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By Loretta Cozart Kings Mountain has its first Arby’s restaurant, after opening at 216 Cleveland Avenue on Wednesday last week. The Mayor and members of the town council were in attendance. This is Brumit Restaurant Group’s 53nd franchise in North and South Carolina and their second in Cleveland County. On Wednesday, traffic to the restaurant stretched down Cleveland Avenue in both directions throughout the day and well into the evening. Families also parked their cars at the community center and walked to the restaurant. Mike Hicks, Director of Marketing for Brummit Restaurant Group commented on the grand opening, “It was an awesome day. KM Town showed Up and Showed Out. Thank you, KM Town!” The Arby’s team made the grand opening a fun experience and guests 18-and-older could spin the wheel for Arby’s swag, including T-shirts, sunglasses, and even free
Bridges True Value Hardware donated 60 gallons of paint to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Gaston Thursday morning at their store located at 301 West Kings Street. Clubs benefiting from this donation include West Gaston, the Bradley Teen Center, and Bessemer City. A group of club members met with Tim Miller
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National night out Tuesday, August 7 By Loretta Cozart
Arby’s opened for business with a ribbon cutting last Wednesday, July 25. Photo by Mayor Scott Neisler Arby’s for a year. According to their website, Brummit Marketing
Group is “committed to the growth and development of See ARBY’S, Page 7A
Bridges True Value Hardware paints a bright future By Loretta Cozart
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at 9 a.m. to create their game plan. Then the young people went about the task of loading the van with all that paint. Later that day, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Gaston posted on their Facebook page, “We're getting a new coat of paint for a new school year! Thanks, True Value for donating paint to help our Club look its best!” “A new school year
brings a new year for our Clubs,” said Danielle Pena, Director of Operations, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Gaston. “Our amazing partnership with Bridges True Value allows us to provide our youth with a fresh and inviting beginning to the year. We are truly grateful for their r support as we continue building great futures and
National Night Out is Tuesday, August 7 from 6 – 9 p.m. at Patriots Park in downtown Kings Mountain. Come join your local law enforcement for a fun night out. “We’ll have hot dogs and soft drinks and invite folks to come on by. We’ll have a DJ, too,” said Chief Tessner. “Members of the police, fire, and rescue will also be on hand to meet the community. Rumor has it we’ll even have a visit from the Paw Patrol.” Local churches are giving away backpacks filled with school supplies, and the police will have kid’s I.D. kits on hand for parents. Officially, National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make
our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. But what kids really need to know is that it is a fun event where they can meet the people who work every day to keep them safe. Police, fire, and rescue vehicles can be scary to a child. Meeting the people who operate those vehicles helps kids understand
what the vehicles are for and why they need to be so loud. Understanding opens the door to communication and helps keep our neighborhoods safe. If you’d like to help with this year’s event by providing food, backpacks or school supplies, call Chief Tessner or Assistant Chief Lisa Proctor at (704) 734-0444.
Grover gets two grants By Loretta Cozart During a special called meeting of the Grover Town Council July 24th, the commu- BILL WILLIS nity received GROVER MAYOR two USDA Rural Development grants to purchase a service truck and make water infrastructure improvements. The USDA Community Facilities Grant
program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. “We needed to purchase a service truck for $43,100 and the grant covers 51% of that cost. So, we’ll get a loan for the difference,” said Grover Mayor Bill Willis. “Our water tower was also in much need of repair, with pumping issues resulting either in water not going into the tower, or with it running over. With the cost of water
increasing, it just made more sense to fix it. “The water infrastructure improvements cost $141,000 and the grant covers 60% of that cost. We are very excited about these two grants, because we’ll see needed improvements at a lower cost to our citizens,” Willis said. These are only the second and third grants the Town of Grover has ever received, but the improvements they bring will serve the citizens of Grover well for years to come.
See BRIDGES, Page 2A
Students (grades 3-6) enjoyed the 3rd annual Math Academy. Photo by Gary Smart
Community Math Academy changes children’s lives By Loretta Cozart
Boys and Girls Club members meet Mr. Tim, owner of Bridges True Value Hardware.
The Community Math Academy finished its third successful summer program in Kings Mountain last Friday, graduating 55 students from the Kings Mountain area. Executive Director Tropzie McCluney says the
three-week summer program targets rising 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students who struggle with math and want to improve end of grade test scores. “We require our teachers to be positive with these students,” McCluney said. “Words are so powerful and can lift a child up or kill his
spirit in a single sentence. We are here to encourage and nurture.” McCluney shared that a little boy at Mt. Zion looked wide-eyed at his instructor last week and said, “Oh, I get it. It’s a puzzle!” And, with that, McCluney knew the teacher had been successful See MATH, Page 3A
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