbecue “People come for the pulled pork the first time, then they try the brisket or beer can chicken,” says Kristin Wicklund, general manager. So how much of the favorite items does the kick-back casual eatery go through in a week? On average, Mac’s serves 1,200 pounds of pulled pork, 500 pounds of beef brisket, 250 pounds of ribs, 400 pounds of wings and 650 trays of macaroni and cheese. The fact that they go through that much food also means customers are paying a reasonable price for plates piled high with the tender meats and down-home side items. 50

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“Our prices are better than anywhere else, and you’re getting a lot of food for your money,” Wicklund says. To go with the food, a good cold beer is a must, and Mac’s steps up to the plate with an offering of 105 selections from different countries and craft breweries. A big hit with customers is a tallboy, a 24-ounce can of any domestic beer for $3. Drive right up If hogs of a different kind are your thing, go on Thursdays for Biker Night to gather with other bike enthusiasts to unwind and enjoy live entertainment outside. You’ll also find live entertainment on Saturdays and Sundays inside. Sunday is not a big biker night, as my family learned on a recent outing. The motorcycle parking spaces located near the entrance were noticeably empty of choppers. Once inside, as in the past even when bikers were there, we blended seamlessly with a mix of other families, couples and singles hanging out.

And the space is perfect for hanging out. Designed to feel like the interior of a shack, décor is sparse, but the space feels comfortable. Scattered among the cement floor are high-top tables with stools and booths hugging orange walls. A large patio with picnic tables beckons those who want to dine outside. Tender and sweet Mac’s entrees are plenty filling, but it’s hard

Wings are a favorite as Mac’s goes through 400 pounds of them a week.

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TOP FIVE INGREDIENTS • It’s a barbecue joint, so what else but ‘cue would go at the top of the list? • Homemade mac and cheese doesn’t get any better than this. • Neither does the green bean casserole. • Not your average concrete slab patio — orange and gray cement squares liven it up. • Tallboys, get your cold tallboys right here.

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and a few sandwiches and salads round out the menu. All entrees and sandwiches come with a choice of a tempting side item (think Brunswick stew, collard greens, fresh slaw, green bean casserole and more). Don’t skip out without trying a homemade dessert. The Banana Puddin’ Pie will have you thinking of mom and appreciating that there is such a thing as a sweet ending. LNC

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to overlook the wings for an appetizer. They are smoked, not fried, tender and full of meat. As for the barbecue, the shredded pork that has been smoked for 12 hours is tender and yields a pleasant hickory flavor and hints of a pepper kick from the dry rub. It’s tasty enough to enjoy without sauce, which is how it is served, but several varieties of that condiment are available on the table. Smoked beef brisket, ribs and chicken,

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his is the perfect time of year for an aperitif. The days are getting longer and warmer. It’s great to be on the lake or on your porch sipping on something chilled, taking the edge off the day and slipping smoothly into the evening. It just cries out for a glass of sherry.

But wait. Isn’t sherry that sweet and cloying drink you associate with aging aunts and Christmas fruitcake? Not at all. Sherry can be crisp and bone dry, full of complex character — nutty, woody with lots of tangy fruit. Just the thing to spend time with at the end of the day.

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The accidental apertif Sherry, named for the town of Jerez in Spain, is the result of unintended consequences. Spain had a long history of exporting wine to its European neighbors. The problem was that the wine didn’t travel so well and when it got to its destination, it was pretty nasty. Some bright spark came up with a solution of fortifying the wine, adding alcohol spirits to it so that it could withstand the journey better. All you had to do was dilute the wine when it arrived and you had something like the original wine. Good idea for soup. Lousy idea for wine. 52

with yeast to build up a white coating, called flor, on the surface of the wine. Flor does a couple of things. It softens the oxidizing effect that the open air has on the wine, and it adds its own portfolio of flavors. Not all wines get the flor treatment. Some are steered down a path where the build up of flor is inhibited. The sherry that results is more oxidized. These particular sherries are labeled, Oloroso. They’re deeper and creamier. That doesn’t mean they’re bad, quite the contrary. But for a springtime or summer aperitif, it’s the flor guys that I lean toward.

But it turned out that the fortified stuff tasted pretty good in and of itself. It expanded its international reach as the English developed a taste for the wine, especially after Francis Drake sacked Cadiz in 1587. Among the spoils Drake brought back after destroying the Spanish fleet were 2,900 barrels of sherry that had been on shore waiting to be loaded aboard Spanish ships I like to imagine Drake’s compatriot, Sir Walter Raleigh, visiting with Queen Elizabeth I after recently returning from one of his capital trips to the Carolinas. “Forsooth, Bess, me thinks this wine’s a corker. Y’all should try a goblet.” And, so was born sherry.

Don’t go beyond the pale for summer The wines you want to seek out are labeled Fino or Manzanilla. Both are pale, light wines. Both have beautiful character and flavor. They’re absolutely perfect when chilled. And here’s the really good part, they are very inexpensive. You’ll be able to find them for under $10 a bottle. What’s not to like? Because they’re fortified, sherries are a little higher in alcohol than most ordinary wines. But

Take the Flor Normally, as it ages in barrels and bottles, wine is shielded from oxygen. Sherry is different. First, a white wine is made, mostly from the Palomino grape. After fermentation is finished brandy is added. It’s because the wine is fortified after fermentation that it tends to be dry. Then it’s on to aging. Sherry is aged in oak barrels that are exposed to the open air. Jerez is close to the ocean, and the humid air combines

not much. They’re on par with some of the bold reds that you find on your wine merchant’s shelf. Sherries won’t make you nutty, but you do get nutty— along with many other delicious tastes. One thing that tickles my taste buds is the hint of salty ocean air that you find in a Manzanilla. Manzanilla sherries are aged very close to the Atlantic Ocean, and they take on a hint of their environment. For me, floating around the lake, sipping a chilled glass and getting that hint of marine air completes, in a way, some kind of nautical circle. So, here’s a task. Sometime soon, as the sun starts to sink, settle back with a chilled Fino or Manzanilla and reflect on the day while the pace of life slows down and evens out. You’ll be very glad you did. Enjoy. LNC Trevor Burton of Mooresville, a retired technology marketing consultant, now occupies himself in the field of wine and its enjoyment. Certified by the International Sommelier Guild, he is founder of SST Wine Experiences and, along with his wife, Mary Ellen, conducts wine education and tasting tours to wine regions throughout the world.

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Hank Smith, explains that the headquarters will soon be stationed at the pick-up point down the road. My fellow zippers and I are securely harnessed and helmeted as we load into the Swiss Army transports, called Pinzgauers, that are prepared to take us to the top of the mountain. As we hold onto our seats while climbing the steep grade, I look around at the quiet faces filled with anticipation. We arrive at the top of the mountain, and I give a very uncool gasp as I look through the front windshield, only to see nothing but a long drop. We unload and stare like kids in a candy store at the vast view before us. It is truly breathtaking. Even on a bare, January day.

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“We didn’t have to build a single tower,” explains McCoury. “The elevation made it really easy to build.” It’s true. The property is laid out exactly for such a production. Whereas most canopy tours have to erect towers in order to produce an incline that will allow gravity to do its job and send you on your way, the Scream Time compound has a steep, rolling landscape that naturally provides almost all the elements needed to send you screaming into the abyss. Full-size telephone poles safely planted eight feet into the ground and cables that are rated to hold up to 22,650 pounds make me feel extremely thin, and safe. McCoury tells me, “We could run a school bus down this zip line.”

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A natural fit Scream Time Ziplines is the brainchild of Monie McCoury, who originally envisioned an ATV park on the 50-acre property that used to operate as a Christmas tree farm. “The first zip line I ever rode is the one I built. I just knew it would be cool,” he says. After countless months of researching to find the best of the best in course design and engineering, McCoury found industry leader, Experience Based Learning. EBL, innovators in everything zip line, worked firsthand with the Professional Ropes Course Association in setting the standards for construction, installation and training for zip line courses. Due to EBL’s high demand, STZ was put on hold for about two years before the project was assessed, but once things got rolling, it only took about two months to construct the entire course.

by Abby Haffelt The U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte is not just for water sport enthusiasts anymore. Though there are tons of activities ranging from kayaking to mountain biking to trail running to climbing, it is now possible for someone with absolutely no equipment and very little outdoor experience to have the thrill of a lifetime on the center’s two diverse zip lines. Set in the High Ropes course, the Climb-2-Zip is perfect for small children and families, being that the minimum weight limit is 45 pounds. At $15 an hour you can climb and zip as much as you want. Zippers are harnessed, helmeted and prepared to climb a telephone pole to the platform, which is 32 feet above. Once at the top, a guide safely clips you onto the zip line and seats you on the edge of the platform, where you are instructed to lean forward, fall and zip. This particular zip line is attached to a hydraulic system that slowly lowers you down to the ground while zipping back and forth. The Mega Zipline, a series of four, 1,123-foot racing lines that soar over the main body of water at the center, is a fairly new addition, having just opened for business in late December. At only $10

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telephone pole stretches across the gap to another telephone pole, where my guide is waiting at the other end. Another guide takes the trolley, the removable track that rides along the cable, and securely hooks my harness to the cable line. My fickle fear of heights is not turning my stomach too much since my feet are still firmly planted on solid ground. After I am harnessed, fastened and ready to go, one guide informs me that I need to take a running start and if it seems that I may not make it fully to the ground on the other side, the other guide will be waiting with a line to pull me in. I take a deep breath, cast my fear aside and take a running leap of faith. My fear is quickly subsided by the amazing view and my even cooler shadow cast in the gap beneath me — the perfect mirror for practicing superhero poses. “The course was designed to be an open-air course because of the views,” McCoury explains. However, approaching Zip No. 5, the highest zip on the tour that towers 130 feet off the ground, I see that the last quarter of the zip is set in the woods and, as my guide explains, “You can’t even see the end in the summertime.”

People of all ages enjoy zip lining.

Finally, it’s time to ride up to the last zip of the day: the Super Zip. The Super Zip is a series of three 2,000-feet lines, the first in the United States, allowing fellow zippers and friends to race each other down the mountain. At speeds up to 50 mph, STZ’s is among the fastest and longest in the world. “I knew I wanted a 2,000-foot line when we were building, and I ended up with three,” he says. The ride is exhilarating, fast and long — definitely the cherry on top. Zipping by night When the day is over, I am left with the feeling of having done something completely unique and

special. I will definitely be coming back. “We are working on installing a new zip line that will take you all the way down the mountain, face down, in a hang-gliding harness,” explains McCoury. “The initial drop will be about 300 feet.” He adds that during the summer, zippers will be able to run the course until midnight with nothing but a helmet light to guide their way. “You can’t imagine how thrilling it is to be flying into blackness, not being able to see anything but the stars above you,” says McCoury, adding that this is an experience for all ages and families. “Our youngest so far has been 15 months, and he went tandem with his mother and loved it. Our oldest has been 90. It definitely shows how low impact it is. My favorite part is the energy. You see how nervous some people are before they go, and then afterwards you see their looks of, ‘Wow, that was so much fun’ that they are sharing with their family and friends. That is definitely my favorite part.” LNC THE SCOOP For more information about Scream Time Ziplines in Boone, call 828.898.5404 or visit www.screamtimezipline.com.

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THE SCOOP The State Games of North Carolina Criterium is scheduled for Sunday, June 21 in downtown Mooresville. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m., and competition begins at 8:30 a.m. Entry fees for online registration are $28 for adult men/women and $12 for juniors. Mail-in and on-site registration fees are $33 for adult men/women and $17 for juniors. There is a $5 late fee charge for all registrations after June 1. All participants must be amateurs and have a USA Cycling event license. A one-day license is available for $10 on site. Free admission for spectators. For more information, visit www.ncsports.org.

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Mooresville is known as Race City USA, but this month that moniker takes on a whole new meaning when the State Games of North Carolina Criterium comes to town. On Sunday, June 21, amateur cyclists will race around downtown on a sixth/tenths-of-a-mile course that includes Main Street, Center Avenue, Church Street and Iredell Avenue. “A criterium is really NASCAR on two wheels,” explains Neal Boyd, owner of Charlotte Sports Cycling, the company managing the event. “The race courses are anywhere from four/tenths of a mile to eight/tenths of a mile, usually short. You’ll have 50 to 80 riders in a race, and they’ll race together in a group. You have tactics in a race where people will try to get away in a small group to better their chances of winning.” Boyd says that speeds can reach as high as 28 mph in a criterium and that the most popular race of the day is the Cat 1,2,3 Men, which starts at 1:10 p.m. “There’ll be 100 people in that race. It’ll be fast,” he says. “The races will last anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour depending on the category. There is racing all day long.” While this is not the first time a criterium race has been held in Mooresville, it is the first time the State Games of North Carolina have visited. Boyd explains that cities bid to host various events for the State Games. The Charlotte area was selected as a host in 2009 and 2010, which brought Mooresville onto the radar. “We’ve had good cooperation in the past with Mooresville and the police department,” says Boyd. “It’s a good venue.” — LKT

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 Children

Vessel Safety Check (June 20) The Lake

Monday Morning Movies (every Monday) Start your week off with a family

Norman Sail and Power Squadron offers free vessel safety checks throughout the summer. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Peninsula Yacht Club gas dock, 704.489.0175, rklein@gdatp.com.

friendly movie. 9:30 a.m. Free. War Memorial Building, 418 Carpenter Avenue, Mooresville, 704.663.2670.

 Events

Northern Town Folktales on The Green (June 11) Multicultural storytelling and other activities help you kick the summer off with your little ones. 10 a.m.-noon. Free. The Davidson Green (beside the Davidson Branch Library), 704.416.6000.

 Concerts

Mingling on the Green Concert Series (every Friday and Saturday) Enjoy a variety of bands throughout the summer. 7-9 p.m. Free. Birkdale Village, Huntersville, www.birkdalevillage.net.

Concerts on the Green (June 14 and 28) Abbey Road Live performs June 14 (picnic theme Groovy, Yeah Baby), and Band of Oz entertains on June 28 (picnic theme Beach Blanket Bingo). Bring lawn chairs and blankets. 6-8 p.m. Free. Davidson Village Green (corner of Main Street and Concord Road), Davidson, www.ci.davidson.nc.us.

2009 Fun at Five Concert Series (June 18) Blind Manifest rocks the stage. 5 p.m. Free. Sponsored by the Mooresville Recreation Department. Mooresville Town Hall, 413 N. Main Street, downtown Mooresville, 704.663.7026, www.mooresvillerecreation.org.

Cornelius Concert Series (June 21) Mt. Zion Hand Bells & Friends performs. 3 p.m. Free. Mt. Zion United Methodist Church (sanctuary), 19600 Zion Street, Cornelius, 704.892.8566, www.mtzionumc.net.

Symphony in the Park (June 27) Spend an evening with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra as you enjoy patriotic classics. Fireworks follow the performance. Gates open at 6 p.m., symphony takes the stage at 8:15 p.m. Free. Bailey Road Park, Cornelius, www.corneliuspr.org. Lake Norman Currents | June 2009

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Boating Safety Classes (June 20) With summer finally here, it’s a good time to sharpen your boating safety skills with classes offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. BS & S Core Course, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $45. Lake Norman Volunteer Fire Department, 1518 Brawley School Road, Mooresville, 704.663.3333.

Backyard Tails — Flight Program (every Saturday and Sunday) Watch great horned owls fly just inches above your head. Seats are limited. Noon-2 p.m. Regular admission plus $2 fee. Carolina Raptor Center, 6000 Sample Road, Huntersville, 704.875.6521, www.carolinaraptorcenter.org.

Main & Maxwell Mini-Park and Farmer’s Market (every Tuesday and Saturday) Head to downtown Huntersville for fresh produce. 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 103 Maxwell Street, www.huntersville.org, 704.766.2220.

Meeting Street Market (every Tuesday) Enjoy fresh produce at the farmer’s market at Morrison Plantation. 5 p.m. until dark. Free. Morrison Plantation, Mooresville (in the parking lot behind the live/work townhomes near Bruster’s), www.meetingstreetmarket.com.

Rotary Farmer’s Market (every Wednesday and Saturday) The streets of downtown Mooresville fill with produce at this market. 7-11 a.m. Free. Church Street and Center Avenue, downtown Mooresville, 704.664.5031.

Davidson Farmer’s Market (every Saturday) Stock up on local food and produce as you socialize with your neighbors. 8 a.m.-noon. Free. Next to Davidson Town Hall between Main and Jackson Streets, www.davidsonfarmersmarket.org.

Lincoln County Farmer’s Market (every Saturday) Local produce at its best. 8 a.m. until sell out. Free. Rock Springs Elementary School, 3633 Hwy. 16 North, Denver, 704.736.8452, http://lincoln.ces.ncsu.edu/ content/LincolnCountyFarmersMarket.

Downtown Mooresville Cruise In (June 6) Attracting as many as 600 classic vehicles on the first Saturday of every month, the Downtown Mooresville Cruise In takes you back in time — in a good way. 3-8 p.m. Free. Downtown Mooresville, 704.224.4117, www.downtownmooresville.com.

Third Annual Run for Miracles ReMax at the Lake 5K (June 6) Run to benefit Children’s Miracle Network. 8 a.m. $20 advance, $25 on site. Mt. Mourne Volunteer Fire Department, 1577 Mecklenburg Highway, Mooresville, www.5kAtTheLake.com.

On the Corner of Art and Main (June 12) Downtown Mooresville shows its artistic side with its monthly ArtWalk. 6-9 p.m. Free.

Downtown Mooresville, 704.664.2414, www.artworksonmain.com.

Live @ The Lake Raft Race (June 13) Watch contestants race on homemade rafts. Interested in competing? There’s a maximum of four team members per raft. You must register by June 10. The cost is $50 per team, $75 per corporate team. All proceeds benefit Lake Norman YMCA Community Outreach Programs. 2 p.m. Lake Norman YMCA, 21300 Davidson Street, Cornelius, 704.716.4400, www.ymcacharlotte.org.

“FIRE” (June 20) Celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Ada Jenkins Center with a 5K run and barbecue. Rusty Knox and Friends, Billy and The Pocket, and more provide music, while the mayors of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville and Mooresville judge a barbecue competition. There will also be a variety of activities for children. 5K begins at 8 a.m., $25 entry fee. Barbecue served from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., $10 per plate. The Ada Jenkins Center, 212 Gamble Street, Davidson, 704.896.0471, www.adajenkins.org.

8th Annual Cowbell Challenge (June 20-21) What began eight years ago as an event to raise money for cancer research has grown into two-day mountain biking extravaganza that attracts national attention. The Challenge Marathon Mountain Bike Race begins at 10 a.m. Saturday morning, and the Cowbell Summer Solstice Cross Country Races begins at 10 a.m. Sunday morning. Fisher Farm Park, 21215 Shearer Road, Davidson, www.cowbellchallenge.org.

Father’s Day Celebration (June 20-21) Educational programs, live raptor presentations, hands-on activities and more help you celebrate Father’s Day. Noon-4 p.m. Regular admission, dads get in free. Carolina Raptor Center, 6000 Sample Road, Huntersville, 704.875.6521, www.carolinaraptorcenter.org.

State Games of North Carolina Criterium (June 21) Cyclists turn downtown Mooresville into a race track while competing at top speeds. Registration 7:30 a.m., competition 8:30 a.m. Online entry fee, $28 adult men/women, $12 juniors; mail-in and on-site registration fee, $33 adult men/ women, $17 juniors; $5 late fee for all registrations after June 1; free admission for spectators. Downtown Mooresville, www.ncsports.org.

5th Annual Iredell County Independence Celebration Parade (June 27) Show your patriotic pride by waving a flag as the parade passes you by. 11 a.m. Free. Troutman (park at Iredell County Fairgrounds), www.iredellcountyparade.com, 704.528.7600.

Charlotte’s region’s gold history as you pan for treasure at the miner’s cabin. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free with regular admission. Historic Latta Plantation, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville, 704.875.2312, www.lattaplantation.org.

 Galleries

Artworks on Main The final show and

sale of the Art in Hand project. Through June. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.-2 p.m., artist reception June 12, 6-8 p.m. 165 North Main Street, Mooresville, 704.664.2414, www.artworksonmain.com.

Christa Faut Gallery The Family Jewels

Small Paintings for Hard Times features the work of Herb Jackson. Through June 30. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. or by appointment. Jetton Village, 19818 North Cove Road, Suite E3, Cornelius, 704.892-5312, wwwchristafautgallery.com.

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 Theatre

An Empty Plate In the Café Du Grant Boeuf (June 5-20) The Warehouse presents this dark comedy about an American expatriate living in Paris. Celebrating the joys of cooking, sex, bullfighting and the works of Ernest Hemingway, this show (written by Michael Hollinger and directed by Jim Esposito) explores the absurdities and contradictions inherent in being human. Wine bar opens at 6:45 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. $15, The Warehouse, 9216-A Westmoreland Road, Cornelius,

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West Side Story (June 18-27) Directed by Melissa Ohlman-Roberge, this heartwrenching love story features some of the most memorable songs in musical theatre. Enjoy Something’s Coming, Maria, America, Tonight, I Feel Pretty, Somewhere and more as you watch Maria and Tony’s tale unfold. Thu-Sat 8 p.m., Sun (June 21) 2 p.m. $22, students and seniors $20, children 15 and under $15. Duke Family Performance Hall, Davidson College, 704.892.7918, www.carolinatix.org.

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Nagy and Carla Chambers. Two artists, two mediums, and one method — weaving clay and reed into art. June 1-July 10. Mon-Thu 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri and Sat by appointment, gallery reception June 12, 7-9 p.m. 19725 Oak St., Cornelius, 704.892.7323, www.creativeartexchange.org.

Depot Fine Arts Gallery Monthly exhibitions. Tue-Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun 1-4 p.m. 103 W. Center Ave., Mooresville, 704.663.6661, www.mooresvilleartistguild.com.

Four Corners Framing and Gallery The serigraphs and lithographs of Raymond Byram. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 112 S. Main St., Mooresville, 704.662.7154, wwwfcfgframing.com.

Landmark Galleries The work of watercolorist ‘Cotton’ Ketchie. Mon-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 212 North Main Street, Mooresville, 704.664.4122, www.landmark-galleries.com.

Merrill-Jennings Galleries Monthly exhibitions. Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 463 S. Main St., Davidson, 704.895.1213, www.merrilljennings.com.

So Alive Gallery Works in all mediums by local artists. Tue-Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.2 p.m., Sun noon-2 p.m. 108 S. Main St., Davidson, 704.892.0044.

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Rock Band Fridays at Ben & Jerry’s (June 5) Whether or not you play an instrument, you can try your hand at being in a rock band by playing guitar, drums or even singing. 3-6 p.m., 7-10 p.m. Free. Ben & Jerry’s, 202 S. Main Street, Davidson.

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 Teens

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hile all the sunshine and warm temperatures help make Lake Norman ideal for folks who love getting out on the water, it’s also a perfect setting for tennis enthusiasts. And no matter what your age or skill level, a great resource for players is the Lake Norman Tennis Association.

by Sam Boykin

Getting Into the Swing The Lake Norman Tennis Association brings players of all levels together

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The organization, whose summer season kicks off this month, offers a variety of programs, including the Compass Draw, a men’s and women’s singles tournament where players play one match every two weeks. There’s also the Tennis Ladder, designed for players of all skill levels and based on a system where competitors get points for making challenges and playing matches. LNTA president Tom Polk explains that the association started in 2003 to “better represent the growing population around the lake.” Since then, the organization has steadily grown in size and popularity and now serves thousands of players throughout the area. It also coordinates United States Tennis Association (USTA) league play and hosts special events, including annual tournaments and demonstrations. For older players, the LNTA has a USTA Super Senior League. Designed for players over 60, the league offers doubles play for men and women. Local winners get the opportunity to compete at the state and sectional championships. On the other end of the spectrum are the many junior tennis programs, which include leagues for kids 10 to 16. And one of the newest programs being unveiled this year is called QuickStart Tennis. This program is designed to bring kids 10 and under into the sport by scaling down the game to better fit their size, which involves playing on a smaller court, and using junior racquets and a simpler scoring system. So whether you’re an accomplished player or your racquet has been gathering dust in the closet, now is the perfect time to head outside and get into the swing. LNC THE SCOOP Members of the Lake Norman Tennis Association play at public and private courts across the area. For more information about the LNTA and details on its various programs, visit www.lakenormantennis.org.

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