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Thursday, J: anuary 25, 1990
Dr. Hardin
To Speak
Monday
Dr. Stan Hardin, Shelby chiropractor and popular af-
ter-dinner entertainer, will be guest speaker at Monday
night's annual meeting of Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce at which Dr. Grady Howard Jr., Kings
Mountain dentist, will be presented as the new presi-
dent.
Other
new officers will
include Lyn
Cheshire and Ruby
M. Alexander, vice
presidents.
The ban-
quet will begin
with 6:30 p.m. so-
cial half-hour fol-
lowed by dinner at
the Holiday Inn.
Tickets
are $12 per person
and can be ob-
tained by calling
Secretary Lucille
Williams at the
Chamber Office,
739-4755.
Realtor
zrdin's impressions of famous people have made
in demand at banquets in Cleveland County.
Before college, he worked as a professional entertainer
and musician in night clubs and record production. He
has also had roles in several Earl Owensby motion pic-
tures and has produced records for Decca, 20th Fox,
Laurie and other record companies, including the No. 1
hit "Stay" by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. He
also sings and plays guitar. a
See Hardin, Page 3A
..THE WATER'S FINE-Fourth grade swimmers from North School, above, enjoy the water and a swim
class at Kings Mountain Natatorium on the high school campus on Wednesday. Nancy Rednour, student
instructor who is a KMSHS sophomore, enjoys the class as much as the youngsters. Since the full-scale
natatorium has been built from community efforts spearheaded by the Kiwanis Club, a number of young-
sters, as well as adults, have enjoyed the facility. Swim Coach Gordon Edwards said more elementary stu-
dents will be bused for new classes starting Feb. 2. Students in each Fourth grade in the KM System will
take 10 lessons during the school year.
Local Political Races Heat Up
PHOTO BY DIETER MELHORN
Political races for 40th District
House seats and 25th District Senate
seats heated up this week.
Wednesday, Mayor Jack W. Metcalf
of Spindale became the seventh
candidate for one of three seats open in
the 40th House District and last week
Gaston County Commissioner
Chairman Dr. James Forrester of
Stanley announced that he will
challenge incumbent Democrats
Senator J. Ollie Harris of Kings
Mountain, Senator Helen Rhyne
Marvin and Senator Marshall Rauch,
both of Gastonia, for one of the three
seats open. To date, the Democratic
Senate incumbents have no opposition
in the May Primary but Republicans
John Hodge of Cherryville and Mary
Lou Craig of Gastonia have both filed.
Metcalf seeks one of three seats
representing Cleveland, Rutherford and
Polk Counties and now held by Rep.
Edith Lutz (D) of Polkville, Rev. Jack
Hunt (D) of Lattimore and Rep. John
Weatherly (R) of Kings Mountain.
Also filing for a seat in the House are
Bill Weaver, of Cleveland County and
William Withrow and Olin Richard
Gilbert, both of Rutherford County.
"I believe the 1990s will be a
progressive time in which importance
will be focused on clean environment,
air and water quality. Equally important
will be road construction,
improvements in education, economic
development (including tourism and
travel), waste disposal, recycling,
conservation of nature, wildlife and
wilderness," he said in a filing
statement.
"It is very important that immediate
attention be placed on the major drug
abuse facing us today When elected, I
will concentrate every effort necessary
to combat and conquer this problem.
Our children and grandchildren are very
important and their welfare is at stake,"
he added.
See Races, Page 7A
Fees?
Sanitation Fees Likely
If Citizens Don't Recycle
Kings Mountain citizens could likely face new
monthly sanitation fees to offset expected new charges
to the city next year to dump its trash in the Cleveland
County landfill.
City Manager George Wood told members of the
new city council appointed recycling committee that
the city is taking steps to trim the costs of expected tip-
ping fees by setting up a recycling center at the corner
of Elm Street and Railroad Avenue in the area of
Parkdale Mills and Patrick Yarn.
"We don't know how much yet but Cleveland
County announced last year it will start charging cities
for the trash they bring to the landfill. Kings Mountain
could possibly absorb some cost without charging citi-
zens but we're projecting that hauling 21 tons a day to
the landfill, as we now do, will cost the city $103,000
a year and we won't be able to absorb that much. The
key will be what the county passes on to us in tipping
fees but we will need to address those costs in the
coming fiscal year budget and this committee will be
studying any fee structure as we get more information
from the county," he said.
"If we educate the public and they abide by the rules
we can cut our trips to Shelby in half but we have to
educate the public about recycling," said Clavon Kelly.
The six-member committee, upon motion by
Commissioner Elvin Greene, seconded by Kelly, unan-
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RECYCLING COMMITTEE-Members of the city's new recycling committee met Thursday night and
recommended that the city buy its own recycling containers. From left around the table are City Engineer
Tom Howard, back to camera; David Saunders, not shown; Commissioner Elvin Greene, Clavon Kelly,
Larry Hamrick, Commissioner Scott Neisler, committee chairman; Public Works Supt. Karl Moss and
City Manager George Wood.
imously recommended that the city buy their own re-
cycling containers at a cost of $5,000 and Chairman
Scott Neisler, commissioner from Ward 6, will present
the proposal at next Tuesday's city council meeting.
The $5,000 will pay for three 2.7 cubic yard con-
tainers; two 4-cubic yard containers, one newspaper
trailer and a mechanical boom attachment for the city's
new knuckle-boom loader.
With the present recycling system, which went into
operation last week, the city is renting four containers
at an annual cost of $3,120 and also pays an annual
pickup fee of $2,304. Glass, plastic and newspapers
can now be deposited at bins at the city's new recy-
cling center. Currently, the county had worked out an
arrangement with a private hauler to provide the con-
tainers and to unload them. In addition, the county was
dealing with the recycling vendors: This week, the
See Recycling, Page 2A
Chamber
Gets New
Director
Kings Mountain's first full-time Executive Director
of the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce is a 26-
year-old woman who will push membership and use
her public relations and marketing skills to focus on
providing more services to the community.
Lisa Rhyne, 26, spent her first day on the job
Wednesday in a planning session with directors and
Secretary Lucille Williams, a 27-year veteran employ-
ee, organizing her ) I
office, which is |
the Red Caboose
at the Depot, and
getting ready for
Monday night's
annual Chamber §
banquet at which §
she will be formal-
ly introduced to
the membership.
"I've met some
Kings Mountain
people and 1 am §
very impressed
with the commu-
nity," said Rhyne,
astonia
where she worked LISA RHYNE
with Duke Power Customer Service. She was Blood
Services Director of the York County Chapter
American Red Cross for 18 months after graduation
from Gardner Webb College with degree in business
management. She is continuing graduate studies at
‘Winthrop College in Rock Hill, S. C.
She is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Jack Rhyne of
Lincolnton. Her father is pastor of Salem Lutheran
Church.
Developing a brochure and video on Kings
Mountain as a selling point for membership in the
Chamber are vital tools, Miss Rhyne believes, which
she and the directors will talk about soon and she ex-
pects that several fundraisers will be planned.
"I'm in process of talking and planning with board
members to get some of their ideas and I am depend-
ing on Lucille Williams for some ideas on how we can i
strengthen the Chamber and get the whole community
involved in doing even better things for Kings
Mountain," said Rhyne.
"I like people and feel that I am outgoing and want
10 work hard for and with the community," she said. 8
Miss Rhyne enjoys the outdoors and sports. She is a i
Red Cross volunteer. i 3
Miss Rhyne is only the second full-time employee
of the Chamber in recent years, joining Lucille
Williams who has operated the one-woman office for
many years. The last executive was Jerry King, who |
served in the 1970's in a part-time position. Bi
KM Officials Meet
With SWAB Board
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City officials met again Monday with the members ara
of Cleveland County Solid Waste Advisory Board to 1
discuss recycling programs getting underway.
Dave Mazo, a consultant with. David M. Griffiths & CE)
Associates, told mayors of Cleveland County towns Pil
and town officials that household fees may be a better '
concept than collecting user fees at the landfill and 3
was asked by SWAB to prepare a proposal on how to
implement the fee system.
At last week's meeting questions were raised about N
the equity of a fee system since cities pay county taxes
which, in some degree, supplement the county green
box collection system.
Mazo suggested the county create a solid waste spe-
cial district outside municipalities along the lines of a 1
fire district. Each household would be billed a certain A
fee as a contribution toward using the landfill and the’
greenboxes, which will eventually become manned
container sites. ;
SWAB is planning to replace open trash containers
with a new concept that calls for separating various
items such as aluminum, paper and glass. These items
would be placed in separate bins and the site will be
staffed by a county employee. One such site serving
Eastern Cleveland County has been proposed in the
Kings Mountain area to replace the old Midpines
green box on Margrace Road. The first manned site is
being constructed at the county landfill. A public hear-
ing on a proposed location for a Western Cleveland [
County manned site on the Old Cliffside Road is slated
Feb. 7 at the county commission chambers, J
Realtor Larry Hamrick Sr. of Kings M i i
the SWAB board. faRER fountain chairs |