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City ready to move on rezoning After months of meetings with a developer and West End property owners the Kings Mountain Planning & Zoning Board is sending a recommendation to City Council Monday night to rezone for office use property of Faunce Properties at W. King and W. Mountain streets. The vote by the planning board was split – 4-2 – with Lamar Fletcher making the motion, seconded by Phil Dee, that the property be rezoned as requested with the stipulation that it would not be used for an “urgent care facility.� David Faunce agreed to the stipulation, saying he understood traffic concerns expressed by West End property owners whose homes lie in an historical district. Fletcher, Dee, Bobby Pearson and Ernest Rome voted in favor of the motion. Voting against were Jim Potter and Bill McMurrey, both of whom are West Mountain Street residents. The new zone would mean that a medical or non-medical office building could be constructed at the site where a day care is now located. Faunce has also agreed to put up fencing and shrubbery on the Mountain Street side of his property. The public hearing in the matter, continued by city council for several months, will be conducted at 6 p.m. in council chambers at city hall.
West Elementary parents and students with guidance counselor Beth Lloyd, principal Heather Pagan, and Jason Bridges, P.E. instructor, at Parent Bullying Prevention Training. (Photo by BETH BROCK)
It’s time to stop bullying Parents, students work together on anit-bullying program mented the “Stop-Walk-Talk� Bully Prevention Program and parents got together at two sessions Thursday afternoon to discuss how children can respond to this aggressive behavior. The Cleveland County School Board policy defines “bullying� as “intentional, aggressive, repeated behavior that involves a
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Parents at a West Elementary School training session Thursday say school bullying has to stop. As a part of a Cleveland County Schools initiative, West Elementary has imple-
real or perceived power imbalance between the victim and the perpetrator.’’ Bullying can be physical and/or emotional. Several parents who have formed “Parents Against Bullying� attended the recent board of education meeting to air their concerns about bullying and child safety in the schools.
Davey gets City to host Smart Grid Showcase Friday 21+ years in abuse case A Superior Court jury found a Kings Mountain man guilty Monday of sexually abusing three children, beginning when the girls were about 5 years old. Rex Reed Davey, 42, will spend 21 to 26 years in prison for the first degree sex offense and three years for 12 counts of indecent liberties. After his prison sentences Davey will spend five years on probation, have to comply with sex offender conditions and register as a sex offender for 30 years. Two women, now in their 20s, came forward during the trial, which began last week, and testified that Davey began abusing them as children. A third victim, a six year old , also See DAVEY, 2A
Electric smart meters are utilized in many utilities across America, but few utilities have applied smart meter technology to water and natural gas along with electric under one communications technology. The City of Kings Mountain recently awarded a contract to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to assist city staff in delivering a smart grid infrastructure solution for electric, water, and natural gas to a selected pilot area. The pilot area consists of 1,200 meter applications. “We are the first municipal utility in the Carolinas to utilize smart meter technology on natural gas, electric and water meters,� said Kings Mountain Mayor, Rick Murphrey. “Smart meter technology will help us continue to maintain some of the lowest utility rates in the Carolinas. We are excited about our future and what this means to our customers.� Kings Mountain will be hosting a Smart Grid Showcase on Friday, March 22, at the
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Dennis Wells, Water/Sewer Director, Holly Black, Codes Director, Nick Hendricks, Energy Services Director, Matt Dull, IT Director, and Mayor Rick Murphrey, left to right, look at smart meters they will show off to representatives of other municipalities Thursday. The city is the first municipal utility in the Carolinas to begin the pilot program and is testing the meter in three areas of the city.
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Bridges more charges, lower bond Superior Court Judge Eric Levinson, at a bond hearing Monday in Shelby, lowered a half-million dollar bond to $100,000 for Charles Kevin Bridges, 55, 1768 Bethlehem Road, jailed last Thursday on 14 additional child porn charges. The Kings Mountain man was originally arrested Feb. 14 and charged with six counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and was out of jail on $500,000 bond. Investigators confiscated multiple computers, iPads and iPhones from the Bridges home Feb. 14. Last Thursday Bridges was arrested on 14 additional counts of third and second-degree child sex exploitation charges. Bridges was not listed as an inmate at the Cleveland County Detention Center Monday See BRIDGES, 2A
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Work continues There’s still time to see ‘Oklahoma!’ on Memorial ELIZABETH STEWART
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The challenge for Kings Mountain Little Theatre director Jim Champion was finding the vocal talent to pull off the Broadway musical “Oklahoma!� at Joy Theatre in Kings Mountain. Champion, longtime KMLT actor, director and former president, did just that with the cast he selected. Ten of the 19 cast members are newcomers and with tremendous singing voices you will appreciate. Area Little Theatre-goers are in for a treat. Two nights - Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. - remain of the show which played to big crowds for its first three performances last weekend. You will be thrilled with newcomer Jon Jones’ lyric baritone voice in the title song and “Oh What a Beautiful Morning� and of soprano Jada McDaniel’s ‘Out of My Dreams� and “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top� featuring Jones, Mc-
The City of Kings Mountain is continuing progress on the completion of the Patriots Memorial honoring those soldiers who fell in battle during WWI, WWII and Korea. “We are working with a number of veterans who are helping us determine which soldiers from Kings Mountain were killed in action during these three wars. We’re now asking the citizens of Kings Mountain who they recall as having served and been killed in action during these wars. Now is the time to recognize all of these brave Kings Mountain soldiers who gave their lives to preserve our freedom,� said Kings Mountain Mayor Rick Murphrey. The public is asked to share any information so that the plaques can be engraved and placed on the monoliths that are part of the Patriots Memorial, located at Patriots Park in downtown Kings Mountain. Names for WWII will include: John C. Bridges, James Gideon Darrocott, Jr. , Robert Lee Falls, Roy E. Harmon, Sidney E. Lovelace, Lester P. Moss, and John C. Stewart. No information has been received See MEMORIAL, 6A
Jessica Pickens as Ado Annie and Trey Ross as Will Parker light up the stage in a scene from Oklahoma. Tickets are still availabe for the two remaining shows, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm. Photo by BRYAN HALLMAN Daniel and Julie Marshall, as the patriarch of the family
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■OBITUARIES Jean Hull Martin A member of Eastside Baptist Church BLACKSBURG, SC – Jean Hull Martin, 86, of 211 Rocky Hill Road, Blacksburg, passed away Monday, March 18, 2013 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Born in Blacksburg, Mrs. Martin was the widow of Barnie Benjamin Martin and the daughter of the late Campbell l Darvin Hull and Alma Vanilla Duncan Hull. She worked as a weaver in textiles and was a member of Eastside Baptist Church. Mrs. Martin is survived by one son, Tommy Benjamin Martin of Blacksburg; three daughters, Linda M. Pennington and husband Steve of Maryville, TN; Emily M. Harris and the late Phillip Harris of rover, NC; and Bonnie Sue Campbell and husband Tony of Athens, TN; nine grandchildren, James Pennington, David Pennington, Donna Walker and Laura Parker of Maryville, TN, Phillip Harris Jr. and Julie H. Smith of Debra Arwood KINGS MOUNTAIN – Debra Roscoe Arwood, 52, of 1123 Rollingbrook Ct., died Monday, March 18, 2013 at Kings Mountain Hospital. The funeral service will be conducted Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel at Harris Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 7-9 p.ml at Harris Funeral Home. Della R. Davis GAFFNEY, SC – Della R. Davis, 70, died Monday, March 11, 2013. The funeral was conducted Wednesday, March 13, at 1 p.m. at Bethany Baptist Church in Grover. The family received friends from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. before the service. Interment was in Grover Cemetery. Jimmie Lee Howell GROVER- Jimmie Lee Howell, 73, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013 at Kings Mountain Hospice House. The funeral service was held at First Baptist Church, Grover, Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 2 p.m. with Rev. John Barnhardt and Rev. David Saldo officiating.
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Grover, NC, Jacob Stough and Benjamin Stough of Athens, TN and Joseph Stough of Cassville, MO; 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She was preceded in death by son-in-law Phillip Harris and sisters, Dorothy Neal and Margie Beamish. The family will receive friends Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 7-9 p.m. at Gordon Mortuary. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Eastside Baptist Church with Rev. Eric Sellers and Rev. Jeff Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Broad River Church Cemetery in Smyrna, S C. The family will be at 118 Villa Drive in Grover. The Book of Memories is available at www.gordonmortuary.com Gordon Mortuary, Blacksburg, SC, is in charge of arrangements.
Gordon Mortuary Visitation was from 12:30–1:30 p.m. prior to the service, at the church, and other times at the home, 1249 Lavender Road, Grover NC. Interment was at Grover Cemetery, Grover, North Carolina. Betty Weathers Howland SHELBY – Betty Weathers Howland, 81, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center. A graveside service was held Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 11 a.m., at Ross Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Rick Hamrick officiating. Connie Williams SHELBY – Connie Page Williams passed away Friday, March 15, 2013 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at New Bethel Church of Shelby with Rev. Tony Rayfield, Rev. Mark Patchett, and Rev Leland Kerr officiating. The family received friends Monday from 6-7:30 p.m. at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home. Interment was at Sunset Cemetery.
DAVEY: sentenced to 21+ years in abuse case From page 1A came forward and told the judge that she had reported the abuse to her by Davey but her mother did not report it to police. According to court testimony, the abuse was discovered when one of the victims, who was in the Cleveland County Law Enforcement Center on drug charges, saw another inmate’s family photos and recognized Davey holding a little girl on his lap. The woman suspected the child was being molested and wrote the child’s mother from jail about the abuse she had suffered. According to testimony, the mother still allowed Davey in her home. After the verdict was announced one of the women who had testified against him said she forgave him.
ARRESTS MARCH 11: Justin Blake Messick, 18, 1204 Shelby Rd., assault on female, no bond. MARCH 11: Virginia Sue Craig, 29, Gastonia, concealment of goods, larceny, possession stolen goods, $1500 bond, secured. MARCH 12: Danny Lee Beck, 27, 115 Battleground Ave., larceny, unsecured bond. MARCH 13: Jamie Nicole Warren, 26, 204 Waco Rd., larceny, simple possession marijuana, simple possession Schedule 4, $1,000 bond, secured. MARCH 14: Marty Caprice Stevenson, 39, 943 Grace St., failure to comply, resist, delay, obstruct, $1,045 bond, secured. MARCH 14: Nathaniel Ethan Camp, 22, 1010 Cleveland Ave., failure to appear, $1,000 bond, secured. MARCH 14: Brittany Lynn Holbrook, 21, Stanley, larceny, $1000 bond, secured. CITATIONS MARCH 6: Christopher Knight, 34, Gaffney, SC, passing stopped school bus. MARCH 9: Brenda Lee, 51, 1044 Mountain Crest Dr, no insurance, failure to notify DMV of address change. MARCH 11: Luciano Garcia, 47, Charlotte, injury to property. MARCH 11: Crystal Heffran, 26, 618 E. Gold St., fictitious tag. MARCH 11: Ziporia Sanders, 33, Gastonia, no inspection, expired tag. MARCH 12: Saundra Lovelace, 52, 1046 Mountain Crest Dr., current year not on car tag. MARCH 12: Leticio Guerrero, 48, Gastonia, speeding, no operator’s license, no registration card. MARCH 12: Amanda Duhaime, 26, 192 Cindy Ln, no inspection, expired tag. MARCH 13: Kelsey Guffey, 24, Clover, SC, speeding. MARCH 13: Amanda Gayle Pruitt, 32, Grover, no insurance, current year not attached to car tag. MARCH 13: Lisa Cody, 45, 10 Chesterfield Ct, failure to decrease speed. MARCH 13: Shanna Elizabeth Carlan, 33, 509 Brevard St., expired tag. MARCH 14: Amber Herron, 25, 205 Thornburg Dr., possession of liquor on school property and in passenger area of vehicle. MARCH 14: Joyce Black Evans, 57, 608 Gantt St., resists, delay, obstruct by giving false name, concealing medication. MARCH 15: Kenneth Wayne Spivey, 24, 616 Mauney Ave., speeding, open container. MARCH 15: Jessica Blankenship, 30, Bessemer City, no seat belt, failure to carry license, no operator’s license. MARCH 15: Richard Dale Uren, 49, Clover, SC, no seat belt. MARCH 15: Patti Lynn Rose, 31, 500 Phenix St., child seat belt violation. MARCH 15: Jeffrey Turner, 46, 811 Brooklee Dr., no operator’s license. MARCH 15: Erica Elliott, 24, Grover, seat belt vi-
olation, no operator’s license. MARCH 16: Christopher Jordan, 41, Gastonia, expired tag. MARCH 16: Tessica Ussery, 28, 310 S. Cansler St., no insurance, fictitious tag, revoked license. MARCH 16: Maria Gomez-Palma, 37, Lawndale, no operator’s license. MARCH 16: James Hopper, 28, Shelby, speeding. MARCH 16: Errica Tucker, 36, Gaffney, SC, speeding. MARCH 16: Travis Simmons, 37, Easley, SC, speeding. MARCH 16: Malissa White, 39, 114 Yarbro Rd., revoked license. MARCH 16: Charles Fields Jr., 25, Temple Hills, Md., speeding. MARCH 16: Kelly Jones, 36, Marietta, Ga., speeding. MARCH 16: Anthony Neil Fuller, 45, Blacksburg, SC, speeding. MARCH 16: Tiffany Crumpton, 23, Cherryville, speeding. MARCH 16: Maegan Moore, 19, York, SC, no seat belt. MARCH 17: Stephen Jamerson, 79, 123 Galilee Church Rd., revoked license, open container, no inspection, fictitious tag. MARCH 17: Michael Zadnik, 39, Charlotte, speeding. MARCH 17: Sheldron Davidson, 30, Gaffney, SC, speeding. MARCH 17: Demetra Turner, 19, 125 McGinnis St., malicious restraining of a dog, no current vaccination of dog. MARCH 18: Steven Goode, 22, Bessemer City, expired tag. INCIDENTS MARCH 4: A resident of Gastonia said someone obtained property by false pretenses by trying to cash a check for money at a local bank. MARCH 11: AAA Foam Co., 606 Charles St., reported a break-in and theft of large amounts of copper wire, sewing parts, and various parts for machines and small tools and a city meter tester. MARCH 11: A resident of N. Dilling St. reported larceny of a black and white pit-bull. MARCH 11: Dollar General 7613, Shelby Rd., reported shoplifting. MARCH 12: A resident of Cherryville said her car hit a hole in the roadway on E. King Street and her car was damaged. MARCH 12: A resident of Bridges Dr. reported a break-in and theft of two meter boxes, nail guns, drill set, wall drill and skill saw. MARCH 13: A resident of Mebane reported theft of a 1996 Dodge Intrepid, a black and silver tool box, a silver CD player and three packages of cigarettes while parked on West King Street. MARCH 13: Food Lion, 1320 Shelby Road, reported shoplifting. WRECKS MARCH 7: Officer D. K. Davis said a 2000 Chevrolet operated by Lonnie Tucker Jr., 217 Branchwood Dr., was merging into the left lane of the US 74 Bypass and struck a 1992 Toyota operated by Derek McCurry, 217 Kaitlyn Lane. Minor damages were reported. MARCH 8: Officer David Warlick said Judy Hovis, 613 Mauney Ave., lost control of her 2005 Dodge on US 74 Business and struck a utility pole doing $3,000 to the City of
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Do you know this man? Crimestoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of David Allen Vestal, 47, a probation absconder who also has outstanding perjury warrants and can be extradited anywhere, according to Lisa Green of the Shelby Police Department. Vestal’s last known address was Kings Mountain. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. Anyone with information is asked to contact
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Boyd arrested after selling drugs to undercover officers William Anthony Boyd, 54, 120 Jack Adams Road, was booked into the Cleveland County Detention Center Friday under a half-million dollar bond after selling drugs to undercover officers. The arrest followed a Sheriff’s Office investigation in which undercover officers purchased crack cocaine and prescription pills from Boyd
on the street, at his home and in a vehicle. The drug charges include six counts of trafficking in opium. Before his arrest Friday he was out on bond for other charges in Gaston County including trafficking in opium, possession with intent to sell controlled substances and selling and delivering a Schedule IV controlled substance.
Santiago sentenced for rape Francisco Jose Perez Santiago, 20, was sentenced by a judge recently to spend 1624 years in prison for the rape of a 12-year-old child. The girl told her mother about the abuse and she was treated at Kings Mountain Hospital where authorities called police.
Kings Mountain Police arrested the suspect at the home where he had been staying with the mother and child. Santiago was charged with first degree statutory rape and indecent liberties with a child.
Kings Mountain pole and $3500 to her car. MARCH 8: Officer Bryan McGinnis said William Peckeily, St. Augustine, Fla, operating a 2013 Freightliner and Lance Blade, Denton, NC, operating a 2007 International, were both in the parking lot of 520 Woodlake Parkway. Blade had parked his vehicle to pick up a trailer and was attempting to back under a trailer beside the other truck when Peckeily backed into the vehicle. Property damages were estimated at $2700. MARCH 10: Officer Bryan McGinnis said an eight-year-old boy riding his bicycle down Benfield Road towards Second Street didn’t stop for a stop sign on Benfield and ran into the front right corner of a 2001 Honda operated by Myeshia Floyd of Lowell. Cleveland County EMS was called to the scene but the boy was apparently not injured since the family
refused treatment at the scene, police said. Property damage was estimated at $1500. MARCH 11: Officer F. L. Wittington said a hit and run drive slightly damaged a parked 2000 Chevrolet owned by Quisha Adams, 5076 Pennington Place. MARCH 13: Officer Bryan McGinnis said a 1997 Subaru operated by Katharine Kent of Grover rear-ended a 2005 Kia operated by Brian Emerson of Cherryville on King Street. Property damages were estimated at $2500. MARCH 13: Officer J. L. Dee said a 1995 Ford operated by Lisa Cody, 10 Chesterfield Ct, struck a 1994 Ford operated by Christy Rollinson, 204 Marigold Ave., as Rollinson proceeded to turn onto Fulton Drive from Margrace Road. Rollinson was transported to Kings Mountain Hospital. Property damages were estimated at $6,000.
BRIDGES: more charges yet bond lowered to $100K From page 1A afternoon. He is accused of receiving and distributing hundreds of graphic child pornography images. Levinson, in reducing the bond, set conditions that Bridges is only allowed to be at his home and work and he cannot have any devices that connect to the Internet in his home and cannot be anywhere where there is Internet access. Cleveland County Sheriff’s Captain Joel Shores said further investigation by the FBI and area law enforcement agencies resulted in the additional charges. A second-degree sexual exploitation charge involves the distribution and/or receiving of pornography material involving minors A third-degree sexual exploitation charge involves the possession of the material. Family members filled two rows of seats at the court hearing Friday. Clayward Corry, attorney for Bridges, petitioned the court for the reduction in bond, saying that Bridges had no criminal record, had worked all his life in his family-owned business in Kings Mountain, married for 30 years with a family in Kings Mountain, and an active churchgoer. Assistant District Attorney Beth Lari called the images seized “the worst I’ve ever seen,� “demeaning and injurious to children� and advocated that the $500,000 bond not be reduced. The judge announced the reduction in bond on Monday with stipulations.
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What a difference a year makes ELIZABETH STEWART lib.kmherald@gmail.com
What a difference Easter 2013 makes for Abigail Marie (Abby) Nelms, a 13-pound bundle of joy who weighed 440 grams or 15 ounces at her birth May 6, 2012 at Levine Children’s Hospital. The baby was welcomed home August 31, 2012 by her parents, Brandi and Daniel Nelms, and her older sister, nearly three-year old Anna, and other members of their doting family. “We thank God for both our healthy daughters,’’ said their proud mother. Everything was great during Brandi’s pregnancy until around 19-20 weeks. Last Easter season the parents were anxiously waiting to hear more results from doctors who suspected the baby she was carrying had a rare chromosome issue called Tripioidy, a defect not compatible with life. A month before another ultrasound found the baby was not growing in her mother’s womb and
that the blood was reversing through the umbilical cord after each beat of the mother’s heart. “Head straight to Carolinas Medical Center they told me, since this could kill the baby within a few days,� said a devastated Brandi. A month before that a blood test turned out positive for Spina Bifida but a comprehensive ultrasound found no sign of Spina Bifida. “I just wanted to hide last Easter, I didn’t want to talk to anyone. Our families were so supportive but we were so scared we might lose our second daughter and it was hard to wait until Easter Monday morning to call the doctor,� said Brandi. Everything was negative for a chromosome defect and everything was negative for Spina Bifida. “I felt there was now hope for our daughter to live,� said Brandi. More ultrasounds were ordered and specialists said once the baby became big enough she would be delivered but the bad news to the parents was that because the baby was so tiny that it could suffer severe handicaps.
Brandi said the staff at Levine Children’s Hospital “was so good to us and tried to prepare us for what could happen.� Prior to May 4 they had encountered a very grim outlook for the baby’s life. “I was kept on constant fetal monitoring but severe handicap was the phrase that was always in the back of my mind,� she said. The weight of the world was beginning to hit the young mother like a ton of bricks. All the family arrived at the hospital on May 6, 2012. “Daniel held my hand and I was more at peace,� said Brandi. At 2:30 p.m. that day the baby was delivered breathing on her own. “It sounded like a kitten crying and it was the most beautiful sound in the world. I didn’t get to see her in the operating room but Daniel made a picture and at 11 p.m. last May 6 I met Abigail Marie Nelms for the first time. I was in love,� said her mother. Abby, who steadily gained weight in the hospital for four months has no medical problems, sees only two doctors now, instead
A happy, healthy Abby Nelms in the arms of her mother, Brandi. of seven, for checkups. The browneyed baby has brown hair and friends say she looks like her mommy. Abby is the granddaughter of Shane and Pam Baity of Kings Mountain and Steve and Linda Jenkins of Bessemer City, and
great-granddaughter of Jo Ann Baity of Kings Mountain, Helen Price of Bessemer City and Roland Jenkins of Gastonia. Obviously they and aunts and uncles– Angela Marie Jenkins, Jason Jenkins, Billy Nelms and Lyndsey Baity, have big plans to spoil the baby.
Brock announces retirement after 42 years in TV BETH BROCK beth.kmherald@gmail.com
Kings Mountain’s Joe Brock officially retired immediately following the ACC Finals game Sunday, Miami vs UNC, after more than 42 years in the television industry. An announcement was made during the game wishing him well. As an engineer, Joe has come a long way in the television business, from starting out working with vacuum tubes in the late sixties and early seventies, to today’s high definition television. Every time advancement has been made in the technical side of TV, it’s been like starting all over, and Joe has had to keep up with every change along the way. Being the EIC (Engineer in Charge) can be a nervewracking job. A lot of people think that working in sports is all fun and games. But what these people don’t realize is that the whole production of the game lies on Joe’s shoulders, from the cameras to the studio and everything in between. There’s nothing fun about looking up at a monitor during a sports event, and seeing a blank screen! The problem must be located, and most of the time, it is Joe’s responsibility to know how to solve the problem, whether it be something as simple as a plug coming loose, to something as complex as a camera going down. Joe has to know how to fix it. And fix it, he does. The show must go on!!! His first experience working in TV came when he was 18, just out of high school, working for the summer at WSPA-TV in Spartanburg. Joe started USC-Spartanburg in the fall and continued working for WSPA. During the next few years he continued his studies at American Christian College in Tulsa, OK where he built a 100,000 watt TV studio, worked with WGGS in Greenville, SC, then moved to Rock Hill, SC, where he built a studio and worked as an engineer for WNSC in Rock Hill, a South Carolina Public Television affiliate. After several years with WNSC, Joe started working with Jefferson Pilot Broadcasting. For 10 years he “ran� a remote television truck and covered mostly ACC football and basketball games.
In 1984, with an eightmonths pregnant wife, and a one-year old son, Joe moved from Rock Hill to Kings Mountain. After much consideration, Kings Mountain looked like a great place to raise a family and still be in good proximity to Charlotte. The Brocks lived in the White Plains area of Kings Mountain. In addition to his full-time job with Jefferson Pilot, and doing some freelance work with Turner Sports and ESPN, Joe opened a VCR repair business beside Sydney Dixon’s barbershop on Bethlehem Road. Along with repairing VCRs and other small electronics, the shop also offered video and game rentals. The whole family pitched in to help with the business, which later moved to Mountain Street downtown. After free-lancing for several years, Joe was offered a job with ESPN in 1993. This job seemed really exciting to everyone else, but he soon discovered that being gone from home around 300 days a year was no holiday. With ESPN, Joe covered Seniors Golf, NASCAR, World Cup Soccer and other sporting events including Super Bowl XXVIII in Atlanta in 1994.
Joe Brock after covering his final basketball game Sunday afternoon. And speaking of the Super Bowl, imagine Joe’s feeling, deep in the pit of his stomach, when he received a phone call from the ESPN studio in Bristol, CT informing him that the feed to Japan was down‌.and once again, whose job was it to troubleshoot the problem? You guessed it, Joe’s! Oh, and let’s don’t forget the Women’s National Bowling Finals in Columbia, TN when the power went off in the entire town due to an unexpected ice storm after a warming trend. The only power around was the generator used for the television equipment including the mobile studio. So, once again, Joe Brock saved the day. By connecting power for spotlights and one bowling lane, from the generator, the finals
went on as planned. It just took a little longer, and a whole lot more clothes since there was no heat! In 1998, Joe decided that he’d had enough of traveling and missing so much of his two sons’ lives. He decided to accept a position in Phoenix, AZ with Southwest Productions. On June 6, he flew home and called the family in to watch a video in the family room. It was a beautiful home in Chandler, AZ and a realtor was giving a tour of the home and pool area. “This is our new home and we are moving as soon as possible,� Joe told the family. Everyone was literally speechless. After a giant yard sale, and arranging for an auctioneer to sell most of the other furnishings, the Brocks headed to AZ on July 20,
1998. The boys, Stuart 15, and Daniel 14, took to Arizona like ducks to water. School was on a nine weeks on, two weeks off schedule, didn’t start ‘til 8:30, and they got out at 2:30! In addition, they had an hour-long open lunch. They made friends quickly, and soon the Brock house was buzzing with teenagers. It was nice to have dad coming home every night and joining in the family fun! After much consideration, Joe decided to take Jefferson Pilot up on an offer to come back to NC in 2000, with the understanding that he would do little or no traveling. Stuart decided that he wanted to graduate from Kings Mountain High School, so he came back with Dad. Daniel and Mom stayed a few years longer be-
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fore heading back “homeâ€? to Kings Mountain. With Stuart now in Ohio, and Daniel in South Dakota, what does Joe plan to do with all his free time? Free time? What free time? Besides building immersion circulators for restaurants in his workshop at home, he loves working in his yard and garden. He grows everything from almonds to tobacco to popcorn and everything in between. Joe has recently purchased 12 acres of wooded property in Rutherford County. He is having a ball clearing the land and making plans for the future. “Let’s see‌. here’s a perfect spot to build that ‘little cabin in the woods’.â€? Now Joe says that it’s time to kick back and enjoy life!
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MEDITATION
Dr. Jeff Hensley Pastor Kings Mountain Baptist Church The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard died in 1855, and one would think that the observations of somebody who lived that long ago would be out of touch with the way we live our lives in the 21st century. But one perspective that Kierkegaard expressed in his book titled Provocations sounds to me almost as if it could have been written this week.
“In observing the present state of affairs and of life in general,” Kierkegaard writes, “from a Christian point of view one would have to say: It is a disease. And if I were a physician and someone asked me, ‘What do you think should be done?’ I would answer, ‘Create silence, bring about silence.’ God’s Word cannot be heard, and if in order to be heard in the hullabaloo it must be shouted deafeningly with noisy means, then it is not God’s Word; create silence! And we humans, we clever fellows, seem to have become sleepless in order to invent every new means to increase noise, to spread noise and insignificance with the greatest possible ease and on the greatest possible scale. Yes, everything has been turned upside down. The means of communication have been perfected, but what is publicized with such hot haste is rubbish. Oh, created silence!”
We lived today in a world of words, in an age when technology has made words so familiar that their significance has faded. We text, tweet, email, and express ourselves through social media. Books are being replaced by tablet-sized electronic readers, newspapers and journals are being replaced by the Internet, and we sit right next to each other, but talk not with our mouths, but with our fingers tapping on a so called “smart phone.” When I was a boy, we had a television and a gadget on the roof of the house that was called an antenna. On top of the television console was a small device that had a round dial, which when turned would rotate the antenna that was outside on top of the house. Television signals were received through the air by that antenna, and you would rotate it to get the best possible reception of the signal. If we were lucky, we
could receive as many as four channels, and when the weather would good we could perhaps receive six or seven. But today our televisions have been replaced by home theater systems, and there are hundreds of channels, even some with old favorite television programs that are now called “classics.” With our world filled with gadgets of so many kinds, and such a great variety of ways to communicate with each other or experience entertainment, the need for silence is all the more important, and this makes Kierkegaard’s 19th century observation timely for the 21st century. For it is true that today “everything has been turned upside down” and we all need to be careful that we create spaces for silence in our lives so that we can hear the Word of God in the midst of all the “hullabaloo.” May God help us do so. Amen.
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REGIONAL ISSUES affecting Cleveland, Polk and Rutherford counties will be the topic of a special joint meeting of Cleveland County Commissioners Thursday, March 21, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Rutherford County Board of Education offices, 382 W. Main St., in Forest City. BAKE SALE – There will be a bake sale at H. Lawrence Patrick Senior Life and Conference Center Friday, March 22, in the lobby area of the center. Bake sale will start at 9 a.m. and go until 1 p.m. or until most items are sold. Come out and support our local Senior Center! FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH will hold the second annual Sportsman’s banquet Saturday. Doors open to the Christian Ministry Center at 4 p.m. Guest speaker will be Chris McDaniel, formerly of Confederate Railroad. Barbecue with all the trimmings will be served at 5 p.m. Tickets are $12 and may be obtained from Mike Lambert. ADAMS CHAPEL AME ZION CHURCH, 212 Lake Montonia Rd., will hold Youth Explosion 2013 April 3-5 with supper at 6 p.m. and the service at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Minister Antwan McNeill from the House of Refuge of All Nations, Gastonia. Youth ministries, including choirs, liturgical dancers, step teams, mime, and gospel rappers are invited to participate in Youth Explosion. Contact 704-868-9381 or the church at 704-236-4709 or email Dorothy Gill at dorothy1456@att.net
Fellowship & Faith
Church Service Directory KINGS MOUNTAIN Long Creek Presbyterian Church 701 Long Creek Road 704-629-4406
New Life Family Worship Center 428 Oak Grove Road 704-739-9371
Love Valley Baptist Church 2032 Bethlehem Road 704-730-0075
New Way Missionary Baptist Church 105 Waco Road 704-724-0414
Macedonia Baptist Church 1101 S. Battleground Avenue 704-739-6811
Oak Grove Baptist Church 1022 Oak Grove Road 704-739-4833
Midview Baptist Church 703 Margrace Road 704-739-6711 Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church 220 N. Watterson Street 704-739-8354
Oak View Baptist Church 1517 York Road 704-739-7831
Mountain View Agape Church 506 Sparrow Springs Road 704-739-0160 Mt. Olive Baptist Church Compact School Road 704-739-4516 Mt. Zion Baptist Church 220 N. Watterson Street 704-739-8354
Pathway Baptist Church 3100 Parkdale Circle 704-734-0852 Patterson Grove Baptist Church 301 Oak Grove Road 704-739-5826 Peoples Baptist Church 1010 Groves Street 704-739-0398 Proclaiming the Word Ministries 7011 Cleveland Avenue
New Beginnings Church of Jesus Christ 541 Crocker Road 704-730-9507
Progressive Church of Our Lord 1001 Cleveland Avenue 704-734-1070
New Bynum Chapel Zion Church N. Cansler Street 704-739-2606
Resurrection Lutheran Church 600 Crescent Circle 704-739-5580
New Camp Creek Baptist Church 863 New Camp Creek Ch. Road 704-487-7128
Royal Praise Ministries 2055 Shelby Rd.
Featured Church of the Week: Patterson Grove Baptist Church Saint Matthew’s Lutheran Church 201 N. Piedmont Avenue 704-739-7466 Second Baptist Church 120 Linwood Road 704-739-4216 Shady Grove Baptist Church 339 Shady Grove Road 704-739-8920 St. Paul United Methodist Church N. Cansler Street 704-739-1256 Sunrise Baptist Church 208 Mail Road 704-692-3007 Temple Baptist Church 612 N. Cansler Street 704-739-4716 The Favor Center Church 602 Slater Street True Gospel Holiness Church 1608 Shelby Road 704-739-6764
Unity AME Zion Church 948 Unity Church Road 704-228-0328 Vestibule AME Zion Church 2175 Vestibule Church Road 704-739-7961 Westover Baptist Church 114 Westover Drive
First Apostolic Church of Blacksburg 205 E. Cherokee St. Blacksburg, SC704-9377390864-839-1873 WACO New Testament Missionary Baptist Church
GASTONIA Bethesda United Methodist Church 3714 S. New Hope Rd Grace Community Advent Christian Church 206 West 3rd Avenue 704-739-9230 GROVER Bethany Baptist Church 423 Cleveland Avenue 704-937-3010 Carolina Praise and Worship Center 201 N. Main Street 704-937-7541
Notice: In order to accommodate the number of churches in our communities, we will print two alternating lists of churches each week. If you don’t see the church you’re looking for, be sure to check next week.
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A Service of Remembrance Harris Funeral Home would like to honor the memory of those loved ones of the families that we have served during the past year. We invite you and your family members to attend the seventeenth annual Service of Remembrance, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. The service will be held at 7 P.M. at Central United Methodist Church in Kings Mountain, North Carolina (across from the Funeral Home). The public is also invited to attend this service of remembrance. Please join us after the service for a time of fellowship in the Christian Activities Center of Central United Methodist Church. Refreshments will be served. Jeffrey Allison
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Helen Roberts Marcus Roberts
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Dorothy Ledford Hilda Lefevers Noel Lightsey Mary Lochridge James Lovelace
Donald Roper Dot Ross Rollin Ross Shirley Rowland Lisa Rue
Pansy Bell Richard Bell
Louise Fuse Timothy Gibby
Lillian Lugo Johnny Maney
Lawrence Ryan Juanita Saldo
Thomas Bell Mildred Biddix Donald Blanton, Jr. Thelma Blanton Wesley Blanton
Mildred Gladden Bette Glass Elva Goodman Margaret Goodwin Mary Gragg
Carrie Martin Charles Mashburn Marguerite McKee Fred McKinney Lula McPeak
Paul Scism Donald Short Naomi Short Somphanvanh Siphanthone Dot Smith
Roxie Bledsoe Lillian Boheler Larry Bolin Mary Bolt Danny Bowles, Sr.
Allen Graham Irene Granger James Green, Sr. Jerry Green Ross Gregory, Jr.
Sharon Meadows Williard Millen Bobby Moore Geraldine Morgan Stanley Morrow
Howard Smith Louise Smith Terry Smith Rosalie Sprouse David Starnes
Oscar Bowman Dolores Bradley Floyd Bridges Vera Bridges Daniel Carpenter
Adam Gsellmann Kyleigh Hamrick Pauline Harbin Tonra Heffernan Iva Henson
Buster Moss Dennis Moss Ronnie Moss, III Solan Moss, Sr. George Murray
Ralph Stewart Dovie Strickland Velma Joyce Styers Debra Ann Sutton Fred Tate
George Carpenter Zeldia Carr Douglas Cash Margrite Champion Pete Childers Gene Conner
Bob Herndon Rev. Bob Hicklin Carolyn Hilpert Helen Hinson Betty Jo Hipp James Holland
Walter Myers Marjorie Neal Charles Neisler Henry Neisler, Sr. Cathy Nichols Richard Nickerson
Kay Taylor Darrell Thornburg Willodean Timms Lois Tittle Annie Tucker Carol Valentine
Becky Cox Raymond Cox Lucy Crawford Charles Daves Delton Davidson Florence Davies Margaret Davis Maggie DiBruno Fred Dixon Peggy Dixon Michelle Dorman Rosella Dover Judith Dube Bobby Duncan Ruby Eaker
Helen Holloway Jimmie Lee Howell Doris Howze Carrie Hudson William Hudson Michael Hughes Ruth Hughes Nora Humphries Van Insixiengmay Ronald Isbell Wayne Jones Spc. James Justice Paulette Kaylor Carolyn Kiser Donald Knight
Jerrie Nivens Mike Painter, Sr. Kenneth Parker Charlie Patrick, Sr. Jeanette Patterson Margaret Patterson Jimmy Peeler Jerry Pennington Rev. Mitchell Pruitt Freida Ramseur Freida Ramsey Ricky Ramsey, Sr. Merrill Randall Rachel Reynolds Clyde Rhea
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Music Fest set for April 12, 13
MEMORIAL: is progressing
Kings Mountain Music Festival has a local flavor
yet on any of the WWI and Korean armed forces. The monument is close to the South Meadow near the corner of Gold and Cansler streets and includes benches and ceremonial space with three flag poles. “We could use some help from the public in identifying these soldiers with hopes
Jimmy Wayne, a Kings Mountain native, Darin and Brooke Aldridge from Cherryville, and the Kingsmen Quartet from Asheville are the headliners for the 2013 Darin and Brooke Aldridge Music Fest in Kings Mountain on April 12 and 13. Other groups from the area performing at the event include Men Standing for Christ from Charlotte, and two bands from Cleveland and Gaston counties: Harvest, and Unspoken Tradition. All performances will take place at the Joy Performance Center, 202 S. Railroad Ave., Kings Mountain. The Kingsmen Quartet headlines the Friday night Gospel program on April 12. Men Standing For Christ - like the Kingsmen - was formed in the 1950’s and continues the tradition of black quartet singing. Darin and Brooke Aldridge will bring a style of country/bluegrass gospel that has been described as “contemporary traditional”. Tickets for the
Friday night show are $20. Show starts at 7:00 pm. “I’m excited!” says Jimmy Wayne country music singer, songwriter, author and motivational speaker – when he talks about the opportunity to perform at the festival. “I’m sure it’s going to be great! I really look forward to (performing for) and hanging with my hometown folks!” The Saturday night show featuring Wayne along with festival hosts Darin and Brooke Aldridge will start at 8:00. Tickets are $25. Tickets for both nights are available at the Joy box office, and the Kings Mountain Herald office. Saturday, from 1:00 until 4:00, the music will be free and will feature bands Unspoken Tradition and Harvest. Darin and Brooke Aldridge will also make an appearance on the Free Music Stage at the Joy. To kick off the free music stage Darin will showcase some of his music students. Churches and community groups are
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that we can dedicate another portion of our Patriots Memorial during the Memorial Day Observance on May 27 at Patriots Park,” added Murphrey. Residents who are able to supply information or wish to donate are encouraged to contact 704-7340333 or email, ellisn@cityofkm.com.
SHOWCASE: for Smart Grid Jimmy Wayne will perform at the Music Fest Saturday, April 13. encouraged to set up exhibits or displays in designated outdoor areas next to the Joy. There is no fee for participating groups and no admission charge. Music Fest is a benefit for the local Green Banana Project which seeks to instill hope into the lives of needy residents of Cleveland and Gaston counties. The Kings Mountain Herald is the sponsor for the two day event.
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directors and field staff. The event will include breakout stations with demonstrations of the various components of the Smart Grid technology, Consumer and Utility Portals, and continual field tours of the deployed electric, natural gas, and water meter infrastructure and corresponding two-way communication equipment.
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The supporting cast includes Jacob Hoffman as Ike Skidmore, Keith Kiser as Fred, Tom Bennett as Slim, Anna Rednour as Gertie Cummings, Estelle Grabert as Ellen, Janie Ollis as Kate, Anna Marie Vagnozzi as Sylvie, Judy Jones as Armina, Eveleyn Kiser as Aggie, Greg Dixon as Cord Elam and Jon Bennett as Joe. They all contribute to songs and dance numbers. You’ll love the music, the comedy, some serious parts, and the ending in a 2 ½ hour show that moves very quickly with the expertise of an orchestra including Andy Neisler, percussion; Libby Putnam, piano; Jerre Snow, bass; Liz Vincent, flute; and Maureen Westlund, saxophone. Putnam is music director and Dawn Rickus is choreographer. Harris Funeral Home sponsors the performances. Joy Performance Center is located at 202 S. Railroad Avenue. Tickets to the show are $10.
Beth Lloyd, Guidance Counselor at West, who moderated Thursday’s meeting, said students are educated on a three-step stop bullying program in the classroom. She said the purpose of the meeting with parents was to give parents the opportunity to see, first hand, what their children had been learning at school. Parent support is the key to the success of the program, said Lloyd. The three-step anti-bullying program teaches students how to respond if they are being bullied by other students. 1 – “Stop” –Student are taught to use the palm out “Stop” signal while looking directly at the other student and say in a firm voice “STOP!” This signal is used if a student is being bullied or if he or she sees someone else being bullied. If the students have been given the “Stop” signal, they have been taught to stop whatever they are doing, take a deep breath, count to three, and continue what they had been doing before the confrontation, following all school rules. Students should stop whatever they are doing regardless of whether they feel they deserved the “Stop” signal or not. This is teaching students to show respect for others as well as for themselves. 2 – “Walk” (Walk away or ignore) – If the students
give the “Stop” signal but the problem behavior continues, they are taught to “Walk” away from the source of the problem. If they are in a situation where they can’t “Walk,” such as riding the school bus, they were taught to ignore the problem by looking in the other direction and not to respond to any further actions by the problem student. In the case of physical injury, or danger of physical injury, the students have been taught to report the incident to an adult immediately. 3 – “Talk” – If using the “Stop” signal and walking away does not solve the issue, students have been taught to “Talk” to an adult. The staff members at West Elementary will discuss the issue with the student causing the problem. They will remind them what they have been taught to do when given the “Stop” signal by another student. The staff also enforces appropriate consequences for breaking a school rule. If the student continues to engage in disrespectful or unsafe behaviors, parents are notified. “We hope that by the students learning and utilizing the “Stop-Walk-Talk” program, they will feel safer at school, be able to help one another, get in trouble less often and have the ability to stay focused on learning,’’ said Lloyd.
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7 in 6th lift KM over rival Shelby
KM sweeps Charger Relays
Kings Mountain scored seven runs in the sixth inning to defeat Shelby 8-6 in a non-conference baseball game Friday night at Shelby's Keeter Stadium. The win improved the Mountaineers' record to 23 overall and 0-1 in the Big South 3A. The Mountaineers took advantage of three walks, two wild pitches and five hits to erase a 6-1 Golden Lions lead. After walks to Alex Grooms, Cameron Bullock and Zach Hegler, the Mountaineers scored two runs on wild pitches. Daniel Barrett's double plated a run. After Logan Stevens singled, Wil Sellers lashed a two-run double, Alex Reynolds had an RBI double and Landon Bolin singled home the winning run. Reynolds picked up his second pitching win against no losses. He went 2 2/3 innings in relief, giving up just one run and three hits. Grooms started for the Mountaineers and worked 4 1/3 innings, giving up five runs and six hits. Stevens and Bolin led the KM hitting with two hits each as the Mountaineers handed the Lions their fourth loss in five outings.
KM girls, boys teams keep unbeaten record
South Pointâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mitchell Painter dives back to first base to avoid being picked off in last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big South 3A opener at Kings Mountain. Taking the throw from pitcher Alex Grooms is first baseman Alex Reynolds. South Point won 4-2.
3-run second inning lifts Raiders over KM South Point took advantage of three Kings Mountain errors and a two-run double by Dustin Wiles to score three runs in the second inning and the Raiders went on to defeat the Mountaineers 4-2 in the two teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Big South 3A opener Tuesday night at KMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lancaster Field. Kings Mountain came back to trim the margin to 3-2 before South Pointâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mykel Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; run-scoring double in the fifth inning put the game on ice. Both teams turned in strong pitching performances and used good defense to keep the game close. Andrew Locklear worked the first five innings for the Raiders and got the win. He gave up five hits and struck out seven. The Mountaineers cut the Raidersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lead to 3-1 in the second when Alex Reynolds doubled down the right field line and scored on an infield out by Lan-
don Bolin. Kings Mountain trimmed the margin to 3-2 in the fourth when Logan Stevens led off with a single and scored on another opposite field double by Reynolds. After a single by Andrew Moore put runners on the corners with one out, Locklear fanned Bolin and the Raiders picked Reynolds off third base to get out of the jam. Aaron Biggerstaff came on in the sixth for South Point to retire the side in order and then give up a harmless infield single to Bolin in the seventh. Reynolds came over from first base after Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; RBI double with two out in the fifth and retired the final seven Raiders in order. Locklear had two hits for the Raiders. Reynoldsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; two doubles led the Mountaineers. Stevens, Moore, Bolin and Alex Grooms each had a single.
Kings Mountain Highâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s track teams remained undefeated by sweeping the Charger Relays last Tuesday at Crest High School. The Lady Mountaineers finished with 52 points to outdistance Crest (30), Burns (26) and Shelby (25). The Mountaineers edged Shelby 43-38 with Crest (30), Burns (17) and Chase (15) trailing. The KM girls finished first in the triple jump, long jump, discus, shot, cross country 4x1, spring, 4x800, distance medley and throwers 4x100 meters. The Mountaineers won the discus, 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400. Mountaineer coach Rayvis Key came away happy with his young teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance and looks forward to a lot more victories throughout the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team had some big shoes to fill after losing All-Conference athletes like Jake Lancaster, Larry Smith and Jonathan Boone,â&#x20AC;? Key said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But so far we have had some pleasant surprises. We are 6-0 after winning the inaugural Charger Relays.â&#x20AC;? Key looks to several Mountaineers to go far this season. Justice Taylor, who recently finished second in the State Indoor meet with a triple jump of 44â&#x20AC;&#x2122;4â&#x20AC;?, is also strong in the long jump and high jump. Senior Logan McGill, the MVP of the track/cross country team in 2012, runs a 4.58 indoor mile. He leads a new group of distance runners in the 4x800, mile, 800 and 2-mile. Senior Cody Griffith leads a young group of throwers in the discus, which he has thrown 118 feet, and the shot (42â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10â&#x20AC;?). Senior Baron Crawford is strong in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays and will probably also See Track, Page 2B
Alumni game April 6 The second annual Kings Mountain High School Alumni baseball game will be played Saturday, April 6 at Lancaster Field. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game will be dedicated to the memory of Coach Tony Leigh, who was an All-Conference baseball player for the Mountaineers in 1967 and who coached the Mountaineers from 1996-2002, posting 100 victories and taking his 1999 team three rounds in the state 3A playoffs. Prior to taking over as varsity assistant and head JV coach, Leigh coached the
Kings Mountainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Katy Robinson (18) battles a Burns player for control of the ball in last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer match at Gamble Stadium.
Rain suspends KM-Huss Kings Mountain's women's soccer team was leading Hunter Huss 21 with 7:07 left in the first half Monday night when the match was postponed due to rain. The teams were to continue play last night at Huss. The Lady Mountaineers host Ashbrook Wednesday at 6 p.m. Mikayla Price scored KM's first goal Monday off an assist from Jada Mauney. Madie Skeith scored the second goal, assisted by MC Dellinger.
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Patriots beat Burns, Lincolnton in openers Kings Mountain Middle Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baseball team opened its Tri-County Conference season last week with East Division victories over Burns and Lincolnton which ran their overall record to 4-0. The Patriots whipped Burns 17-6 Monday. Madisyn Bolin pitched the first three innings, giving up just two hits, one run and striking out four. Alex Goff pitched one inning and was tagged for three unearned runs. Bryson Bailey worked two innings, scattering three hits, giving up two runs and fanning two. Steven Russell hurled the final inning, striking out two of the three batters he faced.. Burns led 1-0 through three innings before the Patriots struck for nine runs on five hits, four walks and two errors. Burns rallied for three unearned runs in the fourth to cut the margin to 9-4. Kings Mountain broke the game wide open with five runs in the sixth and two in the seventh. Burnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; final two runs came in the sixth. Bailey led the KM plate attack with four hits and Russell had three. Brian Lysek and Hunter Cash and two hits each and John Bell
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had one hit and three walks. The Patriots defeated Lincolnton 19-3 in five innings on Wednesday. The Patriots went up 5-0 in the first inning and added another in the second before Lincolnton scored three in the third to make it a 6-3 game. Kings Mountain answered with eight runs in the bottom of the third to break the game open. Lysek pitched the first two innings, giving up three hits and fanning five. Palmer Davis pitched the third and fourth, giving up three hits and fanning two. Bailey hurled the final inning, giving up no hits and fanning two. The Patriots went 13-for-27 at the plate with Davis leading the way with an insidethe-park home run and two triples while scoring four runs. Bailey was 3-for-3 with a walk and three runs; Lysek had two hits and a walk and three runs. John Bell and Steven Russell each were 1-for-2 with two walks and three runs. Also getting one hit apiece were Madisyn Bolin and Hunter Champion. KM took advantage of nine walks and a sacrifice fly by Hunter Cash.
Mountaineer netters improving Kings Mountain High's men's tennis team is off to an 0-5 start, but according to coach Rick Henderson the Mountaineers are improving each day. "Even though we have yet to wi a match, every day we are making strides in our confidence with a very young and determined team," Henderson said. "With each and every match we are truly showing progress." Lincolnton 6, KM 3 Singles Ethan Miller (L) d. Isaiah Cole 4-6, 6-1, 10-6; Gibson Connor (KM) d. Felipe Soto 6-4, 4-6, 10-8; Dylan Ervin (KM) d. Andrew Cromer 64, 6-4; DJ Poston (L) d. Robert Baker 6-1, 7-5; Dalton Cash (KM) d. Tim Still-
well 2-6, 6-2, 10-6; Ibrahim Hodzic (L) d. Bailey Goodson 7-5, 6-4. Doubles Soto/Cromer (L) d. Cole/Connor 10-7; Miller/Poston (L) d. Ervin/Jordan Rollins 10-3; Baker/Cash (KM) d. Stilwell/Adam Albright 10-8. Burns 5, KM 4 Singles Isaiah Cole (KM) d. Tyler Helms 8-5; Michael Page (B) d. Gibson "Connor 8-1; Dylan Ervin (KM) d. Seth Brogden 9-7; Alex Lovelace (KM) d. Bryson Proctor 8-4; Donnie Mayalathong (KM) d. Nick Fulbright 8-6; Brandon Shull (B) d. Robert Baker 8-5. Doubles Helms/Page (B) d. Cole/Lovelace 8-2; Brog-
den/Proctor (B) d. Connor/Ervin 8-2; Fulbright/H. Bumgardner (B) d. Baker/Cash 8-3. Forestview 6, KM 3 Singles Isaiah Cole (KM) d. Jeff Friday 7-5, 2-6, 10-8; Gibson Connor (KM) d. Brandon Fulcomer 6-1, 6-2; Hayes Cloninger (F) d. Dylan Ervin 7-5, 6-3; Griffin Harwell (F) d. Alex Lovelace 6-3, 1-6, 6-2; Zach Cunningham (F) d. Devin Ayscue 7-5, 6-4; Sam Maney (F) d. Alex Martin 6-2, 6-1. Doubles Cole/Connor (KM) d. Cloninger/Cunningham 107; Harwell/Maney (F) d. Baker/Cash 10-7; Fulcomer/Jacob Richards (F) d.Ervin/Justin Queen 10-7.
KMTD golf tourney set The sixth annual Kings Mountain Touchdown Club Golf Tournament will be played Friday, May 3 at Kings Mountain Country Club. The tournament is a fourperson captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice and is limited to the first 30 registered teams. There is a shotgun start at 1 p.m. The cost is $60 per player and includes one mulligan, one red tee and lunch at
11:30 a.m. Prizes will be awarded for closest to the pin on par 3s and longest drive for men, women and seniors. The field will be flighted after completion of play and prizes will be awarded to first place in each flight. Proceeds will benefit the Kings Mountain High School field house project. Sponsorships are available for $100 (gold), $50 (silver) and $25 (bronze). To
be included on the sponsor board let the KMTD Club know by April 19. Checks should be made payable to KM Touchdown Club and mailed to PO Box 2017, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. All hole sponsorships are tax deductible. For more information contact KMTD president David Brinkley or Larry Hamrick Jr. at Warlick and Hamrick Associates.
Kings Mountain pitcher Reagan Childers gets ready to catch a pop up in last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s non-conference game with Burns at KMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lancaster Field #3. Below, Leah Herndon pulls into third base on grounder by teammate.
KMMS soccer blanks Lincolnton The Kings Mountain Middle School girls soccer team shutout Lincolnton 9-0 in Tri-County Conference action Wednesday at the KM field. Paloma Detloff scored the first goal of the game. Virginia Dellinger scored four goals and Sara Pasour, Cassidy Calhoun and McKenzie Ramsey scored one goal each. McKenzie Ramsey, Virginia Dellinger and Katelin Phaengkhamhak each had one assist.
KM ladies win 9-2 over Bandys Kings Mountain Highâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s softball team defeated Bandys 9-2 in a non-conference game Wednesday at the KM field. Reagan Childers hurled the win, fanning three and scattering six hits. Leah Herndon led the plate attack with four hits and one RBI. Emily Hester had two hits and one RBI and Childers had two RBIs. On Tuesday evening, the Lady Mountaineers saw Burns score three runs in the top of the eighth inning to post a 3-0 win.
Childers pitched all eight innings for the KM ladies. She scattered nine hits, but four of them came in the eighth when the Lady Bulldogs broke a scoreless tie. Kings Mountain managed only two hits with Leah Herndon and Amber Goins getting one each.
KMMS tennis falls to Crest Kings Mountain Middle fell to Crest 6-3 in a TriCounty tennis match last week.
8-1; Leatherman (KM) d. Pauley 8-5; Whisnant (Cr) d. Condrey 8-3; Hendricks (Cr) d. Skeith 8-3; Cox (Cr) d. Fite 8-1; Warren (Cr.) d. Sparks 8-6. Doubles Ervin/Leatherman (KM) d. Wacaster/Hendricks 8-5; Pauley/Whisnant (Cr) d. Condrey/Skeith 8-1; Cox/Warren (Cr) d. Fite/Belcher 8-4. Exhibitions Hunt/Corn (KM) d. Hamrick/Ramsey 6-3; Dalton/Madison (Cr) d. Rochford/Sparks 6-4.
Singles Ervin (KM) d. Wacaster
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Government KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY COUNCIL - meets last Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Kings Mountain City Hall, 101 W. Gold St. CLEVELAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 6 p.m. in the commissioners’ chambers, second floor, County Administration Building, 311 East Marion Street, Shelby. CLEVELAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S Satellite Office opens – Meet Sheriff Alan Norman and share concerns every third Thursday in the month from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Kings Mountain City Hall.
Thursday, March 21, 2013 at the Neal Center in Shelby, from noon – 1 p.m. There will be light refreshments and the event is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted. S.H.O.P items for the month of March are spaghetti noodles and two pounds of sugar. These items are for the Crisis Ministry of Kings Mountain and can be dropped off in the front lobby of the Patrick Center. You do not have to be a senior to contribute to this project. LET’S TALK ABOUT HEARING – Thursday, March 21, 9 a.m. in Conference Room 1, Dr. Sharon Ehrenberg will share information on hearing loss, how it affects your health as you age and steps you can take to improve your hearing. JOHN GRUBB & THE FULL QUIVER concert for Good Friday, March 29, has been cancelled.
Club Meetings KINGS MOUNTAIN ROTARY CLUB - Meets every Thursday, noon, at the Kings Mountain Patrick Senior Center, 909 E. King St. SOUTHERN ARTS SOCIETY – Meets every first Thursday of the month at the KM Art Center (Old Depot), 301 N. Piedmont Ave. Social time is at 6:30 p.m. and the program is at 7 p.m. Visitors are welcome. KINGS MOUNTAIN WOMAN’S CLUB – Meets the 4th Monday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Kings Mountain Woman’s Club, East Mountain Street. EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR KINGS MOUNTAIN WOMAN’S CLUB– Meets the 2nd Monday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Kings Mountain’s Woman’s Club, East Mountain Street. MILITARY SUPPORT GROUP – Meets the fourth Thursday of every month at Central United Methodist Church. IN COUNTRY VIETNAM VETERANS breakfast group – Meets the 2nd Monday of every month, 9 a.m., at Mountain View Restaurant in Kings Mountain. Contact Steve Brown at 704739-2725 for more information. KM KIWANIS CLUB – Meets each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. for dinner in the Community Room (lower level) at the Mauney Memorial Library, South Piedmont Ave. KM LIONS CLUB– Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Linwood Restaurant, 805 Cleveland Ave. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS: Kings Mountain: Christ the King Catholic Church, 714 Stone St., 6:30 p.m., meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Contact: Mary (704) 482-8690; Lincolnton: Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2639 N. Carolina 150, 10:30 a.m. – Noon, 2nd & 4th Saturdays, hut in back, Contact: Robbie (704) 616-2630; Shelby: Cleveland County Memorial Library, 103 Howie Drive, Call for meeting times, Contact: Robbie (704) 616-2630. You may also call the ReachLine & Information at (704) 319-1625, or go to www.oa.org. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively. There are no dues or fees for membership. The groups are self-supporting.
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BAKE SALE CHANGE IN DATE The craft bazaar and bake sale scheduled for Saturday, March 23, at the Patrick Senior Center has been cancelled. The bake sale has been rescheduled to take place on Friday, March 22 in the lobby area of the center. Bake sale will start at 9:00 a.m. and go until 1:00 p.m. or until most items are sold. The craft bazaar will be scheduled at a later time. Please watch in paper and newsletter for new day and time.
Hospice Hospice Training Class - Hospice training is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about hospice care and the services provided to the community. This 12-hour course is free and there is no obligation to volunteer. To get credit for the entire course, you will need to attend all days at one of the times offered. For more information, contact ext. 111. March 25, 26, and 28, 9:30am 1:30pm or 5:30pm - 9:30pm Hospice Cleveland County Administration Building
Museum In March the museum is celebrating National Women’s History Month and has scheduled the following programs: March 1 – March 31: Home Made: Aprons from the Area The display will showcase antique aprons belonging to residents of the Kings Mountain area. Saturday, April 13 10am-4pm: KMHM Spring Fling The annual daylong event will feature living history demonstrations from the 38th North Carolina Civil War reenactment group. Other events for the day include a performance by the Log Cabin String Band and a reading of Civil War letters by Joy W. Sparrow from the book Sparrows’ Nest of Letters, edited by Joy W. Sparrow at 10:30am. Kings Mountain Historical Museum is OPEN Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm. The cost of admission is free, however donations are appreciated. All donations go towards supporting the museum’s mission of informing the public of the history of the City of Kings Mountain and surrounding areas by preserving and exhibiting the 19th and early 20th century collection Library Events All events, unless other wise listed will be at the Mauney Memorial Library, 100 South Piedmont Avenue, Kings Mountain.
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FREE COMPUTER CLASSES @ MAUNEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Thursday,Mar. 21, 3:30-5:00, Ipads Tuesday, Apr. 9, 3:30-5:00, Intro to Internet Tuesday, Apr. 16, 3:30-5:00, Intro to Computers Call 704-739-2371 option 3 to reserve your place. PRE-SCHOOL STORYTIME – Tuesdays, 10 a.m., 3-5 years old, and Thursdays, 10 a.m., 2 years and under, at Mauney Memorial Library, in the Community Room. Call 704-739-2371 and choose option 2 for more information.
Gaston College FREE NOTARY PUBLIC TRAINING – The Notary Training course is required to obtain a commission as a Notary Public in North Carolina or as a refresher course. Pre-registration and pre-payment is required for this course a minimum of five business days prior to the class start date. Annual Morris Library Magazine Sale will be held Feb. 25 - March 22at the Morris Library, Dallas Campus. Older magazines will be discarded. Many titles are not only great for pleasure reading, but for school projects, craft ideas, recipes, and more. The cost is $1 each. Be sure to bring correct change. For a listing of magazine titles, visit the library’s website: http://www.gaston.edu/library/pdfs/periodicallist.pdf. For more information, call 704.922.6358. Apply Now for Job Openings - Gaston College Students, employees and alumnus can register to view and apply to current job opportunities on the nation’s largest entry-level job board. Go to www.CollegeCentral.com/GastonCollege<http://www.collegecentral.com /GastonCollege>Ed2go Online Classes - Over 450 on-line courses are available atwww.ed2go.com/gaston<http://www. ed2go.com/gaston>. For information, call 704.922.6251 or email: hoyle.gail@gaston.edu. Blood Drives - Thursday, March 21, 3:00pm-7:00pm, Woodbridge HOA, 1115 Stoney Point Road, Kings Mountain
Special Events Owl’s Eye Winery – Roger Padgett, of Kings Mountain, will give his first solo performance at Owl’s Eye on Friday, March 22. Well known locally, Roger formerly played with Evergreen and in addition to his career as a solo guitarist and vocalist, he also teaches guitar. He will play at Owl’s Eye from 7:00 until 9:00 PM. The Culture of Bluegrass Music in North Carolina: My Life as an Acciden-
tal Bluegrass Musician with John Santa - award-winning video producer, musician, author, teacher, and storyteller examines the rich history and heritage of bluegrass music in the Tar Heel State. The event will be held in the auditorium, Gaston County Public Library, 1555 East Garrison Boulevard, Gastonia, Thursday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. It is free and appropriate for adults and high school students. Reservations are not needed except for organized groups to ensure seating. City of Kings Mountain annual Easter Egg Hunt - Saturday, March 30 at 10 a.m. at the Children’s Playground at the YMCA on Highway 161 (Cleveland Avenue). Activities will include a petting zoo, games, storytelling, baby bunnies and peeps, and activities for the children. For the egg hunt, one gold egg will be mixed in with the other eggs in each age category. Each child that finds the golden egg will receive a $25 gift certificate from “Toys R Us”. The Easter Bunny will arrive by fire truck to begin the egg hunt. Mauney Memorial Library, the YMCA and Cleveland County Childcare Connections will also be participating in the event. Participants should also bring a basket and camera. The Easter Bunny will “hop around town” and visit various daycare centers, assisted living centers and the Patrick Senior Center on Thursday, March 28. For additional information, call 704734-0333 or visit www.cityofkm.com. VFW POST 9811 ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT – Saturday, March 30 from noon – 5 p.m. The VFW Post 9811 will host an Easter celebration that’s fun for the whole family. There will be free hot dogs, followed by an egg hunt for the kids, child friendly games and prizes, face painting, an Easter basket raffle and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Come join in the fun at 3800 Margrace Rd. in Kings Mountain. Dinner for cancer survivors - The City of Kings Mountain chapter of Relay for Life is hosting an evening of fun, food and more on April 22, at 6:00 p.m. Love’s Fish Box has generously agreed to cater the event and there will be a guest speaker, prizes and more. This is an invitation to anyone who has survived cancer and a guest of their choice. All you need to do is contact Relay for Life with your name and address so that they can send you an invitation. You can register @ http://www.relayforlife.org/, Call Amy @ 704-6924637, or reach them on Facebook @ Cityofkm RelayforLife ZUMBA - Every Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, 7 p.m., Kings Mountain National Guard Armory, 300 Phifer Road. Instructor is Jennifer Stacey.
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Natalie Lutz,12, of Kings Mountain won the Lauren Coffey Memorial Hickory Classic held at the Lake Hickory Country Club March 15-17. Over 55 players from North and South Carolina competed in the U.S. Tennis Association sanctioned event. Natalie competed in the girls 15-under division. She defeated the #1 seed 6-0, 6-0 in the finals to claim the title. Natalie is currently ranked 13th in the state and 75th in the Southeast Region which covers nine staes.
â&#x2013; SPORTS THIS Thursday, March 21 4 p.m. - High school track, Kings Mountain, East Gaston, Hunter Huss, North Lincoln at Forestview. 4 p.m. - High school tennis, South Point at Kings Mountain Friday, March 22 4:30 - High school baseball, Ashbrook at Kings Mountain (JV/V). 6 p.m. - High school softball, Ashbrook at Kings Mountain. Monday, March 25 2 p.m. - High school golf, all Big South teams at Kings Mountain Country Club.
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Kings Mountain High School senior Chase Hullender has a musical senior project. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sponsoring a drive for old, or slightly used, musical instruments which he wants to distribute to school music and band programs. His project is appropriately called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Preservation of Fine Arts in Schools and Community.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will appreciate all donations of slightly used musical instruments which we can put to good use in the community,â&#x20AC;? said Chase. Call Chase at 704-9642718 or email him at Hullender@yahoo.com. Drop off locations are Kings
Mountain High School, Mercedes Humphries, and Bethware Elementary School, Susan Gray and Deanna Humphries. An AP honors student at Kings Mountain High, Chase is a member of the Beta Club and enjoys soccer. He plans to attend college after graduation and major in Biology with aspirations as a veterinarian. He has a twin brother, Ryan Hullender, a KMHS senior, and an older sister, Taylor Hullender of Charlotte. Their parents are Kim and Trent Hullender of Kings Mountain. Donations will be accepted through April 11.
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Mountaineer golfers fifth in first Big South match Kings Mountain finished fifth in the first Big South 3A Conference golf match Monday at Green Meadows. Forestview won with a 280 score, followed by South Point 292, Crest 327, North Gaston 334, KM 337 and Ashbrook 370. Matt Shepard led the Mountaineers with an 82. Steven Smith shot 83, Miles Robinson 86, Devin Heath 86, Zach Saldo 87 and Jacob Miller 101. Will Long of Forestview was medalist with a 67.
Career Fair Pictured is Kings Mountain Intermediate School’s team in the Battle of the Books competition in which KMIS tied for third place.
KMIS students tie for third in Battle of the Books Eleven students from Kings Mountain Intermediate School tied for third place in competition with Shelby Intermediate and Middle, Crest Middle, Burns Middle and Kings Mountain Middle School in Battle of the Books.
Members of the KMIS team are Caleb Barnes, Nathan Bess, Brooklyn Bowen, Gage Grabert, Tamara Griffin, Amie Khounmeuang, Josh Lewis, Jon Ley, Kayla Patterson, Nathan Siphanthone, and Emily Wilson.
Student coaches were Kelly-Anne Cartee, Seth Dyer, Kaitlynne Lynch, and Matthew Madden. Teacher coach was Tonnie Bearfield, NBCT Media Coordinator.
KMHS play is rated excellent “Down Came the Rain,” the Kings Mountain High School theatre play which has won rave reviews and won the North Carolina High School Play Festival, received a rating of excellent and was well received by
judges and festival coordinators at the March 6-10 Southeastern Theater Conference High School Festival in Kentucky. Nick Lease and Justin Chapman got Star, excellent in acting, awards. The Kings
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Three KMIS teams in top five at Math Day Thirteen teams of fifth-graders competed in the 21st Annual Math Day, March 12 at Gardner-Webb University. Sponsored by the Cleveland County Schools’ Educational Foundation, the competition included individual and team events. Participating students - whose selection was based on qualifying tests given in December - were from Boiling Springs, Casar, Fallston, Springmore, Township Three, Union and Washington elementary schools and Kings Mountain and Shelby intermediate schools. Winning teams were Kings Mountain Intermediate (KMIS) Team 1, first place; Boiling Springs Elementary, second place; KMIS Team 2, third place; Township Three Elementary, fourth place; and KMIS Team 3, fifth place. Individual students scoring the most points overall were Cameron Stevens of KMIS, first place; Makayla White of Boiling Springs, second place; Cameron Fitch of KMIS, third place; and, tied for fourth place, were Simon West of KMIS and Eli Brooks of Springmore. Students who scored the most points on their teams were Makayla White of Boiling Springs; Cheyenne Hoyle of Casar; Corey Brackett of Fallston; Cameron Stevens of KMIS Team 1; Summer Campbell of KMIS Team 2; Nicholas Stewart of KMIS Team 3; Alex Niblack of Shelby Intermediate (SIS) Team 1; Tom Hougas of SIS Team 2; Tulsi Patel of SIS Team 3; Eli Brooks of Springmore; Austin Plummer of Township Three; Daniel Gibson of Union; and Riley Bowling of Washington.
Angela Cox earns degree from Limestone GAFFNEY, SC— During Limestone College’s December graduation exercises, Angela Cox of Kings Mountain was bestowed a
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John Laughlin of Laughlin Furniture presented the top three teams $500, $300 and $200 respectively to purchase math supplies and materials. Judges were Jeff Cox of PPG Industries, retired; Michael Withrow of Duke Energy;
Nicole Phongsa of Ultra Machine Co.; Becky Earley and Jamey Davis of the Educational Foundation; and Pam Turner of Turner Trucking Co. Students participating from KMIS were: Team I – Noah Dettloff, Cameron Finch, Athena Ross, Cameron Stevens, Rexen Venevongsoth, Simon West, and Coach Jimmy Davis; Team II – Summer Campbell, Jacob Cox, Allison Dennis, Triston Hannon, Eli Radford, Lexi Wright, and Coach Roxanna Gaffney; and Team III – Brooke Clark, George Long, Abbi Pruitt, Nicholas Stewart, Tracy Stewart, Gabe Stroup, and Coach Lindsay Jo Ellis. Other students participating were: Boiling Springs – Mallory Collins, Robert Lance, Catherine Lilly, Grace Ribadeneyra, Clay Webber, Makayla White and Coach Beth Triplett; Casar – Jeremy Blanton, Callie Cooke, Cheyenne Hoyle, Luke Lytle, Steele McNeilly, Hannah O’Brien, and Coach Connie Daman; Fallston – Andrew Arnold, Corey Brackett, Avery Bridges, Anna Centofanti, Nate Dixon, Elijah Frye, and Coach Amy Mittelman; Shelby Intermediate School Team I – Sherlencia Bonner, Tori Clifton, Morgan Dixon, Alex Niblack, Kensley Kendrick, Ryley Tolbert, and Coach Annette McCarter; SIS Team II- Cutter Foulk, Nautica Gaston, Tom Hougas, Anne Queen, Carly Spangler, Benesh Tackett, and Coach Melissa Wilson; SSI Team III – Dasha Allen, Savannah Blackburn, McKenzie Hill, Tulsi Patel, Emily Patterson, Reece Ware, and Coach Anna Love; Springmore Luke Beason, Eli Brooks, Riley Cash, Macie Greene, Gunner Hogston, Seth Turner, and Coach Carolyn Lee; Township 3 – Legacy Blanton, Luke Earls, Dustin Ledbetter, Paige McIntyre, Austin Plummer, Kah’leah Wilson, and Coach Nicole Taylor; Union – Katelyn Bennett, Daniel Gibson, KJ Leslie, Dillon Scism, Mason Smith, Jaquarius Wells, and Coach Micha’l Floyd; Washington- Mason Abernathy, Riley Bowling, Kaleb Cook, Devin Drewery, Johnny Hernandez, Dylan Morse and Coach Susan Beam.
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STUDENT WINNERS - Kendra Thompson, left, won the first place award for “School Bus” and Xavier Johnson won the second place award for “Free at Last” in the City of Kings Mountain’s photography contest for students on Dr. Martin Luther King Day event. The two young people took home cash prizes totaling $250. Mayor Rick Murphrey (right) presented the awards.
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Johann Sherrill, left, who pinned Nancy Ross and Ruth Mayhew, and Woman’s Club President Betty Gamble who made the 25-year member presentations recently.
Woman’s Club meets Nancy Ross and Ruth Mayhew were surprised with 25year membership pins from the Kings Mountain Woman’s Club at the recent meeting. President Betty Gamble made the presentations and the two women were pinned by Johann Sherrill. Tonya Wilson, who has been active in the club for several years, was voted “Club Woman of the Year.” Johnsie Reavis presented the program on “Water Color Extravaganza.” Art supplies were on tables for the 26 participants who designed and painted their own bookmarks. Johnsie Reavis and Tonya Wilson presented highlights of the recent District Arts Festival and Wilson congratulated Betty Gamble for her work on the club’s annual yearbook that won first place in district competition. The state arts festival will be held March 8-9 at Campbell College. Ann Bennett invited members to contribute small personal items to a veterans box on display at the clubhouse. Sue Litaker, Education chairman, announced plans for a yard sale on Saturday, March 9, at the Woman’s Club. Various groups from the area are invited to sign up for a table for $10 and display goods. Call Litaker at 704-739-0394 to reserve a table. Tables can be set up the evening of March 8 or early morning March 9. Linda Appling reported that recipes are being solicited from townspeople for recipes for a Woman’s Club cookbook. Recipes should be mailed to Ann Bennettt, PO Box 544, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. Some 800 recipes are needed for the book.