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Volume 8, Number 23 • June 4 to 10, 2015
Tournament aims for a grand slam against cancer
Mint Hill pageant queens collect supplies for children’s home Drive collects more than 250 items for Rockwellbased organization by Crystal O’Gorman crystal@matthewsminthillweekly.com
Annual All Star baseball event to support local third-grader fighting brain cancer by Josh Whitener editor@matthewsminthillweekly.com
MATTHEWS – Life changed forever for Juan Mosquera and his wife, Francia Munoz, on Aug. 18, 2014, when their 8-year-old son, Samuel, was sent to the emergency room directly from an optometrist’s office.
While examining Samuel, who had been experiencing vision problems and other health concerns for a while, the optometrist noticed something alarming. After a series of tests, Samuel was diagnosed with an extremely rare, (see Grand Slam on page 4) Photo courtesy of Dawn Van Dyke
MINT HILL – For Julie Shillingburg, director of The Miss Mint Hill Scholarship Pageant, community service is an important duty she holds high for pageant winners. That’s why she jumped at the opportunity to integrate community service into the inaugural Queen’s Breakfast. “I have always made it clear that I'm not a ‘crown-and-go’ pageant director,” Shillingburg said. “I feel it's very important for the girls to represent their titles and the pageant's sponsors.” Miss Mint Hill hosted the first Queen’s Breakfast on May 23, just before the Mint Hill Madness parade, to welcome pageant winners from across the greater (see Towel Drive on page 11)
Arrest made in Lawyers Glen sexual assault incident by Josh Whitener editor@matthewsminthillweekly.com
MINT HILL – After an “exhaustive investigation,” the Mint Hill Police Department, with the assistance from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, made an arrest in regard to the alleged sexual assault of an 86-year-old resident at Lawyers Glen Retirement Living Center, according to
a news release. Willie George Shaw, 43, of Mint Hill, has been arrested and charged with first-degree sexual assault. Shaw was an employee at Willie Shaw, 43 Lawyers Glen when the incident took place, and has been
transported to the Mecklenburg County Jail, the release said. Police have no said what Shaw’s position at Lawyers Glen was at the time of the incident. On May 15, at approximately 2:01 p.m., Mint Hill police were made aware of an incident that allegedly took place at Lawyers Glen. An 86-year-old female resident of Lawyers Glen was admitted to the hospital
on May 14 with “trauma consistent with being sexually assaulted,” according to a news release from the Mint Hill Police Department. The victim died on May 17 while in the hospital, the release said. Lt. John Rowell, spokesperson for the Mint Hill Police Department, was unable to provide additional details, as the investigation is ongoing.
INDEX: News Briefs, 6; Crime Blotter, 7; Education, 12; Faith, 16; Calendar, 18; Sports, 20; Classifieds, 23
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