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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Benefit for expansion A benefit concert to help provide funds for a 7,000-square foot expansion at the Neisler Life Enrichment Center on Kings Mountain Boulevard will be held Friday, April 7, at 7 p.m. at the Don Gibson Theatre, 318 S. Washington Street in Shelby.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for the show which will feature Oak Grove String Band of Kings Mountain, Charlie Carpenter, Ashley Heath, Bryon McMurray and “great pickers for a great cause.’’

Tickets are $30 plus tax, fees.

Life Enrichment of See BENEFIT, Page 7A

Elite Club Trailblazers to present awards Kings Mountain Elite Club Trailblazers will present “An evening of excellence,” the first annual Elite awards banquet, Saturday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m. at Bynum Chapel Family Life Center, 213 N. Cansler Street.

The program will celebrate a year of excellence in sports, academics, community volunteers and program sponsorship.

Tickets are $15 ages 13 and up and $5 for age 12 and under. Call Marcus Bell, 704473-4499; George Adams, 704-842-0085; Renata Surratt, 704-417-3077; Bootsy Brown, 704-300-9445; Bernadette Byars, 704-689-1814; Denequal Smith, 336-4560412 and Amy Adams, 704718-1076.

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State of Schools ‘great’ Speakers rated the Cleveland County School District as “great but we always have some challenges” in a power point presentation of “State of the School District” Monday night in Shelby at the Board of Education meeting.

Philip Glover, Board of Education chairman, Shearra Miller, vice-chairman, and Roger Harris, member, gave the program in which the public attending may submit questions as well as those watching online via the county school’s website.

“Our graduation rates are up,’’ said Harris who emphasized that preparing students for the future whether college, employment or the See GREAT, Page 7A

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Grover teachers are honored K i n dergarten teacher Sara Ramsey is Grover Elementary School’s Teacher of the Year RAMSEY and Vanessa Beam Davis, first grade assistant teacher, is 2017 Assistant Teacher of the Year.

Ramsey DAVIS joined the Grover Elementary staff six years ago, after teaching Pre-Kindergarten four years at James Love Elementary.

Davis has been a Teacher Assistant for 11 years but this is her first year in the classroom. She started out at North Elementary as parttime Title I assistant and part-time math and reading tutor before transferring to Grover as a full-time assis-

LONGTIME BARBER- Sidney Roy Dixon, with his shears in hand, gives Rev. Gene Land, retired minister, a haircut at the Dixon barber shop ‘Mr. Sidney’ has operated for 40 years on Bethlehem Road. Dixon has been cutting hair professionally for over 70 years but got experience putting his shears to work as a teenager cutting hair of other teens in the community. Dixon celebrated his 95th birthday Tuesday.

He is still cutting hair ELIZABETH STEWART lib.kmherald@gmail.com

Sidney Roy Dixon is still putting his shears to work at the age of 95.

The Kings Mountain barber operates his barber shop on Bethlehem Road two days a week on Wednesday and Friday and hasn’t raised his price from $9. Back when he was 14 years old he got a nickel a head to use his hand clippers on other young people in the community.

He’s a people person

and loves talking to people, many of whom are regular customers in his chair in the shop he has owned and operated for 40 years.

For 12 years, he was a hair designer. He was called “Mr. Sidney” and many of his customers were female.

In 1964 the S. C. Cosmetology Show recognized Dixon for ‘’exceptional styling ability. Vivid demonstrations of current trends have been an immeasurable aid to hundreds of Southeastern hairdressers.’’

Dixon celebrated his

95th birthday Tuesday and he and his wife, Mildred, cut his birthday cake and shared it with other “walkers and talkers” at Cleveland Mall.

Mildred walks 4-5 days a week and Sidney walks 2-3 days a week. On Thursday, they plan to celebrate the milestone again with the Men’s Bible Class of First Baptist Church. The Dixons have been active in First Baptist Church for over 35 years and Dixon has taught the Men’s Class for over 30 years.

See DIXON, Page 3A

Blanton named “Clubwoman with a Heart”

After battling Leukemia

Life is good: Taylor (Ed. Note - Sydnee Radford’s senior project at Kings Mountain High School encourages organ donations. It was June 2013 when Taylor Faris Haraszkiewicz, then a 20-year-old bride, was diagnosed with acute Myeloid leukemia and in 2014 a 32-year-old European man became her successful match for a bone marrow transplant. Sydnee talked with Taylor this week about her life since the transplant.)

Lois Gamble Blanton is “Clubwoman with a Heart,’’ the annual award presented to a Kings Mountain member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs’ Kings Mountain Woman’s Club.

The award was presented on behalf of the club by Club President Ann Bennett.

The award is given to a clubwoman, who by her efforts, is an example of the “Heart of the Club.” It is not given based on community service or club involvement, but rather to the person who best exemplifies the words of the “Collect” for clubwomen.

Sydnee Radford (left) pictured with Taylor Haraszkiewicz

By SYDNEE RADFORD “My life has been good and I definitely wouldn’t be here without my life-saving stem cell transplant,’’ said Taylor Faris Haraszkiewicz, who will be 24 years old in July, a woman upbeat after a challenge with a rare cancer that she didn’t fight alone.

The Kings Mountain community rallied around Haraszkiewicz. Numerous fundraising drives were held. Local people between the ages of 18-44 held a “be the match” campaign and signed up for a donor registry, answered a few medical questions and had the inside of their cheek swabbed at American Legion Post 155 and Relay for Life.

Taylor said the bone marrow drive was not only

tant in the Title I Reading Lab in 2006. She also drove the Grover school bus route for 10 years.

Ramsey said her mother was a day care director and her influence with small children instilled in her the dream of becoming a teacher. “I pretended I was teaching a room full of kids and when dad came home from work he was my student and my best Christmas gift as a child was an overhead projector where I could write with special markers and “teach my father and sometimes he didn’t like the rules and that would lead him to a seat in the corner.”

“I have a passion for teaching and and my job is a calling,’’ she said.

Both Ramsey and Davis say that no two days are alike in their classrooms and the rewards of teaching are many.

“The early years in school are so important and See TEACHERS Page 2A

“Lois Blanton is a picture of the model clubwoman,’’ said Mrs. Bennett. She continued, “Over the years Lois has proven to be ever faithful and true to the organization.

She has rarely missed a meeting and rarely missed helping with any project the club undertakes. She is particularly appreciated for her many skills applied in our kitchen, the variety of items she contributed to bake sales, and her wonderful writing skills as club reporter.”

Blanton is wife of Howard Blanton of Kings Mountain.

“Life is good,’’ says Taylor Faris Haraszkiewicz with her husband, Josh, above. After a bout with a rare form of leukemia and a successful bone marrow transplant, Taylor and her husband enjoy riding horses and motorcycles in their spare time.

about her. She said other leukemia patients need a transplant and she continues to help raise awareness of the disease.

Taylor emailed her donor, a 32-year-old Eu-

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CLUBWOMAN WITH HEART – Lois Gamble Blanton, right, receives award as “Clubwoman with A Heart” from the Kings Mountain Woman’s Club. Making the presentation is Club President Ann Bennett.

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■ OBITUARIES Spring Clean 3.0 drug round-up KM man accused of

Donald Ray Graham GROVER - Donald Ray Graham, 74, of Grover, passed away at home on March 27, 2017.

Born in Cleveland County NC, he was the son of the late Raymond Bunyan Graham and was also preceded in death by his wife of 29 years, Sandra Kay Graham. He was employed as a mechanic.

He was a United States Army veteran serving in Vietnam and a Chemical Staff Specialist Instructor.

He also served in the Army National Guard, was a Former Fire Chief with Bethlehem Fire Department and a member of New Buffalo Baptist Church, Grover, NC. Surviving are his mother, Hazel Chapman Graham of Kings Mountain; his son, Ray Graham and wife, Jennifer, Kings Mountain; his daughters, Stephanie Weaver, Franklin, VA, Teresa Dyce, Nashville, TN, Lori Bell, Whitehouse, TN, and Donna Barnes and husband, Thomas, Grifton, NC; 12 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; special caregiver and granddaughter, Charity Kidd; brother Gene Graham and wife, Gail, of Lattimore; and sister, Jo White and husband, Ray, of Montgomery, Alabama.

The funeral service will be conducted Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 3 p.m. at New Buffalo Baptist Church in Grover. Rev. Adam Green will officiate the service.

The family will receive friends from 1-2:30 p.m. prior to the service in the church sanctuary.

Interment will be with full military honors provided by the Foothills Marine Corp League in New Buffalo Baptist Church Cemetery, 1010 Lavender Road, Grover, NC 28073.

Memorials may be made to New Buffalo Baptist Church, 1010 Lavender Road, Grover, NC 28073.

A guest register is available at www.HarrisFunerals.com Harris Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Kings Mountain, NC, is in charge of arrangements.

continues in Cleveland County

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T h e Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office annual drug round-up operation “Spring Clean 3.0” continues with the following people being arrested: Cody Wayne Gold, 105 Kern Court, Lawndale, NC, possession of Methamphetamine, no bond.

Charles Michael Buzzell, 3101 Blue Ridge Drive, Shelby, NC, possession with intent to sell/deliver Methamphetamine, sell/ deliver Methamphetamine, $25,000 secured bond.

Kayla Deann Homesley, 26 Bennett Dr., Kings Mountain, NC, possession with intent to sell/deliver cocaine; sell, deliver co-

ijuana “The Sheriff’s Office will continue to make drug investigations a high priority,’’ Sheriff Norman said.

“Statistics have shown for years that drug use leads to other crimes in particular breaking and entering and larcenies where users have to steal to fund their habit.

The violence associated with drug dealing is also a huge concern of mine, and those dealers who possess guns during drug transactions will be a very high priority.”

Norman said the Sheriff’s Office takes complaints of drug sells very seriously. He requests that anyone with information on drug dealers in their neighborhood contact the Vice/ Narcotics Division at 704484-4987.

LINC O L N T O N – Lincoln County Sheriff’s detectives have charged NICHOLS a Kings Mountain man with setting a fire in a trash container inside the RSI Home Products on Lincoln County Parkway where he worked.

Detective Justin Link was assigned the case following the March 7, 2017 incident and conducted the investigation. Managers on duty the night of the incident at the plant watched video and saw someone intentionally set the fire. They identified the suspect as Maurice Antoine Nichols, 35, of Woodside

Drive in Kings Mountain.

Detective Link said Nichols tried to set the fire three times before the trash can ignited. Nichols left that location and returned a short time later operating a forklift.

He summoned several other workers to help extinguish the blaze The building where the fire started has 1.2 million square feet of space and contained a large amount of cabinets and cardboard. Detective Link said it is still unknown why the accused allegedly set the fire then helped put it out.

Nichols is charged with one felony count of burning of personal property. He turned himself in at the Lincoln County Magistrate’s Office on March 22, 2017 where he was processed and released on a $10,000 secured bond..

MARCH 18: Officer J. L. Dee said that Albert Emanuel Moody Jr., 1204 Northwoods Dr., operating a 2003 Merz on Alpine Drive, said that dirt bikes had been left on the roadway and he ran off the road and hit a utility pole and a mailbox.

Moody was cited for leaving the scene of the accident. Property damages included $3,000 to his vehicle, $5,000 to the utility pole, and $30 to a mailbox at 1820 Alpine Drive.

MARCH 18: Officer J. L. Dee said that John Bradley Ledbetter, 610 Mica St., operating a 2016 Ford, struck a parked 2011 Toyota owned

by Norman Harold Pressley Jr., 107 Landrum Lane. The accident happened on Fulton Street. Property damages were estimated at $17,500.

MARCH 21: Officer Marquis Shon Macopson said that a 17-year-old male operating a 2008 GMC, backed into a 2012 Volk operated by Kenda Presnell, 1114 Rollingbrook Court. The accident happened as the teenager was attempting to leave the parking lot of Little Caesar’s. Property damage was estimated at $1,000 to the Presnell car.

MARCH 21: Officer H. W. Carpenter said that Selma Cook, 539 Stoney Point road, Trailer 52, was backing from the parking lot of Tom’s Family Mart at 733 Stoney Point Road and hit a 2002 Ford operated

by Heather Hayes, 726 Stoney Point Road. Property damage was estimated at $1800.

■ POLICE ARRESTS MARCH 20: Antawun Lavoris Owens, 37, 1507 Shelby Road, misuse of 911 system, second degree trespass, $2000 secured bond.

MARCH 21: Kimberly Michelle Thornburg, 31, 202 S. Juniper St., failure to appear, driving while license revoked.

MARCH 22: Kennedi Nicole Church, 21, 210 N. Cansler St., simple affray, resist, delay, obstruct, $1500 secured bond.

MARCH 22: Shateara Michelle Hopper, 22, 208 N. Cansler St., simple affray, $1000 secured bond.

MARCH 25: Justin Cane Brittian, 22, Waxhaw, NC, second degree trespassing, $1,000 secured bond.

MARCH 25: Reginald Edward Turner, 39, 400 W. Parker St., larceny and possession of stolen goods, $1000 secured bond.

MARCH 26: A 16-year-old male was charged with resist, delay and obstruct officer, $1000 secured bond.

MARCH 26: Richard Allen Hammons,, 35, 119 Lot 14 Mountainside Drive, possession of drug paraphernalia, $500 secured bond.

CITATIONS MARCH 13: Kami Leah Williams, 30, speeding in school zone.

MARCH 13: Gunita Johnson Parker, 312 Margrace Road, speeding.

MARCH 13: Christopher ONeil Dye, 25, 200 Spruce St., Apt. 9B, speeding.

MARCH 13: Corey Michael Morrill, 29, Gastonia, speeding.

MARCH 14: Joshua Stanley Brucker, 19, 308 W. Mountain St., failure to decrease speed to avoid colliding with a vehicle.

MARCH 15: Davontae Shamar Friday, 24, 201 Mail Road No. 1, speeding.

MARCH 16: Jacob Ross Sauls, 23, Shelby, failure to maintain lane control.

MARCH 16: Darris OBrian Meeks, 32, 919 Margrace Road, fictitious tag, no vehicle registration or insurance.

MARCH 16: Sherry Moore Revis, 44, 909 Margrace Road, no headlamps, failure to carry driver’s license.

MARCH 18: Jordan Kerr Kiser, 24, Concord, speeding.

MARCH 18: Albert Emanuel Moody, Jr., 43, 1204 Northwood’s Dr., failure to stop at the scene of an accident in which he was involved.

MARCH 18: A 17-year-old female was cited for running a red light and having a fictitious tag.

MARCH 18: Ryan Lee Ramsey, 29, Bessemer City, expired tag, no proper license endorsement for motorcycle.

MARCH 19: Lynette Michelle Schenck-Delacruz, 49, Chesterfield Court, speeding, expired tag.

MARCH 19: Sabrina Rena Bess, 44, 1908 Alpine Dr., speeding.

MARCH 19: Erica A. McTaggart, 23, Simpsonville, SC, speeding.

MARCH 19: Nickinasha Black, 28, Blacksburg, SC, speeding.

MARCH 21: Brittany Michelle Merritt, 27, Gastonia, revoked license, possession drug paraphernalia.

MARCH 21: Danial Naseem Jeffrani, 24, Alexandria, LA, speeding.

MARCH 23: Tanginekia Monique Portee, 37, 120 Tepee Dr., speeding in school zone.

MARCH 24: Lakesia Monique Camp, 34, Shelby, expired tag, no current vehicle inspection.

MARCH 24: Justin Lee Haney, 22, Gastonia, speeding.

MARCH 24: Eric Randell Stitt Jr., 23, Charlotte, speeding.

MARCH 24: Jonathon Maurice Fuller, 24, Rutherfordton, speeding.

MARCH 25: Jeffrey Vincent Cannova, 55, Shelby, no current vehicle inspection, expired tag, no registration, no vehicle insurance MARCH 25: Jason Deland Cook, 39, Shelby, revoked driver’s license.

MARCH 25: Zachary Evans Mosteller, 19, 406 Stoney Point Road, speeding.

MARCH 25: Kyle Austin Grant, 18, Crouse, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia.

MARCH 25: German Sandoval, 25, 803 W. King St., Apt., 14, no operator’s license.

MARCH 25: A 17-year-old female was cited for no operator’s license and possession of marijuana.

MARCH 25: Shaun Terell Grier Jr., 19, 705 Stone St., possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia.

MARCH 25: Reginald Edward Turner, 39, 400 W. Parker St., possession of m marijuana.

MARCH 25: Maria Elvira Obando-Ramirez, 25, 605 Landing St., expired tag.

MARCH 26: Daniel Charles Smith, 33, Gastonia, revoked driver’s license.

MARCH 26: Lauren Suzanne Miner, 29, Charlotte, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, revoked license, open container.

MARCH 26: James Bardelll Amaur McGriff, 19, Charlotte, no operator’s license, no lighted headlamps or vehicle rear lamps.

MARCH 26: Quentin Donald Aycock, 28, Gastonia, no operator’s license, expired tag, no registration, fictitious tag, no vehicle inspection, no vehicle insurance.

MARCH 26: Demetrick Lyndell Perry, 38, 114 N. Cansler St., expired tag.

MARCH 26: Crystal Shuntae Cash, 30, Cheraw, SC, no operator’s license.

INCIDENTS MARCH 20: Family Dollar Store, 110 E. King St., reported shoplifting of a $50 computer tablet.

MARCH 22: A resident of Shelby reported that her 2007 Nissan was broken into in the parking lot of 716 Sipes Street and two purses, bank cards and check book stolen.

MARCH 22: A resident of North Cansler Street reported that the windshield of his 1990 Nissan truck was shattered by someone using a spray can.

MARCH 23: A resident of Ebenezer Road reported larceny of $60.

MARCH 24: A resident of Walker Street reported a break-in and theft of 36 $2 dollar bills and 20 fifty cent coins and damage to a window.

MARCH 24: Food Lion, 610 E. King St., reported shoplifting of $19.57 worth of chicken.

MARCH 26: A resident of E. Gold Street reported a break-in and theft of three flat screen TV sets.

MARCH 26: Cleveland County Schools, 105 E. Ridge Street, reported that someone jumped over the chain link fence at the former Central School plant and cut out copper from an air-conditioning unit.

The air-conditioning unit is valued at $23,000 plus and the 200 pounds of copper tubing parts are valued at $500 plus.

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Davis. Vanessa is daughter of the late John and Estelle Beam of Kings Mountain and has one brother, Adrian, wo lives in Bessemer City.

Ramsey, 32, is married to Dustin Ramsey and she loves to spend time with family, hang out with friends, and shop. She is daughter of Betty and Daniel Denkler and a 2003 graduate of Shelby High School and a 2006 graduate of Appalachian State University.

She has an identical twin sister, Lydia Roberts, who who is a secretary at White Oak Manor in Shelby and an older sister, Erin Marley and brother, John Michael Denkler.

Ramsey is a Carolina Panther fan. She spoils her two Yorkies, Misa and Kodak. She is also a dealer for Premier jewelry.

“The small rewards that simply keep me going are the smiles on my student’s faces when they enter the school building,’’ says Davis. She affirms that all children are capable of

learning, some may need that extra push of encouragement or some simply need to be taught a different approach. She says her students feel comfortable in the classroom and part of her job is to teach them to be good citizens and responsive adults.

“I begin where the students are with a clear sight of where they are going afterwards,’’ adds Davis. “I try to be a role model to my students with the hope that I can gain the same type of trust from them.”

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Martha Clary Goforth Martha Clary Goforth, 80, of Grover, passed away on March 23, 2017 at Testa Family Hospice House.

The funeral service was conducted Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 3 p.m. at Shiloh Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member.

Rev. William Upchurch officiated the service.

The family will receive friends at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Trent Black, 144 Ponder Road, Grover.

A guest register is available at www.HarrisFunerals.com Harris Funeral Home and Cremation Services was in charge of arrangements.

caine; possession with intent to sell/deliver Xanax; sell, deliver Xanax, $22,500 secured bond.

Week 2 Wanted Persons The following people have outstanding warrants, Sheriff Alan Norman said in a news release, but were not located this week.

Christopher John Miller, 715 McDaniel Road, Kings Mountain, NC, possession with intent to sell/deliver Methamphetamine; sell/deliver Methamphetamine.

Rhonda Ramsey Guin, 403 Walnut St., Kings Mountain, NC, possession with intent to sell/deliver Methamphetamine; sell/deliver Methamphetamine.

Patrick Tyler Philbeck, 2807 Blacksburg Road, Grover, NC, possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana; sell/deliver mar-

playing a small part in the education of a child is very satisfying and rewarding,’’ said Davis, who graduated from Kings Mountain High School and received an Associate’s degree in Business Administration from Gaston College. She worked in the business world for 12 years at Spectrum Textiles and then became a stay-at-home mom for many years. When her youngest son, Eric, now 17, started kindergarten she went back to work in the Cleveland County School System. Married to Tim Davis for 36 years she loves spending time with “my three sons: and their families and grandchild Paige, almost two and the first girl in the family. Their other two sons are Ryan, who is married to Erin Moore Davis and they are parents of Paige, and Michael, who is married to Laura Brown

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MEDALS FROM WWII SERVICE – Sidney Dixon stands in front of a display of his WWII medals and ribbons at his home in the Bethlehem community of Kings Mountain,

Sgt. Michael Mauney, center, standing, receives his Advanced Professional Law Enforcement Certificate from Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman, a member of the N. C. Sheriff’s Education Training Commission. Mauney’s wife, Katie, is left. In the background are members and guests of the N.C. Sheriff’s Education and Training Commission at the quarterly meeting in Shelby.

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By Sheriff’s Commission WORLD WAR II VETERANS – Sidney Dixon, left, and George Melton, both of Kings Mountain, enjoy the Grover Christmas parade every year and have already been invited back for the 2017 holiday event

DIXON: Still cutting hair From Page 1A A World War II veteran, Dixon said his trip with other veterans on “Flight of Honor” in 2009 was “marvelous.’’ Dixon was one of five men sponsored by the Kings Mountain Rotary Club on a charter flight to Washington, DC to see the World War II monument, the first time that Dixon had seen the monument.

Dixon served in the U. S. Navy for six years, four of which were spent on the famed battleship USS Montpelier, which carried Dixon through nine of the 13 major engagements fought In the Pacific Theater.

“I had wanted to see it (the WWII monument) for quite a while but it just didn’t work out for me until this time,’’ Dixon said in an April 29, 2009 news story in the Kings Mountain Herald. “To me, it was marvelous.”

Although he enjoyed the entire trip, the World War II Memorial was the highlight for him.

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monument was beyond my expectation,’’ Dixon said.

‘It’s beautiful and it’s got a lot of history about it, especially for World War II veterans.”

The history that struck him personally, according to the 2009 story in The Herald, was seeing the 4,000 gold stars stationed on a wall and reflected in a pool. Each star represents 100 young soldiers, who never had a chance to see their monument. The pool symbolized the tears cried over those stars.

A wall in the Dixon home displays medals and ribbons he earned as a young soldier in Uncle Sam’s Navy and plaques and photographs. He left the family farm at age 20 and joined the Navy.

Dixon participates in local Christmas parades. Grover parade chairman Anna Hughes has already invited him back for the 201Dixo7 holiday event. Dixon and George Melton, also a Word War II veteran from the Love Valley community, are favorites of parade-watchers.

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Sgt. Michael Mauney received his Advanced Professional Law Enforcement Certificate during the quarterly meeting of the North Carolina Sheriff’s Education and Training Commission in Shelby last week in the Conference room of the Cleveland County Health Department.

Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman, a member of the Commission, made the

presentation to his officer.

Other Sheriffs from the Commission also made presentations to law enforcement receiving special awards and certification from their area.

Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department hosted the two-day meeting last Thursday and Friday, the first time the Commission has held the quarterly meeting in Cleveland County. Norman said

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The Sheriff’s Commission certifies Justice officers, including deputies, detention officers, telecommunicators employed in the 100 Sheriff’s Offices in the state of North Carolina, as well as responsibility for the establishment, maintenance and upgrading of acceptable training courses, Guidelines for these responsibilities are set forth in the Commission’s administrative code, title 12 NAAC, chapter 10-B. While the telecommunicator certification is mandatory for those under direct control and supervision of the sheriffs, the Commission has also agreed to certify telecommunicators who are employed by municipal agencies, city/ county communication centers, state law enforcement agencies, etc.

Firehouse BBQ cook-off is April 14-15 Taylor with her favorite horse.

TAYLOR: Life is good From Page 1A thank my family, friends and this whole community for helping save my life,’’ says Taylor, who married Josh Haraszkiewicz in June 2013 and is a pharmacy technician at Walgreen in Kings Mountain.

As soon as she was able Taylor mounted her favorite horse and took a ride.

She also rides with her husband on his motorcycle and they enjoy farm animals and pets at their home in Patterson Springs.

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that the meeting brought some travel and tourism into the county.

“Over the two-night period some 45 motel rooms were rented bringing economic value to the county,’’ said Norman. He said it was an opportunity to showcase Cleveland County to Sheriffs and deputies from throughout the state.

The members of the 10-member Commission are

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The 21st annual Kings Mountain Firehouse Barbecue state championship will be held April 14-15 at the Kings Mountain Walking Track on Cleveland Avenue.

Fifty teams from across the country will be participating including the Big Show Cooking Team which is sponsored by the infamous duo John Boy & Billy.

Kings Mountain firemen are busy getting ready for the event again as Kings Mountain is named a state championship event. The Firehouse Cook-off is sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society and has been proclaimed by North Carolina’s Governor to be the North Carolina Firehouse Barbecue State Championship. The winner of this year’s event received an invitation to the Ameri-

can Royal barbecue contest and will be eligible for the Jack Daniels Invitational contest.

This year’s festivities will feature a free concert on Friday, April 1 4, by the Duke & Smith Band from 7-10 p.m. at the city’s walking track where food, inflatables for the kids, and fun for the whole family is in store. The Charlotte-based band plays a variety of genres spanning four decades.

Friday festivities are sponsored by Royal Oak Charcoal, Kings Mountain Fire Department, Kings Mountain Tourism & Development and Kings Mountain Main Street- Special Events Department.

Judging on Friday will culminate at 3 p.m. with prizes to winners in the big cook-off.

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Battle Commemorations: A Kings Mountain Legacy From our town’s very beginning, we have identified ourselves with the Battle of Kings MounLORETTA tain. As a COZART descendant of one of the patriots at Kings Mountain, and as the Regent of the Col. Frederick Hambright DAR Chapter, it humbles me to realize that the citizens continue to identify so closely with this battle. We do so to honor those patriots who sacrificed much for our freedom.

The first gathering to honor those who died was in 1814. They placed a marker to Major William Chronicle, Capt. Mattox, Lieutenant Boyd, Private Rabb of the Lincoln County militia. It is the second oldest marker to Revolutionary War patriots in our nation. The area that became Kings Mountain was then in Lincoln County.

In 1855 folks gathered at the battleground for a Camp meeting, barbecue style, lasting two days. While no records were kept on the proceedings, the August 2, 1909 Charlotte Observer shared that “The trenches where the meat was barbecued are still visible.”

On Saturday, May 24th, 1879, just five years after the city was incorporated, the

town fathers began plans for the Centennial Celebration a year later. The 1880 event was a big soiree, but most of the activities occurred off Highway 216, at the site of the old gold mine. That same year, the Centennial Monument was placed at the battleground.

It is important to note that all the celebrations of the Battle of Kings Mountain between 1880 and 1930 occurred in the City of Kings Mountain. Our citizens took the day off from work and school to celebrate the men and women who took part in this historic battle. This was “our history” and we were proud to share it. To encourage attendance, they even ran articles ads in the

Charlotte Observer. We embraced this event and made it our own.

On September 16, 1911, the Charlotte Observer announced that plans for the 131st Anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain had begun. The meeting was held in the Opera House downtown.

October 8th, 1912, the Charlotte Observer reported, “The spirit of these faithful warriors, whose names are imperishable and whose fame is secure, is alive today and in the little city of Kings Mountain, seven miles from the original battlefield, 8,000 people gathered to celebrate the historical event.”

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1923 - The Speakers Stand at the 1923 Celebration. (Kings Mountain Historical Museum Archives)

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Letters to the Editor

Catawba Casino, Yes or No Frustrating is the only term I can come up with to describe the disappointment in not beBeauford Burton ing able to find any information about the status of the Catawba Indians’ efforts to buy and develop land off Dixon Road in Kings Mountain to house a casino.

I’ve requested Freedom of Information Act requests and each time get almost nothing in return. I’m consistently told that I have to ask for specific documents in order to get any information. Guess what! There is no listing of documents on any government website to know what to request. I’ve even requested the steps involved in the approval or denial process of the Bureau of Indian Affairs that will at some point decide whether or not the Catawba’s get their desire.

After over two years of dealing directly with

William Jennings Bryan in front of the Mountain View Hotel.

the BIA via phone and via internet through the Freedom of Information Act and getting nowhere, I have called numerous times to the office of Congressman Patrick McHenry requesting help in getting the status of the Catawba’s application.

Each time I get a short reply telling me that the BIA has the application and it is in process and no time table is assigned. DUH! That information is over two years old.

My last effort was to write a letter to Congressman McHenry explaining my efforts and frustration and I got almost the identical reply back from his office that I previously had.

Why is it that any of us as citizens don’t seem to have the right to any knowledge of the application process. It seems simple to me that there must be a standard process for each application by any tribe and there must be specific steps the application must take. It seems simple to me too that someone would be able to

say here are the steps involved and the application you asked about is at step 6 of 8 for example.

One thing that is painfully obvious to me is that the application is still alive and well, otherwise there would have been a denial and it could be seen on the BIA website. Unfortunately, there is at this time no way for me to find out how far along in the process the application is and what steps are left that might offer hope for denial, if any exist.

I am asked almost constantly where this issue stands and all I can say is, I honestly don’t know and don’t know when or how I will find out.

It’s almost funny with all the leaks taking place about secret information within our government and we can’t even get non-classified information from our government and our elected officials are apparently either unable or unwilling to assist. Maybe I should ask Wiki-Leaks to help, or better yet call Putin.

We hope and other forms for fewer taxes of diseases and instead of more handicaps that taxes. We hope imprison people for better fiscal and prevent them spending and less from doing life wasteful spending. and working like It would be nice if other Americans. the very poor who Americans Glenn Mollette hope for better are hurting could Guest Editorial be helped until days. We have they are back on their been flooded with immifeet. However the idea of grants in this country. We delivering lifetime checks cannot continue receiving to adults who will not a hundred to hundred try to work has become fifty thousand illegal a tiresome practice for immigrants pouring into many Americans. this country. Regardless of Millions of Americans how sorry you feel for the are addicted to their hurting people from other welfare and would rather countries how many hang on to the addiction people can we absorb of their welfare than go into our schools? How and find a paying a job. many can we absorb into Welfare must become our welfare system? How a temporary source of many Americans who relief and not a lifehave been here for years style that’s passed on to can afford to lose his or future generations. Most her job to someone who Americans are willing to is willing to come and help anybody a couple of work for slave wages? years but the time comes How many refugees can for change. we bring into our counWe all know of cases try? Since the 1980 Refuof long-term debilitation. gee act we have averaged America should help 98,000 refugees per year. those who are blind, By the way Senator Joe suffering with chronic dis- Biden was one of the eases that keep them imsponsors and Delaware prisoned in wheelchairs has taken in very few

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■ MEDITATION

Lenten service today

The Right Recipe: Part 4 of 6 L a s t week, I promised we’d start to see light at the end of my Lenten devotion series, Rev. Joshua so, now Morgan Advent we start to tran- Lutheran Church sition. In Joel 2:13, I mentioned Tear your hearts, not your garments; and turn back to the LORD your God. For he is gracious and compassionate, slow to become angry, overflowing in gracious love, and grieves about this evil. And in Matthew 22: 37-40 Love the Lord your God with all

your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.

Daily we fall short, and our hearts don’t return to God and WE do don’t love God and Neighbor; but the good news is THIS… GOD LOVES YOU ANYWAYS! Don’t be fooled by the lies of this world that says that there is no one that loves you. That simply untrue. The intensity, power, magnitude, depth, and range of God’s love is limitless. Look at the beauty that surrounds us daily and ever gives testimony to

God’s glory. Think about this season of Spring we’re in now; a season of new life; and what about our liturgical calendar in the church, it’s Lent or a time to prepare for Jesus’ death and resurrection!

See, there are too many things that point to God’s love for us, that our lives should be mirroring that for others.

Jesus was tempted and tried at every corner, but he stayed his course for us all.

He didn’t give into the wilds for momentary satisfaction, not Jesus who is God deep in flesh, endured all things for us, even to the cross.

To bear the sins of the world, to bear the sadness of the world, the bear the humiliation of the world gives me

hope- simply put. If what I think is “bad” without Jesus it would (not could) be much worse.

So, before you speak out of school the next time, before you belittle someone, before you think you’re better than someone, rethink you actions- you’re the only Jesus that someone might see in their lives.

Let that be your daily mantra. Let God’s love shine so brightly though you- that others would know you by your actions! We most certainly know Jesus because of his Lifesaving actions on the cross.

May the blessings of Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit be with you now and forever more! Amen!

Rev. Roger Woodard, pastor of Family Worship Center, will speak on “The Eyes of Christ,’’ at Wednesday’s (today) Lenten service at 12 noon at Peoples Church. The final Lenten service in the Wednesday series of services will be held Wednesday, April 5, at noon at East Gold Wesleyan

Church with Rev. Josh Morgan, pastor of Advent Lutheran church, to speak on “The Heart of Christ.’’ Light lunches have been served at all the services and special offerings are taken for benefit of the Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry.

Special events planned At Patterson Grove Patterson Grove Baptist Church will hold special events culminating with Easter and beginning on Palm Sunday, April 9.

The Patterson Grove Baptist Church Adult Choir will present the cantata, “What A Wonderful Savior” on Palm Sunday, April 9, at 10 a.m.

Dance Magic will perform an

interpretive dance, “How Can It Be?” On Easter Sunday Sunrise Service will be held at 7 a.m. at Patterson Grove Baptist Church.

The Adult choir will sing two special selections at the Easter morning worship service at Patterson Grove Church.

Everyone welcome.

Fellowship & Faith

Church Service Directory KINGS MOUNTAIN Advent Lutheran Church, NALC Member 230 Oak Grove Rd. 704-750-0171 Anew Beginning Baptist Church 415 Dixon School Rd. 704-473-1372 Ardent Life Church 420 Branch Street 704-739-7700

Christ The King Catholic Church 714 Stone Street 704-487-7697 Church at Kings Mountain 108 E. Mountain St. (KM Women’s Club Bldg.)

704-739-1323 Cornerstone Church Of God 202 Margrace Road 704-739-3773

Arise Church 830 E. King St.

Cornerstone Independent Baptist 107 Range Road 704-737-0477

Bethlehem Baptist Church 1017 Bethlehem Road 704-739-7487

Crowders Mountain Baptist 125 Mayberry Lane 704-739-0310

Boyce Memorial ARP Church Edgemont Drive 704-739-4917

David Baptist Church 2300 David Baptist Church Road 704-739-4555

Calvary Way Holiness Church 1017 Second Street Pastor Clifton Morgan Carson Memorial Baptist Church 262 Sparrow Springs Road 704-739-2247 Central United Methodist Church 113 S. Piedmont Avenue 704-739-2471 Cherokee St. Baptist Church 421 S. Cherokee Street 704-739-7697 Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church 618 Chestnut Ridge Road 704-739-4015 Christian Freedom Southern Baptist Church 246 Range Road 704-739-4152

Oak Grove Baptist Church 1101 S. Battleground Ave., Kings Mountain Emmanuel Independent Baptist Church 602 Canterbury Road 704-739-9939 Faith Ablaze Church 1128 S. York Road 704-739-8496

Dixon Presbyterian Church 602 Dixon School Road dixonpresbyterian.com

Faith Baptist Church 1009 Linwood Road

East Gold Street Wesleyan Church 701 E. Gold Street 704-739-3215

Faith Holiness Church Hwy. 161/Bessemer City Rd. 704-739-1997

East Kings Mountain Church of God Hwy 161, Bessemer City/KM Hwy. 704-739-7367 Eastside Baptist Church 308 York Road 704-739-8055 Ebenezer Baptist Church 1621 County Line Road 704-739-8331 El Bethel United Methodist Church 122 El-bethel Road 704-739-9174

First Wesleyan Church 505 N. Piedmont Avenue 704-739-4266 Galilee United Methodist 117 Galilee Church Road 704-739-7011 Gloryland Missionary Baptist Church 101 Benfield Rd. 704-740-7212 Gospel Assembly Church 202 S. Railroad Avenue 704-739-5351

Family Worship Center 1818 Shelby Road 704-739-7206

Good Hope Presbyterian Church 105 N. Cansler Street 704-739-1062

First Baptist Church 605 W. King Street 704-739-3651

Grace Fellowship 144 West Mountain Street 704-481-8888

First Church of the Nazarene 121 Countryside Road 704-734-1143 First Presbyterian Church 111 E. King Street 704-739-8072

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Grace United Methodist Church 830 Church Street 704-739-6000 Harvest Baptist Church 144 Ware Road 704-734-0714 Kings Mountain Baptist Church 101 W. Mountain Street 704-739-2516 Life of Worship Ministries 405 S. Cherokee St. 704-777-2927 Kings Mtn. Dream Center 1128 York Road 704-739-8496 Tim & Angie Goates, Pastors www.kmdreamcenter.com

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■ LIFESTYLES

Ed. Note – A reader has requested recipes for baked chicken and these recipes come from a variety of cookbooks.)

BAKED CHICKEN Frances Lutz Place 4 skinned chicken breasts in 6x10 baking dish bone side down. Spoon 1 can of Campbell’s Golden mushroom soup onto top of chicken. Fill can ¾ full of water, rake down sides of can Pour between pieces of chicken, careful not to disturb thick soup on top of pieces of chicken. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. Turn off oven, let set up to 1 hour, serve. (Good left over to the last bite.)

COLBIE R. CURTIS AND JAMES B. RIKARD

Colbie Curtis, James B. Rikard Plan April 22 wedding Colbie R. Curtis and James B. Rikard, both of Stillwater, Oklahoma will exchange wedding vows April 22, 2017, in Perkins, Oklahoma.

Parents of the brideelect are Billy Curtis, Jr. and the late Tammie Curtis of Blackwell, Oklahoma.

She is Granddaughter of William Curtis, Sr. and the late Mary Anne of Blackwell, Oklahoma, and the

late Billie D. and Elizabeth Baugus of Blackwell, Oklahoma.

Colbie graduated from Blackwell High School in 2012 and from Oklahoma State University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in strategic communications.

She is employed by Old Navy.

The prospective groom is the son of LTC (R) James H. Rikard and Sandy Ri-

BBQ CHICKEN Rita Williams 1 chicken or 6-8 deboned chicken breasts ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. pepper 1 Tbsp. mustard 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 small onion, chopped ½ cup ketchup ½ cup vinegar 1/8 cup oil ½ tsp. hot sauce 4 Tbsp. brown sugar 1 large bottle BBQ sauce Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place chicken and sauce in baking bag.

Cook 1 hour. Serve over rice. May be prepared to cook and placed in refrig-

kard of Lawton, Oklahoma.

He is Grandson of Edward A. and Villa Moeller of Redfield, South Dakota and Gerald and the late Vivian Rikard of Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

James graduated from Lawton High School in 2009 and attended Oklahoma State University. He is employed by Coca Cola and serves with the Oklahoma National Guard.

■ CHURCH BRIEFS

The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Association and Cleveland County Arts Council will present a free Gospel Music Workshop, led by Tony Roberts, April 7 – 9, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 220 N. Watterson St., Kings Mountain.

Tony Roberts is an experienced and accomplished church musician who will make lasting spiritual and musical impressions on your music ministry. Tony teaches not only the music but will inspire your music leaders to modernize and increase the impact of your music ministries. With nearly 30 years of ministry experience, he remains enthusiastic about Christ’s word.

Roberts earned a bachelor of music degree in music education from Appalachian State University, a Master’s degree in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary and an education specialist degree from Liberty University. Tony resides in Kings Mountain and is an active participant and contributor to the community. He is an assistant principal at Shelby Intermediate School and Music Minister at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Gastonia; he also serves on the board of the Ruby C.

Hunt YMCA. The workshop is free and open to the Public but you are encouraged to call the Arts Council, 704-4842787 or Ebenezer Baptist Association, 704-739-4516 to register.

For more information contact Shearra Miller at 704-484-2787 or Rev. Charles Webber, 704-4878070.

A free public concert will be held Sunday, April 9, at 5p.m. at Mt. Zion for anyone who would like to attend.

Tentative Schedule Friday, April 7 7 – 9 pm – Choir session 9:05 – 9:30 pm – Meeting with Band/directors Saturday, April 8 8:30 – 10:30 am – Choir Session 10:30 -11:30 am – Question and Answer Session 11:35-12:30 – lunch (provided at the church) 12:35-1:30 pm – Building Your Music Ministry 1: 35 – 3:30 pm – Choir Session Sunday, April 9 3:30 – 4:30 pm – Choir Rehearsal/Sound Check 5:00 pm Public Concert This project is supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resource.

Gospel Explosion At Westover April 8 Westover Baptist Church, 114 Westover Drive, will present the first annual Gospel Explosion featuring gospel music by New Heart, Timber Ridge and The Cordsman on April 8 from 12 noon until 6 p.m. and those attending can also watch professional wrestling furnished by C

Pro Entertainment featuring AWOL. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be sold.

Take your lawn chairs and your family and enjoy the festivities, said a spokesman for the church.

All proceeds benefit the church.

BECKY’S EASY CHICKEN 1 can mushroom soup 1 cup sour cream ½ cup sherry 1 three ounce can mushrooms and juice ½ tbs. lemon juice Salt and pepper Salt and pepper 4-6 chicken breasts. Make a single layer in a very lightly greased casserole; combine other ingredients and pour (to cover) over chicken. Bake covered for at least 1 hour and 10 minutes at 325 degrees. One of the virtues of this recipe is that it isn’t ruined by waiting on late family or guests.

BUTTER BAKED CHICKEN Scottie Yarbro 1 fryer cut up ½ cup canned milk 1 cup flour 1 1 /2 tsp salt ¼ tsp. pepper 1/3 cup butter 1 can cream of chicken soup ¾ cup canned milk ¼ cup water Dip chicken in ½ cup milk. Roll in mixture of flour, salt and pepper. Melt butter in 9x13

inch pan. Put chicken in, skin side down. Bake at 425 degrees for 30 minutes. Turn chicken. Mix soup, ¾ cup milk and ¼ cup water. Pour around chicken. Bake 30 minutes longer until chicken is tender. Put on serving plate. Stir gravy and serve with chicken.

BAKED CHICKEN BREASTS Stacey Franklin 4 chicken breasts 1 stick butter or margarine 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. pepper 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. Accent 1 tsp. chili powder Skin and wash chicken.

Mix all seasonings, except chili powder, in a shaker.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place aluminum oil in deep baking pan. Place chicken in pan. Season chicken with seasoning cut butter in small pats; place butter in various areas around the chicken, then sprinkle chili powder over chicken lightly.

Cover with foil., Place in oven and bake for 1 ½ hours or until done.

Ministers to Meet April 6 ■ BRIEFS Ministers of the Kings

Mountain Ministerial Association will hold the regular monthly meeting Thursday, April 6, a 12 noon at Italian Gardens in Kings Mountain.

All pastors and ministerial staff of local churches are invited to attend and help plan upcoming events such as National Day of Prayer scheduled for Thursday, May 4, at 12 noon in front of Kings Mountain city hall and the baccalaureate service to be held June 4 at Kings Mountain High School.

Yard sale benefit Is April 8 Patterson Grove Baptist church, 301 Oak Grove Road, will sponsor a mission team to Africa and a yard sale to help defray costs of the trip will be held Saturday, April 8, at the church.

Donations to the sale will be taken will be taken April 5-7.

The yard sale will be held from 7 a.m. until noon at the church.

Chicken Woman’s Wearable Art Fashion Dinner Club Hospice of Cleveland County will sponsor a chicken dinner and dessert sale Friday, April 7, drive through only at the American Red Cross, 1333 Fallston Road, from 4-7 p.m.

Plates are $12 and include ½ chicken, slaw, pickles, baked beans, roll and dessert. Proceeds support the general operation of Hospice of Cleveland County.

Yard Sale Kings Mountain Woman’s Club will sponsor a yard sale Saturday, April 1, from 7:30 a.m.-12 noon at the Woman’s Club, 108 E. Mountain Street. Proceeds benefit the Sallie Southall Cotton scholarship fund which benefits local high school graduates.

KM Class of 1970 Reunion luncheon April 8 The Kings Mountain High School Class of 1970 will hold its 47th reunion at a Dutch luncheon Saturday, April 8 at 12 noon at Italian Gardens Restaurant, 213 E. King Street, Kings Moun-

tain. Invite your spouse or a friend. For more information call 704-692-7484.

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A wearable art fashion show Friday, March 31, at 6 p.m. at the Cleveland County Arts Council, 111 S. Washington Street in Shelby, will benefit the Cleveland County Arts Council and the Cleveland-Rutherford Kidney Association. Call the Arts Council to purchase tickets at 704-484-2787. Tickets are $30 and include champagne and other beverages and heavy hors d’oeuvres.

Most artwork will remain on exhibit in the gallery of the Arts Council through April 19.

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1923 – Dignitaries and the crowd gathered at Central School in 1923 to celebrate the Battle of Kings Mountain. (Kings Mountain Historical Museum Archives)

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1900 – The Graded School as it would have appeared when William Jennings Bryan visited.

(Kings Mountain Historical Museum Archives)

KM LEGACY

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE OF CITY PROPERTY AN OFFFER TO PURCHASE An offer to purchase approximately 1.54 acres of property for $1,675 has been submitted for the purchase of certain property owned by the City of Bessemer City. This property is a part of tax parcel ID 22057 located off of NC Highway 161, Bessemer City, NC 28016.

Persons wishing to upset this offer may do so by submitting a bid with their offer to the City Clerk, 132 W. Virginia Ave., Bessemer City, NC 28016 within 10 days from the published date of this notice.

According to NCGS 160A-269, a qualifying higher bid is one that raises the existing offer to an amount not less than $1,808.75 includes a deposit in the amount of 5% of the bid.

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delivered at 11 o’clock on the Central School Grounds

by Senator Walter F. George of Georgia. At 1 pm, the Lincoln troop of cavalry will give an exhibition of horsemanship at Speedway Park … At 7 pm another band concert will be delivered on the Central School Grounds.

At 9 o’clock there will be a fireworks display at Speedway Park.”

It is easy to see that our town has always kept the story of the Battle of Kings Mountain alive in the minds and hearts of our citizens.

They ran stories and ads in the Charlotte Observer.

And, even though we have handed the keys to the Kings Mountain Battleground to the National Park Service, it does not mean we have divested ourselves of the responsibility to share the story. If anything, it has heightened our desire to do more.

As a child, we had “Mountaineer Days” in downtown Kings Mountain.

Mayor John Henry Moss had tanks roll along Battleground Avenue; it was a sight to see while I sat on my father’s shoulders. I’ll never forget the events of that day from my perch in front of McGinnis’ Department Store.

Both the Col. Frederick Hambright DAR Chapter and the Battle of Kings Mountain SAR Chapter work diligently to keep that history alive today. And, now, we have “Liberty Mountain”, a project of the Kings Mountain Little Theater and our newly adopted playwright laureate, Robert Inman.

What more can we do to keep this story alive in our time? Over 100 years ago, it was bequeathed to us that “it is the purpose of the people of this town and vicinity to perpetuate the commemoration of the Battle of Kings Mountain”. We have made a good start. With the talents and gifts of our citizens, we can continue to build upon this foundation and make this event one that is cherished by our children’s children.

Loretta Cozart grew-up in Kings Mountain and is the Regent of the Col. Frederick Hambright DAR Chapter. lhcozart@cccom.com 704241-2218

From Page 4A Matching Grant. To get the $2,200, the Volag need only show it spent $200 and gave away $800 worth of donated clothes, furniture or cars. c. The Volag pockets 25% of every transportation loan it collects from refugees it “sponsors”. d. All Volag expenses and overhead in the Washington, DC HQ are paid by the U.S. government. e. For their refugee programs, Volags collect money from all federal grant programs - “Marriage Initiative”, “Faith-based”, “Ownership Society”, etc., as well as from various state and local grants.

The program is so lucrative that in some towns the Catholic Church has lessened support for traditional charity works to put more effort into resettlement. It uses collection offerings to promote the refugee resettlement program.

When you start multiplying Seventy thousand to a hundred thousand refugees times even just a $1,000 you come up with some nice profit. The Volags get millions of dollars of other support from foundations and other nonprofits and a lot of community volunteers who help them with assimilating the refugees into their community.

The nonprofit agencies only have to spend four months with the refugee until they are free to be anywhere in the United States doing whatever they want to do. The refugee program is a multi million-dollar moneymaker to these nine nonprofits.

The Catholic Charities group is the largest group and surprisingly they have been bringing in thousands of Muslims who in turn have been buying their old churches and turning them into mosques. So let’s get this straight. Our federal tax dollars are funneled into the Catholic charity, a Lutheran charity and

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“This fun-filled evening will be a benefit to everyone who comes to support our mission of keeping care partners and their loves ones together at home for as long as possible,’’ said the Center’s Debbie Vaughan.

Construction on the expansion is expected to get underway in June.

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The Observer was sure to note, “Not an incident of any consequence occurred to mar the pleasure of the day and not a single drunk man was to be seen.” The parade began at 10 am and marched to a “grove” on the edge of town (The Kings Mountain Gold Mine site). The Ft. Bragg Band led the parade, followed by the “Improved Order of the Red Men”.

Judge Pritchard of Ashville was the main speaker.

The next year, plans for the event began even earlier in the year. In April 1913, the Charlotte Observer reported: “At a mass meeting held here last night, for the purpose of making arrangements for the proper celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain, a permanent organization was effected…. It is the purpose of the people of this town and vicinity to perpetuate the commemoration of the Battle of Kings Mountain, which occurred Oct. 7, 1780, and as history and tradition teaches, was the turning point of the most decisive and clear-cut victories of those perilous times.”

No follow-up story shared the outcome, but the Oct. 2, 1927 Charlotte Observer reported, “Another outstanding celebration was held in 1913 when William Jennings Bryan delivered the address on the occasion. This was held in Kings Mountain on account of the inaccessibility of the battleground itself.”

We have photos of William Jennings Bryan in Kings Mountain, in front of the Mountain View Hotel where

he would have disembarked the train. An early photo of the celebration in front of Kings Mountain Graded School may have been from that day.

The Charlotte Observer, September 18, 1923 shared: “The program committee is planning a mammoth street parade of floats led by the band from Ft. Bragg.” Many of the events occurred in Margrace Park, including a football game between Kings Mountain High School and Gastonia High School. There was also a boxing match.

People visiting in the town stayed at the Mountain View Hotel and in the private homes of local citizens. The guests were entertained by Miss Bonnie Mauney and Mrs. D.C. Carpenter of the Col. Frederick Hambright Chapter.

The First National Bank of Kings Mountain ran a ¼ page ad giving the history of the bank and inviting folks to the 143rd anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain in the September 20, 1923 Charlotte Observer. Next to it was a second ad of the same size paid for by the Dilling Cotton Mill and inviting attendees.

According to the Charlotte Observer, Oct. 2, 1927, “A program has been arranged for October 7th …

The festival will open with a band concert on the balcony of the Mountain View Hotel at 9 am. This will be followed by a street parade at 10 o’clock beginning at West End school and proceeding to Central School. The oration of the day will be

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military is a major goal in the board’s strategic plan.

Miller praised innovative programs and a staff initiated programs for students.

Students enjoy Virtual classes and Google expedition classrooms where they “can go anywhere without leaving their seats in class.”

All certified staff received computers which they take to staff development meetings and/or take their school work home with them. “They see the importance of educating the whole child with technology and extra-curricular activities in addition to books.

She commended all teachers and took the occasion to

point to Graham Elementary School which is successfully using a modified school calendar.

Chairman Philip Glover said the board has hired Holland & Hamrick architects for the proposed new auditoriums for Burns High School and Crest High School and said that groundbreaking has been held for the new North Shelby School.

“There will always be a few challenges but we are prepared for them,’’ said the board chairman.

The State of the School District is an annual presentation by the board and Monday night’s presentations are on line via the county school website.

seven other charities. This money is supposed to be used to bring seventy to a hundred thousand refugees to America. This number changes year to year. These people come from all parts of the world.

Refugee access to welfare on the same basis as a U.S. citizen has made the program a global magnet.

The federal programs available to them include: · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) formerly known as AFDC · Medicaid · Food Stamps · Public Housing · Supplemental Security Income (SSI) · Social Security Disability Insurance · Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) (direct services only) · Child Care and Development Fund · Independent Living Program · Job Opportunities for Low Income Individuals (JOLI) · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) · Postsecondary Education Loans and Grants · Refugee Assistance Programs · Title IV Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Payments (if parents are qualified immigrants - refugees, asylees, etc.) · Title XX Social Services Block Grant Funds The numbers of people coming to your state are not exactly proportionately.

As I said earlier Delaware, where Joe Biden lives, receives hardly any refugees.

Other states like Florida, New York, Texas, Maryland and Kentucky have been bombarded with refugees.

How many thousands can any one city and state take on? We are talking about year after year thousands of people being transplanted to your town, your subdivision. Since 1980 with the act we have taken in over three million refugees. The additional cost to the welfare system is between 10 - 20 billion dollars. There must be major curtailing of this program until we can get this nation on its feet.

Americans are hoping that Congress and our new President Trump will help us. Will jobs really come back to America?

Will Congress really cut the corporate tax rate and make it more affordable

for corporations to operate in this country? We need jobs. Our children are graduating high school and college every year. They want to move on with their lives and have a life. We need to help them.

Our Veterans struggle with employment, housing and medical care while we bring in 70,000 refugees and treat them better than our Veterans.

Our military is surviving in old beat up barracks.

They often do not even have air conditioning in the summer and have old decrepit furnace systems in the winter. They are driving old equipment that mechanics work on every day to keep running. Over the years our government has lessened the numbers of our servicemen and women making it more difficult for soldiers to advance having to leave the military because they could not promote. It’s time our government brought our military out of the doldrums of despair and made it once again the shining star of the world.

America’s high school students should have access to community colleges and we should keep them as cheap as possible. Every kid in America should have an opportunity to go to college. Our country may not be able to offer community college for free but it needs to be as close to free as we can make it.

Professors have to be paid and buildings built but let’s keep both within reason and we can make college accessible for all.

There is a lot of worry and fear in America these days. Will Congress cut the Social Security checks of aged America? Are we safe as there are more and more random acts of violence?

Congress and President Trump are wrestling verbally, tweeting, debating and voting about our future.

Americans can make phone calls and write emails and letters to our leaders in Washington. We can protest and organize in our own communities to work for change.

We can only hope our elected leaders will work to help this nation and preserve an America that our grandchildren might wake up to enjoy.

Thanks to refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress. com for their statistics and information.

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Digital collection, on line exhibit Focuses on three milestone dates ‘Commemorating Kings Mountain’ is a collaborative digital collection and online exhibition of primary documents: broadsides, pamphlets, and other materials. It focuses on the milestone anniversary dates, 1880, 1930, and 1980 of the American Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain.

This collection is drawn from three partners, the Mauney Memorial Library, the Kings Mountain Historical Museum, and the Kings Mountain National Military Park.

This topic was selected because of the importance of the Battle to our state and nation’s history and the efforts of local citizens to honor the men who fought in this battle. In addition, the exhibit documents the celebrations’ influence on the City of Kings Mountain through its development and economic prosperity.

To view the online exhibit, visit http://ckm.digitalkm.org/. Links to the online exhibit and other online content can also

1930 program be found on the library’s website at http://www. mauneylibrary.org/273/Genealogy-Local-History and

on the museum’s website at http://www.kingsmountainmuseum.org/collections.html.

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1880 Celebration program

First Peoples: Catawba and Cherokee Nation Exhibit on display at KM Historical Museum First Peoples: Catawba and Cherokee Nation is the exhibit on display through May 20 at Kings Mountain Historical Museum.

Admission is free and open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

The original exhibit features archaeological and historical collections on loan from the Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, the Inn of the Patriots in Grover, and several private collectors.

The display includes stone tools, ceramics, basketry, weaponry and other artifacts that provide insight into how Native Americans utilized natural resources to meet their needs for millennium prior to European contact, and how the clash of the Old World with the New forever changed local Native American cultures.

Bannerstone Discovered in Kings Mountain, NC Found across the Eastern United States, bannerstones are characterized by a centered hole in a symmetrically shaped carved or ground stone, often in a geometric “wing nut” or “butterfly” shape. Archaeologists continue to debate about the function of bannerstones. Suggested uses have included drilling, cordage making, and fire starting, and archaeological evidence indicates that bannerstones were used as

TEXTILES AND BASKETRY atlatl weights. More than just functional artifacts, banner stones are a form of art that appear in varying shapes, designs, and colors, reflecting their ceremonial, symbolic, and aesthetic worth.

On loan courtesy of Terry Bowen.

Indian Head Pottery was created to honor King Hagler, Catawba Indian Chief from 1750 until 1763.

King Hagler is remembered as a great leader – he was a fierce warrior, smart, diplomatic, and wise – at a time when the Catawba needed a strong leader. He was a peace-promoter, and a protector of his people.

CATAWBA POTTERY The Catawba Indians, indigenous to the South Carolina Piedmont, are one of the only modern tribes east of the Mississippi River to have an unbroken pottery tradition expanding

back to the Pre-Contact era. Modern potters within the Catawba tribe produce artful pottery that closely resembles that of their ancient ancestors.

From the 14th century AD to the 18th century AD, there was a strong continuity in design elements in Catawba pottery.

By end of 18th century, Catawba pottery began to change to respond to the European trade market.

Deer skins, and then pottery, were the mainstays of Catawba trade with Europeans. From 1780 to 1940, economically the Catawba depend on pottery production. Pottery manufacturing was the key to their cultural and economic survival, and perhaps still is so today. To make this pottery, a variety of clays are dug from the banks of the Catawba River, formed without a potter’s wheel,

CHEROKEE MASKS

INDIAN HEAD PIPE CREATION using the ancient coiling method, then fired in hot coals. The final piece is neither painted nor glazed, but polished to a beautiful shine.

CHEROKEE MASKS (Horned Devil Mask, Booger Mask, Snake Mask on loan courtesy of the Schiele Museum of Natu-

ral History.)

Traditionally, Cherokee masks were used for a variety of ceremonial purposes, such as in dances, to request help with a hunt, to celebrate the harvest, for storytelling, and during special prayers. Today, masks are still used in ceremonial dances. The

POTSHERDS masks depict a variety of animals, often bear or deer, as well as variations on the “booger” mask, among others. Artisans also make masks depicting the seven Cherokee clans. A variety of materials were used in Cherokee mask making: gourds, fur, wood, clay, bark, and hornets’ nests.

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Susan Mitchem Dukes to be inducted into Kings Mountain Sports Hall of Fame (Second of a sixpart series on the Kings Mountain Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The induction ceremony will be May 6 at 6 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church. Tickets are $15 and are available at Kings Mountain High School, from members of the Hall of Fame committee and at the door).

It was apparent early in her life that Susan Mitchem would be a basketball player.

As a youngster, she was at the KMHS gym for several years watching her older brother, Ken, and her older sister, Carolyn, play basketball for the Mountaineers.

“I used to go to their games with mom,” Susan recalled. “That’s how I got to love the game.”

Ken played on probably the best basketball teams to ever come out of KMHS in 1966-67 and 1967-68. Those were the first two years of full integration and the teams featured superstars George Adams and Otis Cole, both of whom were High School All-Americans.

Adams went on to become a three-time All-American at Gardner-Webb and played in the NBA, and Cole went on to star for the Florida State Seminoles and played in the NCAA championship game against UCLA. Ken was the Mountaineers’ first Black basketball player in 1965-66 and led the team in scoring as a freshman. The first year of integration, students from Compact High were given the option of coming on to KMHS or staying at Compact. The schools were fully integrated in 1966-67. Ken started every game (90) during his prep career and went on to play at Pan American University in Texas. He is also in the KM Hall of Fame.

“That team is still the best high school team I’ve ever seen,” Dukes said.

“It looked like a pro team to me. To see them play, it was like clockwork. They

knew exactly how to do it.”

Dukes recalled that, except for high school there was no organized basketball in Kings Mountain for girls but before she was old enough to play outside by herself she set up goals in the hallway of her home and ran back and forth shooting a small ball into the hoops.

When she entered KMHS as a ninth grader and went out for the JV team it became obvious that she was a superstar in the making. Coach Blaine Froneberger saw her in practice and called her up to the varsity. Just like her brother, Ken, she started every game.

She went on to become just the third girl in school history to top the 1,000-point mark and broke 1965-68 star Sharon Gold’s scoring record with 1,059 points.

As a freshman, Mitchem was the #2 scorer. Her final three years she led the team in scoring and made the All-Southwestern Conference team.

“I just loved playing basketball and to start as a freshman was amazing,” she said recently from her home near Washington, DC. She recalled that senior Joann Proctor was the leading scorer and team MVP and that the Lady Mountaineers compiled a 12-6 record in the very tough SWC. Some of the other players were Elizabeth Eaker and Myra McGinnis.

“Basketball was always the love of my life,” Dukes said. “I’ve always enjoyed it. I still watch it today.” In fact, when she was contacted at her home she was watching the NCAA tournament on TV. “I just always loved it,” she said. “It didn’t matter to me who the coach was or who the players were as long as they enjoyed it. We had a good team.

There were some teams, like North Gaston, that we couldn’t beat and some other really good teams

like RS Central that we would beat on occasion.

And there were others that we beat regularly.

“Even times when I got hurt, like my senior year, other girls would pick up the slack and we continued to be successful. I still have a lot of friends from those days.”

She remembered players like Judy Henderson, Cheryl Lutz, Robin Spears, Myra McGinnis, Sondra Byers, Gayla Roberts, Lisa Bridges and Phyllis Mack who were good players and good friends. She tries to keep in touch with all of them.

Mitchem’s senior year another girl who joined the team and would also turn into a star and a Kings Mountain Hall of Famer was Priscilla Rickenbacker. She also was a 1,000-point scorer and went on to star on the collegiate level in basketball and softball.

The women’s basketball coach at Western Carolina University asked Mitchem to play her freshman and sophomore years there.

“I thought about it, but they couldn’t promise me any scholarship funds,” she recalled. “I felt like I needed to concentrate on my degree. As much as I loved the game, there was no Title IX at that time.

And really, the only thing you could do in basketball after college was coach and I didn’t want to be a coach.”

She went to work for the IRS and was a federal investigator for the IRS for 33 years before retiring.

“Well, not really,” she added. “I went back as a contractor. I am a senior consultant three days a week.”

At FocalPoint, Ms. Dukes provides financial management and strategic planning support to TEOAF. She is accomplished in evaluating and implementing a wide range of innovative approaches and best practices to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal and

Former KMHS basketball great Susan Mitchem Dukes will be inducted into the Kings Mountain Sports Hall of Fame on May 6 at Central United Methodist Church.

financial investigations.

She has conducted reviews of request to share federally forfeited property from federal, state and local agencies; and ensuring that the agency allocations are accurate and consistent with the TEOAF guidelines. Ms. Dukes has over 30 years of experience in law enforcement, financial investigations and professional investigative and security services. She has in-depth knowledge and expertise in all aspects of criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code, Bank Secrecy Act violations, money laundering violations, security and regulations. Ms. Dukes has significant asset for-

feiture experience and working knowledge of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund Act and other related statues and regulations.

Dukes said she is excited to be included in the Hall of Fame with the other outstanding former athletes and coaches who will be recognized May 6.

“It’s a great honor,” she said. “It’s truly a blessing when you have so much love for the game. To be recognized and honored for a sport that I truly love is amazing.

“Playing with the young ladies I played with was so much fun. I still go to watch high school basketball. My husband and I coached some AAU teams and still go to AAU

and WNBA games. We didn’t have those opportunities back when I played, but someone has to be a pioneer. Seeing how the game has developed is really special. What happens in your hometown really spreads worldwide.

“I like to keep up with the women who played with me. We try to keep in touch through social media and other ways.

It was a lot of fun when we were young and I really appreciate this honor.

Basketball was something that was given to me by God. Observing my brothers and sisters, and knowing that my mother played half-court basketball was special. I guess you’d say we are an athletic family.”

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Kings Mountain High senior lineman/long snapper Cooper Short, front row center, signs to play football at Presbyterian College Friday at KMHS. Front row, left to right, are his sister Emma Short, mother Missy Short, father Craig Short and brother Gabriel Short. Back row, left to right, KMHS athletic director Mark Latham, Coach Ted Trahan, Coach Kevin Cruise, Assistant Principal Dustin Morehead, and Coach Greg Lloyd.

Swinney-autographed football to be given at KMTD tournament A football autographed

by Dabo Swinney, coach of the 2017 national champion Clemson Tigers, will be given away at the 10th annual Kings Mountain Touchdown Club Golf Tournament Fri., May 12 at Kings Mountain Country Club.

The football will be raffled off and drawn at the conclusion of the tournament. Tickets are $10 each and are available at Warlick and Hamrick, Dellinger’s Jewelry, Parker Amaco, Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Department, Scism Body Shop and KMTD Club members David Brinkley, Jeff Dixon, Greg Dixon, Mark Dixon, Larry Hamrick Jr. and Mike Harris.

Several other prizes including golf equipment and tickets to college and pro

sports games will be raffled as well. Those prizes will be raffled separate from the football. You do not have to be present to win the football or any other prizes.

The majority of funds from past tournaments, as well as this year’s, will go toward the club’s building program. The club, due to the support of the golf tournament and numerous businesses and individuals in the Kings Mountain area, has been able to construct a new field house and concession stand on the KMHS campus. The club still owes $27,000 on the concession stand and the majority of this year’s tournament proceeds will go toward paying off that loan.

The golf tournament format is four-person captain’s choice and is limited to the

first 30 teams that apply.

Golfers are urged to apply early because the field usually fills up fast.

Application forms are available at Warlick and Hamrick Insurance on West Mountain Street. The cost is $70 per player and includes one mulligan per player, one red tee per player and one string per team (hole #15).

Several prizes will be given for closest to the pin on par 3 holes (four total), and longest drive for men, women and seniors on #2.

The tournament will be flighted at the end of play with first place prizes in each flight.

Through the years the Touchdown Club golf tournament has been one of the most popular and most successful tournaments in the

region.

Last year’s tournament set a record with over $37,000 raised and a net of $32,000 that went toward the construction of the new concession stand.

Sponsorships are available to area businesses and individuals and can be purchased at Warlick and Hamrick or by sending checks to Kings Mountain Touchdown Club, PO Box 2017, Kings Mountain, NC 28086.

The cost of sponsorships are $50 for bronze, $100 silver, $250 gold, $500 platinum and $1,000 diamond.

The names of sponsors are permanently displayed on a board displayed at KMHS weight room.

KM kickers win three to run record to 9-0 Kings Mountain High’s women’s soccer team ran its record to 9-0 last week with a SMAC victory over Chase and non-conference wins over Lenoir Hibriten and South Point.

The Lady Mountaineers shutout Chase Tuesday night 3-0 for their seventh straight SMAC win.

There were two lightning delays in the first half.

Seven minutes into the second half it began lightning again and the match was called.

Sarah Drennan and Cassidy Calhoun each had a goal and an assist. Raegan Buchanan had a goal and Georgia Moss had an assist.

The KM ladies traveled to Lenoir Wednesday night and defeated a good Hibriten team 3-2.

The match was decided with 4.6 seconds remaining when Moss took a ball from Carly Johnson and hit a shot across the field from the corner of the 18-yard box.

Hibriten got the scor-

BRYSON BAILEY Billy Todd got the win, scattering eight hits and fanning seven. Bolin started for KM and took the loss.

Tyler Reseadez led the Jaguars with 2-for-3.

KMHS softball beats Chase The Lady Mountaineers softball team edged Chase 6-5 in a SMAC game last Tuesday night in Henrietta.

The KM ladies were coming off two conference losses and needed the win to get back to even in the conference.

The Trojans went up 2-1 in the bottom of the second inning after Summer Deaton batted in Kameron Marr for KM’s first run.

The game was halted for over an hour due to lightning and the Mountaineers tied the game at 2-all in the top of the fifth on Jazie Nail’s single that scored Cassie Melton, who had reached base on a walk.

The scoring continued in the sixth inning for the Lady Mountaineers as they scored

four runs. Jessie Oehler hit a single, Deaton reached on an error and Kassidy Hamrick was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Ashton Withers laced a two-run double, and later scored herself on Catie Payne’s RBI double.

The Lady Trojans scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh and had the tying run on third with one out, but Payne pitched out of the jam and got the win.

Kings Mountain has three games scheduled this week.

They were hosting East Burke last night, travel to Cherryville Wednesday for a non-conference game and try to avenge a loss Friday at home against East Rutherford.

KMMS kickers first in division Kings Mountain Middle’s soccer team remained undefeated in the TriCounty Conference last week with victories over North Lincoln 4-1 and East Lincoln 2-0.

The victory over North gave the Lady Patriots sole possession of first place in the East Division heading into a game at home yesterday against West Lincoln.

Mallory Buchanan led the offense with two goals, assisted by Emma Goff and Sage Wright.

Goff scored one goal

from a free kick outside the 18-yard box, and Wright scored off an assist from Emma Herndon.

Rece Guy and Maggie Buchanan led the defense, along with Kennedy Barnes in goal.

Wright got the scoring underway against East Lincoln with Herndon providing the assist.

Katherine Martin scored the final goal from a penalty kick.

KM was 8-0 overall heading into yesterday’s game.

Sports This Week Wednesday, March 29 4 p.m. – Middle school track, Kings Mountain at Burns.

5 p.m. – High school soccer, Polk Co. at Kings Mountain (JV/V DH).

Georgia Moss helped Kings Mountain win three close games last week. ing underway in the eighth minute of play. The Lady Mountaineers found themselves and starting playing possession soccer. That created some good scoring opportunities, but KM failed to find the net and Hibriten was still up 1-0 at the half.

Eight minutes into the second half Calhoun was taken down in the box away from the ball. That gave KM a free kick right inside of the 18-yard box. Hibriten set up a wall but Calhoun played a perfect ball over the top of the wall and off the tip of

the keeper’s hand to tie the game at 1-all.

Sixteen minutes later Hibriten took a 2-1 lead with a shot from inside the box.

It took the Lady Mountaineers just three minutes to See SOCCER, Page 3B

Crawford, Ruffalo one-hit Forestview Kings Mountain High’s JV baseball team split a pair of games last week, losing to Chase 4-2 in the SMAC game and defeating Forestview 4-1 in a non-conference game.

KM got great pitching and timely hitting at Forestview. Zach Crawford went 4

Kings Mountain High’s baseball team broke a twogame SMAC losing streak last Tuesday at Chase, 6-2.

Senior righthander Bryson Bailey worked the first six innings to get the win. He allowed only two hits and struck out 10.

Daniel Bagwell struck out two in one scoreless inning of relief.

Madisyn Bolin led the Mountaineers at the plate with a RBI double and two runs scored. Hunter Champion had two hits and Steven Russell scored two runs.

The Mountaineers dropped a non-conference game Thursday at Gastonia Forestview, 3-2.

1/3 innings and gave up just one run on one hit while fanning three. Joe Ruffalo came on in relief to get the final eight outs, giving up no hits and fanning four.

Forestview scored an unearned run in the second to take a 1-0 lead, but after that it was all Kings Mountain.

Ruffalo had RBI hits in the third and fifth innings to put KM on top. The Mountaineers added their final two runs in the sixth on RBI singles by Seth Kennedy and Blake Broome.

Kennedy and Ruffalo led the plate attack with two hits apiece. Silas Price, Brittian

Clark and Broome added a hit apiece.

The Mountaineers, 4-4-1 overall, were scheduled to host East Burke yesterday and will entertain East Rutherford Friday at 4 p.m.

Thursday, March 30 3:45 – High school track, Kings Mountain at Ashbrook Challenge.

4 p.m. – Middle school baseball, East Lincoln at Kings Mountain.

4 p.m. – Middle school soccer, East Lincoln at Kings Mountain.

Friday, March 31 4 p.m. – High school baseball, East Rutherford at Kings Mountain (JV/V DH).

6 p.m. – High school soccer, East Rutherford at Kings Mountain (varsity only).

4 p.m. – High school tennis, East Rutherford at Kings Mountain.

Monday, April 3 2 p.m. – High school golf, Burns and Crest at Kings Mountain.

4 p.m. – Middle school tennis, Kings Mountain at East Rutherford.

Tuesday, April 4 4 p.m. – Middle school tennis, Shelby at Kings Mountain.

4 p.m. – High school baseball, Kings Mountain at Burns (JV/V).

4 p.m. – Middle school baseball, Kings Mountain at Lincolnton.

4 p.m. – Middle school soccer, Kings Mountain at Lincolnton.

4 p.m. – High school tennis, Kings Mountain at Burns.

5 p.m. – High school soccer, Kings Mountain at Burns (JV/V).

Wednesday, April 5 1 p.m. – Middle school track, Tri-County Conference meet at Kings Mountain.

2 p.m. – High school golf, Cleveland County match at Deerbrook.

5 p.m. – High school soccer, Hickory at Kings Mountain (JV/V).

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SIMON WEST Kings Mountain High’s track teams are off to a great start this season, with the girls undefeated and the boys finishing second only once while winning their other meets.

Kings Mountain will compete inthe Ashbrook Challenge at Ashbrook High in Gastonia Thursday, and the girls will host the KM Pink Ladies Invitational on Thursday, April 6.

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SOCCER: Ladies unbeaten; win 3 more, push record to 3-0 From Page 2B answer as Moss scored off an assist from Drennan for a 2-2 tie.

The next 15 minutes was a tough battle between two good teams. Both had chances to take the lead before Moss’s winning goal.

Friday night, the Lady

KMHS golf 2nd at Crest

SARAH DYE (Photos by Gary Smart)

KMMS drops first loss, bounces back with win Kings Mountain Middle’s baseball team came out 1-1 against a pair of good Lincoln County teams last week.

The Patriots dropped their first loss of the year to North Lincoln, 16-4, but bounced back to defeat East Lincoln 12-9 to run their record to 3-1 in the East Division of the Tri-County Conference and 7-1 overall going into a home game yesterday against East Lincoln.

KM and North were tied at 4-all in the fifth inning, but North scored five runs after two were out in the sixth to take a 9-4 lead.

North scored seven in the

seventh.

KM scored on triples by Chris Ruffalo and Devin Pressley in the fourth inning to cut North’s early lead to 3-1. North went up 4-1 in the top of the fifth but KM answered with three runs to tie the game.

Boone Cartee got things going with a solo home run.

Trey Crawford singled and stole second and Chris Ruffalo was hit by a pitch. A double steal put runners on second and third for Peyton Fisher to tie the game with a two-run single.

Clint Turner pitched five innings, scattering six hits and fanning six. Pressley pitched two-thirds of an

inning, giving up five runs, and Jaxson Bolin pitched one inning and was tagged for seven runs. AJ Wylie pitched one-third of an inning and did not give up a run.

Leading KM at the plate were Ruffalo, Brayden Garris and Cartee. Getting one hit each were Turner, Crawford, Fisher and Pressley.

The Patriots built an 8-3 lead after four innings at East Lincoln and held on in the late innings.

Boone Cartee pitched five innings, allowing six runs on 11 hits. Clint Turner pitched the sixth and seventh, allowing three runs on one hit.

Cartee led the team at the plate going 3-for-4 with three runs scored. Crawford and Pressley both went 2-for-3 with Crawford scoring three runs.

Getting one hit each were Bolin, Ruffalo and Brayden Garris.

Kings Mountain turned 6-4-3 double plays in the fourth and sixth innings to get out of those jams with runners in scoring position.

Crawford and Cartee came through with some big hits with runners in scoring position. Cartee had a triple and double and Crawford had a two-out, two-run double in the fourth inning to as KM went up 8-3.

Mountaineer netters to begin SMAC play After getting their feet wet in non-conference matches, Kings Mountain High’s tennis Mountaineers open their SMAC season this week with hopes of making a bid for the post-season playoffs.

Coach Rick Henderson, beginning his 10th season, points to perennial champion Shelby as the team to beat but he believes the Mountaineers will be in the mix for second place and hopes to qualify several players for the post-season

tournaments.

KM lost three starters off last year’s team but has five starters returning including Landon Ervin, Jery Fite, Richard Fernandez, Michael Sparks and Austin Ledbetter. Newcomers are Noah Dettloff, Caleb Starnes and Jaylen Garvin.

“I do look for Shelby to win the conference and the battle for second will be a toss up,” says Henderson.

“I’m hoping our Mountaineers will be in the mix.”

The senior duo of Ervin

and Fite bring a wealth of talent to the top two singles positions as well as being one of the best doubles teams in the SMAC. Ervin qualified for the regionals last year.

KM has lost only two conference matches the past three years, both to Shelby.

The Mountaineers were 19-2 during that time.

“I look for us to qualify for the dual team matches for the fourth year in a row,” Henderson said, “depending on how well we play against

Mountaineers edged a good South Point team 3-2 in Belmont.

Maggie Lloyd led the Mountaineer offense with two goals. Drennan and Calhoun added a goal apiece.

Moss had two assists and Calhoun and Lauren Campbell had one assist each.

Burns and Crest. Losing three seniors will hurt the depth of our team but our players have been practicing hard.”

Kings Mountain was scheduled to host East Burke yesterday and will welcome East Rutherford Friday. They have two big conference matches next week, going to Burns on Tuesday and hosting Shelby on Friday.

Kings Mountain finished second to Crest in a SMAC 3A golf match Monday at Riverbend.

The Chargers won with a 297 score. KM shot 303 and Burns 381.

Match medalist was Clay Bryson of Crest with a 70.

Alex Goff led the Mountaineers with a 71. Dawson Adams and Joey Blanton both shot 75, and Tyler Withers 82.

Kings Mountain will host Burns and Crest Monday, April 3 at Kings Mountain Country Club.

Girls first, boys second in Gastonia track meet Kings Mountain’s girls finished first and the boys second in a three-team track meet Monday at Forestview High School in Gastonia.

The girls won with 88.5 points. Forestview ran second with 59.5 and Stuart Cramer was third with 34.

Foresetview won the boys meet with 78 points, followed by KM with 56 and Cramer 51.

Placing first for the KM girls were Conner Calhoun in the 1600 meter run (6:10.62) and 800 meter run (2:38.98), Sireca Logan in

the discus (89’4”), Alexis Browning in the pole vault (8’), Aleenih Carter-Kee in the 100 meter hurdles (18.03) and 300 meter hurdles (54.40), Ja’Myiah Pressley in the 100 meter dash (12.80) and Shelena Mauldin in the 200 meter run (27.03).

Finishing first for the boys were Titus Clark in the triple jump (36’9”) and Orlandus Gamble in the high jump (6’2”) and the pole vault (11’).

Several KM relay teams also finished first.

Patriot netters beat RS, Crest Kings Mountain Middle’s tennis team defeated RS Central and Crest in TriCounty Conference action last week.

The Patriots defeated RS Central 6-2 Wednesday in Rutherfordton.

Singles winners for KM were Kody Starnes 8-4, Tucker Leatherman 8-1, Conner Goodson 8-1 and Ben Bridges 8-2.

Doubles winners were

Starnes and Bridges 8-3, and Goodson and Goodson and Olivia Moss 8-2.

Thursday, the Patriots defeated Crest 5-3.

Starnes won his match 8-1, and Leatherman had the crowd on its feet with a tie-breaker to win his match.

Bridges won 8-4, and Conner Goodson won 8-6.

Starnes and Bridges won their doubles match 8-3.

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KMHS Track Teams off to a great start!

NATHAN LEASE

BRYSON KEY

Kings Mountain High's track teams are off to a great start this season, with the girls undefeated and the boys finishing second only once while winning their other meets. Kings Mountain will compete inthe Ashbrook Challenge at Ashbrook High in Gastonia Thursday, and the girls will host the KM Pink Ladies Invitational on Thursday, April 6.

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Community tent Public Health Center Recommended for revival planned Re-Accreditation Status with Perfect Score Pastors from Bethlehem Baptist, Oak Grove Baptist, Washington Missionary Baptist and David Baptist churches have combined to hold a Tent Revival starting 7 pm Easter Sunday night (April 16). The meetings will continue nightly at 7 pm through Thursday, April 20, at the corner of Bethware Rd. and Stony Point Rd., across from Bethware School. (Oak Grove/Waco exit off 74) In recent years, pastors in the area have been especially burdened for our community and have been praying for revival. They,

along with their church members, are encouraging the community to join in and gather under the big tent, as a body of unified believers to ask God’s favor in reviving a passion for Spiritual Power.

Speakers include: Sunday, Pastor Melvin Clark; Monday is Youth Night; Tuesday, Pastor Brian Taule; Wednesday, Pastor Steve Taylor and Thursday, Pastor Rob Quillin. A community choir will sing each evening, and Smokin’ Boys BBQ food will be available for purchase Mon-Thurs night.

Two arrested after search warrant of residence on Wintergreen Court Members of the Kings Mountain Police Department Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at 402 Wintergreen Court Monday night along with Investigators from the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office as well as the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations.

Two people were arrested under half a million-dollar bond and each face three felony drug counts, according to a news release from Det. Sgt. J. T. McDougal of the Kings Mountain Police Department.

John Edward Roberts, 46, of 402 Wintergreen Court, was charged with manufacture Methamphetamine, maintain, vehicle / dwelling/ place and also possess / distribute Methamphetamine precursors. His secured bond is $500,000.

Ashley Nicole Sani, 29, of 402 Wintergreen Court, was charged with manufacture Methamphetamine, maintain vehicle/dwelling/ place and possess/distribute Methamphetamine precursors. Mr. Roberts was placed on a $ 500,000 secured bond.

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The Cleveland County Public Health Center was recommended for Re-Accreditation status by the NC Local Public Health Accreditation program.

Not only was Re-Accreditation status recommended, but the Cleveland County Public Health Center met all 148 activities and 41 benchmarks for a perfect score! With only approximately 10% of local health departments in the state of North Carolina achieving a perfect score for Reaccreditation, this is a great accomplishment and speaks highly of the Cleveland County Public Health Center’s commitment to provide quality services to the county. The Cleveland County Public Health Center was first accredited in 2008. This is the health center’s second completed Re-Accreditation cycle, with each cycle being awarded for a period of four years.

Health departments in NC are required by General Statute to be accredited and maintain accreditation status. Additionally, NC general statutes state that

in order for a local health department to be eligible to receive state and federal public health funding from the Department of Public Health, they must obtain and maintain accreditation status.

The focus of North Carolina’s Local Health Department Accreditation (NCLHDA) is on the capacity of the local health department to perform at a prescribed, basic level of quality the three core functions of assessment, assurance, and policy development and the ten essential services of public health. The program comprises three functional components: An agency self-assessment, which includes 41 benchmarks and 148 activities A two day site visit by a multidisciplinary team of peer volunteers, and Determination of accreditation status by the North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation Board.

One of the major goals of accreditation is to guar-

antee that a citizen of NC can walk into any local health department in the state and be assured that the services received will be competently delivered at a basic level of quality.

Accreditation of a local health department certifies to the general public that the agency: • has an appropriate community mission and purpose • has the resources needed to accomplish its mission and purpose • can demonstrate that it is accomplishing its mission and purpose • gives reason to believe that it will continue to accomplish its mission and purpose Dorothea Wyant, Health Director, Cleveland County Public Health Center states, “Scoring 100% on our most recent Re-Accreditation serves as affirmation of the competent, top notch staff we have here at the health department. Our leadership and employees are dedicated to providing excellent and quality services to our patients, clients and the community at

large, and scoring so well on Re-Accreditation serves as evidence of this.�

DeShay Oliver, Agency Accreditation Coordinator, Cleveland County Public Health Center, shares, “Doing so well in our most recent Re-Accreditation is certainly something to be celebrated. It is rare that a perfect score is awarded to NC local public health departments. However, there is always room for improvement. We will use this Re-Accreditation as not only an opportunity to commemorate our hard work and dedication, but to also identify potential areas for improvement, strengthen and develop our leadership and management, and even further improve our relationships with our community. Ultimately, addressing Re-Accreditation requirements is about assessing how we do business and deliver services to our community, and ensuring we are providing as effective and high quality services as possible.�

County Democrats meet April 8 The Cleveland County Democratic Party (CCDP) will hold its annual convention on Saturday, April 8, at the Cleveland County Office Extension Building Auditorium, 130 S. Post Rd., at 10 a.m. Registration, refreshments, music, and fellowship begins at 9:30 a.m. with no charge. The meeting begins with a business session, election of officers and delegates to the District 10 Convention, delegates to the State Executive Committee, and other reports.

The emphasis for the meeting will be on fellowship, ideas, and entertainment. Fun is always present at the live auction and silent auction with proceeds going to the Cleveland County Democratic Women’s treasury. Easter dÊcor and baked goods are usually part of the auction.

Since so many new Democrats have become active and energized, the program will consist of a small and large group discussion that will lead to active plans for the next two years. Chair Joyce Sheaffer said, “The CCDP appreciates the large crowds that have attended the monthly meetings in January and February and the precinct meetings, so the discussion will give registered Democrats the opportunity to meet and share their Cleveland County values and beliefs.�

All registered Democrats, including newly registered ones, are welcome and encouraged to attend.

No advanced registration is required.

Burns High Theatre Burns High Theatre Club will present “10 ways to survive the Zombie Apocalypse� on Friday night at 7 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. at Burns High Little Theatre in Fallston. Tickets are $5.

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Bethware Elementary presents musical “Swamped”

Bethware Elementary School First and Second graders presented the delightful musical “Swamped,” to a large crowd of parents and friends on March 14. The photographs show the boys and girls in groups as they presented the show.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Volunteer Egg Hunt Day at at American Gateway Legion Volunteers from Duke Energy will be back at Gateway Trail and Butterfly Garden, 807 S. Battleground Ave., on Thursday, April 13, to enhance the trail entrance and trailhead with pollinator plants, fill with mulch, border with rocks and pamper the seeded area. Take extra shovels and rakes and wear safety gloves. The volunteer event is from 3-5 p.m.

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Herald Funny Paper

American Legion Riders of Post 155 will hide 600 Easter eggs and give prizes to winners who find the most eggs at the third annual Children’s Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 8, at the American Legion. The Easter Bunny will be present to assist in the fun. The event starts at 1 p.m.

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Bethware Elementary presents musical “Swamped�

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Cleveland County Choral Society 2017 concerts announced The Cleveland County Choral Society has been making music in Cleveland County for over 30 Years.

Our members give of their time in the spring and in the fall to rehearse weekly for our Spring and Christmas concerts.

Our music is a blend of seasonal secular and sacred music, laced with classical music to musically challenge both the singers and the audience. Our goal is to bring quality choral music to all residents of our region as well as to train our singers in the choral arts.

Attendance at our concerts and patron financial support sustains our commitment to you to bring you the excellence in choral programming which you have come to expect and enjoy.

As we begin another concert season, your support as patron and as advertisers in our programs allows us to bring you top quality conducting, excel-

CLEVELAND COUNTY CHORAL SOCIETY MEMBERS lent musical accompaniment, guest performers and groups which add quality to our performances.

Our membership includes students from our

local high schools and adults of all ages and backgrounds from our county and our region. All who love to sing are welcome in our group.

2017 Concert Schedule Spring Concert: Saturday, May 6, 2017 @ 7:00 pm Sunday, May 7, 2017 @ 3:00 PM

Fall Concert: Saturday, December 2, 2017 @ 7:00 pm Sunday, December 3, 2017 @ 3:00 PM All concerts are held at

Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1207 W. Dixon Blvd., Shelby, North Carolina.

Submitted by Kenneth Brooks