Retail news

Burn Boot Camp: Owner and trainer Devan Kline held a grand opening on Feb. 2 for his 5,000-square-foot Burn Boot Camp headquarters at 311 Gilead Road, Huntersville. Burn Boot Camp caters to moms determined to get fit.

Since opening in May 2012, Burn Boot Camp has grown to about 300 clients, who have lost a combined thousands of pounds at Burn Boot Camp’s 71 camps in Mooresville, Cornelius, Huntersville and Mallard Creek, Kline said.

Burn Boot Camp has the latest in fitness equipment, including kettle bells, battling ropes, suspension training, smash balls, Bosu balls, sand bags, stability balls and agility ladders. The new facility also features a state-of-the-art micro-foam floor that protects athletes’ knees with its rebounding support, Kline said.

Details: burnbootcamp.com.

Insley Photography: Professional Lake Norman portrait photographer Alicia Smith of Sherrills Ford-based Insley Photography recently completed the “Making Memories Newborn Posing” workshop presented in Cary by Memories by TLC. The annual workshop is only to eight photographers and teaches new photography techniques and shares newborn prop and pose ideas. Smith has photographed Lake Norman area newborns, young children and their families, and expectant mothers since 2005. Details: 704-313-5125; InsleyPhotography.com.

Iredell Health System: Iredell Health System will host “A Little Fib Can Lead to a Big Problem,” a program discussing Atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that puts a person at five times greater risk for stroke. The program will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 at Hampton Inn & Suites, Interstate 77 Exit 36 (N.C. 150), Mooresville. Registration: 704-878-7447; www.iredellmemorial.org.

Jennings honored: Abigail Jennings, president of Lake Norman Realty Inc., received the Robert T. Cashion Business Person of the Year Award at the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Awards Banquet on Jan. 24.

In 2012, the agency was recognized as one of the Charlotte region’s largest real estate companies and the largest female-owned real estate company, according to The Charlotte Business Journal. Lake Norman Realty also was ranked fourth overall in Charlotte as a Best Place to Work and a top finalist for the sixth year in a row.

The firm’s luxury home division made regional real estate history with two record-breaking sales of $4.4 million and $7.5 million. Its commercial division increased 29 percent in sales volume, property management a 9 percent increase and overall sales volume 60 percent over 2011. Its customer satisfaction rate was 99.5 percent from surveyed seller and buyer clients.

Chamber board named: The 2013 Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has been named. Members are:

Chairman of the board, Kelley Daspit, Iredell Health System/Iredell Memorial Hospital; immediate past chairman, Pastor Tom McCrea, The Bridge Church; vice chairman of finance, John Wheeler, Wheeler & Co. CPAs; vice chairman of economic development/2014 chairman elect, Howard Kosofsky, Old Downtown Business Center.

Also, vice chairman of membership, Ben Goins, Randy Marion Automotive Group; vice chairman of retail and small business, Suzanne Wallace, Mitchell Community College; vice chairman of public policy, Bill Thunberg, Alexander Zachary Jewelers; vice chairman of community development, Suzanne Meyer, The Welcome Committee; vice chairman of marketing and communications, Jim Marshall, blueharbor bank.

Also, Robby Carney, MSI Economic Development Corp.; Dennis Cowardin, BB&T Bank; Harry Davis, L.B. Plastics; lawyer Kevin Donaldson, Jones, Childers, McLurkin & Donaldson; Kathy Holden, Home Helpers of Lake Norman.

Also, Dave Phillips, Anchor Security & Locksmith; Jeff Shoe, Mooresville Ford Mercury; Sharon Simpson, Lake Norman Currents Magazine; Maria Thomas, Heartland Payment Systems; Ken Wooten, The Dove House Children’s Advocacy Center; Diana Young, Piedmont Bank.

New hospital directors: Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville recently added directors Cathy Dickey and Julian Bell to its staff. Dickey is the new health information management, and Bell is the environmental service director.

Dickey has worked in health care for 30 years, most recently as a system director of health information management at Appalachian Regional Healthcare Systems in Boone.

Bell has been with HHS for two years as a director of environmental services.

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center: The hospital at 171 Fairview Road, Mooresville, will offer these free programs:

•  “Is MAKOplasty Right for You,” 6-7 p.m. Feb. 5 and 18 in Community Rooms A and B, about the robotic-assisted technology that works to relieve knee pain. Reservations: 1-888-995-6762.

•  Senior Extra Program, “The Impact of Hearing Loss,” 3-4:30 p.m. Feb. 6 in Community Rooms A and B, featuring Drs. Roy Lewis and Kevin Burkhardt. Details: www.seniorextra.com; Mitzie McCurdy at 704-660-4859.

•  Stroke Support Group, 1:30-3 p.m. Feb. 7 at the South Iredell Senior Center, 202 N. Church St. Registration is not required. Details: Mitzie McCurdy, 704-660-4859. Compiled by Joe Marusak