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Elected public officials usually aren’t given the praise they
Jeserve More often than not, they're criticized for their ac-
ions.
But, because I share his feelings, I must applaud School
Board Chairman Bill McDaniel’s stand on smoking on public
school grounds.
The board of education voted 3-2 Monday afternoon not to
impose a ban on student smoking at Kings Mountain High
School. McDaniel, Kyle Smith and Paul Hord voted not to im-
pose it while Doyle Campbell and June Lee favored a ban.
First off, let me say that I do not approve of smoking. I
detest it. I can’t stand the taste of cigarettes and I can’t stand
the smell of them.
Principal Ronnie Wilson and others who proposed that the
board ban smoking are to be praised for taking a stand
against it. However, they tried to stop smoking by students,
and not by teachers, and that’s where their opinions differ
from McDaniel’s and my own.
At the school board meeting last month, when the discus-
sion was initiated, and at Monday’s meeting, when action was
taken, McDaniel insisted that it is not fair to punish students
for smoking while at the same time allowing teachers, who
are supposed to be setting examples for their students, to use
tobacco.
He is the only member of the board to take that stand but I
can assure him that he is not alone in his opinion. If a school
administration is going to set policy, it should apply to all per-
sons.
I have not questioned any of the board members about their
stand on smoking, but I feel like if Doyle Campbell and
June Lee, the two board members who pushed the hardest for
a smoking ban, had included teachers in their proposed ban,
McDaniel would have voted with them and the action would
:.ave been taken. :
There’s no doubt about it, smoking is a problem in local
schools. However, it’s an adult problem as well as a teenage
problem.
Even though the use of tobacco was not banned, principals
have within their power under past policy to insist that smok-
ing, by teachers as well as students, take place in designated
areas. A more stringent enforcement of that policy seems to
be the best way to handle this matter until such time as the
Legislature takes action to prohibit smoking on public school
rounds or until a majority of the local board of education
eels led to include teachers in a smoking ban.
City Board Approves
Hydro Electric Project
From Page 1-A
presently paying Duke Power
Company four cents per
kilowatt for electricity and
that Duke has filed for
another rate increase. He
estimated that by the in-
stallation of the plant in 1987
the city’s rate would be offset
a little over five cents.
Responding to question of
Commissioner Jim Dickey,
Mierck said he forsees little
problems in obtaining the
licensing since the city is not
going into direct competition
with any other energy pro-
ducing agency. The city can
opt, he said, to file for an ex-
emption since the city owns
the property on which the
hydro plant is to be con-
structed. :
“It’s a feasible economic
project for Kings Mountain’,
Mierck said.
After the board’s action,
Mayor Moss commended the
commission for taking what
he called a ‘‘far reaching step
to offset electrical costs for
the City of Kings Mountain.”
“I commend all who have
had a part in this project for
their foresight,”” he said,
praising Energy Chairman
Jim Dickey and all who have
had a hand in its inception
and progress.
Becky Cook Appointed
Elections Board Chairman
From Page 1-A
Mrs. Cook, the former
Becky Thornburg, is
daughter of Mrs. Margaret
Thornburg of Kings Mountain
and the late Fire Chief Floyd
Thornburg. For the past eight
years, she has served as
registrar in the West Kings
Mountain Precinct. She is a
graduate of Kings Mountain
High School and King’s Col-
lege. She lists her occupation
as “homemaker”. The Cook
family includes a son, Tracy
Cook, of Demapolis, Ala. and
two daughters, Terrie Cook,
of Cleveland Vocational In-
dustries, and Tammy Cook, a
Junior High student. They
are active in First Baptist
- Church and Mrs. Cook is a
director and secretary to the
board of Cleveland Voca-
tional Industries.
“I’ve worked in county
elections for many years and
have always enjoyed my ser-
vice at the West Kings Moun-
tain precinct as a registrar. I
look forward to working with
the city and with other
members of the board of elec-
tions”, said Mrs. Cook.
Salary of the chaiman is
$600 yearly.
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