Blocktoberfest Oct. 27
Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church, 618 Chestnut Ridge
Road, will hold the second annual and popular Blocktober-
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: fest Saturday, Oct. 27, from 5-8 p.m.
* The Block Party is the outreach mission for the commu-
nity and the welcome mat is out for the community to come
« out and join the fun.
Plenty of food, prizes, a giant bouncy slide, bouncy house,
bouncy obstacle course, face painting, decorate your own:
+ pumpkin, a life-sized angry bird, and many games and con-
« tests are planned for family entertainment.
Members are manning various stations, building new
i game props, designing and making game signs, helping with
the cooking and serving of food, and donating prizes. Tents
will be set up by a committee who are working hard to make
. the event even more successful than last year ’s pre-Hal-
loween Blocktoberfest.
Face painting will be just one of the
~ fun activities available at Blocktoberfest!
*
Former local Girl Scouts Susan Lovelace, Jane Talbert, Susan Goforth, Judy Ford, Katie Davis, Pucky Nantz, Connie Savell,
Anita Campbell, Dawn by and Lynn Ese: left to right, say goodbye to Camp. Rotary which has closed its doors after 74
years.
by JANE TALBERT
Special to The Herald
Taps sounded one last time as the
hint of a smoky campfire reminded of
times past. Local Girl Scouts gathered
Sunday afternoon, Oct. 14 to bid
farewell to Camp Rotary. This, local
camp closed its doors to Girl Scout ac-
tivities after a long history.
Resident camp opened for the first
time in 1938. These early Girl Scouts
used the site for troop activities, day
camp as well as a summer resident
camp. The last summer resident camp
was held there in 1971. Since that time
Girl Scouts have continued to use
Camp Rotary for troop camping, day
camp, camporees, council events, train-
ing sessions, day activities and service
unit events. It has served the legacy Pi-
oneer Girl Scout Council well in its 74
* year history.
- Girl Scouts shared memories of
_ Jaime Sherrill Markham,
was excited to be on national
camping experiences and friendships
made at camp. Visitors had the oppor-
tunity to walk around the camp, remi-
nisce and remind others of the good
times they shared. One Girl Scout re-
membered waking up early, climbing to
the top of Crowder’s Mountain, watch-
ing the sunrise and being back to camp
for breakfast. Another remembered
when taking their night off from camp
several counselors would go to
Shoney’s and get a whole strawberry
pie. They always gave you a can of
whipped cream to go with it. They
would come back to camp, wake up
their campers and squirt each of them a
mouthful before making them return to
bed! Many shared how they could not
wait to be grown up enough to sleep in
a tent in Bowman’s Knob.
A photographic video was shared
with Girl Scout songs. A highlight of
the day involved opening the time cap-
sule that was buried in 1988. The arti-
pectant parents,
covering
cles for this time capsule were gathered
during the 75th Anniversary year of
Girl Scouting and was set to be opened
in 2012, the 100th Anniversary. It was
exciting to see what was placed in the
chest 25 years ago. Photographs, video
tapes, posters, a list of all registered
Girl Scouts, music from the 80’s, Life
magazine, and scrapbooks from all cor-
ners of the legacy Pioneer:Council were
found in the time capsule.
Those. attending included women
and girls who had been campers at res-
ident or day camp, counselors, camp di-
rectors, camp rangers, volunteers. or
participants at various activities held at
Camp Rotary during its 74 years. Local
Girl Soouts, Susan Goforth and Jane
Talbert led the-closing. Others attend-
ing from Kings Mountain included
Anita Campbell, Lynn Eskridge, Con-
nie Savell, Judy Ford, Pucky Nantz,
Susan Lovelace, Katie Davis and Dawn
Day.
Markham featured on Style TV
dustry. When she first
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fiber networks is the perfect
daughter of Lee and Johann
Sherrill of Kings Mountain,
was featured guest on the
Style TV Network’s Julianna
and Bill Rancie show Tues-
day night at 8 p.m., invited to
chat with the Rancies, new
parents-to-be, as they “Ask
A Mama.”
Markham, 33, said she
television. She talked about
mentoring new moms and
dads and that’s her business.
The former Kings Moun-
tain woman opened her own
business, “Ask a Mama,”
last year in Culver City, a
suburb of Los Angeles, Cal-
ifornia. She teaches infant
care and baby classes to ex-
+ professional
such topics as baby registry
help, newborn care, getting
your home ready for baby,
and car seat safety. In addi-
tion to classes, private con-
sultations are also available.
Markham is a former
nanny with
more than'15 years of expe-
rience in the child care in-
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moved to California after
college she modeled bridal
gowns and was in a movie
as a walk-in and then went to
work as a nanny and house
manager for a celebrity cou-
ple. Two years ago she de-
cided to become a stay at
home mom and run her own
business.
Markham and her hus-
band, Sean, have a two-year-
old daughter, Lillie Juliet.
First phase of Real
Fiber Network
, complete
by BETH COOKERLY
Special to The Herald
SHELBY - Businesses and
consumers in North Carolina
can now connect to the Inter-
net and receive broadband
services with speeds up to 10-
gigabits per second, more than
100 times faster than the aver-
age service offered by com-
peting companies. This
translates into huge time sav-
ings and increased productiv-
ity whether downloading an
MRI, a (3D) movie, or making
an international financial
trade.
“There’s simply an insa-
tiable appetite from all types
of businesses, content suppli-
ers and consumers for in-
creased high speed and
bandwidth capacity,” stated
Dan Limerick, CEO of RST
Global - Communications,
“The evolution to all
platform for content and digi-
tal transmission going for-
ward. Moreover, ever
evolving cloud computing re-
quires “superhighway” trans-
port pathways from the source
- to the consumer which is only
possible on this type of net-
work.”
RST, based in Shelby, has
completed the first phase of its
Real Fiber Network, an under-
round, 100 percent fiber-
optic network that includes
backbone, middle and last
mile installation. Unique to the
industry, RST’s ‘“core-out”
network is comparable to
Google Fiber in Kansas City
but takes it one step further.
Unlike the Google infrastruc-
ture, RST’s Real Fiber Net-
work is installed entirely
underground at an average
depth of 10 feet ensuring max-
imum security, reliability and
weather protection.
The network currently
serves North Carolina’s grow-
ing Piedmont region including
Charlotte, west Mecklenburg,
Gaston, Cleveland, and
Rutherford counties.
The Real Fiber Network
provides unprecedented
broadband connectivity to also
serve the booming data center
growth taking place in the re-
gion, including global technol-
ogy leaders like AT&T, Wipro,
Google, Apple, Facebook, The
Walt Disney Company and
others. With speed and relia-
bility second to none, RST’s
world class network positions
the region as a prime destina-
tion for economic develop-
ment, education and ongoing
technology opportunities.
“This technology is critical
to our business and an exten-
sive evaluation was performed
before selecting RST for the
primary fiber path to our new
Kings Mountain data center,”
said Robert W. Pollock, vice
president of Infocrossing.
“After one year, I can say RST
1s a true business partner and
we’ve had zero problems. The
company is extremely respon-
sive, technically knowledge-
able and provides a high
degree of added value.”
A sample of current RST
clients include Infocrossing, a
division of Wipro, and a world
leader in data center develop-
ment, as well as Gardner
Webb University in Boiling
Springs, and Cleveland Com-
munity College in Shelby. Ad-
to our Scary Story & Spooky Coloring Contest Winners!
ditional users are pending an-
nouncement. -
RST’s next phase to ex-
pand its footprint has begun
and will offer FTTP services
to thousands of homes and
businesses served by RST’s
existing routes. Future expan-
sion includes all-fiber installa-
tions throughout the I-85
corridor of N.C. and S.C,
which encompasses more than
three million potential cus-
tomers. The company is also
exploring partnering to launch
an LTE wireless service during
2013.
RST was founded and pri-
vately funded by entrepre-
neurs and industry pros Dan
Limerick, Doug Brown and
Randy Revels, all natives of
Cleveland County, who have a
personal interest in bringing
state-of-the-art fiber infra-
structure to a region still feel-
ing the textile industry’s
departure. :
Doug Brown, chairman of
the board and a 30-year cable
and satellite industry veteran,
said, “We believe the commu-
nities that have this technology
will prosper in the future and
the ones that don’t will not be
able to compete. We wanted to
do something for our commu-
nity to help spur economic
growth.”
Real Fiber Network design
combines years of industry ex-
perience and careful research.
Randy Revels, CTO,
stated, “Working in the indus-
try for over 25 years gave me
tremendous insight on the
problems encountered as sys-
tems were developed. While
the major cable and telecom-
munications companies are
continuously upgrading their
infrastructure, their claim of
fiber-optic capabilities is mis-
leading. Often the “middle” or
“last mile” segments are dra-
matically slower speed copper
or coaxial cable; it’s not end-
to-end. The cost to update
these outdated legacy systems
is astronomical. RST’s advan-
tage is that we are not bur-
dened with an outdated
infrastructure and can deliver
an all fiber network that’s 100
percent underground, which
means maintenance require-
ments and outages are signifi-
cantly reduced.”
Based in Shelby, North
Carolina, RST Global Com-
munications, LLC (RST),
www.rstfiber.com, is a mem-
bgr-owned company formed
in 2009 to construct and man-
age state-of-the-art all fiber-
optic networks in communities
within the I-85 corridor in the
southeast U.S. In addition to
typical services (TV, Internet
and phone), plans include
home and business surveil-
lance high definition cameras -
and security, on-demand
movie services and numerous
a la carte offerings. The all
fiber-optic network will also
provide the foundation for
Smart Grid technology,
telemedicine, online education
and other emerging applica-
tions. RST believes that fiber
connected communities are
America’s future. Dedicated to
quality, high performance and
lower cost through Reliable
Scalable Technologies, RST
has made the commitment to
provide its enterprise, business
and residential customers a
better choice.
Winners of the 1st Grade Spooky Color-
ing Contest are: 1st place, Cody Jordan of
Bessemer City Primary School; 2nd place, Meile
Songaila of West Elementary School; and 3rd
place, Chloe Hudson of East Elementary School.
Winning the 2nd Grade Spooky Coloring
Contest are: 1st place, Megan Carley of West
Elementary School; 2nd place, Joseph England
of Cherryville Elementary and 3rd place, Alexis
Willis of Catawba Heights.
school listed), and 3rd place, Sally Ozmore,
* West Elementary.
Winners in the 5th and 6th Grade are: 1st
place, Nathaniel Moore, Kings Mountain Inter-
mediate; 2nd place, Dewi Eagan, KMIS; and 3rd
place, Emma Smith, Tryon Elementary School.
7th and 8th Grade winners are: 1st place,
Sarah Dye, Kings Mountain Middle School, 2nd
place, Dillon Goins, KMMS; and 3rd place, Eric
Garcia, KMMS.
We want to thank all of the classes that submit-
ted entries to our contest. Have a happy Hal-
loween! Read the’ stories & see the
pictures in next weeks paper!
* Best Cats
Best ‘Others’
Prizes, Refreshments
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Our thanks to all of the students who entered
our Scary Story Contest this year. We had a
great time reading all of the entries, and are
encouraged by the talent and imagination we
discovered.
The winners in the 3rd and 4th Grade
category are: 1st place, Hayley McKenzie. (no
school listed); 2nd place, Michael Blanton (no
Winners may collect their prizes at the Kings
Mountain Herald 704-739-7496, Cherryville
Eagle 704-435-6752 or Banner News 704-
:825-0104 during regular business hours.
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