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Grover citizens will go to the
polls Tuesday to vote in the com-
munity's first beer and wine refer-
endum in 10 years.
The polls open at 6:30 a.m. and
close at 7:30 p.m. at Grover
Rescue Squad. Election officials
are Jackie Rountree, Ann Traugh
and Marie Beam.
The Cleveland County Board of
Elections reminds that the absen-
tee period for the election ends
Friday at 5 p.m. Eligible voters
who can't go to the polls on
Tuesday can vote absentee by visit-
ing the elections office at 310 East
Dale Street in Shelby.
A total of 357 people are eligible
to vote on what has become a con-
troversial issue. Signs in several
yards and along the streets at busi-
nesses urge voters to vote "Yes"
and "No."
Proponents of the issue say that
if off premise sale of malt bever-
ages and unfortified wine is per-
mitted that a much-needed grocery
store will locate in the area.
Opponents of the issue point to
"tremendous financial and social
problems alcohol causes in our so-
ciety and the increasing use of the
drug by young people."
At least three churches, Grover
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"I don't drink beer or wine but I'm for
more business in Grover."
-Cindy Cook
"People who want something bad enough
will take anything for the truth."
First Baptist, Clearview Baptist
and Grover Church of God have
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publicly opposed the passage of the
referendum.
Members of the Kings Mountain High School Class of 1993 join in
the singing of "Holy, Holy, Holy" during baccalaureate service spon-
sored by the Kings Mountain Ministerial Association Sunday night at
Commissioners look at tax hike
All five county commissioners
contacted by The Herald Tuesday
said they won't cut employees’ pay
as a measure to balance the county
budget. Four of the five said they
would reluctantly support a four
cent property tax hike.
A special called meeting of the
county board was underway
Wednesday morning to clarify po-
sitions on county employees’
salaries and benefit cuts in the
1993-94 budget and to discuss oth-
er budgetary directions to the coun-
ty manager.
Chairman Cecil Dickson said
The fifth annual Project
Graduation celebration for local
graduating high school seniors will
be held at the Cleveland County
Fairgrounds on May 28. More than
700 students and approximately
100 adult volunteers are expected
to attend the alternative celebration
for graduates.
Graduating seniors from Burns,
Crest, Kings Mountain, Shelby and
the private schools will take part.
Uniformed law enforcement offi-
cers provide security. Weapons, al-
cohol and other drugs are strictly
prohibited. Violations will result in
expulsion from PG '93 and could
possibly result in prosecution.
Students eat, play numerous
games, win prizes and dance or
that the idea to cut the pay of 650
employees five percent surfaced at
a meeting of Dickson and commis-
sioner Sam Gold with County
Manager Lane Alexander and
Finance Director David Dear last
week after a budget meeting of
county commissioners at which
they looked at, but did not vote, on
hiking the tax rate four cents per
$100 valuation.
Dickson said the idea snow-
balled into an uproar when county
department heads learned of the
.suggestion and the daily newspa-
pers made the budget story head-
Fifth Project Graduation
Friday night at Fairground
participate in karaoke.
Four $250 college book scholar-
ships (one winner from each public
high school) will be given away
along with such prizes as a dorm
refrigerator, compact disc player,
luggage, telephone/answering ma-
chine, watches, savings bonds and
bean bag chairs. There are literally
hundreds of prizes won by stu-
dents. Many of the prizes arc do-
nated by area businesses and others
are purchased through financial
contributions from individuals,
clubs, churches, and other organi-
zations.
A new feature of this year's PG
will be a version of "The Price is
Right" in which participating stu-
See Graduation, 10-A
B.N. Barnes Auditorium. KMHS graduation exercises are Friday
night at John Gamble Stadium.
"There is no sense throwing
this county into chaos.
to put our heads together."
-Joyce Cashion
We need
lines.
"I don't want a tax increase and
wanted every avenue looked at to
avoid it," said Dickson, who said
he asked Alexander and Dear to
look at every avenue to hold down
a tax hike. "I can't speak for the
other commissioners but we have
to exhaust all other avenues of, oth-
er expenses before cutting expens-
es and I am not for touching county
employees pay and can't see that
we can cut any agencies more than
See Commissioners, 10-A
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Beer, wine vote Tuesday in Grt
Members of Grover First Baptist
Church passed a resolution May 12
at a congregational meeting that
opposed the referendum.
"Believing that as Christians and
Baptist we should abstain from the
sale or use of intoxicating drinks as
a beverage as is stated in the
church covenant," said the resolu-
tion.
Cindy Cook, operator of a new
beauty shop in Grover, said the sale
of beer and wine will bring much
needed revenue into the communi-
ty and "will be for the good of
Grover."
"This whole issue has been
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Cook, who said that people who
drink beer and wine can go across
the railroad tracks and get it.
"They're saying the sale in town
will mean more wrecks and drugs
but beer and wine is just a few
steps away from our businesses
now."
"I don't drink beer or wine but
I'm for more business in Grover,"
she said.
"People who want something
bad enough will take anything for
the truth," said John Evans, at a re-
See Beer, 10-A
KM Council puts
duplexes on hold
A moratorium for 90 days on
new construction of duplexes or
multi-family dwellings in
Ashbrook, Belvedere and Temple
Subdivisions was ordered by City
Council Tuesday night.
Council by-passed the Planning
and Zoning Board which Thursday
night recommended the rezonings
after three hours of discussion but
with exclusion of some properties
and with a recommendation
Council send the matter to the land
use plan review committee before
formal adoption.
Council member at large Al
Moretz suggested three zoning
classifications as a compromise to
problems of both home owners and
developers.
The action came after a crowded
Council Chambers heard pleas by
at least a half dozen home owners
to prohibit multi-family dwellings
and duplexes in the three subdivi-
sions and by three realtors unhappy
with the proposed zoning changes.
Although it was not mentioned
in the discussions, the Planning
and Zoning Board Thursday night
recommended rezoning of all three
sub-divisions from R-8 to R-10
with forwarding to the land use
plan review committee prior to a
final decision by City Council. Joe
King voted no.
The P&Z Board voted to recom-
mend that Belvedere Park subdivi-
sion be rezoned from R-6 to R-10
after deletion of Map 40, Block 4,
Lots 1-12, faces Waco Road; May
40, block 4-Lot 26, faces Waco;.
May 40, block 4, lots 21, two du-
plexes, faces Belvedere.
The Zoning board also voted to
exclude Map 39, lot 4, Lot 11, 3.61
acres; Map 39, block 5, Lot 1 of
1.31 acres, the excluded property
being on either side of the undevel-
oped portion of Brice Street in
Temple Park subdivision.
The Zoning board also raised the
issue Thursday of opening Fulton
Street between Sterling and
Cansler and after a discussion of
the history of the subdivisions
unanimously voted to ask City
Council to initiate action to acquire
the privately owned property be-
tween the subdivisions. The rec-
ommendation was not mentioned
Tuesday.
Chairman Joe Smith and mem-
ber Lou Ballew were present for
Tuesday night's Council meeting
but neither was recognized.
Larry and Evelyn Hamrick ob-
jected that their investment prop-
erty on Harmon Road adjacent to
Temple subdivision was lumped in
with the area to be rezoned from R-
8 to R-10. R-8 now allows single
and multi family dwellings, R-10
now allows single family dwellings
and R-6 now allows single family
and duplexes. As presented in the
proposal drafted by Moretz, the
new classifications would be
Residential Single 6, RS8 and
RS10 . He said that since set back
requirements differed in each clas-
sification it was necessary to mod-
ify the zoning that must meet not
only setback but existing condi-
tions.
Moretz's motion asked Council
to seek input from realtors on the
lines and input from the residents
in the subdivisions at a public hear-
ing after the three month moratori-
um.
In the meantime, Mike Brown,
developer, said he won't be able to
put up apartments in the area.
Hamrick won't be able to develop
his property if he should want to
because it is lumped in with the
subdivision,
Hamrick said he bought the four
parcels of property some time ago
as R-8 to put duplexes on some fu-
ture time. "It is totally inappropri-
ate to lump my property into this
hearing," he said. He asked the
board to eliminate his property
from consideration with Temple
Park. Hamrick said that if his prop-
erty is included in the rezoning that
he will suffer financial loss.
Brown, who owns property in all
three subdivisions, said the board
will be setting a precedent by re-
zoning the properties because the
"folks who live there are discour-
aging growth."
"These are good neighborhoods
See City Council, 10-A
Chamber's Mountain Fest
June 5 in downtown KM
Mountain Fest is just around the
corner.
The annual summertime festival
will be held Saturday, June 5 from
9 am.-5 p.m. in downtown Kings
Mountain.
"There will be something for ev-
erybody at Mountain Fest," says
Wade Tyner, president of the spon-
soring Kings Mountain Chamber
of Commerce.
Fun and 5K and 10K runs, open
to all ages, will kickofl the festivi-
tics at 9 a.m. at West Mountain
Street in front of First Carolina
Federal. Dr. Grady Howard is lin-
ing up runners. Any runncr under
18 years of age must have permis-
sion of his parent or guardian. Free
T-shirts will be presented to cach
partici ant.
Register your antique cars with
Ronnie Whetstine for the big car
show in City Stadium. Admission
is $2 for adults and $1 for children
under 12. Registration begins at 8
a.m.
The train display in the dining
room of the Kings Mountain
Woman's Club on East Mountain
Street is a treat you won't want Lo
miss. There is no admission charge
but donations will be accepted.
Glenn Anderson is chairman.
Sce local historical artifacts at
the old post office on Mountain
Street. Larry Hamrick Sr, president
of the Historical committee, is
inviting entries.
A smoke house display to teach
See Fest, 10-A