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by the board at a 7:30 a.m. called
which Chairman Ronnie Hawkins
law forces Houze out because he
lives in the outside city area he was elected to
represent.
Houze and his family have moved into a
new home in Country Creek, a new
subdivision annexed by Kings Mountain .
Houze, elected in November 1989 to
Symphony
in KM
Tuesday
Under the baton of Mark Cedel,
the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
will present the annual spring
Kings Mountain concert Tuesday
night at 8 p.m. in B.N. Barnes
Auditorium.
On Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.
the audience at Barnes will be
composed of elementary students
who will be bussed to the
Auditorium for a
Symphony concert.
In preparation for the morning
concert, elementary music teachers
Judy Whisnant and Lynn Echols
have been teaching the various in-
. struments of the orchestra and stu-
“denis have been playing instru-
% ments and working up special
musical programs.
At intermission of the night con-
cert the Southern Arts Society and
other local artists will display their
‘works in the lobby of Barnes
Auditorium. The Kings Mountain
Woman's Club will also serve re-
freshments.
The program for the first half of
the evening concert will include
"Semiramide Overture” by Rossini;
and Mozart's "Symphony No. 29,
A Major, 186a." After the intermis-
sion, the numbers will include
"Hooray for Hollywood" by Mays;
"Miss Saigon" by Custer; the popu-
lar "Stardust" by Ploynar and "Big
Band Blast" arranged by Mays.
Cedel, born into a musical fami-
ly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at-
tended the renowned Curtis
Institute of Music in Philadelphia,
where he worked with the promi-
nent violist, Joseph dePasqualle.
See Symphony, 10-A
New plant begins operation May 17 |
Production machinery was being
moved in this week at the new
Firestone Fibers & Textiles Plant in
Kings Mountain Business Park.
Some production will begin
about May 17 but it will probably
be the end of the year before all the
equipment is in place.
Bill Linquist, project manager,
said that rain has slowed work on
the parking area and roads leading
to the plant but site work, hopeful-
ly, will get underway in a day or
two, weather permitting.
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Grover.
meeting in
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campus.”
Addie Moschler, 13.
grader.
safe for everyone," said Moschler.
seventh grader.
Linquist said that areas such as
the administrative offices won't be
finished in the next month. As soon
as weather permits, road crews
with the N.C. Department of
Transportation will start building a
connecting road from Canterbury
Road to the site and once that road
is completed the present access
road off N.C. 161 will be closed.
Roe Henderson is plant manager.
The plant will employ 450-500
people.
Firestone's Kings Mountain op-
Kings Mountain People
represent outside district citizens, had lived in
"It was a personal and difficult decision
for me and my family," said Houze. Other
members of the family are his wife, Karen
Cole Houze, teacher's assistant at Grover
Elementary School for 17 years; Kenya, a
Kings Mountain High School student; Brian,
Grover elementary fifth grader; and Brandon,
Grover elementary second grader. The Houze
family is also adopting a 14-months-old baby
For 13 years Houze has served as the
Pil. Rena Rikard is greeted by Kings Mountain Middle Sch
Caulder, Addie Moschler and Nikki Ingram, all seventh graders, during her visit to the campus Friday
"I think it's fun to have lunch with police,” says
t's neat and cool," says Ronni Caulder, seventh
"They encourage us to tell our friends that it isn't
cool to bring weapons and drugs to school and un-
"] like to eat lunch with a police officer. They are
friendly and not out to get us," said Lynn Quiram,
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pastor of First Baptist Church of Lawndale.
The 550-member congregation recently
completed a big building program to build a
new sanctuary and renovate Central
Cleveland elementary school for an
educational/recreation unit.
"I don't desire to step down from the
board, it's necessary,” said Houze. "I hope
that I have made a difference."
Houze said he would not rule out running
again for the school board and may decide to
offer for an at-large seat in the November
elections if the U. S. Justice Department
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Kings Mountai
Rev. Billy Houze, the first minority
member of the Kings Mountain Board of
Education, resigned Wednesday morning.
His resignation was accepted "with regret”
approves the board's plans to make one inside
city seat an at-large position, an effort to
distribute equally the population ratio of
outside/inside city seats. Three seats are up
for grabs in November. Four-year terms of
board chairman Ronnie Hawkins and
members Houze, both of whom were elected
from
Mauney, who represents the inside city
citizens, are expiring.
"Just seeing the whole expanse of change
in education has been a great opportunity for
the outside district, and Priscilla
See Houze, 10-A
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Quiram, left, Ronni
KMMS students know
‘police on their side’
Kings Mountain Middle School students like hav-
| ing police on campus during lunch hours.
"The cops are our side," says Nikki Ingram.
| "Police at school give a positive impression of the
Department officer assigned to lunch duty Friday.
For Rikard, it was her second lunch hour assignment
and she was greeted with hugs and smiles from stu-
dents who had met her previously and talked with her
about her job as a K-9 handler.
"The kids want to know all about Tank, our drug
dog, and he's usually the main topic of conversation
at the table,"said Rikard. She encourages young peo-
ple to talk to police officers and share their concerns.
Rikard table hops in the cafeteria, talking with var-
ious groups of students who are courteous and curi-
ous about her role as a woman police offfcer and aj a
dog handler. She tells them that dogs sniff out drugs
and are valuable in searches for drugs and weapons.
"I really enjoy this assignment,” said Rikard.
Ptl. Rena Rikard was the Kings Mountain Police
eration will convert synthetic fibers
into tire cord which will be shipped
to the old Bridgestone/Firestone
plant in Gastonia for warehousing,
treatment and shipping to tire
plants all over the country. The
outdated Gastonia plant will be
closed for production.
The new multi-million-dollar
plant is situated on 417,000 square
feet in the center of 78 acres a
short distance from Kings
Mountain. *
President of Firestone is Jaggy
See Police. 3-A
Anand.
Officials of the company from
Japan and from the United States
have set no firm date for open
house but it could be held as early
as late June or early July.
Linquist has been with Firestone
for 23 years and was formerly
plant engineering manager in
Gastonia before he started work on
the big construction project in
Kings Mountain in September
1992.
See Firestone, 10-A
A new member of the Kings
Mountain Board of Education rep-
resenting outside-city residents of
the school district could be ap-
pointed May 10 and installed as
early as June.
Kings Mountain Board of
Education voted unanimously
Wednesday morning at a 7:30 a.m.
called meeting to take applications
for one week, for the position va-
cated Wednesday by Billy Houze.
Applications from interested
outside city residents of the school
district may be submitted begin-
ning Monday at noon in the school
superintendent's office, 500 W.
a Parker St., and ¢nd April 26 at
noon.
The board set a special meeting
to review the applications and pos-
sibly interview the applicants for
Thursday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m.
The new member of the board will
be elected May 10.
Chairman Ronnie Hawkins ex-
plained that it is the board's prerog-
ative to pick anyone living outside
the city limits to serve the unex-
pired seven-month term of former
Grover resident Houze, who had to
step down, under state law, because
he moved inside the Kings
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Mountain city limits.
Supt. Dr. McRae shared opin-
ions from board attorney Scott
Cloninger, the State Attorney
General's Office and the Institute
of Government that the seats were:
established in 1961 when Bethware
and Grover systems were added to
the Kings Mountain District
System. He said that the three
sources agreed that in keeping with
il
Firestone plant nearing completion
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NELSON CONNER
By ELIZABETH STEWART
of The Herald Staff
Be willing to work and change
your attitude.
That's the secret of success that
Nelson Conner shares with his
Exceptional Children's Class at
Kings Mountain High School.
The first year teacher was hon-
ored recently as Teacher of the
Month, a much-deserved recogni-
tion, say the 12 students in his
classes.
"He means business in class,"
said Mark, (not his real name.) "He
expects more for us than we expect
for ourselves."
Conner changed his career at
age 44. Now, instead of producing
food, he feeds hungry minds. He
teaches English, American History,
and Biology to as few as five stu-
dents in a class who require one on
one attention.
I don't label kids. I think they
are all exceptional, meaning spe-
cial," says Conner.
Ten of his students are ninth and
10th graders. Two are 11th graders.
All are boys. One of the group is
an A student. Some of the group
may repeat their classes next year.
Some have behavior/discipline
problems and some have learning
disabilities.
A recent class session focused
on the reading of a novel, "The
Outsiders." They also watched the
movie and discussed the book in
literature class. There are no home-
work assignments but time is given
during class periods for special as-
Conner means business in class
signments.
Conner is realistic about his suc-
cess but he also almost admits
there have been some failures.
However, he believes that with ef-
fort and cooperation grades will
take care of themselves.
Conner feels good about his stu-
dents and says where there is
parental involvement there is stu-
dent success.
He initiates people skills and
verbal communication and listens
See Conner, 3-A
Board seekin
applications |
REV. BILLY HOUZE
the way that Kings Moun
District Schools are created by
that a member who moves {ror
place he was elected to serve
step down and a new memb
pointed "expediently” to ser
the remainder of the expiring
"Since this is an election yi
want to be certain that thes
dure is appropriate,” sal
"In the absence of partici
lation on specifics of ap
‘the choice is up to the boa
Hawkins says he does!
with the law that made Hg
igible to serve and Hol
submitted. . his
Wednesday, agrees the aw
be changed. "We can vOISH
the candidates, not just
living inside the city i
those outside the city," sa
Hawkins made the
that if a board memt
than one year or less
his term that he or he
to complete the tert
change of residence i
they ran again they
run from where they
school district."
Hawkins suggests
add a local bill to the ¢
and ask Senator J. Oll
submit it to the N. C.
The new member
would serve through th
meeting in December.
Hawkins reminded
the third time in recent
the board has made an app
to the school board. "We
See Applications, 3-
Give blood
today at ARP
Roll up your sleeves and give
blood Thursday.
That's the appeal of members of
Boyce Memorial ARP Church,
sponsor for a blood give-in,
The Red Cross bloodmobile wii
process donors from 1-6 p.m. in
the church fellowship hall,
"Blood is urgently needed at this
time of the year due to the inci.
dence of holiday wrecks," says
Sandi Bollick, of the Clevelang
County Chapter.
Bollick encourages donors to
come out and support the blood
bank.
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