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KINGS MOUNTAIN HAD TheHerald Midpines light display comes on Thursday at 5:30 1B Thursday, November 23, 2006 Rose Stem drug law idea to be pitched to KM Council "ELIZABETH STEWART i Herald Correspondent Senior projects run the gamut of new ideas but Chris Greene's KMHS senior project has all the earmarks of helping crack down on drug offenders. The enterprising young soccer player will pitch an ordi- nance to Kin gs Mountain City Council Tuesday night that would make is . it a civil viola- tion and carr GREENE a fine for y person found guilty of what is called a Rose Stem Drug Ordinance, which would pro- hibit the buying and selling of rose stems that are used in the manufacture of crack cocaine and other drug activity. Charlotte recently passed such an ordinance which fines an individual $50 but Greene hopes that Kings Mountain Council will make the fine $500 and he said City Attorney Mickey Corry is drafting the ordinance this week which is based on similar ordinances passed in Charlotte ~~ and ~~ California. Greene is writing his senior paper on the subject, “The Need for Students to Affect Change.” “Students are influenced on a lot of negative stuff they see in the newspapers and hear over television and it’s time for young people to step up and make a difference,” said Greene. Greene is the son of Dale and Constance Greene of Kings Mountain. After high school graduation he plans to major in Criminal Justice on a ROTC scholarship to Appalachian State University. Other items on Tuesday night's agenda for City Council at 7 p.m. at City Hall include several public hearings, including an annexation request by Eddie Yarbro and his mother, Mrs. Ethel Yarbro, for their property on Shelby Road which was recently rezoned by City Council. Ingles of Asheville is reportedly looking at the prop- erty as a possible site for a new supermarket. RADAR WATCH Kings Mountain Police will run radar November 26- December 2 at the following locations. In addition, police run radar every day on I-85 and US 74. Sun., Nov. 26 - Gold St. Mon., Nov. 27 - Fulton Dr. Tues., Nov. 28 - Waco Rd. Wed., Nov. 29 - Cansler St. Thurs., Nov. 30 - Margrace Rd. Fri., Dec. 1 - Kings Mountain Blvd. Sat., Dec. 2 - Mountain St. 5B Classified............ Lifestyles.......... ~ Obituaries...... Opinion........ Vol. 118 No. 47 Since 1889 50 Cents ALYSE CANNON “Heart work” paid off for stu- dents at Kings Mountain Middle School, who recently raised $6,535.32 during their fourth annual “Hoops for Heart” fund raiser in honor of Alyse Cannon. One of the happiest days of Donna and Ronnie Cannon's life fell on August 24, 1991, when their only daughter and youngest child Alyse was born. But their joy took a breather when they learned that she was born with a rare heart defect called Epstein’s Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve. Upon her birth, doctors also found that she had two holes in her heart. “She was the first patient at Sanger Clinic in Charlotte to have this particular combination of defects,” Donna said. “She had her first surgery at 11 months old to close the two holes in her heart. Two days later they did emergency sur- gery to take out her Tricuspid valve and put in a St. Jude's medical valve.” She said that after the surgery, surgeon Dr. Mark Steigel came into the room with tears in his eyes. She feared for the worst. He had not wanted to do the surgery because Alyse’s chance of survival was so minimal. A lot of ‘heart work’ Students raise over $6,500 for heart research in honor of Alyse Cannon Before the surgery he prayed long and hard. His prayers were answered. “Alyse is the only child at her age to live through this surgery by Dr. Mark Steigel,” Donna said. As if those trying bouts of early surgery were not enough on the Cannon family, 14 days later little Alyse was back under the knife again. “They decided See Alyse, 6A Advertising Inserts JOSEPH BRYMER / HERALD Despite heavy rain, the town Christmas tree lighting ceremony went on as planned Tuesday night at Mauney Memorial Library. Annual ceremony draws big crowd . EMILY WEAVER § eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com The glorious spirit of the Christmas season was brought to life at Mauney Memorial Library at the Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony Tuesday night. The Kings Mountain Choristers, made up of dozens of little ones led by Monica Martin, sang a “Jingle Bell, Rock around the Clock” medley, “Christmas Comes from the Heart” and “Hosanna.” Mayor Rick Murphrey was there to read to the children, after Library Director Sharon Stack told| them that her favorite word was “read.” She also informed everyone that there are Christmas trees ‘scattered throughout the library with cards hanging from them. If people would like to pick out their favorite books, they will be pur- chased for the library and have mark- ers placed inside of them for dedica- tion. “Read to someone that you love,” Stack said, adding that it is a precious gift to share. : “The most important thing to remember is that Christmas is the birthday of Lord Jesus Christ our Savior,” Murphrey said. His first read- ing came straight from the Bible, Luke 2:7-14. The Praise and Worship team from Patterson Grove Baptist Church sang “Silent Night,” while signing. Older Re members of the team danced to the tune of the song “Mary Did you Know?” Murphrey then turned to his second reading, “The Night Before Christmas.” Throughout his reading he paused for emphasis and showed the pictures in the book to the kids crowded at his feet before turning the page, explaining them for the little ones who could not see it. After the story, he got a phone call. Santa had been spotted near Kings Mountain. The city’s firemen were pre- pared to pick him up and hustle him to the eager children. Murphrey hung up - and told the kids that Santa would meet them out on the front porch. eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com Sgt. Fitch from the Cleveland County Sheriff's I.C.E. Unit shows one of the department’s toys to Romanian Officers Constantin Arisanu (left) and Dan Cojocaru. The device has a camera at the end to help them see possible hiding places for drugs underneath a suspicious vehicle. Police officers from different corners of the earth enjoyed visiting and learning from each other last week as 12 law enforcers from Romania visited with officers from the Kings Mountain Police Department and Cleveland County Sheriff's Office. “This is interesting. (This) is another kind of organization - is different, but our kind,” said Romanian Ofc. Felician Vasilescu. He said that even though they come from a dif- ferent country they share the “same aim and the same target” with KMPD officers. “We are finan- cially different. Our money does not come from the community. Our money comes from our capitol, Bucharest,” he said. Vasilescu is the chief of police in Galati County, which has 350,000 citizens. He Ultra Machine is expanding to Shelby EMILY WEAVER eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com “We are not moving. We are expanding,” said Frank Stewart, owner of Ultra Machine and Fabrication in Kings Mountain, an armor-manu- facturing defense-related business, Tuesday after- noon at a press conference at Cleveland County Country Club to announce his company’s expan- sion into the old Kémet building in Shelby; creat- ing at least 63 new jobs. ii “We are leaving this (Kings Mountain) plant open,” he said. “We're probably going to move half of ‘our people out there, immediately to Shelby, and half will stay here. We don’t know exactly what the numbers are yet. But we do antici- pate part of our opera- tion going to Shelby. Ultimately, we will not close this plant in Kings Mountain.” When Stewart moved UMF to Kings Mountain in 2005 it had 25 employees. They now employ 138 people. “We have outgrown our build- ing,” he said. UMF looked at maybe building another facility on property in Kings Mountain, but that option did not appear to be very cost- friendly. He said that one of the main potential problems that warranted their expansion was the threat of disaster. If something were to happen to their one plant in KM they would not have any other facili- ty to fall back on, which could cripple their opera- tion or put them out of business, he said. Because of the importance of what they do and provide, he added that they cannot take that risk. The old Kemet building in Shelby off of US Hwy. See Ultra, 6A FRANK STEWART = Same aim, same target Romanian, KM police share common goal of ridding their communities of drugs and crime has been with the force for 16 years and is now in charge of 1200 officers. “These guys are great. We've had so much fun with them,” said KMPD Chf. Melvin Proctor. “I couldn't sleep last night (Tuesday) because every time I'd try to sleep, I'd start laughing at some- thing these guys have said. They are hilarious.” A dinner was held in their honor Tuesday night at the Patrick Senior Center. Afterwards, they retired to their hotel to wake up bright and early for a day of training, learning, story trading and joke making with Cleveland County’s finest. Pastor Roger Woodard, who has visited Romania on mission trips, gave the officers a lunch to wel- come them at the Family Worship Center. After lunch, the officers were whisked back to the KMPD, where CCS’s I.C.E. (Interstate Criminal Enforcement) officers, KMPD Ofc. A. L. Emory, See Romania, 4A
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