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work for a Roy Rogers restaurant, then a Pizza Hut. To make more money, he took a second job at a fish restaurant and put in long days, from 7 a.m. to midnight or later. Without a car, he walked everywhere. A few months later, Seddiq visited his brother in Salisbury, applied for a millwright’s job at Fiber Industries and was hired, making $5.50 an hour. His fellow employees quickly learned of his con-
Behrooz might represent the American dream better than anyone. He married his wife, Judy, in June 1982. They have raised three children, while Seddiq designed — and often did much of the construction work — for their houses on Candlewick Drive, in Summerfield and in Anchor Downs along High Rock Lake. He has spent the past eight years building the lake house, digging and
BY SHAVONNE POTTS Tough economic times have led people to donate items for this weekend’s Faithful Friends annual yard sale. All of the proceeds benefit the Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary, which once built will be the county’s only no-kill animal facility. Event co-chair Peter Reinemann said a family donated some furniture, televisions, clothes, dishes and other household items because the husband has been out of work for two years. The family is moving out of their home to a small apartment and can’t afford storage or movers.
Free football, cheerleading camp in Kannapolis KANNAPOLIS — The Kannapolis City Football & Cheer organization, sponsored by the Kannapolis Parks and Recreation Department, will host another free football and cheer camp for children ages six to 12. The camp is designed to teach kids different skills and drills to help their development in football and cheer. They are not full contact camps. The camp will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday on the Village Park Amphitheater Lawn at 700 West C St. in Kannapolis. No registration is required. The league will take registrations for their fall season during the camp. The registration fee for the fall season is $75 per child if they register Saturday. After that, the fee is $90 per child. Those interested can also register at the Kannapolis Parks & Recreation Department at Village Park.
Daddy-Daughter Dance at Kannapolis YMCA KANNAPOLIS — The Cannon Memorial YMCA in Kannapolis will host a DaddyDaughter Dance from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday. The evening will include food, drinks, prizes, pictures and lots of dancing. Cost is $12 per family.
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Ami Person is co-chair of this event. “This is really what’s happening. We hear a lot of things going on in the community,” Reinemann said. The yard sale is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the former K-Town Furniture store on East Innes Street, which is owned by St John’s Lutheran Church. All week people have donated items and bought items. “They buy as much as they bring,” he said. The Art Station, which was located next Green Goat Gallery in Spencer, donated art supplies including easels, original framed art and custom and ready made frames. “We are overwhelmed by the generosity of the donors,”
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SUBJECT:
Land Development District Map Amendment (Rezoning) to rezone the subject property, remove the GD-A Overlay, and establish a Conditional District Overlay
TIME/DATE:
4:00 PM, Tuesday, May 18, 2010
PLACE:
City Council Chambers – City Hall 217 South Main Street Salisbury, North Carolina
At the time, date, and place indicated above, the Salisbury City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider the following: DISTRICT MAP AMENDMENT: CD-03-2010 Petitioner(s): .................................................Wallace Properties I, LLC Owner(s): ......................................................same Address: ........................................................Unnumbered Lincolnton Road Tax Map - Parcel(s):.....................................062-011 Size / Scope: ..................................................Approximately 4.0 acres (1 parcel) Location: .......................................................Located along the north side of Lincolnton Road west of Jake Alexander Boulevard and next door (west) to the Time Warner Cable facility REQUEST: An Ordinance amending the Land Development Ordinance and the Land Development District map of the City of Salisbury, North Carolina, by rezoning approximately 4 acres, identified as tax map and parcel 062-11, from split zoning of Residential Mixed-Use (RMX) and General Residential (GR-6) Districts to Residential Mixed-Use (RMX) District, by removing a General Development-A Overlay, and by establishing a Conditional District Overlay to permit the development of a 55-unit apartment complex. PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATION: At its meeting of April 27, 2010, the Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend approval of the proposed District Map amendment and establishing a Conditional District Overlay. A copy of the above petition (incl. Master Plan) is available for public review at City Hall (217 South Main Street). Persons wishing a copy or additional information should call (704) 638-5244. If persons would like to respond in writing, they may do so by mailing a letter to Community Planning Services, P.O. Box 479, Salisbury, NC 28145; by sending a FAX to (704) 638-5232; or by e-mail to pmitc@salisburync.gov. Citizens interested in the proposal are invited to attend and participate in the public hearing. Changes may be made in the above proposal as a result of debate, objection, or discussion. This the 5th day of May, 2010
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Myra B. Heard, CMC City Clerk
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Reinemann said. There are other ways to support the yard sale, he said. Organizers will have a collection for pet food that will be used for foster animals. They are also collecting leashes, dog/cat dishes as well as litter boxes. Other things that will be recycled and the money used for the shelter are aluminum cans, Christmas lights and printer ink cartridges. Last year’s yard sale brought in $10,000.
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edges, and attaches the string in the best spots for maneuverability. He looks forward to Saturday’s day of sharing just a small part of his native land and joining others in a message of peace and harmony. “We are all human, and we have so many things in common,” Behrooz says.
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On Saturday, Behrooz, who is Muslim, will offer a prayer in his native Dari tongue. Those who attend also
will be able to inspect his kites, made simply from the transparent and tissuelike wrapping paper often crammed into gift bags. He builds the framework with shaved-down reeds and attaches the necessary tails and ears for balance. To give the kites more strength, he employs thread and glue along the
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pouring the footings, laying block, building the framing and laying the floors. Things are busy these days. The two youngest children are home from college, and the family has just sold its Summerfield house, meaning they must move to the Anchor Downs home in early June. One by one, over many years, the rest of his family left their homeland. His mother died in 1982. An older sister moved her family to Holland after a rocket landed in her kitchen — six years after Seddiq had gone. Another sister moved to Germany. His youngest brother
siderable intellect and abilities. Almost 30 years later, Behrooz still works at the plant but now as an “asset reliability engineer.”
and father were able to move first to Iran. Meanwhile, back in the United States, Seddiq was filling out all kinds of paperwork in attempts to move his father and brother to this country. He was told they would be put on a 12-year waiting list. It took 20 years until a package arrived in Salisbury one day saying his family members were finally cleared to leave Iran. By then, they had moved to Holland. Seddiq’s father died several years ago. His oldest brother, the physician, now lives in Texas. A couple of years ago, he traveled back to Afghanistan to handle some family business and while there tracked down a cousin who had been Seddiq’s best friend and playmate as a boy. They often rode horses and went hunting together but hadn’t been able to speak with each other for 28 years. The brother connected them by telephone. “It was emotional,” Seddiq says.
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Siddiq Behrooz shows off a kite he made, similar to the ones he made as a child.
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