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BY ELIZABETH STEWART
Staff writer
Kings Mountain High
School senior Brittney
Horn’s senior project is dear
to her heart. She lost her fa-
ther to cancer and Hospice
became the family’s friend
with the care of Randy
Horn in his home.
“I want to give back to
Hospice,” says Brittney,
who, with the help of her
family, will sponsor a bene-
fit for the new Cleveland
County Hospice going up in
Kings Mountain. Patterson
Grove Baptist Church Fel-
lowship Hall will be the set-
ting Saturday, April 18, for
a big bake sale, refresh-
ments, performances by the
church’s Praise and Wor-
ship Team, performances by
the Wagon Wheelers dance
group of Shelby and special
songs by Hope Hutchins of
Spartanburg, SC. The event
begins at 2 p.m and lasts
until 6 p.m. “There is no ad-
mission charge and no cost
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
for refreshments but dona-
tions will be appreciated.
Brittney will display infor-
mation about the services
that Hospice provides, in-
cluding its grief-counseling
program.
Hom’s senior project, a
six-page thesis, is entitled,
“More Government Fund-
ing for Hospice.” In her
paper turned in to senior
English teacher Marcie Mc-
Cready, she cites the need
for more funds to help fam-
ilies with medical costs that
occur from life-threatening
illnesses. “There just isn’t
enough ‘insurance to take
care of the needs,” says the
versatile young woman who
has her mother and grand-
parents cooking goodies for
Saturday’s event and enlist-
ing aunts and uncles to help
out. Her paternal grandpar-
ents, Janice and Arnie Horn,
are members of the popular
Wagon Wheelers dance
team. Her maternal grand-
parents, Joan and Willard
Sanders, and of course, her
biggest supporter, her
The Kings Mountain Herald
Horn to sponsor Hospice benefit Register now for the
Brittney Horn
mother, Sharon Horn, and
Brittney’s sisters, Miranda,
Kassie, and Carmyn will be
giving her encouragement
as well as her Hospice men-
tor, Pam Isaccs. .
Brittney, who aspires to
become a pre-school
teacher, interns at West Ele-
mentary School. The stu-
dents observe and interact
with the children. Addition-
ally, she is a member of the
PEPI class where the stu-
dents are taught games and
how to interact with chil-
dren. This class goes to East
School on Tuesday, West
School on Wednesday,
North School on Thursday
and Beth ware School on
Friday. In addition to Sen-
ior English, Brittney is tak-
ing Early Childhood, a
college class; Life, a class
that, among other things,
stresses finances; and PEPI.
Brittney is dedicating the
fundraiser Saturday to the
memory of her late father.
Randy Horn, who died Feb.
7, 2001. Hospice served the
family six months prior to
Horn’s death and Brittney
said that because of their
caring and expertise her
family was able to be with
her Dad in the home rather
than in a hospital.
Said Brittney, “ I am so
glad that Kings Mountain
will have a Hospice House
in a great location.” Brit-
tney was one of the many
local people, who attended
the groundbreaking for the
new facility on Kings
Mountain Boulevard,
Y to celebrate Healthy Kids Day April 18
On’ Saturday, April 18,
the Kings Mountain Family
YMCA invites the commu-
nity to participate in YMCA
Healthy Kids Day, the na-
tion’s largest health day for
children and families.
YMCA Healthy Kids
Day includes fun, engaging
and creative activities for
children and families and
promotes year-long well-
ness and healthy living.
YMCA Healthy Kids Day
events are free and open to
all.
“As families struggle to
balance life’s daily de-
mands and persevere during
an economic downturn, itis
important that we reach be-
yond our YMCA facility to
the entire community,” says
Heather Wilson, Family
and Membership Services
Director. “In Kings Moun-
tain, we’ve been doing this
with the annual YMCA
Healthy Kids Day event for
more than three years.
Through this event, the
Kings Mountain Family
YMCA and our. partners
have given our neighbors’
the opportunity to take their
minds off daily stresses,
and instead have fun and
focus on positive sustain-
able = healthy lifestyle
changes together, as a fam-
ily.”
This year, activities will
include sample classes of
Wee Yoga, Zumba, Sum-
mer Camp style games and
an inflatable bouncy house.
We will also have repre-,
sentatives from Cleveland
County Department of So-
cial Services to answer any
questions dealing with the
qualification of Medi-
caid/NC Health Choice In-
surance and Food Stamps
along with the Cleveland
County Health Department
and the Mauney Memorial
Library just to name a few,
according to the Y.
YMCA Healthy Kids
Day will be celebrated
across the country at more
“tendees
than 1,700 YMCAs. Last
year, more than 700,000 at-
participated in
YMCA Healthy Kids Day
events nationwide. This
year’s activities vary and
may include exercise
demonstrations, family fit-
ness activities, health
screenings, educational fun
projects, nutritious food
demonstrations and more.
Educational take-home ma-
terials for parents will also
be provided, including
pamphlets from MyPyra-
mid for healthier - eating
ideas, American Diabetes
Association and coupons
and samples - from Kraft
Foods.
YMCA Healthy Kids
Day is supported by the fol-
lowing national donors:
Disney Channel’s Play-
house Disney, Eli Lilly and
Company, Huggies Little
Swimmers Brand, North-
western Mutual Foundation
and Tropicana.
YMCA Healthy Kids
Day is also supported by
the American Cancer Soci-
ety, American Diabetes As-
sociation, American Heart
Association, Centers for
Disease Control and Pre-
vention, and the National
Association of Chronic Dis-
ease Directors.
For more information
about YMCA Healthy Kids
Day, call the Kings Moun-
tain Family YMCA at (704)
739-9631.
Bennett performs original plays
Kings Mountain play-
wright Tom Bennett per-
formed in two of his
original works during the
evening of short plays at
Lost Playwrights in Hen-
dersonville on Saturday,
Mar. 28.
The two plays he pre-
sented were: “Sandy,”
about a woman grieving for
a lost pet, and “Decision,”
about an elderly retiree
who must move to stay
with family. Bennett has
appeared in productions of
the Kings Mountain Little
Theatre and the Greater
Shelby Community The-
atre.
His plays have been per-
formed at Rock Hill Com-
munity Theatre, Actor’s
Studio in Charlotte and
Theatre Charlotte.
Stan Logan, theatre di-
rector of Adventure House
in Shelby, was guest
speaker during the business
meeting of Lost Play-
wrights. Adventure House,
Logan explained, is a day
care" facility for people
working through mental
illness. The staff and mem-
bers there use drama to dis-
pel myths about mental
illness and help their
clients find employment.
Adventure House will
perform “The Interview”
on April 15 at Central
United Methodist Church
in Shelby. The production
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is open to the public. The
play tells of a well quali-
fied man applying for a job
but the personnel manager
learns the man has gone
through some mental ill-
ness. Some plays the Ad-
venture. House players
‘perform are written by
clients. Logan is an accom-
plished actor and director
with Greater Shelby Com-
munity Theatre and will
appear in the production of
“12 Angry Men,” set to
open the first week in May.
Lost Playwrights meets
the last Saturday of each
month at Dock’s Deli, 225
S. Grove Street, Hender-
sonville. The meeting be-
gins at 4 p.m. followed by
a presentation of short
plays beginning at 7.
Building Permits
Page 3A
Step One Challenge
The Cleveland County Health Department with its col-
laborative sponsors opened registration for the 4th Annual
Step One Challenge county-wide walking contest on April
1. This contest is a community-wide approach to increasing
physical activity and supporting obesity prevention strate-
gies for all residents of the county. ;
The Step One Challenge is a county-wide event in
which all Cleveland County residents are eligible to par-
ticipate at no cost. Participants must form teams of between
three-six individuals. All participants ages 12 and older will
- receive a free pedometer, walking logs, and activity con-
version charts to monitor daily steps taken.
Entry forms are available from the Cleveland County
Health Department, the YMCA sites in the county and the
public libraries. Entry forms are also posted on the Step
One Challenge web site at www.steponechallenge.com
All team registrations for this year’s walking event are
due by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 17th to Karma Edwards at
the Cleveland County Health Department or to Anne Short
of the Alliance for Health, Inc.
Team captains will pick up the team packets consisting
of walking logs, reporting sheets and activity conversion
charts on Friday, April 24, from 3-6 p.m. at either the
Cleveland County Health Department or Kings Mountain
Hospital.
The ‘contest kicks off on Saturday, April 25; walkers
may participate in an optional Fun Walk sponsored by
Shelby City Parks and Recreation as an event to jump start
their participation.
The Step One Challenge is sponsored by the Cleveland
County Health Department, Alliance for Health, Image
Marketing Group, and Cleveland County HealthCare Sys-
tem. ”
In 2008, 278 teams composed of 1,458 walkers partici-
pated in the Step One Challenge. From those teams, 191
actually ‘reported the steps walked which totaled
345,519,571 for the entire county. The top three teams for
2008 were all from PPG Industries. First place went to the
Amazing Walking Machines captained by Marie Harrill
with an average of 1,321,009 steps per team member. Sec-
ond place went to the Go Team, captained by Debbie Atch-
ley with an average of 1,106,769 steps per member. Third
place was awarded to the Werew Wellness Walkers, cap-
tained by Victor Darville with an average of 1,049,699
steps per member.
Walking can be achieved easily by most people, and
serves as an inexpensive way of increasing your physical
activity levels. Proven health benefits of walking include
improved physical condition, improved cardiovascular *
functioning, increased calorie expenditure, as well as re-
ductions in cholesterol and high blood pressure. Addition-
ally, participants will have opportunities to accrue extra
steps based upon the completion of other physical activities
of which a pedometer cannot measure by using an activity
conversion chart. Examples of such activities are water aer-
obics, kick boxing, fishing, etc.
The Step One Challenge is an opportunity for individu-
als to become active participants in the improvement of
their health status. Participation i is crucial to the success of
this year’s event. :
For more information about the Step One Challenge
visit www.steponechallenge.com
Photo by EMILY WEAVER
Construction is underway at the future site of the Kings Mountain Hospice
house on Kings Mountain Boulevard.
Chemetalle Foote,
348 Holiday Drive, is
putting up a cooling
tower and compressor
estimated to cost
$427,000, according to a
commercial/mechanical
permit issued by the City
of Kings Mountain.
Two other major up-
coming projects for
which city permits were
issued recently were to
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grading of the site of the
proposed new Hospice
of Cleveland County,
321 Kings Mountain
Boulevard, estimated
cost $72,000. Pro Fabric
Inc. is doing the work at
Chemetalle Foote and
Centima Roofing is
doing the roofing job for
Patrick Yarn Mills.
In other projects, the
city issued a demolition
permit for the demolition
of the old Davidson
School building on
estimated cost of Parker Street.
$350,000 and to Morri-
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