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Memorial Day service Monday Rev. McKenzie ( Darrell King) prepares to baptize young Caleb Martin ( Adam Phillips) in a scene from Liberty Mountain. Photo by TORRENCE PHOTOGRAPHY
‘Liberty Mountain’ cast to begin rehearsals Liberty Mountain: The Quest For Religious Freedom By Robert Inman We’re a week away from starting rehearsals for the fourth season of “Liberty INMAN Mountain” in Kings Mountain, and our thoughts turn to our ancestors who lived the story and shaped the outcome of the American Revolution. They took up arms, and many sacrificed their lives, to defend and preserve the freedoms they held dear, and none was more important to them than religious expression.
To understand how crucial this was to the settlers of the Carolinas, you have to go back to their roots in Northern Ireland. Many were Scots-Irish Presbyterians who fled poverty and misery in that land, compounded by religious persecution. The “official” religion of the British Empire in the 1700’s was the Church of England, and those who didn’t swear allegiance to that church were punished, often brutally. In the American colonies, they saw the opportunity to start a new life, one in which they were free to worship as they pleased. They came here, built homes and farms and churches and raised God-fearing families. But they were still subjects of the British king, and the Crown continued to attempt See REHEARSALS, Page 7A
FIRST POPPY – Little Miss Poppy Sarah Beth Melton pins the first poppy on Mayor Scott Neisle, left, as American Legion Auxiliary Unit 155 Poppy Chairman DeAnn Burton looks on. Photo by LIB STEWART
Poppy Day Friday Auxiliary members in Kings Mountain Unit 155 will be out Friday from 5-7 p.m. asking citizens to wear a red poppy on National Poppy Day to expand awareness and provide support everywhere for all who have served and sacrificed in the United States Armed Forces. Teams of members will be in front of Mountain
View Restaurant, Love’s Fish Box, and Cherokee Grill from 5-7 p.m. Friday with the memorial flower which is made of red crepe paper by veterans in the four VA medical facilities in North Carolina. DeAnn Burton, chairman of the poppy drive, said “By wearing poppies on Friday, we honor every U. S. service member who has given his or her life in the name of liberty, freedom and democracy. At the same time by wearing this simple red See POPPY DAY, Page 7A
D r . Frank Sincox, retired Kings Mountain medical doctor who also retired from the Dr. FRANK US Navy SINCOX Medical Corps, will make the keynote address at the community-wide observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 29, at 10 a.m. at Mountain Rest Cemetery. The City of Kings Mountain is sponsoring the service to which the community is invited to attend. “This is a time to remember those whom we have loved and lost for their sacrifices for freedom,’’ said Mayor Scott Neisler, who will preside. A prelude of music will be played by the Loch Norman Pipers prior to the posting of
colors by the Kings Mountain Police Honor Guard, under the direction of Sgt. Bob Myers. Chief of Police Melvin Proctor will give the invocation and Fire Chief Frank Burns will lead the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. Sophia Kellstrom, her mother, Malora, and grandmother, Margaret Woodard will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” After the address by Dr. Sincox, Skylar Smith will sing “God Bless America.” John Parker, First Vice Commander of American Legion Post 155, will read “the final roll call.” The Shelby Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol will make a presentation of wreaths honoring the various branches of the military after which Mayor Neisler and Dr. Sincox will place the memorial wreath at the Eternal Flame in Memorial Park where American
AMERICAN FLAGS mark the graves in Memorial Park of Kings Mountain’s Mountain Rest Cemetery for Memorial Day services at 10 a.m. Monday. Photo by LIB STEWART flags will mark the graves of Kings Mountain patriots. A firing detail and Taps will conclude an impressive ceremony. After World War I, Memorial Day expanded
to honor those who have died in all American wars. In 1971, Memorial Day became a national holiday on the last Monday in May by act of the United States Congress.
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Baccalaureate Service for 303 members of KMHS Senior Class The baccalaureate service for the 303-member Senior Class of 2017 of Kings Mountain High School will be held Sunday evening, June 4, at 7 p.m. in B. N. Barnes Auditorium. Family and friends of graduating seniors are invited to this special service of worship, according to Rev. Ron Caulder, President of the sponsoring Kings Mountain Ministerial Association. Dr. Roger Woodard, Senior Pastor of the Family Worship Center of Kings Mountain, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon,’’ On Purpose, for a Purpose.” Graduating seniors Richard Fernandez, Matthew Scoggins, Malachi Wingate, Landon Ervin, Erica Harris and Marla Silaphet will participate in the service. Mrs. Sarah F. Fulton will direct the singing of hymns and the Symphonic Choral Seniors, under the direction of Mrs. Fulton, will present special music. Finals exercises for the Class of 2017 will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 10, at John Gamble Football Stadium.
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Teenager and family fighting brain cancer Relay for Life last weekend has special meaning for cancer survivors and for those still fighting the insidious disease. Aaron Evans is a remarkable young man. He is battling Grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma, cancer of the brain, but does that get him down? No, he rides a 4-wheeler, loves everything outdoors, including motor car racing and fishing, and he’s a 9th grade student schooled at home but making good grades. A month before his 14th birthday in 2015, a doctor gave him and his parents, Jennifer and Charles, the word no one wants to hear – the C word. Aaron went through brain surgery twice, a month of radiation and a year of chemotherapy. The treatments were successful until See FIGHTING, Page 7A
Aaron Evans loves to fish and he supplied this photo of himself with his big catch.
KMMS Teacher of Year is Paula Santinelli Paula Strange Santinelli, K i n g s Mountain Middle School’s Teacher of the Year, incorporates SANTINELLI Science experiments and hands-on activities with daily instruction. Any given day, you can see that it’s working in both her Science and Math
classes. From the time a student enters her classroom she imposes positive character traits that impact the student’s story or life. Exhibiting “contagious character” is what she calls being enthusiastic, positive and respectful. “I feel that if I model the pillars of good character every day, no matter how challenging that may be, that my students will start to script those traits into their stories and
everyday lives,’’ she says. Santinelli has taught middle grades Math and Science seven years and is back in the classroom three years after being out as a “Mom” with her twin sons, Avery and Eli, who are now 10-year-old 5th graders. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a Minor in Biology from UNC Charlotte. She and husband, Daniel, have been married 18 years. See SANTINELLI, Page 7A
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