October 24, 2012 |
Ihe Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net
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Ribbon curing Jor solar farm i is realization of a dream come true
City and ATOOD officials a the ribbon at a new solar farm at 1835'S. Battleground Avenue Monday morning on
a 2.7 acre tract that is part of a 30 acre field that CEO Brian Adams has option to buy.
“This is the start of something
big from a humble beginning,”
Brian Adams, Chief Executive Of-
fIcer of ATOOD, a new solar farm
on the old Grover Road (1835 S.
Battleground Ave.) told well-wish-
ers who helped cut a ribbon Mon-
day morning.
Adams, 27, took the occasion
to thank his parents, Graham and
Susan Adams of Charlotte, city
staff, and vendors and said the solar
field went up in six weeks in the
hottest July on record.
“This is my dream and my in-
spiration came from my father who
is an architect,” following a project
at Chemetal Foote. Mr. Adams of-
fered a prayer of thanksgiving.
Mayor Rick Murphrey, City
Manager Marilyn Sellers, virtually
all department heads. and city com-
+ solar farm,”
missioner Mike Butler were on
hand for the ribbon cutting. “We
like green projects like solar
fields,” said the mayor.
This is the perfect area for a
said county commis-
sioner Jason Falls. He added,” We:
love family businesses here It’s the
Mom and Pop businesses that are
the backbone’ of = Cleveland
County.”
County Commission Chairman
Johnny Hutchins welcomed the
solar farm to the Kings Mountain
area. “We are continuing looking
for cleaner fuel,” he said.
The 156kw ‘solar field is ex-
pected to produce energy to power
20 homes."
ATOOD is an acronym for Al-
ternative to our Operational De-
pendency.
DEBATE: between candidates running for Senate, House
From page 3A
N. C. has a growing population with an
ever increasing need for new highway con-
struction and existing road improvement.
What do you propose to be done'to help im-
prove our highway infrastructure in a more
timely manner? What is your position on
toll roads? .
McKOY - A toll road is on the table in
Gaston County and I am against it. People
struggle to find work and have to travel back
and forth to jobs and we would ask them to
pay atoll on the road?Just table the matter.
to work on our bridges.
HASTINGS - I do not support toll roads
because a toll road would destroy jobs in the
district I represent. Focus on heath and safety.
and resurface fixing roads and bridges.
Of all your opponents’ positions with
which one do you disagree with most
strongly and why?
KEEVER - A voucher for Medicare. This
would be complicated for our seniors and if
approved would cost $6,000 more on the
year. I will work to protect Medicare and for
to invest in education, not slash it. Our Con-
gress has been hijacked by radical members.
I put people first and that’s been my record as
a state legislator, a former teacher and for-
mer county commissioner.
DANIEL - I was co-sponsor of the Mar-
riage Amendment I that passed the General
Assembly. I also support performance pay
for teachers.
McDEVITT - I also support marriage be-
tween one man and one woman. I think the
General Assembly rushed to judgment on
that bill and I think the passage of it will af-
fect domestic laws and affect possibly sur-
vivor benefits. I support pay raises for
What is your general position on taxes?
And; what specific pledges are you willing
to make concerning taxes? -
KEEVER - I am not willing to make a
pledge because we must look at each issue
afid focus on our constituents and work
across the aisle.
What are specific actions that the Federal
government can to take to resolve current
trade agreements?
KEEVER - 93% of our products are sold
outside the country. We need to protect our
workers here and incentives for fair trade.
Resurface our roads and use the money also
all our people of all political parties. We need
teachers. .
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CLOSED: Fairgrounds closed pending health department investigations
From page 1A
said 106 people had been
sickened with possible E-
coli - 64 children and 42
adults - known to be/have
been affected by this out-
break. Twelve, including a
2-year-old toddler who died
Oct. 12 from complications
related to E.coli, have been
or are currently hospitalized.
On Monday, officials said
that number had dropped to
98 as a result of laboratory
evidence to narrow the crite-
ria for cases included in the
outbreak.
On Monday a 5-year-old
E-coli victim from Gastonia:
went home after two weeks
in the hospital.
“While we are making
progress in our investigation,
we have not determined a
specific cause,” State Health
Director Laura Gerald said.
‘We may not be able to pin-
point a single course, but
hope to have more conclu-
sive results within a month.
Our goal throughout this in-
vestigation is to identify how
to prevent similar outbreaks
and deaths in the future.”
State and local public
health officials have been
~ gathering information since
the outbreak began on Octo-
ber 7, including interviews
with patients and families.
Additional interviews with
more than 150 people who
attended the fair but did not
get sick were made to nar-
row the list of potential
sources. The investigation
has also included environ-
mental sampling and geo-
graphical analysis at the
fairgrounds as well as labo-
ratory testing.
“Our local health depart-
ments have been critical in
helping to gather that irifor-
mation and in communicat-
ing in their own
communities about the out-
break,” Gerald said. “I can’t
say enough how much we
appreciate the long hours
their staffs have worked and
their cooperation.”
Cases have been identi-
fied from Cleveland (61),
Catawba (1), Gaston (18),
Lincoln, (14) Mecklenburg
(1), Rutherford (4) and
Union (3) in North Carolina
and York (2) and Cherokee
(2) in South Carolina. One
hundred and five individual
are identified as having had
direct exposure at the Cleve-
land County Fair; one indi-
vidual is believed to have
contracted the infection after
the fair ended. The incuba-
tion period, or the time it
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takes for a person who has
been exposed to become ill,
has passed, but the numbers
may continue to increase for
several days as people seek
medical attention and reports
are sent in. Public health of-
ficials expect the number of
cases associated directly
with the fair will stop grow-
ing, but it is possible that
secondary cases (passed
from person to person) may
appear for several more
weeks.
“We still want to encour-
age anyone who is experi-
- encing symptoms and who
attended the Cleveland
County Fair to contact their
health care provider or the
local health department,”
Gerald said. “If someone
you know is sick, it is im-
portant to know that the * in-
fection is not airborne, it it
passed by touching objects
contaminated with the bac-
teria and then touching your
mouth.
Person to person trans-
mission can be prevented by
washing hands thoroughly
and often, especially before
eating or preparing food and
disinfecting surfaces in the
household where the sick
person is recuperating.
JUDGEMENT HOUSE:
experience choices and their
eternal consequences
From page 1A
church in set design and
building, technical work, ac-
tors, props, costuming and a
wide host of other behind-
the scene activities. :
The title of this year’s
presentation is “Finally For-
given,” the true story of
events that were experienced
by one John Hubbard and his
~ path of giving and receiving
forgiveness regarding things
in his past.
Pastor Chip Sloan says
that Judgement House dra-
matically highlights the truth
of people’s choices and the
. accompanying earthly and
eternal consequences.
Throughout the early scenes
Sloan said the main charac-
ters will have the opportu-
nity to share, accept, or
reject Christ. After making
their decision, a horrific yet
common tragedy will occur,
catapulting them, along with
the audience, into judge-
ment. One or more of the
characters receive eternal
life through the blood of
Jesus Christ and experience
heaven, while others reject
or neglect the gospel, die in
their sins, and experience the
horror of eternity without
. God, without hope in Hell.
This season marks the
event’s 6th presentation and
is presented every two years
by the local church. The pur-
pose of the Judgement
House series is to focus the
attention of the audience on
the issue of what happens to
us (as everlasting souls)
when our body dies.
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