George Davis

George William Davis Jr., M.D., of Davidson died Monday, Sept. 6, at 8:25 a.m., at the Harris Hospice Unit of Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte. He was 93. A memorial service is planned Thursday. Details below.
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Wallace M. Gamble, formerly of Davidson, died Aug. 29, 2010, at the Charlotte home of his nephew, Bill Gamble. He was 88 and had been a longtime deacon and elder at Davidson College Presbyterian Church and member of many local organizations. A graveside funeral service is planned Friday at Mimosa Cemetery on South Street. Details below.
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Jamal Brandon

Family and friends are mourning the loss of a young Davidson resident, 18-year-old Jamal Brandon, who died last weekend.

A balloon release and vigil in his memory are planned tonight (Friday, Aug. 6) at Ada Jenkins Center. A funeral is planned Saturday for the North Meck High athlete and church usher. Also, grief counseling sessions have been organized at two area sites. Read the full story

Hello August!  How fast the summer has gone.  School is right around the corner and the stores are beckoning us with great deals on school supplies. computers and clothing – just in time for the tax-free weekend coming up.

Around Davidson looks back to June and July today we catch up on summer vacation for the Jackson and Barber families as well as wedding bells for Conor Mooney and Sara Kay Knicely and John Lauer and Alice Burns.  There is also up-to-the-minute reporting from DavidsonNews.net’s news anchor in Key West as The Pines sets sail! Read the full story

Cornelius town board honored lifelong resident and longtime Davidson College employee Lula Bell Houston on Monday night. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)

The Town of Cornelius, along with dozens of family members and friends from throughout the area, honored lifelong Cornelius resident Lula Bell Houston at the town board’s meeting Monday night.

Mrs. Houston worked 60 years at the Davidson College laundry. When she retired in 2007, the facility was renamed in her honor. Read the full story

Louisiana grows its grasshoppers BIG!

Are we getting old, or too accustomed to being pampered? The past few days have made us all thankful we have modern day air-conditioning in our offices, public buildings and homes.  The heat was just plain brutal if you had to venture outside, though it did not seem to bother the geese at Roosevelt Wilson Park or the grasshoppers in Houma, La..

We have comments about them today as well as news of weddings in the Melton and White families.  Also there is a long-awaited photo of vuvuzelas in South Africa and a report on a DCPC mission trip to Louisiana.  (And a note about the photos included in Around Davidson.  Click on any one to enlarge so you don’t have to squint to see the faces.) Read the full story

From left, Melvin Chavez, Peter Macon and the Rev. Jorge Urrettia at St. Alban's. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

A long-term partnership between St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Davidson and a start-up sister church near San Jose, Costa Rica, has drawn a little tighter this summer as parishioners here have gotten to know a pair of Costa Rican visitors.

The Rev. Jorge Urrettia and Melvin Chavez are in town this summer studying English along with a colleague, Petro Mendez. The Rev. Urrettia and Mr. Chavez are being hosted at St. Alban’s, while Mr. Mendez is at St. Mark’s Episcopal in Huntersville.

After several weeks of study, the Rev. Urrettia will give a sermon – in English – at St. Alban’s this Sunday, July 25.
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How does your garden grow? Just ask Nora Barger.

The lettuce and green beans are past but the tomatoes and corn are at their peak.  Bliss on a summer evening is fresh Silver Queen corn directly from the garden, cooked and dripping with salt and butter, joined by a thinly sliced Better Boy tomato on your dinner plate.  Or perhaps a lunchtime BLT when the rich juices of the tomato provide a creative new design on the front of your shirt.  Yum!

Today Around Davidson stops by to visit with gardeners Ruby and Jimmy Alexander.  We also take time today to introduce our readers to Peter Gross and his family.  (Peter was mentioned in Tuesday’s Around Davidson in connection with the Davidson-in-Ghana program.)  There is also a tidbit about Rebekkah Withers McCurry. Read the full story