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Mark your calendar For April events Three Spring events are planned in April and everyone is invited. Hop on down to the annual Easter Egg hunt on April 15 at 10 a.m. at Mayor Rick Murphrey Children’s Park, next to the YMCA on Cleveland Avenue, says Special Events Coordinator Christy Conner. More than 10,000 prize and candy eggs will be hidden across three sections of the Park for three age categories: 2 years and under, 3-5 year olds and 6-10 year olds. The EGGstravanza will include a petting zoo, music and a visit from the See APRIL EVENTS, Page 7A
Mauney, Navy are top teachers W e s t Elementary third grade teacher E r i n Mauney is West’s 2 0 1 7 Teacher of the Year ERIN MAUNEY and Kim Navy, Kindergarten assistant, is 2017 Assistant Teacher of the Year. T h e y KIM NAVY love their jobs and agree that the rewards are the tiny bits of joy spread throughout each day. “Teaching is my gift and I feel that it is a calling,’’ says Mauney, who says she continues to learn with her students., She provides a classroom environment where her students feel that they are family. She includes a mailbox where the
Medicine Drop Thursday child every eight minutes. During Operation Medicine Drop events, people can drop off over-the-counter drugs, prescriptions, samples and pet medications with no questions asked. Law enforcement partners will help dispose of the medications in the same secure way they dispose of other drug items. Drugs should not be flushed or thrown away in the garbage because they may contaminate water sources. A partnership of the N.C.
Department of Insurance’s Safe Kids North Carolina program, the State Bureau of Investigation, Riverkeepers Alliance and other agencies, Operation Medicine Drop events have retrieved and destroyed approximately 89 million doses of medications at 2,000 events since 2010. Last year hundreds of bottles of medicine were dropped off in the effort by Kings Mountain police in collaboration with Patrick Senior Center.
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Seven people were arrested in the initial phase of the annual narcotics roundup ALLISON by the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department. The operation, “Spring Clean 3-0,’’ is targeting mid-to-high level narcotics dealers who live in or visited Cleveland County for the purpose of selling drugs, according to a news release from the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office.
MORRIS Many of the targets in this investigation were identified as problems for various neighborhoods within Cleveland County through citizen drug complaints. Sheriff Alan Norman said the Sheriff’s Office will release the names of people who are arrested each week on Friday and will continue the operation until all suspects are arrested. “The Sheriff’s Office will continue to make drug investigations a high priority. Statistics have shown for years that drugs use leads to other crimes in particular breaking and entering and larcencies where users have to steal to fund their habit,’’ said Nor-
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students can leave notes to her and where they know their privacy is respected. She says that her students know they can work at different paces, read on different levels and be recognized for their strengths because “everyone is special in their own way.” She quotes Benjamin Franklin in her philosophy of teaching: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.” Her students receive hugs, high fives and a goofy dance for celebrating successes. She believes that building the feeling of self-worth and letting a student know their limits of independence crucial at a young age. Navy began working with KM District Schools in July 1996 as a part-time Title I assistant and crossing guard at East Elementary. After Title I funding was cut, she became a teacher assistant at West first and See TOP TEACHERS, Page 7A
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Pat Powell drops off expired medications to Det. Sgt. Todd McDougal, left, and Det. Cpl. Paul Alexander at the Patrick Senior Center Tuesday morning. Kings Mountain Police encourage residents to also drop off unused or expired medication on Thursday from 8 a.m.-12 noon and 12 noon to 4 p.m. at the H. Lawrence Patrick Senior Life and Conference Center on East King Street. Photo by KAREN GRIGG
Kings Mountain Police encourages Kings Mountain area residents to safely dispose of unused or expired medications this week during the observance of National Poison Prevention Week at the Kings Mountain Senior Center. Medications are the leading cause of child poisoning, with more than 64,000 children going to an emergency room nationwide for medicine poisoning each year, according to a study by Sate Kids Worldwide. That’s one
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Moore What’s in your medicine cabinet? is top Legislator N. C. H o u s e Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) was recently n a m e d N o r t h C a r o l i n a TIM MOORE Economic Development Association’s ‘‘Legislator of the Year.” “Helping business in the private sector create jobs remains my number one priority, and as Speaker of the House I focus on economic growth in North Carolina every day’’ Moore said. He added, “Just like Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (also named N. C. Economic Development Association Legislator of the Year, I wouldn’t be here today without the tremendous work of my fellow General Assembly members who are creating an economic climate that works for all citizens in the state.” He continued, “In Cleveland County we know how important our economic development process is to North Carolina. Having a good job solves so many problems for families, and our employers can hire from a world-class work force in our state,’’ said Moore. Moore, who has been reelected to a second term as Speaker, is a Kings Mountain lawyer. He said the award highlights the’’ positive economic impact and success of recent reforms we’ve passed on in the North Carolina House of Representatives.”
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man. He added, “The violence associated with drug dealing is also a huge concern of mine and those dealers who possess guns during drug transactions will be a very high priority.: Norman said the Sheriff’s Office takes complaints of drug sells very seriously and request that anyone with information on drug dealers in their neighborhood contact the Vice/Narcotics Division at 704-484-4987. Week one arrests: John David Allison, 209 Eastridge Dr., Lawndale, $40,000 secured bond. Possession of methamphetamine, felon flee to elude
J o e l Shores was elected to serve as chair of the Cleveland County GOP at the party’s county convention on JOEL SHORES Saturday, March 11. Shores served on the Republican Executive Committee in the mid-1990’s and on the Shelby City Council for eight years, from 2005 to 2013, serving as Mayor Pro Tem from 2009 to 2013. Although the city council seat was a non-partisan position, Shores said he has always held conservative values. ‘’I look forward to the challenge,” Shores said. “I believe this last election where all Republicans won in Cleveland County is the true statement about how the county feels. I have had many tell me the Demo-
cratic Party has left them, and it’s not what it used to be. To those who feel that way I say, ‘join us.’” “As I said at the convention there are over 500 minorities that are registered Republican in Cleveland County. The Republican Party has got a stigma attached to it that it’s the rich, white man’s party, which it is not. I want all, regardless of race, creed, sex, age or disability, to be a part of this party. My goal is to communicate who we really are, not who people think we are. The draw to the Republican Party, to me, has been its Judeo-Christian and family values and its belief in limited government and fiscal responsibility.” Don Allen was elected to continue serving as GOP vice chair and Pam Keller and Dawn Bowland were elected to serve as treasurer and secretary, respectively.
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City waiving vendor fees Festival time in Kings Mountain is fast approaching. The Kings Mountain Main Street Program is encouraging downtown businesses to participate and is waiving 2017 vendor fees
for those businesses located in the Kings Mountain Main Street Program district beginning with the 2017 festivals. All participating merchants must complete applications and follow
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SPRING SCENE - This is the time of the year to enjoy a hike at North Carolina State Parks and in Kings Mountain at Gateway Trail or the nearby Crowder’s Mountain State Park or to the top of Kings Mountain. See story RETURN OF SPRING - HIKE on page 6B
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