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VOL. 100 NUMBER 38
Huffman
Gets ABC
Contract
Kings Mountain ABC
Board has awarded the
goners] contract of $156,000
or construction of the new
ABC Store, the city’s first, to
works for the city.
Builders are shooting for a
Dec. 1 completion date.
Van Birmingham, a
member of the board which
also includes Chairman Andy
Neisler and Roosevelt In-
electrical contract is Lail
Electric Services, Inc., of
Lincolnton, $13,595; low bid-
der for the plumbing, at
$12,000, is Hoyle Plumbing of
| Shelby; and low bidder for
: conditioning and
mechanical is Jim Long, of
Gastonia, $6300.
| Bids were opened last week
3 by the Board and on Tuesday
| of this week builders met at
| the site on Cleveland Avenue,
bh as grading began for the pro-
Posed 4,000 square foot
| with metal roof. ~~
Huff tol
nex “weeks,
board members assembled at
the site which is across the
street from the KM Fire
Museum on a lot purchased
from Bill and Ruth Fulton on
Cleveland Avenue.
The 20 candidates in the
Oct. 6 city municipal election
will meet the public at a
“meet and mingle” reception
Tuesday from 5:30 until 7
p.m. at the Governmental
- Services Facilities Center.
Kings Mountain Chamber
of Commerce is sponsoring
the informal gathering,
which is open to the public.
Refreshments will be served.
There will be no speech-
making and no forums, ac-
cording to Chamber Presi-
dent Claude Suber who said
the occasion is to give
citizens the opportunity to
mingle among the candidates
and ask them questions.
and no place to go.
builder Ted Huffman of the |
Dixon Community, a former
superintendent of public
gram, said low bidder for the
she had no food, no money
The woman - call her Mary
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a field across from the city post office. While
ng is outwardly quiet.
Pool Plans Revised
The Kings Mountain Board
of Education received a
revised plan for the proposed
indoor swimming pool at
Kings Mountain High School
hx
estimated $690,000 of three
yoars ago to $860,000, mostly
ecause of the inflation rates
and a $40,000 contingency
fund, and that the sponsoring
Kings Mountain Indoor Pool
Foundation would be unable
Meet The Candidates
Tuesday At City Hall
Outwardly quiet, the city’s
upcoming election includes
for the first time in 22 years
six candidates, one of whom
voters will choose as the next |
mayor of Kings Mountain
succeeding John Henry Moss,
who is retiring and will com-
plete his duties with the city
government Dec. 8.
Political candidates are
busy pumping hands, visiting
prospecitive voters and
posting placards and adver-
tisements in the city.
City Elections Board Chair-
man Becky Cook said she was
officially notified by letter
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When her husband left her, CCAPC in its 1988 fund cam-
aign which has a total
Penbiet of $110,000 for a dozen
causes. !
The 1988 drive
to construct the facility as
first planned.
The foundation’s ar-
chitects, Jim Martin and Stan
Suimensy inted out that
shower and toilet ibe
were made to be as minimum
as possible “to be still func-
tional”’, the architects said.
The size of entrance to the
pool was also cut, but the size
of the pool and deck areas
is now
~ ‘“yery strongly committed to
will remain as originally
planned.
raising more funds in the
future.”
The pool will be located bet-
ween Barnes Auditorium and
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9-7 victory.
Others picking 16 of 20 winners but losing
out on the tie-breaker were Steve Bess of 412
West Gold Street, Rodney Webb of 401 North
Tracy Street, Kay Taylor of 803
Williamsburg, and Tom Ledford of 6857
~ Landor Drive, Shelby. Bess and Webb both
picked 28 on the tie-breaker, Taylor guessed
© 30 and Ledford 37. fp he :
All of the contestants hit all seven of the
area college games but missed four of the 13
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William McDowell of Route 1, Box 358,
gs Mountain, edged out several other
ants on the tie-breaker to win the
prize in last week’s Herald football con-
IcDowell was one of five entries to cor-
ctly predict 16 of 20 winners of area high
school and college games. But his predic-
tion of 26 points on the Kings Mountain-
Hunter Huss game came closer to the ac-
tual total of 16 points scored in the Huskies’
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State Study Says
Close 3 Schools
. _ Kings Mountain’s Board of
Education will begin serious
consideration of the organiza-
tion of the local school system
in the next month.
Supt. Bob McRae told the
board at its regular monthly
meeting Monday that the
State Department of Public
Instruction’s Division of
School Planning had recom-
mended it a recent report
that Kings Mountain phase
out the use of Central, West
and East schools.
Kings Mountain has been
discussing the possibility of
closing Central as a facility
for students but no mention of
closing East and West had
been made public before
Monday night.
McRae said the state
department’s study was
made without input from the
community and was entirely
“research-based.” The local
unit is not ISquited to phase
out the schools just because
the department recommends
it, he said.
McRae said the report also
recommended that the
system Foorganies intoa K
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which McRae said ‘is totally students at E
inappropriate for handicap- re-assigned to North, Grover
students.” Buildings at and Bethware rather than |
every school except the building two new inside city
The only building recom-
mended for closing at the
high school was the metal
auto mechanics building.
The study recommended
tearing down the old part of
Bethware School, which was
built in 1925 and 1936, and the
two old buildings at Grover,
built in 1915, which are the
oldest used school buildings
in Cleveland County.
McRae said the board must
make an organizational deci-
sion soon because the local
unit is required to provide the
state department a 10-year
construction plan ‘‘by
priorities’ no later than
January 1. Construction
would take place as funds
become available.
_ “The organization decision
is that much more crucial
now,’”’ said McRae. ‘We have
to move as rapidly as we can
to get the information we
need.”
McRae said he had sensed
that the department would
recommend closing the two
elementary schools. The
local board will have to
decid
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junior high school were schools.
recommended to be closed.
East Meck and
McDowell-R-S,
/ins Football Contest
‘high school games. McDowell missed
Shelby’s loss to Crest, McDowell’s victory
“over R-S Central, East Mecklenburg’s romp
over Olympic and South Mecklenburg’s
narrow win over West Charlotte. Snare
Bess and Taylor both missed the South
. Point-West Meck, Shelby-Crest, Olympic-
games. Webb missed the KM-Huss, West
Meck-South Point,
Olympic-East Meck games, and Ledford
missed the West
West Charlotte-South Meck games.
The third of 10 weekly contests is inside
today’s Herald.
get us your entry by 4 p.m. Friday and
you'll join McDowell in the winner's circle.
Mail your entry to Football Contest, P.O.
Box 769, Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086, or br-
ing it by our office on Canterbury Read.
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South Meck-West Charlotte
Shelby-Crest, and
Meck-South Point,
Myers Park-Harding, and
Pick the most winners and
American Express, with mat-
ching funds from Cleveland
County citizens, APC bought
a spacious two story house in
Shelby and people began
- found help and hope at
Daybreak, a haven for bat-
tered women in Shelby and
one of the services offered by
the Cleveland County Abuse
Prevention Council, a com-
prehensive program address-
ing the issue of violence
against women. This pro-
gram includes a 24 hour crisis
line, temporary shelter, in-
formation and referral ser-
vice, individual counseling
and support services.
Kings Mountain United
Fund has budgeted $3,000 for
underway and local
volunteers, led by Bill Davis
as chairman, are beginning
the annual solicitation effort
for gifts which help many
people.
The Cleveland County
Abuse Prevention Council
began planning Daybreak
two years ago to give bat
tered women and sexual
assault victims a refuge. The
idea quickly gained support
from county residents and
following a $19,000 grant from
donating time, renovation
work and furnishings and
made a home for the
homeless. Before that, the
nearest shelter was in Forest
City. Daybreak has room for
15 persons and, according to
residents, the house feels like
a well loved home.
CCAPC Executive Director
Patty Queen says that work-
ing for the Abuse Prevention
Council has provided her with
a ‘“‘challenging, fulfilling ex-
perience that has altered my
life. As the battered women
we serve grow in their
understanding, self esteem
and strength, I find purpose
in my own life. Domestic
violence is a major problem
in Cleveland County and the
tremendous support CCAPC
has received indicates this
has been clearly realized.
For the first time battered
women in the area have a
support system to turn to and
a safe shelter as well. The
very important work CCAPC
does has been possible
through support of the
Cleveland County and Kings
Mountain United Fund cam-
paigns, local businesses,
churches, foundations, civic
groups and dedicated staff of
volunteers, including a
number from the Kings
Mountain area who donate
many hours manning a 24
hour ‘hot line’.
Ms. Queen pointed out that
all contacts are confidential
and all services are provided
free of charge. She said more
volunteers are needed.
Volunteer training sessions
are scheduled for Oct. 20,
Oct. 22, Oct. 27, Oct. 29, and
Nov. 5 from 6:30-9:00 p.m., at
Greater Shelby Chamber of
Commerce, uptown Shelby.
Ms. Queen pointed out
emergency guidelines get
away with the children, ID,
keys, important documents.
Have an escape route plann-
ed in advance. Call the police
for escort to a safe place or to
swear out a warrant. Do not
drop the warrant. Get
medical attention. Have your
injuries and their cause
Socumenied and photograph-
ed.
In the event of rape or sex-
ual assault, contact the Crisis
Line, family and friends for
emotional support; do not
bathe or change clothes,
evidence will need to be col-
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