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Herald/Times
Grover joins Chamber,
discusses park vandalism
BY ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
Grover town council voted
. unanimously at their monthly
meeting Monday night to join
the Cleveland County Chamber
of Commerce. The vote came
following a presentation last
month about the Chamber from
Jay Rhodes of the Kings
Mountain Branch of the
Chamber.
“I would like to see at least
one member from Grover on
our advisory board and legisla-
tive committee,” Rhodes said.
“We welcome Grover to the
Chamber.”
Monday night also saw the
Grover council vote to repeal
their own town zoning ordi-
nances and adopt an amend-
ment that would give control of
the town’s zoning over to
Cleveland County. The excep-
tion to the ordinance would be
Grover's retention of its 20,000
square foot minimum lot size.
lot size is just over 21,000
square feet. Grover had been
using a slightly modified form
of the Cleveland County zoning
rules since 1993, according to
mayor pro-tem Max Rollins.
“No zoning areas in Grover
will change,” Rollins said. “I
don’t see anything in letting the
county take over our zoning
that would keep things from be-
ing business as usual.”
In an attempt to take firmer
control over property owners in
Grover obstructing access to
their water meters, council
passed a motion to give the
town power to cut off service if
regulations were not adhered
to. Another provision in the
new ordinance would pass any
cost of repairing or moving the
meters to the property owner if
it was determined they were re-
sponsible for the need to do so.
The Mayor's Report revealed
that vandals were once again at
work in Grover’s park. Mayor
Bill Favell reported that some-
one had literally blown a sign
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off its pole at the park with a
powerful explosive device.
“It was a military device of
some sort,” Favell said. “We've
called the ATF in on the situa-
tion.”
In other Mayor’s Report ac-
tivity, council decided to let the
Grover Rescue Squad holds its
Bike-A-Thon fund raiser for St.
Jude’s Hospital on April 15 in
the Springwood Community.
The event will take place from 9
a.m. until 3 p.m.
At the request of the
Cleveland County Board of
Elections, council also decided
on a policy regarding political
signs and their location relative
to the entrance to Grover’s
polling sites. Council had the
option to either prohibit signs
altogether or to allow them
within 50 feet of the entrance
per state law. Council decided
to allow the signs as state law
stipulated.
“We're safe with the state
law,” mayor Favell said.
In final business Monday
night, Favell announced that
Grover would be holding a spe-
cial service at Town Hall on
Thursday, May 4 from 12:20
p-m. until 12:40 p.m. in honor of
the National Day of Prayer.
City Council sets
appreciation day
Kings Mountain City Council
has designated May 5 as
Customer Appreciation Day
and invites all citizens to City
Hall from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. for
snacks, gifts and communica-
tions with city staff.
“We just want to thank the
citizens for their business,” said
Mayor Rick Murphrey. “We
work for the citizens and we ap-
preciate them.”
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The new Taco Bell on York Road in Kings Mountain recently opened to hungry patrons. Among the
crowd attending the ribbon cutting were, left to right: David Faunce, Clavon Kelly, Tom Cook, and
Rick Murphrey.
Taco Bell opens in KM
BY ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
“Don’t drop that chalupa!”
Or anything else on the shiny,
tile floor at the new Taco Bell
on York Road in Kings
Mountain. Sure to give the
hamburger places nearby a run
for the lunch money dollar, the
Taco Bell opened last Thursday
to throngs of people craving a
bit of spice in their lives.
“I've been waiting a long
time for a Taco Bell to come to
Kings Mountain,” said David
KM softball team
loses four games
Kings Mountain High's soft-
ball team dropped four games
during the past week, losing to
North Gaston 8-7, R-S Central
9-3, Pisgah 9-5 and Forestview
In each contest, the
Mountaineers got outstanding
pitcher and good hitting, but
left a lot of runners on base.
Six girls had three hits each in
the 9-inning loss to North
Gaston. They included L'Tisha
Bell, Lauren Causby, Anna
Ramey, Tabitha Goode, Ashley
Leigh and Pam Parker. KM left
12 people on base.
At R-S, KM’s hitting slacked
off and R-S got seven of its 10
hits in one inning.
KM pitcher Beth Bumgardner
struck out seven.
At Pisgah, Laura Propst had
three hits and Bell, Causby,
Ramey and Kristin Hardin
added two each. The Mounties
left eight on base.
Against Forestview Tuesday,
Bumgardner allowed only one
baserunner over the first six in-
nings, but in the top of the sev-
enth Forestview got three
straight hits and scored four
runs to win 4-2.
Kings Mountain outhit the
Jaguars 9-5, but left six on base.
Bumgardner fanned nine.
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Faunce of the Kings Mountain
Business and Professional
Association.
Joining in the grand opening
festivities, radio station WKMT
broadcast live from Taco Bell.
Free refreshments and a host of
local dignitaries added to the
event. Not everyone was there
for a party, one hungry con-
struction worked wanted to
know when the ribbon cutting
would take place so he could
get some lunch.
The 3,000 square foot Taco
“We're getting a good show-
ing out of our pitchers, but
we're just not making the plays
behind them,” said Coach Rick
Fortner. “And we're leaving too
many people on base.
“But these things happen
with a young team. Our players
are giving it all they've got.
They're trying.
“We're a young team and
most of the tgams we're playing
are junior and senior dominat-
ed. We have played six games
in the last 12 days, and we have
the next week off. We're going
to work on some things and
hopefully turn it around and
finish on a great note.”
Telethon, jailathon
to benefit C-RKA
The first annual telethon to
benefit the Cleveland-
Rutherford Kidney Association
will be held Monday, April 17
on cable channel 19 from 12-10
p-m.
- Featured on the telethon will
be local talents such as
Midnight Sun, Bizarre, Carl
Cartee, Crimson Rose, Refiners
Fire, Martha Fortenberry, Hoy
Toy the Magician, Mary Accor,
Don McCluney, Palm Tree
Men's Choir, Mt. Calvary
Baptist Choir, Scott, Sandra
Waddell, K.T. Macombson,
Jerry Pearson, Elizabeth
Merdeco, Russell Spangler,
Southern Crusaders, Betty
Mayor Dancers, and Debbie
Ward Dancers.
“Celebrity characters” in-
clude Barney Fife, Chainsaw
Ted, Ike and Tina Turner, Snow
White, Red Riding Hood, The
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Bell will employ from 35-40
workers, according to Tom
Cook, director of operations.
The building went from a va-
cant lot to completion in less
that two months.
“A lot of hard work went into
making this Taco Bell come to-
gether so quickly,” Cook said.
Besides their usual good food
and deals, the Kings Mountain
Taco Bell will also feature tacos
on Sunday at 49 cents each.
Big Bad Wolf, and Goofy.
The C-RKA is also sponsor-
ing a “Lock up for Life”
jailathon. For a $10, citizens can
have their boss, kin, and friends
taken into “custody” to raise a
$500 bail for the C-RKA.
For more information or to is-
sue an arrest for the jailathon,
call 481-9535.
Alzheimer’s group
to meet at Depot
The Alzheimer’s Support
Group will meet Monday, April
10 at 7 pm. at the Kings
. Mountain Senior Center
(Depot), 301 North Piedmont
Avenue.
The program will feature the
video “Inside Looking Out.”
For more information, call
734-0447 or 739-8132.
Easter egg hunt
set at KM gazebo
The Kings Mountain
Recreation Department will
hold a giant easter egg hunt
Saturday, April 22 at 10 a.m. at
the downtown gazebo at the
corner of Gold Street and
Railroad Avenue.
Over 1,000 eggs will be hid-
den. Four special eggs will con-
tain $25 savings bonds donated
by Fidelity Bank.
There will also be sidewalk
art, pinata breaking and a visit
from the Easter bunny.
Ages newborn to 12 are invit-
ed. Admission is free.
For more information call
Tripp Hord at 730-2102.
KM’s Fairview Lodge
to meet on Monday
Fairview Lodge 339 will hold
a stated communication
Monday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m.
A meal will be served at 6:30.
Members and qualified mem-
bers are urged to attend.
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ple kids that gave up some un-
characteristic passes and they
ended up capitalizing on
them,” Potter said.
“We were in a state of shock
in the first half but came back in
the second half and controlled a
good bit of the half. We had
several good scoring chances
but couldn’t score but one
goal.”
Kings Mountain was sched- *
uled to face Forestview in a key
conference match last night.
The Mountaineers travel to
South Point Friday and host R-S
Central Tuesday at 5:30.
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