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Volume 129 • Issue 40
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
TOURING GROUP – This men’s chorus of professional Baptist musicians will present two concerts Sunday at 8:30 am and 11 am at First Baptist Church. The concerts are free to the public as the church’s gift to the community.
Centurymen to give concerts Sunday vision overseas, including a 90-minute special in China which presented the group nation-wide with musical selections comprised of hymns, spirituals and American folk songs. Dr. Jonathan Bundon, worship pastor of First Baptist, is one of only four North Carolinians who belong to this group and the only one from NC who toured with them in Cuba. He says that while in Cuba, the group “was given special permission to sing in famous concert halls that had never allowed any religious group to perfom up to that point. Every concert was beyond seating capacity.” While in Cuba, The Centurymen not only performed 17 concerts but also went to various campuses to teach classes in music theory, voice and conducting. The group was founded in 1969 by noted composer, arranger and producer Buryl Red. His work, described by the Washington Post as “uncommonly creative,” has been heard in such widely diverse places as Carnegie Hall, Saturday Night Live and various Broadway stages. The October 8th concert in Kings Mountain will be The Centurymen’s first stop on the 2017 Northeast Tour See CENTURYMEN, Page 7A
Former resident Ray Parker was in Vegas Sunday night Ray Parker, brother-inlaw of Harris Funeral Home’s Monty Thornburg, is in Las Vegas, Nevada but thankfully, Monty said, he wasn’t at the outdoor country music festival Sunday night where 58 people were killed and over 500 injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history. Debbie Thornburg Parker, who is visiting in Kings Mountain, called her husband
Monday morning when she heard the horrific news. The shooter, according to news reports, was Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old accountant from Mesquite, Nevada, who opened fire on the crowd of 22,000 Route 91 Harvest Festival attendees from the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Paddock killed himself in his room before a police SWAT team burst in. Debbie and Ray Parker are former employees of the Kings Mountain Herald. Ray Parker has retired from the military and the Parkers now reside in Georgia.
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International Grammy-nominated men’s group
The internationally recognized, Grammy-nominated choral group, The Centurymen, will be in concert at Kings Mountain’s First Baptist Church on Sunday, October 8th. The church is offering this concert for all in the community to attend with no admission charge for its two Sunday morning services, 8:30 and 11:00. The Centurymen is an auditioned men’s chorus of professional Baptist musicians from across the United States. Annually, the chorus tours nationally and internationally. In the states, they appear at large churches and other venues from border to border. Their roster of overseas stops include England, Wales, Scotland, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Brazil, Spain, Russia, the People’s Republic of China, Greece, Israel, Germany, Poland, the Czech Repubic, and most recently appearing as American musical ambassadors throughout Cuba. The Centurymen has produced thirteen recordings and have been featured on numerous radio and television specials, including NBC’s “China, Walls and Bridges” which won an Emmy Award. The group has also appeared on tele-
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Cambridge adding 80 new Units Cambridge Oaks II Apartments, 122 Kings Oak Circle, plans to add a total of 80 new units plus a new leasing office building. W&Z Construction of Fairview Park, Ohio will be contractor for the new construction. Sub-contractors are F&D Electrical, Airo Mechanical, and South GA Plumbing. Five new buildings will be added to the present apartment complex including: No. 1 eight units; No. 2 12 units; 24 units No. 3; 24 units No. 4; and 12 units
No. 5. With the exception of No. 2, all buildings will be three stories for multi families. Tammy Scruggs issued the city permits in September. Other permits issued in September were to: Ralph Wayne Mullinax, Gastonia, for a new 2100 square foot single family dwelling at 208-1 Rollingbrook Dr., valuation $142,286, city fee $1,125.00. Madison Homebuilders of Charlotte will See CAMBRIDGE, Page 7A
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ACCOMPANIST – Noted musical arranger Joseph Joubert will accompany The Centurymen for two free concerts Sunday at First Baptist Church in Kings Mountain.
Joseph Joubert is accompanist When the Grammy-Dove nominated group The Centurymen present their concert on Sunday morning, October 8th, they will be accompanied by noted arranger Joseph Joubert. Known for his outstanding musical versatility, Joubert holds degrees in music from Manhattan School of Music and is based in New York City. He has appeared throughout the United States, Europe, India and South Af-
rica in classical, gospel and pop music concerts as the appointed pianist with major orchestras. Joubert is well known in pop music circles, having collaborated as accompanist/ arranger with diverse artists such as Judy Collins, Whitney Houston, Patti Labelle and Diana Ross. No stranger to Broadway, he has worked with numerous stage productions, including See JOUBERT, Page 7A
Thoroughbred Partners wants to lease Park Kings Mountain City Council on Sept. 26 approved the advertising of the terms and conditions of a proposed lease of the Senior Park on West Mountain Street (between 133 West Mountain and 201 S. Battleground Avenue) to Thoroughbred Partners LLC. Thoroughbred Partners wants to lease the property for use as outdoor seating for future restaurants occupying 133 West Mountain Street. Should a restaurant cease to occupy the property, Senior Park will revert back to the control of the City of Kings Mountain with all permanent improvements to remain in place.
An initial lease of three years is proposed and renewable for two additional terms for a total of nine years. The property will be leased for $ 1.00 a year and other considerations. According to the lease, Thoroughbred Partners will maintain insurance on the property equal to the City of Kings Mountain, insure that a minimum of a five foot wide sidewalk will be maintained without obstruction to provide public access between the Cherokee Street parking lot and West Mountain Street, pay for any improvements, secure any items in the seating See PARK, Page 7A
You can’t miss For Mountaineer Days Decorate the town these pumpkins Black and Gold Drive by Boyce Memorial ARP Church and you can’t miss that sea of pumpkins at the corner of Edgemont Drive and West King Street. The pumpkin patch will be open beginning Saturday and continuing through Halloween Day Oct. 31 and all proceeds help fund the church’s participation in summer activities at Bonclarken, the ARP denomination Assembly grounds. The patch will be open Monday-Friday from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Various members of the church will be on hand to offer various
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sizes and prices beginning at $4 with gourds and mini-pumpkins also available. In association with the pumpkin sale this year there is a nation-wide carving contest with a $10,000 first place prize by the pumpkin farm that supplies the pumpkins. The winner will be decided by popular vote on Facebook. To be eligible your pumpkin must have the proof of purchase sticker from the church patch. For more information and contest rules visit Facebook.com/carving contest or visit the local pumpkin patch during business hours. See Photo Page 3A
Decorate the Town black and gold for Mountaineer Days Heritage Festival October 20-21. That’s the suggestion from Main Street Director Jan Harris. Straw bales are being distributed to businesses in the Main Street District who have agreed to decorate them in Mountaineer fashion showing school spirit with black and gold decorations. “This year rather than Halloween or autumn décor we are asking business owners to decorate the bales in black and gold
and be as creative as possible,’’ said Harris. She said one idea could be to take pumpkins and paint them in KMHS colors of black and gold or decorate with Mountie or KMHS logo. Let your imaginations run free and have fun with this project,’’ said Harris. Black and gold bows will be on trees and light poles and there will be decorated store fronts. The decorating contest will be judged on Oct. 20 and ribbons will be displayed at the festival at Patriots Park on Saturday, Oct. 21.
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