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Building Belmont podcasts are on the air

By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info

Lots and lots of exciting things are happening in Belmont and entrepreneur Keanu Trujillo is chronicling them in a series of audio/ video podcasts called “Building Belmont”.

Trujillo is a man of many talents with an interesting background. He is a former police officer. He served in the Army National Guard for eight years. Originally from New Mexico, he and his wife Shined came to Gaston County four years ago for a career in ministry with Elevation Church. He Left Elevation Church in June 2020 as the pandemic was peaking and restrictions tightened to start his business True Strategy Coaching and Consulting.

Sensing the strong sense of community in Belmont,

Trujillo tapped into it with his podcast idea.

On February 28, 2022, the first episode of Building Belmont was broadcast. So far, Trujillo has interviewed over 20 folks in local government, business, and other interesting endeavors. Podcasts have appeared featuring such local luminaries as Belmont’s downtown director Phil Boggan, John and Jennifer Church of the Chronicle Mill project, Belmont Trolley’s Rob Pressley, and Melanie McIntyre of the Wandering Coffee Cup. Other podcasts look at the renovation of the Fighting Yank statue in Stowe Park. The recent purchase of the former Belmont Middle School by Kare Partners, and construction progress of the new Belmont Parks and Rec. Center.

According to Trujillo,

he is driven by the desire to build and preserve legacy.

Not by building his own legacy but through those he serves professionally and personally.

“Because of the inspiration I received from this community I wanted to start a business to connect others in the same way,” he says of his podcasts. “Building Belmont was born to capture stories and create connections.”

Trujillo’s intelligent and accessible interview style is obvious in each podcast. He has a knack for getting folks to open up and share their story with viewers and listeners.

“I want to connect people to people,” he said.

Trujillo has the talent and determination to see his podcast series continue to grow See PODCASTS, Page 4

Stanley town clerk Olga Grishin has unique perspective on Ukraine war

By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info

For Stanley town clerk Olga Grishin, the war in Ukraine is about more than TV news flashes- a lot more.

That’s because she is a native

of that nation and her family and friends back home have been heavily impacted by the conflict.

Grishin was born and raised in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. She graduated

Ukraine native Olga Grishin has been town clerk in Stanley for two years.

from Kyiv International University and came to the U.S. 13 years ago. Her first stop was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where she lived for ten years working part of that time for Nordstrom retail. Two years ago, she came to Stanley and took the job of town clerk.

Grishin explained how in the world she landed in Stanley.

“My uncle Petros Petrosyan lives in Gastonia and I would come visit him from Cedar Rapids,” she said. “He knew a police officer from Stanley who told him about the town clerk job. I applied and have been here for two years. It’s really nice and I like it here. It was new territory, but it clicked and has been a good fit. The town has a good team, and the town manager (Heath Jenkins) is a great leader.”

But back home in Ukraine, trouble struck when Russia invaded on Feb. 24, 2022.

Grishin’s family and friends were quickly caught up in the action. In fact, her mother lived just a few miles from the town of Bucha where Russian soldiers killed a large number See UKRAINE, Page 4

Keanu Trujillo has been producing and airing a series of informative and entertaining podcasts called “Building Belmont”.

Photo by Alan Hodge

Anniversary of NC’s Woodstock is here - and Greg Morgan of Belmont was there

By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info

The 52nd anniversary of one of North Carolina’s most pivotal social and cultural events took place recently.

Known colloquially at the time as the Love Valley Rock Festival, the three-day musical and merrymaking happening occurred July 17-19, way back in 1970- and Belmont’s Greg Morgan, now 73-yearsyoung, was in the thick of the action.

The affair was held at Love Valley near Statesville. It was North Carolina’s version of Woodstock and saw upwards of 100,000 hippies, hippie wannabees, and other folks of various varieties flock to the place to hear music, mingle, spread the message of peace and love, and yes, burn weed.

Love Valley itself is a tiny town built by the late Andy Barker after he returned from WWII. The twist is, Barker was big into the Old West culture and owned a construction company. So, he bought a big piece of land off NC115 out in the middle of Iredell County and built his own Wild West town, complete with hotel, jail, saloon, and various other structures in a style straight out of a John Wayne movie set.

Greg Morgan these days.

Greg Morgan in 1972.

The town is still there, and folks still visit it to “play cowboy”. Horses are the only mode of transportation allowed on the Main Street. But what took place in 1970 is the thing that put Love Valley on the map.

What led to the rock festival taking place was Barker’s daughter asking if perhaps he could find a band to play at her 16th birthday party. Andy sniffed around and found an up-and-coming combo named the Allman Brothers.

He convinced them to come to Love Valley and pluck out a few tunes for his daughter and her friends.

Somehow, news got out among the youth culture that a “happening” was going to take place at Love Valley. Word spread throughout “head shops”, schools, and other places. Barker went with the flow and had tickets printed. The cost to attend was five bucks. On the festival’s opening day, a veritable tidal wave of folks and vehicles clogged the two-lane road to Love Valley. Traffic stretched back nearly to Statesville. Flower children jostled in a mass that filled every inch of the town and beyond.

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Staying cool in a pool

By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info

The other day as I was driving through McAdenville I could not help but notice a group of kids in front of the YMCA being squirted with a hose pipe. Lawd! They were having a big time dancing around and squealing and getting cooled off and there was even one of those Slip N Slide things stretched out on the lawn and some of the kids were running as fast as they could go and throwing themselves upon the slippery plastic sheet and skittering along and jumping up and running back and doing it all over again. It was a timeless scene of summer fun.

The whole affair brought back a flood of memories of my own summer days of yore and how we stayed cool when the thermometer seemed like it was going to bust a gut.

Of course, the hose pipe was front and center in the action, but woe was you if you were in too much of a hurry to get wet and got hit by the first scalding blast of water from a hose that had been left in the sun.

Inflatable back yard pools were a real treat if you could afford one. Of course, they were too small and shallow

to do anything but sit in them as the sun beat down upon your noggin. No matter how hard you might try, grass clippings from the lawn were bound to find their way via bare feet into the kiddie pool.

And don’t forget the greenish scum that would form in just a couple of days if the pool was not drained. And don’t forget the admonition not to drain and fill it too many times because that would make the water bill go up. A dilemma of the first order.

Of course, the ultimate summer treat was to go to Suttles Swimming Pool. This was an Olympic sized public pool on Wilkinson Blvd. just past Sam Wilson Rd. The pool complex had several amusement park rides and a snack bar with fries and cold Nehi grape and orange drinks and hot dogs etc. I can still smell those fries and tase those grape Nehi drinks. I can still feel the sting of its over-chlorinated water in my eyes and recall the sign that warmed against peeing in the water.

Once upon a time, Belmont had a public pool. It was on Central Avenue near Todd St. Enjoy the pics of it provided by Millican Pictorial History Museum. A

Old swimming pool on the corner of Central Ave. and Todd St., Belmont, NC. house is there now. Belmont needs a public pool. Cramerton has a nice one.

This summer is going by fast. Before you know it, the hose pipes and kiddie pools will be stowed, and the Slip N Slides rolled up. But until then, stay cool no matter how you can because August is sure to be a scorcher.

Young people having fun in Belmont swimming pool built by WM Hall on the corner of Central Ave and Todd St., September 10, 1947 that marked the closing of a successful summer.

Sixty years of fishing line

By Tony Marciano agreed we would go surf fishing.

My dad loved to fish. When I I pulled out the reels and examined was seven, he took me fishing in the line. It was over sixty years old. I a leaky, wooden sixteen-foot rowhad to pull all the old line off of it. As boat with a ten horsepower Merit laid on the floor, it looked like a bad cury outboard on the back. We wig. There were five reels that needed fished for fluke while cargo ships a new line. It was a lot of work takpassed just a few miles away from ing off the old line. My wife helped us. me put on the new line. With a penAs I got a little older, he took cil through the spool and her thumb me on a deep-sea fishing boat. Tony Marciano on the new line, I cranked the reel Forty men got on this boat and and added new line. It was green and would “bottom fish.” My dad highly recommended for surf fishing. Those taught me to keep my thumb on the reel while sixty-year-old reels glowed with the new, the hook went to the bottom. If I didn’t do modern green fishing line on them. that, the spool would turn faster than the line Will and I had a blast surf fishing. No, we was coming off of it and develop a “bird’s didn’t catch anything. It’s not about catching nest.” Then you had to peel off a lot of line fish. It’s about spending time together. until you got to the place that the line was not Why did I change the line? What if I caught in a mess and start reeling in all the line you that really big fish and the line broke? It was let out. I only did that twice. worth $7 of new fishing line to get a chance There was one type of fishing I never did to reel in the big one. Fishing line technology with my dad and that was surf fishing. I re- has changed a lot over the past 60 years. member seeing his long pole that he cast from There is a scripture verse that says you the shore. It’s been over thirty-six years since can’t pour new wine into old wine skins. It he and I went on a fishing boat. I remember says, “Neither do people pour new wine into him pulling out a $20 bill to pay for us and it old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; blew out of his hand. That was an expensive the wine will run out and the wineskins will day of fishing. be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new As he got older with heart issues, the poles wineskins, and both are preserved.” gathered dust. I inherited them after he died.

Similarly, why do we want to take the new With the busyness of raising kids and the Res- ways of living that God is giving us and pour cue Mission, I stopped fishing. it into our old way of living. The old will Early April, my son-in-law’s father died. break and all that God has planned for us will He had always promised his son to go fish- be lost. ing with him. His phrase was, “the next time.”

Instead, put God’s new ways of living into Now, there are no more “next times.” the new life he is giving you.

In June, our family went to the Outer I’ll be back in two weeks. Until then, live Banks. Seven of us in a house. Will and I well my friend.

Crossing guards needed Belmont PD is currently taking applications to fill two crossing guard positions for this coming school year. This is a seasonal employment opportunity where you will perform responsible traffic control while assisting school children and/or pedestrians across the roadway during school hours.

Follow the link below to apply! https://www.cityofbelmont.org/.../jobposting-school.../ J.B. Page Primary School, Belmont Middle School, Belmont Central Elementary School, and North Belmont Elementary.

Check us out online @ Boys at Hall’s swimming pool on Central Ave 1930s, Belmont, NC.

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Adventure is out there...

Story/photos by Allison Bansen

Adventure is out there.

Sound familiar? Remember the movie Up? It’s about an elderly gentleman who takes his house up by balloons to go on the adventure he always wanted to go on before life passes him by.

One thousand feet up in the sky isn’t something Ann, at 87 years young, thought she would be doing. The opportunity presented itself when her son won the trip high up in the sky in a charity auction.

Like all good things in 2020, adventure had to be postponed due to the pandemic. Coincidence, I think not. Fast forward to July 2022 and the companion ticket that he won goes to his mother, Ann. Now let me tell you a little bit about Ann. She makes the best Danish soup I have ever tasted, and she grows her own lettuce. It is the crispiest lettuce you will ever taste. She raised eight kids! More boys than girls so she is tough.

Ann was recently told she only has 30% of her heart function left. Think about running on a treadmill at level 10 just to go to the

bathroom. That is how hard it is for her to get up and move around. She weighs about 90 pounds on a good day but her spirit for life is unstoppable.

Ann was put on Hospice a year ago. Not projected to outlive six months she has defied the odds, not only with her health, but with her spirit for life.

It wasn’t an easy task.

Mountains were moved for

expression allowed. It was dark times. But when we became free, businesses began opening and Ukraine became more modernized and began looking more to the West.

People were liberated from their fear.”

Grishin also thinks that envy was part of the invasion equation.

“Ukraine is rich in resources,” she said. “Also, many Russians have a much lower standard of living than people in Ukraine where people want to thrive, not just survive.”

What does Grishin think the future holds for her and her homeland?

“I would like to go back,” she said. “Before Covid and the war I would go home every year. Now, I don’t know when I will see them again.”

The bottom line?

“We just want peace and to be left alone,” she said.

her to take flight but the smile on her face is a picture I will never forget. Anne is strong and brave. She is fierce and wise. There is only one warning I was given when I met her. Don’t bring up politics.

Ha. This southern girl knows when to listen, and I did on that one.

We can all learn a little something from Ann. I am reminded of the quote by

Abraham Lincoln- “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years”. Timelines are made to be broken, keep your face towards the sun and never give up the fight for life. Its beautiful, messy, broken, unpredictable but it is a blessing, and we must make the most of everyday.

Adventure is out there. You must go find it, just like Ann. Phone 704-827-8526 Office: 503 N. Lafayette St. Shelby • NC 28150

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Ann in balloon.

today but connections to the past and the future by preserving and telling stories that ultimately lead to our combined legacy.”

For more information on building Belmont visit connect@buildingbelmont.com.

To see the podcasts, go to https://www.youtube.com/c/ BuildingBelmontPodcast and be prepared to smile.

PODCASTS From Page 1 despite any challenges that might arise.

“Building Belmont will continue to serve the community through weekly Monday episodes as the platform is built to create connections and the mission will not be hindered,” he said. “Connections not only to each other

of civilians in the war’s early days.

“My mother left the first week of the war and went to Poland,” said Grishin. “My grandmother and her twin sister left for the city of Chernivtsi near the Romania border. I have cousins who are scattered across the country.

One of my sister’s friends was killed last week. It’s hard to believe.”

Despite the turmoil, Grishin has tried to stay in touch with her kin.

“I hear from them,” she said. “They are just trying to stay safe and alive, but it seems like a new town gets hit every day.”

Grishin has some ideas about what prompted the Russians to invade.

“In 1991 Ukriane became independent from Russia,” she said. “Under Russia there was no creativity or personal

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Holy Angels reopens Camp Hope after improvements

By Shawn Flynn More than 100 supporters, donors, staff, and families cut the ribbon and celebrated the reopening of Camp Hope following a two-year long renovation and improvement project.

“We are thrilled to be returning to Camp Hope. This recreational facility provides an excellent opportunity for our residents to enjoy the great outdoors,” said Holy Angels CEO Kerri Massey.

“The residents love the warm feeling of the sun on their faces and the cool breeze of the wind as they take a ride on the pontoon boat, named ‘Spirit of Maria,’ after our first resident, Maria Morrow.”

This is the first time since

2019 the residents will be able to use this facility located on the South Fork of the Catawba River.

The 15-acre piece of property was purchased in 1992 under the vision and leadership of Regina Moody, Holy Angels President. Camp Hope officially opened in 1994 and was designed to expand and enhance the specialized programs, services and recreational opportunities for the residents and participants.

The camp features a wheelchair accessible nature trail, boat dock, lodge, campfire pit and pavilion.

Over the years, several corporate and philanthropic groups have dedicated their time, talents and treasure to

support Camp Hope. The Ability Experience, the philanthropic initiative of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, helped build many of the original structures, including the pavilion. The group has returned to support Holy Angels numerous times over the years, including this past spring to help restore outdoor areas of the camp. The name

Camp Hope was inspired by the Ability Experience’s Journey of Hope, a crosscountry bicycle fundraiser that helps bring awareness for those who are differently able.

“Camp Hope brings our residents so much joy,” said Massey. “A warm smile demonstrates a happy heart and that’s what this camp brings

to our residents, participants, staff and volunteers. I can’t wait for the residents to get back out there to enjoy nature and each other.”

The Camp Hope renovation project would not have happened without the support of generous grantors and donors. The residents of Holy Angels returned to camp the week of July 18.

Holy Angels was founded in 1955 by the Sisters of Mercy. The private, nonprofit corporation located in Belmont, N.C., provides residential services and innovative programs for children and adults with intellectual developmental disabilities with delicate medical conditions.

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LOVE VALLEY From Page 1 The stage where the Allman Brothers and other groups such as Wet Willie, Big Brother, Tony Joe White, and Stone Blind played was in a rodeo arena at the base of a huge slope that soon became packed with people.

Just like Woodstock, food ran short and free kitchens were set up. It was hot. It was dusty. Tie-dyed t-shirts and love beads were the fashion.

It was hippie heaven.

The original program from the event, officially dubbed the “Love Valley Thing”, contains comments from Barker.

“I love these kids and have faith in them,” Barker wrote in the program. “We’re going to start a whole new thing in Love Valley.”

And he did.

Ed Buzzell was a UPI photographer in 1970 and chronicled the Love Valley scene with his camera.

“At the time in 1970, Hugh Peralta and I were stringing for UPI in Charlotte and decided to check out the festival,” Buzzell told this reporter several years ago. “So we rode up to Love Valley on a motorcycle to avoid the traffic congestion and long walk in and spent all day Friday and Saturday shooting images. One memory is of a group called Kallabash that performed at sunset right before the Allman Brothers and during their performance of “Little Help From My Friends” they cranked up some smoke machines and set off some flash boxes and jumped out of the smoke completely nude on stage. Huge reaction from the audience as you might expect and I understand it made the Paul Harvey news the next day.”

Morgan recalled the big, life changing, adventure.

“My best friend and I both loved rock and roll and wanted to experience our own ‘Woodstock’ in North Carolina, hoping it’d be much like the one depicted in the movie made of Woodstock’s cool event,” he said. “I was 21 during that summer, and I’d already started a career in computer work starting in August 1969. I thank ECPI of Charlotte, (still in business as per the commercials you see on TV) for bringing me out of a general college malaise and keeping me out of the Vietnam draft for an extra 6 months.

Of course, I thought I knew more than I did about everything, as most 21-year old’s do, and didn’t want to give up good times for heavy college course study. ECPI however, I found very interesting and applied myself to make “A’s” in several programming languages as well as computer operations.

When the Woodstock “exposition” hit the news in August 1969, I’d just started my first computer job in Raleigh

NC at W. W. Holding Technical Institution as a computer operator and COBOL programming language lab instructor. I was 21 and my students were 18 or so, but they called me “Sir”… which was a real boost to my ego.

When I got to my apartment after work on August 15th and turned on the news, the first thing I heard was about the roads leading into the Woodstock celebration were packed and some closed. Over a million people were estimated to be attending.

That’s when I did some research about the bands that were scheduled to play and almost wished I’d gone there instead of my first real career job. Guess the big guy had other plans for me.

At any rate, when the ads came out about the Love Valley Concert, my buddy and I decide that’s something we couldn’t miss. We had seen the Allman Brothers band at Park Center in Charlotte, NC the previous fall and were blown away, and they were to headline the event.

We went in his VW and had very little other than maybe sleeping bags or just a big old blanket to sleep on, neither of can remember that detail.

Upon arrival, we noticed there was hardly any police presence, and just parked and wandered into the event. We had tickets so there were no entry issues at all. I think it costs $5.00. We found the stage and promptly settled into a good vantage point on a hill above the it in some light woods.

There were those offering things to smoke openly, some had big ole trays filled with whatever form you might be looking for. We got our attitude adjustment on and started enjoying the bands, assuming we had achieved a fine stage of “Hippieness”.

Most of those attending seemed to be in our age group, so getting along was easy, everyone was mellow and chilling.

After a full day and night of music etc., it got rather warm and we needed a rinse.

There were no showers set up that I remember so we started asking around about ponds or swimming holes that might be nearby. Someone said go up to the dirt road and hitch a ride to the rock quarry and a small lake. We did, and within a couple of minutes piled into the back of a pickup full of like-minded folks. A little more than a mile of riding, we came over a hill and there was a State Trooper leaning on the side of his patrol car, watching at least a thousand people swimming nude in the rock quarry lake. We continued down to the shore and watched in amazement as nude women and men were jumping off of cliffs, walking the shore,

and swimming everywhere.

We proceeded to strip and join in the fun. There were no untoward issues, nobody was being accosted or hassled in any way. It was truly a general feeling of free love and respect. At one point we saw a large group of people swimming towards us and wondered what their motive might be when they hollered out “Anybody need any soap?”. It was just all in good fun, refreshing, and the awesome feeling of freedom. This swimming hole is now known as Fox Mountain Lake.

After an hour or so we hitchhiked back to the con-

cert area where our little piece of land was still available.

That evening, we heard someone coming down the hill above us in a low voice saying three letters over and over again, and then “The love drug”.

When we looked, there was a tall dude with a black cape and a top hat, and a very small person on his

Photos by Ed Buzzell

shoulders venerating this, to us, new drug. We did not partake as we were just fine with a little mother nature.

During the daytime and for all three days a helicopter flew over very low, and we could see they were filming the concert with a huge camera.

Wonder what ever happened to that film, as I’ve never been able to find any

mention or related facts about it. Perhaps they were going to make a “Love Valley” movie, but who knows.

That concert was eye opening, and I doubt it could be replicated now, just like with the attempts to do Woodstock again. People have changed and can’t seem to find Peace, Love, and just good plain rock and roll enjoyment anymore.”

Everyone who was at the Love Valley Rock Festival came away with unique memories, and knowledge that they had taken part in something that made a mark on North Carolina, and hippie, history. An added notemost of the attendees that are “still with us” are now collecting Social Security checks.

Peace.

The Town of Ranlo treated its citizens to a free hot dog dinner and fireworks show on July 9. Folks mingled, munched, and made merry at the hometown-style event.

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Middle Man Hansel’s football career: Small center, big plays

By Kathy Blake Steve Hansel was a walkon linebacker at Appalachian State in 1969 when he saw a problem during practice and decided to fix it.

Football was his passion, the reason he transferred to Boone after a year of walk-on baseball at UNC-Chapel Hill.

“I always looked for ways to make myself a little more valuable,” he says. “And in the first football game, we had two punts blocked and both were because of bad snaps from the center. So at practice the next week, they were trying out guys to deep snap, and after they tried several people, I went over to my linebacker coach and said ‘I think I can do that snapping.’ I had come from a single wing team and I did that all the time.”

The assistant coach took Hansel aside and let him snap.

“Four, five, six times to see if I could do it,” he says.

That coach then announced that the long-snapping issue was solved.

“They put me out there, at 165 pounds, and let people start beating on me when I had to snap under pressure,” Hansel says. “And I snapped the next three years. Of course, I played linebacker, too.”

That ability to help teams, as a three-sport athlete in high school, where he lettered multiple times, and in college [he lettered at App State in ‘69] as well as his career as an educator led to Hansel’s induction into the Mount Holly Sports Hall of Fame.

He says it’s an honor.

“I’m so proud they considered me worthy to be in there with some of the guys who already have been inducted,” he says. “I’ve always been a team-oriented person, and I’ve always been able to do whatever it took to make our teams better.”

It’s a concept he learned as a little kid, when he’d visit friends in Stanley on weekends. They’d play baseball, and an older boy would tell them, “hustle, hustle, hustle,”

Steve Hansel Hansel says. “And that’s what I did, and I learned to do my best, all the time.”

His first football game in junior high, he says, he weighed 115. “That’s not the make-up of most centers, but I always wanted to do what the team needed for us to be a better team,” he says.

The team had a banquet, in 1963 or ’64, he says and Asheville native Charlie “Choo-Choo” Justice was there. Justice played at UNC-Chapel Hill and for the Washington Redskins, “and I thought his eyes would pop out of his head when I was introduced as a center,” Hansel says. “I was so small. We were blessed to have him at one of our banquets.”

Hansel played baseball, football and basketball at Mount Holly High School from 1964 through 1967.

“I liked whichever one was in season, but I think football wound up being my favorite.

I don’t know why; I guess I found out I could let people hit me and know they couldn’t hurt me,” he says.

At 165 pounds in high school, he played center and offensive line three years, then added defense as a senior.

That willingness to contribute to the good of the team influenced his decision to play through injury.

When Hansel had back trouble his sophomore year, an orthopedist told him not to play football. “Of course, I didn’t like that information, so he gave me a back brace

to wear. I knew I had to pass the physical,” he says, “and our family doctor, who may or may not have known about the recommendation of the orthopedist, let me pass. I asked him later why he passed me, and he said, ‘Well, I wasn’t going to fight the whole family, so I just shut up and passed you.’”

Hansel played point guard for the MHHS basketball team and, he says, his strength was in helping the team, not excelling as an individual. “It was my junior and senior year, and I wasn’t a big scorer, but I helped run the offense and was a decent defensive player,” he says. “I was a captain my senior year and had developed into a little bit better shooter.”

That proved true in the post-season tournament. “I was all-tournament my senior year and we were in the semifinals, and near end of the game we were tied and time was running out, so they started fouling to get more time,” he says. “Well, they fouled me three straight times in a one-and-one situation, and I made six free throws under pressure.

“I can rise to the occasion when I need to. I don’t remember who the opponent was. I was a ‘coach’s ballplayer.’ They could point me to a wall and I’d run through it.

“High school is the best time of your life. You’re just a youngster, enjoying the things around you and playing sports. And the best thing for me was playing sports for Mount Holly. It was great.”

Hansel graduated from Appalachian in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education.

“It’s important,” he says, “to mention how supportive my family was, especially my mom. I don’t think she missed but one football game, no matter where it was, until my junior year at App because my brother was shipping out to

Vietnam the next day. That’s the only one she ever missed.”

Hansel returned to Gaston County and taught and coached at Stanley Junior High and North Gaston.

“Then, all of us get married at some point, so I got married and moved to Greensboro and started teaching in that area and went to UNCG.” He attended UNC-Greensboro from 1984 through 1986 to earn his Master’s in School Administration and served as principal at Draper Elementary School in Eden and McMichael High School in Mayodan.

Hansel will be 74 in November. He says he was “a little surprised” about being inducted into the Hall of Fame. “I just did what I did and tried my best all the time,” he says. “I just played, and I loved it.”

STEVE HANSEL Mount Holly High School: Baseball – 1964, 1965 (L), 1966 (L), 1967 (L). Football – 1963 (JV), 1964 (L), 1965 (L), 1966 (L). Basketball – 1964 (JV), 1965 (JV), 1966 (L), 1967 (L). L – lettered.

UNC-Chapel Hill: Baseball – 1967-68.

Appalachian State: Football – 1969 (L), 1970 (L), 1971 (L). Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education.

Teacher/ coach – 11 years Assistant principal – 8 years Principal – 11 years The 2022 Mount Holly Sports Hall of Fame banquet will be held on August 20 at the Mount Holly Municipal Complex at 6pm. Doors open at 5. Tickets are available at Moose’s Pharmacy and David’s Detailin, and online at FameTotheName.org.

Congratulations to the Mt. Holly 10u Allstars youth baseball team. They recently won the State Championship in Dunn, N.C. where they eliminated Town Creek a second time, 5-3, in an undefeated run of the Tournament. Now, they will head to Anderson, S.C. for the World Series. Good luck!

Handsel at App State.

Arrest made in Belmont hit and run The Belmont Police Department has made an arrest in the investigation of a fatal hit and run collision involving a pedestrian on July 23, 2022.

On July 25, 2022 at approximately 11:47 PM an officer from the Belmont Police Department located a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle while canvassing area neighborhoods. Officers made contact with the owner of the vehicle, Jacob John Valdez, 22 years of Jacob Valdez age, at 102 Lakeview Dr. The suspect vehicle was seized pending a crime scene investigation.

Jacob Valdez was arrested and charged with Involuntary Manslaughter and 2 counts of Felony Hit and Run causing Serious Injury or Death. He is currently in custody at the Gaston County Jail where he received a $2,000,000.00 bond. This investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with additional information regarding this collision, please contact Traffic Sergeant Cody Willett at (704) 825-3792.

Gaston Day School’s Upper School Art teacher, Holt Harris has her original 2020 ArtPop Street Gallery selected artwork featured once again in Charlotte. Her fish artwork can be seen in banner form at Ballantyne’s Art in the Park. Holt is number 14.

Holt quipped about being selected again, “My fish just won’t die.”

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Banner News Fellowship & Faith

Church Directory Burge B ur e M Memorial eem moriall morial Methodist Church W Glendale Ave • Mt Holly, NC

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

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

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

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

1120 Charlotte Ave. 704-530-5174

Second Baptist Church

151 Henry Chapel Rd 704-825-0711 455 Sacco St. 704-825-6007

Loves Chapel Presbyterian Church 210 Park Street, Belmont NC

704-825-9861 BELMONT Alexander Memorial Baptist Church 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

Core Church 2316 Acme Rd. 704-822-8033

CrossFix Ministries 6131 Wilkinson Blvd.

704-879-4499

Crossroads Church 101 Beaty Rd. 704-827-8381

Centerview Baptist Church 2300 Acme Road 704-827-2061

East Belmont Baptist Church 501 Catawba Street 704-825-5780

204 Lincoln St. 704-825-8342

Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter 216 N. Main St. 704-825-2483

Message of Love Church 306 Pearl Beaty Dr. 704-827-6500

Mount Moriah Baptist Church 110 Lincoln St. 704-825-2046

Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist 212 South Street 704-825-7269

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

New Life Baptist Church 201 Oak Trail 704-822-6195

New Mills Chapel Fire Baptized 104 Morning Glory Ave. 704-825-5457

O’Conner Grove Church Ame Zion 613 N. Main Street 704-825-5576

Park Street United Methodist 120 Park Street 704-825-8480

Power of the Spirit Church

East Belmont Church Of God

118 School Street 704-827-7071

320 E. Catawba Street 704- 825-8845

Queen Of The Apostles Catholic Church

East Belmont Free Will Baptist 909 Edgemont Ave 704-825-5346

Ebenezer United Methodist Church 120 Belmont-Mt. Holly Road 704-827-3366

Exodus Church 6325 Wilkinson Blvd.

704-755-5034

First Baptist Church 23 N. Central Avenue 704-825-3758

First Foursquare Gospel Church 8 Elizabeth Street 704-825-5811

First Presbyterian Church 102 S. Central Ave 704-825-3357

First Presbyterian-Belmont 112 S. Central Ave 704-829-0668

First United Methodist Church of Belmont 807 South Point Road 704-825-2106

Fresh Anointing Church of God 71 McAdenville Road 704-825-7283

Friendship Baptist Church 5008 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-3276

Gaston Christian Church

503 N. Main Street 704-825-9600

Sanctuary of Praise Ministries 124 Georgia Belle Ave. 704-579-7823

South Point Baptist Church 124 Horsley Ave. 704-825-9516

South Point Freewill Baptist 297 Gaither Rd. 704-825-8045

South Point United Methodist 510 South Point Church Rd. 704-825-4019

Springwood Freewill Baptist 826 Stanley-Spencer Mtn. Rd. 704-827-7801

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

The Pointe 6700 Wilkinson Blvd 704-825-1709

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

Upper Room United Pentecostal

Ridgeview Baptist Church River of Life Full Gospel Church

Henry’s Chapel Ame Zion Church Hood Memorial AME Zion Church

826 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-2999 105 Pine Rd. 704-827-3856

6014 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-7959

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704-867-2317 Burge Memorial Methodist Church 312 W. Glendale Ave. 704-827-2726

Catawba Heights Church of God 122 Tomberlin Rd. 704-827-4225

CBC-Memorial Apostolic 230 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-0968

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

Community Christian Fellowship 2560 Stanley Lucia Rd. 704-827-5881

740 Rankin Ave. 704-827-5181

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

St. Anthony of Padua Traditional Catholic Church

Cramerton Free Will Baptist

154 N. Main St. 704-824-3831

Cramerton Temple of God Church East Wilkinson Blvd.

704-824-5319

First Baptist Church 235 8th Ave. 704-824-1991

Life Church 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

108 Horseshoe Bend Beach Rd. 704-827-8676

DALLAS

St. Paul FHB Church

The Barn at Sandcastle Farm 155 Sandcastle Rd.

1529 Old Hwy 27 Rd. 704-827-5851

Gateway Cowboy Church

Tuckaseege Baptist Church

STANLEY

511 Tuckaseege Rd. 704-827-4301

Amazing Grace Baptist Church

Way of the Cross Baptist Church 238 Lanier Ave. 704-827-8111

Wesley Chapel Holiness Church 324 N. Lee St. 704-827-1993

Westview Presbyterian Church 1020 W. Catawba Ave. 704-827-2026

Cornerstone Family Worship

LOWELL

709 Rankin Ave. 704-671-8640

Bethlehem 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 5481 Hickory Grove Rd. 704-263-2691

First Presbyterian Church

Covenant United Methodist

3100 Bethlehem Church St. 704-823-5050

512 Old Mount Holly Rd. 704-263-4275

110 Underwood Dr. 704-820-0603

Carolina Community Baptist

Gold Hill Missionary Baptist Church

604 Martha Ave 704-824-2872

7447 Old Plank Rd. 704-827-7966

Center Baptist Church

New Faith Baptist Church

S. New Hope Rd. 704-824-4121

1224 Mayberry Rd. 704-263-0249

Epic Church

New Life Baptist Church

100 Indian Walk 704-671-4652

527 N. Buckoak St. 704-263-4647

Family Worship Center 1013 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-7656

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

First Baptist Church-Mt. Holly 300 S. Main St. 704-827-2481

First Free Will Baptist Church 841 Noles Dr. 704-827-7461

First Presbyterian Church

Lowell Church of God 804 W. First Street 704-824-3383

Lowell Free Will Baptist Church 3010 Lowell Rd. 704-824-9389

133 S. Main St. 704-827-0521

Lowell Smyre United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church

201 N. Main St. 704-824-8814

140 N. Main St. 704-827-4855

Goshen Free Will Baptist Church 1300 W. Catawba Ave. 704-827-3076

Grace Baptist Church 300 Westland Farm Rd. 704-827-8600

Hickory Grove Baptist Church 3717 Hickory Grove Rd. 704-827-3939

Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses 1736 Kelly Rd. 704-263-0199

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

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

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

First Baptist Church of Lowell

Bethel Baptist Church

Morningside Missionary Church

Roper Street 704-601-5146

NC Highway 273 704-827-9846

711 Morningside Dr. 704-822-9142

324 N. Main St. 704-263-4041

Stanley Pentecostal Holiness Church 113 E. Parkwood St. 704-263-2131

Trinity Full Gospel Church

5481 Hickory Grove Rd. 704-524-0555

New Life Church

Welcome Baptist Church

128 Robbins St. 704-824-1356

811 Mauney Rd.

Presbyterian Church of Lowell

BESSEMER CITY

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

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

Woodlawn Baptist Church

McADENVILLE

Goshen Presbyterian Church

Stanley Church of God

United In Action of Stanley

110 S. Main St. 704-827-4751

MT. HOLLY

2920 Dallas-Stanley Highway 704-263-4426

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

Will of God Church

1951 Stanley Lucia Rd. 704-827-9224

Springfield Memorial Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

1101 N. Main St. 704-824-4261

Macedonia Baptist Church

2717 Dallas/Stanley Hwy. 704-263-4406

303 Sunset Dr. 704-263-9765

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

5339 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-8252

Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church

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

1405 Armstrong Ford Rd. 704-825-0604 513 Woodlawn Ave. 704-827-5185

151 8th Ave. 704-824-3889

Cramer Memorial United Methodist Church

Revival Tabernacle of Mt. Holly

Grace Wesleyan Church

Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church

Redemption Hill Church 804 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-820-0954

Employees of

CRAMERTON

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124 Georgia Belle Ave 980-925-0433

300 E. Wesleyan Dr. 704-824-1073

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Sanctuary of Praise Ministries

McAdenville Wesleyan Church

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

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

Bright Light Baptist Church 112 White Jenkins Rd. 704-681-2017 Don’t see your church listed?

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Darryl Gash, Sherwood Elementary School recevies his award.

Lamar Gardin, Highland School of Technology receives his award.

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Teresa Brooks, Cramerton Middle School receives her award.

Bus drivers receive Tracey Lea Calhoun Award for their outstanding efforts School bus drivers take pride in transporting students to and from school safely every day. Their efforts are often rewarded with a big smile on students’ faces or a ‘thank you’ from a group of students who may not usually say much during the bus ride.

At the end of each school year, three bus drivers are recognized as the “best of the best” in Gaston County Schools and presented with the Tracey Lea Calhoun Award. The honor goes to school bus drivers who have made a significant contribution to school bus safety.

The Tracey Lea Calhoun Award was created by the N.C. Petroleum Marketers Association to recognize

school bus drivers statewide for their commitment to school bus safety. The award was established in memory of Tracy Lea Calhoun, a 17-year-old who lost her life in 1980 when a school bus ran a stop sign in Raleigh and hit her car.

Calhoun’s death created an awareness of the need for greater public interest in North Carolina’s school bus safety and transportation systems.

In Gaston County Schools, the award is given at each school level: elementary school, middle school, and high school.

The Tracey Lea Calhoun Award winners for the 2021-2022 school year are Darryl Gash of Sherwood Elementary

School; Teresa Brooks of Cramerton Middle School; and Lamar Gardin of Highland School of Technology.

The three outstanding bus drivers were recognized during the school district’s transportation banquet in May. Below are some of the comments that were shared about each award recipient during the banquet.

Darryl Gash, Sherwood Elementary School Darryl Gash has always exemplified the qualities of a caring father for the students who ride his bus. He talks and laughs with them, jokes with them, and mentors and corrects them as needed.

When Gash walks the halls of Sherwood Elemen-

Connect the Dots: It’s all about Him

tary, the students are drawn to him. Teachers notice his compassion for students, and they often ask for his assistance to say an encouraging word and provide positivity.

Gash exhibits integrity and professionalism. His colleagues know they can depend on him to do what is in the best interest of students, and they appreciate his personality, leadership, and dedication. Every day, he goes above and beyond expectations to ensure all students arrive and leave school safely.

Teresa Brooks, Cramerton Middle School Teresa Brooks had spent time serving as a substitute bus driver, but when a driver left Cramerton Middle, she stepped up to take over the route full-time. This new re-

sponsibility was in addition to serving as the in-school suspension teacher.

Taking on additional duties made her days even longer, but she did not mind.

She was doing something to benefit the school, the students, and the families who count on her to provide bus transportation.

Brooks chose the students’ needs over her own.

She ensures that her students are safe every day while they are going to and coming from school, and she has driven without an accident or situation. The staff at Cramerton Middle School is extremely grateful for her outstanding service and dedication.

Lamar Gardin, Highland School of Technology Lamar Gardin works tirelessly to ensure that students

are transported safely to and from school in a timely manner. He drives a total of eight hours each day, providing bus transportation for students at Highland as well as the Gaston Early College High School.

Gardin’s love for students is evident in all that he does, and he warmly greets them as they board and exit his bus each day. He values the importance of students being picked up and dropped off as efficiently as possible, and he works with other drivers to shorten ride times and to optimize routes.

Gardin is happy to do what is necessary to transport students, even if it means helping out at other schools. His dedication to his job makes him a valuable employee of Gaston County Schools.

Inconvenient

By Dennis Siracusa Many things seem inconvenient; a dead car battery, high gasoline prices, three digit summer temperatures and illnesses are on my list.

Your list may look different but one thing for sure is you had or have an inconvenience list; why? Because we are wired physically and emotionally more alike than we sometimes want to admit; we all started from the same root stock; Adam and Eve and we all inherited the same life of hard work and inconvenience because they chose to disobey God and bite that fruit; and we all are trying to get by on the same earth God created.

In Genesis 2:16 the Lord told Adam and Eve… “from any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it for you shall surely die.” Before their disobedience Adam and Eve experienced perfection in heaven and would have ultimately experienced everlasting life but sin spoiled that blessing. God banished them from the Garden, and their sinfulness produced new limits to earthly lives, and affected every aspect of it; their spiritual, moral, social, relational, and physical being. And we all inherited the same unfortunate mess.

In Genesis 3:16, God spoke to Eve about the inconvenient introduction of pain in childbirth and her husband’s authority over her. God spoke to Adam about the ground of the earth now being cursed and that mankind would inconveniently struggle thereafter to scratch out a living from it. Can we see

how that legacy has been passed down to us through the ages?

This week as our temperatures soared to 98 while we worked an outdoor construction project, one of our men got heat stroke and almost had to be carted off in an ambulance.

That was a scary almost tragic inconvenience.

During our lives we often struggle with nature, sometimes with health or finances. Largely though, we label many things inconvenient because we believe we deserve better. Do we?

Years ago, bedridden and writhing in pain I asked the Lord why this was happening to me for three months. I felt Him ask me, “why not you?” This got me thinking about humanity’s spoiled entitled behavior which often raises its head.

God and the Gospel seem inconvenient to a great many. God’s ideas of right living vastly differ from what we conjure up. Look all around and see self-promotion, philosophical theories on eternity, and mess after mess in this world. No, it’s inconvenient to really be nice, loving, and righteous; to be othercentered and God honoring people. But that’s just like us. We casually label something vitally important as inconvenient so we can easily dismiss it and we do so at our great risk.

The whole bible documents the rebellious sin nature we all inherited and how it raises its head everywhere. Scripture also points out punishment resulting from our rebellion against God and His Word. Adam and Eve learned rebellion against God isn’t simply inconvenient. Do we get it?

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Abbey Men’s Volleyball earns honor The Belmont Abbey men’s volleyball team earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for 2021-22, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced today. The Crusaders were one of five Division II programs to earn the honor and was one of 31 schools across all collegiate levels to earn this recognition.

The award, initiated in the 1992–93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.

Belmont Abbey was also the only school from Conference Carolinas to have both the men’s and women’s programs earn the Team Academic Award.

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Fall phenomenon: The success story of the ‘56 Hawks

By Kathy Blake They were invincible, in September and October.

The 1956 Mount Holly Hawks football team won its first eight games by a total of 175-0 including a 50-0 whupping of Cramerton on a warm Friday night at home.

“We had a lot of talented young men,” says running back Perry Toomey.

“A really good team and two superior coaches who did an excellent job of getting us into the right positions at the right times,” says quarterback Tom Wilson.

The team was, literally, perfect.

Until the huddle play.

It was the first game in November. Clover tried the huddle play twice.

It worked once.

“They get in the huddle and call the play, and the center breaks and goes to the ball and the whole rest of the team goes away from the ball. The whole team,” Wilson says. “And the center picks up the ball and throws it to some guy who’s way over there, and that’s how they scored. Our defense didn’t go to where their offense was. The center didn’t have to snap the ball. He just picked it up and threw it.

“That’s what football is.

It’s trickery.”

Mount Holly beat Clover anyway, 19-13, tied Davie County 6-6 the following week, then beat SW Forsyth 19-0 in the first round of the Class AA-C Playoffs before losing 13-6 in the western conference final to Granite Falls, which advanced to the state championship.

For their efforts in that 10-1-1 season, the team coached by Vernon Morrison and W.T. Wright has been inducted into the Mount Holly Sports Hall of Fame.

“I feel fortunate,” says Wilson, 82. “And I’m sure the other team members, and those who are still around, would feel fortunate, too.”

“A number of them went on to college and played football and some went on to play pro baseball,” says Toomey, 84. “We had talented athletes playing, and the camaraderie we had, and the cohesiveness of the team, that’s the main thing.”

Toomey could see the football field from his child-

hood home. He got interested, he says, in about sixth or seventh grade, and also played some baseball – shortstop and pitcher from 1954 to ’56. He boxed to stay in shape, and took up golf, which he still plays well.

“I had some talent, or so they say anyway, and the football coaches asked me to come out in seventh grade, and I would dress out with the high school team and scrimmage with them. I couldn’t play, but I’d travel with them,” he says. “I even had a uniform. And I wouldn’t walk anywhere… I ran to stay in shape.”

By eighth grade, he already was 5-foot-8 and 182 pounds. “A good-sized boy,” he says.

Which helped him get the nickname ‘Cannonball.’

“We were playing one game at home, and I got the football and was running downfield with it, and one of the opposing players was the only one between me and the goal line, and I just ran through him and pushed him down and scored,” Toomey says. “I hit him hard.”

He remembers a time when teammate Max Davis did the same, in a 31-0 win over Stanley.

“We were playing Stanley, and Max – he was an outstanding Golden Gloves boxer; we were on the same team, and he went to New York as a Golden Gloves participant. Anyway, we were playing Stanley, and Max went down the field and tackled a guy who was like 6-foot-2, and Maxi s about 5-7. Max flipped him completely in the air, hit him below the knees and completely flipped him in the air and he landed on his back,” Toomey says. “Max could hit you like a ton of bricks.

Max is a good athlete.

“It’s people like that who I remember most about the team. Just a good group of guys.”

Toomey and Wilson each were awarded scholarships to Appalachian State University.

“Part of mine was an academic scholarship,” Wilson says, “but we both had a full ride.”

Wilson played quarterback for the Mountaineers for four years and gradu-

ated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education with a minor in Social Studies. He coached football at West Henderson High School for 12 years and started its track, wrestling, golf and cross-country programs. After a year at Asheville High, he was principal at Hendersonville High for 21 years.

Toomey became ill with heat exhaustion as a college freshman, came back as a red-shirt but didn’t play. He was offered a role back home with Duke Power, and took it. It turned out to be the better path. “I’m blessed to have progressed through the training school, and they usually don’t put people into that without a college degree. I was in training for construction organization, then a maintenance organization, then into a claims job and safety position, then back to the field as management and supervision.”

He was there 40 years. He also was on the Mount Holly City Council and served as Mayor Pro Tem. Duke employees built the Cowans Ford Country Club golf course, and Toomey and Wilson played frequently.

Toomey’s brother Pat, a member of the ’56 Hawks who was offered a football scholarship to Lenoir-Rhyne, became county senior golf champion and tried out for the U.S. Open Championships, Perry Toomey says.

He says teammate Robert Jenkins was offered a football scholarship to UNCChapel Hill.

So many success stories.

Today, Tom Wilson lives in Hendersonville on 31 acres. He and his high school sweetheart, Phyllis, have been married almost 64 years. They have apple orchards, though the weather the last few years has affected the crop. “I can’t complain about anything,” he says.

Toomey has a family of athletes – a nephew who played for Bobby Bowden at Florida State, a niece whose son played soccer for Belmont Abbey. He and his wife Betty had two children, and Toomey still spends his free time on the golf course. In mid-July, he says, he shot of Stanley, whose major is two over par. health services administra“I think it’s really a tion. Erica Gratton of Bel- positive thing the people in mont, whose major is sport Mount Holly are doing with and recreation management. the Hall of Fame,” Wilson

James Madison University announces spring 2022 Dean’s List James Madison University is pleased to announce that the following students made the Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester. Kylie Thress

The 1956 Mount Holly Hawks football team. says. “They do an excellent job. I’m very fortunate.”

1956 Mount Holly Hawks football team: Charles Rick, Lane McCotter, Charles Kale, Max Davis, Tom Wilson, Larry Jenkins, Sonny Helton, Alfred Lathan, James Helton, Pat Toomey, LeeRoy John-

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People Helping People Scholarship recipients Congratulations to the eight high school seniors who are recipients of the People Helping People Scholarship presented by the State Employees Credit Union Foundation. They are: Sarah Cable, Highland School of Technology, Addie Eaker,

Cherryville High School, Patrick Hairston, Stuart W. Cramer High School, Brianna Hoyle, Hunter Huss High School, Logan Mason, Ashbrook High School, Hannah Mullis, East Gaston High School, Emily Revels, South Point High School,

and Lena Ware, Gaston Early College. The scholarship valued at $10,000 is awarded to students who have achieved excellence in academics and community involvement and exhibit good character, leadership, and integrity.

The 106th anniversary of Great Flood of 1916

By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info

$350,000 dollars. Even more expenses were accrued in lost merchandise when 1,000 cotton bales were swept out of storage and into the flood.

Local boys risked their lives in the torrential downpour

July 16 marked the 106th anniversary of the Great Flood of 1916- the worst natural catastrophe in the history of BelBelmont, NC railway trestle destroyed by the 1916 flood from Gaston County to Mecklenburg County. mont and Mount Holly.

Archival photos courtesy Millican Pictorial Museum A few days previously, two category four hurricanes had merged in the Blue Ridge Mountains and combined to produce torrential downpours that broke all previous 24hour rainfall records. Rain hit the Charlotte area and continued to fall virtually without ceasing at a rate of one inch per hour onto dry soil, conditions which assured that the Catawba swelled 22 feet and was rising an average of one foot an hour. Panicked rumors began to buzz among the locals that bridges were collapsing and by the afternoon of Sunday, July16th, they proved true.

This marker dedicated to the Great Flood stands at Kevin Loftin Flooding happened vio- Riverfront Park in Belmont.

Photo by Alan Hodge lently and abruptly, submergRailway trestle at the Catawba River being rebuilt after the 1916 flood. ing entire neighborhoods and when the company offered a gentleman and former slave, tearing down every railroad small reward for each safely and Fons Ross, a neighbor of Stowe’s who worked flipping and highway bridge crossing returned bale.

The most remarkable trag- signs at railroad crossings, the Catawba and South Fork rivers. A bend in the north- edy of this flood was the Ca- prepared for the endeavor by By Lisa Harper A trip here has been a summer getaway eastern section of the Catawba tawba River railroad trestle making use of a uniquely deJuly was declared National Ice Cream to both locals, as well as others who choose spilled over with such force catastrophe, in which 19 rail signed flat bottomed boat, and Month back in 1984 by then President Ronald to take in the beautiful scenery from miles that it ripped open the earth, workers attempting to fortify praying on their knees before Reagan. Who doesn’t love this delicate sweet away. It’s a seasonal stop, open from Midrevealing the skeletons, earth- the structure with cables and setting out. Upon return, the treat anytime of the year? With the continued March through October. They offer over 24 enware pots, and weaponry timbers were swept into the heroic pair were commended onslaught of southern heat we are still wit- flavors of ice cream, and you can select from of a Native American burial flood rapids when the trestle by the city and awarded $500 nessing, it is no doubt a favorite to enjoy. a sugar cone, waffle cone, banana split, sorbet, collapsed underneath them. by the Charlotte Observer for ground.

No matter where you buy your ice cream, sundae, and lots more. I understand, too that Homes along the riverside Historians Robert F. Cope their life-saving efforts. you can rest assure it’s made with whole- they have a select few flavors in a low sugar Despite the immense dam- some ingredients sourced from a hardworking form…which is perfect for me. It’s not often I were swept away, and many and Manly Wade Wellman small towns and villages in the claim that “for a moment [the age done to property and peo- farmer and his cows. So why not treat yourself indulge in anything sweet, so this is an added region were left without access trestle] seemed to sail like a ple’s lives during the flood, to a cool cone of delicious dairy? bonus. to electricity, running post, or raft; then it broke to pieces. effective rebuilding strategies Recently, I discovered a hidden gem that Who wouldn’t want to take in the mounmuch needed supplies. The Agonized watchers saw the and an attitude of resilience has been in existence for over 50 years. It’s tain views, all the while knowing what was streets of the Harden commu- workmen gulped down by the ensured that Belmont’s five a short drive, just 88 miles (give or take your waiting for them here? If sweets aren’t your mills were quickly reopened route getting there) northwest of Belmont… thing, you can also select from a menu of nity were swirling with torren- great foamy deluge”.

The drowning men clung and ready to fill war orders the located on Lake Tacoma Road in the beauti- sandwiches and sides. tial rivers that evoked images of Venetian canals, and the to floating debris to keep from following year. In addition, ful Blue Ridge foothills. It’s tucked away at I want to give a shout out to Derrick & filthy waters that had flooded going under, and in a stirring the Duke Power company the intersection of highways 70 and 80. It was Shawnasi Holland of Granite Falls, NC in inHarden’s Mills were nine and act of courage, two African began planning their dam sys- started by Charlie McMahan in 1970 for his troducing this place to me. I stumbled upon a half feet deep. Charlotte’s American men navigated a tem and reservoirs such as Mt. wife Dot. He promised her that one day he their YouTube channel about a month ago. formidable Mountain Island rowboat through the flood- Island Lake with flood control would put her name in lights..and so he did. This internet platform offers another way to Manufacturing Company was waters and saved six of the 19 in mind flood control in mind, It’s called Dot’s Dairio. It’s not a fancy place, see places one might otherwise never get to ensuring that the flood of July, just a single side trailer that sits next to what see in person. I’m so glad they took the time to ripped to shreds, with damage workmen.

Peter Stowe, an elderly 1916 was never to be relived. use to be his welding business next door. to the company totaling over introduce this iconic getaway to their channel.

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Stuart W. Cramer student receives Paul Fuller scholarship for mentoring Writing and sending letters is not a new trend, but for student D’Myah Matthews and her mentor, Wendy Bradley, it has been a good way to keep in touch.

“It’s a lost art form, but D’Myah and I became pen pals,” said Bradley, who began mentoring Matthews when she was six years old.

“I would drop a letter off in the school office and pick her letter up.”

In addition to writing letters, the two found a way to communicate virtually when the pandemic hit.

“Wendy was gracious and willing to meet with D’Myah virtually,” said Stuart W. Cramer High School counselor Jenny MacDonald. “We set up Google Meet appointments to help bridge the gap between remote learning and learning five days a week at

school.”

The mentor-mentee partnership between Matthews and Bradley goes back way before the pandemic. The two have enjoyed a friendship for more than 11 years.

“I met Wendy shortly after my mother passed away when I was in kindergarten,” said Matthews. “She helped me see that life isn’t all about sadness and grieving and that my mother would want me to live life to the fullest.”

When they were not talking about life, the two played board games such as Monopoly and Yahtzee. “I always won,” laughed Matthews.

“But in all seriousness, Wendy played a huge role in my life.”

Matthews added, “Through the mentoring program, I found a mentor who cared and helped me when-

ever I needed it. Mentoring influenced my life for the better and made me realize that I have more to accomplish.”

The Stuart W. Cramer High School graduate is the Class of 2022 recipient of the Paul Fuller Mentoring Scholarship, which is given annually to an outstanding student who has been involved in the school district’s mentoring program. The $1,000 scholarship is renewable for up to four years.

“I am overwhelmed and proud of her,” said Bradley.

“I have watched her grow from a shy kindergartener into a beautiful, mature, intelligent young adult.”

The scholarship was created in memory of Paul Fuller, who was one of the first mentors in Gaston County Schools and was an

avid supporter of mentoring.

The program began 30 years ago in 1992 with just 10 mentors at Mount Holly Junior High School.

Fuller believed strongly in the benefit of a dedicated volunteer mentor, who offers time to a deserving student to build a caring relationship and guide a student toward the student’s future goals.

Through the scholarship, Fuller’s vision of assisting high school graduates with post-secondary training and education has led to mentored students obtaining college degrees and beginning careers in their chosen field.

“D’Myah is deserving of this award as she has participated in the Gaston County Schools mentoring program for her entire school career,” said Valerie Yatko, director of business and community

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Any questions please contact Pam Blanton Williams 704-6922472 or Lynn McCarver Hicks 704-284-3303

75TH SKINNER FAMILY REUNION. INVITATION TO THE 75th SKINNER FAMILY REUNION. DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM SKINNER AND ELIZABETH AIKMAN. SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2022 at TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH, 746 TRINITY CHURCH ROAD, MOORESBORO, NC. GREETING 12:30 TO 1:00. PRAY AND EAT AT 1:00 UNTIL “BRING A PICNIC BASKET”. COME AND VISIT, TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES AND REMINISCE. BRING ANY OLD PHOTOS AND SHARE STORIES, PRINTED FAMILY TREES AND BOOKS FILLED WITH INFORMATION OF THE PAST. INFO CONTACT: rskinner@carolina. rr.com

$$$$$$FALL, SCHOOL, HALLOWEEN & CHRISTMAS all arriving at SIDE DOOR sale, Saturday August 6th 9am-5pm, CASH ONLY. Next to Mighty Dollar Forest City. All 70-95% off retail. Door busters: 6 to 10 pack adult & children socks only $2.99, Backpacks $2.99.

GLENWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY is accepting new students. NC scholarships available to families who qualify. Contact Frankie McDaniel 828-305-4233. (828) 3054233

ON-LINE RESELLERS STOCK UP! with no limits on quantities:Electronics with values to $39.95 ALL ONLY $1.99! (savings to 95% off retail). Side door sale, next to Mighty Dollar FOREST CITY Saturday August 6th, 9am-5pm, CASH ONLY.

GOLDEN DOMERS TOY AND HOBBY. Visit our NEW LOCATION .....Model Cars, Die-cast Cars & Trucks, Tractors, Hot Wheels, Construction Toys, Sports Memorabilia, Autographed Items, Hard to Find Items! See Mike & Brandon Willis. We’re located at 104 Oliver Ave. (behind El Acapulco Mexican Restaurant in Boiling Springs), Shelby 704-297-0102 or 704-297-0103 SHS CLASS OF 1977 REUNION. Shelby High Class of ‘77 will hold there 45th reunion on Saturday, Oct. 22nd at Izzi Q Barbecue located at 127 W. Marion St., in Uptown Shelby. $25 per person and that’s all inclusive; venue, food and music. Desserts by Betsy Lutz McPherson.

Checks can be mailed to Donna Blanton Rash at 1045 Allison Dr., Shelby NC 28150

ONE ON ONE CARE is hiring for full/part time in the group homes for 2nd shift. Transport experience recommended not required. Hrs are 2p-11p weekdays and 8p-8a weekends. Apply in person at 203 Lee St., Shelby

COMMUNITY EVENTS

BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH VBS All ages are welcome :-) (704) 418-5980 tbrackett3mk@gmail.com

REUNIONS SHS 50TH REUNION Shelby High Class of 1972, 50th Reunion, October 8, 2022. For more information, contact ShelbyHigh50thReunion@gmail.com or call (704) 418-2712 ShelbyHigh50thReunion@gmail.com

EMPLOYMENT CARPENTER/HANDY MAN to remodel rentals. Pay based on experience. 336-225-1050.

TRIPLE D PAINTING, LLC. All your painting needs. Free estimates. Over 25 yrs experience!

Facial board replacement available!!! Making your home, building or business look new again.

(704) 418-5736 childresstracy1@ gmail.com

AFFORDABLE LANDSCAPING. CALL TODAY AND SCHEDULE A FREE ESTIMATE! GRASS CUTTING, WEED EATING, MULCHING. (704) 466-2333 EYEBROW THREADING. LOOKING FOR SOMEONE EXPERIENCED IN EYEBROW THREADING TO WORK FULL TIME OR PART TIME. WE ARE LOCATED IN CAROLINA PLACE MALL. CALL 202-213-5227 FOR AN INTERVIEW (202) 213-5227 MPASHAEI79@GMAIL.COM START TODAY! Needed Auto Mechanic / Body Repairman, Experienced a must Great Pay. Full Time 40 hours per week or more apply in perso. Car Works Llc, 3510 Fallston Road, Shelby, NC 28150. No phone calls please.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

ANNOUNCING OUR NEW OFFICE LOCATION. The SALVATION ARMY of Cleveland & Rutherford County’s Office is now located at 310 West Dixon Blvd., Shelby, NC 28152. Phone (704) 482-0375

COINS * COINS * COINS. We Buy & Sell Coins. “Coin Collector Supplies.” JAKE’S KNIVES & COLLECTIBLES. 1008 South Lafayette Street, Shelby. Call 704600-6996 (980) 295-5568

LOOKING FOR A DEPENDABLE PERSON. For help on a well boring machine. Includes installing submersible pumps. General knowledge of hand tools is a plus.

If interest call or text Tony. 704740-6604

STAINLESS GUTTER SOLUTIONS. Leafblaster.com. Never clean your gutters again! Call (828) 405-2303

NEW COMPANY SEEKING BRAND PARTNERS New company launch - August 1, 2022. Get positioned now!

Our company has partnered with a major manufacturing company resulting in a BRAND NEW COMPANY...

We will launch an online marketplace featuring liquid nutraceuticals using cutting-edge nanotechnology that provides superior absorption... as well as... a line of bath, body, and home care products using the highest quality, clean, green, toxin-free ingredients. The company has also acquired the Exclusive Rights to a proven product that helped launch a well-known Billion $ brand. I know some of the principals involved... this is the REAL DEAL... this will make waves in the industry.

This is a personal invitation to join us NOW before the masses find out... we are positioning people NOW. This is your chance to get ‘first mover advantage’, since we have the unique ability to position people on our team now … BEFORE the official company launch.

For a sneak peak and more info, go to https://ytmfunnel. com/tour/#100820. You can either watch it happen or be part of it. I would rather you be part of it! (919) 229-5229 r o b in . h e a l t h a n d w e a l t h @ gmail.com

SHIPMAN’S MASONRY- 48 YEARS EXPERIENCE. Brick, Block & Stone, Outside Fireplaces, Foundations, Underpinnings.

“Free Estimates”. 1st Quality Work! (863) 532-1587

BLANTON’S TREE SERVICE LLC. TREE TRIMMING AND REMOVAL SERVICES FULLY INSURED. CALL FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE 704-692-4203, KALEB. (704) 692-4203 COPPERHEAD ROAD LAWN AND FIELD. Give us a call for prompt friendly service.

Offering lawn care and field services (light tractor work, soil sampling and analysis) at reasonable prices. Standard lawn package: (mowing, trimming, blowing off driveways and porches.)

(704) 692-0662

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERICAL CLEANING. BY HIS GRACE CLEANING SERVICES LLC. We offer all residential and cleaning needs! Call us for a free quote today! (704) 692-3436 PAINTING SERVICES. Over 25 years experience, affordable prices. Professional results. References available. Free estimates.

Charles, or leave message. (704) 435-8062.

EB MOBILE MECHANIC. I will come to you to repair any car, lawnmower or tractor. Honest & reliable. (704) 300-2332 RETIRED GENERAL CONTRACTOR AVAILABLE. “SPECIALIZING IN DECKS” Repairs and New Construction. Rutherford/Cleveland County areas. Contact Bob at (828) 476-6058

CHILD CARE

GRADING, EXCAVATION, DUMP TRUCK, SEPTIC Local grading and excavation contractor that offers start to finish services.

From day 1 lot clearing to final landscape after house is built, we do it all. Driveways, roadways, erosion control, building pads, utility trenching and much more.

If it involves improving your land, call us. We can also haul gravel, mulch, dirt, sand or whatever you need hauled. We are certified to install and repair septic systems in North Carolina. Our company is insured and available to provide you with a free estimate. Our company is Veteran owned so we extend a 10% labor discount to all Veterans, First Responders and Senior Citizens. We also provide 10% labor discount to returning customers. We proudly serve Rutherford County and the surrounding areas. Call, Text or Email any time. Justin Bailey www.firmrootsgrading.com (828) 305-5371 firmrootsgrading@gmail.com

BUSINESS SERVICES

JIM’S PAINTING SERVICES. Exterior painting only. We also stain decks. Free estimates. You will be pleased with our work. We have references. 828-287-9272. (828) 429-7511

GRAVEL $170/TON. Miscellaneous junk removal, Trenching excavator, $75/hr, $50/unload. Firewood, tree-trimming except over house. Estimate, 864-490-9803 complaints or problems.

CALL US FIRST. Pressure Washing, Deck Restoring, Handyman Services, Hot Water Tanks, Minor Repairs, Much More! Over 25 years Exp, Honest Dependable, Call 704-692-4449

READY, SET, LEARN! PRESCHOOL. Hi families!

I’ve recently started an in-home, small group private preschool or mom’s morning out program for little ones ages 18 months to 4 years old in Cleveland County. Our in-home preschool program is unique.

We aren’t your traditional family child care program but we also are not a center preschool program. We are the best of both worlds…a small, close knit, home-like environment that offers rich, hands on, educational opportunities for preschool aged children to help prepare them for kindergarten success & beyond. If you’re looking for a halfday preschool, we’d love to have your little one join us At Ready, Set, Learn! Preschool to get a head start on “learning to love and loving to learn”. (704) 9743288 RSLPreschool2022@ gmail.com

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CHILD CARE

NEW HOPE PRESCHOOL IS REOPENING! First Day of School: Tuesday, September 6th. Preschool every Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday from 9:00 - 12:00.

Welcoming All 3 and 4 Year old children to come share a wonderful year of learning, growing, and fun! Registration Fee: $50 Monthly Tuition: $175 New Hope Baptist Church, Earl, NC. Email or call for more information!

(803) 389-3282 newhopepreschool04@gmail.com

AUCTIONS RUTHERFORD MINI STORAGE AUCTION PUBLIC SALE. 1:00PM July 29th. Panda Storage, 1301 US Hwy 221, Rutherfordton, NC. Contents of Units: #A07 Burns for non-payment of storage rent.

(704) 473-7358 andrew.sain@ gmail.com

YARD SALES CLEVELAND COUNTY HUGE NEIGHBORHOOD YARD SALE. Sat, July 30th, 7:00 AM 12:00 PM. Furniture, Baby/Toddler items, televisions, Christmas, office and kitchen items. High Point Community, (Austin Dr., Shelby, NC, 28152) YARD SALE SAT., JULY 30TH, 8:00-12:00. Lots of baby items and household items, lemon aid stand and sausage biscuits. 1312 N. Lakewood Dr., Shelby, NC 28150

BIG YARD SALE SAT., JULY 30TH, 7:30 am-1 pm. Everything under $10.00. Items ranging from women’s sizes to boy’s & girl’s clothing. Also games and household items. Don’t miss it. 1305 N Post Rd, Shelby, NC 28150 GARAGE SALE Sat Jul 30th, 2022 from 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM Garage Sale. Clothing, housewares, collectibles, Honda self propelled push mower used only 3 times, and a lot more. 213 Dehart Drive, Shelby, NC 28152 RUTHERFORD COUNTY FRIDAY/SATURDAY, JULY 29/30. 8AM-3PM. Books, yarn, crafts & stuff. Make offers! 135 Villas Lane, Forest City. Forest City, NC 28043

FOR SALE GOOD FURNITURE FOR SALE. Antique Dresser & Chest of Drawers.

2 Antique Trunks. Old School Desk.

Can be seen Saturday, July 23 from 7:30am - 12pm at 506 College Ave., Shelby, NC (704) 482-4815 LEFT HANDED GOLF CLUBS. Miscellaneous clubs. Price negotiable. Call: 865-705-1019.

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ANTIQUES

ROUGH CUT PINE LUMBER FOR SALE. 1”x8”x12’, $5.50; 1”x6”x12’, $4.50. Call (980) 2419010 MOVING SALE. Beautiful Oak China cabinet with table and 6 chairs. $500 for both or will sell separately. Oak Corner China Hutch $300. 704-477-6114.

4 WHEEL SCOOTER $725.00.

Pride 4 wheel Scooter, breaks down into 3 pieces, 35 lbs or less.

Delivered & Tech warranty. Call Scooterman John 704-951-4224 or Mike 704-438-1292. Wt limit 225 lbs mobilityservices07@ gmail.com TOOLS & COLLECTIBLES DOLLS for sale. Great price. Call 704-434-7833 for more information.

LIFT CHAIR FOR SALE In good condition. $200. Call: 704-4821363.

ALL POOL EQUIPMENT AND chemicals for 24 ft. above ground pool, except pool and liner. $200.00 for all. 828-980-2493.

DRIVE COLBALT 195lbs cap.

Delivered, training, tech warranty.

Call Scooterman John 704 951 4224 or Mike (704) 438-1292 mobilityservices07@gmail.com JAZZY MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR. ELITE HD Holds 300lbs and up. Colors are red and black. $850. New Chair, Great condition. (704) 860-4584 INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINE FOR SALE Call for Price.

704-538-3809.

RIDING LAWNMOWERS. TORO LX 426, 20 HP - $650. Craftsman 18 HP - $350 and Honda 11 HP -$325. 803-627-6067.

5 FRAME HONEYBEE NUCS WITH Bees. Also Bee Equipment and Honey for sale. 704-6748486.

PETS & LIVESTOCK

GREAT DEALS Like new Craftsman 2800psi pressure washer with Honda GCV 160 motor $175 and Troy Bilt 21in. push mower $100 and Little Tikes outdoor play set with slide and two swings $50.

(828) 429-9172 dtwebb63@gmail. com GASTON MEMORIAL PARK 2 PLOTS Veterans Section near main entrance, 2 grave plot fronts on road, $8000. Approximate GPS location 35.249,81.143 veteranplot@runbox.us

221 FARMERS MARKET/FLOCK SWAP and Small Animals. 221S across from Timken. Saturdays 8am-12. Buyers/sellers welcome. $5 setup. Info: 828-305-1409, 828-863-4074.

5’X8’ UTILITY TRAILER, Gorilla gate lift, aluminum floor, new tires, spare, power winch, tool case $950 OBO. Beer cooler, two spickets, 4 extra barrels, several beer tabs, three nitrogen/oxygen bottles, many extras $375. Portable pipe vise $75. Stiel power auger, just rebuild, 3 augers $275.

Larin hitch lift $375. 828-2868093.

ASSORTED POWER TOOLS. Milwaukee Sawzall-$50. Black & Decker 10” Electric Miter Box-$50. Hitachi 2” 18 Gauge Pneumatic Finish Nailer-$30.

Freeman Pneumatic Flooring Nailer-$50. Crain Multi Undercut Saw-$50. Hitachi 18 Volt Corded Hammer Drill-$50.

Black & Decker Corded 1/2” Drill-$25. (828) 223-2619 maxcrawley@bellsouth.net STEEL CARPORTS & GARAGES 12 wide, 18, 20, 22, 24 & 30 wides on display. Large onsite display. J Johnson Sales Forest City, 2690 Hwy 221 South. Thursday - Friday 10-5 Saturday 10-12.

Ph. (828) 245-5895 8N FORD TRACTOR. Scrape blade, cultavator, one section disc harrow, $3500. Call 704434-7275. Leave message if no answer.

NEW USED REPO BUILDINGS Thursday - Friday 10-5 Sat. 1012 J Johnson Sales 2690 US Hwy 221 South, Forest City, NC (828) 245-5895

KIMBALL 452 WALNUT CONSOLE PIANO For Sale. Kimball 452 Walnut Console Piano with Bench Seat. Very Good Condition. Pick Up Only. (704) 6924765 wilcurb@aol.com

SOLID WOOD DRESSER W/ MIRROR. Victorian Style Dresser with Mirror. Solid wood in good condition. $125.00 Pick-up only.

(704) 692-4765 wilcurb@aol.com

METAL ROOFING IN STOCK! Thursday - Friday 10-5 Saturday 10-12. J Johnson Sales (828) 245-5895

WANT TO BUY

FOOD GRADE TOTES. $100. #2 Soap Totes $75. Solid Top Plastic Barrels $10. Plastic Feed Barrels $20. (828) 327-4782 LEWIS FARMS NOW HAVE ALL types of produce. Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, peppers, cantaloupes, etc. 704-472-0940.

Hwy. 18 North, 1/2 mile above Fallston.

2 PIECE SECTIONAL SOFA. Off white fabric, excellent for LR, sunroom or vintage decor $475.

3 piece set glass tables $300.

Large canvas hanging picture, approx 3’x5’ $50. (704) 734-7136 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. 704434-6389, (704) 473-0867 PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS with Scratch Pads! Press Room Printing. 704-482-2243. (704) 538-5788 CLEVELAND COUNTY GARAGE DOORS. Summer Tuneup Special, $69.95. We will check all your equipment lube, make sure it’s working correctly. We repair broken doors. Also offering new installations. 704-477-9119 or 704-472-9367.

ALL TRAILERS CASH, FINANCE, CREDIT CARDS or RENT TO OWN. J Johnson Sales Forest City, NC. Thursday - Friday 10-5, Saturday 10-12. Ph. (828) 245-5895

USED C-PAP MACHINE. If you have a used C-PAP machine you are willing to sell, call Jim at 704560-6602.

WANT TO BUY: STAMP COLLECTIONS and accumulations of same. Call 828-652-9425 or cell 954-614-2562.

WE BUY JUNK VEHICLES WE BUY JUNK CARS, TRUCKS AND VANS, PAYING CASH!!!! (704) 4875244

TWO MISSING PITBULLS. MISSING SINCE 6-22-2022. I live in Harris, NC but they were spotted near HWY 74 around the Facebook Data Center.

I’m not sure if someone picked them up or they kept going.

Female Rednose Pitbull - Microchipped - No collar on when she went missing. White on her chest. Blue tattoo from being fixed. Male Merle Bully that is mostly Gray with black spots and white chest and white front legs. - Microchipped and has also been fixed!! They are out there somewhere and they need their medicine also.

No questions asked, just want my babies home ASAP! REWARD!!! (828) 429-4094 becca.ann08@yahoo.com AUSTRALIAN SHEPERD FEMALE PUPPIES for sale. Born on Mother’s Day. $300 or best offer.

Call or text Andy, 828-234-2984

WANT TO BUY. ATV’s, Pop-Up Campers and Small Travel Trailers. Call 828-429-3935.

WANTED: OLD AND NEW AMMO. Reloading supplies. Call 828-245-6756 or cell # 828-2891488.

KODAK SLIDE PROJECTOR. Call 704-482-4009 if you have one to sell.

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

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

DACHSHUND PUPPY FOR SALE. WE HAVE 1 MALE DACHSHUND PUPPY LEFT. BORN JUNE 17TH. WILL BE READY FOR A FOREVER HOME ON JULY 31ST. $500. LOCATED IN KINGS MOUNTAIN. CALL TRACY (704) 300-1485 TSHIRLEN0208@GMAIL.COM

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

(704) 692-1006

FOUR BEAUTIFUL KITTENS FOR FREE. 1 solid orange, 1 solid black, 1 Siamese color and 1 tiger stripe. (980) 318-7204 Lindabowen74@gmail.com

PETS & LIVESTOCK

LEXINGTON SOLID WOOD BEDROOM FURNITURE For Sale: 6 pc. solid wood bedroom furniture. Includes 2- night stands, Queen Size Head/Foot Board and frame, Dresser with Mirror and Chest. Pick-Up or will deliver.

(704) 692-4765 wilcurb@aol.com SEASONED FIREWOOD. Small bundles stretch wrapped $5 each.

Will deliver 15 miles outside Cherryville. $40 minimum for delivery.

704-538-3081, (704) 435-3970 RENT TO OWN TRAILERS. ENCLOSED, DUMP, GOOSENECK, CAR HAULERS. Thursdays - Fridays 10-5, Sat. 10-12. J Johnson Sales, inc. (828) 245-5895

RIDING/PUSH MOWERS, GARDEN TILLERS, GO-KARTS, MINI-BIKES. Ready to mow. All in excellent condition. Can deliver, 30+ years experience in repair work. 828-980-0853, 704-4769383.

ROLLTOP DESK FOR SALE. $500. Call 865-705-1019.

BOATS 18” BAYLINER BOAT. Walk through windshield, Mercury 120HP outboard. With trailer. $3500. (828) 429-6185

8 WEEKS OLD CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES 3 boys, 2 girls, dewormed. Ready for their new homes. $350 each. 704-4666983.

GOLDENDOODLE PUPPIES. Multigenerational F1B, CKC, 1 male and 1 female, current shots, 4 months old, non shed, $400 (828) 607-1541 graceisours@hotmail.com

GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPIES. Ready 7/25. 4 Males and 2 Females. $700. Both parents AKC registered. Located in Kings Mountain.

704-974-3296, (704) 974-3296 sonjat1@yahoo.com 9 HOGS FOR SALE. 3 male, 6 pregnant females. 400-600 lbs each. $350 each or take all for $300 ea. (704) 308-4721

6 WEEKS OLD CHIWEENIES 2 girls, 1 boy, dewormed. Ready for their new homes. $350 each.

Call or Text 704-974-8055.

YAMAHA BABY GRAND PIANO. SIX FOOT YAMAHA GRAND PIANO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND WELL MAINTAINED. PERFECT FOR AUDITORIUMS AND CHURCHES OR LIVING ROOMS. $5000 (704) 6921885 YLAMAR007@GMAIL. COM LIKE NEW, MEN’S HUFFY BICYCLE. Great Condition Must See! $50.00. Great Trail Rider.

Call 828-782-7221

PETS & LIVESTOCK MALE MALTESE DOG FOR SALE. Call 704-538-3809 if interested.

STORAGE BUILDINGS NEW, USED, REPO’S. LARGE SELECTION! CASH or RENT TO OWN. NO CREDIT CHECK! J Johnson Sales 2690 Hwy 221 South, Forest City Thursday - Friday 10-5 Saturday 10-12 (828) 245-5895 BAR STOOLS 2- Saddle Seat Bar Stools with Stainless Steel Frames and Swivel Pedestals in good condition. Pick-Up or Will Deliver. (704) 692-4765 wilcurb@ aol.com

3 DRUMS FOR SALE. Djembe Drums (Pictured). Brand new, used once. $325 or best offer. Plus another Djembe Drum “used”. Durenbeck Drum. Call for more information. 909-801-4438.

(909) 801-4438

Deadline: Friday at 12:00 Noon

FEMALE AND MALE GREAT DANES for sale. Text for more information, (704) 466-7868 DOG KENNELS & DOG HOUSES Dog kennels 10x10x6, 10x20x6, Dog Houses 8x12, 10x16 Delivered & Installed Available. J Johnson Sales Thursday & Friday 10-5 Saturday 10-2. Ph. (828) 245-5895

AKC GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES. German Shepherd puppies West German Show line. All puppies come with full AKC registration and a 26 months hip elbow a genetic health guarantee in a contract from Swift Creek Shepherd Puppies are welped In an indoor climate controlled environment and socialize daily to achieve an outstanding temperament (252) 702-0563 jvaughn@stockstaylor.com

CKC: GOLDEN-RETRIEVER PUPPIES OF ENGLISH-BLOODLINES Born: May 10th, 2022.

Veterinary Exams and Vaccinations: June 23rd, 2022.

Health-Guarantee, Veterinary-Records, CKC-Registration, and food accustomed to eating. Adoption Fee: $1500. (704) 740-8456 purplepondretrievers@gmail.com

DUCKLINGS FOR SALE. White Star Hybrid Laying Ducks. Call 704-689-3495. Please call before 9 pm.

4 FEMALE TOY AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES. ASDR REGISTERED. 6 weeks old. $650 each. Call 704-300-0341 or (704) 482-0178

LAB PUPPIES. 4 male 2 female black pure bred lab retriever puppies. 4 weeks old. $700.

Taking deposits (704) 472-7903 chadmc@bellsouth.net

YORKIES AND CHORKIES AND TCUPS 8 weeks and up with deworming and updated shots (919) 229-1059 dreameycowgirl97@gmail.com

TOY POODLES AVAILABLE. CKC registered. $1,200 ea. Call 828-289-8844.

GERMAN ROTTWEILER PUPS. CKC registered, 8 wks old. Parents on site. Shots and deworming up-to-date. $800 each. 803-2226730.

2 FEMALE GOLDENDOODLE PUPPIES born 4-28-22, dewormed, 2nd shots, $400 each.

Labradoodle puppies born 6-1622, dewormed, will have 1st shots, $500ea. Ready to go 7-30-22.

Henry Miller; 1608 Walls Church Road, Ellenboro.

RABBITS Silver Fox/Rex mix and Silver Fox/something fuzzy mix. Asking $20 each. Healthy and soft! Several to choose from.

(828) 775-0804 ericgorny4@ gmail.com

CARS & TRUCKS 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. 93,000 miles, $13000, very clean. Minor exterior blemishes. 2WD. Small V8. 1 owner.

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Gaston Braves complete season

By Art Shoemaker After finishing the 2022 regular season with a 14-3 won-loss record the Braves opened round one in the play-off against post 60 from Hickory.

Gaston, in three wins out of five match, the Braves were victorious in the first three contests to move to round two in area four playoffs.

In another three out of five series the Braves won the first two games against Cleveland County. However, Cleveland Co. won game three. The Gaston squad however was not to be denied. The Braves captured game four to advance to the third round of the playoffs.

The opponent in round

three was the preseason favorite and regular season champion Cherryville. The Braves traveled to post 100 to open a best four out of seven series. Our locals were victorious in a 4-0 win in game one.

Game two was played at Raider Field at South Point.

The Braves again were victorious by a 3-1 count.

The Cherryville squad bounced back to win the next three games to open a 3-2 lead in this matchup to determine who would advance to play for the area four championship and to also clinch a berth to play in the American Legion state championship.

In the sixth game of the series, in a game played at South Point, the Braves

2022 Gaston Braves American Legion Baseball Team - Fron row L-R: Daniel McClellon, Logan Agosta, Julian Hall, Garrison Carpenter, Parker Agosta, Chase Stewart, and Aaron Main. Back row L-R: Coach Pasour, Dylan Owneby, Hunter Reavis, Liam Brady, Riley Hawkins, Andrew Payton, Ethan Simmons, Caleb Burr, Gavin Blackwood, and Coach Bumgarner.

Provided jumped out front by 2-0 score after 1 ½ innings of play.

Heavy rains stopped play at this point.

By rule, as the Cherryville team had the better regular season record, the completion of game six was moved to Cherryville. The Braves battled hard in this contest but came up short by a final score of 8-7.

The Gaston Braves finished the 2022 season with a won-loss record of 22-7. In advancing to the third round

of the playoffs Coach Kenneth Paysour and his team deserve much praise for their accomplishment. Paysour was very pleased that all the players accepted their roles and never complained about the playing time they received. He added that he couldn’t be prouder of the young men he had the privilege to coach this season.

The hope is that players who chose not to participate this year, and are eligible to play American Legion

baseball next season, will come aboard and the Gaston Braves can continue to be successful in their pursuit of a state championship.

Belmont Post 144 and Stanley Post 266 are to be commended for providing the financial means to enable the program to continue. Jeff Gibson, Mark King, David Coffee, Dan Cloninger and Larry Norwood are just a few of the Legionnaires who give their talent and time to keep the program afloat.

VACATIONS

FOR RENT

OCEAN LAKES MYRTLE BEACH. Cottage N34. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, den, kitchen, dining, covered deck, near country store. Call Dorcas, 803-718-2659.

CLEVELAND COUNTY

Photos by Wendy Simmon

What are you doing God? Rev. Trent Rankin Salvation Church, Gastonia, NC salvationchurchnc.org

At some point in our walk with God, we’ve probably asked Him, “What are you doing God?” It can be hard to understand what God is doing. We feel like God has us moving in many directions, while shutting one door after another on us. Seeking to understand God and His motives in our lives is difficult, yet we can trust that God has a plan for us.

In Acts 16:6-12, Paul was on one of his missionary journeys. He was making his way from Israel through what today is Turkey. As he traveled, Paul sought to go to one area, yet the Holy Spirit prevented him. He later wanted to travel to another area, but God said no. Finally, Paul made it to the harbor town of Troas. While there, Paul had a vision of a man urging him to come to Macedonia to help the people there. Paul realized God had been guiding him to Macedonia all along. It had been God’s plan for Paul to travel into Europe, taking the message of Jesus there for the first time.

Paul had one door after another shut on him by God. We can be sure that Paul was questioning what God was doing. Many times, God does shut doors on us, and doesn’t answer prayers in the way we want. We can trust that God does this for a reason. God is working in our lives to accomplish His will for us. God works on His time and not ours.

We can’t rush God, and we can’t force Him into the direction we want to go.

We can’t rush God, but we can prepare for His work in us. Each door that closes on us is leading us to the one God opens. Take each life experience, and each part of your journey to prepare for God’s work in your life.

Everything Paul went through on his journey prepared him to take the gospel into Europe.

While we are waiting on God, may each of us use the time to draw closer to Him. Pray without ceasing, read the Bible, and become more like Jesus every day. Prepare, and when God opens that door, boldly go through it. Paul did, and he helped change the world through Jesus. What does God have in store for you?

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