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Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Gang lingo added to codes The following excerpt is the full amended code that was added in July to the stu- dent conduct book for Cleve- land County Schools. It can also be found on Cleveland County schools’ website. Expectation 21 - - Gang, Activity Students. enrolled in Cleveland County Schools are expected to engage in positive peer relationships. Students shall not participate in, lead or encourage others to participate in a gang, gang activity or gang behavior. A gang is in as any page CODES: Gena From Page 1 y of anything that had happened. o 4 0 This was the second revision for the code; ‘the first bap- pening in the summer of 2009. Carpenter said they consult with their attorneys on "many of the codes" to make sure they follow the law. The amended code was motioned for approval by Shearra Miller, seconded by Jack Hamrick and approved unani- mously. Tommy Greene, Kathy Falls, Richard Hooker and Dale Oliver were absent from the July 26th meeting. The Kings Mountain Herald its primary purposes or ac- tivities the commission of criminal acts and having a common name, identifying sign, colors, symbols, tat- toos, attire or other distin- guishing = characteristics. Gang activity or behavior may include: 1 - Wearing, possessing or displaying clothing, j jew- elry, tattoos, symbols, signs or other items that show af- filiation with or membership - in a gang. 2 - Communicating ver- bally or non-verbally in a manner that conveys affilia- tion with or membership in a gang. 3 - "Tagging" or other- wise defacing school prop- erty or personal property with gang or gang-related symbols, signs, names or slogans. 4 - Intimidating, Caco ing or using physical vio- MORE MONEY: awarded for downtown steakhouse project; total of $204K in grants From Page 1 lian said that the Rural Cen- ter recommended the city re- vise its earlier application, which orginially sought $252,000 for the project, and resubmit. The City of Kings Moun- tain is now set to receive an extra $108,000 "to supple- ment an earlier grant reno- yating a building for use as a restaurant," according to the Rural Center. "Nine addi- tional jobs will be created." The Mountaineer Partner- ship announced in May that the father-and-son team of Nick and Rich LaVecchia, with restaurants in Belmont and Charlotte, agreed to partner with downtown property owners Bobby Horne and Scott Campbell to renovate the southern por- tion of the old Plonk build- ‘ing for a Revolutionary War-decorated Old Stone Steakhouse, estimated then as a nearly million dollar project. The announcement has since spurred other invest- ment interest, as the city awaits word on an amended Main Street Solutions grant for another restaurant - JAX Backstreet Tavern - to locate on the first floor of the rest of the building. City council voted Tuesday to submit a grant application for another restaurant that is looking to locate in the old Grapevine building across the tracks on Battleground Ave. Rural Center grants are made possible by appropria- tions of the North Carolina General Assembly. Twenty- two grants, totaling $3.3 mil- lion, .were announced recently by the center to as- sist projects that enable the location or expansion of 32 businesses, creating 375 jobs and leveraging nearly $17 million in other public and private investments in small municipalities throughout the state. NEW: restalrant on horizon for downtown From Page 1 Total investment for the . project is estimated at $408,000 for purchasing and upfitting the building to ac- commodate a restaurant. Center Street Tavern and Restaurant ~~ opened in Cramerton in June 2009, of- fering a "unique blend of fine and casual dining with an eclectic menu", according to its website centerstreet- tavern.com ; "Killian said that the ap- plication is due in Raleigh at the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center on Sept. 3. Southeast Pain Care Sez @ Cleveland County HealthCare System } “How Pain Management Can Help You” =| A free program in recognition of Pain Awareness Month Tuesday, September 21 - 6:00 PM The Community Room at Kings Mountain Hospital | i Do you or someone you know suffer from pain? This FREE pain awareness program, with Dr. Felix Muniz and Dr. Troy Gingerich of Southeast Pain | Care, will help answer all your questions. Boxed dinners will be provided and attendees will be entered to win 2 FREE concert tickets of their choice. Call 980-487-5500 today to register. Space is limited & Kings Montain Hospital trademarks lence toward any person re- lated to gangractivity, or in- citing others to do so. 5 - Soliciting or recruiting others for gang membership or affiliation. The principal shall main- tain a regularly updated list of gang and gang-related items, symbols and behav- iors and shall notify students of the items, symbols and behaviors prohibited by this policy. Ist offense - up to five days out of school suspen- sion. 2nd offense - up to 10 days out of school suspen- sion. 3rd offense - up to 10 days of, out of school sus- pension and possible recom- mendation far long-term suspension. Before being suspended for a first offense of wearing gang-related attire, a student may receive a warning and be allowed to change or re- move the attire if the school administration determines that the student did not in- tend the attire to show gang affiliation. y Nonagenarian Mrs. Hanna turns 96 Mrs. Pauline Hanna celebrated her 96th birthday with family and friends Friday after- noon, August 27, at her home on Harmon Road in Kings Mountain. Born on August 27, 1914 in Gastonia, she was married over 75 years to the late Belon Dotson Hanna. She has two daughters: Betty Carrigan and June Barker; eight grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and two great great grandchil- dren. She retired from Firestone Textiles after working there 38 years and nine months. Page 5A Mrs. Pauline Hanna TRAILS: get some extra green to extend the greenway; to start next phase soon From Page 1 "Phase 3", which is set to consist of 2.8 miles of gravel trail, a scenic overlook plat- form, bench seating, boardwalk creek and rail crossings, and will connect to the other side of I-85 near Quality Lane. A regional bike group has agreed to con- struct mountain biking areas that will diverge from the path. Land has been allocated for three future single-track mountain biking trails, according to Bikes Belong. "The county landfill staff has offered to construct the trail and other areas will be bid out, such as bridges and boardwalks," Brutko: noted in a power point presentation she has given at meetings of local clubs. Although the Bikes Belong award marks the sixth grant, including investments of matching funds from the city and the county, that the Kings Mountain Gateway Trails has received, more money will be needed to complete Phase 3. Brutko estimates that the bidding for pri- vate contractors could total over half-a- million dollars. "We're going to need ongoing funds", Brutko added, not just to finish the trail, but also to maintain it. She said that they plan to have a paid ad- ministrator and ranger at the trails one day. Right now, volunteers help when they can. On the green The trail grants, cashing in at a total in- vestment of $890,000, are complemented by the in-kind construction of the restroom fa- cility at the trailhead by the City of Kings Mountain and the donation of private ease- ments of land valued at over $833,000, ac- cording to the trails committee. "Dwayne Stutzman, North Carolina's Western Trails specialist who worked with KM Gateway Trails, Inc., said that we were the first project in his history ‘of 20 years working with trail and park projects that re- ceived all three big state grants at one time," Brutko noted. KMGTT has applied for two additional grants ($150,000 from the Carolina Thread Trail and $2,500 from Kodak American Greenways) that the committee hopes to hear from in September. One million dollars has been earmarked for construction of greenways in Cleveland County by the CD Spangler Foundation - a county division of the Carolina Thread Trail project. If awarded the Kodak American Greenways grant, funds will be used to pay for signage and mileage markers for the trail. Several fundraisers have been held for the Gateway Trails over the past few years, in- cluding the "Mountain Mama Beauty Con- test", in 2007, which raised $7,500; raffles for a mountain bike and walking stick; a BBQ and book signing with the author of "Boone", Robert Morgan; and the Gateway 5K Run, Walk and Fun Run held in May. This is ‘great news’ The recent $5,000 grant comes at a great time. f .Brutko said that they are thrilled to re- ceive it and are excited about starting work on the next leg of the trail. This is "great news," she added. "We believe this project has tremendous potential to connect many types of riders to bike routes and paths and we are pleased to be able to support it," wrote Zoe Kircos, Bikes Belong grants manger, in an email to Brutko. To satisfy the North Carolin: Parks and Recreation Trust Fund grant of $500,000, the Gateway Trails committee hopes to complete Phase 3 of the trails by June 2011. "This part of the trail is on’Chemetall Foote, Weir Family property and Consortium for Progress (Parkgrace Mill) property that has all been given to the project in conserva- tion easements in perpetuity," Brutko said. Trails on track In other trails notes, Keith Baughman, new member of the Gateway Trails commit- tee, has produced GTTI's first newsletter; Vi- vian Duncan and Ellen Burris have signed up to be in charge of the facilities at the trail- head; and, Dennis Patterson is head of the property and grounds. Bill McCarter, Cleve- land County planning director, "has been very active, helping in many ways to move the trail forward, including clearing sections of the next phase of the trail", according to Brutko. The Gateway Trails volunteer council op- erates and maintains the facility. The trail- head currently has nine picnic tables, which employees of Baldor Electric and other vol- unteers assembled; two grills, a picnic shel- ter, kiosk, water fountain and parking for 30. The center path, about a quarter of a mile, lies on top of an old rail bed that used to serve the mines running from the main rail- road tracks that run through Kings Mountain. The cardio mountain trail winds up a small manmade mountain of mine rock and dirt that was moved from the quarry many years ago. The plateau on the north side of the trail was also formed from mine debris, but is now topped with a meadow and bountiful wildlife. A crowd of nearly 400 people attended’ the ribbon cutting and grand opening cere- mony for the trail last November. After hav- ing used a road counter, Brutko said that the trail had 2,500 visitors that weekend. 1’ all right!) ri | Up to an additional ~ $1,500 in Federal Tax Credits * * may be available with the purchase and installation of ETT RETR products \
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