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Volume 131 • Issue 9
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February 27, 2019
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Mountain Holiday has laser fast gifts By Loretta Cozart
A variety of items are available for engraving at Mountain Holiday.
Mountain Holiday, a specialty gift and Christmas shop located in downtown Kings Mountain, has added in-store engravable gifts done for customers while they wait. Owner Beth White Allen added this feature in her store late last April and those who know about it love the convenience. Thanks to the Gravograph laser and software by P. Graham Dunn, customers can choose from an array of gifts right in the store. “Currently we use preset templates. But after our conference and training in Chicago later next month, we’ll be able to engrave your grandma’s handwritten recipe onto a cutting board or recipe box while you wait,” Allen explains. The best part, the engraving is included in the price of your gift. “Many customers ordered Christmas gifts last year and had us personalize them. Once the training is done, we can also scan logos and
The laser engraves your items as you watch. (Photos by Loretta Cozart) engrave a broader selection of items,” she said. “Our customers like the opportunity to make their gifts unique and unlike anything else they can find in town.” Engravable items are available for men, women, children and babies. From wedding gifts to graduation presents, there is a broad array of gifts from which
to choose. Allen points out, “I’m sure we’ll have new items available after the convention.” She says that engraving using the system is quite simple. The operator scans the bar code on the item and the software tells them which jigs to add onto the laser’s work surface. “Then we work with the customer
to choose the best font and layout. When that step is complete, we press a button and the laser does its job. It takes about 40 seconds to engrave a pen and a minute to engrave the money clip.” Allen explains, “We want to give our customers the ability to grab a gift, engrave it, and go.”
Practices make perfect One of America's for KM Little Theatre greatest treasures is just down the road By Loretta Cozart
By Alan Hodge Special to the Herald
A half dollar won't get you much these days, not even a candy bar, but that same amount of cash can get you a ride on one of America's most beautiful carrousels, and you don't have to go very far to find it. The city of Shelby has a number of downtown attractions such as the Earl
Scruggs Center in the old courthouse and the Gibson Theater around the corner on Washington St., but less than a mile away from courthouse square in Shelby City Park, in a special pavilion, is where the magic of the Shelby Carrousel is housed. The carrousel is basically a huge, mechanical artwork with music. It is a swirling
circle of brightly painted, galloping, wooden horses, mirrors, fancifully painted panels, and old time organ music rolled into one. It's been called a “theatrical thing of the mind”. The story of how the carrousel got to Shelby, how is it was restored, and the role it plays in bringing a See TREASURE, Page 8A
Before the curtain goes up for “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on Friday, March 8, a lot of rehearsal and collaboration takes place in preparation for the performance. Auditions where held in December and rehearsals began on January 3. Actors practice Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday each week from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Full dress rehearsals are scheduled each night during final week of practice. For Director, Wendy Walega and Musical Director, Libby Putnam, their work began in 2017. “We’ve been planning this play for over a year and a half, and are excited to share it with the community,” Walega said. Acting is hard work that requires that each actor
Wendy Walega reviews the evening’s rehearsal, recapping changes and praising the actors for a job well done. (L-R) Railey Bolt, AnnaLee Sibley-Newton, Estelle Grabert, Wendy Walega, Hanna Vagnozzi, Leslie Brown, Mary Grace Keller. Photos by Loretta Cozart know their own scenes and support each other throughout the performance. When the group does well, the play is a success. “We have some amazing vocalists for this play,” said Libby Putnam. “Some of the
songs are very difficult. The actors have done an amazing job and work hard at rehearsals to get the music just right. They do a really great job.” “We have 39 actors, See KMLT, Page 8A
The Cheek family of Kings Mountain and friends held a birthday party at the Shelby Carrousel last week. Photo by Alan Hodge
Veteran’s breakfast Saturday The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 155 invites all veterans and members
of the American Legion to join them this Saturday, March 2 from 9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. for a Veterans Breakfast at the Otis D. Green Post home on East Gold Street. There is no
charge to Veterans for breakfast. For all others, donations are accepted.
(L-R) Gia King, Morgan Shipton (in red), Hannah Hood, Christina Loscalzo, Hanna Vagnozzi, Jake Clinard, AnaFaithe Allen, Lyla Allen.
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