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Thursday, March 25, 1999 Inside Stories Schools face challenges in 21st century............. 2 Lessons to be learned..... New Lube N Cruise fast and dependable.......... D Rehab Fitness can make you feel like brand new... AGI Corporation celebrates its first year in Cleveland County.......... 4 New store your One Stop for everything.....0.......... 5 Service is Caldwell’s Motto.......... iu 6 Harris Funeral home celebrating fifty two years in Kings Mountain with with big changes........... 7 Foote Mineral under new ownership... is Medicare big challenge of the new Millen hy 9 EdenGardens cares for mind, body, spirit......... 10 Chamber uniting Cleveland County......... 11 Advertiser’ Ss Index OHA Sandra Wilson ............. 2 "Wirtz Manufacturing Co., ING... hi Eiri 2 Polygram .......c......, Hind Printin’ Press &.'....il.. 2 Lube’n Cruise.............. 3 Rehab Fitness.............. 3 AGL Lima esive 4 Parkdale... chin, 4 002 SEE a ll 4 One Stop........... SR 5 Fred Caldwell...... Tia 6 Harris Funeral Home. .... 7 -Chemetall Foote Corporation ....it..u.a..vs 8 White Oak Manor ......... 9 EdenGardens .............10 Caveny Insurance....... 11 City Kings Mountain ...12 We would like to thank all the listed advertisers for their support which made this special section possible. A Rl SRR Herald/Times KM looks to year 2000 Counting down to 2,000 city officials predict a bright future for Kings Mountain. “We will be focusing on our priorities and one of our big ef- forts will be to build a water line from the lake to town from both directions of the Highway 74 bypass so that we can offer services to a wider area,” said Mayor Scott Neisler. The mayor says it’s almost a foregone conclusion that Council may up the sewer rate to Kings Mountain customers in the light of a 18 percent increase over the past two years from Gastonia. “We have been eating those - increased costs for years and we just can’t do it anymore,” said Neisler. The mayor said that over the past 10 year contract with Gastonia that the neighboring city has raised the inside indus- trial rate to Kings Mountain 47 percent. The mayor explained that Kings Mountain is not meeting its minimum requirement for sewage treatment in the con- tract to Gastonia but still must pay the minimum charges. Other projections for near fu- ture: +The beginning of projects/phases in a five year $2.4 million capital improve- ments program. + By 2000 the proposed new Kings Mountain Senior Center should be a reality. Conceptional designs for the $1 million facility are being com- pleted. + Paving will begin this spring on 25 city streets, a half million dollar project to be paid for by 1998-99 and 1999-2000 Powell Bill funds. +Also, this spring the Department of Transportation will be paving N. C. 161 from city limits to city limits and DOT will be paving 261 from city limits to city limits. + More annexation is in the future following the city’s largest annexation last year. +The city plans to use the re- ceipts froma proposed hotel luxury tax to develop a tourism and marketing program. +A natural gas expansion new Deal Street recreational compiex was completed in 1998 City spent $5 million on ‘98 projects $5 million. That's the price tag on city projects completed in 1998 or to be completed in 1999. Check them off. +The $1.6 million Kings Mountain Law Enforcement Center is expected to be com- pleted in late August. ; +The $1 million plus recre- ation complexes at Deal Street and Davidson Parks. Additional parking and lights will complete the Davidson im- ‘Moss Lake one of Kings mountain’s greatest resources provements this summer and then its play ball for little league and soccer teams. +The $650,000 swimming pool opened last summer and is adjacent to the Kings Mountain Community Center which was also refurbished at cost of about $40,000. +The Children’s Wing/ Mauney Memorial Library ad- dition was aided by a $100,000 contribution from the city and over $500,000 in pledges from Kings Mountain area citizens. +A totally rebuilt downtown underground electric system at cost of $200,000. +In addition, the city’s largest annexation in the city’s history went into effect in 1998. Benchmark of Kannapolis, the city’s consultants, are proposing a new study for the 1999-2000 - budget year. +A Scada system update $60,000 but this gives additional backup to the Peak Generation study is proposed in the new budget year and in the future possibly a $1 million expansion. +Developing a park down- town in cooperation with the Kings Mountain Business and Professional Association with a gazebo and clock +Developing a web site with Internet and email capability +Cooperation in the S. Battleground project to extend water and sewer to Franklin Minerals, a half million dollar expansion program. : +Addressing all code viola- tions in an effort to help beauti- Kings Mountain. In 1999-2000 some major pro- jects will be completed. + The $1 million plus Law Enforcement Center should be Plant which has paid for itselt, a big electricity cost savings plan - implemented by the city in the second year of a four year pay back period. +An updated computer sys- tem is ready for 2000. The utili- ty collection department was re- vamped and moved to the lobby of city hall to better serve customers. Now a utility cus- tomer can pay his water, gas, electric and sewer bills with cash, check or credit card. -verse..Accordin; ready to open in the summer. Anyone who drives by the con- struction work at the corner of Mountain and Piedmont Avenue can see much activity. + Rids will be taken soon for the new Children’s Wing at Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library. Community donations have exceeded over $600,000 to build the new addition. + Recreational facilities, vir- tually completed in 1998, will see the addition of bathrooms at Deal Street and Davidson Parks and contracted maintenance for grassing at both facilities. 1999 is an election year. In November all seats on City Council and the mayor's seat are up for grabs. County population on the rise One of the fastest growing lo- cations in North Carolina is the | twelve county southwestern { Piedmont area. The counties in- cluded in this region are Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union. Industrially, the region is di- to 1996 N.C. Department of Commerce fig- ures, 6,597 people were in- volved in agriculture, 48,920 were in construction, fi- nance/insurance/real estate employed 51,232. The govern- ment sector of employment for the southwestern Piedmont had 99,483 workers, while manufac- turing contributed 225,108 peo- ple. Service industries showed 182,219 workers, retail / whole- sale had 212,730 folks em- ployed, and transpo- rtation/utilities/communicatio See County, Page 11 +Water /sewer improvements of $400,000, the biggie the No. 3 basin at Pilot Creek, and the city is reapplying with the state for upgraded permit to increase capacity. +Grant projects for housing rehabilitation and running of water and sewer lines to Lake -Montonia and other areas, over $ 1 million. Work under way on Dixon Road extension to Highway 74
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