The Kings: Mountain Herald
December 16, 2004
LOCAL
EVELYN HAMBRIGHT
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
* Evelyn Pursley Hambright,
95, of White Oak Manor,
died December 13, 2004 at
White Oak Manor.
A native of York, SC, she
was the daughter of the late
James Meek and Emma
McGill Pursley. She was
also preceded in death by
her husband, Claude Hoyte
Hambright, and a son,
Freddy Hambright.
She was .a homemaker
and member of Boyce
Memorial A.R.P. Church in
Kings Mountain. She was
past president and a mem-
ber of the Open Gate
Garden Club and a member
of the Thursday Afternoon
Book Club.
She is survived by her
daughter, Jane Hambright
Branton and husband
Robert E. of Shelby; daugh-
ter-in-law Kay Hambright
of Kings Mountain; grand-
child Chip Hambright and
wife Lori of Kings
Mountain; and great-grand-
children Hunter and Cole.
The funeral was conduct-
ed by the Rev. Doug
Petersen at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Ollie Harris
Memorial Chapel.
Interment was in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made
to Boyce Memorial A.R.P.
Church, P.O. Box 1145,
Kings Mountain, NC 28086.
Construction underway on apartments
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
Staff Writer
Developers are hopeful
two units of Kings Row
Apartments will be ready
for occupancy by April.
“We feel comfortable we'll
have 16 units available the
first of April or mid-April,”
said Gay Morgan, a
spokesperson for contractor
and developer Certified
Management Corporation.
Work began in autumn on
the seven unit complex
located across the street
' from Kings Mountain
Intermediate School. So far
two units have been roofed
and dried-in, one has been
framed, another partially
framed, the footings have
been laid in yet another.
Work has not yet begun on
the sixth and seventh units.
The complex will be home
to 40 two bedroom, two
bath, 946-square-foot units
and 16 three bedroom, two
bath, 1,169-square-foot units.
Eight units will occupy each
building. Every apartment
will have either a private
balcony or patio.
Morgan said she has
already heard from individ-
uals wanting to lease units.
Rents for the two-bed-
room units range from $360
to $580 a month. The three
bedrooms go for between
$408 to.$610 a month.
Because the developer
receives tax credits and low
interest financing, a percent
of the units must be offered
at the lower end of the rent
spectrum.
One person could qualify
with an annual salary of
$20,520; two people, $23,460;
four people, $29,340; five
people, $31,680 and six peo-
ple, $34,020.
Morgan said she expects
the units to be affordable to
teachers, police officers and
fire fighters.
Kings Row is contracting
with the Cleveland County
Community Development
Corporation to provide a
free after school program for
residents’ children. The CDC
may contract with the
Salvation Army to operate
Boys and Girls Clubs.
The program will occupy
the 2,400-square-foot club-
house. The building will
have kid-size furniture, com-
ANDIE L. BRYMER/HERALD
Kings Row Apartment developers hope to have two units complete by April. The apartments are located across the
street from Kings Mountain Intermediate School.
similar community,
Washington Square, in
Shelby. The company plans
to build Abington
Apartments in Belmont.
Andie Brymer can be
reached at
abrymer@kingsmountain-
VOTE
ments were listed in the
minutes but how each coun-
cil member voted was not
listed due to the confusion.
City Clerk Marilyn Sellers
used the notes she and
Assistant Clerk Ann
Sessoms and Special Events
Coordinator Ellis Noell took
to compile this unofficial,
partial listing for the Herald.
On the Board of
Adjustment, council mem-
bers Howard Shipp,
Houston Corn and Carl
DeVane voted for Lou
Ballew. Council members
Rick Moore, Corn, Shipp
and DeVane voted for
Clavon Kelly. Moore, Brenda
Ross, Kay Hambright and
Jerry Mullinax voted for Joe
Champion. DeVane voted
for Ron Humphries. Moore,
Ross and two other council
members voted for Tommy
Hawkins.
On the second round of
voting, council members
Mullinax, Hambright and
Moore voted for Champion.
Kelly and Hawkins wom oie
seats on the Board of?
Adjustment. Angie ar
Richardson was re-elected as
the ET] representative. No
one ran against her. Council
members DeVane,
Hambright, Ross, Mullinax
and Corn voted for her.
For the Planning and
Zoning Board, DeVane
voted for Ron Humphries.
Hambright, Ross, Mullinax,
Shipp, Moore and Corn
voted for Tommy Hawkins. .
Joe Champion received five
votes. :
On the second round,
Champion and Curtis
Pressley each received four
votes. Apparently someone
voted twice.
On the third round,
Hambright, Ross, Mullinax,
Shipp and DeVane voted for
Pressley. Moore and Corn
voted for Champion.
Pressley, Hawkins and
Angie Richardson, repre-
senting the ET], will serve
on the Planning and Zoning
Board. Richardson ran unop-
posed. Corn, Moore,
Hambright, Ross and
DeVane voted for her.
Murphrey said from now
on he will slow down the
voting process and
announce who voted for
whom.
Did the council violate the
law last month? The experts
disagree.
Amanda Martin, an attor-
ney for the North Carolina
Press Association, cited G.S.
143-318.13(b): Except as pro-
vided in this subsection or
by joint resolution of the
General Assembly, a public
body may not vote by secret
or written ballot. If a public
body decides to vote by
written ballot, each member
of the body so voting shall
sign his or her ballot; and
the minutes of the public
body shall show the vote of
each member voting. The
ballots shall be available for
public inspection in the
office of the clerk or secre-
tary to the public body
immediately following the
meeting at which the vote
took place and until the
minutes of that
meeting are approved, at
which time the ballots may
be destroyed.
“I think this makes it clear
that you are supposed to
know who voted how
on a particular vote. If that
is not being done, I think it
is a violation of the law,”
Martin said.
* Fleming Bell, Chapel Hill
Professor of Public Law and
Government, said, “there is
no legal requirement that
the “ayes and the noes”
(who voted each way) on a
city council vote be record-
ed, unless one of the mem-
bers of the council asks for
the ayes and the noes. In
that case, the ayes and the
noes must be recorded in the
minutes of the council meet-
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YMCA
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the city if the contract was
approved. Ozmore said if
the demand grows, the
YMCA would come back at
the “appropriate time” with
plans to expand facilities.
Under the proposed con-
tract the city would continue
paying the YMCA $300,000
annually to run its recre-
ation program. According to
Mayor Rick Murphrey the
city gets $177,000 to $180,000
back annually in utility pay-
‘ments from the YMCA.
“It’s a great partnership.
It’s a win win situation,”
Murphrey said.
Before contracting with
the YMCA in 1999, the city
spent $425,000 annually to
run a recreation program. In
1998 the city’s recreation
program offered six or seven
programs. Today the YMCA
. offers 30 programs and serv-
ices, according to Ozmore.
“Other communities are
modeling this relationship
around the southeast,”
Ozmore said. “The YMCA is
truly fulfilling its obliga-
tion.”
During the public com-
ment portion of the meeting
Lamar Fletcher and Jim
Guyton spoke out against
the YMCA.
“We have sorry ball-
fields,” Fletcher said. “We
need to get back to a city
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recreation program.”
He told the council the
YMCA charges ball teams
$350 to be in a league. In
return youth pay $29 to play
and get a tee-shirt and cap.
Each team is given $50 for
equipment, according to
Fletcher.
Guyton called for a public
hearing and asked for exact
figures on how much the
city spends on the YMCA
and other parks. The city
must maintain the play-
ground and mow ball fields
located at the YMCA,
according to Guyton.
“They do not look after it
except for what they want to
look after,” Guyton said.
Bill Marcellino, a YMCA
advisory board member,
spoke out in favor of the
new contract.
“We're getting a lot more
for a ton less,” he said.
In other business, council
unanimously approved a
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rezoning request which
would allow condominiums
to be built behind Food
Lion.
During public comments
Harry Jackson asked the
council if the streets would
be widened.
“We'll get back to you,”
Murphrey told him.
The city approved enter-
ing into an agreement with
Duke Power which would
lock in current electric rates
through 2008.
The council unanimously
approved awarding a
$91,230 contract to Clark
Substation to build an out-
door electric switching sta-
tion for the city.
The Patrick Senior Center
was recognized as a Senior
Center of Excellence. The
designation allows the cen-
ter to apply for three times
more state funding.
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CMC recently completed a
Luminaire display
is Christmas Eve
The 10th annual Kings Mountain luminaire display will
be held Christmas Eve at Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Organizer Jim Belt said approximately 6,000 luminaries
will be placed on graves and around the cemetery, making
it one of the biggest displays in the area.
The event will begin at dusk, around 5:30 p.m., and will
continue until midnight or until people quit coming.
People with jugs to donate can take them to 101 North
Carpenter Street. Volunteers who want to help prepare jugs
over this week and next are urged to contact Belt at 739-
5425.
Belt said he hopes to have Christmas carolers on hand for
at least two hours during the event, and there will be the
usual displays spelling out Christmas scenes and sayings.
The luminaire display was begun by Belt and his wife,
Brenda, who placed luminaries on graves of their loved
ones. Over the years it has grown into a display that covers
most of the cemetery.
“We would like to have one on every grave but it’s an
impossible task to get that many out,” Belt said. “But we're
going to try to make it as pretty as it’s always been.”
Still time to mail
holiday packages
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
Staff Writer
The Kings Mountain Post Office is a popular place during
December. Hours have been extended to 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for
the upcoming Saturday.
Locally the Madonna and Child Christmas stamp is the
most popular, according to Postal Clerk Tony Jenkins.
The secular Christmas stamp features blue, green, purple
and red Santa ornaments. This year’s Hanukkah stamp fea-
tures a dreidle with a Middle Eastern village scene.
Christmas cookies and other baked goods may be mailed,
according to Jenkins. Boxes are free with priority mail.
Packages may not exceeded 70 pounds or be greater than
180 inches length plus girth. Batteries should not be mailed
along with toys and other items.
For more information about holiday mailing, call 1-800- -
ASK-USPS.
Christmas trash collection schedule
The City of Kings Mountain will be closed for Christmas
on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 23-24.
The trash pickup schedule will be altered. Monday and
Tuesday's routes will be picked up on Monday,
Wednesday's route will be picked up on Tuesday and
Thursday’s route will be collected on Wednesday.