Thursday, August 31, 2006
HOMEFRONT
Ad deadline is
Friday at 1 p.m.
Because of the Labor Day holi-
day on Monday, Sept. 4, it will
be necessary for The Herald to
change its advertising deadline
for next week's paper. All adver-
tisements must be received by 1
p-m. Friday, Sept. 1.
The Herald office will be
closed on Labor Day and will re-
open at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5.
Herald still needs
hometown pictures
The Herald is in need of old
photographs for inclusion in its
upcoming special section “A
Place Called Home.”
The section which is expected
to be one of the best ever printed
by the paper will hit the streets
this fall.
The photos are needed by
September 1.
We are especially interested in
pictures showing places, people
and events in Kings Mountain
from the Revolutionary War
period until the present time.
The older the picture the better!
Pictures may be - but are not
limited to - buildings and streets
around town, old homes, church-
es, schools and school groups,
parades, textile mills, country
stores, and interesting people of
the community, past and present.
Pictures will be scanned as
they are brought in and prompt-
ly returned to the owner.
Fund raisers set
at National Guard
Fund raisers are being held
Friday, Sept. 8 and Sat., Sept. 9 at
the Kings Mountain National
Guard Armory to benefit soldiers
and families of B Company,
505th Engineer Combat
Battalion.
A barbecue supper will be held
on Friday from 4-8 p.m. The
price is $7 per plate. Tickets are
available prior to the event.
Orders of 10 or more plates can
be delivered. For tickets call
Regina Ruff at 734-1264 or 957-
4607.
On Saturday from 7 a.m.-2
p.m. breakfast biscuits, coffee,
donuts and baked items will be
sold and a car wash will be held.
A minimum $5 donation is
requested for the car wash.
DEATHS
Kamayah McCollough, infant
Page 2A
Clyde Bridges, 89
Carolyn Davison, 76
Mike Patrick, 47
Billy Ray Parris, 52
Clyde Randle, 89 Page 3A
INDEX
Classified 5B Deaths 3A
Opinion 4A Police 3A
Sports 1B Worship 7A
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CVS/Pharmacy
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Home Depot
Health Scene
Special Publication Insert:
Cherryville, 125 Years of
Memories
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But downtown partnership must submit report of how it spends taxpayer money
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Kings Mountain City Council
voted 5-1 Tuesday night to contin-
ue its Services Agreement with
Mountaineer Partnership, Inc., but
with an amendment that requires
MPI to submit a yearly report on
how it spends city money.
Attorney for MPI, Joni Smith,
asked for a few changes to be
made to the proposed 3-year con-
tract. Instead of “contract,” it
would be referred to as “services
agreement” and within the agree-
ment where the wording states
that the city “may” allocate funds
of up to $30,000 to MP], that “may”
be changed to “shall” as was stated
in the last 3-year agreement.
Councilman Keith Miller agreed to
the terms requested by Smith, but
said there might be another addi-
tion needed as proposed by
Interim City Manager Marilyn
Sellers. She requested that in the
“Services Agreement” the words
under item 4 require MPI to sub-
mit to the City Manager for the
City, on or before the first day of
March of each fiscal year, and
whenever requested by the City
Manager, a report reflecting the
assets and liabilities, cash flow,
income statements and expendi-
tures of MPI. Smith objected to
the amendment, saying it would
sound like MPI was a department
of the city, when in reality it is an
independent organization that
provides services to the city.
Councilman Houston Corn said,
“Well, I think if we're going to be
giving funds to support you, then
we should be able to see how those
See City, 4A
BACK TO SCHOOL
JOSEPH BRYMER / HERALD
Shirley Smith, second grade teacher at East Elementary, works with Makayla
Wilson
' After 5 LIVE! tonight
at downtown gazebo
MILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Downtown Kings Mountain will be
the second time on
Thursday, August 31, from 6-9 pm for
After 5, LIVE! at the Gazebo in Patriots
rocking for
Park.
“We noticed that a lot of people
showed up later during our first After 5,
LIVE!” said Kings Mountain Business
ELLIS NOELL
/
& Professionals Association President
Kristi Anthony. “So we changed times
to hopefully accommodate a larger
crowd.”
The first event held on Thursday, July
27, attracted about 100 people to the
Gazebo for relaxation, drinks, food,
music and fun. KMBPA and Summit
Place Assisted Living sponsored these
first two events with the intentions of
infusing more life into downtown.
See After 5, 3A
Grover could release
annexation rights to KM
on Indian MC property
Public hearing set September 25
] EMILY WEAVER
| eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Grover Town Council met Monday night, August 28, to set
a date of September 25, 2006, for a Special Council Meeting
and Public Hearing to determine whether or not Grover will
allow Kings Mountain to annex property, that lies closer to
Grover than Kings Mountain, for the new Indian Motorcycle
Company. “It is required by law that we release the rights for
annexation to them,” said Mayor Robert Sides. “This is to get
two businesses in the county so I feel comfortable holding
that hearing.”
Grover will not hold a public hearing on zoning within the
town, as was previously discussed. Members from the coun-
ty Planning Board and County Commissioner Jerry Self were
present at the meeting and told the Council that the county
adopted a conditional use permit, to provide individual case
exceptions on certain zoning regulations. A conditional use
permit may authorize uses not routinely allowed on a partic-
ular site. The permit requires a public hearing and if
approval is granted, are usually subject to the fulfillment of
certain conditions by the developer. Approval of a condi-
tional use permit is not a change in zoning for the entire dis-
trict.
“It's very similar to the rezoning process,” said Planning
Board Director Bill McCarter. “A conditional use permit
rezones the specific property to a new zoning district.” If a
person wishes to obtain a conditional use permit, they would
have to submit a site plan to document their proposed land
See Grover, 4A
Fire Department ready
in case Ernesto hits here
EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
The Kings Mountain Fire Department is getting ready for
Tropical Storm Ernesto that is expected to hit North Carolina
by Thursday night. “We have to make sure that all of the gen-
erators are operational and ready to run,” said KM Fire
Engineer Rusty Bridges.
“We will also be assisting the Red Cross to make sure that
the shelters are operational,” said KM Fire Chf. Frank Burns.
“We have to be ready if it comes.” Other departments, hos-
pitals, and police are also preparing for what may be a bad
storm.
According to weather.com, as of Tuesday evening, the pro-
jected north-easterly path for Ernesto could put most of
Florida, the eastern half of Georgia, all of South Carolina and
North Carolina in jeopardy. The storm, which started out as
a category 1 hurricane is not expected to regain its hurricane
status, but still packs a punch with torrential rains, wind
gusts exceeding 40 mph, and possible tornado activity.
Noell first in line to promote KM
' ELIZABETH STEWART
Herald Correspondent
The crowds are coming to Kings
Mountain for 15 or more events
each year and Ellis Noell is at the
front of the action and loving every
minute. :
Noell, Director of Public Relations
and Special Events for the City of
Kings Mountain, was a one man
show when he was hired in 2000
but hundreds of volunteers over
the years have added to the suc-
cess. In his job he wears many
hats.
“We are already scheduling
events for 2007 and it takes a lot of
planning and also assistance from
virtually every department in the
city to plan, produce and execute
events for the public’s enjoyment,”
said Noell.
Working a live audience makes
every day a new challenge, says
Noell, who has plenty of experi-
ence behind the camera as a former
film director for television com-
mercials for several Charlotte tele-
vision stations and before moving
to Kings Mountain owned
Odyssey, a film and video produc-
tion company.
His first experience in Kings
Mountain shooting corporate
videos was at Eaton Corporation
of America where he produced a
new X200 film for the company
and videos for trade shows. “That
got me hooked on Kings Mountain
and I pitched. city officials to do a
See Noell, 2A
go Py er