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In March, Susanna Kavanaugh and her friend Michelle Buchanan, another Gaston County foster parent, co-founded Least of These Gaston Inc., a nonprofit ministry and volunteer support group for foster children. The name comes from a passage in the Gospel of Matthew.

Send me you best fish stories: I’ll share some of them in this column

Compiled by Erica Batten

What began as a small idea for town officials a few years ago turned into a fun day for hundreds of Statesville residents who collaborated on a flash-mob-style video.

An unusually large number of incumbent elected officials from both Statesville and Troutman have signaled their intention not to run for re-election this fall.

After 24 years and 10 months, Brian Phelps has retired as president of Sipe’s Orchard Home, a multi-faceted private agency that serves preschoolers through age 22 in Conover.

Revaluation process: The Catawba County Revaluation Office will mail data verification sheets on May 17 to owners of residential dwellings. The data verification is part of the process to revalue all property in Catawba County by Jan. 1, 2015.

Alexander County will celebrate the first anniversary of Rocky Face Mountain Recreational Area with RockyFest, a day-long family event to be held on May 25 at the park at 3451 Rocky Face Church Road, Hiddenite.

If you missed hearing Bobbi G when she launched a new phase in her career, you will get another chance.

Hickory Crawdads outfielder Jordan Akins looks like the wide receiver the University of Central Florida envisioned him to be – lean, fast, powerful. Akins chose the baseball diamond over the gridiron when he was drafted in the third round of the free-agent draft by the Texas Rangers.

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