School lunches remain free this year

By Loretta Cozart

All schools in Kings Mountain and Grover have been approved as CEP (Community Eligibility Provision) Schools for the 2023-2024 school year. Cleveland County Schools (CCS) is eligible to be a CEP school district in 2023-2024 because the overall district-wide percentage of identified free and reduced students is over 62.5%.

Specifically, CCS is at 64.71%. This designation is good for four years and is reviewed annually. As a CEP school district, all CCS students are eligible to receive breakfast and lunch free of charge, regardless of free or reduced status. Additional items will be available for purchase à la carte. CCS uses a new program this year for cafeteria sales called LINQ Connect. You must sign up online to deposit funds for ala-carte items into your student’s account.

As an account holder, you can use LINQ Connect for on-demand access to your student's secure school account to easily make payments, link student accounts, access menus, and track à la carte purchases.

Meals, foods, and beverages sold or served at schools meet state and federal requirements based on the USDA Dietary Guidelines. All meals, foods, and beverages are prepared and served by qualified School Nutrition professionals. CCS provides students with access

BeachBlast Festival nominated for CBMA 2022 Event of the Year

to a variety of affordable and appealing foods that meet the health and nutritional needs of students.

According to the Cleveland County Schools’ website, there are several rules to share with your student relating to school lunches:

• Breaking in line is unfair to all concerned. Students who break the line will be disciplined.

• Students or parents cannot bring in fast food.

For the most accurate pricing information, and LINQ Connect to put money into a student’s lunch account, visit https://www.clevelandcountynutrition.org/, click on Schools, and drop down to Lunches. In the menu, click on Pre-payment Options.

Davidson Association Health Fair Saturday, August 19

Davidson Association’s Health Fair is Saturday, August 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and includes 20+ vendors from Kintegra, Atrium Health, and Cleveland County Health Department.

Looking Back

From Page 4A kinds of vegetables, and gets ready for sale for all his goods from hotels in Charlotte. The only trouble he has is demand is greater than the supply.

“Mr. A.M. Campbell, a mining expert who represents a wealthy company, is opening up some fine iron ore and will soon have improved machinery in operation. He has bought 400 acres

The public is encouraged to participate to learn more about ways to keep themselves healthy.

The event will be at Mt Zion Baptist Church Life Center at 220 N. Watterson of land and says he has no doubt of success, he is an enterprising go-ahead man, has no such a word in his book as fail. He drives out to the mine every morning and back in the evening. He has a Waterbury clock attached to his buggy to time his going in and out. When the speed of the horse slackens, he sets the alarm on his clock and lets her go faster.

“Capt. R. Goldsworthy, of London, an expert in the tin mine business is in Kings Mountain

The City of Kings Mountain’s Special Events Department is celebrating the nomination of the 2022 NC BeachBlast Festival for the Carolina Beach Music Awards “Event of the Year.”

The NC BeachBlast Festival is one of six events nominated for this prestigious award.

Each year, members of the Carolina Beach Music Awards Association nominate the best in Beach Music entertainment, such as radio announcers, bands, events, and clubs. After the nominations are announced, members then vote for the official winners of each category.

“It is really great that the CBMA has named the 2022 NC BeachBlast Festival as one of the top 6 events in the Southeast as announced on FM 94.9 The Surf.” says Mayor Scott Neisler. “For one weekend in the Piedmont of the Carolinas, we take our shoes off and pretend to walk in the sand enjoying some great beach music. This is a well-deserved accolade for our staff because we have no beach!”

The Carolina Beach

Music Awards will be held on November 12th. The awards ceremony will air online at www.949thesurf.com. The event will begin at 3:00 pm. This will be the NC BeachBlast Festival’s sixth nomination. BeachBlast took home the award in 2020.

Make plans to enjoy the 2023 NC BeachBlast Festival Friday, August 18th at 6:00 pm and Saturday, August 19th, at 10:00 am. The event will be held at Patriots Park.

Library’s Great Southeast Pollinator Census August 18

By Loretta Cozart

Mauney Memorial Library is sponsoring a meet-up for the Great Southeast Pollinator Census hosted at the Kings Mountain Gateway Trail at 807 S. Battleground Ave. in Kings Mountain on Friday, August 18, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend.

The Great Southeast Pollinator Census is a citizen science project created by the University of Georgia. This project is designed for everyone to participate and make a positive impact in pollinator conservation. To participate, arrive at Kings Mountain Gateway Trail at 9 a.m. to receive instructions.

To create a pollinator haven in your yard, follow these steps to attract them:

• Step 1: Evaluate your garden space. How much sun does it receive? Does it hold water or have good drainage?

• Step 2: Consider having your soil tested at your local Extension office. Results will help you pinpoint soil nutrition deficiencies.

• Step 3: Choose plants considering your planting site and lifestyle. If you are a traveler or busy outside of your home, choose low-

Kings prospecting for tine, and everything points to the opening of a rich mine in the near future. If so, Kings Mountain will be the garden of the South. We think their future is bright, they are on a boom in the building line. Six brick stores are going up, and several wood buildings. Kings Mountain is putting on airs just as they do in all prosperous towns.

Street in Kings Mountain. Davidson Alumni Resource Center, Inc is a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

“The girls wear red dresses and yellow shoes and scramble their hair and eat with a fork. The boys part their hair in the middle and walk with canes and smoke cigarettes.”

School

From Page 1A them to their classrooms, and to stations sharing information on transportation, telehealth, car riders, etc.

• East Elementary School, at 600 N. Cleveland Ave, holds its drop-in back-to-school and orientation and Title I Annual Public Meeting on Thursday, August 10, from 4 – 6 p.m. Parents are asked to go to the cafeteria at 4 p.m. for the Title I Annual meeting, where they will receive information regarding their student’s classroom assignment. Kindergarten students meet in the gym for orientation. Grades 1-4 Meet and Greet sessions will be held in their

BANANA SPLIT

ICE CREAM

Betty Ruff

3 bananas, mashed

1 tsp. vanilla

1 jar maraschino cherries, drained and halved

1 large can crushed pineapple, drained

2 cans sweetened condensed milk

1 small container Cool Whip

Blend the above ingredients well. Pour mixture in ice cream churn. Add sweet milk to fill line. (I use 1 percent AND I chilled milk overnight in the refrigerator.) Chuck used less than 1 assigned classrooms. Information on transportation, virtual health, etc., will be held in the gym.

• Grover Elementary School, at 206 Carolina Avenue, has its drop-in backto-school and orientation and Title I Annual Public Meeting on Thursday, August 10, at 10 a.m., and again at 1 p.m. Parents are asked to go to the cafeteria for the Title I Annual meeting, where they will also receive information regarding classroom assignments, transportation, orientation, telehealth, etc.

• North Elementary School, at 900 Ramseur Street, meets for its backto-school and orientation and Title I Annual Public Meeting on Thursday, August 10, at p.m. for all students, Pre-k through 4th bag of ice and ¾ box of ice cream salt. It was done in no time. Chuck layered ice and salt, ice, and salt.

PEACH COBBLER

Sue Shuler

3 lbs. fresh peaches or 2 cans peaches, drained

½ cup sugar

1 cup flour

½ tsp. salt

2 tsp. vanilla

2 tsp. baking powder

½ cup milk

Butter a 9x13-inch pan.

Slice and arrange peaches in bottom of pan. Mix rest of ingredients. Pour on top of fruit, spread to cover most of fruit. Bake at 350 degrees for grade. Class assignment letters will be mailed the first week of August.

• West Elementary School, at 500 W. Mountain Street, holds its Meet and Greet from 1 – 2 p.m. and again for a second session from 5 – 6 p.m. Two Title I Annual Public Meetings will be at 2 p.m. and again from 4:30 – 5 p.m.

• Pre-k parents will visit the gym for their required orientation.

• K-4 Meet and Greet sessions will be held in classrooms

• The Title I Annual Public Meeting will be held in the Media Center.

Intermediate School: Kings Mountain Intermediate School, at 227 Kings Mountain Boulevard, has a Drop-in Orientation and Title I Annual Public er-maintenance plants. Lean towards natives.

• Step 4: To attract the most diverse types of insects, vary flower form color and size. Plant in mass. Don’t plant one milkweed plant hoping to attract Monarch butterflies. If you have the room, plant 5, 7, 9 or more of each plant variety to ensure the butterflies can easily find the plants. Remember, though, even a large pot of pollinator plants on a patio balcony can make a difference!

• Step 5: Make sure your choices include August bloomers for the census next year.

(Ed. Note: The recipes in today’s Cooking Corner are from “Feeding the Flock,” a cookbook by A new Beginning Baptist Church.)

1 hour Serve with milk or ice cream. Serves 10-12.

STRAWBERRY PIZZA

Fritzy Sellers

2 sticks margarine, melted

2 cups chopped pecans

2 cups plain flour

1/3 cup brown sugar

PAT into Pizza pan and bake on 350 for 20-25 minutes. Let cool.

MIX:

8 oz. cream cheese

2 cups powdered sugar

1 large Cool Whip

Spread over crust. Layer strawberries on top (3 pints). Cover with strawberry glaze. Chill and enjoy!

Meeting scheduled for 5th and 6th graders on August 10 from 3 – 5 p.m. in the cafeteria. Parents should visit the gym for bus and car rider information.

Middle School: Kings Mountain Middle School, at 1000 Phifer Road, has an orientation for 7th and 8th graders on August 14 at 1:30, or 5:30 p.m. Orientation lasts one hour. Parents should enter the front of the school and proceed to the gym. From there, parents will be dispersed to classrooms.

High School: Kings Mountain High School, at 500 Phifer Road, has its orientation on August 10. Ninth graders meet in the auditorium from 5:30 – 8 p.m. Grades 10 – 12 attend a drop-in orientation from 1 – 3 p.m.