🌱Earth Day Celebration Has Been Postponed + Congrats Winterguard

Hello all. It's me, Karena Garrity, your host of the Mooresville Patch newsletter — here to tell you everything you need to know about what's happening locally. Today you'll find news about...

• Earth Day celebration postponed!
• Congratulations Lake Norman High School Winterguard
• Kitten shower!

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Partly sunny. High: 83 Low: 61.

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Here are the top three stories in Mooresville today:

1. The weather forecast for the weekend has caused Mooresville's Earth Day celebration to be postponed. The event is being pushed back a week to April 29 in hopes that the weather will be better. Currently, the forecast is calling for showers on Saturday. (Mooresville Tribune)
2. The Lake Norman High School Winterguard has returned to their school with high honors. The Guard was dormant for seven years. After many hours of practice this season all the hard work paid off. According to the Mooresville Tribune, "[Each group of the Guard] placed in the top three at their first three contests in the Carolina Winter Ensemble Association competition circuit, with the varsity team scoring Highest Overall at their first contest. Both teams placed seventh in their respective classes at the recent CWEA Regional Championship." Congratulations! (Mooresville Tribune)
3. Iredell County Animal Services (located at 430 Bristol Dr. Statesville, NC) is having an open house and kitten shower on April 29th between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Come tour the facility and bring supplies for the annual deluge of kittens that come into the shelter. This year the event will have food trucks and characters for the family to meet. It will also include vendors set up throughout the area. Hope to see you there! (Patch)

Today in Mooresville:

• LS Fun Run Week - Pine Lake Preparatory (12:00 AM)
• Middle School Spring Dance - Pine Lake Preparatory (12:00 AM)
• Last day to RSVP for Butterfly Release on May 18th (9:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Feed NC: "Join us in congratulating the Winter 2023 Workforce Development Graduates! They’ve worked so hard these past 12 weeks and we’re SO proud of all they have accomplished!" (Feed NC via Facebook)
• Town of Mooresville NC: "April is Arab-American Heritage Month Did you know that John Mack (neé Hanna Makhoul Fakhoury) and his children, Nora and Charles, immigrated to the United States from Lebanon in 1908? They opened John Mack & Sons in Mooresville on December." (Town of Mooresville NC via Facebook)
• Mooresville Public Library: "From Local History & Archives at MPL: Today we’d like to share two photos taken on the same location just over 100 years apart. The color photo was taken during the process of the Mooresville Historic Preservation Commission’s Ghost Sign Restoration Project in 2022." (Mooresville Public Library via Facebook)

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You're all caught up for today! I'll see you around.

— Karena Garrity

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