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505th coming home
end of this month
The 505th National Guard
Company B Engineering
Battalion who have served in
Iraq defending their freedom
and ours for the past year, will
be returning home at the end of
September. In two stages or
groups, they will fly to Fort
Bragg, North Carolina, where
many family members plan to
meet them and bring them
home. Although their exact day
of return is being withheld for
security reasons, Kings
Mountain plans to welcome the
soldiers home on Sunday,
October 8, 2006, at 3 pm at Kings
Mountain High School.
“A very special group of men
and women of our local National
Guard bravely heeded the call of
duty in Noble Eagle and are now
serving in Operation Iraqi
Freedom. They put our enemies
on notice that they are willing to
serve and defend our freedom,”
said Mayor Rick Murphrey. “We
are a grateful community, the
men and women of Company B
make us all so very proud.” He,
along with the family members
and the rest of the community,
anxiously wait the return of our
American heroes.
Relay for Life
kick off Thursday
Cleveland County Relay for
Life will kick off its 2007 cele-
bration September 14 at 6:30 pm
at the Corn Maze of Shelby, 120
Broadway Drive, Shelby. The
Corn Maze's design is in the
shape of the American Cancer
Society and Relay for Life logos.
The Corn Maze will be donating
a percentage of the season's
funds to Relay.
The public is encouraged to
attend. Wearing a Relay for Life
shirt will count as a free pass.
RADAR WATCH
Kings Mountain Police
Department will be running
radar next week at the following
locations:
Sun., Sept. 17 - US 74 Bypass,
1-85, NC 161.
Mon., Sept. 18 - US 74 Bypass,
1-85, Gold St.
Tues., Sept. 19 - US 74 Bypass,
I-85, Sims St.
Wed., Sept. 20 - US 74 bypass,
I-85, Margrace Rd.
Thurs., Sept. 21 - US 74 Bypass,
1-85, Watterson St.
Fri., Sept. 22 - US 74 Bypass, I-
85, Waco Rd.
Sat., Sept. 23 - US 74 Bypass, 1-
85, Phifer Rd.
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DEATHS
John Tria Sr., 88
Linda W. Smith, 63
Martha Johnston, 91
Doyl Shelton, 85 Page 3A
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Police 3A Sports 1B
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Vol. 118 No. 37
~ EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
On’ September 11, 2001, 343 fire-
fighters and a few dozen emergency
workers rushed to the twin towers in
Manhattan, never to return to their
homes or families again. Mayor Rick
Murphrey called a special ceremony
outside the doors of City Hall on
September 11, 2006, to remind every
one that the City of Kings Mountain
has not forgotten the valiant actions
of those brave men and women and
the families of those heroes that paid
the ultimate price. Held in high
honor at the ceremony were the
Kings Mountain Firemen, the Kings
Mountain Police and all law enforce-
ment who put their lives on the line
every day for their neighbors. But
also, just as important, the families of
the 505th, who were thrown into a
Since 1889
JOSEPH BRYMER / HERALD
A giant American flag provides the backdrop for a speech by Mayor Rick
Murphrey at Monday’’s 9/11 observance at City Hall.
Ceremony at KM City Hall remembers
those who died and those that still serve
battle they did not start, were held in
high honor. KM Signs made four
large banners for the city that wel-
comes home the 505th. The banners
will be placed at every main entrance
to the city.
“The City of Kings Mountain pos-
sesses many, many heroes. We have
our fire department, we have our
police department, we have our
highway patrol and primarily we're
here to honor those today,” said Sgt.
Greg Thompson of the National
Guard. “But let us not forget the
heroes that are in attendance here
this evening - the family members of
our 144 soldiers that are serving cur-
rently in Iraq.” He said that serving
in the National Guard for 22 years,
he has seen and done a lot of things,
some good and some bad. “No mis-
sion can be successfully completed
without a soldier, such as myself or
See Remember, 4A
50 Cents
Parts store,
EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
There are a lot of predictions
about new businesses popping up
across Kings Mountain and most
of them are just rumors, said
Mayor Rick Murphrey. But there
are some new developments and
businesses that are sure fire bets.
The rutted out plot across E. King
Street from Hardee's will be the
new location of Advance Auto
Parts.
McDonald's on Hwy. 161 will be
upgrading their facility soon but
will remain in the same location.
Site plans for a new professional
building behind Eckerd’s are also
in the works. The new professional
building will house the new loca-
tion of the Baker Family Dental
Practice office and the new loca-
tion of Prescriptions Plus
Pharmacy.
“The new building is a very
exciting project for us and the
building plans are still being
ironed out. But the building will
consist of somewhere between
11,000 and 12,000 square feet with
ample parking,” said Co-owner of
Prescriptions Plus Pharmacy in
Kings Mountain Billy Wease. “The
site plan allows for the employees
to park behind the building leav-
ing all the front spaces for cus-
professional building planned
Story Below
Sports...
Mighty
Crest
Chargers
come to
KMHS
Friday
at 7:30
Retired teacher’s
post-merger
concerns taken
to School Board
EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
No one spoke during a public hearing to receive input on
a new superintendent of schools at Monday night's School
Board meeting in Shelby. But Bob Scoggins, a Kings
Mountain resident and retired teacher, presented a letter he
recently wrote to the Board of Education to voice his con-
cerns of a growing number of administrative positions, cre-
ating new positions with vague titles, having too many pro-
grams that often times don’t seem to achieve the objectives
they set out to achieve, and looking for a new superintend-
ent. He said he attempted to contact board members before
writing the letter letter but could only reach members Phillip
Glover and Jo Boggs.
“Both were gracious, but both rejected my concerns out-
right,” he said.
Scoggins’ first concern is with “the burgeoning number of
administrative positions in the system when reduction of
such positions was the pretext of merger in the first place,”
he said. “Yes, we changed names of a few positions, and yes,
we moved a few people to other offices, but the net result is
that we have more non-teaching positions and non-mainte-
nance jobs than before merger. We should have fewer posi-
See Scoggins, 4A
Don Crawford to receive
Order of Long Leaf Pine
ELIZABETH STEWART
Herald Correspondent
Kings Mountain businessman W. Donald Crawford, 77,
will receive the Governor’s highest civilian award, The
Order of the Long Leaf Pine, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in con-
junction with the opening of Cleveland County Democratic
Headquarters, 110 E. Warren Street on the Square in Shelby.
“I am very humbled,” said [i Sys
Crawford, who will also receive
certificates from county and state
legislators acknowledging his 66
years of service in Scouting, his
long service in Lions Clubs
International and as a federal
employee for more than 30 years,
either with the US Postal Service
or the National Park Service.
“It’s like reaching the top of the
mountain,” said Crawford, of the
prestigious award which is given
to individuals with a proven :
record of extraordinary service. _— ho
Crawford credits his Boy Scout ,...,
training, the Christian values set It’s like reach-
ing the top of
by his parents, the late Tom and
the mountain.”
T
Ethel Crawford, and the encour-
agement of the late JoeAnn
Blalock Crawford, his wife of
more than 50 years, for successes Don Crawiord
in life.
Since his early days in Scouting, first as a Cub Scout at age
11 and then as recipient of The Eagle in 1948, Crawford ded-
icated himself to the Scouting program while in training in
1961 for his wood badge, considered the Ph.D in Scouting.
: See Crawford, 2A
tomers/ patients. It is true that the
two dentists, Bryan and Steve
See Buildings, 2A
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EMILY WEAVER / HERALD
Grading at site of new Advance Auto Parts store at the intersection
of NC 161 and East King Street.
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