A first step in the develop-
ment of a proposed Piedmont
Metropolitan Water District
was taken Tuesday with the
verification by Gaston Coun-
ty of petitioners of the
Chestnut Rdige community.
Mayor John Henry Moss
said that Brenda Bradley,
Supervisor of the Gaston
County Board of Elections,
verified a map of 1325
registered voters supplied by
Larry Barringer and Louise
Lingerfelt.
The law required 15 per-
cent or 198 signatures of
voters of unincorporated
%
areas to be included in the
district. Bradley verified
signatures of 215 resident-
voters.
J.D. Ellis, of the Earl-
Patterson Springs Communi-
ty, said that the Cleveland
County Board of Elections
has a petition with 1900
signatures and is in process
this week of verifying them
as registered voters of
Cleveland County.
The Gaston County petition
will be presented to the
Gaston County Board of Com-
missioners on April 9th.
~ The Cleveland County peti-
Religious
Viewpoint
By CLYDE DUPIN
Christian Lenders Must
Have High Moral Standards
The public has a right to ex-
pect total integrity, absolute
honesty, and high moral stan-
dards from every Christian
leader. There is forgiveness
and restoration for those who
sin. At the same time, one
cannot be so naive as to
believe the public will give
them the bonus of instant
credibility and acceptance.
Two recent episodes by
well known TV evangelists
have brought shame and a
tranished image to the Chris-
tian faith. We can only pray
and hope that this moral and
money scandal will soon
pass. These unfortunate
events put a question mark
over the legitimacy of both
evangelists and pastors.
There will be negative
fallout, division, and wounds
to the body of Christ for a
long period of time.
wi It is’ important to
remember the many good
evangelists whose lives have
matched their message.
There are many who have
avoided the lavish, luxurious
lifestyle and’ faithfully pro-
claimed God’s Word. Men of
proven credibility like Billy
Graham, Leighton Ford,
Charles Stanley, Jerry
Falwell, and James Kennedy
should be remembered. I
know thousands of pastors,
evangelists, and Christian
leaders whose moral stan-
dards and financial practices
are above reproach.
Hopefully in the future,
those with prominent TV
ministries will feel accoun-
table to God and the dear peo-
ple who support them.
Hopefully, the Jim Bakker
and Oral Roberts headlines
will disappear; and responsi-
ble evangelists will continue
to share the message of
salvation. Hopefully, people
will read God’s Word more
and focus their faith less on
men and moire on the
person of Jesus Christ.
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tion will be presented to the
Cleveland County Board of
Commissioners April 20th.
Once the two county boards
receive the petitions calling
for creation of a Piedmont
Metropolitan Water District,
the state will conduct a public
hearing, according to Ellis
and Moss.
‘Because the lines of the
water district are not co-
terminus with the county
precinct lines it is hard to
determine the total number
of voters in these areas who
have indicated the need for
water,” said Ellis, who has
taken the lead in promoting
the District, suggested by
Mayor Moss during the sum-
mer drought when Kings
Mountain was making
emergency water available
to area towns. The proposed
utility district would provide
utilities over 80 square miles
and sell water to 6,500
customers.
Phase One of the project
would include the building of
transmission lines and
distribution lines and the
placement of three water
storage tanks in the Pied-
mont Metro District.
Procedure for creation of a
metro water district calls
first for a resolution of the
governing body of each such
political subdivision. If any
unincorporated area is to be
included in the district, a
petition must be signed by not
less than 15 percent of the
voter resident within such
area and be submitted to the
county board followed by a
joint public hearing with the
board of commissioners con-
cerning the creation of the
proposed metropolitan
district after giving 30 days
prior notice by posting of
notice at the courthouse and
in the newspapers four suc-
cessive weeks.
GOSPEL SING
Midview Baptist Church
will sponsor a gospel singing
Saturday night at 7:30.
Featured groups will be The
Montgomery Family of
Monroe and Regal Singers of
Woodruff, S.C. The public is
invited.
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9:00-7:00
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The N.C. Commission of
Health Services will then
send copies of the resolution
creating the district to the
board of commissioners and
to the governing body of each
political subdivision in-
cluded in the district and the
county board of commis-
sioners shall publish the
notice in newspapers for two
weeks. Immediately after the
creation of the district, the
board of commissioners shall
appoint three members of the
district board and the govern-
ing body of each political sub-
division shall appoint one
member. Mr. Ellis said that
a water commissioner would
KM Pastor
Sending Books
To Nigeria
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but he didn’t realize the
widespread circulation of the
books until this week when
letters and calls came pour-
ing in, not only for his books,
but for any religious tapes
and books to go to students in
other countries in their ef-
forts to spread Christianity.
“We just don’t have the
funds in our ministry to take
care of all the needs. Local
churches can help these peo-
ple by sending books, Bibles,
tapes, teaching materials
and their cash gifts”, said
Stalcup.
“The man who lets himself
be bored is even more con-
temptible than the bore.”
Samuel Butler
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Wednesday, April 1, 1987-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 5A
Gaston Petition Asks For Metropolitan Water District
be appointed from both Earl
and Patterson Springs.
Gaston County board of com-
missioners would appoint
three members and
Cleveland County Board of
Commissioners would ap-
point three members. By
local act, a ninth member is
expected to be appointed, he
said, to the Piedmont Metro
Water District board.
Assisting in the
preliminary work have been
Kings Mountain’s consulting
engineers from W.K. Dickson
Co., of Charlotte; George B.
Thomasson, city attorney;
Larry Hurlocker, planning
administrator for Gaston
County; Charles Moore,
Gaston County attorney; and
Patrick Armstrong, senior
planner for Gaston County.
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