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Independence Day events

June 28-July 4

• Merlefest’s Ruthie Foster is phenomenal
• Fiddlin’ for the 84th year in Union Grove
• Spins: Snoop Dogg, The Gutter Twins

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Statesville artist inspired in new downtown workspace

Operating his art studio out of a storefront on East Broad Street gave local artist David Shoemaker lots of exposure.

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Just wait, the system’s going to nail me

Chances are, I will be shot in the head with a nail gun.

It happened to Shawnee, Kan., resident George Chandler, so why wouldn’t it happen to me?

• Someone get a plunger, there’s a galactic clog
• Shiver me earwax spoon, matey
• ‘I can’t believe I’ve put up with 20 years of this’

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Sports Page offers ‘game day’ fare

Fans will feel right at home at Sports Page Food and Spirits in Mooresville. But the new eatery boasts more than just big-screen TVs. It’s also big on taste.

• Smokehouse touts food is worth the wait
• Miss your favorite shows Thursday?
• Fratelli’s gives Mooresville pizza competition

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Dating a sports nut: kill me now or put up with it?

fa•nat•ic: n. A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause; See also: my husband.

I knew what I was getting into before our relationship ever started. A part of his heart will always be devoted to the thing he has worshipped since he was in diapers: sports.

So for all of you out there in a similar dilemma, I would like to share a few hints for being a sports fanatic’s “other.”

• Text messaging: break from the norm or the beginning of the end?
• ‘The mother of all comedy improv extravaganzas’
• Mooresville preps for downtown festivals