🌱 Queen's Grant hosts a packed Phenom Tip-Off weekend
Mint Hill, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Mint Hill! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Queen's Grant hosts a packed Phenom Tip-Off weekend
- A father's wartime poem adds meaning to Mint Hill flag ceremony
- Novant Health prepares for a leadership change
Also on today's calendar: Mint Hill Business Networking | Carolinas Referral Group and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 73 and low of 51 degrees.
- Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, temps: high: 71, low: 43.
- Friday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 58 and low of 36 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Everything you need to know about Tuesday's heavy high school basketball schedule (charlotteobserver.com) — Queen's Grant will host a busy Phenom Tip-Off basketball weekend, with its top-ranked boys facing Hunter Huss on Friday and Providence Day on Saturday. The girls host Wesleyan Christian on Friday and Greensboro Day on Saturday, part of a Charlotte-area schedule that extends beyond Tuesday's featured matchups. 
• Flag retirement ceremony honors service (catholicnewsherald.com) — More than 110 worn American flags collected throughout the year were retired Monday during the Knights of Columbus ceremony at St. Luke Catholic Church in Mint Hill. For organizer and Vietnam veteran James Strauss, the annual tribute carried added meaning: he read a poem his late father wrote during the Battle of the Bulge.
• Novant Health CEO Carl Armato to retire after more than a decade in the role (heraldonline.com) — Novant Health CEO Carl Armato will retire Dec. 31 after leading the healthcare system since 2012, a period of expansion that included new facilities in Mint Hill. Chief operating officer John Gizdic will become president and interim CEO Jan. 1, taking over the system that operates 22 hospitals across the Carolinas.
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★ Featured events ★
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FiA: Females in Action - Free Workout Classes! →
Mint HIll Veterans Park, 8850 Fairview Road, Mint HIll
5:00 am
Thursday November 12
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Other local events
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Mint Hill Business Networking | Carolinas Referral Group →
Pine Lake Country Club, 5504 Lebanon Road, Mint Hill
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Town of Mint Hill – Board of Commissioners Meeting →
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FiA: Females in Action - Free Workout Classes! →
Mint HIll Veterans Park, 8850 Fairview Road, Mint HIll
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Charlotte Day Program: Movie day in the back →
Abound Health, 5309 Idlewild Rd N, Mint Hill
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Chair Movement and Dance for Seniors →
Mint Hill Library, 6840 Matthews Mint Hill Rd, Mint Hill
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Purse Patch Party- Charlotte, NC →
Minti Cowork and Conference, 4301 Morris Park Drive, Mint Hill
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JAM: Weekly Mint Hill Old-Time Music Jam →
McEwen Historic Village, 7601 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd. (Rt.51), Mint Hill
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Rev Up for the Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer Car Show →
Shep's Bar & Grill, 8111 Fairview Road, Mint Hill
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Mint Hill Arts Fall Winter Session →
11205 Lawyers Road, Ste. A, Mint Hill
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Sisters in Christ →
9135 Blair Road, Mint Hill
11:30 am
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Public Policy Luncheon: General Assembly
South Piedmont Community College - Building A Conference Center, 4209 Old Charlotte Highway, Monroe
11:00 am
Wednesday November 11
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💬 Chatter
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- Is this your Dog??
It is running around the Smith Field neighborhood in Unionville. It showed up a few days ago and is very friendly. (Nextdoor Ashe Plantation)
🗞 Nearby News
Matthews
- Charlotte Independence are on a historic run, looking to win first USL League One championship against Athletic Club Boise (clture.org)
- Have Glaucoma and Cataracts? You May Not Have to Choose Between Treating One or the Other (wbtv.com)
- Meet the Freshmen Headed to the N.C. General Assembly (theassemblync.com)
Charlotte
- Rock and roll legend donates $55,000 to children's hospital in Charlotte (wbtv.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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