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Hamrick Ovettook dedicated
4th anniversary of Gateway Trail celebrated
: ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald@gmail.com
The 4th anniversary of the Kings Moun-
tain Gateway Trail was celebrated Saturday
with fanfare, music, food, a ribbon cutting
marking the trail head as a National Recre-
ation Trail designated by the National Park
Service, and dedication of the new Hamrick
Overlook, the highest peak on the Cardiac
Trail.
Larry Hamrick sr, r. culs the ribbon at the Ham-
rick Overlook as his wife, Evelyn, looks on.
Photo by ELLIS NOELL
Kings Mountain and Rotary officials,
Gateway crew and volunteers cut a ribbon
and formally dedicated the scenic spot in
honor of longtime Rotarian and businessman
Larry Hamrick Sr. and his wife, Evelyn. The
Hamrick’s two sons, Larry Jr. and Rev.
Patrick Hamrick and their families were
among guests as was KMNMP Supt. Erin
Broadbent.
Before walkers hiked and others rode to
the top of the trail in golf carts and vehicles
for the big event at 2:30 p.m., they helped
honor local Eagle Scouts and Girl Scouts
who completed special projects for the trail.
County commissioners Ronnie Hawkins;
Jason Falls and Johnny Hutchins made pre-
sentations to Gold Scout Kaitlynn Krieger
for her “take action” project which included
a butterfly wall and steps at the trail head,
Adam Satterfield for 200 hours of work on
the Hamrick Overlook project, and Greg
Grabert Jr., for informational signs he placed
along the trails. Mayor Rick: Murphrey pre-
sented framed proclamations to the Scouts
on behalf of the city and Ronnie Franks,
President of Gateway Trails, presented
carved trail walking sticks to the Scouts.
See GATEWAY TRAIL, 7A
Miller to serve Sacrifice...Honor... Veterans
as state leader
Shearra Miller, who
began ‘serving i on: school
boards 22 years ago with the
Kings Mountain Board of
Education, is the first board
‘member from Cleveland
County Schools to be
elected President of the
North « Carolina: © School
Board Association, the pro-
fessional organization that
represents local boards of
education in the state. .
Miller,
Miller of Kings Mountain,
takes her job on the board of
education seriously and
looks forward to being
sworn in next Wednesday as
the state leader.
Shearra says she. is ex-
cited and looks forward to
working on legislative agen-
. das, working closely with
the association staff 'in
Raleigh and visiting many
school districts.
“We provide training,
advocacy and lobbying for
public education,” she said.
Miller's calendar will be
full but she expects to miss
only one Cleveland County
school board esting next
year.
During 13 years on the
Kings Mountain District
board of education she was
wife. of Tim °
Shearra Miller will be sworn
in as President of the North
Carolina School Board Asso-
ciation next Wednesday, No-
vember 20.
chairman twice and since
the merger with Cleveland
County Schools she. has
served on the county board
nine years.
She will be presiding at
quarterly and six regional
meetings of the organization
and attending national meet-
ings. Moving through the
ranks of the association of-
fices, she served as Presi-
dent-elect the past year.
Director of the Cleveland
County Arts Council for
nearly 18 years, Shearra was
formerly employed as a
marketing director = and
brought those talents to her
See MILLER, 4A
Christmas parades
set for December 7
KM parade
Applications for the an-
nual Kings Mountain Christ-
mas Parade are now
available online at
www.cityofkm.com or can
be picked up from Lynda
~ Mattox at City Hall.
The parade Will be held
on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m.
This year’s Grand Mar-
shal will be honoring Viet-
nam veterans. There will
also be awards given to the
best floats in six different
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categories: Corporate, Small
Business, Service Organiza-
tion, Church, Most Artistic
and Best Overall.
The parade will be
videotaped and will be
shown on C-19, the Cleve-
land Community College
Public Access channel.
Grover parade
Entries are invited for the
2013 Grover Christmas pa-
rade to be held Dec. 7 in
downtown Grover.
Deadline for entries is
Nov. 22 and there is no ad-
mission charge. Contact
Anna Hughes at 704-730-
9221 or Jackie Bennett at
704-937-7332.
Grand marshals will be
World War II veterans from
the Grover area.
+ ELIZABETH STEWART
© lib.kmherald@gmail.com
“America is as strong as
its people,” said Veterans of
Foreign Wars Past National
Commander John F. Gwiz-
dak in a Veterans Day ad-
dress at Patriots Park
Monday as the city dedi-
cated the Memorial Wall and
the last memorial, the mon-
ument honoring World War
I veterans.
Mayor Rick Murphrey
called the names of William
Barrett, Robert Pressley
Falls and Ben Ross, as Viet-
nam veterans placed white
roses on the WWI marker
unveiled by the mayor and
the guest speaker.
A retired US Army Cap-
tain, Gwizdak, of Raleigh,
Georgia, told the crowd all
veterans are unique, special,
See VETERANS, 7A
A monument honoring three local veterans ‘of World War 1 is fhe last of the display ai the
impressive Veterans Wall at Patriots Park. Previously, the city dedicated the Vietnam, Ko-
rean and World War Il memorials and Monday dedicated the site.
Photo by DAVE BLANTON
TRIBUTE TO VETERANS - Grover kindergartners sing about what it means to be an American in a tribute to veterans at
Grover Elementary School Friday at the 11th annual Veterans Day program. Students shook hands with veterans and
saluted them in song. See more Veterans Day photos at www.kmherald.net!
Kings Mountain police
spent less: than 48 hours
tracking down and arresting
a man they say robbed a
bank on King Street last
week.
SunTrust ‘was targeted
for an undisclosed amount
of money on Wednesday
morning by a man wearing
dark sunglasses, a large head
covering and red facial hair.
On Friday, police arrested
‘charged him §
Ray Randal [
McCoy, 43, |
at his Cher-
ryville resi-
dence and
with: one §
count of
common law
robbery.
McCoy is in the Cleve-
land County Detention Cen-
ter under $50,000 bond.
McCoy c
No one was hurt in the
robbery, police say, after
which McCoy fled on foot.
It was not clear how police
learned of the robber’s al-
leged identity, but authori-
ties did release a still
photograph captured from
security cameras at the bank
and had asked the public for
help in the identification.
McCoy tried to change
his appearance immediately
Photo by DAVE BLANTON
‘McCoy arrested in SunTrust robbery
after the crime by shaving,
. according to KMPD Detec-
tive Sgt. Lisa Proctor. She
also added that he does not
have a history of any serious
offenses. The arrest report
for McCoy indicates that he
is currently unemployed.
Investigators would not
disclose if there was a
weapon used in the robbery,
or if they think it is related
to other crimes.
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