Mondays
9:45 a.m. - Aqua aerobics,
Kings Mountain YMCA. No
charge for members. $15 month
for non-members. Also meets
on Wednesday and Friday. Call
739-9631 for information.
9:30 a.m. - Morning aerobics,
Kings Mountain YMCA. No
charge for members. $15 month
for non-members. Also meets
on Wednesday and Friday. Call
739-9631 for information.
9:30 a.m. - Yoga, Kings
Mountain YMCA. No charge to
members or $15 month.
5:45 p.m. - Land aerobics.
Also meets Tuesday and
Thursday; also 7 p.m. Tuesday
and Thursday and 10:30 a.m.
Saturday. Free to members. $15
for non-members. Call 739-
9631.
7 p.m. - Second Monday of
each month, Kings Mountain
Board of Education, Central
School, 105 East Ridge St.
5:30-6:30 p.m. - Overeaters
Anonymous, every Monday,
Central United Methodist
Church, Kings Mountain. For
more information call Phyllis
Carroll at 864-7629.
5:45 p.m. - Aerobic classes,
Kings Mountain YMCA. Land
aerobics. Call 739-9631 for more
information.
‘7 p.m. - Parents Without
Partners, every Monday, Shelby
Presbyterian Church. For more
information call Alan Smith at
481-2986.
7 p.m. - Hurting Families
Support Group, every Monday,
Christopher Road Baptist
Church, Shelby. For information
call 538-0410.
8 p.m. - AA Big Book Study,
every Monday, Serenity Club,
Highway 74 at Bethlehem Road,
Kings Mountain.
Tuesdays
6 p.m. - Cleveland County
Board of Commissioners, first
and third Tuesdays, County
Administration Building,
Shelby.
10 a.m. - (Second Tuesday)-
LaLeche League of Gaston
County, mother to mother
breast feeding support group,
Sacred Heart, 100 Mercy Dr.,
Belmont. For more information
call Judy at 704 853-0449.
6-7 p.m. - Free aerobics class-
es, First Baptist Church, Kings
Mountain. For more informa-
tion call Rosemary at 739-9631.
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6:30 p.m. - Kings Mountain
The Kings Mountain Herald
facts and special events dis-
Lions Club, dinner meeting, plays.
second and fourth Tuesday of
each month at Kings Morais October 5-9
Woman's Club.
7 p.m. - Kings Mountain City
Council, last Tuesday of the
month, City Hall, East Gold St.
7:30 p.m. - Southern Arts
Society, first Tuesday of the
month, at Kings Mountain
Woman's Club.
Thursdays
11 am. - every Thursday, Self
Care Program, Bliss Center in
Lawndale, Kings Mountain
Senior Center, Boiling Springs
‘United Methodist Church, and
Charles Place, Shelby. Call
Amanda Helis at 482-3488 for
information.
12 noon - Kings Mountain
Rotary Club, Ramada Ltd.
12 noon - Senior Scribblers,
Kings Mountain YMCA. (First
Thursday of month). Seniors
writing memories for fun. Take
brown bag lunch, writing note-
book and pen or pencil. No
charge.
5:30-6:30 p.m. - Overeaters
Anonymous, Central United
Methodist Church. For more in-
formation call Phyllis Carroll at
864-7629.
6-7 p.m. - Free aerobics, First
Baptist Church, Kings
Mountain. For more informa-
tion call Rosemary at 739-9631.
6 p.m. - Kings Mountain
Kiwanis Club, Mauney
Memorial Library.
7 p.m. - Broad River
Genealogical Society, fourth
Thursday, Senior Center | in
Shelby.
Fridays
10 a.m. - Senior Center
Cinema, each Friday during
January and February, Kings
Mountain Senior Center televi-
sion room. Free admission. Pop
"corn and coke will be served.
Call 734-0447 for more informa-
tion.
Saturday
9-10 a.m. - Overeaters
Anonymous, Central United
Methodist Church. For more in-
formation call Phyllis Carroll at
864-7629.
11 a.m.-2 p.m. - Kings
Mountain Historical Museum is
open the first Saturday of every
month. Kings Mountain arti-
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Gardner-Webb University. 7:30
p-m. except 2:30 p.m. on
Sunday. $5 general admission,
$3 students and senior citizens.
Call 406-4371 for information.
Saturday, October 6
8 p.m. - Mark Russell, politi-
cal comedian /satirist, Malcolm
Brown Auditorium, Shelby
High School. $25. For more in-
formation call Cleveland
Regional Medical Center
Foundation at 487-3028.
October 6-7
9 a.m.-5 p.m. - 221st anniver-
sary of the Battle of Kings
Mountain. Colonial encamp-
ment and weapons demonstra- .
tions. 3 p.m. Sunday the
keynote address will be given
followed by a wreath laying
ceremony. For more informa-
tion call KMNMP at (864) 936-
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7-8:30 p.m. - Self defense
class, Kings Mountain YMCA.
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Monday and Thursdays for six
weeks. $15 for members and
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5:30-7 p.m. - Women on
Weights (W.O.W.), Kings
Mountain YMCA. Training for
women in group setting. Learn
basic function of major muscle
groups and how to define and
sculpt your body. Program will
run each Tuesday and Thursday
for six weeks. $15 for members,
$25 for non-members. Call 739-
9631 or stop by the YMCA to -
. register.
7:30 p.m. - Choral Clinic
Concert, with Dr. Tom Smith;
Dover Theatre, Gardner-Webb
University. Call 406-4448 for in-
formation.
9:25 a.m. - GWU Dimensions,
Alcohol Awareness Week with
Tom Tufts, PGA professional,
LYCC, Gardner-Webb
University. Call 406-4277 for
more information.
Wednesday, October 10
7:30 p.m. - Performance by
Rand Brandeis, poet, and Ron
Rash, author, at Cleveland
Community College. Call 484-
4139 for more information.
October 11-November 9
Gateways to the South, art
competition sponsored by the
Cleveland County Arts Council
and Southern Arts Society at
Kings Mountain City Hall. For .
more information call 484-2787.
October 12-14
14th annual Cotton Ginning ol
Days, Dallas Park. Displays of
engines, arts and crafts, food,
entertainment. Call Gaston
County Parks and Recreation at
922-2160 for more information.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. - 2001: A Quilt
Odyssey, (also 1-4 Sunday),
Cleveland County Arts Center.
$3. Call 434-6913 for more infor-
mation.
Saturday, October 13
7-11 p.m. - Deeper Shade of
Blue in concert, Leatherwoods,
1 W. Warren St., Shelby. $6. Call |
480-7323 for information.
9 am.-4 p.m. - Kings.
Mountain Ridgeline, all-day
hike, Crowders Mountain State
Park. Ranger will lead hike of
four miles one way.
Spooks parade set
October 31 in Shelby
‘The annual Friendly Little
Spooks Parade will be held
Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 10 a.m. in
uptown Shelby. The parade ill
begin at the end of West Marion
Street city park lot next to
Wendy Lyn’s.
Daycares, nurseries, kinder-
garten classes and other chil-
dren are invited to attend in
their Halloween costumes and
march. Those that are too little
"to walk can take part in their
stroller, decorated wagon, etc.
Musical instruments and
noisemakers are welcome.
For more information, call
Uptown Shelby Association at
484-3100.
Playground opening
- slated for October 13
The grand opening of the
new Kings Mountain kids play-
ground will be held October 13
at 2 p.m.
Free hot dogs and drinks will
be served.
The public is invited.
‘Monster Mash Bash
at KM Woman's Club
The Monster Mash Bash will
be held Friday, Oct.-26 from
6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Kings
Mountain Woman's Club.
Grades 3-5 are invited.
Admission is $5. All proceeds
will be donated to UNICEF.
For more information call
Michelle Neisler at 734-0929 or
Margaret Gilliken at 739-3101.
Dance party slated
at Gastonia center
A Saturday Night Dance
Party will be held each
Saturday beginning October 6
from 8 p.m.-12 midnight at the
Adult Recreation Center, 519 W.
Franklin Blvd., Gastonia.
Shelby’s Dick Hamrick will
be the DJ.
Teen pregnancy.
forum set in Shelby
A teen pregnancy forum is
planned for October 16 from 7-9
p-m. at the Cleveland
~. Community College
Auditorium.
The event is free and open to
the public. For more informa-
tion call Sally Willis at 484-5112
or Sarah Fowler at 484-5107.
. Over 20 local high school stu-
dents have joined together to
make the community more
aware of teen prégnancy’s effect
on Cleveland County. As of
1998, the county had a teen
pregnancy rate of 108.5 per
1,000 teens versus 85.5 for the
state. About 10% of Cleveland
County teens become pregnant
before the age of 20. During
1993-97, almost one-third
(32.9%) of these teens had a re-
peat pregnancy before the age
0
Students from all four county
high schools have worked since
February to develop the forum
to discuss the reality of teen
pregnancy as it impacts their
lives. Students developed the
agenda, marketing materials,
and will carry out the program.
Carroll reunion set
at Temple Baptist
The annual Carroll reunion
will be held October 7 at 1 p.m.
at Temple Baptist Church in
Kings Mountain.
All members of the John
William and James Edward
Carroll families, and friends, are
invited.
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Betsy Wells, left, of Kings Mountain received the Star Democrat
Award from Secretary of State Elaine Marshall at the recent meet-
ing of the Democratic Women of North Carolina at Sunset Beach.
Wells, a KMHS teacher, is the Chairman of the Cleveland County
Democratic Party. The Star Award is given in recognition of volun-
teerism and activism.
Knife show slated
in Forest City
The 19th annual Bechtler
Mint Knife Club will hold its
19th annual show November 2-
3 at Ramada Limited, U.S. 74-A
bypass in Forest City. The hours
are 12-9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-
5 p.m. Saturday.
Tables are $35 for non-mem--
bers. Admission is $3. |
For more information call
John Greene at 434-6918.
Cleveland Chamber
accepting donations
The Cleveland Chamber is
serving as an official American
Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
drop-off location.
Financial contributions can be
dropped off at the Chamber of-
fice at 200 S. Lafayette Street in’
Shelby or 600. York Road.in
- Kings Mountain during normal
business and Chamber pro-
grams through October 18.
For more information call the
Chamber at 487-8521.
Lewis Family concert
slated in Lincolnton
The Lewis Family will be in
concert Sunday, Oct. 14 at 2
p-m. at the Lincoln Citizens
Center, 115 W. Main St.,
Lincolnton. Special guests will
be Ricky Hedgepeth and The
Carolina All-Star Band.
Tickets are $12 in advance
and $14 at the door. Tickets are
~ $7 for ages 6-under.
For tickets or more informa-
tion, call Craig P.
Gates at 800-734-0428.
Tea and Poetry 11 set
at Historical Museum
Retired Mauney Memorial
Librarian Hazel Fryer will read
from her new book of poetry,
“Paper Trail,” Sunday, October
21 from 3-5 p.m. at the Kings
Mountain Historical Museum.
The public is invited.
Cotton Ginning Days
slated at Dallas Park
The 14th annual Cotton
Ginning Days will be held
October 12-14 at the Dallas
Park.
Antique gasoline and
kerosene engines, antique trac-
tors, steam engines and shingle
sawing will be on display. The
highlight of the show will be a
fully restored 1900 single-stand
Continental Cotton Gin.
Cotton will be ginned every
two hours throughout the
weekend. There will be craft
demonstrations such as black-
smithing, spinning, weaving,
lamp working, pottery and
book binding
In addition to the show; there
will be activities for the entire
family, including an arts and.
crafts sale, cake walks, and a
kid’s county fair which includes
games, rides and a magic show.
Train rides and pony rides
will be offered for $1 and $1.50,
respectively.
Numerous food items will be
sold.
Admission and parking are
free. For more information call
922-2160.
KM man’s art work
in Philadelphia show
Kurt Nielsen of Kings
Mountain is exhibiting for the .
first time in this year’s
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Craft Show, one of the mast
prestigious and oldest craft
shows in the United States.
The show is being held
November 8-11 at the
Pennsylvania Convention
Center in Philadelphia. Nielsen
was selected as one of 195 ex-
hibitors out of over 1,500.appli-
cants nationwide.
Holiday pops concert
slated at Unity Place
The North Carolina
Symphony will perform its
Holiday Pops Concert at 8 p.m.
November 28 at Unity Place in
Gastonia.
The concert will include ex-
cerpts from Sergei Prokofiev's
“Winter Bonfire,” “Carol of the
Bells,” Song of hope,” The
Nutcracker,” and a special
Christmas pops sing-along in-
volving the audience.
For more information, call
Heidi Flick at 853-2787.
Farm Bureau meets
‘October 18 in Shelby
The Cleveland County Farm
Bureau's annual meeting will be
held Thursday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m.
at Cleveland Community
College.
This is a dinner/business
meeting. Officers and directors
will be elected and the
Cleveland County Farm Bureau
Family of the Year Award will
be presented.
For more information, call
Peggy Costner at 482-2436.
Katherine Martin
celebrated her 10" birthday
on October 2™. Friends
gathered for a Sleep-Over
and Pizza Party including her
younger sister Rebecca on
September 29th. Katherine is
the daughter of Don and
| Penny Martin of Kings
Mountain and the
Granddaughter of Genia Blue
and the late Ted Blue of Rock
Hill, and the Granddaughter ;
of Donald and Jane Martin of - wy
Kings Mouniain.
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