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Clarence Lester Dixon, age 85, passed away Friday, October 2, 2015 at
Hospice of Wendover.

Kosa
The Kosa retirees have fished 3 times since last report, and as I reported, all were on Lake Norman due to low water levels on Lake Wylie.

Many times when I pick up my bow I'm reminded of my first shotgun purchase as a sixteen year old.

In what has grown to be a Cleveland County tradition of food, arts and canines, the Mush, Music & Mutts Festival is just around the corner, scheduled for Oct. 16-17, 2015.

There's a constant flow of acts to keep adults and kids in a trance in the Zerbini Family Circus tent and it's their first time to perform at the Cleveland County Fair.

Tammy Postell from Lawndale feeds her friend's Holstein calf in the Livestock Barn at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds.

This year at the 91st Annual Cleveland County Fair is the Tiger Encounters show.

For anyone well-versed in biblical history, stories such as David slaying Goliath, Abraham's sacrifice of his son Isaac, and Jesus washing his disciples' feet conjure familiar imagery.

Pisgah Baptist Church, Casar
Pisgah Baptist Church, 6101 Wards Gap Road., Casar, NC, will hold their "Fall Bazaar" breakfast, bake sale and yard sale on Saturday, October 10, 2015, starting 6:30am, and then the hotdog sale will start at 10:00am.

Relay For Life Cleveland County
Relay For Life Cleveland County, Shelby, Kick Off Celebration will be Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 6:00pm, at First Baptist Church, Shelby, NC (in the gym).

CLOVER- James Jackson Jolley, 86, of 1899 Hwy 55 West, was born August 23, 1929 and transcended Thursday October 1, 2015 peacefully at his residence.

KINGS MOUNTAIN-George Alan Fuller Jr., died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 at White Oak Manor of Kings Mountain.

James "Jim" Franklin Beam, 80, of Warlick Road, Lawndale, passed away
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at his home.

Blacksburg -- Shirley Lieslotte Webber Moore, 62, of 175 Wedgwood Dr., passed away Wednesday, September 30th, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

SHELBY - Keith M. Hartley, 80, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 at Hospice at Wendover.

Mabel Huss Greene, 91, of, Shelby, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015
at her home.

Jane Hall Mauney, age 69, of Forest City, passed away on Monday, September 28, 2015 at her residence.

There's just nothing quite like it, at least not in this area: The Cleveland County Fair is here! Since 1924 this event, which has become North Carolina's largest agricultural fair, has welcomed area residents with a traditional mix of rides, exhibits, shows, games, food and animals.

El Bethel UMC, Kings Mountain
El Bethel UMC in Kings Mountain will have their regular Country Breakfast Saturday October 3, 2015, 6:30 to 10:00am.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Cleveland, Gaston and Rutherford counties in North Carolina as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by a recent drought.

Cleveland County Master Gardener members sponsored an information table at the Foothills Farmer's Market last week. Visitors were invited to make a leaf print on fabric while receiving advice on all things gardening.

Safety in the deer hunting world has made so many strides in the past few decades.

Relay For Life Cleveland County
Relay For Life Cleveland County, Shelby, Kick Off Celebration will be Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 6:00pm, at First Baptist Church, Shelby, NC (in the gym).
The Pregnancy Resource Center, Shelby

Lillie Faye Dedmon Kennedy, 88 years old peacefully went home to heaven on
September 29, 2015 at Hospice at Wendover in Shelby.

Bruce Reid Vaughan, 55, of York, SC, died Sun., Sept. 27, 2015, at WT Patrick Hospice House in Rock Hill.