KM Herald 11-26-19

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HORD’S CONTAINER SERVICE (704) 466-6008 Volume 131 • Issue 48

Wayne is Grand Marshal for KM Christmas parade Kings Mountain native, Jimmy Wayne, has been selected as Grand Marshal for the Kings Mountain Home for Christmas Parade scheduled for December 7 at 3 pm. Jimmy, who was born in Kings Mountain, is a former foster kid turned award-winning country recording artist and New York Times bestselling author, whose songs and story highlight his mission to raise awareness for children in foster care. Jimmy’s hits include Stay Gone “Paper Angels, I Love You This Much and Do You Believe Me Now, which earned BMI’s prestigious Million-Air Award for receiving more than one million radio spins in America. In 2009, Jimmy toured with Brad Paisley and recorded Sara Smile with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo Daryl Hall and John Oates. In 2010, Jimmy walked

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Toy drive underway Kings Mountain Police Department in partnership with Campers Inn will again play Santa Claus to children of the community with distribution of toys and bikes. Detective Lt. Todd McDougal is chair of the event and asks that those who want to donate new, unwrapped toys as well as cash or check donations to deliver same to the

Police Department. Checks should be made payable to KMPD Toy Room. The 25th annual Murphey’s Toy Run, led by John Murphey and friends was postponed until November 24. In addition to the toy drive, Campers Inn of Kings Mountain located at 615 Broadview Dr, will be hosting a bike drive beginning on December 6 and

ending on December 7. Please take unassembled or assembled bikes to Campers Inn as they will assist in distributing them in time for Christmas. Other members of the Criminal Investigations Division, Administrative Assistant Landon Childers and Officers of the Kings Mountain Police Department will also assist in the distribution.

Wreaths Across America Day is Dec. 14 JIMMY WAYNE halfway across America (from Nashville to Phoenix) to raise awareness for kids aging out of the foster care system. While walking, he wrote the Christmas novel Paper Angels (2011, Simon & Schuster). The novel was based on his 2004 Christmas hit Paper Angels, which was inspired by the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program,

a program which helped he and his family in his youth when they lived in Kings Mountain, providing his first guitar at age 14. In 2005, Jimmy became the youngest recipient of The William Booth Award, one of the highest honors that may be conferred upon an individual by The Salvation Army. See WAYNE, Page 7A

YMCA Jingle Bell Rockin’ Run Dec. 7

DAR needs volunteers By Loretta Cozart The Wreaths Across America ceremony, spearheaded by Col. Frederick Hambright DAR chapter, will be held at Mountain Rest Cemetery City on Dec. 14 at noon. National Wreaths Across America Day occurs at the same time, noon on December 14, throughout the USA. The script is the same, but because the DAR involves veterans and groups throughout the community, the ceremony itself becomes unique to Kings Mountain. “It is our hope to place a wreath on every grave and remember each of our veterans by saying his or her name. Our veterans served

Ned Cash places the Air Force Wreath during last year’s ceremony. Photo Gary Smart our nation, keeping watch over us in times of war and peace. We hope to take a moment at Christmastime

to watch over them and to thank them for the sacrifices they made in service to our See DAR, Page 7A

KM Christmas parade December 7 at 3 pm The 18th annual Jingle Bell Rockin’ Run will be held Saturday, December 7 at 9 am in Kings Mountain at the First Baptist Church parking lot on West King Street. With a costume contest, pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus and race mascot Dasher the Rockin’ Run Reindeer; the event is sure to please all ages. Events include the 5k (3.1 miles) and the Kids Fun Run and the Phantom Dasher category. The “Phantom Dasher” donates to the cause and receives a T-shirt but does not run.

The 18th annual Jingle Bell Rockin’ Run will be held on Saturday, December 7 at 9 a.m. (File Photo) To make this event even more fun, musicians are needed to motivate runners and show off their talents by performing energetic Christmas music at designated places on the course. Contact Kevin Osborne at the Kings Mountain Family YMCA or at kosborne@ clevecoymca.org. You can register at any Cleveland County Family

YMCA or online at www. runsignup.com. Early packet pickup will be at First Baptist Church on Friday, December 6, from 3 until 7 pm. Race Day pickup registration will open at 7:00am and close promptly at 8:30am. Dasher the Rockin’ Reindeer will have fun and pose for photos with the See RUN, Page 7A

The City of Kings Mountain will present Home for Christmas Parade, December 7, at 3 pm in downtown Kings Mountain. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year and spectators are encouraged to take chairs or stand along the parade route. The parade will lineup at 2 pm on East Gold Street near Mountain Rest Cemetery, proceed downtown and turn right on South Battleground Avenue and right on US 74 near the Overhead Bridge on King Street and See PARADE, Page 7A

The Kings Mountain Home for Christmas Parade is Sat., Dec. 7 in downtown. Bring a chair or stand along the parade route. Photo provided

Patrick Sr. Center certified Holiday road closures as center of excellence The City of Kings Mountain alerts citizens that the Home for Christmas Parade and Celebration will be held on Saturday, Dec 7. The Christmas Parade impacts various roads beginning on Gold Street at the intersection of Highway 161; west down Battleground Ave-

nue (216); east on 74 Business then south on Deal St. During the festival, various roads along W. Mountain Street and S. Railroad Avenue will be impacted. The Home for Christmas Celebration scheduled for December 7, 14 and 21, will impact roads as well. A portion of Railroad Avenue and West Gold Street surrounding Patriots Park will be closed beginning at midnight

Friday, December 6, 13 and 20 and remain closed or barricaded until 10 pm, Saturday, December 7t 14 and 21. Please use extreme caution when traveling on Cansler Street due to the increase in motor vehicles and pedestrians walking. Please plan to travel different roads if you are impacted by this change. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

On November 20, the Patrick Senior Center in Kings Mountain received recertification as a North Carolina Senior Center of Excellence. A site team led by the NC Division of Aging reviewed documentation, toured the facility, and approved the certification. As a result, the center will receive a larger portion of the NC Se-

nior Center General Purpose funding for each year it is certified. The center was previously certified through 2017 but the certification lapsed. It has been a goal of the staff to see the center recertified, and now their dream has become a reality. The next certification will occur in three years and then the center will be on

a five-year recertification schedule. Director Tabitha Thomas thanks the staff, the City of Kings Mountain, the Patrick Center Advisory Board, and especially all the seniors who make the center a truly excellent place to connect, belong and contribute. For more information about the Patrick Center, please call 704-734-0447.

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