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NE REE TEESE RTS RRR -- May 25, 2000 The Kings Mountain Herald Page 7A 1-85 truck wreck slows traffic in KM An early morning truck wreck in the southbound lanes of I-85 near Kings Mountain stalled traffic for most several hours Tuesday. The accident mangled wreckage for nearly two hours before they could be cut free. * The car Thatch struck, a 1988 Pontiac, was unoccupied at the Inducement guidelines approved The Cleveland County Board of Commissioners approved guidelines for three economic inducement programs at a spe- cial called meeting Tuesday. Programs include a Public Infrastructure Program, Cleveland County. In order for a company to be- come eligible for any induce- ments offered by Cleveland County, certain criteria must be met. These criteria include, lev- el of investment in land, build- ing, and equipment, number creation in a State Development Zone. Any offerings of inducement programs is based upon avail- ability of funds within the General Fund at the time of the company’s program selection. The Public Infrastructure used for the purpose- based up- on a percentage of the new net investment of the project- for re- imbursement for site prepara- tion and on site infrastructure for sites outside of the Cleveland County Industrial Park or a cash grant. The sent tracker Ronald Wendell time of the accident. Thatch’s Cleveland County Industrial and type of jobs to be created, Program may be used to pro- Cleveland County Industrial i Thatch. 49. of Norfolk: Va. and truck was loaded with paint, Inducement Program, and a written notification by the com- vide water and sewer line ex- Park Inducement Program al- | his pa po eng er Charl ne J once soap, and machine parts for Cleveland County Industrial pany on jobs to be retained, tensions along a public right-of- lows the County Board of 31, to Carolinas Medical Center. Thatch was listed in critical con- dition and Jones was treated and released. The accident occurred when Thatch apparently lost control of his rig and struck a car parked on the side of the high- way. The truck rolled several times and ended up in a patch of woods. Both Thatch and Jones were pinned inside the Jevic Transportation, based in Delanco, N.J. Crews worked for an hour to try and clean the mess up and drain diesel fuel from the truck’s tanks. Members of the Gastonia Fire Department, Bessemer City and South Gastonia Volunteer Fire Departments, and Chapel Grove Fire Department took ~ part in the operation. MERGER From 1A impose on the citizens of the county, nor the fact that a huge majority of citizens are against merger “What our lawyers are argu- ing is that irreparable harm would be done if the State Board approves it and the com- missioners pick an interim board and they start taking ac- tions to be implemented on July 1 and then find out that it has to go back to court,” he said. Hawkins said he is concerned ear to the people. “But I think part of what the judge was saying was, ‘if you've got such a strong case for the Gaston County kids, you shouldn't be afraid to let the State Board hear it.” Then, if they approve it illegally, we could get any judge to give us an injunction to make sure the state law is taken care of.” Hawkins said the irreparable harm is really being done by the county commissioners against the people. “The irreparable harm is the way they’ve got this county fractured, and they're going to Park Inducement Program. The purpose of the programs is to lure and retain business and in- dustry in the county, and are open to existing or new firms in Rubella Rubella is on the rise. Already this year, over 40 cases. of rubella, also known as German Measles, have been re- ported across North Carolina. State Health Director Dennis McBride is asking everyone in North Carolina tobe extra dili- gent in determining their im- munization status and to obtain a rubella shot if they are uncer- tain about whether they have: ever been vaccinated. ; To date, 43 cases of rubella have been confirmed in 13 counties: Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Mecklenburg, Orange, Randolph, Stanly, Union, Wake, and Yadkin. Cleveland County has not reported any cases of rubella, according to Beth Moore, nursing director timetable for investment and job creation /retention, potential for future expansion and in- crease employment, and deter- mination of investment and job way or public easement provided the program parame- ters are adhered to. The Cleveland County Industrial Inducement Program may be Commissioners the option to provide limited site and infras- tructure improvements as part of the purchase agreement for property in the Park. on rise in North Carolina child can be born with congeni- - tal malformations such as men- tal retardation, deafness, sight or heart deficiencies. The symptoms of rubella in- clude slight fever, rash, joint pain, swollen glands, red eyes and runny nose. If anyone has these symptoms they should © call their local health depart- ment at once and stay at home to avoid transmitting the dis- ease to others. Less than half of the people with the infection do not show any symptoms at all, but can still pass the disease along. This is the fifth year in a row that rubella outbreaks have been reported in North Carolina. The numbers of re- ported cases were 87 in 1996, 60 in 1997, 15 in 1998, and 27 in 1999. Most cases occur in April and the summer months. Rubella in the United States is a disease that is mostly under control due to a practice of sys- tematic, ongoing application of the preventative measures ap- plied to the general population. When sufficient levels of vacci- nations are reached in the pop- ulation, the number of protect- ed persons is enough to break the chain of transmission of the disease when a case is brought into the community. However, there are some- times specific groups in the community where this general level of protection is not found; because of having not been reached by such a prevention program. In North Carolina, we | have witnessed this phe- nomenon in the past few years, with repeated outbreaks of rubella affecting mostly the re- cently established Hispanic community. The nature of control efforts deployed in response to an out- break is adapted to the specific circumstances. Most cases in the recent and current outbreaks of rubella in North Carolina are among Hispanics and therefore this is where the response is concentrated. Because this is the fifth consecutive year that out- breaks have occurred, special measures like outreach immu- nization campaigns have been applied recently across the state. that if the State Board approves have to tax our citizens to the for the Cleveland County ; ; the merger plan, it becomes law - extreme to make their plans Health Department. 1 i and that the merger can’t be re-~ work for whatever reason they While oe number is not sta-. Carter Chevrolet GS TTT TS Ine versed. want them to work. tistically alarming, North : : oi “Judges just listen to the law, not the emotions of the people,” Hawkins said. “All they're con- cerned about is the specifics of the law, and that’s all the State Board is concerned about. They could care less if our people are going to be taxed. They don't care that two of the commis- sioners were put out of office. They don’t care that our senior citizens won't be able to pay their taxes. Basically, they're just going to be like our county commissioners and turn a deaf “The three school boards | have a plan that would address everything they stated in their merger plan without the tax im- plication,” he said. “It bothers me that they are so close mind- ed that they can’t see the harm they're doing to this county and the burden they're putting on the senior citizens. 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