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Films from around the
world — independent shorts
and documentaries, some
true, some inspiring, some
special interest and humorous
and some of a mature theme
will be showcased at the Joy
Performance Center in down-
town Kings Mountain begin-
ning today (Wednesday) and
continuing through Saturday,
July 12.
A total of 28 films will be
screened beginning at 7 p .m.
Wednesday, with an awards
celebration ending the festi-
val at a Saturday night wrap-
up party at 238 Cherokee
Grill.
The audience can vote for
a favorite film each night
with one winner selected on
Saturday. The best of show
award of $1,000 will be pre-
sented on Saturday evening.
The professional winners will
receive a $500 award and
amateur winners will receive
a $250 award.
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Returning this year is a
silent auction. Items such as
scripts from movies, trips to
famous movie locations, and
lots of other fun and unique
movie memorabilia will all
be available to the highest
bidder. Visiting filmmakers
will be available to meet and
greet the audience and re-
spond to questions.
This unique festival is
sponsored for the 15th year
by the Cleveland County Arts
Festival and co-sponsored by
the Kings Mountain Little
Theatre and the Historic
Kings Mountain Tourism De-
velopment Authority.
Advance tickets are $8
per session or a festival pass
for $35 may be purchased at
the Arts Center, 111 S. Wash-
ington St., Shelby, or online
at www.realtoreelfest.com.
Tickets at the door are $10
per session without a festival
pass. Children 12 and under
are admitted free.
See the schedule & film
synopses beginning on page
3B.
“Owens survives
plunge over waterfall
Patrick Owens, 17, a ris-
ing senior at Kings Moun-
tain High School, is a lucky
young man. He fell 60 feet
near High Shoals waterfall
in South Mountain State
Park in Burke County about
6 p.m. last Tuesday.
It took rescue workers
two hours to get to him and
he was flown to Carolinas
Medical Center in Char-
lotte.
Park rangers say rocks
near the waterfall can be-
come very slippery.” The
trails along the waterfall are
marked and the top of the
waterfall itself is blocked
off.
Owens remains a patient
at Carolinas Medical Center
where he is recuperating
from injuries.
Taylor - ‘good days
outweighing the bad’
Taylor Haraszkiewicz,
the 20-year-old June 2013
bride diagnosed with Acute
Myeloid Leukemia who un-
derwent a stem cell trans-
plant in April, is growing
stronger every day. She says
the good days are outweigh-
ing the bad ones.
Taylor says some med-
ications have been reduced
and she now travels only
every two weeks to Wake
Forest Medical Center for
treatment. Taylor will have
her first bone marrow
biopsy since the transplant
later this month.
Taylor was ready to walk
with survivors in the May 9
Relay for Life but it was
rescheduled until June 21
because of weather.
The day after the relay, in
which she walked with a
dozen or more survivors, she
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posted on her facebook
page: “A year ago I would
have never thought I would
see my name on a luminary.
But I have never felt so
blessed to be able to walk
around as a survivor and see
all the luminaries in honor
of me. It was very emotional
but it also made me feel very
thankful to be here and for
all the support I have had
from my family and friends
who have stuck by me
through thick and thin. The
relay also made me realize
how strong of a woman my
mother really is. After losing
my Mimi (Betty Cash) to
cancer and now going
through it with me I don't
know how Mom has kept it
together. I love her so much
and Mimi would be so proud
of us and how far we have
come.”
Medical bills are piling
up for Taylor and her hus-
band, Josh. Taylor has been
approved for disability but
it's a long process.
Donations to the Taylor
Haraszkiewicz fund may be
made at Fifth Third Bank in
Kings Mountain.
Volume 126 ¢ Issue 28 ¢ Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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Dedication
this Saturday
The City of Kings Moun-
tain will dedicate the Mayor
Rick Murphrey Children’s
Park on Saturday, July 12 at
10 a.m. with music, reflec-
tions, and unveiling of the
park sign.
Councilman . Rodney
Gordon will make the dedi-
catory remarks and the
mayor and members of city
council will unveil the new
sign which will be followed
by a balloon release by chil-
dren attending the ceremony
which concludes with frozen
treats for the children.
See DEDICATION, 7A
Children play in the Mayor
Rick Murphrey Children's
~ Park adjacent to the YMCA
on Cleveland Avenue.
Photo by ELLIS NOELL
Congressmen support proposed casino
By GALE COUREY TOESING
Indian Country Today
Special to the Herald
Three longtime congressmen have
urged the Interior Department to ap-
prove the Catawba Indian Nation’s
trust application for land in Kings
Mountain, where it plans to build a
casino, arguing that justice will be
served by doing so.
But the Nation still faces fierce op-
position from the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians--a tribe that wants to
lock out all gaming competition in the
state.
In recent letters to the Interior De-
partment, Congressman Jim Moran (D-
Vitginia), Congressman George Miller
(D-Calif.) and former Democratic Con-
gressman and New Mexico Goy. Bill
Richardson said now is the time for the
federal government to fulfill its trust
Anti-casino
group to meet
July 17
The Kings Mountain Awareness
Group, which has been a vocal op-
ponent of a proposed Catawba In-
dian casino being built in
Cleveland County, is holding an in-
formation forum Thursday, July
17, at Family Worship Center.
Les Bernal, the National Direc-
tor of Stop Predatory Gambling, a
Washington, D.C.-based advocacy
group, will be the evening’s guest
speaker at the 6:30 p.m. gathering
at the Family Worship Center on
Shelby Rd.
Members of the group, which is
chaired by Adam Forcade, have
sought to reach out to the commu-
nity in the months following the
announcement that a local tribe
had bought land and intended to
build a full-scale casino on Dixon
School Rd. just south of town. Its
members have repeatedly appeared
at Kings Mountain City Council
and Cleveland County Board of
Commissioners meetings to voice
their concerns that casinos do more
harm than good for local
economies.
Both bodies, for their part, have
openly signaled their support for
the development.
Whether the Catawba Indian
tribe will be able to build a gaming
facility in the area is a decision that
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in Kings Mountain.
responsibility and the promises made
in the 1993 Catawba Indian Land
Claims Settlement Act.
For more: http.//indiancountryto-
daymediannetwork.com
On June 9, Moran wrote to Interior
Department Assistant Secretary-Indian
Affairs Kevin Washburn “in strong
support of the Catawba Indian Nation's
application to take land into trust
within the Tribe's Federal service area
in King's Mountain, North Carolina.”
The South Carolina-based Catawba
Nation asked the Interior last fall to
take into trust a 16-acre parcel in Kings
Mountain, off I-85, about 30 miles
See CASINO, 7A
A booming, sparkling
July 4th celebration
DAVE BLANTON
lave.kmherald@gmail.com
Thousands flocked to the city’s day-
long Revolutionary 4th celebration Fri-
day as blue skies gave way to a dark
night illuminated by starbursts, fire-
balls and the loud boom of a fireworks
show that brought onlookers from
across the region.
The annual event, which hosts a liv-
ing history encampment, a dramatic
reenactment of the 1780 Battle of
Kings Mountain, food vendors and lots
of live music seems to draw a larger
crowd every year as its popularity
soars. Patriotism was in the air, but
also, for some, a deep sense of the his-
tory that unfolded at a battle site just 9
miles south of town.
“There’s so much history in this
area,” said Kim Cannon, who trekked
from Kannapolis with her husband
Greg and daughter Katie, with their
Labrador “PD” in tow. “This is our first
time to this Kings Mountain event," she
said. The Cannons, who are local his-
tory buffs, talked at length about the
May 20 Society, a Charlotte group that
celebrates that city’s rebellious 1775
signing of the Mecklenburg Declara-
tion of Independence, which is thought
to be the first such document in Amer-
ican history.
At the reenactors camp, which sat
adjacent to the walking track, there was
an afternoon lecture on the Declaration
of Independence, and cannon and mus-
ket demonstrations. Visitors could also
see pottery and soap being made. The
authentic 18th century camp stood
through Saturday afternoon.
See JULY 4th, 7A
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