Thursday, September 19, 2002
BUSINESS
AS
USUAL
East, West again
top KM District
in ABC results
By BEN LEDBETTER
Staff Writer
With the statewide ABC's
accountability program
results released last week,
two Kings Mountain éle-
mentary schools are still
tops for the school system.
For the second consecu-
tive year, both West and
East Elementary Schools
had the top two scores for
the school district.
While it came down
almost three points from the
2000-2001 school year, East
was declared a school of
excellence. West, which had
+ a 2.4 point gain, was also
named a school of excel-
lence
“East and West have been
up there a long time,” Kings
Mountain District Schools
Executive Director of
Curriculum and Instruction
John Goforth said. “It’s sort
of business as usual for
them.”
But the two Kings
Mountain elementary
schools were not the sole .
highlight of the state
accountability report.
Kings Mountain High
School’s 75.7 percent on the
ABC's, gave the high school
and 8.4 percent.gain and a
school of progress distinc-
tion. The new designation is
for schools that met growth
with 60 to 79 percent at or
above grade level.
“They made a lot of
improvement last year,”
Goforth said about the high
school’s scores.
Other KMDS scores was
Grover with 85.7 percent,
Kings Mountain Middle
with 85.7 percent, North
with 83.5 percent and
Bethware with 83.5 percent.
Out of Charlotte-
Mecklenburg, Gaston
County, Lincoln County,
Cleveland County,
Rutherford County and
Shelby City school systems,
two other high schools
scored higher than Kings
Mountain.
Those were Crest at 78.1
percent and Providence at
78.9 percent.
North, Bethware and
Grover were schools of dis-
tinction. Despite having
See East, 3A
Woman’s Club lunch
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By BEN LEDBETTER
Staff Writer
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Weekend rain helps,
Shelby oft KM water
By BEN LEDBETTER
Staff Writer
Moss Lake got a little help during the
weekend.
About two inches of rain fell at the lake,
according to city officials. But while the rain
was needed, City Collections and
Distribution Systems Director Dennis Wells
said the lake, Kings Mountain's water
source, is still down about 4.5 feet.
Wells said while the rain amount was
small, it was needed.
“All of it’s going to help. It was a slow
kind of penetrating rain,” he said.
The ground soaked up a lot of it, he said.
Kings Mountain's water supply is still in
good shape and Wells said Shelby is not cur-
rently getting water from the city.
Kings Mountain to honor the victims of the
September 11 attacks, the Kings Mountain
Woman's Club honored emergency workers
with a meal last Wednesday.
Employees from different agencies that serve
the area and other community members partic-
ipated in the event.
But it did not mean they were completely off
duty.
Cleveland County Emergency Medical
Service employees stopped in on Wednesday to
eat, then responded to a call and came back to
finish.
“It’s an opportunity to thank these people for
showing their appreciation for our services,”
Lt. Donna Rose, Cleveland County EMS, said.
Woman's Club member Sandra Murphrey
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By BEN LEDBETTER
Staff Writer
Different ceremonies honoring the
victims and emergengy workers from
last year’s terrorist attacks were held
across the world last week..
According to a press release on the city of
Shelby’s web site dated Monday, it said the
city’s Sunday water usage of 3.3 million gal-
lons came from its primary source, the First
Broad River.
Shelby has been under mandatory water
restrictions and has made a temporary con-
nection to the Kings Mountain water sys-
tem.
Wells said Bessemer City was not using
Kings Mountain water for a brief period last
weekend.
Bessemer City City Manager Joe Albright
said it is currently pulling from its own
source, Long Creek.
According to the Kings Mountain Police
Department no problems were reported that
were associated with the rain.
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in Shelby, Fallston, Lawndale, Boiling
Springs.
Different schools and organizations
held their own ceremonies.
That trend was true in Cleveland ers.
Department.
Other county observances were held
County where the City of Kings
Mountain had a remembrance service
Wednesday night complete with the
Loch Norman Pipe Band, a choir from
First Baptist Church and other tributes.
The Wednesday observance was out-
side at City Hall on the parking lot and
lawn near the Kings Mountain Fire
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The September 11, 2001 attacks started
on a Tuesday morning with airplanes
flying into the World Trade Center tow-
One year and 12 hours later Kings
Mountain area residents gathered to
“One year ago, our freedom and our
way of life came under attack,” Kings
Mountain Mayor Rick Murphrey said
during the ceremony. “This was intend-
ed to scare and humble our nation.”
Dittering views
on county-wide
water proposal
KM, Shelby, Sanitary District:
to discuss matter on Monday:
By BEN LEDBETTER
Staff Writer
A county-wide water pro-
posal, which has yet to be
implemented, is already
drawing various view-
points.
And those opinions are
scheduled to be discussed
next Monday at 9 a.m. at the
Cleveland County
Administration Building,
311 East Marion Street,
Shelby, "as officials from the
city of Kings Mountain, the
Cleveland County Sanitary
District and the city of
Shelby agreed to meet dur-
ing Tuesday’s Cleveland
County Board of
Commissioners meeting.
“If there's no water, we're
in trouble,” Board Chairman
Willie McIntosh said. “All
the stakeholders need to
come together and talk
about this.”
The plan, from a study
from Forest City engineer-
ing firm Odom and
Associates valued at $14
million has three parts:
* A Broad River connec-
tion to Shelby’s water treat-
ment plant and a pumping
station for $8 million;
e Recommended intercon-
nects throughout the county
for $3 million;
» Upgrading the Kings
Mountain water plant for $3
million.
One way discussed to
fund it, is-an increase in
county property taxes.
Kings Mountain Mayor
Rick Murphrey said he has
his concerns about the plan.
“We're still reviewing it,”
he said. “We've given it out
to city council.”
During the City Council’s
Utility Committee meeting
Tuesday, Councilman Jim
Guyton expressed his oppo-
sition to the plan.
At the commissioners’
meeting, Kings Mountain
City Manager Jimmy Maney
read a letter on behalf of the
mayor and city council.
“It concerns the city of
Kings Mountain, and we're
sure other county citizens,
when another tax increased
is being proposed,” Maney
“All the stake-:
holders need
to come
together and
talk about
this.”
Willie Mcintosh
Commission Chairman
- said. “We already pay too
much county tax, which is
in part due to the school
issue. Most of us already
pay for water and other util-
ity costs through either the
Cleveland County Sanitary
District or city fees/taxes.”
~ Councilman Gene White
said he was open to the idea
of a discussion of the county
water situation.
“What we've had here is a
disaster in communica-
tions,” he said. “We're not
going to discuss who has
the problem because there’ Ss
plenty to go aroun
While Kings Mountain :
has reservations about the
plan, the Shelby City .
Council approved, in its reg=
ular meeting Monday, the
first steps toward construc- =
tion of a water line from the
Broad River to the Shelby
treatment plant.
Shelby Mayor Mike
Philbeck did not return an
earlier phone call from The =
Herald seeking comment.
Tuesday, Philbeck said,
during the meeting, the
council's motion was made :
with the understanding that
it would be in partnership
with Cleveland County.
Philbeck said the 30 to 36-
inch water line to the Broad
River could not be built
without help from the coun-
ty.
“Right now the big issue
is do we delay or do we
See Water, 3A
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Bethware student Josh Wall is dressed as
Uncle Sam during the school’s September 11
observance last week.
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