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Campground or permanent home?
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Policy limiting camping at Moss Lake |__ =~
to come before KM Council June 28 1 )
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER to 30 days. Campers also would be limited
Staff Writer to a total of 120 days per year.
A City Council will vote on the recommen-
A satellite dish is attached to a city-owned dation during its June 28 meeting. Council
fence at Moss Lake campground. A wire members Jerry Mullinax, Rick Moore, :
runs from it to a camper. Decorative lights Brenda Ross, Kay Hambright and Houston
adorn the landscaping in front of another Corn say they believe stays should be limit-
site. _ ed. Councilman Howard Shipp said he had
Four chairs, a table and dried flowers are ~~ not yet reached a decision. Councilman Carl
arranged beneath a free standing canopy sit- DeVane could not be reached for comment.
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ting in front of one camper. Potted rose “Rules and regulations need to be set, )
bushes sit in front of two others. everybody go by the policy,” Corn said. f
The campground has become a perma- “Without a policy we'll end up a private : .
Se : nent residence for a handful of families but ~~ mobile home park.” A television saiolite has
— the city may soon put an end to that. Council's decision should clear up confu- ence #
All wid 3 oo JOSEPH BRYMER/HERALD During a Moss De Advisory sion between two conflicting ar at the sity-awned Moss {
en Davis and his family will have to find another camp- Commitice meeting last %. that board Th d’s “blue book” Limit Lake Campground. The $
ground when their lease ends next month. Davis says the ASE Week, Jay boar e camp ground's "blue book” Limits stays gatellite wire runs to a pri- Bt
new rates are too high. approved a recommendation limiting stays See Camp, 8A vate camper.
Over Mountain | Kings Mountain overhead
Triathlon slated i
saturday in KM | ridge historical landmark
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER : : a?
Staff Writer ; EE = - : Eu iis &
Over 300 athletes will run, swim and bike
through the area Saturday morning, ending up
4 in Kings Mountain.
The sixth annual Over The Mountain
Triathlon starts at 8 a.m: at Moss Lake. The
triathletes will swim one mile then bike 30
miles through Cleveland and Gaston counties
in North Carolina and
Cherokee, SC. The race
ends with a 10 K run
from Gold Street to
Kings Mountain High
School and back.
Past winners have fin-
KAMER MEVREATS BE ished the course in
around two hours and
47 minutes.
Last year’s race attracted athletes from
across the country and one from Germany.
This year, a triathlete from Thailand has regis-
tered.
While the race has always been sanctioned
by the USA Triathlon Series, this is the first
year it has been included in the Mid-Atlantic
Region. Only Over The Mountain and one
other of North Carolina’s 14 triathlons hold
that designation. ;
“City Events Coordinator Ellis Noell con-
tributes that to the hills.
“Our course is so challenging,” he said.
Raleigh-area cyclists recently trained on the
bike course to prepare for a hilly triathlon in co Xe : oo
Hawaii. ; p : I
The Mid-Atlantic inclusion means winners ANDIE L. BRYMER/HERALD |
earn more points in the series. According to Kings Mountain Mayor Rick Murphrey, second from left, presents a plaque to the city’s Historic Landmarks Commission Chairman
Noell, that will attract a higher caliber athlete. Butch Pearson on successfully getting the King Street Overhead Bridge on the National Register of Historic Places. Commission )
A contingent of approximately 60 volunteers | Vice-Chairwoman Pat Plonk is pictured to the left and beside Pearson is immediate past chairwoman Mary Neisler, Commission e
See Triathlon, 8A members Matt Melvin, Margaret Ledford, Gregg Johnson and consultant Davyd Hood.
change schools | [ayes ‘blessed’ | National Register
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
. Staff Writer
Staff Writer Traffic streams daily over what is now con-
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idered a historic landmark - the King Street
Kings Mountain Middle School and West i O b Cc al 1 1 1 | 111 aA Hare ga andmar e King Stree
Elementary will have new principals when i }
KM principals KINGS MOUNTAIN PEOPLE To be listed on
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rool this fall The Kings Mountain Historic Properties
school resumes :
Principal Lynda S Toul Commission got word last week that the bridge
KMMS Principal Lynda Stewart will replace BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
H ‘hoipal at. North El tar made it onto the National Register of Historic
Joey Hopper as principal at Nor emenary. Staff Writer Places. The commission started the application
Gary Blake is leaving his post at West
5 a process in October 2003. Before getting to the
Bi oy 2 ecome p Pp federal level, the state had to approve it.
iddle :
4 2 While the designation won't affect the
; Toth Soplone will be announced at the bridge's use by motorists and pedestrians it
une 27 board meeting.
Grd ooint 11 Be oniouted does give the structure protection, according to
TRAE pomt averages wi puie Mary Neisler, immediate past chairperson of
When Jonas Hayes looks
around his living room at the
photographs of his three chil-
dren and his late wife
Geraldine, he considers him-
being a hew system The Cevelnad A self blessed by God. the commission. If for safety reasons the bridge
Schools oad or Tove be ii] po 0% we “I couldn't ask for any bet- had to be replaced the new bridge would be 3
DR i, in I on ter,” Mr. Hayes said. designed to duplicate it. Le
p The Kings Mountain man Davyd Hood, an architectural and landscape
recommends schools use one of three methods. 3 ; : gy
CCS adopted the method which the former Sh re
Shelby City Schools had used. V8
Under this formula, within each letter grade
more value is given to a higher numerical
historian, prepared the 24-page application. In
it, he calls the bridge “the earliest surviving
example of a rigid-frame bridge erected by the
comes 365 days a year, -
State Highway and Public Works
though he jokes that he’s not
acainst getting presents. Not Commission.” The design, developed in
score. For example, a 95 through 100 Would a of er emotions, Europe, first appeared ip the United States in
earn a 4.0 but a 93 or 94 would earn a a dq Mr. Hayes and his sons greet the 1920s in Westchester County, New York.
Prior to the vote, some parents had hear one another with hugs. Hood describes the bridge as “Art Deco-
that CCS was adopting a tougher Phone calls to his children influenced Moderne styling utilizing an econo-
Whithwould pu li always end with the words “I if i my of means and sure proportions.”
tage when competing for co ee a Py love you.” : : Val : L. Riddle & Company built the bridge from
and scholarships. Not so, according to Jo Mr. Hayes worked in tex- i = 1938 to 1939. It was completed and dedicated
Goforth, director of secondary education. tiles and as a bakery truck i || during the term of Gov. Clyde Roark Hoey.
Ta in driver before retirement. : The city contributed $4,099 to the applicatior:
icey : “They (children) may not : || process.
grade point average and take this into consid- have di et but : City and Commission officials held a dedica-
See School, 8A : See Hayes, 8A JONAS HAYES tion ceremony Friday afternoon.
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