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P&Z Board
Task force
to advise
board on
liquor laws
By ELIZABETH STEWART
staff writer
A Task Force fine-tuning
text amendments which de-
fine the primary uses for es-
tablishments that may want
to apply to the state to serve
alcoholic beverages will
make recommendations to
the Kings Mountain Plan-
ning & Zoning Board Tues-
day at 5:30 p.m.
The board will vote on
Faith, hope, love
any changes or definitions
to the present amendments
and present them to City
Council during a public
hearing June 30th at 6 p.m
at Kings Mountain City
; “Photo by Sciandra Hush
Rev. James Robinson stays by his wife’s, Carolyn Robinson’s side.
Go ty Medical Miracle
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The Task force com-
posed of planning board | W
chairman Jim Childers,
Dave Allen, Doug Lawing
and John Houze have been
reviewing ABC laws tha
also include those for pri
vate clubs so that Kings
Mountain's will mirror. the
state.
Minimum requirements
for private clubs, dance
halls and night clubs spell
out under the ordinances
that (a)""separation from any
part of the land on which a
school facility sits shall be
at least 50 feet. ( b) Separa-
tion from any part of the
land on which a church fa-
cility is the sole occupant
shall be at least 50 feet un-
less said church site prop- Fa ol hi
erty is zoned General enka by the day
Business or Central Busi-
By EMILY WEAVER
Woman brought back from near-death experience,
uplifted by faith, saved by prayer
He took her to the doctor and she was
. prescribed new medicine for what ap-
peared to be a heart condition. But her
health seemed to worsen each day.
d failed«She #(The following) Friday she wouldn’t
‘hor sotid.--#t anything; she could hardly drink any-
one all they thing. She was just lifeless almost,” Rev.
death’s door.
there was Robinson said.
He checked her blood pressure. It was
medicine 70740. He called 911.
The paramedics came, got her stabi-
lized as best they could and rushed off to
t was faith Gaston Memorial.
octors have
he hand of The physicians at the hospital admitted
her and began to check her vitals. “All of
/ day before 2 sudden, something showed up that was
obinson had really serious,” he said.
arolyn. She They grabbed the gurney, started
be getting rolling it down the hall, exclaiming, “get
See MIRACLE, Page 4A
ness, in which case separa-
tion requirements shall be
50 feet from the church
building to a private club,
dance hall or night cub
City: ‘don’t give up’
building. (c) Noise control
shall include sound attenu-
ation measures. to comply
with the city's noise ordi-
nance. (d)The facility, ad-
joining properties shall be
free from debris and trash
generated by patronage of
facility.
Also proposed is a
change from private clubs,
dance halls and night clubs
By ELIZABETH STEWART
staff writer
Although it's apparent
that Cleveland County
probably won't land a major
computer operation, city
and county officials at last
Thursday's "State of the
Community" breakfast are
saying "don't give up,
there's a silver lining to
every cloud."
the Cleveland © County
Board of Commissioners,
and Rick Murphrey, mayor
of Kings Mountain, were
both optimistic that the
sluggish economy will turn
around. Cleveland County
has been hard hit by plant
closings and layoffs and the
county's unemployment rate
in March was 15.7 percent.
Both Boggs and Mur-
velopment officials are
working hard to entice peo-
ple to bring business and
jobs to the area.
The clear message from
the community report was
that progressive things are.
in the works, including the
breaking of ground for a
new Jail Annex which in
Fall 2010 will mean 324
total beds for inmates, a
from conditional uses to
. Jo Boggs, chairman of
permitted uses by right.
phrey said local and county
officials and economic de-
See CITY, Page 3A
Heavy rain floods concern
CONTRIBUTED BY CHARLES T. SMITH
The football field inside of John Gamble Stadium
at KMHS became a swampy mess after the heavy
rains on May 26. STORY BY LIB STEWART >
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Heavy rain in the area - up to 4.8 inches at one point in
a two hour period last Tuesday, caused some headaches for
some but for others the grass will be greener and the gar-
dens will prosper - that is if the rain didn’t wash them
away.
The City of Kings Mountain reported a sanitary sewer ;
spill on May 26, 2009.
Water Resources Director Dennis Wells said the spill
happened at the Beason Creek pump station on Crocker
Road. He said an estimated 8,100 gallons of sewage spilled
into Beason Creek.
The cause of the spill was due to the heavy rainfall of
4.8 inches in approximately a two hour period.
In other areas of the city, a huge tree was uprooted dur-
ing an afternoon storm on Groves Street. The tree fell on
two cars in a carport, the heavy limbs and foliage complet-
ing covering the vehicles.
Last Tuesday in the East Gold Street area of Suber Gate
at the entrance to Mountain Rest Cemetery the street was
heavily flooded with water as motorists turned around in
the road and at least three ventured across.
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First time,
first place
By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
And the winner of the
2009 Over the
Mountain Triathlon {.;!
s...29-year-old §
Justin Park, of
Chapel Hill.
This was Park’s first
time competing in Over
the Mountain. He finished the
three-legged course in a total
time 0f 2:07.56, anew OTM #&
record.
third-time returning con-
tender who finished first
overall in 2007, followed
Park in for a close second.
Lisska, 30, of Charlotte,
emerged first from the j
nearly one-mile swim, §
climbing out of Moss Lake
not far ahead of last year’s §
overall winner David
Sokolofsky.
Park caught up with
Lisska during the 27-mile bike course while they were
riding through South Carolina state parks. It remained
close.
Park and Iisska wheeled into the last transition area
of the race at nearly the same time. Park was first off of
his bike as the two set to get ready for the last 10K run
of the triathlon.
He had not run since he injured his hip in the bike
See TRIATHLON, Page 4A
GRADUATION
KMHS finals
begin Sunday
Commencement exercises for 288 seniors in the
Class of 2009 at Kings Mountain High School will
begin Sunday, June 7, with baccalaureate services at 7
p.m. at B. N. Barnes Auditorium and culminate on
Wednesday, June 10, with 8 p.m. finals exercises in John
H. Gamble Football Stadium.
Rev. Eddie Gray, Assistant Pastor of First Wesleyan
Church and President of the Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. Rev.
Jeff Hensley, pastor of Kings Mountain Baptist Church,
is chairman of arrangements for the event.
All Kings Mountain High School, Kings Mountain
Middle School and Kings Mountain Intermediate
School parking spaces will be available to use for grad-
uation parking. This will include the fields behind the
Middle School and the Intermediate School. School of-
See GRADUATION, Page 3A
UPDATE
Southern Power proceeds
as planned for new plant
By EMILY WEAVER
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All systems are still a “go” for Southern Power,
an Atlanta-based lea -distributing energy
company, to build a plant near I-85 between Kings
Mountain and Grover.
Although the nearly 275-acre site between 1-85.
and Hwy. 29 still stands empty, within a few years
# it may occupy four electricity-producing units.
Steve Higginbottom, spokesman for Southern
Company, the parent of Southern Power, said that
See POWER, Page 3A
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