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Suspects held in
double murder
go ELIZABETH STEWART |
| libkmherald@gmail.com
The shocking murder
of his son and daughter-
in-law, Michael and
Thelma King in the
Dutch Caribbean nation
of St. Maarten last Fri-
day is almost unbearable
for Kings Mountain’s
Jerry and Jane King.
“I took Mike and
Thelma to the Charlotte |
airport just a couple
weeks ago,”
said Jerry. Michael and Thelma King in front
The car they drove from pf their home in St. Maarten.
Mount Pleasant, SC to
Kings Mountain is still in the Kings’ garage.
Jerry King answered the phone to hear the voice of an-
other son who told him that Michael and Thelma King were
found Friday in their beach front condominium brutally
stabbed. Mrs. King, 57, was tied to a chair in their home in
See KINGS, 6A
Victory Inn on
the auction block
The Victory Inn, the 100-
room hotel off York Road at
1-85 on Holiday Inn Drive, is.
going on the auction block
Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 11
a.m.
The 2012 tax assessment
for the hotel, located on
3.104 acres, is $1,187,137.
The hotel’s 2012 property
tax is listed as $13,229.46.
The adjacent 3.84 acres has
a 2012 tax assessment of
$303,475 and 2012 property
tax of $3,381.93. The land is
zoned General Business.
The hotel was blilt in
1975 after several investors
from the community got to
gether and brought what was
then called The Royal Villa
to Kings Mountain.
In 2007 a total of 76
rooms were renovated. The
facility includes 30 king
rooms and 38 double rooms,
a modern laundry, large
commercial kitchen, banquet
and restaurant space.
Tranzon National. Auc-
tions will conduct the auc-
tion. A property preview was
held Sept. 19 and Sept. 26.
“We are hopeful that buy-
ers will look at this property
and/or land for a hotel or to
create a large development
tract with exceptional inter-
state visibility, ¢’ said Shirley
Brutko, manager of the
Cleveland Chamber office n
Kings Mountain.
The property will be sold
in “as is” condition, accord-
ing to Bill Landrey of Tran-
zon. hes
The Kings Mountain area
-has extremely high hotel oc-
cupancy, reportedly ranging
from 80-85%.
Cyclists to visit KM
The North Carolina Am-
ateur Sports will visit Patri-
ots Park in downtown Kings
Mountain as a rest stop dur-
ing their trek across the state
from Brevard College to
Carolina Beach during their
fall Cycle North Carolina on
Tuesday, October 2nd. “I’ve
been in contact with Randy
Billings, with. the Fall Ride
Field Staff, to coordinate
their arrival and he said they
have 1000 riders already
registered,” said Ellis Noell,
Special Events Director for
the City. The City will be
hosting a “meet & greet”
during the riders break at
10 3
9852500200
Patriots Park. Riders are ex-
pected to arrive around 8:30
am. -10 a.m.
“This is one of those
great opportunities to show
visitors the quality of life
here in Kings Mountain,
how bike friendly we are
and share that we are the
Gateway to all three area
parks, which all are scenic
ride alternatives for these
riders, when they visit here
again in the future”, said
Noell. :
The City will provide i in-
formation on all three area
park, updates on next years’,
“Over the ~ Mountain”
triathlon and promotional
information on next weeks’
. Gateway Festival.
For additional informa-
tion contact Ellis Noell, 704-
473-8727. or visit
www.CityofKM.com or
cNe.nesports.org
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Contributed photo
Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. invited city and county officials ail a number of vendors to see the new data center
in T-5 Park on Riverside Court Wednesday. Guests, including city councilmen and the mayor, enjoyed a tour of the fa-
cility. From left, Mike Butler, Tommy Hawkins, Mayor pro tem Rodney Gordon, Mayor Rick Murphrey, Keith Miller,
Dean Spears, and Howard Shipp.
Candidates share
views with voters
ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald@gmail.com
Eight candidates for
county and state public of-
fices faced voters Monday
night in a candidate forum
hosted by the Kings Moun-
tain Woman’s Club. Each
pledged, if elected, to serve
to the best of his/her ability.
Of the eight, three are in-
cumbent county commis-
sioners and seek reelection -
Mary = Accor, Ronnie
Hawkins, and Johnny
Hutchins - and all three
seats are up for grabs in No-
vember. Warren Daniel is
running for a second term in
the Senate representing the
new 46th District of Cleve-
land-Burke Counties and op-
posed by Democrat, former
Kings Mountain resident
Gateway Festival
10th annual event set to take place Oct. 6
The City of Kings Mountain will
host the 10th annual “Gateway Festi-
val” on Saturday, Oct. 6 from 10 a.m.
until 6 p.m. throughout the downtown
area. This gqommunity event is a cele-
bration of Kings Mountain music, art,
history and culture.
Kings Mountain was designated in
2000 as “The Gateway City” by the De-
partment of Interior and the National
Park Service to all three area parks-
Crowder’s Mountain State Park, Kings
Mountain State Park and Kings Moun-
tain National Military Park.’
The festival will highlight the history
. and anniversary of the nearby victorious
battle site which Thomas Jefferson de-
x
and retired Burke County
Sheriff John McDevitt; Rep.
Tim Moore is undpposed for
his sixth term in the NC
House of Representatives;
Meredith Shuford of Lincoln
County is running for re-
‘election as District Court
Judge, a judgeship which in-
cludes Cleveland County;
and Susan Allen of Shelby, a
political newcomer active in
six organizations
county and retired business-
woman with United Parcel
Service, is running for a seat
on the board of county com-
missioners.
Accor, Hawkins: and
Hutchins said they are run-
ning on their records as did
Daniel, Moore, and Shuford.
McDevitt and Allen said
See CANDIDATES, 7A
clared, =...
in the .
the turning point of the Rev-
olutionary War.” There will be British
Regulars and Tories fighting Patriot
militias in battle at Patriots Park. Revo-
lutionary re-enactors with the South
Fork Militia, the Charlestowne Artillery
APPROVED!
School Board approves
KMHS field house,
press box projects
- GARY STEWART
Sports Editor
The Cleveland County
Board of Education Mon-
day night approved two
athletic facility projects
for Kings Mountain High
School.
The board signed an
~ agreement with the Kings
Mountain ~~ Touchdown
Club, giving it the go-
ahead to construct a
12,000 square foot field
: house behind John Gam-,
ble Stadium. (See the floor
plan on page 5B.)
The board also ap-
proved a $266,991 bid
from T.C. Strickland to
construct a press box, rest
and other re-enactment groups will
share the experience of battle along with
an encampment and Colonial period liv-
ing history demonstrations at the park.
The free Gateway Shuttle will run
continuously during the festival be-
tween Patriots Park, the Kings Moun-
tain Historical Museum and Commons,
tour the Central School Historic District
and with stops at the Kings Mountain
See GATEWAY FESTIVAL, 7A
rooms: and concession
stands to serve the
KMHS/KMMS softball
facility and the KMMS
baseball field.
The latter project is the
result of a Title IX visit
two years ago which
found the school system
out of compliance with
Title IX regulations cover-
ing female sports.
The new facility will
be located between the
softball and baseball
fields, and allows viewing
of both fields at one time,
Very often, there are two
games going on at the
same time there.
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