KMFD hopes for
$2M grant to lead
to new station
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Old Herald home
to house new
outfitter’s shop
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Staff writer :
Dee Properties of Kings Mountain has
purchased the former Kings Mountain Her-
ald log building at Canterbury and East King
Street. }
Phil and Sandie Dee are leasing the
15,200 square foot building to Patriot Jack's
Outfitters and Kings Mountain resident John
Herndon will manage the business, a first
Outfitters store for this area for men, women
and children.
The sale transaction, which included the
building and 2.89 acres of land, was com-
pleted with the building owner, Doug Horne
of Horne Properties of Knoxville, TN, last
Wednesday. Tax valuation of the property to-
tals $395,000. The new owners did not dis-
close cost of their investment.
Patriot Jack's Outfitters will feature top-
name merchandise by Carhartt, Under
Armor; Oakley, Mountain Hardwear, Pointer,
and 5.11 brands. Boots forall ages and in all
$300K gra
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sizes will include name brands Rocky, Geor-
gia, Danner, Wolverine, and Ariat.
" Kings Mountain's heritage (the Patriots
who fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain)
will fit perfectly with the old-fashioned decor
of this building and the rustic logs will blend
with its historical character," said Mrs. Dee,
who said the name comes appropriately from
Patriot and after their 6-year-old son, Jack.
"I am excited," said Outfitters manager
- Herndon, 24, formerly of Grover and son of
Bill and Susan Herndon of Kings Mountain.
A 2008 civil engineering graduate from
UNCC, he was a designer for Al Moretz En-
gineering and most recently worked for Jerry
McGinnis Architect of Shelby.
The Dees and their sons, Nolan, 12, and
Jack, 6, moved from Columbia, SC to Kings
Mountain 1-1/2 years ago and quickly be-
came active in the community, opening their
rea] estate office and joining First Presbyte-
rian Church. They plan to decorate the lobby
See OUTFITTERS, 3A
triot Jack’s Duiiitiers.
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photo
KMPD Chief
Melvin Proctor,
left, technician
Matthew Dull
and KMPD sec-
retary’ Marty
Blanton ob-
serve new
equipment
being installed
in the Commu-
i nications Room
of the Police
Department. Po-
By EMILY WEAVER
lice have re-
ceived ‘a .
$300,000 grant Editor
for a CAD up- x
grade. The community has come
together this year to make
the season bright and the
cold temperatures a little
easier to bear.
Generosity and compas-
sion wete seen in the Kings
Mountain Police Depart-
ment's foy room which was
filled with enough treasures
to assist 58 families this
Christmas. The love of a
neighbor was also witnessed
in the dozens of coats and
monetary donations given to
By ELIZABETH STEWART
staff writer
A $300,000 upgrade of the Computer-Aided Dispatch Sys-
tem (CAD) is expected to be in operation at the Kings Mountain
Police Department in June, the result of federal funds finally ap-
proved and following six years of lobbying by Police Chief
Melvin Proctor and reams of paperwork completed by him and
his staff. kids at East Elementary.
"The 911 amount listed on your telephone bill each month Roger Goins, of Roger's
e goes into a wireless fund and Kings Mountain people have BBQ, decided several
helped each time they pay telephone bills with the success of this months ago to start raising
money and collecting coats
for East students. Working
with city councilman Mike
Butler in collection efforts,
they were able to help the
big project," said Proctor. He said for years no funds could be-
come available without portion of costs paid by the city.
.
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KM man charged with
first murder of 2010
school keep over 30 families
warm this winter.
" "East has received 49
coats and they continue com-
ing in," said Kim Brand,
Communities in Schools site
director at East.
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Making a difference
Community
‘makes season
bright,
kids warm
Shamar Javon Byers,
30, of 111 School St.,
was charged with mur-
der Monday in the death
of 42-year-old John
Allen Pettis.
Cleveland County
Sheriff's officers said
that Pettis was fatally
shot in the neck around
9 p.m. Sunday in the
driveway of a residence
in the Long Branch
community of Grover.
The first homicide of
New Year 2010 hap-
pened after an apparent
argument between the
two men, according to
investigating officers
who said neither Byers
or Pettis lived in the
neighborhood of the
murder scene.
Byers was
without bond.
jailed
This cold snap continues
to hang on and weather
forecasters are predicting
light snow for the Piedmont
Thursday or Friday and that
could include Cleveland
County.
The cold air is causing a
lot of problems in other
precautions.
All of us face a chilly
week. Students waiting for
school buses are facing
frigid temperatures.
The last cold snap like
this one was back in Janu-
ary 1977, according to fore-
casters.
With the money they col-
lected, the school has also
been able to purchase over
25 more. Goins has visited
East several times over the
past few months, carrying a
bundle of coats or cash when
he comes.
"Because of these gentle-
New manager John Herndon stands in front of the old Herald log cabin; the new home of Pa-
keeps
ROGER GOINS
men and many community
members our children will
be warm this winter," Brand
said. "Without a doubt these
are very difficult times we
live in but this community
never ceases to amaze me."
Goins said that he was
more than happy to help and
may make the coat drive an
annual project. "The kids
need to be warm," he said.
In October, Butler pre-
dicted we might be facing a
frigid winter with the cold
and rainy spells the city had
faced in the fall. This week,
weather forecasters are pre-
dicting "colder than normal"
temperatures to last through
Friday, with a chance of
frozen precipitation Thurs-
day night. Many of the coats
have arrived just in time.
Several individuals and
businesses have contributed
to the drive for East children.
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