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GOP considers closing its primaryState Republican leaders met Saturday to decide whether independents may voteBY JASON [email protected]

MONROEUnaffiliated voters can

still vote for Union Coun-ty’s Board of Commis-sioners.

At about 3 p.m. Satur-day, however, that right was not so secure.

N.C. Republican Party leaders got together in Raleigh Saturday to pos-

sibly restrict the Republi-can primary only to those voters registered as Re-publican.

In North Carolina, an unaffiliated voter may vote in either party’s primary, but not both. Republicans have invited unaffiliated voters since 1988. Democrats have al-lowed unaffiliated voters since 1996.

N.C. Sen. Eddie Good-

all, R-Union, drove to Ra-leigh to keep the unaffili-ated voters in.

“We tried to point out that a lot of unaffiliated voters are more conser-vative than Republicans,” he said. “I would contend that there are a major-ity of unaffiliated voters who are conservative, especially on economic issues.”

Goodall said the mo-

tion was defeated “about three or four to one.”

Local officials resound-ingly denounced the idea as a poor one. Every com-missioner reached — Parker Mills has been out of town — said unaffiliat-eds should get a vote.

“The mainstream, the majority of people, have bits of this party and bits of that party and bits of no party,” Commissioner

Kim Rogers said.“They are not lean-

ing toward a party, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be allowed to vote for individuals,” Commissioner Allan Baucom said.

“Just let people vote, is my thing,” Commissioner Tracy Kuehler said.

Union County would be greatly affected by a rule that excludes primary

voters because of how Re-publican the local govern-ment is.

In the 2008 commission-er election, no Democrats ran for a seat. That meant that when then-candi-dates Kueher and Rogers were elected out of the primary, they were the de facto commissioners be-cause there was nobody

Flood rates drop in HembyFederal plan helps homes in flood plainBY TiffANY [email protected]

MONROEHemby Bridge residents

living in a flood zone will have lower flood fees add-ed to their mortgages.

The town was accepted into the National Flood In-surance Program, or NFIP, Nov. 9 after more than a year of working with the state for approval.

Union County land use administrator Lee Jensen said there are 11 struc-tures — both commercial and residential — in the town’s flood zone, most of them at the intersection of Indian Trail-Fairview and Idlewild roads.

To get the federal insur-ance, town clerk Cheryl Bennett said, the town has to participate in the national program of-fered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“I was real thrilled,” Mayor Jim Simpson said.

Simpson does not live in a floodplain, but said the program will save residents money. A few have publicly supported the program at the town’s monthly meetings.

Some residents use pri-vate flood insurance com-panies, tacking on high fees to their mortgage pay-ments.

Feasting like the chefs

first layer:• 1 1/2 cups plain flour• 1 stick melted margarine• 3/4 cup chopped pecansMix and crumble into 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake 15 minutes at 375 degrees.Second layer:• 8 ounces cream cheese• 1 cup powdered sugar• 1 1/2 cups Cool-WhipMix well and spread on top

of the first layer.Third layer:• 1 pkg. instant chocolate pudding• 1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding• 3 cups milkMix together well and put on top of second layer. Top with Cool-Whip and garnish with 1/2 cup nuts.

— Cindy Karas

BY Jim [email protected]

INDIAN TRAILCindy Karas’ custom-

ers at TrailsEnd Family Restaurant in Indian Trail love her Chocolate De-light.

But its biggest fan might be the restaurant’s co-owner — her husband, Nick Karas.

“When I first met my husband years ago, I made it for him,” Karas said. “He loved it so much, I joke that’s why he married me.”

Whether he did or not, he found out what the rest of her family had known for a long time.

“My mom (Sherry Belk) made it for years when I was young,” she said. “I sort of took it over.”

Her regular custom-ers also know that Tues-day is the day to get it at TrailsEnd.

Karas believes the reci-pe her mother used origi-nally came from an old New Hope United Method-ist Church cookbook, but she isn’t sure.

“Customers ask for the recipe,” she said. “I tell them it’s not my recipe.”

She said lots of people make the same dish or variations, and it is known by other names as well.

Karas shared the one she uses with The Enquir-er-Journal.

— Jim Muldrow can be reached at 704-261-2252.

Trail’s End owners share a classic

Staff photo by Rick Crider

Cindy and Nick Karas, the owners of Trail’s End Restaurant, fell in love over Cindy’s version of Chocolate Delight, which is now a staple of holiday parties, family gatherings, and the restaurant’s Tuesday menu. For more holiday recipes from local chefs, see page 7A.

Chocolate Delight

Stuffing the birdJASON [email protected]

INDIAN TRAILJohn Kangaras, owner

of Johnny K’s in Indian Trail, said his recipe was passed to him years ago

and he uses it every year. Kangaras said the recipe is not elaborate, but “it tastes good and every-body’s happy. Sometimes you can do the simple things, and if everyone likes it, why change?”

• Chop two trays (22x14 each) of cornbread• Mix in a big bowl with salt, parsley, oregano, garlic and sage. Kangaras said he doesn’t measure exact amounts, but you “have to use common sense. ... If you are using salt, don’t make the top of it look white.”• Add 5 or 6 eggs• Add 1 coffee cup of salad oil• Add juice from a boiled chicken• Mix, cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes• Take aluminum foil off and bake until the top is crusty

— John Kangaras

Community meal outgrows space

BY TiffANY [email protected]

MONROEDeb Stein is used to load-

ing her car with groceries, but on Wednesday, the 2006 Pontiac Vibe was packed to

the dome light with 41 frozen turkeys.

Stein’s family has volun-teered with the Lord of the Harvest Thanksgiving Com-munity Dinner since it be-gan 15 years ago. The men in her church, Midway Baptist, cooked 18 turkeys last year and want to double it this time. The goal is to cook 36 turkeys by Thursday.

Restoration House and Operation Reach Out part-

ner every year to feed local families a free Thanksgiving meal. The event has tradi-tionally been held at Wendy’s in Monroe, but will move to the Union County Shrine Club this year.

Wendy’s was a wonderful venue, Stein said, but the Shrine Club has a larger kitchen and more space for people to sit.

Shrine Club will host ‘Lord of the Harvest’ feast

Frank Marino carries trays of food through the Wendy’s Restaurant kitchen during the 2008 Lord of the Harvest meal.Contributed photo See feAST / 9A

See HemBY / 9A

Johnny K’s Stuffing

See PRimARY / 9A

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“I’m grateful for my job, my family, and a great commu-nity that we live in, the Union County commu-nity. There’s so

much support in the community right now. People are willing to step up to the plate and get the word out about the Census. ... In Union County there’s such an outpouring of cooperation.”

Susan Suarez Webster, partnership specialist, U.S.

Census Bureau

“First and foremost, I’m thankful for the health of my family and the peace that we live in. And I’m thankful for the

men and women that serve in the armed forces and the sacri-fices they make for my family’s freedom and the freedom of our country.”

Reed Esarove, Stallings councilman-elect

“I am thankful for my children, grandchildren and husband. And friends, but my family first and foremost. I’m thankful

that I have a new career at my age, I love being healthy, and I’m glad that God has afforded me the ability to take on a new career late in life. I love my real estate career, I think I found my calling.

Lucy Drake, former Stallings mayor

“I’m thankful for my family and health and having a good career. I’m thankful for a great marriage. We had trouble get-ting a house, so we’re thankful for getting our house. We moved in July 2008. We’re thankful to have a house to live in.”

Marleen Traywick, President of Lake Park

Homeowners Association “I’m thankful to be living in a country where we have the freedoms that we have. I’m thankful for life, health and

strength.”John Crowder,

Union County Board of Education member

“I’m thankful for my family and friends. I’m also thankful for the Godly principles upon which our nation is built on. I’m thankful for a caring community that responds to people in crisis. The most important thing is my relationship with Jesus Christ. I’m thankful for all the blessings that God has bestowed upon me. ”

Gloria Barrino, executive director of

Crisis Assistance Ministry

“First and foremost, I’m thankful for the generosity of people giving donations. The volunteers are awesome for

giving of their time and selves. I’m also thankful for my family for helping with the start up of

the store.” Judi Abbott, manager of

Second Chance Boutique by Turning Point

“I’m thankful for my health. Due to the economy, I’m thankful for the business we’ve had and the supporting

customers. Here, there’s been a lot of businesses that have closed down. That was my good luck this year, that we’re still successful here.”

Maria Karas, owner of TrailsEnd in Indian Trail

“With the economy like it is, you’re thankful you still have a job.”

Margaret Pressley, Matthews resident

“I’m thankful we don’t have President Bush anymore. But the one we got might be just as bad, who knows?”

Eddie Suggs, Matthews resident

“I’m thankful we got our 17-year-old daughter through 12 years of the same school suc-cessfully at Lake Park and she will be graduating with honors. Also for my mother-in-law and brother, who have been so sup-portive in so many ways during these economic hard times over the last few years.”

Rick Crider, photographer

“I’m thankful for my family and friends. I’m thankful to have a job. ... And I’m thankful to have just celebrated my one-year an-niversary with my husband.”Jamie Beaver, bartender at

Shooter’s Corner Grill

Word on the Street: What are you thankful for?

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County may expand sewer

BY JASON [email protected]

MONROECounty commissioners

took a step toward miti-gating the county’s sewer capacity shortage.

The Union County Board of Commission-ers authorized the Public Works Department to con-tract with environmental engineering company Ha-zen and Sawyer to expand capacity at the Twelve Mile Creek wastewater treatment facility.

The Public Works De-partment has outlined six possible solutions and will work with Hazen and Sawyer to narrow that

down for the board to choose from.

Public Works Director Ed Goscicki said the N.C. Division of Water Quality has had the Twelve Mile Creek plant “on notice” for a year and a half and that it would reach its ca-pacity sometime between 2015 and 2020.

The plant is permitted to treat up to 6 million gal-lons of raw wastewater per day and does slightly over half that on average.

More problematic than just the capacity, however, is poor water quality.

According to a county report, “any additional permitted discharge into Twelve Mile Creek is un-likely” because of low oxygen levels.

The options from Pub-lic Works include to get additional capacity from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities at the McAlpine

facility, partner with Lan-caster County, S.C., pipe to the Catawba River, de-velop a reuse system that would allow discharge on land or prove to the Divi-sion of Water Quality that the water discharged into the creek from the treat-ment facility actually has more oxygen than water upstream does.

The final option, which Goscicki said was the cheapest, could be pos-sible because Goscicki said the treatment facility does discharge water with higher oxygen levels.

That being the case, the state might permit for more discharge because it would actually be im-proving the water quality, at least as determined by oxygen levels.

Commissioner Tracy Kuehler said she did not like the option because she was concerned about

the impact it would have on flooding. She pointed to the effect last week’s rainfall had on her prop-erty, which borders Twelve Mile Creek, and did not want to add any more water to it.

Goscicki said that was not even considered be-cause water levels from a storm far exceed those from a treatment facility and any addition from the plant would be “insignifi-cant.”

He did not have exact data, but estimated that a heavy storm could pump as much as 100 million gallons through the creek in one day.

“It’s just not in that order of magnitude,” he told commissioners.

The contract with Ha-zen and Sawyer will cost $131,690.

A final report is expect-ed in April.

In memoriam


Hattie Reed, of Wingate, a receptionist for Cri-sis Assistance Ministry of Union County, holds a lighted memorial candle as the names of the local deceased homeless are read aloud at a memorial service on Thursday. Local volunteers, aid work-ers and homeless and formerly homeless people remembered Jimmy Allen, Benny Blackburn, George Faulkner, Freddie Green, Avis Houston, Bobby Perry, Shirley Stewart and Jeremiah Williams with a candlelighting.

Engineers will offer plans to relieve basin

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United Way donations drop by half

BY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROEUnited Way’s fall fun-

drasing campaign is com-ing up short.

Since its campaign kickoff Aug. 29, the or-ganization has received around $750,000, about half of what it had raised at this time last year.

“We’re going to have to have some people step up in a major way,” United Way Regional Vice Presi-dent Richard Heins said.

The campaign usually ends around mid-Novem-ber, but Heins said that the United Way is extend-ing that deadline “until

we raise as much as we can.”

Last year brought in $1.4 million.

United Way served more than 50,000 people, or nearly one-fourth of Union County’s popula-tion last year.

United Way’s lients and agencies could be in dan-ger if United Way’s cam-paign doesn’t pick up.

With 18 agencies, the nonprofit organization has dozens of programs for domestic violence victims and addicts, as well as the unemployed, elderly, disabled, ill and illiterate. It reaches chil-dren, the homeless and fire victims.

All of that aid is funded through a fall fundraising campaign.

Despite tight budgets, he said, most people still have “a financial means to contribute something. We all waste money in some form or fashion.”

Money spent at vend-ing machines or on dollar menus could go to a neigh-

bor in need, he added. He said this is the most

challenging year since he started work at United Way in 1988.

Heins attributes the shortfall to local business cutbacks and said busi-nesses not yet unaffiliated with United Way could of-fer a big boost.

For businesses that reg-ularly give to United Way, he said, reductions in staff can mean more job

responsibilities for those left, leaving less time for campaigning. Reduced hours can mean less in-come and less money to donate.

United Way relationship manager Rachelle Souk said it is usually only one industry or one part of the country impacted by dips in the economy, but this year, “it’s across the board.”

Heins encourages com-

panies that do not yet hold United Way cam-paigns to do so. Employ-ees should at least have an opportunity not just to give, he said, but to learn about the organization’s services if they are ever in need.

Every dollar helps “make sure the agencies are around to provide these services,” Heins said, such as medical treatment or paying rent.

Some businesses have raised more this year with fewer staff mem-bers, he added, and some have agreed to match em-ployees’ donations dollar for dollar.

Heins also reminds residents that Leon and Sandra Levine made a $1 million matching pledge to United Way of Central Carolinas. Leon Levine, who founded the Fam-ily Dollar chain of stores, said in September that the foundation would match every dollar, up to $1 million, raised above last year’s campaign total of $21.7 million. United Way wants to make sure that offer isn’t “left on the table,” Heins said.

Campaign money goes to the Community Care Fund to be dispersed among 97 agencies in the region. Union County is generally allotted slightly more funds than it raises, because a large portion of Union County residents contribute through their Charlotte employers.

WHAT A DONATION CAN BUY$5 provides one week of after-school snacks for a homeless child$25 provides a backpack and back-to-school supplies for one poor student$45 provides a one-month supply of prescription medication for an unemployed person$50 sends a homeless child to the dentist$104 provides meals for a homebound senior for a month$185 provides a home repair for an elderly or disabled person$191 pays a utility bill for an unemployed person facing disconnected utilities$275 provides an unemployed person with 30 hours of job training$380 allows a poor girl to participate in Girl Scouts for one year$520 provides one month’s rent for a family whose home was destroyed in a fire$600 provides a week of shelter and counseling for a victim of domestic violence$750 provides one year of medications, equipment and supplies for a Hospice patient$1,000 matches a child with a mentor for one year

— United Way of Central Carolinas

Donors have given $750K; charity keeps campaigning

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items for the “You Can Help” section may include poker runs, charitable fundraisers (charities must be registered 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 organizations), and volunteer opportuni-ties. All items must be re-ceived by noon Friday to be considered for inclusion the following Wednesday.

CBC plans blood drives

MONROECommunity Blood Cen-

ter of the Carolinas will have the following blood drives in November in Union County:

• Dec. 12, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Joseph Asher Burn Replacement Drive, 2028 Wesley Chapel Road, In-dian Trail.

• Dec. 26, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Union Square Cin-ema 8, 1911 Dickerson Blvd.; free movie ticket to all presenting donors.

Donors must weigh a minimum of 120 pounds.

Call 704-972-4700 to make an appointment at any lo-cation.

Made in MonroeMONROE

Made in Monroe, a nightclub, will offer a $5 admission discount Thursday for guests who bring two or more canned goods. The club will give out canned food and clothes for all ages and sizes from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday.

Made in Monroe is locat-ed at 2300-G W. Roosevelt Blvd. For details, call 704-506-7008.

The Arc poinsettiasMONROE

The Arc of Union Coun-ty is accepting orders for its annual holiday poin-settia sale. A 6-inch, red, white or pink poinset-tia is $12, and the profits from the sale will benefit Union County residents

with developmental dis-abilities. Single plants may be picked up at The Arc offices after Mon-day; orders of 20 or more plants can be delivered.

“(Each) donation helps us to be able to continue the quality advocacy and programming for people with developmental dis-abilities in Union Coun-ty,” Executive Director Melinda Plue said in a news release. “We have been hit hard by statewide budget cuts and a drop in our United Way funding, and we are committed to forging ahead and not looking back — but we need your help.”

Buyers must send their name, address, phone number and e-mail ad-dress, along with the quantity of poinsettias (please specify pink, red, or white). Orders with check (made payable to The Arc of Union Coun-ty) should be mailed to The Arc of Union Coun-ty, 1653-C Campus Park

Drive, Monroe, NC 28112; to make an order with a credit card, please call 704-261-1550.

Turning Point Christmas drive

MONROEUnion County Mom-

mies is collecting hygiene items for Turning Point, a domestic violence shelter for women and children, from Tuesday through Dec. 18. Items needed are deodorant, soap, toothpaste, tooth-brushes, shampoo, condi-tioner, tampons and pads. Scented body lotion, bath loofahs or sponges, liq-uid body wash or shower gel may also be donated. Union County Mommies will pick up items any-where in Union County. Donations will go to the shelter for Christmas. Items are tax deductible.

To donate, call Sheila

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The New Salem Road-runners will have their third annual Elf Run at the New Salem Elementa-ry School track on Dec. 5. Registration for the fam-ily fun run/walk begins at 8:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 9 a.m.

Entry fee is a new un-wrapped toy. The Road-runners hope to raise money and toys for local families in need at Christ-mas.

Refreshments will be available and goody bags will be offered while sup-plies last.

Awards, including some for best elf costume and best Christmas spirit, will be presented at 10 a.m.

For information, call

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Gel inserts for soldiers

INDIAN TRAIL Union West Rotary has

issued a challenge to all Union County Rotary Clubs.

The club will match up to $1,000 to purchase 500 pairs of gel inserts for soldiers.

Gel inserts help with foot comfort and fatigue, as they wear their boots for up to 20 hours a day.

Union West Rotary is joining in this campaign with the Charlotte South Park Rotary Club by chal-lenging the Union County clubs to help exceed the 500 pairs goal.

Any Union County Ro-tarian, or anyone who would like to participate in the challenge may send a check to Union West Ro-tary, P.O. Box 505, Indian Trail, NC 28079.

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A bullet dodged

Your Talk

Our Talk

Whew. That hurricane

you thought you felt on Saturday afternoon was actually 29,292 independent voters in Union County heaving a huge sigh of relief.

Or maybe it was just me, heaving a sigh for all of us.

After all, it was hardly common knowledge that the state Republican Party was debating whether its primary would be open or closed.

A little history:In 1988, the GOP voted to

allow unaffiliated voters — in other words, those who don’t declare a party when they register — to vote in the Republican primary. A few years later, the Democrats also got in on the act.

I don’t know if you remember Union County in the late ’80s and early ’90s. It was a mirror image of the present political configuration; Republicans on the county board were about as common as wings on a frog.

Flash forward with me. In 2004, the Union County Democratic Party fielded Max Melton and Frank Deese, its last contenders for the county Board of Commissioners. In 2006 and 2008, there was nary a Dem to be seen, even as the Grand Ol’ Party rumbled uneasily about all of the RINOs — Republican In Name Only — claiming membership in order to win election.

Being a Republican in Union County hardly guarantees election, but the wealthy, heavily conservative western part of the county has all but guaranteed that a Democrat would be overreaching to run for dogcatcher.

The consequence is that, as of October, just 82,388 people are eligible to vote for the county Board of Commissioners race. Of those, 53,106 are Republicans, and 29,282 are unaffiliated.

In other words, a quarter of the county’s residents (and 44 percent of registered voters) are Republican, but a quarter of registered voters are unaffiliated. (For the county’s 38,224 Democrats, county races are, as they say, hard cheese.)

Saturday’s vote was a scary prospect because it

had wild card potential.• If nothing changed, then

just a quarter of the county’s population would elect our county commissioners. These are the guys who dictate school construction, sewer and water development, and questions like whether to sell the hospital.

• If unaffiliated voters got riled enough to run out and register as Republicans, then the big question becomes: Who are these guys? I’m pretty sure the Republican Party, with its vaunted big tent, isn’t totally enthused about someone like me, a social liberal and right-leaning fiscal moderate. (There’s a reason I’m unaffiliated.)

• If unaffiliated voters got riled enough to run out and register as Democrats — an admittedly unlikely occurrence in Union County — it could tip the tide of local politics back to a two-party system. (The Dems need a little less than 15,000 voters to equal the Republican Party’s numbers.)

Happily, this is the rare column in which praise is heaped on our local politicians.

I want to thank our state Sen. Eddie Goodall for hightailing it to Raleigh for Saturday’s meeting, where he protested the idea of locking out a bunch of the people who elected him.

It turns out that he was just one voice in a very loud chorus, but it’s always praiseworthy when our local legislators take action for their constituents. Nice work, Senator.

The Union County Board of Commissioners was also united behind the rights of independent voters. I think Tracy Kuehler said it best:

“Just let people vote, is my thing,” she said.

Thanks, Commissioner.— Betsy O’Donovan can

be reached at 704-261-2223.

BetsyO’Donovan

Ink by the Barrel

Thanks for supportI want to thank each and

every one of you who sup-ported me in the election, and I am truly humbled by your trust in me as a candidate. It was my pleasure to have met many of you at home, and I thank you for your kind words and support.

Many of you are concerned about taxes and fiscal re-sponsibility. I think it is very encouraging when you add up the votes for the candidates who aggressively promoted low taxes through the Union County Sheriffs Office, in-stead of considering our own police department. Our new council should take note of this when debating this issue.

I also want to give a heartfelt

thanks to those that donated money and volunteered their time passing out campaign literature, and talking to vot-ers. It was very encouraging to see all the volunteers in action conveying the message of fiscal responsibility, and seeing people I didn’t know help us work for this cause.

I also want to thank those who wrote letters to the editor’s supporting me in-cluding Mayor John Quinn, and Councilmen John Hull-inger. Thank you so much for your kind words and trust in me, it was truly encourag-ing and extremely helpful in getting our message out.

I want to end by extending a warm congratulation to Robert Allen and Darlene Luther. I

wish you luck, and please nev-er loose sight of what’s impor-tant, and that is being the voice of the people of our town.

Danny FigueroaIndian Trail

Where are the voters?We have recently had a lo-

cal election. Only 3,733 voted out of an electorate of more than 16,000 registered voters. That is about 23.3% of the registered voters. Why so little interest in the election? How can so many be uninterested in the affairs of the Town in which we all live? The town has been voted one of the 10 best towns for families in the US. Is our only interest to commute to and from work in Charlotte, Matthews, or

Monroe, and complain about the quality of the roads?

Most of us agree we want better roads in Indian Trail, we want parks, and we want low taxes. These things don’t happen by magic.

In course of the year the Town staff arranged several meetings in Indian Trail sub-divisions to get our input on a variety of subjects, and this will continue in 2010. We can show our interest in Indian Tail by participating on one of the several Town boards or on committees, or do some work for local subdivisions, or by joining one of the many organizations in Indian Trail.

The Town publishes 2 news-letters on their website, www.indiantrail.org, the Town’s

newsletter is quarterly and the Planning Department has a monthly newsletter. The newsletters are very informa-tive about what is going on and the Town’s plans. All you need to do is to get onto the Town’s website and follow the directions. The Town has a very competent and helpful staff. If there is something you need to know, call them or visit them. They will help you as best they can.

I believe we all want Indian Trail to be the best it can be, but that requires our participa-tion in one form or another. The Town needs to be enlight-ened by our input, visions, and by our participation.

Severin JacobsenIndian Trail

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BY ELISABETH [email protected]

MONROEFor a seafood cook like

Anthony Irby, winter is a wonderful time of year.

That’s because his fa-vorite fish and shellfish are in season, including the main ingredient in one of his favorite holiday dishes: oyster stew.

“When they’re really big enough to make stew is around now,” he said.

Irby is the owner of Sea Hut, which opened at Five Points in August.

“Around the cold months, to have a nice soup when you’re coming in from out in the cold or the rain,” he said. “Noth-ing hits you like a nice soup and crackers.”

Oyster stew to warm the cold season

Anthony’s Oyster Stew

Ingredients2.5 green onion2 tablespoons of butter2 cups fresh shucked oysters, undrained1 quart of milk1/5 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon of pepper, black or white1/8 teaspoon of Cayenne pepper*

Directions• Chop onions• Saute onions and butter• Add remainder into onion and butter• Cook on medium heat (do not boil) until oyster edges curl• Serve with crackers and garnish with green onion• Makes four 8-ounce servings

— Anthony Irby

BY ELISABETH [email protected]

MONROEFor Mike Tschirhart,

his cookie recipe isn’t about making something sweet, but remembering someone special.

“It’s something my grandmother made since I was little about 40 years ago,” he said. “She always promised a treat if we be-haved during Thanksgiv-ing dinner.”

Now every time he eats one of the cookies, his mind is taken back to his childhood in Orlando.

Tschirhart, who has been the chef at Ripping-ton’s Restaurant in Wax-haw for eight years, said the cookies are packed with flavor.

His grandmother died in 2003 but Tschirhart’s wife, Dania, learned the recipe “to keep the memo-ry alive” for their son.

He said he likes the abil-ity cooking has to bring people together.

Nana Katie’s Halfway Cookies:

Directions:Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix shortening, vanilla and white and brown sugar well. Add egg yolks that have been blended with the water. Mix until creamy. Sift the next four dry ingredients together and add to the shortening mixture. Take the three egg whites and whisk (or use an electric blender) until stiff peaks. Add one cup of brown sugar a little at a time as whisking until peaks form again.Grease a cookie sheet and spread the mixture evenly over the whole cookie sheet. Sprinkle the chocolate chips over mixture and press into the dough. Then spread egg white-brown sugar mixture over the top of cookie dough.Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool and cut into pieces.Store in an air tight container.

— Mike Tschirhart

BY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROERick Blessing “just

dreamed it up.”It’s been 13 years since

he put his spin on beer cheese soup, a dish that became a favorite at his Matthews restaurant P.J.’s. He doesn’t own the restaurant anymore but still claims the soup.

“I hate beer, ... but I love that stuff right there,” he said, pointing to the hand-written recipe. The alcohol cooks out of it anyway, he added.Rick Blessing and his wife, Lynn, own Bless-

ings Cafe in Monroe. Rick Blessing eats the soup “all the time,” even at Thanks-giving, and is adding it to the cafe’s menu.

Rick Blessing developed the recipe from similar ones.

“I like to monkey around with stuff,” he said, but kept the recipe in his head until his wife grabbed a piece of paper to write it down.

“How much Velveeta do you use?” she asked. “A lot,” came her husband’s response.

— Tiffany Lane can be reached at 704-261-2229 or [email protected].

Beer Cheese Soup

Ingredients1 medium onion3 pieces of celery1/4 cup butter2 cups diced ham1/4 cup flour8 cups of half-and-half2-lb. loaf of Velveeta2 12-oz. bottles of Bud Ice beer24 oz. chicken broth

Method• Mix flour with half of the chicken broth to make roux. Set aside.• In a separate pan, saute onion, celery and ham with butter. • Add remaining chicken broth and half-and-half. • Cut Velveeta into one-inch cubes and add im-mediately until it melts. • Add flour and chicken broth mixture and beer. • Remove from heat right before boil.

— Rick Blessing

Chef Rick Blessing says a comfort food like beer cheese soup has a place at any family table.Ed Cottingham / Waxhaw Exchange

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A lifetime of work, a fear of homelessnessEditor’s note: This is

the third of a weekly series about families impacted by United Way.BY TIFFANY [email protected]

MONROEJoni and Don Craft

thought they would have to live out of their car. That threat came this time last year when the grandparents struggled through a streak of finan-cial problems.

Countrywide Financial had foreclosed on their home in Michigan earlier in the year, and Don Craft had quit his job at Penske, sure that the automotive industry was collapsing.

They faced eviction just a few months after mov-ing to Monroe.

“I was just ready to call it quits, period, perma-nently,” Joni Craft said. “If I thought about it all the time, I’d go crazy.”

United Way was there to break the fall.

The Crafts moved to the area in June 2008, just after Don Craft’s mother died. The couple stayed

with his father in Peach-land until the first part of August that year, when they moved to Monroe.

“We thought we’d be all right with the little bit of money we had saved,” Joni Craft said. People told them they would find jobs within a week, but the Crafts soon found that jobs were scarce.

Joni Craft finally got a

job at an assisted living facility — her 50th job application — but didn’t start until January. At the end of last November, the couple had no idea how December’s rent and utili-ties would be paid.

With no insurance and a handful of medications for Don Craft’s back prob-lems, bills piled up.

That’s when Joni Craft

went to Crisis Assistance Ministry. The United Way agency helped with rent. If not for Crisis Assis-tance, Joni Craft said, she and her husband might have spent the month liv-ing in their car.

Even the car is unreli-able; the day of their in-terview this reporter, it broke down before they left the driveway for the second time in a week.

It was Crisis Assistance that kept the couple in their home.

“They’re all good peo-ple there,” Don Craft said, adding that he didn’t know how many United Way agencies there are until he and his wife needed help.

Don Craft spent 15 years as a truck driver. He came to Monroe intend-ing to work, but “there was no work anywhere.” His back problems occa-sionally require a cane, and medications cost $150 per month. He is not yet approved for disability benefits, and because he quit his job, he can’t get

unemployment. The state has helped

with some of his medical bills and he is still trying to get Medicaid. He at-tends vocational rehabili-tation.

Joni Craft received her certified nursing assistant license but makes just above minimum wage. To his wife, Don Craft said he feels bad about using “your money.”

“Our money,” she cor-rected him.

The Crafts met when they were 14 years old. Nearly 30 years into mar-riage, their $500 monthly house payment qua-drupled and the couple moved to Monroe to find themselves sleeping on the floor.

Their neighbors donat-ed furniture and tools for their home.

Don Craft said he couldn’t ask for better neighbors and is forever grateful for United Way. The couple plans to do-nate regularly as soon as they are able.

Agencies are “overbur-

dened,” Joni Craft said, yet “people just won’t give. They’re just afraid, I guess ... of being squan-dered.”

The $1.2 million com-pensation package of for-mer United Way of Cen-tral Carolinas executive director Gloria Pace King broke donors’ trust, she said, but that is behind the community now and people are in need.

“If you’ve got 50 cents to give right now, it’s worth it,” she said. “As a community, if we could all hang in there together, it would be so cool just to help your neighbor. ... A dollar is not going to kill you.”

The couple has also turned to Operation Reach Out for help with a utility bill and Loaves and Fishes for food. Joni Craft said she was “em-barrassed” to pick up the food, but “once I get a chance to repay these people, I am so going to do it because they made you feel like you were some-body.”

asdg

asdg Don Craft with Kramer, who has been the family pet for 11 years. After raising two children, Craft and his wife, Joni, feared that they would have to live out of their car. Local United Way agencies interevened to keep the grandparents on their feet.

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The Wendy’s manager who usually handles the event is out on leave.

Restoration House is a faith-based housing pro-gram for men recently re-leased from correctional facilities and rehabilita-tion programs. Opera-tion Reach Out provides emergency food, funds, clothing, medication and household items for local residents.

Last year’s volunteers cooked 1,000 meals, about 250 of them delivered to shut-ins.

“Anybody that can’t get out and needs a meal, ... we would love to deliver dinner to them,” Restora-tion House Pastor Dom Duarte said.

Stein, who works with Operation Reach Out, said the turkeys have found a home in the church freezer. Some will go to Christian group Youth With a Mission for home delivery on Sunday. The group will include all the ingredients need-ed for families to cook their own Thanksgiving meals. Many families are referred by the De-partment of Social Ser-

vices or their children’s schools.

The meal at the Shrine Club is open to the pub-lic, particularly those who can’t afford to cook their own meals. All food comes from community donations.

Duarte said the social interaction is just as im-portant.

“Depression goes up in the holidays” when loved ones can’t be together or a family doesn’t have the means to celebrate with its own meal, he said. With nowhere to go and no one to celebrate with, some people might end up making a cup of soup for Thanksgiving dinner, he said.

Attendees will order their meals as if visiting a nice restaurant, Duarte said, and will be served instead of shuffling through a buffet line.

“We want to make peo-ple feel at home,” he said.

“When you’re serving people, then there’s that personal touch,” Terry Whittenburg said.

The Lord of the Har-vest Thanksgiving Com-munity Dinner began in Whittenburg’s home in Wesley Chapel. It was Duarte’s idea, he said; “We just had the kitchen space.” About 20 volun-teers delivered between 30 and 40 meals the first year to residents who normally received Meals on Wheels. The meals were not delivered on holidays.

For those who can’t go to the dinner, including Union County Jail offi-cers, the elderly and un-employed residents with no transportation, meals will be delivered. Volun-teers will not just drop off the meals and leave,

Duarte said, but stay and talk with the residents.

The event grows larger every year, Duarte said, and those who volun-teered as children are bringing their own chil-dren to volunteer.

The Union County Shrine Club is located at 305 E. Phifer St. Families will be served between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thurs-day. The traditional meal will include turkey, ham, green beans, corn, mashed potatoes, cran-berry sauce, stuffing and dessert.

Some items, such as ham, vegetables and des-serts, are still needed, Du-arte said, but on Monday, the phone lines had al-

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To donate food, call Du-arte at 704-309-3419.

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Jensen said residents can still buy private flood insurance, but flood insur-ance backed by the NFIP is cheaper. Residents can ask their insurance compa-nies for that type of policy. A resident in a low-risk area with a home (no base-ment included) valued at $100,000, Jensen said, will pay about $257 per year on a preferred rate.

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left to run against.The last time Demo-

crats had candidates run for commissioner was 2004, when both Max Melton and Frank Deese ran.

N.C. Rep. Curtis Black-wood, R-Union, also op-posed the suggestion. If the system is not broke,

don’t fix it, he contended. “Unless we actually have a reason to address some-thing, I don’t think you should change it just for the sake of saying you changed something.”

Some Republicans ar-gued that allowing unaf-filiated voters in could swing the primary result toward a more moderate candidate, or even open the door for Democrats to register as unaffiliated and try to swing an elec-

tion.“Those things, to me,

sound like paranoia,” Goodall said. “I mean, Republicans could do the same thing to Democrats. I just don’t see that hap-pening.”

A party has until Dec. 1 to tell the State Board of Elections it wants to prevent registered vot-ers without a party from participating in the next year’s primary.

Nineteen of the 41

states with presidential primaries last year had closed primaries, accord-ing to a report from elec-tionline.org.

The number of unaf-filiated voters in North Carolina has soared from 608,000 in 1998 to 1.4 mil-lion last year. They now constitute almost 23 per-cent of the state’s regis-tered voters.

About 46,200 unaffiliat-ed voters participated in the May 2008 Republican

primary, or more than 9 percent of the ballots cast for GOP nomination for governor, according to State Board of Elections data. With Republicans making up 32 percent of the state’s 6.1 million reg-istered voters, the GOP must attract more inde-pendents and conserva-tive Democrats to win statewide elections than the Democrats.

— The Associated Press contributed to this story

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Her fiance is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie T. Mills of Asheboro. He is a 2004 graduate of South-western Randolph High School and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2008. He is employed by Buckeye In-ternational Inc. in Char-lotte.

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ObituariesJay Tomberlin

MONROEJay Warren Tomber-

lin, ‎64, died Monday (Nov. ‎23‎, ‎2009) ‎at Caro-linas Medical Center in Charlotte‎.‎

Funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Hope Sec-ond Advent Christian Church, with burial in the church cemetery.

Born Dec. ‎28‎, ‎1944, he was a son of the late Wriston Lee and Flora Mae Rushing Tomberlin. He was retired as an ex-pediter for Pennsylvania House.

Survivors include one son, Marty W. Tomber-lin of Indian Trail; one daughter, Amy Purser of Monroe; three brothers, James Tomberlin of Mint Hill, Buster Tomberlin of Midland, Wilburn Tomberlin of Monroe; six sisters, Flora Little, Deane Simpson, Peggy Hinson, Doris Greene, Faynelle Greene, Kay Kiker, all of Monroe; and two grandchildren.

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Oscar StarnesMATTHEWS — Oscar

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Graveside service will be noon today in Indian Trail Cemetery.

Born Aug. 19, 1917, in Union County, he was a son of the late Wade H. and Blanch Long Starnes and was married to the late Willie Flowe Starnes. He was an Army veteran of World War II and was retried from Seven-Elev-en Corp.

Survivors include two sisters, Mabel Funder-

burk of Indian Trail, Wattsie Tynner of Flori-da; and one brother, Tom Starnes of Indian Trail.

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Charles BetheaMINT HILL — Charles

Gerald Bethea, 67, died Thursday (Nov. 19, 2009) at Presbyterian Hospice in Charlotte.

Memorial service was Monday at First Baptist Church of Indian Trail.

Born June 12, 1942, in Dillon, S.C., he was a son of the late John and Bel-vin Bracy Bethea. He was an Army veteran and was retired from Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society.

Survivors include his wife, Dottie Bethea; one daughter, Christy Sells of Indian Trail; two broth-ers, Homer Bethea of Fort Mill, S.C., Ches Bethea of Dallas; and two grandchil-dren.

Visitation will follow the service.

Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care, 1420 E. Seventh St., Charlotte, NC 28204.

Good Shepherd Funeral Home of Indian Trail is in charge. Online condolenc-es may be left at goodshep-herdfuneralhome.net.

Linda ChambersMONROE

Linda Diane Chambers, 52, died Friday (Nov. 20, 2009) at her daughter’s home.

Funeral was Tuesday at Prosperous Revival Temple in Indian Trail, with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery.

Born April 16, 1957, in Union County, she was a daughter of Mattie Cham-bers Huntley of Monroe and the late Ike Hall.

Survivors, in addition to her mother, include two sons, Stanley Hunt-ley, Brian Huntley, both of Monroe; two daugh-ters, Valerie Wall, Renee Huntley, both of Monroe; three brothers, Henry Chambers, Van Cham-bers, Tracy Huntley, all of Monroe; two sisters, Darlene Bivens, Angela Huntley, both of Monroe; and 14 grandchildren.

Harris Funeral Home of Monroe is in charge.

Shawn O’MalleyINDIAN TRAIL

Shawn Michael “Sha-mus” O’Malley, 24, died Nov. 13, 2009, at his bar-racks at Camp Lejeune.

Funeral was Friday at First Baptist Church of Indian Trail.

Survivors, in addition to his parents, one sister, Meghan O’Malley Dou-braski of Asheville.

Online condolences may be left at [email protected] or www.goodshep-herdfuneralhome.net.

Good Shepherd Funeral Home is in charge.

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Blanch Rachael Hargett, 77, died Nov. 19, 2009.

Funeral was Monday at Golden Acre Baptist Church in Stallings, with burial in Sunset Memory Gardens.

She was a retired care-giver.

Survivors include one daughter, Jackie Pope; one son, Rick Hargett; one sister, Juanita Wilson; five grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Golden Acre Bap-tist Church, P.O. Box 128, Indian Trail, NC 28079.

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Robin Rorie

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died Nov. 17, 2009, at Caroli-nas Medical Center-Union in Monroe.

Funeral was Saturday at Back to Bethel Church in Monroe, with burial in the Philadelphia Baptist Church cemetery in Marsh-ville.

Born Feb. 2, 1965, in Union County, she was a daughter of the late Wade and Madie Robinson Simpson.

Survivors include her husband, Rodney Rorie of Wingate; four sons, Darrell Moore, DeMario Moore, both of Cheraw, S.C., Tavis Moore, Rodney Rorie Jr., both of Wingate; five broth-ers, Charles Simpson, An-thony Simpson, Wade Simp-son, all of Wingate, Willie Simpson of Indian Trail, Jack Simpson of Charlotte; two sisters, Crystal Simp-son, Terry Simpson, both of Monroe.

Grier Funeral Service of Monroe is in charge.

J.W. RushingMONROE

Judge (J.W.) Rushing, 79, died Thursday (Nov. 19, 2009) at Lawyers Glen in Charlotte.

Funeral was Saturday at McEwen Funeral Home, with burial in Lakeland Memorial Park.

Born Feb. 9, 1930, in Union County, he was a son of the late James Ellis and Lillian Rossie Simp-son Rushing.

He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War and was retired from the Mon-roe Police Department.

Survivors include his wife, Jolene Little Rush-ing of the home; three sons, Rusty Rushing, My-ron Rushing, Danny Rush-ing, all of Monroe; three brothers, Leroy Rushing of Indian Trail, Arlie Rushing, Hoyt Rushing, both of Monroe; three sis-ters, Mrs. Mitchell Calen-dar of Baton Rouge, La., Verla Kepple of Monroe, Mary Roughton of Winter Haven, Fla.; eight grand-children; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Clay Lefler Sr.MATTHEWS — Clay

Tony Lefler Sr., 83, died Nov. 17, 2009, at Presby-terian Hospital in Char-lotte.

Graveside service was Friday in the Matthews Cemetery.

Born June 8, 1926, he was a son of the late Tony and Bertha Mae Lefler. He was an Army veteran of World War II, a fomer mayor of Matthews and was retired from the U.S. Postal Service.

Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Dulin Lefler; one son, Tony Lefler Jr. of Matthews,; one daughter, Scarlet Helms of Union-ville; one brother, Mitch-ell Lefler of Charlotte; and four grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Matthews United Meth-odist Church, 801 S. Trade St., Matthews, NC 28105.

Heritage Funeral Home of Indian Trail is in charge. An online guest registry is available at www.heritagefuneral.net.

Fay RossMARSHVILLE

Fay Wynn Ross, 80, died Nov. 15, 2009, at home.

Graveside service was Friday in Sunset Memory Gardens.

Born Aug. 22, 1929, in South Norfolk, Va., she was a daughter of late Benjamin Josephus Wynn and the late Grace Burgess Middleton and was married to the late Paul Edward Ross.

Survivors include two sons, Timothy Ross of Chester, Va., David Ross of Midlothian, Va.; four daughters, Susan Ross Lewis of Matthews, Kath-leen Ross of Marshville, Sharon Ross Ruff of Jamestown, Carole Ross Schrader of Fredicks-burg, Va.; two brothers, Roy Wynn of Corydon, Ind., Donald Wynn of Soledad, Philippines; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

McEwen Funeral Home of Monroe is in charge.

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Emma Nicole Dan-iels was 3 years old on Oct. 28, 2009. She is the daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Dan-iels (Kim Porter) of Matthews. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Porter of Indian Trail and Mr. and Mrs. Billy M. Murphy of Richlands.

Emma’s great-grand-parents are Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm W. Murphy of Richlands.

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and Aman-da Linker Little of I n d i a n Trail.

H u d -s o n ’ s grandpar-ents are C a r r e l l and Mary Linker of Indi-an Trail and Danny and Gail Little of Monroe.

His great-grandmoth-ers are Vera Mae Linker, Letha Greene and Annie Little, all of Monroe.

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Autumn AllenAutumn

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Tarlton) of Stanfield. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Danny Tarlton, Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Allen, all of Stanfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Rick Cashwell of Monroe.

Autumn’s great-grand-parents are Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Tarlton of Mon-roe.

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Wentz completes basic training

SAN ANTONIO — Air National Guard Airman Jerray B. Wentz gradu-ated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base.

Wentz completed an in-tensive, eight-week pro-gram that included train-ing in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fit-ness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

He is the son of Renee Wentz of Poplin Road, Monroe. Wentz is a 2004 graduate of Sun Valley High School.

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Ragsdale ends Spartans’ seasonDespite big comeback plays from Sun Valley, 13-0 Tigers overcame for a 33-24 winBy PAUL LONGE-J Correspondent

JAMESTOWNThe Sun Valley Spartans

committed just three penal-ties during the second half of Friday’s second round 4A playoff game against unbeaten Ragsdale. But they couldn’t have come at a more inopportune time.

The sixth-seeded Spar-tans were driving for a

potential go-ahead touch-down midway through the fourth quarter and had reached the Tigers’ 41-yard line when they were flagged for holding. A sec-ond holding call came on the very next play, and a false start ensued, setting up a second-and-48 from their own 21. Sun Valley eventually punted, and Ragsdale scored a late touchdown to put the fin-

ishing touches on a 33-24 victory and improve to 13-0. The Tigers will face second-seeded Dudley in the third round.

The Spartans finished 9-4 in their first season at the 4A level.

“I thought they played hard,” said Sun Valley coach Scott Stein. “And that was a good football team they were playing. I felt like we came out with

a pretty good gameplan, and just ended up coming up a little bit short. Those penalties there at the end – it felt like we climbed back into it and had an opportu-nity.”

Ragsdale, the third seed in the 4A West bracket, used a pair of big plays to build a 13-0 lead less than 16 minutes into the game. Quarterback Luke Heavner found junior re-

ceiver Tyquan Roberts down the left sideline for a 48-yard touchdown pass midway through the first quarter. Then, after Av-ery Washington returned an interception 55 yards to set up a first-and-goal, the Tigers scored on a 10-yard pass from Heavner to Desean Anderson with 8:19 remaining before halftime.

But Sun Valley answered with a 31-yard scoring

strike from Ryan Smith to Andre McManus and a 27-yard touchdown pass from Smith to Dustin Cook to grab its first lead of the night. Cameron Havey booted a 38-yard field goal as time expired, and the Spartans carried a 17-13 advantage into the locker room at halftime.

Ragsdale marched

Spartans school Cavs End of season honors

By DAviD SeNteNDreySports Correspondent

WAXHAWThe Sun Valley High

boys basketball team opened the season with a 79-49 road win against Cuthbertson (1-1) on Mon-day evening.

“I think we showed spurts of the team that we believe we can become,” SV coach Keith Mason said. “And then we showed spurts that maybe we’re not as good as we think we are yet.”

Shawn Stewart led the Spartans with 24 points, seven rebounds and three assists, while the relent-less Luke Maynor record-ed a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

“Luke (Maynor) brings a lot of energy to us,” Ma-son said. “When [Maynor] plays strong, we feed off of that and other people start stepping their game up also to match that in-tensity ...”

Sun Valley held Cuthb-ertson’s go-to scorer, Mike Cuthbertson, to 11 points. The 6-foot-5 junior cen-ter was a presence on de-fense, blocking four shots in the first half.

“We knew that Mike (Cuthbertson) could do some damage on the in-side, but we were going to live with that, more so than letting them get off on 3-point shots,” Mason said.

Mike Cuthbertson add-ed six rebounds, but Sun Valley out-rebounded the Cavaliers 33-29.

The Cavaliers trailed 26-21 in the second half, but couldn’t narrow the gap as the Spartans went on a 12-5 run to close out the half, finishing with a Maynor tear-drop off a steal that beat the buzzer.

Sun Valley started the second half even stron-ger with an 11-0 run that pushed the lead to 49-26.

The Cavaliers had no answer for the balanced

Pirates dominate Parkwood dualBy eric rAPeE-J Correspondent

ROugHEdgEPorter Ridge High took

home first place in the Parkwood Dual Team Tournament Saturday, finishing 5-0 for the day.

The Pirates won their first two matches by the best score possible, 84-0.

The Pirates then took care Monroe, 60-18, and essentially won the championship by defeat-

ing Parkwood, 54-30.Porter Ridge also fin-

ished with the most wres-tlers with 5-0 records for the day, with Kyle Whit-ing (103 pounds), Frankie Best (112), Andrew Baatz (119), Chris Lingle (125), Brandon Griffin (135), Josh Green (145) and freshman Jacob Bryant (171) accomplishing the feat.

Best has returned after a back injury that forced

him to contemplate an early retirement from the sport.

The Pirates returned just four starters from their state playoff team from a year ago.

Parkwood came away with a strong showing on the day, going 4-1 team-wise, including wins over Monroe (42-31) and Queens Grant (54-24).

The Rebels had three wrestlers finish 5-0: se-

niors James Carroll (130), Tyler Couick (140), and Kevin Mullis (heavy-weight).

Saturday’s success should provide a con-fidence boost for Park-wood, which finished last in the South Piedmont Conference last season.

Monroe placed third, going 3-2 on the day.

Senior Miles Cook was in the Redhawks’ lineup less than 12 hours after

his football season ended, and was one of four wres-tlers for Monroe to go 5-0 on the day.

Cook had one of the best matches of the day with Parkwood’s Austin Craig. Cook took home the victory over Craig by a score of 14-8.

Porter Ridge will be back on the mat next weekend when Monroe hosts its Thanksgiving tournament.

Sun Valley junior Luke Maynor (11) had 21

points and 10 rebounds in Mondays’ road win over

Cuthbertson.Staff photo by Rick Crider

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By Jerry [email protected]

MONROEMonroe High’s Johnny

Sowell was selected as the Carolina Panthers’ Coach of the Week.

The honor comes with a $1,000 donation from the Panthers and the NFL to Monroe’s athletic depart-ment.

Sowell will be featured in the GAMETIME maga-zine when the Panthers host the Minnesota Vi-kings on Dec. 20, and Sow-ell will also appear on the Panthers’ Web site.

Sowell will also be hon-ored with an on-field pre-sentation during the Pan-thers’ home game against the New Orleans Saints on Jan. 3.

The Redhawks are com-ing off a 17-14 loss to West Montgomery in the second round of the playoffs.

Monroe won its first 12 games this season for the first time in the school’s 48 years of football.

Sowell is now eligible for the Panthers’ Coach of the Year honor, which pays another $2,000 to the winning coach’s school.

Spartans’ defene stands out

Sun Valley had one of the best football seasons in Union County, finishing 9-4 and winning a 4A play-off game.

Senior linebacker Jere-my Busby led the defensive effort. Busby was credited with a team-high 107 solo tackles and 47 assists on the year. He also forced four fumbles and made 13 tackles behind the line of scrimmage.

Teammate Austin Smith, a junior linebacker, had 64 solos and 39 assists to go with 12 tackles for loss.

Sophomore defensive end David Marino led the Spartans in sacks (six) and tackles for loss (16) while ranking second in solos (70). Marino also had 44 assists.

Defensive backs Danny Sawyer, Michael Stein and Aaron Hancock shared the team lead in interceptions with three each. Hancock broke up a team-high 22 passes.

Two 2,000-yard backs

For the first time this decade, two Union County players rushed for more

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FootballContinued from 1B

81 yards in 11 plays and went ahead for good on a 2-yard touchdown run by D’Onovan Smith with 3:48 to play in the third period.

The Spartans went three-and-out on their next possession, and Smith scored from 25 yards out at the 1:59 mark to make it 27-17.

Sun Valley pulled to within three points on a 17-yard scoring toss from Smith to Cook with 11:17 remaining in the fourth quarter.

After forcing the Ti-gers to punt, the Spartans marched from their own 37 to the Ragsdale 41 be-fore penalties ended the drive.

Ragsdale opened some breathing room with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Heavner to Ander-son with 1:55 on the clock.

The Spartans reached the Tigers’ 18 on their fi-nal possession.

With his squad needing two scores, Stein opted for

a field goal try with 39 sec-onds left.

But Havey’s 35-yard try drifted wide to the left, and Ragsdale ran out the clock.

Despite the loss, Stein was pleased with his team’s performance, par-ticularly after facing an early deficit on the road.

“These kids, they live for that,” he said. “I’ll tell you what, they’ve fought everybody all year long. They’ve been down be-fore, they’ve been up, and they’ve been in all those situations.

“Right there at the end, we knew we needed two scores and so the big thing was, get it down the field as quickly as possible. … At that point, we kick the field goal and try to get an onsides kick. That’s kind of where we were at.

“I’ll tell you what, I’ve got no problem with their fight. They’ll come out and fight you hard every time.

“It was kind of the pat-tern of our season. (We) got behind a little too much a little too late,” he said.

HonorsContinued from 1B

than 2,000 yards in a single season when including the playoffs.

Monroe senior Shami-ir Hailey finished with 1,794 rushing yards in 11 games, which earned him the county rushing title. In two playoff games, Hailey rushed for 380 yards — giving him 2,174 for the season.

Forest Hills senior Juanne Blount had 1,717 rushing yards in the regu-lar season and another 317 in two playoff games to finish with 2,034.

Blount is the first Union County player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in back-to-back seasons.

As a junior, Blount churned out 2,246 yards on the ground in 15 games.

Sun Valley graduate Justin Campbell is the only other UC back to go over 2,000 rushing yards this decade. Campbell, who signed with North Carolina Central, finished with 2,045 rushing yards in 14 games in 2006.

SpartansContinued from 1B

Spartans, who had four starters in double figures and a fifth starter with nine points.

Sun Valley is in its first season as a 4A school, and the schedule is tougher.

“Having those non-conference games with those 4A schools will get us prepared for the play-offs,” Mason said.

In their first season in the Southern Carolina 3A/4A Conference, Ma-son has high expecta-tions for his Spartans.

“We want to win the conference, there’s no doubt about that,” Ma-son said. “The football season kind of set the tone when you have six teams in the conference and four teams share the conference champion-ship – that just goes to show how tough our con-ference is.

“Every game means everything and there’s no gimmies in our con-ference.”

Sun Valley will at-tempt to go 2-0 when the Spartans host East Meck-lenburg tonight. Mason, in his third year at SV, coached at East before coming to Sun Valley.

SV girls cruiseThe Sun Valley girls

team routed Cuthbertson (0-2) 59-23.

Jordyn Daniel led the way for Sun Valley with 16 points and 12 re-bounds, Tashaun Stewart scored 12 points and four rebounds and Stephanie Taylor added 10 points and seven rebounds.

Two freshman led the Cavaliers in scoring and rebounding – Sydney Sebastian with 12 points and Emily Barfield with seven rebounds.

As a first-year pro-gram, Cuthbertson coach David Daniels is hoping to build around these two young players.

“They’re the future of this program right now,” Daniels said. “Kathleen Cashman is my other freshman and she’s sur-prised me. Those three I’m really building a pro-gram around down the road.”


Sun Valley sophomore guard Shawn Stewart, left, scored a game-high 24 points in Monday’s 79-49 win.

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