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KATHY PENNINGTON :
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Kathy Lee Pennington, 27, 106 Timm.
Street, died February 12, 2006 at Gaston Memorial Hospital,
Gastonia.
She was born in Cleveland County. She was preceded in death
by her paternal grandparents, Will and Mary Moore. She was a
former employee of Rauch Industries, Gastonia, and Ruppe
Hosiery, Kings Mountain. She was a member of Second HE ptist
Church, Kings Mountain.
She is survived by her parents, Kenneth Pennington and
“Christine Moore Pennington of Grover; paternal grandparents
Thaniel and Frances Strickland Pennington of Kings Mountain;
daughter Haley Boheler of Kings Mountain; sisters Betty Vernon
. and Mary Frances Pennington of Kings Mountain; uncle Jerry
Pennington of Kings Mountain; aunt Annette Norwood of Kings
Mountain; and cousin Thaniel Hope of Kings Mountain.
The funeral will be conducted by Rev. Barry Philbeck at 4 p.m.
Thursday, February 16, 2006 at Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel.
- Interment will be in Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Visitation was from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Harris Funeral
. Home.
Harris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
MARIA EDMUNDS
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Maria Villareal Edmunds, 64, 433 Alex D.
“Owens Road, died February 6, 2006 at her home.
She was born in Progresso, TX, daughter of the late Samuel L.
and Emilia Lopez Villareal. She was retired from the NC
“Department of Corrections in Cleveland County. She served in the
U.S. Air Force.
She is survived by her husband, Joseph Boyce Edmunds of
Kings Mountain; son Joseph R. Edmunds and wife Gail of Kings
Mountain; daughter Debra Reedy of Orlando, FL; brother Albert
Villareal of Weslaco, TX; sisters Mary Simmer and Bebe Fuentez,
both of Texas; and four grandchildren.
A private service will be held.
Harris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ALLEN
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“after the first treatment. I
~thought I was in better shape.”
Allen won an individual
_state title his sophomore year
and has won four individual
~ Regional titles during his career
. at KMHS. He would have been
- in the running for the 400-free
- championship this year; how-
- ever, he knew that would sap
- his strength. He decided to
- scratch himself from that event
- and focus on helping his 400
. free relay teammates James
* Gladden, Daniel Akselrad and
- Travis McDaniel in their quest
_ for a state title.
“I wanted to make the right
« decision for the team rather
- than myself,” he said. “Dave
Messenger (one of the KM
coaches) helped me feel more
confident to scratch. He felt I
had a better shot in the relay
* and it would mean more to
help three guys that were
. counting on me.”
Kings Mountain trailed after
the first leg because another
team put its fastest swimmer in
the pool first. But KM took the
lead on the second leg and held
it throughout. All four KM
swimmers turned in excellent
times, combining for a school
record 3:20.56 to win. James
Gladden’s time was 49.80 sec-
onds, followed by Daniel
Akselrad at 48.69, Travis
McDaniel at 53.31 and Allen at
‘48.76.
Allen, who swims for
Aquatics Club, will miss the
Southeastern Sectionals next
month in Tennessee, and he
also misses his lifeguard duties
at KMHS. While most young
people are still asleep, he opens
the pool every morning at 5:30
for adult swimmers like J.C.
Bridges, Grady Howard and .
Dean Spears to get in some laps
before school starts. Michael
closes the pool at 7 a.m., drives
to Bojangles for breakfast and is
back in time for classes.
He also teaches swim lessons
to young people after school
and on weekends and looks
forward to someday coaching a
high school swim team to a
state championship.
Allen says he looks at cancer
as God at work in his life to
show him the “big picture.” He
certainly has an excellent atti-
tude, always dwelling on the
positive and never questioning
why it happened.
“Everybody looks at their
senior year as a good time in
their life,” Michael said. “I see
this as only a bump in the road.
It’s a detour and it led me and
three other guys to a state
championship. It was sweeter
this year than it was before.
Everybody stood and applaud-
ed when I finished and we
won.”
- Michael's advice to other
young people facing cancer or
any other obstacle is “don’t let
it hold your dreams back. I
wanted this to be a year that
stood out by winning the state
championship, but I was able
to share it with somebody else.
‘Messenger with the Sharks Don't let it be a negative - let it
t be a positive.”
B ABY native and son of A.G. and Ann
‘ Adams of Kings Mountain,
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‘ for eight years has headed a
Other Kings Mountain offi- third shift patrol as a Corporal
«cers responding to the call were. promoted through the ranks.
‘Ptl., Stacy Hudspeth and Sgt.
Brad Bumgardner.
Adams said he would
‘remember the experience the
rest of his life.
“There's nothing like the
feeling you get when you help
bring a new life into the world.
It is not about being a hero or
. going beyond the call of duty
‘because my duty as a police-
‘man is to protect propery and
‘to save lives,” he said.
* Chief Melvin Proctor, who
‘has been with KMPD 19 years,
‘said no other officer in his
.~department can claim Adams’
‘experience. “We are all trained
how to react in this and an
emergency and we have al
transported mothers-to-be to
. the hospital but we've never
- helped in the actual delivery,”
he said, adding his commenda-
. tions to the officer.
Adams, Kings Mountain
- Total precipitation
: Maximum 1 day
- Year to date
. Low temperature
+ High temperature
. Avg. temperature
Active on the Shelby Rescue
EMS and diving teams, he vol-
unteers with the Crowders
Mountain EMS team and is on
the reserves team of the Kings
Mountain Rescue Squad. He
and his wife, Lori, have three
children, Caylea, 15; Erica, 10,
and Khristian, 5. Mrs. Adams is
a nurse at Myers Park
Pediatrics in Charlotte.
“I was an observer in the
delivery room when our
youngest daughter was born,”
said Cpl. Adams. “A different
experience,” he added.
Tamesha Holland and Chad
Surratt brought their health
baby daughter home from the
hospital Friday to the delight of
their other children, ages 4 and
12 months.
Perhaps it was a coincidence
but the new baby’s name is
Destiny.
KINGS MOUNTAIN WEATHER REPORT
By Kenneth Kitzmiller
Feb. 8-14 Year Ago
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39 (12th) 17 (15th)
1.18 1.07
22 1m 27 (10th)
51 (10th 66 (8th)
38. 48.
The Kings Mountain Herald
DYLAN LLOYD
dlloyd@kingsmountainherald.com
The Kings Mountain Boy
Scouts commemorated the 96th
anniversary of scouting last
week by shadowing various
city officials such as Fire Chief
Frank Burns and Chief of Police
Melvin Proctor.
Scouting Anniversary Week
highlights food drives, civic
responsibility, and service proj-
ects through the collective
theme of “Scouting IS Service.”
“The job shadowing has been
going on since I was 12 and
Mayor Glee Bridges was help-
ing with the program,” said
local Boy Scout Commissioner
Tommy King.
Scouts from troops 39, 92, 93,
and 95 gathered into city hall at
9 a.m. to draw envelopes.
Enclosed in the envelopes were
the names of the department
heads each boy would be fol-
lowing for the day.
Shon Sheffield, a scout
explorer, was among the pack
of pre-teens present for the pro-
gram. Scout explorers are a co-
ed group of young boys and
girls following career-oriented
scouting. In Sheffield’s case, he
is interested in law enforce-
ment.
“In explorers they teach me
how to be an officer; they prob-
ably won't pick me to go with
the police chief today, you
know, to make things differ-
ent,” said Sheffield.
The two scouts who did get
Fire Chief Frank Burns explains the valve system to Boy
Scout James Davis. The gated valves are to be turned slow-
ly, or the hose bursts due to 400 pounds of displaced water
pressure.
the opportunity to shadow
Chief Proctor were William
Blackburn and Christian Mullis.
The boys were able to take a
tour of the station, look at
booking records and even ride
in a police car. Directly down
the street, another scout was
receiving a crash course on fire
safety.
James Davis paired up with
Chief Burns as he explained the
dynamics of the hoses, valves
and buttons on the fire truck.
King mentioned that some
scout troops had more repre-
sentatives than others, based on
their larger number of scouts.
The city has always actively
cooperated in this event, as
they try to pick around ten boys
to match up with the number of
civic leaders.
“We divide the number of
spots around the active scout
troops in town, then allow the
scout masters to chose who
deserves to participate,” said
King.
The take your Boy Scout to
work day lasted until 2 p.m.,
and even included a pizza
lunch at the Patrick Center. The
scouts said they had a good
. time.
“We are working to instill cit-
Renee King Realtor
with Coldwell Banker
POLICIES
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tion or exposure of private
body pons and does not
include hearing, vision or scol-
iosis tests.
Both of the policies reflect
changes mandated under the
No Child Left Behind Act,
which was approved by
Congress in 2001.
In other business the board
gave special recognition to 20
area students who received per-
fect scores on the readin
and/or math section of the
EOG'’s. The EOG's are the End
of Grade exams which are
administered by the state.
Kings Mountain students rec-
ognized include Nicholas
Bartlett, Kendall Chase, Kaylee
Faile, Courtney Harris, Michael
Hartsoe, Timothy Hines, Haley
McDougal, Ridge Scruggs, and
Brandon Stewart.
The school board also decid-
ed to auction off six surplus
vehicles belonging to the coun-
ty. The recommendation was
made by the Cleveland County
Schools Transportation
Department.
The vehicles are being auc-
tioned because of either high-
mileage or engine problems.
The cars soon to be up for bid-
ding include two Crown
Victorias, three Chevrolet
trucks and a Chevrolet Lumina.
The surplus cars and trucks
will be available on an auction
house website for government
Propesty Anyone interested in
idding on these vehicles can
go to
www.governmentdeals.com.
KM Middle sets
parent conferences
Kings Mountain Middle School
will have teacher-parent confer-
ences Thurs., Feb. 23 from 3:30-
7:30 p.m. To schedule an
appointment call 734-5667.
COUNTRYSIDE
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specifications and would
include a boundary of trees
and shrubs to border the
props from the existing
and,” said Stevens.
The Planning and Zonin,
Board tabled the issue unti
the March 13 meeting, with
board members calling for
more clarification regarding
infrastructure and more time
to resolve neighborhood
issues. The plot of land, cur-
rently owned by Randy Bates,
was previously owned by the
late Toby Williams.
“We came out here for the
quality of life, and I just think
Toby Williams would be turn-
ing in his grave right now if
he saw this proposal,” said
Lynn Welborn of 229
Countryside Road. )
In other developments, the
board rejected a request from
Mike Brown to rezone 402
East King Street from neigh-
borhood business to general
business. Brown is seeking to
offer oil changes and ‘other
services at his shop, but board
members were concerned
about junk cars accumulating
in the vicinity.
Brown cited that his proper-
ty was diagonally across from
Kentucky Fried Chicken, a
restaurant that handles the
amount of traffic indicative of
HEATING
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vidual’s monthly bill. Wyte
said the city passes on exact-
ly the market cost for gas,
adding that the rate the city
pays for gas does not include
transportation costs and the
monthly fee to hold space on
the line. “We've seen an 88%
increase over the past year in
the market alone,” says Wyte.
Gas Supt. Mike Nicholson
noted that heating bills in
December were higher
because it was colder than
normal and the demand for
gas was higher. Usage was
up. Since January tempera-
tures have been milder he
anticipates a reduction in
both price and consumption.
The North Carolina Public
Utilities Commission regu-
lates natural gas providers
who sell in the state.
The City of Kings Mountain
has 3,783 natural gas cus-
tomers.
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