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Volume 129 • Issue 38
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
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Disaster relief in GA, FL
City crew restoring power to Hurricane Irma victims ELIZABETH STEWART lib.kmherald@gmail.com
BIG WINNERS – Bob and Aimee Coleman, above, receive a check for $10K from Kings Mountain Historical Museum board member Wendy Isbell who sold them the winning ticket in the Museum’s 14th annual reverse raffle and drawing Sept. 9. The event was a sell-out of 300 tickets and included 50 plus prizes in the drawing, auction prizes, dinner and a parade of costumes of attendees dressed up in the 1920’s theme. See more pictures from the event in today’s Herald. Photo by ADRIA L. FOCHT
Mark your calendars for Mountaineer Days Mountaineer Days, a two-day community-wide Heritage festival which drew record crowds to the city some years ago, replaces Gateway Festival in the Fall, and will be held Oct. 20-21 at Patriot’s Park and Amphitheatre. Christy Conner, Main Street Program Special Events Coordinator, said that plans are in the works for free fun and entertainment for every member of the family. “Mark your calendar now for the event,’’ she says. The event coincides with the date of KMHS Homecoming and the football game between the KM Mountaineers and Burns High Bulldogs. A big homecoming parade will
be held on Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. featuring pretty girls vying for the title of Homecoming Queen, the marching band, and others and will form on W. Mountain Street behind First Baptist Church, proceed down Railroad Avenue and end at Patriot’s Park. A Pep Rally will be held in the Amphitheatre and music will be provided from 2-6 p.m. on Oct. 20 and 2-10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21. There will be food, games, rides, contests and vendors and a Ghost Trail will be a feature of the Saturday activities. “We have many things planned for everyone’s enjoyment,’’ said Conner. The City of Kings Mountain sponsors the event.
Kings Mountain’s Energy Director Nick Hendricks and six other linemen from the city’s electrical department along with one lineman from Maiden are seeing first-hand the devastation of Hurricane Irma in Georgia and Florida. “We’re in Sarasota, Florida today (Monday) where 259,000 people were out of power at 8 a.m. this morning and where 10,000 linemen are working to restore power,’’ said Hendricks, also the city’s assistant city manager and an experienced lineman and head of the city’s electrical department for many years. The many crews that work together as a team were dispatched by ElectriCities of North Carolina in which the various cities are members of this agency. Last Wednesday the linemen crews from Morganton, Huntersville/Cornelius, Maiden, Gastonia, Concord, and Statesville met the Kings Mountain crew with trucks and equipment at 6:00 a.m. at the I-85 Truck Stop and departed for Covington, Georgia under the supervision of Hendricks. They restored power in five towns in the Atlanta area before departing for Jacksonville, Fla. on Friday and worked there until Sunday night and then traveled to Sarasota. They all hope to return to their homes this weekend. Working in the Sarasota area they encountered a lot of wind damage along with many items of concern including snakes and animals that were displaced due to the hurricane while bringing lights back to homes that have been in the dark for many days. “They are working long hours and some of our sleep time has been in a tractor trailer, 36 linemen to a trailer, and there are 10,000 linemen on the job” stated
Meet the Candidate Night at Woman’s Club Monday Dam repairs See CITY CREW, Page 7A
Kings Mountain Woman’s Club will sponsor “Meet the Candidate Night” Monday night at 6 p.m. at the clubhouse on E. Mountain Street. Candidates for city offices and school board have been invited to attend to speak about their candidacy and then to meet constituents during a social hour...Ann Bennett, club president, and Linda Appling are program chairmen. Tina Gist and Anne Gamble are hostesses.
School board candidates are incumbents Phillip Glover, Kathy Falls and Danny Blanton, who are challenged by Coleman Hunt, Dena Green, Kevin Whisnant, Rodney Fitch, Robert Queen and Tommy Greene. Four seats are up for grabs in November. Kings Mountain candidates are Incumbent Ward 2 councilman Mike Butler, who is challenged by Patty Hall, Kings Mountain At large incumbent Curtis Pressley, who is challenged by David Allen; and Tommy Hawkins, Ward 3 councilman, who is unopposed for reelection.
Contract let Glenn Underwater was awarded the contract for $400,000 by city council last week for Moss Lake Dam repairs. “It’s just a matter of fixing old pipe, the dam is stable,’’ said Energy Director for the city Nick Hendricks. Dredging has been underway but six or seven more feet of silt remains to be removed. Equipment should be moving in sometime this week. The repairs are scheduled for completion in 30-45 days.
City linemen from Kings Mountain’s electric department are pictured in this photograph in Florida working to restore power to homes in the dark from Hurricane Irma. Photo supplied by ElectriCities
SEND OFF FOR LINEMAN - Kings Mountain lineman with the city’s electric department, from left, Ray Owenby, Eric Sanders, Johnny Putnam, Josh Conrad, Bradley Sigmon of Maiden, Dalton Horne, Isaac Proctor, Energy Director/Assistant City Manager Nick Hendricks who is supervising disaster relief crews sent out by Electri Cities, and Marilyn Sellers, city manager, are pictured at the I-85 Truck Stop where city officials gathered for a send-off last Wednesday. Today the crews are in Florida restoring power. Photo by MAYOR SCOTT NEISLER
Last weekend of classic KMLT show at Joy Theatre The classic Disney characters and music familiar to fans of the 1980 animated Disney movie, “The Little Mermaid” come to the stage in the current production of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre’s, “Little Mermaid Jr.” It’s a one-hour show by a cast of actors from 8 years to 18 at Joy Theatre Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Special events include a pre-show and post-show in the garden under the tent, weather permitting. Meet the cast in the post-show. Opening night featured a special photo booth opportunity. The show is sponsored by Edward Jones and Jack and Pam Buchanan. Admission is $10. Tickets are available by calling 704-730-9408 or online at tickets@kmlt.org. Some of the music
MERMAIDS ALL – Makayla McCurry, Rebecca Belk and Katherine Knight, left to right, in mermaid costumes, are among the cast of “Little Mermaid Jr.’’ Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at Joy Theatre. This is the last weekend of the show that the whole family can en joy. Photo by BRYAN HALLMAN you’ll remember from the movie include “Kiss the Girl,’’ “Under the Sea,’’ and “Part of your World.” Cydney Wallace is music director. And the characters are
brought to life from beneath the sea, including Ariel, Sebastian, Flounder and Ursula. The young people have been working on the show See CLASSIC, Page 7A
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