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The Heral Thursday, October 26, 2000 AS ¥ 5 KINGS MOUNTAIN Vol. 112 No. 43 Since 1889 Daylight Savings Time Ends Sunday at 2 a.m. rrp Tu rn lock back 1-hour, oo : hr Ci KX Xs py CA 0 ne i FAL Y ME L0y Rn 00: Uj % i 710 Years and Counting Madge and Clarence Shull say taking bitter with better key to their long life together BY ALAN HODGE Staff writer Seventy years together- and still counting. That's the motto Clarence and Madge Shull of 901 W. Gold Street in Kings Mountain will say when they celebrate their wedding an- niversary October 27. A union that has endured the Great Depression, wars, and several major house movings, the Shull’s marriage is a testimony to what makes folks stick to- gether. “You have to take the bitter with the better,” Madge said. “But we like the good times bet- ter.” The Shulls met in Hammond, Indiana during the late 1920s. Madge was living with her sis- ter and Clarence with his broth- er. They were introduced to one another through friends. Clarence was 19 and Madge 17 - years-old at the time. “We dated about six months, then decided that two could starve as cheaply as one,” Madge says. Clarence Shull has a slightly different look back over seven decades. “I knew she was the girl for me as soon as we met,” he said. See Shull 3A ALAN HODGE /THE HERALD Clarence and Madge Shull of Gold Street in Kings Mountain have been married for an amaz- ing 70 years. Still full of youthful vigor, they plan on many more years together. Peak generation shaving plant to be suggested to KM Council By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald A proposal for a $1.25 million electricity peak generation facil- ity for the York Road area will be presented to Kings Mountain City Council at its regular monthly meeting Monday at 7 p.m. City Manager Jimmy Maney presented the proposal to the City Utilities Committee Monday afternoon, and the committee voted unanimously to take the proposal to the full Council. Maney said the city’s present peak generation facility at the Gaston Street substation has proved that generating some of the city’s electricity during Duke Power’s peak demand pe- riods has saved the city an amount equal to the payments on the facility. Maney said buying two fuel oil-powered 1500 KW genera- tors to serve the York Road area would cost $1.2 million and would generate approximately . $258,000 a year in savings. Maney explained that Duke’s bill to the city is twofold. One part of it is for energy and is billed by kilowatt hours; the other part is kilowatt demand, or the amount of electricity that is supplied during a peak peri- od to serve the demand. The peak is measured during : a one-hour time period one day per month, depending on the weather. The city, using Doppler radar and other means, must predict when that peak load is going to occur and by doing so accurately can save thousands of kilowatts by run- ning their own generators dur- ing that period. “If you've run that generator at the appropriate time, you've shaved that peak and created savings,” Maney said. Kings Mountain has three generators at its Gaston Street See rlant 3A AWKINS ACCOK BRIDGES The ALAN HODGE/ HERALD ~ Backhoe driver Terry Hendricks and helper James Ledbetter of Carolina Paving and Grading help prepare the site for the new Kings Mountain Senior Center. Over 55,000 yards of fill dirt were used to level the lot. Major highways enticing for development BY ALAN HODGE Staff Writer Like a person juggling fine crystal balls, the city of Kings Mountain has found itself in the enviable yet chal- lenging position of adding more de- velopment while keeping what is already in place in good shape. With development seeming to come on a daily basis, where it goes and how it fits in with existing structures and i landscape is the question facing offi- i cials. tor, increased traffic flow is shifting the development pattern in Kings Mountain. Whereas once the rail- road and the streets that ran along and in proximity with it was the hub of most development, now thor- oughfares like I-85 and the Highway 74 Bypass are bringing more and more cars, folks, and business to Kings Mountain and its immediate vicinity. Killian. “Now we have to look at the regional picture.” Killian pointed out the area from I-85 all the way to Highway 161 and the 74 Bypass as one spot that is go- ing to see increased pressure for commercial and industrial develop- ment. This will include hotels, stores and fast food restaurants. Recent developments along : Highway 161 include a Taco Bell “Traditionally downtown areas served the local population only,” said City of Kings Mountain and Holiday Inn Express. Hamburger chain Wendy's has See Changing 3A Perhaps more than any other fac- Six citizens seeking three seats on County Board of Commissioners (Third and final part of a se- ries on the important local races coming up in the November 7 general election. Today: Cleveland County Commissioners). By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald Education, taxes, district rep- resentation, infrastructure and economic development are some of the top priorities of the six men and women seeking three seats on the Cleveland Commissioners in next month's election. All six - Democrats Mary Accor, Tommy Bridges and Kenneth Ledford, and Republicans Ronnie Hawkins, David Morrow and Ray Thomas - list education as their top priority. Some would still like to see the defeat of the proposed merger of the county’s three schools systems, but said they would also work hard to make a smooth transition if the merg- er is upheld in the court system. Planning and Zoning director Steve Mary Accor #1 - Education. “Hopefully we can maintain our three school systems and put more focus on the funding for those programs that would help our children be more suc- cessful,” she said. “I want to look at making sure that we continue to put emphasis on providing all chil- dren with a good education.” # 2 - Taxes. “I want to make sure that we find ways to use taxpayer mon- MORROW changing face of Kings Mountain ieee ceesnsesesseesecsenereeseeees P8000 00000reesettettesstsscetsrsecnien esscessen Sale of lakes, zoning matter on Monday Council agenda By GARY STEWART | Editor of The Herald Kings Mountain City Council may decide what to do with the old City and Davidson lakes at its monthly meeting Monday night at 7 p.m. Several months ago Council directed city staff to check with realtors to see how to best market the property. : At Monday's meeting of the Utilities Committee, City Manager Jimmy Maney and Planing Director Steve Killian said that two real- tors had expressed interest in handling the prop- erty, but that the city had also received an offer to purchase the two tracts which have a combined acreage of 160 and a combined assessed value of $630,000. If the Council votes to sell the property, it is re- quired by law to sell it through a 10-day upset bid process. The original bid would be advertised and others would have 10 days to raise the bid by 10 percent of the first $1,000 and 5 percent of the rest of the bid. If an upset bid is received, it would be re-advertised for 10 days and then the matter would go back to Council for a decision. Utilities Committee Carl DeVane noted that he had had second thoughts about selling the land and thinks the Council should consider keeping the property for future generations. “That's a gorgeous piece of property,” he said. “I would hate to see that property developed. It would be a marvelous location for something for our children and grandchildren.” If developed for a greenway or other recre- ational purposes, it would be expensive for the bh] city and would have to be maintained by the city, | Maney noted. “We offered the property to the state for parks,” he said. “We even went as far to say that the city would entertain a proposal to donate it, i but they weren't interested.” a! v, The lakes haven't been used as a water supply ay since the 1960s, when Moss Lake was built, and as recent as eight years ago the city spent over $400,000 on dam repairs, Maney noted. “Everything is in good shape now,” he said. “Whatever we do...requires a lot of funding.” Committee member Gene White, the city’s re- tired Planning Director who seconded Clavon A Kelly’s motion to take the purchase offer to City Council, said the city is under no obligation to sell the property to anyone. “The statutes clearly state that Council can ac- cept or reject a bid for any reason,” he said. Maney pointed out that if the consensus of Council is that they've changed their minds and no longer want to sell the property, they could stop the process now. “Before we embark on this journey, if there's been a change of heart we don’t want to go through all the work,” he said. “It seems to me there’s some uncertainty...but if we're going to keep these lakes we must be prepared to spend a half-million to put them in shape and then pro- vide management.” HM In another matter Monday, Council will hear from Lynn Welborn of Countryside Road on the city’s recent zoning of some land in that area to Light Industry. On the ETT zoning map sent from the Planning and Zoning Board to Council at its last meeting, the entire part of that section was listed as R10, but from the time the P&Z Board recommended it and the time it went before council, city staff rec- ommended that part of it be zoned Light Industry. According to city officials, the land in question - two tracts with a combined acreage of approxi- mately 200 acres - had been marketed for indus- try for several years. However, when the P&Z Board was considering zoning some information that had been requested had not been received from the property owners’ agent. Prior to the Council meeting, that information was received and because a client was looking at the land staff recommended zoning it L-I. Welborn and many of his neighbors appeared at last week’s meeting of the P&Z Board to protest the decision, and the Board recommended that Welborn’s request to rezone the property to R10 was forwarded to Council. Welborn and his neighbors said they did not object to industry, but objected to the way the matter was handled. They said all maps and let- ters sent from the city to adjoining property own- ers stated that the land was to be zoned R10. Welborn said he has since met with city offi- cials about the matter, and he feels comfortable that the industrial client looking at the site would be good for the Kings Mountain community. 9© QI YOUR CLA BANK "LEDFORD County Board of Democrats: See Election 3A THOMAS See Lakes 2A IRST NATIONAL BANK Kings Mountain Gastonia Shelby Bessemer City FIRS : 300 W. Mountain St. 529 New Hope Rd. 106 S. Lafayette St. 1225 Gastonia Hwy. Celebrating 126 Yeare 739-4782 865-1233 484-6300 629-3906 Member FDIC
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