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a - A REPUBLIC NT /£ = = — prs ’ a ” HO J VHRAOS VION iC Ee bi | : wn ks 3s | voL. 101 NO. 17 > : WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1989 KINGS MOUNTAIN = A 2 vw Oo ZX + OH oO = Sait] ft pO City [Oo Require Drug esting + O <i XD =H oN = Kings Mountain City Council Tuesday night unani- After receiving proposals from ) i =< City maintenance crews led by Emmett Moss and George Jacobs discovered a bigger job than they an- ticipated this week when they began clearing a build- up of brush and trees on the earth-fill dam at Davidson Lake. City Engineer Tom Howard said root structures have been found growing in the dam basins. A big spillway project was recently completed at Moss Lake and major repairs were done to the dam when the lake was lowered. City crews, in the mean- time, are doing the maintenance on the city's smaller Roots Growing In Davidson Lake Dam -mid-risk dams at Davidson and City Lake and attempt- ing to correct two expected seepages, said Howard. Howard said that with over 4,000 dams in the state that state inspection teams must inspect dams on a reg- ular basis and city teams expect to be ready when in- spection teams come to Kings Mountain. Brush growing over a dam is a violation of good safety policy and Howard said the city is monitoring the dams now for safety violations. Howard said state inspectors will be asked to look at the suspected seep- See Dam, 2-A mously adopted a new policy requiring screening of all new or promoted employees for drugs. The policy, which was recommended by City Manager George Wood and Personnel Director Charles Webber, has been talked about for several months. In studying the proposal, new to Kings Mountain, Webber said he didn't find any other cities which have such policies. "It's just a growing trend nationally given the drug epidemic in this country and the pre-employment test- ing, which includes testing for drugs, would protect the city from related insurance or worker's compensa- Kings Mountain Family Practice, and ’ the board accepted the $65 low bid fron to do the tests. Wood said all three Clin. + 4 ed valuable assistance to Webber in developing the screening applications which would also apply to em- ployees receiving promotions. Drug tests eventually could be required for existing employees, but officials indicated that was not in the near future. Applicants in the Kings Mountain Police Department currently are required to take physical examinations. The ultimate goal of the program is to assist in the reduction of claims filed against the city's medical R XANOVR Charlotte Symphony To Perform Thursday The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra returns to Kings Mountain Thursday night for a public concert at -Barnes Auditorium at 8 p.m. and for a children's con- cert at 10 a.m. Friday, also in Barnes Auditorium. The concerts are sponsored by the N. C. Arts Council and the Kings Mountain community. Tickets are available at the door for Thursday night's concert which has sold in excess of 500 tickets. More than 1 000 students from grades 3, 4, and 5 in ; the Kings Mountain school system will partic- ipate in "Hello, Orchestra" on Friday morning and will be play- ing kazoos along with the orchestra in a special pro- gram arranged for the children who will be bused from the various schools to the auditorium. Public school mu- sic teachers Lynn pr Echols and Judy He Whisnant have : . DARYL ONE .. been directing the students in learning special music for the program. After Thursday night's concert a reception honoring One and the 75-member orchestra will be held in the Courtyard of Kings Mountain Senior High School and hosted by Kings Mountain Woman's Club. This is the second appearance of the Charlotte Symphony to Kings Mountain.The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is considered one of the nation's finest regional symphony orchestras. Having celebrat- ed its 50th anniversary in the 1981-82 season, the sym- phony has grown and greatly expanded both its sched- ule of performances and its wealth of talent. The orchestra provided the region with international atten- tion as it toured many of Europe's music capitals the summer of 1987. The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra was the only regional orchestra to be invited to partici- pate in the 1987 Summer European Music Festival. Performing in West Germany, Poland and Holland, the from one record-setting concert to the next. See Symphony, 2-A Schools Will Probably Conduct Radon Tests Kings Mountain school officials say they are look- ing into possibilities of testing the schools for radon since the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency is- sued a report that over half the schools tested in 16 states tested above acceptable levels of gas. "We are working with out maintenance department now and are also working with officials of Cleveland County Health Department but are unaware that such a problem exists in our schools," said Associate Supt. Larry Allen. "With the latest information that's come out, there's certainly every reason to take the report seriously, " said Dr. Allen. "We have been in touch with the Division of School Planning in Raleigh and also the Cleveland County Health Department and at present we are holding ses- sions with our maintenance people to take necessary See Radon, 2-A tion claims," said Wood. MOVING EARTH - A heavy equipment operator with the City of Kings Mountain orchestra carried the pride of every Metrolina citizen moves some big trees and dirt away from the dam at Davidson Lake Tuesday afternoon. . The city is removing big trees near the dam to try to prevent roots from growing in the Photo by Gary Stewart earthen structure, The dam will undergo state inspection this summer. See Test, Page 2-A KM Educators Preparing For New Middle School Supt. Bob McRae said architects for the new Middle School im- provements are expected to present final plans at the May meeting of the Kings Mountain Board of Education and bids are expected to be let by June 1 following approval by the Division of School Planning. McRae made the statements at a staff development meeting at KM Junior High Monday where Nancy Farmer, a planner with the Middle School Program in the Department of Public Instruction, talked with teachers about transition from teaching in the Junior High to teaching grades 6-8. McRae told the group that since the bond issue passed for school improvements that construction work can begin soon and that, al- though the schedule will be tight, that plans are to open the Middle School program by August 1990. "That's not long off and we still -have to complete program refine- ...ment and personnel work but 1 be- lieve we can do it," he said. Jane King, Director of Public Instruction for KM Schools, has been working closely with staff and with Nancy Farmer in organiz- ing the program, new to Kings Mountain. Farmer took the occa- sion to congratulate King and McRae for their inspiration in giv- ing the system something it needs. "If this isn't your calling to work with this age student, however, you should move on," she warned teachers. "Ten to 14-year-olds are an unusual population and middle level teachers must be strong at heart and equipped to function in a disciplinary team organization. It involves a lot of change but suc- cess counts on the teachers to make it work for the kids," she said. "Education at best is gutter work," she said,"but the middle school is America's largest running innovation." "Kids begin to understand they have choices early and what we say and what we do should be the same because kids relate to how you interact and treat people and they see your faults," she pointed out in her presentation. "Sometimes a kids' grades go up and down based on perception of social life. The average age of run- aways in America is 14, in 1990 5,000 teenage suicides are predict- ed, and the pregnancy rate is up among girls 10-14. I'm not asking you all to perform miracles but See Schools, Page 11-A KM Man Dies Monday After Two-Car Accident Willie Edgar Greason, 76, of 803 Fourth Street, died Monday follow- ing a two-car wreck at the intersec- tion of King and Sims Streets. The wreck occurred at 1:30 p.m . Greason was a passenger in a 1979 Plymouth operated by Marcus Wood, 81, of 308 Fairview Street. Police said the other vehicle was a 1978 Cadillac operated by K. C. Withrow, 58, of 412 Atlantic Avenue, Shelby, owned by Withrow Funeral Home. Ptl. Mark Simpson and Sgt. Houston Corn, who investigated for the Kings Mountain Police Department, said Wood had stopped at the stop sign on North Sims Street but apparently did not see the oncoming vehicle and pulled into traffic. Damages to the See Greason, 11-A Project Graduation Gets Boost REV. BOB COLLINS 'Wise' Purchase Chinese Buy Machinery From KM Plant Wise Industries Inc. of Kings Mountain is shipping a $17,430 van to Tianjin, China, a town about 80 miles from Beijing with 10 other trailer loads of machinery and supplies on a 5 1/2 week sea voyage via the Panama Canal. The company, founded in 1969 by President Dan Wise, will welcome Chinese visitors to town for the second time this weekend and close a second deal with the Chinese. Previously, the company shipped $2.5 million worth of non-woven carpet-making equipment to China in 1985. Max Clark, a company spokesman, said the van and machinery will be used by a Chinese mill scheduled to “open by the end of the year. The van will take workers By Marty Hohmann Of the Herald Staff Cleveland County's first annual Project Graduation is well on its way to becoming a reality thanks to two generous donations received recently. According to steering committee Chairman Phil Reid, M.A.D.D. has presented him with a total donation of $1,100 and the Cleveland County Medical Center has donated $1,500 to help make the party a reality. "It's really going good," said Reid. "We have to date received $3,850 in donations." That figure did not take into consideration $600 presented at the executive meeting on Tuesday by Kings Mountain High School Senior J.J. Warlick. She collected the money from local merchants and businesses to purchase prizes to give away at the drug and alcohol free party slated for May 30. But there is still a long way to go, noted Reid. "We have to get $16,200 to pull off Project Graduation. We need to raise that money," he said. With the contributions received thusfar, that leaves a balance of about $12,000. "That is not to paint a dark picture," noted Reid. "I am very positive. Donations and prizes tend to come in during the last month. We are now one month and five days from Project Graduation." Up to this point, the steering committee, which is comprised of students from Burns, Crest, Kings Mountain and Shelby High Schools, has concentrated its efforts on planning the event. The focus will now shift to fundraising. "We are working together. We are one now and we will raise the $12,000 that is left to do," Reid told the committee. See Project, 2-A to the factory, which will make non-woven fabric for use in winter jackets and comforters. The van came off a lot of Cherryville auto dealer Mac McCutcheon. It's a basic, 15-passenger van and was loaded in a tractor trailer at the Wise Industries plant in Kings Mountain Industrial Park Thursday. Most of the textile machinery being shipped with the van was made at Wise Industries which employs about 35. Mayor Kyle Smith said he looks forward to wel- coming the Chinese delegation to the city for another visit. INSIDE AT A GLANCE Classifieds........... 12-B ; Community News.10-B JUST SAY | Editorials............... LA Ee Rood... ik 5-C r { 3 Te TO DRUGS Obituaries.............. 3-A 3 dl AND ALCOHOL |] Religion................. 8-B \ | | School News.......... 1-B / A PANG 3 Sports..............0.. 5-A 13 A Message To Teenagers | Weddings............... 2.C Trave 1g Man a John George ee Special Ins In Today's Herald Page 1-C pa SERS WEATHER — Variable cloudiness Thursday through Saturday, chance of Thunderstorms. Highs in the 80's. Lows in the 60's. Wise Industries has also shipped machinery to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, England and Australia. 2
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