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OTM Triathlon
set for Saturday
The City of Kings Mountain will host the annual
Over the Mountain Triathlon on Saturday, May 19.
Part of the North Carolina Triathlon Series (NCTS),
and sanctioned by the USA Triathlon, this Olympic
length race will be the same length as the triathlon in
this summer’s Olympic Games in London, England.
In its twelfth year, the race will follow a familiar
route, a 1-mile swim across Moss Lake, a 30-mile bike
ride through four counties, three area parks and two
states and finish with the recently redesigned 10K run
through the streets of Kings Mountain. The race has
received many accolades including being voted best
‘bike portion in the 16-race series by the triathletes and
the best triathlon overall in the Charlotte Metro area.
See TRIATHLON, 5A .
SCHOOLS
Rising food
prices spike
costof
school meals
Cleveland County students will pay 30
cents more for meals during the 2012-2013
school year.
The Cleveland County Board of Educa-
tion approved the price increase Monday
night on recommendation of Child Nutrition |
Director Jada T. Brown.
‘ Brown made the recommendation, she
told the board, due to the increasing cost of
food and beverages, as well as to certify
compliance with the Healthy, Hunger-Free
Kids Act of 2010, paid lunch equity.
Previously the rates were $1 for elemen-
tary and secondary school breakfast; $1.45
for elementary lunch, $1.55 for secondary
lunch; and $1.95 for basket meals. The new
price: Breakfast - elementary and secondary,
+ $1.30; Lunch, elementary $1.75, Secondny.
$1.85, basket ‘meal $2.25.
First and Goal
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luminary during the Juminary service. (Photo by KYRA TURNER) V t h
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fieldhouse, | Relayersraise yess | Legislators
ountain purple
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Sprs Er Friday night Se RELAY 24 Raleigh
Kings Mountain Touchdown Club President David
Brinkley reports that he is “extremely pleased” with
the public’s response to a $1.3 million fund drive to
build a new field house, press box, rest rooms and con-
cession stand at Kings Mountain High School.
The first phase of the three-phase project is a
$900,000 field house which would alleviate the over-
crowdedness at the existing Bill Bates Field House,
has resulted in almost $300,000 in cash and in-kind
contributions and three-year pledges. Brinkley said ap-
proximately $170,000. more in actual money and
three-year pledges is needed before ground can be bro-
ken on the field house.
In-kind gifts are promises from local builders and
contractors who will do work at cost, or donate
ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald @gmail.com
+ The North Carolina General Assembly
gavels into session Wednesday with local
legislators from Cleve-
land County heading
to Raleigh and pledg-
ing to tackle big issues
in a short time frame.
But the Republican
lawmakers - starting
just their second term §
at the helm of both
: & : Er BM | House and Senate -
See CLUB, 5A : want to do much more.
: On the table are con- |
troversial issues rang- |
Si ign of the Times ing from drilling for |
natural gas through |
Signs mark history in West End District ©: =)
the polls.
Eight impressive green signs that stand ~~, Rep. Kelly E. Hast- | Lh
seven feet off the ground mark the entrances ~~ 18 (R-Cleveland, HASTINGS
to the city's West End Historic District. It Gaston) who repre-
was designated September 3,2010 an "His- Sens, House District
toric Place" by the National Register, which ~~ 110, says he wants fo |
has been coined a "roll call of the tangible focus on fighting for |
reminders of the history of the United jobs, cutting taxes, cut-
States." ting spending, balanc- |
ing the budget,
City crews, under the direction of | | : ;
Richard Putnam, are putting up the signs this Improving education,
Ph reducing crime, and 4
Last year the Kings Mountain Historic implementing voter. WESTMORELAND
Landmark Commission approved the sign photo IDs.
concept, looked at graphics ahd worked with Senator Wes Westmoreland (R-Cleve-
city staff to identify where the markers land, Rutherford) of District 46, says he an-
would go at nine locations. A plaque was put
up in the lobby of city hall, according to See LEGISLATORS, 5A
Landmark Commission chairman Ken
Pflieger.
a The city's Landmark Commission initi-
photo by ELLIS NoELL ated the project two years ago and the city
Mayor Rick Murphrey, Kenneth J. Filieger, chairman of the city's Historic Landmark Commission, and hired architectural and landscape historian
Davyd Foard Hood, architectural and landscape historian, left to right, are shown with one of the eight See SIGNS. 5A
signs that will go up at entrances to the West End Historical District. : : 8525700200"
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