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1 By ELIZABET H STEWART
staff writer
By a 5-2 vote Kings Mountain City Council voted last Tues-
day to move ahead with a service plan for possible annexation
of nearly 500 acres in two municipal areas - one of the city’s
largest annexations.
Councilmen Rick Moore and Jerry Mullinax voted against
the preliminary step in the lengthy process, which if passed in or-
dinance form in November, could bring the area of 380 people
into the city limits in July 2010.
“Why are we jumping so fast?” asked Moore, who like other
councilmen asked questions about projected costs.
“This is a service that Kings Mountain can offer,’
Rick Murphrey.
Letters went out Thursday to all property owners in the area
of Countryside and Crocker Ridge. An informational meeting is
planned September 17 and a public hearing will be held in Oc-
tober.
Residents in the two areas termed “2010-H” and “2010-1”
will be invited to cone to city hall to talk one-on-one with city
staff and officials.
“The average citizen may not want to take advantage of water
and sewer until they have problems,’ said Mayor pro tem Rod-
ney Gordon.
Councilman Dean Spears asked if water and sewer lines
could be run in the areas in five years following the effective
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said Mayor
TRESENT & PROPOSED BOUNDARY MAP
This present boundary map shows the Proposed annexation of nearly 500 acres.
City Jocides ¥ to go ahead
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vith 500-acre annexation
date of annexation in 2010. Planning Director Steve Killian and :
planner Kteve Atistin said, that 5 { percent of citizens in the an-
nexed area would need to petition for sewer, the city paying 25
percent of the cost and property owners paying 75 percent over:
a 10 year period.
Rolling services such as police and fire protection and
‘garbage pickup would be effective in July 2010 with annexa-
tion. Gordon said citizens conlde see a drop in insurance rates by
using city services.
Maps of the proposed service areas were distributed to the
council members.
Killian said there are 18 homes along Crocker Ridge that
have not yet been voluntarily annexed into the city, as well as
175 lots along Shelby Road near Countryside.
He said the plan meets state requirements for urbanization,
major water lines and major sewer lines. However, he added,
there has been some confusion about the cost of water and sewer
and who is responsible for it.
Some of that confusion, he said, stems from an annexation
that took place several years ago for a part of the cost associated
with septic tanks and a grant was secured for a portion of the.
cost. He called the situation a “special needs circumstance”.
“We want to make sure that the public understands what we
will do and what the customer will be expected to do,’* he said.
The mayor said that the 330 residents in the two areas are en-
couraged to attend the September 17 informational meeting at 6
p.m. at city hall.
“The adoption of the annexation services plan was just the
first step in the process,’ he added.
McHenry addresses packed hall
By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
It was standing room only inside Mil-
dred H. Keeter Auditorium at Cleveland
Community College Thursday night as hun-
dreds of people assembled to speak to, their
representative.
This = ‘was Congressman Patrick
McHenry's 50th town hall meeting since he
was elected to serve in the capitol.
After the auditorium was.deemed full,
dozens more were turned away or directed
into a back room at the college where a tel-
evision camera was set up to view the town
hall remotely.
The three main agenda items McHenry
spoke about were the stimulus plan, cap and
trade and health care.
He said that the stimulus plan has failed.
New numbers show that the $7.1 trillion
budget deficit the country is expected to
face in 10 years, will actually be closer to
$9 trillion, according to the nonpartisan
Congressional Budget office on Tuesday.
McHenry told the crowd that the "cap
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KM small business owner Mark
Beach asks Congressman Patrick
McHenry about the state of politics.
Right, McHenry puts his foot on the
current healthcare bill before Con-
gress. ?
and tax" (Cap and Trade) bill will cost the
average family an extra $1,400 per year.
The bill, which places mandatory limits on
the emissions of greenhouse gases that lead
See McHENRY, Page 3A
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#2 WEEKEND WRECKS
2 crashes
send 10 to
hospital,
one dead
By EMILY WEAVER
~ Editor ,
* Two separate wrecks along major high-
ways this weekend sent 11 to the hospital.
Ten survived.
Aug. 22, 2:36 p.m. - Kimberly Wilson,
of Cherryville, was carrying six passengers,
traveling north on I-85 when KM Police
Cpl. Mark Butler reported she lost control,
struck a guardrail and overturned.
All seven -occupants, ranging in ages
from 35 to 2 years old, were transported by
Cleveland County EMS to Cleveland Re-
gional Medical Center to be checked out.
The wreck happened one day before one of
the passengers would turn 13. No serious
injuries seemed to have been sustained. All
survived.
Wilson was charged with driving while
license revoked, having unsafe tires and
with a child seat violation.
Aug. 23, 2:46 a.m. - Forty-four-year-old
Wallace Wall, of Shelby, was traveling west
See WRECKS, Page 3A
FIBA ES FIT LAS LEDIOIVIENE HASTE
{IN THE SPOTLIGHT
DEVIN RICKUS
New stars
rising at
‘Extreme
Talent’
By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
Extreme Talent Productions in down-
town Kings Mountain has Evo] rising
stars in their midst.
Twelve-year-old Jaeleigh Clark ir been
featured on the cover of the "Justice for
Girls" catalogue twice since the talent
agency opened on Railroad Avenue last
year. She has appeared inside several other
issues over the past two years.
Justice for Girls is a national chain store,
featuring the latest in girls clothing and pre-
teen fashion accessories, according to its
website shopjustice.com
* Clark was also featured on the runway
this past summer, promoting the "Baby
. Phat" line of clothing by fashion model
Kimora Lee Simmons.
While in New York, she also auditioned
for a part on the upcoming "Spiderman 4"
film. Another local talenf€d actor, Dan
See STARS, Page 3A
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