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"Your #1 Source For Ad Results" Keep Up With All The Latest Cleveland County Chamber Events And News See The Weekly in shelbyinfo.com Our 28th Year • Issue No. 39 • September 29, 2011 Kings Mountain's Gateway Festival The City of Kings Mountain will host the annual FLY-IN & OPEN HOUSE AIRCRAFT & HELICOPTER DISPLAY "Gateway Festival" on Saturday, October 8 from 10:00AM until 6:00PM throughout the downtown area. This com- munity event is a celebration of Kings Mountain, being designated in 2000, as "The Gateway City" by the Department of Interior and the National Park Service to all three area parks - Crowder's Mountain State Park, Kings Mountain State Park and Kings Mountain National Military Park. This annual Kings Mountain fall festival will highlight the history of the nearby victorious battle site (which Thomas Jefferson declared, "... the turning point of the Revolutionary War") with a reenactment of October 15th, 2011 10 am to 3 pm Free admission!! Tour the new Airport Terminal JAARS is offering Flights $20 for airplane rides $25 for helicopter rides Aircraft & Military Vehicles Will Be On Display Info: 704-487-1161 ELLIOTT FAMILY FARMS 4th Annual HERITAGE DAYS Antique Tractor & Engine Show October 1st & 2nd, 2011 Antique Tractor Pull October 1, 2011 Polkville, NC See Ad On Page 3 INSIDE INF INSIDE INFO Patriot militias mock cannon battle and a living history encampment showcasing the Colonial period. There will be two stages at Patriots Park, in downtown Kings Mountain, one at the Gazebo and the other at the South Meadow stage, a temporary stage for the musical entertainment. Headlining the music portion of the festival will be the Overmountain Men, with a concert from 1:00-3:00. "It's rather unique that the Overmountain Men were instrumental in the defeat of the loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain and now, we have this first rate band, with the same name, coming to entertain at the Gateway Festival" stated Ellis Noell, Event Director for the City of Kings Mountain. The Over- mountain Men fea- tures Bob Crawford, who also plays bass with the Avett Brothers and David Childers, who played with the Modern Don Juans, Robert Childers, also with 2013 Wolves, on drums and Randy Saxon on guitar. The festival will also include Jeff Luckadoo & Jack Lawrence (who plays with Bible Study by Dub Dellinger ............................11 Bob's Carolina Weather .................................24 Bruce Camp's Local Fishin' Report ..................18 Business Service Directory ..........................38-39 Church Directory.......................................14 & 15 Classifieds ................................................. 2-39 Cleveland Chamber News ................................36 Community Outreach Church Events ......15 & 32 Crossword Puzzle ..............................................31 Crosswords With Richard Prow ........................30 Football Contest .................................................35 "Go For The Green" Lucky Reader Contest .....24 Inquiring Photographer ......................................28 Just A Pinch Recipes ........................................34 Kids Corner - By Kidsville News .......................31 Movies .................................................................. 2 Neighborhood Calendar ................................... 29 Obituaries ..................................................16 & 19 Outdoor Truths by Gary Miller ...........................18 Outdoor World ...................................................18 Real Estate ...................................................26-27 Senior's Lifestyle Page ........................................ 8 Sudoku ...............................................................31 Through A Womans Eyes .................................22 Word Search ......................................................31 Doc Watson), Timberidge, Harvest, Green Star and the Traffic Jam All Stars. "The music at this years' Gateway Festival is steeped in the Southern tradition, showcasing roots, folk, bluegrass, Americana, country and blues music", added Noell. Art and craft vendors will be located in Patriots Park, close to a variety British and of food vendors. The peren- nial favorite "Cute Critters", a pet beauty contest (sponsored by Roll Over Pets) will take place at the Gazebo. The Cross Roads Classic car show will be lined up on Gold Street. With a theme of "Your Town-Your Energy", the City's gas and electric depart- ments will celebrate the culmina- tion of Public Energy Services Week. Mayor Rick Murphrey will be competing against the clock in a simulated emergency rescue power operation. A $100. prize will be awarded to the person who comes closest to guessing the time. An American Cornhole Association (ACA) sanctioned championship tournament will begin at 11:00 am with $1000. in prize money. The "Mountaineer Trolley", with on-board community tour guides, will run continuous- ly during the festival between the Gazebo at Patriots Park, the Kings Mountain Historical Museum and Commons, Many Memorial Library (1-5 pm) and cruise through the Central School Historic District to the Kings Mountain Art Depot and back to the Gazebo. Free parking is available at all trolley stop venues and downtown parking lots. At the Kings Mountain Historical Museum and Patriots Park, Revolutionary War re- enactors with the South Fork Militia, the Fort Davidson Militia, the Charleston and 4th S.C. Artilleries will encamp and share living history through demonstrations and conduct tours of the Barber Log House and the Cornwell Home at the Commons behind the Museum. Inside at the Museum will be "Honor Our Veterans – Remembering World War I" free exhibit. The Southern Arts Society, located at the Old Train Depot, will host the annual art competition, "Gateways to the South", relating to southern history and culture with this exhibit. Southern Arts Society for free Moon Pies and RC Cola's. Ken Hagans will demonstrate wood Join the (Continued On Page 13) Cleveland County NAACP's Image Awards Rev. Dr. Fidi R. Giles (pictured center) is present- ed with one of this year's "Trailblazer Awards" at the fi rst annual Cleveland County NAACP Image Award Banquet. The event was held on Saturday, Sept. 24th at the Neal Senior Center in Shelby. This Trailblazer was pastor at Eskridge Grove Baptist Church from 1958 to 1976. Preacher Giles was very active in the early civil rights years. He served as vocal President of the Cleveland Coun- ty NAACP for nine years and taught Baptist Doc- trine in the National Sunday School Congress for fi ve years. One of his many highlights was teach- ing the Old and New Testaments in Germany. He presently resides at the Veterans Home in An- derson, S. C. There were three other "Trailblaz- er Awards" presented: Rev. Dr. R. E. Devoe; Dr. Theodore A. Powell; and Mr. Clarence C. Brantley. Other awards presented included medical, educa- tor, community citizen, business, entertainer and media categories.The "Trailblazer Awards" were the most important and deserving at the banquet. –M. A. Andrews shelbyinfo.com THINK GREEN! Please Recycle This Paper! $2000 MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT Call For Information FIRST SERVICE CALL OR ormation Can Save You Hundreds In Repairs Offer Valid For New Agreement Customers only. Not Valid With Any Other Offer. 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Battleground Ave, Kings Mountain, 5:30-7:00 pm Other Events: October 13 - Chamber Annual Fall Planning Conference sponsored by Duke Energy, River Taw Farms, 126 Cedar Lake Farm Road, Cherryville, Keynote Speaker: Dennis McIntee Toastmasters: Cleveland County Communicators Meeting Every Thursday Morning 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM Child Care Connections 327 Market Street Shelby, NC 28150 For more info: ken@clevelandchamber.org For More Information about any of our events visit www.ClevelandChamber.org