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Friday
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HOMEFRONT
Blood drive today
at Grace Methodist
Grace United Methodist
Church, 830 Church Street, will
host the Kings Mountain
Community Blood Drive
Thursday, Sept. 7 from 1:30-6
am.
Blood inventories across the
country have struggled all sum-
mer, and continue to fall below
safe levels. Currently levels of O
pos., O neg., B neg., B pos. and A
neg. are below a one-day supply.
All presenting donors will
receive a CD holder and will be
eligible to enter a drawing for a .
NASCAR race package that
includes two tickets to Lowe's
Motor Speedway October race
and a Richard Petty Ride-Along
Experience.
For more information call
Susan Barber at 704-676-1201.
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 5
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.
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.
PRR
DEATHS
Mary Brutko, 91
Carolyn Whetstine
Patricia Edwards, 68
Sallie Davis, 87
Helen Collins, 69
Roy Hamm, 61
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Heese new Indian MC president
Former president David Wright announces resignation for personal reasons
EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
David Wright, president of Indian
Motorcycle, has resigned for “per-
sonal reasons,” said chairman of
both of the companies Stephen
Julius, and will be replaced by
Steven Heese, president of
Chris*Craft. Both Wright and Heese
were in Cleveland County in late
July to announce that the two com-
panies would move here from
Sarasota, FL. and create over 800
jobs.
——LABOR (DAY) OF LOVE———
JOSEPH BRYMER / HERALD
On Labor Day, the place to be is not working but enjoying your free
time. Robert Scism was caught by the camera playing golf at Kings
Mountain Country Club. Of course, for Robert, who is retired from
Kings Mountain District Schools, every day is a good day for play- .
ing golf.
Wright joined the company two
years ago. It has not been stated
what his future endeavors will be
focused on, but Julius said, “We
wish him the very best.”
Steven Heese will take over as
president of Indian Motorcycle and
Julius said that he will be working
closely with Heese in the manage-
ment of both companies.
“Our plans do not change at all.
As they say, it’s full steam ahead,”
Julius said. “We are extraordinarily
excited for business expansions and
Mountain. Our commitment to
Kings Mountain remains absolutely
resolute.”
Julius also serves as managing
director of Stellican Limited, the
owner of Indian Motorcycle and
Chris*Craft, based out of London. “I
will be a very regular visitor in your
county,” he said. “We are so excited
about coming to Kings Mountain.
We were welcomed in such a gra-
cious way and we can’t thank the
city enough for all of their kind-
our new
Carolyn Whetstine
dies in Shelby wreck
locations in Kings
© EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
When Carolyn Whetstine
woke up Thursday morning and
followed her normal routine of
getting ready for another day of
teaching, she did not know that
Eh she would miever make it to
Graham Elementary. “It shows
us just how fleeting life can be,”
said Director of Head Start Patti
Norman.
Ms. Whetstine was a rotating
teacher assistant for Head Start,
+ a pre-school program for low to
moderate income families in
Cleveland County. Rotating
assistants usually teach at a dif-
ferent class every day, allowing a
work day for the teachers to
catch up on their paper work.
She was on her way to Graham
Elementary that morning, from
her home in Kings Mountain. A
hard rain was washing over the
roads in Shelby around 7:30 am,
Kings Mountain citizens are
invited to commemorate the
fifth anniversary of 911, the Sept.
11, 2001 terrorism attack on
America that took thousands of
lives, at a remembrance ceremo-
ny Monday at 5:30 p.m. in front
of City Hall.
Mayor Rick Murphrey said
that a highlight of the service
will be the unveiling of banners
that will welcome home B
Company 505th Engineer
Combat Battalion of the North
Carolina National Guard in
early Fall. “We're proud and
grateful to these heroes for their
service and look forward to a
Morris Scrap Metal invests S1 million in shredder
I EMILY WEAVER
\ eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Morris Scrap Metal Co. on Shelby Road, Kings
Mountain, celebrated the $1 million purchase and
installation of a new metal shredder that co-owner
Neil Morris said is to “keep up with the man and
increasing technology.” A ribbon cutting marked
the event on Friday morning, complete with Mayor
Rick Murphrey and other dignitaries from the city.
Jerry, the oldest Morris and owner of the compa-
ny, demonstrated after the ribbon cutting, how the
massive machine works. A large machine used a
claw to pick up a junk Oldsmobile and dropped it
into the shredder. The machine squeezed the car on
See Shredder, 8A
ness.”
when the four car accident hap-
pened. Cortlan Allen, a senior
from Shelby High, hit Ms.
Whetstine’s car: while she was
trying to move into the left-hand
lane, forcing Whetstine to spin
out of control on the wet asphalt
and into oncoming traffic. Her
vehicle bounced off of ‘a tread
that was waiting at the light to
turn, and then was hit by an
oncoming minivan. Ms.
Whetstine, 62, died at the scene.
Norman remembers her as
being “very open, funny, fun
and yet private, at the same
time.” Ms. Whetstine became a
rotating teacher assistant in
November of 2000. ““She was 62,
but she would tell you that she
was 47. And if I told you she was
62 and she told you she was 47,
you wouldnt have known who
to believe, because she looked
amazing,” Norman said.
But Ms. Whetstine did not just
See Wreck, 6A
9/11 ceremony set
Monday at City Hall
celebration soon
them,” said the mayor.
honoring
KM Police Chief Melvin
- Proctor will give the invocation,
Fire Chief Frank Burns will lead
the Pledge of Allegiance to the
American flag, and Shana
Adams will sing “The National
Anthem” and “Amazing Grace.”
The mayor said that area fam-
ilies of men and women serving
in Iraq are especially invited to
the Monday ceremonies. “These
families of our military have sac-
rificed much and we want to rec-
ognize them during the service,”
he said.