The Kings Mountain Herald
December 6, 2007
LOCAL
Mountaineer Christmas Friday night downtown
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Trains and trolleys will add to
the new sights and sounds of
Mountaineer Christmas Friday,
December 7, 5.m.-9 p.m.
Entertainment will be held at
the Gazebo in Patriots Park from
5-7:30, just before the doors of
the Joy Theatre open for a live
production of “Snow White.”
“I encourage people to come
downtown, support your local
businesses, enjoy shopping, the
food and remain for Snow White
at the theatre,” said Brenda
Lovelace, one of the organizers
for Mountaineer Christmas.
A new addition this year, will
be the free trolley rides offered
by Travelinx trolleys, taking bun-
dled passengers on special win-
tery tours through Kings
Mountain. The trolley will begin
at the Chamber office on the cor-
ner of Mountain Street and
Battleground Avenue. It will take
passengers through the KM his-
toric district, past the Old Depot,
by the KM Historic Museum,
through downtown and back to
the Chamber.
A stop at the historic museum
along the tour will introduce’
Christmas wanderers to the trol-
ley’s locomotive cousin: the
train. The museum’s Fifth
Annual Trains, Trains, Trains
exhibit will be open to the public
from 5-9 p.m.
The Atlantic Coast ‘S” Gaugers
will be running their interactive
trains and memorabilia from
several other railroad collectors
will be on display. The Barber
Log House behind the museum
will also be open for candle light
tours.
“There will be fun for the
whole family,” Lovelace said.
Kings Mountain Little Theatre
will be serving hot dogs and chili
in front of the Joy, before 7:30
p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus will
be stationed at This-N-That
Novelty ‘Shop on Railroad
Avenue for last minute wish list
updates. Santa will be giving
each of the children a small gift,
reminding them of the big day at
hand. Children can have their
pictures taken with Santa for $3
each.
“Most of the businesses down-
town will be open during
Mountaineer Christmas,”
Lovelace said. Bellus Tu,
between the Joy and Hometown
Hardware, will be open, giving
free chair massages and hot
cider. The spa will also be offer-
ing entertainment. Toni Jones,
wife of the spa’s masseur Kevin
Jones, will be singing Christmas
carols to the keyboard accompa-
niment of Vickie Valentine Jones,
said Aesthetician Laurie
Mancuso.
Most of the store fronts will
also be decorated for the
Christmas storefront decorating
contest. Shirley Brutko, with the
Kings Mountain chapter of the
Cleveland County Chamber of
Commerce, said that the store
fronts will be judged on
Thursday, December 6. Winners
will receive special prizes.
Cleveland Music will be pro-
viding melodic entertainment
and accompaniment at the
Gazebo, along with other enter-
tainers.
Rose’s to
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The store that once housed
Badcock Furniture in Kings
Mountain, next to the Food Lion
on Shelby Road, has been empty
for quite some time.
~ But a new tenant will soon
‘change that lonely atmosphere.
Rose’s Stores, Inc., based out of
Henderson, NC, has decided to
call that vacant building home to
one of their future Rose’s depart-
ment stores.
Mayor Rick Murphrey said
that crews are already working
onsite. Rose’s spokesman Wilson
Sawyer said, “We hope to be
open store in former Badcock building
open probably by mid-February
or certainly by the first of March
(of 2008).”
Wilson said that they made the
decision to locate in Kings
Mountain a few weeks ago, after
knowing that the property was
available.” “We're “very excited
about locating a Rose’s store in
Kings Mountain,” he said. “We
think it’s a great opportunity for
the company and we believe it
will be a benefit to the communi-
He said that the Rose's s stores
of today, which began in 1927 as
5, 10, and 15 cent stores in
Charlotte and Henderson, are
more like the neighborhood
stores of yesterday. Wilson
added that he hopes this new
Rose’s will provide the people of
Kings Mountain a place to shop
in their own neighborhood.
The nearest Rose’s Department
Stores are located in Belmont and
Forest City, he said. “We think
Kings Mountain is just a great
opportunity for us and for the
community.”
This will be the company’s
99th Rose's store in the southeast
market. However, Wilson said
that -Rose’s Stores, Inc. owns a
few other retail chains, including
Maxway, giving them a grand
total of about 450 stores nation-
wide.
One of the main reasons the
company decided to locate a
Rose’s in the KM area, is because
of the success of the Maxway
store, located in the old Winn-
Dixie shopping plaza. “We have
a Maxway in Kings Mountain
that has done well for a number
of years. So we felt a desire to put
a larger store there,” he said.
“This store will replace the
Maxway.”
Wilson said that thé new
Rose’s may create the possibility
of 40-50 jobs, some of which will
be filled by the current staff at
Maxway.
Design plans are presently in
the works for the approximately
30,000-square-foot facility. But
Wilson said that half of the store
will probably house apparel,
including shoes and clothing for
men, women and children.
Another part of the store will be
reserved for “hardlines,” which
he said include items such as,
home furnishings, housewares,
and toys. There are also plans for
the store to have a seasonal area
or a garden shop. “We will also
have the usual candy, health and
beauty aids and things like that,”
Wilson said.
“We're proud to welcome
them to our community,”
Murphrey said. “They'll be a real
asset to our community.”
One bad test but KM says its water is
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A public notice explaining that
the city’s water failed to live up
to state standards in last year’s
testing period, was tucked inside
of Kings Mountain utility cus-
tomers’ bills last week. But by
the time citizens received the
bulletin, the problem had been
fixed. :
The notice stated that results
from the testing period of July 1,
2006-June 30, 2007 showed that
the city had failed to reduce the
Total Organic Carbon to appro-
priate levels.
Testing TOC levels provides a
way of determining the degree of
organic contamination in the
source, of water. Dennis Wells,
the director of Kings Mountain's
Water Department, said that
when measuring the TOC they
have to take the accumulative
average over a four month peri-
od. Testing found one inappro-
priate level of TOC in March, but
the period did not end until June.
“That's why we couldn't post
anything until the quarter was
over in June,” Wells said. “But
next quarter (TOC) was back up
to normal or above.” Hé added
that when the time came when
they were able to file, the prob-
lem had been fixed. The notices
explained that TOC require-
ments have been met as of
September 2007.
The federal Clean Water Act
mandates that states and munici-
palities undergo regular and
often thorough testing of the
city’s water supply to ensure that
the water meets safety and envi-
ronmental standards. The state
requires municipalities to report
testing irregularities to the pub-
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lic. Wells said that they had to
put the bulletins in the bills
because of those requirements.
But he urged people have noth-
ing to worry about. “TOC has no
still good
health effect,” said.
“Everything is in = shape.
The water is fine. I drink it all of
the time.”
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