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Fire Chief
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Acting Chief Bud Ware has served on the Fire
Department for 15 years and before that was a volun-
teer fireman for three years. He worked under three
Chiefs, including Pat Tignor, Floyd Thornburg and
Gene Tignor. His father, C. D. Ware, retired after 32
years with the Kings Mountain Fire Department.
The Fire Department full-time staff also includes Lt.
Bill Herndon, who has served on the Fire Department
since 1974; Rick Barr, Willard Yarbro, Johnny Wright
and Bobby King.
All applicants for the job, six from out-of-town,
were interviewed by a Board of Review, which includ-
ed two fire chiefs from similar size towns, including
Cherryville Fire Chief Jeff Cash and Lincolnton Fire
Chief Don Wise and by City Manager George Wood,
Personnel Director Charles Webber and former Chief
Gene Tignor. Since firefighting is a highly technical
field, the fire chief must be well versed in technical
and managerial aspects of the job and Wood said that
it's a growing trend in cities to ask outside-city experts
to give input into hiring and that he was impressed
with both fire chiefs on the Review Board and with the
experience and credentials of the candidates. Final de-
cision on hiring comes from Wood who said he will
talk with the top three candidates again before an-
nouncing his decision next week.
Council
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are funded at 4% whereas the interest rate of the bonds
when we sell them will be 8%," Wood said.
In other actions, the board:
+Set public hearing for June 27 at 7:30 p.m. for
public hearing on preliminary assessment roll for im-
provements on Lee Street, Amhurst Street, Scotland
Drive, and Margaret Street.
+Awarded three-year contract to Darrell L. Keller,
CPA, to audit the city books at cost of $49,000. Keller
was the low bidder among four firms bidding for the
job. Other bidders were Touche Ross, $59,350; Price
Waterhouse, $63,050; and KPMG Peat Marwick,
$80,600.
+Restricted parking on the south side of 400 block
of East Ridge from Deal and Dilling Streets on recom-
Average Gas Prices In North Carolina
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1987
mendation of Chief Warren Goforth who said children
run in the streets from the nearby ball park.
+Authorized advertising public notice for proposed
exchange of lots between City of Kings Mountain
and Joe Champion and advertised for sale of city-
owned property on S. Tracy St., northwest corner of
King and Cansler Streets and North Tracy Street with
minimum bid at appraised market value.
+Heard report from City Manager Wood that budget
preparations are underway and set June 20th as a
workshop meeting and set public hearing date on the
budget for June 27. Both meetings, open to the public,
will be held at City Hall.
+Announced a meeting of the city utility committee
for Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. The public
is invited.
+Heard report from City Manager Wood that a deci-
sion is to be made this week on hiring of a fire chief to
succeed retiring Chief Gene Tignor. Wood called a
press conference for 2 p.m. Tuesday to make the an-
nouncement.
EARN DEGREES
Sarah Durham Cooke and
Barbara Jean Hart of Kings
Mountain received degrees during
recent commencement exercises at
Winthrop College in Rock Hill,
S.C.
1988 1989
SOURCE: AAA Carolina Motor Club
You'll Pay Higher
Gas Prices In Carolina
$1.079 in South Carolina.
Kings Mountain motorists be-
ginning the summer vacation this
long Memorial Day weekend will
be paying about 15 cents a gallon
more for their gasoline than they
were paying a year ago, the AAA
Carolina Motor Club said today.
The average price per gallon for
all grades of fuel amounts to
$1.217 in North Carolina and
$1.236 in South Carolina.
The run-up in gas prices since
Easter has amounted to 13.4 cents
in North Carolina , and 17.7 cents
in South Carolina. In the past six
weeks prices have increased an av-
erage of 5 cents in both states.
Prices for self-service regular
unleaded gas- which accounts for
about half the total amount of gas
sold-increased from 88.8 cents to
$1.082 per gallon in North
Carolina and from 85.4 cents to
DIRECTORS ELECTED
The share holders of BB&T
Financial Corporation approved the
election of 28 directors to one year
terms at their Annual Meeting held
today in Wilson.
In addition to the election of di-
rectors, the shareholders authorized
the Board of Directors to acquire
up to one million shares of BB&T
Financial Corporation common
stock for the treasury, approved an
amendment to the corporation's
Charter to eliminate monetary lia-
bility of directors in certain situa-
tions and approved the selection of
Peat Marwick Main & Co. as inde-
pendent auditors for the
Corporation for 1989.
In North Carolina, self-service
regular grade gas averages $1.065,
mid-grade $1.152, and premium
grade unleaded $1.249. South
Carolina's self-service regular aver-
ages $1.075, mid-grade $1.123 and
premium unleaded $1.228.
North Carolina's full-service reg-
ular grade averages $1.262, regular
unleaded $1.306, mid-grade $1.366
and premium unleaded $1.419.
South Carolina's full-service regu-
lar grade averages $1.297, regular
unleaded $1.365, mid-grade $1.425
and premium unleaded $1.483.
Diesel fuel has avoided the sharper
price upswing affecting gas prices-
-actually falling back fractionally
during the past six weeks-and now
averages $1.074 in North Carolina
and $1.094 in South Carolina.
AAA's survey of area towns and
service stations says the lowest
price this holiday will be enjoyed
by motorists in Rocky Mount,
where $1.106 is the average cost
for a gallon of gas. Spartanburg
drivers will endure the highest av-
erage price at $1.319 per gallon.
In Memory Of
My Best Friend
Rene Hayes, who
was killed by a driver
who was under the
influence of alcohol.
Please don't drink
and drive!
Joy Day
Presents
2nd Annual
Woman-Less Beauty Pageant
Barnes Auditorium
June 3, 1989 at 7:00 PM
For Ticket Information
call 739-7765 or 739-4947
Adults $5.00
Children $3.00
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1989 METRO
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Aerodynamic grille. Distinctive hood, fenders, quar-
COMFORTABLE, ATTRACTIVE,
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Hatchback 3-Door). Instrument panel swept into
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safety seat. Molded pockets on driver door. Expan-
THOUGHTFUL DESIGN
Low liftover height for easy cargo loading.
Headlamps-on alert indicator. Roomy interior space.
ECONOMICAL PERFORMANCE
Electronic fuel injection. 5-speed manual transmis-
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1989 SPECTRUM
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Newly designed radiator grille. Wraparound front and
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THOUGHTFUL, ROOMY INTERIOR
Conveniently grouped instrumentation. Almost 30 cubic
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EXCITING PERFORMANCE
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BARBARA TURNER (left)
Receives Stamps From Nancy Ross
Third Graders Visit Post Office
BY MARTY HOHMANN
Of the Herald Staff
Students in Barbara Turner's
third grade class at North School
recently visited the Kings
Mountain Post Office and walked
away with some rare mementos.
The class was using a day-long
excursion to visit local government
and private agencies, such as the
police department and the library,
to learn about how those depart-
ments work.
Along with a tour of the post of-
fice, Turner and the students were
presented with some rare first issue
stamps depicting the battle of
Kings Mountain. They were also
presented with an American flag.
Turner, who is from England, is
teaching in America this year as
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Low-back cloth reclining front bucket seats.
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1.6 liter 4-cylinder engine. 16-valve design. Dual
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