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CityViewNC.com | 5 F R O M O U R N E W S L E T T E R S G o t o c i t y v i ew n c . c o m t o s u b s c r i b e f o r f re e 'AN INSPIRATION TO EVERYONE, YOUNG AND OLD' It had been 73 years since Betty Howie performed Ravel's "Sonatine" in its entirety for her graduate piano recital at Shorter University in Rome, Georgia. It was clear Tuesday afternoon that Howie, who recently celebrated her 94th birthday, still has the music in her. And she still has the music teacher in her as well. For an entertaining and informative half hour, she tickled the ivories inside a reception room in the Carolina Highlands independent living facility. She took a room filled with appreciative residents and friends through centuries of classical music, turning from the keys only long enough to teach us all a thing or two about Mozart, Beethoven, DeBussy and Schumann. The guest list included a treat for Howie, who was inducted into the Fayetteville Music Hall of Fame in 2012 for her musical contributions to the community. Dr. John D. Reams, Dean of the School of Fine & Performing Arts at Shorter, drove up to watch the recital and to thank her for being representing the university. >> From The Insider, April 20, 2021 'WHAT A LEGACY HE LEAVES' Community icon Bill Carver dies at 81 "What a legacy he leaves,'' said Dr. Wil- liam Harrison, former superintendent of Cumberland County Schools, two-time president of the N.C. High School Athletic Association and former chairman of the state Board of Education. "All who knew him are bet- ter off for having that opportunity. He had a great impact on me.'' Harrison was referring to Bill Carver, former student activities director of Cum- berland County Schools and a rec- ognized leader in high school athletic circles statewide, who died April 13, 2021 at the age of 81. >> From The Press Box, April 16, 2021 Her family recipe has turned into a blooming business K nox Barker's cof fee cakes are made of f lour, butter, sour cream and memories. " The cake was my mother's recipe," she said. "We wou ld only have the cake when we went to the beach for our annual fami ly vacation. I don't k now how I made it al l those years w ith only hav ing it once a year. Fritos, Cap'n Crunch cereal and sour cream cof fee cake, we only had those when we were on vacation." The cof fee cakes are delicious on their ow n, but Barker eventual ly began to add her ow n special touches. She began experimenting w ith ways to place lovely natural arrangements in the center of her cof fee cakes, many consisting of f lowers and greener y picked f rom her ow n yard. The resu lt is her home- spun Cof fee Cakes in Bloom business, based in Greensboro, where she lives w ith her husband, Fayettev i lle native Dan Barker. >> From The CityView Foodie, April 12, 2021 Hope and love on four wheels and painted pink It was a day, Todd Wal ker said, to give for ward. "It meant so much to us," he said. It meant so much, as wel l, to 4-year- old Izzy Page, who w i l l turn 5 on Apri l 22, and to her fami ly. Izzy, who was diagnosed w ith leu kemia at age 3, undergoes chemotherapy treatments ever y t wo week s at U NC Hospitals in Chapel Hi l l. The treatments of ten leave her so tired that she had asked for a pink golf car t so she cou ld sti l l enjoy being outdoors. Meanwhi le, K im and Todd Wal ker had been look ing for a fami ly just li ke Izzy's. In 2017, their daughter Reese, the youngest of their four chi ldren, had been diagnosed w ith cancer. She, too, endured months of ex hausting chemotherapy treatments. At the time, the f uture seemed f rightening and uncer tain. A group of caring people, led by fami ly f riend Joan Poole, learned that Reese wanted a golf car t so that she cou ld ride around outside bet ween treatments. In October of that year, they presented her w ith a shiny red golf car t that represented love and a measure of f reedom. The months passed, and the treatments proved successf u l. Reese, now a 17-year- old standout athlete at Terr y Sanford High School, has a driver's license of her ow n and no longer relies on the special golf car t. "We weren't about to sel l it because it was gif ted to us," Todd Wal ker said. "We wanted to gif t it to someone else." >> From The Insider, April 13, 2021

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