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VOL. 98 NUMBER 9
Sewer Project
Hits More Snags
The town of Grover continues to hit snags in its effort to pro-
vide sewer service for its citizens.
Mayor Bill McCarter told the board Monday night that land
appraiser pan Gilbert is moving ‘‘slow’’ in appraising pro-
; € : ys and that Attorney Andy
Neisler is working on ways to obtain right of way from
Southern Railway to take sewer lines under the railroad
perty needed
tracks.
McCarter said thus far only “10 or 12’ property owners
have signed over right of ways to the town, and all of those did
so voluntarily. He said he had been told by Neisler that the at-
torney had not yet received the first appraisal report from
Gilbert.
Gilbert met with the board in early December and said he
hoped to have his reports ready no later than January 1, Mc-
Carter said. ‘I’m sure the weather has hindered him some,”
McCarter said. ‘I really don’t know how we stand.”
McCarter said Southern Railway is asking a $50 fee from
the town for “consideration” of issuing a license and $522 per
year for granting a right of way for Grover to run sewer lines
under the railroad crossings. McCarter said in 1977 when
Grover first began working on a sewer project, Southern
Railway asked a flat fee of $350 to cover its paper work.
He said Neisler talked to an official of Southern Railway
last Friday ‘‘and the response he got wasn’t too good.”
McCarter said that it’s possible Southern Railway doesn’t
actually own the property its tracks are on and may just have
right of way agreements with property owners. “If that’s the
case, I believe we can condemn the property just like we're
doing the other property in town,’ McCarter said.
{ McCarter said Neisler is checking on who actually. owns. the. |
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meeting.
McCarter said the town needs to obtain around 50 more
rights of way from individual property owners. “I believe
most of them will come around,” McCarter said, ‘‘but the
main thing I'm concerned with is how much increased con-
struction cost has taken place in the last 12 months. I'm con-
cerned if the bids will come in within our budget.”
“Every hour we delay on it is costing money,” said Com-
missioner Grady Ross.
or sewer right of wa
McCarter said all bids were projected on costs of last spr-
ing. “The time we’ve already lost is very critical,” he said.
Grover voters approved a sewer referendum to cover some
of the cost of the project and the town has loans to cover the
remaining costs.
In a related matter, McCarter told the board that he had
received a letter from the North Carolina Department of
Resources and Community Development regional office in
Asheville advising that Grover
and instructing the city
sewage and make the necessary C
has a sewer discharge permit
of Kings Mountain to accept the
hanges at its waste treat-
ment plant to handle Grover sewage. :
McCarter said Mayor John Henry Moss of Kings Mountain
had told him that Kings Mountain had the contract ‘‘in com-
mittee” and that Kings Mountain would be ready to sign it by
February 13.
In other matters Monday, the board:
* Authorized McCarter to check the references of three per-
sons who had applied for the Police Officer’s job and to call a
special meeting, if necessary, to interview applicants.
*Approved the purchase of supplies for the Water Depart-
ment.
*Authorized McCarter to check with an architect to design
a plan to connect a town hall which was sketched in 1979 to the
present town hall.
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Hortons, Grover
Settle Law Suits
Former Grover Town Clerk Gloria Horton and her hus-
band, Steve, have agreed to out-of-court settlements in their
three lawsuits against Mayor
Bill McCarter and the town.
The suits were filed in 1982 after Mrs. Horton was dismissed
om her duties.
Mrs. Horton filed suit agai
‘The settlements were reached in
/ were officially settled last Friday, Mrs. Horton said.
nst McCarter for harrassment
October and the cases
and against three members of the town board because of her
termination. Mr. Horton also filed suit against McCarter.
Town councilmen mentioned in the suit were Ronald Queen
and Jim Howell and former councilman Dennis McDaniel. All
three were members of the board in April of 1982 when Mrs.
Horton was terminated. Other members of the board at that
time, Bill Camp and Vickie Smith, were not named in the suit,
said Mrs. Horton, because Camp was not Dreset the night
the action was taken and Mrs. Smith vote
against her ter-
mination. Mrs. Smith later resigned her position on the town
council.
Mrs. Horton was Grover’s Town Clerk for five years. She
was fired in January of 1980 by another board and re-instated
in April of 1980.
Attorneys for the Hortons were Mickey Corry and Richard
Abernathy. Attorney for the town was Andy Neisler.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1985
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA:
Photo by Gary Stewart
RESTORING POWER - Tuesday morning’s ice caused some minor problems to the
utility customers in the east end of Kings Mountain. Ice on the lines, which caused a
minor fire at this section of lines on the York Road, put some customers in the dark for
215 hours, but dedicated city employees like these prevented any major outages.
Weather
Damage
Minor
Tuesday’s glazing of ice on
trees and limbs gave an
almost mystic aura to road-
side scenes but resulted in
few problems to Kings Moun-
tain area citizens.
“We were very lucky’,
said KM Superintendent of
Public Works Wayne Kim-
brell, who said that ice wasn’t
a major problem and no
power outages were reported
because of the wintery
weather. A transformer near
the Holiday Inn blew, but
Kimbrell said the problem
was not directly connected
with the ice. The Kings Moun-
tain Herald at the corner of
King and Canterbury Roads
reported a power outage of
about one and one-half hours
duration and the power had to
be cut off at intervals during
the morning hours while the
city crews were repairing the
traxasformer er
Mroblems were TSEmTT
minor for drivers. City of-
| ficials delayed school open-
ing one hour Tuesday morn-
ing because they feared con-
ditions would make school
bus driving hazardous. City
police reported no weather-
related accidents.
Weather forecasters
predict it won’t get any
warmer the rest of the week.
There will be some rain
throughout Thursday, with
the sun finally making an ap-
pearance on Friday and
Saturday, according to the
weatherman.
Shoplifters Hit Mack’s Store
A trio of shoplifters walked
out of Mack’s at KM Plaza
Monday night with 160 pocket
knives and didn’t pay for
them. The knives, inside a
box on a counter, were valued
at $640. Police said a clerk
said that one of the
shoplifters, a woman, kept
the cashier busy while the
two men helped themselves
to the knives.
Kings Mountain Police
Department is investigating
the shoplifting incident.
A “strong arm” robbery
was reported by The Pantry,
Cleveland Avenue and Lin-
wood. A clerk told KMPD
that a customer asked for a
money order for $125.00. The
clerk handed the money
order to the customer,
assuming the customer
would hand him the money
for it. Instead, the customer
walked out the door.
Ptl. Jimmy West charged
Rickie Eugene McDonald, 24,
of 807 Second St., with break-
ing and entering of a motor
vehicle owned by Ted Led-
ford, of KM Farm Center.
West, on routine patrol,
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More
Winter
Ahead
You may not have seen
j any sunshine here Satur-
day, but Kings Mountain
Harold, a groundhog that
resides in a hole down on
Canterbury Road, saw
some light so we're in for
six more weeks of winter
» weather. Harold came out
¢ of his hole early and played
around all day. When he got
under a security light at one
of the Canterbury Road
homes, the light cast his
shadow on the ground and
he hurried back home.
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