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Election Day is less than a
month away and Sunday af-
ternoon nine area candidates
seeking ‘local and state of-
fices weighed in on some of
the issues facing voters.
The forum, which at-
tracted over 65 people, was
hosted by the Cleveland
County Chapter NAACP at
the Cooperative Extension
Auditorium in Shelby.
Topics ranged from
voter identification, school
privatization, job recruit-
i
ment, how to
correct = dis-
parity in
county em-
ployment,
and judges’
temperament
in handling
cases.
Mary Accor
All three candidates
for the Senate seat in the
46th District ( Cleveland-
Burke) John McDevitt (D),
incumbent Warren. Daniel
(R) and Richard Evey (Lib-
ertarian) attended.
Other races in which
local and area people will
Richard Evey
make choices at the polls did
not attract all the candidates
to the forum. Several candi:
dates sent responses to the
invitation of the political ac-
tion committee, some did not
respond.
The three incumbent
county commissioners, Mary
Accor (D); Ronnie Hawkins
Warren Daniel
Ronnie Hawkins
* Johnny Hutchins
(R) and Johnny Hutchins,
(R), all of Kings Mountain,
were present. Susan Allen
(R) did not attend.
Patsy Keever, US Dis-
trict 10 NC House, was pres-
ent. Incumbent Patrick
McHenry sent regrets.
Jamar McKoy (D), House
District 110 was present, in-
RIT: i ating (O18
John McDevitt
cumbent Kelly Hastings (R)
sent regrets. Libertarian can-
didate Lewis Guignard Jr.
did not attend.
NC District Court Judge
27 B Meredith Shuford, in-
cumbent was present. Chal-
lenger Gwynn Radeker did
not attend. :
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Medicare?Moderator Willie
Mcintosh asked the candi-
date for US House of Repre-
sentatives Patsy Keever. “
Seniors have earned
Medicare coverage and I will
defeid = and preserve
Medicare. We don’t need
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Battleground
Grill closed
Battleground Grill, 222
Railroad Ave., is closed and
Gastonia businessman Nick
LaVecchia, owner of the
building, has posted a for sale
sign.
The business, which
opened in Kings Mountain in
the old Plonk Brothers Depart-
ment Store location, was first
called Battleground Restau-
rant and undérwent a name
change recently to Battle-
ground Grill.
LaVecchia said he wanted
Think
October is Breast Cancer
Awareness Month and at
least two Kings Mountain
businesses are thinking pink.
Rob Bolin of 238 Chero-
kee Street Tavern is rolling
out the pink carpet to breast
cancer survivors at a free
lunch from 2-4 p.m. Wednes-
day (today). Door prizes will
be provided by Bellus tu Spa,
SpaMed and Fresh Hair Con-
+ to thank the Kings Mountain
community for all their sup-
port, adding, “We enjoyed the
time we had in Kings Moun-
tain.”
He said the building is for
sale and most likely will house
a chain concept from Charlotte
called American Roadside
Burgers, similar to Five Guys
with atmosphere and flair.
“They are more family
style and would lend itself
well to the community,” said
LaVecchia.
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cepts.
Prior to he luncheon
Howard and Carol Elmore at
Hometown Hardware will be
hosting Moooresville Fire
Department’s pink fire truck
on their lot from 11 a.m.-2
p.m. and will move it for dis-
play at 238 Cherokee Street
from 2-3 p.m. Kings Moun-
tain firemen will be distribut-
ing fire prevention materials.
Incentives approved,
Stout coming to KM
"The Cleveland County
Board of Commissioners last
Tuesday night approved an
incentive - agreement for
Stout Brewing Company,
LLC
The company will be
purchasing and renovating
an existing facility located at
518 North Sims Street,
Kings Mountain, and antici-
pates creating 6,1 new, per-
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manent full-time jobs during
the first five years of their
project and plans to invest
approximately $6,000,000)
in new investment.
“Stout appreciates the as-
sistance of Cleveland
County and Kings Mountain’
and we are looking forward
to a bright future working to-
gether” said company exec-
utive Cody Sommer.
‘Chairman of the Cleve-
land County Commission-
ers, Johnny Hutchins, stated
after the meeting, “While
this is truly another great
success for Cleveland
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phot by BRYAN HALLMAN
Tom Bennett, left, as Cicero and Jackson Champion, as Trout Mosley, in a scene from “Dairy Queen Days” which opens
Friday night at 7:30 p.m. by the Kings Mountain Little Theatre at Joy Performance Center.
“Dairy Queen Days” opens Friday
The curtain goes up Friday, Saturday
and Sunday on the Kings Mountain Lit-
production ‘of Bob
Inman’s play from his book, “Dairy
Queen Days” at Joy Performance Cen-
tle Theatrels -
ter, 202 S. Railroad Avenue.
Andy Neisler is directing the play
and curtain time is 7:30 p.m. on Friday
and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for
students and senior glidzens.
“Celebrating our Homes
and Heritage’ is the theme
for the annual Kings Moun-
tain Woman’s Club Fall Fes-
tival Wednesday, Oct. 17,
and clubwomen are hard at
work readying for the event
expected to be ane of the
biggest and best.
Lunch will be served
from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
and supper from 5:30-7 p
.m. with a choice of ham or
turkey with accessories.
Plates are $10 for adults and
$6 for children 12: and
under. :
One of the feature ex-
hibits will be the popular
“Trashformation” in which
those entering for ribbon
awards and certificates are
transforming a work of art
from: 90% trash using all
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Kings Mountain Hospital is spon-
soring the performances.
Bob Inman, author, writer and well
known as” former news anchor of
WBTV Channel 3, will be in atten-
dance at the Saturday, October 20th
performance. KMLT is offering a spe-
cial ticket for a “Meet and Greet” re
ception with Mr. Inman after the
performance for $15.00 if you already
have a ticket to the play or for $25.00
Annual Fall Festival set for Oct. 17
kinds of media, glass, wire,
paper, metal, etc. Students
and Scouts are finishing up
projects this week as well as
other members of the com-
munity along with club
women.
“This is an exciting part
of the festival,” said Tonya
Wilson, co-chair with John-.
sie Reavis of this division.
Garden club members
are decorating tables in the
auditorium of the clubhouse
on the overall theme and the
public will again pick the
winners by marking their
choices. Floral arrange-
ments will also be featured.
The bazaar, always a fa-
vorite of festival-goers, will
include cakes, canned jel-
lies, homemade breads and’
other items.
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play and the reception. This special
event will include beverages and
desserts.
For reservations or further informa-
tion, please respond to this message or
call the box office at 704-730-9408.
Reservations will be accepted, but must
be made 24 hours in advance of the date
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