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The Kings Mountain Herald
LIB STEWART photo
ALL SMILES - Mayor Rick Murphrey; left, welcomes Southern Power Pres-
ident Ronnie Bates to the site of the proposed new Cleveland County Gen-
erating Facility near Grover.
POWER
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with a combined capacity of 720 megawatts
‘and will produce 600 plus construction jobs
over the next 18 months and millions of
dollars in economic benefits through job
creation and property taxes for Cleveland
County and the surrounding growing mar-
ket of the Carolinas.
"We are excited," said President Ronnie
Bates, who along with Southern Power of-
ficials, city and county officials and repre-
sentatives of city and county boards of
commissions, broke ground on an Indian
Summer day on a hill in the center of a 275-
acre site, leaving the potential for future
expansion.
"We are excited to be a part of today's
celebration," said Mayor Rick Murphrey.
He said the city had lost water sales due to
the reduction in the textile industry and
could provide Southern Power the large
amount of water it would need to serve the
growing electricity needs in the Carolinas.
He said the generating plant would consist
of four Siemens F Class gas turbine units
and generate 720 megawatts at the summer
peak. He said the plant will, in part, provide
electric power to the company's wholesale
customers through long-term contracts with
North Carolina Electric Membership Cor-.
poration and North Carolina Municipal
Power Agency Number 1.
Southern Power is among the largest
wholesale energy providers in the Southeast
and operates facilities in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia and North Carolina.
"It's a big boost to the local economy,"
local and county officials said Tuesday as
they welcomed visitors to the groundbreak-
ing and barbecue lunch.
The Grover plant would be managed by
Scott Dial, currently Rowan Plant Manager,
and would be Southern's second plant in
North Carolina.
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hearing about the house.
City Codes Director Holly
Black said that they met to
discuss the property's "fit-
ness for human habitation"
in December.
"(The current owner)
was notified as well the
homeowner at the time that
it would have to be brought
up to minimum housing
standard (with)in 90 days,"
she said. "The order was to
demolish or improve (the
property) by March 23."
But more time was of-
fered. In April, she said that
the owner pulled a permit to
start construction on the
property.
"The owner actually tore
down a part of the house
during this process," Black
said. But the remainder still
stood untouched.
Another permit was is-
sued to a licensed contrac-
tor. to begin work on the
property, she said, but it was
voided around the end of
May.
"No work was ever
done," Black said.
After several complaints
from neighbors city council
condemned the property
and ordered it be demol-
ished on Aug. 27. Black
said that they gave them an
extra 30 days to obtain a
certificate of = occupancy.
None was ever granted.
Forty-three days after it
was condemned, on the
morning of Oct. 9, the
Kings Mountain Fire De-
partment demolished the
property on the corner of
Waco Rd. and Cansler St. in
a practice burn.
"If you don't take care of
your property and keep it up
that could be your house
next," Butler issued as a
warning to habitual offend-
ers of the city's property
codes. "Kings Mountain is
going to work with you to
get the house fixed or the
right permits, but if you're
not going to do anything
with them (this could hap-
pen).
"Two or three hearings
were held regarding the
Cansler St.-Waco Rd. prop-
erty, according to Black.
"We strive for compli-
ance," she said. "We try to
work with them (property
owners) as best we can."
All properties within city
limits are required to be
maintained and kept up to
meet the city's minimum
housing standard. The five-
‘ page checklist that codes
enforcers use in each mini-
mum housing inspection are
available to the public, at
city hall:
"We would give any-
body a copy of our checklist
to see what we look for. We
encourage people to obtain
that," Black said. "Demoli-
tions are costly."
The city has to foot the
bill for demolitions and all
of the costs that usually
come with it, including at-
torney fees for when they
have to place a lien on a
property. Sometimes the
lien is recouped when the
property is sold.
Mr. Chastain said that
the city did not give him
any notice that they planned
to demolish his home, al-
though he said that he had
plans to donate the property
to Habitat for Humanity. On
Monday night, he offered
no more comment on the
matter.
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One of those letters brought devas-
tating news.
"My daddy passed away when I
was over there," he said.
But still he couldn't return
home. They needed him to
stay.
Adams was involved in
a lot of engagements during 4
the war. One day on pa- 4
trol, he said, 13 men in
his unit were killed.
"I helped carry them |
out of the jungle down
to the beach," he re- |
called. "We laid
them on the
beach and
tore the dog
tags off of
them."
While. in
service he
saw a big B-
24 flying in
with "the
whole tail part
shot off".
"I thought
about the
song 'coming
in on a wing
and a prayer,"
he said.
MR. AND MRS. SAMUEL ADAMS
Traveling to and from the islands on ships, he remembered watching how the red
lights on top of the hundreds of ships in the ocean appeared like "red stars on the
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sea".
Adams saw a lot during
his service and lived to see
a lot more in his lifetime.
But seeing the World War
II monument erected in his
and all WWII veterans'
honor will be a first.
He served a total of
three years in the Army
before he was able to
come home and be with
the wife he married before
he left.
He was married to Ruth
Burris Adams for 63 years
before she passed away.
After he ‘retired from
the Army the Adams pur-
chased 2.5 acres of land in
Kings Mountain, where
they made their home.
Other local WWII vet-
erans that will be taking
Tuesday's Flight of Honor
are: Bill Alexander, Paul
Ham, G.L."McDaniel and
Dr. George Plonk.
The flight is organized
and funded by Rotary Dis-
trict. 7680 with contribu-
tions from communities
that are proud to honor
their WWII heroes. Rotary
District 7680 is made up
of 52 Rotary clubs in cen-
tral North Carolina.
The “Flight of Honor”
will take off from Char-
lotte-Douglas ~~ Interna-
tional Airport, where the
veterans will board a char-
tered U.S. Air flight to
Washington, D.C. There
they will board buses and
be accompanied by a po-
lice escort to the World
War II memorial erected in
their honor. After lunch,
they will travel to the Lin-
coln Memorial, the Viet-
nam Wall, the Korean
memorial ~ and several
other prominent sites
along the national Mall.
They will return to Char-
lotte that same evening.
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