Toss any day but Wednesday into the waste bin- Davidson has a new trash day and it starts tomorrow!

September is already half over and we are waiting patiently for cool autumn breezes while watching fall vegetation bloom.  Wonderful, albeit somewhat hot, weather for football if only our Wildcats and Panthers were doing a little better.  Still lots to root for in area high school and middle school games.

Around Davidson begins today with a reminder that tomorrow, Wednesday, is the new assigned day for trash, recycling and yard waste pick-up in Davidson.  We also bring our readers news of a first grandbaby for Sandy and Robbie Carnegie as well as a report on cruising Alaska’s Inland Passage this summer with Lance and Sue Stell.  There is also a Noteworthy Note for the day.

CRADLE ROLL

Congratulations to Josh and Annie Robbie Carnegie Seier of Wellesley Village in Cornelius who welcomed their first child right on his due date.  September 6 brought the arrival of Kai Gabriel Seier who weighed in at 8 lbs. and stretched to 20.2 inches.  Josh is a paralegal at McIntosh Law Firm and Annie will continue providing counseling services in our area in addition to her “Little Yellow Bird” products featured at Davidson’s Wooden Stone.

With a "stork" peeking over dad's shoulder, Josh and Annie Robbie Carnegie Seier welcome Kai Gabriel Seier.

Delighted grandparents are Sandy and Robbie Carnegie of Davidson.  A little farther away is proud new uncle Prosser Carnegie who is living with his wife, Currie, in Hannover, Germany, where he is working for Continental Tire. Grandma Robbie is taking one day a week to help with the new arrival and spending a good deal of time otherwise taking care of Sandy who is recovering from his second knee replacement.

How nice that Grandma Robbie is nearby to help since Josh’s parents do not live close. Josh’s mother, Susan Creek, lives in Gainesville, FL, and his dad, Richard Hickman, calls Australia home.  Josh’s brother also lives in Florida.

Congratulations to all the family.

ALL ABOUT ALASKA

Cruising with Lance and Sue Stell

Lance and Sue Stell flew to Anchorage Alaska on June 5 for a week long cruise aboard the Celebrity Millennium.

Lance and Sue Stell prepare to raft the Chilkat River.

A bus took them from Anchorage to Seward, crossing the beautiful Kenai Peninsula. They visited Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway and Icy Point Strait. At each port they took an excursion including sea kayaking, a plane and boat tour of Misty Fjords National Monument, and rafting the Chilkat River through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. They saw many eagles there as well as at many other stops.

At Icy Point Strait they visited an interesting museum of the fishing industry in Alaska. From Juneau, Lance flew out for fly fishing while Sue went whale watching. (She saw whales but not for long while Lance caught fish but had to throw them back.) The final leg of their cruise was through the Inside Passage to Vancouver. The shipboard food and entertainment were wonderful. They were constantly pampered. The scenery was stunning everywhere they went and they experienced perfect weather.

At the end of June Lance and Sue spent a week in Ocean Isle Beach. They were joined by their son, Dean, with his wife, Jen, and daughter, Meg, plus Jen’s parents, Karl and Cherryl Clauss. Also in the group were daughters Ginger Stell, and Audrey Cervero and son-in-law Justin Cervero.

NOTEWORTHY NOTE

A Final Thought on Going ‘Round in Circles

Admiring their roundabout handiwork are Tim Artis, NCDOT Engineer (l) and Jason Yates, supervisor for Blythe Construction.

The work began on August 10.  Since that time there have been lots of confused drivers, unhappy homeowners living on “cut through” roads, and considerable money taken from wallets of impatient motorists by Davidson Police.  How quickly things change.  The dodging of barrels and barricades is over.  Sunday evening about 6 p.m., NCDOT opened our newest traffic circle.  Seeing their quiet street noisy again, some homeowners got behind the wheel just to check things out while circling the intersection a time or two to see how it worked.

Fussing about the inconvenience of construction is one thing – but ever think to stop and say Thank You to NCDOT and Blythe Construction for their remarkable 35 day work site that resulted in a safe, easy to navigate, well designed roundabout enhancing the Eastern entrance to our town?  NCDOT engineer Tim Artis and Blythe Supervisor Jason Yates have been on the site seven days a week since the first dirt was moved and will continue to be all this week until the final shovel of dirt is in place.  If you are walking or biking east of town and see Tim or Jason, holler THANK YOU.  Truly a job well done!  And just a day over five weeks!  Quite amazing when you think about it.

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