February 15, 2012
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NEEDED: One alert dog
for a restful nights sleep
FROM Page 3A
"the waiting list, but in order to get the serv-
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ice dog his family will have to pay the bal-
ance of $19,000 over a two-year period. The
, cost includes training and ongoing support,
not to mention a restful night.
What is diabetes?
In the case of type 1 diabetes, also known
as juvenile diabetes, the body does not pro-
duce insulin.
“Insulin is a hormone that is needed to
convert sugar, starches and other food into
energy needed for daily life. Only 5% of peo-
ple with diabetes have this form of the dis-
ease," according to the American Diabetes
Association.
One in 20 people affected by this disease
die from low blood sugar.
Why a diabetic alert dog?
Diabetic alert dogs are trained to recog-
nize and alert on the scent of low and/or high
blood sugar in diabetics. Implanted glucose
‘monitoring systems are often 20-30 minutes
behind a fully-trained alert dog.
: PHOTOS by MICHAEL BRAMLET
Smoke rose from Crowders Mountain Monday as crews con-
ducted a prescribed burn to help promote forest growth.
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RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS
Nine area restaurants and a school lunch-
room were among the county facilities in-
spected by the Cleveland County Health
- Department Jan. 23-27. :
They include: J. Oliver's, S. Battleground
Ave., 98.5; McDonalds, York road, 96.0;
Quality Inn Breakfast, York Road, 98.5;
Ronda's Kitchen, S. Battleground Ave., 98.0;
Silver Villa, E. King St., 93.0; Subway,
Dixon School Road, 98.0; Taco Bell, York
Road, 98.0, includes two extra
points added to the final score when any
employee working at the facility has attended
an approved food handling course; the Club-
house Bar & Grill, Country Club Dr.; 95.5;
and KM Middle School, Phifer Road, 101.0,
includes two extra points added to the final
score when an employee working at the fa-
cility has attended an approved food handing
course.
SHOWCASE: opens at city hall Tuesday
FROM Page 1
Exhibits will be judged on how well they
are tied-in to the theme and ribbons will
mark the exhibits prior to their display Tues-
“day night. :
"Presenting sponsors are First National
Bank and Warlick & Hamrick Insurance
Agency. Sponsors are the City of Kings
_ Mountain, Kings Mountain Hospital, Kings
Mountain Woman's Club and Premier Fed-
eral Credit Union.
Food sponsors are Big E BBQ, Cherokee
Street Tavern, Food Lion, Kentucky Fried
Chicken, Linwood Restaurant, and Subway.
"This will be a fun night with surprises
and an opportunity for the public to view ex-
hibits that show what our community is ac-
complishing in many areas of business," said
Brutko.
FIVE: from KM file for reelection; many in state
have decided not to run with redistricting in effect
BURRIS-FLOYD
FROM Page 1
committee dealing with mod-
ifying the state's Racial Jus-
tice Act and death penalty
litigation,
A contest has already de-
veloped for the county regis-
ter of deeds position where
Bonnie Reece is challenged
by Shelley Wray Roberts of
Shelby. Both are Democrats.
Roberts was the first candi-
date to file Monday at the
Cleveland County Board of
Elections in Shelby, followed
closely by Reece, Hawkins,
Hutchins, Accor and Moore.
Pearl Burris-Floyd of Dal-
las also faces a GOP Primary
with incumbent Rep. Kelly
Hastings of Cherryville for
the District 110 seat .in the
N.C. House. She announced
her intentions to run several
weeks ago for the seat she
held in 2009-2010.
North Carolina is already
assured of its heaviest politi-
cal turnover in years with an-
nouncements recently that
Governor Beverly Perdue,
Republican Congresswoman
Sue Myrick, two other mem-
bers of the US Congress and
31 North Carolina legislators
won't seek reelection, many
retiring apparently because of
redistricting.
"It's sure to be a night-
mare," says Ronnie Hawkins.
Offices up for election
this year include the 10th
Congressional seat in the US
House of Representatives
. now held by Rep. Patrick
McHenry (R) of Cherryville
who filed for reelection Mon-
day. After being redrawn by
the N.C. General Assembly,
the 10th Congressional Dis-
trict. now includes all of
Cleveland, Gaston, Polk,
Rutherford and Lincoln
Counties and parts of Bun-
combe and Catawba.
The N.C. General Assem-
bly redrew maps last sum-
mer, moving Burke County
out of Senate District 44.
Now Burke joins Cleveland
County to form District 46
where Senator Wes West-
moreland of Shelby was ap-
pointed to represent the
“HASTINGS
DANIEL
district after resignation of
Senator Debbie Clary. A hot
race is shaping up for the dis-
trict 46 seat between incum-
bent Republican Senator
Warren Daniel of Morganton
and retired Burke County
Sheriff John McDevitt, a De-
mocrat, who served as sher-
iff from 1998 until his
retirement last June. McDe-
vitt, who grew up in Cleve-
land County, is son of former
Kings Mountain Police Chief
* Tom McDevitt.
Filing closes at noon on
Monday, Feb. 29 with a Pri-
mary set for May 8.
Moore, who filed for elec-
tion to his sixth term in the
. newly redrawn 111th House
District, said his focus the
last two terms has been job
development and toughening
our laws with respect to
criminals. Said Moore, "The
most important issue now
continues to be job develop-
ment and retention. Many
folks in Cleveland County
are still out of work and I
think nothing is more impor-
tant at the moment than mak-
ing our state and region
attractive for companies to
locate and expand." Moore
was also instrumental in the
passage of the Jessica
Lunsford Act that signifi-
cantly increased penalties for
sex offenders and the passage
of Laura's Law that tough-
ened the state's laws for re-
peat DWI offenders.
Said McHenry, "The most
important part of my job is
listening to feedback from
the folks I represent and that's
why I hold town hall meet-
ings across the district." He
added, "My number one pri-
ority is to get the government
out of the way so that small
businesses, the engine of our
McDEVITT
economy, can create jobs.
That's why I introduced and
the House overwhelmingly
. passed legislation to help en-
trepreneurs raise money and
create jobs."
Ken E. Fortenberry, editor
and publisher of News@Nor-
man, a weekly newspaper in
Denver, announced this week
that he is challenging
McHenry for his seat in Con-
gress.
" stand firm on my record
as state Senator," said Daniel,
who added that for the first
time in decades, counties,
municipalities and school
systems had a state budget
returned to them by the end
of June - with plenty of time
for them to complete their
own budgets. Daniel contin-
ued, "Instead of getting an
annual tax increase, my con-
stituents had money come
back to their own wallets
when I voted to end a tempo-
rary sales tax. For the first
time in 40 years our state
government is being reorgan-
ized to make it more efficient
and less wasteful."
McDevitt called for the
end of "hard line partisan
politics" to get the govern-
ment moving again. He said
people told him a week after
forming an exploratory com-
mittee that they wanted leg-
islators "in Raleigh who
aren't politicians who can
reach across the aisle and get
something done." He noted
in his announcement that ed-’
ucation funding cuts, jobs
and the economy are major
concerns of residents of
Burke and Cleveland coun-
ties. Healthcare, taxes and
immigration are also con-
cerns. "But mostly, people
want to see an effective gov-
ernment," said McDevitt.
JOINT HEARING: sst Tuesday for county, city incentives for new data center
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officials have said the an-
nouncement will be "big"
and that the company will be
an asset for the region. The
$100 million project could
~ bring 106 new full-time per-
manent jobs to the county
over the next 48 months.
According to a public
hearing announcement,
county commissioners "be-
lieve that this project will
provide local economic ben-
efits for the citizens of
Cleveland County through
an increase in sales tax rev-
enues and the increased pur-
“chases of local goods and
services's
The data center will be-
come a new water, sewer and
natural gas customer of the
city. A 3.09 percent franchise
tax on the amount of elec-
tricity used by data centers
will equate to extra money in
the city's general fund each
year. Data centers are con-
sidered to be large energy
customers, consuming 30-80
percent more energy to oper-
-ate per square foot than a
typical office building.
With all of the electricity
data centers typically use, an
abundant water supply is key
to cooling off all of the com-
puters and machines the cen-
ters employ. The county, too,
will have a new water cus-
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Incentive deals for “Pro-
ject Blue Ridge”, which cul-
minated in Wipro’s move to
the farm, included help with
, grants, extra water, speedy
permits, a waive of all fees
for permitting, inspection,
development, utility connec-
tions, and others normally
charged by the city or
county; and, a tremendous
break in property taxes (re-
funds of 70 percent of all
real property taxes and 85
percent of all personal prop-
erty taxes paid), all over a 10
year span. :
Wipro, in turn, promised
to. bring 31 permanent full-
time jobs, buildings and in-
stallation of machinery and
equipment that would lead to
a total investment of approx-
‘imately $600 million to the
county over the next 10
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Roosevelt", promised to
bring 45 permanent jobs (in-
cluding contract labor) and a
$200 million tax investment
when it was offered a waiver
of city property taxes for 30 .
years; waiver of 65 percent
of county property taxes for
10 years; help with building,
permits and waiver of con-
nection fees with the city;
and help from both the
county and the city with the
extension of a water line to
the property, covered by
state grants.
City officials hoping to
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