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PRIMARIES From 1A There are several interest- ing national races. Nine peo- ple are seeking the :Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, including Albert Lee Wiley Jr., Duke Underwood, David Towel, Elaine Marshall, Randy Crow, Cynthia Brown, Erskine Bowles, Dan Blue and Bob Ayers. Seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate are Jim Snyder, Douglas Sellers, Jim Parker, Ada Fisher, Elizabeth Dole, Timothy Cook and Venkat Challa. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Debra Blanton, Director of Elections in Cleveland County, said she expects a “very light” turnout, proba- bly around 20 percent. “I thought we would be inundated with folks want- ing to do one-stop absentee voting, but we’ve only voted about 230 absentee votes,” she said. “Obviously, the interest is not there.” One-stop absentee voting will continue through Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and again on Saturday form 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in the base- ment of the former Senior ¢ Center just east of the Elections Board office in Shelby. "One-stop absentee voting is good for folks who really have an excuse or who are going to be out of town on election day, or folks who have just made up their GUARD From 1A Major General William E. Ingram Jr., the Adjutant _ General of N.C. said the days of one weekend a month and two weeks a year are gone. He said it’s becoming a 24-hour a day minds to vote when they want to,” Blanton said. With the delay in the pri- maries because of redistrict- ing, Blanton said she doesn’t think people have voting on their minds in the middle of September. “I guess it’s just not the time for elections,” she said. “All of this redistricting and all the court battles and suits that wee filed are so uncomprehensible for peo- ple that haven't been keep-- ing up with it daily and they just might not want do deal with it. “But, on the other side of the coin there are some interesting races that are going to be taking place in the primary. Some folks don’t realize how important primary elections are, because in some cases, such as the 110th House District, it’s going to determine who's going to win the gen- eral election.” Local precincts include: Bethware - El Bethel United Methodist Church fellowship hall, 122 El Bethel Road. Grover - Grover Town Hall, 207 Mulberry Road. Kings Mountain #1 - Second Baptist Church, 120 Linwood Road. Kings Mountain #2 - Boyce Memorial ARP Church fellowship hall, Edgemont Dr. Kings Mountain #3 - First Baptist Church Christian Ministry Center, 605 W. King St. Kings Mountain #4 - American Legion Post 155, 613 E. Gold St. FIREMEN From 1A September 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The new station, on Shelby Road, is expected to provide quicker access to the western part of town. ARRESTS Johnny Watson, 43, 523 Baker St., communicating threats, $300 secured bond. Teresa Williamson, Asheville, breaking and entering, $500 secured bond. INCIDENTS City of Kings Mountain reported larceny of power on Alexander and Morris Streets. There was $150 damage to three meter boxes. Jennifer Thorpe, Roswell, GA, reported larceny of a TV/VCR from her vehicle which was parked at a hotel on Woodlake Parkway. Vandalism was reported to a vehicle owned by David Howe of Maiden. The vehi- cle was parked at a home on Walnut St. Eckerd Drug Store, 601 E. King., reported larceny of VHS movies A vehicle owned by Mary Hutto and James Coley, #3 Bennett Dr., was broken into at thie driveway of their home. Stolen were a CD, Play Station II, amplifier, and sub-woofer, total value $1,550. There was $200 dam- age to the vehicle. Holiday Inn Express reported that someone did not pay the full charges for a room. Timmie Adams, 104 Galilee Church Rd., reported that someone ignited his vehicle, causing $1,400 dam- age. Handy Pantry, 225 N. Cleveland Ave., reported lar- ceny of gasoline. Ann Allison, 411 Fulton Dr., reported larceny of food. Ramada Inn, 728 York Rd., reported that someone broke into a room. _ BB&T, 410 E. King St., reported receiving a forged check. Chasity Holland, 707 W. gold St., reported larceny of bike valued at $175. Ruth Green, 108 Edel St., reported a lost pocketbook at Kings Mountain Senior Center. City of Kings Mountain reported meter tampering on S. Juniper St. Edward Jones Investments, 203 S. Battleground Ave., reported that someone cut telephone lines and broke a window. Total damage, $220. CITATIONS Frank Maner II, 314 | Scotland Dr., stop light vio- lation. Lloyd Idol Jr., Grover, seat belt violation, failing to pull to side of road upon approaching of police vehi- cle with lights and sirens on. Kasey Camp, Grover, no insurance. Kasey Camp, Grover, ficti- tious registration number; failure to register vehicle. Vernon McCleary, 917 Sparrow Springs Rd., driv- ing while license revoked. Hl LAKE From 1A plant were also discussed. “Everybody would like to have a new lake,” White said. “I would like to have a new lake.” The town has two big industrial clients as cus- tomers and White said if it lost anymore, it would change the structure of the town. White also asked City Manager Jimmy Maney to get information from Cleveland County about what it plans to do about its water crisis. Recently county officials, Cleveland County Sanitary District Officials and Shelby officials discussed the possi- bility of building a new lake in northern Cleveland County In making his motion, Spears remembered the times before Moss Lake looking at the future of Kings Mountain. We're going to have to find a way to get the money to do it.” Before the vote, Moore asked Maney if the $20,000 was in the budget. He said a budget amendment would be needed. Former mayor John Henry Moss, who proposed the idea for the second lake pre- viously in 1986 emphasized the importance of impound- ing water. “I think it’s the correct course,” Moss said. “Watersheds are a very valuable thing and you don’t manufacture those. They are natural geography. You must take action to pre- serve them and harvest the available water.” Former city leader M.C. Pruette, who furnished a . statement to The Herald said the lake is something the city needs. “We've got to do this, Mountain's last good chance for more water perhaps now or never,” he said in the beginning of his statement. The second lake would be located east of the current Moss Lake at Muddy Fork Creek. Dan Crawford NIE UCT [1 Paid for by Committee To Re-Elect Dan Crawford PTOWN Zoic Gloche Starting at $495 County's Gun & Tactical Shop! WWW. tactical-supply.com Ingram’s Computer Services PC and peripherals set-up and configuration Troubleshooting and repair All types of drive installation -Hard drives, floppy drives, Zip drives -CD and DVD drives Memory installation Expansion card installation and set-up when the city was getting dry and tried to get water from anywhere it could. Mayor Rick Murphrey has been supportive of the lake idea and told the council that it was only being asked to do a feasibility study. "A concern of Councilman Clavon Kelly’s was the cost of the project. He discussed the latest projects the city has done and the increased cost when it was finished. One of those was the new senior center on King Street. “I think we're putting the cart before the horse,” Kelly said. After the meeting Councilman Rick Moore said if another drought hits the city, Kings Mountain may be affected. “On down the road, if we keep having droughts, our lake could go on down too,” he said. “This way we're SERVICE We've got to do it,” he said. The city is healthy enough financially to proceed with the lake study, he said. “This could be Kings Software installation and set-up, including operating systems Training for Microsoft Excel and Word Training for AutoCAD and 3-D solid modeling Call 704-739-0907 ns a As soon the contractor finishes some last minute items, Burns said they will move in. “We're real excited about this,” he said. “This will rhelp us spread our equip-! ment outito better serve the , titizehs bf Kings Mountain. It puts a station on the west side of the railroad tracks so that if something happens to the tracks we do have equipment on the west side of town.” . Some of the places that will be served by the new west side station include the Southwoods area, Kings Mountain Hospital and Kings Mountain High School. "job. “Long gone are the days of the weekend warrior,” he said. Members of the 505th gathered outside to speak to their faniilibs afte thi 'tere- mihy. oo TL ER W EOI David Morris, from Salisbury and part of the Gastonia unit, said being deployed is something he has heard about. “You hear people talking about it,” he said. “They say it ain’t never happened since ‘47 I believe. You just expect it. You've got to be ready for it at all times.” Mark Simpson, a Shelby police officer, said deploy- ment sounds exciting despite missing his family. “It’s going to be an lopportunity to go do what we've been trained to do,” he said. 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Tiffany Ferrell, from Cherryville, knew of the possibility of deployment before she signed up for the guard and her mother, Shirley said she was proud of her. “I'm very proud of her,” Shirley said. “She’s always willing to defend our coun- try. I'm really very proud of my daughter.” together and we're not going to let the threats of terrorism deter our efforts. We will all stand together to defend our country, and we are thankful for those who are in harm’s way protect- ing our country at this time.” arrives or when death occurs. 20 Gauge Steel Casket $5050 $695” $7450 “As the city grows and as our call volume goes up then certainly we'll have to look at putting on more people for the station,” he said. KINGS MOUNTAIN ~The Air Seal Vault Published every hradey Periodicals postage at Kings Mountain, NC 28086 USPS 118-880 by Republic Newspapers, Inc. Postmaster, send address changes to P. O. 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