What's The Fuss? It's Only a Lake!: October 2008

Friday, October 10, 2008

Hundreds of Pets Who Need Homes are up for ADOPTION in Lincoln County North Carolina

The Lincoln County Animal Shelter and the Humane Society Lincoln County will be joining forces to offer dogs and cats that are ready for adoption. Anyone that is in a position to adopt a pet is encourage to do so. If you live on a farm why not adopt several. . .

With the price of gasoline why not make one trip a double? If you are going to the Lincoln County Farmers Market at Rock Springs Elementary School Saturday morning just slip next door and pick out a furry friend for life! It has been said more than once that most times rescued animals seem to have a sense that they have been saved from a terrible life and they are most appreciative. . . . some make the best pets ever!

Saturday, October 11, 2008
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Old R-Anell Property (next to Rock Springs Elementary School)
3549 Highway 16 North
Denver, NC 28037

If for any reason you cannot make it this Saturday, and still want to adopt please go by:

Lincoln County Animal Shelter
650 John Howell Memorial Drive
Off Generals Blvd and Wilma Sigmon Road in Lincolnton
Beside the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department
Hours: M-F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sun 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
704-736-8517

Teresa in Denver

About the author:

Teresa Harris is a Lake Norman Residential Real Estate Broker who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in Lake Norman and surrounding counties. Please visit http://www.teresamharris.com/ for your relocation and/or your local needs.

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

A New WWW Dot for Denver, NC . . .

V-TOPICS (Denver, NC)

A new citizens' group has formed in Eastern Lincoln County, Volunteers To Organize People in Ironton & Catawba Springs (V-TOPICS). It's focus is to implement strategies on organizing and linking neighborhood groups in the Ironton and Catawba Springs townships.

Many residents do not live in well defined neighborhoods V-TOPICS is hoping to united neighborhood groups in an effort to create a sense of community. V-TOPICS will provide a way for local citizens to quickly respond to actions of Lincoln County government and developers as needed.

Their website also has various presentations on issues important to Lincoln County. You are also able to provide the group with suggestions as well as concerns.

So if you are finding a need to find out information about local/political issues or have a comment please visit their website.

Access to the website is free and all contacts are kept confidential.

Teresa in Denver

About the author:

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

October Fun at Historic Latta Plantation (Huntersville, NC)

Check out and see all the events happening at Historic Latta Plantation for October, 2008
Lot's to see, do, and experience ~ Fun for Everyone!!

Halloween Fright Festival

Starting October 10th, 2008, Every Friday & Saturday From 6:30 PM to 11:30 PM

Here are the dates:

October 10th - October 11th
October 17th - October 18th
October 24th - October 25th
October 31st - November 1st

Latta Plantation Nature Preserve
6201 Sample Road
Huntersville, NC
704-992-1550

Mark your calendars for another fun event for our area. Latta Plantation Nature Preserve is offering Halloween Fright Festival including a Haunted Hay Ride! It's fun for the kids, young, and old.... The Haunted Hay Ride is $8.00 each. Pony Rides, Pony Express is $4.00 for each. Pick out your pumpkin from their Pumpkin Patch. And for the BRAVE . . . a SKIN CRAWLING!

Here are some other events happening at Latta Plantation Nature Preserve for October:

27th Annual Folklife Festival and Craft Show
October 11-12, 2008 (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM)

Interpreters will demonstrate the folk ways of the past across the plantation. Demonstrations will include open-hearth cooking, blacksmithing, gun smithing, woodworking, spinning, dyeing, weaving, and much more! Visitors can also do their Christmas shopping early as they visit many period and modern craft vendors selling baskets, pottery, jewelry, lace, gourds, Uncle Scott's Root Beer, yarn crafts, and much more! Enjoy live music and eat a hot lunch with the food vendor! Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors (62+) and students, ages 5 and under free.

Celtic Music Night Fundraiser

October 11th, 2008 (5:00 PM - 8:00 PM)

Bring a chair or blanket and listen to live Celtic music by the carriage barn, brought to you by 'The Celtic Folkers.' Purchase a hot meal from the food vendor, shop at the silent auction, win raffle prizes, and more! All proceeds benefit the Capital Campaign. Tickets are $12 per person.

Ghost Tales in the Dark

October 17-18, 2008 at 8:00 PM

Have you ever wondered if Latta is haunted? Walk the house and grounds by lantern light. Your guide will share real experiences by staff members and volunteers, ghost hunters, and more. This will be a unique opportunity to tour the plantation at night in small groups. Admission is $12 per person. RSVP Required! Call 704-875-2312, ext. 302 to register!

Ghostwalk

October 24-25, 2008 (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM)

Take an explosive walk around the plantation at night! Don't get left behind as you experience ghostly battles between soldiers, ghouls in the haunted plantation house, slave cabin, and garden. You never know what grisly scenes you may come across as you tour the grounds and woods! Watch out for things that go bump in the night! Admission is $7 per person, ages 5 and under are free (but not recommended for ages 5 and under).

Weekends are full in October at Historic Latta Plantation!

Logo image courtesy of Historic Latta Plantation.

Teresa in Denver

About the author:

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Lake Norman . . . Art Events for October, 2008 (Localism)

Lake Norman . . . Art Events for October, 2008

Here are some Lake Norman Art Events that you may not want to miss.

October 4
1st Annual Paint Out
Sponsored by Mooresville Artist Guild
Gallery 3
Depot Fine Arts Center
103 West Center Avenue
Mooresville, NC
704-663-6661

Artists will spend the day painting in the community. Artists need to check-in between 8:00 AM and noon at Gallery 3; artists will then head to the location of their choice and spend the day painting. The Guild will provide a list of suggested locations and a map.

Artists will need to submit their art between 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM in the Warehouse Room. A reception will be held in Gallery 3, followed by judging, and awards. All entries will then be displayed at the Depot Fine Arts Center through October, and available for purchase.

October 18 (7:00 PM)
1st Annual Art League Spectacular Show & Auction
Sponsored by Rotary Club of Lake Norman Huntersville & Lake Norman Art League
Northstone Country Club
Huntersville, NC

Now Through October 17
The Great Frame Up at Birkdale Village
Show can be viewed and silent bids placed; during regular business hours.

This show and auction will benefit Hope House and Lake Norman Free Clinic, at Birkdale Village. Show will feature 2 and 3 dimensional works. Artists interested in entering the show and auction need to go to Lake Norman Art and/or Lake Norman Rotary for more information.

October 31 – November 1 (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
2008 Quilt Show
Sponsored by Mooresville Centerpiece Quilters’ Guild
Show will be held at East Mooresville Intermediate School
1711 Landis Highway ~ Intersection of NC 150 and NC 152
Mooresville, NC
704-664-5086

A Pfaff Grand Quilter sewing machine will be raffled off. Quilts will be displayed and quilted wall hangings and other items will be sold. For more information please call the phone number provided or e-mail lakesail530@roadrunner.com.

Teresa in Denver

About the author:

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Carolina Renaissance Festival (Localism)

Carolina Renaissance Festival

October 4 – November 16 (weekends only)
Carolina Renaissance Festival
NC 73 at Poplar Tent Road ~ Between I-77 and I-85
Huntersville/Concord, NC
877-896-5544

Carolina Renaissance Festival is celebrating their 15th anniversary with entertainment, feasting, and games. The Festival is a re-creation of a 16th-century village on 22 acres between Concord and Huntersville, features 10 stages of entertainment. New entertainment including new features has been added this year.

Come out and enjoy the entertainment and sample the food; i.e.: Scotch eggs, potato pancakes, bread bowl stews, steak-on-a stake, gourmet sausages, and giant roasted turkey legs.

For more information please visit their website at RenFestInfo.

Teresa in Denver

About the author:

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Where's the GAS?

Where’s the GAS?

I have to honestly say I have never seen anything like it before… we are literally running out of GAS! Passing gas station after gas station and the pumps are dry. The easiest way to tell if a gas station has gas is by the lines of cars waiting to get to the pump. So essentially we have gone from shopping around for the best price to just paying any price to have it.

This situation started a few days after Hurricane Ike hit the United States. We have been told that a fuel pipeline that supplies much of the southeast was shut down during the storm and the gas is flowing back to Charlotte at the rate of four miles an hour.

Industry experts are predicting that the problem should be resolved in about a week. I can honestly say that experiencing this brings new meaning to shopping on line for housing!

Is anyone else having this same issue??

Teresa in Denver

About the author:

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

What is Hangar Skate Park? It's in Denver, NC

What’s Hangar Skate Park?

Denver, North Carolina has something new / something different / something good and that something is Hangar Skate Park! What’s that? Well it is the brain-child of 36 year-old student pastor Chris Sigmon (aka Siggy) of the 7X Youth Group at Denver Baptist Church here in Denver. It’s a Skate Park that reaches out to the young people to help clear up misconceptions about the kids who ride boards. It was created to offer a positive place where kids can skate and belong.

Tell me more . . . the park opened on June 21, at the former R-Anell Homes property (that Denver Baptist Church purchased about a year ago) the concept is jumping ramps on skateboards or BMX bikes then breaking for Bible study. Currently the skate park is outside and the ramps and benches are covered by a roof. The 10,000 to 15,000 square foot indoor park is expected to be complete by winter.

How Cool is That?!?!?!

Watch the YouTube clip!

If you want your children to come out and experience Hangar Skate Park here’s some more important details.

Tuesday’s 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Saturday’s 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Cost - $3.00

Helmets are required and available for rental.
Kids 11 and under are required to wear full pads.
Average age is 14, but participants have ranged from 8 to 18 years old

Parents are required to sign a liability waiver.

Teresa in Denver

About the author:

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

East Lincoln Book Club ~ Denver, NC

East Lincoln Book Club

The third Wednesday of each month the East Lincoln Book Club meets at the Florence Soule Shanklin Memorial Library at 10:00 AM. The Library is located on Fairfield Forest Road here in Denver, North Carolina. Their first meeting will be Wednesday, September 17, 2008.

Here is the monthly book schedule for the club.

September
The Owl and the Moon Café by JoAnn Mapson

October
The Devil in the White City by Eric Larsen

November
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory

December
The Other Boleyn Girl (viewing of the movie)

January
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

February
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet

March
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

April
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

May
One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus

Everyone is encourage to join this group and enjoy some great reading and great discussions.

Teresa in Denver

About the author:

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Benefit BBQ for Charlene Travis ~ Denver, NC

Benefit BBQ for Charlene Travis

Transplants from New Orleans 20 years ago, Herman and Charlene Travis decided to make Denver, North Carolina their home. Both generous beyond imagination are now finding themselves in need of help. Everyone here knows Herman, he’s always friendly; my husband has worked with him a few times in the past and he always takes time to say “Hello, how ya doing”.

Charlene is suffering from a disease called Sarcoidosis. The late football player Reggie White and comedian Bernie Mac suffered from the same disease. It is an inflammatory disease that affects the organs. It can cause the immune system to “overreact” damaging the body’s own tissues. This disease first showed up in Charlene’s lungs in October 1998. From there it has gone to her liver, but in the process she has difficulty swallowing and breathing, due to fluid building up in her diseased lungs because her liver is not functioning properly.

She has just been put on a nationwide transplant list. There is one procedure that she could have, to buy some more time, but if it is not successful then it would speed up her need for a transplant drastically and essentially she would be moved up to the top of the transplant list. Whether she has this procedure, their main goal is to help Charlene have a decent quality of life.

The Travis’ have insurance to help offset the costs of Charlene’s medicine, which is great, but there is still a difference and there are other living costs that are not covered. In an effort to help them a Benefit BBQ will be held this Saturday.

If you are not able to attend but would like to help please pray for Charlene and her family.

For monetary donations:

Mail to:

Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc.

ATTN: Teresa/Gail

PO Box 1101

Denver, NC 28037

Checks need to be made out to: Webbs Chapel United Methodist Church

If you live in the Denver area of Lake Norman, please come out in support.

I will probably be in my kitchen Thursday night baking some pound cakes for this event!

Benefit BBQ
When: Friday, September 12, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM – Until
Where: Denver Masonic Lodge on St. James Church Road
Cost: $8.00 per plate – includes pork, beans, slaw, bread, and dessert
Pre-Orders are available please contact the following:
Kevin Dellinger 704.913.0375
Gaynell Beacham 704.201.4910
Jeff Huffman 704.202.4076

Teresa in Denver

About the author:

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

Operation Noah's Ark Still Needs Help ~ Denver, NC

Update: I made a visit to the shelter today and I have some GOOD news! The good news is that all the cats will be placed in foster care homes by tomorrow. All Huskys' have been placed in approved foster care homes today. The shelter has more than enough food, litter, and bedding. They are hoping that the rest of the dogs will be placed in approved foster care homes by next week, if possible. They are still in need for volunteers to help out.

If you have an hour or two to spare please call Sharon at 703-851-3520.
Or you can always call me and I will relay the message.

Even after the animals are placed in foster care volunteers will be needed

to clean the facility.

The following is their current wish list:

Large Dog Crates
Medium Dog Crates
55 Gallon Trash Bags
33 Gallon Trash Bags
Kongs Various Sizes
Dog Toys - All Sizes
Laundry Detergent
Name Tags
Ear Cleaner

Operation ‘Noah’s Ark’ Still Needs Help

On August 26th, 393 animals ~ making up 17 different species, were rescued from a house here in Denver. This rescue took over ten hours, during which we were getting heavy bands of rain from the former hurricane Faye. I passed this place twice that day, while this rescue was taking place... what a bitter sweet sight. Just how does someone collect that many animals? How can anyone afford to feed that many?

You can only image the HUGE task of caring for all these animals; bathing, assessing, medicating, cleaning, walking, and feeding it all takes time, volunteers, and donations.

Our local Denver Baptist Church has recently purchased a 6 +/- acre track of land that included various buildings (the former R-Anell Company’s general office and manufacturing plant, which has moved to another part of the county) and it is here where the animals are being sheltered. As of last Tuesday it was reported that only a few have passed away, a few had to be taken to a vet hospital, and none have had to be “put to sleep” but this would be an option if it was deemed they were suffering.

Compact Animal Mobile Equipment Trailers (CAMETs) are being used at the Church shelter. CAMETs are stocked with all the necessities to set up an animal shelter; this is the first time for these to be used in North Carolina. All animals have been checked out by Dr. Kelly Farris, of the North Carolina State School of Veterinary School. Area vets are on the scene and are following the directions of Dr. Farris. Also, help teams have flown in from as far away as Colorado and Washington State to help in the efforts.

Since this is an ongoing criminal investigation it was first thought that authorities could not offer adoptions of these animals, due to legal issues. Now it sounds like they may have found a loop hole and will be able to start finding new homes for them soon.

Want to Help?

Volunteers
Volunteers are needed who have training in animal care. But walk-ins are accepted too. Morning and evening shirts are available. Sign up is at the temporary shelter which is the former R-Anell location at 3549 North Highway 16, Denver, NC; which is across the street from Denver Baptist Church and next to Rock Springs Elementary School (almost in downtown Denver). They have a working calendar to schedule volunteers for feeding, cleaning cages, and washing animals. They will also introduce the animals to leads so that they will be able to be taken out to exercise.

Needs
Clean towels and newspapers are needed. These can be dropped off at Denver Fire Department at 3956 North Highway 16, Denver, North Carolina. So far food has been donated by several PetSmart stores in our area. Due to the humid weather, with volunteers in and out of heat, they are asking for Gatorade and water as well.

Contributions
Monetary donations are desperately needed. Anyone can make a donation at any First Federal Savings Bank in Lincoln County; North Carolina.

My hat goes off to all the volunteers and contributors.

Please join me as I plan to go by this week and see what I can do to help and you can help too!

Teresa in Denver

About the author:

Teresa Harris - Holbrooks Real Estate, Inc. - 704-458-1807 - Teresa@TeresaMHarris.com

What's The Fuss? It's Only a Lake!

Friday, October 10, 2008

Hundreds of Pets Who Need Homes are up for ADOPTION in Lincoln County North Carolina

A New WWW Dot for Denver, NC . . .

October Fun at Historic Latta Plantation (Huntersville, NC)

Lake Norman . . . Art Events for October, 2008 (Localism)

Carolina Renaissance Festival (Localism)

Where's the GAS?

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

What is Hangar Skate Park? It's in Denver, NC

East Lincoln Book Club ~ Denver, NC

Benefit BBQ for Charlene Travis ~ Denver, NC

Operation Noah's Ark Still Needs Help ~ Denver, NC

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