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NEW ARRIVAL-Cristan Lee Stefanick, pictured here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Stefanick of Kings Mountain, will
have a story to tell someday. The Stefanick’s second son was
delivered last Friday in the ba
wagon...by his father.
ck seat of the family’s station
Man Delivers
His Own Child
By GARY STEWART
Editor
When he was a member of the
Kings Mountain Rescue Squad,
Terry Stefanick faced a number
of life-and-death situations.
But, none that can compare
with the one he encountered
when he arrived home from
work Friday afternoon.
Stefanick, who is employed at
Foote Mineral and lives in the
- Woodbridge section, delivered
his own son 30 minutes after get-
‘ting home.
Cristan Lee Stefanick entered
the world at 4:55 p.m. in the
‘back seat of the family’s station
‘wagon and in the driveway of
‘the Stefanick’s next-door
‘neighbors, Bill and Linda
Sanders.
| Mother Sandy, and the baby,
‘were taken shortly afterward to
Cleveland Memorial Hospital,
where both were checked and
reported in great condition, and
returned home Sunday.
The Stefanicks, whose: day
Friday was helter skelter, recall-
ed the event with calmness—but
with the gleam of excitement
istill in their eyes-Monday.
Mrs. Stefanick, who had gone
‘to her doctor for a regular
‘checkup Thursday and was told
‘the baby would not be born for
‘at least another week, had gone
‘out early Friday morning to pick °
strawberries with her next-door
neighbor, Linda Sanders, a nurse
‘at Hendricks-Durham-Lee-
‘Crowley Clinic in Kings Moun-
tain.
After returning home around
noon, she began cleaning her
strawberries and preparing lunch
for their
Trevor, and began to feel un-
comfortable.
- “I felt there was nothing to be
alarmed about,” she said,
“because I had just had the
checkup the day before and was
told it would be another week.”
She called her husband at
work around 2 p.m., she recall-'
ed, and the two, decided there
‘was nothing to worry about.
After all, with their first son,
Sandy had had labor pains for
six to seven hours before going
to the hospital, and it was four
‘hours after that before Trevor
was born.
So Terry decided he’d wait
and come home at his usual time
(about 4:30) and Sandy decided
.to continue her work with the
strawberries. :
The Stefanicks had been at-
tending Lamaze classes at
Cleveland Tech and she decided
to do some breathing and walk-
ing in the meantime.
She turned on Sesame Street
.to entertain Trevor and started
walking. “The pace was picking
up,” she said, “and I was beginn-
.ing to feel more yncomfortable. I
‘was really alatmed until I'Went.
into the Blowing”. ~~.
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iing to the hospital soon after -
Terry came home from work, so
she arranged’ for Lee Ann
"Sanders to keep Trevor, and got
her suitcases packed.
24-year-old son,
“When I came into the house,
I heard her moaning and knew
something ‘was wrong,” Terry
said. “She was hyperventilating
and I told her she’d have to take
it easy.” : :
The couple then put their
Lamaze training to work while
getting Trevor ready to go to the
babysitters.
As they began walking toward
the car, Sandy said she “felt the
‘baby between my legs.” She ask-
ed her husband to put her in the
[backseat so she could lie down
on the way to the hospital.
~ “I looked and thought I could,
‘make out the top of the scalp,”
he said. “We got in the car and I
had left the back door open
‘because it was so hot in there.
When I went back to shut it, she
said she had the urge to push and
I could see the baby’s head.”
They rode quickly to the
‘Sanders’ house. Lee Ann went
inside to get her mother.
. “We all agreed that we were
going to have the baby right
there,” Terry said. “We sent Lee
Ann inside to get some towels
and shoestrings and I pulled San-
dy up so she could grab the back
of her knees.
“With just one push, the baby
was out and was breathing right
away,” he went on. “Linda dried
him off and warmed him up and
I tied the cord off with the shoe
laces and put the baby on
‘Sandy’s chest.”
In the meantime, Lee Ann
had called the Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad and Cleveland
County Sheriff's Department,
but with the baby in seemingly
good health, the Stefanicks
chose to drive themselves to the
hospital.
“None of us thought to look
at our watches when the baby
was born,” Terry recalled.
“When Linda thought about it,
she said it was 4:55, and that’s
‘what we had to put on the birth
‘certificate. But he was actually
born before that.”
| .Stefanick said he was not
‘scared during the delivery, and
felt his training with the Rescue
Squad, his background as a
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By GARY STEWART
Editor
Mayor John Henry Moss, in a
special called meeting Tuesday
afternoon, presented a $12.5
million budget for consideration
by the Board of Commissioners
for fiscal year 1982-83.
The budget, presented in two
parts, amounts to $2,851,468 for
the general fund and $9,659,117
for utilities. The overall budget is
about the same as last year’s but
the budget for the general fund,
which Moss says covers “opera-
tion of the City of Kings Moun-
tain general government”,‘is 13
percent less than the current
fiscal year’s budget.
The city’s tax. rate will con-
tinue to be 50 cents per $100
valuation, the same rate that has
onsiders Budge
been maintained for a number of
years,
Moss, who praised city depart-
ment heads and consultants for
their efforts in compiling the
budet, called the presentation
“one of the most complete
budgets I've ever presented. It’s
the most complete in regards to
detailing items to the particular
departments. I think citizens will
find that the cost of running the
city is very comparable to other
communities of the same size,
and that we will be able to pro-
vide services at a cost that will be
reasonable and acceptable.”
Moss said utility funds have
been budgeted autonomously to
include all direct costs relating to
their operation.
“The dominant concern of the
city’s leadership is that of sus-
tained fiscal responsibility,”
Moss said. “This dictates cost ef-
ficiency in the delivery of ser-
vices.”
Moss said a number of con-
cerns, activities and facilities
have been designated for par-
ticular attention during the com:
ing year.
Capital expenditures of
$234,688 for general govern-
ment purposes is signicantly
lower than last year’s amount of
$285,894, utility capital expen-
ditures have been reduced from
$621,650 to $321,000; however,
capital budget funds have been
provided for essential equpment
and improvements in the various
departments.
FICA tax, group insurance,
retirement, gas and oil, and
general insurance for the city
have been included in the
general fund in prior years, but
for 1982-83 have been budgeted
to each fund based on the actual
cost incurred by each fund, Moss
said.
The budget reflects a three
‘percent pay increase for all full-
time employees, Moss pointed
out.
Items provided for in general
capital projects fund include
Municipal Administration
Department,
Department, $51,200 for pur-
chase of a generator for the Law
Enforcement Center (old city
hall), police cas and a truck for
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$5,000; Police
Graduation
Held Tuesday
Diplomas were presented to
251 students at graduation exer-
cises Tuesday night at John
Gamble Stadium.
The graduates entered the
stadium as the Kings Mountain
Junior High Ninth Grade Band
played the traditional “Pomp
and Circumstance.”
Robert R. McRae Jr., Prin-
‘assisted by Superintendent of
Schools William Davis and Joan
Finger, Chief Junior Marshal.
McRae, who pointed out that
he began his duties here the
same time the Senior Class
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cipal, presented the diplomas,
Photo by Gary Stewart
CLASS GIFT-Leigh Anne Baliles, treasurer of ercises at Gamble Stadium. The check will be
the Kings Mountain High Senior Class, used to launch a fund drive for an indoor
presents a $1,000 check to School Board Chair- swimming pool at the high school.
man June Lee Tuesday night at graduation ex- -
Baccalaureate
Service Held
The Rev. William Tyson,
pastor of Boyce Memorial
Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church, told 254
seniors Sunday night that they
have different personalities and
therefore will have different im-
pacts upon others.
The Rev. Mr. Tyson, speaking
during Baccalaureate services
held at 8 p.m. in B. N. Barnes
Auditorium, said if the seniors
will give their lives to God, they
will have the greatest opportuni-
ty to make an impact in the
world by winning others to
Christ.
Dr. T. A. Powell, pastor of
Galilee United Methodist
Church and St. Paul United
Methodist Church, gave the in-
vocation, and scripture was read
by the Rev. Paul T. Baliles of
First Assembly of God.
‘Special music was presented
by the Kings Mountain Senior
High Chorale and Ensemble,
who sang “Immortal Love” by
Butler and “O Magnum
Mysterium” by Vitoria.
The Rev. Eugene Land of Se-
cond Baptist Church presented
the Rev. Tyson, and benediction
was given by the Rev. Kenneth
Ray Looney of Kings Mountain
Church of God.
Students Hurt
In Bus Wreck
Several Kings Mountain
junior and senior high students
received minor injuries Tuesday
morning when the school bus
they were riding collided with a
car on Lee Street, crashed
through a wood fence and over-
turned.
Superintendent of Schools
William Davis said 11 students
were treated and released at
Kings Mountain Hospital, and
the driver of the car-Jonathon
Page, 16, of Route 4, Kings
Mountain-was admitted with
head injuries. :
Page was charged with runn-
ing a stop sign after his car came
through the intersection of
Scotland Drive and Lee Street,
and hit the school bus, which
was being driven by Page’s
cousin, Michelle Hamm of
Route 4, Kings Mountain.
The two vehicles hit a deep
culvert, ran through a wooden
fence at the residence of Charles
Neisler, and the bus tipped over
on its side.
The axle and front wheels of
the bus were knocked complete-
ly off, and both vehicles were
listed as total. losses by in:
vestigating officers from the
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Photo by Gary Stewart
RETIRING —Howard Bryant, shown here working in his office
at the School Administration Building, has announced his
retirement. Bryant served in public education for 35 years, in-
cluding 23 in Kings Mountain.
BUS WRECK--Bus number 57, carrying junior
and senior high students, overturned Tuesday
on Lee Street after being struck by a car.
Retiring
By GARY STEWART:
Editor
Howard Bryant, Assistant
Superintendent and Director of’
Instruction for Kings Mountain
District Schools, Monday sub-
mitted his letter of resignation to
Superintendent William Davis.
Bryant plans to retire July 31.
The Board of Education will act
on his request at its meeting on
Thurs., June 10.
Bryant has been employed by
the Kings Mountain schools for
the past 23 years, and for the
past 12 years has worked in the
Administration Office.
He game here from Person
County Schools to be principal
and teacher at North Elemen-
“tary School. He held principal
positions for 11 years prior to
taking the Director of Instruc-
tion position.
His immediate retirement
plans include taking care of some
property he owns in his native
South Carolina, to work around
his home and travel.
“I’m a great tinkerer,” he said.
“I like to fool with things and
love to work in the yard and
garden.”
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Photo by Gary Stewart
Eleven students were treated for injuries at
Kings Mountain Hospital and several others
received minor scrapes and bruises.
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