Photo by John Mark Painter
Jenny Goforth, of Kings Mountain, re-
leased her first short album Feb. 1.
Jenny Goforth:
KM singer’s
voice is ‘real
as rain’
Jenny Goforth, a Kings Mountain-
bred singer/songwriter, just released her
first EP (short album) on Feb. 1. Bill-
board, a music industry trade publication,
states that Jenny has “a rich, rustic south-
ern vocal imprint that’s as real as rain.”
“I’ve been working on my music ca-
reer my whole life, and can’t wait to'share
this music with my hometown,” Goforth’
says.
She grew up in Kings Mountain
singing in churches, school, and any-
where she could.
“I remember working at Grandpa’s
Store and singing for all the customers,”
Goforth said.
After graduating from Kings Moun-
tain High, she moved to Nashville, Tenn.,
to attend college. With a music degree
from Belmont University, she has been
writing her own material and performing
regularly in Nashville and the Southeast.
“I plan to do a lot more touring now
that my EP has been released,” says Go-
forth. ;
Her much anticipated debut EP “Run-
ning Red Lights”, distributed by Brick-
town Records, is the culmination of
Goforth’s sheer talent, hard work and per-
severance. This four-song EP is a record
that crosses genres — blues, country, rock,
© and even a little Motown. There is some-
thing for everyone.
The title track “Running Red Lights”
is a fun up-tempo song that will also be
Goforth’s first music video, to be released
this year. “Hurricane Jane” showcases her
soulful vocals and harmonica skills, while
“Show Me A Woman’ and “Still Smiling”
showcase her vulnerable side.
This record is about real life circum-
stances.
“My main goal for this recording was
to stay true to me and create great, au-
thentic music,” says Goforth.
Dale Oliver, award-winning pro-
ducer/songwriter, who produced the proj-
ect and co-wrote two of. the songs,
understood the artistic integrity Jenny Go-
forth was going for.
“Jenny is a real artist, meaning she
writes her own songs, plays instruments
on her recordings and has a vibrant soul-
ful voice. She takes it to the edge, but
leaves you with a fresh sound that warms
your spirit,” says producer Dale Oliver.
Goforth’s 2011 tour dates will be an-
nounced later this year.
“I’m very excited to get out on the
road and play live for my fans. Music is in
my bones; it’s in my soul. I can’t deny it,
or contain it. Music moves me in every
way,” she says.
Jenny Goforth’s EP, “Running Red
Lights,” is available for purchase exclu-
sively at www.jennygoforth.com and will
be released to iTunes and Amazon MP3
in March 2011. Find out more informa-
tion at www.jennygoforth.com.
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Zoned to (data) farm!
Council gives green light to rezone Conhtryiike site
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Staff writer :
By vote of 4-0 Kings Mountain City
Council last Tuesday gave the green light to
Mann Associates to rezone 112 acres at
Kings Crossing on S. Countryside and Pat-
terson Road which paves the way for poten-
tial future commercial use as data farms.
Council took the recommendation of the
city’s planning board, saying that the result
of the rezoning would be additional land
zoned light industrial that is nearby and ad-
joins an existing industrial park and is also
served by a major sewer outfall. Planning Di-
rector Steve Killian said there is logical fu-
ture use of the property and public water is
feasible once the waterline is extended along
Countryside Road to the site.
Two Countryside residents spoke against
the rezoning during a public hearing.
The area is known for its recent indus-
trial development which trends on adjacent
industrial property, institutional (church) pri-
marily and one house located nearby, ac-
cording to the planning board statement
which council approved unanimously.
Mayor pro tem Rodney Gordon presided
in the absence of Mayor Rick Murphrey who
was called to an emergency. Councilmen
Rick Moore and Tommy Hawkins were in
Raleigh for the opening of the N.C: General
Assembly. ’
In other actions, the council:
+ heard a quarterly update of activities of
the Mountaineer Partnership by President
Suzanne Amos who reported $651,000 in
grants and 61 new jobs in Kings Mountain
over an 18-month period in a collaborative
effort by the City of Kings Mountain and
Mountaineer Partnership. She praised the ef-
fort of volunteers giving many man hours
and the selection of Kings Mountain a year
ago as a Main Street’ Community.
+ okayed a budget amendment of $46,264
from drug seizure funds and contributions to
the Kings Mountain Police Department for
purchase of equipment.
* reappointed Sandra Murphrey to the
ABC board with term expiring Jan. 31, 2014. -
* approved four facade and inducement
. grants totaling $27,723.15 (detailed in last
week’s Herald) and submitted a grant appli-
cation to the NC Rural Economic Develop-
ment Center for $4,000 (detailed in last
week’s Herald)
* okayed non-charity Thursday night bass
tournaments March 3-Oct. 29 at Moss Lake
and a Saturday bass tournament for May 8 at
3pm. :
« set Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. for a pubic hearing
on request by Tommy Hall to rezone prop-
erty at 103 Bessemer City/Kings Mountain
Highway from General Business to Residen-
tial Office.
» recognized Troop 39 Boy Scouts of Sec-
~ond Baptist Church and Pastor James
Lochridge Jt.
|
. photo by NIKI PAULSON
Thomas D. Tindall Sr., above, stands before a “wall of memories” at Fairview Masonic Lodge 339 AF&AM
which includes a recent plaque presented to him on his 90th birthday Saturday.
Birthday Bash!
Oldest Mason Thomas Tindall Sv. honored
2 new
schools
in plan
for KM
The Cleveland County
Schools strategic plan calls
for replacement of both
Bethware and Grover Ele-
mentary Schools in the next
6-10 years with a current
price tag of $10.3 million,
according to a 2010-2011
school facilities needs sur-
vey.
Assistant Superintendent
John Yarbro presented the
report of the 2010-2011 fa-
cility needs study to. the
board of education last
week.
The survey study calls for
major improvements totaling
$38,9 million at six schools
in the county in the next 6-
by ELIZABETH STEWART
staff writer
Thomas Dexter Tindall Sr.,
90, celebrates life each day to the
fullest. ;
Friends said Saturday at his
big birthday party hosted by
Fairview Masonic Lodge 339
AF& AM that obviously
“Tommy” isn’t ready for retire-
ment, although he quit selling
insurance a number of years
ago.
A 33rd degree Mason, former
Master, 25 year secretary, a
lodge member since 1951 and
Scottish Rite Shriner, he just
last month packed up his lawn-
mower and stepped down from
| cutting the grass at the Lodge
after 47 years. “I loved it but
it’s time,” said Tindall.
“’Tom’s our oldest member
and very active in our Masonic
family,” said friend after friend
who “roasted” the popular
Kings Mountain man and pre-
sented plaques, one of which
. will hang in the Masonic Hall
engraved with a long list of Tin-
dall accomplishments.
“It was very humbling,” said
Tindall. In a poignant moment;
he asked each Lodge “brother”
to raise his hand as he accepted
the accolades, then asked his
wife of 63 years, Barbara, and
their family to join him as well
as Masonic brothers and
Shriners. Not to omit anyone
¢
His admonition that he “used
to be timid” didn’t jell with
friends who spoke of his long
service in the community since
1939 when he joined the church.
“Really, I was timid and =
God directed me to teach youth
* in the Sunday School at Kings
Mountain Baptist Church and I
became involved in a bus min-
istry,” said Tindall. He taught a
boys class for 30 years and in a
Sunday morning bus ministry
helped reach some 22 young
people, asking other members of
the church to “adopt” a child for
a Sunday and he said that direc-
from the celebration, he asked
all other brothers and sisters ¢’in
Christ” to raise their hands.
Tindall credits long life to
loving the Lord, his devoted
family and hard work.
tion from God made all the dif-
ference in their lives."
Tindall’s father was a track
foreman for the Southern Rail-
road and as a teenager borrowed
See TINDALL on Page 7
10 years and $3.8 millien in
improvements at North
Shelby School, including re-
placement of obsolete facili-
ties and an addition.
The CCS strategic plan
call for replacement of obso-
lete facilities at Bethware,
Elizabeth and Grover
Schools, new auditoriums at
Burns High and Crest High
and a new intermediate
school in the Crest school
zone with a change in grade
configuration and replace-
ment of mobile units with
building. New auditoriums
are proposed at Crest High
and Burns High Schools.
The school board also re-
ceived listings of capital out-
lay projects completed in
2010 and those proposed at
the various schools.
‘Downtown is our postcard.’
Main Street
conference
offers solutions
By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
“Can we change our future?
Yes we can,” it reads like a
2008 presidential campaign
speech. In the wake of shop-
ping malls and strip’ centers,
downtowns have been dying
for years. But concerned citi-
zens — with help from organi-
zations like the North Carolina
Main Street Center — have
been resurrecting them one by
one. aah
The underlying theme of a
three-day annual NCMSC con-
ference geared at getting com-
munities back on track in a
sluggish economy spurred
hope and a plan of action for
downtown revitalization ef-
forts. Hundreds of leaders
throughout North = Carolina
came to hear it. And many ral-
lied behind the call.
Mountaineer Partnership
board members agreed that the
conference was a great pep talk
and left the Shelby event Fri-
day inspired.
The City of Kings Moun-
TH)
Building Trust. Building Smiles.
www.alliancebanknc.com . memsex ric
tain was accepted into the elite
program in 2009. Within a lit-
tle more than a year of doing
things the Main Street way,
signs of new life have already
sprouted in downtown.
Construction crews are
shedding the dead skin of
ghostly storefronts to show
new life. Architects have been
sketching out designs for new
restaurants and office workers
See DOWNTOWN on Page 7
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