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Mayor Jeff Tarte will officially launch his campaign for NC Senate District 41 10 am Feb. 15 am in front of the Veterans Monument at Rotary Plaza, adjacent to Town Hall. |
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| Members of the Lake Norman YMCA Y-Angels gymnastics team competed in Asheville at the "Miles Avery Autism Awareness Classic." Level 7 team members won second place as a team. Pictured are, left to right, Cassie Shue, 11; Emma Yeakley, 12; and Nicole Yeakley, 12. Their coach is Michelle Ingham. |
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Arrests, citations and accidents Jan. 23-29, 2012 reported by the Cornelius Police Department. |
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Feb. 3 - Cougar Paw Program: Energized Guys-The Blue Flame in the gym, 9 a.m. grades K-2, 9:40 a.m. grades 3-5
Feb. 4 - Father-Daughter Dance, 6-8 p.m., cafeteria
Feb. 7 - Cyberkids Robotics Teams in cafeteria, 5:30 p.m.
Week of Feb. 13 - School Spirit Week
Feb. 28 - PTO Cornelius Elementary Chick-fil-A Family Night, 5-9 p.m.
March 1 - PTO meeting with 2nd and 3rd grades' spring performance |
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Jan. 25 Karen Bentley, District 1 rep on the County Board, will run again.
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Jan. 24 John Bradford, the owner of Park Avenue Properties in Cornelius, has been named business person of the year by the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce.
Bradford, who is also a member of the town board in Cornelius, received the award at the chamber’s annual dinner last week. Matthew Hayes, principal at North Mecklenburg High School, received the Duke Energy Citizenship and Service Award , while David F. Peete, the principal planner for Huntersville, was named volunteer of the Year. |
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Cornelius Police have arrested Vigi Marcus Stinson and charged him with assault to inflict serious bodily injury after a particularly violent domestic dispute at the Cornelius Garden Apartments at 19516 Smith Circle. The suspect is currently at the Mecklenburg County Jail and being held on a $75,000 bond. Both the suspect and the victim were transported to the hospital for injuries. |
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Arrests, citations and accidents Jan. 17-22,2012, reported by the Cornelius Police Department. |
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| McNEILIS |
Storage is no longer limited to closets and steel filing cabinets. Designers have teamed up to invent creative storage solutions that look great while remaining functional.
Storage ottomans, for example, come in all sorts of sizes, shapes, and colors. A large ottoman can replace the traditional cocktail table for you to kick up your feet |
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JOANNE AHERN
Seniors Columnist |
Joanne shares with us that Joy isn’t it a feeling that is dependent on your circumstances, but something that we can stand and depend on. |
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When the 911 emergency service went into effect, a dirt road off of Coachmans Trace near the eastern end of Washam Potts Road, needed an official designation. It was given the name of three generations of a family who lived at the very end of the dead-end lane where they farmed about 20 acres.
John Hawks Road was named in honor of John William Hawks, his son John Wesley Hawks and grandson John Wilson Hawks, who eventually sold the homestead to Buster and Mandy Knox and Sonny and Bobby Mayhew. The Knox family renovated the Hawks house and lived there until the Coachmans Trace subdivision was developed. Then the house was moved about a mile north onto Washam Potts Road.
“I remember as a child there was only one house on the road. It was owned by the Dave Johnson family,” says Jean Hawks Winkler, a daughter of John Wilson Hawks.
“The road was dirt and if it rained we would have large mud puddles where my daddy's car would get stuck and have to be pushed out.”
Jean Hawks Winkler, who lives in Mooresville, gave this account of the family's history:
John William Hawks (her great-grandfather) moved from West Virginia with his two sons John Wesley Hawks (her grandfather) and George Hawks and daughter Cora Hawks in the later part of the 1800s. John William Hawks bought about 20 acres at the end of what is now John Hawks Road. The house was given to John Wesley Hawks when he married Mary Lou Margaret Kerley and they raised four children: John Wilson, Annie Louise, Mattie and Merrill Hawks. After the death of his first wife, John Wesley Hawks married Carrie Sloan, who had two children by a previous marriage — Mary Frances Sloan and Robert Jackson Sloan.
John William and John Wesley came to Cornelius for work. They both worked at the mill which located behind what is now the Cornelius Police station. John Wesley also worked a second job at the farmers company. His brother George worked in the office and John Wesley helped operate the company.
John Wesley did some farming. His son, John Wilson, married Mary Frances Sloan, his step-sister. And they raised seven children: daughters Kay, Nancy, Jean, Jackie, Sue, Dale and son Paul Hawks. John Wilson (my father) did farming. He raised cotton, corn and raised a large garden each year where he sold watermelons and cantaloupes and other produce at the farmers company.
When the house was built by John William and John Wesley, it was a two-bedroom house. After John Wilson and Mary Sloan married, they lived in the house with John Wesley. As children were born, the house was enlarged to fit the family. |
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N.C. Speaker of the House Thom Tillis will be the keynote speaker at the North Mecklenburg Republican Women’s dinner meeting Feb. 13 at NorthStone Club in Huntersville. Men and women are invited. Tillis will give an update on legislation impacting North Carolinians including Voter I.D., redistricting, the Racial Justice Act, the Defense of Marriage Amendment. Info, reservations: nomeckrw@gmail.com. The cost of admission is $20 cash or check, payable at the door. Registration begins at 6 p.m.; buffet, 6:30. |
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The Hough High School “Ping Pong Ball” Feb. 11 will benefit Special Olympics of Mecklenburg County. The ping pong tournament will be played under neon black lights in the gym. Coinciding with the tournament will be a "Through the Eras" dance with music ranging from 1970s disco to recent hits. The event is open to all area high school students, faculty and parents as well as all Special Olympics NC athletes and family in the area. Dance admission is $5. Refreshments will be available for purchase and event T-shirts will be sold for $12. A few slots remain for those interested in competing in the ping pong tournament. More info: Johnny Piedmonte at 704-287-2750. All proceeds of the event will benefit Special Olympics Mecklenburg County. |
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On March 22 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., the Community Arts Project hosts its fifth annual Taste of Art fundraising party and art auction at The Fresh Market, 20623 Torrence Chapel Road. A silent auction and raffle will include art and other interesting items. Hors d'oeuvres and wine tastings provided. T ickets are $30 each; call 704-896-8823. Details:
www.thecommunityartsproject.org
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On March 3 from 9 a.m. to noon, the Community Arts Project and PARC offer a free lineup of summer art camps for children ages 4-12, with more than 40 different themes. Kids ages 10-16 can choose from art and ceramic themes. Registration for summer camps will be available; discounts offered. Details: www.corneliuspr.org
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The Lake Norman Chamber is teaming up with area businesses to fund and build a new home for a deserving family in Cornelius. Help celebrate with the sponsors 8 am, Feb. 21 at Our Towns Habitat, 20310 N. Main St., Cornelius. More info: tcox@ourtownshabitat.org |
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Registering is easy: Just login — creating a username and password to access this month's New Corporation filings. |
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Login to access residential transactions through Jan. 6 in Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville recorded by the Mecklenburg Register of Deeds. |
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| MICHALSKI |
Noell Michalski likes to cook to relax.
Michalski is the owner of Burgundy Moon Spa & Winehouse in Jetton Village, and recently expanded to a larger building and added an Art of Living Fitness (Mind/Body) & Boutique Craft Studio.
Among her passions is tasting and learning about wines from around the world. She is planning a trip to Italy later this year to help in her exploration of the Italian wine market. |
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| JENNINGS |
The Lake Norman Lucky Cats program is a 501(c)3 non-profit that was started out of necessity. Back in the 1990s Lucky Cats founder Abigail Jennings became aware of a colony of 19 feral cats in the woods behind the then-new Lake Norman Realty building on West Catawba Avenue. |
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Full PDF versions of Cornelius Today are available to be read online...
Current issue available now, archived issues coming soon
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