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formers and other pop-up characters will be seen throughout the festival as well. Be sure to say hi to old friends Fin, Gill, and See ADVENTURE, Page 4A Splish Splash! We are going to have a BLAST! Contests, dance performances and much more are back at the NC BeachBlast Festival presented by Two Kings Casino, Saturday, AugustTiny20.Tots ages 6 and under can enter to take part in the Tiny Tots and Teenie Bikinis Contest while all ages can register to take part in the annual Watermelon Eating Contest. Join the fun at the Patriots Park Gazebo as many of your neighborhood dance troops perform their latest routines with music provided by DJ Lamar Walker. The NC BeachBlast Festival would not be the same without its traditional Beach Ball Drop. Over 150 beach balls will be dropped See CONTESTS, Page 4A The City of Kings Mountain brings the Beach back to downtown as the NC Beach Blast Festival comes to Patriots Park, Friday and Saturday August 19 andPresented20! by Two Kings Casino, the festival opens Friday August 19 at 5pm with DJ Eric Bowman followed by Blackwater Band at 6:00 pm and East Coast Party Band on stage at 8:00 pm. Beginning Saturday, August 20 at 10:00 am, you an enjoy a full-day of food, music and fun with DJ Johnny B and five of the hottest Carolina Beach Music bands in the Southeast – The Embers featuring Craig Woolard, Carolina Coast Band, The Catalinas, and Gary Lowder See BEACHBLAST, Page 4A
On Monday, August 15, City of Kings Mountain held a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. to discuss a potential incentive loan program for businesses in downtown who are impacted by Streetscape. The room filled, all chairs taken, with only standing room available, showed support for local businessowners as they struggle to stay in business during the Streetscape project.This meeting is a continuation of one held on Thursday, August 11, where Economic Development Director Stuart Gilbert discussed the parameters of a loan program for downtown merchants impacted by this project. During his presentation, Gilbert commented that some merchants were looking for free money, to which many downtown merchants took offense. Public comment was not allowed at that time. Monday evening’s meeting called for public input and several merchants and property owners spoke. They were joined by citizens who also came to support them. Those who talked asked for redress, pleading that the city remedy their situation due to hardships placed upon them by Streetscape. Mountain Holiday owner Beth Allen’s presentation most succinctly shared the frustrations of many in the room when she addressed city council saying, “Thank you for upgrading our town to make it a place where people will want to visit. But I want to talk about right now. The way it is, there won’t be a future for Mountain Holiday,” her voice wavered. “I am proud to be a part of what we have established, and I hate to see it be under attack. Mountain Holiday is my dream. And, by God, you are crushing it down to where it’s absolutely nothing. In the month of May, my business was See STRUGGLING, Page10A awaits young and young-at-heart at the NC BeachBlast Festival
The Catawba Two Kings Casino Share Change program has raised a total of $12,000 for two organizations: the Cleveland County Abuse Prevention Council and the HealthCare Foundation of Cleveland County. Share Change, the Catawba Nation’s charitable initiative through the casino, enables patrons to donate the remaining change on slot vouchers by dropping them in the Share Change ticket boxes located on the casino floor. “The Share Change program is an important initiative to help the Catawba Nation and Catawba Two Kings Casino make a positive change in the community,” Catawba Assistant Chief Jason Harris said. “We are thankful for our generous casino patrons and are happy to support these wonderful organizations.”
Trent Troxel (far right), vice president of the Catawba Nation Gaming Authority, and Catawba Nation Assistant Chief Jason Harris (far left) present checks to the Cleveland County Abuse Prevention Council and the HealthCare Foundation of Cleveland County. The funds were raised by the Catawba Two Kings Casino from patron donations. At the presentation were (left to right) Scott Neisler, mayor of Kings Mountain and board member of the HealthCare Foundation; Dick Baker Jr., executive director, and CEO of the HealthCare Foundation; Dwayne Rogers, a council member on the Catawba Nation Executive Committee; and Cathy Robertson, executive director of the Cleveland County Abuse Prevention Council.Photo provided Come and join the fun at Patriots Park Gazebo on Saturday, August 20.(Photos provided) businesses city to set things
Ahoy, Me Hearties! Pirates, Mermaids, and more are on their way to the NC BeachBlast Festival, Saturday, August 20. Pirate Bay, an immersive pirate adventure brings pirates, lassiesopportunitiestivalterhandcaricatureists,huntsswordfights,swashbucklingandtreasuretoPatriotsPark.Inflatables,balloonart-facepaintingandaartistwillbeontoliventhefun.TheMermaidEncoun-comesbacktothefes-withfin-tasticphotoforladsandthroughouttheday.Amazingstiltper-
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The casino launched the Share Change program several weeks after its July 2021 opening, and new charitable recipients are designated every three months. With this donation, the program has provided $39,000 to organizations in the Cleveland County community since the start of the program. Both the Cleveland County Abuse Prevention Council (APC) and the HealthCare Foundation of Cleveland County each received $6,000. The funds were raised from April through June 30, 2022. The APC provides professional, nonjudgmental services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. In addition to serving as Cleveland County’s only rape crisis center, the APC provides access to free services such as professional therapy, crisis counseling, advocacy, shelter, and transportation services. All services aim to alleviate the distress associated with the survivors’ trauma to increase emotional stabilization and safe, independent living moving“Thankforward.youso much for supporting the community,” said Cathy Robertson, executive director of the Cleveland County Abuse Prevention Council. “All the services we provide are completely free of charge because we believe being a victim should not cost. This will help us to continue to provide those services to Cleveland County residents.”Themission of the HealthCare Foundation is simply to improve the health and wellbeing of all citizens of Cleveland County. The organization provides Community Health Grants to qualified nonprofit organizations in Cleveland County that seek support for innovative programs or initiatives that address targeted healthcare concerns and/or the social determinants of health and See NONPROFITS, Page 2A
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From Page 1A well being in the community.The HealthCare Foundation relies on grants, donations, and partnerships to help fund initiatives such as “Project Pink Cleveland,” which funds mammograms for at-risk uninsured women over the age of 40, and “Snacks & Thanks” campaign, which is provided to frontline healthcare workers. Every dollar raised by the HealthCare Foundation is reinvested back into the community.“Wewill invest this back into the community through partnership with other nonprofit organizations in Cleveland County that have health and wellness initiatives,” said Dick Baker, executive director, and CEO of the HealthCare Foundation of Cleveland County. “This donation, along with our major grant funding, goes a long way to be transformative and hopefully improve the health and wellness of all the citizens here in Cleveland County.”
The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate Damion Petty for felony breaking and entering. If you have information about his whereabouts, please contact Detective Shumate at 704-476-3041, send us a message on Facebook, or submit a tip on the app. By Loretta Cozart Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office released their July statistics. During the month, there were 8,673 calls for service, 157 arrests, 1,461 papers served including 337 criminal, 541 civil, and 283 subpoenas. One hundred seventy-eight incident reports were handled: 160 were criminal and 18 were non-criminal. Two Hundred sixty-seven gun permits were issued, along with 158 concealed carry permits.Narcotics seized were 103,807 DU pills, Cocaine 1,109.5 g, Marijuana 4,404.32 g, Meth 96.49 g, and Heroin 3.3 g. The monthly average of inmates handled by the sheriff’s office were 256 males and 54 females.
On Thursday, June 9, the Centers for Disease Control shared how Monkeypox spreads. The virus is a completely different virus than the viruses that cause COVID-19 or measles. It is not known to linger in the air and is not transmitted during short periods of sharedMonkeypoxairspace. spreads through direct contact with body fluids or sores on the body of someone who has monkeypox, or with direct contact with materials that have touched body fluids or sores, such as clothing or linens. It may also spread through respiratory secretions when people have close, face-to-face contact. In the current monkeypox outbreak, they know that those with disease generally describe close, sustained physical contact with other people who are infected with the virus. Prior studies of monkeypox outbreaks show that spread of monkeypox virus by respiratory secretions appears uncommon. Most cases of monkeypox report close contact with an infectious person. While we do not know with certainty what role direct physical contact has versus the role of respiratory secretions, in instances where people who have monkeypox have travelled on airplanes, no known cases of monkeypox occurred in people seated around them, even on long international flights. There are major differences between airborne transmission and transmission via respiratory secretions. Airborne transmission occurs when small virus particles become suspended in the air and can stay there for periods of time. These particles can spread on air currents, or sometimes even infect people who enter a room after the infected person has left. In contrast, monkeypox may be found in droplets like saliva or respiratory secretions that drop out of the air quickly. Long See MONKEYPOX, Page 11A
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Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce holds their next Lunch & Learn program on Tuesday, August 23 at the chamber offices from 12:00 p.m. until 1:15 p.m. Presenting will be Beth Putnam from Carolina Waste Group. Visit the chamber’s website to RSVP. This is a free event.
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AUGUST 8: Food Lion, East King Street, reported theft of over $100 in merchandise. AUGUST 9: A resident of Ware Loop [reported theft of a Catalytic converter valued at $1,000. WRECKS AUGUST 5: Officer Earls said Cedrica Huskey, Shelby, operating a 2015 Chrysler, and Justin Eli Glover, El Bethel Road operating a 2014 Nissan. were driving on US 74 Business when Huskey made a left turn and was struck by Glover. Both drivers claimed the green light. Property damages were estimated at $6,000.
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The Lowell Police and Gaston County Police are requesting the public’s assistance in reference to the homicide that occurred at Wilkinson Boulevard and Redbud Drive on Thursday, AugustDetectives4th. are asking anyone that witnessed the sequence of events that led up to the shooting to please call. Police are specifically looking to interview the driver of a white work style van, believed to be a Chevrolet, which was behind the white vehicle involved in the crash, both traveling north on Redbud Drive, just prior to theAnyonecollision.who witnessed this incident is encouraged to call Sgt. Hoffman at the Lowell Police Department at 704-824-8540 or Detective Cogdill at the Gaston County Police at 704-8663320.Information can also be reported through Crimestoppers at 704-861-8000. Information leading to the arrest of involved parties can result in a reward up to $1,000. On Tuesday, August 9, at 12:50 p.m., Gaston County Police Animal Care and Enforcement was notified of a positive rabies specimen that was sent to the North Carolina State Lab on Saturday, August 6. On Saturday, August 6, at 11:01 a.m., Gaston County Police Animal Care and Enforcement responded to a call regarding a raccoon involved in a fight with a residents’ dog around Windsong Court off Gaston Day School Road in Gastonia, NC. The dog killed the raccoon. Animal Care and Enforcement collected the raccoon and sent a rabies specimen to the North Carolina State Lab. The raccoon tested positive for rabies. The dog was up to date on its rabies vaccinations and received a Animalbooster.Care and Enforcement completed a neighborhood canvas in the 100 block of Windsong Court, Gastonia, NC to notify the community of the positive rabies result and to verify rabies vaccinations for family animals in the area. Gaston County Animal Care and Enforcement also notified the Gaston County Department Health and HumanTheServices.Gaston County Police Animal Care and Enforcement stresses the importance of having an upto-date rabies vaccination for all pets. By keeping your pet’s current on their rabies vaccines, you are protecting them from contracting the disease from wildlife and spreading the disease to your family and other animals, and people in the community. Furthermore, it is important to never handle or transport sick wildlife. The animal could have rabies. Gaston County residents should contact Gaston County Police Animal Care and Enforcement to capture and transport sick wildlife. This represents the eighth confirmed rabies case in Gaston County this year. No further information is currently available.
Gaston County’s eighth rabies case With vaccines, treatments, and other tools to combat COVID19 widely available, and with new legislation now providing the requested flexibility to North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) and health care providers to continue to respond, the state is poised to continue comprehensive pandemic response without the need for the State of Emergency.
Many of the state’s public health measures combatting the pandemic had previously been lifted, but the State of Emergency continued to allow the distribution of vaccines and tests and regulatory flexibility to ensure staff capacity in the state’s healthcare system. Following legislative changes made in the budget signed by Gov. Cooper in July that allow NCDHHS to continue to respond to the pandemic, the State of Emergency can be lifted.“Thepandemic brought unprecedented challenges to our state and people now have the knowledge and the tools like vaccines, boosters and therapeutic treatments to keep them safe,” said Governor Cooper. “Executive orders issued under the State of Emergency protected public health and helped us save lives and livelihoods. North Carolina is emerging even stronger than before and my administration will continue to work to protect the health and safety of our people.”“COVID-19 is still with us, and North Carolinians now have multiple ways to manage the virus, so it doesn’t manage us,” said NCDHHS Secretary Kody H. Kinsley. “NCDHHS will remain focused on COVID-19 trends and data and ensuring we stay prepared.”
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■ POLICE ARRESTS AUGUST 7: Justin Thomas Tyler Swann, 27, Grover, possession of heroin, felony; possession of Schedule II. misdemeanor; possession of Schedule IV, misdemeanor, $10,000 secured bond. AUGUST 8: Dallas Raushaun Hamrick, 30. 143 Yarbro Road, possession with intent to sell and deliver Schedule II, felony; sell and deliver Schedule II, felony. $150,000 securedAUGUSTbond. 8: Anndora Laverne Ross, 36, Aiding and abetting, $1,000 unsecured bond.AUGUST 8; Matthew Bo Johnson, 28, Shelby, driving while license revoked, not impaired, possess drug paraphernalia, $1,000 secured bond. INCIDENTS AUGUST4: A resident of Thornburg Drive reported damage to his 2013 VW. AUGUST 5: A resident of Gaston Street reported that someone was discharging a firearm in the city limits and damaged unoccupied house. AUGUST 6: A resident of Mahogany Lane reported a break-in and theft of a $1,000 PlayStation.AUGUST 9: Food Lion, E. King Street, reported larceny of over $125 in merchandise.
Davidson Association is having a Big Health Fair on August 27th 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., including vendors from Kintegra, Atrium, and the Cleveland County Health Dept.The event will be held at Mt Zion Baptist Church Life Center at 220 N. Watterson Street in Kings Mountain. PETTY
David Fite KINGS MOUNTAIN: David “Red” Wayne Fite, 73, died Sunday, August 14, 2022 at his home. Born in Gaston County, he was the son of the late Richard Earl and Jessie Elizabeth “Boots” Bridges Fite. David worked as a carpenter and was a member of Harvest Baptist Church. He was an avid NACAR and Jeff Gordon fan. He enjoyed watching westerns and fixing lawnmowers with his buddy, Darius Whitson. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife of 50 years, Ruby Dianne “Dinky” Fite; daughter, Angela Kirk; brothers, Eddie and Don Fite; and sister, Earlene Matherson. He is survived by his daughters, Tonia Willard and husband Danny and Kim Fite, both of Gastonia; son-in-law, Billy Kirk of Kings Mountain; brother, Charles Fite and wife Ann of Kings Mountain; six grandchildren; eight trustedCemetery.nutBurialtoceiveciating.Rev.BaptistAugustbeewsandhisnephew,great-grandchildren;MarvinMatherson;K-9companion,Zeke;numerousnieces,neph-andcousins.Funeralserviceswillheld4:00pm,Thursday,18,2022atHarvestChurch,withtheGaryTeagueIIoffi-Thefamilywillre-friendsonehourpriortheservice,inthechurch.willfollowinChest-RidgeBaptistChurchArrangementsareen-to Clay-Barnette Funeral & Aquamation in Kings www.claybarnette.comOnlineMountaincondolences:
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On Tuesday, August 9, NC Senator Ted Alexander announced that Cleveland and Lincoln Counties would receive funds for rural broadband. Senator Alexander shared, “I am proud to announce that Cleveland and Lincoln County are set to receive $5,526,107 to expand access to high-speed internet.”The funding comes from the Growing Rural Economics with Access to Technology (GREAT) grant program. The General Assembly allocated an additional $350 million in the 2021 state budget to the grant program to support a new round of grants. I am excited to see our efforts in the legislature come to fruition enabling almost 1,435 households to soon enjoy the modern benefits of internet connectivity.Thefunding from the GREAT grant program will bring broadband services to approximately 1,435 households and businesses in Cleveland and Lincoln County.The grant funding will ensure Spectrum Southeast, LLC, Charter Communications dba Spectrum can begin work to deploy high-speed internet in Cleveland and LincolnThisCounty.round of GREAT grants leverages federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to provide matching grants to internet service providers and electric membership cooperatives that may partner with counties to expand access to broadband internet in underserved areas of the state.
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The City of Kings Mountain’s Special Events Department is celebrating the nomination of the 2021 NC BeachBlast Festival for the Carolina Beach Music Awards “Event of the Year”. The NC BeachBlast Festival was one of six events nominated for this prestigious award. Each year, members of the Carolina Beach Music Awards Association nominate the best in Beach Music entertainment, such as, radio announcers, bands, events, and clubs. After the nominations are announced, members then vote for the official winners of each category. “The Special Events team is honored by this nomination,” stated Christy Conner, Special Events
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Director. “I would like to express my sincere thanks to our team of staff and volunteers. This would not be possible without the creativity, dedication, and passion of this group. I am grateful for our City Council and Administration and their continued support. Cleveland County is full of talented performers and exciting festivals and events. We are honored to be a part of a county that recognizes how important music, whether it be Beach, Soul, Country, or R&B, is to the landscape of the area. We hope to bring home this award not only to Kings Mountain, but to the county as well.”The Carolina Beach Music Awards will be held November 13, from the Alabama Theatre in North Myrtle Beach. The awards ceremony will air online at www.949thesurf.com. The event starts at 3:00 p.m. The 2022 North Carolina BeachBlast Festival will be held Friday, August 19, and Saturday, August 20, at Patriots Park in Kings sMountainEvents.Com.website704-730-2101cialKingsyouForMountain.moreinformation,maycalltheCityofMountain’sSpe-EventsDepartmentatorvisittheiratwww.King-
• Throughout grand opening day, they will hide “golden ticket” gift cards, ranging from $5 - $20, for people to find in the store and use when they want. Since they are closing our original store in Shelby, located at 445 Earl Road, they need to clear its inventory and will be hosting a moving sale. From August 16 - 19, everything will be 25% off at the original Shelby store (while supplies last). Then, from August 20 - 23, the sale will increase to 50% off everything at the original store, again, while supplies last.Like all of their retail stores, the money they make selling donated goods at the new Shelby store will fund career training courses, job search support, family stability services, and more - all of which they offer free of charge to thousands of people in this community each year.
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Goodwill is closing its current retail store in Shelby and opening a new and improved one right down the road at 1005 East Dixon Boulevard on Friday, August 26. The new location is significantly larger than the original one, as it’s a former Lidl. You can expect a traditional shopping experience, but with some new added features including a café in partnership with a local business, a rentable community room, and an entire electronics and gaming section hosted by their tech store, The GRID. On Friday, August 26, at 10 a.m., come to the grand opening of the relocated Shelby store! Enjoy a variety of festivities during its first day open to the public.•The first 100 shoppers will receive a free reusable tote bag.
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The City of Kings Mountain is looking forward to this year’s NC BeachBlast Festival located at Patriots Park. A portion of Railroad Avenue and West Gold Street surrounding Patriots Park will be closed beginning at midnight Thursday, August 18th, 2022, and remain closed or barricaded until midnight, Sunday, August 21st,Please2022. use extreme caution when traveling on Cansler Street due to the increase in motor vehicles and pedestrians. Please plan to travel different roads if you are impacted by this change. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
• They will offer coffee and donuts to people waiting in line. • King of Pops will be on-site from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. You can spin our prize wheel to win a free King of Pops popsicle, coupons, and other prizes.
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FromContestPage1A Ollie the Octopus! The 2022 North Carolina BeachBlast Festival will be held Friday, August 19 with the full-day festival Saturday, August 20 at Patriots Park in Kings Mountain. Patriots Park is located at 220 South RailroadForAvenue.more information, you may call the City of Kings Mountain’s Special Events Department at 704-730-2101 or visit their website at blast-festival.smountainevents/nc-beach-www.kingADVENTURE BEACHBLAST From Page 1A and Smoking Hot. Carolina Beach Music legends, The Original Drifters, will perform at Vendors9pm!!will be on hand with great food and beverages, and you can shop till you drop at the Boardwalk Vendor Market with over 50 vendors!There’s fun for the whole family – with inflatables, games, the Rotary Splash Pad, Water Wars, watermelon eating, hula hoop and tiny tots and teenie bikini contests, the big beach ball drop, pirates, mermaids and more at the 2022 NC BeachBlast Festival at Patriots Park, 220 South Railroad Avenue, Kings Mountain!! For information go to nc-beachblast-festivalsmountainevents.com/king-,or Special thank you to our sponsors:Cityof Kings Mountain Kings Mountain Travel and Tourism Authority Two Kings Casino Butler’s Tire and Auto Butler’s Outdoor ServicesGutter Guys Point 135 Real Estate CarolinaMetcon Power Partners
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DEADLINES FOR DISPLAY & CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 12:00 NOON FRIDAYS Thank You! The 95th American Legion World Series was an amazing success! Thank you to all of our wonderful sponsors. Without your support none of this would be possible. To our 600-plus volunteers, your countless hours are priceless. Kudos to Shelby-Cleveland County! This photo, taken on August 12 at 2 p.m. shows the work as it has progressed. According to City of Kings Mountain, due to a lack of concrete the project has slowed and is now projected for completion in early September. (Photo by Loretta Cozart) CONTESTS From Page 1A courtesy of our friends at the Kings Mountain Fire and Energy Services DepartmentsLookfor our timeline of events at ningtheheldBeachBlastFacebookcialofblast-festivalsmountainevents/nc-beach-www.king-orontheCityKingsMountain’sSpe-EventsDepartment’spage.The2022NorthCarolinaFestivalwillbeFriday,August19withfull-dayfestivalbegin-at10:00am,Saturday,
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022 The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Page 5A Anew BaptistBeginningChurch 145 Battleground Dr. 704-473-1372 Ardent Life Church 420 Branch 704-739-7700Street Arise Church 830 E. King St. BaptistBethlehemChurch 1017 Bethlehem Road 704-739-7487 ARPMemorialBoyceChurch Edgemont 704-739-4917Drive 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 704-739-4152Road Methodist Church 2404 Tryon Courthouse Rd. Bessemer City, NC 704-629-3571 Connections Church 306 N. Piedmont Ave. 704-750-4972 ChurchCornerstoneOfGod 202 Margrace Road 704-689-4430 IndependentCornerstone Baptist 107 Range 704-737-0477Road Crowders Mountain Baptist 125 Mayberry Lane 704-739-0310 David Baptist Church 2300 David Baptist Ch. Rd. 704-739-4555 East Gold Street Wesleyan Church 701 E. Gold 704-739-3215Street East Kings Mountain Church of God Hwy 161, Bessemer City/ KM 704-739-7367Hwy. Eastside Baptist Church 308 York 704-739-8055Road Ebenezer Baptist Church 1621 County Line Road 704-739-8331 El Bethel ChurchMethodistUnited 122 El-bethel 704-739-9174Road Kings Mountain Area Church Directory First WesleyanChurch 505 N. Piedmont Ave. • Kings Mountain, NC BaptistIndependentEmmanuelChurch 102 Canterbury Road 704-730-7855 Faith Ablaze Church 1128 S. York 704-739-8496Road Faith Baptist Church 1009 Linwood Road Faith Holiness Church Hwy. Bessemer161/City Rd. 704-739-1997 Family Worship Center 1818 Shelby 704-739-7206Road First Baptist Church 605 W. King 704-739-3651Street First Church of the Nazarene 121 Countryside Road 704-734-1143 First ChurchPresbyterian 111 E. King 704-739-8072Street First Wesleyan Church 505 N. Piedmont Avenue 704-739-4266 Galilee MethodistUnited 117 Galilee Church Road 704-739-7011 BaptistMissionaryGlorylandChurch 101 Benfield 704-740-7212Rd. ChurchAssemblyGospel 202 S. 704-739-5351AvenueRailroad Good PresbyterianHope Church 105 N. Cansler Street 704-739-1062 Grace Fellowship 144 West Mountain Street 704-481-8888 Grace MethodistUnitedChurch 830 Church 704-739-6000Street Harvest Baptist Church 144 Ware 704-734-0714Road Kings BaptistMountainChurch 101 W. Mountain Street 704-739-2516 Life of MinistriesWorship 405 S. Cherokee St. 704-777-2927 Kings CenterMtn.Dream 1128 York www.kmdreamcenter.comPastorsTim704-739-8496Road&AngieGoates, Lighthouse Ministries 1908 Shelby Rd. Kings Mountain Long PresbyterianCreek Church 701 Long Creek Road 704-629-4406 Love BaptistValleyChurch 2032 Bethlehem Road 704-730-0075 BaptistMacedoniaChurch 1101 S. Battleground 704-739-6811Avenue Notice: In order to accommodate the number of churches in our communities, we will print two alternating lists of churches each week. If you don’t see the church you’re looking for, be sure to check next week. Support Our Local Churches Call us today to find out how to place your ad on this page 704-484-1047 227 S. Cherokee St. Kings Mountain 704-739-0193Tire Inc. We Support ourWe our local churches churches. 228 S. Washington St. Shelby arnoldsjewelry.com Compliments of & Gift Gallery The Staff of HARRIS FUNERAL HOME 108 S. Piedmont Ave. • Kings Mountain 704-739-2591 704-482-9896 904 S. Post Rd., Shelby Locally Owned and Securitywww.shelbyalarm.comOperated&SurveillanceSystemsSpecialistsforover32YearsKenny Spangler, President C&C Heating & Cooling, LLC Sales–Service Installation Bobby Childers - Owner • NC License #9507 704-739-1043 502 York Rd. • Kings Mountain LAUGHLIN FURNITURE 400 N. Lafayette St., Shelby 704-484-3204 www.laughlinfurnitureoutlet.com You Call We Haul 704-739-4747 CARS THAT FIT YOUR BUDGET 704-487-5520 tel/fax 1016 College Ave. (Hwy. 150) • Shelby, NC 28152 (Near Boiling Springs, NC) www.edsteibelimports.com IMPORTSSTEIBELED
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The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in Hebrewsheaven.1:5 were a rallying cry to every Christian. Keep running. Keep running your race for Christ. Are you young in the faith? Keep running for God. Are you a seasoned senior citizen? Keep running! Has your life taken unexpected turns due to your choices or the choices of others? Keep running. If you are reading this today, you are still in the race, don’t stop. Press on toward the mark. Paul declares in Philippians, “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14) The old spiritual’s simple words are some of the most poignant to me: Guide my feet while I run this race Guide my feet while I run this race Guide my feet while I run this race ‘cause I don’t want to run this race in vain Once again, Paul testifies in Acts, “if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God.” (Acts 20:24). Wherever this devotional finds you, run your race to obtain the prize. You may suffer loss, injury, and discouragement, but keep running. And remember, Jesus is with you cheering you on to the finish line. Your fellow runner, Jonathan me, is more fun, but my knees won’t allow it. Running takes practice, pacing, and perseverance. Almost every day, I pass walkers or runners on my commute to work, and rarely do I see them grinning from ear to ear. For most, the completion, not always the journey, brings the joy of a job well done. Perhaps this is why the apostle Paul likened the Christian life to a race. 2 Timothy recounts Paul’s words, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2 Timothy 4:7). Paul encouraged Timothy, and encouraged us with these words toward the end of his life. Paul, often considered one of the greatest Gospel preachers ever, knew the end was near and reflected on his life and his ministry; he also wanted to instruct Timothy and us to run our race to the end. In Corinthians, Paul again uses the illustration of a runner to make his point, “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things, and they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.” 1 CorinthiansEvery9:24-25.singleone of us is running a race on this earth. For some, the race is nearing completion. For others, the race has only begun. Even more, the race hasn’t gone as you thought it would. You have fallen, suffered injuries, and want to quit. Keep running. Look at Paul. His life was anything but ideal. What we know of him, this man started by persecuting Christians and encountered God somewhere in his earthly journey. Paul began to run a different race for God yet suffered persecution, including beatings, imprisonment, and attempted murder. Ultimately, Paul would give his life for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Did he sound disappointed? Never. Some of the last words written by him Dr.M.JonathanBundon Worship Pastor First Baptist Church
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This event is a great opportunity for local business owners to showcase their business while investing in the community. Kings Mountain Historical Museum is currently welcoming event sponsors as well as in-kind donations for auction items. The Museum is recognized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax-exempt organization; donations are tax deductible as permissible by law. To find out more about sponsorship and donation opportunities, please call 704-739-1019 or Instagram.followalsoannual-fundraisersmountainmuseum.org/pleasecom.kmhmdirector@outlook.emailFormoreinformation,visitoureventpage:https://www.king-Youcancall(704)739-1019orusonFacebook& By Loretta Cozart Stella Putnam introduced the Herald to Lawrence Etters and his good friend Teresa Falls who invited us for a visit to see their blueberry bushes on Bridges Street last week. This has been a record year of blueberry production and Lawrence has seen yield of twice the number of quarts collected compared to last year.Since 1998, he has kept meticulous notes about the date, amount, and time of day he picks his blueberries. He keeps a second book recording the weather, temperatures, and humidity. No detail is left unrecorded. “I first planted blueberries in 1980, when the state started construction on the by-pass. Toby William’s dad had a place near Irvin Allen, where the bridge is. He had peach trees, apple trees, cherry trees, and enough blueberry bushes … they were as big as my house,” he recalled. “Toby’s wife Margaret wanted to transplant some blueberry bushes and did so behind her house on Countryside Drive. She called me up and said, ‘If you want any blueberry bushes, you ought to get out here because the bulldozer is parked here, and they are getting ready to go.’” Etters went right over and dug six blueberry bushes. But he didn’t know much about growing blueberries at the time. He worked at the Lab at Foote Mineral, so he researched how to best plant blueberries to get the best production.“Theinstructions said to find an old sawdust pile and gather the sawdust. The older the pile, the better. Then I dug a hole bigger than normal, put the plant in, placed the sawdust around it, and filled the hole with soil. The instructions said to ‘check your pH,’ so I put some dirt in distilled water and put in a pH probe. For blueberries, the soil needs to be acidic,” he explained. “I was off on the pH, so I went to the Farm Center and picked up some Aluminum Sulfate and worked that into the soil. A week later, I tested again. And Bingo, it was just right, around 5.7 or 5.8! I have never touched them since. I just watch them and water if it gets too dry.” This has been a unique year for Etters’ blueberries. “I believe the hot weather accelerated their growth. In the first week, I just picked a few berries, enough to put on my cereal. Within a week, I was picking quarts. When I climbed the ladder and started looking down, it looked like I was picking concord grapes.” He described, “The blueberries were in clusters of 18 to 20, and all but a few were ripe. That has never happened before. When I picked 89 quarts, I looked back at my records for the same date last year, and I had only picked 43 quarts. It wasLawrenceamazing.”normally offers his blueberries to friends. But with so many blueberries picked this year, he asked Keith Falls if he brought him some blueberries, would he sell them. And Keith agreed. At the time, blueberries were selling for $6 per quart, so they settled on a sales price of $4.50 and those berries were gone in no time. “I took him 28 quarts, and all of them sold.”Stella described Lawrence’s blueberries this way, “I’ve been getting my blueberries from him. I love them and my kids love them. They are the biggest and juiciest berries. The thought he puts into them, it is amazing. His is a remarkable story.”
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First through 12th grade. He served his country in Korea for 14-months and was discharged on December 9, 1963. And then he had his career at Foote Mineral working in theLawrencelab. takes immense joy in his blueberries, picking them early in the day, or late in the afternoon. As the berry picking season winds down, he has decided to leave the last remaining blueberries for the birds. “There comes a time with the bushes tell you they are done for the season,” he says.After producing a record 104.5 quarts of blueberries this year, both the bushes and Lawrence have experienced an amazing season of both growing and picking. And he has the data to prove it.
19th Annual Reverse Raffle & Auctions, Chance to win $10K By Loretta Cozart GWFC Kings Mountain Woman’s Club announces its next indoor yard sale slated for August 27 at the clubhouse at 108 East Mountain Street in Kings Mountain from 7:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.Funds from this event support the club’s Sallie Southall Cotten Scholarship. Cotton was a principal leader in the organization of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1902. The Sallie Southall Cotten Scholarship was started to honor her legacy.Join the members of Kings Mountain Woman’s Club as they share a variety of items for sale in air-conditioned comfort. Clothing, household items, and children’s items will be available for purchase.
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Every September, Kings Mountain Historical Museum hosts a fundraiser to generate revenue necessary to support our programming. The Annual Reverse Raffle and Auctions has been acclaimed the “best event of the year in Kings Mountain” and this 19th annual fundraiser will be held in-person at the Joy Performance Center. We hope you will join us for this event, held on September 17. We anticipate a sold-out event with 300 tickets bought by individuals throughout the region, and we offer a Grand Prize of $10,000. This year the 19th Annual Reverse Raffle and Auction will be back to the tradition again of the reverse raffle for prizes. Each ticket is $125 which gets two people into the event with drink tickets, hors d'oeuvres and entertainment. It also includes a 1 in 300 chance of winning the $10,000 Raffle Prize, along with other raffle items! Unique auction items and great raffle prizes are included in this year’s event.Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased from Board Members, calling the museum, emailing the museum at NCBoxHistoricalaoutlook.comkmhmdirector@orbymailingchecktoKingsMountainMuseum,P.O.552,KingsMountain,28086.
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Lawrence looks back on when he first planted the blueberry bushes and only has one regret. “When I planted them, I had no idea how they would grow. I planted them on an incline in my yard and the plants have spread. One side of the bushes is on level ground, but the other is on the incline. If you plant blueberry bushes, plant them in a flat area with space to grow,” he suggests. That is good advice because you must climb to the canopy to get the best berries. If you see Lawrence out, be sure to say hello. He has lived in Kings Mountain his whole life. His parents moved into the house where he lives in October 1943, where they raised their eight children. “When we moved here, none of what you see now existed. The by-pass didn’t exist,” he shared. He attended Central School from
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Last blueberries of the season. Mauney Memorial Library offers engaging programs for a variety of interests and age groups. Below are the remaining programs offered in August. CPR & First Aid Training Learn how to respond to cardiac arrest and first aid emergencies in this hands-on class. AED (automated external defibrillator) training included. This class is FREE. If you wish to receive AHA Certification, cash payment of $35 is due at time of Monday,class.August 22nd, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m., Library Community Room (Registration is required). STEM Toy Saturdays Enjoy a rotating selection of fun STEM (Science, Technology, Electronics, Mathematics) Toys. Saturday, August 27th 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Harris Children’s Wing, Ages: 6 -12 Cricut Basics for Beginners Learn the basics of using a Cricut cutting machine and make a simple craft using Cricut Design Space. This class is reserved for those with no priorRegistrationexperience. required, Wednesday, August 31, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m., Mauney Library Community Room Ages:MauneyAdultsMemorial Library is located at 100 S. Piedmont Avenue, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. For the latest in library news and events, andfollowwww.mauneylibrary.orgvisitorthemonFacebookInstagram.
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erstroop-newinsworePatrolwayHigh-StateThe21ataceremony held for the 156th Basic Highway Patrol School. The ceremony ended 25 weeks of demanding courses aimed at preparing these new troopers for a meaningful career of service to the state of North Carolina. The ceremony was held on the grounds of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol Training Academy in Raleigh. The oath of office was administered by Associate Justice Phil Berger, Jr. of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Colonel Freddy L. Johnson, Jr., the 28th Commander of the State Highway Patrol, was the keynote speaker for the ceremony providing words of encouragement for a career filled with challenges and rewards. “The challenges you have overcome on this campus are just a few you will face along this journey, but they are building blocks that lay the foundation for a promising career,” said Col. Johnson. “And when you find yourself facing challenges in the future remember your time here and what it took to carry on and overcome in times of adversity.” These new state troopers will report to their respective duty stations on August 31st, to begin a demanding field training program. Photographs of the event can be found at the Patrol’s Facebook page, Patrol.book.com/NCHighway-https://www.face-
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APPLE DUMPLINGS Jean Moore 1 can Hungry Jack flaky 5biscuitsMedium cooking apples 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 stick butter Pull biscuits apart, making 2 thinner biscuits out of each. Wrap apple quarters in biscuit dough, pinching dough shut around edges. Place dumplings in 9x13-inch dish. Melt butter and sugar; dissolve. Stir in water. Pour mixture over dumplings. Bake 20 minutes at 350 degrees or until apples are tender and tops of dumplings are golden brown.
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Thesetting.eight nurses recognized in the Charlotte area are: Carmen Shaw, April Schultz, Sandy Arneson from Atrium Health Virtual Critical Care, Rhonda Wright from Atrium Health Cabarrus, Shawana Burnette from Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Heena Nagarji from Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Crista Brown from Atrium Health Cleveland and Rose Green from Atrium Health Union. The nine Wake Forest Baptist nurses recognized include four from Brenner Children’s Hospital: Kayla Atkinson, Eden Hair, Angel Mitchell and Nancy Smith; three from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center: Valerie Bitterman, Amanda Goodin-Sherrill and Sandy Tysinger; and two from High Point Medical Center: Amy Stehle and Jessica Whisenhunt.
The hearing will take place at City Hall, 101 W. Gold Street, Kings Mountain, North Carolina in Council Chambers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 during the regularly scheduled City Council meeting. The items for consideration are the revision of the Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Plan that were recommended by the Planning and Zoning Board concerning Rezoning Applications. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. Opportunity for public input will be offered during the public hearing portion of the meeting. For additional information regarding the proposed changes, please contact the Planning Department at 704-734-4595. KMH (8/10 & 17/2022)
The Gaston College Licensed Practical Nursing program has once again ranked as the number one program in North Carolina. NursingProcess.org placed Gaston College at the top of its list of Best LPN programs in the state. In a Facebook posting, NursingProcess.org said, “We are happy to announce that Gaston College offers the Best LPN program in North Carolina. We evaluated 43 nursing schools in the state, and Gaston College, Dallas, scored the highest among all in our ranking methodology.” The College’s score was 98.19%. The Gaston College LPN program was top ranked in 2021 by PracticalNursing.org. Their website describes Gaston College as “a premier postsecondary educational resource… that promotes student success through a high-quality practical nursing diploma program that prepares future nurses for licensure and beyond.” Their 2022 rankings have not yet beenOnreleased.Tuesday, August 2, 48 Practical Nursing students were honored at a pinning ceremony that marked their completion of the program. Some of these graduates will be taking the licensure exam shortly and can begin working as Licensed Practical Nurses upon passing the “Beingexam.recognized again as having the best LPN program in the state is a tribute to the devotion of our faculty and staff and the commitment of our wonderful students,” said Leslie Pressley, Director of Nursing Programs. “We are so proud of our class of 2022 graduates, and we know the education and training they received at Gaston College has prepared them for success in their chosen profession.” Gaston College Nursing programs are nationally accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. Individuals interested in additional information about the programs should contact the Admissions Specialist for Nursing Programs at 704-9226469 or 704-748-5221. By Loretta Cozart With COVID-19 variants emerging, it is good to have at-home tests should you have concern you might have been exposed to the virus. Every home in the U.S. is now eligible to order a 3rd round of free at-home tests. To do so, visit COVID. gov/tests and click on “Order Free At-Home Tests.” Each order includes eight rapid antigen COVID19 tests.•Your order of #8 tests will come in #2 separate packages (#4 tests package), each with its tracking number Packages will ship free If you need placing order for your at-home test, call 1-800232-0233 (TTY 1-888-7207489).
The public will take notice that the City Council of the City of Kings Mountain has called a public hearing regarding the Comprehensive Plan and the Future Land Use Map.
PORK SUPREMECHOPS Dot Gantt 6 or 8 pork chops 3 medium potatoes 1 medium onion 1-quart tomatoes ¾ tsp. crushed basil Brown pork chops. Peel and slice potatoes and onions. Boil about 5 minutes. Drain. Place tomatoes and basil in bottom of pan. Layer potatoes and onions. Place pork chops on top. Cover and bake at 350 degrees about 45 minutes or until potatoes are done.
PRIZE-WINNING MEAT LOAF Jean Kirby 1 cup tomato juice ¾ cup Quaker oats (quick or old-fashioned, un1cookedeggor egg white ¼ cup chopped onion ½ tsp. salt ¼ tsp. pepper 1 ½ lb. lean ground beef Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients, except ground beef. Mix well. Add ground beef, mix lightly but thoroughly. Press into 8x4-inch loaf pan. Bake 1 hour. Drain. Let stand 5 minutes.
Atrium Health is proud to announce 17 of its nurses in North Carolina have been recognized by the Great 100, Inc. Honorees are peer-nominated and excel in their career from the bedside to advancing the profession through their actions. Atrium Health recognizes and appreciates all nurses and the critical role they play in health care, and especially those Atrium Health teammates selected for this year’s Great 100 Nurses list. “It is a tremendous honor for these 17 nurses who have been selected as part of North Carolina’s Great 100,” said Maureen Swick, senior vice president of nursing and pharmacy and enterprise nurse executive at Atrium Health. “I am proud of all of our more than 19,000 nurses at Atrium Health for their dedication and resilience during these past several months, but I must take a moment to recognize the extraordinary commitment, leadership and countless sacrifices these honorees have made for the betterment of our patients and our community throughout the lastTheyear.”Great 100, Inc. has been honoring nurses in North Carolina for their commitment to excellence and to promote a positive image of the nursing profession for more than 30 years. This year’s class was selected from more than 700 applicants based on several criteria:•Promotes and advances the profession of nursing in their practice setting and/or community. Demonstrates integrity, honesty and accountability.•Displays commitment to patients, families and colleagues.•Demonstrates caring and assists others to grow and develop.•Radiates energy and enthusiasm and contributes to overall outcomes in their prac-
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ROAST AND GRAVY Mary Wilson 3 to 4 lbs. beef roast 1 Tbsp. oil 1 Tbsp. salt 1 Tbsp. sugar 1 can cream of mushroom Pepper1souponionto taste 2 cups water Brown roast in oil in electric frypan. Add salt, pepper, and sugar. Turn heat to low and add small amount of water. Cook for 2 hours and do not let it boil dry. Add soup, dice onion and 2 cups water. Cook for 30 or 40 more minutes.
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• Be aware of your surroundings. Don’t let cellphones become a distraction by walking while texting or looking down at your cellphone.
The Cleveland County Public Health Board recognized winners of the When the Smoke Clears Youth Marijuana Prevention Video Contest at their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The When the Smoke Clears Video Contest was a contest that closed in May of last school year in which Cleveland County students in 7th – 12th grade were encouraged to design and submit a 30 second video using the platform of their choice to raise awareness about the negative consequences of youth marijuana use. The submissions were judged by members of the Cleveland County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (SAPC) using a scoring rubric and winners were selected from two grade categories: 7th – 9th and 10th – 12th. First place winners received $110 in gift cards and an Apple watch, second place winners received $110 in gift cards, and third place winners received $60 in gift cards.The winners of the contest are as follows: 6th – 9th Grade Category:1st place – Sadie Oliver, Shelby High School 2nd place – Janejah Coleman, Shelby High School3rdplace – Zac and Zoie Bolin, Cleveland Early College High School 10th – 12th Grade Category:1st place – Adrian Cook, Crest High School 2nd place – Maliyah Allen, Crest High School This contest was sponsored by SAPC in partnership with the Cleveland County Health Department and the Healthcare Foundation of Cleveland County. According to the 2021 Pride Survey sponsored by SAPC that is conducted in Cleveland County Schools every other year, 24% of 12th graders, 8% of 9th graders, and 0.7% of 6th graders reported using marijuana in the past year. “We commend these winners and all the students who participated in this contest for their courage and willingness to speak out against youth marijuana use,” said DeShay Oliver, Cleveland County Deputy Health Director. “Middle school and even high school are a vulnerable time for many young people when they are trying to figure out who they are and where they fit in. While there are more young people who don’t use marijuana than those that do, speaking out against marijuana use isn’t easy or always a popular choice amongst youth. We wanted to provide a platform for our young people to be a part of the solution to the challenges they face.” For more information on the Cleveland County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition, youth substance use, or how to engage kids in the conversation, please visit landcounty.com.www.talkitoutcleve-
• When studying in outof-the way places, inform campus security as to your whereabouts.•Whenmeeting a study partner for the first time, make arrangements to meet in a public place.
• Learn to trust your instincts. If you feel uncomfortable in a situation, get out of it. Don’t allow anyone to violate your comfort zone.
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First place winner in the 7th – 9th grade category. Pictured from left to right: Jamie Todd, SAPC Coordinator; Sadie Oliver, Shelby High School; Sara Karner, DDS, Public Health Board Chair; Tiffany Hansen, Health Director. (Photos provided) First place winner in the 10th – 12th grade category. Pictured from left to right: Jamie Todd, SAPC Coordinator; Adrian Cook, Crest High School; Sara Karner, DDS, Public Health Board Chair; Tiffany Hansen, Health Director.
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Each day millions of students use school buses as transportation to and from school. Although school buses represent the safest form of highway transportation, there are several safety factors of which both student and drivers should be aware. Hoping to ensure school bus safety, Sheriff Alan Norman encourages caution whenever school buses are present. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in recent years there were an average of 128 fatalities in school transportation-related traffic crashes each year and more school-aged pedestrians have been killed during the hours of 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. than any other time of :Childrenday. are often eager to get off the school bus because they are excited to tell their parents about all of the fun, they had at school that day,” said Sheriff Norman. “It is crucial that parents re-enforce the school bus safety rules children learn at school.”Sheriff Norman also suggests that parents drive their child’s bus route with them to practice the proper safety precautions they can take to help ensure their child enjoys a safe ride to and from school. Sheriff Norman encourages all parents to discuss the following safety measures with their children: See SCHOOL, Page 10A
This first time away from home and their first experience with total independence. It’s an exciting time and a dangerous one. Concerned with this safety issue, Sheriff Alan Norman of Cleveland County urges college students to exercise caution when living on campus.Across the United States college campuses are increasing security measures by installing emergency call box systems designed to immediately contact a 911 operator. They are usually located in frequently traveled areas such as parking lots and main routes used to and from class. Another popular security measure involves campus escorts. This program recruits qualified volunteers to walk students to and from class after dark. Security cameras and bright lighting are also being used to heighten campus safety. “College campuses are extremely vulnerable to crime because of their openness,” said Sheriff Norman. “It’s difficult to keep buildings and dorm rooms locked because people are constantly coming and going. Another contributing factor is that students tend to develop a false sense of security because of the seemingly peaceful utesroomtionawayintruderorontionsafetyselvesprotectcollegesomeever,tojustrape,manyCampussurroundings.”crimescantakeforms–theft,dateanddrugstonameafew.It’simpossibleavoidalldangers.How-SheriffNormanhassuggestionsonhowstudentscanbetterandeducatethem-throughcampuseducation.•Neverpostinforma-astoyourwhereaboutsyourdormroomdoor,onsocialmedia.Ifanknowsthatyouare–it’sanopeninvita-forthemtobreakin.•Evenifleavingyourforonlyafewmin-–lockyourdoor.
• Encourage campus security to establish a photo identification program to deter outsiders from entering school buildings.
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• Encouraging friends and family members to "Shop Local" and support downtown businesses•Creating a comprehensive plan to market our downtown to local citizens and tourists
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• Hiring a full-time qualified City Marketing Manager•Creating a position within city hall to do nothing but support businesses in greater Kings Mountain. This person would attract businesses by providing support and assist small businesses on a full-time basis. This would be a proactive position to create a more business friendly atmosphere and repair the extensive image problem that exists at this time for the city. The phrase "train wreck" would be apt in describing the current relationship between city government and small businesses.
• Creating a loan/ grant program to specifically address the needs of Streetscape affected businesses modelled on the Federal Government Paycheck Protection Program. Businesses considering the downtown area but hesitant to invest would be reassured that Streetscape, while a temporary program (as COVID19 closures were temporary), will not destroy their new business investment. By offering this "incentive" to business owners, the city would be securing long-term small business investments, resulting in higher employment and a successful downtown. As I have been vocal about on a number of occasions, there exists an plan.prehensiveallgoldourhavepublictheseCarolinaSoutherncalMauneyHistoricalTrail,events.a-monthmoremuchstrictionsTheonbehindcitybusinessMountainopportunityunbelievableinKingsfordowntowngrowth.Theisayearormoreoncapitalizingnewcasinotourism.endofCovidre-opensupsoopportunityforthanjusttheonce-citysponsoredTheGatewayKingsMountainMuseum,Library,histori-downtownbuildings,ArtSociety,ThreadTrail-arealluniquelocalinstitutionsthatbeenoperatinginarea.Itwouldbeaminetobringthemtogetherforacom-marketing
The elements of success are right in our backyards. Using extensive existing resources, this area could grow and thrive with our own identity and history. It's going to take hard work and commitment from both citizens and government to make it happen. With so many of us ready to make it happen, we need our local officials to see the same impossible.whatdifferently,goingingtion.turningcyclestakeelectedlackandpossibilities.Isitpossible?Basedonhistoricalrecentactions-orthereof-fromourofficials,itmayoneortwovotingtogetthewheelsintherightdirec-Newideasgenerat-aneweconomyaretorequirethinkingexploringoncewasthoughtIsthatpossible?Yes. NC
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The city has funds to provide grants - the funds collected from downtown property owners to fund a now defunct Main Street Program is one idea on the table. In the last budget presented by the Main Street Manager, there was nearly $120,000 in unspent funds collected from taxpayers.Asfor the idea of a grant program, the Federal Government provided small businesses nationwide with two rounds of Paycheck Protection Loans due to COVID 19. COVID19 was a severe small business interruption factor that may never be repeated. Those loans were simple to apply for, requiring appropriate documentation, but no "bank like" credit score checking or collateral. Those loans were also 100% forgivable with proper documentation. This was all done in complete compliance with the laws of the land. The government was able to put that program together, implement it, take applications and disburse monies in an incredibly short period of time, saving millions of small businesses nationwide from closing forever.From that example, you can see that precedent has been set by nonother than the United States Government to assist small businesses in times of distress. The same government provided each household in the country with two rounds of financial assistance. "Free Money" that I'm sure our elected officials accepted from theSmallgovernment.businesses in Kings Mountain have been suffering for 2 years with COVID19 issues. The City of Kings Mountain has added to the financial distress with a project that has overrun its promised timeline, been understaffed, mismanaged, and will require extensive repairs to correct mistakes. The downtown businesses have suffered greatly from the city's inattention. Of the restaurant & retail businesses listed on the local downtown walking map given to our customers, there are 8 businesses that have closed this year. At the meeting on the 15th, Assistant City Manager Nick Hendricks stated that a total of nearly 6 million dollars will be spent in Streetscape money for the downtown area. For whom? The two main views of Kings Mountain downtown, as seen by tourists, are Battleground and Railroad Ave. As of today, vacancies on those two streets downtown are 70%. Vacancy rates overall are embarrassing.Theelected officials and managers paid with our tax monies do not support a downtown area a block from their offices. One such manager could not name a business that has existed for over two years and is part of the streetscape plan.What would support from city hall look like you might Proactivelyask? visiting all of the shops, restaurants and establishments to make contact with shop owners and employees.
• If there are no sidewalks, drive cautiously. Be more alert to the possibility of children walking in the road.•Slow down and prepare to stop whenever you see yellow school bus lights flashing.
At the end of the meeting, Stella Putnam of Neisler Brothers, Inc. said, “I’m one if the lucky ones, I’m not trying to sell anything to anybody in my businesses. I do frequent all these businesses. Before Streetscape, I bet I walked to Beth Allen’s three or four times a week. Now it’s a pain for me to do. There is no question, you need to do something to help them financially. You owe it to these people to help them.” Councilman Jimmy West pointed out, “If we shut down Mountain Street, Mountain Holiday will close their doors. We need to look out for all our business owners and have compassion for them. If Mountain Street and Cherokee Street are closed simultaneously, I am not in favor of that. We have promised these people three different times that we would work with them, and then done absolutely nothing.”While no decision was made during this special meeting, citizens expressed support for downtown business owners to city council. A project that started in early April has exceeded its schedule of July 31, with no firm completion date for Phase 2A. In the meantime, these businesses remain open, ready to serve customers, and welcome your support.
•Never walk behind the bus.•If you are walking beside the bus, walk at least three giant steps away. •Use the handrail when entering and exiting the bus. Take extra precautions to make sure that clothing with drawstrings and book bags do not get caught in the handrail or door. •Never stop to pick something up that you have dropped when a bus is stopped. Tell the bus driver or wait until the bus has driven off to avoid not being seen by the driver.
Page 10A The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Wednesday, August 17, 2022 When You Place Your CLASSIFIED AD It Goes In All 10 per week (20 Words or Less) NEWSPAPERS & WEBSITES www.rutherfordweekly.comwww.CherryvilleEagle.comwww.shelbyinfo.comwww.kmherald.comwww.banner-news.com CarolinaClassifieds.comCarolinaClassifieds.com Reach Over 75,000 READERS For One PRICELow Of Our Community STRUGGLING From Page 1A down $6,000. I’m struggling to pay my rent, to pay my employees, to pay my internet, anything I must do because I have no customers in my store,” she continued.“Iwant Kings Mountain to be a success; I want all businesses to be a success and I have shown that by trying to help others,” she explained. “If you don’t stop what you are doing, you are not going to have a thriving downtown because there’s not going to be anyone there.” “And stop telling us it is our fault we have no customers. I don’t want any free money. I am not asking for anything but for you to get on with it and get it over with, so I can go back to be the business I was before this Davidstarted.”Stonealso spoke, saying businesses don’t want free money. “We are asking you to invest to ensure businesspeople are in buildings when Streetscape is done. That’s what we want. Not free money, which was a bad representation by the Economic Development Director to say that people want a free handStoneout.”also shared that he saw a woman carrying a stroller to the door of UnCommon Artisans, across the space missing sidewalk, just to patronize that shop. He asked, “How do you think this (situation) impacts that business owner?”
Motorists •Remember that children are unpredictable in their actions. Take extreme caution when traveling in a school zone.
• Never pass a school bus when there are flashing red lights and the stop arm is extended. This is a sign that children are getting on or off the bus. Motorists must wait until the red lights stop flashing, the stop arm is withdrawn, and the bus is moving before they can start driving again.•Learn and obey the school bus laws in North Carolina.
Citizen Patrick Gilbert does not own a business downtown but spoke to city council in support of the shop owners saying, “I’ve made good friends in downtown and spend between $1,300 - $1,700 per month to support them. I do my part to help these people. I am doing my part, so you (the city) do your part.”
SCHOOL From Page 8A Student •Always arrive at the bus stop at least 5 minutes early.•While the bus is approaching make sure to stand at least three giant steps away from the curb, wait until the bus has come to a complete stop, the door opens, and the bus driver says that it’s OK to board.•Always walk on the sidewalk when preparing to cross the street near a bus. Make eye contact with the driver so that you are sure he or she sees you.
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Gardner-Webb Sets New Record with Global Footprint of Over 100 International Students from over 40 Countries
NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO U.S. 74 FROM MOORESBORO TO THE SHELBY BYPASS IN CLEVELAND COUNTY STIP Project No. R-4045 MOORESBORO - The public is invited to a public meeting with the N.C. Department of Transportation this month to discuss the proposed project to improve U.S. 74 from Mooresboro to the Shelby Bypass in Cleveland County. The purpose of this project is to provide a consistent facility to meet drivers’ expectations for the U.S. 74 corridor (from Kings Mountain to Columbus, NC) by upgrading this portion of U.S. 74 to meet NCDOT freeway standards.
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. The information will be presented at the meeting allowing for one-on-one discussions with engineers but no formal presentation. The meeting will be held Aug. 25 at Town of Mooresboro Community Center, 306 W. Main Street, Mooresboro. The public is invited to attend at any time between 4 - 7 p.m People may also submit comments by phone at 512-580-8850 (project code 4032), email (US74-Mooresboro@PublicInput.com), or mail at the address shown below by Sept. 8, 2022
Students Bring the World and Rich Diverse Cultures to Campus and Community
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• It does spread by direct skin-skin contact with rash lesions, through intimate contact, or kissing and infected person. It can also spread by sharing a bed with someone or while caring for someone with theInvirus.an update on July 29, the CDC shared that a pregnant person could spread Monkeypox with the baby through the placenta. And Monkeypox is transmittable from animals either by being scratched or bitten by them, or by eating meat from an infectedTheanimal.CDC continues to investigate if the virus can be spread by someone with no symptoms, how the virus might be spread through respiratory secretions, how often that has occurred, and whether it can be spread through other bodily fluids. For more information about the monkeypox outbreak, visit the CDC’s website.
For the 2022 Fall Semester at Gardner-Webb, the student population includes 108 international students, the highest on record. According to the Office of International Student Services, they represent 45 countries on six continents. With a history of recruiting student-athletes from around the world, the University’s Division I athletics program is now home to 87 internationals. For student-athletes, the most popular majors are business administration and management, while divinity, ministry and missions appeal to non-student-athletes. Other popular degree programs for both undergraduate and graduate international students are exercise science and kinesiology, criminal justice, math, biology, divinity, missions, and mental health counseling. These students are choosing Gardner-Webb’s vibrant campus community from places like Ireland, Iceland and Italy, as well as Australia, Burma and China. The countries with the most students are France (10), Canada (9) and Brazil (7). “I don’t know if anyone who was part of the founding of our institution some 117 years ago could have imagined us growing into a university with this kind of global reach,” observed Gardner-Webb President William Downs. “Forty-five foreign countries represented in our college town…that is truly astounding! A strong 21st century university will connect local students with the world, and it will attract the rest of the world to its campus. We are achieving both goals right now and with impressive results, and GWU graduates heading into a global economy will be that much better prepared for success because of Gardner-Webb’sit.”
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
On Monday, August 22, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., North Carolina institutions of higher education, NC State University, Gaston College, and Catawba Valley Community College will sign an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at The Myers Center at Gaston College’s Dallas Campus, in Dallas, NC, with the Central American Technological University (UNITEC) in Honduras detailing an exciting new collaboration that will put in place the development and deployment of a series of educational programs — including everything from training and certificate programs to undergraduate and graduate degrees — in textile-related areas of study, deploying online professional training courses in textiles in Honduras, and establishing funding for scholarships, fellowships, and internships.TheU.S. State Department will also issue a statement of public support for the MOU. These efforts will address the need to train and maintain a strong and capable workforce in textiles throughout the Americas.Thepartners recognize the importance of education as a pathway to economic opportunity for the citizens of Honduras and the need for a skilled, capable, resilient workforce to support a rapidly growing textile co-production chain between the U.S. and the region of the Northern Triangle of Central America. North Carolina is the second largest state for textile employment nationally with over 36,000 workers and the state’s $2.7 billion in textile-related exports leads the Currentnation.growth projections indicate a need for more than 10,000 new skilled workers in the textile industry over the next five years in Honduras alone. To meet these needs, educational programming is needed at all levels. Some North Carolinians can now have free COVID-19 tests shipped directly to them, thanks to the expansion of a partnership between NCDHHS and the Rockefeller Foundation through ProjectNorthACT.Carolinians in eligible zip codes can receive up to five at-home COVID-19 tests free of charge and shipped directly to their door. Residents in the 28086, 28073, 28016, 28021, are eligible for free tests. Residents can find out if they are eligible and order the free tests by searching their zip code on the Project ACT website at: accesscovidtests.org.Toselect eligible locations, NCDHHS used county Social Vulnerability Index and analyzed zip codes for percent uninsured, median income and distance from other testingThisoptions.partnership is another way NCDHHS is investing in making at-home tests available to the people who need them most. For more information and to find testing locations, go to: (Spanish).ncdhhs.gov/FindTestscovid19.
The public will take notice that the City Council of the City of Kings Mountain has called a public hearing regarding applications for rezoning. D.R. Horton, Applicant has requested an amendment to the Zoning Map of the City of Kings Mountain regarding the Rezonefollowing:approximately 30.944 acres of land, identified as Cleveland County Parcel ID’s 12687 and 12694 located on or about the Corner of Mountain Crest Drive and Tabernacle Drive. The property is currently zoned Suburban Residential (SR). The petitioner would like the property to be rezoned to Semi-Urban Residential (SU). Case Z-22-2 YG Homes, LLC, Applicant has requested an amendment to the Zoning Map of the City of Kings Mountain regarding the following: Rezone approximately 100.01 Acres of land, identified as Cleveland County Parcel ID 11074 located on or about Crocker Road. The property is currently zoned Suburban Residential (SR). The petitioner would like the property rezoned to Semi-Urban Residential (SU). Case HamptonZ-22-6 Designs, Inc., Applicant has requested an amendment to the Zoning Map of the City of Kings Mountain regarding the following: Rezone approximately .85 acre of land, identified as Gaston County Parcel ID 153228 located on Payne Road. The property is currently zoned Heavy Industrial (HI). The petitioner would like the property to be rezoned to Auto-Urban Commercial (AU). Case Z-22-7 Taylor Morrison Homes, Applicant has requested an amendment to the Zoning Map of the City of Kings Mountain regarding the following: Rezone approximately 66.07 acres of land, identified as Cleveland County Parcel ID’s 61845, 12130, 57010, 12133 and 52294 located on Patterson Road. The property is currently zoned Suburban Residential (SR). The petitioner would like the property to be rezoned to Semi-Urban Residential (SU). Case Z-22-8. StoneWright Properties, LLC, Applicant has requested an amendment to the Zoning Map of the City of Kings Mountain regarding the following: Rezone approximately 1.04 acres of land, identified as Cleveland County Parcel ID 6880 located at 106 N. Battleground Avenue. The property is currently zoned Semi-Urban Residential (SU). The petitioner would like the property to be rezoned to Suburban Commercial (SC). Case Z-22-9
From Page 2A range (e.g., airborne) transmission of monkeypox has not been reported. CDC currently recommends that people infected with monkeypox wear a mask if they must be around others in their homes if close, face-toface contact is likely. In a healthcare setting, a patient with suspected or confirmed monkeypox infection should be placed in a single-person room; special air handling is not required. Any procedures likely to spread oral secretions (such as intubation and extubation) should be performed in an airborne infection isolation room.
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The public hearing will be held at City Hall, 101 W. Gold Street, Kings Mountain, North Carolina on Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers The public is invited and encouraged to attend. Opportunity for public input will be offered during the public hearing portion of the meeting. A copy of the application may be obtained by contacting the City of Kings Mountain Community Planning Department at 704-734-4595.
By Mail: Bryan Sowell, P. E. NCDOT Highway Division 12 – Project Engineer PO Box 47 Shelby, N.C. 28151-0047
Director of Diversity and Inclusion Lawrence Brinson noted that the presence of international students can create a wealth of authentic opportunities for cultural engagement and enrichment. “In today’s globalized economy, educational and social interaction with students from around the world can provide Gardner-Webb students with real world academic and career benefits,” Brinson affirmed. “Living and learning side-by-side with students from around the world helps all of us learn to avoid stereotyping and form more informed opinions. It gives us a better understanding of international issues and provides new opportunities for unique cross-cultural experiences.”Coordinator of International Student Services Tina Earls enjoys getting to know the students and helping them adapt to campus life. She also serves as Gardner-Webb's Principal Designated School Official (PDSO), responsible for managing government compliance of student Visas. “When an international student comes in, we strive to encourage them throughout their education levels and as they become alumni,” she shared. “They are appreciative of all we do, and they are happy here. Gardner-Webb is not new to the international market nor to the global competition of international recruitment and continues to provide quality academics and social experiences. Most non-athletes choose GWU by word-ofmouth recommendations from a church or missions field or former or current students.”
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Project details, including maps and a video, can be found on the NCDOT project web page: https://publicinput.com/US74-Mooresboro
*Data reflects reported numbers as of Aug. 10, 2022.
NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled people who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Tony Gallagher, Environmental Analysis Unit, at 1598 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1598, 919-707-6069 or magallagher@ncdot. gov as early as possible so arrangements can be made.
U.S. and Honduran Institutions to partner for revolutionary textile training program
• Moneypox does not spread in casual conversations, walking by someone, or touching doorknobs.
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK In the Matter of the Estate of: ELLA PEARL FORD, Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS and DEBTORS Having qualified on the 8th day of July, 2022 as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Ella Pearl Ford, deceased, late of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned Co-Administrators on or before the 28th day of October, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment. This the 27th day of July, 2022 Edward Scott Ford, Co-Administrator 207 Ganley Street Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Regina Ford McGinnis, Co-Administratrix 209 Ganley Street Kings Mountain, NC 28086 KM (7/27, 8/3, 8/10 & 8/17/2022)
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATRIX Having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of CHERIE LYNN BESS aka CHERIE WEBB BESS (22 E 569), deceased, late of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said estate to present them, duly verified, to A. Susan Biggers, Administratrix, Deaton & Biggers, P.L.L.C., 402 East Graham Street, Shelby, North Carolina 28150, on or before November 17, 2022, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement with the Thisundersigned.the17thday of August, 2022. A. Susan AdministratrixBiggersofthe Estate of Cherie Lynn Bess aka Cherie Webb Bess Deaton & Biggers, P.L.L.C. 402 East Graham Street Shelby, North Carolina 28150 KMH (8/17, 24, 31 & 9/7/2022) LEGAL NOTICE
Tax-exempt items might include back-to-school items, disaster preparedness supplies, or other consumer goods. Each state has its own list of qualifying items, usually up to a maximum price. With a bit of planning, you BBB Tip: How to take advantage of tax-free shopping days can take advantage of your state’s tax holidays to rack up some serious savings. How to make the most of a sales tax holiday • Find out when your state holds tax-free sales. Visit the Federation of Tax Administrators’ (FTA) website for an upto-date list of when each state is having its tax holidays. Usually, these sales occur just before the school year begins, but some holidays happen earlier or later in the•Researchyear. what items will be tax exempt. Tax holidays aren’t just for parents of school-aged children. Besides school supplies and electronics, some states offer tax exemptions on tools, energy star products, generators, emergency preparedness items, and even gun safes and hunting supplies. Check the FTA’s website early in the year to see if your state will be waiving taxes on any items you need, particularly high-dollar items like appliances or electronics.
Brenton S. Begley, Administrator Estate of: Rubby Viola Cobb: aka, Ruby Neola Cobb McINTYRE ELDER LAW 233 E Graham Street Shelby, NC 28150 KMH (8/03,10,17 & 24/2022) LEGAL NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Having qualified on 18th of July, 2022 as Executor of the Estate of MARTHA LOUISE REYNOLDS; AKA, MARTHA H. REYNOLDS, deceased, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned David Christopher Reynolds, Executor on or before the 27th of October, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the Thisundersigned.the27thday of July, 2022. David Christopher Reynolds, Executor Estate of: Martha Louise Reynolds, aka, Martha H. 1197Reynolds.Highfield Drive Lawranceville, Ga. 30043 Counsel for the Estate McIntyre Elder Law PO Box 165 Shelby, NC 28151 KMH (7/27, 8/03, 10 & 17/2022)
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Having qualified on 9th day of August, 2022 as Administratrix of the Estate of KENNETH DALE SMITH, deceased, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, Wendy Elizabeth Dedoming, Administratrix, on or before the 17th of November, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 17th day of August, 2022. Wendy Elizabeth Dedoming, Administratrix Estate of: Kenneth Dale Smith 405 North Post Road Shelby, NC 28150 KMH (8/17, 24, 31 & 9/07/2022)
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Shannon AdministratorAllenof the Estate of Brenda Kay Allen c/o A. Susan Biggers Deaton & Biggers, P.L.L.C. 402 East Graham Street Shelby, North Carolina 28150 KMH (8/17/2022, 8/24/2022, 8/31/2022, and 9/7/2022).
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Having qualified on 19th day of July, 2022 as Co-Executrixes of the Estate of LILLIAN ESTELLE SANDERS, deceased, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, Kathy Lovelace; aka, Cathy Loveless, Co-Executrix and/or Jane Starnes, Co-Executrix, on or before the 27th of October, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 27th day of July, 2022. Kathy Lovelace; aka, Cathy Loveless, Co-Executrix Estate of: Lillian Estelle Sanders 822 Stoney Point Road Kings Mountain, NC 28086 JaneAnd/orStarnes, Co-Executrix Estate of: Lillian Estelle Sanders 702 Woodside Drive Kings Mountain, NC 28086 KMH (7/27, 8/03, 10 & 17/2022)
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Having qualified on 26th day of July, 2022 as Executor of the Estate of LINDA FAYE SCISM PAUL, deceased, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, Wayne Rex Paul, Executor, on or before the 3rd of November, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 3th day of August, 2022. Wayne Rex Paul, Executor Estate of: Linda Faye Scism Paul 112 Chestnut Ridge Church Rd Kings Mountain, NC 28086 KMH (8/03, 10, 17 & 24/2022)
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LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK In the Matter of the Estate of: DOROTHY DUFFY NOTICE TO CREDITORS and DEBTORS Having qualified on the 28th day of July, 2022 as Executrix of the Estate of Dorothy Duffy, deceased, late of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned Executrix on or before the 5th day of November, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment. This the 3rd day of August, 2022 Cristina D. Hayes, Ex. 408 Johnsfield Road Shelby, NC 28150 C. Andrew Neisler, Jr CLONINGER & NEISLER ATTYS P.O. Box 515, 300 E. King Street Kings Mountain, NC 28086 KM (8/3, 10, 17 & 24/2022.
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LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Having qualified on 1st day of July, 2022 as Administrator of the Estate of RUBBY VIOLA COBB ;AKA, RUBY NEOLA COBB, deceased, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, Brenton S. Begley, Administrator, on or before the 3rd of November, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 3rd day of August, 2022.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Having qualified on 20th day of July, 2022 as Administrator of the Estate of FAY CANIPE COSTNER; AKA, FAYE CANIPE COSTNER, deceased, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, Dale W. Costner, Administrator, on or before the 27th of October, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the Thisundersigned.the27th day of July, 2022. Dale W. Costner, Administrator Estate of: Fay Canipe Costner; aka, Faye Canipe Costner 172 Bald Mtn. Road Casar, NC 28020 KMH (7/27, 8/03, 10, & 17/2022)
Having qualified as Administratror of the Estate of BRENDA KAY ALLEN (22 E 541), deceased, late of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said estate to present them, duly verified, to Shannon Allen, Administrator, c/o A. Susan Biggers, Deaton & Biggers, P.L.L.C., 402 East Graham Street, Shelby, North Carolina 28150, on or before November 17th, 2022, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 17th day of August, 2022.
LEGAL NOTICE EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified on the 28th day of July, 2022 as Co-Executors of the Estate of Grace K. Blanton Francis (22 E 663), deceased, late of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said estate to Terry R. Francis and Phyllis Francis Clark, c/o A. Susan Biggers, Deaton & Biggers, P.L.L.C., 402 East Graham Street, Shelby, North Carolina 28150, on or before November 17, 2022, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the unThisdersigned.the17th day of August, 2022. Terry R. Francis and Phyllis Francis Clark Co-Executors of the Estate of Grace K. Blanton Francis c/o A. Susan Biggers Deaton & Biggers, P.L.L.C. 402 East Graham Street Shelby, North Carolina 28150 KMH (8/17/2022, 8/24/2022, 8/31/2022, and 9/7/2022).
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Having qualified on 18th day of May, 2022 as Administrator-CTA of the Estate of EUGENE WINFRED LAND, deceased, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, Nathan Forb, Administrator-CTA, on or before the 27th of October, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 27th day of July, 2022.
Nathan Forb, Administrator-CTA Estate of: Eugene Winfred Land McINTYRE ELDER LAW 112 S. Tryon St., Suite 760 Charlotte, NC 27284 KMH (7/27, 8/03, 10, & 17/2022)
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This the 27th day of July, 2022. Brenton S. Begley, Administrator Estate of: Ricky Lynn Williams McINTYRE ELDER LAW 233 E Graham Street Shelby, NC 28150 KMH (7/27, 8/03,10 &17/2022)
LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Having qualified on 22nd day of June, 2022 as Administrator of the Estate of GORMAN RAY LAIL, deceased, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, Brenton S. Begley, Administrator, on or before the 27th of October, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
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LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Having qualified on 21st day of June, 2022 as Administrator of the Estate of RICKEY LYNN WILLIAMS, deceased, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, Brenton S. Begley, Administrator, on or before the 27th of October, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 27th day of July, 2022. S. Begley, Administrator Estate of: Gorman Ray Lail McINTYRE ELDER LAW 233 E Graham Street Shelby, NC 28150 KMH (7/27, 8/03,10 &17/2022)
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS Having qualified on 29th day of July, 2022 as Administrator-CTA of the Estate of VIRGINIA McDANIEL WILLIAMS, deceased, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, Brenton S. Begley, Administrator-CTA, on or before the 10th of November, 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the Thisundersigned.the10th day of August, 2022. Brenton S. Begley, Administrator-CTA Estate of: Virginia McDaniel Williams McINTYRE ELDER LAW 233 E. Graham Street Shelby, NC 28150 KMH (8/10, 17, 24 & 31/2022)
UNARMED SECURITY A Services Group is seeking Unarmed Security Guards to work in the Shelby area. We are looking for qualified applicants who want to work part-time in a commercial retail environment. Get your steps in all while you get paid. If interested call or email (864) 432-3678 er@aservicesgroup.comtwalkBUSINESSSERVICES
Page 14A The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Shelby.BINGOANNOUNCEMENTSNealSeniorCenterin Call 704-481-7380 for information. JOY’S BRIDAL LABOR DAY SALE! Huge Sale!!! Everything in stock 25%-75% off!!! (Except Men’s Department) August 12th - September 30th. We look forward to seeing you there! (828) 245-0454 CREST HIGH CLASS 1981 REUNION Sat., Sept. 24th, 2022 at LeGrand Center in Shelby. 7-11pm. $50 per person or $90 per couple. Send money Venmo @Crest81, or mail check or money order: payable to Rhonda Ruppe at PO Box 441, Cliffside, NC 28024 (Deadline for payments 9/2/22) BOOK DONATIONS NEEDED. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY! THE CLEVELAND COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY NEED YOUR USED BOOKS IN GOOD CONDITION. WE USE YOUR DONATIONS TO GENERATE FUNDS FOR YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY. PLEASE BRING YOUR DONATIONS TO THE EUGENIA H. YOUNG MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT 104 HOWIE DRIVE IN SHELBY. (704) 487-9069 RtheWEIGHTBETSYH@GMAIL.COMJONES.WATCHERSOpenatNealSeniorCenter100THarrisDr., Shelby, NC 28150 Hours: Thursday 5:00pm6:30pm; Workshop at 5:30pm; Saturday 8:30 am - 10:00am; Workshop at 9:00am. More information and a promotional code for $10 off contact: molly.d.blanton@ww.com GOLDEN DOMERS TOY AND HOBBY. Visit our NEW LOCATION .....Model Cars, Die-cast Cars & Trucks, Tractors, Hot Wheels, Construction Toys, Sports Memorabilia, Autographed Items, Hard to Find Items! See Mike & Brandon Willis. We’re located at 104 Oliver Ave. (behind El Acapulco Mexican Restaurant in Boiling Springs), Shelby 704-297-0102 or 704-297-0103 COINS * COINS * COINS. We Buy & Sell Coins. “Coin Collector Supplies.” JAKE’S KNIVES & COLLECTIBLES. 1008 South Lafayette Street, Shelby. Call 704-600-6996 (980) 295-5568 NOW OPEN. Come See us Ross Consignment, llc. 127 West Main Street, Rutherfordton 828-447-6971 1980 SHELBY HIGH CLASS REUNION. SHS Class of 1980 is having our 42nd reunion of Oct 1 2022 at the Don Gibson Theatre. Social hour begins at 6:30 with dinner and dancing to follow. Meal will consist of chicken, barbecue, sides, desserts and drinks. Cash bar available with DJ to provide music.$50 per person and $90 per couple.. Please respond by September 15th. Payment may be made to Pam Blanton Williams, 1615 Wesson Rd, Shelby, NC 28152 or through paypal @PamelaWilliams911. Any questions please contact Pam Blanton Williams 704-692-2472 or Lynn McCarver Hicks 704-284-3303
UNIQUEANTIQUESANTIQUESTATION. Farm House Decor, Antiques, Collectibles, Vintage Toys, Hot Wheels, Jewelry, MORE. Tuesday-Saturday 11am-4pm. 985 US 74 Business Hwy., Ellenboro. Find us on FB. 828-3820075. SOLID WOOD DRESSER W/MIRROR. Victorian Style Dresser with Mirror. Solid wood in good condition. $125.00 Pick-up only. (704) 692-4765 wilcurb@aol.com FOR SALE 1980 CONN BRASS TRUMPET owned by Chase band student. Good condition. Needs cleaning. In original case. $275. 828-289-6114. CAR, CHOPPER, TRACTOR FOR SALE 2002 Honda Accord, runs and drives excellent, good tires. 704-477-2991ments.pletely1952out.2001ver-$2,850-Negotiable.Black/sil-Also,UMCChopper,ChromedLoaded.$10,500.Also,Ford8NTractor.Com-restoredwithallattach-$8,500-Negotiable.
NOWEMPLOYMENTHIRING.M&JLOANS of Shelby is seeking a Customer Service Representative. Please call or come by our office to apply. M&J Loans of Shelby, Inc. 409 S. Lafayette St., Shelby, NC 28150. 704-487-4141. CARPENTER/HANDY MAN to remodel rentals. Pay based on experience. 336-225-1050. CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER DIRECTOR Taylorsville Child Development Center has immediate opening for a Director. Requirements: Associates Degree with two years of experience in related field. Ideal candidate must be Professional with Christian Demeanor. Director will be responsible for general operation do center, staff decision, and policies. Complete list of duties available upon request. Contact Brigette Staffing, Inc. Taylorsville for more information . (828) 635-6323 va@brigettesstaffilauradelari-ng.com
Part time Position available (approximately 24 hours per week). Vending Route Driver/ Merchandiser position available for Snack, Beverage Route, in the Shelby NC area. The right candidate will be motivated, a self-starter and customer service oriented. Duties include, loading box truck with beverages and snacks, driving to accounts, filling and servicing vending machines. Vending machine service includes, collecting money, rotating products. The role is approximately 20% driving and 80% stocking, moving, loading product. Regular and repeated lifting, sliding, pushing, pulling of 40lbs is required. • Base pay starts at 11/hr. Weekends off! Clean driving record required. Employees must consent to background check and drug screening. Please call 704-466-3241 between the hours of 9am until 4pm Monday thru Thursday or e-mail rick@toprowvending. com
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NAIL SERVICES. Skip the podiatrist, I will come to you. I am offering in-home fingernail and toenail trimming and filing. A registered nurse experienced in nail care, I am entirely vaccinated and will wear a mask at your request. Call or text (828) 429-6698 DOWN TREES AND LIMBS REMOVAL. Free Estimate. Call 828-395-0758. Ask for Stewart. THE SCREEN SHOP. The Screen Shop for Windows and Doors can make, repair, and recover any screen for your windows and doors. For three generations, The Screen Shop has been serving Cleveland and surrounding counties. (828) 381-1422 EB MOBILE MECHANIC. I will come to you to repair any car, lawnmower or tractor. Honest & reliable. (704) 300-2332 WILL CLEAN HOUSES AND BUSINESSES. Worked 15 years in hotel housekeeping. Reasonable rates. Call for details. (704) 419-9016 TRIPLEbmcvene@att.netDPAINTING, LLC. All your painting needs. Free estimates. Over 25 yrs experience! Facial board replacement available!!! Making your home, building or business look new again. (704) 418-5736 childresstracy1@gmail.com SUNSHINE’S CLEANING SERVICES. I would love to make your home or business sparkle and smell wonderful. Dependable with reasonible rates. Please call or text Angela at 704-477-0418 (704) angelp2015.ap@gmail.com477-0418 JIM’S PAINTING SERVICES. Exterior painting only. We also stain decks. Free estimates. You will be pleased with our work. We have references. 828287-9272. (828) 429-7511 RETIRED GENERAL CONTRACTOR AVAILABLE. “SPECIALIZING IN DECKS” Repairs and New Construction. Rutherford/Cleveland County areas. Contact Bob at (828) 476-6058 YARD BUDDY. Outdoor work such as trimming bushes, small trees, spraying weeds, gutter cleaning. General property clean-up. No grass cutting or leaves. Serving Shelby & Cleveland County. (980) 2950750 TRENT’S HANDYMAN SERVICES. Will do any small handyman projects. From changing light fixtures to pressure washing and yard clean up!! Need something painted? I’ve got you! Give me a call or text. Quality work at its best!! (828) 695-7768
WANT TO BUY: STAMP COLLECTIONS and accumulations of same. Call 828-6529425 or cell 954-614-2562. WANT TO BUY. ATV’s, PopUp Campers and Small Travel Trailers. Call 828-429-3935. CASH FOR YOUR CAR. Running or not, title or no title. Call Charles Dellinger at Red Road Towing. 704-6926767, (704) 487-0228 BUYING BASEBALL CARDS AND RECORDS LOOKING FOR 50S, 60S, AND 70S BASEBALL CARDS IN ANY CONDITION. PAYING TOP DOLLAR FOR YOUR CARDS THAT ARE SITTING AND COLLECTING DUST AS WELL AS OLD ROCK AND ROLL RECORDS. CALL TIM (661) BUSHEL.ABRUZZI5244INGTRUCKSWEWECOMSAVEYOUREARTH@LIVE.312-6159BUYJUNKVEHICLESBUYJUNKCARS,ANDVANS,PAY-CASH!!!!(704)487-FARM&GARDENWINTERRYE$20
ONE ON ONE CARE is hiring for full/part time in the group homes for 2nd shift. Transport experience recommended not required. Hrs are 2p-11p weekdays and 8p-8a weekends. Apply in person at 203 Lee St. Shelby GUTTER INSTALLERS 30+ HOURS WEEKLY. Wage depending on experience. Possible starting $15/hour. Need drivers license. (828) 288-0647
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CCPFC EDUCATION COORDINATOR. Cleveland County Partnership for Children is seeking applicants for an Educational Coordinator. The purpose of this position is to support students, teachers, and other childcare staff by providing technical assistance to early childhood classrooms. The person filling this role is required to work as a collaborative team member with other CCPFC staff to ensure that progress is made toward meeting CCPFC goals and initiatives. This position is an exempt position that requires a minimum of 40 hours per week. CCPFC offers a competitive benefits package. Salary for this position will be determined by education and experience. Competitive applicants will hold a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or a related field and have a minimum of two years’ teaching experience. Bi-lingual preferred, but not required. Email: forchildren.comshannon.white@ccpartnership-ccpartnershipforchildren.comshannon.white@ AYUDANTE DE INSTALADOR DE HVAC. Tipo de trabajo: Tiempo completo Pago: $15.00 - $22.00 por hora. Calificaciones: Algunos conocimientos básicos de mecánica e instalación. Capacidad de aprender y crecer. Capacidad para leer y comprender instrucciones escritas de diagramas y planos. Tener herramientas propias. Puede completar conexiones simples de bajo voltaje en hornos, controladores de aire y aire acondicionados. Las tareas laborales incluyen: instalación de equipos HVAC, conductos, controles y componentes de reparación. Trabajar bien con los demás como equipo. También brindará entrenamiento en el trabajo para instalar: refrigeradores, congeladores, cuevas de cerveza, máquinas de hielo y otros equipos refrigerantes. Dispuesto a pagar por su entrenamiento tecnico para continuar su educación en el campo HVAC. Aplicar en persona o enviar su currículum por correo electrónico: steven@ csimechanical.com CSI Mechanical LLC 1243-1 East Dixon Boulevard. Shelby, N.C. 28152 Teléfono: 704-600-6267 Correo electrónico: steven@csimecical.com HVAC INSTALLER HELPER. Job Type: Full-time. Pay: $15.00 – 22.00 per hour. Qualifications: Some basic mechanical, installer knowledge. Ability to learn and grow. Ability to read and understand written instructions of diagrams and blueprints. Have own tools. Can complete simple low voltage connections on furnaces, air handler, and air conditioners. Job duties include: installation of HVAC equipment, ductwork, controls & repair components Work well with others as a team.Also will provide on the job training for installing: Coolers, freezers, beer caves, ice machines and other refrigerant equipment. Willing to pay for technical training to further your education in the HVAC field. Apply in person or email comEmail:28152EastCSIsteven@csimechanical.comresume:;MechanicalLLC1243–1DixonBlvd.,Shelby,N.C.Phone:704-600-6267steven@csimechanical.
RUTHERFORDAUCTIONSMINI STORAGE AUCTION PUBLIC SALE. 2:00PM Aug 29th. Rutherford Mini Storage, 1301 US Hwy 221, Rutherfordton, NC. Contents of Units: #A07 Burns for non-payment of storage rent. (704) 473-7358 andrew. sain@gmail.com YARD SALES CLEVELAND COUNTY HUGE MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE. Saturday, August 20th, 2022 from 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM at the Kings Mountain Woman’s Club “Lots of StuffAll Sizes of Clothes” at 108 E. Mountain St., Kings Mountain, NC 28086
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Cleveland County Partnership for Children is seeking applicants for a Family Support Coordinator. The purpose of this position is to support families by connecting them to community resources and assist them in meeting family goals. The person filling this role is required to work as a collaborative team member with other CCPFC staff to ensure that progress is made toward meeting CCPFC goals and initiatives. This position requires a minimum of 40 hours per week and will require some of those hours be worked in the evenings and on weekends. CCPFC offers a competitive benefits package. Salary for this position will be determined by education and experience. Competitive applicants will hold a bachelor’s degree in social work or a related field and have a minimum of two years’ teaching experience or closely related experience supporting families. Bi-lingual preferred, but not forchildren.comshannon.white@ccpartnership-required.
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WANT TO BUY JOHN DEERE F725 RIDING MOWER FOR PARTS! (54” Front Deck Cut) Call (704) 6927270 WANTED: OLD AND NEW AMMO. Reloading supplies. Call 828-245-6756 or cell # 828-289-1488. Straw $6.00 per bale. Case Tractor 1290 - 53 PTO H.P. Call anytime 704300-2502 BOATS 2003 - 1700 LUND BOAT. 140 H.P. Four Stroke Johnson. Onboard charger. 55 thrust 12 volt Minn Kota trolling motor. Lawrence fish finder. Many more extras. $15,000. Call (704) 4779631 16-FT ALDEN OCEAN SINGLE SHELL (LEFT) sliding seat, good shape. (RIGHT) Classic 2-person FOLBOT vinyl fabric kayak/canoe, minor repair. 828-429-0413. Rutherfordton. Can email info/pix, no texting. PETS & LIVESTOCK FULL BLOODED BASSET HOUND PUPS. Ready for rehoming, no papers, 2 male, 2 female, rehoming fee $300 each. 828-289-1258. 20 WOOL SHEEP & LAMBS AVAILABLE. To responsible (Shepherd) free. Must have own transportation & prove his or her reliability. Must act quickly. PS. Livestock trailer $500, in good condition & reliable with new tires, new electric system. (704) 830-7837 TOY POODLES AVAILABLE. CKC registered. $1,200 ea. Call 828-289-8844. DOBERMAN PINSCHER PUPPIES $600. Males/Females, Black/Tan and Red/ Tan, Wormed, 1st shots, Tails Docked & Dew Claws Removed. CKC reg parents. Born 6/18/22. $600 (864) 492-5385 LGD (LIVESTOCK GUARD DOG & COMPANION). 14 month old Anatolian Shepherd/ Labrador. Black & white, primarily black. Approxz 80-90 lbs. Very strong & healthy. Named Bruno. Presently guarding 20 steep and lambs in Vale, NC. $500 and worth every penny. (704) 830-7837 CLASSIFIEDSTOCONTINUEDPAGE15A Noon
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CALL FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE 704-692-4203, KALEB. (704) 692-4203 COPPERHEAD ROAD LAWN AND FIELD. Give us a call for prompt friendly service. Offering lawn care and field services (light tractor work, soil sampling and analysis) at reasonable prices. Standard lawn package: (mowing, trimming, blowing off driveways and porches.) (704) 692-0662 CALL US FIRST. Pressure Washing, Deck Restoring, Handyman Services,
JAZZY $1495.00, HD, USED REPO BUILDINGS Thursday - Friday 10-5 Sat. 10-12 J Johnson Sales 2690 US Hwy 221 South, Forest City, NC (828) 245-5895 METAL ROOFING IN STOCK! Thursday - Friday 10-5 Saturday 10-12. J Johnson Sales (828) 245-5895 ALL TRAILERS CASH, FINANCE, CREDIT CARDS or RENT TO OWN. J Johnson Sales Forest City, NC. Thursday - Friday 10-5, Saturday 1012. Ph. (828) 245-5895 STEEL CARPORTS & GARAGES 12 wide, 18, 20, 22, 24 & 30 wides on display. Large onsite display. J Johnson Sales Forest City 2690 Hwy 221 South. Thursday - Friday 10-5 Saturday 10-12. Ph.(828) 2455895 PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS with Scratch Pads! Press Room Printing. 704-482-2243. (704) 538-5788 TWO PEAVY COLUMN PA SPEAKERS. Each with four 10 speakers. Fully functional. In excellent condition! $225.00. (704) 524-8761 nctomcat2002@yahoo.com USED CAMPER TOPS: BUY/ SALE/TRADE. Various sizes and styles. (828) 980-0881 RIDING/PUSH MOWERS, GARDEN TILLERS, GOKARTS, MINI-BIKES. Ready to mow. All in excellent condition. Can deliver, 30+ years experience in repair work. 828980-0853, 704-476-9383.
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The season for fresh fruits and vegetables grown right in the backyard is upon us. Warm weather breathes life into fresh berries, tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, and many other delectable fruits and vegetables.Home gardens can be supplemented with delicious finds from the supermarket or farmer’s market, including melons, corn and more. The bounty of the garden can be made more abundant and fruitful with the addition of the right soil amendments. Compost is a key element of rich, nutritious soil. Scraps from items that have been grown in the garden can then be reused in the production of the compost that feeds that same garden. It’s a continuous circle of garden life. Getting started with compost is relatively easy. Homeowners should choose an outdoor space near the garden but far away from the home so that it won’t be disturbed by kids or animals. Some people opt for an open compost pile, while others choose closed bins to contain the possible smell and to camouflage the compost. A sunny spot will help the compost to develop faster, according to Good
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• Eggshells • Fruit peels • Vegetable peels and scraps•Coffee grounds • Shredded newspaper In addition to these materials, grass and plant clippings, dry leaves, bark chips, straw, and sawdust from untreated wood can go into the pile. Avoid diseased plants, anything with animal fats, dairy products, and pet feces. A low-maintenance pile has an equal amount of brown and green plant matter in the compost plus moisture to keep the bacteria growing and eating at the right rate. Aerating the compost occasionally, or turning the bin when possible, will allow the compost to blend and work together. Compost will take a few months to form completely, says the Planet Natural Research Center. The finished product will resemble a dark, crumbly soil that smells like fresh earth. Compost will not only add nutrients to garden soil, but also it can help insulate plants and may prevent some weed growth. It is a good idea to start a compost pile as a free source of nutrition for plants and a method to reduce food waste in an environmentally sound way.
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Thur., Aug. 18 5:30 – High school volleyball, Kings Mountain at St. Stephens 7 p.m. – High school JV football, Shelby at Kings Mountain. Fri., Aug. 19 7:30 p.m. – High school football, Kings Mountain at Shelby. Mon., Aug. 22 2 p.m. – High school golf, Big South teams at Crowder’s Mountain (Huss host). Tue., Aug. 23 5:30 – High school volleyball, Polk County at Kings Mountain.
At the July 12, 2022 meeting of the Cleveland Community College Board of Trustees, the Board welcomed two new members. Tony Berry, owner of Berry Business Systems, and Kenneth Ledford, former Cleveland County School Board member, were sworn in along with returning Trustee Wayne King who was reappointed for his third term. Berry and Ledford were appointed by the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners at its May 17, 2022 meeting and will each serve a four-year term, which is scheduled to conclude June 30, 2026. King was reappointed by the General Assembly. At the same meeting, Rev. Dr. Lamont Littlejohn Jr. completed his term as Chair and passed the gavel to newly elected Chair Bill Turpish, who will serve as Chair for the next year. The Board also elected Trustee Allen Langley to serve as Vice Chair for the next year.
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You also need to consider the area’s cost of living for other things like food, utilities, transportation, health care and taxes. Numbeo.com and BestPlaces.net offer tools to compare the cost from your current location to where you would like to move. And Kiplinger’s has a tax guide for retirees at Kiplinger.com/links/retireetaxmap that lets you find and compare taxes Howstate-by-state.activeisthe community? Some communities provide fitness facilities, swimming pools, tennis courts and more, along with dozens of organized activities, classes and social events. Other communities are much simpler and more laid back with very limited amenities and structured activities. You’ll want to choose a community that has the types of people, facilities, activities and vibe that appeals to you. Will we like the surrounding area? Will the area around your prospective community serve your needs now and in the future? Ideally, this means having easy access to good doctors and hospitals, and a local airport if you plan to travel much. You’ll also want to research how far you’ll be from essential services like grocery stores, banks and pharmacies, as well as dining, shopping, and recreational attractions. Schedule a Visit Once you’ve narrowed your choices, call to make an appointment and visit them. Be sure to allow plenty of time at each community and, if possible, go back to your favorites more than once. Also be sure to ask questions while you are visiting, particularly about the community rules. Some developments will let you stay overnight in a model home for a few nights to get a feel of what it would be like to live there. While you are there, try the amenities and activities, and speak with as many residents as you can. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book. FAST
Kings Mountain High’s women’s volleyball team got its season off to a great start Monday with a sweep of Highland Tech at Parker Gym.The JVs got opened with a 25-8, 25-7 victory and the varsity Lady Mountaineers sept the Rams 25-19, 25-6, 25-8.Coach Heather Pasour got outstanding play from all of her Lady Mountaineers. For the varsity, Pasour had 31 service points, seven digs and 19 assists; Meile Songaila nine service points, 19 kills, six digs and 10 serve receptions; Paige Bagwell six service points, eight kills, four digs and nine assists and Caroline Barber 14 serve receptions and nine digs. For the JVs, Abigail Hedgepath had 12 service points, two kills and 12 assists; Megan Harrison five service points and two kills and Kenzlie Morris 11 service points and three kills.
Once you find a few you like, here are some questions to ask yourself that can help you choose: What’s our budget? To help you choose the right active adult community you’ll first need to determine what you can afford. Consider the home’s purchase price, whether you’ll need a mortgage, how much the property taxes and insurance are, and how much the homeowners’ association or community fees are. These fees, which typically run a few hundred dollars per month, go toward lawn care and possibly snow removal, as well as community areas like a clubhouse or pool. However, some communities may require additional memberships or fees for golf, tennis, classes, or other activities.
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By JIMEditorMILLER Dear Savvy Senior, What tips can you recommend for choosing a good active adult housing community? My husband and I, who recently retired, are planning to relocate to an area closer to our grandkids and are interested in buying a house in an age-restricted 55-plus housing community. Active Retirees Dear Active, If you’re contemplating moving into an age-restricted community, finding one that’s right for you takes some legwork. While active adult communities generally offer the opportunity for a lower-maintenance lifestyle around similar aged people, they vary enormously. Here’s what you should know. Today’s active adult communities come in all shapes, sizes and price ranges, ranging from small city-based apartment complexes, to single-family homes, to sprawling resort-style locations situated on a gated golf course. Most are owned by their occupants, but a growing number are rentals. Typically, at least one occupant of each property must be at least 55. It’s also important to understand that 55plus active adult communities are not the same as retirement or independent living communities, which are primarily designed for older seniors in their 70s and 80s. Active adult communities do not typically include meals or have a central dining area, but many of them do offer a range of recreational amenities and activToities.help you locate and research active adult communities in the areas you’re interested in, the best resource is 55places. com. This is a comprehensive website that provides ratings, reviews and information on activities and amenities for thousands of communities across the country.
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The Lady Mountaineers were scheduled to host East Lincoln yesterday and will have a big test at St. Stephens Thursday. They return home August 23 to face Polk County. After that they will go on the road for games August 25 at Weddington, August 27 at Chesnee, SC and August 30 at Hickory. They will open Big South Conference play September 1 against Ashbrook at home.
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They didn’t have a coach. Their uniforms were hand me downs from Trinity College (now Duke University) and their shoes were Boy Scout shoes which a local cobbler attached rubber cleats to for 50 cents a pair. The year was 1922 and Kings Mountain High School was playing football for the firstMemberstime. of that first team – and most others through the 1940’s – are no longer with us but in previous stories in the Herald they told about how the sport KMHSbegan.was already playing baseball, which began in the teens, and basketball which began in 1921, but not many people in town considered fielding a football team until two students from Davidson College came to the Central School one day to talk to the high school boys about organizing a team. Eighteen young men decided they wanted to give it a try. They included Joe Lee Woodward, Herman Hayes, Hoyt Matthews, Tom Fulton, Jake Hord, Forrest Houser, Howard Pursley, Lloyd Ormand, Tom Saunders, Hoyle McDaniel, Charlie Saunders, Clemonsee Boone, J.M. McGinnis, Plato Goforth, Odell McGinnis, Fred Plonk, Royce Green and Lawrence Lovell. The exact records of the earlier KMHS teams aren’t really known since very few games were reported to news media, but some scores were found in papers over the years. Often a newspaper headline would just say, “the Kings Mountain boys played football Friday.” In a 1974 interview in the Kings Mountain Mirror-Herald, Joe Lee Woodward who also played on the first Mountaineer basketball team the year before, said the Mountaineer offense was a “box formation,” similar to what was later a single wing. The center simply hiked the ball to the back that was going to run with it. Passing was non-existent because footballs were basicallyGamesround.were played on the old baseball field located near what is now the American Legion, and later at City Stadium where the Mountaineers played until Gamble Stadium was built in 1967. The Mountaineers’ best record during the 1920s came in 1926 when they finished 6-0-4. The late Plato Goforth, a member of the team, remembered that they played in a state tournament and came within one game of the championship. He recalled that the Mountaineers and Shelby fought to a scoreless tie in the first game and KM won a draw to advance. The next week the Mountaineers and Asheville battled to a scoreless tie and Asheville won the draw and went on to defeat Charlotte for the state championship.Justweeks before his death earlier this year, Dr. George Plonk recalled playing football at KMHS in the mid-thirties.“Weused to play tackle football in the back yard with no equipment,” he noted. “I’d go to games and see the team come out with all that equipment on and I said ‘I can do that.’ I went out and they issued me a uniform. The first game I played Pete Hullender was our right end. He was 160 pounds and six feet tall. He got cleated above the eye. Blood was pouring down. The coach said ‘alright Plonk, get in there.’ I had never played in a real game but I could outrun everybody. They called me Race Horse Plonk. I really didn’t know what to do. Ray Barber was the other end and he was a lot bigger than I was. He said ‘take a step backward and go around end.’ They tackled me for a two yard loss,” but after he got the hang of it he gained a lot of “Jakeyards.Early was our best player, “Plonk said. “He played quarterback. When I first went out for baseball I thought ‘nobody will try out for catcher’ but I didn’t know Jake was the catcher. I was not very big and Jake was very strong. He signed with the Senators and I said ‘well, maybe I will get to catch my senior year.’ Jake and John Neill, who was a guard, were a lot bigger and a lot better thanTheme.”next year, Plonk recalled, the Mountaineers’ regular end dropped out of school and he became a starter.“About halfway through the season we were playing Gastonia and they were supposed to win big. We beat them. I was fast and they started calling me Race Horse. We kicked off to them and a guy got loose and was running for a touchdown and I tackled him on the 10 yard line.”C.S. Plonk (George’s father) never wanted him to play football because he needed him to work on the farm and the next season George was injured. “That really bothered Dad,” he said. “He always said ‘there’s nothing to that old ball game. Now you’re crippled up and can’t work.’ I thought ‘I’m going to play now if it kills me.’Plonk” said his most memorable game was when Jake Early scored on a sneak to beat Shelby 6-0. “Shelby had a bigger team and they were favored,” he noted. “Jake had a protruding sternum and if he got hit on it would knock him out. He’d just grab his belt and pull it up and down ‘til he got over it. His senior year he signed with the Washington Senators. Before that nobody had a chance to beat Jake out, so I went out for catcher and was the starting catcher my senior year.
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“Jake was a great catcher. He didn’t have to stand and drop back. He had such a strong arm he’d just shoot the ball to throw people out.” Plonk was offered a football scholarship by Lenoir Rhyne but knew that he wanted to go into medicine. “I thought I had the skills to make the team but I also knew I was going to have to study a lot,” he said. “I thought I’d be tied up with football, so I decided to go to Carolina and studyThepre-med.”Mountaineers’ best team in the 1930s came in 1938 when they went 6-3. Crowell Little, who was an All-Southern quarterback at UNC, was the coach but left after that school year to take a job at Davidson College. Red Smart, an All-Conference basketball star at Appalachian State, and J. Polk Moffatt, a graduate of Davidson, also joined the coaching staff and Smart would later coach the 1941 Mountaineer baseball team to the Western Conference wereNeislerRunningchampionship.backsPaulandTommyHarpernamedAll-Conference. 1922-1949, Page beginning of football
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Kings Mountain High School’s first football team in 1922. Front row, left to right, Joe Lee Woodward, Herman Hayes, Hoyt Matthews, Tom Fulton and Jake Hord. Second row, Forrest Houser (standing), Howard Pursley, Lloyd Ormand, Tom Saunders, Hoyle McGinnis and Charlie Saunders (standing). Back row Clemonsee Boone, J.M. McGinnis, Plato Goforth, Odell McGinnis, Fred Plonk, Royce Green and Lawrence Lovell. Standing in back is Supt. J.Y. Irvin.
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Kings Mountain High’s football program in the 1950s and ‘60s was one of the best in North Carolina. What Shu Carlton began in the late 1940s continued the next decade except for a couple of years when Carlton was called back into the Marines because of the Korean War. He had coached the Mountaineers to a 4-4-2 mark in ’50 and former UNC All-American Art Weiner came to town and led the Mountaineers to a 4-4-1 record in ’51. When Carlton returned the next season he learned that the school had dropped the JV program he had begun in the late 1940s and he found himself rebuilding again. He did have a talented back in the previous year’s leading rusher Jimmy Kimmel but Kimmel went down to injury early in the season and the Mountaineers finished with a 1-8Theyrecord.were soon back on track as Carlton’s final four teams (1953-1956) turned out the best records in school history up to that point.In summer practice in ’53 Carlton dumped the old single-wing offense and put in a T-formation. The Mountaineers’ schedule had been trimmed to eight regular season games but those were enough for Carlton to see that the T was the right offense. The key to the new formation was the quarterback, and Carlton had a good one in Ollie Harris Jr. The Mountaineers finished 5-3 with Harris hitting 33 of 70 passes for 451 of the Mountaineers’ 1,856 yards total offense. Carlton often said ’53 was the “turning point” for Kings Mountain football.In’54 the offense was in high gear and finished 7-2-1 in the newly-organized Southwestern Conference as Western teams were broken into the Northwestern and Southwestern group and Piedmont teams became the North and South Piedmont conferences. The team was led offensively by one of the school’s all-time great quarterbacks, George Harris, who later quarterbacked the Duke Blue Devils and is planning on being at the Mountaineers’ 100year celebration of football. The late Mearl Valentine, who was a lifelong supporter of Kings Mountain sports, was the team’s top rusher and the other backfield stars were Earl Marlowe and Charlie Smith, the latter still on the sidelines every Friday night taking pictures of KM’s stars of today. Ken Cloninger, whose son Jeff is now a KM assistant coach, was a bruising lineman and he and teammate Dewitt Blanton played in the EastWest Optimist Bowl game in Asheville and along with Coach Carlton led the East team to Georgevictory.Harris was still around in ’55 and quarterbacked the Mountaineers to their first-ever SWC championship with a 9-0-1 record. A play Harris made to break a scoreless tie with Lincolnton is still remembered today by the senior generation. At the KM 40 yard line, Harris faked a handoff to running back Ken Baity up the middle, laid the ball on his hip and bootlegged around end for what should have been a touchdown. Harris had actually faked out everyone in the stadium including the referees, who blew the play dead after the Lincolnton defense tackled Baity. Every KM fan in the stadium was irate, especially Coach Carlton who would have wrung the refs’ necks had Lincolnton won the game. But KM rebounded from the call and blew out the Wolves 27-7. Harris would go on to run and pass for well over 1,000 yards and was intercepted justWithtwice.most of the stars gone off that ’55 team, Carlton and his crew won the conference as well as the Western Association in 1956. Only 10 lettermen were returning but they were good ones and some good younger players took up the slack. The Mountaineers finished 10-0-1 to give Carlton, who resigned at the end of the school year to take over as head coach at Gastonia Ashley (now Ashbrook), a 43-26-8 coaching mark in his eight years here. He would go on to compile a 158-68-17 careerTherecord.leader of the ’56 team was quarterback John McGinnis. Ken Baity was back as the team’s top running back and became the school’s first 1,000-yard rusher. He later played for the South Carolina Gamecocks.Baity, tackle David Marlowe, end Keith Layton and McGinnis made All-Conference. Baity was All-State and McGinnis played in the East-West game in Greensboro and helped lead the West to victory.Baity returned for his senior year in ’57 and helped the Mountaineers to a 7-3 overall record under new head coach John Gamble. Baity had another 1,000-yard rushing season to become the school’s all-time leading rusher. He was just the second KM player (to Harris) to be selected to the NC Shrine Bowl team. A controversial call in the Shelby game cost the Mountaineers the conference championship as the Lions claimed a 14-13 win at City Stadium. Baity apparently went 65 yards for a touchdown but officials ruled he stepped out of bounds as he went around end. KM fans couldn’t believe it then – and don’t believe it now – that a player with Baity’s talent would step out of bounds running all alone down the sideline. Fans were so outraged that they overturned the officials’ car after the game. The 1960 season went much the same way. In what would turn out to be the championship game, a controversial call helped Lincolnton defeat the Mountaineers 7-0. But players on that team will tell you today the score should have been 14-7 in favor of the Mountaineers and will also recall that game film showed Wally Harris and Punch Parker going into the end zone but the ball was marked short. Parker later scored on a 96-yard catch and run but it was also called back because officials said his forward motion had been stopped.TheMountaineers were winners in every year of Gamble’s tenure until his last one, 1961. He had been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig disease and had to coach from a wheelchair. Assistant Bill Bates took over head coaching duties the following year. Bates and assistants Bill Cashion, Bob Hussey and Don Parker got the Mountaineers back to their winning ways quickly. Their best two teams at KM – ’63 and ’64 – featured some of the best athletes in school history.Mike Huffstickler was the go-to back on the ’63 team that shared the conference championship with Shelby with a 9-0-1 record. Those two teams fought to a 7-7 tie at City Stadium and in those days only the first place team went to the WNCHSAA playoffs. Ties still went into the record book but the winner of the sudden death advanced. KM got the ball first and Hubert McGinnis kicked a field goal. Shelby got the ball and was facing fourth and goal from the 15 yard line and threw a touchdown pass.
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Louise Carlton, wife of the late KMHS football coach Shu Carlton, with former Mountaineer players the late Mearl Valentine,
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Kings Mountain didn’t win a championship – they finished in a three-way tie for first one year – but the1970s and ‘80s produced a lot of outstanding players that went on to play college and a two that played in the NFL.The Mountaineers did open and close the seventies with good teams. Bill Bates’ final team in ’70 went 7-3 for his best record since the championship ’64 season. They had a good shot at winning their first eight games but were upset at East Rutherford 12-9. The Mountaineers, won all five of their home games but dropped late road contests to powerful South Point and Shelby teams. The Mountaineers’ leading rusher was David Bolin, who would later be head coach at Hunter Huss, and local dentist Geeper Howard was the quarterback. Linebacker John Grier was the leader of the defense. Bob Jones, who had turned out some outstanding teams at Lowell Holbrook and was head JV coach and varsity assistant for a year under Shu Carlton at Ashbrook after Holbrook and Ashley consolidated to form Ashbrook, took the KMHS head job in ’71. His first team broke even at 4-4-2 but it did tie Jones’ alma mater and KM’s biggest rival, Shelby. The game took three nights to complete, starting on a Friday and ending on Monday. A strong thunderstorm knocked out the lights at Gamble Stadium at halftime with the score tied at 8-all. Neither team scored in Monday’s second half. The above-mentioned David Bolin moved from running back to quarterback in ’72 and the Mountaineers improved to 6-4 and Grier was all-conference for the second straight season. The Mountaineers had a good shot at going 9-1 but had some late game losses, including 12-7 to RS Central in the game that was billed “the golden anniversary” of KM football. Center-linebacker Mark George was selected to play in the prestigious East-West All-Star game.Coach Jones put one of his best teams on the field in 1974 when the Mountaineers went 7-2-1. Chris Johnson, who went on to a fabulous career at Gardner-Webb, was very versatile and could play any position. The line featured good talent including center Dale Hartsoe, guard John Yarbro and tackles Carl Roseboro and Reggie Whitmire. David Lancaster, most noted as a power hitter for the Mountaineer baseball team, was an excellent kicker and drilled extra points and field goals right through the middle of the uprights.With a 7-1-1 record heading into their last game, the Mountaineers needed to beat Burns for their first the Mountaineers 26-7 giving second place and the playoff spot to Shelby. The Bulldogs upset the Mountaineers again the next season, marching 80 yards in the final three minutes to winThe13-7.1976 and ’77 teams also had tremendous talent. The Mountaineers went 8-2 in ’76 and had most of their starters returning but injuries to key personnel caused a 5-5 season the next year. Any good team has to have blocking, and those teams had an excellent crop in guys like Kelly Land, Tim Spicer, Chuck Gordon, Scott Ellis, Bruce Valentine and others to pave the way for runners like Kenny Bell and William Thompson. Back in those days, Chase had tremendous talent but sophomore David Ray Robinson ran behind the above mentioned line to lead the Mountaineers to an 8-7 victory. Another big win was over the mighty Crest Chargers 20-0 behind the running of Kenny Bell and a punt return by William Thompson. Thompson’s 90-yard kickoff return and Jimmy Hall’s two TD passes blanked North Gaston 20-0 to make KM the only undefeated team in the conference. Late-season losses to Shelby and South and the playoffs. But, in 1979 the Mountaineers fielded one of the best teams in the state under head coach Dan Brooks, who would later help the Clemson Tigers win the national championship. The star of the show was Kevin Mack, who without a doubt was the best running back in school history and later starred on a Clemson team that won the National championship and the NFL Cleveland Browns where he and Earnest Bynum formed the best 1-2 NFL rushing attack with over 1,000 yards each one season. Mack was named Rookie of the Year. KM lost its opening season game against Burns and Coach Dan Brooks put the team through the washer the next week of practice. Their only other loss was a very close 15-12 decision to the South Point Red Raiders who went on to win the state championship. South Point coaches said later that Kings Mountain was the best team theyKMplayed.won everything but the score as Mack and Avery Smith outgained the entire South Point team 295 yards to 143. The Mountaineers led 12-8 late in the game when the Red Raiders’ quarterback Jeff Williams threw a 51-yard alley-oop Perry Fewell. With Mack and Smith chewing up yardage the Mountaineers came right back downfield to the South Point 10 with a first and goal. South Point’s Todd Armstrong intercepted a pass in the end zone to save the game for the Big Red.Mack wasn’t a one-man show, though. In any other year, Smith probably would have received all the accolades Mack did. Both had a lot of teammates to thank for their success, especially offensive linemen like end Tim Leach, tackles Daryl Strong and Scott Crawford, guards Glenn Carroll and Mike Chambers and center DannyThingsWilliams.slacked off in the early ‘80s as the Mountaineers went 3-7 in ’80 and ’81. They rebounded in ’82 with a 6-4 mark in Brooks’ final year. KM kept most games close with their biggest defeat to 4-A power Ashbrook,Curt28-8.Pressley and transfer Tracy Johnson formed one of the best 1-2 running attacks in KMHS history. Pressley went on to play at Gardner-Webb and Johnson played at Clemson and in the NFL. After a 0-2 start, the Mountaineers got their act going with a 21-14 win at East Gaston as Johnson and had 233 yards in 38 carries. The Mountaineers fell to 1-3 the next week in a 9-2 loss to Crest which was in route to one of its five consecutive titles. After that the Mountaineers finished with five straight wins, defeating South Point 14-6, Chase 9-6, North Gaston 20-14, RS Central 28-8 and Shelby 8-0 on an overtime 11-yard pass from Chris Champion to Jay Schronce. A host of starters, including Pressley and Johnson, returned to lead the ’83 team as the first running duo in school history (at that time) to gain over 1,000 yards each. The Mountaineers got off to a great start, winning their first six games, but were stunned two weeks in a row by RS Central 7-0 and Shelby 2-0. The Mountaineers had great ’85 and ’86 seasons under Hicks, going to the state playoffs both years. The ’85 playoff berth came as a surprise because the Mountaineers thought they had been eliminated in a 21-19 loss to a strong South Point team. But a couple days later South Point had to forfeit because of an ineligible player and that sparked the Mountaineers to a state playoff season. It wouldn’t be easy, though, as KM had to come from behind late to edge a very strong East Rutherford team 20-14. A late touchdown pass from Roderick Boyce to Otis Brooks tied the game and Aubrey Hollifield caught a two-point conversion pass in traffic for a 22-20 lead. 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After their three-round playoff run to end the 1980s the Kings Mountain Mountaineers went back to a .500 team for the first part of the 1990s as well as the first part of the 2000s. They wouldn’t make another playoff appearance until 1995 when they started a four-year run that included playing for the 3A state championship in ’98.Denny Hicks closed out his head coaching career after the 1994 season with the longest tenure (11 years) of any former coach. Current coach Greg Lloyd will begin his 17th season Friday night.During his five years in Kings Mountain, Ron Massey’s teams compiled a 47-15-4 overall record. He was blessed with incredible talent, especially on the ’96, ’97 and ’98 teams that included numerous players that went on to play college ball including big offensive tackle Kareem Marshall who was a starter on a University of Georgia team that won the Southeastern Conference championship and Shrine Bowl standout Mariko Feemster who played his freshman year at the University of North Carolina before being diagnosed with Massey’sALS.first team in ’95 didn’t win the conference but qualified for the playoffs with a 7-3 regular season record. The Mountaineers made a long firstround trip up the mountain on a very cold night and fell to a strong Enka eleven, 1714.The Mountaineers shared the conference title in ’96 with an overall 9-0-1 regular season record but again lost their first round playoff game to Canton Pisgah, 35-21 at Gamble Stadium. The tie was 28-28 with Crest at Gamble Stadium that saw the eventual 4A state championship Chargers come from behind late in the fourth quarter for a touchdown and two-point conversion.Oneof the Mountaineers’ all-time great memories came that season when they blew out the Shelby Lions 42-0 in a match-up for the Southwestern Conference championship. Shelby’s ace back Norris Hopper had been dismissed from the team earlier in the week and the Lions were simply no match for the Mountaineers.CoreyJones and Marcus Smith, just the second Mountaineer running duo to each gain over 1,000 yards in the same season, ran all over the Shelby defense. The defense, led by linebacker Boyd Mason, held the Lions to just 74 yards total offense. The Mountaineers keyed on Shelby’s #1 runner Marcus Tate and limited him to just 24 yards on 10 carries. Jones and Smith combined for 257 yards for the Mountaineers. The Mountaineers went 7-4 during the regular season of ’97 and appeared to have the championship in hand before being upset by East Rutherford in the eighth game. Burns defeated East on the final regular season night resulting in a conference
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Kings Mountain High’s football fortunes have gone to a new level in the past 15 years, especially the last eight when the Mountaineers have averaged over 10 wins a Whatseasonwas a break-even season for Coach Greg Lloyd in his first year with the Mountaineers in 2007 ended with a 5-7 mark when both the Mountaineers and Hunter Huss each had an ineligible player on the field and the official result became a loss for both teams.But, Lloyd and his staff turned the tables in 2008 bringing the Mountaineers their first conference championship since Ron Massey’s 1998 team and putting them in the battle for the state 3A championship.The Mountaineers defeated the Huskies 32-18 in the season opener but then dropped three close games to South Point 21-14, Forestview 21-20 and Crest 7-2.Led by great blocking, incredible running and passing by quarterback Michael Roberts and a good running back in Joe Chambers the ’08 Mountaineers finished the regular season with six straight wins and then upset three favored playoff opponents before falling to Massey’s AL Brown team 30-14 in the Western Championship game at Gamble Stadium. “We had a lot of good senior players,” Coach Lloyd noted recently. “Roberts at quarterback, Thomas James on the line and Joe Chambers at running back were our leaders. We had a really experienced team. “Roberts was just a great player. He was a dual threat and was a winner. He carried the team. I have always been proud of that team.” The Mountaineers completed their regular season with consecutive wins over a good Parkwood team 16-0, East Gaston 14-0, Chase 49-14, Shelby 2110, East Rutherford 27-12, a very strong RS Central team 28-21 and Burns 4028.All of their opponents in the playoffs were ranked higher than the Mountaineers. They really opened the eyes of every football follower in the state when they man-handled the strong Hickory Tornadoes 24-7 in the first round but that game was scoreless until late in the third quarter. Hickory’s defense did a great job in toning down Chambers but they couldn’t do a thing with Roberts who rushed and scrambled for 135 yards. Ed Blackburn’s 29-yard field goal with just three minutes remaining in the third quarter broke the scoreless tie and the Mountaineers put it away in the fourthTheirperiod.next two victories were possibly two of the most exciting in Mountaineer football history. They defeated a powerful Mooresville team 41-34 in three overtimes at Gamble Stadium. The very next week they faced Anson County in what may well be KM fans’ biggest nail-biter of all time. The game went back and forth all night long with the two teams combining for over 1,100 yards of offense.The Mountaineers had to come from 10 points down to force the OT against Mooresville. The Mountaineers clinched the win when defensive tackle Jiris Toney jarred the ball away from Mooresville’s star running back Jshaun Pinkston on a first and goal at the KM seven yard line. The ball popped right into the hands of KM safety Josh Haraskiewicz to end theThegame.Anson County game switched hands all night long, with KM scoring and Anson County answering every time. With just 22 seconds remaining, Anson scored to make it 56-55, KM, and the Bearcats decided to go for the win with a two-point conversion. KM sophomore defensive back Matt Young cut the legs out from under Anson’s halfback Patrick Polk at the one-foot line. Anson was forced to attempt an onside kick to get the ball back but KM’s JT Putnam pounced on it to clinch the victory. That must have been Roberts’ best game of his many great games in his four years as a varsity starter. He finished with at what that time was a school record 295 yards passing and 152 yards rushing. He was responsible for six of KM’s eight touchdowns, running for two and passing for four. Most of KM’s big plays were a result of Roberts scrambling to make something out of nothing, including two spectacular running passes of 30 and 37 yards to Jacoby Giles for touchdowns. Giles’ second TD catch, with just 37 seconds left, turned out to be the winning touchdown. The bad thing about that great victory was that both Roberts and Chambers were injured and that cost the Mountaineers in their season-ending loss to Kannapolis the next week. The Mountaineers tried to keep those injuries secret but it didn’t take Kannapolis Coach Ron Massey long to figure out that Roberts was not his usual self. So, after a close beginning the Wonders rolled to victory and into a state championshipLosingberth. so many stars off that talented team, the Mountaineers slacked off in 2009 to a 4-7 record but they were still competitive. Many of those losses – including a 20-14 double-overtime loss to Hickory, a 21-6 loss to South Point, 17-10 to Shelby, 20-17 in overtime to Huss and a 24-17 loss to Forestview could have gone either way.They rebounded big in 2010 with a 7-5 overall record that included a 20-17 win over Shelby, 16-13 win over a very good Hunter Huss team and a 50-28 win over Forestview. They lost close games to Kannapolis 35-32 and South Point 24-21 in OT. The 2011 team went 6-7 and again suffered several close defeats, including a 25-15 loss to Weddington that was broken open late, a 24-21 loss to Shelby, 37-29 to Crest and 21-12 to Forestview. The Mountaineers got a measure of revenge against the Jaguars, though, as they met the very next week in the first round of the state playoffs and the Mountaineers mauled them 43-13 before being eliminated the nest week by Crest.They missed the playoffs the next two seasons but in 2014 began a run that is still going today. They finished 8-5 and shared the conference lead much of the year but lost to Crest 35-7 late in the season. They made it back to the state playoffs but fell to West Henderson 41-27 in the opening round. Beginning in 2015, the Mountaineers have averaged double-digit wins every year except in the COVID season of spring ’21 when teams were limited to eight regular season games. The Mountaineers won the Big South and ran the table during the regular season with an 8-0 record but dropped their first playoff game to finish 8-1. The ’15 season included some very impressive wins as the Mountaineers kept their side of the scoreboard lit with numbers. They opened the season with five straight wins before falling to Shelby 34-20 and a couple weeks later to Crest 48-14. They won their last three regular season games and first three playoff games to finish 12-3. “We slacked off for a while but since ‘2014 we’ve put a good team on the field every year,” Lloyd noted. “Over the last eight years we’ve been in double digits except for that COVID year and we made it to the state semi-finals in ’15, ’18 and ’19. And, with a very young team we were in double digit wins in 1921.” Lloyd is, by far, the winningest coach in KM football history with a 120-71 mark that includes an 82-24 record over the past eight years.Lloyd said the 2017 team was one of his favorites, calling it “very special.” “We were fortunate to have a really good quarterback in Kaylon Wade, who could run and throw, and very fortunate to have a really good running back in Ricaylen Mack. We also had some very good pass receivers in Kobe Paysour and Quintin Davidson and some great defensive players like Day Day Wilson and Javari Rice Wilson. And, a lot of other really good players. Our only losses were in overtime to Shelby in the regular season and Jay M. Robinson in the playoffs. That was a very goodWithteam.many players back, the Mountaineers were very strong again in ’18. “We didn’t win the conference but we made it to the semi-finals of the state tournament,” he recalled. “We had a great win over the #1 seed, Northwest Cabarrus which was undefeated and also a great win against a very good Statesville team that was its conference champion.” He said the most exciting game during his tenure was the 2019 state semi-finals game at Charlotte Catholic when the Mountaineers fell in seven overtimes, tying a NCHSAA record for the longest overtime game ever. “We have made a lot of good memories over the last several years,” he said. “We’ve had excellent players and it has been a lot of fun. Beating Shelby 42-17 in 2019 was one of the great games along with the 2020 season when we beat them at Shelby when Tykel Smith fell on a fumble in the end zone. That was very exciting.“We’ve had a lot of exciting games for sure, and our fan support has really been special. Our fans have been behind us in every game since I’ve been here. They always have good words to say. We have excellent fans, cheerleaders and bands. Kings Mountain is a very special place.” Mountaineers have gone to a new level under Lloyd Kobe Paysour, now a wide receiver for the North Carolina Tar Heels, was the Mountaineers’ second All-American his sophomore year at KMHS.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022 The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Page 7B 805 Cleveland Ave., Kings Mountain • 704-739-7308 Linwood Produce & Restaurant PROUD SUPPORTER OF MOUNTAINEER ATHLETICS! JA’QUALYN SANDERS JAVIER CURRIE MALIKSINCERELITTLEJOHNLANAIR JACK KISER JOSH COBB MAX TRESTONTHOMPSONSPIKES JADEN TYLERMICAHJOSIAHELLISHILLWARDFURMAN JAKARRI KAMERONROBERTSADAMSMICHAELLUBASVANCEJOHNSON JAKE LLOYD LAMONTROBERTLITTLEJOHNKENDRICKWILLIAMVAUGHNZAVIONWILSON JASON MALACHIMELTONREEVESRODNEYUNNASHXZORIONLENAIRZAYSMITHThe Kings Mountain Touchdown Club will host a 100-year KMHS football anniversary dinner Thursday, October 20 at 6 p.m. at John Gamble Stadium.Thedinner is free to any former football players, managers, trainers, coaches and KMTD members. Each individual is allowed one guest over the age of 16. It is a requirement to sign up at throughofcardyourgmail.com.kmfootball100years@Youwillneedcurrentmembershipandanotherformidentificationtogetthegate. This event is not open to the Youpublic.canjoin the KM Touchdown Club at one of the levels offered below to help KMHS athletics:First down club - $100. Second down club$200.Third down club$500.Coach’s club - $1,000. Mail you membership to KMTD Club, PO Box 2017, Kings Mountain, NCMembers28086. can also purchase a parking pass for $30. These will also be available at the games and club dinners. KMHS football 100th Octoberdinneranniversaryyear20 109 Country Club Rd., Kings Mtn., NC 704-739-5871 • KingsMountainCC.com “Tradition Since 1945” Proudly Supporting Mountaineer Athletics!
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70S AND 80S From Page 3B and took on arch rival Shelby the next week. The Lions had beaten them 10-0 during the regular season but this time they couldn’t budge the tough KM defense. The Mountaineers drove 59 yards on their first possession to take a 7-0 lead on a oneyard run by Sam Smith and the score stood the rest of theThatnight.win allowed the Mountaineers to host their first playoff game ever at Gamble Stadium. An allday rain soaked the turf and both teams went to a running game. Visiting Brevard had its only good drive of the night but the KM defense held them to a field goal that stood. KM had potential scoring drives stopped at the 24 and 21 yardInlines.alast ditch effort in the fourth quarter, KM took over at its own 43. Tony Boyce hit Jerry Jordan with a pass to the Brevard 42, and then Edwin Sherer caught another for a first down at the 18. A face mask penalty against Brevard made it first and goal at the 11with 58 seconds left. Boyce went to the air again but a pass intended hit Sherer in the end zone wasTheintercepted.1986KM eleven gave the home folks and exciting season as well. The Mountaineers would share the conference championship with Shelby and East Rutherford and went deep in the playoffs again. Many of the ’85 stars were back, including Jerry Jordan who moved from running back to QB, Shrine Bowl linebacker and SWC Player of the Year Aubrey Hollifield, Rusty Bumgardner and others. KM recovered three Shelby fumbles in a 14-7 victory with two of them resulting in touchdowns. It was the first time since 1934 and ’35 that the Mountaineers beat Shelby two times in a row. The season ended in a threeway tie for first between KM, Shelby and East Rutherford. KM drew Brevard for round one of the playoffs and won 17-14 on a Bumgardner field goal and TD runs of four and three yards by Raynard Roberts. The next week Hicks’ former Swannanoa Owen team, led by future Florida State and NFL quarterback Brad Johnson eliminated the Mountaineers 12-0. Things slacked off the next two seasons but the ’89 team went three rounds in the playoffs after finishing third in the conference behind Crest and Shelby. They started the playoffs with one of their most exciting victories, 37-36 in five overtimes at #1 Smoky Mountain with Daniel Honeycutt kicking the winning 26-yard field goal. The fourth quarter ended 14-all and the first 10-yard OT resulted in the hosts kicking a field goal to go up 17-14 and Honeycutt answering it with a 26-yarder for another tie. In the second OT, KM’s VictorBell scored on a oneyard run and Honeycutt added the PAT but Smoky Mountain tied it again at 24.Neither team scored in the third overtime. In the fourth, McClain scored on a one-yard run and Honeycutt’s PAT missed, making it 30-24. Smoky Mountain answered, but their PAT failedSmokyalso. Mountain got the ball first in the fifth OT and scored but missed the PAT again to make it 3630. Things looked bad for the Mountaineers when three straight passes fell incomplete, but on fourth and 10 Ryan Hollifield hit Darius “NuNu” Ross for a TD and Honeycutt drilled the PAT right through the middle of the uprights for theThewin. Mountaineers returned to Cleveland County for their final two games, a 13-0 win over Burns and a 20-14 loss to Shelby.
PASSING Games Att.-Comp. Yds. TDs Lamont Littlejohn 13 105-187 1,585 9 RUSHING Games Carries Yds. Avg. TDs Robert Kendrick 12 115 643 5.6 5 Thomas Feemster 7 75 352 4.7 2 Caleb Holland 4 59 343 5.8 2 Micah Ward 13 62 342 26.3 3 Zay Smith 12 42 206 17.2 4 AJ Richardson 8 19 124 15.5 7 RECEIVING Games Receptions Yds. Avg. TDs Bryson Brown 13 23 383 22.7 7 Jake Lloyd 13 28 314 11.2 1 Zay Smith 12 2 24 12 0 Thomas Feemster 7 2 20 10 0 Micah Ward 13 1 3 3.0 0 TACKLES GP SOLO TOTAL PER GAME Jake Lloyd 13 98 98 7.5 Zay Smith 12 40 40 3.3 Robert Kendrick 12 18 18 1.5 Curtis Simpson 11 45 45 4.1 Bryson Brown 13 15 15 1.2 AJ Richardson 8 66 66 8.3 Gabe Short 1 11 11 11 Ja’Qualyn Sanders 12 38 38 3.2 Max Thompson 2 2 2 1.0 Micah Ward 13 81 81 6.2 Javier Currie 6 28 28 4.7 Jaden Ellis 12 1 1 0.1 Micah Luba 3 4 4 1.3 Isaiah Etheridge 1 1 1 1.0 QB SACKS – Curtis Simpson 8, AJ Richardson 7, Javier Curry 5, Micah Ward 1. KM RETURNING STAT LEADERS FROM ‘21 o 404 E. King St., Kings Mountain, NC Monday-Friday704-750-46458:30-5:00 Congratulations MOUNTAINEERS on Achieving 100 Years on the Gridiron!
1922-1949 From Page 1B During that time only 11 players were selected. Although won-lost records weren’t great during the ‘30s, the Mountaineers produced several great athletes in all three sports. The above-mentioned Jake Early, who was the quarterback of the 1934 and 1935 Mountaineers, went on to a 10-year major league baseball career with the Washington Senators and caught the entire major league all-star game in 1943.Other college players during the 1940s included Jim Gibson and George Allen, who were called the “Touchdown Twins.” Both went on to have good college careers at NC State. Jim Dickey, a lineman who played at Catawba College was drafted by the NFL New York Yankees in 1940. KM’s best team in the 1940s came in 1946 when the Mountaineers went 7-3 under new coach Clyde Canipe. Bill Cashion, who would later be the KM line coach in the 1960s and 1970s, was a bruising fullback and was All-State along with teammates Robert Neill, a tackle, and end Bill Dettmar. One thing that is always needed to build a strong football program is coaching stability and KM did not have that in its first three decades. From 1922 until 1947, the Mountaineers had at least ten coaches and in several of those seasons a coach was not listed on the teams’ rosters. At least six times, the coach stayed just one season.That began to change, though, in 1948 when a young coach right out of Lenoir Rhyne College named Everette L. “Shu” Carlton took charge of the program. A former football player at Duke and LR and a World War II Marine veteran, Carlton not only brought stability to the program but introduced the Mountaineers to the “School of Hard Knocks” and KMHS would soon become one of the best football programs in the state.When he walked into the Central School equipment room the first time, he found out of date equipment and when he walked onto the practice field the first day he found players who weren’t skilled and not all that interested in football.Butthat soon changed. With the help of a small group of diehard fans he organized the first Mountaineer Club and purchased new equipment and would later add grammar school football and a JV program. He had only 26 players on his roster but instilled in them a desire to win and work hard and let them know quickly that if they did not intend to practice and play hard they were not welcome to wear the KM black and gold. The ’48 team won only one game and tied three but Carlton laid the groundwork that would bring a winning 6-4 season in ’49. Other coaches in North Carolina were so impressed that they named him as one of the coaches for the NC Shrine Bowl team and he helped lead the Tar Heels to victory over the South Carolina all-stars.
FIFTIES From Page 2B point. Twenty-six starters returned and the Mountaineers ran the table in the regular season with a 10-0 record. Everyone in the WNCHSAA were predicting a KM-Thomasville fight for the championship but the Mountaineers were upset in the opening round by Hickory 6-0. Pat Murphy again was the top passer around, setting records at both KM and Appalachian State where he was an All-American. He had some good receivers in Jimmy Cloninger who would later play with him at Appalachian, Richard White, Richard Gold and others. Steve Baker was the leading rusher and also a good pass receiver who amassed over 1,200 yards in rushing and receiving in addition to returning kicks. Bill Cashion’s line was outstanding with center Hubert McGinnis, tackles Lyn Cheshire and Glenn Bolin and guards George Plonk and Steve Grigg leading the way. The defense was led by many of the same people up front along with people like Gold and Ronnie Rhea in theThesecondary.Mountaineers continued to be competitive over the next several years but it would be a while before they competed for another conference championship.
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96 THROUGH 98 From Page 4B ineligible player on the field when the Mountaineers defeated Huss in the season opener. The Mountaineers lost to South Point, Forestview and Crest before breaking the skid with a 21-0 win over non-conference Victory Christian. The Mountaineers went on to qualify for the state playoffs but lost in the opening round to South Point 55-20.
Page 10B The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Thanks to KMHS for 100 years of great704-879-4384football! GO KM! BROTHERS,NEISLERINC. We are proud of Kings theyearsyearshistoryhistoryFootballFootballHighHighMountainSchoolSchoolteam’slongteam’slongofathleticism.ofathleticism.Here’stoanother100offootballunderoffootballunderFridaynightlights!Dr. David Dellinger Dr. Leslie Phifer Hendrick Khia, Michelle,CPhTCPhTTerry,CPhTRobinKaitlyn ©CommunityFirstMedia 1106 Shelby Road, Kings Mountain Beside Love’s Fish Box 704-739-1698BESTSat9amMon-FriHours:-6pm9am-2pm WISHES on Your 2022 SEASON AND 100 YEARS of MOUNTAINEER FOOTBALL 1922 3-2-1 CoachFredOrmand KM OPP. 0 Lincolnton 12 0 Gastonia 0 1 Cowpens* 0 19 Mt. Holly 0 0 Charlotte, US 25 35 KM All-Stars 0 1923*Forfeit–No scores available 1924 2-2-1 No coach (Lost to Clover) 7 Piedmont 0 (Defeated Gastonia) 0 Mt. Holly 1* 35 Blacksburg 0 1925 4-4 Monk Banks 7 Boiling Springs 0 0 Boiling Springs 12 (Defeated Lincolnton) (Lost to Forest City) 7 Chester 0 0 Lincolnton 1* 10 Gaffney 12 (Def Clover 3-0 or 7-6) Forfeit* 1926 6-0-4 E.S.Christenbury 6 Boiling Springs 6 17 Concord 0 1 Fallston 0* 58 Blacksburg 0 20 Mt. Holly 6 47 Dallas 0 0 Shelby 0 19 Lincolnton 6 0 Asheville 0 7 Shelby 7 *Forfeit 19351927-34Scoresnotavailable4-4 PeteMoss 13 Shelby 6 19 Cliffside 0 18 Bessemer City 0 19 Forest City 6 0 Newton 39 12 Cherryville 13 0 Morganton 14 0 Gastonia 14 1936 0-8 PeteMoss Scores not available 1937 0-8 PeteMoss Scores not available 1938 6-3 CrowellLittle 14 Bessemer City 0 0 Newton 20 22 Cliffside 0 13 Shelby 7 13 Harding 0 0 Cherryville 26 14 Harding 2 6 Forest City 18 13 Blacksburg 6 1939 2-5-1 ClineFarthing 0 Gastonia 7 0 Marion 19 41 NCSD 0 (Lost to Harding) 0 Cherryville 7 0 Shelby 13 7 Forest City 7 20 Bessemer City 7 (Lost to Lincolnton) 1940 4-5 ClineFarthing 12 Gastonia 6 12 Marion 6 19 Bessemer City 0 6 Cherryville 14 25 NCSD 6 0 Forest City 7 12 Shelby 18 13 Newton 14 0 Lincolnton 25 1941 2-7 ClineFarthing 0 Gastonia 32 0 Bessemer City 2 0 Charlotte Tech 14 13 Newton 0 (Other scores not available) 1942 0-8 PepperMartin 0 Hickory 40 6 Bessemer City 19 (Other scores not available) 19441943–(SeasoncancelledWWII)5-3 DonParker 25 Bessemer City 6 9 Lenoir 17 7 Forest City 6 20 Bessemer City 0 13 Mt. Holly 6 6 Cherryville 7 0 Shelby 26 7 Hickory 6 1945 2-7 DonParker 0 Belmont Abbey 12 0 Forest City 39 6 Belmont 0 0 Newton 19 6 Cherryville 19 0 Lenoir 46 6 Bessemer City 0 0 Shelby 25 0 Hickory 12 1946 7-3 ClydeCanipe 7 Lincolnton 13 6 Hickory 13 13 Bessemer City 7 13 Belmont 0 34 Rutherfordton 7 0 Cherryville 6 32 Mt. Holly 7 12 Lenoir 7 6 Shelby 0 26 Hendersonville 0 1947 1-7 JackRudisill 0 Mt. Holly 27 13 Hendersonville 6 0 Bessemer City 6 0 Marion 40 0 Charlotte Tech 32 0 Lenoir 7 0 Shelby 40 0 Lincolnton 19 1948 1-5-3 ShuCarlton 0 Bessemer City 13 12 NCSD 6 6 Morganton 7 0 RS Central 0 0 Cherryville 14 0 Mt. Holly 0 0 Charlotte Tech 7 0 Shelby 28 6 Lincolnton 6 1949 6-4 ShuCarlton 18 Dallas 6 16 Hendersonville 0 0 Cherryville 28 13 Forest City 0 6 RS Central 20 13 Newton 0 6 Mt. Holly 0 0 Charlotte Tech 7 0 Shelby 7 12 Lincolnton 6 1950 3-3-2 ShuCarlton 39 Dallas 6 0 Charlotte Tech 14 7 Stanley 0 0 Cherryville 0 7 Forest City 2 0 Newton 27 6 Mt. Holly 13 1951 4-4-1 ArtWeiner 7 Bessemer City 6 19 Mt. Holly 0 13 Cherryville 7 6 Forest City 7 25 RS Central 21 0 Marion 7 0 Lincolnton 0 7 Newton 12 0 Shelby 12 1952 1-8 ShuCarlton 12 Bessemer City 14 20 Mt. Holly 7 6 Cherryville 14 0 Forest City 12 7 RS Central 12 0 Marion 7 20 Lincolnton 25 6 Newton 19 7 Shelby 36 1953 5-3 ShuCarlton 27 Bessemer City 6 26 Mt. Holly 6 13 Cherryville 14 14 Forest City 12 13 RS Central 12 6 Marion 12 14 Lincolnton 0 6 Shelby 14 1954 7-2-1 ShuCarlton 42 Bessemer City 0 54 Mt. Holly 18 20 Cherryville 6 6 Forest City 21 26 East Meck 13 7 RS Central 0 24 Lincolnton 13 38 Dallas 0 14 Shelby 20 7 Belmont 7 1955 10-1-1 ShuCarlton 59 Bessemer City 0 7 West Meck 0 28 Cherryville 0 7 Forest City 7 32 East Meck 7 26 RS Central 0 27 Lincolnton 7 27 Dallas 0 26 Shelby 0 20 Belmont 6 All-time KMHS football scores SCORES - Continued To Page 11B
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Page 11B SCORES - Continued To Page 12B SCORES - From Page 10B (WNCHSAA Playoffs) 19 Forest City 13 6 Valdese 14 1956 10-0-1 ShuCarlton 6 Bessemer City 0 20 West Meck 13 21 Cherryville 6 12 Forest City 7 7 East Meck 0 26 RS Central 0 39 Lincolnton 14 33 Dallas 0 6 Shelby 6 18 Belmont 12 (WNCHSAA Playoffs) 7 Lenoir 6 1957 7-3 JohnGamble 13 Bessemer City 0 6 West Meck 12 7 Cherryville 0 21 Forest City 6 13 East Meck 6 0 RS Central 6 27 Lincolnton 12 33 Mt. Holly 13 1 Shelby 14 27 Belmont 7 1958 6-2-2 JohnGamble 19 Bessemer City 0 39 Granite Falls 6 0 Cherryville 0 38 Forest City 6 6 West Meck 0 13 RS Central 12 7 Lincolnton 6 7 Mt. Holly 12 0 Shelby 3 26 Belmont 14 1959 6-2-2 JohnGamble 39 Bessemer City 6 31 Forest City 6 44 Chase 7 7 Shelby 7 7 West Meck 0 14 Cherryville 0 0 Lincolnton 6 6 RS Central 6 13 Belmont 0 0(Playoffs) RS Central 26 1960 9-1 JohnGamble 38 Forest City 0 39 Bessemer City 7 41 Chase 0 12 Shelby 7 12 West Meck 6 20 Clover 7 0 Lincolnton 7 14 RS Central 6 32 Belmont 7 40 Cherryville 0 1961 3-6-1 JohnGamble 14 Forest City 0 9 York 26 27 Chase 6 7 Shelby 20 13 Bessemer City 14 13 Clover 26 7 Lincolnton 26 8 RS Central 14 13 Belmont 0 0 Cherryville 0 1962 4-5-1 BillBates 0 East Rutherford 0 6 York 20 18 Chase 0 6 Shelby 7 13 Bessemer City 7 13 Mooresville 20 13 Lincolnton 119 7 RS Central 0 13 Belmont 0 0 Cherryville 6 1963 9-0-1 BillBates 18 Cherryville 0 28 Stanley 6 34 Chase 6 28 East Rutherford 7 45 Bessemer City 7 14 Mooresville 0 7 Shelby 7 6 RS Central 0 20 Belmont 0 14 Lincolnton 7 1964 10-1 BillBates 38 Stanley 6 33 Cherryville 6 32 Chase 12 21 East Rutherford 0 26 Bessemer City 6 12 Mooresville 7 19 Shelby 7 21 RS Central 20 35 Belmont 14 24 Lincolnton 6 0(Playoffs) Hickory 6 1965 3-7 BillBates 19 Salem 0 13 Cherryville 6 12 Chase 38 0 East Rutherford 20 0 Bessemer City 7 0 Mooresville 32 0 Shelby 19 6 RS Central 27 14 Belmont 0 7 Lincolnton 20 1966 5-5 BillBates 7 Thomasville 27 36 Cherryville 0 7 Chase 12 14 East Rutherford 26 13 Bessemer City 6 9 Concord 7 0 Shelby 19 3 RS Central 14 13 Belmont 7 15 Lincolnton 14 1967 3-6-1 BillBates 0 Thomasville 7 36 Cherryville 0 0 Chase 14 *6 East Rutherford 6 31 Bessemer City 0 0 Concord 13 19 Shelby 7 6 RS Central 13 7 Belmont 13 6 Lincolnton 14 1968 5-5 BillBates 32 Bessemer City 0 6 Chase 14 14 East Rutherford 7 20 Belmont 14 13 Cherryville 19 7 RS Central 10 0 Shelby 32 *14 Crest 0 *33 Burns 0 7 Lincolnton 33 *First games against the new Crest and Burns high schools 1969 5-4-1 BillBates 24 Bessemer City 0 6 Chase 35 6 East Rutherford 7 20 South Point 13 7 Cherryville 0 14 RS Central 18 13 Shelby 48 15 Crest 0 33 Burns 14 0 Lincolnton 0 1970 7-3 BillBates 13 Bessemer City 6 26 Chase 0 9 East Rutherford 12 7 South Point 24 41 Cherryville 0 20 RS Central 7 14 Shelby 41 41 Crest 19 13 Burns 0 27 Lincolnton 18 1971 4-4-2 BobJones 24 Bessemer City 6 13 Chase 16 14 East Rutherford 6 0 South Point 20 13 Cherryville 15 26 RS Central 6 8 Shelby 8 0 Crest 0 27 Burns 0 18 Lincolnton 43 1972 6-4 BobJones 36 Bessemer City 12 31 Chase 0 14 East Rutherford 7 19 South Point 28 33 Cherryville 14 7 RS Central 12 12 Shelby 32 14 Crest 22 21 Burns 14 24 Lincolnton 13 1973 5-5 BobJones 0 Bessemer City 2 13 North Gaston 0 7 Lincolnton 0 37 Burns 6 12 East Rutherford 27 27 East Gaston 7 12 Chase 14 0 South Point 27 14 Cherryville 6 6 Shelby 26 1974 7-2-1 BobJones 7 North Gaston 7 28 Chase 8 27 Hudson 19 34 Bessemer City 0 9 East Rutherford 6 29 East Gaston 0 14 Shelby 7 6 South Point 35 est. 2020 133 W. Mountain Street Kings Mountain, NC www.133west.com28086(704)750-4100 Happy 100th to KMHS Football Find Us FACEBOOKOn 1901 FALLSTON RD. • SHELBY, NC 28150 704-487-9861704-487-9861 www.clinesnursery.comwww.clinesnursery.com CLINE’S Nursery Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am-5pm SaturdaySunday-ClosedSunday-Closed9am-2pm • FERNS • TROPICALS • TREES • SHRUBS • AND MORE! Butterfly Bushesy Buy 2 get 1 FREE MimosaChocolateTrees,7gal.$149.99 • Boston Ferns • LimelightHydrangea Asst. Fresh Cut$1.00Flowersstem Sale Starts-8/22 Perennials20%Off Sale Ends - 8/21
Page 12B The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Wednesday, August 17, 2022 B.F. AGENCY,MANERINC. 307 York Road •Kings Mountain, NC 28086 704-739-6411 227 S. CHEROKEE ST. KINGS704.739.0193MOUNTAINTire Inc. ©CommunityFirstMedia we support your team. because, well, it’s our team too. simple human sense AGENCY NAME GOES HERE CITY • bestinsuranceagency.com000.000.0000 Warlick and InsuranceHamrick Kings Mountain • 704-739-3611 www.kminsure.com SCORES - From Page 11B 30 Cherryville 0 7 Burns 28 1975 4-5-1 BobJones 20 North Gaston 20 0 Chase 34 21 Hudson 13 48 Bessemer City 7 6 East Rutherford 27 18 East Gaston 14 7 Shelby 42 30 South Point 27 0 Cherryville 19 7 Burns 13 1976 8-2 BobJones 20 Crest 0 8 Chase 7 28 North Gaston 0 50 Bessemer City 0 14 East Rutherford 7 31 Burns 0 0 Shelby 20 13 South Point 21 21 Cherryville 20 21 East Gaston 14 1977 5-5 BobJones 36 RS Central 0 7 Ashbrook 21 13 Chase 12 12 East Rutherford 14 22 Crest 6 14 Shelby 20 34 North Gaston 6 14 South Point 27 14 East Gaston 38 41 Burns 7 1978 5-5 DanBrooks 13 RS Central 0 7 Ashbrook 27 0 Chase 20 14 East Rutherford 0 8 Crest 6 0 Shelby 20 6 North Gaston 0 3 South Point 28 0 East Gaston 19 32 Burns 0 1979 8-2 DanBrooks 6 Burns 16 23 Ashbrook 0 7 East Gaston 0 13 East Rutherford 0 23 Crest 13 34 North Gaston 0 12 South Point 15 23 Chase 12 23 RS Central 6 27 Shelby 0 1980 3-7 DanBrooks 8 Burns 27 19 Ashbrook 0 0 East Gaston 24 12 East Rutherford 0 0 Crest 25 7 North Gaston 6 6 South Point 36 0 Chase 26 0 RS Central 28 0 Shelby 28 1981 3-7 DanBrooks 0 Burns 6 14 Ashbrook 21 0 East Gaston 6 0 East Rutherford 14 6 Crest 24 2 North Gaston 7 6 South Point 0 29 Chase 0 17 RS Central 0 7 Shelby 13 1982 6-4 DanBrooks 18 Burns 25 8 Ashbrook 28 21 East Rutherford 7 2 Crest 9 20 North Gaston 14 14 South Point 6 9 Chase 6 28 RS Central 8 8 Shelby 0 (ot) 1983 6-4 DennyHicks 29 Burns 6 13 Ashbrook 21 20 East Gaston 8 32 East Rutherford 12 0 Crest 21 27 North Gaston 0 14 South Point 8 20 Chase 0 0 RS Central 7 0 Shelby 26 1984 1-9 DennyHicks 2 Burns 23 0 Ashbrook 14 14 East Gaston 33 21 East Rutherford 0 0 Crest 14 7 North Gaston 14 26 South Point 34 8 Chase 19 15 RS Central 21 6 Shelby 34 1985 11-2 DennyHicks 40 Bessemer City 26 20 East Lincoln 14(ot) 13 Hunter Huss 9 0 Shelby 10 59 Chase 0 20 Burns 0 30 RS Central 14 1 South Point 0* 29 East Rutherford 20 45 North Gaston 9 14(Playoffs) Canton Pisgah 13 7 Shelby 0 0 Brevard 3 *Forfeit - South Point won on the field 21-19. Later forfeited for using ineligible player. 1986 10-2 DennyHicks 17 Bessemer City 7 42 East Lincoln 0 6 Hunter Huss 34 14 Shelby 7 27 Chase 0 28 Burns 0 35 RS Central 14 41 South Point 7 0 East Rutherford 6 (OT) 35 North Gaston 0 17(Playoffs) Brevard 14 0 Owen 12 1987 4-6 DennyHicks 18 Bessemer City 4 7 Hunter Huss 9 35 South Caldwell 20 5 Burns 17 0 Shelby 28 17 Chase 0 7 RS Central 21 9 South Point 17 13 East Rutherford 32 31 North Gaston 14 1988 5-5 DennyHicks 25 Bessemer City 0 7 Hunter Huss 27 14 South Caldwell 0 0 Burns 18 13 Shelby 25 48 Chase 0 19 RS Central 12 7 South Point 21 7 East Rutherford 20 40 North Gaston 0 1989 8-5 DennyHicks 7 Canton Pisgah 35 33 Bessemer City 0 30 East Lincoln 6 12 Crest 25 11 RS Central 6 42 South Point 0 20 Burns 6 6 Shelby 14 27 North Gaston 0 14 East Rutherford 49 37(Playoffs) Smoky Mountain 36 (5 OTs) 13 Burns 0 14 Shelby 20 1990 6-4 DennyHicks 8 Pisgah 13 6 Bessemer City 0 21 East Lincoln 0 25 Crest 21 0 RS Central 27 26 South Point 13 13 Burns 16 17 Shelby 7 33 North Gaston 0 15 East Rutherford 31 1991 4-6 DennyHicks 13 North Meck 18 15 East Lincoln 13 20 Crest 26 0 Lincolnton 27 34 RS Central 0 12 South Point 14 7 Burns 9 14 Shelby 19 49 North Gaston 0 35 East Rutherford 24 1992 6-4 DennyHicks 6 North Meck 34 23 East Lincoln 2 16 Crest 6 27 Lincolnton 14 14 RS Central 7 29 South Point 18 8 Burns 14 0 Shelby 7 28 North Gaston 7 12 East Rutherford 16 1993 4-6 DennyHicks 59 East Gaston 0 7 Crest 20 21 Bessemer City 14 7 Mooresville 17 17 RS Central 14 0 South Point 34 16 Burns 27 21 Shelby 48 18 North Gaston 20 33 East Rutherford 25 SCORES - Continued To Page 13B SANDWICHESROASTCLASSICBEEF Arby’s is a proud sponsor of the Kings Mountain Mountaineers Valid through 12/31/2022 TM & ©2022 Arby’s IP Holder, LLC A ball carrier is charged with a rushing attempt when he possesses a ball… On a snap for a field goal or punt, if the snapper’s action causes the ball to bounce past or over the punter’s head, and the punter recovers the ball behind the line of scrimmage, the fumble is charged to the snapper and the loss of yards on the play are team yards lost. Know?YouDid
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Page 13B HIGHcampersinn.com/kings-mountainKINGSMOUNTAINSCHOOLFOOTBALLSALESSERVICEPARTS Your goin to Love SPECIALS!LUNCHDaily Fresh ... Hot ... Tasty ... Sandwiches Chicken Philly or Philly Cheese Steak • Fries Hushpuppies • Drink Serving Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 9pm! Good Luck Mountaineers! having dinner with us before the big game! Seafood Flounder, Perch, Shrimp & More! Best Chicken Tenders in town! ©CommunityFirstMedia1104 Shelby Rd., Kings 704.739.8648704.739.4036Mountain In a place we have called home since October 17, 1968 Thank You for 100 years MountaineerofFootball! GOOD LUCK in your season!2022 Love’s Fish Box SCORES - From Page 12B 1994 3-6-1 DennyHicks 28 East Gaston 7 0 Crest 28 13 Bessemer City 13 8 Mooresville 23 31 RS Central 10 14 South Point 17 13 Burns 19 6 Shelby 35 34 North Gaston 14 22 East Rutherford 35 1995 8-3 RonMassey 34 East Gaston 14 0 Crest 28 35 Bessemer City 7 20 Mooresville 13 21 RS Central 7 18 South Point 13 13 Burns 12 0 Shelby 19 35 North Gaston 8 24 East Rutherford 15 14(Playoffs) Enka 17 1996 9-1-1 RonMassey 46 East Gaston 8 28 Crest 28 58 Bessemer City 11 19 Mooresville 13 30 RS Central 18 41 South Point 16 34 Burns 13 42 Shelby 0 45 North Gaston 21 42 East Rutherford 0 21(Playoffs) Pisgah 35 1997 10-5 RonMassey 23 East Gaston 19 26 Bessemer City 7 55 Butler 17 18 Shelby 20 7 Crest 28 21 Freedom 26 28 Burns 0 42 RS Central 0 13 East Rutherford 20 51 South Point 16 36 North Gaston 12 30(Playoffs) High Point Andrews 20 23 East Rowan 13 28 Ragsdale 21 27 AL Brown 40 1998 14-2 RonMassey 33 East Gaston 6 44 Bessemer City 0 21 Butler 3 7 Shelby 6 30 Crest 21 14 Freedom 16 31 Burns 6 38 RS Central 7 14 East Rutherford 7 30 South Point 14 41 North Gaston 0 50(Playoffs) Wilkes Central 7 21 Asheville 13 28 AL Brown 21 *20 Concord 7 **28 W-S Carver 33 *Western Regional championship. **State championship. 1999 6-4-1 RonMassey 34 East Gaston 14 7 Gaffney 50 68 Bessemer City 0 21 Shelby 21 14 Crest 21 15 Forestview 20 63 Burns 7 49 RS Central 6 54 East Rutherford 20 52 South Point 56 46 North Gaston 33 2000 4-7 DaveFarquharson 54 East Gaston 14 0 Gaffney 42 49 Bessemer City 6 13 Shelby 43 7 Crest 54 28 Forestview 27(ot) 7 Burns 24 7 RS Central 21 14 East Rutherford 27 29 South Point 59 14 North Gaston 13 2001 6-4 DaveFarquharson 17 East Gaston 0 21 South Point 17 24 Forestview 21 10 Shelby 19 35 Fred T. Foard 0 49 Burns 21 0 Crest 17 62 RS Central 0 13 St. Stephens 20 7 Hickory 9 2002 4-6 DaveFarquharson 20 East Gaston 30 28 South Point 53 14 Forestview 21 34 Shelby 35 (ot) 48 Fred T. Foard 12 14 Burns 42 0 Crest 21 24 RS Central 7 42 St Stephens 7 13 Hickory 20 28 North Gaston 16 28(Playoffs) W-S Glenn 40 2003 2-8 DaveFarquharson 6 East Gaston 28 0 South Point 49 12 Forestview 17 24 Shelby 38 44 F.T. Foard 12 14 Burns 23 0 Crest 20 27 RS Central 21 (2ot) 19 St. Stephens 23 14 Hickory 38 2004 4-8 DaveFarquharson 48 East Gaston 34 21 South Point 44 42 Forestview 34 20 Shelby 52 56 F.T. Foard 22 0 Burns 45 0 Crest 54 27 RS Central 28 63 St. Stephens 42 14 Hickory 17 7 Maiden 36 21(Playoffs) TC Roberson 77 2005 4-7 DaveFarquharson 23 Hunter Huss 21 14 South Point 41 44 Forestview 37 14 Crest 43 0 Central Cabarrus 28 26 East Gaston 24 21 Chase 0 35 Shelby 55 6 East Rutherford 23 21 RS Central 35 21 Burns 42 2006 3-8 DaveFarquharson 14 Hunter Huss 50 16 South Point 31 21 Forestview 8 13 Crest 44 7 Central Cabarrus 3 7 East Gaston 41 21 Chase 34 14 Shelby 49 40 East Rutherford 28 35 RS Central 21 19 Burns 52 2007 6-6 GregLloyd 42 Hunter Huss 25 3 South Point 52 15 Forestview 30 18 Crest 45 21 Victory Christian 0 38 East Gaston 20 41 Chase 0 14 Shelby 41 35 East Rutherford 10 17 RS Central 16 31 Burns 37 20(Playoffs) South Point 55 2008 11-4 GregLloyd 32 Hunter Huss 18 14 South Point 21 20 Forestview 21 2 Crest 7 16 Parkwood 0 42 East Gaston 14 49 Chase 14 21 Shelby 0 27 East Rutherford 12 28 RS Central 21 40 Burns 28 24(Playoffs) Hickory 7 41 Mooresville 34 (3 ot) 56 Anson County 55 14 AL Brown 30 2009 4-7 GregLloyd 50 Kennedy Charter 12 21 Burns 14 14 Hickory 20 (2ot) 28 AL Brown 56 6 South Point 21 10 Shelby 17 17 Hunter Huss 20 (ot) 27 Ashbrook 7 26 North Gaston 0 0 Crest 17 17 Forestview 24 2010 7-5 GregLloyd 40 Q Foundation 8 13 Burns 41 39 Hickory 38 (20T) 32 AL Brown 35 21 South Point 24 (ot) 20 Shelby 17 16 Hunter Huss 13 41 Ashbrook 34 48 North Gaston 0 14 Crest 38 50 Forestview 28 (Playoffs) SCORES - Continued To Page 14B
Page 14B The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Hometown Hardware Mon-Sat 7:30 am - 5:30 pm • Closed Sundays 110 S. Railroad Ave., Kings Mountain • 704-739-4731 Go Mountaineers! In All Your Athletic Endeavors! ©CommunityFirstMedia KEY CUTTING •SHARPENING • SCREEN REPAIR GLASS CUTTING • PROPANE Steven R. Baker, CLU Financial Services Professional* New York Life Insurance Company Licensed Agent 6100 Fairview Rd., Ste. 400, Charlotte, NC 28210 Tel. 704-371-8578 Fax Registeredsrbaker@ft.newyorklife.com704-371-8598RepresentativeforNYLIFESecurities The Company You Keep® Member ® ©CommunityFirstMedia www.PatriotJacks.com Congratulations to Kings Mountain High School Football Team’s 100 Years On The Gridiron! 832 EAST KING ST. • KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC 704-739-2989 SCORES - From Page 13B 40 Erwin 61 2011 6-7 GregLloyd 17 East Rutherford 14 0 Burns 28 14 Weddington 25 23 Alexander Central 22 9 South Point 45 21 Shelby 24 31 Hunter Huss 3 17 Ashbrook 3 53 North Gaston 28 29 Crest 37 12 Forestview 21 43(Playoffs) Forestview 13 7 Crest 42 2012 3-8 GregLloyd 36 East Rutherford 19 12 Burns 20 12 Weddington 19 55 Alexander Central 33 21 South Point 49 7 Shelby 14 27 Hunter Huss 36 18 Ashbrook 44 20 North Gaston 12 27 Crest 59 20 Forestview 49 2013 2-9 GregLloyd 28 Hunter Huss 14 40 East Gaston 23 14 Forestview 41 20 East Rutherford 34 15 Burns 20 0 Shelby 49 13 Draughn 39 7 Crest 43 28 Chase 40 28 East Burke 42 2014 8-5 GregLloyd 34 Hunter Huss 21 43 East Gaston 15 35 Forestview 21 21 East Rutherford 14 28 Burns 0 7 Shelby 27 62 Draughn 0 7 Crest 35 14 RS Central 21 54 Chase 13 28 East Burke 20 27(Playoffs) West Henderson 41 2015 12-3 GregLloyd 41 North Gaston 11 61 East Gaston 42 35 Forestview 10 42 East Rutherford 23 14 Burns 0 20 Shelby 34 49 Draughn 9 14 Crest 48 35 RS Central 12 24 Chase 0 34 East Burke 0 30(Playoffs) N. Henderson 0 21 Freedom 6 28 Hibriten 13 7 South Point 29 2016 8-4 GregLloyd 54 North Gaston 10 48 East Gaston 7 0 Forestview 28 62 East Rutherford 16 17 Burns 28 9 Shelby 39 35 Draughn 0 20 Crest 19 335 RS Central 7 24 Chase 3 49 East Burke 6 28(Playoffs) Ledford 45 2017 12-2 GregLloyd 56 South Caldwell 6 38 TC Roberson 21 27 Cuthbertson 17 17 Shelby 20 (ot) 48 Stuart Cramer 14 56 North Gaston 20 38 Hunter Huss 13 27 Ashbrook 26 15 Burns 0 38 Crest 14 48(Playoffs) Forestview 13 53 Rockingham Co. 7 46 JM Robinson 47 (ot) 2018 12-3 GregLloyd 34 Burns 6 35 Monroe 20 48 TC Roberson 0 35 West Meck 7 42 Shelby 17 69 Cramer 16 70 North Gaston 0 21 Hunter Huss 16 56 Ashbrook 0 54 Forestview 3 40 Crest 34 56(Playoffs) W. Henderson 7 38 Statesville 7 17 AC Reynolds 10 49 Catholic 56 (7 ots) 2019 12-3 GregLloyd 34 Burns 6 35 Monroe 20 48 TC Roberson 0 35 West Meck 7 42 Shelby 17 69 Cramer 16 70 North Gaston 0 16 Hunter Huss 21 56 Ashbrook 0 54 Forestview 3 34 Crest 40 56(Playoffs) W. Henderson 7 38 Statesville 7 17 AC Reynolds 10 49 Catholic 56 2020 8-1 GregLloyd 43 Cramer 7 35 Huss 0 41 Ashbrook 0 50 North Gaston 0 36 Shelby 35 39 Forestview 7 28 Crest 7 49(Playoffs) Robinson 6 21 Monroe 35 2021 10-3 GregLloyd 14 Shelby 37 14 Asheville 0 19 Burns 13 45 Hunter Huss 6 56 North Gaston 0 28 Forestview 14 24 South Point 7 41 Stuart Cramer 28 51 Ashbrook 0 20 Crest 42 21(Playoffs) Franklin 17 27 West Charlotte 17 10 Dudley 36 Max Thompson gets off a punt for the Mountaineers in Friday’s Cleveland County Jamboree game against Monroe at John Gamble Stadium. (Photos by Gary Smart) Kings Mountain quarterback Lamont Littlejohn throws a pass in last week’s Cleveland County Jamboree game against Monroe at Gamble Stadium.
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Page 15B Family Restaurant 100 West King St. • 704-734-1265 Kings Mountain, NC ©CommunityFirstMedia Congratulations on 100 Years of MountaineerFootball! Have a Great 2022 Season! We appreciate your support over the last sixteen years. The Mantis Family CELEBRATES 100 YEARS of Kings Mountain High School Football GO MOUNTAINEERS! I-85 EXIT 104 • 570 Tribal Rd. Blacksburg, SC 864-839-490029702 sheltonfireworks.comOPEN9-9ALLYEAR BIGOFHOMETHEONES!GOMountaineers! Kings haveinweekhavethissomearea.togood,”usponenttoughstarted.and“WeourandjamboreeFridayatexpectsCoxBurnston-Conoverries.cameClevelandconversions.wereroeMountaineersReagan2ATheJohn“half-games”droppinghungrylongestwithballtheirMountaineersMountain’swillkickoff100thyearoffoot-FridaynightatShelbyagameagainsttheirrival.BothteamsshouldbeforawinaftertheirjamboreeFridayatGambleStadium.Lions,defendingstatechampions,fellto29-28beforethelosttoMon-21-20.Bothgamesdecidedontwo-pointThetwoteams’otherCountyrivalsawaywithvicto-CrestshutoutNew-35-0andscoredlatetodefeatMill12-7.KMcoachGregLloydtoseehisplayersthetopoftheirgameatShelby.“Wegotoutofthegamehealthywe’repleasedwithpre-season,”hesaid.hadagoodsummerwe’reanxioustogetMonroewasanon-conferenceop-thatwehopemakesbetter.“Shelbyisfastandveryheadded.“WehaveworkharderineveryWehavetospendtimeonspecialteamsweek.Iwouldlovetotheseasonopeningalaterbuteverybody’sthesameboat.Wejusttogoovertherewith a good attitude and be ready to play.” In the jamboree, The Mountaineers got good play from a lot of players but three lost fumbles hurt them late in the game. “I thought we played hard,” he said, “but we had the turnovers. “If we hadn’t done that we would have won easily. We’ll take it as a lesson learned. Everything else was positive. We let them hang around.”The Mountaineers drove 74 yards for a TD on their first possession with Caleb Holland carrying three times for 55 yards, Robert Kendrick with 13 yards in two totes, and Zay Smith 10 on one carry before big defensive lineman AJ Richardson burst through the Monroe defense for a two-yard TD and a 7-0 Monroelead.battled back to tie it 7-all on a 70-yard drive and drove to the KM 18 on its next possession. But a big 8-yard sack by Richardson forced the Red Hawks into a throwing situation and the Mountaineers’ Teddy Jeffries intercepted it. Two sacks by Richardson set KM’s second TD drive in motion from the Monroe 46. It took just four plays to get into the end zone as Lamont Littlejohn hit Jake Lloyd with a seven-yard pass to the 33, and then another to Bryson Brown for the touchdown. Jaden Ellis sent the PAT right through the middle of the uprights for a 14-7 KMThelead.game’s first turning point came with 3:44 remaining after a 22-yard catch and run by Zay Smith and a 10-yard reception by Ja’Qualyn Sanders gave the Mountaineers a first and goal at the five. With just 1:58 remaining, KM fumbled and Monroe’s Bryce Davis picked it up and ran to the KM nine. Another KM penalty See SEASON, Page 16B
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Monroe’s Isaiah Kennedy goes into the end zone with winning two-point conversion in Friday’s 22-20 overtime win over the Mountaineers in Cleveland County Jamboree at Gamble Stadium. Photos by Gary Smart Kings Mountain’s Robert Kendrick fights off a straight arm to tackle Monroe’s Bryce Davis in Friday’s jamboree at KMHS.
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From Page 15B made it first and goal and the visitors scored again but missed the PAT leaving KM on top 14-13. The Mountaineers appeared to have the game wrapped up when Smith recovered an onside kick and Jeffries immediately rambled 48 yards for a TD. But KM’s PAT failed, leaving the Mountaineer with a 20-13 lead with 1:23Theremaining.RedHawks recovered KM’s pooch kick at midfield and with just 20 seconds left had the ball at the 50. A reception by Nate Crosby made it first and goal at the 29 with just eight seconds on the clock. After an offside penalty on the Mountaineers, Monroe’s talented QB Khamoni Robinson hit Bryce Davis for the TD and then threw to Isaiah Kennedy for the winning two-point conversion.
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