Oprah’s primary goal in the Queen City was to celebrate Andronica Klaas’ graduation, who just earned a degree at Charlotte’s Johnson C. Smith University after attending the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.

The 63-year-old media mogul attended the school’s baccalaureate service; sitting alone in a front pew of the school’s Jane M. Smith Memorial Church.

Made it to JCSU .. Charlotte in time for procession!

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She then went out to the Fig Restaurant in Charlotte’s Elizabeth neighborhood to get some one-on-one time with her JCSU “Daughter Girl”.

Toasting accomplishments with my daughter girl. She came to my school at 12 and is now graduating from an #hbcu #JCSU..

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The one… the only… @Oprah! It was an honor to have her dine with us for a @JCSUniversity graduation celebration last night! pic.twitter.com/zBstjspKoW

— The Fig Tree (@TheFigTreeCLT) May 20, 2017

She left Charlotte on Friday to head to other graduations in New York and Massachusetts, she’ll be speaking at Smith College today in Massachusetts, during JCSU’s official graduation ceremony.

John Morrell and Co., a Cincinnati, Ohio establishment (major hotdog distributor) is recalling over 210,000 pounds of Nathan’s and Curtis hot dogs, which may contain pieces of metal, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The beef franks items were produced on January 26, 2017. The following products are subject to recall: [View Labels (PDF only)]

• 14 oz. sealed film packages containing “Nathan’s SKINLESS 8 BEEF FRANKS,” with a Use By date of Aug. 19, 2017.
• 16 oz. sealed film packages containing “Curtis BEEF MASTER Beef Franks,” with a Use By date of June 15, 2017.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 296” on the side of the package. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

The problem was discovered after the establishment received three complaints of metal objects in the beef frank product packages. The establishment notified FSIS on May 19, 2017.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions or injury due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.

Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

If you have any additional questions, you can “Ask Karen,” the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov or via smartphone at m.askkaren.gov.

Whole Food’s just confirmed their grand opening for their 3rd Charlotte area location.

They’ll be hosting a bread-breaking ceremony at the new Waverly location off Providence Rd. on Tuesday, May 23rd at 8:45am:

BREAKING NEWS!! 🎉🎈🎊 The THIRD Charlotte area Whole Foods Market is almost ready! Our beautiful and custom-designed Waverly store will be open on 👉May 23👈 at 7221 Waverly Walk Ave, in South Charlotte off Providence Road. We’ll be hosting a pre-opening festival in partnership with @sustain_clt on May 20 and a grand opening ceremony the morning of May 23. ✨ Make sure to 👀 our Instagram page for the latest updates. Link to pre-opening festival tickets in our profile. Who’s coming? 🤗

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The location also will be home to 2 in-store restaurants; Kei Jei Kitchen, and the Queen’s Pearl.

Kei Jei is a Korean/Japanese fusion eatery that will specialize in ramen, gyoza and bubble tea. The Queen’s Pearl will primarily sell seafood dishes, including locally-sourced oysters, fish tacos, and lobster rolls.

The new store will also be hosting a Bluegrass and BBQ charity event this coming Saturday (May 20th) from 4pm-7pm, with proceeds going to the Sustain Charlotte non-profit.

This will be the 3rd Whole Foods in the Charlotte region, in addition to the one in South Park and Huntersville – a 4th location is also being constructed in Uptown.

All Circle K convenient stores around the Charlotte area will be offering a special promotion now through Labor Day on their newly designed ‘myKups’.

The initial cost of the cup will be $7.99 during the promotion, and will allow owners unlimited refills on fountain and frozen drinks all summer long.

They also just launched a social media giveaway in conjunction with the new promotion, giving away 2 $100 gift cards.

To enter, simply post a selfie while enjoying a frosty beverage from your myKup, using the #myKuplove hashtag. Five random winners will receive two myKups with free refills all summer long, and two $100 Circle K gift cards.

This article was sponsored by Circle K