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Kings Mountain area voters
will go to the polls Tuesday. Nov.
5 to choose among 21 candidates
to fill 17 elective offices.
Polling places open at 6:30 a.m.
and close at 7: 30 p.m. at two sites-
KM North at the H. Lawrence
Patrick Senior Life & Conference
Center, E. King 8t., and Jacob S.
Mauney Memorial Library, South
Piedmont Avenue.
Voters who live within the city
limits will elect three city council
representatives and will join their
Cleveland County neighbors in
choosing four members of the
Cleveland County Board of Edu-
cation and three members of the
Cleveland County Water District.
The winner takes all in non-par-
tisan elections. No run-off is pro-
vided.
In Kings Mountain, Ward 2 vot-
ers will receive a ballot to elect ei-
ther incumbent Mike Butler or
challenger Patty Hall and will also
receive a ballot for the At-large po-
sition open on city council and the
water board.
Ward 3 voters in Kings Moun-
tain will receive a ballot to elect ei-
ther the incumbent Tommy
Hawkins or the challenger, Jerry
Mullinax and will receive a ballot
for the At-large position open on
city council and the board of edu-
cation and water board.
All registered voters can vote
for the candidates for the At-large
.position on city council where in-
-cumbent Dean Spears is chal-
lenged by Curtis Pressley, and also
Fire claims the
life of Parsons
A house fire in Elizabeth-
* ton, Tennessee Sunday
morning claimed the life of
Tracy Parsons, 52, wife of «
- former Kings Mountain
Herald publisher Bill Par-
sons.
Mr. Parsons, who is ad-
vertising director of the-Eliz-
abethton Star, was
undergoing rehab from hip
surgery at the time. Their
daughter, Esther Locke and
her 4-year-old son, Aiden,
were rescued from the burn-
ing home.
The fire appeared to have
started in the area of the
kitchen stove.
“I feel very comfortable
saying that she: probably
succumbed to smoke inhala-
tion very rapidly,” said
CCSD Capt. Mike Little. "It
does not take long at all for
that to occur.” Little said
that the heavy amount of
smoke may have also im-
peded any escape attempt on
her part.
Little said the door to
Tracy Parsons’ bedroom was
open, which may have al-
lowed smoke to fill the room
quickly.
Carter County Sheriff
Chris Mathes said that
See FIRE, 10A
for the water board ‘and school
‘board race.
The race is heating up in city
council races and in the school
board race where nine people seek
four of the seats open.
No. 4 Township polling places
are; Bethlehem Baptist Church Ac-
tivities Center, 1017 Bethlehem
Road, Oak Grove Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall, 1022 Oak Grove
Road, and Waco Precinct, Waco
Community Building, 200 S: Main
Street. 3
Grover voters will be voting for
Meet the City Council
candidates, page 2A
Meet the School Board
candidates, pages 2, 5, 9A
Meet the Grover, Bessemer .
City Candidates, page 4A
three seats open’on Town Board
and also for water board and
county school board race. Waco
voters will be voting for one seat
See VOTE, 4A
Great Pumpkin Parade i is Thursday
The Great Pornpkia Hal-
loween Parade, always a fa-
vorite of area children, will
form at 10 a.m. Thursday in
front of City Hall and kids in
Halloween attire will walk
with Mayor Rick Murphrey
to the gazebo at Patriots Park
for post-parade activities.
The Halloween Day pa-
rade will start at City Hall,
on Cherokee and Gold
Streets, and continue to Bat-
tleground Avenue, Mountain
Street, and south on Ratlroad
Avenue.
The Halloween day
event is sponsored by the
City of Kings Mountain.
Entertainment, games,
Halloween stories, sing-
along, and a haystack search
See PARADE, 6A
(Left to right) Marcus Mealing, 4, Jackson Mealing, 7, and Dustin Kirby, 7, showed off their
Stipes hero ang pirate costumes at a past Great Pumpkin Parade.
100 years and counting
KMH file photo
Gateway Trail, four years old
& growth is just beginning!
Organizers are throwing a party for the popular nature trail on S. Battleground
Ave. that designers plan to connect to the Appalachian Trail in years to come.
The Gateway Trail, which saw
110,000 visitors last year, is celebrat-
ing its fourth anniversary Saturday,
Nov. 9, in an event that will feature live
music, dedications, golf-cart rides and
a lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers.
The festivities start at 11 a.m. with
$6 food plates. Visitors are free to ex-
plore the park and trails (leashed dogs
permitted) and join in on a dedication
at the trailhead for having just become
a National Recreation Trail, designated
by the National Park Service. The
Gateway Trail is one of only 28 in the
country and the only one in North Car-,
olina to enjoy that distinction.
Adam Satterfield will be perform-
_ ing on keyboard from 11 a.m. to noon.
The local band Harvest is then set to
play from noon te 1 p.m.
After lunch, organizers will usher
visitors to the top of the trail for a ded-
ication of Hamrick Overlook, which
features. a bench built in honor of
donors Evelyn and Larry Hamrick, Sr.
Golf carts are available for those who
may be unable to make the steep
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Shirley Brutko, director of the
Kings Mountain Gateway Trails,
helped spearhead the construction and
the funding of the trail, which is de-
signed to eventually connect the City
of Kings Mountain to Crowders
Mountain State Park, Kings Mountain
State Park, Kings Mountain National
Military Park, the'Overmountain Vic-
tory Trail and the Appalachian Trail.
The trail is open from dawn to dusk for
your enjoyment and is part of the Car-
olina Thread Trail, the Rails to Trails
for N.C. and a National Recreation
Trail for the U.S.
Organizers hired consultants to help
decide how to carve a greenspace and
various trailways out of the thick for-
est, Brutko said. Then a fundraising ef-
fort got under way.
“Over the years, we’ve received
over a million dollars in grants,” she
said. “And we have almost a million
dollars worth of land so far.”
In March, the Gateway Trail is host-
ing a Sk and 10k walk/run. For more
information about the trail visit
http://www.kmgatewaytrails.org/Hom
€.aspx.
: ELIZABETH STEWART
2 lib.kmherald@gmail.com
What would you choose
for a 100th birthday bash?
Martha (Granny Go Go)
Hord Goforth's answer might
surprise you (and we're keep-
ing her secret) but it's for sure
her family and friends are
planning a party.
The popular senior citi-
zen will celebrate a century
of life at a family party on
her birthday Nov. 16 and at a
church party on Nov. 17 at
Central United Methodist
Church.
Her birthday parties are
always full of surprises. She
rode on the back of a motor-
cycle on her 90th birthday.
That was also the day she
gave up her car keys.
Don't relegate Granny Go
Go to the rocking chair. The
only time she likes a rocking
chair is on her back porch
Martha Hord Goforth
where she enjoys flowers and
birds. She has lived in the
same house 82 years, eats out
at Linwood Restaurant at
least once a week whete she
appointed Keith Falls, the
proprietor, to find entertain-
ment for her big bash.
Her daughters Dot (Mrs.
Jake) Dixon and Charity
Tignor are shopping this
See GOFORTH, 6A
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Daylight Savings Time
Be sure to set your
clocks back one hour
and remember -
this is a good time
to change the
batteries in your
smoke and carbon
monoxide detectors!
ends this Sunday, Nov. 3.
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