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Friday, 22 March 2013 00:01

A Titan-ic victory

Friday, 08 March 2013 00:01

‘Mr. Cat’ revealed

Senior night at Davidson College is for more than just the players. Prior to last Saturday’s home finale at Belk Arena against Georgia Southern, the basketball team’s seniors and their parents were introduced to the appreciative crowd. Among them was “Mr. Cat” who, unknown to the fans, was played by David Lloyd for the past four years. He was introduced as his alter ego with his parents before the game, and it was announced he would remove the costume’s head to reveal his true identity afterward. Here, the headless Mr. Cat waves to the crowd at the end of the game.

Friday, 01 March 2013 00:01

A grand name

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education this week approved a name for the long-awaited elementary school on Stumptown Road in Huntersville. The new Grand Oak Elementary takes its title from the massive oak which sits just south of the school. Grand Oak will relieve crowding at nearby Torrence Creek Elementary.

Friday, 22 February 2013 00:01

Icy limbs

The Citizen received many photos from readers in the wake of last Saturday’s short-lived snow event in the Lake Norman area. Above, this photo was provided by photographer Hannah Brooks-Jones, a close-up of fluffy snow collecting on tiny branches.

Friday, 15 February 2013 00:01

An early spring?

It’s not exactly a groundhog, but daffodils such as these usually provide an early glimpse of the coming spring. There are still a few more weeks of winter to go, but this batch of flowers in a yard on Joyce Avenue in Huntersville gives promise to warmer, clearer days ahead.

Friday, 08 February 2013 00:01

Rewinding history

An Aaron Willard tall case clock built in 1799 for Major John Davidson has been joined at Huntersville Town Hall by a commissioned reproduction. Mike Siemsen, a world-class antique restoration cabinet maker from Minnesota, produced the replica clock case to demanding standards. The replica is on loan to the town and will be housed in the Scottish Heritage Room adjacent to May Davidson Hall at the Historic Rural Hill Cultural Center. Siemsen (right), along with Bob McIntosh (left) and Ray Zeman, who both led the restoration project, were on hand for the delivery Wednesday. Two additional replicas are available for sale to the public, with proceeds going to education programs at Historic Rural Hill.

Friday, 01 February 2013 00:01

What season?

From sleet and ice — as seen here on I-77 from the driver’s seat this past Friday — to storms and temperatures in the 70s this week, January’s weather fluctuated more than Lance Armstrong’s claims about doping, although Oprah was nowhere to be seen in the Lake Norman area.

Friday, 25 January 2013 00:01

So THAT’S what snow looks like

Last Friday’s hopes for snow in the region turned out to be a bust, disappointing anyone fool enough to believe the local weather guessers and their breathless predictions of any type of accumulation. School and work went on, as scheduled, and folks everywhere had to decide what to do with all that panic-buy extra bread and milk. But not far from here — just a couple hours to the northwest — winter made a beautiful showing in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Above, a sunrise is captured at Yonahlossee Resort near Blowing Rock last weekend, following an actual snowstorm, not the Mecklenburg County variety.

Friday, 18 January 2013 00:01

Chiming in

Rain collects on one of several large wind chimes at Hinds’ Feet Farm in Huntersville this past Tuesday — one of several wet days this week.

Friday, 11 January 2013 00:01

Snowflakes for Newtown

Walls in the meeting chamber of Huntersville Town Hall are covered with paper snow-flakes made by students at Huntersville Elementary and Bailey Middle schools. They were originally intended to be sent to Sandy Hook Elementary School as a show of support, but officials there, already besieged by tokens of support, asked that they be put to local use instead. Mayor Jill Swain asked that they be hung at Town Hall, which they were by staff and school volunteers.

Friday, 04 January 2013 00:01

The wind in her hair

Enjoying the view and the wind through a car window during a holiday season trip with her family is Lexi, the official mascot of the Lake Norman Citizen. Many days of the week, Lexi is present as the official greeter to visitors and staff alike. She enjoys a good game of tug-of-war, chasing her ball and snarling at the threatening thumbs of Associate Editor Lee Sullivan.

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