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The fourth annual YMCA/Gaston Schools Nutrition summer lunch program is in full swing and kids at a variety of locations are enjoying the food and friendship that comes with it.

So far this summer, the program has given out nearly 600 bag lunches.

Last week saw a group of youngsters from Flowers Court in Belmont get together in a shady cul-de-sac, chow down on a nice lunch, and have some fun just hangin' out.

The Flowers Court location is one of twelve summer lunch sites operating countywide. Kids 18 years and younger can participate. Mary Lima, Associate Executive Director of the Stowe Family YMCA, was there as well as site lead George Yates, and volunteers Natalie Bond, and Randy Branton.

“We moved the site from Page Primary School to Flowers Court so the participants would have a shorter walk,” Lima said.

“We want to do whatever is most comfortable for them.”

Seven-year-old “Nylaya” looks forward to the picnics.

“We get to eat with our friends and play games,” she said.

“It's like a party.”

Grandmother Carla Craig was sitting in the shade while the kids ate and played.

“It's real nice that the people from the YMCA take the time to come here and do this,” she said.

In addition to Flowers Court, which meets Monday though Wednesday 11:30-12:30pm, other summer lunch sites and times include- Catawba Heights Neighborhood Park – 101 Beaty Road Mt. Holly, Monday and Wednesday 11:30 – 12:30 pm; Holly See FEED KIDS page 4

These kids at Flowers Court in Belmont enjoyed a nice lunch last week courtesy of the YMCA and Gaston County Schools.

The summer lunch program is in its fourth year.

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Goats “going to town” in Cramerton James Ford was a record-setting runner

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“They've really been going to town.”

That's what Cramerton Parks and Rec. director Eric Smallwood had to say about the group of goats currently gnawing their way through kudzu and other weeds at the town's Central Park.

Central Park dates to the 1980s and is a 20+ acre oasis of green, rolling land located off 8th Street in a quiet neighborhood The group of 20 goats are being “hired”

by Cramerton from Wells Farm in Horse Shoe, NC to eradicate weeds as part of the project to upgrade Central Park.

“The goats are a much more environmentally friendly way to get rid of the weeds instead of burning or using weed killer spray,” Smallwood said.

The goats were dropped off last week and in just a couple of days had already eaten several truckloads of kudzu vines. The areas they will eat are cordoned off with electric fencing. A representative from Wells Farm will stop by every week to give the goats some grain and check on them.

Cramerton Parks and Rec. Director Eric Smallwood is seen with the goats the town has hired from Wells Farm to clean up weeds in Central Park.

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The boys gathered in the parking lot after class to measure distances and run sprints on the pavement, because their high school didn’t have a track and the road to championships required improvisation.

In the late 1980s, when high school track and field teams competed without classifications of 1A, 2A and so on, East Gaston High made do with car-lot workouts and borrowing yardage on the football field.

“We put the hurdles out on the grass. And we were all-conference and all-state without having a track,” says James Ford, who collected numerous sprint and hurdles titles. “We practiced sprints in the parking lot. I was blessed to be on a super high school team that won championships my junior and senior year.”

Ford, 54, used that adversity, plus training help from friends in the sport, to become a record-setter at two universities, carry his work ethic into a long career in two occupations and land in the Mount Holly Sports Hall of Fame as an inductee. He already serves the Hall of Fame as a committee member.

His perseverance in high school led to recruiting letters from 46 colleges, he says, nearby and as far as the University of Florida. He understood the necessity of being in the See FORD page 5

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I survived my daughter’s one year wedding anniversary A year ago, my daughter got married. In the Italian culture, you can mess up a lot of things except your wedding. Mess that up and it’s all over. You might as well exile yourself to Antarctica. When my last surviving aunt gave the wedding a thumb’s up, we knew it was good.

The wedding is one thing; marriage is another. My son-in-law tells me, “I dated your daughter for three years and thought I knew her. Wow, I still have a lot to learn.” They’re old fashioned like me and my wife – they didn’t live together until they said “I do.”

For over thirty years of my life, I have navigated my daughter’s visual disability. There were the medical bills, transportation to doctors and social connections where she had to be driven because she couldn’t see to drive herself. I had to learn to balance taking care of her without crossing the line of enabling her. I didn’t want her to have a dependent relationship on me. Years ago, when I told her I was no longer doing her taxes, she thought I abandoned her. That was difficult for her to process. I was trying to help her mature but she didn’t see it that way. By mature I don’t mean stoic. I meant becoming the woman God created her to be.

When I was newly married, I felt like I was on the tv show “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

My father would open the door, shout “Yoo Hoo” and ring the doorbell at the same time.

He thought that was fine. I didn’t. Therefore, I felt I needed to give my daughter space.

I couldn’t get involved in their finances.

When my son-in-law needed loans for college, I connected him to my contacts, then I was done. It wasn’t my job to hover over him on whether he followed up with them.

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A few years ago, I sold our family Dodge mini-van to my son-in-law when he was dating my daughter. It had over 300k miles on it. Two years later, the power steering system needed replacing. It wasn’t worth the expense. What would they do?

I backed off. It was their problem to resolve. When they found a car, how would they pay for it? It wasn’t my responsibility to address.

This summer we decided not to go to the beach for vacation. My wife reminded me how much our daughter liked going to the beach. I reminded her she was married and it wasn’t my job to organize her summer vacation plans. My wife wasn’t happy with me.

During this past year, I kept thinking of a phrase my daughter-in-law’s grandmother said to her when she was marrying my son.

It has two simple, yet very profound points.

1. You can’t come home.

2. Figure it out.

I laughed when I heard it. No, we didn’t change the locks on our house. My daughter spent three weeks at our house recovering from eye surgery. Due to the nature of the surgery, she could not give herself the medication. But they would have to figure out their own finances. If they didn’t have the rent money, they couldn’t come home. They would have to figure it out.

I learned to say the word, “Oh” a lot. I’m a fixer and I want to jump in and fix things.

If I did, they as a couple would never mature and reach their potential. I just listen and say, “Oh.” It’s been a good learning process for all of us, especially me.

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MY OPINION: High food prices are no baloney Recently I bought a pack of bologna, aka baloney, at a local food store and when I saw how much it cost I almost lost my appetite.

First I must explain that it had been a long time since I had actually bought anything at a store that would give a human being’s teeth an argument since my wife Sharon trudges to the store solo every Saturday morning.

Anyway, the last time I bought a pack of baloney it had cost a couple of bucks and was considered “po boy” fare. The pack I picked up looked the same as the two-dollar version I recalled, but had a price of $4.69 for a dozen thin slices. In fact, the slices were much thinner than the ones I was served with cold yellow grits during my brief incarceration in the Morganton jail for gigging fish in Lake James when I was 16-years-old…. but that’s another story.

By and by I bought the $4.69 baloney and fried some and made a sandwich with mustard and fresh white bread, “light bread” as my grandmother Mozelle Huffstetler used to call it, and, as I sat watching hummingbirds, ruminated literally and figuratively on how much food costs these days. So I

Gaston County Parks & Rec events planned Gaston County Parks and Rec. will be hosting its annual kids fishing tournament on July 15th from 8am till 11am for kids ages 3-15 at Dallas Park, 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Highway. This will be the perfect opportunity to introduce your kids to fishing. A limited supply of fishing poles that will be loaned out via the Kids Fishing Program. Please wear shoes you don’t mind getting wet or muddy, no sandals. All kids MUST be accompanied by an adult. Adults are not permitted to fish during the tournament. Prizes will be awarded.

Gaston County Parks and Rec. will also be hosting a Cornhole Tournament on Friday July 7th 2017 from 7pm until. Same day registration will begin at 6pm on Friday July 7th. The tournament will take place under the lights at the Dallas Park Horse Arena located at 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Hwy. This will be a double elimination, doubles tournament, played by traditional straight 21 rules. Tournament will consist of three age groups with a 1st and 2nd place prize for each age group. Age groups will consist of the following, Teens: ages 18 and under, Adults: ages 19-49, and Seniors: ages 50 and up. Concessions will be available during the tournament.

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dug out some old issues of the Belmont Banner and Mount Holly News and looked up the grocery ads and compared them to some recent ones.

Get ready to read and weep.

For example, in 1960 a pack of bacon from Jones Bros. Grocery cost 39 cents, in last week’s “other” paper a similar sized pack was “on sale” at a major grocery chain store for $3.50. Also in 1960, a shopper could buy two loaves of bread for 25 cents at Robert’s Supermarket in Stanley.

These days, a loaf is going for $1.99. Jumping a decade, in 1970 the Banner had an ad for weenies at 89 cents for a pack of adozen. A recent ad touted a similarly sized pack of franks at $3.99. Another 1970 ad featured chuck roast at $1.59 per pound compared to today’s $5.99 per pound.

All of this brings forth a dilemma of how to reduce the cost of feeding one’s family or self. The human body can’t digest cellulose, I know this because a surgeon I met at a

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party told me he had once accidentally swallowed a cocktail toothpick and it nearly killed him, and not everyone can till a truck garden in their yard or apartment.

So, I hate to disappoint you’uns, but I don’t have the answer to this problem I bet you were sure would befound in these remarks,but I do have a suggestion. If you chew baloney slowly and close your eyes and try really, really hard you can imagine you are in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna sitting at a sidewalk café with Moto GP champValentino Rossi in the city of Bologna there having a slice of the native cold cut with the sun on your face and a glass of Chianti on the side and so Fannie’s your aunt you just got a European vacation for only $4.69 so count your blessings you have something to eat even if the price sticks in your gizzard.

Belmont concert series The Wednesday in Stowe Park Series in Downtown Belmont continues. Concerts in this series are free, bring a chair or blanket to the gazebo area and prepare to have fun. Music starts at 7:00 pm and goes until about 8:00.

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This young man shows off his catch at the annual kids fishing tournament at the Dallas Park. This year’s event is scheduled for July 15th, 8am-11am. Come out and enjoy the fun!

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Why is the summer lunch program so important?

Summer can be an anxietyprovoking time for 16 million kids across the U.S. who are struggling with hunger at home. The end of every school year means lost access to free and reduced-price lunches

that provide regular nutrition to growing bodies. For a child who does not receive regular, healthy meals at home, the summer months may feel extra long.

The result of summer hunger, especially over many years, can be devastating to children’s physical, cognitive and social-emotional development. When kids are malnourished or don’t know where their next meal is coming from, they cannot focus, their academic performance may suffer and they are more likely to act out against peers and adults.

Here are a few common signs that a child may struggle with hunger: 1. They ask about food every day and they’re not picky.

If a child seems fixated on meals or expresses consistent interest in when the next snack is being served, she may be struggling with hunger at home. While children are often hungry at regular eating times or following activities, pay attention to children who arrive at camp hungry and are rarely selective about what they eat.

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James Ford right place with the right times.

“I missed my high school prom because of State Meet when I was a 17-year-old. I had to think what my priorities were. I had to run, and I had to win,” Ford says. “When you work this hard at something, looking back I must have been crazy, but I knew it, I dreamed it, and I felt like when I walked on campus (as a freshman at High Point University) that they recruited me to win. I think I did well.”

Ford stayed at High Point one year, broke the 200-meter school record and was conference Athlete of the Year for track. He also was all-conference in the 100-meters and 200, and his 100-meter time was in the top 15 nationwide, he says.

Ford transferred to Western Carolina and red-shirted a year before helping that school build a successful program.

But his affection for running began long before passing cars in the East Gaston parking lot.

“As a kid, there was Field Day,” he says. “I realized that I was one of the fastest kids in elementary school, and I enjoyed baseball and had a real passion for baseball, but in middle school I went out for track and ran hurdles, and I ran hurdles from middle school to high school to college, and I found out I could sprint. And that became my ticket.”

Few track athletes, he says, combine sprinting with hurdles in their repertoire. “It helped with college,” he says, “because they were looking at diversification – where they could fit you in.”

He broke the Southwest Conference record in high school for low hurdles at 20:38, then two weeks later recorded a 19:67. “At the time, that was in the top three (times) in that event out of 490 schools in the state, so that made it a little special,” he says.

His best time in the 100 meters in high school, he says, was 10.5. In college, 10.36.

“I was a big-meet guy. I always performed my best in big meets,” he says. “And that’s what made the difference in my career.”

At Western Carolina, where he transferred to help build up the program, his 4x200-meter relay team’s time of 1:24.14 from the 1984 Georgia Relays remains a school record.

Ford segued his bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and Political Science to a 30-year career in Mecklenburg County in education and social services. He also has another role: church pastor.

Longtime friend and former East Gaston principal Marty Starnes recognized Ford’s faith and persistence many years ago and has worked alongside him in Rotary Club and other endeavors.

“The skillset that James so clearly adopted as a high school athlete, he carried with him to college, to his career and to his community,” she says. “Equally important, James Ford is a man of strong faith with God as his pilot. He is a dedicated husband and father.

“In 1 Corinthians, Chapter 9, Paul tells us to ‘Run your race in life in such a way as to win.’ This is truly fitting when thinking of James Ford and his impact on our community. To say that I admire him is an understatement.”

Ford was licensed and ordained into the ministry in 1990 and became pastor of Morningside Missionary Church in Mount Holly in 2000. He and his wife, Elaine, have a 12-year-old daughter, Abigail, who is getting started in track, he says, and is a Gaston Christian honor roll student.

“She was the fastest kid in fifth grade,” he says.

While Abigail begins, Ford says his running is complete.

“I coach at Gaston Chris-

tian, their hurdlers and sprinters. It’s my first year,” he says. “But when I graduated college, I knew my time was done. From 1985 to today, I didn’t coach, didn’t do anything. I did all I needed to do and left it on the track. I had a great career.”

The 11th annual Mount Holly Sports Hall of Fame banquet will take place on Saturday, August 19 at 6pm in the Mount Holly Municipal Complex. Tickets are $20 and are available at Charlie's Drug Store and from committee members.

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GOATS page 1 “People that live in Cramerton should not be feeding the goats,” Smallwood said.

After the goats work the first growth of weeds down to a nub, they will be taken back to Horse Shoe for a while and then back again to Cramerton to chomp on any new growth.

“Kudzu is hard to get rid of,” said Smallwood.

Cost of the project is about

$2,000 for the first time and less for the follow-up.

The goats are not strangers to our area. Both Belmont and Mt. Holly hired them out in the past to eat kudzu. The goats blazed the trail that would become Kevin Loftin Riverfront Park in Belmont.

Other jobs the goats have done include work for the towns of Dillsboro and Huntersville, as well as Davidson College, and Western Carolina University.

They've even “starred” in several YouTube videos.

Master Gardener program The Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Gaston County invite the public to attend their July program at the Gaston County Citizens Resource Center, 1303 Cherryville Hwy (NC Hwy 279), Dallas, NC, Thursday, July 20, 2017, 10:00 – 11:00 am.

“Growing Flowers for Cutting”

will be presented by Julie Hill.

Upon settling in her Greenville, SC, neighborhood, this Texas transplant began transforming her entire yard into a cut-flower garden. Hill will also provide information about her participation in a regional flower growers’ association. If you have interest in starting or expand-

Gaston County Cooperative Extension activities Eating the Med Way Workshop Thurs., July 20th | 12:00 – 1:30PM, Citizens Resource Center, Dallas Conference Room B. This session will focus on how to build your meals around fruits, vegetables & whole grains. Instructor: Linda J. Minges. Cost: $10 (includes food tasting and recipes). Preregistration required by July

13th: 4-H Super Summer: Clover Bud Academy Thurs., July 26th - 28th | 9:00AM – 2:00PM. Citizens Resource Center, Dallas.

Join and learn all about 4-H .Cost: $60 (plus $12 registration fee). Pre-registration required (including completed enrollment forms): contact Cyndy Gustashaw at 704.922.2111 or cynthia_gustashaw@ncsu.edu.

ing a cut-flower garden, this is a program you will not want to miss. The general public is invited to this presentation at no charge. No advance registration is required. EMGV Barbara Linster, Publicity Liaison, can be reached at 704-674-0860 or balinster@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

Just Friends calls it quits The Just Friends Group formerly called The Climax Mill Village Friends has ended its bi-monthly dinner meetings at Catfish Cove Fish Camp. The group was started

by Carrol Trull and Jack Cannon in June 2005. The group met for twelve years from 2005-2017.

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Banner News Fellowship & Faith

Church Directory East Belmont Be mon Belmo ont Baptist Church

For information on getting your business listed here call 704-825-0580

Macedonia Baptist Church

Catawba Street • Belmont • NC

1951 Stanley Lucia Rd. 704-827-9224

McADENVILLE

Morningside Missionary Church

143 Church St. 704-824-5380

711 Morningside Dr. 704-822-9142

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

Mt. Holly Pentecostal Holiness 406 Scott St. 704-827-8201

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cramerton Temple of God Church

Holy Comforter Lutheran Church

NC Highway 273 704-827-9846

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

216 N. Main St. 704-825-2483

Burge Memorial Methodist Church

826 W. Charlotte Ave. 704-827-2999

235 8th Ave. 704-824-1991

Ridgeview Baptist Church

Life Church

MT. HOLLY Bethel Baptist Church

311 Belmont Road 704-827-8474

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

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

Centerview Baptist Church 2300 Acme Road 704-827-2061

East Belmont Baptist Church

Hood Memorial Ame Zion Church 455 Sacco St. 704-825-6007

Loves Chapel Presbyterian Church 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

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

501 Catawba Street 704-825-5780

110 Lincoln St. 704-825-2046

East Belmont Church Of God

Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist

707 Westland Farm Rd. 704-822-8033

320 E. Catawba Street 704- 825-8845

212 South Street 704-825-7269

Covenant United Methodist

East Belmont Free Will Baptist

New Hope Presbyterian Church

909 Edgemont Ave 704-825-5346

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

Ebenezer United Methodist Church

New Life Baptist Church

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

201 Oak Trail 704-822-6195

First Baptist Church

New Mills Chapel Fire Baptized

23 N. Central Avenue 704-825-3758

104 Morning Glory Ave. 704-825-5457

First Foursquare Gospel Church

North Belmont Church of God

8 Elizabeth Street 704-825-5811

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 5339 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-8252

Goshen Presbyterian Church Roper Street 704-827-6280

Grace Korean Ch Assembly-God 124 Georgia Belle Ave 704-965-1004

Grace Wesleyan Church 6014 S. New Hope Rd 704-825-7959

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2316 Acme Rd. 704-827-4092

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 118 School Street 704-827-7071

Queen Of The Apostles Catholic 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

110 Underwood Dr. 704-820-0603

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

701 Secrest Ave. 704-825-8175

Stowe Memorial Baptist Church

6700 Wilkinson Blvd 704-825-1709

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

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

Will of God Church 513 Woodlawn Ave. 704-827-5185

740 Rankin Ave. 704-827-5181

Shiloh AME Zion Methodist

St. Paul FHB Church

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1529 Old Hwy 27 Rd. 704-827-5851

Amazing Grace Baptist Church

Tuckaseegee Baptist Church

7280 Sifford Rd. 704-827-6277

511 Tuckaseegee Rd. 704-827-4301

Christ’s Evangelical Lutheran

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

Wesley Chapel Holiness Church

1020 W. Catawba Ave. 704-827-2026

LOWELL Bethlehem 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

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

3100 Bethlehem Church St. 704-823-5050

Carolina Community Baptist 604 Martha Ave 704-824-2872

Center Baptist Church

203 S. Main St. 704-263-2621

Community Pentecostal Center 320 Ralph Handsel Blvd.

704-263-8731

First United Methodist Church 217 N. Main St. 704-263-2691

First Presbyterian Church 512 Old Mount Holly Rd. 704-263-4275

Gold Hill Missionary Baptist Church 7447 Old Plank Rd. 704-827-7966

New Faith Baptist Church 1224 Mayberry Rd. 704-263-0249

New Life Baptist Church

S. New Hope Rd. 704-824-4121

527 N. Buckoak St. 704-263-4647

Epic Church

Stanley Church of God

100 Indian Walk 704-671-4652

324 N. Main St. 704-263-4041

Lowell Church of God

Stanley Pentecostal Holiness Church

804 W. First Street 704-824-3383

113 E. Parkwood St. 704-263-2131

Lowell Free Will Baptist Church

Lighthouse Full Gospel Church

3010 Lowell Rd. 704-824-9389

530 N. Hawthorne St. 704-827-1442

Lowell Smyre United Methodist Church

Living Witness Ministries

201 N. Main St. 704-824-8814

541 Costner St. 704-827-0004

171 S. Main St. 704-824-7785

108 Horseshoe Bend Beach Rd. 704-827-8676

133 S. Main St. 704-827-0521

Goshen Free Will Baptist Church

Riverside Baptist Church

207 Lowell Ave. 704-824-4213

First Presbyterian Church

140 N. Main St. 704-827-4855

501 Cramer Mountain Rd. 704-824-4286

St. Anthony of Padua Traditional Catholic Church

841 Noles Dr. 704-827-7461

First United Methodist Church

First Baptist Church

West Cramerton United Methodist Church

Westview Presbyterian Church

First Free Will Baptist Church

East Wilkinson Blvd.

704-824-5319

1117 Old NC Hwy 27 704-827-8826

300 S. Main St. 704-827-2481

Springwood Freewill Baptist St. Marks United Methodist Church

Second Baptist Church

First Baptist Church-Mt. Holly

110 S. Main St. 704-827-4751

220 Park Terrace Dr. 704-827-7801

105 Pine Rd. 704-827-3856

324 N. Lee St. 704-827-1993

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

The Pointe

704-867-2317

Core Church

510 South Point Church Rd. 704-825-4019

26 Kee Rd. 704-825-5987

Containers/Trailers Sales & Storage Rental

416 Woodlawn Ave. 704-824-1745

154 N. Main St. 704-824-3831

151 Henry Chapel Rd 704-825-0711

Catawba Heights Baptist Church

Cramerton Free Will Baptist

1304 N. Main St. 704-827-6141

Henry’s Chapel Ame Zion Church

120 Park Street 704-825-1333

151 8th Ave. 704-824-3889

Cramer Memorial United Methodist Church

Alexander Memorial Baptist Church Brotherhood/Sisterhood WNCC UMC

Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church

North Main Baptist Church

BELMONT 208 South Main Street 704-825-3216

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Trinity Full Gospel Church 303 Sunset Dr. 704-263-9765

United In Action of Stanley 5481 Hickory Grove Rd. 704-524-0555

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

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

First Baptist Church 317 W. 1st St. 704-824-1213

New Life Church 128 Robbins St. 704-824-1356

Presbyterian Church of Lowell 207 E. 1st St. 704-824-3807

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

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

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Banner-News Obituaries She was born July 29, 1922 in Belmont, a daughter of the late Cody W. and Mary Aycock Bess.

Pauline grew up in East Belmont and was a 1939 graduate of Belmont High School.

A long-time member of Holy Comforter Lutheran Church, she retired after many years working in textiles.

She will be greatly missed by her loving husband of 77 years, Billy W. Joye, Sr. of the home; son, Billy W. Joye, Jr. and wife, Libby of Belmont; grandchildren, Cindee Joye of Belmont, Wendy Faulkner and husband, Mike of New Hampshire, Shari Roberts and Belmont- Sarah "Pauline" husband Scott of Gastonia; Bess Joye, age 94, passed great grandchildren, Chloe away July 9, 2017 at home. and Josephine Roberts; niece,

Sarah “Pauline” Bess Joye

“Amazing, Mysterious Wind” You can’t see it but you can certainly feel it. And, you can see its impact, high in the treetops, low to the ground, brushing against the landscape or us from ever changing directions, gentle or blustery, hot or cold. Standing in my garden one day I noticed it gently passing through. How do we begin to understand all the varieties of wind? Gentle ones I knew are frequently generated by the sun heating land or water surfaces, while stronger ones can generate from blustery thun- Dennis Siracusa derstorms and other planetary impacts.

Really understanding wind, however, can become a complicated study; too extraordinary for me standing in my garden. As I considered it that morning I knew God was accomplishing many things beyond my awareness or understanding; pollinating, strengthening and much more.

Years earlier, in the Spanish Azores while passing through to Germany I learned that many of the most expensive bamboo fly fishing rods, worldwide, come from that island because of the wind.

Their emerging winds come from every changing direction and strengthen the bamboo from all angles. This “tempering” makes that bamboo uniformly flexible for fly rods that professionals crave for the subtle nuances it provides fly fishing.

Lingering in my garden, feeling the welcome summer breeze, I was transported to another time when I experienced another type of wind; one more powerful than either the one in my garden or in the Azores.

It was fall 1968 during A.F. boot camp in San Antonio, Texas.

Military boot-camp isn’t fun and always marks a relentless departure from normal life. My whole squad constantly looked for relief; for glimpses of the familiar. One Sunday, our training officers announced chapel services. Even before we arrived we sensed a cool psychological wind blowing. Many of us hadn’t seen the inside of a church for a long time; some never. We all, however, grabbed our passes and headed to church.

Still, after 50 years I remember two things. First, the entire chapel was filled with men; several hundred. And most importantly, when the assembly joined together to sing hymns and praise music, the timbre of our united voices produced a spiritual wind that brushed through my life and without my even understanding it, pollinated me; began to draw me toward an awareness of a loving, knowing, powerful creator; toward a grace I could sense in the wind of that music and began to understand I desperately needed; toward a God that deserved to be loved, awesomely, in return. The heat from the Son of God had warmed the surface of my life and His gentle wind carried me right where He planned. In John 3:1617 God calls all of us to a life filled with love, purpose, hope and fellowship with Him eternally. We must learn to follow His leading and take His hand even if it is scarcely discernable through the gentle touch of the wind.

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A funeral service followed at 2:00 pm with Rev. Micah Kearney officiating. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Holy Comforter Lutheran Church Vision Fund, 216 N. Main Street, Belmont, NC 28012.

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Amantha Mill Bluegrass from Boone and Valor III, a southern gospel trio from Statesville will be in concert at Lowesville Gospel Concerts/Living Word Ministries – 1062 Hwy 16 South – Stanley (Lowesville) NC Saturday July 22nd 6:00 PM. This is a free concert and everyone is welcome.

Southern Gospel every 2nd Saturday and Bluegrass every 4th Saturday. Contact Carroll Cooke 704-618-9762.

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Duc In Altum Retreat: “Into the Deep”

By Rachel McKimmon For its second year, Belmont Abbey College hosted Duc In Altum young women’s retreat from June 26-30. Sister Mary Raphael, the organizer of this year’s Duc In Altum, excitedly reported that participation rose from the previous year, from 51 participants in 2016 to 81 in 2017. The retreat is a weeklong event encouraging young women to be active in discovering their faith with a full itinerary of group discussions, compline worship, skits, devotions and field trips.

On the introductory evening of Duc In Altum, Sister Mary Raphael welcomed the participants of the retreat in asking, “As a daughter of God, how do you perceive your heavenly father?” She continued, “God has a plan for each of you and you must trust in His vocation for you.”

Sister Raphael defines what ‘Duc In Altum” translates to; that definition being ‘into the deep’. She compared the depth of each individual to the image of the ocean. “One does not know his or her own vocation without allowing God’s help to assist in such discover,” Sister Raphael says, “To understand your vocation, you must listen to God.” Sister Raphael continued explaining to the young women that this mission of this retreat is to discover their positions as women in the church through studying Mary the Immaculate as the true model of femininity.

This year was especially significant for the participants and organizers of the retreat for it being the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima- when the apparitions of Mary appeared before the children of Fatima between 1915 and 1917.

Sister Agnes lead a talk on the miracles that happened in Fatima 100-years ago. She focused on teaching the participants prayer, silence and Fatima, using the painting of The Annunciation by Fra Angelico as sacramental seeing and imagery.

“The definition of prayer is the true and total actual acceptance and attention to God,” Sister Agnes says. She ended her talk

telling the participants, “Change the world through the prayer of God.” Participant Ceclia Murray of St. John the Baptist in Tryon, S.C. spoke about how she understood Sister Agnes’s talk and the celebration of Our Lady of Fatima: “Sister Agnes’s talk about the apparitions of Mary to the children of Fatima stood out to me. 100 years ago, Mary showed those children what Hell is and those children came to understand the consequences of what living recklessly entails.

I think that Our Lady of Fatima teaches us to understand the gravity of our actions and what can come out of them.”

Abby Kramer, another participant of Duc In Altum, added,

“The events at Fatima remind us of all of our world’s present issues and how much we should pray for those issues to cease and our healing.” Kramer, from St. Barnabas in Arden, N.C., also spoke about her favorite activities during Duc In Altum saying, “Our morning and evening prayers have meant the most to me. The teaching of Our Lady at the Well stood out to me the most because it helped me understand faith and its practice.

I think, too, prayer is a great way to open and close the day.”

On closing day, the girls and leaders came together for a final Mass at Belmont Abbey’s Basilica where Catherine Mangano and Zoey Maxwell, both new participants to the retreat,

spoke about their time at Duc In Altum.

“I came to Duc In Altum to be able to spend more time with God and to get away from things that often distract me from becoming closer to Him,” says Mangano. Maxwell added that her purpose of attending Duc In Altum was similar to Mangano’s: “I came to Duc In Altum to become closer to God and to discover what path He has chosen for me.” Both girls agreed that a lesson that they will implement into daily lives is to separate themselves from the distractions of technology.

When asked if they would both return, both girls excitedly exclaimed, “Yes!”

Photos by Rachel McKimmon

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Living our Faith James 2:17 records “Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (NKJV). As James wrote this, he understood that salvation comes by faith in Jesus Christ alone. However, James also understood that if a person who has received Christ never lives their faith, never shows the love of Christ to others, then their faith is unprofitable to the kingdom of God. In Matthew 25:34-46, Jesus Christ tells the parable of God judging the righteous and unrighteous. To the righteous, God commends those who have fed, clothed, and ministered to the sick and hurting. “Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me” (Matthew 25:40, NKJV), God tells them. To the unrighteous, God condemns those who have not cared for others.

In this parable, Jesus is speaking of one’s actions. Just as James had wrote, Jesus is reminding us of the consequences of a lifeless faith. Too often today many people speak of many things, yet their actions never back up their words. Unfortunately this is true of Christians as well. Sadly, too many proclaim their love and service to God, yet their daily lives do little to reflect Christ to others. People should see Christ in our daily lives, as we live lives pleasing to Him each day. We should never have to tell someone we are a Christian, as they should be able to see Him in our lives.

Matthew 5:16 records, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good

works and glorify your Father in heaven” (NKJV).

Our lives should reflect Christ so much, that even unbelievers give glory to God. Rev. Trent Rankin Did you know Salvation Church that your life is a Gastonia, NC testimony being salvationchurchnc.org lived in front of salvationchurchnc@gmail.com others? People are watching you to see how you will live for God. Our children, grandchildren, and others are looking to us to see how we live. We proclaim Christ, yet does our life reflect Him to others? When our life’s journey comes to an end, will people who knew us speak of the great things we did for God? Do people know we are a Christian, or would we sadly have to tell them? Our world is in desperate need of Christians who live what they proclaim. We need Christians who back their words with actions. This is what James meant by faith without works being dead. Yes we are saved by faith only, yet do we want to stand before God one day having never lived a life in the service of God? As we enter this new week, observe your life, whether it is at work or play. Can people see Jesus in you? If not, begin to live you faith.

Some students from Belmont Abbey recently returned from Europe where they volunteered their services at a refugee camp. They worked in Munich, Germany with refugees who had just arrived from surrounding countries, including Syria and Africa. The students were able to interact with the refugees and help them to pick out clothes and goods that they could take with them for their transition. The team of students worked together to sort and organize donations to put in their “store” for the refugees. The students spent 4 days at the camp helping the refugees but they also spent time riding bikes through Munich, seeing Dachau Concentration Camp, traveling to Nuremberg to see the Nazi Party Rally Grounds and the Kaiserburg Castle. Exploring the walled city of Rothenburg, and traveling down to Schwangau to see Neuschwanstein Castle.

They also traveled into Austria to see the Alps and walked across a swinging bridge. Their trip was full of incredible memories that will be with the students forever.

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Birthday celebration held at Pentecostal Holiness Church A Magical Birthday Party took place June 30, 2017 at Stanley Pentecostal Holiness Church. Food Lion of Stanley, Oak Ridge Dental Arts and Stress Free

Home Care sponsored this 3rd annual free community event. A band of young boys that are church members of SPHC performed music and a skit from Andy

Belmont Historical Society book signing

The public is invited to the Belmont Historical Society Museum on Sunday, July 16, 2017 for an Ice Cream Social and book signing with local authors. The museum is located at 40 Catawba Street, Belmont, Griffith. Barry Frady, store manager of NC 28012. The event will be Food Lion, performed a magic show. held from 3:00pm-6:00pm.

The scheduled authors include:

Stan Cromlish- The Johnson Family Chronicles: Changing Currents-Changing Tides Gearl Dean and Jack Page with Allen Millican- Belmont Pictorial History Patricia Leeper BosticChinaberries and Beyond: A Teacher's Childhood Journey For more information contact: Liz 704-813-2648.

Lashing Out on Main event July 12 Owner Kris Jackson and the staff at Lashing Out on Main at 117 S. Main Street in Belmont held a ribbon-cutting event on Wednesday, July 12. Lashing Out on Main offers a wide array of services for hair, lashes and nails, plus facials and waxing.

Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 – 8, and Saturday, 8 – 5.

For more information, call 704.775.1307, or visit www.lashingoutonmain.com.

Montcross Chamber photos Bridgette Seller (left) with Stress Free Home Care, and Marilyn Michael Marketing Director of Stress Free.

Barry Frady, Food Lion Store Manager in Stanley and magician.

Photos by Marilyn Micheal

Gaston Printing ribbon-cutting July 18

Band members from left Nate Medici, Ben Summey, Caleb Oak Ridge Dental Arts employees Kim Starnes (left) and Haley Cartee and Levi Summey.

Turner.

Chris Etherton has opened Gaston Printing and Signs in the shopping center beside Dairy Queen in Belmont at 7005 Wilkinson Blvd., Suite A, and he is celebrating his grand opening with a Montcross Area Chamber ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, July 18, starting at 4 p.m. The ribbon-cutting is scheduled for 4:30. Gaston Printing and Signs offers all kinds of printing, including yard signs, window clings, car wraps, flags, screen printing and more. Drop by the ribbon-cutting to meet Chris, see his shop, enjoy refreshments and make business connections. No charge to attend. More information at 704.461.8387, or online at www.gastonprintingandsigns.com.

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World’s Largest Swim Lesson at Stowe Family YMCA

By Rachel McKimmon Thursday, June 22nd, the Stowe Family YMCA of Belmont participated in the “World’s Largest Swim Lesson,” an international campaign promoting the importance of water safety.

At Stowe YMCA, 200 kids participated ranging from kindergarten to elementary ages and varying between different swimming levels. 30 plus instructors, lifeguards and staff assisted in the water and taught the participating kids the introductory swimming skills and lessons: from entering the water safely to swimming freestyle and backstroke.

“Swim lessons are important,” says Jeff Peskey.

Peskey, head aquatics director at the Stowe Family YMCA continues, “The second leading cause of unintentional death is drowning and we wish to reduce that statistics. We here at the YMCA are happy to be involved in the World’s Largest Swim Lesson and to encourage safe swimming.”

These kids were practicing their kick technique at the World’s Largest Swim Lesson.

Photos by Rachel McKimmon

Stowe YMCA recently implemented new advancements into their aquatics center by introducing the SEAL Swimsafe Band. The SEAL Swimsafe Band is worn like a necklace on younger or inexperienced swimmers and will alert the lifeguards on duty if submerged underwater for more than 15-seconds.

“This equipment is huge to the swimming community,” says Peskey, “it dramatically increases a lifeguard’s opportunity to save a drowning victim.”

This year, the world record for the World’s Largest Swim Lesson was not broken, but Stowe Family YMCA will be participating in the event again next year.

Stowe Family YMCA aquatics director, Jeff Peseky is seen coaching kids during the World’s Largest Swim Lesson event.

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Lake Wylie Thursday night tournament trail results The weather man said we only had a 20% chance of rain last Thursday night but Mother Nature gave us a brief cool down shower just before blastoff and then the skies cleared for the 47 boats that turned out.

Congratulations to David Anderson (from Lowrys, SC) and Chad Evans (from York SC) with the win. Their five fish weighed in at 13.46 pounds. Second place went to Chris

Carnes (from Lake Wylie) and Adam Fillmore (owner HuntFishPaddle) with a total weight of 13.30 pounds.

The big fish of the night was weighed in

by Travis Young and Cody Young.

For more information visit www.lwtt.org.

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Last week's lottery numbers were drawn by William Rienks at Peace N Hominy Q Shack located at 403 E. Catawba St., Belmont, NC. The winning numbers were 1, 46 & 38. No ballot received guessed all three numbers correctly, so the jackpot will increase to $6,000. Make sure you have your entry in by deadline at 9am on Monday for your chance to win!

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2017 Commissioners’ School, “Movers and Shakers” Group (left to right): Front Row from left – Sydney Bryson (Hunter Huss), Morgan Hord (Hunter Huss), Sophie Jurs (Forestview), Hannah Murrow (East Gaston), Colby Conrad (Stuart Cramer), Kendall Massey (Ashbrook) – Back Row from left - Carrington Pearson (Ashbrook), Lydia Bolick (Forestview), Brent Walls (Cherryville), Blaise Shiver (Cherryville), Kayleigh Guffey (North Gaston), Kelsie Painter (Mountain Island Charter), Emma Brockman (Stuart Cramer), Garvin Collins (South Point).

Gaston Together facilitates Commissioners School “Movers & Shakers” session On June 21st, Gaston Together facilitated a session for the “Movers and Shakers” group of the 2017 Commissioners School. Fourteen students spent the morning participating in a mini-town hall community forum. The session was held at First United Methodist Church in Gastonia. Student participants represented Forestview, Stuart Cramer, Hunter Huss, North Gaston, East Gaston, Mountain Island Charter, Ashbrook, South Point and Cherryville.

Donna Lockett, Executive Director, provided a brief overview of the work of Gaston Together to begin the program. She reminded students who were living in Gaston County in the third grade that they also participated in Gaston Together’s “Pride in Gaston” Traveling Tour, a program designed to build community pride in young students. Dwayne Burks, a member of Gaston Together’s clergy association, the Gaston Clergy & Citizens Coalition, conducted the session with support from Gaston Together staff member Patty Brooks, Healthy Gaston Program Manager.

Students worked in small groups with

discussion centered around: 1) what’s good about Gaston County; 2) challenges facing Gaston County; and 3) solutions for current issues facing Gaston County. The three groups presented original skits to portray their focus group results. The group with the best report-out presentation won a basket of snacks to take back to the dorm!

The winning group’s presentation highlighted what’s great about Gaston County.

They emphasized great schools, churches, good people and great recreational facilities.

Winning team members were Blaise Shiver (Cherryville), Carrington Pearson (Ashbrook), Lydia Bolick (Forestview) and Sydney Bryson (Hunter Huss).

Formed in 1997, Gaston Together was organized as a catalyst for change in Gaston County. Its purpose is to bring people together to tackle big community challenges such as building community pride, creating a pool of potential future leaders for Gaston County, building bridges of unity across racial, ethnic and gender lines and creating a culture of wellness for our citizens.

The Pharr Family YMCA Football Camp had three former NFL players visit last week. What an exciting treat for the campers! Special guest Super Stars included Juwon Crowell (Buffalo Bills receiver), Hessley Hempstead (Detroit Lions center), Bobby Nance, Walter Rasby ( Steelers, Lions, Panthers, Patriots, and Jets tight end), and Michael Stout (Y Director).

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Scenes from Downtown Mt. Holly Fun...

From the Fourth of July to Food Truck Fridays, folks have been coming out in

droves to take advantage of the great programs provided by Mt. Holly Parks and

Rec. in the downtown area. The fun is free and everyone is welcome.

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Dino Safari Expedition Prehistoric Adventure The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium presents a day of adventure of Jurassic proportions Saturday, July 15. Dino Safari Expedition will be from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. featuring the brand new Dino Safari exhibit. This day will be enjoyable for the whole family, showcasing interactive and dino themed fun.

Specially trained safari guides will be leading excursions through the Dino Safari exhibit, allowing visitors to get a first class learning expe-

rience and close up look at all things dinosaur. “Living fossils” will be exhibited during a live animal show allowing guests a detailed look at modern day dinosaurs. Throughout the museum there will be opportunities to create take home dino crafts and participate in hands-on activities like cracking open a dinosaur egg.

Dino Safari Expedition will also allow visitors of all ages to search for treasures of the earth, just like real archaeologists.

Sponsored by UrgentVet,

the Dino Safari lab lets kids try their hand at science activities featuring their favorite ancient creatures. The lab features dino eggs in an incubator almost ready to hatch, something you can’t find anywhere else! While supplies last, UrgentVet will also be passing out kids t-shirts with the Dino Safari logo to commemorate the day and allow kids to bring home a reminder of their memorable expedition.

Admission into Dino Safari Expedition is only $3 for members and $3 + general ad-

mission for non-members.

For more information on Dino Safari Expedition, please visit the event website or Facebook page: www.schielemuseum.org/events, www. facebook.com/schielemuseum.

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South Fork River Park offers wilderness feel

By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info

If you think it’s necessary to drive to the mountains for a walk in virgin woodlands or to paddle down a cool river, then think again, because South Fork River Park is where those and other outdoor options are available just five minutes from downtown Mount Holly.

South Fork River Park is located on 44 acres at the end of Mountainview Street off Hickory Grove Road. The park boasts three trails with a total length of about one mile. The main trail, from the parking area to the South Fork River, was carved from a former dirt roadbed.

The trails are broad, smooth, covered with gravel and feature benches where hikers can rest. A picnic table and more benches are on the riverbank where 800 feet of shoreline have been cleared.

There’s plenty of nature to enjoy at the park. As you walk the main trail to the South Fork River, you can hear the rapids even before they come into sight.

And what a sight it is – the rushing, sparkling whitewater flows over boulders and around an island in the middle of the river.

Upstream from the rapids, the waters

of the South Fork River are calmer.

The smoother water is ideal for canoeing and kayaking, and the park provides paddlers with a riverbank ramp to launch their watercraft.

The ramp also serves as a convenient take-out point Gaston County Travel and Tourism photo for folks who paddle from Mammals run the gamut, from deer the Catawba Nature Conservancy area to beavers. Several types of lizards can about three miles upstream from the be seen darting among the rocks and park at Spencer Mountain. leaves that line the trails.

Fishing is another popular activity at Though enjoyment of nature is the South Fork River Park, as huge catfish theme of South Fork River Park, there swim in those waters. are some rules in place to preserve that Birdwatchers will have plenty to see tranquility.

These include a ban on with many species of warblers, woodATVs, hunting, campfires, alcoholic peckers and songbirds populating the beverages and concealed weapons. The forest. Waterfowl of several types are also evident. park is open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

NC Budo makes mark at national karate tournament The AAU USA Karate Nationals held last week in Raleigh marked NC Budo Karate’s first national tournament since opening their doors in Belmont this past September. As a competition school, NC Budo blends a traditional Okinawan Kempo Karate curriculum with a Sport Karate competitive path for athletes age 4 and up.

This year’s team, led by Jena Hare and Michael Baez, consisted of four athletes.

“We couldn’t be more proud of these kids. They are setting a great example for next year’s team by approaching their first competition season with enthusiasm, dedication, and great sportsmanship”, said Hare.

Baez added that he is excited about bringing competitive martial arts to Belmont as a tool to instill confidence, discipline, and a sense of personal achievement.

This new team consisted of three beginner athletes- 8 year old Gabby Hare, 6 year

old Chloe Robinson, and 6 124 N. Main St. For more feel free to call or email: 980year old Caitlyn Robinson. information about NC Budo 288-8750 or www.ncbudo.

12 year old Sidney Hare, a or competitive martial arts, com. veteran to competition, led the way in the advanced division.

All four girls competed in kumite, 1 ½ minute sparring rounds, and kata, an open hand form that demonstrates a series of movements used to teach martial techniques.

They brought home three national medals this tournament in kumite, and a newfound sense of confidence in their ability to represent well against some of this country’s top athletes.

NC Budo offers karate, selfdefense, and yoga From left: Michael Baez- dojo Co Owner, Sidney Hare, Caitlyn Robinson, instruction at their Gabby Hare, Chloe Robinson, Jena Hare- dojo Co Owner.

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Banner-News Funny Paper 15 MINUTES

By ROBERT DUCKETT

WIZARD OF ID

FUNDAY MORNING

by PARKER, MASTROIANNI & HART

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POCKET LINT

by Chuck Downs

Taylor Hinson of Belmont had her first hole-in-one at the North South Jr. Championship in Pinehurst on July 5th, 2017. It was at Pinehurst Course #6 hole 7 playing 164 yards with a 6 iron.

Photo by Bart Hinson

Community Foundation accepting grant apps in Mount Holly “well, i’m up. what are your other two wishes?”

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By MASTROIANNI & HART

by RON WHEELER

The Mount Holly Community Impact Fund is a charitable fund started by the Community Foundation of Gaston County to address identified needs in the Mount Holly Community as determined by a committee of Mount Holly residents. The Fund will operate as an unrestricted fund with grants going to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations.

A major focal point of the grant process is directed towards projects that would be visible in the Mount Holly community and would have a reasonable likelihood of kick starting a larger community response to a community need that is not currently being met.

In regard to the amount of funding available, the Community Impact Fund Committee has at its disposal a total of $12,340. The actual amount for awards can be the entire amount or in increments based upon the application being considered. The deadline for accepting applications is August 31, 2017. Final decisions on grants awarded will be made by October 1. 2017.

For more information regarding the grant application process or other pertinent questions, please contact Mr. Reeves McGlohon, Committee Chairman, at 704-366-3812 or by email at reevesmcglohon@gmail.com.

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ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE. Horse quality. 2017 cuttings. $13 pickup, $14 delivered and stacked. 980-241-8453.

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Males & females available. $500 ea. 704-974-5689.

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DINING Guide Belmont Beijing To Go 1420 Perfection Ave. Belmont, NC 28012 704-827-5838 Supply 101 Kenwood St. Belmont, NC 28012 704-829-7788 Brenda’s Cake Gallery 11 S. Main St. Belmont, NC 28012 704-825-2253 Buddy’s BBQ Inc. 5945 W. Wilkinson Blvd.

Belmont, NC 28012 704-825-8777 Captain’s Cap 670 Park St. Belmont, NC 28012 (704-825-4103 Caravan Coffee & Dessert Bar 11 S. Main St. Belmont, NC 28012 704-829-7711

H&M Deli and Market 1019 Wilkinson Blvd.

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Catfish Cove 1401 Armstrong Ford Rd. Belmont, NC 28012 704-825-3332

Reach Out of The Box 360 Glen Arbor St. Belmont, NC 28012 704-825-3446

Cherubs Cafe 23 N. Main St. Belmont, NC 28012 704-825-0414

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Sake Express 675 Park St. Belmont, NC 28012 704-461-0400

Demetrios Restaurant 6928 W. Wilkinson Blvd.

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Simonetti’s Pizza 6432 W. Wilkinson Blvd.

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Glenway Premium Pub 55 Glenway St., Belmont, NC 29012 704-829-7717

Southpoint Grill 1901 S. Point Rd. Belmont, NC 28012 704-829-1043

String Bean The Fresh Market & Deli 106 N. Main St. Belmont, NC 28012 704-825-3636 Sub Corral Sandwich Shop 6831 W. Wilkinson Blvd.

Belmont, NC 28012 704-825-5466 Taxco Mexican Grill 6418 W. Wilkinson Blvd.

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