Also, what the heck is a Land Paddle?

Ken Lesco tries out a "Land Paddle" at Davidson Cycle Center as Tyler Hampton watches. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Family Eye Care of Davidson, in the Harris Teeter shopping center off I-77 Exit 30, has closed its doors. Also today, news about Dr. Seth Moliver, the new chiropractor in town; Cristina Shaul’s new marketing business, ShaulMark LLC; new hires at DavidsonNews.net; and some unusual new items on the menu at Davidson Cycle Shop on Main Street.

FAMILY EYE CARE CLOSES

Dr. Lisa Graybeal has closed her Family Eye Care of Davidson, in Davidson Commons shopping center. The office closed Oct. 29, in part because of declining insurance reimbursements, she said this week.

Dr. Graybeal has joined the practice of Dr. Brad Hearn, in the Birkdale Commons shopping center in Huntersville. She says patients’ records have been transferred to Dr. Hearn’s office, and patients are invited to see Dr. Graybeal and Dr. Hearn at the new location.

Dr. Hearn’s office is at 16525 Birkdale Commons Parkway, Huntersville. For questions, or to schedule an appointment, call 704-896-3311.

WHAT’S A LAND PADDLE?

Tyler Hampton, the owner of Davidson Cycle Center at 109 N. Main St., in Davidson, is branching out into some new product lines. Mr. Hampton opened the motorcycle parts and repair business in April 2010, and after a few months in business has decided the traffic outside his front door offers some other opportunities as well.

We stumbled by one afternoon as he and a customer were trying out something called a “Land Paddle.” It’s a long poll with a rubber tip at one end and a grip at the other that can be used to get an upper-body workout on a skateboard – not unlike the workout those Venetian gondoliers get.

“It’s a lot of fun, really,” Mr. Hampton said.

Mr. Hampton also is now selling skateboards and bicycles. More information about Davidson Cycle Center is at davidsoncycle.com.

NEW MARKETING BIZ: SHAULMARK

Cristina Shaul

Davidson resident Cristina Shaul recent launched a new marketing services business called ShaulMark LLC.

She says she has three clients at the moment and is seeking more. She offers marketing and event planning, public relations, fund-raising and corporate sponsorship, website and social media consulting, and advertising and media planning.

Learn more about the new business at www.shaulmark.com.

NOTE: Ms. Shaul works with DavidsonNews.net.

NEW STAFF AT DAVIDSONNEWS.NET

DavidsonNews.net has added several new staffers recently, on both the news and business sides.

Joining the local news website as advertising sales reps are Carol Bradfield, Kerry Rasenberger, Candy Gipe, and Dianne Campbell. Ms. Campbell actually returns to DavidsonNews.net after a year with Hewlett-Packard. She worked for site in 2009.)

Lee Dorsey has been working with DavidsonNews.net in advertising and marketing. Mr. Dorsey is an English major with a concentration in international studies at Davidson College.

Thomas Christy is now covering police and fire news for the site. A Concord, N.C., native, he is a recent Davidson College graduate, who also works as an EMT and firefighter.

And Karyn Jester of Charlotte has joined DavidsonNews.net as community news and listings editor. She has an English degree from UNC Charlotte and formerly worked as a librarian at the Davidson public library branch. Email her with listings for the events calendar or other short community news announcements at listings@davidsonnews.net.

Read more about these and other staff at DavidsonNews.net on our “About” page.

DR. MOLIVER OPENS DOORS

Seth Moliver

Dr. Seth Moliver has opened a new chiropractic clinic in the Davidson Commons (Harris Teeter) shopping center, off Griffith and Jetton streets. The new practice had a ribbon-cutting on Friday, Dec. 3.

Dr. Moliver is a native of Bethpage, N.Y., on Long Island, and a graduate of Life University, in Marietta, Ga. He practiced in Mamaroneck, N.Y., for more than six years. He now lives in Huntersville and has begun seeing patients at his new offices, on the second level of Davidson Commons.

Read more in our Dec. 10 news item on the Health & Fitness page.
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