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Alex Meander and Nancy Fichter join in the potluck meal focused on local foods held on Earth Day, April 22, 2017

Wilma Webber Rippy will be celebrating her 105th birthday on May 6, 2017 with family and friends.

Two local Cleveland County Agents for North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company

Oak Grove United Methodist Church, Lawndale
Oak Grove United Methodist Church, 418 Oak Grove Clover Hill Ch. Rd., Lawndale, NC, will hold their 2nd Annual all you can eat Pork BBQ & Chicken with all the trimmings and dessert on Saturday, April 29, 2017,

Relay for Life
The Relay for Life events:
American Cancer Society Lincolnton, NC is holding its annual fundraising evening of events and celebration of survivors on Friday, May 5, 2017.

In my area flea markets are more popular than the mall.

Kosa
The retirees fished Lake Wylie last week with J R Garland and Rick Maires bringing in 12.35 and taking the win.

Jacksonville, NC - Charles Arthur Springer, 84, of 1314 McAllister Road, died Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at his home.

Gaffney -- Sheila Carol Alley Hanvy, 70, formerly of Bonner Lake Road, passed away Wednesday, April 19th, 2017, at Magnolia Manor in Spartanburg, SC.

Bobby Thurman Thomas, 29, died March 29, 2017, at CMC, Charlotte, NC.

Dayton Gunn, age 96, of Rutherfordton, passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at the Willow Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Thomas "Bud" McKelvey, 78, of Rutherfordton, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Hospice House.

Mr. Gary Wayne Daniel, 74 of Shelby, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia.

Linda Elizabeth Carpenter Triplett, age 72, died Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at her home.

Robert Ellis, 77, of Forest City, died Monday, April 17, 2017 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

Lynn Shinske Kuhl, 75, of Spindale, NC died Saturday, April 15, 2017 at her home.

Bobby "Bubba" Dean Tate, age 79, resident of Kings Mountain, passed away on April 17, 2017 at his residence.

Jeannine Debolt Howard, 72 of Hickory passed away April 13, 2017 at
Sherrills Ford Hospice House.

Mrs. Elizabeth "Beth" Kiley Wesson, 59 of Shelby, passed away April 17, 2017 at her residence.

Elizabeth Spake Smith, age 100, died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Carolinas Health Care Cleveland.

Phyllis Darlene Hedgpeth Sain, age 56, of Dallas Cherryville Highway passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Duke University Hospital.

GROVER- Frances W. Luco, 77, died Sunday, April 16, 2017, at her home.

John Austin Pruett, 86, of Pruett Road, Casar, passed away Sunday, April 16,
2017 at Peak Resources in Shelby.

SHELBY- Betty Moore, 69, died Monday, April 17, 2017 at her residence. A native of Cleveland Co., she was born to the late Lee and Rosalee Allen Turner. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church.