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| Kings Mol Volume 123 of the week It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that SWING’ You may hear one of these classic Big Band tunes, like this one once sung by Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, at “Swingtime Canteen”, a rip roarin’ canteen show pulled right out of the 1940’s, which premieres at the Joy Performance Center Thurs- day night at 7:30. Check it out, 6A ‘It’s the eye of the tiger, it’s the cream of the fight’ David McDonald, 7th grade social studies teacher by day, Masked Ranger by night, is warming up. He's running stairs. He's eating lightning and downing egg yolks. For Friday night he must face the Sheik from the Middle East in a lights out wrestling match he can’t afford to lose. be Check it out, 4A ‘Little Red Riding Hood, you sure are lookin good...’ “...You're everything that a big bad wolf could want.” This Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs tune hints that the woods can be a spooky place, even fof fabled babes. But the end isn’t always “THE END”. Find out what really happens to Little Red Riding Hood and other fairytale char- acters in the KMHS drama depart- ment’s new production of “Into the Woods” which premieres Friday night. Check it out, 6A Helping kids with cancer Two fundraisers this weekend will be held to raise money and hope for two chil- dren battling cancer. 8 Timmy Baucom, a freshman at Kings Mountain High, was diagnosed over the holidays with Burkitt’s lymphoma. Justice Harris, who just turned one year old on Valentine’s Day 4 is battling leukemia and a kidney disease. | Family members | suspected something was wrong with baby Justice when, for months, he wasn’t gaining weight. Justice went in for a check-up and blood tests re- vealed the cancer. Fourteen-year-old Timmy is the son of Roxanne and Mark Baucom See FUNDRAISERS, 5A ll 898525002 TIMMY BAUCOM JUSTICE HARRIS PN Banks Trust A crowd gathers inside of City Hall on the first night of the 12th nia Business Sroweass lest Your 13th Business Showcase now open By ELIZABETH STEWART Staff writer Suzanne Amos's leadership and enthusiasm in promoting Kings Mountain as a Main Street Community and her ef- forts to spur new business as President of Mountaineer Part- nership earned her recognition Tuesday night as Kings Moun- tain's Business Person of the Year for 2011. The Kings Mountain insur- ance-woman was presented the prestigious award at the open- ing of the 13th annual Business Showcase underway through March 18 at Kings Mountain City Hall., "Suzanne has demonstrated such energy in promoting Kings Mountain in her out- standing contributions to the community of Kings Moun- tain, the Cleveland County Chamber and Cleveland County," said Shirley Brutko, executive director of the Kings Mountain Chamber office. Amos, daughter of the late city councilman Jim Amos and Lib Amos, is married. to" FT RETR iy A RO RT Te PEA PO RA Ca e. A A Barly Trad n of Service & Under Fig 108 S. Piedmont Ave. Kings Mountain, NC 739-2591 Ronald Anderson and has a daughter. A representative of New York Life, she also serves as chairman of the KM Cham- ber advisory council. Kings Mountain was desig- nated last year as a Main Street Community. The plaque presentation to Amos was a highlight of the Business Showcase opening which also featured ribbons to winners in the 53 displays from local businesses on the theme "Main Street." The event at- ‘SUZANNE AMOS Business Person of Year See SHOWCASE, 5A City eyes data park for annexation By ELIZABETH STEWART . Staff writer Kings Mountain City Council has set a public hearing March 29 at 6 p.m. at City Hall on a request for voluntary annexation of 98 acres of land, the proposed location on Riverside Court at Countryside Road for data centers. The property is owned by TS @ Kings Mountain, LLC. The area can be provided with fire serv- ices, water and sewer services that are sub- stantially equivalent to those within the corporate limits. Last month City Council gave the green light to Mann Associates to rezone 112 acres at Kings Crossing on S. Countryside Road; which paves the way for potential fu- ture commercial use as data farms. Last November Gov. Beverly Perdue was in Kings Mountain to announce that T5 Partners of Atlanta had sold the former Chris Craft building to Infocrossing, a di- vision of Wipro Technologies LTD, coined the “Microsoft of India” for a $30 million project to convert it into a highly secure ' server farm. ¥5 Partners specializes in re- cruiting data farm companies. Last October it was announced that RST Communications is installing miles of all- fiber lines for a fiber optics network that ex- tends to the new data center farm across from the Cleveland County Industrial Park. “The city continues to work to provide a business climate inductive to attracting jobs to existing businesses and new industry be- cause jobs are our number one priority,” said Mayor Rick Napier He added that. new jobs coming to dita centers are all full time jobs and he said that the city is work- ing with county and state government to bring jobs to Kings Mountain. City Council at Tuesday’s meeting re- ceived application from Wallace Properties for downtown incentive grants totaling $11,000 recommended by the downtown incentive advisory committee for resolution okayed by council. Steve Wallace plans to construct a fa- cade at 203 S. Battleground Ave., the Ed- ward Jones building, and restore the old McGill Exxon Service Station at 100 E. King St. The city requires that all historical fa- cade construction be completed before in- centive grants are awarded to applicants. Sanger Heart clinic opens at KM hospital Patel, and Dr. Huajun Liu. EMILY WEAVER/HERALD Doctors of the new Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute inside of Kings Mountain Hospital welcomed guests who toured their new facility Thursday night. Left to right, Dr. Douglas R. Boyette, Dr. Sanjay Building Confidence. Building Trust. Building Smiles, 209 S. Battleground Ave., Kings Mountain ® 704.739.5411 Sanger Heart and Vascu- lar Institute cut the ribbon at its new Kings Mountain lo- cation at Kings Mountain Hospital Thursday to a large crowd who toured the clinic and were introduced to the three new cardiologists on the staff. Sheri DeShazo, Kings Mountain Hospital Adminis- trator, welcomed Dr. Doug Boyette, Dr. Sanjay Patel and Dr. Huajan Liu to Kings + Mountain: The three physi- cians are seeing patients in the clinic on Monday and Friday afternoons and are available five days a week for testing procedures, con- sultations and admissions. “We are excited to offer these additional services at our local hospital.” said De- Shazo, adding that patients are finding prevention as See NEW CLINIC, 5A www.alliancebanknc.com o MEMBER FDIC
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