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SOCIAL BRIEFS
The Kings Mountain Herald
KM Rotary to name
Citizen of the Year
The Kings Mountain Rotary
Club is taking nominations for
an outstanding Kings Mountain
resident who has set a standard
for extraordinary service to the
community in improving the
quality of life for all citizens of
the Kings Mountain area.
Nominations must be submit-
ted by June 7. For more informa-
tion and to make a nomination
call Jerry Simmons at 704-481-
8883 or 704-739-7657.
Photos, write-ups
needed on military
The Herald will publish a spe-
cial ‘section on the men and
women who are serving or have
served us in the military.
“Honor, Glory & Pride” will
publish on June 21. Deadline for
stories and advertising is June
To,
The Herald is soliciting pic-
. tures and information from the
scheduled today from .3-7:30
‘p.m. at Casar Elementary School,
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public on anyone who is current-
ly serving in the military; and
also on persons who have served
. in the military in the past. There
is no charge.
Send your photos and stories
to The Herald, P.O. Box 769,
Kings Mountain, NC 28086 or
.. bring them to the editor’s office
at 821 East King Street, Kings
Mountain. You may also Email
them to gstewart@kingsmoun-
tainherald.com.
Photos will be returned after
the publication date. For more
information call The Herald at
704-739-7496.
Blood drives slated
in Casar, Shelby, KM
Red Cross blood drives, are
School House Rd., Casar; Wed.,
. June 6 from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at
Cleveland Community College,
137 S. Post Rd., Shelby; and
.. Thurs., June 7 from 1:30-6 p.m. at
Central
Ie United Methodist
Church, 113 S. Piedmont Ave.,
Kings Mountain.
CC Health Department
launches a new website
The Cleveland County Health
Dept. launched its new website
this week and has a wealth of
health information as well as a
. means for the public to contact
> the health department via email.
The web address is
http:/ /www.clevelandcounty.co
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KMHS Class of 1962
planning its reunion
The Kings Mountain High
School Class of 1962 is planning
its 45th year reunion for October
6 at Deer Brook Golf Club in
Shelby. y
To update address or for more
information contact Gale
Morrison at 704-756-5486 or
galemorrison@bellsouth.net.
Car and truck show
slated June 2 in Fallston
The fourth annual Fallston
Woman's Club car and truck
show will be held June 2 from 10
am.-2 pm. at Fallston
Elementary School.
It will feature classics, trucks,
imports and motorcycles.
Registration is $15. Those pre-
registering will receive a gift bag
and t-shirt.
Admission is free. For more
information call Judy Search at
704-692-6099 or email fallston-
carshow@yahoo.com.
Caroline Cantrell eams
Gold Award in Scouting
Caroline Cantrell of Troop 4
(Mountain Grove) received the
Gold Award at a recent ceremo-
ny of the Girl Scout of the
Pioneer Council at Aldersgate
United Methodist Church,
Shelby.
The Gold Award is the highest
honor in Girls Scouts. Girls ages
15-18 earn the award by creating
a project to benefit the communi-
ty and presenting their idea to
the award committee. Once
approved they must execute the
project, including planning,
budgeting, project coordination
and recruiting volunteers.
Show-N-Shine slated
June 9 at Cleveland Mall
Shelby Show-N-Shine, a car,
truck and motorcycle show, will
be held June 9 from 4-9 p.m. at
Cleveland Mall.
Numerous awards will be pre-
sented.
To pre-register call 704-538-
1966 or email shelbyshow-
shine@aol.com. Pre-registration
deadline is June 4 and the fee is
$15.
Food distribution
June 13 at fairgrounds
Shelby Lions Club will distrib-
ute surplus commodities
Wednesday, June 13 at 8 a.m. at
Cleveland County Fairgrounds.
Some form of ID is required. A
person picking up for someone
else must take a signed note
from that person “givihg' their
income, ‘number’ in the" house-''
hold, and their current residence.
For more information call J.D.
Baldree at 704-487-7466.
Calvin Edwards Trio
to perform at CCC
The Calvin Edwards Organ
Trio will be in concert June 14 at
7 p.m. in the Mildred H. Keeter
Auditorium at Cleveland
Community College.
Admission is free.
Live Under the Stars
June 23 at Joy Theatre
Live Under the Stars, spon-
sored by Skyway
Communications, is slated at
Kings Mountain Performing Arts
Center June 23 from 7-10 p.m.
The event features jazz, gospel
and rhythm and blues. Calvin
Edwards and the Calvin
Edwards Organ Trio, the Harris
Brothers, All for God Quartet
and Renata Wingo will perform.
Tickets are $12 at the door.
Proceeds will go to the YMCA to
help children in need. Children
12 and under will be admitted
free.
Bell family reunion
will be held July 7-8
The children and grandchil-
dren of the late Roy Bell Sr. and
the late Marvetta Leach Bell will
have a family reunion July 7-8.
Each family is asked to pay $25.
For more information call
Ivory Bell at 704-937-9504, Gloria
K. Camp at 704-937-3536 or
Wanda Bell Goode at 704-730-
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Operation Cool-Off
provides fans to seniors
Operation Cool-Off is under
way at the Patrick Senior Center
in Kings Mountain.
The program provides free
fans for Cleveland County resi-
dents ages 55 and older. Those
who received fans last year may
not qualify.
For more information call
Terrie Lewis at 704-734-0447.
KM senior center needs
recipes, ads for cookbook
The H. Lawrence Patrick
Center volunteers are creating a
cookbook to be used as a fund
raiser. They are collecting recipes
from Kings Mountain area resi-
dents.
Anyone interested in provid-
ing recipes may contact the
Patrick Center at 704-734-0447.
Also, volunteers will be
approaching area businesses to
sponsor the cookbook. Ads are
$25, $50 and $100. Interested
businesses may also call the
Patrick Center.
The cookbook should be ready
for purchase by mid-November.
Free wills prepared
at The Patrick Center
Legal Aid of North Carolina
will prepare wills and/or other
advanced directives for seniors
free of charge at the Patrick
Center, 909 E. King St., Kings
Mountain, the first Friday of
each month beginning in July
and ending in early December or
when funding runs out.
Seniors who are 60 years of age
are eligible and, although not
required, are requested to have
“incomes that fall below the:
. guidelines for indigent civil legal
services representation.
Guidelines are $12,763 for an
individual and $17,113 for a cou-
ple.
For more information call the
senior center at 704-734-0447.
Moss baseball exhibit
at KM History Museum
The “John Henry Moss and
the South Atlantic Baseball
League,” featuring the 50-year
baseball career of Moss and his
24 years as Mayor of the City of
Kings Mountain, continues
through August 31 at the Kings
Mountain History Museum., 100
E. Mountain St.
Hours are Tuesday - Friday
and the second and fourth
Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For
more information call 704-739-
1019.
Bereavement groups
to meet at Hospice
“Reflections,” a six-week grief
support group, will meet June
19, 26 and July 3, 10, 17 and 24
from 10-11:30 a.m. at Hospice of
Cleveland County, 951
Wendover heights Dr., Shelby.
Participants are encouraged to
attend all six sessions.
Hospice also has a bereaved
parent support group meeting
the first Thursday of every
month at 5:30 pm.
For more information, call 704-
487-0800.
Mountain
Mamas
Male ‘beauties’ to
raise money for
Gateway Trail
EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
For the funniest night since “The
Womanless Wedding” don’t miss the
Mountain Mama Beauty & Talent Show for
the Gateway Trails June 9 at 6 p.m. at the Joy
Performance Center.
Former mayor Scott Neisler will ditch his
slacks for a dress along with local
Chiropractor Jay Majors to be Mountain
Mamas, sparking a fund raising campaign
effort for the Gateway Trails.
Other Mountain Mamas, whose true char-
acter identities will be kept secret until all of
the ballots are in, are scheduled to be played
by Andy Neisler, Jim Champion, Dan Potter,
Jerry Ledford, and Tom Bennett. Dan
Treharne will be the director and Nelson
Connor the master of ceremony for this
mountain of laughs.
The Gateway Trails, a non-profit organiza-
tion, is hosting the hilarious event to raise
money, interest and awareness in a biking,
hiking, running, and walking trail that may
one day connect Kings Mountain to its
namesake at the National Military Park.
The Mamas gathered at different locations
in April to discuss the ideas for their charac-
ters. Some of them were pretty excited and
happy to don a wig and a dress - for the
cause of course.
“It’s going to be sort of a country hoedown
with backwoods characters that relate to
nature,” said Shirley Brutko.
© Hallie Connor described the characters as
“mountain folks that live on or ‘near the!
trails:” ‘But these Mountain Mamas haves!
some crazy tricks up their sleeves and per-
haps a baseball bat handy to keep the moun-
tain men away.
Tickets at $50 apiece for this once in a life-
time hilarious fund raiser are going fast. To
get tickets, call Shirley Brutko at 704-739-
4755 or drop by the Kings Mountain
Cleveland County Chamber Office on
Battleground Avenue or at the Kings
Mountain Family YMCA.
Ricky “Leggs” Hall will serve a barbecue
dinner, with two kinds of slaw and baked
beans, from 6 p.m.-7:20. Priscilla and Jeff
Mauney and Susan and Dennis Patterson
will be joining him on the Food Committee,
providing an assortment of breads, chips,
pickles, brownies, cookies and nuts. Tables
will be set up inside and outside in the lot
beside the theatre for dining.
The show begins at 7:30 p.m. The evening
will be complete with door prizes, drinks,
music and entertainment.
Brutko, Ashley Harris and David Ozmore
are in charge of the publicity. [yma Atwell is
in charge of ticket sales. Kathy and George
Culver will supply the non-spirited bever-
ages and Larry Hamrick, Jr. will supply the
other drinks. Handling the backstage scene,
will be Erin Broadbent, Linda Falls and Larry
Hyde. Gina Ayscue and Melanie Ballard will
assist the Mountain Mamas and Ayscue will
also be in charge of door prizes with Dennis
Patterson.
Barbara and. Clenon Tackett will be in
charge of light and sound, Mary Wade Smith
in charge of programs. Greg Williams will be
leading the judges, who will be “dressed
appropriately.” Pre-show entertainment
includes: the banjo tunes of Dustin Bowens, a
serenade by Heather Wilson and a skit by
Craig Mayes.
Brutko and Connor have been working
tirelessly on the logistics of the event since
January. “We are hoping to raise at least
$10,000,” Brutko said, adding that more
would be better. All of the money raised will
go towards the Gateway Trails, which is
anticipated to infuse new life, health and
tourism into the Kings Mountain area. On
the night of the show, the lobby of the Joy
Theatre will showcase information on the
trails.
“We're really getting ready to take off with
the trails,” Brutko said, adding ‘that she
thinks the Mountain Mama Beauty & Talent
Show will be the big kick-off they need, with
laughter and hopefully money guaranteed.
The distinguished looking gentleman In the
middie Is Nelson Connor. The two lovely
ladles are Tom Bennett, top, and Jim
Champion. You'll see all this and plenty
more In the Mountain Mamas Beauty and
Talent Show at the Joy Performance Center
on June 9.
Photos by Emily Weaver
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“Do it Best”
In Life!
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to the Class of 2007!
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