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School Board ‘Not Ready’ To Make Appointmel
The Kings Mountain Board
of Education will accept ap-
plications through December
28 from persons living inside
the city limits of Kings Moun-
tain who wish to fill the re-
maining two years of the
term of Kyle Smith.
Smith, who was elected
Mayor of Kings Mountain in
the October 4 election, an-
nounced at that time that he
Kyle Smith Takes
Over Mayor’s Chair |
Kyle F. Smith, 59, took the
oath as Mayor of Kings
Mountain Tuesday night,
pledging to repay citizens
who voted for him to ‘‘get up
here and get the job done.”
In a voice charged with
emotion, Smith said that
“following in the footsteps of
John Henry Moss is no easy
task but I am not going to fill
his shoes. I wear a size 81», so
maybe I can make some foot-
prints of my own.” “I hope
the trend of upward progress
will continue through my ad-
ministration but just in case
you are worried, I am not go-
ing to be up here 22 years.”
The Council Chambers at
City Hall was standing-room-
only as nearly 100 citizens
witnessed a new mayor being
sworn in for the first time in
22 years and also three new
members on the board of
commissioners, (now called
Council due te the change
from city commissioner-
mayor to city manager coun-
cil form of government.)
District 1 Councilman Al
Moretz succeeds one term
commissioner Irvin Allen, Jr.
District 3 Commissioner Nor-
ma Bridges, who became the
second woman council
member and the only woman
ever to be elected mayor pro
tem, succeeds 14 year
veteran Corbet Nicholson;
and District 4 councilman
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would step down from the
school board in December.
Smith was sworn in as mayor
Tuesday night, creating a
vacancy on the school board.
After re-organization of the
school board Monday night,
at which time Bill McDaniel
was re-elected chairman and
Doyle Campbell vice-
chairman, new member Billy
King made a motion to ap-
SWORN INTO OFFICE - Local magistrate Jimmy Dickey administers the oath of office to
new school board member Billy King as members of his family look on at Monday’s board
meeting at KMHS. Left to right are Dickey, Brian King, Billy King Sr., his wife Linda King,
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point Priscilla Mauney to fill
the vacancy. The motion died
for lack of a second.
Mrs. Mauney ran a close
third in the recent election, at
which time King was elected
and Campbell re-elected to
four-year terms.
State law does not require a
board to fill a vacancy with
the next highest vote-getter,
however, in the past that has
been the practice with the
board of education. Board
member Paul Hord Jr. was
originally appointed to the
board to fill the vacancy of
Harold Lineberger, to whom
Hord finished second in an
election for an outside-city
seat.
Board members McDaniel,
Hord and Campbell said they
were not ready to make an
Photo by Gary Stewart
John Henry’s Last Day Business As Usual
Tuesday was business as
usual for Mayor John Henry
Moss on his last day as the ci-
ty’s chief executive officer.
The Mayor spent most of
the day in negotiations with
postal officials in Greensboro
and Philadelphia for sale to
the city of government pro-
perty, the old Post Office, for
use as a law enforcement
center. The city has had
plans drawn up by architects
to refurbish the building as a
law enforcement center.
Several conferences with
city planners, citizens, and
department heads were on
his appointment book as well
as planning for the swearing-
in ceremonies for the new
Smith Administration. The
lobby of the Governmental
Services Center, which was
recently carpeted, was being
readied for the ceremonies
which were also to be televis-
ed in the lobby where extra
seats were being placed for
the crowd which was ex-
pected to overflow the Coun-
cil Chambers.
John Henry Moss became
the city’s first-time Mayor in
1965 and served 22 years,
seven months and four days.
He has served longer than
any other Mayor in the city’s
history and is the last of the
city’s full time Mayors. When
he came to work, the Mayor’s
salary was $6,000 a year and
city commissioners were
paid $10 a month. He made
his first budget of $40,000
when he went on the job,
covering two pages. The
1987-88 budget covered 60
plus pages and totals $16.5
million. Cash on hand as of
Tuesday was $2.4 million, ac-
cording to Treasurer Marvin
United Way Reaches Largest-Ever
- The largest campaign goal
ever undertaken by Kings
Mountain United Fund,
$110,000, was reached Mon-
day.
Kings Mountain drive
chairman Bill Davis and UF
President Ted Kostek an-
nounced the red letter day for
local volunteers.
“We are so grateful to
everyone who made this
drive successful. The success
of the campaign is attributed
to the hard work of many
volunteers,’’ they said.
Campaign workers will
hold a victory celebration
January 5 at the Holiday Inn
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to recognize campaign con-
tributors.
Added gifts this week from
Kings Mountain industry put
the campaign over the top,
DAvis said. Leaders in the
campaign were Kings Moun-
tain industrial plants who
topped a record goal with
Bernard Harvey as chair-
Twenty-one Kings Moun-
tain area citizens were ar-
continuation of ‘‘Operation
Genesis: The New
Beginning’’,
campaign of the King Moun-
tain Police Department.
Police Chief Warren
rested Thursday night and
early Friday morning in the
an anti-drug
Chappell who said by month
end there would be addi-
tionally $55,000 from utilities
franchise and $200,000 in utili-
ty payments. “The city is in
great financial shape”, said
Chappell, who also said that
total fund equity balance as
of June 1987 was $20,146,77
with over $2 million in unap-
propriated surplus.
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Goal
man. Also topping their goal
was the advanced gifts divi-
sion led by Suzie Howard.
Other divisions also added
to the goal and they were
commercial, Mike Huffman
chairman; professional, Dr.
Bill Beutel chairman;
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marijuana, hashish, and
xanax.
Taking part in the raids
were Kings Mountain police,
the Blue Ridge Narcotics
Task Force, the State Bureau
of Investigation, Cleveland
County Sheriff’s Department
and Shelby Police Depart-
ment.
appointment at this time, but
all three favored Supt. Bob
McRae’s recommendation
that the board advertise for
the position. King cast the
lone no vote.
King said Mrs. Mauney had
shown her interest by runn-
ing in the recent election, had
shown her qualifications
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Facilities
Proposals
Approved
The Kings Mountain Board
of Education Monday night
approved a long-range facili-
ty needs plan as required by
the School Facilities Finance
Act of 1987.
The plan calls for major
improvements at all schools
in the district, and a total cost
of $10,389,271. Construction
projects would begin in 1990
and be completed in 1997.
Supt. Bob McRae pointed
out that the figures which will
be sent to Raleigh are
estimates at today’s prices
and are not ‘‘cast in stone.”
The proposed projects are
ranked in priority, with the
first priority being closing
Central School to students.
The first two phases of the
plan, to be completed in 1990,
would involve renovating the
senior and junior high schools
and closing Central as a
school.
The first phase includes
$1,841,180 in renovations at
the high school, which would
allow ninth graders to be
moved there. Additions
would include 13 classrooms,
an additional gymnasium to
accomodate the additional
students, an exceptional
children’s classroom, a voca-
tional lab, storage areas and
additional restrooms.
Renovations at the junior
high, totaling $1,815,387,
would allow the sixth and
seventh graders to be moved
there and join eighth graders
in a new middle school con-
cept. Additions would include
12 classrooms, four science
labs, music and exceptional
children’s rooms, and addi-
tional storage areas and
restrooms.
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KM Police: If You Deal
In Drugs, We’ll Get You
ed in buys and raids in the ex-
tensive undercover drug
campaign, which is continu-
ing.
Kings Mountain Police
Department issues this warn-
ing: “If dealing or using il-
legal drugs in Kings Moun-
tain, you are subject to be ar-
rested.” :
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Goforth estimated that the
drug campaign, an under-
cover operation since August
21, has resulted in 169 drug
charges against 35 in-
dividuals with 11 vehicles
seized. Cocaine, marijuana,
valium, and xanax were seiz-
ed with a total street value of
$40,845. One suspect flushed
cocaine down the commode
in a bathroom as officers
raided the house. The suspect
and the drygs were seized.
Twelve people were charg-
ed with trafficking cocaine.
Other drugs ranged from
Thirty officers were involv-
Paper To Publish Early
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The Kings Mountain Herald will publish on
Monday next week and the Christmas edition
will include features, letters to Santa Claus,
, greetings from area merchants and local
news. Deadline for all news and advertising
copy is Friday, Dec. 18, at 5 p.m.
PLAQUE "1U RETIRING MAYOR MOSS—Elaine and John Moss, left to right, and Mayor
Ky'e Smith and Mrs. Smith are all smiles as the new Mayor presents an appreciation plaque to
outgoing Mayor John Henry Moss on Moss’ retirement from public office after 22 years, seven
BN i months and four days.