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Powe Thursday, January 20, 2000 KINGS MOUNTAIN Vol. 112 No. 03 Since 1889 50 Cents 8 avec \B 50 qxkin0® 2YDencer train museum well worth your time 1B Kings Mountain's Qwenshon Goode (55) fires a short jumper for the Mountaineers in Friday's Southwestern 3A Conference basketball game with East Rutherford at the KMHS gym. East posted a narrow win to remain unde- feated in conference play. 3B SPORTS Mountaineers break six-game losing skid Kings Mountain High's boys basketball team broke a six-game losing streak Tuesday night at home with a victory over Gastonia Forestview. The Mountaineers host North Gaston Friday night. 7B Realignment will alter 3A Conference The realignment figures are out for the 2001-2004 school years, resulting in a change of classification for 48 schools in North Carolina. Although Kings Mountain remains 3A, many of its neighbors will be changing conferences and may be joining the Southwestern 3A. 3B | SCHOOLS Dr. McRae addresses merger questions Kings Mountain Schools Superintendent Bob McRae addresses some of the most important merger concerns in his column this week. 7A Grant provides fund for metal detectors A state grant will provide additional money for metal detectors in North Carolina public schools. 7A Report says minority students lag behind A report issued by the North Carolina Justice and ‘Community Development Center indicates that minority students are scoring well be- low white students in state achievement tests. 8A COMMUNITY City receives report on water line test The City of Kings Mountain : Utility Committee received a | report Tuesday on the results of the testing of its water line from Moss Lake. According to engineers, if the city main- tains the line properly it will be effective for 10 to 15 more years. 3A By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald The second dialogue for the Cleveland County : Commissioners and the coun- ty’s three Boards of Education to discuss a possible merger of the systems will be held Tuesday, Jan. 25 from 6-8 p.m. at Cleveland Community College. : The Kings Mountain School Board, meeting Thursday night at Central School, voted to call a meeting of its board for Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. to finalize its presentation to com- missioners. Representatives from the Jean Thrift (left) and Margaret Beam of the Goodwill donation station at the Kings M center check out an especially snazzy item. Neither lady cared to take the hot pink ‘Vette for a spin around the block. Missing ABC funds clerical error BY ALAN HODGE Staff Writer The mystery of how $3,800 was supposedly missing from the Kings Mountain ABC Store coffers has been traced to a clerical error and a check that hadn't cleared. Even so, a report from Alcohol Law Enforcement and ABC Commission administrator Schwartz and Shaw law firm of Raleigh, which was recently re- tained to represent the KM board in the merger issue, will be at the meeting. The Board Thursday night agreed to have its chairman, Dr. Larry Allen, make the opening remarks for Kings Mountain and board members hope all of them, along with the individual members of the Shelby and Cleveland County School Systems, will be able to have in- put. The Board agreed that it needed the key points of its pre- sentation in writing, though, in case all of the systems’ concerns cannot be addressed in the two- hour time period. Michael Herring blasts the Kings Mountain ABC Store on several points. In a letter dated January 18 to Kings Mountain ABC Board Chairman Tim Moore, Herring states five areas where the local store needs to examine its policies The two most important con- cerns the Kings Mountain Board wants the commissioners to address are: BM How is merger going to im- prove academic achievement? B What is merger going to cost in terms of gross dollars and in terms of tax rates? “Obviously, one of the things you have to remember about the tax rate is that this is a reval- uation year and your tax rate does not have to change for your taxes to go up,” noted Supt. Bob McRae. “The board wants clear information about all of that.” Dr. Allen also stressed its im- and improve its procedures. Herring's letter begins by saying the Kings Mountain ABC Board Chamber tree project spruces up downtown KM Shirley Brutko, administra- tive assistant in the Kings Mountain Branch Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce, and Cliff Laurich of the Kings Mountain Business and Professional Association recent- ly completed a project that saw over 20 ornamental trees donat- ed and planted. Donated by local individuals and businesses in honor or memory of friends and loved ones, the trees were placed along Battleground Avenue, Railroad Avenue, and Gold Street. Crews from Shelby Nursery did the planting. To honor donors, a large sign was placed on Railroad Avenue with the names of those who had given trees painted on it. The work was called the Plant- a-Tree Beautification Project. Tree donors and those remem- bered were: given by, Jean Arthur Harris in honor of Elizabeth Groome Arthur and in memory of James Henrie Arthur; given by Warlick & Hamrick Insurance in honor of their employees; given by Shirley and Mal Brutko in hon- or of their children; given by Hallie and Nelson Connor and Liza Dellinger and David Blanton in memory of Margaret Rowe Williams; given by, Jay Rhodes family in honor of Marie Rhodes; given in honor of employees by Anvil Knitwear, Inc.; given by, George Mauney in memory of Barbara Mauney; given by Lou Ballew in memory of Chuck Ballew; given by Virginia Arnette in memory of Jack Arnette and son Ronny Arnette; given by, See Chamber, 3A ICC ALAN HODGE/THE HERALD ountain Plaza shopping should “develop comprehensive, step-by-step internal control pro- cedures that will promote opera- tional efficiencies.” Herring rec-. ommended that the Kings Mountain Board contact the Morganton ABC Board for help in ting Tuesday portance. “It’s very important that the people of Cleveland County know how their tax bill is going to be affected,” he said. McRae pointed out that a merged system has to be fund- ed at the highest rate of the three present systems, and that in itself could cause Cleveland County and Kings Mountain district residents to pay more taxes. Shelby has a supplemen- tal tax rate of 22 cents per $100 valuation, compared to 19 cents for Kings Mountain District and 10 cents for Cleveland County. However, McRae said, since the tax rate is based on the tax base and the Cleveland County sys- tem has a much larger tax base Commissioners discuss merger in closed session BY ALAN HODGE ' than KM and Shelby, Cleveland essarily be 14 cents - the differ- ence between Cleveland County's and Shelby’s current rate. “Ihave a problem with the commissioners pushing this is- sue to the point of making a de- cision before that point is de- rived,” Allen said. “Our top two concerns should be how will our students improve, and what will it cost. If they can’t to go home.” “It looks like this is going to cost the county taxpayers a See Meeting, 3A The Cleveland County Board of Commissioners met in a closed session Tuesday afternoon to discuss a legal matter relating to school merger with their outside attorney Gil Middlebrooks. Over two dozen people waited in the council chambers for an hour only to see the commissioners return and adjourn the meeting without any dialogue. Commission chairman Jim Crawley empha- sized as the session opened that the purpose was only to discuss specific legal issues relating to - merger. “Kings Mountain had a closed session two ate if we have one.” g A Crawley went on to say that the purpose of the meeting was not to discuss general policy mat- ters. Cleveland County attorney Julian Wray also not in violation of North Carolina statutes. With a motion by commissioner Charlie Harry, and a second by commissioner Joe Cabaniss, the closed session began at 3:35 pm. While they waited for the closed session to fin- ish, folks in the chambers talked among them- selves concerning the propriety of the meeting. Speculation was rife about what the closed ses- sion might be discussing and why it was held in such a manner. Folks in attendance included not only interested citizens, but the chairmen of all three Cleveland County school systems, Kings Mountain school board chairman Larry Allen, and at least six citizens of Kings Mountain. Crawley’s comment about the closed session at Kings Mountain drew several comments among those present. oe ese . essacccssesssssssecssese $6000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009000000000000000000i0arressssresoeeosrorereseristeettrssererrcssornsesseitessestsssenesscsscesnsesess this area. : “At our January 5th meeting we had a full dis- cussion of the issues in an open forum that lasted half an hour before t in closed session wi Secs ABC Store, 9A we met in closed session with See Merger, 5A 2 ALAN HODGE /THE HERALD Shirley Brutko of the Kings Mountain Branch Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce helps Richard Phillips (left) and Justin Beam of Shelby Nursery plant a dogwood tree at City Hall. The tree was one of over 20 given by the Chamber's Plant-a-Tree Project. County's increase wouldn’t nec- answer these questions we need Staff Writer ; . weeks ago,” Crawley said. “We feel it is appropri- told those in attendance that it was appropriate to hold a closed session to discuss specific legal mat- ters and that the meeting with Middlebrooks was PIS OC Se LL Loa HOMETOWN BANK FIRST NATIONAL BANK Celebrating 125 Years Kings Mountain 300 W. Mountain St. 739-4782 Gastonia 529 New Hope Rd. 865-1233 Shelby Bessemer City 106 S. Lafayette St. 1225 Gastonia Hwy. 484-6200 629-3906 Member FDIC a
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