On Saturday night, March 16, Summit Coffee will host the Leprechaun Loop 8K, the first race in its 2013 running series, with a downtown festival to follow. They’re seeking volunteers to help with the race and the post race party.

The race is a benefit for Levine Children’s Hospital. It starts at 6pm, and the post-race party will go until 10pm, featuring music by The New Familiars.

Organizers Tim and Brian Helfrich say: “We are in the need of volunteers to help us with this event. The most pressing need is for on-course support. Essentially, we will ask you to be at a particular intersection on the course from the start of the race until the last runner has passed. In most cases this will require you being on course for about 30 – 45 minutes. Additionally, we could use a bit of help during packet pick-up, from 4:30-6.”

To volunteer, contact Tim Helfrich – tim@summitcoffee.com.

To register for the Leprechaun Loop, visit DavidsonTiming.com.

“Y, T, Wiggle, Wiggle” is Eddie’s favorite butterfly stroke lesson.

By BRENDA BARGER
DavidsonNews.net

Friday is Eddie Beach‘s last day as the aquatics director and swim coach at   Lake Norman YMCA, and the community isn’t letting his retirement after 21 years go unnoticed.  The YMCA is honoring him, and the mayors of Davidson and Cornelius have proclaimed Friday, March, as Eddie Beach Day.

Quite the honor for J. Edward Beach, a quiet, thoughtful husband, father, gardener and swim coach who leads by example and will continue to do so in retirement.

(See the proclamation below by Mayors Lynette Rinker of Cornelius and John Woods of Davidson.) Read the full story

Bill Russell

By LINCOLN DAVIDSON
DavidsonNews.net

Area businesses will gather Friday at the Davidson College Belk Arena for a “show and tell” of what they have to offer. The Lake Norman Chamber Business Expo, the largest business trade show in the area, will feature more than 170 local business and is expected to attract more than 2,000 people.

“[The] business expo is designed for businesses to tell their unique stories and showcase their business,” Bill Russell, president of the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce, said in a post on his blog this week. “Please come out and see business at its best and support the lake’s retail and service businesses.”

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Davidson police detective Steve Ingram will lead a free session on Internet safety risks on Wednesday night, March 6, at River Run Country Club. The seminar is organized by the River Run Property Owners Association, and starts at 7pm at the club. Read the full story

Town of Davidson
The Town of Davidson announces applications for Town Day, scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2013, are now available at Town Hall and at www.townofdavidson.org/TownDay. Nonprofits and food vendors are encouraged to apply; the deadline is April 1. Read the full story

The Lake Norman Marine Commission holds its monthly meeting Monday, March 11, in Mooresville. The agenda includes monthly reports on lake patrols, water quality and other lake issues, as well as committee reports.

The meeting begins at 7pm at the Charles Mack Citizens Center, 215 N. Main St., Mooresville. Info: http://www.lnmc.org/

Sam Perkins, director of technical programs at the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, will speak Thursday night at a meeting of the Lake Norman Covekeeper, on the how human activity and land-use have influenced the Catawba River basin. Read the full story

Davidson’s Town Board will meet Tuesday night, when commissioners will begin discussing priorities for the 2013-14 town budget. The board also will hear reports from staff overseeing affordable housing, planning and economic development. Read the full story