Bulldogs gets their bite back
Charlotte Christian takes Poe to NCTC
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Volume 7, Number 47 • Nov. 19 to 25, 2014
Carmel Christian takes on the galaxy in STEM program by Courtney Schultz courtney@matthewsminthillweekly.com
Sydney Studioso and senior Nigel Liu work on the experiment’s software that will go into space. Nigel had s a software background from his education in China. Courtney Schultz/MMHW photo
MATTHEWS – Ten students from Carmel Christian School (CCS) will send an experiment into space this spring through a partnership with the Quest Institute for Quality Education and NanoRacks. The group, with five seniors, four juniors and one sophomore, will conceive, design and build a microlab experiment to be launched with the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2015. The experiment will be aboard the ISS for 30 days. The students are part of a STEM-focused class where they orchestrate an experiment. They’ve received guidance from their teacher mentors, Lorelei Beightol and Gen Bowden, and engineers from Honeywell, but the experiment is entirely student-created. Carmel Christian is the only school on the east coast to partner with the Quest Institute for their (see Carmel Christian on page 11)
Mint Hill commissioner apologizes for ‘loud’ party by Courtney Schultz courtney@matthewsminthillweekly.com
MINT HILL – Mint Hill commissioner Lloyd Austin apologized at the Mint Hill Board of Commissioners meeting on Thursday, Nov. 13, after police responded to a noise complaint at Austin’s home earlier this month. The board immediately went into a 45-minute closed session Thursday, and Austin returned with an emotional apology. “I would like to apologize to the police
department for coming to my house for a noise ordinance. I meant to do no harm to the police department, and I respect the work they do. They had better things to do than come to my house for a noise ordinance. I support the police department and their work, (and) I apologize for the actions I did there and the things I said. Also, I’m sorry to the townspeople for any embarrassment I’ve caused this town because I had no intention of causing it. I apologize to this board for everything that I have caused this board
to go through,” he said at the meeting. Austin was accused of throwing a ‘loud’ party, cursing at his neighbors and urinating on his lawn at a party at his home earlier this month, according to a police report. “It was a celebration to celebrate that I didn’t have cancer,” Austin said. “Nothing was intentional to hurt someone – police officers or anyone.” Police came to Austin’s home, located near the intersection of Edwards Place and Hightower Court, to respond to a
noise compliant. “The police came because the music was too loud because it was after the noise ordinance at 10 o’clock,” Austin said, adding as soon as the police told them to turn the music off, he claims he did. “There was never (any) noncompliance to that. I wasn’t rude to any of these guys.” Officers wrote that Austin told officers he wrote the ordinance he was in violation of in their report. (see Austin on page 4)
INDEX: News Briefs, 6; Crime Blotter, 7; Scores, 9; Education, 10; Rev. Tony, 16; Calendar, 17; Sports, 18; Classifieds, 23
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