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Volume 127 e¢ Issue 17 ¢ Wednesday, April 29, 2015
School Administrator
dies suddenly Friday
Dr. William Dixon, Assistant Superintendent
Cleveland County Schools
The Cleveland County
Schools lost one of its top
administrators last week.
Dr. William Dixon, the
district’s assistant superin-
tendent for curriculum and
instruction, died unexpect-
edly Friday. Authorities
and school officials say the
cause of death is unknown.
“I know over the next
several days, many ques-
tions will be asked about
this unexpected occurrence.
At this time, we do not have ,
a lot of answers,” read an
email to Cleveland County
School employees from
superintendent Dr. Stephen
Fisher. “I have spoken with °
See SCHOOL, Page 7A
No rocking chair for
Mary Warren, 100
LIZABETH STEWART
ib.kmherald @gmail.com
Mary Warren, 100, hasn't
missed much in her century
of living.
The very personable se-
nior citizen isn't ready for
the rocking chair yet. She
lives alone and is able to
take care of her own pretty
apartment. That speaks vol-
umes for her independence.
What is her secret?
“I give credit to God and
my family and I've worked
bard all my life," says War-
ren, adding that trusting in
the Lord and being good to
older people has been her
lifelong practice.
MARY WARREN
How has she had time to
work outside the home and
be a homemaker — mother of
a dozen children ( including
See MARY WARREN, Page 7A
Testa family names
KM Hospice House
Kings Mountain Hos-
pice House is now the Testa
Family House after a gift by
Jim Testa of Kings Moun-
tain in memory of his wife,
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Sandra, who was a patient at
the facility last October.
The sign unveiling, rib-
bon cutting and open house
will take place Friday, May
8, at 2 p.m. The community
is invited for light refresh-
ments and a tour of the fa-
cility.
“The Hospice staff cared
See TESTA FAMILY, Page 7A
ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald @ gmail.com
Greenheck plans to hire
65 more employees at three
facilities in the county in
2016 — five. more at the ex-
isting Kitchen Ventilation
Systems plant, 212 Com-
merce Blvd., 30 more in the
Tempered Air Products fa-
cility, 110 Enterprise Drive.,
and 30 at the Shelby plant. -
Online job applications
are being taken at greenheck.
com/careers. The jobs are
skilled labor such as machine
operators, welders, and em-
ployees interested in assem-
bly type jobs.
Greenheck in Kings
Mountain specializes in ven-
tilation systems for commer-
cial buildings, restaurants,
cafeterias, hospitals, etc.
The Kings Mountain
plant has recently purchased
a panel bender to increase
production. Cowen gave
Mayor Rick Murphrey a tour
of the new addition recently
Greenheck
Markee Flack, left, demonstrates new equipment at Greenheck in Kings Mountain as Mayor
Rick Murphrey and Plant Manager Bill Cowen look on.
and Markee Flack demon-
strated the new machine.
“We are very fortunate
that the leadership of Green-
heck continually reinvests in
the business which enables
us to purchase machinery
that produces high quality
products," said Cowen.
“We are excited that
Greenheck is adding more
jobs," said Mayor Murphrey,
Photo by DILLON LACKEY
adding, “Greenheck is con-
tinuing to impact the local
economy in a positive way.”
Kitchen Ventilation
Systems (a division: of
See GREENHECK, Page 7A
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‘Mary Poppins’ opens
Friday at Joy Theatre
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Crisis volunteer
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a tireless servant
Volunteer Frank Maddox is pictured alongside Kings Moun-
Mary Poppins (Jada McDaniel) leads her. adopted fam-
ily George Banks (Cale McDaniel), Winifred Banks (Suzie
Shelter), Jane Banks (Alyssa Newton) and Michael Banks
(Stetson McDaniel) in a scene from rehearsal Monday for
the play that opens Friday.
“Mary Poppins” (Jada
McDaniel) appears out of
the windy London skies and
enters the home of two mis-
chievous children (Alyssa
Newton and Stetson Mc-
Daniel). With the help of
a carefree chimney sweep
named Bert (Nick Howell),
the spirited nanny turns
every chore into a game and
every day into a “Jolly Hol-
iday.”
Share the music, the
magic, and the joy of "Mary
Poppins" at KMLT’s Joy
See MARY POPPINS, Page 6A
tain Crisis Ministry’s executive director Lisa Harrison at the
organization’s food pantry last week.
DAVE BLANTON
dave.kmherald@gmail.com
After several careers in
the ministry and judicial
system, Frank Maddox, at
78, sees no reason to stop
helping people in any way
he can.
That’s probably the rea-
son the lanky and soft-spo-
ken Maddox is a fixture at
the Kings Mountain Cri-
sis Ministry, volunteering
there four days a week and
always looking for ways to
expand his role in serving
people in the community
who may be going through
a rough patch in life.”
See CRISIS, Page 7A
A 10-year-old Kings
Mountain girl who has her
sights set on a singing ca-
reer has earned a chance to
show off her talents during
the festivities surrounding
Nashville’s CMA Music
Festival June 10-11.
In addition to belong-
ing to the N.C. Elementary
Honors Chorus and the
Cleveland County Honors
Chorus, West Elementary
4th grader Jaiden Huff-
man has also established a
YouTube channel and with
the help of her parents has
scheduled a number of local
fundraisers to help fuel her
trip to the music capital of
| West singer looks to Nashville gig
the world.
Huffman, who, is also
learning to play the guitar,
is performing at a fundraiser
on Saturday at Midway
Lakes. The concert, which
kicks off at 4 p.m. at 141
Sellers Rd, will also include
See WEST SINGER, Page 7A
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