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Three arrested in cold case murder ELIZABETH STEWART lib.kmherald@gmail.com

Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman said Tuesday that three men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Kings Mountain area resident Charleen E. Simon, 49, almost 17 years ago.

The homicide has been a cold case since June 21, 1995.

The arrests Monday afternoon and Monday night followed a four-state investigation in the two Carolinas, Tennessee and Florida

by two cold case investigators from the sheriff's department and one investigator from the Special Bureau of Investigation, assisted part-time by retired Gaston Police Sgt. Jimmy West, formerly of the Kings Mountain Police Department, and retired officer Jim Hollingsworth of the Charlotte/Mecklenburg Police Department.

Simons was killed during an armed robbery in her home, familiarly called "The Log Cabin," at 1208 S. Battleground Road. The cause of death was never released. The residence (which was torn down some years

ago) was reportedly a beer joint.

Gator Walter Martin, 42, of 1721 Roy Woods Road, Comer, Ga., and William Earl (Rusty) Huffstetler, 37, from 110 Brull Street in Blacksburg, S.C., were arrested Monday and charged with killing Charleen Simons on June 21, 1995, according to arrest warrants.

Both Martin and Huffstetler are in the Cleveland County Detention Center without bond.

A third man, Randy Michael Wagenknect, 40, of 1317 Jourolman Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn. faces similar charges and is in Knox County Jail in Knoxville awaiting extradition

EMILY WEAVER/HERALD

Left to right, Chemetall Foote President John Mitchell, Mayor Rick Murphrey, Chemetall Foote Project Engineer Marc Tuttle and Chemetall Foote Corp. CFO Ron France stand with a Chevy Volt, left, and a Nissan Leaf outside of the new technical center. TOP RIGHT, Mayor Rick Murphrey is surprised to learn the Volt powered on without a sound.

EMILY WEAVER Editor

Tesenair advocating awareness, battling mysterious disease ELIZABETH STEWART lib.kmherald@gmail.com EMILY WEAVER/HERALD

Volunteers work to replace the stage lighting near the control box in the balcony of the Joy Performing Arts Center Saturday.

Local agencies kick off community read initiative with 1,000 free books, quickly given kyra.kmherald@gmail.com

What if government ruled all and pitted your kids against each other in a fight to the death for its entertainment? In Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games", that fictional threat is reality. It's created quite a "fansational" buzz.

Mauney Memorial Library opened to a line of

Construction is nearing completion of Chemetall Foote Corp.’s new 56,000-square-foot technical center, one of only two in the world, and lithium hydroxide plant, where this recognized world leader in lithium technology will develop materials for advanced transportation batteries and more.

Chemetall officials say they hope to move into their new state-of-the-art headquarters - a stone’s throw away from their 30-year-old digs on its 800-acre Kings Mountain site around the end of March. The nearly $60 million investment has added about 300 contract workers to the site during construction and may add close to 80 permanent high-tech jobs to the company in total.

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RENOVATING JOY One of Kings Mountain Little Theatre's largest productions - renovating its Joy - has taken center stage priority as construction workers and volunteers ready the house for the arrival of 270 new seats, set to be in Feb. 23.

A lot must be done before they come and before the theatre's next production of "School House Rock" opens March 8th. Dozens of busy workers are on the job.

Dust went flying Saturday as Jim Swanson, of Eagle Restoration, and crew scraped and sanded the floor of the auditorium. The old seats were removed in

to Cleveland County, said Norman.

"This was the first cold case the team has reviewed and there are more cold cases on file," said the sheriff.

According to the Herald front-page story June 22, 1995, Charleen E. Simons was found dead June 21, 1995 at 1:45 a.m. sitting in a chair behind a bar. "There was a lot of blood at the scene," according to thenCounty Coroner Ralph Mitchem. Autopsy into the cause of death was conducted at

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Foster in hospital after getting struck by train

anxious readers Wednesday morning waiting to get a free copy of the book, the first event of several in a countywide initiative to "ReadUnite-Survive".

The library partnered with other county agencies, Gardner-Webb University, Kings Mountain Historical Museum, Southern Arts Society, Cleveland County Arts See INITIATIVE, 5A

Told he had a mysterious, incurable disease that kills as many people a year as breast cancer, Boyce Tesenair, 63, reacted the way many people diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis do.

He put his faith in God

and then got on his computer and found out facts about the life-threatening lung disease.

Then he decided to spread awareness in his hometown.

The more research and attention given the disease, the better, according to Tesenair, who, even with shortness of

Joy Laney, a Kindergarten teacher from Kings Mountain, intently reads “The Hunger Games”.

Jeffrey Graham Foster, 45, of 802 First St., is a lucky man.

Kings Mountain Det. Cpl. K. L. Hamrick said that officers found Foster lying on the side of the Baker Street railroad tracks after an Amtrack passenger train hit him early Monday morning.

The Norfolk Southern train was northbound and struck Foster around 12:30

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POLICE

ARRESTS JAN. 30: Albert Smarr, 53, 123 N. City St.. improper storage, criminal summons.

JAN. 30: Ronnie Scott Parker, 29, Gastonia, harassing phone call, $278 cash bond.

JAN. 31: Brian Dwain Noblett, 28, 813 Third St., felony breaking and entering into motor vehicle, $5000 bond, unsecured.

FEB. 1: David Ray Deal, 46, 405 Baker St., domestic violence, assault, no bond.

FEB . 2: Ray Edwin Bryson, 53, 343 Industrial Dr., domestic violence, assault, no bond.

FEB. 2: Stephanie Joy Pruitt, 25, 1713 Apt. 102 Kings Row Dr., larceny, $5,000 bond, secured.

FEB. 2: Joshua Andrew

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Stewart, 27, 504 Gantt St., larceny, $5,000 bond, secured.

FEB. 4: Steve Bernard Hamrick, 21, 143 Yarboro Rd., resist, delay, obstruct, three counts; possession with intent to sell, deliver 62 rocks and powder cocaine and damage evidence, both felonies, assault on government official, $150,000 bond, secured.

FEB 4: Sarah Diane Dees, 34, 116 Oveda Dr., order for arrest, fishing without license, $200 bond, secured.

FEB. 4: Jeffery Brian Neeley, 41, 101 Dutchess Dr., DWI and driving while license revoked, $7500 bond, unsecured.

FEB. 4: David Ray Martin II, 21, Gastonia, failure to appear, possession drug paraphernalia, $500 bond, secured.

FEB, 4: Charles Thomas

Phillips, 27, 7 Bennett Dr., probation violation, two counts resisting public officer, $27,000 bond, secured.

FEB. 5: Edward Eugene Ruff Jr., 19, Kings Mountain, assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, a felony, conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, assault with deadly weapon, and injury to personal property, $500,000 bond, secured. A 15-year-old female was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, assault with a deadly weapon and injury to personal property, secure custody Depart-

OBITUARIES

Deborah Jones SHELBY - Deborah Browne Jones, 59, 2041 Clay Rd., died Feb. 1, 2012 at Kings Mountain Hospital.

The funeral was conducted Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home Chapel, interment following in Cleveland Memorial Park.

Kenneth Ware Black KINGS MOUNTAIN Kenneth Ware Black, 71, of 306 Katlyn Lane, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 at home.

A native of Mecklenburg County, he was the son of the late Sam and Helen Ware Black and was also preceded in death by his wife, Frances Gailey Black and son, Ricky Black.

He owned and operated Carolina Medical Supply and was a member of Victory Assembly of God in Cherryville.

Surviving are his son, Kenneth Black Jr. and wife, Shandra of Hickory; four grandchildren; Cody Black of Denver, Dakota Black of Kings Mountain and Taylor and Jordan Black of Hickory; his sister, Dianne Broome of Denver; nieces, Sondi Broome and Rex McKinney and Edie Carroll and Wayne, all of Denver.

The funeral service will be conducted Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 at 3 p.m. at Victory Life Assembly of God in Cherryville, interment following in Cherryville City Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 from 6:30-8 p .m. at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home in Kings Mountain.

Clay-Barnette Funeral Home of Kings Mountain is in charge of arrangements.

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KINGS MOUNTAIN Bernice Fraley Bunch, 85, of Kings Mountain, died Feb. 3, 2012 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby.

She w a s born in W i s e County, Virginia to the l a t e Luther Hopkins and Naomi Giles Fraley and was also preceded in death by grandson, Andrew David Bunch; sisters, Agnes Harlan and Nadine Wheatley and brothers, Maurice Fraley and Arnold Fraley.

Secretary-Treasurer for Bunch, Inc. for 43 years, she was an active member of Boyce Memorial ARP Church, former member of the Flora Halliday Circle and Kings Mountain Garden Club.

She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Surviving are her husband of 66 years, Kelly A. Bunch, of the home; daughter, Elizabeth "Libby" Hunter and husband, Mike, of Charlotte; and sons, Philip S. Bunch and wife, Dianne, Wendell Holmes Bunch and wife, Karen, and Johnny H. Bunch and wife, Terri, all of Kings Mountain; 10 grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren.

The funeral service was conducted Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 at 3 p.m. at Boyce Memorial ARP Church. Rev. Doug Petersen officiated and interment was in Mountain Rest Cemetery.

The family received friends Monday, Feb.6, 2012 from 6-8 p.m. at Harris Funeral Home in Kings Mountain and other times at the home of the son, Wendell Bunch, 702 Crescent Circle, Kings Mountain, NC. Memorials may be made to Boyce Memorial ARP Church, 111 Edgemont Dr., Kings Mountain, NC 28086 or charity of donor's choice.

A guest register is available at www.HarrisFunerals.com.

Harris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

KINGS MOUNTAIN Linda Putnam Ramsey, 68, of 1415 Shelby Rd., died Feb. 2, 2012 at Frye Medical Center in Hickory.

She was the widow of Joey Ramsey.

The graveside service was a private family service.

Interment was in Sunset Cemetery.

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Joyce H. Setzer KINGS MOUNTAIN Joyce Hambright Setzer, 82, formerly of Kings Mountain, died Feb. 4, 2012.

She was born in Rutherford County to the late Jessie Hardin and Dovie Poston Hardin and was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd “Sam” Setzer and sister, Rachel Cline, and niece, Linda Cline.

Retired from the furniture industry, she loved animals and was an avid bird feeder and watcher.

To all my children, I love you all. MOM. Surviving are her daughters, Alyce Badshaw and husband, Greg, of Mocksville and Bunny Rakes and husband, Marion, of Rural Hall, NC; sons, Kenny Hambright and wife, Pat, of Winston-Salem, Roger Hambright and wife, Rhonda, of Bethania, NC and Cubby Hambright and wife, Sherry of Pfafftown, NC; nephew Jimmy Cline of Gastonia; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The graveside service will be conducted Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 at 1 p.m. at Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain. Rev. James Lockridge will officiate and interment will be in Mountain Rest Cemetery..

The family will speak to friends immediately following the service in the cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Cleveland County Humane Society, 1609 E. Marion St., Shelby, NC 28150.

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Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain, NC, is in charge of arrangements.

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February 8, 2012

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ment of Juvenile Justice.

CITATIONS JAN. 30: Carmen Anne Crawford, 19, 607 Groves St., speeding.

JAN. 30: Hgtthachne VongPhakely, 27, 104 White Plains Dr., speeding.

JAN. 30: Marty Bridges, 45, 204 Fulton Dr., speeding.

JAN. 30: Jamekig Latonya Bell, 35, Gastonia, speeding.

JAN. 30: Dawn C. Painter, 40, 18 Chesterfield Court, speeding.

JAN. 30: Kristy L. Lucas, 24, 921 Margrace Rd., seat belt violation.

JAN. 30: Brittany Danielle Sisk, 24, 311 N. Tracy St., fictitious tag, failure to notify DMV of address change, no insurance, expired tag.

JAN. 30: Karen Eugene Evans, 39, 310 Silver St., seat belt violation, failure to notify DMV of address change on title and registration card and no insurance.

JAN. 30: Matthew Tyler McClean, 21, Gastonia, seat belt violation.

JAN. 30: Jennifer Marie Cummings, 32, 401 Walnut St., stop sign violation.

JAN. 31: Steven Ray Privett, 55, 913 Second St., no inspection, expired tag.

JAN. 31: Regina Gail Campbell, 59, Lake Wylie, SC, speeding.

JAN. 31: Timothy A. Goode, 42, 109 Pennant St., no inspection, no insurance, expired tag, revoked license.

JAN. 31: Reginal Maurice Jeter, 38, 1031 Margrace Rd., speeding, no operator’s license.

JAN. 31: Carolyn Sue Boggs, 49, 1852 County Line Rd., no current inspection, expired tag.

JAN. 31: Patrick Vaughn Reid, 42, 737 Canterbury Road, no insurance, fictitious tag, no inspection, expired tag.

JAN. 31: Michael Scott Odum, 36, 510 Margrace Rd., no seat belt.

JAN. 31: Anthony Eugene Green, 33, Matthews, no seat belt, no inspection. expired tag.

JAN. 31: Gary Steven Smith Jr., 30, 540 Baker St., no inspection, expired tag.

JAN. 31: Karen Evette Burris, 45, 125 Dixon School Rd., no inspection, expired tag.

JAN. 31: Robert Joseph Day, 36, 107 Gene Court, expired tag.

JAN. 31: Willie Darryl Harris, 36, 1227 S. Battleground, no registration with DMV, no inspection.

JAN. 31: Melody Butler, 39, Gastonia, expired tag, no inspection.

FEB. 1: Katelin Ward, 22, Cummings, Ga., speeding.

FEB. 2: Joseph George Culver, 19, 120 Wiggins Lane, speeding, careless driving.

FEB. 2: David Christopher Adams, 21, Bessemer City, no seat belt.

FEB. 2: Marsha Marr. 32, Gastonia, speeding.

FEB. 3: Chroshone Foster Black, 46, Cherryville, no inspection, expired tag.

FEB, 3: Daniel Alfred Boryta, 75, Mooresboro, speeding.

FEB. 3: Kimberly C. Hernandez, 42, 412 St. Luke Church Rd., speeding.

FEB. 3: Amber Poole, 25, Fort Mill, SC, speeding.

FEB. 3: Amber Byrd, 19, 115 Goodall Dr., speeding.

FEB. 3: Christopher Scott Pervine, 38, 109 Keith Ave., speeding.

FEB, 3: Justin Ward, 25, 43 Chesterfield Court, speeding.

FEB. 3: Rebecca Martinez, 26, 1 Chesterfield Court, seat belt violation.

FEB, 3: James Alvin Richards, 34, Clover, SC, seat belt violation.

FEB, 3: Antonio Jerrel Wilson, 24, Gastonia, seat belt violation, failure to carry license.

FEB. 3: John David VanDyke Jr., 64, 511 W. Gold St., seat belt violation.

FEB. 3: John Paul Moore, 40, Shelby, seat belt violation.

FEB. 3: Jesse Eugene Heath, 44, 908 Sherwood Lane, seat belt violation.

FEB. 3: Casey Lynn Revels. 31. Gastonia, revoked tag.

FEB. 3: Rurl Lewis Ellis III, 43, 652 Bell Rd., speeding.

FEB. 3: Lewis Fannin III, 32, 813 Hillside Dr., no inspection, expired tag.

FEB. 3: Chastity McMahan, 34, 153 Crown Court, speeding.

FEB. 3: Teresa Murrow, 41, Danville, Tn.,red light violation.

FEB. 3: Keisha Puckett, 38, 413 Scotland Dr., speeding.

FEB. 3: Myron Van Cheek, 44, 2236 County Line Rd.,

UPDATE: Police seek Poston as suspect in armed robbery Kings Mountain Police have identified and secured warrants on a suspect from the Jan. 30th armed robbery of the One Stop store, 2120 Shelby Road. Officers believe the suspect, 21year-old Nicklous Lance Poston of 4216 Homeplace Dr., Shelby, to be “armed and dangerous”.

Poston, an African American male, is susNicklous Poston pected to be between 6’ to 6’3” tall and to weigh about 200 pounds. At this time, Poston’s whereabouts are unknown. If anyone has information on his location or on the second suspect sought in the robbery, please contact the Kings Mountain Police Department at 704-734-0444.

seat belt violation.

FEB. 3: Ginger Lacky Hammett, 35, 1728 Kings Row Dr., speeding, no operator’s license.

FEB. 3: Benny Lee Buchanan, 37, Cherryville, speeding.

FEB, 3: Jessica L. Higgins, 31, Gastonia, no inspection, no insurance.

FEB, 5: Ola Angelique Leatherman, 41, Cherryville, allowing unlicensed driver to operate vehicle, failure to stop at scene of a crash involving property damage.

FEB. 5: Jonathan Lamar Wray, 34, Cherryville, revoked license, failure to stop the vehicle at scene of a crash that his car, operated by an unlicensed driver, was operating.

INCIDENTS JAN. 30: An armed robbery at the home of Albert Smarr, 125 N. Railroad Avenue, remains under investigation by police. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 704-734-0444.

JAN. 30: A resident of Waco Road reported a breakin and theft of over $400 in currency.

JAN. 30: One Stop, 2120 Shelby Rd., reported an armed robbery in which currency was taken. Police have warrants on one of two suspects in the robbery.

JAN. 30: True View Commercial Real, 315 Garrison Dr., reported theft of two large 4x4 posts valued at $1,000.

FEB. 2: Moss Lake officer Sgt. Bob Myers reported that the exterior of four boats were sprayed with fire extinguisher powder and a cabin door on a white sailboat was demolished by unknown vandals at Moss Lake.

FEB. 3: A resident of Margrace Road reported theft of a personal check for $500.

FEB, 4: A resident of Pennington Place reported a break-in of a vehicle and theft of pocketbook and wallet containing personal items. The wallet has a frog design.

WRECKS JAN. 30: Officer G. L. McKinney said that a parked 2004 Saab was struck by a hit and run driver in the parking

lot of Food Lion on Shelby Road. The vehicle is owned

by Daryl Keith Warren, 710 Bethlehem Road.

FEB . 1: Office Bryan McGinnis said that a 1996 Ford operated by Michael Curtis Gaffney, 704 Sandhurst, was merging into a left lane onto Gold Street on NC 161 and struck a 1996 Mazda operated by Lisa Patrick, 210 N. Sims Street doing approximately $1600 damage. Both vehicles were traveling south on NC 161.

FEB. 2: Officer J. L. Dee said that a 1997 Chevrolet operated by Norma Hamrick Drewery, 112 Ironwood Place, rear-ended a 1991 Mazda operated by Barbara Dianne Ledford Hensley, 805 W. Gold St. The accident happened on Gold Street as Hensley slowed to turn on Sims Street. Minor property damages were reported.

FEB . 2: Officer S. M. Skinner said that Durell Shavar Ramseur of Shelby, operating a 2006 Dodge, was attempting to pass and struck a 2011 Jinlun operated by David Roberts of Gastonia as Roberts attempted turn left onto Groves Street on NC 161. Property damages were minor.

FEB. 4: Cpl. D. K. Davis charged Jeffery Brian Neeley.

101 Dutchess Dr., with DWI and driving while license revoked after the 1991 Chevrolet he was driving struck a power pole on 74 Business at Sims Street. Property damages were estimated at $20,000 to the vehicle and $700 to the utility pole owned by the City of Kings Mountain.

FEB. 4: Police reported that a 1993 Ford operated by Matthew Todd Watson of Shelby rear-ended a 2003 Chevrolet operated by Gary Lee Smith, 109 Robinson Dr., on the US 74 Bypass at El Bethel Road. Property damages were minor.

FEB. 5: Officer G. L. McKinney said that a parked 2005 Saturn owned by Juliana Morrison Smith, 212 Orr Terrace, was bumped on N. Cansler Street by a driver who left the scene.

Investigation continues in beating, assault case Kings Mountain Police are continuing their investigation into the beating of a man and assaulting of a woman at a Second Street residence early Sunday.

KMPD Det. Cpl. K. L. Hamrick said a 15-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend were arrested for allegedly ‘’assaulting with intent to kill” the girl’s mother and her boyfriend.

KMPD officers responded to 915 Second Street at 5:10 a.m. Sunday to find that two people, a male and female, both white, had been assaulted with a metal object, the male allegedly receiving blows to the head considered life-threatening. Both injured people were transported by emergency medical personnel to Kings Mountain Hospital where the woman was treated for minor injuries and released and the man was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte where his condition is stable.

According to an incident report filed by KMPD Ptl. K. A. Wajda the teen’s boyfriend was spotted at 7:40 a.m. Sunday morning walking across King Street to a parking lot and was arrested by police without incident.

Edward Eugene Ruff Jr., 19, white male, who had listed an address in the 1700 block of Shelby Road, was jailed under $500,000 secured bond on felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, assault with a deadly weapon and injury to personal property. His first court appearance was Monday in Cleveland County District Court at Shelby.

Juvenile charges against the minor female include felonious assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, assault with a deadly weapon and injury to personal property.

Police took the teenager to Gaston Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Dallas.

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City receives 13th consecutive clean audit ELIZABETH STEWART Lib.kmherald@gmail.com

The 2011 audit report for the city of Kings Mountain from Martin-Starnes & Associates reveals a clean audit for the 13th consecutive year, CPA Shane Fox told City Council last Tuesday night. “Unqualified opinion, the best you can get,� said the auditor. He said there were no findings or questioned costs, no significant deficiencies or material internal weaknesses identified and praised the staff as “cooperative.�

The general fund balance, up at $377,873 from 2010, reflects 23 percent of last year’s expenditures and the N.C. Local Government Commission requires only 8 percent.

The debt margin of $56,470,458 positions the city for future water-sewer projects, said Mayor Rick Murphrey, the total debit increased by $661,571. The total fund balance

in the general fund showed an increase for the last three years, the totals being $2,565,884 in 2009, $2,889,804 in 2010 and $3,267,677 in 2011. The available fund balance was $2,158,805 in 2010 with an increase of $157,988.

Fox pointed out during a Power Point presentation that the top three revenues in the general fund comprise 79% of the general fund or $6,490,131. Property tax comprises 37%, other taxes and licenses 26%; other revenues 21% and sales and services 16%.

Revenue from property tax was $3,035,481 in 2011, down from the 2010 total of $3,044,260. Other taxes and licenses were up from 2010 which was $2,024,554 and $2,142,399 in 2011. Sales and services were up in 2011 ($1,312,241 compared to $1,245,975 in 2010.)

The top three expenditures in the general fund comprised $6,703,306 or 66 percent.

They were public safety, 34%; other expenditures 34%; general government 17%; and culture and recreation 15%. A comparison chart showed general government expenses up ($1,726,074 in 2011 compared at $1,664,453 in 2010; public safety up slightly ($3,468,408 in 2011 compared to $3,432,961 in 2010) and culture and recreation up ($1,508,824 in 2011 and $1,344,934 in 2010.)

The outstanding debt at June 30, 3011 was $3,728,362 and included notes payable, $505,133; general obligation bonds, $95,000 ( to be paid off during this fiscal year) less deferred amount for loss on defeasance at $24,661; and notes payable, enterprise fund, $3,152,880.

The enterprise funds (electric, water, sewer and gas) were compared to 2010 and showed unrestricted net assets at $4,007,351 in the electric department compared to

Skate park on the table for Grover

Ptl. Fulton honored Ptl. Penny Fulton, center, who donated a life-saving kidney to her boss in the Kings Mountain Police Department Captain Jerry Tessneer, left, receives a city resolution for “her unselfish act� from Mayor Rick Murphrey and city council at the recent meeting.

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GROVER - Is a skate park for teenagers in Grover’s future?

Timothy Weaver pitched the idea to Town Board Monday night by presenting petitions signed by 250 people. “This is something the teens need at City Park,� said Weaver. He said that younger kids have entertainment at the park but there’s nothing for teenagers.

The closest skate parks are in Gastonia, Cherryville, and Gaffney, SC. Mayor J. D. Ledford said the board will take the suggestion under discussion.

Board member Roy Dyer said after the meeting that See SKATE PARK, 6A

CONSTRUCTION: of Chemetall Foote’s new technical center, lithium plant nears completion, officials hope to move in March FROM Page 1 The lithium hydroxide project is funded in part by a $17.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Development of the technical center is being funded in part by a $94,287 grant from the North Carolina Rural Center and a $99,250 industrial development grant.

With this expansion Chemetall Foote’s capability to produce lithium hydroxide will be increased by more than 300 percent. The company is expected to supply raw materials for the U.S. battery industry through the year 2020.

Testing and production inside the new lithium hydroxide plant is estimated to begin in late March or early April. John Mitchell, president of Chemetall’s North American Lithium Region, said that they are hoping to have a ribbon cutting to commemorate the new buildings at the end of June.

Chemetall’s new technical center will house a state-of-the-art research and development wing with HEPA-filtered and air-locked laboratories to rival any others in the world, training rooms and conference areas, offices and be the new headquarter to the company’s global engineering group. “This technical center will be one of two, one in Europe and one here, doing all of the advanced development of materials for batteries and for further applications,� Mitchell said. “We hope that this site will be one of the best sites in the world in terms of advanced battery materials, because we’ll have the technical as well as the production as-

pects� to do that. “We’re so glad that you’ve located all this high-tech stuff here,� said Mayor Rick Murphrey. “It’s jobs. We need jobs.�

The mayor said that he appreciates the company’s commitment to grow here at home. “As we continue to progress and go forward,� he said, “it’s amazing how technology is growing.� “We are competing on a global stage here,� Mitchell said. “We’re competing against the manufacturing capability of China, Russia, South America and some in Europe as well. We have to be competitive.�

With the new plant Mitchell calls “a world-class space�, the company will be able to produce 5,000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide a year. “This new plant will use conventional technology reacting lithium carbonate with lime, and purifying, drying and packaging the product for sale to the battery industry,� Chemetall Foote CFO Ron France told The Herald after the groundbreaking last March. “Lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide are key raw materials for the lithium ion battery that is essential to the electrification of our transportation system, and will lessen our dependence on foreign oil.�

With the new R&D labs in the technical center, Mitchell said they’ll be working on advancing battery material technology, researching ways to store more energy in smaller packages.

At the end of 2009, Chemetall Foote had 106 full-time employees. Now the company employs more than 150 with plans to add more, opening doors to engineers, scientists and laboratory technicians. “(This) is an 800-acre site and we’re building now a critical mass of capabilities. We’re going to do our best to bring other kinds of technologies and processes here, which could bring more jobs,� Mitchell said.

The technical center, although not LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), was built with the standards of energy and environmental design in mind. Motion sensors help conserve energy by cutting lights off in rooms without movement. “Also the individual offices have lots of windows so there’s a lot of nat-

ural light. On a bright sunshiny day the lights in the building will actually dim as a result of that,� said Marc Tuttle, project engineer at Chemetall Foote. He added that all of the heating and air conditioning systems are also “very high efficiency�.

The design of the new center incorporates false stones reminiscent of the rock lithium was mined from in the area.

In addition to the new buildings and jobs, Tuttle said that they will have six solar-powered charging stations on site for those who drive their electric cars to work. Three electric cars, two Chevrolet Volts and one brand-new Nissan Leaf, were parked outside of the company’s office building on Thursday.

With modern technology and lithium-ion batteries, electric vehicles are charging into high gear as the country tries to break its addiction to oil.

Fully-charged the all-electric Nissan Leaf will go 90-100 miles before needing to be recharged. The Chevrolet Volt an extended-range electric vehicle selling for about $32,000, is powered in part by a lithium-ion battery and by a fuel engine. Fully charged, the car can run 30-40 miles (depending on factors like the temperature outside and how the car is driven) on battery power alone. Then, the “old reliable� internal combustion engine kicks on, allowing drivers to travel up to 375 miles before needing fuel or a charge.

A Tesla Roadster, also powered by lithium, is fully electric, can travel over 244 miles on a single charge and go from 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds. Price tag? $100,000 and up. “In terms of the growth of batteries for electrification of our cars and battery storage the need to put more lithium in the battery is there because the more lithium we can put in the battery the greater energy density we can have. We’re working on making sure that we’re doing that using stable materials and that the batteries are safe,�

Mitchell said.

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$2,887,84 in 2010 and cash flow from operations $3,313,375 in 2011 and $2,677,591 and required debt service up slightly $203,583 in 2011 compared to $203,137 at June 30, 2010.

Water/Sewer Department showed $803,435 in debt service compared to $903,766 at June 30, 2010; $1,192,508 at June 30, 2011 compared to $509,787 at June 30, 2010 and $1,669,533 in 2011 compared to the $800,021 in restricted net assets; Cash flow from operations in the water/sewer department total $1,192,508 in 2011 compared to $509,787 at June 30, 2010 .

In the gas department the unrestricted net assets in 2011 were listed at $ 1,669,533 compared to $1,305,502 at June 30, 2010; cash flow from operations - $815,842 in 2011 compared to $877, 002 the previous year and $17,726 in required debt service in 2011 compared to $17,737 in 2010.

Request made for ‘Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans’ day Local Vietnam veterans are asking city council to designate Sunday, March 25 as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans.�

Boyce Tesenair, who served in the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, made the suggestion at the recent city council meeting.

Tesenair said that local Vietnam vets would also like to see a marker or some type recognition placed at city hall in memory of the six Kings Mountain men who lost their lives in the

Vietnam War. They were: Pfc. Christopher Eugene Brooks, US Army, Oct. 4,1947-July 3, 1966; Cpl. Gregory Wayne Thomas, US Marine Corps, Aug. 28, 1947-May 2, 1966; C2C Charlie Melvin Ellison, USN, Nov. 16,1943Feb. 27-1969; Sgt. Robert Allen Dellinger, US Army, March 12, 1946-Oct. 27, 1968; Cpl. Michael Allen Graham, US Army, July 2, 1950-Oct. 7,1970; and Seaman Dudley Carroll Hughes Jr, US Navy, Oct. 31,1946Dec. 23,1967.

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Unanimous vote seals Main Street program resolution ELIZABETH STEWART Lib.kmherald@gmail.com

By nanimous vote and without discussion and public comment Kings Mountain City Council last Tuesday adopted a Main Street program resolution and new policy which means the city runs the downtown development/revitalization program in-house effective Jan. 31.

City Manager Marilyn Sellers, who made the recommendation, said a full time Main Street program coordinator will be on board by July 1 as part of the city staff but with an uptown office. The employee would be full-time and receive city benefits.

In other actions Tuesday, Council: +set date of Feb. 28 at 6 p .m. for public hearings to consider an industrial incentive grant for Project Merlot and to receive public comment on new Community Block Grant applications for 2011 and 2012.. +reappointed Margaret Leach to the ABC board with term expiring Jan. 31, 2015 and Rebecca Dye to fill the unexpired term of Stacy Ledbetter on the Tourism Development Authority with term expiring June 30, 2013. +adopted ordinance posting the speed limit on West Gold Street extension 25 m.p.h. Signs will be posted beginning at

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novation awards, Summer Reading and “Breaking New Ground,” a program with Cleveland Memorial Library in Shelby resulting in $26,000 savings to the tow libraries.

The mayor also recognized winners with cash prizes and gave the Mayor’s trophy in the recent photography contest on Martin Luther King Day. Today’s Herald shows pictures of the winning photographs and they are on display at H. Lawrence Patrick Center this month.

Boyce Tessnair, 409 Country Club Acres, asked the board to consider resolution designating the last Sunday in March as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans” and Bernadette Byars and Maurice Tate updated council on KM Elite, an after school program at Bynum’s Chapel AME Zion Church and also at Bethware School, which offers tutoring and recreation to a large number of students of all ages in the community.

Councilman Mike Butler praised the cemetery staff and volunteers for another successful Christmas Eve candlelight event at Mountain Rest Cemetery. He said that 10,000 people in 2,500 cars drove through the cemetery on Dec. 24, 2011.

the city’s portion of W. Gold Street which intersects with Spring Street (directly behind CVS Pharmacy) out to Highway 74 where W. Gold Street Extension ends. +awarded contract to Steve Austin for administrative services on Community Block Grant Program projects for the Small Business Entrepreneurial Assistance Program. +authorized the mayor to execute contract with Arcadia Press of Charleston, SC for the publication of the book. “Images of America Kings Mountain.” Mauney Memorial Library and KM Historical Museum are partnering to compete this photographic history of Kings Mountain from the beginning at no cost to the city. The City of Kings Mountain, Mauney Memorial Library new facility fund and KM Historical Museum will split the royalties from the book sale. +adopted resolution okaying both the Cleveland and Gaston County multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plans, requirement for the city to be eligible for FEMA funding in event of either natural or man-made disasters. +okayed a concealed weapons class for the public at the KM Police Firing Range on Feb. 6 and Feb. 11. This is the required all day course that is used throughout the state, required by anyone wishing to carry a concealed weapon and mandatory training before the permit is issued by the Sheriff’s department. Cpl. Keith Davis will conduct the classes.

Contact the police department for application details. +denied a taxi cab application to a resident based on city ordinance which prohibits permit based upon a DWI conviction. +approved tree removal by Anthony Everette and Sharon Thorsland on a portion of the control strip owned by the city on Moss Lake including repairing rip-rap along the waters’ edge to prevent shoreline erosion. +the mayor recognized a number of people including KMPD Ptl. Penny Fulton, a police officer for 16 years with KMPD, who donated a life saving kidney to fellow officer Captain Jerry Tessneer; 10 year children’s librarian Christy Conner; retiring CID secretary in the police department Shirley Payne, Mauney Memorial Library for two service in-

Join in ‘The MOVEment’ “The MOVEment,” a Christian event for the whole family, will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, from 5-10 p.m. at Kings Mountain Family YMCA. The Christian rock band, “Chariot Awaits” and the contemporary Christian band, “Tower of Mercy” will perform and Kings Mountain native Tyler Deaton will be host and lead the worship.

Guest speaker will be Mark Cahill, former basketball player, author and evangelist. He wrote the books, “One thing You Can’t do in Heaven” and “One Heart Beat Away.” In his address, he teaches Christians how to share their faith in everyday situations.

Concessions will be sold and the public is invited for worship and fellowship.

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Church Service Directory KINGS MOUNTAIN Long Creek Presbyterian Church 701 Long Creek Road 704-629-4406

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Love Valley Baptist Church 2032 Bethlehem Road 704-730-0075

Oak Grove Baptist Church 1022 Oak Grove Road 704-739-4833

Macedonia Baptist Church 1101 S. Battleground Avenue 704-739-6811

Oak View Baptist Church 1517 York Road 704-739-7831

Midview Baptist Church 703 Margrace Road 704-739-6711

Pathway Baptist Church 3100 Parkdale Circle 704-734-0852

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church 220 N. Watterson Street 704-739-8354

Patterson Grove Baptist Church 301 Oak Grove Road 704-739-5826

704-739-8920 St. Paul United Methodist Church N. Cansler Street 704-739-1256

Peoples Baptist Church 1010 Groves Street 704-739-0398

Sunrise Baptist Church 208 Mail Road 704-692-3007

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Temple Baptist Church 612 N. Cansler Street 704-739-4716

Progressive Church of Our Lord 1001 Cleveland Avenue 704-734-1070

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Mountain View Agape Church 506 Sparrow Springs Road 704-739-0160 Mt. Olive Baptist Church Compact School Road 704-739-4516 Mt. Zion Baptist Church 220 N. Watterson Street 704-739-8354 New Beginnings Church of Jesus Christ 541 Crocker Road 704-730-9507 New Bynum Chapel Zion Church N. Cansler Street 704-739-2606 New Camp Creek Baptist Church 863 New Camp Creek Ch. Road 704-487-7128 New Life Family Worship Center 428 Oak Grove Road

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GASTONIA Bethesda United Methodist Church 3714 S. New Hope Rd Grace Community Advent Christian Church 206 West 3rd Avenue 704-739-9230

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Resurrection Lutheran Church 600 Crescent Circle 704-739-5580

GROVER Bethany Baptist Church 423 Cleveland Avenue 704-937-3010 Carolina Praise and Worship Center 201 N. Main Street 704-937-7541

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Unity AME Zion Church 948 Unity Church Road 704-228-0328

Saint Matthew’s Lutheran Church 201 N. Piedmont Avenue 704-739-7466

Vestibule AME Zion Church 2175 Vestibule Church Road 704-739-7961

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JOY: renovation a grand production for KM Little Theatre FROM Page 1 December. The carpet is gone too. The blue curtains that hung along the walls of the auditorium were taken down last year, revealing the brick of the original 1949 theater.

Once the walls are cleaned and sealed, convex panels of varying size will be added in differing patterns to help with acoustics.

"The auditorium space without all the draperies is an outstanding volume. What we're trying to do and what is necessary in a hall like that is to make wise choices in wall diffusion," said architect Ken Pflieger, who is assisting with the renovations. The acoustic panels will be placed in a way to distribute optimum sound.

Dimming lights will be installed atop some of the panels to illuminate the bricks above. Recessed lights, also on a dimmer, are replacing the drum lights that hang from the auditorium's ceiling, now painted gold.

Before the seats arrive, the concrete floor of the auditorium will be painted a reflective color to compliment the patterned carpet - the last to be installed. After the seats arrive, carpet will be laid in the theater's foyer and innermost lobby and down the aisles and Act 2 of KMLT's biggest production will be complete.

"We've got two solid weeks of work to finish," said Jim Champion, veteran officer, director, actor and Jim of all trades now serving as KMLT president. Each Saturday, he and a host of other volunteers and workers have tackled the renovations.

"By the end of next week, we should have just about everything done," he said, adding that then they'll be cleaning the lobby area.

The first "Act" of this production was to renovate the lobby, revealing the theater's original terrazzo flooring and crescent-windowed doors. Eighteen-year-old Dylan Painter, who is active in theater, helped repaint the lobby, its tiles in cream, capped with black, and walls of emerald to match the floor to earn his Eagle in Boy Scouts.

The third "Act" of renovation will focus on the theatre's balcony area, opening it up to some type of Cabaret-like seating with tables and chairs. On Saturday, volunteers were re-

The auditorium devoid of seats, gets ready for an extreme makeover with new chairs, carpet, paint. placing the stage lighting from the control room in the balcony.

Champion said that they are trying to keep the designs of the theater's renovations in the theme of art deco, a decorative style popular in the theater's heyday.

Pflieger said that once the renovations are complete, the theatre should be "substantially more alive than the last time patrons were in there."

KMLT still has close to 50 new seats open to sponsors for

$350 each. To purchase a seat, call the Joy Performance Center at 704-730-9408 and leave a message or send checks payable to the Kings Mountain Little Theatre with Memo lines noted for "the seat drive" to 202 S. Railroad Ave., Kings Mountain, NC 28086. To volunteer to help with the cleanup, drop by the Joy on Saturday morning from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

The Joy Performance Center is home to KMLT productions, the Real to Reel International Film Festival, and several other shows throughout the year.

INITIATIVE: entices readers with 1,000 free books, several events surrounding “The Hunger Games” FROM Page 1 Society and all local Cleveland County Libraries, in a free giveaway of 1,000 books on Feb. 1.

"We had 18 to 20 people standing outside our library, waiting to get in when we opened at 9 a.m. that morning," said Sharon Stack, Mauney Library director. "The museum even had three people standing outside when they opened. We gave away the last book at 5:05 p.m. to Miranda Henson, who was so excited to get her book."

This event was to jump start the library's community read centering on "The Hunger Games”, a book that became a movie, partially filmed in Cleveland County, which premiers in theatres March 23.

A coalition of partners launched the “Read-Unite-Survive” initiative to engage the community in discussion and foster a collective sense of experience through reading.

"A community read is to get people reading and talking about the same book," Stack said. "We like to pick a book where powerful discussions can be had and one that is multigenerational. This book, ‘The Hunger Games’, is considered a young adult book but I think this could be a multi-generational selection because there are so many themes to talk about: government, sacrifice, love and war. I had a woman come in and get a free book and say that she was getting it for her 94-year-old mother who was interested in reading it."

Stack also explained that community reads bring people into the library, some who have never been or who haven't been in a while.

"This helps with the community seeing what the library is all about and how much we offer to them," Stack said.

Throughout the initiative, the library and

TESENAIR: no stranger to fighting battles, now fighting for awareness of lung disease FROM Page 1 breath speaks out against the lung disease he lives with everyday.

Tesenair's lung diagnosis came last November. He had suffered a heart attack, underwent quadruple by-pass surgery, and in recent months found that only a short hike left him out of breath.

"Until a family has been given a diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis, they've never heard of it," says Tesenair and lack of information and support should cause us, he said, to run to our doctors if there are symptoms of shortness of breath, particularly during exercise; dry, hacking coughs, fast, shallow breathing, gradual unintended weight loss, tiredness, aching joints and muscles or clubbing, widening and rounding of the tips of the fingers or toes.

He is no stranger to fighting battles. "I will survive," he says.

A Vietnam veteran with 100% disability, Tesenair volunteered for the US Marine Corps and served 13 months during 1966-67. The then-24-year-old scrapping Marine headed home to a jeering public who spit on him in three airports. The war hate had spilled over in this community too, he said.

Exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam, his health problems were not the result.

A 1966 graduate of Kings Mountain High School, Tesenair joined the Marines after graduation. "I couldn't wait, I always wanted to be a Marine," he said proudly.

Son of the late Willie and Grace Tesenair, the family

had moved from Henrietta to Kings Mountain in 1957.

Tesenair married Janice Ellison of Kings Mountain.

They have two sons, Steven Tesenair of Kings Mountain and Eric Tesenair and wife, Traci, of Kings Mountain, who are expecting their first child in May. Tesenair has a brother, James and wife, Kathy, of Lincolnton and a sister, Opal Pinkes and husband, Stan, of Cary. The Cary Marine, was honored as US Veteran of the Year recently. The family is active in First Baptist Church.

Pulmonary fibrosis is a disease in which tissue deep in the lungs becomes thick and stiff, or scarred, over time. As the lung tissue thickens, the lungs can't properly move oxygen into the bloodstream. As a result, the brain and other organs don't get the oxygen they need. Research has helped doctors learn more abut the disease. As a result they can more quickly diagnose the disease now than in the past.

Also, researchers are studying several medicines that may slow the process of pulmonary fibrosis. These efforts may improve the life span and quality of life for people who have the disease.

Pulmonary Fibrosis af-

FROM Page 1 BOYCE TESENAIR fects 200,000 Americans, alarmingly prevalence has increased as much as 150% since 2001 and an estimated 48,000 cases are diagnosed each year. The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation became active 10 years ago and American Lung Association advocates awareness and increased funding for research.

Tesenair hopes that a support system can be built with the public's help and possible funding from the legislature that can make a difference in the fight again pulmonary fibrosis.

"I'll do whatever I can to spread the word," says Tesenair.

FOSTER: in hospital after being struck by train found the man with injuries to his hands.

“The subject was alert and responsive and was transported to Cleveland Regional Med-

Book to Movie" will be held at the Cleveland County Library.

• March 3, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. - An adventure course will take place at Gardner-Webb University. Registrants will be paired randomly as “Tributes” and assessed on how quickly and accurately challenges are completed. Teamwork will be important. Just like in the trilogy, activities will test the balance, physical coordination, communication, problem solving skills, acrophobia, and determination of the “Tributes”. Cost: $10.00 - All “Tributes” will receive a t-shirt.

• March 3, 6 - 8 p.m. - A student art exhibit reception will be held at the Kings Mountain Art Center.

• March 5, 6:30 p.m. - A discussion of government, "Could We Become Panem?"

by Mitch McIntosh from Belmont Abbey College will be held at Mauney Memorial Library.

• March 10, 3 p.m. - "Run For Your Life" 5K, downtown Kings Mountain. Race begins and ends at: Patriot's Park Gazebo. Walkers welcome! Cost: $10.00 - All participants receive a t-shirt. In “The Hunger Games”, the “tributes” run for their lives in the arena.

• March 13, 6:30 p.m. - "Herbs to Survive" discussion with Kay Moss from the Schiele Museum at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum’s new herb garden. In Collins’ novel, Katniss had to know her herbs so that she could survive in the woods.

Get excited about community reading and get into the arena with “The Hunger Games”.

It will get you starving for more.

For more information on any of these activities please call the Mauney Memorial Library at 704-739-2371 or check their website www.mauneylibrary.org

THREE: charged in 17-year-old murder of KM woman

"God gives life. I put my trust in Him, not the doctors. God does things in ways that we don't understand why. Trust in His wisdom. I do."

- Boyce Tesenair

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its partners will be hosting events around the county from February 15-March 15. Each of the following activities has something to do with an event in the book: • Feb. 15 - March 15 - A canned food drive will be held at all three county library locations during normal business hours.

Everyone in “The Hunger Games”, in the country of Panem is starving. Donate food to help fight hunger in Cleveland County. Donations will go to the Senior Center Food Pantry, the Bliss Center in Lawndale Food Pantry, and the Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry.

• Feb. 15 - March 15 - Art exhibits, one for students housed at the Kings Mountain Art Center and one for adults housed at the Cleveland County Library, Mauney Memorial Library and Spangler Branch Library. In “The Hunger Games” trilogy (“Catching Fire”), Peeta finds a way of getting his anger out about the hunger games in drawing and painting.

• Feb. 16, 7 - 9 p.m. - A "Hunger Games" trivia night sponsored by the Mauney Memorial Library will be held at 238 Cherokee Street Grill, 238 Cherokee Street. In Collins’ trilogy, those who don’t know are first to go.

• Feb. 15 - 21 - A discussion on survival in the woods, "How to Eat in the Woods", by Chris Huffman will be held at the Spangler Branch Library. Time of the discussion is to be announced. In “The Hunger Games” trilogy, the wisdom the “tributes” needed to survive in the woods kept them alive.

• Feb. 20, 4 p.m. - A book discussion will be held at Mauney Memorial Library, "Let's Talk: 'The Hunger Games'”.

• Feb. 28, 6 p.m. - A conversation book discussion with Noel T. Manning, II, "From

ical Center where he was evaluated and sent to Carolinas Medical Center at Charlotte,” according to the police press release.

Foster remained in the hospital yesterday.

Gaston Memorial Hospital, according to then Sheriff Dan Crawford who was quoted as saying that he had received no reports of illegal activity at the residence but acknowledged that he found cases of beer inside the log cabin residence. Citizens who stopped at the crime scene said the residence had doubled as a night club for two years.

"She was a good woman and would not put up with junk," Henry Foster, 912 First St., told the Herald. He said his band used the club as a place to play music on weekends, usually on Friday, Saturday and sometimes on Sunday and the club helped keep people off the streets. Foster also told the Herald that a break-in occurred several weeks before the murder at the club/home with a high amount

of vandalism. He said one of the stolen amplifiers was recovered.

"Charleen was in Clover, SC two weeks ago at a motorcycle club and this place was vandalized by someone who even took the groceries, drinks and ice," he told the Herald June 22, 1995. "People even took cards that people had left on the walls."

Foster also told the Herald that Simons had no car and depended on others to drive her. She had three children. The Herald reported that Simons leased her house, outside the city, from James E. Carroll.

The homicide investigation produced no leads despite efforts by county deputies, the SBI and Kings Mountain Police Department.

All three men face additional charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and felony conspiracy.

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Gina Hart won the Mayor's Special Recognition Award for her entry, "Ever Burning Hope - the American Dream" in the city's recent Martin Luther King, Jr. photography contest "The American Dream". She is pictured with Mayor Rick Murphrey.

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B. Starr Dove is congradulated by Mayor Rick Murphrey as first place winner in the Adult Category.

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Gina Hart's entry in the city's Martin Luther King, Jr. photography contest "The American Dream" was awarded special recognition recently by Mayor Rick Murphrey. In her entry form, Hart explained the background of her piece "Ever Burning Hope". "My vision of the American Dream is best represented as a flickering light that has led the way for generations past, and continues to burn and reflect itself in generations to come," she wrote. "This light has been shown through all of the people that have had the courage to stand up and make a change. This small but flickering light lies within all of us, and as Dr. King's legacy shows us, will continue to shine long after we are gone. This is inspirational to me because I know that if I strive to keep the American Dream alive it will continue to burn brightly and inspire others."

Photos 1 - 5 were winners: 1) Third place winner, Erica Williams, for “Sea of Possibilities” 2) Second place winner, LaSundra Williams, for “Big Dreams Start Small” 3) First place winner. B. Starr Dove, for “Dreaming in Black and White” 4) Third place winner in the youth category, Aaron Watson, for “Freedom to Serve and Play” 5) First place winner in youth, Brian Johnson, for “GranMom’s Realities”

Grover sets moratorium on sweeps ELIZABETH STEWART lib.kmherald@gmail.com

GROVER - By 4-0 vote Monday night Grover Town Board set a moratorium for 365 days on any new sweepstakes operations and said no more new permits will be issued, a move which limits the expansion of the businesses.

Mayor J. D. Ledford said the moratorium will give the board time to reexamine the ordinances which provide for the issuance of conditional use permits and business licenses and at least stabilize the number of video sweepstake establishments presently existing in Grover and preclude the issuance of any additional permits.

Ledford said the moratorium does not affect existing businesses which can apply for renewal of licenses.

"Video sweepstakes has become a very complicated and litigated matter, with sometimes no clear direction as to

the regulating of video sweepstakes businesses by statute or precedent case law," town attorney Mickey Corry replied to questions about the year's time frame in the ordinance.

Several residents voiced opinions during a public hearing.

"Times are hard," said Rev. John Barnhardt, pastor of First Baptist Church, who suggested that the board seek grants to help bring new business to the community.

Ledford concurred that commitment of council and community is necessary for growth.

Don Johnson, owner of all but one of the Main Street buildings which have been rented for sweeps operations, said he is concerned about Grover's future too and "it's not something that Grover is doing not to attract business." He defended the current sweepstakes businesses, saying, "No one is 100% sure

on what the legislature may or may not do in the next year but I got in my car and drove to Mecklenburg County and East to Raleigh and I found sweepstakes operations open 24-7 all along the route." He added that similar businesses operate in other areas of Cleveland County.

"Grover needs to take a stand, how long are we going to look the other way?" asked Jean Harry Francis. "They (sweepstakes businesses) came before the board of adjustment when I was on the board and we told them no illegal machines," she said.

Grover police shut down eight sweepstakes businesses in December for illegal operation. Two businesses have reopened.

Illegal video gaming machines include those with video bingo, craps, keno, lotto, eight-liner and pot-of-gold games, according to state statute.

SKATE PARK: coming to Grover?

FROM Page 3A he planned to visit the Cherryville skate park to get some ideas to share with council.

In other actions Monday night, Town Board: +Okayed a plan to allow customers to pay their utility bill by debit or credit card and took the mayor’s recommendation to set up a website for the town which would allow customers to pay utility bills on-line. +Accepted a quote from F. R. Ledford & Associates of $2500 to survey and divide parcel 53675 for the acquisition of the Grover Industry Wastewater Treatment Plant. +Accepted a quote from R&D Automotive for the repair of the 2004 and 2005 model police cars in the amount of $1675.64. +Accepted audit contract of $1845.00 from Martin Starnes & Associates for the 2011-2012 budget year, a $400 increase from last year. +Discussed but took no action on potential uses for the 204 S. Main Street parcel 6407 owned by the town.

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Jane Talbert with one of the first Girl Scout uniforms.

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Mementos of the Girl Scouts of Kings Mountain on display at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum.

"My blood will always be green," said Susan Goforth, long time participant of Girl Scouts of America, an organization now celebrating its 100th birthday.

The Kings Mountain Historical Museum is commemorating that100 years of service with an exhibit showing the scouts over time. Goforth and Jane Talbert, long time Girl Scouts, are helping out with the exhibit by bringing in artifacts they have collected over the years.

"The archives included some uniforms, pictures throughout the years, badges throughout the years, dolls I have collected and handbooks," said Talbert. She and Goforth are a part of the Girl Scout's Pioneer Legacy Council, in charge of all archives.

Talbert and Goforth hoped to display some of their collection and those of the Girl Scouts Carolina Peaks to Piedmont Council at the museum in time for the big birthday. Stephanie Walsh, director and curator of the KMHM, is happy to host "Something for the Girls: GSUSA - 100 years", an exhibit now open through April 28.

The exhibit helps people learn about

how the girl scouting movement got started in the United States. "They can spend time comparing various badges and pins from over the years and reflect on their own GSUSA days as they pass through," Talbert said.

"This exhibit is not only for Kings Mountain," Walsh said. "This is a county- and state-wide thing. This is a great community exhibit for people to get involved in."

Between Goforth and Talbert they have over 100 years in the Girl Scout business.

Talbert, a 50-year member, and Goforth, who has been with the service organization 53 years, started their Girl Scout adventure in Brownies. Looking at the exhibit, Goforth reminisces, "I remember my Girl Scout leader was Dr. John McGill's wife, Mabel, and how she had a cookie jar to send home with the girl who was supposed to bring refreshments next."

As Talbert and Goforth grew they became Girl Scouts, camp leaders at Camp Rotary, Cadettes and volunteers with the Girl Scout community. It's a lifetime of memories.

When asked about their fondest recollection, Talbert said, "I loved the friendships that were formed. Even

when people moved we still stayed in touch through Girl Scouts. Also, I became very confident with things that 'shy me' couldn't usually do, like going to Washington, D.C. with the scouts in the 9th grade without my parents."

"I remember when we got the grant for the monument coming into town that says 'Welcome to Kings Mountain'", Goforth said. "We helped build it."

After over 50 years of service each, they both love that Kings Mountain will be celebrating 100 years of Girl Scouts in America with them.

"We are both thrilled to be able to show off the artifacts and to show girls the heritage of the Girl Scouts," Talbert said.

During the next couple of months, the museum will be partnering with the Girl Scouts to celebrate "The Year of the Girl" with activities. These activities are all free and will be held from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum, 100 E. Mountain St., Kings Mountain.

- Feb. 11 - Homemade Valentines - Feb. 18 - What Girl Scouts Did in the 1960's See GSUSA, 7B

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Jane Talbert and Susan Goforth positioning Talbert's dolls, collected over the years, into a display case at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum.

Eagle Scouts honored at BSA banquet On Thursday, Jan. 12, the Battleground District (Cleveland County) of the Piedmont Council, Boy Scouts of America, held its annual banquet in Shelby. The highlight of the evening's festivities was honoring all those scouts who earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 2011. In addition to being recognized for their achievement, Elks Lodge #1706 presented each Eagle Scout with a framed certificate and a flag. Congratulations to all these fine gentlemen for their hard work and dedication to the principles of Boy Scouting.

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Left: Front row, left to right, Bryan Melton, Daniel Fogelman, Cody Bridges, Charles Greene, Alex Self, Justin Lattimore, Drew Rogers.

Back row, l-r, Nathan Cook, Mattison Wilkins, Aaron Triplett, Hunter King, Willis Ledbetter, Brandon Joyce.

Robinson and Lineberger to wed Jeff and Karen Lineberger announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Jean Lineberger, to Trey William Robinson, son of Ray and Twyla Robinson. Both families are of Kings Mountain.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Reatha Blackwell and the late Haskel C. Blackwell and Patsy and Harold Lineberger, all of Kings Mountain. A 2007 graduate of Kings Mountain High School, she received her degree in Middle School Education in 2010 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Master's in Middle School Education in 2011 from Appalachian State University. She is employed by Cleveland County Schools as a 9th and10th grade English teacher at Burns High School.

The prospective bridegroom is the

grandson of Agnes Robinson and the late David Robinson and the late Dwight and Bea Whitworth. He is a 2006 graduate of Kings Mountain High School and a 2010 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in Exercise and Sports Science. He is employed by the Cleveland County Schools as a 7th grade teacher at Kings Mountain Middle School.

The wedding will be an event of September 15, 2012 at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont.

Right: Trey William Robinson and Jennifer Jean Lineberger

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‘My Heart Belongs to Daddy’ Father-Daughter Gala set for Feb. 11 With the release of the movie "Courageous", Created to Praise Dance Academy announced that it plans to host a fatherdaughter gala from 6-8 p.m. at the Patrick Senior Center on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Tickets are $25 per father-daughter couple and $7 for each additional daughter. Tickets can be purchased from Created to Praise Dance Academy, 144 W. Mountain St., each Monday from 5-7 p.m. or by emailing Katherine Pendergrass at pendergrass1998@yahoo.com or calling 704-914-6380.

"Courageous is a beautiful, heartwarming movie that had me laughing one minute and crying the next," says Katherine Pendergrass, Operations Manager of Created to Praise Dance Academy. "It’s about the lives of four average men who deal with the ups and downs of fatherhood. One father deals with heartbreak while another deals with a daughter’s crush on a boy. It shows how serious a role fathers play in the lives of their children, especially their young girls.

"One of the most powerful statements in the movie is when one father says, 'If fathers just did what they’re supposed to do, half the junk we face on the streets wouldn’t exist.'"

Another quote in the movie that touched Pendergrass was, “If any young man wants to date my daughter, he has to meet with me to get my approval first.”

"These statements, along with other elements of the movie, remind us that fathers must prepare their daughters for that future day of dating and marriage; when a young boy first shows interest in her," Pendergrass said. "It has been said that girls who have a comfortable, supportive relationship with their father or father figure in their lives are confident, self-reliant, avoid abusive relationships and resist peer pressure just to name a few benefits of a strong father/daughter relationship."

Kelli Putman, owner of Created to Praise Dance Academy, wants to encourage more father-daughter time by sponsoring the gala. The theme for this formal affair is “My Heart belongs to Daddy”.

"It is a time set aside for a father and his daughter(s) to share

food, fun, fellowship… and dance! The father figure can be a step-father, grandfather or uncle; whomever the male role model is for a girl is welcome to share this occasion with her," Pendergrass said.

“Created to Praise Dance Academy not only teaches the art of movement, but we teach our students to have fun, socialize and positively impact others,” Putnam said.

Her students just finished two of their community projects performing and handing out goody bags at the Life Enrichment Center and serving at Central United Methodist Church’s soup kitchen.

"The Father/Daughter Gala is just an extension of our purpose," Pendergrass added.

Fathers and daughters are asked to dress in formal attire (no jeans please) and fathers will be encouraged to accompany their daughters on the dance floor.

"We know fathers dance with their daughters in their hearts, but we want them to also dance with them on the dance floor!"

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Delta Taus to raise money for UNICEF

The Delta Tau Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International met Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at Jefferson Elementary School. The 5 p.m. meeting, attended by 13 members, was presided over by President Connie Phifer Savell.

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The History of Valentine's Day Every February candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday? The history of Valentine's Day — and its patron saint — is shrouded in mystery.

But we do know that February has long been a month of romance.

St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition.

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl — possibly his jailor's daughter — who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today.

While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial others claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to 'christianize' celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival.

In ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification. Houses were ritually cleansed by sweeping them out and then sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout their interiors. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February, February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.

The boys sliced goat's hide into strips, dipped them in the sacrificial blood and took to the streets, gently slapping both women and fields of crops with the goathide strips. Far from being fearful, Roman women welcomed being touched with the hides because it was believed the strips would make them more fertile in

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Following the educational program, DKG State President Linda Little, who had traveled from New Bern to attend the meeting, spoke to the membership about the upcoming state convention to be held in Cary in April. Mrs. Little formally welcomed the newest DKG chapter in North Carolina and encouraged those present to become actively involved at the local, state, and national level and to take advantage of the professional development opportunities available.

During a business meeting, the slate of officers for the upcoming year was approved. Mrs. Savell will serve as president; Heather Self will serve as vice president; and Dr. Martha Hill will serve as secretary. After committee reports were presented, the meeting was adjourned.

The next meeting of Delta Tau will be held Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at 5 p.m. at Jefferson Elementary School.

The Magnolia Garden Club met Tuesday, Jan. 24 at the home of Maxine Bennett with 12 members in attendance.

The annual Life Enrichment birthday party was discussed.

Molly Savage agreed to call and make arrangements for the club to assist with the party.

Anita Campbell gave the program, "Anyone can Grow Orchids." She said that orchids are considered one of the most beautiful flowers in the world. They are grown naturally all around the world, excluding the continent of Antarctica. There are two types of orchids: ones that grow horizontal and the other vertical. Orchid blooms last 6 to 10 weeks. If you want to grow orchids choose a mature plant. Buy one in a pot to bloom and not bare roots. A good environment is very important for the success of the plant. South and East windows are best, drought better than too much water, a humid setting and 12 hours of light a day will make for a healthy orchid. Even with all of the helpful tips and information, it was noted that orchids are indeed difficult to grow.

Winter Bounty flower arrangements were presented by Maxine Bennett and Sue Drye. Materials used were magnolia leaves, Leyland cypress, holly, Nandina berries and walking cane.

The next meeting of the club will be Feb. 21.

the coming year. Later in the day, according to legend, all the young women in the city would place their names in a big urn.

The city's bachelors would then each choose a name out of the urn and become paired for the year with his chosen woman.

These matches often ended in marriage.

The oldest known valentine still in existence today was a poem written by Charles, Duke of Orleans in 1415 to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt.

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By the end of the century, printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology. Readymade cards were an easy way for people to express their emotions in a time when direct expression of one's feelings was discouraged. Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began to sell the first mass-produced valentines in America.

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Looking Back at

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B&B Food Stores, Inc., was owned and operated

by Mr. and Mrs.Horace Hord, first on Mountain Street, the same street that his father, Bill Hord, had operated a grocery store for more than 50 years and then on S. Battleground Avenue (Main Street) in the 1970s. “I moved up and down that street 60 years,” said Hord in 1972 as he declared himself the senior grocer in town. The late Mr. Hord came back to Kings Mountain in 1927 after a short stay in Florida. His daughter, Betty Hord Hager, lives in Bessemer City.

Mistrys strive to provide service with Tobacco House

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Mitch Mistry. left, chats with customer Cheryl Bell at Tobacco House.

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In this fast-paced world, newcomers Mitch and Jagruti Mistry from India are taking a realistic approach to operating Tobacco House, a convenience store at 716 N. Cleveland Avenue.

The couple is adding a drive-thru and they are seeing more elderly and moms with kids in the car picking up milk, eggs and bread at the window.

“We looked at this location for five years and got a chance to rent the building from Carolina Energy,” said Mistry, who came to this country from India in 1984 and went to work bagging groceries and working 16 years in the produce department of Harris-Teeter. Before he got into business himself, he also was manager at Kangaroo Petroleum in Gastonia and installed satellite TV equipment. His partner in the business, his wife Jagruti, also a native of India, came to the US in 2010 and worked at Westfield Mall in Gastonia.

“I opened the store here May 19, 2011 and our baby boy, Krish, was born June 29 two months premature and my wife has

since been my right arm in the store and keeps busy working the window for drivethru customers, particularly on rainy days when they can get their orders at the window and don’t have to come in the store,” he said.

Mistry says he likes to stock the store for basic items that shoppers may have forgotten to pick up while grocery shopping or in late evenings when they find their pantry supplies short of staples like milk, eggs, bread, etc. and wholesale tobacco products which he advertises at discount prices. Boiled peanuts, milk, drinks, tshirts, ice cream, coffee, soups, cigarettes, milk and gasoline are among popular items.

Tobacco House is open from 5 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Thursday and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and from 7 a.m.10 p.m. on Sundays.

By Spring Mistry plans to operate the drive-thru 24-7 Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

The Mistry family also includes 13year-old daughter Anushka.

“This is a good community and we’ve met good people here,” said Mistry.

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The store ended up growing so much that in 1996, Brimrose opened a new gift and collectables shop, “The Emporium” in Shelby on Marion Street.

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Brimrose also rents out parts of the store for others to sell their fine gifts. Steve Evans (whose wife also sells jewelry there, Vanita Evans), Patsy Roundtree, Wanda Crotts and Mary Lankford rent booths inside the store to sell their wares.

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Every kid needs a good coach of a parent EMILY WEAVER Editor

Thursday, Jan. 26, was a special night for the Runnin' Bulldogs of GardnerWebb University who took down their Big South rival Campbell in a close 78-72 win. But it was also a special night for a crowd in the stands - a night for families.

Principal Eric Lamanna invited his third and fourth graders at East Elementary to a free dinner, chartered bus ride and tickets to the game on one condition, in order to go each student had to bring a parent. Close to 70 students, each with a parent or adult guardian from East, were in the GWU stands Thursday night.

Lamanna said that they wanted to encourage parent involvement. He talked to the crowd gathered inside East's cafeteria a little after 5 p.m.

He challenged parents to be their child's coach, to teach them the value of hard work and education, to champion their champions when they score a point, and to pep them up with words of encouragement for everyday's important plays.

"When it comes to edu-

cation, your parent is your coach," Lamanna told his "champions". "Champion is our word for our kids here."

Breaking down the word, he told the crowd how every little champion needs a good coach for a parent: • Commit to teaching the value of hard work and education. Help your child see that hard work leads to success every day and getting an education leads to success in life.

• Have pride in your child. Let him or her know that you are proud of their success in school and when they try their best. A great coach jumps around more than anyone else when the team wins the game.

• Attendance. Get in the game! Help your child see the importance of being at school every day.

• Motivate. Pump your child up to be excited about school and to put their best effort into each day.

• Practice. Every athlete has to practice to be his or her best and ready to play in the big game. Help your child understand the value of getting homework done every night to be ready for the next day and the next grade.

Second 9 weeks Honor Roll Grover Elementary recently announced its PTO award-winners for the second nine weeks of school.

East Elementary students cheer from the stands of the G-WU arena at a recent game.

• Importance of effort.

Great coaches know that trying your best is just as important as winning. Children can lose sight of the importance of trying hard every day. Work a reminder into the daily "pep talk" for your team.

• On to the future. Help your child set goals for their education, for the day, the week, the year, and for the long term (high school, college and career).

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As students and adults prepared to head to the three charter buses waiting outside, Lamanna asked the crowd to "watch the coaches and what they do during the game".

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Gardner-Webb University covered all of the school's tickets to the game.

Students were invited onto the court at half-time for some fun games.

Before the crowd's departure from East, several students also won door prizes, including sports literature.

Wayne Worcester and his grandson Dawson Postell, at left, sit front seat in a charter bus heading to a G-WU basketball game from East Elementary.

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1st Grade: Caleb Broome, Alexis Guest, Jayson Hamrick, Nathan Inthavong, Cody Thomas, Nicole Poston, Kelly Gonzales, Cameron Loftin, Tuesday Cochran, Elijah Williams, Nicholas Cole, Charles Johnston, Dakota Bowen, Chayse Messick, Lucas Saldo, Angela Sanchez, Aubrey Thomas, Brooke Bone, Kaden Cochran, Tiquana Davis, Kalyn Gillespie, Tyleek Reid, Amber Sheppard, Ethan Washburn, Tyler Dormeus and Breanna Houey. 2nd Grade: Kaniya Gingles, Jacie Jarvis, Justin McKenzie, Lucas Sanders, Kayla Scism, Ryan Siphanthone, Halie Towery, Rachel Whitaker, Eric Adkins, Emily Ashley, Lucas Carroll, Bryanna Lowrance, Deanna Lowrance, Destiny Weddle, Zaquan Adams and Markus Smith. 3rd Grade: Mallory Buchanan, Christian Drake, Colby Farris, Dalton Gunter, Caleb Johnston, Savannah Poston, Esteban Valladares, India Williams, Maggie Buchanan, Chris Earney, Griffin Reed, Lara Stephens, Aurora Yocis, Sierra Jones, Jenna Ramsey, Denisse Sanchez, Calen Buchanan, Keeley Crawford, Bailey Moore and Luke Crepps. 4th Grade: Devin Gann, Kylie Goins, Seth Kistler, Garrett Kutchfar, Austin Moore, Alyssa Newton, Simon West, Haley Ashley, Anthony Berry, Kathryn BrackSee Awards, 7B

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OPINIONS Front Porch Music

By Ron Isbell

What a ride!

Wow. What a ride...from the moment Dr. George Mitchell smacked my bottom and said, "Fern, it's a boy."

My life was off and running. I ran away from home when I was four. Made it all the way to my cousin Joe's house next door. I think his mom fed me cookies until I was ready to go back home.

And, like Charlie Brown, I fell in love with a little redheaded girl when I was six. She broke my heart a dozen times before I turned seven.

Most of the next dozen years are a bit of a blur. Lots of family stuff. With fifty-some odd cousins and countless second cousins things happened fast and often.

But as adulthood began to set in I remember more. A job I came to love with accomplishments I'm proud of. And a smaller, but more important family.

Snapshots now come in Kodachrome moments.

A little bitty thing of a niece that I picked up and held over my head just as she opened her mouth and vomited all over me. I said right then,"I've got to have me one of these."

My first look at my first son. Some delivery problems left him with a temporary misshapen head. The look on the doctor's face when he saw the look on mine was priceless.

Jason holding his broken arm in a rolled up magazine as a temporary splint. His backflip out of the swing didn't work so well.

Trevor and I picking up my first sports car from the dealership. He had his learner's permit, so we snaked across rural backroads to get it home so he could drive.

An about-to-turn teenager sharing a moment with her mom amid the tulips in Holland, MI decided it was just fine with her that I was there too.

An eight-year-old with the biggest dimples I've seen yet to this day hops up in my lap and cuddles like she's always been there.

An evening hiding from a tornado in the basement of a bar in the middle of Kansas with Wayne and Wendy on a motorcycle trip. I think my stock went up a lot that evening. I mean, how could a pubescent teenage boy not combine a motorcycle trip with a night in a bar and feel like he'd been handed a gem?

Then along came grandkids. First Brette, born on her Grammy's 40th birthday. That was really something special, even if I couldn't be there.

And Bryton just missed my birthday by four days. I tried to get Traci to suck it up, but she refused. We made up for it later with Flat Stanley.

Then came Jordyn. She was mine. All mine. Grammy, and to a certain extent her mom and dad, didn't matter

when we were together. Of course, part of it was that she was captivated by my glasses.

And finally Eli. Like the song says, "better, better hide your heart." Enough said.

There was the New Year's Eve I spent stretched out in a recliner with three or four or maybe five nieces and nephews curled up on my lap so their parents could celebrate in a little more adult fashion. I know I had more fun.

Some Kodachrome moments weren't so pleasant. Most of my uncles are gone now, all of them too soon, and a few cousins. And my grandparents, of course. And Wendy's parents.

I was with her and her sister, Kim, when her mom lost her fight with her own cancer. Now I'm really glad I was there. It's more important now than it was then.

And a very short, silver-haired man we called Pastor Nikka took measure of me and decided I belonged with this family.

Then my dad's heart attack. Five bypasses and a valve repair. It was touch and go for weeks. St. Vincent's Hospital even loaned my mom her own personal nun who booted some guest of the City of Indianapolis out of a hard-to-get hotel room so my mom could get some much-needed rest.

And the Kodachrome moments continued.

Camping trips. Building a new garage. A shared trip to Washington, DC and "his" World War II memorial.

Life just keeps on giving. And I'll keep on taking as long as I can.

Shadow or not, I like this weather

EMILY WEAVER Editor

I guess the jury is still out on groundhog predictions.

One saw his shadow, another an early Spring. Who knows how long this 60 degree Winter will last? Oh, the agony of indecision!

Personally, I kind of like this weather. I've never been a huge fan of snow and ice. Then again, I've never tasted snow cream.

I have seen that things aren't dying off or sleeping as they should. I saw a mosquito the other day. We were both a bit confused. Should he bite me? Should I swat at him?

We went our separate ways…none the wiser. (No one was harmed in the making of this decision.)

The birds look somewhat bewildered, though their

chirps outside my window suggest to me they're happy to not fly so far south this Winter. Maybe we're all getting a break. Or maybe it's the calm before a storm.

If we got all of the groundhogs together for a council maybe we'd find out. Or maybe they're tired of making predictions and want us "two-leggeds" - for once - to figure it out on our own.

So here's my prediction: I predict that tomorrow morning I'll wake up (God willing) and watch the weather forecast to determine if I should wear a sweater or a light jacket.

It's not groundbreaking, but then again I'm not a groundhog who has to worry about shadows.

YMCA gets $132K grant for Diabetes prevention CLEVELAND COUNTY - A grant from the Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust was announced at the Cleveland County YMCA’s annual meeting. The YMCA was awarded a two year grant for $132,550 to support a diabetes prevention program.

The YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program (YDPP) is an innovative model to help reduce the burden of chronic disease. The Cleveland County YMCA finds itself at a perfect juncture with access to a proven program and a pressing community need.

The Y will be assisted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and YMCA of the USA. Locally the Y looks to partner with the Cleveland County Healthcare System, the Health Department, DSS, the Housing Department and many physician practices.

“This program has had tremendous success across the country. We are so excited to bring such a proven program model to our community. This fits our strategic vision of transforming the health of our region,” noted YMCA CEO Cameron Corder. “Past programs developed by the CDC and YMCA of the USA found that such programs can cut the risk of diabetes by 70%.”

According to the CDC, Diabetes affects almost 26

million people (or 8.3% of the US population) and is a gateway to other costly health problems. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, non-traumatic lower-limb amputations and new cases of blindness among adults in the United States. It is a major cause of heart disease and stroke, and the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. Overall, the risk for death among people with diabetes is about twice that of people of similar age without diabetes.

True to the Y’s mission, 75% of the participants in the YDPP will be people who cannot financially afford the program. Individuals who are nearing the clinical definition of type 2 diabetes but still can be helped will be referred to the program by their physicians, Y Staff and grant partners. Participants meet for weekly group sessions over a 16-week period to learn about portion control, diet and the amount of physical activity needed to halt the progression of diabetes.

Lifestyle coaches provide monthly follow-up support for a year.

The goal of the YDPP is to reduce and maintain individual weight loss of at least 7%. The Y will spend the next few months hiring staff, planning and training. They look to start the program in the late spring.

AWARDS: Grover Elementary School Awards From Page 6B ett, Thaddeus Camp, Breanna Hambright, Triston Hannon, Chyenne Flannery, Julian Philbeck, George Long, Luke Bishop, Matayia Callahan, Brandon Cook, Brandon Dover, Alyssa Hodge, Peyton Hyatt, Tabitha Yocis, Sarah Bell, Caleb Franklin, Harley Hodge, Josh Lewis, Kayla Ramsey, Nicholas Stewart, Cayman Upchurch, Braxton Walker, Gracie Whitaker and Aniya Woodard.

A Honor Roll 1st Grade: Caleb Broome, Zachary Crane, Saylor Goforth, Jayson Hamrick, T’Mahti Tyler, Eric Bell, Tuesday Cochran, Aniya McCleary, Matthew Navey, Nicole Poston, Elijah Williams, Olivia Young, Jordan Mull, Hannah Millsaps, Angela Sanchez, Dalton Smith, Kalyn Gillespie, Levi Johnson, Ricardo Martinez, Marcos Richardson, Ethan Washburn, Toby Weaver, Makenzie Clark, Spencer Lempert, Jaylan Moore, Hayden Sanders and Jordyn Stone. 2nd Grade: Isaiah Hicks, Jacie Jarvis, Mikey Kidd, Katelyn Roberts, Lucas Sanders, Kayla Scism, Ryan Siphanthone, Rachel Whitaker, Chastlyn Hoyle, Savannah Crane, Maddox James, Madison Mellon, Danielle Pillado, Wesley Roper and Kassim Turner.

3rd Grade: Alyssa Adams, Caleb Johnston, Savannah Poston, Madison Morrow, Griffin Reed, Aurora Yocis, Jenna Ramsey, Luke Crepps and Emily Poeng. 4th Grade: Blake Broome, Jesse Hughes, Seth Kistler, Alyssa Newton, Simon West,

Tabitha Yocis, Alyssa Hodge, Sarah Bell and Nicholas Stewart.

A/B Honor Roll 1st Grade: Anna Beauford, Alexis Guest, Nathan Inthavong, Ronnie Murray, Karlee Ramsey, Cody Thomas, Cameron Loftin, Makayla Morrow, Brianah Odums, Serenity Bledsoe, Dakota Bowen, Nicholas Cole, Mackenzie Hamrick, Alyssia Harris, Charles Johnston, Chayse Messicks, Kalie Moss, Lucas Saldo, Aubrey Thomas, Logan Watts, Adam Blanton, Brooke Bone, Jacob Fletcher, Jessica Merck,

Amber Sheppard, Erika Aragon, Tyler Dormeus, Makayla Gerecke, Breanna Houey, Jake Moss, Wesley Smith, Michaela Smith and Travis Watkins. 2nd Grade: Austin Easler, Chloe Cadogan, Kaniya Gingles, Luke Jones, Angel Mathis, Jordan Moore, Halie Towery, Emily Ashley, Emma Campbell, Lucas Carroll, Brallen Diaz, Cheyenne Ernst, Amari Smith, Jordan Terry, Cassie Conard, Kristofer Smith, Markus Smith and Logan Morris. 3rd Grade: Zachery Champion, Christian Drake, Dalton Gunter, Sara Putnam, Antheia Shakhtour, India Williams, Kobe Zirbel, Mag-

gie Buchanan, Chris Earney, Solana Serpas, Amber Wilson, Dameon Wilson, Carson Buchanan, Calem Hannah, Alex Postell, Logan Bowen, Calen Buchanan, Keeley Crawford, Julia Humphries, Zachary Millsaps, Chris Richardson, Mariah Ward and Blake Emory. 4th Grade: Leah Hoyle, Triston Stenger, Breanna Webb, Priscilla Yocis, Dallin Campbell, Hunter Cox, Triston Hannon, George Long, Athena Ross, Brandon Dover, Raven Rogers, Luke Bishop, Grace Whitaker, Thomas Hicks, Jasmine Inthavong, Josh Lewis and McKenzie Easler.

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Need it to be only a short drive away?

Anyone interested in the program should call the YMCA at 704-669-3600.

As information develops it will be communicated on the Y’s Facebook page and on its web site at www.Clevecoymca.org The Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust was established in 1947 and is now one of the largest private trusts in North Carolina. Its mission is to improve the quality of life and quality of health for the financially needy of North Carolina. The Health Care Division promotes wellness state-wide by investing in prevention and treatment. The Poor and Needy Division of the Trust responds to basic life needs and invests in solutions that improve the quality of life and health for financially needy residents of Forsyth County.

Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company, serves as sole trustee.

GSUSA: Celebrating 100 years From Page 1B - March 10 - What to do with a bandana Juliette Low Bracelets - March 24 - Knots - March 31 - Crafts from the early years - April 21 - Worldwide games - April 28 - Campfire songs Troops wishing to participate in any event should contact Talbert or Goforth to make reservations (704) 739-6584.

Goforth and Talbert believe Girl Scouts has become a vital and important part of our country's female population and that

girls should consider joining.

"Girls learn leadership skills and become confident," Talbert explained.

"It is very rewarding."

Goforth added that "Girl Scouts is different from any other extra-curricular activity. The sky's the limit and girls establish values, explore careers and become well-rounded."

Walsh, Talbert and Goforth all encourage people to "come out and experience the exhibit and learn some history."

Also, Goforth and Tablert's book, "Pioneer Pathways" is on sale at the museum.

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Harold’s Weekly Health Tip...

February is Heart Health Month take care of your heart by being familiar with these common heart conditions!

Coronary Artery Disease Coronary artery disease (CAD) is atherosclerosis, or hardening, of the arteries that provide vital oxygen and nutrients to the heart.

Abnormal Heart Rhythms The heart is an amazing organ. It beats in a steady, even rhythm, about 60 to 100 times each minute (that's about 100,000 times each day!). But, sometimes your heart gets out of rhythm. An irregular or abnormal heartbeat is called an arrhythmia. An arrhythmia (also called a dysrhythmia) can involve a change in the rhythm, producing an uneven heartbeat, or a change in the rate, causing a very slow or very fast heartbeat.

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Heart Failure The term "heart failure" can be frightening. It does not mean the heart has "failed" or stopped working. It means the heart does not pump as well as it should. This then leads to salt and water retention, causing swelling and shortness of breath. Continued next week!

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Bailey victorious at Big South tourney Colby Bailey was the only Kings Mountain High champion in Saturday’s Big South 3A Conference wrestling tournament at KM’s Donald L. Parker Gymnasium.

Bailey pinned Dylan Crosby of Crest in 5:06 to win the 122-pound weight class.

North Gaston, the regular season champion, won the team championship with 205 points, followed by Ashbrook with 160.5, KM 132, Crest 117.5, Hunter Hus 76.5, Forestview 74.5 and South Point 39.

F i v e o t h e r Mountaineers made it to the championship match but lost. They included Quincy Toms, who lost to Collin Munson of Forestview at 154 pounds; Markel Hemphill who

dropped a close 6-3 decision to Leonard Martel of North Gaston at 162 pounds; Gary Bennett, who was pinned by Aaron Brooks of North Gaston at 172; Austin Champion, who was pinned by Collin Johnson of North Gaston at 184 pounds; and Jacob Miller, who lost a decision to James Freeman of North Gaston at 197 pounds.

Finishing third for the Mountaineers was Cameron Hord, who pinned Bill Dang of Ashbrook in 35 seconds at 128. Finishing fourth were Zach Melton at 108 and Cody Griffith at 222.0

GARY STEWART/HERALD

Above: Kings Mountain’s Cody Griffith works on a first round victory over Jesus Martel of North Gaston in Saturday’s Big South Wrestling Tournament at Donald L. Parker Gymnasium. At right: Kings Mountain’s Gary Bennett has the upper hand in first round victory in Saturday’s Big South 3A Wrestling Tournament at Parker Gym.

Five sign letters of intent FOOTBALL

Photos by GARY STEWART/HERALD

Kings Mountain High senior Edward Blackburn, center, signs National Letter of Intent to play football at Lenoir-Rhyne during signing day ceremony Wednesday at KMHS. His parents, Sherrod and Edd Blackburn, are seated with their son. Back row, left to right, are KMHS athletic director Dustin Morehead, head football coach Greg Lloyd and principal Ronny Funderburke.

Mountaineers whip North Gaston 47-35 Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers won their second Big South 3A game of the season Friday night at North Gaston, 47-35.

The KM girls and JV boys weren’t as fortunate.

The ice cold KM girls ran into a hot shooting bunch of Lady Wildcats and lost 4933. The JV boys fell 50-45.

The Mountaineers blew the boys game open by outscoring the host Wildcats 19-3 in the fourth quarter.

KM led 9-6 after the first quarter but trailed 19-14 at halftime and 32-28 going into the fourth period.

Caleb Hines had a big game outside and sophomore James Tillman did a great job inside to lead the Mountaineer attack. Hines finished with 13 points, seven steals and six assists and Tillman contributed 12 points and nine rebounds.

Shooting was the difference in the girls game as North Gaston hit 6-of-10 three-pointers and over 50 percent from two-point range while KM hit only 2-

of-15 three-pointers and 20 percent overall.

Taquisha Smith was held out the first half due to an injury but still led the Mountaineers with 15 points.

The Wildcat defense decided from the beginning that it would not let Monique Petty beat them.

Petty, who scored 23 points in an earlier win over North, was held to eight points.

“I was very pleased with the overall effort within the offense,” said KM coach Amos Myles. “Even though the shots didn’t fall we had a season low 12 turnovers, which to us is a sign of more progress. North Gaston did a good job of double and triple teaming Petty. We just weren’t able to hit the shots that they were giving us.”

Kings Mountain’s JV team staged a furious rally in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Cats 24-15, but still came up short. North Gaston led 15-8 after the first period, 22-13 at halftime and 35-21 going into the fourth period.

Nelson McClain led the Mountaineers with 13 points and eight rebounds. Josh Sherer had eight points, six rebounds and five assists and Dalton Cash pulled down eight rebounds.

JV GAME KM (45) - McClain 13, Sherer 8, Cole 7, Bullock 6, Johnson 5, Cash 4, Funderburke 2.

NG (50) - Haskin 20, Jenkins 10, Webber 6, Patterson 5, Ellis 4, Drevant 2, McKay 2, Michael 1.

VARSITY GIRLS KM (33) - Smith 15, Petty 8, Edwards 5, D. Roberts 3, Chapman 2.

NG (49) - Reid 15, Staley 12, Polk 11, Lynch 8, Trakas 2, Diaz 1.

VARSITY BOYS KM (35) - Hines 13, Tillman 12, Crawford 7, Adams 5, Pressley 4, Sellers 3, Sanders 3.

KMHS grapplers lose to Ashbrook Kings Mountain fell to Ashbrook 36-30 in a Big South 3A wrestling match Wednesday.

106 - Kevin Gilliard (A) won by forfeit; 113 - Raekwan Armstrong (A) d. Zach Melton; 120 - Colby Bailey (KM) d. Brandon Parker; 126 - Cameron Hord (KM) fall Bill Dang; 132 - Alex Austin (KM) d.

Gerod Kimble; 138 - Garnett Bullock (A) fall Collen Queen; 145 - Will Brandon (A)

Kings Mountain High senior football standout Edward Hopper, front row center, signs a National Letter of Intent to play football at UNC Pembroke Wednesday at the KMHS auditorium.

Seated with Edward are his father, Steve Hopper, left, his mother, Sharon Kendrick, and his stepfather William Kendrick, right. Back row, left to right, athletic director Dustin Morehead, assistant football coach Craig Short, head coach Greg Lloyd and principal Ronny Funderburke.

SOFTBALL

KMMS PATRIOTS KMMS girls win 7th in row

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Kings Mountain Middle School’s girls basketball posted their seventh straight win Monday, 36-16 over West Lincoln.

Tiffani Thompson led the Lady Patriots with 21 pints. Also playing well were Nastajah Hutchens and Kayla Capps.

“We played really good defense the second half, giving up only four points after the break,” said KM coach Monty Deaton.

KM led 12-6 after the first period and 2012 at halftime. The Patriots built the margin to 30-14 going into the fourth period.

Patriots defeat East in overtime

Lady Patriots win 8th straight

Kings Mountain High's Shea Cogdell signs to play softball and the University of South Carolina Salkehatchie Wednesday at B.N. Barnes Auditorium. Her father, Scott Cogdell, and mother Angie Cogdell are seated with her. Back row, left to right, KMHS AD Dustin Morehead, head softball coach Craig Short, Shea's grandparents Keeter and Pat Hamrick, her travel softball coach David Riddle and KMHS Principal Ronny Funderburke.

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fall Elijah Whitaker; 152 - Quincey Toms (KM) fall Assael Mendoza; 160 - Markel Hemphill (KM) d. Blake Warren; 170 Austin Champion (KM) d. Luke Pauley; 182 - Gary Bennett (KM) fall Cameron Bolin; 195 - Alex Mendez (A) d. Jacob Miller; 220 - Chase Warren (A) fall Cody Griffith; 285 - Michael Dotterer (A) fall Zach Hayes.

Kings Mountain Middle School’s girls basketball team improved to 8-0 Thursday with a 35-9 Tri-County Conference win over East Lincoln.

Kings Mountain led 9-0 after the first quarter, 16-3 at halftime and 27-9 going into the fourth period.

Tiffani Thompson led the Lady Patriots with 14 points. Nastajah Hutchens added 7, Gwen Hopper 6, Maikeia Seright 4, Chy’Anne Hall 2, Tamara Adams 1 and

Kings Mountain defeated East Lincoln 49-42 in double overtime in a Tri-County Conference basketball game Thursday.

Omar Petty scored 19 points and Demetrius Hill 14 as the Patriots ran their record to 2-4 in the East Division and 4-4 overall.

The Patriots outscored East Lincoln 12-5 in the second OT to knock them out of first place in the division and keep the Patriots’ playoff dreams alive.

The Patriots held a slim lead of 8-6 after one period and 19-13 at halftime before East Lincoln came from behind in the second half to tie the score at 31-all. Each team scored six points in the first overtime to make the score 37-all.

Patriots vs N. Lincoln Feb 13 Kings Mountain plays at North Lincoln Thursday and hosts Burns February 13 at 4 p.m. in a game that should decide the regular season winner in the Tri-County East Division.

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WRESTLING CHAMP

SOCCER

Five-year-old Will Varner took first place in the 50-pound weight class in the 2012 Southern Nationals wrestling championship event at Grady Cole Center in Charlotte last weekend.

Will has wrestled for Mat Masters of Gastonia for a year and went into the championship match undefeated. He is the son of Mick Varner of Kings Mountain and Regina Varner of Gastonia.

Photos by GARY STEWART/HERALD

Kings Mountain High senior soccer standout Breanna Stevens signs to play with Anderson University during National Signing Day ceremony Wednesday at B.N. Barnes Auditorium.

Seated with Breanna are her parents, Teresa and Tom Stevens. Standing, left to right, are KMHS athletic director Dustin Morehead, soccer coaches Dan Potter and Erik Price, and principal Ronny Funderburke.

Mary Kathryn Pasour, center, signs to play soccer at Pfeiffer University during National Signing Day ceremony Wednesday at Kings Mountain High School. Front row, left to right, are her sister Emma Pasour, mother Stephanie Pasour, Mary Kathryn, father Tony Pasour and sister Sara Pasour. Back row, left to right, athletic director Dustin Morehead, head soccer coach Erik Price, assistant soccer coach Dan Potter and principal Ronny Funderburke.

KMHS drops three games at Ashbrook Ashbrook swept Kings Mountain in a Big South 3A tripleheader Tuesday night in Gastonia.

The Ashbrook JV team came from behind to defeat the Mountaineers 37-28 in the afternoon game. Kings Mountain grabbed the lead early at 7-4 before Ashbrook came back to trim the margin to 14-13 at halftime and 2522 going into the fourth period.

Kings Mountain was led

by Josh Sherer with eight points. Isaiah Cole had seven points and six rebounds and Nelson McClain scored six points and grabbed four rebounds.

Kings Mountain’s varsity girls ran into a hot-shooting Ashbrook five in the second game and lost 53-38. The Green Wave shot the ball

Kings Mountain High Spring Sports Schedules Kings Mountain High School spring sports teams will begin pre-season practice on Monday, Feb. 13. Below are the schedules for each team: GOLF MARCH 12 - at South Point; 19 - at Hunter Huss; 26 - at Kings Mountain.

APRIL 2 - at Ashbrook; 17 - at Crest; 23 -at North Gaston; 30 - at Forestview.

MAY 7 - Western Regional at Riverbend; 14-15 - State Tournament at Pinehurst. *Note - All Big South 3A teams compete in each regular season match.

WOMEN’S SOCCER FEBRUARY 18 - at St. Stephens Jamboree (TBA); 25 - at AC Reynolds Jamboree (TBA); 27 - at Shelby (5 and 6:30).

MARCH 10 - vs. RS Central at Burns Showcase (varsity only 4 p.m.); 12 - at South Point (5 and 6:30); 14 - at Burns (5 and 6:30); 19 - Hunter Huss (5 and 6:30); 21 - at Ash brook (5 and 6:30); 23 - at Indian Land (5 and 7); 26 North Gaston (5 and 6:30);

28 - at Crest (5 and 6:30).

APRIL 2 - at Forest view (5 and 6:30); 4 - South Point (5 and 6:30); 14 - at Fred T. Foard (varsity only 2 p.m.); 16 - St. Stephens (5 and 6:30); 19 at Hunter Huss (5 and 6:30); 23 - Ash brook (5 and 6:30); 24 - Indian and (5 and 7); 25 - at North Gaston (5 and 6:30); 30 - Crest (5 and 6:30).

MAY 2 - Forest view (Senior Night, 5 and 6:30); 9 - First round playoffs (TBA); 12 Second round playoffs (TBA); 19 - Sectional playoff (TBA); 23 - Western Regional (TBA); 25-26 - State championship (TBA).

BASEBALL FEBRUARY 21 - Scrimmage at East Gaston, 5 p.m.; 25 - Scrimmage Olympic and West Lincoln at West Lincoln, 2 and 4 p.m.; 29 - at Shelby 5 p.m.

MARCH 2 - Burns 5 p.m.; 3 - Fred T. Foard (JV 12 p.m., varsity 2 p.m.); 6 - at Hickory 5 p.m.; 7 - West Lincoln (JV 4 p.m., varsity 7 p.m.); 9 - Shelby 5 p.m.; 13 - at South Point 7 p.m.); 15 - East Gaston 4 and 7; 20 - Huss 4:30 and 7;

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23 - at Ashbrook 4:30 and 7; 27 - North Gaston 4:30 and 7; 29 - Hickory 5 p.m. varsity only; 30 - at Crest 4:30 and 7.

APRIL 3 - at Forestview 4:30 and 7; 9 - at Shelby Eastern Tournament (varsity only time TBA); 20 - at Huss 4:30 and 7; 21 - Alumni Game 2 p.m.; 27 - at North Gaston 4:30 and 7.

MAY 1 - Crest 4:30 and 7; 4 Forestview 4:30 and 7; 11 First round of playoffs (TBA).

SOFTBALL FEBRUARY 18 - Scrimmage at South Point (TBA); 25 - Scrimmage at KM YMCA (TBA); MARCH 6 - at Chase 4:30; 9 - at Burns 4:30; 14 - at Eat Burke 6 p.m.; 16 - Chase 6 p.m.; 20 - Hunter Huss 6 p.m.; 23 - at Ashbrook 6 p.m.; 27 - North Gaston 6 p.m.; 28 -at RS Central 4:30; 30 - at Crest 6 p.m.

APRIL 3 - at Forestview 6 p.m.; 5 South Point 6 p.m.; 10-12 at Cherryville Easter Tournament (TBA); 18 - Chase 6 p.m.; 20 - at Huss 6 p.m.; 21 - Bandys (TBA); 24 - Ashbrook 6 p.m.; 25 - RS Central 6 p.m.; 27 - at North Gaston 6 p.m.

MAY 1 - Crest 6 p.m.; 4 -

Forestview 6 p.m.; 8 - at South Point 6 p.m.; 11 Burns 6 p.m.; 15 - First round playoffs (TBA).18 Second round playoffs (TBA); 22 - Third round playoffs (TBA); 29 - fourth round playoffs (TBA).

JUNE 1 - State championship TBA. TRACK AND FIELD MARCH 1 - KM, Huss, North Gaston at South Point, 4 p.m.; 8 Huss, N. Gaston and South Point at KMHS, 4 p.m.; 13 KM, Huss and North Gaston at Crest, 4 p.m.; 17 Phoenix High School Classic (State Qualifiers only) at Elon University, 10 a.m.; 22 KM and East Gaston at Forestview 4 p.m; 29 - Crest, Forestview, Huss, North Gaston and South Point at KMHS, 4 p.m.

APRIL 5 - Cleveland County Meet at Shelby, 4 p.m.; 17 - KM girls in Forestivew Invitational with Ashbrook, Crest, Huss, N. Gaston and Forestview, 3:45; 19 - at Shelby Invitational (boys only), 3:45; 26 - Ashbrook, Crest, East Gaston, Huss and North Gaston at KMHS, 4 p.m.

MAY 1 - Big South pole vault TBA; 3 - Big South Conference meet at Forestview, 3 p.m.; 12 - Western Regional Meet (TBA); 18 - State Meet (TBA)

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The Green Wave had the game in hand early, leading 24-6 after the first period and 37-14 at halftime. Ashbrook led 48-21 before being outscored by the Lady Mountaineers 17-5 in the fourth quarter.

The Ashbrook boys also came out with a hot hand and rolled to a 73-47 win. The Greenies built a 23-8 first quarter lead and a 45-24 lead at halftime.

The inside scoring of senior Edward Blackburn was Kings Mountain’s only weapon. Blackburn finished with 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting. He pulled down 13 rebounds and James Tillman grabbed 14.

JV GAME KM (28) - Sherer 8, Cole 7, McClain 6, Bullock 3, Johnson 2, Sanders 2.

AB (37) - Rodriguez 7, Davis 6, Givens 6, Michell 4, Adams 4, Robbins 3, Floyd 3, June 2, Williams 2.

GIRLS GAME KM (38) - Petty 18, Roberts 5, Chapman 4, Hutchens 4, Edwards 2, Smith 2, Saenz 2, Morrison 1.

AB (53) - Chambers 14, Moore 12, Patterson 7, Wallace 6, Greene 5, Deut 4, Connor 3, Williams 2.

BOYS GAME Km (47) - Adams 6, Quinn 5, Hines 7, Sellers 3, Pressley 3, Tillman 5, Byers 2, Blackburn 16.

College Roundup Kings Mountain freshman Brian Brown and his VMI teammates will battle Gardner-Webb’s Bulldogs Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Paul Porter Arena on the GWU campus…

Gardner-Webb and its ace relief pitcher Jeffry Howell of Kings Mountain will open its baseball season Friday, Feb. 17 at John Henry Moss Stadium against Maryland Eastern Shore. The teams will play at 3 p.m. on Friday and will play a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m. The Bulldogs play their first 11 games at home…

Kings Mountain sophomore Cody Austin will be seeing plenty of playing time this season for Charleston Southern, which opens its season Friday, Feb. 17 at home against Georgetown…

Kings Mountain junior Rai Robinson is off to a good start with the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears, who are 1-3. Robinson has started all four games and is the team’s #2 hitter with a .286 average. He is 4-for-14 with two runs and one RBI. The Bears host Belmont Abbey Wednesday at 4 p.m. and will play North Greenville in a twin bill Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. at L-R...

Kings Mountain junior Brantley Blalock is a relief pitcher for the Lander University Bearcats but hasn’t seen action yet. The Bearcats are 2-1.(Games from Saturday, Jan. 7).

Women’s soccer tryouts Kings Mountain High School Women’s soccer tryouts will be held February 13-15. Tryouts will start at 3:45 and end at 5:30.

All players must have a current physical on file before they can tryout. Any questions contact coach Erik Price at 704-692-8555

Jackson aces KMCC #5 Harry Jackson made bhis second career hole-in-one Monday, Feb. 7 at Kings Mountain Country Club.

Jackson used a 7-iron to ace the 113-yard 5th hole. His playing partners were his brother, Larry Jackson, and Ray Barrett.

Howze, Myers win KM Country Club golf event Gary Howze shot a 63 and Brad Myers a 64 to win the One Man Captain’s Choice golf tournament Sunday at Kings Mountain Country Club.

Thirty-five men and women participated in the one-day event. After the tournament players enjoyed a Super Bowl party at the Clubhouse Bar and Grill.

Other winners were:

First flight: Greg Robinson, 69, and Eric Hicks, 69.

Second flight: Jim McNeilly, 71, and Jesse Heath, 73.

Third flight: Brad Bowen, 72, and Darrell Sisk, 72.

Closest to the pin honors went to Bard Myers on hole 5, Brad Bowen on 8, Larry Dunn on 12 and Brad Bowen on 17.

NOTE TO COACHES Report your game scores to The Herald by bringing them by the office at 700 E. Gold

Street; call 739-7496, fax 739-0611 or Email gstewart26@carolina.rr. com.

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Cleveland County Board of Commissioners meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 6 p.m. in the commissioners’ chambers, second floor, County Administration Building, 311 East Marion Street, Shelby.

Cleveland County Sheriff’s Satellite Office opens – Meet Sheriff Alan Norman and share concerns every third Thursday in the month from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Kings Mountain City Hall.

Club Meetings Kings Mountain Rotary Club - Every Thursday, noon, at the Kings Mountain Patrick Senior Center, 909 E. King St. Southern Arts Society – Meets every first Tuesday of the month at the KM Art Center (Old Depot), 301 N. Piedmont Ave. Social time is at 6:30 p.m. and the program is at 7 p.m. Visitors are welcome.

Shutter Light Group – (Photography club) meets every third Tuesday of each month at the KM Art Center (Old Depot), 301 N. Piedmont Ave. Social time is at 6:30 p.m. and the program is at 7 p.m. Visitors are welcome.

Kings Mountain Woman’s Club – Meets the 4th Monday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Kings Mountain’s Woman’s Club, East Mountain Street.

Executive Board for Kings Mountain’s Woman’s Club – Meets the 2nd Monday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Kings Mountain’s Woman’s Club, East Mountain Street.

Military Support Group – Meets every fourth Thursday of every month at Central United Methodist Church.

In country Vietnam veterans breakfast group – Meets the 2nd Monday of every month, 9 a.m., at Mountain View Restaurant in Kings Mountain.

Contact Steve Brown at 704-739-2725 for more information.

Shelby Kiwanis Club – meets every first and third Thursday of the month, noon, at the Cleveland Country Club. Open to men and women 18 and older. Contact Martha Bivins at 704-4840100.

Community Trustee Council Meetings for 2012: Thursday, April 19, 5 p.m. at Cleveland Regional Medical Center Thursday, May 31, 5 p.m. at Kings Mountain Hospital Thursday, Aug. 2, 5 p.m. at Cleveland Regional Medical Center Thursday, Oct. 4, 5 p.m. at Kings Mountain Hospital Thursday, Dec. 20, 5 p.m. at Cleveland Regional Medical Center

Hospice

Your guide to area events

“From”. Hearts can be purchased at the Hospice Administration Building or by calling 704-4874677 ext. 163.

Education Cleveland County Schools Preschool Screening – for the 2012-2013 preschool classes (children who live in CC and will be 4 years old by Aug. 31, 2012): March 19 – 23 (no make-up screening will be offered) at the Office of School Readiness, 124 South Post Road. For more information or to schedule a screening appointment, please call 704-476-8064. No appointments will be made after March 9.

Senior Center Events All events, unless otherwise listed will be at the Patrick Senior Center, 909 E. King St., Kings Mountain.

Six-week diabetes program – Thursdays, Feb. 9, 16, March 1 and 8, 5:30 – 8 p.m. Classes are free but class size is limited. Learn to live a healthy life with diabetes. Call today 704-7340447.

Tax Assistance Schedule – Appointments will begin on the first Friday in Feb. skipping March and resuming the first Friday in April. Morning appointments begin at 9 a.m. and scheduled at 60minute intervals. Last appointments will be scheduled at 1 p.m. They will have 2 slots at each appointment time. Appointments should be scheduled at front desk.

Classes

“Reflections” sharing group - Monday: Feb. 13, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Hospice Cleveland County and Thursdays: Feb. 23, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. This grief-sharing group meets for six weeks. No cost and open to anyone who has lost a loved one. Please RSVP to 704487-4677 ext. 166 if you plan to attend.

Memory Bear Workshop - Tuesday, Feb. 21 and Tuesday, April 17, 9 a.m. - Noon or 4 – 7 p.m.

Participants will have the opportunity to make a teddy bear out of a loved one’s shirt or other article of clothing. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Please RSVP to ext. 166 if you plan to attend.

Hospice Chicken Dinner Fundraiser - Friday, March 2 from 3 – 7 p.m. at Hospice Cleveland County. (1/2 Chicken, Slaw, Pickles, Baked Beans, Rolls, Dessert) $10 a plate. Drive-thru or Dine-in. Chicken prepared by Doug Fortenberry.

Tickets can be purchased at the Hospice Administration Building or by calling 704-487-4677 ext.

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Hospice Training Classes – March 19, 20 and 22, 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. Hospice training is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about hospice care and the services provided to the community. This 12-hour course is free and there is no obligation to volunteer. The classes will be held at Hospice Cleveland County Administration Building, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC. To get credit for the entire course, you will need to attend all three days. Hospice Cleveland County offers a number of opportunities for volunteer involvement, including direct contact with patients/families, assisting in the office, or at one of our inpatient/residential facilities. We need your time and talents and sincerely appreciate your interest. For additional information or to register, please call Krista Haynes, Patient/Family Volunteer Coordinator, at 704-487-0800 ext. 111.

Hearts For Hospice Fundraiser - For a $1 donation (or more), you can purchase a heart to display in your home, office, church, anywhere you wish. There is a place for you to put “In Honor/Memory” of a loved one and a line for

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All classes are held in the Community Room of the Mauney Memorial Library, 100 South Piedmont Avenue, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. All classes are free.

FEBRUARY 2012 Feb. 9 - 3:30- 5 p.m. - Resume Building Feb. 16 - 3:30- 5 p.m. - Introduction to the Internet Feb. 23 - 3:30- 5 p.m. - E-Readers Feb. 28 - 3:30-5 p.m. - Ebay Call today to reserve your place. 704-739-2371 main desk

Arts Council Events The following are upcoming classes at the Cleveland County Arts Council, 111 S. Washington Street, Shelby. Contact 704-484-2787 to register for classes.

17th Annual “Treasures of the Earth Pottery Show & Sale” - Feb. 9 – March 14, Mon. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Opening Reception: Feb. 9, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

This promises to be the best exhibit yet with the works of over 28 local and regional artists.

The works on exhibit include sculpture and pottery in a wide variety of styles. It is a must see show! Cleveland County Arts Council, 704-4842787, 111 S. Washington Street, Shelby, www.ccartscouncil.org The 11th annual “Bowling for Dollars” – Feb. 23, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., $15 Mark your calendars and join us for lunch as you enjoy a bowl of delicious homemade soup in a beautiful handmade pottery bowl donated by local potters. You get to keep the bowl when you pay for the soup. Bread, beverage and dessert are included. All proceeds go towards the Arts in Education Program. Tickets must be purchased in advance. This was a sold out event last year so call now to purchase your tickets. Cleveland County Arts Council, 704-484-2787, 111 S. Washington Street, Shelby, www.ccartscouncil.org

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“Mystery Art” Exhibit & Sale - March 29 April 12; Mon. – Fri. 9 – 5:30 p.m.; Opening Reception: March 29, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. This is your chance to purchase “mini-masterpieces” by local artists. The catch is, you won’t know who created the work until after you purchase it. Join us for one of our annual favorite events, a who-done-it of miniature proportions.

New this year – a gambler’s sale! The price goes down during the exhibit but if you wait too long the piece you want might be gone! Cleveland County Arts Council, 704-484-2787, 111 S. Washington Street, Shelby, www.ccartscouncil.org

Library Events All events, unless other wise listed will be at the Mauney Memorial Library, 100 South Piedmont Avenue, Kings Mountain.

Preschool Storytime – Tuesdays, 10 a.m., 3-5 years old, and Thursdays, 10 a.m., 2 years and under, at Mauney Memorial Library, in the Community Room. Call 704-739-2371 and choose option 2 for more information.

Read – Unite – Survive: Community read of “The Hunger Games” celebrated with the following events: Feb. 15 - March 15 - A canned food drive will be held at all three county library locations during normal business hours. Everyone in “The Hunger Games”, in the country of Panem is starving. Donate food to help fight hunger in Cleveland County. Donations will go to the Senior Center Food Pantry, the Bliss Center in Lawndale Food Pantry, and the Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry.

Feb. 15 - March 15 - Art exhibits, one for students housed at the Kings Mountain Art Center and one for adults housed at the Cleveland County Library, Mauney Memorial Library and Spangler Branch Library. In “The Hunger Games” trilogy (“Catching Fire”), Peeta finds a way of getting his anger out about the hunger games in drawing and painting.

Feb. 16, 7 - 9 p.m. - A “Hunger Games” trivia night sponsored by the Mauney Memorial Library will be held at 238 Cherokee Street Grill, 238 Cherokee Street. In Collins’ trilogy, those who don’t know are first to go.

Feb. 15 - 21 - A discussion on survival in the woods, “How to Eat in the Woods”, by Chris Huffman will be held at the Spangler Branch Library. Time of the discussion is to be announced.

In “The Hunger Games” trilogy, the wisdom the “tributes” needed to survive in the woods kept them alive.

Feb. 20, 4 p.m. - A book discussion will be held at Mauney Memorial Library, “Let’s Talk: ‘The Hunger Games’”.

Feb. 28, 6 p.m. - A conversation book discussion with Noel T. Manning, II, “From Book to Movie” will be held at the Cleveland County Library.

March 3, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. - An adventure course will take place at Gardner-Webb University. Registrants will be paired randomly as “Tributes” and assessed on how quickly and accurately challenges are completed. Teamwork will be important. Just like in the trilogy, activities will test the balance, physical coordination, communication, problem solving skills, acrophobia, and determination of the “Tributes”. Cost: $10.00 - All “Tributes” will receive a t-shirt.

March 3, 6 - 8 p.m. - A student art exhibit reception will be held at the Kings Mountain Art Center.

March 5, 6:30 p.m. - A discussion of government, “Could We Become Panem?” by Mitch McIntosh from Belmont Abbey College will be held at Mauney Memorial Library.

Get excited about community reading and get into the arena with “The Hunger Games”. It will get you starving for more.

For more information on any of these activities please call the Mauney Memorial Library at 704-739-2371 or check their website www.mauneylibrary.org

KM Community Lenten Service Schedule All services are open to the public.

Feb. 29 - “The Last Supper”, 12 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church, featuring speaker Rev. Marty Ramey of Advent Lutheran Church.

A light meal will be provided after the service.

The host church is responsible for leading the congregational music, the special music and the ordering of the service. An offering will be collected.

March 7 - “In the Garden”, 12 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, featuring speaker Rev. Ron Calder of Eastside Baptist Church. A light meal will be provided after the service. The host church is responsible for leading the congregational music, the special music and the ordering of the service. An offering will be collected.

March 14 - “The Betrayal”, 12 p.m. at Boyce Memorial ARP Church, featuring Rev. Brandon Aiken of East Gold Street Wesleyan Church. A light meal will be provided after the service. The host church is responsible for leading the congregational music, the special music and the ordering of the service. An offering will be collected.

March 21 - “The Crucifixion”, 12 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church, featuring speaker Rev. Scott Whitney of East Gold Street Wesleyan Church. A light meal will be provided after the service. The host church is responsible for leading the congregational music, the special music and the ordering of the service. An offering will be collected.

March 28 - “The Resurrection”, 12 p.m. at East Gold Street Wesleyan Church, 701 E. Gold St., featuring speaker Rev. John Houze of People’s Baptist Church. A light meal will be provided after the service. The host church is responsible for leading the congregational music, the special music and the ordering of the service.

An offering will be collected.

The Sunrise Service will be at the “cross” in Mountain Rest Cemetery with Rev. Jeff Hensley of Kings Mountain Baptist Church bringing the message.

Special Events John Ford Coley in concert - 8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14, at Don Gibson Theatre, 318 S. Washington St., Shelby. Special Valentines Night dinner and concert - $100 ticket for couples, $60 single tickets, concert-only tickets $29. www.dgshelby.com Something for the Girls: Girl Scouts USA -100 years – February 7 - April 28, Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum, 100 E. Mountain Street, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. Various Special Events hosted by local long-time adult Girl Scout volunteers will be held on Saturdays throughout the event. Learn how the Girl Scout movement started in the United States, spend time comparing various badges and pins from over the years, or reflect on your own GSUSA days. The exhibit, which celebrates the founding of the Girl Scouts in America 100 years ago, will feature artifacts from the central and western North Carolina regions. For more information please call the Kings Mountain Historical Museum at 704-739-1019 or visit us online at www.kingsmountianmuseum.org.

1st Annual Lady Bandits Fast Pitch Softball Golf Tournament – 7:30 a.m., Saturday, March 10, at Woodbridge Golf Course, 1007 New Camp Creek Church Rd., Kings Mountain. Four man captain’s choice, $50 a person. Sign-in starts at 7:30 a.m., shotgun start at 8 a.m. For more information or advanced registration, Travis Withers 704-473-2894 or Willie McNure 630-606-3972.

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Land for Sale LOTS IN GASTON, CLEVELAND AND CHEROKEE CO. FOR SALE. Some with water & septic, owner will fin with low DP. Call Bryant Realty 704-567-9836 or www.br yantrealty.org (2/08/12)

Misc. for Sale CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES FOR SALE. The Relay for Life Team from the Herald will be selling chocolate covered strawberries for Valentines Day. Surprise your valentine with a special treat. ½ doz. = $10, doz. = $15 and 2 doz. = $25. Call by February 8th to place your order. You can pick up your order at the papers office on Friday, Feb. 10th or Monday, Feb. 13th. Just call 704-739-7496 and place your order. (2/08/12) STEEL BUILDINGS FOR SALE – save thousands ON 2011 OVERSTOCKS. Repo’s, more.

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Legals

NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CLEVELAND The undersigned, having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of BETTY LOUISE W I L L I A M S PHILLIPS, deceased, late of C l e v e l a n d County, hereby notifies all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 18th day of April, 2012 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 18th day of January, 2012.

Jenny Phillips Rikard, Administratrix 201 Pinehurst Drive Kings Mountain, NC 28086 KMH3406 (1/18, 25, 2/01 & 08/2012) STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST FROM MELISSA D. ADAIR AND PAUL D. POWELL, TO GLENN R. WALKER, TRUSTEE, DATED APRIL 28, 2000 RECORDED IN BOOK 1271, PAGE 4, CLEVELAND COUNTY REGISTRY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK 11 SP 543 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Pursuant to an order entered January 10, 2012, in the Superior Court for Cleveland County, and the power of sale contained in the captioned deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”), the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at auction, to the highest bidder for cash, AT THE COURTHOUSE DOOR IN SHELBY, CLEVELAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA ON FEBRUARY 10, 2012 AT 12:00 PM the real estate and the improvements thereon encumbered by the Deed of Trust, less and except any of such property released from the lien of the deed of trust prior to the date of this sale, lying and being in Cleveland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in Number One (1) Township, Cleveland County, NC, being located on the West side of SR 1207 (Wood Road), being bounded on the South by Campbell, on the North and West by remaining property of Wood, and being described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at an existing railroad spike in the center line of the right of way of SR 1207, Northeast corner of Campbell as shown in Book 15X, Page 202; thence with Campbell’s North line, South 86-33-16 West (passing over a new iron pin at 32.57 feet) a total distance of 267.52 feet to a new iron pin; thence two new lines through the Wood property as follows; North 10-06-43 West 140

feet to a new iron pin; and North 8633-16 East (passing over a new iron pin at 234.95 feet) a total distance of 275.42 feet to a new iron pin located just West of the centerline of the right of way of SR 1207; thence along and within the said right of way, South 13-1948 East 20.88 feet to a nail in the center line of said right of way; thence along the center line of the right of way of SR 1207, South 05-45-13 East 118.58 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing .87 acres, more or less, according to a survey by T. Scott Bankhead, RLS, dated April 23, 1998. Title Reference: See Deed recorded Book 1238, Page 1680, Cleveland County Registry.

In the Trustee’s sole discretion, the sale may be delayed for up to one (1) hour as provided in Section 45-21.23 of the North Carolina General Statutes.

The record owners of the real property not more than ten days prior to the date hereof are Melissa D. Adair and Paul D. Powell.

A five percent cash deposit, or a cash deposit of $750.00, whichever is greater, will be required of the last and highest bidder.

The balance of the bid purchase price shall be due in full in cash or certified funds at a closing to take place within thirty (30) days of the date of sale. The undersigned Substitute Trustee shall convey title to the property by nonwarranty deed.

This sale will be made subject to all prior liens of record, if any, and to all unpaid (ad valorem) taxes and special assessments, if any, which became a lien subsequent to the recordation of the Deed of Trust. This sale will be further subject to the right, if any, of the United States of America to redeem the above-described property for a period of 120 days following the date when the final upset bid period has run.

The purchaser of the property described above shall pay the Clerk’s Commissions in the amount of $.45 per $100.00 of the purchase price (up to a maximum amount of $500.00), required

by Section 7A 308(a)(1) of the North Carolina General Statutes. If the purchaser of the above described property is someone other than the Beneficiary under the Deed of Trust, the purchaser shall also pay, to the extent applicable, the land transfer tax in the amount of one percent (1%) of the purchase price.

To the extent this sale involves residential property with less than fifteen (15) rental units, you are hereby notified of the following: (a.) An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to Section 45-21.29 of the North Carolina General Statutes in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of supe-

rior court of the county in which the property is sold; and (b.) Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord.

Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

This 10th day of January, 2012.

POYNER SPRUILL LLP By: /s/ Deborah Sperati, Esq. Attorneys for Spruillco, Ltd. 130 S. Franklin Street P.O. Box 353 Rocky Mount, NC 27802 Telephone: (252) 972-7022 KMH3408 (2/01 & 08/2012) NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK CLEVELAND COUNTY 11 SP 455 WATAUGA COUNTY: 11 SP 201 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF LINDA LEE ROBINSON and husband, REGINALD S. WALLACE, Mortgagors to C. ANDREW NEISLER, JR., Trustee; WESLEY L. DEATON, Substitute Trustee,

BY INSTRUMENTS recorded in (1) BOOK 1620, PAGE 322 (Cleveland County) (2) BOOK 1585, PAGE 527 (Watauga County) FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Mortgagee.

(1) Dated June 29, 2010, recorded in Book 1598 at Page 1616 (Cleveland County) Securing the original amount of $362,300.00 (2) Dated June 29, 2010, recorded in Book 1517, at Page 423 (Watauga County) Securing the original amount of $362,300.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE (CLEVELAND COUNTY) FIRST CAROLINA HOLDINGS, LLC, CURRENT OWNER Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed

by Linda Lee Robinson and Reginald S. Wallace, described above, in the Cleveland County Public Registry; default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and the said Deed of Trust being by the terms thereof subject to foreclosure; and the holder of the indebtedness thereby secured having demanded a foreclosure thereof for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness; and under and by virtue of an order entered in the within entitled and numbered action by the Clerk of Superior Court of Cleveland County, North Carolina on the 7th day of December, 2011, the undersigned Trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the

highest bidder for cash at the Courthouse door in Shelby, North Carolina at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday the 14th day of February, 2012, the land conveyed in said Deed of Trust, the same lying and being in Cleveland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: See Exhibit “A” attached hereto THIS PROPERTY HAS THE ADDRESS OF: Parcel #12142 on Patterson Rd., Kings Mountain 16.306 acres Map 4-59 Block:1 Lot:14, and Parcel #59993, Lot 3 on Waco Rd., Kings Mountain 1.31 acres, Plat 30/ 182 This sale is made subject to all outstanding and unpaid Cleveland County and any city or town ad valorem property taxes as well as any and all other prior liens, defects and encumbrances involving said property, as well as a Clerk’s fee of $.45 per $100 on the purchase price.

Notice is further hereby given that the successful bidder will be required to make a cash deposit not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Notice is further hereby given that the sale will be conducted pursuant to and subject to all of the provisions of Chapter 45, as amended, of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Notice is given that an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. §4521.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of any such rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement to the effective date of the termination.

This the 7th day of December, 2011.

By: /s/ Wesley L. Deaton

Wesley L. Deaton, Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 2459 Denver, NC 28037 (704) 489-2491 EXHIBIT “A” Tract One: BEGINNING at a magnetic nail in the centerline of Patterson Road (NCSR 2034) and said beginning point being located 1.9 feet East of a railroad spike, and being located North 03-53-26 East 30.91 feet to a rebar on the property line, which rebar is located in the Eastern property line of Sarah L. McCraney (Deed Book 1168, Page 1663) and proceeding thence from said beginning point along the centerline of Patterson Road the following six calls and distances: North 80-00-03 East 787.89 feet to a point; thence North 80-21-28 East 87.67 feet to a point; thence North 82-29-47 East 99.99 feet to a point, thence South 89-52-09 East 100.05 feet to a point; thence South 76-56-11 East 100.03 feet to a point; thence South 61-12-27 East 102.26 feet to a nail 1.5 feet North of the centerline of Patterson Road, which nail is located South 05-1938 West 154.97 feet from an existing iron, and which nail is also located South 48-58-44 West 1244.86 feet and which NCGS monument “SOAK” Y = 1 6 9 , 868.815MX=394, 897.535MCF=0.99 98299, and which NCGS monument “SOAK” is located South 76-52-44 East 2761.96 feet from NCGS “SPECTRUM”, and which magnetic nail 1.5 feet north of the centerline of Patterson Road is also located North 5426-37 West 1047.70 feet from a magnetic nail in the intersection of Oak Grove Road and Patterson Road; thence leaving Patterson Road and proceeding along the common property line of Phillip W. Witherspoon (Deed Books 11-S at Page 567 and 980 at Page 787) and

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by Bankhead Surveying, P.A., registered surveyors, dated July 17, 2006 and September 20, 2007. The above described property is subject to a 15 foot wide sewer line easement across said property as conveyed to the City of Kings Mountain in Deed Book 13-X at Page 489 of the Cleveland County Registry. Tax Map #4-59-1-14 Tract Two: BEING the feel contents of Lot 3, 1.31 acres, as shown in Plat Book 30 at Page 182, Cleveland County Registry.

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Classified Ads LEGALS Cont. $200,000.00 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed

by KENNON W. FITCH, described above, in the Cleveland County Public Registry; default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and the said Deed of Trust being by the terms thereof subject to foreclosure; and the holder of the indebtedness thereby secured having demanded a foreclosure thereof for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness; and under and by virtue of an order entered in the within entitled and numbered action by the Clerk of Superior Court of Cleveland County, North Carolina on the 28th day of April, 2010, the undersigned Trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the Courthouse door in Shelby, North Carolina at 12:00 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday the 21st day of February, 2012, the land conveyed in said deed of trust, the same lying and being in Cleveland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as

follows: Parcel One: Being lots 56 through 63 in Block “A” of LEE ACRES, a part of which was originally the Hoey and now the Charles L. Beam property according to a plat by James W. Elliott, Surveyor, dated November 2, 1964, a copy of said plat being of record in Book of Plats 10, Page 45 of the Cleveland County Registry; and being described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at a stake in the South edge of old U.S. Highway No. 74, the said stake being at a point where the said highway intersects the East edge if Beam Street, this being the Northwest corner of Lot No. 63; thence with the East edge of Beam Street, South 10-37 West 209.3 feet to a stake in the edge of said street, being the Northwest corner of Lot No. 64; thence with the North line of Lot No. 64, South 79-23 East 200 feet to a stake, the same being a common corner between Lots Nos. 54, 55, 56, and 64; thence with the West line of Lot No. 55, North 10-37 east 197 feet to a stake in the South edge of Old U.S. Highway No. 74 at a point where the same in intersected with the West edge of Ware Road; thence with

the South edge of Old U.S. Highway No. 74, North 76 West 100 feet to a stake; thence continuing with the said road, North 74-20 West 50 feet to a stake; thence North 71-20 West 50 feet to the place of BEGINNING. TITLE REFERENCE: See Deed recorded in Book 1214 at Page 115, Cleveland County, N.C., Registry TAX MAP NUMBER: 6-1A-313.

Parcel Two: Being located about four miles East of the city of Shelby, North Carolina and being in a subdivision known as LEE ACRES, a part of which was originally the Hoey, and now the Charles L. Beam property, and being all of Lot No. 64 in Block A of the said property, according to a survey by James W. Elliott, Surveyor, dated November 2, 1964, as shown in Plat Book 10, Page 45, Cleveland County Registry, and being described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at an existing iron pin on the East edge of the right of way of S.R. 2345 (Providence Road), Southwest corner of Lot 63 owned by Fitch as shown Book 1214, Page 115; thence with the South lines of Lots 56 though 63, South 78-45-11 East 200.35 feet to a tall angle iron,

Southeast corner of Lot 56, and being in the West line of Lot 55 owned by Anthony as shown in Book 18-U, Page 629; thence with said line South 10-5312 West 25 feet to an iron pin set, Northeast corner of Lot 65; thence with the North line of Lot 65, North 7845-11 West 200.33 feet to an iron pin set on the East edge of the right of way of S.R. 2345, Northwest corner of Lot 65; thence with the East edge of the right of way of S.R. 2345, North 10-49-12 East 25 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing .115 acres, more or less, according to a survey

by Clifford C. Johnson, R.L.S., dated December 7, 1998.

TITLE REFERENCE: See Deed recorded on Book 1239 at Page 1701, Cleveland County, N.C., Registry.

TAX MAP NUMBER: 6-1A-3-13.

The above-described property is known as 1019 Providence Road, Shelby North Carolina.

Parcel Three: BEGINNING on the Southwest corner of Lot No. 1 at an Oak Stump corner of Church lot and running thence North 62 ¾ West 10.20 chains to a stake; thence North 78 East 16 chains to a stake; North 7 chains to a stake; thence

North 52 East 12.50 chains to a stake; thence North 68 East 15.75 chains to a stake in the Eskridge line; thence South 37-1/4 East 2.15 chains to a stake; thence South 56 East 8 chains to a stake, corner of Lot No. 1; thence with the North line of Lot No. 1 South 78 West 19 chains to a stake, thence South 53 ¾ West 9.90 chains to a stake; thence South 5.50 chains to a stake; thence South 56 ¼ West 13.80 chains to an Oak Stump, the place of BEGINNING, containing 25-1/3 acres, more or less, and designated as Lot No. 2 according to a map in Special Proceedings No. 2052, re: Mrs. J.B.H. Hamrick, et al., in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Cleveland County, North Carolina.

EXCEPTED HEREFROM are all conveyances previously made by the decedent prior to his death. TITLE REFERENCE: See Deed recorded on Book 7-I, Page 547; the Estate of John Washburn, Sr., Cleveland County file number 93-E385; Special Proc e e d i n g s , Cleveland County File number 95-SP168 and Deed recorded in Book 1190 at Page 969, Cleveland County, N.C. Registry. TAX MAP NUMBER: 6-

1A-4-2. This sale is made subject to all outstanding and unpaid Cleveland County and any city or town ad valorem property taxes as well as any and all other prior liens, defects and encumbrances involving said property, as well as a Clerk’s fee of $.45 per $100 on the purchase price. Notice is further hereby given that the successful bidder will be required to make a cash deposit not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).

Notice is further hereby given that the sale will be conducted pursuant to and subject to all of the provisions of Chapter 45, as amended, of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Notice is given that an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. §4521.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving notice of

sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of any such rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement to the effective date of the termination.

This the 6th day of January, 2012.

By: /s/ Wesley L. Deaton Wesley L. Deaton, Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 2459 Denver, NC 28037 (704) 489-2491 KMH3410 (2/08 &15/12) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Kings Mountain City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 6:00 pm in the Kings Mountain City Hall, 101 W. Gold Street, Kings Mountain, NC. The purpose of this hearing is to receive citizen comments about possible Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications that may be submitted by the City to the North Carolina Department of Commerce Division of Community Investment and Assistance (NCCI).

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These funds are provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve low and moderate income persons and households.

All interested persons are invited to attend this hearing.

Persons with disabilities, non-English speaking persons or those needing special assistance should contact the City Hall at (704) 7340333 at least 48 hours prior to the hearing, or the North Carolina relay number for the deaf at 1-800735-8262.

Esta información está disponible en español o en cualquier otro idioma bajo petición.

Póngase en contacto con el Ayuntamiento en el (704) 824-0333, 101 W. Gold Street, PO Box 429, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 de alojamiento para esta solicitud.

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