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Volume 131 • Issue 8
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February 20, 2019
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How sweet it is at Sweet House Bakery By Loretta Cozart
The façade of the McGill / Ruppe building has been transformed and the planters removed. See more renovation photos on page 7A. Photo by Loretta Cozart
Renovations continue in downtown KM By Loretta Cozart Renovations continue in downtown Kings Mountain as new owners invest in their properties in the central business district. Gregg Johnson installed new windows in his building on Battleground Avenue this week. The energy effi-
cient replacement windows match the original six-oversix windows that have been in the building since 1914. Brickwork for the patio was installed in the open space beside the John McGill / Tony Ruppe property on Mountain Street. Windows and doors were cut-in and brick flower boxes at
the front of the building were removed last week. Jim Thompson continues with renovations of the interior of Griffin Drug Center. Flooring and ceiling tiles were removed as workers cleaned out the building. Remaining fixtures include See RENOVATIONS, Page 8A
On Valentine’s Day, the Sweet House Bakery did a brisk business, with folks coming in and out all-day long picking-up treats for their special Valentines. Owner Karren Walls and her staff worked hard the day before, preparing chocolate covered strawberries for customers. They baked cupcakes... dozens and dozens of cupcakes of all varieties. According to Walls, their Strawberry Valentine cupcakes are almost as popular as their chocolate covered strawberries. “Valentine’s Day isn’t just about couples; it’s about love,” Walls explains. “And love is for everybody. “One of my customers came in and ordered Strawberries for the five favorite women in his life. When I turned and looked at him, he explained ‘No, I didn’t mean it that way.’ Then he explained he was ordering for his wife, mother, and three daughters,” she laughed. “He ordered two and a half dozen chocolate covered strawberries and had us put them in five individual boxes.” See BAKERY, Page 8A
Karren Walls with her bakery’s best seller, the Cherry Lemon Sundrop cupcake. Photos by Loretta Cozart
Chocolate covered strawberries are a customer favorite.
Williams honored for service to the community By Loretta Cozart
HOUSER SWORN IN AS BUILDING AND ZONING DIRECTOR – Clint Houser was sworn in as Building and Zoning Director for the City of Kings Mountain on Thursday, February 14 at 10:30 a.m. in Council Chambers by Mayor Scott Neisler. “I look forward to working with the people of Kings Mountain in the Building and Codes Department,” said Houser. By Loretta Cozart – Photo provided
Gov. Cooper names Cheri Beasley Chief Justice of NC Supreme Court On Tuesday, him well in his new February 12, role,” said Gov. CooGovernor Roy per. “Justice Beasley is Cooper named a well-respected jurist, Associate Justice and I know her to be Cheri Beasley as fair and deeply commitChief Justice of ted to viewing all North the North CarCarolinians equally olina Supreme through the eyes of the BEASLEY Court. law. I appreciate Jus“Chief Justice Mark Mar- tice Beasley’s willingness to tin has admirably served our serve the people of our state state for years, and I wish in this critical role.” Justice Beasley has served on the North Carolina Supreme Court since 2012.
She was previously an Associate Judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and before that served as a District Court Judge. Governor Jim Hunt first appointed Justice Beasley to the state bench in 1999. Beasley is a graduate of Rutgers University and received her J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Justice Beasley will serve as the state’s first African American female Chief Justice of North Carolina.
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Wednesday, February 6 was proclaimed “Lester L. Williams Day” by Mayor Scott Neisler in honor of Williams’ distinguished service to Kings Mountain. Mayor Neisler presented the Resolution and a Key to the City in a ceremony on February 9. Lester Williams is a native of Louisiana who moved to North Carolina in 1994 with his wife and two daughters. He is the proud grandfather of three grandchildren. Williams lives in Kings Mountain, where he has a passion for serving his community as a member of Adams Chapel AME Zion Church. At his church, he serves as the Trustee Chairman, class leader, Sunday School teacher, Bible study teacher, choir member, Finance Committee member, and Lay Council President. He also serves on the Lincolnton District Finance Committee, secretary for the District Men’s Ministry, chaplain for the District Lay
Mayor Neisler presents a resolution and the Key to the City to Lester Williams for his service to Kings Mountain. (Photo provided) Council, and secretary for the Western North Carolina Men’s Ministry. Williams has worked for over 30 years in the computer electronic field and has recently completed a Biblical Studies Program at MZR Bible College at
Mount Zion Restoration Church in Gastonia. Williams has served the City of Kings Mountain in the past at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance by reciting Dr. King’s historic “I Have A Dream” speech.
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