INSIDE gs Missionary couple returns from Honduras 2220 QCEHIDOREESO OO Destination Downtown Part 3 Volume 121 Issue 29 « Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Page 4A See more BeachBlast Photos Page 1B Nettie Peterson : ; Dilling Heating Co. Beat the heat with | : one of our great | Home Comfort Systems! | Premier Dealer ™ Innovation never felt so good. ™ Sales & Service Since 1955 s Lic. #09350 250 Lin photo by Lib Stewart * DRUG BUST - Police confiscated marijuana, nar- cotics and drug paraphernalia during a drug bust at a Kings Mountain home Thursday. ELECTION 2009 Six race for three seats; No one files in rover By ELIZABETH STEWART staff writer 2 All three incum- bents in the 2009 Kings Mountain city elections are op- posed for reelection in November but in neighboring Grover neither the three in- DEAN SPEARS cumbents or any challengers paid a GINA COLLIAS visit to the County Board of Elections. Prior to the end of filing Friday at noon, Tommy Hawkins, 65, of 905 Woodside Drive, announced he would contest Jerry Mullinax, 69, of 210 Cleveland Ave., Apt. 2-B, for his Ward 3 seat and Brenda McFalls Ross, 68, of 904 Katherine Ave., said she would run against Mike Butler, 62, of 806 Rhodes Ave., for his Ward II seat on city council. In Grover, the three council seats occu- pied by Sandy O'Brien, Brent White and J. D. Ledford are up in November. Both Hawkins and Ross ran two years ago in close elections with Mulli- nax and Butler. "T feel like I can do a good job for all citizens in Kings Mountain and work At Large to serve all the peo- MIKE BUTLER ple", said Hawkins. BRENDA ROSS Hawkins has served Ward II six years on the Kings Mountain Planning & Zoning Board and the Board of Adjustments and said "it has been a real learning experi- ence and I gained much knowledge on the workings of the city." He added," Jerry (Mullinax) beat me, a write-in candidate, by nine votes in faint Marna aden See CANDIDATES, Page 3A BUSTED 1 By ELIZABETH STEWART ' staff writer A drug bust by Kings Mountain Po- lice Thursday resulted in the arrest of a Kings Mountain father and son on multiple felony charges, Armed with search warrants, police entered the home of Russell Eugene Lee, 53, of 203 Fulton Street, and con- fiscated marijuana and drug parapher- nalia. : Det. Sgt. Lisa Proctor said that of- ficers charged the father with five felony counts, including three counts of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, two counts of sell and de- liver schedule VI, marijuana, and two misdemeanor counts of maintaining a dwelling for the sale of Schedule VI, marijuana. Lee's 27-year-old son, Rusty Craig Lee, of 1286 Saint Luke Church Rd., was arrested and charged with three felony counts - possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, sell and See BUST, Page 3A International film fest opens tonight at Joy. Real-to-Reel film fest opens today | Cleveland County Arts Council's 10th annual Real to Reel Film Festival begins tonight at the Joy Performing Arts Center with the showing of the first seven of 26 independent films coming to Kings Mountain from as far away as Canada, Germany, Australia and Israel. “The festival, held each year in downtown, ‘showcases the works of filmmakers in a variety of genres. The CCAC's website states, "Our goal is to showcase thought-provoking films and offer a venue where movie lovers, who appreciate independent vi- sion, can celebrate this unique art form." This year's international film festi- val will feature 13 short-length films, ranging from one minute to 34 minutes long, six documentaries, three anima- tion clips, and four feature-length COMING SOON... oN EMILY WEAVER/HERALD films. Showtime begins each night at 7 p-m. Wednesday-Saturday. A Saturday matinee will begin at 1 p.m. A wrap party with the festival's presentation of awards will follow the final film showing on Saturday night, . July 25, and will be held at J Oliver's Coffee Shop. Tickets can be purchased at the Joy box office for $8 each day. A festival pass, giving film lovers a ticket to all showings, the matinee and festival party, will be sold for $30 each. Chil- dren under age 12 will be admitted free with a guardian. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.ccartscoun- cil.org Attendees may have a chance to meet some of the filmmakers at the showings. Violet Arth, organizer of the film festival and CCAC marketing.co- See FESTIVAL, Page 3A Alliance BankeTrust Building Communities Visit us today at 209 S. Battleground Avenue ‘Kings Mountain al COMMUNITY WATCH Break-ins spur watch By KYRA ALEXANDER Staff Writer In the usual quiet and serene neighbor- hood of Gold Run, in Kings Mountain, a watch is now in alert. According to a bulletin circulated last Tuesday by some of the neighbors in God Run, between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m., on the «night of fuly 13th, flve separate break-ins: occurred within the neighborhood. The thieves made off with several thousand dol- lars worth of tools, equipment and credit cards, according to the notice. The credit cards were allegedly used at 3:52 a.m. on Tuesday morning to purchase gas in Vale, NC. The thieves entered unlocked vehicles and busted out windows of cars whose doors were locked, according to the Cleve- land County Sheriff’s Department. Gold Run neighbors, Donnie and Robin Beard and Chris and Susan Hundley, are in the process of forming a neighborhood watch. In an effort to restore peace, the community is coming together to fight back against crime. : After a rash of thefts in the Bethlehem Community in 2007, Vicki Carnes, an offi- cial with Brinks Home Security, offered several safety tips at a.community gather- See WATCH, Page 3A IN CASE OF EMERGENCY City adds more sirens, new shelter By ELIZABETH STEWART staff writer When and if severe weather strikes again in Kings Mountain sirens will go off in three strategic areas - the Police Depart- ment, the Fire Station on US 74 West and in East Kings Mountain, the Linwood area of the city. : Police, fire, and city officials saw the ne- cessity for an expanded warning system after the recent tornado/hail storms in the Kings Mountain area, said Mayor Rick Murphrey. Additionally, the mayor said that Kings Mountain Fire Department beside of City Hall will be the official permanent emergency headquarters where there is suf- ficient space for citizens who lose power for heat, lights, or for any emergency to have shelter. The fire department has all facili- ties, a kitchen, showers, rest rooms; etc, to See SIRENS, Page 4A 704.739.5411 e www.alliancebankandtrust.com MEMBER FDIC