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12-Inch Snow Cripples KM Area
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cies come first, which means
that main thoroughfares to
the city, entrances to the
hospital and the doctor’s
clinics, and cleaning away of
snow removal for any
emergency case comes first.
Karl Moss, supervisor of 20
city street employees, said
his crews started spreading
salt, slag and sand on city
streets and bridges but that
snow packed upon ice found
their efforts futile. The
mayor said street crews
worked about 300 hours over-
‘ time during the weekend,
responding to calls and the ci-
ty spent about $4,000 in snow
removal, including wages
and fuel to operate the
vehicles. ‘“We had four
graders going, one broke
down, and handled every
emergencay call we receiv-
ed”, he said. The mayor said
that two private electrical
companies were on stand-by
to assist city electrical crews
in case of icing on power
lines. “Thank goodness we
didn’t have that, we were
lucky’’, said the mayor.
Mayor Smith said that one
citizen called for transporta-
tion to a hospital for kidney
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agenda. The board set public
hearing for Feb. 9th at 7 p.m.
on annexation request of new-
ly constructed Comfort Inn
on York Road but received
petition from Roger and Kay
Guin for their proposed
residential development in
Gaston County and then
referred it to the zoning
board for additional informa-
tion and study after Commis-
sioner Al Moretz questioned
costs. The board then tabled
setting a date of a public
hearing on Guin’s request.
In other actions during a
two hour session followed by
an executive session, the
board:
Unanimously reappointed
W.K. Dickson Co. of
Charlotte as the city’s con-
sulting engineering firm on
motion of Commissioner
Humes Houston, seconded by
Commissioner Humes
Houston, seconded by Com-
missioner Norma Bridges.
Commissioner Al Moretz said
the city needs a consulting
service and concurred with
Commissioner Fred Finger’s
suggestion that the board ask
for quotations on small pro-
jects and approve each pro-
posal.
Developer John Barker of
« Shelby presented a proposal
for development of KOA
Campgrounds for five small
businesses to be constructed
by David Hoyle and
Associates. He said the five
or six parcels would also in-
clude cul de sacs, a first class
park for leasing of manufac-
turing spaces of 150,000
square feet at cost of $3.5
million to be completed in a
two to three year period.
Barker requested city ser-
vices and estimated taxable
revenue would exceed $7
million. Commissioner Al
Moretz asked for more
details of the project and sug-
gested that developers return
to the city council about June
after determining the exact
cost of the city’s investment.
The property is located inside
the city limits but closest
sewer connection is on Marie
Street and the project would
involve some road construc-
tion.
Mayor Smith commended
Sgt. Houston Corn, Police Of-
ficer of the Year, Jackie
Barnette, Reserve Officer of
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Police Chief Bob Hayes, run-
ner up adminstrator of the
year in Region C and special
presentations were made to
Captain Hayes by Chief of
Police Warren Goforth. -
Street assessment rolls for
Margaret Street and Country
Club Circle were tabled after
Commissioner Al Moretz, a
resident engineer, called at-
tention to discrepancies in
costs of gravel and some pro-
potty owners questioned
igher costs. The city splits
50-50 with property owners
the costs of materials but Dr.
David McDaniel, and Ken
Shick, both of Merrimont Cir-
cle, said there was a big dif-
ference in costs to Merrimont
residents and McDaniel call-
ed his assessment 100 percent
moire than it was three years
ago when his street was pav-
ed and guttered.
Karl Moss, Department
head in the street depart-
ment, said that concrete
prices have gone up twice in
the past two years and price
of asphalt is up.
The Board authorized
transfer of franchise request
from Jones Intercable, Inc.
The board received com-
puter bids but deferred action
until bid presentation to be
scheduled within 6-8 weeks.
The first year costs range
from $51,920 to $149,900. Ten
companies have submitted
bids.
After executive session, the
board authorized City Elec-
trical Supt. Jimmy Maney to
pursue feasibility of running
a gas line to one house at the
end of Lee Street and to hire
three linesmen in the electric
department.
City Attorney Mickey Cor-
ry was asked to communicate
with a city employee on a per-
sonnel matter.
The Board discussed but
took no action on Title V posi-
tion in the Aging Depart-
ment.
The Board adopted resolu-
tion of proclamation of Mon-
day, Jan. 18, as Martin
Luther King Day.
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dialysis and when the city
truck got over to the patient’s
house an ambulance, which
had been on another call,
came to transport the patient
to Shelby.
The mayor said that some
citizens on North Sims Street
and Groves Street asked that
city crews not scrape the
road so that the kids could en-
joy sledding. “We left them
alone and then got calls from
some of the neighbors com-
Plsining that the road had not
een scraped,’ he said.
The mayor said he received
complaints about sledders on
city streets. He said he is not
aware of an ordinance pro-
hibiting sledders on city
streets.
“When we scraped we got
down to the ice and thus were
unable to move much of the
snow’’, said Karl Moss.
At least one person fell in
the snow and was injured.
Mrs. Frances Goforth, walk-
ing from her car in the back
parking lot of First
Presbyterian Church, fell
and was injured.
Traffic was a problem as
more quickly than usual the
snowflakes began falling and
in several hours was falling
in quantity and giving
citizens their biggest
snowfall in many years.
Charlotte weather
forecasters said Charlotte
~had not had such a heavy
snowfall in two decades or
more. :
Kings Mountain’s last ma-
jor snowfall was in December
1971. D.C. Payseur, Jr. said
he had no trouble remember-
ing that 10-14 inch snowfall.
He said he suffered a heart
attack during the snow and
was rushed to the hospital.
Service station dealers sold
out of chains quickly. Several
hundred vehicles on I-85
south got stranded and closed
that major highway for
several days with National
Guardsmen rushing to the aid
of motorists.
Douglas International Air-
port in Charlotte closed for
only the third time in history,
closing about 3 p.m. Thurs-
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day afternoon and stranding
several hundreds of travelers
in the airport overnight.
Since all first class mail
comes via air, no mail was
delivered in this area.
Postmaster Fred Weaver
said that Kings Mountain
postal workers started out on
their routes Thursday morn-
ing but the snow piled up so
fast they had to return
without completing mail
deliveries. There was no mail
delivery on Friday. The
Kings Mountain Herald,
published on Wednesday, was
not delivered on rural routes
until Saturday. Postmaster
Weaver said the postal rush
was about back to normal
with the exception of trying to
clear away all the snow
which piled up in the post of-
fice parking lot and was caus-
ing postal patrons con-
siderable difficulty.
Most downtown businesses
closed Thursday and Friday.
Some churches especially
those in the rural area, did
not hold services Sunday.
The quality of the snow was
light and airy and was ideal
for snow cream and sledding.
Temperatures, which dip-
ped to 8 and 10 degrees, made
returning to normal not very
easy for citizens as they
began to dig out from last
week’s snowstorm. Many
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