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View captured at Mountain Rest Cemetery on Christmas Eve.
File photo
Christmas luminary
service Dec. 24
City-owned Mountain Rest Cemetery will be aglow with
candles Christmas Eve from 5:30 p.m. until 11 p.m. as citi-
zens continue a Christmas Eve tradition in Kings Mountain.
“We had thousands of people drive through the cemetery
last year and we expect crowds this year," said Mayor Pro
Tem Mike Butler, who said he needs help in lighting the
candles on 5,000 graves in the cemetery. “We want any-
one who will help to come to the cemetery at 2 p.m. next
Wednesday, Dec. 24," he said.
City crews will place milk jugs filled with sand and a
candle on each grave early next week.
This is the 22nd year that the luminaria service will be
held for people to pay respect to their loved ones, riding
through the beautifully decorated grounds where families
have placed poinsettias and seasonal flowers on the graves.
Woodbridge Parade Sunday
The Woodbridge Lawn-
mower Christmas parade
has always been one of
the most unique events in
Cleveland County.
This year, due to the
parade being so close to
Christmas, getting Santa
back home as soon'as possi-
ble becomes very important
for organizers of the parade.
To accommodate Santa,
arrangements have been
made with Bird's-eye Bal-
loon Rides of Boiling
Springs to take Santa away
See WOODBRIDGE, Page 6
Human skeletal remains found
Human skeletal remains
have been found in the
woods near a home at 823
Long Branch Road near
Grover, according to Sher-
iff Alan Norman. Norman
said the scene was cleared
and processed Sunday af-
ternoon and the remains
have been sent to the Char-
lotte Medical Examiner's
Office for autopsy.
The decedent's identity
is unknown at this time and
the case remains under in-
vestigation, Norman said.
Anyone with informa-
tion is asked to call the
Cleveland County Sheriff's
Office at 704-484-4822 or
704-484-4788.
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Board settles on transfer policy
change; calendar tweaks proposed
DAVE BLANTON
" dave.kmherald @gmail.com
After months of debate
and discussion on the mat-
ter, the Cleveland County
Board of Education on
Monday voted to approve
an amendment to its stu-
dent transfer policy dealing
with student-athletes. The
move is a tightening of pre-
vious rules and brings more
oversight into a process that
board members concede
affects only a minority of
students.
The new policy imposes
a 365 no-sports-participa-
tion rule for student athletes
who are unable to prove the
move to a new school was
precipitated by unavoid-
able circumstances, such
as divorce, physical and/or
educational disability, or
change of domicile, or court
system mandates.
“It’s not a complete
overhauling, said Greg
Shull, the school system’s
No room
in the mall
say church
workers
For nearly a dozen
years volunteers from
Family Worship Center,
1818 Shelby Road, have
wrapped Christmas pres-
ents at Cleveland Mall for
benefit of missions proj-
ect.
Vickie Black, project
chairman, said they were
told this season they could
no longer have space at the
Mall to gift wrap.
“So, we are wrapping
in the vestibule of our
church from 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 20 and the
gift wrap price will be by
size with limited boxes
available," said Black. A
nice selection of papers
and bows are available.
She suggests that by call-
ing 704-418-0418 you can
schedule a time for wrap-
ping of a large volume of
gifts and save time. Black
said the church is beauti-
fully decorated for Christ-
mas and those taking gifts
for gift-wrapping can
enjoy the décor while their
See NO ROOM, Page 7
communications director.
“The change is really just
about the athletic eligibility
component of the transfer
policy.” Student-athletes
who are rejected for trans-
fer approval will have an
opportunity to appeal the
decision before a School
Transfer Committee, which
will be created in the com-
ing months. The commit-
tee’s decision would not be
final. Any contested deci-
sions could still come be-
fore the overall board.
The new rules, which
take effect at the beginning
of the 2015-16 school year,
are in line with the recom-
mendations of the North
Carolina High School Ath-
letic Association.
Although the rule
change won unanimous sup-
port from board members in
Monday’s vote, several on
the panel said they were
apprehensive about imple-
‘menting a rule that might
hurt students whose interest
Newly-elected hoard of education chairman Philip Glover,
left, and Dr. Linda Hopper, right, Assistant Supt. of School
Improvement and Administrative Services, congratulate
Chad Beam, English teacher at Burns High School, run-
ner-up to Regional Teacher of the Year.
Photo by GREG SHULL
mobile society,” said’board
member Jerry Hoyle.
in playing sports was sec-
ondary to their academic
pursuits.
“We’ve become a very
See BOARD, Page 7
Slo
of play experiences.
Mayor Rick Murphrey and Mayor pro tem Mike Butler, far right, prepare to cut the red
ribbon showing off the new children's train table at Mauney Memorial Library's Harris
Children's Wing. The State Library awarded a LSTA EzTechnology grant to fund the proj-
ect. The top of the table is removable and the top can be used as a train table, a Lego
building top and a Tinker Toy top. Children enjoyed story hour by Children's Librarian
Christy Conner, pictured at left of the mayor, prior to the presentation. The children's
staff at the library will switch the tops every several months to give children a change
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Photo by ELLIS NOELL
Casino opposition group
takes petition to Washington
Five members of the
Kings Mountain Awareness
Group went to Washington,
DC Monday and hand-de-
livered city councilman
Tommy Hawkins' letter
retracting his support of a
casino and 1500 signatures
on petitions opposing a pro-
posed casino/resort by the
Catawba Indian Nation on
Dixon School Road at I-85.
Adam Forcade, his wife
Cynthia, Marie Jackson,
Pastor Marti Ramey, and
Sheila Leonard met for 45
minutes with Sarah Harris,
Assistant Secretary to the
Chief of Staff of the Bureau
See CASINO, Page 7
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