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Insuranceman Bob Maner said
the city's first priority is to "get that
bottom line up."
Keller said the city would not
have been wise to amend the bud-
get to satisfy the LGC recommen-
dation of 8 percent of revenue in
the reserve fund.
Keller said that he has recom-
mended to Council that it hold a
workshop meeting in May after the
bond payments, SCATA payment
and cost of repairs to the Pilot
Creek basin are behind them and
determine if transfers can be made.
Responding to former commis-
sioner Jim Guyton, Parsons said
that no transfers could have been
made t December 31 and April 1
a $561,000 bond payment is due
and possibly a transfer of $175,000
could be made.
"There are rules to go by," said
Maner.
Keller said he doubted that the
city's current bond rating would be
upgraded any time soon. Kings
Mountain's national credit rating
fell after the money reserve short-
fall appeared in the 1994-95 bud-
get.
"The bond people look at the
fund balance and how much cash is
in the utility fund which is the
bread and butter of the city," said
Parsons.
Parsons said that deregulation is
coming which would make elec-
tricity profits even less certain.
That could mean higher taxes
and/or rates.
Smith said Susan McCullough
of the LGC reiterated that each of -
the city's enterprise funds must
stand on its on, including the gen-
eral fund.
"The LGC has no power to set
up a local budget but it can say if
you are doing it right and advise.
"Our job was to look at the bud-
get in a business-like manner and
we have done that," said Smith.
Smith said state bookkeeping
was different from commercial
bookkeeping and agreed with the
auditor that it was a complex set of
rules.
"If Council just transfers merely
to meet the 8 percent recommend-
ed by the LGC you are back where
you started,” said City Manager
Gary Hicks.
But Guyton said the city could
have met the 8 percent criteria in
LEGALS
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TIN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE
SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF YORK
SUMMONS AND NOTICE
C.A. #95-DR-46-1103
JAMES LEE KAPS,
Plaintiff,
VS.
SUSAN B. KAPS,
Defendant.
TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE
NAMED: ’
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED
AND REQUIRED to answer the Com-
plaint in this action, the original of
which has been filed in the Family
Court of YORK County on Nov. 17,
1995, a copy of which will be deliv-
ered to you upon request; and to
serve a copy of your answer to the
said Complaint upon the undersigned
Attorney for Plaintiff, Paul A. Knox, at
his office located at 249 Johnston
Street, Post Office Box 10881, Rock
Hill, South Carolina 29731, within thirty
(30) days after the service hereof,
exclusive of the date of such service,
andif you failto answer the Complaint
within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff
in this action will apply to the Court for
the Relief demanded in this Com-
plaint.
S/Paul A. Knox
PAUL A KNOX, ESQUIRE
Attorney for the Plaintiff
249 Johnston Street
P.O. Box 10881
Rock Hill, SC 29731
(803) 324-7531
November 1, 1995
Rock Hill, South Carolina
KMH-1141 1:18,25; 2:1
ADMINISTRATOR
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified on the 16th day of
January, 1996, as Executrix of the
Estate of Robert O. Burleson, de-
ceased, late of Cleveland County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons, firms and corporations hav-
ing claims against the decedent to
exhibit the same to the undersigned
Betty Benton Burleson, Executrix on
or before the 18th day of April, 1996,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons, firms and
corporations indebted to the estate
should make immediate payment.
This the 18th day of January, 1996.
Betty Benton Burleson
Estate of Robert O. Burleson
311 Downing Dr.
May by amending the budget. "We
went up on water and sewer rates
and that meant a profit."
Parsons said if the transfer had
been made there would have been
no cash to make the bond pay-
ments.
"The general fund needs to be
self supporting and we are creating
problems by transfers,” she said.
"It's direct subterfuge," said
Hicks of transfers.
Smith asked Parsons and Keller
by whose authority did they charge
off $257,000 in accounts receiv-
ables and Keller said it was his de-’
cision as budget. officer.
"Can an auditor take off assets
of the city?" asked Smith.
Smith argued that was Council's
duty.
But Hicks said the city should
not include iffy assets, in order
words he said money that it was
not guaranteed of getting from a
gas supplier..
"We may get it but we may not,"
said the auditor.
Smith suggested that Keller
contact City Attorney Mickey
Corry for an opinion on the write-
off. Sh Ge eer
"I was glad to see that the city
ended the year with $1.6 million, a
long way from the cash figure of
$17,000 the year before," said
Guyton. Guyton said he hopes
Council will hold a budget meeting
in May and amend the budget to
figure the 8 percent reserve fund.
Maner said there's a chance for
the general fund to be built up if
Powell Bill monies are used for la-
bor.
Hicks said Powell Bill monies
can be used for streets, equipment
and some salaries.
Smith took issue with recent re-
ports by city officials that the city
will lose $1.2 million in revenues
with: the recent closing of
Clevemont Mills, a big utility cus-
tomer.
Parsons said the figure is correct
but she said the city realized about
$250,000 profit annually from the
utility customer.
Smith said the report from the
special committee would be in-
cluded in the information dis-
tributed to Council at the January
meeting.
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
KMH-1143 1:18.25; 2:1.8
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF
JUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
FILE #95-CVD-2048
NORTH CAROLINA
CLEVELAND COUNTY
NOTICE OF SERVICE
BY PUBLICATION
CHRISTOPHER SAMUEL -
BUTLER
Plaintiff
VS. + a
'KHRISTINA M. WILSON,
Defendant
TO: KHRISTINA M. WILSON, the
Defendant:
TAKE NOTICE that a pleading
seeking relief against you has been
filed on the 18th day of October, 1995,
in the above-entitled action. The na-
ture of the relief being sought is as
follows:
CHILD CUSTODY
AND CHILD SUPPORT
You are required to make defense
to such pleading not later than the
27th of February 1996, said date be-
ing forty days from the first publication
of this notice; and upon your failure to
do so, the parties seeking service
against you will apply to the Court for
the relief sought.
This the 16th day of January, 1996.
C. Andrew Neisler, Jr.
Attorney for Plaintiff
. CLONINGER & NEISLER
115 West Mountain Street
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Telephone: (704) 739-4766
KMH-1149 2:1,8,15
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified on the 29th day of
December, 1995, as Administrator of
the Estate of Gladys Gill, deceased
late of Cleveland County, North Caro-
lina, this is to notify all persons, firms
and corporations having claims against
the decedent to exhibit the same tothe
undersigned Hazel Lee Gill on or be-
fore the 29th day of March, 1996, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons, firms and
corporations indebted to the estate
should make immediate payment.
This the 8th day of January, 1996.
Hazel Lee Gill, Administrator
Estate of Gladys Gill
303 Lake Montonia Road
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
KMH-1140 1:11,18,25; 2:1
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LGC
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priation, the percentage of avail-
able fund balance would be 3.34
percent rather than 5.11 percent.
Barclay said Powell bill funds
are legally restricted for street con-
struction and repair and may not
be used to support general govern-
ment operations without violating
state law.
Barclay said the average level of
available fund balance maintained
by municipalities of comparable
size to Kings Mountain is 22.35
percent of their total general fund
expenditures. The improvements in
the level of available fund balance
was the result of increased operat-~
ing transfers from the electric and
gas funds, he said.
Barclay said that his analysis of
the audited financial statement of
the City of King Mountain re-
vealed that transfers made to the
general fund accounted for about
30 percent of its total revenue and
without transfers from other funds
the general fund would have had a
revenue shortfall of $800,000.
Operating transfers made to sub-
sidize the operations of a fund
which is not self supporting are not
viewed favorably by the bond rat-
ing agencies for legitimate reasons;
Barclay said.
Barclay recommended that the
city set appropriate taxes and fees
in the general fund and/or pare
down expenditures if necessary in
order for to the fund to support its
own operations, especially given
that the fund currently making sig-
nificant transfers to the general
fund might not always be be to
provide such support.
Barclay said the city has been
impacted by changes in the local
economy recently caused by the
plant closing of one of the major
utility customers. Barclay said this
situation could lower the demand
for utility services while the de-
mand for general government ser-
vices can be expected to remain
constant or even increase.
Barclay said municipal electric
utility funds are expected to. face
significant financial challenges in
the future due to the deregulation
of that industry, which means that
the ability of the electric fund to
make transfers will become limit-
ed.
The recent mailing to city offi-
cials included a lengthy memoran-
dum entitled "Issues of Coneern for
the Fiscal Year 1995-96 and Future
Years."
Barclay said the city needs to
improve the financial condition of
the general fund over the long-term
without using enterprise fund sub-
sidies to do so. ies
Barclay again commended the
city for taking steps in the past fis-
cal year to improve the overall
cash position but he said there is
more to do to strengthen the gener-
al funds' financial position
Bunch
Real Estate
Phillip Bunch, Broker
739-5291 'til 4:30 pm
739-6259 after 4:30
RESIDENTIAL
NICELY DECORATED 3BR, 2 Ba, Tri-level, LR,
kitch., & din. area, Ig. deck, FR, single garage -
Could be 4th BR/ office. 323 Somerset Dr., $89,500.
GREAT BUY 3BR, 2 ba, brick ranch, LR, DR, kitch,
decks, nat. gas ht., wooded lot, near HS & Jr Hi, 305
Scotland Dr., $79,900.
NEW LISTING: 2 BR, 1 ba., ranch, kitch. & din.
area, LR w/FP, new sid. & Ht system/air, 120 Fisher
Dr, $46,500.
VERY PRIVATE Executive Estate w/magnificent
view, 5 acres, over 4,000 sq. ft., brick Colonial, call
for details, Huffman Drive. $295,000.
GOLF COURSE SPOT 4BR, 2.5 BA, 2 stry w/office
or rec. room, LR w/FP, DR, kitch. & din. area, extra
LG MBR w/2 walk-in closets, MBath w/garden tub &
shwr., #6 Fairway, Woodbridge, $159,500.
RECENTLY REMODELED, 3BR, 2BA, brickranch,
LR, kitch. & din. area, nice pool & pool area, deck,
extra storage area, near HS & Jr Hi, 307 Scotland
Dr., $87,500.
PRICE REDUCED- COUNTRY SETTING: nicely
landscaped, 3BR, 2BA, brick ranch, LR W/FP, FT w/
FP, fully furnished basement, deck, patio, LG
wooded lot, outside storage, 207 Drew Court.
PRIVATE COUNTRY SETTING: Brick, 1 1/2 story
home, 4BR, 3 full BA, FR w/Fp, lg. kitchen & din.
area, sewing rm, lots of storage, large lot complete
w/ in ground pool, 106 Eagle Court, Gold Run s/d,
$179,500. £
COMPLETELY REMODELED: Inside & out. 6 yrs.
old brick ranch, 3BR, 1 BA, LR w/FP, kitc. & din.
area, sgl. cpt., cen. ht & air, Ig. lot, 103 Bain Rd.
$62,900.
COUNTRY SETTING: 3 br, 2 ba, doublewide, LR/
fp, kitch & din area, nice level lot, 510 Brevard Rd.,
$46,900.
PRICE REDUCED GREAT STARTER HOME: 1
BR, 1 BA, bungalow w/ LR, kitchen/ din. area,
enclosed front porch, well insul., vinyl siding, 118
Cloninger St., $36,500.
GOOD STARTER/INVESTMENT HOME: 4BR,
1BA, Bungalow W/LR, Kitch. w/din. area, rental,
Compact School Road, $34,000.
WATERFRONT, Executive Home, Lg. Wooded 1 1/
4 Ac. Lot w/over 300' Water Frontage, 3Br,3Ba, LG
MBR w/Walk in Closet, LG FR w/FP, L-R, Kitchen
Din. Area, 2 Decks, Double Garage, & Much, Much
More, 234 Thamon Road, $295,000.
GOOD INVESTMENT PROPERTY 20r3BR, 1BA,
bungalow, LR, DR, Kitchen, near comer of Linwood
Rd. and Cleveland Ave. 508 Linwood Rd. Seller
says make offer!
MOBILE HOMES
& MOBILE HOME LOTS
CONVENIENT TO 74 BYPASS, wooded 2 ac. lots,
some with creek, cty & sewer, Hoyle Rd., $16,800.
Lot 4 left. g
VERY PRIVATE 1-1/8 acre, part. wooded, level lot
w/driveway, Love Valley Area, Patriot's Way Road,
$9,750. Owner Financing Available.
ACREAGE & LOTS
LARGE BUILDING LOT gentle sloped, partially
wooded with creek, utilities available, curbed St.,
Lot 1N, Crescent Hill Road, $12,000.
NICE BUILDING LOT, Mostly level, partially-
wooded, utilities available, curbed St., Lot 3A, Cres-
cent Hill Road, $10,000.
NICE BUILDING LOT, Already in grass W/ chain
link fence, quiet dead in street, 3/4 acre, city utilities
avail., 310 North Carpenter St., $9,800.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
4.0 acres, suitable for small business or manufac-
turing facility, mostly cleared, city utilities available,
road access from Floyd St. of Hwy. 161, Cline St.
$12,900 per acre.
These Bethware students in kindergarten and first grade were chosen as Terrific Kids-and honored;
the Kiwanis Club for the second nine weeks period of school. They are, left to right: front row - IM
Kersbergen, Elizabeth Greene, Fletcher Webster, Tasha Phillips, Tony Capatosta, and Josh Reyno}
Second row - Justin Heinbach, Justin Jenkins, Jonathan Jenkins, Paige Earle, Andrew Livsie, Kris
Davis, and Will Fredell. Back row - Brock Butler, Kyeria Stover, March Phouvanay, Halie Calvert,
Brittany Pagan. Principal Mary Accor and Kiwanis Club member George Hatch are shown with the
These first and second grade students at Bethware School were honored by vthedKiwanisd€iab. ass! 03
dents. Jessica Bell and Jason Smith were absent when the picture was taken.
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Terrific Kids for the second nine weeks of school. They are, left to right: first, row ~ Brittney Ehainburgnos
Adéni Dixon, Laronda McClain, Alan Heinbach, and Justin Hopson. .Second Row.» Nicki Blaoks CandaedT
Campion, Sheldon Crockett, Chanta Byrd, and Keith Yarbro. Back row - Kennon Grigg, Lacey Pearson, sids
Thomas Miller, and Chantia Patterson. Principal Mary Accor and Kiwanis Club member George Hatgls1D
are shown with the students. Kristen Proctor and Trey Glass were absent when the picture was taken..
KM Middle School honor rolls-
The following students are listed
on the honor rolls at Kings
Mountain Middle School:
SEVENTH GRADE
A/B HONOR ROLL
Jonathan Ammay, Justin Bell,
Marybeth Bell, Steven Blanton,
Bobby Boles, Maudistien Buggs,
John Preston Cole, David
Crawford, Tim Echols, Clint
Edmunds, Billy Ray Fralick,
Timothy Gardner, John Bradley
Goforth, Catherine Gordon, Ashley
Hamrick, Kristin Hardin, Cassie
Hope, Lindi Johnson, Ryan Jones,
--~Wesley Lail, Tyler McDaniel,
Christopher McVay, Crystal Miller,
Amanda Mitchell, Stephanie
Moore, Jeremy Owens, Chasity
Parker, Krystle Patel, Meghan
Potter, Justin Roper, Trisha
Runyans, Benjamn Sabetti, Paul
Shergill, Shameka Smith, Chris
Styers, Renaldo Tate, Heather
AUDIT
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write off a historic imbalance pay-
ment in the middle of negotiations
with the supplier and said it was a
matter of lack of communications.
The mayor compared the 1988
audit and the 1994-95 audit and
said that in 1988 the city had a
high bond rating and transferred
$2.7 million from utility funds to
the general fund and in 1994-95
the transfer amount was $1 mil-
lion.
"It's misleading that transfers are
blamed for the lowered bond rat-
ing," he said.
Guyton said the recent audit has
some good points. He said at the
end of the 1994 fiscal year the city
had $15,000 in the bank: At the
end of the 1995 fiscal year the city
had $ 1.6 million.
Councilman Murphrey said a re-
cent! letter’ from ‘the Local
Government Commission com-
mended Council for improvements
in its cash position.
"They tell us we are working in
the right direction and we need to
accept, rather than postpone the
acceptance of the audit which has
been scrutinized by the LGC and
accepted by them," he said.
Thompson, Heather Toney, Daren
Winebarger, Marketta Young,
Antwan Adams, Tyshuna Addison,
Nikki Adkins, Sarah Lynn
Anderson, Matthew Ash, Shelby
Baldonado, Adam Blanton, Ian
Blanton, Tameka Bledsoe, Abena
Boakye, Tiffany Borders, Teia
Bowen, Matthew Bridges, Kerri
Brutko, Cathy Bryant, Jessica
Carter, Laura Champion, Brandi
Michell Cook, Gregory Crawford,
JaVarous Crenshaw, Chris
Dellinger, Derek Dixon, Miranda
Dixon, Justin Etters, Diana Falls,
Tyler Falls, Alan Gibson, Crystal
Grayson, Nicole Hagner, Leah
Hall, Jennifer Haynes, Donald Lee
Henderson, Miranda Hensley, Jack
Kakhankham, Charles Loftin, B.
Kyle Lovelace, Heather Lee
Mauney, Misty McCree, Bess
McGinnis, Brian C. McKinney,
Daniel Miller, Kenneth Moore,
David Moschler, Sarah Lee
Owensby, Amber Poole, Quentin
Powell, Naphaphone Ratsavong,
Virginia Reed, Shannon Reid,
Latoya Robertson, Kristen
Robinson, Carl D. Schultz, Jennifer
Shannon, Jeana Thomas, Charles
Van Dyke, Jason Lee Walters, R.
Alan Walters, Emily Welborn,
Nicole Wiliamson, Virginia
Wilson, Tamela Wright and Takia
Beam.
Also Jessica Barnette, Mindy
Belt, Kenneth Bolin, Michael
Brackett, Jessica Branham, Jason
Bridges, Laura E. Bridges, Heather
Causby, Thea Creighton, Natasha
Crocker, Sydney Curry, Angela
Early, Christopher El'is, Heather
Eng, Tearra Fink, Stevie Foster,
Charlotte Fulton, David Hunter
George, George Zachary Cain,
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Haley Gingles, Jason Gladden, voy
Bradley Greene, Cheryl Greengugot
Jeremy Harris, John Hunteno'
Donald Jenkins, Trea Kelley, Torggtiira
Leach, Danielle Marshall, Michaglisseq
Martin, Brandon McCombs, Okajooi
Moore, Evan Osteen, Jennifgpi 101
Patterson, Mollie Pattersogyg
Stephanie Saucier, William AdT
Sellers, David Simmons, Crystaldaga
Smart, Jennifer Sparks, Kal&iom
Steele, Carrie Lynn Smart, JennifggQO
Sparks, B. Kale Steele, Carsigaige
Stowe, Amanda Tackett, Andra ods
Thomas, Daniel Walker, Jennifielratsi
Willis and Ashley Wilson. BM
SEVENTH GRADE 5 svom
A HONOR ROLL . ,supin
Heather Barnette, :Carow ii
Brinkley, Nathan Carpenter, Legiivi
Clark, Alecia Dahl, LindsggA
Hamrick, Stuart Heffner, Christensos
Hollifield, Trent Hopper, Dillgnisod
Ingle, Kristie Lea Jones, Jennifer si
Kliever, Susan Mayes, Emilystsw
Owens, Zachary Ramey, Kimberkp&
Robertgson, Michael Allen Roted orf
Jennifer Lynn Scism, Brian Se@tbonia
Scruggs, Juanita Sinnorai and I
Maegan Spicer. ; i 1 olidw
Also Joshua Lamar Ball woY
Christopher Bennett, Lindsapus 219
Betler, Tasha Bridges, E. [FM
Bumgardner, Jennifer Fredelbpaiqe
Adam Hall, David Ryan Maupey, qiod
Drew Neisler ITI, Laura Annsiseslq
Propst, Carrie Sizemore, KimberkyiW
Stinchcomb, Virginia Ware, Eripisivo
Wilson, Jordan Wollak, Melita Jaysil.iq
Betler, M. Bradley Bridge siwsqe
Marylee Dilling, = Candaeesvos
Donaldson, Basit Gangoo, AndaH
Claire George, Joshua Mariqgil
McDaniel, Wendy Ann Neisleg, yigrii
Miranda Mae Ormsby. antdsauss
Manisone Phanthalack. iwls bas
University Women to meéf..
B'Ann Vance and Linda Clark
will present highlights of their ob-
servance of the United Nations
fourth World Conference on
Women in Beijing, China at the
area meeting of the American
Association of University Women
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at First
Presbyterian Church in Gastonia.
Vance is AAUW president and a
Girl Scout executive with the
Pioneer Girl Scout Council.
Clark is a vice-president of
Presbyterian Hospital. They
v3 59 zed
and 48 other AAUW members 4 hid
tended the Nongovernmental
ns : :
Organizations Forum 13 8 fitiw
v yllsuey
Vance said that the 31,000 wonpaA
en who attended from 200 counb si
tries were compelled by the conpmiiioy
mon need to join the fast-growingd sds
worldwide network of women dd-yeion
termined to achieve equality, dEQ#
velopment and peace She said thedT
women had one goal in mind: twt gat
advance the status of women by ssom
the year 2000. id 3296
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