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Page 5A VOL.101 NUMBER24 WEDNESDAY, JUNES, 1988 ~~ KINGSMOUNTAIN,NORTHG © 2
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City Manager Discusses Utility Needs & =
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$8-10 Million Bond Vote Likely
An $8-10 million bond referendum will likely be
considered by Kings Mountain to make critical
improvements to the city owned utility system,
ageording to preliminary reports provided to the
city.
The projects under consideration may include:
Approximately $500,000 for construction of a
sludge drying press at Pilot Creek Wastewater
Plant. The city is currently using sludge drying
beds, but on rainy days the sludge cannot be
dried and taken to the landfill, creating a:
cesspool situation.
Approximately $4 million for the city’s portion
of a new $26 million waste-water treatment facili-
ty to be shared between Kings Mountain,
Bessemer City and Gaston County. This would
allow the city to replace the outdated McGill
Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Approximately $1.5 million for a major water
line that would come from Moss Lake and
another water storage tank for the system. Cur-
rently, Kings Mountain has only one water line
coming from Moss Lake, the city’s only source of
walter. If that line should break or be interrupted
the city would be without water.
Approximately $1.5 million in improvements to
the city’s electrical system. Currently the
system is at capacity and much of the system is
worn out and needs replacing. :
And, approximately $1.5 million to expand the
water treatment plant at Moss Lake. Currently,
the facility is also at capacity and could not pro-
vide water to another major consumer.
“The Utilities Committee has been looking at
all of these areas and has met with consultants
and others while doing their evaluation,” said Ci-
ty Manager George Wood. “Shortly the entire
council will become involved and consider what
The only way the city can fund the projects is
probably through a bond referendum.
“If the council decides to go with a bond issue,
the cheapest way for the city to go would be
through general obligation bonds,” said Wood.
“Not only is it the most cost effective way, but is
also good because these bonds require a vote of
the people to be approved.”
Wood said the city was preparing its budget
package for next year, and that if council decided
to do the utility projects, it would be “belt
tightening time” for many projects the city
would like to undertake.
Kings Mountain owns its utility system and
profits from the electrical and gas departments
have subsidized the city’s water and sewerage
irenument programs and other programs for the
city.
should be done and if these projects can and
should be undertaken.”
Work is underway at the
number three basin at the Pilot
Creek Wastewater Plant near
Buffalo Creek and city officials
are hopeful that the state's
moratorium against the city ad-
ding additional sewage
customers to the system will be
lifted by July 1.
“There are no guarantees that
this will happen,” said City
Manager George Wood, ‘but we
are doing everything we can to
comply with the state order as
quickly as possible.”
Last month the State Division
of Environmental Management
issued a moratorium against the
city accepting any additional
DREDGING AT PILOT CREEK - Pictured above is the dredging George Wood said he hopes the city will have the problems at Pilot
work that is being done this week at the number three aeration basin Creek solved by July 1 and that the state will lift its moratorium
at the Pilot Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. City Manager against the city accepting any new sewer customers.
Board Of Health Meets Here
reduce the concentration of gas
sewage customers until the Pilot
Creek facility is brought into
compliance with state laws.
The moratorium means that
current building projects in the
Photo by Darrin Griggs
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Moratorium
May Be Lifted
By July 1
city—including industries, sub-
divisions and private residences-
--cannot tap onto the city system
until the problem is corrected.
Too much sludge has built up
over the years at the two million
gallon, number three basin
because of too few aeration
pumps. As a result, the facility
cannot adequately treat current
or additional waste flow, causing
the plant to release inadequately
treated wastes into area
streams.
The number three basin has
been drained down to its lowest
level and Hayward, Inc., of
Charlotte has begun work on
dredging to remove the excess
sludge.
‘We are hopeful that this is go-
ing to work and that we can get
back on track as quickly as possi-
ble,”’” Wood added.
By TODD GOSSETT
* Of the 79 houses tested for
radon gas in Cleveland county
recently, 22.8 percent had
elevated levels of the gas, it was
reported during Tuesday night’s
meeting of the Cleveland County
Board of Health at Kings Moun-
tain Country Club.
Denese Stallings, director of
the Cleveland County Depart-
county has a probelm with radon
gas, though not a grave one. ‘“‘Na-
tional indications show that if
you have above 13 percent (test
results at elevated levels) in a
survey area..you do have a
potential problem,” she said.
Mrs. Stallings said she provid-
ed homes that tested at elevated
levels with literature from the
Environmental Protection Agen-
cy, including recommended
in their homes.
The highest levels of radon gas
were found in the Moss Lake
area, Mrs. Stallings said.
The Board approved the pur-
chase of more of the tests to be
sold to the public for $16 each.
In other business, the board
heard a report about a recent
meningitus case at a day-care
center in Shelby.
Eunice Davis, director of nurs-
ment of Health, said that the methods to homeowners to
ing at the Department of Public
Health, said that 25 day-care
Thursday and the 70’s Friday.
With the temperatures hitting the mid-90’s, these Kings
Mountain youngsters headed for the pool at Jake Early
Memorial Park and cooled off in the water.
Temperatures are supposed to drop to the high 80's
children were exposed to the
meningitus victim after being in
close proximity to the victim at
the day-care.
The department made calls to
all of the parents to tell them that
their children needed preventive
medication to stop.the spread of
the disease. Parents got in touch
with their doctors and told them
the situation, and by 3:30 that
day, every child except one had
been treated, Mrs. Davis said.
“The medical community real-
ly worked well. ...I think we've
seen our last memingitus for a
while at least,” she said.
The Board also received the
1987 Annual Report on the
Department of Health in
Cleveland County. The report
was thinner this year, because
board members had been kept up
to date with monthly reports,
Mrs. Stallings said. Highlights
included:
*Enhancing and strengthening
the public relations of the depart-
ment in 1987.
*Increased AIDS education
programs sponsored by the
department--as many as 15 each
month in local schools and chur-
ches.
*Changes in the community’s
Er
KM Weather
lifestyle as a result of becoming
aware of cholesterol and other
health factors through participa-
~ May 31-June 7 Year Ago
(Compiled By Kenneth Kitzmiller)
tion at health fairs in the com-
Total Precipitation Jd1 \ 1.72 : munity. :
Maximum a Day 11 (3rd) .70 (1st & 4th) *Tremendously increased ef-
Year To Date 12.58 22.13 forts toward Sholesirol and
Minimum Temperature 47 (4th) 58 (5th) EE Sem etn
Maximum Temperature 94 (7th) 93 (3rd) Mrs. Stallings told the board
Average Temperature 72.3 76.0 that it would need to address the
continuing problems of teenage
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Photo By Gary Stewart
DEDICATE NEW CHURCH BUILDING - Rev. Marlin Mull, right, district superintendent of the
Wesleyan Church, accepts the keys to the new church building from Jay Biddix in dedication ceremonies
Sunday afternoon. Looking on at left are Rev. and Mrs. George Simmons.
East Gold Facility Dedicated
Members and friends of East
Gold Street Wesleyan Church
dedicated the church’s new
facility on East Gold Street in
special worship services Sunday
afternoon.
Rev. Marlin Mull, District
Superintendent for the Wesleyan
Church, delivered the dedication
message. Rev. George Simmons,
pastor, Mayor Kyle Smith, State
Senator Ollie Harris, and other
church officials and guests took
part.
Jay Biddix, member of the
building committee, presented
the keys to the church to Rev.
Mull, and, on behalf of the con-
gregation, presented round-trip
tickets to the Grand Canyon and
other western sites to Rev. and
Mrs. Simmons for their dedica-
tion and leadership in helping
make the dream of a new church
building become a reality.
Following the service, the
Women’s Missionary Society
sponsored a reception and men
of the church led an open house
tour from 4-7 p.m.
The church choir, under the
direction of Steve Ingle, and Jim-
my Maney presented special
music.
Rev. Mull used as his scripture
lesson verses from Haggai 2 and
spoke on ‘‘The Glory Of This Lat-
ter House Shall be Greater Than
The Former.
Rev. Mull saluted church
members for their dedication
and hard work in giving over
$300,000 toward the $600,000 pro-
ject in less than five years while
also tripling their amounts of
tithes and offerings.
“But you haven’t arrived,” he
said. “You've just gotten to a
place to start.”
Rev. Mull urged the congrega-
tion to make a committment to
be “strong and work.”
“It’s possible to substitute talk-
ing for action,” he said. ‘‘There
has to be a continual committ-
ment to work. Our real mission
in the church is to win people to
Jesus Christ.”
In addition to urging the con-
gregation to make a committ-
ment to work, he also urged them
to continue to give sacrificially
as they obviously have in the
past.
“It’s just as religious to give as
it is to serve and to sing and to
testify,” he said. “The best way
to raise money for the church is
not to raise it but to give it.”
Admiring the beautiful new
facility, which seats over 400,
and comparing it to the old facili-
ty just up the street, which seats
just over 100, Rev. Mull said that
the building is there only because
of God’s help, and that the real
church is the people who go out to
serve in the world every day.
“This is God’s house, and the
responsibility of this congrega-
tion,”” he said. ‘‘By business stan-
dards, there’s no way you could
have accomplished this goal. But
God is with you and He’s bigger
than any circumstance. There is
only one fact in this world, and
that fact is that God Is.
Everything else is
circumstance.”
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