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The Be Thursday, May 30, 2002 Hillside drainage project approved By BEN LEDBETTER Staff Writer Kings Mountain City Council decided Tuesday night to go ahead with drainage repairs on Hillside Drive and spend the same amount of money on Ramseur Street although estimates on repairs from both areas are considerably different. Councilman Rick Moore presented an estimate of $9,800 for the Hillside job with residents paying about $4,000 for the pipe. Adding previous work already done on Hillside, the amount would be between $25,000 to $30,000 according to City Manager Jimmy Maney. Estimates for Ramseur Street were about $200,000 to $300,000. Betty Merritt, who lives near the Ramseur Street property said she has not heard anything until Tuesday's meeting. “Nobody has let me know anything yet,” she said during the citizen's recognition portion of the meeting. Moores motion passed 5- 2 before a substitute motion by Carl DeVane failed by the same. margin... DeVane wanted to table the issue and refer it to the utilities committee. Merritt said she plans to talk to an attorney about the issue after the meeting. “But it’s going to court,” she said “I'm not begging anymore.” In other business: ® The city honored employees that had over 10 years of service. Honorees included Mattie Scoggins at the Senior Center, KM Police Officer Jerry Tessner, Water Director Walt Ollis, Police Chief Melvin Proctor and Sergeant Lisa Proctor. ¢ Kings Mountain resi- dent Jane Martin, during the citizen recognition por- tion of the program, said she disagreed with several items in the budget. One of those was the city’s public relations and special events department, currently occu- pied by Ellis Noell. The position was created when Mayor Rick Murphrey took office. Martin mentioned cutting that department as a way to save money. “The first thing that should be eliminated is the public relations depart- ment,” she said. She mentioned several events and programs the city ran or involved such as the triathlon and downtown revitalization. e The city honored Miss Kings Mountain Ashley Hamrick. This has been the first Miss Kings Mountain Pageant since 1967 and this year’s was organized by Laurie Mancuso. e An item regarding a revised contract with the city of Gastonia regarding the Crowder’s Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant was moved to the June 6 meeting. Former City Manager George Wood entered into the contract to See Hillside, 5A FIRST NATIONAL BANK Celebrating 128 Yeare Since 1889 50 Cents 18-year-old Jessica Moore is in Duke Medical Center battling cancer Cancer victim gets diploma in hospital By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald High school graduation is a momentous occasion for anyone. Perhaps more so for Jessica Moore. When her classmates at Cherryville High were ‘walking across the stage last Saturday to receive their diplomas, she was in Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem battling cancer. Jessica, whose mother Pam is a former Kings Mountain resident and her father, Gary, works for Time Warner, was under- standably depressed all day Saturday. - On Sunday afternoon, however, Cherryville High Jessica in her senior year before being stricken with cancer Principal Steve Hulffstetler and nurses and staff at Baptist Hospital helped pick up her spirits when they staged Jessica's own graduation ceremony in the breezeway of the hos- pital. The 18-year-old, who missed the entire second semester of her senior year after being diagnosed with “Anna Plastic lymphoma, in the top ten percent of her class. Jessica was scheduled to go to Duke Medical Center yesterday to begin a process of having stem cells removed and frozen for a future transplant. Her ordeal began in February when doctors thought she had a bladder See Cancer, 5A KM Relay to be dedicated to volunteer Sylvia By BEN LEDBETTER Staff Writer Millwood Church's Jody Griffin. Beside the dinner speaker, Millwood had planned for a king and queen for the Sylvia Millwood was in charge of the 2002 Relay for Life Survivors Dinner, which was held Thursday at Summit Place. A woman, who had invested her time volunteering with at least six different places in Kings Mountain, Millwood died recently and her funeral was held Monday. relay. Organizer Joyce Roark said this year’s relay will be dedicated to Millwood. “Sylvia was such an inspiration to all of us,” she said. Her com- mittee mem- bers were rec- ognized dur- ing the dinner. During | the speech, - i Griffin said the relay | would not have been an David event he chose Baptist to participate Church in because of Pastor Jody being busy Griffin, who with other had just offi- BEN LEDBETTER / THE HERALD activities: ciated at a Joel Edmondson, left and Brandon McSwain entertain But that funeral for the crowd last Thursday at the Relay for Life thought another Survivors’ Dinner. : changed when church mem- "he was diag- ber, praised Millwood's attitude. “Sylvia Millwood had a passion for life,” he said. “She was the quintessential volunteer.” Other organizations she volunteered her time with include the Gaston Literacy Council and the Life Enrichment Center of Cleveland County. Millwood picked the guest speaker for the dinner, her pastor, David Baptist nosed with cancer during a visit to Baptist Hospital at Wake Forest University. “At first, like many of you, I hung my head and cried,” he said about his first reactions to the diagnosis. His emotions quickly changed when he thought about his childhood and father who had spent 40 years in the military. See Millwood, 5A graduated with honors and Kings Mountain 300 W. Mountain St. 704-739-4782 Gastonia 529 New Hope Road 704-865-1233 KM Council okays budget, denies zoning for Putnam barn By BEN LEDBETTER Staff Writer Kings Mountain City Council approved a $24,070,146 budget during its Tuesday meeting which factored insurance increases through all departments. Finance Director Lori Hall said the health insurance revisions increased the budget by $115,000 from the draft budget. No property tax increase in the budget as it will stay at 36 cents per $100 of valu- ation. In other public hearings, council denied a request from Dennis Putnam to rezone property located at 1607 County Line Road from R-10 to conditional use R-20. “I was led to believe I could do anything I wanted to with this property,” Putnam said. Previously, Putnam received a building permit from Cleveland County but it was revoked in February during their final inspection of the building. After an Ebenezer Baptist Church official saw the barn being built he went to the city to complain since he was not able to have a trail- “er on his property. That's when issues of jurisdiction were bought up. The area is in Kings Mountain's extra territorial jurisdiction (ET].) Calvin C. Miller, an asso- ciate pastor at the church said he would like to see fairness done. Virginia Woods, who also _ attends church in the area, and she said the smell keeps her from doing normal activities near her home. “I can’t even sit on my front porch when it rains,” she said. People who helped Putnam on the project refut- ed accusations about him working behind the backs of inspectors. Ray Workman Sr. and his son, who helped out with the construction, along with neighbor Juan Byers spoke favorably of the Putnams and their efforts to build the barn. In other public hearings council: e Approved a request from Charles Neisler to rezone property at 223 El Bethel Road from R-10 to conditional use R-20. _® Approved a request | from Martha Myers to rezone property located at Ganley and Isley Streets from R-10 to R-20. Myers is the wife of Kings Mountain Board of Adjustment Chairman Bob Myers. BOA Vice Chairman Clavon Kelly abstained from the vote. ® Approved a resolution amending the city’s land development plan. LEISURE TIME Jake Early Park. BEN LEDBETTER / THE HERALD Stephanie Ramsey takes advantage of the warm weather to read a book while her children play at Shelby 106 S. Lafayette St. 704-484-6200 Bessemer City 1225 Gastonia Hwy. 704-629-3906 Member FDIC
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