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Church needs music director Valentine's Day
Bynum Chapel AME Zion Church Music Department is
looking for a music director to present devotional as well
as worship music for the church service. Multi-talented
musicians are welcome. Contact the church secretary at
704-739-1169.
El Bethel country breakfast
Country breakfast will be served at El Bethel United
Methodist church fellowship hall Saturday, Feb. 7 from
6:30-10 a.m. Call 704-739-9174 for takeouts. A bake sale
will also be held. The public is invited.
Lenten services start
Community-wide Lenten
services on the theme “Per-
sonalities around the Cross"
will begin Feb. 18 at noon
and continue every Wednes-
day at noon through March
25 at six churches in the
community.
Central United Methodist
Church will host the first ser-
vice on Feb. 18 at 12 noon.
Rev. Brian Taule, pastor of
David Baptist Church, will
speak on the topic,”Judas:
the One who betrayed Him”
from Matthew 26:14-16.
The host church provides
a light meal after the service.
An offering will be taken for
the Kings Mountain Crisis
Ministry.
The full schedule of
services sponsored by the
Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association:
Feb. 25 at noon at First
Presbyterian Church, Rev.
Marty Ramey, interim pastor
of Salem Lutheran Church,
Salisbury, “Barabbas: Jesus
died in my place.”
March 4 at noon at Boyce
Memorial ARP Church with
Rev. Scott Whitney, pas-
tor of East Gold Wesleyan
Church speaking on “Simon
of Cyrene: Suffering may
lead to blessing".
March 11 at noon at St.
Matthew's Lutheran Church
love feast
Galilee and St. Paul
United Methodist Churches
will host a Valentine's Day
Love Feast on Feb. 14
at noon at Galilee United
Methodist Church fel-
lowship hall, 117 Galilee
Church Rd. Donations are
$8. For more information
call Doris Brown at 704-
747-2996.
Feb. 18
with Rev. James Lochridge,
Jr., pastor of Second Baptist
Church, speaking on “Mary,
the Mother of Jesus: the
depths of a Mother's love.”
March 18 at noon at
David Baptist Church with
Rev. John Houze, pastor
of Peoples Baptist Church,
speaking on “The thief of
the Cross: the way to salva-
tion".
March 25 at noon at East
Gold Wesleyan Church,
Rev. Moses Neuman, of
World Care Ministries of
Dallas, speaking on “Jo-
seph of Arimathea: giving
our service for Christ."
The public is invited.
State: school chief tours West School
From Page 1
gratifying to see that you are
looking at your students ene
child at a time.”
Atkinson was joined by
- her senior policy advisor
Mike McLaughlin and Eric
Davis, who sits on both the
State Board of Education
and Charlotte-Mecklen-
burg Schools Board of Ed-
ucation. Local school board
chair Phillip Glover was
also present.
West principal Heather
Pagan and a handful of
teachers guided their guests
on a talking tour of each
classroom in the K-4 school.
In between visits and
along school halls deco-
rated with colorful educa-
tional messages, the group
chatted informally about the
benefits of the Cleveland
County Schools’ Parent
Portal, end of grade testing
and Common Core. The
state’s school leader also
passed out copies of a chil-
dren’s book she authored
called “The T-Shirt Named
Zee,” a cheerful tale empha-
sizing the importance of de-
termination, resiliency and
empathy.
Following the tour At-
kinson joined the others in
~ seeing hundreds of students
make their way onto buses
and into the awaiting cars of
parents and grandparents at
the end of the school day.
In a talk with West staff
members after school hours,
Atkinson praised not just
West but overall strides
made across districts in N.C.
schools, noting that the Tar
Heel state enjoys an 83.9
percent graduation rate, the
highest in the state’s history.
She also defended Com-
mon Core, shorthand for a
sometimes controversial set
of high-quality academic
standards in mathematics
and English language arts
and literacy. The learning
goals outline what a student
should know and be able to
do at the end of each grade.
“The state is not moving
away from Common Core,”
Atkinson told teacher and
other education officials at
the meeting. “It’s unfortu-
nate that the (standard) has
been polititized.”
Responding to questions
about lagging teacher pay in
North Carolina, Atkinson
said she regrets that teacher
salaries are not where she
and other state leaders
would like to see it. She
also said she was not opti-
mistic that the N.C. General
Assembly was likely to in-
crease the budget for teach-
ing assistant pay.
The U.S. Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan
named five North Carolina
public schools as 2014 Na-
tional Blue Ribbon Schools.
West Elementary is among
287 public and 50 private
schools where students
either achieve very high
learning standards or are
making notable improve-
ment in closing the achieve-
ment gap. West Elementary
is among only one other
school in the state honored
as an Exemplary High Per-
forming School.
The school was honored
at a November conference
and awards ceremony in
Washington, D.C.
YMCA lease: on Council agenda
From Page 1
Councilman Keith
Miller said a longer con-
tract will likely provide the
Y with the opportunity to
get more money to invest
in improvements.
Councilman Curtis
Pressley voted in opposi-
tion but he expressed his
gratitude for all the services
the Y has provided over the
years.
“I believe we should
take ownership of our own
recreation department,” said
Pressley, who campaigned
prior to his election on the
need for “a lot of kids who
can't go to the Y.” Pressley
said “I just believe at some
point we have to quit let-
ting someone else babysit
for us and we have to take
responsibility ourselves for
our own kids to participate
in recreational activities.”
Pressley also questioned
“jumping from a 15 year to
a 20 year contract.”
The mayor said the city
has reviewed all the figures
and allowing the YMCA
to provide recreational ser-
vices saves the city money.
He said the YMCA can
provide more programs
and activities than the city
would ever be able to pro-
vide. Murphrey thanked the
YMCA for their partner-
ship over the past 15 years
and said he believes the
new contract will be a step
in the right direction in pro-
viding more programs for
all ages of citizens.”The Y
is great family atmosphere
and I strongly support it,"
he said.
Doyle Campbell, Mer-
rimont Ave., also spoke in
support of the Y. Diagnosed
with a rare aggressive kid-
ney condition over seven
years ago, he was told he
would likely need dialy-
sis in seven years. “Due to
going to the Y four to five
times a week and trying
to live a healthy lifestyle,
more than seven years have
passed and my kidney func-
tion has remained stable.
My physician credits most
of that stability to exer-
cising and I do that at the
YMCA," said Campbell.
The city first entered
into an agreement with the
Cleveland County Family
YMCA on Feb. 1, 2005 to
provide recreational ser-
vices at the former commu-
nity center on Cleveland
Avenue. Both the mayor
and YMCA officials have
said the partnership has
been highly successful and
participation in the various
programs have grown over
the years.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Two weeks left to make application
for open seat on Grover Town Council
GROVER- Two more
weeks remain for city res-
idents to make application
for the seat open on town
council.
With the resignation of
Rodney Ross, a new mem-
ber will be elected by board
members to serve until the
general election in Novem-
ber when he or she can run
for re-election.
Members talked about
plans to fill the seat at
Monday night's meeting
and conferred with Lithia
Brooks of L Brooks Con-
sultants on writing policies
for use of a debit card by
two department heads and
a service contract wit Pay-
chex Payroll Company to
outsource the payroll for the
town of Grover.
Brooks has been hired
by council to help develop
a budget and financial plan.
Harper: low bidder for $11M city project
From Page 1
gallons per day. Mayor
Rick Murphrey said the in-
crease will allow the city to
meet future residential and
industrial growth.
Construction is expected
to begin next month and be
completed March 2016.
Funding for the proj-
ect is included in the $34
million state revolving 20-
year no interest loan the
city received from the state
revolving fund for major
water/sewer projects.
A new 36-inch water
line from Moss Lake to the
city is under construction
and funds for this project
also come from the state
loan. The goal for comple-
tion of the water line is Oc-
tober 2016.
Faunce: property rezoned
From Page 1
were not appropriate for the
area and through the site
plan included performance
standards to mitigate im-
pacts. :
The property is at the
corner of two arterial roads
and the conditional use per-
mit does not allow ingress
and egress to Mountain
Street. The North Carolina
Department of Transpor-
tation has issued a permit
that would allow access
to Phifer Road and King
Street. This serves to keep
traffic from moving from
or to the adjoining residen-
tial neighborhood, Killian
said.
Helen Hatch, 311 W.
Mountain Street, a member
of theWest Kings Mountain
Neighborhood group that
has been vocal in support
of maintaining West Moun-
tain as historical properties,
said there is more that the
city can do to protect ex-
isting neighborhoods and
thereby helping to attract
more people to live in
Kings Mountain. “This was
a compromise situation,"
she said of the rezoning of
the Faunce property. “The
planning and zoning board
seems to be oblivious to
the problem of no new
housing in Kings Moun-
tain and Kings Mountain
is at the bottom of the list
for desirable places to live.
This is a serious problem"
said Hatch, adding, “You
compromise housing for
jobs and of course we need
jobs.”
Mrs. Hatch told the
board she knows of many
Foodand
clothes giveaway
Rhema Outreach Min-
istry is holding a food
and clothes giveaway on
Tuesday, Feb. 10, from
1 to5 pm at 624 E.
King St. First come, first
served. Food is limited.
The Wil Cote Band
will be playing a
variety of music at
Hounds Campground
114 Raven Circle
Kings Mountain
on February 14
Admission is Free.
For more information
call 704-739-4474
people who commute from
Charlotte to work in Kings
Mountain, some of whom
could live in Kings Moun-
tain and be five minutes
away from their place of
employment.
“We need more hous-
ing," she said.
In other actions, city
council:
+heard a presentation of
the 2014 audit f rom Meg
Carter of Martin Starnes &
Associates who reported
that the city had received
a clean audit for the 17th
year. Mayor Rick Mur-
phrey took the occasion to
commend city staff.
+The mayor recognized
KMPD Sgt. Todd McDou-
gal for 10: years of service
in the city police depart-
ment.
+The mayor recognized
Dustin Todd Vaughn for
completing North Carolina
grade I, collections oper-
ator program, 24 hours of
classroom instruction and
six hours of training while
performing the duties of a
pumps/collections system
utility maintenance worker.
+okayed the estab-
lishment of a permit/ad-
ministrative fee for new
commercial construction
for storrmwater review to
pay for engineering cost
for innovative/sealed plans.
+reappointed Ralph
Grindstaff to the ABC
board for a second term to
expire Jan 31, 2018.
+reappointed Wendy
Isbell to the Main Street
Advisory board for a sec-
ond three year term and
appointed Paul Ingram, re-
placing Larry Hamrick Jr.,
for a first three year term.
Terms expire Dec. 31,
2018.
+scheduled public hear-
ing for Feb. 24, 2015 for a
road name change request
by Gilbert Patrick for Ben-
ton Express Avenue chang-
ing to Innovation Drive.
+scheduled public hear-
ing for Feb. 24, 2015 for re-
quest by Heather Kubu for
properties located between
* Cansler Street and the in-
tersection of Hawthorne
Road from residential R-10
to RS-6.
+approved proposal to
remove trees/ mitigation
plan: on the control strip
of property at Moss Lake
owned by Annie Hord, Old
Stubbs Road Cherryville.
+approved proposal
to remove trees/mitiga-
tion plan on control strip
of property at Moss Lake
owned by AubreyHolli-
field, 120 Ridgecrest Drive,
Cherryville.
+approved ordinance
ordering the demolition of
certain property in the ju-
risdiction of the city at 915
Church Street.
+received terms of the
proposed lease with the
YMCA and authorized the
advertisement of the terms
of thee proposed lease with
the YMCA. Motions by
Butler and Miller, Curtis
Pressley voting no. Passed
6-1.
+authorized the mayor
to sign an extended lease
(from Jan. 31 to Feb. 28)
with the YMCA. Motion by
Butler, seconded by Miller.
The board voted 6-1 with
Councilman Pressley cast-
ing the no vote.
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