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KMHS opens baseball season at home Tuesday afternoon PIPL HOHE UN NIVINGUW SUNIN dW INUWUHID 5 oul IZ LUNA ANI I Jobi-14-01 08 (i FOVE COIR RLU LSAT JF REAR EE ER REE R14 p Bb d B IS i Wn IVY ew waw us ~y Addl § 8 } Page 5-A Member North Carolina Press Association Vol. 108 No. 10 Drug busts tell KM chief C.0.P. working A drug bust in two areas of Kings Mountain last week resulted in the arrest of two people on felony drug charges. A third per- son was cited in a third incident. Kings Mountain Police Chief Bob Hayes said the arrests came on confidential information related to the new C. O. P. officer Ron Creech during patrols of the areas. "This proves to me that the new Community Oriented Policing pro- gram is working in Kings Mountain," said Hayes. Thursday afternoon about 4 p.m. officers executed a search warrant at the home of Kenneth William Massagee, 24, of 129 McGinnis St. Hayes said that officers confis- cated marijuana with a street value of $4500 and charged Massagee with three felony counts of posses- sion with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, three felony counts of selling’ and delivering a controlled substance and one felony count of possession with intent to sell and deliver. ~~ Massagee was jailed under $20,000 secured bond. Assisting in the investigation, in addition to Hayes, were Captain Richard Reynolds, Det. Lt. Houston Corn, Ptl. Jerry Tesseneer, Ptl. Thomas Fletcher and officers with the Gaston County Rurals and Cleveland County Sheriff's Department. Hayes said the marijuana was contained in a big jar. Upon execution of a search war- rant, officers also raided a resi- dence at 406 N. Battleground Avenue and charged Beverly Carpenter Malone, 40, of 406 N. Battleground Ave., with felony possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine and maintaining a dwelling for the purpose of selling and delivering cocaine, also a felony, and misdemeanor posses- sion of drug paraphernalia. Malone was jailed under a .$15,000 secured bond. Officers assisting in the investi- gation were Sgt. Melvin Proctor, Ptl. John Wright, Ptl. Brent Harp, Ptl. Thomas Fletcher, Ptl. Andy Berry, Lt. Houston Corn, Sgt. Raymond Garris, Captain Richard Reynolds and Chief Hayes. Hayes said officefs confiscated 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana with a street value of $8,000 and an undisclosed amount of currency. In a third incident, police cited Victoria Ann Jackson, 32, of 211 Parrish Drive, with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of one half ounce or less of mari- juana. a Church cleared fo First Baptist Church got the green light from the city Zoning Board of Adjustments Tuesday on an appeal for a variance that will signal the construction of a Family Life Center at 605 W. King Street. On February 21, 1995 the board rejected a proposal by the church and told church leaders the plans would have to be redrawn to con- form to zoning regulations. City Councilman Dean Spears, a member of the church building committee, presented the request for a 10-feet variance’ from a re- quired 20 feet rear yard setback. No one spoke in opposition to thé request. The addition is expected to cost $750,000 plus. In the variance application, Spears pointed out that ‘churches are a use permitted by right in this zoning district but the only use re- quiring a 10 feet setback for acces- sory structures. All other permitted uses in this district, including schools, require a five feet setback for an accessory structure Clayvon Kelly, a member of the Kings Mountain Police Chief Bob Hayes loads confiscated drugs and money into the back of his police car during a raid last week on McGinnis Street. Family Life Center board, objected to what he called a discrimination clause in the appli- cation. "It is certainly not the intent of this board to interfere with the worship of the church,” he told Spears. But Spears said that part of the application was misleading. The application stated that "the First Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. provides for the freedom to practice reli- gious beliefs without fear of arbi- trary persecution. This section un- fairly singled out churches based on the fact that it is a church, a reli- gious sanctuary." . Spears said the church obtained a new site for the proposed struc- ture and additional property, drew a new set of plans and changed the position of the building to conform to the ordinance. Bud Ballard, also a member of the local church, questioned the routing of traffic around the four Beildings. Spears said traffic would See Church, 5-A Lake Commission to meet again on fees The Moss Lake Commission will meet again Monday at 7 p.m. at City Hall to make a recommen- dation to City Council about pro- posed fee increases at the city- owned lake. Chairman Joe Champion and member M. C. Pruette expressed reservations about the proposed in- creases and Evelyn Hamrick sug- gested that city residents who are paying for the facility get a break in the form of a lifetime fee. "We really can't justify the total increase of $40,000 annually in the budget until we see what the mon- ey will be used for and itemized expenses," Champion said. % No resident of the lake was pre- sent at the meeting. All members were present with exception of Wendell Bunch. City officials Steve Killian, Jeff Putnam and Shirley Payne were also present as well as lake officer Roger Goforth. Tommy King presented a print- out and a budget copy but said he wanted to see a monthly printout from the city's finance office with a copy of the report that showed where the money was being ex- pended. "We have a $97,000 budget and I want to see if the money goes for the improvements," he said. Lake Officer Goforth said the proposed increases by city staff make sense because there are some needed improvements at Moss Lake. He asked for and got ap- proval from the board - pending also the city council's approval - for a jet ski to use at the lake for patrol purposes. He said the only cost to the city will be $65 for in-_ GIFT TO EXPLORERS - City Councilman Jerry Mullinax, second from left, present a check for $200 to the new Police Explorers Club at Kings Mountain High School organized by 10th grader Lt. Wayne King, accepting the check, as advisor Ptl. Maurice Jamerson, the school system resource officer, right, and Chief Bob Hayes, left, look on. Operation ID is an ongoing project of the club. surance. "Lake residents are using such modern equipment now that it's hard for me to get to where I need to go." Goforth said he will be the only person using the equipment and he will be able to better monitor the traffic and safety on the water. Goforth said an electronic gate opener for the main gate at the lake is also a necessity. "Its a sad state when we have to See Lake, 4-A Since 1889 Kings Mountain, N.C. * 28086 * 50¢ Retirement home idea Is protested A proposal by the Consortium for Progress Inc. and developers of a $3 million assisted living com- plex for the elderly on Phifer Road drew opposition Tuesday during a public hearing by the city's Zoning Board of Adjustments. After nearly three hours in an al- most full Council Chambers Chairman Bob Myers recessed the meeting until March 19 at 7 p.m. at City Hall. Myers directed Zoning Administrator Jeff Putnam and Planning Director Steve Killian to secure a site plan from the devel- oper which shows the distance the developer intends to place the buildings off the property lines; the location and size of the entrances into the property off Phifer Road; the location of that entrance in re- lation to the curve in the road; and determine how much of the exist- ing vegetation the developer in- tends to leave along the adjacent property lines behind the houses on Southridge Drive. Because of other concerns about increasing traffic with the addition of the 48-room, 66-bed facility in the neighborhood, Myers asked the city staff to present results of traf- fic surveys in the area and progress on the state-proposed North-South Connector to the high school and middle school which has been talked for some time. Vice-President John Easterling of Summit Place Associates said developers will assure property owners that a vegetation buffer re- main there through deed restric- tions. Putnam said the developers are "bending over backwards to ac- commodate the adjoining property owners.’ "The developers are saying they will be leave 40 to 50 feet of woods between the three buildings and the residences and situate the complex in the middle of the acreage." Realtor Fhilip S. Bunch present- ed the "special exception" request from Section 80-.1.3 of the Kings Mountain Zoning Ordinance for Wendell L. and Jeanette Phifer, Alonzo and Wanza Goforth, M. D. and Bess Phifer and R. P. and Doris Anthony Jr. The five lots comprise 11.8 acres across from the Kings Mountain Middle School at 1001 Phifer Road. Bunch has obtained an option to buy until April 15. Summit Place Associates has a similar complex opening in Rock Hill, SC this month. Some interested in moving in Liz Lynch, 84, wants to be the first senior citizen to occupy Kings Mountain Summit Place, the proposed assisted living complex. The widow of Haywood E. Lynch, a former owner and pub- lisher of The Kings Mountain Herald, told citizens at a public hearing Tuesday that other people are ready to sign up. Several other citizens said they might like the idea when they get the facts. "Wayne Mercier, of 812 Southridge Rd., said his property adjoins the proposed facility. He presented a petition signed by 90 people who asked the zoning board of adjustments to postpone action for at least 90 days, citing the short notification period by the city, unanswered questions, traffic congestion in the area and ques- tions about emergency access. Mercier also asked the board to schedule an evening meeting so that more people can give input. Board Chairman Bob Myers ac- knowledged his telephone had been ringing off the hook since last Thursday: ; City Hall telephones also started ringing Thursday after property owners read the advertisement about the public hearing in the Kings Mountain Herald. During a short recess when Myers asked board secretary: Shirley Payne to xerox papers for distribution to the large audience: several adjoining property owners: talked with board members and: said they had yet to receive a no= tice from the city planning depart= ment about the public hearing. : But Planning Director Steve: Killian said notices were mailed: within a reasonable time and the. property was posted. 3 "When we receive an application: we have to follow through with it," said Killian. Killian said a special exception permit is often confused as a vari- ance. It's a permit for a use that is permitted in that district. The board of adjustments’ role, he said, is to conduct a public hearing, take the evidence concerning the permit ap- plication, make a decision on it and if need be attach fair and reason- able conditions to the permit so that the use is good for the commu- nity. The only appeal from the de- cision of the board is the courts. Each person who spoke at the hear- ing was sworn. See Hearing, 5-A House hopeful campaigns in KM ‘William E. "Bill" Jackson of Mooresville says the Republican Revolution has gone too far under Speaker Newt Gingrich and fresh- men like 9th District Rep. Sue Myrick, and the former Davidson College professor hopes to get.a shot at unseating Myrick in the November general election. ; Jackson, 60, recently filed for the seat, but he will have to win the Democratic Primary in May in or- der to challenge for Myrick's seat in the fall. Jackson admits unseating Myrick will be difficult unless the Democratic candidates receives a coat-tail effect from the Presidential and Gubernatorial races. Jackson, who campaigned in the Kings Mountain area Tuesday, said his views differ from Myrick's in many areas, especially in how they look at the role of the federal gov- ernment. "T see the federal government as not the enemy, but as a necessity," he said. "Therein lies a fundamen- BILL JACKSON tal philosophical difference in Sue Myrick and myself. She and the Republican freshmen speak of gov- ernment as an evil bastion that must be shut down or radically cut back regardless." : Jackson said he is a strong advo- cate of programs such as Medicare and Medicaid being managed at the federal level rather than being handed over to 50 individual states who will manage them 50 different ways, and he also strongly favors strict environmental laws. : "I am against the efforts to gut those laws by House Republican freshmen," he said. Being a long-time college pro- fessor at Davidson and other uni- versities as well as a former staff member of the Senate and an em- ployee of the State Department during President Carter's Administration, Jackson said he is also adamantly opposed to changes in the direct student loan program for college students. Jackson said job insecurity is not something invented for this elec- tion year, but that corporate down- sizing is a reality nationally and lo- See Jackson, 4-A
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