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The Catawba Nation today announced Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort as the name of the gaming and entertainment destination the Nation is developing in Cleveland County, North Carolina.

They are among Rutherford County's most famous citizens, not for singing, dancing or throwing a football, but for putting roofs on houses.

The Women Roofers can be contacted through their Facebook page or at the office of Rutherford Housing Partnership, 828-248-3431. They are always looking for new recruits.

Norma Murphy likes helping people. It's a value she picked up as a child in the Southern Baptist Church.

Now as the social worker for the Salvation Army Family Store on West Main in Forest City, she gets to help a lot of people with rent, utilities, food, and clothing.

She can be reached at 828-287-0855.

Lynn Bright Henderson, age 53 of Ellenboro, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020.

Reginald "Reggie" Keith Davis, 66, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020.

Dean Frashier, age 66, of Forest City, passed away Friday, August 21, 2020.

Joseph "Jody" Parker, 73 of Ruth passed away on August 22, 2020.

Tim Hodge, age 55, of Rutherfordton, passed away Friday, August 21, 2020.

Melinda Wood Gossett, age 51, of Mooresboro, passed away, Tuesday, August 18, 2020.

Gerald "Pat" Lowery, age 77, of Rutherfordton passed away Thursday, August 20, 2020.

Carolyn Norwood Mace, age 79, of Rutherfordton, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2020.

Jimmie Lewis Blanton, age 70 of Cliffside, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2020.

Janie Melissa Blanton Harris, 88, passed away on August 17, 2020.

Doris Taylor Proctor, age 64, known to her friends and family as "Sandy", passed away on August 16, 2020.

Michael Wren Taylor, 62, of Rutherfordton passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020.

Charles Richard Moore age 79 of Polk County passed away on August 16, 2020.

Jerry Radford, age 68, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2020.

"And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward," Matthew 10:42

Kisha McDowell wants to change the world, one girl at a time.

One of her projects is LEAP, Leaders & Entrepreneurs for the Aspirations and Promotion of Girls.

Bret Watson, an Arts and Sciences instructor at Isothermal Community College, earned the institution's highest teaching honor this week.

The 2020 Robert Wendell Eaves Distinguished Teaching Award was presented to Haney by Walter Dalton, Isothermal's president, at the annual convocation for faculty and staff on Monday.