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New Mt. Holly public works headquarters is a winner

By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info

Mt. Holly’s assistant city manager Miles Braswell admires the front of the new public works facility. City employees have been enjoying the spacious and modern complex of buildings for a couple of months now.

Photo by Alan Hodge

“We did it nice and we did it right.”

That assessment of the new City of Mt. Holly Mt. Holly public works facility by assistant city manager Miles Braswell pretty well describes every aspect of the $4 million complex of buildings on Adrian St. that recently opened for business.

The project started with several structures that were purchased from American & Efird, then renovated to suit the city’s needs. To that was

added a brand new $2.6 million, 8,000 sq. ft. administration building, landscaping, and parking lots. The project was handled by Miles McClellan Construction Co. Bad weather challenged the project on several occasions, but one by one, city departments began to move into their new home which was officially occupied in late September 2018.

Let’s take a tour of the new facility.

Light, airy, clean, and efficient are good words to describe the administration building. The structure

will be the nerve center for the utility, streets and solid waste, building maintenance, parks and recreation, and fleet services administrative staff. Every room has brand new furniture. Offices and other rooms are flooded with light from large windows.

The floor is clean enough to eat off of, but why do that when there’s a nice break room for employees to enjoy.

An interesting feature of the administrative building is a special room where important documents such as See MHPW, Page 5

Belmont Banner bound volumes getting plenty of TLC at Abbey

by Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info

For those of you who have wondered where bound volumes of the Belmont Banner going back to 1945 went, here’s the answer. They are receiving care and conservation at the Belmont Abbey College Abbot Vincent Taylor Library.

Last July, the BannerNews and its parent company Community First Media, donated decades of bound volumes of the Belmont Banner to the Belmont Historical Society.. So, BHS president Stan Cromlish took the opportunity to move the volumes to the Abbey for conservation and safekeeping.

“As the President of the Belmont Historical Society, I cannot say enough about the generosity of Community First Media for their donation of seventy plus years of the Belmont Banner newspaper in bound volumes,” said

Amateur meteorologist Allen Aycoth of Springwood watches the swollen South Fork River in Cramerton after last week’s heavy rain.

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Belmont Abbey’s Dr. Denis Obermeyer, head of special collections at the Abbot Vincent Taylor Library, dusts off some of the Belmont Banner volumes that are being cared for there.

Photo by Alan Hodge Cromlish. “These volumes represent a period in Belmont history that saw textile manufacturing move from being a force that kept Belmont thriving to just a memory. The community transitioned from

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OPINION

Thursday, January 10, 2019

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“One must have a good memory to keep the promises one makes.

- Frederich Nietzsche

My Opinion:

Nintendo Nostalgia

Here’s to great health in 2019

When you grow up alongside a two-lane highway, you play a lot of one-player games.

You tend to play with action figures and toys more so than board games, play outside on a bicycle or in the woods, and even delve into the digital world of video games. It’s as if over the last twenty years or so, video games have taken more leaps and bounds than Super Mario did across television screens in the eighties. Lately I find myself having many of the “back in my day” conversations with friends and coworkers when I hear them talk about their children playing the latest digital craze, Fortnite. Don’t get me wrong, when I’m not at work or writing to my friends and neighbors in BannerNews, you will typically find me at home behind my Xbox controller battling zombies and saving humanity; but these are not the same rules I played by as a kid. As a matter of fact, my love of gaming began in the back bedroom of that house next to the fire department on Lucia Riverbend Highway.

As you may remember, I grew up with a lot of hand-me-down toys from my brother’s childhood. The original Stretch Armstrong (which was hard as a brick ten years down the road), an old He-Man bicycle with the training wheels still on it, A lot of the old McDonald’s Happy Meal toys, the list goes on and on. One of my favorite things to play with however was his old Nintendo Entertainment System, or what most of us call NES. A large, gray, rectangular box that you would plug into the back of your television provided me with countless hours of entertainment. He had tons of games collected throughout the years such as Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt, Startropics, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out, Galaga, Rampage, and Pac-Man just to name a few. The games were on cartridges that were

It’s a safe bet most folks would like to improve their physical and mental health in the coming year. I know I could use a lot of improvement. Perhaps some of you recall how I crowed in a column back in November about having lost a few pound and inches here and there. However, along came cold(er) weather and the holidays, and soon I found myself grabbing every sort of eatable thing I could get to hold still long enough to place in my ravenous, cavernous maw, and lo, and behold, I grew fat again. Sheesh.

To what source can we turn when the pounds begin creeping up on us like a Bengal tiger whose eyes, bigger than a yaller moon, watch us with fierce intensity from behind the bushes? Where oh where can we find relief from the inevitable effects of advancing years that grab our flesh and by the dual forces of gravity and lack of exercise pull it towards the center of the earth? What oh what can we do to perk our winter and darkness and endless rain weary spirits? The answer is simple... read women’s magazines.

A variety of publications find their way to the cabin where Sharon and I dwell. Every month for nearly thirty years a copy of my other employer Our State magazine appears in the mailbox. Everyone who lives in North Carolina should read Our State. Another publication is tossed in the driveway every day.

It’s a weekly newspaper. I look at the obits to see if my name or the names of any old UPS colleagues or Garinger High classmates are in it then I read the comics and then I throw it down and pick up something with real valuewomen’s magazines.

I used to scoff at Alan Hodge women’s magazines Banner-News Editor but they have some pretty good health and diet tips in them. All of the story headlines end in an exclamation mark. The women that are pictured with the articles are all grinning from ear to ear....yeah, verily, grinning like possums.

Here are some headlines from recent issues- “Dust bunnies are thyroid sappers!”, “Speed weight loss by looking at full plates!”, “Squirming trims your legs!”, “Pine bark reduces stress!”, “Soak in seaweed to stop bulging belly!”, “Supercharge your brain by doing nothing!”, “Ale soothes body aches!”, “Beat the blues by gossiping!”, “Speed fat burn by eating cookies!”, etc. & etc. You get the idea.

Another ilk of magazine that often appears at the house are those that keep tabs on celebrities and such. I can barely wait to see what the latest adventures of Harry and Meghan, and William and Kate, and Queen Elizabeth, and oh don’t leave out Charles and his mischievous woman Camilla are. I feel like I know them personally but they probably won’t ever invite me to high tea.

Another facet of the tabloids is they often run photos of “stars” doing everyday things dressed in everyday clothes. It’s comforting to know that even the rich and famous look pretty bad behind their Tinseltown facade.

Well that’s enough on my reading habits.

Here’s hoping you have a happy and healthy 2019 and don’t forget chocolate has a chemical in it - methamphetamine-that triggers a response in your brain that makes you feel like you are in love.

What a changing climate means for government

By Lee H. Hamilton Looking back at 2018’s weather-related news, it seems clear that this was the year climate change became unavoidable. I don’t mean that the fires in California or coastal flooding in the Carolinas were new evidence of climate change. Rather, they shifted the national mindset.

They made climate change a political issue that cannot be avoided.

The Earth’s climate changes all the time. But what we’re seeing today is different: the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather. The global impact of human activity — specifically, the burning of hydrocarbons — is shuffling the deck. And we’re only beginning to grasp the impact on our political and economic systems.

Warmer overall temperatures, for instance, have lengthened the growing season, but also worsened plant diseases and harmed insects vital to agriculture. There will be more droughts and

more heat waves, and the human cost and strain on public resources will be extensive.

The rise in sea levels will be even more disruptive. Sea levels have been increasing since we began burning fossil fuels in the 1880s, but the rise is occurring at a faster rate now, posing a threat to densely populated coastal areas.

I’m not mentioning all this to be alarmist. My point is that dealing with climate change constitutes a huge, looming challenge to government. Americans are fairly divided in their beliefs about climate change and policy makers struggle to come up with politically viable approaches.

The problem is that unless we get real, the changing climate will dramatically affect our way of life. In response to inaction in Congress and the administration, some states have taken important steps to address climate change, even though it’s best dealt with on the federal level.

Still, newer members of Congress appear to have more of an interest in addressing climate change than older, senior members. And the issue holds particular resonance for younger millennial voters, whose political influence will only grow over coming elections.

Only recently have thoughtful politicians I talk to begun to ask whether the political system can deal with the challenges posed by climate change before its impact becomes unstoppable.

The one thing we agree on is that climate change and how to deal with it will place real stress on the system in the years ahead.

Lee Hamilton is a Senior Advisor for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government; a Distinguished Scholar of the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies; and a Professor of Practice, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

about the size of a small paperback novel that you’d find at a Bargain Hunters in Mount Holly and if you put it in the machine and noticed it Shelton Fisher wouldn’t play, you had to pop it back out, take a deep breath in, and blow with all your might to get the dust out of it. Just be careful not to spit into it! The controller consisted of a directional pad, a start and select button, and an A and B button. That was all you needed to send the little 8-bit Mario hopping along the Mushroom Kingdom or to take Little Mac to the ring against Mike Tyson.

So, what is it exactly that has me so nostalgic you ask? Recently my wife and I went shopping to spend some Christmas and birthday money we had graciously received during the holiday season. I opted to go into Best Buy just to see what’s the hype these days and didn’t see much that caught my eye…

Until I saw an exact replica of the NES! As it turns out, Nintendo made small versions of their home console with 30 of the original games preloaded onto the system with a few upgrades. With this device, you can now save your progress on each game where it used to be impossible before. They also make wireless controllers for this system, so you won’t have to sit so close to the television. After all, Mom always said that it would ruin your eyes.

When I got it home and plugged it in, I felt like I was five years old again. Between the bright colors and the beeping music, it reminded me that when my other games get too complicated or I just need a break from demands of the real world that I can just plug in and reboot.

Why should you put the oxygen mask on yourself first?

By Tony Marciano This past Thanksgiving was an incredible, yet humbling experience for me. We loaded up the freezer truck with thousands of turkeys due to the generosity of so many people. Distributing those turkeys and Thanksgiving food boxes was an amazing experience. But by Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I was wiped out. That night I chewed out the manager at Bass Pro shop. On Thanksgiving morning, I didn’t wish the kitchen crew a happy Thanksgiving. I yelled at them for the music they were playing on the radio. I even had words with a community guest who was sneaking food out of our dining room. It wasn’t one of my better days.

Someone said that it revealed my character deficiencies and Jesus never handled people that way. I disagreed.

He did call people a bunch of blood sucking vipers. That wasn’t good Dale Carnegie, “How to Win Friends and Influence People.”

I chatted with a clinician who agreed it wasn’t a character issue. As we both discussed, my adrenaline was depleted. I wasn’t even

running on fumes. My tank had no gas and not even any

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VOLUMES From Page 1 South Fork. Through it all, the Banner newspaper has kept Belmont informed, and I am thankful that Community First Media and Alan Hodge saw fit to donate these volumes to the Belmont Historical Society. Currently, the Belmont Historical Society Museum at 40 Catawba Street does not have space to display them, but Belmont Abbey College has graciously offered space in the Abbot Vincent Taylor Library and help to restore some of the volumes that had deteriorated

over the years. The Belmont Historical Society is sincerely appreciative of the donation from Community First Media of the Banners and Belmont Abbey College for their help in maintaining this vital piece of Belmont history.”

The volumes needed help.

The newspaper office has moved numerous times over the decades. Palmetto bugs and mice have crawled all over them. Pages have yellowed and tattered. Bindings Belmont Historical Society president Stan Cromlish taking Belmont Banner volumes to his car for transport to the Abbey have loosened.

Enter Megin Vickers, library.

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She’s been working every chance she gets to render first aid to the volumes.

“Most were in pretty good condition due to being bound,” she said.”However, a lot of the edges are crumbling from pages being turned and they have a lot of age dust and droppings on them.”

To freshen up the volumes, Vickers puts on a dust mask and gloves.

“That’s for general respiratory health,”she said.

The volumes are wiped with a Lysol solution, and dried. The volumes are also wrapped in plastic and placed in a freezer for a couple of weeks to kill mold and insects.

So far, Vickers has cleaned the majority of the volumes.

A number of them have been placed in a climate controlled room for safe keeping.

One dream for the future of the volumes would see them digitized.

“It’s possible they could be scanned and placed on a hard drive and perhaps online so people could see them on their computers at home,” she said.

Meanwhile, the volumes are available for perusal at the library during regular hours of Monday-Thursday 8am-12am, Friday 8am-5pm, Saturday 1pm-5pm, and Sunday 1:30pm to 12am.

Got some old papers or documents you wan to preserve? Vickers offers a few tips for thatNewspapers are made from wood pulp and have high levels of acidity, light and air breaks them down; wash your hands before handling to avoid transferring anything onto the newspaper; avoid folding the newspaper; separate pages using acid free tissue paper; use a shallow acid free box to store them in a cool, dark, dry area that doesn’t fluctuate 60-70 degrees and 40-50 percent humidity is ideal.

Megan Vickers, media, serials, and digitization librarian in the climate controlled room where some of the Belmont Banner volumes are placed after cleaning.

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The course covers beekeeping history, bee anatomy and behavior, setting up and managing your hive, keeping your bees healthy, nectar sources and blooming times and honey production and marketing.

In addition to classroom lectures, students will participate in a field day in April, where they will get the opportunity to work with live bees, and apply what they’ve learned to demonstrate the proper way to open a hive, use a smoker, inspect a hive for the different types of bees, brood and honey and pollen storage. There will also be additional optional workshops to teach specific activities (e.g., assembly of hive parts).

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WEATHER From Page 1 reported 6.13 inches while other areas reported at 9.86 inches of rain. WCNC TV reported if 9.86 inches of rain fell evenly across Charlotte, that would be equivalent to 52.7 billion gallons of water- enough to fill all NFL and college football stadiums five times. Another figure estimated Florence poured eight trillion gallons on eastern North Carolina alone.

Over the month of October and November it seemed as if every weekend brought rain.

Hurricane Michael affected our local rainfall amounts in October. The average amount for October should have been 3.4 inches but ended up being 5.8 inches. November’s local average should have been 2.8 inches but tallied 5.95 inches.

Rain was replaced by snow in early December. Our area got about four inches of snow and ice but places like Hickory suffered with about a foot of it. Rain continued to come down in December with precipitation on 13 days

totaling 6.98 inches. The average for December is 3.25 inches.

Overall, our area received around 59 inches of precipitation during 2018. That’s about 16 inches more than normal. The Charlotte region’s 2018 precipitation was the ninth highest on record. Of course, things could have been worse. Wilmington broke a 142-year-old record by tallying over 100 inches.

Allen Aycoth of the Springwood community near McAdenville keeps an eagle eye on the weather from a meteorological monitoring station in his home on Bartlette Rd. Aycoth has been closely measuring our area’s rainfall.

During last week’s downpour, he went to Riverside Park in Cramerton to check out any possible flooding along the South Fork River there. What he saw was lots of silt in low lying areas where the water had been the

day before.

“It’s not as bad as I thought it might have been,” he said. “”I’ve seen it worse, plumb up on the sidewalk, but you can see where it was flooded earlier.”

While watching the South Fork waters swiftly roll by, Aycoth gave his experienced opinion about the amount of rain we have received over the past few months.

“Yes, it’s been one of the wettest falls I can recall,” he said.

He should know. In 2005 he started the Catawba Valley Weather Watch organization and these days broadcasts a weather report from an 8x8foot “nerve center” his home that’s equipped with weather computers and ham radio equipment.

To help get his messages out, Aycoth can contact what he calls a “repeater” on Crowders Mtn. “The repeater relays the message to other radio operators further away,” he says.

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Aycoth broadcasting a weather report from the station he has set up in his home.

Besides talking to other weather spotters, Aycoth says he chats on his radios with people from as far away as Australia and England. His call sign is KI4JSM. “I spend a lot of time in the room,” he said. “Especially if it’s stormy.”

After a storm, or sometimes even while one is going on, Aycoth ventures out and videos the damage. He sends the images to TV Channel 36, the National Weather Center, and the Weather Channel. During one of our recent downpours, he went to see the flooded Catawba River near Rock Hill, S.C.

Currently, Aycoth is part of a group called the Blue Ridge Skywarn Weather Watch.

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Mt. Holly city engineer and utilities director Dave Johnson in the new public works documents room.

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Mt. Holly lead mechanic Shane Jones says his favorite part of the new public works garage is the service pit.

City of Mt. Holly employees enjoying the new public works conference room. From left- Tony Walker, Travis Rhyne, Jeremy Moss, Becky Conder, Cheri Love.

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City of Mt. Holly mechanics Sheldon Steele and Gary Milstead working in the new public works garage.

maps of city infrastructure are stored.

“It has a wall that can withstand a two hour fire,” says Braswell.

In addition to the administrative building, the public works complex features a huge garage where maintenance on city vehicles is performed. The shop building underwent a complete $960,000 renovation and offers city mechanics a spacious and modern environment to keep the city’s fleet in top operating order. One feature is a below floor level service pit that saved the city about $64,000 over buying

conventional lifts.

‘The pit is my favorite part of the building,” said chief mechanic Shane Jones.

The garage also has a large parts storage area, break room, and lockers.

Next to the garage is a capacious storage building where supplies like ice melting salt, a bobcat machine, and other stuff is kept.

Tab for renovating it was $505,000. Out behind the garage and storage building is a dock and paved area where trash trucks and other city vehicles are staged. The space is also where a massive electrical generator sits.

Another part of the winwin for the city is the fact that when the property was first bought, it consisted of eight acres and another large mill- the Adrian Mill- on the other side of the railroad tracks. According to Braswell, the property was divided up 50/50 and the extra four acres and buildings sold to National Mills LLC for $675,000.

Overall, the new Mt. Holly public works facility is the best in the area and should serve for a long, long, time to come.

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This group of folks took part in the First day Hike on New Years Day at Crowders Mtn. State Park. Hikers included Friends of Crowders Mountain Inc. members and park staff who trekked to the Boulders Overlook area for fun learning, exploration, and viewing.

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Local folks take part in First Day Hike A group of people visited Crowders Mtn State Park on New Years Day and took part in a First day Hike event.

First Day Hikes offered at all of North Carolina’s state parks on New Year’s Day brought a record 3,859 people to join 57 guided hikes across the state. Mild, dry weather made the hikes more attractive than those in 2018, which were marred by rain and winter weather.

To start the new year, hundreds of dogs, two llamas and a goat joined their human companions on various hikes.

Participants ranged in age from newborn to 95 years young. Cliffs of the Neuse

State Park set a record for their park’s first day hike program with 300 participants.

Many traditional events continued, including the First Day 5-K at Haw River, the Polar Plunge at Hanging Rock and the Two State, One Hike partnership between Crowders Mountain State Park in N.C. and Kings Mountain State Park in South Carolina.

“I was thrilled to see so many North Carolinians in our parks, particularly the record number at Cliffs of the Neuse,” said state parks Director Dwayne Patterson, who grew up in Kinston near

the park. “These hikes were a great start to the year for people of all ages, and I look forward to millions more people enjoying healthy outdoor recreation activities at our beautiful state parks throughout the year.”

Nationally, First Day Hikes is promoted by America’s State Parks and the National Association of State Park Directors, with more than 400 hikes scheduled in state parks across the country. In North Carolina, the tradition began at Eno River State Park more than 40 years ago. All N.C. state parks have offered first day hikes since 2012.

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Church Directory McAdenville Baptist Church

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Macedonia Baptist Church 1951 Stanley Lucia Rd. 704-827-9224

Morningside Missionary Church 711 Morningside Dr. 704-822-9142

McADENVILLE Lakeview Baptist Church 143 Church St. 704-824-5380

McAdenville Baptist Church 192 Main St. 704-824-2740

McAdenville Wesleyan Church 300 E. Wesleyan Dr. 704-824-1073

Mt. Holly Church of God 208 Rankin Ave. 704-827-8596

Mt. Sinai Baptist Church 339 S. Hawthorne St. 704-827-4320

New Covenant United Methodist 14514 Lucian Riverbend Hwy. 704-827-4468

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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

Crossroads Wesleyan Church 101 Beaty Rd. 704-827-8381

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826 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-2999

Ridgeview Baptist Church

Hood Memorial Ame Zion Church

Burge Memorial Methodist Church

455 Sacco St. 704-825-6007

312 W. Glendale Ave. 704-827-2726

Loves Chapel Presbyterian Church

Catawba Heights Church of God

204 Lincoln St. 704-825-8342

122 Tomberlin Rd. 704-827-4225

Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter

CBC-Memorial Apostolic

2300 Acme Road 704-827-2061

216 N. Main St. 704-825-2483

East Belmont Baptist Church

Message of Love Church

501 Catawba Street 704-825-5780

306 Pearl Beaty Dr. 704-827-6500

East Belmont Church Of God

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

320 E. Catawba Street 704- 825-8845

110 Lincoln St. 704-825-2046

East Belmont Free Will Baptist

Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist

909 Edgemont Ave 704-825-5346

212 South Street 704-825-7269

Ebenezer United Methodist Church

New Hope Presbyterian Church

120 Belmont-Mt. Holly Road 704-827-3366

4357 S. New Hope Rd. 704-824-1697

Exodus Church

New Life Baptist Church

101 S. Main Street 704-755-5034

201 Oak Trail 704-822-6195

First Baptist Church

New Mills Chapel Fire Baptized

23 N. Central Avenue 704-825-3758

104 Morning Glory Ave. 704-825-5457

First Foursquare Gospel Church

North Belmont Church of God

8 Elizabeth Street 704-825-5811

2316 Acme Rd. 704-827-4092

First Presbyterian Church

O’Conner Grove Church Ame Zion

102 S. Central Ave 704-825-3357

613 N. Main Street 704-825-5576

First Presbyterian-Belmont

Park Street United Methodist

112 S. Central Ave 704-829-0668

120 Park Street 704-825-8480

First United Methodist Church of Belmont

Power of the Spirit Church

807 South Point Road 704-825-2106

Fresh Anointing Church of God

118 School Street 704-827-7071

Queen Of The Apostles Catholic Church

Chapel Baptist Church 324 N. Lee St. 704-827-5526

West Cramerton United Methodist Church

740 Rankin Ave. 704-827-5181

207 Lowell Ave. 704-824-4213

Shiloh AME Zion Methodist 1117 Old NC Hwy 27 704-827-8826

DALLAS

St. Anthony of Padua Traditional Catholic Church

The Barn at Sandcastle Farm 155 Sandcastle Rd.

Gateway Cowboy Church

108 Horseshoe Bend Beach Rd. 704-827-8676

511 Tuckaseegee Rd. 704-827-4301

Cornerstone Family Worship

Way of the Cross Baptist Church

709 Rankin Ave. 704-671-8640

203 S. Main St. 704-263-2621

238 Lanier Ave. 704-827-8111

Community Pentecostal Center

Covenant United Methodist

Wesley Chapel Holiness Church

110 Underwood Dr. 704-820-0603

320 Ralph Handsel Blvd.

704-263-8731

324 N. Lee St. 704-827-1993

First United Methodist Church

Family Worship Center

Westview Presbyterian Church

1013 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-7656

1020 W. Catawba Ave. 704-827-2026

Finish Line Christian Center 1792, 108 N. Main St. 704-980-285-8334

LOWELL

First Baptist Church-Mt. Holly

Bethlehem Church

300 S. Main St. 704-827-2481

3100 Bethlehem Church St. 704-823-5050

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

Gaston Christian Church

Goshen Free Will Baptist Church

South Point Baptist Church

5339 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-8252

124 Horsley Ave. 704-825-9516

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

Goshen Presbyterian Church

South Point Freewill Baptist

3717 Hickory Grove Rd. 704-827-3939

297 Gaither Rd. 704-825-8045

Jehovah’s Witnesses

South Point United Methodist

1736 Kelly Rd. 704-263-0199

510 South Point Church Rd. 704-825-4019

Lighthouse Full Gospel Church 530 N. Hawthorne St. 704-827-1442

220 Park Terrace Dr. 704-827-7801

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

Lowell Smyre United Methodist Church 201 N. Main St. 704-824-8814

Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 120 Branch St. 704-824-4535

Employees of

704-867-2317

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 2920 Dallas-Stanley Highway 704-263-4426

Stanley Church of God 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 Welcome Baptist Church

317 W. 1st St. 704-824-1213

BESSEMER CITY

New Life Church

112 White Jenkins Rd. 704-681-2017

Restoration Church

Containers/Trailers Sales & Storage Rental

First Presbyterian Church

811 Mauney Rd.

207 E. 1st St. 704-824-3807

6700 Wilkinson Blvd 704-825-1709

217 N. Main St. 704-263-2691

400 W. 1st St. 704-824-1215

Presbyterian Church of Lowell

The Pointe

Christ’s Evangelical Lutheran

5481 Hickory Grove Rd. 704-524-0555

128 Robbins St. 704-824-1356

26 Kee Rd. 704-825-5987

7280 Sifford Rd. 704-827-6277

First Baptist Church of Lowell First Baptist Church

Stowe Memorial Baptist Church

1405 Armstrong Ford Rd. 704-825-0604

Second Baptist Church

707 Westland Farm Rd. 704-822-8033

300 Westland Farm Rd. 704-827-8600

Upper Room United Pentecostal

171 S. Main St. 704-824-7785

Tuckaseegee Baptist Church

Grace Baptist Church

1005 Catawba St. 704-825-8730

Riverside Baptist Church

Core Church

124 Georgia Belle Ave. 704-579-7823

Unity Baptist Church

501 Cramer Mountain Rd. 704-824-4286

Amazing Grace Baptist Church

5008 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-3276

701 Secrest Ave. 704-825-8175

Life Church

STANLEY

1300 W. Catawba Ave. 704-827-3076

St. Marks United Methodist Church

235 8th Ave. 704-824-1991

1529 Old Hwy 27 Rd. 704-827-5851

Sanctuary of Praise Ministries

Springwood Freewill Baptist

First Baptist Church

St. Paul FHB Church

Friendship Baptist Church

124 Georgia Belle Ave 704-965-1004

East Wilkinson Blvd.

704-824-5319

2560 Stanley Lucia Rd. 704-827-5881

71 McAdenville Road 704-825-7283

Grace Korean Ch Assembly-God

105 Pine Rd. 704-827-3856

Cramerton Temple of God Church

Community Christian Fellowship

503 N. Main Street 704-825-9600

Roper Street 704-827-6280

1304 N. Main St. 704-827-6141

MT. HOLLY

230 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-0968

416 Woodlawn Ave. 704-824-1745

154 N. Main St. 704-824-3831

151 Henry Chapel Rd 704-825-0711 216 N. Main St. 704-825-2483

Cramerton Free Will Baptist

New Saint Paul Holiness Church

Restoration & Deliverance 804 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-820-0954 Revival Tabernacle of Mt. Holly

Henry’s Chapel Ame Zion Church

151 8th Ave. 704-824-3889

Cramer Memorial United Methodist Church

North Main Baptist Church Grace Wesleyan Church

Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church

1104 Old NC 27 Hwy. 704-827-0822 1529 Old Hwy. 27 Rd. 704-827-5851

BELMONT

CRAMERTON

1800 Spencer Mountain Rd. 704-824-5250

Woodlawn Baptist Church 1101 N. Main St. 704-824-4261

Bright Light Baptist Church

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Upcoming Gospel concerts announced Saturday Jan 26th - 5:30 PM , Lowesville Gospel Concerts at Living Word Ministries – 1062 Hwy 16 South – Stanley (Lowesville) NC, presents The Golden Valley Crusaders Bluegrass from Golden Valley, NC plus Eternal Vision Southern Gospel from Knoxville, TN. A freewill offering only to be received, and you are invited. Contact Carroll Cooke 704-618-9762.

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Eternal Vision

Hood Memorial choral event Hood Memorial AME Zion Church, 215 Sacco St., Belmont will have a special program celebrating the 51st

anniversary of the church choir. The event will take place Jan. 13 at 2:30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Golden Valley Crusaders

Smart Winter Cooking with Seasonal Foods workshop offered

MARCIANO From Page 2 I wanted to know, “How do you go the distance when you are totally exhausted and not get cranky with people.”

I didn’t want to be Moses who wandered the wilderness for 40 years and then chewed off the head of the children of Israel by striking the rock instead of speaking to the rock.

Water still flowed but God wasn’t pleased with him. In fact, he was banished from entering the promised land.

I will confess to you I am a workaholic. I don’t drink, drug or cheat on my wife.

There is a sense of relief that comes over me when I get into the office. In fact, I took the strength finders test twice and it confirmed my top strength is responsibility.

I would say, “Super Responsible.”

I also face the reality that my 95+ year old mother who lives with us has Alzheimer’s and requires 24-hour care.

To get away, even for 3 days is a monumental scheduling task of home health aides and family members to be with her overnight.

The Serenity Prayer begins with, “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.” Reality is, I won’t be able to do an over-

night vacation. Rather than complain about it, I will take some “staycations”. I looked at each quarter and scheduled time off. I have to do it now before people get on my calendar. Whether I go to a park and fly a kite or go to the lake for the day and fish, it becomes a chance for me to take care of me, so I can help others (notice, I didn’t say take care of others).

There is a reason the stewardess asks you to put the oxygen mask on yourself first before you put it on your child. If you take care of yourself first, you’ll have the strength to take care of your loved one. If you put it on your child first, you may both die.

Let me ask you to pause before you get too far into 2019 and take a look at your calendar. Build in some time to recharge your batteries. Maybe you only have two weeks’ vacation. Use one to get away for a week.

Use the other 5 days to take some long weekends. See if you can include holidays to maximize the time off. Be creative.

As my mother would say, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

Trying to eat smart in the New Year? Have an interest in local foods and seasonal cooking? If so, this upcoming free workshop is for you!

Join NC Cooperative Extension’s Family and Consumer Science Agent, Linda J. Minges, for a discussion on how to prepare tasty, seasonal meals that fit into your budget. This session will provide you with a fresh taste

of winter flavors and recipes that are sure to help you eat smart and stay warm all winter long.

“With the holidays behind us, now is the perfect time to focus on healthy habits for the New Year. This workshop will present the seasonal flavors of winter and discuss an array of meal ideas that are not only good for you, but taste great and are not costly

location within five business days of the session date: Wed., January 30th – 11:00am to 12:00pm (Cherryville Library – 704.435.6767) Fri., February 1st – 10:00am to 11:00am (Dallas Library – 704.922.3621) Mon., February 11th – 2:00pm to 3:00pm (Stanley Library – 704.263.4166)

A Happy New Year is on the agenda for most people

by Glenn Mollette Arrive at 2020 alive. Another full year of life will give you the opportunity you desire to pursue happiness and fulfillment. You can’t achieve anything in this world if you are dead. Think about driving a bit slower, eating healthier, some daily exercise and monitoring your health. The reality of life is that at some time and in some way each of our lives will end. Be mindful of health and taking care of yourself in 2019.

Make a couple of friends in 2019. Too many close friends can be a lot of work but too many Americans are isolated and lonely. My wife and I spent almost two hours visiting people in a local nursing home on Christmas Eve. I played the violin

for different people in their rooms and then the dining room. Everyone was very quiet and no one seemed to have any visitors during our visit. I felt the heaviness of their loneliness on Christmas Eve. People come and people go in this life however be open to building a couple of friendships with people that you might visit with occasionally. A good life consists of having some good people you can talk to.

Have something to do. If you are going to school, or working a job or raising a family you have plenty to do.

Some people are trying to do all three and it’s more than enough. Everybody needs a constructive day. Have something that you need to do. Have something to look

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The dress code is always varied for Cherryville’s New Year’s Shooters. Here a couple of CNYSI members at the train depot shot; one dressed casually, while one is in a suit with a rather large yellow cowboy hat atop his head.

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Members of the Cherryville New Year’s Shooters, Inc. group line up along the railroad tracks on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 1, 2019, in preparation for their shot at the Cherryville Train Depot and Museum.

Photos by MEP/The Eagle

Warmer weather a boon for Cherryville New Year Shooters, Inc. group

by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info

For the Cherryville New Year Shooters, Inc. group the weather turned out to be a great asset as they gathered at Black’s Grill Dec. 31, for their midnight shot.

Group secretary and spokesman Rusty Wise said they had “no major issues this year,” when it came to the often-asked question, “How did it (the shoot) go?”

As for the weather, Wise elaborated, “We did get behind the last few stops because of the huge crowd we had. We kept a very large number of shooters and spectators this year especially because of the great warm and mostly dry weather. It was 64 degrees at midnight! The stadium (shot) was pretty packed also. We delayed it (the stadium shot) a little to let all the shooters and spectators get in.”

When it comes to numbers, Wise said the CNYSI group, “signed up well over 400 shooters this year.”

He noted they won’t have a final tally until he is able to coordinate with longtime CNYSI President Carl “Boozie” Dellinger, who Wise said signed up some during the shoot as well.

As for losses this past year for the group, Rusty noted, “We lost Steve Sellers this year, who was a dedicated shooter as well as a chanter for our group. That was an emotional shot for many of the family members and fellow shooters.”

As for any new hosts or new spots at which they shot, Wise affirmed, “We added two stops this year on the schedule; Toni Banda in Northbrook, and Billy Chatham in Vale. Both hosts welcomed us with food and refreshments. It’s always fun to shoot for new hosts.”

Regarding any changes in officers, Rusty noted they have the same officers and chanters as they have had in the past, other than losing long-time member Steve Sellers.

In addition to “Boozie” Dellinger (President) and Wise (Secretary); other officers with the CNYSI group are: Mike Dellinger (Vicepresident), Jon Abernethy (Treasurer), Charles Sisk (Greeter), Michael Dellinger (Safety), and chanters Carl Dellinger, Mike Ross, Warren Chapman, Donnie Alexander, Michael Clinton, Austin Gates, Jason Day, and Dylan Craft.

Wise, like many of his fellow New Year’s Shooters,

many times wind up explaining the tradition to those not from here, as they say, or who are otherwise uninitiated.

Said Wise, “The T.V. news crews are always fun to have around, especially when they haven’t seen it (the shoot).

“I gave them ear plugs since they had no clue how loud the muskets were.

“Trying to explain what we do is always interesting to people that have never seen nor heard about New Year’s Shooting.”

He continued, “Today (Jan 2nd) is a happy day, especially after a great shoot without any issues.”

Wise and the CNYSI members look forward to 2020, and, as is stated in their newsletter, one does “not have to be a shooter to join the Cherryville New Years Shooters! Men, women, and children are welcome.” He also noted that donations to the group are appreciated so as to keep them going. He added the group also gives to charities and benevolent funds throughout the year.

The group’s annual host dinner is Feb. 1, 2019 at 6 p.m., at the Cherryville American Legion Post 100 building on Pink St., Cherryville.

These three CNYSI members share a laugh as they wait for the chanters to begin the “Good morning to you sirs!” chant which culminates in the firing of their guns.

CNYSI Secretary Rusty Wise and his son Winston (in red jackets, 2nd and 3rd from left) watch as one of the group’s members prepares to fire his musket.

(Above and below) Gray smoke clouds the view as volley after volley blasts forth from the many muskets of the Cherryville New Years Shooters, Inc. group at the Cherryville Train Depot and Museum. The warm weather brought many out who normally might not have come.

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Traditional New Year’s Shooters welcome 2019 with a bang

by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info

The Traditional New Year’s Shooters group welcomed 2019 in with a raucous bang and more than a few “booms” as they fired their guns, driving away any evil spirits who might be wanting to linger in Cherryville, and signaling a hopeful new year for the town.

Group secretary Gary Dellinger was pleased there were no overt and glaring problems this year as they began their “shoot” (as always) in front of Cherryville’s City Hall, located on Mountain Street, adding the weather even cooperated this year.

“We did not have any problems at all on the route,” said Dellinger. “The rain held off and it was very pleasant out.”

He continued, “I did not see any guns explode and only saw one minor injury to a shooter’s ear when a gun flew back.

“We kept a really good crowd the whole time with an average of about 150 shooters at most stops. We stayed very much on schedule and even got ahead of schedule a while before lunch.”

Their group did increase a bit, he noted.

“We added about 20 new members this year to the group. A long-time member, Delbert McSwain, broke his hand prior to New Years and was not able to shoot, but he was still around a long time with the group greeting folks and giving support.”

As always, there are some long-time members who have passed away prior to the shoot and, in addition to well-known stand-up shooter Dean Carpenter’s recent passing, another well-known TNYS member and host family’s passing that was noted, was that of the late Mr. and Mrs. Don Lavery.

Said Gary, “Yes, we lost a long-time host family this year. Don Lavery and his wife Willie have both passed away, and the family thanked us for the many years of enjoyment we gave them.

Every year there are some people who come off and some that get added, but the Lavery shot was one of our oldest shots on the list.”

Gary continued, “We added a few shots on the fly as well since we were running ahead. We found out about a citizen who had just been diagnosed with cancer,

and another citizen who had just gotten home from the hospital after an extended battle with cancer. We visited both their homes and gave them well wishes for the new year.

“I think they both enjoyed our visit and we certainly enjoyed getting to stop and fellowship with them for a few minutes. Who knows, maybe there really is something in that black powder that wards off evil spirits and brings good luck.

“But I do know I have already added both these families to the route for next year so we can go back and check on them and wish them the best for 2020, and that’s really all this new year shooting is about in the first place!”

Dellinger noted the group’s officer elections will be held on Jan. 26, at their banquet.

“Office positions are yearly, and officers and board are voted on each year.

I do not know for sure if any positions will change. I will accept the position of secretary again if the members see fit to reelect me. I expect president Glenn Wilson, vice president Dennis Devine, and treasurer Mark Moss will do

The muskets’ blasts are not only loud but bright as well, lighting up the area as if it was daylight.

Muster and reenactment is January 12, 2019 The Mecklenburg Militia and the Lincoln County Hearth Cooks will be at the Ramsour’s Mill Battleground in Lincolnton, NC January 12 at 10am and January 13 at 4pm for a militia muster and reenactment free event weekend.

The event is a reenactment of a post revolutionary war militia muster. They will be presenting information on firing demos, weapon talks, drill demos, cooking, music, clothing talks, camp life, southern campaign talks, kids toys, colonial surgery and the commissary. The hearth cooks will be cooking up some interesting dishes in the cabin on site as well. The site is located at 402 Jeb Seagle Dr., Lincolnton.

For more information contact Lincoln County Historical Association, 403 East Main Street, Lincolnton NC, 704.748.9090, lcmh@bellsouth.net.

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At their Dec. 31, 2018/Jan. 1, 2019 early morning opener at Cherryville City Hall, this Traditional New Year Shooter dad helps his son fire his musket.

Photos by MEP/The Eagle and Susan L. Powell the same,” he said.

As for the group’s chanters, Dellinger said, “Our chanters can be any member, or sometimes people who aren’t even members, who would like to do it. There are certain shots where we designate who cries the chant, or the host can request who chants, but we try to let as many different people do it as we can.

“I especially like it when we have a younger shooter cry the speech for the first time.

We usually have a few veteran speech criers standing close by in case they get nervous or forget a line; to help them out.

It’s a thrill for someone to do it for the first time!”

Dellinger said their group was able to get some help for a couple of scholarships which they fund.

“We brought in around $700 on the route this year that will go directly into our scholarship fund. We have awarded close to $10,000 so far to deserving high school seniors from Cherryville and West Lincoln high schools to help continue their educations.”

Group member Meredith Wallace, of Cherryville, and

TNYS member Meredith Wallace, of Cherryville, and her daughter, Kayleigh, 8, prepare for the opening salvo of the TNYS group at City Hall in Cherryville. daughter Kayleigh, 8, got to the opening shoot at Cherryville’s City Hall early.

Kayleigh, who attends Cherryville Elementary, really enjoys it all, she said.

“I like it,” she said, as her mom smiled and added, “She thinks it is really loud so she wears the earphones she has on now. She always shoots the first shoot with her mommy!”

Wallace’s son, Kyle, 18, shoots with his buddies, said mom Meredith, who added he has been shooting since age 4, as has Kayleigh.

“I’ve been going around with the group, and shooting for 16 years,” she said.

“I think it’s absolutely awesome! I’m a complete traditionalist and have brought my kids up that way as well.”

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Girls win Miss Merry Christmas Pageant crowns

Graphic supplied by The Herb Block Foundation

Elements of Empowerment, Inc. calendar The Belmont nonprofit Elements of Empowerment, Inc is collaborating with Gaston County Public Library to present The Long March - Herblock & the Civil Rights Era, The Long March is one of five exhibits that display the work of legendary Washington Post editorial cartoonist Herbert L. Block, famously known as “Herblock.”

Produced by The Herb Block Foundation, the goal of these exhibitions is to present Herblock’s effort to preserve American’s rights and freedoms through his political cartoons. The Civil Rights Movement was one of Herblock’s chief concerns.

He illustrated the history and dialogue of this turbulent era in American society.

His cartoons show us who we were as Americans, as well as the lessons to be learned from the Civil Rights Movement.

Looking at Herblock’s political cartoons over seven decades we realize he was one of those people that fought long and hard to make us a better people.

Herblock’s cartoons continue to resonate and will speak to us about these crucial events in our history for many generations to come.

Friends Of The Gaston County Library will host an opening reception and first look on January 12.

Montcross Area Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting on January 15.

The exhibit will continue January 15 - February 28 at the Main Branch during regular library hours. Admission is free.

Just days after the exhibit opening, Cultural Readings & Rhythms From The Rocker will begin at the Belmont Branch on January 17.

Introduced in January 2018, the free programs foster cultural awareness, acceptance and preservation through the sharing of literature and music from a culturally inspired, custom-painted rocking chair.

Guest storytellers will sit in a new chair painted by local artist Thelathia Singleton.

A series of five monthly reading events will be held at branches of the Gaston County Public Library.

Series Dates: Thursday, February 7 - Mount Holly Branch; Saturday, March - Main Branch; Thursday, April 4 - Mount Holly Branch; Thursday, May 16 Belmont Branch.

Cultural Readings & Rhythms From The Rocker is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Community Jazz Series Concerts, with sponsoring partner Belmont Abbey College, are on the calendar for February 17 and April 7.

Elements of Empowerment, Inc. and City of Belmont will host the 8th Annual Belmont Juneteenth Celebration on June 15.

“I am so proud to be a part of this organization and be in a position to see positive growth,” saidVince Hill, vice-chair “Our programs are expanding in all directions, encompassing music, literature, and awareness,” says Delta Sanders, board chair.”Partnerships are a common denominator in everything we have done and will do in 2019. Enduring relationships with our partners have allowed us to build and sustain quality programs for our community “

Nineteen girls participated in the Miss Merry Christmas Pageant, which was held on Friday, December 14 at the Cherryville Community Building. The pageant was an official event of the “A Very Cherry Whoville Christmas” celebration presented by the Cherryville Chamber of Commerce.

The winners were Bitsy Miss Bella Twitty, Miniature Miss Paisley Taylor, Tiny Miss Skylar Aycock, Little Miss Zoey Beam, Young Miss Caila Summey, and Majestic Miss Remi Westmoreland.

The princess award winners were Mallorie Prater, Kyra Kaylor, Hadley Sizemore, Arabelle Stone, Gemma-Mae Huffman, Skylen Branham, Alesana Reinhardt, Abigail Rathbone, Ella Kiser, Kendalyn Womic, Addison Reid, Norah Sigmon, and Emily Watts.

The signatures award winners were Mallorie Prater, Bella Twitty, Kendalyn Womic, Caila Summey, Zoey

The Miss Merry Christmas Pageant winners were (from left to right) Bitsy Miss Bella Twitty, Tiny Miss Skylar Aycock, Majestic Miss Remi Westmoreland, Miniature Miss Paisley Taylor, Little Miss Zoey Beam, and Young Miss Caila Summey.

Photo provided Beam, and Remi Westmoreland. The overall signatures award winner was Skylen Branham.

Remi Westmoreland was the people’s choice photogenic award winner. The photogenic award finalists were

Zoey Beam, Norah Sigmon, Caila Summey, and Ella Kiser. Norah Sigmon was the first application award winner.

The Little Miss Gastonia Pageant sponsored the pageant. The next pageant for

girls ages 0-18 years is the Miss Valentine Queen Pageant on February 9. For more information, visit the “Little Miss Gastonia Pageant” page on Facebook.

Meditations... Darkness to light I sat in a meeting listening while Christian leaders were in disagreement about sin.

Fingers were pointing, words were flying, and anger was escalating. I wondered if they realized their anger and finger pointing was not helping their cause. We are so quick to point the finger at sin in someone else’s life. Maybe so we can deflect the sin in our own life.

Jesus was caught in a similar predicament. But, he used his finger pointing differently.

Jesus was in the temple court teaching when the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in the act of adultery. I often wonder when I read this passage, “Where is the man? It takes two to be caught in such an act.” But, I digress. When this woman was brought before Jesus, she was disposable to these leaders. They were not thinking about her soul.

They wanted to trap Jesus and was using her to do it.

The leaders asked Jesus what his sentence against this woman is. Jesus used his finger, and instead of pointing it at the woman and bringing out her sin, he wrote on the ground.

Many have tried to guess what Jesus was writing. I don’t have any answer what he was writing, I just noticed where his finger went, and it was not accusatory toward this woman. What Jesus did was hold the mirror up to everyone to examine their own life. “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” John 8:7b NASB. One by one the accusers began to leave.

Jesus addresses the woman. He was not treating her sin lightly, but he was offering her forgiveness and an opportunity for a new life. “I

do not condemn on how we can help you, either. Go. someone build a reFrom now on sin lationship in Jesus no more.” John Christ that their 8:11b NASB. darkness may beAfterward, come light in Christ.

Jesus teaches he I am not dismissis the light of the ing the act of sin. world, and all who Rev. Angela Pleasants But, I know as I follow him will District grow in Christ, I no not be in darkness. Superintendent longer want to walk Instead of always of Catawba Valley in the way of the pointing out the Methodist Churches flesh. The stronger flaws and sin in I become in Jesus, another person’s the more I desire life in an accusatory manner, to reflect his character. As I we should come alongside mature in the things of our and help others. Focus more Lord, I begin to see glimpses

of him in others.

Our job is not to be the religious police. Let us be careful not to fall prey to the ways of the Pharisees where we are knowledgeable about the details of the law, but fall short on justice, mercy, and faithfulness. As Jesus forgave, transformed and set free those he encountered, he can enter our lives and set us free from the things that keep us bound. As we are set free, we can live as imitators of Christ in the world by being a demonstration of Jesus love in the world.

God’s Promises

By Rev. Trent Rankin Salvation Church salvationchurchnc.org pastortrent@salvationchurchnc.org

Have you ever made a promise to someone, maybe your child or to another family member? We all from time to time make promises.

Do we keep those promises?

More importantly, do we make promises to God? As important as the things we promise others are, surely our vows to God are even more important. Do we keep our promises to God? One thing we know for sure, is that God makes promises to us.

His Word the Bible is full of those promises. However, does God keep His promises to us?

Genesis 15:5-21 tells one of the most unique stories in the Bible. God had chosen Abram, a man from the land of Ur, to make a great nation.

God promised him a son who would be his heir. Abram left home with his wife and went to the land of Canaan where God had told him to go. Time had

passed, yet no son was born.

One night God had Abram look at the stars in the sky and promised him descendants as vast as those stars. Abram believed, yet he asked God how he would know it would happen. God told him to take a cow, a goat, a ram, and two birds. He was to cut the cow, ram, and goat into two halves.

He was to lay them opposite of each other. As night fell, darkness covered Abram, and a light like a torch past between those animal parts, as God renewed His covenant with Abram to make him a great nation, the future Israel.

In this event, God took part in an ancient ritual where people would commit to a promise made by walking between animal parts. God was the light that passed through those parts. God did this, to show how important His promise was to Abram. God’s promises are important. He never forgets His promises or breaks them. God promises to love

us, walk with us, and pour His grace out on us.

Throughout Trent Rankin His Word, we see God keeps those promises. God kept His promise to Abram, and indeed made the nation of Israel from Abram.

God fulfills His promises in His time. Many years passed as Abram waited for God to give him a son. Waiting on God is difficult, yet God knows when the time is right. When He is ready, He fulfills His words to us. The greatest promise God has ever made to us is Jesus Christ. God sent His Son to die for our sins and bear the judgment reserved for us. At the moment Jesus walked out of the grave alive that Easter, God’s promise was fulfilled.

We may forget our promises, and break them, yet God is a promise keeper! Rest in His promises today!

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Lady Storm basketball learning as they go

By John Wilson john.bannernews@gmail.com

So far the 2018-2019 basketball season has not been kind to the Stuart Cramer girls basketball team. Going into the second week of January the Lady Storm are 3-8 with a lot of tough basketball ahead of them.

One of the things that Cramer’s had to deal with this year is a lack of experience.

The Cramer roster is filled with young players.

“We are very young,” head coach Carey Pohlman said. “We have one senior and one junior. Everybody else is a sophomore and freshman.”

If you go a little further and look at the roster more closely it shows just how young Cramer is. One third of the 12 spots on the varsity roster are filled by freshmen.

Simply put, the Cramer girls are going to have to learn on the court.

There are many things that coach Pohlman thinks the team needs to work on. He’s working on getting people game minutes and valuable

playing time.

“We need to work on rebounding,” Pohlman said.

“We are rotating people as much as possible.”

You can’t sugar coat the fact that the team is green.

However, that doesn’t mean that the team doesn’t have weapons or that they are running on empty.

Senior Carly Womack is having a standout year.

Womack is a unique player.

At times it looks like she only has one speed, GO. Womack moves up and down the court like the Energizer Bunny. She just keeps going and going.

It’s no surprise that Womack has become the focal point of the team’s offense.

In a recent 69-60 win over against Crest, Womack scored 42 points.

So far this year Womack has scored 345 points in just 11 games.

Womack is definitely productive. So it comes as no surprise that she is garnering a whole lot of attention from opposing defenses as teams See STORM, Page 13

Last Friday night the Burns Bulldogs came to town. Burns would take both games. The Lady Bulldogs won 70-56 over the Lady Storm. The Burns men won over the Storm men in a very exciting game in overtime 65-57.

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STORM From Page 12 try to limit Cramer’s production.

“She is getting double teams and triple teams,” Pullman said of Womack “Teams are starting to notice. People are adjusting to shutting her down.”

So now Coach Pullman is doing what he can to help the team adjust. He wants to get the most out of Carly while giving the younger players a chance to develop and con-

tribute.

Pohlman wants to see the other players pick up the pace.

In practice the coaching staff is setting up game type scenarios to help the players learn what to do when Womack is smothered.

Players like sophomore Ranija Hamilton and freshman Karissa Peterson are the future for Lady Storm basketball.

Hamilton is the secondhighest scorer on the team with 114 points, while Peterson is the team’s top rebounder with 88 boards.

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There is still a lot of work to do, but there is also hope.

Cramer’s season could get interesting if the players stay focused.

If Womack stays productive while dealing with double and triple team coverage that will be big. What would be even bigger would be if the young players actually step up.

If players like Hamilton, Peterson and others show that if you only focus on Carley Womack you will pay for it.

If that happens, and the team picks up their defensive game, Cramer can break out.

Last Wednesday night the Stuart Cramer Lady Storm basketball team played host to the Crest Chargers. The Lady Storm pulled out a win 69-60. The Stuart Cramer men also took on Crest and won 62-58.

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2018 Hall of Fame Inductee Profile – Steve Barkley

By Stan Cromlish This week’s Belmont Sports Hall of Fame induction spotlight shines on Steve Barkley who will join Dr. Wade Hampton Breeland, Koren Robinson, and Mitch Harris as part of the 2018 Inductee class. The banquet will be held on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at 7:00 pm in the Family Life Center of Park Street United Methodist Church.

Steve Barkley grew up in Gaston County and became a beloved coach and teacher within Gaston County Schools and Gaston County Athletics. Growing up, he was a standout for Belmont Little League as a pitcher and a catcher. At age 12, he was selected for the All-Star Team which won two games

before losing to Canton. In 1962 and 1963, he played Teener baseball for the Belmont team and made the VFW All-Star team at the age of 15. That team won a National Championship.

From 1963 to 1966, Steve played on the Belmont Senior High School Varsity Team and was a starter for all four years.

As a junior in 1965, Steve earned the Otis Shepherd Award as the MVP of the team. In 1966, the baseball team tied two other teams for first place in the conference, and Steve was named to the East-West All-Stars.

With All-Southwestern Conference selections as a junior and a senior, Steve was named the Outstanding Senior Male Athlete by

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the Belmont Kiwanis Club.

He graduated from Belmont High School in 1966, and his baseball prowess earned him a scholarship to Western Carolina College.

In 1967, Steve was the first freshman to be named

MVP for the Western Carolina baseball team. With a .300 batting average over four seasons, he was named an All-District player twice and team captain for his junior and senior seasons. As a senior in 1970, Steve was named to the “Who’s Who of College Athletics.”

After his college graduation, Steve started his teaching and coaching career at Paisley High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where his basketball team won the conference in 1971.

In 1972, Gaston County called Steve Barkley home.

His coaching and teaching career at East Gaston saw him coach the baseball team, golf team, and the varsity and JV basketball team. The JV basketball team won two

conference championships in 1973 and 1975. From East Gaston to South Point, Steve continued to coach basketball and women’s tennis. The South Point women’s tennis team won the conference championship 4 times, and Steve was named coach of the year from 2000 to 2002.

While Steve was coaching the next generation, he continued to participate in Belmont and Gaston Athletics. For ten years, from 1972 to 1982, Steve made the Belmont Recreation Church Softball “All-Star Team.”

From 1974 to 1976, Steve played shortstop and third base for his church softball team earning All-State honors in North Carolina State softball tournaments. At Dwight Frady Field in Bel-

mont, Steve was a championship home run hitter during a Home Run Derby held during a tournament in 1983.

If these accomplishments were not enough to earn entry into the Belmont Sports Hall of Fame, what he did on the golf course between 2012 and 2014 would definitely earn induction. During that time, Steve made five holein-ones and has six overall.

As an all-around athlete, Steve has very few peers. In retirement, Steve makes his home in Belmont.

Come join Belmont sports fans on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at 7:00 pm as we celebrate Steve Barkley and the rest of the inductees.

Community Night is January 14 The Gaston County Schools “Community Night with the Superintendent” program has been rescheduled for Monday, January 14 from 6:00 until 7:00 p.m. at the Gaston Early College High School, which is located on the Gaston College campus in Dallas. This is an opportunity for students, parents, employees, and the community to provide input on the GCS strategic plan for 2019-2024 and learn about new school choice options. The public is invited.

Congratulations to Mrs. Van Aken (left), Pinewood’s Elementary’s New Teacher of the Year.

This honor goes to a teacher within their first three years in the classroom. Congratulations to Mrs. Vaughn, Pinewood’s Teacher Assistant of the Year. These very deserving professionals will represent Pinewood at the district level.

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Here are the Page Primary, Belmont Students of the Month. The Character Trait is Courage. Left to right Bottom Row: R. Michael and W. Sanchez-Rodriguez; 2nd Row: J. McCoig, R. Wisnowski, J. Barrows, A. Tamayo-Lopez; 3rd Row: S. Pacheco, E. Michael, I. Hightower, E. Reynolds, S. McGee, A. Wood; Top row: E. Wilson, M. Lucas, And W. Hensley; Not pictured L. Craig and S. Whiteley.

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Belmont Parks and Recreation 2019 sports signups The Belmont Parks and Rec. Dept. is ready for spring 2019 sports signups.

Registration: online January 7, 2019 – February 21, 2019 (or until full) http://www.cityofbelmont. org/Activities/Activity/ Detail/Girls-Fast-PitchSoftball-326 Registration Fee: Outof-City: $75.00; In-City Fee $50.00 The fee only covers softball shirt, cap/or visor, pants, belt and socks. Additional gear and awards are up to the individual for purchase.

Age Groups And Divisions Age Groups: (7-8) 8 and under cannot turn 9 before January 1, 2019 (9-10) 10 and under cannot turn 11 before January 1, 2019 (11-12) 12 and under cannot turn 13 before January 1, 2019 Coaches Needed The Recreation Dept will need a volunteer coach for each team formed. If you are interested in coaching please let us know.

Coaches only meeting will be held to help determine teams following practice/group workout sessions.

TBA. Practices/Games A. Practice can begin once staff/coach has received equipment, confirmed roster and practice field, dates and times.

B. Games Dates will be determined at a later date.

C. These teams will play in other nearby local leagues or in the City of Gastonia Program.

All participants will need to provide an additional copy of their birth certificate and

Coaches Only meeting will be held to help determine teams following practice/group workout sessions. TBA. Player Assessments Are Slated To Begin – Saturday, March 2, 2019.

Practices Could Start As Early As- The Week Of March 4th.

Contact Alex Godette for additional info: (704) 901-2089. agodette@ fill out a Gastonia Parks and cityofbelmont.org Rec. form. (Provided by Belmont Parks and Recreation 2019 Youth Soccer Several local middle school teams won their respective Gaston County sports championships.

Dept athletic staff at time of Registration: online JanuBelmont Middle was crowned volleyball champ, and Cramerton Middle won both the soccer 1st team meeting).

Contact Brian McGonagle ary 7, 2019 – February 21, and wrestling crowns (above).

Gaston Schools photos for additional info: (704) 2019 (or until full) http://www.

901-2070 or (704) 604-2434. cityofbelmont.org/Activities/ bmcgonagle@cityofbelmont. Activity/Detail/2019-Youthorg Soccer-Spring-Leagues-313 Registration Fee: Out2019 Girls Volleyball of-City: $75.00; In-City Fee Registration: Online Janu- $50.00 ary 7, 2019 – February 21, The fee only includes: 2019 (or until full) Soccer player short, shirt and http://www.cityofbelmont.org/Activities/Activity/ socks.

Age Groups And DivisionsDetail/2019-Girls-VolleyLeague age is what players age ball-League-299 Registration Fee: Out- is as of January 1, 2019.

Age Groups: (4U) of-City: $50.00; In-City Fee Coed (Must be 3 by March 1, $30.00 The fee only covers Jersey 2019) 3-4yr.; (6U Boys & 6U shirt and Kneepads. Socks, Girls) 5-6yr olds. Options 5-6 shorts, awards are up to the Boys/Coed and 5-6 All Girls; individual for purchase.

(8U Boys & 8U Girls) 7-8yr Age Groups And Divi- olds. Options 7-8 Boys/Coed sions and 7-8 All Girls; (10U Boys Age Groups: (9-11) 11 and under – Must be 9 by Jan & 10U Girls) 9-10yr olds.

1, 2019. Can’t be 12 before Options 9-10 Boys/Coed and 9-10 All Girls; (13U Boys & March 1, 2019 Cramerton Middle School soccer champs.

(12-15) 15 and under - 13U Girls) 11-13yr olds. OpCan’t be 16 before March 1, tions 11-13 Boys/Coed and 2019.

11-13 All Girls; (16U Coed) Coaches Needed 14-16yr olds. Options 14-16 The Recreation Dept will Coed/ Small field or Full based need a volunteer coach for on sign-ups. each team formed. If you are Coaches Needed- Request interested in coaching please background check form and let us know. coaches application.

The Recreation Dept will need a volunteer coach for each team formed. If you are interested in coaching please let us know.

Coaches meeting slated sometime between Monday, Feb 25 – 28th. Times TBA. Coaches Only meeting/ training will be held to help coaches know our season format, policy and procedures and team/code of conduct info. #2 ~ Junior We will also look to separate talent and build equitable teams.

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Gaston County announces newest Police Cadets Congratulations to the newest Gaston County Police Cadets on their graduation from BLET. Pictured from left to right, S. Brogden, B. Cook, J. Cornwell, GCPD Chief of Police J. Ramey, J. Rhodes, D. Ortiz, C. Heffner, GCPD Sgt. S. Zill.

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These City of Belmont public works employees Joshua Setzer, Steve Martineau, and Tim Mecum have been busy removing the downtown Christmas decorations and putting them in storage until next year. Dreary weather or not, the job must go on.

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Belmont Abbey has been picked third in the 2019 Conference Carolinas Men’s Volleyball preseason poll, the league office has announced.

The Crusaders received 63 points in voting conducted among the conference’s nine head coaches.

Defending co-champion Barton enters the season as the favorite to win the Conference Carolinas Men’s Volleyball Championship, gaining 80 points off eight first-place votes, while Mount Olive

earned the other top tally and 66 points.

King, which also claimed a share of the 2018 regularseason championship, was just one point behind in fourth, followed by Limestone (52) and North Greenville (47). Emmanuel and Erskine tied for seventh with 34 points, while Lees-McRae College rounded out the poll with 30 points.

Belmont Abbey went 13-16 overall in 2018 and 8-8 in league play a year ago, earning a home game in the

conference tournament. The Crusaders return one of the best offensive players in the nation in Liam Maxwell, who earned honorable mention AllAmerica and first-team AllConference Carolinas honors as a sophomore. He enters 2019 as a Karch Kiraly watch list selection.

Also back for The Abbey are a pair of Ryan Millar watch list picks in middle blockers Brian Long and William Morris.

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Lady Crusader #3 Hannah Roney pushes the ball up court after a rebound.

Photos by Bill Bostick Tarheel Sports Photography

The Belmont Abbey women’s basketball team met Erskine College last week and earned a 75 to 59 win. Abbey’s #44 Brittany Autry shoots over Erskine’s Alexis Scott as she drives to the Abbey’s #10 Irelynn Davisson defends against the inbound Lady Crusader #24 Keyanna Spivey shoots over Erskine’s pass by Erskine’s Megan Jones.

Megan Jones for 2 points in the Crusaders victory over Erskine. basket.

Abbey’s #10 Irelynn Davisson shoots over Erskine’s Alexis Scott.

The Belmont Abbey men’s basketball squad met Erskine last week and prevailed 101-94.

Belmont Abbey’s #3 Romeao Ferguson looks toward the basket as he attempts a shot around Erskine’s Austin Venavle.

Lady Crusaders pose with young fans as they sing the Alma Mater at half court after Belmont Abbey won the game against Erskine Thusday evening.

Abbey’s #46 DeQuan Abrom drives under Erskine’s Austin Venavle as he prepares to lay the ball up for 2 points.

Abbey’s #4 Ben Ferguson launches one of his 3 point baskets in the first half of the Crusaders game against Erskine.

Belmont Abbey’s #10 DeQuan Abrom draws a foul as he drives to basket in the first half of the Crusaders game against Erskine on Thursday evening.

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Tri-County Animal Rescue:

Pets of the Week Tri-County Animal Rescue Pet of the Week is this little Jack Russell Terrier named Roscoe. He is 7 years old and weighs 15-20 pounds. Roscoe is good with everyone including other pets.

He has short hair so a bath and brush is all that is needed to keep him clean. Roscoe is an older little man that would be perfect for an older home.

Roscoe is neutered, current on vaccines, heartworm negative and micro-chipped. He will be looking for you this weekend!

This bright, clever, athletic breed is on top of everything that’s going on in his environment. Nothing gets by him. Most Jack Russell Terriers are happy-go-lucky and friendly with strangers, but in the presence of strange dogs, keep them close and under control. If the other dog minds its own manners, the Jack Russell will usually adhere to a “live and let live” philosophy.

The Tri-County Animal Rescue Big Dog Pet of the Week is this beautiful 50 pound Basset Hound named Rusty. Rusty is 8 years old, good with people, and loves his bed. He really wants to be the only pet. Rusty is a senior boy that wants to sleep, eat and maybe take a walk. He is house trained. Rusty is neutered, current on vaccines and micro-chipped. Please give this big boy a chance to become part of your family! He will be looking for you this weekend.

If you are looking for an addition to your family, please come out and meet our adoptable pets this weekend. Many pets will be at the Gastonia PetSmart located at 3698 East Franklin Boulevard this Saturday noon to 6 pm.

About Tri-County Animal Rescue Tri-County Animal Rescue is a non-

profit organization serving Lincoln, Gaston and other surrounding counties. We are committed to ending pet homelessness in this area and we need your continued support. If you cannot adopt a pet, then support Tri-County in other ways. We need volunteers and donations to continue our mission of finding homes for these unwanted animals. Please help Tri-County Animal Rescue continue to save pets by adopting your

next pet this weekend? Our “needs” list includes: towels, Clorox, laundry detergent, paper towels, dry dog food and dry cat food.

For more information, call 704.263.2444, send an email to TriCountyAnimalRescue@yahoo.com, visit us on the web at www.tcar.us or on FaceBook at Tri-County Animal Rescue. Donations can be sent to Tri-County Animal Rescue, PO Box 483, Alexis, NC 28006.

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Caravan Coffee

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- 3703 S. New Hope Rd.

Nichols Food Store

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Nichols BP - 318 S. Main St.

Nichols BP - 85 Belmont/McAdenville Rd.

Peace & Hominy - 403 Catawba St.

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The String Bean - 106 N. Main St.

LOWELL Exxon Station - 719 McAdenville Rd.

QSC Food Mart - 720 McAdenville Rd.

McADENVILLE Post Office - 111 Main St.

Lee’s Quick Stop

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Old City Hall - 131 S. Main St.

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Sunbelt Grill - 1301 N. Main St.

The Pantry - 100 Rankin Ave.

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West View Grocery - 1021 W. Catawba Ave.

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Catawba Coffee

Times BP

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Charlie’s Drug & Sundries

Visitors Center

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The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a $15.8 million contract to improve safety and mobility on an eight-mile stretch of N.C. 279 in Gaston County.

The roadway will be widened to create passing zones in four locations between St. Marks Church Road near Cherryville to just west of where N.C. 275 meets N.C. 279 in Dallas. The locations include: Between St. Marks Church Road and Whitesides Road; Between Bess Town

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Contractor Sloan Construction can start work as early as Jan. 2, 2019 and must complete all roadwork

by Nov. 1, 2020. Vegetation and landscaping work can continue through April 30, 2021.

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- 216 S. Main St.

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- 137 Eighth Ave.

- 3007 Hickory Grove Rd.

- 110 S. Main St.

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The bible urges folks not to hide their lamp under a basket, and that adage is certainly going to come true on Oct. 20 at 7pm when the Mt. Holly Lamp Parade steps off at Ida Rankin Elementary School, continues down West Central Avenue, turns right on South Main Street, and ends at the newly christened permanent trellis system for the Mount Holly Farmer’s Market. During the parade, folks will see over 20 dazzling and illuminated lamps marched through town.

The parade will be led by members of the official drumline of the Panthers, PurrCussion. Kathleen Doody of Toronto, Canada will be on hand to judge the lanterns for the prizes. Doody is an artist with over 20 years of lantern-making experience, and conducts lantern parades internationally The lamps will include such fanciful creations as the legendary flying horse Awaken Gallery owner Emily Andress and Irish artist Olive Stack with the Pegasus lantern that will be Pegasus, a huge fish, a giant snake with hoisted at the Mt. Holly Lantern Parade.

Photo by Alan Hodge working jaws, large and colorful butterflies, and more. The lamps were created

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by local students from schools like Ida Rankin Elementary, local artists like Diane Pike, and Awaken Gallery owner Emily Andress. They are made of wire and willow sticks with translucent paper stretched over the framework.

Pitching in to lend her expertise to the lamp parade project has been Irish artist Olive Stack who is a resident of and art gallery owner in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. Stack’s jaunt to Mt. Holly to work with the lantern parade was sponsored by the Mt. Holly Community Development Foundation.

“I love Mt. Holly,” Stack said. “The people are so warm and friendly. It’s a lot like home.”

During her stay, Stack has been working with other artists and Ida Rankin students as they craft their lanterns. She’s also making one that will represent the 1916 Mt. Island Mill bell that’s at the Mt. Holly Historical Society.

Stack and Andress met several years ago and are close friends.

“I got the idea for the lamp parade after seeing one in Paris,” said Andress.

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Community Foundation hands Here a chick, there a chick out checks in Mt. Holly Belmont council approves backyard chickens

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munity Impact Fund. The Impact Fund committee included Reggie Graham, Johnny Painter, Lauren Shoemaker, and Reeves McGlohon. Community Foundation representatives

on hand included president Ernest Sumner and program director Erin Wiggins.

Sumner praised Mt. Holly for all the work that's been

by Alan Hodge

Well deserved cash flowed at last week's meeting of the Mt. Holly city council when representatives of the See FOUNDATION page 5 Community Foundation of Gaston County handed out a number of checks to local organizations.

The groups had been chosen for the grants by the Mt. Holly Community Impact Fund.

The Community Foundation works with local leaders in Mt. Holly and elsewhere to support new and innovative ideas. This year, the Community Foundation contributed State Farm agent Adam Lee is seen holding the $25,000 check that will help $10,000 to the fund the planned veterans healing garden in downtown Mt. Holly.

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Fans of chickens, on the hoof, not fried or baked, in Belmont, have plenty to crow about.

At its last meeting, the Belmont city council approved an ordinance that will allow those so inclined to keep a small flock of chickens on their property- with provisions.

The approved ordinance will allow the keeping of up to four chickens in the rear yard area if all requirements can be met. Requirements include setbacks from side and rear property lines, chicken housing requirements, cleanliness, and permitting.

The city got involved in the chicken business by meeting with local residents who gave feedback on a draft of the ordinance. Lara Worden, area agent from the NC Cooperative Extension Service, also offered NC Cooperative Extension master gardener Dana suggestions.

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Four arrested at Jail-A-Thon On Saturday, three elected officials and one city employee were arrested on nefarious charges, placed in manacles, and hauled by paddywagon to the ‘Jail House' at Patriots Park during Mountaineer Days.

The three elected officials arrested were Mayor Scott Neisler and Council members David Allen and Rodney Gordon. Each had to raise $200 bond within two hours. Due to rowdy behavior, Rodney Gordon had to raise additional bond money. Mayor Neisler implicated Karen Tucker who was subsequently arrested for "Impersonating the City Clerk." Tucker had to raise a $25.00 bond.

All funds raised benefit the Kings Mountain Historical Museum's history education boxes that highlight local history in Kings Mountain schools. Sarah Lunch, Museum Director, and Curator commented,

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HOMECOMING QUEEN – Belle Hollifield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Hollifield was crowned Kings Mountain High School Homecoming Queen for 2018 at half-time of Friday night’s Homecoming football game at John Gamble Stadium.

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Karen Tucker serves hard-time. See more photos on page 3A (Photo provided) "Thank you, to all of those who gave donations to make this event a success!

We are so thankful for our Community and are excited to continue giving back!"

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Mush, Music and Mutts

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The Official State of North Carolina Fall Liver Mush Festival is this weekend Friday, Oct.19 and Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 in Uptown Shelby around the historic Court Square!

Yes, it's time for Mush, Music and Mutts to mark the wonders of fall in Shelby.

Join in the fun with this traditional food festival that has something for everyone. Of course, there is Liver Mush to sample, with a variety of preparations and choices.

There is a fall festival of children's activities on the Court Square with Uptown Shelby Association and volunteers offering crafts and fun activities for the kids.

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Four KMHS class reunions held Homecoming weekend Community

By Loretta Cozart Four Kings Mountain High School classes held reunions last weekend. Celebrating were the Classes of 1968, 1973, 1978, and 1993.

The Class of 1968 gathered for dinner on Friday night in Gastonia and celebrated at the Patrick Senior Center Saturday evening with 110 guests. Classmates bought ads and found creative ways to fund their event.

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The three other classes attended the Homecoming football game and watched as the Mountaineers trounced Ashbrook. Sitting together at the 40-yard line, these alumni showed their Mountaineer pride wearing black and gold.

The Class of 1973 held their reunion at the Kings Mountain Country Club, and 80 attended. At noon on Saturday, the class had a picnic at Lake Crawford, followed by the reunion later

of 1978 held their festivities at Deer Woods Farm in Bessemer City as 80 gathered for the celebration. After dinner, classmates danced to a DJ as others visited on the patio or gathered around the fire pit.

Earlier in the day, classmates played a round of golf at the Kings Mountain Country Club.

Class Treasurer Steve Laughter commented, "It was awesome getting together with our classmates

They’re back! And with no small amount of moxie and gusto, it should be noted!

It was with much happiness and satisfaction that on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., Cherryville Little Theatre board members and some CLT actors and staff, Cherryville city staff, Cherryville Council Cherryville Little Theatre Board President Wade Stroupe gladly cut the ribbon heralding the grand re-opening of members, Cherryville Main Street personnel, and well-wishers all came the Cherryville Little Theatre after its much-needed restoration. With him and Mayor H.L. Beam, III, are a pleth- out to celebrate the ribbon cutting and grand re-opening of the newly ora of city and council officials, Chamber and CMSP officials and representatives, and CLT staff and players. refabbed and reimagined CLT. (photos by MEP/The Eagle) See more THEATRE page 3A

Keystone Powdered Metals’ employees see PINK in Breast Cancer fight

by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael.cherryvilleeagle@gmail.com

Children’s activities include pumpkin painting.

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Revival

Both Terry L. Stutter, Keystone Powdered Metal Company’s Plant Manager, and Pam Crotts, Keystone Powdered Metal Company’s Human Resource Manager, take great pride in the fact their co-workers and staffs are seeing pink nowadays.

They’re not alone. Their co-workers do too as was evidenced by what they did to honor those who fight the fight.

So, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month they and a number of their day and night shift employees donned pink tee-shirts to let all know

The day, or first, shift crew at Keystone Powdered Metals in their pink shirts they wore last week as part of their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. (photo by MEP/The Eagle) how the employees came together to do this.

“We had one firstshift employee who even bought pink duct tape and duct-taped his work boots,

which are steel-toed for The plant has a total of safety’s sake, to show how 150 employees and has as even tough items like that one of their main clients can be important in the Ford Motor Company, as fight against breast can- has had many major applicer!”, she noted. ance corporations as well in

the past.

Shutter, who is from Pennsylvania, the home of Keystone Powdered Metals See more KEYSTONE page 4A

“Pride in Gaston Traveling Tour” builds community pride

A Community Revival “Together for the Gospel” is planned for October 25-28, 7:00 p.m. nightly for all ages.

This will be a tent revival across from Bethware School (Kings Mountain). There will be a special children’s event on Saturday, October 27, from 3 - 6 p.m. at D id B ti t Ch h

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they’re a team when it comes to the fight to battle and hopefully find a cure for the disease.

For plant manager Shutter it’s personal as his wife Donna is a breast cancer survivor.

“My wife and I have been supporters of the Susan G. Komen Foundation for years,” said Shutter in a recent interview at the Keystone plant.

“This is just another opportunity to come together and do this in out plant.”

Crotts agreed, adding, “And we love the camaraderie due to the shirts.”

Crotts, a Dallas native, has two kids and four grandchildren, said she was awed by

by DONNA LOCKETT Gaston Together

In the summer of 2000, Gaston Together began a program to enhance the awareness of Community Pride in Gaston County school children. By building on the study of the community in the third grade, Gaston Together worked with Gaston County Schools to develop the “Pride in Gaston TravSee more PRIDE page 7A

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The Lady Warriors have no time for rebuilding

By John Wilson john.bannernews@gmail.com

Many times when a basketball team, or for that matter any team picks up a new head coach there is a rebuilding period.

A rebuilding is not always successful, and it isn’t always smooth. There are usually growing pains as new systems are learned and players adjust.

I guess no one ever told that to first year head coach Amber Neely and the East Gaston girls basketball team.

So far this season, coach Neely and the Lady Warriors have hit the ground running.

As East Gaston prepares for the upcoming Southwestern 2A Conference schedule the Lady Warriors are sitting at a solid 6-5.

So much for rebuilding mode.

Over the holiday break, EG traveled to Lincoln County to take part in The People’s Bank Holiday Clash held at North Lincoln High School.

The tournament proved to be a success for the Lady Warriors. The team performed rather well winning two of three games and coming in third place.

In the third place game East Gaston beat West Lincoln 59-44.

That game opened up with the Lady Warriors running up a quick 16-6 lead in the first quarter.

After that, East Gaston outplayed the Lady Rebels in every quarter except the 4th. That’s when West Lin-

coln tried try to mount what turned out to be an unsuccessful comeback.

Madison Mistry and AJ Price led the way for East Gaston. Mistry had 15 points and Price had 12.

Coming back from the break, East Gaston loaded up and traveled to Mount Pleasant to take on the Lady Tigers.

Things didn’t go well for Mount Pleasant. EG dominated throughout the entire game to bring home a 57-35 win.

AJ Price was the team’s top scorer in that game dumping in 20 points.

Things are definitely looking up for the Lady Warriors.

It looks like coach Neely is guiding the team in the right direction and the girls are responding.

“We have been really playing great defensively,” Neely noted. “Hustling for the loose balls. Boxing out, rebounding, and talking more on defense.”

The stats definitely show that EG is playing solid defense. The Lady Warriors are also showing that they can attack.

“Offensively we have been shooting the ball really well,” Neely said. “Our confidence is continuously rising and we plan on keeping this same intensity and positivity as we enter conference play this week vs Chase.”

EG has one more nonconference matchup this week against North Gaston.

After that the Lady Warriors take on Chase on January 11th in Forest City.

Cooperative Extension diabetes workshop offered Do you or a family member have pre-diabetes, diabetes, or at risk for diabetes? If so, then don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to better take control of your diabetes.

NC Cooperative Extension and the Gaston County Senior Center are offering the Living Healthy with Diabetes workshop, a free selfmanagement program which begins in January.

Living Healthy with Diabetes is an evidence-based, diabetes self-management program originally developed at Stanford University.

The program is designed for anyone with diabetes, pre-diabetes, or at risk for diabetes.

Participants will learn how to prevent low blood sugar; prevent and delay complications of diabetes; eat well; use medications effectively; manage pain, fatigue and depression; solve problems and set goals. The program is valued at more than $400 and there is no cost to participants.

“Living Healthy with Diabetes truly makes a difference

in the lives of so many people. Many participants report how helpful the group discussions are as well as being able to problem-solve together on health issues that impact everyone,” said Linda Minges, program facilitator with NC Cooperative Extension.

The program consists of six weekly sessions scheduled for Tuesdays, January 22nd through February 26th from 2:30pm – 5:00pm. All sessions will be held at the Dallas Branch Library, located at 105 S. Holland St., Dallas, NC. There is no cost to you, but pre-registration is required. You must be able to attend at least four out of the six sessions. Participants receive a copy of “Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions” workbook, a relaxation CD, tote bag, and refreshments. Pre-registration is required by contacting the Dallas Branch Library - 704.922.3621 by January 15, 2019. This program is sponsored by Centralina Area Agency on Aging.

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Stanley Middle School recently held its spelling bee. Congratulations to sixth graders Madison R. (left) who won and and runner-up Menal S. Gaston Schools photo

Mamie Chisholm recognized for fifty CROSSWORD PUZZLE years of service with Gaston Schools The special recognition keeps coming for Ashbrook High School teacher Mamie Chisholm, who is an “original employee” of the unified Gaston County Schools. On December 11, the Gaston County Commissioners approved a commendation to honor Mrs. Chisholm for 50 years of teaching in Gaston County. She began her career in 1968 (the same year schools were consolidated into one county-wide district) and has been with GCS ever since. Chisholm taught French at South Point High School for 32 years and was named the Gaston County Teacher of the Year twice – in 1979 and 1997. Following her tenure at South Point High School, Mrs. Chisholm served as the Librarian at Woodhill and Lingerfeldt Elementary Schools before returning to the classroom in 2007 as a French teacher at Ashbrook High School. Chisholm served as the honorary grand marshal for the “Big 50 Parade” in September.

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Connect the Dots: It’s All About Him

What happened?

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7. Not very big 8. Astronomy unit 9. A way to open up 10. Trap 11. Handle of a knife 13. Indicates one from a part of W. Africa 17. Lucky number 24. Doctor of Education 25. Legendary Cubs broadcaster 26. Female parent 27. Mimic 28. Connects to the rim 29. Small constellation 35. Indicates near 36. Consumed 37. Criticize 38. Shock therapy 40. Type of cigarette 41. The fashionable elite 42. Shed tears 43. Arm or branch of a bone 44. Quell anger 45. Where rock and rollers play 47. “The Alchemist” author Coelho 48. Choppers 49. Lacks brightness 52. Port in Yemen 53. Brood of pheasant 54. Approves food 55. A type of sign

By Dennis Siracusa Fifty years ago, early one Texas fall morning it happened! While sawing a cord of firewood and carefully trying not to injure myself with the saw, my legs started burning. Looking down I discovered myself in the middle of a fire ant bed. Forgetting firewood, I focused on stamping, swatting and undressing quickly to save myself from at least 50 of those creatures; happily I did! Over the decades, other life adventures didn’t turn out as well or as quickly. You may be able to

relate. Wouldn’t it be handy to have a constant all-knowing guide?

Most of us, as toddlers, learned to walk before we had a mouthful of teeth; we teetered and tottered on our newly discovered legs, frequently banging into things, but avoided spilling our teeth on the floor because…. we didn’t have any yet. We didn’t need a guide in this case, but that sure was conveniently timed wasn’t it?

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Where did my sudden allergies to cats and horses come from, what’s going on with my burgeoning weight and thinning finances, and how did I get steered toward jobs and college curriculums I was ill suited for? So many questions and so many agonizing illusive answers.

One thing I’ve discovered is that I’m a “noticer.” (sic) Years ago someone asked if I had ever heard of a certain public figure. I didn’t think I had. Funny thing, however, is that over the next week I ran into that person’s name several times. That’s when it hit me that all sorts of things are constantly bumping up against our lives and it will pay us dividends to pay a little closer attention.

Henry Ford is noted saying that “it isn’t what you know that’s as important as who you surround yourself with.” I’ve learned, as Ford did, that others have a great deal to offer us if we connect well. Take honest and careful interest in others, their knowledge, experience and interests. I’ve learned something else just as critical too.

We are not an island unto ourselves. We aren’t living a flat, two dimensional, it’s all about me evolutionary life. God exists, has several purposes for creating us, and wants to lead us through our lives, suitable to how He designed us. So another critical thing is to embrace God, His purpose and His direction for our lives. This we can do within prayer and reading our instruction manual, His bible. An offshoot of this is to, through obedience to God

and His wisdom, use that Dennis Siracusa wisdom and not just nod our heads at it. Did you know that a dismal percentage of us humans really ever set substantive goals? Oh, we’ll make out a grocery list and stick to it.. almost, but in terms of the direction of our life we simply don’t do much. We don’t take a good inventory of ourselves, we look at life’s quirks and learn to settle for what is handed out, even though we’re miserable, and we almost never ask God to help us figure all this out. So we end up grumbling, overeating, warming bar stools, and overspending. We swat, and stamp our feet at life and ridiculously too…. at God. We blame God for everything ornery that comes our way.

The bible tells us that God is awesome, limitless, and eternal. His desire is for our welfare (Jeremiah 29:11) and as a perfect guide, He’ll never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5), but just like one of my grandchildren yesterday did with me, we’ll let loose of His hand and wander off our own direction and from my experience, while God will let us exercise our freewill, that’s often not wise.

We’ll end up wasting time and resources or worse and asking ourselves the painful question…. “What just happened?”

As we start this New Year, let’s quit scratching our heads and peacefully let God clear our path for us.

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WINTER MARKET JANUARY 12! Inside Newgrass Brewing Company, 213 S. Lafayette Street, Shelby, NC. Winter produce, locally raised meats, goat cheese, baked goods, eggs, goat milk soap, and more! 8amnoon.

COMMUNITY EVENTS B E S T CA R O L I N A E V E N T S .

COM MAKE PLANS TODAY Festivals, Jewelry, Animals, Shows, Lights, Christmas, Expos, Boats, Guns, Markets, Concerts, Skating, Elves, NASCAR. NC4Ever@email.com

EMPLOYMENT NEED MUSCLES TO DEMOLISH/WORK Labors Only.

Quote by job or by hour. 1- Have truck, trailer, tools come demolish remove shed. 2- Fencing opportunity. 3- May have other work available; for NonProfit.

(704) 601-7734 GENERAL MAINTENANCE MAN. Full time for Rental Properties. Must have valid NC drivers license. (704) 473-4299 INTERIOR / EXTERIOR HOUSE PAINTER. Needed for rental property. Must have painting experience. (704) 4734299 MAINTENANCE MAN & GROUNDS KEEPER. Full time for Rental Properties. Must have valid NC drivers license.

(704) 473-4299 WANTED - COUNTRY MUSICIANS AND SINGERS TO JAM. Maybe form band. Call Mike (704) 739-0111 NOW HIRING ROOFERS. Experienced Laborers. Must have valid drivers license. Also need Experienced Single Ply Roofers and Experienced Shingle Roofers. Cline Co., Inc. (704) 477-0516 EXPERIENCED GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE/ LUBE TECH POSITION AVAILABLE. Apply in person at 1900 Elizabeth Ave., Shelby, NC. Pay Based on Experience.

COMPLETE CARE INC. Is seeking CNAs / In Home Aides for Cleveland and Gaston Counties.

Apply M-F, 8am-4pm at 404 W. Warren St, Shelby, NC 28150 or call (704) 480-9340

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WELL ESTABLISHED RESTAURANT/ BUILDING for over 18 years, located in Shelby NC. Great cash flow, owner selling due to health reasons. Some owner financing available. (704) 473-1176 NC4EVER.COM MOBILE TEDDY BEARS. Machine weighs 65 pounds, in two pieces and may be transported in most vehicles. NC4Ever@ email.com AUTOMOTIVE PARTS STORE FOR SALE. Located in the Foothills of NC. Automotive, Tractor, Heavy Duty Trucks, up to date inventory. Buy Business Inventory of Business and Building. Owner Retiring. Serious inquiries only. 828-2231564.

BUSINESS SERVICES I WILL SIT WITH ELDERLY on 2nd or 3rd shift. Rutherfordton, Forest City, Spindale areas. $10 per hour. 828-2870982, 828-305-0585.

GUTTER BUSTERS. All around handyman service, including gutter cleaning and blowing and most any yard work, including minor chainsaw work/tree trimming, bush trimming/removal, planting, raised beds, spreading mulch by the truck load, removing clutter of all types, storm damage clean-up, and more. No mowing. Tidy up your place by calling Robert for a free estimate. Serving Cleveland County for years.

(980) 295-0750 CLEVELAND COUNTY GARAGE DOORS. Winter Garage Door Special: Single size starting at $499. Double size starting at $849. Garage door repairs and installations. Ask about glass door installation and repair. 704419-0117 (704) 472-9367

AIRLINE CAREERS Get FAA approved maintenance training at campuses coast to coast. Job placement assistance.

Financial Aid for qualifying students. Military friendly.

Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance

800-481-7894

BUSINESS SERVICES HANDYMAN, RETIRED. General contractor available for small job repairs and fixes.

Deck repair a specialty. Rutherford/Cleveland County areas.

Bob, (828) 476-6058 WNC CHIMNEY SWEEP, WESTERN CAROLINA. Insured and Licensed. Cleaning, Repair, Caps, Pest Removals, 22yrs experience. Ellenboro +75 miles. Neal, (828) 2237730 HANDYMAN SMALL JOB SPECIALIST. Decks, gutters, siding cleaned, repaired, painting, sealing, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, toilets, ceiling fans, lights, blinds, chainsaw, yard, lawn, assembly. (Shelby, Forest City, Gaffney). Call Paul (828) 303-3272

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

WANT TO BUY

PAYLESS STORAGE BUILDINGS Top Quality. Cash, 90 days same as cash, (rent to own, no credit check). Same or next day delivery on in stock inventory. Free 75 miles. J Johnson Sales, Forest City. (828) 245-5895

ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIRS. Scooterman John, used electric wheelchairs, electric mobility scooters, repairs.

(704) 951-4224 mobilityservices07@gmail.com

WANT TO BUY CARS, TRUCKS. Trailers, Metal Boats, Tractors, Farm Equipment.

Must have ID & proof of ownership. Callahan’s Towing.

(704) 692-1006

MERITS MOBILITY CHAIR. $375. Good used electric chair for a larger person, over 5’ 6”, with charger. Will deliver and train. Call 704-951-4224 or 704-438-1292. mobilityservices07@gmail.com

DANNY’S AUTOWERKS. Buying used or junk cars. Competitive prices. Call Jimmy, 828289-1175 or (828) 247-1070

CARPORTS, GARAGE, HORSE BARNS. Installed in 2-3 weeks or sooner in most cases (standard). Best on site display around. J Johnson Sales, Forest City. (828) 2455895

FOR SALE HORSE QUALITY HAY. Square and round bales. Call (704) 487-6855 FIRE WOOD FOR SALE. Hardwood, long bed truck, $60 a load. (704) 538-1364 TRAILERS, LAWNMOWER TRAILERS, Flatbed Trailers, Enclosed Trailers, Horse and Cattle Trailers, Saddlery.

Check our prices and quality before you buy. Bridges Riding Equipment. Boiling Springs, NC. (704) 434-6389 PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS with Scratch Pads! Press Room Printing. 704-482-2243.

(704) 538-5788 KITCHEN APPLIANCES. Kitchen Aid and Jenn-Air appliances all stainless steel. Fridge, range, dishwasher, microwave, all used very little, new $7000 will take $2500. 704-487-0550 (704) 678-3954

10 GLASS DOOR WALK-IN COOLER $2000 No refrigeration. Shelving included. Ten (10) glass doors and one (1) metal access door. (704) 7397648 png924@gmail.com TRAILERS: WE BUY, SALE, TRADE (must have title).

Parts and service on most models. New 5x10 $895 with this ad. Call J Johnson Sales, Forest City. (828) 245-5895

FOR SALE: DIESEL FUEL TANK. 200 gallon diesel fuel tank for sale as is and you haul. $200. (828) 755-4063 grousedog47@gmail.com

WHIZ BANG POPCORN MACHINE Gay 90’s Model # 2014 with Four Wheel Cart. In good condition! $800.00 Call 704692-4449

WE BUY UNWANTED JUNK CARS. We will come to you.

We pay cash on the spot. No titles needed. ID required. (803) 374-7545

FESCUE HAY. No rain, $4.50 per bale. (704) 538-4110

COUNTY LINE TIMBER BUYING HARDWOOD and Pine Timber, 5 acres+. Also, Pine Thinning. Over 25 years experience. Member of NCFA. 828248-3659, (828) 289-0742

REFRIGERATORS, STOVES, WASHERS, DRYERS. Discount Prices. 1205 Earl Road, Shelby NC. (704) 487-4443

WANTED: OLD AND NEW AMMO. Reloading supplies.

(828) 245-6756 $$CASH$$ FOR OLD FISHING LURES. Call Rick Hutton collector. (704) 695-4917

FARM & GARDEN

FLAGS AND FLAG POLES. 15 ft., 20 ft., and 25 ft., poles in stock. Delivery and installation available. Call J Johnson Sales, Forest City. (828) 245-5895

1948 FORD-8N TRACTOR FOR SALE. With 4 foot grooming mower attachment, $3000.

Contact 828-382-0155.

QUALITY HORSE HAY. Organic fertile, mineral enriched, barn stored. $45 per large role.

(704) 434-9104

(2) BURIAL PLOTS FOR SALE at Sunset Memorial, Forest City. Good Shepherd Section. Call 828-245-7559 or 828-223-3575.

SOLID WOOD TV HUTCH. Solid wood TV hutch made

by Bassett Furniture. Includes an older model TV (approximately 36”). Asking $150. Call 704-477-7787 for more info. Leave message if no answer, will return your call. rkahconley@att.net ALUMINUM LOADING RAMPS. Heavy Duty with lock on straps, 2500lb capacity.

Cost over $160, sell for $75.

704-692-4449.

MERITS MOBILITY CHAIR. Merits mobility chair, for someone over 5’ 4”. Comes with charger, delivery. $385. Call Scooterman John (704) 9514224 mobilityservices07@ gmail.com 8 HP LEAF VAC. $400. Great Deal! 828-429-0044.

CUT AND SPLIT OAK FIREWOOD. Short bed load, $50 if you collect. $60 delivered 5 miles radius, Sandy Mush. 828202-1000.

HORSE QUALITY HAY FOR SALE. 4x5 Round Bales in barn, price reduced $35 each.

Fescue and Orchard grass.

Rutherford County. 828-4293100.

LAWN & LEAF VACCUUM D&R Leaf Vacuum & mulcher. bought from Tractor Supply, paid $1100. Used one season.

Other than leaf dust, looks like new. Attaches to mower but has it own motor as well. Dump bed. Sold house & downsized, don’t need anymore. $550 firm.

(704) 472-8842

DOUBLE SIZE BED FRAME. With solid Headboard and Footboard and 6 drawer dresser with mirror, $150. Call (704) 538-6538

WANT TO BUY

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CASH FOR YOUR CAR running or not, title or no title.

Call Charles Dellinger at Red Road Towing. 704-692-6767 or (704) 487-0228

CARPORTS, RV/BOAT COVERS, Equipment, Hay, Livestock. Protect your investments. Largest on site display around, 1000’s of options, 12’ to 60’ wide, 300’ or longer. J Johnson Sales, Forest City. (828) 245-5895

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I PAY CASH FOR DIABETIC Test Strips. Up to $10 per 100ct. Must be Unused, Unexpired. I’m local & pay fast.

(828) 577-4197

LARGEST TRAILER INVENTORY and Selection around.

BEST prices, new 5x8 $725.

Custom built welcome. 2k to 20 ton Utility, Cargo, Dump, Equipment, Livestock. J Johnson Sales, Forest City. (828) 245-5895

BOONE’S TREE EXPERTS. Trimming, Topping, Removal, Stump Grinding, Danger trees, Chipper and Bobcat work. Insured. Free Estimates. 828429-4742, 828-289-9756, (828) 980-8119

LUXURY TYPEWRITER. In perfect condition. (BELMONT) (305) 304-3034

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LOOKING TO BUY UNWANTED RENTAL OR STARTER HOMES. Must be priced to sell! (704) 4720006 WWII COLLECTOR WANTING TO BUY German Pistols, Military Guns, Helmets, Knives and Flags. I BUY Small and Large Gun Collections also.

Licensed FFL, TOP cash paid.

(828) 980-3329

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PUPPIES: 4 female 1 male had first shots and deworm miniature dachshunds (704) 300-7225 Cutewendy66@yahoo.com

2003 HONDA CIVIC 199,319.00 miles, resently replaced radiator, head gasket set, valves ck, and machined.

Starter replaced in July, and timming belt, water pump and thermostat, two years ago.

(828) 375-0329 manuelferrand@hotmail.com

1999 HONDA CIVIC 4 door, automatic, $2750. 2004 BMW Convertible, 330 CI, auto, $8950. 1999 Nissan Altima, $1650. 828-287-8668.

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LAWNDALE AREA. Cleared 1.3 acre lot, water and septic, priced to sell. Owner will finance with low down payment. Call Bryant Realty, www.bryantrealtyinc.com (704) 567-9836

MOVE IN SPECIAL. 2 and 3 Bedroom, $900 deposit and up. $190 weekly rates. Includes power and water. NO PETS. Visit us online at Oakwood Rentals, Shelby or call (704) 473-4299

3 BEDROOM, 2 FULL BATH. Kitchen, BR, full den, hardwood flooring, and fenced in back yard, appliances included, brick home, $1100 month or $1200 with cats or dogs.

Serious inquires only. Call (704) 692-5337

LIVESTOCK FOR SALE. Pure breed, Angus Bulls and Heifers.

Jacob Fork Ranch. Call 704538-1199. (704) 600-7847

CARS & TRUCKS

1985 CHEVROLET EL CAMINO with new front end, braking system, new parts. Project car, needs body work, $3500.

828-289-8719.

1994 CADILLAC CONCOURS Northstar, extra clean inside and out, 171,000 miles, check engine light stays on, $1000.

Call (704) 685-8565

1985 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Manual 4+3 transmission, 5.7L 350 V8, 50,000 miles, removable glass Targa top. $2900. (704) 692-2240

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THE BANNER NEWS LOTTERY Numbers will be drawn each Monday Morning.

Look in next week's Banner-News for the 3 WINNING NUMBERS! Jackpot increases $50 each week until won, then a new jackpot will begin at $50.

LOTTERY RULES Absolutely one entry per household each week! No photo copies will be allowed. Any lottery entries that have the same handwriting or appear to be in conjunction with any other entry will be disqualified. Entries must be complete with name, household address and phone number. No business address will be accepted. All entries must be brought by the Banner-News drop box at 128-C North Main St. in Belmont, NC or post-marked by Saturday prior to Monday's drawing. We are not responsible for entries lost or late by mail delivery. If more than one correct lottery entry is received, the jackpot will be split between the winners. The Banner-News Lottery Jackpot will cap at $10,000 maximum. The judge's decision is final. Must be at least 18 years old to enter. Employees and immediate family of CF Media not eligible.

The Ban ner News Lottery is this simple!

Choose your favorite 3 numbers between 1 and 50 (not using the same number twice) and enter the numbers in the 3 circles below in any order.

Mail to: Lottery Banner News 128-C North Main St. Belmont, NC 28012 Name ________________________________ Address ______________________________ City _________________________________ State___________________ Zip __________ Phone _______________________________