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Kings Mountain has pro-
claimed the weeks of April 27
through May 7 as ‘Paint Up,
Clean Up, Fix Up Weeks” in
the city.
In signing a proclamation
for .the event earlier this
week, Mayor Kyle Smith said
it was important for the city
and its citizens to help wor
for a cleaner community.
“The local garden clubs
and other concerned citizens
have issued a challenge to all
residents to participate in a
clean-up and beautification
campaign for all business
and residential areas of the
city,” the mayor said.
The city has been working
on cleaning designated areas
of the community by picking
up litter and encouraging
trash removal. ;
“This is something that we
are taking seriously, and we
don’t want it to end after our
“Paint Up, Clean Up, Fix Up
Weeks are over,’’ he said.
Various civic groups will be
taking part in the campaign
and there will be designated
trash pickup areas where
trash will be collected. A
schedule of locations will be
published in next week’s
Kings Mountain Herald.
Mayor Smith said it was
important for the city to im-
prove its
regarded as a cleaner, well
groomed community.‘ ‘Weg
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have a lot of room for im- BURIED WATER METER — Meter reader Dan Hughes,
provement, and it is going to apove, illustrates one of the many examples in town of buried
take everyone's cooperation water meters. The meter, above, is buried under 18 inches of
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FOUNDATION OFF GROUND - Mrs. Carl Mauney, center, has presented a gift of
$11,000-plus to kickoff the Kings Mountain Educational Foundation. She is pictured with
members of the Kings Mountain School Board at Monday’s meeting. Left to right, front row,
Billy King, Mrs. Mauney and Priscilla Mauney. Back row, Doyle Campbell, Bill McDaniel and
Educational Foundation Off Ground
The family of the late Carl
Mauney has given a donation
in excess of $11,000 to begin
an educational foundation in
Kings Mountain District
Schools.
The announcement was
made at Monday’s meeting of
the board of education at the
administration office.
Dr. Bob McRae,
superintendent, said he had
urged the board to begin
planning for a foundation
several months ago. “But,”
he said, ‘“‘at the time the In-
door Pool Foundation was
raising funds and the library
was raising funds for an ex-
pansion program, and we
determined we would not pur-
sue it because the very
generous people of the com-
munity needed a rest.”
McRae said the Mauney
family approached him
recently wanting to begin a
scholarship in Mr. Mauney’s
memory which would amount
to $1,000 per year to deserv-
ing KMHS seniors. The fami-
ly agreed to let the gift be the
initial gift to the Educational
Foundation.
“This is a great day for
us,” said McRae. “We're
very pleased that the Mauney
family is doing this to get a
Shriners’ Anivial Barbecue
~ To Benefit Crippled Children
The White Plains Shrine Club will sponsor its annual
barbecue Sat., Apr. 30 at the vacant lot at the intersection
of York Road and Gold Street.
All proceeds will go to the Shriners Hospital For Crippl-
ed Children in Greenville, S.C. :
Barbecued shoulders will sell for $30, two sandwiches
will be $3 and a barbecue plate will be $3.50. Tickets may
‘ be purchased from any Shriner. :
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tremendous undertaking off
the ground.”
McRae said other families,
industries and businesses are
invited to participate in the
scholarship program.
“We're grateful for this gift
and the first recipient will be
named this year,” McRae
said. ‘‘Mr. Mauney was
always supportive of educa-
tien in Kings Mountain and
served on the board of
trustees at Cleveland Tech.”
‘“Carl was always in-
terested in education,” said
Mrs. Mauney. “I’m glad we
could do this.”
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Costing City Bund]
Kings Mountain is losing approximately
$600,000. each year due to faulty water
meters, and the city is payin
million annually in unaccounted electric fees
"to Duke Power.
“The figures are staggering, but are really
no surprise,” said Kings Mountain Utilities
Director Jimmy Maney. ‘‘Maintenance to
our systems has been a long standing pro-
blem, and now it is getting
wages
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Here's what the city is facin
--Forty-two percent of al city-owned
residential water meters don’t work.
---Households with faulty meters are billed
a minimal water and sewerage system
charge of $3.43 per month, irregardless of
total usage. The city estimates it is losing
$600,000 annually due to the underbilling,
----The city installed 225 new water meters
last year at a cost of $30,000, including cost of
Bm Electric System Critical
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e scope of the problem facing city hall
became apparent, Maney said, after Kings
Mountain finished compiling an analysis in
February of the city-owned utility systems,
another $1
to a critical
“It has taken a
long time for the
system to get in
this condition . . .”
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— Jimmy Maney
facilities.
know where all
they do.”
the meters and installation. But that is onl a
small fraction of the 1,270 meters that need to
be repaired or replaced today
imate cost of $160,000.
----About half the city households using out-
door security lights at their homes are not be-
ing charged the monthly service fee, The 232
households not being charged the $6.59 fee
result in a $18,346. annual loss
“No one really knows how
been going on, but it is safe to say that it has
been going on for years,” Maney said. “I am
School Budget Is Approved
Kings Mountain’s Board of
Education Monday night ap-
proved a 1988-89 budget of
$3,197,152 for general opera-
tions and $255,375 for capital
outlay.
The system is asking coun-
ty commissioners for
$1,474,558, an increase of 10.3
ercent over last year’s
igure of $1,336,987.
The budget, according to
Supt. Bob McRae, will allow
the system to maintain the
same programs as this year.
The budget calls for a five
percent increase in teacher
supplements. McRae also
predicted that state salaries
for employees will increase
five to seven percent which
will necessitate the system
matching those increases for
locally-paid employees. He
said the budget also includes
$10,000 for improving salaries
of non-certified personnel.
“It’s not a frivoulous
budget at all,” he said.
The budget has been
available for public inspec-
tion in the superintendent’s
office. No one spoke during a
public hearing held prior to
the budget’s adoption.
Of the capital outlay ex-
pense, $60,000 is earmarked
for asbestos removal, which
is required by federal law,
Asst. Supt. Larry Allen ex-
plained.
Allen said requests of more
than $600,000 were presented
by schools. ‘Of course, we're
not able to do that but each
school has some benefit com-
ing,” he said.
A major project at Grover
School which will provide a
Darryl One, assistant con-
ductor of the Charlotte Sym-
phony, will lift his baton at 8
p.m. Friday night, April 22, in
Barnes Auditorium to the
sweet strains of Beethoven's
Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat
Major, Op. 60. Beethoven
usually composed in pairs,
one the more forceful while
the other is perhaps more ef-
at an approx-
to the city.
1 this h
OR Me Dus blem. ‘It has
new bus loading area will
cost $12,000. It was recom-
mended by the Department
of FeRTspNaiion for safety
reasons because buses and
cars use the same loading
and unloading area.
Other major projects in-
clude replacing the roof of the
KM Realtors To
The Kings Mountain Board
of Realtors is joining in
observing American Home
Week, April 24-30.
“This is a nationwide
observance to celebrate
home ownership and private
roperty rights for people,
es and industry,” said
Bob Maner, president of the
Kings Mountain Board of
Realtors.
Owning a home has long
been the essence of the
American dream because it
represents personal security
as well as shelter, Maner ad-
ded. By becoming
homeowners, people acquire
personal incentives to work
for a better neighborhood,
toward less crime, better
education and greater family
stability.
Maner noted that there are
many benefits in owning a
home.‘ ‘Homeowners have
greater personal savings, a
higher standard of living and
rely less on government
retirement programs.
Homeowners take an active
part in their local govern-
ments and vote in higher
numbers than do renters.”
Today, nearly 65 percent of
all adult Americans own
Symphony To Perform Friday
feminate and’ gentle. This
trait shows in many of his
works but it is clearly observ-
ed in the nine great sym-
phonies; the odd numbered
ones are dramatic and robust
while the even numbered
ones are more light and gay.
This beautiful Symphony No.
4, according to composer
Robert Schumann, ‘stands
not pointing a finger at any past or present ci-
24 officials, but these are simply the facts
that our analysis showed,” he added.
Maney said the system analysis also show-
ed that the city is paying about $1 milion in
unaccounted electric fees to Duke Power.
He estimates that $500,000 is going for the
city’s use of the overall
operation of the water an
ment plants, city owned building, street
lights, city parks, and other city owned
“All of these city owned buildings don’t
have meters,” he said, ‘‘so we won't really
The City estimated $200,000 is being lost
from electricity drained from poorl
sulated power lines and from tree limbs
brushing against power lines.
The remaining $300,000. is for peak usage
charges from Duke Power that could be
reduced if customer usage was better
managed. “These are charges that could con-
ceivable be returned back to the consumer if
they arrange their peak power consumption
so that it is in off peak periods.
The city’s utility director said it will take
time for Kings Mountain to work out its pro-
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Observe
Home Week April 24-30
Sysiom, including
sewerage treat-
the electricity is going until
in-
taken a long time for the
Grover cafeteria, $9,517;
replacing the roof and
heating and air conditioners
as needed at North, $29,250;
retube a boiler at North,
$6,500; install a covering for
the walkway at West, $10,000;
and renovations of
bathrooms at North, $8,000.
homes. By contrast, in the
United Kingdom, only 49 per-
cent own their homes, with 36
percent owning in West Ger-
many, 45 percent in Frnce
and 28 percent in
Switzerland.
Both the Kings Mountain
Board of Realtors and the Na-
tional Association of Realtors
work to protect the real pro-
perty rights of individuals,
business and industry.
The National Association of
Realtors is the nation’s
largest trade and profes-
sional organization represen-
ting more than 800,000
members
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Sports........ .... 1-5B
Schools........... 6-11B
Women’s News..... 2-C
Community News. ..4-C
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like a Greek Maiden between
two Norse giants.” He wrote
the symphony in a castle of
one of his patrons during a
happy, romantic period in his
ife.
The symphony has four
movements. The first move-
ment begins with a dreamy,
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