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Editors Note: The shutdown of the fed-
eral government Monday at midnight means
that the Kings Mountain National Military
Park is closed — at least temporarily.
The celebration of the 233rd Revolution-
ary War Battle of Kings Mountain is up in
the air pending legislative action but is
scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday in the park's
amphitheater. Congress is wrangling over
spending issues and in particular the funding
- of the Affordable Care Act, for which the first
day of enrollment began Tuesday, Oct. 1.
The last and longest government shut-
down came in December 1995, lasting three
weeks.
The Park program on Oct. 7 is the high-
light of numerous activities planned begin-
ning this week. The impact of the shutdown
on the planned celebrations will depend on
how long the shutdown lasts, according to
KMNMP Supt. Erin Broadbent.
City leaders say they still hope to take a
group of Kings Mountain Middle School stu-
dents to the Park Monday as planned. “The
mayor (Rick Murphrey)-and-1 can always
hike with the students if a program is not
held, talk with them about the battle history,”
said the city’s special director Ellis Noell.
Events on the agenda for this week
and Monday if the Park reopens include
battle reenactments to militia drills and
live music to talks from authors and his-
torians and a range of fun activities cen-
tered around the. 233rd anniversary of
the Battle of Kings Mountain, a skir-
mish that Thomas Jefferson said
See PARK, 6A
Council Oks
redrawing
of ward lines
Kings Mountain City Council Tues-
day, after public hearing, unanimously
ok’d an ordinance redrawing ward lines
for placement of the newly annexed
areas into wards.
For the second time, the board by
vote of 6-1 denied a request by Thomas
A. Patterson to satellite annex into the
city limits TP’s Resurrection Company.
Patterson, who operates a restaurant/
lounge in the former Bunch BBQ prop-
erty on S. Battleground Avenue nearly
three miles from town, spoke for the an-
nexation during the hearing. Ward I
councilman Howard Shipp cast the only
“for” vote.
City Manager Marilyn Sellers rec-
ommended a “notice of tentative
award” which the board approved, to
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Kings Mountain Little Theatre
will roll up the curtain Friday at 7:30
p.m. on the riotously funny South-
ern-baked comedy, “The Red Velvet
Cake War,” at Joy Performance Cen-
ter in downtown Kings Mountain.
Performances are Fridays and
Saturdays, Oct. 4, 5, 11, and 12 at
7:30 p.m. and a Sunday matinee at 3
| p.m. on: Oct. 6. Tickets are $10 for
adults and $8 for students and senior
citizens. For reservations call 704-
730-9408 or visit tickets @kmlt.org
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Bridget Allen, as Jimmie Wy, and Susan Champion, right, as Gaynelle
Verdeen Bodeen, are pictured in a scene from “The Red Velvet Cake War,"
which opens Friday night at the Kings Mountain Little Theatre.
Photo by Bryan Hallman
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Kings Mountain Hospital promise
that a craving for a good, family-cen-
tered Southern comedy will whet
your appetite in “The Red Velvet
Cake War.”
“Have your cake and eat it too” is
how Director Jim Champion is pro-
moting the show which follows three
cousins — Gaynelle (Susan Cham-" §
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Keith Ramsey and the Bluegrass gospel group Timber Ridge, above, are among
music makers to perform at the Oct. 12 Gateway Festival in Kings Mountain.
Music, Muskets & Merriment will
feature a full program of events for the
annual Gateway Festival Oct. 12 from
8 am.-5 p.m. in downtown Kings
Mountain.
“We’re bringing together musi-
cians from our Foothills region to
share their music with everyone,” said
Special Events Director for the City of
Kings Mountain Ellis Noell. “We’re
excited about these talented artists
with their unique music performing at
the Gazebo at Patriots Park.”
Performers will include country fa-
Photo by ELLIS NOELL
vorite Lyndsay Nicole & Highway 74
folk musician Tom Fisch from
Asheville; Green Star, with Ameri-
cana music from Mark and Cathy
Bradley; bluegrass gospel group Tim-
ber ridge and the WBT Briarhoppers,
with their interpretation of bluegrass
music popularized by the original
band’s weekly performances on
WBTV in Charlotte.
The event is free and open to the
public. Additional information is on
the city’s website, www.cityofkm.com
or by calling 704-734-0333.
More jobs
Global finance company signs lease at Data Center
gz ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald@gmail.com
T5 Data Centers on
Riverside Drive has signed a
new lease with a global fi-
nancial company expected to
bring up to 15 jobs and a po-
tential investment of $68
million, partly thanks to a
new tax incentives package
inked by city council last
Tuesday.
A spec building has gone
up on Parcel 60666 for the
industrial customer expected
to initially occupy half of the
building.
The newest tenant to sign
a 10-year turnkey lease
chose T5 Data Centers be-
cause of the company’s abil-
ity to build a custom data
center facility for very com-
petitive terms, according to
See MORE JOBS, 6A
Clothes drive
A county-wide “outreach
ministry” is under way for
Kings Mountain school chil-
dren who may need clothes
and other emergency items at
schools, according to Created
to Praise Dance Academy and
14-year educator/interven-
tionist Carrie Knotts who wit-
nesses the needs first hand.
Katherine Pendergrass,
Operations Manager of the
dance academy, and her stu-
dents will be at Patriot Park in
Kings . Mountain Saturday
from 2-4 p.m. to collect sweat
pants- generic colors for boys
and girls in elementary
schools, underwear for boys
and girls in K-1 grades, hy-
giene products, including
toothpaste and toothbrushes,
deodorant, soap for Middle
and Intermediate students,
and clothing to stock the var-
ious clothes closets at the
schools when students need
an alternative change. of
clothes.
“I see teachers taking
money from their pockets and
buying these things every
day,” said Knotts. She said
‘that children of all ages be-
come embarrassed if some-
thing happens to their
clothing.
Pendergass said dance stu-
dents will collect the item and
distribute trinkets from the
Camp Rock movie donated to
the dance academy.
“We are encouraging
church groups, agencies, busi-
nesses and individuals to con-
tribute to this worthy
project,” said Pendergrass
who can be contacted at 704-
914-6380 or email khpender-
grass@bellsouth.net
Shriner’s BBQ)
this Saturday
The popular Shriner’s Fall
BBQ is Saturday, Oct. 5, and
White Plains Shrine Club
members will start serving at
10 a.m. in the parking lot be-
side American Legion Post
155 off York Road on East
Gold Street.
Shriner Ricky Carroll Jr.
said barbecue plates are $8,
. chicken plates are $8 and
whole barbecue butts with
slaw and sauce are $40.
Proceeds from the event
will be used for a Christmas
party for children who are
Shriner Hospital patients from
this area, for a needy family at
Christmas, and club expenses,
including utilities and building
maintenance and equipment.
“We appreciate the gener-
ous support of the commu-
nity,” said Carroll, who said -
that Shriners will start cooking
Friday night and will be ready
for customers Saturday morn-
ing.
Candidate
forum Monday
The Cleveland County
Branch of the NAACP will
host a candidate forum for
candidates in the Nov. §
school board election at 6:30
p.m. Monday night in the Li-
brary of Cleveland County
School’s Central Service
building, 400 W. Marion
Street.
Nine people seek four
seats open on the board of
education including the in-
cumbents Kathy B. Falls of
Grover, Phillip W. Glover, S.
Dale Oliver and George Lit-
ton, all of Shelby; and chal-
lengers Darius Griffin,
Donnie Thurman Jr., Jeff
Gregory, Danny Blanton, all
of Shelby, and Kenneth A.
Ledford of Polkville.
Brenda Lipscomb is Po-
litical Action chairman for
the Cleveland Branch
NAACP.
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