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Council
dedicates
right-of-ways
City Council last Tuesday night ac-
cepted a dedication of two street right-of-
ways, officially requesting N. C.
Department of Transportation to add Mor-
ris Street, from Shelby Road to Crown
Court for distance of.02 miles, to the city’s
street system.
Mayor Rick Murphrey said the existing
NCDOT maintained secondary road is lo-
cated between the Kings Point Subdivision
and Shelby Road and the city wants to up-
date its Powell Bill map and include all the
roads in Kings Point Subdivision (SR
2131) in its Powell Bill program. NCDOT
staff has confirmed that this transfer of
maintenance responsibility suits them.
See COUNCIL, 7A
Guardsmen
remembered
By CHARLEY NAJACHT
Custer County,SD Chronicle
Special to the Herald
Editors Note: Monday marked the one-
year anniversary of a plane crash in South
Dakota's Black Hills that took the life of
three National Guardsmen, one of them
Senior Master Sgt. Robert S. Cannon, who
has family in Kings Mountain.
Cannon was among four men killed.
Maj. Joseph McCormick of Belmont, Lt.
Col. Paul K. Mikeal of Mooresboro, and
Maj. Ryan S. David of Boone were also
killed. Josh Marlowe, of Boiling Springs,
was injured.
The Guardsmen were aboard a N.C.
National Guard plane fighting wildfires
when it crashed July 1, 2012.
A memorial service was. held in. Char-
lotte but a second memorial service was
- ‘held in South Dakota Monday near the site
of the crash.
SOUTH DAKOTA - “It’s impossible
for any words to pass through my lips to
thank you enough,” said S.D. Lt. Gov. Matt
Michels to family members of the N.C. Air
See GUARDSMEN, 6A
Crime lab earns
new accreditation
DAVE BLANTON
dave.kmherald @gmail.com
One of N.C.’s most important tools in
solving crimes has won accreditation from
"an international organization, a develop-
ment that is welcome news to Kings Moun-
tain and Cleveland County law
enforcement agencies.
The N.C. Crime Lab learned in June
that it was awarded the highest mark of
recognition from Forensic Quality Services
for laboratory management and technical
requirements.
“All of our evidence gets processed
there,” said Kings Mountain Police Chief
Melvin Proctor,” referring to the state’s lab
role examining evidence in cases involving
drug analysis, ballistics, DNA and hand-
writing. Smaller departments are more de-
pendent on the state lab than agencies in
large cities, which maintain their own labs
for many kinds of evidence. He said a lack
of staffing at the state lab often results in a
slow turnaround for drug analysis, but it is
otherwise an excellent resource.
A proposed budget released by the N.C.
Senate provides for the hiring of 19 toxi-
cology analysts at a two-year cost of $3
See CRIME LAB, 7A
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Re-enactors, fireworks to highlight July 4th
+ ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald@gmail.com
The Revolutionary Fourth, Kings
Mountain’s celebration of Independ-
ence Day 2013, promises to be some-
thing for everyone beginning
Thursday at 5 p.m. with the opening
+ of the historic Colonial encampment
next to the T-ball field at the Chil-
dren’s Playground at Jake Early Park
and the Kings Mountain Walking
Track on Cleveland Avenue.
A patriotic opening July 4th at 9
p.m. a mock battle between the
British and Colonial forces at Kings
Mountain, and a spectacular fire-
works show at 9:30 p.m. is expected
to attract thousands to the city.
The fireworks show is billed as
the largest July 4th extravaganza be-
tween Charlotte and Asheville and
free to the public.
Ellis Noell, the city’s Events Co-
ordinator, encourages spectators to
take folding chairs or blankets to sit
on to enjoy all the evening activities,
which begin at 6 p.m. at the Neisler
Stage at the walking track park where
the Chris Marks Band, a tight 5 piece
band, will play their versions of rock
and country music “Southern Style.”
The Marks Band will play until the
patriotic opening ceremony led by
Mayor Rick Murphrey gets under-
way at 9 p.m.
The opening ceremony will begin
with a parade featuring the Loch Nor-
man Pipe Band and re-enactment
militias, continue with patriotic
music classics sung by a variety of
local talent. Night-time cannon fire
will signal the beginning of the mock
battle fought between the British and
Colonial forces up the hill near the
stage. With victory at hand, the fire-
works show, the largest in the region,
will begin around 9:30 p.m.
The 5 p.m. opening Thursday of
the historic Colonial encampment at
the Children’s playground beside the
city’s walking track will give visitors
an opportunity to speak directly with
the members of the participating
militias and learn more about colo-
nial life, the challenges of the
See JULY 4, 6A
Real to Reel Festival
passes 1/2 price July 9 only
Every year the Real to Reel
Festival at the Joy Performance
Center on Railroad Avenue in
Kings Mountain is a big hit.
For one day only you can save
$15 off the regular festival price.
Purchase your pass on July 9 at
the Arts Center, 111 S. Washing-
ton St., Shelby, by phone at 704-
484-2787 or on the website with
Stout Brewing Company will re-
launch its product, Stout21, in Kings
Mountain soon.
The North Carolina ABC Com-
mission’s decision in March to reject
Stout21’s 3 oz. packaging was diffi-
cult to hear, but Stout21 took it as an
opportunity to develop new packag-
ing that the Commission would ap-
prove for sale in the state’s market.
Stout21 plans to return to North
Carolina as soon as possible, as well
as continue to build upon their recent
success in other markets.
Cody Sommer, CEO of Stout21,
is excited to re-enter the North Car-
olina market. “When we first
launched Stout21, we were excited
by the initial sales and positive feed-
back we had received. We took the
Commission’s remarks into careful
consideration, and we have devel-
oped a new package that will appeal
PAYPAL (www.ccarts council.
org).
Regular ticket prices: Advance
(any, day before the festival other
than the 9th), cost is $8 per day, $8
for the Saturday matinee, or $30
for an entire. festival pass.
Day of (July 24-27) cost is $10 per
day, $10 for the Saturday matinee,
or $35 for an entire festival pass.
Stout21 returning to KM
to our targeted consumers.”
Stout Brewing Company has been
expanding over the past few months
in other states, and is ready to make
progress in its home state, With the
re-launch of Stout21 in North Car-
olina, Stout Brewing Company, LLC
expects to see more growth for'its
company, including the opportunity
to create more jobs for the commu-
nity.
Additionally, Stout Brewing
Company has continued to stress
their position on responsible drink-
.ing. “Our position has always been
clear, we do not condone the con-
sumption of our product by individ-
uals under the age of 21,” said
Sommer. “It’s stated on our bottle
and it is a message that we stand be-
hind 100%.”
Stout Brewing Company, LLC
See STOUT21, 7A
Photo by ELLIS NOELL
One hundred American flags line King Street in celebration
of Independence Day. The flags were purchased and put up
in the historical city by the City of Kings Mountain to call at- -
tention to the patriotic holiday and as a welcome to the Rev-
olutionary Fourth.
Pirate’s Ball tonight
Pre-July 4th activities in
Kings * Mountain begin
tonight (Wednesday) with
the Pirate’s Ball at 238
Cherokee Grill.
Re-enactors here for the
big Revolutionary Fourth, on
Thursday, from the 84th
Highland Immigrant Militia,
“South Fork Militia and
George Towne Artillery will
be on hand to meet and greet
the public and judge the an-
nual costume contest.
The winners in the cos-
tume contest, one youth and
one adult, will win a $50
cash prize.
“Pirates and Privateers
were an important part of the
Revolutionary War, smug-
gling supplies into the
colonies for the Patriot
forces and also menacing the
shipping lanes of the British
Navy,” said City of Kings
Mountain Events Coordina-
tor Ellis Noell. He added,
“These privateers were a big
part of the successful out-
come of the Revolutionary
War.”
Nearly 1M drivers expected
to hit the road July 4
The higher cost of gaso-
line isn’t keeping people at
home this Fourth of July
weekend.
An estimated 988,500 Tar
Heels will hit the road for In-
dependence Day holiday, the
deadliest day of the year, ac-
cording to a recent AAA
Foundation for Traffic
Safety report.
The traveling public will
be down 2% this holiday as
a result of higher gas prices
and also the result of a
shorter holiday period, ac-
cording to AAA Carolinas.
Gas prices are 8% higher
than on Independence Day
2012.
In Kings Mountain
CheapGas.com lists a gallon
of unleaded gasoline at
$3.35 to $3.39 at some sta-
tions inside the city but the
cheapest place to buy gaso-
line is at the Grover stations
See 1M DRIVERS, 7A
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