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He kmherald.com Volume 127 o Issue 20 » Wednesday, May 20,2015 75¢ Memorial Day service Monday Joe Galloway, left, and John Parker will help welcome Vietnam veterans home at Memorial Day services Monday at 10 a.m. at Patriots Park in Kings Mountain. City plans ‘Welcome Home’ Vietnam Vets Joseph L. Galloway, one of America's premier war and foreign correspon- dents for half a century, will be the keynote speaker at Kings Mountain's commu- nity-wide Memorial Day service Monday, May 25 at 10 a.m. which “welcomes Vietnam veterans home.” The City of Kings Mountain is sponsoring the service at Patriots Park. Galloway will be joined ‘by John Parker, also a leader in the 50th anniver- sary commemoration of the Vietnam War, w ho will distribute pins, flags and other information about the event. Parker and Galloway are both in the National and North Carolina chapters of the 1st Cavalry Associa- tion. The program will begin with a prelude of music by Piper Jane Gulden and wel- -' come by Mayor Rick Mur- phrey. The Kings Mountain Police Department Honor See MEMORIAL DAY, Page 7A KM Historical Museum $10, 000 contest y winner MUSEUM PARTNERS - Pictured on the back row, from left to right, are Dillon Lackey, a City of Kings Mountain Planning and Economic Development Department employee, Nancy Tucker, business librarian at Mauney Memorial Library, Jim Champion, the president of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre and Shirley Brutko, president of the Gateway Trail Board of Directors. Front row, left to right, are Jan Harris, the city’s Main Street Program director, Adria Focht, the director of the Kings Mountain Histor- ical Museum, and Kings Mountain Mayor Rick Murphrey. Not pictured are Susan Champion, president of the KMHM Board of Directors, Sharon Stack, the director of the Mauney Memorial Library and Camiel Bradshaw, who represents the Southern Arts Society. Kings Mountain Histori- cal Museum is the winner of WTVI PBS Charlotte’s 2nd Annual Community Give Jill 98525700200 Photo by DAVE BLANTON Back Contest. The museum was se- lected from numerous appli- cants from across WTVI’s 13-county ' viewing area, along with the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation and the Allegro Foundation, as a finalist for the contest in February this year. The See MUSEUM, Page 7A 307 04-17-16 Lia eUUUY 0024A00 5P 3S RY HAUNEY MEMORIAL LIBRA @ S PIEDMONT AVE KINGS MOUNTAIN NC 28086-3450 eh ODItUATIES 1enensernssnsmsassnsesnnns 2 Police LOZ..cummmssssnsensusnnnnans 2 Lifestyles .u.eumsmsensensnanssansnnss 6 Manager’s budget on table Liberty Mountain tickets on sale page 6 Over 20 years experience! Call for An appointment today! 704.473.4048 786 Bell Rd, Kings Mountain No tax increase in $38M proposed city budget ELIZABETH STEWART lib.kmherald @ gmail.com Nothing is passed and won't be until after a pub- lic hearing June 16 but city council took their first look Monday night at City Man- ager Marilyn Sellers' pro- posed $38,763,923 budget for 2015-16, and applauded her and the staff on what the manager called “a very, very tight budget.” “This is an outstanding budget, conservative and progressive," said Mayor Rick Murphrey, adding that the staff continues to be pro- active, cuts costs and gives excellent service.” Prior to the work| session, Sell- ers met months ago with depart- ment heads who presented individual budgets. The proposed budget recommends no property tax increase, no electric base rate increase, no natural gas base rate increase and good news for citizens is that they will be paying the last 7.5% water / sewer rate increase Marilyn Sellers City Manager they approved three years ago to pay back a $34 mil- lion dollar loan for water infrastructure upgrades. Sellers is recommending an in-house salary rate study that will evaluate each of the 200 city employees and may result in more pay. The biggest chunk of the budget is earmarked for in- surance, a whopping $2.5 million as most businesses like the city have seen rising costs of insurance. The city provides insurance as one of its fringe benefits to full time employees and Sell- ers said there are no bene- fit changes. One strategy to cut down on claims is an employee wellness program with health screenings and fitness programs which have seen employees over- coming weight problems and 80% of the work force reported they have primary care physicians. This is third straight year that the city has not increased premium cov- erage. “This budget looks at immediate needs while pre- paring for the future," said Sellers, alluding to the new partnership ‘with the city and NTE, a big electricity. provider that the city has contracted with that will be See NO TAX INCREASE, Page 7A Robinson new Crest High principal HOLLY ROBINSON When the new term of school opens this fall Kings Mountain's Holly Dellinger Robinson will be Crest High School's principal and the first woman to serve in that position in over 50 years. Robinson served as assis- tant principal at Crest High from June 2012-July 2013 before joining Cleveland Early College High School in Shelby as principal in 2013. She will complete her duties at CECHS in June. Robinson began her teach- ing career as Language Arts teacher at Kings Mountain Middle School in July 2002 and taught until June 2008 when she became an En- glish teacher at Cleveland Early College High School in Shelby and served four years. She was assistant principal at Shelby Middle School from 2010-2012. Robinson served as countywide writing instruc- tor for all English/Language teachers in the summers of 2006 and 2007, was a mentor trainer for Cleveland County Schools from 2010-2012 and EVAAS trainer for Cleve- land County Schools from August 2012-June 2013. She was Cleveland Early College See ROBINSON, Page 5B Rare birth at KM Hospital DAVE BLANTON dave.kmherald@gmail.com Cole Parker Blanton came into this world a few days earlier than expected. That wouldn’t normally be a problem for the ex- pectant mother and father, except that Stephanie Blan- ton’s contractions starting coming heavy and fast at a time when they were more than 30 miles from the hos- pital the couple had planned to have their second baby at. It was Friday two weeks ago in the early afternoon when Blanton, 38, said she knew she was going into labor. (The newborn’s due date was two days later, on Sunday, May 10). The Lake Wylie Elementary 1st grade teacher, who with her husband Dave, moved to Bessemer City just a few months ago, quickly packed enough for a one-night stay and headed off to Carolinas Medical Center in Pineville, where her OB/GYN team is based. “He was honking his horn, flashing his lights,” Blanton said of her husband behind the wheel. But within minutes of getting into the car to make See RARE BIRTH, PAGE 4B The Blantons with newborn Cole at their Bessemer City home last Friday. Photo by DAVE BLANTON KM High Theatre wins big Front Row - Leah Nations, Jonah Williams, Casey Johnson, Tobias Curry, Haley John- son, Jacob Edmondson, Akeela Frost, Brennin Fleisher Second Row - Jailah Pettis, Rachel Mower, Sophia Kellstrom, Jensen Fleisher, Jack Pearson, Ashlea Hodge, Nyla Barnes, Skylar Smith Third Row - Jeremiah Fite, Landon Ervin, Austin Willis, Rielly Neal, William Towery, Brandon Towery, Cole Smith. For three years, the Kings Mountain High School Performing Arts De- partment has participated in the Regional High School Musical Theatre Awards, the Blumeys, sponsored by the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. The Blumeys, sponsored in part by Wells Fargo, The Charlotte Ob- server is part of the National High School Musical The- atre Awards, the Jimmys, that take place in New York City. On Sunday, May 17, the cast of Little Shop of Hor- rors performed as one of six: nominees for Best Musical See KM HIGH, Page 4B FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS LOCALLY HERE IN KINGS MOUNTAIN Baker Dental Care Preventative, Restorative & Cosmetic Dentistry Just a few henefits of Dental Implants: * Improved appearance. Dental implants look and feel like your own teeth. * Improved speech. Dental implants allow you to speak without the worry that your dentures might slip. * Improved self-esteem. Smile again and feel better about yourself. * Durable. Implants are very durable and with proper care, can last a lifetime. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT DENTAL IMPLANTS AND SCHEDULE YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT CALL US AT 704-739-4461 703 E. Kings St., Suite 9, Kings Mountain « www.BakerDentalCare.com TE 0 Sho
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