Parkwood teacher arrested

Technically speaking, she was no longer a teacher at the time of her arrest as she apparently resigned Wednesday. But let's not split hairs here.

Per Tiffany Jothen of the Enquirer-Journal:

A Parkwood High School teacher was arrested just before 11 p.m. at her home Tuesday and charged with sexual activity with a student.

Melissa Janet Bitz, 27, of 3100 Fairington Drive, Indian Trail, was a Spanish teacher at the school, where she has worked since Sept. 23.

“She’s no longer an employee with the school system,” Union County Public Schools spokeswoman Luan Ingram said.

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A student reported to school administration Friday “possible inappropriate activity between a teacher ... and a student,” Ingram said. “We immediately called law enforcement.”

On the off-chance you cannot follow this link (Note: this non-subscriber can access it with my free E-J account) to the E-J article, WSOC and WBTV have small articles on the story as well.

On a side note, while doing my research for this post, I discovered there's an entire website devoted to teachers who violate the student-teacher relationship - badbadteacher.com. Who knew that was out there? For what it's worth, Melissa Bitz's page is already up.

Waxhaw Exchange on naughty list

I didn't receive my copy of the Waxhaw Exchange once again last week, but this is nothing new. Since my work schedule precludes me from picking up a copy until late in the week, I imagine I will be unable to score a copy of last week's issue.

I called my wife today in the hopes she'd try to stop by the library and pick up a copy, but the last time she did this, she turned up empty so it's not looking positive for me right now.

This wouldn't be an issue if the online edition was still available, but to have access to it, you must subscribe to the Enquirer-Journal now.

Thanks to loyal readers like Kelly, I've compiled the following list of places where the Waxhaw Exchange can be picked up by those who've been shafted. Prepare to be awed:

Main Street Grill
Waxhaw Library

If you know of any other places where the Exchange can be obtained, please let me know so I can update my list accordingly.

Main Street Grill changing hands

A sign was up advertising that breakfast was coming back to the Main Street Grill. Underneath it said something like:

Same food, same cook, new owners

It also gave a date and if I'm not mistaken, I think it was January 3rd. But I could be wrong as we were heading back from the parade and our hands were too cold from handing out candy canes to worry about such things.

No word if they plan to re-add dinner hours or not, a minor pet peeve of mine. Inquiring minds want to know.

Busy times in Waxhaw

I've been bogged down with work (at the office and at home), but there's plenty going on in Waxhaw assuming you can squeeze it into your otherwise busy schedule of entertaining family and baking Christmas cookies.

An art show on Saturday and the parade on Sunday. After the parade, I hear Waxhaw UMC is having a coat drive from 4-6pm if you've got any extra coats to contribute.

Waxhaw UMC is doing a live nativity display this year as well. From the town's Facebook page:

The Nativity Story will be presented in front of the Waxhaw United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall (200 McDonald Street) on December 10, 11, 17, 18 ~ Friday and Saturday nights. Each night, the story of Jesus’ birth will be presented 4 times beginning at 6:30 and allowing a few minutes after each presentation to pet the live nativity animals. The last presentation will begin at 8:00 pm. The appropriate Christmas carols will be sung during the telling of the story, and we encourage everyone to join in the singing of some of our most favorite Christmas songs! Please join us for the outdoor fun and a cup of hot chocolate!

Joyce Blythe is doing another walking tour on the December 18th at 7pm for those interested. I'm going to try to make this one; my fingers are crossed.

Waxhaw Gazette takes on light-up night

There's a new Waxhaw Gazette out for those interested.

Topics include the light-up night festivities. John apparently was close to the MC and the Waxhaw Baptist choir, instead of those near Church Street or those of us who spent our time running from business to business to score a Matchbox car. It's obvious that John's priorities are slightly askew from mine, but I guess that's a good thing for those rare birds who visit our Waxhaw-related sites.

In other news, he's got a bit more on the changes at the Big Dog, including a little history lesson on the Big Dog itself. It's definitely worth checking out for those interested. Recently I've preferred going out to breakfast at Di Dee's in Indian Land, so perhaps Stack's Kitchen will be able to change that.

John also links to a WBTV article/clip with update on Crystal Jordan's condition which is worth checking out .

In his editorial comments, he appears to be blaming big banks for the DOS attacks on Wikileaks. I don't quite understand the logic behind this, but it's there for what it's worth. I for one would consider big banks far more competent than the federal goverment and thus less likely to initiate a delayed toothless DOS attack on Wikileaks, which in my eyes appears to serve no other purpose than damaging American interests in the world.

Kennedy v. Britton

Tonight I stumbled across this Facebook battle royale between Britton of soon-to-be-illegal synthetic marijuana fame and Mark Kennedy of Southsiders fame.

Go here to read the very public back and forth between one legal dealer of mind-altering substances and another (currently) legal dealer of mind-altering substances. Fascinating stuff in my opinion, especially considering that one (if not both) apparently cannot resist the urge to hold their tongues.

I myself saved a screenshot for posterity's sake, although there's no telling if it's over yet. Who knew life in Waxhaw could be so darn interesting?

The party's over for synth marijuana users

And right before Christmas no less. At least those last minute Christmas shoppers hoping to purchase synthetic marijuana before Christmas can do so. It may warrant a stocking full of coal from Santa, but of course, that is between them and Santa.

The federal government, via the DEA and per this Union County Weekly article, has stepped in to put a halt to synthetic marijuana sales. I mentioned this earlier when commenting on the Enquirer-Journal three-part article on the, ahem, epidemic that has reached Waxhaw.

I predicted that the state government would relatively quickly put a halt to this society-destroying (tongue firmly in cheek) epidemic, but little did I suspect the federal government would beat them to the punch.

So rest assured that Waxhaw has been saved...at least for the time being.