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Vol. 110 No. 35
Two KM
men face
murder
charges
Two Kings Mountain men al-
legedly beat another man to :
death outside the man's apart-
ment on Baker Street Friday
night, police said apparently in
retaliation for what the suspects
say the victim did just minutes
before police arrived.
The suspects, Michael Scott
Pasour, 26, of 327 N.
Battleground Ave., and Kenneth
Webster Wood, 31, of 7009
Richmond Dr., were taken into
custody at 532 Baker Street and
charged with first degree mur-
der and first degree burglary.
Their first court appearance
was Monday morning.
Police Chief Richard
Reynolds said police received a
call at 8:11 p.m. that a fight was
in progress at 532 Baker Street.
Upon their arrival, officers
found McDaniel lying on the
ground near his apartment.
Cleveland County EMS arrived
shortly after the officers and
pronounced McDaniel dead at
the scene.
According to Reynolds,
cDaniel’s front door had been
kicked open and the two sus- ~~
forced their way into his
occurred outside the apart-
ment," said Reynolds.
Suspects alleged that the vic-
tim had attempted to pick up
the six-year- old son of Pasour's
girlfriend. The allegations, ac-
cording to Reynolds, were that
a white male driving a car de- -
scribed as a gray four door
Chrysler with a partial license
plate number reportedly pulled
up beside the boy and attempt-
ed to talk him into getting into
the vehicle. Both suspects told
police they saw McDaniel talk-
ing to the child. Sometime later,
according to Reynolds, the two
suspects located the car they be-
lieved to be involved in the inci-
dent with the child and con-
fronted McDaniel at his
residence.
Reynolds said an autopsy is
underway to determine the
cause of death.
DEATHS
Howard Boheler
Blacksburg, SC
Roger McDaniel
Kings Mountain
Clora Sheffield
Kings Mountain
Pete Putnam
Kings Mountain
Jack Harmon
: Kings Mountain
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Mayor’s naming of street
upsets some neighbors
by ELIZABETH STEWART
of The Herald Staff
The formerly unnamed street
that runs beside of Kenneth Bush
and Mrs. B. R. Sanders’ homes to
the city's public work's building
off McGinnis Street is now
Cooper Street named by Mayor
Scott Neisler for a family who do-
nated some of the land for the
Public Works building.
Kenneth Bush, of 1007 North
Piedmont Ave., and Mrs. B. R.
Sanders, of 104 McGinnis Street,
told city council Tuesday night
they didn't appreciate the city
posting a green Cooper Street sign
about a month ago and not asking
the neighbor's opinions.
Supt. of Public Works Jackie
Barnette said his work order came
from the mayor.
The mayor apologized to Bush
and to Mrs. Sanders and to coun-
Thursday, August 27, 1998
cil "if I overstepped my bounds."
Neisler said the short side street
off McGinnis Strect leads to the
public works building on North
Piedmont Avenue has been un-
named for many years.
Sanders also objected to the
city using the public works park-
ing lot beside his house for other
than employee parking. He said
Council rezoned the parking lot
property to General Business
May 28, 1991 and restricted it to
employee parking only.
"I've been looking out my win-
dow and seeing overgrown grass,
drug seized cars, generators, old’
antennas, and batteries and it's
getting to be just like a dumping
ground," he said.
After his complaints on
Monday to Police Chief Richard
Reynolds police cleared the lot of
old vehicles and employees of
public works moved the other
items Tuesday.
Bush, who is disabled with se-
vere eye problems, has difficulty
mowing the grass.
“I try to keep my property up
and I expect the city to do the
same,” he said. "Taxpayers paid
for this fence, the gate isn't locked
and the city doesn't use it for em-
ployee parking,” he said.
A third neighbor of the city's
Public Works building, Edith
Brown, of 1009 North Piedmnt
Avenue, asked Council to restore
her electricity so that she could
move back into her mother's
home and make repairs.
“I've tried to comply with the
codes but now they tell me I ille-
gally occupied my dwelling," said
Brown who charged that the city
had "put me out on the street.”
"I offer you my sympathy for a
lack of human compassion,” she
said.
Kenneth Bush doesn't
like Cooper Street
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Family on the mend
wheelchair, home from hospital
Anita and Carleeta Jimmerson, standing, welcome Brandon, in
While mother in hospital
father, children hit by car
by ELIZABETH STEWART
of The Herald Staff
"We're all praising God that He takes care of
us," says Anita Jimmerson, 41, who said prayer
and the compassion of her church family have
sustained her during several trying days.
Jimmerson was in Mercy Hospital Thursday
when she was told that her husband, Robert, and
their two children, Brandon, 10, and Carleeta, 13,
had been hurt Wednesday night in an accident in
Kings Mountain.
Since last Thursday, except for screenings at
Duke Hospital, Anita has remained with her
children at Cleveland Regional Medical Center
where Brandon underwent leg surgery and
Carleeta was recuperating from bruises. The fam-
ily went home Tuesday afternoon to their Floyd
Street home in Kings Mountain but Mr.
Jimmerson, who underwent hip surgery, still re-
mains a patient at Carolinas Medical Center.
"Brandon will be in a wheelchair for awhile
and has nightmares about the accident and
Carleeta suffered some facial injuries, both will be
out of school for a while and we are trying to get
a homebound teacher so they won't get so behind
in their lessons,” said Mrs. Jimmerson. Brandon is
a fifth grader at East School and Carleetta is an
cighth grader at the Middle School. Mr.
Jimmerson is an employee of Spectrum.
Mrs. Jimmerson has been battling Chroms dis-
ease since 1980. Facing a possible liver trans-
plant, she was at Duke Medical Center this week
for another opinion and more screenings. She re-
turns to Carolinas Medical Center September 8
for hernia repair. . PR
"I had been on the transplant list at Carolinas
Medical but more tests have been run and we're
feeling that the disease is in remission and we're
concentrating on getting my hernia repaired," she
said.
"Everyone tells me I'm strong but when my
children are hurting I'm hurting even more be-
cause they are my life," she said.
"And we don't know how we would have
been able to get through these days without the
support of our relatives and encouragement of
members of Mount Zion Baptist Church and our
pastor, Rev. Clinton Feemster," said Mrs.
Jimmerson.
"They were just mighty lucky and God was
with them," said Joyce Canady, Anita's sister.
Jimmerson said when she got the news of the
accident that she went immediately to the chapel
at Mercy Hospital to pray.
"I just started hollering Jesus and held up my
hands and I felt like He was grabbing and hold-
ing me," said Jimmerson.
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tant to update a study and
then implement recommenda-
tions failed for lack of a sec-
ond. Hager then offered a sub-
stitute motion that only
authorized the study.
"We don't know if we can
take any action on the consul-
tant's recommendations until
we get them," said Hager.
Effective July 1, the city of
Gastonia raised its rate to
Kings Mountain for sewer
treatment at its Crowders
Creek Wastewater Treatment
Plant and the $13,833 addi-
tional monthly cost was not
included in the 1997-98 budget
Jane Martin, who has waged
a one-woman campaign
against any increase, spoke
during the citizen portion of
Tuesday night's meeting and
drew applause from a large
crowd in attendance.
What would an increase, if
it had been approved, mean to
the average residential cus-
tomer?
City Manager Jimmy Mancy-
said if City Council passed
along the entire rate hike, the
average citizen's bill would go
Council votes down
wastewater increase
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partment head salaries for the
next five years. "Even if the
city is falling apart there
would be raises," said Martin
who called for increases only
for police and sanitation work-
ers.
Maney said industries
would be hardest hit by in-
creases because industries use
more water.
Mayor Scott Neisler said the
city would be "holding our
own" by passing on the in-
crease Tuesday night.
"If you vote to upgrade the
two-year-old study be pre-
pared to implement the realis-
tic terms of the study," said
White.
Maney said the study
would revisit billing and rev-
enues in water and sewer and
tic it to a rate to cover capital
needs. He said the last utility
study, which included all city
utilities, cost $10, 000 to
$15,000. Maney said he did not
support the recommended in-
creases proposed by consul-
tants in the most recent
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by ELIZABETH STEWART up about 18 cents a month at J
of The Herald Staff a rate of an extra 6 cents per
By vote of 4-3 City Council 1,000 gallons. : ;
Tuesday night voted not to The current rate paid by in-
pass on increased sewer costs town residential customers is
to residents from a July 1 rate $1.24 per 1,000 gallons, he
increase by the city of said. He said this rate is a lot
Gastonia for wastewater treat- cheaper than other surround-
ment. ing communities.
Also by by 4-3 vote Council Customers outside the city
authorized a water and sewer limits now pay $1.80 per 1,000
study which could be back to gallons. If a family used 12,000
council for action in 90 days. gallons the bill would be 72
Councilwoman Norma cents more on the month,
Bridges’ motion to pass on five Maney said.
percent (of a 6.89 percent sew- J Mrs. Martin said any rate
er increase from Gastonia) to increase is unwelcome and by
inside city residents and a sev- the applause she received at
en percent increase to outside ~~ Tuesday night's meeting it was
city and industrial users was apparent that the visitors to
supported by Councilmen council meeting agreed. ]
Rick Murphrey and Phil A few dollars a year can A
Hager. Voting against were make a difference to people on i
Councilmen Bob Hayes, Jerry fixed incomes,” she said. She
Mullinax, Clavon Kelly and suggested that the city recoup
Gene White. some of the money by raising
White's earlier motion to rates for municipal and indus- A
table action and hire a consul- trial customers rather than res- i
idential citizens and freeze de- i