Erin Cobb (seated, third from left) surrounded by friends at Saturday's Cobb Workout of the Day in Concord. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

CONCORD – As Erin Cobb continues her recovery after being shot by her ex-husband at her Davidson home in September, she and her family say her good fitness has been a major advantage. A 28-year-old banker who served a tour with the U.S. Marines in Iraq, Ms. Cobb was a regular practitioner of CrossFit – short, intense group workouts focusing on strength and cardiovascular conditioning.

On Saturday, she saw another benefit of CrossFit: Support from the close-knit community of CrossFitters whose dedication is not just to their training, but to one another. Read the full story

Members of the Lake Norman Chamber swarmed the bar at Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse Thursday night in a Chamber Business After Hours gathering. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

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The blue heron who lives in Roosevelt Wilson Park off Griffith Street didn't seem to mind the rain Thursday morning. (Jay Wilson photo)

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Davidson town officials posed for a photo at the end of Tuesday's Town Board meeting, the last for the current board. From left: Commissioners Tim Dreffer, Brian Jenest, Connie Wessner, Laurie Venzon, Mayor John Woods, Commissioner Margo Williams, Town Manager Leamon Brice, and Town Attorney Rick Kline. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Tuesday night brought the final regular meeting of the 2009-2011 Davidson Town Board. The next board – including two newly elected commissioners – will be sworn in at the board’s Dec. 13 meeting.

The meeting was the last for commissioners Margo Williams and Tim Dreffer. Both had announced last summer that they wouldn’t seek re-election. Read the full story

Frost covered a field near Davidson Elementary School Saturday morning (Jay Wilson photo)

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The Summit Twilight 5K race Friday night in Davidson took runners onto the Southeast Greenway lined with luminaria. The runners included Kaela Frank, who ran sporting fake glasses and mustache. The race was part of Movember, a series of events at Summit Coffee in Davidson to raise money and awareness for men's health. See link below for story, results and more photos. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

RELATED LINKS

Nov. 11, 2011, DavidsonNews.net Sports, “Hovuat, Schauder win first Summit Twilight 5K”

Nov. 4, 2011, “Nov. 11 race at Summit could become a regular thing.”

Curtis and William Epperson find the names of their father, Timothy, and grandfather, Sanders C. Epperson. Click image for the story and photos on CorneliusNews.net (Christina Ritchie Rogers/DavidsonNews.net)

On a day full of “I was there when…” citizens and veterans on Friday added a new memory to the mix. More than 600 people now can say, “I was there when the town dedicated the monument.” Of the hundreds that paused to remember our veterans at the new Cornelius Veterans Memorial Monument at Rotary Plaza Friday morning, more than 200 helped with planning the event and participated in the ceremony. See a story and photos of the Cornelius event on CorneliusNews.net.

The award presentation at Richard's Coffee Shop in Mooresville Friday included, from left, David Parkins, John Hedley, Chamber President Kirk Ballard, Irvin Brawley, Herman Bullard (Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber of Commerce photo)

Meanwhile, other ceremonies were held across the region, including at Community School of Davidson and at Richard’s Coffee Shop in downtown Mooresville, a hangout for area veterans.

RICHARD’S

At Richard’s Coffee Shop, 128 S. Main St. in Mooresville, the local chamber of commerce presented an award Friday to the people behind the shop. Kirk Ballard, 2011 Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber of Commerce Chairman of
the Board presented a Service Award on behalf of the chamber to John
Hedley and board members of Richard’s. The award recognized the board’s work to ensure memory of and support to those who serve and have served our community and our country.  (Thanks to the Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber for the photo.)

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF DAVIDSON

Community School of Davidson held a celebration of its own Friday outside the school. Gayle Shomer Brezicki shared photos.

A flag raising at Community School of Davidson lower school on Griffith Street. (Gayle Shomer Brezicki photo)

A day for hugs and remembering, at Community School of Davidson (Gayle Shomer Brezicki photo)

The table and tree designs ranged from classic Christmas to avante garde, whimsical to international Friday at the North Mecklenburg Woman’s Club’s annual “Over the Table Top” holiday fundraiser at the Peninsula Club.  Hundreds of design fans turned out to see what local designers and businesses came up with at the event, which this year was a fund-raiser for the Davidson Housing Coalition’s HAMMERS emergency home repair program. Read the full story and see photos on CorneliusNews.net.