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The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net October 24, 2012
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Childs Wes back doing what he loves
Herald file photo
One of Childs pieces of ceramic art.
ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald@gmail.com
US Army veteran Carl
Childs mastered two degrees
in two years at Gaston Col-
lege and now he wants to pay
back the 9/11 GI Bill that
helped him with his educa-
tion by. giving back to stu-
dents.
Childs is teaching BATS :
(Business Art Tactics and
Sales) at Gaston to help. he
said, other students increase
their focus and set realistic
goals to make a career invart.
He is building a scholarship
fund to help future students
with art supplies.
The talented “American
Artist” is coming to Kings
Mountain Friday and Satur-
day, Oct. 26 and Oct. 27, at
Carolina Place Arcades, 318
W: King St., from 9 a.m.-9
p.m. to present “Carl’s Mini
Geometric Game” which he
describes as an opportunity
for visitors to make a 2D qr
3D image which will be a
“key” to getting a prize. Ad-
ditionally high scores on any
of the 12 arcade games qual-
ifies for prizes. He invites
everyone and prierity. will be
given to children. Carolina
Place Arcades, he says, fea-
tures 12 arcade games and a
new jukebox connected to
the Internet that can play any
song on the web. Football
fans also enjoy a NFL pack-
age available for viewing on
the weekend, says Childs.
In early morning Feb. 26, |
2010 Childs became con-
sumed, he said, with art and
a passion to create. Since his
college graduation with de-
grees in Art and Fine Art he
has used his craft to help oth-
ers. “I want to spread my
artistic message globally to
/ connect communities, bridge
cultural barriers and promote
healing,” he says.
The Rochester, NY native
spent 10 years in Uncle
.Sam’s Army and moved to
Gastonia to be near a brother.
His philosophy is “the sky’s
the limit.”
+ Childs’ art has been dis-
played in galleries from the
Southern Arts Society in
Kings Mountain to Brevard
Station in Stanley, museums,
libraries and college cam-
puses in Cleveland, Gaston
and Mecklenburg counties.
His online gallery (www.carl-
s-gallery.net) has been visited
by thousands of viewers in
33 countries. His murals
grace the walls of Schiele
Museum and Believe in
Abilities in Gastonia. With
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WELCOME HOME - Abraham Ruff, left, of Kings Mountain,
his grandson, SP/4 Daniel Ruff holding son, Jacob, and
Daniel’s wife are pictured in Alaska where the Ruff family
welcomed Daniel home from Afghanistan.
Pink Ribbon Tea
set for Saturday
SHELBY - The Cancer
_ Center at Cleveland Regional
. Medical Center is observing
Breast Cancer Awareness
. month by hosting it’s annual
Pink Ribbon Tea on Satur-
© day, October 27. The event,
. which promotes awareness
and education, will be held at
the new LeGrand Center
* from 10 a.m. — noon on the
. campus of Cleveland Com-
. munity College.
: + The tea will feature guest
speaker Francheska Merritt,
~ account executive oncology
division with Myriad Genetic
Laboratories, Inc.. She will
talk about the role of genet-
ics in breast cancer, and how
genetics testing is helping in
the fight. Attendees will also
hear a survivor’s story, and
enjoy entertainment and re-
freshments.
The event is free and open
to everyone. Cancer sur-
vivors and their supporters
are especially encouraged to
attend. All attendees will re-
ceive free admission to the
Bridal Fair at the LeGrand
Center following the Pink
Ribbon Tea.
Wear pink! For more in-
formation or to register for
the tea, please call 980-487-
3757. : :
Carl Childs looks through a book containing news
the sale of his prints, Childs
‘has held free workshops for
artists in Kings Mountain and
Gastonia and one of his pop-
ular workshops was a 2012
Scripture and Scribbles Artist
Workshop at the Kings
Mountain Art Center at the
Depot.
Two super exhibits: cur-
rently at the Gaston College
Kimbrell Campus in Belmont
are entitled “Voila,” an epic
2D exhibit offering a
plethora of unique images,
emotions, vibrant colors and
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texture you are sure to enjoy.
The exhibit runs through De-
cember and a portion of sales
will be donated to Breast
Cancer. Research, Ronald
McDonald House, March of
Dimes, and Boys and Girls
~ Clubs.
The second exhibit, “Ca-
lente Dos,” a hotter than hot
3D exhibit, features a full
range of heavily functional
pottery and the popular
“King’s Butter Trays.” There
is a minimum of 30 pieces of
premium pottery for visitors
to enjoy. Specially created
ceramics are in the works for
winter exhibits.
Business Art Tactic Sales
(BATS) is a 12- hour class at
Gaston College for which tu-
_ ition is $62. “I welcomed my
class and was so excited that
longtime art teacher James
Converse, was among them,’
said Childs.
His newest ceramic proj-
ect is sure to be a hit . Childs
has designed a chocolate
fountain of clay material
which he glazed last week
photo by LIB STEWART
clippings of his work and shows on a recent visit to the Herald office.
ready for firing in a kild.
When completed, the foun-
tain will_be exhibited and
will pump chocolate for vis-
itors to use fruit or marsh-
mallows on a skewer and
enjoy the flavor and aroma.
“Kings Mountain people
support the arts and has be- -
come almost a second
home,” says Childs who en-
joys all forms of art and print-
making and is writing two
books, Obviously he loves
with he does and does what
he loves.
Lineberger, Robinson wed
at Botanical Gardens
‘Daniel Stowe Botanical -
Gardens in Belmont was the
setting + for the Saturday.
Sept. 15, 2012 wedding unit-
ing Jennifer Jean Lineberger
and Trey William Robinson.
The Rev. John Futterer,
pastor of First Lutheran
Church in Albemarle, offici-
ated the ceremony. Sherry
Young was soloist for the
program of nuptial music.
Jeff Lineberger escorted
his daughter to the altar and
gave her in marriage.
The bride wore a Time-
less gown of delicate chiffon
that featured a criss cross
play of fabric on the front
with Sweetheart neckline
and a beautiful laced corsette
back from which flowed the
Chapel length train. Her
bridal bouquet of white and
purple Dendrobium orchids,
green Hypericum berries,
blue Hydrangea, white roses,
white Cymbidium orchid,
light blue Delphinium, blue
Thistle, purple Lisianthus,
white Freesia was wrapped
together in green Ti leaves.’
Michelle Jones Shook of
Shelby was matron of honor. -
Bridesmaids were Sandra
Davidson of Iowa City,
Iowa, Erin, Lineberger of
Raleigh, Lorrin Plyler of
Kings Mountain, and Anne
Temple of Lillington. Taylor
Yarbro of Evans, Ga. was
junior bridesmaid.
David Ray Robinson of
Kings Mountain was his
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son’s best man.
Groomsmen were Rai
Robinson, brother of the
bridegroom, and Jacob
Lineberger, brother of the
-bride, both of Kings Moun-
tain, Cody Barrett of Kings
Mountain, David Martin of
Seattle, Washington and
Harsh Patel of Kings Moun-
tain.
William Franklin Allen
IV was ringbearer and Emily
Mae Allen of Cherryville
was flower girl.
Ashlyn Harris was wed-
ding director. Gracie Hunter
was register attendant.
The bride’s parents enter-
tained after the ceremony at
a ‘beautifully appointed re-
ception at Daniel Stowe
Botanical Gardens.
Jeff and
Lineberger of Kings Moun-
tain are parents of the bride,
who is the granddaughter of
Reatha Blackwell and the
late Haskel C. Blackwell and
Harold and Patsy
Lineberger. She is a 2007
graduate of Kings Mountain
High School, a 2010 gradu-
ate of the University of
North Carolina at. Chapel
Hill and a 2011 graduate of
Appalachian State Univer-
sity with a Masters degree in
Middle Grades Education.
She is currently teaching 9th
grade English at Burns High
School in Fallston.
The bridegroom is the
son of Ray and Twyla
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Karen
“Mr. and Mrs. Trey William Robinson
(Jennifer Jean Lineberger)
Robinson of Kings Moun-
tain and the grandson of
Agnes Robinson and the late
David Robinson and the late
Dwight and Bea Whitworth.
He is a 2006 ‘graduate of
Kings = Mountain High
School and a 2010 graduate
of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill with
a degree in Exercise and
Sports Science. He is cur-
rently teaching 7th grade
math at Kings Mountain
Middle School, is softball
coach at KMMS and KMMS
assistant baseball coach with
the Varsity team.
Ray and Twyla Robinson,
parents of the bridegroom,
hosted the rehearsal dinner
September. 14 at Stowe
Manor in Belmont.
The newlyweds have re-
turned from ‘a Carnival
cruise to the Western
Caribbean and are residing
in Kings Mountain.
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