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Volume 127 eo Issue 13 ¢ Wednesday, April 1, 2015
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Sands eyes
new career in
funeral business
: ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald @gmail.com
Move over men. An oc-
cupation that formerly at-
tracted all-males is eyed by
Krista Sands, 49, a realtor
who went back to college
after 30 years and is pursu-
ing a job as a mortician.
Sands' decision on a ca-
reer change came after an
automobile accident nearly
two years ago. “I was on a
crutch four months after sur-
gery for broken bones in my
right leg and prayer is how I
found my new career," she
said.
Krista said her husband
was as surprised as she
was when she told him she
wanted to become a morti-
cian. “Go for it," he said.
KRISTA SANDS
“God led me to Har-
ris Funeral Home where I
talked with Ronnie Hawkins
and he gave me direction
See SANDS, Page 7
God opened doors
for Turner to return
to hometown to preach
Pastor David Turner is pictured in his study at Oak View
Baptist Church.
f= ELIZABETH STEWART
Hl lib.kmherald @ gmail.com
“The Lord opened a door
for me to come home to a
great ministry at Oak View
Baptist Church," says the
Rev. David Turner, 51, the
new pastor, who describes
himself as a “country boy
who loves the Lord and
used to fix cars."
Photo by LIB STEWART
Instead of fixing cars, by
the grace of God, he helps to
fix souls.
“Dad taught me how to
fix cars, I worked on cars
after school," said Turner
who graduated from Kings
Mountain High School in
1982 and took his first job
as a mechanic at Reliance
See GOD, Page 7
Town Board hires Barrett
as part-time city clerk
GROVER - Grover
Town Board has hired
Barbara Barrett, a former
98525700200
employee, in a part time po- _
sition as city clerk until the
permanent position is filled.
Trisha Willis, former
city clerk for eight years, is
no longer with the city.
The city will advertise
the new position during its
regular meeting set for April
6 at 6 p.m. at Town Hall.
City’s PR/Events Director retires May 1
15 YEARS OF MEMORIES
= DAVE BLANTON
#.. dave.kmherald@gmail.com
When Ellis Noell joined
the City of Kings Mountain
as its Director of Public Re-
lations and Special Events
in 2000, the town played
host to about four events a
year, lacked a strong rela-
tionship with its namesake
national park that lies ten
miles down the road and
didn’t maintain a web site.
Nowadays there’s hardly
a weekend that passes that
doesn’t draw crowds from
around the region. From
ELLIS NOELL
a growing Revolutionary
Fourth celebration at the
walking track to the ever
popular BeachBlast and
Gateway Festival held at Pa-
triots Park, Noell has been a
big part of a long-term pro-
motional push that seeks not
only to put Cleveland Coun-
ty’s second-largest city on
the map but to also quicken
the pulse of residents eager
to enjoy more of what their
hometown has to offer.
Noell, who is retiring
from the city in a few weeks,
took some'time last week to
reflect on how much Kings
Mountain has changed in
the 15 years he’s worked
for the city.
He’s seen the bonds be-
tween the city and the Kings
Mountain National Military
Park, the Kings Mountain
State Park and the Crowders
Mountain State Park grow
with the forging of the Gate-
way Trail. He’s watched
social media become a pow-
erful force for engaging and
educating residents about
the events he’s tasked with
planning, promoting and
See 15 YEARS, Page 7
Easter Sunrise services
in the Kings Mountain area
will highlight the celebra-
tion of Easter.
The Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association will
sponsor a community-wide
service at the cross at Moun-
tain Rest Cemetery at 7 a.m.
Sunday morning. Rev. Ron
Hawkins, pastor of Grover
Church of God, will deliver
the message.
Rev. Ron Caulder, pastor
of the KM Ministerial Asso-
ciation, invites everyone to
attend.
Several churches in
the Kings Mountain area
are holding Easter Sunrise
services Sunday, serving
breakfast and holding spe-
cial programs..
Chestnut Ridge Bap-
tist Church has scheduled
“Easter with the Ridge” at
the Kings Mountain Walk-
ing Track at 7:30 a.m. Free
breakfast will be served at
8:30 a.m. A Easter Egg hunt
for the kids will be held at
9:15 a.m. For more infor-
mation text EGG to 40691
or call the church 704-739-
'4015.Worship services will
be held on the campus at
Chestnut Ridge at 9 a.m.
and 11 am.
Kings Mountain Church [
of the Nazarene, 127 Coun-
tryside Road, will celebrate §
the Resurrection at a Sun-
rise service at the crosses on
the church property at 7 a.m.
followed by a full breakfast
See EASTER, Page 7
Easter Egg Hunt at
Murphrey Kid’s Park
Kids! The Easter Bunny
will arrive in a City of
Kings Mountain firetruck
for the start of the annual
Easter Egg hunt on Satur-
day, April 4, at 10 am. at
the Mayor Rick Murphrey's
Children Park at the YMCA
on Highway 161 (Cleveland
Avenue.)
Take your Easter basket,
there will be plenty of eggs
to find and there will be
prizes and fun for all.
The activities will in-
clude a petting zoo, bun-
nies, ducklings and peeps.
The Mauney Children's Li-
brary Staff will have games
and storytelling for the chil-
dren.
For the egg hunt, one
golden egg will be mixed
in with the other eggs in
each age category, 2 and
under; 3-5 and 6-10 years
old. Each child who finds
the golden egg will receive
a $25 gift certificate from
“Toys R Us."
Mauney Memorial Li-
brary, the YMCA, Cleve-
land County Childcare
Connections, Texas Road-
house and Walgreens will
also be parvicipntiag & in the
‘event. )
Take along your camera
too for some fun pictures.
For additional informa-
tion, call 704-734-0333 or
visit www.cityofkm.com
Easter Sunrise Services Sunday
The cross at Mountain Rest Cemetery will be the setting for
the EOMmUIY: -wide Easter Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. Sunday.
Photo by LIB STEWART
Maundy Thursday,
Good Friday services set
Experience Easter with
Maundy and Good Friday
services, says Pastor Randy
Patterson of Dixon Presby-
terian Church.
Two Holy Week services
are planned for Maundy
Thursday, or Holy Thurs-
day, at 7: 30 p.m. and Good
Friday 7:30 p.m. Tenabrae
Service led by the youth of
Dixon.
Thursday's service,
featuring communion, will
be held in the church sanc-
tuary. The Friday service
will be held in the fellow-
ship hall, the former school
house, across the road from
the church.
"Maundy Thursday is a
time to commemorate the
last supper of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ because
it was at this time He exem-
plified the role of servant for
us to follow," said Patterson,
adding, “as we come to the
table on Maundy Thursday
we come to remember and
* know."
See MAUNDY THURSDAY, Page 7
You do the work, Church provides land
Resurrection Lutheran
Church, 600 Crescent Circle,
is plowing its back yard and
you can have a garden plot at
no cost.
If you woud like a plot
to plant a few tomatoes and/
or vegetables call Anita or
Doyle Campbell at 704-739-
5485. There will be a limited
number of plots which will be
assigned on a first come, first
serve basis.
The Campbell remind:
“you do the work, the church
provides the land.”
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