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MEDITATION
Kings Mountain Senior Center activities for September
# and October. Unless otherwise indicated, all activities are at -
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the H. Lawrence Patrick Senior Life and Conference Center,
' .909 E. King St., Kings Mountain. For more information call
704-734-0447.
The annual mountain trip is set for Tues., Oct. 18 from 8
a.m.-5 p.m. It will feature a tour of Asheville and a visit to
the Trolley Stop and other locations. The cost is $30 per per-
son (does not include lunch). Registration begins Wed.,
Sept. 13, on a first come, first served basis. Payment must
be made at the time of registration.
A Medicare Part D seminar will be held Tues., Sept. 27
from 10 a.m.-12 noon. The public is invited. Other meetings
are set for Nov. 16 from 1:30-3:30 p.m., Dec. 5 from 1:30-3:30
p.m., and Dec. 11 from 2-4 p.m. Take a list of prescriptions,
dosage and times taken during the day. Seminars are free.
Carolyn Bell, the Center's SHIIP counselor, assists seniors
with medicare and insurance questions and is available
weekdays from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. by appointment.
The Senior Chorus will perform Mon., Sept. 19 at 10 a.m.
at the Kings Mountain Life Enrichment Center. Their annual
Christmas concert will be Tues., Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at the
Patrick Center and will present the Christmas concert to the
Life Enrichment Center on Fri., Dec. 16 at 10 a.m.
U.S.D.A. commodities distribution will be Tues., Sept. 13
from 1-3 p.m. Only persons who pre-registered at the
Center will be able to receive food. Others must go to the
Cleveland County Fair Grounds on Wed., Sept. 14 at 8 a.m.
The Senior Center's Fall Bazaar will be Oct. 20 from 9
a.m.-4 p.m. Local vendors ages 55 and older may rent a
table for $10. Call Carolyn Bell for more information.
Proceeds will go toward purchasing a sound system for the
Senior Center Chorus.
The annual volunteer appreciation lunch will be Sat.,
Oct. 29 at 12 noon. There will be special entertainment and
the Charles R. Walker Volunteer of the Year Award will be
presented.
The Senior Strutters line dancers will perform at the
Patrick Center dining room Tues., Sept. 13 at 10:45 a.m.
Stacey Blair from Foot Solutions will be at the center on
Tues., Sept. 20 from 10-11:30 a.m. to discuss special shoes
for persons with diabetes and foot problems. Shoes are free
or low cost for persons with medicare Part B. To order
shoes, one must have a prescription from their doctor.
Cleveland County Fair senior citizens day is Tues., Oct.
4. The Senior Center will provide transportation to any sen-
iors ages 6 0and older. Register by Sept. 20. A one dollar
donation is requested. Admission to the fair is $4 for ages
60-64 and free for ages 65 and older. Take proof of age. Call
Mattie Scoggins by Sept. 20 to arrange transportation. The
group will leave the Patrick Center at 12:30 p.m. and Teturn
around 4 p.m.
Gaither Vocal Band videos are shown by Bill Worthen
each Friday at 10:30 in the dining room. Worthen also teach-
es a Bible history class on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. in the
library /computer room.
The Senior Center also provides numerous other weekday
activities. For more information, call the center.
The City of Kings Mountain will hold a 9-11 service
Friday at noon at City Hall. Mayor Rick Murphrey will
speak. There will be prayer. Police Chief Melvin Proctor and
Fire Chief Frank Burns will be part of the ceremony. The
public is invited.
Anyone who would like to participate in the Keep
Kings Mountain Beautiful project should call city Events
Coordinator Ellis Noell at 704-730-2103. A committee is
forming. The project is part of the national Keep America
Beautiful.
The Cleveland County Department of Social Services is
now accepting applications for the Crisis Intervention
Program. These funds are designated for heating and cool-
ing related emergencies. Anyone experiencing an emer-
gency situation, and would like to know if they qualify for
this program, contact the Department of Social Services at
704-487-0661. Office hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
Gaston County Museum Blues Out Back concert will be
September 9 from 6:30-8 p.m.featuring Cherryville blue-
grass musician Darin Aldridge. The museum is located at
131 West Main Street, Dallas, NC 28034. For more informa-
tion call Jeff Pruett at 704-922-7681 ext. 105. :
Crowders Mountain State Park will host “Sensational
Senses Hike” Sat., Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. The short hike will
focus on the importance of sight, sound, smell and touch in
nature. The program is great for children. The program will
be cancelled if it rains. Meet at the visitor center. Call 853-
5375 for more information. -
Crowders Mountain State Park will hold a fall wild-
flower hike Sun., Sept. 11 at 3 p.m. Meet at the visitors cen-
_ ter flagpole. Call 853-5375 for more information.
The 54th annual Peter and Polly Lail reunion will be
held Sun., Sept. 11 at 1 p.m. at Bethlehem Community
Center, 1017 Bethlehem Rd., Kings Mountain. All descen-
dants and family friends are invited. For more information
or directions call Lisa Morrison at 757-923-4356.
Descendants of Thomas Lovelace will have a reunion
Sunday at 1 p.m. at the fellowship hall of Oak Grove Baptist
Church located at 1022 Oak Grove Church Road.
Surplus food commodities will be distributed Wed., Sept.
14 at 8 a.m. at the Cleveland County Fairground. Those
who wish to apply for food will not receive a card in the
mail. Some type of ID will be needed. Anyone picking up
food for someone else must bring a singled note. For more
information call J.D. Baldree of the Shelby Lions Club, 487-
7466.
Mail briefs to The Herald, P.O. Box 769, Kings
Mountain, NC, 28086, phone 739-7496, fax 739-0611 or e
mail gstewart@kingsmountainherald.com
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Regional We peed each other
art grants
available
Grants are available for
musicians, writers, film
makers, dancers and actors
In February of 2003 a fire broke
out in a Rhode Island nightclub.
A heavy metal band was playing
its music to the accompaniment
of the customary pyrotechnics.
As the fireworks went off, sparks
leapt from the stage and spread
New Orleans, Biloxi and numerous
other communities along the Gulf
Coast since the arrival of Hurricane
Katrina. The destruction caused by
this hurricane has left so many peo-
ple homeless and hopeless that it
has been called the greatest natural
through the 2005-2006 across the acoustical foam in the disaster in our national memory.
Regional Artist Project ceiling, filling the club with black 2 Yet, even in hell there can be a
Grant Program. The appli- smoke. The people in the audi- Jeff Hensley touch of heaven, and I thank God
cation deadline is noon on ence tried to escape, but they Meditation for those who have been trying to
Sept. 16. The program found it difficult because the mmmssssnsesswe throw snowballs into the fire. For
alternates disciplines on a
two-year cycle. Multi-disci- ~~ hard for them to see.
plinary (dance, drama, film, A man named Harold, who happened to
literature, music) artists are be outside, saw the terror and wanted to
eligible to apply for the help. The only problem was that the smoke
upcoming September dead- ~~ was so heavy that, even though people
line, while visual artists will ~~ could hear him calling out, they weren't
be eligible to apply next able to see him. Looking around himself at
year. Artists may request up
Grant awards may be
used for projects including,
but not limited to: atten-
dance at workshops or mas-
ter classes, production of
visual arts portfolios and
the purchase of supplies for
new works. Previous grant
recipients are eligible to
‘reapply after four years.
Artists also are encouraged
snowballs.
smoke was so thick that it was
the snow, he bent down and began to shape
snowballs. Then he started throwing snow-
balls into the club and calling out, “Can you
feel the snow? Crawl toward the snow.”
An injured and confused man heard
Harold's voice and did as he was told. He
felt for the snow and followed it out the
door. When he came out, it was apparent
that he was severely burned on his upper
body, but he was alive and he had made it
to safety because another man was throwing
When a tragedy strikes, it is difficult to
example, today I read of one reli-
gious body that sent people, equipment and
supplies to Mississippi to aid the many who
are suffering. The efforts of this one group
alone have helped to provide a means for
people to have food, clean water, a shower
and other necessities. In spite of the large
amount of looting and panic that has
gripped the area, there are people trying to
help.
i is little doubt in my mind that peo-
ple live and die in the same way - with oth-
ers - in community. And when a tragedy
strikes, be it personal or public, the rule of
thumb ought to be that people would help
those next to them. It is no wonder that the
Apostle Paul once wrote to one of his.
churches: “I thank my God every time I
remember you.” If there is anything a
tragedy like Katrina can teach us, it is that
we are all alike in many ways and we need
each other in order to survive.
Dr. Jeff Hensley is the pastor of Kings
to apply for North Carolina see any hope. The cloud of suffering, chaos,
Arts Council Fellowships fear and grief is so thick that it is hard to
during alternate years in know what to do. This is certainly the way
which they are not eligible it has seemed for many of the residents of
for a Regional Artist Project
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Mountain Baptist Church.
through Thursday.
Evangelist is Rev. Anthony
Graham of Brooklyn, NY. A
featured in
art exhibit
nursery will be provided.
Westover Baptist Church
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hosting “Cultural Compost” Duman, a Ave d ie
an exhibit by South coming Sunday. Sunday
School is at 9:30 and Cross
Reference will sing at 10:30.
Rev. Dale Angel will preach
after the singing. Lunch will
Carolina artist Ellen .
Kochansky. Her three-
dimensional account of mill
history in rural South :
Carolina includes quilted be Nn un
pieces, journal and book Baptist Church. 125
related pieces and other p Li
ieces of the past Mayberry Lane, Kings
P The ay will un Mountain, will host the
through September 15 drama “I Looked All Over
Kochansky will return for a Heaven For You,” presented
by Pastor Jimmy Greene and
East Hudson Baptist Church
of Lenoir, September 17 at 6
p.m. For more information
closing reception and
gallery talk on the evening
of Sept. 15, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The exhibit is presented
in three ir The first call Rev. Goa Laws 4
group includes paper-like - a SPupnc is
silk organza quilts which Va
fold into book form, and : ;
rae oth storing David Baptist Church,
aspect of quilting as well as “The Northmen” in concert
drawing on the artists and Sindav. Sept 18 at 7 om
bar siny historysin pub; ars tine United
DE ol Duwvels spoof. Methodist Church, 1223
ing the pocket-like structure Me Sifnove pun oe os
of the down comforter, but h 8 her Se y ete is
filling the transparent omecoming September
at 11 a.m. A covered dish
meal will follow the service.
People’s Baptist Church
will be in revival beginning
Sunday, Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. .
organza pockets with social
and environmental com-
mentary make up the sec-
ond section.
The third section is a col- :
lective community project. Gries speaker will be Rey.
IA 24 pancl soilptiral corice Rawlinson from Mt. Dowell
calle P Mill M ir oTv.is lent Baptist Church, McConnells,
by the Hub City 0 ors SC. A different speaker will
Project from the permanent Spealk each night for four
collection at the fighis Monday theoush
Soartanbure Masetm of Thursday services begin at 7
Te 8 p-m. The public is invited.
For more information call Can OF ges
the Cleveland County Arts i ia I Sct Kings
Comnerat ILA. Mountain, will host Pastor
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www.ccartscouncil. org.. Wesleyan Church, 701 E. For more information, call Moss of Grover, and George
Gold St., Kings Mountain, 704-937-7023 or 704-678- Hardin of Kings Mountain.
Mill histo will hold revival September ~~ 0412. For more information call
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