December 23, 2004
ARRESTS
Kenneth Hamrick, 39,
1003 Lt.'3 Mary's Grove
Church Rd., felony breaking
and entering, felony larceny,
misdemeanor injury to real
property, no bond.
John Hamrick Jr., 40,
Shelby, felony breaking and
entering, felony larceny, mis-
demeanor injury to real
property, no bond.
Beverly White, 48, 125 N.
Railroad Ave., larceny,
$1,500 secured bond.
DonJuan Rainey, 19, 1508
Northwoods Dr., two counts
felony possession of sched-
ule II substance (crack
cocaine), $1,000 bond.
Sherman Jenkins, 43, 320
Fulton St., resist public offi-
cer, $300 secured bond.
Sedrick Hartgrove, 20,
Grover, DWI, exceeding safe
speed, no bond.
Jason Feemster, 23, Grover,
driving while license
revoked, $500 secured bond.
CITATIONS
Lisa Warren, 39, 570
Winter Park Dr., expired
registration plate.
Tammy Tipton, 35, 505
Rhodes Ave., expired regis-
tration plate, no driver’s
license.
Eric Starnes, Grover,
speeding 50 in 35 zone.
Shannan Johnson, 30, 1605
Northwoods Dr., expired
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registration plate.
Derrick Strickland, 22, 218
Thornburg Dr., open con-
tainer.
Travis Bess, 606 Groves
St., driving while license
revoked.
Anthony Strickland, 218
Thornburg Dr., no driver's
license; fictitious plate.
Margaret Pearson, 46, 108
N. Piedmont Ave., child
restraint violation.
Iris Jimson, 29, 810-D
Church St., permit vehicle to
be driven by unlicensed
driver.
Michael Cannova, 607
Meadowbrook Rd., expired
registration plate, no insur-
ance.
Michael Cannova, 607
Meadowbrook Rd., driving
while license revoked,
expired inspection sticker.
Troy Huff, 37, 984 Stoney
Point Rd., driving while
license revoked, no insur-
ance.
Troy Huff, 37, 984 Stoney
Point Rd., expired inspec-
tion sticker, expired registra-
tion plate.
Marvin Ezzell, 24, 803 4th
St., possession of less than
one-half ounce of marijuana.
Miranda Byers, 24, 515
Crocker Rd., driving while
license revoked, failing to
stop at stop sign.
INCIDENTS
The Kings Mountain Herald
Gilbert Hamrick, 1704
Shelby Rd., reported break-
in of and damage to a vehi-
cle owned by Dallas Auto
Mart, Dallas. Damaged were
left side glass, an AM/FM
CD player, and radio face
plate, total $325.
Bernadette Walker, 104
Afton Dr., reported break-in
and larceny of cigarettes,
money, Play Station 2
games, Play Station 2 mem-
ory cards, four gold rings,
gold chain, and 30 VHS
tapes, total value $1,625.50.
. King Food
Store/ Community Grocery,
320 Waco Rd., reported that
someone obtained property
by false pretense by stop-
ping payment on a check.
Southern Convenience,
511 Cleveland Ave., reported
larceny of gas. :
WRECKS
A vehicle driven by Tina
Flowers of Kings Mountain
was struck by a vehicle
which left the scene on
Cloninger St. Damage was
$2,000.
Vehicles driven by
Tommie Jackson and Billy
Williams, both of Kings
Mountain, struck on W.
King St. at Phifer Rd.
Damage to the Jackson vehi-
cle was $1,500 and damage
to the Williams vehicle was
$1,100.
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ANDIE L. BRYMER/HERALD
Chaplain Mary, Sisk, left, talks with Mrs. Claus (a.k.a. Nancy Hoffman) in front of Harris-
Teeter last week. Hoffman wore the costume for a party at her workplace, Sara Lee. She
made the garment when her grandchildren were young. Sisk was ringing the bell, collect-
ing money for the Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry. She serves as a chaplain for the jail
and prison in Gaston County.
HERALD CLOSED
The Herald will be closed
Friday for Christmas. The
Herald will reopen Monday
at 8 a.m.
COPS
From 1A
homes.
Tanya Abdi strolled the
aisles with Patrol Officers
T.S. Harrelson and D.W.
Coburn. Abdi, the mother of
four boys, said the trip will
help out. She works part-
time at Mauney Library.
Shirley Payne, an admin-
istrative assistant in the -
detective division, and
another co-worker adopted
a family. Payne roamed the
store looking for clothes
appropriate for a girl
described as a “tomboy.”
She tossed a remote control
Dale Earnhart car into her
buggy atop jeans and a
turtleneck.
Det. Doug Shockley and
Carla Ellis looked at clothing
for her son and two daugh-
ters. Shockley has participat-
ed for several years.
“Every year you see the
need in the community,” he
said.
The program also helps
the community relate better
to the police, Shockley said.
Billie Jefferies looked for
gifts for her three sons. She
has health problems and has
applied for disability but is
still waiting for her applica-
tion to be approved.
“This is a blessing from
the Lord,” Jefferies said.
Proctor summed up the
program.
“What child doesn’t want
to wake up Christmas morn-
ing and find something
under the tree?”
HENSLEY
From 1A
ment used to typically hang
on the side of the trucks.
“Now it’s an integral part
(of fire fighting),” he said.
Buildings now contain
more plastics. Chlorine used
in pools and hot tubs and
the possibility of meth labs
and bio-terrorism also are
concerns.
Departments are smaller
today too. Twenty and 30
years ago more people
farmed and worked locally
in mills and could respond
to fire calls during the day.
Now jobs often involve
commuting to nearby cities.
Hensley describes the fire
service as a “brotherhood.”
Many of his closest friends
are found at Grover VED.
Departments also help each
other out. Grover fire fight-
ers often see their peers
from nearby Bethlehem and
Township III departments at
fires because their districts
are contiguous. Even out-of-
district fire fighters just trav-
eling through the area will
respond to a call.
“We click on the fire
scene. We work good
together,” Hensley said.
He admits departments
will compete over which has
the shiniest trucks but
“when the bell goes off we
put all that aside.”
Grover responds to
around 200 calls a year
including fires, wrecks,
industrial accidents and
medical emergencies. They
meet every other Monday
night. Each member trains
on average 100 to 150 hours
a year. The department also
holds fund raisers for equip-
ment and for individuals in
the community. This year
they raised money for
Megan Bledsoe, a teen who
is battling cancer.
Before working for the
college, Hensley was a
Cleveland County para-
medic for 10 years. Between
that job and fire fighting he
has seen much suffering.
“You never get to where it
doesn’t bother you. You
have this compartment you
put it in,” he said.
“Anybody in it (emergency
services) knows but it’s hard
to describe.”
Hensley says the job is a
calling.
“You feel good about
helping,” he said.
Hensley calls the fire
fighters’ spouses and chil-
dren the other heroes for
understanding the time fire
fighters spend away from
home. Hensley and his wife
Carmen have three children,
Lauren, Madison and Anna.
During the December 11
annual dinner Scott
Morrison was named fire-
fighter of the year and Jamie
Ledbetter, rookie of the year.
* A new pumper/tanker was
dedicated to the member-
ship.
Contact Andie Brymer at
704 739-7496 or
abrymer@kingsmountain-
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BLACK
From 1A
sages she says are from
Black. According to
Singleton, Black began
harassing Terry after she
pressed charges against a
friend of Black's for alleged-
ly stealing a ring.
She and Terry traveled to
Black’s Lawndale home Dec.
5. Singleton said Terry was
not carrying a gun and was
going to defend his family.
Singleton assumed the two
men would fight. Singleton
been shot.
“I'had to push this. I
couldn’t let him die and
nothing be done about it,”
Singleton said.
When contacted at the
Cleveland County Detention
Center, Black declined com-
ment. His attorney David
Teddy also declined to be
interviewed. Black was
jailed without bond.
“I hope he spends the rest
of his life in prison,”
Singleton said."
. However she does not
want the state to seek the
death penalty against Black.
then heard gunfire and “I would not wish death
assumed Terry had ducked. upon anybody,” Singleton
She then realized he had said.
FIRE Burns said the victim was
found in a rear bathroom.
From 1A Burns said the cause of
“While we were bringing
it under control we tried to
do a search, because we felt
“like we may have a victim
inside,” Burns said. “We
were trying to get in but
there were a lot of explo-
sions of aerosol cans and I
“ think there might have been
shotgun shells in there
because something kept
blowing up on us.”
the fire seems to be the mal-
function of a kerosene
heater.
“We don’t know if he was
attempting to re-fuel it
while it was hot or some-
thing happened to the
heater,” Burns said.
“Everything was burned so
bad it was really hard to
tell.”
The home was totally
destroyed, Burns said.
TRAIN.
From 1A
was alone when the accident
occurred. Humphries was
dead at the scene, according
to Crow. Bethlehem
Country Creek
in Kings Mountain
Country Club Properties
Call Emily at
(704) 300-7447
Volunteer Fire‘ Department,
Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad and Norfolk-
Southern Railroad Police
. also responded.
No charges have been
filed against the train crew,
Crow said.
Capps graduates basic
Air National Guard
Airman 1st Class Matthew
T. Capps has graduated
In addition, airmen who
complete basic training earn
credits toward an associate
from basic military training degree through the
at Lackland Community College of the
Air Force | Air Force.
Base, San He is the son of Thomas
Antonio, Capps of Kings Mountain
TX. and Carmen Smith of Pisgah
During Forest.
the six Capps is a 2004 graduate
weeks of of East Henderson High
training, the School, Hendersonville.
airman ;
studied the |
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organiza- CAPPS in the latest Wil
tion, and ETT
military customs and cour-
tesies; performed drill and
ceremony marches, and
received physical training,
rifle marksmanship, field
training exercises, and spe-
cial training in human rela-
tions.
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