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Margaret Sharpe Speller, 43, of
Cherry Street, faces first degree
murder charges in the shooting
death of Calvin McKinley, 33,
Friday night.
Kings Mountain Det. Lt.
Houston Corn said that police re-
sponding to a 911 call found
McKinley lying on the sidewalk at
the intersection of Baker and
Cherry Streets.
Police said that Speller, accom-
panied by her attorney, turned her-
self in to Kings Mountain Police
Saturday at 11:30 a.m. morning
and was jailed in Cleveland County
Jail without bond.
Speller and McKinley, according
to police, have been sharing a resi-
dence at 404 Cherry Street, about
two blocks from the crime scene.
The shooting happened around
10:15 p.m. Friday night. McKinley
was shot once in the chest, accord-
ing to Coroner Ralph Mitchem.
Captain Richard Reynolds said
the shooting apparently followed a
domestic incident.
ARRESTS
Timothy Ray Leach, 33, 218 Morris
St., show cause for non-support, $1000
bond, secured.
INCIDENTS
James Rushing, 508 Waco Rd., re-
ported larceny of a vehicle tag and two
headlight rims.
Willie Mae Hunter, 205 S. Mickley
St., Bessemer City, reported larceny of
a wallet containing credit cards, cur-
rency and her driver's license.
KM Express, 716 N. Cleveland
Ave., reported theft of two cases of
beer by a customer who left the store
without paying for it.
Robert Howard Bryant,703 Crescent
Circle, reported theft of a radar detec-
Area Girl Scouts
honored by churches
Cleveland and Gaston County
Girl Scouts have received recogni-
tion from area churches through
programs of religious activities
with youth P. R. A. Y,, an organiza-
tion serving girls of Protestant and
Independent Christian faiths.
Amy Gibson of Brownie Troop
143 earned "God and Me" after
working with Les Hudson of the
Concord Christian Church. Also
working with Hudson was Laura
Gibson; Cadette Troop 239,, who, |
earned '\God and Church."
Cadette--and»8eénior'' Girl Scouts"
may earn "God and Life." Diane
Fredell is the leader of Troop 96
and Troop 233. She helped to facil-
itate her troop as they work in
Kings Mountain with Rev. Larry
Burns of Faith Baptist, Rev. Olin
Byrum of Kings Mountain, Rev.
Fred Rose at Shelby Presbyterian;
Rev. Harold Bumby of Kings
Mountain's East Gold Wesleyan,
Rev. Dennis Aldridge of Kings
Mountain's Love Valley Baptist ,
Rev. James Allen of the Family
Worship Center in Kings Mountain
and Rev. Fred Herner at Grace
Lutheran Church in Charlotte.
The Pioneer Girl Scout God and
Life recognition was received by
Heather Barnette, Ashley Boone,
Megan Chryst, Rachelle Chryst,
Courtney Fredell, Amy Fredell,
Christen Hollifield, Brenn Kates,
Abbey Kates, Danielle Parker,
Ashley Smith, Stephanie Stark,
Dena Williams and Heather
Wright.
Myrick to address
Gaston graduates
Ninth District Congresswoman
Sue Myrick will address the 169-
member graduating class of Gaston
College at commencement exercis-
es Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Myers
Center Auditorium.
Myrick was elected to the US
Congress House of Representatives
in 1994. She was appointed as one
of the members of the House tran-
sition team and was also drafted as
a freshman class liaison to the
leadership. As liaison, Myrick fre-
quently meets with the Speaker,
Majority leader and other key
members of the House. She is a
member of the budget, science and
small business congressional com- -
mittees.
She is a former mayor of
Charlotte.
Cleveland County graduates are
Charles Dixon Jr., Tiffany Dawn
Elmore, Susan Lee Eubanks,
Sheila Moss, Sherry Vanessa
Sockwell, Debra Victoria Tunstall, .
Melissa Wooten, all of Kings
Mountain, and Barry Todd
Blanton, Jeremy Wayne Bridges,
Tim Stroup, Falicia Tuffet,
Malcolm Walden Jr. and Penee
Buchanan, all of Shelby.
Wildflower hike
at Crowders Mountain Park
Join the staff of Crowders
Mountain State Park for a late
summer wildflower hike Sunday at
2 p.m.
Wear good hiking shoes and take
water for the 1 1/2 hour hike.
tor, cassette case, Readers Digest tapes,
Sony tapes and $360 worth of various
other tapes from his automobile parked
at his residence.
Betty Hawkins Crawford, 703
roves St., reported that someone
broke the hood emblem from her 1988
Cadillac.
Jean Estes Alexander, 422 St.Luke's
Church Rd., reported theft of a purse
from her car.
Helen Smarr Smith, 414 Belvedere
Circle, reported that the left front fend-
er of her Honda was damaged by
someone using a blunt object.
Lance Antoine Mason, 1807 Green
Valley Dr, Shelby, reported unautho-
rized use of his 1977 Cadillac.
Kenneth Paul Carpenter, 520
Phenix St., reported theft of compact
discs from his car. The canvass roof of
his 1989 Chevrolet was cut open and
the top was folded down by someone
using a cutting tool.
Police recovered a reportedly stolen
1993 Mustang valued at $15,000
owned by Kenneth Burton, of
Gastonia.
Philip Bunch, 320 Somerset Dr., re-
ported theft of a cassette car stereo val-
ued at $257.21.
Charlene Hamrick, 808 N. Piedmont
Ave., reported theft of her registration
card and a Craftsman red toolbox con-
taining miscellaneous tools.
Grady Howard Jr., 304 Crescent Hill
Circle, reported theft of a cellular tele-
phone from his 1994 Mazda.
Jerry Watts, 401 Cherokee St. re-
ported theft of two television sets and
two VCRs from his residence. The
stolen items are valued at $1600.
Carolyn Hignutt, 407 W. Mountain
St., reported theft of personal checks
Kings Mountain Police Report
KM woman charged with
and a North Carolina vehicle registra-
tion card from her 1985 Toyota at her
residence.
Irvin Allen, 611 Crescent Circle, re-
ported theft of a cellular telephone
from his car parked at his residence.
A reportedly stolen registration plate
owned by Malo Roberts was found in-
side a city garbage dumpster.
Texaco Express, 511 Linwood Rd.,
reported that a customer pumped $10
worth of gasoline and drove away from
the pumps without paying for it.
Charlene Ross, 58 Pine Manor, re-
ported that the window glass, storm
door and a back door and door frame
were damaged at her house.
Connie Howe, 113 N. City St., re-
ported theft of a $129 bicycle.
Joseph Dale Justice, 26, 301
McAdenville Rd., Lowell, 26, reported
to police that a man threatened him
with a handgun on Cleveland Avenue
ata gas pump and took his wallet, var-
ious business cards, his drivers license
and $10 in currency.
Martha Scism, 246 Scism Rd., re-
ported that someone threw a brick
through her windows and broke two
glass widow panes and one screen door
WRECKS
AUGUST 17
Ptl. C. M. Lathan said that a 16-
year-old driver ran the stop sign at S.
Sims and West Gold Streets and struck
a 1989 Chevrolet operated by David
Gail McDaniel, 805 W. Gold St., do-
ing $6,000 damages. McDaniel, 80,
and his wife, Ruth Hollifield
McDaniel, 80, were treated at the hos-
pital for injuries. None of the four peo-
ple in the 1989 Ford were hurt. The
teenagers that a tree shading the sign
obscured her vision.
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murder
Ptl. Larry Ware said that a 17-year-
old driver pulled into the path of a
1989 Chevrolet truck operated by
Wayne Manz Jr., of Taylorsville, doing
$3,000 damage. No one was injured in
the wreck which happened on Gold
and Cherokee Streets as the teenager
was turning left from Gold.
AUGUST 19
Ptl. T. E., Bell said that Verna
Thompson, 806 Princeton Dr. was
backing from a parking space at
Hardees and struck a 1989 Dodge truck
operated by Stanley Ray Allison, 205
Green Meadows Dr. Damages were es-
timated at $750.
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