NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. may be sidelined from the race track with concussion-like symptoms, but that hasn’t seemed to stop his need for speed.

Earnhardt’s fiancee, Amy Riemann, just tweeted a picture of him getting pulled over for speeding by a Texas police officer.

According to ESPN, the racer was pulled over “while driving to Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday morning before the AAA Texas 500.”

Riemann’s tweet states that he was let off with a warning:

My little speed racer. #WheelingIt #warning pic.twitter.com/r1ES30FqjP

— Amy Reimann (@Amy_Reimann) November 6, 2016

She did neglect to mention the racer’s speed when he was pulled over.

When Earnhardt was asked how fast he was going, his reply on Twitter was, “not fast enough”:

Not fast enough https://t.co/Omy1i4IXr8

— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) November 6, 2016

After over 3 months of not racing due to his concussion-like symptoms, he’s now planning to return in the No. 88 Chevrolet for the start of the Daytona 500.

The Rev. Billy Graham was born in Charlotte, NC on November 7th, 1918 – he just turned 98 years old.

He has preached for over 60 years in most countries around the world, and has been instrumental in helping to calm many political tensions through the decades (including the cold war).

Billy Graham is often called “America’s pastor” – he’s personally advised every US President since WWII:

A birthday banner is now hanging in the Billy Graham Library, where guests can sign it and wish Rev. Graham a happy birthday.

At the Epic Fest Family Festival, thousands of families from all over Charlotte gathered to meet their favorite writers, and celebrate their love of reading.

Last Saturday, The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation held Epic Fest for a second year at ImaginOn: The Joe and Joan Martin Center. Young Charlotte readers met and heard from award-winning children’s authors and illustrators.Ten author’s presented this year including Tom Angleburger; Linda Ashman, Kathleen Burkinshaw, Nancy Cavanaugh, Jessica Khoury, Matt Myers, Kelly Starling Lyons, LeUyen Pham, Adam Silvera, and Tui Ti. Sutherland.Wells Fargo, with Read Charlotte and the Charlotte Hornets sponsored the event.

The literary festival was a two-day eventpacked with shows.Silvera and Khoury hosted Epic Fest Teen Night on Friday at the Google Fiber building. At the Saturday’s festival, authors read to happy young fans, and signed autographs and books in ImaginOn’s Spangler library. Books were available for sale by the Black Forest Book company. The Charlotte Hornets Book Bus also stopped by to give each lucky rider a free book.

Besides stories, Epic Fest offered many other free family activities. Face painters and balloon artistsentertained visitors.Book characters like Baby Llama from “Llama Llama Red Pajamas” greeted fans. Children could make fun art like bookmarkers and play dough figures at early learning stations. Families snapped digital backdrop pictures at the Tap Snapbooth. Arobotics display occurredat Time Warner Cable Tech Central, anda live DJ and free Henna hand tattoos wasopen to visitors in the Teen Loft.

Festival activitiesextended out onto 7^th Street. Workers from the Community School of Arts helped children draw stories in color chalk and spot paint in the group art section, and an inflatable bounce castle was nearby to hop around in.

Snacks and refreshments were available for event patrons. Just Fresh provided free coffee and herbal tea. Johnson and Wales University students demonstrated how to make pineapple salsa. Several local foods trucks such as Taco Green Go and Buffalo’s Best served outside.

Epic Fest officials were happy with the festival’s growth. Mark West, Chair of the UNC Charlotte English Department, said this year has been a tremendous success, with over 3,000 more people attending. He attributes this with the event’s accessibility.

“It’s totally free, so all sorts of people can come,” West said. “You don’t have to spend a fortune, and there’s a lot of activities.”

West serves as an “Author Wrangler” on the assisting committee, by arranging for author appearances. As English chair, he also coordinates UNC Charlotte English students to volunteer at the event.

He said the festival evolved from the ‘Word Play Saturday,’ event that took place during the former Novelo literary celebration. When the library foundation decided to bring it back, it became Epic Fest.

Although for children, many parents said they appreciated the festival just as much. Lilian Mayer said many parents complemented her beautiful Henna tattoo. This year, she brought her two sons along. Her oldest son break-danced with the Teen Loft DJand her youngest met the mouse from “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”

As anImaginOn teen services specialist, Mayer usually facilitates programs in the Teen Loft. However, today, she says she is happy letting her children plan everything.

“My son is running the show,” Mayer said. “I’m not even telling him where to go. It’s just so much to do that he’s just making me follow him.”

Mayer said she enjoyed creating play dough figures with her son, making him a grown, and taking pictures together for Facebook. Her favorite part was the pineapple salsa.

She said the event brings families closer together and shows that literacy can be fun. Her youngest son is a big reader, with “Chica Boom” as his favorite book. She says events like Epic Fest show that kids like to read.

West said reading could be intimidating for some children, who often associate it with homework, but Epic Fest makes the literary process fun. He’s grateful to reach so many different children, and will continue to help do so in the future.

“I’ll do it as long as they want me to!” he said.

One of the fastest growing charities in the nation is located right hear in the Queen City. The Foundation for The Carolinas was originally founded in 1958 “as a catalyst for charitable good, connecting individuals, companies and organizations to needs and philanthropic opportunities” throughout the greater Charlotte region.

In their first 55 years, they built their endowment to an impressive $908 million, but in the past 2 years alone, they’ve almost doubled that number. According to a March 24th press release on their website, they had over $1.68 billion total assets at the start of this year.

The size and frequency of its donations are even more impressive. In 2015, they gave out 14,532 grants and hosted a record setting 2,492 charitable funds. They’re now ranked No. 2 in the United States for total giving and No. 9 for total endowment size.

The organization has found incredible success through creative donation solutions, including; accepting donations of real estate, percentages of businesses (specifically fast-food restaurants and gas stations), and even large foreign currency gifts.

New donors have also been attracted by the success of recent large scale initiatives, such as; project LIFT (raising graduation rates on the city’s west side), A Way Home endowment (stabilizing housing for low-income families), and the Economic Opportunity Task Force (working to improve economic mobility among Charotte’s poorest residents).

They’ve also started work on the historic Carolina Theatre – a $39.8 million renovation project that will also feature a new high-rise hotel.

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