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| ground Saturday and workmen be-
| gan digging the foundation this
week for a $22,000 home on North
Tracy Street--the third the organi-
zation is constructing in the county
for low-income families.
"This is a proud day, for Kings
Mountain," said city councilman
Scott Neisler, member of the
Cleveland County board, as he
helped turn the soil. for the. new
house.
"It's an even bigge: day for us,”
move into the home soon with his
wife, Nancy, and two children,
Latoya and Rodney.
The Currys are now fesiding on
' Crocker Road. Their new home :
will feature three bedrooms and 1
1/2 baths and will be fully carpet-
ed. The family is expected to pay a
: modest Join payment which
‘will be used to ‘build other houses
! in the county.
Shelby architect Mark Patterson,
started the project in the county
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in Kings Mountain,"
"No more shacks" i is the emblem
for the group
members and friends wore shirts
with the emblem on it as they
five years ago, said Habitat is a
k, a of Jesus Christ. "We are
oful for the way God has
bed us to build two homes in
rresboro and Shelby and now
and Habitat board
talked about the importance of
‘such a program in the county, call-
ing Habitat for Humanity an "act of
faith."
The City of Kings Mountain do-
“nated the lot forwthe house.
Redevelopment Director Gene
White and Commissioner Neisler
Habitat for Humanity broke
said Bryan Curry, who is hoping to |
who first read about the program
for the needy on television and
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Rev John H. White and’ ey commissioner: Scott Neis
new home. I
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brought the need to the attention of for more funds. ‘White i is accepting
the city council which approved = donations at 487-7394 as is
coumty to be located on North Tracy Street. From lefy, Mr, und Mrs. Bryan §
the project.
Rev. J.H. White, Vice Chairman
of Habitat and a retired minister,
said only about $4,000 has-been
raised. He asked church members
at Saturday's groundbreaking to
"spread the word" about the need
Neisler, 739-2883.
"Habitat is more than one or
two houses," said Patterson.
Money derived from house pay-
ments will be used for the house
upkeep, insurance and taxes and
any additional monies will go to
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right, | in breaking : Yarmd for the C urr ¥ family’ §
help Sot ston house. "God
tells us in the Bible that the poor
will always be with us and thisisa
much-needed Christian’; ministry,"
said Rev. White, who said criteria
for selection of the Habitat family
“are that the family is in need of
better housing and. is also
Christian. a i
Ground broken for city electrical improvements
Eight 50 feet high towers, four
regulator pads, four breaker pads
and a 10x12 feet Scada building
will soon be going up on North
Gaston Street as the city begins
conversion of its oldest and largest
sub-station built in 1963.
Groundbreaking at the site was
held Tuesday morning by city elec-
trical crews, Public Works crews,
and city officials, along with Joe
Cabaniss, chairman of the
Cleveland County Board of
Commissioners.
Kings Mountain operates two
sub-stations: York Road and
Gaston Street.
The York Road sub-station was
built as a temporary station in
1973. The electrical improvements
bond project will convert the tem-
porary station into a permanent
sub-station.
The Gaston Street sub-station
carries approximately 50% of the
electrical load for the city and part
of the money from $1,800,000 in
electrical bonds will be used to up-
grade it and convert this SKV sta-
tion to 15KV and match the 15KV
York Road station.
"Matching of the two sub-sta-
tions will be very beneficial for
Kings Mountain as the reliability
of the electrical system will im-
prove," said Tom Howard,
Community Services Director. "As
Kings Mountain grows, these are
very important and essential im-
provements to be provided to our
Gas department gets excellent report
A survey team from APR
Consultants, Dickinson, Texas, has
given the Kings Mountain Natural
Gas Department a score of 91 out
of a possible 100 after an on-site
review of records, interrogation of
personnel and observations.
"This is an excellent report in
view of the fact that Kings
Mountain was under a 'show cause’
order to improve the system in the
early 1980's," said City
Commissioner Fred Finger at
Tuesday night's city council meet-
ing, as he praised gas department
employees and department head
Jimmy Maney.
A member of the city utilities
committee, Finger said the report
confirmed that all documents were
in adequate order and in compli-
ance with North Carolina Utility
commission guidelines.
The gas utilities checklist in-
cluded a review of the operation
and maintenance manual, customer
complaints, odorant records, emer-
gency plans, pressure test and mea-
surement records, leak reports,
leak surveys, annual reports, distri-
bution map, safety recommenda-
tions compliance, communications
from and to the N. C. Utility
Commission, sales and billing re-
ports from suppliers, sales records
and personnel certifications.
The original gas system was in-
stalled between 1952-54. The city
is currently upgrading the gas dis-
tribution system. When a leak is
found in steel lines, the lines are
replaced and meters are being
changed as required. A regularly
scheduled training and safety pro-
gram is in place with attendance
mandatory and documented. A
grade of 91 is regarded as "good
compliance level."
Maney was hired by the city as
superintendent of the natural gas
department on recommendation of
the state utilities commission in
the 1980's to help correct problems
in the system. Kings Mountain was
removed from the ‘show cause’ or-
der in 1989. Maney continues as
head of the department.
electrical system," said Mayor
Kyle Smith.
Howard said a tremendous
amount of electrical powerline
work will also be initiated as a re-
sult of the bond work. City crews
and an electrical contractor will be
replacing primary powerlines,
poles and transformers throughout
the city system and looping dead-
end lines.
Harrison-Wright Inc. is contrac-
tor for the line work and sub-sta-
tion. Southeastern Engineers is
consultans.
Construction is expected to be
finished in June 1992.
Public Works crews cleared the
land this week adjoining Duke
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First-ever sanitation fees appear
on utility bills June 30 and a 12%
hike in water and sewer rates go in
effect in July.
The new rates were adopted by
city council Tuesday night.
The average customer using
7,000 gallons of water will see a
$1.47 monthly increase in their
utility bills or a 10 cents per 1,000
gallons for water and a 11 cents per
1,000 gallons for sewer.
The sanitation fee for residential
customers is $1.40 per month or
$16.80 annually. Commercial dis-
posal fees will be much higher due
to larger volumes of water per cus-
tomer and the limited number of
customers to share the cost. For ex-
ample, if a business has a 6 cubic
yard container picked up twice a
week, the charge would be six
times the number of pickups times
$2.56, the cost to the city by the
county to pick up one cubic yard of
garbage each month or a total of
$30.72 per month for that cus-
tomer. Commercial customers may
pay the same rate as residential
customers if they use 90-gallon
‘roll-out street containers.
Starting July 1, the county will
begin charging the city $19 per ton
for garbage it takes to the county
landfill. City officials chose to tack
the monthly fee to utility bills and
up the sewer and water rates in licu
of raising taxejs. The additional
money is also ‘needed to begin
making payments to Gastonia for
use ‘of the {rowers Creek
Wastewater Tregiraent Plant.
Responding} to question of
Commissioner Fred Finger, Wood
explained that the commodity
charge on the utility bills is actual
water/sewage usage and the fixed
charge is administrative costs.
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City council Tuesday night de-
layed formal adoption of the 1991- |.
92 budget until a special meeting
Monday at 5 p.m.
City Manager George Wood
warned council they could be in
trouble if they set a tax rate and
then receive less money from the
state in the budget the N. C.
General Assembly is deliberating
on this week.
By state law, governments must
have budgets in place July 1, t
beginning of their fiscal year. |
If the state doesn't resolve iis |
budget by Monday at 5 p.m., Wood 4
will recommend an interim budge: |
appropriation for one month's ex- |
penditures, he said i
"I'm reluctant to do this tonight
because it means extra bookkeep-
ing for the city," he said.
All board members backed
Wood's recommendation.
The proposed budget, if ap-
proved by council Monday, comes
in at $17,408,629.00, up
$192,400.00 or 1.1 percent from
this year, It includes a decrease in
the property tax rate--due to
Cleveland County's revaluation this
year--from 37 to 36 cents per $100.
Even though the tax has dropped
a penny, Wo(d said the rate pro-
vides the city with the same
amount of tax revenues as last year]
except for some additional taxes
from growth in the tax base in the
past year.
The budget also calls for no cost
of living increases for 160-plus city
employees. But, officials are rec
ommending a 2.5 percent merit in-
Power's adjacent electrical station.
Kings Mountain operates a deliv-
ery point from Duke's sub-station
and purchases all its electricity
from Duke Power and transmits the
power over hundreds of miles of
cable throughout the city.
"Once we get the Scada system
in place the electrical system will
be in good shape,” said City
Manager George Wood.
"You're making significant
progress in controlling peak loads
of electricity and this will affect the
cost of electricity. I congratulate
you for your progress in upgrading
crease for employees who qualify.
your electrical system," said
Cabaniss.
Kyle Smith, George Wood, Norma Bridges and Joe Cabaniss break ground for elec-
tric project.
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KM PEOPLE
A.B. SNOW
‘Snow’ scenes her speciality
To be able to make people see things they would
not see without her paintings is a goal A. B. Snow
tries to achieve. Sometimes she even reaches that
goal, even if the viewers don't see the same thing.
That's the philosophy of the Kings Mountain na-
tive who said she never thought about wanting to
paint until 23 years ago. In 1968 the family moved
back to Mount Airy after her husband, USAF pilot
Maynard Snow, retired after a 25-year military ca-
reer. In 1980 they came to her hometown of Kings
Mountain to live and A.B. (the former Alice Betty
Mauney) turned her hobby into a business in a_ shop
she and her husband operate on Margrace Road.
"I never really thought about art in school because
at Kings Mountain High School in 1938-41 there
were no art classes available and art was not one of
the subjects I included in my schedule at Woman's
College, UNC-G, where I graduated in 1945," said
Snow, mother of three grown children and grand-
mother of five.
Very soon after graduating college Snow, one of
six children of Mrs. Paul Mauney of Kings
Mountain and the late Paul Mauney, traveled with
her husband and they lived in many different places
and she taught classes in cake decorating, sewing and
fine tailoring. When her husband retired from the
USAF, the family, which then was six strong with
two sons and two daughters, moved back to Mount
Airy. While living there, A.B. really had her first en-
counter with visual art. A government grant had been
given to promote the arts in a culturally deprived area
of the state. Excellent teachers had been obtained to
teach, and the Snow family decided to take advan-
tage of the offerings. This was her first relationship
with a paint brush to work on a piece of paper rather
than a wall in her house. John Brady was one of her
first teachers and still remains a prominent part of her
art education as well as a personal friend.
A. B. says that even after a couple of years of this
kind of tutelage and a lot of hard work on her part,
she never dreamed that anyone would put down mon-
ey to buy one of her paintings but it did happen. She
continued to study with John Brady, one of her first .
teachers and a prominent part of her art education as
well as a personal friend. She also took numerous .
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