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( * OMg ik, tons Book Bindery, inc. ^Pringpert, Mch. 49264 VOL, 90, m. 42 TUESDAY, MAY 29,1979 Kinc: MOUMTwn mirror HeRMD 15c W tiM luUt at <1 (Jfk itry to nm an I, and ncA). 01 an Mthod ‘ non- ■ with wfaat Baatly lura of aaanto a ovor Id ae> ma of I atool Idlago ty ae- 0 than plaeo awoU. ^ lcK’i(»st iixis INI ihis c« JG iTi, (f m REHAB UNDERWAY-Reg Alexander of tte KM Houolng Rehabilitation Program and Mary Dover look over the rehab work underway at her Bennett Dr. home. The home U about 100 yean old. Mn. Dover has lived there ler M>yaan. Mw and her late hnobaad purchased the house from BurUagton IndnsMes after Mr. Dover ntlred. . .A COZY KITCHEN—Mn. Broadus Bailey shows off her kitchen at her Clonlnger St. home after the rehab program was rompleted. New windows and wall cabinets were part of the renovation. The linoleum and wallpaper was Installed by the Bailey children. The home was also Insulated and outside walls recovered and painted. Housing Rehabilitation Is It A ‘God-Send’ Or A ‘Rip-Off?’ By EUZABETH STEWART Staff Writer The city’s housing rehabilitation program Is considered a ‘'God send” by some and “a rip-off, another federal program down the drain” by othen. Community Development Director Arnold Gurdon-Wrlght and assistant Reg Alexander are feeling the pressures of coping with frustrations of running a federal program where they have to say no to so many cltlsens. This Is the third year of the Iwuslng rehab program, but to date only 13 homes have undergone program financed renovation to bring them up to code. The first year the rehab budget totaled ISB.OOO; second year, 100,000; Md the third, another $00,000. The actual rehab budget was approved for $140,000, but $80,000 goes for admlnlstraUve costs. Tlie first two years of the program saw qualified homes In various sections of the city receiving at tention. But now the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has decreed all the homes considered must be within a specific target area. This Is bad news for over 100 KM home owners who already have applied and been approved under the former guidelines. The target area work becomes effective July 1, 1078 and that area emcompasses a BOO-home area In the northeast quadrant of the city. Wright said. If the city's SmaU ^tles Grant ap- pUcatlon Is appr. ad, that funding will also go Into the same target area. The rehab funding to date has come from the city’s Community Development Block Grant program. This Is the final year of the five-year program with a final totsU of $888,000 spread over several programs. The rehab program provides a maximum funding per project of $T,B00 to qualifying home ownars. Guidelines also require that should a qualifying homeowner need more than $7,800 worth of renovation done that they seek loan assistance from a bank or apply to HUD for a low Interest loan to cover the overage. Wright said to date only one of the la homeowners, Mrs. IJnda Davis of 210 Fulton St., has obtained a bank loan to complete renovation on her home. Mrs. Davis, mother of two smaU chUdren, la also the youngest dtlBen to have received rehab funding. The others are low-income Individuals, senior cltlsena living on fixed Incomes. Alexander said ‘‘It Is very discouraging that In Its third year the rehab program has only been able to see work completed on 13 homes. With leas than a one percent vacancy rate In Kings Mountain, It Is evident housing Is the city’s number one problem.” Wright said about 70 applicants have passed all guideline criteria before a full committee - WllUan Grissom, Corbet Nicholson and James Childers - "but those ap plicants will have to be passed over because of the lack of funds or the fact they are not In the target area. We will keep those applications on file and hope that new federal programs will be created for this need.” And the news even for those In the target area Is not all that hot. It could be three or four years before their homes get attention under the program. The rehab crew receives “lots of flack” concerning the way the program has been handled, on how the applicants are selected no matter In what order they applied. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Broadus Bailey, 118 Clonlnger St, was the only one out of a half a dosen appUcants In the Margrace area to receive rehab assistance. Mr. Bailey la an Invalid and the couple Uvea on monthly Social Security checks. “The rehab committee makes selections based on the most Im mediate need and health haxards to occupants,” Alexander said. “Ths committee looks at such things as Insulation and wiring. The dif ference between our rehab program and that In other cities Is that we ars emphasizing codes efficiency and not Just exterior appearance.” The new rehab target area runs from Battleground and Piedmont northwest to the Cansler-Morrls Sts. Intersection, east to Gantt and Walker and across Piedmont north to Baker as far as Benfleld Rd. and Piedmont, then east to Cleveland Ave., south to the community center, and west to Piedmont and Battleground. A total of 371 homes are slated for rehablUtaUon In the target area, according to Wright, with 17 to be demolished and 308 to be brought up to code. “But,” Wright said, “completion of this project hinges on the city being approved for the SmaU Cities Grant.” Wright said he Is sure there wUl stlU be cries of outrage from cltlsena who have appUed and have been lyiproved, but are not being selected for funding. "But, the committee has truly made every effort to examine aU the appUcatlons and to determine which of them are In the most Immediate need. They have also determined that only three out of slU the appUcatlons made were fraudulent. The rest were legitimate - and that’s what hurts when we realize there just Isn’t enough money to go around.” Alexander said he feels “that citizens In the community should be making themselves heard con cerning housing. Maybe It Is ultimately up to them. If they talk long and hard enough, perhaps rehabilitation wlU become the top priority In Kings Mountain.” 60 Foote Employes Receive Safety Awards f PhoOss by Tom McIntyre . .THE WORK HELPED—Broadus Bailey, an Invalid Uvlng on Social Security with his wife, commented that the rehab work on their home helped them cut their heating hills by half. Sixty employes of Foote Mineral Company won awards for safety at the semi-annual safety barbecue recently and Operations Manager W.E. Cooke presented awards to employes for outstanding work records (or two years, five years, IS years and 38 years. Personnel Manager Larry W. Wood said the program featured an afternoon of good food, feUowship and the recognition of employes’ safe work record without a lost-time accident. The awards were presented to the employes by the supervisor of their work area. Porta-Plg Catering Service served barbecue with aU the trimmings. Johnny C. Jones and WUllam J. TVimer won 28-year safety awards and Ronald K. BaUery, W. Roy Duncan and William L. Etters won IB-year awards for safety to lead the honored group. Receiving five-year awards were Harold C. Thrift, Robert K. Hamrick, David C. Pruitt, J.C. Jamison, Horace D. Moore, Dwan W. Thornburg, Kenneth B. Plumley, Denise B. Bolin and Harry R. Hughes. Two-year safety award recipients are Manning E. Carroll, Jr., Irene W. Brittain, Clarence L. Hoyle, Louise L. McCraw, George . Oaks. Otis E. Moss, Eugene Johnson, J.T. Jackson. Dean Ayers, Frankie Bess, WUbert L. Blddlx, BlUy Bridges, Danny R. Bryant. Daniel R. Cochran, Larry B. Deaver, Robert H. Dixon, James L. Evans, Laura D. Greene, C. Elaine Guln, Leroy Hammett, John R. Hamrick, Phillip R. Harris, John S. Putnam, Robert E. Hand, Ernest F. Hector, William E. Jenkins, David M. King, J. Dennis Martin, James E. McClain, Jerry F. Morgan, Louise Roberts, Marlene C. Smith, Debra W. Sizemore, Donald W. Whitworth, Jerry F. Wylie, Richard L. Sutherland, Jerry Webster, Cecil V. Slpe, William J. Brugess, Betty S. (Sarrett, Benjamin F. Brown, Jr., Charlene T. Sellers, John Costner, Jr., Martha B. Davidson, (Charles D. Griffin and Joan S. Stewart. Local NCAE Dinner h Set The Kings Mountain Chapter of the North Carolina Association of Educators will hold Its end of school luncheon Frl., June 8. The noon luncheon and meeting will be held In the Kings Mountain Senior High cafeteria, according to Gary Shields, local NCAE president. Scouts Receive National Honor Troop 01 Boy Scouts of St. Mat thew's Lutheran Church are recipients of a National Htmor Certificate In recognition of out standing accomplishments during 1070. It Is the second time the 88- member troop has won national recognition. Scoutmaster Tommy tong said the troop also received a national award In 1078. The award Is based on outstanding work judged In ten categories of scout activities during the year. Members will be formally presented the honor at next month’s Court of Honor. The citation Is signed by representatives of the national and Piedmont Scouting officials. Other leaders of Troop 01 are Assistant Scoutmasters Dmi Griffin, Wayne Putnam, BUI SeUers, Charles Herndon and Ronnie Hawkins. Meets Thursday The Kings Mountain Board of Oommlssloners wUl meet Thure., May 81 at 7:80 p.m. at city haU. This new daU lor the regular second monthly meeting of the board was set due to Memorial Day coming this past Monday. The postponement announcement came last Thursday, too late for Inclusion In last Thursday’s Mirror- Herald. Summer Story Hour Summer Story Hour wUl begin at Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library June 18th and continue through Aug. 18th. Story Hour wUl be conducted for young people 8-10 from 10:80 untU 11:80 a.m. on Wednesdays, ac cording to Hazel Fryer, Ubrartan. Prizes wUl be given (or best at tendance. Charity Horse Shoic The 11th annual Shelby Junior Woman’s C31ub Charity Horseshow wlU be held Sat., June 3. The shows are at noon and 6:80 p.m. at Blanton Memorial Stadium, Shelby Senior High. The show wUl Include English, Western and game points and high point trophies will be awarded. AU proceeds go toward the club’s charity projects. Tickets are $1 for adults, 80 cents for chUdren In advance and $1.38 and 78 cents at the gate. For entry Information, call Mrs. Kathy Holbrook at 482-4182, or Mrn Dina Jones, 482-8187. Bike-A-Thon Postponed Because of unseasonably chUly weather Saturday, the Kings Mountain Police Department- sponsored Blke-A-Thon was post poned. Chairman Robert Dodge said the event wUl be rescheduled In about six weeks. Eleven bikers reported to the Kings Mountain Senior High parking lot to compete In the lO-mUe event. Chairman Dodge said that bikers Interested In participating In the Blke-A-Thon are encouraged to obtain sponsors and vie for prizes In the event. All proceeds are ear marked for St. Jude ChUdren s Hospital.
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