State Rep. Thom Tillis (R-Cornelius) was unopposed this fall for re-election to the N.C. House of Representatives and spent much of his time this fall working to get other Republicans elected. On Friday, he formally announced that he is seeking to become the next N.C. Speaker of the House.

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By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Losses at the MI-Connection Communications System narrowed slightly in the first quarter of the 2010-11 fiscal year as expenses held steady and revenues inched upward. The company also lost fewer cable customers in the past three months and saw revenues rise amid continued sales of telephone and high-speed internet services – the most profitable parts of its business.

The loss of just a net 6 cable TV customers between June 30 and Sept. 30 came even as MI-Connection lost yet another multi-customer contract at an apartment complex, in Cornelius.
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Ross Dupey Washam of Dallas, Texas, a native of Cornelius, died peacefully on Oct. 15, 2010. He was 98.

He was born Feb. 12, 1912, in Cornelius, to Nat Bynum Washam and Ida Bush Washam. Ross moved to Texas in 1934 and in 1940 married Alicia Porter. They had two sons, Rusty and Jerry, and their loving union lasted 60 years until her death in 2000. Read the full story

Henry Clifton Myers, 50, of Davidson, died Oct. 25, 2010 at Levine-Dickson Hospice House.

He was born on Oct. 4, 1960 in Charlotte. He worked for 18 years with the Town of Cornelius and 33 years with the Davidson Volunteer Fire Department. Read the full story

The Project for Innovation, Energy & Sustainability (PiES) and the Business Center @ South Main Square will host the next in a series of free seminars for start-up companies on Friday, Oct. 22, on the prospects for expanding the use of LEDs in lighting. Meanwhile, PiES will be the topic of the Lake Norman Chamber’s Friday Focus this week. Also, news about an open house for Deborah Young Studio and Consign on a Dime in Cornelius, a “Ladies Night In” at Homewood Suites, and business events in on Catawba Ave. in Cornelius.

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For many families in north Mecklenburg, The Children’s Schoolhouse in Huntersville has been an important part of children’s lives in recent years. But the current school is only the most recent occupant of a building that traces its history to the original Caldwell Station School before 1895.

On Thursday, Oct. 14, friends and families will gather to celebrate that history and the building’s new designation as a historic landmark, as a well-preserved example of early 20th-century school architecture. The event will be 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the school, 17616 Caldwell Station Road, off N.C. 115, Huntersville.
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Smoke from a rooftop heating unit on the roof brought Davidson and Cornelius firefighters to the Oak Street Mill in downtown Cornelius Tuesday morning. Twelve hours later, firefighters were checking on a brush fire behind a home in River Run. The past week’s fire calls also included a couple of cooking fires and two false alarms at Davidson College dormitories where steam from showers had set off alarms. Also below, the week’s medical call statistics.

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Fifth Third Bank has put up for sale 104 acres at I-77 and Westmoreland Road in Cornelius that once was slated to become a massive mixed-use development called Augustalee. The Charlotte Business Journal reports that Fifth Third completed its foreclosure on the property in August and has hired Piedmont Land Sales and CB Richard Ellis to market the site, possibly for offices.

LINK: Sept. 24, 2010, Charlotte Business Journal, “Fifth Third puts failed Cornelius project site on the block.”