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North School Fall Festival Is October 25 The North School fall festival will be held Thurs., Oct. 25 begin- ning at 6 p.m. There will be a hot dog supper, costume contest, games, prizes and other activities. ’ A drawing will be held for an IBM personal computer, sports shoes valued at $60, a quilted sports jacket, and a Princess tele- phone. The public is invited. Byers Enlists In Air Force Marc D. Byers, son of Randene Byers of Kings Mountain, recently enlisted into the Air Force's de- layed enlistment program, accord- ing to T/Sgt. Martin, the local Air Force Recruiter. Byers, a 1990 graduate of Kings Mountain High School, is sched- uled for enlistment into the regular Air Force in March. Upon gradua- tion from the Air Force's six week basic training course at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas, he will receive training in his designated career area. Groundbreaking Friday For Adventure House Ground-breaking for the new ad- dition to Adventure House at 924 North Lafayette Street in Shelby will be held Friday at 10 a.m. With the opening of the Training Center last May and the beginning of the building project, officials anticipate the expansion will be completed by Spring 1991. Pledges to the capital campaign from the public has helped officials to meet two matching grants total- ing $75,000. The public is invited to the spe- cial service. Clogging Winner Kings Mountain Clogging Station instructor Ashlee Miller of Cherryville re- =. cently won first # place at the West Virginia Clogging and Hoedown § Championships ® in Charleston, © West Virginia. iP T h e 4 aN competition was MILLER sanctioned by the National Clogging and Hoedown Council and the America's Clogging Hall of Fame. She competed in solo competi- tion with cloggers from six other states. Ashlee, daughter of Earnest and Jean Miller, attends Crest Senior High School. Crime Of The Week The Cleveland County Sheriff's Department is investigating the breaking and entering of Carousel Records located in the Wal-Mart Plaza. This breaking and entering occurred on August 20. Entrance was gained through the rear door. Items missing include one Sentry brand safe, grey and black in color. Anyone having information about this or other crimes may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000 by calling Crimestoppers at 481-TIPS. Mountaineer Day Fun 2% Grover SCHOOL & PTO CELEBRATION From Page 1-A groups to perform and booths were set up along East Gold and Cherokee Streets where vendors sold food and other items and other groups offered literature ranging from foster parenting to religious themes. PTO groups from Grover and North Schools sold pumpkins and pizza to raise money for school activities. "The turnout was down because of the weather, but everything went real well," said Loretta Cozart, di- rector of the Chamber of Commerce. "It seemed like every- one I saw had a good time, espe- cially the kids. As far as I'm con- cerned, the kids are who were are trying to draw anyway. If you give them something to remember they'll always come back." Many of the entertainers sched- uled for Saturday morning didn't show up because of the weather. The Kings Mountain High Pep Band braved the elements to pro- vide music, as did the Western Square Dancers from Kings Mountain and Gastonia. After the weather cleared, all of the sched- uled groups filled their time slots. "If we had called it off, it proba- bly would have been sunny,” said Hancock. "It's just hard to tell when you're working outdoors. As it turned out, in the Aion) it was really a great day." | Hancock said there was i family atmosphere throughout the celebra- tion and he witnessed several fami- lies doing things as a group. "The band we had for the street dance, "Mink," played beach, country, older rock and roll music and just about any other kind of music the crowd asked for," Hancock said. "A bunch of fami- lies stayed for the whole thing. The kids were dancing and just having a great time. A giant fireworks show at City Stadium climaxed the day's activi- ties. Even though the fireworks could be seen from downtown, most people made the walk to City Stadium to get see it up close. Over 70 people took hot air bal- loon rides, sponsored by the Recreation Department, and Cozart said the Chamber of Commerce sold over 220 Mountaineer Day cups, which were sponsored for the Chamber by area businesses. "We really didn't look at this cel- ebration in terms of profit," she said. "It was more for community good will. A lot of folks said they liked the Mountaineer Day cups and wanted to just buy a cup to have something to remember the festival by." Hancock said many people re- marked that they enjoyed the square dancing. He said some of the dancers that performed will be co-sponsoring a square dance at the Community Center on October 26 and will teach square dance classes at the center beginning in November. John McGinnis of McGinnis Department Store said his store ex- perienced extraordinarily good business despite the weather. "I really think if the weather had been good there would have been a tremendous crowd," he said. "I think people are accustomed to small town fall festivals and they look for places to go on the week- end. I think it was a real meaning- ful promotion." "Everybody seemed to have a re- ally good time," Cozart said. "I would like to see us do more things like this. Hopefully, we will in the spring." Thursday, October 18, 1990 -THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Pagé yA Jesse Johnson To Speak At Rotary Club Meeting Channel 36 (Cable 6) TV news anchorwoman Jesse Johnson will be guest speaker at the Kings Mountain Rotary Club Thursday at noon at Kings Mountain Country Club. Johnson and co-anchor, Tom Miller, are referred to as the "up and coming" news team in the Charlotte Market. According to re- cent surveys, they are rapidly gain- ing on their competition. WCNC-TV's early evening news is aired at 5:30 week days and the audio portion is simulcast by WKMT Radio (1220 a.m.) in Kings Mountain. Jonas Bridges, who arranged for Johnson's appear- ance in Kings Mountain, said his station carries the Channel 36 newscast for the benefit of those driving home from work who would like to hear the regional news of the Charlotte areca. WKMT County To JESSE JOHNSON chose the 36 newscast because "I think it's the best in the Charlotte market," Bridges said. Celebrate Its Sesquicentennial A silver medallion has been coined to commemorate Cleveland County's 150th anniversary. The keepsake medallion, which is about the size of a silver dollar, will be sold for $15 each to help fi- nance the county's sesquicentennial celebration in 1991. Thirteen banks and savings and loan institutions have the medallions for sale. Each contains one troy ounce of silver. The project is among the first undertaken by the county's Sesquicentennial Committee, chaired by Dr. Wyan Washburn of Boiling Springs. George Blanton Jr., president of First National Bank, heads the sesquicentennial celebration finance committee which arranged to sell the medal- lions. One one side of the medallion is a drawing of the former county courthouse, which is now the Historical Museum. The other side features the sesquicentennial logo. "These beautiful medallions will become part of Cleveland County's history," said Dr. Washburn. "Parents will want to buy one for each of their children and grand- children as valuable keepsakes. We hope many of them will still be around in another 50 years when Cleveland County observes its bi- centennial.” All proceeds will go to the sesquicentennial committee to help pay for programs that will be held throughout 1991. Medallions are available at the following locations: First National Bank, Shelby; First Union National Bank, Shelby and Kings Mountain; BB&T, Shelby and Kings Mountain; First Citizens Bank and Trust, Shelby and Kings Mountain; Home Federal Savings and Loan, Kings Mountain; First Carolina Federal Savings Bank, Kings Mountain; Shelby Federal Savings Bank, Shelby; Old Stone Bank of N.C., Shelby; Carolina Savings Bank, Shelby; and Cleveland Federal Savings Bank, Shelby. Sgt. Stroupe In Middle East Air Force Staff Sgt. Don R. Stroupe Jr. has deployed to the Middle East with American mili- tary forces participating in Operation Desert Shield. Operations Desert Shield is the largest deployment of U.S. military forces since Vietnam. The opera- tion is in response to Iraq's inva- sion of Kuwait and threat to Saudi Arabia. "It is the presence of dedicated military people like Stroupe that Christa Tindall Honored On 3rd Birthday Oct. 1 Christa Denise Tindall, daughter of Chris and Cindy Tindall, cele- brated her third birthday Oct. 1 with family and friends. Christa's grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Tindall and Mr. and Mrs. Tommy P. Bridges, all of Kings Mountain. Great- grandparents are Mrs. D, W. Barker of Kings Mountain and Mr.and Mrs. William Paul Bridges of Shelby and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd B. Wilson of Fallston. Christa has an older brother, Lane. Their mother is the former Cindy Bridges. brings America's principles to life and gives them strength and mean- ing," President George Bush said. He is the son of Barbara Powell of 718 Bethlehem Road, Kings Mountain. Sergeant Stroupe is an appren- tice munitions operations techni- cian at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Stroupe is a 1979 graduate of North Mecklenburg High School, Huntersville. CHRISTA TINDALL LANE TINDALL EDUCATION LEADERS IN KM - Kings Mountain school officials welcomed two of the state's top edu- cation leaders to Sunday's ceremony dedicating new facilities at the middle and high schools. Left to right are Bill McMillan of the Regional Education Center in Charlotte, Kings Moui:.ain Supt. Bob McRae, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Bob Etheridge and Doyle Campbell. Kings Mountain School Board Chairman SCHOOLS From Page 1-A "more appropriate setting” for students in grades six through 12. "The willingness of Kings Mountain citizens, educa- tors and students to leave behind 'the way you've al- ways done things' and to move toward something dif- ferent, is a testimony of your support for public schools," Etheridge said. Etheridge praised citizens for their overwhelming support of the recent bond referendum which made the construction possible. "Kings Mountain, if it is like most towns, has more needs than resources sometimes,” he said. "That you would make schools a priority shows that you under- stand where the future lies--with the children among you." He said students do not enjoy attending "shabby" classrooms and noted that new schools do not ensure smarter children. "But, new school buildings do give students and teachers some important tools: safe space to move and experiment and learn, and a sense that the learning under way is valued." He said architecture holds important clues to the values of a society. "In the middle ages, when the church was the center of community life, the commu- nity was the focal point of each town," he said. "What was important was obvious. Today, business and com- merce are important focal points, and our buildings testify to that. "In the same way, the schools we send our children to each day testify to how important we believe educa- tion to be. It is difficult to convince children and their teachers that we value education when the classrooms they use each day are shabby and worn out, or too small and cramped to accommodate everyone." McMillan said the facilities are "unique" and will al- low the school system to do things it wouldn't have been able to otherwise. "By having these new struc- tures I can see that the Senate Bill 2 plans the system has worked so hard on are coming to fruition," he said. Supt. McRae praised the present and former boards of education for making the facilities a top priority, and also the citizens for their support. "We're not only dedicating new facilities, but a concept of reorganiza- tion of the school system which began long before the buildings were constructed," he said. "We are very pleased that Bob Etheridge would take time from his very busy schedule to join us," he said after the ceremony. "Even though we were not dedicat- ing total schools we were dedicating, in addition to the buildings, a new school program that we think is very important to Kings Mountain. We also appreciate the citizens who came out to support us and now look for- ward to continuing to provide the best services we can to the children who go there." Teachers Van Canipe of the middle school and Pam Goforth of the high school, along with students Robert Wingo of the middle school and Robbie Wilson of the high school, accepted the facilities on behalf of the staffs and students. Architect Roger Holland presented the buildings to Doyle Campbell, chairman of the Board of Education, The system is now concentrating its building efforts at the elementary schools. A new classroom and ad- ministration wing and new cafeteria/multi-purpose area is under construction at Grover School, the Sys- tem is in the early stages of construction of a similar building at East School and in the planning stages of new construction at Bethware. det ad |
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