ThuiwlaY. Fsbniary 18, 1982-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Pag* 3A
Library
Notes
By
MARYJANE CARBO
WANTED: A few good people, aged IS and up, who are willing to
donate a few hours of their time to the public library.
As some of you have already found out, I am not a native North
Carolinean. After living and traveling in 25 of the SO states, one learns
that, naturally, every state is different. One of the many outstanding
features of North Carolina, I discovered, is the high degree of
volunteerism among the people. I have never seen the spirit of
volunteerism given such a high priority. You can see the effects
everywhere: in the human services that are available where they were
not before and in the faces of the volunteers themselves.
And so I would like to remind you and your church group, book
club, community organization, garden club, home extension club etc.,
as you look about for a volunteer project - don’t forget about the
public library!
Why volunteer at the library? There are lots of reasons. Y ours may
be to:
♦Perform a service to the public. And we do help people. With free
information, we help people to do anything from raising Great Danes
to feeding their kids for less money to finding help for those who are
looking for work.
•Leam more about the operation of a library. And I don’t need to
tell you that it involves much more than stamping the due date in the
back of a book!
•Help develop your own special talents and skills. Many people
have been able to use their volunteer experience at the public library as
a stepping stone to a paying job elsewhere.
Why does the library Uke volunteers? That’s an easy one to answer.
Besides helping us provide better service to the community through
their talents and help: volunteers help us even more by getting the
library’s message out to the community.
What can a volunteer at the Mauney Memorial Library do? Some
volunteer opportunities are short-term, lasting only a few days or
weeks until the project or program is ended. The following are ex
amples:
Wontad: Book-lovers of all ages. To write book reviews to be
displayed at the library and in this column.
Wonted: A community organization or group of responsible peo
ple. To assist the library in our annual Used Book Sale. To be held dur
ing National Library Week, April 18th - 24th.
Wontad: A few people with strong backs and dustproof clothing.
To help us move some of our books around, making room for the
Reference collection and a new Young Adult collection.
Some volunteer projects for which volunteers are qualified are long
term, but still require your skills for a few hours a month. For instance:
Wontad: An accurate, experienced typist. To help process very
large shipments of new books, change cataloging, etc. Schedule is flexi-
ble.
Wcmtad: A few people with an artistic flair. To assist the librarian in
designing and executing posters, flyers and other displays, flan-
nelgraphs, puppeU and other materials for use with children.
Wcmtad: A small group with an interest in genealogy and local
history. To assist patrons in their genealogical research and to assist
the librariaii in choosing books for the North Cj^plina collection.
We would be very happy to hear from you or your organization.
Please address any comments, criticisms, or suggestions to me, Mary-
jane Carbo, cM Mauney Memorial, 100 S. Piedmong Ave., Kings
Mountain, N.C. 28086. Or call me at the library: 739-2371. With a lit
tle help from our friends, 1 believe that the Mauney Memorial Library
can go a long way.
KM’S Expense Total
For 1981 $10,246.48
From Pago 1-A
Other expenses for the year in
cluded:
Betty Clark, $8.25 for on-job
travel; J.D. Barrett, $31.20 for
Region C. Awards meals for
four; John Watterson, $206.49
for on-job travel; Katie Wilce,
$11.55 for personnel luncheons;
Edna Abernathy, $51.83 for on-
job travel; Connie Putnam,
$87.51 for on-job travel; Ralph
Grindstaff, $2.75 to attend PIN
(Police Information Network)
school; J.D. Barrett, $13.52 to
attend a Region C meeting; Essie
Moore, $2.78 for on-job travel;
Jimmy West, $6.60 for PIN
school; Linda Hamm, $1.98 to
attend PIN school; Mike Nappi,
$176.00 to attend National
Parks and Recreation con
ference in Atlanta;
Also, Kings Mountain Fire
Department, $65.00 to sponsor a
fire pump school; Jimmy West,
$10.71 for PIN school; Betty
Clark, $7.62 for on-job travel;
Jerry King, $56.10 for expenses;
Marty Southards, $10.97 for
PIN school; Roy Dyer, $37.8?
Cable TV
From Fog* 1-A
movies, 24 hours a day and
seven days a week. They are
unedited and uninterrupted by
commercials. Actin movies,
adventure movies, horror
movies, popular foreign movies,
children’s movies, comedy,
romance and favorite classics are
aired. Cinemax has been design
ed to work with HBO to offer
the consumer more movies,
more viewing hours, more varie
ty, more convenience and
choice.
Movies on Cinemax are com
pletely different from movies on
HBO in any given month. There
are 20 new movies oft Cinemax
each month, and like HBO,
X-rated movies are never shown
and R-rated movies are never
shown until after 8 pm.
Koontz: Oucial Time
In America’s History
for PIN school; Don Ivey, $9.10
for PIN school; Edna Seay,
$50.00 for travel and lodging for
a waterwork exam; O.C. Kiser
and one other, $347.00 to attend
Waterworks &hool in Raleigh;
Walt OUis, $291.19 to attend an
E.P.A. meeting in Atlanta; John
Watterson, $221.54 for enrollee
travel; Mary Adams, $178.87 to
attend an aging conference in
Wrightsville Beach; Mary
Adams, $23.40 for travel ex
pense;
Also, Gene Tignor, $ 198.00 to
attend Fire Chiefs Convention
in Boone; George B. Thomasson,
$349.47 to attend City
Attorney’s Conference in
Wrightsville Beach; Katie Wilce,
$4.47 for personnel luncheon;
Ralph Grindstaff, $31.69 for
breathalyzer out of town meals;
Connie Putnam, $55.08 for job-
related travel; George Adams,
$152.80 to attend Athletic
Director’s Workshop in Raleigh;
Marlene Smith, $15.83 for elec
tion meals and travel; Rebecca
Cooke, $42.58 for election meals
and travel; Hilda Moss, $70.13
for election meals and travel;
Jackie D. Barrett, $5.70 for
Region C meeting; Luther Ben
nett, $27.72 for election travel;
J.D. Bjairett, $34.32 to attend
Region'c meeting; J. D. Barrett,
$118.00 to attend Chief of
Police Convention in Hickory.
From Pago 1-A
ble that of whites, and black teen
unemployment is triple that of
whites, and that black income on
the average compared to whites
“have actually shown decline
over what it was in the 60s.’’
Koontz said “too many of us
have forgotten that the limited
success we have today came at
somebody else’s supreme
sacrifice yesterday.” He pointed
to many instances of blacks be
ing seriously hurt or killed
because of racial prejudice, and
the days “when busing was ok
because white kids buses didn’t
stop at your school but instead
rolled right past yours to theirs.”
“We have falw hope because
too many of us have allowed
ourselves to believe those days
are gone forever,” he said.“But
I’ve got a big news bulletin for
you. There’s much to be done
because there’s a strong push in
America to recreate those ‘good
ole days.’ If you haven’t been
paying attention these last 10
years, and especially since the
‘Jelly Bean Kind and his travel
ing medicine show’ hit
Washington, you’re in for a rude
awakening.”
Koontz charged that Senators
Jesse Helms of North Carolina
and Strom Thurmond of South
Carolina have a history of “being
against black folks” and “to add
fuel to their burning hatred is a
whole list of other ultra conser
vatives from around the coun
try.
“We’re looking at the clock be
ing set back at least 30 years for
blacks,” he continued. ‘Thanks
to these two men, and there are
more, we stand to lose the
federal Voting Rights Act, court
power to consider and order all
remedies inclduing busing to
eliminate school segreation, affir
mative action laws, and much
more.”
Koontz said President Reagan
is seeking “an Oscar for his role
in the category of ‘Most Insen
sitive and Uncaring President in
History. His new federalism idea
of trimming the federal govern
ment and turning over respon
sibilities to the states is a joke.
The only reason many" federal
regulations and programs were
adopted was because of states’
refusal to adequately care for its
House Fires
Are Reported
A Sunday fire caused $10,()00
damage to the home of Bob Har
rison on East King Street.
Kings Mountain firemen said
the fire was a result of one of
Harrison’s children throwing
gasoline into the fireplace.
City firemen extinguished a
fire at the home of Dwight Na
tion at 702 Katherine Street at 3
a.m. Thurs., Feb. 11. Extensive
damage was reported.
A fire Tues^y damaged the
home of Debbie Odom on Lake
Montonia Road.
Gaston Men
Are Charged
Kings Mountain police have
charged two Gaston County
men with breaking and entering
and attempt to commit larceny
following an incedent at the 1-85
Gulf Station Sunday.
Charged were John Wayne
Cosnter, 26, and Robert Joel
Hawkins, 19, both of Route 1,
Bessemer City. They are under a
secured bond of $5,000.
Investigating officers were
Gary Sale, Billy Benton and
Richard Reynolds.
Police also reported vandalism
Monday at Kings Mountain
Junior High School. Plate glass
windows were broken. Officer
Ralph Grindstaff investigated.
TG&Y’reported the theft of
an assortment of watches out of
a case. They were valued at
$700.
poor, guarantee a safe working
environment and cleanair and
water, and equal opportunity,”
he said. “Many of those same
folks who oppressed us and
discriminated against us before
are still here today and trying to
tell us they’ve changed and how
they never discriminated, and if
they did That’s just the way
things were back then.’ If we’re
not careful, the way things were
back then are goingto be like
that again.”
He said blacks should be con
cerned about the Voting Rights
Act, and those not registered to
vote should sign up immediately.
Those with cars, he said, should
use them to provide transporta
tion to those without cars.
“If you’re one of those who
got where you are because of the
successes in civil rights,
remember the brothers and
sisters coming along behind who
need a helping hand just like
somebody gave you,” he said.
“Don’t close up your split-level
home, two<ar garage and good
pay and forget that it wasn’t
always this easy, because for too
many of us, our families couldn’t
afford two miles and the only
thing split around the house was
wood.”
He urged those still in school
to stay there, get an education
and make the teachers “work for
his or her check.”
“If you’re a hot-shot athlete
and believe you’re going to drib
ble your way into a million
dollar pro career, you’ve been
breathing locker room air too
long,” he said.
“This is Black History
Month,” he concluded. “The
people we honor made their
achievements against what seem
ed to be insurmountable odds
against them. The odds have
changed in our favor, but there
are attempts to set us back. We
cannot let that happen.”
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