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Page S—MIRBOR-ia;RAU>~Tw)R4<iy, M«y 1, !•’><> Our Elizabeth comes up a winner Monday morning whan Lib Stewart came to work I imlled and aald, "Oongratulattona." “For what?” Lib Anawered. "Awww, come on, Lib. You know tor what." "No I don’t. What? What?” “On your flrat prlie In the N.C. Prase Women’s Association competition.” A funny look came over her face, then she started to blush. “Lordy mercy! I didn’t even go to the banquet, either! ” It’s true. Lib was In Ruthertordton, Hendersonville and Brevard over the weekend on American Legion Auxiliary duty. “I’ve been going to those press things for years, but I only won <Hice,” she aald. “So, I figured I would just skip the banquet this year. Maybe I should skip It again next year. Who knows? I might win again.” The Press Women’s Association does not notify entrants who have won prior to the annual banquet. ’The N.C. Press AaaoclatlMi does. Of course the latter never tells you what you’ve won. Just that you’re a winner. Lib said she guessed the NCPWA doesn’t notify winners In advance because they want everyone to attend the annual banquet. ’lyplcal of the self-effacing Miss Stewart • she had to call someone to find out what feature of tier’s had won. She submitted three, but didn’t remember which three. The winner was a piece she did last year, a follow-up on Brian Blckley. Blck, as he Is known, suffered multiple hart attacks and was about written off. But Intensive medical attention and some drugs TOM McltlTYRe available only In Scotland and England gave him a fighting chance. During the Interview at Blck’s KM home a year after his release from the hospital. Lib asked what he though helped pulled him through. "Anger. I Just got mad,” Blck replied. And fiiat was the thrust of the feature, which earned Lib her award. €DnoRiN.^&opiriioit: Complaints paid off Elisabeth went to work for Martin Harmon at the former Kings Mountain Herald fresh out of high school. She was the late Mr. Harmon’s good right arm - and now she Is mine. The non-daily newspaper la a pretty good training ground for folks Interested In beginning a journalistic career. Because of the limited staff, necessity dictates you learn how to handle a number of chores. Elisabeth has done everything from selling advertising to bookkeeping, circulation to reporting. The only aspect of news gathering she had never done unUl The Herald and The Mirror merged was handle a camera. ’That, even after five years, still turns Elisabeth Into a person with 10 thumbs and two left feet. Her efforts at picture taking are hit and miss and always a source of humor. She has haul phenomlnally rotten luck with pictures at East School, for Instance. “I’ll bet those people at East think I mess up their pictures on purpose,” she will say, her face turning red. And that’s another thing. I have never seen anyone blush as often as Elisabeth. Jack White, who served the recorders court In Kings Mountain years ago, said, “Lib used to cover the court and I think her face stayed red the whole time she was In the room. Some of the testlmcmy can get pretty rough. I believe I asked her to wait outside on some cases.” Elisabeth aald that was true - “and I was thankful. I had never heard some of the language used In court before. Some of It I didn’t even know the meaning of, but It must’ve been bad because everybody would laugh-and I would turn red.” But she hangs In there. By the way. If you wish to call her by name address her as Lib, Elisabeth or Mias Stewart. Never Ms. Stewart. She thinks the so-called womans’ liberation movement Is a crock. Sorry, ladles. She was raised In a different era, you know. Cltlsens complaints, often, seem to fall on deaf ears. But lately the complaints have been taken to heart by the city commissioners, par- ficularly In the case of the destruction of city streets. Last week It was reported the com missioners were taking a tougher stand on the new national pasttime In Kings Moun tain. ’Dlls stand was brought about by citizens complaints to board members. The first order was to the Independent construction firms currently Installing water lines toward the storage facility on the east side of town. ’Ihe firms were told to cease destroying long enough to patch up the streets behind them. The second order to delay decision on a proposal from Southern Bell to do even more street damAge to Install underground con duit for phone lines. This one really got next to the commissioners because Bell made Its plans without once ever conferring with the dty about what they wanted. Guest columnist Keith Wood But, Bell, the Independent contractors or any other entity engaged In conatructlon work In Kings Mountain cannot be held totally to blame for this and the com missioners realise this. The fact Is the guidelines under which such work Is to be done have never really been spelled out In no uncertain terms. Cltlsens now have a promise this will be corrected. What ivoiild^ou think of ' you only had a few seconds to live? We are not to please ourselves Men and women face death differently — but alike, too. keat. His reaction was simple: “I was just plain frightened.” Letter ’To ’The Editor: I will leave to your descretlon (since I don’t know how to address this letter) as to where this message will go. I recall soma days ago that there was a welcmne on your part concerning religious views: I sincerely appreciate this attitude on your part. ’There are “gospel ministers” today who loudly advocate that what a person consldsrs right or wrong Is dependent on their In terpretation of scripture: this Is a dangerous doctrine. It Is this kind of thinking (doing that which Is right In ttielr own eyes) that Iwought judgement to the Isrealltes during the time of judges. There has to be a stan dard: each cannot successfully “do his own thing.” Nobody lives to themselves or dies to themselves. Everything a person does af fects others. Each person Is either a part of the solution or the pollution (polluted minds are much worse than polluted streanw). The Bible makes It as clear as a cloudless day that ”we are not to please ourselves.” There Is much emphasis on Inviting Jesus Into our hearts today with all to little em phasis on repentance: God commands men everywhere to repent, tt Is only after wo Sunday. The Lord of heaven, through Isaiah, aald (Is. 68:1»: “If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sab bath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and ahalt honor him, not doing thine own pleasure, nor qieaklng thine own words: then ahalt thou delight thyself In the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and toed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken It It Is In teresting to notice In the gospels, where “the first day of the week” Is mentioned, that the original writings (Greek) renders that word “sabbath”: thus, a literal translation would the “the first day sabbath”: Mat. 38:1, MK 18:3, LX 34:1, and Jn 30:1,19. Obviously Paul the apostle accepted this view tor we find In Acts 30:6-7 that he and Ids companions purposely remained In Troas to be with the saints over the first day sabbath, Sunday. I Cbr 16:1-3 supports this same premise. When that big jet rolled over and shot from 39,000 feet to 12,000 feet a couple of weeks ago, passengers thought they were living Uieir last few sec onds. A woman thought, “If this is the way I have to go, please make it fast.” That woman couldn’t sleep for 48 hours after she returned home. time to die.” That wasn't self ish. “Inconvenient because my grandmother had died recently and I didn’t want my mother to suffer my death as well.” A wonian, hoped that death wouldn’t hurt. A man quickly kissed his wife — and thought he was going to die before he could enjoy re tirement. A 64-year-old man had a lov ing reaction: “Well, we’ve had a good life,” he whispered to his wife — and then he kissed her. A young man remembered he had not told his wife that morn ing that he loved her. E.M. Roberson, Minister, Kings Mtn. Pentecostal Holiness Church There were 80 passengers on the plane. The pilot, a skillful one indeed, made rapid-fire de cisions and got the plane under control. He landed safely with only three passengers slightly injured in the 27,000-foot drop. -A college student said he re membered thinking that his death would be a quick one. A 70-year-old man said he felt as if his arms were glued to the Two young social workers, br inging tots from India, thought of the children before they thought of themselves: ‘‘The first thought was, ‘Come on God, these kids have made it through so much, don’t blow it now’.” That might have been the most irreverent prayer I have ever heard — but God ans wered it. A research medical doctor looked at his briefcase: “Well, there’s a year’s work down the tubes.” When a j^aon faces death he thinks of little things — and that should be a lesson to us that little things are most important. There’s another lesson about a quick look at death. You mako vows that you will live a better life — and then, about a week, later, you begin leading the same life all over again. Which is harder to face — death or life ? A wife said she had “a crazy thought — I wondered, did I kiss my husband good-bye?” Poets Corner A 42-year-old businessman had a business-like thought: “T thought it was an ‘inconvenient’ have repented that Jenua will come Into our hearts: Only the PURE In heart will aee God. Only after this haa happened to two people do they become breathren. I make no apologies tor standing with the local ministerial association concerning Its public statement on a proper observance of NeC. corridor for waste traffic MIBeSHIEHaDl PUBLISHED EACH TUESDAY APID THURSDAY GARLAND ATKINS Publisher TOM McIntyre Editor ELIZABETH STEWART Woman's Editor GARY STEWART Sports Editor DARRELL AUSTIN General Manager CLYDE HILL Advertising Director MEMBEROF NORTH CABOUNA PRESS ASSOCIATION The Mirror-Herald Is published by General Publishing Company, P, O. Drawer 7S3 Kings Mountain, N. C. 3808. Business and editorial offices are located at 431 N. Piedmont Ave. Phone 739-7494. Second Class postage paid at Kings Mountain, N. C. Single copy IS cents. Subscription rates: 16.30 yearly In-state. I4.ZS six months, 99.S0 yearly out-of-state. 98 six months; Student rate for nine months 86.34. u;-jjg 931.040 1 Nearly everyday, trucks carrying radlaactlvo waste pass through North Ckrollna cm their way to Bamwell, B.C., which Is the only commercial waste disposal rite la the eastern United States. According to Dayne Brown, chief of Radiation Protectlan tor the Department of Human Reaourees, this type of traffic has Increased In the past few years. “We know It has Increased because the volume of tocllltles using radloactlvs materials has Increased,” said Brown. “Wo don’t have any exact figures because vehicles carrying such wastes are not isqulred to bo licensed or to give us any advance notlfleatlon of their trip through the state. But with Bamwell being the only conunerelal disposal site In ths eaatora united States, It stands to reason that waste from states north of North Carolina are going to have to pass through hare to get to Bamwell. We’re a corridor for this type of traffic,” ho oontliued. Brown aald that ths manpower and fun ding required to carry out a licensing and Inspection program for all radloaetlvo waste traffic In the state would be prohlbltlvo. “We do try to maintain readiness for such an accident at all times, though 90 percent of our calls are false alarms,” he aald. “Two people In our section are on call 34 hours par day. We also have a mobile lab which we put In operation In January that can be used for periodic cheeking of vehicles carrying waste.” To check vehicles, officials from Radiation Protection set up sophisticated Instruments at weigh stations. All vehicles carrying certain levels of radloactlvs materials must bear on indicating placard or symbol. Of ficial* check to see that unplacarded vehicles aren't carrymg radioactive materials. They also see that waste materials carried on labeled vehicles are properly packaged and labeled according to toderal regulations and don’t leak. “Another way we prepare tor accidents Is to train first respcnders Ilka ambulance, rescue and law enforcement officers how to protect themselves and others until we can got to the scene,” said Brown. until Brown arrived In the middle of the night. THE DANCE OF THE RAINIHtOPS “In this Instance, the material could have been dangerous If exposed for a long period of time or If contaminated artlcloa had tollan off along the roadsldo. This was not the case. We saw to the off-loading and repair and sent the vehicle on Its way,” stated Brown. In the event cf an accldant Involving radloaetlva materials. Brown’s office Is notified directly or through the N.C. High way Patrol. Officials from Radiation Protection are tramvorted to the scone by Highway Patrol helloopter or relayed by patrol oar. An evahiatlan of the situation Is mads and necessary action Is taken. “Our new mobllo lab allows us to set up for several days If necessary,” stated Brown, “and we can do on-tha-slte tooting rather than having to taka samples back to Raleigh as wo did before.” Since 1961 when Radiation Protection began keeping records, there have been 80 radiation Incidents In North Carolina. Those Incldonte may Involva contamination, ex posure to radiation, fire, lUogal possession of a radloaetlvo source, theft or a number of others. I heard the raindrops dancing before they went to swell a stream. Or flow In a river to fulfill a dream; Or gtvo ths garden a drink In the middle of the night. But first they brought ths fiowers out for abeautiful sight. None of the accidents have oonstltutod a serious throat to public health or safety. The most significant one occurred more than 10 years ago. R Involvod a leaking source In a Ucensed facility In Mecklenburg County. The toclllty was shut down for a while for doecntamlnatlon. I hoard the raindrops dancing Oh how merrily they drop, I sat upright In bed With the elbows In aprop; I envied the little raindrops As they danced above my head. Than I remembered too they soon would go to bed. Brown aald that one Ironle accident ho rsmorabers Involved an Atomic Energy Commission (now Nuolfar Regulatory ObnunlsaloB) ’’Atoms for Peace” display which used some radioactive materials. “An axle sheared on ths trenivortlng vehicle and It overturned. We checked for leaking radiation, found none and arranged for reloading of the materials.” From 1981 through 1970, there was no more than ons transportation related Inoldont per year and for two of those years there ware no Inoldents. In 1971, there were throe In- ddonte; from 1979-74, there was only one per year. However, In 1978 thars was a notable Increase of six Incidents. This dropped to three In 1976 and roao to five In 1877. There was only one Incident In 1978 and none thus far for 1979. Vivian S.Blltcllfto What’S your opinton? ♦ ♦ 9 I*’ ♦ 1 heard the raindrops dancing In the middle of the night, The stars In the heaven had turned out their light; . ' . A oloud was covering, the faoo of the ipoon ths raindrops keep dancing to ths raindrop’s tuna. *f Pit In another incident, the driver of a vehicle carrying scrap material from a nuclear plant In the New England area noticed that a container had broken open. The Highway Patrol Isdated the vehicle m a remote area “We try to critique each Incident we respond to,” aald Brown. “We look for any 'mlstakee or loos of time which we might have made to make sure they don't heppen twice,” he concluded. We want to hear your opinion on ttUngs of Interest to you. Address aU rorreepondenne tor this page to Reader Dialogue, Mlnw- Herald, P. O. Drawer 783, Kings Mountain, N. C., 9S0SS. Be sure and sign proper harrw end Include your addreu. Unsigned letters will not be published.
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