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YES! THERE IS A SANTA! The City of Kings Mountain is proud to announce the presenting sponsor for 2019 "Home for Christmas” Parade and Celebration: 238 Cherokee Grill and Pizzeria, both of which are located in downtown Kings Mountain. Join us for the "Home for Christmas” Parade, December 7 at 3:00 pm followed by our “Home for Christmas” Celebration December 7, 14 and 21 5:30-8:30 pm. For more information on this special event, access the Kings Mountain Special Event’s website at www.kingsmountainchristmas.com. Pictured left to right: Angela Padgett, Special Events Director, Christy Conner, City of KM Special Events Director and Rob Bolin, owner of 238 Cherokee Grill and Pizzeria. (Photo provided)
Santa Claus is coming to town
KM Christmas parade this Saturday, Dec. 7 By Loretta Cozart Kings Mountain kicks off the holiday season with their Home for Christmas Parade this Saturday, December 7, at 3 pm in downtown. More than 100 entrants have registered to participate in this year’s event. Country Music Recording Artist and Kings Mountain native, Jimmy Wayne serves as Grand Marshal. The parade begins lineup at 2 pm on East Gold Street near Mountain Rest Cemetery. The parade route will proceed downtown and turn right on South Battleground Avenue, then right on US 74
Santa will visit with make a special trip to Kings Mountain this Saturday to hear Christmas wishes and begin the Christmas season. Photo provided at King Street and disband on East Kings Street near Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Spectators are encouraged to take chairs or stand See KM PARADE, Page 7A
Patrick Senior Center food drive, gift shop sale The Patrick Senior Center will be collecting non-perishable food items for low-income seniors in the Kings Mountain area. Food can be donated at Walmart or the Senior Center now through December
15. Seniors, age 55 and over who need assistance with emergency food may pick up a bag of food while they last at the Patrick Senior Center on Wednesday, December 18 from 9 am until noon. The gift shop at the Patrick Senior Center will be having a Christmas Sale during the week of December 2 through December 6.
Shop from 9 am to 1 pm each day. The shop has lots of marked down items that would make great Christmas gifts! Sale items include jewelry, purses, handmade items, and more. The sale is open to the public. The Patrick Senior Center is located at 909 E. King Street in Kings Mountain. For questions, contact the Senior Center at 704-7340447.
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Candidate filing for most 2020 political contests began on Dec. 2 at noon and ends on Dec. 20 at noon at the Cleveland County Board of Elections in Shelby. The Primary election is March 3, 2020 and the general election is Nov. 3, 2020. Elections Director Clifton Philbeck said new House and Senate districts went into effect recently. These changes will affect around 23,000 registered voters in Cleveland County. New Year 2020 will see the county school board election, the election of county commissioners and other officials, and state and national leaders. Philbeck said that NC congressional districts have changed as well but a threejudge panel of Wake County Superior Court enjoined filing for the 2020 congressional Primary elections. Pursuant to the order, the State Board of Elections may
PHILBECK not accept any filings for candidates for the Congressional primary until further order of the court. Seats open on the county board of commissioners are currently held by Susan Allen, Johnny Hutchins and Ronnie Whetstine. These are four- year terms. Filing fee is $97. Seats open on the board of education are four- year terms and are currently held by Richard Hooker, Shearra Miller, Jo Boggs, Roger Harris, and Jeff Jones. Filing fee
is $20. In NC Senate District 442 Ted Alexander is incumbent. This is a two -year term. Filing fee is $140. In N. C. House 110 District Kelly Hastings is incumbent. This is a two- year term. Filing fee is $140. In N. C. House District 111 Tim Moore is the incumbent. This is a two- year term. The filing fee is $140. Betsy Harnage is the incumbent Register of Deeds for Cleveland County. This is a four- year term. The filing fee is $608. Incumbent District Court 27-B judges, all of Cleveland County, are Dean Black, Meredith Shuford, Jeannette Reeves, Larry Wilson and Justin Brackett. Filing fee is $1220. If a second primary is needed the date is April 21, 2020 for non-federal offices and currently May 12 for federal offices.
New route
Grover Christmas parade to be held this Saturday Grover’s Christmas Parade is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7 from 11 am to 1 pm. Line-up starts at 9 am. This year the new parade route starts at the intersection of Cleveland Avenue and Bethlehem Church Road traveling down Cleveland Ave., making a left onto
Carolina Ave., turning right on Main Street. From Main St., it turns right onto Cherry St., right on Mulberry Rd., then a left turn back onto Cleveland Ave finishing at Linden Street. The Grover Christmas parade has 55 confirmed entries this year. George Melton, Vietnam Veteran will serve as our Grand
Marshal. Other entries include Grover Mayor and elected officials, Sheriff Alan Norman, Senator Ted Alexander, Kings Mountain High School Marching Band, Ed Brown’s Rodeo and, of course, Santa! The Christmas Parade impacts several roads. Motorists are urged to use extreme caution.
Gas leak in downtown KM on Saturday By Loretta Cozart On Saturday, Nov. 30 at 11 am, Kings Mountain Police notified Kings Mountain Fire Department of a gas leak behind 133 West Mountain Street near the Cherokee Street parking lot. A Bobcat operator using a backhoe attachment broke a gas line, and the smell of natural gas inundated the downtown business district. Per Federal Required Standards, the KM’s Natural Gas Division is required to respond to natural gas emergencies. These emergencies can range from smell of gas, gas fires, gas explosions and damaged infrastructure or equipment. Calls can come to them via office calls or through 911. KMFD responded to the scene and immediately
Firefighters stand watch as the Natural Gas Dept. handles the situation. Photos by Loretta Cozart evacuated nearby businesses. Shopkeepers and customers spilled out of Revolution 1 coffee shop, Suze B's Gift Shop, and Ditto Consignment onto Battleground Avenue. While shops further away
continued business as usual, many shopkeepers nearer the scene waited over an hour to get back to work. Within 20 minutes, the gas had been shut-off to the area. Daryl Philbeck, City See GAS LEAK, Page 2A
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