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Spgs Vol. 111 No. 24 Since 1889 50 Cents i Mrs. McClure coming to town on Thursday Retired Kings Mountain High School choral director Myrle McClure, now a resident of Williamsburg, VA, will be in Kings Mountain Thursday through Sunday and would love to see some of her stu- dents, friends and neighbors. Mrs. McClure will be at the home of Esther Muench at 310 Downing Drive. Those wanting to visit with Mrs. McClure are asked to call the Muench resi- dence at 739-1917. Rotary Club honors top teacher, officer Bethware Elementary teacher Danny Ray McDowell, and Kings Mountain Police Detective Melvin Proctor were named Teacher of the Year and ‘Enforcement Officer of the meeting of the Kings Mountain Rotary Club. 2B Walker Senior Center Volunteer of the Year Julia Walker is the Kings Mountain Senior Center's Volunteer of the Year. Other awards were also presented at Saturday’s annual Volunteer Brunch. 10A RV could be your home away from home Now that vacation time is in full swing, it’s sometimes hard to find that perfect hotel room. Tommy Young of Young's RV Sales in Kings Mountain may just have your perfect home away from home. 6B UN Summer activities abound in county Monday is the first day of summer, and there are numer- ous opportunities for fun and learning in and around Cleveland County. 9A A look back at some of our greatest stars Beginning next week The Herald will begin a look back at Kings Mountain's greatest sports stars of the 20th century. PE > ye YOUR HOMETOWN BANK A Western North Carolina safe school’s team will be giv- ing a report card soon to the Kings Mountain Board of Education on how safe is Kings Mountain schools. “We don’t have any serious safety problems but in light of heightened awareness we are asking this team from the Department of Instruction to Schoo Is to receive safety report audit the schools so that we will be sure we are covering all the bases on school safety,” said Supt. Dr. Bob McRae. The team will be in Kings Mountain for a week, working at all the elementary schools, middle and high schools. Providing a safe school en- vironment for all students, staff and visitors is the third goal of five that the board unanimously approved Monday night. Vice-Chairman Shearra Miller asked if additional safe- ty measures had been taken by the schools since the shooting tragedy at a school in Colorado. McRae said the invitation to the safety team to do an audit Ounce of Prevention sesseccese 1, respectively, at Thursday's ER GARY STEWART / THE HERALD Gene Waldroup of the City Electrical Department removes a damaged insulator from the York Road substation Monday afternoon. Several residences and businesses in the east end of the city i were without power for about 30 minutes while a new Insulator was installed. But with rain ap- : proaching, city officials said if the bad insulator was left intact it could have resulted in major damage to the entire substation and to a much longer power outage. came out of a recent workshop session of the board and was a way to “cover all the bases.” Other goals of the adminis- tration: Achieve expected growth or better as defined by the State Board of Education on all state-mandated end-of-grade and end-of-course tests in all subjects at each school. (LLC) of Instruction. secon esesecscsssssssscscns sssescssccscse Kyle Smith. Board of Elections. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Celebrating 125 0/227) | No more ‘official’ candidates in race With candidate filing for the November city municipal election opening in a few weeks, the rumor mill was still grinding out names but on- i ly onealready-declared candidate for mayor, Other rumored mayoral candidates are Norma Bridges, Rick Murphrey and Bob Hayes, all presently city council members. All present city council members are expect- ed to offer again for election but none have for- mally stated their intentions. Rumored as a po- tential candidate for Ward 4 is Becky Cook, the former board of elections chairman who ran the city elections for a number of years. Candidate filing for the November city mu- nicipal election will begin July 2 at 12 noon and end at noon August 6 at the Cleveland County Up for grabs are the seven seats on Kings Mountain City Council and the mayor’s seat. Voters at the polls will elect the mayor and council to two year terms. Potential candidates may file by visiting the Board of Elections office Monday through Friday beginning July 2 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The office will be closed for the July 4th holiday on See Rumors, 3A AN ESR a hi he Schools adopt same polling sites as city A resolution establishing the same voting places for the school board election as the mu- nicipal city election was approved Monday night by the Kings Mountain Board of Education. School Board Attorney Scott Cloninger says Cleveland County Board of Elections wants a signed agreement or memorandum on how to deal with Kings Mountain voters who live in Gaston County. The memorandum calls for the Gaston County Board of Elections to inform Kings Mountain voters who live in Gaston about which polling sites to use. The contract was developed by Cleveland County Board of Elections Director Debra Blanton, Gaston County Board of Elections Director Sandra Page Goepfert, Cleveland County Attorney Julian Wray and Attorney for the State Board of Elections Zee Lamb. Cloninger says he will draft a paper to out- line the responsibilities of the Kings Mountain board in informing the precinct voting place of Cleveland County and Gaston County resi- dents who reside in the Kings Mountain School District. See Schools, 3A Kings Mountain 300 W. Mountain St. 739-4781 Gastonia 529 New Hope Rd. 865-1111 Bethware. The action came after an executive session. | The board also approved teaching contracts to: Amy Hord, second grade North; Connie Green, kinder- garten North; Tara Rhom, seventh grade Middle; Mary Dilling, Health Occupations high school; Velma Degree, Physical Education Bethware; Gail McDougal, Business high school; David Alexander, Social Studies high school; Lamont Littlejohn, Bible, high school; Jennifer Lauten, fifth, Bethware; Charlene DuBois, first, East; Marie Morris, Science, high school; Debbie Moss, K-1 transition, North; Billy $ Ramsey, fourth, East; and Amy Morris, family and consumer Science, middle. Also: classified, Anne Gamble, secretary, Grover; Louise Whitaker, cafeteria manager, East; Sarah Queen, cafeteria, East, part time; Charles Drewery, custodian, Bethware; DeeDee Gardner, teacher assistant, North; Lynn Witherspoon, teacher assistant, North, part time. Transferred were: Gene Scism, middle school custodian to maintenance; Pat Regan, teacher, North, to Middle School; Marie Bryson, teacher i North, to Middle School; Joyce Bowman, teacher, Grover, to Bethware/Grover; Donna Davis, ex- ceptional teacher assistant, high school to North; Dana Smith, exceptional children, North to Bethware; Sharon Laugher, Smart Start to first grade Grover; Lori Holland, teacher assistant East to parent center; Joyce Cannedy, cafeteria high school to teacher assistant North; Sheila Wyont, seventh grade middle to English high school; Velma Degree, teacher assistant Davidson to PE at Bethware; Donald Bell, exceptional children from Davidson PE to North/Grover; and Kevin Moss, exceptional children at High school to ex- ceptional children Davidson. Summer School teachers were employed and will be paid full day rates. They are third grade- Jackie Blanton, Kathy Archer, Pam Moton and Benatra Hart; fourth, Jackie Hope and Joyce Harrington; fifth, John Voorhees and Sandra Mullinax; sixth, James Partlow, Karen Burton, Deborah Langston and Marsha Campbell; sev- enth, Reca Wright, Melissa Rikard and Angie Gates; eighth , Sherrie Norris, Craig Cavender and Marsha Campbell; computers, Charles Helms; secretary, Annette Webster; hearing im- paired, Tracy Price, Cafeteria, Patricia Ledford, Mattie Adams and Jo Whitesides; custodians, Delores Littlejohn and Dathia Sanders; bus drivers, Jeanine Lucas, Joyce Cannedy, Delores Littlejohn, Sandy Messenger and Tammy Ramsey. The board announced the retirement of Ann Scism, second grade teacher at North, and ap- proved disability for Thelma Patrick, cafeteria, Implement the comprehen- sive plan to improve student behavior and enforce disci- plinary codes of conduct. Communicate high expecta- tions for all students to the en- tire school community. Continue to promote the successes of the school system. Dr. King retires, but will still work on contract Dr. Jane King, who is retiring July 16 as Assistant Superintendent of Instruction, will still be working in the schools on a contract arrange- ment with the schools and Educator’s Solutions The Kings Mountain Board of Education Monday night approved a contract for King's ser- vices in lieu of hiring an i ji Assistant Superintendent " JANE KING The board accepted the resignations of Cecilia Hendrick, Home Economics, Middle; Hannah Cole, English, KMHS; Rebecca Hoffman, bus driver, Bethware; Kimberly Campbell, teacher as- sistant, West; Tim Echols, Math, KMHS; and Jan Sabetti, first grade, North. Shelby Main Office 106 S. Lafayette St. 484-6200 | | ! STRAP TEESE
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