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» Thursday, March 21, 2002 Vol. 114 No. 12 Since 1889 CROSS WALK ports «all of Fame 1B 50 Cents (Citizens to rotest plan Or apartments I' March 21-23, in downtown Kings Mountain. CrossWalk Unique outdoor Easter drama opens tonight in downtown KM CrossWalk - The Way to Amazing Grace - will be presented for the second straight year Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Go Ph REFERER EIGN Over 150 area residents will participate in the outdoor drama or work behind the scenes. Presentations are at 7, 8 and 9 o'clock each evening. Admission is free but tickets are necessary by contacting Regal Ventures at 704 739-3838. CrossWalk is a unique way to retell the story of the final days of Jesus’ earthly life. “Tour” groups are led through the streets of the city as Jesus goes through a series of dramatic scenes that unfold the story of Easter. This year, the tours will begin in the Senior Citizens Mini- Park, located beside Griffin Drug Store on West Mountain Street. The tour will go to various stops along Mountain Street and Piedmont Avenue, and end with the resurrection scene set : y Richard Prow, top photo, portrays Jesus in the Garden of up below Central United Methodist Church. Gethsemane and Jim Belt, bottom, portrays the Roman Centurion in CrossWalk, which will be presented Thursday, See CrossWalk, 3A Friday and Saturday nights in downtown Kings Mountain. Service to raise funds for Pete Leach By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald While he is still a long way from full recovery, a 50-year-old man who almost died when struck by a vehicle on December 23 is back home. John Bernard “Pete” Leach came home Thursday from LEACH a Charlotte hos- pital where he spent the first unlocked. By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald Technically, they‘re called break-ins. But, actually, according to Captain Derek Johnson of the Kings Mountain Police Department, the rash of larcenies from vehicles in Kings Mountain over the past several weeks has been the result of people leaving their doors Already this week, the Police Department has responded to over 20 car break-ins, including nine Tuesday and early Wednesday morning. Someone is going all over the city - usually between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. - enter- Board hears parents’ concerns near school By BEN LEDBETTER Staff Writer A proposed apartment com- plex which will be built near the new Kings Mountain Intermediate School has a group of city residents concerned. “We're just worried about so many residents living in a con- centrated area,” Eddie Payne said. Payne and several other resi- dents are listed on an advertise- ment against rezoning the land the complex would go on from residential R-10 to R-6. The advertisement, which is in today’s edition of The Herald, said that a petition is being passed around the Kings Mountain area. The 56-apartment complex would go on land owned by David Beam and MPB, Inc. Eagan Construction would develop, build, and manage the apartments. Currently the com- pany manages 150 complexes containing 9,000 units. The com- plex would also have a bike path, a clubhouse, and a play- ceground. Rents for the apartments are expected to be between $400 to $600, which would be from a state tax credit program. Construction could start as early as next year if the devel- opment is given approval for the tax credit program. The item, which was recom- mended by the Planning and Zoning Board by a 4-3 vote, is expected to be on the agenda of the Kings Mountain City Council's March 26 meeting. “We know if they get this approved, they could get oth- ers,” Payne said. “There's another 30 acres that could be potentially built for that.” He said he would have no problem with a single-home develop- ment or with the new Life Enrichment Center building. Development of Kings Mountain Blvd. is expected to increase with the area being slated to go to Interstate 85. Payne said an increase of traffic from that coupled with the stu- dents concerns him. Kings Mountain Planning and Zoning Board Chairman Jim Childers said more develop- ment is expected to go in the Kings Mountain Blvd. corridor, and the board is working on an overlay which would help with traffic flow and aesthetics. But while the debate on this issue could be similar to the previous Cansler Street planned unit development, city officials said the project may be good for the area. “To me personally, it looks good,” Childers said. The board’s concern was whether the project would fit the zoning, density and traffic flow, he said. He said the developers assured him the project was not wholly subsidized. “The density of the Kings Mountain Blvd complex is expected to be same or less than the Cansler Street development, and the land would be unused. The Cansler Street develop- ment was proposed for land which was formerly mined, Kings Mountain Planning Director Steve Killian said. Payne said he hopes the issue “will be defeated since it could be a safety problem. “We hope they will turn it down and listen to the public,” Payne said. “We feel like it will be a safer place if it was just a single house development.” KM Police seek public's help to stop rash of car break-ins ing cars and stealing valuables. In cases where there is nothing of value in the vehicle, the thieves ransack the glove compartment and scat- ter its contents on the seat. The most popular items being taken include money, CD's, pocketbooks and cell phones. “They're actually net breaking in, they're just opening the unlocked car doors and taking any- thing of value inside,” Johnson said. “The biggest thing is pocketbooks. Why and take it females leave their pocketbook in the car and the doors unlocked is beyond me. They should take their pocketbooks inside whether it’s got any- thing in it or not. That entices the thieves to go in See Police, 5A he said stated that students would not be discrim- inated against because of their “national origin.” Nations said his son's heritage is Southern. He several weeks following the accident in a coma. He has regained conscious- ness, and that in itself is a mira- cle. His pastor, Georgia B. Guest of Holy Temple Baptist Mission, and numerous area See Leach, 5A _ FIRST NATIONAL BANK Celebrating 128 Years Amanda Deaton gets ready to look at Grover student Harley Putnam's teeth Monday morning as part of Seal the State, a pro- gram that gives free sealants to elementary school students. Kings Mountain 300 W. Mountain St. - 704-739-4782 529 New Hope Road The Kings Mountain Board of Education Tuesday night heard two more complaints from parents and promised the father of a student who has not been allowed to wear a Confederate flag shirt to school that it would consider amending its dress code policy. Johnny Nations, who has appeared before the board on numerous occasions since his son was told last October that his flag shirts violated the dress code, pointed to a section of the policy that Gastonia Shelby 704-865-1233 106 S. Lafayette St. 704-484-6200 presented the board “educational” material about the flag that he received from “Dixie Outfitters.” Shearra Miller said the Board would consider changes to the policy, and if it did it would solicit community input. Nations said his son is an “A/B student and participates in all sports”...and “is being discrimi- nated against because he’s from the south.” Miller said the interpretation of the school’s See Concerns, 5A Bessemer City 1225 Gastonia Hwy. 704-629-3906 i Member FDIC§
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