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Belmont couple have created a local agricutural oasis

By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info

Once upon a time, small farms dominated our local landscape, but development has erased the vast majority of those pastoral plots. However, Jim and Allison Bansen of Belmont have preserved an agricultural oasis just off New Hope Rd. where they, their three young sons Ben, Jack, and Lane, and their guests can still get a feel of the simple life.

Called Bansen Farms, the nearly 10-acre site at 138 Brice Rd. was purchased from the Stowe family about three and a half years ago.

It’s only four miles from downtown Belmont. The

place lets Jim, who works for Case Construction, get back to his family roots of raising cows like his family has done for 100 years in his home state of California.

“Being on a farm and raising cattle is in my blood,”Jim said. “Not just any cattle, Jersey cattle. The smell of fresh cut grass on the tractor before the sun rises holds some of my best memories. Its funny how a smell can bring back a flood full of memories. Moving to North Carolina, I never dreamed I would have the opportunity to own a farm on the East Coast and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to share this lifestyle with not only my children

and wife but with other families as well.”

The Bansen’s cows are part of the family and add a lot of “atmosphere” to the farm.

“We immediately bought two cows, Jersey and Bingo,” Allison said. “They are officially big pets because our plans to do farm to table were shattered with those big eyes!”

The property came with a farmhouse and three barns.

The Bansens jumped in and set to work improving the place.

“We renovated the farmhouse and then renovated the barn,” said Allison.

See BANSEN, Page 7 Bansen Farms owner Allison Bansen and her son Ben with two vintage tractors slated for refurbishment by husband Jim. The Bansens have created a farm style AirBnB just a few miles from downtown Belmont.

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Mt. Holly Farmers Market is also a SNAP site

By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info

The Mt. Holly Farmers Market at 226 South Main Street is having a great season especially since folks who are in the SNAP program can now get fresh fruits, vegetables, and other foods there.

What’s SNAP? SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program. SNAP provides benefits to eligible low-income individuals and families via an Electronic Benefits Transfer card. This card can be used like a debit card to purchase eligible food in authorized retail food stores.

To be eligible for SNAP, most households must meet certain bank balance limits.

A household with an elderly See SNAP, Page 4

These folks were staffing the SNAP EBT booth at the Mt. Holly Farmers Market last Saturday morning. From left Meg Phillips, Jessica Hudome, Joshua Anders.

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Athletic fields at Stanley Middle School taking shape Stanley Middle School principal Rebecca Huffstetler with the new athletic facility and freshly sodded football field in the background. See more on page 5.

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OPINION

TODAY’S QUOTE: “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.”

- Henry Ford

This one I can’t explain

My Opinion:

Life before A/C Just in case you haven’t noticed, it’s been hotter than forty Hades lately. I would have used another word besides Hades but since this is a family oriented publication held my tongue or fingers I should say.

Last weekend, Sharon and I went to Lake Lure/Chimney Rock for what amounted to a candy/frog jam run. The candy part comes from a store up there that sells all sorts of candy like we used to get back in the days of yore- Chunky, striped color coconut bars, Malocups, Turkish taffy, that sort of thing.

The frog jam part is from the fig, raspberry, orange, ginger peel jelly that an old lady sells at a roadside stand. She has toe jam too- tangerine, orange, elderberry.

Even though Lake Lure/Chimney Rock is a little higher in elevation that around here, it’s not enough to really be any cooler. Therefore, the beach at Lake Lure was packed with folks trying to cool off. There were so many people on that little strip of sand that the throng resembled ants on a candy bar. It was scorching!

This freight train of thought rumbled on down the tracks in my skull and soon found itself at a station called “Life Before Air Conditioning” where it pulled in wheezing and blowing steam. Once it was rare for homes to be air-conditioned. It was even more rare for cars to be so equipped. If you stop and think about it, over the span of tens of thousand of years that folks have been what is commonly called “civilized” (although there are lots of people, many of whom dwell in my neck of the woods, who have not reached that state of societal development), air conditioning has only been around in common use for a few decades.

When I was a child back in the mid 1950s we lived in Belmont in a house sans AC. Like everyone else, in summer we kept the windows open but there were screens on them that kept all but the largest and least ambitious insects outside. In a couple of windows were box fans. I enjoyed putting my face as close to the whirling blades as possible and singing at the same time and the fan blades gave my voice a nice tremolo. The blades also allowed a game of brinkmanship. The idea was to poke your finger through the blade guard and see how close you could come to having it chopped off but still escape disaster.

To keep from being a roasted pig in a blanket you just slept with a cotton sheet for covering as did the pharaohs of old. If the fan was turned off, it was so quiet in Belmont (except for the cicadas), believe it or not, you could

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hear the baseball announcer at Davis Park calling the game.

No matter how hot it got, I don’t recall suffering unduly from Alan Hodge Banner-News Editor the heat and humidity back then. I think the term is acclimated. Later, we moved to Charlotte and we had a neighbor whose home had central air–the first time I had ever seen such technology. The cooling unit sat on a slab beside the house and was a huge affair about the size of a Fiat 500 car and you could hear water gurgling in it but it did a swell job and all the kids in the neighborhood (a lot of adults too) looked for any excuse to visit the Crumps and their AC. Air conditioning in cars didn’t become even somewhat common until the late 1960s.

I know because I was there. In 1967 my mom Dorothy Jean bought a new Chevy Impala with a black vinyl interior and no AC. If the Impala sat in the summer sun the vinyl seats soaked up about a billion BTUs of sun-heat and if you were wearing shorts there were but two choices regarding sitting down on them.

You could ease yourself down on the flaming plastic or just take it like a man and plop down and feel the back of your legs sizzle.

After having ridden a while, you could feel sweat trickle down your legs in little rivulets.

Getting to the coast in the summer in a car with no AC meant you had to get up way before daylight and head out while it was still dark and relatively cool. One of my fondest recollections is that of whizzing through the South Carolina low country swamps near Conway with all windows in our car rolled down just as the sun was coming up and smelling the dank air and seeing the ghostlike Spanish moss and closer now to the coast and over the Intercoastal Waterway bridge and feeling the coolness of the sea breeze and then finally arriving at Windy Hill or Cherry Grove or Myrtle Beach just as the sun was coming up like a red ball on the horizon and hearing the surf pounding the sand.

Alas, now it seems I have become a worm and can’t seem to live without AC. The curly headed wife keeps it so cold in our house I sometimes sit in front of the TV wearing shorts, an RAF sheepskin flying jacket and Pattern 1936 flying boots. When outside, I rarely break a sweat if I can help it.

Anyway, here’s hoping everyone stays cool this summer in whatever manner you can.

When I was a kid, I swam under water more than on top of it. To this day, I am more at home below the surface than above it.

With that in mind, you can understand that one of my life goals has been to swim in blue water. I was considering the Gulf coast of Florida. My wife and I would go the last week in June. Every time I went to make the reservation something said to me, “Don’t go.” I put it on hold.

Months went by and I was concerned I wouldn’t find a place to stay. I contacted a friend who told me about a spot on the Gulf Coast that was beautiful. He raved about the experience he and his family had there. He even told me what community to rent a home. But again, as I got closer to making those reservations, something told me not to go.

Months later I was running out of time. Would I fly or drive? I looked at various airlines while comparing the costs of renting a car vs. driving there. Again, there was that still small voice that said, “Don’t go.”

At the same time, a church asked me to preach the Sunday of my vacation. I agreed.

We would leave right after church. But again, that quiet voice said, “Don’t go.”

A week before my vacation, I learned my son-in-law needed gall bladder surgery.

We didn’t know what day he would be scheduled for surgery. Let me tell you how the week unfolded.

Someone asked my wife to be friends on Facebook.

Through that connection, I learned his wife had a heart attack on Friday night. Saturday of my vacation I am at the hospital, comforting her and her husband. I also learned that their niece died in a car wreck two nights before.

Sunday night, our church had an ice cream social for

baby boomers. At the last minute, I was asked to speak.

Monday, we went to the zoo. We almost didn’t make it. My middle sister was scheduled to come to my house and watch my mother who has Alzheimer’s (she lives with me). As she was leaving her driveway in Virginia, her car broke down.

She had to borrow someone else’s car to come. Also, I messed up the schedule for watching my mother. My older sister thought she was leaving Monday at 11am and not 7pm. She agreed to stay longer. My middle sister wouldn’t arrive until Tuesday afternoon. My son-in-law was scheduled for surgery very early Tuesday morning.

We planned to stay overnight at his house. Now, neither sister was available to watch my mother overnight.

I agreed to stay with my mother on Monday night while my wife slept over my son-in-law’s house the night before the surgery. When

the home health aide arrived at 10am, I left for the hospiTony Marciano tal.

O n e more thing, Wednesday we had a staff appreciation event.

I couldn’t have gone to Florida and missed it.

Here is the question. Explain to me how six months before that last week in June, God knew that my friend would have a heart attack, her niece would get killed in an accident, my son-in-law would have surgery on Tuesday, my sister’s car would break down, I would mess up the schedule for caring for my mother and we would have a staff appreciation event on Wednesday.

Explain it to me. Maybe I’m not supposed to understand it. Instead, I am called to walk by faith and not by sight.

Let’s not just focus on elections, but on how we elect

By Lee H. Hamilton A few years ago, I was at a polling place here in Indiana where a long line of people stood waiting to vote.

A woman recognized me and called me over. “Why is it,” she asked, “that you politicians make it so hard and inconvenient to vote?”

I thought of this the other

day when I read the news reports about presidents Trump and Putin meeting and jestingly accusing one another of election meddling. Leave aside the question of an American president joking about this. The sad truth is, Russian meddling isn’t our only election problem. We’ve See HAMILTON, Page 3

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By Glenn Mollette Social media is just like mom’s apple pie, it’s not good to eat a whole pie every day.

Over three billion people are social media users worldwide. While social media helps keep the world connected, social media addiction is becoming a global problem that keeps growing.

As of 2018, one third of the global population used social media.

Internet and social media addictions continue to grow as our dependence on technology increases. Over 210 million people suffer from internet and social media ad-

dictions worldwide.

A 2018 study found that teens who spend 5 hours per day using their phones were almost twice as likely to exhibit depressive symptoms than counterparts who dedicated only one hour on their phones. The relationship between excessive mobile use and depression appears to be strongly inked to gender with 58% more females than males experiencing depressive symptoms. A recent study containing over 23,500 participants between the ages of 16 and 88 found that being a young single female was most strongly associated

with displaying addictive social media behavior. Addictive social media behavior was also strongly related to narcissistic personality traits and low self-esteem.

Social media addiction doesn’t just affect behavior during the day; it even damages the ability to sleep.

A study found that 71% of Americans sleep with or next to a mobile device. Some 47 million people in America do not get enough sleep and 55% more teens were sleep deprived in 2015 than in 1991. Exposure to screens before bed is a large factor in exacerbating sleep disorders.

Thirty-five percent of people using phones less than average experienced sleep difficulty compared to 42% of those with average or above average phone usage. Fortyfive percent of people check social media instead of sleeping and roughly 10% of teens check their phones more ten 10 times per night.

Fifty percent of people driving are checking social media. 90% of drivers admit to using smartphones behind the wheel. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that each day nine people are killed and See MOLLETTE, Page 3

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National Night Out is August 6th The Gaston County Police Department is excited to announce the department’s hosting of its 6th Annual National Night Out. Residents are invited to spend the evening outside with neighbors and police at Biggerstaff Park located at 1303 Dallas Cherryville Hwy, Dallas NC to celebrate this free community event on August 6th, from 6PM to 9PM. National Night Out is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for, and participation in, local anti-

crime efforts, strengthen police-community partnerships, and send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

This year’s event will feature carnival rides, live music, free hotdogs, chips, drinks, snow cones, popcorn, and more. The event will also include K-9 demonstrations, free fingerprinting for Child I.D. kits, free games and prizes, emergency vehicle displays, and booths featuring child safety information and much more.

The Gaston County Police Department will showcase a static display of its specialized unit police vehicles on site. Officers will be on hand to speak and answer questions for attendees about their roles in each of the specialized units within the department.

Those scheduled to be present include patrol officers, K-9 officers, and members of the Bomb Team, Marine Unit, Crime Scene, Negotiators, and members of the Emergency Response Team (ERT), and Animal Care &

Enforcement. Public safety officials from other local police departments, fire departments, and rescue squads will be on hand as well.

Headlining this year’s event will be local blue grass group The Quail Hollow Band.

For more information please contact Officer C.E. Owens with the Gaston County Police Department at 704-862-6286 or cowens@gcps.org.

Lina Kuykendall just celebrated her 4th birthday. She loves animals and loves to come visit the adoptable Tri-County Animal Rescue pets at Petsmart. Lina decided to give gifts to the cats and dogs at the rescue for her birthday. She collected dog and cat food, cat litter and other items so badly needed.

Everyone at Tri-County Rescue wants to give Lina a big Happy Birthday shout out!

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HAMILTON From Page 2 got an archaic registration process, restrictive voting practices, and voting systems bedeviled by outdated technology. There are robust efforts afoot, by many people and groups, to suppress -- not encourage – votes. And it’s common to find officials who are uninterested in promoting a fair and convenient vote, but instead are looking for ways to manipulate the system so that their preferences emerge from the voting.

So let’s remember: the ballot is the foundation of our democracy. It’s our best way to gauge the public’s will. If we fail to get the ballot box right, then our democracy fails.

Over time, I’ve come to look at a good election not so much in terms of who wins or loses, but in terms of the process, and whether it was fair and democratic. In a lot of ways, we’ll be strongest as a country not by means of

a strong military or a strong economy, but when our battle cry is, “Let the people vote!”

We need a national aspiration that’s pursued at every level: to protect voting infrastructure, provide a paper trail for every vote, ensure adequate resources for the conduct of elections, and vow to ensure that state and local elections systems are run fairly, on behalf of everyone who’s entitled to vote. Our governments have to work constantly at what that woman in line wanted to see: making voting accessible and convenient.

Elections have consequences. The winners get political power that enables them to change the course of history. Our chief way to have a say in this is to vote in every election, every time, for every office. Let’s make sure we can, and that when we do, our vote matters.

MOLLETTE From Page 2 more than 1,000 are injured as a result of smartphone use while driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, teens are the largest group reported for distracted driving.

Over 240 million Americans check Facebook daily or 74% of all Americans.

The majority of Americans use Facebook and most users check the app daily. Approx-

imately 68% of Americans have an account and 51% report checking Facebook several times daily.

Question - is it possible you might accomplish more of what you want and need to do if you would spend less time on social media?

Another question - Is social media making you a better and happier person?

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SNAP From Page 1 (over 60) or disabled household member may have a higher bank balance limit.

More details at https://www. fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistanceprogram.

Jessica Hudome is the Farmers Market SNAP coordinator.

“My passion is food access,” she said. “When I started on the Farmers Market board two years ago my goal was to have people be able to use SNAP and EBT at it.”

Following that idea to the next level, the market board worked with the Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services to set up the SNAP program.

“This is our first season,” Hudome said. “It took a year of government applications.”

The way it works is folks can present their SNAP card at a booth for that purpose at the market. The card account values are used to obtain wooden tokens which

are in turn used to purchase food. Precooked hot food and art and craft items cannot be bought with the tokens, but things such as fruit and vegetables can. Anyone, not just SNAP clients, can purchase the wooden tokens instead of using a bank card or writing a check for their purchases.

Some of the market vendors only accept cash and the to- The Mt. Holly Farmers Market chef Erin Russell did a cooking Just a fraction of the Mt. Holly Farmers Market cornucopia. kens are as good as green- demo and made peach and cheese quesadillas. backs.

Hudome estimates that up tritious food to kids during other wares. The arbor also Interested in becoming a homegrownMountHolly. to ten percent of Mt. Holly summer. adds a wonderful architec- vendor, volunteering or on com. Mthollyfarmersmarket.

Farmers Market custom“We could get tokens to tural element to downtown using your SNAP benefits? com or the market’s faceers are using SNAP, but she kids through the schools,” Mt. Holly.

Visit the website: www. book page. and her colleagues want that she said. number to grow.

Another idea is what Hu“We are reaching out to dome called POP- Power of churches and other organi- Produce- for children. zations to get the word out “We love for SNAP parabout our SNAP program,” ents to bring their kids to the she said. market,” she said. “The kids Other plans in the works can get two dollar tokens for are figuring out how to get free. We also have arts, crafts Mt. Holly Farmers Market and garden yoga activities.” goods to senior citizens who Overall, the Mt. Holly are transportation challenged. Farmers Market SNAP proHudome also talked about gram is proving to be a suca possible program to get nu- cess.

“We are here if you want fresh food and want to use your SNAP benefits to buy it,” Hudome said.

About the Mt. Holly Welcome to the Mt. Holly Farmers Market.

Farmers Market The Mount Holly Farmers Market, sponsored by CaroMont Health, has been the premiere local food market in Mount Holly since 2005.

The market is open Saturday 8am to noon from May to October for the freshest fruits & vegetables, dairy, baked goods, meats, fish & seafood, cooking demonstrations and entertainment.

The goal is to make healthy, local food available to the community and educate people on the importance of good nutrition and local organic foods.

This year, a beautiful arbor was built at the market where vendors can display and sell their produce and Folks shopping last Saturday.

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Huffstetler standing in the same spot a year ago when the new athletic fields site was a pile of rubble.

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Pallets of sod ready to be put down.

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Athletic fields at Stanley Middle School taking shape

By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info

The new athletic fields at Stanley Middle School are rapidly being completed.

In a type of “flip flop�, the fields are being constructed on ground where the “old�

Stanley Middle buildings once stood. When the “new� school was created on the site of the “old� school’s fields, the former school site was designated for the new fields.

The new athletic site features a football and soccer field, baseball diamond, nice aluminum bleachers, a paved running track, a concession

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witness to a neat thing in our stand, a press box, restrooms, of the transformation. “All of us have been eye- community,� she said. and a storage building. Last week saw workers putting up fencing, continuing to grade the soil, and laying down sod on the football field.

Finishing touches were also being made to the school’s new entrance on Hovis Rd. A new sidewalk will let students go from the main school building to their rides or walking route.

As far as exactly when sports will take place on the new site, Huffstetler said that also is dependent on the weather. “There’s no final date,� The new sign at Stanley Middle School. she said. “Until everything is checked out and ready our plan A is to still enjoy the kindness of the Town of Stanley, N. Belmont Park, Kiser Elementary, Springfield Elementary, and East Gaston High who let us use their fields.�

It’s been a long road from the days when the former Stanley Middle School was reduced to rubble to the new and gleaming school and athletic facilities that have been built over the last couple of years, but Huffstetler is proud Workers installing fence at the concession stand.

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Banner News Fellowship & Faith

Church Directory Mt. M M Moriah i h Baptist Church Lincoln St. • Belmont, NC

Living Witness Ministries 541 Costner St. 704-827-0004

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd 110 S. Main St. 704-827-4751

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

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

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

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

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

New Providence Baptist Church 1104 Old NC 27 Hwy. 704-827-0822

New Saint Paul Holiness Church 1529 Old Hwy. 27 Rd. 704-827-5851

North Main Baptist Church

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Grace Wesleyan Church

Will of God Church

Alexander Memorial Baptist Church

6014 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-7959

513 Woodlawn Ave. 704-827-5185

208 South Main Street 704-825-3216

Brotherhood/Sisterhood WNCC UMC 120 Park Street 704-825-1333

Catawba Heights Baptist Church 311 Belmont Road 704-827-8474

Christ Church Presbyterian Church 901 Catawba Street 704-461-8614

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

Centerview Baptist Church

151 Henry Chapel Rd 704-825-0711

MT. HOLLY Bethel Baptist Church

Holy Comforter Lutheran Church

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

NC Highway 273 704-827-9846

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

Henry’s Chapel Ame Zion Church

216 N. Main St. 704-825-2483

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

230 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-0968

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

Way of the Cross Baptist Church

709 Rankin Ave. 704-671-8640

238 Lanier Ave. 704-827-8111

Covenant United Methodist

Wesley Chapel Holiness Church

110 Underwood Dr. 704-820-0603

324 N. Lee St. 704-827-1993

Family Worship Center

Westview Presbyterian Church

1013 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-7656

1020 W. Catawba Ave. 704-827-2026

Finish Line Christian Center

LOWELL

First Baptist Church-Mt. Holly

Bethlehem Church

300 S. Main St. 704-827-2481

3100 Bethlehem Church St. 704-823-5050

First United Methodist Church 140 N. Main St. 704-827-4855

124 Georgia Belle Ave. 704-579-7823

Grace Baptist Church

Gaston Christian Church

South Point Baptist Church

300 Westland Farm Rd. 704-827-8600

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

Goshen Free Will Baptist Church

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

826 Stanley-Spencer Mtn. Rd. 704-827-7801

St. Marks United Methodist Church 701 Secrest Ave. 704-825-8175

Stowe Memorial Baptist Church 26 Kee Rd. 704-825-5987

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

First Baptist Church of Lowell 400 W. 1st St. 704-824-1215

Cramerton Temple of God Church East Wilkinson Blvd.

704-824-5319

Life Church

First Baptist Church 235 8th Ave. 704-824-1991 501 Cramer Mountain Rd. 704-824-4286

Riverside Baptist Church 171 S. Main St. 704-824-7785

West Cramerton United Methodist Church 207 Lowell Ave. 704-824-4213

Gateway Cowboy Church

STANLEY Amazing Grace Baptist Church 7280 Sifford Rd. 704-827-6277

Christ’s Evangelical Lutheran 203 S. Main St. 704-263-2621

Community Pentecostal Center 320 Ralph Handsel Blvd.

704-263-8731

First United Methodist Church 217 N. Main St. 704-263-2691 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 5481 Hickory Grove Rd. 704-524-0555

Welcome Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

811 Mauney Rd.

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

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New Life Church

Bright Light Baptist Church

128 Robbins St. 704-824-1356

112 White Jenkins Rd. 704-681-2017

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

6700 Wilkinson Blvd 704-825-1709

704-867-2317

154 N. Main St. 704-824-3831

Presbyterian Church of Lowell

The Pointe

Restoration Church 1800 Spencer Mountain Rd. 704-824-5250

Unity Baptist Church 1005 Catawba St. 704-825-8730

Woodlawn Baptist Church

Upper Room United Pentecostal 1405 Armstrong Ford Rd. 704-825-0604

Cramer Memorial United Methodist Church

First Presbyterian Church

1792, 108 N. Main St. 704-980-285-8334

133 S. Main St. 704-827-0521

416 Woodlawn Ave. 704-824-1745

The Barn at Sandcastle Farm 155 Sandcastle Rd.

Cornerstone Family Worship

First Presbyterian Church

Cramerton Free Will Baptist

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511 Tuckaseegee Rd. 704-827-4301

841 Noles Dr. 704-827-7461

151 8th Ave. 704-824-3889

108 Horseshoe Bend Beach Rd. 704-827-8676

707 Westland Farm Rd. 704-822-8033

First Free Will Baptist Church

Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church

St. Anthony of Padua Traditional Catholic Church

Tuckaseegee Baptist Church

5008 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-3276

Containers/Trailers Sales & Storage Rental

1117 Old NC Hwy 27 704-827-8826

Core Church

Sanctuary of Praise Ministries

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Shiloh AME Zion Methodist

1529 Old Hwy 27 Rd. 704-827-5851

Friendship Baptist Church

Springwood Freewill Baptist

740 Rankin Ave. 704-827-5181

St. Paul FHB Church

1300 W. Catawba Ave. 704-827-3076

124 Georgia Belle Ave 704-965-1004

Second Baptist Church

2560 Stanley Lucia Rd. 704-827-5881

71 McAdenville Road 704-825-7283

Grace Korean Ch Assembly-God

105 Pine Rd. 704-827-3856

Community Christian Fellowship

503 N. Main Street 704-825-9600

Roper Street 704-601-5146

1304 N. Main St. 704-827-6141

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Ben relaxing at the farm’s entertainment venue.

A former workshop on the farm has been renovated into an entertainment venue.

BANSEN From Page 1 The farmhouse, which dates to the early part of the 20th century, is decorated in a chic combination of modern and rustic décor. The entire effect is light, airy, and welcoming. Allison did the decorating herself. A former workshop has been turned into an entertainment venue complete with a covered area out back with hammocks, lights, seating, and beach sand for a floor.

The property has a multiacre field of grass and a natural spring.

“We plan to use the spring for a pond,” said Allison.

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Other rustic attributes at the farm include a couple of vintage tractors that Jim plans to get running and plenty of shade trees.

The Bansen boys know they are lucky to have a small farm in their lives.

“I love my cows and the barn,” said five-year-old Jack.

Two-year-old Lane says his favorite part of the farm are the tractors.

Ben, who is seven-yearsold has been pitching in with all the hard work it’s taken to transform the famr into what it has become.

“I helped plant the pumpkins,” he said. “We planted the seeds with our fingers.”

But the Bansens, whose permanent home is in the Glenmere neighborhood in Belmont, aren’t keeping the farm to themselves. It’s also an Airbnb location.

What’s an Airbnb?

“It’s like a bed and breakfast without the breakfast,” Allison said.

Simply put, folks can rent the farmhouse and farm for overnight stays or special events and get a taste of pastoral life.

The concept has seen people from as far away as India and New York, as well as local folks, soak up the agricultural ambiance at Bansen Farms.

“We are local residents of Belmont and have had many

local couples with children stay at the farm to get their kids away from the everyday hustle and bustle of the city and disconnect,” Allison said.

“We have cows on the property and a newly renovated barn. Many of our guests visit Belmont and the local attrac-

tions. As millennials I feel that our generation craves the old way of life.”

For more information on how Airbnb works, visit www.airbnb.com. For an online look at Bansen Farms visit www.bansenfarms.com.

Allison and Ben at the farm’s old barn.

Jim and Allison Bansen.

The Bansen boys- Jack, Ben, and Lane.

The farmhouse dining room with handmade table and vintage china.

One of the farm’s bedrooms.

Allison feeding the family “pets”.

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Meditations

Connect the Dots: It’s all about Him

Devotion on Leadership

A breath of thankfulness

I am an avid hiker. I often hike with a group, but my greatest joy is when I hike alone. And, when I make it to the top, I can appreciate and meditate on the vast greatness of God’s work.

John Maxwell speaks about leadership and collaborative work. On a podcast, he talks about aloneness as a leader. Hikers can reach the top alone, but as a leader, we should not reach the pinnacle alone.

I can list many traits of a good leader. But, since I am a Christian leader, I will begin by saying authentic leadership begins in submission. A great leader is a person whose heart has been submitted before God. When our heart is submitted before God, we move our ego and agenda aside, and we first learn to follow.

A great leader must possess the ability to develop others. In my leadership, I have developed a strategy in three words: Embrace, Empower, Release.

Embrace is to bring others alongside. A great leader will show interest in their team members and use their strength to influence and motivate not manipulate. Look at where they are and be able to see what they can become.

As we embrace, we don’t just tell our team what to do but learn how to ask the right questions that inspire creativity. Recognize that each person brings a unique gift and perspective to the group.

To empower someone is to demonstrate a level of trust in the person. I come alongside and mentor, but I also trust them to fulfill

their obligation to the team. To empower members of the organization is to have confidence in their ability. Con- Rev. Angela Pleasants fidence is developed District when opportuni- Superintendent ties to develop their of Catawba Valley skills are provided. Methodist Churches As they develop their skills and knowledge, it increases creativity and production.

I maintain an open-door policy for ideasharing. Members of the team may share their ideas. As a leader, be a good listener and affirm each member of the team and their ideas.

Always communicate with your team through good and challenging times.

Release is to trust them to live into their authority and giftedness. As a leader, do not try to lead on the Island alone or be that lone hiker on the mountain. A great leader will realize we are not the smartest and most gifted in the room. Surround yourself with a team varied in their giftedness and knowledge.

When trust is built, mentoring is happening; learning is increasing, give them the autonomy to live into their mission.

A leader can embrace, empower, and release, but if there is no trust, there will be no results. Don’t expect people to follow a position or title. If you want to see trust in your team, establish yourself as trustworthy.

To build trust, maintain your integrity, confidences, and stay connected with your team.

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a sign and wonder resulting from our prayer? What we fail to see real often is that prayer answers from our Sovereign God can take a variety of forms and may not fit our preconceived ideas. Answers like what is happening deeply in our crepe myrtles may be signs and wonders affecting root issues and structures in our lives, not just fitting our notion of surface needs. For instance we may pray for occupational direction and the Lord may use a health issue to lay us flat on our back so He can clear away some confusion about what is really important in life. Once we begin to see things like who God made us to be, what we like to do, what we’re good at, and how to move forward so we can be a blessing in this world, then a heretofore unseen occupational direction may well be more visible. So what form may God’s answers take?

One form may be an unusual way God may choose to slow us down and get our attention like the example above. Another is His presence. When we take the Lord’s hand and accept

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Gaston County Parks and Recreation will be hosting Open Park Night on Friday July 26, 2019 as part of National Parks and Recreation Month. Open Park Night will be held from 6pm-9pm at George Poston Park. Highlights of the event include, soccer, lacrosse, corn hole, pickleball, croquet, guided hike around the Soccer Loop Mountain Trail, music, funnel cakes, cotton candy, fried Oreos and more. Admission to the event is free. For additional information please contact Gaston County Parks & Recreation at 704-922-2164 or visit the County’s website at www.gastongov.com. Gaston County strives to make

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Him as our Lord and Savior, then God’s eternal spirit resides in- Dennis Siracusa side us.

Then, as in Hebrews 13:5, we can rest comfortably knowing that God is constantly with us and will “communicate with us” and answer prayers all sorts of ways; by guiding our thoughts, opening doors of opportunity, illuminating discoveries in His Word, or nature. It’s like having an “aha” moment, or a light bulb going on in our heads.

Is it possible that miracles and God’s communication with us is showing up in lots of places but we fail to see them because they aren’t a form we expect or we lose sight of God’s Sovereignty, wisdom, and infiniteness?

For me, as I pause and look more closely at “life” I do see the wonder of God all around us and am caught up in a pattern of thankfulness that is as natural and continuous as breathing itself.

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YMCA fitness program planned The YMCA is excited to be announcing its newest Health and Wellness program.

The Gaston County Family YMCA EnhanceFitness is a program for older adults that is literally changing lives across the country. The program is launching at the Warlick and Stowe YMCA locations.

Did you know that fall death rates in the U.S, increased 30% from 2007 2016 for older adults. If it

It’s July and crepe myrtles are blooming everywhere; white, pink, purple, red and deep red. Don’t you know, however, that a lot is happening with them that we can’t see; food and water transportation and distribution, root growth, and photosynthesis?

We appreciate the end result which is a beautiful tree but much of how it happens remains subtle, complex and mysterious to most of us.

Still, aren’t we delighted and thankful?

Recently my wife was shopping in Aldi’s when she noted another shopper navigating the aisles obedient to his shopping list and singing worship songs to the Lord, unconcerned about anyone else around him. He was thankful about something for sure. As Bev recounted her story it made me think about how voicing our gratitude transforms our innermost feelings into joy.

In the book of James we are encouraged to pray by laying our needs before the Lord but always being careful of our motives. Once we do that what do we expect to happen; a miracle right;

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“Lowell Neighborhood Girls” celebrate fifth anniversary

by Rachel Brady Walker Life is sometimes stranger than fiction. Just ask any one of these nineteen ladies (pictured) who celebrated their fifth year of monthly luncheons at Hillbilly’s Restaurant in Lowell, NC on Tuesday June 11, 2019.

Our Lowell Neighborhood Girls Luncheon was created out of a desire by a group of seven sisters who grew up across from one another on B street (now Birch Street) in Lowell, NC in the 1940s and 1950s. The Huffstetler sisters: Aileen, Nancy, Brenda and Debbie, along with the Brady sisters: Pat, Mickie and Rachel wanted to get together to share a meal, memories, hugs and laughter.

Nancy Huffstetler McDaniel made arrangements for our very first luncheon on June 12, 2014 at Grits N Greens Restaurant on Main Street in Lowell with the following girls in attendance: Mickie Brady, Aileen Huffstetler Carr, Brenda Huffstetler Carr, Larenda Carr, Debbie Huffstetler Dills, Nancy Huffstetler McDaniel, Pat Brady Rankin, Bobbie Truelove and Rachel Brady Walker.

After several luncheons, our first roster was printed on February 10, 2015. Then, as our group began to expand with family members and friends, we designated the second Tuesday of each month as our luncheon date at 1 pm at Grits N Greens Restaurant.

Nancy Huffstetler McDaniel made our reservations each month and she and Debbie Huffstetler Dills led our devotion and prayer time, with Rachel Brady Walker

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L-R Front Row: Pat McDaniel Rollins, Jean Usery, Irene McKee, Larenda Carr, Celia Burnsworth Bush, Carol Ford Brendle, and Elaine Pursley Brown. L-R Back Row: Debbie Huffstetler Dills, Nancy Huffstetler McDaniel, Mary Ruth McDaniel Smith, Beth Hallman Russell, Carolyn Lay McDowell, Pat Brady Rankin, Jimmie Kate Cobb Johnson, Doris Ford Richards, Meurice Mathis Smith, Pat Ford Walker, Marsha Friday Taylor, and Nancy Cobb Medlin.

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On October 9, 2018, our group relocated our luncheon site to Hillbilly’s Restaurant in Lowell with nineteen girls in attendance. Today, our group consists of thirty-four girls ranging in age from 35 to 85, with eight sets of sisters, three sets of mothers & daughters and two sets of aunts & nieces.

We continue to have our luncheon on the second Tuesday of each month. Our theme for this year has been Love, Gratitude and Joy. Along with our devotion, readings, prayer requests, praise and blessings of our meal, we circulate a Prayer

Basket with blank cards for each girl to write a praise and prayer request, sign her name, fold the card, and place it in the Prayer Basket.

Before our departure, each girl takes one of these cards and prays specifically for this girl and her prayer needs.

Our Lowell Neighborhood Girls also collects and recycles clean, used medicine bottles for Samaritan’s Purse, along with collecting and donating used plastic grocery bags to a local church group who uses them to make crocheted sleeping bags for the homeless.

Today, we are amazed and blessed that our Loving Lord brings together our group of

“little girls” back to the place where we attended school, played on athletic teams, spent Saturday afternoons at the Rocky Theater, stayed up all night at “sleep overs” and worshipped God in our local churches on Sundays.

May He continue to bless our journey of love, renewed friendships and our sweet fellowship. Indeed, “There was an immediate bond of love between them and they became best of friends.” 1 Samuel 18: In Loving Memory: Grace Alexander Autry (1935-2018), Aileen Huffstetler Carr (1936-2017) and Dorothy Louise (Bobbi) Truelove (1929-2017).

You’re being watched!

Rev. Trent Rankin Salvation Church, Gastonia, NC salvationchurchnc.org pastortrent@salvationchurchnc.org

Everywhere we go today, we are being watched. In almost every building, or on most streets, we see cameras watching us. Even most telephone calls are recorded for customer service. As Christians, we are watched.

People watch followers of Jesus for many reasons. Those who oppose us, watch to see us fail. Many also watch to see if we really live for Jesus the way we profess. What example will we live before others?

Luke 18:9-14 records the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. These two men entered the temple one day to pray. The Pharisee was one of the religious leaders in Israel.

They enjoyed the attention of the crowds.

They enjoyed their power as well. This Pharisee as he prayed, lifted up his hands, and loudly proclaimed his own self-righteousness.

He told God just how good of a man he was, and how much better he was than others, including the lowly publican. By contrast, the publican prayed. This man was a tax collector. Tax collectors were often hated because they stole from people as they collected their taxes. This tax collector humbled himself before God. He would not even look up. He beat upon his chest, crying out to God for mercy and forgiveness. Jesus said this man went to

his house justified.

Both the Pharisee and the tax collector both lived lives for everyone to see. As we live for Jesus, people watch us. What Rev. Trent Tankin do people see when they look at us as Christians?

Do they see us as the Pharisee? Are we hypocritical, judgmental, or even self-righteous, or do people find us humble, seeking forgiveness and God’s mercy, as the tax collector?

God is not looking for those who can pray the loudest, or memorize the most Scripture.

God is not looking for people who proclaim His name on Sunday, yet are far from Him the rest of the week. God desires a humble heart, seeking His mercy. God seeks faithful, genuine people in love with Jesus and their neighbors.

As you think on your walk with Jesus, what impression are you giving those who see you each day. Are you reflecting the Pharisee, living for self, while judging others, or are you reflecting the tax collector, humbly seeking to live faithfully for God? Many may watch to see if you will fail, yet someone is watching you to know Jesus Christ better. Show them a humble life lived in true repentance, and real faith. The example of God people see in you, may very well lead someone to faith in Jesus Christ.

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Murray’s Mill is a great day trip destination Looking for a place not that far way where you can see what folks used as technology 100 years ago? Then a day trip to Murray’s Mill near Catawba, NC is in order.

Murray’s Mill Historic District, in the rolling countryside of eastern Catawba County, nestles just as it was a century ago along the banks of Balls Creek. It’s perfect for an afternoon picnic or a quick leg-stretcher. A placid pond slips over a mill dam, and the 28’ waterwheel of this National Register Historic Site makes its slow way ‘round.

Nailed to a door-frame in the general store, an old coffee can catches bottle-caps, and a porch swing awaits you out front, as does a chat with a friendly guide before beginning your tour.

Preserved intact are the 1913 mill itself, the 1890s Murray & Minges General Store, the 1880s Wheathouse, used as an exhibit gallery, the 1913 John Murray House, furnished to the period, and numerous outbuildings. Run by three generations of the Murray Family who closed operations in 1967, the picturesque structures and surrounding land form the last milling complex in the county, meticulously preserved and interpreted by the Catawba County Historical Association since 1980 when restorations began. Governor James G. Martin attended the opening ceremony in 1988.

Murray’s Mill The centerpiece of the historic district is Murray’s Mill, built by John Murray, whose father, William, had operated a mill on the site since 1883.

In 1906, William deeded the property to his sons, John and O.D. In 1907, John Murray acquired a 5/6 interest from his brother O.D., who would take over operation of the general store. In 1913, John replaced his father’s mill with the current twostory structure, adding a 22’ overshot waterwheel, in lieu of the former turbine. Making room for the mill’s expansion, the Murrays moved

A visit to Murray’s Mill, located near Catawba, NC makes a great day trip. the general store to its present location. In 1938, John’s son, Lloyd, raised the dam six feet and installed the 28’ waterwheel. (It’s said that William’s original wooden dam stands beneath the surface of the present pond.)

Inside Murray’s Mill, visitors will find William’s original one-ton French buhr millstones for grinding corn, as well as Sprout Waldron & Co. roller mills that John installed for grinding wheat into flour. All of the mill’s storage bins, each partitioned by tongue and groove sheathing, have been preserved, too.

When the CCHA overtook the mill’s restoration in 1980 the bins still held flour from the day Lloyd Murray shut the doors due to bureaucratic red tape and increasing taxes.

The Murray & Minges General Store Inside “the mercantile department of O.D. Murray and Company,” the two-story, gable-front general store (later adding an additional name, Minges, through marriage), visitors can crack the lid of an antique Coca-Cola refrigerator and grab a drink in a glass bottle. The store is also stocked with old-fashioned wooden toys, such as yo-yo’s, as well as toys made by local woodworkers. Sweet tooths will find local honey (in season), local molasses, Cow Tails, Striped Coconut, as well as a mix of modern candies. Old-fashioned soaps

and Happy Home Flavorings (some popular with fish, according to the fishermen who stop in), are joined by locally made pottery and aprons, and Murray’s Mill t-shirts, bags, magnets, and mugs. Beadboard ceilings and walls are notable architectural elements, as is the ceiling’s octagonal opening, used by O.D. Murray to keep an eye on the register while re-stocking the upstairs.

Murray’s Mill is also the site of the Murray’s Mill Harvest Folk Festival celebrates Catawba County’s agricultural heritage with an array of exhibits, craftsmen, and activities, including petting zoos, pony rides, antique cars, tractors and farm machinery, and traditional food preparations such as molasses making. Bluegrass, Country, and Gospel comprise the impressive band schedule, the Cockman Family hosting musicians and audience in the Murray’s Mill Amphitheater. Included in the ticket price ($5 at the gate) is a tour of the mill, whose original French burr millstones grind away producing bags of flour and cornmeal. When: Last Saturday and Sunday in September. Where: Murray’s Mill, 1489 Murray’s Mill Rd, Catawba, NC 28609.

Murrays’s Mill hours and regulations.

Hours: Wednesday 1pm - 5pm, Thursday - Saturday 9am - 5pm, Sunday 1pm -

The Murray & Minges General Store 5pm. The grounds are open during daylight hours. No fishing or kayaking allowed.

Location: 1489 Murray’s Mill Road, Catawba NC 28609.

Admission: Self-guided Tours - $7/person. Guided Tours (subject to availability) - Adults $10, Ages 17-6 $5, Ages 5 & under Free. Active Duty Military & Veter-

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Photos and story courtesy Murray’s Mill

A placid pond slips over a mill dam, and the 28’ waterwheel of this National Register Historic Site makes its slow way 'round.

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Reid and Nora tacking a horse.

4-Her Gabrielle shows her excitement.

Kinley and Brooke practicing for goat showmanship.

Thomas bathing the horse.

4-Her Dakota with her ribbon.

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Reid holding a piglet.

Anna Carolina hugs a piglet.

Gaston 4-H Club members spend the day at SonRidge Farm A group of around two dozen members of the Gaston County 4-H Club recently attended a farm camp at SonRidge Farm near Kings Mountain.

While they were there the kids enjoyed days milking goats, riding horses, picking hay, and feeding the animals.

For more information on SonRidge visit www.sonridgefarm.com.

Photos by Shelby Shank Rosalyn with a goat.

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Thomas and his goat Patty.

Kinley milking her goat.

Reid, Emma, and Nora.

Cash with rabbits

Brooke pouring milk from her goat into the can.

A pair of curious goats.

Avery, Anna Carolina, and Ava.

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Verna Neal Friends of Crowders Mountain looking for new members, volunteers, and donations.

Thursday, July 25, 2019

A representative from Reed’s Gold Mine was at the Crowders Mountain event and taught Manny Dish and his mother, Amy, the art of gold panning.

Friends of Crowders Mountain event held Friends of Crowders Mountain recently held an event at the State Park. Lots of folks enjoyed the summer time outdoor experience.

Richard Neal, Friends of Crowders Mountain coloring animals, Joy Shuck represented Charlotte REI at the Crowders Mountain event. insects, and snakes with Lainey Adams.

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Park ranger Andrew Rawlings serving peach cobbler during his outdoor cooking presentation. Later, he made blueberry cobbler.

Bob Muhl Friends of Crowders Mountain demonstrated hiking stick carving. Proceeds went to Friends of Crowders Mountain.

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Rickie at the Carolina Thread Trail booth. REI and Carolina Thread Trail are active Community Partners with Friends of Crowders Mountain and Crowders Mountain State Park.

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New scholarship supports young business women

Stuff That Bus! is August 1st Put Thursday, August 1 on your calendar, and get ready to help Gaston County Schools “Stuff That Bus!” GCS will have its vintage school bus at Office Depot in Gastonia from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. for the annual school supplies collection. You are invited to drop off your supplies or go into the store to buy some. Then, you can climb aboard the bus and do your part to “Stuff That Bus!” The supplies will be distributed to schools so that when students return to class on August 26, they will have what they need to start a brand new school year. In photos, cheerleaders from Belmont and Stanley middle school are seen at last year’s “Stuff That Bus”.

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The Gaston College Foundation is excited to announce the establishment of the Mary Jo Cloninger Endowed Scholarship.

This scholarship was funded in memory of their mother, Margaret “Mary Jo” Cloninger (pictured), by Sheriff Alan Cloninger, Thomas Cloninger, and Paula Houser to support young women who are pursuing an associate degree in business at Gaston College.

“Mary Jo Cloninger was a remarkable woman,” says Gaston College President Dr. Pat Skinner. “We are very excited to continue her legacy by empowering the young women of Gaston and Lincoln counties with the opportunity to become business leaders.”

Margaret “Mary Jo” Cloninger was the beloved wife of Polie Cloninger, Jr. She was also a mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, and business and civic leader who founded one of Gaston County’s most iconic and successful businesses, Mary Jo’s Cloth Store, in 1951, on her 19th birthday.

She spent much of her teenage years working behind the register of her father’s family grocery store and was pulled out of high school before graduation to work fulltime. As a child, she would sneak away Magaret Mary Jo Cloninger to her mother’s sewing machine, gathera woman’s role should be to create a sprawling cotton scraps, and stitching them together. She was a Depression Era baby and ing and iconic Gaston County business that learned that to waste not was to want not. By has given back to its community for over 66 the time she was married, she came up with years. Her legacy of hard work, determinaa business idea, which she pitched to her fa- tion, commitment to family, and a love for her ther. Armed with a $500 loan, which had to community is cherished. be co-signed by a male since women in busiTo qualify for the scholarship, applicants ness were unheard of at that time, she rented must be female students pursuing an associate space in the back of her father’s barber shop degree in business and be a current resident of to sell cloth to women who made clothing for Gaston or Lincoln counties. Students considtheir families. Because of her keen business ered must have earned a high school diploma acumen, Ms. Cloninger grew her fabric busi- or have attained their high school equivalency ness of necessity into a specialty niche market degree. Students must apply to, and be acselling specifically to other women. Named cepted by, Gaston College before access to for the visionary entrepreneur who founded the company, Mary Jo’s is now a nationally the College’s scholarship application system and internationally known enterprise selling is granted. Continued funding is available if sought after fabrics to home makers and de- students maintain a 2.5 college GPA. While signers in all fifty states and numerous for- financial need is not required for this award, it is considered when applications are reviewed. eign countries.

Gaston College is now accepting scholarMary Jo Cloninger was a shrewd and sucship applications for the 2019-2020 academic cessful businesswoman during a time when the world of business was considered to be year. To apply, please visit the Gaston Colfor men only. She overcame a lack of for- lege Foundation webpage at www.gastoncolmal education and public perception of what legefoundation.org.

Sellstate Premier celebrated its grand opening with a Chamber ribbon cutting and an open house in the completely renovated building at 109 South Main Street in Belmont. Angelia Black of Mount Holly is the owner of the full-service real-estate company, which also has a location in the Birkdale Business Park in Huntersville. Combined, the two offices have more than 40 agents.

Montcross Chamber photo

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Samford Dean’s List announced for spring 2019

Tri-County Animal Rescue:

Pet of the Week Tri-County Animal Rescue BIG DOG Pet of the Week is this beautiful Boxer/Great Dane mix named Percy Sledge. Percy is 1 year old and weighs about 65-70 pounds. He plays well with dogs he knows. Percy is anxious at first with new people but LOVES you once he accepts you as his. He has had lots of training. Percy is house trained, crate trained, command trained, walks lovely on the leash, and much more. He has short hair so a bath and brushing will keep him looking fresh all the time. Percy is neutered, current on vaccines, microchipped and heartworm negative. He will be looking for you this weekend!

Anyone who wants a Great Dane must be willing to accommodate this dog’s great size. A Great Dane will eat far larger quantities of food than a small dog, so feeding is going to cost a lot more for a Great Dane than, say, for a tiny Chihuahua.

A Great Dane must have room to move around and exercise, especially when he is young. Anyone wanting to keep a Great Dane in the city must be prepared to take the dog out for long, daily walks. Great Danes are considered gentle gi-

Samford University recognizes 1,519 students named to the 2019 spring semester Dean’s List.

To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have earned a minimum 3.5 grade point average out of a possible 4.0 while attempting

ants. They are moderately playful, affectionate and good with children. They will guard their home. Great Danes generally get along with other animals, particularly if raised with them.

Please come out to our adoption event this weekend. If you are looking for an addition to your family, please come out and meet our pets. We 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 Percy Sledge finding homes for these unwanted animals. Please help Tri-County Animal Rescue continue to save pets by dry cat food.

For more information, adopting your next pet this weekend? Our “needs” list call 704.263.2444, send an includes: towels, Clorox, email to TriCountyAnimallaundry detergent, paper Rescue@yahoo.com, visit towels, dry dog food and us on the web at www.tcar.

us or on FaceBook at TriCounty Animal Rescue.

Donations can be sent to Tri-County Animal Rescue, PO Box 483, Alexis, NC 28006.

CLUES ACROSS

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CLUES DOWN and how to keep score.

“I love the concept and the overall vibe. It almost has like a laid back beach feel to it and I think it’s a great way to train in a fun, non-competitive way,” McGonagle explained.

“It’s something totally

at least 12 credit hours of coursework. Dean’s List is the highest academic recognition given by the school at the end of each semester.

Among those students are: Bethany Luke of Belmont, John Rooney of Gastonia.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Belmont Parks and Rec. volleyball The City of Belmont Parks and Recreation Dept. now hosts barefoot grass court youth and adult recreational outdoor volleyball.

Girls ages 10yrs-16yrs and adult coed ages 17+ will meet up each Tuesday night at Ebb Gantt Athletic Complex (located at 500 Brook St., Belmont) from 6:45pm8pm to divide up and play games.

Sessions have a unique format where players will pair up each week (2v2, 3v3 based on the numbers for the night) and will “just play”.

According to Brian McGonagle, the City of Belmont Parks and Recreation Athletic Program Supervisor, youth and adult registration will still remain open through the month of July considering the high turnout of players and program interest. The pick-up and play sessions this summer allows each player to take charge and challenge themselves. “They are not being constantly coached, managed or told what to do, explained McGonagle.

The format that has been adopted for these sessions will allow each player to work on their individual skills & techniques, as well as, understand positioning

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different from the norm that’s for sure and the amenities and space at our Ebb Gantt Athletic Complex location is perfect, concluded McGonagle.

For more info on how to join or have a specific question regarding other sports

or program opportunities now available through the Belmont Parks and Recreation Department, please contact Brian at (704) 901-2070 or email him at bmcgonagle@ cityofbelmont.org.

1. Water (Spanish) 2. Your parent’s sister 3. Incline from vertical 4. The night before 5. Female descendants from American revolutionaries 6. Exclamation of disgust 7. Afwrmative votes 8. Midway between north and northwest 9. Soft-shell clams

10. Layer at the back of the eyeball 11. Tennis great Arthur 12. Where golf games begin 13. Soviet Socialist Republic 16. Capital of Zimbabwe 18. This and __ 22. Laugh 23. Adhere to the rules 24. He comes each December 25. Before 27. Hindu cymbals 28. __ and yows 29. Personal computer 30. Semite 31. “Star Wars” hero Solo 33. Data executive 35. Hybrid fruits 36. Capital of Latvia 37. Moved swiftly 39. Troublemaker 42. Averts 43. Garment worn by S. Asian women 44. It cools your house 46. Homes to bachelors 47. Besides 48. Cowboys great Leon 49. Grifwth or Rooney 50. Province of Pakistan 51. Part of a book 52. Gasteyer and Ivanovic are two 53. Automobile 54. Afyict 55. To the __ degree 56. Arrived extinct

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Stanley Little League action

South Park team.

Photo by Randy Starkey

Stanley team.

Photo by Randy Starkey

Stanley’s #7 Cooper Summerlin tagged out by SP #30 Marshall Blakeney.

Stanley’s #74 Xavier Toler.

The team from Stanley defeated South Park 2-0 last Thursday in the Dixie Youth Baseball Tournament held at Harper Park.

On Friday, South Park took a 1-0 win and were declared tournament champions. Here, Xavier Toler scores game’s second run.

Stanley’s Parker Stafford and South Park catcher Blake Nicholson.

Players pledge allegiance.

Photos by Bill Ward

Stanley’s #24 Zeke Bolin and SP’s #4Davis Johnson collide.

Stanley celebrates the win.

Stanley’s #3 Chase Johnson cuts the air.

Stanley’s #3 Chase Johnson gets a birthday cake prior to game Stanley’s #21 Hunter Digh takes a swing. from Dixie official Kenneth Britt.

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Gaston Schools recognizes outstanding staff and students

The Board of Education recognized Chris Elmore, a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at UNC-Charlotte and Queens University and the CEO of AvidExchange. He donated a copy of his children’s book, “The Princess and the Paper,” to all elementary schools. The book teaches about accounts payable automation, but tells the story from the view of a princess, who is overwhelmed by paper in the form of a dragon. Mr. Elmore is pictured with Board member Dot Guthrie, Superintendent of Schools W. Jeffrey Booker, and Steve D’Avria and Dara Hartman from the Gaston Regional Chamber.

The Board of Education recognized Morgan Jenkins, a 2018 graduate of Bessemer City High School and student at UNCCharlotte where she is majoring in elementary education, for creating a sensory path at Tryon Elementary that spans the entire kindergarten building. The space gives students an opportunity to hop and count, push on the wall, participate in frog jump, tip toe, and balance activities, and the Alphabet HopScotch. She is pictured with Board member Terry Usery and Tryon principal Meghan LeFevers.

The Board of Education recognized schools and central level departments for their outstanding efforts to support the United Way fundraising campaign. For the 2018-2019 school year, employees contributed more than $108,000 to the United Way of Gaston County. Additionally, Forestview High, Southwest Middle, Gardner Park Elementary, and Academic Services were recognized for having the highest fundraising total for each school level and central level department.

The Board of Education recognized a group of first grade students from Pleasant Ridge Elementary, who took part in the regional math fair competition and earned an honorable mention award. Miles Bone and Hudson Bader developed a project titled “Life-Saving Math Lessons,” and Lawrence Martin and Roxanne Hogan presented a project about origami. Additionally, fifth grader Akela Taylor developed the “Math Movers” project, which earned third place in the regional competition and received an honorable mention award at the state math fair.

The Board also recognized eight schools for having a 99 percent score: South Point High School, Cramerton Middle, Catawba Heights Elementary, H.H. Beam Elementary, Gaston Early College High, Stuart W. Cramer High, Page Primary, and North Belmont Elementary.

The Board of Education recognized schools and central level departments for their outstanding efforts to support the United Way fundraising campaign. For the 2018-2019 school year, employees contributed more than $108,000 to the United Way of Gaston County. The following schools and central-level departments had 100 percent participation in giving: Brookside Elementary, Cherryville High, Costner Elementary, Forestview High, W.C. Friday Middle, Hawks Nest STEAM Academy, North Gaston High, Rankin Elementary, Stuart W. Cramer High; and the Superintendent’s Office.

The Gaston County Board of Education recently recognized numerous outstanding school staff members and students. Here, the Board of Education recognized three schools for having a 100 percent score on the PowerSchool student information system audit: East Gaston High School, Hawks Nest STEAM Academy, and Highland School of Technology.

Photos provided

The Board of Education recognized schools and central level departments for their outstanding efforts to support the United Way fundraising campaign. For the 2018-2019 school year, employees contributed more than $108,000 to the United Way of Gaston County. The following schools increased giving by more than 50 percent: Carr Elementary, Forestview High, Grier Middle, Mount Holly Middle, New Hope Elementary, Springfield Elementary, Stanley Middle, W.A. Bess Elementary, Woodhill Elementary, and York Chester Middle.

The Board of Education recognized three athletes who won individual state track and field championships. Zane Andrews of South Point High School won the 2-A championship in the pole vault competition. Lauren Tolbert of Highland School of Technology won the 1-A 400-meter dash and placed second in the 800-meter dash. Ja’Ciya Guthrie of Bessemer City High School was named the 1A track and field most outstanding performer after winning three events and setting a state record.

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Gaston Braves sweep Mint Hill and clinch spot in American Legion State Championship Series

By Art Shoemaker Last Saturday the Gaston Braves traveled to Independence High School to do battle with Mint Hill in the third round of the American Legion baseball playoffs.

The Braves opened strong in scoring three runs in the first inning. Mint Hill answered with a three spot in the second. Both teams tallied a single run in the third.

The Braves added a run and three more in the seventh.

However Mint Hill scored twice in both the sixth and seventh innings tying the score at nine all after seven innings of play. The Braves returned home with the win by scoring a single run in the top half of the tenth after holding Mint Hill scoreless in the three extra innings.

The Braves totaled fifteen hits in the game with Zack Summerville leading the way with a three for six night.

Preston Conner, Dosi Jonas, Jayson Szot and Jacob Landis each had two bingles. Chipping in with single hits were Wesley Hall, Jordan Lathe, Luke Bumgarner and Kolby Smith.

Hunter Robinson worked the first five innings before giving way to Jordan Lathe who worked an inning and a third. Wesley Hall toiled the rubber for 2 2/3 innings. Jayson Szot picked up the win in pitching a scoreless tenth inning.

The Braves returned home to play game two at South Point.

After two innings of play the score was knotted at two all. Mint Hill edged out front by scoring single runs in the fourth and fifth innings. The Braves scored a single run in the fifth inning but trailed 4-3 heading into the home half of the seventh. With two Braves aboard in the final frame and two outs Luke Bumgarner launched a dramatic three run homer to seal the deal for the Braves giving them a two game lead in the series.

The Braves totaled nine and led the Braves 4-0 after hits in the game with Wesley two innings of play. In Hall leading the way with a the third inning the Braves 2-3 night. Zack Summer- bats came alive as the team ville, Preston Conner, Luke erupted in producing seven Bumgarner, Dosi Jones, Jay- runs to take the lead in the son Szot and Jason Maggs game. each added a hit.

Cherryville bounced back Cameron Cook was the by scoring a single run in starting hurler for the Braves their half of the third and two The entire G-Braves team celebrates at home plate in the win over Mint Hill.

Photos by Christee King and worked into the sixth more in the fourth and one in frame before tiring. Gray- the sixth inning. The Braves hits were added by Zack ter clutch hitter in the league State Championship will be son Thomas finished up on rallied to tie the score at eight Summerville, Luke Bumgar- than Lathe. played in Cherryville beginthe mound for the Braves. all by scoring a run in the top ner and Carter Merrill.

The American Legion ning Friday, July 26.

Thomas pitched an inning half of the seventh frame.

Hunter Robinson started and two thirds allowing no But the home standing Cher- on the mound for the Braves runs or hits and picked up the ryville squad downed the and settled down after allowwin for the Braves.

Braves with a grand slam ing three early runs. RobinIt was back to Charlotte blast in the bottom of the sev- son has been a very valuable for game three last Mon- enth inning to win the game member of the pitching staff day. Ten Braves crossed the and the Area IV champion- all season. Cameron Cook, dish in the first inning as the ship.

Grayson Thomas and Jordan Braves cruised to a 14-4 win Wesley Hall led the Lathe all pitched in the game in a six inning game. Mint Braves with a 3-4 night that for the Braves. Lathe was Hill scored all their runs included two doubles and two pressed into mound duty as in the second inning. The RBI’s. Dosi Jonas continued the Braves have been a little Braves added single runs in his outstanding offensive short in the pitching departthe second and fifth innings play with a 2-3 output that in- ment all year. However there and with a two spot in the cluded a long home run that is none better on the team as sixth to close out the game produced three RBI’s. An- a position player than Jorper the ten run rule lead. other quality athlete, Jordan dan Lathe. Lathe makes the In outstanding offensive Lathe, was 2-4 with an RBI. play consistently in the outdisplay the G-Braves col- Jayson Zsot was 2-3. Single field and there is not a bet- G-Braves #1 Jordan Lathe at bat. lected eighteen hits in just six innings. Wesley Hall led the way with a 4-5 night. Dosi Jonas was also outstanding with the stick in going 3-4. Preston Conner, Jordan Lathe, Luke Bumgarner and Jayson Szot all had two hits.

Zack Summerville added one hit for the 18 hit total by the Braves.

Jacob Landis worked the first five innings in picking up the win. Zack Summerville pitched a scoreless sixth inning.

The Braves were outstanding defensively in commit- Braves #14 Dosi Jonas goes for a tag on a Mint Hill runner. ting no errors as the Braves won the series in impressive Braves pitcher #9 Cameron Cook throws a fast one. fashion.

Last Friday the Braves traveled to Cherryville to play Post 100 for the Area IV championship.

Before a large and boisterous crowd the G-Braves came up short in suffering a 12-8 setback to Cherryville.

Post 100 opened strong

Braves catcher #10 Luke Bumgarner in action against Mint Hill.

This Braves player #8 Wes Hall looks ready to steal a base.

#10 Luke Bumgarner rounding 3rd base after his walk off three run homer to win the Mint Hill game.

Pitcher #2 Grayson Thomas looks for the catcher’s signal.

Braves #7 Jacob Landis going in to run for #22 Jayson Szot.

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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Grizzlies look to gain momentum as final weeks of season unfold

By Dalton Sweezy daltonsweezy02@gmail.com

The Gastonia Grizzlies are currently in last place of the Western division second-half race.

They’ve certainly had their share of tough losses in the later part of the season, but hope to get back on track, and gain momentum going into the playoffs.

The good news, the Grizzlies have won much more of late, and already have one of those coveted playoff spots guaranteed to them when the time comes.

Gastonia also remains just one game behind the Thomasville Hitoms for first place in the division, thanks to the struggling records of every team so far in the second half.

Many of these players are coming off of long college seasons and going straight into summer baseball with Coastal Plain League teams.

As a result, many are growing fatigued, still learning how to maintain themselves over a long campaign.

This can have a major effect on the outcome of games late in the summer, especially when pitching staffs start to grow tired and their inning counts begin to climb.

The fatigue that players go through is part of the allure of collegiate summer leagues though, as it helps the players learn how to take care of their bodies and stay fresh throughout long minor league and even major league seasons.

So as the Grizzlies head into the later portions of their schedule, they look to continue to improve and win games, but at the same time make sure guys are well rested and remain in a good place health wise.

Gastonia began the week with an away date with the Forest City Owls. The Grizzlies have played Forest City more than any other team they’ve played in the league as they are in the same division and are a short distance away from each other geographically.

That being said, they know each other’s personnel extremely well, and the games between these division rivals are more strategic than most in the CPL. On this occasion, the Grizzlies sent sophomore out of Belmont Abbey, Evan Campbell to the mound to start. Holding the Owls to only one run in his three innings of work, Campbell kept the Grizzlies in the game and gave their offense time to heat up as they struggled at the plate early.

In the fourth inning, the Grizzlies finally broke through, scoring three runs on a fielder’s choice, and RBI singles by Luke Leisenring and Austin Kaplan. How-

ever, Forest City would fight back, and after exchanging a few runs, the game was tied at four going into the final inning.

Reliable Gastonia closer Chase Achuff, was able to keep the score tied at four after the Grizzlies couldn’t score, pushing the game into extra innings.

With a runner automatically placed at first and second per Coastal Plain League rules, the Grizzlies wouldn’t have to do too much to regain their lead. After two consecutive walks, Gastonia took back the lead with a 5-4 score. They wouldn’t stop there though, adding on two more insurance runs with groundouts, to give them a three-run advantage going into the bottom of the frame.

Chase Achuff returned to the mound for Gastonia, after already giving them two innings of shutdown work. It was a lot to ask for a reliever, especially a closer, to come back out for a third inning.

Achuff looked to tackle the challenge head on though, and secure the much-needed victory for the struggling Gastonia squad.

Forest City would make it interesting, scoring two runs of their own off of an RBI single and a sacrifice fly. With two outs and two runners on base, the Owls had one final chance to score a run and extend the game.

After a few careful pitches, Achuff induced the ground ball the Grizzlies so desperately needed, and the Grizzlies barely escaped Forest City with a victory.

Gastonia hoped the win would be a source of momentum going forward, as they had an off day on Tuesday to regain their strength, and looked forward to Macon on Wednesday.

As the sun set over historic Sims Legion Park, the offense of both teams heated up going into the middle innings of the contest.

With Macon leading by a score of 6-4 going into the fifth, the Gastonia offense went to work. The whole inning, Gastonia continued to grind out at bats, and after a bases loaded Macon error, three runs crossing the plate to give Gastonia an 8-5 lead. The Grizzlies would never look back, adding on to their total with RBI singles

by Bill Hanna, Austin Kaplan, and Cody Wilson.

A variety of the deep Gastonia bullpen was used to keep the Bacon at a comfortable distance for the rest of the game, as Gastonia would win by a final score of 11-7.

Following two impressive performances in a row, Gastonia would lose on the road in Thomasville on Thursday.

Gastonia starter Josh Wilder did not have his best stuff, giving up five runs in less

Gastonia Grizzlies #15 Landon Choboy makes contact with an RBI double in the second inning of the game against Macon on Wednesday night.

Gastonia Grizzlies #14 Luke Leisenring crosses the plate after an RBI double by teammate Landon Choboy.

Gastonia Grizzlies #1 Jeff Cyr hits an RBI ground ball to score the runner from third on Wednesday night against Macon. than two innings of work.

The Grizzlies would not be able to overcome the large deficit, as they dropped their first game of the week to a hot Hitoms club.

The Grizzlies would look to bounce back on the very next night as they welcomed the Asheboro Copperheads to town.

Gastonia sported their promotional camouflage military jerseys on a night when consistent Grizzlies starter out of Yale, Rohan Handa, took the mound. Providing six and two thirds innings of scoreless baseball, he set Gastonia up for great success against the struggling Copperheads pitching staff.

The Grizzlies got on the board early, scoring four runs in the first two innings capped off by a Michael Brown triple down the first baseline to easily score the

speedy Bill Hanna. Chase Achuff added on to the total with an RBI double in the fifth, driving in first basemen Andrew Orzel.

Dylan Smith came on to close the game, but after giving up two runs to the Copperheads, was replaced by Achuff to take care of any remaining threat. Achuff was able to get Asheboro second basemen Jared Kaufmann, to fly out on the infield to end the game and secure his fifth save of the season.

The very next day, the fatigued Gastonia team would travel all the way to Macon, Georgia for a rematch with the Bacon.

Macon is the longest road trip the team has had to make all season, and after playing so many games in a row, the odds were not in their favor at a hostile Luther Williams field. Macon got on the board

Gastonia Grizzlies #4 Chase Achuff fires to first base after fielding a ground ball at shortstop on Friday night against the Copperheads.

Gastonia Grizzlies #7 Dylan Keller pitching in his start against Macon on Wednesday night.

Gastonia Grizzlies #44 Rohan Handa pitched 6.2 innings of scoreless baseball on Friday night against Asheboro.

Photos by Dalton Sweezy early and often, scoring four runs in the first four innings while holding Gastonia to zero.

Every pitcher on the Gastonia staff gave up at least one run, and the team’s offense was nowhere to be found. The Grizzlies lost the contest by a final score of 10-0, on a night where everything seemed to be against them, and they didn’t play up to their standards. A blowout such as this happens even to good teams, at least once every season.

A baseball season is a long and grueling journey, and when a game such as this happens, it’s important to put it behind you as a team, and focus on the next game at hand.

This would mark the end of the eighth week of the Coastal Plain League season for Gastonia.

After a hot start, and winning the first half, reality has hit the Grizzlies a little bit, now looking at a deficit in the division going into the final two weeks of the regular season. In a week of up and down play, Gastonia finishes with a respectable 3-2 record.

Though they ended the week on a disappointing note, they’ve been able to try a lot of different pitchers out, and are looking for the right rotation to carry them into the postseason.

Still only one game back in the division, five out of their next six games are against divisional opponents giving them a real shot at the second half divisional title.

If Gastonia can play more consistently down the stretch, and piece together a few wins in a row, they could find themselves riding high going into the early days of August.

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City of Belmont adult kickball scenes The City of Belmont has kicked off its second season of adult kickball. Four teams battle at Belmont Central Elementary to see who will reign in the win for the evening.

Games last 45-1hr and are scheduled between 6:45pm8:30pm every Monday night.

Individual registration is still available $10 for Belmont In-City Resident; $15 for out of Belmont non-resident.

Missed team sign-ups? Still want to get involved? There will be an upcoming Fall Kickball League starting soon. To sign up or to receive more info please contact Brian McGonagle at (704) 901-2070.

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Abbey names new basketball coach

The City of Belmont has implemented a new 3 way stop at the intersection of Julia Avenue and Hugh Street. Please use caution in the area as motorists become familiar with the change.

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Belmont Adult Soccer signups Belmont 2019 Fall Adult League Soccer program(s) Signup deadline: Aug 6th, 2019.

All Games held at Ebb Gantt Soccer Complex, 500 brook St., Belmont. Pre-Season Fall League meet up/play begins: August 8th – August 22, 2019. Season/League Games begin: Sept 5th – Nov 7th * Weather Permitting Divisions offered: 9v9 (Ages 17+) Coed Adult Full Field Team / Individual Registration; 8v8 (Ages 17-29) Coed Adult Short Field Team / Individual Registration; 7v7 (Ages 29+) Coed Adult Short Field Team / Individual Registration; 6v6 (Ages 26+) Women Only Short Field Team / Individual Registration.

To sign up online go to: www.cityofbelmont.org Request a team/individual registration packet: Packet Includes: Team roster/individual waiver form, Team Manager Contact Form, Code of Conduct Form and Team Payment Invoice Form.

More info on league divisions, game play formats, team fees, please contact Brian McGonagle, CYSA Parks and Recreation Athletic Program Supervisor, City of Belmont, 37 E. Woodrow Ave., Belmont, PO 431, Belmont, NC 28012, 704-901-2070 Mobile 704-604 2434. Email bmcgonagle@cityofbelmont. org online at www.cityofbelmont.org.

Dan Ficke, an assistant coach at three Division I institutions, has been named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Belmont Abbey, Director of Athletics Stephen Miss announced today. Ficke most recently spent four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Denver.

“During what was a thorough and comprehensive national search, Dan Ficke emerged as the right individual at this time to lead Belmont Abbey College’s men’s basketball program,” Miss said. “In addition to having benefited from playing for and working with many exceptional coaches, Coach Ficke articulated repeatedly during the interview process an appreciation of and conviction in our mission that positions him well to form and develop our students as they endeavor individually and collectively to realize their full potential: body, mind, and soul.”

The Colorado native helped the 2017-18 Pioneer squad average 73.1 points per game and rank first in the Summit League in assists per game (15.1) and rebounding margin (plus-6.0). Denver also finished second in the Summit League in 3-point percentage at 40 percent, which also ranked 15th nationally.

A year before, DU posted a 15-15 record with the team that also included an 8-6 record in league play, its best

record since joining the league back in 2013. The Pioneers posted a 10-4 mark at home, it’s best at Magness since the 2012-13 year.

“I am extremely honored and grateful to Abbot Placid Solari, O.S.B., President Thierfelder and Stephen Miss for the opportunity to join the Belmont Abbey family and coach this exceptional group of young men,” Ficke said. “Belmont Abbey is a special place with strong traditions, and I thank God and my family for guiding me and supporting me during this process. I am fully committed to continuing the success of this program and building on the great culture here.”

Ficke moved to Denver after two seasons on the bench at his alma mater, Loyola (Md.), and served three years at Wake Forest in a variety of roles. He was promoted to Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Director of Scouting and Recruiting in 2012-13 after two seasons as the program’s Assistant Director of Operations A four-year player (200509) at Loyola, Ficke was a part of some of the most successful Division I teams at the university during his time with the Greyhounds. He was a member of teams that won 64 games, including the 2007-08 squad that captured a then-school Division I record 19 contests. Ficke graduated in 2009 with his bachelors in business administration and

earned his M.B.A. in 2010.

Ficke grew up with strong ties to Belmont Abbey as his father, Bill, played for the Crusaders under legendary coach Al McGuire. As a high schooler, Ficke earned second-team all-state and honorable mention honors at Regis Jesuit High School outside of Denver.

Ficke and his wife, Jordan, will reside in Belmont with their 20-month old twins, William Winslow and Sloane Smith.

Dan Ficke

The Gaston Christian School Varsity Soccer Team and the Booster Club would like to invite you and your family out for the Annual Alumni Soccer game and Family Night on Friday, August 2. The soccer game will start at 7:00 PM as the varsity boys team takes on the alumni. Come at 6:00 for the following activities: Cornhole, Bounce Houses and Food trucks (Wonder Wings and Emergensweets). The soccer game, cornhole and bounce houses are FREE. So come out for a great family night and support the soccer team as they take on the Alumni.

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Sam Brown to be inducted into Mt. Holly Sports Hall of Fame

SAM BROWN’S ROUTE TO THE HALL OF FAME East Gaston High School 1974, 1975, 1976: WNCHSAA All-Conference track 1975 and 1976: WNCHSAA All-Conference basketball 1976: MVP of the WNCHSAA All-State All-Star game 1976: State champion in the 440-yard dash, state record time of 49.4 Co-captain, basketball, junior and senior years Co-captain, track, junior and senior years School record for rebounds in a game: 26, vs. Bessemer City, set1973-74 season School record, rebounds in a season: 280, set 1973-74 season School record, rebound average per game: 12.4, set 197374 season School record, rebounds in a career: 753 UNC-Chapel Hill Four-year letterman, threeyear co-captain, track team Competed: 100-yard, 200yard, 440-yard, 400-meter, 600-yard, 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay, sprint relay, distance relay Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor 600-yard champion, and ACC indoor record-holder, 1:10.2 Tickets: “The banquet is Saturday, August 17, 2019, at the Municipal Complex at 6pm. Doors open at 5. Tickets are available at Moose Drugs and David’s Detailing and from committee members for $20.”

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work with Project Angel Heart, which donates to senior citizens in Colorado and helps children through donating candy for Halloween Trunk-or-Treat.

Last year, 5,000 kids benefitted.

“But if anyone were to ask me the greatest moment of my life, other than being married and having a daughter, it was when I worked for Kraft Food Service in Mississippi,” he says. The majority of employees could not read or write, so he helped create a 12-week, Saturday morning program to teach them. “The employee could invite someone in their family, and by the end of the 12 weeks, they were on the seventh- or eighth-grade level, and we had a banquet. Kraft provided the food. That was probably the highlight of my career.

It was very touching.”

Brown and his wife, Rhonda, have a daughter Mallory, 24. He is the son of Betty Brown of Stanley and the late Jasper Brown.

“I still call all this a journey – from Stanley to where I am now,” he says. “It’s been a long process with a lot of peaks and valleys, but I’ve met some wonderful people and had some great opportunities. I think sports has allowed me to prepare myself for the responsibilities and positions I now oversee. Sports taught me to be focused, to set goals, and to strive to be the best.”

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By Kathy Blake Sam Brown was in East Gaston’s parking lot after school, waiting for the bus and watching the track team, when coach Dick Thompson whistled him to the field. Thompson recognized the sophomore from Stanley Little League and peewee football and wanted to test the kid’s speed.

“I had on jeans, a nice shirt and dress shoes,” Brown says, “and I went down there and defeated his best runner. When I finished, I ran up to the top of the hill and caught the school bus and went home. After that, I worked with Coach Thompson.”

That partnership erupted into a track career that collected numerous state titles, all-conference selections and college championships. Brown also excelled at high school basket- Sam Brown, 1980 UNC Track photo ball, as co-captain two seasons and school record-holder for hand-written letter with some mile mark,” he says, “so I derebounds in a game (26), sea- workouts to try and some de- cided to be creative and snuck son (280) and career (753). He tails about running to incorpo- behind the bushes and let some of the best runners get ahead of was a four-year letterman at rate into his training.

Hilton never came to any of me, then I came in. But I made UNC-Chapel Hill, three-year a mistake – the assistant coach co-captain of the track team Brown’s high school meets.

He never saw him run. was there. So I had to run the and Atlantic Coast Conference And Hilton never invited whole thing over again with indoor 600-yard champ and record-holder. In 1979, his 600- Brown for an official visit at the Coach Hilton following me in yard time of 1:10.02 was ninth- UNC campus. Since it was two a golf cart. At that point, I realdecades before the onslaught ized you had to be focused and best in the world.

For his accomplishments, of social media, there were no dedicated.”

Being a college athlete Brown, 61, is a 2019 inductee instant videos, no text updates of the Mount Holly Sports Hall on Brown’s success. Just paper, means seeing parts of the country you otherwise may not visit of Fame, an award that was and ball point pen.

“But in May of 1976, he and having stories to bring unexpected. “When someone called me, I was like, ‘What?’ called my house and said he home. Brown has two: “I would And I’m deeply honored that I and (coach) Hubert Davis were say running indoors at Madison was selected,” he says. “I think in the neighborhood, and they Square Garden and having your those who are in the Hall of came down and offered me a name called out, and having my Fame are individuals who have four-year scholarship,” Brown cousins and mom and grandma done things that represent the says. “I had some other schools in attendance,” he says. “And best of their community, and interested, but I always wanted my very first indoor race in Richmond, Va. I never ran inthe best of themselves, and I am to go to UNC.” Reason? Basketball coach doors in my life, and I didn’t honored to be allowed to join this elite group of individuals.” Dean Smith, and the athletic know what I was doing. I was Brown was co-captain of work ethic portrayed at the uni- in Lane 4, and you’re supposed to cut in, but I ran the whole East Gaston’s track team his versity.

“Growing up, I would watch race in Lane 4, and I was so junior and senior years and was WNCHSAA All-Conference in Coach Smith and the tradition, tired. I walked off the track and 1974, 1975 and 1976. He set and the way the athletes there hid behind some bleachers, and the WNCHSAA 440-yard re- take care of themselves,” he four hours later a security guard cord of 49.4 when he won the says. “When I first met Coach woke me up. I walked back to Hilton, it was the way he em- the hotel, and they were all state championship in 1976.

“Prior to that state cham- bodied teamwork. Keep in looking for me, and I went to pionship, there was a young mind, we only had five team see Coach Hilton and… I didn’t man from North Gaston who rules, and I think the fact that know I got third place.

“From there, I learned to run defeated me, and he went back he was a gentleman who never and kinda bragged about how saw me run but wrote me these indoors. We went to Nationals he beat me,” Brown says. “That workouts… we developed a and I set the ACC record and was the only race I lost in two- friendship, and I considered Carolina record in the 600 yard and-a-half years. So in the state him almost like my second dash. It was the 9th best time in the world, at 1:10.” meet, I set a record and defeated dad.”

Brown eventually met Dean Moving fast from Point A to him. Keep in mind that in high school, we didn’t have starting Smith, whose son Scott ran Point B continued in Brown’s blocks. I just learned how to use track, and another bond was life after college. He is vice them when I got to Carolina. It set when the two sports crossed president of distribution for wasn’t around (in high school), paths during training. “I met Windigo Logistics, a Kroger and we didn’t have a lot back Coach Smith at his home, and company, in Fountain, Colo., them. We practiced in the park- also in the fall time frame when that ships to 500-plus stores in ing lot, and the old East Gaston the basketball team had to run Colorado, Kansas and Texas. didn’t have a track – it was just certain times, and we made fun Prior to that, his work with a dirt. A lot of what I learned, I of them, then we tried to play textiles company, Pepsi-Cola, learned from watching other basketball with them, and they Kraft Foods and Super Value beat us.” took him across the counpeople.”

The part about work ethic try, from Texas to California, To get into Carolina, Brown didn’t watch others. Instead of showed up early when Brown Nevada, Mississippi, Iowa, the usual recruiting process, he joined the Chapel Hill track Alabama, South Carolina and team. “My very first day at Car- Georgia. Counting visits with chose a different route.

The summer of his sopho- olina, we had to run 5 miles, and friends in northern places, more year at East Gaston, the day before the first work- Brown can check off having Brown wrote a letter to Caro- out I decided to check out the spent time in 49 states. Alaska lina track coach Joe Hilton. Hil- route, and I noticed there was is the last frontier.

Brown also takes time to ton replied by sending Brown a a shortcut at the 2-and-a-half-

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YARD SALES CLEVELAND COUNTY THIS IS A YARD SALE DEAL SEEKERS do not want to miss. Fri. July 26th, 7AM - 5PM and Sat. July 27th, 7AM - 5PM. 1410 Briarcliff Rd. Shelby, NC 28152 RUTHERFORD COUNTY MOVING SALE! SATURDAY: 7/27, 8/3, 8AM. White Building, #25B. West Street, Spindale (North side of road). Formerly S&S Storage Buildings. 828429-2671

Deadline: Friday at 12:00 Noon

FLAGS AND FLAG POLES. 15 ft., 20 ft., and 25 ft., in stock.

Delivery and installation available. J. Johnson Sales, Forest City. 828-245-5895.

WALKE’S LANDING FLEA MARKET OPEN EVERY WEEKEND. July 26-28, 8am4pm. Vendors spaces still available $5/day For more info or to reserve a space, call Nyhn at 260-729-1088.

5523 U.S. 74 Alt., Lake Lure, NC 28746 (260) 729-1088 nyhn@ravingcreative.com

FOR SALE 16’ BOAT/TRAILER, 85HP, $1650. 2004 BMW 330CI Convertible $6900 OBO. 2009 VW Jetta, $2495. 1995 Chevrolet Cobalt, $1995. 828-287-8668.

INVERSION TABLE. LIKE NEW, pictures on request, $100. 815-558-7379.

56� LONG, 30� WIDE FOLDUP TABLE, 6 padded fold-up chairs, $40. 23� Antique Raggedy Ann & Andy Dolls, $40.

828-625-4504 POULAN RIDING MOWER. 12.5HP, 30â€? cut, very low hours, $325. 18â€? Ford Backhoe Bucket, ďŹ ts a 555 Backhoe, $350.

828-289-1817.

NC4EVER.COM, DO-ITYOURSELF CNC WOODWORKING SAW. This saw does most of the work in woodworking. NC4Ever@email.com GASTONCOUNTYUSA.COM, DONALD TRUMP HATS. Hats of different styles, colors, sizes, more. MAGA, 2020, Keep America Great! MAGA411@ email.com HORSE QUALITY HAY. Square and round bales. Call (704) 487-6855 PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS with Scratch Pads! Press Room Printing. 704-482-2243.

(704) 538-5788 MOBILE HOME AXLES. With brakes. Only $25 each. Call 704-466-4675 METAL CUTTING BANDSAW. Cuts vertical and horizontal.

Only $75. Call 704-466-4675 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 TRAILER INVENTORY. Utility, Cargo, Box Dump Trailers, Equipment, Livestock. J. Johnson Sales, Forest City. 828245-5895.

CARPORTS, GARAGE, LIVESTOCK BARNS. On Site Display. J. Johnson Sales, Forest City. 828-245-5895.

PAYLESS STORAGE BUILDINGS. Top Quality, NEW, USED, Bank Repo’s. Cash, 90 days same as cash, (rent to own, no credit check). Free delivery. J. Johnson Sales, Forest City. 828-245-5895.

CARPORTS, COVERS, CARS, TRUCKS, RV, Camper, Boat Equipment, Hay, Livestock.

Protect your investments. Areas Largest on site display, 100’s of options and sizes, 12 wide to 60 wide. J Johnson Sales, Forest City. 828-245-5895.

TRAILERS: WE BUY, SALE, TRADE (must have title).

Parts and service most all models. NEW 5x8 from $630.

J. Johnson Sales, Forest City.

828-245-5895.

PLANTS: Iris, Japanese Maple, Hosta, Yellow Bells, Daylilies, Blooming Cherry Tree (regular/weeping). 206 Woodburn Drive, Forest City, NC 28043. 828-245-0245.

56� LONG, 30� WIDE FOLDUP TABLE, 6 padded fold-up chairs, $40. 23� Antique Raggedy Ann & Andy Dolls, $40.

828-625-4504

1989 RANGER PARTS, $875.

Needs motor or sale parts off.

Call for prices. (704) 300-1818 kim_hopper@bellsouth.net UTILITY TRAILER. Titled with tag. 16 ft long x 80 inches wide.

Tires outside bed. 3 axle (mobile home axles) 2 inch ball. $1000. Call 704-482-1381 or 704-692-1605 before 5pm.

220 KAWASAKI BAYOU 4 WHEELER. Runs good! Needs battery. Only $800 OBO. (704) 538-1364 SNAPPER RIDING LAWNMOWER. 28â€? cut. Bought new in 2016. Used 2 summers. Excellent condition, $800. (704) 473-2456 8 BURNER EVENT GRILL (LP GAS). Cooks up to 65 Hamburgers or 126 Hot Dogs at once, compact design ďŹ ts in 6’-8’ bed of a standard pickup truck, stainless steel tube burners. $650, REDUCED $500.

828-453-0828.

1997 FORD DELUXE CREW CAB. V-8, Topper, $2000. 828245-7179.

2 INBOARD SKI BOATS. 2 bedroom suites (1 king, 1 full), miniature chopper motorcycle, Walker zero turn mower. Call for pricing 704-482-9642

MASSEY FERGUSON TRACTOR. TO20, overhead valves, new tires, nice condition. Only $1900. Call 704-466-4675

SOLID OAK ROLL TOP DESK. Beautiful Oak Roll Top Computer Desk, $200. (704) 616-8504 LNCB99@aol.com

40 GALLON SPRAY TANK. On its own trailer with wand hoses and pump, etc. Only $125. Call 704-466-4675

GATES 601 PORTABLE HOSE CRIMPER WITH DIES. 110 volt, works great, $500.

828-245-9620.

FORD 351 V8 MOTOR. Complete, very nice. Only $275. Call 704-466-4675

TAX FREE. Full 15 lb Propane tank. 3 or more free delivery.

Cash only. $50. 828-453-0828.

1965 WURLITZER JUKE BOX. Holds 50, 45 RPM vinyl records. $2800 Call 980-888-0661

ELECTRICIAN RETIRING. 1997 Dodge B2500 Work Van, $1500. Westinghouse House Meter, 6 jumpers, disconnect device, $50. Ratchet Cable Cutters, $30. Klein, $40-$50.

(2) Maxon handheld communicator, $25 8’ Ground Rod Electric Driver, $150. Greenlee Punch Sets 1/2-3/4-1�, 1 Ÿ-1 ½, $10 with screw $15. 1 ½-2�, ½-1 Ÿ, Slugo Buster Punch Kit 7237BB, $75. Progressive Electronic 200EP Wire Tracker, $50/$75 new. Progressive Electronic 200EP & Tracker#2, $100. Kill-a-Watt (P3) Model LP4400 Meter, NEW, $20.

Wireless Inspection Camera (Centech #66550), $75. Black & Decker Industrial Band Saw, $75. For list of other electrical items, call 828-453-0828.

MORTAR MIXER. Briggs & Stratton engine, $200. 828429-5473.

DR. BRUSH CUTTER, 26�

DECK, 20HP, Briggs & Stratton. Can put other attachments on also. $1900. 828-429-5473.

SEVEN PIECE VIRGINIA HOUSE DINETTE SET. Solid oak, with Windsor type chairs.

Excellent condition. $375. (704) 487-5035 3 RIDING LAWNMOWERS, trolling motor, gas heater, garden tiller, arts & crafts and 150 rubber stamps. (704) 482-3928 TOOL BOX FOR CHEVY PICKUP. Almost brand new.

Chrome side well. $125 boo.

(704) 574-7511 LYNARD CAMPER COVER for sale, asking price, $300. 2002 Expedition, full size, 3rd row seat, fully loaded, $3000. 828395-0758.

OAK SLAB FIREWOOD: Ideal for Camping, Outdoor Firepits. 16-20� length. $20 stacked on, you pick up or $40 1/2 pickup load, stacked on, delivered.

828-395-0758.

SUNDASH TANNING BED. 36 new bulbs. $500. Call 336-9788819.

(3) 40 FT WALKING FLOOR TRAILERS. Ideal for shavings or hay. $20,000. 1981 Original Carolina Freight Road Tractor $10,000. 704-487-5049.

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

LOST & FOUND MISSING 8 YR OLD MINIATURE SCHNAUZER. Went missing in Grover, Hwy 226 area. Please call if you have seen or if you have please return. (704) 915-0004

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WANT TO BUY 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 CASH$$ FOR OLD FISHING LURES. Call Rick Hutton collector, (704) 695-4917 “CASH”!. WE BUY SCRAP & CARS. Running or not. Must have title! Top Dollar. 704-2912852, (704) 974-2256

WANT TO BUY SELECT CUTTING OR PINE THINNING. COUNTY LINE TIMBER BUYING HARDWOOD AND PINE TIMBER, 10 ACRES+. OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE. MEMBER OF NCFA. 828248-3659, 828-289-0742.

WANT TO BUY CARS, TRUCKS. Trailers, Metal Boats, Tractors, Farm Equipment. Must have ID and proof of ownership. Callahan’s Towing.

(704) 692-1006 DANNY’S AUTOWERKS. Buying used or junk cars. Competitive prices. Call Jimmy, 828289-1175 or 828-247-1070.

FARM & GARDEN PURE LOCAL HONEY FOR SALE. Just Robbed in July from hives near Shelby/Patterson Springs. Quarts $20. Pints $12.

Quarts with comb $22. Pints with comb $14. whitehousefarmnc.com (910) 206-1546 OKRA FOR SALE. 828-2450248.

BOATS 23’ ROBALO CABIN CRUISER. Fully equipped with 225 HP Mercury off shore motor with approx 50 to 60 hours on engine. Boat has been in dry storage for about 3 years due to husband’s pacemaker and being unable to use boat. Call for additional info and price. (704) 538-0266

PETS & LIVESTOCK DOG KENNELS start at $189.99 in stock. Lots of sizes available, delivery and install available. Dog roofs, dog houses. J. Johnson Sales, Forest City. 828-245-5895.

GUINEA PIGS, $15 EACH. 704-739-7621 BEAUTIFUL KITTENS FREE TO GOOD HOME. Spindale area. 828-429-4364.

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

(828) 577-4197

AKC LAB PUPPIES. Excellent pedigree, shots/wormed, 5 puppies, males and females, Ready to go. Reduced price $650, (704) 914-8241

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

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

AKC YORKIES, SMALL & MORKIES. (Maltese/Yorkie).

Males & females. Prices reasonable. 704-313-7355, (704) 300-4673

FARM & GARDEN

8 GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES. 4 females and 4 males.

Parents on site. (704) 813-9234 REGISTERED ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD. Puppies, 8 weeks old. $300 UTD on shots and wormer. These are great guard dogs, raised in barn with goats.

Text or call 704-297-0779.

CLICKER TRAIN YOUR PET. Train your dog, cat, horse or even your bird with a clicker.

From Shelby NC. USA411@ email.com ALPACAS, MINATURE DONKEYS $450 GOATS $125.

FOR SALE. Call (704) 418-3794

CHICKENS; WILL BE GOOD LAYERS. Pullets, $4, & $5 ea.

(704) 473-1311

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MAPLE RIDGE RV PARK CAMPGROUND. Full Hook Up. 30/50 Amp Connections, Pet Friendly. Daily, Weekly, Monthly rates. Rutherfordton/Lake Lure.

828-305-2909.

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LAND FOR SALE. Boiling Springs NC adjacent to Broad River Greenway. 20+ Acres.

Some of the prettiest land in Cleveland County. $110000 (941) 916-2235 (704) 284-5126

1074 AIRPORT RD. Open the entrance security gate to a fully fenced, very private 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with a 1.5 acre lot, New flooring, New paint, etc. $139,900.

Rutherfordton, NC 28139 (864) 574-1260 omicronreception@outlook.com

2004 KEYSTONE OUTBACK CAMPER. Sleeps 7, good condition, refrigerator, air condition, canopy, very clean, $7500 firm.

828-245-3880.

WANT TO BUY. Pop-up campers. 828-429-3935.

1990 CHEVY JAMBOREE MOTORHOME. 128,000 miles, 21’ long, 454 motor, runs great. $6000 obo. (704) 618-9998 2004, 27FT WITH ONE SLIDEOUT. Prowler Regal by Fleetwood. $6000 or best offer. 828361-9344 or 704-473-4021.

RETIRING FROM CAMPING: 2018 Grand Design Reflection 5th Wheel Camper. Must see to believe furnishings.

Like new, used three times. $38,500. 828-289-2716.

MOTORCYCLES & ATVS

1995 FORD F-350 XLT BOX TRUCK. Good condition, produce hauler or other purpose, all new tires, cold AC, $4000.

828-453-0216.

2001 TOYOTA TACOMA Dual cab, 4WD. Call for info. $7800.

(704) 471-0790 1992 FORD F-150 Ext. cab, 300, 6 cyl, auto, new tires, brakes and muffler. Too much to list. Granddaughter decided she didn’t want it. $3000. (704) 472-4450

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) 5679836

2018 POLARIS RZR DOHC 900 Side by Side. Only 58 Miles. $12,500. Call (704) 4342669

ACREAGE! Located on First Broad River with approx. 1 mile river frontage. This beautiful property can be subdivided into as little at 1 acre tracts, has no restrictions and has a 12” water main installed on the property. parcels included in this purchase with one being 1.5 acres for your private entry into the 169.9 acres (Enter from Hicks Hill Rd). The property is centrally located and just a short drive to the Tryon Equestrian, Lake Lure, Asheville, Charlotte, major highways and surrounding area. $940,000.00 Southern Homes of the Carolinas-Call for more info 704402-5627 Lawndale, NC 28090 (704) 692-0542 morrisoncyndi@yahoo.com LOOKING TO BUY UNWANTED RENTAL or STARTER HOMES. Must be priced to sell! (704) 4720006

403 SOUTH ELM STREET, CHERRYVILLE. Cozy home close to downtown Cherryville.

2 story, 3BR, 1Fb, 1Hb. Hardwoods, Carpet. Hardwoods under carpet. Tile back splash in kitchen. Sunroom on back, Double attach garage. Built in bookshelf in office space. Lots of storage in floored attic. Call for showings. Cherryville, NC 28021 (704) 473-0376 Justin.

Hill@remax.net RUTHERFORD COUNTY LAND FOR SALE. Approx 60 acres near Lake Lure on river.

Will subdivide, call for appointment.

Restaurant/equipment for sale, $125,000. 828-2878668.

2006 GMC ENVOY Denali.

White with grey leather interior, V8, 4x4, looks & runs great, 200,900 miles, $4900. 828223-3311.

2002 HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSTER 883. Runs great and only 3750 original miles.

Garage kept. Must see! $2400 nego. Call (704) 678-9504

2012 MINI COOPER HARDTOP Car is in excellent condition has been garaged, frequently washed and waxed. Car located in Lake Lure. Willing to meet at a convenient location. Vehicle has all options, including heated seats, variable speed wipers digital HD radio. All service records available. Call or Email Phil. (704) 954-8849 par404@gmail.com 2005 FORD F-150 69,000 miles, $13,500. (704) 300-1818 kim_hopper@bellsouth.net

1998 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Minor body damage.

Good ride, heat and A/C may need fan switch and radiator hose. Offer’s considered. (828) 288-3853 sammscript@yahoo. com

2000 KAWASAKI BAYOU 220 4 WHEELER. 2WD. Good shape. $1200. (704) 600-5519

VACATIONS OCEAN LAKES 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS. Washer/ dryer, gas grill, golf cart included. $1200 wk. (704) 472-7145 OCEAN LAKES VACATION RENTALS. (1) 1678 STARFISH. 3 bedroom, washer/dryer, large covered front porch.

(2) 5525 TERN. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, washer/dryer. 704-4736109. sheilaba@bellsouth.net OCEAN LAKES MYRTLE BEACH. Cottage N34. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, den, kitchen, dining, covered deck, near country store. Call Dorcas, 803-7182659, (803) 635-9831 BEACH HOUSES OCEAN LAKES. Weeks and weekends available for August and fall months. 2 or 3 bedroom. Golf cart and WiFi. Call for pricing 704-473-1494.

BOOK NOW! 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath house on private lot in the heart of Myrtle Beach. $550 per week. No text or emails. Call Keith (704) 418-3790

FOR RENT CHEROKEE CO., SC

LAND 1.822 ACRES. Only $15000. Call 704-466-4675

GASTON COUNTY

1994 CADILLAC DEVILLE Pearl White. Runs fine, asking $999. 828-245-9944.

CKC POMERANIAN PUPPIES. Male & female, shots UTD, 10 wks. $500. Pomchi puppies & Shih-tzu/Pom puppies available soon, $400.

(704) 300-1988 SHETLAND SHEEPDOG. Full blooded, 23lbs, all shots, chipped, likes to play ball, big baby. Comes with kennel, $60.

828-286-9923, 828-447-7619.

CAMPERS

FREE KITTENS FOR INSIDE HOMES. Don’t Wait! Please Call (704) 472-7116

SIBERIAN HUSKY PUPPIES. 12 weeks old with papers.

Shots UTD, $800 females, $700 males. Call for pictures or to see. 704-678-0225.

PICK ME I AM CUTE. Peketzu, Maltitzu, Pekapoo puppies, trained adults. We care & it shows. Variety of prices, start $250 & up. www.facebook. c om / Fuz z y- Faces - N - Furr yFeet, call or text. (864) 6196238 jenfuzzyface@gmail.com HORSE BOARDING. Carousel Farms now accepting boarders.

12x12 stalls, cleaned daily, feed 3x per day. Turn out available.

Covered arena, round pen, outdoor arena coming soon.

Trails on property, new fencing. Lounge, rest room, parking. Trailer storage available.

Shelby/Polkville area. Onsite owners / trainers with over 60+ combined years of experience.

Lessons, Gentle Training Methods. Western, English, Saddle Seat. (480) 225-3257 info@ carouselfarmsllc.com

AKC GREAT DANE PUPPIES. Blue Merles, Blacks, Harlequins, Brindle. Microchipped, vet checked. Ready for new homes. Pics: Biggardanes.com Text, 828-980-5830.

2005 FORD RANGER STX TRUCK. 4 cylinder, automatic, aluminum wheels, $4995. 828287-3820.

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

NORTRAC 20HP DIESEL TRACTOR. With one disk and one single plow 16” blade, 4WD, 200 hours, like new, $7500. 828-453-9351.

ALPACAS FOR SALE. Too many Alpacas. Have males and females, show and fiber animals, young and old, several colors, all are Huacaya.

Could make up a nice starter package. Reasonably priced.

(803) 222-2292 mwray854@ yahoo.com

CARS & TRUCKS

WANTED: OLD AND NEW AMMO. Reloading supplies.

(828) 245-6756

FARMALL 140-A TRACTOR WITH IMPLEMENTS. Husqvarna 50” cut riding mower; gas push mower; gas furnace; two bowl sink for work space, table saw; welder, never used; and other equipment.

Cash only. Call to see or make offer, (704) 538-0266

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2BR, 1.5BA, 1600SF, .46 ACRES. Den, sunroom, big fenced backyard, storage building, $124,000. 127 Hall Street, Forest City. 828-748-5838.

EAST RUTHERFORD COUNTY. Off Hwy 120, Lots with water and septic. Owner will finance with low down payment. Call Bryant Realty, www. bryantrealtyinc.com. (704) 5679836 4.3 ACRES NEAR LAKE LURE. $29,900. Call 864-9091035.

4 BEDROOM, 2 FULL BATH. HOUSE FOR RENT ANTIOCH COMMUNITY, 575 ROCKHOUSE ROAD, BLACKSBURG NEAR ENTRANCE TO KINGS MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. 4BR, 2 FULL BATHS, LG LAUNDRY ROOM, DOUBLE CARPORT, NEW HEAT AND AIR SYSTEM, LG YARD, STOVE, FRIDGE, WATER AND GRASS CUTTING FURNISHED. NO PETS! $1000. DEPOSIT $1000 RENT. REFERENCES REQUIRED. 704-470-5879.

MAXINENBUSH@GMAIL. COM CLEVELAND COUNTY MOVE IN SPECIAL. 2&3 Bedroom, $900 deposit required. $190 weekly rates. Includes power and water. NO PETS. Visit us online at Oakwood Rentals, Shelby or call (704) 473-4299 AREA RENTALS. (Shelby) 770 Ware Rd, $1250. (Mooresboro) 109 Academy St, $650. Please call (704) 484-2015 MOBILE HOMES & APARTMENTS. In Kings Mountain.

Price starting at $100 per week.

Call (704) 739-4417 2&3 BEDROOM TOWNHOMES. Applications are being processed right now! Rent is based on income (and even some expenses). Call or visit today Laurel Hill Apartments.

Equal housing opportunity.

Shelby, NC 28152 (704) 4871114 laurelhill@darbydevelopment.com LIONS SENIOR VILLAGE has 1 bedroom HUD subsidized apartments for low income seniors. Taking applications.

Age 62 or older. Equal Housing Opportunity. 211 North Morgan Street Shelby, NC 28150 (704) 482-7723 HICKORY CREEK APARTMENTS FOR SENIORS. (62 and older), disabled (50 and older). Shelby. Now taking applications for waiting list.

EHO. 418 East Warren Street Shelby, NC 28150 (704) 4876354 2&3 BEDROOM MOBILE HOMES. Nice and clean, water furnished. Oak Grove Community, Kings Mtn. Call or text (704) 739-0259 FOR RENT IN SHELBY. 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath. $100 week, $250 deposit. No pets. 704300-3647.

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July 25, 2019 EDITION Last week's lottery numbers were drawn by Miranda Garces an employee at the UPS Store located at 6428 Wilkinson Blvd., Belmont, NC. The winning numbers were 1, 28 & 20.

No ballot received guessed all three numbers correctly, so the jackpot will remain at $10,000 until it’s won. Make sure you have your entry in by the 9am deadline on Monday for your chance to win!

THE BANNER NEWS LOTTERY

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.

Numbers will be drawn each Monday Morning.

Look in next week's Banner-News for the 3 WINNING NUMBERS! 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.

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