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City Won’t Totally Meet Friday Deadline For Improveme
The state may release the city
‘‘in stages” but not Friday from
a July 1 moratorium that has
prohibited private residences
and industry to tap onto the
sewer system until major pro-
blems at Pilot Creek Wastewater
Plant are corrected.
The major problems could run
into a half million dollars for im-
provements for sludge handling,
according to City Manager
George Wood, but Jim Sheppard,
of the State Division of En-
vironmental Management,
Raleigh, said if Kings Mountain
is not in full compliance by July
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1, 1990 a civil penalty of $5,000 a
day will apply, under a court
order and for which the city has
entered into a consent order to
follow a time table for comple-
tion of the improvements.
‘A few residential units will be
lifted one at a time as the state
continues to test the water quali-
ty and monitor levels of sewage
ischarge this week”, said Shep-
pard.
State officials were back in
town Wednesday taking a look at
the improvements the city has
completed at the plant.
“We've completed all the
repairs and we’re running ef-
fluent through and start
discharging Wednesday. The
state will be taking more
samples’’, said Wood. As some of
the residential units are releas-
ed, the city will be able to tap on
residential customers but ‘the
state officials will return for
more analyses as each customer
taps on”, he said.
City officials say the
moratorium has held up residen-
tial but no industrial customers.
Shellar-Globe, which expects
to begin production in August-
September, is the only industry
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waist: down.
for a game of Monopoly.
: campaign for 1989 will seek a
For Butch Morrison
By TODD GOSSETT
Thirty-six year-old Butch Morrison has held
several productive jobs in the past and currently
helps a Charlotte-based burglar and fire alarm
The most remarkable thing about all this is
that Butch wasn’t supposed to live beyond infan-
cy. Doctors told his mother after he was born that
even if he did live, he would be severely mentally
Butch survived and has a beautiful mind, said
his mother, Christine Morrison. However, the
disease, spina bifida, left him paralyzed from the
Among the activities he enjoys is talking on his
CB radio. His call sign, ‘‘Mountain Boy’, is well-
known among area CB listeners. He has made
several CB friends who often drop by his house
His past activities have included working as
dispatcher for the Kings Mountain Police
Department and for the Rescue Squad. He would
answer the phone there one day a week and give
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Butch Morrison
KM United
Fund Seeks
~ Kings Mountain’s United Fund
record $115,500 for 16 causes, up
five percent from last year’s
campaign which raised a record
$110,000 plus.
“The economy is good and the
need is great’, said United Fund
President John Moss and Cam-
paign Chairman Dr. Bob McRae
in announcing the goal and the
agencies to be funded.
Kickoff by officers, directors
and campaign leaders will be a
luncheon meeting on Sept. 9, at
noon at Holiday Inn.
“Some of the requests from
various agencies were much
GEARING UP FOR UNITED FUND KICKOFF—John Moss, left,
president of Kings Mountain United Fund, and Dr. Bob McRae,
camapign chairman, announced t
drive as directors approved increa
greater this year than last and
therefore the budget is a little
more’, said Dr. McRae who said
that “Kings Mountain people
his week a record $115,500 fund
sed requests from 16 agencies.
have always been generous in
helping others and we are sure
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on the sewer waiting list,
although some residential
customers are “on hold” until
the moratorium is lifted, which it
won’t be on Friday, July 1, accor-
ding to Sheppard.
Sheppard said the state, under
the Superior court order, will
hold the “city’s feet to the fire’.
The City Council has added more
personnel at Pilot plant and is
spending money on im-
provements.
“The state has not committed
to lifting the moratorium this
Friday’, said Sheppard.
Kings Mountain was fined
$22,000 for non-compliance at the
antiquated McGill Plant but no
penalties ‘have been levied yet
for non-compliance at Pilot
Creek, said Sheppard.
The city, under the Court
Order filed in Superior court,
asked for a four month extension
on a time schedule for comple-
tion of the improvements which
would bring the Pilot Creek
Wastewater Treatment Plant
facility into compliance with
state laws by 1990.
Wood said he asked for an ex-
tension in event a bond referen-
dum is necessary to correct pro-
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formally called for what City
Manager Wood says may require
a $8-$10 million bond vote.
At Pilot Creek construction of
a sludge drying press could cost
about $500,000. The city is cur-
rently using sludge drying beds,
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1988-39 Budget To Be Adopted
Kings Mountain City Council is
expected to adopt a $15,690,371.00
city budget Thursday night at a
special meeting at 7:30 p.m. at
City Hall.
Council members completed
The new budget provides for
the employment of a personnel
director, a city engineer, a
recreation director and a codes
director, the later who has been
hired. Applications have closed
for the new positions and City
Manager George Wood said he is
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their final workshop session on
the budget Monday night.
With four members present
and Mayor Kyle Smith absent
due to the critical illness of his
mother, the board completed a
review of each departmental re-
quest and ‘made no changes,
alluding to long-term changes
that deal with a pay scale for
volunteer firemen in line with
pay for reserve police.
The proposed budget assumes
voters will approve a bond issue
to fund improvements to city
utilities which may run $8-$10
million as funds are included in
the budget to conduct the
referendum.
While last year’s budget con-
tained more than $300,000 in
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Herald from 9 a.m. - noon July 1
capital improvements, the pro-
posed 1988-89 budget has none.
By LIB STEWART
Call it flag-waving, if you will,
but at least once a year we have
every right to wave the red,
white and blue and be proud to be
a Kings Mountain citizen and an
American.
Humes Houston, city commis-
sioner who served with General
Patton’s 3rd Army 94th Infantry
Division 302nd Infantry Regi-
ment during World War II, and
City Police Chief Warren
Goforth, who served in Vietnam,
said they were proud of their ser-
vice to their country and agreed
that service to country means be-
ing devoted to freedom and im-
proving the quality of life for all
Americans.
Give Blood Thursday At First Baptist
Money can’t buy it. Science
can’t duplicate it. People can’t
live without it.
But in one brief simple gesture
at the Red Cross Bloodmobile
visit Thursday, June 30, from 1
until 6 p.m. at First Baptist
Church, Kings Mountain citizens
can join together to give life’s
most important asset, actually a
gift of life, a pint of blood.
‘‘Here is a community service
of the highest order,” says Sandi
Shockley, Blood Services Direc-
tor for Cleveland County Red
Cross Chapter. ‘It’s impossible
for patients and their families
along to bear the burdens of
blood needs. The constant and
critical need for blood can only
be met by a system of voluntary
donations in our community.”’
There will be two visits of the
JOHN LEACH
regional blood collecting unit this
summer, on June 30 and on Sept.
1
“Volunteer Work You Can Do
Lying Down” is the new cam-
paign slogan for the Cleveland
County and Carolinas Region of
the American Red Cross
Chapter, says volunteer Lynne
Mauney.
“It’s a fact that people don’t
have too much time and we're
competing with other things. Our
new recruitment theme this year
is to emphasize how easy and im-
portant it is to donate a pint of
lood. Because July, August and
September are traditionally the
most difficult months for blood
collection, the campaign reflects
the needs of the audience we are
trying to attract, says Mrs.
Mauney.
Donors will be processed from
1 until 6 p.m. at First Baptist
Church Thursday. Goal of the
one-day collection is 125 pints of
blood.
Summer blood collections are
low, according to Mrs. Shockley,
who says that Cleveland County
needs 150 pints to meet its quota
ror the fiscal year. “We will be
re-screening donors at this
loodmobile visit to eliminate
long lines”, she said, reminding
citizens that although the
Carolinas Region is the fourth
largest blood collecting region in
the U.S. that donors are not giv-
ing enough blood to meet the de-
mand.
“With the busy July 4th holiday
week upcoming and the greater
need for blood due to wrecks
which occur during this period
KM’s First Black Policeman
ohn Marshall Leach Dead
Funeral services for John M.
Leach, former city policeman
and former deputy sheriff, will
be held Friday at 4 p.m. from
Bynum Chapel AME Zion
Church.
His pastor, Rev. Stellie
Jackson, will be assisted by Rev.
M.L. Campbell and Rev. Evelyn
Beard in officiating at the ser-
vice. Burial will be in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Leach, of 506 N. Watterson
St., died Monday in Cleveland
Memorial Hospital.
He was a native of Bessemer
City, son of the late John and
Lonnie Leach and a graduate of
Davidson High School and a
member of Moses Masonic
Lodge No. 4 and a veteran of
World War II. He was a former
member of the Kings Mountain
Police Department where he
worked part-time until 1955 when
he was employed as a full time
policeman. He served under
Sheriff Haywood Allen, Sheriff
Dale Costner and Sheriff Buddy
McKinney. He joined the
Cleveland County Sheriff’s
Department in 1966 and was the
first black deputy sheriff in
Cleveland County, retiring in
June 1987 as Lieutenant. He was
a member of Bynum Chapel
we are encouraging a heavy tour-
nout at Thursday’s bloodmobile
visit”, she said.
Mrs. Shockley said that donors
of O Positive, O Negative, B
Negative and B Positive blood
are especially required at this
visit.
Mrs. Shockley said there
should be no hesitation by donors
who may be confused over AIDS
and blood donations. ‘You can’t
get AIDS from giving blood’, she
said.
Anyone between the ages of 17
and 66 who weighs at least 110
pounds and is in good health may
donate blood through the
American Red Cross. The entire
process, including medical
check, takes about 45 minutes,
the actual donation requires only
6 to 10 minutes.
AME Zion Church where he serv-
ed as trustee for many years and
served the church as preacher
steward.
Survivors include his wife,
Margaret Blalock Leach; a son,
Johnny Bernard Leach of the
home; one daughter, Julie Robin
Owens of Winston Salem; one
god-daughter, Hester Davetta
Davis of Germany; and. one
sister, Helen Leach of Bronx,
New York.
The family will receive friends
at the home and at the quiet hour
Thursday night from 7 until 8
p.m. at Bynum Chapel Church.
J.W. Gill and Sons Funeral
Home is in charge.
guardian.
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summer subscription drive which begins Friday.
Details of the drive are listed on a full page advertisement on
page 12-A of today’s Herald. Individuals, church groups, clubs
and all others are invited to participate.
Subscription packets are available from Shirley Austin at the
10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. July 6. They may also be obtained on any
Monday in July from 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. except Mon., July 4.
For each subscription sold, the seller earns $4 or may apply
the sell toward the winning of a prize.
Persons selling subscriptions must be at least 10 years old
and persons under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent or
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Houston, who retired from the
military after 29 years in 1968
and as a Major with the North
Carolina National Guard Kings
Mountain Unit, said he never
really celebrated July 4th until
his feet touched American soil in
November 1945. ‘Boy, was I glad
we landed two months after D
Day in Normandy on Omaha
Beach in France’, said Houston.
“Our annual July 4th celebra-
tion and holiday is a good thing in
many ways. It’s a time for us all
to reflect on our many blessings
as a nation and what our
forefathers really achieved in the
revolution against the British
monarchy’, said Houston.
Commissioner Fred Finger
served during the Korean Con-
July 4 Time To Celebrate
flict but was stationed in the
states, not overseas, In-
dependence Day. ;
In a time beset with wars and
rumors of wars in many places
throughout a troubled world,
America is blessed with the fact
that the last time our national
capitol was attacked by a foreign
power was in 1814.
In a world beset with hunger,
poverty and disease, Kings
Mountain citizens can scarcely
complain this July 4, 1988.
Local veterans will tell you
that patriotism is not merely fly-
ing the flag, attending the local
celebration at Early Memorial
Park, or watching television
specials.
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each day he works (he does like
usually operates his stand on
MAKING A LIVING — Seven year old Wayne King is selling
tea and lemonade this summer at his stand on Temple Street.
Wayne sells the drinks for 10 cents a cup, It's a family business -
Wayne's mother, Terry King buys the ingredients and makes the
tea and lemonade. Wayne does about 70 cents worth a business
customer. “The mailman always comes bs" he said.
Photo by TODD GOSSETT
to take a day off now and then, but
Saturdays) and has one regular
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Year To Date
Minimum Temperature
Maximum Temperature
Average Temperature
June 22-29 Year Ago
28 39
26 (23rd) 32 (22nd)
13.44 22.85
54 (27th) 56 (27th)
100 (23rd) 93 (24th)
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