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Good news for great people! Volume 87 • Issue 42
• Belmont • Cramerton • Lowell • McAdenville • Mount Holly • Stanley
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Cramer Mtn. Ladies Golf Assoc. holds big fundraiser By Deborah Dunlap In October of 2017, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Cramer Mountain Club Ladies’ Golf Association initiated an event that is dear to their hearts. That was the first year of their “Take a Swing Against Breast Cancer” event to benefit The Woman in Pink Boutique, a Gastonia wig boutique that provides free wigs and accessories to women facing breast cancer or other health issues. The LGA became aware of the wonderful work of two-time breast cancer survivor, Kim Beverly, along with family members, Paige Golding and Deborah Mull, when a member’s daughter, who was battling breast cancer, was provided not only a wig and accessories, but also the loving support of a woman who had faced the same journey.
Because so many LGA members had either experienced breast cancer or had a friend or family member who had, they were determined to support The Woman in Pink. With 100% of the profits going to the boutique, the golf event started small with a few hole sponsors, Ladies’ Golf Clinic, and members who played golf participating in the Closest to the Pin Challenge resulting in a check for $2,860. Gradually, more sponsors, In Honor/In Memory Hill, Raffle, and Putt-Putt Challenge were added. As a result, this year, on the 5th anniversary of the event, the LGA was excited to present a check for $19,058 to The Woman in Pink Boutique to continue their mission “to give hope and encouragement See GOLF, Page 4
2021 LGA Check Presentation to the Woman in Pink.
Gaston County Museum has new home for its artifacts collection By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info
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Local teachers among those for program to develop next generation of leaders Fourteen teachers have been chosen for Gaston County Schools’ new partnership with Gardner-Webb University that will help develop the next generation of school leaders. Several are from the BannerNews area. The teachers will be involved in a 20-month program of study, completing 36 credit hours and obtaining
a master’s degree in school administration. They will progress through the coursework together as a cohort with a blend of online classes and in-person meetings. The classes focus on topics such as executive leadership, resource management, curriculum development, and See TEACHERS, Page 7
The Gaston County Museum on the historic square in beautiful downtown Dallas is one of our region’s most popular places for folks to get a look at area exhibits and artifacts going back literally hundreds of years. However, a faulty HVAC system in the Hoffman Hotel where the museum is located put a lot of those priceless treasures at risk of destruction by mold and when that fact was revealed, museum staff and volunteers pitched in to not only save and clean the goodies but to relocate about 25,000 of them to a new and better environment. Now, that new location, located at 1904 Dallas-Cherryville Highway (about a mile from the museum) is open to See MUSEUM, Page 6
Gaston County Museum assistant director Alexandrea Pizza out front of the new collections and archives facility. Photo by Alan Hodge
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