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Volume 122 ¢ Issue 7 © Wednesday, ey 17,2010
New Hospice house in KM
to open as early as April
By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
Mills brothers
arrested in
Movie Gallery
robbery Friday
Thief fled scene with $1
By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
The Kings Mountain Hospice
House is set to open as early as April
and accept its first patients this
Spring.
"We're very plonsal that we are
still on schedule to open in April,"
said Executive Director of Hospice
Cleveland County Myra McGinnis.
Upon completion of the new
house; Hospice Cleveland County
will undergo two state surveys and a
Medicare survey for the site. The first
Hospice patients will be admitted
after the surveys have bees com-
pleted.
"Right now, we are in dep process
of interviewing and hiring five RNs,
‘five LPNs, and five certified nursing
assistants who will staff the Kings a :
Mountain Hospice House," McGinnis CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
said. Crews finish up work on the new Hospice house in Kings Mountain.
She added that Charlene Crepps, : Ae
of Kings Mountain, has been selected glad that we were able to promote from ish the project. Capital campaign commit-
as the director of nursing services for the within the organization and that Charlene tee members continue to make contacts to
. Kings Mountain Hospice House. has such strong ties to Kings Mountain," reach their $2.7 million goal. |
+ "Charlene has worked as our weekend McGinnis said. "We feel incredibly fortunate th have
call nurse for over four years. We're really Hospice is still seeking donations to fin- ;
See HOSPICE, 4A wm ELECTION 2010
AE IN THE SHADOWS 1 Contests develop
, City- scouts for seats as new
continue yearly candidates file
: With eight days remaining until the filing pe-
tradition
riod for the May primary ends, contests devel-
oped between two local candidates who tossed
By EMILY WEAVER their hats in the ring last week.
Editor US Congressman Patrick McHenry (R) of
Cherryville officially filed with the State Board
of Elections for re-election to the 10th District
seat in the U.S. House of Representatives Feb.
12. Republican Vance Patterson, a Burke
County business owner, filed Tuesday at the
Burke County Courthouse.
A contest developed for county coroner Feb,
10 when Bruce Wayne Arton, 302 Cherryville
Rd., Shelby, filed at the Cleveland County
Board of Elections to challenge the incumbent,
Dwight Tessneer, 108 Plantation Drive, Kings
Mountain. Both are Democrats.
"I'm focused on doing everything I can to *
keep Washington from making the economic re-
cession worse, to getting the federal budget
See RACE, 3A
Friday, 12:52 p.m.: the Movie Gallery, 207
E. King St., has just been robbed. Within hots
the Kings Mountain Police had arrested not one,
but three suspects, two of whom are brothers.
Police say that a call came into the station at
12:52 p.m. The caller stated that a robbery had
occurred at the Movie Gallery.
The complainant stated that a white male en-
tered the business wielding a knife and de-
manded money, according to police. “The clerk
complied and the male suspect fled out the door
in an unknown direction with an undisclosed
amount of money.”
According to the police report, the suspect
was able to get away with $1 in stolen currency.
Within 15 minutes, Kings Mountain Police
officers had arrested Brandon Scott Mills, 22, of
See ROBBERY, 3A
"In a tradition that began over half-a-century ago,
several young men, in an organization 100 years old,
cast their shadows behind department heads and city
leaders Friday moming.
This annual City-Scout Shadow day began in
Kings Mountain as early as the 1950s, according to
Scout Master Tommy King, who took over leading
the program in 1958. “I know they had it several
years before I started,” he said.
And there was something about this year that
made this time-honored city tradition even more
special. The Boy Scouts of America is celebrating
its 100th anniversary.
i Cody Clemens puts out a fire, while shadowing the KMFD Fri-
day morning, as Assistant Fire Chief Jamie Black and Fire-
\ fighter Eric Carroll, right, look on.
City sees
See SHADOWS, 4A
25 years a legend
Wilson steps down from elections
more snow °
| oh board, honored for years of service
mere lo By ELIZABETH STEWART crat Joyce Falls Cashion of Kings Mountain
come? Staff writer for a seat on the county board of commis-
sioners.
Ruth B. Wilson's influence on the Cleve- "I lost," said Ruth, who was asked to run
land County Board of Elections is legend. again but declined saying that her goal was to
Early during her nearly 25 year tenure on Serve on the board of elections. ;
the board Wilson pushed for new voter ma- Wilson retired last March after nearly a
Kept chines for the county to speed up the election quarter century on the elections board. Now
Kings Mountain citi- process. Not so in the early days when hand she can put bumper stickers on her car sup-
zens inside by the fire- counting of ballots was a tedious all-night porting her favorite candidates and get out
side. job. and "beat the bushes" for them.
A second winter
snow storm blanketed
the area with the fluffy
white stuff Friday and
the bitter cold kept
The lifetime Republican has been hon-
City crews were out
until about 5 a.m. Sat-
urday clearing the
roads. No power out-
ages were reported.
"We had everything
ready to go before the
first flakes fell with
supplies, salt and snow-
plows on standby until
thawing began and our
crews were out on both
sides of town under the
direction of Supt.
Jackie Barnette," said
Mayor Rick Murphrey.
The mayor said he
measured about three
inches of snow in his
See SNOW, 3A
Wilson also published the first handbook
for officers and committees and the first by-
laws for the state association with her inau-
guration as the state president. By all
accounts she was an advocate in fair and
honest conducting of non-partisan elections.
Even before she became active on the
county board as secretary she served as
precinct judge and registrar and ran for of-
fice on the Republican ticket against Demo-
Happy, Customers
ored with the Lifetime Achievement award
from the Cleveland County GOP and the first
Ruth B. Wilson leadership award from the
Republican Party. The State Board of Elec-
tions recognized Ruth for outstanding service
and the Cleveland County Board of Com-
missioners recognized her at a recent meet-
ing. Debra Blanton, Director of the Board of
See WILSON, 7A
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