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The Kings Mountain Herald
November 8, 2007
EMILY WEAVER/HERALD
Left to right, Grover Councilwoman Jackie Bennett, Mayor Robert Sides and new Councilman
Cobias Goforth came together at Edith Morgan's house after-a celebratory motorcade through
town once the voting results came in on Tuesday night.
Sides, Bennett re-elected in
Grover, Goforth wins write-in
EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
When the rhetoric dies down
the voters voice speaks loud and
clear. The majority of Grover’s
voters chose Robert Sides to con-
tinue as their mayor.
Mayoral incumbent Sides
received the highest number of
votes (about 63 percent and a
total of 124 votes) over opposing
candidate Sam Stevenson, who
received about 37 percent of the
votes (73 in total).
“1 feel good. This is a good
day,” he said, after the tallies
came in on Tuesday night.
Sides couldn't help but feel a
little vindicated after enduring
what he said were months of
mudslinging and negative oppo-
sition from some folks in the
town. “I played clean politics
and I'm proud of the citizens that
they had confidence in me,” he
said.
The first thing he plans to
focus on now that the election is
over with is hosting the next
CAGO meeting in December. It
will be Grover’s second time
hosting the county officials for
their quarterly meeting. During
his next four years in office, he
said that he plans to “work close-
ly with the county and the
Chamber of Commerce and to
get involved with the Chamber
Board of Directors to get more
things in on this side of the coun-
ty.” He also wants to clean up
Minnette Mills.
Incumbent Jackie Bennett was
reelected to a four year term as
councilwoman. She received 112
votes. “I'm just really glad.
We've had up and down feelings
all day,” she said, adding that
they had a better turnout this
election than in the past.
Her plans for the next four
years are to “get some more
things going on the cemetery
project that we've already start-
ed. There's a lot of things we've
got to get started on,” she said.
Write-in candidate Cobias
Goforth garnered the most votes
for the second open seat on the
town council. He decided to
accept a write-in nomination on
Thursday, just five days before
the election. “I think it’s great. I
had not intended to run. People
kept encouraging me for the last
several years,” he said. “But
when all of this business over the
last several weeks started that
was the pivotal moment for me.”
The figurative “last straw”
came when a letter was circulat-
ed allegedly written and signed
by the pastor of a local church
charging the mayor as immoral
and unfit to serve. “You don’t
mix church and state,” Goforth
said. “You don’t use the church
to try to influence the congrega-
tion on how to vote.”
Goforth, with many years of
service on the Board of
Adjustments and background in
other governmental boards,
plans to spend some time getting
familiar with town and county
ordinances and state programs
that offer monetary aide to
towns and counties. He plans to
try to seek grants for things such
as downtown beautification
projects, water and sewer and for
any other needs that may arise.
Groundbreaking set
for Gateway Trails
Groundbreaking for the future
trailhead of Gateway Trails that
will one day connect Kings
Mountain to area parks will be
held on Thursday, November 15
at4 p.m. at the trail access on the
corner of Battleground Avenue
and Quarry Road.
The second public meeting of
the Gateway Trails will be held
immediately following the
groundbreaking at 5 p.m. at the
Joy Performance Center at 202 S.
Railroad Avenue. The meeting is
free and open to the public.
Community participation will
have a direct impact on the
availability of future grants
needed for the multi-million
dollar project.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information or to
RSVP for the meeting, contact
Gateway Trails, Inc., at 704-739-
4755.
Vet Day ceremony
Saturday in KM
EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
The City of Kings Mountain
will be mustering the troops this
Saturday, calling all veterans of
America’s armed forces to come
out and be honored for their
service.
Line-up and opening cere-
monies for Kings Mountain's
Veterans Day Parade, the only
one of its kind in Cleveland
County, will begin in front of the
Joy Theatre at the war memorial
at 10 a.m. At least one float is
scheduled to be in this year’s
parade, representing the United
Auto Workers. The Marine
Corps League is set to carry and
present the colors.
The procession will step off
around 10:30 a.m. after the tunes
of “Flowers of the Forest” played
by the Loch Norman Pipe Band
and “God Bless America” sung
by Shana Adams. The parade
will proceed down Railroad
Avenue, onto Gold Street, head-
ing east to Mountain Rest
Cemetery. The parade is sched-
uled to arrive at the Veterans
Memorial in the cemetery
around 11 a.m. The Loch
Norman Pipe Band will play
“Mist Covered Mountains” and
the Marine Corps League will
present the colors.
After a welcome from Mayor
Rick Murphrey, the boy scouts
are scheduled to lead the crowd
in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Adams will lead the assembly in
the National Anthem. Police
Chief Melvin Proctor will give
the invocation. Murphrey and
guest speaker Rev. David Irish
are scheduled as the main speak-
ers.
The Loch Norman Pipe Band
will play “Amazing Grace” and
after a moment of silence,
Murphrey will place a wreath on
the veterans monument - a ges-
ture of remembrance every year.
Paul Fulton will play TAPS as
the ceremony concludes.
Event organizer and the city’s
Special Events Director Ellis
Noell said that they try to have
the ceremony each year on the
11th day of the 11th month at the
11th hour, as Veterans Day is
ordained. But since the special
day falls on Sunday this year,
they decided to celebrate early.
For more information or to
register a float in the parade, call
704-734-0333.
Vet Day ceremony Sunday in Shelby
Cleveland County Veterans
Council will hold its Veterans
Day ceremony Sunday at 2 p.m.
on the north side of the old
courthouse in Shelby. In case of
bad weather it will be in the
Shelby City Park gym.
Richard McSwain will be mas-
ter of ceremonies. The Burns
High color guard will present
and retire the colors and Crystal
McDaniel will sing the National
Anthem.
Guest speaker will be Chaplin
Captain David Lee of the U.S.
Air Force Reserves.
Representatives of service club
auxiliaries will place wreaths.
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