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Thursday, August 5, 2021

The Banner News / banner-news.com 2021 Belmont Back To School Supply Drive

The Back to School Supply Drive will return in downtown Belmont this year August 6th through 14th. The Belmont Main Street Advisory Board and downtown businesses will be collecting school supplies to benefit students in Belmont and surrounding communities. We are committed to helping those in need and providing our schools and teachers with the items needed to promote a healthy, safe, and successful school year. We are also excited to announce that this year’s annual Back to School Bash will be held at Stowe Park. The event will be hosted by the Belmont Police Department and the Belmont Main Street Advisory Board. This anticipated event will include free hotdogs, drinks, and fun activities for children and families of all ages. Attendees will be able to participate in a DWI simulation course, fire safety, and water activities. Join us as the Back to School Bash is designed to give back and educate the community with awareness demonstrations and programs. The Back to School Bash will take place on August 14th from 10:00am – 1:00pm at Stowe Park in Downtown Belmont. Items needed include, but are not limited to: Pencils, Colored Pencils, Crayons, Pens, Washable Markers, Expo Markers, Highlighters, Erasers, Glue Sticks, Scissors, Composition Books, Sticky Notes, Clorox Wipes, Tissues, Hand Sanitizer.

Look for the participation posters and drop off boxes located inside participating businesses and restaurants in Belmont from August 6th through 14th. There will also be a collection box at the Back to School Bash on August 14th and at the Downtown Belmont Friday Night Live Concert beverage tent on August 6th.

Opioids epidemic town hall meeting planned August 9th

The City of Belmont and the Gaston County Controlled Substances Coalition are hosting an informational town hall session on the opioid epidemic. The event will take place on August 9th, 2021, from 6pm - 7pm in the Community Room of the Cityworks Center located at 1401 E Catawba Street, Belmont, NC 28012. This session is to inform citizens of the ongoing opioid epidemic, resources available to them, and how to help.

This is a free event you can register for online at eventeny.com. This event will feature presentations from Captain Davis and Sergeant Black from the Belmont Police Department talking about their experience with the epidemic and Michelle Mathis, the Cofounder of the Olive Branch Ministry, a local harm reduction nonprofit specializing in opioid addiction. The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session.

The family of Bobby Brown. Lauren Brown Owen, daughter; Sarah Galan, granddaughter; Gail Brown, wife; Shannon Brown Flowers, daughter; Charlotte Flowers, granddaughter; Nico Brown, granddaughter .

Phil Tate, friend and Gail Brown, wife.

Martha Page, president of BHS, Phil Tate, Gail Brown.

Kentucky Just Us Dixie Revival

Gospel Concert coming up

Saturday Aug 14th – 6 PM, Lowesville Gospel Concerts at Living Word Ministries – 1062 South Hwy 16 – Stanley (Lowesville) NC, presents Kentucky Just Us, a bluegrass band from South Central KY, Plus Dixie Revival, a local group from Bessemer City.

This will be a great evening of fun and worship. Bring a friend and come enjoy with us, in the cool air conditioning.

A freewill offering only to be received, and you are invited. Contact Carroll Cooke 704-618-9762.

Dallas Church of God event set

The Dallas Church of God on 311 South College Street, Dallas NC is having a Community Health Fair! Groceries, book bags, gift card drawings, and Walmart items are just a few free things that will be given away. Some of the vendors include Dallas police, EMT, the fire department, Law office of Brian Debur.

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and from his earliest childhood to his final years, he continuously strived to give his best in everything he did and his best was better than most because he had more energy than two normal men. After 30 years of work in the teaching field and at Summey Building Products, Bobby retired and with the support of his loving wife, Gail Yount Brown, he really got busy.

Music, writing, automobile restoration, and philanthropy were just a few of Bob’s many talents, and he put them to good use over the years. He bought a 1930 Model A Ford because it reminded him of the good ole days in Belmont when life was slow and easy. He was an award winning writer with his three books which all won North Carolina Society of Historians awards. Guy Brown is Back! is a biography about his beloved brother and local boxing legend, Guy Brown. Laughin’, Living, and Learning and Some Things That Come With Life are anthologies that contain short stories, epigrams, and poems about life in Belmont. Bobby loved Belmont and its people and it showed through in everything he did. In 2005, with the help of seven like-minded men, Bobby promoted the foundation of the Belmont Historical Society. The Belmont Historical Society museum was founded by these men to preserve the past for the sake of the future.

Several years ago, he was approached by Art Shoe-

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maker to join the board of directors of the Belmont Sports Hall of Fame. There were no half-measures of support with Bobby; he used his high-octane energy and every promotional tool he had to promote the annual Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremonies. His promotional prowess made most of these events a rousing success.

People always remarked that Bobby seemed to be in a constant state of motion whether it was running errands for the Historical Society, promoting the Sports Hall, or visiting patients for his beloved Mended Hearts Chapter 379. His Mended Hearts involvement gave him an outlet to share that heart disease and heart surgery were not the end of life as the patient knew it but a new beginning. When his application for the Guinness Book of World’s Records was approved for the “Longest Surviving Double Heart Bypass Patient”, he used that not to shine a light upon himself, but to promote the fact that you can live and live well with heart disease. He often spoke that he would love to be able to congratulate the individual who broke his record of 40 years and 216 days because he would have one more way to help others who suffered from heart disease.

Bobby gave full measure of himself in all his endeavors and should be remembered for his “Service Above Self” attitude. Bobby may be gone from the earth, but his contributions and the love he showed everyone he came in contact with will live on forever in the hearts and minds of those people who cherished this man of unwavering energy and devotion. A friend in a remembrance said, “Go rest high on that mountain, Brown. Your work here is done, but the results of your work will never be forgotten.” This legacy of Robert Dallas Brown is only exceeded by the love known by his beloved children and grandchildren.