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Mountaineer Football Team Finishes Strong VOL. 103 NO. 45 FIRED City employee says petition cost job Fired city employee Frank Brackett said he will seek legal ac- tion to regain his job with the Public Works Department. The North Piedmont resident, a loud opponent of the city's plans to construct a trash compactor behind the Public Works facility across the road from his residence, got the axe Thursday, he said, because city officials say he turned in a fraudu- lent petition. He had worked for the city nine years. "I'm going to fight them in court," he said, standing beside his big "I was fired" sign on his prop- erty. Brackett said he was told by City Manager George Wood that he had the right as a citizen to have his name on the agenda of a meet- ing, to address the board and file a petition. He takes issue with city officials who say they contacted 89 people on the first petition and nine people said they had signed it for other people and 12 said they had not signed it at all. The names of one man and woman with a Parrish Drive address were on the petition. "She said she did not sign it and her husband had died on February cv 26, 1991, It's obviously impossible Thursday, November 14, 1991 FRANK BRACKETT says petition cost him his job with City of Kings Mountain. for him to sign it because he died before the petitions were ever cir- culated," Wood said at the October 29 council meeting after he had asked Brackett in the open meeting if he verified the signatures on the. KM teacher helping with pilot program East School teacher Dawn Anthony is among three family re- source specialists named to lead Communities In Schools’ pilot pro- jects at three Cleveland County schools. With the goal of supporting fam- ilies in their traditional roles of the first and most important educators, Nancy Stamey will direct the Family Resource Center at Marion Elementary School in Shelby; Carol Robertson, at Washington United Kings Mountain's United Fund campaign, feeling the brunt of hard economic times, is lagging. Glenn Anderson, UF president, and Pat Carter, campaign chair- man, say they hope that Kings Mountain, with a history of helping the less fortunate, will dig deep and come up with the shortfalls so allo- cations to the 12 agencies won't have to be cut back. Kings Mountain United Fund has indefinitely extended its October 3 deadline for its 1991 fundraising campaign for $120,750 for which 60% has been raised in Elementary in Waco; and Dawn Anthony, at East Elementary in Kings Mountain. They will coordinate child and family activities during the school day and after school hours. Volunteers and staff from county agencies will be used to deliver needed services. Support may in- clude tutoring, homework assis- tance, providing adult role models, linking youth groups and organiz- See Dawn Anthony, 2-A petition and Brackett said he had. Brackett maintains the Parrish Drive man died after the petition was signed, that he first initiated the petitions in November of last year. . The petiti sn't dated SRE East School family resource teacher Dawn Anthony, second from said Brackett, who claims 175 names appeared on the first peti- tion circulated at two businesses in town, See Fired, 3-A left, talks with other specialists Carol Robertson, left, Dr. Alma Watson, director of Communities in Schools, and Nancy Stamey about the pilot project beginning in Cleveland County schools. Fund falling far short cash and pledges. To date, the Kings Mountain campaign has raised $80,040, leaving $40,710 short of goal. "We have been impacted just as everyone has by the sluggish econ- omy but more than most communi- ties given the number of plant clos- ings that have taken place over the past several months," said Anderson. Traditionally, in- dustrial workers have provided the lions share of the campaign contri- butions, he said, and substantial loss of jobs means that the finan- cial responsibility must be shared Fast 'til November 23 then eat BBQ for Angela The prize-winning Kings Cooking Team of Shelby hope to serve 7,000 hungry barbecue eaters in a fundraiser expected to raise $2,000 for Angela Strickland,12, Saturday at 5 p.m. in KMHS Cafeteria. After supper, East School will emcee a big celebrity auction with all proceeds carmarked to help the Strickland family pay the cost of the bone marrow transplant the 6th grader underwent October 25 in Minneapolis, Minncsota. Barbecue plates will include BBQ, a "sccret sauce,” slaw, baked beans, chips, pickles and iced tea. Adult tickets arc $5. Tickets for children 12 and under are $3. This week, Angela's friends in the Kings Mountain Middle School 6th grades arc raising moncy 10 buy the pigs for the feast and other food items arc also being donated. Sixth graders and their parents will also help serve the meal. Kings Cooking, defending North Carolina barbecue team, won the Shelby Chamber of Commerce Pig-Out in 1988-89 to qualify for the N. C. State Cook-off they won in 1990-91. The team grabbed a second place finish in one of the major categories in the Jack Danicls World Championship Barbecue contest recently in Lynchburg, Tennessee, placing just behind a tcam from Kansas in the pork shoulder cooking competi- tion. The Shelby team won the show- manship contest in Shelby, Raleigh, Iowa and Lynchburg. Paul and Dcbbic Goforth, Kings Mountain members, say the tcam usually is in costume and uscs a backdrop, such as for a sidewalk cafe or as cowboys/cowgirls. "It's rcally fun. Our tcam includes peo- ple from all walks of life who like 10 cook as a hobby and enjoy cook- See Strickland, 2-A by a smaller base and it also means fewer corporate dollars as well. The goal of $120,750 represents a 5% decrease from last year's goal. Deep cuts and reallocations were made in an effort to direct funds to those services considered most critical, yet every agency pro- vides important services, Anderson said. To further control funds, Anderson said the UF directors voted not to authorize any Venture Grants for 1992. Important re- quests were deferred until the economy improves. Anderson said the demand for human services provided by United Fund agencies have drastically in- creased. "There are simply more needs out there now than in recent years," he said. "At this point Kings Mountain citizens have their work cut out for them But after all is said and done I'm still optimistic. The people of Kings Mountain have a history of supporting United Fund," said Anderson. Anderson said the campaign can't be held open indefinitely and he is pushing for goal before the See United Fund, 2-A Ann Roberts, left, Sherian Eudy \ More outs. seats needed? Does the makeup of the Kings Mountain Board of Education ac- curately reflect the makeup of the communities it serves? That question arose at Monday night's monthly board meeting when the board began its year- long review and update of policies. Rev. Billy Houze, one of two outside the city representatives on the five-member board, asked Supt. Bob McRae how the school district's population matches up by persons living inside the city ver- sus those living outside. McRae had no official figures, but said it was his guess that there are probably as many, or more, people living outside the city than inside. That question led board mem- bers into a brief discussion on whether the system should consid- er reorganizing the board to: either change the makeup to two inside city representatives and three out- -side; add more board members to provide more outside city seats; or have an equal number of inside and outside city seats with one at-large seat. McRae promised to try to gather population figures. M'Our only measurement; st this time would be the enrollment of the elementary schools," McRae said. "We have about 900 students in East, West and North (the three inside city schools) and about 900 in Bethware and Grover (the two outside city schools). But it would take some more checking." McRae said he assumed the three inside city and two outside city seats came about when Kings Mountain, Grover and Bethware high schools consolidated in 1961. He said the board has the power to change the makeup by having a lo- cal legislator introducing a bill into the General Assembly. "At any time the board could de- cide its ratio is out or whack or there aren't enough members,” he said. "It's something we may need to look at. "It is my suspicion," he added, "that when consolidation came about there were more people liv- ing inside the city limits than out- side. Now, more and more people are looking to locate in the rural ar- eas." In its policy review Monday, the board looked at all policies in Section A of its policy book. The board will take action on that sec- tion next month and begin review- ing Section B. McRae recommended only a few changes in Section A, and most of those dealt with wording which would make the policies clearer. Policies discyssed Monday included the legal /names of the school district and gthools, etc. the ¥ school board, super ndent; Ore” ~~ Inarelated a proved poli; with supervision of students. It had. been presented at the October meeting. The policy spells out the steps to be taken by school officials when a student is injured or com- plains of a physical problem. The policy, in part, states that "when the likelihood of an injury being serious is present or when there is reasonable doubt as to the severity of a physical problem, the school should contact the parents or guardians for direction on what measures should be taken." Drivers want more coverage The Kings Mountain Board of Education Monday night passed a resolution calling for the General Assembly to increase the liability limit per school bus accident claim from $100,000 to $250,000. Associate Supt. Dr. Larry Allen said there is a concern by bus drivers statewide, including the Kings Mountain Bus Drivers Association, that $100,000 is not enough to cover injuries sustained in a major accident. Allen pointed to the accident in Charlotte last year when several children were killed and many oth- ers were injured. "Some of the in- jured are still being treated and costs have exceeded $100,000," he said. He said when claims exceed $100,000 the students’ family in- surance must kick in, and some- times drivers may be held responsi- ble. Allen clarified that the $100,000 limit in the Tort Claims Act is for each claim, not for the total num- ber of claims on one bus as had been erroneously reported in a western North Carolina newspaper. "A lot of conversation has not been carried on between drivers about this," Allen said. "but it real- ly has come into focus because of the emphasis on drug testing and safety.” Allen said many school systems in the state are adopting the resolu- tion and he is confident the General Assembly will approve the extended coverage. KM resident donates house for polio group Cleveland County's first polio support group got the keys to their new home on Oak Grove Road Tuesday, thanks to beautician Ann Roberts who is donating a two-sto- ry frame dwelling which will house offices, a clothing closct, food bank and wheelchairs and other medical orthopedic cquipment for polio paticnts. Sherian Eudy of Dallas, who started The Nationwide Post Polio Support Group Association Inc. on December 8, 1988 in Gaston County, says post polio syndrome has made it a necessity 10 seek as- sistance for polio survivors or "heroes" she likes to call people like herself who have been fighting polio and who volunteer to staff an organization that will provide not only financial help and orthopedic equipment but educate the public. Eudy had polio when she was 21 months old in 1948 and underwent 18 corrective surgical operations and was hospitalized most of her growing up ycars. Her graduation present to herself was putting down her crutches and taking off her braces to walk across the stage of Tryon High School in Bessemer City in 1965 to receive her diploma with the rest of her class. Eudy works from a wheelchair and stresses that all polio patients can be independent. She supervises a staff at the Oak Grove office and Dallas headquarters office that dis- tributes 1500 news letters a month, loans cquipment, and stresses the need for public education. Roberts said she donated her building, which used to be Chatterbox Beauty Salon before she moved the business into her home nearby, in memory of her uncle who had polio but was cheer- ful, giving and caring. Eudy, who is married to David See Polio, 3-A MOFbpwhicn deals’
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