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Thursday, July 27, 2000 J On, Le Dave Farquhars. "<4, and his Mountaineers open football practice Saturday morning 6A re Te Vol. 112 No. 30 Since 1889 50 Cents INSIDE BAIR Tve BODRTS 7 rol What hiss sds ih ot eg api PDO Eb HN... ee] Ns ordinance at KM High School Kings Mountain native Kenny Bridges, former Cherryville defensive coordi- nator Pat Beck, and former KMHS student teacher /coach Michael Wilbanks have joined the football coaching staff at . Kings Mountain High School. 7A KM 11-12 year olds to state tournament Kings Mountain's 11-12 . year old Dixie Youth All-Stars finished second in the dis- ) trict tournament last week and will compete in the state tournament beginning Saturday in Hope Mills. 6A PEOPLE KM’s Justin Roper in Music Academy Kings Mountain's Justin Roper, a member of the Civil Air Patrol, recently was cho- sen as the only person from North Carolina to participate in the National Music Academy clinic. 3B Sunshine Johnson Miss Congeniality Kings Mountain’s Sunshine Johnson won the congeniality award in Saturday’s Miss Gastonia beauty pageant at Gaston College. 2B Ann Scism is right at home in new job Ann Scism, retired teacher at Kings Mountain's North Elementary School, is right at home in her new position as part-time librarian in Bessemer City. 3B Rountree wins yet another big prize Kings Mountain's Larry Rountree has won thousands of dollars worth of cash and prizes in contests since 1995. He recently won an all-ex- pense paid trip to California in an Internet contest. 3A SCHOOLS ® What's popular in back to school wear? School will be opening August 7. To see what's the most popular back-to-school clothes and supplies, see page 5A. SRNR BUSINESS Buyers say no thanks at Grover mill auction Minette Mill was the heart of Grover from its beginning in 1919 until it closed four years ago. Last week, the facil- ity and its contents were put up for sale at public auction. While some contents were purchased, buyers said no thanks to the building. 11A She may be just seven-years-old, but Ginnee Cartwright had her eyes set on ringing the bell and getting a prize at the Bethware Fair. Cartwright later delivered a pretty good blow that sent the weight to the top. Gloomy weather can’t dampen excitement at Bethware Fair BY ALAN HODGE Staff Writer Skies may have been gloomy, but the faces of everyone who attended the opening of the Bethware Fair on Tuesday evening were bright as sunshine. One of North Carolina’s oldest and best community agricultural events, this year’s 53rd annual Bethware Fair is sponsored by the Bethware Progressive Club “This year we have the biggest fair ever,” said Fred Tate. “We have 27 rides, more food vendors, and more things to see and do. We ex- Bethware community to help support their school, showcase farm products, and just have a good time, the fair has grown steadily over pect between 9,000 and 12,000 folks to attend.” Started back in 1947 as a way for folks in the Mary Keeter, 104, one See Fair, 3A . the years. Each year also sees a Miss Bethware Fair crowned. This year’s winner, Kristin Tate, takes her job seriously. “It’s an honor to be Miss Bethware Fair,” Tate said. “I get to open the fair, be in parades and represent the Progressive Club.” Continuing the Progressive Club's history of helping schools, a portion of all proceeds from the fair will be given to Bethware School. Other uses for the money will include a $500 ALAN HODGE/THE HERALD : will face challenge By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald Owners of Kings Mountain video game establishments say they will challenge the city’s new arcade ordinance which City Council approved by a 6-1 vote Tuesday night. Don Johnson, a business owner who says the ordinance will force all existing arcades out of business, and Ken i Davies, a Charlotte attorney hired to represent business owners, said there are legal ramifications for forcing people out of business and they will pursue the matter in court. They requested that Council “grandfather” existing busi- nesses in the new ordinance. Councilman Bob Hayes, for- mer KM Police Chief, made a substitute motion to delay the matter so Davies could meet with City Attorney Mickey Corry, but his motion died for lack of a second. Hayes cast the lone dissenting vote to Gene White's motion to approve the ordinance as presented. Johnson said the ordinance’s zoning restrictions of requiring video game businesses to be lo- cated at least 200 feet from oth- er gaming businesses, residen- tial areas and churches and 300 feet from schools would make it virtually impossible for a video game business to operate in the city. “This is not a zoning issue,” he told the Council. “It is an ab- solute effort to do away with them completely. What are you going to do next? If you don’t like a golf course, are you going to close them down? “This is not fair to the people of Kings Mountain to come in overnight and close them down.” Davies, who said he repre- sents several business owners, told Council it is “unfortunate that a lot of folks are gambling addicts,” abuse alcohol, tobac- co, etc., but...” there is an ele- ment of personal responsibility. You can’t legislate morality with zoning. “Even in the new North Carolina legislation, video pok- er machines are legal,” he said. “The operation determines whether they're legal or not. This basically puts my clients out of business, and that’s not See Poker, 3A oi KM’s oldest citizens, dies Tuesday BY ALAN HODGE Staff Writer : One of Kings Mountain's most revered citizens, Mary Keeter, passed away Tuesday. She had celebrated her 104th birthday Friday with a party at Kings Mountain Hospital that saw friends and family gather from far and wide. Bertie County, Keeter was born Mary Morris Alston on July 21, 1896 to Mary Eoline Morris Alston and Joseph Jefferson Alston. She was baptized in the Chowan River when she was ten years old. She married the late Byron Keeter in 1919. Her husband operated Keeter’s Department store in Kings Mountain from 1926-1963. Her daughter Eoline Hord of her mother as someone who “wanted me to get things done.” Keeter also had another daughter, Jo Madison, who lives in Petersburg, Virginia. Grandson David Hord from China Grove was at the 104th birthday party and expressed the influence his grandmother had on him as well. “She always set a standard of Keeter was characterized as a hard worker who always kept busy and liked to keep things neat and clean. Fastidious in her grooming, one of her trade- marks was perfectly coiffed hair. “My sister Jo said she always liked to bring her friends home when she was in college be- cause mother kept such a clean KM ETJ decision on hold By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald Kings Mountain City Council Tuesday night voted 4-3 to de- lay action on extending its ex- traterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) from one to two miles after over 100 residents of the Oak Grove, Dixon School Road, and Bethlehem areas turned out to protest the proposal. Comparing it to the forced merger of Cleveland County's school systems, citizens said the Kings Mountain Council had its mind made up and would pro- ceed with the action regardless of public opinion. Dean Spears made the mo- tion to postpone the vote until city staff could better educate the property owners on ET]J, which basically means that the city would control the zoning of all areas in the two-mile - perimeter of the city. Carl DeVane, Howard Shipp and Jim Guyton agreed. Bob Hayes, Gene White and Clavon Kelly voted against the motion. “We're not trying to ram any- thing down anyone’s throat,” Spears told the audience. But 25 of the 27 citizens who spoke on the issue said they don’t need zoning, and most of them feared that extending the ET] is just a step toward being annexed into the city. Planning Director Steve Killian said the city has no plans to annex the areas, that extending the ET] is not a re- quirement for annexation, and that if the city doesn’t have zon- ing authority over those areas the county will as early as this fall. Many of the residents said Kings Mountain should “clean up its own back yard” and not zone their communities. “A lot of places in town are not being looked after,” charged Darvin Chastain of Putnam Lake Road. “A lot of buildings have been burned and not torn See ETJ, 3A helt] HOMETOWN LY] A native of Powellsville in Kings Mountain characterized excellence,” he said. See Keeter. 34 MARY KEETER Kings Mountain Gastonia Shelby Bessemer City FIRST NATIONAL BANK 300 W. Mountain St. 529 New Hope Rd. 106 S. Lafayette St. 1225 Gastonia Hwy. Celebrating 126 Yeare 739-4782 865-1233 484-6200 629-3906 : Member FDIC
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