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Photo By Jeff Grigg
NEVER GAVE UP—Chuck Graham fought back after a car accident which paralyzed him to
become the world’s champion wheelchair skeet shooter. He's pictured above giving an exhibition
Saturday at the Gastonia Police Shooting Range at Rankin Lake. The range is managed by Bob
and Pat Boyd of Kings Mountain.
Never Say No!
One-Armed Shooter Wins World Title...
By JEFF GRIGG
Chuck Graham has traveled
across the U.S. three times and
at every skeet shooting exhibi-
tion he drills into the people his
motto - “Never, Never Give
Up.”
With the help of his motto,
Graham has fought back from
affliction to become the world’s
champion in wheelchair skeet
shooting.
Graham began his shooting
career early with his brother in
his home state of Illonois. When
he joined the Air Force he began
skeet shooting, and during his
stay overseas spent two years as
captain of the skeet shooting
team.
In 1971, he retired as a master
sergeant and he and his wife
went to Lake Tahoe, Nev., to
live. While he lived in Nevada he
worked as a bus driver.
After a horrible and unfore-
seen accident, Graham literally
had to fight for his life. “My wife
and I went to pick up some last
minute Christmas presents and
was hit by a car that left me
paralized.”
Immediately following the ac-
cident, Graham was rushed to
the Carson City Hospital and
then sent to the San Francisco
Army Hospital where he spent
2Y5 years. “The doctors told me
that I lost the use of my left arm
and that I would never walk
again, and they had me dead
three times; but I got my courage
to continue and fight back from
the patients from overseas that
had it worse off than me,” he
said.
The first time since the acci-
- dent that he shot again was at
Mather Air Force Base, where
he broke 23 of the 25 clay
pigeons using a barrowed gun.
After proving that he could still
shot even without the use of one
arm, he spent time doing exer-
cises until he finally could han-
dle a 12 gauge.
He started on the road to give
other veterans the courage that
he had. In one of his exhibitions
he even dressed and undressed
himself with his teeth to prove to
the veterans that no one is
helpless.
Among his most charessed
moments was when he received
letters from both President
Carter and Regan for his
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Kyle Smith To Run
For KM School Board
Kyle Smith, present member
of the Kings Mountain District
Schools Board of Education, an-
nounced today that he will seek
reelection to his seat on the
board.
Smith holds one of the three
inside-city seats on the board. He
will be running for a six-year
term.
Three other seats are up for
grabs in this fall's election. Doyle
The outside city wore of Bill
McDaniel and Paul Hord Jr. are
also available, McDaniel’s for a
six-year term and Hord’s for two
years. Hord was appointed to fill
the unexpired term of Harold
Lineberger.
KYLE SMITH
; since its beginni
Campbell announced earlier that ouncing
When filing for office, can-
didates must specify which seat
they are running for.
Smith has been active in Kings
Mountain school activities and
the Kings Mountain Kiwanis
Club for a number of years.
Smith was the first president of
the Kings Mountain High
Booster’s Club and has remained
very active in that organization
have tried to p
place of the teacher, student a
parent, and then have tried to
act accordingly. I knew that
when I was first elected to the
board of education that the deci-
sions that would be made would
not be popular with everyone,
but I resigned to the fact that
you cannot please everyone no
matter what the issue is, and I
have just voted my conscience
on every matter that came up. If
the voters of the Kings Moun-
tain School District will accept
those facts, then I feel that I
have done my job. If not, then I
am sorry.
“Kings Mountain has a good
school system,” he added. “But
to make it an even better system,
we need the support of the
parents, teachers and ad-
ministrators, and I will do my
part to make it an even better
system than it is now.”
School Board Updates
1983-84 Budget Items
The Kings Mountain District
Schools Board of Education
Monday night adopted a new.
1983-84 current expense budget
of $2,351,470.
The action was necessary,
Superintendent Bill Davis said,
because appropriations from
Cleveland County Commis-
sioners did not come up to what
the system asked for.
Even though the system did
not receive those anticipated
revenues, it will benefit from
some other sources, Davis said.
The system will receive
$130,000 from the Gaston
County Commissioners for those
students who live in Gaston
County but attend Kings Moun-
tain Schools. That figure in-
cludes $50,000 owed from past
years. That $50,000 will be
received in one lump sum and
the remainder in 12-months
payments, Davis said.
The system has been ap-
propriated $1,145,764 from the
Cleveland County commis-
sioners, or $115,490 less than
what was asked. The Gaston
County revenue will balance out
that deficit.
The schools also expect to
receive $10,000 more than what
had been anticipated in sup-
plemental taxes and $22,000
more in tuition and fees.
Total anticipated revenues are
$2,209,264.
For capital outlay, the county
appropriated $255,112, or
$25,714 less than what was re-
quested. The board approved
spending $102,217 to fund the
top five priorities of each prin-
cipal, and $18,800 for new
cafeteria equipment. The re-
maining $134,095 will go to pro-
jects to be determined by the
board, including about $22,000
for a driveway at West School.
The board also approved a
number of personnel matters
Monday.
It accepted the resignations of
Evonne Brinkman, Bethware;
Deborah Pate, Central; Deborah
Royster, Central; Greg Isenhour,
junior high; Michael Thompson,
junior high; Judy Williams,
junior high; Bob McRae, high
school; Tim Echols, high school;
Charles Lockee, high school;
Susan Patterson, high school;
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Principal
Jerry Hoyle, assistant prin-
cipal at Kings Mountain Junior
High School for the past two
years, was named principal of
the school Monday night at the
regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Education. ;
Hoyle replaces Ronnie
Wilson, who served the junior
high only briefly before being
transferred to Kings Mountain
High School after the resigna-
tion of Bob McRae.
Hoyle’s assistant principal’s
position was left vacant.
Superintendent William Davis
said the system will advertise for
that position.
A Shelby native, Hoyle is a
1966 graduate of Shelby High
School. He received an A.A.
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School
To Open
Monday
Monday, August 15, marks
the opening of the 1983-84
school year for Kings Mountain
District Schools when teachers
report for duty.
The total staff will meet at
Kings Mountain Senior High
School Cafeteria for breakfast on
Monday morning. Superinten-
dent William F. Davis will speak
to the group.
All students will report on
Monday, August 22, for a full
day of school. Kindergarten
students will be dismissed follow-
ing lunch during the first week
of school.
Bus routes will be approx-
imately the same as last year.
Students are encouraged to be at
the designated bus stop so the
new drivers will be able to make
the stops with little confusion.
Students who will be attending
Kings Mountain schools for the
first time this year are asked to
contract the school prior to the
opening day for registration in-
formation.
Lunch prices will be the same
as last year. Students in grades |,
K-5 will pay 80 cents and
students in grades 6-12 will pay
85 cents. Reduced prices meals
will be 40 cents in all schools.
Teachers Protest
Residency Policy
By GARY STEWART
Editor
Representatives of the Kings
Mountain Association of
Educators appeared before the
Board of Education Monday
; T pre
dent, and Betsy Wells, former
president, accompanied by
NCAE attorney Sandy Y ounce,
told the board the new policy
was unfair to current employees
who have spent years of service
in the system.
But, the school board, which
according to chairperson June
Lee has been discussing such a
policy for years, left the policy as
is.
Mrs. Weathers, a teacher at
Central School and a Shelby resi-
dent, said the policy “was
developed in an unfair way since
personnel were not asked for in-
put.”
Mrs. Weathers said many
teachers and administrators
‘who live outside the district
have already given years of
dedicated service and have been
forewarned.”
However, Mrs. Lee and other
members of the board, told Mrs.
Weathers they had offered pro-
motions to several ad-
ministrators but they refused to
move to Kings Mountain.
At present, only four of the 11
principals and assistant prin-
cipals in the school system live in
the district. They are Jane
Shields, principal at West
School; Ronnie Wilson, principal
at the high school; C.A. Allison,
principal at North School; and
Greg Payseur, assistant principal
at Central. Principals Jim
Scruggs of Grover, Ronnie Nan-
ney of Bethware, Jerry Hoyle of
the junior high, and Glenda
O’Shields of Central, and assis-
tant principals Jackie Lavender
and Blaine Froneberger of the
high school, all live in Shelby;
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to move inside the district.
Mrs. Weathers said it is “good
public relations to have people
living in other areas” but Mrs.
Lee said the board felt it was
good public relations to have ad-
ministrators living in Kings
Mountain and spending their
money with local businesses and
professional people.
“This problem has been
discussed for over two years, and
has been a weight hanging over
our heads,” Mrs. Lee said. “We
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SALES STAFF - Here's the sales staff of Mountain City Lumber, which will open next week
in the old Winn Dixie building on Cherokee Street. Left to right are Derek Johnson, Jimmy
Dickey and Pam Daniels.
Mountain City Lumber
Grand Opening Slated
Mountain City Lumber will
hold its grand opening Friday in
the old Winn Dixie building on
Cherokee Street in Kings Moun-
tain.
The company, owned and
managed by Jimmy Dickey, will
offer all types of building
material, including dressed
lumber, plywood, paneling,
siding and shingles. The business
will operate on a cash and carry
basis for the time being, but
Dickey said delivery ar-
rangements can be made for
large orders.
Because of bulk buying,
Mountain City Lumber will be
able to offer materials at a much
lower cost than area com-
petitors, Dickey said. Many
grand. opening specials will be
featured Friday.
Dickey, son of Kings Moun-
tain Commissioner and Mrs. Jim
Dickey, worked as a magistrate
in Cleveland County for the past
four years. Before that, he was
purchasing agent for Neisco
Mills and served on the Kings
Mountain Reserve Police Force.
Kim Daniels ‘and Derek
Johnson will complete the
Mountain City ‘Lumber sales
staff.
night, has been given six months