diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/cc_start/cc_start.sh b/asterixdb/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/cc_start/cc_start.sh
index b7481e9..c761744 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/cc_start/cc_start.sh
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/cc_start/cc_start.sh
@@ -67,4 +67,11 @@
 ccArgs=$ccArgs' -cc-root '$CC_ROOT
 fi
 cd $WORKING_DIR
-$ASTERIX_HOME/bin/asterixcc echo $ccArgs &> $LOG_DIR/cc.log
\ No newline at end of file
+DATE=`date`
+
+cat <<EOF >> $LOG_DIR/cc.log
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LOG START: $DATE
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EOF
+$ASTERIX_HOME/bin/asterixcc echo $ccArgs &>> $LOG_DIR/cc.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/node_join/nc_join.sh b/asterixdb/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/node_join/nc_join.sh
index 4884872..1a3de9a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/node_join/nc_join.sh
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/node_join/nc_join.sh
@@ -28,4 +28,10 @@
 
 cd $WORKING_DIR
 
-$ASTERIX_HOME/bin/asterixnc -node-id $NC_ID -cc-host $CC_HOST -cc-port $CLUSTER_NET_PORT  -cluster-net-ip-address $IP_LOCATION  -data-ip-address $IP_LOCATION -iodevices $IO_DEVICES -result-ip-address $IP_LOCATION -- $INITIAL_RUN_FLAG &> $LOG_DIR/${NC_ID}.log
+DATE=`date`
+cat <<EOF >> $LOG_DIR/${NC_ID}.log
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LOG START: $DATE
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EOF
+$ASTERIX_HOME/bin/asterixnc -node-id $NC_ID -cc-host $CC_HOST -cc-port $CLUSTER_NET_PORT  -cluster-net-ip-address $IP_LOCATION  -data-ip-address $IP_LOCATION -iodevices $IO_DEVICES -result-ip-address $IP_LOCATION -- $INITIAL_RUN_FLAG &>> $LOG_DIR/${NC_ID}.log
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
index 8dcc1be..faec2ed 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/ConcurrentLockManager.java
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
             LOGGER.finer("del job slot " + TypeUtil.Global.toString(jobSlot));
         jobArenaMgr.deallocate(jobSlot);
         jobId2JobSlotMap.remove(jobId);
-        stats.logCounters(LOGGER, Level.INFO, true);
+        stats.logCounters(LOGGER, Level.FINE, true);
     }
 
     private long findOrAllocJobSlot(int jobId) {
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
     }
 
     private long findResourceInGroup(ResourceGroup group, int dsId, int entityHashValue) {
-        stats.logCounters(LOGGER, Level.INFO, false);
+        stats.logCounters(LOGGER, Level.FINE, false);
         long resSlot = group.firstResourceIndex.get();
         while (resSlot != NILL) {
             // either we already have a lock on this resource or we have a