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KINGS MOUNTAIN The Herald Thursday, November 9, 2006 Vol. 118 No. 45 Since 1889 50 Cents 3A SY nivl COUNTY COMMISSIONER v Jo Boggs 12,069 v Eddie Holbrook 11,910 Bill Chambless 9223 Kelly E. Hastings 10,103 CLEVELAND COUNTY SHERIFF v Raymond C. Hamrick 13,591 Don Allen 9,668 CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT v’ Mitzi McGraw Johnson 14,578 Claudia Glenn 8,578 CORONER v Dwight Tessneer 18,668 US CONGRESS DISTRICT 10* Richard Carsner 8,983 v Patrick McHenry 13,669 - NC STATE SENATE DISTRICT 46* v Walter H. Dalton Wes Westmoreland 11,765 11,345 NC STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 110* Jim Long 1,879 v Debbie Ann Clary 3,152 NC STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 111 "i ‘Betsy H. Fonvielle 6,321 v Tim Moore 9,795 NC STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 112* v Bob England . 1,203 David L. Reno 719 DISTRICT ATTORNEY DISTRICT 27B* _ ¢ Richard (Rick) L. Shaffer 13,134 Colin P. McWhirter 9,551 Vote totals are unofficial *Cleveland County totals only Vet Day observance “is Saturday in KM The City of Kings Mountain's annu- ‘al Veterans Day observance will be held Saturday morning. - Opening ceremonies will be at 10: 15 a.m. at the Kings Mountain War Memorial across from Joy Performance Center at the corner of Mountain St. and Railroad Ave. A parade will begin at 10:30 and will proceed down Railroad Ave. to West Gold, cross the railroad tracks and then proceed on East Gold Street to Ye : Veteran Memorial at Mountain Res Cemetery. A A brief ceremony and speeches will be held at 11 am. at the Veteran emorial. All veterans are encouraged to par- ticipate. For more information call Ellis ] ~ Noell at 730-2103. INSIDE . Classifieds...................6B _ Sports....... 0 Worship... . Advertising inseris: Foodlion r cvs . To advertise or subscribe call 704-739-7496 — THE RESULTS — | Education... 2A L lifestyles....................... 3A . Obituaries................... 7A, 10A | opinion..................... 6A Police Report......... a 7A EMILY WEAVER eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com The votes are in. The peo- ple of Cleveland County have spoken. Incumbent Tim Moore (R) will continue representing the county in the North Carolina House of Representatives for his third term. In the NC Senate Incumbent Walter Dalton (D) will continue to repre- sent Cleveland, Rutherford and part of Polk County, after being voted back in by the people for his sixth term. After weeks of campaign- ing, debating, shaking hands and “kissing babies” the incumbents can once again breathe a sigh of relief. Their counties still believe in them and support them to be their voice in NC law- making. “I'm glad the election is over and really appreciate that the folks of Cleveland County are giving me a chance to continue to repre- sent them in the legislature,” Moore said. “It’s going to be nice to hopefully, just have a relaxing weekend and do stuff with the family and not have to worry about cam- paigning.” “I'm certainly pleased with the election,” Dalton said. “I'm honored to con- tinue to serve and that so many people came out, braved the bad weather and voted.” Moore said that he will continue to work on the things that are important to Cleveland County. “We See Moore, 7A TIM MOORE SNC State Senate. Democrats Boggs, Holbrook win seats on County Board of Commissioners MILY WEAVER : eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com December meeting. LIZABETH STEWART Herald Correspondent Kings Mountain and Sti, Bihor County, Romania, may soon become sister cities Next week 12 Romanian police offi- cials will come to Kings Mountain at the invitation of Mayor Rick Murphrey and Police Chief Melvin Proctor to brainstorm with local and county law enforcement in not only a culture exchange but to learn more from area officers on how to eradicate Democratic candidates Jo Boggs and Eddie Holbrook will be Cleveland County's next commis- sioners, filling the seats of Jerry Self and Willie McIntosh at the The Cleveland County Board of Commissioners will be Democrat heavy with a 3-2 majority over the Republicans. But something even more significant than that came out of the votes. For the first time in the history of the county, there will be two female commissioners JOSEPH BRYMER / HERALD Left to right, Polly Hamrick, Mary Francis Hamrick, Linda Ware and Nell Jenkins brave the cold, damp weather to campaign for Raymond Hamrick for Sheriff in front of First Baptist Church. Below, Brenda Short campaigns for Wes Westmoreland for Hamrick reelected Sheriff EMILY WEAVER . eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com Raymond Hamrick will con- tinue to police the communities of Cleveland County for a sec- defeating ond term after Republican challenger Don Allen in Tuesday’s election. A Cleveland County native, he has been sheriff for the last four years, but has worked with the department since he was 19. “I'm very pleased with the results of the voting today. I've made my whole life in law enforcement so this is just an added bonus for me,” he said about the outcome. Whether elected sheriff or not, he proba- bly would've continued serving his home county because of his love for the people and law enforcement, he said. He and a crowd of other anx- ious watchers were waiting for HAMRICK to serve at the same time on the county board, Boggs said. “I'm the third female in history to be elected to the board of com- missioners,” Boggs said with pride. The first two were Joyce Cashion and Mary Accor, both of Kings Mountain Accor currently serves on the board. “It was a his- torical evening.” Although Boggs is elated over the victory, she is also saddened. “Now I'm ready to say goodbye to my school board family. That's the only part of it that I'm sad about. Everybody involved in the See County, 10A problems with Interstate drug traffick- ing. Fins Mountain will host the visitors at dinner Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at H. Lawrence Patrick: Senior and Conference Center. Murphrey said the opening session will feature questions and concerns from the visitors. They will be given a tour of the city, work with local offi- cers Wednesday and ‘meet with the county sheriffs office and other agen- cies through Nov. 19. The program has come about through correspondence with Murphrey and Ioan Lucaciu, Mayor of Stei Town, and following a prayer breakfast in Kings Mountain during the spring at which Senator Radu Tarlea spoke at the invitation of Rev. Roger Woodward, pastor of Family Worship Center who had visited in Romania. Several local churches have led mission trips to Romania. “The already existing relation between the Association of Municipalities from Romania and USA gives us a special reason of satis- the numbers to start rolling in at the Cleveland Fire Department. “] was pleased when we started seeing the returns come in and especially the margins we were winning by in each precinct,” he said. “I was tickled with the fact that the people still supported us all over the county and I'm very pleased with it.” Hamrick beat out his oppo- nent Don Allen (R) by almost 4,000 votes, a 16 percent lead throughout the county. The final tally was 13,591 to 9,668. What made the difference in See Hamrick, 6A faction and encourages us to consider that this collaboration could take a particular shape regarding the com- munities involved, specifically Stei (Romania) and Kings Mountain (North Carolina, USA) wrote the Stei mayor. Stei is situated at the foot of Bihor Mountains, approximately 80km far from the county capital, Oradea, in a very picturesque area. The Stei mayor said various fields of activity that could be developed with a partnership See Officers, 6A
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