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or ge ge I Sp eng Ta ee aE a on i rs KINGS MOUNTAIN d peat B® SONIA Heral ana? MN NITY LNOOH S on Best tea in town Alice Lewis serves up a nice cold glass at Kiser's Minit Grill : -98082 NOWQA Ld W Thursday, June 24, 1999 Vol. 111 No. 25 Since 1889 ys AT ITOH AN RR ie a I TR SS EE SO Ee SV, SSE Se tH SERA ld SOI So i 2 A oe LRRKKK ERE ov ge 0S L\u- YOK? a ———. 200 O% SPORTS Now that he’s decided against running for reelec- tion, Mayor Scott Neisler says he will lobby for the re- turn of the four year term for elected city officials. The mayor says he will probably approach City Council at next Tuesday night's June meeting to con- sider calling for a vote on the issue at the November HUGH ORMAND KM’s sports stars Mayor to push for 4-year terms municipal election. do this while I was in office but if this comes to a vote in November it would not af- fect the board that is elected to a two year term in November,” said Neisler. says that now is the time to consider the issue he says “I didn’t feel like I could Although the mayor See Terms, 3A of the 19th century Today The Herald begins an 8-week series of Kings Mountain’s top sports stars of the 20th century. Two stars will be highlighted from each decade. The stars of the 1920s - Hugh “Red” Ormand and Coman Falls - are featured on : page 1B B SUMMERTIME KM baseball team going to Cooperstown The Kings Mountain Wildcats, a 13-year-old baseball team, will go to Cooperstown, NY, the home of baseball's Hall . of Fame, for eight games in July. 2B 6000000000000 0000es0ssseeestosensesetessonsssesssceeeesseeetssstonsssetrertosesetesssererseeessesesseseescesesessesnnsccess sess Winnie Robinson holds a copy * of Frazier Robinson's first pro - baseball contract. TREAT Mayor won't seek reelection out to do and at the same time the fact of knowing that Kings Mountain is moving in the right direction, “ said Neisler Tuesday. He continued, “Itis still | very tempting for me to think that no one else can do this job. But the city has been here for 125 years and my tenure is a very short part of that histo- ry. The success of Kings Mountain is not dependent upon the efforts of just one See Mayor, 3A Mayor Scott Neisler made it official this week. He will not seek reelec- tion as mayor of doors to the city’s highest of- fice wide open. “My tenure as mayor has been a rewarding experience, one that I will never forget. “I am humbled that the citi- zens of Kings Mountain had Kings me represent them for the past Mountain. eight years. This decision is His not based on being tired of the announce- job nor is it based on me hav- ment ends ing plans to run for higher po- months of litical office. The main reason NEISLER speculation for my decision is having the about the popular mayor's po- sense that I have accom- litical future and flings the plished most of what I had set City may take action on water request for S.C. City Council may make a decision Tuesday on whether to extend its water line into South Carolina to serve McDonald Entertainment's new gaming businesses. The issue had been tabled for receipt of letters from the Town of Grover, which recently voted not to provide water service to the company, and from Grover Industries, requesting fire protec- . tion. Mayor Scott Neisler said if the board approves the request that it will honor the Town of Grover’s request not to take any Grover water customers. Grover currently serves Fastfare and Welco Truck Stop which constitutes 17 percent of the water Grover buys from Kings Mountain. Grover Mayor Max Rollins wrote Neisler this week that “assuming more lines into South Carolina would be too great a liability for a town the size of Grover” and that’s why his board had declined the request. “With the increase of traffic in that area, itis very likely that the access ramp and all that area along I-85 would be reworked in not too many years and we could not afford to take that risk,” he said. Rollins said Grover had not been provided with any figures showing a substantial amount of water usage coming from the proposed line. He said a majority of Grover citizens opposed ex- ®eececectvitcesinnnsae esseseeseeseeen eee EIEeeEeeel eel eee ln le ieNleeeietetee reteteerseetontcesersesareetaserseratessenes: ®rececsesssacsianesssesnoee . Negro League star’s autobiography is out GARY STEWART / THE HERALD Five-year-old Caroline Baker, left, and her two-year-old brother, Sam, enjoy ice cream cones from the Swooger Shack on the first day of summer Monday afternoon. Caroline and Sam’s parents are Steve and Sandra Baker of Kings Mountain. The autobiography of the late Frazier “Slow” Robinson of Kings Mountain, a star in the Negro Baseball Leagues in the 1930s and1940s, is out. Robinson’s wife, Winnie, and author Paul Bauer will hold a signing session Tuesday night at City Hall. 3B ed a Gastonia man early Tuesday morning at a York Road carwash in connection with a kidnapping and carjack- S————— ing spree that started on Short Hills Drive in Charlotte. COMMUNITY According to police, Wen Alexander McNeil, 27, of KM Police begins new bicycle patrol Kings Mountain Police Department is using a new en- forcement tool - bicycles - to beef up patrol and make offi- cers better accessible to the -community. 6B Assuming City Council ap- proves a lease agreement Tuesday night , the YMCA will probably take over Kings Mountain recreation programs on July 1. | The lease agreement of the Kings Mountain Community Center and all of Davidson and Deal Street Park athletic facilities, excluding the Walking Track, is on the agen- Public hearing Tuesday on possible annexation Kings Mountain City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on the pos- sibility of annexing property with a total value of $24 million. da for the June 30 meeting of 3A : City Council at 7:30 p.m. at city hall. LETTERS The lease calls for an origi- \ nal three year term with the . it : option of either party to renew | for seven additional one-year terms. There are stipulations for either party to end the lease with proper notice. Under the agreement, the city will pay the Y $300,000 a year, $25,000 per month, to run Resident disagrees «with School Board Resident Robin Wall says KM Schools’ hiring of retired Asst. Supt. Jane King on contract is a waste of money. 4A Celebrating 125 Year YOUR HOMETOWN BANK Kings Mountain police arrest- Council to consider Y lease agreement Gastonia allegedly forced his way Monday afternoon into the ~ automobile of Lucius Cypriani, 21, and a female companion. He allegedly forced the couple drive to a gas station on Old Dowd Road at gunpoint where the woman escaped. McNeil re- portedly held Cypriani, then Man faces kidnapping charge made him drive to Kings Mountain. The female said that McNeil and Cypriani had ar- gued over a mutual acquain- tance. Arriving in Kings Mountain, Police said McNeil left Cypriani's car, then went to the carwash on York Road See Charge, 3A $000000000000000000000000000000000000000e000e0000000eiaaincnsrarene tending the line. In his letter to the mayor, Rollins asked for an official agreement from Kings Mountain stating that the city would deny service to any location currently being served by the Town of Grover utilities. Rollins said his board would like to give input on location of lines, meters, etc. but would re- quire that any lines or meters turned over to the Town be located inside the town limits and none in South Carolina. Rollins said plans were drawn up in the early 1990's at the request of Grover Industries, a cus- tomer of the Town of Grover, showing a route for fire protection off Highway 29 where the high- way divides. After engineers completed the study, Grover Industries opted not to proceed with the line due to the costs. its recreation programs. The city currently pumps over $400,000 a year into recreation, including maintenance and re- pairs, and would reserve over $100,000 in a contingency fund for repairs and renovations and special community activi- ties such as Fourth of July and Christmas celebrations, spring and fall festivals, which will continue to be promoted by the city. On a 5-2 vote, with council- men Bob Hayes and Jerry Mullinax opposing, Council May 25 authorized Mayor Scott Neisler to enter into an agreement with the Cleveland County YMCA to manage the Kings Mountain recreation FIRST NATIONAL BANK programs. The approval ofa resolution of intent followed a public hearing in which citi- zens spoke for and against the new venture. ATR 300 W. Mountain St. 739-4781 SON-1111 GARY STEWART / THE HERALD Employees of the North Carolina Department of Transportation were busy Monday working on the re-alignment of State Road 2256 (Phifer Road). The road will be closed between Crocker Road (SR 2252) and Fulton Drive for approximately 28 days. The detour route is Fulton Drive to Margrace Road to Crocker Road to Phifer Road (three miles). TS 10 Main Office 106 S. Lafayette St. 484-6200 (PPP 529 New Hope Rd Mountain Member FDIC —
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