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Volume 121 ¢ Issue 13 * Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
As prices at the grocery store continue to fluctuate at
decade-record highs, help may be on its way carried by
the wings of "angels."
Volunteers at Sunrise Baptist and El Bethel United
Methodist churches have been providing reduced-price
By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
In today’s struggling economy mass layoffs, com-
pany closings and a soaring unemployment rate seem to
dominate the headlines. But in this meltdown at least
one local profession is on the rise.
As baby boomers age and life expectancy grows
Survivng the economy
“Angels” at Sunrise Baptist Church. Front row, left to right, Sardnan Humphries and Savannah
Humphries. Back row, I-r, Donna Towery, Georgia Hutchins, Mildred Gregory, Charm Shockley,
'Angels' offer cheap food
for families on a budget
food to local families through Angel Food Ministries, a
"non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated
to providing grocery relief and financial support to com-
munities throughout the United States."
A unit of food retailing at $42-$78 at local markets is
sold for $30. The best part is that anyone can apply, said
Nancy Moss, volunteer at Sunrise Baptist.
See ANGELS, Page 3A
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Senior care industry grows
in shrinking economy
longer so too does the need for personal and home care
aides, according to reports from the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
“In North Carolina, the personal and home care aides
job category is expected to increase by 13,900 positions
(76%) over the next decade — making it the second
See SENIOR, Page 3A
A LEGEND’S Sato
Former mayor gives to G-WU
Stadium to be built in honor of baseball
legend John Henry Moss
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Staff writer
Gardner-Webb University announced Thursday a major
financial gift from baseball legend and former Kings
Mountain mayor John Henry Moss and will name a new
baseball stadium in his honor.
John Henry Moss Stadium will be built at a cost of
nearly $2 million on the Gardner-Webb University campus
in Boiling Springs in the same location as its current Mas-
ters playing field.
“John Henry Moss is by far one of the most gifted and
innovative marketing geniuses around and an example of
what young people can accomplish in life, as he came from
a small town to become “The Grand Gentleman of the
Game of Baseball,” said Woody Fish, Gardner-Webb’s As-
sociate Vice-President of Development and Alumni Rela-
tions.
Moss, acknowledging the honor and leadership tributes
paid him by college officials, friends and sports figures,
said he looked forward to the opening of what he called “a
field of dreams.”
See STADIUM, Page 5A
photo by EMILY WEAVER
Gardner-Webb University head baseball coach Rusty Stroup gives for-
mer mayor and president of the South Atlantic League John Henry
Moss a jersey and cap during a luncheon last week.
Photo by Kevin Bridges
CHURCH TO MARK 125th — Members of the plan-
ning committee for the 125th anniversary Sunday
of First Presbyterian Church stand in front of the
stained glass windows in the sanctuary. From left,
Shirley Brutko, Reba Harper, Marilyn Neisler,
Helen Ayscue, and David Neisler. Not pictured,
Bobby Maner.
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Staff writer
The 125th anniversary of Kings Mountain’s First Pres-
byterian Church will be celebrated Sunday, April 5 by a
congregation reflecting on its long history and a focus on
the beautiful stained glass windows in the sanctuary.
Former interim pastor Rev. Donald Mitchell will fill the
pulpit at the 11 a.m. hour. Rev. Lee Thomas, pastor, will
give the welcome and the choir will present special music.
Covered dish luncheon will be served at 12:30. The public
is invited. ,
Members of the celebration committee, including chair-
man David Neisler, Mary Neisler, Shirley Brutko, Bobby
Maner, Reba Harper and Helen Ayscue will take part in the
program.
For several weeks the committee has included historical
facts of various events in the church life in church bulletins
with photographs of the three church buildings. 1884, 1906
and the present church, built in 1937, an example of the
See ANNIVERSARY, Page 3A
BREAKING NEWS
Beach
buys
Burger
King
Plans $1.2 million
renovation for new
BBQ restaurant
By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
The ghostly shell of an old
Burger King restaurant on York
Road will soon be reincarnated
into Big E's Barbecue.
Mark Beach, of Mark Beach
Properties, said that he and his
business partner Eric Pardo, the
"Big E" of Big E's BBQ, closed
on the purchase of the property
yesterday. Beach said that there
See BBQ, Page 5A
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