June 6, 2012 s
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KING: elected to be ing’ of NC delegates at Republican National Convention
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policies of the Re-
publican Party and
the far-left extrem-
ist views of Presi-
dent Obama and
his liberal cronies.”
King will be
succeeding United
States Senator
Richard Burr as
.N Chairman of the
PIE Delegation. Burr
WAYNE KING chaired the delega-
tion to the 2008
Republican ~~ Na-
: tional Convention in Minneapolis / St. Paul.
King is also succeeding Burr on the Platform
Committee. The Platform Committee, whose pur-
pose is to construct the Party Platform which out-
lines the Party's core beliefs and the Party's stance
on key issues facing our nation, is traditionally
comprised of some of the top Republican leaders
from around the nation.
In addition to Senator Richard Burr, 2008 Plat-
form Committee members included Senator Con-
rad Burns, Governor Haley Barbour, Governor
Robert Bentley, Congressman Kevin McCarthy,
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Congress-
man Heather Wilson, and RNC Chairman Mike
* Duncan.
FEM EERR CREE RSF IRTERBREENRRTI IES
“I want to thank everyone at the Convention
who supported my selection as a delegate,” King
concluded, “And I want to thank my fellow dele-
gates for selecting me to chair the delegation and
to represent North Carolina on the Platform Com-
mittee. I am humbled by their support, and I will
work tirelessly on their behalf.”
King, considered one of the "young guns! of
the Republican Party, unseated the state GOP's in-
cumbent vice chair last year at the state conven-
tion. At 30 years old, he was perhaps the youngest
man in the country to take the second most-high
position in a state Republican party.
At27,1n 2007, he was well on his way beating
out two opponents for chairman of the Cleveland
County Republican Party. Two years later, he was
i chairman of the 10th Congressional Dis-
trict. And now, in his service as NCGOP vice
chair, King continues to fight for the Party he
loves. -
As vice chair, he helped organize a North Car-
olina tour for then-presidential candidate Newt
Gingrich, which brought the candidate to King's
hometown of Kings Mountain. His three-year-old
son, Noah, sat beside him as Gingrich addressed a
packed house at 238 Cherokee Street Tavern April
23.
In a speech to delegates last year, King said that -
Republicans must actively recruit young people
into their party.
“We have the opportunity to impact an entire
‘generation of new Republicans,” he told The Her-
ald in 2011. “Our message is right, but we have to
have leaders in our party who understand how to
package it and deliver it to young people."
* This will be King's third time attending a Re-
publican National Convention, but his first time
serving on the prestigious platform committee.
One male and one female delegate from each state |:
are chosen to serve on the committee.
CCGOP to meet Monday
“Time for Cleveland County Republicans to
pull together for an ‘all in’ effort for our campaign
to re-gain our government,” says Thomas Tanguay
of the Cleveland County GOP.
The local Republican Party will meet, for that = |
purpose, Monday, June 11th, at the County Ad-
ministration Building, 311 E. Marion St., Shelby at
7:00 p.m.
This Monday’s meeting will be the first of two
“sign up” meetings. August 13th will be the sec-
ond.
During these two meetings the party will bring
together the people who will run the organizations
that ultimately will “Get Out The Vote”. The party
will have posted the committee organizations des-
ignated to do that throughout the campaign cycle
through to Election Day. Some of the committees
will be in charge of running Party headquarters,
county Fair operations, telephone support, candi-
date field support, poll information activity, lawn
sign processing, and various fundraising projects.
The first 25 people who sign up to help will re-
ceive a miniature US flag with pedestal with the
party’s gratitude.
For more information, visit ccgop.com
LANDOWNERS: seek fo be annexed into city limits at council meeting
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Austin said that one of the original businesses
dropped out of the program before the funds were
-spent on that business in 2011. The city submitted
an amended application to NC Department of
Community Investment and Assistance to replace
that business with four additional businesses for a
total of six local businesses to receive assistance.
The four replacement businesses were selected -
after the city advertised and received applications
from existing businesses willing to create jobs re-
quired of this program. All funds were obligated
no later than March.21, 2012.
Austin said that on March 28 one of the four
replacement businesses also withdrew from the
program. No grant funds were spent on that busi-
ness, he said, and when that happened the city
asked NCDC if funds could be used for one of the
remaining businesses or another replacement busi-
ness. They were told no extensions would be
granted and the city must proceed with the close
out of the grant and return the $30,000 allocated to
the sixth business. The five local businesses re-
ceiving grants were AFAB Promotions, $50,000
for the purchase of embroidery machines and two
jobs created; Hometown Hardware, $25,000, fa-
cade renovations and one job created; Center
Street Tavern, $45,000 for purchase of kitchen and
bar equipment and two jobs created; X-Stream Car
Wash, $30,000 for purchase of one truck and two
jobs created; and Bridges Hardware, $45,000 for
building renovations and two jobs created.
STATE: of Community ‘looking good’, according to leaders at breakfast
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"We're excited about the
«future of Kings Mountain,"
said Fletcher, noting that this
. community is home to one
* of the largest data center
structures in the state and
possibly in the country. She
noted that three other users
are projected for the T-5
Data Center Park, a $1.3 bil-
lion dollar capital investment
with 5-7 users and three oth-
ers projected.
"We expect to add a new
one in the next several
months," said Fletcher. She
said the data centers are ex-
. pected to hire 2700 workers
~~ for construction jobs. "We're
marketing green energy," she
¢ said, mentioning the Dixon
Dairy Road solar farm and
Southern Power in Kings
Mountain.
Murphrey announoed that
a new Kings Mountain Wal-
greens plans a mid-July
opening. In a power point
presentation, he pointed to
- the 2012-2013 budget which
calls for no increases in
- property tax or service fees
. to city customers. He added
, that Kings Mountain is one
of eight cities in the state that
sells all four utilities.
Murphrey illustrated
electric, water, gas and sewer
department projects focusing
on the city's completion of
two phases of a new 36-inch
water line from Moss Lake
into town, one of three big
water and sewer high ticket
projects totaling $33.7 mil-
lion. He said the goal is to be
* * shovel ready by May 2013.
The Electric Department,
under the direction of Nick
Hendricks, is working on
two pilot projects: to install
fiber optics to all municipal
buildings and vital infra-
structure with © estimated
‘completion December 2012
resulting, said the mayor, in
Network speed and reliabil-
ity and reduction of monthly
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costs.
The second project,
Smart Grid technology, takes
customer service to a higher
level and is expected to be
available on 1500 meters
with a November 2012 pro-
jected completion date. This
technology would give cus-
tomers real time information
about their utility consump-
tion. Another new project
and a state EPA-mandated
program, storm water man-
agement has a five-year
timeline. Money is in the
budget for the first year for
public education, staff train-
ing, system evaluation and
ordinance implementation.
The mayor also included pic-
tures of a beautification proj-
ect proposed on the
Battleground side of the rail-
road downtown.
Bringing jobs to Cleve-
land County remains a major
goal of county commission-
ers, said Hutchins. His
power point presentation dis-
played pictures of new and
expanded industries, the
number of jobs and invest-
ments. He said that Phase I
of Southern Power, a $400
million dollar industry near
Kings Mountain, will go on
line in late 2012.
The state-of-the art
Legrand Center at Cleveland
Community College is ex-
pected to be up and running
by July with its first event in
August. He said the county
has recently seen an increase
in the number of residential
building permits and county
leaders hope that's the start
of a positive trend. He also
noted that renovations are
complete in the Earl Scruggs
Center in Shelby and Phase
3 of Gateway Trails has been
completed.
"This has been our tough-
est budget," said Hutchins,
but he added there has been
no layoff of employees and
the county maintains its
same level of service with no
tax increase.
Hamrick said that the
Cleveland County Schools
budget is facing $5 million
in discretionary reductions,
passed along from state gov-
ernment, this year alone.
"We've worked hard to con-
trol spending," he said.
A 10% supplementary in-
crease to certified personnel
and a 1% increase to non-
certified personnel is in-
cluded in the budget.
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SLURS
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Renovations are under-
way at the former Shelby
Middle school building
which will become the new
Central Services Facility and
the home of Turning Point
Academy. The Central Serv-
ices facility is scheduled for
completion in early 2013 and
will be a one-stop location
for parents as all administra-
tive offices will be housed
there. Turning Point Acad-
emy should be ready for stu-
dents by fall 2013. .
Central School in Kings
Mountain will house the par-
ent center and maintenance
departments for the school
system. He noted that Shelby
Middle School is the first
new school built in Cleve-
land County in nearly 10
years and will complete its
first year of operation this
month. He said commence-
ment exercises are being
held at all schools this week
and Turning Point Academy
will hold its first graduation
ceremony Friday.
Hamrick, in his power
point presentation, prefaced
his remarks with "did you
know," relating facts about
accomplishments of stu-
dents. He said that Cleveland
Early college graduated 24
students this spring. Kings
Mountain High School led in
educational scholarships by
226 athletes and 18 teams
and both the KMHS Band
and KMHS Chorus had an-
other record year in achieve-
ment.
Would you believe, he
said, there are Kindles,
IPods, [Pads in kindergarten,
139 fewer dropouts this past
year than five years ago and
over 60% of students are
economically disadvan-
taged? Cleveland County is
the 23rd largest district in the
state.
Ken Mooney described
his job as "customer after
care." That means being vis-
ible, engaging existing in-
dustry and listening to them.
Making 149 site visits over
the past 17 months, an in-
dustrial survey, and industry
roundtable meetings are just
a few of the ways that exist-
ing industry works.
He noted that 583 new
jobs, 12 projects, $74 million
in capital investment, and 11
plants in Cleveland County
tout a diversity of manufac-
turing in Cleveland County.
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