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Vol. 15 No. 44October 30, 2015

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Country Day girls tennis team’s undefeated record could mean a state title – some-thing coach Calvin Davis said is well within reason.Page 20

Local producer wins national award

South Charlotte pro-ducer Oliver Crooms IV’s music video was recently nominated for Best Music Video at the 2015 Indie Fest USA Film Festival.Page 8

Bucs tennis fights for title

Developers plan to revamp the colony apartments in SouthPark to include housing designed to attract teachers, police officers, nurses and firefighters in a trend that could become increasingly popular in wealthier areas. Page 11

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Chamber Energy Summit to fo-cus on ‘all of the above’ strategy

The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Energy Summit will focus on what an “all of the above” energy strategy means, accord-ing to a news release.

The event will take place Nov. 6, a Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Ritz-Charl-ton in uptown Charlotte. Guest speakers will discuss the impact energy has on economic development, current and future innovation in the industry and the “talent needs” of the energy sector.

Paula Grant, deputy assistant secretary of oil and natural gas for the United States De-partment of Energy, will be the event’s key-note speaker. The 2015 Wells Fargo Green Awards also will be presented during the event to recognize member companies that have “incorporated innovative, sustainable practices in the products they produce, the services they provide and within the culture of their company,” read the release.

Find more information at www.charlotte chamber.com/summits/2015-energy-sum mit.

FreemanWhite firm announces latest executive promotions

FreemanWhite recently announced the promotions of two key executives. The com-

pany is “one of the country’s oldest and most respect-ed health-care architectural and engineering firms,” according to a news release.

Christopher Mo-rales was named president of Free-manWhite Architec-tural and Engineer-ing (A/E) Services, and Michelle Mader was named presi-dent of Catalyst, the firm’s strategic con-sulting division.

“We are delight-ed to see Chris and Michelle named to these positions,” Frank Brooks, chair-man of the board of FreemanWhite, said in the release. “This is a strategic evolu-tion that supports the firm’s expanding vision of helping the health-care industry create the most advanced delivery systems and envi-ronments possible.”

Morales has been with FreemanWhite for 16 years, most recently serving as managing principal. He will lead the operational direc-tion and performance of FreemanWhite’s A/E Services group in his new role, ensuring cli-ents’ needs, problems and priorities are being addressed, as well as providing “thoughtful” advice and high-performing solutions, the re-lease said.

Mader joined the firm in 2005, serving as a leader in developing the firm’s suite of advi-sory services. As resident of Catalyst, Mader will ensure that the company’s teams contin-ue helping health-care executives navigate health-care strategy, operational optimiza-tion and planning.

Find more information on FreemanWhite at the Charlotte-based company’s website, www.freemanwhite.com.

HM Properties announces grand opening of new office

HM Properties owner Valerie Mitchener re-cently announced the grand opening of her company’s new office building, located at 6857 Fairview Road in the Fairview II complex in SouthPark.

The company purchased the 6,850-square-foot, two-story building in late 2014, begin-ning a complete renovation of the interior and exterior façade in April. The business officially moved from its previous location, in Piedmont Town Center, in late September.

Mitchener and Robert Johnson Architects designed the new space, and D4 Construc-tion carried out the renovations. The build-ing’s layout and design are reflective of HM

Properties’ brand, featuring an open, two-story foyer; floor-to-ceiling glass windows; marble floors; “sleek” décor; and “comfort-able” working space throughout, according to a news release.

“A lot of thought went into the design,” Mitchener said in the release. “We are like a family, and I want the agents and staff (to) feel at home when they are here.”

HM Properties was founded in 2006, with six brokers and two staff members. The com-pany now has 63 brokers and 10 full-time staff members, with room to expand at its new lo-cation.

Find more information at the business’s website, www.hmproperties.com.

Swim school co-owner named VP of national swim association

John Kirk, co-owner of Little Otter Swim School, was recently named vice president of the United States Swim School Association for the 2015-16 term.

Kirk was elected last year to the associa-tion’s board of directors, and he has been a member of the association for 12 years. He and his wife, Lory, own and operate two swim schools together. Little Otter Swim School’s Charlotte location, at 8200 Tower Point Drive, has been open since 2005. The business also opened a school in Huntersville in January 2014.

Over the past 10 years, Little Otter Swim School has grown from one school with 25 students and five instructors, to two facilities with more than 3,000 students and 70 instruc-tors, according to a news release.

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Two-story Starbucks in Sharon Square leaves good aftertaste

Elaine Donohue, a board member with Louis-burg Square condos, admits to feeling some trepidation about the two-story Starbucks pro-posed for the Sharon Square shopping center.

“Then we saw the plans and traffic flow, and we were all so impressed with the care than had been taken to keep a huge density of traf-fic from our particular area,” Donohue said.

Donohue spoke favorably of the project during the Oct. 18 public hearing. Charlotte City Council could vote on the rezoning re-quest next month.

The building, which could be up to 4,000 square feet, would go next to SunTrust and across the street from the Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites Charlotte SouthPark under construction.

Drivers and pedestrians will be able to ac-cess the site from Ashley Park Lane. Pedes-trians can walk up from Sharon Road. The shop will include an outdoor patio space and drive-thru.

Chemical firm opening head-quarters in SouthPark area

Albemarle Corporation, a specialty chemi-cal manufacturer, plans to move its global headquarters to Piedmont Town Center in SouthPark.

The company, based in Baton Rouge, Loui-siana, chose Charlotte over four sites in Louisi-ana and Texas, including Dallas and Houston.

It will invest about $12.9 million into the loca-

tion and create 120 jobs over three years. The average annual salary will be about $187,350.

Mecklenburg County awarded an incentive grant over three years worth up to $129,011. The company also qualified for incentive grants of $75,711 from the city and $2 million from the state.

Jim Puckett was among four county com-missioners who opposed the incentive. Puck-ett said the company was looking for a global headquarters that was convenient for air trav-el access to Europe. He thought tax breaks were piling on as the state exempted taxes on aviation fuel to keep the airport competitive.

Vilma Leake, Bill James and Matthew Ridenhour also voted against it.

Traffic at SouthPark Mall prompts redistricting request

The influx of development around South-Park Mall has prompted parents in the Close-burn-Glenkirk neighborhood to ask Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to redraw district lines.

Leslie Mueller and Jeff Smith addressed the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education during the public comment portion of the Oct. 13 meeting.

The neighborhood, which consists of few-er than 20 children, can take either Park or Fairview roads to get to their schools. Both require lengthy waits in traffic.

Children in the neighborhood are assigned to Beverly Woods Elementary, Carmel Middle and South Mecklenburg High. Parents would prefer their children attend Selwyn Elementary, Alex-ander Graham Middle and Myers Park High.

“We want to really emphasize we’re not un-happy with our current schools, but we are having problems with the traffic and building happening around the SouthPark area,” Mueller said.

Harris Teeter to expand in Cotswold shopping center

Harris Teeter plans to expand its store at the Cotswold shopping center and add a “home shopping lane” for shoppers to pick up their groceries in front of the store.

Site plans call for adding a wider sidewalk for handicap parking spaces. Parking will be redrawn to include more space for compact parking.

These and the 4,500-square-foot building expansion will occur between the building and Randolph Road. Most of the expansion will consist of a mezzanine level with a stair-well, according to an Aug. 21 letter mailed to residents from The Walter Fields Group Inc.

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mr. ed Driggs and his Democrat opponent. I found it most revealing as to who the lady is, as well as the attitude of the party she has chosen to represent. In essence, what she told us is this:

• Residents of District 7, you are already receiving all the city services you are going to get, so, give us your money, sit down and shut up!

• Since the majority of the city council are Democrats, they will not pay any attention to any of the sound policies recommended by mr. Driggs, as he does not belong to the

“right” party.• Elect me, and I will agree with them so

you will then have “effective representation.”Voters in south charlotte should remem-

ber that it is the Democrats that allow men to enter ladies restroom subjecting our wives and daughters to embarrassment or physical assault; it is Democrats who continue to sup-port a “catch-and-release” program for crimi-nals therefore putting all of us at risk and it is Democrats that support continuing to give our tax dollars to people who butcher babies to sell their developed organs (since being caught, they now “donate” those organs).

Do voters in District 7 really want to be rep-resented by a member of the party whose na-tional spokeswoman cannot articulate the dif-ference between a Democrat and a Socialist?

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Vanessa Benton was recently named executive director of citizen Schools North carolina, an organization com-mitted to providing support to thousands of middle school students. Find more information and sup-port the cause finan-cially at www.citizenshools.org.

What led you to become to execu-tive director of Citizen Schools?The opportunity to work with citizen

Schools was one I couldn’t turn down. I have always believed that exposure to a variety of professionals and career paths is what led me to be successful ... citizen Schools allows me the opportunity to provide that same opportunity to many more children.

Tell us about the organization.citizen Schools is a non-profit organization

currently working with nearly 5,000 students. we partner with middle schools across the Unit-ed States to both extend and enhance the learning day for children, primarily in underserved com-munities. Our goal is to close the opportunity

gap by providing students with hands-on learn-ing experiences led by volunteer citizen teachers and americorps National teaching Fellows.

Our citizen teachers are volunteers from local businesses, civic institutions and communities. citizen Schools trains them to teach elements of their professional or vocational experiences.

What is the most rewarding aspect of helping students?

Sharing the possibilities. Growing up I, like many elementary school students, said I want-ed to be a teacher when I grew up. my teach-ers were the only other adults whose work I witnessed outside of members of my family … Fortunately, I went to college and chose to ma-jor in accounting because I was good at book-keeping. and fortunately as I began my career I began to interact with people who had a firmer understanding about the requirements of what it took to be successful. helping stu-dents who were in the same position as I was is what motivates me to do this work.

How can people support Citizen Schools?

citizen Schools is always seeking citizen teachers to share their passion, expertise and professionalism with our students. In addition, we rely on the financial support of local corporations, foundations and com-munity members to connect students to ac-ademic enrichment, mentors, role models, new experiences and new opportunities to discover and achieve their dreams.

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David Weekly homes to support Second Harvest Food Bank

David Weekly Homes will host a "Giving Thanks, Giving Back" Thanksgiving food drive for area residents. Donations of canned items and frozen turkeys will support Second Har-vest Food Bank of Metrolina and help fami-lies in need during the holiday season. Items needed include boxed stuffing, boxed maca-roni and cheese, boxed mashed potatoes and canned vegetables.

Donations will be accepted at any model home in the greater Charlotte area from Nov. 4 to 18. Frozen turkeys will be collected on Nov. 7, a Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Contact April at 704-972-4215 for more in-formation and drop-off locations.

Nominations accepted for Arts and Science Council Awards

The Charlotte Arts and Science Council is accepting nominations for two awards honor lifetime achievement: ASC Honors Lifetime Achievement in the Fields of Arts, Science or History, and ASC Honors Cato Lifetime Achievement in Teaching award.

The awards are presented every four years and help honor individuals and teachers mak-ing a difference in the Charlotte area.

Nomination forms are available online at www.artsandscience.org. Nominations must be received by Dec. 18, a Friday, at noon. Each award winner will receive $5,000 and a bronze medallion, which will be presented in April 2016.

“We are excited to recognize and celebrate the remarkable career achievements and contributions of artists, scientists, historians and teachers who have made the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region a great place to live, work and play,” said ASC President Robert Bush in a news release. “We know there are many creative individuals worthy of consider-ation, which is why the nomination process al-

lows the community to tell us which individu-als it feels have forever impacted our region through their creativity and innovation.”

Ballantyne Corporate Park to hold annual holiday drive

Ballantyne Corporate Park will hold its an-nual holiday drive Nov. 11 to 20. This year’s drive will benefit USO of North Carolina through its Packs for Patriots program. Trav-el-sized toiletries and individually wrapped snacks will be collected for the military. USO of North Carolina is a nonprofit, non-political organization aimed at providing a tangible way to thank America’s troops and their fami-lies.

Veterans Day documentary screening at Duke Mansion

Duke Mansion will hold a screening of the documentary “If They Could See Us Now: The Story of Charlotte’s 38th Evacuation Hospital,” on Nov. 8, a Sunday, at 3 p.m. Brian Madison Jones, history professor and dean at Johnson C. Smith University, will introduce the film.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register online at www.explorehistory.eventbrite.com or call 704-714-4453. The Explore History! series is sponsored by The Duke Mansion and Levine Museum of the New South.

Duke Mansion is located at 400 Hermitage Road.

Ballantyne Village to celebrate Halloween with ‘Spooky Village’

Ballantyne Village will host its second an-nual “Spooky Village” on Saturday, Oct. 31 from 2 to 5:30 p.m. in celebration of Hallow-een. The family-friendly event will take place in the plaza and pocket park behind Mellow Mushroom and feature pumpkin decorating, Mrs. Cottontail and her love bunnies, music, pony rides, a pet costume contest and trick-or-treating from 5 to 5:30 p.m.

Habitat Wildlife Keeper seminarBallantyne’s next Lunch and Learn seminar

will feature Habitat Wildlife Keepers (HAWK) on Nov. 17, a Tuesday, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Bissell Training Room – Chandler Building. HAWK is a local nonprofit dedicated to envi-ronmental education and conservation. The free event will feature Debbie Foster, found-ing member of HAWK, who will walk attend-ees through the requirements and process of becoming a certified wildlife habitat, as well as provide information on creating a haven for desirable wildlife.

Register at [email protected] by Nov. 13. Lunch will be provided.

City Council defers decision on climate-controlled self-storage

A decision to allow for a climate-controlled self-storage building on residential property next to Ardrey Kell High School athletic fields has been deferred to Charlotte City Council’s Dec. 14 meeting.

The site plan also calls for office space at the 5.67 acres at Ardrey Kell and Community House roads.

Residents said the proposal could raise traffic and security threats, while those repre-senting the developer say that the land wasn’t appropriate for residential use due to its size and proximity to the school fields.

Self-storage tends not to generate as much traffic as other commercial uses, developers reasoned.

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My first job pub-lishing a newspaper came in one of those tiny, romantic South-ern towns where the Baptist preacher knew your kinfolk and the best restaurant was, once, an actual barn. true story.

as you might imagine, running a newspaper in a town of less than 10,000 people had its challenges. In metro areas like charlotte, you can’t throw a cat without hitting a hot-button topic. But in that peanut of a town, we had to dig to avoid retell-ing the same stories over and over again.

So one day, during a meeting with my edito-rial staff, I asked the reporters to come up with a story that hadn’t been written before. I asked them to think beyond reacting to news stories and, instead, to think about what our commu-nity needed more than anything.

For some reason, I’ll never forget the light that erupted on one of my reporter’s faces. In detail only this compulsive reporter could mus-ter, she began telling me the biggest problem with our city.

“we need a good gas station,” she said.

I laughed a little. She didn’t. Neither did the rest of the staff.

“Do you know how important a good gas sta-tion is to quality of life?” she continued. “who wants to walk into a nasty place with oil next to the crackers?”

another reporter chimed in: “She’s right. how cool would it be if we had one of those big gas stations?”

as the rest of the staff, including our reception-ist, nodded in agreement, I began to realize these people weren’t kidding. Of all the development needs in that community, chief among them was a place where you could get a pre-made sand-wich, 10 gallons of gas and a clean latrine.

In charlotte, our issues are almost exactly the opposite, including one neighborhood trying to stop construction of a gas station. But over the course of almost two decades and covering news in cities ranging from 10,000 to 5 million peo-ple, I’ve learned that the issue of development is one of the most important and controversial to residents of any city – large or small.

while this might sound overly simplistic, I’d humbly like to offer a litte perspective to the constant conversation we have about develop-ment.

In the suburbs of charlotte, we often bemoan the land and commercial and retail developers as the scum of the earth. we fuss about losing plots of land to big box retailers and we wonder why we’re consistently losing nature’s parks to office parks.

It’s such a dichotomy from the small towns where I cut my teeth as a journalist. In those cit-ies, the residents threw massive parties if Dollar Stores announced grand openings.

here’s what I’ve learned: If you choose to live in a small town, you accept you’ll never have the luxury of big city items. The vacations you take are to huge cities with miles of over-priced shop-ping centers. and if you choose to live near a big city, the vacations you take are usually to remote mountains or beaches where the only clothes you can buy were made by the lady selling them.

at our newspaper – and almost on a week-ly basis – we receive letters and comments from readers who are beyond frustrated at the amount of growth happening all around them. we hear from people who say they moved to Matthews or Indian Trail or Waxhaw just to get away from the city, and now the city is overtak-ing their homes.

as my buddies would say, “we’re talking about first world problems here.” meanwhile, our anger is usually directed at the develop-ers who only build because highly paid teams of analysts determine that our markets would support the offices and retailers that will soon overtake our skyline.

Developers develop because your area of the city has grown, and unless zoning or deed re-strictions keep them away, such is the price of living so close to a big city.

The reality is, most of the folks who chose to live on the outskirts of a big city did so in order

to enjoy the perks of small-town living while being close enough to have the convenience of big-city living.

From everything I’ve seen in all the cities I’ve seen, that’s like trying to have your apple pie and eat it too. If you don’t like development, either your city has to make it stop, or you’ll need to find a place in desperate need of a gas station.

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Oliver crooms IV grew up around music and film.

his mother, arnetta murrill-crooms, is a Grammy-nominated gospel singer who’s had a successful career as a solo artist and a member of family gospel group The mur-rills.

“my whole family has been involved in music,” crooms said.

So, it was only natural for crooms to fol-low in his family’s footsteps. he established the music production and videography company On the Beat entertainment sever-al years ago. crooms has since co-produced the music video for his mother’s single, “try it again,” and has made his mark in the charlotte area, producing commercials and promotional videos for other recording art-ists.

Now, crooms is receiving national recog-nition for his direction work.

crooms directed the music video for charlotte artist Devon murrill’s first single, “keep the Dream alive.” Filmed in char-lotte, the video was recently nominated for Best music Video in the 2015 Indie Fest USa International Film Festival.

“It’s just an honor words just can’t really express, and it’s motivated me to keep doing other projects,” Crooms said.

“keep the Dream alive” is based on an “inspirational” song encouraging people to never give up on their dreams, crooms said. The video is set in an urban community, outside of an abandoned warehouse.

“The building gave it a rugged, urban street level feel,” crooms said. “I think it went really well with the theme of the song.

I kept it simple … let the environment speak for itself … and I think that really worked in the end.”

crooms wasn’t able to attend the festival, which took place over the weekend of Oct. 16, but he was thrilled to know his video was being shown to a national audience in such a prestigious environment.

The video also has been accepted into the judging round for the Accolade Global Film competition in california. crooms said the success has inspired him to branch out and try additional new projects.

“I’m already brainstorming for some type of dramatic piece,” he said.

Find more information and view the vid-eo at www.onthebeatentertainment.com.

The Mecklenburg County Health Department inspected the following restaurants Oct. 16 to 20:

Lowest Score:• Fresh Market (deli), 7625 Pineville-Mat-

thews Road – 92.5Violations include: Certified food protection

manager not available; chicken held cold at 47 degrees; prepared salads in display case not date-marked; wet wiping cloths left on coun-ter surfaces; walk-in cooler door with split gas-ket and door of meat display case broken.

All Scores:28209• 7-Eleven, 2601 South Blvd. – 94• Brio Tuscan Grille, 4720 Piedmont Row

Drive – 96• Chick-fil-A, 1540 E. Woodlawn Road

– 97.5• Cantina, 4271 Park Road – 95• Georges Brasserie, 4620 Piedmont Row

Drive – 95• Luisa’s Brick Oven Pizzeria, 1730 Abbey

Place –98.5• Penn Station East Coast Subs, 5110 Park

Road – 94• Wendy’s, 4335 Park Road – 94

28211• Bricktop’s Restaurant, 6401 Morrison

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Sleep apnea is a serious disorder that gets worse over time. Because it robs the body of the precious oxygen it needs to survive and thrive, sleep apnea has been linked to a wide variety of medical problems including heart attacks, congestive heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure, and even Alzheimer’s.

For the patient who has sleep apnea, they know well enough that it is not something one simply sweeps under the rug. In fact, their life can depend on properly addressing this serious medical problem.

People with sleep apnea are probably very aware of the limited options for treating this problem. A CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) is a machine that increases air pressure through your throat so that your airway does not collapse when you breathe. The machine involves some sort of mask that covers the nose and/or mouth. CPAP is effective. In fact, it is very

effective … as long as one commits to using it. And here’s the rub. In spite of modifications in mask design, research shows that a large segment of the sleep apnea patient population is unable or unwilling to use the machine. They just won’t wear it.

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Taking into account effectiveness and compliance or patients’ willingness to use the device, studies actually show that for the patient with mild or moderate sleep apnea, these dental devices are very successful. So not only does the device work, but patients are much more likely to use it and stick with it.

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Since September 2013, PayPal working capital has lent more than $1 billion in capital to small businesses.

The lending program, exclusive to PayPal-affiliated business-es, is known in the U.S., U.k. and australia, but it’s also mak-ing its mark specifically in charlotte. The program has worked with a number of small businesses in the area – including heart & Soul Personal chef Service; The minky Boutique, a business that provides handcrafted minky blankets and quality minky fabric; and marc Defang New york, a retail business that spe-cializes in novelty bridal shoes, gowns and jewelry.

South charlotte weekly recently reached out marc De-fang, the founder and namesake behind the SouthPark-based business, to give our readers an inside look at PayPal working capital (Pwc).

Why did you turn to PayPal's lending program?PayPal working capital itself brought my attention to the

PayPal working capital lending program. It was the greatest way of funding for small businesses, as it has no terms; it’s withdrawn only when you have sales, and you’re able to select the percentage you’d like to pay back. The cost of the loan is very minimal.

Tell us a little about your business.

we mainly make novelty bridal shoes, and most of our products are custom handmade … we also sell gowns and jewelry. As the official sponsor of Miss United States and many other pageants, we also work very closely with the pageant industry. Our main sales outlet right now is on-line, and we have customers from all over the world. we are ranked on Page 1 of Google search engine; that brought us more customers. Very recently, we have started a kiosk busi-

ness at SouthPark mall near Nordstrom; this would be our first physical presence for the local charlotte shoppers.

How has PWC helped you grow your business?It gives me extra cash to purchase materials, and I use it as

reserve cash flow for emergency matters, as well. It definitely helped me in terms of growing the business; for example christmas is around the corner, and my third loan with PayPal is almost paid back. as soon as it is cleared, I will be eligible to apply for the loan again, and I am planning to use those fundings to purchase my inventory for the SouthPark mall kiosk, preparing for Thanksgiving evening, Black Fri-day and christmas holiday shopping.

What advice would you give to other small businesses in the area?

after 18 years in business, I have never had any loans likes PayPal loans. take advantage of it, grow your business; there aren’t any loans out there that will have better rates and terms.

by Josh Whitener

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PayPal working capital makes its mark in south charlotte

Marc Defang New York, a SouthPark-based business, is one of a number of Charlotte-area small businesses benefiting from PayPal Working Capital.

Fast Facts on PayPal Working Capital

• The program has disbursed $1 billion to small busi-nesses since September 2013.

• More than 60,000 merchants have used the program.

• The number of businesses that use PWC has in-creased 150 percent from year to year.

• Between 85 and 90 percent of businesses responded with a 9 or 10 when asked how likely they were to

recommend the program to others (based on a 1-to-10 scale).

• PWC is available in the U.S., U.K. and Australia.

• More than 15 percent of small businesses that use the program are outside of the U.S..

• More than half of the businesses use the loans for inventory.

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Facts courtesy of Adam Blacker. Find more information on the program at www.paypal.com/us/webapps/workingcapital/.

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concept renderings depict people eating, walking, shopping and blowing giant bubbles in the public open space at what could become The colony.

Developers envision replacing the nearly 40-year-old colony apartments with newer housing, restaurants, shops, offices and a small hotel at the intersection of Sharon and colony roads.

and while architectural renderings celebrate a vibrant walkable community with the allure of SouthPark, buried in the fine print of the site plans is a provision allowing for workforce housing.

as affordable housing targets people with low incomes, workforce housing is designed to attract the likes of police officers, firefighters, nurses and teachers to live closer to work.

SyNcO Properties submitted site plans that allow up to 5 percent of the residential units maintain affordable rent for those earning up to 80 percent of the area medium income. The program would last for at least 15 years.

timothy hose, president and ceO of SyNcO Properties, said his firm decided to offer a workforce-housing component back in November 2014 before his company submitted the rezoning request.

Numerous residents living in the apartment complex expressed interest in moving back in after the redevelopment, but they were con-cerned about being able to afford it.

hose said the workforce housing won’t be con-centrated to one area of the rental property either, so no one will know who is paying lower rent.

while offering rent below market rate comes at a financial cost to the developer, hose views providing more affordability in an area where there’s great schools as a good gesture to the community.

“we recognize there’s going to be more con-cern among elected and appointed officials about affordability,” hose said.

SyNcO Properties, located on mockingbird lane off Park road, has been in operation since 1971 and has a reputation for being somewhat of a groundbreaker. Its founder, reitzel Snider Jr., helped revitalize uptown charlotte’s Fourth ward at the request of former Bank of america ceO hugh mccoll.

charlotte has tried to stimulate more work-force housing in the community. The city launched the Voluntary mixed Income hous-

ing Development Program in 2013, offering a density bonus for developers that include work-force housing in residential districts. mixed in-come targets income at 80 percent or below of the area median income.

lawana mayfield, a city councilmember representing District 3, recently mentioned SyNcO Properties as a developer that has looked at how it can be more supportive of the “entire community.”

lennar multifamily communities sought to rezone 4.69 acres of industrial space near the lyNX Blue line for future mixed-used de-velopment at South Boulevard and New Bern Street.

mayfield supported lennar’s request, but she also brought up the issue of developers, like SyNcO Properties, voluntarily setting aside a percentage of their projects for workforce hous-ing.

“as we’re developing up, I’m really hoping that we’re making conscious decisions that we don’t make the city of charlotte so cost-prohib-itive that we don’t have the diversity that’s going to actually sustain a community when it comes to housing options,” she said.

at-large councilmember David howard recommended workforce housing be viewed as more of a policy conversation for the council, rather than an individual property concern.

mayfield agreed, but wanted to make sure elected leaders and community were on the same page.

She encouraged developers coming before the city council in the near future to know “there is

a hope that you would think beyond the imme-diate development and how it can impact the community 20-plus years from now.”

by Justin Vick

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The colony sheds light on need for workforce housing

About The Colony

Site plans incorporate a street network that dissects the 27-acre property into

four quadrants:

• Northwest: Multifamily residential uses (for sale or rent) up to 350 units.

• Northeast: Commercial uses up to 250,000 square feet of office, 100,000

square feet of retail and 225 hotel rooms.

• Southwest: Multifamily residential uses (for sale or rent) up to 750 units.

• Southeast: Retail or office uses up to 200,000 square feet.

There’s also land set aside for a central plaza for people to gather.

The public hearing for the project could happen as early as December.

CEO Timothy Hose credits District 6 Councilman Kenny Smith for working very closely with SYNCO Properties since the beginning of the project.

“He really encouraged us to work very closely with neighborhood groups,”

Hose said, noting that public interac-tion has helped improve the project and build buy-in among neighbors.

BeachamBunce+Manley Architecture (BB+M) designed this rendering of how housing could look at The Colony.

Photo courtesy of city of Charlotte


last week my wife picked me up at the charlotte Douglas International airport following an eight-day overseas trip and we headed straight out of town for a two-day speaking engage-ment. Packed among our things were about a week’s worth of The charlotte Observer, saved by her for reading on the road as she had been engaged in a frenzy of painting and closet organizing while I was out of town.

The next morning we awoke, she to her coffee, me to my protein shake, and began a ritual my wife loves: the breakfast table debate over the news. my wife’s father was a high school football coach during her child-hood who often didn’t get home in time for dinner. So, instead of supper, their family had big breakfasts together at which they primar-ily discussed two topics often considered ta-boo: religion and politics.

my wife has instilled this practice in our children. This summer at the beach our adult children and their spouses got so deeply en-gaged in a theological debate that they all

went to their bedrooms and brought their Bibles back to the table to prove their points. Out of the corner of my eye I saw my wife in a large armchair snuggled up with the grand-baby with a little tear in her eye just like in “The Godfather” when son michael tells the hospitalized Don corleone “I’m with you now…I’m with you….”

except on this particular October morning, there wasn’t a discussion. She was just mad. It’s hard to overstate this point. Perhaps the old-timey phrase “apoplectic fit” would do it justice. There had been a string of actions by her GOP brethren that, in her mind, ranged on a spectrum from questionable judgment to utterly unethical, and she had just caught up with news on every one of those actions at once. Being the “fix-it” minded male I am, and possibly suffering cognitive impairment due to jet lag, I gave my response: “Put your name on a ballot or stop talking about it.”

This did not go over well.as fate would have it, a few days after-

ward, we had dinner with a good friend and fellow pastor from raleigh whose father is a retired North carolina senator. my friend made a comment that night that stuck with me. Upon his election, his father assumed the opposite political party would be the bad guys and his party would be the good guys in raleigh. after he began his term, his father quickly realized “we’re all the bad guys.” my friend elaborated, paraphrasing his dad: “you

have to fight self-interest intentionally and vigorously every day you serve if you really want to serve citizens.”

my friend’s father perfectly captured a Biblical worldview applied to public service. christianity is first and foremost the recogni-tion that every one of us is the bad guy. we have a fallen, selfish nature. God redeems and transforms that nature as we submit ourselves to his grace and his teachings.

Philippians 2: 3-4 says, “ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” Put another way, this Scripture tells all of us to consider the big picture and look out for the interests of everyone – the good of our communities – not just our own interests. Unfortunately, as my friend’s father recognized, the political pro-cesses that have evolved in our nation can all too quickly send people down a slippery slope of self-interest leading to behavior that, while perhaps legal, undermines the public trust.

to reform those processes will take men and women who recognize the frailty of their na-tures rather than celebrate their ability to play the game well. It will take men and women who are willing to listen to their constituents more closely than their consultants. It will be a slow process, with one step forward and one step back. But it can be done.

So once again I close by encouraging

christians not to disengage from our politi-cal processes, but to become informed about them and find a way to be involved like never before. Discuss, debate, register, vote, attend precinct and countywide meetings for the party that best represents your views…and yes, perhaps even consider putting your name on a ballot

by Mark Harris

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‘Put your name on a ballot or stop talking about it’Faith

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election Day is less than a week away and so-lutions to pressing education-related issues are hot on charlotte-mecklenburg parents’ minds.

Nonprofit mecked hosted two “candidate speed dating” sessions on Oct. 21 and 22 for residents to talk one-on-one with cmS Board of education (BOe) at-large candidates about the issues on their mind.

Incumbents ericka ellis-Stewart and mary mccray, and challengers levester Flowers, Jer-emy Stephenson, amelia Stinson-wesley, elyse Dashew, larry Bumgarner and Janeen Bryant, shared their thoughts on the teacher pipeline crisis, bringing diversity to cmS and the super-intendent search, among other issues. angela ambroise did not attend the Oct. 21 session.

reassignment for equalityThe biggest concern for Providence Spring

elementary School Pta President Julie cho is that she will lose her school community to ac-commodate student reassignment.

“we’ve built a culture and an expectation that we don’t want to lose,” she said. “we’re al-ready at capacity so in order to have more kids, (current students) will have to leave.”

however, some families from low socioeco-nomic and ethnic neighborhoods feel their chil-dren don’t receive a proper education.

rumors swirl about race-based busing com-

ing to cmS, but many candidates, such as el-lis-Stewart, Dashew, Flowers and Stephenson, claim that it’s not the answer.

Stephenson has adapted a reputation for ignoring the race issue, but argues placing troubled students in a successful school isn’t the “magic bullet” that’s going to provide all students an equal education. he wants to see a community effort to support the needs of fail-ing schools with many students who come from troubled homes.

“everyone has problems, but until you seem them for yourself, you kind of invalidate them,” he said. “On the diversity end, I see student as-signment as particularly based on geography and socioeconomics as a blunt tool to solve is-sues of education.”

Stephenson and Stinson-wesley also called for a partnership between businesses and schools to prepare students for future careers.

ellis-Stewart wants to solve diversity issues by working to improve failing schools and to expand magnet school offerings – the latter the BOe is already working to accomplish. She wants to bridge a relationship with city councils to help create policies for more affordable hous-ing for neighborhoods and schools to reflect the diverse community. Flower also advocates for increased magnet programs, and mccray wants to meet with councils to address housing poli-cies to prevent further overcrowding.

Dashew wants to see more community-fo-cused actions to help improve school programs

and provide community support, as well as en-sure struggling schools have effective principals.

Bumgarner also agreed to a community ap-proach, but named adding education sections to black media as a way to boost education as an important part of life. he said he wanted edu-cation to be “a top priority” for the area and to make students more excited about education, but did not provide a specific course of action.

Teachers still want more payBryant served as a kindergarten teacher in a

cmS title I school, but left because of a per-ceived lack support from the district’s human resources after she developed a disability from teaching.

She wants to see cmS foster a culture of dignity for teachers that’s carried out through recruitment, retention and professional develop-ment, and wants teachers to be involved in poli-cy-making. Bryant said although there is a focus on attracting new teachers, there also needs to be attention to retaining veteran teachers.

all candidates called for higher teacher pay to attract new teachers and wants to push legislators to make teacher salaries more nationally compet-itive. She also would push for more lateral entry positions in cmS and more opportunities for non-teachers to fill positions.

Flowers, a former educator, said he met with multiple teachers and found a common theme of teachers not sharing different ideas out of fear of retaliation. he called for greater support for

teachers from the district and community. Dashew also believes in having a stronger

“teacher voice” involved in policy-making, as well as more teacher development and career pathways to retain teachers. She feels there’s a disconnect between the community’s “good will” and policy-makers, as the latter often isn’t aware of what goes on in the classroom.

Superintendent who?The community continues to wonder who

will be cmS’s next superintendent. Flowers wants the board to demonstrate more transpar-ency and trust by conducting a regional and national search for the next superintendent to survey the field, even if the board does decide to retain ann clark.

“People don’t want to feel like (the searching process) is being cooked because of the process,” Flowers said. “… For the transparency only and trust I think some type of regional search should play out.”

he said he’d support retaining the current su-perintendent, but wants the district to go through a search process before making the decision.

Bryant wants to stop hiring “rock stars” as superintendents, who have strong backgrounds, but a habit of leaving after a year or two. She wants to see the position open to more people who are willing to listen to the community.

Visit www.mecked.org/index.php/advocacy/board-of-education for more information about candidates.

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by Courtney Schultz

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Board of ed at-large candidates answer residents concerns


charlotte country Day School’s (ccDS) Office of Diversity Planning welcomed eight charlotte-mecklenburg public schools to ex-plore unique topics and globalization through country Day’s author event, featuring Neela Vaswani.

ccDS has hosted a guest author from di-verse backgrounds for 10 years, inviting area public schools to hear from the authors and discuss abstract and relevant topics.

Students from randolph, Southwest, martin luther king, ranson, Sedgefield and James martin middle schools; waddell lan-guage academy; military & Global leader-ship aacdemy attended the event.

“reading is a bridge for all students,” said megan Fink, ccDS middle school librar-ian, who helped orchestrate the author series. “a book can change your life. It can create an environment to look at other cultures and an-other way of looking at things.”

Fink finds it important to share the experi-ence with students of multiple backgrounds to help create a community between ccDS and cmS.

ccDS Director of Diversity Planning Bri-an wise said building community is one of the school’s key values.

“we think bringing diverse voices into our community adds to everybody’s depth and

awareness of knowledge and understanding different perspectives,” wise said. “… it pre-pares them for the world that they’re going to inhabit.”

Vaswani discussed her book, “Same Sun here,” which is an epistolary novel she co-wrote with Silas house. The book entails let-ters between penpals – one an appalachian boy in kentucky and the other a recent Indian immigrant in New york city – during the 2008 presidential elections. The two penpals, who appear dissimilar, realize they have much in common and can build a friendship.

“It’s really about sameness and difference and how we’re so much more alike than we think that we are and the importance of talk-ing to each other about different experiences,” Vaswani said.

The author added it’s important for school communities to talk about seemingly “scary” topics, such as race and religion.

“I think just talking about these things as a group, as a society, and figuring out how we can move forward altogether is a struggle no matter what age you are or where you come from,” Vaswani said.

wise and Fink hope the event inspires young writers and readers through the series, exposes them to diverse voices and elicits a conversation about important topics.

“It’s really about developing kids’ love of reading and their passions,” wise said.

by Courtney Schultz

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award-winning author Neela Vaswani hosts diversity discussion at country Day

education What are you going to do for Halloween?

Education editor Courtney Schultz visited McAlpine Elementary School to ask students what what spooky activities they’ll be doing this Halloween.

Chiaki ChenFirst grade

Trick-or-treating as Minnie Mouse

Stephen Munguia Fifth grade

Dress up as Cristiano Ronaldo and go to Scarowinds

David Arango Fourth grade

Going to see the “Goosebumps” movie

niyonna BynumSecond grade

Trick-or-treating as Evie from “The Descendents”

Bailey ShannonFirst grade

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Izzy HortonKindergarten

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United Faith Academy band releases CD

United Faith Christian Academy has made some noise and the school’s 2014-15 High School Praise Band re-leased an original CD, “Project 8617.”

The CD includes five original songs written by the band students. Band director Cheryl Vought gave students a songwriting project where they partnered with another students to compose lyrics, music, vocals and in-strumentation for an entire song.

After hearing the songs, Vought knew the students were on to some-thing and contacted Rick Lapinsky, a worship leader and music producer, to use his studio.

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project through GoFundMe.com and recorded and mixed the compilation. They released the CD on Oct. 10.

Women voters host stu-dent assignment forum

Many rumors are swirling around about student reassignment for Char-lotte-Mecklenburg Schools, leaving some families worried. League of Women Voters Charlotte-Mecklen-burg will host an event on Nov. 7, a Saturday, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., to help alleviate concerns and answer residents’ questions.

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Elected panelists for the event will include Tom Tate, CMS district 4 board of education member; Matt El-lenwood, policy analyst with the NC Justice Center; and Roslyn Mickelson, chancellor’s professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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ross Purple, the newest culinary director at the morrison Family ymca, wants to help students find the “spice” in life.

Purple started his culinary career years ago, but took the helm of the ymca’s culinary program, which includes summer camps, after school and out-of-school programs for children, this summer.

he has worked in hotel kitchens, including the le meriden hotel in Boston, as well as Zoe’s kitchen, and teaches cooking classes at le cookery and Sur la table.

as the new chef in the kitchen, Purple wants to incorporate the community feel of the ymca, but expand the program.

The ymca offers hour-long “chefs In training” cooking classes for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, who meet once a week for seven weeks to learn and create a new recipe each week.

Participants “start from scratch” to create the recipes and perform various kitchen tasks, including chopping, measuring and more. They use locally-sourced ingredients from farmer’s markets and learn about the importance of buying local. Participants learn various skills in the fully-equipped working kitchen, Purple said, including math skills through measuring and weighing ingredients, kitchen safety, logic and reasoning, teamwork and team-building, sanitation procedures and cooking techniques, such as boiling, sautéing and griddling. Participants then have the opportunity to sample their creations.

each session has a different theme, including

“summer harvest,” which focuses on healthy eating, or “burger bonanza,” which focuses on “all things burger.” In the fall, the ymca will offer “Southern Style Favorites” and “cake Pops” as themes.

“It’s all about having fun and making people hap-py,” Purple said.

he believes the cooking classes tie well with the ymca’s role of presenting health and wellness to the community.

morrison’s culinary program also includes cooking labs for preschoolers, birthday cooking parties, fam-ily cooking workshops, cooking camps and preschool cooking clubs, but Purple wants to expand the pro-gram to include longer and more classes.

“The ymca has such a strong sense of com-munity and is a place where you can come in and leave (your) child knowing they’ll be safe and will get something fun out of it,” Purple said.

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30 Brunswick Stew fundraiser

The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford and the Masonic and Eastern Star Home will hold a community fundraiser featuring Brunswick stew at James K. Polk Masonic Lodge. Only take-out is available, and plates cost $9 per quart.

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30 Whiskey Club of Ballantyne

The Whiskey Club of Ballantyne will explore Islay and Island Malts of Scotland. Cost is $40 per person, and space is limited. Reservations are re-quired. Call 704-248-4100 or email cbrobst@the ballantynehotel.com for more information.

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30 Forever Young 1980s Halloween

The Duke Mansion will host an 1980s-themed Halloween Party with food and live music. Guests will be able to bid on trips, jewelry and other items in a silent auction, which will support the preservation of the Duke Man-sion. Dress in costume or in 1980s prom fin-

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31 Matters of Grave Importance

Take a glimpse into the past, present and fu-ture of local cemetery history with local his-torian and preservation expert, Jason Harpe, who will give visitors an intimate look at his-toric cemetery preservation, and will demon-strate live preservation techniques in the Polk Family Cemetery. He also will hold a discus-sion session, during which participants can share their individual cemetery preservation experiences or questions. Cost is $5.

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7 Jason Moon PTSD ShowSt. John Neumann Catholic Church

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8451 Idlewild Road, Charlotte

7 President James K. Polk Birthday Celebration

The James K. Polk Historic Site will cele-brate the 220th birthday of President James K. Polk. This living history event will bring back to life the Polk family of Mecklenburg County in November 1795, when James K. Polk was born into the family. Activities will include a historic cooking demonstration, children’s games and other hands-on activities. Admis-sion is free.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; James K. Polk Historic Site, 12031 Lancaster Hwy., Pineville

7 Charlotte Art Collective holiday art show

This one day, juried show will feature top local artists and their works including fine arts, pottery, jewelry making, purses, prints, photography, garden sculpture and more. More than 20 professionals are slated to par-ticipate. The event will feature a raffle to raise money for Dilworth Cares and the winner will receive an art or craft valued at $500.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Avondale Presbyterian Church, 2821 Park Road

10 Pastoral family finances discussion

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charlotte latin coach robin Griffith took the reins of the hawks girls’ golf program four years ago. The sport wasn’t cool at the time, but things change.

after enduring losing seasons her first three years at the helm, Griffith saw her team reverse its misfortune, and soar to a level of unprecedented success. The hawks won the cISaa championship for the first time since girls’ golf be-came a varsity sport at the school.

“we’ve been building for the last four years, so this is the first year we have a lot of good players,” Griffith said. “we have won big. It has been exciting. For the girls it’s really exciting.

“It’s special for the girls, because it feels like they’ve been getting beat up, trying really hard and still losing. It’s just fun to finally win matches. I think they all like each other. They have a good time off the course. They’re nice to each other.”

The program has also grown in numbers. Griffith only had five players to work with two years ago, and now she has 10 on the roster.

Seniors lena Brewer and Jennifer chappell have seen the program at its worst, and now see it at the best it has ever been.

“It’s been fun,” Brewer said. “Since freshman year we barely won any matches. This year we started winning a lot, and the feeling from it is rewarding. It’s such a time consum-ing sport. We weren’t getting that far in matches, but I just stuck with it. I definitely didn’t want to leave.”

“when my senior lena came on the team in ninth grade we had four more, two seniors,” Griffith said. “She just wanted to do it. It was a big deal that she came on and stuck with it and helped.”

Latin was led by its top six: No. 1 Moon Cheong (junior),

No. 2 Alexis Sudjianto (freshman), No. 3 Anna Sybrecht (foreign exchange student from Germany), No. 4 Brewer, No. 5 chappell and No. 6 elyssa kim (freshman).

Griffith’s top three – Cheong, Sudjianto and Sybrecht – were especially key to the hawks success this season.

“They’re intense,” Griffith said. “They love it. Their swings are perfect. They practice all the time. They work hard. hope-fully they inspire the others to work as hard as they do.

“The girls really push themselves, and I almost don’t push them. I almost have to be the opposite, let them play and stay calm.”

The defining moment of the season when the girls real-ized their potential came when charlotte latin beat Forsyth country Day 240-254 at Oak Valley Golf club monday, Sept. 21.

Brewer and Sudjianto were not expecting to win this sea-son, especially not at the level the hawks did.

“It’s really an amazing experience,” Sudjianto said. “It really helps to have faith in the team. we all know we can do it, so if we just have an off day it doesn’t mean that much to us.

“It kind of gives us confidence for the coming years that we can be a good team, we can compete against the better teams in the conference. We just have fun.”

Going into the season cheong was hoping for latin to be successful, but didn’t want to expect too much. She had good reason for her cautious optimism, especially consider-ing what she and her teammates endured her first two sea-sons.

“I think right when we won conference was kind of when I was like, ‘we have a great team this year,’” cheong said. “I knew we had a great team at the beginning of the year too. I love these girls. They’re awesome. It’s really been a great season. I can’t describe it.

“I’m really proud of this team. we’ve really come a long way since the start of this program. I think we really im-proved a lot.”

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charlotte latin School girls’ golf team soars to success

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Charlotte Latin’s success centered around its top 6 players (bottom, from left) Jennifer Chappell, Lena Brewer, Moon Cheong (top, from left) Elyssa Kim, Alexis Sudjianto and Anna Sybrecht.

Boys Athlete of the Week:

Xander Gagnon, Charlotte CatholicCharlotte Catholic senior outside linebacker

Xander Gagnon returned a fumble 23 yards for a touchdown and interception 27 yards for a

touchdown in the Cougars 38-14 win over West Meck Friday, Oct. 23.

Q: How exciting is it for you as a de-fensive player to score touchdowns?A: It’s very exciting. It’s pretty incredible to be

with my teammates and do something like that.

Q: How big of a momentum boost did those plays give your team?

A: It’s huge. Our defense, we have a pretty good defense this year, and plays like that we try to work harder. It’s huge momentum in the game for sure.

Q: What have you enjoyed most about playing at Charlotte Catholic,

especially this season?A: Playing with the kids I have been with the last four years and winning each week has

definitely been an exciting part.

Q: When did you start playing football?

A: I started in Cincinnati when I was in first grade. We played tackle football. It’s been a

long time. I think it’s my 12th year.

Q: What do you like to do outside of football?

A: I play varsity basketball. I have a big family, so I’m a pretty big family guy. I’m one of five

kids. I’m in the middle. I have an older brother and sister and two younger brothers.

Q: What’s something unique about yourself?

A: I think it’s pretty unique how my freshman year I didn’t see a down. I was a third string

safety. I guess after basketball season they saw how athletic I was, and then I was playing on

varsity with North Carolina running back Elijah Hood my sophomore year.

girls Athlete of the Week:

Claire Strickler, ProvidenceProvidence senior cross-country runner

Claire Strickler won the So. Meck 8 Confer-ence Championship meet Thursday, Oct. 22 at McAlpine Greenway Park, finishing in 19

minutes and 35 seconds.

Charlotte Catholic at Ardrey KellIndependence at Rocky River

Myers Park at GaringerPorter Ridge at East MeckSouth Meck at Providence

Providence Day at Charlotte ChristianCountry Day at Charlotte Latin

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Charlotte CatholicIndependence

Myers ParkPorter RidgeSouth Meck

Charlotte ChristianCharlotte Latin

Last week: 8-1

Overall: 79-15


Myers ParkPorter RidgeProvidence

Charlotte ChristianCharlotte Latin

Maurice Stanfield

Last week: 7-2

Overall: 72-22


Myers ParkEast Meck

South MeckCharlotte Christian

Charlotte Latin

Ben Doster

Last week: 9-0

Overall: 79-15

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Providence Day girls’ golf team captures NCISAA state title

Providence Day’s girls’ golf team beat Char-lotte Latin in a three-hole playoff to win the NCISAA 3A state championship at the Country Club of Salisbury Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Senior Roshnee Sharma, who was named to the all-state team, shot a 148 in the state championship on her way to be the tourna-ment medalist. Fellow Charger, Rhea Bhagia, also made the all-state team.

Charlotte Latin’s Moon Cheong, who was runner-up to Sharma with a score of 154 at the tournament, and Alexis Sudjianto, who shot a 167, also were named to the all-state team.

Providence takes So. Meck 8 cross-country conference title

Providence boys’ cross-country team con-tinued its stranglehold on the So. Meck 8 when it won the conference championship meet at McAlpine Greenway Park Thursday, Oct. 22.

The Panthers had five runners finish in the top 10 out of 41 participants in the race. Sophomore Andrew Kiss was runner-up (16 minutes and 26 seconds), senior Tanner Sut-ter (16:30) finished third, junior Hayden Blal-ock (16:35) came in fourth, senior Logan Sut-ter (16:48) placed sixth, and sophomore Elliott Schultz (17:10) took eighth.

Senior winner Claire Strickler and runner-up Kayla Glova (20:00) led Providence’s girls’

cross-country team to victory in the So. Meck 8 Conference Championship the same day.

Country Day girls’ tennis pre-pares for NCISAA state match

Charlotte Country Day’s girls’ tennis team completed its regular season with a perfect 17-0 record to earn a first round bye in the NCISAA 3A state playoffs, but the Buccaneers aren’t dwelling on their accomplishments.

Bucs Coach Calvin Davis said it’s a new season now.

“You really have to keep playing,” Davis said. “It’s starting all over again. You got to make sure you are putting your best foot for-ward, mentally ready to play, and obviously physically capable. Right now we seem pretty healthy. Everybody’s playing, so we’re look-ing forward to playing the remainder of the matches this week.”

Country Day, which hasn’t played since it beat Latin, 6-3, Oct. 20, was supposed to play its quarterfinals match with Ravenscroft Tues-day, Oct. 27, but inclement weather pushed it to Thursday, Oct. 29.

“Our practices have been light, so we haven’t pushed too hard,” Davis said. “I think this team is mentally ready to play, so I’m excited.”

If the Buccaneers defeat the Ravens they

will advance to the semifinals, which will be played at Providence Day Friday, Oct. 30. Providence Day also will host the champion-ship round Saturday, Oct. 31.

Country Day has a strong top six, includ-ing seniors, No. 1 Avery Hunter, No. 3 Ishana Nigam and No. 4 Kylie Maher, but Davis is quick to say not one player stands above the rest. However, the Bucs have been successful collectively as a group.

“I think the entire team has stepped up,” Da-vis said. “I think they’re bonding as a unit. They know it’s going to take everyone out there to get it done. It’s been truly a team effort.

“Everybody has got to do their part, and they understand that,” Davis said. “I think it brings a level of maturity into the second sea-son as I would call it.”

The Buccaneers don’t feel the pressure of maintaining its undefeated record. Davis said they don’t talk about it. He added the goal is not to be 17-0, but to win a state championship.

Davis believes the talent on this team is so deep that it can win regardless of who plays at any position.

“It doesn’t matter where it comes from as long as it comes,” Davis said. “This is a team that seems to be very calm, very poised.”

South Meck soccer finishes regular season undefeated

South Meck’s boys’ soccer team hung on to tie Ardrey Kell, 0-0, Wednesday, Oct. 28 to win the So. Meck 8 Conference championship and finish the regular season 17-0-2 (13-0-1 So. Meck 8).

The Sabres will likely get the top seed in the western regional of the NCHSAA 4A state playoffs.

Senior forward/midfielder Marco Garcia has been a force all season, pressuring oppos-

ing defenses with his attacking style. He has scored 35 goals, and dished out 16 assists.

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Q: What does it mean for you to win the conference championship?

A: It means a lot to me, because my fresh-man year conference was my first varsity

race, so to be able to win it as a senior makes me feel like my running career has really

come full circle.

Q: When did you start running competitively?

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Q: Is it special to see that hard work pay off over four years?

A: It’s been really nice. I’ve been able to improve each season, and see all of my hard

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Q: What do you like most about running cross-country?

A: I like how there’s a big team aspect to it along with the individual, so if I don’t have

the best race the team can still have a good race together and celebrate.

Q: What do you do outside of running?

A: I’m a part of Key Club and French Club at my school. I like to go out with my friends. I like to

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4 Sign in a radio studio

9 Massage

12 Like most Jordanians

14 Klum of “Project Runway”

15 Lawyer’s assignment

16 Hockey team that plays at Staples Center

19 “Same here!”

20 Chocolate wafer bar in a red wrapper

21 Super Bowl advertiser with Clydesdale horses

25 Don

28 ___ Solo of “Star Wars”

29 Lab glasses

33 Pale-faced

34 What someone’s best at

36 Online tech review site

37 ABC a.m. show, for short

38 Luxury watch brand

39 What a fawn might grow into

40 Food in a feedbag

42 “Don Giovanni” or “Don Pasquale”

43 Spanish miss: Abbr.

44 Golf shots off tees

46 Hip guy

48 Donkeys

49 Lana Del ___, singer with the 2014 #1 album “Ultraviolence”

52 Gets ready to strike, as a snake

53 Busy company around Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day

56 “S” on the dinner table

57 Hersey’s “A Bell for ___”

58 Memorandum60 1986 Nobel

Peace Prize winner Wiesel

61 Betray, as a naughty sibling

62 Frequent Arctic forecast

63 Suffix with Vietnam

64 Royal topper … or part of the logos of 16-, 21-, 38- and 53-Across

65 Lens of a camera, essentially

DOWN 1 Niger’s western

neighbor 2 Yankee slugger

with the most M.L.B. career grand slams, informally

3 El ___, Tex. 4 “Good heavens!” 5 Word before a

maiden name 6 Have a bug 7 Suffix with cyan- 8 Insurers assume

them 9 Captain or major10 Org. whose

website has many links?

11 Cream of the crop13 Dugout figure15 ___ acid (part

of lemons and oranges)

17 Follower of “a” or “the,” often

18 Ukraine’s capital22 “Big ___” (“Who

cares?”)

23 Three-time Grammy winner Steve

24 Encrypt?

25 Where Buddhists worship

26 Fed. fugitive hunters

27 “NOT true!”

30 Google smartphone released in 2014

31 “War and Peace” author

32 Thieves34 Bushy dos,

informally35 SAT, e.g.41 Gracefully thin43 Looks down on45 Course for many

immigrants, for short

47 ___ Victrola49 Control tower

device50 Muse for Lord

Byron

51 “Get what I mean?,” informally

54 “WTF With ___ Maron” (popular podcast)

55 Hartford’s state: Abbr.

56 “Get what I mean?”

59 Woolly mama

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4 The year 902 8 Org. with pet

causes13 Clue on

“Jeopardy!”: Abbr.14 The “A” in

25-Across: Abbr.15 “Catch-22” or

“Don Quixote”16 It’s mostly

methane18 Concert sites19 Place to erect a

tent21 Kind of tent22 Sauce brand23 Soup kitchen

offering25 Org. whose

members may be putting on a show?

27 Fresh30 Sufficient for now,

as a measure32 Turbaned

believer36 Immense

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39 Qualified to serve

40 Not straight

42 Angers

43 Knoxville sch.

45 Runner’s feeling

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47 BBC car series listed by Guinness as the most widely watched factual TV program in the world

49 Class followed by a shower

51 Non-sharer

52 Places offering facials

54 Marshal played in film by Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner

58 ___ good deed

60 Somewhat family-friendly … or a title for this puzzle, as suggested by the completed grid?

64 Boxer’s stat

66 Cosmetic applied with a small brush

67 Concert sites68 Gaelic tongue69 Frost, essentially70 ___ score

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1978 Nobel Peace Prize winner

3 2005 biography subtitled “The Making of a Terrorist”

4 Noisy toy 5 Roman Cath.

title 6 Golfer Aoki 7 All together 8 Swiss river to the

Rhine 9 Bit of a climb10 Figure on a

soldier’s poster in W.W. II

11 Casino activities with dice

12 D.D.E. opponent15 See 2-Down17 Car sticker fig.20 Individual

retirement account, say

24 Cut (off)26 Strike ___

(model)28 Bond girl Green

29 Cloth for cleaning

31 ___-dieu (kneeling bench)

32 6:00 on a compass

33 Past the point of no return

34 Carry on

35 Chill (with)

37 Hit the slopes

41 “___ me?”

44 Bygone video game inits.

48 Engagement calendar listings: Abbr.

50 Goes from two lanes to one

53 Fifth-century pope known as “the Great”

55 The Falcons, on scoreboards

56 Maintain, as an engine part

57 Joe of “Once Upon a Time in America”

59 Contents of el océano

61 “Java” trumpeter Al

62 ___ facto

63 Tiny amount of time: Abbr.

64 Big coal-mining state: Abbr.

65 Woody Allen’s “Hannah and ___ Sisters”

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