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Thursday, January 7-January 13, 2016 www.shelbyinfo.com 704/484-1047 - shelby shopper & info - Page 11 Est. 1993 AUTO SALES, INC. 1402 Shelby Rd. • Kings Mountain, NC 704-734-1500 "TH E NICEST "TH E NICEST CARS I N TH E CARS I N TH E COUNTY! " COUNTY! " OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK! SATURDAYS TIL 1PM We Can Accept Your Payments By Phone! * See Dealer For Details. ©CommunityFirstMedia This Check valid for $ 500 off 500 It is completely transferable. If you cannot use it please give it to anyone. We have been here since 1993. We provide incredibly nice late model Super clean vehicles. All of our cars are checked and rechecked. We drive our cars before you do, to make sure everything works. We also have Cleveland Finance Company that is willing to provide no hassle fi nancing for most any vehicle on our lot. KINGS MOUNTAIN AUTO SALES INC. ©CommunityFirstMedia WHAT WE HAVE! WHAT WE HAVE! * Late model, newer cars * We have lower miles * 12 month 12,000 miles Power Train Coverage *We just changed the oil * We just had NC Inspection * All equipment works: radios, cd, etc. * We have easy fi nancing * We have easy terms * Payments by phone WHAT WE WHAT WE DON¼T DON¼T HAVE! HAVE! * Starter Interrupters * High miles * Chipped or weak paint * Torn or worn seats * Bald or weak tires * Leaking of any fl uid * Smoking engine * Engine noise * Scuffed bumpers * Sagging headliners THIS IS HOW WE DO IT You come by, look at our vehicles. The doors are unlocked, the Options List and the Price is on the dash. If you like the vehicle, take it for a test drive, and feel free to have someone check it for you, if you want. After you drive, someone will sit down with you and arrange fi nancing for you. We do not have a fi xed down payment and monthly payments. We just try to work it out with you to get you the Monthly Payment you want. the purchase price of any Vehicle Financed by Cleveland Finance Company (AfÀ liated Company). Offer valid until 4/15/16. KINGS MOUNTAIN AUTO SALES, INC. 1402 SHELBY ROAD KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC 28086 04/15/2016 Valid Until 500.00 Five Hundred and 00/100 YOUR NAME $ 500 off purchase price Dan Smith 200 W. DIXON BLVD. • HWY. 74 BY-PASS • SHELBY, NC • 704-482-4341 • 888-290-2514 "Same Convenient Location For Over 50 Years" Congratulations To Jennine Watts Salesperson Of The Month DECEMBER 2015 CARTER CARTER CHEVROLET CHEVROLET ©CommunityFirstMedia REWARD LOST DOG REWARD LOST DOG Missing 12/30/15 from Missing 12/30/15 from Valentine Drive Valentine Drive Shelby. Shelby. Harlie or "Little Bit" Harlie or "Little Bit" Pekingese mix, Pekingese mix, black & tan black & tan Call Call 704-487-6815 704-487-6815 By Matt Renfer Gardner-Webb University According to the Bureau of Labor Statis- tics, the average American job tenure is 4.6 years. Not so for Larry Thomas, who has worked in his current position as Gard- ner-Webb's police captain for nearly 40 years. But it wasn't always that way for Thomas. As a GWU student and graduate, the Shel- by, N.C. native assumed a number of sur- prisingly varied roles. Thomas came to Gardner-Webb in 1960 after attending six different schools between the 1st and 12th grades. At fi rst, he majored in psychology and found himself fi lling in as president of student government. "As a student, I played football as a line- backer when I weighed only 165 pounds," Thomas recalls. "Then I was asked to be manager of the basketball team. I didn't even know what that was. But I took the job, and we had two great years." Thomas took a break from school to serve as a medic and psychiatric specialist in the U.S. Army. After returning to Boiling Springs, he graduated with a degree in reli- gion and began working on campus. Prior to serving as a campus police offi cer and current captain, he worked as sports infor- mation director for the public relations offi ce and head of the Bulldog Club, the athletic fundraising arm of Gardner-Webb. Thomas, who never imagined being em- ployed by campus police, fi rst heard of the job by happenstance. "I was working with my brother-in-law building houses and just happened to be over here visiting one day when Chief Washburn, who was head of se- curity at the time, out of the blue said, 'You wanna come work for me?' and I said 'sure.' That was on a Friday. I started on Monday. Been here ever since," Thomas said. Along with security-related duties that come with being a campus police captain, Thomas is the University's locksmith, a po- sition with a skillset he's developed since the beginning of his tenure. "The fi rst morning I came in, Washburn threw me a ring of keys. 'Go fi nd out what these fi t.' That was my start in the key busi- ness. I unlocked some doors that hadn't been unlocked in 10 or 12 years. I've loved it ever since," Thomas said. Times have changed since Thomas began working at Gardner-Webb. Back then, he re- members female dormitories and the library closing at 9 p.m. "I've always had three rules: don't tear anything up, don't hurt anybody, and don't park on top of any of my buildings," Thomas said. "If students followed those rules, we got along." Right around the time he began work- ing his current position over 35 years ago, Thomas decided to start a new hobby: woodworking. Little did he know his work would be featured in a campus art exhibit decades later. "I started building stuff and just got better," he shared. "I take wood, cut it apart, put it back together and create. Now I usually go home and go to the shop until suppertime. Just getting home, taking off the uniform, putting on shorts and a T-shirt and going into my shop is a good feeling. It's relaxing." At a point of life when some may consider retiring, Thomas has no plans for that or for ceasing to work. "As long as I'm physically able and enjoy it, I plan on being right here. I've still got some good left in me to help out around here. Besides, I've got to make mon- ey to buy some lumber for woodworking." Thomas, an avid reader, also plans to con- tinue reading during his retirement. Stacked in his offi ce bookshelves are the entire "Jack Reacher" series and a number of Robert Ludlum books, author of "The Bourne Iden- tity" series. "I like the people here. I've always said that I work for the students. I get paid by the Uni- versity, but I actually work for the students. Most of the kids on campus are like my kids, and that's the way I treat them. I love this place. It's a good place to go to school." GWU Police Captain Larry Thomas keeps building on career, hobby Carving the keys of life Larry Thomas Gardner-Webb University photos PETS • LIVESTOCK PETS • LIVESTOCK PEKINGESE AND PEKA - TZU PUPPIES shots and wormed, CKC registered. Text 864-490- 4979. AKC SIBERIAN PUPPIES. UTD on shots, wormed. Parents on site. Blue eyes. Ready to go. Males & females. 704-418-1360, 704-480-7353. PETS • LIVESTOCK PETS • LIVESTOCK DOBERMAN PUPPIES, BLACK & RUST, $350. Tails docked, dew claws removed, wormed & 1st shots. Parents on site. 704- 214-0693. 2 LITTERS OF BOSTON TER- RIER PUPPIES, 3 males, 2 females. Ready by first of year, $350, CKC REG. 704-482-0178. PETS • LIVESTOCK PETS • LIVESTOCK COCKER SPANIELS, 2 BROWN & WHITE FEMALES, 5 years old. FREE to a good home. 864-838-2608. LIVESTOCK FOR SALE Pure Breed, Angus Bulls and Heifers. Jacob Fork Ranch. Call 704-538- 1199 or 704-600-7847. HORSE QUALITY HAY, SPRING CUT. Fescue, square bales, $6 each. 704-477-8623. FREE TO GOOD LOVING HOME, indoor female cat, 1 year old, spayed, shots up to date. 704-460-3881. DOBERMAN AKC MALE, red & rust, 8 wks, all shots, ready to go, $400. 704-313-7216. WANT TO BREED: Red Nose Pit Bull male dog, he is very friendly & beautiful, fawn & white. If you are interested, please call. Serious inquiries only! Polkville area, 704-300-2410. online all the time @ shelbyinfo.com