Charlotte Updates- Magnet School Deadlines Warm Clothes BOA Jobs Siskey YMCA Panthers Win Again
December 15th, 2008 Categories: About Charlotte, Charlotte News and Politics
The deadline for application to kindergarten in 2009- if you are also interested in a Magnet School in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, is December 23
Application for the Magnet program starts January 9 and continues to February 9th- with open houses and schooll visits encouraged during this time. Compare school data at the CMS dashboard. Kindergarten is open to any child turning 5 by August 31.
Using technology for good- starting a group on Facebook, Joe McGrew is collecting cold weather gear for the homeless
folks in Charlotte, NC. He is collecting the warm oats, hats and gloves and elivering them to our shelters- where an estimated 5000 folks come for warmth and to share a meal. Good work Joe! Find out how to donate your old coat, hat or gloves, and where they will be distributed at www.clothecharlotte.com
Bank of America announced Friday that they would be laying of 35000 folks over the next 3 years
as part of their “re-structuring” many of these will be in “duplicate” positions from the Merrill Lynch acquitisiton- only senior level cuts have been announced so far says my BOA connection.
Terry’s Green Award today goes to the Siskey YMCA in Matthews, one of three south Charlotte YMCA’s I regularly visit
is the only area YMCA (that I use- Harris, Ballantyne and Siskey in Matthews)Â that still uses towels, fresh linen towels every day for their customers to mop a brow, and fresh towels on their exercise machines with individual cleaner bottles so each user can clean the machine after every use. The other YMCA’s use a sterilized “handy-wipe” that you can pick up from several locations around the gym. As I cleaned my equipment today, I was glad to have the towel at hand and wondered if I had to walk halfway across the spacious exercise room to pick up a handy-wipe if I’d have bothered… maybe, maybe not.
The main exercise room is huge- I measured (walked it off) at about 160′ long x 45′, or a bit over 7000 sf for treadmills, weight machines, floor space for free exercise, bikes and ellipticals… Plus they have half that again for free weights, in addition to a Quick Fit room and smaller quieter exercise room.
Panthers At It Again- Defeat Broncos Easily, Show Another Offensive Dimension…
In what could be described as a statement game, the Panthers ran all over the”mighty” Tampa Bay Defense last week, and handed them a humiliating loss… so when yesterday’s game came , and it was first and ten for the Panthers against the playoff bound Denver Broncos, the Broncos put 8 men in the box to stop the formerly VERY predictable Carolina “offense.”
Everyone on defense “knew” that Carolina would run- after all that’s what they do- and Jake’s play action pass completion to Moose Mohammed was the signal that today’s offensive game plan would be different. Pass first to set up the run, no huddle to confuse the defense…
It was a crucial acknowledgment by the Carolina Coaches- good defenses can stop one dimensional teams, and “running teams” only go to the first round of the playoffs.Â
The Carolina Panthers have discovered their offense, and it is something to see. Jake, Steve and Moose haven’t looked this good together in a long time- and with our dynamic duo in the backfield, the Defense can’t cheat… can’t cheat and put 8 men in the box, or 7 guys back, a defensive coordinator’s nightmare… and perfect for a team that finds itself 11-3 and in control of its own destiny all the way to home field advangtage throughout the playoffs.
In two short weeks, an “offense” that frankly was “offensive”- caused by weak and predictable play calling- and the 3 yard pass, became an Offense that went “no huddle”, threw downfield, and quickly scored a touchdown through the air… a team that ran for only 24 yards in the first half and led 20-10, scored again with the big play, scored more than 28 points for the 4th game in a row, and put a VERY Big scare every into coach that will face the Panthers in the next few weeks, long into 2009.tm
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