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x a hy A fr } er oe AG NTT TR 4 1 F A i $ Member NC Press Association VOL. 101 NO. 39 -Since 1889- Thursday, September 28, 1989 CITY STREET FLOODED - East King Street in Kings Mountain was flooded early Friday morning after Hurricane Hugo brought al- ‘Woman Loses House Irene Biddix, 69, of York Road, couldn't sleep. It was 4:15 a.m. Friday and winds raged outside her home where she lived alone. She walked to the front door and looked out and back out of the living room in- to the den. Then, insulation started flying and a tree landed in her liv- ing room. Mrs. Biddix grabbed her purse and went out the door to her car and drove to her daughter's house nearby. Seconds later her son-in-law, Paul Hord Jr. and grandson, Randy Hord, went to the house, pulled the main electrical breaker and drove a second car home with them. About a minute later another big ak hit the house across the carport. ' "Grandmother had so many memories of that house where she lived for 40 years," said her grand- daughter, Denise Hord Falls who helped salvage some of the pictures and memorabilia. Neighbors Dean and Juanita Fleming quit cleaning up their yard to help out and neigh- bors came with front end loaders and scrapes. Efforts were made to get out some of the furnishings be- fore the ceilings fell. {More short stories about KM people on page 7-A). City Council Tuesday night filed an application for a second year grant for a DWI Task Force. The cost to the city will be $22,153.89 for more equipment and the full grant is $65,000. Citizens also got a break on costs of permits. Council waived permit costs for repairs due to Hurricane Hugo but urged homeowners to obtain per- mits, required under law, and get free inspection. "This is one way we can help our people out who face major repair bills due to the storm," said City Manager George Wood, making the recommendation. The free repair permits will apply for 90 days or longer at the discretion of Building Inspector Tom Field. The free fee doesn't include new construction. : Emergency procedures city crews followed during most four inches of rain and winds of up to 100 miles an hour in the Kings Mountain area. CANDIDATE FORUM - Six of the 10 candidates for city council seats participated in the Chamber of Commerce forum Monday Phillips, Scott Neisler and Willard Boyles. night at Barnes Auditorium. Giving their views on city issues are, Council Candidates Back City Manager The six city council candidates who participated in Monday night's Chamber of Commerce forum at Kings Mountain High School ex- pressed similar views on questions ranging from the city manager form of government, annexation, and the role of a councilman, may- or and city manager. Even Hurricane Hugo entered into the question-answer meeting and all six candidates agreed that there is very little Kings Mountain can do to prepare for such a storm. down." Incumbent councilmen Humes Houston (District 2), Fred Finger (District 5) and Harold Phillips (District 6) participated along with District 2 candidate Elvin Greene and District 6 hopefuls Scott ‘Neisler and Willard Boyles. Jerry White, a candidate for District 6, sent word that he had to work but the other three candidates--Floyd "Will" Sanders, Marshall "Coot" Camp and Gilbert "Pee Wee" Hamrick--did not attend and did not give the sponsoring Chamber Council Seeks Grant For DWI Task Force Hugo were reviewed by Wood and he, along with elec- trical crews, department heads and all city employees, were commended for their leadership and concern for citizen safety during the long weekend of power out- ages. The same emergency guidelines will apply in any city emergency situation, he said. "The citizens have all been pretty decent throughout this but I want to thank all city workers for a tremen- dous job done well," said Sam Tesenair and Carl Barnette added, "I live outside the city now but I've al- ways called Kings Mountain home and. I'm proud of the professionalism I've seen in the last few days. Some of our citizens don't realize it takes hours and hours to get to the trouble when a power line goes See Council, 11-A IX { 3 O O 2 2g —~ > NON = > 0 1 = T co wo \V Grade | (®) os} DN i cro TA \ V 1 AX All City Customers Have Power Back On Power was restored to 3800 electrical customers of the city Tuesday as a long weekend of re- covery from Hurricane Hugo drew to a close. Kings Mountain residents living in the Gaston County section of the city reported power outages. Canterburg Road residents were without power and there were also scattered reports of telephones out. "We've had excellent, excellent cooperation from our citizens and from all the employees of the city who have worked around the clock," said Mayor Kyle Smith. City Manager George Wood said the restoration of electrical power to all customers may have taken until Thursday or Friday morning had not the city been supplemented with four crews from Knoxville, Tenn., two crews from Jefferson City, Tenn., an electrical engineer from Wilson, a crew from Richmond, Va. and two crews from Shelby. The city's two sub-stations were down as well as Duke Power's feeder line into one of the stations but by 2 p.m. on Friday the water plant was back in operation and by 5 p.m. both pumping stations were operational. Never was the city without water. Wood said that industries were asked to curtail water usage but left to right, Fred Finger, Elvin Greene, Humes Houston, Harold of Commerce a reason why. William Davis, retired Superintendent of Schools, moder- ated the meeting. Questions were supplied to Davis by the audience before the meeting. No questions were asked by the audience during the forum. All six candidates said they fa- vor the city manager-council form of government over the mayor-city board form which Kings Mountain had used for many years prior to the city board's voting in a city manager-council form almost two years ago. The candidates praised City Manager George Wood, who has been here since May of 1988, for the leadership he has provided to the council and department heads and praised city employees for their dedicated service, especially during the last five days when the city has been recovering from the destruction of Hurricane Hugo. (Forum questions and answers are on page 4-A). More Hugo 7-A What citizens were doing during the hurricane. 9-A Charlie Blalock remembers KM hurricane of '61. 1-B Bethware students write about experiences. 1-C David Godbold saw destruction of Garden City, S.C. both waste water treatment plants were back in full operation Sunday. Emergency generators were put in use. The primary sewer line that runs on 161 to the McGill plant was down. "This was a priority to fix because we didn't want raw sewage everywhere." Emergency power was used by See Power, 9-A Clean-up May Take Long Time Mopping up from the Kings Mountain area's worst storm in re- cent memory is beginning by city crews today. It will take probably a week to 10 days to clean up the mess. Now that power has been re- stored to city residents-and water and power restored to rural sec- tions of the city-the clean up will be easier. City Manager George Wood said the city has done little so far in re- moval of debris, concentrating largely on moving debris to clear streets and to free power lines. Regular garbage collection re- sumed Tuesday. Wood said that the city has con- tracted with one clean up crew to aid city crews in cleaning up Hurricane Hugos' mess and that chain saw crews from the U. S. Forestry Department are being contacted to help out. Units from the National Guard may also be asked to help clear debris from public property. Wood is investigating possibili- ties of state and federal grants as the city assesses losses from the storm. Virtually every area of the city was hit by falling trees and limbs. "I want to thank the citizens who have volunteered to help clean up the streets when it was safe to do it See Clean-up, 9-A INSIDE AT A GLANCE Classifieds......c.eosssesirenerenns 10-B Community News.............10-A Food. iis i ns 5-C Obituaries... i... oudinins, 2-A OPIHONS. .civtvs re rericiess iesesitanse 4-A Religion......... or dsvarenetisineaent 6-B School News... 0k 1-B SPOTS. x. 1 esassecrssierioinssashnsonns 5-A Mounties Host R-S Friday 5-A *100 Winner: . Todd Ware, Kings Mountain his Week's Football Contest On Page 5-B i ov a i I ———— ae.
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