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— August 2, 2001 er ree fa re 2 Ta pfs Say Te Srey A HR) | i” Ee a] | Dar rtm nm = 4 sm SGA T NS AN (LISD Pa vy lo * The Kings Mountain Herald Page 3A Senior Center, W. King greenway projects approved By BEN LEDBETTER Staff Writer The new City of Kings Mountain Senior Center received more support from the Kings Mountain City Council at its monthly meeting Tuesday. Council passed a motion awarding a contract to Office Supply Services for $46,191.64 for pro- viding furniture for the new building being built near the intersection of East King St. and U.S. Highway 74 Bypass. Currently, the Senior Center is housed in the former depot building on Piedmont Avenue. City of Kings Mountain Aging Director Monty Thornburg said he was pleased with the progytss the new building was making. “It is moving along very fast and very quickly” Thornburg said. Mayor Rick Murphrey said the new center can be used by more groups in the city. “It’s going to be a good place for community events,” Murphrey said. The building is expected to be finished by the Watterson St. first week of September. Construction manifested itself in other parts of the meeting as council awarded a contract to Pavilon Construction for construction and grad- ing at a new greenway for the area near Pavilon’s bid came in just over $60,000 and the council passed an amendment to pay for it. Al Moretz, with Moretz Engineering, said bids were opened on the new playground, which is set to be built in September, but there was no discus- sion of it Tuesday night. Council member Howard Shipp, who said he has been in touch with churches.in the area, said the community is behind the project. In other business, the council: * Approved an agreement with a company known as NVR and Potts Creek LLC. to build a : 3,000 foot gas line by the end of October. City Manager Jimmy Maney said NVR is a prospec- tive customer who will be identified later. Under the agreement, the city will operate and maintain the lines and will waive all tap fees for water, sewer and gas lines. : * Approved the purchase of an $80,000 roll-off container truck from Carolina Environmental Systems. Currently, Kings Mountain pays Cleveland County $30,000 to pick up garbage containers. Since the $30,000 is already in the budget, the council approved a $50,0165 budget amendment to pay for the truck. Maney said no additional personnel will be needed, and the truck is expected to be paid in approximately three years. * Adopted a proposed fee schedule changes for the Building Codes and Zoning Enforcement Office. Holly Galloway, Building Codes and Zoning Enforcement Director said the last time fees were changed were in 1998. One of the increases was a $30 increase in the minimum permit fee, from $20 to $50. Other ad- ditions to the schedule included a $50 fee for day- care inspections and a $25 fee for minimum hous- ing. e Approved a motion for Christina Jones to withdraw her application with the chance to re- submit a request for rezoning from Residential R- 8 to General Business (G-B) at 808 North Piedmont Avenue. * Honored the Kings Mountain All-Star Dixie Youth baseball team. The team won the state tournament in Bisoce and will represent North Carolina in the Dixie Youth AAA World Series on August 13 in Bedford, Va. Mayor Murphrey read a proclamation and pre- sented the players and coaches with copies of the announcement. Council also approved a $1,500 appropriation for expenses to the tournament. Study + From 1A iters,” minutes from the November 2, 1992 Board of Commissioners meeting said. The redistricting committee recommended two at-large commissioners be added to the five-member board with the proposed change to district elections. For the change to occur, four commissioners would have had to be elected in 1994. “..Many counties in North Carolina now have larger com- missions, some even have nine members,” minutes from the November 2, 1992 meeting said. Although he initially voted for it in 1992, former commis- sioner Ralph Gilbert said he is against any proposed county elections based on districts. “I'm opposed to it,” Gilbert said. “I think five people is enough. I don’t think any coun- ty commissioner should serve on the commission to serve If district representation is approved, it is expected to be - implemented in three years. re Fire From 1A it could have gone undetected for a longer period of time and there would have been more damage,” he said. Burns said smoke detectors or a sprinkler system would have helped, but when the school was built in 1966 they were not re- quired. Burns, who graduated from the school and has been a KM firefighter since 1974, said this is the first time he’s seen a fire this large at a school. : “We've had some minor inci- * dents such as a transformer catching’ fire, or a motor ona’ heating unit, but this is the first time we've had a fire like this,” he said. Burns cautioned homes and businesses from leaving comput- er monitors on for an extended period of time. “You should turn the monitors off, as well as other electrical ap- - pliances. Electrical equipment can get damaged from an electri- cal spike or a lightning storm. A lot of things can go wrong and create a fire,” he said. KMHS Principal John Yarbro said the school’s insurance ad- juster was scheduled to arrive yesterday and begin assessing damage. Drafting classes will go on as scheduled when school opens Monday, but most likely at another location. “We don’t know how much damage we'll find from the elec- trical and smoke and water dam- age,” Yarbro said. “We'll see how the clean-up process goes. We're trying to get the smoke out and get the area cleaned up today.” Yarbro said damage to the ceil- ing was evident, but it was a ce- ment block classroom and the _only damage to the walls maybe * ‘just smoke. iki “We were real lucky that the S emergency folks were here promptly and did a great job of taking care of it and getting the smoke out,” Yarbro said. “We haven't had a situation like this before and we feel fortunate that it wasn’t any worse. We were fortunate it happened during the school day and we had some- Hobhery Davis estimated the suspect was apprehended within “three EPCS a Bethel United Methodist Church El Bethel Rd., Kings Mountain ee eee usa" to five minutes” after the rob- bery. their political group. You're From 1A fh - supposed to serve people in all Davis said Pratt had no previ- the county.” federal bank robbery. ous record “of any conse- quence.” This is the second time in two months that First Charter has been robbed. eed < & Bake Sale Te. ~ Saturday, August 4 6:30-10am body that noticed the smell and got it corrected.” Filing From 1A that vision,” he said. “By work- ing close with council members and the citizens we can strive to make Kings Mountain a great city to live, work and play in.” Hamrick said his ultimate goal would be to make the city free of crime and drugs, keep utility rates as low as possible, and not raise taxes. DeVane said the city has made tremendous progress during the past two years and he wants to see it continue. “We made extremely good progress in beautifying the city and doing things for the elderly and children,” he said. “I want to see that progress continue.” Bostic could not be reached for comment. Fletcher and Leonard are both making their first bid for public - office. ' Leonard, a former employee of the city recreation department and now a program director for the West Gastonia Boys and Girls Club, said he'd “like to see the city continue to ‘grow with new business and industry.” Fletcher said he will work for “everybody, not just a select group of people.” And, he added, “I'm putting out a challenge to the rest of the people that’s running to donate their commissioners’ salaries to help pay the elderly and poor people’s power bills.” Blanton, who was appointed to the School Board in February to fill the unexpired term of Supt. Larry Allen, said he filed for office because he feels Kings Mountain School District is still worth fighting for. “We're not sure yet what's go- ing to happen with merger, but I'm still hopeful that we can beat it,” he said. “That right now is the number one thing we have to get settled so we can get on with keeping our schools improving.” Falls, who has been attending School Board meetings for years and who has children enrolled in KM schools, said she wants to see that all children receive the best possible education. “I want to see our school sys- tem stay as it is. I don’t think merger is right,” she said. “I have children that have attended the system for a very long time, and I want to see what is best for the school system.” McClain could not be reached for comment. In other area races, Max D. . Rollins and John Harry filed for Grover Town Council, and Jerry T. Roberts of 700 Bell Road, * Kings Mountain, filed for the Cleveland County Sanitary Board of Commissioners. Filing for those offices also ends Friday at noon. Merger From 1A Appeals, and Shaw said that should help the school system's argument. “It’s a final judgement,” Shaw said. “An appeal is clearly available.” The Kings Mountain Schools is not the only anti merger group that has taken legal ac- tion. A group of Kings Mountain parents have hired Charlotte attorney Lou Lesenne to represent it. The group has a suit filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings in Raleigh and Gaston County Superior Court. Jerry Ledford, who is part of the parent's lawsuit said the cases have not been scheduled to be heard. “We want to stop the merg- er,” Ledford said. “Kings Mountain has nothing to gain and everything to lose with the - merger.” While both sides of the merg- er issue are talking about their next options, Cleveland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson Wille McIntosh said it’s time to stop the merger*- issue. “I think it’s time to get on with county business,” McIntosh said. “Both sides fought for what they thought was right. Both sides have spent a lot of the citizens’ money.” McIntosh said it’s time to move on from merger discus- sions since many people are out of work from layoffs this year. Although county officials said the item is not on the August 6 agenda, a discussion on whether to stop spending money on the merger debate may occur. Asheville attorney Walter Currie, who has been arguing for the Shelby City Schools and. | the pro merger side, could not be reached for comment. One issue yet to be resolved is the status of the interim. school board. ‘The interim board of the pro=- posed merged Cleveland County Schools system consists of two members from Cleveland County, Kings, Mountain and the Shelby - school systems. One Kings Mountain slot is open since former board mem- ber Larry Allen took the super- ~ merged Cleveland County ~ School System. intendent’s position. Cleveland County School Board member George Litton was nominated to serve as chairperson of the proposed merged Cleveland County 7 » the proposed merger-is.effec-* School District. 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