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VOLUME 94, NUMBER 64
THURSDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1981
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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Athletic Competition Important
Part Of Education....
PE, Sports
Help Educate
By BOB McRAE
The Kings Mountain District
Schools are committed to the
idea that an on-gcang program of
physical activity is an important
part of a child’s educational
development. A student who is
educated in the Kings Mountain
school system is guaranteed the
opportunity to develop physical
ly through sound programs in
physical education and athletics.
Kathy James and her assis
tant, Bvbara Jones, direct the
overall program for students in
Briefly
HOT DOG SUPPER
The KMHS French Club will
sponsor a hot dog supper Friday
from 5-6 p.m. in the school
cafeteria. Hot dogs, chips, slaw,
dessert and a drink will sell for
$2.00 for adults and $1.50 for
children under 10.
MEETING
The Vocational Advisory
Council of Kings Mountain
High School will meet Monday
at 11:45 a.m. in the Home
Economics Department. Officers
will be elected and a mini tour of
the vocational department will
be conducted.
BBQ CHICKEN
Bethlehem Volunteer Fire
Department will have a
barbecue chicken supper Sat.,
Oct. 24 beginning at 5 p.m. at
the fire department. An open
house will also be held. One-half
chicken, slaw, rolls dessert and
tea will be on the menu.
TO SPEAK
John Major, plant manager at
Eaton Corporation, will talk to
Kings Mountain teachers about
“How Big Business Functions”
Thursay at 4:30 at B.N. Barnes
Auditorium. The program is a
part of a series sponsored by the
Broyhill Academy Program and
Gardner-Webb College.
HAUNTED HOUSE
Chestnut Ridge Volunteer
Fire Department will sponsor a
haunted house Oct. 26-31 from
7-10 p.m. each night at a house
on Chestnut Ridge Church
Road. Signs will be located on
highways 161 and 216 to show
directions. Admission is one
dollar. If five people come
together, one will be admitted
free. Prize drawings will be held
on Thursday, Friday and Satur
day.
United Fund Pledges
Inch Closer To Goal
kindergarten through the fifth
grade. They visit each elemen
tary school one day a week.
Each child in the elententary
grades receives physical educa
tion instruction from these
teachers on the day that they
visit his particular school.
Kindergarten, first grade, and se
cond grade students receive in
struction in basic movements.
Third through fifth graders use
the different skills they have
learned earlier as they rotate
through various activities during
their physical education period.
A physical fitness test is given at
the end of the year to all
students in grades three, four,
and five. Capitalizing on the
skills taught the children by the
rotating teachers, the individual
elementary schools conduct their
own programs on the days when
the physical education coor
dinator is at another school
building.
At Central School the pro
gram is expanded, and each child
in grades six and seven par
ticipates in physical education
on an every other day basis.
Students participate both in
team activities such as volleyball
and basketball and in individual
activities such as gymnastics,
wrestling, and dance.
Competition begins to be
stressed at the middle school
level. At Central students par
ticipate in intramurals, competi
tion among themselves, in most
team sports and in wrestling.
Also, seventh grade students are
eligible to try out for in
terscholastic teams at the junior
high school.
The physical education pro
gram at Central School gives
students in Kings Mountain an
opportunity to further develop
basic motor skills, to learn new
activities and games, and to
begin to learn the important con
cepts of teamwork and sport
smanship.
Students attending Kings
Mountain Junior High School
are offered an even more exten
sive physical education program.
During both years at the junior
high, students take physical
education three days per week.
The program is enhanced at this
level by the addition of health
education the other two days.
Physical education classes ex
pand on the activities the
students have learned during
previous years. The sophistica
tion of activities begins to be
quite high as the students’ skills
become more refined.
Turn To Pago 3-A
The Kings Mountain United
F und is inching closer to its goal
of $62,150.
Rev. Clyde Beaden, chairman,
announced today that
$55,953.07, or 90 percent of the
goal, has been reached.
“We hope by next week to
reach the goal,” he said. “Several
factories have not reported yet,
and some other division leaders
have some pledges still to
collect.”
Kings Mountain Hospital is
the first division to exceed its
goal and the industrial division,
Mrs. O’Shields
Gets New Job
Glenda O’Shields was named
principal of Central School at
the monthly meeting of the
Kings Mountain District Schools
Board of Education Monday
night at the Administration
Building.
Mrs. O’Shields was elevated
from her post of assistant prin
cipal to replace Richard Greene,
who resigned as of October 1 to
accept a position as coordinator
of the North Carolina Alter
native Energy Corporation’s
electrical load management pro
gram.
Mrs. O’Shields has been
employed by the Kings Moun
tain Schools System for 19 years.
She taught for 13 years at Kings
Mountain High School and is in
her sixth year at Central.
Mrs. O’Shields served four
years as assistant principal at
Central, and last year served as
Acting Principal while Greene
was on a leave of absence to
work in the North Carolina
Leadership Institute for Prin
cipals.
Mrs. O’Shields is a Cleveland
County native and is a graduate
of the University of South
Carolina. She received her
master’s degree from Western
Carolina University. She taught
one year in Columbia, S.C.,
before coming to Kings Moun
tain.
Central School houses all the
sixth and seventh grade students
in the system, and has 685
students.
The board has now begun a
search for an assistant principal.
In other action Monday, the
board:
♦Approved a sale of surplus
property for Sat., Oct. 31, at
Compact School.
♦Was told by Supt. William
Davis that a Cleveland County
deputy had contacted him re
questing that the system par
ticipate in a safety and drug con
trol program. The project would
require that local merchants be
contacted to give their support
through advertising in publica
tions. The board agreed that
much was already being done
through the classroom, and
delayed participation at this
time.
♦Approved the release of
Christine Shelby to the Shelby
City Schools.
Accepted the resignations of
Kenneth Blanton and Gail Dix
on, and elected the following
teachers: Joe Hopper Jr.,
Bethware; Ann Scott, junior
high; Vergie Eaker, interim
teacher at West; and approved a
leave of absence for Ella
Sanders, Central.
which raises the majority of the
UF funds, is within one percent
of reaching its goal.
The hospital thus far has rais
ed $2,769.84, surpassing its goal
of $2,500 by 11 percent. The in
dustrial division has raised
$40,604.38 of its $41,000 goal.
Several other divisions have
reached around 80 percent of
their goals.
“We have discovered that
there are several areas that we
haven’t touched,” Rev. Bearden
said, “so if there is anyone else
who would like to pledge, they
may notify me or our secretary,
Joyce Wyte.”
The United Fund aids a
number of local and state agen
cies, and only $2,733 of the
$62,150 budget for 1982 will go
to administration.
Local agencies receiving funds
next year will be the American
Red Cross, Piedmont Council
Boy Scouts, Pioneer Council
Girl Scouts, Grover Rescue
Squad, Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad, Cleveland County
Shelter Home, .Ministerial
Association Helping Hand
Fund, Ministerial Association
Chaplain Program, Child Abuse
Program of Cleveland County,
Community Organization for
Drug Abuse Prevention, and the
United Way Emergency Fund.
North Carolina agencies
receiving funds will be the Ar
thritis Foundation, Children’s
Home Society, Epilepsy Associa
tion of N.C., Florence Critten-
ton Services, United Health Ser
vices, Research Fund and N.C.
United Way.
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POUCEMEN CERTIFIED - Mayor ]olm Mon.
lofL and Acting Kings Mountain Police Chief
I-D. Barrett, right, present the Advanced Law
Enforcement Certificate to Detectives Richard
Reynolds, second from left, and Robert Dodge.
Photo by Gary Stewart
The men ore the first two Kings Mountain
policemen to receive the award, which is the
highest certification available through the
N.C. Criminal Justice Training and Standards
Council.
KM Cops Certified
Two Kings Mountain police
officers have received the Ad
vanced Law Enforcement Cer
tificate, which is the highest cer
tification awarded by the North
Carolina Criminal Justice Train
ing and Standards Council.
Detectives Richard Reynolds
and Robert Dodge received the
awards last week from Mayor
John Henry Moss and Acting
Police Chief J.D. Barrett in a
brief ceremony at the new
Governmental Services Facilities
Center.
The two are the first Kings
Mountain policemen to ever
receive the certification.
Certification is based on a
fiolice officer’s experience as a
full-time, sworn police officer,
and points accumulated through
education and training.
Reynolds was certified by hav
ing 12 years of expierience and
60 points accumulated through
training and education, and
Dodge was certified by having
six years experience and a B.S.
degree from Gardner-Webb Col
lege.
Both men held Intermediate
Law Enforcement certificates
prior to obtaining the top cer
tification.
Parade Set Nov. 29
City Commissioners Monday
night gave its approval to the ci
ty joining the Kings Mountain
Fire Department and Merchants
Association in sponsoring the
1981 Christmas Parade.
The board also set the date of
the annual event on Sun., Nov.
29 at 2:30 p.m.
In other business Monday
night, the board: ,
♦Heard the official result of
last Thursday’s canvass of the ci
ty commissioners’ election of
Oct. 6.
♦Approved a request from
Charles and Ruby Alexander to
rezone property located at the in
tersection of West Mountain
and South W'atterson streets
from R-8 to R-6.
♦Approved a request from
William Fulton to rezone two
tracts of property on the east and
west sides of Highway 161 at the
Highway 74 bypass interchange
from R-8 to G-B.
♦Approved a contract with
Isothermal Planning and
Development Commission for
Title III services (Meals on
Wheels program) for the Kings
Mountain Aging Program.
♦Awarded a bid for $9,295 to
Pinnacle Electric of Gastonia for
a 400 horsepower electric motor
for the water plant. The motor,
which will be covered by in
surance, will replace one which
was recently struck by lightning.
♦Awarded a bid of $25,192.50
to Musco of Asheville for
materials for the Stowe Acres
water project.
♦Authorized advertisement
for bids for four vehicles for the
Police Department.
♦Approved entering into an
agreement with the State of
North Carolina for inventory,
inspection and analysis of the old
overhead bridge subject to
Federal requirements of the Sur
face Transportation Assistance
Act.
♦Approved advertising for
light poles for City Stadium.
Haunted House Set
Kings Mountain’s Jaycees will
give area youngsters and young-
at-heart a sneak preview of their
haunted house Friday and Satur
day at the Jaycee building on
East Gold Street.
The haunted house will be in
operation from 7:30 p.m. until
people are too scared to re-enter.
The house will be in operation
each night the week of Oct.
23-31.
Admission is $1.50. Fifty cent
discount tickets are available
from Jaycee members.
KMHS Teacher Sentenced
Kings Mountain High School
teacher Kenneth Blanton was
sentenced to 18 months in a
federal prison last Wednesday
after being pleading guilty to one
count of possession of
unregistered machine guns.
He pleaded guilty to the
charge Tuesday in exchange for
dismissal of two charges of
aiding and abetting possession of
unregistered firearms and aiding
and abetting transfer of an
unregistered firearm.
Blanton, 35, a teacher in the
Industrial Cooperative Training
program at KMHS and an
employee of the Kings Mountain
District Schools since 1971, sub
mitted his resignation to Supt.
William Davis Thursday morn
ing.
Blanton will report to prison
within two weeks and will be
eligible for parole in six months.
He could have received a 10 year
sentence and $10,000 fine.
Testimony in the hearing
revealed that Frank Small, a
KMHS custodian, was a paid in
former for the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Fierarms
and helped set up meetings
which aided ATE agents in the
case.
Robert Allen Patrikios of
Apex, a Raleigh gun dealer
former police officer, and
Michael E. Meszaros of Raleigh,
a school teacher, also received
18-month prison terms.
Patrikios pleaded guilty to a
charge of transporting a firearm
without transfer tax and failure
as a licensed gun dealer to keep
required records.
Meszaros pleaded no contest
to charges of possession of an
unregistered firearm and
transport of a firearm without
transfer tax.