Belmont Citizens of the Year
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The Belmont, oops, Montcross, Chamber of Commerce bestowed its highest community award to Jack and Gearl Dean Page at its January 24 annual dinner.
We also congratulate the Pages for this award. As friends and neighbors at church and in the community, Jack and Gearl Dean have always been active and engaged in community projects.
Both the Gazette and Gaston/Lincoln section of the Observer wrote very nice stories about the Page’s involvement in a host of community activities.
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Caravan Coffee owner, Vince Hill, was recognized as Business person of the year.
Now about changing Belmont to Montcross…
OMG – How Sad…
We are very saddened by this story.
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The stresses of caring for a loved one, particularly by aging children caring for their parents are incredible.
There are many support groups and organizations that could help people manage those who experience the stresses of caregiving for elderly and young alike.
WHAT? !!!
Permit guns in schools to stop massacres
Yeah, that’s the title of a community columnist in today’s Charlotte Observer.
Mr. Lane is an older person, having grown up in a completely different age and time. His assertion that when researching his opinion for the above article link, that, “…What changed? When guns were readily available to students, when they were often actually inside the schools themselves, there were no killings — none! …”.
With all due respect for the Observer, offering opinions such as this person proposes, just brings out the nut-jobs and wackos from our area society.
We already have school resource officers (county or local police officers) in most — if not all — middle schools, and every high school. We believe that “arming a responsible adult” is achieved by this practice in Gaston County already. We don’t need teachers, certified/tenured, or substitutes, packing heat in the hallways.
The Belmont Front Porch 