![]() ![]() The extension originally(more on page 15)Presbyterian Hospital Matthewspediatric nurse Becky Greenspanpreps Jessica Fielder, 13, of Charlottefor an IV. 84 has beendiscussed for more than a decade. “It becomescheaper, easier to get funding.” In 2004, NCDOT estimatedthe four-lane extension’s cost at $17.5 million.Extending Rea from Providence Road to N.C. 12.“As a rule of thumb, it costs 45 percent of the (total cost)to build two lanes rather than four,” Moose said. In Greenspan’scase, that means former boss and fellow nurse CatherineFenyves.(more on page 11)New life for ReaRoad extensionNCDOT engineer’s proposal to build twolaneroad could cut cost by more than halfby Brian a two-lane, rather than four-lane, Rea Roadextension could cut the project’s cost 55 percent, making iteasier to attract funding sometime in the next 30 years, NorthCarolina Department of Transportation Division 10 engineerBarry Moose told the Weddington Town Council on Oct. Four of the health care system’snurses received the award from The Great 100, Inc., a grassrootsorganization that honors outstanding nurses annually.Recipients are nominated by their peers. She adopted Charlie threeyears later.“When I picked him up he was like a little cuddly koalabear,” she said.Now, the 47-year-old Waxhaw resident is a pediatric nurseat Presbyterian Hospital Matthews, and she’s been named oneof the state’s top 100 nurses. The malnourishedtoddler had no family and was a ward of the state.So Greenspan, still living at home, got her mother’s blessingand became his foster mother. He didn’t talk much, but one look athis big blue eyes and sparse blonde hair and she was smitten.And then one day, Charlie came home with her – as herson.Charlie, then 2, was a special-needs patient at the Floridahospital where Greenspan was a pediatric nurse. 26WBTV Weekend WeatherFRI56/47page 12Is it worth going‘Where the Wild Things Are’?page24SAT58/44New Yorkis kingat Katz Delipage23SUN60/40Caring for children is “in my heart,”Presby Matthews pediatric nurse saysby Kara Greenspan was fresh out of nursing school and singlewhen she met Charlie. 2009 election coverageWaxhaw nurseTAKES TOP STATE HONORSSowell hasMonroe inpassing lanepage20News Briefs. ![]() 16-22, 2009 An independent, award-winning, locally owned newspaperInside. 32USA WEEKEND inside!Volume 4, Number 42 AutoUnion CountyDriving home a great deal!Parks Chevrolet. ![]()
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