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County officers arrest trio
on B&E, larceny counts
Steven William Bolen,
24, 1200 Capps Road,
Bessemer City, Roger
Dale Bowen, 37, 314 2nd
Street, Stanley, and Eric
Raines, 23, 2810 Sunset
Drive, Gastonia, have
been charged with con-
spiracy to commit break-
ing and entering, breaking
and entering, and larceny
and possession of stolen
property and were jailed
under $10,000 bonds at
the Cleveland County De-
tention Center, according
to the Cleveland County
Sheriff's Department.
Captain Joel Shores
said that on Sept. 11 Pa-
trol Deputy Steve Bonino
was working patrol and
spotted a suspicious vehi-
cle towing a four-wheeler
and pulled the vehicle
over. Officers discovered
the four-wheeler had been
stolen from a Cleveland
County resident. Fur-
ther investigtion by the
Criminal Investigations
Division implicated the
suspects in alleged break-
ins in the Fallston and
Moss Lake areas over a
seven day period and the
recovery of $40,000 in
stolen property.
The investigation is
continuing and more
charges are pending.
'Women's
"Women's Wisdom Walk-
About, a program for and
about women, will be pre-
sented by Business Network-
ing of Kings Mountain Oct.
23 and 24 in an event that not
only outlines how downtown
Kings Mountain can supply
many of the things women
like before driving out-of-
town but a weekend chock
full of a variety of activities.
Space is limited to 50 par-
ticipants, so donation tickets
are now available for $25. at
Gentle Moon Cafe, Chloe's
Boutique, and Bellus T. Spa,
130 West Gold in the former
location ‘of Graapes In A
Glass.
Wisdom Walk-About
The event will begin on
October 23 at 7 p.m. with
wine tasting with horsdouvres
at Gentle Moon Cafe where
participants will receive a
schedule of events on Sat-
urday, Oct. 24 and a goodie
bag.
Saturday events begin at
7 a.m. with a light breakfast
at Gentle Moon Cafe down-
town.
There's also an all-day
scavenger hunt led by Bar-
bara Justice and representa-
tives of businesses downtown
will conduct demonstrations
and tips on healthy living,
Gentle Moon Cafe; dress for
success, Chloe's Boutique;
yoga at the Yoga Room;
cooking demonstration with
Martin and Stormy at The
Inn of the Patriots; financial
strategies with a financial ad
visor; marketing strategies
by Southern Bell Marketing;
taking a walk on the wild side
at Gateway Trail; tools every
women should have, Bridges
Hardware; self defense and
Tai Chi at Kong Hoi King Fu;
skin care at Bellus Tu Spa;
and a data center tour led by
Barbara Justice. The evening
event at' 6:30 p.m. at Gentle
Moon Cafe will include din-
ner, a fashion show, a photo
booth and door prizes.
SPECIAL BONDS
From Page 1A
let them know that attention is
required. That signal prompts
the diabetic to check their
blood sugar and, if appropri-
ate, to eat or drink something
that can help blood sugar lev-
els stabilize.
“They are remarkable an-
imals,” said Brianna’s father
Jim Rochford, who, along
with his wife Jacquie, is a re-
tired NYPD officer.
Those with type I dia-
betes, which is caused by a
genetic disorder, typically
begin showing signs of the
disease at an early age. Bri-
anna, 14, and Tyler, 15, were
both diagnosed in 2007. Ty-
ler’s family acquired Bingo
in April 2012. Claddagh came
into the Rochford family in
February 2013. (Claddagh,
which is pronounced clad-uh,
is a Gaelic word that means
loyalty and friendship).
When the students were
younger, their service dogs
accompanied them to school
nearly every day. Now, as
Tyler and Brianna have got-
ten older and better at man-
aging the disease, they rarely
bring the helpful canines to
campus.
“Bingo is a godsend, but
it can lead to a lot of distrac-
tions at school,” said Tyler’s
mother Shanna at a coffee
shop in downtown Kings
Mountain Friday afternoon,
where she was joined by the
two students, Brianna’s par-
ents and of course Claddagh
and Bingo. “Plus, (Tyler)
likes to be below the radar
and having a dog with him at
school brings attention.”
“People will sometimes
bark at the dog,” Brianna
said, referring to classmates
who may not completely un-
derstand why Claddagh ac-
companies her.
Service dogs, when out-
side the home, wear red vests
to signify the important role
they play for their owners.
Dogs like Claddagh and
Bingo, which cost about
$25,000 and whose cost are
not covered by insurance
plans, are becoming increas-
ingly common for those with
type I diabetes. But Tyler
and Brianna, as well as their
parents, say they are just one
tool in helping patients man-
age diabetes, which is caused
when the body’s endocrine
system fails to regulate glu-
cose levels in the blood.
Tyler wears an insulin
pump, while Brianna uses a
pen-like device to manually
administer insulin to herself.
Studies have shown that
implanted glucose monitoring
systems can be 20-30 minutes
behind a fully trained alert
dog. The electronic systems
measure parts per million. In
research laboratories, dogs
have been shown to pick up
on parts per trillion with their
sensitive noses. Also, diabet-
ics may sleep right through a
monitor’s alarm, whereas a
trained diabetic alert dog is
persistent to the point it will
go get another member of the
household if the person isn’t
responding.
“It’s a big responsibility,”
said Shanna Withers, ‘who
works for an insurance com-
pany. “For a teenager, it’s
a lot for them. But we’ll do
everything in our power to
make sure he’s healthy. The
dog has saved my kid’s life.”
Jacquie Rochford agrees,
explaining that Claddagh and
Bingo have become so tuned
in to the children’s statuses
that they are able to alert to
a low blood sugar or a high
blood sugar even when they
are many miles away. The
Rochfords and Withers ex-
plain that the service dogs
have tasted blood samples
from both students and
that plus their training and
near-constant companionship
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mean the animals have forged
extraordinary bonds with the
two sophomores.
At Brianna’s house,
Claddagh joins a host of
‘other beloved family pets.
The Rochfords also have a
Chihuahua, three cats and six
fish. At Tyler’s house, Bingo
shares attention with a Jack
Russell terrier.
The alert dogs respond
acutely to simple commands.
Their owners can place tasty
treats on top of their paws
and say “leave it.” The dogs
won’t touch the food. When
they say the word “free,” the
dogs quickly and calmly gob-
ble up the kibble.
Having diabetes hasn’t
kept Brianna or Tyler from
leading active and productive
young lives. Tyler is a great
student whose favorite sub-
ject is math, as well as being
an ace golfer who plays on
the KMHS team. Brianna,
a cheerleader whose favorite
subject is honors biology, is
also a competitive Irish step
dancer who has her sights on
becoming a veterinarian after
college. Last month she was a
keynote speaker at an Amer-
ican Diabetes Association
event. On Nov. 7, she’ll speak
at the national organization’s
Step Out event in Charlotte.
So what has been the long-
term results of employing
service dogs in their lives?
According to their parents,
the periodic tests that reveal
blood sugar levels over long
periods of time have shown
that both Brianna and Tyler
have shown improvement in
keeping blood glucose levels
within healthier ranges than
before Claddagh and Bingo
came into the picture.
Both students say they
plan on keeping a service dog
into adulthood.
“I feel safer,” Brianna said
over a coffee drink. -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
8th grade Patriot project in full swing at KMMS
Project Patriot is the
theme of the 8th grade Social
Studies class — the Voyagers,
Rockets and Super Novas
— which got underway this
month and last week the stu-
dents made a trip to the Kings
Mountain National Park,
walked the trail to Ferguson's
grave, and learned a history
lesson.
Caleb Sigmon, who di-
rected the highly successful
summer productions of “Lib-
erty Mountain," kicked off
the project at an assembly
program at Kings Mountain
Middle School and it will
run from the beginning of the
year starting in classrooms
and end with students show-
casing their projects for the
city-wide Gateway Festival
on Oct.10.
Projects will be based on
categories created by Caleb
and his wife, Katy, and they
will include Visual Arts (
music, drama, dance), weap-
onry, clothing, genealogy/
gravestones, journal writing,
interviews, graphs, medicine,
crafts/trade. Visits to the
Battleground will be aimed
to help give students a bet-
ter understanding of these
categories. Students will re-
ceive assistance in complet-
ing projects from guidance
in Language Arts and Social
Studies. Assistance will be
available through the media
center and Mauney Library
as well.
A research paper or essay
will accompany the project
and will be a required por-
tion of the project. Student
rewards will also be featured.
One student from each cate-
gory will be chosen for a limo
lunch with the mayor. The top
three winners will be selected
for cash prizes. Projects and
students will also’be recog-
nized at a Kings Mountain
city council meeting.
Student projects will be
displayed in windows of
downtown businesses and
also at the Gateway Festival.
Mauney Library, a part-
ner in the project along with
the City of Kings Moun-
tain, will sponsor an event
led by the Sigmons and the
Gateway T:rail will host a
Haunted Trail in October
where the characters along
the trail are those involved
in the Battle of Kings Moun-
tain. The trail will be similar
to a story walk telling ab out
the battle and the people in-
volved.
Loretta Cozart, from
the local DAR chapter,
says a marker for the Afri-
can American Patriots who
fought in the battle, will be
presented on Oct. 7 and this
event will also tie-in with the
student project.
A committee began work
on the project this summer
and this group included
Christy Conner, Windy
Bagwell, Julia Clore-Lau-
rich, David Smith, Andrew
Ruppe, Caleb and Katy Sig-
mon, Leah Taber, and Kath-
erine Lynn.
Windy Bagwell's young
son, Adam, a 4th grader, was
among the cast of “Liberty
Mountain” and Bagwell,
Middle School faculty mem-
ber, and Christy Conner of
Mauney Library became ex-
cited about the project when
Bagwell said that the 8th
grade curriculum included
the Revolutionary War in
the Social Studies Program.
What a neat idea to work up
a project that would culmi-
nate with the October cele-
bration of the 1780 Battle of
Kings Mountain, they said.
The idea caught an with
the Sigmons and the com-
mittee has grown this month
to include other community
members.
LOCAL GOP: not sold on Trump
From Page 1A
“We're going to get behind
whoever is nominated 100 per-
cent, but now it’s just too soon
to say who that will be,” Whet-
stine said. “We feel that our
worst candidate is better than
their worst.”
Whetstine, who is a general
contractor and a longtime Re-
publican, said that those who
watched the debate with him
last week observed that Trump,
a real estate developer, televi-
sion personality and author,
appeared to get less talking
time than in an earlier debate
in August.
Still, he thinks he under-
stands Trump’s appeal.
“The everyday work-
ing person is tired of politics
as usual,” Whetstine said.
“They’re looking for someone
to say what is right even if it’s
politically correct.”
As far as candidate Trump’s
assertion that his administration
would have Mexico finance a
wall to keep its would-be mi-
grants off of U.S. soil, Whet-
stine concedes that “some of
that is overkill.”
“All 16 of them had some
| good points,” Whetstine said
of last week’s GOP debate,
who added that the debates are
Periph
helping the candidates shape
their respective messages over
time.
Trump, who is thought to
have a net worth of about $7
billion, formally announced
his candidacy for president in
June and his early campaign-
ing drew intense media cover-
age. His support in polls soon
rose to high levels. Since late
July 2015, he has consistently
been the front-runner in public
opinion polls for the Republi-
can Party nomination.
Despite Trump’s rise in the
polls, some don’t think he’s a
genuine contender for the nom-
ination or the presidency.
“I don’t know why anyone
is talking about Trump,” said
Stuart Brock, a Kings Moun-
tain landscaper who identifies
himself as a libertarian. “He’s
just media fodder.”
New Hampshire is the site
of the first presidential primary
in February.
For those local observers
who are aligned with the other
major political party in the
United States, Trump’s per-
formance in last week’s panel
was more just more of the same
empty sloganeering they say
they’ve seen from the famous
real estate developer over the
summer.
“Donald Trump is certainly
the entertainer of the bunch,”
said Betsy Wells, who is chair
of N.C.’s 10th District Demo-
crats. “I don’t think he’ll make
it though.”
“I think even Republicans
are surprised by his dominance
in the polls,” she said. “We're
talking about the leader of the
free world here.”
Wells said her thoughts
after watching the GOP debate
was that Fiorina was the most
poised of the GOP hopefuls.
“I think she probably did
the best, in terms of standing
out among the others in that
particular debate. At this stage
of the game we’ll just wait
and see how it plays out,” said
Wells, a Hillary Clinton sup-
porter who believes the former
First Lady and Secretary of
State will get the Democratic
nomination.
Nevertheless, she said
there’s no denying the ground-
swell of support that Vermont
Senator Bernie Sanders has
been getting.
“I’ve always liked Bernie,”
she said. “He’ll make the (pri
mary) race exciting.”
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