Winners named
in Business
Showcase displays
© eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
After a kick-off ceremony
with lots of prizes, give-aways
and networking camaraderie
on February 26, the 10th annual
Kings Mountain Business
Showcase at City Hall is open
to the public.
Around 40 businesses set up
displays and tables inside the
lobby of City Hall. The
Showcase will run until March
2%
Trains and locomotive mem-
orabilia are infused throughout
the displays keeping with this
year’s theme: “By the Tracks.”
Exhibits were judged on a vari-
ety of categories. The winners
for each division are listed
below.
Most Professional: Davidson
Insurance, 1st place; Premier
Federal Credit Union, 2nd; and
BB&T, 3rd.
Neat and Concise: Cleveland
County Health Department, 1st
place; Kings Mountain Little
Theater /Joy Performance
Center, 2nd; EdwardJones, 3rd;
and Mountaineer Partnership,
4th.
Fashionably Late:
Boutique, SunTrust, Gibson
Industrial Services, Majors
Chiropractic, Summit Place and
Kings Mountain Hospital all
tied for 4th place.
Most Sophisticated: Torrence
Photography, 1st place; Fortress
Security, 2nd; and First
National Bank, 3rd.
Theme Award -“By the
Tracks”: Life Enrichment
Center, 1st place; KM Woman's
Club, 2nd; Mauney Memorial
Library, 3rd; and Falls
Insurance, 4th.
Most Attractive: Gateway
Properties, 1st place; Fidelity
Bank, 2nd; Carolina Roses, 3rd.
Most Creative: The Herald,
1st place; Baker Dental Care,
2nd; Scissor Smith Salon & Co.,
3rd; and Bellus Tu Spa, 4th.
Best of Show: Smith & Dad,
1st place; Warlick & Hamrick
Insurance, 2nd; and Caldwell
Banker, 3rd.
Best Advertisement:
Adventures in Advertising, 1st
place; City of Kings Mountain,
2nd; and Hoke Electrical
Contractors, 3rd.
Most Informative: H.
Lawrence Patrick Senior Life
and Conference Center, 1st
place; KM Historical Museum,
2nd; Pathways, 3rd; and Kings
Pinnacle, 4th, |
Elite
Wrestling benefit for Cheryl Green Friday
EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
As Cheryl Green wrestles to
recover her life from the throes
of a traumatic brain injury, oth-
ers will be wrestling for the
same cause at Grover
Elementary School Friday,
March 7.
Doors will open at 6 p.m. The
bell for the first match will ring
at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for $8
(adults) and $6 (children 6-12)
will be on sale at the front door.
Children ages 6 and under will
be admitted free with an adult.
The event will also feature a
bake sale, door prizes and
movements of the Praise Drama
Team, of Boiling Springs.
Green was thrown from the
hood of a vehicle on Christmas
morning after attempting to
stop two shoplifters at the Wilco
BRIEFS
a
Travel Plaza, where she
worked. She spent over a
month in the hospital. She has
now returned home, but a long
road of recovery is still in store.
Carolina Wrestling Alliance,
in conjunction with Wings of
Eagles Bike and Prison
Ministry, of Shelby, and the
Cleveland County Independent
Bikers, is holding a “smack
down” wrestling match benefit
in Grover’s gymnasium.
The Grover Rescue Squad,
Grover Rural Volunteer Fire
departments and Windjammers
Motorcycle Club are sponsoring
the event.
“It'll be a Christian show. This
is something that you can bring
a five or six year old child to
and not have to worry about
them hearing any language that
they shouldn't be hearing,” said
Dwight Polk, a.k.a. “DL Kool”
in the wrestling ring.
“It’s a community event. The
county’s pulling together on it,”
he said, especially some of the
local bike clubs. “It’s just to help
this family out and that’s basi-
cally what it’s for.”
Howard Stroup, leader of the
Wings of Eagles based out of
Abundant Life Church of God
said that they wanted to hold a
benefit for Mrs. Green because
“it’s what we do.”
“The Lord was putting it on
my heart to do something,” he
said. “It’s going to take several
months for it to warm up to do
something (like a ride) so I
called DL to do something with
wrestling and he said he’d be
‘more than happy to do some-
thing.”
Another avid biker David
Howard also jumped at the
opportunity to get involved. He
met Mrs. Green when she
worked at the Wilco-Hess
Travel Plaza. He is familiar with
the pains of a traffic accident.
He said that he was hit head-on
by a car on his bike.
“I wanted to do something.
She was always so nice and out-
going and I really hated that
this happened to her,” he said.
“It's just a tragedy really on
both sides. I feel bad for both
families because they're both
going to be suffering now.”
For more information, call the
Wings of Eagles Chairman
Howard Stroup at 704-418-4269,
email wingsofeaglesmin-
istryl@yahoo.com or call
Carolina Wrestling Alliance
Promoter Dwight Polk at 828-
390-8639.
Energy savings tips
Friday at Senior Center
Cleveland County
Cooperative Extension will
present “Energy Conservation,
Efficiency and Savings
Program” Friday, March 7 from
10:30-11:15 in Conference Room
Iof the H. Lawrence Patrick
Senior Center, 909 E. King St.,
Kings Mountain.
All senior citizens are invited.
For more information call 704
734-0447.
Meeting to discuss
future of courthouse
A town hall meeting to dis-
cuss the future use of Cleveland
County Courthouse and
Historical Museum will be held
Tuesday, March 11 at 6 p.m. at
the Cleveland County
Memorial Library.
The public is invited.
For more information call
704-434-8819.
Easter bunny to visit
kids at Cleveland Mall
The Easter bunny will arrive
at Cleveland Mall March 8 at 2
p-m. to kick off the spring sea-
son.
Free games with prizes will
be sponsored by Falls
Insurance. Students from Step-
n-Out Dance Productions will
perform at 2:15.
Susan Indenbaum
to give library program
Author/speaker Susan
Indenbaum, author of “When
the Fairy Tale Fails: How
Women Today Can Create Their
Own Happy Ever After,” will
speak at Mauney Memorial
Library Monday, March 17 from
6:30-7:30 p.m.
“When the Fairy Tale Fails” is
an eye-opener for. women of all
ages seeking fulfillment within
themselves and longing to cre-.
ate complete satisfaction in
their lives.
The program will be in the
Community Room. For more
information call Margot Plonk
at 704-739-2371. :-
Antiques off Roadshow
set at Gastonia church
St. Mark's Episcopal Church,
258 W. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia,
will host the Antiques off
Roadshow April 5 from 9:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m.
A preview party will be held
April 4 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Admission is $15 per person.
Professional appraisals will
be $15 each. There will be other
activities such as a white ele-
phant tent, raffle and antique
and gift shops.
All proceeds benefit St.
Mark’s Outreach Ministry.
For more information call
704-864-4531 ext. 19.
Writers, photographers
needed for Anthology
The Tuesday Night Gang at
Cleveland Community College
is holding its first-ever antholo-
gy and seeks stories, poems and
pictures from residents of
Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln and
Rutherford counties.
People may write about hob-
bies, pets, family history, how
life was when they were grow-
ing up, ghost stories, etc., and
share photos and recipes. (Do
not send originals).
Submissions may be mailed
to The Anthology, P.O. Box
1431, Shelby, NC 28152 or Email
them to
clevelandwriters@gmail.com
Submission forms may be
picked up at local libraries. The
deadline is March 15.
Wild West Show set
at Clover Auditorium
Chris McDaniel and his One
Man Wild West Show rides into
Clover School District
Auditorium Tuesday, March 18
at 7 p.m. -
The show mixes trick roping,
gun twirling, bull whip artistry
and singing with a little magic
and fun. :
The cost is $3 per person or $8
for the entire family.
For more information or tick-
ets call 803-222-8018.
orium.com
1am-5pm,
, Sat-.9am-3pm - . . .