The Kings Mountain Herald
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FISHING TOURNAMENT - A fishing tournament conducted by Eaton Corporation resulted in $21,960.94
to North Shelby School for Special Olympics. Although the number of boaters was down, the spon-
sorships were larger. Carol Goforth, coordinator for Special Olympics of Cleveland County; receives
a check for $21,960.94 from the recent fishing tournament. Rick Peace makes the presentation on be-
half of a large number of sponsors.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Author donates
book to school
Mark Hughes, author of ;
The New Civil War
Handbook, recently do-
nated a copy of the
book to the Kings
Mountain Intermediate
School in memory of
former KMIS 5th grade
teacher Mr. Tom Wright.
Left to right, KMIS
Media Coordinator Ton-
nie Bearfield, Reca
(Mrs. Tom) Wright,
KMIS AIG (Academi-
cally Intellectually
Gifted) specialist, and
Mark Hughes.
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All aboard, Trains
Exhibit at museum
Kings Mountain Histori-
cal Museum’s seventh an-
nual Trains, Trains, Trains
Exhibit is now on display
through Saturday, Jan. 9.
The Piedmont = :*S°
Gaugers have their interac-
tive trains running for
everyone to enjoy. Several
train collectors from the
area are exhibiting their
prized possessions along
with great railroad memora-
bilia.
Moravian cookies and
cheese straws from Old
Salem are available at the
Gift Shop during the Train
Exhibit.
The Museum is located
at 100 East Mountain
Street, Kings Mountain, NC
28086. It is open 10-4 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday and 1-4
p.m. on Sunday.
For more information,
call 704-739-1019, email:
kmhmuseum@bellsouth.ne
t or visit www.kingsmoun-
tainmuseum.org
Grammy winners
in concert Jan. 16
Lakehouse Ministries
and TNT Concert Series
will present Grammy-nom-
inated Dove Award winning
DecembRadio with Tower
of Mercy and A Temple Cry
Saturday, Jan. 16, at Shelby
City Park, 850 W. Sumter
St., Shelby.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and
bands start at 7 p.m. For
more information call 704-
472-7409 or go to www.tnt-
concertseries.com.
Gaston Senior
Center hosts
monthly bingo
The Gaston County Sen-
ior Center (Dallas Park,
Highway 279) is hosting the
monthly bingo night Janu-
ary 11,2010 from 6-8 p.m.
For additional information,
contact the Senior Center at
704-922-2170.
Photos by LIB STEWART
NO SWAGG CREW - This group of young people was among performers at
the Academic Pep Rally last Tuesday at Kings Mountain High School. Front
row, from left, Michelle Philavong and Christine Phanly. Back row, from left,
Zac Funderburke, Tony Chanthaphaeng, Derrick Thammavongsa and Ivan
Paul.
HIP HOP ROUTINE - Kings Mountain High School students who dance for
Dance Reflections auditioned and participated in the recent big Academic
Pep Rally at Kings Mountain High. From left, Carsyn Bolin, Kaitlin Goodson,
Kristen Boone, and Kylee Wideman. Seniors Joni Collison and Ryan Hale,
not pictured, spearheaded the event.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
News briefs...
Inspections Report
White Oak Manor of Kings Mountain received a grade
of 99.5 plus two points added when any employee working
at the facility has attended an approved food handling
course and Younguns Sports Bar, Slater St., received a
grade 0f 92.5 in recent inspections by the Cleveland County
Health Department. :
Faith Ablaze to host blood drive Jan. 15
An American Red Cross blood drive will be held 3-7:30
p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at Faith Ablaze Baptist Church, 1128
York Rd., Kings Mountain.
Donors will receive a free gift and Cleveland Mall
Chick-fil-A coupons. To make an appointment, call 704-
648-7577.
Lake Commission meets Tuesday
The John H. Moss Lake Commission will meet Tues-
day, Jan. 5, at 6 p.m. in the Fireman’s Training Room at
Kings Mountain City Hall.
Coffee & Conversation program
Len Byers, Cleveland Regional Medical Hospital Chap-
lain, will talk about advance care planning and importance
of living wills and healthcare power of attorney at Coffee
. & Conversation Thursday, Jan. 28, from noon until 1 p.m.
at the Neal Senior Center, 100 T. R. Harris Drive, Shelby,
and Thursday, Feb. 4, from noon-1 p.m. at Patrick Senior
Center, 909 E. King Street; Kings Mountain. The programs
are, free and open to the public. Light refreshments are
sponsored by Carillon Assisted Living.
Hospice ‘Reflections’ to meet
The Hospice grief support group, Reflections, will meet
on Thursday, Jan. 7, 14, 21 and 28 and Feb. 4 and 11 from
10:30 a.m.-12 noon at Hospice Cleveland County. The pro-
grams are free and open to anyone who has lots a loved
one.
New Year’s Eve Dance
American Legion Post 155 will sponsor a New Year’s
Eve dance beginning at 8 p.m. Thursday and featuring the
dance band, “Mink.” Tickets are $15 singles and $25 cou-
ple and includes breakfast after midnight. The public is in-
vited.
Inspections reports
Five area restaurants
and a school cafeteria re-
ceived inspections from
the Cleveland County
Health Department re-
cently.
They included:
Carolina Crossing
Restaurant, Grover, 100.0
plus two extra points
added to the final score
when an employee work-
ing at the facility has at-
tended an approved food
handling course.
Eaton Cafeteria, 100.0
plus two extra points
added to the final score
when an employee work-
ing at the facility has at-
tended an approved food
handling course.
Little Caesar’s Pizza,
E. King St., 92.0 plus two
extra points added to the
final score when an em-
ployee working at the fa-
cility has attended an
approved food handling
course.
Woodbridge Golf Club,
92.0.
Town and Country
Catering, 100.0 plus two
- points when an employee
working at the facility has
attended an approved food
handling course.
Bethware Elementary
School,101.0 plus two
points when an employee
working at
the facility has at-
tended an approved food
handling course.
West Elementary
School, 101.0 plus two
points added when an em-
ployee working at the fa-
cility: has attended an
approved. food handling
course.
Facilities inspections
by the Cleveland County
Health Department during
the week Dec. 7-11, 2009
included the following
Kings Mountain area
restaurants, food stands,
and meat markets.
Chat-N-Nibble, N.
Piedmont Ave., 97.0; In-
gles Deli, Shelby Rd.,
95.5; Minit Grill, Battle-
ground Ave., 96.0; and
Town and Country Cater-
ing, Park Grace Rd., 99.0
plus two extra points
added to the final score
when an employee work-
ing at the facility has at-
tended an approved food
handling course.
Also: Ingles Produce,
Shelby Rd. 97.5; Inles.147
Meat Market, Shelby
Road, 99.0; and Food
Lion 2654 Meat Market,
E. King St., 100.0.
KM hospital
earns chest
pain center
° *
accreditation
The Emergency Depart-
ment at Kings Mountain
Hospital recently received
accreditation as a chest pain
center from the Society of
Chest Pain Centers.
This designation means
that Kings Mountain Hospi-
tal uses proven best practices *
to care for patients who are
experiencing chest pain.
Having this accreditation
helps improve quality out-
comes for patients, said
Chris Smith, assistant direc-
. tor of ED at KMH.
“All staff received spe-
cific training and education
to help ensure quality care is
delivered in a timely man-
ner,” Smith said.
The ED staff members
are also involved in creating
new policies to ensure rapid
identification of patients hay-
ing cardiac related emergen-
cies.
“I am particularly proud
of KMH becoming a nation-
ally accredited chest pain
center. It is a sign of our
commitment to improving
quality and should be an as-
surance to the community
that our care meets or ex-
ceeds national standards,”
said Sheri DeShazo, vice
president/chief nurse execu-
tive for KMH.
The hospital was cited for
its commitment to:
Integrating the emer-
gency department with the
local emergency medical
system :
«Assessing, diagnosing,
and treating patients quickly
Effectively treating pa-
tients with low risk for acute
coronary syndrome and no
assignable cause for their
symptoms
Seeking to improve
processes and procedures
Ensuring personnel com-
petency and training
*Maintaining organiza-
tional structure and commit-
ment
+ Having a functional de-
sign that promotes optimal
patient care
* Supporting community
outreach programs that edu-
cate the public to promptly
seek medical care if they dis-
play symptoms of a possible
heart attack.