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Opinion THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD June 19,1997 Area law enforcement officers to come to the aid of one of their own in benefit golf tournament Area law enforcement officers will be asked to help one of their own in a benefit golf tournament Saturday, September 27 at 2 p.m. at Woodbridge Golf Links. Funds generated from the one-day, 18-hole Captain's Choice event will go toward the medical and burial expenses of 14-year-old Jerry Tessneer II, son of Kings Mountain policeman Jerry Tessneer,who died unexpectedly April 26 just 16 days after undergoing surgery to repair a defective heart valve. Officers from all over are invited to enter the tournament. The entry fee of $75 includes golf and cart fees, prizes and refreshments, a donation to the Tessneer fund, and admission to a barbecue dinner to be served at the conclusion of the event. Because the tournament is a Captain's Choice for- mat, Tournament Director Carl Champion said the skill level of the golfer is not important. Golfers are grouped in teams of four, and the team captain de- termines who has hit the best shot and all four members of the team hit each ensuing shot from that point. Spouses of police officers are encouraged to par- ticipate in a wives' auction at the site of the tourna- ment, as well as the barbecue. Special entertainment is also planned during the afternoon and dinner. Special prizes will be offered to winners of the golf tournament and to golfers who are closest to the hole on par three holes. Young Tessneer was a typical 14-year-old, appar- ently in good health, and was playing football at Cherryville Junior High when it was discovered that he had an Arterial Septum Defect (defective heart valve). His father explained the disease. "Basically, when you're in the womb you don't have oxygen going to the lungs, so there was no need for blood to go to the lungs," he said. "It is GARY STEWART News Editor honestly believe the Lord gave me that extra week so we could get closer together. "It also got me closer to the Lord," he continued. "My pastor, Freddie Helms, who is also my brother- in-law, has been a rock for me: All the police offi- cers, and the whole community, have really just lift- | ed my spirits. I really didn't know how many good ! People there were in the world, because in my job a ot of times I'm dealing with the negative side of so- ciety. But there are a lot of good people out there." supposed to close within a year after you are born, but it didn't close. So it was taking blood from the heart to the lungs and right back to the heart again. It wears your heart out because it's working all the time." Young Tessneer entered Carolinas Medical Center for the surgery on April 16, came through the oper- ation fine, and returned home on Friday, April 18. Everything seemed fine. He was walking a mile a day and had a goal of increasing to three miles a day. But on Friday, April 25, his father said he woke up early in the morning with flu symptoms and the family was told to keep a close watch on him. About 3:45 Saturday morning, he awakened again with chest pains. Fluid was building up around his heart, and by the time EMS could get him to the hospital he was dead. Of course, his sudden death devastated the fami- ly and the pain of losing a child is something a par- ent never recovers from. But looking back, Officer Tessneer said the Lord used the sickness to get he and his son closer together, and used his death to get family members closer together. Tessneer and Jerry II's mother, Carolyn, are di- vorced and Tessneer normally had Jerry II on week- ends. Jerry II was staying with his father when he died. "We really got close that last week," he said. "I Tessneer, who is Kings Mountain's COP (Community Oriented Policing) officer, said the sit- uation with his son has made him look at his beat in a different manner, also. He works a walking beat in a low-income public housing area of the city and ‘has grown particularly close to children who live in tough situations. "I really love getting out with the kids," he said. "I'just talk to them, and part of my job is watching the crossing near North School. It's always a high- light of my day. They are really good children, and some of them their mothers and fathers just can't do better or won't do any better. They are a prod- uct of the environment, but the children are very special.” JERRY TESSNEER II Police officers, too, like the ones who will be playing in the golf tournament, have made Tessneer proud to be living and working in a small town. ; “I would really like to thank everybody in the community for their support," he said. "They have really rallied around me. The pay in a small town police department is not the best in the world, but this whole community is like a family, especially in the police department. We've got so many good people up there, from Chief (Bob) Hayes right on down to the newest hired person. They are great people." JERRY TESSNEER A Your Right To Say It A new approach to lake fees To the editor: As a citizen of Kings Mountain and a major property owner at Moss Lake, I have watched the wrenching conflict over lake fees the past month. Name calling, unwarranted accusations, mis- quotes, threats, and potential lawsuits are rico- cheting around Cleveland County like bullets. It hurts. Folks, we are all neighbors and surprising- ly, probably friends. Let's step back for a moment, take a deep breath, and see where we have com- mon interests. dg Just so you know: 1) I plan to pay my lease fee. 2) The city pwns and controls the lake andi its shoreline. (Under legal advice, Faunce Realty has in the past resurveyed property along the shore- « line to insure the title is not clouded by the eight foot vertical). 3) The city's communication with property owners has been abysmal, and, con- versely the property owners have cruised along in ignorant bliss for years. 4) If the city is sued and has legal expenses, as a citizen of Kings Mountain I will demand that the property owners foot the bill (which ironically includes me). Property owners, the lake budget is out there now in greater detail. Check it out. The city fa- thers are not out to get anyone. They are attempt- ing to grapple with difficult budgetary problems that we all have a vested interest in as well as re- spond to their citizens’ requirements. Citizens of Kings Mountain, not everyone at the lake is rich. Many property owners have saved and scrapped by over the years to own a parcel on the water. Just like everyone else, they have wrestled with tough monetary problems and some continue to struggle financially. : What about this idea? After again reviewing, questioning and critiqueing the budget that the city fathers have crafted, we pay the fees this year. Property owners and representatives are shown either quarterly or annual statements of actual revenues and expenditures. Finally, if ei- ther the revenues come in way over budget or ac- tual expenditures are way under budget, proper- Published every Thursday. ® Second Class postage at East King Street at Canterbury Road, NC 28086 USPS 981.040 by Republic Newspapers, Inc. Postmaster, send address changes to: . P.O. Box 769, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 } e Phone (704) 739-7496 e Fax (704) 739-0611 Office: 824-1 East King Street, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Dean Ridings Publisher Gary SEWArt nssssssisisssensivsssinssemsrissenes Editor Elizabeth Stewart News Editor Aron R. Goss Marketing Director Susan Smith Wiley Advertising Manager Stacey Cobb Ad Representative Sarah Griffin Business Manager Debbie Welsh Production Manager Shelley Campbell Graphic Artist Terry Bridges Pressman . Republic #4 Newspapers, Inc. J MEMBER TAR Member > NATIONAL NEWSPAPER * ASSOCIATION North Carolina Press Association Mail Subscription Rates Payable in Advance. All Prices Add 6% NC State Sales Tax. 1 Year 6 Months $18.02 $10.60 $20.14 $11.66 $23.32 $13.25 !Gaston & Cleveland Co. : Other NC Counties “Outside NC ty owners are given some kind of credit towards next year's lease fees. We all want to maintain Moss Lake as a valu- ‘able resource that provides both water to Kings Mountain and Cleveland County and recreational use for all of Kings Mountain and Cleveland County citizens. Let's talk and find the common ground. David B. Faunce Leaders ignoring Constitution To thereditor: | li Wlkien the founders of this ration produced the U.S. Constitution, their clear purpose was to cre- ate a federal government with strictly limited powers. Their shared attitude was best expressed by Thomas Jefferson who stated, "In questions of power, then, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." ) But the Constitutions chains have been broken. After reading the document, I find that our lead- ers are ignoring it as if it didn't exist. For exam- ple: 1. The first sentence, immediately following the preamble, states that all legislative powers re- side in Congress alone. Therefore, a Supreme Court decision can never be "the law of the land;" it's the law of the case. Also, executive orders is- sued by the President cannot take on the force of law. But Congress regularly allows both abuses to happen. 2. Congress is granted sole power "to declare war." There was no declaration of war in Korea, Vietnam, or the Persian Gulf. 3. Congress is granted sole power to "make rules for the government and regulation” of the military. But President Clinton, acting alone, changed the military's position regarding homo- sexuals in the service. 4. Congress has the sole power to "regulate’ commerce with foreign nations." But nowhere was Congress given authority to delegate its power to NAFTA or to the GATT/World Trade Organization. Delegation of authority is unconsti- tutional. 5. Overall, Congress is limited to making laws only where power to do so is "herein granted" within the Constitution (Art. , Sec. 8). I searched the document from top to bottom and I found no power "herein granted" for the federal govern- ment to make laws about education, agriculture, housing, energy, medicine, firearms ownership, and a whole host of other areas where federal laws have been made. Those areas were reserved for the states. Also, nowhere does our Constitution give, our Federal Goverfitiehi the authority for foreign aid. James Madison, known as "The Father of the Constitution," stated, "The powers delegated by 1 think Lie Jit Sidewalk Survey 0) </ | D Q AN\§ AN \ bo? \ HD) OS \ 4 corms pe. OG) \ a - =—C EN or \ A the proposed Constitution to the federal govern- ment are few and defined." He would be stunned to find that the "few" have become all-encompass- ing and undefined. Enormous power is being accumulated at the federal level. The increased taxation, oppressive controls, huge bureaucracy, and Big Brother gov- ernment that have resulted are almost completely unconstitutional. Yet, all federal officials have sworn an oath to adhere to the document. Oaths don't seem to mean much anymore. Americans who want to remain free, or who want their chil- dren to be free, had better get involved in reforg- ing the constitutions chains on ‘the GEV Inem 1e ) L. Clayton Bolton $s 3 C 2 \ Ae § EV/ATIE \ < — e By Lib Stewart What do you like best about Vacation Bible School? BRIAN HENSON age9 age 10 “I like to do crafts. It’s fun.” music.” CHRIS MEDFORD “I like puppets and ABBIE LYNCH age 4 age 3 “I learn about Jesus.” KALIE DEATON “Ilike to color.” ELIZABETH BAKER age 3 “Jesus stories.” Federal : "Government. fm 1936362
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