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The Kings Mountain Herald
August 2, 2007
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Take a Night Out against crime
KM Police to host National Night Out Tuesday at Patriots Park
EMILY WEAVER
" eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Take a night out against
crime on Tuesday, August 7,
from 6-10 p.m. at Patriots Park
for the annual National Night
Out in Kings Mountain.
The Kings Mountain Police
will be at the park serving up
free hot dogs, straight off the
grill, and free drinks. Capt.
Jerry Tessneer, Administrative
Assistant Marty Blanton and
City of KM Special Events Dir.
Ellis Noell will be manning the
grill. “We always have a good
time up there,” Tessneer said.
He added that his favorite
thing about National Night
Out is seeing “the kids having
fun.”
The Kings Mountain Fire
Department will be giving
rides on one of their fire trucks.
Several law enforcement and
emergency agencies will also
be at the park, with displays,
including: NC State Highway
Patrol, D.ARE." .CO.PS,
Cleveland County Sheriff's
Department, KM Police
Explorers, Cleveland County
EMS, KM Rescue Squad, and
Gaston County Rural Police.
Tessneer said that the whole
community is invited to
Patriots Park, but is reminded
to keep their porch lights on
while theyre out. Keeping
your house and property illu-
minated provides less opportu-
HERALD / FILE
Scoot Pittman will perform at Kings Mountain’s National Night Out Tuesday at Patriots Park.
nities for a burglar to break
into your home. “National
Night Out gives us a chance to
show the community that
we're there with you and we're
going to be there helping you,
but we need your help too,” he
said.
This year’s event will feature
a guest performance by Kings
Mountain's own beloved
singer /songwriter / musician
Scoot Pittman. According to
scootmusic.com, he grew up at
the foot of Kings Mountain.
“I've been truly inspired by a
place that has given me years
of memories...joy and sad-
ness,” he said. From those
memories, he draws inspira-
tion and transforms them into
lyrics and rhythms that tell sto-
ries from his soul.
Some of the stories that
Grover to hold Night Out
EMILY WEAVER
i. eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Tuesday, August 7, will be a
historic day for the town of
Grover, as citizens celebrate the
first annual National Night Out.
The event will be held at Grover
Park off of Maple Avenue from 6-
9 pm.
Police Chief Tommy Carroll
said that they will be asking local
churches to come out and sing
throughout the night. Members
of the Grover Rural Volunteer
Fire Department and Rescue
Squad will also be in attendance.
The Grover Area Women's Club
will be providing the food.
National Night Out may also
feature games for the children.
The event is free and open to the
public.
Thousands of communities
across the nation celebrate
National Night Out each year,
banning together against crime.
Members of the community are
encouraged to leave their porch
lights on while attending NNO.
Exterior lighting and lack of
shadowy hiding places can be a
deterrent to most burglars.
National Night Out provides
an opportunity for the communi-
ty to establish relationships with
their protectors and law
enforcers - in an effort to ban
together in the fight against
crime. It also provides an oppor-
tunity for law enforcement to
thank the community for their
support.
stirred from Kings Mountain
can be found on his latest CD,
“Lake Montonia Road,”
released in 2006. Pittman said
that he has sold over 5,000
copies of his previous four CDs
and usually performs over 300
shows a year. But perhaps the
concert at National Night Out
will be even more special as
Kings Mountain's son returns
home to sing.
According to national-
nightout.org, “National Night
Out is designed to: heighten
crime and drug prevention
awareness; generate support
for, and participation in, local
anti-crime. programs; strength-
en neighborhood spirit and
police-community partner-
ships; and send a message to
criminals letting them know
that neighborhoods are organ-
ized and fighting back.”
National Night Out can be
celebrated in your own neigh-
borhood. Since NNO started in
1984, citizens have flipped
their lights on and held “front
porch vigils” in support of the
crime prevention cause.
Neighbors have banned
together for rallies, meetings or
to walk the streets in their com-
munities, illustrating the fact
that they stand united against
crime.
The Bethlehem community
plans to turn on their porch
lights to represent National -
Night Out this year. But next
year, they hope to have a block
party or cook-out. The newly
formed Bethlehem Community
Watch Program is a registered
member of the National
Association of Town Watch.
NNO gives the community a
chance to bond with their pro-
tectors. It also gives law
enforcement a chance to thank
the community that supports
them - all in the name of crime
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