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Wednesday, February 26, 2014 The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net : Page 7A YMCA Senior Executive Kevin Oshorne, left, Mal Brutko, YMCA board member, and Mayor Rick Murphrey at the Y's Moon over the Mountain benefit which raised over $29,000 recently for a total of $250,000 over recent years at the annual event. | YMCA: benefit raises $29k From page 3A Financial Group, Dilling Heating & Air, Florrie and Larry Hamrick Jr., Harris Funeral Home, City of Kings Jewel Shop, Phil and Sandi Dee, Harvest Tunes, and Pete Douglas Signature Meals. Mountain, Dellinger's Committee members for the gala were Mal and Shirley Brutko, Ashley Harris, Marie Brinkley, Larry Hamrick Jr., Anne Brooks, Becky Hasty, Gina Col- lias, Gina Ayscue, Juli Moore, Rhonda ' ‘McGinnis. Hollifield and Gail “Thanks to all the sponsors, donors, and volunteers who make this event possible," said Osborne. DEE: celebrates 100 years From page 1A : Mis. Dee is the mother of five generations of family: five children, 11 grandchil- dren, 19 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great grand- children. She went to school at the old Compact School, the two-room schoolhouse that was located on Mar- grace Road. Her mother was a midwife and every family in the Compact Community depended on her when they got sick. “Mama could treat just about every illness," said Lucy. She also remembers that her father used car tires on his wagon and hitched his horses to it to drive to town and that the family worked 25 acres of cotton and her dad worked at Foote Min- eral. “Times were hard in those 'good ole days, said Dee. Five pound of sugar was a nickel. Land was 50 cents an acre. A gallon of gasoline was a quarter. A farmer got 50 cents for 100 pounds of cotton. The proud grandmother has been a member of Mount Olive Church since she was a young child. A former Sunday School teacher, she was honored on her birthday by the church + with an appreciation plaque. “I used to sew for the kids and loved to quilt but I can't do that anymore." says Dee. She enjoys her family, likes some TV programs. “Andy Griffith” is a fa- vorite. She doesn't watch news programs much.”Too many bad things going on," she says. Her five children are the late James Edwin Dee, care- giver Mary Frances Dee Adams, Myrtle Dee Thomp- son, George Alexander Dee and Tara Dee Brandt. Her husband was the late George Washington Dee who died in 1969 at age 63. Her family and friends honored her on her birthday last Thursday at Mount Olive Baptist Church Fel- lowship. Hall and her fa- vorite meal was served: fried chicken, baked chicken, green beans and macaroni and cheese with a decorated birthday cake. MOLLETTE: speak English From page 4A the English language!" 1 am happy for people to come to Amer- ica. He is trying to work. I wonder how many people need a job but would never consider driving a cab? My hat is off to the people who are coming to America legally and working jobs that average Americans won's work. One big problem is that these well mean- ing residents need to learn English. Lrealize this is tough to enforce since many Ameri- cans have trouble passing an English class. . The national language for South Africa is English. Unfortunately there are at least 10 other official languages and a multitude of unofficial languages. Many people in the country never become fluent in speaking English. They are brought up to learn the language of their tribe and struggle with English throughout their lives. This scenario makes it tough for everyone to be on the same level when it comes to national com- munication. I Jove South Africa, Mexico and a lot of other places but this is still America. Let's keep the conversation in English. SCHOOL: sets snow make-up days From page 1A would have had students at- tending class after gradua- tion, a plan he acknowledged would severely complicate end-of-year testing and re- quire seniors to bank days ahead of their imminent graduation date. Another plan would have had students in class for up to three Saturdays, two more than the plan that was settled on. There was intense inter- est about how students, par- ents and teachers would arrange it so local schools would be able reach the state-mandated 1025 instruc- tion hours per year. "They were able to bat it around and the school board ‘was able to come up with a plan that would suitable for all parties," said Greg Shull, the system's spokesperson. The area was stunned by a big snowstorm two weeks ago that paralyzed schools, government and some busi- nesses. Public school stu- dents in Cleveland County missed two and a half days during that storm. Earlier, in January, a run of extremely frigid weather - - and fleeting day of snow -- stole the equivalent of an- other day and a half from the schedule. FILING: only 3 days left! From page 1A the prayers of our family and friends as I ask for the support of voters in the Tenth District.” McHenry is being chal- lenged by Democrat Tate . Queen of Asheville. In the US Senate race four Republicans have filed to be on the ballot in May. They include Ted Alexander, former mayor of Shelby, Mark Harris and Greg Bran- - non, both of Raleigh, and Heather Grant of Wilkes- boro. Other candidates who have filed with the Bomd of Elections: Warren Daniel, incum: ol : A Supreme Court” Associate + Justice, (Martin) seat. bent Senator from NC Dis- trict 46. He is Republican. Kelly Hastings, incum- bent NC State Senate Dis- trict 46, Republican, from Cherryville. Michael Wayne Miller, Republican from Shelby, District’ Attorney District 27B. , Mitzi McGraw Johnson, Democrat, incumbent, Clerk of Superior Court, Cleve- land County. James Alan Nori, De- mocrat, incumbent, Sheriff of Cleveland County. Mark Dean Martin, Apex,-Supreme Court Chief Justice (Parker) seat. Robin Hudson, Raleigh, Supreme Court Associate Justice (Hudson) seat. i 'Bob'* Hunter, Raleigh, ¥ CS CAROLINA Corton COMPANY Animal Prints Sale! If it has legs, fur, feathers, or fins it's 20% OFF Hours: Mon & Fri 10am til 6pm « T, W, Th 10am til 5pm 227 S. Battleground Ave., Kings Mountain 704-750-4164 * www.carolinacottoncompany.com February 26" thru March 74 Lucy Inman, Raleigh, Court. of Appeals Judge, (Hunter) seat. Donna Stroud, Garner, Court of Appeals Judge, (Stroud) seat. ENERGY CENTER: will provide big boost to Kings Mountain, county economy Rep. Tim Moore (left), and NC Secretary of Commerce Sharon Decker were among those in attendance to celebrate Monday’s announcemnt of the future construction of Kings Mountain Energy Center with Mayor Rick Murphrey (right), the Kings Mountain City Council, and NTE Energy. From page 1A runs through the property. Shortlidge said he had found the same warmth and camaraderie in the audience Monday night as he had found for 18 months work- ing with professionals in the city and partnering with the city and county. He founded the company in 2009 to be a good steward and a strong neighbor. NTE represents the names of his three chil- dren. “I want to pass on a better environment for them and for everyone,” he added. Mike Greene, Vice Pres- ident of Development for NTE Energy, said that as a natural gas electric generat- ing 480 megawatt facility the plant will power up to 400,000 homes. Unlike Southern Power, also a Kings Mountain customer, the new industry sells its power to electric coopera- tives, municipal run utilities and major power providers. “Kings Mountain is an- ideal location on Transco’s natural gas pipeline, we’ve worked with city and county officials for over a year now and the Kings Mountain Energy Center will be one of the cleanest and most efficient power plants in the Carolinas,” said Greene, adding that private/public partnerships are in the works for the site. NTE Energy has begun the permitting process and sub- mitted its transmission in- terconnection request to Duke Energy Carolinas. He introduced a leadership team of a dozen “experts” ‘on the project, he said the third NTE Energy has an- nounced since January 2014 Additionally, NTE En- ergy 1s developing the Pecan Creek Energy Center in Texas and the Middle- town Energy Center in Ohio. 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The project will result in a significantly expanded tax base for the region, accord- ing to Secretary of Com- merce Sharon Decker who paid a surprise visit to offer congratulations. “You didn’t come knocking at my door for incentives, a rare thing from new industry,” said Decker, congratulating Kings Mountain and Cleve- land County leaders for being models in economic development for the rest of the state. You seized the op- portunity and you made it happen,” Decker said to the mayot, city council, city staff and county commis- sioners. County commission chairman Jason Falls in- vited commissioners Eddie Holbrook, Ronnie Hawkins, Susan Allen and Johnny Hutchins to join him at the podium at the H. Lawrence Patrick Senior Life and Conference Cen- ter, recognizing the group s “a team? japnd bringing congratulations, on’ behalf of the 100,000 residents of Cleveland County. He also recognized County Man- ager Jeff Richardson, Holbrook, vice chairman of the commission and the board’s Economic Develop- ment representative, said “it’s not about who gets the credit but who gets the job done” as he thanked Mayor Murphrey for “leading the charge” and pledged the full support of the commission. “A great partnership starts with the city council, a great staff, and Economic Development support,” said Murphrey who recognized City Manager Marilyn Sell- ers, Energy Services Direc- tor Nick Hendricks, city councilmen Howard Shipp, Mike Butler, . Tommy Hawkins, Rodney Gordon, Photo by ELLIS NOELL Rick Moore, Curtis Press- ley and Keith Miller, city department heads, county commissioners, state offi- cials, and Sheriff Alan Nor- man. The three members of Cleveland County’s delega- tion to the N. C. House and Senate stood together as a “team” as Rep. Tim Moore acknowledged State Sena- tor Warren Daniel (R-Dis- trict 46) and Rep. Kelly Hastings (R-District 110) for the work they all do to- gether. He congratulated the city and NTE Energy as being on the cutting edge of energy and welcomed the new industry to Kings Mountain. The mayor said the com- pany will provide additional energy capacity for any ex- pansion of Kings Mountain Utility in their fast-growing southwest region with en- hanced infrastructure ex- tended to the southeast of 1-85 (water, sewer, gas) The . company will dso voluntar- ily annex into the city. NTE Development will provide Kings Mountain Utilities the opportunity to site their new, state of the art Operations Center, pro- viding much needed expan- sion capability for their water, electric and gas oper- ations and through public [private partnership provide the ability to create an in- dustrial'complex. NTE De- velopment would be the anchor tenant for Kings Mountain’s expanding water infrastructure project and enhance city revenues from the planned purchase of an average up to 2 mil- lion gallons per day of raw water. The Energy Center would also be a large cus- tomer to the city’s waste- water treatment system. The mayor said the city will assign a special team to assist the new industry dur- ing construction including infrastructure and prioritize and expedite all permits and inspections, “This is a special, red letter day for Kings Moua- tain,” said the mayor, pre- senting a key to the city to President Shortlidge. rT Kings Mountain Family YMCA 211 Cleveland Ave. 104-739-9631 Sponsored th
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