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Chuck Lemons of Boiling haven for drugs and they're going to eliminate them
Springs has been shoeing
heses in Slovgiand County BY ALAN HODGE Part of the Kings Mountain proved troublesome to citizens
or pers t oy 30 Jeans He is Staff Writer Police Department's and police is near N.
SO ge a 18 grace € can X Community Oriented Police Battleground Avenue and |
jhaxea SS anyway ne; Two and four-legged rats -program, the effort to rid the Clinton Dr. Several abandoned
wants it fo. 2. who plan to continue plying city of havens for drug dealers =~ houses in this vicinity are al-
: ; their trade at abandoned houses and other unsavory typesisbe- legedly being frequented by
Kings Mountain man in Kings Mountain had better ing called "Operation Cleanup." drug dealers and buyers. |
dies many times over start looking for other abodes. "Our objective is to send a "In the past three years we've : |
In a joint effort between the strong message to drug dealers had 268 calls to the police from |
Dwayne Hastings of the Kings Mountain Police that the police intend to elimi- and about this area," said Kings
Oak Grove Community near Kings Mountain Police and Codes Department say abandoned Department and the City's nate their bases of operation," Mountain Police narcotics divi-
Kings Mountain doesn’t mind houses like these on North Battleground Avenue are being Building and Codes said Kings Mountain police offi- sion Sargent Lisa Proctor. "At
taking a hit now and then. : frequented by drug dealers and are on their list of buildings Department, properties left va- cer T.L. Reeves. least fifty calls in the last eigh-
He's gotten quite used to dy- which will be either cleaned up or demolished. Some property cant and in disrepair will no One of the main areas in 8
ing in Civil War reenactments Qunars have applied for federal grants to help pay for renova- longer be tolerated. Kings Mountain that has See Cléanup, 3A
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Mountains tells you the best Kings Mountain Police have
vacation spots - whether made two counterfeiting arrests
you're taking a day trip or they say may be part of a pho-
packing for several weeks o ny bill ring in Cleveland,
fun. 6A Gaston and Lincoln Counties.
Det. Sgt. Derek Johnson
charged Helen Case House, 46,
COMMUNITY of 814 Third St., and Robert l)
; Lewis Mixon, 30, of 66-B i i
Chestnut Ridge Church Road, ay
with obtaining money under 4
Ag false pretenses. Both were re-
’ ble hearing set leased from jail after posting
on four-year terms $5,000 secured bonds.
Johnson said that Texaco
Kings Mountain City Express, 511 Linwood Road, re- |
Council has scheduled a pub- ported that two $20 bills were
lic hearing for july 20at7 am passed for merchandise to a f
on the issue of changing the clerk on June 30. li
terms of office for mayor and Johnson said that Silver t
commissioners from two to Express Store, 501 E. King d
four years. 2A Street, reported that one $20 bill We
ssed for merchandise on
GARY STEWART / THE HERALD Was pa : ;
EE, July 1 and one $20 bill was |]
- The best way to beat the heat is to find some water. The near 100 d t t 4 assed for merchandise on Jul
BUSINESS youngsters who were competing in the water balloon race during the Kings oe py a dian lie Sloe 2 : |
= pool. For more photos on the July Fourth activities see page 5A Johnson said the four bills re- |
covered at the two convenience: |
Interest rates up ® > stores are all the old style $20 |
: bills that were issued before
wwe || Heat could hike power bills | Bm: |
Andrew Jackson in the center.
pT as Pam > : ; ; New $20 bills have a larger pic-
they ar still very affordable for i Keeping cool in sizzling City Manager Jimmy Maney ~~ away from some of the July year the July 4th events will ture in the center and a holo-
is buvers. 5A : temperatures this week was said he could tell by electrical ~~ 4th activities in Kings start later in the day, about 6 gram inside the bill that can be
yers: ; top priority for Kings usage that local people were Mountain and at Cleveland p.m. and last until about mid- seen when held up to the light.
Mountain area citizens. heeding the heat advisories . Mall but by dark Saturday the night, to keep folks out of the Johnson said the counterfeit
i : The good news is that there and staying indoors. crowds came back for the an- heat. money that police recovered
RACING : were no reports of weather- On a 95 degree day Tuesday nual fireworks displays at the Steve Gibson, Agricultural was probably scanned into a
o ; : related health problems orin- the heat index was 112. Kings Mountain walking extension agent, said the heat gompater and reproduced by
juries. The bad news was that Weathermen are predicting track. hasn't affected crops. He said aser printer.
Thunder Valley race beating the heat with aircon- low 90’s and high 80's all Maney said Mayor Scott green beans are “weather sen- Johnson said the serial num-
under v1 ditioners turned down low week. A summer rain and Neisler did his usual “great sitive” but the weather hasn't bers on the phony bills are
to remember Smith may mean much higher utility some wind Tuesday evening * job” of shooting the fireworks posed a threat for other veg- K23777808A and E42513586A.
. ; bills this month for electrical gave some respite. and choreographing the show Anyone with information
Grassy Smith of Kings customers of the city. The heat kept the crowds with music. Maney said next See Heat, 3A should contact the Kings 1
Mountain, who died of cancer Mountain Police at 734-0444.
last January, will be remem-.
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; Six people filed this week for seats Making it official that they want to Kimberly Carrigan Navy and they [i
SSR open in November on Kings serve in the city’s top post, former have three daughters, Jennifer Webb I
DEATHS Mountain City Council and the mayor Kyle Smith and two-term of Sylva; Ashley, a sixth grader, and |
Kings Mountain Board of Education. ~~ Ward 5 councilman Rick Murphrey Amy, a second grader. The family is |
Former At-Large Commissioner filed at the Cleveland County Board active in Second Baptist Church. |
Dean Spears filed Friday on the first ~~ of Elections. Murphrey filed Friday Navy serves as vice-president of the ~~ SPEARS NAVY |
Chuck Ballew, 78 day of the filing period as a candi- and Smith filed Tuesday. Kings Mountain High Boosters Club. -
Kings Mountain date for Ward 4 and Danny Navy, In a filing statement, Navy, of 814 Spears, of 301 Maner Road, said he
J.W. Rayfield, 78 who ran as a write-in candidate dur- First Street, said he would like to see had enjoyed his previous four years ;
ines M : ing the runoff in Ward 2 two years change on city council. of service on council.
Kings Mountain ago, filed for the Ward 2 seat. Said Navy, “I am concerned about “Many good things happened for
Claudia Bowers, 43 Filing also this week were the two derelict housing and would like to Kings Mountain during that time. If
Kings Mountain incumbents on the board of educa- see more cleanup and beautification. elected, I will work hard to see that
Hattie Haskins, 85 tion who represent the inside-city I'would also like to see more sec- progress continues for the citizens of
; 8 ] district. Shearra Miller and B. S. ondary road improvements.” Kings Mountain. [ will be for the ex-
Kings Mountain Peeler threw their hats in the ring A native of Kings Mountain, Navy pansion of utilities to existing and
George Hawkins, 55 # again, saying they seek reelection to is the son of Earl Navy and the late See Filing, 3A PEELER MILLER
Shelby 2A. * MURPHREY another term. Ruth Navy. He is married to ee lng,