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g Volume 121 ¢ Issue 17 * Wednesday, April 29, 2009
ELECTION TUESDAY
Voters hit
the polis
Tuesday
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Staff Writer
Kings Mountain voters will go to the polls Tuesday to
vote for or against the sale of mixed beverages in hotels,
restaurants, private clubs, community theatres and con-
vention centers.
Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. at two
Kings Mountain locations - the YMCA at 211 Cleveland
Avenue for those voters who live north of King Street and
Mauney Memorial Library at 100 S. Piedmont Avenue for
those voters who live south of King Street.
Saturday, May 2 at 1 p.m. is the deadline for one stop
absentee voting which opens at 8 a.m. at the Cleveland
County Board of Elections, 215 Patton Drive, Shelby..
Monday, May 4, 5 p.m, is the deadline to return your
ballot to the Board of Elections if you have requested and
received one in the mail.
Although the election is both controversial and an emo-
tional issue, outward activity by both proponents and op-
ponents is quiet.
Some signs have been posted in the area and obviously
volunteers are working hard on both sides of the "dry" and
"wet" issue, gamering a "get out the vote" campaign by
See ELECTION, Page 4A
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FIRES IGNITE 1-85
By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
Traffic came to a crawl on I-85
southbound past exit 8 on Saturday
afternoon as small wildfires spread on
each side of the interstate.
The flames ands a non-fatal motor
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Firefighters work to contain several small fires along I-85 Saturday.
Small fires congest I-85
Firemen: dragging chain may have caused sparks
vehicle accident called the quick at-
tention of Kings Mountain police and
firefighters to the area a Heile past
noon.
Firefighters suspect that a drag-
ging chain may have sparked the
fires. As the metal chain of a truck,
See FIRES, Page 4A
SWINE FLU BBQ?
Swine
flu not
on menu
Restaurant’s sales
fall short as cases
make headlines
By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
Will the swine flu be the next
pandemic? Whether it is or not, one
thing is for sure it cannot be trans-
mitted through properly cooked
pork.
This is the message that Roger
Goins, owner of Roger's BBQ in
Kings Mountain, hopes to get out
to the public. He has noticed a slow
down in business since reports of
the swine flu started claiming na-
tional and local headlines.
"When we fall off (in sales) as
drastically as we did today, one
can't help but wonder (if the swine
flu cases could be a factor),”" he
said on Monday.
But, according to the Centers for
Disease Control, "Swine influenza
viruses are not transmitted by food.
See FLU, Page 4A
; «way. At this end, the tunnel is the width and height it once
New housing
construction
begins in city
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Staff Writer
City crews are laying water and sewer lines this
week at the Ruppe Street site of a proposed new $4 mil-
lion housing development across from Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Pendergraph Development Company Kings Falls
LLC is developing the property where 84 apartment
units will be constructed, 36 for citizens 55 and older
and based on income thresholds.
"These will be very nice apartments and the devel-
opers are shooting for a 14-15 month completion date,"
said Mayor Rick Murphrey . The mayor said the city re-
ceived a $100,000 Community Development Block
grant-to pay for water and sidewalks to serve the facil-
ity.
Cherokee Street Apartments, a $1 million project by
Reinvesters. In Communities Construction Company,
has obtained city permits and plans are shaping for con-
struction and completion of 12 units in 8-9 months.
The mayor said these new apartments will serve dis-
abled adults who want to live independently but close to
relatives, adding "this is housing that we have needed in
this area."
With the sluggish economy, the ups wing in housing
is expected to add more jobs to the area, the mayor said.
Business After Hours
Thursday at J. Olivers
Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce and the
Kings Mountain Branch will hold Business After Hours
Thursday, April 30, at 5:30 p.m. at J Oliver's on S. Bat-
tleground Avenue.
Prior to the reception, John Harris and his staff of J
Oliver's will cut the ribbon at 5:15 p.m. officially mark-
ing the opening of the new business.
At4 p.m.. the Chamber and city elected officials will
cut the ribbon at Eagle's Gate, the new development
being constructed by Tommy Hall near Food Lion on
Shelby Road.
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Before the interstate was ortonid 0 Kings Mountain
a tunnel was created over four-feet-tall and four-feet-wide
to allow cows and farmers access to land on either side
It was a path for the herd’s safe arrival withe
bering the easy flow of traffic. : =
The tunnel lies just south of exit 10. One endy.con-
verted by the state into a two-foot-by-two-foot culvert
years ago at Blachford RP Corp., leads to another open-=
ing at the empty industrial building on Woodlake Park-
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