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Playwright Bob Inman, seated, Bob Gunter, and Julia Carpenter prepare to film interviews about “Liberty Mountain'' for “NC Weekend'' which airs on UNC-TV Thursday, June 30 at 9 p.m. and Friday, July 1 at 8:30 p.m.
NC Weekend features drama A crew from the UNC-TV show “NC Weekend” was in town recently preparing a piece about “Liberty Mountain'' for their upcoming show. Traveling here from the Raleigh/Durham area, Julia Carpenter, the on air talent and producer, and Bob Gunter, cameraman, spent two days filming rehearsals, gathering information, and interviewing Playwright Bob Inman and Director Caleb Sigmon, among others. They took take after take of interviews about the play and its historical background. The crew spent time filming the full dress rehearsals of several scenes of the drama. They said it took a lot of stops and starts and filming the same scenes from different angles and perspectives but
they came away with a lot of footage to be edited down for the show. Both Carpenter and Gunter said they were impressed with the scope of the play. They were especially pleased that “Liberty Mountain” is performed indoors at the Joy Performance Theatre. This contrasts with other historical dramas they have covered such as “Horn in the West,'' which is performed outdoors. Julia, who is British, was the first to point out the irony that UNC-TV “sent a Brit to cover a play about the Revolutionary War.” The “Liberty Mountain” spot will air on the NC Weekend show on UNC-TV on Thursday, June 30 at 9 p.m. and on Friday at 8:30 p.m.
Brother seeks help for stabbing victim The brother of a critically wounded Grover man has opened a gofundme page online to help James Michael Queen with medical bills. Travis McFarland described his brother as “a father of two, a brother, a son, a friend, a great guy and a veteran of the United States Navy.” The website is: https:// gofundme.com/jamesqueen McFarland said his brother sustained a punctured jugular, carotid artery,
esophagus and spinal cord that resulted in a stroke after being stabbed with a knife and is in critical condition under sedation sleep at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia. Queen underwent emergency surgery last Friday night. Captain Joel Shores of the Cleveland County Sheriff's Department said that two men were arguing in front of Queen's home at 128 White Pines Circle in Grover and knew each other. Deputies went to the Queen home just after 2 p.m. Friday and found Queen outside, bleeding from a stab wound to the neck. Officers said that David See HELP, Page 7A
Actors from “Liberty Mountain,'' the drama about the 1780 Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain, will present a scene from the popular drama on the Neisler stage at the Kings Mountain Walking Track on Cleveland Avenue at 9 p.m. Monday night as a highlight of Kings Mountain's celebration of the Fourth of July. Prior to the drama presentation, Mayor pro tem Mike Butler will give the welcome, Jaiden Huffman will sing “The National Anthem” followed by recitation of the pledge of allegiance and special music will be presented by the Loch Norman Pipe Band. Vietnam veteran Jim Medlin will present “A Salute to the Flag.” Monday's Independence Day celebration gets underway beginning at 6 p.m. at the Walking Track and Jake Early Park with a concert of country and Southern rock by the Chris Marks Band. Food
vendors will be on site. Visitors are encouraged to take folding chairs or blankets to sit on the grass to enjoy the concert and the fireworks show which lights up the sky at full dark. Tickets are also available for $10 to “Liberty Mountain” being presented at the Joy Theatre this summer, thanks to a discount by the City of Kings Mountain which purchased 300 tickets and these will be available on July 4th at the Walking Track and other times at the city hall. The tickets originally cost $20 each. Local people say the Kings Mountain fireworks are not your ordinary fireworks. Billed as the biggest fireworks show between Charlotte and Asheville, the Kings Mountain 4th will be capped off with a spectacular show that draws thousands each year to Kings Mountain from the surrounding areas. Tune into FM 100.7 to enjoy the music with the fireworks ex-
File photo travaganza. Take your portable radio or listen on your car radio. Mayor Scott Neisler, longtime pyrotechnician, runs the annual July 4th fireworks show and as is usually the case he has been preparing
for weeks, getting up the commercial grade fireworks, planning the music and arranging the crew to help him put on the show. He uses fireworks software that helps him cleverly sync up the See JULY 4TH, Page 7A
Employee raises Parades at Moss Lake in County budget Sunday, Monday All Cleveland County employees received a 1.6% cost of living adjustment and a ½ step pay adjustment for full time employees after a one year t e n u r e RICHARDSON in the 2016-17 budget adopted by county commissioners last week. Employee benefit enhancements also include an increase in health savings account dollars of $100 for non-smokers and those employees who participate and complete a smoking cessation program. Employees were also offered discounted rates and payment through payroll deductions for purchase of Fitbits. The $112.3 million budget contains no increase in property taxes. The property tax will remain at 57 cents per $100 valuation and both “no tax increase” and “more benefits for employees” were among a list of priorities of the five-member board of commissioners. Included in the budget is a modest 4% increase in the county's health insurance but County Manager Jeff Richardson said that across
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the county employees are seeing an average of 20% increase for health insurance. Wellness programs such as health coaching, pre-diabetes classes, nutrition counseling and the Cleveland Cup are paying off in insurance savings. Other top priorities adopted by the board are a college tuition reimbursement program in which 10 county employees participated last year and a small business incentive with grants awarded to businesses in Cleveland County that create a net new taxable investment between $100,000 and $500,000. The first grants will be distributed in fiscal year 2016-17. Other focus areas are economic development and the recruitment of new industry for which the county will fund the Cleveland County Economic Development Partnership $ 163,693 for next budget year. The current employment rate is 6% in the county and the county will commit $45,000 in funding for a scholarship program at Cleveland Community College which focuses on Machining and robotics. In addition to the progression of the Volunteer Fire Departments' strategic plan, the county will fund a full time law enforcement See COUNTY BUDGET, Page 7A
Moss Lake residents will hold parades in celebration of the Fourth of July. On Sunday night, July 3, an illuminated parade will form at Snake Island at 8:15 p.m. The annual Independence Day parade will get underway at Snake Island at 2 p.m. Monday.
At both the Sunday night and Monday parades decorated red, white and blue boats will ride the perimeter of the lake celebrating the birthday of freedom in the United States. Parade-watchers can enjoy the festivities and watch from the Moss Lake Landing.
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Balloon lift-off Sunday A lift-off of a dozen hot air balloons filled the skies from a hayfield on the James P. Falls farm Sunday at 6 p.m. as friends and relatives paid tribute to the late James Patrick Falls, a hot air balloon enthusiast who died in his sleep after returning from a weekend balloon festival in Virginia on June 19,
2016. He was 70. The late Jim Falls would probably have enjoyed Candy Roe's poem, “Balloons,'' which was included in his memorial service, particularly the last verse: “It's a peaceful sight to look up and see those big colorful balloons especially for me.”
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