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Ee KM’s Denese Stallings to retire after 32 years in health field By ELIZABETH STEWART staff writer Cleveland County Health Department Execu- tive Director Denese Stallings is retiring May 1 after career as a health profes- sional. “De- nese has had a very successful career at the Cleveland County Health Department and her See STALLINGS, 3A Grover man cuffed for hauling 583 Ibs. of pot A Grover man was re- cently arrested for hauling nearly 600 pounds of marijuana along an inter- state in Louisiana. Stacey Hopper, 22, was driving a U-Haul truck down Interstate 12 when authorities say that they pulled him over for a moving violation. Suspi- cions during the stop led to a search of the truck, ~ which ended with Hopper - in handcuffs. Police found 583 pounds of mar- .See POT, 3A Open potato planting for CCPP Friday Members of the Cleve- land County Potato Proj- ect plan to plant seed potatoes for their initiative to feed the hungry Friday morning. This is the third plant: ing the group has con- ducted so far, but it will be the first one done by an all-volunteer work force, said Doug Sharp, one of the founding members of -CCPP who lives in the Moss Lake community in Kings Mountain. They will begin plant- ing on a plot of land at 1327 W. Stagecoach Trail, Lawndale, on the property of Jack Lee, at 8 a.m. See POTATO, 3A Auditions for ‘Funny Money’ begin Friday at Joy Theatre Mountaineer kickers blank Shelby in first season match More CRITTERS Thornburg finds ‘Grace’ in man’s best friend ©000000c0sc0s0sscsccsseen ings Mat Volume 122 ¢ Issue 11 SIE March 17, 2010 KM man charged with 21 counts of operating machines and gambling; seven terminals confiscated; two others from KM charged in BC raid By EMILY WEAVER Editor Kings Mountain businessman Don John- son faces 10 counts of operating a video gaming machine and 11 counts of gambling in Gaston County after police raided two gaming locations they suspected were under his "domain" in Bessemer City. Gaston County Police have also charged April Morrison, 33, of 129 McGinnis St., Kings Mountain, and Kathy Bush, 53; of 1010 Watertank Rd., Kings Mountain, with one and five counts each, respectively, of gambling and operating a video gaming ma- chine. Criminal summons issued by GCPD were served without incident March 10 by officers of the Kings Mountain Police Department. Gaston County Police Det. M.T. Dellinger said that although each case will stand alone in court, all three are related. Morrison and Bush were working at the locations that were under investigation, he added. Dellinger said that Johnson is suspected to have "domain" over both of the businesses and is owner of one at 905 Gastonia Hwy. Johnson, 50, seems to be no stranger to the video sweepstakes business. For the past few months, Johnson's sea- — — Dilling Heating or Vice Since 1955 EMILY WEAVER/HERALD Gaston County Police have been hard-nosed against video sweepstakes centers that have popped up throughout the area, like those pictured here, which take up nearly the entire stretch of Main Street in Grover. In a recent raid on two establishments in Bessemer City, three from KM have been charged; one with ties to Grover. Unlike Gaston County, Cleveland has shied away from prosecuting those involved with sweepstakes video gaming. Towns have had to look to zoning laws and creating new ordinances to control the spread. sonal’ Hwy. 161 produce market on York Road has donned a new sign, simply ex-. claiming: "SWEEPSTAKES". Many of the properties he owns, which line Main Street in Grover, have also been housing gaming centers since as early as April last year. Investigation Gaston County Police say they have kept an eagle eye on the Bessemer City locations for over two years. After months of investi- gation they were able to wrap up the case by confiscating seven machines and charging at least four people. When the investigation began, the gam- ing consoles at these locations were no dif- ferent from the old Keno machines. "For lack of a better term," See GAMING, 7A Springing into work The weather has slowed progress on the new 84-unit E. Gold Street apartment complex but spring-like > weather a couple days this week is giving construction workers for Pendegraph Company of Greens- boro a chance to pour concrete and . put up some walls. The new hous- ing, expected to be competed in 2010, will provide 38 units for sen- ior citizens. Happy Customers Dur Db als o Fr aa {a Business! 209 S. Battleground Ave., Kings Mountain ¢ 704.739.5411 www.alliancebankandtrust.com © MEMBER FDIC By EMILY WEAVER Editor Guard challenges gute students Their mission, if the Career-Technical stu- dents at Kings Mountain High chose to ac- cept it, was to partake in a variety of challenging courses on Monday. Nearly 800 accepted that mission and enjoyed a class pe- riod of excitement where "be all you can be" was put to the test. Waiting for them was a high-rise rope walking course, a surfing simulator, a push- up mat and a shooting range with paint ball guns. Retired and active members of the Army National Guard brought these challenging ac- tivities to the high school. The field of mis- sions was stationed behind the Business, See GUARD, 4A EMILY WEAVER/HERALD NEXT STEP'S A DOOZY - Students at Kings Mountain High participate in the rope walking course outside of the school's BIT building on Monday. Alliance Bank&Trust “Building Communities i Sonat Baw ih ried brand
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