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She said she tried INSURANCE 5 mn Missy & Women's Acrylic Jacquard He to secure the girl s school records Nationwide®is a mil service mark of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company & Silk/Angora Sweaters from a Catawba County counselor Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Affiliated Companies » Home Office: One Nationwide Plaza, Columbus, OH 43216 : Complete your Fall wardrobe with a selection of new sweaters | and vests by Colter Bay. Choose from these acrylic jacquard : | Sets of 4 sweaters, silk/angora, cable-front, mock-neck sweaters, and E 1 y J ' # A 1 5 harvest or holiday theme sweaters. Missy or Womens sizes. A Select styles in Petite sizes. \ | 5 | ) PO LI S H E D Our Everyday Low Price, °17.98-°19.98. A SERENE a . WILLIAMS Erom Page 1-A : He said he was not advised by the county commission. in time to answer valid questions from them and the public concerning his per- rmance on the board. "The lawful purpose of the BSS Board "is to oversee the DSS , riot to prop up public support for an agency well known to be in dire fieed of reform and control," he said. i The county board of commis- sioners may name a replacement for embattled Robert A. Williams on the board of the Department of Social Services at Tuesday's 7 p.m. eeting in Council Chambers in Shelby. { Williams, of Fallston, who may be the first DSS board member to be forced from office in North Carolina, was removed from the bpard during a hearing he did not attend Monday night. i The full board, with the excep- tipn of Van Hoy who left the room int protest of the hearing, found illiams' alleged uncooperative and disruptive presence at board meetings since 1993 constituted good cause to remove him from of- fice. i Citing N. C. statutes, Williams charged last Friday that DSS Director Lorene Rogers should be fited for what he called "insubordi- nation" and a failure to follow and enforce N. C. law. iIn a faxed memo that was dis- tributed to DSS Board members and the press, Williams said Rogers should be dismissed be- cause DSS failed to investigate a report about the Shelby Nevel family that was made in August by a Shelby Schools social worker. ‘Social Services Board members are legally empowered by G.S. 108-A-12 to appoint the agency's ditector. ‘Rogers said at the September meeting of the county board of commissioners that although DSS workers did not visit the Nevels home in Shelby that the agency "did what it was supposed to." But Williams claims under the law that DSS should have accepted the neglect report and sent an in- vestigator to the Nevel residence within 72 hours of receiving the social worker's report. Eleven-year-old Tony Nevel, who suffers from muscular dystro- phy, was beaten by three Shelby . ® RR a si a ER SH a rg ¥ and was told that DSS in Hickory had been involved with the Nevel family. Bell said she called an intake worker in DSS child protective ser- vices and relayed the information and her personal concerns. She said a letter signed by a DSS em- ployee Informed her that DSS was not responsible for enforcing school attendance laws and that Bell's report for neglect had not been accepted. The letter said that DSS had referred the girl to Services for the Blind. Rogers responded to the charges at the recent county board of com- missioners meeting, responding to questions of both Van Hoy and Ralph Gilbert. She said Child Protective Service workers checked the state social services registry and found no records re- garding the Nevels. "Don't wait until after the facts to do something," said Van Hoy at that meeting. MEETING From Page 1-A to join the other two school boards in the county for conversation about public education. He said he had talked with chairpersons of both the Shelby and Cleveland County Boards of Education and suggested that Kings Mountain would like to be a part of the meet- ing. He said he would work with the group on a tentative agenda af- ter he receives more input from the local board. "We have always cooperated in a spirit of friendliness with both boards," said Peeler. Peeler said that one instance of cooperation is Parker Street School, the county-wide alternative school now located at the former administrative office building on Parker Street." Peeler said that although the M word does not appear in the letter that "we all have a fear that merger will be the main topic of conversa- tion." "We need to be clear on how the board feels about it before we go to the meeting," he said. McRae said he saw no great ne- cessity for the joint meeting until after the first of the year, probably before the boards begin budget preparations about February. Ln) A GR I I esa ELECTION From 2age 1-A "Amen," Hager called out in the crowded City Hall lobby Tuesday night when the vote totals were announced, and he quickly left the room. Hager led a three-man field with 152 votes followed by Joe King with 100 votes and Tim Johnson with 31. Hager, the city's first minority council member in the city's 121- year history, was reelected to a sec- ond term at City Hall. "It's been a long day," said Hager, who said he worked the polling places since early morning. Hager, who was nominated by the Cleveland County Chapter of the NAACP for a seat on the coun- ty board of commissioners but was not chosen by the county board, had said several months ago during that selection process that he want- ed to regain his seat on City Council. Among Hager's strong support- ers for city political office was his brother, Bill Hager, who died last week. "I really can't smile too much," he said as election results were be- ing posted. King, a former policeman who had sought a seat on the board pre- viously, quickly congratulated Hager. "I was hoping that I could do it in the first round," said Neisler, the city's youngest mayor who took of- fice four years ago after serving as Ward 4 Councilman. "I am very encouraged that I got the leading vote count in the may- or's race. It makes me feel good to know that voters believe I am on the right track in making the rec- ommendations I have made to City Council," he said. Childers, a former two-term commissioner who was defeated by Neisler four years ago and who has missed few meetings of Council since he went off the board, said he felt good about the voter confidence and will work even harder in the next weeks be- fore the runoff. Gene White, who waged a cam- paign to restore credibility to city government, was knocked out of the race but he said the voters had made a decision and he would sup- port the winners. At Tuesday's election 32.6 per- ENJOY MORE AFFORDABLE INSURANCE by 15” LO LM Ih J cent of the registered voters of 4,760 went to the polls, a larger turnout than most political ob- servers had predicted. "I am very pleased with the turnout,” said Neisler. But City Elections Supervisor Becky Cook said that she was disappointed that the turnout was not more. A total of 638 people voted at the East Kings Mountain precinct at the Community Center. A total of 915 people voted at the West Kings Mountain precinct at The Armory. The campaign, hailed by ob- servers as one of the quietest polit- ical seasons in recent history, was marked by a clean race by 13 can- didates pushing for four seats open at City Hall. Even after two years of at times divisive controversy among the seven board members about the city tinances, it was impossible, longtime political poll watchers said to predict winners in Tuesday's municipal election. "I wouldn't bet on this one," said long-time pollwatcher Clayvon Kelly. Neisler said that city finances were not in crisis but improving and that 1994 property tax and util- ity rate hikes were unnecessary. "The city has had serious finan- cial problems but new board mem- bers took the actions needed to turn the city finances around,” said Childers. White organized a voter referen- dum in June that reduced board and mayoral terms of office from four to two years starting with the Tuesday election. He charged that government is focused on special interests and called for major changes at City Hall, including cuts in salaries of city council and the mayor. "I m very happy," said Bridges, a former mayor pro tem, who sai she will work harder in the week prior to the runoff. "It makes m feel good that people still hay trust in me as a Council member." "This was a good experience fo me but the city voters have mad the decision," said White, who sai he doubts that he will run for cit! office again. The legal profession is not the glamorous job that some envision, says Tim Moore, of the reason that so many law school students opt for other careers. "It's work and seven years of schooling," says the young Kings Mountain man, who recently passed the North Carolina Bar and has joined the law firm of Hamrick, Mauney, Flowers and Martin in Shelby after working as a summer intern. Moore, the new associate in the firm, works with Fred Flowers on civil and criminal litigations. He says he puts his clients first and first and foremost he considers the rights of everyone. "One day I will get my big case but right now I'm learning how I can be the best lawyer I can be and the first lawyer in the Moore fami- ly," he said. Moore said his parents and his sister, Carla, support him whole- heartedly. Son of Rick and Jean Moore of Kings Mountain, Tim graduated from Kings Mountain High School in 1988 and always had the dream of one day practicing law. He grad- uated from UNC at Chapel Hill with a degree in political science in 1992 and enrolled in Oklahoma City School of Law and graduated in May 1995 with his JD degree. In Oklahoma he found a diverse stu- dent body and was in a graduating class of 160 students, one-third of the student body of 240 dropping out during the second year of law school., FALL FESTIVAL The Halloween Alternative Saturday October 28th, 1995 Christian Living Center e Macedonia Baptist Church 1101 S. Battleground Avenue, Kings Mountain, NC ¢ 739-6811 6:00 - 6:40 pm ¢ Light Refreshments py, B, 6:40 - 9:00 pm * FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES INyyelC Door Prizes, Games, Best Costume Contest & Canady ir wi sas Ci Re Ch J SS A SR SR Ss ee eS Se Se Se Si ag TIM MOORE "The second year is the hardest and you have to work," said Tim. He spent the summer in Chapel Hill preparing for his bar exam in Raleigh in July. Moore says the rewards in the legal profession are many. He likes to help people and he has good mentors in the law firm of which he is associated. Active in Young Republicans, ne is currently chairman of Young Republicans of Cleveland County and on the county GOP executive committee. His hobbies are moun- tain biking and hiking. He is a member of Kings Mountain First Baptist Church. Moore highly recommends the law profession as a promising career for young men and women but says they should be committed and not be afraid to change their minds in law school. "I love it and am spending 100 percent of my time building my law practice," he says. 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