Celebrate Cino De Mayo with a “chip” for your pet at The “Chips De Mayo” Microchip Clinic Date: Thursday, May 5 Time: 10am – 2pm Location: 4Paws Holistic – 2907 Selwyn Avenue Charlotte, NC 28209 For more information contact: Melissa Knicely Public Information Specialist Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Animal Care & Control mk******@**pd.org 704.336.3627 office 704.336.5709 fax Work Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday Check out an easy, new way to find us on the web at: animals.cmpd.org

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NASCAR Rev’d Up Concert Wednesday, May 18 NASCAR Rev’d UpTM, a free concert and festival put on annually by NASCAR to kick off NASCAR Sprint All-Star WeekTM, will feature performances by multi-platinum country artist Gary Allan (in photo) and singer-songwriter Josh Kelley on May 18 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. NASCAR Rev’d Up will begin at 4 p.m. ET with vendor displays and interactive activities from official partners including Sprint and SPEED. Singer-songwriter Kelley will perform at 7:15 p.m. while Allan will take the stage at 8:45 p.m. WHEN: Wednesday, May 18 from 4- 10 p.m. ET WHERE: NASCAR

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Each May the eyes of the golf world turn to Charlotte as the sport’s biggest names descend on the Queen City. This year, Golf Week in Charlotte features three live entertainment celebrations, the first of which takes place before the first backswing at Quail Hollow Club. On Tuesday night, May 3, Bud Light presents the official kickoff to Golf Week – the Tuesday Night Tee Party at Phillips Place featuring live music from Mustang Sally, a Nashville-based all-girls country and rhythm and blues band. Tickets for the Tuesday Night Tee Party are available at all Phillips Place businesses. Then on

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Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation invites coaches with teams interested in playing basketball, ages 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 or 15-16, to register now through May 13 for the upcoming summer Hot Hoops season. Space is limited, so register early! Birth certificate required for proof of age determined as of June 1, 2011. Games will be played weeknights and Saturdays at Ivory Baker, Arbor Glen, Naomi Drenan and Tuckaseegee recreation centers. League play is June 11-August 13. To register, go online to www.parkandrec.com, click on the E-Parks logo and enter Course Code #24931. You may also call 311 or go to your

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A new local Website, BallantyneLive.com and ‘Ballantyne’ mobile app guides for iPhones and Androids (the first mobile apps devoted to Ballantyne) have just been released. They are part of a national entrepreneurial trend that has quickly spread to over 30 U.S. states including Hawaii and well over 120 U.S. communities, mostly small towns. TownWizard.com creates the Website and the smartphone apps and the owner of the ‘town’ inputs all of the content. Information entered into BallantyneLive.com feeds to ‘Ballantyne’ the apps. The iPhone app is available FREE from Apple’s App Store and the Google Android app is available FREE from

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CMT is coming to Charlotte…. It’s time to get MADE! Do you have a crazy dream, event or skill that you have always wanted to try but never had the opportunity? Well, this is your time! MTV’s Emmy award-winning series, MADE, has helped hundreds of teens transform their lives by pursuing their dreams. Now MADE is coming to CMT and we are seeking parents with a CRAZY dream that they want help achieving. Whether it’s being a rodeo star, figure ice skater, crocodile wrangler, BMX racer, or trying to become a tango dancer- we want to hear your story! If

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Halogen TV and its Founder and General Manager, Becky Henderson, have received three prestigious cable industry awards. First, Henderson was awarded an elite scholarship by the Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT). She is one 120 women selected for its “2011 Rising Leaders Program,” a week-long immersion in leadership skills, stress management, wellness and more, funded by a grant from the Walter Kaitz Foundation. Henderson also received the coveted Multichannel News “40 Under 40” distinction. Editors of Multichannel News annually select 40 movers and shakers under the age of 40 who are helping their companies grow and succeed, while playing an

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Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation, along with Catawba Lands Conservancy, the Carolina Thread Trail and the University of North Carolina Charlotte invite the public to the opening celebration of the Ruth G. Shaw Trail on Toby Creek Greenway on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 3 p.m. Toby Creek Greenway is located in the University City area and connects the 7.1 mile-long Mallard / Clark’s Creek Greenway to and through the campus of UNC Charlotte. The new trail is named in honor of Dr. Ruth G. Shaw, a longtime civic and business leader who is the founding chair of the governing

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The CMPD Homicide Unit developed information on Sunday, April 24, 2011, which led to the identification and arrest of Chauncey Sterling, DOB: 03/23/1993, for the murder and robbery of Robert Barber on Mullens Road in Charlotte. Once the Homicide Unit obtained warrants, the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team began working the case in an effort to quickly locate Mr. Sterling. Mr. Sterling was taken into custody at 10:05 p.m., on Sunday, April 24, 2011, at 285 Fargo Street, Rock Hill, SC. The Rock Hill Police Department and York County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the arrest of Mr. Sterling. Mr. Sterling is

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Keep Charlotte Beautiful (KCB), one of the nation’s first Keep America Beautiful affiliates, has selected the Madison Park Neighborhood of Southeast Charlotte for the 2011 Adopt-A-City Neighborhood Program. Beginning in May, KCB will be working with Madison Park to improve and expand the existing rose garden on the site of the Old Pinewood Elementary School. The Madison Park community has rallied around the idea of adopting this space and making what was once a negative aspect of the community into a central gathering place with positive features that will serve the community. The proposed name for this area is Madison

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