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County-Wide BondVote May Be Called
Kings Mountain District Schools will soon begin
participating in the General Assembly-mandated
State Accreditation Program which requires
school systems to maintain state requirements in
order to maintain accreditation.
Assistant Supt. Larry Allen told the board of
education at its monthly meeting Monday at the
Superintendent’s Office that the new state pro-
gram will be fully implemented during the 1990-91
school year.
New State Accreditation Program Planned
In the past, Allen said, individual schools gained
state accreditation on basically the same basis as
Southern Association accreditation. In that pro-
cess, individual schools look at their own pro-
grams and measure their progress, but in the new
state plan schools are accredited system-wide.
‘We won't be isolating five elementary schools,
a middle school, junior high and senior high,”’ he
said. “We will look at it as an entire system.”
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Teachers Will Decide
On Grading Period
The matter of whether or not Kings Mountain
students get report cards every six or nine weeks
will now be left in the hands of teachers, the board
of education decided at its monthly meeting Mon-
day night. :
Since Kings Mountain went to the six-week
grading period last year, the six-week term has
drawn some criticism from local educators who
want to return to the nine-week term. However,
Supt. Bob McRae told the board Monday, some of
those teachers aren’t as interested in returning to
the nine-weeks grading system if it means they
have to submit mid-grading term reports to
parents.
McRae said parents who served on an Advisory
Committee voiced ‘‘no real choice’’ when ques-
tioned about a preference.
So, McRae suggested that the board name a
special committee, headed by Jane King, director
of curriculum, and including teachers and school
board member Priscilla Mauney, to develop an in-
terim report for the school board’s approval.
After that, he said, the system should come back
with a ballot and let the teachers make the choice
between six and nine weeks grading periods.
“We hope to have the plan back to the school
board by January or February and have this mat-
ter settled by March or April,” McRae said. “I
believe either system can work and this plan in-
sures teachers involvement in the process.”
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Bond Issue Steps
Will Be Discussed
Introduction of bond orders as a preliminary
step leading up to a Fed. 7 city-wide bond referen-
dum for $9.2 million will be taken by the City Coun-
cil Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.
A calendar for the bond referendum was sub-
- mitted by bond attorneys Smith, Helms, Mulliss
and Moore of Charlotte at the Nov. 7 meeting of
Council and approved.
The calendar calls for a public hearing on the
issue Dec. 13. at City Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Voter registration for the special election will
end Jan. 9. No new registration is required,
however, city voter precinct lines have been
changed to correspond with the county’s precinct
lines. Mrs. Becky Cook, chairman of the KM
Board of Elections, reminds citizens who were not
registered to vote in the recent general election to
contact her at 739-3950 or their local precinct
registrar.
Voters at the polls on Fed. 7 will approve or re-
ject utility bonds which will include $2.6 million
for water system improvements, $1.8 million for
electric system improvements and $3.8 million for
sewage treatment improvements.
City officials say the improvements are
necessary and that many items in the im-
provements package are state ordered.
A big chunk of the money will go to increase the
capacity of Pilot Creek Wastewater Treatment
Plant from 4 million gallons per day to 6 million
gallons per day and to install a sludge handling
plant on Pilot Creek.
The bond package will also include $500,000, the
city’s share in the cost of a regional sewer com-
plex on Crowders Creek.
The estimated payback on the bonds is $18
million over 20 years.
Wood said that a major project underway for
several weeks has been the replacement of 1200
meters. Work is on schedule and should be com-
pleted this week. All non-functioning water meters
are being replaced.
Wood said he would report on progress of all city
construction projects at Tuesday’s meeting. Work
is progressing on schedule on sewer lines but the
74 West water line project is behind schedule,
Wood said, and he was meeting with contractors
this week.
Kings Mountain School Board members in-
dicated Monday night that they would support a
county bond referendum to provide funds for con-
struction of schools and other county buildings.
Supt. Bob McRae said a bond issue had been in
the back of people’s minds for several years but it
resurfaced a couple of weeks ago and is moving at
a rapid pace toward the county commission ac-
tually setting a date for the vote.
In the past several years, schools have con-
structed buildings on a ‘pay as you go’ basis,
McRae said. Funds for building came through the
two state half-cent sales taxes and the Schools
Facilities Fund approved by the State Legislature.
THEY'RE GONNA PUT US IN THE MOVIES
week.
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Film Shot
Near KM
Seventy youngsters from
Kings Mountain’s North Elemen-
tary School made a movie this
They're included in a
12-minute video on school bus
safety prepared by Norfolk-
Southern Railway in cooperation
with the North Carolina Depart-
ment of Instruction’s School Bus
The film will be distributed na-
tionwide to train school bus
drivers in safety at railroad
crossings.
The film is part of the railroad
company’s ‘‘Operation
Lifesaver’ safety program and
was written by Jack Burney. It’s
plot is a 10-year-old ghost who
returns to the scene of her fatal
crash 10 years later when a bus
load of children stranded on the
railroad tracks safely leave the!
bus through the guidance of a
well-trained driver. /
Nancy Dratwick of Norfolk-
Southern said the film will make
drivers “more aware of the
dangers at railroad crossings.”
The film crews Spent most of
the day Tuesday and Wednesday
at the Margrace and Archdale
crossings, which were chosen for
Norfolk-Southern by the Schools
Transportation Division, headed
locally by Dave Henson of Shelby
and driver trainer Richard McS-
wain of Kings Mountain, and
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Howard New Postmaster
“That works well in that once a project is finish-
ed, you pay for it,” McRae said. ‘But it doesn’t do
all we need.”
Personally, McRae said, he has favored a coun-
ty referendum for many years.
“We could do a better job of planning and know
how much money we’re going to have,” he said.
County commissioners have hinted that they
might call for a county vote for between $30-40
million, with money to be used for construction of
schools and governmental buildings. Kings Moun-
tain’s share could be $10-11 million.
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KM Precinct Changes
Will Affect 902 Voters
A change in East-West voter precinct lines to
comply with the changes made by the county af-
fects 902 of the 5,404 voters registered to vote in
Kings Mountain.
Elections Board Chairman Becky Cook said 156
new voters were added during the November elec-
tion but 77 names on the books were purged due to
people moving out of the city or by death.
Mrs. Cook reminds citizens if they voted in
the last two elections-city municipal election and
November general election they should be
familiar with the changes in precincts.
No new registration is required for the February
bond referendum. If you have voted once in the
last four years you are still registered. However, if
you have moved and have not changed your ad-
dress with the Kings Mountain Board of elections
you can do so by contacting the following people:
Mauney Memorial Library, Hilda Dixon, 739-3332;
Christine Carroll, 739-4411; Mrs. M.L. Campbell,
739-3352; Margaret White, 739-4019; Janice Glass,
739-2437; Martha Myers, 739-3793; Cleveland
County Board of Elections, 484-4858; or Gaston
County Board of elections, 866-3293. If you have
questions about your voter registration, call
Becky Cook, 739-3950.
The U.S. Department of Justice approved the
changes in Kings Mountain precinet lines in Qe-
tober after the eity council approved the change in
August. ;
Residents on these streets are affected by the
change.
Now voting at East Kings Mountain Precinct
(Community Center) are those voters residing on
Alley Street, Orr Terrace, Morris Street, Waters
Street, Gantt Street, Alexander Street, Barnett
Street, Benfield Road, Blanton Street, Bridges
Street, Katherine Street, Center Street, Cooper
St., Cranford Drive, Ellison Street, Harmon Road,
Lackey Street, Linwood Road, Margaret Street,
McGinnis Street, Myers Street, Park Drive, Par-
rish Drive, Phillips Drive, Poplar Street,
Ramseur Street, Stowe Acres, Thornburg Drive,
Wilson Terrace, First Street, Second Street, Third
Street, Fourth Street, Fairview Street and Pied-
mont Avenue.
Streets that are divided and now in the East
Kings Mountain Precinct include: West King
Street, even numbers in 100 and 200 block, nor-
thside; Railroad Avenue, north from King to
Ridge Streets, 100 block; Baker Street, 500 block
only; Fulton Street, 100 and 200 blocks only;
Walker Street, 100 and 200 blocks only; West Ridge
Street, 100 block; Waco Road, 100 and 200 blocks
only; North City Street; Cansler Street North
from King Street, east side of road, only even
number houses.
KM Herald
To Publish
Next Tuesday
Because of the Thanksgiving holidays, the
Herald will publish on Tuesday next week. Mail
subscribers should receive their papers Tuesday.
Papers will be available at news stands early
Tuesday morning.
Because of the early schedule, all news and
advertising deadlines must be moved ahead
several days.
Deadline for women’s news, church news, and
school news will be 5 p.m., Friday and deadline for
regular news and sports will be 12 noon Saturday.
Deadline for all classified and display adver-
tisements is 12 noon Saturday.
The Herald office will be closed on Wednesday
and Thursday of next week and will re-open on
Fri., Nov. 25, at 8:30 a.m.
Drug Testing Slated
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Classified . ... .. .. ....13B Mike Howard,
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duties Nov. 19.
Obituaries. . .......... 3-A Howard has served as Super-
Religion....,........ 12-A | visor of Postal Operations under
Schools .............. 1-B | former retired Postmaster Fred
Sports. .......... hy 8-A Weaver the past 10 years.
Prior to his promotion to Kings
Mountain Post Office, Howard
was a clerk and supervisor at the
Shelby Post Office. He started
with the postal system as a car-
rier in Charlotte where he grew
up and completed school. He
served in the U.S. Army for two
tional Guard from 1960-66.
“Mike is a very deserving in-
dividugl and during the four
months I have served as Acting
Postmaster, I have seen the
dedication and hard work he
gives to any job,”, said Dave
Reynolds, who returns Monday
to his former position as Station
Manager at Idewild Post Office.
Reynolds said that Howard
was the choice among the top
five who were selected for final
interviews in a long process in-
volving competition with long
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years fie 1958-60 and in the Na-
MIKE HOWARD
Carolina Western, a trucking
company which employs 47
drivers locally and 216 drivers
system-wide, began drug and
control substance testing of new
employees six months ago, an-
ticipating what local officials
saw as ‘handwriting on the
wall” by the recent federal direc-
tive calling for random drug
testing of drivers.
A second Kings Mountain
trucking company, Fredrickson
Motor Express, which employs
21 drivers at the local terminal
and 1,050 truckers system-wide,
is currently conducting pre-
employment screening of
drivers.
Ms. Patricia Dwiggins, Direc-
tor of Insurance and Employee
Benefits and Fredrickson
spokesperson, said she had just
returned from a seminar on drug
and alcohol screening in the
workplace when the directive
came out from the U.S. Depart-
ment of Transportation.
‘Fredrickson has been waiting
for the regulations by DOT but
our 70-year-old company has
always kept a close eye on its
employees and we don’t let
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