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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Returning WWII veterans faced challenges at home

Belmont council hears water worries from South Point peninsula residents

By Alan Hodge

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Drink, one type from a bottle and the other from wells, was the main topic at last week's meeting of the Belmont city council, short by two members with Charlie Flowers and Martha Stowe on vacation.

Nonetheless, council members that were present, Ryan Schrift, Richard Turner, and Ron Foulk, gave the “go ahead' to having a referendum placed on the Nov. 3 ballot that would give voters the chance to decide yea or nay to an ABC store coming to town.

After months of discussion on the subject, the council's OK was rather anti-climatic and over in less time than it takes to shake up a good cocktail. Now, as Foulk said, the issue is in the hands of the people come Nov. 3.

Liquid of a different sort, plain water, was the subject of greatest interest at the meeting. Several folks who reside on the South Point peninsula in subdivisions such as Heather Glen, Misty Water, and Lake Mist told the council that they believe their well water is contaminated by coal ash Duke Energy used as landfill years ago and that their homes are now built above. The coal ash came from Duke's Allen Steam Station.

Contaminates include hexavalent chromium and vanadium, both potentially deadly in high enough concentrations.

Duke contends that levels of those and other materials in the coal ash are at safe levels and consistent with that found to occur naturally in North Carolina soil, especially the vanadium.

Nonetheless, residents Randy Austin, Rachael Wruble, and James Ramsey each stood before the council and related their water quality concerns. Ramsey, president of the River

By Alan Hodge

The official end of World War II was August 15, 1945 and both the Belmont Banner and Mount Holly News were low-key regarding the milestone. One reason perhaps being the fact that two members of the staff had lost brothers in the war. Another being the knowledge that even though a hard victory had been achieved, the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who were coming back home would be facing many of the same issues that those of today come up against–finding a job, getting an education, and dealing with the emotional aftermath of combat.

Gene Reinhardt of Belmont, now nearly 94 years old and a Pearl Harbor survivor, returned home in 1945 after five years overseas and finding a job was just one thing he had to do as a civilian.

“I had been in the Army since 1940 I was one of the first to be discharged when the war ended,” Reinhardt said. “I had enlisted straight out of high school and didn't know a trade. I had to take a job in a grocery store. Later I got a job in a parts house. I was at a loss and had to take what I could get.”

Reinhardt recalled that servicemen who were discharged later had a more difficult time finding work.

Education was a priority for military men and women coming back to Belmont and Mount Holly after serving in WWII. An article in both the Banner and News announced that classes in aircraft maintenance would soon start at the NC Vocational Textile School on Wilkinson Another piece boasted that many local veterans who were graduates of Belmont High and Mount Holly High had entered college now that their time in the military was done. Nearby colleges that were drawing the return- WWII veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor Gene Reinhardt said ing GI men and women included Sacred Heart, Lenoir Rhyne, his top priority upon returning home at the end of hostilities was finding a job.

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Gaston trio accused of weapons and explosives violations remain in jail

By Alan Hodge alan.bannernews@gmail.com

Three local men that were arrested last week and accused of weapons and explosives violations, Walter Eugene Litteral, 50, Christopher James Barker, 41, both of Gastonia, and Christopher Todd Campbell, 30, of Mount Holly, made an appearance in federal court in Mecklenburg County on Thursday. They remain in the Mecklenburg County Jail.

Campbell is owner of Capone's Tattoo Parlor on Wilkinson Blvd. in Belmont. Prior to he and the other two men being arrested, FBI agents had raided the parlor and also searched the house on Rankin Ave. in Mt. Holly where Campbell lived. A house in Gastonia was also searched in connection with the case.

The trio are accused of allegedly attempting to make live hand grenades from inert ones purchased legally at a military surplus store, and being in possession of explosive pipe bomb making

materials. Litteral allegedly tried to buy a gun and ammo for Barker, a convicted felon who is not allowed to have either in his possession.

Other military surplus items the men allegedly bought included kevlar helmets, body armor, balaclava head coverings, radios with throat mics, and rifle ammo.

The FBI's investigation in the case goes back several months and stemmed from tips provided by a CHS (confidential human source).

According to a press release from the US Attorney, Western District of North Carolina, the men “believed that the United States government intended to use the armed forces to impose martial law, which they planned to resist with violent force.”

A copy of the U.S. District Court affidavit in the case released last Tuesday cited a large-scale U.S. military exercise, “Jade Helm”, currently being held in the Southwest U.S. by four branches

of the military, as a cause of consternation to Campbell and Litteral who believed it was a cover for the imposition of martial law on the nation.

The affidavit also went into details concerning phone conversations the FBI recorded between the men in which they allegedly talked about topics ranging from how to construct explosives to testing them out. Also, according to the document, the CHS told the FBI Campbell said he owns 99 acres near Clover, S.C. and that he and Litteral allegedly intended to use it as a base camp.

The charge of conspiracy to violate laws governing firearms and explosive devices carries a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Campbell is also charged with receiving, possessing and making a firearm – which definition includes a destructive device – for which the maximum penalty is 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The charges contained in the com-

plaint are allegations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

The case is being investigated by the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) of which the North Carolina Highway Patrol, the Federal Air Marshal Service, the Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department are members.

Acting U.S. Attorney Rose thanked the Belmont Police Department, the Mount Holly Police Department, Gaston County Police Department, the Gastonia Police Department, and the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s office for their assistance with the investigation.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney and Senior Litigation Counsel Michael E. Savage of the Western District of North Carolina.

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VETERANS

Thursday, August 13, 2015

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A bit of very disturbing and sad news regarding one returning GI appeared on the front page of the Banner and News. A quarter-page notice in big bold letters declared that over the past week, many ex-soldiers had come to the news office pleading for the paper to run a story asking that kids stop shooting firecrackers. Part of the article read “The occasion of their visit was caused by their own nervous condition, plus the fact that one soldier from this draft board area was hauled away in an ambulance Saturday night. He had never been wounded, but had faced death, dodged bullets, and lived a life of living hell so long that he was a virtual nervous wreck. He was standing with several civilian and ex-servicemen when a child threw a firecracker near them. He hit the dirt and went all to pieces.�

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As they had done throughout the war, the Banner and News pitched in to help the men and women who served their nation and now wanted to get a civilian life rolling. In the November 7, 1945 Banner and News nearly a whole page was devoted to contact information for government agencies such as the Farm Security Administration and civic groups like the American Legion as well as descriptions on help services they offered.

The Banner and News also began a regular series in October 1945. This series promised to publish local job offerings to service personnel, publish servicemen's skill sets, and to answer any job-related questions.

Above all, Reinhardt remembered how supportive civilians were to him and other servicemen. “Everyone was glad to have their sons, husbands, and brothers back home again� he said. ) *( +

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You can actually scan these QR codes and see videos of local WWII veterans talking about their experiences over 70 years ago.

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Boat poker run Aug. 15 on Lake Wylie Lake Wylie Children’s Charity is holding a boat poker run Aug. 15 with stops at T-Bones on the Lake, Harbortowne Marina, Red Fez Club and Commodore Yacht Club before a final stop and after party at the North Carolina sandbar.

All stops are by boat. A party at T-Bones will be 7-9 p.m. Aug. 14, with registration beginning at noon Aug. 15 at the restaurant. Boats will head out between 1 and 3 p.m., all returning by 5 p.m.

A hand costs $20; $10 for extra hands. A $5 wild card is available at the last stop. The best poker hand wins $400, and the worst wins $100. A raffle for prizes will be held.

Lake Wylie Children’s Charity has been offering financial support for more than 10 years to families who are battling cancer or a life-threatening illness. Events this year benefit two families: Kelsey Funderburk, 14, of Rock Hill, and Jaxon Clark, 4, of Lake Wylie.

The main event will be a benefit concert Oct. 4 on the lawn at T-Bones on the Lake. A poker run on land will be held in September.

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work out best for Yours, “Things those who make the best of Ours, how things work out.”

- John Wooden Others My opinion...Life before air conditioning It may be hurricane season but I live in a hurricane all year long

unduly from the heat and humidity back A couple of weeks ago a lady called the office from upstate New York. She then. I think the term is acclimated. said she had heard of the Belmont/Mt. Later, we moved to Charlotte and we Holly area from a friend and wanted had a neighbor whose home had central some copies of the BannerNews to get air–the first time I had ever seen such techa feel for the place as a possible place of nology. The cooling unit sat on a slab behabitation. I asked her why she wanted side the house and was a huge affair about to move here and she replied she was the size of a Fiat 500 car and you could “tired of being cold”. hear water gurgling in it but it did a swell After our conversation I thought “be job and all the kids in the neighborhood (a careful what you ask for” and an image lot of adults too) looked for any excuse to of this lady of Northern extraction stand- Alan Hodge visit the Crumps and their AC. ing in our Tar Heel August heat and 98 Banner-News Editor Air conditioning in cars didn’t become percent humidity sopping her sweating even somewhat common until the late face with a rag popped into my mind.

1960s. I know because I was there. In 1967 my mom This freight train of thought rumbled on down Dorothy Jean bought a new Chevy Impala with a the tracks in my skull and soon found itself at a sta- black vinyl interior and no AC. If the Impala sat in tion called “Life Before Air Conditioning” where it the summer sun the vinyl seats soaked up about a pulled in wheezing and blowing steam. billion BTUs of sun-heat and if you were wearing Once it was rare for homes to be air-conditioned. shorts there were but two choices regarding sitting It was even more rare for cars to be so equipped. If down on them. You could ease yourself down on the you stop and think about it, over the span of tens flaming plastic or just take it like a man and plop of thousand of years that folks have been what is down and feel the back of your legs sizzle. After havcommonly called “civilized” (although there are lots ing ridden a while, you could feel sweat trickle down of people, many of whom dwell in my neck of the your legs in little rivulets. woods, who have not reached that state of societal Getting to the coast in the summer in a car with no development), air conditioning has only been around AC meant you had to get up way before daylight and in common use for a few decades. head out while it was still dark and relatively cool.

When I was a child we lived in Belmont in a One of my fondest recollections is that of whizzing house sans AC. Like everyone else, in summer we kept the windows open but there were screens on through the South Carolina low country swamps near them that kept all but the largest and least ambitious Conway with all windows in our car rolled down just insects outside. In a couple of windows were box as the sun was coming up and smelling the dank air fans. I enjoyed putting my face as close to the whirl- and seeing the ghost-like Spanish moss and closer ing blades as possible and singing at the same time now to the coast and over the Intercoastal Waterway and the fan blades gave my voice a nice tremolo. bridge and feeling the coolness of the sea breeze and The blades also allowed a game of brinkmanship. then finally arriving at Windy Hill or Cherry Grove The idea was to poke your finger through the blade or Myrtle Beach just as the sun was coming up like a guard and see how close you could come to having it red ball on the horizon.

Now it seems I have become a worm and can’t chopped off but still escape disaster.

At night in the middle of summer it was as hot seem to live without AC. The curly headed wife and muggy as during the day and unless you wanted keeps it so cold in our house I sometimes sit in front to be a roasted pig in a blanket you just slept with a of the TV wearing shorts, an RAF sheepskin flying cotton sheet for covering as did the pharaohs of old. jacket and Pattern 1936 flying boots. When outside, If the fan was turned off, it was so quiet in Belmont I rarely break a sweat if I can help it.

Anyway, here’s hoping everyone stays cool for (except for the cicadas), believe it or not, you could hear the baseball announcer at Davis Park calling the the rest of this sweltering summer and that the lady from New York, if she does move here, will find the game.

No matter how hot it got, I don’t recall suffering folks as warm as the climate which she no doubt will.

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were guaranteed a problem We are really close to getting my daughter married and free life. We have a daughter out of the house. But really with medical issues I couldn’t close may work in bocce ball (and still can’t) fix. I thought but it doesn’t work when your I had a contract with God; I do young adult still lives at home. my part and He has to do His Her boyfriend wants evpart, which is a problem free erything to be “perfect” belife. I learned it isn’t a “quid fore he “pops” the question. pro quo” relationship.

He wants all his “ducks in a A few weeks ago I said to row”. I laughed and turned Tony Marcianomy wife, “I’ve accepted the to my wife and posed this scefact that my life has been and always nario: will be a hurricane. There are a lot of “I want you to think back to the day things going on in my life, many of I met you. Imagine after I introduce which are problematic. They produce myself to you I say the following: a lot of stress. While I spend the bulk “In three years you and I are going of my life in the hurricane, there are to get married and ordained to ministry. Our first pastorate will be so poor; times when I sense God moves me into we will not get paid for the first five the “eye of the storm”. There is peace months of our marriage. Two years while the hurricane swirls around me. later we will be transferred where our In that hurricane, I have always felt first child will be born. Three years His presence. I don’t need a problem later we will start a church in a funeral free life to know He is there; He is as home. Our second child will be born real in the eye of the storm as He is in at which time we will learn our first the storms of life.

My life seems to parallel the Bible child is almost blind. One year later, our third child will be born. A short Story of Joseph as recorded in Genesis. time later we will leave the ministry He found himself in jail, waiting for a and start our life all over with owning good word to get him out. But Joseph found contentment wherever he was. no car and no furniture except a TV.” My wife stopped me and said, “If After he is reunited with his brothers, you said that, I’d be laughing at you his father dies. Afraid for their life, and told you that you were crazy.” I they make up a lie saying that daddy turned to my daughter’s boyfriend and told them to tell Joseph to be nice to said, “But that’s the real story. That them after he is gone in spite of all the has been the last thirty plus years of horrible things they did to him (my our life. And the story isn’t over.” He paraphrase). Instead, Joseph makes wants a problem free life. Life is an the great statement, “man meant it for adventure. He didn’t buy it. evil, God meant it for good.”

There was a time many years ago Life at times resembles a hurricane. when I wanted that problem free life. Be encouraged. The author of the hurI believed (wrongly) that if you lived ricane will be with you through every your life according to the Bible, you storm that comes your way.

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Lakes subdivision HOA said he and his neighbors are using water delivered to their door and paid for by Duke Energy.

'It's about one gallon per per per day,” he said.

Ramsey also said the HOA is open to having the neighborhood annexed by Belmont.

“We are willing to pay city taxes,” he said “The water lines are already run.

River Lakes currently has a community well operated by Aqua NC. Businessman Randy Austin also spoke up about the water quality situation.

“Everybody is afraid to drink the water,” said Austin.

“Things arfe dire.'

Austin also declared he had been attempting to open talks with Duke Energy officials.

Wruble was there with her husband Brad. They have a small child but don't get the free water that Duke is supplying to folks like Ramsey.

The Wrubles, who live in the Lake Mist subdivision,. told the council point blank that they would be willing to pay to have their home hooked up to Belmont city water and pay whatever it costs to get the precious fluid.

Their plea struck a chord in the three council members and they voted to grant the Wruble's wish.

But the issue of who could get Belmont city water is a ticklish one since the peninsula are in question is not in the Belmont city limits, except for the Morgan's Branch subdivision smack in the middle of the others, an oasis of city water if you will.

Not everyone in the area wants to be annexed into the city and pay the associated city taxes and water bills.

After hearing what Ramsey, Wruble, and Austin had to say, the council debated what sort of solution might be hashed out to the peninsula water problem.

Ron Foulk opined that the Water and Sewer Committee might start working on a policy regarding the situation.

City engineer Jerry Hatton advised that putting a large number of folks on the city's water lines in a short period of time could strain infrastructure.

Mayor Charle Martin suggested getting city and Duke Energy folks together to discuss the situation Councilman Richard Turner shared these thoughts.

“Those subdivisions might not be a part of Belmont right now,” he said. “But we have friends and family there who are part of our community. The only solution is to run water to the peninsula. I think people will be willing to buy the water or be annexed.”

This issue has been in the news before. In June, a group of over 100 irate citizens met with representatives from Duke Energy in Belmont concerning the

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The area in the land hand side of this image shows community wells in red and the subdivisions where some residents believe their water is contaminated by substances in underground coal ash Duke Energy dumped there as landfill years before the homes were built.

Gaston County GIS map peninsula groundwater situation. After being lambasted by several citizens regarding their opinion Duke's claims that the water in the coal ash landfill area was fit for use, a representative from the utility, Sean DeNeal stepped down from the podium.

Health Happy in America

By Glenn Mollette Medical care is a lifelong necessity to a happy normal life.

Here are the solutions to solving the medical care crisis in our country.

Put the very poor and disabled on Medicaid. Essentially that is where they are now.

Allow those with preexisting conditions to buy into Medicare. If they are making just above the poverty rate then give them a financial break. Most people with a preexisting condition do not

mind paying. They simply want some health insurance.

Next, allow the working people to have their insurance through their employers or buy insurance from any state in America. We need more competitive insurance carriers in the market.

The cost of prescription drugs is killing some Americans faster than their diseases.

We commonly hear television stories about people going bankrupt because of cancer treatments. It’s time for us to Partner with Canada in

an International prescription agreement. Our food and drug administration with Canada’s partnership could authorize safe drug houses for us to purchase our prescriptions. If you don’t mind traveling to Mexico you can already walk into their pharmacies and buy what you want. We need some type of North American Drug Deal that helps sick people buy medicine cost effectively and safely.

Emphasize and fund our county health clinics. Keep nurses on staff who can treat

people with basic issues such as viruses and hand out birth control to women and men.

Provide care for pregnant women by offering free ultrasounds. The health clinics must have access to our public schools. Representatives should be visiting the schools teaching prevention to at least all the elementary and junior high students. One of the main solutions to solving the medical crisis in our country is teaching our children about good health habits at an early age. In simple terms children

need to hear about what is good and what is bad to eat.

They need to hear about exercise, sleep, food portions and the importance of flossing and brushing their teeth.

Warn them about the dangers of smoking and over drinking. And, it has to be more than just saying something is bad for you. Show pictures of what a smoker’s lungs look like. Show pictures of what fat looks like in our bellies. Obviously our children are not getting this information in their health classes.

Our children are getting fatter and fatter and becoming very obese Americans. Thus, they are dealing with diabetes and heart issues at very young ages. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

We must press the health information on the minds of American people and make the care available and affordable.

If we live long enough we will all die from some health related issue. However, good medical care is an integral part of living a happy normal life.

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The Gaston County People are often shocked when I say we should not pray the Lord’s Museum in Dallas will Prayer. I then go on to explain why I made this bold and shocking host the performance of statement. The Sermon on the Mount discourse is a lesson in how Jon Shain, as part of the followers of Jesus are to live in the community. In Matthew chapter 17th Annual “Blues out six Jesus continues his discourse with a lesson in hypocrisy. When Back” free summer conwe repent and confess Jesus as our Lord and Savior, our hearts are cert series on August 14 radically changed. “But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from from 6:30-8pm. the heart.” Matthew 15:18a ESV. We are not to live as the hypocrites.

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by Akers Pharmacy. and meaningless repetitions that flow from an untransformed heart. Rev. Angela Pleasants The museum encourages But, is this not what happens when we pray the Lord’s Prayer? We First United Methodist Church, folks to bring along blanpray, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” God’s name kets, lawn chairs, and a reveals his character and activity. In the Lord’s Prayer, we pray that Mount Holly picnic for an evening of we hallow (treat as holy) his name yet how often do we take his name in vain. We pray, “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” God’s great music with friends kingdom is where he reigns sovereign yet we continue to live our lives as if we sit on the and family.

Jon Shain is a veteran throne of our kingdom. We continually bow down to the gods of this world. Yes, even the god singer-songwriter who's of busyness. We pray, “Your kingdom come…on earth as it is in heaven.” God’s kingdom is been turning heads for a kingdom united yet on earth we still live divided in our churches and communities. In the years with his words, his fiery book, The Revelation to John, there are multitudes of nations together worshiping God around acoustic guitar work, and his the throne yet we continually close our doors to people of other races and nationalities. We evolved musical style- comostracize those who are different from us. We pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.” God has given us everything we need for the preservation of life. Instead of being content in our daily living we continually live in greed and envy. We pray, “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” God has forgiven us of so much, but how often do we continually hold grudges? We pray, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” How many times have we continually walked outside of the divine will of God using the excuse, “I am only human?” “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:20 ESV. Living in the kingdom of God is not an outward/in transformation as much as it is inside/outward. We can say the Creating Memories With Dignity & Respect right words continuously, but until the heart has been transformed they will continue to be empty phrases.

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NewBridge Academy holds Royal Ball The Vintage Nest

Mattie Lee, Miss Mt. Holly Outstanding Teen 2015, was part of the fun at the NewBridge Childrens Academy's recent Royal Ball. Lee is seen with Abrianna Bizuneh, Lincoln Morgan, and Lily Bowe.

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Through Auguast 21 NewBridge Children's Academy in Belmont is having Summer Theme Camps. According to Amada Yandle Hommell, owner/director, the week of July 20-24 was proclaimed “Once Upon a Time: A Fairy Tale Kind of Week� and concluded on Friday with a Royal Ball 2015.

For the event, children dressed in their very own “royal� attire and were served “royal� treats before they entered the “Grand Hallway� to eat, dance, and await the arrival of their special guests- Cinderella- Mattie Lee of Belmont, Mt. Holly's Outstanding Teen 2015, and Trica Johnson, Miss Mt. Holly 2015.

The children took turns meeting their “royal� guests getting their autographs, and having their pictures taken. “Everyone was so excited to have Mattie and Trica visit New- Miss Mt. Holly Trica Johnson is seen Bridge and we appreciate them taking their with Luke Hommell at NewBridge Chiltime to help us with this 'royal' adventure,� drens Academy recent “Royal Ball�. said Hommell.

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Belmont PD K-9 officer Brad Pickert and K-9 Jake made some new friends at the National Night Out gathering.

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About 200 folks attended the Belmont PD version of National Night Out last week. In this photo, Lieutenant Jim Pierson, Officer Katie Hall (standing behind Katie is K-9 Officer Kevin Wingate) and Officer Matt Stroupe cook up some hotdogs for the hungry crowd. Other attractions included Funny Bone Ministry, Sparky the Fire Dog, and 106.9 radio.

“I was very excited to see the turnout,” said interim police chief Basil Marett. “It was an awesome event.”

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Police mascot McGruff and Braelyn Jackson from Belmont got to know each other at the Belmont PD National Nitght Out event.

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Officer Bell and one of the Minions were seen posing with two young fans at the Mt. Holly police National Night Out. Mt. Holly PD photos

The Mt. Holly Police Department held its National Night Out event last Tuesday at River Park. Chief Don Roper said the party was a huge success. In this photo a group of young people were dancing to popular music provided by the DJ. Mt. Holly PD photo

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An 87-year-old man, Clinton Bell of Charlotte, was killed last Tuesday night around 8:25pm near milemarker 25 on I-85 South near Belmont when the SUV he was driving struck the rear of a truck that was parked on the side of the road with a mechanical issue. Bell's family had reported him missing just prior to the accident. Bell was alone in his car and declared dead at the scene. The truck driver was not hurt. Belmont's interim police chief Basil Marett said it's possible Bell had experienced a medical condition just before the crash.

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Members of the Carolina Brotherhood were seen making their way down Wilkinson Blvd. near Belmont last week on their ride across North Carolina to raise funds and awareness relating to fallen firefighters and police officers.

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Mt. Holly Police Homicide investigation and launch Facebook page Officer involved shooting

On August 8, 2015 at approximately 9:18pm, the Gaston County Police Department’s 911 Communications Center received a call from 4621 Balsam Court. Gastonia, NC where the caller reported a male subject was in the home with a gun. The caller then reported his dad had been shot and that the suspect was still in the home. Numerous other calls began coming into the 911 Communication Center concerning an active shooter in the neighborhood.

Gaston County Police officers responded to the scene and were confronted by the suspect, Jeffrey Clyde Wilkes at his residence at 4908 Greenwood Dr. Gastonia. Wilkes was holding a shotgun and wearing a pistol. Wilkes approached officers and fired on officers with the shotgun, striking Officers T. M. Leopard and Officer C. M. Belli. Other County Officers returned fire fatally wounding Wilkes.

Officers located the body of Charles Dean Thompson, who retired from the Gaston County Police Department in 1995 after five years’ service, inside the home on Balsam Court. A second shooting victim, Debra Maness Childress, also of 4908 Greenwood Dr., was located at a neighbor’s home where she had fled after being shot by the suspect at the Balsam Court address. She was transported to Caromont Regional Medical Center with non-life threating injuries.

Officer Leopard and Officer Belli were transported to Caromont Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. At this point both officers have been released from the hospital.

The first shooting victim, Charles Dean Thompson, was hired by the Gaston County Police Department on August 8, 1990. Thompson served in the patrol division as a police officer until his retirement on August 31, 1995. A picture of Thompson is attached.

The investigation into this incident is ongoing. The Gaston County Police Department is conducting the investigation involving the murder of Thompson and the attempted murder of Childress. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has been requested by the department to investigate the officer involved shooting. And a parallel investigation is being conducted by the Gaston County Police Department Professional Standards Unit to insure all policies and procedures were followed.

The 5th Annual Between2Rivers Music Festival will be held at Harbortowne Marina in Belmont, NC. The event will take place from 3:30- 9:00PM on August 22nd. The event features three bands, a craft beer garden, food vendors, and a kid’s play area. Proceeds from the silent auction and 50/50 Raffle will be donated to Catherine’s House in Belmont. This photo shows last year's big crowd.

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The Mount Holly Police Department launched its official Facebook page recently.

The department hopes to use the social media site to engage with citizens and stakeholders to discuss pressing issues, promote departmental philosophy to the community, provide insight about the department and its officers, and give instant information to citizens.

“Use of Facebook allows us to engage with citizens across a broad spectrum of backgrounds to start a conversation with the hopes of developing an understanding and better relationships” according to Police Chief Don Roper. “Being able to provide in-

stant information will also allow us to be better customer service providers, and will aid us in our efforts to solve problems.”

The department plans to post items regularly to enhance community collaboration and information exchange. The page will also be used to provide instant information to citizens regarding important matters such as missing persons, crime prevention tips, road closures, special events, weather emergencies, or wanted persons.

The department has also developed a Twitter account that will be activated in the coming weeks.

North Carolina wine and grape industry is booming Wine lovers may raise a glass to a new report that shows the North Carolina wine and grape industry contributes $1.71 billion to the state’s economy.

“It is encouraging to see continued growth in the wine and grape industry, not only for our wineries, but also for our grape growers,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “More than 77 percent of all wine produced in North Carolina comes from North Carolina grapes.”

The study was commissioned by the N.C. Wine North Carolina's grape and wine industry is growing by leaps and Grape Council and and bounds. Stanley Creek Vineyards owners David and Sherry conducted by Frank, Ri- Helms show off some of the grapes they grow and sell. The vinemerman + Co. using data yard is located at 1301 Stanley Lucia Rd. from 2013. The firm also conducted the council’s Photo by Alan Hodge 2009 economic impact study. grape growers. Winslow said that because of The economic impact of the industry grew 33.6 percent from 2009 substantial growth over the past two years, North Carolina now has 159 wineries. to 2013.

There will be plenty of opportunities to Tourism accounted for the most significant increase in the study. Between 2009 and visit local wineries in September as the state 2013, tourism expenditures increased 65 per- celebrates North Carolina Wine and Grape cent, to $257 million. The number of tourists Month. The harvest season will be under visiting N.C. wineries increased by nearly a way, and visitors can participate in grape stomps, wine festivals and other events at half-million people from 2009 to 2013.

“Many of our wineries are opening up many of the state’s wineries. In addition, the their vineyards to wine-related events, pri- N.C. Wine and Grape Council will sponsor vate parties, weddings and other special oc- Grape Day at the State Farmers Market in casions to attract more visitors and diversify Raleigh on Sept. 18. The council also will their income,” said Whit Winslow, execu- hold the annual N.C. State Fair Wine Comtive director of the Wine and Grape Coun- petition for amateur and commercial wine cil. “The new numbers reflect an increase in producers. Judging will take place Sept. 2 consumer demand for experiences beyond and 3 in Raleigh.

More information on these and other the tasting room.”

According to the report, North Carolina is events is available at www.ncwine.org home to 130 wineries and 525 commercial

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Tri-county PET OF THE WEEK This week Tri-County Animal Rescue has a senior Beagle named Mr. T as our Pet of the Week. Mr. T is 9 years old and weighs about 30-35 pounds. He is tri-color and has the typical long beagle ears. Mr. T is very calm and laid back. He gets along well with other dogs and loves people. He is super sweet and would be perfect with another dog to “hang out” with.

Beagles have an even temper and gentle disposition. Beagles are often described as "merry", they are amiable and typically neither aggressive nor timid. They enjoy company, and although they may initially be standoffish with strangers, they are easily won over. They make poor guard dogs for this reason, although their tendency to bark or howl when confronted with the unfamiliar makes them good watch dogs. Beagles are excellent with children and this is one Mr. T of the reasons they have become popular family pets. They are pack animals and usually do well with a companion dog. They are not too demanding with regard to exercise. But, regular exercise helps ward off the weight gain to which the breed is prone. They do require a fenced yard as they have a tendency to wander.

Mr. T is current on distemper/parvo vaccines, has been de-wormed, neutered, current on rabies vaccine, has 30 days of free pet insurance and has been micro-chipped. Mr. T will be available this weekend at the Gastonia PetSmart located at 3698 East Franklin Boulevard on Friday 6-9 pm, Saturday noon to 6 pm and Sunday 2-5 pm.

For more information, call 704.263.2444, send an email to TriCountyAnimalRescue@ yahoo.com, visit us on the web at www.tcar.us or on FaceBook at Tri-County Animal Rescue. Donations can be sent to Tri-County Animal Rescue, PO Box 483, Alexis, NC 28006 UPDATE: Rita, dachshund mix from last week, is still available.

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Elementary student’s art selected to wrap MH recycling truck A new recycling truck was purchased earlier this year when the City of Mount Holly assumed recycling services from its past 5-year contracted provider. To engage the community and educate school children on the importance of recycling, an art contest was held between the City of Mount Holly’s elementary schools (Catawba Heights Elementary School, Ida Rankin Elementary School and Pinewood Elementary School). These students were instructed on the importance of recycling and then had the opportunity in art class to draw what recycling means to them, knowing that potentially their drawing may be selected to wrap our truck.

Over 1,500 drawings were collected and the top five from each grade at each school was selected by each art teacher. All drawings were submitted to the City of Mount Holly where a Committee narrowed the selection to one drawing.

During the June 8, 2015 City Council Meeting, Gwen Campau, a 5th Grader at Ida Rankin Elementary School, was announced as the winner of the “Design My Wrap Contest”. Gwen’s drawing had the elements that the City thought best represented recycling. The drawing contained the recycling triangle, the words “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” the City’s logo and was neat and colorful. She not only took her time drawing, she researched different recycling components.

Image 360 (formerly Signs Now) of Gastonia teamed with the City to develop an image from this selected drawing and recently completed the truck wrap. Image 360 took it upon themselves to contact the wrap material manufacturer, 3M, to explain the importance of this project, with 3M donating the material towards this project.

Since the truck has been on the street collecting our recycling, many people have expressed how great this truck looks and many have actually stopped to snap pictures.

Gwen Campau’s drawing will represent recycling for many years as this truck drives through Mount Holly collecting recyclable materials, ultimately helping the environment.

This new City of Mt. Holly recycling truck is seen wrapped in the winning design by Gwen Campau, a 5th Grader at Ida Rankin Elementary.

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CaroMont Regional Medical Center named 2015 Mended Hearts Hospital of Year A friendly smile, caring embrace, helpful hand and listening ear. This is how they care everyday—the more than 100 Mended Hearts Chapter 379 volunteers at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia. Because of their commitment to helping others and the support of the hospital, CaroMont Regional was honored with the 2015 Mended Hearts Hospital of the Year Award.

Susan Murphy, Mended Hearts Liaison, and Jake Gray, President of Mended Hearts Chapter 379, received the celebrated award on behalf of the hospital and chapter this month at the National Mended Hearts Conference in Orlando, Florida.

In less than four years, the Chapter 379 has accomplished a great deal attracting the attention of the award committee and earning CaroMont Regional this esteemed accolade out of 600 hospitals

with Mended Hearts chapters across the country.

CaroMont recognized a need for additional support for heart patients and in the fall of 2011, began a Mended Hearts chapter, which quickly grew and became a chartered chapter in 2012 with 30 members. Unique to most other hospitals, CaroMont sought out to form a chapter rather than a chapter initiating partnership. Today, Chapter 379 has more than 100 members and 60 accredited visitors. In 2014, the chapter logged an impressive 1,921 visits with patients and their families.

During visits, Mended Hearts volunteers, many of whom are heart attack survivors, offer patients emotional support and encouragement as well as heart health information in the form of HeartPacks. In a single month (December), volunteers visited 215 patients, including 155 first-time vis-

This shot shows members of Mended Hearts Chapter 379 at CaroMont Regional Medical Center.

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its and 50 follow-ups.

All of this would not be possible without the backing of the hospital, which has enabled the chapter to grow and give back to the community in a short period of time. Mended Hearts has access to patients and their families and they have and a dedicated room in the hospital to store their supplies and literature. The chapter meets monthly at the hospital where they hear from experts about various health topics and receive tangible recognition and support from one another.

Volunteers also spread awareness about heart health and wellness through a monthly newsletter that includes a heart-healthy recipe, a feature story on a heart patient, visiting reports, chapter events and ways to get involved. The newsletter is distributed to each floor of the hospital and every

CaroMont facility in Gaston County.

The chapter also has a very successful scholarship program. In just three years, members have contributed to helping first-time and continuing nursing students at Gaston College by setting up a scholarship for those in financial need.

The scholarship was recently named the Gary A. Mims scholarship. In 2015, the chapter has raised more than $19,000 and will be able to award 15 scholarships to well-deserving students in the community.

Mended hearts conducts visits with patients and their families six days a week including holidays. Most recently, the hospital has been able to put all heart patients on the visitation list allowing volunteers the opportunity to expand their reach and help more patients with heart disease.

Jake Gray, Mended Hearts Chapter 379 President; Susan Murphy, RN, Mended Hearts Liaison; and Gus Littlefield, National President of Mended Hearts are seen with the proclamation naming CaroMont Regional Medical Center as 2015 Mended Hearts Hospital of the Year.

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Thu Vu wins Gaston College Award for Student Excellence Nursing graduate Thu Vu is the recipient of the 2015 Gaston College Award for Student Excellence.

In addition to her Associate Degree in Nursing, she earned her Associate in Arts degree from Gaston College in May 2015.

A native of Vietnam, Thu moved to Gastonia from California four years ago.

She had Thu Vu earned a degree in Cosmetology with the intention of working in her family’s nail business, but her hunger for knowledge led her to attend Gaston College to get her GED. That experience further stimulated her desire to continue her education and she enrolled in the Gaston College pre-nursing program.

Thu joined the Gaston College TRiO Student Support Services, a federally-funded program designed to help students meet their educational goals, graduate from Gaston College, and/or transfer to a four-year institution. She also participated in Learn 4 Life, a program that encourages students to get involved with outside activities that will enhance their college experience.

“I signed up for Learn 4 Life during my first year in nursing because it is my goal – to learn for life,” said Thu. “I enjoy getting educated and I never think about stopping.”

While accumulating credits and maintaining a GPA of 3.747, Thu got very involved with volunteer work. She helps at the Crisis Pregnancy Center and the American Red Cross in Gastonia, has supported Go Red Day for heart disease awareness and Pink Out Day for breast cancer awareness, and has assisted with vision screenings in elementary schools and at numerous community health fairs. She is also a member of the Gaston College Student Nurses Association.

Thu’s latest volunteer activity is the Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement in the USA, through which she is learning how to work with youth and help them grow spiritually and psychologically. “Volunteering can help me improve my knowledge, as there are so many things I can learn from each organization as well as everybody I interact with,” said Vu. The faculty of the Associate Degree in Nursing department nominated Thu for the Gaston College Award for Student Excellence. “Thu was an outstanding nursing student who was always smiling and eager to learn,” said Allison Abernathy, Associate Dean and Instructor in the Associate Nursing Degree program. “She brought enthusiasm to everything she did, whether in the classroom or in the community. Thu truly loved being a part of the nursing program and we are so proud of all her wonderful accomplishments.”

Thu received a plaque in recognition of her Student Excellence award.

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Jake Bidoglio makes 13U Team USA Baseball event Belmont baseball player 12-year-old Jake Bidoglio has made the 13U Team USA National Team Identification Series. In partnership with Major League Baseball this year’s 13U NTIS will be known as the American Elite Baseball Championship. Teams from 15 regions nationwide competed against each other in a championshipstyle event at USA Baseball Training Center at Cary, NC on August 12-16.

Jake is the son of Leigh and John Bidoglio of Belmont.

Jake is currently playing at Carolina Baseball Center in South Charlotte under the direction of former MLB player Jeff Schaefer, John Enis and coached by Vinnie Izzio. Jake has also trained

Jake Bidoglio with former MLB pitcher and South Point graduate Devon Lowery, former MLB Tyson Graham, World Series Champion Kelly Paris a resident of Belmont, and former NFL Duke Graham.

Jake will be representing Belmont and the Greater Charlotte Area as one of 270 teens representing Team USA 13U Baseball of the 15 regions. He is a rising 7th grader at Belmont Middle School and a member of the Junior Beta Club. He will attend South Point High.

Jake had successfully gone through two stages of tryouts in Charlotte and Atlanta. Last year he tried out Dr. Kathy Drumm for the 2014 team when he was 11-years-old- as one of 26 kids out of 640 participants from six states- and made it to Atlanta before falling just short of his goal. On the way home from that trip he said he was going to make the 2015 team and through Central Piedmont Community College determination, dedication, (CPCC) recently dedicated its facilities serand desire, he has. vices building in honor of retired executive vice president and long-time college administrator Dr. Kathy H. Drumm.

The college dedicated the building, located on 7th street in Charlotte, on CPCC’s Central Campus, in recognition of Drumm’s more than 25 years of exemplary service to the college and community. As CPCC executive vice present from 1998 to 2014, Drumm was instrumental in guiding the college’s growth and ensuring its vitality and responsiveness

CPCC dedicates building in honor of Dr. Kathy Drumm to the needs of its students and Mecklenburg County.

The building, now known as the Kathy H. Drumm Facility Services Building, served as the site of the dedication ceremony. Those speaking during the ceremony included Dr. Tony Zeiss, CPCC president; Ed Dalrymple, chair of the CPCC Board of Trustees; Thomas Norman, chair of the CPCC Foundation Board of Directors; Pat Rodgers, president and CEO of Rodgers Builders; and Dr. Drumm.

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Mt. Holly baseball of 1954 - 1955 to be inducted into Hall of Fame

By Kathy Blake The Boys of Summer, they weren’t; at least not in the post-season.

For the Mount Holly High baseball team of 1954, the North Carolina Class A state runners-up, the script for the playoffs somehow forgot the part about lazy, sunny afternoons with nine innings of fastballs, the crack of the bat, dirt-cloud slides and screaming umpires. In fact, the path to the state championship game, when the Hawks lost to Hertford, sometimes meant not even taking the field.

These were the boys of the rainy spring, the boys of the unusual circumstance, who could advance with the flip of a coin, and win despite an opposing pitcher’s no-hitter.

Archives show a line-up of Benny Carpenter (1B), Tommy Crawford (2B), Don Killian (SS), Tommy McIntosh (3B), Don Lee (C), Dicky Kirby (LF), Dean Sherrin (CF), Tommy Lee (RF) and pitchers Max Sherrill, Tommy Wilson and Forest McIntosh. Other teammates were Laney Funderburke, Barry Black, Bob Black and Ted Hager. Seth Kirby was the manager, and Ken Bost coached them.

The Hawks’ intriguing post-season began with the Little Ten Conference tournament, when they were tied 1-1 in a best-of-3 series with Dallas. The rains came, heavy rains, enough that league officials said the deciding game could not be played and the team that advanced would be the team that guessed heads or tails.

The Hawks advanced.

The first and second round of the playoffs also were cancelled by rain.

Again, up went the coins, and onward went Mount Holly.

After winning a third-round game over Allen Jay High School from High Point, the Hawks faced Kernersville for the Western North Carolina 1A title, and this time, they got to play baseball.

In the first game, the Kernersville pitcher threw a no-hitter, but that didn’t matter to the Hawks, who used several errors, four stolen bases and a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the ninth to win 3-1 and give Max Sherrill his 12th consecutive win of the season. Sherrill gave up four hits and struck out 12.

Kernersville won the second game 7-6.

Then, on May 29, 1954, Sherrill threw a four-hitter and the Hawks got 10 hits to win 9-0 and advance to the state championship – the farthest any baseball team from Mount Holly had ever gone. The team finished 13-4, and along with the team of 1955, has gained entry into the Mount Holly Sports Hall of Fame.

The 1955 team was Western N.C. 1A runner-up to Colfax, marking two consecutive years the Mount Holly team had postseason victories – which hadn’t happened since 1930.

The thunderstorms and low water levels must have keep the fishermen away but the Lake Wylie Tournment Trail fishing event still had 22 boats turn out last Thursday night. The storms blew through during signup and cooled the air which made for a nice night to be on the water.

Congratulations to Mike Stephens and Sam Facella with the win. They were able to find five bass that tipped the scale at 16.25 pounds.

Second place and big fish went to the team of Robin Cairco and Mike Buscheu.

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Mt. Holly High basketball teams to be inducted into Hall of Fame

By Kathy Blake Football and baseball were the premium sports at Mount Holly High School in the 1960s, until the hiring personnel took on a man named Joe Spears, who formed a bunch of tall teenagers into winning athletes and gave that school something it had never seen.

“Joe was offered the coaching job, and he said it was only fitting that the school had wins in basketball and he wouldn’t accept that the school would continue with a losing record,” said Gary Neely, who was a 6-foot-3 guard on the teams of 1967-68 and 1968-69 and is friendly enough with his former coach to be on a first-name basis. “It took him awhile, but he got the boys and girls teams to levels they had never known before.”

The boys were all between 6-foot-1 and 6-foot-5, and they took over the gym later in the afternoons, after the girls finished running the bleachers. When it was time for away games, the whole crew would pile into the same bus, driven by a man named Leroy, who Neely said was their good-luck charm.

The 1967-68 boys team went 21-4, which got people’s attention, since the previous year’s gang was 12-9. “It sort of all came together. We had height and skill in shooting the basketball. He (Spears) was doing well with the talent he had, and he was building winning teams,” said Neely, who was a sophomore in ’67-78.

Neely and freshman Freddie Whitt (6-3) were the guards, Chick Moore (6-5) played center, and juniors Richard Jessen (6-4) and Dan Hope (6-1) were forwards. W.T. Clayton, Keith Hopper and Robbie McCorkle rotated in.

The team started the season with a 10game winning streak, with a win at Tryon on a play that wasn’t executed the way it was called, and the girls started 10-0 also, and the people of the town took notice. “The very first game, we had less than a week to practice, because some of the guys played football, which had just won the state championship,”

Neely said. “It was tied 54-54, and Coach Spears called time with 11 seconds to go, and we had the ball. He devised a play to get the ball to Richard with the final shot with 5 seconds to go, which would give us time if he missed. It was all perfect, except the ball came to me, with 5 seconds to go, and I took it and I made it. They (Tryon) had the ball inbounds with 4 seconds to go and took a desperation shot, but we won 56-54 and that started the 10game streak, which was unheard of in Mount Holly.”

The boys lost three games the remainder of the season, but regrouped to win the conference tournament. “After that, we went on to win our first two games of the district tournament and were actually winning the final game at the end of three quarters, but a very good Hibriten team in Lenoir sprung a full-court trapping press on us and won going away,” Neely said.

Moore and Hope were seniors, and the following year Hopper and McCorkle became starters, and the crew was ready to prove that their success was legitimate. “We had outstanding players, and we were expecting great things for ourselves, but we sort of under-performed,” Neely said. The team started 7-7, but since that was not the standard they’d set for themselves, the boys went on another 10-game win streak, like the year before.

“Only this time, it was at the right time of the year,” Neely said. “We won our last couple of regular-season games, then won three tournament games to win the conference tournament for the second year in a row, then proceeded to win the district tournament, including winning three more games in a row and beating Dallas in the finals. It was the fourth time that

1967-68 Mt. Holly Boys Basketball Team year we beat Dallas.”

That put the Hawks in the Class 2A state tournament in Winston-Salem, seeded eighth at 17-7, and facing a first-round game with the No. 1 seed, 26-0 Vaiden Whitley High from Wendell, N.C. in Wake County. Maybe it was talent, maybe it was a reputation to uphold, maybe it was a combination of everything the Hawks wanted to be, that led them to defeat Whitley by 15 points that Wednesday and advance to the semifinals. But since they were sitting in Winston-Salem without hotel reservations, the celebration occurred on the 85-mile bus ride home.

“We made the bus trip back to WinstonSalem on Friday, then lost the semifinals game to Bertie High School from down East, then lost the consolation game to Hendersonville,” Neely said, “so we finished No. 4 in the state for Class 2A at 18-9. But more importantly, we’d advanced farther than any

basketball team from Mount Holly, girls or boys.”

With both teams being inducted into Mount Holly Sports Hall of Fame, that success will forever be marked in history. “Those were good times,” Neely said. “It was good for Mount Holly and good for everyone connected with the team. Joe got us to levels that we’d never seen. Kudos to him, for being outstanding.”

The Mount Holly Sports Hall of Fame was established to honor the city’s rich sports history and to recognize the outstanding individuals and teams who have excelled over the last century. The Class of 2015 will be inducted on August 15 at the Mount Holly Municipal Center. Tickets for the event are on sale for $20 per person and are available for purchase from any Hall of Fame committee member, at Erie Insurance and Charlie Drugs.

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Aiming Outdoorsmen Toward Christ As a young teenager, many of my summer days were spent fishing at the local canal. I remember the unique art to catching carp using whole kernel GARY MILLER corn as my bait. I also remember the little country store where I bought that corn. What I remember most about that store however, was not my corn purchases but my candy ones. Edna (the lady who ran the store) had a candy counter that was strategically placed just to one’s left as soon as you walked in. The glass front was positioned low enough for the smallest youngun’ to press his nose against and carefully decide just what sugary morsel he would purchase on that day. The patience of Edna had to be God-like. After all, there were a whole bunch of youngsters that stood in line to make life-altering selections. And while those memories are special, there is still one more that trumps the selection stage.

It was the post-purchase loitering. I can remember sitting on the front porch of Edna’s store with my Coke and candy. And I can still remember the wonderful cool sensation that I felt when I would lay down on that smooth concrete during the summer. The Coke, candy, and concrete made for the best recovery after a morning of fishing or an afternoon of baseball.

I’m glad she never ran us off. Her hospitality and patience were always taken for granted until we were old enough to realize how special it really was.

That’s the way most of life is. Rarely do we see the value in people or their actions until time has passed. This is especially true for the virtues that lack fanfare. Kindness, hospitality, and patience are naturally provided without pomp. They are abstract and bodiless and thus are lost most of the time in the shadow of more tangible acts. It is only as we pause and look back do we recall these quiet gestures that now stand out as monuments. If you can recall these moments maybe it is important that you make some of your own – to those who may not appreciate them until later. Kindness, hospitality, and patience are like the pocket change I once handed to Edna. It not only buys me initial satisfaction but it also builds a porch for those who need a cool place to rest and recover. And everyone needs that. gary@outdoortruths.org ~ www.outdoortruths.org

Anyone interested in bidding on the metal gym project for the Town of Stanley Recreation Department should contact Tug Deason at 980-5226769. The bid will be for the metal building, gutters and erection of the building only. The deadline to contact is September 30, 2015.

Villas at Creek Walk ribbon cutting The grand opening weekend for a new phase and new model home at the Villas at Creek Walk kicked off in style Thursday, July 30, 2015, with a lunch, tours and ribbon-cutting for a large group of Montcross Area Chamber members, friends and other guests. An all-day grand opening took place on Saturday, August 1. Elle Bee Realty hosted the events in the model at 1008 Villas Drive in Stanley. Creek Walk is an active adult community within walking distance of downtown Stanley. The maintenance free, all-brick ranch villas range in size from 1,500 square feet up to 2,400 and can be customized to meet a buyers wishes. In the photo, Brad and Lorna Baranowski of Elle Bee Realty (left) are cutting the ribbon with developers John and Ginger Rudisill and builder David Harkey. Holding the ribbon are Chamber board members Gaston County Manager Earl Mathers (left) and Jason Ramey of PSNC Energy. For more on the Villas at Creek Walk, call Elle Bee Realty at 704.534.0952, or visit www.ellebeerealty.com.

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Family members from as far away as Germany and the Netherlands came to Belmont to help Anouk Valentine celebrate the grand opening of Creative Creations By You at 425 E. Catawba Street on July 15, 2015. They were joined by a large contingent of Chamber members, clients and friends.

Creative Creations is a sip and paint art studio, where groups of up to about 20 can book sessions of painting instruction while enjoying wine or other beverages and refreshments.

More information on Creative Creations By You, is available at 704.901.8019, and online at www.creativecreationsbyyou. com.

Board of Elections swearing in held On July 21, 2015, the Gaston County Board of Elections conducted its swearing-in ceremony for the 2015-2017 term.

Lee Ann MacMillan and Sheena Amos returned to the Board for a second term, while Jim Ragan was appointed to his first term. Following the swearing-in ceremony, performed by the Register of Deeds, Susan Lockridge, the Board conducted its first meeting of the new term. The organi-zational meeting included the appointment of a Chairman and Secretary, the approval of the one-stop implementation plan for the November Municipal Elections, and the approval of the duties of the Director of Elections.

The Board Members are appointed every two years by the State Board of Elections. The selections are made based upon recommendations from the state chairs of the two major political parties. Typically, the party of the Governor appoints two members, while the third member is from the other major party.

The county board chooses one of its members to be the chair and another member as the secretary. For the 2015-2017 term, Lee Ann MacMillan was chosen as Chair, while Sheena Amos was chosen as the Secretary. Some of the Board’s duties include participating in monthly meetings, attending statewide conferences, and visiting the polling sites on Election Day.

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CaroMont hosts grant reception impact in the community and provide more precise and consistent application guidelines.

“Foundation grant recipients went through a rigorous four-month application process,” said Debbie Windley, Director of Development for CaroMont Health.

“We are very excited about this process and are looking forward to receiving updates from the recipients throughout the Caromont Health Foundation held a reception recently and recognized its 2015 grant recipients whose representatives seen in this year.”

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CaroMont Health photo viding funding to those programs and “The Grants Committee is ex- specifically targeted areas to support - CT Lung Cancer Screening; Birthinitiatives that focus on key parts of cited about the potential, measurable funding of programs and initiatives place and NICU - Safe Beginnings advancing the health of citizens in progress to be made toward truly aimed at proper nutritional education Program; Indigent Medications and the Gaston County community, the improving the health and quality of and nutrition support as well as anti- Services; Faith and Health Ministry; Foundation Board was integral in life of our community by working tobacco education and efforts.”

Wellness Department - Discover charting this new path. collaboratively CaroMont Foundation 2015 You!, Fun Fit Family Challenge, with valued Grant Recipients included: Commu- Quit Smart, PRIDE, Lose it for community or- nity Non-Profits- BackPack WeekGood; Chronic Disease and Self ganizations and end Food Program, Inc.; Boys and within the fine Girls Clubs of Greater Gaston; The Management - COPD, Heart Failure, staff and teams Dream Center of Gaston County, and Diabetes.

For more information about the at CaroMont Inc.; The Schiele Museum of NatuCaroMont Health Foundation, please Health,” said ral History and Planetarium. visit www.caromonthealth.org or Tim Paschall, CaroMont Health Programscontact Debbie Windley, Director Grants Commit- CaroMont Cancer Center - Dental Today! tee Chair. “We Services; CaroMont Cancer Center Development at 704.834.4042.

On Wednesday, July 22, the CaroMont Health Foundation hosted a reception to honor the 2015 recipients of grant funding. Eleven community organizations and CaroMont programs were awarded $511,479 in support of initiatives focused on improving and enhancing the health and wellness of Gaston County residents.

“The CaroMont Health Foundation is proud to partner with departments within CaroMont and non-profits in the community to provide funding that can make a significant and measurable difference in the health of our community,” said Doug Luckett, President and CEO. “These initiatives help move the needle forward in our efforts to promote health and wellness and improve the quality of life of Gaston County residents.”

The CaroMont Foundation has offered hope and health in the community in the form of grants and partnerships for a number of years.

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Belmont Parks & Recreation Summer Campers stay busy

Here the Belmont Parks and Rec. Summer camp kids check out all the cool creatures in the World Alive exhibit at Discovery Place in Charlotte. The facility had a ton of things for the kids to do from discovering fossils and petting lizards to learning about hissing cockroaches and blowing up balloons filled with different gases. This trip was not only fun for the kids but it was also educational and teaches the kids about things that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to experience on a daily basis. In the picture from left to right: Kristian Biggerstaff, Anna Huffstickler, Caleb Hall, Nathan Legnosky, Sophie Watson, and Rhean Smith.

Watch out, these Belmont Prks and Rec. Summer Camp kids were on fire at Hickory Dickory Dock in Hickory. The kids had a wonderful time at this awesome facility which offered unlimited miniature golf, laser tag, and play in the jungle gym area and had well over 25 arcade games.

In the picture from left to right: Nathan Legnosky, Jackson Bradley, Jack Sanders, Kristian Biggerstaff (in the very back), Brianna Hammon, Riley Lavinder, Elizabeth Hilton, Regan Lavinder, Logan Ware, and Savannah Hammon.

Sea Life Aquarium at Concord Mills Mall offered a great program for the Belmont Parks and Rec. Summer Camp kids to follow throughout the visit and even offered interesting informational sessions on some of the animals that they have there. In this picture the participants pose under the Sea Life Aquarium sign right outside the facility. From left to right: (Back) Savannah Hammon, Nathan Legnosky, Luke Pierce, Kristian Biggerstaff, Brianna Hammon, Elizabeth Hilton, Anna Huffstickler, Riley Lavinder, Regan Lavinder, Rhean Smith, Carson Helton, and Jessica Helton. (Front) Jack Sanders, Jackson Bradley, Sophie Watson, Annabelle Smith, Nile Teders, Olivia Teders, and Olivia Thornton.

Here are some of Belmont Parks and Rec. Summer Camp participants enjoying the warm summer sun and cold waters at Lineberger Pool at Lineberger Park. As the kids wait in line at the 2 story water slide that the pool offers we have from left to right: Elizabeth Hilton, an unknown child (but was more than willing to pose for the camera), Jack Sanders, Rhean Smith, and Logan Ware. Some of the other things that the children enjoyed that day included the lazy river, the sloping beach area with umbrella waterfalls, and a colorful splash pad.

In this picture some of the Belmont Parks and Recreation Department Summer Camp participants are bowling for the best scores at the Bowl Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bounce in Lake Wylie. From left to right they are Olivia Thornton, Andrew Pearson, Luke Pierce, Savannah Hammon, Brianna Hammon, Tucker Cameron, Sarah Tubby, and Logan Ware. This facility offered arcade games, multiple lanes of bowling, a spacious room with about 10 bounces, and TV/cornhole area.

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In this picture, Jackson Bradley (blue shirt) demonstrates bravely as he was the only one from the Belmont Parks and Rec. Max-out program brave enough to pet one of the large animals at Zootastic Park of Lake Norman. Olivia Teders (pink shirt) shyly watches the animal from afar. Both had a great time with all the amenities that the park had to offer the kids; a personal introduction of some smaller animals including a cockatoo, ferret, honey bear, corn snake, and a baby kangaroo followed by a 45 minute covered wagon ride around their facility where we met a multitude of animals and then a free time session where the group also met wolves, porcupines, giraffes, and many more.

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If you are walking to school always walk on the sidewalk or walk facing the traffic if there is no sidewalk. You should always cross the street at crosswalks. Here there is a crossing guard to help direct.

While taking the bus always stay seated and follow the bus rules.

Make sure you wait for the bus to Amy Wadsworth come to a complete stop before getting on and off.

Officer Chad Owens with the Gaston County Police Department also has some tips concerning riding your bike to school.

“Parents that allow their children to ride a bike to school should insure that their children are wearing a helmet, know the proper hand signals for making turns, and understand that they must obey all traffic laws that all other vehicles obey on the roadway. This will better insure their safety both to and away from school.”

While at school to help with backpack related injuries make sure your backpack is not overstuffed. Tell your child to use both straps while wearing it so the weight is distributed evenly.

At the playground make sure your child avoids playgrounds with concrete, grass and dirt surfaces as they are too hard. Children under the age of 4 should not use climbing equipment.

Upcoming Events-Save the Date!

-Apple Festival, Come visit the Partnership for Children street booth and in the Kids Orchard, Saturday, September 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

-Partnership for Children Family Spooktacular, Saturday, Oct. 31, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., WoodMill Festival Grounds, Vale.

Want to learn more about the Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties?

The Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties is your local Smart Start agency. You can reach us at 704922-0900 or visit us online at www.pfclg.com. Our vision is a community where young children will reach their health and educational potential.

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Rosinski provides on-site consultations, consultations by phone and professional trainings/workshops. This activity is administered by the Gaston County Department of Health & Human Services and funding is through the Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties.

Some of the trainings offered include Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Communicable Diseases and Immunizations, Handwashing, Oral Health, Diapering Procedures/Sanitation, Head Lice and Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare. Soon there will be Emergency Preparedness and Response. Classes are free.

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Vacations FOR SALE: 3BR 2BA HOUSE, OCEAN LAKES. fully furnished, 2004 club car included, 5235 N. Sandlapper. MUST SELL! 704473-1033.

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