The Town's "public mail access" system is down and not accessible to computer users for a period of time. The public mail is an internal communications system for town officials that is open to citizens.

The Cornelius Police Department reports these arrests, citations and accidents July 19-26.

The women of NorthCross Church invite you to come and sew with them 6:30 p.m. Thurs., Aug. 5. They are making dresses for young girls in Haiti to be shipped by Hancock Fabrics to Double Harvest, a ministry in Croix des Bouquets.  Anyone is invited to help by bringing sewing machines, cotton fabric, simple children’s dress patterns, notions, trims and buttons. Please RSVP to Lynn Whitehill. NorthCross church is located at 11020 Bailey Rd. Ste. H, Cornelius.

Arrests, citations and accidents July 15-18, 2010, as reported by the Cornelius Police Department.

July 17: Hunter Construction and Rea Paving will begin working on the asphalt paving and road widening associated with Robbins Park along West Catawba Ave this weekend. The widening will encompass the area between Kings Point Drive and Bluff Point. The road will be one lane with flagmen directing traffic. Crews will be working during the day Saturday and Sunday. They will also begin doing night work next week. This project is expected to take 60-90 days to complete and will require numerous times of traffic control in order to install the curb and gutter, and roughly 700 tons of asphalt. Crews have been instructed to attempt to minimize back ups and allow quick responses for emergency traffic.

A farmer's market will be held 5-8 p.m. every Friday through October at the gazebo in Jetton Village. There will be produce stands, baked goods with jams and honey, jewelry, herbs and plants, flower bouquets, organic beef, cheeses and seafood.

The Cornelius Youth Orchestras (CYO) are holding three informational open houses and auditions this summer.  Open houses will be held 6:30-8 p.m. July 20, July 27 and Aug. 10 at Cornelius Town Hall, 21445 W. Catawba Ave. Reservations are requested; please contact Nanette Haraden 704-576-7270.

There's some great dogs and cats to be had! Click on full story for the Cornelius Animal Shelter Inventory

Davidson alumni, parents and friends have demonstrated their belief in the importance of the college and its mission through record contributions to the college’s Annual Fund.

In closing the books recently on the 2009-10 fiscal year, Davidson fundraisers announced Annual Fund contributions of $10.776 million. Despite the gloomy national economy, that substantially surpassed the goal of $9.25 million, and set a new record for total gifts to the Annual Fund.

Moreover, a record 10,055 of Davidson’s 16,497 active alumni were donors, giving Davidson a 61 percent participation rate — the highest of any college or university in the nation this year. It also marks the eighth year in a row of contributions by 60 or more percent of alumni. 

Austin Felker was recently recognized as a member of the Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership and Honors Organization at UNC Chapel Hill. Felker will begin his sophomore year at UNC Chapel Hill in August.  He is the son of Eric and Sandra Felker of Cornelius.

JOANNE AHERN Seniors Columnist

Sleep, like exercise and nutrition, is essential for good health and general well being. We always intend to get the job done, but more often than not, we just can’t get a good night’s sleep.

Oh, we use excuses like “now that I’m older, I don’t need as much sleep.” Or:

“I snore a lot but I don’t think that’s a problem.”

“I’ll catch up on my lost sleep by sleeping longer tomorrow.”

“My obesity, hypertension, diabetes and depression have nothing to do with my poor sleep quality.”

“I sleep during the day so it’s OK that I don’t sleep well at night.”

Check out these activities at the North Mecklenburg Senior Center on West Catawba Avenue.