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City Council gives raise to City Manager ELIZABETH STEWART lib.kmherald@gmail.com
City Manager Marilyn Sellers, the city's first woman city manager and veteran city employee for 27 years, received high marks from city council after a performance evaluation recently. Her 3% raise came after a closed session last Tuesday at the council's regular meeting. Sellers was hired by the city's first city manager George Wood in the new city manager-council form of government which began in 1988. She served as city clerk, was interim/ acting manager and became city manager nine years ago. Mayor Rick Murphrey said that council used several criteria in the performance evaluation, looking at the excellent audit reports, Sell-
MARILYN SELLERS ers' preparation of the annual budget as chief financial officer, the generation of additional revenues and savings, infrastructure upgrades and expansions to position the city for growth and the overall financial position of the city under her management. He said Sellers works hand See CITY COUNCIL, Page 7
Award-winning author to review book April 11 Award-winning Southern writer Sharyn McCrumb will return to the Kings Mountain Historical Museum on Saturday, April 11, at 2 p.m. to regale audiences of all ages with a program based on her 2013 novel “King's Mountain,'' which has just received the Patricia Winn Award for Southern Fiction. “King's Mountain” tells the story of the Overmountain Men, a group of unpaid volunteers from the southern Appalachians who fought the pivotal Revolutionary War battle at Kings Mountain. Adria L Focht, Museum Director and Curator, invites the community to hear about the women whose courageous actions helped to turn the tide of the revolution, such as Mary Patton,
SHARYN McCRUMB who earned her place in history by providing over 500 pounds of gunpowder to the Overmountain Men, essential to the victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain. This program is made possible by a grant from the Kings Mountain Tourism Development Authority. Admission is free.
Grover town board to swear in Barrett GROVER -Town Council will meet Monday night at 6
p.m. and Mayor J. D. Ledford will swear in Barbara Barrett as active city clerk. Applications area being taken through April 30 for the permanent position of city clerk. Among items on the agenda are updates on audit issues and waste water treatment plant grant applications.
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Shooting range breaks ground DAVE BLANTON dave.kmherald@gmail.com
Cleveland County officials were joined by representatives from the N.C. Wildlife Commission, the National Rifle Association and members of local law enforcement to break ground on a public shooting range near the town of Waco on Monday that’s the result of a unique partnership. Estimating that there are 80 million gun owners in the United States, an NRA official said that many in that group lack access to an affordable range. “It’s still tough to find a place to shoot because there’s a lack of access,” said Brian Hyder, a national liaison for gun rights group. They have no place to go … and commercial operations can be too expensive. We’re doing something about that access
Representatives from the N.C. Wildlife Commission, Cleveland County Board of Commissioners and law enforcement personnel pitch in to break ground at the county’s public shooting range Monday. Scheduled to open by autumn, the facility will feature rifle, pistol and archery ranges as well as skeet and trap areas. today.” He was joined in congratulating the citizens of Cleveland County by state wildlife leaders, who said the county had stood out among others
for its drive to build a full-service range that will include a a 3-D archery range, a 250yard rifle range and three pistol target shooting bays. The range will also feature skeet
and trap facilities. “Very few counties have been able to put their money where their mouth is,” said See SHOOTING RANGE, Page 14
Man hauling cross 8,500 miles cuts through Kings Mountain area DAVE BLANTON dave.kmherald@gmail.com
You may have noticed him making his way through town Thursday and Friday. A middle-aged man wheeling an 8-ft. tall, wooden cross. The mild and soft-spoken fellow (he offered only a first name, “Paul”) isn’t local to Kings Mountain and the fact that area residents saw him on the eve of Easter weekend was merely a coincidence. Paul is making an 8,500mile trek across the United States with the 175-lb. cross in tow. He started his
unusual journey in Tulsa, Okla., in the fall of 2013. He’s been walking almost daily every since. “It’s a reverence to the son,” the 49-year-old said Friday during a few minutes of rest on King St. “It’s a praise. It’s a worship, a prayer, a fast, a sermon on wheels. They can’t unsee the cross.” The traveler has spent the last year and a half winding through much of the southeastern section of America. During a frigid and snowy spell during the most recent winter he took a few weeks See MAN, Page 14
Paul calls his long journey “a prayer, a fast, a sermon on wheels.” He began in Oklahoma in 2013 and expects to end his trip in St. Louis in the fall of 2016.
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■ OBITUARIES Martha was a member of Edgefield First Baptist Church where she and Clifton would take the tape of the sermons to the shut-ins and visit them each week. They loved the Lord and had a servants heart. She was known for her spirited 4’11” self and her sense of humor. She kept us laughing daily, even when things were tough. She got more like Jesus each day until the end. Those that remain to enjoy her memories are her children, Hubert (Sandra) Johnson, Lula (Tom) Ryan, and Lisa (Keith) Black, and a special daughterin-law Suz Zevenbergin; her grandchildren- Paula (Lynn) Burgin, Jeffrey (Katie) Johnson, Zachariah Johnson, Natasha John-
son, Thomas (Susie) Ryan, Christa (Jason) Gibbs, Benjamin (Jessica) Ryan, Jeremy (Brittany) Ryan, Jonathan Ryan, Daniel (Jacqueline) Black, Matthew (Maria) Black, and Joshua Black. She had 14 Great-Grandchildren that she enjoyed to the end.; 1 Brother- P.B. Smith. She was predeceased by three s isters and four brothers. Memorials may be made to the Edgefield First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 624 Edgefield, S.C. 29824 or Connect Ministries, 1431 Capital Ave. Suite 123, Watkinsville, Ga. 30677. Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Please sign the online register book at: www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com
Neill (Cathy), Ellie Bain (Marshall) and Chris Neill, all of Charlotte, NC. She is also survived by her beloved grandchildren, Molly Warner (Alex) of Charlotte, NC, Captain Seth Nicholson (Laura) of Yucca Valley, CA, Justin Nicholson of Charlotte, NC, Doug Neill (Rachael) of Charlotte, NC, Brian Neill (Emily) of Charlotte, NC, Drew Neill (Angie) of Denver, NC , and Kyle, Matthew, Katie and Lauren Neill all of Tega Cay, SC. Betty was blessed with 7 great grandchildren Lily Neill, Knox, Story and Will Warner, Elle and Grace Neill and Nora Nicholson. She is also survived by Leah and Natasha Smith, of Burlington, NC. She was a shining example of a devoted Christian and a true Proverbs 31 woman. The family wishes
to thank the staff at Sharon Towers for their loving care of Mom. Funeral services to celebrate Betty’s life were held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at Hankins and Whittington, 1111 East Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28203. The family received friends from 9:30-11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment is private. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association Western North Carolina Chapter, 3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, NC 28215, or JL, Patt and Friends, Inc., P.O. Box 4066, Glen Raven, NC 27215. Arrangements are in the care of Hankins and Whittington Funeral Service. Please share condolences online at: www.hankinsandwhittington.com.
KINGS MOUNTAIN Ernest Flay Huffstetler, 71, of Kings Mountain, passed away on April 5, 2015 at the Kings Mountain Hospice House.
The funeral service will be held Thursday morning, April 9, at 11 a.m. at Greene Funeral Service West Chapel, 216 Archie Whitesides Rd. Gastonia, officiated by Pastors Roger Green and Herman Green.
The family will receive friends 6 - 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at the funeral home. Interment will be at Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain.
Hoyle Mode
Ruth Hord Shelton
BOILING SPRINGS - Willis Hoyle Mode, 97, of 120 College farm Road, passed away Wednesday April, 1, 2015 at his residence. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Sam L. and Hittie Philbeck Mode. A funeral service was held Monday 2 p.m. in the chapel of Clay-Barnette Funeral Home. The family received friends one hour and a half before the service at the funeral home. Burial is at Cleveland Memorial Park.
KINGS MOUNTAIN Ruth Hord Shelton, age 92, resident of Kings Mountain, NC went to be with the Lord on April 5, 2015 at her home. She was born in Cleveland Co. NC to the late Dilworth and Sarah Wright Hord. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Odas Shelton, one brother, and three sisters. She was a homemaker and a gentle loving servant of the Lord. She is survived by a number of nieces, nephews, great nieces and great neph-
ews. A funeral service will be held at Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel, Wednesday, April 8, at 3 p.m., Rev. Johnny Gantt officiating. Visitation is from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, prior to the service at Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Interment is at Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Memorials may be made to the Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry, 208 Cleveland Ave, Kings Mountain, NC 28086.
Martha S. Johnson Homemaker EDGEFIELD, SC - Mrs. Martha Smith Johnson, 95, of Edgefield, wife of the late Clifton Johnson and mother of the late Luther W. Johnson, entered the gates of heaven on March 30, 2015. Funeral services were held Thursday April 2, 2015 at 3 p.m. at Edgefield First Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. The family received friends from 2-3 p.m. before the service at the church. Mrs. Johnson was born January 30, 1920 in Trenton, S.C. She was the daughter of the late James Robert and Lula Bush Smith. Betty Elliott Neill Cleveland County native CHARLOTTE – Mrs. Betty Elliott Neill, 84, of Charlotte, NC died suddenly on March 31, 2015 at her residence. She entered the church triumphant and was reunited with her beloved husband, Bob. Betty was born in Cleveland County, NC on May 15, 1930. She was the daughter of the late Bonnie Harrison and Vista Greene Elliott. She was predeceased by her brother, Harry Gene Elliott. She is survived by her beloved children, Robyn Nicholson (Howard), Rob Ernest Huffstetler
Animal waste ordinance affects Fido, his owner A “nuisance” ordinance on the books at city hall may not be familiar to Kings Mountain dog owners. “We can't cut our grass and can't walk in our neighborhoods without seeing what Fido leaves behind,'' said one irate housewife this week. Walkers on Mountain, Goforth, and Gold Streets say they can't enjoy their evening walks because four-legged friends have been there earlier. An animal waste ordinance has been on city books since 2012. It's hard to enforce because neighbors don't want to file a report with police. A sign at the US Post office also reminds there is a $250 fine if dogs deface federal property, the lawn, outside the building. However, remember, that it’s difficult to enforce both the city ordinance and the federal ordinance because the dog owner is not always
with the dog. The “animal waste” ordinance., which has been on the city books since 2012, reads as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain an animal in such a manner as to constitute a nuisance. It shall be unlawful to any person to fail to remove feces deposited by a dog who is under the charge or control of that person or to allow any dog who is under their charge or control to deposit feces o n any public street, sidewalk, gutter, park or other publicly owned property or private property, unless the owner of the property has given permission allowing such use of the property. This section shall not apply to visually impaired persons, whohave charge, control or use of guide dogs or persons using dogs in conjunction with activities of the Police Department for the city.
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It shall be the duty of anyone reporting a violation of Division B, as aforementioned, to reveal his or her identity to the Police Department when making such a report. Anonymous reports of a violation of this section shall not be investigated solely on the basis of an anonymous report. A violation of this section shall result in a civil penalty being issued to such individual found to be in violation, in the amount of $50 for the first offense, $100 for the second offense, and the sum of $500 for the third or subsequent offenses. The civil penalties shall be paid directly to the city within 10 days of the issuance of a citation for such violation. A violation of this section may also be a violation of G.S. 14-1 and would be a Class 3 misdemeanor with the fines being imposed by a court in the amounts as aforementioned.
ARRESTS APRIL 2: Wendy Card Grindelll, 48, 701 W. Mountain St., simple worthless check. CITATIONS MARCH 30: Arnold Grafton Jordan, 49, 110 Keith Ave., safe movement violation. MARCH 30: William Derick Grant Jr., Concord, speeding. MARCH 31: Randall Scott Absher, 40, 409 Bell Rd., speeding in school zone. MARCH 31: Robert Edward Hamrick, 49, Shelby, expired tag, no electronic inspection on vehicle. MARCH 31: Ebonie Shunise McSwain, 26, 204 Lake Montonia Rd., revoked license, failure to decrease speed to avoid accident. MARCH 31: Edward Alexander Carmichael, 22, Huntersville, speeding. MARCH 31: Nancy Sorensen, 68, Greer, SC, speeding. MARCH 31: Sylvia Goodson, 50, Gastonia, speeding. APRIL 1: David Gearing, 33, Morganton, revoked license. APRIL 1: Pamela Phillips, 49, Shelby, resist, delay, obstruct officer during vehicle stop. APRIL 1: Tommy Manning, 57, 511 Crocker Rd., revoked license. APRIL 1: Elizabeth Beeson, 34, Gastonia, concealment of merchandise. APRIL 1: Valencia Maurico, 36, Lincolnton, expired tag. APRIL 1: William Lamar Gamble, 44, 501 W. Mountain St., Apt. 3, no electronic inspection of vehicle, expired tag. APRIL 1: Elizabeth Martin, 37, Gastonia, expired tag, expired registration card. APRIL 1: Amy Lunsford, 43, 612 Charles St., Apt. 47, no insurance, no vehicle inspection, expired tag. APRIL 1: Ryan Neal, 22, 304 S. Juniper St., expired tag. APRIL 1: Michael Medley, 36, 901 Second St., failure to notify DMV of address change. APRIL 1: Virginia Frymire, 37, Connelly Springs, speeding. APRIL 1: Edward Eubanks, 45, Gastonia, expired tag, no insurance, revoked registration card APRIL 1: Kasey Walls, 21, 1618 County Line Rd., expired tag. APRIL 2: Javier Mendoza, 39, Charlotte, expired tag, no electronic inspection. APRIL 2: Jackie Hagan, 46, Bessemer City, expired tag, no electronic inspection, no registration, no certificate of title. APRIL 2: Jimmy Kennedy, 27, 106 Meagon Dr., consuming alcoholic bev-
erage in passenger area of motor vehicle. APRIL 2: Stephen Jamerson, 70, 123 Galilee Church Rd., no insurance, violation of restrictions for dealer tag displayed on vehicle, revoked license, fictitious tag, license plate frame violation, failure to carry registration card, failure to apply for title certificate. INCIDENTS MARCH 30: Asphalt Paving of Shelby, 124 Long Branch Rd., reported attempted larceny and damage to a Cat Skid Steer valued at $45,000 and damage to a door window, $200. on Highway 161 South. MARCH 30: Redbox, Illinois, reported damage to a touch screen monitor (Redbox) at a convenience store on Cleveland Avenue. MARCH 30: Wal-Mart, 1011 Shelby Road, reported shoplifting of three rack of ribs and one T-bone steak MARCH 31: A resident of Ware Road reported that someone took a check from the City of Kings Mountain made out to him and cashed it. MARCH 31: A resident of Country Club Acres reported theft of a rotary tool and kiteboard from a storage building v alued at $350. WRECKS MARCH 27: Officer G. L. McKinney said that Donna Bradshaw, 203 Edel St., was backing from Rite Aid parking lot and bumped a 2000 Lexus operated by Merlyn Sellers Blanton, Cherryville, doing slight damage. MARCH 27: Officer H.W. Carpenter charged Matthew Rhodes, 20, of Cherryville, with DWI after a w reck on I-85 at Mile 9. in which Rhodes, operating a 2002 Acur, struck a 2001 Acur operated by Thomas Looney of Charlotte. Drivers of both cars lost control of their vehicles and struck the guardrail several times before stopping. A passenger in Rhodes' vehicle was asleep and was awakened by the crash . Carpenter said that Rhodes left the vehicle walking south and Officer Kyle Bell located him a short distance from the scene. Property damages were estimated at $50,000. MARCH 30: Officer F. L. Wittington said that Merinda Grant, Bessemer City, operating a 2009 Volk, was turning left into the parking lot of Wal-Mart on Shelby Road and hit a yellow pole doing $5,000 damage to her vehicle. MARCH 30: Officer F. L. Wittington said that Jessica Sanders, 1504 Northwoods Dr., was backing in the parking lot of Buckeye on Second Street and hit a parked 2002 Ford owned by Gabriela Raborn, 811
KMHS Class of 1960 Reunion The Kings Mountain High School Class of 1960 will hold the 55th reunion on Saturday, June 20, at 7 p.m. at Mountain View Restaurant in Kings Mountain. It will be a dutch supper and for more information or to make your reservation call Martha Raines Myers, 704-860-5107;
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W. Gold St., Trailer 12. Property damages were estimated at $3,000. MARCH 30: Officer F. L. Wittington said that Arnold Jordan, 110 Keith Ave., operating a 2014 Volks, w as making a left turn from Firestone Lane and pulled out in front of a 2006 Honda motorcycle operated by Michael Taylor of Gastonia. Taylor was making a left turn onto Firestone Lane from Woodlake Parkway. Taylor was transported to the hospital. Property damages were estimated at $3,000. MARCH 30: Officer F. L. Wittington s aid that Amanda Flowers, 207 Parrish Drive, was d riving a 2006 Ford and reported that her vehicle was sideswiped by a driver operating a blue car on McGinnis Street. Property damage was estimated at $900. MARCH 31: Officer F.L.Wittington said that Robert Mobley, Lynchburg, Va., operating a 2013 Chevrolet, was pulling out of the parking lot at Food Lion on York Road and didn't see a 2015 Ford truck operated by Michael Lee Hopper of Grover in the turn lane. Property damages were estimated at $7500. MARCH 31: Officer F. L. Wittington said that Ebonie McSwain, 204 Lake MontoniaRoad, driving a 2005 Toyota, rear-ended a 2014 Nissan operated by Dorothy Morrison, 118 Owens St. The accident happened on King Street. Property damages were estimated at $1500. MARCH 31: Officer F. L. Wittington said that Eric Dryden, Grover, operating a 2001 Pontiac, struck a 2000 Pontiac Van operated by Shannon Samuels, 105 Isley Street, on Phifer Road. A passenger in the Van was transported to the hospital by EMS. Property damages were estimated at $1700. APRIL 1: Officer H.W. Carpenter said that Carolyn Holland, 437 El Bethel Road, operating a 2012 Chevrolet, was traveling East in the parking lot at 1011 Shelby Road and ran onto a concrete island and struck a highway sign. Property damage was estimated at $800. APRIL 1: Officer Chris Tate said that a driver backed into a parked 2005 Chevrolet owned by Cierra Robinson, Gastonia, in the parking lot of Kentucky Fried Chicken and left the scene. Property damage was slight. APRIL 1: Officer G. L. McKinney said that Peggy Johnson, 334 Crocker Rd., operating a 2011 Cadillac, struck a 2007 Toyota operated by Megan Bradshaw, 301 W. Gold Street, on Battleground Avenue. Property damage was slight.
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Three speak out Juvenile missing against casino Beauford Burton, Adam Forcade and Rev. James Lockridge, three members of a group opposing a proposed Catawba casino and resort, returned to the Kings Mountain City Council Tuesday to air their concerns during the citizen recognition portion of the meeting.. The Kings Mountain Awareness Group has mounted a campaign to publicly oppose the tribe’s plan to build a casino off Interstate 85, south of downtown, claiming, among other things, that the development likely would not bring as many jobs as supporters insist. Most officials in Cleveland County – including the City Council, the Chamber of Commerce and the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners – have voiced support for the casino, while a mostly Republican group of N.C. legislators have opposed it. Meanwhile, the Bureau of Indian Affairs – an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior – is currently reviewing the Catawba’s’ application for the casino. Mayor Rick Muphrey took the occasion to recognize Sharon Stack, librarian at Mauney Memorial Library, and present a plaque during National Library Week. In other business, city council: +appointed Margaret Hoover of Holiday Inn Ex-
press to fill the unexpired term of David Bean and Kamlesh Patel of the Quality Inn to fill the unexpired term of PG Patel on the Tourism Development Authority Board with both terms expiring June 30, 2017. +approved entering into an agreement for the North Carolina Statewide Emergency Management Mutual Aid and Assistance. +approved restructured electric retail rates and rate tariffs. Effective date of July 2015 billing. (No rate increase.) +approved the newly created natural gas retail rate tariffs and restructured retail natural gas rates. Effective date of July 2015 billing, no rate increase. +approved taking ownership of the Housing Authority's electric and natural gas distribution systems and incorporating this infrastructure into the city's n normal scope of operational responsibilities. +approved request for permission for Arnold Ledford to hold a non-charity bass tournament at Moss Lake on Saturday, May 2, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. +approved request for permission for Arnold Ledford to hold a non-charity bass tournament on Thursday nights and a Fish Off on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015 at Moss Lake. +increased the monthly
per-diem amount paid to the ABC Board members in the amount of $50, from $100 to $150 for each board member and from $150 to $200 for the chairman. The per diem amount comes from the funds generated by the ABC board, not from the City of Kings Mountain. +approved use of the Kings Mountain Police Firing Range for a concealed weapons class conducted by Cpl. Keith Davis on Saturday, April 25. +approved budged amendment to appropriate water sewer revenue from reimbursement from NTE Energy for the cost of a temporary waterline and the expenditure of this waterline in the amount of $25,000. +scheduled public hearing for April 28, 2015 for a request by Faunce Properties, Inc. to rezone properties located at 101 S. Watterson and 103 S. Watterson Streets from Neighborhood Business to Conditional Use General Business. +After a public hearing rezoned property of James O. Hinson at 101 E. Parker Street from General Business to Residential R-8 and changed the ordinance user's guide of John H. M oss Reservoir Area, Davidson Lake and City Lake/York Road section concerning boating permit and cutting trees.
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Southern Arts Society’s latest exhibit Southern Arts Society’s latest exhibit features four local artists for the month of April and a reception honoring the artists will be held Saturday, April 11, from 7-9 p.m. The artists will be on hand to meet and discuss their work. The Neo Visionaries are a group of artists who live and work in the mountain region of Western North Carolina. The four painters are John Rankin, Jeffrey M. Church, Stacey Pilkington-Smith and Saul Quiroz. Like their predecessors, the Southern Folk
Artists, they are self-taught in their craft. Contemporary folk artists are commonly referred to as Outsider Artists and the Neo Visionaries are labeled in that category. Unlike their folk predecessors, they developed in a time of art history books, museums, television, and later computers to learn their craft. Their blend of folk and modernism give their paintings a signature style. A reception will be held Saturday, April 11 from 7-9 p.m. The reception is free
and open to the public. The artists will be on hand to meet and discuss their artwork. “Art of the Neo Visionaries” is sponsored by Southern Arts Society located in the old Southern Railway train depot, 301 N. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain, NC. Gallery and gift shop hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Currently on exhibit: “Art of the Neo Visionaries” April 1 through April 27. Admission is free. For more information call 704-739-5585.
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Meth bust in Grover
GROVER – Deputies from the Cleveland County Sheriff's Department uncovered a second meth lab in the same neighborhood of Grover Sunday.
Kings Mountain Police are looking for a missing juvenile, Vincinte Joseph Yates, 15, who was last seen walking from his residence in Kings Mountain March 30 in an unknown direction of travel. Det. Sgt. Chris Moore said that Yates is we aring a gray shirt, blue jeans and black shoes and may still be in the Kings Mountain area but has ties in Lincoln County and may be headed toward Myrtle Beach, SC. Contact Det. Sgt. Chris Moore, 704-734-4582 or 704-734-0444 if you have seen him or located him.
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Lee Sherrill was born in Gastonia, NC in December 1946. His family moved to Granite Falls, NC when he was about four. Lee’s early years were spent there until he finished high school and went off to college. The family attended First United Methodist Church of Granite Falls, NC The church sponsored Boy Scout Troop 1, which being in Caldwell County, is part of our Piedmont Council. Both Lee and his older brother Frank joined this troop. Lee held the positions of Patrol Leader and Senior Patrol Leader. They attended scout camp 3 or 4 times at the “old” Bud Schielde at Tryon on Lake Lanier. Lee remembers camping in the snow and being taken on “Snipe” hunts. He earned about 23 merit badges and received his Eagle in 1959 at the age of 13. His brother also received his Eagle at the same Court of Honor. Thirteen is a very young age to receive an Eagle. Unlike a lot of scouts who receive their Eagle at an older age (16-17), Lee stayed active in the troop through his teen years. After high school Lee attended East Carolina University earning a BA in Mathematics. Later he received training in Human Resources. Utilizing his training Lee worked in HR for 25 years. 8 years of this was at Eaton Corporation. This was followed by 16 years in his own recruiting business. He is now retired and works part time at the KM YMCA in the areas of Exercise and Wellness. Lee, and his wife of
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46 years, Johann, have three grown children and six grandchildren. They have been members of First Baptist Church since moving to Kings Mountain. Both work in the pre-school Sunday School department. Outside of work and church, Lee has been a member of the Rotary
Club, helped with Relay for Life, Cleveland County Leadership, and the “We Build People Campaign” through Y. Lee says that the values skills taught him through scouts has made him to “Be Prepared”, to be more self-sufficient, and has made him a better father and grandfather.
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Red caboose is full of Kings Mountain history Kings Mountain has lots of history and you find it in interesting places. This week a painting crew from the Lib Stewart Managing Editor City of Kings Mountain painted the red caboose at the Depot Center, a project of the Keep Kings Mountain Beautiful committee headed by Sandra Murphrey. Looking inside the old Southern Railway caboose, the Mayor and Mrs. Murphrey and the committee found a plaque that listed the names of Kings
Mountain people for whom the plaque was dedicated. Some of these citizens have long been deceased but some of their relatives probably remain in the area or they come back to town to visit during holidays. The Kings Mountain Beautiful Committee is looking for the names and addresses of relatives so that they can rededicate the caboose at a future time. Names on the plaque are those of Captain H. N. Moss, Captain D. C. O’Farrell, Captain B. Meek Ormand, Tom Pollock, Y. F. Throneburg, Joe H. Thomson, A. U. Tindall, Howard S.Ware, Leon Ware, Captain B.F. Willeford, C.B.
Campbell, W.K. Crook, Cline Barber, Leo L. Benson, E. L. Campbell, Clyde Crosby, Captain Joe Grimes, M. L. Fortune, J.E. Herndon, Captain Henry Jones, Jean Ware LeGrand, George Medonia, Thelma Moorhead, Manly Moorhead, Marie Northcutt, and B.S. Peeler, each of whom worked at one time for the Southern Railway. The plaque was donated by Haywood E. Lynch, Kings Mountain merchant and a former owner / publisher of the Kings Mountain Herald in honor of his father, Captain M. J. Lynch, railway conductor
Mayor Rick Murphrey, Jewel Reavis, Sandra Murphrey and Mary Ann Hendricks, left to righ, are pictured in front of a red caboose at the Depot Center where the Keep Kings Mountain Beautiful committee are repainting and refurbishing the caboose to open it up for tours by school children. Photo by ELLIS NOELL for 35 years, and in honor and memory of the Kings Mountain
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Historical plaque was found in the old caboose that the Keep Kings Mountain Beautiful committee found while restoring the caboose last week.
Laotian families in the area got together Saturday at First Presbyterian Church to celebrate the Laotian New Year. It was a reunion time for many of the Laotian families who had not seen each other in many months. Rev. and Mrs. Gary Bryant, their children, Elizabeth and Mark Andrew, Mr.and Mrs. Kelly Bunch, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mauney, Arlene Barrett and several other members of the congregation were in attendance. Diane Williams and Janice Scoggins will represent American Legion Auxiliary Unit 155 at Tar Heel Girls State and Robert Lutz and Edward Hammett will represent Tar Heel Boys State in June from American Legion Post 155. Kings Mountain High School senior Johnny Ross has been named to the 1979-80 Mat News all-state wrestling team. Kings Mountain High School girls softball team opened a two-game lead in the Southwest 3-A Conference East division when it knocked off West Division leader Burns 10-5 in a game played in Lawndale Thursday. The victory gave Coach David Brinkley's Mountainettes a 6-0 Conference
record and 7-0 overall figure. There is an old baseball saying that goes like this: you win some, you lose some and some get rained out. Add to that: some get blacked out. That was the case Friday night at Kings Mountain High School when the East Division Southwest Conference leading Mountaineers were scheduled to face West Division leader East Rutherford. The two teams were ready to take the field when Coach Barry Gibson of the Mountaineers flipped the light switch and the lights didn't come on. The game was postponed until Monday night and Kings Mountain kept its perfect 4-0 SWC record intact. Dr. Howard W. Swofford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Swofford, has completed his graduate work at NC State University where he earned his Ph.D in Fiber and Polymer Science. He is a 1970 graduate of KMHS and a 1974 graduate of UNC at Chapel Hill. Harris-Teeter was advertising Tide detergent, 84 ounce size, for $1.99; center cut pork chops 89 cents; sliced bacon 49 cents a pound; and Del Monte Golden Delicious corn for 3 cans for a dollar.
Sidewalk Survey Cleveland County broke ground on a new public shooting range on Monday. Do you think youʻll go?
I would go just for the I’d like to try it out. I have archery. I like the bow. an antique gun that I’d like –Stephan Painter to target shoot with. –James Brown
I’m in favor of it. I don’t think it will bother the neighbors in that neighborhood. –Victor Gilmore
I live out where I can shoot on my own property. So it won’t affect me for the most part. –Miles Summerrow
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■ MEDITATION
James Lochridge Pastor Second Baptist Church
Who me? Yes, you! (Matthew 5:48) “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”
As a child growing up in the Philippines, we used to play a game called, “Who stole the cookie from the cookie pot?” While clapping a simple rhythm, participants would speak a line in unison asking the question above. “It” would then call out one of the preassigned numbers to those in the circle and that person would say, “Who Me?” to which the whole group would
reply, “Yes, you!” The new target would then say, “Not me!” and the group would answer, “Then who?” and the target would call out a new number and the process continued. The trick was to keep the clapping rhythm going and not get flustered and off beat either in clapping or in the rhythm of the talking that was going on. It was fun and harder than it might seem. Our text is directed at each one of us and it is not a game. It is a command. “Be perfect.” Many would claim that an impossibility. But when we are in right relationship and fellowship with God through faith in Jesus, this is the goal He says we are to set our sights on. This not just a New Testament command. In Genesis 17:1, God told Abram to “walk before Me, and be thou perfect.” There is a
El Bethel breakfast April 11 difference though in the two settings. Abram was to walk “perfectly” by keeping the law; a tall order indeed. Paul later told the Galatian church that the law had been a “schoolmaster” (Gal. 3:2425) and the main lesson we learn from it is that in our own strength, we will fail every time. That’s why Romans 3:23 says, “All have sinned” and Ephesians 2:3 explains that it is our “nature.” So how does God expect us to attain such a lofty goal? Again, the Apostle Paul is en lightened by the Holy Spirit to record for us the answer. In 2 Corinthians 5:17, he says, “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” Bill Gaither wrote a song based on the personal testimony of Doug Oldham that has a line
that reads, “Thanks to Calvary, I’m not the man I used to be.” How true. Praise the Lord! When one accepts God’s grace gift of salvation by repenting (turning away from our sin) and trusting that Jesus paid his/her sin debt to God on the cross and rose victoriously over sin and the grave, God makes him/her a “new creation” with a clean slate. Then the admonition is, from this point forward, “Be perfect.” Do we still sin? Sadly, most often we do. But 1 John 1:9 assures us that when we sin, if we will confess it to (agree with) God and repent (turn from and with His help determine to try and not repeat the offense), He will forgive us and cleanse us and we start off once again as though “perfect.” Hallelujah! And I think God cheers us on saying, “Now stay that way!”
El-Bethel United Methodist Church has scheduled the traditional country breakfast for Saturday, April 11, so as not to conflict with Easter weekend activities. Breakfast will be served from 6:30 a.m.10 a.m.and a bake sale will be held. Call 704-739-9174 for take-outs.
Choir anniversary April 19 The Gospel Choir of Adams Chapel AME Zion Club, 212 Lake Montonia Rd., is celebrating its anniversary on April 19 at 3 p.m. and other choirs are invited to join the group for the special program, according to Pastor Renee Bethea. Interested choir directors are invited to take their choirs and call Raydene Sharpe at 704-9062412 or 704-392-5331 by April 12 if they wish to participate.
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Church Service Directory KINGS MOUNTAIN Long Creek Presbyterian Church 701 Long Creek Road 704-629-4406
New Life Family Worship Center 428 Oak Grove Road 704-739-9371
Love Valley Baptist Church 2032 Bethlehem Road 704-730-0075
New Way Missionary Baptist Church 105 Waco Road 704-724-0414
Macedonia Baptist Church 1101 S. Battleground Avenue 704-739-6811
Oak Grove Baptist Church 1022 Oak Grove Road 704-739-4833
Midview Baptist Church 703 Margrace Road 704-739-6711 Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church 220 N. Watterson Street 704-739-8354
Oak View Baptist Church 1517 York Road 704-739-7831 Pathway Baptist Church 3100 Parkdale Circle 704-734-0852
Mountain View Agape Church 506 Sparrow Springs Road 704-739-0160
Patterson Grove Baptist Church 301 Oak Grove Road 704-739-5826
Mt. Olive Baptist Church Compact School Road 704-739-4516
Peoples Baptist Church 1010 Groves Street 704-739-0398
Mt. Zion Baptist Church 220 N. Watterson Street 704-739-8354
Proclaiming the Word Ministries 7011 Cleveland Avenue
New Beginnings Church of Jesus Christ 541 Crocker Road 704-730-9507 New Bynum Chapel AME Zion Church N. Cansler Street 704-739-2606 New Camp Creek Baptist Church 863 New Camp Creek Ch. Road 704-487-7128
Progressive Church of Our Lord 1001 Cleveland Avenue 704-734-1070 Resurrection Lutheran Church 600 Crescent Circle 704-739-5580
El Bethel United Methodist Church 115 El Bethel Rd., Kings Mountain Second Baptist Church 120 Linwood Road 704-739-4216 Shady Grove Baptist Church 339 Shady Grove Road 704-739-8920 St. Paul United Methodist Church N. Cansler Street 704-739-1256 Sunrise Baptist Church 208 Mail Road 704-692-3007 Temple Baptist Church 612 N. Cansler Street 704-739-4716 The Favor Center Church 602 Slater Street 828-381-4777
True Gospel Holiness Church 1608 Shelby Road 704-739-6764 Unity AME Zion Church 948 Unity Church Road 704-228-0328 Vestibule AME Zion Church 2175 Vestibule Church Road 704-739-7961
GROVER Bethany Baptist Church 423 Cleveland Avenue 704-937-3010 Carolina Praise and Worship Center 201 N. Main Street 704-937-7541
Westover Baptist Church 114 Westover Drive (704) 739-2187
First Apostolic Church of Blacksburg 205 E. Cherokee St. Blacksburg, SC704-9377390864-839-1873
GASTONIA Bethesda United Methodist Church 3714 S. New Hope Rd
WACO New Testament Missionary Baptist Church 2103 Capernium Rd
Grace Community Advent Christian Church 206 West 3rd Avenue 704-739-9230
Royal Praise Ministries 2055 Shelby Rd.
Notice: In order to accommodate the number of churches in our communities, we will print two alternating lists of churches each week. If you don’t see the church you’re looking for, be sure to check next week.
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■ LIFESTYLES
Batchler celebrates Sorority focuses on childhood hunger initiative 97th birthday
Charlotte Batchler celebrates at Love’s Fish Box with her family.
Pictured from left are Pamela Williams,Shameka Smith, Director of Discovery Home Care, Beverly Tribble, Vanessa Manning, Sandra Jeter and Gale Manning. Led by Chapter President Beverly Tribble, Zeta Mu Omega Chapter members kicked off Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 201418 international program Target III: Family Strengthening which targets critical issues facing many families, including lack of food, shelter and financial means. President Tribble said the sorority is focusing on three initiatives within Tar-
get III, including childhood hunger as efforts are designed to develop partnerships with local agencies, food banks, and community pantries; family seasonal wraps where efforts are designed to create a major initiative to collect and donate hats, gloves, socks, scarves, coats, sweaters and other seasonal wraps for families in need; and fiscal responsibility programs
where efforts are designed to collaborate with partner organizations and families to help increase the understanding of budgeting, basic financial planning and benefits of home ownership. By collecting 256 health snack items at their March 2015 chapter meeting, Zeta Mu Omega members kicked off their efforts to meet the goals of Childhood Hunter initiatives. The items were
donated to Discovery Home Care -Youth Homeless Shelter in Gastonia, which houses six residents from ages six to 17. For more information about Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Zeta Mu Omega Chapter, go to akagastonia.org or follow them on Instagram (akazetamuomega) or Twitter (@ akazetamuomega).
Charlotte Batchler, 97, celebrated her birthday twice with friends and relatives in Kings Mountain last week and went trout fishing after she returned to Burnsville where she has lived 15 years. A former resident for most of her life in the Midpines Community of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Batchler comes back “home” every year to see longtime friends Nancy and Richard Ross, Jo Nell Gass, Freda Barrett and Bobby Conner. Her daughter and sonin-law, Jewel and Carl
CHARLOTTE BATCHLER Ross, and son, Clarence Batchler of Blacksburg, SC, hosted the birthday parties at Love's Fish Box in Kings Mountain.
Kylie Marie Turner born March 31 Andrew and Kyra Turner of Kings Mountain announce the birth of their daughter, Kylie Marie, March 31, 2015. The baby is the grand-
daughterof Reg and Deco Alexander and David and Tracey Turner, all of Kings Mountain. She is the first grandchild in both families.
Springtime pageants The Miss Gastonia Scholarship Association will present two springtime pageants for girls ages 0-19 years: Miss Cherry Blossom Festival in Cherryville and Miss Down Home Festival in Bessemer City. The Cherry Blossom pageant is Saturday, April 18 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cherryville Community Building, 106 South Jacob Street, Cherryville. It is an official event of the Cherry Blossom Festival sponsored by
the Cherryville Chamber of Commerce. The Down Home pageant is Saturday, May 9 at 12:00 noon in downtown Bessemer City. It is an official event of the Down Home Festival sponsored by the City of Bessemer City. For more information and an application, call (704) 8277277 or visit: www.missgastoniapageant.com. Proceeds benefit the Miss Gastonia scholarship fund.
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FIVE GENERATIONS- Addison Dessie Michelle Ray, daughter of Breanna and Matt Ray, sitting on her great-great grandmother's lap represents the fifth generation in her family. From left, Breanna Elliot, the baby's mother; Beverly Bowen, the baby's grandmother; Martin Bowen, the baby's great grandfather and Hazel Bowen, the baby's great-grandmother holding the baby.
The Little Theater of Gastonia presents “The Miracle Worker,” the classic story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller. Evening performances are April 16 – 18 and 23 – 25 at 8:00 pm and a matinee on April 19 at 2:30 pm.
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Building Permits The Peter Harmon Bible Continued from last week
With the lowering of Moss Lake for repairs on the dam and spillway, more Moss Lake residents are taking the opportunity to replace old docks and sea walls. Permits were issued in March to 11 Moss Lake homeowners with valuations totaling $153,800, according to Tammy Scruggs, permit technician in the city's building and zoning department. T. C. Strickland & Construction Co. is contractor for a new dock at the residence of Margaret Bralley at 2105 Windermere Lane, Shelby. Stephen Fisher, 120 Kester Drive, Kings Mountain, is contractor for property at 114 Kester Drive owned by Bryan Cobb who plans to remove the existing pier dock, expand the dock, and install rip rap to protect existing sea wall footing. Lail Concrete Construction is contractor for a concrete seawall to be tied into the existing rip rap on both sides at the residence of Gary Murray, 2913 Elizabeth Avenue, Shelby. Jeff Latchaw, 112 Oakwood Drive, Kings Mountain, is replacing the existing rip rap with seawall to tie into his neighbors existing seawall and building a new covered boat dock. Ashley McBeth, 240 Thamon Rd., Shelby, is installing a dock addition and repairing weak places in rip rap. Chad Ohmstead, 162 North Shore Dr., Cherryville, is building a new dock. Rick Morgan, 168 Harbor Point Dr., Cherryville, is installing a seawall along the control strip to tie into a neighbors seawall. North Point Custom Builders, Grover, is laying the back slope of a control strip and extending the rip rap. The home is owned by Aubrey Hollifield, 120 Ridgecrest Dr., Cherryville. Joe Ross, 1226 Oak Grove Rd, Kings Mountain, is contractor for adding a roof/dock over the existing dock and adding a ramp to get up to
roof dock at the residence of Larry Ashley, 3027 Vernell Lane, Kings Mountain Lambert Construction of Bessemer City is contractor for removal of a metal dock and replace it with a wooden covered boat slip and repair existing stairs and rip rap at the residence of Robert Sayer, 144 Dunes Dr, Kings Mountain. Thomas Wilson of Ranlo is contractor for a new dock with covered boat slip at the resident of W ade Wells, 219 Fairmont Dr., Shelby. Other permits issued included a building master residential permit to Susan Walker, 309 Pinehurst Drive, Kings Mountain to replace a drywall, windows, electrical, HVAC with Carswell Construction & Restoration, Shelby, contractor, valuation $65,000. Toby Sims, 407 Somerset Dr., Kings Mountain, was issued a building master residential permit, valuation $30,000. Douglas Ware, 106 Hunter Court, is contractor to remove the wall and cathedral ceiling and add a tray ceiling and update two baths and kitchen. Todd Wilson, 1308 Wales Road, was issued a building master residential permit and Horne Construction & Design, contractor, will close in the carport and add two garage doors, valuation $9500. Larry Watkins, 813 Brooklee Drive, Kings Mountain, was issued a building master residential permit for Carolina Construction & Development, Matthews, to convert an existing screened porch into a sun room, approximately 96 square feet, valuation $5,000. Todd McCurry, 217 Kaitlyn Lane, Kings Mountain, was issued a building master residential permit for KF Davis Home Builders & Construction, 822 McDaniel Rd., Kings Mountain, to add a 20x20 accessory building at 109 Prospector Drive, Kings Mountain, valuation $5,000. Qualtech Industrial, 322 Industrial Drive, was issued
a building master commercial permit, valuation $400,000. ES Walker Construction of Forest City will add a 19,150 square foot steel shell building at 311 Industrial Drive, Kings Mountain. Catalina Diaz, 915 First St., was issued a residential building permit for a 16x16 covered porch to the back of the h ome and 12x12 storage building, valuation $800. Devaney Putnam, 100 Gold Dust Court, was issued a residential building permit to build a 30x50 storage building, valuation 429,800. Robert Edmondson, Shelby, will be contractor. Brad Bridges, 239 Landry Drive, was issued a residential building permit to build a 12x16 storage building with siding, 8 foot roll up door, walk-in door and one window, valuation $3500. Greg McGinnis, 949 York Road, was issued a residential building permit to build a 25x16 foot deck behind his home, valuation $750. Birdie Suttle,402 W. Mountain St., was issued a fence permit to install 70 feet of chain link fence at her resident, valuation $274. Joe Gladden, 6219 Adele Lane, was issued a fence permit to install 191 feet of chain link fence in back yard. Quality Fence Solutions, Bessemer City, is contractor. Valuation $1590. Tim Barrett, 106 Prospector Dr., was issued a residential permit for a 18x36 in ground pool. Innovative Pool Designs, 531 Lake Montonia Rd., is contractor, valuation $25,000. Art Barney, 303 Victoria Circle, was issued a commercial sign permit for a 32 square foot sign at 410 York Road. Terry Dorn, Kings Mountain, is contractor. Valuation $550. CPI Cleveland LLC Carolinas Health Care, Charlotte, was issued a commercial sign permit for 220 Carolinas Place, Kings Mountain, with Signal Factors of Charlotte as contractor. Valuation $14,000.
Backpack Project Please bring in non-perishable food items for the Patrick Center backpack project. These backpacks go to students who need a little extra food over the week-
end. Suggested items are: individual cereal packs (can be eaten without milk), Pop Tarts, individual prepared dinners (mac & cheese, spaghetti, etc.), fruit cups,
applesauce, pudding cups, Beanie Weenies, peanut butter, juice boxes, crackers or cookies. The Patrtick Center is located at 909 E King St, Kings Mountain.
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says that hasn't happened at East but they went to school in first grade at Bessemer City and there they d ressed alike so the teacher called Jeremiah by the name of Jordan and Jordan was really in the class that his brother Jeremiah was attending. Mrs. McDaniel, Jeremiah's teacher, and Mrs. Altman, Jordan's teacher, don't have a problem with the identical twins this year because Jordan has black curly hair and Jeremiah recently had a Mohawk cut. The Ellis twins are children of Amanda Garrett and James Ellis. Nine year old third graders Brooke and Brittany Blanton prefer not to dress alike unless their Mom “makes us” and their older brother calls them “Brick” to see which sister answers.The girls are children of Cynthia and Chris Blanton. Twins Chloe and Sarah Hudson like to dress alike and their favorite subject is math. They like to trick friends too and enjoy having their birthday parties
together. Their favorite colors are blue and purple and their nicknames are Lu Lu and Coca Bear. The girls are the children of Wesley Grayson and Donald Hudson. Third graders Curtis and Carter Simpson answer their Mom with each other's name sometime. They love sports and Curtis is a die-hard Duke fan and his favorite color is Duke blue. Obviously he wants Duke Blue Devils to win the Final Four. Carter is pulling for Kentucky Wildcats which hasn't lost a basketball game this season. “They are fixing to lose to Duke,'' exclaims Curtis, so there's a lot of rivalry with these two and they say they will be out in front of the TV set for the Final Four games. “Teen Titans Go” is a TV program they love to watch on Channel 53. It's about teens fighting crime. In Pre-Kingergarden class the boys were in the same class. At East Curtis is in Rackley's class and Carter is in Hensley's class. Carter's favorite color is teal. Curtis likes everything Duke blue. They are the sons of Holly Partlow and
Cory Simpson. Third graders will be taking End of Grade tests soon and the twins aren't too excited. The Final Four has their undivided attention. Chloe and Sofia Martin are identical blondes and the four-year-olds like the housekeeping center and their favorite colors are blue and purple. Their parents are Nikki and Ryan Martin. Their teacher identifies them by a mark on their eyebrow. These girls dress identically. Chloe has a little mark on her eyebrow. “It's really tough,'' friends say to tell them apart. Alyssa and Kayla Goode are kindergarten students who like doing things together. They are the daughters of Keisha Goode. Kindergardners Haylie and Marie Morrow like doing things together and Jacob and Jaylend Wright in the Head Start classroom like to play with blocks. The Morrow twins are children of Donnie Morrow and Amber Herron. The Wright twins are the children of Anna Dobson.
In a letter dated Sept. 24 1851 from Livonia Kincheloe Harmon in Arkansas to Elizabeth Harmon, Lewis’ sister, we know that they are married in July. She wants to come to North Carolina and meet Lewis’ family. She tells Elizabeth, who is not married, that she has a fine looking brother that she wants her to meet. Moving ahead to 1860, Lewis writes that they have 5 children, the youngest of which is five. In all of his letters he goes into detail about his crops, livestock and farm product prices. He has purchased a thrashing machine for $171.00 and things are going well. He invites his younger brothers and neighbors to move to Arkansas. (In 1856 four families did leave White Plains and move to Arkansas). In another 1860 letter that Lewis wrote to his sister Ruanah, he asked that Dr. Tracy write to him and let him know how people there are “going Politically, whether democrats or knownothing. I hope they are all democrats. Sorry to hear that my friend William Wear did vote a knownothing ticket.” Peter Harmon sent letters to his sons that he dictated to a writer. Normally we would not see these but it turns out that his son, Samuel, who received letters while in Illinois, saved them, brought them home and put them in the bible. In an 1851 letter Peter tells about having a hot dry summer but his crops are doing well and everyone’s health is good. A year later he writes that times are very hard because of the drought. He tells about the low price of farm products and says that money is tight. The family misses Samuel and wants him to hurry home “when to look for the Prodigal Son So we may Rile the fatted calf”. He asked “what Sort of crops they are making in Illiinois and other Countries you have traveled over.” Preston’s three younger children are going to school (probably El- Bethel Church or Ware’s School). Preston reports that the family is in good health. Samuel’s baby sister Ruanah also wrote to Samuel when he was in Illinois. She informs him the she and all of the family are well. She is in hopes that the letter finds him “Injoying the samellish. They have been looking for him to arrive any day. “We
thought that We Was never Agowing to hair from you Eny More at tall.” As with all letters she provides information about their crops, livestock and prices. Their older sister Sarah plans to marry again with the wedding at home (Her firsT husband Joseph Gladen died in 1849). More information on friends and neighbors. Tells Sam that there is a young lady in the neighborhood that is also waiting for his return. When Sam’s last letter arrived, brother Jeremiah went to the store to get it. When he got home with the letter after midnight all of the family got up to read it. Ruanah wrote “Jemirah has got a nice Little Filey that can out Run Eney thing in Clevlind County “. Grandmother is doing poorly and wants to see you before she dies. Mother who has been waiting so long to see him says that she will remember him as long as she lives. We have one letter that Samuel wrote to his father and mother while he was in Illinois. He writes “agen I am spared to Rite A Few lines to you to let you know that Sam is Alive yet thanks to God And well yet”. He wants to see them as bad as they want to see him. August before he had plan to leave for home but $150 was stolen and had to stay longer to make money for his trip. He makes $12 a month working on a farm and farms a couple of acres for himself. He reports on his crop yields and money earned. Tells of selling his horse and saddle and changed his mind about traveling home on horseback. He wants his father to write and tell him about El-Bethel, “who the man is on the Shelby circuit in 1852”. He wants to hear about camp meetings. Samuel says that he can do better here and make more (in Illinois) but he wants satisfaction and happiness. “Happy is what I do want but it is not this Worlds goods” After Samuel returned to White Plains, we find from an 1856 letter to his
brother Lewis (who is still in Arkansas) that he is married. His bride is Susanna Dickey Weir (great, great granddaughter of Capt. John Weir, Amer. Rev. Veteran) and they were married at El- Bethel Meth. Church. He apologizes for not writing but has an excuse that their siblings Ruanah and Jeramiah have been writing him. He writes” We had a very good 4 day meeting at old Elbthel on the 16,17,18,19. As well as the camp meeting at Sulphur Springs”. He reports on the crops and prices of their farm products. He reports on the health and wellbeing of their family and neighbors and adds “ Preston Fulton and Margaret Goforth were married May 15 and Margaret had her child August 21—that is what I Call a 3 months Child”. In 1857 Samuel writes to his brother (Rev.) Higley that he, his wife and young son Rush are all well. Samuel has had a “bad spell of the boul complain but he is better, thanks to God. The Flux is bad down on Crowders Creek where children and adults are dying.” He reports on a long list of neighbors then adds “Big George Goforth died July 28, whiskey kield him”. He writes about his crops and rain and then adds “Higly I am sorry to say that our church is going up Slough” 1859 There are two letters from sisters Mary and Nancy Harmon (daughters of Peter’s brother Andrew) addressed to their cousin Preston Harmon (Peter’s youngest son). They ask about John W. Harmon (another son) and tells everyone they are sorry to hear of Grandmother’s death (Mary Goforth Harmon). Nancy says I would like to see you all at El Bethel Church again. 1861 - In a note written by S. Sadler of Yorkville to Peter Harmon % his nephew William D. Patterson, he ask for payment on a note dated March 1855. To be continued next week
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in hand with City Attorney Mickey Corry to minimize liability and litigation and to evaluate and implement policies and procedures. Sellers manages15 departments and 200 employees, insuring each department needs are met and sets priorities in capital improvements. Kings Mountain is unique in that it is one of only eight cities in North Carolina to own and operate all four utilities and owns and operates the senior center and library. The mayor added, “Kings Mountain is in the best position I have seen in my 22 years in city government and is recognized all over the state as being a leader in technology. City management and staff work very hard to bring new projects and technology which brings savings that we re-invest in our infrastructure which makes our city attrac-
tive to prospective business, industry and residential development. Mrs. Sellers surrounds herself with staff that builds on teamwork who are dedicated to making Kings Mountain a better place to live.” Staff and city council also received raises during the fiscal year beginning last July. Employees received a 2% cost of living raise, city council and the mayor received an additional $200 for travel which brought the seven members of council’s monthly salary to $700 and the mayor’s salary to $900. Council’s raise to the manager brought her base pay from $89,524 to $92,261. Mayor pro tem Mike Butler made the motion to make the salary increase to the manager, seconded by Councilman Curtis Pressley and the vote was 6-1. Councilman Tommy Hawkins cast the dissenting vote.
Mrs. Sellers holds an Associate degree from Montreat-Anderson College, a Bachelor’s degree from Gardner-Webb College and also graduated in the Broyhill School of Management. She has attended numerous classes and received certifications from the Institute of Government at Chapel Hill. A Electricities of North Carolina Commissioner since 2006, she is a member of the NC City and County Manager’s Association and a member of Kings Mountain Rotary Club. Mrs. Sellers is the daughter of the late Willie and Etta Herrell of Bakersville, NC. She and her husband, Jody Sellers, Kings Mountain native, are the parents of two daughters; Morgan, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and Johana Sellers, a junior at Kings Mountain High School.
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Thornburg views advance Local Democrats gathering directives as early planning for annual convention April 11 Gathering in annual county convention Saturday, April 11, local Democrats will organize and re-energize for the new two-year party cycle leading up to the 2016 presidential-year general election. “Facing Forward!” will be the theme. The convention will be held in the auditorium of the County Office Building at 130 S. Post Rd. in Shelby, across from Cleveland Community College. The session will be called to order at 10:00 a.m., following refreshment s and registration beginning at 9:30 a.m. Among those attending will be the voting convention delegates elected in the February annual meetings of Democratic precinct organizations across the county, Democratic elected officials, and CCDP’s representatives to district and state party organizations.
The convention is also open for attendance and free of charge for any other Democrat registered in Cleveland County. CCDP Chair Robin Smith said the party especially welcomes those interested in politics and wishing to be more informed and involved— newcomers and “oldtimers” alike. Business agenda items include the election of CCDP officers for new two-year terms and election of delegates to the May annual convention of Tenth Congressional District Democrats. Keynote speaker will be Chris V. Rey, Democrat now in his second term as mayor of the small town of Spring Lake in Cumberland County, N. C. He also is currently chair of Second Congressional District Democrats and active in the state party organization, a former U. S. Army officer, attorney and
businessman, He brings a message stressing citizen involvement and community service through politics and otherwise to create positive change, particularly in North Carolina’s rural areas. A drop-in reception to meet-and-greet Mayor Rey will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 11, the evening before the convention, at the Kings Mountain Woman’s Club building at 108 E. Mountain St. The public is invited. CCDP Chair Smith said RSVPs from those expecting to attend would be helpful. Responses may be sent through the party's website, by emailing: ccdpempartysec@gmail.com or call 704.457.9840. As is traditional, the party's annual fund-raising auction will be held in connection with the convention, featuring donated baked goods, plants, handcrafts, and gift items.
Letter to the Editor To the Editor: Every two years North Carolinians go to the polling p laces to cast votes for the people who will represent them in the US Congress and the NC House and Senate. On Election Day,we want our voices to be heard. But our voices are not being heard. The way Congressional and Legislative districts have been created has guaranteed that the party in control will remain in control and that the people in office will remain in office. Every 10 years following the US Census states redraw the election map to adjust for changes in population. In North Carolina, the members of the NC General Assembly are responsible for drawing those maps. It is understandable that in the past, we have drawn the maps to benefit ourselves and our party, but it is not good for the people of North Carolina and the future of North Carolina. The US Su-
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preme Court recognizes that gerrymandering is a problem. In just the last week, the Court has said that there was a racial gerrymandering in the drawing of districts in Alabama and Virginia and ordered the courts to review the situation. The process of drawing voting maps, or redistricting, has a tremendous impact on our government, on issues we care about and our daily lives. Those lines on a map impact our government, the education our children receive, bringing jobs to our state, the roads we ride on and the taxes we pay. The way we have drawn maps in North Carolina for the last five decades or longer has undermined citizens' confidence in our government, created highly partisan legislative districts, and caused gridlock. It is time for change and I strongly support that change. House Bill 92, which I sponsor, requires that dis-
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tricts be compact, contiguous, and follow state and federal law. The districts cannot be drawn based on the political makeup of districts, past voter turnout, or other partisan favors. The maps are drawn by professionals, reviewed by citizens and then approved or disapproved by the legislature in a timely fashion. North Carolinians have had enough of partisan gerrymandering. I, and 62 other members of the North Carolina House of Representatives, am supporting this transparent, impartial and fair process for redistricting. I care about the value of our votes and the future of our state. Making this change is the right think to do. I urge you to join me, take the partisan politics out of redistricting and put the voters back in charge. KEN GOODMAN State Representative NC 66
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Hearing the takes the hard dewords “Advance cisions out of our Directives”, can loved ones hands bring an array of and lets them thoughts and emoknow in writing tions to our mind. what we want Death, end of life done. The Living decisions, hospice Monty Thornburg Will addresses sitGuest Columnist care, long term uations when we nursing facilities, are incurable or sadness, depression – are irreversibly ill, when we just a few of the thoughts are permanently unconthat we as humans may scious, or when we have think of when these two advanced dementia that words are spoken. has become permanent However, as quickly as and isolates us from other they come to mind, they persons. can unfortunately be just The Health Care Power as quickly forgotten or of Attorney allows us to denied because as healthy name a trusted person to living human beings, we serve as our health care may not want to face our decision maker. State law own mortality and the allows our loved ones to mortality of our loved be our healthcare agents ones. and most persons want Life is a journey and their families to be their the best outcome with any healthcare agent. There journey depends on how is no need for a Healthwell we plan for it. We Care Power of Attorney if spend months planning we have family we trust for vacations and wedto make decisions for us. dings but how much time However, if we want to do we spend planning for pick a special person to own departure from this be our healthcare agent, life? we need to complete Yes, I know it may not a Healthcare Power of be a pleasant occasion Attorney. Also, if our but not talking about it loved ones disagree with does not make it go away. us about life prolonging In fact, our not talking measures, we can comcan make situations plete a Healthcare Power more difficult for everyof Attorney naming a one involved. Advance person we trust will carry directives should be out our wishes. approached head on with Not only have I expea frank and open dialogue rienced this need to plan with family and loved professionally but also ones long before the need personally with both of arises. my dear parents. Having I have learned after to decide what a parent working in the field of would want is a heart aging for more than 30 wrenching decision that years that planning is none of us should have to important. I have assisted make but my family has many senior adults and had to do that in the past their family members with and you may have to face the preparation of Living those decisions if you do Wills and Health Care not know your loved ones Power of Attorneys during wishes. my career. Completion of It is because of my these documents is a very personal and professional important way we can experiences in these matavoid an unhealthy family ters that I executed these crisis dealing with end of documents for myself life health choices. many years ago. The best outcomes Many folks may fear arise when we make dethat the execution of these cisions about life prolong- documents is telling meding measures ourselves ical personnel to “Not while we are healthy and Treat” but this is simply competent. not true. Our advance Executing both docdirectives do not stop our uments is a good idea. receiving customary and The Living Will makes our expected care for what is wishes known to those we wrong. Advance direclove and care about. It tives are important only
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when normal expected care will not work to keep us alive or help us wake up from a coma. Even when an advance directive orders that life prolonging treatments should be stopped, the advance directive does not stop effective pain management, comfort care, and respect for our dignity. Even though I have worked with mostly senior adults in these issues, please do not think of this opportunity as a senior or older adult issue. Often times we link death and dying issues with old age, but that is a mistake when it comes to advance directives. The landmark court cases about end of life decisions have involved individuals in their 20’s. The stakes are really higher for younger persons because if tragedy strikes, they might be kept alive and in existence for decades in a condition they would not want. So these tools are important planning tools for all adults who are 18 years of age or older. (Monty Thornburg is a member of Journey… Partnership for End of Life Issues--a group of community volunteers who believe end of Life issues are a Road We All Will Travel. How we travel is determined by how we Prepare for our journey. One of the primary tasks of Journey is to educate the community and family members about end of life issues and to educate the community and family members about care giving for both the caregiver and receiver. Nike’s slogan is Just Do IT! The slogan with Journey is similar: Just Plan It. Monty has been the Director of the Patrick Center for almost 32 years and is a part-time licensed funeral director/embalmer. He has seen personally and professionally firsthand the importance of having advance directives in place. ) Web site where copies of the Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney forms can be downloaded to: www. nclifelinks.org
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Rickenbacker to be inducted into KM Sports Hall of Fame (First in a four-part series on the 2015 inductees into the Kings Mountain Sports Hall of Fame. The dinner and induction ceremony will be Saturday, May 9 at 6 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church. Tickets are $15 and will be available at the door.) When Priscilla Rickenbacker was eight years old, her grandmother, Zettie McClain of Grover, bought the youngster her very first basketball goal. “It was the nicest goal in the neighborhood,” remembers Rickenbacker. That goal gave her a good taste for the sport, and as the years went on her game progressed and she excelled on the middle school, high school and collegiate level. Basketball is still in her blood, as she has served as a player and coach on the high school and collegiate level. The former four-sport Kings Mountain High standout will be inducted into the Kings Mountain Sports Hall of Fame at its 28th annual ceremony Saturday, May 9 at Central United Methodist Church. Today, Rickenbacker is the athletic director at Greater Providence
Priscilla Rickenbacker, now athletic director at Greater Providence Baptist Church in Charlotte. Baptist Church in Charlotte and the commissioner of a youth basketball league that includes 38 teams and 500 players. She sees the church and the league as instruments that not only give youngsters a chance to play ball, but to serve God as well. Greater Providence Baptist won
first place in every age division this season, Rickenbacker noted. She has been with the church for seven years and started the league her first year there. But, as she says, her start was in Grover and Kings Mountain and many teachers and coaches influenced her life on and off the playing field. She played basketball, softball, tennis and volleyball during her years at Kings Mountain High from 1977-79 and was an all-conference standout in multiple sports. She received the most improved basketball player award in 1977 and most valuable player award in 1978 and 1979. She was also the 1979 KMHS Female Athlete of the Year. She played basketball, softball and tennis at Methodist College and basketball and softball at North Carolina Wesleyan. She was the first basketball All-American at NC Wesleyan, and in 2008 was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. Going over her career, she said the foundation was laid in Grover and Kings Mountain. “As a young athlete, middle See RICKENBACKER, Page 12
Softball wins 15-5, home today Kings Mountain High’s women’s softball team went into the Easter break unbeaten in the South Mountain Athletic Conference. In their only game of the week, the Lady Mountaineers defeated Burns 15-5, ending HESTER the game in six innings on the 10-run mercy rule. Emily Hester went the distance on the mound, scattering seven hits while walking six and striking out three. She also had a big night at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a three-run home run. Mikeala Bell went 4-for-4 with four runs batted in. Leah Herndon was 3-for-4 and Gretchen Boyles hit a solo home run. The victory moved the KM ladies to 8-0 in the SMAC and 8-1 overall. They were scheduled to host Chase in a makeup game yesterday and will face South Point and Fred T. Foard in round robin non-conference games today beginning at 1 p.m.
Priscilla Rickenbacker is pictured during her playing days at Kings Mountain High School.
Finally, breather! KM Mountaineers roll Cavaliers 10-0
Kings Mountain Middle’s Maggie Lloyd scores one of her three goals in last week’s win over Crest at the KMMS field. (Photo by KM Herald)
KMMS kickers remain unbeaten, 7-0 in Tri-County and 9-0 overall Kings Mountain Middle School’s soccer team went into the Easter break with a perfect record after winning three more games last week. In their only Tri-County Conference game Tuesday, the Lady Patriots shutout Burns 8-0. Baylee Marr was credited with her second shutout in goal. Maggie Lloyd scored
her fourth hat trick of the conference season assisted by Lindsey Deaver, Sarah Drennan and Georgia Moss. Deaver scored her second hat trick of the conference season. Lloyd assisted two of the goals and Moss the other. Raegan Buchanan scored a goal, assisted by Lloyd, and Lexie Wright scored her first goal of the season,
assisted by Drennan. The Lady Patriots defeated Crest 8-1 in a scrimmage game Monday at KMMS. Lloyd led the KM ladies with a hat trick. One goal was assisted by Drennan and the others by Deaver. Moss and Summer Campbell both scored unassisted goals. Deaver scored See KMMS SOCCER, Page 12
After seeing most of their games settled in the late innings, Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers welcomed a breather Tuesday night when they shutout East Burke 10-0 in five innings at Lancaster Field. The Mountaineers scored four runs in the bottom of the first and sent 12 men to the plate in the fourth to score six more. Robbie Lysek came on to pitch in the top of the fifth and retired the Cavaliers in order – including two by strikeouts – to end the game on the mercy rule. The Mountaineers collected seven hits, including a double and single by Lysek. Brandon Bell had a two-run double and Shawn Adams, John Bell, Thomas Lavin and Colby Crisp added a single each. Three KM pitchers limited the Cavaliers to two hits, both by Brent Carrol. Madisyn Bolin pitched the first two innings, giving up one hit and fanning two; and Austin Sellers pitched
the third and fourth innings, giving up one hit and striking out one. Will Wilson walked and John Bell singled to get the Mountaineers going in the bottom of the first. After a double steal, back-to-back walks to Matt Absher and Crisp forced in the first run. A passed ball brought in the second run and Lavin and Lysek both had RBI singles. Lysek’s double to deep centerfield got the fourth inning rally going. Brandon Bell’s double brought home two runs and then wildness on the part of EB pitchers set in and the Mountaineers scored their last four runs on a hit batsman, a wild pitch, and back-to-back walks, all with the bases loaded. The Mountaineers dropped a 4-2 conference game Thursday night at Burns, bringing their record to 5-5 in the SMAC and 6-5 overall heading into this week’s Easter Tournament at Shelby High School. See KMHS BASEBALL, Page 12
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Lady Mountaineers win Pink Ladies Invitational Kings Mountain High’s women’s track team won its inaugural Pink Ladies Invitational Wednesday at John Gamble Stadium. The Lady Mountaineers compiled 109 points to defeat Forestview with 73. South Point was third with 71, followed by Ashbrook 70, Stuart Cramer 51, Hunter Huss 50.33, Shelby 46.33, Burns 39, North Gaston 28 and East Gaston 19.33.
Softball star Priscilla Rickenbacker during her playing days at North Carolina Wesleyan. (File photo)
RICKENBACKER: 4-sport athlete to be inducted into KMHS Hall of Fame From Page 11 school and high school is your roots,” she says. “Kings Mountain was my foundation and it was a great foundation. All the people at Kings Mountain High School and in the town, and all the people I played with inspired me. “From 1977 to 1979 I was very close to the other athletes and the people,” she added. “High school sports was a great opportunity to develop my skills in what I wanted to do.” Rickenbacker was a scoring machine for the Lady Mountaineers’ basketball team, which was coached by Kathy Brooks, the wife of former Mountaineer football coach at athletic director Dan Brooks, who is now the associate head football coach at Clemson University. “The basketball coaches I had made me become more focused,” she said “I worked very hard to be the best I could be. “Softball was my release from basketball,” she added. “I didn’t feel as much pressure in softball as I did in basketball. There was no continuous pressure in softball compared to basketball.” Just like at KMHS, when Rickenbacker began her career at NC Wesleyan she established herself as one of the best athletes ever at that school. She averaged 17.1 points per game during her basketball career. She earned All-Conference, All-Tournament and Most Valuable Player honors. The 1980-81 season was one of the best in the school’s history. Rickenbacker averaged 20 points and six rebounds per game and led the Bishops to their first NCAIAW state championship in basketball and their first overall winning record (14-9). She was named All-American. As soon as that season was over, she stepped onto the softball field and led that team to the NCAIAW championship as well. In 1982 she led Wesleyan to the Dixie Conference Tournament championship. She was team MVP, first team all-conference at second base, and hit .456. She led the Bishops to an overall 49-10 record those two years Rickenbacker began her coaching career at Kings Mountain High School in 1992. She served six years as head JV coach varsity assistant in basketball under Coach Tony Leigh, who will be inducted posthumously into the Hall of Fame with Rickenbacker.
“That was a great experience,” says Rickenbacker. “Tony did a great job with the basketball program. The JV teams were very successful. We won the tournament while I was there. I saw the basketball team excel. Tony Leigh did an excellent job and he is the one that inspired me to become a head coach.” Rickenbacker said her desire was to someday be head varsity coach at KMHS, “but God led me somewhere else.” That somewhere was North Gaston High School, where in two seasons she coached the Lady Wildcats to some of their best times in school history. Her first team there went 23-2 and won the conference and tournament championships. Her second year there, 1998, she was conference coach of the year. The next year she began her college coaching career. From 1999-2007 she served as an assistant at Johnson C. Smith, University of Wisconsin Green Bay, Loyola University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati and Appalachian State. Wisconsin Green Bay won its conference championship in Rickenbacker’s first year with the team. “That was a great experience,” Rickenbacker said. “But, eventually, I felt a need to come back home because my aunt, Barbara McClain, had cancer really bad so I went to Appalachian.” McClain wasn’t just Rickenbacker’s aunt, she was one of her best friends. “We grew up together in Grover,” Rickenbacker noted. “She played sports at Kings Mountain, too.” No doubt, McClain, who is now in Heaven, will be on Rickenbacker’s mind when she enters the KM Hall of Fame. What will make the event most special for Rickenbacker is that the woman who bought her first basketball goal, her grandmother Zettie McClain, will be in the audience. “She will be 95 years old on May 16,” Rickenbacker noted. “She has always been my inspiration. She is planning on being there. That will be the icing on the cake for me. She’s phenomenal. She gave me my first basketball goal. She always took me to practice and never deterred me. “Grover is really where I got my start in sports,” she added. “We had tournaments at the school. There were a lot of good athletes that came out of Grover that excelled at Kings Mountain High and beyond. We all had that foundation.”
Kings Mountain’s Gwen Hopper received the trophy as the most valuable athlete in field events. Felicia Berry of Forestview was most valuable in track events. The KMHS team also received a trophy for finishing in first place. Hopper won the triple jump (33’9”) and finished third in the long jump and the high jump. Kaitlyn Moss won the 3200 meter run in 13:25 and
finished second in the 1600 meter run. Kings Mountain’s 4x800 relay team finished first in 11:26. Team members were Kaitlyn Moss, Cassie Morton, Caroline Foster, Mackenzie Smith and Montanna Smith. Finishing second for the Lady Mountaineers were Kayla Capps in the pole vault and Tynesha Merriman in the 200 meter dash. Finishing third for KM
were Ja’Myiah Pressley in the 100 meter dash, Erica Carpenter in the 100 meter hurdles and Akeela Frost in the discus. Moss was fourth in the 800 meter run. Finishing fifth were Dejona Hill in the discus, Frost in the shot, Mackenzie Smith in the 100 meter run, and Morton in the 3200 meter run.
Patriots go 6-0 in conference with 17-0 victory over Burns Kings Mountain Middle School’s baseball team went into the Easter break unbeaten in the Tri-County Conference with a 17-0 victory over Burns last week. David Bell got the win on the mound, pitching three innings and giving up just two hits. He struck out five. Josh Ledford and Joe Ruffalo pitched the fourth and fifth innings, giving up no hits and fanning five. Ledford and Haddon Pruett led the plate attack with three hits each. Pruett had a double. Getting two hits were Seth Kennedy, John Melton and Bryce Fisher. Ruffalo, Bell and Ricky Wright each had one hit. The Patriots took advantage of two walks and seven Burns errors. They took a 5-0 lead after two innings and then broke the game open with a nine-run third inning. In other games last week, the Patriots fell to Crest 21-3 and defeated Shelby 11-0 in non-division games. At Shelby, the Patriots got the win in five innings on the 10-run mercy rule. Ruffalo got the win, giving up no runs, one hit and fanning two in two innings. Ledford pitched the third inning, walking one and fanning three. Pruett pitched the fourth, walking two and fanning two; and Melton pitched a perfect fifth which included two strikeouts. Ledford led the hitting with 3-for-3 and Pruett was 2-for-3. Getting one hit each were Holden Turner, Kennedy, Melton, Bell and Blake Broome. Kings Mountain struck for three runs in the top of the first, added two in the second, three in the third
Kings Mountain’s Joe Ruffalo dives safely back into third base after being caught in a rundown in last week’s game with Crest at Lancaster Field #2. (Photos by KM Herald)
Kings Mountain’s Josh Ledford steals second base in last week’s game with Crest Middle School at KMMS. and three in the fourth. Against Crest, Ledford, Logan Webb, Cameron Stevens, DJ Bagwell, Kennedy, Melton, Nathan Phillips and Silas Price collected one hit each. Crest scored three runs in
the second inning and broke the game open with eight in the third and five in the fourth and fifth frames. Kings Mountain scored its three runs in the fifth on consecutive hits by Webb, Stevens and Bagwell.
Sharing pitching duties for the Patriots were Kennedy, Melton, Fisher, Pruett and Bagwell. Kings Mountain returns to action April 14 at home against Chase.
KMMS SOCCER: Patriot KMHS BASEBALL: kickers remain undefeated KM downs East Burke 10-0 From Page 11 Lloyd also scored another From Page 11
Burns grabbed a quick 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a two-run home run by Bradley Evans. Kings Mountain battled back to tie the game in the third. Brandon Bell’s double plated Will Wilson with the first run. Bell then scored when John Bell reached base on an error. That would be it, though, for the Mountaineers. Burns took the lead
again in the bottom of the third on a solo home run by Christopher Proctor, and added an insurance tally in the fourth on an RBI single by Caleb Burnham. John Grigg went the distance on the mound for the Bulldogs. Brandon Bell pitched the first three innings and took the loss. Brandon Bell led the KM plate attack with 3-for-4. Wilson, John Bell and Absher had a hit apiece.
KM golfers roll in CC tournament Kings Mountain High’s golf team continued its unbeaten season Monday with a lop-sided victory in the annual Cleveland County Tournament at River Bend. The Mountaineers shot 316 to win by 30 strokes over Shelby, which shot
346. Crest shot 351 and Burns 417. Freshman Alex Goff of the Mountaineers was medalist with a three-over par 75. Miles Robinson shot 78, Dawson Adams 80, Carson Bailey 82 and Tyler Withers 86.
two goals that were assisted by Drennan and Moss. Buchanan also scored a goal, assisted by Deaver. In another non-division game, the Lady Patriots shutout Shelby 6-0. Deaver scored a hat trick that was assisted by Drennan (one) and Buchanan (two).
hat trick with Campbell (one) and Deaver (two) providing the assists. Natalie Lutz and Abigail Pennington led the defense and Marr was in goal for the shutout. Kings Mountain (6-0, 9-0) returns to action April 14 at home against Chase.
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KM kickers beat East Burke, fall to Burns
KM JVs shutout EB for first win Kings Mountain High’s JV baseball team posted its first victory Tuesday at home, and it came in a big way. The Mountaineers shutout East Burke 9-0, scoring four runs in the first inning and closing out the scoring with five in the bottom of the sixth. Steven Russell pitched a great game, striking out the
first nine men he faced. He finished with 11 strikeouts in five innings, and then Daniel Bagwell came on to strike out five more batters in two innings of relief. Getting hits for the Mountaineers were Brian Lysek, Hunter Cash, Alec Seaward, Steven Russell, Landry Crawford, Collin Franks, Jonathan Rikard and Chase Johnson.
Stephen Russell had a big game at the plate, and on the mound, for Kings Mountain’s JVs in last week’s victory over East Burke at Lancaster Field. (Photo by KM Herald)
A father and son threw out first pitches to begin recent Kings Mountain High baseball games. At left is Mike Smith Sr., who was the star hitter and shortstop on KM’s first-ever state championship team in 1969. On the right is Mike Smith Jr., who was the second baseman on the Mountaineers’ 1993 state championship team. (Photos by KM Herald)
KM netters win two, eye state tournament Kings Mountain High’s tennis team won its final two regular season games last week, defeating East Burke 9-0 and Highland Tech 8-1. The Mountaineers will play in the SMAC tournament beginning April 20 at Crest High. The Mountaineers will send two doubles teams and two singles players and the top two doubles teams and top two singles players will advance to the
Western Regionals. The Mountaineers have also qualified for the state playoffs again by defeating Burns and Crest during conference play. The Mountaineers went 6-1 in the SMAC and 7-2 overall. Since joining the SMAC last year, the Mountaineers have a two-year conference mark of 13-1. KM 9, E. BURKE 0
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Singles – Dylan Ervin (KM) d. Brian King 6-2, 6-2; Gibson Conner (KM) d. Graham Hilderbran 6-4, 6-0; Robert Baker (KM) d. Jacob Leonhardt 6-3, 6-1; Alex Lovelace (KM) d. Caleb Ty 6-0, 6-0; Dalton Cash (KM) d. Ethan Hallyburton 6-0, 6-2; Landon Ervin (KM) d. Jonathan Swink 6-0, 6-0. Doubles – D. Ervin/Gibson (KM) d. Hilderbran/ Leonhardt 8-4; Baker/Cash
(KM) d Ly/Noah Profitt 8-4; D. Skeith/J. Fite (KM) d. Hallbyrton/C. Harwell 9-9 (10-9). KM 8, HIGHLAND 1 Singles – Dylan Ervin, Gibson Conner, Alex Lovelace, Dalton Cash, Landon Ervin. Doubles – D. Ervin/Conner, R. Baker/D. Cash, B. Goodson/J. Fite.
Kings Mountain High’s women’s soccer team split a pair of games last week to fall into third place in the South Mountain Athletic Conference with a 7-2-1 record. Kings Mountain shutout East Burke 7-0 Tuesday night at John Gamble Stadium. Virginia Dellinger scored a hat trick and had two assists. Cassidy Calhoun scored two goals and Jamie Slater and Paloma Dettloff added one apiece. Calhoun and Molly Vongphouthone each had an assist.
Sara Smart was in goal and Lauren Gould and Kimberlee Farris had a good game on defense. The Lady Mountaineers saw Burns score late to claim a 4-3 victory Thursday night in Lawndale. That loss dropped KM to third behind Shelby and Burns. Dellinger recorded her second hat trick of the week off assists from Dettloff, Calhoun and Lyndsey Barnes. Kings Mountain returns to action Saturday at 2 p.m. in a non-conference game with Fred T. Foard at Gamble Stadium.
Lady Mountaineer midfielder Paloma Dettloff attempts to cut off a Burns pass. (Photos by Gary Smart)
KM Sports This Week Wednesday, April 8 1 p.m. – Round robin softball, Fred T. Foard and South Point at Kings Mountain. (KM plays first and third games; SP and FTF play second game). 2 p.m. – High school soccer, Fred T. Foard at Kings Mountain (varsity only). Tuesday, April 14 2 p.m. – High school golf, Kings Mountain vs. Burns and Crest at Riverbend. 4 p.m. – Middle School soccer and baseball, Chase at Kings Mountain.
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ty five (65) wide lots so an existing lot could be re-subdivided back into two lots. Both would have detached single family homes installed on them. The subject lot is located at 105 W. Watterson and is also known as KM8, Block 2, Lot 14 or parcel 7300. Said lot is zoned Residential R-8 (R-8). PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CITY HALL – COUNCIL CHAMBERS TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015 5:30 P.M. The public and interested parties are invited to attend the Public Hearing and express your opinion on the application. For additional information, call 704-7344595 (City Hall). KMH3663 (4/08 & 15/2015)
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Color Run celebrates teacher’s retirement after four decades DAVE BLANTON dave.kmherald@gmail.com
When Kathy James began teaching physical education at elementary schools 39 years ago, she traveled between schools in the then Kings Mountain School District, getting to know a generation of students as she made her rounds. Over the past winter, with her retirement fast approaching, the longtime teacher joined up with the
principal at North Elementary, where she has taught for 20 years, to work on doing something special as a send-off. With a little help from the school’s PTO, they organized a big celebration that came to be called the First Annual Kathy James Color Run. The run – held outdoors in during sunny weather last Friday – was a fun and messy affair that saw the school’s student run about a quarter mile course on
campus while teachers, volunteers and James herself squirted them down with multi-colored powder dyes. (Don’t worry, parents, the powder dyes are designed to disappear in the wash). “She is an outstanding PE teacher who works collaboratively with classroom teachers to integrate regular classroom instruction into her PE lessons,” said North Elementary Principal Amy Moss, who added that the Color Run
was also a part of Positive Paws, the school’s Positive Behavior Reward System. “This is cool – I’m having a blast,” James said, in between herding up a fresh round of runners for the color run through campus, which left students with pink, blue, orange and purple colorings on their clothes, faces and hair. James is a Kings Mountain native who attended West Elementary.
Kathy James stands next to some of her North Elementary students at a Color Run in her honor Friday. The longtime KM teacher is retiring at the end of the school year.
MAN: hauling cross 8,500 miles cuts through Kings Mountain area From Page 1
off and stayed with his father, a Gaffney resident. He estimates that he’s covered roughly 1,600 miles so far. On his long journey, Paul said he’s met a lot of well-wishers and also received some donations along the way. The donations have put food in his belly and have afforded him semi-weekly stays in hotels, where he said he gets a good night’s rest and gets showers. He’s also seen his share of travails. In September, a blister developed into an infection that sunk into some of the bones of his right foot. That led to a stay in a hospital and a long recovery that included repeated doses of antibiotics. He’s also an insulin dependent diabetic who has to monitor his food and water intake more closely than others. While trekking through New Orleans, someone tossed a beer bottle at him. “People see me and think I’ve got it all figured it out,” he said. “The truth is I’m doing this to try to figure
things out.” On Friday, Paul was headed east toward Gastonia and Charlotte. The next direction he’ll take is north, to the nation’s capital, at which point he’ll walk toward the Great Lakes Region and down and across through other Midwestern states. Ultimately, he’s pointing himself back to his hometown of St. Louis, Mo., at which point he wants to pursue a life in the ministry. “I believe that’s my calling,” said Paul, who said he’s trying to learn about his country and himself. Paul also took a few minutes to talk about his past, and some of the problems he had. “I didn’t know God. I was an alcoholic, a drug addict and a degenerate gambler. When I got saved, I realized deep down that this was something that I wanted to do.” Paul himself built the large cedar and pine cross, which he also uses as pack, storing clothes, food, a bible, medicine, a tent and other supplies. Initially, it was equipped only with two large rubber tires at
its base. He made the first 221 miles of his journey before adding a front wheel. “I’ve never asked for money,” he said. “I’ve never asked for food or a place to stay, but God has provided me with all I need along the way,” adding that people he’s met along his journey have been generous with food, money and lodgings. When no house or church is available, he’s been happy to camp in the woods or in public parks. He also carries a cell phone that he uses to stay in touch with friends and family and also to map out his course and to occasionally use Facebook and Twitter to talk about his ministry, which he calls “Just Call Me Paul.” “The message is to get people off their butts and follow Christ’s teachings,” he said. “Jesus devoted his life to helping people. That’s what I would like people to think about.” The traveler said he expects to finish his long symbolic walk around September 2016.
SHOOTING RANGE: breaks ground From Page 1 Tom Berry, Commissioner of the N.C. Wildlife Commission. The shooting range is the result of a partnership between the county, the N.C. Wildlife Commission and the NRA. The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department and the National Rifle Association have each given $25,000 toward the project. The project was also the recipient of a $700,000 anonymous gift. The cost of the project is estimated to come in around $2.2 million, not including the cost of the concession and restroom areas, according to Cleveland County Commissioner Johnny Hutchins, who told the more than 100 people gathered for the groundbreaking that the target date for opening the range is late October. In the meantime, an advisory board has been
formed to name the facility and establish rules and user fees. During Monday’s ceremonial ground-breaking, heavy equipment operators could be seen in the distance clearing the land for development. “This is designed to be a focal point for the entire state,” said Hutchins, who spearheaded the idea for the project more than six years ago. “It’s something that the whole community can be proud of.” The range will be managed by Sam Lockridge, the director of the county’s Solid Waste Management and Animal Control programs, which sit on adjacent parcels of land at 250 Fielding Rd. He made a plea to members of the public who are experienced with firearms and to those who have the appropriate credentials to reach out to him because he wants
to establish a large volunteer network to help operate the public range. He and county officials will also hire a professional range master to oversee day-today operations of the site. The Cleveland County Board of Commissioners approved construction bids and an updated agreement between the county and the N.C. Wildlife Resources in December of last year. In February, clearing and grading were begun. The main construction bid was awarded to Denver-based Eagle Wood Inc. The county board awarded a concession and restroom construction bid to T.C. Strickland, a Shelby company, which bid $424,613. The Wildlife Commission has allocated $1 million toward the construction of the range.
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Post Polio support group to meet on April 20 The Foothills Post-Polio Support Group, formerly called the Cleveland County Post-Polio Support Group, will hold the April meeting at the conference room of the Life Enrichment Center of Shelby on Monday, April 20, at 6 p.m. The conference room is located at the back of the building The center is located off Highway 18 North on Life Enrichment Blvd. Just north of Cornerstone Dentistry. Each person attending should bring
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