METER
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ment with Parkdale Mills tor his
water but that bills were paid to the
city. He said he had no knowledge
of any meters on his property.
Grindstaft asked Suber if he paid
the minimum charge for water.
“That's none of your business."
said Suber,
Grindstaft said after the meeting
that water customers are his and
the city's business.
Suber maintains that city offi-
cials were trying to damage his
credibility by implying he was try-
ing to hide a water meter.
City utility workers led by Ollis
went to Suber's business
Wednesday with a front end loader
digging up the roadway looking for
a water meter.
Parsons said the problem was
discovered Tuesday with Suber's
meter through a conscientious em-
ployee in the city billing depart-
ment. Parsons said Ollis had
planned to dig up the meter
Tuesday afternoon but was called
out on an emergency.
Parsons said the crew was able
to pinpoint the location of the me-
ter by going into the plant and trac-
ing the water lines back to the me-
y ter.
Parson said a meter is metering
water going into Suber's business
but it has never been read by the
city and never billed by the city.
Suber acknowledged his busi-
ness has never been billed by the
city for water. He said that when
his father built the business the
lines were run with Parkdale's.
Ollis said he, too, understood
this was the case.
"When I came to this job 17
years ago I was told that their wa-
ter came through Parkdale Mills,"
said Ollis.
Parsons said a meter reader who
had been with the city 20 years ac-
companied Ollis to the site.
Suber said he is glad the meter is
found and won't mind paying back
rates as long as he is treated fairly.
~ "I want to pay any bills I've got
‘but I won't be treated any different-
ly than anybody else in this situa-
“tion.
"It's my understanding the city
can't go back for more than three
years on the charges."
Parsons said it will probably be
several months before: the. city can
determine exactly how much Suber
owes for water.
Parsons said the decision on the
back charges will be up to City
Council.
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SUBER
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a
Ware, Fire Chief Frank Burns
and fireman Bill Ware have in-
spected 70 businesses and indus-
tries this year, including some in
the one mile perimeter. After in-
spection, permits are required.
Ware said that Kings Mountain
Knit Fabrics is among local indus-
try yet to be inspected but on the
list.
Interim City Manager Maxine
Parsons Tuesday instructed Ware
to inspect Kings Mountain Knit
Fabrics Wednesday and to move
ahead with other inspections. Ware
said that some plants in Kings
| Mountain Industrial Park have not
| been inspected this year.
Utility Chairman Jim Guyton
questioned Chief Burns about the
inspection policy at a recent work
session of City Council, saying that
all businesses in town should be in-
spected before the three inspectors
start in:the outlying area.
"Inspect them in town all at one
time," he said.
The state's new prevention fire
codes, adopted after the costly fire
in Hamlet, require that plants us-
ing chemicals be inspected each
year. Ware said the cost of the per-
mit varies with the establishment.
"I welcome the fire department
to inspect my plant at any time be-
f cause that's a help to me," said
|! Suber.
é "But what I don't understand is
: how the city can fail to bill cus-
| tomers. I'd go out of business if I
] didn't bill the people that owe me.
"Some people can say | may be
«
an ignorant businessman but If |
don't get a bill and I've never seen
one of the city's utility bills how do
ig. I know If I owe the city?"
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Bill could eliminate smoking at school
New federal legislation could
eliminate the total use of tobacco
in public school buildings and on
the school grounds. Dr. Bob
McRae told members of the Kings
Mountain Association of Educators
JONES
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have a huge reputation ... as far as
academics.”
Jones now plans to go back to
UNC as a medical student, in 1995
if possible. He said he planed to
play tennis all this year, but some
doctors he consulted suggested he
take some graduate-level classes of
the kind he would be taking in medi-
cal school. He was at UNC this past
Tuesday morning.
McRae said the Goals 2000 leg-
istation could prohibit teachers
from using tobacco in the currently
designated smoking arcas for
school personnel. A current policy
prohibits students from smoking in
spring doing so.
He said he got interested in biol-
ogy while in high school, and ma-
jored in it at UNC. He added that
not until he was out of college did he
really know he wanted to go to
medical school.
Jones will send in his application
later this month, but will not know if
he is accepted for six to eight months.
He plans to get a job at the hospital
in Chapel Hill in July.
“I’'mwilling to try for several years
to get in.”
school facilities or on the grounds.
McRae said he is asking for clar-
ification of the language in the bill
which provides a $1,000 a day fine
for violators.
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