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! "August 22, 2012 The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net Page 3A More students graduating in CCS than ever before Cleveland County’s graduation rate exceeded 77 percent in 2012 — an improvement of more than 4 percentage points from the previous year and the highest rate ever recorded. State figures recently released show that 77.7 percent of those local students who entered ninth- -grade in 2008-09 completed high schopl in four years or less. This is up from of 73.2 percent in 2011 and an improvement of more than 15 percentage points since 2005-06. The number of students graduating statewide has im- proved during the past six years as well. In 2012, 80.2 percent Good Neighborly Garden ~ Evelyn Rowland, Brenda Lowrance, ond Randy Avery, left to right, stand in Mrs. Lowrance's garden at 127 N. Rail- road Ave. The neighbors, also others in the apartment complex, planted vegetables and flowers at the Lowrance home “to cheer her up." "It made a difference in my life and | hope others will take the idea to help those residents who are homebound," said Lowrance, who formerly lived in Matthews. She has two adult daughters living} in Kings Mountain and one adult daughter living | in Charlotte and three grandchildren. of N.C. students who started ninth grade in 2008-09 com- pleted high school in four years or less. This is up from 77.9 percent in 2011 and 68.8 percent in 2006. Some students require a fifth year to complete graduation requirements. The five-year cohort graduation rate for stu- dents who entered ninth-grade in 2007-08 (Class of 2011) was 77.3 percent in Cleveland County and 81.1 percent in the state. Those five-year rates for the Class of 2010 were 73.2 percent in Cleveland County and 77.7 percent in North Carolina. omissions avs men ¥ i (} 4 | : $ bi | i i 3 i | i | i i Sons of the nn Revolution meeting held On Saturday, August” 18, 2012 the Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution (SAR) held an informational meeting at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Kings Mountain. To help support this effort, the Colonel Fredrick Ham- bright Chapter of the Daugh- ter. of the American Revolution (DAR) added their support to the SAR meeting. Both of these organiza- tions share a common goal of increasing awareness of the Patriots who participated in the Revolution and in rec- ognizing modern patriotism throughout our country. Rep- resenting the SAR was the President of the Mecklen- burg Chapter, James H. Woods, along with several other members from Char-. lotte. The purpose of the infor- mational meeting was to ed- ucate interested persons as to what is required to become a member, in either group, and to further discuss if there is sufficient interest to form a SAR Chapter in Kings ‘Mountain. President Woods shared that there were more Revo- lutionary War engagements in North Carolina than any- where else in: the country; and the area of Kings Moun- tain was ‘significantly rich with Revolutionary history that is directly linked to many families in the area today. Persons interested in join- ing either the SAR or the DAR must be a direct de- scendant of a Patriot who was involved with support- ing the efforts to establish the United States. More than a dozen peo- ple en- Joy ed history, fellowship and = re- freshments during the meeting. D oy lie: Contributed by Dave Allen Doyle Campbell (left) and Bo Goforth (right) listen as Sons of the America Revolution Mecklenburg Chapter President James Woods Campbell (center) answers questions concerning the es- te oven tablishment of a Kings Mountain SAR Chapter. planner, indicated the Kings Mountain effort is off to a great start. More SAR meet- ings are being planned and if anyone has questions or would like to be included in future meetings please con- tact Doyle Campbell at 704- 739-5485. | Facility Inspections The Cleveland County Health Department in- spected the following restau- rants/facilities in the area Aug. 6-17: Waffle House, York Rd., received a health inspection grade of 98.0, in- cluding two extra points for an employee attending an approved food handling course; KM Care Center, Ferguson Dr., 98.5; Patrick skin, and bones. bone tissue. 5 Health Benefits of Tomatoes 1. Antioxidant: Tomatoes contain a lot of vitamins A & C, mostly because of beta-carotene, and these vita- mins work as an anti-oxidant, working to neutralize . dangerops free radicals in the blood stream. ¥ _ 2. Diabetes: Tomatoes also have plenty of the mineral chromium, which helps diabetics to keep their blood sugar level under control. 3. Vision: Because of all that vitamin A, tomatoes are also an excellent food to help improve your vision. This also means tomatoes can help your eyes be better about night blindness. 4. Hair: Remember all that vitamin A in tomatoes? Well, it’s good for keeping your hair strong and shiny, and it’s also good for your eyes, teeth, 5. Bones: Tomatoes have a fair amount of vitamin K and calcium, both of which help to strengthen and possibly repair in minor ways bones and DESD4 0 0 d * farm © ~~ Open: M-F 10:6:30 . Sat 10-5:30 1811 Shelby Rd. Kings Mountain 704.734.0420 v Senior Center, E. King St., 99.5; and Ronda's Kitchen, S. Battleground Ave. / Grover Rd., 98. ; Four-year cohort graduation rates for the Class of 2012 rose significantly at Kings Mountain High which saw an im- provement of nearly 10 percent from 78.1 percent in 2011 to 86.4 percent in 2012. Improvements in four-year cohort grad- yation rates at other high schools in the county, include: * Burns High: 81.9 percent (77.2 percent in 2011) * Crest High: 80.7 percent (77.8 percent in 2011) » Shelby High: 75. 2 percent (75.6 percent in 2011) / SORTER ENGAGEMENT Amanda Brooke Stacey and Matthew Christopher Boheler Stacey, Boheler to wed September § Dallas and Jennifer Stacey announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Brooke Stacey, to Matthew Christo- pher Boheler, son of Chris and Toni Boheler. Both families are of Kings Mountain. The bride-to-be is a 2011 alate of Kings Mountain High School, attended Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs and is a student at Cleveland Community College. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rhea Ham- rick and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stacey and the late Marie Stacey. The prospective bridegroom is a 2009 graduate of Kings Mountain High School and is currently in the United States Air Force. He is the grandson of Bob and Mary Boheler of Kings Mountain and James and Janie Kirby of Arkansas. The wedding will be an event of September 8 in Kings Mountain's Macedonia Baptist Church. Thanks for reading The Herald Your source for hometown news!’ Visit us online! www.kmherald.net The Kings Mountain Herald WILL BE CLOSED September 3rd in observance Labor Day The Harris _, Brothers ld & Brooke Aldridge Joy Theatre August 31st e¢ 8pm Tickets $15 Unique “Americana” music. It’s blues mixed up with traditional Appalachian music, | jazz, country, bluegrass, and rock n’ roll; it's stripped down, intense & real. Tickets Available at: Joy Theater - KM Animal Hospital - KM Chamber Office - TAS Drug . - Shelby Music Center MW Wealth Mgmt. = Shelby Drug - Alliance Bank, KM Info? Call 704-445-3437 Deadline for all Display and Classified Ads for the week of Sept. 5™ will be at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, August 29th! Published every Wednesday Periodicals postage at Kings Mountain, NC 28086 USPS 931-040 by Gemini Newspapers, Inc. Postmaster, send address changes to: P. O..Box 769, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Phone.(704) ) 739-7496 © Fax (704) 739-0611 Office: 700 East Gold Street » Kings Mountain, NC. 28086 E-mail: kathy.kmherald @ gmail.com Wendy Isbell - Publisher wendy.kmherald@gmail.com ; ta Emily Weaver - Editor * emilykmherald@ gmail.com - Gary Stewart - Sports Editor "Lib Stewart - Staff Reporter Rick Hord - Sales Manager Lisa Zyble - General Operations Manager Graphics & Composing Wayne Conner - Business Manager Kathy Reynolds - Circulation/Classified Mail Subscription Rates Payable in Advance. 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