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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
photos by ELLIS NOELL
Kings Mountain Mayor Rick Murphrey, one of the judges at the Old North State BBQ Chal-
lenge Saturday, took time to enjoy the Harley Davidson motorcycles on display. He's in the
driver's seat on this beauty in Salisbury at the motorcycle dealership.
KM Fire Chief Frank Burns, left, and Kings Mountain Mayor Rick Murphrey, right, congratu-
late Bobby and Belinda Roberts of Bessemer City, champions again in the Old North State BBQ
Challenge in Salisbury Saturday. Grand champions for the second year at the Firehouse BBQ
Cookoff in Kings Mountain in April, the consistent winners of cook offs in the state held the
highest overall scores from four events in Kings Mountain, Lexington, Kannapolis and Sal-
ishury, among 76 teams participating Saturday, to take the 0ld North State Series grand
champion trophy and a prize purse of $3500.
Robertses win Old North State BBQ Challenge
ELIZABETH STEWART
Bessemer City's Bobby and Be-
linda Roberts love what they do
and they do what they love.
They are champions at the bar-
becue grill and no, they won't give
out their prize-winning recipes but
sometimes they spice up their en-
trees depending on what area of the
state they are competing.
“They started off about 25 years
ago on a team they called “Two
Old Men and a Grill” and kept the
name,” said Kings Mountain Fire
Chief Frank Burns who, along with
Mayor Rick Murphrey, has pre-
sented them a handsome trophy
and cash for the past two years at
the Kings Mountain Firehouse
BBQ Cook-Off.
Roberts says they plan to cook
next year in Kings Mountain at the
city's walking track and make it a
“threepeater.”
As the champion in the Old
North State BBQ challenge Satur-
day at Tillery Harley Davidson in
Salisbury, they accumulated the
most points to win the champi-
onship. Seventy-six teams partici-
pated in the BBQ cookoff Saturday
with Killer Bees, who also partici-
pated in the Kings Mountain Fire-
house cook off, taking the top prize
and second place in the Old North
State BBQ challenge.
The inaugural year of this in-
trastate BBQ championship con-
sisted of four KCBS sanctioned
BBQ competitions across North
Carolina including Kings Mountain
(April 19-20), Lexington (April 26-
27), Kannapolis (May 10-11) and
Salisbury (Sept. 2021). Champi-
onship barbecue teams competing
in these four events vied to accu-
mulate points to earn the honor of
being called the Old North State
Series Grand Champion and re-
serve Grand Champion, first runner
up and a prize purse of $3500 and
$1500 respectively.
Murphrey and City of Kings
Mountain Events Coordinator Ellis
Noell judged the “People's
Choice” category in the Saturday
competition.
Burns said Kings Mountain Fire
Department is the only firehouse
that hosts a barbecue cook-off. The
recent cook-off helped raise the
funds for the prize package pre-
sented at the Old North State BBQ
Challenge.
“ I really enjoyed the tough
competition and the food," said the
mayor.
Noell said the event was a
tremendous display of cooking and
good barbecue eating. “I think the
mayor also enjoyed the Harley
Davidson motorcycles. Noell
couldn't resist snapping a picture of
the mayor astride one of the Indian
Motorcycle models on display.
Grabert and Stirewalt recognized by Kings Mountain council
Two Kings Mountain young
people — Gregory Grabert and
Cheyanne Stirewalt — were recog-
nized by Mayor Rick Murphrey
and Kings Mountain City Council
Tuesday night for receiving high
awards that reflect determination,
dedication and leadership.
The mayor presented the resolu-
tions, introducing them, at the
opening of the council meeting.
Grabert, son of Greg and Estelle
Grabert and a member of Boy
Scout Troop 91 of Bethlehem Bap-
tist Church, has achieved the cov-
eted rank of Eagle Scout, the
highest and most distinguished
award earned by a Boy Scout. He
was cited for “exceptional commit-
ment and hard work in achieving
the rank of Eagle Scout and his out-
standing work on the informational
signs on the Gateway Trail which
provides the name of the trail, GPS
coordinates and elevations every
quarter mile.”
Stirewalt, daughter of Richard
and Sandra Stirewalt and a member
of Girl Scout Troop 20282, edu-
cated children in the community
about the history that surrounds
them in historical Kings Mountain.
To do this, she created a video that
captured the history behind the
Classified
Battle of Kings [
Mountain’ and |
shared it with
children in a
local school. Be- |
cause of her |
project the stu- | /%
dents came to | =
appreciate their
history filled
city that helped
shape America.
Cheyanne is
an active member of Advent
Lutheran Church in Kings Moun-
tain.
By earning the Girl Scout
GRABERT
Award, Stire-
walt has become
a community
%| leader. Her ac-
4] complishments
| reflect leader-
ship and citizen-
ship skills that
set her apart.
; Marcia Cole,
STIREWALT Chief Executive
Scouts Carolina
Peaks to Piedmont stated, “Earning
the Girl Scout Gold Award desig-
nation is truly a remarkable
achievement and this young
Officer of Girls
woman exemplifies Yeadeddtip in
all its forms. She saw a need in her
community and took action. Her
extraordinary dedication, persever-
ance and leadership is making the
world a better place.”
The Gold Award represents the
highest achievement in Girl Scout-
ing and recognizes girls in grades 9
through 12 who demonstrate ex-
traordinary leadership through sus-
tainable and measurable, ‘Take
Action projects in which each girl
must dedicate a minimum of 80
hours to planning and implement-
ing a project that must benefit the
community.
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