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Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 • Vol. 14 • No. 35
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INDIAN TRAIL – The Indian Trail Town Council heard plans Aug. 13 for a large apartment complex near Sun Valley High School, and at least one council member expressed concern about the proposed use of the property, which is zoned for light industrial uses. Triangle Real Estate in Gaston County is proposing to build 192 units on a 10-acre tract that would be called Palisades at Indian Trail. Plans call
for three-story buildings with a maximum of 30 units in the largest building and 12 units in the smallest building. Sixty of the units will be one-bedroom, 96 will be two-bedroom and 36 will be three-bedroom units. The units would rent for between $950 to $1,300 a month. “This is a good group and they do good projects,” said Tom Jones, an engineer hired by Triangle to design the property, during a developers see APARTMENTS, Page 2A
This map shows the proximity of the site to the Haney property and Sun Valley High School. Photo courtesy of Town of Indian Trail
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Jordan Campbell carries on the pottery legacy from his grandparents. Photo courtesy of Kay Klaren.
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MONROE – Jordan Campbell sits at 47K Marketplace when a patron walks over and enthusiastically shakes the 23-yearold Union County native’s hand. The customer compliments Campbell’s pottery and tells a story of a friend also enjoying the young artisan’s work. Appreciative, Campbell watches the customer leave and begins to wonder what his grandmother, Selma Krones, would think of the attention. Krones was highly regarded in the Union County pottery community, and Campbell is keeping her legacy alive through his own work following her death from cancer. “Once I saw my grandmother physically couldn’t make pieces, I knew then I didn’t want what she had created to wither away,” Campbell said. “That was when I made a conscious decision to begin making my own pieces.” Krones’ involvement in pottery didn’t happen until after she retired from working for the county’s social services department. She started going to work-
Jordan Campbell uses imprints to create unique designs in his pottery. Lee Noles/UCW photo
shops and taking classes with her sister, Pauline Lamal, who studied art in college and taught in the art department at Central Piedmont Community College for 30 years. Krones eventually opened Dove Pottery and named it after her family. Campbell literally followed his grandmother’s footsteps by walking with her as a child to the shop behind her house where he played with clay while she worked on pieces. Campbell’s grandfather, Peter, began to show
him proper techniques so he could create his own work. “I remember I made a bowl with some coils for design,” Campbell said. “I was 6. It wasn’t worthy of being sold, but that was the first I remember creating a piece.” Everything changed for Campbell and his family in 2015 when Krones was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. She was in hospice care quickly after the diagnosis and passed away a few weeks later. “Days were like seconds,” Campbell said. “It happened so quickly.” The death of his grandmother filled Campbell with a resolve to become a potter. He returned to Krones’ workshop and taught himself through trial and error. The biggest hurdle was learning how to mold the clay when it was on the wheel into a design he wanted. Campbell took what he learned from his grandmother while also developing his own style. “It’s like anything,” Campbell said. “You get roadblocks, then you have breakthroughs.”
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MONROE – The Union County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 15-year-old girl and her father is in custody facing murder charges. Joshua Lee Burgess, 32, of the 5100 block of Hampton Meadows Road near Wesley Chapel, Burgess turned himself in at 9:24 a.m. Aug. 18 at the sheriff’s office. Burgess told the lobby dispatcher that he had just killed someone, Cathey and he gave authorities the location and identity of the victim, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies found the body of his daughter, Zaria Joshalyn Burgess, inside his home. WSOC-TV reporter Tina Terry reported from the Union County courtroom that officials said the girl was strangled and her throat was slit. Detectives learned from the medical examiner that Zaria’s death was the result of a sharp force injury to the neck. The sheriff’s office announced days later that Burgess faced new charges in connection with his daughter’s death, including one count of statutory rape of a person 15 years of age or younger, first-degree statutory sex offense, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Burgess remains in jail under no bond. His next court date is Sept. 17. “The details of this murder are indescribable,” Sheriff Eddie Cathey said. “Every officer and detective involved in this case is feeling the effects of what happened to this child. There is no logical answer to explain why this man did what he is accused of doing. Our hearts and prayers are with Zaria’s mom and her family.”
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