Wednesday, October 5, 2011 The Kings Mountain Herald Page 7A

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Everyday from 4:30 - 6 pm!

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FROM Page 1at 3 p.m. and at 9 a.m. onSaturday until midnight. Formore information and aschedule of events, visitwww.clevelandcountyfair.com/dailyschedule.htm

(Through Oct. 8, Cleveland County Fair,

1751 E. Marion St.,Shelby)

- Come honor thebrave soldiers whofought the Revolu-tionary War Battleof Kings Mountain

at a wreath-laying ceremonyat the Centennial Monumentat Kings Mountain NationalMilitary Park. This is the231st anniversary of this bat-tle that historians noted“turned the tide” of Amer-ica’s revolution. The Back-country Militia will recreatethe activities of an 18th cen-tury military encampment atthe park on Saturday andSunday.(Oct. 7-9, Kings Mountain

National Military Park,2625 Park Rd.,

Blacksburg, SC)

- Wind down with aglass of wine andenjoy views of theSouth Mountains ata free 6:30 p.m.

concert by Mt. Hollysinger/songwriter/actor JeffLuckadoo at Owl’s Eye Win-ery on Friday, Oct. 7. Jeff’smusic can best be describedas Country Americanasteeped in southern experi-ence. Whether it’s the pas-sion of a coming home songlike “Carolina Blue”, or theirreverent rocker like “CanYou Hear Me Now?”, or afunny story song like“Speedo Toledo”, Jeff’ssongs are full of imagery andemotion. In 2008 he wasawarded the Emerging Re-gional Artist Grant by theNC Arts and Science Coun-cil and in 2009 was namedthe Charlotte Music AwardsCountry Artist of the Year.Luckadoo will also be per-forming at the Gateway Fes-tival Saturday at 3 p.m. withguitarist Jack Lawrence(Doc Watson’s right-handman for over 20 years).

(Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m., Owl’sEye Winery, 1414 Metcalf

Rd., Shelby)

- Watch MayorRick Murphreyperform a line-man’s challengeand guess how fast

he’ll complete it at an eventduring Public Energy Serv-ices Week at the City ofKings Mountain’s GatewayFestival. This year’s fest willfeature bands on the newSouth Meadow Stage. ARevolutionary War mockskirmish and cannon battlereenactment will be held inthe South Meadow area ofPatriots Park near the amuse-ment rides. The fest will alsofeature a “Cute Critters” petbeauty contest, train rideswith Operation Lifesaver, aGateway Cornhole Champi-onship beginning at 11 a.m.with $1,000 in prize money,craft and food vendors.

(Oct. 8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Patriots Park, at the inter-

section of Gold St. andRailroad Ave., Kings

Mountain)

- Meet Bernie andhear about his manyadventures as a“wanderer” in aprogram presented

by the Mauney Memorial Li-brary and the NC Humani-ties Council from 1-5 p.m. atthe library Saturday. Bernieseems always to be on an ad-venture or planning his nextone. After sailing alonearound the world, a voyagehe began and ended in Ori-ental, NC, he traveled fromNC to California by mule.He followed this journeywith writing two books andtaking a mule train wagonvoyage from Canada toMexico. To document andpreserve the state’s vanish-ing rural culture, Berniespent four months with acamera and mule traveling600 miles from the NC coastto the Great Smokey Moun-tains. Hosted extensively byfamilies he and his mule,Woody, met along the way,he produced an extraordi-nary collection of local pho-tos and recollections thatcould only be acquired bytraveling at the speed of con-versation.(Oct. 8, 1-5 p.m., Mauney

Memorial Library, 100 S. Piedmont Ave.,

Kings Mountain - or catchthe free trolley from

Patriots Park)

- Soak in somesouthern culturewith music, art, freeMoon Pies and RCCola’s at the South-

ern Arts Society’s annual“Gateways to the South” ex-hibit at the Kings MountainArt Center on Saturday. Thecenter will host the LogCabin String Band playingold-timey music. Ken Ha-gans will demonstrate the artof woodcarving from 2-4p.m., Lorene Lovell willdemonstrate painting withwatercolors, and self-taughtfolk artist Gypsy Hundley ofHendersonville will be at thecenter to talk about her workdisplayed in the FiresideGallery. Kids are invited tocome and create a “make

and take” art project.(Oct. 8, during the

Gateway Festival, KingsMountain Art Center, 301

N. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain)

- History will bebrought to life at themuseum with its“Honor our Veter-ans - Remembering

World War I” exhibit and anencampment of re-enactorson the museum’s commons.Revolutionary War re-enac-tors will share living historythrough demonstrations bythe South Fork Militia. TheBarber Log House and theCornwell Home will also beopen for tours.

(Oct. 8, during the Gateway Festival, Kings

Mountain Historical Museum, 100 E. Mountain

St., Kings Mountain)

- Fill your dress-upand Halloweenwardrobes in a cos-tume sale at the JoyPerformance Center

from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday.To make room for upcomingrenovations, Kings Moun-tain Little Theatre is clean-ing out its closets and havinga costume and Halloweenprops sale, including its en-tire inventory of “Terror ByThe Tracks” supplies.

(Oct. 8, 9-1 p.m., Joy Performance Center,

202 S. Railroad Ave., KingsMountain)

- Take a lantern-guided stroll backthrough history tothe night after theAmerican Revolu-

tionary War Battle of KingsMountain on Saturday. Toursled by park rangers will stepoff from behind the KingsMountain National MilitaryPark visitor’s center begin-ning at 7 p.m. Reservationsare required for the Candle-light Tours by calling 864-936-7921. Those attendingthe tours should wear com-fortable walking shoes andbring a flashlight.

(Oct. 8, 7 p.m., KingsMountain National

Military Park, 2625 Park

Rd., Blacksburg, SC)

- The “WoodsTea Co.” willbe returningfor a concertat the JoyPerformance

Center Saturday at 7:30 p.m.The famous New England-based band will be perform-ing its fiery Celtic, seashanties, bluegrass, novelty,French-Canadian and Amer-ican folk music served upwith dry New Englandhumor. Tickets for $25 eachwill be available at the doorand prior to the show for $20each at Alliance Bank. TheWoods Tea Co. has been en-tertaining audiencesthroughout the US since1981 with a blend of tradi-tional and vintage musicalstyles, which please the earand inspire smiles.

(Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m., Joy Performance Center, 202S. Railroad Ave., Kings

Mountain)

FROM Page 1In one of its longest ses-

sions in recent months,council also continued pub-lic hearings until Oct. 25 at 6p.m. on other zoning matterspresented by planning andzoning from Dwayne Hordand Quality Lane. After apublic hearing, the boardvoted unanimously to close aportion of East MountainStreet near City Stadium.

City Clerk Ann Sessomswore in more than a dozenpeople who spoke during thepublic hearing on Dwayneand Jennifer Hord's requestto rezone property on Beth-lehem Road which is in thecity's extraterritorial juris-diction. Ten people spoke forthe rezoning to conditionaluse and three spoke against.

Matthew Hord told coun-cil members he just wants toput some horses and animalsat 1026 Bethlehem Road andbuild a life for himself andhis fiancee.

Rev. Steve Taylor, pastor

of Bethlehem BaptistChurch, Bill McDaniel andSarah Murray spoke against,saying the third base line ofthe church's baseball fieldwould only be 20 feet fromHord's fence.

"I'd love to see animalson that property," said SteveLancaster. They do have fliesbut so does trash. I think itwill help kids at the churchto see how they grow andlive."

"You get used to smells inthe country and part of beingin the country is smells. Thisyoung man wants to build ahome there, I'm all for it,"said Rev. Robert Eng.

Pete Burnette, McDanielRoad, said he supports therezoning. "Matthew wants tomicro farm and I'm for any-thing to help out this econ-omy."

A third zoning issue alsobrought controversy in theplanning board's request toset the date for a public hear-ing to rezone property at 311

Scism Road from GeneralBusiness/Commercial toResidential R-10. Commis-sioner Moore quickly tookissue, saying that the peti-tioner, Reg Alexander, didnot own the property.

Councilman Butler, ques-tioning the request, said, "It'snot right for us to zonesomeone else's property. Isthis our policy or the state'spolicy?"

Moore made the motionto deny and councilmanSpears seconded the motion.The mayor reiterated thatthey were only discussingsetting a public hearing.Asked for an opinion, cityattorney Mickey Corry saidit was in Alexander's right tomake the zoning request.Killian concurred that it wasnot unusual but that theowner of the property hadthe right of protest petition.By unanimous vote 7-0,council denied the requestfor a public hearing.

FROM Page 1the militia lacked discipline andneeded a standard drill before joiningthe Continental forces as they did insuch battles as Cowpens and GuilfordCourthouse, according to the parkservice. However, in most cases,these rugged individuals were at theirbest when skirmishing on their own aswas the case at the Battle of KingsMountain, where a group of patriotmilitia defeated a better-trained loyalistforce under Major Patrick Ferguson.

The encampment will feature mili-tary drills along with musket and riflefiring. The group will perform othercamp activities such as cooking, bulletand button molding, and basket-weav-ing. Special activities for the youngvisitors will also be conductedthroughout the day.

On the evening of Saturday, Oct. 8,re-enactors will conduct CandlelightTours of the battlefield starting at 7p.m. Reservations are required for the

Candlelight Tours. Call 864-936-7921to make a reservation. Those attend-ing the Candlelight Tour should wearcomfortable walking shoes and bring aflashlight.

The park invites everyone to theceremonies commemorating the 231stAnniversary of the Battle of KingsMountain, which will be held on Friday,Oct. 7, at 3 p.m. in the park's am-phitheater. The keynote speaker forthis year's ceremony is Randal Jones.Mr. Jones is the author of severalbooks, including "They Were Heroesat Kings Mountain", "In the Footstepsof Daniel Boone" and "A Guide to theOvermountain Victory National His-toric Trail". A wreath-laying ceremonyat the U.S. monument will be held at11 a.m.

There are no admission fees forany of the events. The public is invitedand encouraged to attend. For moreinformation, call the park office at 864-936-7921.

PARK: to celebrate 231st anniversary of Battleof Kings Mountain Friday, public invited to attend

T.G. SheppardDiscount fair admission tickets available at

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TOP 10: things you can do this week

Gateway FestivalEvents Schedule

South Meadow Stage11 a.m. - Green Star12 p.m. - Timberidge1 p.m. - The Overmoun-tain Men3 p.m. - Jeff Luckadoo &Jack Lawrence4 p.m. - Harvest5 p.m. - Traffic Jam AllStar Band

The Gazebo Stage10 a.m. - Zumba demowith the YMCA11 a.m. - Public EnergyWeek Awards Presenta-tion12 p.m. - Cute CrittersPet Beauty Contest3:30 p.m. - Revolution-ary War Battle Re-enac-tor reception

ZONING: dispute surfaces in city council meeting

FROM Page 1council deny Brown's re-quest due to 'deficiencies inthe design and enforceabil-ity'," said Planning DirectorSteve Killian.

Brown pulled his originalzoning request (from R-10 toR-20 conditional use) beforecity council took action be-cause he said he didn't havethe full support of council.He switched gears on thesame day council approvedhis withdrawal of the rezon-ing request and applied forrezoning of his full 57.522acres to light industrial.

"They've put obstacleafter obstacle and singled meout and now they're trying tochange the rules in the mid-dle of the game," saidBrown, referring to a textamendment the planningboard will also look at Tues-day night that sets minimumstandards for recreational ve-

hicles, parks and camp-grounds.

Killian denies Brown's al-legations. "This amendmentis not directed at one prop-erty owner but if passed bycity council will providemuch needed standards forany property owner and de-velopers."

"If I am not being singledout they need to prove that tome and postpone the textamendment for six monthsand approve my request forlight industry so that I canproceed with plans for acampground on additionalproperty," said Brown.Under current zoning, he can

put up only 20 campsites on10 acres.

The Brown property ad-joins light industrial on twosides, heavy industrial onone side and residential 10on one side at the old millsite, a single piece of prop-erty with two or more differ-ent zones within the sameparcel.

Planning board memberspointed out that their deci-sion not to recommend con-ditional use zoning is basedon existing ordinances, noton promised and/or oralcommitments.

Gateway FestTrolley Schedule

BROWN: plans fit city ordinances

(Free rides will be offered from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.)10 a.m.-11 a.m. - Historic Downtown Route11 a.m. - Kings Mountain National Military Parkdeparture11:15 a.m. - Arrive/depart Kings Mountain Na-tional Military Park11:30-1:45 p.m. - Downtown Route1 p.m. - Mauney Memorial Library1:45 p.m. - Kings Mountain National Military Parkdeparture2 p.m. - Arrive/depart Kings Mountain NationalMilitary Park2:15-4 p.m. - Downtown Route4 p.m. - Kings Mountain National Military Park de-parture for Final return to Patriots Park4:15 p.m. - Arrive for final departure from KMNMP4:30-5:45 p.m. - Downtown Route5:45 p.m. - Downtown Route, final departure