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SHELBY, N.C. (AP) — When a friend gave Beth Coiner two delicate fishbones she had found on the beach one day, Coiner knew she wanted to create a pair of earrings out of the slender filaments with tiny razor tooth edges, but she never anticipated they would end up in a comedy horror film.

SHELBY, N.C. — SHELBY, N.C. (AP) — When a friend gave Beth Coiner two delicate fishbones she had found on the beach one day, Coiner knew she wanted to create a pair of earrings out of the slender filaments with tiny razor tooth edges, but she never anticipated they would end up in a comedy horror film.

The Menu, which is available on Netflix, has several scenes where actress Hong Chau is wearing the Shelby woman’s creations.

Coiner said filming was taking place in Savannah, and the costumer designer saw the earrings in a Charleston shop, called Worthwhile, where Coiner was selling some of her work. They ended up buying them to be worn in the movie and then requested six more pairs, which were sent back to Coiner after filming was done.

Coiner said when she got a call letting her know they not only wanted a main character in a feature film to wear her jewelry, but that it would be clearly visible on camera, she was excited.

“I was like, is this real?” she said. “I was glad it was in a great movie.”

She described The Menu as a “foodie kind of movie.”

“It’s a good movie. I’m pleased to be associated with it,” she said.

Coiner said she did a jewelry show in Greenville before Christmas and had three fishbone earrings in the show and they all sold, in part thanks to their claim to fame.

She has one pair left but can make more.

Coiner, who has a studio in her Shelby home, uses molds to create the earrings.

She still has the original fishbones used to make the mold as well.

Coiner, who is a dancer turned jeweler, spent an idyllic childhood in Washington, North Carolina, on the banks of the Pamlico River, before moving with her family to Shelby when she was a senior in high school.

Following her graduation, she went to Columbia College, a women’s liberal arts college in South Carolina, for dance and ended up in New York City where she was a modern dancer. While in New York, she also began looking for other creative outlets and started taking a jewelry class.

In 2001 she was ready for a change and moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where her parents had a condo and she began attending Penland School of Craft and learned the basics of metal working and eventually moved into a studio space for artists and started selling some of her work in local stores.

“My work was influenced by the surroundings of the beach and the low country,” she said.

She would make molds of shells and sharks teeth and create bracelets, necklaces, earrings and more.

Coiner eventually moved back to Shelby to help take care of her mother who was facing some health problems and has remained here.

She currently makes a lot of “bespoke” jewelry, which is custom pieces made from old jewelry.

She said she can take a ring that belonged to someone’s grandmother, remove the stones, come up with a whole new design, and create a whole new piece.

“I really like the custom work, it’s such an intimate process,” Coiner said. “It’s sentimental, everyone has a story.”

She described it as being an intimate exchange, similar to choreographing a dance.

Kings Mountain High has tabbed a five-time state champion and former national coach of the year as its next football coach.

Strait Herron was announced as the Mountaineers’ new head man Thursday. He takes over for Greg Lloyd, whose 133 wins over the past 16 seasons are most in the program’s 100-year history.

"Today marks another exciting day in our program’s history as we announce the next head football coach to Mountaineer Nation," Kings Mountain athletic director Matt Bridges said in a statement. “Coach Herron brings with him a championship-winning mentality, a proven track record of hard work and success but most importantly the ability to grow young men into the leaders of tomorrow.”

Herron is most renowned for his tenure at Rock Hill, South Carolina, powerhouse South Pointe. From 2011-18, the Stallions won 102 games and five state championships, including four consecutive titles from 2014-17. He was named U.S. Army National Coach of the Year in 2017.

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Prior to becoming South Pointe head coach, Herron spent four years as its defensive coordinator. In that time, the Stallions won a state championship (2008) and played for another in 2010.

He also helped talents such as brothers Stephon and Steven Gilmore, Derion Kendrick and Jadeveon Clowney become household names in college and the NFL.

Herron most recently served as coach and athletic director at Legion Collegiate Academy in Rock Hill. The Lancers went 15-14 in four seasons. The charter school paused its football program in February, citing “a limited number of student-athletes on the roster and remaining in the program, issues scheduling games and the lack of a football facility to play home games,” according to a statement.

Herron takes over a Kings Mountain program starving for its first state championship.

It isn’t for a lack of success, however, the Mountaineers winning 80% of their games from 2014-23. In five of the past six seasons, the team has won at least 10 games. An abbreviated spring 2021 season is the lone outlier, the Mountaineers finishing 8-1.

Kings Mountain won three conference titles in the past decade, qualifying for the 3A West regional final in 2015, 2018 and 2019. Last fall, the Mountaineers went 13-1 before falling in the 3A West semifinal round to eventual state champion East Lincoln.

The project will allow 300 students from rural areas of Cleveland county to attend.

SHELBY, N.C. — Monday, members of the USDA Rural Development North Carolina team, along with federal and local officials, participated in a groundbreaking ceremony at Pinnacle Classic Academy.

USDA Rural Development is investing $15 million in the building as an addition to the school facility currently owned and operated by Pinnacle Classical Academy, Inc. in Shelby.

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The USDA Rural Development Community Facility Loans and Grants Program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas.

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“We are excited to be part of the continued expansion of Pinnacle Classic Academy,” Reginald Speight, Rural Development State Director, said.

The project will allow 300 students from rural areas of Cleveland county to attend.

According to the USDA Rural Development team, Rural Development provides loans and grants to help expand economic opportunities, create jobs and improve the quality of life for millions of people in rural areas in the United States.

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"This new facility will provide these rural students the opportunity to engage in athletic activities to help develop strength and character. These lessons will carry with them through their lives,” Speight said.

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The Menu, which is available on Netflix, has several scenes where actress Hong Chau is wearing the Shelby woman’s creations.

SHELBY, N.C. — When a friend gave Beth Coiner two delicate fishbones she had found on the beach one day, Coiner knew she wanted to create a pair of earrings out of the slender filaments with tiny razor tooth edges, but she never anticipated they would end up in a comedy horror film.

The Menu, which is available on Netflix, has several scenes where actress Hong Chau is wearing the Shelby woman’s creations.

Coiner said filming was taking place in Savannah, and the costumer designer saw the earrings in a Charleston shop, called Worthwhile, where Coiner was selling some of her work. They ended up buying them to be worn in the movie and then requested six more pairs, which were sent back to Coiner after filming was done.

Coiner said when she got a call letting her know they not only wanted a main character in a feature film to wear her jewelry, but that it would be clearly visible on camera, she was excited.

For the latest breaking news, weather and traffic alerts, download the WCNC Charlotte mobile app.

“I was like, is this real?” she said. “I was glad it was in a great movie.”

She described The Menu as a “foodie kind of movie.”

“It’s a good movie. I’m pleased to be associated with it,” she said.

Coiner said she did a jewelry show in Greenville before Christmas and had three fishbone earrings in the show and they all sold, in part thanks to their claim to fame.

Credit: AP

Beth Coiner looks at am oval garnet at her workbench in her home on Hillside Drive in Shelby, N.C. Thursday afternoon, Feb. 2, 2023. (Mike Hensdill/The Shelby Star via AP)

She has one pair left but can make more.

Coiner, who has a studio in her Shelby home, uses molds to create the earrings.

She still has the original fishbones used to make the mold as well.

Coiner, who is a dancer turned jeweler, spent an idyllic childhood in Washington, North Carolina, on the banks of the Pamlico River, before moving with her family to Shelby when she was a senior in high school.

Following her graduation, she went to Columbia College, a women’s liberal arts college in South Carolina, for dance and ended up in New York City where she was a modern dancer. While in New York, she also began looking for other creative outlets and started taking a jewelry class.

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In 2001 she was ready for a change and moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where her parents had a condo and she began attending Penland School of Craft and learned the basics of metal working and eventually moved into a studio space for artists and started selling some of her work in local stores.

“My work was influenced by the surroundings of the beach and the low country,” she said.

She would make molds of shells and sharks teeth and create bracelets, necklaces, earrings and more.

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Coiner eventually moved back to Shelby to help take care of her mother who was facing some health problems and has remained here.

She currently makes a lot of “bespoke” jewelry, which is custom pieces made from old jewelry.

She said she can take a ring that belonged to someone’s grandmother, remove the stones, come up with a whole new design, and create a whole new piece.

“I really like the custom work, it’s such an intimate process,” Coiner said. “It’s sentimental, everyone has a story.”

She described it as being an intimate exchange, similar to choreographing a dance.

By LIZZIE BOWEN | Staff Writer

CALERA— It was dresses and glamor for Calera Intermediate School as the ninth annual beauty pageant was held on Saturday, Feb. 4.

The theme of the evening was “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” and students in attendance danced to Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.”

Miss Hoover, Mary Coker Green, served as emcee of the event. Norah Long was crowned the fifth grader winner of the pageant and said she enjoyed being in the pageant.

“It was really fun,” Long said. “Making friends and getting to be dressed up was fun.”

Long said her favorite part of the pageant was dancing and that the girls practiced their dance for two weeks before the performance. Long has participated in many pageants before this, but the win was a surprise.

“I didn’t really think that I would win,” Long said. Long was dressed in blue and all smiles as she received her winner’s trophy and flowers. Long was given a question on stage which was: “What’s your favorite subject in school and why?”

“Math (is my favorite) because I love solving problems,” Long said. “Solving problems sometimes makes me feel relaxed while I am thinking.”

Long said math is her favorite subject in school and that she hopes to continue to do pageants in the future,

Holly Laney, assistant principal, said events like the pageant help to build self-esteem among the children.

“It brings them together and helps them find other students that have similar interest as them,” Laney said. “I think it also brings us together as a community. We couldn’t do it without the community support.”

Laney said that the students look forward to this event every year, and that this event couldn’t be done without the parents.

“They have to stay late every afternoon,” Laney said. “Without the parental support, it wouldn’t be possible. They are just ecstatic as the girls are when they’re in the audience (and) jumping up and screaming. They live through them. It is fantastic to watch.”

Laney said she was very happy with the turnout and that the auditorium of Calera High School was completely filled with more than 600 people in attendance. The pageant has been previously held at Calera Intermediate and this was the first year the pageant has been held at Calera High School.

“It has gotten a little bit bigger every year,” Laney said. “I think that the teachers have really invested time and energy into it. They have it down to a science, so the work that goes into it is unbelievable.”

Sunny Harris helped coordinate the pageant and said there were approximately 20 girls competing in each age group with 60 girls in total.

Harris has been involved in the pageant since it began nine years ago, as a volunteer, but this was her first year as a coordinator.

“We have grown,” Harris said. “This is a labor of love. You’re so thankful for your support system. My tribe came together, and everyone just works together.”

Harris said months of preparation go into creating the pageant, and discussed the importance of talking to the girls ahead of time about what to expect during the pageant.

“We’re drilling into the girls all the things that they are learning,” Harris said. “You’re learning how to walk in front of people, speak in front of people, hold yourself in front of people and spending time with your friends. At the end of the day there’s only one winner, but we’ve all won, learned and grown.”