Kannapolis Calendar

Today n Children ages 5-19 are invited to attend fun 4-H EFNEP nutrition classes at Logan Community Center, 304 Lincoln St., Concord, today from 10-11 a.m. The class will also be held April 16, 3-4 p.m.; April 23, 3-4 p.m.; May 7, 3-4 p.m.; and May 21, 3-4 p.m. Call Anita Ford, 4-H EFNEP Program Assistant at 704-920-3310 or 704-720-0941 to register. Tomorrow n Cabarrus for Obama plans to meet this Thursday at McCabe’s Steakhouse, 316 Brookdale St., Kannapolis, to discuss what volunteers can do... 

Council votes to rezone Jim Johnson Road, gives go-ahead to issue bonds

The Kannapolis City Council held its regular meeting on March 24 at the Kannapolis Train Station. All council members were present. Councilman Gene McCombs gave the invocation. Business before the council included the following items: • The council voted unanimously to approve the rezoning of 2.3 acres at the intersection of Jim Johnson Road and N.C. 73. The triangular plot, created by the relocation of that intersection, will be zoned for conditional commercial use. Developer Pelham Point LLC,... 

Kannapolis changes plans for placement of new city hall

By Emily Ford Kannapolis Citizen To make way for a potential big-name tenant, the new Kannapolis City Hall will not occupy a coveted spot directly across from the Core Lab on the N.C. Research Campus. “Things are starting to heat up and there is more and more interest in the campus,” Kannapolis city manager Mike Legg said. “The last thing we want to do is have a prime site not available for private investment by a company.” While apparently there is no specific tenant in mind for that location,... 

Wonders searching for consistency

By Bill Kiser Kannapolis Citizen A.L. Brown baseball coach Empsy Thompson is thankful that his Wonders are playing .500 ball though the first month of the season. While Thompson said that Brown could easily have had a few more wins, he also admitted that the Wonders could have had a few more losses. “We could be 8-2 right now,” Thompson said. “A lot of our problems were self-inflicted — situations that if we had taken care of the baseball, we’d be out of innings having given up only one... 

Trojans clicking after slow start

By Bill Kiser Kannapolis Citizen Northwest Cabarrus head baseball coach Joe Hubbard has referred to the Trojans as “a Jekyll and Hyde” team this season. But Northwest has been showing less and less of its Jekyll tendencies lately, and that’s what Hubbard wants to see from his players if the Trojans hope to challenge for the North Piedmont Conference title. Northwest Cabarrus, which was 8-3 overall and 5-2 in the NPC entering the championship game of the Intimidators Classic on Tuesday night,... 

From Kannapolis to Iraq and back
Minter talks about goodwill tour of Iraq during Super Bowl

By Joanie Morris Kannapolis Citizen Mike Minter, retired safety for the Carolina Panthers and Kannapolis resident, never really had a chance to be around the military very much. That is, until the Super Bowl in February. Minter travelled with two other NFL players and two cheerleaders from the Minnesota Vikings on a goodwill tour in Iraq for 10 days. Before going to Iraq on the tour, Minter didn’t know what was going on over there on a daily basis other than what he watched on the news channels. “I... 

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