Thursday 20c VOLUME 94 NUMBER 34 THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1981 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA ^ % • • O <1 t • «> c City Board Approves Sewer Use Ordinance City commissioners Monday night approved a sewer use or dinance over the protest of several citizens and an industry spokesman. The ordinance, which includes a fee for sewage use, becomes ef fective May I. The fee will be 35 cents per 1,000 gallons for domestic, commercial and in dustrial users inside the city limits and 55 cents per gallon for users outside the city limits. Ralph Johnson of the W.K. Dickson firm of Charlotte, the city’s consulting engineers, said it was “quite commendable” that rhe city had gone so long without charging a fee for sewage use, but the time had come to begin charging. He said the Environmental Protection Agency required a sewer use fee for city’s to qualify for federal grants. A 7,000 gallon bill, which the city says is normal, would be $2.45. Johnson said industrial users would be effected most by the fee. Reggie Broome, a spokesman for Anvil Knit, said the sewer use fee would result in his com pany paying $60,000 a year for water and sewer. Broome said Anvil “is ex tremely disappointed. Why not stair-step this? We think that it is too much at one time and that you are making a big mistake.” Mayor John Henry Moss said the fee is comparable to other surrounding towns. Clayvon Kelly, a resident, call ed the fee “an unfair tax. The pteople are taxed to death and now we’re taxed to go to the toilet,” he said. Kelly charged that the city should have enough money left over to maintain sewer treat ment facilities and said he thought it would be cheaper for industries to handle their own waste. Kelly also produced a photo he took of private contrac tors filling up water trucks and claimed the city was not being paid for the water. Ted Huff man, superintendent of the Public Works Department, said those companies are billed for the water. In other matters Monday night, the board: •Received three bids for 38 lots in the Cansler Street urban renewal area. Bidders included Fred Dixon of Shelby, Dixon- Jenkins of Belmont and Don Ware of Kings Mountain. Bloodmobile Here Monday The Red Cross bloodmobile returns to Kings Mountain Mon day for a visit sponsored by Kings Mountain Senior High students. Donors will be processed from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at B N. Barnes Auditorium. Goal of the collection is 200 pints of blood. The visit, the second to be held by Kings Mountain students this school year, is under sponsorship of the Future Homemakers of America Chapter. Mrs. Betty R. Gamble is advisor. “We are encouraging all students, their parents and the community at large to come out and sponsor this bloodmobile visit”, said Mrs. Gamble. The month of May is Bloodmobile Month and the National Red Cross Chapter is calling atten tion to the 100th anniversary of the American Red Cross. Local chapter officials are planning to attend the bicentennial celebra tion to be held during the na tional convention the third week in May in the nation’s cao.'iV CONTEST - Kings Mountain scouts aro shown compsting in a iirsbuilding contsst in last wssksnd's district spring camporss at Photo by Tommy King Comp Dosidson. Loft to right. Gsrald Glad- dsn, Ksith Morris, Monts Huifststler. Ksith Dixon. Patrick Hamrick and Jimmy Morets. Scout Camporee Held Kings Mountain Boy Scout Troop 92 of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church hosted the district spring camporee last weekend at Camp Davidson. The local troop won first place in the best camp site competi tion, was second in two other contests and was judged second best in the overall competition. Scouts arrived at the Kings Mountain camp Friday at 2 p.m. and broke camp at noon Sunday. Over 200 scouts and leaders from Cleveland County par ticipated in the event. In addi tion to Troop 91, others par ticipating included Troop 100, Shelby Presbyterian Church; Troop 104, Central United Methodist Church, Shelby: Troop 105, Lafayette Street United Methodist Church; Troop 109, Shiloh Baptist Church; Troop 111, Friendship United Methodist Church; Troop 112, Lawndale Baptist Church/Lawndale First More Photos On Page 6-A Methodist Church; Troop 113, Lattimore Baptist Church, Troop 117, Boiling Springs Bap tist Church: Troop 118, Zion Baptist Church; Troop 290, Aldersgate United Methodist Church; Troop 400, Putnam Memorial Baptist Church; and Troop 413, Belwood Clinic. Competition was held in firebuilding and string burning, log canoe race, jamboree salute, fishing, tree identification, com pass knowledge and cooking. Each patrol was presented a ribbon for its participation. First place ribbons went to Troop 118, best overall; ’’anther Patrol, best patrol overall; Troop 104, best patrol flag; and Troop 113, cooking award. ribbon for its participation. First place ribbons went to Troop 118, best overall; Panther Patrol, best patrol overall; Troop 104, best patrol flag; and Troop 113, cooking award. Tommy King, Scoutmaster of Troop 91, presented a history of the Davidson Scout Camp, trac ing from 1947, when the Plonk Family donated the land to Kings Mountain Boy Scouts, un til today. Troops were awarded points in each category of competition, and points were totalled to deter mine the overall champion. Troop 118 had 308 points to 270 for Troop 91. Members of the Kings Moun tain Jaycees and their wives serv ed as judges. Ware’s bid of $2,302 was for two lots. Mills’ bid on all lots was $74,600. He proposes to build 39 new single family houses for moderate income families. Price range will be from $36,000 to $38,000. •Approved annexation of pro perties at 308 and 314 Fulton Drive. •Approved a contract with the A.M. Pullen Co. of Charlotte for the city’s annual audit. The cost will be $22JO per hour plus out-of-pocket ex penses. The contract represents a $1 increase from last year. •Proclaimed May as Older Citizens Month. •Referred to the Zoning and Planning Board a request to rezone property of Herman Cash Grocery from R-20 to general business. The property is located in the one-mile perimeter. •Approved advertising for bids for electrical supplies at the Kings Mountain Hospital expan sion project. •Approved advertisement of bids for a pickup truck for the public works department. •Approved following ex ecutive session a recommenda tion from Commissioner Humes Houston that a personnel re quest from Acting Police Chief J.D. Barrett be approved. The name and position of the person involved will not be announced until he has time to inform his present employer. Gas Tax Proposal Opposed Gov. Jim Hunt’s proposal for a threele as had been done on previous occasions, and he was billed for the damage. Guyton said he could pay for the damage but was unhappy with the way the rec department was being operated. Nappi said he was unaware of a communications problem but was willing to work it out. “It was unfortunate the gate was locked,” he said. “A lack of com munications can be solved easily.” Commissioner Corbet Nicholson, who made the mo tion to relieve Nappi of his duties immediately, said he had heard nothing but complaints since Nappi took over the department. Nappi moved here two years ago from Florida, where he held a similar position. “I don’t think he’s the man for the job,” Nicholson said. But Grissom, a member of the recreation committee, but who later resigned his committee assignment, said Nappi has done a “good job. Maybe the church league, the commissioners and Nappi need to sit down and hash this thing out,” he said. Nappi issued the following statement: “In resptonse to my termina tion as the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation for the Ci ty of Kings Mountain, 1 have a few statements to make. “First of all, 1 was shocked at the abrupt and inconsiderate manner in which 1 was ter minated. I had no indication about what was to take place Monday night. At 7:30 p. m. 1 left for city hall to attend the council meeting and at I IKK) found myself unemployed. I was not given the oppxirtunity to de fend myself until after I was ter minated. I have always tried to treat everyone with equality. In fact, this has created problems for me in the past two years when cer tain groups or individuals felt they should be given special privileges and treatment in regards to rental fees, field and facility useage, etc. and I have not given this special trea'inent. ‘Complaints were alsc receiv ed by city council front Church League officials in regards to a $15 bill I sent them for damages they made to the new light con trol box at the Deal Street soft- ball field. It was destruction of city property and was in viola tion of city and state codes and 1 still feel they should pay for the damages. 1 agree, the lights should have been on for the league’s tournament. 1 have given in the p^t, both written and cal directives to the city’s Athletic Department as to its responsibilities in regards to facility lights, scheduling pro cedures, park supervision, etc. but without support, I have not been able to properly enforce these directives. “An administrative plan for the City of Kings Mountain’s Recreation Department was established May 15, 1977. If I am guilty of anything, it would be the enforcement of these city codes, rules regulations without playing political games. “I don’t want to dwell entire ly on the negative aspects of this thing although it has been tremendously upsetting to my family and myself. I have found, in the last two days, that I have many friends and supporters in Kings Mountain that 1 didn’t realize 1 had. These “silent” citizens have been a great com fort to us since Monday night. 1 want to especially thank Mr. Bill Grissom (to whom 1 was publicly alleged to be related to) and Mr. Humes Houston for their con tinued support. “1 will close by saying that although this is a dark period for us at this moment, we know that all things work out for the best. After all, everyone will get their juSt reward in the end.” Town Board Meeting Set Grover Town Board will heat more complaints by citizens on backfilling and seeding of Carolina Avenue at Monday night’s regular meeting at 7 p.m. in Town Hall. Clerk Gloria Horton said the agenda also includes Grover In dustries request to close a por tion of Maple Avenue, commis sioner reports and miscellaneous items.