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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 : DAVE BLANTON © dave.kmherald@gmail.com Elections favor local in- cumbents; U.S. Senate goes GOP Dave Blanton dave. kmherald@gmail.com In an election that saw nearly half of the county’s reg- istered voters head to the polls, a number of incum- bents held onto their jobs in law enforcement, county management and in state and federal lawmaking po- sitions. 28,125 total ballots were cast in the county from a total of 62,051 registered voters, according to local election officials. Those figures mark an uptick over the usual figures for a mid- term election, officials said, adding that increased early voting opportunities are likely responsible for the higher numbers. According to the North Carolina Board of Elec- tions, a new record for voter participation during a midterm election was set in 2014. The previous record was set during the 2010 midterm election. County Commissioners, Sheriff and Coroner races Incumbents Jason Falls and Eddie Holbrook handily defended their seats on the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners, while vot- ers passed over challenger Willie McIntosh. With 21 out of 21 precincts report- ing late Tuesday, Falls and Holbrook has picked up more than 15,000 votes each, while McIntosh had collected a little over 11,000. Falls, a Republican who lives in Kings Mountain, currently serves as chair- man of the county board. During the campaign, he touted his record of voting against local tax increases. A licensed auctioneer, he also campaigned on eco- nomic development. Hol- brook, a Democrat who is the senior dean of devel- opment and governmen- tal relations at Cleveland Community College, also focused on economic de- velopment, a subject he said he has been passionate about since first joining the board 2007. The Democrat helped permanently se- cure the American Legion World Series in Shelby. Mcintosh, a Democrat and former president of the Cleveland County Chap- ter NAACP, served as a commission member from 1996-2006 and is a retired Shelby police officer. The three candidates were vying for two open seats on the county board. Voters handed incumbent Sheriff Alan Norman a landslide victory in the race, giving him 23,309 votes to Republican challenger Carl Jensen’s roughly 4,370, according to local election officials. The vote ushered Nor- man, a Democrat who campaigned as a “working sheriff” with 31 years of law enforcement experi- ence, into his third term as the county’s top law en- forcement officer. Challenger Carl Jensen is a former FBI agent who has worked extensively in the security and private in- vestigative industries. Robbie Morgan secured the Cleveland County Cor- oner’s job with 15,787 votes, topping opposition Tott Griffin, who collected 10,867 votes. What started as a seven-person race for county coroner was even- tually whittled down to the two. The Kings Mountain Herald | www kherald.com Alan Norman Sheriff Griffin won the Demo- cratic primary vote. Mor- gan was unopposed in the May GOP primary. Griffin; who would have been the first African-American cor- oner in Cleveland County, works in the funeral home business and had served as medical examiner in the county from 2004-2007. Morgan, owner and opera- tor of a funeral service, is a 17-year veteran in the in- dustry. He is also'a former paramedic. U.S: House, N.C. Houss; N.C. Senate, and local Dis- trict Attorney and District Court Judge races In the U.S. House of Representa- tives 10th district race, Re- publican incumbent Patrick McHenry outpaced chal- lenger by a wide margin at the polls Tuesday. The Denver resident and three- term Congressman got 17,458 votes to Democrat Tate MacQueen’s 10,142. In an election to see who would represent N.C.’s 46th district, incum- bent state senator Warren Daniel cruised past Dem- ocratic: challenger Emily Church. Daniel picked up 16,244 votes while Church garnered 10,943. Republi- can incumbent Tim Moore ran unopposed for reelec- tion for this seat in the N.C. House representing the Elections favor local | incumbents; U. S. Jason Falls County Commissioner Michael Miller District Attorney - 27-B Tom Tillis US Senate 111th district. Likewise, his senate counterpart .in the 110th district, Kelly Hast- ings, a Republican, was also running unopposed. In the race for N.C. District Attorney for district 27B, Michael Miller defeated John Bridges. Miller col- lected 15,725 votes while Bridges fell short with 11,740. Ali Paksoy ran un- opposed to victory in his race for the N.C. District Eddie Holbrook County Commissioner Tim Moore NC House - 111th District Patrick McHenry US House - 10th District Court Judge for district 27B. U.S. Senate roundup Re- publicans Tuesday won six of the six seats they needed to, gain control of the U.S. Senate, as voters in Arkan- sas and Colorado ousted the Democratic incumbents while electing Republicans in West Virginia, Montana and South Dakota. Thom Tillis won 4 close and hotly contested race against in- Page 3A Senate goes GOP Robert Morgan County Coroner Warren Daniel NC Senate - 46th District Kelly Hastings NC House - 110th District cumbent Democrat Kay Hagan. In that race, Tillis picked up 1,412,865 votes to Hagan's 1,364,623." The victories allowed the Republican Party to reach its goal of taking the Senate back from the Dem- ocrats eight years after losing the chamber amid a wave of angry voter sen- timent aimed at President George W. Bush and the Iraq war. Allison celebrates 95th birthday Connie A. Allison, re- tired Kings Mountain ed- ucator, celebrated his 95th birthday Sept. 21 with 125 family members and friends at the Bynum Chapel Fam- ily: Life Center. His hobby, “Sudoko," was the theme for the party and the pro- gram was presented by the members of his church, Good Hope Presbyterian, former students, a great niece and his loving grand- children. His children, Sharon and Johnny Byers of Char- lotte, his son, Kevin Alli- son of Richmond, Va., and grandchildren Justin Byers, Alyson Byers and Olivia Allison, hosted the party attended by friends and rel- atives from Charlotte, Kan- napolis. Hendersonville, Win- ston-Salem, Statesville, Greensboro, Shelby, and Kings Mountain, North Carolina, as well as Au- gusta, GA and Rich- mond, VA. An Elder in Good Hope Pres- byterian Church, Al- lison is also active in the Kings Mountain Lions Club and an active volunteer in the community. Allison, who re- tired as Principal of North Elemen- tary School, came to Kings Mountain in 1960 as Principal of Davidson High School where his late wife, Adelaide, was on the staff. They both worked at Compact High where Allison was Prin- cipal, then Mrs. Allison joined the Home Econom- ics Department at Kings Mountain High School and was Distributive Education teacher there prior to retire- ment. Mr. Allison taught Trigonometry at the high Connie A. Allison school while Principal at Compact and served as East School Principal before his tenure at North School. He retired in 1984 after a 24 year career in education in Kings Mountain District Schools and the Cleveland County system. Cindi Wood's new book “Anonymous” now available Kings Mountain's Cindi Wood, ‘a sought-after speaker who teaches the “strung-out and frazzled, how to creatively manage the stresses. of life, has written another Bible study, “Anonymous- Discovering the Somebody You Are to God.” The book is avail- able at Lifeway and Barnes & Noble and online sources for $15.99 and published this fall by Abington Press. Wood, wife, mother and grandmother, former Kings Mountain teacher, and en- trepreneur is also the author of “I've Used All My Sick Days — Now I Will Have to Call in Dead,” “The Frazzled Female, The Fraz- zled Female Bible Study,” “the “Victoriously Fraz- zled Bible Study,” “Too Blessed for This Mess,” the "Frazzled Female Journal Devotional Journal" and Your Home Comfort Systems... IT’S ALL ABOUT CHOICES! Comfortmaker Good / Better | Best - Tr For the peace of mind that comes with quiet, dependable warmth and energy efficiency that can save you money, discover Comfortmaker® systems. ECT ] Limited ; Lele Timely registration required. “Desperate, Seeking Sim- plicity." Simply reading the titles of her books can bring a smile. Through the popular Frazzled Female seminars Cindi leads women to de- velop practical strategies to deal with daily pressures. With insights ‘and humor, her teachings point partic- ipants to the vibrant love that is experienced as you hear from God through Bible study and spending time with Him. “At one time or dnother. every woman has felt over- looked, unimportant and bruised by the world," says Cindi. But she adds, “there's good news. While the opinion of others may drag us down, the God who created us has an entirely different opinion of who we are. That's because we are His creation and everything He created is good.” The Bible is filled with anonymous women who made a significant im- pact in God's story. Each week of the six-session study begins with an over- view of the anonymous woman's story, including background material with relevance to the cultural lifestyles and surroundings of the day. The daily les- sons explore her story and the ways that all women can relate to her. 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