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‘Great Day For KM!
KM Pool
Dedicated
The Kathryn M. Neisler Natatorium was officially
dedicated Sunday afternoon at Kings Mountain Senior
High School by an enthusiastic crowd of 200 who
gave a standing ovation to Dr. Scott Mayse, Kings
Mountain doctor who headed the KM Indoor Pool
Foundation, and later watched as young swimmers in-
cluding Mrs. Neisler's great-granddaughter, Wendy
Ann, enjoyed the sparkling blue pool filled with
120,000 gallons of water.
"This is a great day for Kings Mountain", said
speaker after speaker who said the dream could not
have been a reality without the support of the entire
community who rallied behind the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis Club and two big fund drives initiated by a
$1,000 gift from the Class of 1982 of Kings Mountain
High School.
"We teach our kids to dream but when the Class of
1982 presented the first gift towards a pool they had
more confidence than I that today would be a reality,"
said Dr. Bob McRae, Superintendent of Kings,
Mountain District Schools ."I wondered if that $1,000
contribution wouldn't sit for a long time but thanks to
many people like Scott Mayse, the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis Club, the Neisler family and a host of other
citizens we're dedicating today a $900,000 facility
where elementary school age children will begin learn-
ing to swim and the community will be using a facility
second to none in the state," said McRae. "If one child
has the skills to prevent drowning all your efforts will
be well spent,” said McRae.
Dr. Mayse said the new Natatorium has made a
"surprisingly big splash as 65 young swimmers are
See Pool, 2-A
Rally AL KMHS Fridays yoo
By GARY STEWART
Editor of the Herald
Over 600 area educators gathered at Kings
Mountain High School's B.N. Barnes Auditorium
Friday night to rally for higher pay and hear inspiring
speeches by former State NCAE President Dean
Westmoreland and atea legislators.
The rally was sponsored by NCAE's Region 2 and
included teachers from Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln,
Polk and Rutherford County schools. They heard of
several proposals for higher teacher pay, including one
proposal by the NCAE that was introduced in the State
Senate this week by Senator Helen Rhyne Marvin of
Gastonia. The scale, if adopted, would cap teachers’
salaries at over $42,000 for teachers with bachelor de-
grees and over $46,000 for those with master's de-
grees, Tom Husted, NCAE Executive Director told the
crowd.
Several times during the hour-long rally the teachers
applauded the suggestions of area educators and
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BIG DRUG BUST-The bay area of the Kings Mr natain Fire Department, above, was a busy place
Tuesday as law enforcement officers processed a num jer of suspects on drug charges in Operation JE.
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promises of area legislators, and teachers had a chance
to talk one-on-one with legislators for an hour after the
speeches.
Bill Hager, President of the Kings Mountain NCAE
unit which helped organize the event, said he was
- somewhat disappointed with the crowd but blamed the
smaller-than-expected turnout on the weather and
some other activities in the area.
District NCAE units all over the state are planning
rallies over the next several weeks, Husted reported.
He also urged educators to continue to let state legisla-
tors know of their needs through more marches on
Raleigh, such as the one held on Valentine's Day, and
through personal and letter contact with their represen-
tatives.
Husted said the General Assembly has been ina
"state of confusion” since it convened two months ago,
mostly because of the change in leadership and many
newly-elected representatives. But, he added, teachers
See Teachers, 8-A
TOM HUSTED WESTMORELAND
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Tuesday
Drug Bust
Gets 19
Operation JE, a big drug bust Tuesday in Kings
Mountain, resulted in 19 arrests on 85 drug charges.
Kings Mountain Police Department, Cleveland
County Sheriff's Department, Lincoln County Sheriff's
Department, Shelby Police Department and Special
Bureau of Investigation labeled the undercover opera-
tion initiated in 1987 in Cleveland and Lincoln
Counties as Operation JE for Joint Effort.
The operation focused on anyone selling drugs from
the attic dealer to the traffickers. Before the day ended
Tuesday narcotics officers said they captured some of
their primary targets. "We have other arrests to make
and our work is not over until we get every drug dealer
off the street,"said Kings Mountain Chief of Police
Warren Goforth who began assembling all police, in-
cluding off-duty personnel, at 5 a.m. at Council
Chambers at City Hall to receive assignments.
"We were looking at a total of 28 arrests and 81 to 88
felony counts in all so we still have some of the drug
dealers at large," said Goforth.
"Tuesday was the first time that so many of our law.
enforcement agencies got together for an undercover
operation of this type and I was extremely pleased the
way it was handled and the way it worked," said
Goforth. "Tuesday's Joint Effort set the stage for future
success in our war against drugs,"he said.
Goforth also acknowledged the "tremendous sup-
port” of the Special Bureau of Investigation in the ef-
fort to combat illicit drug sales in the 27-A Judicial
District which began 18 months ago.
Fach agency provided personnel for
work, Sur ‘eillance and reporting data. Uieicove
tigers from Gaston County Polich MDeparipue: :
Gastonia Police Department, and Rutherford Gury
Sheriff's Department also assisted in Operation JE
Arrested were: hy
Ronnie Dale McKinney, 32, of 1020 Barnette Drive,
eight counts possession with intent/ cocaine; sell/deliv-
er cocaine; possession with intent-marijuana and man-
ufacturing.
J.C. Nichols ( Jack Cole Nicholes), 45, of 110 N.
Cansler St., six counts, possession with intent, cocaine;
sell-deliver cocaine;
John Hopie Hunt ( John Hunt), 26, of 827 Ramseur
St., four counts possession with intent-marijuana,
sell/deliver marijuana, maintain residence.
Marty Sisk, in mid 20's, of 414 Cleveland Ave.,
three counts possession Schedule IV with intent to
sell/deliver, sell/deliver marijuana.
Kay Collins, Apt. 30 Pine Manor Apts., four counts
possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, sell
and deliver cocaine, maintain dwelling.
Robert Anthony Thompson, 24, of Route 4, four
counts possession with intent-cocaine; sell/deliver co-
caine; maintain vehicle.
See Drug, 2-A
Coby
City Looking At 10-Year Storm Drainage Policy
The city has identified 24 areas
of Kings Mountain where storm
drainage is a problem and are mov-
ing to draft a 10-year storm order
policy to address the problem and
assign the priority of work.
Members of the utility commit-
tee Tuesday night indicated that
over a five year period, once the
policy is in place, that inroads into
the current drainage problem
would be made.
City Manager George Wood said
that once the draft, which also in-
cludes streets, curb and gutter,
sidewalks, driveway connections
and drainage is in ordinance form
the city council would be asked to
act on it and then the utility com-
mittee would evaluate priorities
and recommend to council for bud-
geting. "We can't do all these pro-
jects in one year but we can begin",
said Wood who asked the commit-
'Good Cop, Fine Man'
B.P. Cook, 72, Dies
Bynum P. Cook, retired Kings
Mountain policeman who died
Tuesday, is remembered by his
friends and co-workers as a good
police officer and a fine gentleman
and friend.
"I don't think there was anyone
in the police department that could
compare to him," said his long-
time friend and partner, Bob
Hayes. "As far as being a police of-
ficer, I owe everything to him."
Hayes, who is now Assistant
Chief, was Cook's partner the first
eight years after joining KMPD in
1962. Cook had served the depart-
ment from 1953-58, worked briefly
with the North Carolina Prison
System, and then returned to Kings
Mountain.
"When I started, I started out
with him and worked with him for
eight years," Hayes noted. "Back
then, we just had one patrol car and
the officers rode two to a car.
Through him, I learned to be a po-
lice officer. No schooling was re-
quired back then so he was my on-
the-job trainer.
"You know, you become very
close when you ride together for
See Cook, 2-A
tee to draft the new ordinance to
tie-in with existing street ordi-
nances by next month's meeting,
all of which would be available to
those planning sub-divisions or
buildings in the city.
The storm drainage problems
identified by city staffer Karl Moss
and detailed with pictures for the
committee, which included
Councilmen Al Moretz, chairman,
are as follows: Morris Street,
McGill property; Waco/City Street;
Meadowbrook Road, Cook proper-
ty; Jolly Street, Owens property;
Woodside Drive, Kelly property;
Woodside Drive, Jenkins property;
lower end of Bridges drive;
Cansler to Watterson Street; Ridge
Street; Lee Street; Southwood;
Mountain Street 407; Mountain
Street Baker Property; Rhodes
Avenue; Phenix Street; Sharpe
Fred Finger and Humes Houston,
BYNUM P. COOK
Drive; McGinnis Street; Crescent
Hill to Bridges Drive; Hendricks
Street, Ridge to Kiug; East School
Ballfield; Slater Street/ Oriental
Avenue; Walker Street/ Piedmont
Avenue; Cleveland Avenue;
Linwood Road; Deal Street at
apartments.
The ordinance is expected to
spell out specifics on petitions for
street widening, curb and gutter
and drainage.
In other actions:
The Utility committee moved
forward on an electric policy for
the city to compare with Duke
Power's policy on recommendation
of Utility Director Jimmy Maney.
Maney was also asked to take a
look at the natural gas policy for
any suggested amendments so that
both could be done at the same
time. "The electric policy should
See City, 9-A
‘Unpaid Assistant’
Mrs. Gonzalez Dead
Rev. J. Edward Gonzalez of Fort
Myers, Fla., who lived in Kings
Mountain during the summer, al-
ways called his wife, Geraldine
McGinnis Gonzalez, his "unpaid
assistant pastor."
Mrs. Gonzalez, 77, who died last
Wednesday in Fort Myers, was al-
ways active in choirs of the
churches Rev. Gonzalez served,
and anytime anyone at the church
needed a substitute--whether it was
teaching, leading Vacation Bible
School, or directing a choir--Mrs.
Gonzalez was always there to take
charge.
A native of Kings Mountain,
Mrs. Gonzalez, daughter of the late
Hinkle and Iva McGinnis, was al-
ways a music lover. She was edu-
cated in the Kings Mountain
School System, was active in St.
Matthew's Lutheran Church, and
studied music at Limestoné
College. She met her future hus-
band at a church conference and
the two married in 1936.
"We had so much in common,"
Rev. Gonzalez said. "She was a
very attractive young lady and we
hit it off right from the start."
Rev. and Mrs. Gonzalez moved
to North Plainfield, N.J., where
See Gonzalez, 2-A
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