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Memorial Day Manager’s budget on table service Monday No tax increase in $38M proposed city budget ELIZABETH STEWART
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Joe Galloway, left, and John Parker will help welcome Vietnam veterans home at Memorial Day services Monday at 10 a.m. at Patriots Park in Kings Mountain.
City plans ‘Welcome Home’ Vietnam Vets Joseph L. Galloway, one of America's premier war and foreign correspondents for half a century, will be the keynote speaker at Kings Mountain's community-wide Memorial Day service Monday, May 25 at 10 a.m. which “welcomes Vietnam veterans home.” The City of Kings Mountain is sponsoring the service at Patriots Park. Galloway will be joined
by John Parker, also a leader in the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Vietnam War, w ho will distribute pins, flags and other information about the event. Parker and Galloway are both in the National and North Carolina chapters of the 1st Cavalry Association. The program will begin with a prelude of music by Piper Jane Gulden and welcome by Mayor Rick Murphrey. The Kings Mountain Police Department Honor
Nothing is passed and won't be until after a public hearing June 16 but city council took their first look Monday night at City Manager Marilyn Sellers' proposed $38,763,923 budget for 2015-16, and applauded her and the staff on what the manager called “a very, very tight budget.” “This is an outstanding budget, conservative and progressive,'' said Mayor Rick Murphrey, adding that the staff continues to be proactive, cuts costs and gives excellent service.”
Robinson new Crest High principal
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KM Historical Museum $10,000 contest winner HOLLY ROBINSON
MUSEUM PARTNERS - Pictured on the back row, from left to right, are Dillon Lackey, a City of Kings Mountain Planning and Economic Development Department employee, Nancy Tucker, business librarian at Mauney Memorial Library, Jim Champion, the president of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre and Shirley Brutko, president of the Gateway Trail Board of Directors. Front row, left to right, are Jan Harris, the city’s Main Street Program director, Adria Focht, the director of the Kings Mountain Historical Museum, and Kings Mountain Mayor Rick Murphrey. Not pictured are Susan Champion, president of the KMHM Board of Directors, Sharon Stack, the director of the Mauney Memorial Library and Camiel Bradshaw, who represents the Southern Photo by DAVE BLANTON Arts Society.
Kings Mountain Historical Museum is the winner of WTVI PBS Charlotte’s 2nd Annual Community Give
Back Contest. The museum was selected from numerous applicants from across WTVI’s 13-county viewing area, along with the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation and the Allegro Foundation, as a finalist for the contest in February this year. The See MUSEUM, Page 7A
When the new term of school opens this fall Kings Mountain's Holly Dellinger Robinson will be Crest High School's principal and the first woman to serve in that position in over 50 years. Robinson served as assistant principal at Crest High from June 2012-July 2013 before joining Cleveland Early College High School in Shelby as principal in 2013. She will complete her duties at CECHS in June. Robinson began her teaching career as Language Arts teacher at Kings Mountain Middle School in July 2002 and taught until June 2008 when she became an English teacher at Cleveland Early College High School in Shelby and served four years. She was assistant principal at Shelby Middle School from 2010-2012. Robinson served as countywide writing instructor for all English/Language teachers in the summers of 2006 and 2007, was a mentor trainer for Cleveland County Schools from 2010-2012 and EVAAS trainer for Cleveland County Schools from August 2012-June 2013. She was Cleveland Early College See ROBINSON, Page 5B
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Prior to the w o r k session, S e l l ers met months ago with Marilyn Sellers departCity Manager m e n t h e a d s who presented individual budgets. The proposed budget recommends no property tax increase, no electric base rate increase, no natural gas base rate increase and good news for citizens is that they will be paying the last 7.5% water / sewer rate increase
they approved three years ago to pay back a $34 million dollar loan for water infrastructure upgrades. Sellers is recommending an in-house salary rate study that will evaluate each of the 200 city employees and may result in more pay. The biggest chunk of the budget is earmarked for insurance, a whopping $2.5 million as most businesses like the city have seen rising costs of insurance. The city provides insurance as one of its fringe benefits to full time employees and Sellers said there are no benefit changes. One strategy to cut down on claims is an
employee wellness program with health screenings and fitness programs which have seen employees overcoming weight problems and 80% of the work force reported they have primary care physicians. This is third straight year that the city has not increased premium coverage. “This budget looks at immediate needs while preparing for the future,'' said Sellers, alluding to the new partnership with the city and NTE, a big electricity provider that the city has contracted with that will be See NO TAX INCREASE, Page 7A
Rare birth at KM Hospital DAVE BLANTON dave.kmherald@gmail.com
Cole Parker Blanton came into this world a few days earlier than expected. That wouldn’t normally be a problem for the expectant mother and father, except that Stephanie Blanton’s contractions starting coming heavy and fast at a time when they were more than 30 miles from the hospital the couple had planned to have their second baby at. It was Friday two weeks ago in the early afternoon when Blanton, 38, said she knew she was going into labor. (The newborn’s due date was two days later, on Sunday, May 10). The Lake Wylie Elementary 1st grade teacher, who with her husband Dave, moved to Bessemer City just a few months ago, quickly packed
enough for a one-night stay and headed off to Carolinas Medical Center in Pineville, where her OB/GYN team is based. “He was honking his
horn, flashing his lights,” Blanton said of her husband behind the wheel. But within minutes of getting into the car to make See RARE BIRTH, PAGE 4B
The Blantons with newborn Cole at their Bessemer City home last Friday. Photo by DAVE BLANTON
KM High Theatre wins big
Front Row - Leah Nations, Jonah Williams, Casey Johnson, Tobias Curry, Haley Johnson, Jacob Edmondson, Akeela Frost, Brennin Fleisher Second Row - Jailah Pettis, Rachel Mower, Sophia Kellstrom, Jensen Fleisher, Jack Pearson, Ashlea Hodge, Nyla Barnes, Skylar Smith Third Row - Jeremiah Fite, Landon Ervin, Austin Willis, Rielly Neal, William Towery, Brandon Towery, Cole Smith. For three years, the the Blumenthal Performing that take place in New York Kings Mountain High Arts Center. The Blumeys, City. School Performing Arts De- sponsored in part by Wells On Sunday, May 17, the partment has participated in Fargo, The Charlotte Ob- cast of Little Shop of Horthe Regional High School server is part of the National rors performed as one of six Musical Theatre Awards, High School Musical The- nominees for Best Musical the Blumeys, sponsored by atre Awards, the Jimmys, See KM HIGH, Page 4B
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■ OBITUARIES Ricky Ray Short Kings Mountain resident KINGS MOUNTAIN - Ricky Ray Short, age 53, resident of #2 Bennett D r i v e K i n g s Mountain, NC went to be with the Lord on May 17, 2015 at Carolinas HealthCare System Cleveland, Shelby, NC He was born in Cleveland Co. NC to the late Mills and Carrie Short. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Ronnie Short and his sister, Gail Short. He was a former employee of Envirotech. He is survived by his wife of 27 years Donna P. Short, Kings Mtn. NC; brothers Bobby Short, Kings Mtn. NC; Harold Short and wife Brenda, Kings Mtn. NC; Jackie Evelyn Ware Heavner CHERRYVILLE - Evelyn Ware Heavner, 95, of Requa Road, died Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at her home. She was the widow of John F. Heavner Jr. and a World War II veteran of the USAF. A Celebration of Life service was held at 3 p.m. Danny Benfield SHELBY - Daniel “Danny” Benfield, 50, died Thurs., May 14, 2015, at his home. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of Pattie Stratton Benfield of Shelby, and the Maxine Goins Flowers BESSEMER CITY – Maxine Goins Flowers, 80, wife of Ray Flowers for 62 years, died May 11, 2015 at Gateway Medical Center, Clarksville,Tn. A graveside service was held Saturday, May 16, 2015 at Bessemer City Memorial Cemetery, with Chaplain (Col.) Reinaldo
Short, Kings Mtn. NC; Vernon Short, Lincolnton, NC; sisters Geraldine Mull, Kings Mtn. NC; Mary Mull and husband Ken, Kings Mtn. NC; numerous nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel, Wednesday, May 20, at 1 p.m., with Rev. James Hamrick and Rev. Gary Teague II officiating. Visitation was from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday evening, May 19, at Harris Funeral Home and from 11:30 to 12:30 Wednesday, May 20, prior to the service. Other times at the home, #2 Bennett Drive, Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Interment is at Westview Gardens, Bessemer City, North Carolina. Guest register available at www.harrisfunerals.com. Arrangements: Harris Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Kings Mountain. on Friday, May 15, 2015 at First Baptist Church with Dr. Vince Hefner officiating. Interment with military honors by the Cherryville American Legion Post 100 Honor Guard was held at City Memorial Cemetery and graveside rites by Cherryville Chapter 156 Order of the Eastern Star. late James Cecil Benfield. He served in the Navy, and was a former employee of Clearwater Paper. Graveside funeral services were held 3 p.m. Tuesday at Cleveland Memorial Park.
Velez, US Army ( retired) officiating. In addition to her husband, survivors are two sisters: Karen Moss and Diane Wellmon, both of Kings Mountain; her. daughter Raelene and husband, Rey Velez, of Clarksville, Tn., and a brother, Jake Goins of Brevard.
KM, Grover students receive college degrees Fourteen students from Kings Mountain and two from Grover were among more than 600 students receiving degrees during spring commencement exercises held on May 9 at Gardner-Webb University. Seventy-one students were from cities and towns in Cleveland County. Kings Mountain students earning degrees were Jonathan Michael Bundon, Pastoral Ministries; Jerret Cornelius Fite, Pastoral Care and Counseling; Zachary Lee Hayes, Nursing; Tana Condrey Heath, Family Nurse Practice; Alea
Caroline Lowman, Nursing; Brandon Lee McClain, Healthcare Management; Melani Diane McNeilly, Business Administration; Johanna Nichole Perez, Psychology; Ashley Jordan Reep, Economics/Finance; Tesla Dawn Rush, English; Zachary Thomas Smith, Discipleship studies; Matthew Wayne Tipton, Executive Leadership Studies; and Shana Marie Zwick, Elementary Education. Madison Hoskins Cooper, of Grover, Nursing; and Mary Katelin McCall, Grover, Nursing and Psychology.
Martin finishes Army basic training Army Pvt. James T. Martin has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training
exercises. Martin is the son of Marshall T. Martin of Kings Mountain, N.C. He is a 2014 graduate of Crest High School, Shelby, N.C.
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■ POLICE ARRESTS MAY 12: Samantha Rozell Thomas, 22, 118 Conner Dr., assault by strangulation, $10,000 secured bond. MAY 15: Antonio Maurice Wilson, 19, 120 Galilee Rd., assault on female, $10,000 unsecured bond. He was also cited for possession of marijuana. MAY 15: Johnny Ray Izard Jr., 22, Lincolnton, assault on female, $2500 secured bond. MAY 15: Marquacious Jernard Friday, 21, 612 Charles St., Apt. 12, assault on female, $2500 secured bond. MAY 16: Ada Keyon Blakeney, 35, Gastonia, second degree trespass, resist, delay, obstruct, $10,000 secured bond. CITATIONS: MAY 7: Mary Routh Byers, 41, 210 Autumn Woods Dr., speeding. MAY 15: Davey Kyle Scism, 21, Central, SC, stop sign violation. MAY 15: Three 16-year-old males were cited for underage drinking and one 16-year-old male
was cited for underage drinking and possession of drug paraphernalia. MAY 16: Matthew Ajon McClun, 41, 705 Stone St., no inspection, expired tag, no vehicle registration, failure to carry registration card. MAY 17: Courtney Rae Sherbert, 19, 331 O ak Grove Rd., Trailer 16, speeding. MAY 17: Stevie Alexender Smith, 53, 909 Church St., disorderly conduct, resist, delay and obstruct. MAY 18: Michael Cameron Carter, 25, 5145 Battleground Ave., possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia MAY 18: Barry Darby, 18, 142 Putnam Lake Rd., no electronic inspection of vehicle, expired tag INCIDENTS MAY 10: A resident of East Parker Street reported theft of an Alarm Force home security system. MAY 11: A resident of Charlotte reported someone obtained groceries by using her credit/debit card. MAY 11: A resident of
Wintergreen St. reported theft of a 1999 BMW, assorted jewelry and currency. MAY 12: Food Lion, 610 E. King St., reported shoplifting of six steaks and two rolls hamburger meat. MAY 12: A resident of Williamsburg Court reported theft of a gas hedge trimmer from a storage building. MAY 12: A resident of Merrimont Ave. reported theft of a Pioneer stereo head unit fro a 2008 Ford Mustang parked at the high school. MAY 15: EZ Mobile, 108-B York Rd., reported damage to glass window panes. MAY 15: A resident of N. Piedmont Ave. reported a break-in and theft of three TV sets, assorted jewelry and damage to a front window pane. MAY 16: A resident of Charles Street reported damage to a 1991 Honda by multiple people fighting on it. MAY 17: A resident o f Church Street reported
that he w as bit by a dog as he attempted to break-up a dog fight caused by a stray dog that came into his yard. MAY 17: A resident of Victoria Circle reported theft of an I-phone by a suspect who threw the phone on the roadway and broke it. WRECKS MAY 10: Officer Kyle Bell said that Lenny Herring, York, SC, reported that a deer ran out in front of the 2006 Chevrolet he was driving on US 74. Property damage was estimated at $2000. MAY 13: Officer H. W. Carpenter said Justin Alan Clyde, 116 Montview Dr., fell asleep at the wheel of his 2015 Toyota on NC 161, ran off the left side of the road where it struck a utility pole, then came back onto the roadway traveling south in the northbound lane of Highway 161 and struck the rear axle of a 1998 International truck operated by Rolando Hurtado of Miami, Florida. Property damages were estimated at $30,000.
$20,000 reward offered for information leading to arrest in dog decapitation case The fund to find the person or persons who decapitated a deaf and blind beagle has grown to $20,000, according to Tri-County Animal Rescue. Kings Mountain Police continue to receive calls – as far distant as California – about the crime but no one has been arrested. Kings Mountain Police were called to 104 S. Gaston Street on April 30 in reference to a breaking and entering and animal cruelty report. Officers said it appeared someone jumped a fence in the yard before stealing an ax, shovel and propane tank. The dog's body was found but its head was not. Authorities suspect the ax was used to decapitate the
VFW Post elects new officers Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9811, Kings Mountain/Cherryville, elected new officers for 2015-16 on May 14. The new officers, who will assume their duties in July, are Greg Olmstead, Commander; Harold Putnam, Senior Vice Commander; Victor Cherka, Junior Vice Commander, and Chuck Sperry, Quartermaster. The Post is located on Margrace Road.
Life Outreach lunch Life Outreach Ministry, 403 Cherokee St., willhave the monthly community lunch on Wednesday, May 27 from 11 a.m.-12:30. The menu will be spaghetti casserole, tossed salad, garlic bread, desserts and iced tea. Everyone welcome.
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pet whose name was Libby. Libby, the beagle, was adopted by Dennis and Shirley Morrow of Kings Mountain through Tri-County Animal Rescue, Inc. in 2011. In 2011, due to a serious eye disease a veterinarian had to remove her eyes in order for her to survive. “This did not stop Libby from having a wonderful life. She was adopted by a very loving family who cherished her for the past four years,'' Joann Hager of Tri-County Animal Rescue said. An anonymous donor gave Tri-County Animal Rescue Inc. $5,000 to start the fund. The reward has grown to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons or persons responsible
RALEIGH – Katrina Angel of Lawndale is the latest player to win the $150,000 top prize in the Win it All game. She purchased the lucky $5 ticket at the Triple B One Stop on N.C. 274 in Cherryville. After state and federal taxes were withheld, Angel received a check for
$103,876. She beat odds of 1 in 1,020,000 to win the game’s top prize. The Win it All game went on sale on March 3. As of Friday morning, two top prizes remain to be claimed in the game. Ticket sales have made it possible for the lottery to raise more than $3.8
City of Kings Mountain offices will be closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. Garbage service will be on a one day delay. Recycling service will be
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Libby, a deaf and blind beagle, was found decapitated on April 30. Police and Cleveland County Animal Control are seeking information about the crime.
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Making music – Employees of All Real Entertainment join members of the Cleveland Chamber and Kings Mountain officials in the ribbon-cutting of the new music studio on Mountain St. on Monday. General manager Jeremy Roberts, a recording artist himself, is seen holding the ceremonial scissors. The studio, which is already working with three professional singers, employs two voice coaches, a sound engineer and an in-house drummer. The business opened on May 8. “It’s been a journey,” Roberts said. “Our motto is: ‘It’s bigger than us.’” Photo by DAVE BLANTON
Big plans underway for KM Relay for Life Look for a new venue for this year’s Relay for Life, which every year raises tens of thousands for cancer research. It’s been moved to John Gamble Stadium at the Kings Mountain High School - and will be held on Friday night May 29th from 6 p.m. to midnight. “We are very excited with the amount of community involvement we are getting this year and look to have one of the biggest Relay for Life Events in Kings Mountain that we've had in many years,” said Colby Brown, a chief organizer for this year’s fundraiser. This week a campaign kicks off to "Paint the Town Purple" where local businesses are asked to decorate their store front in purple and purple bows will be displayed throughout town to bring awareness to the event. There is still time for survivors and teams to register for the event. Register at www.relayforlife.org by typing in Kings Mountain
or you can contact Brown at (704) 751-6440 or Julie Pierson at (704) 473 1268. Corporate Sponsorships are also still available and needed. Opening ceremonies on the 29th are set for 6 p.m. next Friday. Look for a high-energy kick off to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer. That will be followed at 6:15 by a Survivors Lap around the KMHS track. The Luminaria Ceremony will take place at 9 p.m. There will be a silent walk as the luminaries are lit. Glow in the dark purple balloon release is also being planned during this time. There will be a survivors reception held at the stadium from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Survivors are encouraged to register prior to the event and will be able to pick up their survivor t-shirt at the reception while enjoying light pick up food and beverage. The Relay for Life’s closing ceremony is set for 11:30 p.m.
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Special Thanks to the following teams who have already registered for this year's Relay for Life: Firestone, Joan'zin for a Cure, Boyce Memorial ARP Church, East Elementary, Dream Team, Wannabees, Angels in the Outfield, Walgreens WTF - Win the Fight!, A.B.C. - Angels Battling Cancer, Advent Lutheran Church, Endless Dreams Entertainment, Kings Mountain Farm Bureau, KMHS Interact Club, Patriots of KMMS, Scotty Strong, Snapping for a Cure, Team Timmy, Team Trevor and True Gospel Outreach Ministry Be the Match will also have a campsite at Relay from 6 to 9 p.m. and will be recruiting and doing free swab testing for anyone between 18-44 years of age who would like to join the bone marrow registry which provides cures for thousands of critically ill blood cancer patients.
Those enjoying the afternoon at Kings Mountain’s Life Enrichment Center Friday were treated to a special ceremony by the Marine Corps League Foothills Detachment 1164. The Shelby-based veterans organization demonstrated how a funeral with full military honors works, replete with the playing of “Taps,” the symbolic three-gun salute and the presentation of the colors. Four members of the group gave a talk and put on the demonstration to coincide with Armed Forces Day, which was Saturday. There are 58 Marine Corp League detachments throughout North Carolina.
Gospel Explosion Saturday May 30 Bynum Chapel Adult Gospel Choir will present a “Gospel Explosion” Saturday, May 30, at 4 p.m. at Bynum Chapel Family Life Center, 311 Ellis Street. Donations: $10 per person; $5 for youth 13-17 years; children under 12 admitted free. Food is available with ticket donation. Miquel Marion is choir president and Rev. Vernon Stinson is senior pastor. Everyone welcome.
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Howell to speak at Prayer breakfast Kevin Howell, Assistant to the Chancellor for External Affairs at North Carolina State University, will be the speaker at the YMCA Community Prayer
breakfast Friday, May 21, at the LeGrand Conference Center in Shelby. The serving line begins at 6:45 a.m.and ends at 7:15 a.m. The program is
from 7:15 a.m. until 8:15 a.m. Plates are $15 per person or $110 per table. You can register at any YMCA branch or online at www. clevecoymca.org. A graduate of Shelby High School, Howell has a BA from NC State and was the first African American elected as Student Body President and served on the University board of trustees. He earned his from the University of North Carolina. He is a former legislative liaison for Governors Hunt and Easley.
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“They fell, but o’er their glorious grave floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.” –Francis Marion Crawford.
Mission aims to help impoverished Costa Rican community by Gwen Perkins
upon their return. “You could see the love for the mission on their faces as they talked about the things they had seen and done in MQ as they call it. You could feel how great the need was there. It made you want to help any way you could. And although I haven’t been there yet – I’ve become very involved.” The coalition of the three churches has raised funds to buy rice in bulk for MQ, purchased school uniforms for some of the children (by law they
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Imagine, if you will, having no electricity, no running water in the 10 ft. by 12 ft. one-room hut you share with your spouse and three young children, and occasionally, a goat and a few chickens. This structure, your house, has a black plastic roof, walls of dried palm fronds, and a dirt floor. You have lived in it every day for the last 4 years and will continue to live here for the foreseeable future. It is quite difficult for most North Americans to grasp the idea of living in such conditions, but there are many people in the world who call places like this home. Among them are over 500 people who make up a small settlement in the northern part of Costa Rica. Located near the border with Nicaragua this area is known as Medio Queso. So how did this remote place get on the radar of a group of people here in Kings Mountain? According to Donnie Jenkins, longtime member of El Bethel United Methodist Church, “it was a miracle”. Donnie and his wife Pam volunteered to go on a mission trip to Costa Rica along with others from El Bethel, Grace United Methodist, and Central United Methodist churches. There they met the Otts. John and Bessie Ott, missionaries from Kentucky, who run the mission
cannot attend school without them), distributed pillow case dresses to little girls there, helped put up a structure to be used as a church and the community meeting place, and much more. “Now we are embarking on a new fund raising project – to bring safe, clean water to MQ”, said Perkins. “Nearly 800 million people worldwide don’t have access to clean water and the people of MQ are among them. When I saw the pictures of the shallow See MISSION, Page 7
Boys getting water. camp called Casi Cielo in a nearby area of Costa Rica, eventually took the KM mission teams to Medio Queso. The impact it made on them was obvious to their friends, families, and fellow church members. Gwen Perkins, also a long time member of El Bethel recalls the presentation the team gave church members
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Letters to the Editor To the Editor: In December of 2014 President Carter signed into law the Omnibus Spending Bill which funded the country through September of 2015. Attached to this bill were 105 riders, one of which was the Multi-Employer Pension Reform Act which basically removed any Government oversight of Multi-Employer Pension Plans. The largest of these was the Central States Pension fund which is based out of Chicago, Illinois. This plan covers approximately 410,000 Teamsters, 65,000 of which are active and 210,000 of which are retirees and survivors. There are also approximately 133,000 former workers who are entitled to benefits in the future. Most teamsters covered under this plan were unaware of any pending cuts as this rider was included in the bill at the last minute. It is difficult to determine how many people in Gaston County alone will be affected by these pension cuts. It is projected that the cuts could be as high as 20% to 30% of monthly pension payments which will result in a devastating hardship to many Teamsters. These cuts will apply not only to retirees but will also apply to those Teamsters who are still employed.
After hearing of the proposed cuts by a mailing that was sent to all participants in early April 2015, teamsters throughout the country who contribute to the Central States Pension fund are organizing committees to determine what alternative measures are available to the members to stop or curtail the proposed cuts. A meeting has been scheduled for May 30, 2015 at the Moose club in Belmont, North Carolina from 2-5 p.m. There will be speakers from Detroit, Michigan and Washington, DC who will update the members as to progress being made on a national level. There is another meeting scheduled for Greensboro, NC on Sunday, May 31, from 2-5 p.m. All active and retired Union members who contribute to the Central States Pension Fund are welcome and urged to attend the meetings so that all may be better informed as to the progress being made on their behalf with regard to this movement. The floor will be open at the end of the meeting. Any and all questions will be answered. In solidarity I remain, WAYNE TURNER Kings Mountain, NC
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People can’t provide for a family making minimum wage by RONALD BARRY JENKINS JR. When the big corporations outsourced all the jobs to slave labor countries, they told everyone start working on service jobs or start their own business. This created two major issues, the health insurance and benefits are not equivalent as those seen with manufacturing jobs, and the higher wages are gone. It does not take a rocket scientist to know that people cannot provide for a family making minimum wage, much less pay for healthcare insurance. I have seen tax breaks for the rich, subsides for the corporations, and you still say they will create jobs. I, for one, am sick of this game. You love giving handouts to the rich and the industrial complex. In your eyes, this is not welfare. I have seen poor people go to war to fight and die for a chance at a life, when they cannot find jobs at home. Now, they come home to see the lawless greed of the rich. Home foreclosures, healthcare out of control, and elderly people getting reverse mortgages just to help afford cost of living and taking away any inheritance. Our government is a circus of endless bickering that is all being funded by Super PAC. They do not want to contribute to the very society that made it possible for us to live in a free country. You have a very important job. People are watching you and what you will contribute will be on record for everyone to see. Corporations have taken millions of taxpayer funds from government ententes such as the EPA, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and US Army to fund research and development of smart grid and fuel saving hybrid vehicles. This technology has been paid for with taxpayer money and subsidies, giving big corporations the upper hand over small businesses. If there is a small business that has any chance of having an impact on the corporations, they will simply acquisition them. With the massive amounts of cash they have embezzled from frozen wages, corporations have put us all in a state of slave labor like WalMart workers. All the profits go only to the top. The wealth is not shared and the workers do not benefit from See PEOPLE, Page 7 Kings Mountain Herald’s publisher and its advertisers are not responsible or liable for misprints, typographical errors, misinformation herein contained. We reserve the right to edit, reject or accept any articles, advertisements, or infor, INC mation to be printed in this publication. We “Creating Business For People” will provide ad proofs for pre-paid ads or ads that are placed by established clients. No proofs may leave our premises without payment and permission and are copyright by Community First Media. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. No individual or business is permitted to place or attach any flyer, poster or any type of advertisement of any kind to our boxes or on our racks. CANCELLATION OR CORRECTION DEADLINE: The cancellation deadline is the same as the order deadline because much of our cost is involved in the production of the ad itself. If you have to cancel an ad after deadline, it may be necessary to charge for the time and materials we’ve already spent on preparing the ad. Display & Classified Deadline is Friday at 12 Noon. APPROVAL: All content is accepted subject to approval by the publisher. ERRORS: We want your ad to be accurate and correct, and normally there will be no errors. However, should there be an error and it is our fault, we will give you a correction letter and return (or give credit) for the actual space occupied by the incorrect item. Of course you should notify us of the error, before the ad runs a second time.
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Tent revival begins May 24
■ MEDITATION [Jesus said] “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in Josh Tucker Pastor all Judea and St. Matthew’s Samaria, and Lutheran Church to the ends of the earth.” When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way
as you saw him go into heaven.” Acts 1:8-11 Grace to you and peace from Jesus the living Christ. Amen. Last week the church celebrated the Ascension of Jesus Christ. The festival day marks a near ending to the fifty-day season of Easter. The ascension also marks a promise from Jesus that we read about in the book of Acts saying that the Holy Spirit will come upon us to guide and direct our ministry (known in the church year as Pentecost). It is not only a time to celebrate the completion of the resurrection of Jesus but also a time to look for the presence of the life-giving Spirit of God in our own lives. As we complete the Easter season, I’ve been thinking about what it is that gives me life. For me, being among God’s beautiful and bountiful creation
gives me life; spending time with friends and family gives me life; helping someone in need gives me life; accomplishing a goal or task gives me life; and times of Sabbath gives me life. Perhaps you may have something special you do that is life giving for you as well. These things are important reminders that the Holy Spirit is with us, showing us the ways of new and everlasting life that Jesus promised. These things are also important at this time of year as reminders of the resurrection. Easter, the resurrection, can often become a faint memory if we allow it; another time in the church year that comes and goes. But we need to be reminded of the resurrection all throughout the year. We need to be reminded of what and who it is that gives us life so that we might never forget the presence of God’s life-giving Spirit
with us. For in death, resurrection and ascension, God, through his only Son Jesus Christ, gives us everlasting life. I encourage you, at this ending of the Easter season to think about those things that give you life, those things that make you feel alive, and recall those things as reminders of the resurrection as well. I pray as we remember the resurrection all throughout the year, we can feel God’s Spirit each step of the way, guiding and directing our ministry. Because we have heard the promise from God that Jesus will return in the same way he ascended into heaven for you and for me, extending to us the promise of eternal life given to us as he was raised from the dead. Thanks be to God for God’s love for us and for sending his Spirit as an advocate for us. Amen.
East Kings Mountain Church of God will host a old fashion Holy Ghost tent revival beginning Sunday and continuing through Friday, May 29, at the large field in the 200 block on East King Street. Dr. Phil Whitley will be evangelist for the services each night at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome.
Spring Fling and blood drive Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church, 618 Chestnut Ridge Church Road, will host Spring Fling and the community blood drive on Sunday, May 24, from 4:307:30 p.m. There will be free food, games and inflatables. “Take the kids and enjoy the afternoon at The Ridge,'' said church spokesman Jody Nolen.
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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
True Gospel Holiness Church 1608 Shelby 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, SC 864-839-1873
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.
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Riley Powers selected Tickets now on sale for “Liberty Mountain” Miss Poppy 2015 Tickets for Robert (Bob) Inman’s Revolutionary War drama, “Liberty Mountain,’’which will be performed in Kings Mountain’s Joy Theatre on weekends from June 26 through July 19, are now available for online purchase at www. kmlibertymountain.com All tickets are assigned seating, so for preferred seating selection consider making your purchases early.Tickets are $15 plus $2.02 for taxes and fees. Quetions should be directed to jim@kmlt.org or call the box office at 704-9408. Tickets for the opening night’s performance on Friday, June 26, will be limited in number as most of the seating will be reserved for major sponsors. If you would like information about sponsorship opportunities or now to obtain opening night tickets, contact Jim Champion at 704692-2897. Inman, whose career was as a news broadcaster, has become known more recently for his plays. “Liberty Mountain” portrays the story of our founding
Caleb Sigmon, Director fathers’ quest for independence and the impact of the Battle of Kings Mountain on the outcome of the Revolutionary War. The play is being produced by the Kings Mountain LittleTheatre,Inc. And directed by Caleb Sigmon. Patrick Yarns is the Presenting Sponsor for the
play. “Liberty Mountain” is also funded in part by a grant from the Kings Mountain Tourism Development Authority. Show times are as follows: Friday, June 26, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 27, 3 p.m.; Saturday, June 27, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28, 3 p.m. Friday, July 3, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, July 4, 3 p.m., Sunday, July 5, 3 p.m.; Friday, July 10, 7:30 pm.; Saturday July 11, 3 p.m.; Saturday, July 11, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 12, 3 pm.; Friday, July 17, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, July 18, 3 p.m., Saturday, July 18, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, July 19, 3 p.m.
Riley Powers, third grader at East Elementary School, has been selected as Miss Poppy 2015 by the American Legion Auxiliary. Riley is the daughter of Scott and Shelley Powers of Kings Mountain and the granddaughter of Richard and Cheryl Pressley, Mickey and Patti Powers and Doug and DeAnn Burton. The American Legion Auxiliary will conduct its annual Poppy Day on Thursday and Friday in front of Food Lion on E. King Street. The red memorial flower is crafted by hospitalized veterans and donations received during the distribution are earmarked for veterans in the community and also veterans in VA hospitals. Auxiliary members will have the poppies available prior to the Memorial Day service Monday at Patriots Park. Members will be serving coffee, water and donuts prior to the 10 a.m. service.
Riley Powers, Miss Poppy, presents the first poppy to Mayor Rick Murphrey. Members of the American Legion Auxiliary are conducting the poppy distribution this weekend.
Last Weekend “Pioneering Women of Cleveland County”
Pictured are some members of the cast of Liberty Mountain.
Bethware Elementary first Color Run huge success
Bethware students look up at the sky filled with rainbow colors. Bethware Elementary the runners and spectators. Neisler Brothers, OakSchool's first Color Run Bethware Progres- land Plantation, Kings was a huge success with sive club members sold Mountain YMCA, Kerns over 450 registered for a hotdogs to raise money Trucking, WB Trucking, 5K and a ½ mile fun run. for their sponsorship of Dragonfly Wine Market, Bethware staff lined the Bethwaree Fair Aug. Kelly's Seafood, Halcyon the course, cheered run- 18-22 and Pelican Sno Salon, Lafayette Street ners and threw colors at Balls cooled things down Pharmacy, Center Serthem as they raced to the after racers went through vice, Bridges Hardware, finish line.Colors lined the a decorative finish line to Dance Magic, Harris Furun field and at the end of cheering spectators. neral Home, Auto Zone, the ra ce individual color Sponsors for the big Dr. Carley Family Care, packets were handed out event included Baldor, Woodbridge Handy Mart, and a color party where Witherspoon Insurance, Cook-Out, Shapes by Joni, colors were thrown high American Legion Post Dairy Queen of Shelby, in the air to rain down on 155, Weiner Works, and Food Lion.
This is the last weekend to view the current exhibit, “Pioneering Women of Cleveland County'' at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum, East Mountain Street. Over 1100 people have visited the exhibit and learned about a few of the groundbreaking local women who have made history and viewed some of the fascinating original artifacts on display such as the “Sportsman” Remington 12-gauge gun that Grace Neisler Page used to win the North Carolina Women's State Skeet shooting championships in 1935 and 1936 and Hazel
Herndon Fryer's wedding dress made of silk parachute material and lace curtains from her WWII American Red Cross s service. ''Many women who were featured in the exhibit are still living,'' said Museum Director Adria Focht.”They jokingly lamented 'I must be so old', I'm actually in a museum.'' But she reminded them that it's important especially for the young girls that visit to see how women are still making history today. The exhibit is scheduled to end after this Saturday, May 23 as the Museum prepares to open their next exhibit, “Pig Pickin' Finger
Lickin” Kings Mountain's Food History” on June 20. This exhibit will feature the local farms, restaurants, and grocery stores that fed the people through the generations, and looks at how food production, storage preparation and consumption have evolved since the first Europeans settled in this area. The Museum staff encourages you to co ntact them if you have ideas or materials you'd like them to consider for the exhibit. Call 704-739-1019. The Museum and Gift Shop are op en 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free and open to the public.
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NO TAX INCREASE in $38M proposed city budget From Page 1A breaking ground possibly in July. “We’re excited for the future and pleased with the economic development effort led by the mayor and Energy Services Director Nick Hendricks,’’ she added. “Their professional relationships formed with NTE management and ownership in a previous electrical industry was vital in NTE locating in Kings Mountain projecting to bring revenues and savings over $8 million dollars over a 20 year period
city-wide,” she added. The budget proposes $969,033 in capital outlay projects, down from $1,041,350 last fiscal year. Money is appropriated for electronic mapping of storm water and water lines, meter reader and service trucks, four new police cars, a mandated backup plan to the 911 center, lease purchase of a new fire truck to replace the 1985 Pierce Pumper, replacement of the 1998 rear-loading garbage truck, among other items.
Sellers is recommending the city purchase 1.2 acres adjoining Patriots Park for parking and has combined the Main Street program and special events into one department with that department moving to city hall and the Human Resources Department moving to the East King Street location in the former medical building owned by the city. A new Codes Director will come to work June 1 and the Senior Center will soon be offering meals on a daily basis
MUSEUM: $10,000 contest winner From Page 1A
three finalists each received a video profile that aired during the month of April on WTVI’s “Carolina Impact” program. Viewers voted KM Historical Museum the winner. The museum plans to use the $10,000 in free promotion from WTVI to further present Kings Mountain as a destination for visitors, thereby supporting the museum, its community partners and the local economy. The Museum partners are the Southern Arts Society, the Kings Mountain Little Theatre, the Mauney Memorial Library, the Gateway Trail, the City of Kings Mountain, the Kings Mountain Main Street Program, the Kings Mountain National Military Park and the Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce. You can view the Museum’s video at youtube. com and search carolina impact - kings mountain hitorical museum. The video highlights the community partnership project centered around 'Liberty Mountain', the Revolutionary drama penned by renowned author
and playwright Bob Inman and presented by the Kings Mountain Little Theatre. 'Liberty Mountain's' summer performances are expected to draw over 3,000 people to the Kings Mountain area this summer, and the Museum and its partner organizations plan to create an authentic, multifaceted cultural experience for these visitors with a variety of activities at multiple venues. The five-minute promo is chockfull of exciting clips of 'Liberty Mountain' actors on stage and at the Museum, sound bites from Bob Inman, Mayor Rick Murphrey, and more. “The WTVI promotion will help Kings Mountain attract visitors to this summer’s events, benefitting the nonprofits involved, local merchants, the City, and its citizens. It will educate a wide audience about the wealth of history, arts, and activities the city has to offer,” said Museum President Susan Champion. “I hope other groups will make plans that tie in to 'Liberty Mountain' in order to benefit from the higher regional profile the
WTVI advertising will give Kings Mountain.” Amy Burkett, General Manager of WTVI PBS Charlotte, commented, “WTVI PBS Charlotte loves giving back to the community that gives so much to us through our annual Community Give Back Program. It’s an honor to tell the impactful stories of great nonprofit organizations. Kings Mountain Historical Museum has been a hidden treasure to much of our region. We’re thrilled to shine the spotlight on this valuable community resource.'' “We are so excited to promote the Museum and our partner organizations with this exceptional advertising opportunity through WTVI PBS Charlotte,” said Museum Director Adria Focht. “We really want to say thank you to WTVI for this opportunity and to all our supporters who voted for us. Just like WTVI PBS Charlotte, Kings Mountain Historical Museum is community-powered. It is a feel-good moment to know the community is behind you and believes in the importance of the work that you do.”
to citizens 55 and older with three new part-time positions to include a cook, nutritionist and server. The expanded cafeteria will allow the Center to serve lunch to 60-85 seniors on a daily basis. Sellers said that citizens have been very complimentary about the storm water project where mapping will continue and where a new position of equipment operator will be created by moving of an employee from the street department. Sellers said that the big water plant expansion and rehab project are on schedule. The new 36 inch water transmission line from Battleground Avenue from W. Gold Street to Dixon School Road is 99% complete. Contracts have been awarded to three of the four segments in the $15 million plus project. The waterline rehab project at cost of $5.2 million is substantially complete and under budget, she said. Construction on upgrades and expansion of the water plant is due to start in June.
wells they share, I started researching ways to find them a better way.” The statistics she found were astounding, and she wants everyone to know them. For instance according to Water Missions International in Charleston SC – “every 15 seconds a child somewhere dies of a waterborne illness” and “the average US household uses over 300 gallons of water per day but households in developing countries average only 5 gallons per day and a woman or child has to walk between 1 and 4 miles one way to get that. Another large organization, Water Charity.org, states on their website that “…more people die from lack of clean drinking water than from all forms of violence combined – including war” and “that over half the hospital beds in the world are occupied by someone with a waterborne disease.” “These things just hit home with me and I started to look at the way I used water in my own daily life and how I could conserve it. And I wanted to help the team raise funds and find partners to make the Water Project a success”, said Perkins. Her research showed that it was going to be expensive, and would also require a partnership with an organization(s) with immense technical expertise and experience with this type of project. Technologies must be matched to the specific community and a large educational component is required. She is in contact with several potential partners, including: Water Missions International, Water Charity, and Engineers without Borders, among others. But the process of finding the right match or being the right match will take some time. In the meantime, team members are discussing how to get other churches and civic organizations involved in the water project and are considering a
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number of possible fund raising events. Since most of the potential partners require that a portion of the cost of implementing the program be in place prior to start, early fund raising is essential. “We have really just begun to raise funds for the Water Project,” added Jenkins. “We have designed 2 different t-shirts to raise both funds and awareness, as well as an internet donation campaign. In addition we have planned a patriotic music fund raising event called “Let Freedom Sing”. It will be held at El Bethel on June 28th at 5:00 PM. Everyone is invited and a love offering to help MQ is appreciated. One mission team from Kings Mountain will be going to Medio Queso in June and another in January. In time, KM residents will be seeing mission team members and mission supporters engaging in various activities around the community to raise water project funds. “The number of people interested in being a part of this project is growing all the time”, said Jenkins. “And we hope that everyone reading this, who feels that their lives have been blessed, will purchase a t-shirt or make a donation to pass along a blessing to others.” The need is great so if you would like to be involved in getting clean water to Medio Queso you can purchase a t-shirt at www.booster.com/MQ. Donations can be given in 2 ways. Checks can be sent directly to: El Bethel United Methodist Church, 122 El Bethel Rd, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. (Mark your check: Water Project) or donate by credit card by visiting the site: www.gofundme/mqwater. For more information or to discuss other ways you might be able to help, or to have some make a presentation to your church or other group - email: Donnie Jenkins, mailto:foru100@yahoo.com or call 704-678-3461 or Gwen Perkins, mailto: perkinsgwen@hotmail.com or call 704-300-9553
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projects completed by November 2015. Future years debts, not including the $34 million borrowed from the state for major improvements, will include $7.2 million. The city’s legal debt limit is $72.5 million based on total city tax valuation. Total city debt, including the $34 million borrowed from the state, short term and long term debt will be $42.3 million after all projects are completed. The proposed budget represents a 1% increase ($555,340) from last year, showing decreases in expenditures in the electric and gas, Powell Bill, perpetual fund and slight increases in the storm water, emergency telephone system, and $888,149 increase in the general fund, from $11.6 million to $12.5 million. The Local Government Commission requires that municipalities end the year with 8% of last year expenditures and the city expects to end the 2014-2015 year with a fund balance of 23%.
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MISSION: aims to help impoverished Costa Rican community From Page 4A
The Energy Department, with 27 employees, presented a requested budget of $14.1 million which was balanced without having to appropriate any funds. The purchase of power increased but the operation decreased and this was seen also in the natural gas system department where there were lower operating expenses due to the lower cost of gas. The Police Department has a requested budget of $3million including a new E911 PSAP manager recommended by the state director and four new police cars. KM Fire Department has a requested budget of $871,771. A new fire truck will be a lease purchase. The city’s short-term debt is very low in comparison with other cities that operate four utilities, a library and senior center, said Sellers. Installment purchase payments will amount to $2.2 million in 2015-16 and water improvements projects will amount in debt service to $1.1 million based on
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American Legion Post 155. The mayor and Joe Galloway will place the wreath after which bugler Paul Fulton will play “Taps” and the honor guard retrieves the colors. Recently retired as the senior military correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers, Galloway was formerly a special consultant to General Colin Powell at the US State Department. He is co-author, with Lt. Gen. (ret) Hal Moore, of the national bestseller, “We Were Solders Once-And-Young: which has been made into a critically acclaimed movie, “We Were Soldiers,'' starring Mel Gibson. “We Were Soldiers Once- And- Young” is presently in print in six different languages and more than 1.2 million copies have been sold. On May 1, 1998 Galloway was decorated with a Bronze Star Medal with V for rescuing wounded soldiers under fire in the la Drang Valley, in November 1965. His is the only medal of valor the U.S. Army awarded to a civilian for actions in combat during the entire Vietnam War. Galloway was awarded the 2011 Doughboy Award, the highest honor the Army's Infantry can bestow on an individual. Few civilians have ever received a Doughboy. On Veterans Day 2011, he received the Leg-
acy of Service Award of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. Early in 2013, Galloway was sworn into service as a special consultant to the Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration project run by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He is also permanent consultant to Ken Burns' Florentine Films project to make a documentary history of the Vietnam War for broadcast in 2016 on PBS. During the course of 15 years of foreign postings – including assignments in Japan, Indonesia, India, Singapore and thee years as UPI bureau chief in Moscow in the former Soviet Union – Galloway served four tours as a war correspondent in Vietnam and also covered the 1971 India-Pakistan War and a half a dozen other combat operations. The late General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who first met Galloway in South Vietnam when he was a brand new Army major, called the Texan “the finest combat correspondent of our generation – a soldier's reporter and a soldier's friend.” Soldiers who fought in 1965-66 are called “First Shifters” and Joe Galloway was a 'First Shifter' as a photographer.
PEOPLE: can’t provide for a family making minimum wage From Page 4A their labor. The trickle down concept is not working in everyone’s favor. The people at the top use their money and contacts to game the system. Now you say that regulation has made it hard on small business, I disagree. The systematic deregulation over the years by big banks and corporations is what has made it possible for them to hold the US taxpayer on the hook. Wall Street stocks are not traded on the fundamentals. It is more like a Las Vegas casino Puts and calls, betting on a spread with high volatility, and ETFs losses are all on the small investors. Big hedge funds and computer speed treads are the games for the rich, not for a middle class worker. I am sorry to say that I think you only want us in this game to rape and pillage the working middle class. I never asked my employer to put my retirement savings in the stock market. I am sick of politicians and big money making it legal for the rich and privileged to steal from the working middle class. The only way you will ever make me trust government again is to make it fair. I I am, as yo u say an investor, then let me benefit from my 20 years of working and saving,just as you have let your rich friends paying you off for years. End the gambling on Wall Street. Trade on facts and fundamentals. WalMart’s business model is to pay your employees so little that they cannon live on it making the government subsidize their income with food stamps and other government handouts. This gives WalMart the edge, making them able to keep their monopoly and the government on the hook. The government could make a big enough revenue from such livable wages to pay for the handouts. This could be a simple fix, but the laws are not being enforced. The reason why is the very people that enforce them are being paid to turn a blind eye. What happened to the monopoly laws or should I say the people that had the balls to enforce them? This is a letter to Patrick McHenry in response to our current political environment. Anyone who is agreement with my view, please contact Rep. Patrick McHenry (H329) US Capitol, Washington, DC 20515. (202) 2252576 or his Gastonia office at 704-833-0096. (This column does not necessarily reflect the view of any organization, institution or this paper or media source.)
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Eagles Among Us by JIM FEREBEE 18th in a series Dennis Bolin was born in Kings Mountain in 1957 and has resided here ever since. He attended KM public schools and in 1968 joined Troop 93 sponsored by Bethware Progressive Club. The troop had about 15 to 20 scouts and his Scoutmaster was Mr. Emmett Moss. The troop went on four outings a year, one of which was summer camp at the old Schiele Reservation in Tryon. While not a real active troop by today’s standard, Dennis fondly remembers enjoying the camping and summer camp. He remembers camping at South Mountain in the snow and seeing bobcat prints around the tent. Particularly, he remembers the old Schiele Camp’s dining facility, racing “war” canoes (big canoes that could carry a large number of scouts), and participating in the “silent swim” (swimming a course at night while not making a sound). Dennis held the following leadership positions within his troop: Den Chief, Patrol Leader and
DENNIS AND NOAH Senior Patrol Leader In 1975, he was awarded his Eagle Badge. Additionally, he accumulated 41 merit badges. Dennis attended Central Piedmont Community College studying Computer Science. He has worked in this field as his vocation. Dennis has been married to his wife, Leslie, for 32 years. Leslie is a nurse and has been for 33 years. They have three children, Drew, Courtney, and Noah. The family has been active in David Baptist and First Baptist Church Kings Mountain. Dennis has served as a Deacon, RA leader, sung in the choir, gone on youth retreats and a mission
trip to Honduras. When his eldest son joined scouts Dennis became an Assistant Scoutmaster in Troop 92 sponsored by First Baptist Church. After two years as an Assistant, he stepped into the Scoutmaster role, a role he filled for ten years. In 2009, he returned to the role of Assistant Scoutmaster, a function he fulfilled for five more years. As an adult scouter, Dennis has gotten to do an impressive number of things. He has been on a scout trek to Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, NM; led two treks to Northern Tier/Boundary Water High Adventure Base on Minnesota/ Canada border (canoeing and portaging); and led two groups to Sea Base in Florida Keys where they did sailing, scuba diving and achieved scuba dive certification. During his tenure as Scoutmaster and his last tenure as Assistant Scoutmaster, Dennis was the principal leader of the troop’s local high adventure activities. There have been many back-packing trips and canoe trips as well as trips to Military bases.
SEA BASE He was elected to the Order of the Arrow as an adult and has received the District Award of Merit (Battleground District). His Troop nominated him for and awarded Dennis the “The Good Shepherd” Baptist adult religious award. Both of his sons achieved their Eagle Rank under his tenure as Scoutmaster. In response to “What scout-
ing meant to you and how has it affected your life?”, Dennis says that it has made him a better person, taught him patience, respect for the outdoors, and made him resourceful. He appreciates the legacy and values of the program. Though he doesn’t verbalize it, it is evident that he has had fun and enjoyed being a scout and a scout leader.
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Golfers ninth in state 3A
Kings Mountain’s Kassidy Hamrick scores the first run in a seven-run fifth inning uprising that sparked the Lady Mountaineers to a 9-0 win over South Rowan in the opening round of the state 3A playoffs last Wednesday. (Photos by KM Herald)
KM softball wins first two rounds, hoping for date in 3A state finals Kings Mountain High’s women’s softball team assured itself of its best season since 2007 when it edged Northwest Cabarrus 2-1 in the second round of the state 3A playoffs Friday night at Lancaster Field #3. The Lady Mountaineers broke open a scoreless game with seven runs in the fifth inning and went on to defeat South Rowan 9-0 in the opening round Wednesday night at home. Kings Mountain was scheduled to host Monroe Piedmont last night with the winner moving on to the Western semi-finals Friday. If KM is still in it, the game would be played here. Friday’s contest with Northwest Cabarrus featured an excellent pitcher’s duel between Brittany Duncan of Northwest and Emily Hester of the Lady Mountaineers. Duncan completely dominated the KM batters over the first five innings but was the victim of her own team’s errors and a never-say-die mindset of the Mountaineers. KM posted its 20th victory of the season against just two defeats, their best mark since the 2007 season when they finished third in the state. Duncan struck out the first 10 KM batters before walking Hester with one out in the fourth. After another strikeout, Mikeala Bell
ripped a sharp single to center to break up Duncan’s nohit bid. Things looked good for the home team when Miranda Ellis hit a fast-sinking fly ball to the right side of center field, but the NW Cabarrus centerfielder made a great shoestring catch to end the inning. Duncan struck out three more batters in the fifth for the 14th of her 15 strikeouts. All of the scoring came in the sixth, with all three runs being unearned. Mattie Robinson beat out an infield grounder for Northwest’s only hit off Hester and put her team up 1-0 after a pair of KM errors. Kings Mountain became more patient at the plate in the bottom half of the inning and scored two unearned runs to take the lead. The KM defense sealed the win in the top of the seventh as Cassi Melton caught as long fly ball to deep right field off the bat of Duncan, and Hester began a 1-6-3 double play to end the game. Mountaineer coach Craig Short was elated with the victory and how his team came back from the early adversity. “First, it was a great pitching performance by two good pitchers,” he said. “Both pitched very well. I was very impressed with Emily Hester. She had good command of the strike zone.”
Kings Mountain High’s golf team finished ninth out of 12 teams in last week’s 3A state tournament at Longleaf Golf and Country Club in Southern Pines. Gastonia Forestview, which fell to Kings Mountain by two strokes in the Western Regional championship match a week earlier, won its fourth straight state championship with a twoday total of 295-290-585. The Mountaineers shot 314-327—641. Forestview won by five shots over East Rowan with a 590. Next came Marvin Ridge 594, Lee Senior 611, Cuthbertson 619, Holders 620, Rockingham County 620, South Point 632, KM 641, Cardinal Gibbons 643, West Brunswick 651 and Wilson Hunt 654. Nick Lyerly of East Rowan was the individual champion with a four-under 71-67—138. Freshman Alex Goff led the Mountaineers with a 10under 74-78—152. Senior Miles Robinson tied for 27th with a 77-77—154. Ty Withers tied for 49th with a 80-86—166; Dawson Adams finished 61st with 84-86—170, and Carson
MILES ROBINSON Bailey tied for 62nd with 83-88—171. A total of 72 golfers participated. Losing was disappointing, but Coach Kevin Moss certainly was not disappointed with his players who formed one of the best teams to come out of KMHS. “We have been playing very well over the past three weeks and were hoping that we would carry the momentum we had into the state championship tournament,” he said. “We are a better team than what our final See GOLF, Page 7B
Mountaineers ousted by Burns
Emily Hester pitched a strong one-hitter in a 2-1 victory over Northwest Cabarrus in the second round of the state 3A playoffs Friday night at KMHS. He applauded his girls for their improvement at the plate. Even though they got only one hit, they got better looks at the ball and made Duncan work a lot harder for outs after the fifth. “I told them to make the best of their opportunities,” he said. “One thing that helped us was that we backed up in the box to help us see the ball better.” Duncan got Leah Herndon on a groundout and Hester on a high fly ball to short left field to open the
bottom of the sixth, but not before both of them fouled off a number of pitches. Prior to Ashton Withers coming to bat, the NW Cabarrus coach called time and talked to her shortstop, who had gone into left field and caught Hester’s fly ball in front of the left fielder. That may have caused both defenders to think when Withers lofted a fly ball in the same territory. This time the left fielder See SOFTBALL, Page 2B
Christopher Proctor’s bases-loaded, two-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted SMAC champion Burns to a hard-fought 5-4 victory over Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers in the opening round of the state 3A baseball playoffs Wednesday night in Lawndale. The third close encounter between the two teams featured home runs for most of the scoring, but it was a KM error in the bottom of the seventh that kept the #2 seed Bulldogs’ season alive. Kings Mountain, which won its last five regular season games to get into the playoffs as the #31 seed out of 32 teams, finished its season with an 11-11 overall record. In three games against Burns this year the Mountaineers lost by scores of 5-4, 4-2 and 5-4 with the three contests going a total of 25 innings. The Mountaineers got on top 1-0 in the top of the first
BRANDON BELL when senior Brandon Bell slammed the first of his two home runs. The lead didn’t last long, though, as Burns pitcher Caleb Burnham answered with a solo shot in the bottom of the inning. Proctor slammed a tworun homer in the third to put the Bulldogs on top 3-1. But Bell hit his second solo blast and Thomas Lavin doubled home a run as the Mountaineers knotted the score at See BASEBALL, Page 2B
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Kings Mountain High’s women’s soccer team saw its season come to an end Wednesday night when it fell to Fred T. Foard 4-2 in the opening round of the state 3A playoffs at KM’s John Gamble Stadium. The Lady Mountaineers, who had lost to Foard 2-1 in
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Senior midfielder, Lyndsey Barnes controls posession in the Mountaineers’ final game of the season against F.T. Foard. (Photo by Gary Smart)
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Leah Herndon slaps a base hit. (Photos by KM Herald)
Keeper Sarah Smart (00) catches a missed cross in the Lady Mounties final game against FT Foard. (Photos by Gary Smart)
Cassi Melton rounds third and heads for home in game with South Rowan.
Senior midfielder Jamie Slater (4) quickly moves the ball upfield ahead of the Foard defense.
Ashton Withers in on deck circle awaiting her turn at bat.
KM midfielders Molly Vongphouthone (18) and Meredith Baker (20) converge on the ball.
From Page 1B dropped the ball, giving KM the opening it needed. With a 3-2 count on her, Bell fouled off about 15 pitches before Duncan walked her. Another error put Miranda Ellis aboard to load the baes. With a force out at any base, Kassidy Hamrick hit a routine grounder to third that went through the third baseman’s legs, scoring Withers with the tying run. Bell made a big turn around third and Coach Short tried to hold her up. The NW shortstop had fielded the ball, but instead of throwing it in she started running toward third. Bell broke for home and the throw hit Bell in the elbow, resulting in a dead ball and the winning run. “I was impressed with how our girls fought off all the pitches,” Short said. “We got all of this going with two outs. They’ve always fought and played hard and I think that was the difference. “I had the feeling all along that if we could put the ball in play something good would happen for us. The momentum turned our way. “I was trying to stop Bell at third because I could see the shortstop had the ball,” Short said. “It was a wild play. I thought she was going to be thrown out. Our girls have always fought hard and they put themselves in position for that situation. The girls work really hard and that’s
why I am so proud of them. “I had a feeling that (errors) would happen,” he added. “When a pitcher is that dominant sometimes the defense can get complacent. When pressure is put on sometimes it’s hard for them to produce. Our girls have been in those pressure situations before and they responded. They’re a confident team. We’re very fortunate to have a veteran team. That was the best game I’ve seen Emily pitch. It was truly a gem of a game.” Wednesday’s game against South Rowan was close for a while, too, but when KM got started they put the contest away quickly. The #31 seed Raiders, who entered with a 7-13 record, used strong pitching and defense to stay in the game over the first four innings but began to unravel after allowing KM just two base runners over the first four frames. The Lady Mountaineers sent 11 batters to the plate in the fifth and took advantage of seven hits, a wild pitch, passed ball and two Raider errors. KM loaded the bases on a single to center by Hamrick, Wheaton’s bunt single and a walk to Melton. Herndon, who had doubled to lead off the KM first inning, hit a fly ball to short left field that fell in for a single and plated Hamrick with what would be the winning run. Hester’s single plated Wheaton but the Raiders were still
in good shape when they threw Melton out at home for the second out. But the Raiders couldn’t get out of the jam. Withers’ single to center made it 3-0 and Bell’s single to center made it 5-0. Ellis beat out a hit to deep short and Hamrick singled home a run to make it 6-0. Ellis scored on an error before East relief pitcher Jodi Rollins finally retired the side on Wheaton’s comebacker to the circle. Hester, who went the distance on the mound, ended the scoring when she followed a walk to Herndon with her 10th home run of the season that rattled the scoreboard over the centerfield fence. Hester finished with 2-for-4 and three runs batted in. Herndon went 2-for-3 with a RBI, Hamrick was 2-for-4 with a RBI, Ellis 2-for-4 and Bell 1-for-4 with two RBI. If the Mountaineers got past Piedmont last night, they would host the winner of the Sun Valley-AC Reynolds game Friday at 7 p.m. A win in that game would put them in the bestof-three Western Regional championship with the higher seeded team getting the first and third games and the lower seeded team hosting game two. That series begins on May 26. The West champion will advance to a best-ofthree state championship series against the East champion beginning June 5 at Walnut Creek Park in Raleigh.
BASEBALL: Boys eliminated from playoffs in a close contest From Page 1B 3-all in the top of the fourth. Will Wilson’s solo shot to open the seventh put the Mountaineers on top 4-3, but Burns’ unearned run in the bottom of the inning set the stage for the two teams’ second extra inning contest of the season. In their first meeting in March at KM’s Lancaster Field, the Bulldogs fought back from an early 4-1 deficit to edge the Mountaineers 5-4 in ten innings. Kings Mountain left two runners on base in the top of the eighth before Proctor’s single ended it in the bottom of the inning. Burnham and KM sophomore Madisyn Bolin both pitched well. Burnham sent 14 Mountaineers back to the bench via the strikeout route. Wilson relieved Bolin in the eighth.
John Bell led the Mountaineers at the plate with three hits. Lavin joined
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Larry Jackson hits his approach shot on #4 during last week’s KM Touchdown Club golf tournament at Kings Mountain Country Club. Looking on are Anne Brooks and Mal Brutko. (Photos by KM Herald)
Eric Moore watches as Jeff Cloninger chips onto #6.
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the harried trip, they came to the realization there wasn’t enough time to make it to the Charlotte-area hospital. The good news is that they realized the Kings Mountain Hospital was only a few miles away, near the downtown of their neighboring city. The bad news? That hospital hasn’t had a maternity ward in more than 20 years. “’We don’t deliver babies,’” Dave Blanton, 45, remembers hearing the nurses and doctors tell him when he and his pregnant wife showed up at the hospital’s emergency room. The Blantons say staffers at the hospital gave them a choice: delivery the baby here with no assurance that any complications could be addressed in Kings Mountain or take an
ambulance to the Shelby hospital. Mom vetoed the ride, feeling sure she was too close to the moment of truth. Plus, getting into another speeding vehicle didn’t appeal to her. “I feel like I needed to push,” she said, recalling that her water broke a few minutes after meeting doctors in the ER. “I really just knew it was coming at any minute. I did not want to get into an ambulance.” “All we could do was pray,” said Dave Blanton. He said he had been told that only two percent of births in the United States have complications, but with that two percent things “can go wrong very quickly.” Cole was born without complications at 3:29 p.m, weighing in at 6 lbs. and 7 oz. His parents say the tot started crying immedi-
ately, a good sign. “I guess we were pretty lucky, being new to the area,” said Dave Blanton, a Columbus, N.C., native who works as a purchasing agent for a pre-cast concrete company in Charlotte. “We weren’t even aware that the Kings Mountain hospital isn’t set up to deliver babies. It was a frantic time, but the doctors and nurses we encountered at the hospital were very professional. It’s just that we had a different reference point after having our first in a maternity ward.” The Kings Mountain hospital delivers about two newborns a year, according to a spokesperson for the hospital chain that manages the facility. “When this arises, it’s always handled in the emergency department – when mom arrives in no
time to make it to another facility,” said Jolie Shifflet, a Carolinas Health Care System spokesperson. “The staff is fully trained and capable of delivering babies, and that’s what the emergency department is there for, for those surprises.” Shifflet also said all the Carolinas Health Care System hospitals are equipped with what’s known as baby pods. Those are kits that assure that the transportation of an expectant mother is as medically safely as possible, including births that take place in an ambulance on the go. A week after the birth, the Blantons were resting comfortably in their home located on a cul-de-sac on Lennox Dr. While their 16-month-old Erin Elizabeth toddled around the house playfully, mom and dad doted on the newest
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addition to their family. Both mom and dad were recounting the uncertain Friday with smiles and laughter after the dust had settled, but they said delivering the baby in a hospital without a maternity ward was early in what turned out to be a very long day. “It was a long day for us because after Cole was delivered, we still needed to get to a hospital that was set up for newborns and new mothers,” Stephanie Blanton said. “(Staff at Kings Mountain Hospital) still wanted to take us to Shelby, but I suggested Pineville. Unfortunately, being late on a Friday afternoon, all the emergency vehicles were out on duty. Cole and I didn’t (meet up with husband Dave) until 9:30 that night in Pineville. We’re all happy to be safe and sound in one place now.”
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on the stage of the Belk Theater at the Blumey Awards Ceremony. This year, the Best Musical Award was divided into two categories. Tier 1 schools are those with a production budget of less than $10,000. Tier 2 schools are any Performing Arts Schools, Magnet Schools, or schools with a budget over $10,000. This year, Kings Mountain High School’s Little Shop of Horrors was nominated for seven awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Featured Performer, Best Ensemble/ Chorus, Best Overall Direction, and Best Musical for a Tier 1 school. Little Shop of Horrors was recognized with the following awards: Best Featured Performer – Austin Willis as Orin and Best Musical for a Tier 1 School.
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Artee road closed as work on By-pass continues CHARLOTTE - As work on the Shelby Bypass continues, crews have permanently closed a portion of Artee Road in Cleveland County so that it's no longer accessible to through traffic. Artee Road is closed to through traffic between Plato Lee Road and Washburn Switch Road, meaning that motorists will no longer be able to use Artee Road as a connector route between the two roads. Access to homes and businesses will be maintained. A section of the Shelby Bypass is com-
ing through that portion of Artee Road, necessitating the closure to through traffic. Once completed, the 18.5-mile bypass will extend west of Peachtree Road near Mooresboro to the existing U.S. 74 route west of Long Branch Road. The cost is estimated at $284.8 million for right of way, utility relocation and the construction of six sections. This project is designed to help improve traffic flow, provide better access to the area and generate new
economic development. Currently, travel through Shelby requires motorists to use U.S. 74, which has several traffic signals and residential driveways. The bypass will improve traffic flow through and around Shelby by providing a limited-access route without traffic signals. The bypass will improve vehicle capacity of the U.S. 74 Corridor, reduce future traffic congestion, increase safety and improve roadway continuity between I-26 and I-85.
Photographer Lem Lynch snapped this photograph of a wrecked vehicle in Grover Friday. Cleveland County Coroner Robert Morgan said that a Kings Mountain man, Robert J. Stevenson, died in this crash.
NAACP to host membership banquet June 6 at LeGrand
Rep. McHenry staff to hold office hours
The annual membership banquet of the Cleveland County Chapter of the NCAAP will be held Saturday, June 6, at 5 p.m. at LeGrand Center, 1800 E. Marion St., Shelby. Donation tickets are $30 . Children 5 and under will be admitted free. The theme of the event is “Forward Together, Not One Step Back. Dr. Danny L. Burnside, pastor of the Philadelphia Baptist Church, Gaffney, SC, will be guest speaker. The membership banquet was named in honor of the late Rev. M. L. Campbell who served as branch president and worked endlessly recruiting numerous NAACP memberships. A minister, politician, edu-
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cator, and Civil Rights Activist, he entered the AME Zion ministry in 1944 and served churches in North Carolina filling the pulpits of almost every denomination, White and Black, until his retirement in 1988. He w as a resident of the Compact Community of Kings Mountain and taught agriculture in the Kings Mountain School System for 37 years. Rev. Campbell died March 11, 1995. Campbell was known as an independent thinker and was a passionate advocate of excellence and equality for all people. He was president of the Cleveland County Branch NAACP for 11 years. He was also very instrumental in paving the way for the first African
Americans to be appointed and elected to the Cleveland County board of commissioners. The NAACP was founded in 1909 with a fundamental purpose to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. Rev. Melvin L. Clark is president of the local Branch, Julie C. Brooks is secretary, Eva C.Abbott is chairperson and committee members for the event are Johnny Brooks, Julie C. Brooks, Esther Campbell, Bernice Hector, Robert Hector, Louise Jackson, Dorothy Ann Mask, Elizabeth Ross, Frank Williams, and Marilyn Williams. For more information and tickets call 516-8354797 or 704-739-7701.
Tenth District Congressman Patrick McHenry’s staff will hold office hours in Cleveland County on Wednesday, May 20th from 1 – 4 p.m. in the County Manager's office - 311 East Marion Street in Shelby. Joe Bost, McHenry's Constituent Services Rep-
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High School Teacher of the Year in 2009 and won the Distinguished Image Educator Award in 2013. Cleveland County Board of Education announced several changes in principal positions at the recent school board meeting in Shelby.
resentative for Cleveland County, will be available to meet with constituents who have issues with federal agencies including Social Security, veterans’ affairs, and immigration. He will also be there to listen to any concerns that constituents have with federal policy or pending legislation before
A 1991 graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelors in Secondary Education/ French, she received her middle grades certification in English/Language Arts in 2003 from Lenoir-Rhyne University and graduated in May 2007 from Gardner-Webb University with a Masters in School Administration.
Congress. Bost will then relay these concerns to Congressman McHenry. Congressman McHenry's staff holds regular office hours in each county of the Tenth District. McHenry maintains district offices in Gastonia, Hickory and Black Mountain.
Robinson is married to Greg Robinson and they have two children, Morgan and Miles. Morgan is a rising senior at Clemson University and Miles will be a freshman at Clemson University in the fall. She is the daughter of the late Lewis and Diana Dellinger of Kings Mountain.
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tional Use R-20 (CUR20). The property may also be identified as Tax Map 4-39, Block 1 and Lot 33 or parcel 41576. A copy of the applications may be obtained at the Planning Department or you may call 704734-4595 for additional information. You are welcome to attend the City Council meeting on May 26, 2015 at 6:00 pm to express your opinion on the above cases. KMH3671 (5/13 & 20/2015)
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KM Intermediate Honor rolls Baldor awards 28 scholarships and perfect attendance Kings Mountain Intermediate School has announced the 5th and 6th grades honor rolls and perfect attendance rolls for the 3rd nine weeks of school. A HONOR ROLL – 5th GRADE – Maddox Brown, David Johnson, Charles Melton, Emma Short, Carly Dechant, Lauren Ellis, Cheyenne Ernst, Sally Ozmore, Macey Deering, Maddy Nolen, Taylor Watson, Jathan Callahan, Cheyenne Huffman, Mary Bearfield, Junior Boakye, Justus Caldwell, Chastlyn Hoyle, Tyler Silaphet, Eli Wilbanks, David Aleman, Seaborn Echols, Khileigh Prieto, Cooper Putnam, Marlee Arnold, Baylee Briggs, Ethan Capps, Peyton Fisher, Ashlyn Wood, Seth Wyte, Chrisley Belt, Parker Key, Aydin Roper, Tyler Smith, Edward Velky, Natalie Brown, Mark Petrilli, Avery Philbeck, Faith Ramsey, Kalin Brooks, Lily Gold, Ryan Siphanthone, Blake Mertz, Silas Edmonson, Parker Robinette, Ashley Smith, Sage Wright, Avery Burleson, and Nicholas Harrison. A HONOR ROLL - 6th GRADE – Alyssa Adams, Samantha Davis, Carter Wilbanks, Wyatt Wilson, Destiny Adams, Nick Burrows, Lauren Hullender, Samara Caldwell, Alyecce Davidson, Tiynasia Dawson, Christian Drake, Emma Herndon, Kylie Knye, Randy Lyles, Arianna Miller, Chris Richardson, Brandon Williams, Kennedy Barnes, Maggie Buchanan, Haley Hall, Drew Mannnino, Jordan Stacks, Katura Wilson, Nathaniel Winebarger, Austin Wylie, Madison Ayscue, Austin Brown, Blake Davis, Olivia Green, Ansley Habel, Darren Phaengkhamhak, Shaelin Smith, Clinton Turner, Emma White, Jack Hollifield, Jenna Ramsey, Daniel Carley, Rachel Johnson, Emma Goff, Abigail Henson, Kylee Patterson and Lee Page. A/B HONOR ROLL-5th GRADE – Dwayne Black, Ethan Bolin, Alexia Boone, Mallory Camp, Rayna Chichester, Caleigh Hughes, Makayla Jarvis, Natalie Anthony, Maddox James, Kendall Leonhardt, Kelsey Myott, Dylan Platt, Noah Emory, Dylan Phelps, Katelyn Roberts, Amari Smith, Warren Taylor, JaVon Woodson, Sam Butler, Cadyn Martin, Jordyn Sanders, Kayla Scism, Antwan Walker, Jacqueline Bernabe-Hernandez, Ezekiel Cannedy, Alexis Clary, Alexis Johnson, Devin Lail, Seth Wood, Michelle Bedoya, Benjamin Bridges, Rileah Graham, Katherine
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Hanna Crouse, Abigail Hutson-Smith, Olivia Moss, Sara Putnam, Kimberly Stacey, Kenli Withers, Isaiah Gregory, Savannah Poston, Riley Washburn, Eric Ngaopraseut, Lana Welborn, Hanna Allen and Saline Fuzie. PERFECT ATTENDANCE 3RD 9 WEEKS - 5th GRADE - Nicholas Harrison, Aynslee Weeks, Sage Wright, Brandon Cody, Madeline Nolen, Jonah Payne, Dylan Phelps, Isaac Reid, Taylor Watson, Ja'Mia Adams-Currence, Logan Braswell, Jordan Williamson, Lucas Carroll, Cheyenne Huffman, Brandyn Marr, Cadyn Martin, Andrea Melton, Jordyn Sanders, K'Jaylyn Smith, Antwan Walker, Mary Bearfield, Kofi Boakye, Justus Caldwell, Ezekiel Cannedy, Tyler Silaphet, Eliljah Wilbanks, Ravin Arndt, Dwayne Black, Ethan Bolin, Rayna Chichester, Alisa Hope, Makayla Jarvis, Kohen Johnson, Emma Short, Mackenzie Wright, Markus Hager, Kristofer Smith, Ryan Dixon, Madison Franks, Avery Philbeck, Katherine Rayfield, Marlee Arnold, Baylee Briggs, Peyton Fisher, Caleb Martin, Lacy Wiggins, Eve Yarulin, Kalin Brooks, Keemyah Craig, Lily Gold, Ryan Siphanthone, Isabelle Walton, Jada Goode, Ethan Humphries, Gaia King, Jackson Mealing, Edward Velkey, Anastasia Griffin, David Aleman, Benjamin Bridges, Brallan Diaz, Katherine Wright and Isaiah Tate. PERFECT ATTENDANCE 3RD 9 WEEKS 6th GRADE – Jaxson Bolin, Traveon Conway, Haylee Dockery, Nicholas Johnson, Tucker Leatherman, Kendreana Lee, Seth Morrow, Brooklyn Bell, Bailey Bolton, Austin Pardo, Baylor Stallings, Carter Wilbanks, Emma Goff, Mary Lovelace, Selena Furman, Emma Hollifield, Michael Blanton, Grace Hudson, Lauren Hullender, Carmyn Mack, Kaleb Starnes, Bailey Dulin, Jonathan Hamrick, James Hollifield, Keyana Moore, Annalisa Yanero, Leann Allen, Austin Brown, Elijah Cannedy, Breanna Davis, Olivia Green, Dev Patel, Gaga Hilderth, Melissa Polson, Lana Welborn, Alyecce Davidson, Tiyasia Dawson, Aaron Emory, John Hunt, Precious Roberts, Brandon Williams, Chance Cannon, Samuel Goins, Andrew Mannino, Kennedy Ross, Nathaniel Winebarger, Austin Wylie, Tanner Lockhart, Devin Pressley, Kody Starnes, Madison Weber, TeHyren Ledbetter, Drake Morrow and Adrianna Salter.
17 local students graduate from CCEC Monday Seventeen Kings Mountain area students were among 46 who graduated from the Cleveland County Early College High School May 11. Thirty-six of the students graduated with both a high school diploma
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Baldor Electric Company Foundation has awarded 61 scholarships valued at $228,000 for the 2015-16 school year to children of its U. S. employees. Since 2010 the Foundation has awarded over $1 million in scholarships to 378 students. Thad Beason, Lauren Strickland and Tanner Orders are local recipients of this year's scholarship. Beason, a graduate of Gaffney High School, will be returning to Limestone College in Gaffney where he is studying Sports Management with a minor in business. He is the son of George and Charlotte Beason and his father works for Baldor in Kings Mountain. Lauren Strickland, a graduate of East Rutherford High School,
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will return to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she is studying nursing. She has been admitted to the UNC Charlotte Nursing School and is on the Chancellor's List and participates in Intermural soccer. She is the daughter of Joseph and Denise Strickland and her father works for Baldor in Shelby. Tanner Orders, a recent graduate of Kings Mountain High School, will study Biology in the fall at Appalachian State University in Boone. He has been a member of the KMHS Blazer Band and has been accepted into the Honors College at ASU. Tanner collaborated on a Summer Ventures research paper published by the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Taner is the son of Marcus Orders and Robin Orders and his father is emplyed by Baldor in Shelby
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Veteran reporter Joe DePriest retires – almost – after 50 years covering the news
Joe DePriest (left) is seen receiving a proclamation honoring his 50 years in journalism from Belmont mayor Charlie Martin at a recent city council meeting. (photo by Alan Hodge) by ALAN HODGE Guest Comunist
One of our region's most prolific and talented journalists, Joe DePriest, 71, has decided to hang up his note pad and pen – well, almost – after half a century covering the news. A native of Shelby, with roots in Cleveland County going back to the 1700s and his ancestor William DePriest who fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain, Joe was born to write. “Ever since I was a child I have enjoyed telling stories,” he said. DePriest got his start in journalism as a senior at Shelby High. “I started with the Cleveland Times in May 1962, just before I graduated in June,” he said. “My job was setting lead type for the old printing press. “They let me do a little writing on the side.” After high school, DePriest attended Gardner-Webb and went on to graduate from UNC School of Journalism in 1967. He then went to work for The Shelby Star. A job that lasted about six months before Uncle Sam came calling. “I got a draft notice,” DePriest said. Joe decided to make the best of his looming selective service and joined the Army for a three year stint as a military journalist. “The war was going on in Vietnam and they told me I would probably just have to serve in Germany if I enlisted,” DePriest said. That turned out not to be the case. “I took basic training at Fort Bragg and began writing for the 'Paraglide' there,” he said. “Then, I was sent to Vietnam from June 1968 – June 1969 as a reporter for the 'MACV Observer' which was a weekly tabloid of news. I was also out in the field traveling on operations with
A young Joe DePriest when he was a U.S. Army news reporter serving in Vietnam 1968-1969. (photo courtesy Joe DePriest)
troops such as the 4th Infantry. I saw a little bit of the country. It was an interesting time.” Returning from Vietnam, DePriest finished his military stint with the 197th Inf. Brig. at Fort Benning, Ga., where he worked in the public information office. The year 1970 rolled around and DePriest was back at The Star, a post he filled for 20 years covering every inch of Cleveland County. After that, he heard the Charlotte Observer was expanding its regional scope with the Gaston Observer edition and he hopped on board turning out great stories there for many years until, on January 30, 2015, DePriest decided to retire. DePriest's years at the Observer won him many friends and a heaping helping of professional respect from colleagues like Roland Wilkerson. “I started working with Joe in December of 1999 when I joined the Gaston Bureau as an editor – I'm currently the assistant features editor,” Wilkerson said. “My favorite thing about Joe was his passion for telling stories. No matter how many plates he had spinning, he was always looking down the road for the next story and he was always
excited about the next piece he was going to write. He also had a real knack for juggling eight things at once. Readers often don't realize that in addition to the profiles he was working on, he was handling a steady stream of police and government news. Editors are constantly flinging more work at writers, but Joe never cracked. He found a way to get it all done and end the day with a smile on his face. And he was first guy back in the office the next morning.” As you might imagine, during half a century scouring the area landscape for stories, DePriest has filed some interesting ones in his memory bank. “I wrote a series for The Star tracing the Broad River from Buncombe County to the sea,” he said. “Also a series on the South Mountains.” In 1994, the Observer sent DePriest back to Vietnam for a special section. “It was the trip of a lifetime,” he said. “I traveled 2,000 miles all over the country.” DePriest also met a number of interesting folks during his career including “mountain man” Eustice Conway, Don Gibson, and Earl Scruggs. He wrote a memorable obit on Arthur Smith as well. He also counts writing about Belmont Abbey and Holy Angels as two of his favorite subjects. “It's been a lot of fun,” he said of his 50-year career. “And I want to thank my wife Jan for being by my side.” But wait. Is Joe done writing forever? Likely not. He plans to do some freelancing and is talking with Our State magazine about contributing to that prestigious publication. In DePriest's case, his childhood love of stories still glows. “If I had been rich I would have done it all for free,” he says.
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Drunk driving demo makes point DAVE BLANTON dave.kmherald@gmail.com
They giggled, swerved and nearly crashed. And that was while trying to just walk under the influence of Fatal Vision goggles that are designed to simulate intoxication. And that was before they got to the more disoriented blur goggles the students wore during the drunken driving simulation that puts teenagers behind the wheel of a golf cart so they can tackle a simple driving course on the lawn. “It opens your mind when you put on the goggles,” said Josh Hammett, a senior who had just taken a spin at the Farm Bureau’s Fatal Vision driving course at the high school last Wednesday. “It will make you think twice before you get behind the wheel drinking.” Students at the demo got a very hands-on lesson about the dangers of driving under the influence when they donned heavy goggles that blur the wearer’s vision and disturb the balance centers of the brain. “This is timed for prom weekend,” said Wayne Yarbro, a member of the Cleve-
land County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, who led some of the demos on campus last week. “It’s designed to teach youngsters the ill effects of drinking and driving, and hopefully prevent a bad accident.” First, students were instructed to strap on a pair of goggles that simulated a 0.7 to .10 blood alcohol content, or about 2 to 4 drinks, depending on a person’s weight. They were asked to touch their fingertips to their noses. Most had no trouble with that. But when they were asked to walk a straight line while looking straight ahead, that’s when the weaving and stumbling began. Many strayed wildly from the painted straight line at their feet. In another demo, students took turns wearing goggles meant to disorient even further, and designed to simulate a blood alcohol content from .17 to .20, or about two and half times the legal driving limit. It also simulates poor-light driving conditions. Students attempted to make a simple circuit in an easy to drive golf cart. About 60 orange cones lined the makeshift track. Within seconds of the
accelerator being depressed, the orange cones went flying (or were crushed) as the young drivers were overwhelmed with the radical changes in depth perception and focus that the special goggles brought on. Out of the 60 cones, even the best (and slowest drivers) managed to clobber around seven or eight of them. “It’s a good lesson to learn, very hands-on,” said Yarbro, who was joined by several other N.C. Farm Bureau representatives at the high school Wednesday. “You can talk about in a classroom all day long, but it doesn’t really get through to people until they try to navigate things while wearing the goggles.” The Farm Bureau’s Fatal Vision demonstration is employed across the country to help students understand effects of alcohol on driving, and to educate youngsters why alcohol is the most commonly misused drug. It also aims to help high school students understand how peer pressure, influence of parents, custom and other sociological factors influence drug and alcohol usage.
A mock accident scene is seen on the campus of KMHS last week during the N.C. Farm Bureau’s Fatal Vision demonstration. Photos by DAVE BLANTON
A student nearly loses her balance while trying to walk a straight line wearing Fatal Vision goggles.
Sophomore Billy Moore tries his hand at driving a golf cart through a simple obstacle course. In the passenger seat is KMHS welding instructor Erik Price.
Cleveland County Chamber will sponsor the 2015 Cleveland County Business Showcase on June 2 from 6-9 p.m. at Duke Energy Training Center. 1040 Beason Creek Road in the Cleveland County Business Park in Kings Mountain. Local businesses are invited to register and display their products. “On the right track” is the theme of the event. Ex-
KM Rotary Golf tournament June 5 Kings Mountain Rotary Club will sponsor a golf tournament June 5 at the Kings Mountain Country Club. The Captain's Choice tournament will tee off at 1 p.m. Lunch will be served at the clubhouse at 11 a.m. Call 704-739-3373 to register or for more information about the event. All proceeds will be used for Rotary scholarships.
hibitors are encouraged to use the theme in decorating their booths for the event. Gold sponsor for the fun, showcasing and networking event is Premier Federal Credit Union. The cost for a member booth is $75 and includes 2x6' exhibit table and two chairs. The cost for a non-member booth is $125 and includes 2x6' exhibit table and two chairs.
Gold and silver sponsorship is also available. Food sponsorship is free if $75 worth of food is provided. One exhibit table will be provided and recognition will be given at the event and in the newspaper. The registration forms are avilable on line at www. clevelandchamber.org or contact the Kings Mountain office, 150 W. Mountain St., phone 704-739-4755..
A KMHS student struggles to walk a straight line while wearing blur goggles meant to simulate mild intoxication at last week’s Fatal Vision demonstration.
Life Outreach lunch, to be held Wednesday
Happy Sweet 16 Kaylin Craine
Life Outreach Ministry, 403 Cherokee St., willhave the monthly community lunch on Wednesday, May 27 from 11 a.m.-12:30. The menu will be spaghetti casserole, tossed salad, garlic bread, desserts and iced tea. Everyone welcome.
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Cleveland County Chamber to sponsor 2015 Cleveland County Business Showcase
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CAREER INFORMATION SESSION Cleveland County Schools will hold an employment information session at CCS Central Services to discuss job vacancies.
Hours
May 21, 2015 at 1 p.m. Central Services Room 212
Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
Information provided includes employment qualifications, necessary education and licensure requirements, educational tracks for future vacancies, how to complete an online application successfully, and more.
Sat 8am-12pm
For additional information, visit www.clevelandcountyschools.org or contact Sherry Spikes at (704) 476-8118.
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