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CS Ei Ea IT ES SRR Sm By JYMA ATWELL Interim Executive Director of KM YMCA Special to The Herald The third annual “Moon Over The Mountain,” an evening of entertainment and live and silent auctions to benefit the Kings Moun- tain Family YMCA, was held at Bobby Horne Con- struction on Saturday, June 6. ; First National Bank was the presenting sponsor and Brenda Page, Roger Humphries and their staff decorated the building beautifully and provided the delicious dinner. Attendees enjoyed being entertained by celebrity emcee Mark Mathis of “Fox News Ris- ing”, and the band “Har- vest” who provided music throughout the evening. The Hollywood theme was enhanced by special guests Miss Kings Moun- Wednesday, July 15, 2009 tain Kristin Long as Miss America and students from the KMHS Drama group as various movie and music stars and paparazzi. Many generous donors contributed auction items including vacations, art, fur- niture, and jewelry. Adding to the fun of the silent and live auctions was a raffle of a beautiful pair of diamond earrings ~~ donated by Dellinger’s Jewel Shop, The event brought in $28,000 to support Kings Mountain Family YMCA community- outreach pro- grams, subsidized child- care, and “Open Doors” income-based pricing for membership and programs. The YMCA, as a recog- nized charity, will kick off it’s “We Build People” cam- paign in August. Sponsors of the event in- clude Blue Moon Sponsor John 'O. Harris Interests, and Harvest Moon sponsor Carley Family Care. Cres- County visited by CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Country music star Lee Greenwood assembles a patriotic shadow box at Cleveland Vocational In- dustries, Inc. SHELBY - Cleveland Vocational Industries, Inc., welcomed a special guest to its plant recently - country music artist Lee Green- wood. CVII is an outsourcing and fulfillment center where shadow boxes, like those sold by “Products for Good” are produced. A spokesman for the company said that Greenwood has wanted to visit the facility since he started serving as the national spokesperson for “Products for Good.” “Products for Good” sells patriotic shadow boxes with un-circulated Iraqi coins that were commis- sioned by Saddam Hussein at the end of the Gulf war, according to Jeff Adams, marketing coordinator and intake specialist for CVIL “Twenty-five percent of the sales of the shadow boxes support various disabled veterans groups.” “Lee wanted to meet the people and see how the shadow boxes are assem- bled,” Adams said. “He toured the facility and signed hundreds of auto- graphs passionately. “Lee was welcomed by Congressman Patrick McHenry who thanked him for helping raise funds for disabled vets and for sup- porting Cleveland Voca- tional. “Jo Boggs chairperson of the County Commission- ers and other County Com-- well as. missioners as County Manager David Dear presented a county commemorative shadow box and thanked him for his support of Cleveland Voca- tional. Jo Boggs also gave him her personal county commissioner lapel pin.” Shelby Mayor Ted Alexander gave Lee a key to the city. Greenwood, then, as- Lee Greenwood sembled a shadow box and autographed it, according to Adams. “This shadow box will be used for a special fund raiser.” Greenwood also visited HarvestWorks, ‘while he ‘was in town. The Burns High choir serenaded. Greenwood with his origi- nal song “Proud to be an American.” Greenwood gave Ann Goss, at HarvestWorks, a bracelet that had been given to him years ago by a fan who lost a soldier in Iraq, according to Adams. “On the bracelet are the chorus lyrics to one of Lee’s songs.” The country -star met with LifeSkills participants at the center, autographed shirts and other items for those in attendance, toured the barn, pet the animals, viewed the greenhouses and fish tanks; learned about the various agri-tourism and educational programs of- ‘fered to the community at HarvestWorks, and about future plans in the “works.” After HarvestWorks, Greenwood traveled to. Charlotte to be on the John Boy & Billy radio show. The Kings Mountain Herald ‘Moon over the Mountain’ goes Hollywood cent Moon sponsors are Battleground Commons, Brinkley Financial Group, Dilling Heating Company, and Florrie and Larry Ham- rick, Jr. Alliance Bank sponsored the emcee, and Bobby Horne was the Host sponsor. Contributing spon- sors are Suzy B’s/Ambi- ence, Maxwell B. Hamrick Insurance, Brother Man’s, Fox Distributing, Mary and Charlie Miller, and PRP In- ternational. First National Bank was presented with a plaque to thank them for being the presenting sponsor of the auction for the past three years. Marie Brinkley of the auction committee was rec- ognized for three years of service and presented with a thank-you plaque. Gina Ayscue, auction committee chair, and Bobby Horne, site host, were thanked for all their hard work prepar- ing for the event and pre- sented with special ue CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Page 3A Left to right, Bobby Horne, site host of the YMCA'’s recent “Moon Over the Mountain” fundraising event; Gina Ayscue, auction committee chairperson; Mark Mathis, of Fox News Rising (emcee); and Sharon Horne. ° The Kings Mountain Family, YMCA board and staff would like to thank all sponsors, donors, and com- mittee members for con- tributing to this event, and everyone who came for their support of the YMCA Outreach programs. Anyone interested in knowing more about the YMCA, volunteering, do- nating to -the “We Build People” campaign, or being a part of next year’s auction can call<704-739-9631. With your generous sup- port, we can continue to build strong kids, strong families” and a stronger community. Adult summer reading program gets ‘creative’ By KYRA ALEXANDER Staff writer This summer, in addition to the usual book reviews, Mauney Memorial Library has offered adults many ways to “Be Creative” in its sum- cording to Margot Plonk, library assistant. “Attendance has been up at the adult programs, com- pared to past summers,” Plonk said. The last couple of work- shops they have had are: a pottery workshop . with Corinne Guseman; a yoga workshop with Mind/Body Synergy Studio; two author events by Julia Ebel and Leanna Sain (focusing on “saying our stories”); the Snazaroo (face and body make-up) Company presi- dent, Gary Cole, came for a face painting workshop; and local artist Camiel Bradshaw led a “Paper Art” workshop. mer reading program, ac- CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Tom Pacheco, professional photographer from Mt. Holly, teaches a class at the library as part of the summer reading program. The library also had Tom Pacheco, Mt. Holly profes- sional Jannp who pre- sented x -falk. entitled rhe and the Num- bers”. “This was an extremely well attended event, and at- tendees have requested a fol- low: up class, which is tentatively scheduled for the end of August,” Plonk said in an email. The next adult event is a drama workshop on Wednes- day, July 8 from 1 p.m.-4 p.m., presented by local play- wright and director, Wendy: Walega. On July 15th, from 2 ‘p.m.-4 p.m., there will be a scrapbooking workshop, led by Teralea Moore. On Monday, August 17th at 6:30 p.m., there will be a “walk-about” photography workshop with professional photographer, Stephen Tor- rence. “I have truly loved every program we have had so far. I sense that the library’s adult summer reading program has touched a nerve in this com- munity, helping our patrons realize’ the connection be- tween creativity, reading and knowledge,” Plonk said. “They haye left these work- shops feeling empowered, re- newed, full of energy, and ready to learn something new at the workshop.” Library to add new books to shelves thanks to grant Thanks to a $17,552 grant, the Mauney Memorial Li- brary will be able to better serve school age readers, par- ticularly boys. The federal Li- brary Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds were awarded by the State Library of North Car- olina, a division of the De- partment ~~ of Cultural Resources. These LSTA funds, origi- nating from the federal grant- ing agency, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), invest dollars to ex- pand learning resources and access to information for indi- viduals from all walks of life. At the Mauney Memorial ..\ THANKS for Making Us #1 in North Carolina. 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