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t center, in black shirt, is joined by his family, school board
rd of Education meeting
members and other school employees at Monday night's meeting. The board took the oc-
casion to honor two coaches who are credited with helping save the hoy’s life after he
collapsed at John Gamble Stadium in the spring. Jeff Putnam, front row, far left, and Mark
Latham, front row, third from left, received the first Dr. Jack Hamrick Award of Honor and
Service.
DAVE BLANTON
adave.kmherald @gmail.com
When 9th grader David
Ford collapsed at a track
and field practice this April,
two coaches rushed to his
aid and were ultimately
responsible in saving the
young student’s life.
Coach Mark Latham
found no pulse. He and
coach Jeff Putnam quickly
began performing CPR.
When their efforts were
unsuccessful, they located
a CardioPump that com-
presses the chest and — un-
like conventional CPR
— also allows for active
re-compression.
When EMS personnel
arrived on the scene minutes
later, they faced a dire situa-
tion: Ford still had no pulse.
Doctors at KMHS were able
to revive the student athlete,
and school officials say the
quick thinking on the part
of the two coaches on the
scene helped Ford survive.
Ford was in good form
at Monday night’s Board of
Education meeting, smiling
Photo by DAVE BLANTON
along with his grateful par-
ents as Putnam and Latham
got heroes’ recognition.
Both men on Monday
became the first recipients
of the Dr. Jack Hamrick
Award of Honor and Ser-
vice. Hamrick is a longtime
scheol board member and
a Shelby M.D. who was
instrumental in ensuring
that sports programs in the
Cleveland County Schools
are equipped with poten-
tially life-saving emergency
medical equipment.
See HEREOES, Page 4B
Bethware
Community Fair
opens Tuesday
at 6 p.m.
The 68th annual
Bethware Community
Fair opens Tuesday at 6
p.m. at Bethware School
grounds and will be open
Tuesday-Thursday from
6-10 p.m. and on Friday
and Saturday from 5-11
p.m.
A special Thursday
event will be a Cruise-In
and every driver in a
classic car or truck will
display them in a special
designated area where
fair goers can view them .
The Moonshiners,
Josh and Bill from the
Discovery Channel, will
be at the Fair to meet and
See BETHWARE FAIR, Page 7A
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Teams make way to Shelby
for AL World Series
The dominant
Brooklawn, N.J. American
Legion team that won the
World Series in both 2013
and 2014 will be back in the
mix this week at Shelby’s
Keeter Stadium to defend
its title.
The Brooklawn team
capped its so far undefeated
* playoff run by claiming the
Mid-Atlantic championship
on Sunday.
Also strong team mak-
ing a return appearance is
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the 2014 runnerup Midland,
Mich., which won the Great
Lakes regional trophy over
the weekend.
Joining those squads,
American Legion teams out
See AL WORLD SERIES, Page 2A
Museum needs your vote
to win $1,000 grant
Kings Mountain Histor-
ical Museum needs your
votes again.
Museum Director Adria
Focht says the Museum is
a finalist for a 2015 com-
munity mini grant from
Truliant Federal Credit
Union and if the Museum is
the winner the $1,000 grant
money will be used to as-
sist with the operation and
programming costs for the
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13th annual Toys, Games
and Trains exhibit Nov. 14,
See MUSEUM, Page 7A
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Energy Center moving forward
City is covering its bases
ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald @gmail.com
Kings Mountain city
-council took
another step [i
Tuesday to [8
assure that §
the Kings |
Mountain [88
Energy Proj- i
ect moves
forward
toward an
anticipated
.30-month completion date.
And NTE's Vice Presi-
dent of Development Mike
Green had high praise for the
city and particularly Mayor
Rick Murphrey. Green told
the Herald, “The enthusiasm
and level of support from
local government officials,
especially Mayor Rick Mur-
phrey, was the deciding factor
in selecting the Kings Moun-
tain site for this power plant
RICK
MURPHREY
project.” He continued, “The
mayor's leadership toward
the development of a mu-
tually beneficial economic
partnership
should be
commended
— a public/
private part-
nership’ that
will be a
model for on
the state and . MARILYN
the region.” ~~ SELLERS
City
Manager Marilyn Sellers
said that as the project pro-
gresses that the city has met
all requirements required by
law. She said that the mayor
and the Energy Director Nick
Hendricks were asked by the
North Carolina Utilities De-
partment to speak at a public
hearing about NTE's plans for
a power plant at a meeting in
Gastonia which was also at-
tended by community lead-
ers supporting the project.
During the public hearing no
opposition was expressed and
the state group said a second
public hear-
ing would |
not be called. |
At its
Tuesday's |
special
meeting §
city council -
authorized
Mayor Rick
Murphrey
to execute an agreement
between the City of Kings
Mountain, Transcontinental
Pipeline and NTE Energy that
will allow the project to move
forward if one of the parties
backs out of the plan.
This is the second
agreement that council has
signed off on, first at the
July monthly meeting when
the full council authorized
See CITY, Page, Page 4B
HENDRICKS
Big upgrades for city’s water plant
DAVE BLANTON
dave.kmherald@gmail.com
With-an eye on new in-
dustries that have or are
soon moving into town, the
City of Kings Mountain has
been focused in recent years
on making sure it’s capable
of providing ample supplies
of water in an efficient way
to its customers.
~ A $33.8 million loan
from the N.C. Department
of Natural Resources kicked
things into gear about a year
and a half ago. Those funds
— borrowed interest-free on
a 20-year payback plan — al-
lowed the city to begin work
on a three-phase water reha-
bilitation project.
City leaders gathered
Monday morning to ring
in the groundbreaking of
a major overhaul of its
water treatment facility that
cited about expected improvements at the water plant.
Photo by DAVE BLANTON
will allow it to increase its
treated water output by 50
percent — from 8 million
gallons a day to 12 million
gallons per day.
Located on Oak Grove
Road and adjacent to Moss
See BIG UPGRADES, Page 4B
TSA grant to museum
The Kings Mountain
Tourism Development Au-
thority recently awarded a
$1400 grant to Kings Moun-
tain Historical Museum to
employ a very successful
Face book “Like” promo-
tion from February-June
2015.
Museum Director Adria
Focht said that with this pro-
motion the Museum's Face
book page gained a total of
2,695 new “Likes,” a 289%
increase in total page “likes”
in less than five months. She
said to put that in perspec-
tive the Museum's face book
page subsisted with little or
no paid advertising from
See TSA, Page 5B
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GRANT TO MUSEUM - City councilman Rick Moore, chairman
of the Kings Mountain Tourism Development Authority and Rod-
ney Gordon, far right, vice-chairman, present a $1400 grant from
the Authority to Adria Focht, second from left, Kings Mountain
Historical Museum director, and Stella Putnam, member of the
Museum board.
Photo by HALEY WILSON