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a pas: LA Page 16A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, May 12, 1994 SHOOTING From Page 1-A Police Lt. Richard Reynolds said Herndon will be charged with first degree burglary. He said the District Attorney's Office does not plan to prosecute Bolin. “All evidence indicates that Mrs. Bolin did what she had to do.” said Reynolds. “1 always hated those stairs at Ellen's home but their creaking helped save her life.” said Kelly Bolin. Kelly and David Bolin lived with Mrs. Bolin until several months ago. “Ellen didn't wait to see if the in- truder's intent was robbery,” said Kelly. "She fired three shots in the dark." "Mrs. Bolin fired and the man kept coming." Reynolds said in his report. "When she did stop him, she ceased fire." Police said Herndon had no weapon. A homemade crack pipe was found in his jogging shorts, ac- cording to police. The police report said that Kings Mountain officers responded to the alarm at Bolin's home at 809 Cansler Street about 12:19 a.m. Thursday. They found Herndon ly- ing at the top of the stairs. Herndon was first taken to the Kings Mountain Hospital Emergency Room and transferred to Carolinas Medical Center. "I marvel that Ellen could have stayed calm," said Kelly. . “If he was crazy enough to walk by a full-blooded chow in the back yard and through the alarm and an- other dog inside the house and bul- lets flying by his head, he would have done what he felt he needed . todo," said Kelly. "He would have hurt her." DUPONT From Page 1-A race play-by-play with emcee Dale Brown and music and entertain- ment. Uptown Shelby streets will close at 10:30 a.m. Numerous door prizes will be awarded and exhibits will be featured. In Shelby, where a $5,000 sprint stage will be held, no cars will be allowed to park on the streets along the route. Students will chalk the roads, an old European tradition, in Lattimore with the names of teams and riders. Many Cleveland County stu- dents have received Tour Du Pont guides to learn more about bicycle safety as well as the sport of bike riding. Internationally televised, the Tour Du Pont will be shown in this country on CBS Sports as wells ESPN. Police said there is no evidence that Herndon, who lived about a block from Mrs. Bolin, was target- ing Bolin. Kelly Bolin said her mother-in-law does not know the suspect. Herndon's niece formerly attended Bolin Day Care. Police say Herndon served (wo years of a 10-year jail sentence for breaking and entering and larceny before his parole and was living in Kings Mountain, Kelly Bolin said her mother-in- law remained calm enough to call all three children who got to her in just a few minutes. Reliving the scene this week, Mrs. Bolin said her family appreci- ated the quick response of the Kings Mountain Police Department but were upset that the police didn't knock the door down when they ar- rived on the scene. Chief Warren Goforth says that it is standard procedure in an inci- dent of this kind for the victim to be the eyes and ears for the police. "It's a very traumatic experience but police first identify themselves and their main objective is to pro- tect and they are reluctant to break down a door unless the person in- side the house is sure she is alone and is telling them to do that.” “Ellen had to step over the body to open the door,” said Kelly. "I'he man's body was blocking her way out. "Ellen didn't know if the man was dead or alive or if he had a gun or was by himself." Goforth says police are trained to react and respond to emergen- cies. "We are just never prepared for anything like this," said Kelly Bolin. "We hear about things like this happening in other places but not Kings Mountain." On Mothers' Day Sunday the Bolin family went with their moth- er to First Wesleyan Church and treated her to lunch afterwards. "We tried not to talk about the shooting but we always came back to it in our conversations,” said Kelly. Kelly said this Mother's Day was special for the whole family. "We are always sorry when these kind of things happen in our com- munity but Mrs. Bolin was ex- tremely lucky," said Chief Goforth. "She had a burglar alarm system to warn her and she had the courage to do what she had to do." LL —— INDUSTRY From Page 1-A more. "We cant afford to continue to be hit with utility increases,” said Rome. "We've had three water in- creases and one gas increase in the last 18-24 months." Ruppe said that local industrial and business leaders have got to- gether and they suggest that the city realign all utilities. They say if the city needs to go up on water, it should bring gas and electric prices down. "The very reason the utility rates are going up is that the city takes from these funds to supplement the general fund," said Ruppe, who said he was present at the recent budget workshop meeting at which state officials called attention to the excessive feeding to the general fund from the utility funds. "We'd probably all agree to a 10 percent water hike if it would solve all the city's problems, but it won't," said Kelly Bunch. "You've got to look at the whole picture." "Kings Mountain needs to bite the bullet and not expect one raise to water customers to fix the prob- lem, " said Johnson. Spectrum recently spent $1 mil- lion on three new dyeing machines installed in Belmont. Other industrial leaders say they are now getting quotes on a fuel oil to change from gas to fuel oil, which is cheaper. "I want to tell city officials to listen to what the state is telling them," said Bunch. "Get the utili- ties competitive again and the fi- nancial problem will take care of itself." Johnson said he wanted to sug- gest to the board that they limit the amount of funds they transfer each year from utility funds to the gen- eral fund. He says he has yet to hear a motion from a Councilman on that suggestion by the state offi- cials in town recently from the Local Government Commission which oversees and is responsible to the public for the solid financial stability of cities throughout the state. “If city fathers don't listen, the state can come in and take over,” said Ruppe, referring to a recent take-over in Asheville. "We will suffer with a state take-over of government here be- cause out-of-town people will come in and fire and raise rates and won't care about whether Kings Mountain survives,” said Johnson. "They will just want to sce Kings Mountain operating in the black again." "Many business people in town are concerned but Council doesn't seem to want our input,” said Ruppe. "Council appears to want to do it themselves, sink or swim." Other big water customers of the city are Clevemont Mills and Kings Plush but Spectrum and Anvil comprise 90 percent of the water business. Spectrum pays the City of Kings Mountain $2.3 mil- lion annually for water and sewer and gas and $41,000 for taxes. "In a $19 million budget that means that one industry in town contributes over 10 percent of the money," said Ruppe. "In the past it's been hard to get a meeting with city officials about my concerns at my industry but I decided to start going to all the utility meetings and Council meet- ings and I don't plan to stay away," said Ruppe. "I plan to stay in Kings Mountain and I want all other in- dustries to remain in town." LT TIERCE LIRA Cycles thru Shelby on Friday, May 13 DON'T MISS IT! Because of the large convoy of vehicles with the riders, most thor- oughfares will be closed in most areas 30 minutes before it arrives. School children will remain at school a little longer on Friday and parents have been notified by school officials. Don MacQueen, of the organiz- ing committee, said that businesses in the Oak Grove and Stoney Point areas should benefit from the crowds. The weather promises to be sunny and cold drinks will taste good to spectators waiting on a hot ¢ eT hr afternoon. MacQueen said that the highway patrol will work traffic at the intersection of Stoney Point and Oak Grove Road "The bikers will be moving slower when they hit Kings Mountain and this should provide good photo opportunities of world champions LeMond and Armstrong,” he said. FACTORY WARRANTY | LLAPPLICABLE ~~ § REBATES APPLY Immunization ° clinic planned The Cleveland County Health be Department will be having a spe- cial immunization clinic May 23 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. The clinic is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. for free immunizations. For more information, call 484- 5110. 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