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iy i ! es be in a ain Na abet A August 26, 1999 Chamber praises BY ALAN HODGE Staff Writer The Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce took a quick look back and a long look forward to September at its monthly meeting August 17 in Shelby. Over two dozen Chamber members and officers attended the meeting which fo- cused on upcoming Chamber activities. The meeting got under way with a quick history lesson. Harold Watson of radio super- station WOHS in Shelby read a summary of the station’s histo- ry going back to its founding over 40 years ago. Interesting and informative, Watson's story traced the past and present of one of Shelby’s leading busi- nesses. Division chair reports occu- pied the majority of the meeting and included information on upcoming Chamber events and accomplishments. Community Development chairman Stan Anthony reminded members of the upcoming inter-community visit to Asheboro on September 28th. Participants expect to tour the Sealy mattress factory and North Carolina Zoological Park on this trip to Randolph County. Economic development activ- ities on the Chamber front in September will include a Y2K Forum on September 23 from 2- Herald/Times Page 3A 4 pm at Eastside Baptist Church, and a September 15 customer service seminar at North Lake with a special guest speaker all the way from Plano, Texas. Education in Cleveland County got high marks at the Chamber meeting from Shearra Mabry. “All schools in Kings Mountain met or exceeded their ABCs goals,” Mabry said. “East Elementary, West Elementary, and Kings Mountain Middle were all identified as Schools of Distinction.” Mabry also pointed out that Adam Hall of Kings Mountain High School had recently won the national FBLA competition in Chicago. Hall took first place in computer applications. Other Chamber news on the academic roster included a special busi- ness/education luncheon on September 9 at the Ramada Inn featuring chairman of the N.C. Board of Education Phil Kirk. The Chamber ’s involvement in governmental affairs will be busy over the next few weeks. August 31 will see the Chamber participate in a Transportation Partnership meeting at 4 pm with guest Jack Palmer of the local transportation board. August 25, Chamber members will meet with Sen. Walter Dalton at 8:30 am for a legisla- tive update. The Chamber will also be represented at a Urban Legion Auxiliary concert Saturday Popular gospel singer Jim + Belt is advertising Saturday night's big American Legion Auxiliary benefit as “the biggest and best gospel / patriotic - 4 singing” under one T00f. “It isn’t often that you feature gospel and patriotic music to- gether but we're doing that because the benefit if for an organization that focus- es on patriotism and service to community and veterans,” said Beit. ‘ : The event begins at 7 p.m. in R ; 1. BY ALAN HODGE Staff Writer JIM BELT Something strange has been falling from the skies over Kings Mountain and the rest of the region for the past few days. It’s raining! Though the rain has been welcome, the parched Piedmont earth still needs a lotto break what has -- been called the third worse drought on record. Amateur meteorologist Kenneth Kitzmiller of Kings Mountain had been keeping track of the weather here for several years. Originally from Ohio where he worked at wa- ter treatment plants that re- quired keeping records of rain- fall, Kitzmiller just never got out of the habit of recording rain. “The rainfall we've gotten in Kings Mountain over the past few days has been about seven + B.N. Barnes Auditorium. . Tickets are $5 and are tax-de- ductible. “If you can’t come yourself buy a ticket and give the ticket to someone as a gift for an evening of entertainment,” said Belt. : Belt, who will serve as master of ceremonies, has invited nu- . merous popular entertainment groups from Kings Mountain and a wide area. The Greenville Community Band, an energetic and popular group of young people from Charlotte will offer foot-tapping music and local people can re- call that this group marched in the Christmas parade. The Memorial Messengers of Kannapolis, Kings Mountain pi- said. “The total so far for this August has been only 1.04 inch- es. That's over five inches less than August of 1998.” It’s not just the low August total that has things in bad shape water-wise in the Kings Mountain environs, the total amount of rain Kitzmiller’ recorded at this same time.last year was 45.13 inches. This year the total has only tallied 25.20 inches. That's about 20 inches below normal. “The rain is way below nor- mal,” Kitzmiller said. “I've got some little garden plots I keep watered, but like most people I haven't needed to mow my grass for several weeks.” One other advantage the re- cent showers have had is the fact that they’ve helped knock the temperature down. Highs . this week in the middle 80s seem almost like autumn com- From 1A Gastonia intends to annex the mountain ridge line and con- nect Kings Mountain Pinnacle to Crowder’s Mountain State Park. Flowe said Gastonia has an aggressive plan for annexation that would take in the Lake Montonia and Canterbury Road areas and the north side of I-85 frontage road where it crosses the intersection at Highway161. “Canterbury Road is the bat- tleground between two cities,” said Flowe. It is the stepping stone to cut off the area you have to rely on for future devel- opment. Are you going to let your tax base, jobs and utility customers go to Gastonia? “Look at annexation as an es- sential step to preserve growth.” Tuesday night Council is ex- pected to approve a recommen- dation by the city utility com- mittee to spend about $600,000 for replacement of 3,000 feet of water line, a tie-in from the water plant to town, upgrading. from a 24 inch to a 36 inch line. Councilman Rick Murphrey, chairman of the utility commit- tee, will present the recommen- dation. The tie-in would take - place the week of July 4th when plants are on holiday. The city is in process of get- ting an evaluation of the exist- ing 25-year-old water line to town and its life expectancy. “Every break we have on the water line is due to 90 degree bends and the utility committee is recommending that we reme- dy that problem by upgrading from a 24 inch line to a 36 inch line,” City Manager Jimmy Maney says. anists Dr. Roger Miller and Billie Hicklin, are just a few of the talented performers who will be on stage for the benefit. Sgt. First Class Jim Harrison of Kannapolis will sing The National Anthem to open the program and “Taps” will be rendered at the end of the two- hour show by Paul Fulton of Kings Mountain. Ticket sales are going good, according to co-chairmen Arlene Barrett and Norma Bridges, assisted by a planning committee including Lou Ballew, Peggy Jackson, and Myrtle Christenson. Local Auxiliary members have tickets or they are available at the door. The American Legion Auxiliary is a non-profit patriot- ic women’s service organiza- pared to the heat wave that hit us earlier this month. For the sake of comparison, the temper- ature in Cairo, Egypt this week is about the same as it was not long ago in Kings Mountain- 100 degrees. According to Kitzmiller and the National Weather Service, it ‘looks like we might get some more rain, and even a brush with a tropical storm now TRAFFIC From 1A had a 120 day time limit and is about half finished. Lanes can only be completely closed in that area at night. Now for the long-term headache story. Don’t expect the stretch of I-85 between Edgewood Road and Highway 74 to be finished for another 15 months- December, 2000. Contracted by Rea Construction, this project in- volves widening I-85 from four to six lanes. A couple of outside lanes are finished, but work in the media which will eventually form the two new inside lanes has just started. The total pro- ject began one year ago this month. “Along with the new lanes, there will be a new bridge over Oates Road,” Grissom said. “The overpasses on Edgewood and Crowders Mountain Road will not be changed. The entire project will be equipped with a concrete wall divider.” Lane closings on this project / tion. In Kings Mountain the lo- cal Unit supports veteran's projects as well as an annual scholarship for a deserving “youth. Local president is Lou Ballew. The local unit has a candidate for National President who will serve the nearly one million or- ganization in 1999-2000. Lib Stewart will be installed in ‘Anaheim, California September 8. Local people are invited to at- tend events in Kings Mountain in October at American Legion Post 155 and full details will be available in a tabloid supple- ment to The Kings Mountain Herald to appear in the September 9, 1999 edition of the local newspaper. rain, come again! tenths of an inch,” Kitzmiller moving up out of the Caribbean. Named Dennis, the storm has a good chance to brush the coast Friday. Until the storm arrives, an- other cool low front is getting ready to spend a day over our area and should bring some more wet weather, and relief to parched lawns, crops, livestock, and people. can occur between the hours of 8 pm and 7 am daily and also on weekends. The combination of over 56,000 daily vehicles driven by an equal number of aggravated drivers and construction work- ers standing near the edge of the road is a potentially dan- gerous one. For those in a big hurry, the fine for speeding through work zones is $250. “I just want to tell everyone to be patient,” Grissom says. “Pay attention to your sur- roundings and slow down.” KM’s ABC results annexation proposal as well another one providing for and funding videoconferencing as an alternate from of magistrate in eastern Cleveland County, in- cluding Kings Mountain. Land Use conference September 17 to discuss growth and plan- ning along the I-85 corridor. The Chamber meeting also saw the chairman of the Kings Mountain advisory council David Faunce present two posi- tion statement proposals for Chamber approval and sup- port. One involved the pro- posed annexation of 2,300 acres by the City of Kings Mountain. “Kings Mountain needs to protect its eastern and southern flanks,” Faunce said. “The an- nexation fits into the City’s plan for orderly growth rather than the helter-skelter that has been before.” In a unaminous vote, the Chamber voted to support the Chamber Chairman Jim Allen continued the focus on the Kings Mountain area by urgi the Chamber to take a hard look at the Highway 29 industrial corridor just outside of town. “With companies like Mayflower and others in the Highway 29 area expanding, we need to beef up our pres- ence in the area,” Allen said. “This is a major, major area for Chamber contacts.” OWENS FLA CENTER From 1A $5,000 to $9,999; and Builders, the fourth tier, representing gifts of $1,000 to $4,999. Thornburg said big impact of the new facility will result in more meals served and more transportation needs with Kings Mountain the largest of the four Cleveland County nu- trition sites. Bridges says the new center will be “a dream come true.” Mountaineer Tailgate Show Friday 5:45-6:45pm WKMT 1220 AM Owens sisters hold reunion The fourth annual Owen sisters get-to-gether was held on August 13-15 at Bonclarken. The sisters are the daughters of Fred Owens and the late Martha C. Owens of Kings Mountain. The sisters attended the Flat Rock Playhouse Theater, toured his- toric Hendersonville and exchanged Christmas gifts. Pictured are front row left to right, Frances O. Herndon of Lugoff, SC, Joyce O. Ramsey of Anderson, SC and Pat O. Preston of 1 Augusta, GA. Pictured in the back row, from left to right, are MauDava O. Morton, Helen O. Ayscue and Louise Lynch, all of Kings Mountain. Their sister-in-law, Margaret Swanson Owens of Camden, SC was the photographer. ; SN ng. I) Kings Moutitain Weather Report Aug. 18-24 Yr. Ago Total precip. 1.21 0 Max. 1 day 60 (23rd) 0 Year to date 25.40 45.03 Min. temp. 68 (21st, 23rd) 64 (19th) Max. temp 100 (18th) 91 (18, 22, 23, 24) Avg. temp. 79.9 72.1 The Herald SH Published every Thursday Periodicals postage at Shelby, NC 28150 USPS 118-880 by Republic Newspapers, Inc. Postmaster, send address changes to: P. O. Box 769, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Phone (704) 481-8202 e Fax (704) 739-0611 Office: 824-1 East King Street ® Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Wes Grooms Publisher Gary Stewart Editor Alan Hodge wo Staff Writer Heather Barr : Staff Writer Stacy Godfrey Advertising Manager | Shelley Campbell...........ccessisssensrrssssssssonses Composition Manager i Mail Subscription Rates Payable in Advance. All Prices include 6% NC State Sales Tax. 1 Year 6 Months Gaston & Cleveland County $21.20 $13.78 Other NC Counties $22.26 $14.84 Outside NC $26.50 $16.43 ae Republic R Newspapers, Inc. 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