The pretty
blonde teenager
in"The Ryan White
Story" on ABC's
Monday night
|| movie was Central
School 6th grader
| Deana Brafford.
Deana, who
holds 126 trophies
{ for figure skating
and placed first in
| Lincoln, Nebraska,
got the chance to
DEANA BRAFFORD skate for Nikki
Cox as teenage sister of Chad, cast in the movie as the
real Ryan White, in the skating scene filmed for tele-
vision at a skating rink in Statesville.
Deana received no cash for her performance but
high praise from the producers who say they may want
to use her in a "scary movie soon."
Deana said she met Nikki Cox, one of the stars of the
movie, in Statesville where Cox practiced for about
three months. "She was real nice but she was too old to
skate as a teenager and they chose four girls and one
boy from the Greensboro area for the scene and my
teacher, Tina Tow, of Greensboro, recommended me,"
said Deana who skated with a partner, Jonathan Cantey.
She wore her practice outfit for the scene, a black skirt
and aqua blue shirt which enhanced her 4 feet 11 inch
76 pound pound figure and long blonde hair.
Deana started skating when she was six years old and
now practices three days a week in Greensboro and
twice a week in Forest City. She became a skater be-
cause her father, although not a professioral skater,
loved to skate and once she leamed she fovea iE (00 and
plans a career in gymnastics. Deana's mother works at
Copeland Corporation and her father works at
Commercial-Intertech.
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Crawford's Body
Found In Lake
The body of a Kings Mountain man missing for a
month was found Thursday by a fisherman in Lake
Murray, S.C.
Robert Louis Crawford, 56, 811 Rhodes Ave., had
been missing and presumed drowned after an early
morning boating accident Dec. 18, 1988, said Gail
Wright, a spokesman for the S. C. Wildlife and Marine
Resources.
Wright said officers are still looking for Crawford's
companion, Ernest McNeal, 35, of Northwoods.
McNeal's son, Ernest Pettis, 19, was rescued by a boat
party. Surveillance by boat and air is continuing for the
second missing fisherman.
The three left Holland's Landing, a marina on Lake
Murray near Newberry,S.C. at daybreak on Dec. 18 to
fish for striped bass. The lake, just west of
Columbia,S.C., is well known for its bass and numer-
ous Kings Mountain fishermen have fished there.
The boat sank soon after the men left shore when
they tried to retrieve a headlight that had fallen over-
board. The men had life jackets aboard the boat but
were not wearing them.
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Chamber Of Commerce
Banquet Monday Night
~ The annual banquet of the Kings Mountain Chamber
of Commerce will be held Monday, Jan. 23 at Holiday
Inn and tickets are available at $10 per person from
Lucille Williams, Chamber Secretary.
Mrs. Paulette Purgason, Public Relations Co-ordina-
tor for Charlotte's Douglas International Airport, will
make the keynote address.
Mrs. Vickie Smith has arranged the program. Mrs.
Smith said that Mrs. Purgason is a dynamic speaker and
urged all members and guests to attend the annual
meeting.
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By C.T. CARPENTER JR.
Stating that "no city funds whatsoever" are being
spent on the project, Bond Committee Chairman Harold
J. Phillips, ward six council member, showed off at the
city's bond committee meeting Tuesday (last) night a
brochure which is to be available this week from the
"Kings Mountain Citizens for GO."
The "GO" in the group's name stands for "General
Obligation," the type bonds to be sold should voters ap-
prove the Feb. 7th (a Tuesday) referendum asking for
authority to borrow up to $9.2 million to-update and
improve the electrical, water and wastewater systems.
Use of general obligation bonds can help save the
community over $3.7 million against use of revenue
provements, the brochure points out. "GO" bonds re-
quire vote and full-faith backing by the citizens and tan
accounting for the savings,
Phillips admonished the committee members to
"spend all the time needed to get the message across to
voters, saying "it will be time well spent’." The "GO" al-
SO means go, so let's get moving, he said.
BOND COMMITTEE-Pictured are some of the members of a special bond committee named by the
City Council. From left around the table Bob Maner, Liz Lynch, Mayor Kyle Smith, Norma Bridges, at head
of table, Al Moretz, Joe Smith, City Manager George Wood, C. T. Carpenter, on sideline, and Harold
Phillips, back to camera, chairman of the group. The citizens group met Tuesday night.
‘Committee Urging Yes Vote
type bonds, which can be voted by council for the im-
be sold toh investors ai anedused Anterest tai thera yy!
The committee discussed plans for a taped TV infor-
mational program, radio spot announcements and call-
in question/answers programs, brochure mailing, tele-
phone calling, newspaper advertising, bumper stickers
and news releases, including question and answer
columns directed to elected officials, city staff and
committee members,
"We've got to let people know that it's going to cost
more money if not passed this (GO) way Feb. 7th," said
Vernon Smith, who has shown a long-time interest in
city affairs and attends many council sessions.
“The vast majority of the work planned has got to be
done now and is not dependent upon rates, the rates are
going up April 1 anyway. The city needs funds now and
at the savings gained by general obligation bond sale,”
City Manager George Wogd reminded the group.
«Chairrian Phillips: and -Simith, were ‘Bob Maner,
Norma Bridges, Al Moretz, Joe Smith, Elizabeth Lynch
and Jeff Gregory. ;
Mayor Kyle Smith, who appointed the committee,
was present, as were Manager Wood, Tom Howard,
Gene White and Marvin Chappell from city staff.
service at B.N. Barnes Auditorium.
Rev. M. L. Campbell, associate
pastor of Bynum Chapel AME Zion
Church, said the 60th birthday an-
niversary of the late civil rights
leader was planned by churches, in
the Greater Kings Mountain area.
Local ministers read scripture and
offered prayer and the audience
joined in the singing of "Lift Every
Voice and Sing" and "We Shall
Overcome." Rev. Billy Howell of
Lawndale sang a song he wrote in
honor of King and remarks from
SINGS AT GAME - Kings Mountain's Tracy
Stewart is pictured above singing the National
Anthem at last Sunday's Charlotte Hornets-
Philadelphia 76ers game before 23,388 fans at the
Charlotte Coliseum. Stewart, a KMHS senior, is the
son of Mack and Lynda Stewart.
King Service Is Held
Keeping the late Rev. Martin
mission and vision
alive" 300 citizens joined Monday
morning at 10:30 a.m. in a religious
REV. M. L. CAMPBELL
KM Project
Completed
The $498,000 U. S. 74 West Waterline project has
been completed and fire protection, in the form of 31
new fire hydrants and the capability for over 130 new
water customers and hookups has been added to the
Kings Mountain water system.
City Engineer Tom Howard said minor shortcomings
are being completed by the contractor this week. The
project took 7 1/2 months to complete.
Howard and Water Department Supt. Walt Ollis said
that a larger waterline was installed so that if customers
were experiencing low water pressure and/or low water
volume, they can now receive adequate water capacity
with the new waterline system. There is no tap fee for
this changeover. Customers will need to apply for a
new plumbing permit($10) at the City's Building and
Inspection Office. The plumber's work will be inspect-
ed by City Inspector Tom Fields.
According to Ollis the westerly extension of the
Kings Mountain waterline along State Road 74 and ad-
jacent streets has been completed, tested, and accepted
from the construction contractors. Those customers
who have already paid the original fee can now apply
and hook-on to the system, said Ollis, who estimated
that 3040 residences are located on what was original-
ly on an undersized system with very little volume and
pressure. With the new pipeline, these property owners
can now hook on and pay a marginal fee for a permit,
he said.,
If you are a new customer of the city living on the
north side of 74 West and never used city water or on
the south side of U.S. 74 and never used city water and
desire water, you will need to do the following: Go to
the Governmental Services Facilities Center and apply
for a water tap permit and pay the residential fee of
$800. The Kings Mountain Water Department will then
install your water meter. Stop by the Utilities and
Billing Office (in the same building at City Hall) and
pay a $25.00 billing deposit and a $10.00
Administration fee; and connect your house to the new
water meter. The city recommends you contact your
plumber for this as this will require a new waterline as
well as the connection. You will need to apply for a
plumbing permit ($10) at the City's Building Inspection
Office.
Over 130 new water hook-up points have been added
to this water system, said Ollis.
Cast Vote That Elected Speaker
Weatherly Sees Better Days
Kings Mountain's representatives in the N. C.
Legislature-veteran Senator J. Ollie Harris and fresh-
man Rep. John Weatherly-can't predict how the recent
shakeup in the N. C. House will affect pending legisla-
tion but Weatherly, the first Republican ever elected
from this area, sees a brighter day for the GOP.
By coincidence Weatherly said he cast the 61st ballot
to elect the new speaker Joe Mavretic who defeated
Liston Ramsey 65-54 in a roll call vote last Wednesday
afternoon in the opening session of the 1989 General
Assembly in Raleigh. "From what my constituents are
telling me they are pleased with the action we took to
change how the General Assembly operates,” he said.
Senator Harris, reappointed for the 14th year as
chairman of the Human Resources committee, was also
named to 10 other committees Tuesday, including vice
chairman of manufacturing and labor, appropriations,
base budget, finance, judiciary I, rules and operations
of Senate, state government, ways and means and
banks.
Committee assignments were being made this week .
Weatherly said an agreement was worked out last week
with a coalition of dissident Democrats and
Republicans to have GOP representatives serving as
chairmen of 20 of the sub-committees and vice chair-
men of all other committees.
Weatherly was pushing for membership on basic re-
sources since his background has been as a professional
forester. He's also interested in serving on resources,
education, transportation and government.
The freshman representative was enjoying his first
week in the state capitol and will be assigned a perma-
nent office this week, he told The Herald.
In the Senate the first week of the new session the
rules were changed that stripped Republican Lt.
Governor Jim Gardner of his power to name committee
chairman and elected Democrat Senator Hanson Barnes
whites and blacks of all ages echoed
the theme of the birthday celebra-
tion of keeping King's mission and
vision alive.
OLLIE HARRIS
of Goldsboro as president pro-tem. ;
Harris said he thinks Lt. Gov. Gardner is doing a
good job as presiding officer of the Senate. Harris said
he was sorry to see Rep. Jack Hunt of Cleveland
County eliminated as House speaker pro-tem because
the new Lieutenant Governor needed Hunt but felt that
even with "completely new leadership we'll be able to
come out with a balanced budget in July."
The nine-term Senator from Kings Mountain intro-
duced two bills this week: a Safe Roads Act reducing
pointl to point 0.8 for drunk driving offenders and
point.02 for drunk drivers of 18 wheelers, buses and
commercial vehicles and also a bill requiring an aborted
fetus to be cremated or given a proper burial. Harris,
who is a mortician by profession, said as a matter of
ethics he would seek other sponsorship of the second
bill in event he should be accused of conflict of interest.
"Under the bill the hospitals could implement the in-
tent," he said.
Both Harris and Weatherly said the biggest jobs fac-
ing the General Assembly this session is matching the
funds to the needs and both said they anticipate an in-
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JOHN WEATHERLY
COMMUNITY FACTS
Kings Mountain
Police Department Arrests
Rev. Campbell, in his address,
challenged the audience to continue
King's non-violent ways in a coun- Driving While impaired 30 58 68 142
try where people today believe in a || Liquor Laws Arrests 4 2 2 60
more militant way, to practice 14 22 29 36
King's dream and vision, have faith Drunk And Disruptive
in the future and justice of America, || Offenses Against
and love all people, not only those
* who love you but those who don't
love you. ;
Also participating on the program
were Schools Supt. Bob McRae,
Mary Adams Edwards, Rev. Philip
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