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Mastery Tutors: Mastery Tutors In-Home Tutoring, which started in the Lake Norman area five years ago, now has more than 10,000 tutors in five metro areas and has begun to franchise, general manager Barry Duckworth said.

Mastery Tutors immediately outgrew the Lake Norman area and moved into the Charlotte region, Duckworth said. “After that, in quick succession, we began in Baltimore, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Atlanta and Charleston, S.C..

“The best part is we get to help thousands of children overcome learning obstacles, provide income revenues for many educators, both active and retired, and make a little money in the process,” he said.

For details on franchise opportunities, call Duckworth at 704-408-2652 or visit www.masterytutors.com.

Professional Women’s Network: The Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber’s Professional Women’s Network Group will meet from 8 to 9:30 a.m. March 7 at Springhill Suites, 139 Gateway Blvd., Mooresville. Cost is $5 cash at the door. Breakfast will be served. RSVP: 704-664-3898; sls@mooresvillenc.org. This month’s topic will be, “How Women are Different from Men, Financially Speaking.”

Karp Financial Strategies: Jeffrey Karp and Jeffrey Kendall of Karp Financial Strategies in Mooresville recently attended an investment symposium sponsored by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Featured speaker was C. Troy Shaver Jr., president, CEO and senior portfolio manager of Dividend Assets Capital LLC, an S.C.-based investment firm that manages more than $1 billion in assets.

Iredell Health System: Clinical pharmacist Andy Shifflet recently passed the Board of Pharmacy Specialties examination in pharmacotherapy. Pharmacotherapy specialists provide drug information to health-care professionals in the hospital, thereby giving them direct responsibility for patient care. Shifflet joined Iredell Health System as a staff pharmacist in January 2009 and transitioned to a clinical pharmacist five months later. His primary responsibilities have been to provide pharmaceutical care to patients in the ICU, CCU and telemetry units at Iredell Memorial Hospital.

Chamber golf tournament: The Mooresville South-Iredell Chamber of Commerce “Swinging for Small Business” 2013 Golf Tournament is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. April 19 at Mooresville Municipal Golf Course. Cost is $65 per player, $250 for a team. The event also includes catered lunch, awards dinner, contests, goodie bags, snacks and beer, water and soda. Registration and details: 704-664-3898; info@mooresvillenc.org.

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center: Registered nurses Richard Steele, Tatyana Krokhmalyuk, Rhonda Douthit, Jennifer Hurt, Maria Kostylo, Jamie Spicka and Kristie Brown recently completed the Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy and Biotherapy course allowing them to administer cytotoxic and biotherapeutic agents.

Honoring administrative assistants: Honor your administrative assistant at an elegant luncheon at 11:30 a.m. April 24 at the Conference Center at Great Wolf Lodge. All proceeds benefit patients and families served by Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County. Details: Jeanette Scire, 704-935-9459; Jeanette.scire@hpccc.org. Compiled by Joe Marusak