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Page 2A EL OBITUARIES RR Clarence Hensley KINGS MOUNTAIN - Clarence Arthur Hensley, 82, of 109 Autumn Woods Dr., died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2011 at Crawley Memorial Hospi- tal in Boiling Springs. Memorial services will be announced at a later time. Hunter R. Neisler GASTONIA - Hunter Ramseur “Chip” Neisler, resident of Gastonia, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, after a recurrence of leukemia. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hunter R. and Annie L. Neisler. A graduate of the Univer- sity of Georgia, he was a member of Sigma Chi frater- nity. He was retired from Foust Textiles and was a vol- unteer at Crisis Ministry for many years. Surviving are his wife, Le Neisler of the home; daugh- ter, Amy S. Neisler of San Francisco,CA; son Hunter R. Neisler HI of Charlotte; sis- ter, Patricia Neisler Plonk of Kings Mountain; and numer- ous nieces and nephews. The memorial service was held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church and visitation was held immediately after the service in the church fellow- ship hall. In lieu of flowers memo- rials may be made to Live- Strong Lance Armstrong Foundation, PO Box 6003, Albert Lea, MN 56007 or a charity of donor’s choice. A guest register is avail- able at www.HarrisFuner- als.com. Harris Funeral Home of Kings Mountain, NC was in charge of arrangements. Parris FFuneral Home Sigh-Butler Funeral Home We offer complete economy funeral packages and we honor existing pre-need funeral plans. 704-629-2255 www.siskhutler.com Kenneth Spriggs GROVER - Kenneth Wayne Spriggs, 72, died September 1," 2011 at his home. The memorial service was held Sunday, Sept. 4, at 3 p.m. at Ollie Harris Me- morial Chapel. Rev. Steve Waters officiated: Pauline Watterson GROVER - Pauline Wat- terson, 92, of Blacksburg, SC, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2011 at White Oak Manor in Kings Mountain. The funeral service will be conducted Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Grover. Rev. John Barnhardt will of- ficiate and interment will be in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery in Kings Moun- tain. Don Whittington GROVER - Donald “Don” Whittington, 64, of 124 Kim Dr., died Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. The funeral service will be conducted Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 2 p.m. at Westover Baptist Church. Rev. Roger Webb and Kevin Whitting- ton will officiate and inter- ment will be in Mountain Rest Cemetery in Kings Mountain. KM Customer Appreciation Breakfast The annual Customer Ap- preciation Breakfast hosted by . the City of Kings Mountain will be held Sept. 22 from 7:30 a.m.-9 am. at the H. Lawrence Patrick Senior Life & Confer- ence Center. Company representatives should reply to Lynda Mattox at 704-734-0333 by Sept. 19. Auton reunion The J. H. Auton family will have a reunion at 1 p.m. Sun- day, Sept. 11, at McKendree Methodist Church, 3537 Maiden Highway in Lincol- nton. Bring old family photos to share. For information, call Chucky at 704-735-3556 or Chris at 704-732-3139. InBerngtiondl Demolition Derby formerly held at Cleveland County Fair Sponsored by Boiling Springs Fire and Rescue Saturday, September 10, 2011 Saturday, September 17, 2011 7:30 pm Bar H Arena Boiling Springs, NC ~ Admission ~ Adults $8 ~ Child (6-12) $5 Under 6 FREE “$ Info: 704/434-2866 ? www.barhevents.com The Kings Mountain Herald Shelley Proffitt Eaga This week has been one of scalding temps and we have more to come. Despite the heat, and our desire to put it off until cooler temps prevail, it became time to work the big herd, as we so fondly call them, on our Blacksburg, SC farm. This is where we move all our momma cows and their calves through the lush pastures and where we work several days of the week. When we say “work the herd”, this means it’s time to tag the newest calves, castrate the bull calves, and do some preg- nancy checking of the mother cows who have not calved in the last 12 months. It’s time to get on the horses, call out the cow hands, make an appointment with the vet - and call up the big herd into the paddock around the working pens. This amounts to 150-175 animals at this time of year. Oh, and there is one bull, but he’s always the last one to the party and we don’t need him there anyway. He just gets in the way ‘cause he moves so slow! Dad and Brian ride the horses out to get behind the furthest cows in the 40 acre pasture that fronts the working pens and I stand about in the middle of the pasture and begin the grand call. This is the best part, because as soon as I start calling they start coming out of the wood work, liter- ally. : ! Heeeey cow coooooome ooooooonnnnnnnn! I holler, again and again, in my best cheerleader, far-reaching voice. With the pasture erupted in mooing, cows finding their calves to bring them along, it is a sight to behold. A few imme- diately run toward me ever excited for the hay that awaits them in the holding pens as a reward for coming when called, while most amble their way in my direction at a leisurely walk. We prefer they stir up the calves and come at their own walking pace. It is safer and less stressful for all at a walk. I walk slowly in a path they can follow to the open sided barn that provides some shade where we will be working them. While the initial group to come in happily eats hay the cowboys on horseback are busy guid- ing in the stragglers from behind. At the same time I continue to call from in front of them so they know where they are headed and where their herd mates have disappeared to. * Once the bull is in we know we proba- bly have them all. This time the cowboys Fi To greener pastures... Bringing up the BIG herd! . do all this again. But, we always come left a mother in the pasture with her new calf, probably born that morning, since her baby is so new she can stay in pasture and rest easy. We leave her be to let nature, and maternal instinct, take control there, she doesn’t need us interfering. After all the others are in the 2-acre holding pen behind the working area we sort out the calves with no tags from the mommas and the deafening mooing begins. A good momma won’t be happy until she has her suckling back at her side! Once the vet arrives we have 15 out of 25 calves sorted out and ready to cut and tag. Our vet is kind, patient, and waits, as we ear tag each heifer, and as the bull calves come through, for his part in this operation. The wranglers, Brian and Tan- ner, hold down the ones too small to fit in the head gate as gently as possible, I put the tag in and Mom documents their new number in our notebook. Dad is busy bringing in more calves to be sorted from the waiting group. The holding down part is sweaty and physical. It’s scary for the calves and this is a once in a lifetime deal for them, as- suming they don’t lose their ear tag! The wranglers take risks of injury and have to work together to hold them still long enough for me to get a tag in. There might be some swearing at this point between the wranglers as some of the larger 300- 400 pounders bound down the chute. The vet just says they are the healthy vigorous ones! I’d say so! After each one has been tagged and castrated, if this applies, I open the head gate and they leap into the air, run 2 steps, and kick their back feet up over their heads to go find momma and rat us out! I always imagine they are saying, “Momma, you won’t believe what they just did to me!” Every time! So, when that head gate is opened up everyone jumps back to give a clear path of the upward flying hooves. Tanner and Brian were so wet with sweat— after the 3 hours it took to tag 25 calves, pregnancy check about 10 cows and re- place tags in those cows who had lost theirs—their shirts could be wrung out! It’ll be a few more months before we away with some war stories and some- thing to write home about. It’s our own personal rodeo where the only purse money comes in the form of knowing a job is well done, for now anyway! Class of ‘71to reunite at fair Kings Mountain High School Class of 1971 will hold its 40th year reunion Sept. 24 at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds. If you are a classmate who did not receive a letter with all of the details or has ques- ° tions, contact any of the following: Lynn Lovelace Brown at 704-813-9552, Dwight or Kathy Heavner Dixon at 704-739-9338, Marlene Quinn Spencer at 704-502-3914 or Joanie Davis Crawford at 704-480-1761. Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Lincoln artists show work at SAS Lincoln County artists Meghan Seehorn and Amy Totzke have a joint showing of their art at the Southern Arts Society (the old Depot), 301. N. Piedmont Ave., in Kings Mountain. The public is invited to meet artists Meghan Seehorn and Amy Totzke at a public reception, Saturday, Sept. 10, from 6 - 8:30 p.m. at the Depot. Their art will be on exhibit through Sept. 24. Amy Totzke as a painter feels proud and blessed to be an artist. One of her favorite things is creating memorial portraits. : : Amy takes time upon meeting clients who share photographs and stories of the person who passed. She learns about who they were and collaborate with the client on how to best capture their loved one’s personality or spirit. : Her portraits give off a strong presence that shows just how much she cares about her subject. Amy’s tal- ent and passion for art shows through in all of her work whether the subject is serious or fantastical. Meghan Seehorn’s series “A Pregnancy” grew gradu- ally when a friend became pregnant and interested ‘in pre-natal castings. Meghan began making a cast thru each trimester. Soon, two other ex- ‘pecting friends joined in. While making the casts, Meghan listened to their sto- ries of hope, fear, and pain. They told spoke of joy and sorrows while she mapped the changes in their bodies. In all, she ended up with nine cast- ings. The first eight castings are months two through nine of a pregnancy. The ninth one is actually the month after giving birth, from a nursing mother. ~ These pieces are three-di- mensional journals, chroni- cling the changing bodies of three women while the sur- faces of the clay tell the sto- ries of four different women’s first experience of pregnancy. Each clay piece tells each woman’s version of the expe- rience. 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