A former Kings Mountain
woman, Patti S. Smith, was
recently promoted to Inspec-
tor II in the Community Im-
provement Division for the
City of Charlotte. In this
capacity, she will supervise
six of the 12 Inspectors who
investigate public and
private properties for litter
code violations and abandon-
ed junk vehicles.
Mrs. Smith has been
employed by the City of
Charlotte for 15 years. She
worked six years as
Secretary to the Head of the
Building Inspection Depart-
ment. When a bid for an In-
spector in the Community
Improvement Division was
posted, she applied and was
accepted as the first female
KEITH DUNCAN
KM’s Duncan
Named Youth
Of Month
Robert Keith Duncan, who
ranks second in a class of 250
seniors at Kings Mountain
Senior High, is Shelby Ex-
change Club Youth of the
Month.
Duncan plans to attend
Virginia Tech and major in
nuclear engineering or
nuclear physics.
At KMSHS, he is active in a
number of activities, in-
cluding the National Honor
Society,Science Club, Kings
Revue, French Club, Key
Club, Pep Club, Concert and
Marching Bands, Band Coun-
cil and National Beta Club.
He attended the Presidential
Classroom in
Washington,D.C. last year.
Duncan is active in First
Baptist Church and Youth
Council and Ensemble and
has been president of the
Youth Choir the past three
years. He attended the
Broyhill Leadership camp in
1985, the N. C. State Universi-
ty Nuclear Science and
Technology two week sum-
mer program in 1986 and the
five week summer program
offered by ASU in math and
science in the summer of
1986.
Allran
Selected
Who’s Who
Kevin Allran of Charlotte
was named to the 1987 edition
of ‘‘Who’s Who Among
Students In
Universities and Colleges’,
national directory of student
leaders. oo
Kevin is a sports medicine
major at Pfeiffer College in
Misenheimer, North
Carolina, He is the son of
Mr.and Mrs. Gary Allran of
Charlotte and the grandson of
Mrs. Vernie Mae Allran and
the late A. A. (Buck)Allran.
American
PATTI S. SMITH
Michael S. “Mike’”’ Blanton
has been named publisher of
The Herald-Tribune in
Batesville, Ind.
A Kings Mountain native,
Blanton is a 1970 graduate of
Kings Mountain High School
and attended N.C. State
University and Gaston Col-
lege.
Blanton started his
newspaper career in 1973 in
the circulation department of
the Gastonia Gazette. In 1975,
he was named circulation
director of The Chapel Hill
Newspaper in Chapel Hill,
KM Native Earns Promotion
Inspector in this Division.
In her new duties, she will
supervise and assist Field In-
spectors in their work of in-
terpreting and appplying the
ordinance, initiating legal ac-
tion against violators and be
responsible for counseling,
training, appraising job per-
formance, and coordinating
activities with other Divi-
sions and Departments. In
addition, she will be prepar-
ing the Division's budget re-
quest, monitoring the use of
allocated resources, and
preparing quarterly and an-
nual objectives.
Mrs. Smith is the daughter
of Mrs. Juanita Steffy of
Kings Mountain and the late
Gene Steffy.
Blanton Publishing Newspaper
and in 1976, he joined Worrell
Enterprises Inc. as circula-
tion director of the Bristol
Herald Courier in Bristol, Va.
In 1985, he transferred to
Bluefield, W. Va., as circula-
tion director of the Bluefield
Daily Telegraph and held
that position until his current
appointment.
Blanton is married to the
former Susan Wilson of Kings
Mountain, and is the father of
one daughter, Jennifer. He is
the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Blanton of Kings
Mountain.
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