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Cleveland County voters will elect at least two Republicans Charlie Harry and Larry Greer. i E LECTIO: ; FACTS j { sen er al % > oy
new county commissioners in the General Elec- Cabiness ran number one in the Democratic | Er
tion Tuesday. primary while Gilbert and Spangler won their par- Polls Open 6:30 A.M. ; =
Of the five men in the race for three seats, only ty’s nominatin in a runoff. Greer and Harry were Polls Close 7:30 P.M. : | ge
one-Jack Spangler-is an incumbent. Commis- not opposed in the Republican primary. Registered Voters 41,458 ection A #
sioner Eugene LeGrand chose not to run for re- Harry, president of Grover Industries, ran un- (Democrats) 31,094 | 4
election and vice-chairman Joyce Cashion of successfully for county commissioner on two (Republicans) 8,754
Kings Mountain was defeated in the Democratic other occasions, and Greer is running for the first (Unaffiliated) 1,609
time. Gilbert and Cabiness are also running for (New Alliance) 1 ues ay
Facing Spangler in Tuesday’s race are fellow
Democrats Ralph Gilbert and Joe Cabainess, and
KM Men Seek
State Positions
One Kings Mountain man is assured election
while another tries to unseat one of three in-
cumbents in state elections next Tuesday.
J. Ollie Harris, Kings Mountain mortician, is
unopposed as he seeks his ninth term as a Senator
from the 25th District. Fellow Democratic in-
cumbents Marshall A. Rauch and Helen Rhyne
Marvin are also unopposed.
John Weatherly, a Republican from Wood-
bridge, will be trying to unseat one of the three
Democratic incumbents in the 48th District House
of Representatives race. Incumbent Democrats
John J. “Jack’” Hunt and Edith Lutz of Cleveland
County, and Charles ‘‘Babe’’ Owens of Rutherford
County also face opposition from Republican
Richard ‘Dick’ Hoagland. The district has never
elected a Republican.
Area legislators from the area called a press
conference last week in Gastonia to promote their
candidacy and that of Democratic Lt. Governor
Bob Jordan, who opposes Governor Jim Martin.
Harris and Owens did not participate.
Mrs. Lutz, Hunt, Rauch and Marvin claimed
Martin is taking credit for accomplishments of the
General Assembly and Jordan, and Mrs. Lutz also
defended the General Assembly’s use of ‘‘pork
barrel” funds, which they said have been used to
subsidize programs for the mentally handicapped,
rescue squads, Red Cross, and other worthy area
organizations.
Weatherly, who was not invited to the con-
ference, made a written response to area
newspapers fo point out that Cleveland and
Rutherford Counties are ranked in the lower half
of the 100 counties in the state receiving pork bar-
rel funds.
“Many of the pork barrel appropriations are
worthy,” he pointed out. ‘That is not the question.
The reason for such funding and the manner of
awarding the funds to House members outside the
regular budgeting system is what is wrong. The
funds are used to award the loyal and discipline
those who do not comply with wished of the House
leadership.”
Citing a study conducted by the Greensboro
News and Record in October of 1987, which listed
pork barrel spending per capita in the state’s 100
counties from1983-86, Weatherly pointed out that
Cleveland County ranked 53rd with $4.39 per
capita, and Rutherford County ranked a 71st place
tie with $3.50 per capita.
Weatherly pointed out that Madison County,
home of House Speaker Liston Ramsey, ranked
fourth with a per capita of $13.22.
Weatherly claimed many causes that should
have been included in the regular state budget
were left unfunded so funds would be available for
the pork barrel. He said such items included
braille textbooks for blind children, funding for
the Highway Patrol which he said was left 100 of-
ficers short of the number needed; medicare bed
shortage of 7,000 beds, and other needs.
“State funds are to deal with state needs for
everybody and should be appropriated up front,”
he said. “In other words, critical, life-threatening
needs go lacking so politics can be exercised.”
In another issue, Weatherly criticised the cur-
rent General Assembly for refusing to put the issue
of veto power for the Governor to a vote of the peo-
ple.
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the first time.
Employees from Crowder Construction Com-
pany of Charlotte are working this week on repair-
ing several leaks in the spillway at Moss Lake.
City Manager George Wood said the repairs
should take about 21 to 28 days and will cost ap-
proximately $100,000.
“They're cutting out the defective sections, will
grout them out and then put in concrete to correct
the problems,” Wood said. ‘“They’re also install-
ing some piping to help in drainage.”
The leaks were discovered several months ago
during a routine safety check by state officials.
Kings Mountain and Cleveland County voters
will go to the polls Tuesday to help elect leaders in
local, state and federal government.
Polls at the 24 precincts in Cleveland County will
open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. All
precincts in the county will use counting machines
and voters will cast their votes on one huge ballot.
Officials at the Cleveland County Board of Elec-
tions predict a 70 to 75 percent turnout. There are
41,458 registered voters in the county.
Kings Mountain area voters will cast their
ballots at the Kings Mountain Community Center
(East KM precinct), the National Guard Armory
(West KM precinct), Grover Rescue Squad and
David Baptist Church (Bethware precinct).
Although it is a traditional Democratic county,
Cleveland is expected to go Republican this year
in the state and national races. Recent polls in-
dicate that Republican George Bush has a healthy
lead over Democrat Michael Dukakis in the Presi-
dent’s race and incumbent Republican Governor
Jim Martin has a 10 percentage point lead over his
Democratic opponet, Bob Jordan. Jordan led in a .
poll conducted three weeks ago by the Kings
Mountain Herald but other TV and newspaper
polls have shown Martin in the lead. .
Also running for President and Vice President
in the New Alliance party are Lenora B. Fulani
and Wynonia Brewington Burke.
A tight race could be the Lieutenant Governor’s
battle between Democrat Tony Rand and
Republican Jim Gardner. Gardner, a former U.S.
Congressman, ran unsuccessfully for Governor on
several other occasions. Rand, a state Senator, is
seeking the Lieutenant Governor’s position for the
first time.
Other state races include secretary of state,
which puts former Attorney General Rufus Ed-
misten, a Democrat, against Republican John
Carrington; Attorney General, Commissioner of
Labor, State Treasurer, State Auditor, Commis-
sioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Insurance,
and Superintendent of Public Instruction. H.L.
Famous Dog
A three and one-half year old
youngster suffering from
leukemia will get a special treat
Saturday when Barney Odum
and his dog, Flat Nose, come to
Moss Lake for a private show.
Barney and Flat Nose are fast
becoming national celebrities.
They have appeared three times
on the Johnny Carson Show, have
been on P.M. Magazine, and
recently returned from a show in
Japan.
At Barney’s direction, Flat
Nose climbs trees as tall as 30
feet. Saturday he will retrieve a
special pillow from atop a tree in
the yard of Sara Richards who
was diagnosed four weeks ago as
suffering from leukemia. Flat
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A special welcome home sign
will be awaiting Sara when she
returns and there will be music
and singing before Barney and
Flat Nose perform.
Sara suffers. from a form of
leukemia that is 90% treatable.
She is currently in the fourth
week of a seven week treatment
program.
Sara and her parents, Jamie
and Gail Richards, moved to
Moss. Lake a year ago. Jamie
and Gail both work at Elizabeth
Weaving in Grover, where she is
director of Styling and he is
assistant director. Both majored
in Designer Textiles at N.C.
State. Jamie is from Lincolnton
and Gail is from Elkin.
The special show was arranged
Nose will bring the pillow to Sara
who will be back home with her
neighborhood playmates and
friends from the Elizabeth Bap-
tist Church Day School in Shelby.
Sara is undergoing treatment
now at Duke and has experienced
some unexpected complications.
If her condition stabilizes, the
SARAH AND HER DAD
private show will be held. If not,
it will be rescheduled.
“We are definitely going to
have this for Sara, and if she
can’t come home then we will
plan it another day,” a family
spokesman said.
by plant manager David Godbold
who is manager of Barney and
Flat Nose. The pair do numerous
special shows to benefit children.
Barney was recently ap-
proached by a national beer
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Gastonia Accepts Grant,
More Money Is Expected
Gastonia officials hope to hear by the end of this
week if their request for an additional $3.1 million
for the proposed Crowder’s Creek Wastewater
Treatment facility will be approved by EPA of-
ficials.
Gastonia Public Works Director Sam Wilkins
said he has high hopes that the request will be ap-
proved and that would leave the agencies who are
combining efforts for the system--Gastonia, Kings
Mountain, Gaston County and Bessemer City
about $300,000 short of the money needed to build
the plant.
If the additional funds are approved, Wilkins
said the four groups will get together and come up
with a plan to finance the remaining $300,000.
Gastonia City Council Tuesday morning voted to
accept the $10.8 million grant approved several
weeks ago. Due to the last-minute grant applica-
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tions which were delayed because of negotiations
between the four government agencies, EPA of-
ficials said they did not have time to thoroughly
review the applications. n
**1 understand that the state agencies are still
reviewing it, and we’ll probably know something
later in the week,” Wilkins said. The announce-
ment of any additional monies will come through
the office of 10th District Congressman Cass
Ballenger.
“We feel good that there’s going to be an in-
crease,” Wilkins said. “We’ve been told informal-
ly it will be around two to three million dollars.”
The proposed facility will cost $13.9 million. If
the additional funds are approved, Wilkins said
construction would begin in the summer of 1989
and the plant would be ready for operation in
December of 1991.
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“Pete” Rednour of Gastonia, a Republican, is op-
posing incumbent Democrat Jim Long for Com-
missioner of Insurance, and Cherryville native
Tom Rogers, a Republican and Bob Etheridge, a
Democrat, are seeking the Superintendent of
Public Instruction position which is being vacated
by Craig Phillips.
Local races include County Commissioners
races, the U.S. Congressman’s seat from the 10th
District, and races for the State Senate and House.
Republican Cass Ballenger of Hickory, who is
completing his first term in Congress, is opposed
by long-time Democratic candidate Jack Rhyne of \,
Belmont.
In the State Senate race from the 25th District,
Kings Mountain’s Ollie Harris and Gastonia’s
Marshall Rauch and Helen Rhyne Marvin are
unopposed for re-election.
For three seats in the State House of Represen-
tatives, incumbents Jack Hunt, Edith Lutz and
Charles ‘Babe’ Owens face opposition from
Republicans John Weatherly of Kings Mountain
and Richard “Dick’’ Hoagland of Rutherford
County.
Five men are seeking three available seats on
the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners.
The only incumbent in the race is Jack L.
Spangler. Others in the field are Democrats Joe
Cabaniss and Ralph Gilbert Jr., and Republicans
Larry Greer and Charlie Harry.
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Proposed
The Kings Mountain library
board has hired a landscape ar-
\ chitect to help design a proposed
plan for the exterior of the
Mauney Memorial Library.
The board is attempting to
establish a landscape plan that
would bring the exterior of the
building up to the standards of
the newly renovated 5,992 square
foot facility.
The plan will also deal with
parking and traffic routing
around the library.
The landscape architect, Fred
B. Blackley of Shelby, has outlin-
ed two options for the proposal.
One would leave the existing
40-foot white pine on the corner
of the library, and the other
would remove and replace the
tree.
The library board originally
had planned to remove the
5 30-year-old tree which has grown
too large for the lot and over-
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3 the new addition.
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arose from residents opposed to
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decorated each Christmas, and
has become a Yuletide symbol.
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house in December after final
renovation is complete. Any final
decision on plans for the tree will
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