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Volume 127 • Issue 13 • Wednesday, April 1, 2015
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Sands eyes City’s PR/Events Director retires May 1 new career in 15 YEARS OF MEMORIES funeral business DAVE BLANTON
ELIZABETH STEWART
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Move over men. An occupation that formerly attracted all-males is eyed by Krista Sands, 49, a realtor who went back to college after 30 years and is pursuing a job as a mortician. Sands' decision on a career change came after an automobile accident nearly two years ago. “I was on a crutch four months after surgery for broken bones in my right leg and prayer is how I found my new career,'' she said. Krista said her husband was as surprised as she was when she told him she wanted to become a mortician. “Go for it,'' he said.
When Ellis Noell joined the City of Kings Mountain as its Director of Public Relations and Special Events in 2000, the town played host to about four events a year, lacked a strong relationship with its namesake national park that lies ten miles down the road and didn’t maintain a web site. Nowadays there’s hardly a weekend that passes that doesn’t draw crowds from around the region. From
KRISTA SANDS “God led me to Harris Funeral Home where I talked with Ronnie Hawkins and he gave me direction See SANDS, Page 7
God opened doors for Turner to return to hometown to preach
Pastor David Turner is pictured in his study at Oak View Baptist Church. Photo by LIB STEWART ELIZABETH STEWART lib.kmherald@gmail.com
“The Lord opened a door for me to come home to a great ministry at Oak View Baptist Church,'' says the Rev. David Turner, 51, the new pastor, who describes himself as a “country boy who loves the Lord and used to fix cars.''
Instead of fixing cars, by the grace of God, he helps to fix souls. “Dad taught me how to fix cars, I worked on cars after school,'' said Turner who graduated from Kings Mountain High School in 1982 and took his first job as a mechanic at Reliance See GOD, Page 7
Town Board hires Barrett as part-time city clerk GROVER - Grover Town Board has hired Barbara Barrett, a former
employee, in a part time position as city clerk until the permanent position is filled. Trisha Willis, former city clerk for eight years, is no longer with the city. The city will advertise the new position during its regular meeting set for April 6 at 6 p.m. at Town Hall.
ELLIS NOELL
a growing Revolutionary Fourth celebration at the walking track to the ever popular BeachBlast and Gateway Festival held at Patriots Park, Noell has been a big part of a long-term promotional push that seeks not only to put Cleveland County’s second-largest city on the map but to also quicken the pulse of residents eager to enjoy more of what their hometown has to offer. Noell, who is retiring from the city in a few weeks, took some time last week to reflect on how much Kings
Mountain has changed in the 15 years he’s worked for the city. He’s seen the bonds between the city and the Kings Mountain National Military Park, the Kings Mountain State Park and the Crowders Mountain State Park grow with the forging of the Gateway Trail. He’s watched social media become a powerful force for engaging and educating residents about the events he’s tasked with planning, promoting and See 15 YEARS, Page 7
Easter Sunrise Services Sunday Easter Sunrise services in the Kings Mountain area will highlight the celebration of Easter. The Kings Mountain Ministerial Association will sponsor a community-wide service at the cross at Mountain Rest Cemetery at 7 a.m. Sunday morning. Rev. Ron Hawkins, pastor of Grover Church of God, will deliver the message. Rev. Ron Caulder, pastor of the KM Ministerial Association, invites everyone to attend. Several churches in the Kings Mountain area are holding Easter Sunrise services Sunday, serving breakfast and holding special programs..
Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church has scheduled “Easter with the Ridge” at the Kings Mountain Walking Track at 7:30 a.m. Free breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m. A Easter Egg hunt for the kids will be held at 9:15 a.m. For more information text EGG to 40691 or call the church 704-7394015.Worship services will be held on the campus at Chestnut Ridge at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Kings Mountain Church of the Nazarene, 127 Countryside Road, will celebrate the Resurrection at a Sunrise service at the crosses on the church property at 7 a.m. The cross at Mountain Rest Cemetery will be the setting for followed by a full breakfast the community-wide Easter Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. Sunday. See EASTER, Page 7 Photo by LIB STEWART
Easter Egg Hunt at Maundy Thursday, Murphrey Kid’s Park Good Friday services set Kids! The Easter Bunny will arrive in a City of Kings Mountain firetruck for the start of the annual Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, April 4, at 10 a.m. at the Mayor Rick Murphrey's Children Park at the YMCA on Highway 161 (Cleveland Avenue.) Take your Easter basket, there will be plenty of eggs to find and there will be prizes and fun for all. The activities will include a petting zoo, bunnies, ducklings and peeps. The Mauney Children's Library Staff will have games and storytelling for the children. For the egg hunt, one golden egg will be mixed in with the other eggs in each age category, 2 and under; 3-5 and 6-10 years old. Each child who finds the golden egg will receive
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Experience Easter with Maundy and Good Friday services, says Pastor Randy Patterson of Dixon Presbyterian Church. Two Holy Week services are planned for Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday, at 7: 30 p.m. and Good Friday 7:30 p.m. Tenabrae Service led by the youth of Dixon. Thursday's service, featuring communion, will be held in the church sanctuary. The Friday service
will be held in the fellowship hall, the former school house, across the road from the church. ''Maundy Thursday is a time to commemorate the last supper of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ because it was at this time He exemplified the role of servant for us to follow,'' said Patterson, adding, “as we come to the table on Maundy Thursday we come to remember and know.'' See MAUNDY THURSDAY, Page 7
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