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Volume 127 eo Issue 23 ¢ Wednesday, June 10, 2015 75¢
KM's first restaurant festival
will be a taste of Kings Mountain
ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald @ gmail. com
Kings Mountain's first
restaurant festival, “The
Kings Feast," promises to
be “a taste of Kings Moun-
tain," a project to give ‘Lib-
erty Mountain’ theater-goers
a chance to experience local
eateries.
The economic develop-
ment project is headed by
Dillon Lackey, senior plan-
ner with the Kings Mountain
Planning & Zoning board,
and Nancy Tucker, busi-
ness librarian for Mauney
Memorial Library. Intern
Sarah Wismer, of the city's
planning department, is also
on the planning committee
which includes numerous
other citizens.
Thirteen local restaurants
are signed on to the project
A Taste 7 Kings Mountain
to offer a special menu item
to coincide with the Revolu-
tionary War theme and time
period of the Liberty Moun-
tain drama which opens
June 26 and will be pre-
sented by the Kings Moun-
tain Little Theatre over a
period of four weekends.
Tucker suggests that
“Patrick Ferguson's last
meal” or "Virginia Sal's Vir-
ginia baked ham" could be
two of the titles.
See RESTAURANT, Page 4
Historic Post Office
in National Register
HISTORIC POST OFFICE -
Register of Historic Places.
The North Carolina Of-
fice of Archives and History
has notified Kings Mountain
Mayor Rick Murhrey that
the old US Post Office, now
the Historical Museum, has
been listed.in the National
Register of Historic Places.
“You are most fortunate
to own and preserve a prop-
erty that justly deserves this
honor," Dr. Kevin Cherry,
State Historic Preservation
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Mayor Rick Murphrey presents
Andria Focht, Kings Mountain Historical Museum Director,
the certificate recognizing the former US Post Office ( now
the Historical Museum) as being entered in the National
Photo by LIB STEWART
Officer, wrote the mayor.
The old post office build-
ing is owned by the City
of Kings Mountain and is
now the home of the Kings
Mountain Historical Mu-
seum.
The National Register
has been called “a roll call
of the tangible reminders
of the history of the United
States."
A diamond year 75th
celebration of the opening
of the Kings Mountain Post
Office building at 100 E.
Mountain Street will be held
July 1 to which the public is
invited to attend.
See POST OFFICE, Page 4
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Hats off to graduates
DAVE BLANTON
They arrived — more
than 300 of them, a near
record size — to John Gam-
ble Stadium Saturday as se-
niors. About an hour later,
they departed as graduates
with short-term destinations
like Myrtle Beach and long-
term destinations such as
college and careers.
It was that transfor-
mation that several of the
speakers homed in on
under bright, almost cloud-
less skies before 301 Kings
Mountain High School se-
niors were asked to turn
their tassels to the left just
before 10 a.m.
What followed was a
few celebratory yelps and,
for others, simply some
quiet hugs or pats on the
back. Over the din, gradu-
ates could be heard affirm-
ing to themselves or anyone
within earshot, “We did it!”
“We worry about se-
nior projects, the prom, due
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Supt. Dr. Stephen Fisher shakes the hands of seniors as they cross the stage at John Gam-
ble Stadium Saturday.
dates and graduation, which
happens ‘to be today,” said
senior class president Erica
Carpenter. “Now it’s time
to get out there and show
the world what we can do.
This tassel was worth the
hassle.”
Before class officers
joined the salutatorian
and valedictorian in help-
ing send off their fellow
seniors, the overflowing
stadium was greeted with
the traditional graduation
processional “Pomp and
Circumstance,” performed
by the 9th grade band, and
a rendition of “Maybe
Someday,” sung by KMHS
senior members of the
Symphonic Chorale.
“We have the rest of our
See GRADUATES, Page 14
Scism, Smith are top KM scholars
Sarah Scism, valedic-
torian, and Mackenzie
Smith, salutatorian, are the
top scholars among 301
seniors in the Kings Moun-
tain High School graduat-
ing class of 2015.
Scism's speech at com-
mencement exercises
Saturday focused on dis-
covering your purpose and
using that purpose to serve
those around you. How can
you personally take the
gifts and abilities you have
been given and use them to
make positive impact on
the world and others," she
asked graduates.
Smith's speech was
based on a quotation by
David Discott: “You must
begin to think of yourself
as the person you want to
SARAH SCISM
become.” Smith told grad-
uates “We are beginning a
new chapter in our lives, is
it what we want to be, not
who ‘we are today?”
Their GPA scores were
so close during their high
school career that it came
down to one grade from
one class this semester.
Daughter of Lynn and
Cameron Scism and grand-
daughter of Robert and
Becky Scism and Donald
MACKENZIE SMITH
Johnston, Sarah was
a member of the
golf, indoor track,
softball and track
and field teams at
KMHS. She also
played mellophone
in the KM March-
ing Band and French
horn in the Blazer
Band. She was active
in Fellowship of Christian
athletes, Beta Club and Na-
tional Honor Society and
is a member of Patterson
Grove Baptist Church.
Sarah plans to attend
North Greenville Univer-
sity to major in History and
participate on the track and
field team.
Smith was voted most
valuable player in cross
country in 2013, won the
AP scholar award in 2014,
junior marshal and home-
coming queen. She played
all conference every high
school season of track and
field and cross country and
was a scholar athlete her
entire high school career.
She was president of the
Interact club, vice president
of the National Technical
Honor Society, a member
of FFA, FCA, National
Honor Society, Ambassa-
dors club and Beta club
She plans to attend
Clemson University to
major in pre-vet studies in
the fall. Mackenzie is the
daughter of Ann and Mar-
vin Smith and granddaugh-
ter of Barbara and Travis
Hawkins and Janet and
Rock Smith.
NCDOT closing
two railroad crossings
The N.C. Depart-
ment of Transportation is
temporarily closing two
Kings Mountain railroad
crossings while crews
make improvements that
include adding sidewalks
and planter boxes. The
project is designed to im-
prove crossing safety in the
area by preventing tractor
trailers from accessing the
crossings.
The Norfolk Southern
railroad crossings at West
Mountain Street and West
Gold Street between N.C.
216 and South Railroad
Avenue will be closed be-
ginning Monday, June 15.
The contract completion
date is Aug. 31.
Message boards are in
place alerting motorists of
the upcoming closures. All
traffic will be detoured to
East King Street (U.S. 74
Business), one block north
of Mountain Street, for the
duration of the project.
Smith Construction
Corporation is the con-
tractor for the $204,286
project.
Library’s summer program
kicks off Monday
DAVE BLANTON
dave.kmherald@gmail.com
From physics to farm-
ers markets and super he-
roes to swim parties, this
year’s Summer Reading
Program seems to have
it all.
a.m. Monday at down-
town’s Central United
Methodist Church with
the high-energy wacki———
ness of the unicycling,
juggling, fire-eating en-
tertainer Mark Lippard.
He’ll join Mauney Me-
morial Library staff and
The fun kicks off 10 =
volunteers in ushering kids
of all ages into a summer
See LIBRARY, Page 4
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