Kingsland water tower shot; silhouette of Johnny Cash struck in sensitive spot

1 of Johnny Cash’s hit tracks, “Will not Consider Your Guns to Town,” is about a guy becoming urged to leave his guns at home, but the gentleman in the track won’t listen, and a person is nevertheless not listening.

Upon arriving at the Kingsland municipal constructing early Tuesday, the city’s water office environment supervisor Betty Graham discovered that a hole experienced been shot by means of the adjacently located drinking water tower tank. But it does not show up to be a random shot as the specific area of the bullet hole makes it appear that the impression of the Man in Black is relieving himself.

Even with the humor some may possibly discover in this kind of a stunt, Kingsland Town Council Member Sharon Crosby mentioned the vandalism is becoming taken severely.

“Kingsland obtained a $300,000 grant that we used to entirely refurbish the interior and exterior of the city drinking water receptacle,” she said. “After knowing what experienced occurred Tuesday early morning, our drinking water office director contacted point out and neighborhood authorities concerning the vandalism. At this stage we are ready to hear a lot more from the investigation, but Cleveland County has a extremely excellent sheriff’s division. Sheriff Jack Rogers and investigator Gary Younger are performing challenging to come across the dependable individual.”

This is not the 1st time the tower has been shot.

“This took place prior to in 1993 when [someone] shot a hole in the tank. He was charged with a class 3 felony and fined $11,000.”

In honor and recognition of the simple fact that Kingsland is the birthplace of Money, a silhouette of him holding a guitar alongside with the city title of Kingsland in huge script was painted on the water tower during the 2021 renovation task, Crosby explained.

Britt Expertise, Cleveland County Herald newspaper publisher and founding member of the “Kick-Get started Cleveland County” corporation, explained correcting the tank will be high-priced.

“Whoever did this broke federal legislation harmful a public utility,” he stated. “It is a quite critical situation. Repairs are at first believed to run in excess of $100,000. In addition, until the repairs can be undertaken, the h2o pump is functioning virtually consistently to sustain right drinking water levels and strain in the tank. The reaction we’ve been given on our Fb webpage is nicely above 95% remarkably irate at this senseless act of destruction.”

Kingsland, populace of about 400, found on U.S. 79, has taken wonderful pleasure in becoming the early childhood home of Hard cash, recognised as one of the best nation songs singer/songwriters to at any time grace a stage. In honor of that actuality, the Kingsland Heritage Centre committee is performing towards converting the previous Kingsland grammar college Sturgis Tunes constructing into a nearby museum recognizing Funds together with various other notable figures who arrived from Kingsland.

    Kingsland is the childhood household of Johnny Income. Authorities are investigating some vandalism that damaged a silhouette of Hard cash that adorns the city’s h2o tower. (Special to The Business/Richard Ledbetter)