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KINGS MOUNTA|
N.C. Board Kills Channel 1 For KM
C. legislature.
McRae said teachers may choose three of four com-
ponents of the differentiated pay plan. A majority had
Differentiated Pay Plan Approved In KM
A pay plan which would give bonuses to teachers
and administrators as early as next school year was
overwhelmingly approved here last week.
Supt. Bob McRae said that 72% of Kings Mountain
teachers and 94% of the administrators approved par-
ticipation in the plan which is expected to be approved
by the State Board of Education and funded by the N.
to approve before either administrators or teachers
could qualify for participation and the voting was
completed system-wide last week.
McRae said $36,750 would be available in each of
the four components for end-of-the-year bonuses and
teachers and administrators can choose up to three of
the four, including certification model and staff devel-
opment opportunities; taking on extra duties; a testing
plan to determine if schools and staff achieve 75% or
See Pay Plan, Page 9-A
The State Board of Education
has pulled the plug on Channel
One for Kings Mountain District
Schools and although Supt. Bob
McRae opposes the ban he says the
local board won't challenge the rul-
ing.
"The new board ruling on
Monday obviously changes the
game for us, and assuming that rul-
ing is sound, our board will follow
the ruling of the state," he said.
"I continue to have a real con-
cern now in their committment to
Cars were backed up on Gold
and Mountain Streets Saturday af-
ternoon for about an hour and for
good reason. Police, aided by city
commissioners, were stopping mo-
torists to challenge them to
"Buckle Up."
Two safety check points were set
up but no tickets were issued to
motorists who forgot to buckle
their seat belts. They got smiles
and literature.
"We gave key chains to every
driver who was buckled up and lit-
erature to those who were not
buckled up," said Captain Bob
Hayes of Kings Mountain Police
KM Police Asking
You To Buckle Up
Department who said the promo-
tion was during National Fasten
Seat Belt Week and was a positive
image of police for the communi-
ty.
Hayes said 150 packets of mate-
rial were distributed within about
20 minutes by Ptl. Charles
Bundrick, Ptl. Melvin Proctor, Sgt.
Mark Simpson, Ptl. Tim Wright,
Vince and Larry who were identi-
fied as Lynn Branton and Rena
Rikard, Police Secretary Marty
Blanton and City Commissioners
Al Moretz, Norma Bridges, Elvin
See Belts, 10-A
BUCKLE UP-City Commissioner Scott Neisler, left, and ¢rash dum-
my Ptl. Rena Rikard invite a motorist to "buckle up" during a a
safety checkpoint on Mountain Street Saturday. No tickets were giv-
en but several hundred motorists were given literature on the im-
portance of fastening seatbelts.
Senate Bill 2 legislation which is
supposed to give local school
boards more flexibility in decision
making," said McRae.
The board's action amended an
earlier rule that would have al-
lowed 90 local boards, including
Kings Mountain and Cleveland
County which had previously
signed contracts with Whittle
Communications, to uphold their
agreements if they did not interfere
with the 5.5 hour instructional day.
With the board's action, the board
contends that all contracts are void
that limit or impair the authority of
local administrators and teachers to
determine the materials to be pre-
sented and the times during the
school day when such materials
would be presented to students.
The contract with producers of
Channel One requires schools to
show the program to students. In
exchange, schools are loaned
$50,000 worth of video equipment
for the length of the contracts.
See Channel 1, Page 9-A
Pilot Creek Price
Tag $3.7
A $3.2 million contract for im-
provoments to the Pilot Creek
Waste Treatment Plant will proba-
bly be awarded in mid-March, City
Manager George Wood said this
week.
The city has been advertising for
bids but the awarding of contract
has been delayed because of a new
' law requiring minority participa-
tion when municipal contracts
amount to $100,000 or more. The
city council is expected to approve
such a resolution at Tuesday night's
February meeting at 7:30 p.m. at
City Hall.
Kings Mountain citizens ap-
proved $3.7 million in sewer
Million
distribution mapping and comput-
erized hydraulic analysis for the
entire city. A draft report was sub-
mitted on Feb. 9. To be built is a
five million gallon water tank in
the vicinity of Public Works and 1
MG clearwell at the T. J. Ellison
Water Treatment Plant. Contract is
expected to be awarded April 24
with advertisement of bids on
March 18 and opening of bids on
April 19. Final plans and specifica-
tions are to be in by March 9.
One of the priorities by commis-
sioners in the 1990-91 budget is
the utility improvements to Bridges
Drive. Phase 1, according to
Howard, will be sanitary sewer and
waterline relocation with final
Spocificniions SMnesed ul
ad sing for bids on
Senior Citiz
Kings Mountain senior citizens will be able t
fish free under new fees being proposed by Mors
Lake Authority. !
City Council will receive the recommendation
at Tuesday's council meeting. #
This means that, if approved, as expected, the
$5 fishing permit fee for senior citizens will be
discontinued. ’
The Lake Authority will also’ recommend
lower rates to Moss Lake residents who use
untreated water from the lake ‘to irrigate their
lawns. Formerly, the fee was $60 a year. The
new proposal recommends the city charge $30
for an initial application for water for irrigation
purposes and then a $25 annual renewal fee.
In another agenda item involving Moss Lake
residents, the board will consider establishing a
Kings Mountain Asked To Support Shelby
Kings Mountain is being invited to join other
municipalities in Cleveland County in 2
resolution supporting a by-pass of Shelby.
City Manager George Wood said the
resolution of support is being encouraged by the
City of Shelby who want the state to address the
ever-growing problem of traffic congestion on
they provide liability insurance in which the city
would be held "harmless" in event of accidents
on the water and the city be listed as payee on
the insurance policy.
Two public hearings are on tap for Tuesday's
monthly meeting. The city will conduct public
hearing on closing two alleys off Waco and
Benfield Road for anticipated construction of
apartments and establish provision to include
10% of minority business in construction
contracts of $100,000 or more.
The board is also expected to amend its
personnel policy dealing with workmen's
compensatory benefits and clarify the language
in the policy to state that 20-year employees
with the city entitled to medical insurance after
Dixon Boulevard-Highway 74 West.
Wood said the resolution discussion will be on
the agenda of the February meeting of city
council Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Council
Chambers.
Shelby does not have limited access and the
traffic problem is becoming greater and is
guilty of comimi :
~ Council is expected to adopt formal
agreement with the Kings Mountain Board of
Education on shared facility use and to contract
out the concessions at baseball and softball
games led by the Recreation Department.
Council is also expected to amend the budget
for 1988-80 to include the $275,000 the city has
received from Hurricane Hugo recovery and to
include funds for special projects now beginning.
The board is expected to advertise for an
electrical line truck and bucket truck and will
hear a progress report from the recently-formed
recycling ad hoc committee and on stump
grinding, the last phase of cleanup from
Hurricane Hugo.
By-Pass Project’
expected to increase,” said Wood. A state road
plan designates a major link with I-85 and 1-26
by a tie-in with U. S. 74 through Polk and
Rutherford Counties. "A by-pass of Shelby
would certainly address the problem of
congestion and increased volume of traffic,” he
said.
City To Move Recycling
Bins To Community Center
Kings Mountain's recycling pro-
gram just got off the ground last
month but already city officials see
improvement.
At Monday night's meeting of
the recycling committee chaired by
Commissioner Scott Neisler, mem-
bers voted to look at moving the
site to a high visibility location and
contracting with a firm to supply
containers where citizens can de-
posit aluminum cans and get mon-
ey in return.
City Manager George Wood
said the new site will probably be
the Community Center lot on
Cleveland Avenue as soon as the
pretty new bins are put in place.
The new bins won't look like green
boxes and can be easily moved
from place to place. Wood said the
bins have been shipped and are ex-
pected to arrive here next week.
Plans for expanding the new re-
cycling program were discussed by
the committee who said that using
a container which will pay back
money to those depositing alu-
minum cans will be an incentive
for citizens to recycle. Citizens
who bring aluminum cans for recy-
cling are also being encouraged to
place paper and bottles and other
recyclable materials in the other
See Garbage, 10-A
KM Gets Half Million Bill
For Crowder's Creek Project
The City of Kings Mountain was
billed this week by the City of
Gastonia for a half million dollars.
That represents the city's share
of the cost of the proposed
Crowders Creek Wastewater
Project, a- multi-million dollar fa-
cility being built by Kings
Mountain, Gastonia, Gaston
County and Bessemer City.
Kings Mountain contracted to
pay its share-$500,000-at the onset
of the project.
Finance Officer Jeff Rosencrans
and Assistant City Clerk Maxine
Parsons were writing the check this
week for delivery to Gastonia offi-
cials by Kings Mountain Mayor
Kyle Smith.
Creek.
Once the contract for Pilot Creek
is let, construction will start in
about a month, according to City
Engineer Tom Howard who gave a
project status report on 16 major
projects the city is involved in this
year.
Other projects outlined by
Howard:
T. J. Ellison Waste Treatment
Plant improvements will include
sludge dewatering facilities, an
emergency generator and one mil-
lion gallon clearwell. Final plans
and specifications for the 1 MG
clearwell, to be bid with a 5 MG
tank, and sludge dewatering facili-
ties and emergency generator is set
April 13, 1990 with advertisement
for bids on April 22 followed by a
review of bids on May 24 and
awarding contract on May 29.
A City-wide hydraulic analysis
will consist of providing
their retires: efits if | Crowd Crogk ~'Maich 18 and awarding of contract
on April 25. The completion daic |
is six months after the contract is
let.
Phase Two of the project, for
which final plans are expected by
May 4, are drainage improvements,
paving and curb and gutter along
Bridges Drive and Beason Creek
channel improvements between
Watterson and Crescent Hill. Phase
three will include channel im-
provements for Beason Creek be-
low Sims and final plans and specs
area are anticipated by May 4.
A sewer system mapping project
to identify existing sewer has been
completed. The maps show line
sizes and give manhole invert and
rim elevations, he said. This pro-
ject includes maps for the McGill
basin.
There has been some delay but
citizens have realized a reduction
of high pressure on waterlines on
See Pilot, 10-A
JOHN CAVENY
Lives Each Day To Fullest
Kings Mountain People
® John Caveny Enjoys
fl Each Day To Fullest
Riding the trails from his beautiful country home at the end of
Horseshoe Lane to the Pinnacle at the Battleground is one of the favorite
things that John Caveny, 75, enjoys during retirement years.
On most any day of the week, John and Geneva Caveny are busy go-
ing to cattle shows, planning a trip, restoring the handsome Neisler man-
sion, "Dogwood," or just relaxing in their cozy retreat overlooking the
old Davidson Lake.
Life has been good for John Caveny and he enjoys every day to the
fullest. :
They call their country haven their "Random House," the house at the
top of the hill at the end of the road” because it is only one of three on
Horseshoe Lane, off Galilee Church Road, appropriately named by John
who raises cattle and horses on the sprawling acres where two of his
children, Joann Lineberry and family and Johnny Caveny and family are
their closest neighbors and affectionately called random because the
house was built "at random" from its beginning as a log cabin and a
place used by John and his late second wife, Annie Lee Neisler Caveny,
as a vacation hideaway and a place to ride their horses. The comfortable
‘house, which was refurbished and renovated with antiques from
Geneva's antique business, is the perfect place now for the Cavenys to
relax and escape the demands of a thriving business, Caveny Fabrics,
which they sold two years ago and then got out of the fabric into the
cattle business themselves with their pure bred heads of Limousine, the
French breed which has lean big frames and when butchered requires no
trimming. One of their bulls came from the Grand Champion Car Load
See Caveny, 15-A