Game Time
7:30 P.M.
Mountainee
Ir
s At Brevard Friday
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A 32-year-old former Kings
Mountain man, Harold Dean
Reynolds said that additional
charges are pending against
Bridges, a Charlotte painter,
of 3414 Mathis Drive, wanted
in connection with nine arm-
ed robberies in this area over
the past three weeks, was ap-
rehended by county and city
fficers Monday afternoon
fter being chased from the
scene of a robbery in Shelby.
Det. Richard Reynolds of
the Kings Mountain Police
Department said that
Bridges was charged with
nine counts of armed robbery
and jailed Monday afternoon
under $450,000 bond in
Cleveland County Jail.
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School Board
Between now and Spring
Kings Mountain Board of
Education members will
make a decision on whether
to take recommendations of a
Blue Ribbon Study Commit-
tee on school facility con-
struction plans and
reorganization.
Beginning Monday night
and for the next several
board of education meetings,
members will be reviewing
proposals of a state study
nine years ago which recom-
mended closing of both West
and East Elementary
Schools, closing of Central
Middle School and
reorganization of the schools
by moving 6th graders back
into the elementary systems
(now K-5), and seventh and
eighth graders to the Junior
High.
While updating of both East
and West Schools will be “‘ex-
pensive”, according to Supt.
Bob McRae, he said it “may
be to the board’s advantage
to keep those schools the way
they are. At this point there
the suspect, including posses-
sion of a sawed-off shotgun,
possession of a firearm by a
convicted felon, several
counts of kidnapping related
to the robberies and the at-
ignited rape of a clerk at the
clothing store robbed in
Kings Mountain last week.
Bridges is charged with
robbing the Food Lion Store
in Kings Mountain Oct. 23,
Toney’s Clothing Store in
Kings Mountain last Wednes-
day, Scissors and Styles
Beauty Shop on Shelby Road
west of the city and five
Discussing
Needs Of School Facilities
are no plans to close any of
the schools,” he said.
Board members discussed
North, East and West
Elementary school sites and
plans for improvements on
Monday evening, agreeing
that enlargement of a library
is needed at North School and
replacement of old structures
at both East and West cam-
puses. McRae estimated that
cost of replacing classrooms
and administrative offices,
kitchen and dining facilities
and three mobile classrooms
at East School at $1,278,060
and for similar replacements
at West School at $1,090,000. A
major problem at West
School, which is situated on a
3.75 acre tract which the state
suggests should be at least 12
acres, is that new construc-
tion would eliminate
playgrounds. Under con-
struction plans he outlined to
the board, McRae said that
only North School would be
able to accommodate sixth
grade.
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SHARE CONFERENCE CROWN - Kings Mountain High’s football team was tri-champions in the
Southwestern 3-A Conference this fall with Shelby and East Rutherford, giving the school its first conference
football championship since 1964. In a special drawing for seeds for the upcoming state 3-A playoffs, the Moun-
taineers drew third place. They will open the playoffs Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Brevard. Team members include,
front row, left to right, Greg Anthony, Paul Heffner, Shawn Smith, Daron Hillman, Mike Sellers, Tim Guyton
and Raynard Roberts. Second row, head coach Denny Hicks, Mark Wyte, Daniel Long, Dallas Stacy, Monty
Deaton, Phillip Greene, Anthony Hillman, Mark Crawford, Jerry Jordan and assistant coach Paul Bolt. Third
row, Jody Champion, Sam Wilson, Gus Degree, Mike Clary, Shane Cole, David Ledbetter, Kevin Bush, Todd
Maples and assistant coach Bruce Clark. Back row, assistant coach John Goforth, Wayne Brazzell, Danny
Hamrick, Aubrey Hollifield, Rusty Bumgardner, Kevin Champion, Allen Chisholm and Stuart Spires.
Armed Robbery Suspect Charged After Monday Chase
customers in the shop last
Friday afternoon,
and
Manufacturing Outlet in Sky
City Shopping Center Mon-
day afternoon about 12:40,
Reynelds said the suspéct
was armed with a sawed off
shotgun, according to
witnesses. &
Bridges was on parole from
a federal penitentiary in Ten-
nessee. He was employed by
a painting contracter in
Charlotte.
The nine counts of armed
robbery involve thefts from
four businesses and five in-
dividuals during the past
three weeks.
According to officers, a
high speed chase, gunfire and
cows in Bill Neisler’s
pasture, led to the apprehen-
sim of the suspect Monday
afi¢rooon. )
Cleveland County Det.
Raymond Hamrick, who
responded to the report of the
armed robbery Monday
afternoon in Shelby, said he
spotted the suspect vehicle on
Highway 74 traveling east.
Hamrick began a high speed
chase that led to Long Branch
Road. During the chase, he
said, the suspect stopped his
vehicle at a church and ap-
peared about to get out of the
restaurants for malt
premise sale of other permittees;
3) On premise and off premise sale of unfortified wine;
Chis 18
the road from Norwick found
Manufacturing Company and pockets.
January 20
Kings Mountain citizens will vote in an ABC referendum
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1987.
‘Becky Cook, chairman of the KM Board of Elections, an-
nounced at Tuesday’s meeting of the board of city commis-
sioners that she had verified a petition from citizens with
more than 1100 names of registered voters, the 25 percent re-
quired by law to call for an election on alcohol beverage con-
trol. The election, by law, is set for 70 days after official
verification, she said.
Citizens will vote on four questions:
1) Permission of off premise sale of malt beverage only;
2) Permission of on premise sale of Class A motels and
everages only and to permit off
4) Operation of an ABC Store.
Polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. at two
Kings Mountain polling places: East Kings Mountain at the
Community Center and West Kings Mountain at the National
Guard Armory.
Since the city is conducting the election, absentee voting
will not be allowed.
All citizens of Kings Mountain who are registered to vote
with the Cleveland County or Gaston County Boards of Elec-
tions are eligible to vote. Deadline for new registration or
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car. Hamrick fired a shot and McKinney. Officers said the
the suspect then sped to the suspect offered no resistance.
end of Long Branch Road and McKinney said that a .410
turned north onto Highway guage shotgun was found in
29. The suspect abandoned the suspect’s vehicle and a ! oe
do
headed towards woods near
62 Buick Regal across large amount of bills were
in the suspect’s
Law enforcement officers
1-85. Lt. Bob Roadcap of the in 30 vehicles from the city
Shelby Police Department and county, and N.C. and S.C.
arrived with a tracking dog highway patrols, Shelby and
and began a search with Kings Mountain police,
Hamrick and Cleveland Sheriffs department and
County Chief Deputy Ron Grover police aided the chase
‘McKinney. As the suspect and search for the suspect.
ran across the field, officers Officers had the suspect in
said cows followed him. “We custody 50 minutes of Mon-
followed the cows’, said day’s robbery.
MATH TEACHER OF THE YEAR—Danny Ray McDowell, center, 4th grade math teacher
at Bethware School, is congratulated by Bethware Principal Ronnie Nanney, left, and Supt.
Bob McRae as 1986 Outstanding Elementary Math Teacher. McDowell was also recognized
for his work with young people in KM Boys Club.
Mayor Refuses To Break Tie Vote
Mayor John Moss refused
to break a 3-3 tie vote on
awarding an equipment bid
KM-Brevard Game Tickets
On Sale At High School
Advance tickets for Friday night's Kings Mountain at
Brevard state playoff football game are on sale through
Thursday at the KMHS principal’s office.
Advance tickets are $3. Tickets at the gate will be $4.
No more seats are available on the chartered buses.
Thirteen buses carrying the football team, band, and fans
will leave KMHS at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday night, instructing
commissioners to meet this
week with Department Head
Karl Moss and take a look at
three tractor trenches for
Water-Sewer Construction
and award the bid at the
December meeting.
Moss had recommended
the city purchase a more ex-
pensive model because he
said ‘‘down the road it will
save money because of the
extra attachments’’,
although he noted that all
three bidders met specifica-
tions. Commissioners Nor-
man King, Fred Finger and
Harold Phillips voted to ac-
cept the higher bid from
Ditch Witch of Charlotte at
total cost of $27,982.22. Com-
missioners Humes Houston,
Corbet Nicholson and Irvin
Allen objected, in factor of
the low bid, Parker Farm
Service, Shelby, at $25,887.75.
Commissioner Finger also
uestioned figures from a
third bidder who had not in-
cluded in his bid both sales
tax and county tax and asked
the board to make another
bid tabulation and award
later. :
In another bid matter, the
board unanimously accepted
the low bid from Parker
Farm Service, Shelby, at
$10,150.35, for a tractor with
front lower and mower for
Wastewater Treatment
Department.
After considerable discus-
sion of amending of a code or-
dinance, relative to
driveways, Mayor Moss ex-
cused Attorney George
i November bills.
" not on the agenda tonight but
§ the city is merely passing on
i what we have to pay. Our gas
consulting engineers Heath
Board
Approves
Gas Hike
The price of natural gas is
going up and natural gas
customers of the city will see
a 12 percent increse in their
“We wish this item were
Associates say we must do it
and hope the rate increase
won’t be in effect any longer
than April”, said Mayor John
Moss in calling for a vote of
city commissioners Tuesday
night.
While the average Kings
Mountain customer will be
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Thomasson and Bob Davies
for 15 minutes while they con-
ferred on terminology in an
amended ordinance which
doubled, from 12 to 24 feet,
the width permitted on a
residential lot for driveways.
Commissioner Fred Finger
objected to the original 12
feet in Section B of the or-
dinance, as proposed, but
Codes Director Bob Davies
said that the ordinance in C
section specified that addi-
tional footage could be ob-
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