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HAYES
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He was promoted through the
ranks from patrolman to his pre-
sent assignment of Commander,
Captain and Assistant Chicf and at
one time was Acting Chicf of the
Department.
Rabbit and squirrel hunting arc
Hayes' hobbies but most of his
friends know that he loves to col-
lect ball caps. He has collected
over 500 caps and his goal is to
have as many caps as retired post-
man Bud Medlin. When Hayes'
friends vacation they always bring
home a ball cap for Bob.
"The best part of my job is that I
get to deal with all kinds of peo-
ple," said Hayes. "I like helping
people.”
The captain says his wife, his
high school sweetheart, often
feared that something would hap-
pen to him but has always been
supportive of his job. That support
encouraged him to pursue a career
in law enforcement and he dedicat-
ed his life, he said, to fighting
crime.
Hayes was instrumental in form-
ing Community Watch organiza-
tions in town. His duties as Patrol
Commander have included every-
thing from making up and adminis-
tering a budget for his department,
supervising personnel, handling
citizen complaints, and at times
working when shifts were short
WALK
Holtville, Calif., 20 miles west of
the Arizona border, he found a
dead man lying near the road. He
called authorities. The man had
died of dehydration.
After that experience, Mahon
detoured north toward Phoneix and
then to Dallas, Texas.
Wild pigs came out of the woods
and chased him in Texas, he said.
While one of the litter was nosing
through his bag, Mahon took pic-
tures of the S00 pound hog.
He said telephone pioneers got
involved in Shreveport, Louisiana
and since then have made sure he
had a roof over his head at night.
Mahon said he had seen fami-
lies split up because there was no
room in shelters. He wants to keep
families together, noting that often
men had to be placed in a men's
Shelter and their familic Ss were “efforts! At first'his'dad told him: he
hogeed by other agencies.
€ wants people to get involved
and invest donations in a mutual
fund to operate a shelter year
round. A penny a mile isn't much
to ask, he tells people who meet
him along the route.
Mahon (pronounced man) says it
isn't wanderlust that's powered his
almost 3,100 mile hike. He plans
to devote his life to trying to allevi-
ate a growing problem that isn't
likely, he said, to go away when
the recession is over.
Mahon says that all donations to
handed. Prior to the city's hiring of
Chicf Warren Goforth in the fall of
1986, Hayes was Acting Chicf.
He has scen the department
grow from 11 members to a staff
of 42, including reserves, and from
one chief's car and one patrol car 10
numerous vehicles.
He has served with Chicfs
Martin Ware, Paul Sanders, Tom
McDevitt, Junior Roper, J. D.
Barrett, Earl Lloyd and Warren
Goforth. The late Mayor Glee A.
Bridges hired Haycs and since then
he has served with former Mayors
Kelly Dixon, John Henry Moss,
Kyle Smith and present Mayor
Scott Neisler.
Hayes says he enjoys a superb
working relationship with Chief
Warren Goforth who he credits
with a professionally run depart-
ment and with leadership of the de-
partment through the computer age
with increased benefits for the pub-
lic and for police.
Having a close call with death
made the captain a better police of-
ficer, says Hayes. "You learn what
to look out for," he said.
Hayes said he recalled at the
time that former Chief J. D. Barrett
remarked that Hayes was lucky. "If
he had been a small man I expect
we'd be having a funeral."
Being a police officer is a job if
you plan to be a good one, Hayes
says. But he is the first to admit
that the gun and the badge don't
mean the same to everyone.
Family Shelter Walkathon, Box
28046, Charlotte, 28224 are tax-
deductible and will go directly into
an account managed by Waddell &
Reed, which will release it only for
the purposes for which it was do-
nated. Mahon has been employed
by the investment firm part time.
He has worked with the homeless
on both a paid and volunteer basis
for more than eight years.
Every where he got mixed re-
action from people. Children of-
fered him pennies. Most people
were positive.
"I saw a mirror of life on this
journey," said Mahon who said
what he did represented somewhat
of a calling. He said he had re-
ceived much encouragement from
Jackson Place Baptist Church of
Charlotte and from initially skepti-
cal family. His three sisters and
brother in New York and his father,
B. J. Mahon, have applauded his
was "crazy."
Mahon started volunteering at
homeless shelters in Charlotte
‘when he was 20 years old working
for Greyhound Bus Lines. For
three years he has been a shelter
supervisor. It hurts him to see peo-
ple waiting in line for a roof over
their heads, he said, and his goal is
to see families off the streets and
sleeping in warm beds.
Is he glad the walk is. over?
"Lord, yes," he exclaims. "The
walk was more of a mental chal-
lenge than it was physical."
Rezoning hearings on Board agenda
Budget amendments and public
hearings on petitions to rezone are
on the agenda for Tuesday night's
City Council meeting.
City Manager George Wood said
he expects the 7:30 p.m. meeting to
be short.
Kings Mountain
Mike Brown and O. G. Penner
are asking for property rezoning
and James W. Plonk is asking the
board to call for a public hearing
on a rezoning request.
The board will also make an ap-
pointment to the planning and zon-
ing board.
Weather Report
April 13-20 Year Ago
Total precipitation 26 2.81
Maximum one day 26 (20) 2.01 (20)
Year to date 24.55 16.02
Minimum temperature 40 (16,17) 51 (14)
Maximum temperature 82 (14) 88 (15)
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JOEL WALLACE
Shriners barbecue is Saturday
Are you ready for some "real
barbecue" cooked Shrine Club
style?
That's the invitation from White
Plains Shrine Club who will be
serving up their specialty Saturday
from 10 a.m. as long as the supply
lasts.
Plates are $5 and two sandwich-
es are $4. Whole shoulders with
slaw and BBQ sauce sell for $35.
The barbecue pit is set up in the
American Legion/City Auto &
Truck Parts parking lot on York
Road and Shriners will burning the
midnight oil Friday night in prepa-
ration for the big event.
Chairman Joel Wallace say the
proceeds will help Crippled &
Burned Children's Centers, a spe-
cial project of Shriners.
Work to begin on frontage road
The frontage road from N. C.
161 leading to the new Firestone
Plant will only be temporarily
closed, if at all, in the near future
for road construction. :
Division Engineer Ray Spangler
said that all vehicular traffic com-
ing into the Firestone plant will
have two exits: a new road when it
connects with Canterbury and the
present frontage road on 161.
Weather permitting, state
Department of Transportation
crews are expected to begin work
on the new road soon.
City engineer Tom Howard said
sewer and water line construction
by city crews are virtually com-
plete.
A mid-May opening date is
planned at the plant. Already, ma-
chinery is being moved into the
multi-million-dollar facility in
Kings Mountain Business Park.
Board accepting applications
Kings Mountain Board of
Education is accepting applications
“until Monday’ at ‘noon for the seat
“on the board vacated by outside-
school district resident Billy
Houze.
Houze resigned last week after
he moved inside the city limits.
State law required the former
Grover resident to step down.
The unexpired term will end in
December.
School officials indicated last
week they will appoint the new
member at the May 10 meeting af-
ter reviewing applications and pos-
BM Winston-Salem State
University Choir, under the direc-
tion of D'Walle Simmons, will sing
at Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday
at 3 p.m. The program is sponsored
by Winston-Salem Alumni
Association. The public is invited.
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