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Contests, Performances and Beach Ball Drop August 17 at Patriots Park Cleveland County Schools CTE instructors visited Albemarle last week. Photos by CCS
CCS hosts CTC meeting at Albemarle As Cleveland County Schools prepares for the new school year, the Curriculum Technology Coordinator (CTC) meeting was held at the Albemarle facility in Kings Mountain last week. According to their Facebook post, “The knowledgeable Albemarle staff provided us with a fascinating tour,
including a viewing of the mine site and other operations. It was an ideal setting for collaboration as we gear up for the 2024-25 school year!” Interesting Facts they learned about the Albemarle Site included: • The facility is projected to produce a substantial 420,000 tons of
lithium-bearing spodumene concentrate annually. • Interestingly, the U.S. Department of Energy first extracted lithium in 1950 to develop the hydrogen bomb. • The lithium mined will be a crucial component in powering electric vehicles and mobile devices.
Splish Splash! We are going to have a BLAST! Contests, dance performances, and much more are back at the NC BeachBlast Festival presented by Yates Construction and Metcon, on Saturday, August 17. All ages are welcome to register for the annual Watermelon Eating Contest with some lucky winner taking home an awesome trophy and more. Join the fun at the Patriots Park Gazebo as many of your neighborhood dance troops perform their latest routines with music provided by DJ Mike Hayes. The NC BeachBlast Festival would not be the same without its traditional Beach Ball Drop. Over 250 beach balls will be dropped courtesy
of our friends at Sun-Drop. Look for our timeline of events at www.kingsmountainevents/nc-beachblast-festival or on the City of Kings Mountain’s Marketing, Tourism, and Events Department’s Facebook page. The 2024 North Carolina BeachBlast Festival will be
Kings Mountain Historical Museum seeking sponsors By Loretta Cozart
Cindy Estridge and Albemarle instructors with CCS CTC teachers in the classroom. See more photos on page 8A
held on Saturday, August 17th at Patriots Park in Kings Mountain. Patriots Park is located at 220 South Railroad Avenue. See pages 4A-5A for full details on the event and page 3A for road closures and shuttle service.
Each September, Kings Mountain Historical Museum hosts a fundraiser to generate the revenue necessary to support our programming. For 20 years, its annual Reverse Raffle has been very successful. In 2024, they announced that they had decided to host a fundraiser dedicated to showcasing the museum and its campus, items from our collection, and our connection to Kings Mountain’s sesquicentennial celebration. Its Annual Fundraiser will be held on September 21 at the museum, located in the city’s former post
office at 100 E. Mountain Street in Kings Mountain. The event will offer great food, drinks, music, and historical demonstrations, and sponsors are being sought now. Sponsorships include various perks during the event, private tours, and use of the museum facilities for private events. Call
Kings Mountain Historical Museum for further details. Sponsorship levels: • Presenting Sponsor ($5,000): The sponsorship includes your company name and logo with a link to your company website on the KMHM website, an Event Program with the company name and logo with a link to your company website, and verbal acknowledgment of your company with your logo at the event. • Platinum Sponsor ($2,500): The sponsorship includes your company name and logo with a link to your company website on the KMHM website, See SPONSORS, Page 8A
Back-To- The Ultimate Van Echoes of Kings Mountain, an Evening with Author Sharyn McCrumb School Halen Experience Prayer coming to the Don Rally August 11 Gibson Theater The Kings Mountain Ministerial Association will host a student-led back-to-school prayer rally on Sunday, August 11, at 6 PM. This year's church host will be David Baptist at 2300 David Baptist Church Rd., Kings Mountain.
The Ultimate Van Halen Experience, 84 has quickly become the region’s most sought-after Van Halen tribute band and will be performing on August 23 from 8 – 9:30 p.m. at the Don Gibson Theatre at 318 South Washington St., in Shelby. Tickets are $35.00 Faithfully recreating the sound, look, and energy of the original Van Halen lineup (1978-1984), 84 brings a jaw-droppingly authentic, passion-filled
show to packed venues and sold-out crowds throughout the Southeast and beyond. 84’s Dave, Eddie, Michael, and Alex work to bring you the most accurate concert experience possible. And it ain’t no joke!
On Friday, August 9, at 6:30 pm, the Kings Mountain Historical Museum will present “Echoes of Kings Mountain,” an evening with author Sharyn McCrumb. Sharyn McCrumb is an American writer whose books celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia. McCrumb is the winner of numerous literary awards and the author of the Elizabeth McPherson mystery series, the Ballad series, and the St. Dale series. The writer is best known for her Appalachian “Ballad” novels, set in the North Carolina/Tennessee mountains, including the New York Times Best Sellers: The Ballad of Tom Dooley, She Walks These Hills, and The Rosewood Casket. “My books are like Appalachian quilts,” says Mc-
Crumb. “I take brightly colored scraps of legends, ballads, fragments of rural life, and local tragedy, and I piece them together into a complex whole that tells not only a story but also a deeper truth about the culture of the mountain South.” McCrumb’s book, Kings
Mountain, A Ballard Novel, is one story close to home. In June 2015, King’s Mountain received the Patricia Winn Award for Southern Fiction from the Clarksville/Montgomery County Arts & Heritage Council, Clarksville, TN. The Edward Buncombe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Asheville, NC, also honored the novel. King’s Mountain tells the story of the Revolutionary War battle that changed the course of the war. Told from the points of view of Patriot leader John Sevier and Tory camp follower Virginia Sal, the novel brings to life the people and events in the southern front of the Revolution—a story largely ignored See ECHOES, Page 8A
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