Shelby Shopper Shelby NC
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Page 12 - shelby shopper & info - 704/484-1047 Let Your Voice Be Heard.... If you have concerns with the way our Government Representatives are representing you.... ★ Contact the Congress ★ ★ President Barack Obama 202-456-1111 – White House – http://www.whitehouse.gov.com ★ Senator Richard Burr (R_NC) DC Phone - 202-224-3154 – DC FAX 202-228-2981 http://burr.senate.gov/publicindex.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm ★ Senator Kay Hagan (D_NC) DC Phone - 202-224-6342 – DC FAX 202-228-2563 http://hagan.senate.gov/?p=contact ★ Representative Patrick McHenry (R_10) DC Phone - 202-225-2576 – DC FAX 202-225-0316 http://mchenry.house.gov/zipauth.htm ★ Representative Sue Myrick (R_09) DC Phone - 202-225-1976 – DC FAX 202-225-3389 http://myrick.house.gov/zipauth.shtml Civic Info www.shelbyinfo.com Thursday, November 4-November 10, 2010 NEIGHBORHOOD Council On Aging/Neal Senior Center 11/4 – Thursday – Blood Pressure Check – 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 pm at Council On Aging/Senior Center, 100 T.R. Harris Drive, Shelby, NC. 11/5 – Friday – Holiday Bazaar – 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 pm at Council on Aging, 100 T.R. Harris Drive, Shelby. Senior Center’s mouth watering Ham Biscuit at $2.50, Livermush Biscuit at $2.00, and Plain Biscuit at $1.00. Bulk orders may be placed by calling Mary Hamrick at 704-482-3488 or fax orders to 704-481-0151. Pinto Bean Plates will be available for lunch. Vendors will also be available with lots of homemade crafts and goodies. Anyone interested in being a vendor contact Lisa Abernethy at 704-482-3488. 11/9 – Tuesday – Flu and Pneumonia Shots – 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Boiling Springs Baptist Church, 307 S. Main St., Boiling Springs, NC. Flu Shots for persons without Medicare-B (55 & Older) will require a fee of $30.00. Without Medicare-B the Pneumonia shots will require a fee of $45.00. (Be sure to bring your Social Security Card Numbers). Flu shots are free with Medicare-B card. KIWANIS CLUB – SHELBY - Every Thursday - Lunch meeting held at the Country Club from 11:45 until 1:00 - 86 year old club. Join the ranks of Professional Business Men and Women! Newcomers that join receive the first quarter free. Lunch and program are provided. Leadership starts here! ROTARY INTERNATIONAL SHELBY Breakfast - Tuesdays at Cleveland County Country Club 7:30 - 704-487-1120 SHELBY Lunch - Friday 12:00 Cleveland County Country Club KINGS MOUNTAIN Thursdays 12 noon at Kings Mountain Senior Center BOILING SPRINGS - Mon Lunch - 12 noon at Ritch Banquet Hall at GWU LIONS CLUB SHELBY - 2nd & 4th Tuesday - 6:00pm - Cleveland Country Club - 704-482-0135 SHELBY COMMUNITY - 1st & 3rd Monday - 7:00pm - Jackson’s Cafeteria - 704-482-8581 KINGS MOUNTAIN - 2nd & 4th Tues. - 6:30pm KM Woman’s Club - 704-739-7616 LAWNDALE - 2nd & 4th Tues. - 7:00pm Lawndale Community Center BOILING SPRINGS - 1st & 3rd Mon. - 7:00pm - GWU Fallston - 1st & 3rd Thurs. - 7:00pm - Dub’s Barber Shop EXCHANGE CLUB SHELBY - Meets 2nd & 4th Monday at 6:00-Jacksons Cafeteria • 704-418-2711 CIVITAN CLUB - 1st & 3rd Wed. - 12 Noon - Cleveland Country Club TOASTMASTERS - 704-434-0639 OPTIMIST CLUB 1st & 3rd Thursday at the Days Inn - SHELBY • 704-482-5658 KINGS MOUNTAIN • 704-739-0296 JR. CHARITY LEAGUE - 704-481-9751 FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE - 704-484-4976 or 704-482-2050 ELKS LODGE #1709 - 704-487-5247 WOODMEN OF THE WORLD - 704-481-8668 SHELBY WOMAN’S CLUB 704-482-1163 - 2nd CLEVELAND CO. VETERANS COUNCIL 704-538-5544 Cleveland County Club UPPER CLEVELAND CO. CHAMBER 704-538-8805 - 1st Mon. every month - 7:00 pm Brackett’s Cedar Park VETERANS ASSOCIATIONS AMVETS 704-482-7471 VFW SHELBY - 704-487-4873 Kings Mtn. - 704-750-4230 AMERICAN LEGION Post #155 - 704-739-6387 Post #82 - 704-482-7416 WR Gary Fallston Post #527 - 704-538-7191 DAV 704-482-8066 AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY POST 82 704-482-1163 AMVETS AUXILIARY 704-487-6118 MARINE CORPS LEAGUE 704-487-7545 SCV - 4th Tues. 6:30 pm Jackson Cafeteria VFW CHERRYVILLE Post #5200 704-445- 3933 DAV AUXILIARY 704-482-8066 VFW AUXILIARY 704-487-7103 To Get Your Club Information Included In Shelby Shopper & Info Civic Listings Call 704-484-1047 Thurs. of every month 12:00 pm 11/11 – Thursday – Seminar on “Do I Need a Will or Not” – 12:00 p.m. at Council on Aging/Senior Center, 100 T.R. Harris Drive, Shelby – Free coffee and conversation. Program provided by Journey - Partnership for End-of-Life Issues. Please call the Senior Center at 704- 482-3488 to register. For further info call Pam Isaacs at 704-487-4677. 11/12 – Friday – 11:30 am –Veterans Celebration – at Council on Aging, 100 T.R. Harris Drive, Shelby. Sponsored by Council on Aging, Healthy at Home and Dover Foundation. Veterans free and guest $7.50. Veterans who wish to attend should call 704-482-3488 to get permission to attend. 11/15 thru December 31, 2010 – Monday – Open Enrollment for Medicare D – 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 pm - By appointment only at Council on Aging/Senior Center, 100 T.R. Harris Drive, Shelby. SHIIP volunteers will be available to assist you. 11/16 – Tuesday – National Memory Screening Day – 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 pm at Council on Aging, 100 T.R. Harris Drive, Shelby. Must have an appointment. Call the Senior Center at 704-482-3488 for further information or to make an appointment. 11/18 – Thursday – Blood Pressure – 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm at Council on Aging, 100 T.R. Harris Drive, Shelby. 11/19 – Friday – Thanksgiving Feast – 12:00 noon at Council on Aging, 100 T.R. Harris Drive, Shelby. Come by the Senior Center to register and pick-up your tickets. Cost $7.50 per person. 12/17 – Friday – Christmas Feast – 12:00 noon at Council on Aging, 100 T.R. Harris Drive, Shelby. Come by the Senior Center to register and pick-up ticket. Cost $7.50 per person. 12/31 – Friday – New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance – 6:00 p.m. - 12:30 am at Council on Aging, 100 T.R. Harris Drive, Shelby. Please call the Senior Center for more information. Hospice Cleveland Co. – Upcoming Events 11/21 – Fall Memorial Service – Sunday – 2:00 pm - Family members will be receiving a special invitation. The service will be held at First Baptist Kings Mountain, 605 W. King Street, Kings Mountain, NC. 11/30 – Memory Making with Ornaments – Tuesday – 10:00 am - Noon or 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Please RSVP to ext. 166 if you plan to attend. This workshop will be held at Kings Mountain Hospice House, 321 Kings Mountain Boulevard, Kings Mountain, NC. 12/2 – Memory Making with Ornaments – Thursday – 10:00 am - Noon or 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Please RSVP to ext. 166 if you plan to attend. This workshop will be held at Hospice Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC. Caregivers To Be Honored With Prizes To honor caregivers, a local coalition is offer- ing prizes for caregivers who register during the month of November, which is National Caregivers Month. The coalition is called Journey: A Partnership for End-of-Life Issues, which recognizes caregivers through ongoing programs to educate and support the family members who care for those who are ill or disabled. If you care for someone, you are invited to register at one of three locations in Cleveland County: Care Solutions at 208 E. Grover St. in Shelby (across the street from Cleveland Regional Medical Center) between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; or either location of Life Enrichment Center Adult Day Care, 222 Kings Mountain Blvd. in Kings Mountain (across from the KM Intermediate School) and 103 T.R. Harris Dr. in Shelby (across from the Neal Senior Center) between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. A drawing will be held weekly for prizes donated by area businesses and individuals. You may register once a week. Winners will be notified to pick up their prizes. For more information about Journey, please call Chaplain Len Byers at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Interested individuals are invited to a free breakfast meeting to determine if you would like to join Journey, which meets at 8:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of every month in the staff dining room (just off the cafeteria) at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. For more information about caregivers month, call Anzie Horn at Care Solutions at 980-487-4771 or Linda Cabiness at Life Enrichment Center at 704-484-0405. Art Show – 20 Local Artists Twenty local artists will exhibit their paintings on Friday and Saturday, November 5th and 6th. All are students in the Studio Oil Paining Classes offered through the Continuing Education Department of Cleveland Community College. The exhibit will be held in the Fellowship at John Knox Presbyterian Church, located at 610 Charles Road, Shelby. The public is invited to the Opening and Reception on Friday, November 5th from 4 pm to 7 pm. the exhibit will continue on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. A cordial invitation is extended to this exhibit which will honor the memory of fellow artist, John “Red” Painter of Belmont, NC. Directions: Hwy. 74W (Dixon Blvd.) to traffic light at Charles Road. Left on Charles Road. John Knox Church is two blocks down on the right of Charles Road. EIGHBORHOOD CALENDAR Guidelines For Submitting Community Events ALENDAR Please be sure to include the Event Name, Complete Address where event will take place, and Phone Number for contact, plus description of the event. Also, please include a contact person responsible for your info/event for us to contact if we have questions. e-mail: events@shelbyinfo.com Boys & Girls Club Basketball Sign-UP Registration is underway for the Boys & Girls Club Basketball Program for students in Grades K through six. Students must attend Graham, Jefferson or James Love Elementary, Marion Intermediate or Shelby Middle Schools. Sign-ups for players and cheerleaders will be ongoing, space permitting, now through November 24. Registrations are being held at the Boys & Girls Club building at 412 West Sumter Street, directly behind Shelby Middle School in Shelby. Registration materials for the basketball program can be picked up at the Boys & Girls Club weekdays 1 until 7 pm. There is a non-refundable $10 registration fee for the program which includes membership in the Boys & Girls Club After-School Program for the current school year. There are no additional program fees. A birth certificate is required for all registrations. Current members of the Boys & Girls Club can register at no additional charge. Adult volunteer positions in the basketball program are also available for coaches, scorekeepers and concession workers. For additional information please call the Boys & Girls Club office at 704-471-2582 (CLUB). Yokefellow Service Center, Spindale, NC Yokefellow Service Center is holding a storewide half price sale now through Saturday, November 6th. Sales floor restocked daily. Located at 132 Blanton Street, Spindale. Cash, credit or debit only. No Checks. 2010 Carolina Crossfire Tryouts Carolina Crossfire is starting a new 8U travel softball team. We will hold tryouts on November 6th at 1 pm at Crest Middle School softball field. Tryouts are open to any girl that is 8 years old or less on January 1st. For more information call Alex at 704-692-7321. Hope to see you there! Relay for Life Charity Auction A Charity Auction will be held Saturday, Nov. 6th at Starnes Auditorium. You can preview at 4:30 and the Auction begins at 6:00 pm. The Cherryville Schools are hosting this event. For more information call Tina West at 704-435-6800 or 704-435-0986. Benefit Motorcycle Ride for Bobby Jones The Red Knights International Firefighters Motorcycle Club Inc. NC Chapter 14 is holding a benefit motorcycle ride for Bobby Jones, retired Captain of the Shelby Fire and Rescue Dept. and former Chief and current member of Boiling Springs Fire and Rescue Dept. on Sunday, November 7th. Mr. Jones is battling throat cancer and all proceeds will go to the Jones family to help with medical expenses. The ride will start at 1:30 pm at Shelby Fire Station III, located on Kings Rd. ext. Bikes and cars are welcome. Registration will begin at 12:00 pm. It will be an escorted ride throughout Cleveland County, pass- ing by several county V.F.D.’s. The ride will end at Boiling Springs Fire and Rescue Department where there will be a Hot Dog Supper for $5.00 a plate. Prices for Ride is $20 per bike or car (includes 2 meal tickets). T-Shirts will also be available at $10.00 each. Make checks payable to Red Knights Chapter 14. Shelby City Park 2010 Basketball Sign-Ups Sign-ups for Midget and Junior Basketball Leagues will be held at Shelby City Park beginning Monday, November 8th and continue through Friday, December 3rd. The Midget League is for league ages 10-12 and Junior League is for league ages 13-15. All league ages are as of August 31st, 2010. Sign-ups will be held Monday- Fridays from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. At sign-up a parent or guardian must be present along with a copy of player’s birth certificate (if did not play in the league last year) and a $22.00 registration fee if residence is inside Shelby City Limits or a $37.00 fee for all others. Both new and returning players must sign-up in order to participate. The park office will be closed on Thursday November 11th for Veterans Day and Thursday and Friday, November 25th and 26th for Thanksgiving. Instructional League sign-ups for league ages 7-9 years will be held beginning Monday, November 8th through Friday December 17th. Sign-up times, league ages and rules are the same as those above for Midget and Junior Leagues. For more information call the City Park office at 704-484-6811 or visit us on the web @ www.cityofshelby.com/parks. Friends of the Library Presents... Mark Hughes will ber our guest speaker Tuesday, November 9th at 6:30 pm in the large meeting room at CCML. Mark Hughes is the author of “Civil War Images” and “The New Civil War Handbook”, a com- plete up-to-date guide for American Civil War enthusi- asts of all ages. Mr. Hughes is an electronics instructor widely recognized as the authority on Civil War cemeteries. The only author to publish books on both Union and Confederate cemeter- ies, his books include: Bivouac of the Dead, The Unpublished Roll of Honor, and Confederate Cemeteries (2 vols.). In addition he has written articles on a variety of subjects. Continued on Page 13