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kmherald.net The Week Ahead Parade of, Tables The Kings Mountain Fire Department and = Kings Mountain Relay for Life teams will sponsor the Pa- rade of Tables and a big auc- tion Friday at 6 p.m. at the H. Lawrence Patrick Senior Life & Conference C enter. Twenty-four teams are participating in the event and all team members have tick- ets. Relay Co-Chair Frank Burns said tickets are also available at the Kings Moun- tain Fire Department. Zolten Thornburg will serve as auctioneer. A large number of prizes await the top bidders. “This is a fund-raising event to help cancer patients and for research into the dis- ease which affects so many of our friends and neigh- bors,” said Burns. Goal of the 2013 cam- paign is $100,000. Relay will be May 3 from 6-12 p.m. at the Kings Mountain Walking Track. Day of Hope ‘A day of hope for Kings Mountain,” featuring free family fun, will be held at the Kings Mountain Walking Track Saturday, April 27, from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free hotdogs, free prize drawings, and free health screenings will be available. Special entertainment will be by “Overthrown,” an inter- pretive dance group, music, and much more for children and older youth. The public is invited. Prayer Breakfast . The annual Kings Moun- tain Prayer Breakfast will be held Thursday, May 2, at 8 a.m. at Family Worship Cen- ter Youth Center, 1818 Shelby Road. Tickets are on sale for $15. For more information or tickets call or visit City Hall, 704-739-4520. Rev. Roger R. Woodard, Senior Pastor invites the public to what has been held for years as the Mayor’s Community-wide Prayer Breakfast. Day of Prayer The annual National Day of Prayer service in Kings Mountain will = be held Thursday, May 2, at 12 noon in front of Kings Mountain City Hall. The service is sponsored by the Kings Mountain Min- isterial Association. The service will feature . special music and prayers. The public is invited. svwiivalil I1 pv AB NE S pIEDTOY | NE 2 IN 98 10¢ 0 SPIED] 0 test. «= ELIZABETH STEWART School. and drive,” not to text at'the wheel. Jack Zyble, a junior at KMHS, “crashed” in the Fiat 500 simulated texting while driving Eyes on the road Students learn firsthand, the dangers of texting and driving lib.kmherald @gmail.com Madison (not her real name) is a 17- year-old student at Kings Mountain High “I am alive today because I didn’t text she said Wednesday as hun- dreds of KMHS students signed pledges SPORTS... Marshall to be inducted into Hall of WARLICK ano HAMRICK INSURANCE 704.739.3611 106 East Mountain Street Kings Mountain, NC www.KMinsure.com LL EY || Wecansaveyoumoney! | | Fame 1 B W82TXT Photos by ELLIS NOELL Lavoy Spooner, AT&T NC External Director, Mayor Rick Murphrey, Ellis Noell, the city’s PR and Special Events Coordinator, KMPD’s Cpi. K. L. Putnam. KMHS Principal Ronny Funderburke and crowds of students looked on as students got in the driver’s seat of a white Fiat 500 and simulated driving and texting. Most of them “crashed.” Mayor See W82TXT, 7A Grand Champions... again! Cherryville team takes home the prize The Grand Champion for the second year in a row at the 17th annual Firehouse BBQ: Cook-Off was Two Old Men and a Grill of Cher- ryville which took home $7,000 in cash prizes and a coveted pin hailing the hus- band-wife team as a new member of the nationally-ac- claimed 700 club. Kings Mountain Fire Chief Frank Burns said a score of 704.87 by Bobby and Belinda Roberts put the family over the top and now among 12 teams in the na- tion will compete in national competition in the Kansas City BBQ Society. A consistent winner at other cook-offs in the state, Two Old Men and a Grill took first place in BBQ ribs, brisket, and chicken at the Kings Mountain event which attracted 55 teams to Kings Mountain Walking Track Friday night and Saturday. Next year the Cherryville couple plan to make the event a three-repeater at Kings Mountain. They travel all over the country but they 8798525700200 plan to be back in Kings Mountain next April. “We love what we are doing and we like to see peo- ple enjoy our barbecue,” says Roberts who doesn’t give out his recipe for the Apt 190 and 20th its ret hing let dno briny Mr, deine 808A Belinda and Bobby Roberts pose with the first place trophies and the Grand Champion award at Saturday’s Firehouse BBQ Cook-0ff which attracted crowds to Kings Mountain Walking Track. The Kings Mountain Fire Department hosted the 17th annual event. Photo by ELLIS NOELL various locations where bar- becue fans don’t like the See CHAMPIONS, 6A prize-winning and delicious meat. Sometimes he spices up the entrée when he visits Kings Mountain to be featured on NC Weekend Stephanie Bouland, UNC-TV Producer, Camiel Bradshaw, President of the Southern Arts Society, and Bernice Chappell, chairperson for the National Watercolor Society’s Traveling Exhibit underway at the Art Center at the Depot, are pictured at the Depot as a videographer prepares to shoot footage of the exhibit for NC Weekend on the UNC-TV network. Photo by ELLIS NOELL Kings Mountain will be The TV segment will fea- featured in an upcoming seg- ture artwork and interviews ment of North Carolina with Mayor Rick Murphrey, Weekend on the UNC-TV network on Thursday, April 25, at 9 p.m. and Friday, April 26, at 8:30 p.m. show- ing the National Watercolor Society’s Traveling Exhibit at the old Southern Railway Station depot in Kings Mountain. The exhibit is hosted by the Southern Arts Society through May 18 at the Art Center at the Depot, free and open to the public during SAS President Camiel Brad- shaw and Johnsie Reavis. NC Weekend producer is Stephanie Bouland and Scott Rayfield is the videographer. “We are so very pleased that NC Weekend visited our town and will share one of many great things about Kings Mountain with the rest of North Carolina,” said Ellis Noell, Director of Pub- lic Relations and Special Events for City of Kings gallery hours. Mountain. Cleveland County Schools Board adopts 2013-14 budget Cleveland County school employees will see a little more money in their pockets if the 2013- 2004 budget is approved by county commissioners. The school board adopted the $152,544. 88 budget — which includes funds from all sources — Monday night. Director of Financial Operations Dr. David Lee said that if the General Assembly passes the Governor’s education budget the increase in salaries could run from the anticipated 1% to 3% across-the-board for school system employees. Currently, the budget to be presented to county commission- ers will carry a 1% across the boards raise. The supplemental tax okayed by commissioners last year was $10,408,213. The new budget proposes $10,900,000. See BUDGET, 3A Possible changes to lunch schedule on the table for KMHS Kings Mountain High School is considering a change in the lunch schedule for the 2013 — 2014 school year. The program is called “Smart lunch.” “We are looking for ways to better serve our students and help make sure they are prepared for their future,” said KMHS Principal Ronny Funderburke. He added, “After vis- iting several high school locations and talking with represen- tatives of others that are doing a similar program, we have been able to begin creating a model to go by.” : Funderburke said the plan envisions a 55 minute lunch time for all students which will be divided into two 25 minute sections. During these two sections students will have the flexibility to choose when they will go eat and when they will attend another function. Tutoring, remediation, test See LUNCH, 7A Creating Dazzling Smiles that Brighten Your Life! Preventative, Restorative & Cosmetic Dentistry To schedule an appointment contact Baker Dental Care today! Call 704-739-4461 703 E. Kings St., Suite 9, Kings Mountain * www.BakerDentalCare.com Now Open on Fridays! & fF
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