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Donald Ray Coffey age 69 went to play the back nine on the other side of the pearly gates on Saturday, October 24, 2015.

Thelma Edwards Flack, 92, of Spindale, passed away October 26th, 2015.

Story Time with Miss Nicole

Come listen to a story, do a craft, and have a snack. This FREE program is for children Birth - 5 years old. Rutherford County Library (next to the Health Dept) Tuesdays at 10:30am. Haynes Branch Library will be Wednesdays at 10:30am. Info, 828-287-6116.

Union Mills Learning Center

•Presents: John Hoffman's Acoustica, Fri. Nov. 6, 7pm. •Chicken Pie Supper, Fri. Nov. 6, 6pm. •All You Can Eat Country Breakfast, Sat. Nov. 7, 7am-10am. 6945 Hudlow Rd., Union Mills. Info, 828-748-7956.

Tanners Grove United Methodist Church

Fish Fry & Pulled Pork, Sat. Nov. 7, 4-7pm. Adults $9, kids $5. Carry out plates available.

Bostic Baptist Church

Free Food & Clothes Closet, Sat. Nov. 7, 10am-12pm. For more info, 828-429-1095.

Lindsey Bailey has been riding horses since she could walk. Born into a family who has always been a part of the equestrian scene, it was no surprise that Bailey would one day also become a rider.

The year 2015 has been a big one for Rutherford County Line, a bluegrass band with members from across North and South Carolina and Tennessee. In June the group performed at Dollywood and an album is in the works.

It's that time of the year again, East Rutherford will battle R-S Central in Rutherford for round two of the Rutherford County football championship.

Betty Louise Clark, age 83, of Ellenboro, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2015.

Mr. Steve Alan Bruce age 62, of Bostic, passed away Friday October 23, 2015.

Carolyn Ruth Henderson Johnson, age 57, of Mooresboro, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2015.

Todd Donavon Pyle, age 44, passed away Monday, October 19, 2015.

LaVerne McCrary, 73, of Forest City, passed away Monday, October 19, 2015.

Olof Magnus Carlson Jr, 83, of Rutherfordton, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2015.

Alice King Hammett, 92, of Forest City, NC, passed away, Saturday, October 17, 2015.

Cody Condrey, age 25, of Inman, SC formerly of Mooresboro, NC, passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2015.

In loving memory of Vivian Kay Morrow Hamrick age 71 who went to be with The Lord on Saturday October 17, 2015.

Halloween Party

The Gilkey School Community Center and the Gilkey Charge Churches will be having a Halloween Party on Sat. Oct. 31, 5pm-7pm at the Gilkey Community Center. Food, games, treat bags for kids. 828-286-1172.

Kids Halloween Party

Join us for a "FUN" Halloween party, Sat. Oct. 31, 4:30-5:30pm at Whitehouse Community Center, 5408 Painters Gap Road, Union Mills. Games and goodies for everybody!

Heaven Bound Baptist Church

Fall Festival, Fri. Oct. 30, 6:30-8:30pm. Costume contest, games, raffle prizes, hay rides, cake walk & Trunk or Treat. 285 Friendship Dr., Ellenboro.

Faith Temple Worship Center

Apostolic Gathering International presents: The Means War, Fri. Oct. 30, 7:30pm. 151 Kentucky St., Spindale. 828-395-2091.

Without insurance, Gladys Logan wasn't sure how she would afford a mammogram. A friend told her about mobile mammography, but there was a cost associated with it. She didn't have the money to pay for it, and because she didn't qualify for Medicaid, that wasn't an option either.