Students aid persecuted Christians



HUNTERSVILLE – To highlight the persecuted church around the world, SouthLake Christian Academy are helping Solidarity for Sawra (meaning hope in Arabic) for the high school’s annual mission week.Students are raising money for Christians in Northern Iraq who have fled their homes to escape the Islamic State and are now refugees.“Those who have left have had to flee without any […]

Eight reasons why your kids should go to summer camp



 

A flurry of business activity



 

WOW features rock identification program



DAVIDSON -World of Wonder, a nature discovery program for children and their families, will offer the free nature outing, “How are Rocks Like Legos?”The event, co-sponsored by the Davidson Lands Conservancy and Woodland Discovery, takes place 9:30-10:30 a.m. April 18.Audra Regan, a senior environmental studies major at Davidson College, will lead the program and Matt Shaw, a junior at Community […]

The Crime Scene – Week of 3/20



MOORESVILLE – Excluding routine citations, the Mooresville Police Department reported the following charges, including the places and dates of citations or arrests, March 2-9:• William Byrd Thompson, 35, larceny, at Wet Plaza Drive.• Corey Christopher Avery, 40, possession of schedule VI controlled substance, at West Plaza Drive.• John Dwight French, 46, DWI, at South Broad Street.• Bryan Keith Hammonds, 21, […]

Camps spread NBA team’s influence



 

Reed the Music student fundraises for Dove House



MOORESVILLE – Emma Ragland, a student of Reed the Music, paid to play her guitar Feb. 28 at HeBrews Coffeehouse. She was part of a day long fundraising effort to donate money to the Dove House.

Woodlawn students use math to decorate windows



DAVIDSON – Woodlawn School seventh graders have been learning to graph linear equations to design a decorative classroom project.Using the slope-intercept form of graphing, they created stained glass-style artwork, labeled with their mathematical equations, for their classroom windows.Interested in past Woodlawn activities? Students also visited Costa Rica and served in various ways Jan. 16 during the school’s Day of Service […]

Planning under way for public beach



CORNELIUS – Town commissioners have been advised to break out the swim trunks and Speedos as plans for a beach at Ramsey Creek Park move closer to being realized.Jim Garges, Mecklenburg County parks and recreation director, updated commissioners March 16 on the beach project.The Ramsey Creek Park beach will be the only public beach in the county.It will also be […]

Sotheby’s enters Lake Norman realty market