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Vol. 109 No. 37
Thursday, September 11, 1997
Golfers needed
for benefit event
Champion said this week that law en-
forcement officers are not entering the
tournament and he is opening it up to
Area golfers are desperately needed
to insure the success of a benefit golf
tournament September 27 at 2 p.m. at
Woodbridge Golf Links.
The tournament, directed by Carl
Champion, is being held to raise money
to help pay the medical and burial ex-
penses of 14-year-old Jerry Tessneer II,
son of Kings Mountain policeman Jerry
Tessneer, who died unexpectedly April
26 just 16 days after undergoing surgery
to repair a defective heart valve.
The tournament was originally in-
tended for police officers and their
spouses to help one of their own. But
all golfers.
Contracting.
See Golf, 9A
The entry fee is $75 and includes golf
and cart fees, prizes and refreshments, a
donation to the Tessneer fund, and ad-
mission to a barbecue dinner to be
served at the conclusion of the event.
There will also be closest to the hole and
other contests. Entry forms are available
at all area golf courses, Kings Mountain
Police Department and Champion
JERRY TESSNEER II
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KM Schools
enrollment up
Tenth day enrollment figures
increased 87 to a total of 4,289.
students who are attending
Kings Mountain District
Schools this fall.
"The increase from 1996-97 is
reflected in the elementary
schools,''said Supt. Dr. Bob
McRae in a report to the Kings
Mountain Board of Education
Monday night.
McRae said the system unit-
wide is in good shape and no
class is exceeding the state class
size requirements. He said four
mobile units are up and run-
ning.
The enrollment figures,
school by school, include:
Bethware, 634, up 38; East, 312,
up 11; Grover, 537, up 34;
North, 426, up 16; West, 313, no
change; Middle School, 956, up
See School, 9A
LAKE LEVEL DROPPING - Even though the Moss lake level is dropping due to the drought the
ducks don't seem to mind. City officials are monitoring the lake level daily but like the farmers who
have lost hay crops they are praying for rain.
Lynch says she's a miracle
Liz Lynch may never get
printer's ink out of her blood.
The widow of the former
early 1940's Herald Publisher
Haywood E. Lynch in still
sends news articles to the news-
paper even though it's painful
for her to write the notes.
Mrs. Lynch is suffering from
Esinoesphilia Pneumonia and
the serious lung problem has
kept her close to home.
She attended Boyce Memorial
ARP Church two weeks ago in
a wheelchair and recently she
was among 40 people she called
"miracles" who were guests of
Dr. and Mrs. John C. McGill at
an ice cream social.
"I consider myself a miracle,"
said Mrs. Lynch, who has diffi-
culty talking but whose voice
was stronger Tuesday as she
spoke on the telephone from
her room at Cleveland Pines
where she was admitted after
five days at Cleveland Regional
Medical Center.
But she said her ‘streak of in-
dependence and the grace of
God has kept her intent on beat-
ing the odds.
Elizabeth Simmons Lynch, af-
fectionately called "Meme" by
her family, said she was thank-
ful she could make the party.
She also recalled how she
watched the construction going
up at the new Summitt Place
from her car.
Lynch wanted to be the first
resident of the new assisted-liv-
ing facility across from the
Middle School and said as
'Forever Plaid’ opens Saturday
to raise funds for Little Theatre
The Kings Mountain Little
Theatre renovation project at
the old Dixie Theatre will bene-
fit from "Forever Plaid" and the
curtain goes up Saturday at 8
p-m. and Sunday at 4 p.m. and
again on September 19 and
September 30 at 8 p.m. in B.N.
Barnes Auditorium.
~ Billed as family entertain-
ment, the show will feature all
local talent, a barbershop
singing group of four men
backed by drummer David
Roof, bass guitarist Jerre Snow
and pianist Keith Denson.
"It's a challenge for us," said
Mayor Scott Neisler, who along
with his brother, Andy Neisler,
Randy Patterson and Tim Miller
make up the vocal group.
Tickets are $10 at the door.
Advance tickets may be pur-
chased at Bridges Hardware.
Directed by Punkin
Higginbotham, "Forever Plaid,"
is a different kind of show for
t
the local theatre group and
Higginbotham says Kings
Mountain citizens should make
plans to attend.
"These guys are good," she
said.
The group has been working
for weeks on the production, set
just before the rock-n-roll era ° |
and featuring the songs of the
1950's when kids and parents
listened and danced to the same
music.
The story line centers around
four guys who met in high
school and discovered they en-
joyed the same music and
dreamed of becoming like their
idols - The Four Aces, the Four
Lads, the Four Freshmen, Hi-
Los and Crew Cuts. Rehearsing
in the basement of a plumbing
supply company, they almost
realize their big gig when a
tragic car accident ends their
See Plaid, 2A
much at a City Council meeting
where she carried her life-sav-
ing oxygen with her and talked
to Council about her dream of
living in the apartment com-
plex.
Liz said that among guests at
the McGill party was Kim
McMackin who spent long
stays in the hospital after a
bank vault door fell on him,
pinning his legs underneath the
heavy door.
"He walked in and others like
me came on walkers,
wheelchairs or crutches,” said
Mrs. Lynch of the party which
honored the home-bound mem-
bers of Boyce Memorial ARP
Church.
See Lynch, 4A
LIZ LYNCH
Kings Mountain, N.C. * Since 1889 « 50¢
Lack of rain
drops level
of Moss Lake
Moss Lake has dropped 18
inches due to insufficient rain-
fall in the past four weeks.
City Planning Director Steve
Killian said citizens have not
suffered for lack of water but
that the dry weather has cost
farmers all their hay crops.
KM Water Department
Supervisor Walt Ollis said the
city staff is monitoring the lake
situation closely and everyone's
praying for rain.
City Council is expected to
vote on the seven members of
the new Moss Lake
Commission at the September
30 meeting, according to Mayor
Scott Neisler. Memorandums
went out from the mayor's of-
fice this week to all seven elect-
ed city officials and to officers
of the Moss Lake Property
Owners’ Association. The may-
or said the property owners are
expected to nominate two lake
owners to serve on the new
board and City Council is to se-
lect five members of the board,
none of whom can be elected
officials and all of whom must
reside in the Kings Mountain
Sty Yimite one
"We hope to have this au-
thority in place at the
September 30 meeting," said the
mayor.
Lee Hayes and Jeff Curtis
have joined the City Codes
Department, according to ad-
Business and Professional group “/
ministrator Killian, and the city
is advertising for another posi-
tion of codes officer. Andy
Scoggins is building inspector.
Killian also oversees the opera-
tion of Moss Lake.
In other city activities, Killian
said that the city board of ad-
justment approved Tuesday a
variance request from Shane
Doty for a front yard setback at
105 Raintree Dr. Doty was re-
questing a 34 feet setback from
the right of way so that he
could get his house in line with
adjoining property owners.
Killian said that city staff and
representatives from Ingles
Super Markets are expected to
meet soon to talk about a sewer
line to be run to the property on
Oak Grove Road that Ingles is
buying for a new food store.
With conflicts in scheduling, the
conference has been delayed.
Construction is moving
along on Summit Place, the new
assisted living complex across
from the Middle School. Killian
said that the sewer line is still to
completed as well as landscap-
ing and interior designs.
City Manager Jimmy Maney
is out-of-town until Friday at-
tending a natural gas conven-
tion in Louisiana. Hoping to
lock in gas prices, he said he
expected to learn much at the
convention and also climb on
board an oil rig.
plans park at old Roller Mill site
The old Roller Mill property
at the corner of West Gold
Street and South Railroad
Avenue will be developed by
the Kings Mountain Business &
Professional Association as a
park.
City Council last week gave
the green light to project when
it approved the use of the city-
owned vacant lot, across from
the old Plonk Brothers, for a
municipal park.
"This is a great thing for
downtown and something that
our association has been want-
ing to do for some time," said
Joe Smith, one of the organizers
of the park.
Tim Miller, also a promoter of
the project, said the group envi-
sions a gazebo and bandstand
CURTAIN GOING UP - Andy Neisler, Jerre Snow, on string bass, Randy Patterson, Keith Denson
at piano, Tim Miller and Mayor Scott Neisler, left to right, rehearse a 50's number from "Forever
Plaid,” which opens Saturday at Barnes Auditorium as a benefit for the Kings Mountain Little
Theatre's Dixie renovation project.
and hopes to use the site for
Mountaineer Christmas in
December by placing a big
flatbed trailer on the site.
"We won't have the gazebo
and bandstand up by that time
because we are looking for do-
nations from the public in the
form of cash and labor to build
the gazebo and bandstand,"
said Smith.
Engineer Al Moretz donated
the drawings for the project.
Landscaper Cliff Laurich has
been retained to make the area
look like like a park, according
to Smith and will meet with the
sponsoring group to get their
input on the project. Trees and
shrubs are expected to be plant-
ed this fall.
See Park, 6A
Area's blood
supply is low
The American Red Cross is
tions and encourages volunteer
donors to assist in meeting the
blood supply needs of local
communities by scheduling an
appointment to give blood.
Despite a 7% increase in
blood donations in July, the Red
Cross is experiencing low blood
supply levels in many regions
nationwide. About 25 of the 38
blood regions have 11/2 day or
less supply of O positive and O
"negative blood. Ideally, the Red
Cross prefers to have a three to
four day supply.
Sandi Bolick, Director of
Blood Services for the
Cleveland County Chapter of
the Red Cross, said persons
may donate blood September 14
from 12:30-4:30 p.m. at Palm
Tree United Methodist Church;
Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 9
a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Cleveland
Community College; and
See Blood, 5A
seeking immediate blood dona- -.
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