Tillis
May 2 is Red, White & Bundled shower at Town Hall
Feb. 16. The Susan M. Tillis Foundation will hold the Red White and Bundled baby shower from 6 pm to 730 pm May 2 at Cornelius Town Hall. The showers held every year result in baby items worth tens of thousands of dollars for soldiers at Fort Liberty. Background The foundation grew out of a […]
Newsmakers Breakfast Oct. 12 with US Sen. Thom Tillis
Sept. 25. US Sen. Thom Tillis will be the featured speaker at the Newsmakers Breakfast Q&A at The Peninsula Club on Oct. 12. Tillis began began a second career in politics after he was elected to the Cornelius Town Board in 2003. Following a two-year term as town commissioner, he ran for the NC General […]
Tillis offers a legislative outlook, more at LKN Chamber event
Feb. 1. By TL Bernthal. US Sen. Thom Tillis warmed up the audience for the Lake Norman Chamber’s Focus Friday by saying he never talks longer than 10 minutes in introductory remarks. Tillis likes to keep speeches to 700 words, following the example of President Abraham Lincoln in his second inaugural address. With that as […]
Sen. Tillis will undergo surgery for prostate cancer
March 29. US Sen. Thom Tillis, the former Cornelius town commissioner who won reelection to the US Senate last fall, will undergo surgery for prostate cancer next week. “Next week, I will have surgery in North Carolina to treat prostate cancer,” he said. “I am in the hands of outstanding medical professionals and expect to […]
Sen. Tillis presents flag in honor of veteran
Feb. 6. Sen. Thom Tillis recently presented Chris Ashworth, a Cornelius resident, with a flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol in honor of the late Vernie E. Ashworth, Chris’ father. Vernie, who passed away at the age of 93 in November. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and Korea. […]
