Store
Robbed
Kings Mountain police are
still looking for suspects and
leads in connection with two
robberies in Kings Mountain
Thursday and Friday. No one
was hurt in either robbery.
An armed robber, who in-
quired whether his name was
on a bad check list, robbed
the Food Lion Store at West
Gate Plaza of an undisclosed
amount of money about 6:51
p.m. Thursday after pointing
a gun at a cashier, police of-
ficer Dorothy Howell said.
Police are searching for a
white bearded male of
medium build, about 6-3, last
seen driving west toward
Shelby.
In an unrelated incident,
olice said a man walked
ehind the tellers counter
Friday at 1:45 p.m. at
Branch Bank and Trust Com-
pany on East King Street and
grabbed an undetermined
amount of money from a
cash drawer. Minutes
earlier, the black male, who
appeared to be in his early
teens, had talked with a loan
officer about a loan, got out
of her sight, and walked
behind the counter and told
demanding money. Det.
tellers did not see a weapon.
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Facilities,
Pay Scales
By GARY STEWART
Managing Editor
Kings Mountain school of-
ficials will be doing a lot of
“studying” during the next
several months.
The School Board, meeting
Monday night at the
Superintendent’s Office, ap-
proved studying pay scales
for non-certified personnel
and authorizing the State
Department to update its
1977-78 study on school facili-
ty needs.
The idea to study the
salaries of non-certified per-
sonnel came after the board
discussed a study which had
been done last year on the
salaries of school office sup-
port personnel. The plan,
McRae explained, calls for
placing new personnel on a
salary scale based on their
experience, job training and
size of school being served,
and to advance current
employees based on their
years of service, training and
size of school served.
According to McRae, it
would cost approximately
$26,000 to implement the plan
for one year.
McRae expressed mixed
feelings toward the matter,
stating that the office person-
nel needed salary increases,
but that he couldn’t “in good
conscience’’ recommend
raising them without in-
cluding other non-certified
personnel such as custodians
and lunch room workers.
“We need to continue to
work toward improving the
salaries of all classified peo-
ple,” he said.
McRae said he didn’t feel
like money was available in
this year’s tight budget to im-
plement the plan. However,
he said there may be ways to
implement part or all of the
plan when the time comes to
consider next year’s budget.
“lI believe there is no
money this year,” board
member June Lee said.
“We’ve been told that and
told that. I'd like to accept
this as one of our goals for
next year.”
Board member Kyle Smith
said he thought the matter
should be ‘top priority’’ and
Paul Hord said he thought the
plan presented for the office
personnel is a ‘good plan
which should include the
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possible sightings of the
suspect were reported and
check out by Kings Mountain
officers and Cleveland Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Deputies who
were involved in the search.
The investigation is continu-
ing, assisted by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
Sgt. Reynolds said
Friday’s robbery of BB&T
was the fourth time the bank
had been robbed. The most
recent robbery occured
about two years ago.
A quick-thinking cashier
foiled a robbery attempt at
Harris Teeter Super Market,
East King Street, Monday.
Police reported that a
white male going through a
checkout line reached his
arm in an attempt to take
money from the drawer. The
cashier slammed the drawer
shut, barely missing the
man’s hand. The man fled,
police said.
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By LIB STEWART
News Editor
Rezoning of 338.65 acres of
residential property adjacent
to I-85 to Heavy Industry
brought the proposed Kings
Mountain Corporate Center a
step further to reality as the
city board of commissioners
approved the rezoning after
public hearings Tuesday
night.
The board rezoned 254.58
acres of property owned by
S.R. Suber, III of 805 Hillside
Drive, 63.51 acres of property
owned by George H. Houser,
Ridge St., and 20.56 acres of
property owned by John O.
Plonk. The Suber property in-
cludes two parcels.
All the properties are
located adjacent to Interstate
85 and were zoned at the
owner's requests ‘‘for
development of highest and
best use of property.”
After a lengthy discussion
of assessment costs for street
improvements billed 31
citizens, two churches and a
masonic lodge, the board ap-
proved, with exception of
three, the complete roll total-
ing $28,576.67 on Landing
Street from S. Sims to Phifer
Road.
The Landing Street im-
provements, which cost the
rporai e
city $102,697.68 and for which
residents were billed
$29,447.87, was at 6.58 per
lineal feet with the city pay-
ing half the costs of materials
and outside contractors
costs. Spokesmen for
Primitive Baptist Church,
which was billed $1151.50 for
175 feet of improvements,
said the surveyor description
was for 167 feet. The city used
the tax map description of 175
feet. Rev. Richard Styers,
pastor of the church, said the
church has few members an
no one was contacted about
the paving and that city
workers ‘‘took some off our
lot and damaged the grass
with trucks”. Mrs. Styers
said the church yard was
reseeded last year and the ci-
ty crews ‘‘tore it up.” The
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Cornwell Drug Parking Request Passes 4-3
A controversial off-street
parking request by Cornwell
Drug Stores, Inc., whose new
building is going up at the
corner of Country Drive and
King Street, was approved 4-3
Tuesday, after Mayor John
Moss broke a tie vote only
after a lengthy discussion
Timetable For Completion
Of KMHS Pool Is Discussed
The Kings Mountain Board of Education Monday night
approved a timetable for completion of the proposed indoor
swimming pool at Kings Mountain High School.
Dr. Scott Mayse, president of the KM Indoor Pool Foun-
dation, also received permission for portions of the funds
raised to go toward memorials for area citizens. The board
also tentatively approved locating the facility on the north
side of the campus rather than the south side as originally
intended.
Dr. Mayse said architects will begin their final drawings
next February and complete them by September of 1987. He
said the project will be advertised for bids in October and
construction should begin in January of 1988.
Mayse said that after talking with members of the com-
munity, the pool foundation is recommending that the
facility be located on the north side of the campus. The
original plans called for locating the pool on the south side
between Barnes Auditorium and the tennis courts. He said
that site would be ‘‘very accessible’ and in ‘close proximi-
ty’’ to other physical education facilities, but that it could
cause a traffic flow problem and decrease the size of the
girls softball field.
The natatorium area will be named in memory of
Kathryn Neisler. The north enfry will be named in memory
of Charles F. Harry Jr., the south entry in memory of
Rosalee and Samuel Suber Jr., the girls dressing room in
memory of Dr. W.L. Mauney, the office in memory of Paul
H. McGinnis Sr., the mechanical room in memory of Glee
A. Bridges and T. Nelson Bridges, and the filter room in
memory of Clyde E. Conner and Virl Conner.
There are some other areas of the pool still available for
memorial gifts, Mayse said.
among commissioners oppos-
ing strongly and disagreeing
among commissioners oppos-
ing strongly and disagreeing
about the terms.
Tempers flared at several
points during the request for
a special exception for off
street parking in a residential
zone which had been
previously approved by the
Board of Adjustments May
28, 1986. !
The city board denied the
rezoning of the lot in question
on Nov. 25, 1985 but had the
power to limit the duration of
the Special Exception, a
period from 1 to 5 years.
Commissioners had
various opinions on the
terms.
Commissioners Fred
Finger, Norman King, and
Harold Phillips disagreed on
board approved 4-3 in a tie
vote. Commissioner Fred
Finger, who resides at 908
Sherwood Lane in the Coun-
try Club section of town, op-
posed strongly.’”’” The
residents of Country Club Cir-
cle should be protected
against drainage problems
which could be incurred by a
parking lot,” he maintained,
and the city would be respon-
the five year period which the sible. A paved parking area
PHOTO BY RONNIE HAWKINS
NEW OFFICERS OF KIWANIS CLUB—Pictured, new officers of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis Club, are installed by Lt. Governor Gene Parks, third from left. From left, Dr.
Martin Stallings, Rev. Char
les Davenport, Lt. Governor Parks, Doyle Campbell, the
new president, and Billy King. Not pictured is Roy Duncan.
could cause those problems,”
he said.
Both contractor and ar-
chitect for the Cornwell store
were present and agreed to
draw up a legal agreement
with the city on drainage con-
trol. ‘If there is a storm
drain there, we can tie on it
but I don’t think there is, said
the architect, to which Finger
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Rescuers
To Respond
On Weekends
Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad will begin answering
calls as ‘‘primary
responder’’ for rescue-
ambulance service, effective
Nov. 1, for a 24 hour period
from 6 p.m. Saturday until 6
p.m. Sunday.
The action came after
members of the Squad and
the board of directors met
last week with Emergency
Services Coordinator Abbey
Ledford.
With 13 EMT’s and four
ambulance attendants now
on its roster of qualified
volunteers, Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad had petitioned
the county board of commis-
sioners, through its board of
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