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By ELIZABETH STEWART Staff writer 10-year-old Tyanna Sloan scores high in Braille Challenge, 5A 50¢ “It’s a wake up call,” said Kings Mountain musician Jett Edwards from Tokyo, Japan Tuesday morning. He was referring to Friday’s devastating earthquake- caused tsunami. The aftershocks are still coming now every 10-15 minutes in some areas of Japan. The horror of thou- sands of lives lost and destruction by walls of water that swept everything into its path still reverberates in the Pacific. “I had a strange feeling about Jett because he had just gone back to Japan after a concert here and was coming back . home next month,” said Mary Edwards of her son who is a i jazz musician, owns his own recording studio in Tokyo and CONTRIBUTED PHOTO This photo taken by Jett Edwards, a KM jazz artist who is in. Japan, shows empty shelves in grocery stores after the coun- try received a one-two punch from an earthquake and then a tsunami on Friday. Many residents are wearing masks when fi they venture out. were safe. so sad,” Mary said. Steakhouse ready to open ¢ teaches English and music at a Tokyo university. . Power and phones were out and Jett couldn’t communi- cate with his family until Sunday. His distraught mother prayed and cried and his brother, Calvin, and sister, Denise Walker, tried unsuccessfully for two days to: contact him by e-mail and iPhone. They all talked with Jett via Skype on the Internet Sunday and could see that he and his wife, Roni, “My heart really goes out to those families in Japan, it’s Jett said he and his wife were in the worst place they could be when the magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan’s Eastern coast at 2:50 p.m. Friday. They were at Shinku Sta- See EARTHQUAKE, 7A [ee 704. 739. 3611 106 East Mountain Street Kings Mountain, NC n save you money! ol 20a1 apan carthuliake hits close to home JETT EDWARDS Part 1 of a two-part series By EMILY WEAVER Editor News accounts, photos and political cartoons, like those of the late Dr. Seuss, opened America’s eyes to the plight of the many victims of the Nazis and Axis powers in KYRA ALEXANDER/HERALD i Workers & were setting up the dining room on Tuesday morning for the new Battleground Steakhouse & Bar. The restaurant on Railroad Ave. is set to open next Europe during World War II week. — a war we were hesitant to join. * Andrzej (Andrew) Steal ouse to Milewski of Kings Mountain remembers different car- toons. He still has one of Hitler riding a horse with Stalin, ‘Roosevelt and Churchill, holding onto its tail Screaming. The caption read: “An ‘exciting steeple- chase.” © “German propaganda,” Andrzej said. It was one of the many ar- ticles of propaganda that cir- cled in Europe and rained from the German planes dur- ing World War II. He re- members it well. He was there — a young boy in his homeland of Poland, de- ported: to a Soviet labor camp, who survived against incredible odds to join the great fight. “This is them dissuading us“from fighting,” he said, pointing to leaflets printed open March 3 on one side with the word When life imitated art Milewski remembers the German propaganda falling from the sky in Europe; after being deported to a Russian labor camp nothing could weaken his resolve to fight ANDRZEJ MILEWSKI “LIFE” and an attractive woman and on the other side Bobby Horne, dovaown develope, said that the new Battleground Steakhouse & Bar is set to open on Railroad Avenue next Wednesday, March 23, at 5 p.m. « ~The new fine-dining downtown restaurant will be open from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and daily newspaper. A special exhibit is coming to Mauney Memorial Library on March 21- 25. “Dr. Seuss Wants You! The Political Cartoons of Dr. Seuss 1941-1942” consists of 14 panels, each of which highlights one Seuss political cartoon against fascism, anti-Semitism, and bigotry, published in “PM”, a New York from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Horne, printed with the word “DEATH” showing a skull under a soldier’s helmet. But after losing his home and for two years his free- dom, no piece of propaganda could weaken his resolve. This is his story... ' See MILEWSKI, 7A who co-owns the property with Scott Campbell and fa- ther-and-son restauranteurs Nick and Rich LaVecchia, said that the new steakhouse should ba serving lunch . in the next few weeks. - See more photos, aA i HALL OF FAME - - A 1960s football star, an All-American volleyball player and two championship baseball teams to be inducted into the Kings Mountain Sports Hall of Fame, 1B FRESH PRODUCE = Rhodesdale Farm opens former produce market on Shelby Road, 5A LUGGIN’ LOGS = Local photographer uses parents’, friends’ trees in building: new home, 4A ll 98525700200 A 1 Alliance ET By EMILY WEAVER Editor Their new home on Shelby Road is up and members of Kings Mountain Rescue Squad can’t wait to move in. There is still some work that needs to be done. The walls need paint. The floors need a little trim work. The parking lots have to be poured. And the furniture - when they can find some - will . RT Building Trust. Building Smiles. 209 S. Battleground Ave., Kings Mountain ¢ 704.739.5411 oi Station... 20-year-old dream comes true if only they had a bed to sleep on have to be modi in. Everything is all set for the interior to be complete by mid- April at the latest, but the squad needs furniture. The Kings Mountain Rescue Squad has been saving lives since 1958. Now these lifesavers must look to the community for help. www.alliancebanknc.com . memsEr mic See RESCUE SQUAD, 7A
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