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Volume 126 Issue 40 ¢ Wednesday, October 1, 2014
100 S PIEDMONT AVE
KINGS MOUNTAIN NC 28086-3450
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A battle rages at the Joy Theatre
with the Friday evening premier of ‘Liberty Mountain’
By Robert Inman
Special to the Herald
It’s curtain time!
After months of hard
work, the curtain rises this
Friday evening at 7:30 for
the world premier of “Lib-
erty Mountain,” the Revolu-
tionary Drama, at Kings
Mountain’s Joy Perform-
ance Center.
Opening night is an invi-
tation-only Gala perform-
ance for sponsors who have
contributed support for the
premier production. Public
performances are Saturday
night at 7:30 and Sunday af-
ternoon at 3 p.m. A second
round of public perform-
ances comes, the following
weekend with Friday and
Saturday evening shows and
It’s fair time!
A young handler queues up for the judge’s critical eye in the
Catawba Valley Livestock Showmanship Circuit market lamb event
Monday evening at the Cleveland County Fair, which runs through
Oct. 5.
Photo by DAVE BLANTON
Robinson safe after Silver Alert
Harold Robinson, 81, is
back at home at Summit
Place after a 2 1/2 hour
scare Thursday night when
he walked away and became
lost in the woods near the
Phifer Road facility.
Kings Mountain police
were called at 8:43 p.m. and
a Silver Alert went out.
Eight county agencies as-
sisted in the search. Robin-
son, a dementia patient, was
found in a thicket in the
woods at 11:14 p.m. with
scratches and bruises.
Summit Place Executive
Director Tabrina Watford
thanked police and all who
assisted in the search for the
senior resident. “Robinson's
safe return is testament to
the positive working rela-
tionship between all the
agencies in the county," said
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KMPD Chief Melvin Proc-
tor.
Also assisting in the
search were Emergency
Management, Bethlehem
Volunteer Fire Department,
Grover Fire Department,
Kings Mountain Fire De-
partment, Cleveland County
EMS, Cleveland County
Search and Rescue and the
Fire Marshal's Office.
a Sunday matinee.
“Liberty Mountain” tells
the story of the hardy pil-
grims who settled the Car-
olina frontier in the 1700’s,
many of them Scots-Irish
Presbyterians who migrated
from Northern Ireland. Life
there had been hard, and
they sought new opportunity
to work, raise families, and
worship as they pleased.
Some were loyal to the
British government, others
were fervent supporters of
America’s struggle for inde-
pendence, and many wished
to remain neutral. But all
were caught up in the often-
savage warfare that swept
the backcountry of the Car-
olinas and the land beyond
the Blue Ridge mountains.
The crucial battle was at
Kings Mountain on October
7, 1780. Fewer than a thou-
sand Patriots from both Car-
olinas, Virginia and Georgia
defeated a larger, well-
trained force of Loyalists
under the command of
British major Patrick Fergu-
son. Ferguson’s force was
destroyed — killed, wounded
and captured — and the out-
come turned the tide of the
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Bella Sherrin, Mary Grace Keller, Stetson McDaniel and Greg Dixon, left to right, are ready for the
opening of Robert Inman's drama, “Liberty Mountain," which opens to the public for a two weekend
run Saturday night by the Kings Mountain Little Theatre.
Photo by LIB STEWART
Smith honored with CW4 pinning
A pinning ceremony and reception
Sunday at the Kings Mountain Na-
tional Guard Armory honored Chief
Warrant Officer 4 Marvin Smith.
Smith, 44, is among the youngest Na-
tional Guardsmen in the state to hold
the rank of CW4.
He was pinned by Major Veronica
Beltran. His wife, Ann and their daugh-
ters, MacKenzie and Montanna, and
his parents, Rocky and Janet Smith,
were among those attending the special
ceremony.
Smith joined the Kings Mountain
National Guard in December 1992. He
works full time with 17 Guard Units
in the state headquartered in Raleigh
and served two deployments: Iraq in
2005-2006 and Afghanistan 2011-
2012.
MacKenzie.
A 1988 graduate of Kings Mountain
High School, CW4 Smith worked at
Ronald's Garage before joining the Na-
tional Guard.
His wife, Anne Hawkins Smith, has
CW4 Smith is pictured with his family, daughter Montanna, left, Ann, Marvin and daughter
.
taught first grade at Grover Elementary
School for 24 years.
Music will sound throughout Kings Mountain for Gateway Fest
Music, Muskets and
Merriment! That's the focus
in Kings Mountain for the
annual Gateway Festival
Saturday, October 11 from
10 am.-5 p.m. at Patriots
Park in Kings Mountain.
This years’ musical line
up will feature musicians
who have performed in
Kings Mountain in the past
and musicians who are fea-
tured for the first time.
There will be three venues
that will feature regional
music, the Gazebo at Patri-
ots Park, in the Commons
area at the Kings Mountain
Historical Museum and the
Gateway Trail.
“The music of the
Foothills is a part of life here
in Kings Mountain, whether
it’s a family reunion, a pig
pickin’, in church or at a fes-
tival like our own Gateway
Festival, and a real treasure
for our community”, said
Mayor Rick Murphrey. And
reflecting the music of the
region, a variety of folk,
gospel, bluegrass and coun-
try music will be heard
throughout Kings Mountain
during the day. All music
venues will be connected by
a free shuttle running con-
tinuously during the hours
of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The Gazebo will serve as
the main stage at Patriots
Park with a performance by
bluegrass gospel musicians
and local favorites, Tim-
beridge at Noon. Another
regional bluegrass band, the
Oak Grove String Band, will
bring their music to the
Gazebo at 1 p.m. At2 p.m.,
the stage will be filled with
a large group of bluegrass
musicians, ThreescorelQ
from Boiling Springs and
points in Western North Car-
olina. Dirty Grass Soul and
their unique blend of music
will be on stage at 3 p.m.
followed by the lyrical,
country style music from
Angela Easterling & the Be-
guilers.
From 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.,
the dulcet tones of the Log
Cabin String Band will
transport visitors back in
time as they tour the early
1800’s Barber Log House on
the Museum Commons. At
the Gateway Trail, near the
trail head from 11 a.m. Until
2 p.m. there will be a
“Porch Pickin’” with a vari-
ety of local bluegrass musi-
cians and a perfect
opportunity for visiting mu-
sicians to sit in on the ses-
sion that will enhance
activities and the tours
scheduled on the trail.
The free Gateway Shuttle
will provide transportation
to all music venues as well
as the Joy Performance
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