Wednesday, April 14, 2010
The Kings Mountain Herald
PARADE OF TABLES - The Patrick Senior Center was festive with vary-colored tables Saturday for a
big benefit for the Kings Mountain Relay for Life and over $4,000 in donations were received, accord-
ing to Fire Chief Frank Burns, co-chair of the upcoming April 23 event. Above, Body Junction’s Hawai-
ian-decorated table. Diners at 17 tables enjoyed food prepared by the various teams and an auction.
"HART WELLS, first on the front row, stands with his guitar students at Potomac Falls High School.
Hart Wells brings guitarists to ASU
Hart Wells, guitar teacher at Po-
*tomac Falls High School, Sterling, Va,
will bring his thirty-six guitar students *
to perform at the Appalachian State
‘University Guitar Festival, April 9th—
11th in Boone, NC.
The public is invited to their Sun-
day’s performance, April 11th, at 11
AM at the Rosen Concert Hall in the
ASU Music Building. They will play
several pieces of classical music.
Hart, a 1995 honor graduate of
Kings Mountain High School and. a
Teaching Fellows at ‘ASU, studied
under the direction of the renowned
classical guitarist Dr. Douglas James
who heads the annual ASU guitar festi-
val.
While at ASU, Hart participated and
helped with the festivals from 1996
until his move to Virginia to teach high
school guitar in 2005. After graduation
from ASU, Hart taught elementary
music at Granite Falls Elementary
School in Caldwell County before mov-
ing to Virginia. His students competed
in Chicago last year where they won the
Gold Award at the Music Festival. and
they performed twice the two preced-
ing years in New York City.
y Hart is the son of Steve and Betsy
Wells of the Dixon Community in
Kings Mountain and is the grandson of
the late Harold and Lucy Wells of the
Dixon Community and the late Lester
and Blannie Hart of Lansing, NC in
Ashe County. :
His love for guitar began with his
learning the chords from his grandfa-
ther Lester who was an accomplished
player. Hart also studied music in high
school under the direction of KMHS
choral teachers Eugene Bumgardner
and Sherry Young. And he learned from
his friend Pete Small who helped him
prepare for his audition into ASU’s gui=
tar program. : :
Hart was also a active member of
the KMHS theatre program, playing
Tony in his senior musical of “West
Side Story”. Other musicals include:
Louie in “The King and I”, Max in
“Sound of Music”, the agent in “Annie
Get Your Gun”.
He also played the Sheriff in “To
Kill a Mockingbird” for NC Theatre
Competition and Friar Tuekem his 1995
Senior Play “Robin Hood”, He also ran
track and played football/
While at ASU, Hart played in the
ASU Guitar Ensemble and sang in the
ASU Gospel Choir.
Hart is married to the former Kelly
Faulkner of Lenoir, NC. They reside in
Leesburg, Va. where Kelly is a nurse at
a urology clinic.
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News briefs...
Museum hosting
Native American
Spring festivals
include pageant
ULTRA
From Page 1
"This expansion is an-
other step in the execution of
our heavy industry group's’
opportunities to the two Car-
olinas.
Said Stewart, "We are
committed to the growth of
the Ultra businesses, our em-
ployees, suppliers and their
families. I would like to
The Miss Gastonia
Scholarship Association will
sponsor two spring festival
pageants for girls ages 0-19.
The Miss Cherry Blos-
‘som Festival Pageant will be
‘held on Friday, April 23 at
~ 15:30 p.m. at the mini-park
gazebo in downtown Cher-
ryville.
i The pageant is the kickoff
tevent for the festival, which
iis sponsored by the Cher-
ryville Chamber of Com-
‘merce and the City of
Cherryville. The deadline to
enter is April 19.
The Miss Down Home
Festival Pageant will be held
on Saturday, May 8 at 11:00
a.m. on the west stage in
downtown Bessemer City.
The festival is sponsored by
the City of Bessemer City.
- The deadline to enter is May
4.
Contestants" compete in
one of 10 age categories and
model a springtime casual
outfit or sundress. All girls
receive a tiara and qualify to
enter the Little Miss Gasto-
nia Pageant.
Proceeds will be used to
provide scholarships to the
young women who will par-
ticipate in this year’s Miss
Gastonia Scholarship Pag-
eant on August 1 at Gaston
College.
For more information or
to receive an application, call
(704) 827-7277 or visit
www. missgastoniapageant.c
om. Applications also are
available at the Cherryville
Chamber of Commerce and
at City Hall in Bessemer
City.
Scumnel ison det
exhibit
The Kings Mountain His-
torical Museum is hosting its
new exhibit “Early Inhabi-
tants of the Western Pied-
mont” which will run
through May 1,
This exhibit features pri-
vate and other museum col-
lections of early pottery,
basketry and weapons from
the Native Indians and early
pioneers that lived in the
Western Piedmont many
years ago.
The Museum is open
Tuesday-Saturday from 10
a.m.-4 p.m., located in the
Old Post Office at 100 East
Mountain Street, Kings
Mountain, NC 28086. For
more information, call 704-
739-1019 or e-mail kmhmu-
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strategic plan," said Stewart,
adding, "the ongoing invest-
ment in our Shelby campus
has positioned Ultra Ma-
chine and Fabrication as a
world leader in armor and
thick plate fabrication and
welding. We are committed,"
he said, "to meeting the
needs of US and Interna-
tional OEMs that support
our civilians and military
troops through the Defense,
Safety and Specialty Vehicle
markets."
Ultra also has several in-
dustry initiatives underway
thank the City of Kings
Mountain and Mayor Rick
Murphrey for the partnering
relationship we have shared
for many years. All involved
are working to realize the °
next phase of our facilities
there, which could include
other Ultra projects."
Ultra International is a di-
verse group of companies
that provide both contract
manufaeturing services and:
OEM products, with a focus
on military vehicles, heavy
industry, transportation and
that include complementing
the nuclear energy growth
that Charlotte and the region
are experiencing, and those
projects that are slated to
bring high skilled jobs and
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the energy markets. Ultra
Machine. and Fabrication
and UltraCoat are certified
US Small Business HUB-
Zone facilities and an equal
opportunity employers.
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OF KINGS MOUNTAIN
704-739-CLAY (2529)
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Journey to host grieving
talk at senior center
Journey - Partnership for
End of Life Issues will give
a program Thursday, April
15, from noon-1 p.m., at the
Patrick Senior Center. in
Kings Mountain. The topic
is “How Do You Help
Someone Who Is Grieving”
with Kim Strange, Director
. of Grief Services for Hos-
pice Cleveland County.
Journey will sponsor a
second program on the
same topic Thursday, April
22, from noon-1 p.m. at the
Neal Senior Center, in
Shelby.
“What do you say to
“someone who is grieving?”
This is a question we often
face when someone that we
know and care about is
grieving. It is a question
hospice professionals, espe-
cially grief counselors hear
. every day. In most cases, it
is best if we say nothing at
all, and just provide encour-
agement in the form of a
touch on the shoulder or a
hug. ;
What people need most
when they are grieving is
permission to do just that -
grieve. We come from a so-
ciety that wants to comfort
our loved ones and friends,
but also “fix” their pain.
Sometimes we make people
feel worse with well-mean-
ing words and attempts to
stifle their expressions of
sadness and longing. But
pain and longing are natural
reactions to losing a loved
one or experiencing any
kind of loss.
Therefore, many times,
being present with our
loved ones’ pain is the most
sacred and loving thing we
can do. Being present is
often the hardest thing we -
can do in the presence of
pain and emotional suffer-
ing. Being present means
listening, affirming one’s
feelings, and basically “get-
ting out of their way” as
they tell us how they feel.
Remember the next time
you encounter somnieone
who has experienced a great
loss, they just need your
compassion, patience, and
time to talk over a cup of
coffee. Journey invites
everyone to come out to the
Patrick Senior Center on
Thursday, April 15 or on
Thursday, April 22 at the
Neal Senior Center in
Shelby to share conversa-
tions about helping people
who are grieving.
These quarterly sessions
are free and open to the
public. Light refreshments
will be served. For more in-
formation, please call Pam
Isaacs at 704-487-4677 ext.
168.
Museum's Spring Fling
brings Civil War to life
Kings Mountain Histori-
cal Museum will be having its
second annual Spring Fling
Event on Saturday, April:
17th, featuring members of
Company H, Cleveland Reg-
ulators encamped on the Mu-
seum Commons behind the
Exhibit Hall (old post office)
from 10-5 p.m.
During this free event, the
public is invited to come by
and talk to the members of
this re-enactment group to
learn more about the Civil
War and how the soldiers
lived through that time.
The museum also invites
the public to view its current
exhibit: Early Inhabitants of
the Western Piedmont
through May 1. The Kings
Mountain Historical Museum
is located at 100 E. Mountain
Street, Kings Mountain, NC
28086. Regular hours: Tues-
day-Saturday, 10-4 p.m. For
more information call 704-
739-1019, E-mail: kmhmu-
seum@bellsouth.net, or
check out www.kingsmoun-
tainmuseum.org.
ROBBERS
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area.
Suspect #1 was identified
as a black male 6'4” tall,
weighing 250 pounds and
wearing a.dark jacket with
hood and a blue baseball
cap, white t-shirt and jeans;
suspect #2, a black male 6
feet tall of slim build, was
wearing a tan jacket with
hood, tan toboggan and
light-colored pants. Suspect
#3, a black male 5'8” tall of
slim build, was wearing a
red t-shirt, dark jacket and
dark pants; and suspect #4,
a black female with curls in
* her hair.
Anyone with any infor-
mation about either crime is
asked to contact the Kings
Mountain Police Department
at 704-734-0444 or Crime
Stoppers at 704-481-8477.
The Kings Mountain Herald
is pleased fo announce the winners
of our 2% Annual
Lexi Wright
of
Kings Mtn.
Tied
Ages 7-11
March Madness
Dance Recital
Landon
Wright
Tied
Ages 7-11
‘Rock Solid Peeps
Debbie Wright
& Philip Wright
for
Martin Marietta
of Kings Mtn.
Business
Category
Thank you to’all the participants in our
2nd Annual Piedmont Peeps Show!
The above winners may stop at the
Kings Mountain Herald office to claim their prize!
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