Franks is
big winner
Ronnie Franks,
Kings Mountain banker
with Alliance Bank,
was the big winner of
$10,000 in Saturday’s
9th annual Reverse Raf-
fle & Auction for bene-
fit of Kings Mountain
Historical Museum.
“We congratulate
Mr. Franks who pur-
chased the winning ticket in the drawing
which culminated a fun evening for several
hundred people at American Legion Post
155,” said Stella Putnam, president of the
museum.
Franks and his family are on vacation
and the prize money will be officially pre-
sented next week.
Putnam said that 272 people bought
.$100 tickets and the highly successful ben-
efit was the result of tremendous support
from the community. Numerous prizes were
donated by local people and firms for door
prizes, decorations and refreshments. Ellis
Noell, ‘special events coordinator for the
City of Kings Mountain, was master of cer-
emonies, Greg Johnson was ticket barrel
operator, and Jason Falls was auctioneer.
The buffet meal of shrimp, beef and
chicken and the trimmings was catered by
Linwood Restaurant.
“Remembering when Cotton was King”
was the decorative motif and featured in a
brochure developed for the KM Museum
by David Neisler and distributed at the
event. Threads and cotton, along with a
miniature of a bale of cotton from the old
Margrace Mill, were artistically intertwined
Ronnie Franks
by Susan Patterson among colorful |
See FRANKS, 7A
Faunce withdraws
rezoning request
Developer David Faunce has withdrawn
request by Faunce Properties Inc.for rezon-
ing property at 813 W. King St., formerly
814 W. Mountain Sts, from Residential SH
to Residential Office.
City Planning Director Steve Killian
said that the withdrawal request will be on
the agenda for the Sept. 25 meeting of Kings
Mountain City Council which has the final
say in zoning matters.
Faunce indicated to the planning board
that he may reapply at a later date for con-
ditional use office rezoning which, if ap-
proved, would put conditions on use of the
property.
West Kings Mountain property owners
stated opposition to the rezoning several
times that Faunce came before the board
and four representatives of the group were
in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting. Faunce
did not attend.
In other actions at Tuesday’s Planning
and Zoning Board meeting, the board voted
to recommend to city council the rezoning
of Royster Oil Property at the, intersection
of Vestibule and Shelby Roads from Heavy
Industrial to General Business and another
Royster parcel from residential to General
Business and B&D Enterprises request for
rezoning from county zoning General Busi-
ness to city zoning General Business. The
property is located at the intersection of Oak
Grove and Stoney Point Road and was re-
cently annexed into the city.
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Partying after the game
results in teen citations
«= ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald@gmail.com
Jamie Lynn Gilbert, 38, of
1427 Bethlehem Road, was
arrested on 14 counts of con-
tributing to the delinquency
of juveniles and her 17-
for three teens ‘under age 16.
Scared kids ran every-
where when officers arrived
at the scene. Lined up in the
carport of the Bethlehem
Road residence, a large num-
ber were tested for alcohol
consumption. Others ran into
photo by JIM ZYBLE
Cleveland County commissioner Johnny Hutchins, above, is shown with
Charlie, an owner surrender dog, at Saturday’s ‘Pet Adoption Day’.
See more about available pets and how you can help Cleveland County
Animal Control, on page 5A of this edition.
the woods, officers
said. Parents and
year-old ‘son, a
KMHS senior, was
“We hope
charged with one guardians. were
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| deputies broke up ’ ow their children
| what some students Some one S were partying. One
said was the life grandmother = said
“biggest after the Lt. Chris Hutchins her granddaughter
ball game party of was supposed to be
. the year” Friday spending the night
night at the Gilbert fos. with a friend. Those cited to
At the scene between court will have their day in
midnight and about 2 am. court, pay-a fine and proba-
14 juveniles and three 18- bly serve a period of com-
year-olds were charged. Ad- munity service.
ditionally, officers are Mrs. Gilbert was arrested
securing juvenile petitions See BUSTED. 6A
Hamrick honored with Oid North State Award
Larry Hamrick Sr., Kings Mountain busi-
nessman, was honored Thursday with the
Governor’s top award to a civilian - the cov-
eted Old North State Award.
State Rep. Tim Moore made the surprise
presentation on behalf of Gov .Bev Perdue to
Moore at the regular weekly meeting of the
Kings Mountain Rotary Club.
“This is a distinct honor for me to present
an award to the best gentleman I know who
has exemplified both professionally and in
‘his personal, religious and civic life his com-
mitment for many years working for the
community,” said Moore.
Calling Hamrick a “pioneer” in Kings
Mountain who helped turn the business com-
munity around with his leadership, Moore
said the award is for “dedication and service
beyond expectations every day of his life
when some said they can’t and Larry said we
can.”
Hamrick won the Gateway award in 2006
for his contribution to downtown revitaliza-
tion efforts and was 2011 Main Street Cham-
pion. Having seen the effects of
suburbanization in the 1970’s, he chose to
keep his business downtown and in the
1990’s he assisted with the formation of the
business and Professional Association and
contributed to the creation of The Moun-
taineer Partnership from 2000-2003 and
served the non profit revitalization entity as
[EIT
Kings Mountain Woman's
Club will host a candidate
forum Monday night, Sept.
24, at 6 p.m. at the Woman’s
Club on East Mountain Street.
All candidates on the bal-
lot whether opposed or unop-
posed for election Nov. 6,
have be invited to attend the -
meeting to present their plat-
forms. The public is invited.
Three county commission-
‘ers from Kings Mountain -
~ Johnny Hutchins, Ronnie
Hawkins and Mary Accor -
seek reelection. The fourth
‘ candidate - Susan Allen of
Shelby - seeks one of the four
seats on the board up for
grabs. Hutchins, Hawkins and
Allen are Republicans and
Accor is Democrat.
Kings Mountain attorney
Tim Moore, Republican, is
unopposed for reelection to
his seat in the North Carolina
House of Representatives.
Randy McDaniel, also of
Kings Mountain, is a candi-
date for ‘supervisor of the
county’s Soil & Water Con-
servation Committee.
Other area candidates on
the November ballot, each of
See FORUM, 7A.
po by LIB STE WART
Rep. Tim Moore (left), on behalf of Governor Bev Perdue, presents the coveted Old North
State Award, the highest civilian award to an individual, to Larry Hamrick Sr: The award was
presented at last Thursday’s meeting of KM Rotary Club.
president from 2005-2008.
A native of Shelby, born May 30, 1931,
he first visited Kings Mountain at the age of
five in 1937. In 1966 he joined Warlick In-
surance . Agency and is co-owner of
See HAMRICK, 7A
Police, SWAT teams
called in for standoff
“I could easily have lost an officer,” said Cleveland County Sheriff
Alan Norman following Saturday’s standoff.with Steven Charles Ran-
dolph, 49, who fired his high caliber rifle at Lt. John Humphries as he
got out of his patrol car to respond to a domestic call.
Norman said that another deputy who arrived on the scene mo-
ments later returned fire back and the standoff lasted for more than an .
hour as the suspect fired multiple shots in the ground and declared he
“wasn’t going down without a fight.”
The incident happened at a house on Raft Place, west of Boiling
Springs:
Norman said that negotiation and SWAT foams v were called in and
surrounded the residence and eventually the suspect walked off the
front porch, placed his firearm on the ground and surrendered:
See STANDOFF, 6A
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