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* m Boo^ Bindery, inc. "Pringpert, ^dch, 492ez, VOL, 90, NO, 42 TUESDAY, MAY 29,1979 Kinc9 moumtmh mirror ^ ^ ^ 15c I tlw f? uUtat ^ MJIk try to ^ MU « , and f k aiA). pi aro latliod non- I with > -4 • foot laatly ura of laanta I ovar d ao- i Mia of • atoal I Idlags f y ae- 1 than plaeo L'K'IOSt nils Ml this IG • • # • • • REHAB UNDERWAY-Rec Alemider of the KM Houslnx Rehabilitation Program and Mary Dover look over the rehab work underway at her Bennett Dr. home. The home is about 100 yean old. Mn. Dover has purchased the house from Burlington IndnsMes after Mr. Dover retired. . .A CX>ZY KITCHEN —Mn. Broadus Bailey shows off her kitchen at her Clonlnger St. home after the rehab program was completed. 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. 0 « 0 ' 0 m 0 0 \ 0 $ 0 Housing Rehabilitation Is It A ‘God-Send’ Or A ‘Rip-Off?’ By ELIZABETH STEWART Staff Writer The city's housing rehabilitation program la considered a "Ood- send" by some and “a rip-off, another federal program down the drain” by othen. Community Development Otreotor AmoM -Qordbn-Wrlgbt and jsalatant Reg Alexander an feeling the pressures of coping with frustrations of running a federal program where they have to say no to so many cltUens. This Is the third year of the housing rehab program, but to date only 13 homes have undergone program financed renovation to bring them up to code. The first year the nhab budget totaled tSS.OOO; second year. $80,000: and the third, another $00,000. The actual nhab budget was approved for $140,000, but $80,000 goes for admlnlstraUve costs. The first two yean of the prognun saw qualified homes In various sections of the city ncelvlng at tention. But now the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has decreed all the homes considered mt»t be within a specific target ana. nils Is bad news for over 100 KM home ownen who alnady have applied and been approved under the former guidelines. The target area work becomes effective July 1, 187$ and that area emcompasses a OOO-home area In the northeast quadrant of the city. Wright said. If the city’s SmaU '^tles Grant ap plication la 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 total of $888,000 apnad oyer several programs. The rehab program provides a maximum funding per project of $7,000 to qualifying home owners. Guidelines also requln that should a qualifying homeowner need more than $7,000 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 13 homeowners, Mrs. Linda Davis of 310 Fulton St., has obtained a bank loan to complete renovation on her home. Mrs. Davis, mother of two ■naU ehUdren, Is also the youngest clUsen to have received rehab funding. The others are low-income Individuals, senior cltisens Uvlng on fixed Incomes. Alexander said ”It !■ very discouraging that In Its third ysar the rehab program has only been able to see work completed on 13 homes. With less than a one percent vacancy rate In Kings Mountain, It la evident housing la the city’s number one problem.” Wright said about 70 appUcants have passed all guideline criteria before a full committee - WUUaiB Grissom, Corbet Nicholson and James Childers - "but those ap pUcants wUl have to be passed over because of the lack of funds or the fact they are not In the target area. We wUl keep those appUcaUons on file and hope that new federal programs wlU be created for dils need.” And the news even for those In the target area Is not aU 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 appUcants are selected no matter In what order they appUed. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Broadus BaUey, 118 Clonlnger St, was the only one out of a half a dosen appUcants In the Margrace area to receive rehab assistance. Mr. Bailey Is an InvaUd and the couple Uvea on monthly Social Security checks. "The rehab conunlttee makes selections based on the most Im mediate need and health hasards to occupants,” Alexander said. "The committee lopks at such things as Insulation and wiring. The dif ference between our rehab program and that In other cities Is that we are emphasizing codes efficiency and not just exterior appearance.” The new rehab target area runs h-om 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 rehablUtatlon 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 la sure there wlU stUl be cries of outrage from cltisens who have appUed and have been iq>proved, 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 moat Immediate need. They have also determined that only three out of aU the appUcaUons 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 la ultimately up to them. If they talk long and hard enough, perhaps rehabllltaUon wlU become the top priority In Kings Mountain.” ■ oVv ' 60 Foote Employes Receive Safety Awards m PhoSosby Tom McIntyre . .THE WORK HELPED—Broadu BaUey, an Invalid Uvlng on Social Seoorlty with his wife, cemmented Uiat the rehab work on their home helped them cut their heaUng hills by half. Sixty employes of Foote Mineral Company won awards for safety at the semi-annual safety barbecue recenUy and OperaUons Manager W.E. Cooke presented awards to employes for outstanding work records for two years, five years, 18 years and 28 years. Personnel Manager Larry W. Wood said the program featured an afternoon of good food, feUowshlp 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. Turner won 28-year safety awards and Ronald K. BaUery, W. Roy Duncan and William L. Etters won 18-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, Wilbert L. Blddlx, Billy 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. Garrett, Benjamin F. Brown, Jr., Charlene T. Sellers, John Costner, Jr., Martha B. Davidson, Charles D. Griffin and Joan S. Stewart. Local NCAE Dinner Is Set The Kings Mountain Chapter of die 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 Honor Certificate In recognition of out standing accompUshments during 1079. It is the second time the 88- member troop has won national recognition. Scoutmaster Tommy King said the troop also received a national award In 1076. The award Is based on outstanding work judged In ten categories of scout acUvltlss during the year. Members will be fomudly presented the honor at next month’s Court of Honor. The citation Is signed by representatives of the national and PledmMit Scouting officials. Other leaders of Troop 01 ars Assistant Scoutmasters Don Griffin, Wayne Putnam, BUI SeUers, Charles Herndon and Ronnie Hawkins. Meets Thursday The Kings Mountain Board of Commissioners will meet TTiurs., May 81 at 7:80 p.m. at city haU. This new date for 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 wlU begin at Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Ubrary June 18th and continue through Aug. IBth. Story Hour wlU be conducted for young people 8-10 from 10:80 imtU 11:80 a.m. on Wednesdays, ac cording to Hazel FYyer, librarian. Prizes wUl be given for best at tendance. Charity Horse Show The 11th annual Shelby Junior Woman’s CTub Charity Horseehow will be held Sat., June 2. The shows are at noon and 6:80 p.m. at Blanton Memorial Stadium. Shelby Senior High. The show wlU 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 tor adults, 80 cents for chUdren In advance and $1.28 and 78 cents at the gate. For entry Information, call Mrs. Kathy Holbrook at 482-4182, or Mrs Dina Jones, 482-8167. Bike-A-Thon Postponed Because of unseasonably chlUy weather Saturday, the Kings Mountain Police Department- sponsored Blke-A-Thon was post poned. Chairman Robert Dodge said the event wlU 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. AU proceeds are ear- -narked for St. Jude ChUdren’s Hospital
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