VOL. 98 NUMBER 14
Firemen battle grass fire along Southern Railway tracks Tuesday
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THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1985
~ Wind Spreads Fire
Twenty firemen from Kings Mountain and
Oak Grove Fire Departments battled a
spreading grass fire Tuesday over four hours
in the area of First and Grace Streets.
Because of the March winds which were
threatening to spread the blaze, firemen
un were on the scene putting out fire on railroad
vm Seross ties until almost 6 p.m., according to
*" “Kings Mountain Fire Chief Gene Tignor.
Two fire trucks from the Kings Mountain
said Tignor.
almost one.
tracks.
Fire Department were called to First Street,
where the fire originated in the field behind
houses along Southern railroad tracks at 1:20
p.m., said Tignor. As the winds continued to
spread the fire, two brush trucks were called
from Oak Grove Fire Department and a total
of 20 firemen worked at the scene as the fire
“jumped” across the railroad track and
spread into the fields between the railroad
and Grace Street. The city also brought in a
couple of bulldozers as an added precaution,
“There is a real danger at this season of the
year that a grass fire will spread to houses”,
said Tignor, who reported that Kings Moun-
tain firemen had already put out nine grass
fires during the 12 days of windy March,
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Eight railroad ies were buraed or ibe
City firemen also put out a grass fire on
First Street Monday and were called back to
First Street Tuesday afternoon. :
“It almost makes you think that someone is
deliberately setting these grass fires or it
may mean that some citizens are being very
careless with matches’, said Chief Tignor.
He warned citizens that ‘March comes in
with winds and brings danger from fire.”
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Improved Discipline
Goal Of KM Schools
Improved ' discipline . pro-
cedures and public relations,
and re-organization of the
central office staff are among
goals the Kings Mountain
District School Board hopes
to achieve during the 1985-86
school year.
The board discussed some
of the goals at Monday
night’s meeting at the
Superintendent’s Office.
Board members will rank
goals and return their infor-
mation to Supt. Bill Davis
within the next week and as
many as possible will be in-
cluded in a proposed 1985-86
budget which Davis hopes to
present to the board at its
April meeting.
Fourteen current expense
goals which Davis said are
needed would cost $399,413.
They include:
*Continuation of the 4.8
salary increase for non-
certified ‘employees
($57,168) ; Continuation of six
bus monitors who also serve
as substitute drivers
($7,500); Continuatin of the
after-school enrichment pro-
gram ($5,000); five office
yates whe would assist poia-
cipals and teachers ($44,858) ;
three additional guidance
counselors; including one for
elementary schools; one for
Central and one for the junior
high ($67,057) ; two additional
maintenance employees, in-
.cluding one at Central and
one for the maintenance
department, ($29,504); a 10
percent increase in eoaching
supplements ($2,900); two
additional custodial positions
($17,944); 10 additonal mon-
ths of secretarial services at
school offices ($13,400) ; three
additional locally-paid
Snow Day
teachers to help eliminate
combination classrooms
($67,057); five additional
classroom aides ($44,858); a
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Is Waived
By KM School Board
Kings Mountain school students got an Easter present
from the Board of Education Monday night.
The board waived the February 12 snow date, which
many students and teachers
were afraid might have to be
made up either on Easter Monday at the end of the school
year.
So, unless there is
some more inclement weather,
students will have their full Easter vacation and will still
get out of school on Fri., June 7.
Larry Allen, Assistant Superintendent, said there were
only three logical dates for the snow day to be made up:
March 29, April 8 or June 10. He said many parents and
teachers have probably scheduled vacations around Easter
Sunday and Monday; that about 30 teachers have already
been scheduled for staff development visitation and that
two fifth grades have scheduled trips to Washington on
March 29; and that if the day were made up on June 10 it
would meaning running buses on a Monday mainly so
children could go to school, get their report cards, and go
back home.
Board chairman Bill McDaniel recommended that the
board waive the snow day ‘‘but have it understood that this
is a one-shot end”
The board’s policy is to make up the first three snow days
each year. Local boards are allowed to waive up to five
snow days.
“We want to make sure that everybody knows that we’re
not setting a precedent,”’ board member Kyle Smith said.
In a related matter, Allen presented, and the board ap-
proved, the school calender for 1985-86. Teachers will begin
work on August 12, students
will report on August 20 and
school will end for students on May 30. Allen said the
calender includes the traditional two weeks Christmas and
one-week Easter vacations.
Policy To Govern Sewer Treatment Services By KM
A policy statement concer-
ning the extension of water
and sewer lines outside the ci-
ty was formally adopted by
the board of commissioners
Monday night.
The policy will govern
plans by the city to provide
sewer services to a subdivi-
sion being built west of town
by Ted Huffman and to treat
sewage from the Town of
Grover.
The plan also stipulated
Scout Day Held
Twenty-three Girl Scouts
participated in Girl Scout
Government Day at City Hall
Monday and assumed city ad-
ministrative positions.
They were: Tammy
t Adams, Mayor; Angie
Subler, Leslie Carrigan,
Angie Hillman, Ginger
Teseniar, Connie Brooks and
Leslie Hunt, city commis-
sioners; Cathie Kreuger and
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Ginger Teseniar, fire preven-
tion officer; Andrea Pruett,
fire training officer; Kristen
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Hunt, police dispatcher; Con-
nie Brooks, police sergeant;
Leslie Carrigan, gas
superintendent; Christine
Shelby, gas department
clerk; Kristal Jordan, public
works receptionist; Carrie
Dilling, community develop-
ment secretary; Joy Jenkins
and Angie Subler, mayor’s
secretaries; Betsy McIntyre,
codes department officer,
and Stacey Crocker and
Angie Hillman, recreational
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‘that the 14 points covered in
the city ordinance will also
govern future city utility ser-
vice extensions.
The policy is designed to
protect the city against
liability and unanticipated
costs.
The policy calls for a eon-
nection fee based upon
replacement cost of volume
requested, composed of
plant, equipment, land,
easements and other im-
MAYOR FOR A DAY—Tammy Adams,
the Girl Scout Government Day held Monday
Pictured at left is Joy Jenkins and at right is
provements and spells out the
difference between non-
metered, direct metered and
indirect metered service. .
The policy statement in en-
tirety, as adopted, follows:
“Henceforth, requests for
extension of, or connection to,
water/sewer utility lines
beyond corporate limits shall
be subject to the following
conditions:
“A connection fee based
upon replacement cost of
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during the celebration of Girl Scout Week.
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volume requested, composed
of plant, equipment, land,
easements and other im-
provements.
“This fee shall be based
upon latest replacement cost
figures obtainable from
engineering consulting firms
and the involved state or
federal agency. Land and/er
easement costs to be based
upon market values at time
involved. (Cost of
land/easements may be
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omitted at board’s direction).
“Plans for proposed exten-
sion shall be submitted to Ci-
ty of Kings Mountain, and if
approved, shall be submitted
to the proper department of
the State of North Carolina
for their approval. :
“Plans shall be drawn by a
registered engineer and if ap-
proved, a reproducable trac-
ing shall become the property
of the City of Kings Mountain.
“The developer/user shall
be responsible for all
necessary rights-of-way,
easements, etc. and shall in-
sure that they are recorded at
the County Court House
and/or filed with the City
Engineering Department as
required. :
“Construction shall be at
developer/users expense,
shall be inspected by the City
and upon completion, may
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Engineer Will Study
Hydro Electric Project
The city board of commis-
sioners Monday night
authorized the first step in its
long-range goal to build a
hydro electric unit on Moss
Lake.
Charles Mierk, engineer
and fiscal analyst who built
his own hydro operation in
Clifton, S.C. near Spartan-
burg, S.C., was authorized to
make an independent study
as to feasibility, type unit,
and all criteria pertaining to
permits and licenses and to
file an application for license
within 12 weeks. Cost of the
study is expected to cost
$17,500.
Commissioner Jim Dickey,
chairman of the hydro com-
mittee, said that the full
board will need the evalua-
tion study made by Mierk
before going through the
license and bidding process.
“This will provide the city a
thorough evaluation of our
hydro capabilities on Moss
Lake and once completed the
city will’ be in position to
make a decision on what type
and size turbines are needed
or what power generator
needed and what is most ap-
propriate. We can’t afford
any errors’, he said.
After Dickey’s remarks,
Mayor John Moss said that a
hydro plant on Moss Lake
would save the city minimum
of $250,000 which it pays to
power companies to run the
city’s equipment at the water
plant and Pilot Creek plant.
“This would mean a good
return for the city and would
mean a surplus to offset the
pump stations, he said. The
mayor said the city pays
Duke Power Company
$288,000 annually for elec-
tricity to run the city’s equip-
ment. “Much work has been
done and federal licensing
and procedures are in place’,
said the Mayor.
Other members of the
city’s energy committee are
Commissioners Curtis Gaff-
ney, Irvin M. Allen, W. Nor-
man King and Mayor Moss.