Community Blood Center to open Belmont Office
Monday, May 5 Grand Opening and ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. for the Community Blood Center of the Carolinas new Gaston County Donor Center in Belmont.
The location is 1212 Spruce Street in the CaroMont Health Building. This is the CBCC’s first satellite office.
It will collect whole blood and platelets.
CBCC is a nonprofit organization which provides more than 90 percent of the blood used at 14 area hospitals including Gaston Memorial, Piedmont Medical Center and all of the Carolinas HealthCareand Presbyterian hospitals in the Charlotte metro area.
For more details, call 704-972-4700 or visit www.cbcc.us.
Winning $276 million Powerball ticket sold in WVA
Go Figure !
One person, gee, what do you think they will do with the money?
If a winner chooses to take the estimated $275 million in annual payments, the prize would be the equivalent of a salary of about $35,256 a day based upon an average, 40 hour a week job. The cash equivalent, or lump sum payment would be approximately $135,700,000.
One of the tickets sold in West Virginia for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were:
6, 22, 42, 43 and 47. The Powerball was 16 and the Power Play was two.
The Powerball Web site says nearly 2 million other players won prizes totaling more than $12 million.
Tickets that match the first five numbers, but miss the Powerball, win $200,000 each, and there were twelve of those. They were sold in: Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky(2), Louisiana, Minnesota, North Carolina(2), Pennsylvania(3) and Wisconsin.
There were two Power Play Match 5 winners in the states of: Iowa and North Carolina.
The estimated jackpot for Wednesday is 15 million dollars.
Wow ! Newcomers make another impact
See The Spectacular 33 N. Main Renovation Thursday
What a difference in the building at 33 N. Main in Belmont from August to March!
And here’s your chance to see the renovation that owner Richard LaVecchia has achieved as the new Designing Brides and the relocated Peppermint Shoestring hold an open house and grand opening Thursday, March 13, from 10 AM until 7 PM.
Nancy Lepore, owner of Designing Brides, and Lynnelle Dobbins, owner of the Peppermint Shoestring Children’s Boutique, extend a special invitation to Chamber members and friends to come by between 5 p.m and 7 p.m. for tours and refreshments.
The building, which was once used as a funeral home, a clothing store, and most recently, a gift basket shop, will be a fine addition to the thriving downtown community.
Several neighbors and friends met Nancy Lepore and her husband, Patrick, last summer during the Friday Night Alive activities.
The Belmont Front Porch 