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Beginning Next Week.... The Annual Kings Mountain Herald $1 00 Given Away Each Week Member Of The North Carolina Press Association [ RN — =O - ZO Summer Getaway To Australid...cccccecs; 5° —— a _— - na . San a | = Pi 1 ° ° © ° ° { It's Pigskin Picking Time.........ccoerseivrnssnss 72 \ o / Z | NH . S > 4 - a’ i Zs A o Er 2 IE on — > Le ET = = == a— ra ” v VIOKY VI t] Coe | *Your Hometown Newspaper Since 1889¢ = / | Kl AAT PE AIVILAIT TVIVYOWHNW AINAVR VOL. 102 NO. 35 Thursday, August 30, 1990 KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. 28086 Redistricting Could Delay Election Board. Kings Mountain Realtor Warren E. Reynolds with- drew his controversial rezoning request Thursday night. Although the issue is dead, he says would be in- terested in having another developer look at the prop- erty or sell it to the school system for a parking lot. Reynolds’ request to have his Lynn Street property rezoned from residential to neighborhood business drew strong opposition from the Kings Mountain Board of Education, which owns adjoining East School, and neighbors in the East KM area who pre- sented a petition to Kings Mountain City Council re- cently when the subject came up for action after re- zoning was recommended by Planning and Zoning Developer Mike Brown, who had approached Reynolds about the property for a stereo sound shop and appeared before the recent city council meeting to speak in favor of the project, was absent for Thursday night's meeting of the P&Z board at which Wilson Rezoning Request Withdrawn Griffin presided. : (the former Jim Testa property beside of First § Presbyterian Church) I decided not to pursue the mat- ter further at this time," said Reynolds after the meet- ing. Griffin asked Reynolds if he wanted to keep the matter open by withdrawing his motion to rezone. "The issue will be dead for a whole year if you don't go this route,” said Griffin, who noted that the city | council can approve or reject any recommendation on rezoning by the P&Z board. "They're our bosses and they sent this issue back to us to discuss further." "Why should we be expected to correct mistakes tonight when the school board didn't show up for our advertised meeting when we voted to rezone Warren Reynolds property?" asked M. C. Pruette. "I don't see that we made a mistake. We've got a monkey on our back that doesn't belong. We followed the guidelines." "Since Mike has found another place See Zoning, 9-A Half-Million KM Water Projects Short Of Money? To make a long story short, Kings Mountain is about a half- million dollars short of funds need- ed to make improvements to the T.J. Ellison Water Treatment Plant and the dam at Moss Lake. The city council likely will have to delete some items in original im- provement plans unless a "ball- park" $1 million figure set aside for dam improvements is high. Project Engineer David Pond of the W.K. Dickson Company dis- cussed the matters with the council at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night at the Governmental Services Facilities Center. The only decisions made were to table gen- eral bids until Pond has time to monitor the dam situation and re- port back to the board. After a very lengthy discussion in which Pond discussed possible items that could be deleted, Commissioner Fred Finger com- mented to Pond, "What this all boils down to is that we're a half- million dollars short." The board received 14 general bids and four bids for electrical work. If the council takes the low- est bids the water plant project would cost $3,024,000 compared to an original estimate of $2,534,000. "We have no way of knowing exactly what the dam repairs would cost at this time," Pond said. "Anytime you repair a dam you have to bring it up to present day standards." Pond was instructed to continue to monitor the dam and report back to the Utilities Committee, which would then report back to the council. Project changes for water plant improvements have increased the cost by $493,000 since the original design. Possible deletions, Pond said, include a one million clear- well ($242,100) and painting the outside of the 5 MG tank ($5,000). The projects will be funded through the recently-passed bond referendum, but bond funds avail- able now include $2,629,500 for the water plant and $1,000,000 for the dam. Work under contract at the water plant now will cost $173,100, leaving $2,456,400 available for improvements there. Pond said the council can go ahead and approve the water plant work by using $312,000 of the funds set aside for dam improve- ment. City Manager George Wood said the presentation Tuesday by Pond normally would have been handled in a Utilities Committee meeting but because bids came in "higher than expected" the committee See Projects, 9-A First Carolina Federal Offering Common Stock Gary H. Whitaker, President and Chief Executive Officer of First Carolina Federal Savings Bank, Kings Mountain, announced today that First Carolina Federal has re- ceived approval from the Office of Thrift Supervision in Washington, D.C. to convert from a federally- chartered mutual savings bank to a federally-chartered stock savings bank. Under the conversion plan, First Carolina is offering 230,000 shares of common stock at a price of $10 per share. First Carolina's account holders and borrowers will have the first opportunity to purchase stock through a subscription offer- ing that closes on October 1. The offering circular and proxy state- ment describing the plan of conver- sion will be mailed to customers on or about August 23. Any shares which are not purchased by cus- tomers in the subscription offering will be offered to the general pub- lic through a community offering. According to Whitaker, "The Board of Directors at First Carolina believes that the conversion will result in a financial institution with stronger financial resources, and greater operating flexibility. However, our day-to-day opera- tions will not change as result of conversion, and it is our belief that the quality and range of services being provided to our customers will continue to improve." First Carolina is the only finan- cial institution headquartered in Kings Mountain. The bank origi- nally commenced operations in 1907. In February 1990, the bank converted to a federal mutual sav- ings bank under its current cOrpo- rate title. First Carolina believes that this changer will increase pub- lic awareness of the expanded banking services which it is autho- rized to offer. The bank's main of- See Stock, 9-A Council Doesn't Agree With Population Figures Kings Mountain's next city elec- tion could be delayed up to seven months because the city plans to challenge the U.S. Census Bureau's recent population count. City Manager George Wood told the City Council at its meeting Tuesday night that the city's popu- lation count was 8,804, a big de- crease from the census taken 10 years ago. Since many funds that city gov- ernments receive are based on pop- ulation, Wood said the city "in- tends to look into this very closely and make sure they picked up ev- erything." Wood said the census could have a big impact on the city election because redistricting is required PT — in Iraq. Cindy Phillips of Allen's Flower Shop ties a yellow ribbon on Captain Bob Hayes' Kings Mountain Police car Tuesday. The flower shop tied ribbons on the antennas of all city police vehicles as a sign of support for the American service men and women in the Persian Gulf, and American citizens who are still er Ek | CE Tl od i : i “a oh a NEW DEVELOPMENT - Sandra Sellers of Home Federal Savings Bank, Sandra Wilson, Kay Cloninger and Anne Brooks of Sandra Wilson Realty, and Ronnie Whetstine, contractor, are pic- tured at the entrance of the new sub-division Pinebrook Colony in the Oak Grove community. Pinebrook Colony, a 43-unit sub-division in the Oak Grove Community, is under construction by W&W Construction Company of Kings Mountain. The first unit is expected to be completed by September 1, accord- ing to builder Ronnie Whetstine. Four other units are already under construction. Prices will range from $59,900 to $68,000 for the three bedroom, two bath brick homes. W&W Construction has built only "move-up” housing over the past several years but has seen the need for starter homes, according to Whetstine, who has been build- ing in Kings Mountain since 1976 and is KM's only "Home Owners Warranty Builder." He, his wife and daughter are lifelong residents of the area. Pinebrook Colony homes qualify for VA and FHA financing with no every 10 years. Kings Mountain is one of about 55 towns in the state that elects councilmen by districts. Wood said the Census Bureau has until April 1 to give "firm" fig- ures on the recent census. Kings Mountain's filing period is usually in July, thus, the city would have only 3 1/2 months to review its population and make sure the dis- tricts are "evenly distributed." Districts are allowed to have only a .5 percent variation in population. If redistricting is necessary, Wood said the city must conduct public hearings, present its propos- al to the U.S. Justice Department and have it approved before three days prior to the filing dates. If the See Election, 9-A Blasts Bother Citizens Residents of Woodland Drive, Ford Street, Bennett Street and York Road have been having a "blast" lately. But it hasn't been fun. Nancy Oxford Rhyne of 503 Woodland Drive, accompanied by about a dozen of her neighbors, ap- peared before the City Couficil Tuesday night to see if the city could help them in their efforts to keep Martin Marietta Aggregates’ mining operation off Grover Road to cease blasting. They said the blasts have caused damage to their homes. Ms. Rhyne said she had talked to an officer of Martin Marietta "and he offered no encouragement. He said the problem could get worse." City Attorney Mickey Corry and City Manager George Wood told Ms. Rhyne that blasting permits are obtained from the state and fed- eral governments and that the city had "no jurisdiction” in the matter. Corry suggested that the citizens ask the state or a private company to "get a seismograph” and see if the company is exceeding the state's limit of one-inch per second ground vibration during blasts. If so, the citizens could pursue civil action. The citizens had earlier asked Wood to check into the situation. See Blasts, 8-A Pinebrook Colony | Under Construction money down for qualified veterans. Payments are as low as $433.77 on conventional loans. The homes are situated on natu- rally-landscaped wooded lots. Home sales will be handled ex- clusively by Sandra Wilson Realty of Kings Mountain. Sandra Wilson, Kay Cloninger and Anne Brooks, members of the Wilson sales staff, will assist home owners in select- ing homes and advise them on the best available financing. A Wilson broker will be on call seven days a week to answer questions about the sub-division. Home Federal Savings Bank of Kings Mountain is providing fi- nancing for Pinebrook Colony. Susie Sellers and her staff will be available to assist buyers with FHA, VA and conventional financ- ing. Home Federal has been in Kings Mountain since 1923. y ES ——— er — a
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