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City staff report to Council
Hydroelectric pump storage too costly
BUTTERFLY RELEASE - Over 100 live painted Lady butterflies were released Saturday as a highlight of activities at the second annual Earth Day celebration which brought crowds to the Gateway Trail. From left, Mayor Scott Neisler, Mary Wade Smith and Shirley Brutko release the colorful butterflies. See more photographs in this week’s Herald.
City Council held a special meeting and workshop last Tuesday and one of the chief topics was report on an evaluation by city staff of possibly using the two city lakes for possible hydroelectric pump storage. Over the last few months, staff has been evaluating the possibility of utilizing the dynamics of the two City owned lakes on York Road. The evaluation process was to determine if the existing water resource, the elevation differences and the water replenishing could produce the concept of installing an electric hydro generator that would produce electricity back to the City’s system that could
Prayer Day events set for May 4
HONORARY RECRUITER – Hailey Spearman, Kings Mountain High School teacher and coach, receives special award from Army S/Sgt. Casey Raza who are bringing options to high school students making career choices.
Bringing options to high school students Kings Mountain High School teacher Hailey Spearman was given a new title Saturday, April 22. She was made an honorary recruiter for the Shelby Army Recruiting Center at a ceremony on Fort Jack-
son, S.C. Spearman attended a Future Soldier event with her local Shelby recruiter, Staff Sgt. Casey Raza, and some of her students who have joined the U.S. Army See OPTIONS, Page 7A
Ross new Sports Director at Kings Mountain YMCA Kevin Osborne, VP / Executive Director of the Cleveland County F a m i l y YMCA announced the hiring of TANNER ROSS Tanner Ross as the new Sports Director for the Kings Mountain Family YMCA. Osborne said "Tanner has been with the YMCA for over six years. He has served as Summer Camp Counselor, Sports Camp Counselor, Welcome Center Associate, Umpire, Scorekeeper and recently as our Sports Coordinator. We are
very excited to have Tanner at the KM YMCA. He has a passion for Kings Mountain sports and I look forward to seeing his success." Ross added "I've lived in Kings Mountain my entire life... grew up at this Y and worked at the Y. I love the YMCA and this community. I am looking forward to growing the sports programs for the community" Tanner's first day will be Monday, May 1st. He can be reached at 704-669-3687 and / or tross@clevecoymca.org The Cleveland County Family YMCA operates facilities in Kings Mountain, Shelby and Boiling Springs, along with operating the River Bend YMCA Golf Course. For more information you can visit CleveCoYMCA.org
Two events are scheduled in Kings Mountain on National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 4. The 14th annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. at Family Worship Center Youth Sanctuary, 1818 Shelby Road. Dr. Mark Harris, pastor of First Baptist Church of Charlotte, will be guest speaker. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at Kings Mountain City Hall or call 704-739-4520. The 66th annual National Day of Prayer observance will be held at 12 noon in front of City Hall sponsored by the Kings Mountain Ministerial Association. Mayor Scott Neisler will preside and after the Pledge of Allegiance and special music prayers will be offered for our nation. The theme is “For Your Name’s Sake” from Daniel 9:19 “O Lord, listen. O Lord forgive. O Lord forgive and act.’’ “Come and be part of this time of prayer as we join with all people all across America as we cry out for God’s direction and healing hand of restoration upon our beloved nation,’’ said Rev. Ron Caulder, pastor of Eastside Baptist Church and president of the Ministerial Association.
work in tandem with the new purchase power contract with NTE. “Anytime you have a resource like water that could be the fuel for a hydro process, it has value to study the dynamics to see if this resource can be utilized to save the City’s electric customers additional monies,’’ said Marilyn Sellers, city manager, and Nick Hendricks, assistant city manager. A presentation was given to Council by Hendricks, Energy Services director, that outlined the evaluation which when all was concluded, staff recommended that this process not be done due to the estimated costs versus the savings.
Other items on the agenda: • Moss Lake Drain Pipe Abandonment: Staff presented to Council the results of a recent Request-for-Proposal and a recommendation to move forward regarding the completion of the filling of the drain pipe at Moss Lake. This process is still being evaluated in its design/build phase. Staff is currently discussing this process with the company More trench to insure everything is in proper order to proceed. • DOT Mowing Contract: Staff presented to Council a revised contract that outlined the process of the City taking over certain roads normally maintained
by DOT for mowing. The revised contract was to insure the proper footage was captured so that the correct charges can be addressed. • Duke Energy /City of KM Service Agreement Amendment: Staff made a recommendation to Council to approve the 5th amended and restated power purchase and REPS compliance service agreement. From time to time areas within the existing contract must be addressed as things in the electric industry changes. This change was due to the agreed upon language that addresses the recovery of expenses associated with Coal Ash.
It’s not every day... ( E d . Note- Dixon S c h o o l Road resident Mark Hughes has watched as new equip- MARK HUGHES ment is moved along Dixon School Road to the new power plant being developed by NTE Energy. This is his story.) By MARK HUGHES Special to The Herald
It is not every day I see a large combustion chamber
creeping up Dixon School Road by our house. This chamber is headed to the site of a new peak shaving power plant plant being built at I-85 (exit 5) and Dixon School Road. The chamber burns natural gas to produce steam that will turn the generator. Biggee (sic) Cranes from California used a self-propelled transporter manufactured by Goldhofer in Germany. The transporter has 18 axials with 8 wheels each for a total of 144 wheels. A
diesel engine and DC electric generator are located in the rear of the transporter. DC series motors turn the drive wheels of the transporter. The driver steers the transporter using levers that control the speed of each drive wheels. The man walking behind the transporter is holding a “kill switch” that will stop the transporter in case of emergency. My sister thinks she could drive the transporter. I would not stand in her way.
BIG DELIVERY – This transporter is carrying the generator that attaches to the combustion turbine that was delivered to the Kings Mountain Energy Site on Gage Road April 11. The combustion turbine generator produces electricity. The next and last large delivery to NTE will be a steam turbine and generator in June. See more photos in the Herald today. Photo by MARK HUGHES
Line workers Academy Orientation Thursday The first orientation for the new Electrical Line Workers Academy will be held Thursday, April 26 at Cleveland Community College from 4-7 p.m. This orientation, much like the academy itself, will be hands-on with students
climbing poles and going up in one of the bucket trucks, among other activities. Students will get a taste of what training for a career in this field is like. The City of Kings Mountain and the City of Shelby
have worked with Cleveland Community College in championing this new Academy at CCC because both municipalities employ electric system workers and have seen the need for more people choosing the lineman occupation.
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