Gastonia Community Event Guide Highlights Local Festivities
A list of area events includes the Schiele Museum Gem and Mineral Show with free outdoor demos and modest admission, Forestview High School Fish Fry, Brookside 2000 Festival with rides and food, Stanley Country Fest activities, Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden Fall Plant and Craft Sale, a Blood Drive at Grace Baptist Church, and the Kings Mountain Battle anniversary events with living history and ceremonies. Also features Autumnfest at Reid Park and commemorative Kings Mountain celebration with a 220th anniversary milestone.
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Schiele Museum
Gastonia
Forestview High School
Union Road
Brookside
Rhyne Carter Road
PTA
Stanley
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
New Hope Road
Belmont
Kings Mountain
Guilford
Lockes
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Bobby Moss
Uzal Johnson
Battle of
U.S Monument
Reid Park
Hood Memorial Ame ‘Zion Church
Dan Morrill
Morrill
UNC Charlotte
Park
Harvest of the Arts 2000 Highlights Across Rock Hill Area
The Jubilee showcases visual and performing arts with Lion in Winter, Dancing Wheels, and The Senator Wore Pantyhose. Downtown hosts live music, sidewalk art, dancing, and crafts while York County quilters display Century of Quilts. Local fairs include Cotton Ginning Days, St Michaels Fun Fair, Belmont and Lowell festivals, and the Carolina Renaissance Festival near Poplar Tent Road with gate prices.
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Rock Hill
Winthrop University
Ed Sweandowski
Jubilee
York County
East Main Street
Caldwell Street
Tom Gettys
Gaston County Park
Dallas
Belmont
Stowe Park
Lowell
Carolina
Winter Coat Drive Ends November At Cramerton Rec
Cramerton Recreation Department solicits good condition winter coats during November for those in need. Contact Recreation Director Cam Carpenter at 704-824-4331 to donate or request a coat. Includes schedules for TAP ballet and jazz, cheer, seniors, TOPS, AAU wrestling, flag football, basketball, volleyball, and coaching needs.
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Cramerton Recreation Department
Cam Carpenter
Beth Kendrick
Cheer America
Kicker
Backers
Lincolnton Lions Club to host Blind Impaired Cookout Oct 14
The Lincolnton Lions Club will hold a Blind and Visually Impaired Cookout from 2 to 5 p.m. October 14 under the Camp Dogwood picnic shelter. Club officials urge invited families to arrange transportation if needed, and request contact with Lion Chris Packer or Robert Tomlinson by Friday to confirm attendance. a Christmas Party is planned for December 5.
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Lincolnton
Camp Dogwood
Lincolnton Lions Club
Rock Springs
Robert Tomlinson
Club
Packer
Tomlinson
Community Briefs From Gaston County and Nearby
The Pilot Club of Gastonia meets Tuesday at Carillon Assisted Living for the October club meeting. A yard sale is planned Oct 14 at York-Chester Middle School. Author Robert Morgan visits Gaston College Oct 26 for a reading and reception in Myers Center Auditorium with book sales. Tickets are $10. An abuse prevention event, Wambui Bahati’s I Am Domestic Violence, runs Oct 19 at Cleveland Community College Auditorium with a post show snack.
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Pilot Club
Gastonia
Carillon Assisted Living
Cramer Mountain
York-Chester Middle School
S. Clay St
Robert Morgan
Gaston College
Myers Center
Morris
Morgan
Little Professor Book Center
Highway 321 South
Dallas
Morris Library
Gaston County Public Library
Myers Center Auditorium
Friends of the
Cleveland County Abuse Prevention Council, Inc
Cleveland Community College
Wambui Bahati
Wambui
Millie Hershenson
Abuse Prevention Council
Bahati
Calendar items include international adoption meeting in Charlotte
Several community notices list events in the area. An information meeting on international adoption will be at Carmel Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, with details for Carolina Adoption Services. Additional items cover a Lake Wylie Covekeepers candidates meeting, the 13th annual Cotton Ginning Days in Dallas, a library home buying workshop in Gastonia, mixed paper recycling drives, and an October senior dance at Gaston County Park.
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Carolina Adoption Services
Carmel Presbyterian Church
Carmel Road
Charlotte
Lake Wylie Covekeepers
Red Fez Club
Steve Johnson
Gaston County Park
Dallas
Public Library
E. Garrison Blvd
Gastonia
City of
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Habitat For Humanity
Gaston County
Gaston County Parks and Recreation Department
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S UP
Grace Baptist Church
Auten Road
ST. Michael’s
St. Michael's
St. Michaels Lane
Gazette
Cramerton
Cramerton Rec
Gail Brown
Don
Linda Hichman
Judy Blankenship
Cynthia Simpson
Gap Creek
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