🌱Rusty Wallace Is Grand Marshal + Three Bills Singed Into Law In NC

Hi all. It's me, Karena Garrity, your host of the Mooresville Daily — here to tell you everything you need to know about what's happening in town.

First, today's weather:

Very hot. High: 95 Low: 73.

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Here are the top five stories today in Mooresville:

1. According to a NASCAR article, "Alpha Prime Racing announced Tuesday that Julia Landauer will be making her NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 16, driving the No. 45 Boss Beauties/GarageXYZ Chevrolet for Alpha Prime Racing. With this new partnership, Boss Beauties and GarageXYZ also becomes the first NFT communities to sponsor a driver in NASCAR." (NASCAR)
2. Victory Air, a private carrier, which operates out of the Statesville Regional Airport usually provides flight services to NASCAR teams, however, Sunday it was transporting a different team back home to the North Carolina, the Special Olympics team. According to an article in the Mooresville Tribune, "Bob Thompson, president of Victory Air, said the opportunity to transport the SONC athletes arose from a fundraiser at the airport three years ago." Thompson always wants to give back to the community, so providing the flight for the team worked out perfectly. (Mooresville Tribune)
3. Three new bills have been signed into law in North Carolina by Gov. Roy Cooper. One increases arson punishment. Another according to a Mooresville Tribune article, "supporters say will get federally approved medicines that contain marijuana or its active ingredient quicker to those who need them. A third made changes to state laws governing captive insurance companies, which are subsidiaries of a parent company that is being insured." These are reportedly the first three bills that Gov. Cooper has received and signed since the legislature's annual work session began a month ago. (Mooresville Tribune)
4. The local real estate market is always shifting, and there are a variety of homes to choose from these days. As part of our weekly real estate roundup, a collaboration between Patch and Redfin.com, we're bringing you some of the newest and most interesting houses to hit the market in and around Mooresville. (Mooresville Patch)
5. The honor of grand marshal of the 2022 City of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally has been bestowed upon NASCAR superstar Rusty Wallace. Beyond four-wheeled vehicles, Wallace and his son Stephen are reportedly equally as enamored with two-wheeled vehicles of the motorcycle kind. So much so, that they opened a premier builder of custom Harley-Davidson motorcycles called Southern Country Customs in 2019, based in Mooresville. Showcasing his love of motorcycles, Wallace will kick off the Sturgis Rally during the opening ceremonies starting at noon on Aug. 5. (Rapid City Journal)

Today in Mooresville:

• Ribbon Cutting for Iredell County Partnership for Young Children (11 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• Mooresville Police Department: "We ride for those who do not have the opportunity to ride, our fallen brothers and sisters." Sgt. Tim Taylor MPD will be one of 30 Carolina Brotherhood Memorial Ride participants this year cycling 600 miles across North and South Carolina. The 2022 ride honors and remembers Carolina Public Safety Fallen" (Mooresville Police Department via Facebook)
• Mooresville Public Library: "As we explore the ‘Oceans of Possibilities’ all around us, school-age children are invited to join us as the 208th Army Reserve Woodwind Quintet will present a musical journey June 16 at 2 p.m. Enjoy this live performance." (Mooresville Public Library via Facebook)
• Feed NC: "Chef Brendan and the kitchen crew from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Lake Norman absolutely killed it last week with their Mediterranean salad!" (Feed NC via Facebook)
• Town of Mooresville NC: "The Town of Mooresville Board of Commissioners will hold an Agenda Briefing virtually beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 16. The livestream can be viewed by visiting mooresvillenc.gov/live. The purpose of these meetings is to provide the Board of Commissioners with an opportunity to address town staff and ask questions regarding agenda items and presentations that will be heard during the Regular Meetings, held on the first and third Mondays of each month." (Town of Mooresville NC via Facebook)
• Mooresville Parks & Recreation: "The tennis courts at Cornelius Park have reopened and are looking beautiful! Thank you to our Park Services Team!" (Mooresville Parks & Recreation via Facebook)

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— Karena Garrity

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