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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Page 9 City, County gave incentives to QualTech Cleveland County and the City of Kings Mountain jointly collaborated to provide QualTech Industries, Inc. fi- nancial incentives grants that have served as a catalyst for their expansion which, when completed, will be an invest- ment for the company of $1.5 million. Joe Latchaw, the owner and President of the com- pany, said that the construc- tion is complete and electric and HVAC should be kicked off in the next week or two. He said the building should be completely finished in the next few months and the expansion will create five new jobs with average wages expected to be at $45,000 or more annually. QualTech and officials with the Cleveland County Economic Development Part- nership announced the ex- pansion plans this week in a news release. The plant is located on 16 acres along I-85 in Kings Mountain, The company op- erates in a 7,000 square foot building with the latest turn- ing and milling capabilities with lathes that include live tooling and sub-spindle ca- pabilities, horizontal mulch- axis machining centers and a mulch-functional vertical turning mill. Kristin Reese, Executive Director of CCEDP, said the county values the fact that QualTech Industries is a fam- ily-owned business, run by a father and son with over 40 years of experience in the ma- chine shop business. “We chose to expand our facilities here once again because we value the local workforce and have appreci- ated the support from local government and organiza- tions. We also feel that our location along I-85 here in Kings Mountain is centrally located amongst many key in- dustries we plan to target that will allow us to continue to grow," said Latchaw. ANTI-GAMING: advocate speaks out From Page 1 Catawba casino from coming to town. Following Monday’s presentation at the restaurant, she also talked with a wom- en’s group of Kings Moun- tain’s First Baptist Church Tuesday morning and spoke before the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners Tuesday evening. Last year, the local an- ti-casino group played host to Stop Predatory Gambling’s president, Les Bernal, who spoke at local church to more than 100 people and urged them to write to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and local, state and federal officials to let their voices be heard. The local advocacy group has also brought in other speakers and anti-gaming advocates from Raleigh and Charlotte to speak on the issue in the last two years. The county board and all but two members of the Kings Mountain City Coun- cil have publicly voiced their support of the proposed ca- sino, although the decision to allow the casino to be built is still pending with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, an agency within the federal govern- ment. A petition to place a parcel of land near Dixon School Rd.’s intersection with I-85 in trust — a compli- cated process that involves numerous agencies working together to overcome both regulatory and environmental hurdles — has been pending since September 2013. Besides her personal story, Litchfield’s message also cen- tered on economics. Groups like the Stop Predatory Gam- bling believe that regional casinos are hurtful in the long term to the communities they do business in. It’s a message that has been echoed by members of the Kings Mountain Aware-" ness Group, which is led by husband and wife Adam and Cynthia Forcade. They have publicly. advocated to put pressure on local, state and federal officials to stop the casino because its business model is one that only suc- ceeds when its “vulnerable, low-income customers” lose. Members of the group have been outspoken at county board and city council meet- ings for more than 18 months, around the time when the pro- posed project became public and was beginning to gain steam. Proponents of the casino have argued that the gaming resort would be a boon for jobs and tourism. The city of Kings Mountain also stands to gain a very large customer should a casino move into town. It would likely sell the resort complex water, sewer services, natural gas and elec- tricity. At Monday’s meeting fol- lowing Litchfield’s presen- tation, city council member Tommy Hawkins introduced himself to the crowd and supported the sentiments put forth by the guest speaker and the Forcades. Hawkins, an early supporter of the casino, said he came to a change of heart last year after visiting gambling communities — in- cluding Las Vegas — and not liking what he saw. He also praised the Forcades for their tireless campaign to raise awareness about the potential negative impacts. In his comments to the crowd, he endorsed mayoral candidate Scott Neisler, who was seated at a table with Hawkins’ during the event. After a few comments to those assembled at the restau- rant, Neisler, for his part, said he remained undecided about his position on the proposed casino. “At this point I'm just lis- tening to what people have to say,” said Neisler, who served two terms as mayor in the 1990s after sitting on city council for two terms. “I'm doing my research and I'm learning a lot — they certainly make a compelling argument. Really, what I'd like to bring to this and like to see happen is that all voices are heard and respected in this debate.” City Council member Keith Miller, the council’s other opponent of the casino, was not present due to a con- flict, however his wife, Julie, was in attendance, sitting with Hawkins, his wife, Kay, and Neisler. REAL TO REEL From Page 1 over the world, and the screenings represent some of the best independent film- making being done today. But for folks interested. in a local angle, one may stand out because it was filmed en- tirely in Shelby and the sur- rounding vicinity. “Worldly Possessions” is a short film (17 minutes) that tracks the story of a man who believes his world is occupied and threatened by demons. When an actual murder brings him back to his hometown, he has some new and confounding issues to confront. Written by Shelby screen- writer and composer Brad Hord and directed by Robert Finion of Rock Hill, S.C., “Worldly Possessions” was filmed in 2014 using the LeG- rand Center, Rose Hill, the Webley House, P&M Ware- house (which was also used in the 2011 hit “The Hunger Games”) and many down- town Shelby spots as shooting locations. It shows Friday, the evening’s final screening. The film festival’s organizers have given the flick an R rating. The short’s themes hit on the main character’s “delu- sions” and “mental illness in general,” Hord said. “Worldly Possessions” has been se- lected to be shown at about a dozen film festivals in North America. The film wounded up being shot in Shelby mainly due to Hord knowing the city so well. “Brad being the writer, he had Shelby in mind when he wrote it,” Finion said. “He has a lot of contacts in Shelby.” “Worldly Possessions” isn’t Hord and Finion’s first collaboration on a project that saw them filming in Shelby. The two made “Mosaic 33” last year; it reached audiences through a number of film fes- tivals too, but didn’t show at Real to Reel. Now the two are work- ing on a feature film they’re calling “Strays.” That movie is about the relationship be- tween two young best friends, a boy and girl. The boy feels emotionally invisible to his “Worldly Possessions” is a dark tale written by Shelby resident Brad Hord and directed by Robert Finion of Rock Hill. The short joins animation projects, features and doc- umentaries from all over the world. A complete schedule is listed in the article. family, while the girl lives in an abusive and neglectful home. Finion recently wrapped up making an independent feature film titled “Athena.” Shot in Charlotte, he de- scribes it a mixture of horror, science fiction and drama coming together in a unique way. Their “Worldly Posses- sions” is one of the eight films featured in town this week by North Carolina moviemakers, according to the Cleveland County Arts Council, which presents the festival annually. 2015 REAL TO REEL FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE Wednesday, 7 p.m. - until “Oh Crappy Day”; PG; 17 minutes; short “Thundercluck: Chicken of Thor”; PG; 3 minutes; an- imation “That Bites!”; PG; 44 minutes; documentary “T.P.”: PG: 10 minutes animation Intermission “Omo Child: The River and the Bush”; PG-13; 1 hour 29 minutes; documentary “Take Care”; PG-13; 18 minutes; short “Runaway”; PG-13; 27 minutes; short Thursday, 7 p.m. - until “Hop Scotch and the Funk Dumpling”; PG-13; 15 min- utes; short “First Language: The Race to Save Cherokee”; PG; 56 minutes; documentary “I Am Sami”; PG-13; 15 minutes; short Intermission “Blue”; PG; 24 minutes; short “Popcorn Sutton: A Hell of a Life”; R; 1 hour 26 min- utes; documentary OIS5CESS1ONS Friday, 7 p.m. — until “LunchSaq”; PG; 7 min- utes; short “Birthday”; PG; 11 min- utes; short “You See Me”; R; 1 hour 11 minutes; documentary Intermission “Bight Zero Eight”; PG; 5 minutes; documentary “Awaken”; R; 1 hour 26 minutes; feature “Worldly Possessions”; R; 18 minutes; short Saturday Matinee 1 p.m. “Truth Bubbles”; PG; 4 minutes; short “Oz Land”; PG-13; 1 hour 55 minutes; feature Intermission “Unmappable”; PG-13; 22 minutes; documentary “The 13th Step”; PG-13; 1 hour 19 minutes; documen- tary Saturday, 7 p.m. — until “The Present”; G; 4 min- utes; animation “Bird”; PG; 10 minutes; short “Resilient”; PG; 35 min- utes; documentary “A Spring has Passed by”; PG; 6 minutes; short Intermission “OLD?!”; PG; 51 minutes; documentary “Tick Tock”; PG; 9 min- utes; animation “Herb Key”: Nurturing American Heritage; PG; 30 minutes; documentary For the complete and de- tailed schedule and more in- formation about each film, visit www.ccartscouncil.org/ realtoreel/real2015.html * Awards will be an- nounced during the party following the final film on Saturday night at 238 Cher- okee Grille located at 222 S. 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