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Each year in September, Kings
Mountain Historical Museum hosts an
annual fundraiser to generate revenue
needed to provide quality exhibits and
other educational programming free of
charge to visitors.
Now in its 11th year, the “Tracks
Through Time” annual reverse raffle
and auctions event also serves as a fes-
tive and memorable community get-to-
gether and will be held September 13
at the H. Lawrence Patrick Senior Life
& Conference Center for which tickets
are on sale.
In 2013, over 4,500 visitors bene-
fited from the exhibits, special events,
field trips, tours, and outreach pro-
grams offered by the Museum at no
cost. This represents a 25% increase in
visitation from the previous year. As
visitation continues to steadily in-
crease, so do the Museum’s funding
needs. That is why the annual
fundraiser committee strives to make
each year’s event a little bigger and
better than the last, says Museum Di-
rector Adria Focht.
Focht says that fortunately the Mu-
seum receives a tremendous amount of
support from local community mem-
bers. It seems that everyone can (and
does) contribute something.
Local artists like Jerry Depew and
Lynn Eskridge generously donate their
hand-crafted wares such as basketry
and carved wooden spoons for the
Silent Auction. Local bakers like Patsy
Rountree and Carolyn Armstrong offer
made-from-scratch cakes and pies for
the baked goods auction. Local jewelry
makers like Bridget Martin and Susan
Gibbs donate beautiful handmade
necklaces and bracelets.
Individuals representing local busi-
nesses also donate a wide variety of
specialty goods and services. Cliff Lau-
rich of Ceejay’s Landscapes offers
“two men for a day” in lawn services,
and Lou Dellinger of Dellinger’s Jewel
Shop donates stunning jewelry; these
high-end items contribute greatly to
live auctions. Gifted florist Susan Pat-
terson of InSeason Florals donates all
of the floral arrangements and center-
piece designs for the evening, and her
son, Brandon Patterson of Design 1:26,
provides professional graphic design
work for the event brochures. Judy
Falls of Flowers by the Falls donates
unique seasonal wreaths and Mary Ann
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Annual KMHM fundraiser Sept. 13
Jason Rhodes of Rhodesdale Farm is soupplying NC- -grown i for the Sept. 13 Kings
Mountain Historical Museum fundraiser, thematic of “an apple a day keeps the doctor
away” and healthy living.
Hendricks offers distinctive pheasant
feather wreaths.
Other individuals such as Margaret
Mauney Boheler, Wendy Neisler, and
Russ and Jenna Putnam volunteer their
time to help make sure the event runs
smoothly.
New donors this year, Bill and Jean-
nie Carney of Waxhaw, NC offered a
ProPlugger, a clever 5-in-1 Planting
Tool which was developed by Bill Car-
ney, is manufactured in Waxhaw, and
will soon be using steel produced at a
plant in Kings Mountain.
“We try to focus on ‘local’ for this
event,” said Fundraiser Chair Priscilla
Mauney. “We know our community
members want to support local busi-
nesses, artists, and manufacturers — as
do we.”
The folks who contribute help re-
fine the theme for the event as well.
Each year the event is themed after the
Museum’s current exhibit. This year’s
exhibit, “Say Ahh!” focuses on the
medical history of the region.
No matter what their assets or tal-
ents, the Kings Mountain community
continues to contribute what they can
to support the Museum, which in turn
allows us to support the community
through free educational opportunities.
“We are so grateful for the patron-
age we receive. Each one of these
sponsors, donors, and volunteers is es-
sential to keeping the Museum opera-
tional. It is wonderful to know that so
Photos by ADRIA FOCHT
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Ronnie Hawkins of Harris Funeral Home,
Founder Level sponsor for many years of
the annual fundraisers by the Kings Moun-
tain Historical Museum, demonstrates his
famous “undertaker handshake," checking
the pulse of Museum President Susan
Champion as she receives a sponsorship
donation.
many people believe in the importance
of their local history museum and are
willing to support it however they
can,” said Champion.
Tickets will be on sale at the Mu-
seum from now until the night of the
raffle. One in 300 ticket holders will
win $10,000, and 1 in 5 will win a fab-
ulous door prize.
To find out more, visit
www.kingsmountainmuseum.org or
call (704) 739-1019.
You can also follow on Facebook,
Twitter, & Pinterest.
Therapist thanks city at ribbon Sey
Members of the Cleveland Chamber join Katherine Gordon (holding scissors) at the ribbon cutting for her mental health counseling
business Thursday.
City and county leaders,
a licensed counselor and
side her front door near the
town.
as well as fellow downtown
business owners joined the
Cleveland Chamber in wel-
coming Katherine Gordon to
her new location on Battle-
ground Ave. Thursday morn-
ing. As her small office filled
with guests, Gordon, who is
therapist, said she’s excited
to be part of the town’s busi-
ness community.
“I want to thank the city’s
Main Street office for help-
ing me get up and running,”
she said minutes before a cer-
emonial ribboncutting out-
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corner of Gold St. and Battle-
ground Ave. “This has been
an especially warm wel-
come.”
Gordon opened her doors
in the new space in a few
months earlier. She opened
up her practice a little over a
year ago, but in a different
address further south on Bat-
tleground Ave. The new loca-
tion, she said, gives her and
her clients more privacy.
Gordon has 20 years of
experience in mental health,
and has been working as a li-
censed counselor for about
four years. She left a local
mental health agency in 2013
to start out on her own, and
now serves about 40 clients.
Gordon, a Gastonia na-
tive, holds a bachelors and a
masters in psychology from
Gardner-Webb University.
After brief speeches by
Kings Mountain Mayor Rick
Murphrey and Cleveland
Chamber Chairperson Micki
Pageant, her guests took to a
lunchtime snack of fresh
fruits, vegetables and roast
beef, ham and turkey sand-
wich fixings, as talk turned to
initiatives to drive more busi-
nesses and traffic to down-
She provides therapy for
depression and anxiety, cou-
ples counseling, family coun-
seling, parenting support,
grief counseling, work and
career issues, stress manage-
ment, addiction and recovery,
conflict resolution and group
therapy. A brochure in Gor-
don’s office reads, in part,
“While we can’t change dif-
ficult situations of the past,
we can work together to bet-
ter understand and resolve
challenges in your life.”
Gordon said that reduced
fee services are available on
a limited basis. More infor-
mation about Gordon and her
practice is available at
www.kgordontherapy.com.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Artistic Director Caleb Sigmon coaches Cale McDaniel, left, and
Jeremy Homesley in a fight scene from “Liberty Mountain.”
Stage combat to play a major
role in ‘Liberty Mountain’
By Robert Inman
Special to the Herald
“Liberty Mountain,” the
Revolutionary War drama
now in rehearsals at Kings
Mountain’s Joy Perform-
ance Center, is about more
than just the Battle of Kings
Mountain that turned the
tide of the American Revo-
lution. It’s about the people
who settled the Carolinas,
established homes and
raised families, and lived
through the struggle for
American independence
from Great Britain. But if
not for the battle itself, there
would be no reason for the
drama.
So the savage conflict
that took place between
Loyalist and Patriot forces
on October 7, 1780 is an in-
tegral part of the story. And
bringing that battle to life is
the work of artistic director
Caleb Sigmon and his tal-
ented cast and crew. There
are several combat se-
quences in the play, and
each must be carefully cho-
reographed.
“Safety is absolutely our
first concern,” Caleb says.
“The cast members will be
using real weapons, includ-
ing rifles, tomahawks,
knives and swords. Some of
the rifles will fire blank
rounds. Used improperly,
these weapons can be dan-
gerous. Used correctly, they
are safe and add critical au-
thenticity to the scenes. We
will be using the entire audi-
torium as our stage, includ-
ing the aisles. We will bring
our audiences intimately
into the play, and audience
safety is critical.”
Caleb is an expert in
stage combat and teaches
classes in that aspect of the-
atre art, so he’s uniquely
qualified to lead actors and
crew through the fight
scenes. “It’s like a ballet
with a large company,” he
says. “Every person on stage
must know where every
other person is, and every-
one’s movements must be
carefully timed so that the
action is seamless and pro-
vides the audience with a
gripping experience.”
“Liberty Mountain” pre-
miers on Friday, October 3
with a gala performance for
sponsors who have under-
written the cost of the pro-
duction. Public
performances start on Satur-
day, October 4 and continue
on October 5, 10, 11, and 12.
Tickets for those perform-
ances will go on sale to the
public in mid-September.
Pre-production planning
is also underway for the first
summer run of “Liberty
Mountain,” starting on June
26, 2015. Organizers expect |
summer productions in the «
future to draw large crowds
to Kings Mountain. ;
“It’s a great opportunity |
for Kings Mountain’s econ-
omy,” says Shirley Brutko, 4°
member of the “Liberty !
Mountain” steering commits. / :
tee and former Director of § 1
the Kings Mountain Cham- ;
ber of Commerce. “We ex-
pect visitors from all over?
the world to come here t0.5
see this piece of history's
brought to life.”
SAR to meet Sept. 9
Award-winning author
and storyteller Randell
Jones will be the speaker at
the fall meeting Tuesday,
Sept. 9 of the Battle of
Kings Mountain Sons of the
American Revolution at
6:30 p.m. at Resurrection
Lutheran Church.
Tickets for dinner are
$15 and reservations can be
made by calling Doyle
Campbell at 704-739-5485.
“With all the excitement
surrounding the upcoming
Liberty Mountain produc-
tion and the 234th anniver-
sary of the Battle of Kings
Mountain on Oct. 7, we |
thought some of our local |
citizens would be interested
in how the Overmountain
Men arrived in Kings Moun-
tain," said SAR member
David Allen.
the SAR is a non-profit
organization of descendants
of actual Patriots who sup-
ported the cause for free-
dom, a main focus of the
organization is education
about our Nation's founda-
tion.
All meetings are open to
the public.
Free computer classes
The Mauney Memorial
Library will begin hosting a
drop-in Open Computer
Lab on Mondays from 10
AM to noon in the Library
Community Room.
Sample topics include:
How to navigate the Inter-
net; How to create an email
address; How to format a
Microsoft Word document;
How to create formulas in
Excel; How to create a mail
merge document; and more.
Bring your questions
and come learn tips to en-
hance your computer expe-
rience.
Girl Scouts open to new members
It's back to school time and with that
comes the anticipation for girls to join
Girl Scouts.
Girls can become a member for $15
and participation in program events is im-
mediate but placement in a troop is based
on availability. Girl Scouts are in need of
dedicated adults to take on the role of
troop leaders. Each troop is led by at least
two non-related registered leaders.
one of the following Express Events in
this area: Sept. 16 at Oak Grove Rescue
Squad, 838 Oak Grove Road; Sept. 18 El
Girls and parents are invited to attend
Bethel United Methodist Church, 122 El
Bethel Road, Kings Mountain; and Sept.
22 Boyce Memorial ARP Church, 111
Edgemont Ave., Kings Mountain. E
All meetings are at 6:30 p.m, For more
information contact local recruitment
manager Debbie Brown at 704-864-3245.