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Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Woman’s Club scholarship winner GFWC NC Kings Mountain announced the winner of the Woman’s Club scholarship is Aleiyah Yarbro. The daughter of Christy Pearson and Timothy Yarbro, this Kings Mountain High School senior plans to attend a four-year university and work toward a registered nursing degree. The KMWC is proud to sponsor Aleiyah as she competes at the district level in the coming weeks. Sallie Southall Cotten was a principal leader in the organization of the North Carolina Federation
Kings Mountain Gateway Trail announces their 5K Walk & Fun Run on March 12 at the trailhead and their 10-Miler from February 28 to March 11. The 5K Walk & Fun Run on March 12 starts at 9 a.m., and race packets are available on March 11 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the trailhead. Participants should wear a mask and stay 6-feet apart. The 10-Miler Virtual Run is from February 28 to March 11 on Quarry Road
ALEIYAH YARBRO of Women’s Clubs in 1902. The Sallie Southall Cotten Scholarship was started to honor her legacy.
to the trailhead, Galilee Church Road, and back. Runners must email their proof of distance and time to starr@finishwelltiming. com before midnight on March 11. To register, visit runsignup.com or call 704.6853549. Kings Mountain Gateway Trail is at 807 S. Battleground Avenue in Kings Mountain. For more information, visit www. kmgatewaytrails.org. Trail events for 2022 include National Trails Day June 4, Story Walk JuneJuly, and their photo contest in October.
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NC Supreme Court strikes down redistricting maps Candidate filings resume February 24 On February 5, the North Carolina Supreme Court voted four to three to redraw the GOP drawn maps that determine the state’s redistricting lines and for the Republicans to explain how they provided partisan fairness between the districts. The court deemed the current map an illegal partisan gerrymander and ordered: “Based on the trial court’s factual findings, we
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Hounds Campground property sells for $40M By Loretta Cozart
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conclude that the congressional and legislative maps enacted are unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt under the free elections clause, the equal protection clause, the free speech clause, and the freedom of assembly clause of the North Carolina Constitution.” “We hereby enjoin the use of these maps in any future elections, commencing with the upcoming candidate filing period scheduled to commence on 24 February 2022 for elections in 2022, including primaries scheduled to take place on 17 May 2022.” See MAPS, Page 5A
In documents recorded with the Cleveland County Register of Deeds Office in Shelby on December 22, Michael and Cynthia Brown sold 55.07 acres of land at 114 Raven Circle in Kings Mountain, currently occupied by Hounds Campground and Hounds Drive-in, to Albemarle U.S., Inc. for approximately $40 million dollars. In a Memorandum of Lease, also recorded on December 22 at the Register of Deeds office, Albemarle U.S. Inc. leased the property back to the Browns for a period of five years.
HOUNDS DRIVE-IN PROPERTY As outlined in a Purchase Money Promissory Note dated December 22,
it was defined that Albemarle U.S. would pay the Browns through a trustee
$22 million dollars and the final date of the note is set as January 5, 2048.
Tired Souls: The Montgomery Bus Boycott February 18 at Joy Performance Center To honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mauney Memorial Library, and the City of Kings Mountain welcome Mike Wiley to perform, Tired Souls: The Montgomery Bus Boycott at the Joy Performance Center on February 18 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tired Souls opens in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955 – the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man. Her determination was the catalyst that inspired Montgomery’s black citizens to abandon all travel on city buses until they were no longer forced to sit in the back or stand when a white person boarded. But there were others who came before Mrs. Parks and laid the groundwork for this pivotal moment. Tired Souls introduces audiences to Jo Ann Robinson, Claudette Colvin, and others so instrumental in lighting a fire under the Civil Rights movement and changing
Playwright, director, and performer Mike Wiley will hold a question-and-answer session after the performance. (Photos provided) the course of U.S. history forever. Immediately after production, the audience is invited to take part in a talkback with Mike Wiley. No photos or videography will be allowed during production. The event is free and open to the public. The Joy Performance Center is located at 202 South Railroad Avenue, Kings Mountain.
Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
W. Donald Crawford dies at age 92 W i l l i a m Donald Crawford, longtime prominent K i n g s Mountain Donald Crawford resident who was active in Boy Scouting for 80 years, longtime member of Boyce Memorial ARP
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Church, Kings Mountain Lions Club, and other civic and community service activities, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2022, at his home in Matthews. He was 92 and would have celebrated his 93rd birthday February 26. Crawford was recipient of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest award to a civilian by the Gover-
nor of. North Carolina and the Rev. Dr. Charles Bell award for scouting. He was District Governor for the International Association of Lions Clubs and Wood Badge Deputy Camp Chief of Boy Scouts of America. Crawford was the son of the late Thomas and Ethel Reynolds Crawford. He was predeceased by his wife. JoeAnn Blalock Crawford and
their daughter, Donna Ann Crawford Cornwell. Graveside services will be held February 19, 2022, at 3 p.m. at Mountain Rest Cemetery. “Don loved Kings Mountain and enjoyed people. He loved to get on his computer and share the memories with us,’’ said his wife, Gloria Perkins Crawford.
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