March 28, 2012
The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net
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Patriots sweep Shelby and Chase,
host Cleveland County Meet today
Kings Mountain Middle School swept a three-team Tri-
County Conference track meet Wednesday against Chase and
Shelby and will host the annual Cleveland County Meet
today at 4 p.m. at John Gamble Stadium.
The KM girls scored 98 points to dominate Shelby with
40 and Chase with 17. The KM boys were also dominant,
scoring 118 points to 28 for Chase and 10 for Shelby.
Kings Mountain’s boys won all three relay events and 11
of the 12 individual events.
Austin McKee, Darren Burns, Zavier Roberts and
Demetrius Hill won the 4x400 in 4:14; Nigel Sadler, Jai’r
McCluney, Jacob Merchant and Darian McClain won the
4x100 in 48.66 seconds; and Chance Fredrick, Samuel Dab-
ney, Sadler and McCluney won the 4x200 in 1:46.
Individual winners were:
-Naseme Green in the high jump (5°0”). Ethan King was
second at 4°11”.
-McCluney in the 400 meters (59.55). King was third and
Hill fourth.
-McKee in the 3200 meter run (12:17). Josh Brucker was
second and Hunter Cooke third.
-Shaun Grier in the 110 meter hurdles (19.98). Fredrick
was second and Tison Thombs fourth.
-Bryan Sanders in the shot put (42°%:”). Dreshaun Bell
was second and Josh Bell third.
-Dreshaun Bell in the discus (98°10-%”). Josh Bell was
second and Sanders third.
-Malik Banner in the 1600 meter run (5:47.1). ‘Wes Har-
mon was second and McKee third.
-Jake Merchant in the triple jump (32°77). Zavier Roberts
ond, Sanders third and Wes Harmon fourth.
. Tyler Wells in the 300 meter run (25.34). Roberts was
fourth.
The KM girls also won all of their relay events and took
nine individual first places.
Gwen Hopper, Mariah Roberts and Mikiea Seright each
won two individual events. Seright took the high jump (4°4”)
and the hurdles (10.24). Hopper won the triple jump (30°7”)
and the long jump (14.6”). Roberts won the 1600 meter run
(6:36) and the 800 meter run (3:00).
Tiffani Thompson won the disc with a throw of 67°4” and
Jamyiah Pressley won the 200 meter dash in 29.25.
Finishing second were Danielle Grant in the high jump,
Thompson in the shot, Maddison Hoyle in the triple jump,
Pressley in the hurdles, Jasmine Ballew in the 400 meter run,
-McClain in the long jump (17°27); Merchant was second
and Fredrick third.
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was second and Chris Robbins third.
-Darren Burns in the 800 meter run (2:31). Hill was sec-
and Kassidy Hamrick in the 800 meter run.
Vendor applications now
being accepted for Spring
into the Fair
The Cleveland County
Fair is now taking vendor
applications for this year's
Spring Into the Fair Aug.
19-22. Spaces are available
inside Dorton Hall and out-
side. This year's event is ex-
pected to be huge with the
re-opening of the Historic
Cleveland County Speed-
way on Saturday, April 21
kicking off the Summer of
Thunder!
This year's Spring Into
the Fair will feature rides for
children and adults by
* Smokey Mountain Amuse-
ments, inflatables and
more.
Free admission on Aug.
19. Admission on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday will
be $3 for ages six and up;
free for children 5 and
under. Seniors 65 and older
will also be admitted free of
charge. Hours will be Thurs-
day 4 p.m.-10 p.m., Friday
and Saturday 10 a.m.-10
p-m. and Sunday noon-6
p.m.
A music concert is
planned for Friday night in
the grandstand. The Vintage
Championship Series race
will be Saturday at 1 p.m.
For information on ven-
dor space, call the Cleve-
land County Fairgrounds at
704-487-0651.
AARP free tax service
Raleigh, NC — This year,
AARP is again providing
free tax assistance and
preparation for low-to-mod-
erate income taxpayers
through the AARP Founda-
tion Tax-Aide program. In
its 44th year, AARP Foun-:
dation Tax Aide is the na-
tion’s largest free tax
assistance and preparation
service, giving special atten-
tion to the older population.
You do not need to be a
member of AARP to use this
service.
“Through the Tax Aide
program, AARP volunteers
are doing something posi-
tive to improve the lives of
friends and neighbors by
helping them file their fed-
eral, state and local tax re-
turns for no cost," says
AARP North Carolina State
Director Doug Dickerson.
For more information or
to locate a North Carolina
AARP Tax-Aide site, call 1-
888-AARPNOW (1-888-
227-7669) or visit
WWWw.aarp.org/taxaide
AARP Tax-Aide is a pro-
gram of AARP Foundation,
offered in cooperation with
the IRS.
‘Bridal show March 31
Daystar Family Worship
Center Church of God, 115
Industrial Park Rd., Lincol-
nton will host a Premier
Bridal Show March 31 from
1-4 p.m. in the Daystar
Family Worship Center.
This is a free event for
prospective brides in the
five county area of Lincoln,
Gaston, Catawba, Cleveland
and Iredell, to give brides
and mothers of the brides
and grooms access to top
wedding professionals,
while at the same time pro-
moting local businesses
which feature wedding at-
tire, catering, music, enter-
tainment, etc. Deadline for
vendor registration is March
19 by pre-registering at
www.daystarcog.com
Highlights of the event
include a fashion show, a
' bride's cake dive, and multi-
* ple prize giveaways plus gift
bags for the brides-to-be
PAINT THE TOWN
PURPLE
Your ribbon could be the one
that finde the cure for cancer!
KM Herald Hoofers team members kick off the campaign
with the first purple ribbons for Relay for Life.
Ribbong are $25 each & those purchasing
ribbons will have their photograph
published in the Kings Mountain Herald!
Contact Wayne, Kathy or Lisa
at (704) 739-7496
or KMHPurpleribbons@gmail.com
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who register for the show.
Dementia support group
meeting April 3
Are you caring for some-
one with dementia related
behaviors? Come join the
dementia support group as
they hear from Home In-
stead Senior Care's Christie
Ray and Donna Goforth,
who will demonstrate inter-
active and effective ways to
understand, cope and man-
age those behaviors. The
group will meet Tuesday,
April 3, 5:30-7 p.m. at the
Neisler Life Enrichment
Center, 222 Kings Mountain
Blvd. Sitter service will be
provided for persons with
related dementia if a reser-
vation is made by April 2.
Call 704-739-4858 for more
information.
Grover Woman's Club to
hear Sheriff Norman
Cleveland County Sher-
iff Alan Norman will be
guest speaker at the Thurs-
day, April 5, meeting of the
Grover Woman's Club. The
club meets at Grover Town
Hall. The public is invited.
Ignite 2012 starts May 4
Kings Mountain State
Park, 1277 Park Road,
Blacksburg, will host Ignite
2012 a Christ-centered
weekend retreat May 4-6 at
the park inside the York
Group Camp. Admission
cost for the entire weekend
is $20 per person, optional
T-shirts are $10 each. Ad-
mission to the retreat will
also be offered all day Sat-
urday at $5 per person start-
ing at 8:30 a.m. Tickets
include two services, games
and dinner. Attendees
should bring their own
lunches.
- Registration is due by
April 20. Ignite 2012 is a re-
treat to help youth and
young adults grow closer to
God. Corne join the festivi-
ties of music, food, games,
fellowship, devotions and
impactful messages de-
signed to Ignite your pas-
sion for Christ. Call Renee
at 704-739-3215 for a regis-
tration form or more infor-
mation.
Life Line Screening Pres-
entation April 27
The Life Line screening
process will be explained by
Brenda Marshall, a repre-
sentative of Life
Line Screening, one of
the nation's leaders in mo- :
bile screening, at the Patrick
Senior Center, 909 E. King
St., at 10:30 a.m. on Friday,
April 27. The public i is in-
vited.
Evening Line Dance Class
Evening line dance
classes will resume Tues-
day, April 3, at the Patrick
Senior Center at a cost of
$20 per month to be paid at
registration or the first class.
Archie Cherpak and Terry
Broome are instructors.
Classes will be held each
Tuesday evening from 6-
7:30 p.m.
Lifeline Screening May 15
Sign-up for Life-Line
Screening to be held May
15 at the Patrick Center. You
can register now and receive
$10 off any package of $139
or more and the Patrick
Center receives a $10 dona-
tion for every person who
participates in screening
through ultrasound to eval-
uate the carotid arteries for
the buildup of fatty plaque
which is the leading cause
of stroke.
*
LIFESTYLE DEADLINES
~ Deadline for wed-
ding and engagement
information is 12 noon
Items re-
ceived after deadline
will run if time and
space permit; if not,
they will be held until
the following week.
The cost is $20.
Wedding and engage-
ment forms are avail-
able at
receptionist’s desk at
* Offer good during
the month of March
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