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Because the Herald’s next regular publishing date falls
on Thanksgiving, the paper will publish one day early next
week.
The paper will go to press Tuesday morning and carry a
Wednesday dateline.
In order to have the paper on the streets and in the mail
before Thanksgiving, it will be necessary to move all
advertising and news deadlines back one day. Deadline for
all advertising material will be 5 p.m. Monday. Deadline
for social news, church news, etc., will be 5 p.m. Friday
and deadline for all other news matter will he 5 p.m. Mon.
Kings Mountain District Schools’
annual
“Report to the People”, a 16-page tabloid
publication, is inserted in today’s Herald.
The publication is sponsored by area
businesses and features articles on all Kings
Mountain schools, programs sponsored by the
schools, and messages from Superintendent
William Davis and the Board of Education.
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VOL. 98 NUMBER 49 .
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1985
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
CELEBRATE VICTORY
contest.
Photo by Gary Stewart
- Kings Mountain fans and
players celebrate at midfield after Friday’s 14-13 victory
over Pisgah in the first round of the State 3-A playoffs. The
Mountaineers travel to Shelby Friday night for an 8 p.m.
Calvin Stephens, a 6-3, 265 ound tackle from Kings Moun-
tain High School, has been selected to play in the 49th annual
North Carolina-South Carolina Shrine Bowl football classic
Diecember 14 at Charlotte. : pe
‘The 1:30 p.m. contest at Memorial Stadium matches the toy
33 players from North Carolina against the top 33 from South
Carolina. North Carolina Shrine Bowlers whose teams ad-
vance to the state championship games on Fri., Dec. 13 will
not be eligible for the Shrine Bowl game and alternates will
be selected.
Stephens, a two-year starter on the offensive and defensive
lines, is Kings Mountain’s first Shrine Bowler since 1957 and
only the third in the school’s history. Quarterback George
Harris, who later played at Duke University, represented
KMHS in the 1955 game and halfback Ken Baity, who went on
to play at South Carolina, played in the 1957 contest.
Stephens, whose brother, Chuck Gordon, is one of his
coaches at KMHS, said he was overwhelmed with the news
Sunday that he’d been named to the team. “It’s great...I love
it,”” he said. : 4
“It’s a well-deserved honor for Calvin,”’ said KMHS Coach
Denny Hicks. ‘In 19 years of high school coaching, I’ve only
ed Mickey Marvin at West Henderson and he went on to make
All-American at Tennessee and is now starting for the L.A.
Raiders. In comparing the two, I'd say Calvin is capable of
doing things now that Marvin did later in college.”’
Stephens, a co-captain, has been a leader on and off the
field for the Mountaineers, who are 10-1 overall heading into a
second round state 3-A playoff game Friday at Shelby. He
plays almost every minute of every game and is one of the
strongest players to ever come through the KMHS program.
“Fis strength and mobility for jus size are his biggest
assets,” says Hicks. ‘“The hardest thing for a college to do is
find a big man that can move, but Calvin can move.”
. Stephens runs the 40-yard dash in 4.9 seconds and bench
presses over 400 pounds. ;
Stephens is being highly recruited by all the major colleges
in the area, and Hicks expects many other colleges to join the
chase after Stephens shows his talents in the Shrine Bowl.
AVE.
Kine Mountain’s United
npaign for 1986 is
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records.
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untain area citizens
idged $100,253.25,
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and topping its goal
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Bo Shelby! KM’s Calvin Stephens
Named To Shrine Bowl
SHRINE BOWLER - Kings Mountain High football stan-
dout, Calvin Stephens, left, and Mountaineer coach Denny
Hicks talk about Stephens’ selection to the North Carolina
Shrine Bowl team. Stephens is KM’s first Shrine Bowler since
1957.
Carolia, Clemson, Florida, UNC, N.C, State and East
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“Cal 42 the desire to play college football,” Hicks said.
“There@. © “ot of kids walking the hallways of high schools
that have ability, but it’s the ones with desire that go on to
ake it. Calvin has natural talent but also works hard to
develop it. He spent four to six days a week working during
the summer to get ready for this season.”
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Photo by Lib Stewart.
CELEBRATE UW VICTORY—Lavon Strickland, C.J. Underwood and Mark Wilson,
left to right, look over the list of divisions which exceeded their goal in the 1986 Kings
Mountain United Way Campaign at Monday's victory dinner at the Holiday Inn. Pledges
to KM United Way topped $100,000 for the first time ever.
United Way Tops Goal,
Pledges Over $100,000
funds to come up with the ad-
ditional funds.
This year 16 local and area
agencies benefit from the
United Way Campaign and
Mrs. Strickland praised all
volunteers who solicited
money and all those who con-
tributed to make the drive
successful.
The successful campaign
was celebrated by 80
volunteers at a victory dinner
Monday night at Holiday Inn
where Top of the Day host
C.J. Underwood was the
speaker and where special
campaign awards and cer-
tificates to all volunteers
were presented by UW Presi-
dent Mark Wilson and UW
Sampign Chairman Lavon
Stricland.
Engraved plaques for
outstanding community ser-
vice went to Mrs. Strickland
as campaign chairman; Bill
Davis, chairman of the first
division-schools, to surpass
goal, and to President Mark
Wilson and to United Way
Secretary-Treasurer Marvin
Chappel for outstanding
leadership.
The special awards were
made by President Wilson.
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Some of the schools already recruiting him include South
City Utility Bills Going Up
Your December utility bill
will reflect a 10.8 percent in-
crease which represents the
resent retail electric rates
or Duke Power customers.
The city board of commis-
sioners Tuesday night in a
special called meeting
adopted the rate ‘‘with reluc-
tance’’. :
“I don’t like this rate in-
crease any better than any
other power customer but we
have to do it’, said Commis-
sioner Norman King in mak-
ing the motion to accept
recommendation of the city’s
consulting engineer W.H. Lit-
tle, Jr.
Little said the city had con-
tracted with Southeastern
Consulting Engineers for the
preparation of an analysis of
the cys electric rates re-
quired because of a requested
rate increase filed by the ci-
ty’s power supplier, Duke
Power Company. Duke’s rate
increase to the city was plac-
ed into effect Oct. 3, 1985
under bond and amounted to
approximately 22 percent.
Subsequently, Duke agreed
to a settlement with Schedule
10 customers and the
preliminary figures indicate
an approximate 14.5 in-
crease. Little said this new
rate should be approved
within several months.
Little explained that the ci-
ty has also received an
allocation of 2000 to 2400 KW
from the Southeastern Power
Administration which would
have the effect of lowering
the city’s purchase power
cost. Before the city can
receive credit for this capaci-
ty, SEPA must complete the
fourth unit of the Richard B.
Russell generating station,
complete negotiations with
Duke Power Company to
transmit the power and
establish a purchase power
rate. Since those factors
greatly influence the ex-
penses and revenue of the ci-
ty, Little recommended that
the city delay completion of
the rate study until the pur-
chase power rates are ap-
proved and adopt the present
retail electric rates of Duke
Power Company Schedules
for residential, residential all
electric, commercial in-
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Citizens On Fixed Income
Get Break On Power Bills
City power customers on
fixed incomes will get a
break on their utility bills
from the city, effective Jan.
1.
The city board of commis-
sioners, in a special called
meeting Tuesday night, voted
unanimously to put into effect
Duke Power’s current rate
which is called ‘‘Lifeline”” for
those receiving social securi- 1
ty and disability benefits.
Applications will be taken
immediately in the city
clerk’s office at City Hall but
citizens must provide proof of
eligibility by presenting a
copy of social security check
and disability check. Since it
will require at least a month
to change the coding on the
electrical account numbers
of Kings Mountain utility
customers, the new rate
won't go into effect until Jan.
‘Mayor John Henry Moss
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Special Bloodmobile Visit
Slated At First Baptist
A special bloodmobile visit
to replace blood used by a
Kings Mountain man is slated
for Nov. 30th at First Baptist
Church Fellowship Hall.
Tommy Tate, 27, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Tate, used 26
plots of whole blood during
is last surgery on Sept. 4 at
Duke Hospital plus multiple
ints of blood in previous
leeding episodes and
surgeries over the past four
years.
Tate, loan officer at Home
Federal Savings & Loan, has
suffered from Chroms
Disease for 10 years and in
the past four years has been
hospitalized many times. He
was discharged from Duke
Hospital last Friday and
recuperates at home with his
wife, Amber Cooper Tate,
and their two children,
Samantha, 4, and Katie, 2.
Donors who want to donate
blood for Tommy Tate are be-
ing invited to stop by Home
Federal on W. King Street
and sign a pledge card for a
specific time to report to the
church on Nov. 30th to give a
pint of blood. Donors will be
processed from 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m.
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