CityView Magazine

30 August 2022 COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARDS Power Giving OF PWC PRESENTS THE 2022 CITYVIEW Do you know someone in our community who quietly goes about helping others? Who gives selflessly and works behind the scenes to improve the lives of those around him or her? We want to hear about these amazing people. CityView Magazine is soliciting nominations for our third annual Power of Giving Community Impact Awards. Go to cityviewnc.com to submit a nomination. The deadline for nominations is Sept. 16. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges and recognized during a luncheon in November. COMING IN NOVEMBER A painting of Elvis Presley on black velvet hangs in a bedroom in the Eastover home of Tammie and Mike Rice. Tammie is no fan of Elvis, but her friend Buddy Pittman of WKML radio willed her the artwork knowing that the legendary singer had once stayed in the house. Photo courtesy of Tammie Rice ELVIS SLEPT HERE It's an unpopular opinion, I know; almost un-American, some have told me. I don't like Elvis. Despite this, I live in a house that could have an "Elvis slept here" sign posted. I should have seen it coming. It was in the Year of Elvis, but all I knew in August 2008 was that I was spending a week at Nu-Wray Inn in Burnsville while my husband, Mike, and the Cape Fear Regional eatre cast performed "Lunch at the Piccadilly.'' Picture me at the counter when the hotel manager proudly announces, "I put you in the Elvis Room." Mistaking my facial expression for excitement, he added, "Yes! e Elvis Room. He stayed here oen." Fast forward to spring 2009. I'm with Buddy Pittman, account executive with WKML radio, following his chemo. Buddy knows how I feel about Elvis; we laughed about it oen. When he showed me his black velvet painting of Elvis, saying it would be mine aer his death, I promised to burn it if he actually le it to me. In April, I told Buddy that we'd bought a new house, and he recognized the property. I mistook his excitement as shared happiness. Aer moving in, I learned that Elvis had known the first owner, Mac Geddie, and visited occasionally. Apparently, many people knew this, but it never came up

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