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Stops
sales
New policy eliminates
selling door-to-door
Door-to-door selling by Kings
Mountain students in K-middle
school was eliminated by Kings
Mountain Board of Education in a
new policy approved last week.
The policy was first proposed
four months ago by Supt. Dr. Bob
McRae who floated the idea then
of a one cent increase in supple-
mental tax, from 17 cents to 18
cents, to take the place of the ped-
aling of sale items by children.
Now that county commissioners
have approved the hike in the new
fiscal year budget to take care of
student sales, the policy is effective
with next school year.
The only exception to the policy
allows middle school students to
participate in minor projects within
the schools. McRae said at
Thursday's meeting that students
there can sell items to their class-
mates within the school for certain
projects such as the annual
Valentine's Day event.
Kings Mountain High School
students can still conduct fund-
raising activities but the policy
states that student sales be limited
to raising money for quality, not
extravagant programs.
The second policy approved by
the board at the July meeting
Thursday will limit the number of
foreign exchange students at Kings
Mountain High School to three stu-
dents per year. Last year six for-
eign exchange students studied in
Kings Mountain. Students will be
placed in the 11th grade, rather
than the 12th as first proposed and
will be permitted, if they qualify, to
participate in graduation exercises
and be given a certificate.
McRae suggested that by limit-
ing the number of students that the
students could be given more atten-
tion.
In other actions, the board:
Approved milk and bread bids
from Waldensian Bakery and
Flavor Rich Company.
Approved the recommendation
by the Cleveland County Board of
Education to reappoint Dr. L. Gene
See Board, 9-A
Bethware parent Donna Parnell speaks at Thursday's board of education meeting at which a new in-
terim principal was appointed at Bethware School. Other Bethware parents are in the background.
Accor new Bethware principal
Mary Accor, Assistant Principal
at Kings Mountain Middle School,
was named interim principal of |
Bethware School by the Kings
Mountain Board [
of Education |
Thursday night.
The board
moved to fill |
most vacancies
for the fall term
of school. The
board is expect-
ed to name a re-
placement for S——=
Accor soon. ACCOR
Greg Payseur, assistant principal
at Bethware/Grover Schools, will
continue in that position. Payseur
has filled in for Principal Hugh
Holland, who has been ill with
back problems, and who was ap-
proved for short disability by the
board on Thursday.
Supt. Dr. Bob McRae said that
Holland may be able to return to
his duties after the first of the year.
Prior to the appointments, two
parents from the Bethware
Community urged the board to ap-
point Payseur to the interim posi-
tion. Kim Griffin and Donna
Parnell praised Payseur for his
leadership at Bethware during
Holland's illness last year and said
he deserved the promotion. "My
child hasn't known any other prin-
cipal," said Griffin of his son who
attends Bethware. About a dozen
parents were in the audience but
~ several said after the meeting that
they didn't realize they could speak
on the subject before being placed
on an agenda. ;
Rev. M. L.Campbell, who did
not sign up to speak but asked
Chairman Ronnie Hawkins to per-
mit him to speak, urged the board
to use their best judgment in the
appointment.
Payseur said after the meeting
that he was disappointed. "I have
always wanted only what was best
for the children," he said.
McRae said Holland could have
continued in his position, utilizing
sick days, but he put the children
and the school system ahead of his
own personal interests.
A Grover native, Accor has been
employed by Kings Mountain
Schools 13 years and has been an
assistant principal for five years,
serving first at the Kings Mountain
Junior High and then at the Middle
School. She taught language arts at
Central School for a number of
years and also headed up the mi-
grant education program at Grover
School.
A 1979 graduate of Livingstone
College in Salisbury,.she holds a
B.A. in Intermediate Education and
double masters degrees in educa-
tion administration and supervi-
sion. She is working toward an
Ed.S. in education administration
for an advanced certificate. She is
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos
Shear. Accor is married to Charles
Accor of Grover and they have a
son, Charles Jr., who is a fifth
grade student at Grover School.
The family is active in St. Peter's
Missionary Baptist Church in
Grover. Mrs. Accor is on the advi-
sory council for CODAP.
Accor, who reported to her new
job this week, said that she looked
forward to working with the 500
students enrolled in K-5. Head
Start and SKATES and the staff at
See Accor, 8-A
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KM hits 100 degrees once again as the summer heat wave continues.
KM SIZZLES
Record heat wave continuing
Whew! It's hot.
Kings Mountain citizens were mopping their brows and praying for
rain this week but the weatherman was promising no respite from the
sizzling temperatures which reached 100 degrees and above for six
straight days.
Local weather watcher Ken Kitzmiller thinks his thermometer is stuck
on 100, recording daytime highs of 104 and evening lows of 72.
Kitzmiller said Sunday night's sprinkle of rain at his house barely
covered the bottom of his rain gauge, noting that only a little over one
inch of rain has fallen during the sultry month of July. June was not
much better.
Afternoon highs have soared and stayed there and the weatherman
says the mercury will continue to rise the remainder of the week.
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Three __e
for seats
Finger, Greene,
Three more candidates--incum-
bents Fred Finger and Elvin
Greene and newcomer Gary Joy--
filed for City Council this week,
bringing the number to 10 seeking
four seats up for grabs in October.
It's now a four-man race in Ward
3, where Joy, Charlie Smith and
Gilbert Hamrick seek to unseat
Greene.
In Ward 5, Finger is challenged
by newcomer Rick Murphrey.
Former mayor Kyle Smith, Jerry
Mullinax and Frank Brackett are
running for the at-large seat held
by Councilman Al Moretz, who
has not announced plans for seek-
ing reelection.
In Ward 4, Jim Childers has filed
for the seat now held by
Councilman Jerry White who has
not announced if he will seek re-
election.
Joy, son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Joy, said he decided to
throw his hat in the ring after tak-
ing the floor at a recent council
meeting to protest higher rates for
services and a growing city budget.
Joy, who was born in Mooresville
but has lived in Kings Mountain al-
most all his life, is a metals sub-
contractor for Dilling Heating. He
is married to Linda Kay Boone Joy
and they have two children,
Christopher and Erin Joy.
In a filing statement, Joy said I
would consider it an honor and a
privilege to represent the citizens
of Kings Mountain as a member of
City Council. If elected, I will use
a common sense, fair and equal, fi-
nancially responsible approach to
all decisions. Anyone wishing to
discuss my views and to express
their own, please call me after 7
p.m. at 739-2665."
Finger, who is completing two
terms on the board, is retired from
Eaton Corporation and is a Mason
Joy In running
FINGER
GREENE
JOY
and a member of | St. Matthew's
Lutheran Church. He has served on
the utility commission since its in-
ception five years ago. A Kings
Mountain native, he is married, the
father of three children and grand-
father of seven. Mrs. Finger is a re-
tired nurse at Kings Mountain
Hospital.
Ronnie Hawkins is the only
candidate filing to date for the
Kings Mountain Board of
Education. Terms of Hawkins and
C. A. Allison, representing outside
district residents, and Priscilla
Mauney, at large representative, are
expiring in December. Mrs.
Mauney, in a letter to the editor in
today's Herald, said she won't seek
reelection.
Deadline for filing for city and
school board elections is August 6.
Candidates for Wards 3, 4, and 5
must reside in their respective
wards and the at-large candidate
must reside within the city limits of
See Candidates, 9-A
KMMS program
targets d
Kings Mountain Middle School's
nearly 1,000 students will embark
on an extensive student support
program in the fall to take the place
of in-school suspensions.
Principal John Goforth said the
program is designed to increase the
school's support for at-risk students
and to cut the dropout rate.
Bill Hager, former director of
Community In Schools program,
will serve as coordinator of the ac-
celerated learning lab and was
named to the position by the board
of education Thursday. The
Community Schools program was
not funded for next school year.
Florri Hamrick, chairman of the
support program, Amy Allen and
Amy Ross explained the program
for members of the board and got
See Program, 9-A
Haynes enforcing KM laws
Pil. Linda Haynes, the city's ani-
mal control officer, takes her ‘job
seriously.
"] hate to lock up dogs but that's
my job and I have to enforce the
leash law," says Haynes, who re-
minds owners that their pets can be
picked up as a stray if they aren't
wearing a collar and tags.
Haynes says she makes every ef-
fort to return animals if they are
tagged. The perky little dog she
picked up on her shift recently
wasn't wearing a collar and she had
to lock him up. She gives the ani-
mals water but they still get hot.
Linda says that dog owners are
fined $15 for the first offense and
$25 for each offense thereafter and
can be cited to court. Cost of a city
dog tag is $2.50. Cost of a rabies
tag and rabies vaccination is $6 at
most veterinary clinics. There is no
leash law for cats but cats are re-
quired to be vaccinated for rabies.
Haynes has seen a big turnover
in the stray dog population since
the leash law went into effect and
she said most citizens are coopera-
tive.
"Mine is never a boring job,"
said Linda, who recommends that
other women train as policewomen
and also as dog warden. Captain
Bob Hayes says Haynes, the first
woman detective in Cleveland
County, returned to her old dutics
as dog warden 18 months ago and
loves it. Linda also pulls duty as a
patrolman, when needed, and is
skilled in administering breathalyz-
er tests.
Haynes rose through the ranks,
starting as a dispatcher. Detective
status was always in the back of
her mind and she didn't let the fact
that she is just 5 ' 4 " tall bother her
or anyone else.
"There's a lot of footwork and
knocking on doors," she said,
adding, "a female has to prove her-
self." She worked in the detective
division for two years before the
SET team was organized and she
went from the detective division
back to the patrol division.
"Even when I make an arrest, |
try to put myself in their position.
It might be their first arrest,” says
See Haynes, 8-A
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The city dog warden, Linda Haynes, says the stray dog she's
holding needs a home. Dogs don't like this unusually hot weather,
either, and Linda warns pet owners to give their pets plenty of wa-
ter and keep them on leashes or inside a fence.
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BILL HAGER
Water meeting
for Dixon set
An information meeting for
Dixon School Road residents inter-
ested in hooking up to Kings
Mountain's new water line are in-
vited to attend an informational
meeting July 26 at 5:30 p.m. at
Kings Mountain City Hall.
Community Services Director
Tom Howard and other officials
will be on hand to discuss probable
costs such as tap fees, meter de-
posits, administration fees and
Kings Mountain's monthly billing
procedures. :
The City of Kings Mountain
and the Department of
Transportation has begun a survey
and design of the water line to run
See Water, 7-A
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