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Photo by Gary Stewart
KMHS QUEEN - Donna Wright is all smiles after being crown-
ed Kings Mountain High School Homecoming Queen during
halftime of Friday's Mountaineer-North Gaston game at Gam-
ble Stadium. Donna is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Wright and the granddaughter of Mrs. Bessie Wright and the
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1982
Passed Along From Transco
as Rates Hiked
Natural gas users in the city of
Kings Mountain will see their
bills increased by 18.63 cents per
1,000 cubic feet in their October
1 billing.
The City Board of Commis-
sioners, meeting Monday night
at the Governmental Services
Facilities Center, approved pass-
ing along the increase by its sup-
* plier, Transcontinental. The in-
crease” went into’ effect
September 1.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
he is “personally very disturbed”
about the continuing increases
by Transco and other utility sup-
pliers, but that the city’s con-
sulting engineers, Heath And
Associates, had recommended
that the city pass along the in-
crease. j
In another matter Monday
night, the board received a re-
quest from C. Ross Baumgard-
ner, chairman of the Greater
Kings Mountain Area Partner-
ship Committee for the Disabled,
that the town provide a
telephone for the committee.
The committee was organized
several months ago to assist
disabled and handicapped per-
sons in the area in emergency
needs situations.
Baumgardner said the com-
mittee needs to be available 24
hours a day and suggested that a
telephone be installed in its of-
fice at the Kings Mountain Com-
munity Center.
The board instructed City At-
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torney George Thomasson to 25.
look into the legality of the In other action, the board:
town’s supplying telephone ser- * Authorized a request to be
vice, and to report back at the
board’s next meeting on October Turn To Page 15-A
SWORN IN - Magistrate Dorothy Hayes, left.
Photo by Gary Stewart
the Kings Mountain District Schools Board of
administers the oath of office to new board Education at West School. Holding the Bible
member Paul Hord Jr. at Monday's meeting of
at right is Hord's wite, Joyce.
Schools Get $41,000 For Appraisal Program
ba i GARY STEWART (erie
: Editor
The Kings Mountain School
System has received a $41,000
grarit to develop a program call-
ed “Improving Instruction
Through Performance Ap-
praisal.”
Assistant Superintendent
Larry Allen explained the pro-
gram to the Board of Education
at its monthly meeting Monday
night at West School.
The program grew out of a
Personnel Evaluation pilot pro-
gram held last year in 24 school
systems in North Carolina, in-
cluding Kings Mountain and
Shelby. However, Allen pointed
out, the new program is not a
program to evaluate personnel
“other than to improve instruc-
tion” but is one meant to bring
together teachers and ad-
ministrators in an effort to
develop effective programs of in-
struction.
The $41,000 will be used for
staff development, Allen said. A
steering committee which in-
cludes four teachers, four prin-
cipals, Superintendent - William
Davis and Allen has beeht named
and has held ‘two meetings
already. Some will go to
seminars to look at other pro-
grams. Allen said every school in
the system is represented on the
committee.
Local teacher , -Dean
Westmoreland expressed some
concern that a member of the
Personnel Policies Committee
was not on the steering commit-
tee, and said that “if any changes
are made in teacher evaluation,
expect to hear from the NCAE.”
However, both Allen and
Davis assured Westmoreland
that the program is not aimed at
teacher evaluation.
The intent, Allen said, is to
“try to identify the best techni-
ques that are recognized na-
tionally and put together a pro-
gram in Kings Mountain.” Allen
said any new programs would be
experimented with before they
become a part of the instruc-
tional program.
“By stretching a point, you
can say that anything we do has
to do with teachers in one way
or another,” Davis said. “We
can’t stop and run everything
United Fund Drive
Pledges Only $27,638
Kings Mountain’s United
Fund Drive for 1983 is off to a
slow start, but campaign
volunteers are hopeful that
pledges will take the $66,000
goal over the top before the
scheduled Victory Dinner on
November 8 at the Holiday Inn.
Pledges thus far amount to on-
ly $27,638, or 42 percent of the
according to Lavon
Strickland, campaign president.
Money collected goes to
several outstanding agencies in
the city, county and state. One
such agency is the Grover
‘Rescue Squad, which provides
volunteer emergency service to
citizens of Grover and surroun-
ding areas. The squad will
receive $5,000 this year to pur-
chase needed equipment and
supplies.
Grover is one of the smallest
. squads in the county, but one of
the most efficient. Twelve of its
16 members are certified
Emergency Medical Technicians
in North Carolina and seven are
certified in South Carolina.
Other agencies to
receive -
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United Way
United Fund money next year
include the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association Helping
Hand Fund, $10,000; American
Red Cross, $13,000; Piedmont
Council Boy Scouts, $6,200;
Pioneer Council Girl Scouts,
$7,000; Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad, $5,000; Cleveland Coun-
ty Shelter Home, $5,000;
Ministerial Association
Chaplain, $1,000; CODAP,
$2,500; Salvation Army, $2,000;
Mental Health Association of
Cleveland County, $1,000;
Kings Mountain Boys Club,
$1,000; and North Carolina
United Way agencies, $5,857.
“that we do by the Personnel"
Policies Committee. We try to
do that when it directly involves
the welfdre of teachers. But what
we're doing here deals with the
instructional program.
“Performance Appraisal is
here because the General
Assembly mandated it,” Davis
added. “Since we have it I feel
that it needs to be used as effec-
tively as we can use it to improve
instruction. That’s supposed to
be what we’re doing anyway.”
Allen said the project “has a
lot of potential to cause some
very positive things to happen.”
In another matter Monday,
the board authorized Davis to
write a letter to State Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction, Dr.
Craig Phillips, and begin the
necessary steps to have all Kings
Mountain schools re-accredited
by the state.
Davis said it has been several
years since local schools have
been accredited by the State
Board of Education, and the for-
mat for accreditation is new.
Since the schools’ accredita-
tion by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools was
CERTIFIED EMTs - The members of the
Grover Rescue Squad pictured above were
recently certified as Emergency Medical
Technicians in South Carolina. Front row, left
received just a few years ago,
Davis said receiving state ac-
creditation would be an easier
process. :
Southern Association ac-
creditation was “unit wide and
involved each school”, Davis
said, but state accreditation will
be a matter of reviewing pro-
grams to see if they're still ap-
plicable and doing a lot of ‘“re-
writing.”
“It won’t be a piece of cake,”
Davis said, “but it will be
relatively painless” compared to
Southern Association accredita-
tion.
In other matters Monday, the
board; !
*Heard information about
West School from West principal
Jane Shields.
*Heard a report from
Superintendent Davis and board
member Bill McDaniel about a
meeting held recently concern-
ing funding for the Sports
Medicine Center in Shelby. The
center, which treats athletic in-
juries, is funded by the KM,
Shelby and Cleveland County
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Troy McCurry.
to right, are Tony Anthony. Debbie Melton
and Bobby Dowda. Back row, Jackie McCurry,
Dallas Dolle and Charles Rolen. Not pictured,
Photo by Gary Stewart
RECEIVES AWARD - Harold Lineberger. who recently resign-
ed his position on the Kings Mountain District Schools Board of
Education, is presented a plaque of appreciation by Patti
Weathers, vice president of the Kings Mountain Association of
Educators, at Monday night's school board meeting at West
School.
Band Fund
Drive Begins
Mrs. Lewis Dellinger and Mrs.
David Plonk, co-chairmen of the
Kings Mountain High School
band fund-raising drive, an-
nounced today that their
members will conduct a sale of
fresh Indian River grapefruit
and oranges from Florida from
October 11 through October 30.
Mrs. Dellinger and Mrs. Plonk
said the fruit will not be picked
until the order is placed and will
be packed and shipped im-
mediately, thereby making it the
freshest that can be purchased
outside of Florida. Advance
orders will be taken and when
the fruit arrives it will be
available for pickup at the
KMHS parking lot on Sat., Nov.
20 at 9 a.m.
Proceeds from the sale will be
used for the band’s trip to
Florida. Band students make the
trip every three years, allowing
everyone that participates in
band to make the trip once dur-
ing their high school career.
Anyone wishing to place an
order, or desiring more informa-
tion, should contact any member
of the KMHS band or call Mrs.
Dellinger or Mrs. Plonk.
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