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i BY ALAN HODGE
i Staff Writer
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The sun shone as brightly as
{ the athletic talents that were on
: { display at the Cleveland
: County Special Olympics last
i Thursday. Held at George
: Blanton Memorial Stadium on
i the campus of Shelby High
i School, the event saw over 200
i Special Olympians from all over
: Cleveland County take part.
i Nearly 300 volunteers also lent
; their time and love to make the
: event a success.
i “This is an opportunity for
ithe mentally and physically
i challenged to participate in
-: Olympics-style activities,” said
event coordinator Anita Friday.
i “Thanks to our volunteers, ev-
terything has come together for
ithe games and worked out
great.”
i Volunteers for the Cleveland
iCounty Special Olympics are
ifrom all walks of life and per-
form their services selflessly.
“I'enjoy volunteering at the
iSpecial Olympics because it’s
inot only fun, it also helps other
ipeople,” said Melissa Terry.
: Friends Kelly Martin and
{Amanda Hoyle from Fallston
flooked at volunteering for the
{Special Olympics as a natural
iextension of their clinical work
iwith the mentally and physical-
ily challenged at North Shelby
iSchool.
i “We both just love working
iwith the kids,” Martin said.
{ The games kicked off with a
iparade of athletes and guests
that included Ronald
McDonald, Smoky Bear, Kings
Mountain Middle School cheer-
leaders, Miss Cleveland County
Fair, Wanda Webber and her
racing pigs, and county com-
mission candidate Ralph
Gilbert. Grand Marshall for the
parade was Charlotte Sting bas-
ketball star Charlotte Smith.
Games at the Cleveland
County Special Olympics in-
cluded over a dozen different
challenges. Events for motor ac-
tivities included wheelchair
courses, assisted walk, bowling,
ball throw, strike for distance,
and parachute activity. Field
events were the shot put, run-
ning long jump, standing long
jump, softball throw, and grasp
and release.
Track activities were also part
of the program and included
the 25 meter assisted walk, 100
meter manual wheelchair, 100
meter dash, 200 meter dash,
and 400 meter dash. There was
also a 100 meter powered
wheelchair race.
Following the track and field
games, lunch was served and
entertainment followed. Groups
that put on shows included the
Shriner’s Piedmont Pistons,
Cleveland County Canine
Patrol, and Beth Mayo
Academy of Performing Arts.
Food and drink donors includ-
ed Eaton Corporation,
McDonald's, Pepsi, and
Sundrop.
Though some athletes at the
Cleveland County Special
Olympics earned their way to
Ronald McDonald cheered for the participants at the
Cleveland County Special Olympics held last Thursday at
Shelby High School. Taking a break with Ronald was athlete
Robbie Conner from Kings Mountain.
the awards podium, everyone
who took part was a winner.
An annual event that gets big-
ger and better every year, the
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The Kings Mountain Herald
All winners in Special Olympics =
Leon Burgess of Kings Mountain lit the torch to kick off the
Cleveland County Special Olympics last Thursday. Burgess
will also be taking part in the Teen USA Winter Games in
2001.
Special Olympics truly lives up
I cannot win, let me be brave in
the attempt.”
ALAN HODGE/THE HERALD
Bradley Murray and Crystal Champion share a joke with
Smoky the Bear at the Cleveland County Special Olympics.
Smoky was at the event courtesy of the Forest Service.
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to its motto- “Let me win, but if } :
Military Park
to host forum
Kings Mountain National
Military Park will be holding its
Third Annual Kings Mountain
Forum on Saturday, May 6.
Activities will begin at 9 a.m.
i * and continue throughout the
day.
Featured speakers at the
event will include Dr. Bobby
Moss, author of several books
on the Revolutionary War in
the South. Moss has titles such
as “The Patriots at Kings
Mountain” and “The Patriots at
Cowpens” to his credit.
Another speaker will be Dr.
Lawrence Babits from East
Carolina University. Babits will
discuss the Revolutionary mili-
tia and its role in the Southern
campaign.
Speaker Todd Braisted is
Webmaster for a site dedicated
to the study of the Loyalist in
the Revolution. He will discuss
Ferguson's regulars and their
place in the Battle of Kings
Mountain.
Other speakers will be
Michael Williams, William
: Wilder, and Ken Bloom.
Williams and Bloom are
Revolutionary War reenactors.
Wilder is a storyteller and mem-
ber of the Overmountain
Victory Trail Association.
Other activities will include a
living history encampment by
members of Bratton’s Regiment.
Music will be provided by the
Guilford Courthouse Fife and
Drums.
For more information on the
Forum, call Chris Revels at 864-
936-7921.
Love Orchestra
at gazebo Sunday
The Frank Love Orchestra
will be performing Sunday,
May 7, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.
at the Gazebo in downtown
Kings Mountain. Bring your
lawn chairs and quilts, as well
as family and friends for this
concert which will feature the
best in orchestral music.
A musician since childhood,
Love formed his'own band in [7 -
high school. In addition to mu-
sic, Love is also a former na-
tionally ranked senior tennis
champ. He is also a retired tex-
tile industry employee and is
married to Virginia Love. They
have five children, 11 grandchil-
dren, and two great grandchil-
dren.
There is no charge for the .
concert, which is sponsored by
the City of Kings Mountain.
GDIne Faraz
May 4, 2000
DR. ANTHONY JINWRIGHT
Holy Temple pastor
to note anniversary
Holy Temple Baptist Mission
Church will host a second an-
niversary celebration for their
pastor, Rev. Georgia B. Guest,
_ Sunday.
The 11 a.m; service will be
held at the church. Rev. Rose
Corry will serve as Master of
Ceremonies. Rev. Y. Tusake
McNeil, first lady of Mt. Sinai
Missionary Baptist Church in
Mount Holly, will deliver the
message.
The evening service will be-
gin at 4:30 p.m. at the Bynum
Chapel AME Zion Church fami-
ly life center, 312 North Cansler
Street, Kings Mountain. Dr.
Anthony L. Jinwright and the
Salem Baptist Church family
will be special guests.
'- The public is invited.
Spring band concert
Tuesday at KMHS
The Kings Mountain District
School bands will present their
annual spring concert Tuesday
at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes
Auditorium. The concert will be
directed by Christopher Cole
and Gil Doggett and will fea-
ture the Kings Mountain
Middle School 7th and 8th
grade bands, the Kings .
Mountain High 9th grade band,
and the KMHS Blazer Band.
The Blazer Band will be
joined by the Kings Mountain
Chamber Choir under the direc-
tion of Gene Bumgardner and
Sherry Young for a concert cele-
bration featuring the music of
Andrew Lloyd Webber, which
features selections from “Jesus
Christ, Superstar,” “Phantom of
the Opera,” “Wita,” “Cats,” and
“Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
Traditional marches, patriotic
~ selections and standard concert
selections will be presented.
The concert is free and open
to the public.
Prayer service
at Ebenezer Baptist
A prayer and deliverance ser-
vice will be held May 7 and 21
at 6:30 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist
Church, Highway 216 N. The
service will be conducted by
Sister Marilyn Nauman, who
will be praying for the sick.
For more information, call
739-4113.
Shelby Senior Center
to honor Leona Neal
The new Senior Center in
Shelby will be named the Leona
Smith Neal Memorial Senior
Center in recognition of a
$300,000 gift for the facility
from her family. It will be locat-
' ed on property adjacent to
Cleveland Home Health. To
date, over two-thirds of the nec-
essary $3.2 million needed has
been raised. The County has do-
nated $1 million and the rest
has or will come in pledges
over three to five years.
Tom Neal and daughters
Chris Cline and Patty Dorian
were present at a recent
Steering Committee Meeting for
the Capital Campaign. They are
husband and daughters to the
late Leona Smith Neal.
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