Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Coffee shop
with a ‘mission’
Barista Karly Kistler prepares a sweet concoction for a cus-
tomer at the new café last week.
Coffee drinks and espresso
are again brewing downtown
with the re-opening of J. Oli-
ver’s, the café that closed in
2009. The café is back with
the same name, but under
new management and with
new long-term goals.
Operated by Parkwood
Baptist Church KM, the café
functions as a non-profit or-
ganization that aims to direct
all of its proceeds to help fund
missions across the globe and
in the U.S.
Since its opening in
late February, store man-
ager Chris Parker said Oreo
Frappes and breakfast sand-
wiches have been the store’s
biggest hits.
Teenagers and college stu-
dents from area schools have
already taken to meeting at
the Battleground Ave. café
for socializing and home-
work,
J. Oliver’s also sells muf-
fins, macaroons, bagels, sugar
cookies, cheesecake and tur-
tle brownies. The beverage
side of the menu is divided
into three categories: cold,
hot and hotter. There, thirsty
customers can choose among
breves, espresso drinks, latte,
cappuccino, smoothies, iced
thai. The restaurant offers
free Wi-Fi. CJ and Bake out
of McAdenville provides the
store with its baked goods.
With Starbucks mov-
ing into the far west side of
town in 2013, Parker said the
church got the idea for a non-
profit coffee shop because it
felt downtown Kings Moun-
tain was lacking a friendly
place to relax, meet up and
congregate. He has also said
that the staff is taking their
coffee products seriously.
“We're going back to the
basics — and just focusing on
making great products,” he
said. “Then down the road
we’ll make speciality drinks.
We actually are looking to
tailor our drinks to what
people in Kings Mountain
want. And eventually, we’ll
have specialty drinks perhaps
named after Kings Mountain
landmarks.”
“I am thrilled that J. Ol-
iver's is open in downtown
Kings Mountain," said Jan
Harris, the city's director of
the Kings Mountain Main
Street program. She added,
“It is already taking its place
as a great Third Place for res-
idents, employees and visitors
to downtown. Thanks, J. Ol-
iver's for creating yet another
destination location in down- .
town Kings Mountain.”
The coffee shop is also in
the process of renovating its
reading nook located near the
back entrace.
J. Oliver’s also features
open mic and live music
nights on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Parker also serves as the
kids and students leader at
Parkwood Baptist Church
KM, whose congregation
worships at the Joy Theatre.
The church coordinates its
mission work through Hands
of Hope, an adoption com-
pany that serves foreign and
domestic children, and the
International Mission Board,
which is affiliated with the
Southern Baptist Convention.
The coffee shop is open
on Mondays from 7 to 8
p:m., Wednesdays from 7
to 6 p.m., Thursday through
Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. and
Saturdays from 8 to 8 p.m.
To learn more about the new
restaurant, visit: www.joliv-
ers.com/"www.jolivers.com
One thousand Easter Eggs
for young folk to hunt
That's the plan by Amer-
ican Legion Post 155 and
American Legion Riders
who are sponsoring a big
Easter Egg hunt on Satur-
day, March 28, at 1 p.m. at
the American Legion build-
ing,613 E. Gold Street.
Children five years old
and younger will be look-
ing for 500 eggs with prizes
awaiting the winners.
Children from age six to
12 w ill be looking for 500
eggs with prizes awaiting
the winners.
All children from the
community are invited to
participate in the fun.
For more information
call 704-739-6387 after 3
p.m.
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Stewart, Brinkley boars Monday hy school board
This oiograpd shows the location of Gary Stewart Boulevard at Kings Mountain High School waiiet for veteran news-
paperman Gary Stewart and the new fieldhouse named the Brinkley Fieldhouse. The action was taken by he Buard of
Education Monday night.
NEW LOGOS TO BUSINESSES - Pictured are representatives of the Kings Mountain business community at last Wednes-
day's “The Big Reveal” sponsored by the downtown KM business success project committee at Mauney Memorial Library.
Back row, from left, Jimmy Carpenter, logo designer; Keith Miller, city councilman; Paul Ingram, Ingram's Barber Shop,
Kelley Styers, Sub Factory; Marie Jackson, Chloe's Boutique; Connie Ash, Middle HYPERLINK "mailto:Room@BBG"Room@
BBG; Nancy Tucker, Business Librarian; Dillon Lackey, City of KM senior planner; Lisa Ferris, graphic designer and Randy
Patterson, the city's Human Resources Director. Front row, from left, Sharon Stack, Mauney Memorial Library Director;
Jan Harris, City of KM Main Street Director; Karren Walls, Sweet House Bakery; Beverley Lovelace, Everything Under the
Sun; Judy Ford, Judy's Wild Science; and Mayor Rick Murphrey.
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Storyteller focuses on N.C.’s notable women
DAVE BLANTON
dave.kmherald @gmail. com
From early parachutists
to eyebrow-raising social
climbers and famous sharp-
shooters, N.C. has been home
to some of American histo-
ry’s most singular women.
And in the hands of mas-
ter storyteller and amateur
historian, many of these
gals’ stories were ‘in full
and vibrant profile at a talk
he gave at the Kings Moun-
tain Historical Museum last
Wednesday.
“Anytime you see a suc-
cessful man, there is usually
a woman standing behind
him ... and rolling her eyes,”
said the witty Jones, a N.C.
Humanities Council “Road
Scholar” and the co-editor of
the 2007 book “Scoundrels,
Rogues and Heroes of the
Old North State.”
“It’s the bad boys, the
scofflaws, the moonshiners
that fire the imagination,” he
told the audience in explain-
ing that it’s often history’s
villains or oddballs are re-
membered over the years.
Some highlights from
Jones’ presentation:
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Justina Davis
The colonial woman mar-
ried a succession of early
territorial or state governors,
including two who oversaw
what is today modern North
Carolina. She started early,
in 1634 at the age of 15. By
the time of her death, in her
twenties, she had maneu-
vered herself through a series
‘of high-profile marriages, in-
cluding noted Tar Heels Ar-
thur Dobbs and Abner Nash.
Naomi Wise
This Revolutionary
woman found herself in a
love triangle between a shop
clerk and a the daughter of the
wealthy shop owner. While
dating the clerk Johnathan
Lewis, she became pregnant,
a fact that was most incon-
‘venient to the young Lewis,
who eventually murdered her
to cover up the affair.
The story inspired the
Doc Watson “Naomi Wise,”
which Bob Dylan and others
have also covered.
Anne Bonny
This adventurous woman
became the young wife of no-
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on hand last week at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum
to talk about women who have shaped history in the Tar
Heel State.
torious pirate James Bonny,
who terrorized the Caribbean
Sea for much of the 1700s.
But Anne never quite settled
into marriage with one pi-
rate. She later would marry
another infamous pirate of
that day by the name of Cal-
ico Jack. It was during this
time that, according to Jones,
she became so enamored
with the pirate lifestyle, she
became one herself. By the
time of her third marriage (to
yet another pirate) she found
herself arrested in a raid and
facing the death penalty for
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other woman (Mary Reed)
who had turned to pirating on
the same ship. Both women
escaped hanging by. “plead-
ing their bellies,” meaning
they were pregnant at the
time of their trials.
Georgia “Tiny”
Broadwick
A visit to the N.C. State
Fair in 1908 in Raleigh
launched a career for Broad-
wick. There she was hired by
a travelling showman who
was soon featuring her in
his show, in which she was
billed as the “the 14-year-old
girl aeronaut.”
' She would go onto to be-
come one of the world’s first
parachute demonstrators,
even attracting the atten-
tion of the U.S. military for
her daring. By the time her
career came to a close she
could claim more than 1,000
lifetime jumps.
Annie Oakley
Although born in Ohio
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