Albemarle Police Department reports the following:

• Alfreda Charmaine Artis (B F, 47) Arrest on chrg of Att Obtain Prop False Pretense, F (F), at 781 Leonard Av, Albemarle, on 12/28/2023.

• Joseph Ryan Fleming (W M, 25) Arrest on chrg of Financial Card Theft (F), at 511 Nc 24-27 Bypass E, Albemarle, on 12/28/2023.

• Tanya Lynn Anaya (W F, 45) Arrest on chrg of Receive Stolen Goods/prop (f), F (F), at 651 Nc 24-27 Bypass E/henson St, Albemarle, on 12/29/2023.

• Paul James Ersek (W M, 65) Arrest on chrg of Awdw Intent To Kill (F), at 604 Austin St, Albemarle, on 12/29/2023.

• Blain Staley Deberry (W M, 19) Arrest on chrg of Poss Marij >1/2 To 1 1/2 Oz, M (M), at W Main St/burleson Str, Albemarle, on 12/30/2023.

• Lori Marie Ingui (W F, 61) Arrest on chrg of Simple Assault (M), at 351 N Ninth St/montgomery Av, Albemarle, on 12/31/2023.

• Lawerence Poellnitz Jackson (B M, 43) Arrest on chrg of Possess Weapon Mass Destruct (F), at 212 First Av, Albemarle, on 01/01/2024.

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By Stephanie Williams Dean

December 25 is the day Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God. Many special celebrations take place leading up to Christmas. One such occasion was held in the Messinger room of the Rowan Museum.

The Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Chapter of the North Carolina State Society, part of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR) recently held its annual Christmas Tea. The event also commemorated the chapter’s 125^th anniversary — as one of the oldest chapters in DAR.

But there was more to be celebrated — the day embodied the holiday spirit of giving. While sipping on hot cranberry tea, members listened while guest, N.C. State Regent Anna Choi highlighted how the funding of her state regent’s project had represented our state.

Among several meaningful projects, one that grabbed my attention was Choi’s establishment of a collections acquisition fund for the DAR Museum located in Washington, DC.  The museum collection contains nearly 20,000 decorative arts objects that represent the American home and domestic life in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.

I’m all about museums and history, so it meant a lot to me to have N.C.’s role in the early years of our nation represented in the collection. The museum has very specific requirements for acquisitions and now with funding, genuine N.C. items reflecting N.C.’s contribution to the cause for independence can be purchased.

Made all more special was that Choi selected two items that represent N.C. — both in art and in historical significance. But more specifically, I loved the fact that the two N.C. treasures purchased were associated with food, the one thing that brings all of us folks together. Sharing a meal is the most communal thing we can do and that’s universal!

The acquisition fund helped curators purchase a highly collectible and iconic, Southern folk art piece — one made by the Moravian potters of Salem. The early piece of American ceramics, (1801-1820) was Moravian earthenware, a green-glazed, molded flask in the form of a fish called a fish bottle. These bottles, made in three sizes, were often used to carry liquids. It’s fun to imagine how the flask might have been used. Might one of the ladies have carried a bit of “spirit” or giggle juice to spike the punch?

The second acquisition that touched my heart was the purchase of an Edenton Dining Table (1770-1790), one attributed to the Edenton school of cabinetmakers from around the Chowan River Basin in N.C. Made from solid walnut and yellow pine, the square drop leaf dining table featured straight taper-turned legs with pad feet. A glimpse into the past might reveal a family gathered around that dining table for a holiday feast of homegrown vegetables, fire-roasted turkey or some freshwater trout.

The acquisition fund project was truly both a commemoration of the past and the embodiment of the spirit of giving through personal service and donations.

Blue Cheese Cracker Crisps

• ½ cup softened, salted butter

• 4 ounces crumbled blue cheese

• 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour

• 1/3 cup poppy seeds

• ¼ tsp. ground red pepper

In a mixer bowl, beat butter and blue cheese until fluffy. Add flour, poppy seeds and red pepper. Mix well. Divide dough into two sections and shape each section into 9-inch length logs. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours. When ready to bake, cut each log into ¼-inch slices. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet in a preheated 350-degree oven for 13-15 minutes or until golden. Transfer to wire racks and completely cool.

Chicken Salad Tea Fingers

• 4 cups cooked, diced breast of chicken

• ½ cup chopped, toasted pecans

• ½ cup chopped green onions

• 1 cup chopped celery

• ½ cup premium mayonnaise

• ½ sour cream

• 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice

• ½ tsp. each, salt and ground black pepper

• Chopped fresh parsley, garnish

In a bowl, combine cooked chicken, toasted pecans, green onions and celery. Set aside. In another bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, and salt and pepper. Combine the mayonnaise mixture with the chicken mixture. Mix well. Spread on 2-inch bread rounds or fingers with crusts removed. Garnish with chopped parsley. A little chutney can also be added for a delicious combination.

Cucumber and Dill Tea Rounds

• 1 thinly sliced, seedless cucumber

• 2 tsp. salt

• ¼ white wine vinegar

Spread

• 4 ounces softened cream cheese

• ½ cup softened, salted butter

• 5 chopped green onions

• 2 minced cloves garlic

• 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice

• ½ tsp. each salt and ground black pepper

• 1 tsp. chopped fresh dill, garnish

• White bread slices

In a colander, place cucumber slices. Sprinkle salt and pour vinegar over the slices. Drain 30 minutes. Remove slices and pat dry. In a food processor, combine cream cheese, butter, garlic, green onions, lemon juice, salt, pepper and dill. Process until smooth. Cut bread slices into 2-inch rounds or fingers removing the crusts. Spread the cream cheese mixture on bread. Top with thin cucumber slices. Garnish with fresh dill.

Cream Cheese with Raspberry Bites

Butter pastry shells

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

• 3 Tbsp. sugar

• 1 stick cut-up, salted butter

• 2 egg yolks

Filling

• 4 ounces softened cream cheese

• 1 pint whipped, whipping cream

• ½ cup powdered sugar

• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

• Fresh raspberries, topping

In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, and cut-up butter. Use pastry cutter to cut in butter until it forms a crumbly texture. Stir in egg yolks until well blended. With hands, work dough until a smooth ball forms. Pinch off enough dough to line bottom and sides of mini tart pans. Bake in a preheated 300-degree oven for 5-10 minutes. Completely cool. For the filling, in a mixer bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Fold in whipped cream, sugar and vanilla. Fill each pastry cup with cream cheese mixture. Place a fresh raspberry on top of each cup. Chill for several hours and serve.

Ham and Cheese Rounds

• 30 2-inch assorted bread rounds

• ¾ cup cooked, ground ham

• Chopped parsley

• ¼ cup orange marmalade

• Softened butter

Cut assortment of bread rounds into 2-inch circles. In a mixer bowl, combine ground ham, chopped parsley, marmalade and enough softened butter to make it spreadable. Spread sandwich filling over 1 slice and top with a second slice of bread. Ham with chopped prunes is also delicious.

English Fruit Scones

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 ½ tsp. baking powder

• ¼ tsp. salt

• 3 Tbsp. softened salted butter

• 2 Tbsp. sugar

• ½ cup chopped raisins/currants/candied fruits

• 1 beaten egg

• 4 Tbsp. whole milk

• Sweetened whole milk, for glaze

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Cut in the butter until mixture resembles bread crumbs. Stir in sugar, and fruit pieces. Add the egg and milk. Lightly mix well until a soft dough forms. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to ¾-inch thickness. Cut into 10 circles with a biscuit cutter. Place scones on a cookie sheet and brush tops with milk. Bake in a preheated 425-degree oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden. Serve hot or cold with whipped cream and marmalade.

Hot Cranberry Tea

• 4 quarts water

• 3 cups sugar

• 1 tsp. whole cloves

• 2 cinnamon sticks

• 2 cups strong brewed tea

• 1 cup fresh lemon juice

• 2 cups fresh orange juice

• 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail

• 1-quart apple juice

In a large pot, combine water, sugar, cloves and cinnamon sticks. Boil for 10 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Strain cloves and cinnamon before serving. Can make ahead, keep refrigerated and reheat before serving.

Commemorative Lemon Cake

• ½ cup softened salted butter

• 6 beaten eggs

• 18 ½ ounces Duncan Hines yellow cake mix

• ½ cup heavy cream

• ½ cup fresh lemon juice

• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

• 1 Tbsp. lemon zest

• ¾ cup raspberry preserves

• 1 ½ cups sliced toasted almonds

Lemon Frosting

• 24 ounces softened cream cheese

• 11 ounces lemon curd

• 1 cup powdered sugar

• 3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice

• 1 Tbsp. lemon zest

For the cake, in a mixer bowl, cream butter. Beat in eggs. Add cake mix, while alternating with cream, lemon juice and vanilla. Add lemon zest. Beat for 2 minutes or until smooth. Bake in two greased and floured cake pans in a preheated 350-degree oven for 25-30 minutes or until tests done. Cool completely on rack. Cut around sides of pan to loosen and remove cakes. You can make a two or four layer cake. For a four-layer cake, cut each cake in half horizontally, resulting in 4 layers. Place one layer, cut side up on cake plate. Spread with ¾ cup frosting. Repeat layers twice. Top with final cake layer cut side down. Frost sides and top with remaining frosting. Press almonds into sides of cake. Chill 2 hours or until frosting sets. For the frosting, in a mixer bowl, beat cream cheese, lemon curd, powdered sugar, lemon juice and zest until smooth consistency.

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North Stanly hosted the second annual Comets Christmas Classic this week, reaching the finals of the tournament against the Corvian Community Cardinals.

The Cardinals’ roster includes players such as freshman R.J Moore Jr., the 6-foot-4 son of 1996 UConn national champion Ricky Moore, and Malachi McCutcheon, the 6-foot-5 junior and son of former Pfeiffer standout and current Catawba women’s basketball head coach Terence McCutcheon.

Corvian built a double-digit lead in the second quarter and went on to a 71-55 victory.

North Stanly (10-3) was led by All-Tournament selection Jack Williamson who scored 21 points. Jalen Walker added 17 and was named All-Tournament along with Gavin Helms.

Corvian (6-2) was led by All-Tournament selection Jack Hudson with 23 points, while McCutcheon added 18. Doug Quarles added 14 points and Moore scored 10.

The Cardinals led 12-4 midway through the first and by six after one quarter, 14-8, then an 11-2 run gave Corvian a double-digit lead. At halftime, the Cardinals led 35-18.

“There’s nothing we can practice to simulate how big they are,” North head coach George Walker said. “We missed two layups right off the bat; that could have put us up and build some momentum. They have so many rim protectors.”

Walker said his team played differently in Saturday’s loss, adding his message to the team was “we’re not going to quit.”

The Comets will take on Union Academy on Jan. 5 to open Yadkin Valley Conference play in a rematch from the semifinals of the holiday tournament.

Friday’s Result

North Stanly 70, Union Academy 67

Friday’s game between the two conference foes came down to the wire, but the Comets earned a win in what Walker called a “very intense physical battle.”

Jack Williamson had a double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds, while Gavin Helms just missed a double-double with eight points and a team-high 13 boards.

Maddox Lowder added 12 points for North while Jacob Smith and Jalen Walker scored 11 each.

Union Academy led after one quarter, 20-16, but the Comets roared back and outscored their opponents 26-9 in the second period to lead at halftime 42-29.

In the second half, the Cardinals outscored North 17-10 in the third and 21-18 in the fourth. Union got as close as three points with two minutes left, but North was able to hit free throws down the stretch to keep the game just out of reach.

Walker said of Friday’s win: “for our kids’ resiliency was something to build on.”

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South Stanly’s men’s basketball program has not seen a start to this season like this in a long time.

The Bulls ran off nine wins in a row until suffering the team’s first loss to Corvian Community in the semifinals Friday at the Second Annual Comet Christmas Classic.

South bounced back Saturday against a current Yadkin Valley Conference opponent and claimed third place in the tourney with a 62-42 win over Union Academy.

Gavyn Miller led South (10-1) with 22 points while Cohen Whitley added 14 and Drew Gaddy 12.

Quon Harper was top scorer for Union Academy (2-10) with 11.

Leading 13-9 after one quarter, the Bulls extended the lead just before halftime. Three-pointers in the final minute by Gaddy and Whitley helped build a nine-point advantage at halftime, 32-23.

The third quarter was all South. The Bulls led by as much as 19 after a Gaddy layup and led 49-32 after the third.

South head coach Sean Whitley said the start of the season says a lot about the team’s experience.

“We’ve had essentially the same lineup for three years now,”  Whitley said. “These kids have had to grow up, undersized as underclassmen playing varsity basketball. I think this year we’re a varsity basketball team. They’ve matured; they trust each other.”

South has one final non-conference match, a home game Jan. 3 with Southwestern Randolph, before opening conference play two days later at Albemarle.

Whitley said he likes his team’s chances during conference play.

“The conference is always athletic, always physical. Union Academy is a lot better than their record.”

He said Albemarle and Mount Pleasant are both physical teams, while North Stanly’s first group “is as good as anybody. I think (the conference) is going to be a battle.”

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The Friends of Elvis fan club will have a special tribute to Elvis on Jan. 9, one day after what would have been his 89th birthday. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at Blue Bay Seafood Restaurant in Albemarle.

Jem Crossland, Wayne Brockwell and Roy Gaddy will be doing 30 minutes each in a mini concert tribute to Elvis. Other artists will also sing their favorite songs. There will be door prizes.

Call 704-426-0796 for more information.

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The Albemarle women’s basketball team was the only 1A squad in the eight-team Mount Pleasant Holiday Classic.

After wins against 3A Parkwood and 4A Mooresville in consecutive nights, the Bulldogs took the floor Friday in the finals against the 4A Sun Valley Spartans.

The Spartans twice erased leads in the first half Albemarle built, but a huge third-quarter run proved too much as the Bulldogs won the tournament championship 73-60.

Tournament MVP Amari Baldwin helped lead a third-quarter run for Albemarle (9-1) which broke open an even game to that point. Baldwin finished with 29 points, 20 coming in the second half.

With the game tied 35-35, Baldwin’s old-fashioned three-point play spurred an 18-0 run. The junior guard scored 15 during the run as the Bulldogs built a double-digit lead.

“Our intensity just changed because we were just kind of slow coming out of halftime,” Baldwin said. “We had to be on our toes more and look for open shots…we all knew we had to come out stronger in the third quarter.”

Baldwin entered the tournament averaging 26.5 points per game and scored 28 in each of the previous two wins. She has 1,203 career points, third all-time among Albemarle women basketball players.

Sun Valley (7-6) made seven shots from the field in the first half but hit 13-of-16 free throws to keep the game close. The Spartans were 20-of-24 at the line for the game.

Albemarle forwards Jasmine Brown and Bianca Robinson scored 15 of the Bulldogs’ 30 points in the first half and gave the team a 30-29 lead at the break. Robinson finished the game with 18 points and Brown added 16.

Baldwin talked about being on a 1A team taking on teams from schools with larger enrollments.

“(Winning the tournament) shows that we can compete with anybody, and the size of your school really doesn’t matter. It’s the talent and how we play as a team,” Baldwin said.

Albemarle head coach Eric Davis said his team is deep this year, with all 10 players getting significant playing time.

“When you’re dealing with that kind of depth (as an opposing coach), it’s hard to deal with consistently,” Davis said.

He noted the four games where the game was close, Albemarle had four different lineups.

“We’re just so versatile and deep,” Davis said.

Regarding Baldwin, the coach said she “plays with a lot of heart and a lot of discipline. She’s worked hard over the summer; we put the team in general in a lot of different situations over the summer.”

Davis noted Baldwin also averages around nine to 10 steals and five assists per game.

Albemarle’s coach also credited the play of Brown and Robinson, saying Sun Valley was focused on Baldwin in the first half.

“Bianca and Jasmine were doing a good job of sealing (the post); we just have go to do a better job of getting it to them,” Davis said.

Albemarle opens Yadkin Valley Conference play next week at home versus South Stanly.

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Identical twins, an injured owl and a magic tree weave an imaginative tale written by a young Stanly author.

Kylah Everette, the 13-year-old daughter of Jess and Robert Everette of Albemarle, recently released a book five years in the making entitled “The Purple Willow Tree.”

Kylah Everette

Everette, who is homeschooled by her parents, said the book idea started one day while outside playing. Two sticks, she added, turned into a game which became the basis for the story.

“I ran inside, literally yelling, ‘Don’t forget! Don’t forget! Don’t forget!’ ” Kylah said.

She started grabbing paper and a stapler, put together a makeshift book and started the story.

Kylah said she moved the story to a set of notebooks and was writing the story out by hand before her mother showed her Google Docs.

She said her influences for the story included “Harry Potter,” the “Magic School Bus” television series and the “Boxcar Children” mystery series.

An enormous influence to the story, she added, was the Eragon series, also called the Inheritance Cycle, which was written by Christopher Paolini when he was a 15-year-old homeschooler.

In the story, 13-year-old Jack Darby, his twin sister Olivia, and a magical book lead to a new school and a mythical adventure. The pair live in a ramshackle shack with their mother and father.

Many of the characters were based on Kylah and her family, she said, adding her mother and cousin, Emily, “helped me write it out and give me ideas.” Even the tree was based on a cherry plum tree on which she used to climb.

Kylah’s mother said the book is like the “Magic Tree” book series, adding the orientation “gives something more for smaller kids to read.”

“She’s always had stories in her; she loves to tell stories through play and other things like that. Allowing her to get out big words that she couldn’t yet spell just to get it out of her head and onto paper was tough for me to watch her spell it incorrectly, and then I would add it to her spelling list,” Jess said.

Her mother integrated Kylah’s book into her English studies as a homeschooled child as opposed to doing book reports.

Kylah’s mother said finding creative ways “to feed her passion for writing” was important.

“I’m teaching her about rhetoric and influence, how to develop a character,” Jess said.

Kylah’s mother said she is taking a break from writing at the moment but has a sequel planned, noting her daughter spends 15 hours a week on the media team for her church, The Encounter Charlotte.

“She has been empowered by the ability to literally do it herself,” Jess said about publishing the book on Amazon. “She’s had my help, and things like that, but she Googled this herself, so she feels empowered. She knows that if she decides to be a stay at home mom, she could still have a career path she could do at home.”

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The start to the 2023-24 season for the South Stanly men’s basketball team ranks among the most successful in the program’s history.

Entering the North Stanly men’s basketball holiday tournament this week, the Bulls were undefeated and ranked second in the MaxPreps 1A Western Region.

The undefeated start is the best since South opened the 2008-09 season with six wins in a row. South has three players averaging double figures in points per game this season: Cohen Whitley (19 ppg), Gavyn Miller (14 ppg) and Drew Gaddy (11 ppg).

South Stanly took on the Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy Eagles from Huntersville, and easily cruised to an 87-25 win.

Whitley had a huge first half for the Bulls (9-0) scoring 24 of his game-high 30 points in the first 16 minutes. He hit four three-pointers in the first half and was 4-of-4 at the free-throw line.

Miller  and Carter Callicutt both reached double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively. All 11 players in the scorebook scored at least two points in the win versus the Eagles (2-9).

South Stanly takes on Corvian Community (4-2) tonight at 7:30 p.m. The Cardinals advanced to the semifinals with an 80-35 win versus West Stanly (4-5).

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Albemarle’s starting point guard continued to light up the scoreboard Thursday as the Bulldogs women’s basketball took on Mooresville in the semifinals of the Mount Pleasant Holiday Classic.

Junior Amari Baldwin torched the Blue Devils for 28 points as Albemarle advanced to tonight’s tourney finals with a 61-22 victory.

Baldwin scored 11 in both the first and second quarters for Albemarle (8-1) as the Bulldogs led Mooresville (3-7) by 13 after one quarter, 20-7, and by 30 at halftime, 42-12.

Jasmine Brown reached double figures for Albemarle with 11 points while Bianca Robinson and Kai Spencer scored eight points each.

Albemarle takes on the Spartans (7-5) tonight at 7. Sun Valley advanced to the finals with a 54-47 win versus Northwest Cabarrus.

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Late in the afternoon of Dec. 17, a passing storm caused a power outage at and around the Oakboro home of Curtis and Anita Barbee.

“With the power out, we didn’t have heat or water,” said Curtis, “so we turned on our gas logs to get some heat.”
Curtis’ 92-year-old mother, Virginia, was in the same predicament at her nearby house, so Curtis soon had her to join him and Anita at their home to stay warm.

As the power outage stretched into the late hours of the evening, the three decided to turn in for the night, Curtis and Anita in their bedroom, and Virginia on a sofa in the living room.
Curtis, who said the couple’s house was built in 1979, had installed a CPI security system in 2013. In 2018, he upgraded the system to include fire and carbon monoxide monitoring in addition to break-in protection.

On that Sunday evening, his decision to do so most likely saved his life, as well as that of his wife and mother.

At some point during the evening, the Barbees’ gas fireplace logs, a common accessory in many homes, malfunctioned, leaking deadly carbon monoxide (CO) fumes into the house.

“The colorless and odorless fumes triggered the CO detector in the home security system,” said CPI Media Relations Manager Kristi O’Connor, “and CPI Security Central Station Operator Kaysen Malcolm received the alarm. Malcolm dispatched the West Stanly Fire Department to the home.”

The responses to the alarm, both by Malcolm and by the West Stanly Fire Department, were keys to keeping the Barbee family safe.

“Usually, a CO detector will reset if it is a false reading,” Malcolm said, “but this one wouldn’t reset, so I reached out to the home.”
But, with no power, the home land line phone wasn’t working either, so Malcolm called Curtis on his cellphone.

“For some reason, the (cell)phone didn’t go off, and the voicemail didn’t work,” Curtis said, “but then the CO detector started sounding, and after that our daughter, who was our backup contact, called us and told us she had been called by CPI.”

Meanwhile, Malcolm had dispatched WSFD to the home, where firefighters Josh Cook, Christopher Hinson and Matthew Rayburn arrived to find the three Barbees safely outside.

“We checked the CO level in the house, and it was very high,” said Rayburn, who added that the firefighting team isolated the source, cut off the gas to the logs, then opened the structure’s windows and ventilated it.

“We had a zero reading before we left,” he added.

The Barbees were introduced to Malcolm and to WSFD Deputy Chief Jason Almond, and reunited with the three responding firefighters at a press conference at the West Stanly Fire Department on Dec. 28, during which CPI presented a $1,000 check to the department

“We are very thankful to everyone for all they did,” said Anita.

“We are definitely blessed,” added Curtis.

Almond delivered a message on behalf of WSFD on the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.

“This winter, the West Stanly Fire Department wants to remind you of the dangers of carbon monoxide, which is the No. 1 cause of poisoning deaths in the United States, killing more than 3,800 individuals annually,” he said. “CO cannot be seen, tasted or smelled, and can kill you before you know it’s there.”

“Common causes of CO poisoning are malfunctioning appliances and furnaces, stoves, ovens, water heaters, grills and motor vehicles,” he continued. “Symptoms of CO poisoning include flu-like symptoms such as headaches, nausea, fatigue, dizziness, confusion and breathing difficulties.”

Almond also noted that best practices to protect against such poisoning include having appliances which could emit CO checked annually, as well as installing detection devices.

“You should have a UL approved, battery operated CO detector on each level of your home,” he said. “Batteries should be checked monthly, and replaced each time the clocks are changed (for daylight saving time), and, if the detector goes off, move outside and call 911 immediately.”

When asked his thoughts on having added the CO and fire detection upgrade to his security system, Curtis remarked, “It’s better than a lot of other things I’ve bought…it worked.”

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