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SPORTS
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Thursday, November 18, 1999
Vol. 111 No. 46
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Bessemer to honor
its hometown hero
Atlanta
Braves’ all-star |
pitcher Kevin
Millwood will
be honored by
his hometown
of Bessemer
City this week-
end. A recre-
ation park will MILLWOOD
be renamed in
his honor, and Millwood'’s
highly-popular youth baseball ;
camp will be held. 8A :
KMHS gears up for
winter sports season
With football season history,
Kings Mountain High's coach-
es and athletes now turn their
attention to competing in the
winter sports. The
Mountaineer wrestling team,
ranked third in the state,
opens its season tonight at
East Gaston. 8A. Look for a
preview of the men’s and
women’s basketball and swim
teams in next week’s Herald,
which will be on the news-
stands Wednesday morning.
SCHOOLS
District Secretaries
Over 100 school secretaries
from District IT who are mem:
bers of the North Caroling :
Office Personnel, Inc. met in.
Kings Mountain on Veterans
Day. 1B :
Elementary schools
hold awards days
Kings Mountain District ele- :
mentary schools held their
first nine weeks awards days
recently. See stories and pho-
tos on pages 2-8B.
LIFESTYLES
New EdenGardens
library is ‘quiet place’
Thanks to the efforts of
Margaret McCarter and Joyce
Van Dyke, residents of
EdenGardens now have a spa-
cious library where they can
2A
Hospice Food Sale
is this Saturday
All good cooks in Cleveland
County are encouraged to pro- :
vide delicious food for the an-
nual Hospice Food Sale which
is scheduled for Saturday in
Shelby. This is one of the
biggest fund-raisers of the
year for Hospice. 3A
Donations needed
for the Tree of Love
Kings Mountain Hospital
Auxiliary is again sponsoring
its Christmas Tree of Love pro-
ject to raise money for scholar-
ships. For each $10 donation
an angel will be placed on the
tree in honor or in memory of
your loved one. 3A
go for quiet reading and study.
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Paul Fulton played a moving rendition of “Taps” to conclude
the Veterans Day ceremony at Mountain Rest Cemetery in
Kings Mountain. The event included dedication of a new mon-
ument to veterans in the cemetery.
Vets remembered
for their sacrifice
By ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
Men and women of the
~ armed forces were remembered
- on Veterans Day with a moving
ceremony in Mountain Rest
Cemetery. In addition to words
praising the sacrifices that our
nation’s service personnel have
made over the years, the cere-
mony also saw the unveiling
and dedication of a new veter-
an’s monument.
Veterans of past wars, their
friends and family members
gathered at the acre in
Mountain Rest Cemetery that is
set aside for servicemen who
have passed away. Over 150
gravestones mark the final rest-
ing spots of veteran in the acre
of grass. Seventeen of the stones
are over the graves of men
killed in action. As an addition-
al tribute, over 1,000 American
flags were placed on the graves
of all veterans buried in
Mountain View.
Local veterans organizations
were well represented at last
Thursday’s ceremony. Some
who attended were Jimmy
Littlejohn, commander of =
AMVETS Post 955, past com-
manders of Otis Green =~
American Legion Post 155 Bob
Ramsey and Pete Morrow, and
Charles Mashburn of VFW Post
9811. Keynote speaker for the
event was Claude Pearson,
commander of Post 155.
Martial music kicked off the
gathering and was followed by
words from Kings Mountain
mayor-elect Rick Murphrey.
“We sometimes take out free-
doms for granted,” Murphrey
said. “But we are free because
so many put on a uniform and
placed service to country first.”
Current mayor Scott Neisler
used the parable of Jesus wash-
ing the feet of his disciples to il-
lustrate service and how veter-
ans were examples of this
lesson.
“We need to think of veterans
and how they washed our feet,”
Neisler said. “We need to reflect
on the service they have shown
us. We're here to thank those
who served.” -
In addition to the parable,
See Veterans, 6A
Local
to donate b
company
rick
for Senior Center
BY ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
The $1.2 million Kings
Mountain Senior Center took
yet another step closer to be-
coming a reality when
Cunningham Brick Company
announced this week they
would donate all the bricks
needed for the project. The old-
est brick company in North
Carolina, Cunningham bought
Kings Mountain Brick on
Highway 29 near Grover in
January, 1998.
In a letter dated November 12
to Jim Belt of the Senior Center
committee, company president
Neal Cunningham said that he
was “pleased to offer any brick
you need to build the new
Senior Services facility at no
cost.” Other projects that
Cunningham has donated
bricks to‘include the Lexington
YMCA, Davidson County
Medical Ministries and wel-
come signs for the City of
Thomasville.
“What ever color and ever
how many it will take,” is what
Cunningham manager Dale
Russell said was available for
the project. “We want to do
something for the community.
It’s a big thing to step up to the
- plate with a donation this early
ALAN HODGE/THE HERALD
Cunningham Brick Co. Cleveland Plant manager Dale Russell
(left) and Jim Belt look over brick samples for the new Kings
Mountain Senior Center. Cunningham Brick announced this
week they would donate all the bricks needed for the $1.2
million Senior Center project.
in the ball game. I've been here
26 years and I'm glad to see it
happen.”
The idea for approaching
Cunningham Brick concerning
a donation came to Belt as he
was driving past the brick
plant.
“It just hit me in the head as I
drove by,” Belt says.
The new Senior Center will
be a multipurpose facility with tC
a large meeting room capable of
seating 400 people. Cooking fa-
cilities will also be a part of the
new building, a fact that will
make it suitable for banquets. os
“We'll be going from 5,000 BC
square feet in the current Senior Be
Center to over 15,000 square
See Center, 6A
Handyman Heaven
New Lowe’s opens in Shelby §
BY ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
Handyman heaven came to
Shelby Wednesday with the
grand opening of a new Lowe's
Home Improvement
Warehouse. Offering 150,000
square feet of total floor and
garden center space, the new
Lowe's was dedicated with a
day-long celebration of special
events.
Located just off Hwy 74 at
425 Earl Road, the new Lowe's
was already packed with cus-
tomers when ceremonies got
under way at 10 am. Among the
featured activities during the
opening festivities were dis-
plays by several tool manufac-
Dozens of dignitaries and hundreds of customers converged on Lowe’s Home Improvement
Warehouse is Shelby for ceremonies dedicating the new 150,000 square foot store. Helping with
the traditional Lowe’s board cutting were, left to right; Joy Hall, jim Crawley, Lane Alexander,
Mike Philbeck, Rep. Debbie Clary, Rep. Jim Horn, Re. Walter Dalton and Sherry Crowder.
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turers, a Lowe's racing team
NASCAR simulator, refresh-
ments, and broadcast live from
Lowe's by radio station WOHS-
AM.
Other events that will take
place through Sunday at Lowe's
include workshops and semi-
nars of different aspects of
home construction and im-
provement. Demos range from
backyard barbecue cooking
lessons, to hanging wall paper
and borders. Representatives
from over one dozen manufac-
turers will be available for ques-
tion and answer sessions.
Given the nature of Lowe's
business, it was appropriate
that Wednesday’s grand open-
ing had a unique twist on the
usual ribbon cutting ceremony.
In place of a red ribbon, Shelby
mayor Michael Philbeck was
joined by a host of dignitaries
and Lowe's officers as he put
the saw to a red 2X4 plank.
Sawing a board in this manner
for store openings has been a
Lowe's tradition for over 25
years.
Store Manager Stanley
Crowder was proud of the fea-
tures the new Lowe's would
provide. He also praised his
team of workers and the efforts
they had put into getting the
new store ready for customers
ahead of schedule.
“We can carry many more
See Lowes, 6A
Dilling to represent KM
in Thanksgiving Parade
Marylee Hoyle Dilling, a se-
nior at Kings Mountain High
School, is the 1999 Carolinas’
Carrousel Parade representative
for Kings Mountain.
Marylee will participate with
55 other Carrousel representa-
tives from North and South
Carolina in the selection process
for the 52nd annual Carolinas’
Carrousel Parade Queen. All
representatives will ride in the
Carrousel Parade on
Thanksgiving Day at 1 p.m.
maryliee s school activities in-
clude National Honor Society
president, Interact Club presi-
dent, senior class vice-presi-
dent, Student Participation
Organization, 1999 junior mar-
shal, Beta Club, varsity tennis
captain, all-conference tennis
team, band vice-president,
drum major for the marching
MARY LEE DILLING
band, Morehead Award semifi-
nalist, I Dare You Leadership
See Dilling, 6A
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