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November 18, 2004
LOCAL
The Kings Mountain Herald
DEATH
$113,000 paid by
city for engineers
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
Staff Writer
The City of Kings
Mountain paid four engi-
neering firms approximately
$113,000 during the 2003-04
fiscal year.
The four firms are Byers
Engineering, $9,601; Moretz
Engineering, $69,320;
Progressive Engineering,
$34,704 and W.]J. Turpish
and Associates, $203.
According to a memo
from Finance Director Lori
Hall, those fees can include
engineering services, sur-
veying, construction admin-
istration and observation,
preparation and design of
construction plans, prepara-
- * tion on bid documents and
contract documents, profes-
sional services, technician
services, clerical services,
environmental consultant
fees, geo tech and miscella-
neous expenses such as
mileage, meals and printing.
The memo was given to
utility committee members
Chairman Rick Moore,
Houston Corn and Howard
Shipp during Tuesday after-
noon’s meeting. No reason
was given for the memo.
A year ago the city hired
an engineer but he left with-
in months to take another
job. Some local residents
have questioned if another
engineer should be hired.
In other business, Water
Department Director Dennis
Wells told the committee
that four pump stations
should be on line by Dec.
31. Officials say these sta-
tions will save the city
$20,000 a month by divert-
ing the sewage from a
Gastonia treatment facility.
Gas Director Mike
Nicholson reported four
people have hooked onto °
new lines in the Ebeneeer
community. Eleven more are
in the process.
The gas department will
extend lines further into
Midpines. There are 65
homes there, though not all
are expected to connect.
Corn asked Nicholson to
survey Phifer Circle for
potential gas customers.
Some residents had
expressed interest, he said.
MANAGER
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“They know their jobs,”
McGinnis said. “Everybody
was supportive.”
Council member Jerry
Mullinax cast the lone dis-
senting vote against
appointing Sellars acting
manager.
“Nothing against Marilyn.
The whole situation I don’t
agree with,” Mullinax said
in an interview after the
Oct. 26 council meeting.
Council granted McGinnis
a leave of absence Oct. 22 in
a closed session meeting.
- According to Murphrey, the
council reached a consensus.
It is unknown if a formal
vote was taken.
McGinnis was paid for
sick time he had accumulat-
‘ed while working at other
governmental entities,
Murphrey said. While the
council hired McGinnis with
the same benefits package
as other city employees, the
council can negotiate any
compensation package they
choose because he serves at
the pleasure of the council,
according to Dr. Fleming
Bell; professor of public law
and government at the
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
McGinnis and his family
are moving to Kings
Mountain Saturday. His old-
est daughter will enroll at
West Elementary where he
attended grade school.
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VETERANS
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The Veteran's event began
at the War Memorial on
Railroad Avenue. The
memorial consisfs.of a 75
millimeter Howitzer atop a
platform depicting a map of
battles. The original monu-
ment was donated to the
scrap metal collection effort
during World War II. It was
replaced in 1968.
Police Chief Melvin
Proctor along with Boy
Scouts from Pack 95 led the
Pledge of Allegiance.
Area vocalist Shanna
Adams sang “God Bless
America” and the National
Anthem.
City Councilman Rev.
Howard Shipp gave the
benediction. Rev. Bruce
Hobson read his poem “Ode
to the Gallant Warrior.”
Kings Mountain Police
color guard presented the
colors. The ceremony ended
with Paul Fulton playing
taps.
Special guests included
Cleveland County Sheriff
Raymond Hamrick, Chief
Deputy Danny Gordon and
council members Houston
Corn, Jerry Mullinax and
Brenda Ross.
CHRISTMAS
From 1A
3 p.m. Participants should
register by Nov. 29. Line up
position will be determined
by noon on Dec. 1. Positions
should be claimed by calling
Ann Maries
On Main Street
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MRI
From 1A
The state has given ‘KMH
the green light to spend $3.4
million on the unit.
The unit at KMH will cost
$100 more per procedure
than if CaroMont had build
a freestanding MRI. Cost is
driven up by building codes
which require more expen-
sive safety shielding than is
required at freestanding
clinics.
While the state approved
KMH’s application in
February, CaroMont filed an
appeal which was only
recently denied.
The MRI should be
installed at KMH by late
2005, Bell said. There are no
immediate plans to hire
additional radiology staff.
The hospital plans to have
additions to its operating
room and a new emergency
department completed by
late May or early June.
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Due to the Thanksgiving holiday
our newspapers will be observing the
following early deadlines:
Classifieds
All Papers Classifed Display and Line Ads
to run in the paper November 24th & 25th.
(Belmont Banner, Mount Holly News,
Friday, November 19 - 4:00 pm
Line Ads wanting to run in the Cherryville
Eagle & Kings Mountain Herald
Monday, November 22 - 3:00 pm
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(Belmont Banner, Mount Holly News,
Cherryville Eagle & Kings Mountain Herald)
; Friday, November 19 - 4:00 pm
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Monday, November 22 - 4:00 pm
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in the paper November 24 & 25th.
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SMOKE
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another baby (to quit),”
Jenkins said.
While many folks report
feeling better physically
after quitting, because
Jenkins is pregnant she has-
n’t had that positive experi-
ence. She’s chewing straws
and playing with pencils to
keep cravings from taking
over. Jenkins realized that
smoke breaks were a way of
taking a few minutes away
from her desk.
“It’s been hard. It’s get-
ting easier,” she said. “You
just have to take it one day
at a time.”
Jenkins hopes her child
will not take up the habit.
Her husband is not a smok-
er.
She suspects the seeds of
addiction were sown early
in her subconscious. Jenkins
ate candy cigarettes as a
child. Today she “hates
those things.” Jenkins’ mom
sent her on errands to the
corner store to pick up
smokes. Both her mom and
step-mother would ask her
to light their cigarettes.
“I felt like a big girl,” she
said.
Murray Stollwerk, a Kings
Mountain Hospital pharma-
cist, gave up cigarettes 25
years ago. He and his wife
agreed to kick the habit but
Stollwerk continued to
sneak puffs.
“1 loved to smoke,” he
‘said. “I so-called stopped.”
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His wife discovered his
nicotine stash by accident.
She didn’t talk to him for a
month. He quit for real.
“I never looked back. She
was so adamant and angry,”
Stollwerk said. “I upset her
80.”
The pharmacist says he of
all people should have
known better than to smoke.
He believes the habit is both
physiologically and psycho-
logically addictive.
For more information on
quitting smoking and the
Great American Smoke Out,
visit the ACS website at can-
cer.org.
Andie Brymer can be
reached at
abrymer@kingsmountain-
herald.com or 704-739-7496.
AMOS DUNN
GASTONIA - Amos
Dunn, 54, of Brian Center
Health and Rehabilitation
of Gastonia, died November
9, 2004 at Gaston Memorial
Hospital.
A native of Cleveland
County, he was the son of
the late Laddie Thomas and
Nellie Jane Mills Dunn. He
was also predeceased by his
brother, Arilee Dunn.
He was formerly
employed by Pinkney Mills
and the City of Gastonia
Sanitation Department. He
was a member of
Lincolnton Pentecostal
Church.
He is survived by his wife
of 19 years, Mary Ann
Coley Dunn of the home;
sons Randall Amos Dunn
and wife Leigh Ann of
Bessemer City and Johnny
Philip Dunn of Lincolnton;
brother Thomas Andrew
Dunn and wife Joyce of
Gaffney, SC; sister Myrtle
Christenson of Kings
Mountain; mother-in-law
Laura Coley of Pineville;
sister-in-law Nancy Dunn
of Dallas; and step-grand-
daughter Emily Beck of
Bessemer City. :
. The funeral was conduct-
ed by the Revs. Roger
Huffstetler and Robert
Adams at 3 p.m. Saturday
at Sisk-Butler Funeral
Home Chapel, Bessemer
city. Interment was in Oak
Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery, Kings Mountain.
Memorials may be made
to Clover Liberty
Pentecostal Church, c/o
Eddie Ford, 133
Heatherloch Drive, Clover,
SC 29710.
Sisk-Butler Funeral Home
of Bessemer City was in
charge of arrangements.
Cherryville
man dies
from fall
By ANDIE BRYMER
Staff Writer
A Cherryville man died
Monday when he was trim-
ming trees at 1220 North
Piedmont Avenue, Kings
Mountain.
Jeffery Randolph
Watterson, 57, fell 60 feet
while trimming trees with
his son Jeffery Randolph
Watterson Jr. A large limb
hit Watterson, throwing him
off balance and causing the
fall, according to Cleveland
County Sheriff's Office
reports.
The incident occurred at
approximately 4 p.m.
Cleveland County EMS
transported Watterson to
Gaston Memorial Hospital
where he was pronounced
dead.
Watterson was self-
employed and lived on
Shelby Road.
KM Council to
meet Nov. 30
Kings Mountain City
Council will meet Nov. 30
at 7 p.m. at city hall. The
meeting is open to the pub-
lic.
The city will close for
Thanksgiving Nov. 25 and
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