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Ine ; iln nd I Public Hearing Next Tuesday Cleveland County Superior Court trial (or Melvin Haakell Carroll and Tommie Lee Bright o( Klngi Mountain la acheduled to begin IVies., Apr. 36. Carroll la charged with (elonloua aaaault and aaaault on an officer with firearm. Bright la charged with aiding and abetting (elonloua aaaault. The chargea atem from the shooting of Klnga Mountain Police Sgt. Bob Hayea In December 1977. Hayea waa wounded aeveral tlmea while attempting to arreat Carroll at the latter’a home. Hayea underwent aurgery for the wounda and haa alnce returned to (hity. Wltneaaea for the atate from the local force Include Ptl. Anthony Ager and Sgt. Richard Reynolda. On Mon., May S Harold Lawaon Chrawell of Rt. S, Granite Falla la acheduled to be tried on a charge of murder In the Superior Court at Shelby. Carawell la charged In the ahooUng death of William Leallc Beane In Klnga Mountain on Dee. 9, ite'TT. Beane araa inanaMr of I reataurant here at the time of thi Incident. He waa from Rt. 3, Granite Falla. Carawell waa arreated at hla home near Granite Falla, about 60 mllea from Klnga Mountain, and returned to Cleveland County jail by Det. Sgt. Richard Reynolda. NOW THAT’S OONTKNTBOCNT - Give na the open aky and the water. Give na a boat aad flahtag gew aad point na toward the place where the flah Uve, then let na alone. Theee may well be the aentimenta of ear two naknown anglera plotnred here. The photo waa made Photo By Tom McIntyre with a telephoto leno from the Klago MamHahi Beaeae Squad dnriag regnlar rouada of Mona Lake laat Saturday. The flahermea found themaelvea a qnlet apet among the ahallowa of a cove aad apeat the day oaatiag for Hm aacoad public hearing for dtliena' Input on the Small CItlaa granta program la aehaduled for 1 p. m. Tuoa., Apr. S6 at the Klnga Mountain Depot Canter. Hie Small Gltlaa grant program ealla for a pra-appUcatlon to bo aubmltted to the Department of Houaing and Urban Dovelopmont by imy 16 and a final application by Aug. 80,187S. Funding, If approved, la expected to begin by mid- October. Klnga Mountain la eligible to apply for funding under the |8S-bllllon natlonwlda program. If approved, the clty'a ahare could amount to tl- million over a three year period. called a comprehenelve program, the granta being aought by the city are earmarked for revltallmtlon of nelghborhooda, tmprovamenta to atreeta, eldewalka, curbing and guttering and upgrading aewar aad water, electrical and natural ayatema aad for rehablUtatlon of aub-ataiulard houaing. Mayor John Moaa aald the HUD pollclea are changing from a few yeara ago when the theme wae to daatroy aub-atandard houaing and relocate famlUoa. Now, the mayor aald, the HUD guldellnaa call for upgiadlng aa many homoa aa poaalble to preaerve the tradltlan of individual nelghborhooda. Scout Davis - ^People Taking Race Seriously^ Round Up Scheduled The Battleground Dlatrlct Boy Scouta of America will obaerve Apr. 3t-38 aa "Spring Round Up.” The emphaala during thla five day period will be to enllat new membera and leswlera (or the dlatrlct. The theme (or the Round Up la advance ment. The highlight of the week will be a Spring Camporee acheduled from 6 p. m. FrI., Apr. 38 until noon on Ihin., Apr. 30. Dr. W. D. Slmmona' (arm on Hwy. 160 eaat of Shelby will be the camporee alte. The farm la approxi mately one mile eaat of the 160-180 Interaectlon. Parenta of the acouta attending the camporee are Invited to the camp- Sre acheduled (or 7 p. m. Sat., Apr. 39. Boya Intereatad In becoming a acout ahould watch for poatera and Uaten (or announcementa In their achoola (or the neareat troop or pack meeting. Potential membera are Invited to attend one meeting to aee and learn about the acouting program before deciding to Join. Youngatera 11-yeara of age, or who will flnlah the fifth grade by June 1978 are eligible. Joining and paying the reglatratlon fee before Frl., Apr. 38 will allow new acouta to attend the Spring Camporee. In Klnga Mountain there are three Boy Scout troopa. St. Matthewa Lutheran Church aponaora Troop 91. Ibrnmy King la acoutmaaUr (789- 8819): Flrat Baptlat Church aponaora Troop 93 and Jamea Tarbro la acout- maator (789-6481); and Bethware Progreaalve Qub aponaora Troop 98. Bmmett Moaa la acoutmaaUr (789- 3188). Michael Wright la dlatrlct executive and Stuart LaOrande la aervlng aa round up chairman. Flay ODok la camporee chairman. For more Information call Wright at 487- 0973; LaGrande at 483-6837 or Cook at 688-7609. Or conUct one of the hroo Klnga MounUIn Troop Koutmaatora. Lawrence Davla, certain he la a fixint-runner In the race for the Democratic U. S. Senate nomination, brought hla campaign to Klnga Mountain Tueaday. Accompanied by hla Cleveland County manager. Julian Wray, Shelby lawyer, he waa on a hand- Hiaklng tour of the city. Confident he will be at the top of the ticket on May 3, Davla aald that "the laat month haa been a real awakening for the votora. People are taking the race aerloualy and are looking at the laauea." Although he (oreaeea a run-off on May 80th Davla aaya ha will definitely be In It. Six other DemocraU are aeeklng to unaeat Republican Jeaae Helma In November. They Include Joe Fblment, alao of Wlnaton Salem, John Ingram, Luther Hodgea, Jr., David McKnlght, and Robert Griffin. Local political obaervera ccnalder the tront-runnera aa Davla, Hodgea, Ingram and Felment. Davla, who haa aervad In the N. C. leglalature alnce 1970 and aa chairman the paat form of the Senate Baae Budget committee, haa projected the Image of conaarvatlve reaeonlng and like Luther Hodgea, Jr. la ualngthe media of Ulovlalon to reach vlewera. Mr. Davla haa uUUaed 80-mlnuU Uve InUrvlewa In Graanaboro and In Kiwanis Club Show Elementary Students Will Perform Tonight Durham recently and WSOC-TV Charlotte la elated to film a live biUrvlew on Friday night at 8:80 p. m. where local eltlaena can call In and queatlon the candldaU on the laauea. "The real laaue la who can beat repreaant your Intereata In Waahlngton, D. C. and whether North Carolina will offer progreaalve leaderahlp." "Deficit apendlng la the root cauae of Inflation,” declared Davla who aeea Inflation aa the major laeue toeing Americana, placing the fault aquarely with a nattonal govern- nnent that fOrcaa ua to ttghten our belta but refuaea to tlghUn lU own. Elaborating, Davla aald that he will work to put an end to waateful apendlng that createa deflelU and will make every tax dollar count "Waate abounda In every depart ment of the federal government,” declared Davla, noting that ha "knowa what It la to make tough decUlona and balance a atate budget. I plan to teach our federal government how to do the aame thing.” "People deaerve to have a government they can truat,” aald Davla, adding that "thoae In public life ahould have a record of reaponalblUty, conalatency and Integrity that buUda auch truat. I have worked to build that truat through my record, which haa been approved by Increaalng marglna In the paat (our electlona.” Davla aald he will contlnua to work to reform welfare programa with work requlrementa and work op- portunltlea. He aald a long-term aolutlon to unemployment muat be a top priority In government. No one wanta a hand-out; what every peraon wanta la an opportunity to achieve and make a living. Ha adald he will work to provide opportunltlaa through public aervlce Jobe and more Importantly through Incentlvo progranu to private Induatry. A native of Wlnaton Salem, the 40- year-old Senator from Forayth County waa elected to the N. C. Houae In 1970 and 1973 and to the N.. C. Senate In 1974 and 1978. Aa It atanda now the oldaat aad nxMt negleeted aactlon of the city, the Burlington Mill and Uawood ltd. arena, atand the beat channe of quallQrlag the city tor tha now Small CItlaa granta. However, there oaa be ohangea la poUcy to Includa other adjacent arena la naad cf upgradtog according to the mayor. The public hearing! have been daalgned to enoourage local cltlaana to expreaa their Idaaa on what ahould be done la the community aad the arena that need Improvement. The flrat haarlag waa hald Tuea., Apr. 4 at city hau. The mayor explained at the drat public haarlag that the Small Clttaa program la a ona-tlme project aad whatever area la aalected. If the dty'a appllcatton la approved, will be the one worked on over the three- year apan. The mayor commeatad, howeve., Oiat he feela certain the fedorel government will announce new programa each year that will keep ttie funding coming to quallflad ocmmunitlaa. I . The Small CItlaa program, aa are all HUD programa, la geared to aaalBt the low and moderate Income dtlaena. In Klnga Mountain aad other non-metropolltaa arena of the atate, that Income level tor aa entire tomlly la batwean 89,000 and 810,000 annually. Any family falling In thla Inoome level la oonMdared to be of tow or moderate Inoome and eligible tar the HUD aaalatanoe. under the houaing rehabilitation portion of the HUD Small Clttea program, Indlvlduala can qualify for dbect loana, at low intereat, or outHght granta to apply to Im proving thalr dwolUnga. Tonight the best of the talented Kings Mountain District elementary school students will compete In the tost annual KM K1 wants Club Talent Show. The.show begins at 7:30 p. m. at Barnes Auditorium and tickets are 80 cents ^r children up to 13-years old and $1 tor all over 13. Proceeds from the show and from area businesses and Industries donated In' advertlalng go Into Klwanls Club community projects. Thla year the club has earmarked hinds (or blood analysis (or Kings Mountain Hospital; (oater children’s activities. Including a summer outings and a Christmas party; uni forms for the club sponsored Little League team; and a summer day camp (or youth In the Kings Moun tain area. In the past 30 years the club haa mlsed In excess of 846,000 (or use In local civic projects. Broken down Into two phases, the Klwanls club will present a talent show for the Junior and senior high students Thurs., Apr. 37 at 7; 30 p. m. at Barnes Auditorium. Trash Pickup Scheduled CltlMns of Kings Mountain are being asked to tie old newspapers In bundles and place them on the curb of their residences. Hie Sanitation Department has prepared a special container (or them on the trash trucks and will recycle them as part of a community conservation project spearheaded by the Woman's Club. Trash pick-ups are made by districts, same aa voting districts, using the following schedule; Districts 8 and 4, Monday 7:80 a. lin.-Tuesday noon. DIatiicts 3 and 8, Tuesday 1 p. m.- Wednesday 4:80 p. m. Districts6and 1, Thursday, 7:80a. m.-Friday noon. Downtown, Friday, 1 until 4:80 p. m. OANDIDATB VUITt - Lasrraaee Davio, eas af toe caadMates for Iks U. B. Seaato la toe May 8 Demeerat Frki Klags MoaatolB TaaaBay to 4e a BlUe eampalgatog wito H Oonaty oampalviBaaMgar, JatoMi Wray, an allaraay toam ■ MRS. CAROLYN HUNT First Lady At North On Tuesday Carolyn Hunt, North OaroUna'a First Lady, will have luitch and do volunteer work at North School la Klnga Mountain TXies., Apr. to. Mrs. Hunt's purpose In dotog volunteer work in schools all over the state Is to attract more vohia- toera from the community to provide more Individual attention to students. Both Gov. Jim Hunt aad Ms wife work regularly as volun teers in the Rideigh achoola Volunteer work la tlia public schools Is one of Mrs. Hunt's prime Interesta.
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