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Page 18 - Rutherford Weekly 828-248-1408 www.rutherfordweekly.com Thursday, December 20-December 26, 2018 Page 1 The Banner News / banner-news.com Thursday, October 18, 2018 By Alan Hodge alan.bannernews@gmail.com Well deserved cash flowed at last week's meeting of the Mt. Holly city council when representatives of the Community Foundation of Gaston County handed out a number of checks to local organiza- tions. The groups had been chosen for the grants by the Mt. Holly Community Im- pact Fund. The Commu- nity Foundation works with local leaders in Mt. Holly and else- where to support new and innova- tive ideas. This year, the Com- munity Founda- tion contributed $10,000 to the Mt. Holly Com- munity Impact Fund. The Impact Fund committee included Reggie Graham, Johnny Painter, Lauren Shoemaker, and Reeves McGlohon. Community Foundation representatives on hand included president Ernest Sumner and program director Erin Wiggins. Sumner praised Mt. Holly for all the work that's been by Alan Hodge alan.bannernews@gmail.com The bible urges folks not to hide their lamp under a basket, and that adage is certainly going to come true on Oct. 20 at 7pm when the Mt. Holly Lamp Pa- rade steps off at Ida Rankin Elementary School, continues down West Central Avenue, turns right on South Main Street, and ends at the newly christened permanent trellis system for the Mount Holly Farmer's Market. During the pa- rade, folks will see over 20 dazzling and illuminated lamps marched through town. The parade will be led by members of the official drumline of the Panthers, PurrCussion. Kathleen Doody of To- ronto, Canada will be on hand to judge the lanterns for the prizes. Doody is an artist with over 20 years of lantern-mak- ing experience, and conducts lantern parades internationally The lamps will include such fanciful creations as the legendary flying horse Pegasus, a huge fish, a giant snake with working jaws, large and colorful butter- flies, and more. The lamps were created by local students from schools like Ida Rankin Elementary, local artists like Diane Pike, and Awaken Gallery owner Emily Andress. They are made of wire and willow sticks with translucent paper stretched over the framework. Pitching in to lend her expertise to the lamp parade project has been Irish artist Olive Stack who is a resident of and art gallery owner in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. Stack's jaunt to Mt. Holly to work with the lantern pa- rade was sponsored by the Mt. Holly Community Development Foundation. "I love Mt. Holly," Stack said. "The people are so warm and friendly. It's a lot like home." During her stay, Stack has been work- ing with other artists and Ida Rankin stu- dents as they craft their lanterns. She's also making one that will represent the 1916 Mt. Island Mill bell that's at the Mt. Holly Historical Society. Stack and Andress met several years ago and are close friends. "I got the idea for the lamp parade after seeing one in Paris," said Andress. Mu tt s Official Liver Mush Festival of North Carolina Shelby, NC NC BREW FEST & CHILI COOK-OFF MUSHMUSICANDMUTTS.COM October 19th NC Brew Festival & Chili Cook-Off 6:00-9:30 pm VIP entrance 5:00 PM i October 20th The Official NC Liver Mush Festival 8am - 4pm Court Square in Uptown Shelby, NC Festival Admission FREE! Volume 84 • Issue 42 • Belmont • Cramerton • Lowell • McAdenville • Mount Holly • Stanley Thursday, October 18, 2018 See LAMP page 2 See FOUNDATION page 5 See CHICKENS page 3 aserviceinc.com WIN WIN $ 9300 9300 see inside see inside Gaston County Gaston County ' s FREE! FREE! News from a neighbor! News from a neighbor! Mt. Holly Lamp Parade has an international angle Awaken Gallery owner Emily Andress and Irish artist Olive Stack with the Pegasus lantern that will be hoisted at the Mt. Holly Lantern Parade. Photo by Alan Hodge Here a chick, there a chick Belmont council approves backyard chickens by Alan Hodge alan.bannernews@gmail.com Fans of chickens, on the hoof, not fried or baked, in Belmont, have plenty to crow about. At its last meeting, the Belmont city council approved an ordinance that will allow those so inclined to keep a small flock of chickens on their property- with provisions. The approved ordinance will allow the keeping of up to four chickens in the rear yard area if all requirements can be met. Requirements include setbacks from side and rear property lines, chicken housing requirements, cleanliness, and permitting. The city got involved in the chicken business by meeting with local residents who gave feedback on a draft of the ordinance. Lara Wor- den, area agent from the NC Cooper- ative Extension Service, also offered suggestions. NC Cooperative Extension master gardener Dana Harper is a fan of backyard chickens. She's seen with one of her flock. Dana Harper photo State Farm agent Adam Lee is seen holding the $25,000 check that will help fund the planned veterans healing garden in downtown Mt. Holly. Photo by Alan Hodge Community Foundation hands out checks in Mt. Holly by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael.cherryvilleeagle@gmail.com by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael.cherryvilleeagle@gmail.com aserviceinc.com 75¢ Volume 112 • Issue 42 Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Cherryville Little Theatre has Grand re-opening Board members, city personnel and council members present for ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 12 Cherryville Little Theatre Board President Wade Stroupe gladly cut the ribbon heralding the grand re-opening of the Cherryville Little Theatre after its much-needed restoration. With him and Mayor H.L. Beam, III, are a pleth- ora of city and council officials, Chamber and CMSP officials and representatives, and CLT staff and players. (photos by MEP/The Eagle) They're back! And with no small amount of moxie and gusto, it should be noted! It was with much happiness and satisfaction that on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., Cherryville Little Theatre board members and some CLT actors and staff, Cherryville city staff, Cherryville Council members, Cherryville Main Street personnel, and well-wishers all came out to celebrate the ribbon cutting and grand re-opening of the newly refabbed and reimagined CLT. See more THEATRE page 3A The day, or first, shift crew at Keystone Powdered Metals in their pink shirts they wore last week as part of their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. (photo by MEP/The Eagle) Keystone Powdered Metals' employees see PINK in Breast Cancer fight Both Terry L. Stutter, Keystone Powdered Metal Company's Plant Manager, and Pam Crotts, Keystone Powdered Metal Company's Human Resource Manager, take great pride in the fact their co-workers and staffs are seeing pink nowadays. They're not alone. Their co-workers do too as was evidenced by what they did to honor those who fight the fight. So, in honor of Breast Can- cer Awareness Month they and a number of their day and night shift employees donned pink tee-shirts to let all know they're a team when it comes to the fight to battle and hope- fully find a cure for the dis- ease. For plant manager Shut- ter it's personal as his wife Donna is a breast cancer sur- vivor. "My wife and I have been supporters of the Susan G. Komen Foundation for years," said Shutter in a recent inter- view at the Keystone plant. "This is just another opportu- nity to come together and do this in out plant." Crotts agreed, adding, "And we love the camaraderie due to the shirts." Crotts, a Dallas native, has two kids and four grandchil- dren, said she was awed by how the employees came together to do this. "We had one first- shift employee who even bought pink duct tape and duct-taped his work boots, which are steel-toed for safety's sake, to show how even tough items like that can be important in the fight against breast can- cer!", she noted. The plant has a total of 150 employees and has as one of their main clients Ford Motor Company, as has had many major appli- ance corporations as well in the past. Shutter, who is from Pennsylvania, the home of Keystone Powdered Metals See more KEYSTONE page 4A See more PRIDE page 7A "Pride in Gaston Traveling Tour" builds community pride by DONNA LOCKETT Gaston Together In the summer of 2000, Gaston Together began a program to enhance the awareness of Community Pride in Gaston County school children. 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Mayor Neisler im- plicated Karen Tucker who was subsequently arrested for "Impersonating the City Clerk." Tucker had to raise a $25.00 bond. All funds raised benefit the Kings Mountain His- torical Museum's history education boxes that high- light local history in Kings Mountain schools. Sarah Lunch, Museum Director, and Curator commented, "Thank you, to all of those who gave donations to make this event a success! We are so thankful for our Community and are excited to continue giving back!" Four arrested at Jail-A-Thon Karen Tucker serves hard-time. See more photos on page 3A (Photo provided) By Loretta Cozart The Official State of North Carolina Fall Liver Mush Festival is this week- end Friday, Oct.19 and Satur- day, Oct. 20, 2018 in Uptown Shelby around the historic Court Square! Yes, it's time for Mush, Music and Mutts to mark the wonders of fall in Shelby. Join in the fun with this tra- ditional food festival that has something for everyone. Of course, there is Liver Mush to sample, with a variety of preparations and choices. There is a fall festival of chil- dren's activities on the Court Square with Uptown Shelby Association and volunteers offering crafts and fun activi- ties for the kids. The festival is now two days and starts on Friday eve- ning with the NC Brew Fest and Chili Cook-Off. Pet owners can appreciate See MUTTS, Page 6A Mush, Music and Mutts Four KMHS class reunions held Homecoming weekend Children's activities include pumpkin painting. (Photo provided) By Loretta Cozart Four Kings Mountain High School classes held reunions last weekend. Cel- ebrating were the Classes of 1968, 1973, 1978, and 1993. The Class of 1968 gath- ered for dinner on Friday night in Gastonia and cele- brated at the Patrick Senior Center Saturday evening with 110 guests. Classmates bought ads and found creative ways to fund their event. The three other classes attended the Homecoming football game and watched as the Mountaineers trounced Ashbrook. Sitting together at the 40-yard line, these alumni showed their Mountaineer pride wearing black and gold. The Class of 1973 held their reunion at the Kings Mountain Country Club, and 80 attended. At noon on Saturday, the class had a picnic at Lake Crawford, followed by the reunion later of 1978 held their festivities at Deer Woods Farm in Bes- semer City as 80 gathered for the celebration. After dinner, classmates danced to a DJ as others visited on the patio or gathered around the fire pit. Earlier in the day, classmates played a round of golf at the Kings Mountain Country Club. Class Treasurer Steve Laughter commented, "It was awesome getting to- gether with our classmates A Community Re- vival "Together for the Gospel" is planned for October 25-28, 7:00 p.m. nightly for all ages. This will be a tent revival across from Bethware School (Kings Moun- tain). 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How many folks can say they got to go fi shing with a sitting American President? Cherryville's Guy Eaker can. Or, how many pro fi shermen can say they had a chance to remove a hook from that same President's hand when a fi sh wiggled the wrong way and set the hook into the hand of the leader of the free world? Cherryville's Guy Eaker can, and did; successfully removing the hook. Eaker, 79, and a professional bass fi sherman who has lived in Cherryville all his life, and his wife Pat fondly remember the late President, who passed away at the age of 94, in Houston, TX, on Nov. 30, 2018. They were part of a cadre of bass fi shermen and their wives who were invited to fi sh at the Third Annual "Eagles of Angling" Bass tournament on March 7, 1992, benefi tting Eaker's friend and fellow fi sherman Ray Scott's Pintlala Baptist Church, in Pintlala, AL, which Eaker said is near Montgomery, AL. They had been doing this in order to raise funds to build a new church for the worshipers there. The 55-acre lake they fi shed in was on Scott's property and his home was adjacent to it. The weigh-in of fi sh caught was there at his dock in front of his house. Eaker said he and his then-fi shing buddy Charlie Ingram (Columbia, TN) were just one of the 10 two-man teams in the 1992 tournament. Said Guy on getting the privilege to fi sh with President Bush, "The (Gulf) War was going on and we knew that there was to be a dart throwing contest to see who would get to fi sh with him. Each of us took a turn to see whose dart could get closest to the nose of dictator Saddam Hussein's portrait and ours did, so we won the right to get to fi sh with him." President Bush was joined by his son, future President George W. Bush, and Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft. Ingram and Eaker, then 53, won the 1991 "Eagles of Angling" Tournament in 1991, and the President also fi shed in that one, he said. Guy and Charlie also fi shed in the Fourth "EoA" Tournament in 1994, and are considered, as was President Bush, honorary members of the church, whose new building was fi nished and dedicated at the 1993 tournament. Said Guy, "President Bush was a down-to- earth kind of guy. We ate chicken with him." Eaker said the tournament started Saturday morning, that March in 1992, and before anyone went out on the lake, it was scanned by radar, divers checked the boat and under the boat, and the Secret Service checked their tackle boxes, rods and reels, and all their angling equipment. "Bassmaster raised over $1,000,000 for that church (Pintlala Baptist). Ray was a big Republican in Alabama and was for President Bush. President Bush did a lot for bass fi shing. He himself loved to fi sh," Guy said. As for their catch, Eaker said Mr. Bush's fi sh could be one of the 5 they had to weigh in to get close to their best total for the tournament. "They all had to be the biggest we caught," he said. At any rate, Eaker said he put the President on a crank bait because there were a lot of rock piles, logs and what-not, and Mr. Bush could search with the crank bait. "Finally, he said, 'I've got a good one!', and he reaches down to get his 4-pound, largemouth bass, and the fi sh jumps, comes down and the hook of the crank bait got his index fi nger on his left hand." In spite of the female surgeon Mr. Bush had at his beck and call, Eaker said to the President, "Mr. President, I can get that hook out of your fi nger." Eaker said he knew if the doctor had come over and took over, they would've fl own the President out and that would be the end of his fi shing experience with the 41st President. However, this was not the fi rst time (and wouldn't be the last time he has extricated a hook from someone's hand or fi nger) in taking care of this type of business. "He looked at me, and said, 'Let's go for it,', so I did, and we bandaged it up and went right on fi shing!" said Eaker. Pat Eaker said all the wives walked around the lake, and clapped whenever their husbands made their catches. Guy said George W. Bush fi shed with them later in the afternoon. Pat Eaker also noted how heavy the security was and how spread out they were around the lake and the town. Billy Schroeder, president of Schroeder Publishing Co., Paducah, KY, was one of the teams (with his father, Billy, Sr.) there that day. He said, "I have such fond memories of those Eagles of Angling Tournaments down on Ray Scott's President Lake. We had to go through all types of security clearances. It was crazy! The Navy Seals even searched the entire lake from top to bottom before President Bush arrived. "One of the funniest things that happened was Ray lined all of the fi shermen and their wives up in a line before the President arrived outside his home by the lake. So, we were all standing there waiting the President's arrival and a black limousine pulls up. Out steps George, Jr. He starts greeting the line of fi sherman and their wives. Standing to my right was one of the fi shermen's wife. George, Jr. sticks out his hand to shake hers and he said, 'Hi, I'm George Bush'. Without hesitation she said, "Yea. Right!' I think I actually busted out laughing. I will never forget that! Moments later President George H. Bush did arrive." Like so many there that day, Mr. Schroeder remembers talking with President Bush, sitting in the rocking chair right next to him, just like, as he put it, "I was having a conversation with my Dad." Said Billy Schroeder, Jr., "He was such a genuine person!" Later, after the fi shing tournament, Eaker said the President took him and Pat into Air Force One and showed them around. The President stayed in touch as often as he could with the man who removed a hook from his hand, often sending them Christmas cards. Said Eaker, "It hurt me to see the (physical) condition he was in later on in his life. It was just a sad deal. He never forgot the fi shing trip. It meant so much to Pat and me that he took time to stand and to take pictures with us. Also, on the plane (Air Force One), he told us we had all the time we wanted to look around (inside)." Pat and Guy agreed that this country – this world, won't see his type of gracious politician again anyway soon. This January 2019, the Eaker's will have been married for 59 years. They are the parents of Guy Eaker, Jr., and Carla Truluck. In closing, Guy said he gives "all the glory to God because how many people get to do something they love to do and to make a good living at it at the same time?" "I am a very, very blessed man," he added. Article Provided By: MICHAEL E. POWELL The late President G.H.W. Bush a "most gracious man" to Guy and Pat Eaker Getting to fi sh with the 41st President one of Mr. Eaker's greatest honors; memories The late President George H. W. Bush at the 1992 "Eagles of Angling" Tournament in Alabama with Cherryville's own Guy and Pat Eaker. (photo provided) Sitting in the boat with two Presidents: the late 41st President, George H. W. Bush (in front, center), and his son, the future 43rd U. S. President, George W. Bush (top center) are Cherryville's Guy Eaker (right) and his "Eagles of Angling" fi shing partner Charlie Ingram, of Columbia, TN (center right). (photo provided) Guy and Pat Eaker proudly hold a photo of them with President George Herbert Walker Bush, taken in 1992 at the "Eagles of Angling" Tournament in Pintlala, AL. (photo by MEP/The Eagle)

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