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Volume 135 • Issue 31
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
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NC BeachBlast Festival returns Aug. 18 and 19 The City of Kings Mountain brings the Beach back to downtown as the NC Beach Blast Festival comes to Patriots Park Friday and Saturday, August 18 and 19! Presented by Carolina Power Partners, the festival blasts off Friday, August 18 at 6:00 p.m. with DJ Eric Bowman, followed by Too Much Sylvia at 6:30 pm. On Saturday, August 19 at 10:00 a.m., enjoy a full day of music and family fun with DJ Johnny B and four of the hottest Carolina Beach Music bands in the Southeast – Jim Quick and Coastline, Cat5, Swingin’ Medallions, and Band of Oz. Vendors will be on hand with great food and beverages, and beginning at 12:00 p.m., Festival goers can shop till they drop on the Boardwalk Vendor Row with over 50 vendors! There is fun for the whole family – with inflatables, games, the Rotary Splash Pad, Water Wars, watermelon eating, hula hoop, Beach Party costume contests, the big beach ball
Too Much Sylvia plays Friday, August 18 at 6:30 p.m. Photos provided Swingin’ Medallions go on stage Saturday at 4 p.m.
Jim Quick and Coastline play Saturday at morning at 10 a.m.
Cat5 Band keeps the music flowing at 1 p.m.
At 7 p.m., Band of Oz plays at Patriots Park.
drop, pirates, mermaids, and an all-new BeachBlast Golf Cart Parade. To register for the golf cart parade, please call 704-730-2101. We look
forward to seeing you at the 2023 NC BeachBlast Festival. For more information, go to kingsmountainevents.com/nc-beachblast-festival.
Nightly How to enroll your Country artist Chris Lane says student in Cleveland ‘Howdy’ to Cleveland County revival County Schools in KM Cleveland County this week Bring your chair or blanket and join David Creighton and Asley Short Creighton for Revival in the Mountain at Kings Mountain Walking Track, beside the YMCA on Cleveland Avenue, nightly from Aug 2 – August 5, 6 pm to 8 pm, for worship and the word of God. There will be different speakers and praise groups each night. Wednesday: Pastor Steve Taylor and Heaven Bound Trio; Thursday: Pastor John Howze and The Hamptons; Friday: Pastor Sean Wease and The Douglas Band; and Saturday, Pastor Mike Chambers and Kings Highway.
New students or incoming kindergartners residing in the Cleveland County Schools district should present an official birth certificate, not the hospital's birth record, and a certificate showing that the student has received the required immunizations. Transferring students should also provide a previous year’s transcript or report card to document grade placement. Kindergartners should pass a physical examination - a physician's signature is required on a form
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provided by the school system. Kindergartners must be five years old on or before the first day of school of the year they will enter school. If a child is homeless or is identified as being homeless, he or she shall be immediately enrolled in and allowed to attend school, even if the child or his or her parents cannot produce such records. In addition, parents must show proof of residency, See SCHOOLS, Page 5A
Country artist Chris Lane will headline the music portion of the 9th Annual 7th Inning Stretch Festival Saturday, Aug. 5, in Uptown Shelby. A native of Kernersville, N.C., Lane learned to play guitar after sports injuries led him to curtail his ambition of playing professional baseball. The singer/songwriter’s debut single “Broken Windshield View,” released in 2014, sold 11,000 downloads in its first week and reached No. 45 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. His debut album, “Girl Problems,” included the singles “Fix,” his first No. 1, and “For Her.” “Fix” See LANE, Page 4A
CHRIS LANE
Free Drive-thru Backpack IMC – Metals America Giveaway Saturday plans major expansions
Bynum Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, at 213 N. Cansler Street in Kings Mountain, presents a drive-thru Backto-School Backpack Giveaway this Saturday, August 5, from 11 a.m. until all are distributed. Please enter the church parking lot from Cansler Street.
Back-to-School Bash at Galilee UMC Galilee United Methodist Church announces its Back to School Bash on Saturday, August 5, from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at 117 Galilee Church Road in Kings Mountain. Giveaways and events include free bookbags, school supplies, games, a bouncy house, crafts, and food. All are welcome.
Prime Materials Recovery, Inc. announces contracting an SCR 4500 copper rod system from the Southwire Company for installation at its subsidiary, IMC – Metals America, LLC in Shelby, NC. This new line will be installed in a purpose-built plant at the existing site, marking PMR/ IMCs entry into the ETP copper rod market.
In a separate initiative, IMC will also increase OF copper rod production capacity by purchasing and installing a new line from Upcast OY based in Pori, Finland. “We are extremely pleased to be partnering with industry leaders like
Southwire and Upcast OY with these initiatives. We look forward to these successful projects and years of effectively serving our customers and these markets,” said Bernie Schilberg, CEO of Prime Materials Recovery. Sitework is expected to begin in the 3rd quarter of 2023 and will bring 75-80 See IMC, Page 4A
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