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Wet weather doesn’t dampen city’s Memorial Day Parade City Manager Brian Dalton making a comment on the city’s medical insurance at the recent Council Work Session last Tuesday, May 30. To his right is City Attorney, Palmer Huffstetler. (photos by MEP/The Eagle/CF Media)
City Council work session held May 30 Topics: medical insurance, PL contract, and historical museum by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
There wasn’t a great deal of city business to be talked about at the Monday, May 30 work session. The primary issues discussed, after the council approved the consent agenda for the FY 2023-2024 budget, by council, as listed on the agenda itself, were about the city’s medical insurance
coverage for spouse; the contract between the City of Cherryville and Piedmont Lithium, and the Historical Museum. As for the consent agenda approval, council ahs approved a public hearing for the Monday, June 13 regular session meeting to discuss the city’s budget further. Council also was given a handout, on which were listed a number of towns and municipalities in N.C. who offer insurance to the spouses of employees – Cherryville, of course, was on that list. While many of See COUNCIL, Page 2
Gov. Roy Cooper signs the veto of SB 20, a bill passed by the General Assembly that limits most abortions after 12 weeks and creates other requirements for women and their providers to fulfill in order for the procedure to take place during a rally held on Saturday, May 13. (photo credit: Rose Hoban)
Wreath laid in memory of all vets who answered their country’s call by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
Led by a handful of golf carts carrying some of the city’s veterans who were unable to walk the route down Main Street, Cherryville’s 2023 Memorial Day Parade started at City Hall, and ended at the Mini-Park. There a wreath was laid by members of the Cherryville American Legion and the American See PARADE, Page 3
The Monday, May 29, Memorial Day Parade made its way from Cherryville’s City Hall to the Mini-Park gazebo. In the parade were many local city and state officials, along with many veterans, who matched in honor and memory of those who served their country. There were many veterans in the parade as well. (photo by MEP/The Eagle/CF Media)
Cherryville Elementary teacher receives donation from SONIC Well-known drive-in donates to local schools during Teacher Appreciation Month In honor of May’s Teacher Appreciation Month, SONIC Drive-In’s SONIC Foundation donated $1.5 million to match all public contributions made to requests on DonorsChoose, a national nonprofit that allows individuals to donate directly to public school classroom requests submitted by teachers. In Cherryville, one teacher received a donation from the well-loved fast-food restau-
rant: Mrs. Christy at Cherryville Elementary School. She received a combined donation of $122 from SONIC for the project “We Are Growing in Mrs. Christy’s Class” for Grades 3-5. As part of SONIC’s ongoing “Limeades for Learning” initiative, the $1.5 million donation matched 50 percent of each donation made to all teacher requests. SONIC helped fully fund nearly 15,300 projects from teachers and schools across the country. The remaining teachers and their prize money earned are: See SONIC, Page 2
A screen shot from Mrs. Christy’s web site of what she and her kids did with their donations. They have a new, wonderful learning space for the kids and all who come after them next year! (photo provided)
Governor stamps veto CHS’ Collin Robinson signs LOI to on hastily passed new play for Pfeiffer Falcons this fall abortion restrictions by MICHAEL E. POWELL
by RACHEL CRUMPLER, ANNE BLYTHE and ROSE HOBAN North Carolina Health News
Gov. Roy Cooper‘s recent veto of new abortion restrictions will test the mettle of Republican vote-wranglers in the state Senate and House of Representatives who say that they have the necessary supermajorities in both chambers for an override. Cooper wielded his veto stamp to much fanfare on Saturday morning during a sometimes-raucous rally
on Bicentennial Mall, the public space between the Capitol and the Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh. “This bad bill needs a return to sender,” said an animated Cooper as he leaned over his podium to point to the legislative building. The crowd erupted into applause and chants of “Veto! Veto! Veto!” The stamped version of Senate Bill 20 goes back to lawmakers, who need 30 votes in the Senate and 72 votes in the House to counter the governor’s action. Sen. Dan Blue, a Democrat from Raleigh, said after attending the rally that he expected those votes to be See VETO, Page 4
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CHS senior baseball player Collin Robinson has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to play baseball for the Pfeiffer University Falcon come this fall. Robinson, 18, was in Nixon Gym, on the Bud Black Court, along with his family, friends, and fellow Ironmen teammates, who were all watching as he put pen to paper and signed on the dotted line to play small ball for the Division III Falcons. When asked how it felt to put his name to paper, he said, “It feels good, really. It feels good to know I still have more years to play. I love baseball.” See ROBINSON, Page 9
Front row, left to right: Collin’s older brother Dylan, who also played baseball for the Ironmen; mom, Kerry Robinson; Collin; dad, Chad Robinson; and younger brother, Colton Robinson, who is a student at CHS. Back row, left to right are: assistant Ironmen baseball coaches Austin Treadway and Seth Freeman, who both also teach at CHS; CHS Principal Shawn Hubers; head baseball coach Scott Heavner; and CHS AD, Scott Harrill. (photo by MEP/The Eagle/CF Media)
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