SPORTS, 1C
'KMHS kickers sweep
Huss in home opener
be a hospital within a hospital
BREAKER, BREAKER:
City approves $344K
contract for new radios
#2 ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald @gmail.com
City Council Monday voted to move ahead with the latest
technology and awarded a $344,079.12 contract for a new
digital radio system mandated by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission to be in place in all cities by Jan. 1, 2013.
The system will be purchased at a savings of $804,476, ac-
cording to the city, and it will enhance public safety and
cover a transmission range of at least 35 miles.
In a related action during a special meeting the coungil
also adopted a resolution approving BB&T financing terms
for the digital system and upgrades to the radio tower in the
total amount of $435,000.
The new system, targeted for a June 1 installation, will
have 167 mobile radios and 145 portable radios operating on
it with the capability of growing to up to 16,000 users. The
new 450 megahertz system is Internet-protocol based and
built on a platform that will grow with changing computer
technology, according to Communications Consultant Andy
Underwood in his presentation to council.
See CITY, 5A
Gateway Growing
Committee hopes this year's
race will be biggest one yet. The
greenway needs some green.
EMILY WEAVER
Editor
The annual Gateway 5K, much like the trail the fundraiser
supports, is growing. This year, for
the first time in the trail's three year S
history a 10K race will be added to IN iD E
the event and a new leg of the ; ined
greenway will be open to the run. Registration IS
Gateway Trails Committee Pres- underway for the
ident Shirley Brutko hopes thé
April 28th run will attract its largest Gateway 5K/ 10K
crowd yet - they need the money. In race, 3A
a memo to the Cleveland County
Board of Commissioners and Kings Mountain City Council
the committee notes that they have received state and federal
grants and funds from the county to cover $975,000 worth
of expenses for the trail, now in its third phase of construc-
tion. But the non-profit group's expenditures for the green-
way have added up to $1,002,797. They need $27,797 to get
See GATEWAY, 3A
The North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation has approved a request for Kings Mountain Hospital to be-
come a ‘hospital within a hospital’, with Crawley Memorial set to be its new tenant.
Crawley Memorial set to
move to Kings Mountain
EMILY WEAVER
Editor
More long-term care beds are
coming to Kings Mountain Hos-
pital in a deal to relocate Boiling
Springs’ Crawley Memorial
Hospital to settle a debt with
Cleveland County HealthCare
System, according to state find-
ings in a Certificate of Need ap-
plication review. The application
filed by Crawley Memorial was
approved and issued on Jan. 18.
"CCHS proposes to relocate
28 (of 41) long-term care hospi-
tal beds from CMH to KMH in
space to be leased from KMH by
CMH", creating a hospital
within a hospital, according to
the North Carolina Division of
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Health Service Regulation. The
remaining 13 beds are set to be
"delicensed".
"As part of the obo proj-
ect, KMH will de-license 25
acute care beds to accommodate
the relocation," according to the
state, leaving them with a total
of 47 acute care beds. "In a sep-
arate certificate-of-need applica-
tion, CMH proposes to relocate
10 nursing facility beds to
Cleveland Pines Nursing Center.
* Upon completion of both proj-
ects, no licensed beds in any cat-
egory will remain at CMH."
In its application, Crawley
"anticipates transferring its real
property to CCHS as repayment
See KMH, 5A
KYRA A. TURNER
Hungry for ‘Hunger Games’ premier
Tourism officials anticipate movie to have big draw here
kyra.kmherald@gmail com
Movie theatre managers all across
America are counting on the new fran-
chise, "The Hunger Games", to be the
next series sensation since the "Harry
Potter" and "Twilight" craze.
"The Hunger Games" has gotten so
much exposure that the Carmike Mall
10 cinema, in Shelby, has pre-sold 300
tickets for a special showing on Thurs-
day, March 22, at midnight.
"We expect at least 300 or more
fans for the rest of the weekend," a
staff member reported.
"The Hunger Games" is set to in-
vade theaters on Friday and tourism
officials think the film will have a big
impact on North Carolina, where
much of the motion picture was
filmed.
In "The Hunger Games", Katniss
Everdeen and her family live in the
country of Panem and in District 12.
"Most of the film and the trailer was’ -
filmed in Shelby. When shots of Dis-
trict 12 are shown those are shots of
our own county," said Jackie Sibley,
director of travel and tourism in
Cleveland County.
Not only was Shelby the home of
District 12, it was also home to the fa-
mous "reaping scene" in the movie
where Katniss saves her sister, Prim,
from the horrid hunger games.
"The Hunger Games", based on the
national best selling series, switches
fans from the page arena to the big
screen.
Sibley expects this movie will have
a significant economic impact on
Cleveland County.
"We have already hosted several
media tours showing where some of
See HUNGER, 5A
ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald@gmail.com
GROVER - "A year from now we
‘may not need an ordinance regulating
Internet Sweepstakes,"
man Bill Willis.
Even as the Grover Town Council
met Thursday night for the first of
many discussions planned this year on
says Council-
a'proposed ordinance, two more sweep-
stake establishments opened, increasing
the number to five. And board members
learned that a divided State Court of
Appeals had last week struck down
North Carolina's ban on video sweep-
stakes machines, ruling "the law is over
broad and infringes on the free speech
rights of their operators.”
"Another truck.
The decision, if ultimately upheld,
train.
Grover talks sweepstakes, 2 more open
could reopen arguments on whether the
state should regulate the machines and
tax them.
A three-judge panel ruled 2-to-1 to
throw out the 2010 law, which support-
ers have said was.designed to rid an-
other form of video gambling after the
General Assembly banned traditional
See SWEEPS, 5A
Another train. Another wreck.
Police say those "do not
cross" signs at the Oak Street
and Gold Street crossings are
there for a reason.
For the second time since
January a tractor-trailer
snagged March 14 on the
railroad tracks at Oak Street
(across from Clark Tire) and
the trailer was smashed in
two by a Norfolk Southern
train.
See ANOTHER, 5A
A truck stuck at the Oak Street crossing March 14 was ripped in two by a Norfolk Southern
Photo by KYRA TURNER / HERALD
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