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Jingle
Bell Run
Saturday
Bells will be ringing this Saturday, Dec. 5, for the Kings
Mountain Family YMCA's 9th annual Jingle Bell Run.
Racers in the 5K: and 10K runs will start at 8:30 a.m. at Pa-
triot's Park in downtown Kings Mountain.
-, Children in 1st-6th grades are invited to participate in
either the 600-meter or the two-mile kid's fun runs, which
will start at 10 a.m. Every fun run racer will receive a
medal.
Overall top finishers, male and female; in the SK and
10K races will be rewarded.
~ First, second and third place ornaments in each age di-’
vision for the 5K and 10K runs will be awarded to the top
three finishers. Age divisions for the SK race are: 10 and
under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-
50, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-70, 70 and over.
- Racers in the 10K run will be divided in the following
- age divisions: 10-19 years old, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59,
~ 60-69, 70 and over.
The awards ceremony will be held at the gazebo in Pa-
triot's Park at 10:30 a.m., immediately following the races.
On-site registration for the races and packet pick-ups
will be offered at the park from 7:30 a.m. until 8:15 a.m.
~ Participants may also register at the KM Family YMCA,
211 Cleveland Ave., before Saturday. For registration costs
and more formation, call the YMCA at 704-739-9631.
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Saturday, Dec. 5 - in
_ Christmas Parade at 3 p.m. in downtown
_ Kings Mountain. Line up will begin along
. Gold Street. Procession will travel down
. Gold Street to Battleground Avenue and
* King Street before coming to a halt. Entries.
_ are still being accepted; call 704-734-0333.
Friday, Dec. 11 - Santa's Fire Truck Ex-
The Kings Mountain Herald
Page 3A
photo by
LIB STEWART
This acrylic
nativity set owned
by Shirley Houser
Bimrose, formerly
of Christmas
Emporium, is
| among the
Christmas items
that Mrs. Bimrose
is displaying at
Suzy B's on
Railroad Avenue.
The beautiful
piece has the
appearance of
crystal.
Downtown prepares for
Mountaineer Christmas
Yuletide displays have popped up
in windows of downtown businesses
recently as proprietors prepare their
shops for the annual Mountaineer
Christmas to be held 4-9 p.m. on Dec.
Il
The city lights are up and glowing.
The green garlands and red bows are
back on the King Street bridge.
Lighted snowflakes are once again
draped across the city's entrances. All
signs point to Christmas.
But there is something different
about some of the downtown decora-
tions this year. Many stores are decked
with nativity scenes in accordance
with the theme of Mountaineer Christ-
mas 2009: "The Nativity. Celebration."
- Downtown merchants and associ-
ates were asked to keep that theme in
mind while they prepared their front
windows for the event's decorating
contest or while they baked cakes and
sweet treats for the evening's confec-
tion competition.
Suzanne Amos and Laurie Man-
cuso, co-chairmen of the Mountaineer
Partnership-sponsored event, told par-
ticipants to "be creative."
Gingerbread nativity scenes, nativ-
ity-themed cookies and "birthday"
cakes iced for the king of kings are
just a few of the treats one may see in
the sweet treat competition. The con-
test will be divided into two cate-
gories, giving both amateurs and
professionals a winning chance.
Folks will also have a chance to
win some of the goodies in a cake
walk.
Anyone interested in entering the
cake and treat competition can contact
Suzanne Amos at 704-739-3300, Lau-
rie Mancuso at 704-734-1133 or Adam
Hines, executive director of the Moun-
taineer Partnership, at 704-491-1226.
This year's special theme may also
pop up in Mountaineer Christmas's
live nativity scene, in a film at the Joy
Theatre, or in a pre-Christmas gift
from Santa.
A live nativity scene with the
telling of the Christmas story will be
set up downtown. A documentary of
the Bethlehem Star will be playing at
the Joy Performance Theatre. Saint
Nick will be at Hometown Hardware,
listening to Christmas requests, posing
for pictures with the children and
handing out themed gifts to the kids.
Mountaineer Christmas 2009: The
Nativity Celebration will also feature a
"back-by-popular demand" scavenger
hunt with area businesses, carolers,
holiday face painting, Belgian horses
pulling a hay wagon for rides around
town, a Christmas choir from various
churches, historic trolley rides, holi-
day art, businesses with extended
hours and more. Cryptic clues will
lead scavenger hunters to local busi-
nesses where prizes await.
press - 9 a.m. Santa will visit various day
care centers to hear last minute requests from
well-behaved tots. He will be escorted by the
~ Kings Mountain Fire Department, while his
: | sleigh is in the shop.
Friday, Dec. 11 - Mountaineer Christmas
- 4-9 p.m. Several activities and downtown
“merchants will welcome crowds with festive
~ cheer. The event is sponsored by The Moun:
taineer Partnership.
PROTEST
From Page 1
Cansler car wash.
“He’s just asking for the
right to build on his land.
He wants to be a ‘good
neighbor,” said Moore, who
said traffic would not in-
crease because the couple
and their son expect to serve
aries.
But Fannin, who lives
beside the Queen property,
said the building would be
too close to her house.
“Would you want this in
your neighborhood?” she
asked the board.
Camp also cited in-
creased traffic, that the pro-
posed business is too close
to homes, and that the lot is
between 15 and 25 cus-
tomers a day. He also said
the Queens plan to land-
scape and put up bound-
ORDINANCE
From Page 1
too small to ideally house a
business. “This is a neigh-
borhood. We want to keep it
a neighborhood,” he said.
acreage. Of this amount 64.714 acres are subdivided into
lots and tracts three acres or less in size.
The ordinance stipulates that the city will provide rolling
services, police, fire and sanitation on the effective date of
the annexation, June 30, 2010. No additional public infra-
structure, meaning water trunk lines and sewer outfalls, are
necessary to serve the area. Street lights will be added with
existing city policies. Water and sewer extensions to homes
and industries either not on the public system or not yet
built will be subject to the current city policies for exten-
sions, including the 25/75 cost share policy where the prop-
erty owners pay for three-fourths of the water distribution
or sewer collection line.
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All aboard!
Trains, Trains,
Trains now on
track at museum
All aboard! The Kings
Mountain Historical Mu-
seum proudly announced
the opening of its seventh
annual "Trains, Trains,
Trains" exhibit, = which
started the miniature loco-
motives rolling on Tuesday,
December 1st.
The exhibit continues
through Saturday, January
9,2010.
he Piedmont 'S' Gaugers
will have their interactive
trains running for everyone
to enjoy. Several train col-
lectors from the area will
exhibit their prized posses-
sions along with great rail-
road memorabilia.
The trains will be run-
ning at the museum before
and after the Kings Moun-
tain Christmas Parade on
Saturday, December 5, and
during Mountaineer Christ-
mas on Friday night, De-
cember 11, from 5:30-8:30
pm. Come see all the
lights! The Barber House
will be open for candlelight
tours during Mountaineer
Christmas.
Santa will be visiting the
museum on Saturday, De-
cember 12 from 1-3 p.m. to
hear Christmas wishes from
children and for photos.
Moravian cookies and
cheese straws from Old
Salem are available at the
gift shop during the train
"exhibit.
The Museum is located
at 100 E. Mountain Street,
Kings Mountain, NC
28086. It is open Tuesday-
Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and
on Sundays 1-4 p.m. For
more information, call 704-
739-1019, email: kmhmu-
seum@bellsouth.net or visit
www.kingsmountainmu-
Seum.org
PARADE
From Page 1
up as of 5 p.m. Monday:
KMHS Marching Band,
KMHS Cheerleaders,
KMHS Soccer Team,
KMHS Homecoming
Queen Ashley = Ray,
Carousel Princess Hannah
McDougal, KM Student
Scholarship Fund, Tony's
Ice Cream, Kings Mountain
Herald, Dance Reflections,
Boy Scout/Cub Scouts,
Hospice of Cleveland
County, Miss KM Saman-
tha Haskett, Tiny Miss and
Wee Miss KM, First Na-
tional Bank, Danny and
Joan Crawford, Cleveland
County Health Care Sys-
tem, KMFD, Cleveland
Headline News, White
Plains Shrine Club, Sons of
Confederate Veterans Camp
GRANT
From Page 1
of the county board of
health.
In related action, the
board approved a bikeway
design committee following
receipt of a $26,250
NCDOT bike grant this
spring to develop bike
routes in and around town.
This committee includes,
Jimmy Hines of the Cleve-
land County Health Depart-
ment, West School Princi-
pal Brian Hunnel, Sam
Nichols of NCDOT, Jackie
Barnette, Melvin Proctor,
Curtis Pressley of the city
planning board, Tim Plonk,
Reuben Hart, Pam Putnam,
Ellen Burris, Melanie Bal-
lard, Buzz Elliot, Summer
Kelly, Lisa Cash, Chris
Bennett and city staffers
Blair Israel, Steve Killian
and Marcie Campbell.
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#1668, 161 Flea Market,
Tom Neal, KMFD, Summit
Place, J&J Tax Service,
Loch Norman Pipe Band,
Falls Insurance, Miss Beth-
ware Fair Queen, Girl Scout
Troop 157, Brownies Troop
907 and Daisies Troop 407,
LaPetite Dance Studio, Lit-
tle Miss NC Sophia Kell-
strom, KM Rescue,
Mountaineer Cruisers,
Matthew Burris, Girl Scout
Troops 40 and 50, Grace
Christian Academy, Allen
Memorial Youth, Girl Scout
Troop 405, GW Bell and
Sons Dairy Farm, Oasis
Roadrunners Shriners, The
Star, Croft Custom Cycles
and Pink Pizza Beauty
Salon, Robbins Racing,
Faith Baptist Church, The
Griffins, Boyce Memorial
Preschool, Baity's Automo-
tive Service, Harvest Time
Assembly Church, Gaston
Gazette, Zeta Mu Omega
Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Oak Grove Baptist
Awana Group, Mike Chap-
man (2010 candidate for
sheriff), Dance Magic,
Bradley Chiropractic, High
Learning Child Care Acad-
emy, Sunrise Baptist
Church, Blacksburg
Women's Club, Subway,
New Beginning Baptist
Church, Tom Deviney and
John Hamrick, East. Coast
VW's and Santa Claus.
The parade line-up is
subject to change.
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