Wednesday, April 24, 2013
BRIEFS
Alumni to meet
The Davidson Resource Center Alumni
will meet at the Patrick Senior Center on’
April 25 at 6 p.m.
Relay for Life Fundraiser
The Silver Foxes Team of Kings Moun-
tain Relay for Life will sponsor a hot dog
plate fundraiser Friday, April 26, from 11
a.m.-2 p.m. at the Kings Mountain Senior
Center. Plates are $5 donation and include
two hotdogs, chips and dessert. Can drinks
can also be purchased for one dollar. Tickets
may be obtained from the Senior Center re-
ceptionist or from any team member. All pro-
ceeds benefit Relay for Life and the
American Cancer Society.
Miss Cherry Blossom
The Miss Cherry Blossom Festival Pag-
eant will be
at 5 p.m. at the mini-park gazebo in down-
. town Cherryville.
The pageant is the kickoff event for the
annual Cherry Blossom Festival sponsored
by the Cherryville Chamber of Commerce.
The competition is for girls ages 0-19. Con-
testants model a springtime casual outfit or
sundress.
All girls receive a tiara and
qualify to enter the Little Miss Gastonia Pag-
eant.
Proceeds benefit the Miss Gastonia schol-
arship fund. For more information or to enter
the pageant, call (704) 827-7277 or visit
www.missgastoniapageant.com.
KMIS Art Sale April 30
Kings Mountain Intermediate School is
sponsoring an art sale Tuesday, April 30,
from 4-7:30 p.m. for benefit of Kings Moun-
tain Relay for Life. The art work by the stu-
dents is based on the theme, USA Travels.
The public is invited and all donations bene-
fit Relay for Life and the American Cancer
Society.
Wells family reunion
The 27th reunion of the John and Britter
Wells family descendants will be held Sun-
day, April 28, at Dixon Presbyterian Church
Fellowship Hall at 630 Dixon School
Road, Kings Mountain, at 1 p.m. in the
Grover area.
The family meeting will begin with a pot-
luck lunch followed by a short business
meeting. The group will ride to the old Wells
Cemetery, located on the Hughes farm on
Stewart Road, to view the tombstones of the
original members of the family. Family
members are asked to take documents, wills,
held Friday, April 26
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pictures, etc. for display. All descendants are
urged to attend to share the food, fellowship,
memories, laughter, and family genealogy.
Current officers of the reunion are: Rev.
Robert Wells, President, Hilda Moss, Vice-
President, and Steve Wells, Secretary/Trea-
suret. bs
John and Britter Wells were among the
earliest settlers in this area, buying land in
the Dixon Community from a land grant is-
sued by the King of England prior to the
Revolutionary War. Their cabin was used to
treat the wounded from the Battle of Kings
Mountain, and it’s currently the oldest resi-
dence in Cleveland County and is depicted
on the historical mural on the Plonk Depart-
ment Store wall in downtown Kings Moun-
tain. It is presently owned by Ms. Elizabeth
Stewart, on Stewart Road. John was one of
the signers of the Tyron Resolve that predates
the Declaration of Independence. The old
Wells Cemetery, where John and Britter
Wells are buried, is on the Betty Hughes farm
located on Stewart Road, Kings Mountain.
For additional information about the re-
union, call Secretary Steve Wells at 704-739-
1545 or President Robert Wells at
864-489-8680.
Arts & Letters event
The 5th Annual Arts and Letters Event
will be held at Cleveland Community Col-
lege on Thursday, May 2, from 11 am - 1 pm
in the Pennington-Mclntyre Gallery.
This year’s event features works by Mary
Salstrom and Katharine Butler. The event is
free and open to the public. For more infor-
mation on the 2013 Arts and Letters Event
contact Sally Jacobs at: jacobss@cleveland-
communtiycollege.edu.
Community Breakfast
The Cleveland County Family YMCA
has announced that Sharon Decker, North
Carolina Secretary of Commerce, will give
the keynote address at the 18th annual
YMCA Community Prayer Breakfast. This
year’s event will be held Thursday, May 9 at
the LeGrand Center on the campus of Cleve-
land Community College. Tickets are $13
per person or $100 for a table of 8. You can
purchase tickets at any YMCA branch.
For more information about the breakfast
and other YMCA programs, visit the web site
at www.clevecoymca.org.
BBQ Butt Sale
VEW Post 9811, Kings Mountain and
Cherryville will be selling bbq butts with
sauce and slaw for $35.00 on May 11, 2013,
as a fundraiser to support the troops.
To order call: 704-750-4320. Butts will be
ready for pick up after 10 a.m.
Mayor Rick Murphrey, in driver’s seat, passes the driving test.
POLICE
From page 2A
APRIL 21: Kings Moun-
tain Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, 106 Spruce St.
reported theft of a .22 caliber
rifle and antique military rifle
valued at $200.
WRECKS
APRIL 5: Officer J. L.
Dee said Caroline Coram of
Lincolnton, backing her 2003
Nissan from a parking space
at Food Lion on Shelby Road
hit a parked 2006 Honda
owned by Michael Joseph
Wilson of Cramerton. Prop-
erty damages were estimated
at $1250.
APRIL 8: Officer K.L.
Putnam said Jewel Watson,
100 Maple Leaf Rd., was
backing from a parking space
at Carolina Garden Apart-
ments and struck a parked
2005 Chrysler owned by
Randolph Wray of Shelby.
Property damages were esti-
mated at $1500.
APRIL 9: Officer K. L.
Putnam said¢eAmber Goode,
102 Dutchess Dr., reported a
deer darted in front of her
1999 Honda on 74 Business
at Canterbury Road. Property
damage was estimated at
$1500.
APRIL 9: Officer EL.
Wittington said a 2007
Hyundai operated by Tynesha
Wilson, 1719 Kings Row Dr.
Apt. 102, rear-ended a 1999
GMC operated by Shannon
Wright, 1728 Kings Row Dr.
Apt. 202. The accident hap-
pened at the traffic light at
Edgemont Dr. and King St.
Property damages were
minor. Cleveland County
EMS transported Wright to
Kings Mountain Hospital.
APRIL 10: Officer Han-
nah Yarborough said Claude
Ross Clark, 218 Edgemont
Dr. was backing his 2007
Ford from the parking lot of
the Washerette at Phifer Road
and W. Gold Street and struck
a 2007 GMC owned by Eric
Brandon Carroll. No injuries
were reported. Property dam-
ages were estimated at $1100.
APRIL 10: Officer J. L.
Dee said David Bardebes of
Shelby, operating a 1999
Chevrolet, became ill at the
wheel and attempted to pull
off the US 74 Bypass and
struck a wooded area. Gaston
County EMS transported the
driver to Cleveland Regional
Medical Center. Property
damage was estimated at
$3,000.
APRIL 12: Officer K.L.
Putnam said a 2012 Ford op-
erated by Bruce Capps, 147
Harbourtown Rd., struck a
2001 Nissan operated by
Michael C. Beauford, 107 N.
Roxford Rd. The accident
happened on 74 Business and
Cansler Street. Property dam-
ages were estimated at
$1,000 to the Beauford vehi-
cle.
APRIL 12: Officer Larry
Ware said Courtney Collins,
405 Cleveland Ridge Drive,
Apt. 202, operating a 1999
Ford, was backing from a
parking space at Cleveland
Ridge and struck a parked
1993 Toyota owned by
Tammy Dover of Gastonia.
Property damages were
minor.
APRIL 15: Officer J. L.
Dee said Loretta Wyatt, 839
Corvette Lane, operating a
1995 Chevrolet, backed into
the gas pumps at 3 Points
Market doing $3500 damage
to the pumps and slight dam-
age to her vehicle.
APRIL 15: Officer R.
Davis said that a city-owned
trash collection truck backed
into a parked 2002 GMC
owned by Forrest Ted Hayes,
122 Whetstine Road at 500
Phifer Road. Andrew Jackson
Inman, 820 First St., said he
was unaware that the dump-
ster had hit the parked car.
The Inman vehicle was
slightly damaged.
APRIL 16: Officer J. L.
Dee said a 2007 Toyota oper-
ated by Ralph Gary Sarvis,
1001 Linwood Road, struck a
2003 Toyota operated by
Danielle St. Just, 1679 York
Rd., in the parking lot at Mc-
Donald’s on NC 161. Prop-
erty damages were minor.
APRIL 16: Officer Bryan
McGinnis said a 16-year-old
driver lost control of her ve-
hicle on NC 216, left the road
and hit utility pole. The driver
told police she fell asleep at
the wheel.
APRIL 16: Officer Bryan
McGinnis cited Jonathan
Marc Reid, Gastonia, with
failing to decrease speed to
avoid an accident after his
2009 Mitsubishi rear-ended a
2006 Chevrolet operated by
George W. Hodge, 422 El
Bethel Rd. The accident hap-
pened on King Street. Minor
damages were reported.
APRIL 18: Officer K. L.
Putnam said that Travis Lee
McMurtrie, 306 S. Juniper
St., lost control of his 2004
Honda on North Dilling
Street, struck a sewer pipe
owned by the City of Kings
Mountain and damaged a
fence and a concrete item at
108 N. Dilling Street. Prop-
erty damages were estimated
at $5500.
APRIL 18: Officer D. K.
Davis said Cathy Bartow,
Gastonia, was pulling her
2011 Kia out on the highway
at NC 216 and struck a 2007
Chevrolet ‘operated by:
William M. Diedrich, 148
Putnam Lake Road. Property
damages were minor.
Page 7A
WS82TXT: students learn firsthand
From page 1A
Murphrey passed with flying colors. :
Madison would not get in the car. She be-
came emotional, recounting her 14th birth-
day when she was in the car with an
18-year-old cousin who took his eyes off the
road to text a friend. The car hit a guard rail,
flipped once and the young man died at the
scene. Madison survived with injuries and
was in the hospital four weeks.
Texting is the number one mode of com-
munication among teens 12-17 who text an
average of 60 times a day. Taking your eyes
off the road a second may not seem like
much but at 65 M.P.H. the young students
and those watching could see the vehicle
leave the road - and most crashed. AT&T
sponsored the program.
Three clubs — Make a Wish, Art and
Drama — sponsored the event in the parking
area in front of the high school. The simula-
tion included reality goggles for the young
students in the driver’s seat They were in-
structed to keep their feet off the accelerator
and use the pedals and steering wheel to con-
trol the vehicle. Onlookers watched as the
test drive unfolded on a screen which showed
a two-lane highway, somewhat curvy in
the dangers of texting and driving
Photo by ELLIS NOELL
places, and a posted 55 M.P.H. speed sign. A
driver looking down, upping his speed, or
taking his eyes off the road “crashed.”
“I don’t want to knock on your parents’
doors and tell them that you’ve been in a
wreck,” Officer Putnam told the group. He
added, “My job is traffic and I work DWI,
speeding and fatalities. Text and drive and
you’ll get a ticket, hit someone and that inci-
dent will be on your conscience the rest of
your life and with any accident your insur-
ance will also go up.”
“Pay attention on the road,” said the offi-
cer.
“What if we’re stopped at a red light,
can’t we text then?” asked a junior student.
“Pull off the road into a parking lot,” said the
officer. Over 75 percent of all teenagers’ text,
that’s 3,417 text messages monthly per teen.
“No text message or video is worth the:
risk of endangering my life or the lives of
others on the road and I pledge to never text
and drive and will take action to educate oth-
ers about the danger of texting while driv-
ing,” said the pledge signed by a large
number of students.
Log on-line to itcanwait.com to take the
pledge.
LUNCH: schedule on the table at KMHS
From page 1A
make-up times, club meetings, etc. will be
available, during this time and the students
will have to be responsible to report to the
area they need to attend. Part of planning in-
cludes the possibility of students in the 11th
and 12th grades having the opportunity to
earn the privilege of leaving campus with
parent and school administrator permission
during this 55 minute period.
There will be changes that will be re-
quired but the one that may be most visible
from the outside will be the starting and end-
ing time of each day. The school day cur-
rently begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 3:10 p.m.
If this change is made school would start at
7:55 a.m. and end at 3:15 p.m. This will
allow the school to make up some of the ad-
ditional time needed and the remainder will
be made up by taking a few minutes from
each class and class change time. The time
allotted for remediation, tutoring, etc., will
more than make up for any loss of instruc-
tion. This new lunch schedule will provide
more individualized instruction to those that
may need it. ;
School administrators will be contacting
parents by phone surveys and communica-
tions to receive input and suggestions.
Said Funderburke, “We will be involving
our students with the decision making
process through committee participation and
assistance with the phone survey process.”
MOORE NEWS: from Raleigh
From page 4A
Law, or House Bill 75,
unanimously. This bill in-
creases the penalty for
child abuse. The bill is
named after Kilah Daven-
port who was brutally
beaten by her stepfather,
ultimately leaving her
shred old documents that
may contain personal in-
formation. Consumers can
shred items for free at
more than 20 shredding
events taking place across
the state this spring, in-
cluding seven that took
place last
weekend. “Identity
count statements and
other documents that in-
clude personal informa-
tion to any of the
shred-a-thons.
A list of the events can
be found at
www.ncdoj.gov. |, again,
want to thank you for the
honor and privilege to
harsh penalties against
with severe and perma-
nent brain damage. Also,
SB122 was passed by the
legislature which requires
anyone convicted of
human-trafficking of mi-
nors to register as a sex
offender. Both have been
presented for Governor
McCrory’s signature on
Friday, April 19th. -
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