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Festival starts tonight
More jobs are on the way to KM
Badger hopes to be up and running soon in former Indian‘ Motorcycle plant
: ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald @gmail.com
INCENTIVES APPROVED
Cleveland County commissioners last Tuesday ap-
proved two incentive packages- one for Badger Color
Concentrates, which has purchased the former Indian
other equipment as bids from contrac-
tors are received.
"We can't start hiring yet because we
Mountain by October.
"It's going to be a total revitalization
of the whole plant and a showplace and
Badger Color Concentrates Inc., a
Mukwonago, Wisconsin-based indus-
try, plans to develop its East Coast pres-
ence by opening a facility in the former
Indian Motorcycle plant in Kings
of course we're making a big invest-
ment," said President Mike Fatta. He
said that workers will be installing silo
pads at the 50,000-square-foot facility
off South Battleground at I-85 and
are in the initial phase of preparing the
plant to produce liquid and concen-
trates, " he said.
See BADGER, 7A
Motorcycle plant, and the other for an expansion of
Greenheck Fan Corporation's Kitchen Ventilation Sys-
tems, both in Kings Mountain.
See COUNTY, 7A
No shoes? No problem.
‘Faunce withdraws
rezoning request
at well-attended
zoning meeting
Faunce Properties last Tuesday withdrew its request for
rezoning a lot on the corner of West Mountain Street and
Phifer Road from Residential to Neighborhood Business.
David Faunce told members of the Kings Mountain Plan-
ning & Zoning Board that he may submit a new zoning re-
quest to rezone the property from Residential to Residential
Office.
Faunce Properties owns the site where Amazing Kids Day
Care now operates. :
A letter circulated June 29 I the West End Neighborhood
Association encouraged neighbors to attend the meeting.
"Just about any retail business could be built on this prop-
erty, some 100 different types of businesses from a conven-
ience store to a drug store, tattoo parlor or strip mall for
instance," according to the letter signed by Melvin Ware,
Helen Hatch and Lewis Nantz. J
A dozen West End neighbors attended Tuesday's meeting
but did not speak.
Planning Director Steve Killian said that city council
would probably act on the withdrawal of the zoning request
at its next meeting and could set a public hearing for an up-
coming meeting of the planning board on the new request by
Faunce.
] Five-year-old Isabella Smith, left, and her sister Anna-Grace Smith, 18 months, in‘ matching swim attire, enjoy a slice
of watermelon at last year’s Beach Blast. They are the daughters of Brian and Tammy Smith.
Beach Blast tribute to life along
Domestic dispute
ends in tragic
murder-suicide
+ A family is grieving the
loss of a couple, whose lives,
police say, were tragically
lost.in a murder-suicide Sat-
urday night in Grover.
Prayers and well-wishes
flooded social media sites
over the weekend as news
spread of the tragedy. The
couple leaves behind two
children, both students in
Kings Mountain.
Police say that 60-year-
old Dennis Moss, former op-
erator of Cyberline, a
fax/print/copy/sweepstakes
cafe on Grover’s Main
Street, shot his wife, Dawn
Moss, 39, Saturday night be-
fore eventually turning the
gun on himself.
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A call to 911, regarding a
disturbance, came
10:21 p.m. Within an hour,
officers of multiple agencies
had responded to the inter-
section of Briarcliff Road
and North Main Street.
Cleveland County Sheriff
Alan Norman said that his
first deputy to arrive wit-
nessed Dennis shoot Dawn
as the deputy was exiting his
patrol car. The deputy fired
his gun, according to Nor-
man, and Dennis fled the
scene in a pickup truck, lead-
ing the deputy on a chase
that ended where the shoot-
ing began. :
There, Dennis shot and
killed himself, according to
the sheriff. He died on the
scene.
Dawn was phononnced
dead at Cleveland Regional
Medical .Center later that
night.
.See PRAYERS, 7A
Grand Strand kicks off Saturday
On Saturday, July 21, Kings Mountain's Patriots Park
will be alive with summer fun in a full- -day festival tribute
to life along the Grand Strand.
BeachBlast will begin at 10 a.m. and beach music fans
can shag into the summer night with music at the Gazebo
featuring "The Band of Oz", "Atlantic Groove" and "Jim
Quick & the Coastline Band".
Beach-goers will have a chance to cool off on the Ro-
tary Splash Pad and battle it out in Water Wars. This free
event opens with competition in the Teenie-Weenie Bikini
Contest-(from newborn to six years old), a’ watermelon
eatin’ contest, a Woodie car show, a Euro Bungie ride,
Backyard Chicken Wing Grillin’ Contest, Ice Cream
\compete for a shot at $500 for first place, $250 for second
place and $100 for third place. Ice Cream Crank-Off win-
ners will receive a Kindle Fire tablet.
A variety of amusement rides, provided by Melco, will
be open all day until 10 p.m. when the event ends. And
roving magician Allen Card will be out performing tricks
at the festival.
A variety of food vendors, from Cajun to barbecue and
Italian ice to funnel cake, will be available for every palate.
Also, over 50 vendors will be set up at Patriots Park in
downtown Kings Mountain with their unique art, crafts
and collectibles for sale. :
For more information visit www.cityofkm.com or call
nat:
Crank-Off Competition and the Big Beach Ball Drop.
Contestants in the Backyard Chicken Wing Grillin' will
704-734-0333.
. See TIMELINE OF EVENTS, 6A
Top chefs take over Battleground
Kings Mountain investors Scott
Campbell and Bobby Horne have sold
their interests in Battleground Restau-
rant Steak & Bar and Shawn Bank of
Mount Holly and Robert L. Curtin of
Indian Trail, SC have joined forces to
form Battleground Grill on South Rail-
road Avenue in downtown Kings
Mountain.
"Our goal was to assist Kings Moun-
tain however we could to recruit the
right business and help get the building
refurbished,” which we have done,"
Home and Campbell said jointly in a
statement. "At this point we feel that
having an-owner/operator acquire our
investment interests makes sense so we
can move on to our next building proj-
ect and let Shawn and Robert make the
restaurant even better," Horne said.
Bank is Executive Chef/Partner of
Battleground Grill. He brings 15 years
experience as a chef and in manage-
ment to the new restaurant. He has been
Executive Chef for fine dining legend,
Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Charlotte,
and has manned the kitchen with world
renowned Chef Gordon Ramsay’ at
Maze in New York City and The Lon-
don in West Hollywood, CA. A gradu-
ate of Johnson & Wales University in
Charleston, SC, he resides, in Mount
Holly with his wife and two- year -old
daughter.
A fixture in the Charlotte restaurant
industry for 25 years, Curtin is Manag-
ing Partner of Battleground Grill. For-
merly, he was the National Director of
Operations for Dan & Deluca as well as
Corporate Chef for The Harper's
Restaurant Group. While with Harper's,
Curtin's restaurants received numerous
national and local awards including Na-
tion's Restaurant News "Hot Concept"
designation. He joined the Harper's
group in 1989, helped grow the com-
pany into the multi-concept it is today
and was responsible for all culinary
functions of the Harper's brand itself. |
He currently lives in Indian Land, SC,
with his wife, Shelly, and their five
dogs.
"By combining forces, we can offer
the expertise to give the community a
restaurant they can be proud of and visit
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