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Volume 125 ¢ Issue 41 ¢ Wednesday, October 9, 2013 ¢ 75¢
Gateway Fest
offers fun for
all Saturday
Robb Lewis with the South Fork Militia discusses battle plans
with Matt Vincett of the Charles Towne Artillery at last year’s
Gateway Festival.
Gateway Festival Satur-
day promises fun for the
whole family in“Music,
Muskets and Merriment” to
downtown Kings Mountain
from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
The community-wide
event kicks off with a 8 a.m.
“Gateway to a Cure” SK run-
walk beginning at Patriot
Park and continu-
Photo by Ellis Noell
the depot on Piedmont Av-
enue.
Opening ceremonies
begin at 10 a.m. And always
a crowd-pleaser the big pet
show cranks up at the
Gazebo at 11 a.m.
From the opening to the
end of the day, there is enter-
tainment sure to please the
whole family.
ing down W. Gold A new walkway
Street and Crescent See the full connects the
Pari patcwino Schedule Eee
am. awards in Qf @eyents which servesas the
front of the promenade where
Gazebo. on page artcrafts,and ava-
The annual 8A riety of food ven-
event showcases dors will gather.
the music, art and —
history of Kings Mountain
designated by the National
Park Service as the “Gate-
way City” to all three area
parks.
A big plus for visitors
“will be that they can park
their cars and ride free Gate-
way shuttles to various ven-
ues in town — including the
Kings Mountain Historical
Museum uptown and the
Southern Arts Society at the
old Southern Rail station at
Families can enjoy
the hilarious “Cute Critters”
competition pet beauty con-
test and get energized at a
Dance Magic performance.
“A “classic Car Cruise-In”
will rap around Patriots Park,
adjacent to the Foothills
Farmer's Market, where the
health conscious will find
farm fresh, delicious apples,
tasty baked goods and lots of
bright pumpkins.
Stops on the gateway
See GATEWAY FEST, 8A
Sons of patriots meet
It was an evening of pa-
triotism with an eye toward
local Revolutionary War lin-
eage as The Battle of Kings
Mountain Chapter of the
Sons of the American Revo-
lution held its charter meet-
ing at the H. Lawrence
Patrick Senior Center Mon-
day night.
Fifty-one local men were
inducted in the local chapter
of the organization, while
state and national leaders of
the Sons of the American
Revolution presiding over
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the proceedings.
The effort to bring a
chapter of the historical club
to Kings Mountain was
spearheaded by Doyle
Campbell and David Camp-
bell. The two held a series of
workshops over the summer
to gin up interest and to edu-
cate would-be members
about the qualifications for
membership.
Appropriately, Monday
also marked the 233rd an-
niversary of the Battle of
Kings Mountain in which
patriot forces defeated loyal-
ists to the British crown in
1780 in what figured to be a
turning point in the young
country’s war for independ-
ence.
See SAR, 7A
Pictured are the five seniors in the Kings Mountain High School Homecoming Court, one of whom will be crowned 2013
KMHS Homecoming Queen Friday night at half-time of the football game between the Kings Mountain Mountaineers and
Crest High School Cigrysrs. From left, Chelsea George, Emily Wilson, Logan Smith-Kolometz, Haley Camp and Emily Har-
ris.
Photo by LIB STEWART
KMHS Homecoming this Friday
Five young women have been elected
by their fellow students to vie for the
crown of Kings Mountain High School
Homecoming Queen 2013 and partici-
pate on the Homecoming Court:
They are: Chelsea George, daughter
of John and Tonya Cobb and sponsored
by HECS; Emily Wilson, daughter of
Brad and Robin Wilson and sponsored
sity cheerleaders.
by the Chorale; Logan Smith-Kolonetz,
daughter of Pam and William Kolonetz
and sponsored by SAAD; Haley Camp,
daughter of Michael Camp and Tonyia
Hommbaker and sponsored by Art Club;
and Emily Harris, daughter of Michael
and Angela Harris and sponsored by Var-
The Homecoming Court will be pre-
sented at half-time of Friday night's foot-
ball game between the Kings Mountain
Mountaineers and Crest High Chargers.
The new queen of homecoming will be
crowned during the half-time festivities.
Various club groups will lead a big
school-wide pep rally beginning at 1:30
p.m. Friday. Relays and other fun activ-
ities are planned.
Crafts, dinner, more at Fall Festival
Club women are busy
this week readying bazaar
and craft items and planning
their menu for next Wednes-
day’s big Woman’s Club Fall
Festival, a popular annual
event in Kings Mountain.
Formerly known as the
floral fair for many years, the
festival has expanded to in-
clude arts and . crafts, a
bazaar, and a “trash forma-
tion” feature that awards
prizes to creative residents
who can transform trash into
‘treasures.
Ham and turkey with all
the trimmings will feature
the luncheon meal from
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and the
evening meal from 5:30-7
p.m. Tickets are $10 for
adults and $6 for children 12
See FALL FESTIVAL, 7A
Members of the Woman’s Club are preparing for their annual Fall Festival which will take
place next Wednesday, October 16.
Looking for a laugh?
Try ‘The Red Velvet Cake War’ at the Joy!
i ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald@gmail.com
The rituals and quirks
that no one else knows or un-
derstands are the things that
make family.
The weirder things get
the closer we become.
The Verdeen family in the
current Kings Mountain Lit-
tle Theatre Play may not be
the typical family but the ri-
otously funny “Red Velvet
Cake War” playing for two
more nights — Friday and
Saturday at 7:30 p.m.— at the
Joy Theatre will keep you
laughing.
In “To Kill A Mocking-
bird” Harper Lee said, “you
can choose your friends but
you sho can't choose your
family and they're still kin to
you whether you acknowl-
edge them or not.”
The three cousins in the
See KMLT, 7A
Sign guidelines
must be followed
It's the season — election
season that is — and “vote
for” signs are cropping up in
the five wards of the city.
While working in his
ward at least one candidate
found his signs missing and
found handwritten signs in
residential yards with ver-
biage that was extremely un-
kind.
Elections Director Debra
Blanton said it's legal for
people to create political
signs. However, political
signs, handwritten or
printed, that are larger than
14x22, must have attached to
the bottom of the sign the
words “paid for by commit-
tee to elect.”
A candidate observing
his signs destroyed should
- call the police department.
One report of a missing sign
See GUIDELINES, 6A
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