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Contents

10 The Main Channel What’s hip at Lake Norman

20 Captain’s Chair

Jan Enright dishes the dirt on gardening

22 Live on Purpose Rethink perfect

24 Blair’s Bits

Michelle and Andy Cyr are determined to help their son and others

28 Rip Currents

— Style

Home runs for your house

Contents 36 The Galley

with Lynn and Glenn

Sun Up Café debuts at LangTree

38 Grapevine

Dry Creek Valley produces some interesting wines

42 Thoughts

from the Cave 30 Rip Currents Man The science behind the — Home perfect March Madness bracket Staircases take center stage

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Noah Edmondson’s golf game is on the mark

48 Home Port Designing a forever home

66 Currently

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An art crawl, a revue and a parade

72 Lori’s Larks

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Editor Lori K. Tate tries her hand a chalk painting

48 About the Cover:

Currents Gardening with Jan Enright

Photo of a residence at The Point courtesy of Augusta Homes NC.

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proofed this issue sitting on my patio on a sunny, 65-degree Sunday afternoon — in February. I’m not bragging; I’m rejoicing.

I think I speak for everyone in the Lake Norman area when I say, “I’m ready for spring.” This isn’t a novel concept for me, as spring and summer have always been my favorite seasons. But this year, I’m looking forward to March 20, the first day of spring, with a little more anticipation.

If you have a pulse, you know that this past winter was pretty brutal around here. Now before you northern folks scoff at the previous statement, hear me out. Southerners don’t do well with cold weather for long periods of time, or at all, really. We’re just not built for it. Sure, we can handle months of 90-something temperatures (as long as there’s plenty of iced tea around), but as soon as it dips below 50 degrees, we’re headed for trouble.

A three-day snowstorm gives us plenty to talk about — for years. It’s really all we need. That said, I’m ready for flowers, birds, green grass and sunshine on my shoulders.

Last month, February 18 to be exact, I was reminded of just how powerful the sun is. I was driving my kids to preschool, and my mind was admittedly stuck in a

MAKE YOUR OWN DISCOVERIES Get out there and enjoy spring winter haze. Suddenly, I saw something bright shimmering behind the trees, and I immediately breathed a sigh of relief. My sullen, cold-weather mood blossomed into one of happiness, as just the warmth of the sun on my skin put a smile on my face.

Suddenly my to-do list didn’t seem so daunting, my deadlines didn’t seem so challenging and I realized, again, that winter is only temporary. It was as if the sun came out to practice shining just to remind me that spring wasn’t far away; a pat on the back from Mother Nature letting me know that everything was going to be okay.

Every year I get excited about spring.

As soon as the first warm day hits, I search through my closet for something bright to wear just to show my support.

Once I cross that wardrobe threshold, it’s hard to go back to sweaters and boots.

Most of the time I stand my ground, even if it means shivering through a spring cold snap in a floral cardigan.

But the best part about spring is the sense of renewal it brings. As the sun’s vitamin D charges us with energy, we take on all of the projects we put off during the winter. Now, repainting the birdhouse doesn’t seem like such a chore

and putting new mulch around the landscaping doesn’t sound too bad either.

The longer days allow us to linger outside in the evening, which is never a bad thing.

In these times of texting, Skyping and social media, the idea of lingering outside to talk to someone in person almost seems like a new fad looking for followers. I wonder how many likes it would get on Facebook.

All I know is that yard chats with my neighbors, spontaneous conversations with fellow parents at the park and late-night chats on the patio with my husband after the kids are asleep only make my life better.

These interactions make me feel connected, and that connection to community charges me almost as much as the sun.

So this spring as you spruce up your yard and visit the park, put down your phone and talk to the person who’s next to you. You might discover that you went to the same college or like the same burger joint. Spring is the time to get out there and make your own discoveries, as one of the season’s prettiest blooms is friendship.

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L AKE N ORMAN’S M OST D ISTINCTIVE H OMES Cornelius Waterfront Estate Absolutely stunning waterfront estate perfectly situated to incorporate main channel views from all living areas & bedrooms. Chef’s kitchen w/ 2 islands, granite, Viking Professional range & custom maple cabinetry. Unique layout provides luxury and privacy throughout the 6 bedrooms, library, media room, theater, secret room, and separate guest house. Gated entry, 3 car garage, porte cochere. MLS#2201732 Agent: Sherry Hickman 704-728-1905

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Magnificent estate with panoramic views of Lake Norman. Built with the highest standards of excellence! The richness of stone, wood and glass combine to exude tranquil and Old World warmth, yet every bit of this property was exceptionally crafted with the latest and best of finishes. Designed for luxurious living and entertaining the perfect location to safeguard your privacy and security. MLS#2192547 Agent: Susan Dolan 704-560-7201

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Casual elegance located in the exclusive gated Governors Island Custom craftmanship w/ beautiful millwork and crown detail, lots of windows, hardwoods, columns, soaring ceilings & a gourmet kitchen. Perfect for entertaining. Stunning views, open veranda and designer pool. The lake views are the cornerstone in which this home was created. MLS#2172366 Agent: Susan Dolan 704-560-7201/ Jan Sipe 704-453-4677

Wonderful open floorplan with gorgeous views, perfect for entertaining.

Modern kitchen with high end stainless appliances, lower level has a movie room, two entertaining areas, a custom bar, exercise room, and plenty of storage. Deep year round water. MLS#2205671 Agent: Lori Ivester Jackson 704-996-5686/ Larissa Crawford 704-488-6143

Waterfront Ranch with walkout. Open floor plan great for entertaining.

3 bedrooms on main floor w/Living Room plus Hearth Room.w/ stone Fireplace open to kitchen. Lower Level has ‘Pub feel’ w/ bar, billiards, game area. 2 covered porches, patio, Fireplace, Grill & Fountain. Private Pier.

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Rare WATERFRONT find @ Exit 28 under $1 Mil! Like New, 4300 sq ft plus 2500 sq ft unfinished basement with workshop.

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3 car garage. Deeded boat slip & many more custom features. Stone & cedar shake exterior, 2 staircases with iron railing, 2 gas fireplaces, 6 bedrooms, screened porch.

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Waterfront home in Patrick’s Purchase.

Kitchen has stainless steel appliances and granite. Hardwoods on the first floor. Great lot on gorgeous cove perfect for kayaking and swimming. Minutes from the main channel. MLS#2162276 Agent: Larissa Crawford 704-488-6143

Elegant 2 story 4 bedroom brick home with water views of Lake Norman. Soaring foyer greets you as you enter this fabulous home with a flowing open floor plan for entertaining. Covered outside terrace with lake views is right off upstairs over sized master bedroom with sitting area.

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Main Channel Movers, Shakers, Style, Shopping, Trends, Happenings and More at Lake Norman

Simple, yet elegant Ally Whalen mixes it up Less is more according to Cornelius Interior Designer Ally Whalen. She’s made her splash in the interior design scene by keeping it simple.

Her work has even been featured in specialty issues of Better Homes & Gardens, including Cottage Style, Refresh and Kitchen + Bath Makeovers.

“I bring a lighter perspective to interior design. I want people to be comfortable in their house but still have a classy, elegant feel to it,” explains Whalen.

She describes her style as eclectic,

as she enjoys mixing different elements of design into rooms and repurposing furniture and accessories.

“I love to reuse what people already have,” she says. “You don’t have to spend a lot of money and not everything has to be new.”

Last November, Whalen and her husband, Scott, opened Simplicity Interiors Marketplace & Design. The shop houses decorating accessories and Whalen’s own furniture label, Simplicity: Casual Furniture for Everyday Living,

which includes more than 400 fabrics.

“I can have my clients come to me,” she says. “And I have all of my resources in the shop.”

— Holly Becker, photography by Ben Sherrill THE SCOOP Simplicity Interiors Marketplace + Design 19801 S. Main Street, Suite 6 Cornelius www.simplicity-interiors.com

Ally’s Tips for Sprucing up for Spring • Consider painting the walls. The builder-grade beige/yellow paint from the 80s and 90s is out. Grey/beige is the new neutral, and it gives your home a fresh, clean look.

• Switch out throw pillows for spring. Go with brighter, fun colors and patterns.

• Update your entryway. Buy a bright, fun rug.

•A ccent your home with fresh flowers from your yard, farmer’ts market or store. Keep it simple by placing only one kind of flower in vases scattered throughout your home.

• Paint your front door a vibrant color like teal, red or yellow.

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Last November Ally and Scott Whalen opened Simplicity Interiors Marketplace & Design in Cornelius.

In the Kitchen with Jill Dahan

Keep it Simple

Photography courtesy of Summer Hogan

Summer Hogan has a creative mother and a creative sister, but she never saw herself as the creative type. However, she has a passion for design, writing and photography, so last August she put all three of those things together to create her blog titled, Simple Stylings (for the semi-creative mind). You can find it at www.simplestylings.com.

The Huntersville resident says that when she started the blog, she had no idea what she would do with it. She was inspired while looking at other home design blogs in regard to her own home.

“I’ve always been into doing stuff for my home and doing it on a budget,” explains the mother of 5-year-old Liam.

“This blog has allowed my son and I to work on a lot of fun projects together.”

Simple Stylings focuses on easy home Huntersville’s Summer Hogan writes the blog, design ideas and do-it-yourself projects. Simple Stylings (for the semi-creative mind).

Under the Project Diaries tab on the site clicked,” says Hogan, who advertises the you can see pictures of all the projects blog via various social media networks.

Hogan has done so far. You’ll find “It’s allowed me to share design ideas anything from a front door makeover and put them into form with pictures.” to a master bedroom coffee station.

— Lori K. Tate, “I’ve always been a self-doubter when photography courtesy of Summer Hogan it comes to creativity, but this has all

Blair Wins Big

Photography courtesy of Blair Miller.

WSOC-TV anchor and CURRENTS’ columnist brings home an Emmy

Blair Miller with his new Emmy.

Blair Miller recently won an Emmy at the 28th Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. Miller, who is a news anchor for WSOC-TV and writes the monthly department Blair’s Bits for CURRENTS, won for his anchoring of 9 Investigates: Stand Up to Bullying, a primetime special that looked at the problem with bullying in local schools and offered solutions for students as well as families.

This is Miller’s first Emmy after being nominated six times. WSOC-TV won three Emmys at the event.

Photography courtesy of Elke Talbot

Summer Hogan offers hope to semi-creative types

“Summer is coming” quickie tomato soup.

“Summer is coming” Quickie Tomato Soup Ingredients 2 cups (16 ounces) jarred crushed tomatoes 2 large garlic cloves — crushed 3/4 cup (7 ounces) jarred tomato paste 1 1/2 cups low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste Parmesan crisps (below) 1 large handful fresh basil leaves (optional) Parmesan crisps 2 cups Parmesan — freshly grated on a medium grater Instructions Combine the crushed tomatoes, garlic and tomato paste in a blender with enough stock to ensure it blends completely. Place the mixture in a saucepan and heat for 10 to 15 minutes on high, adding more stock to make the desired soup consistency. Season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Serve hot or warm with Parmesan crisps and torn basil to garnish.

For the Parmesan crisps, scatter the grated Parmesan out on a piece of baking parchment paper and place on a baking tray and bake at 350 degrees for about 7 to 10 minutes until melted and lightly browned. Remove, cool and break into pieces to serve along with soup, salads or just as snacks.

Jill Dahan lives in Cornelius and is the author of Starting Fresh! Recipes for Life. She also teaches cooking classes at Earth Fare in Huntersville. You can learn more about her at www.jilldahan.com.

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A Cut Above Jeff Mathews carves a niche with innovative custom cutting boards

What started as a way to utilize excess wood from his custom wood molding business has turned into a full-fledged career for Mooresville’s Jeff Mathews.

In fact, Old World Molding Company’s innovative and stylish cutting boards helped Mathews recently earn the Willis Barnette Entrepreneurial Award from the MooresvilleSouth Iredell Chamber of Commerce.

Mathews has a background in engineering and worked in the aerospace industry for 15 years before moving to North Carolina and redirecting his focus to creating custom wood moldings for the residential market.

“Even as a little kid I was really into woodworking,” recalls Mathews. “And I always made cutting boards. While I had this wood molding business I was always giving away these wood scraps to

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Jeff Mathews of Mooresville’s Old World Molding Company.

customers.” He routinely turned some of those wood scraps into cutting boards.

Eventually an executive chef with Harris Teeter asked Mathews to create some larger cutting boards for a promotional video, which sparked an idea for a new business venture.

“When the housing market collapsed and no one was buying moldings, I thought I had nothing to lose,” explains Mathews. “But I thought it would be strictly an Internet business.”

These days, Mathews focuses solely on the custom cutting boards. Each board consists of the company’s trademark

feature of contrasting wood and is handmade in his shop in Mooresville, with all the wood coming from a supplier in nearby Hickory.

To date, his biggest client is the Ritz Carlton Hotel chain, and he routinely visits with the chefs at the hotels to develop a variety of ideas for cutting boards.

— Renee Roberson, photography by Ben Sherrill THE SCOOP To learn more about Old World Molding Company, visit www.oldworld.co.

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The Old Becomes New

For folks who aren’t into the latest thing, here’s a roundup of antique stores in the Lake Norman Area

Photos courtesy of Ozzy Ojito.

Ain’t Too Shabby Specializing in antiques, vintage furniture, shabby chic designs and custom furniture painting (in particular chalk painting), Ain’t Too Shabby offers 5,000 square feet of fun finds. Owner Kathy Montbleau is a wiz at giving new life to all sorts of furniture pieces. The Divine Design Consignment department at Ain’t Too Shabby donates 10 percent of its proceeds to women in ministry. The space also features The Village Gourmet, where you can purchase all kinds of yummy treats and coffee. Ain’t Too Shabby, 18700 Statesville Road, Cornelius, www.360charlotte/ shopping/Ain’tTooShabby.html.

Lake Norman Antique Mall has a lot of fans.

Photos courtesy of Ozzy Ojito.

Photos courtesy of Ozzy Ojito.

Lost N Found Vintage Mall This vendordriven mall offers an assortment of vintage, primitive and shabby chic pieces. With 5,000 square feet, there’s plenty of room for its eclectic furniture mix and a variety of “smalls,” things you can carry with you from the store. Lost N Found Vintage Mall, 101 S. Broad Street, Mooresville, look for Lost N Found on Facebook.

Old and new looks combined create a fun look.

American Classic Antique Mall Comprised of three stores (Cottage House Antiques, American Classic Antiques and Carriage Ride Antiques), American Classic Antique Mall focuses on carrying nice antiques and collectibles. Dealers are selected by compatibility, which results in a close-knit community. Housed in a building that dates back to the 1890s, this antique store has been in business for more than 20 years. American Classic Antique Mall, 106 North Broad Street, Mooresville, www.acaantiques.com.

Lake Norman Antique Mall Owned by Ozzy Ojito, Lake Norman Antique Mall

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Shabby chic reigns supreme at Lake Norman Antique Mall.

in Mooresville is a 27,000-square-foot multi-dealer antique mall that specializes in primitive to high-end furniture. With a vast variety, the mall offers just about everything you can think of regarding home décor. It even carries Paint Couture!, a line of paint, glazes and finishes by Charlotte’s Great Walls Supply. Lake Norman Antique Mall, 467 East Plaza Drive, Mooresville, www.lkn-antiquemall.com.

Oak Street Mill Fifteen years ago Nan Fabio opened Oak Street Mill in downtown Cornelius. With 10,000 square feet and more than 50 dealers, Oak Street Mill offers antiques, collectibles, art, fabrics, rugs, architectural salvage, primitives and more.

One of the best parts about visiting is listening to the hardwood floor creak as you browse all sorts of treasures. Be sure to check out the dollhouse at the front entrance. The Oak Street Mill, 19725 Oak Street, Cornelius, www.oakstreetmillantiques.com.

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she’s doing. Look for a large selection of fine glass, Depression glass and furniture, plus anything in between. This 18,000-squarefoot space in downtown Statesville covers a lot of ground. Westmoreland Antiques & Collectibles, 117 S. Center Street, Statesville, www.westmorelandantiques.com.

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Cline’s Country Antiques Even if you don’t buy a thing, it’s worth the trip out to Mount Pleasant (about an hour’s drive from Lake Norman) to visit Cline’s Country Antiques.

Owner Donald Cline, a former farmer and teacher with diverse degrees in poultry science and economics, officially began working in the antique business in 1975, but he was a collector before that. Here you’ll find

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The International Collectibles & Antiques Show is the longest-running antiques show in the Carolinas.

International Collectibles & Antiques Show at the Metrolina Expo Marketplace For almost 40 years, this show has been bringing a vast assortment of antiques and collectibles to the Charlotte and Lake Norman areas. Owner and Lake Norman native and resident Linda Pistone makes sure of that. The longest-running antiques show in the Carolinas, it offers furniture of all styles (think good wood, shabby chic, upcycled and more), vintage clothing, jewelry, silver, lighting, garden accessories, toys, metal advertising and more. Wear your running shoes because you’ve got about 98,000 square feet to cover and there are

buildings and barns filled with everything you can imagine from wooden doors to mantels to furniture to planters and cast iron ornaments. You can also find just about any type of sign you’re looking for. Cline has been featured on HGTV and helped provide props for films such as The Color Purple. This isn’t a fancy place, which is probably what makes it so fun. Wear you old clothes, and get ready to dig into history. Cline’s Country Antiques, 11839 Highway 49 North, Mount Pleasant, www.clinesantiquesmpnc.com.

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The Depot at Gibson Mill Lucky for us Lake Normaners that the largest antique mall in the South is just a half-hour away in Concord. With more than 88,000 square feet, The Depot has more than 650 booths, as well as a restaurant and man cave (complete with a large, flat-screen TV and lounge chairs) on site. You can even buy beer and wine here. The Depot opened in

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Photography by Janna Baker

The Depot opened in February 2010 and is housed in the former Pillowtex Plant #6.

You can even score a pair of vintage boots at The Depot.

February 2010 and is housed in the former Pillowtex Plant #6. For 100 years this plant produced American-made bedding. Now you can find everything from furniture to jewelry to antiques to vintage boots to fabric — and more fabric here. The facility is heated and air conditioned, and there’s a waiting list for booth space if that tells you anything about The Depot’s popularity.

Interior designers love it. Look for monthly yard sales hosted by The Depot’s dealers.

There’s plenty of parking, and it’s free. The Depot at Gibson Mill, 325 McGill Avenue NW, Concord, www.depotgibsonmill.com.

always at least several 100 dealers at each show. Shows take place the first weekend of the month. Keep your eyes open for the Spring Spectacular in April and the Fall Extravaganza in November. Tickets are $5 for four days (excluding April and November shows). International Collectibles & Antiques Show at the Metrolina Expo Marketplace, 7100 Statesville Road, Charlotte, www.icashow.com.

— Compiled by Lori K. Tate. We apologize for any antique shops in the area that were inadvertently not listed in this piece.

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Taking the Plunge On Saturday, February 1, CURRENTS’ Editor Lori K. Tate participated in the Third Annual Lake Norman YMCA Polar Plunge. The event, which involves jumping into the lake in front of the Y, is a fundraiser for community outreach.

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Dig In Landscape designer Jan Enright dishes the dirt on gardening

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isiting with Jan Enright in her quaint Downtown Mooresville cottage, it’s clear that the landscape designer is doing what she was born to do. Flower boxes in the front windowsills, and a fairy tale garden in the back yard, complete with a mini-pond and reading chair, exude spring (even though we

Jan Enright of Mooresville’s Jan Enright Creations has been designing gardens for 30 years.

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met with her in the dead of February).

Owner of Jan Enright Creations, the Richmond native loves getting her hands dirty, whether through gardening or painting. Her work has appeared in such publications as Better Homes & Gardens, Country Gardens, Perennials, Southern Living (twice) and This Old House. We recently talked with Enright about her design process and how novice gardeners can overcome their fears and dig in.

How long have you been a landscape designer?

About 30 years.

How did you get into it?

I have a degree in art from the University of Richmond. My former husband and me had a lawn service business a long time ago. One day when I was clipping shrubbery for a client, I realized that she had hired someone to design her landscaping and that I could do a better job. My husband told me to do it. I started teaching myself everything I could possibly learn and reading and going to seminars.

Did you garden when you were a little girl?

No, but my dad did. He would garden in fits and starts. Before my parents had children, they grew irises. Daddy was a photographer, and he would photograph all

the irises. Then they had twins, and I was one of the twins.

What is it about gardening and landscape design that you enjoy?

I enjoy discovering “aha” solutions.

Aha solutions are always the ones that excite me when I know that I’ve solved the physical problems, and I’ve done it with the right styling and brought in as many of the client’s desires as possible.

How does your art degree help you design gardens?

In art school we were taught in design classes to problem solve. When you paint you’re solving problems, but I innately have the gift for knowing what makes for good design balance and texture and color — all of that was groomed in art school.

What types of gardens are popular right now?

What clients want most of all are outdoor entertainment spaces with an outdoor grill — a place where they can gather with friends and family.

More people are growing their own food and herbs.

Are you seeing more of that?

Well, yeah. There’s nothing better than picking your own organic lettuces, bringing them in and washing

them. You don’t have to have a whole lot of space for that. I have two beds, and they’re sized 4 feet by 20 feet.

What’s the first step in designing a landscaping project for a client?

I have to listen. With listening comes asking a lot of questions.

Sometimes people will just start spouting, and you just have to listen.

Then there’s some give and take where you banter ideas back and forth. Then usually I have to get real quiet within myself. I take a gazillion pictures and measurements of the space, and then come back to my office and think. There are always all of these bits and pieces. I’m always looking for a way to bring all of these bits and pieces together.

What would you say to someone who is intimidated by gardening?

How do you get started?

Do pots on your back porch.

Gardening to me is all about making your house bigger. It makes your house move to the outside. If you have a deck, dress it up. Use pots and planters, you can even grow a whole vegetable garden on your deck — really. Just start small, and the more you get into it, the more you find yourself moving further out.

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Live on Purpose

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we are and everything we do, we can see our experiences for what they really are: information meant to help us grow.

When was the last time judgment served you? Judgment just isn’t empowering energy.

When we spend our time labeling our experiences as failures, we’re descending into the type of unproductive space from which nothing good can ascend.

erfect. It is a concept that paralyzes us.

We know it doesn’t exist, but we see nothing ironic about trying to get as close to the idea as possible. If we’re the closest things to perfection, then we’ve made it. Except where exactly are we going if perfection has no address for us to train our sights on?

“If only I could have skin like Jennifer Aniston,” women tell me, while eyeing the star on a magazine cover. I hear wish lists for Rhianna’s body, Jennifer Lopez’s hair, Helen Mirren’s aging and more. In those moments, I am struck by how not only are women comparing themselves to someone who does not share their genes, lifestyle and financial resources, they are also comparing themselves to someone who has all sorts of support to look a certain way and then has been airbrushed into “perfection” because even her “best” wasn’t good enough.

What can we learn from this?

What if we changed our minds?

We spend much of our energy trying to erase what makes us unique — like our wild curly hair or porcelain skin or quirky, irreverent sense of humor — and, yet, we were created to deliver that uniqueness to the world. Letting go of chasing perfect doesn’t mean you have to settle. It means you have arrived at a powerful awareness that if perfect cannot exist, then neither can its opposite.

Imperfect has no real meaning when perfect isn’t calling to you. Instead, what you discover is that everyone is created just as we were meant to be and that everything in life — every choice and outcome — is just journey and process. When you embrace that

truth, life gets more peaceful and satisfying.

Suddenly, we can look differently at the things we once labeled failures. If imperfection doesn’t exist, then failure suddenly changes, too. Now, things just are — some relationships last, others don’t; some jobs are offered, others aren’t; some words we use sail through without hitting a nerve; sometimes we hit a nerve. Rather than judging everything

What if we allowed our first thought when something doesn’t go the way we hoped to be, “What can I learn from this?”

What if we didn’t spend any time in judging or shaming ourselves and instead went to the more gentle but helpful place of discerning what it is we can learn from the situation and embracing all of the possibility that is before us, not all the history that is behind us?

Suddenly yelling at our child doesn’t make us call ourselves the worst mother in the world when we go to bed at night.

Instead, we can say, “Wow, I feel like that was a strong reaction for what was going on.”

When we listen for the answer, we realize that we are worried about our mother’s health or waited too long to eat or just exhausted. We aren’t evil. We just have needs that we can meet if we stop and ask ourselves the right question and push aside shame.

The things that turn out differently than you expected or that you aren’t able to make happen aren’t taunting you. They are giving you information. See them that way and there’s an opportunity to grow, there’s a way up, there is possibility.

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kellan’s fight Michelle and Andy Cyr are determined to help their son and others

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e can all go back through life and see the moments that defined us or certainly changed our path in life. Michelle and Andy Cyr are not only a changed family, but they’re defining their own path right now. From their home on Lake Norman in Cornelius, they sit around the dinner table and reflect on what is now. It’s

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been an emotional year full of highs and lows. The laughs of their three beautiful children, Cam, Addie and Kellan fill the home. Kellan recently celebrated his first birthday; a milestone for so many reasons.

Parent intuition

Kellan was born premature and spent

three weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit. The entire family was looking forward to getting home to begin a “normal” life together and celebrate having a new baby. And then one week later, it happened. On a cold Saturday night in February, an ambulance raced to their home to answer a mother’s

call for help. “Kellan wasn’t breathing. I was performing CPR,” recalls Michelle.

Kellan would spend the next two weeks back in the hospital. Doctors eventually thought that he was in need of surgery on his stomach to help with an apnea condition.

Michelle and Andy didn’t agree with doctors and, going on a hunch and against the wisdom of medical professionals, they rolled the dice. “We wanted a less obstructive course of action,” says Andy. “Doctors thought we were crazy and said we’d be back,” Michelle remembers. “I was terrified with our decision, but I just knew it. I just knew it.”

Weeks went on as Michelle and Andy used an apnea device to help Kellan, but they still had concerns. “My mother instinct kicked in that something wasn’t right,” explains Michelle. She and Andy described their son as being floppy, too calm, not interacting with others, and just simply not connecting.

Their family pediatrician had suggested doing a genetic test.

“I didn’t think they would find anything there,” says Michelle. She and Andy weren’t prepared for the results.

“They had called and said come to the office and I said, ‘no, no, no,’ “ recalls Michelle.

Kellan had been diagnosed with 48 XXXY, where an additional X chromosome appears but then spontaneously divides.

It’s extremely rare, appearing only among 1 in 50,000 live births, and the impacts are somewhat unknown. Initially, doctors painted a very dark picture to the Cyrs of what their life could look like.

“They said everything from Kellan could be institutionalized to he could be just not as smart as his sister or brother,” says Michelle. “I was in denial, it was too much to handle and I just couldn’t believe it.”

With little background on the medical condition, the two didn’t know where to turn next.

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Michelle spent countless hours in front of the computer trying to understand what her son was telling her. Her exhaustive research and phone calls finally landed her on The Focus Foundation, a research agency in Davidsonville, Maryland dedicated to helping children with X & Y chromosomal variations. Michelle decided to take Kellan there immediately and was told by doctors “we can make it okay.”

Dr. Carol Samango-Sprouse at The Focus Foundation decided to treat Kellan with a series of testosterone shots. Two

days after that meeting and at 9 months old, he received his first one. Everyone was optimistic and saw results soon after. Kellan had more energy, seemed more alert and was interacting more. It was working.

Samango-Sprouse says what Kellan has gone through usually goes unidentified, yet can be uncovered through a simple blood test. Considering the X and Y chromosomal variations occur with 1 in 500 births, Samango-Sprouse and others in the medical community believe it could be the next Autism. “It’s similar because people were unaware of how common

Autism was until the mid-1990s when several parent advocacies brought attention to it,” says Samango-Sprouse. “However, unlike Autism, the genetic component to these disorders is known and there are services and biologic treatments available for the children, which dramatically reduce symptoms and allow for recovery.”

The Cyrs fear parents in their situation won’t know what they’re dealing with until it’s too late. “If Kellan were not diagnosed early on, it terrifies me to think about it,” says Michelle.

It’s another shining and defining moment for the Cyr family, along with a chance to help others, not just little Kellan.

“This is what we’re meant to be,” she says.

“Kellan is going to move mountains.”

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Rip Currents — Style

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1. Pair of decorative bottles by Uttermost, $199, The Shoppes at Ashley Carol, 20901 Catawba Avenue, Cornelius, look for Ashley Carol on Facebook.

2. Large Stratton Chest, $150, Kathy’s Kreations at The Shoppes at Ashley Carol, 20901 Catawba Avenue, Cornelius, look for Ashley Carol on Facebook.

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3. Alexandria cushion in lapis by Designers Guild, $195, Dutchmans, Jetton Village, 19441 Old Jetton Road, Cornelius, www.dutchmansdesigns.com.

4. Reclaimed wood frames (with burlap — $50, green accent — $45), Dutchmans, Jetton Village, 19441 Old Jetton Road, Cornelius, www. dutchmansdesigns.com.

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5. Lamp with mirrored detail, $98, Simplicity Interiors Marketplace & Design, 19801 S. Main Street, #6, Cornelius, www. simplicity-interiors.com.

6. Resin coasters with stand, $14, Dutchmans, Jetton Village, 19441 Old Jetton Road, Cornelius, www. dutchmansdesigns.com.

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7. Branch wrapped candleholders (taller size — $32.95, shorter size — $29.95), Blumengarten Fine Flowers & European Market, 20017 N. Main Street, Cornelius, www.blumengartenllc.com.

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8. Silver spheres, $4.95 each, Blumengarten Fine Flowers & European Market, 20017 N. Main Street, Cornelius, www.blumengartenllc.com.

9. Aqua sphere, $27.75, Simplicity Interiors Marketplace & Design, 19801 S. Main Street, #6, Cornelius, www.simplicityinteriors.com.

10. Chesterfield sofa by Carolina Custom Leather, call for pricing, Stickley, Audi & Co., 7215 Smith Corners Boulevard, Charlotte, www.stickleyaudi. com.

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Rip Currents — Home

interior curb appeal Staircases take center stage

by Deb Mitchell photography by Ken Noblezada The ‘Jones’ staircase (in a Cornelius home built by Stonebridge Luxury Homes) is a perfect example of traditional styling with a Mediterranean twist.

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Rather than standing out, this style plays well with the rest of the home’s clean-lined design.

As a prime example of Craftsman style, Piedmont’s ‘Zander’ staircase (installed in an Avalon Custom Building Group home), is casual yet classic.

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With degrees in engineering and decades of experience in the stairs business between them, McGee started

Piedmont (a member of the Stairway Manufacturers Association) with coowner Jack Watson more than five years ago. Their depth of knowledge, as well as their team of conscientious salesmen, skilled craftsman and expert installers, has earned McGee and Watson a solid reputation amongst high-end custom home builders in the Lake Norman area and beyond. To date, the 20-plus employee operation, based out of a fully equipped Charlotte workshop,

handles between 100 to 150 jobs per month throughout the Southeast.

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The complexities of constructing a stable and beautiful staircase (not unlike furniture building) are best handled in-shop rather than on the job site. “It’s the one piece in a home that’s about beauty and safety,” says McGee, noting that more specialized, non-transportable equipment is needed to create the best

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Like every aspect of home design, staircase styles are subject to trends. Wrought iron balusters are stylish right now, with many homeowners opting to use services like Piedmont’s “Stair Makeover” to swap out existing wood balusters for on-trend metal. In general, however, McGee says staircase styles fall into three basic categories: Craftsman, traditional, and contemporary.

As a prime example of Craftsman style, Piedmont’s ‘Zander’ staircase (installed in an Avalon Custom Building Group home), is casual yet classic. Rather than standing out, this style plays well with the rest of the home’s clean-lined design. A square newel post and balusters reflect the board and batten millwork, while a mix of painted and stained surfaces keeps the overall feel of the staircase fresh and bright.

On the other hand, the ‘Jones’ staircase (in a Cornelius home built by Stonebridge Luxury Homes) is a perfect example of traditional styling with a Mediterranean twist.

The curved staircase stands out as a centerpiece in the home’s entry. Piedmont powder coated ornate iron panel balusters in a custom color before installing them onto box treads. The hardness of Brazilian cherry makes it the perfect choice for treads in a household with dogs.

The contemporary ‘Hall’ staircase in a home built by Mooresville’s T. Whelan Homes holds its own against the home’s unique modern design.

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Homeowners tackling a staircase project — whether for new construction or renovation — are often surprised to learn there’s more involved than just selecting paint or stain colors and balusters. Decisions involving more technical details such as box treads vs. open treads or closed vs. open risers determine the overall look of the staircase even more so than baluster choice; but the selection process is a slippery slope with each decision determining the feasibility of the next.

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The contemporary ‘Hall’ staircase in a home built by Mooresville’s T. Whelan Homes holds its own against the home’s unique modern design. The metal balusters’ horizontal lines give a pleasing contrast to the earthy wood treads.

Tempered glass panels on the overlook offer an unobstructed view of the staircase opposite. By painting the risers and stringers black, the staircase appears to float despite the closed riser design.

When it comes to “bang for your buck,” McGee says, “A staircase is one of the easiest, most cost-effective ways to get a good return on the look of your home.” That’s reason alone for homeowners to give their staircases even more than a second thought.

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t’s rise-and-shine time at Sun Up Café in the newly opened LangTree complex in Mooresville.

The bright, airy restaurant stands out as one of the first retail spaces to open in an area that soon will bustle with hundreds of residents and guests. At first, owner Robert Tankoos planned just a coffee shop, but his vision quickly expanded.

“We knew that we wanted to provide a full-service coffee bar for the complex because there will be 300 apartments and other people working in the area,” Tankoos explains. The coffee bar provides breakfast sandwiches, scones, muffins and other quick alternatives for people on the go.

Everything but dinner Breakfast served all day seemed a natural choice. Lunch was a must, and thoughts then turned to mimosas and Bloody Mary cocktails. “We’re kind of everything but dinner,” Tankoos says. “It all just evolved.”

Tankoos worked in management at his brother’s restaurant in Ohio for seven years. He grew interested in the Charlotte area after college and kept an eye open for opportunities, especially in the Lake Norman area.

“It just seemed to be growing and growing,” he says. “I moved down here solely for the purpose of the restaurant.

I’ve been down a little over a year. I’ve been

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Robert Tankoos recently opened Sun Up Café at LangTree.

coming down for a year before that. The lake was a big draw, and we have some other friends and family in the area.”

Executive Chef Tom Tressler, who trained at the former Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, moved to the lake as well and designed the menu with the area in mind. “He pulled together what he thought would work, with some unique items,” Tankoos says.

Offerings include Scotch Eggs, a dish with two hard boiled eggs wrapped with breakfast sausage, rolled in bread crumbs and deep fried, then drizzled with Sriracha mayo. Griddle choices include blueberry or

actually make it into a meal with bacon, sausage, shrimp,” Tankoos says.

The restaurant will offer live music on occasion, most often when the bar stays open later on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Customers already are welcoming the restaurant to the neighborhood with gifts and positive reviews on social media. One customer presented them with a painting of the building that graces a prominent space on the wall. The restaurant offers a 10 percent discount to Lowe’s employees and people from the complex.

Tankoos and his managers built

The restaurant space is airy, with high ceilings covered with copper-colored tiles.

A brick accent wall and wooden floors add additional warmth to the space. Tables and high-backed benches seat 110 in two distinct spaces. The bar anchors one space, and the coffee bar nestles in the other.

Sun Up Cafe will open its doors for fundraisers and events with no fee charged.

“Since we stop serving food at 4 p.m., if someone wants to use our restaurant for an event, we have the liquor license, we have the space,” says Tankoos.

While he and his team are hard at work marketing the new restaurant, they

While Robert Tankoos and his team are hard at work marketing the new restaurant, they also take seriously their role to act as ambassadors for the broader community.

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blueberry crumble pancakes — traditional blueberry pancakes or blueberry crumble made with housemade granola. More meaty options include shrimp and grits and a smoked salmon bagel.

Lunch items abound with salad options — from the Sun Up Cobb to Greek, Asian and Southern. Sandwiches similarly draw from varied regions, including a Philly cheese steak, a Rueben and a Hot Brown.

the restaurant team through personal connections and recommendations. “All of them live either in Mooresville or Cornelius, which is what I wanted, mainly because we’re brand new, and word of mouth is the best form of marketing,” Tankoos explains. “Almost all of them had some breakfast and lunch experience, too.”

According to Tankoos, a breakfast place relies on a certain attitude. “It’s a down-home type of feeling,” he says.

“You need to have a good experience for people in the morning. We try to get coffee to them as quickly as possible.”

also take seriously their role to act as ambassadors for the broader community.

“This complex is set up as a live, work, play area,” Tankoos says. “Since we’re the first ones here, we’re not just selling the restaurant, we’re selling the complex, too.” For Tankoos, that’s an easy sell.

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Just a humble sandwich and a glass of wine, but it ranks right up there with some of the best meals ever.

by Trevor Burton

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y wife, Mary Ellen, and I get a real kick out of exploring California’s smaller wine regions. It’s so much more fulfilling than hanging around in the big boy territories. California’s main wine region, Napa Valley, has become so commercialized that it’s like a vinous Disneyland — hoards of people and lots of limousines taking their groups winery to winery, more interested in volume than in a quality wine experience. By the time they get to their final couple of stops it’s, often times, a case of one sip

too many. And make sure to bring money because everything in Napa from hotels and restaurants to wine tasting has a pretty heavy price tag associated with it.

To be fair, there are many winemakers who quit the mainstream to concentrate on making wines that express climate, soil and the winemaker’s philosophy.

But, to us, it’s the commercialization that is the overwhelming experience.

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To me, the place just feels like Burgundy — lots of small farms with winegrowers and winemakers who have an obsessive focus on putting out the best wines possible.

Like their Burgundy brethren, many of the vineyards are dry-farmed (no irrigation) — that suffering vine thing, again.

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some spectacular wines. A few years ago, to celebrate our nation’s bicentennial, there was a comparative wine tasting in Paris. It matched the best wines of Bordeaux against wines from the Napa Valley. The Napa gang knocked everyone else for a loop. Rent the movie Bottle Shock to get a feel for the event, it’s enjoyable and interesting.

The issue, in my mind, with Napa Valley wines is their price. Land is so expensive there, and that comes through in the price of the wines. In addition, you’re paying some premium for the cachet of the region.

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Zinmeister Michael Talty’s gnarly old vines produce stupendous wines.

geological phenomenon, the “Dry Creek Conglomerate.” Located on the mid terraces of the hills, Dry Creek Conglomerate is made of extremely well-drained, gravelly, alluvial soils that have eroded from the hills over the millennia. This is what every Zinfandel vine in the world dreams of at night. Or perhaps not. Well-drained soils mean that vines have to struggle to find the moisture and nourishment they crave.

Good news for us — suffering vines equates to great wines every time.

There’s a consequence of history here that still echoes to this day — to our great advantage. In the early 1900s the scourge of philloxera hit the valley, wiping out all the grapevines. A disaster at the time. The recovery strategy was to graft traditional clones onto a special rootstock that had proven resistant to the disease. We are the lucky recipients of these many “old” vineyards that are dotted around the valley. The character of Dry Creek Valley wines emanates from what a bunch of farmers had to do over a 100 years ago. We should thank them daily.

Some Dry Creek Valley Zinfandels that I’ve tasted bring to mind the best wines of Burgundy. Maybe that’s not such a stretch.

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Our preference is to head west from Napa, over the mountain towards the Pacific Ocean and into the next valley, specifically to the tiny region of Dry Creek Valley. It’s a different world. None of the hustle and bustle and mostly made up of small, family owned vineyards. We first found our way there a dozen or so years ago, and we’ve been going back every year since. Back then it was pretty difficult to find a wide range of Dry Creek Valley wines here at the lake. But that’s changed.

Dry Creek Valley is small. It’s listed officially as 16 miles long and two miles wide. But that’s way off the mark. The width measurement is from mountain peak to mountain peak, the practical growing area is much smaller. Dry Creek Valley is home to the best Zinfandels in the world — other grapes are grown, but it’s Zinfandel that dominates.

If you were a grapevine looking to set down roots, Dry Creek Valley would be high on your list. The narrowness of the valley means that there is an abundance of hillside soils. And with the hillsides comes exposure. The eastern side of the valley gets its sun from the south and southwest, while the other side gets its sun at a more oblique angle. What that translates into is heavy, powerful wines on one slope and more nuanced, complex wines on the other.

These wines can be breathtaking. Our friend Michael Talty makes his Zinfandel with grapes from gnarly old vines in the estate in front of his winery. His Estate Zinfandel shows how beautifully balanced a Zinfandel can be. Stunningly complex; an array of flavors and aromas — bittersweet cocoa, ripe black cherry, with hints of fresh plums and boysenberries and that good old Zinfandel white pepper.

Right next door to Talty’s vineyard is another winery, Truett Hurst. While Michael Talty’s small production volume makes his wines difficult to find outside of the valley, Truett Hurst wines are available here at the lake.

Truett Hurst wines are biodynamically farmed, zero manipulation. The aim is to make wines that are a true expression of their environment. There’s Zinfandel, of course, but the winery also features a wonderful Petite Sirah.

We like to visit Truett Hurst for lunch.

Armed with a sandwich from the local General Store, we borrow a couple of glasses and bring a bottle of wine down the banks of the creek. Just a humble sandwich and a glass of wine, but it ranks right up there with some of the best meals we’ve ever had. We still ship a lot of these wines back home, but it’s comforting to know that if our stash runs dry we’ve got only a short trip to refill it.

So, search out some of these wines.

Try them with a sandwich while you’re overlooking the lake. It’s equally as enjoyable as sitting by that old creek out West. Believe me, we’ve tried it on more than one occasion. Give it a shot. Enjoy.

Trevor Burton of Mooresville is certified by the International Sommelier Guild, he is founder of SST Wine Experiences and, along with his wife, Mary Ellen, conducts wine education and tasting tours to wine regions throughout the world.

Thoughts from the Man Cave

by Mike Savicki

bracketology The science behind a perfect March Madness bracket

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hen I first read that billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett had teamed with Quicken Loans to offer $1 billion for the perfect 2014 March Madness bracket, I was a bit intrigued. Actually, I was more than intrigued. Full disclosure, I was hooked.

I wondered how difficult it could be to pick all the games correctly. Forbes says

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the odds of winning are said to be one in 4,294,967,296. If you consider the world’s population is 7.1 billion, and not everyone completes brackets, I figure I have a shot.

I already knew a bit about basic basketball science so starting my perfect bracket was easy. First, never pick a team seeded lower than four to win it all. Since the brackets expanded to 64 (and now 68) teams, well

over 95 percent of the winners have been seated one through four. Second, the winner will likely come from a power conference like the Big Ten, ACC, Big East and others.

Sorry, Ivy League. Third, teams that average at least 77 points during the season advance deeper. Run and gun is rewarded in March.

And, last but not least, big name coaches have a knack for cutting down the nets. So, if you

Forbes says the odds of winning are said to be one in 4,294,967,296.

If you consider the world’s population is 7.1 billion, and not everyone completes brackets, I figure I have a shot. gaps; I hit the sidelines of a YMCA youth league game. With a friend’s son on my hip, we asked a host of questions.

Kids tell it like it is. I learned a Grizzly can beat a Ram in a fight, so I should have hope for Montana. When I shared a picture of Wisconsin’s “Bucky Badger,” one kid freaked and started crying, so I’m only giving Wisconsin a first-round win. A set of twins mistook the South Dakota State mascot for the Easter bunny, so there’s no chance I’m

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picking the Jackrabbits. When I flashed an image of Gonzaga’s Bulldog, one player said the dog was “off the chain” and asked his coach if they could change their team name.

I’m pro Gonzaga. The last kid I asked said oranges were his favorite fruit and told me he once tried to bite Syracuse’s mascot on the leg.

His Dad confirmed the story — I’m loving Jim Boeheim’s team all the way to the finals.

So, Mr. Buffett, if you are reading this, let’s cut to the chase. Please make the check out to “Caroline Savicki’s College Fund” and declare me the almighty winner. End the suspense, and let the rest of America skip work for the month, tune in to see tip-offs at weird intervals and bet against the team the guy in the next cubicle loves because you know he still has your stapler.

After all, it’s March Madness, and only the perfect survive.

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are on the fence about a certain team, see who is directing traffic from the sidelines.

Google helped a bit, too. I learned that picking at least one 12 seed to win two games should be a no-brainer. As temping as it may seem, don’t pick a 16 seed. I even learned that the presidential brackets rarely slip below the 95th percentile, and it’s not against the law to copy the POTUS. It was only when I began asking around for input that the tips became questionable.

Pick a team with red in its uniform (a suggestion from the Davidson campus). Pick whatever team Jimmie Johnson picks (a suggestion from a Hendrick Motorsports employee). Pick Michigan State to win two games more than you think they will (a tip – actually, not a bad one — from a Michigan State alum). Never pick Duke (I only included this because I know my editor is a Tar heel, and I have been pushing for more column space for two years.) And, lastly, if the Cornelius Cougars were a real NCAA team, they would beat everyone (a rumor circulating within the Dirty Mo Basketball League).

Even after combining my knowledge with diligent research and rumors, I still had questions, so I did what any serious bracketologist would do to fill in the

Freelance writer Mike Savicki has lived and worked in the Lake Norman area for nearly two decades.

His interest in athletics and love of sports journalism spans from racing to rugby and anything in between.

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Game On

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oah Edmondson had been away from the golf course for nearly a week on the day we met for an interview. To most golfers, a week away in the dead of winter is no big deal, but for this Cannon School junior, seven days without hitting balls is an eternity no matter what time of year.

It wasn’t his fault. The Davidson resident explained that a freak February snowstorm forced the course to close for longer than he cared to accept. Then there was the issue of having to attend school and finish homework. And, to top it off, Edmondson mentioned that River Run is closed on Mondays, a fact that the future Arkansas Razorback golfer frequently laments.

“It’s never really that hard to find me,” Edmondson says while chipping a bucket of balls from above a bunker side sand trap all to within a putter’s length of the cup. “I’m pretty much here every day after school except on Mondays, but, if I could, I‘d probably be here on Mondays, too.”

When you are already the high school state champ, and your goal is to make the professional

Hitting His

Noah Edmundson

Edmundson, a Cannon School junior, who lives in Davidson, can't remember a time in his life when he didn't have a golf club in his hands.

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Noah Edmondson’s golf game is on the mark

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coach, says Edmondson is a true competitor with a work ethic second to none.

“Noah is one of the hardest working golfers I have ever seen,” Whisenant says. “He is mature, driven and leads by his work ethic.

To be honest, it’s fantastic to be the coach of a team that is full of players like Noah who regularly work harder than their coach does.”

Home on the range On the particular Saturday we connected, Edmondson was excited to be back on the course and planned to practice for the better part of six hours. He typically starts on the

Edmundson began the 2014 season by competing in the AJGA Puerto Rico Open.

tour, well, that’s an understatement.

Hard work and lower scores

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practice green. He later describes two of his favorite drills. Fourteen, he says, is a putting drill where three groups of balls are each positioned three, 14 and 40-feet from the cup. Every ball must find the bottom of the cup in less than a combined 14 total strokes. And in his favorite short putt drill, 24 balls rest in four different positions surrounding the cup. If he misses any of the three- to four-foot putts before sinking every ball in succession, he must begin again.

“Golf is a game where it is as important to be as mentally focused as possible,” he says.

“Even if I’m out here alone, I’ll finish these drills no matter how long it takes. The pressure I put on myself helps me when I compete.”

When we moved from the putting green to the practice range, Edmondson broke out his pitching wedge and began rhythmically and systematically launching balls toward

Pat Whisenant, Cannon School golf coach, says Edmondson is a true competitor with a work ethic second to none.

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Edmondson, 17, can’t remember a time in his life when he didn’t have a golf club in his hands. At the age of three, he was given his first set of cut down clubs and began hitting balls. The set came from his grandfather, the only other lefty in the family. His father and mother, David and Angela, then taught him the basics on a par three course close to their previous Charlotte family home.

By the time the Edmondsons settled in River Run, Noah had established himself as one of the top junior players in the state.

His competitive resume began taking shape even before he began high school. In 2010, Edmondson finished in the top 50 at the AJGA Hilton Head All-Star. He finished 16th in the 2011 Bass Pro Shops / Payne Stewart Junior Championships in Springfield, Missouri, and finished ninth in the same tournament two years later. His victory in the 2012 Bubba Conlee National Junior Golf Tournament in Bartlett, Tennessee, turned collegiate coaching heads, and he began the 2014 season by competing in the AJGA Puerto Rico Open.

On his favorite aspect of the game, Edmondson says, “I love the entire game itself for how much it tests you, but if I were to pick one part of the game that I enjoy the most, I’d say it is the competition.”

Pat Whisenant, Cannon School golf

”I love the entire game itself for how much it tests you, but if I were to pick one part of the game that I enjoy the most, I’d say it is the competition.”

a target flag midway down the range. The pitching wedge, he says, helps him in one of his favorite parts of the game, scrambling, and is a favorite club to get out of tight situations.

After noticing that none of the nearly threedozen balls he hit in succession ever landed more than a few feet from his target, I tried to turn up the pressure a bit and asked if it had really been seven days since he last swung a club. As he told me that playing every day with his high school teammates, and learning to block out a few of the things they say, has helped him fine tune his focus, his next couple shots landed even closer to the mark.

In fact, it wasn’t until I challenged Edmondson to choose a different target that he even broke his rhythm. After gripping down on the club, adjusting his stance and shortening his swing, Edmondson smiled at me and stated, “Everybody loves to hit the cart guy, right?”

And, with a loud “bang,” we both smiled. He hit his target again.

Freelance writer Mike Savicki has lived and worked in the Lake Norman area for nearly two decades.

His interest in athletics and love of sports journalism spans from racing to rugby and anything in between.

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A team effort leads to a dream come true at The Point

Throughout the process, the team worked together to bring the homeowners’ ideas together in a home design they would love, but that also fit the challenging wedge-shaped lot and capitalized on lake views.

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he shores of Lake Norman play host to countless amazing homes, but one standout in particular is a stunner at The Point in Mooresville that positively overflows with old world charm and personal details.

When the homeowners relocated to the Lake Norman area from New Jersey, they hunted for an existing lake home. Although they got serious about several homes, they ended up with the feeling that those were someone else’s dream — not theirs. Instead, they purchased a lot and started dreaming up what was to be their “forever home.”

Collaboration leads to a beautiful creation

When these homeowners relocated to the Lake Norman area from New Jersey, they hunted for an existing lake home.

Although they got serious about several homes, they ended up with the feeling that those were someone else’s dream — not theirs. Instead, they purchased a lot at The Point and built their "forever home."

In 2007, the homeowners, who requested their names not be printed in this story, turned to luxury home designer Jim Phelps and custom homebuilder Augusta Homes’ Ken Wrench and Ron Talbott to collaborate on the design phase. “These clients were really receptive to a collaborative effort with us and the designer,” Wrench explains.

“That’s the kind of client you love to work with in the building business. That’s also when you get a really cool home.”

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Arched doorways add even more warmth to the space.

Talbott flew to New Jersey to meet with the clients and see how they lived there, establishing a relationship and informed approach to the project right from the start. “We even want to see what furniture will be coming with them,” says Talbott of Augusta’s personalized approach to custom home building.

Throughout the process, the team worked together to bring the homeowners’ ideas together in a home design they would love, but that also fit the challenging wedge-shaped lot and capitalized on lake views. Once building began, Talbott oversaw Augusta’s team of experienced craftsmen daily to ensure a high quality product from the inside out.

“We’re a ‘guts’ home builder,” he says, “We care more about our flashing being right than what color our front doors are or how our faux finishes look.” All the same, Augusta executed every decorative detail with expert precision, for example, spraying the home’s trim with oilbased paint to achieve a furniture quality finish.

Interior designer Melissa Lojek also worked with the homeowners to select window treatments, colors and finishes throughout the home.

When construction wrapped in 2009, the end result was a beautiful 8,200-square-foot home with an eclectic, yet decidedly European vibe.

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Interior designer Melissa Lojek worked with the homeowners to select window treatments, colors and finishes throughout the home.

An ode to old world

Elegant details flourish throughout the home.

Outside, natural stone, stucco and copper accents highlight the home’s French country design. In back, multiple covered and uncovered outdoor gathering spaces feature details such as an outdoor fireplace, cedar beams and distressed yellow pine specially finished for high performance wear.

Inside, the homeowners aimed for each room to have its own distinctive personality.

The great room’s warm, rustic vibe, with its exposed beams and stone fireplace is a nod to one of the homeowner’s Vermont roots. Oval dormer windows and a two-story turret ceiling add singular style. In contrast, the more formal dining and living rooms’ faux finished walls and delicate details call to mind French elegance.

The kitchen’s warm woods and creamy cabinetry make for a casually comfortable look, while custom features such as an armoire-like refrigerator make the space special. Just off the kitchen, the mudroom is actually a favorite of visitors with its blue-hued cabinetry and the open shelving Talbott designed himself to display the homeowners’ collection of heirloom pottery.

The traditional wood-paneled home office sits in a somewhat untraditional spot: mid-level, between the first and second floors. The homeowners love the tucked away feeling and, although it isn’t large,

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The home's design capitalizes on its views of Lake Norman.

they say it’s an effective space, thanks to the well-planned layout of the built-ins.

The basement level is just as special as the rest of the home. With features like a summer kitchen that opens onto the covered stone patio outside and a leaded glass window that offers a peek into the wine cellar, it’s perfect for gatherings, both large and small.

The homeowners say they couldn’t be happier with the results of their collaboration with Phelps, Wrench and Talbott; and as much as they love how beautiful the house looks, they say it’s the pleasure they have in the house when family and friends gather there together that truly makes it a home.

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The Big Three An art crawl, a musical revue and a parade owntown D Davidson Art Crawl

NCORE – E A Musical Revue Benefit

Head to the Historic District of Davidson on Friday, March 7 for the Downtown Davidson Art Crawl.

Offering the work of more than 25 local artists, the crawl will extend from Summit Coffee to just past the Davidson Post Office. Look for artwork ranging from fine art and textiles to bath products and baked goods.

The event will also include wine and beer tastings, in addition to live music at several locations.

“Our goal is to introduce Davidson to as many local artists as possible, including visual and performing arts as well,” explains Kristen Feighery, owner of Sanctuary of Davidson, which is sponsoring the event. “There is so much talent in our area, and we hope to encourage and assist artists in their efforts to create a livelihood from their craft.”

Feighery plans on hosting four art crawls a year in March, June, September and November. “We hope to bring new customers to our fabulous, local small businesses here in Davidson,” she says, “and also create some fun nightlife for our locals and encourage visits from out-of-towners.”

If you’re an interested artist, e-mail Feighery at Kristen@sanctuaryofdavidson.com. Downtown Davidson Art Crawl, March 7, 6-9 p.m., free, Historic District of Davidson, www.sanctuaryofdavidson.com.

Interested in seeing some of your favorite performers from previous Davidson Community Players’ productions perform familiar Broadway tunes? If so, ENCORE — A Musical Revue Benefit is for you.

The non-profit theatre group is holding the revue at NorthStone Country Club in Huntersville on March 15. Attendees will enjoy revivals of classic numbers from some of the group’s most popular productions, such as Hello, Dolly! and Ragtime. Performers will also present hits-in-the-making and a Lisa Smith sings a selection sneak peek of performances yet to come. from Ragtime.

In addition, a silent auction and raffle will be including in the fun, as all proceeds from this event go to presenting theatre and theatre education programs in the Lake Norman community.

Davidson Community Players has been producing live theatre in the area since 1965.

ENCORE — A Musical Revue Benefit, March 15, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $60 per person, NorthStone Country Club, 15801 Northstone Drive, Huntersville, www.davidsoncommunityplayers.org.

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Downtown Mooresville is cool for all sorts of reasons. It’s a quaint downtown with a strong Americana vibe. It offers great restaurants, shops and galleries. And this month it offers a Saint Patrick’s Day Parade.

That’s right, tap into the “luck o’ the Irish” on March 8 with an afternoon of Saint Patrick’s Day fun. Look for an Irish Pipe Band, an Irish Wolfhound, marching bands, dancers and more. The parade route goes down Main Street from Iredell Avenue to Center Avenue.

One more thing, be sure to wear green.

Downtown Mooresville Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, March 8, 3 p.m., free, www.downtownmooresville.com.

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CHILDREN James and the Giant Peach (March 29-April 6) A magical peach! Gigantic insect friends! An incredible journey! What more could an imprisoned boy ask for?

The classic story of James and the Giant Peach, a fantastical journey of escape from his loathsome aunts comes hilariously to life in this production of Davidson Community Players’ The Connie Company and provides the audience with an exciting, peachy adventure. March 29-30, 1 p.m., 4 p.m.; April 5-6, 1 p.m., 4 p.m.; April 4, 7 p.m. $10. Armour Street Theatre, Davidson, www. davidsoncommunityplayers.org.

CONCERTS Iredell Concert Association — The Water Coolers (March 8) This group sings about experi-

ences from working around the water cooler.

Time and price TBA. Mac Gray Auditorium, Statesville, www.iredellconcerts.com.

The Tryon Street String Quartet (March 2) The

Tryon Street String Quartet performs as part of the Alexander Community Concert Series.

This quartet features Alan Black, principal cellist of the Charlotte Symphony, and three of his symphony colleagues. The concert will delight your ears and lift your spirits as only strings can do. Reception to meet the musicians, with refreshments, follows the concert.

3 p.m. Adults $15, seniors and students $10, children under 12 free. The Episcopal Church of St. Peter By-the-Lake, 8433 Fairfield Forest Road, Denver, 704.489.6249.

Contemporary Piano Recital: Will Fried (March 13) Davidson’s new artist associate

in piano Will Fried will present an innovative program of contemporary works inspired by Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, including Veränderungen by French electronic music pioneer Philippe Manoury and The People United Will Never Be Defeated! by American pianist-composer and activist Frederick Rzewski. 7:30 p.m.

Free. Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center, Davidson College, www.davidson.edu.

Andrea Mumm, Harp (March 23) Andrea

Mumm, principal harpist for the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, will present a mixed recital of solo works for harp and chamber music, including Lou Harrison’s Suite for Cello and Harp, featuring cellist Alan Black, and Saint-Saens’s Fantasie for Violin and Harp, featuring violinist Rosemary Furniss. 3 p.m.

Free. Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center, Davidson College, www.davidson.edu.

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Spring Davidson College Chorale Concert: Entreat Me Not To Leave You (March 24) Come

It’s All About Plants Davidson Horticulture Symposium (March 4) The Davidson Horticul-

enjoy an evening of music about Hope, Faith, Life and Love. Featuring Dan Forrest’s Entreat Me Not to Leave You, and Lauriden’s Les Chansons de Roses, the Chorale and student soloists will also perform some of Broadway’s classic and memorable love songs. 7:30 p.m. Free. Davidson College Presbyterian Church, www.davidson.edu.

ture Symposium celebrates 30 years this year.

Speakers include Kirk Brown, David Culp, Holly Shimizu, Paula Gross and Tony Avent. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. $89 per person, pre-registration required. Knobloch Campus Center, Davidson College, www.davidsonsymposium.org.

EVENTS Indies + Docs (March 1) The Armstrong Lie is

the featured film this month. In 2008, Academy Award® winning filmmaker Alex Gibney set out to make a documentary about Lance Armstrong’s comeback to the world of competitive cycling, and was given unprecedented access to tell this story. More than just an athlete, Armstrong, through his inspiring personal narrative and charitable works, had come to embody nothing short of the possibilities of the human spirit itself. An unprecedented scandal, however, in which Armstrong was effectively stripped of all seven of his previous Tour de France titles for doping, would rewrite both the Armstrong legend and Gibney’s film. 7 p.m. Cornelius residents, $8; non-Cornelius resident $9.

Cornelius Arts Center, 19725 Oak Street, Cornelius, www.indiesplusdocs.com.

Artisan Event (March 1-2) Learn about 19th century skills as you watch open-hearth cooking, fiber and blacksmithing demos.

Also, tour the plantation house and outbuildings, and visit the farm animals.

Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday 1-4 p.m.

Admission is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, $6 for students, ages 5 and under free. Historic Latta Plantation, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville, www.lattaplantation.org.

Charlotte Jewish Film Festival Mondays at the Lake Series (March 3, 10) The Charlotte

Jewish Film Festival (CJFF) celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year with a full slate of award-winning, entertaining and thoughtprovoking films. Thirteen movies are included in the 2014 Core Series. The CJFF has also expanded its presence in the Lake Norman area with a “Mondays at the Lake” series that will feature encore screenings of CJFF highlights. Bethlehem (March 3, 7 p.m.); The Third Half (March 10, 7 p.m.); both at Regal Cinemas Birkdale Stadium 16. A Bottle in.

Price TBD. www.charlottejewishfilm.com.

Downtown Davidson Art Crawl (March 7)

Stroll the shops and galleries of Davidson. Wine tastings and live music are part of the fun. 6-9 p.m. Free. Downtown Davidson, www.sanctuaryofdavidson.com.

Macallan Scotch Dinner (March 7) This in-

timate dinner at Historic Rural Hill will be lead by Macallan Brand Ambassador Randolph Adams and features an exclusive four-course meal paired with the finest scotches from The Macallan and Highland Park. The pairing and menu will be set and prepared by an executive chef and scotch expert. 7 p.m. $65 per person, reservations required. Rural Hill Cultural Center, 4431 Neck Road, Huntersville, www.ruralhill.net.

Downtown Mooresville Saint Patrick’s Day Parade (March 8) Join in on a celebration

of Saint Patrick’s Day with a parade featuring at Irish Pipe Band, an Irish Wolfhound, marching bands, dancers and more. 3 p.m. Free. Main Street from Iredell to Center Avenue, Downtown Mooresville, www.downtownmooresville.com.

Davidson Community Players’ ENCORE (March 15) Join Davidson Community Players for

a fundraiser that includes a silent auction, raffle and live entertainment from actors and singers from the company’s previous productions. 6:30-9:30 p.m. $60 per person. NorthStone Country Club, 15801 Northstone Drive, Huntersville, www.davidsoncommunityplayers.org.

Latta Celtic Festival (March 15-16) Celebrate all things Celtic at Latta’s 2nd annual Celtic Festival. Enjoy live music from the Thistledown Tinkers and Stirling Bridge, and an event Piper throughout the weekend.

Also, see Scottish dancing by Latta’s Kilts and Petticoats, meet various Scottish clans, shop with vendors like Near and Far Scottish, Cats Paw Potterie, The Celtic Rainbow, and St. Kilda USA. The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery will be there with several local beers on tap. Food will be available from The Scottish Cottage, Appalachian Smoke and Anna’s Sweet Treats.

Children can play games and enjoy storytelling, visit the farm animals and more.

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10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, $6 for students, ages 5 and under are free. Historic Latta Plantation, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville, www. lattaplantation.org.

Lake Norman Boating and Water Sports Festival (March 29) Enjoy free water safety seminars

dealing with everything from navigating Lake Norman to how to avoid thunderstorms to how to successfully dock a boat. You’ll also be allowed to touch and tour a variety of boats (think fire boats, police boats, game and fishing boats, Tow Boat US Boats, ski boats, bowriders and cruisers. You can also race your own model sailboat (race begins at 1 p.m.). 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Morningstar Marinas Kings Point, 18020 Kings Point Drive, Cornelius, www.carefreeboats.com/LakeNorman.

GALLERIES Andre Christine Gallery & Sculpture Garden

Various exhibitions. Tue-Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m.148 Ervin Road, Mooresville, 704.775.9516, www.andrechristinegallery.com.

Cornelius Arts Center Markers of Our Lives: A Community Mandala Project created by en-

vironmental artist Bryant Holsenbeck.

March 7 through April 30. Opening reception March 7 from 6:30-9 p.m. Mon-Thu 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri-Sat 9 a.m.-Noon. 19725 Oak Street, Cornelius, www.cornelius.org.

“Cotton” Ketchie’s Landmark Galleries

Various exhibitions. The work of watercolorist ‘Cotton’ Ketchie. Mon-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 212 North Main Street, Mooresville, 704.664.4122, www.landmark-galleries.com.

Depot Art Gallery The Winter Juried Art Exhibi-

tion features work from various artists in the area. Through February 27. 103 W. Center Avenue, Mooresville, www.magart.org.

Foster’s Frame and Art Gallery Various exhi-

bitions. Gallery Crawl every third Friday of the month, 6-8:30 p.m. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10a.m.-4p.m. 403 N. Old Statesville Road, Huntersville, 704.948.1750.

Four Corners Framing and Gallery Various

exhibitions. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 112 S. Main Street, Mooresville, 704.662.7154, wwwfcfgframing.com.

Lake Country Gallery Various exhibitions.

Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Exit 36 – Mooresville, between Belk and Kohl’s, 704.664.5022, www.lakecountrygallery.net.

Merrill-Jennings Galleries Various exhibitions. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 463 S. Main Street, Davidson, 704.895.1213, www.merrilljennings.com.

Sanctuary of Davidson Various exhibi-

tions. 108 S. Main Street, Davidson, www.sanctuaryofdavidson.com.

Tropical Connections Various exhibitions.

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a.m.-4 p.m. or by appointment. 230 N. Main Street, Mooresville. 704.664.0236.

The Van Every/Smith Galleries Yvonne Petkus: Searching. Using thick, questioned

mark-making and the relationship between a repeated, mediated figure and its environment, artist Yvonne Petkus wades through content that leads to states of fragmentation and ambiguity. March 13-April 9; lecture March 12, 6-7 p.m., Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center. Darren Floyd: Destroyer of Dreams, or, Container of All Future Meaning. Visiting Assistant Professor Floyd will speak about his digital works on view in this exhibit. March 13-April 13; opening reception March 13, 6:30 p.m., Van Every Gallery, Belk Visual Arts Center. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat-Sun noon-4 p.m. Davidson College, The Van Every/ Smith Galleries, 315 N. Main Street, Davidson, www.davidsoncollegeartgalleries.org.

MONTHLY EVENTS Carolina Raptor Center Live bird presenta-

tions, flight shows, behind-the-scenes tours and more take place at Carolina Raptor Center throughout the month. Visit carolinaraptorcenter.org for more details.

Blue Planet Water Environmental Center Tour (First Tuesday, Third Thursday) Learn

about water and wastewater through a hands-on tour. Fun for all ages. Tours are available the first Tuesday and the third Thursday of the month on a first-come, first-served basis. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Admission TBA. Call 704.621.0854 or e-mail Bplanet@ ci.charlotte.nc.us to schedule a tour.

Eden Street Market (Every Thursday through Saturday) Buy fresh fish and produce during

the week. 3-6 p.m. 106 Eden Street, Davidson.

2nd Friday Art Crawl Every Second Friday,

Cornelius Cultural Arts Group invites the community to experience downtown Cornelius in style! Hosted by Bella Love, this monthly art crawl features some of the area’s most talented and innovative artisans as well as live performances, food trucks, and special events at local businesses. 5-9 p.m. Free. Oak Street Mill, 19725 Oak Street, Cornelius, www.bellalove.org.

Davidson Farmer’s Market (First and third Saturday) Farmers sell a bounty of seasonal

vegetables; pasteurized meats and cheeses; and freshly baked breads, cakes and pies. 8 a.m.-noon. Free. Next to Town Hall between Main and Jackson streets in downtown Davidson, www.davidsonfarmersmarket.org.

Mooresville Museum (First and Third Saturday)View exhibits and artifacts from

Mooresville’s past and present. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 132 E. Center Avenue, Mooresville, www.downtownmooresville.com.

Open Air Market at the Crossing (Every Saturday) Buy local flowers/plants, jam/

honey, soap, candles, baked goods, hand-

made crafts and more. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free.

9525 Birkdale Crossing Drive, Huntersville.

Richard’s Coffee Shop & Veterans Museum (Every Saturday) Enjoy a community mu-

sic jam every Saturday. 9 a.m.- noon.

Free. Richards Coffee Shop & Veterans Museum, 165 N. Main Street, Mooresville, www.downtownmooresville.com.

SPORTS Davidson College Baseball Nothings beats a

baseball game on a warm spring day. Miami of Ohio (March 1-2, 2 p.m.), Massachusetts (March 7, 6 p.m.), North Carolina A & T (March 8, 4:30 p.m.), Massachusetts (March 9, 12 p.m.), North Carolina A & T (March 9, 3 p.m.), Citadel (March 14-16; 6 p.m., 2 p.m., 1 p.m.), Wofford (March 21-23; 6 p.m., 2 p.m., 1 p.m.), Duke (March 25, 6 p.m.), Georgia Southern (March 28-30; 6 p.m., 2 p.m., 1 p.m.). Davidson College, www.davidsonwildcats.com.

THEATRE Flyin’ West (Through March 9) Facing problems

ranging from long, cold winters, to domestic violence, to racial conflict, the women of Flyin’ West offer a remarkable glimpse into American history told through the lives of powerful characters and a moving story told with pathos and humor. It serves as a reminder of the diversity of western pioneers. Performed

by Davidson Community Players. Thu-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $20, senior 65+ $18, students under 21 $12. Armour Street Theatre, Davidson, www.davidsoncommunityplayers.org.

Heroes (March 20-April 5) In this comedy

translated by Tom Stoppard, Henri, Gustave and Phillipe plan to bust loose from their veteran retirement center. Thu-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $16-$21. The Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216-A Westmoreland Road, Cornelius, www.warehousepac.com.

Providence Gap (March 26-30) Originally conceived and written by Preston Lane (Artistic Director of Triad Stage) and singersongwriter Laurelyn Dossett, Providence Gap receives its second world premiere at Davidson College. Dossett’s crystal-clear bluegrass voice will soar with Davidson musicians and actors at every performance.

This production celebrates our Appalachian heritage with a myriad of larger-than-life characters manning brothels, traveling bands, struggling farms, the trenches of World War I and plenty in between. It’s a story of finding oneself through friendship, love, myth, and song. What is lost can indeed be found, if only you know where to look. For ages 12 and up.

Performed by the Davidson College Theatre Department. March 26-27 7:30 p.m.; March 28-29, 8 p.m.; March 30, 2 p.m. $6-$15. Duke Family Performance Hall, Davidson College, www.davidson.edu.

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Lori's Larks

by Lori K. Tate photography by Ben Sherrill

creating Layers of history Chalk furniture painting up to experience I

f you keep up with this column, you’ll notice that I keep going back to a theme — painting. As I try to exercise my creative muscles this year, I find myself repeatedly reaching for a paintbrush.

This month was no different. However, instead of painting a canvas, I learned how to paint a frame in the hopes of one day painting a piece of furniture — well.

When I was younger, single and living in a rented apartment, I’d pick up pieces of furniture at Goodwill and by the side of the road (I lived in Myers Park, so I found some great stuff.) I’d paint these pieces in all kinds of crazy ways. There were gigantic blue daisies on the sides of a chest of drawers, and zillions of white flowers on a coffee table I coated in Carolina blue. I always used craft paint from the art store or leftover

Applying the paint to an intricate frame was surprisingly easy.

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Lori K. Tate shows off her sample painted in Confidence aqua blue.

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paint from a Lowe’s run — nothing fancy.

For the past year or so, chalk paint kept appearing on my radar. I had no idea what it was, so I just nodded my head when people talked about it. In my mind I envisioned chairs and tables painted in colored dust.

What was possibly appealing about that?

As I did some research, I discovered that I was indeed a fan of furniture painted with chalk paint and was completely unaware of it. Chalk paint gives furniture a weathered, sometimes distressed look — very shabby chic. Its velvety, matte finish instantly adds character. If a piece of furniture doesn’t have a history before it’s painted, it will look like it does after a couple of coats.

The beauty of chalk paint is that you don’t have to prime or sand a piece before painting it. So, in a sense, it’s a faster way to paint. Most of the paint is made up of

water, then there’s the pigment, which comes in a dry powdered form. The trick is the binder in the paint, which is where the chalk and a little bit of adhesive come in. The chalk binds the paint together so you don’t end up with colored dust.

These discoveries led me to take a fourhour chalk painting class on a recent Saturday morning at Ain’t Too Shabby Home & Garden Shoppe in Cornelius. Debbie Moody, an interior designer and decorative painter based in Huntersville, served as the instructor.

There were seven people in the class, including me, and our table was full. The classes fill up fast, so sign up early. We were told to bring a frame to paint, so I immediately went to Our Towns Restore and scored a wooden poster-size frame.

However, when I arrived for class (a few minutes late) I discovered its best to bring nothing larger than an 11 x 16 frame, simply because of space. Luckily, Kathy, a lady I had never met before but had the pleasure of sitting next to, brought a spare and gave it to me. Thanks, Kathy!

In four quick hours, we painted two sample pieces of wood, plus our frames.

Because this was a level one class (a level two class is offered as well), we simply learned the basics. One method involved painting a base coat and applying a wash over it. Another involved painting two different coats of paint and then distressing them. Both methods are sealed using a non-toxic beeswax finish.

Moody is a representative of the Van Gogh Fossil Paint collection, so that’s what we used. It comes in fun colors such as Compassion (light pink), Confidence (a dark aqua), Revenge (black), Mamas Boy (light blue) and more. One of the best parts of the class was joking around about the names. How often can you ask someone to pass you some confidence?

At the end of the class, I had a lovely frame painted in Compassion and the aspirations to paint every stick of furniture in my house. Looks like someone will be signing up for level two.

THE SCOOP Debbie Moody teaches chalk painting classes at Ain’t Too Shabby Home & Garden Shoppe, 18700 Statesville Road, Cornelius and Blacklion, NorthCross Shopping Center, 9751 Sam Furr Road, Huntersville. You can contact Moody at designerdeb515@msn. com. For more information on the Van Gogh Fossil Paint collection, visit www. vangoghchalkpaintcollection.com.

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