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- KINGS MOUNTAIN. NORTH CAROLINA
French
By GARY STEWART
Editor
tain junior and senior high
schools.
She loves the small town,
which in many ways reminds her
of home, enjoys assisting Carol
Peeler with the French classes,
and is learning to eat Southern
cooking at a home which
features not one-but two—of the
best cooks in Kings Mountain.
Hord, a member of the Kings
Mountain School Board, is
owner and manager of Paul’s
Seafood on the York Road, and
his wife, Joyce, is cafeteria
manager at Kings Mountain
High.
‘Miss Bacle is from Etauliers, a
village of about 1,500 in the
Kings Mountain has turned
out to be quite an interesting
place for Catherine Bacle, who
came here November 6 to live
with the Paul Hord Jr. family
while serving as an Amity Aide
French assistant at Kings Moun-
southwest part of France. She at-
Girl
Enjoying KM
tends the University at
Bordeaux, the third largest city
in France.
She will stay in Kings Moun-
tain for five months (“maybe
longer,” she says) before return-
ing to France to complete her
education. She hopes to become
a teacher or work in interna-
tional trade or public relations.
“I like Kings Mountain very
much,” she said Monday while
relaxing following a long day of
school in the Hord living room.
“I thought the leaves were so
beautiful this fall and I really like
the country setting here. The
people are very friendly. I’ve met
so many wonderful people
already.”
One of the first things
Catherine was asked when she
came to Kings Mountain was if
she liked seafood. It seemed like
the natural question since she’s
staying with the Hords.
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FAVORITE HOBBY - One of Catherine Bacle's favorite hob-
bies is horseback riding. She's pictured here with Paul Hord Jr.,
and Hord’s horse “Taity” at the Hord farm on York Road.
Catherine will spend five months with the Hords while
assisting French teacher Carol Peeler at Kings Mountain High
School. Eo
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City
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By GAIL SHYTLE
Sahara Devon Jackson was
honored for heroism at the
Board of Commissioners
Meeting Monday night.
Jackson, of Route 4, Kings
Mountain, unselfishly saved
patrolman Gary Sale from a bur-
ning patrol car on September 21,
while he was on his way home
from work that night. Little did
he know how the course of
events to follow were about to
effect his life. A patrol car pass-
REV. OSCAR STALCUP
Stalcup
To Lead
Service
The Kings Mountain Com-
munity Thanksgiving service,
sponsored by the Ministerial
Association, will be held Wed.,
Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Central
United Methodist Church.
Rev. Oscar Stalcup, pastor of
Foursquare Gospel Church, will
bring the message and the
Chancel Choir of Central United
Methodist Church will present
special music.
The offerings taken will go to
the Ministerial Association Help-
ing Hand Fund.
The public is invited to attend.
Honors Hero
Beh
ed him on way to a call, he saw
the car loose a tire and slide off
the road. “It skid into a ditch
and flipped into the air,” stated
Jackson, it almost turned over
but it landed against a telephone
pole.”
“The back of the car burst into
flames, I saw the policeman
hanging out the window, I
hesitated but then I decided that
if it was going to blow up it
would be at the back of the
carand I would be at the side.
That’s when I went and dragged
him out. There were some other
people that stopped that just
stood there screaming that the
car was going to blow up; I just
did what I had to do.”
Sale, who just returned to du-
ty last week, was present at the
award ceremony, as was Police
Chief Jackie Barrett, and Mayor
Moss. Jackson received two
awards: a “Citizens Award,”
presented by the City of Kings
Mountain; and a “Citation for
Service to the Law Enforcement
Community,” given by the
Kings Mountain Police Depart-
ment.
According to Chief Barrett,
this was the first award of this
nature given since he’s been in
command. “Citizens Awards are
given for services rendered
beyond the call of duty, a good
deed of some type. This incident
back in September is something
you rarely see. He (Jackson)
acted quickly, it was something
where a citizen went out of his
way to help a fellow man,” Bar-
rett commented.
During the presentation of the
‘awards, Mayor Moss stated to
Jackson, “We'd like to show our
appreciation for displying such
care for another human being
without regard for your own
safety. I'm happy that the peo-
ple of Kings Mountain ex-
emplify the same care for their
fellow man as Mr. Jackson. I
think he speaks for the citizens
of this area.”
Other business of the board in-
cluded the appointment of Don
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Board Okays
New Policy
The Kings Mountain District
Schools Board of Education
modified its policy for annual
leave for employees at its mon-
thly meeting Monday night at
West School.
Assistant Superintendent
Larry Allen told the board that
under the new policy, employees
with 20 or more years of service
who have leave days built up can
take them during teacher
workdays. Allen said employees
with less than five years of ser-
vice lost 22 work days under
the new plan “but will benefit
significantly down the road.”
Allen said workdays are the
only days employees can take
annual leave days. They can
take them on inclement weather
days, he said, if Superintendent
William Davis declares those
days as workdays.
Davis said he would be
meeting will all employees to ex-
plain the policy and answer any
questions.
“There’s a lot of
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apprehension,” ‘Allen said. “It’s
Photo by Gary Stewart
HELP WIN AWARD - Kings Mountain volunteers helped the Cleveland County Unit of the
American Cancer Society win the coveted Bunny Stone Award as the best chapter in North
Carolina for 1983. Left to right are Claude Suber, Kings Mountain chairman for 1984; Lavon
Strickland and Darrell Austin, co-chairmen of the Kings Mountain Jail-A-Thon which raised
over $11,000, and Bill Hager, Kings Mountain chairman for 1983.
Thursday’s The Day
To Quit Smoking
By GAIL SHYTLE
Each year the American
Cancer Society sponsors the
“Great American Smokeout,” a
day where smokers are en-
couraged to take a day off from
smoking in hope that if they can
quit for one day they can quit
entirely.
On Thursday, November 17,
millions of American will make a
fresh start and try not to smoke
for 24 hours. Non smokers can
also participate by “adopting” a
smoker for the day. By adopting
a smoker, the nonsmoker pro-
misies to help get a friend
through the 24 hours without a
cigarette.
In the past, Kings Mountain
citizens have contributed toward
the Cleveland County Cancer
the
great x
american
smokeout
Unit receiving the 1983 Bunny
Stone Award. This award
recognizes the Unit whose
overall cancer program is deem-
ed best in the North Carolina
Division.
During the week of Nov.
14-18, Cindi Woods’s health
classes at Central School are par-
ticipating in the Great
American Smokeout. The ac-
tivities began on Monday with a
ballon release containing
messages for smokers. 1t is hoped
the helium filled ballons will be
received by smokers in time for
them to participate in
Thursday’s smoke out acitivity.
The classes are also planning
to adopt smokers, encouraging
them to go a full 24 hours period
without smoking. Papers will be
signed and wrist snappin’ bands
will be issued.
Other - activities during the
week will include guest speakers
such as smokers who have kick-
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our intention that every
employee has a copy of the
policy and answers to questions
that are arising.”
Allen said every employee of
the school system “has a lot to
gain” under the new policy.
In another matter, the board
Monday night also modified its
policy regarding the schedule for
evaluation of teachers.
In the future, principals will
evaluate probationary teachers
every year and teachers with
career status every other year.
The career teachers will be divid-
ed into two groups, with one-half
of them being evaluated one
year and the other half the next
year.
“We hope to improve instruc-
tion and the process of evalua-
tion,” said Bethware Principal
Ronald Nanney, who chaired
the committee studying the pro-
posal.
Nanney said the current
evaluation process, which in-
cludes evaluating all teachers
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poi
Needy
May Apply
For Toys
Needy families wishing to get
toys from Kings Mountain Fire
Department this year must pick
up an application from the Fire
Deprt. by December 10,
Toys only will be given by the
fire department this year. Items,
such as fuel oil and groceries will
come from other sources such as
Civic Groups or Ministerial
Association.
The age limit on toys is now
twelve years of age. Anyone
having good toys to donate can
bring them by the fire depart-
ment or call 739-2552 for pick
up.
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