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Mt. Holly’s Arts on the Greenway is a happening place By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info
The former Massey Building at 500 E. Central Ave. in Mt. Holly is a small, industrial type of structure that might not look like much on the outside, but inside its concrete walls is a cornucopia of beautiful and creative artworks done by members of the Arts on the Greenway group. Arts on the Greenway moved into the Massey Building a couple of years ago and transformed it from its previous role as a storage space for the City of Mt. Holly into a series of studios for Arts on the Greenway members, a retail space where members’ artworks are sold, art class space, and more. Overall the transformation has been nothing short of miraculous.
“It’s a happy place,” said Arts on the Greenway member Sandy Collier. Right now, there are around a dozen Arts on the Greenway members working in the building. Each member has a studio space where they let their creative juices flow in acrylics, pottery, watercolors, textile arts, jewelry making, and just about anything else they can think of. There’s also a retail space up front where pieces are offered for sale. “The gallery and retail pace is open Saturdays from 11am to 4pm,” said artist Dottie Scher. “Masks are required and the area is wiped down with sanitizer every thirty to forty five minutes.” Arts on the Greenway also has an online retail shop on its Facebook page. See ARTS, Page 5
Arts on the Greenway members from left- Jane Newsome, Wanda Campbell, Jason Reynolds, Sandy Collier, and Dottie Scher show off just one of the many wonderful items on display at the group’s headquarters in Mt. Holly. Photo by Alan Hodge
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Students are soaring to new heights in Career and Technical Education By Allison Drennan Gaston County Schools
Students should do what makes them happy, and they should love what they do. That is the attitude that Stuart W. Cramer High School teacher Rebecca Hill has as she teaches Sports Entertainment Marketing to her students every day. Hill is a part of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) faculty at Stuart W. Cramer, a job and a curriculum pathway that she truly enjoys. Recently, it was announced that Gaston County Schools ranks first in the state for the number of CTE credentials earned by students and first in the state for the percentage of students earning more than one credential in a particular CTE area. This is the only time since the state began tallying credentials data that the same county has captured both rankings. Four Gaston County high schools are in the top 15 statewide for the number of credentials earned by stu-
Rebecca Hill is a Career and Technical Education teacher at Stuart W. Cramer High. dents during the 2019-2020 year: Hunter Huss ranks second in the state with 2,976 credentials; Ashbrook ranks fifth with 2,297 credentials; Forestview ranks 13th with 1,721 credentials; and Stuart W. Cramer ranks 14th with 1,706 credentials. For Hill, she is proud to be associated with a Career and See STUDENTS, Page 4
These days most financial and business transactions involve the use of a computer or plastic card, but a recently discovered treasure trove of Belmont area documents from the 19th and early 20th centuries tells a story of deals made on a handshake, written on paper in flowing script, and signatures done with a flourish. The papers are mostly related to the Smith family that in the early 19th century owned most of Catawba Heights and North Belmont. However, other prominent names and signatures appear on the documents including Stowe, Abernathy, Lineberger, and Bishop Leo Haid of Belmont Abbey. The deeds, bills, and checks going back 177 years were once kept in a metal box in a cabinet in the Smith family farmhouse in Catawba Heights. When Sinclair Smith died in 1971, his sister Louise Surratt took the box to her home in Jackson Hill, N.C. When she died her son Julian found the box but it was many years before he forwarded the contents to cousin Rhonda Hambright in Georgia. She in turn gave the pack to her mother Emily Smith Helton who organized it chronologically and placed
it in an acid-proof album. Helton grew up in the farmhouse and remembered the box of ancestral documents. “We weren’t allowed to touch it,” she said. The earliest document is dated January 23, 1837 and involves a land deal between Robert Smith and John Hayes. Smith bought 500 acres in what is now North Belmont and Catawba Heights from Hayes for $1,000. The deal is written in cursive longhand and uses a measurement called a “pole” to lay out the linear boundaries. A pole, or rod, is 16.5 feet. Corner boundaries were marked by terms such as “black oak stump”, “large stone”, and “spring near a post oak”. Another land deed dated February 25, 1881 is between Robert Smith and his son, John B. Smith. This deed was for $237.50 and describes a property next to that of a “Louis Lineberger”. A hickory tree, an oak, a spring, and a graveyard wall are used as points of reference. The graveyard mentioned is Old Goshen Cemetery on Woodlawn Ave. in North Belmont. Yet another original deed in the archival material dated March 8, 1889 is between G.W. and Susan Abernethy and John B. Smith. This 31 acre plot adjoined property
The Smiths owned by Jasper Robinson and stretched from North Belmont to the South Fork River. The cost was $200. Belmont Abbey Bishop Leo Haid was also a player in local land deals. A deed bearing his signature and dated February 8, 1905 reveals that
Haid (likely acting on behalf of the Abbey) transferred five acres to Andrew Jackson Goforth and his wife Catherine for the sum of $150.00. Modern property lines are marked by satellite such as See ANCESTORS, Page 4
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R ECOLLECTIONS AND R EFLECTIONS Another way to re-start the year
Cereal cheaters There are all types of cheaters and cereal cheaters are among us more so than you think. Cereal cheaters eat the same type of cereal for ages and then one day they are in the grocery store and their eyes fall upon a box of cereal that is all bright and colorful and the bowl of cereal on the front looks scrumptious and their taste buds suddenly crave it and they buy it and take it home and pour a bowl full and put milk on it and plunge their spoon in it and then sail the spoon to their waiting lips and no sooner does the new highly desired cereal hit their taste buds than they go “Yuk!”. Cereal is a complex subject. It has played a part in countless lives. When I was kid my mother signed up for my siblings and I to be cereal tasters. I don’t recall exactly how it all came about but one day a huge brown cardboard box appeared on the front porch and inside was about a dozen smaller boxes of cereal each marked with a letter of the alphabet. The little boxes didn’t have any type of photo or label on them, just the letter. The idea was for us to eat the cereal and then fill out a form rating it for flavor, crunchiness, etc. We ate cereal day and night for about two weeks. It was coming out our ears as well as everywhere else it could exit. It was a cereal overdose and by the end of the test it all tasted the same- like little shards of paper. My great grandmother Ella Eugenia Loftin Smith (see her pic on front page) ate Wheaties by the truckload. There was always a big orange box of Wheaties on the kitchen table with an athlete on the front. I seem to recollect that Bruce Jenner was one of them. Who would have thought that years later he would become Kaitlyn. Grandma Smith swore by Wheaties. She lived to be 99 years old. Wheaties and Tube Rose snuff was her secret to long life and how she could make that Tube Rose extract fly. Cereal is a versatile thing. You can take
a big box of frosted corn flakes and put it in a plastic wastepaper basket and put in a couple of packs of yeast and then pour warm water on it and cover the soup with a Alan Hodge cloth and let it work Banner-News Editor for about a week and you have home brew. If you have a still you can pour the cornflakes mash in it and make shine. You can use oatmeal to make paste to seal stuff up or make glue. I read that the University of Sweden in Upsala did a study on oatmeal and declared it had more food value than a fast food hamburger I’ll take a bowl of oatmeal, some fries, and a coke please. The people that make cereal are clever. They have marketing it down to a science. A lot of the marketing aims at children. Trix are for kids, Coco Puffs, Cap’n Crunch, stuff like that is loaded with sugar and revs the tots up tighter than an eight day clock. Some cereal is aimed at health fanatic adults. Stuff like granola and muleslacks and the like. It too is loaded with sugar and a big bowl combined with a couple cups of coffee gets mommy and/or daddy ready to face the world. You may wonder where the idea for this column came from. I was in bed and woke up around 2am and sat on the edge of the bed in the still and dark and wrote the entire thing in my head. All that was needed to do in the morning was to sit at the computer and regurgitate it. Hemingway said that sometimes a story writes itself. That’s it for cereals. If you get the urge to taste test something new and exotic I am sitting on a cornflake waiting for the van to come. Bon appetit.
By Tony Marciano During the month of December, we all make “New Year’s” resolutions. We resolve to do something that will change our lives in the new year. Maybe we will lose weight or begin to exercise. Perhaps we will read through the Bible. We start out with the best of intentions. The first few days of January, we are committed to this idea. But it’s hard doing something that’s not in our routine. Most people forget about their resolutions by January 15th and life get backs to normal. This year, I’ve made a few resolutions myself. It’s too soon for me to report on them. I’ll keep you posted on how I’m doing. There is something I’d like you to do. I want you to clean house. You’re probably thinking that I want you to give up resentments and bitterness. That’s a good thing to do. However, I have another idea. Clean your house. Not just your heart, I mean your house. Start with your closet. What clothes are you not wearing that you just won’t let go of. I looked inside my closet and wondered why I was holding onto something I haven’t worn in several years. In fact, I didn’t even know I had a certain tee shirt. The idea came when I looked around my garage. It has been years since I cleaned it out. Things are piling up along the side of the walls.
The space in my garage is shrinking. I started to remove the things I no longer needed. Then came December 23rd. A friend came over to show me the train set she had purchased from a neighbor for her grandson. She was so proud. She wanted me to look at the wiring and make sure it was safe. It was a fifty-year-old Lionel set. It is the same three wire track I grew up with. We have home movies of my father setting up a train set in our basement. Did I say it was fifty years old? I looked at the wire from the transformer to the terminal track. It was very thin, too thin to handle the current. Then there was the matter of the train switches. They weren’t connected to the toggle switch that changed the direction of the train. I would have to experiment to get it right. What would I use? I went to the garage and pulled out a three-year-old train transformer. I hooked up some jumper wires to the track, then hooked up the toggle switch and it worked. I told her to take my transformer with her when she vis-
ited her grandson for Christmas. I didn’t want the fiftyTony Marciano year-old transformer to go up in a cloud of smoke when the insulation inside cracked and a ball of fire came blazing out of it. I went back into the garage and located a box that had modern Lionel track. I cleared off the dining room table and laid out the track showing her how to use this new type of track with the three rails encased in plastic. I packed up the track and the transformer in a box and told her to take it all with her. What was the outcome? I cleaned out some things from my garage. My friend had the comfort of using a modern track with her grandson. A four-year-old enjoyed a Christmas morning with the safety of both a modern transformer and track. What do you need to get rid of? I’ll be back in two weeks. Until then, live well my friend.
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Taking time to see By Dennis Siracusa Do we mostly glimpse or see? Bev and I can’t duplicate her mom’s vegetable soup, or her grandma’s chicken and pastry even though we ate them a lot; obviously we didn’t pay attention. Travelers recently made a similar mistake. An accomplished violinist, who travels internationally performing in large concerts recently took her expensive violin to a train station where she played “A Savior is Born”. It was filmed; not one single traveler paid attention to the artistry, the artist, or the song in their midst. Later, Lindsey Stirling noted how this was a “humbling experience” and one where people often ignore beauty all around us. An “A-lister” movie star admitted battling alcoholism recently. His “I like a glass of wine with dinner” morphed into much more and destroyed his marriage. He thought he understood alcohol but learned tragically, he didn’t. My father sold liquor wholesale but he resisted alcoholism where many can’t and I bordered on alcoholism for years myself. Now I abstain completely, as an example for my children and grandchildren, and if we think the alcohol industry is our friend, we are wrong. They are motivated by sales and we consumers only superficially consider our behavior while drinking; we fail to really see, the danger, waste, and misdirection of time and opportunity due to lethargy, or bingeing. For four years we’ve looked at hundreds of evidences of God’s existence in these and other BannerNews essays. God is all around us showing us His existence and pointing out the direction for our lives; He is in everything, even the next breath we take. Everything of beauty is because of Him and yet how often do we get caught up in our temporal lives and lose sight of eternity and God; lose sight of Him creating beauty, and warning us from danger that’s in plain sight? 1 Corinthinans 13:12 NLT reminds us that until we see Jesus “face to face” upon His return, we will not have full understanding. “Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror but
then we will see with perfect clarity.” Why is this true? Maybe it’s because God is infinite and we aren’t. Maybe we don’t try to see clearly because we don’t want to face Dennis Siracusa the reality of an infinite holy God and His guidance. The Australian singing group Hillsong recognized the grandeur of God in their song “So Will I” (100 Billion x). In verse 2 they write about God... “And as You speak A billion galaxies are born In the vapor of your breath the planets form”
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2021 Gaston Together MLK Unity Awards is January 18th The Gaston Clergy & Citizens Coalition (GC3), an initiative of Gaston Together, will present the 2021 Gaston County MLK Unity Awards to Gastonia Police Chief Travis Brittain, Rev. Dr. Rodney Freeman and Shaaron Miller Funderburk on Monday, January 18th at 10:30 am. Due to the Covid restrictions for North Carolina, the event this year will be livestreamed through Facebook: Mt. Zion Restoration Church. The Gaston County MLK Unity Award was established in 2004 by GC3. The award recognizes current or former Gaston County citizens who have performed exemplary community service to help build bridges of unity across lines of class, race, gender, faith and/or municipalities within our county. Names of the honorees are engraved
on the MLK Monument located at the MLK Plaza in Gastonia. Some of the past winners include: Senator Marshall Rauch, the late N. A. Smith, Mrs. Lucy Penegar and Danny Jackson. Last year’s honorees were Dr. Mark E. Epstein, Walker E. Reid III and John P. Weisenhorn. Chief Brittain and Rev. Freeman are being honored together due to their work and partnership to promote, facilitate and help to spread community awareness of the GC3/Law Enforcement Covenant originally signed in March 2016. Both men have done exemplary work individually in building bridges of unity throughout their careers; however, the groundwork these two have laid together while putting the tenets of the covenant
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into practice has truly made a tremendous positive impact in our community. They have built a relationship between each other and their respective networks in the law enforcement and African/ American communities that kept the worst from happening here in the aftermath of
George Floyd and other killings as well as the Confederate Monument protests. To quote one recommendation for Chief Brittain and Rev. Freeman, “GC3 was entirely prescient in the need (for the covenant). These two individuals embraced, facilitated, and created out of whole cloth a movement that spared Gastonia the worst that could and might have happened…and lays the foundation for it to continue far into the future, continuing a proud Gastonia tradition of proactively addressing race issues (in the spirit of the Human Relations Commission in the early 1960’s). I don’t think there can be any more deserving recipients of a Unity Award named after Dr. King.” Chief Brittain was born and raised in Gastonia and graduated from Ashbrook High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Gardner Webb University and a master’s degree in Justice Administration from Methodist University. He is a 2013 graduate of the FBI National Academy’s 254th Session and received the Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate from the State of North Carolina. Chief Brittain has served the Gastonia Police Department for 25 years, the last six of those in executive management. He assumed his new
duties as Chief on October 1, 2020. Brittain serves on the boards of several community organizations, including the Executive Board of the Gaston Clergy & Citizens Coalition (GC3) and Habitat for Humanity, where he coplanned initiatives to build homes in areas impacted by crime. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of East Gastonia. Dr. Rodney Freeman is a native of York, South Carolina. He has an Associate of Arts degree in Biblical Studies from Jacksonville Theological Seminary, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Pastoral Studies from Queen City Bible College, a Masters of Divinity Degree from Gardner Webb University and a Doctorate of Ministry Degree from Ashland Theological Seminary. Rev. Freeman has been the Pastor of Mt. Zion Restoration Church in Gastonia since 2000. He is the first African American appointed President of the York Rotary Club, York, SC and is the founder and CEO of Save Our Children Youth Academy as well as Bountiful Blessings Food Pantry both of which are in Gastonia. Shaaron Funderburk is well known in Gaston County for her work with the Off the Streets Program, Inc., a program designed to assist women in getting off the streets and becoming free from street life, drugs, and al-
cohol. Tough love and strong leadership by Mrs. Funderburk, CEO and founder, have resulted in rehabilitation with many of these women reentering the work force and life as capable, responsible, and constructive members of society. Shaaron knows first-hand what it is like to wake up and not know what has happened in your life for a period of time because you were “cracked” out of your mind and your best friend is a crack pipe. Shaaron took a good look at herself and realized that she had hit bottom, she said, “This is it. I have had enough, and I cannot go on living this way.” Not only did she change, now she helps others to change. Over the past 17 years, Shaaron has helped rehabilitate more than 1,000 women with a 90 percent success rate. She attributes this to knowing what it is like to be in their shoes which helps her motivate them to turn their lives around. Mrs. Funderburk is a Hunter Huss graduate and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johnson C. Smith University. The presentation of the awards will be part of an annual event designed by the GC3 to recognize the dream of Dr. King for all. It is a dream very much alive in Gaston County. Please join the celebration as we honor those in our midst who have worked to build bridges of unity in our county. The GC3 is a county-wide, non-denominational ministerial association formed in the late 1990’s by Gaston Together. The GC3 meets on the second Thursday of each month at 9:00am. Due to Covid restrictions, meetings are currently conducted by virtual format. For more information, please call Gaston Together (704-867-9869.)
Heading into the unknown Rev. Trent Rankin Salvation Church, Gastonia, NC salvationchurchnc.org
When I was a kid, I always loved to wade out deep into the ocean as far as I could. I would wander out until I could not even feel the sand underneath me. The only problem was, I was completely scared of what may have been under the water that I could not see. I often thought, “Was that a great white shark that just touched mt foot, or seaweed?” As we enter 2021, one thing most people will fear will be the uncertainty of the unknown. We have no idea what this year will hold, what possibly could happen next, however God knows. In Matthew 14:22-33 Jesus had just finished the awesome miracle of feeding the five thousand. After such a long and eventful day, Jesus sent His disciples by boat to the next area. Jesus waited behind and took some private prayer time with the Father on a hillside. That night the wind blew strong and the waves were mighty on the water. In the midst of the storm, Jesus appeared walking on the water near the boat. The disciples were terrified it was a ghost until Jesus spoke to them. Peter asked that he might join Jesus on the water. Jesus invited him, and he began to walk on
the water to Jesus. As he looked at the waves and wind around him, he began to sink, crying out to Jesus to save him. Jesus took him by the hand and pulled him up, while ques- Rev. Trent Tankin tioning his weak faith. As they entered the boat, the wind ceased. The disciples worshipped Jesus there in the boat. Jesus invited Peter to come, but Peter had to take a leap of faith and step into the water. He had no idea what would happen, he just walked to Jesus. Peter was just fine, until he took his eyes off of Jesus and began to sink. Fortunately, when he sank, Jesus was there to save him. We may have no idea what tomorrow may hold, yet by faith we must step out of the boat toward Jesus. Yes, we will fail from time to time, even sin. There will be times when we begin to sink. When we do, Jesus will be there to save us. One thing we can always trust in, is that there is no place better to head, than to the arms of Jesus. Sadly, too often we as people, and as a nation, have taken our eyes off of Jesus, looking to the chaos of this world. We are finding ourselves sinking in the waves of this world. If we will simply call out to Jesus, He will save us.
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Carolina (out of more than 1,000 high schools) in the number of credentials earned by students. Hunter Huss is home to the district’s Career Academy for high school students. Now in its fifth year, the Career Academy offers courses in more than a dozen career pathways, everything from health science, nursing, construction, and advanced manufacturing to firefighting, EMT, business, and culinary arts.
“The credentials make our students job-ready upon graduation,” said Sam Bishop, CTE instructional management coordinator at Hunter Huss. “It also puts them ahead if they plan to go on to college to further their education.” CTE educators across the county say they’ve seen a difference in their students when incorporating the vocational courses into their education. Career and Technical Education promotes training students for the workforce, something that some teachers can speak to personally. Chuck Austin, who teaches masonry at Forestview, knows how important it is to gain real-life experience to help set yourself apart in a particular industry. Austin, who owned a masonry business for a number of years, said he has seen his students get excited about what they are learning, and that’s exciting for him as a teacher. “Students love these classes because they get to put their hands on things and physically work and learn,” Austin said. “It’s not sitting at a desk all day, listening to lectures and taking notes. You’re really getting the hands-on experience right here in the shop.” Ashbrook High School teacher Kristen Poarch said her business education classes have helped her students to see that there are careers
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ANCESTORS From Page 1 the Gaston County GIS system, but hand drawn maps were once the norm. A map dated March 25, 1895 in the materials shows property lines and ownership in the area between McAdenville, Belmont Abbey, and North Belmont. Roads are drawn in red pencil. A stone boundary rock is highlighted with the illustration of a hand and pointing finger. Reference is made to an old graveyard. In addition to land deeds, another original bill of sale in the materials dated December 18, 1895 describes a transaction between R.H. Hanks and John Benny Smith. The bill is for a horse valued at $75.00 but Hanks worked out the following bargain. “I hereby convey to him (Smith) these articles of personal property to wit: Two-thirds of my entire crop of cotton and corn, one bay horse seven years old. I vouch this special trust that if I (Hanks) fail to pay said debt before the first day of December 1896 then he may seize said property or so much thereof as may be needed by public auction for cash.” Hanks signed the bargain with an X. Another handwritten bill dated February 3, 1906 is the conveyance of a “black horse mule” worth $200 to Walter V. Smith from his mother Sarah A. Smith. The bill also lists a “double pair of wagon harness and one wagon” as part of the transaction.
Several wills are also in the materials. The earliest ones are handwritten on lined paper. One dated December 22, 1898 by John B. Smith is typewritten on parchmentlike paper and in it he conveys his property to his wife Sarah and children John Sidney, Ida, Benjamin Franklin, and Walter Valentine. He also bequeathed $25 each to his grandsons Lawrence, Robert, and Lloyd Suggs. John Benny died in 1903. Once there was a Bank of Belmont and a number of items in the materials are from its early days. Several checks date from its founding in 1925 and are signed W.V. Smith. One check from 1932 is for $26.80 property tax on land known as the 112-acre “Shipp Place” in Riverbend Township. Original WWII war rations books for W.V. Smith and his wife Ella Eugenia are also in the materials. Tabs are torn out of them for things such as sugar they could not grow on their Catawba Heights farm. A final Bank of Belmont check dated Jan 1, 1945 to Fite Funeral Home for $850.00 paid for W.V. Smith’s burial. Looking through business papers from long ago not only gives us an appreciation of how folks got along with one another, they are also a window into the lives of those who worked to build our area out of the wilderness.
available to them that they may not have considered as an option. “CTE gives students an opportunity to consider alternatives in their career path,” Poarch said. “I have several students who are creative and have designed some outstanding work, but prior to taking my class, they had never considered a career in graphic design. Now, they are.” The number of students interested in CTE continues to grow. For example, public safety classes used to have fewer than 10 students. Now, because of interest, enrollment in the classes has to be capped at 25. Hill, who is a 2014 graduate of Gaston County Schools, said she’s seen a huge difference just in the time since she was a student at South Point High School. “I started high school in 2010, and the amount of growth I’ve seen since then, both in career pathway options and the number of students wanting to take these classes, is amazing,” she said. “They’re no longer just ‘maybe’ options or something you do for a hobby. Students are competing to get into classes with limited enrollment. We have come so far.” Bishop spoke to the same sentiment at Hunter Huss. He says having to find more teachers to meet students’ demand for CTE classes is a good problem to have. “Stu-
dents are getting more and more interested in these careers, and we just keep developing more pathways. It’s a win-win situation,” said Bishop. The future of Career and Technical Education is soaring, which is understandable since Poarch believes the courses really complement a student’s education. “CTE classes are like the bow on a package,” she said.
“It really brings education together and gives students opportunities to use what they have learned in other courses and apply their knowledge and skills to the real world.” And interest in CTE will only continue to grow. “There’s always going to be a need for people in the trades,” Austin points out. “Somebody has to build the house – computers can’t do that, at least not yet.”
Where to see virtual Belmont Unity Day event A January tradition continues with the 30th Annual Belmont Unity Day Service on January 18 at 7pm. Four organizations are uniting to sponsor the program: Belmont Coalition of Concerned Citizens, Gaston County Organization for Community Concerns, Gaston County NAACP, Race Matters Community Conversation Group. Rev. Frederick A. Davie, a 1974 graduate of South Point High School, will deliver the
keynote speech at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event. For the first time in its history, the service will be virtual. Beyond that, the service will be familiar to regular attendees and even include a creative unity candle lighting ceremony. Where To Watch: www.cityofbelmont.org/ mlkunity. The link will be available on the City of Belmont website, www.cityofbelmont.org, homepage and under the “News” section.
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A beautiful painting by Carlos Alvarez Cotera.
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Besides making nice things, Arts on the Greenway members are also working with Mt. Holly business owners to display their work. “We call it the Share the Art program,” Scher said. “The artwork hangs in a business for three months then is swapped out. Right now artist Carlos Alvarez Cotera has a piece in Jack Beagle restaurant and Stephanie McLaughlin has a piece in Catawba Coffee.” Another recent Arts on the Greenway involvement saw the creation of a large “Christmas gift” box made of crochet panels that was displayed at the Municipal Center. The box was made and placed there to honor first responders of all types. Now, sections of the work are being cut into smaller pieces for adaptive reuse. ‘We are going to make blankets out of the panels for
The sign in front of the former Massey Building. local homeless shelters, battered women shelters and other similar locations,” Scher said. Arts on the Greenway currently leases the Massey Building from the City of Mt. Holly and intends to stay a while. Future plans include a glass blowing studio, pottery kiln, and a pergola out back with picnic tables for festivals and outdoor classes.
Sandy Collier enjoying her studio.
“One step at a time,” said Scher. Arts on the Greenway is also interested in accepting volunteers. Arts on the Greenway is an oasis of artistic talent, creative collaboration, and cultural celebration that not only has a bright future but firmly places Mt. Holly on the regional arts scene.
The retail space at Arts on the Greenway.
Wanda Campbell and one of her paintings.
Some of Dottie Scher’s crochet work.
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Church Directory Mt. M Mt M Moriah iiah ah h Baptist Church
Morningside Missionary Church 711 Morningside Dr. 704-822-9142
Mt. Holly Church of God 208 Rankin Ave. 704-827-8596
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Mt. Sinai Baptist Church 339 S. Hawthorne St. 704-827-4320
New Covenant United Methodist 14514 Lucian Riverbend Hwy. 704-827-4468
New Providence Baptist Church 1104 Old NC 27 Hwy. 704-827-0822
New Saint Paul Holiness Church 1529 Old Hwy. 27 Rd. 704-827-5851
North Main Baptist Church 1304 N. Main St. 704-827-6141
Redemption Hill Church redemptionmountholly.org
Restoration & Deliverance 804 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-820-0954
Revival Tabernacle of Mt. Holly 826 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-2999
Grace Wesleyan Church 6014 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-7959
Ridgeview Baptist Church
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River of Life Full Gospel Church
Henry’s Chapel Ame Zion Church
1120 Charlotte Ave. 704-530-5174
151 Henry Chapel Rd 704-825-0711
Second Baptist Church
Hood Memorial AME Zion Church
740 Rankin Ave. 704-827-5181
455 Sacco St. 704-825-6007
Loves Chapel Presbyterian Church 204 Lincoln St. 704-825-8342
210 Park Street, Belmont NC
704-825-9861
Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter 216 N. Main St. 704-825-2483
Message of Love Church
BELMONT Alexander Memorial Baptist Church 208 South Main Street 704-825-3216
Brotherhood/Sisterhood WNCC UMC 120 Park Street 704-825-1333
Catawba Heights Baptist Church 311 Belmont Road 704-827-8474
Christ Church Presbyterian Church 901 Catawba Street 704-461-8614
CrossFix Ministries 6131 Wilkinson Blvd. 704-879-4499
Crossroads Church 101 Beaty Rd. 704-827-8381
Centerview Baptist Church 2300 Acme Road 704-827-2061
East Belmont Baptist Church 501 Catawba Street 704-825-5780
East Belmont Church Of God 320 E. Catawba Street 704- 825-8845
306 Pearl Beaty Dr. 704-827-6500
Mount Moriah Baptist Church 110 Lincoln St. 704-825-2046
4357 S. New Hope Rd. 704-824-1697
New Life Baptist Church 201 Oak Trail 704-822-6195
New Mills Chapel Fire Baptized 104 Morning Glory Ave. 704-825-5457
North Belmont Church of God 2316 Acme Rd. 704-827-4092
O’Conner Grove Church Ame Zion 613 N. Main Street 704-825-5576
Park Street United Methodist 120 Park Street 704-825-8480
Power of the Spirit Church Queen Of The Apostles Catholic Church
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
503 N. Main Street 704-825-9600
First Baptist Church 23 N. Central Avenue 704-825-3758
First Foursquare Gospel Church 8 Elizabeth Street 704-825-5811
First Presbyterian Church 102 S. Central Ave 704-825-3357
First Presbyterian-Belmont 112 S. Central Ave 704-829-0668
Sanctuary of Praise Ministries 124 Georgia Belle Ave. 704-579-7823
South Point Baptist Church 124 Horsley Ave. 704-825-9516
South Point Freewill Baptist 297 Gaither Rd. 704-825-8045
South Point United Methodist 510 South Point Church Rd. 704-825-4019
Springwood Freewill Baptist 826 Stanley-Spencer Mtn. Rd. 704-827-7801
St. Marks United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church of Belmont
701 Secrest Ave. 704-825-8175
807 South Point Road 704-825-2106
The Pointe
Fresh Anointing Church of God 71 McAdenville Road 704-825-7283
Friendship Baptist Church 5008 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-3276
Burge Memorial Methodist Church 312 W. Glendale Ave. 704-827-2726
Catawba Heights Church of God CBC-Memorial Apostolic
909 Edgemont Ave 704-825-5346
6325 Wilkinson Blvd. 704-755-5034
704-867-2317
212 South Street 704-825-7269
118 School Street 704-827-7071
Exodus Church
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122 Tomberlin Rd. 704-827-4225
East Belmont Free Will Baptist
120 Belmont-Mt. Holly Road 704-827-3366
Shiloh AME Zion Methodist
Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist New Hope Presbyterian Church
6700 Wilkinson Blvd 704-825-1709
Unity Baptist Church 1005 Catawba St. 704-825-8730
Upper Room United Pentecostal 1405 Armstrong Ford Rd. 704-825-0604
105 Pine Rd. 704-827-3856
230 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-0968
Chapel Baptist Church 324 N. Lee St. 704-827-5526
1117 Old NC Hwy 27 704-827-8826
St. Anthony of Padua Traditional Catholic Church 108 Horseshoe Bend Beach Rd. 704-827-8676
St. Paul FHB Church 1529 Old Hwy 27 Rd. 704-827-5851
Covenant United Methodist 110 Underwood Dr. 704-820-0603
Family Worship Center 1013 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-7656
Finish Line Christian Center 1792, 108 N. Main St. 704-980-285-8334
First Baptist Church-Mt. Holly 300 S. Main St. 704-827-2481
First Free Will Baptist Church 841 Noles Dr. 704-827-7461
First Presbyterian Church 133 S. Main St. 704-827-0521
First United Methodist Church 140 N. Main St. 704-827-4855
Way of the Cross Baptist Church 238 Lanier Ave. 704-827-8111
Wesley Chapel Holiness Church 324 N. Lee St. 704-827-1993
Westview Presbyterian Church
Bethlehem Church 3100 Bethlehem Church St. 704-823-5050
Carolina Community Baptist 604 Martha Ave 704-824-2872
Center Baptist Church S. New Hope Rd. 704-824-4121
Epic Church 100 Indian Walk 704-671-4652
Lowell Church of God 804 W. First Street 704-824-3383
Lowell Free Will Baptist Church 3010 Lowell Rd. 704-824-9389
East Wilkinson Blvd. 704-824-5319
First Baptist Church 235 8th Ave. 704-824-1991
Life Church 501 Cramer Mountain Rd. 704-824-4286
Riverside Baptist Church 171 S. Main St. 704-824-7785
West Cramerton United Methodist Church 207 Lowell Ave. 704-824-4213
DALLAS Gateway Cowboy Church The Barn at Sandcastle Farm 155 Sandcastle Rd.
7280 Sifford Rd. 704-827-6277
Christ’s Evangelical Lutheran 203 S. Main St. 704-263-2621
Community Pentecostal Center 320 Ralph Handsel Blvd. 704-263-8731
First United Methodist Church 217 N. Main St. 704-263-2691
First Presbyterian Church 512 Old Mount Holly Rd. 704-263-4275
Gold Hill Missionary Baptist Church 7447 Old Plank Rd. 704-827-7966
New Faith Baptist Church 1224 Mayberry Rd. 704-263-0249
New Life Baptist Church 527 N. Buckoak St. 704-263-4647
Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church 2717 Dallas/Stanley Hwy. 704-263-4406
Springfield Memorial Baptist Church
Stanley Church of God
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 120 Branch St. 704-824-4535
First Baptist Church of Lowell 400 W. 1st St. 704-824-1215
First Baptist Church
1300 W. Catawba Ave. 704-827-3076
317 W. 1st St. 704-824-1213
Grace Baptist Church
New Life Church
300 Westland Farm Rd. 704-827-8600
128 Robbins St. 704-824-1356
Hickory Grove Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church of Lowell
3717 Hickory Grove Rd. 704-827-3939
207 E. 1st St. 704-824-3807
Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses
Restoration Church
1736 Kelly Rd. 704-263-0199
1800 Spencer Mountain Rd. 704-824-5250
Lighthouse Full Gospel Church
Woodlawn Baptist Church
530 N. Hawthorne St. 704-827-1442
1101 N. Main St. 704-824-4261
Goshen Presbyterian Church
513 Woodlawn Ave. 704-827-5185
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
143 Church St. 704-824-5380
Roper Street 704-601-5146
110 S. Main St. 704-827-4751
McAdenville Baptist Church
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Bethel Baptist Church
Macedonia Baptist Church
124 Georgia Belle Ave 704-965-1004
NC Highway 273 704-827-9846
1951 Stanley Lucia Rd. 704-827-9224
Will of God Church
Cramerton Temple of God Church
201 N. Main St. 704-824-8814
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5339 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-8252
154 N. Main St. 704-824-3831
2920 Dallas-Stanley Highway 704-263-4426
541 Costner St. 704-827-0004
Gaston Christian Church
Cramer Memorial United Methodist Church
Lowell Smyre United Methodist Church
Goshen Free Will Baptist Church
Living Witness Ministries
416 Woodlawn Ave. 704-824-1745
Amazing Grace Baptist Church
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709 Rankin Ave. 704-671-8640
Cramerton Free Will Baptist
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2560 Stanley Lucia Rd. 704-827-5881
Cornerstone Family Worship
151 8th Ave. 704-824-3889
511 Tuckaseege Rd. 704-827-4301
Community Christian Fellowship
707 Westland Farm Rd. 704-822-8033
Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church
Tuckaseege Baptist Church
1020 W. Catawba Ave. 704-827-2026
Core Church
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Lakeview Baptist Church
192 Main St. 704-824-2740
McAdenville Wesleyan Church 300 E. Wesleyan Dr. 704-824-1073
324 N. Main St. 704-263-4041
Stanley Pentecostal Holiness Church 113 E. Parkwood St. 704-263-2131
Trinity Full Gospel Church 303 Sunset Dr. 704-263-9765
United In Action of Stanley 5481 Hickory Grove Rd. 704-524-0555
Welcome Baptist Church 811 Mauney Rd.
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Mt. Holly Community Garden scenes
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The weather may have been dreary last week, but there were still lots of bright and cheery things to see at the Mt. Holly Community Garden and a positive message too. Photos by Alan Hodge
Gov. Cooper extends Modified Stay at Home Order Last week, NC Governor Cooper extended North Carolina’s Modified Stay At Home Order that requires people to be at home from 10 pm – 5 am to last through at least Friday, January 29. Secretary Cohen also issued a Secretarial Directive with stark warnings for North Carolinians to avoid indoor spaces without masks and gatherings between households. “We have turned the page on a new year – one that we’re hoping will bring better times. But as we know, the
virus didn’t disappear at midnight on December 31,” Governor Cooper said. “In fact, in North Carolina, we have seen some of our highest case counts, percent positives, hospitalizations and ICU bed usage numbers in the past few days. No matter where you live, work, worship or play, COVID-19 remains a deadly threat, and we must treat it that way.” “We are in a very dangerous position. North Carolinians need to take immediate actions to save lives, slow the spread of the virus, and
protect hospital capacity so that medical care is available to anyone who may need it, whether for COVID-19 or for any other reason,” said NCDHHS Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. Dr. Cohen provided an update on North Carolina’s data and trends. Trajectory in COVIDLike Illness (CLI) Surveillance Over 14 Days- North Carolina’s syndromic surveillance trend for COVID-like illness is increasing. Trajectory of Confirmed Cases Over 14 Days- North
Carolina’s trajectory of cases is increasing. Trajectory in Percent of Tests Returning Positive Over 14 Days- North Carolina’s trajectory in percent of tests returning positive is increasing. Trajectory in Hospitalizations Over 14 Days- North Carolina’s trajectory of hospitalizations is increasing. In addition to these metrics, the state continues building capacity to adequately respond to an increase in virus spread in testing, tracing and prevention.
Testing- Testing is widely available across the state. Tracing CapabilityThere have been more than 600,000 downloads of the exposure notification app, SlowCOVIDNC. Personal Protective Equipment- North Carolina’s personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies are stable. Dr. Cohen also provided an update on North Carolina’s COVID-19 County Alert System map. There are now 84 counties designated as red (critical community spread) and 12 counties that are yel-
low (substantial community spread). Vaccine Efforts Underway Governor Cooper and Dr. Cohen also highlighted North Carolina’s efforts to support the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Governor Cooper has mobilized approximately 50 North Carolina National Guard personnel to support NCDHHS and North Carolina Emergency Management. The Guard will assist with administering the vaccine and logistics support for local entities.
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Belmont Abbey Named Award of Excellence Winner for Conference Carolinas
Congratulations to Pinewood Elementary School’s New Teacher of the Year, Ms. Lexi Crosby. This award goes to a faculty member in their first three years of teaching. Ms. Crosby is passionate, engaging, and loved by everyone at our school. She has a natural teaching ability that is beyond her years.
Congratulations to Pinewood Elementary School’s Teacher Assistant of the Year, Mrs. Giana McGuire. Thank you for serving the exceptional children’s department and school with positivity and professionalism. Pinewood is thankful for all that she does. Gaston Schools photos
Belmont Abbey has been selected as Conference Carolinas’ nominee for the 2021 NCAA Division II Award of Excellence. The accolade recognizes initiatives in the past year that exemplify the Division II philosophy, community engagement and student-athlete leadership. Twenty-eight schools and one conference earned distinction as finalists with all 23 Division II conferences submitting a nominee for the first time since 2015. Six additional finalists were picked as at-large honorees for submitting a strong nomination that was not chosen as the finalist for their conference. Division II honors its members each year for conducting events that promote student-athletes giving back and serving as leaders within their communities or on their campuses. A committee of athletics administrators determined this year’s finalists, and the national Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee selects the winner, who will be announced at the Division II business session Jan. 15 at the virtual 2021 NCAA Convention. “We are ineffably grate-
ful to the NCAA for selecting Belmont Abbey College as the Conference Carolinas nominee for the 2021 Division II Award of Excellence,” Vice-President and Director of Athletics Stephen Miss said. “. A testament to the vision, leadership, and hard work of so many of our SAAC students - not just this past Spring but over the 10 years since it’s inception Mr. Crusader has grown in stature and significance on our campus and is now a staple of our academic calendar and Abbey culture. I would be remiss not to acknowledge and thank Coach Toni Elyea for her good work in partnership with Michelle McNeight. We anticipate eagerly learning the overall outcome of this prestigious award.” Belmont Abbey submitted its annual Mr. Crusader Pageant, where student-athletes participate in a multitude of events and the audience votes for their favorite student-athlete by donating money to Make-A-Wish. The StudentAthlete Advisory Committee members plan, organize and produce the evening, which is also the the department’s
largest fundraiser and community engagement event. Avery Wilson, a Make-AWish recipient who participates each year as a judge, was celebrated for beating cancer, helping SAAC break the previous record for Make-A-Wish donations. “As a collective whole, our campus strives for excellence and virtue in everything so receiving this award is a huge honor and signifies what our student athletes started in 2010, and have grown into something bigger than themselves -- leaving a legacy that harnesses the spirit of The Abbey,” SAAC Advisor and Head Women’s Volleyball Coach Toni Elyea added. “It shows our students that they are called to serve the common good. However, our students are anything but common. They breath life into all of our events and our campus each day. I couldn’t be more proud of them, the amazing coaches, administration and faculty that I get to work with each day. I am looking forward to once again raising the bar this year with SAAC and our community.”
Abbey tops UNC-Pembroke
South Point senior, Asheton Queen, has signed a national letter of intent to play softball at Gardner Webb University. Seated from the left are: Barry Queen, Asheton’s grandfather; Kellie Queen, Asheton’s mother; Asheton; and Judy Spicer, Asheton’s grandmother. Standing from the left are: Blake Queen, Asheton’s brother; Craig Queen, Asheton’s father; Treymane Stephens, trainer-ADS and Grayson Queen, Asheton’s brother.
Abbey women’s basketball defeats Bluefield State
Sean Halloran to 33.3 percent after intermission and 42.2 percent overall. After falling behind 12-0 in the first five minutes and 18-4 at its biggest point, Belmont Abbey cut the margin to
four, 26-22, at the 4:29 mark, but UNCP was able to stretch the lead back to double figures, 37-27 at the break. The Braves’ lead was still in double figures at 56-46 with 8:30 remaining, before the first Crusader charge. Seven straight points cut the gap to four, 58-54 with 5:43 remaining. UNCP scored four straight but The Abbey again closed to two, 62-60 with 4:14 to play. Solomon hit a pair of free throws with 2:04 for the final points before Halloran’s three. Each team missed a pair of free throws in the final 55 seconds that could have altered the outcome. Both team had an uncharacteristic number of turnovers (22 for the Crusaders and 21 for the Braves), while UNCP held a slim 25-24 rebounding edge. Tyrell Kirk led all scorers with 23 points.
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Brittany Autry ers led 63-51 heading into the final period. The fourth was also very back and forth, with neither team making any big runs. The Crusaders finished with the 84-66 victory. On the day, Autry was the Crusad-
ers’ leader, with 19 points and five rebounds. Allie Downing scored 13 and pulled down eight boards. Alexis Schulz added 14 points. Belmont Abbey story/photo
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Brittany Autry scored 19 points and the Belmont Abbey women’s basketball team earned a 84-66 win at Bluefield State last week. With the win, The Abbey moves to 3-1 on the season. How it Happened: Belmont Abbey got off to a hot start and never looked back. Autry scored four points in the opening minute, and the Crusaders jumped out to an early 9-0 lead. The tough BAC defense did not give up a point in the first four minutes of the contest, and led 21-12 when the opening quarter expired. In the opening minutes of the second, Belmont Abbey scored seven points in a minute to take a 28-20 lead. A 7-0 Abbey run late in the second put the Crusaders on top by nine, and The Abbey held a 42-31 lead at halftime. In the third, Autry again scored four points in the opening minute. The rest of the quarter was back and forth. The Crusad-
Junior Sean Halloran hit a three-pointer with 10.7 seconds to play, giving Belmont Abbey its only lead of the contest and a 68-67 victory over 22nd-ranked UNC Pembroke last week at the Wheeler Center. The contest was the season-opener for both teams. The shot from the left wing capped a rally that saw the Crusaders down 12-0 at the start of the game and by eight points with 5:16 to play. How it happened Charles Solomon, who assisted on the game-winner, led The Abbey with 13 points, five rebounds and one assist. Halloran tallied 12 points, with LJ McCoy also reaching double figures with 10 points. The Crusaders connected on 62.5 percent from the field in the second half to finish the contest at 51.1 percent. The Braves were limited
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The Stuart Cramer High Storm basketball team met the Kings Mountain High Mountaineers last week in two exciting games. The Cramer JV team won their game 34 to 26. The varsity team fell to KM by a score of 85 to 42. Here are some scenes from the evening of play. Photos by Amy Craig
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Gaston Christian School basketball scenes The Gaston Christian School JV basketball team defeated Westminster last week by a score of 54-50. Bobby had 12pts; Jacob 12pts, 6 reb, 5 assists; Niko 12pts, 5 assists; Chris 8 pts; Kyriako 6pts, 5 reb, 2 assists; Preston 4pts, 6 reb. Gaston Christian School photos
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BUSINESS SERVICES CLEVELAND COUNTY GARAGE DOORS. Winter Tuneup Special, $59.95. We will check all your equipment lube, make sure it’s working correctly. We repair broken doors. Also offering new installations. 704477-9119 or 704-472-9367. DECK NEED A FACE LIFT? I have built or repaired hundreds. We fix most anything made of wood. Room Enclosures. Rutherford/Cleveland County areas. Bob, 828-476-6058.
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FOR SALE ITEMS FOR SALE Garden Tiller-$125.00, 4 HP; 2006 CARR Trailer-5 to 6 ft. long$300.00; 2003 Chev. Truck, 5 speed-$2,100.00. 828-4531558. WANTED, NON RUNNING RIDING MOWERS. Must be good condition. (Shelby area). Call or text pic and price. Please leave message and phone number. (704) 472-5962 FREE SELF DEFENSE STRIKEPEN HometownShelby.com FREE while still available Self-Defense Strikepen. Visit us online to check on availability NC4Ever@email.com ANTIQUES & MORE N BEAMS MILL. Furniture, Antiques, collectibles, man cave items, bottles & more. Thurs.-Fri., 10am5pm. Sat., 9am-4pm. Closed Sun.-Wed. 4135 Fallston Road, Shelby. (Hwy 18 north.) Come check out our big first of the year sales. 50% off Christmas items. 704-312-6410.
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3BR HOME in Oak Grove Area. Central H&A, Country Setting. $1,000/mth. + deposit. For more information call 864805-0035.
2&3 BEDROOM MOBILE HOMES. Nice and clean, water furnished. Oak Grove Community, Kings Mtn. Call or text, 704-739-0259.
MOBILE HOMES & APARTMENTS. In Kings Mountain. Price starting at $100 per week. Call (704) 739-4417 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH MOBILE HOME. $500 Deposit, $540 Month. “No Pets!” Call or Text (704) 300-3647. 1, 2 & 3 BEDROOM TOWNHOMES. Shelby, NC. We are currently accepting applications for our waiting list. Rent is based on income (and some expenses are deducted). Call or visit us today, Laurel Hill Apartments 704-487-1114. Equal Housing Opportunity.
LIONS SENIOR VILLAGE has 1 bedroom HUD subsidized apartments for low income seniors. Taking applications. Age 62 or older. Equal Housing Opportunity. 211 North Morgan Street, Shelby, NC 28150 (704) 482-7723
268 MARYLAND ST., SPINDALE. Inquire: GordonMiller48@icloud.com
2 HOUSES AVAILABLE for rent. Shelby - 2BR, 1BA $795/mth. Forest City - 3BR, 1BA - $795/mth. Call: 704649-3491
2 & 3 BEDROOM MOBILE HOMES. Small private park between Spindale and Forest City. Starting at $500 per month. 828-382-0475.
3BR, 2BA MH. Beautiful Wooded Park. Landlord on site. No pets. Background check. First/ Last & Security. Call after 10am, 828-429-9831.
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1997 FORD ECONOLINE COMMERCIAL CUTAWAY E-350 WORK TRUCK. High back, 7.3 Diesel, 118k miles, auto, Reading work body with ladder rack, one owner, new tires. Reduced price, $10,000. 828-245-9620, 828-223-1564.
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CHERRYVILLE HOUSE FOR SALE. $235,000. All brick split floorplan, three BR, two BA home with 1781 sq. ft. of living space. Home features forced air a/c with gas heat (replaced in 2015) dining room, breakfast area, great room, and large sun porch. Large deck with Hot Tub. Large parking area and a two car garage. 8’ X 12’ storage building in back yard w/power. 306 South Elm St., Cherryville, NC 28021. Cherryville, NC 28021 (704) 604-6237 sickedofit@gmail.com
ICC AREA, BEST VALUE. Energy Efficient 2BR Apartment. Like new, SS appliances, $550 rent/deposit. References required. 1BR w/SS appliances, water, sewer, garbage, $485 rent/deposit. 828-248-1776.
HICKORY CREEK APARTMENTS FOR SENIORS. (62 and older), disabled (50 and older). Shelby. Now taking applications for waiting list. 418 East Warren Street, Shelby, NC 28150 (704) 487-6354
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NEW SOUTHERN 5 FT. BUSH HOG. $1,065. 828-287-3272.
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CASH$$ FOR OLD FISHING LURES. Call Rick Hutton collector, (704) 695-4917
HORSE QUALITY HAY FOR SALE. 4x5 Round Bales in barn, $45 each. Fescue and Orchard grass. Rutherford County. 828-429-3100.
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I PAY CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS. Up to $10 per 100ct. Must be Unused, Unexpired. I’m local and pay fast. (828) 577-4197
COUNTY LINE TIMBER BUYING STANDING HARDWOOD AND PINE TIMBER. SPECIALIZE IN PINE THINNING, 30 ACRES OR MORE. Competitive Pricing. Over 30 years experience. Member of NCFA. 828-248-3659, 828-289-0742.
MOVE IN SPECIAL. 2 & 3 Bedroom, deposit required. $190 weekly rates. Includes power and water. NO PETS. Visit us online at Oakwood Rentals, Shelby. Call (704) 473-4299
LAND FOR SALE. Logan Township in Rutherford County. 828-429-7200.
DANNY’S AUTOWERKS. Buying used or junk cars. Competitive prices. Call Danny 828-289-3081 or Jimmy 828289-1175.
CASH FOR YOUR CAR running or not, title or no title. Call Charles Dellinger at Red Road Towing. 704-692-6767, (704) 487-0228
TWO RESTRICTED MOUNTAIN VIEW LOTS in gated community, near Lake Lure. Owner financing available, 0% financing for a limited time. Also, 78 Acre Riverfront Horse Farm, 5 miles from TIEC. 864909-1035, www.rowelland.com
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18X21X6 REGULAR STYLE CARPORT. Free braces on all legs. $1,095. 704-482-3166. FOUR CEMETERY PLOTS in Section 1 of Rose Hill Memorial Park. Graves 1,2,3,4. Lot 170. Only $500 each. Will sell in pairs. Call 704-473-5000 (704) 473-5000
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