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: : i J , / 71 7 Ph, ; | ite MLR Allg Volume 124 + Issue 78» Wednesday, May 2; 2012+ 75¢ CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TODAY! Get the Look! vely the Best Care in Grooming PAWSITIVE TOUCH GROOMING 786 Bell Rd., Kings Mountain 8 4 VL £L hil deal taps -] \ Hot decisions boiling up to Primary Tuesday You decide MAY 8 =: EMILY WEAVER Editor Voters will head to the polls May 8th to elect their favorites in party races for a vari- ety of county, state and Congressional seats. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. A hot race has developed for seats on the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners and a hot-button issue of whether or not to change the state's constitution regarding mar- riage has already brought several voters to the polls. On May 8th, polls will be open at Bethle- hem Baptist Church's Life Enrichment Cen- ter, 1017 Bethlehem Rd.; Grover Town Hall, 207 Mulberry Rd., Grover; Kings Mountain Family YMCA (back entrance) for those re- siding in the KM North district; 211 N. Cleveland Ave.; Mauney Memorial Library for those residing in the KM South voting district, 100 S. Piedmont Ave.; Oak Grove Baptist Church's Fellowship Hall, 1022 Oak * Grove Rd.; and, Waco Community Building, 200 S. Main St., Waco. One stop voting at the Cleveland County Board of Elections, 215 Patton Dr., Shelby, continues through Saturday (8-1 p.m; Wednesday-Friday, 8-6 p.m.). Locally, a hot race has developed for three seats on the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners. Incumbents Ronnie Hawkins and J ohnny Hutchins, both Republicans, will face Jeff Gregory and Susan K. Allen in the Primary, where only the top three vote getters will re- main in the race. See VOTERS, 7A Man struck, killed by train TT KYRA TURNER /HERALD KM Police investigate scene along tracks. Christopher Lynn Wright, 45, of 701 Church Street was morning by a Norfolk South- ern train as police say he was walking along the fracks near Battleground Avenue and King Street. Shortly before 6:47 a.m. railroad officials aboard the train, traveling northbound, spotted a man walking northbound along the tracks and attempted to alert him numerous times, according to Kings Mountain Police. "However, the individual failed to get clear from the train which resulted in his death," according to Det. Cpl. J.T. McDougal. Anyone with further in- formation about the incident is-asked to call Kings Moui= tain Police at 704-734-0444. New townhouses get the oreen light from council The 800 block of East King Street will soon be home to Cambridge Oaks Apart- ments, 56 townhouses on 7.7 acres - an esti- mated $2 million project. Kings Mountain City Council gave the green light last Tues- day night to Greenway Residential Develop- ment Company of Charlotte and rezoned the property of Kiser Enterprises. The parcel is familiarly known as "Kiser's field" owned by Kiser Enterprises of Belle- vue, Washington. John Kiser, formerly of Kings Mountain, asked for the rezoning from General Business to Conditional Use. Kings Mountain lawyer Tim Moore, who represented the developers, said the apart- KM runners finish 1st in Gateway ments should be ready for occupancy by March 2013. He said the property was sold for nearly $300,000. Greenway officials at the public hearing conducted by city council were developer Brad Parker, engineer David Odum, and de- signer John Wood of Cline Design and Asso- ciates. Moore said the apartments will be similar to Kings Manor, Cleveland Ridge and Kings Row apartments in Kings Mountain but will have a townhouse style with a common breezeway and will be constructed in groups of eight. See APARTMENTS, 7A Grant could bring more jobs to city Five or more jobs could be coming if a building reuse and restoration grant is approved for a manufacturing operation at 606 Charles Street. Kings Mountain City Council last Tuesday author- ized Mayor Rick Murphrey to submit a grant application for $35,000 to the North Carolina Rural Center. The grant eligible building upfit items and is contingent on creation of jobs, according to Steve Killian, the city’s director of Planning and Economic De- the full story, 7A. EMILY WEAVER / HERALD Kings Mountain’ s Kate Crowell nears the finish line in Saturday’s Gateway 10K. She finished first overall. Read velopment. The property is owned by Ruppe & Woody Associates Inc. The total tax value of the building and land is $237,694. struck and killed Monday | amount requested is based on photo by REG ALEXANDER Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks to a crowd at 238 Cherokee Street Tavern, while NC GOP Vice Chair Wayne King, left, and restaurant owner Robert Bolin, right, look on. Supporters urge Newt not to drop out, Newt rallies them to defeat Obama . EMILY WEAVER . Editor Although not out-right retracting his bid for the presidency Wednesday at a stop in Kings Mountain, Republican candidate Newt Gingrich did say that he believed Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will be named the party's nominee. The remark, which garnered a "say it ain't so, Newt" reaction from supporters in the crowd at 238 Cherokee Street Tavern, came amid the speaker's 16-minute call to action for America. "This may be the most important elec- tion in our lifetime because I think a re- elected (President Barack) Obama would be a disaster," Gingrich said. After the event, Margaret Pearson and her son, Isaac, agreed: anybody but Obama. "I want you, not Romney," one woman said from the crowd. "If he gets the nomi- nation, how do we make sure that your ideals and your philosophies get heard and implemented?" " think you can count on me remaining noisy," Gingrich told the crowd. "I really want to make this clear to every conserva- tive in the country, this is not about perfec- tion. We can all have things we disagree about...but if you take who Romney is going to pick as a judge and you take who Obama is going to pick as a judge, you're talking about two different planets and you can go down a long list like that." - Reports last week indicated Gingrich was set to formally exit the race on Tuesday - and that Romney had already invited him to join his team. Gingrich told supporters at a Gaston County GOP breakfast in Cramerton and at lunch in Kings Mountain, last week, that he is still committed to uniting the party and in making sure Obama is a one-term presi- dent. State GOP Vice Chairman Wayne King echoed the goal as he introduced the former House speaker. "If we elect a conservative team this fall that doesn't mean the left is going to go away. They're going to do everything they can to fight us next year," Gingrich said. "I think everybody is going to have an oppor- tunity to be active and to be involved. 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