Thursday, November 16, 2006
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Art exhibit, sale
at KM Art Center
Works of the late A.B. Snow
will be on display at the Kings
Mountain Art Center, 301 N.
Piedmont Ave., opening with a
reception on Sunday
November 19th from 1-5 pm.
The exhibit “A Painter's Life”
will coincide with the 2007 cal-
endar sales and the member's
art sale exhibit. Works by Snow
will be available for sale also.
The exhibits will run through
January 7, 2007.
Mrs. Snow was a leader in
founding the Southern Arts
Society.
Southern Arts Society mem- .
bers will have a variety of arts
gifts available in their members
gift shop. There will be the 2007
calendars, pottery, paintings,
cards, jewelry, wood, and wear-
able art. Many items will be
priced under $75. For 22 years
the Southern Arts Society has
been producing original silk-
screened calendars for their
fund raising event.
Gallery hours are Sat-Sun 1-4
p-m. and Thursday-Friday (in
December) from 10 am to 6 pm
or by appointment. For more
information, call 704-739-5585
or 704-739-2056.
Trash collection
early next week
The City of Kings Mountain
trash pickup schedule for next
week will change due to the
Thanksgiving holidays on
Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23-
24.
Monday's and Tuesday's
trash will be collected on
Monday; Wednesday's trash
will be collected on Tuesday;
and Thursday’s trash will be
collected on Wednesday.
BLOOD DRIVES
Now. 21 - Christian Freedom
Baptist Church, Kings
Mountain, 2-6:30 p.m.
Now. 22 - Polkville Volunteer
Fire Department, 3-7:30 p.m.
RADAR WATCH
Kings Mountain Police will
run radar at the following loca-
tions during the week of
November 19-25:
Sunday, Nov. 19'- Waco Rd.
Monday, Nov. 20 - Cleveland
Ave.
Tuesday , Nov. 21 - Margrace
Rd.
Wednesday, Nov. 22 - York
Rd.
Thursday, Nov. 23 - Kings
Mountain Blvd.
Friday, Nov. 24 - S.
Battleground Ave.
Saturday, Nov. 25 - Gold St.
704.730.7496
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KINGS MOUNTAIN
The Herald
Vol. 118 No. 46
Since 1889
50 Cents
— Veterans Day
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JOSEPH BRYMER / HERALD
Paul Fulton plays TAPS during Veterans
Day ceremony Saturday at Mountain
Cemetery. WWII vet George
Thomasson listens to speeches from a
Veterans from numerous wars gathered at
Mountain Rest Cemetery Saturday for the
city’s annual Veterans Day observance. The
event'began with a parade through downtown
with soldiers, KMPD Color Guard and mem-
bers of the KMHS marching band participat-
ing. As bagpipes were played, members of the
505th National Guard unit were welcomed
home. Shana Butler sang the National Anthem
and Mayor Rick Murphrey remembered all
veterans in his speech. Cub Scout Pack 95 led
the Pledge of Allegiance. Sgt. Bobby Tetter and
Spc. Eric Carroll, who were attacked in a road-
side bombing when an Improvised Explosive
Device went off under the Humvee they were
riding in, also attended. Tetter was injured but
rescued from the vehicle by Carroll. Mayor
Murphrey and US Navy and Special Forces
member Ray Long laid a wreath at the veter-
an’s monument as Paul Fulton played TAPS.
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Romanian police othcers learn from
KM, county success in fighting crime
_ EMILY WEAVER
Wi eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Twelve officers from different
parts of Romania came to Kings
Mountain Tuesday night for a
traditional Thanksgiving dinner
at the H. Lawrence Patrick
Senior Center and presentations
by the Kings Mountain Police
Department and Cleveland
County Sheriff's Department.
Mayor Rick Murphrey gave
the officers a key to the city and
proclaimed that Wednesday,
November 15, 2006, be declared
“a day of sharing between
Romanian law enforcement and
the City of Kings Mountain law
enforcement and urge our citi-
zens to celebrate the diversity
that our area is blessed with.”
The officers came to learn ways
to improve and expand upon
their existing practices from
training exercises and presenta-
tions in America.
Mrs. Mihaela Pop, an officer
with the Bihor County Police
Department in Romania, served
as interpreter for the evening.
Through her translations, offi-
cers from two different conti-
nents were able to learn about
each other and how crime is
fought in Romania and in
Cleveland County, North
Carolina. Their previous stop
before Kings Mountain was
Cincinnati, Ohio. After a day of
training exercises, demonstra-
tions and presentations on
Wednesday, they departed for
Dorchester County in South
Carolina.
Mr. Aurelian Sosric Vasea from
the Neamt County Police
Department said that their coun-
ties in Romania are equivalent to
states in America. “We have
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County first to
endorse second
KM reservoir
| ELIZABETH STEWART
Herald Correspondent
Cleveland County commis-
sioners have endorsed Kings
Mountain's regional initiative
for a second lake, Mayor Rick
Murphrey said this week. The
county was the first of four area
municipalities that the city’s
new lake ad hoc committee have
visited in recent weeks.
The city’s ad hoc lake commit-
tee pitched its water plan
Monday night to Cherryville
City Council and asked for a let-
ter of endorsement.
“We are excited about the pos-
sibility of a backup source for
water since ‘Cherryville is the
closest municipality to the water
from a second lake,” said Mayor
Bob Austell, who said the board
will take action on the request at
a work session November 27.
Before Christmas the new lake
committee will present updates
on a feasibility study to nine area
municipalities and seek support
for the long-term project.
Murphrey said endorsements
will help the city in applications
for funding for a new lake esti-
mated in a 2004 study to cost
$16.5 million. An 8-10 year time
schedule would include plan-
ning, design, permitting and
construction.
Murphrey said a second lake
is a visionary project and its
completion can be shared with
Kings Mountain's neighbors as
an anchor for economic devel-
opment and growth. The new
lake would be built on Muddy
Fork Creek downstream from
Kings = Mountain's existing
water supply, Moss Lake. It
would be one-third the size of
Moss Lake with one-third the
volume of water.
“We want to look at all our
options for water because the
effects of another drought can’t
be ignored,” said Murphrey, not-
ing that Kings Mountain was
able to help out several commu-
nities with water during the
most recent drought.
HDR Engineer Patrick
Blanford, the mayor, and ad hoc
committee members John Moss,
chairman, and Houston: Corn
made the presentation to
Cherryville City Council. Other
members of the committee are
Jim Childers, Dr. John C. McGill
and Johnny Harris.
New EMS base
opens near KM
\. eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Cleveland County
Commissioner Johnnie Hutchins
and EMS Director Joe Lord cut
the ribbon at 102 Commerce
Boulevard at 3 p.m. Thursday to
officially open the new EMS base
station.
The new EMS base in Kings
Mountain is the eighth EMS sta-
tion in Cleveland County. There
are currently 63 full-time
employees in the county and
dozens of volunteers and part-
time employees. County com-
missioners and employees gave
speeches during the Grand
Opening to express their pleas-
ure in the new facility and the
gratitude of giving something
back to the selfless people who
give so much of their time, lives,
and efforts to save their neigh-
bors.
“We may not have big new
buildings everywhere in
Cleveland County but we are
working diligently to make sure
that the properties we have look
good,” said Chairman of the
county commission Ronnie
Hawkins. “We have communica-
tion towers going up all over the
county. We're moving forward.
We have had some bad times,
but I think under this leadership
we're going to do great things.”
“On behalf of Cleveland
County EMS, I wish to personal-
ly thank all of the community for
its support along the way,” said
EMS Director Joe Lord. “I can
assure that Cleveland County
EMS and the personnel that are
stationed here are those folks
who make this facility a great
one. The concept of a new home
for Cleveland County EMS has
been an ongoing endeavor for
several years. Although this base
is a new one, the one thing that
has not changed is the quality of
See EMS Base, 6A
JOSEPH BRYMER / HERALD
Romanian Chf. of Delegation Petro Toba, of Bucharest City Police,
was given a key to the city and a plaque declaring Wednesday,
November 15, 2006, as a day of sharing between the City of Kings
Mountain and Romania law enforcements. Left to right: Toba,
Mihaela Pop, of Bihor County Police, and Mayor Rick Murphrey.