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Paid for by Campaign to kmherald.com ELIZABETH STEWART lib.kmherald @ gmail.com Kings Mountains voters will find plenty of candi- dates to select from as they go to the voting booths on Tuesday as people cast their ballots from all over the state and nation in the 2014 general election. Polls open at Kings Mountain area polling places at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. The two Kings Mountain inside-city boxes are: KM North Precinct at the Patrick Senior Center, 909 E. King Street and KM South Precinct at Mauney Memorial Library, 100 S. Piedmont, enter at back of building through Harris Fu- neral Home parking lot. Of particular interest here are local races includ- ing a two-man race for county sheriff, a three man race for two seats open on the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners and two man races for Cleveland County Coroner and District Attorney. Elect Jason Falls Volume 126 ¢ Issue 44 ¢ Wednesday, October 29, 2014 Alan Norman for County Sheriff Retired from the FBI and a county resident for seven years, Carl Jensen, Repub- lican candidate for the high sheriff seat, is challenging the Democrat incumbent Alan Norman who describes himself as a “working sher- iff” with 31 years of law en- forcement experience who also served five years as a Charlotte-Mecklenburg po- lice officer. All three candidates are experienced on the county board of commissioners with strong ties to the Cleve- land County community. Falls, of Kings Moun- tain, chairman of the board, has focused his campaign Carl Jensen for County Sheriff on residents. That is why he said he continues to vote against tax increases. A licensed auctioneer and Republican, he says, if elected, he will continue to focus on residents and jobs and economic development. “Everything we do in our county touches our resi- dents.” Falls is Republican. Holbrook, senior dean of development and govern- mental relations at Cleve- land Community College, has focused on economic development since he started on the board in 2007. He helped permanently se- cure the American Legion World Series in Shelby and Transfer students, testing, teacher feedback dominate school board work session DAVE BLANTON dave.kmherald @gmail.com Cleveland County Board of Education members and school ‘administration of- ficials discussed possible changes to student transfer regulations, end of grade test results, performance pay for teachers, academic requirements for athletes and anonymous suggestion boxes, among other topics in a work session Monday night. The panel is looking into the sometimes conten- tious issue of student trans- fers because there has been concern among some in the community that many stu- dents are seeking transfers for mostly athletic reasons. In a report to the school board Monday, Dr. Brian Hunnell, director of admin- istrative services for the school district, said that the number of students playing varsity who are transfer stu- dents amounted to only four students. Furthermore, one of those four is the child of a school system employee, a category of student given more leeway in the current protocol of transfers. Hun- nell, who said he has con- sulted a number of other districts about their own policies in the matter, said he could find no widespread abuse. Many members of the board echoed that sen- timent. © WwW e don’t have a big prob - [ENE U8 lie mi, Jerry Hoyle and we shouldn’t make a big move here,” said Jerry Hoyle. “Regardless of what we do, we’re not going to make everyone happy.” ous mat- ter that] required further Kathy Falls action. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” said board member Kathy Falls, who said she would like to put in place a policy that mandates that once a student enters the ninth grade they would have to come before the school board to argue their case for a transfer. “We have to put our foot down and put our foot down hard. This has been going on for years.” Board members Dr. Richard Hooker and Don- nie Thurman both said there was no need to make a change to the current pol- icy because there seemed to be little, if any, abuse of the current rules. On the table for the school board are a number of options to tighten up the student transfer pol- icy. One includes imple- menting a 365-day rule that would bar transfer students from participating in varsity athletics for a full calen- dar year. Another possible tweak would allow those barred student-athletes the See SCHOOL BOARD, Page 4A Jason Falls for County Commission has been a leader in bring- ing more business and says he will continue to do so for the county. Holbrook is a Democrat. McIntosh, former pres- ident of the Cleveland County Chapter NAACP, served as a commission member f rom 1996-2006 and is a retired Shelby po- lice officer. He wants to serve again on the board to focus on economic develop- ment and wants to encour- age different industries to build stronger relationships with all other elected bod- ies. He is a Democrat. Rep. Tim-Moore, 111th district representative from nl: Locavores delight. sssssnursssnsssasisence OR Mountaineers Maul Chase........... 1B ok ok KF 4903 04-17 &OUNEY MEMORIAL LI HANEY MEDCENT AVE S MOUNTAIN NC KINGS 15¢ Eddie Holbrook for County Commission Kings Mountain, is unop- posed for reelection to his 7th term in the N.C. House and 110th Rep. Kelly Hast- ings of Cherryville and Kings Mountain is also un- opposed for reelection to another term. Ali Paksoy, District 27-B judge, is run- ning unopposed in the 2014 election. What started as a sev- en-person race for county coroner is now two. Robert “Robbie” Morgan (Republi- can) and Tott Griffin (Dem- ocrat) face off on Tuesday. Griffin won the Democratic primary vote. Morgan was unopposed in the May GOP primary. Griffin, if elected, Fh ok RK ARKH “15 0024A00 SP sxx3kFIRM 28086 35 10 28086-3450 Turn Clocks Back Saturday Night Willie Mcintosh for County Commission would be the first African American coroner in Cleve- land County, he said at a recent Woman's Club-spon- sors forum in Kings Moun- tain. Griffin, who has 31 years experience in the fu- neral profession and a for- mer assistant county corner appointee. Morgan, owner and op- erator of what he calls a non-traditional funeral ser- vice, is a 17-year veteran in the business and a former paramedic with Cleveland County EMS. He entered funeral service in 1994 after See KM VOTERS, Page 4 Firing range could break ground by mid-December Cleveland County Commissioner Johnny Hutchins (left) and Wildlife Commission Chairman Jim Cogdell sign an MOA to construct a public shooting range. From left to right, Gordon Myers, Erik Christofferson, Sam Lockridge, Mark Hamlett and Jeff Richardson. DAVE BLANTON dave.kmherald@gmail.com Cleveland County res- idents could be breaking out the gun oil and holster- ing their firearms by next summer if state bureaucrats give an expected green light to build a public firing range in the next couple of weeks. That’s the word from Cleveland County Board of Commissioner Johnny Hutchins, who said county managers have submitted the bids they received to grade the 50-acre property on Fielding Rd., just a few miles north of Moss Lake. The outdoor range, which would be adjacent to - the county land fill, would be open to the public and offer a covered area for shooters, skeet traps, three berms (earthen walls de- signed to confine ricochets) and a concession stand, Hutchins said. Cleveland County offi- cials have been working for about a year with the N.C. Wildlife Association on the plan for the public range, which leaders say would See FIRING RANGE, Page 7A Creating Dazzling Smiles that Brighten Your Life! 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