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i Bloodmobile To Visit KMHS Kings Mountain High School will sponser a visit of the Red Cross blood- mobile Thursday from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at B.N. Barnes Auditorium. Future Homemakers of America chapter will head up the drive and goal of the one-day visit is 150 pints. Donors are invited to call the high school at 739-5401 for an appoint ment. . VOL. 100 NUMBER 18 CEE BETHLEHEM SETS OPEN HOUSE - Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Department will host an open house to show the public its new addition Sunday. Members of the building committee (left to right), Wes Thompson, Donnie McNeely and Harold Farris are pictured with Jake Dixon, finance officer, and 0.G. Penner, building contractor. For more pictures and feature { ~ —- X C = SS f Attend Symphony Thursday At KMHS \ > od : = H 9X \ | ARS oo © i . |HeoR 3 a = 2 2 4 PS So | = > | NoHo : ® OED ir © =< Gd a =H = ing > = 9 a Since 1889 =e WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1987 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH GanuLina | Cleveland Avenue Is ABC Store Site The Kings Mounain ABC Board, meeting Tuesday afternoon, chose the southeast cor- ner of Cleveland Avenue at the road leading to Battle Forest Apartments as the site for Kings Mountain’s new ABC Store. The land, already zoned for general business, is owned by Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Fulton, Jr. ABC Board Chairman Andy Neisler said the site will accommodate a 4,000 square foot building and plenty of parking space and was chosen because of its proximity to the U.S. 74 ByPass. Motorists traveling toward Bessemer City from Kings Mountain would find the facility on the right side of Cleveland Avenue (Bessemer City Road) close to the By-Pass and on the road directly in front of the apartment complex. ‘‘Since the By-Pass is so near we would expect to have traffic coming from all areas and feel it would be the most convenient site for citizens using the Birmingham and Roosevelt Ingram were unanimous in their decision of the site after: looking at several other sites in the communi- ty during the past month and visiting numerous ABC locations. The land was posted on Tuesday afternoon for a 30-day period to give citizens the oppor- tunities to make comment to the ABC chair- man on the site selection. _The new site is expected to be approved or disapproved at the June meeting of the State ABC Commission in Raleigh and following an investigation by ALE officers. The State ABC Commission meets the first week in June in Raleigh, said Neisler. Meantime, the local ABC Board has hired the architectural firm of Beam and Yeargin of Gastonia to design the new store. The Gaston architects designed the Cherryville ABC Store and also the ABC Store at Gaston stories on the department, see page 1-B. facility’’, said Neisler. Board members Van Mall. Drug abuse affects you. But you're not alone says the mother of two children who are recovering drug users and a teenager who told about 100 parents, teachers and teenagers Tuesday night in Barnes Auditorium that drugs, abused accidentally or purposely, are bad news. There are many programs in North Carolina that can help, and one of those, Rotary Adolescent Treatment Center, of Gastonia, sent two of its counselors to explain that just ‘saying no’’ is not always the answer. “The Disease of Chemical Dependency’’ was the seminar topic explored by Charles Odell, primary counselor, who pointed out that adolescent chemical dependency, as with all chemical dependency, is a chronic, progressive, fatal, but treatable illness which af- fects all areas of the adoles- cent’s life and interferes with the normal growth process. Rotary’s outpatient pro- gram, which involves the whole family of the drug user or addict, involves disease education, Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous-Education, re- quires family participation, small group therapy ses- sions, combined awareness Drug Dependency Fatal, But Is Treatable Illness groups, one-on-one counsel- ing, peer influence, attaining and developing non-chemical coping skills, behavioral therapy, host homes and after care are all important and they encourage par- ticipation by family members and teenagers in AA, NA, Al-Anon and Nar- Anon support groups. The drug Awareness seminar was sponsored by the Kings Mountain District Schools Health Council as a feature of Drug Awareness Week activities. Winners of poster contests were announced and the posters were displayed in the lobby of the auditorium. Central student Stephanie Jones and KM Junior High student Brenda Conner were introduced as winners of the essay contest and Miss Con- ner, as overall winner in the system, received a $100 sav- ings bond from KM Jaycees, KM Kiwanis and KM Rotary Club. Miss Jones received a $50 savings bond. If youre a parent, you worry whether drugs are behind the recent sullen, withdrawn behavior of your usually happy and sociable child, said the parents spokesman. Denial is the number one symptom of the illness, according to the DRUG AWARENESS SEMINAR TUESDAY—Paula Hildebrand, Health Education Coor- dinator for Kings Mountain/Shelby City Schools, left, and Mike Jimison, chairman of the Kings Mountain Schools Health Council, observe Mayor John Henry Moss signing a proclama- tion that the week April 26-May 2 is Drug Awareness Week in Kings Mountain. Jong mother, who refused to elieve that her teenage son could be on drugs. Hers was a normal, happy household un- til drugs entered the picture. The family had no history of drug use or alcohol use. No one smoked, drank or used drugs of any kind. The three children were happy until the oldest son, then 15 and an A student, took his first drink of beer and no one looked for the answer to his problems in drugs. He broke the rules, dropped out of school, disrupted their family life and finally the parents cut the apron strings in a last desperate step to help him. A turning point in the teenager’s step to recovery was seeing his young, pretty sister, also become addicted. Both young people entered a treatment center 400 miles from home and the parents and their younger son drove the distance every week to participate in the program. The battle was worth it. The family worked together dur- ing the tragedy. Theirs is a happy home now. Turn To Page 2-A Symphony To Perform Thursday The North Carolina Sym- phony Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Music Director/Conductor Gerhardt Zimmermann will rform Thursday at 8 p.m. in B.N. Barnes Auditorium. Tickets will be on sale at the door at $6 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and $2 for students. : Several civic groups In town have bought tickets to distribute to school students to attend the concert. Principal Piccoloist Bar- bara Mitchell will perform Vivaldi’s Concerto in C major for Piccolo and Orchestra. Also on the program are Mozart’s March No. 1, Serenade No. 9 in D major ‘‘Posthorn,’’ Holst’s St. Paul's Suite, and Haydn's Symphony No. 97. MURDER MYSTERY PLAYS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY—This is the last weekend of perfor- mances of ‘‘A Murder Is Announced’ by the Kings Mountain Little Theatre. Performances are PHOTO BY JEFF GRIGG at 8 p.m. Friday night and Saturday night in Park Grace Auditorium. From left to right, members of the cast, Mary Louise Baker, Jackie Dills, Vivian Duncan, Katharine Mauney, Boots McDaniel, Brian Johnson, Susan Johnson, Joni Smith, Matthew Bradshaw and Steve Marlowe. Cornwell Drug Opens Thursday Cornwell Drug Store will open in its new location at West King and Country Club drive Thursday morning at 8 a.m. Manager Ailan Fropst said that with exception of paving of the parking lot the firm is ready to celebrate its 10th an- niversary in a new home, moving from its old location: on Battleground Avenue in downtown Kings Mountain. Grand opening and ribbon- cutting will be held in June, said Propst. Propst said the 6400 square feet of floor space in the new facility will give the staff plenty of room to display a new line of Hallmark Cards, flowers, gifts, convenient foods and an expanded gift line. The firm has alos hired four new employees and will be open Mondays through Saturdays from 8 a.m. and on Sundays from 2 until 6 p.m. Cornwell Drug Company bought the old Rexall Drug (Kings Mountain Drug) Store 10 years ago. Several of its employees worked at the old store and most of them have more than 20 years of ex- perience in the business. They are Nadine Bagwell, Turn To Page 2-A Liz Lynch Calls Public Meeting For Tuesday Night By ELIZABETH STEWART News Editor The city manager form of government versus the mayor-council form of government is expected to be the major topic of discussion at a public meeting called by a Kings Mountain citizen to discuss city needs and issues. Mrs. Haywood Lynch, who says she is waging a cam- paign for the city manager form of government, has call- ed the meeting to be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Community Center. Although Mrs. Lynch main- tains the meeting is non- political, and open to all citizens, political ‘overtones are expected to surface. This is an election year in Kings Mountain and seats of three commissioners, Irvin M. Alen Jr., Norman King and Corbet Nicholson, are up for grabs, as well as the mayor’s seat, held the past 22 years by John Henry Moss. Although the filing period doesn’t open until July 3, the rumor mill has been grinding out the names of possible can- didates for all four positions and Mrs. Lynch says that some citizens will run can- didates who use the city manager form of government as their platforms. Other controversial topics expected to be on Tuesday night’s agenda include an- nexation, the proposed Kings Mountain Metropolitan Water District, the proposed Kings Mountain Corporate Center, both major porjects headed up by Mayor Moss, and if completed, would af- fect future generations of citizens; plus the discussion Turn To Page 3-A
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