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SPORTS, 1B

State of the Community? Excellent!

MOUNTAINEERS on the road to Huss Friday

Suspects held in double murder

Grand Opening

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The shocking murder of his son and daughterin-law, Michael and Thelma King in the Dutch Caribbean nation of St. Maarten last Friday is almost unbearable for Kings Mountain’s Jerry and Jane King. “I took Mike and Thelma to the Charlotte airport just a couple weeks ago,’’ said Jerry. Michael and Thelma King in front The car they drove from of their home in St. Maarten. Mount Pleasant, SC to Kings Mountain is still in the Kings’ garage. Jerry King answered the phone to hear the voice of another son who told him that Michael and Thelma King were found Friday in their beach front condominium brutally stabbed. Mrs. King, 57, was tied to a chair in their home in See KINGS, 6A

Victory Inn on the auction block The Victory Inn, the 100room hotel off York Road at I-85 on Holiday Inn Drive, is going on the auction block Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 11 a.m. The 2012 tax assessment for the hotel, located on 3.104 acres, is $1,187,137. The hotel’s 2012 property tax is listed as $13,229.46. The adjacent 3.84 acres has a 2012 tax assessment of $303,475 and 2012 property tax of $3,381.93. The land is zoned General Business. The hotel was built in 1975 after several investors from the community got to gether and brought what was then called The Royal Villa to Kings Mountain. In 2007 a total of 76 rooms were renovated. The facility includes 30 king

rooms and 38 double rooms, a modern laundry, large commercial kitchen, banquet and restaurant space. Tranzon National Auctions will conduct the auction. A property preview was held Sept. 19 and Sept. 26. “We are hopeful that buyers will look at this property and/or land for a hotel or to create a large development tract with exceptional interstate visibility, ‘’ said Shirley Brutko, manager of the Cleveland Chamber office in Kings Mountain. The property will be sold in “as is’’ condition, according to Bill Landrey of Tranzon. The Kings Mountain area has extremely high hotel occupancy, reportedly ranging from 80-85%.

Cyclists to visit KM The North Carolina Amateur Sports will visit Patriots Park in downtown Kings Mountain as a rest stop during their trek across the state from Brevard College to Carolina Beach during their fall Cycle North Carolina on Tuesday, October 2nd. “I’ve been in contact with Randy Billings, with the Fall Ride Field Staff, to coordinate their arrival and he said they have 1000 riders already registered,” said Ellis Noell, Special Events Director for the City. The City will be hosting a “meet & greet” during the riders break at

Patriots Park. Riders are expected to arrive around 8:30 a.m. -10 a.m. “This is one of those great opportunities to show visitors the quality of life here in Kings Mountain, how bike friendly we are and share that we are the Gateway to all three area parks, which all are scenic ride alternatives for these riders, when they visit here again in the future”, said Noell. The City will provide information on all three area park, updates on next years’ “Over the Mountain” triathlon and promotional information on next weeks’ Gateway Festival. For additional information contact Ellis Noell, 704473-8727 or visit www.CityofKM.com or cnc.ncsports.org

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Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. invited city and county officials and a number of vendors to see the new data center in T-5 Park on Riverside Court Wednesday. Guests, including city councilmen and the mayor, enjoyed a tour of the facility. From left, Mike Butler, Tommy Hawkins, Mayor pro tem Rodney Gordon, Mayor Rick Murphrey, Keith Miller, Dean Spears, and Howard Shipp.

Candidates share views with voters ELIZABETH STEWART lib.kmherald@gmail.com

Eight candidates for county and state public offices faced voters Monday night in a candidate forum hosted by the Kings Mountain Woman’s Club. Each pledged, if elected, to serve to the best of his/her ability. Of the eight, three are incumbent county commissioners and seek reelection Mary Accor, Ronnie Hawkins, and Johnny Hutchins - and all three seats are up for grabs in November. Warren Daniel is running for a second term in the Senate representing the new 46th District of Cleveland-Burke Counties and opposed by Democrat,, former Kings Mountain resident

and retired Burke County Sheriff John McDevitt; Rep. Tim Moore is unopposed for his sixth term in the NC House of Representatives; Meredith Shuford of Lincoln County is running for reelection as District Court Judge, a judgeship which includes Cleveland County; and Susan Allen of Shelby, a political newcomer active in six organizations in the county and retired businesswoman with United Parcel Service, is running for a seat on the board of county commissioners. Accor, Hawkins and Hutchins said they are running on their records as did Daniel, Moore, and Shuford. McDevitt and Allen said See CANDIDATES, 7A

APPROVED! School Board approves KMHS field house, press box projects GARY STEWART Sports Editor

The Cleveland County Board of Education Monday night approved two athletic facility projects for Kings Mountain High School. The board signed an agreement with the Kings Mountain Touchdown Club, giving it the goahead to construct a 12,000 square foot field house behind John Gamble Stadium. (See the floor plan on page 5B.) The board also approved a $266,991 bid from T.C. Strickland to construct a press box, rest

rooms and concession stands to serve the KMHS/KMMS softball facility and the KMMS baseball field. The latter project is the result of a Title IX visit two years ago which found the school system out of compliance with Title IX regulations covering female sports. The new facility will be located between the softball and baseball fields, and allows viewing of both fields at one time. Very often, there are two games going on at the same time there. See BOARD, 6A

Gateway Festival 10th annual event set to take place Oct. 6 The City of Kings Mountain will host the 10th annual “Gateway Festival” on Saturday, Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. throughout the downtown area. This community event is a celebration of Kings Mountain music, art, history and culture. Kings Mountain was designated in 2000 as “The Gateway City” by the Department of Interior and the National Park Service to all three area parksCrowder’s Mountain State Park, Kings Mountain State Park and Kings Mountain National Military Park. The festival will highlight the history and anniversary of the nearby victorious battle site which Thomas Jefferson de-

clared, “... the turning point of the Revolutionary War.” There will be British Regulars and Tories fighting Patriot militias in battle at Patriots Park. Revolutionary re-enactors with the South Fork Militia, the Charlestowne Artillery and other re-enactment groups will share the experience of battle along with an encampment and Colonial period living history demonstrations at the park. The free Gateway Shuttle will run continuously during the festival between Patriots Park, the Kings Mountain Historical Museum and Commons, tour the Central School Historic District and with stops at the Kings Mountain See GATEWAY FESTIVAL, 7A

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Roger Dennis Heavner Recipient of the National Defense Service Medal GROVER- . Roger Dennis Heavner, 58, died Mon., Sept. 24, 2012 at his home. He was a native of Gaston County, the son of the late Jack Heavner a n d M a rg i e Sanders and husb a n d Frank of Cramerton. He has gone to be with his Master and Savior in Heaven. Mr. Heavner served in Vietnam and was an honorable veteran, a recipient of the National Defense Service Medal, a marksman m16, a chauffeur, and a specialist for the Army. He was a loving son, husband, and father, who loved his family, his dogs, the Carolina Panthers, fishing, and spending time in his back yard. He was a member of New Buffalo Baptist Church. He is survived by his loving wife, Nellie Heavner, of the home; three daughters, Tina Heavner, Tina Davis, both of Grover, Pamela Hart of Kings Mountain; two

sons, Donald Meeks and wife of Kings Mountain, Mark Heavner and wife of Mount Holly; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one brother; and three sisters. The family would like to extend a special “Thank You” to the church family for all their love, prayers and support, and to Hospice of Cleveland County for their special care of Roger. The family will receive friends Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 from 2-4 p.m at New Buffalo Baptist Church and other times at the home. Funeral services will be Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 at 4 p.m at New Buffalo Baptist Church, Grover. Rev. Adam Green will officiate. Interment will be in New Buffalo Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors. Online condolences may be made to www.claybarnette.com Clay-Barnette Funeral Home Kings Mountain, NC, is in charge of arrangements.

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Austin H. England Survived by wife Diane KINGS MOUNTAIN Austin H. England, 67, resident of 1012 Cherry Street, Kings Mountain, NC died September 24, 2012 at his home. He was born in Gaston County, NC to the late James Harrison England and Maude Maney England. He was also preceded in death by his brother, James Albert England. He was formerly self-employed. Surviving are his wife, Diane Bridges England, Kings Mountain; son, Chad England and wife, Brittni, Kings Mountain; daughter, April England Bost and husband Evans, Clover, SC; sister, Brenda England, Shelby; and two grandchildren,

Derek England and Evans Bost IV. A private family service will be held at a later date. Visitation will be held Thursday evening, Sept. 27, 2012 from 6-8 p.m. at Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain, NC. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to benefit Foster Children at jimmywayne.com, click on Causes link and go to “Meet me half way Foundation” A guest register is available at www.HarrisFunerals.com Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain, NC, is in charge of arrangements.

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Ronnie Douglas Newsome Worked for 22 years at Eaton Corp. SHELBY- Ronnie Douglas Newsome, 63, of 1914 Carolyn Dr., died Mon., Sept. 24, 2012 at Kings Mountain Hospice House, after a long battle with polycystic kidney disease. A native of Pike County, Ky., he was the son of the late Hershal and Irene Castle Newsome. He worked 13 years for Rockwell International in Ashtabula, Oh, and 22 years as machinist at Eaton Corp. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Kings Mountain, where he taught Sunday School five years. He was a leader of the Royal Rangers and a coach of little league baseball in Oh. He was also a member of Amboy Rifle Club and in multiple bowling leagues. He is survived by his loving wife, Louise Pack Newsome, of the home; son, Benjamin Douglas Newsome and wife Michelle of Shelby; two daughters, Angela Morrow and husband Mitchell of Kings Mountain, and Amy Horton and husband Bobby of Shelby; seven sisters, Helen Nichols of Taylor, Mich., Venda Stitt and husband Ronnie of Killeen, Tx, Teresa Pierce

and husband Arthur of Ashtabula, Oh, Terrie Fairchild and husband Bruce of Florence Sc., Sandra Newsome of Pittsburg, Pa., Julie Miller and husband Keith of Kings Mountain, Shelia Newsome and Sharon of Gastonia; brother, Del Newsome and wife Linda of Kings Mountain; six grandchildren, Jonathan Morrow, Jackson Morrow, both of Kings Mountain, Marlee Horton, Kaylee Horton, Baylee Horton, and Max Newsome, all of Shelby; and several nieces and nephews The family will receive friends Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 from 6-8 p.m, at ClayBarnette Funeral Home of Kings Mountain, and other times at the home. Funeral services will be Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 at 1p.m. at First Baptist Church, Kings Mountain. Dr. John W. Sloan Jr. will officiate. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the service. Interment will be in Westview Gardens, Bessemer City. Memorials may be made to Cleveland-Rutherford Kidney Association, 1017 N. Washington St., Shelby, NC 28150 On-line condolences: www.claybarnette.com Clay-Barnette Funeral Home, Kings Mountain, NC, is in charge of arrangements.

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Peggy Ross Flowers Was a member of First Wesleyan Church KINGS MOUNTAINPeggy Ross Flowers, 78 of 100 Abbey Way, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 22, 2012, at White O a k Manor inKings Mountain. She was born in Cleveland County to the late Elmer and Mable McMahan Ross and was the devoted wife of the late Marion Flowers. She was a loyal member of First Wesleyan Church and to her God. She had a deep love for her family and always prayed for them and desired that they come to know the Lord. She was a former employee of Kings Mountain Drug, Harper’s Pharmacy and Eckerd Drug where she worked as a pharmacy tech. She is survived by her brother, Jerry Ross, and her sister, Nell Ross Randall and Rebecca Lara BLACKSBURG, SC Rebecca Lynn Lara, 41, 205 Deana Lane, Blacksburg, SC, died September 22, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC. Services will be private. Jeffery Ross

Kyleigh Hamrick GROVER- Kyleigh Elizabeth Hamrick, infant daughter of Jonathan “Jon” Warren Hamrick and Jerrie Leigh Martin of 120 Kim Road, died Thursday, September 20, 2102, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Visitation was Tuesday, Sept. 25, prior to the 4 p.m. funeral service at House of Prayer in Fallston. Rev. Clyde Price and Rev. Lucky Earls officiated. Interment was in House of Prayer Cemetery.

Natural Gas Awareness & Safety The City of Kings Mountain owns and operates a natural gas system that provides service to industrial, commercial and residential customers in and around the city limits of Kings Mountain for use in manufacturing, space heating, water heating and cooking. Kings Mountain’s Natural gas pipelines quietly, reliably and efficiently deliver natural gas throughout the country for domestic and industrial use. As part of the greater industry’s 2.3 million miles of natural gas and liquid pipelines, Kings Mountain operates a natural gas distribution system that safely delivers large quantities of energy to fuel the economy and keep us warm every day. Pipelines are the safest and most cost effective way of delivering energy in existence. The City of Kings Mountain would like to inform residents about the accident prevention efforts that are undertaken to maintain the excellent pipeline safety record of the industry. Kings Mountain inspects mains and services that are excavated as well as monitors above-ground piping for corrosion. They apply and monitor corrosion prevention measures to prevent steel from deteriorating below ground and they regularly patrol surface conditions for hazards to the pipelines. They also use leak detection equipment that can detect the tiniest quantities of gas to determine whether a leak may exist below ground. Equipment is inspected and maintained regularly as well, including below-ground emergency valves. In its ‘natural’ state, natural gas is colorless and odorless. The natural gas received by the City of Kings Mountain is mixed with an odorant so it is easier to recognize a natural gas pipeline release. The odorant added to the natural gas gives the gas a distinctive smell, often described as “rotten egg”. The City monitors the existence of this odorant to ensure its presence. Accidental releases of gas do occasionally occur, and in addition to the distinctive smell, other indications of a release may be a hissing, roaring sound, or blowing of dirt or dust. Persistent bubbles in water or pools of liquid with possible bubbling can also indicate a pipeline leak. If you smell, see, or hear any indications of a possible natural gas leak, please call the City of Kings Mountain at 704-734-4516 or emergency officials at 911 immediately. If there is an unintended release of gas, the main hazard is the chance of fire or explosion. If you have a gas release situation, immediately walk away, warning others to stay away or leave the area. Extinguish all sources of ignition such as, open flames, cell phones, pagers, motor vehicles or any other item that may cause a spark or static discharge. From a safe location contact the City of Kings Mountain at the number listed above or the emergency officials. The leading cause of accidental releases of gas is due to damage of a below ground line by someone performing excavation or earth moving. The “NC 811” system was set up to help prevent this hazard. If you dig, please dial 811 or toll-free 1-800-632-4949 or log on to the website http://www2.ncocc.org/ncocc/default.htm to request a location of underground utilities. The North Carolina STATE LAW requires that excavators give at least 2 Day Notice prior to excavation. If you have any other questions or concerns about the City’s natural gas system, pipeline safety, or how to recognize or report a pipeline leak please give our office a call at 704-734-4516

Donna Henderson BLACKSBURG,SC Donna Huff Henderson, 63, 422 McSwain Road, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service was held Friday, Sept. 21, at 2 p.m. at Cherokee Falls Missionary Fellowship Church with Revs. Gregg Martin and Lucky Earls officiating. William Hudson GROVER-William “Tommy” Hudson, age 67, resident of Grover, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2012 at his home. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late William Andrew and Georgia Ellen Manis Hudson. Funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 23, at 3 p.m. in Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel at Harris Funeral Home, in Kings Mountain with visitation following. A private family burial will be held at a later date. Michael and Thelma King MOUNT PLEASANT, SC - Services for Michael and Thelma King are incomplete at this time. Detailed arrangements will be announced at a later date.

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KINGS MOUNTAIN Jeffery Phillip Ross, 50, of Washington Dr., died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He was a na-

husband Kenneth all of Kings Mountain; nine nephews and nieces whom she loved dearly; and her devoted friend, Pansy Cunningham of Kings Mountain. Visitation was held Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., at Harris Funeral Home and other times at 100 Abbey Way. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel of Harris Funeral Home, with interment in Mountain Rest Cemetery in Kings Mountain. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Cleveland County-Kings Mountain Hospice House, 951 Wendover Heights Dr., Shelby, NC 28150 or White Oak Manor-Activities Dept., 716 Sipes St., Kings Mountain, NC 28086. Guest register is available at www.harrisfunerals.com. Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain.

Harris Funeral Home tive of Cleveland County. A private family memorial service was held Saturday, Sept. 22, at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home of Kings Mountain. Marion T. Scriggs MOORESBORO – Marion T. Scruggs, 79, McKinney Rd., died Wed., Sept. 19, 2012 at the Brian Center of Brevard. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Trinity Baptist Church. Interment was in Cleveland Memorial Park.

■ POLICE LOG ARRESTS SEPT. 20: James Mitchell Morgan, 19, 1814 Alpine Dr., communicating threats, criminal summons. CITATIONS SEPT. 14: Two 17-year-old females were cited for fighting at the Kings Mountain High football field, 500 Phifer Rd. SEPT. 18: Tonya Renee Varnadore, 33, 803 4th St., revoked license. SEPT. 18: Arron Varson Banner, 43, 801 Phifer Rd., revoked license. SEPT. 18: Sierra Nicole Boykins, 18, Shelby, speeding, revoked license. SEPT. 19: McKeysha Yvonne Wells, 38, 200 Spruce St. 2F, shoplifting, possession stolen property. SEPT. 20: Sharonda Starr, 34, Shelby, revoked license, failure to notify DMV of address change. SEPT. 20: Whitney Staton, 21, 220 Harbor Springs Lane, expired inspection, expired tag, revoked license. SEPT. 20: Joshua Plemmons, 23, Grover, speeding. SEPT. 20: George Surratt, 35, 110-5 Wave Rd., speeding, failure to notify DMV of address change. SEPT. 21: Tyiwan Dayivan Eason, 23, 101 Water Oak St., faulty equipment, headlamps, no tag attached to vehicle. SEPT. 21: Taylor Marie Cudd, 22, 528 Belvedere Circle, no operator’s license, stop sign violation. SEPT. 21: Kellie Louise Sessoms, 33, Mooresboro, seat belt violation. SEPT. 21: Caty Shane Burleson, 20, 116 JB Randolph Rd., seat belt violation. SEPT. 21: Bradley Paul

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Nicholas, 20, Mooresboro, seat belt violation. SEPT. 21: Crystal Danielle Manning, 23, Shelby, speeding. SEPT. 22: Carlos Miller, 40, 105 Cenco Dr., speeding. SEPT. 22: Ebony Wallace, 20, 307 Silver St., speeding. SEPT. 22: Nathaniel Snowden, 26, 114 Pearce Ct., speeding. INCIDENTS SEPT. 17: Roses 465, 1314 Shelby Rd., reported theft of two 32 inch LCD Emerson HDTV’s valued at $500. SEPT. 17: Solaris Industries, 133 Industrial Dr., reported theft of scrap metal from a container at the business. SEPT. 17: A resident of Scotland Dr. reported theft of a Apple I-Phone and case. SEPT. 18: Royal True Holiness Church, 120 Bibleway Church Rd., reported a break-in and theft of a silver keyboard, two speakers and a drum. SEPT. 19: A resident of Meadowbrook Rd. reported theft of a wallet from a vehicle. SEPT. 19: Food Lion 230, 1320 Shelby Rd., reported that a customer presented a counterfeit check for payment of groceries. SEPT. 19: Dollar General Store 07613, 1012 Shelby Rd., reported shoplifting of soft drinks. SEPT. 19: A resident of Kings Fall Court reported theft of jewelry. SEPT. 20: A resident of Meadowbrook Rd. reported theft of a Kayak rack valued at $500. SEPT. 21: A resident of E. Ridge St. reported a break-in and theft of a TV set, Xbox360,

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State of our community? Excellent! Mayor Rick Murphrey updated Kings Mountain progress in 2011-2012 at a “State of Community” breakfast Thursday, pronouncing the state of the community as “excellent.” He also previewed new projects in the works for 2012-2013 at the breakfast honoring over 100 industrial and business customers of the City of Kings Mountain at the H. Lawrence Patrick Senior Life & Conference Center. The mayor also took the occasion to recognize city department heads, City Manager Marilyn Sellers and elected officials, noting that years of service of department leaders total 312 years. Murphrey was assisted by Information Technology Director Matt Dull in a Power Point presentation illustrating future projects as well as those programs in the city that work hand-in-hand for future growth and quality of life, including the Main Street program, Mauney Library, the Historical Museum, Southern Arts Society, YMCA, Joy Performance Center and Keep America Beautiful, among others. “Kings Mountain continues to move progressively forward in positioning our city for continued growth,’’ he said. The 2012-2013 budget of $34.4 million re-

sponsible and financially sound, down $211,000 from last year, with no increases in property tax, electric, water, sewer and natural gas. The city, with an A1 credit rating, reported a perfect audit for the last 13 years and the general fund closed at 27% of last year’s expense, 19 % above what the Local Government Commission requires. He said that internal cost savings programs are helping underspend the budget. Kings Mountain is one of eight cites in the state that sell all four utilities water, electricity, sewer and natural gas. Murphrey said the goal is May 2013 to be shovel ready in a major $33.8 million water project hat will upgrade the city’s water treatment plant, run a new 36 inch water line from Moss Lake to the city, and water lines on West Mountain, Gold and West King Streets. The city has applied for a state revolving loan with no interest over a 20 year period. By late October the city plans to complete a water line on Countryside Road for water service to 33 residents on Countryside and Patterson Roads and by Dec. 1 to have all the homes on Galilee Church Road connected to city sewer. He listed total future consumption of water at

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Mayor Rick Murphrey with Duke Energy officials, left to right, Jed Fritz, Sandy Tallant and David Johnson are pictured at the State of Community customer appreciation breakfast hosted by the City of Kings Mountain Thursday. 6.6 million gallons per day with Southern Power and the new data center as water customers and the city’s new customer, Bessemer City, expected to use up to 1.3 million gallons a day in the future. Currently, the water treatment plant is permitted to treat 8mg a day and is currently treating 2.3 mgd. The Peak Shaving Plant in the Electric Department saves

the city $1 million a year, a total of $15 million since 1997. The city is working to install fiber optics for all municipal buildings and vital infrastructure with estimated completion date in December. Evaluating Smart Meter technology and its benefits, the city is launching a pilot program in the state and will be evaluating 1500 meters in

Pig racing, tractor pulls and much more... find it all at the Cleveland County Fair There’s something about a Fair and that something is expected to attract thousands to the 88th Cleveland County Fair which opens Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Fairground off US 74 West at 1751 E. Marion St., Shelby. ‘It’s great family fun for everyone and we’ve added an extra day this year,’’ said Calvin Hastings, manager of the county’s fairgrounds. Last year some 175,000 people visited the Fair and goal this year is 200,000. There are lots of events on tap. Exhibits and other events outside the grandstand area will be at Dorton

Hall and Weathers Arena. Pig racing, a demolition derby, tractor pull, a farm petting zoo, helicopter rides, and much more are on tap, plus the excitement of the Midway and traditional Fair food. Fair Appreciation Day is Thursday. A $15 ticket includes rides for all ages or general admission for those not riding. Miss Cleveland County Fair will be crowned at 7 p.m. in Weathers Arena. Performing Arts will showcase opening day ceremonies at 5 p.m. Grandstand events this weekend feature the Ultimate Destruction Demoli-

tion derby at 7:30 p.m with $5 admission for ages 6 and up and box seats $10 for ages six and older. The always popular Carolina Tractor Pull event is Friday at 7:30 p.m. with ticket pricing the same as the demolition derby. Saturday morning from 9-11 a.m. the best pie bakers in the county will be competing for prizes in Dorton Arena and judging will begin at 11:30 a.m. under the direction of Cathy Noell. Summer of Thunder racing on the grandstand Sept. 30 and professional rodeo on Oct. 1 are traditionally ‘must see’ events

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Jordan McMillin, 18, Kings Mountain High School senior, will vote for the first time in a general election Nov. 6 and he is excited. He is pictured registering to vote in the commons area of the high school Wednesday. Meloni Wray, Deputy Director Board of Elections, looks on as McMillin fills out paperwork.

Get your flu shot at the fair This year’s Cleveland County fairgoers may indulge in all of the delights of the fair while taking steps to protect their health at the same time. The Cleveland County Health Department will be administering flu shots for anyone 9 years of age or older at the fair Thursday, September 27 - Saturday, September 29th from 5-8 p.m in Dorton Exhibit Hall. Anyone interested in getting a flu vaccination should bring their Insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare cards. There are criteria for receiving free flu vaccinations. Individuals who are interested in learning more about these qualifications may contact the Cleveland County HealthDe-

and on Oct. 2 high school cheerleaders perform free to everyone. Weathers Arena events are free and the entertainment includes the crowning of Miss Cleveland County Fair following competition at 5 p.m. Thursday, New Blood championship wrestling at 7 p.m. Friday. Elementary cheerleaders perform at 2 p.m. Sept. 30, middle school cheerleaders perform at 6 p.m. Oct. 1, a senior citizens program is at noon Oct. 2 . Darin and Brooke Aldridge are on the stage with bluegrass music at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 in Weathers Arena, and numerous other music, dancing groups, and daily free entertainment is planned. Armband Day is Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The $18 ticket gives free rides until until 7 p.m. but does not include the fair admission price. Church bulletin day is Sunday, Sept. 30 with free gate admission until 3 p.m. with a church bulletin. Free admission for kids is Oct. 3-4 until 2 p.m. and gates open at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, is school day with free admission for students presenting school tickets and free admission for seniors 65 and older. The Fair is open Thursday through Oct. 7- Monday through Friday 3-11 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-11 p.m. with worship service at 10 a.m.; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Oct. 7.

Inman to speak at Rotary Bob Inman, retired longt i m e n e w s anchor f o r WBTV Bob Inman Channel 3, Charlotte, novelist and playwright will be guest speaker at Thursday’s noon meeting

of the Kings Mountain Rotary Club. Jerry Ledford is program chairman. Inman is the author of the novel, “Dairy Queen Days,’’ and Kings Mountain Little Theatre will present the play and honor the author at “A Night with Bob Inman” Oct. 20 at Joy Performance Theatre. Inman will attend the performance and sign his book.

Betsy Wells, right, of Kings Mountain is pictured with Linda Coleman, Democratic candidate for N.C. Lieutenant Governor at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Mrs. Wells was a volunteer at the convention.

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November. A Smart Meter takes customer service to a higher level, providing the city and customer with real time information about consumption. Twenty-five LED street lights are being completed in October in a pilot program on Maner Road in the high school area of the city The city is ahead of statemandated storm-water programs and will begin

education programs for the public and staff training in the next few weeks in implementation of control measures. Also in the works is a mass emergency notification system by the Information Technology Department where citizens can receive weather alerts and other pertinent health and disaster emergency notification. The mayor encouraged the community participation in a fund drive for the Patrick Senior Center, reported recycling is “going great” and the city is providing on-line burial records available to owners of cemetery lots making it easier for visitors on the computer to find burial records with the click of a button. Newly added feature will show monument plots and headstones. The economic development picture during the year showed phenomenal progress: Rural Center Grants to five businesses bringing jobs; seven community development block grants, eight industrial incentive grants, 12 expansions by businesses and 38 facade and general inducement grants in the downtown area with the city contributing $190,000 and private and pubic match $2.2 million. Six Trail, pedestrian and bike grants were also reported.

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I approve this message! Turn on your TV and candidates running for state and national political offices Nov. 6, some 41 days from today, are giving their rendition of the changes he/she wants for America. You want change? Try these ideas submitted in an opinion column sometime ago by Norma White, of Amarillo. Texas, a retired network engineer for Southwestern Bell.

.Limit Congress from serving more than two terms. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all that presidents are allowed. .Stop Congress from voting for their own pay raises. How did that ever get started? .Stop paying for lawmakers high-priced insurance premiums. They are only part-time employees and might pass some law changes on the insurance companies, if they had to find one. .Stop paying lawmakers their full salary after serving just one term, or at retirement. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve let other companies get rid of theirs. .Make Congress pay into the Social Security system. They make laws for it. If they spent some of their own money, they might be inter-

ested in making it solvent. .Stop handing out aid to illegal aliens. If we did, then Medicaid and the food stamp program would have enough to aid the aged and poor. .Secure our borders. .Stop allowing babies born to illegal aliens in the United States automatic US citizenship. .Stop the abuse of our benevolent welfare system. .Have a computer program that cross checks Social Security numbers with fingerprints to stop fraud on many fronts. Use it on voter registration, too. .Stop bailing out mortgage companies and banks that give loans to people who cannot afford them. ..Stop companies from pay-

By Shelley Proffitt Eagan Proffitt Farms

Move the cows, close up the chickens, feed the dogs, wash the dishes and have a glass of local wine. Really. The best time, in the heat of the summer, to do farm chores is after 7:30 pm! The sun is not as brutal as in the heat of the day, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a nice meal, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel rushed since we still have plenty of daylight left. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten into the habit of booting up into our farm gear, hats, boots, gloves, jeans, after dinner because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the best time to move the cattle. They simply will not come out of that shade during normal working hours. I could get up really early in the morning and do this. But then, well...Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to get up really early and do it! You know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still summer vacation right? Cattle are out grazing in the dawn hours before 9 am and right about then they are headed for the shade. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve reserved the bush hogging for those hotter hours. The tractor at least has a sun shade! None of our tractors are enclosed or air conditioned, much less have radios or GPS systems! But, they do have a shelter over head to keep the direct sun off. This week we have been mowing down the summer weeds that come up behind the swaths of grass where the cattle have been grazing. Taking out briars, blackberry bushes, and

dog fennel that grow in the summer heat. We let the cattle graze through a section of pasture and then when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve eaten that top bite off the healthy grasses we move them along to the next section. Next, we come behind them on the tractor towing the bush hog and mow down the weeds the cattle leave behind. Not like your yard mowing at all. We â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;mowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at 10 inches high with a 9 foot spinning grass cutter called a bush hog. Of course, to have grass fed beef year around requires a LOT of grass so we operate on four properties, sharing a tractor or two for them all. So, often we can be seen driving the tractor, towing the bush hog, down the road to the next farm to cut there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing we live in a rural area as the neighbors around here are used to us clogging up their roads and slowing them down as we piddle down the asphalt on the big wheels of the tractor! No honks yet as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve driven in 8th gear down Patterson Rd! Thank you for your patience! Next time you get stuck behind a tractor on the road just try to look past the fact you might be a bit later to your destination and give the farmer a wave in appreciation for their long day ahead! Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to greener pastures, Shelley

Alan Hodge

Hard as it may seem to believe, I was once a kid. Oh yes, there were times of trouble and family tearing asunder and an attack of acute appendicitis and nearly being blinded when the kid across the road hit me in the eye with a snowball and countless bicycle wrecks, but overall it was a time as I recall of being free and climbing trees and staying outside as much as possible to explore the nearby woods and get on the bicycle with other kids and generally roam around. Especially fond are the memories I have of days spent on my grandfather Sinclair Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farm in Catawba Heights and the barn and fields and visiting the old gold mine in the woods next to the creek and also the days at my paternal grandmother Edna Willefordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house in Mount Holly and her horses and canaries and dogs and the big red leather chair where I would sit in front of the fireplace. But that was then. And this is nowâ&#x20AC;Ś. for too many kids. I was standing in the doorway of the BannerNews office the other day getting a breath of fresh air and it was about

half an hour after school had let out and saw a tiny figure coming down the sidewalk stumbling under a heavy load like some poor slave struggling to tote a bale of cotton on his back single-handed. As the form got closer, I realized it was a boy about nine or ten years old and weighing maybe 75 pounds soaking wet. On this youthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back was a book bag or knapsack or whatever you want to call it that exceeded the size of his torso and I know must have weighed at least half if not more so than his entire body. For you adults, put this in perspective. If you weigh 180 pounds then your book bag load would be 90 pounds and the dimensions of the bulk about the size of a bushel basket. Anyway, as the youth in question staggered down the sidewalk bent over with his load of knowledge, I could not help but wonder at the contrast between that scene and how we used to tote home maybe one or two textbooks and a Blue Horse notebook and a couple of pencils from school. Going around another bend in the kids of today situation, I wrote a story in last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paper about efforts by the Catawba River District group to get kids growing veg-

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morial ARP Church Fellowship Hall, 100 Edgemont Drive, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 3 . To vote absentee, send a letter of request by Oct. 30 to Cleveland County Board of Elections, PO Box 1299, Shelby, NC 281511299. Include your name, the election date, residence address in Cleveland County, mailing address where ballot is to be mailed, signature and birth date of person requesting ballot. Follow the same procedure if the request is for a near relative (Oct. 31-Nov. 5) and ballots must be returned to the Board of Elections postmarked by Nov. 5 and received by mail no later than 5 p.m. Nov. 9.

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ing CEOs and other executives outrageous salaries and bonuses while doing away with workers pensions. .Stop all unnecessary spending so we will have the money for our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s security and to help needy and elderly Americans. Whoever wins the presidency and top offices in North Carolina will not be able to make these suggested changes. Only members of the US Congress (and legislature) can do this, as they are the lawmakers. But we can all remember to vote. In Kings Mountain voters can cast their ballots early at â&#x20AC;&#x153;no-excuse one stop votingâ&#x20AC;? Oct. 29-Nov. 2 at Boyce Me-

etable gardens at school. Yes, the kids actually get dirt under their fingernails and get outside and get exercise and fresh air and away from computers and video games. Here is my concern and the purpose of this column. I think too many kids today are not allowed to beâ&#x20AC;Śkids. That is, there is pressure to â&#x20AC;&#x153;performâ&#x20AC;? at every turn be it in school, on the sports field, or the junior beauty pageant, or whatever. Thanks to our socalled modern society, too many are being robbed of the indescribable wonder of simply walking in the woods alone or being able to play in a vacant field or roam the neighborhood without fear. Add to this the pressure of being pushed to compete in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;global marketplaceâ&#x20AC;?. How many kids know what a global marketplace is? Maybe I am seeing childhood things from previous days through rose-colored glasses as is often the case, but in my humble opinion the sight of that kid bend like Atlas under his book bag load was more than an isolated case, and it bothered me greatly. Maybe it should bother you too. Alan Hodge is the Editor of the Heraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister newspaper, the Banner News.

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Rotary Dinner

Barnes is Jr. Pre-Teen NC Kennedy Barnes, 9, fourth grader at Bethware Elementary School, was the winner in the Junior division of Pre-Teen North Carolina in the recent state scholarship and recognition proRaleigh. She gram in competes in the national competition next July in Baton Rouge La. The daughter of Steve and Natalie Pinner of Kings Mountain and Wesley Barnes of Shelby won a $500 scholarship and was also the winner in the Speech Division of the contest. She is the granddaughter of Pastor Michael and Carolyn Hill, Patricia Barnes, all of Kings Mountain, Jacqueline Barnes of Shelby and Joseph Pinner of East Orange, NJ. Kennedy has two sisters and two brothers: Ryan Pinner, 19, Corey Pinner, 9, Cherlissa Barnes, 12, and Deanna Barnes, 16. When she graduates high school Kennedy wants to enroll at Duke University and pursue a career as a pediatrician. “And I’m coming back

Kennedy Barnes to Cleveland County to practice,’’ she tells her mother.

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Rotarians Suzanne Amos and Mike Kidder serve spaghetti at the recent club fundraiser. Amos, chairman of the fund drive and KM Rotary Club President-Elect, said club members served 1,000 plates of spaghetti with all the trimmings in KMHS cafeteria.

Sheriff’s Dept. promotions Sheriff Alan Norman announces the promotion of Paul Brent Leigh, Jr. and Tracy O. Curry to the rank of Deputy/Sergeant, effective 9/01/12. Deputy Leigh has been employed with the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office for 12 y e a r s . Deputy Curry has 21 years of law enforcement experience. Deputy Paul Leigh gradu- Leigh Jr. ated from Kings Mountain High School and resides in Kings Mountain with his wife and child. He has served in the Patrol Division, Field Training Officer for the Patrol DiTraffic Unit, vision, COP/ICE, K-9 and Narcotic’s Division. Deputy Curry graduated from Crest High School and Magna CumLaude from GardnerWebb University. He has served as a Patrol Deputy, NarTracy Curry cotic’s Investigator, Criminal Investigator, COP/ICE and as a Firearms Instructor with the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office. He is a certified instructor with the NC Justice Academy and currently is an instructor for Gaston and Cleveland Community Colleges.

Inspections Facility inspections during the periods Aug 31 -Sept. 14 include the following restaurants and nutrition sites. Blanton’s Oak Grove Grill, 100, includes two extra points added to the final score when any employee working at the facility has attended an approved food handling course; Eaton Cafeteria, 99; 238 Cherokee Street mobile, 99; Washington Elementary School, 98.5; McDonald’s S. York Rd., 96.5; Sub Factory, S. Battleground Ave., 98. and Bethware Elementary School 98.5.

Registration for CCC short session Cleveland Community College will hold Short Session Registration on Wednesday, October 17, from 9 am – 6 pm in Student Services. Short Session classes are 7 & 8 weeks classes that are available oncampus or online. For a list of all available short session classes visit clevelandcc.edu. Click on Take a Class!, then click on Fall 2012 Short Session Classes. You can also call Student Services at 704669-4103 for more information.

Would like to thank the following Contributors to the Scholarship Fund Spaghetti Supper Proceeds benefit the KMHS Rotary Club Scholarship Fund C&C Scrap Iron & Metal, Inc.

Harris Funeral Home

Kings Mountain Hospital

Kings Mountain International

Steag Energy Services, LLC

Ultra Machine Co.

Adventures In Advertising Amity Finance The Amos Agency, LLC Asphalt Paving B.F. Maner Agency Baker Family Dentistry Baldor Blackwood’s Drive-In Bobby Horne Construction Bollinger Plumbing Bowen Collision Center Bradley Insurance Brown Enterprises Buchanan’s Auto Repair Buckeye Fire & Equipment Bunch Inc. C&C Heating & Cooling Cee Jay’s Landscapes Centermark Capital Champion Communications/Foothills Spotlight Magazine Cherokee Auto Auction City of Kings Mountain CK Contracting Clark Tire & Auto Clay Barnette Funeral Home Cloninger & Neisler, Attys Coldwell Appraisals/Linda Newsome Coldwell Banker Coleman Contractors Commercial Vehicle Systems Complete Chiropractic Dance Magic-Lan Lex Properties Darrell Keller, CPA Davidson Insurance Dean Spears Construction Dellinger’s Jewelry Doctors Vision Center

Dr. A.R. Gangoo Dr. David McDaniel Dr. & Mrs. John Still Dr. G.K. Howard, Jr. Dr. Roger Miller Edward Jones Investments Doug Satterfield Edward Jones Investments Jack Buchanan Farm Bureau Insurance Faust Textiles Flooring America G E Penner Construction Gardner-Webb University Grover Industries, Inc H&H Pest Control Hanes Brands Hayes Electric Hometown Hardware & Garden Horne Construction Innovative Pool Design International Medical Equipment J.E. Herndon Co. Jones & Son Enterprises Keeter’s Furniture Kerns Trucking Killdeer Farms Kings Mountain Auction Kings Mountain Auto Supply Kings Mountain Herald Kings Mountain High School Kings Mountain Medicaid Dentistry Kings Mountain Pediatrics Kings Mountain Pharmacy Kings Mountain Realty Linwood Produce Linwood Restaurant Logan Plumbing Lou Ballew

Love’s Fish Box M&T Plumbing Michael Brown Morris Scrap Metal Mountain Street Pharmacy Napa Auto Parts New Life Family Worship New York Life Insurance Parkers BP Patrick Yarns Phifer Road Washerette Poole Optometric Office Premier Federal Credit Union Prescriptions Plus Ronalds Garage S&J Enterprises Sagesport Scism & Son Paint & Body Shop Scissor Smith & Co. Scoot Dixon Shane Adams Shelby Savings Bank Still Waters, Inc. Stroupe Race Cars Subway Suzy B’s T&L Grading Tim Moore, Atty. Total Body Tanning Trammell Surveying & Mapping, Inc Warlick & Hamrick White Oak Manor Young RV’s

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It’s a girl! Jadee Tess Wallace

SCHOOL BOARD: approves KMHS projects From page 1A

Sundee and Jeremy Wallace, 112 Fox Fire Lane, announce the arrival of their daughter, Jadee Tess Wallace, May 31, 2012. She weighed three pounds, four ounces and was 17 inches in length. Jadee Tess has a brother, Nathan, 11, and a sister, Jaylyn, 5. Proud grandparents are Duane and Tammy Williams of Lincolnton, David and Rene’ Wallace of Dallas and Boyd and Dale Shipman of Blacksburg, SC .

POLICE LOG From page 2A CD player, and assorted boys shirts valued at $700. SEPT. 22: A resident of Fulton Dr. reported theft of a .38 Revolver from a vehicle. SEPT. 22: A resident of Highland Circle reported heft of a $1600 motor from a Bass boat at Moss Lake. SEPT. 23: A resident of N. Cansler St. reported that the windshield of her 2005 Dodge was damaged. SEPT. 23: A resident of Church St. reported that her windshield was broken to gain entry into a 1973 Chevrolet. WRECKS SEPT. 16: Officer Chris Tate said that a 16-year-old driver backed from a driveway on Marigold Street and struck a 2010 Honda parked off he roadway in front of 105 Marigold. SEPT. 17: Officer Bryan McGinnis said that a 2000 Hyundai operated by Joseph Klein, Bradley Beach, NJ, rearended a commercial vehicle operated by David Wayne Coleman, Danville, Va. on I-85. Klein said he fell asleep at the wheel. Coleman and his passenger were transported to Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Property damages were estimated at $2500. SEPT. 17: Officer R. S. Davis said that Sierra Bridges, 1710 No. 203 Kings Row Dr., operating a school bus, was ex-

iting the parking lot of Kings Mountain High School after unloading passengers and apparently cut too short and struck a parked 2008 Jeep owned by W. D. McGill, 901 Crescent Circle. Property damages were estimated at $2300.d SEPT. 17: Officer Chris McKnight said that Derik Jordan, 1515 Phifer Rd., was driving his 2002 Chevrolet on the US 74 Bypass when the vehicle hydroplaned and hit a small tree doing $700 damage to the vehicle. SEPT. 17: Officer D. Warlick said that a 2003 Chevrolet operated by Kenneth Okam of Pineville hit a Moped operated by Dale Truett of Gastonia on E. King Street. Property damages were estimated at $2,000. Kings Mountain Rescue Squad responded. SEPT. 18: Officer David Warlick said that a 1999 Lincoln operated by Charles H. Johnson of Spartanburg, SC rear-ended a 2010 Mazda operated by Virgil Perry Jr. of Gastonia. The accident happened at the stop and go signal facing south on NC 161. Property damages were estimated at $2,000. SEPT. 19: Cpl. D. K. Davis said that a 1985 Chevrolet operated by Thomas Edward Smith, 1004 Second St., was pulling into a parking space at 220 Cleveland Avenue and struck the door of a vehicle operated by Barbara Cantrell of Gastonia. Property damages were estimated at $950.

SEPT. 19: Officer G. L. McKinney said that a 1999 Toyota owned by Andy Lineberger of Shelby was struck by a vehicle that left the scene. The accident happened in the parking lot of Central School. Slight damage was reported. SEPT. 21: Officer Bryan McGinnis charged Taylor Marie Cudd, 528 Belvedere Circle, with no operator’s license and stop sign violation after the 1994 Honda she was driving struck a 2005 Nissan operated by Thomas Hinsley Jr., 706 W. Gold St. The accident happened at Sims and Gold Street. Property damages were estimated at $3200. SEPT. 21: Officer J. L. Dee said that a 2004 Hyundai operated by David Regans, 203 S. Sims St., struck a 2001 Toyota operated by Janie Yarbro, 1825 Shelby Road. The accident happened at Katherine and Woodside Drive and both drivers were transported to Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Property damages were estimated at $5500. SEPT. 21: Officer Chris McKnight said a deer ran out in the path of a car operated by Frederick Stevens of Boydon, Va. doing $1,000 damage to the vehicle. The accident happened on I-85 South. SEPT. 22: Officer Chris McKnight said the front left tire blew out on a 1999 Kia operated by Christian Hilty of Stanley on US 74 at NC 216. Property damage was estimated at $700.

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John Yarbro, assistant superintendent in charge of facilities, said the new KM facility is the last of four such projects in the county. He said in the future a “softball dressing facility” will be constructed between the high school baseball and softball fields. It will also include a parking area for the girls. Yarbro anticipates the construction to begin soon. “When you start something this time of the year everything depends on the weather,” he said. “But we hope to have it built by spring. The unique part of this project is that it is not just going to serve one team.” The KMHS field house project that is being funded by the Kings Mountain Touchdown Club should be ready to go out for bids within a month, according to KMTC President David Brinkley. First, blueprints must be circulated to possible subcontractors. Brinkley said they should be ready early next week. Hopefully, ground will be broken in about “six to eight weeks,” Brinkley said. The agreement the school board and KMTD Club signed Monday includes several stipulations, including a clause that requires the club to have liability insurance in case of personal and/or property damage. The school system will run water and sewer to the facility and the Touchdown Club will cover construction. According to Brinkley, the club’s fund drive has reached $647,204 of which $500,384 is cash on hand and threeyear pledges, and $146,820 is in-kind gifts. He said $157,118 in contributions and pledges are needed over the next 36 months to meet the $802,000 goal. Because the facility will be funded by the club rather than the school system, bids do not have to be opened to everyone. Tommy Hall Construction will be general contractor and is doing the building at his cost. He will use his sub-contractors for things such as electrical, plumbing, etc., but has said he will gather bids in case other sub-contractors can do their work at a lower cost than his.

Proposed site of the new press box at the KMHS/MS softball and baseball facilities. “We hope that when it is put out to bids that we will have more in-kind gifts, which will drive the total cost down,” Brinkley said. Brinkley is hopeful the project can be completed in six months, depending on the winter weather. “Hopefully it will be by the end of the school year,” he said. “Then we can start working on Stage 2 of the project which is replacing the rest rooms, press box and concession stand at Gamble Stadium.” Brinkley said he appreciates the unanimous support of the School Board, and also the outstanding show of support the project has received in the community. “This is really good,” he said. “The School Board has been very encouraging and complimentary of what our citizens have done. We have been blessed.” The field house floor plan, which can be seen at kingsmountaintouchdownclub.webs.com (and on page 5B of this weeks Herald) will be one of the most modern and useful field houses in the state. The facility will include a 2,200 square foot multipurpose room which all teams can utilize for practice during inclement weather. “Baseball and softball teams, especially, don’t have anywhere to practice in bad weather,” Brinkley pointed out.

There will also be two training rooms - one for rehabilitation and one for taping; an athletic director’s office, trainer’s office, spacious laundry room, head coach’s office, a large office for up to eight assistant coaches, conference room, and a nice trophy room to honor former athletes. The new facility is not replacing the Bill Bates Field House. That facility will continue to be used by other athletic teams. “We want to encourage everyone to continue to help us,” Brinkley said. “We’re not quite there yet. We want to thank First National Bank for their help in loaning us the funds to support this project.” Brinkley said the bank is also offering to set up drafts for persons who cannot give a lump sum amount. Anyone can set up a draft for as little as $10 a month and that would greatly aid the fund drive. “If you can’t do a hundred dollars a year, do ten a month,” he said. “I’d gladly take a thousand $10 a month pledges.” Brinkley also encourages fans and others who go out to eat on Fridays - either before or after the football games to eat at Cherokee Street Eatery. Owner Robert Bolin is donating a percentage of Friday night food sales to the project.

KINGS: suspects held in double murder From page 1A

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the Ocean Club Resort in Cupecoy. The body of her husband, 53, was found leaning over a chair. “We can only rely on our faith and our friends for support us in times like these,’’ said Jane King. Michael’s two brothers, Todd and Finley King, and Thelma King’s sister and brother-in-law are in St. Maarten where autopsies were performed Monday. Funeral services, which are incomplete, are to be held in Mount Pleasant, SC. “Mike and Thelma would do anything for anyone,’’ said Jane King. They were generous people, kind to everybody, their life was successful, and they were so good to their father and me.’’ The Kings were part-time

residents of St. Maarten. They also owned a condominium in Mount Pleasant, SC. A retired insurance executive, he also owned restaurants on the island. News reports quoted a St. Maarten restaurant owner who said that he and Michael King were building a spiced rum factory together on the territory. The Jamaica Star reported Monday that a security guard believed to be from Jamaica and his girlfriend from the Dominican Republic were arrested Sunday in connection with the murder of the two Americans. The suspects were held during a raid carried out by St. Maarten police. Jane King said that her husband was told that the St. Maarten government and a team of 25 investigators are “pulling out all the stops” to

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find out what happened and who murdered the obviously popular couple. Michael King’s mother, Sally Gripkey, of Irmo, SC, his two sisters, Karen Moser of Cary and Susan King of Irmo, SC and Thelma King’s mother have been in close contact with the Kings Mountain family and with the other relatives who went to St. Maarten. Thelma King’s mother from Columbia, SC may have been the last family member to speak to her last Wednesday before the tragedy. “We can only speculate robbery was the motive,’’ said Jane King, adding they were waiting for more news. The killings occurred in what is “generally a safe area” that is popular with tourists. Jane and Jerry King enjoyed vacations in St. Maarten. “We’re still in shock and we break down again and again,’’ said Jerry. Adds Jane, it just seems very senseless, they were family, good people.’’

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GATEWAY FESTIVAL: set for October 6th From page 1A

photo by LIB STEWART

Tim Moore, Warren Daniel, Meredith Shuford, John McDevitt, Johnny Hutchins, Ronnie Hawkins, Susan Allen, and Mary Accor, left to right, all on the ballot in the Nov. 6 election,met the public Monday night at a forum sponsored by the Woman’s Club.

CANDIDATES: share their views with voters From page 1A they have new ideas to bring to the table. Moderator Ann Bennett asked each candidate to talk about platforms during a three minute, timed presentation. Afterwards, the candidates mingled with club members and enjoyed refreshments. Accor, Democrat, has served on the county commission 15 years, was reelected three times and is the first female chair of the board. She served as president of the 100-county N. C. Association of County Commissioners. She called experience, trustworthiness, fairness, caring to be a model citizen, strong faith, family, character, integrity and leadership as marks of a dedicated public servant. With 33 1/2 years experience in education, she plans to retire from the county school system Oct. 31. She listed jobs as the No. 1 priority and said there have been no new taxes in 15 years in the county. “Taxes are an unnecessary burden on our citizens,’’ she added. Susan Allen, Republican, is big in volunteerism in the county where she volunteers for six organizations. She said she learned about service in her job with United Parcel Service. “I can give a good business perception to the board,’’ she said. “Unemployment is high and jobs are our challenge but we also need to look out for existing businesses,’’ she said, adding, ‘’These are tough economic times and we need leaders to make good decisions. She said she spent 29 years developing business for a Fortune 500 Company and she wants to use those skills to bring jobs to the community. Her priorities are jobs, no property tax increases, invest in education and workforce training and infrastructure to attract industry. Ronnie Hawkins, Republican, currently serving his 12th year on the commission, a former chairman and currently vice chairman, said “We’ve helped create new jobs for Cleveland County, reduced the tax rate and I have never supported a tax increase,’’ adding, ‘’’Look at what our board has accomplished by working to-

gether. I wouldn’t trade Cleveland County for any other county in the country and I wouldn’t trade Kings Mountain, our city, for any other. Go in front of my house on Countryside Road and take a look at the growth, billions of dollars in investments that will provide quality of life for all of us. Harris has been funeral director at Harris Funeral Home for 38 years. “We set our goals for no new taxes, jobs and growth,’’ said Johnny Hutchins Republican, currently chairman of the board of county commissioners, detailing 33 new and expanded businesses/industry in the county during the last four years, a grand total of eight billion dollars in new revenue for the county. He said an announcement is coming in a few weeks that will mean 61 new jobs in Kings Mountain, which would bring the total additional jobs to 1,958. Like the other candidates, he also talked about family, the importance of teamwork, and priority of more jobs for unemployed citizens. Warren Daniel, Republican and Morganton attorney, said he ran for the Senate in 2010 because he was increasingly concerned about the direction that elected officials in Raleigh were leading our state. They were out of touch with the people, we were losing jobs and had high unemployment but they continued expanding the size of government, adding new regulations and increasing the tax burden on all of us,’’ he said.. Daniel said he worked to reform the excessive amount of regulations that state government had put into place, some he said more restrictive than the federal government. He co-sponsored legislation that ends social promotion, ensuring that a 3rd grader can read prior to being promoted to the 4th grade and worked to end the so-called temporary sales tax. ‘I believe in the sanctity of human life and sponsored two new laws that will protect unborn children, “ he said, adding, “ I believe that the definition of marriage is and always should be between one man and one woman.’’ He co-sponsored the marriage amendment to the NC Constitution that vot-

ers passed overwhelmingly last May. Moore, Republican, is returning for his sixth term in the N. C. House and is Rules chairman. He said he worked closely on economic development with the Cleveland County delegation in Raleigh.. “Kings Mountain has been competing with cities you wouldn’t believe,’’ he said, referring to announcements recently of new data centers. He also listed jobs as priority for legislators, saying that unemployment and foreclosures “hurt.” ‘’I have kids and grandkids and I care about where this state is headed, ‘’ said John McDevitt, Democrat, of Morganton, who grew up in Kings Mountain at 606 W. King Street and graduated from Kings Mountain High School in 1973 and while in school worked in several businesses downtown when his father, Tom McDevitt, was Kings Mountain Chief of Police. He retired last year as Sheriff of Burke County after 37 years in law enforcement. He was promoted through the ranks of the sheriff’s office, beginning his service in 1976. McDevitt also talked about the importance of family and teamwork, Several of his siblings followed his footsteps in law enforcement. His wife. Cathy, is police chief of state institutions with 30 years service in law enforcement. McDevitt said he is running for the Senate because he loves Cleveland County (where he grew up) and Burke County, where he has worked for 37 of his 57 years of life. “It’s always good to come back home,’’ he said. Bennett read a letter from Democrat Patsy Keever, expressing her regrets. “I want to put you first as your voice in the US Congress,’’ said Keever who is running against Incumbent Republican Patrick McHenry. “My opponent voted against the Lily Ledbetter Act which provides equal pay for women in the same job as males,’’ she said. Keever, said elected officials need to work together in this slowest economic recovery since the Great Depression. She challenged elected officials not to focus on the agenda of the Party.

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Art Depot and the Joy Performance Center. Free parking is available at all of the shuttle stop venues and downtown parking lots. There will be on-board community tour guides who will share the history of Kings Mountain. Not only will the Gateway Shuttle travel the Historic Downtown Route but there will be two departures for the Military Park Route on a fall foliage preview into South Carolina. Walk the Battlefield and visit some of the scheduled activities at Kings Mountain National Military Park for the 232nd Anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain. All visitors to the Gateway Festival will receive a Gateway Passport to be stamped at all venues - Patriots Park, Joy Performance Center, the Southern Arts Depot (and the Library display area there) and the Historical Museum. Once completed, they are to be turned in at the main information booth at Patriots Park for a drawing for a gift basket of surprises from the sponsors. Patriots Park will be the anchor venue for the Gateway Festival and have three stages for entertainment. The South Meadow stage will feature a blend of some of the region’s best bluegrass, folk, gospel and Americana music: Trinity Bluegrass Quartet, Timberidge, Driveline Bluegrass, the Flowers Family, Harvest and the Troublesome Youngs. The perennial favorite “Cute Critters”, a pet beauty contest, sponsored by Pawsitive Touch Grooming, will take place at the Gazebo, also at Patriots Park. There will also be a performance by Dance Magic and an afternoon of local bluegrass gospel groups and choirs singing at the Gazebo. Dozens of art and craft vendors will also be located in Patriots Park, close to a variety of food vendors. The Cross Roads Classic car show will be lined up for viewing on Gold Street. With a theme of “Public Energy – A Kings Mountain Tradition”, the City’s gas and electric departments will celebrate the culmination of Public Energy Services Week with a variety of exhibits and demonstrations on the stage near the new restrooms. The Southern Arts Society at the Depot, the old Southern Railway Station can be the start of your Gateway Festival adventure. “Park and ride” or stop by any time during

the day on the free shuttle. While you’re at the Station, enjoy a complimentary Moon Pie and RC Cola as you explore the arts at this historic train depot. Join in the children’s “make and take” artwork projects in the Founder’s Gallery. Learn about artistic bead work with Margot McKee and see how Jennifer Borja and Beth Caveny transform gourds into art. Get to know Persis Anne Stepien as she demonstrates working with polymer clay. And, while you’re at the Depot, make sure to stop by the Fireside Gallery and visit with the Children’s Librarian, staff and members of the Friends of the Mauney Memorial Library. Learn more about upcoming library programs and discover their newest cuttingedge technological tool, the Ready Animator. A popular stop on the Gateway Shuttle, the Kings Mountain Historical Museum & Commons will focus on the Civil War period during their annual Veteran’s exhibit. This year’s theme is “Reflections from Civil War Soldiers”, featuring the soldiers personal letters and papers on display in the main exhibit hall. In conjunction with the exhibit, author Mark Hughes will be on site to discuss and sign his new book, The New Civil War Handbook. Outside, in the Commons area, museum interpreters will showcase the Barber Log House and the historic Cornwell House. As “park and ride” shuttle location, the Museum will also host a concert of traditional, old-time tunes with the Log Cabin String Band from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. You’ll have two opportunities on each of the Gateway Shuttles to stop by the Joy Performance Center and tour their recently renovated downtown cultural center. This visual and performing arts center is home of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre, where you’ll have the opportunity for a back stage peek of this unique facility and learn more about the community players and their craft. Food and beverages will also be available in the lobby. Don’t forget to get your Gateway Passport stamped at all your stops! Information booths will be located at the corners of Railroad & Gold streets and also at Gold & Cansler streets. For a complete schedule of events and additional information visit www.cityofkm.com or call 704-734-0333.

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Mountaineers travel to Huss for second Big South contest GARY STEWART Sports Editor

Kings Mountain High’s football team is in the same boat as it was last year at this time. Heading into the stretch run of the regular season, the Mountaineers take an 0-1 Big South and 2-4 overall record into Friday night’s game at Hunter Huss in Gastonia. After last year’s 2-4 start, the Mountaineers turned their season around and went two rounds in the state 3AA playoffs. Coach Greg Lloyd hopes Friday will be the start of another big turnaround. Hunter Huss comes into the game with a 1-1 BSC and 4-2 overall record and already has enough wins to qualify for the state playoffs. Kings Mountain needs at least two more wins to qualify, but running the table would put them in a great position to host a first-round game. But before playoffs enter into the equation, Lloyd and the Mountaineers just hope to put the past two weeks behind them and get back to their winning ways. Beating Huss will be a tough task. The Huskies are always very athletic, and this year it seems more-so than last. “They’ve improved a lot,” says the KM coach. “They’re quick and aggressive on defense.” Like most area teams, the

Kings Mountain quarterback Jonathan Clark Huskies have gone to a spread offense that features several quick backs and receivers and forces their opponent to defend the whole playing field. “Kerrion Moore is still there, and they have another back (Keion Byrd) that gives them two good running backs,” Lloyd noted. “Their quarterback (Andrew Jordan) is a sophomore that is really good and they have a big receiver (6-3 Chad Mackins) who is a good looking player. “I compare them to

Shelby; they’re very similar,” he said. “They have good team speed and a really good kicker (Cody Jones) who puts the ball in the end zone every time and has kicked 50-yard field goals.” Lloyd, who has a 4-1 record against the Huskies as head coach of the Mountaineers, sees four major goals his team must achieve this week: (1) - “First, we’re hoping we will be healthy,” he said. Three-year starter Phillip Quinn sat out last week’s game with Shelby with a

high ankle sprain suffered in the previous week’s game with South Point. He was scheduled to see the doctor Monday. If he is released to the KMHS trainer, there’s a slight possibility he could play. “We need him desperately,” Lloyd said. “He is a good blocker and a good leader. If we could get him back it would be a big deal.” The Mountaineers’ leading rusher, DaShon Guest, should play again this week even though he has a broken finger that hurt him more last week than Lloyd thought it would. (2) -“We need to work hard with our red zone execution and try to finish off drives,” he said. Last week the Mountaineers left a lot of points on the field after failing to capitalize on four scoring opportunities deep in Shelby territory. (3) - “Defensively, we hope to build on what we did last week,” he said. “We need to try to force the issue with our defense.” Despite having six defensive starters out for various reasons, the Mountaineers’ defense played its best game of the year. Dillon Frederick, who was called up from the JV team; Elijah Whitaker and Kalael Hopper, who had played only sparingly in past games, and Markel Hemphill and Chaz Gamble, who were moved to different positions, all played well along with

Missed opportunities costly in 14-7 KM loss to Shelby GARY STEWART

several other starters that played on both offense and defense. This week, the Mountaineers will welcome back their two senior safeties, Jose Sappia and Curtis McNamara, who were out of action last week and should be ready to resume their usual

good play in the secondary. (4) - “If we eliminate mistakes we should have a good shot at winning,” Coach Lloyd added. “We have lost three games (Burns, Weddington and Shelby) by a touchdown. We’re looking forward to playing this week.”

Lady Mountaineers sweep Chargers, Jags Kings Mountain High’s volleyball teams swept Crest in a JV/varsity doubleheader Tuesday at Donald L. Parker Gymnasium. The JV team won 8-25, 25-22, 27-25 to run its record to 2-3 in the Big South and 5-8 overall. The varsity won 25-21, 25-18, 25-17. Natalie Fedyschyn, Logan Smith and Gracie Hunter led the Mountaineers. Fedyshyn recorded eight kills and six aces. Smith had seven kills, 13 assists, 10 digs and one ace, and Hunter had 11 digs and six aces. On Thursday, the Lady Mountaineer varsity defeated Forestview 25-18, 2515, 25-8 but the JV team lost 25-13, 25-15.

Logan Smith Logan Smith had another big game for the KM ladies with seven kills, four aces, five digs and 14 assists. Olivia Blalock had nine kills. The varsity improved to 5-1 in the Big South and 104 overall.

Sports This Week Wednesday, Sept. 26 4:30 - Middle school football, North Lincoln at Kings Mountain. 6 p.m. - High school soccer, Crest at Kings Mountain. Thursday, Sept. 27 4 p.m. - High school tennis, Kings Mountain at North Gaston. 4 p.m. - Middle school boys soccer and girls softball, West Lincoln at Kings Mountain. 7 p.m. - JV football, Hunter Huss at Kings Mountain. Friday, Sept. 28 7:30 - High school football, Kings Mountain at Hunter Huss.

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Kings Mountain scored less than a minute into the game to take a 7-0 lead but saw Shelby come back with touchdowns on their last possession of the first half and first possession of the second half and fell to the Lions 14-7 in a non-conference game Friday night at Gamble Stadium. The loss drops the Mountaineers to 0-1 in the Big South and 2-4 overall heading into a conference game Friday at Hunter Huss. Shelby, 0-1, 2-4, travels to Patton Friday. Kings Mountain’s Kalael Hopper recovered a fumble on the third play of the game to set up a two-play, 18-yard scoring drive which included a 17-yard catch and run by Trevin Torres to inside the one, and a sneak for the TD by quarterback Jonathan Clark. Jeremiah Early kicked the point-after. Missed opportunities by the Mountaineers kept them off the scoreboard and the

Saturday, Sept. 29 TBA - High school cross country, Cleveland County meet at Crest. Monday, Oct. 1 TBA - Middle school cross country, Tri-County Conference meet at Kings Mountain. 2 p.m. - High school golf, all Big South teams at Crest. 6 p.m. - High school soccer, Kings Mountain at Forestview. Tuesday, Oct. 2 4 p.m. - Middle school boys soccer and girls softball, Kings Mountain at East Lincoln. 4 p.m. - Middle school golf, Kings Mountain, Crest, West Lincoln and North Lincoln at River Bend. 4 p.m. - High school tennis, Crest at Kings Mountain. 4:30 - High school cross country, Kings Mountain, North Gaston and East Gaston at Forestview. 4:30 - High school volleyball, Hunter Huss at Kings Mountain. photos by Gary Stewart/Herald

Kings Mountain defenders Elijah Whitaker (33), Alex Reynolds (5), Kalael Hopper (42), Dillon Frederick (2) and Jacob Miller (33) try to keep Shelby runner Raekwon Washington from going around end in Friday's game at Gamble Stadium. Lions in the game. Kings Mountain had two other drives inside the red zone in the first half, and two more in the second half, but came away with no points. The

Mountaineers drove to the Shelby seven late in the first quarter but missed a 25-yard field goal attempt, and they drove to the Lions 22 in the second period but lost the

ball on downs. “We got in the red zone several times and didn’t score, and that doomed us,”

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Second Period S - 0:36 - Spencer Clark, 2 run (Manning Burton kick). 60-yard, 4 play drive. Big plays 15-yard personal foul penalty against KM and 32-yard reception by Jolly.

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STANDINGS Big South 3A Teams Conf. W-L All W-L South Point Crest Hunter Huss Ashbrook Forestview Kings Mtn. North Gaston

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6-0 5-1 4-2 3-2 4-2 2-4 1-5

Last Weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Results Shelby 14, Kings Mountain 7 Crest 46, Forestview 27 South Point 42, Huss 7 Ashbrook 46, N. Gaston 6 Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Kings Mountain at Huss AC Reynolds at Crest South Point at Ashbrook North Gaston at Forestview

Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Teams Conf W-L Lk. Norman Ct. 2-0 East Lincoln 2-0 Cherryville 2-0 West Lincoln 1-1 Lincolnton 1-1 Highland Tech 0-2 Bessemer City 0-2 North Lincoln 0-2

All W-L 5-0 6-0 3-3 3-3 2-4 0-5 0-6 0-6

80s players honored Players and persons who volunteered with the Kings Mountain High football teams from 1980-89 were honored during halftime of the South Point game. They include Benjamin Lockhart, Wayne Brazzell, Doug Ramsey, Brad Reynolds, Tina Wright, Curtis Pressley, Yolando Stephens (widow of the late Calvin Stephens), Billy Ramsey, Steven Cole, Sam Smith, and Jeff Lineberger. Far right is KMHS athletic director Dustin Morehead.

KM kickers fall to North Gaston 2-1 on the road

LN Charter 41, East Lincoln 15 Cherryville 34, Bessemer 14 Lincolnton 59, Highland 0 E. Lincoln 33, N. Lincoln 0 Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Bessemer City at LN Charter West Lincoln at Cherryville N. Lincoln at Highland Lincolnton at E. Lincoln

Elite Trailblazers will host its first Homecoming and Family Day football games Saturday at Kings Mountain High School. Games will start at 3 p.m. with Tiny Mite division, at 4:15 Mighty Mites, 5:30 p.m. junior varsity and 6:45 p.m varsity. The Elite Blazettes cheer squads, color guards and drumline squads will perform halftime entertainment during games. Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for students. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Come out and enjoy some great youth football games, food and awesome entertainment,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Coach Maurice Tate. He said additional games from other teams in Southland Football League will also take place Saturday morning. For additional information contact Maurice Tate 704-460-3433 or Brandy Tate 704-6782165.

Senior Ryan Hullender keeps the ball away from a North Gaston player in Monday nights match-up on the road. The Kickers fell 2-1. North Gaston took a hard fought 2-1 victory over Kings Mountain in a Big South soccer match Monday night. KMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Weston Harmon scored off a header after a fantastic cross from Tyler Herndon 12 minutes into the second half to tie the game

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Grace cross country wins inaugural meet Grace Christian Academy won its inaugural cross country meet September 20. Canaan Sullens finished first for the Eagles with a time of 21:31. Other top ten runners for GCA were Taylor Heffron third, Garrett Wease fourth, Troy Heffron fifth, Cody Lavender ninth and Caleb Clary tenth. The Eagles travel to Covenant Classical Academy Thursday.

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Joshua Brucker (146th in 19:54.20), Will Boyles (189th in 20:37.40) and Jacob Edmondson (248th in 22:40.80). The KM girls finished 26th out of 38 teams. Runners posting their best time were Cassie Morton (45th in 21:24.35), Mackenzie Smith (62nd in 22:04.72), and McKay Williamson (78th in 28:41.54).

KM girls fourth in BS golf match Kings Mountain finished fourth in last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big South golf match at Kings Mountain Country Club. South Point won with a 151 score, followed by Crest 153, Forestview 163, KM 164, Hunter Huss 172 and Ashbrook 179. Madison Lutz led the KM ladies with a 49. Mara Woods shot 55, Sara Scism 60, Casy Johnson 62 and Abbey Lail 63. Madison Carr of South Point was medalist with a 43.

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KM kickers fall to Ashbrook 7-0 Kings Mountain Highâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer team lost to Ashbrook 7-0 in a Big South game Wednesday at Gamble Stadium. Nick Fuller, Jeffery Ramos and Tyler Mosk led the Green Wave with two goals each. Antonio Cuevan scored the other goal. Josh Cloyd recorded the shutout.

Last-second TD lifts Shelby over JV Mountaineers Shelbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DeAndre Elliott caught a tipped pass as time expired to give the Lionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; JV team a 26-20 victory over Kings Mountain Thursday in Shelby. Kings Mountainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s touchdowns came on a 45-yard punt return by Raequan Allen, a 60-yard run by Brandon Bell and a 55-yard pass from Bell to Dwayne Capps. Isaiah Cole made two of three extra points. Kings Mountain hosts Hunter Huss Thursday at 7 p.m.

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KM Middle School Sports Big second half lifts Patriots over Burns 20-14

Kings Mountain’s Trevon Wilson led the rushing for KMMS in Wednesday’s win over Burns. Kings Mountain Middle School scored all of its points in the second half to defeat Burns 20-14 in the two teams’ opening TriCounty Conference East Division game Thursday at John Gamble Stadium. Jake Merchant scored two touchdowns to put the Patriots up 14-8. After Burns battled back to tie the game at 14-all midway of the fourth quarter the Patriots drove 59 yards to win the game on a tipped touchdown reception by Kevin Mosley. A 31-yard run by Darian McClain put the Patriots on the Burns 25 yard line. On a fourth and seven play, two Burns defenders tipped a

pass inside the five and Mosley caught it and ran into the end zone to complete a 16-yard touchdown. Burns grabbed an 8-0 lead in the final seconds of the first half when Magale Washington scored from less than a yard out. Nathan Black ran a two-point conversion. Kings Mountain drove the second half kickoff 48 yards in four plays to trim the margin to 8-6. Merchant went down the left side and scored on a diving 23-yard reception from Darren Burns. The Patriots pulled an onside kick, which Mobley recovered at the Eagles’ 43. Four plays later Merchant

Darian McClain’s running set the tone for Kings Mountain’s winning touchdown in Wednesday’s win over Burns at Gamble Stadium. circled left end for a 23yard touchdown, and Burns went around left end on a keeper for a two-point conversion and a 14-8 KM lead. Burns launched a gametying, 53-yard touchdown drive on the first play of the fourth period. It culminated with quarterback Cameron Barbee going over from the one with 5:16 remaining. The Patriots’ defense came up with a big stop on a twopoint running attempt by the Eagles. There was still 2:14 left on the clock when Mobley’s touchdown put the Patriots

Lady Patriots on winning streak Ladies win first softball game

a complete game. Other outstanding players were MC May, Kassidy Hamrick and Cassi Melton.

The Kings Mountain Middle softball team won its first game of the season Monday over Lincolnton, 18-0. Jennifer Hamrick pitched

Ladies win County CC meet Kings Mountain Middle School’s girls won the Cleveland County meet on

Monday and will complete its season in the annual TriCounty Conference meet Monday, Oct. 1 at Kings Mountain. Patriot runners swept the first three places with Kaitlyn Moss taking first, Virginia Dellinger second and Meridith Wyte third. Kayla Capps finished sixth, Brooke Patterson seventh, Montanna Smith eight and Carmen Henwood 11th. Austin McKee led the boys with a second place finish. Landon Ervin was 12th. Also scoring for the Patriots were Lane Bell, Bryson Key and Michael Summers.

on top. Burns recovered a short kick at the 46 and was able to move to the KM 41

before losing the ball on downs with 26.4 seconds remaining. With neither

team having a timeout left, the Patriots took a knee to end the game.

KM Middle School Fall Sports Rosters Girls Softball Ashton Withers Kassidy Hamrick Jennifer Hamrick Mandy Hamrick Destiny Hamrick Briasia White Gretchen Boyles Jazmyn Vickers Megan Mcqueen Madison Hoyle Mary Catherine May Brennin Fleisher Kameron Marr, Cassidi Melton Golf Harrison Conner Carson Bailey John Thomas Cash Alex Goff Dawson Adams Landon Ervin Elliott Mann Tyler Withers Football 89 Jadien Adams 64 Gerrell Archie 67 AJ Austin 84 Andrew Baber 70 Daniel Bagwell 82 Bryson Bailey 4 Malik Banner 75 Sabeian Beam 91 Alec Bell 60 John Bell 9 Ian Bishop

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School Board approves KMHS field house project. See the story on page 1A MOUNTAINEERS: lose to Shelby From page 1B noted Mountaineer head coach Greg Lloyd. Lloyd appreciated his team’s effort under difficult circumstances. They were playing without six starters, including five on defense. Starting Roy back Phillip Quinn and safety Jose Sappia were on the sideline with injuries from the previous week’s game; another player was ineligible to play because of an ejection from the previous week’s game, two were dismissed from the team for disciplinary reasons and

another quit. “Our offense struggled,” Lloyd said. “We really missed Phillip Quinn. DaShon Guest (the team’s leading rusher) had a broken bone in his hand from the South Point game and it hurt him more than we thought it would.” But Lloyd was extremely pleased with the defense, which played its best game with the help of several players that had seen little or no playing time previously. “Other than a couple of pass plays, the defense played good,” Lloyd said. “We played a lot of

new guys and a lot of people played both ways. I don’t think Trevin Torres ever came off the field. We were a little bit short handed.” Those couple of pass plays Lloyd referred to, along with two personal foul penalties, aided both of Shelby’s touchdowns. Following the first penalty, a 32-yard reception by Ralph Jolly - his only catch of the night - set up the tying score, a 2-yard run by quarterback Spencer Clark with just 36 seconds remaining in the half. After holding the Mountaineers to 3-and-out to begin the second half, the Lions’ Wesley Hillman

caught a short pass in the right flat when a KM defensive back went for the interception on a third and 12 play, and turned it into the game-winning touchdown. The drive began on the Shelby 47 after a KM personal foul on the punt. Still, Kings Mountain had several chances to overcome those scores. The Mountaineer drove deep into Shelby territory on two of their final three possessions. Shelby’s only other second half drive across midfield ended at the KM 40 when Spencer Clark fumbled and KM’s Alex Reynolds recovered. KM quarterback Jonathan Clark found Xavier Johnson behind

the Shelby defense for a 41-yard reception at the Lions’ 17. Shelby’s defensive line snuffed two runs and a 2-yard pass, and then Hillman intercepted a pass intended for Torres in the end zone. Kings Mountain took possession for the last time with 4:53 remaining following a punt to the KM 35. Johnson caught passes of 11 and 28 yards to get the Mountaineers to the Shelby 15, but four straight passes fell incomplete with three of them being dropped by the intended receivers. Shelby took over with 3:16 remaining and ran the clock out on four straight running plays.

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Good Hope Presbyterian Church –– 105 Cansler St., is sponsoring a church community bazaar Saturday starting at 10:30 a.m. Yard sale, bake sale, and Big Daddy’s BBQ, also voter registration is available . All proceeds go to Bible studies for youth. Westover Baptist Church –– “His Glory” will present a concert Sunday, Sept. 30, at 6 p.m. at Westover Baptist Church, 114 Westover Dr. Refreshments will be served after the service in the Fellowship Hall of the church. The public is invited. Eastside Baptist Church –– will celebrate its 61st Homecoming on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 11 a.m. The church welcomes all members, former members, and friends of the church to come and be a part of this special service which will feature The Griggs in concert followed by a challenging message by Pastor Ron Caulder. There will be a covered-dish dinner immediately following the morning service. Eastside is located at 308 York Road, Kings Mountain. Double Springs Baptist Church –– Flu shots will be offered at Double Springs Baptist Church Thursday, Oct. 11 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the Family Life Center. Payment can be through Medicare Part B (you must bring your card); Blue Cross and Blue Shield will be filed; or you may pay $31 in cash. This is a ministry of the church health team. For more information, call Karen at 704.284.0194. The church is located at 1130 Double Springs Church Road, off Washburn Switch Road.

Photography contest Crafters needed A contest to photographically document a day in the life of Cleveland County through the eyes of the community is underway by Cleveland County Arts Council. You have 48 hours to take photos anywhere in Cleveland County. Friday, Oct. 5, until midnight, Saturday, Oct. 6. Professional photographic skills are not required for this Viewer’s Choice competition. Use whatever photographic equipment you have available: from digital cameras to 35mm. Color and black and white images. Submit entries by Friday, Oct. 19, delivered or mailed to the Arts Council, 111 S. Washington St., Shelby, NC 28150. The opening reception is Oct. 15 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The exhibit is Oct. 25-Nov.-21, Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Three big prizes await the winners. The entries must be accompanied by a separate entry form including a title, brief description of the photo, the names of the individual(s) in the photo, location, date and time, as well as the name, and contact information of the photographer. Get more information by emailing info@ccartscouncil.org or 704-484-2787.

Calling all Crafters for the Gateway Festival Oct. 6 at Patriot’s Park in Kings Mountain! The Gateway Festival features a variety of activities to draw guests from across the region and is a celebration of Kings Mountain music, art, history and culture. In its 10th year, the Gateway Festival features artisan and craftspeople from across the region. Crafts feature everything from primitive wood crafts to handmade jewelry, homemade soaps to personalized children’s books. “This isn’t a juried event,” says Loretta Cozart, “but we bring in a good representation of crafts from our area.” If you would like to participate as a crafter, visit the City of Kings Mountain’s website (www.cityofkm.com) and download an application from the Special Events page. Cost to participate is $30 and proceeds benefit the Col. Frederick Hambright, Daughters of the American Revolution scholarship fund. The registration should be mailed to: D.A.R., c/o Loretta Cozart, 421 Minuet Lane, Suite 204, Charlotte, NC 28217.

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teer for KMLT’s production of “Dairy Queen Days” is asked to contact director, Andy Neisler drewvan@carolina.rr.com or Jim Champion at (704-692-2897) or at email jimchampion@carolina.rr.com. Volunteers are needed for set elements construction and painting; stage crew; tech crew; costuming; front of the house; and promotions. Prior experience is not required.

Cinderfellas sought The Cleveland Women’s Network is looking for a few brave men to model a pair of high heels to raise money for the Cleveland County Abuse Prevention Council. Nominate a man in your organization and make pledges to see him model a pair of heels. The man that raises the most money will win a major prize package. Cinderfellas will model their heels at the Taste of Cleveland County event on Oct. 11 at the Council on the Aging/Neal Senior Center. The event is from 5:30 - 8:30 pm. To nominate a Cinderfella and receive pledge forms or for more information contact Vickie Tessener at 704-487-8521 or email vickie@clevelandchamber.org.

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Fellowship & Faith

Church Service Directory KINGS MOUNTAIN Advent Lutheran Church, NALC Member KM Senior Center 909 E. Kings St. Ardent Life Church 420 Branch Street 704-739-7700 Arise Church Kings Mountain YMCA 211 Cleveland Ave. Bethlehem Baptist Church 1017 Bethlehem Road 704-739-7487 Boyce Memorial ARP Church Edgemont Drive 704-739-4917 Burning Bush House of God 310 Long Branch Rd (KM) 704-739-2877 Calvary Way Holiness Church 1017 Second Street Pastor Clifton Morgan

Church at Kings Mountain 108 E. Mountain St. (KM Women’s Club Bldg.) 704-739-1323 Cornerstone Church Of God 202 Margrace Road 704-739-3773 Cornerstone Independent Baptist 107 Range Road 704-737-0477 Crowders Mountain Baptist 125 Mayberry Lane 704-739-0310 David Baptist Church 2300 David Baptist Church Road 704-739-4555 Dixon Presbyterian Church 602 Dixon School Road dixonpresbyterian.com East Gold Street Wesleyan Church 701 E. Gold Street 704-739-3215

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Gospel Assembly Church 202 S. Railroad Avenue 704-739-5351

Faith Holiness Church Hwy. 161/Bessemer City Rd. 704-739-1997

Good Hope Presbyterian Church 105 N. Cansler Street 704-739-1062

Family Worship Center 1818 Shelby Road 704-739-7206

Carson Memorial Baptist Church 262 Sparrow Springs Road 704-739-2247

East Kings Mountain Church of God Hwy 161, Bessemer City/KM Hwy. 704-739-7367

Central United Methodist Church 113 S. Piedmont Avenue 704-739-2471

Eastside Baptist Church 308 York Road 704-739-8055

Cherokee St. Baptist Church 421 S. Cherokee Street 704-739-7697

Ebenezer Baptist Church 1621 County Line Road 704-739-8331

Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church 618 Chestnut Ridge Road 704-739-4015 Christian Freedom Southern Baptist Church 246 Range Road 704-739-4152

El Bethel United Methodist Church 122 El-bethel Road 704-739-9174

First Wesleyan Church 505 N. Piedmont Avenue 704-739-4266

Emmanuel Independent Baptist Church 602 Canterbury Road 704-739-9939

Galilee United Methodist 117 Galilee Church Road 704-739-7011

Christ The King Catholic Church 714 Stone Street 704-487-7697

Faith Ablaze Church 1128 S. York Road 704-739-8496

First Baptist Church 605 W. King Street 704-739-3651 First Church of the Nazarene 121 Countryside Road 704-734-1143 First Presbyterian Church 111 E. King Street 704-739-8072

Grace Fellowship 144 West Mountain Street 704-481-8888 Grace United Methodist Church 830 Church Street 704-739-6000 Harvest Baptist Church 144 Ware Road 704-734-0714 Kings Mountain Baptist Church 101 W. Mountain Street 704-739-2516 Life of Worship Ministries 405 S. Cherokee St. 704-777-2927

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Government Kings Mountain City Council - meets Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. at Kings Mountain City Hall, 101 W. Gold St. 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. 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. KM Kiwanis Club – Meets each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. for dinner in the Community Room (lower level) at the Mauney Memorial Library, South Piedmont Ave. KM Lions Club – Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Linwood Restaurant, 805 Cleveland Ave. Community Trustee Council Meetings for 2012: Thursday, Oct. 4, 5 p.m. at Kings Mountain Hospital Thursday, Dec. 20, 5 p.m. at Cleveland Regional Medical Center

Hospice Corks & Taps for Hospice – a big fundraiser for Hospice of Cleveland County, will be held Oct. 18 at the LeGrand Center in Shelby. Food and beverage tasting from 6-9 p.m., music by Harvest and Jaron Strom, and a silent auction from 6-8 p.m will highlight the event. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. For more information call 704-4874677 or visit the website at www.hospicecares.cc Memory Bear Workshop – Tuesday, Oct. 23, 9 a.m.-noon or 4 p.m.-7 p.m. at Hospice Cleveland County Administration Building, 951 Wendover Heights Dr., Shelby. 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 704-487-4677 ext. 166 if you plan to attend.

Patrick Senior Center All events, unless otherwise listed will be at the Patrick Senior Center, 909 E. King St., Kings Mountain. – HL Exercise Class – 9-9:30 a.m., every Monday and Friday. – Ceramics – 9:30-11:30 a.m., every Monday.

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The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net – Seniors in Motion – 10:30-11:30 a.m., every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with instructors from the Y. – Quilting – 12:30-3 p.m., every Monday, and 1-3 p.m. every Thursday. – Low-Impact Aerobics – 1-2 p.m., every Monday and Wednesday, with instructors from Shapes by Jodi. – Knitting – 9-11 a.m., every Tuesday. – Computer class – 9-2 p.m., every Tuesday and Thursday. – Bible History – 10-11 a.m., every Tuesday. – Sewing class – 11-noon, every Tuesday. – Evening Line Dance class – 6-7:30 p.m., every Tuesday. – First Place Healthy Lifestyle – 8:30-9:30 a.m., every Wednesday. – Scrapbook committee meets – 10-11 a.m., every Wednesday. – Jewelry-making class – 1-2 p.m., every Wednesday. – Healthy Lifestyle class meets – 8-9:30 a.m., every Thursday. – Intermediate Line Dance – 10-11:30 a.m., every Thursday. – Bingo – 10:45-11:30 a.m., every Thursday. – Yoga – 1:30-2:30 p.m., every Thursday, with instructor Marlene Smith. – Men’s Coffee – 9-10:30 a.m., every Friday. – Women’s Tea – 9-10:30 a.m., every Friday. – Wii Bowling League – noon, every Friday. – Zumba Gold Exercise – 1-2 p.m., every Friday, with instructors from the Y. – Veterans meet – first Tuesday of each month, 3 p.m. – Monthly birthday party – fourth Tuesday of each month, 10:45 a.m. – Depression support group – first Wednesday of each month, 10:30 a.m. – Blood pressure clinic – third Wednesday of each month, 10 a.m.

Crowders Mountain State Park Programs All programs typically last 1-1.5 hours and, unless otherwise noted, will start at the park’s Visitor Center, 522 Park Office Lane, Gastonia. All programs are appropriate for children unless otherwise stated. Auxiliary aids require a seven day advanced notice. For more information, call 704-853-5375. – Late Summer Lake Hike – Sunday, Sept. 30, 5 p.m. Meet at the lake parking lot. If raining, program will be canceled. – National Public Lands Day Workday – Saturday, Sept. 29, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Meet at the Boulders Access Area at 8:30. Register for the event online at http://www.rei.com/pineville

Southern Arts Society All events, unless otherwise listed will be at the Kings Mountain Art Center (the old depot), 301 N. Piedmont Ave., 704-739-5585. Events are free unless noted otherwise. Calling all potters - Southern Arts Society is holding a new fundraiser and potters and the public are invited to participate. Donate as many handmade mugs as you can spare and those mugs will be sold for $15 each. The mugs will be filled with coffee, cider, or hot chocolate and those donating and participating can munch on Christmas cookies as well. The donated mugs are due to the Southern Arts Society at the Depot Center by Oct. 1 so that ticket sales can begin. Gateways to the South 2012 – a judged Art Competition and Exhibit, will be held Oct. 4Nov. 9 at the Kings Mountain Art Center, the Depot, 301 N. Piedmont Ave., sponsored by the Southern Arts Society. For complete rules, prizes and information call 704.739.5585. The next series of adult pottery classes with Ben Davison will begin October 9th. The cost is $85 for eight weeks, supplies are not included. Clay used for the class must be purchased from SASI. The class will meet Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7pm to 9pm. Beginners welcome. Anyone interested may join the current class and the fees will be prorated. To sign up call SASI at 704-7395585. The annual Open House and Art for Christmas show opens on November 18th and lasts

Your guide to area events

the entire month of December. The Get Mugged date will be Saturday, December 8th from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Mug selection will be on a first come, first serve basis. This will be a day for shopping for ticket holders and give the gift show a boost in sales as well. The Shutter Light Group (the photography club) - meets the third Tuesday, monthly, at 6:30 p.m. The photography club focuses on how to take better photographs with informative programs and sharing techniques between members.

Museum Events All events, unless otherwise listed will be at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum, 100 East Mountain St., 704-739-1019. “Reflections of Civil War Soldiers” exhibit – opens Sept. 25-Nov. 9. The exhibit will showcase the personal letters and papers written by soldiers of the Civil War. In conjunction with the exhibit, Mark Hughes, author of “The New Civil War Handbook: Facts and Photos for Readers of All Ages,” will be giving a presentation at the Museum the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 23.

Action at the Y All events, unless otherwise listed will be at the Kings Mountain YMCA, 211 Cleveland Ave., 704-739-9631. Adult Softball Leagues - The Kings Mountain Family YMCA is now registering for Adult Softball leagues. The program fee is $400 for a team (maximum of 15 persons per team). All games will be played at YMCA softball fields. Season will include pre-season tournament, regular season and post season tournament. For more information contact John Maynard at 704-739-9631 or email jmaynard@clevecoymca.org 2nd Annual Kings Mountain Family YMCA Golf Tournament - Oct. 10, at River Bend YMCA Golf Club, 3005 Longwood Dr., Shelby. Registration, driving range, food at 11 a.m. and shotgun start at 12 p.m. Prizes to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams. Prizes for longest drive and all closest to pins. Fee is $60 per person or $240 per team. Fee includes: lunch, golf, prizes, goodie bags, driving range, etc. Limited space to first 24 teams. Corporate Sponsorships and hole sponsors needed for event. All proceeds go to the YMCA scholarship campaign. For more information contact the YMCA at 704-739-9631 or e-mail kosborne@clevecoymca.org

formation and tickets at 704-271-0629. The annual reunion of the descendants of John William and James Edward Carroll will be held Sunday, Oct. 7, at the fellowship hall of Temple Baptist Church, 612 N. Cansler St., Kings Mountain. A covered dish lunch will be served at 1 p.m. Invite family members to join the group. The Kings Mountain High School Class of 1962 will meet for its 50th reunion at Deer Brook Golf Club in Shelby Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 6 p.m. The event will feature dinner, a cash bar and DJ entertainment. The cost to attend is $40 per person. Payments may be mailed to Sandy B. Wilson, P.O. Box 84, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. All checks are due Aug. 31.

Special Events Cleveland County Chamber members are invited to get a preview of the Cleveland County Fair on Sept. 27 at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast at Edwards Catering Stand on the Midway. Attorney-at-Law Jesse Bone will explain to veterans how to get the benefits they deserve at a meeting Thursday, Oct. 4. The meeting is free of charge and open to any veteran or family member. It will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Life Enrichment Center Adult Day Health Service in Shelby, located at 110 Life Enrichment Blvd., just off Fallston Road, between Teddy and Meekins Law Office and Cornerstone Dental Associates. Handicap parking is located behind Life Enrichment near the meeting room. For more information, please call Linda at 704.484.0405 or email: linda@lifeenrichmentcenter.org. Culture series at GW University – The culture, literature, and traditions of the Cherokee people will be showcased next month as part of the Southern Appalachian Culture Series (SACS), to be held Oct. 12-13 in Boiling Springs, N.C. The weekend’s activities will kick off with the Southern Appalachian Culture Film Festival from Oct. 8 – 11. In partnership with the Cleveland County Arts Council’s Real to Reel Film Festival, each night, films will be shown that highlight aspects of life in the Southern Appalachian region. Screenings will be shown each night at 7 p.m. in the Time Warner Cable Theater, inside Tucker Student Center, located on the campus of Gardner-Webb University.

Zumba

Reunions The Kings Mountain High School Class of 1954 will hold the 58th reunion Saturday, Oct. 6, at 6:30 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church. Mayor Rick Murphrey will be guest speaker. Joe Hedden, former KMHS band director, will be a special guest. The Kings Mountain High School Class of 1992 will hold its 20th reunion October 6. Parents of deceased students and teachers are welcome. Call Jennifer Surratt- Hord for in-

Zumba Fitness class – Every first and third Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m. at East Gold St. Wesleyan Church Family Life Center, 701 East Gold Street, KM. Call Renee at 704-9647235 for more information. Zumba – Every Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, 7 p.m., Kings Mountain National Guard Armory, 300 Phifer Road. Instructor is Jennifer Stacey. Zumba toning classes – Every Monday, 7:30 p.m.

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Classified Ads Homes For Rent/Sale MOBILE HOMES AND APARTMENTS FOR RENT IN KINGS MOUNTAIN-Prices starting at $100/week. Call 704-739-4417 or (evening) 704-7391425. (tfn) UPSCALE 3 BR HOUSE in KM for rent. 1 level, wellmaintained, excellent location, tremendous storage, new kitchen, fireplace, nice yard and good school district. 704-7300093. ( 9/26, 10.03, 10, and 17)

Land for Sale Lots in Gaston, Cleveland, & Cherokee Co, some with water & septic, owner will fin with low DP. Call Bryant Realty 704-5679 8 3 6 w w w. b r y a n t r e alty.org . (9/26)

Misc. for Sale COUCH, café table and four chairs, chest of drawers for sale. Call (704) 419-3419. (tfn)

Wanted to Buy CASH ON THE SPOT! Will buy tools or building full of merchandise, or pictures, or anything of value. (704)300-0827 or (704) 300-7676. (9/26)

Autos EXCEPTIONAL 1996 Mercedes Benz SL1500. Both tops. Only 70,000 miles. Was dealer’s wife’s personal car. Beautiful dark emerald green with tan leather interior. Needs nothing. Owner can no longer drive or it would not be for sale. $13,000 firm.

704-734-0223 or 704-466-4782. (tfn)

Pets FREE CUTE KITTENS!!!! All colors, male & female. Can’t keep. Live on busy highway. Please call 704718-3519. (9/26)

Insurance INSURANCE RATES TOO HIGH? Call The Parnell Agency. 703 E. 2nd Ave., Gastonia. 704-864-8621 or 704-867-8841. (tfn)

Yard Sale –Deadline NOON Friday KM YARD SALE – Sat., Sept., 29th, 7 am – Until. On the corner of Hwy 216 & Scism Rd. Christmas decorations, household items, clothes, shoes and etc.

Help Wanted DRIVERS: Rapid growing grocery hauler. New Pay Package & Awesome Benefit's. Sign On Bonus. Newer Trucks. Local/Regional. CDL-A, 3yrs Exp. 888-784-8871. (9/19 & 26) PERSONAL HOME CARE OF NC needs CNA’S for Lincoln and Gaston Counties. Bi-Lingual is a plus. Please call 704-732-7021 and ask for Jennifer or Charlie. Fax resume to 704-7327 0 2 2 . (9/26,10/03,10,17) Epes Transport. Dedicated Positions available. Drive unload. Home every week. Great pay. Excellent benefits. Paid holidays & vacation. CDL A & 1 year OTR Exp. Req. 888-293-3232. www.epestrans-

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Legals NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CLEVELAND COUNTY BEFORE THE CLERK OF COURT FILE NO.: 12 SP 335 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF ROBERT R. JOHNSON AND WIFE, PEGGY B. JOHNSON, Mortgagors, to MICHAEL R. MAGUIRE, Trustee; WESLEY L. DEATON, Substitute Trustee, NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE BOOK 1637, PAGE 1446 CITIZENS SOUTH BANK, Mortgagee. Dated June 29, 2007, recorded in Book 1526, at Page 478 Securing the original amount of $98,400.00 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert R. Johnson and Peggy B. Johnson, 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 5th day of September, 2012, 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 Friday the 5th day of October, 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: BEING the full contents of Lot No. 3 of the MINOR SUBDIVISION OF JAMIE CAMP as shown on a plat of said subdi-

vision recorded in Plat Book 28 at Page 118 of the Cleveland County Registry. THIS PROPERTY HAS THE ADDRESS OF: 1804 DAVID DRIVE SHELBY, NC 28150 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. §45-21.29 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 5th day of September, 2012. By: /s/__Wesley L. Deaton Wesley L. Deaton, Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 2459 Denver, NC 28037 (704) 489-2491 KMH3480 (9/26 & 10/03/12)

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NOTICE OF DATES AND OFFICES PERTINENT TO THE 2012 GENERAL ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to G.S. 163-33 (8), that the VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE for the November 6, 2012 GENERAL ELECTION is FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012. The following offices will be submitted to the voters of Cleveland County on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012: PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT NC GOVERNOR NC LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NC ATTORNEY GENERAL NC AUDITOR NC COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE NC COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE NC COMMISSIONER OF LABOR NC SECRETARY OF STATE NC SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION NC TREASURER NC STATE SENATE DISTRICT 46 NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 110 NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 111 REGISTER OF DEEDS CLEVELAND COUNTY COMMISSIONER-3 SEATS NON-PARTISAN OFFICES SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE (NEWBY) COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE (MCGEE) COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE (BRYANT) COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE (THIGPEN) DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 27B (BLACK) DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 27B (FOSTER) DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 27B (SHUFFORD) DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 27B (WILSON) SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SUPERVISOR-1 SEAT VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE for these elections is: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012 AT 5:00 P.M. ABSENTEE VOTING shall be permitted for these elections. Absentee voting period begins AFTER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012. "ONE-STOP" “NO EXCUSE” ABSENTEE VOTING shall begin on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012, with weekday hours of 8:00 A.M.–7:00 P.M. This absentee voting opportunity will be conducted at the Offices of the Cleveland County Board of Elections, 215 Patton Drive, Shelby, N.C. The Board of Elections Offices will be open SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012 from 8:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. ONE-STOP ABSENTEE VOTING hours for the Saturday before the Election, NOVEMBER 3, 2012, are from 8:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. at the CLEVELAND COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICES, 215 PATTON DRIVE, SHELBY, N.C. IN ADDITION TO THE CCBOE OFFICES, THERE WILL BE 3 ADDITIONAL SATELLITE “ONESTOP” ABSENTEE VOTING SITES OPEN THE LAST WEEK PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, BEGINNING MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2012 THROUGH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012. KINGS MOUNTAIN VOTING AREA’S SATELLITE SITE IS BOYCE MEMORIAL ARP CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL, 111 EDGEMONT DRIVE, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. 28086. THE BOILING SPRINGS AREA WILL BE HOSTED BY THE BOILING SPRINGS TOWN HALL, 145 S MAIN STREET, BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. 28017. THE UPPER END OF CLEVELAND COUNTY’S SATELLITE SITE WILL BE AT PALM TREE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL, 1160 W STAGECOACH TRAIL, LAWNDALE, N.C. 28090 THE DAYS AND HOURS FOR THE KINGS MOUNTAIN SATELLITE SITE WILL BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER

29, 2012 – NOVEMBER 2, 2012 FROM 10:30 A.M. UNTIL 6:30 P.M. AND SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012 FROM 9:00 A.M. UNTIL 1:00 P.M. THE BOILING SPRINGS AREA AND UPPER CLEVELAND COUNTY AREA’S DAYS AND HOURS FOR EARLY VOTING WILL BE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012 – NOVEMBER 2, 2012, WITH HOURS FROM 10:30 A.M. UNTIL 6:30 P.M. AND SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012 FROM 9:00 A.M. UNTIL 1:00 P.M. ALL PRECINCTS POLLING PLACES will be open from 6:30 A.M. until 7:30 P.M. on the day of the election. The only change in polling sites is KINGS MOUNTAIN SOUTH PRECINCT’S polling site will now be located at CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 113 S Piedmont Avenue, Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086. THE FOLLOWING POLLING SITES will be open on Election Day, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012: BETHWARE PRECINCT: Bethlehem Baptist Church Fellowship Hall BOILING SPRINGS PRECINCT: Boiling Springs Baptist Church Fellowship Hall CASAR PRECINCT: Casar Town Hall FALLSTON PRECINCT: Fallston Community Volunteer Fire Department GROVER PRECINCT: Grover Town Hall HOLLY SPRINGS PRECINCT: Boiling Spgs Rural Fire Station #2 KINGS MOUNTAIN NORTH PRECINCT: KINGS MOUNTAIN YMCA KINGS MOUNTAIN SOUTH PRECINCT: CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CH KINGSTOWN PRECINCT: Palmer Grove Baptist Church Fell.Hall LATTIMORE PRECINCT: Lattimore Town Hall LAWNDALE PRECINCT: Community Center Building MRB-YO PRECINCT: Trinity Community Building MULLS PRECINCT: Belwood Community Building OAKGROVE PRECINCT: Oak Grove Baptist Church Fellow.Hall POLKVILLE PRECINCT: Polkville Fire Department RIPPY PRECINCT: New Hope Baptist Church Fellow. Hall SHANGHAI PRECINCT: Shanghai Fire Department SHELBY #1 PRECINCT: Grover Street Fire Department SHELBY #2 PRECINCT: Cleveland County Volunteer Fire Dept. SHELBY #3 PRECINCT: Shelby City Park SHELBY #4 PRECINCT: Ryburn Memorial Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall SHELBY #5 PRECINCT: Restoration Learning Center SHELBY #6 PRECINCT: Putnam Memorial Baptist Church Fellowship Hall SHELBY #7 PRECINCT: Westview Baptist Church Fellow. Hall SHELBY #8 PRECINCT: Neal Senior Center WACO PRECINCT: Waco Community Building Questions, please contact the Cleveland County Board of Elections: 704-484-4858. The designated HANDICAP POLLING SITE for Cleveland County is the CLEVELAND COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE, 215 Patton Drive. This is the 5th day of September 2012. CLEVELAND COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS absentee ballot or application for such ballot. You may inquire as to absentee voting procedures by contacting your local board of elections. This is the 4th day of September, 2012. CLEVELAND COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS KMH3475 (9/26,10/03,10//2012)

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Wresting championship Madden attends Jr. NYLC to benefit Hollie Hawkins New Millennium championship wrestling comes to the Kings Mountain National Guard Armory Saturday night at 7 p.m. and all the proceeds are for threeyear-old Hollie Hawkins, who is battling congenital heart disease. One of the wrestlers is her uncle, Chris Childers, or “Thunder,’’ as he is known in the wrestling arena. His wife, Missy Childers, is event coordinator. Tickets are $5 and will assist with family expenses incurred during Hollie’s third open heart surgery recently. New Millennium is owned by Shane Austin. “They do a lot of fundraisers

Chris “Thunder” Childers

and like my brother and his family always doing something for someone else,’’ said Mrs. Childers. Other wrestlers include American GI of Kings Mountain, Star Rider, Donavan Cruise, Tim Hunter, “Nature Boy,’’Mad Dog Sawyer, and more.

Three year old Hollie Hawkins suffers from congenital heart disease. All proceeds from the wresting championship will benefit her health care needs.

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S E R V I C E

“Hollie is doing well and full of energy,’’ said her proud father, Rev. Ron Hawkins. “Go Red for Hollie” is the theme of the benefit which will also feature baked goods available to the public.

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Matt Madden, 6th grader at KM Intermediate School and son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Madden of Kings Mountain, was among 250 students from across the United States attending a recent Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, DC. Matt was nominated by his 5th grade teacher, Kelly Peeler Hamrick. During the past school year he was on the straight A honor roll and participated in the Duke TIS program, the Boy Scout program and played basketball and baseball at Kings Mountain YMCA. He is active in Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Shelby. During the six day program in the nation’s capitol, Matt took part in educational activities and presentations on the theme “Voices for Leadership: Reflecting on the Past to create the Future.” He also explored relevant sites such as Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, West Virgina, and Washington DC museums and memorials. The students also studied the impact of leader-

KM Intermediate School student Matt Madden was among 250 students from across the United States attending a recent Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, DC. ship through critical periods of American history including the Civil War and Reconstruction, World War II, the Great Depression and the Civil Rights Movement. Matt said after the conference that he gained a greater sense of the role of individuals in American democracy, as well as the

responsibilities of being a leader. The Congressional Youth Leadership Council sponsored the event. Marguerite Regan, Ph.D., Dean of Academic Affairs, said “Young people are not only welcome in Washington, DC. they actually keep this city and our country running.”

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w FINAL DAYS OF OUR MOVING SALE! e N l l A n We’r i e m Co

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12,064

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14,222

2010 CHEVY COBALT LT ONLY

T044898 • AUTO • LIKE NEW!

10,876

2010 FORD FOCUS SES ONLY

P198724 • RIMS • SPOILER • AUTO • AC • CD

14,387

T015688 • AUTO • LOW MILES • NICE

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12,999

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13,991

2011 MAZDA2 SPORT HATCH ONLY

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13,448

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14,878

2007 NISSAN ALTIMA 3.5 SE ONLY

T481327 • AUTO • LIKE NEW • 1 OWNER

12,500

2012 DODGE AVENGER ONLY

• AUTO • LIKE NEW • ONE OWNER • LOW MILES

14,998

2011 CHEVROLET HHR ONLY

P616886 • AUTO • LOW MILES • ONE OWNER

12,972

2011 FORD FUSION SE ONLY

T239291 • SUNROOF • LOWMILES • ONE OWNER

16,288

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2012 HYUNDAI ACCENT ONLY

T141217 • AUTO • 1,801 MILES

15,762

2011 CHEVY CRUZ LT ONLY

P841223 • AUTO • ONLY 30K MILES • 1 OWNER

16,974

2008 HONDA PILOT ONLY

T044898 • LOW MILES • GREAT MPGs • CLEAN

21,997

2011 HONDA ACCORD ONLY

T017279 • ROOF • CPE EX • ONLY 7K MILES

20,997

2012 SCION IQ ONLY

P011978 • AUTO • ONLY 5K MILES • 1 OWNER

15,891

2012 NISSAN ALTIMA ONLY

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17,498

2011 HONDA ACCORD EXL T019057 ONLY • ROOF • LEATHER • NAVIGATION

21,998

2005 NISSAN 350Z ONLY

P606871 • TOURING • LEATHER • LOW MILES

16,998

2007 TOYOTA CAMRY ONLY

T029939 • LEATHER • HYBRID • LOW MILES • LIKE NEW

14,971

2012 NISSAN NV ONLY

P109096 • AUTO • LOW MILES • REARVIEW MIRROR

18,988

2011 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR LS P035214 ONLY • AUTO • LOW MILES • ONE OWNER

16,362

2011 NISSAN QUEST VAN ONLY

P002274 • LOW LOW MILES • AUTO • LIKE NEW

20,998

2011 KIA SOUL ONLY

T338533 • AUTO • LOW MILES • LIKE NEW

15,709

2011 CHRYSLER 300 ONLY

IN THE WRAPPER!

21,997

2010 FORD MUSTANG GT ONLY

P112402 • CONVERTIBLE • LEATHER • LOW MILES

25,998

2010 MERCEDES BENZ GLK350 • LOW MILES ONLY • LIKE NEW • SPORTY • MANUFACTURES WARRANTY

29,878

2012 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S P478587 ONLY • AUTO • ONE OWNER • ONLY 8K MILES

18,473

2008 CADILLAC SRX ONLY

T198836 • LEATHER • LOW MILES • ROOF

21,997

2011 MAZDA CX7 ONLY

T399405 • LOW MILES • i SPORT • LIKE NEW

18,971

2011 GMC ACADIA SLE ONLY

T277480 • AUTO • LOW MILES • ONE OWNER

25,826

2008 TOYOTA 4RUNNER SR5 ONLY T006991 • SUNROOF • WHEELS

13230

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18,473

2008 TOYOTA TACOMA SR5 T006091 ONLY • AUTO • SPORT • CREW CAB

23,874

2006 HONDA RIDGELINE ONLY

T541979 • LEATHER • AUTO • LIKE NEW

16,983

2006 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT ONLY

T552882 • TRX4 • CREW CAB • AUTO • OFF ROAD

TAX, TITLE, LICENSE AND DEALER DOC FEE EXTRA WITH CREDIT APPROVAL. PHOTOS FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY.

I-85

Home of Thee LIFETIME WARRANTY Y

Unlimited Miles. s. Unlimited TIME. E.

18,900