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704-484-1047 www.shelbyinfo.com Our 39th Year • Issue No. 16 • April 21, 2022 "IN GOD WE TRUST" TWO TWO BIG BIG DAYS! DAYS! Ora Ora SUPER SUPERMARKET MARKET & BROAD RIVER HAMS & BROAD RIVER HAMS ONLY ONLY $ 6 99 99 each each 1026 EAST MARION ST., SHELBY, NC WE ACCEPT EBT, SNAP, FOOD STAMPS, DEBIT 704-487-4377 WWW.ORASUPERMARKET.COM Like Us On Facebook! BACON WRAPPED FILETS BACON WRAPPED FILETS FRIDAY • APRIL 29 FRIDAY • APRIL 29 TH TH & SATURDAY • APRIL 30 & SATURDAY • APRIL 30 TH TH HRS: 8AM-6PM MON-.SAT. Our 79 Our 79 th th Year! Year! by MICHAEL E. POWELL michael@cfmedia.info For 25 years now kids of all ages have been entertained by the Foothills Merry Go Round Festival, a wonderful Shelby tradition. The festival is back again, on Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24. Allen Langley, Chairman of Festival, said recently he and the festival's volunteer-led committee, consisting of him- self, Marie Hendrick, and City Park staff Charlie Holtzclaw, Dee Greene, Lydia Wright and Hannah Mantooth, are all excited to once again present two days of fun and merriment for their beloved city and its people. Said Langley, "For 25 years, Charlie Holtzclaw has been the Director of the Festival and is one of longest serving mem- bers on the committee." Langley also had a "shout- out" for the City of Shelby, the main sponsor of the festival, for "…without them and the Parks & Recreation staff the festival would not be a reality." The history of the festival, said Langley, begins with Jim Allen and John Godbold who started the festival. "The idea was that it would be a week-long celebration. We started out with a homerun derby on Friday and have the awards ceremony on Thursday nights. We even started with music with headliners and found that just was not our market. In 25 years, I believe we have now figured out just what our families want and need for quality entertainment. It was only a few years ago we added Sunday to our festival and the rest is history." The first festival was held on Oct. 17, 1998 when the Carrousel was first complet- ed, he noted, adding, "Then because of the weather and flowers blooming, and such, we moved it to April." The Merry Go Round itself, Langley said, is a 1919 Herschell Spillman Carrousel, manufactured in North Tonawanda, NY. "It was a trav- eling carrousel, bought in 1952 for Shelby City Parks as a gift from First National Bank and Union Trust Company. There are 29 original horses, three of which are hand carved, two sta- tionary, hand-carved animals, a See FESTIVAL, Page 7 Celebrating 25 years of the Foothills Merry Go Round Festival Shelby Park's legendary carrousel is, for obvious reasons – one of the main attractions at this year's Foothills Merry Go Round Festival. (Photo by MEP/CF Media) A shot of one of the group of rides known as "Kid's Town", from a past festival. (Photos provided) An aerial view of a past Foothills Merry Go Round Festival. We welcome Spring! See Pages 14-19