Board Honors
Retired Officer
The city board of commis-
sioners voted Tuesday night
to honor retired policeman
Sgt. L.D. Beattie with his
badge and police revolver.
Beattie retired April 12th
after over 20 years service
with the City of Kings Moun-
tain.
Chief of Police J.D. Barrett
said that Beattie will be
honored with appropriate
ceremonies at a dinner to be
hosted by the Police Depart-
ment.
Board Okays
Pool Money
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several minutes from the au-
dience, among
Kings Mountain Kiwanis
Club, Supt. Bill Davis and
school board members Kyle
Smith, Paul Hord, Jr. and
Doyle Campbell.
Dr. Scott Mayse, chairman
of the steering committee, for
- the Kiwanis Club, made the
. request for $15,000 annually
for operation and upkeep of
the pool to be located at Kings
Mountain Senior High School.
“A large number of people
have worked hard to give
$600,000 of a proposed
$750,000 cost. These people
have worked for no personal
gain. They love this com-
munity and they want to im-
prove it. We need the help of
the city to make this project a
reality,” he said.
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THIS IS HOSPITAL WEEK — Kings Mountain Hospital Administrator Huitt Reep, left, and
Director of Nursing Ron Bagwell observe as Mayor John Henry Moss, seated, signs an of-
. ficial proclamation on the occasion of National Hospital Week May 11-17. “Hospitals Make
Healthy Neighbors” is theme of the observance and the proclamation pays tribute to the
dedicated staff of the local hospital for providing high quality health that h i
Mountain area citizens lead healthier lives. gig y Hn hep Ring
This Is Senior Week
National Senior Center
Week is May 11-17. Pro-
clamations were issued from
the President, Governor,
dand Kings Mountain’s
Mayor and Board of Commis-
sioners.
‘‘Senior Centers Are
Wellness Centers” is this
year’s national theme. Senior
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Centeres promos life long
good health through a variety
of programs and services. It
is the entry pou for sharing
resources of retired profes-
sionals and pooling communi-
ty resources to expand ser-
vice capability.
Kings Mountain Senior
Center, volunteers, con-
tributors and the enthusiasm
of hundreds serves 2000 in-
Aides
Raise
Questions
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stated that their pay was pro-
rated at 90 percent rather
than 91.6 and that because of
|. the error they’ve lost approx-
imately 124 hours every week
they worked.
Van Dine’s statement ask-
ed the board a number of
questions which he said
should be answered now so
aides will know ‘where they
stand’ when school resumes
in August. Those questions in-
clude:
‘‘1 - Was the proration com-
puted in 1979 accurate?
‘2 - How many years was
the 1979 proration formula
utilized?
“3 - Will opting for the 373
hour workweek in ‘86-‘87
result in any reduction in
their fringe benefits? :
“4 - How will this affect
teacher aides who also drive
school buses?”’
Van Dine said at least one
school unit in his service area
has eliminated fringe
benefits for aides because
they do not work a 40-hour
week. Aides in Kings Moun-
tain feel they deserve fringe
benefits even if they do not
work 40 hours per week,
because they work the exact
amount of hour as certified
teachers, who receive full
benefits.
Labor laws require over-
time pay for all employees
who work over 40 hours per
week, and Van Dine said
some aides who also drive
buses work more than 40.
Some teacher aides atten-
ding Monday’s meeting said
uring a break in the agenda
that they have not been mov-
ed up the aide salary scale in
years, and that in many cases
a first-year aide makes as
much as one with eight or
more years experience. Van
Dine said a good solution to
the current problem would be
for the school board to move
a veteran aides up several
steps on the salary scale. He
said aides are usually moved
up the scale only when
‘legislation mandates a move,
but the local board has
authority to move them.
Many of the aides said the
would like to have any bac
pay owed to them, even
though it would not amount to
a lot of money. Van Dine said
there is no legal channels
available to force the board
to pay.
“Legally, they’re probably
off the hook, but not
morally,” he said.
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dividuals 60,000 units of ser-
vice annually.
Among the most exciting is
Adopt-A-Grandparent. This
program develops com-
munication skills and friend-
ships between individuals
several generations apart.
Grandparents from Kings
Mountain Senior Center and
grandchildren from Central
School completed a four week
session May 13, as a highlight
to Senior Center Week. A
summary from both on the
program was ‘‘Give Me
More!” “I hope we have it
next year at Junior High.”
‘As North Carolina’s
Delegate to the National In-
stitute of Senior Centers/Na-
tional Council on Aging, I
wish to commend Kings
Mountain for it’s ‘Senior
Center’, says Teresa Melton,
Director.
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mended is still as valid today as it was in March,’ Davis said.
“It seems the issue has gotten to be a battle of wills, but it’s
simply an issue of which method better informs parents of the
Progress of their children. It doesn’t need to be any more than
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Smith said he polled many principals and teachers since
the March vote. “Every teacher I talked to said they had not
been asked before and that they favored the nine weeks
grading period,’’ he said.
McDaniel said he had also talked to ‘‘a fairly cross-section’
and that most favored a six-weeks system. ‘I guess it just
depends on who you talk to,” he said.
Hord said he had talked to teachers and had received mixed
reactions but that he still favored the nine-weeks system.
Campbell said he was ‘not aware that there was a
problem” with the grading system, but that he favored the
six-weeks period because it was recommended unanimously
by the leadership team. ‘‘The superintendent and pincinas
at I have
are in the position to know what is best in an area t
no expertise in,” he said.
Mrs. Lee added, ‘‘He said it very well.”
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