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Mr. Manuel Brito, de 86 años falleció el día 3 de Agosto, 2016.

Sandra Jean Beam Tate, age 52 of East 6^th Street, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2016 at her residence.

Ray Augustus Daves, age 83 died Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Carolinas Healthcare Cleveland.

Mr. James "Buster" Clarence Mann, 62, of Ellenboro, passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Hospice House of Rutherford County.

Margaret Turner Norman, 72, 563 Rock House Road, Blacksburg, SC, died August 3, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

George L "G.L." Stringfellow, 86, of Fallston Road, Shelby, passed away
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at Carolinas HealthCare System - Cleveland in
Shelby.

Mary Priester Dorsey, 90, of 406 West Cherokee Street, Blacksburg, SC, went to her heavenly home to be with her Lord August 3, 2016.

Bobbie Ann Mauney, age 79, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Robin Johnson Hospice House.

Patricia Lynn Smith Hudson, 55 of Ellenboro passed away Wednesday, August
3, 2016.

Joseph W. Cowan passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at the age of 69.

Cherrill Margot Moshier, age 80 died Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at Carolinas Medical Center Cleveland.

Gary Phillips, age 69, of Six Points, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County.

CCBC
The Cleveland County Bass Club fished Lake Wateree recently, with Larry Melton picking up the win. Melton had 7.60 and was followed by Jamie Canipe with 4.54.

I had heard of others catching two fish on the same bait before, but I had never done it or even witnessed it.

Every year, tens of thousands of adults in the United States suffer serious health problems, are hospitalized, or even die from diseases that could have been prevented by vaccination.

Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina reached an important milestone recently with the acquisition of 377 acres in the Ivy Creek watershed of the South Mountains, which brings the land trust's 20-year protection record over the 50,000-acre mark to a total of 50,322 acres.

Participants in the "Sew It Up" 4-H Summer Fun Camp learned the basics of sewing, quilting and hand-made projects in their 3-day camp at the Cleveland County Extension Office.

Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina's 2016 Blue Ridge Foothills Protection Challenge is underway and this year the goal has been raised from $60,000 to $75,000.

The National Night Out in Shelby was held on August 2, 2016.

Join Morganton in celebrating 35 years of the Historic Morganton Festival sponsored by Carolinas HealthCare System Blue Ridge!

Organic Growers School's Farm Beginnings® is a yearlong farmer training course beginning on October 15th, 2016, and is now open to applicants.

A First Broad River Clean up was held at The Twin Trestle Trail in Shelby on Saturday, July 30, 2016.

A First Broad River Clean up was held at The Twin Trestle Trail in Shelby on Saturday, July 30, 2016.

Before Faye Causby Gantt was born, her mother, Irene Causby, prayed for a fair-skinned, blue-eyed daughter who would play the organ in church.

Recently, more than 60 business owners and local residents attended the Cleveland County Chamber's July Business After Hours event hosted by King Law.