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Wednesday, November 9, 2011 Cleveland County Commissioner Jason Falls of Kings Mountain, a USAF veteran, will be speaker at the Veterans Day. cere- mony planned by the Cleveland County Vet- erans Council Nov: 11 at 11 a.m. in the Gymnasium of Shelby City Park. Richard McSwain will be master of cere- The Kings Mountain Herald Council to honor Veterans Friday monies for the event for which the First Bap- tist Church of Shelby Ensemble will sing "The National Anthem" and present special music, the Gaffney, S.C. High School Color Guard and USAF Junior ROTC will advance and retire the colors. Jim Cox, US Navy re- tired, will give the invocation and Shelby Mayor Ted Alexander will give the welcome. Representatives of veterans groups will place wreaths, including American Legion Auxiliary, AMVETS Auxiliary, DAV Auxil- iary, VFW Auxiliary and Marine Corp League Auxiliary. The firing detail for the event is the N.C. Page 1B Foothill Detachment, Marine Corp League - 1164. "Taps" will be played by Clifton Hoyle, Dontavious Lloyd and Talyana Barkley, all Burns High School students. The public is invited. Five named to Grover Board of Adjustments GROVER - Town Council filled positions on the Grover Board of Ad- justment Monday night, naming Kathy Ledford, Ron Skibo and Eugene Early to two-year terms and appointing Gene Adams and Bobby Wooten as alternates on the board. * The board also dis- cussed expanding the Po- lice Department to three reserve officers and is looking at obtaining used equipment from a neigh- boring police department. The project was aided by okaying $3,000 in uni- form expenses and $2,500 for hand-held radios for the officers. Mayor J.D. Ledford said the new offi- cers will work with the police chief for training sessions for several Crowfunding bill months before they report to work. Police Chief Eric Buff reported that police re- sponded to 48 calls for service, traveling 541 miles. Councilwoman Cindy O'Brien took the occasion to commend Mayor Led- ford and everyone who worked hard for the suc- cess of the recent Pump- kin Festival. "We really puled it off," said the mayor, who added that the entire community worked together and he hoped that next year's festival would be bigger and better than ever. Bethware teacher wins $300 Grant passed by House US 10th District Congressman Patrick McHenry of Cherryville today applauded the US House passage of the. McHenry Crowd- funding bill which he said will remove bar- . riers to American innovation and job creation. "Small business folks in Western North Carolina tell me time and time again that un- certainty and over-regulation are hampering their growth," says McHenry. He added, "So it unfortunately comes as no surprise that over two years into a sluggish economic re- covery, nearly 14 million Americans remain unemployed as entrepreneurs continue to struggle with gaining access to much needed capital." McHenry Says it's clear "we need new ways to help small business." Specifically the bill will create a crowd- funding exemption from SEC regulations for firms raising up to $2 million, with individ- ual investments limited to $10,000 or 10 per- . cent of the investor's annual income and exclude crowdfunding investors from count- ing as shareholders for purposes of calculat- ing the 499-shareholder cap under 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act. Operation Red Horse spreads Holiday cheer tine's Day, etc. Mauney Memorial Library ? Assistant Margot Plonk wants | the public's help in taking hol- | iday cheer to soldiers deployed {| to Afghanistan in Operation Red Horse. Operation Red Horse is the name of a group sent abroad to construct living quarters, work | facilities, schools, hospitals, aircraft runways, etc. for all branches of service as well as § humanitarian efforts around the world. Plonk said that in the next couple of weeks hundreds of USAF Red Horse personnel will be deployed until Spring and will miss Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Valen- Plonk wants to ship a morale box, anything American, including small cards painted by children, bags of candy, water flavor packets, beef jerky, white socks, hygiene items, dry mi- crowavable meals, chips, microfiber towels, pillows, calling cards, ITunes, gift cards, movie and music downloads, for care packages to be delivered to 6-8 different locations. Plonk will set up a collection box at Mauney Library for anyone who wants to contribute to the project with small, medium size or large items. She will ship the items wo a female friend in Afghanistan for distribution. Briggs graduates basic infantry training Army Pfc. Jordon J. Briggs has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. Bethware Elementary's art teacher Susan Gray is one of 10 teachers from 10 schools in Cleveland County who received an Artist in Schools Grant from the Cleve- land County Arts Council. : The award was a $300 cash award for Bethware's project, "Drumming Around the World." Grants totaled $2503. Other recipients were Shelby Intermédiate, Crest High, Jef- ferson Elementary, Marion Elementary, Boiling Springs Elementary, Crest High S chool, James Love Elementary, Washing- ton Elementary and Fallston Elementary. The awards were announced at Mon- day night's Board of Education meeting by Shearra Miller, director of the Cleveland County Arts Council. The school board also received the school improvements plan for review and will take action at the Nov. 28 business session. ‘Hydrant of the Week photo by JANE TALBERT This fire hydrant, patriotically painted by Linda Bell, can be spotted on the corner of Waco Rd. and Piedmont Ave. On the web During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics, and experiencing use of various weapons and weapons defenses available to the infantry crewman. Briggs is the son of Amy Briggs of Castle Court, Kings Mountain, and grandson of Patty Fairfield of Edgewood Road, Bessemer City. in print On Facebook He is a 2010 graduate of Burns High School, Lawndale. by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael.cherryvilleeagle@gmail.com By her own estimation, Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) Crystal Brittain of Cherryville is a quiet person and does- n't seek the spotlight. This is especially true when it comes to her job. However, it seems Mrs. Brittain must be doing something right, as well as a great job at what she has chosen as her profession — the care of others — for she was recently recognized for such by her medical peers. Brittain was selected as a "Fabulous Fifty" Award winner by the North Car- olina Health Care Facilities Association (NCHCFA), she said in a recent inter- View. Seven years a nurse (three years cer- tified), Mrs. Brittain finds satisfaction in the smiles of residents at White Oak Manor in Kings Mountain, where she ‘works. "The residents make it satisfying” she said. "Just like everybody else I have good days and bad days but if I can put one smile on a resident's face, it bright- ens my day." Valerie Izokovic, Human Resource Manager for White Oak Manor, said the award is given out each year, as the NCHCFA recognizes 50 non-licensed employees in the long-term care field for their "...contributions to the quality of care and quality of life of the individu- als residing in skilled nursing facilities". . Ms. Izokovic noted there are five dis- tricts in the state and 10 recipients from each district are selected. "Kings Mountain is in District 1," she said. "The recipients from District 1 were honored at a dinner celebration Oct. 18, at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Asheville." Izokovic said each recipient was rec- ognized with a plaque, signed by Gover- nor Beverly. Purdue, a Fabulous 50 pin, a ribbon and a gift card. Kings Mountain’s News Source! White Oak CNA honored for service "We also honored Crystal among her peers and residents here at White Oak Manor of Kings Mountain," she added. As for her, Brittain simply said re- ceiving the award felt "really good." Mrs. Brittain said her medical career began simply enough. "I was offered a transporting job at a local facility and from there I went to being a med tech, then on to school to become a CNA," she said. She attended CNA classes at Catawba Valley Com- munity College. The daughter of Brenda Sluder, Brit- tain is married to Darren Brittain. They have one son, Christopher Harris and daughter-in-law Erin Harris and three grandchildren. As for the nomination, that came as quite a surprise. "I didn't know I had been nominated for the award until I was asked to write an essay," she said. "I asked, 'An essay for what?' I found out the short essay was See CNA, 4B Crystal Brittain with her Fabulous Fifty certificate and her pin. photos by Valerie Izokovoc
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