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Area Water Systems
Exceed Contaminant Level
RALEIGH—State records
show that the owners/operators
of 14 public water systems failed
to notify their customers and the
news media that the water
systems exceeded the maximum
containment level (MCL) for col-
iform bacteria during February,
1982. Records also show that
the owners/operators of another
47 public water systems failed to
notify their customers that they
did not sample the water for col-
iform bacteria during the same
time period.
The N.C. Drinking Water Act
requires owners/operators to
notify their customers.in writing
and provide the state Depart-
ment of Human Resources
Water Supply Branch with a
‘copy of the notice within 90
days of the date a violation oc-
curs. The act also requires MCL
violators to notify the news
media within 14 days of their
violation notification, and pro-
vide the Water Supply Branch
with clippings of the notice.
“Coliform bacteria, normally
found in the intestinal tract of
humans and warm blooded
animals, can be redily detected,”
said Larry Elmore, an engineer
in the state’s Water Supply
Branch. “It is the quickest,
cheapest, and best indicator that
some contamination may have
occured in drinking water.”
Federal and state laws require
the owners/operators of public
water systems to submit regular
samples of drinking water each
inn SLE
month to a certified laboratory
for testing in order to discover
possible contamination in the
earliest stages.
“Failure to test the water
within the required time period
doesn’t necessiarly mean the
water is contaminated, but you
can’t assume that the drinking
water is safe without testing it
properly” Elmore said. “Neither
can you assume that because the
water has been safe in the past it
will remain that way. Citizens
have a right to know the quality
of the water they’re drinking and
insist that it be free of con-
tamination,” he said.
If contamination is found, the
seriousness of the problem deter-
mines the corrective action. This
may range from public notifica-
tion to further investigations and
treatment such as disinfecting
the water or flushing water lines.
Failure to comply with the
N.C. Drinking Water act could
lead to administrative penalities
or further legal action. Penalties
or fines may go as high as $5,000
per day of violation.
According to state records, the
following Cleveland County
water systems have failed to pro-
vide the Water Supply Branch
with a copy of any written
notice which might have been
given to their customers and the
news media: Parker Brothers
Trailer Park, Broad River Acres
Water Supply, Castlewood
Mobile Home Park and Hillcrest
Mobile Home Park.
RALEIGH—The State Board
of Transportation will begin a
series of public meetings on July
20 to update the 1982-1991
Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP).
The program was last updated
in December 1981. The TIP is
the department’s basic planning
document for all transportation
improvement programs.
The annual meetings, one
planned for each of the state’s 14
highway divisions, will be similar
to public sessions held by the
board to update the TIP in 1981.
“This year’s meetings,”
Secretary of Transportation
William R. Roberson explained,
“will be conducted with em-
phasis being placed on declining
state highway revenues.
“When our Board updated our
current program last year, $1.2
billion in highway projects had
Luncheon
Scheduled
The Shelby Christian
Women’s Club will have a lun-
cheon Thursday, July 15, at the
Elk’s’ Club on East Marion
Street. All interested women are
invited to attend the noon-2 p.m.
meeting.
~~ Doris Jones will do a special
feature on the art of china pain-
ting, and Mrs. Robin Brackett
will ‘be guest vocalist, singing
“Colorful Tones.”
Mrs. Perry Roddy from Rock
Hill; S.C., will be the guest
speaker. Mary Sue is married to
an insurance executive and is the
mother of two daughters. She is
a former school teacher, and a
graduate of Winthrop College.
Presently she is active in club
work in her community. She will
offer some “Colorful Thoughts.”
Reservations for the luncheon
and free nursery for pre-
schoolers may be made by call-
ing Virginia Bylund, 487-0857,
or Maxine Raynor, 487-7710.
Reservations should be made by
noon Monday. Cancellations are
necessary by noon Wednesday.
Tickets are $4.75 at the door.
to be made inactive due to an-
ticipated lower funding levels for
construction,” Secretary Rober-
son said.
He added that the $120
million of additional revenue
generated by the Governor’s
Good Roads program has been
used chiefly for maintenence to
protect the highway system as
originally proposed. This past
fiscal year, the Board awarded
contracts to resurface 3,300
miles of highways as compared
to approximately 350 miles the
previous fiscal year.
Roberson cautioned that
unless new sources of funds are
found by July of 1983, the state
will not have matching funds for
federal highway aid used in the
highway improvement program.
Currently 1977 bond funds for
highway construction are being
used to match federal aid.
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DOT Hearings Slated
These funds will be exhausted
by July of next year. That will
mean, in effect, said Roberson,
that “we won’t have a highway
construction program after that
date.”
With this very severe problem
facing us, we strongly urge the
public to help us make a very
careful review of the projects
already in the 1982-1991 TIP,
Roberson said. “We want the
people of this state to share with
us their opinions on what our
priorities ought to be in view of
our funding crisis.”
The secretary added, “We
believe the TIP is a positive ap-
proach to scheduling highway
projects and other types of
transportation improvements in-
volving aviation, public
transportation, rail and bicycles.
We need the public’s help to
keep our program viable and
responsive to the transportation
needs of North Carolina.
“We will also bring people up
to date on the status of projects
in their particular area and pro-
vide them a summary of our pro-
jected revenues and the cost of
construction,” he said.
Local officials have been in-
vited by Gov. Jim Hunt, Rober-
of the
Transportation Board to make
recommendations on highway
and other transportation
priorities at the sessions. Rober-
son also issued a “special plea”
son and members
for citizens from all walks of life
to participate in the meetings.
The meeting for Division 12,
which includes Cleveland Coun-
ty, will be held at 2 p.m. August
18 at Cleveland Technical Col-
lege. Registration for speakers
will begin at 1 p.m.
Wee Princess Pageant Held
The Eta Mu Lambda Chapter
of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
Inc., sponsored a Wee Prince,
Wee Princess contest June 18 at
North School in Kings Moun-
tain to benefit the fraternity’s
scholarship fund, which will
enable the fraternity to give wor-
thwhile college students finan-
cial aid.
The winners were Wee Prince
Edgar Travis Wilson IV of Ran-
dallstown, Maryland, sponsored
by Edgar Davis Wilson Sr.; Wee
Princess Kimberly Michelle
Brown of Gastonia, sponsored
by Carl Leslie and Lemuel
Froneberger; and the winner of
the country ham was Ms. An-
nette Jackson of Randallstown,
Maryland.
During the Wee Prince and
Wee Princess contest instrumen-
tal selections, baton twirling, and
were presented by
elementary, junior high, and col-
dances
lege students.
Basketball Camp Scheduled
The annual Kings Mountain
Recreation Department Basket-
ball Camp will be held the last
week of July at the Community
Center gym.
. George Adams, athletic direc-
tor, has lined up another star-
studded list of college and profes-
sional basketball talent to assist
in developing the talents of area
youngsters.
Persons ages eight to 18 are
eligible to attend. Registration
will begin Mon., July 19 in
Adams office at the Community
Center gym.
Some of the players coming in-
clude Artis Gilmore of the
Chicago Bulls, John Toms and
Chuck Kepley of Wake Forest
and Vince Hamilton of Clem-
son. Other area players and
coaches will participate.
Kings Mountain Fires Reported
The Kings Mountain Fire
Department reported the follow-
ing incidents:
On June 29 at 1:05 am. a
house fire occured on Granford
Drive, totally destroying the
structure and its contents.
On July 1 at 11:10 p.m. a fire
alarm was activated at the Kings
Mountain Convalescent Center.
No damage was reported.
On July 3 at 7:04 p.m.
firefighters responded to a call
for a smoke investigation that
turned out to be caused by a
shortage in an electric outlet.
The incident occured at 1306
Northwoods Drive.
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On July 4 at 10:50 a.m. a fire
alarm was activated at the J.E.
Herndon Co. in the Industrial
Park.
On July 4 at 9:52 a fire alarm
was activated at Clevemont
Mills.
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