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Our Neighbors Speak The Morrisville and Preston Progress, Wednesday, September 27,1995 - 3 Do you think college athletes should receive financial compensation other than scholarships? DANNY BARBEE MORRISVILLE Yes, because in college, they need some money to spend. It would help them out. THANH NGUYEN PRESTON Yes, it would help them to con centrate on performances, prac ticing and classes. ERIN DURKIN PRESTON No. Just because they’re an athlete they don’t deserve spe cial treatment. JACK SIMILA MORRISVILLE I would think that the scholar ship should be enough com pensation that they wouldn’t need to receive other com pensation. ERIC KUEHNEMANN MORRISVILLE I don’t think so because it wouldn’t make them better eco nomically or financially. MARY HALL PRESTON Probably not. They should be treated just like everybody else. She's not dead, she’s Just 40 By Roxanne Powers If you were amcHig those who entered the large double doors of Morrisville Year-Round Elementary School on Sept. 15, you may have silently qieculated, "Who died?" It is, after all, rare in mod^ times to see so many people in one place all dressed in bladt. If, however, you missed all the signs leading up to the doors, it’s not likely you missed the children’s mischievous grins peeking through their best attempts at melancholy expressions. Thanks to a joint effort on the part of students and staff, Ms. Freda Cole, assistant principal of Morrisville Elementary, was not alone in nwuming the passing of her youth on her 40th birthday. Ms. Cole got in on the fun by using her car phone to call in sick aftCT pulling into the school park ing lot and spying the black signs lining the driveway. Says Ms. Cole, "I had them going for a minute until someone said, ‘Uh, uh! 1 just saw her in the parking lot’." Ms. Cole, whose parking place was graced with a pink flamingo, said as she entered the school she noticed all the people dressed in black, and that even the bus drivers wore black arm bands. She also couldn’t miss the many signs (one of which was placed on her back) and black balloons gracing the hallways. Or the wheelchair in her office, or the black rose on her desk. But the real treat came when the staff, led by music teachra Christie Howell, formed a line and marched up the hall toward her office singing a birthday song in the form of a fu neral dffge. "I don’t know what this says about my family, but for as long as I can remember they’ve sang this song for the ‘big ones’," said Ms. Howell. Kissing coupie ciinches nationai titie Continued from page one Ferguson says. A video t^ of the mcmient shows a very surjaised and emotional woman staring at a diamond ring. "I wandered if it was an April Fool’s }cke; it was April 1," she says. For their efforts, the couple w€Mi a fully loaded Chevy SiO extended cab pickup truck. Since the truck was delivered in July, the two have been taking turns driving it. But to bear Johnson tell it, the four days and three nights in Branson would have been enough reward. "It was great," he says. "I really didn’t know what to expect. There was so much to do, so many shows, dinners. And the people treated us great" h) fact, the Branson Chamber of CtMnmerce has offered to pay for the couple’s honeymoon in Branson if they are married before their year’s reign is up in April. But they haven’t set a date. "We’re looking at Christmas or maybe Feteuary," Johnson says. "I guess I’m old-fashioned; 1 think we ^ouid be engaged a while before we get married." The couple met in February five years ago. "We actually met at The Long- branch," Ferguson says. Then living in Knoxville, Tenn., she had a flight layover in Raleigh en route to Atlantic City. She and a friend decided to visit The Ltxigbranch. "And I literally saw him from across the room,” she says, of her first encounter with Johnson. "I thought be was special when I met him. We met at 10 to 1, danced one dance, and by 1 o’clock we were walking out of Longbranch holding hands." Ferguson, who is originally from Danville, Va., had been trying to move closer to home when she met Johnson. By that July, she had chosen the Triangle area fw ob vious reasons. And the kissing was well under way. "We kissed a whole lot," she says. "Literally for months, that was it. I’m old-fashioned too. We both have high standards as far as relationships go." Ferguson says kissing remains a hallmaik of the relationship. "We kiss everywhere, through the air, over the telephone. We’ve been through a lot of Tic Tacs and Cb^- stick in our time," she adds. Ferguson says she thinks people have forgotten how to kiss. "Too many men see kissing as a prelude to something else." "I had three older sisters and I’d hear their comments about the guys when they came home from dates," he says. "I learned from them. I just try to be natural and don’t over anticipate." Since winning the title, the two have been interviewed by nearly a Please Recycle The largest component of trash in landfills is Same Good Neighbor Chuck Tickle Agent ■ haiie a new Preston Corners 966 High House Rd. Cary, NC 27513 Off: (919)319.0082 Res: (919)319-3203 LIHB a good neighbor. Stats aarm Is there.® Opening Soon At MacGregor Village ORIENTAL "Raleigh's Oldest & largest Rug Store' 1665 N. Market Dr. Please visit Raleigh, NC our Raleigh 87^6537 Store Lamp Parent concerned with school fund-raisers dozen radio stations, have been the topic of newspaper and magazine stories and have taped a segment for A Current Affair. (As of press time that show had not aired.) But while friends have suggested they hire an agent to jH'omote their status as national kissing champions, the two seem content not to seek further fame. "We would like to do the Christ mas parade in Raleigh," Ferguson says. "And we would be happy to do anything to benefit local civic organizations. But we’re not look ing to make money out of this." Ferguson, who is a fragrance con sultant for the Belk stores, says she would like to settle in Morrisville after she and Johnson are married. "I love it here," she says. "I feel secure and safe and would like to find ahousehere." To the editor Many of the Cary area public schools are having their fall fund raisers at this time. Even though I believe school photos, yearbooks, festivals, barbecues and similar fund-raisers are a much more ap propriate way to raise money, I reahze that door-to-docs- sales are one of the most popular ways for PTAs to raise much-needed funds. However, in one school I think the incentives to get children to sell have become much too aggressive. To reward children for their volume of sales, the West Cary Middle School PTSA is holding an assembly called "The Main Event" This event is scheduled in the school during school hours. They will exclude any child who does not sell at least $50 WOTth of mer chandise. Often thCTe are children Home alone? Call 231-3939 PhoneFriend information about Hopeline programs coll 231-7991 Letters To The Eciitor who try to sell the quota of mer chandise, but they are not able to for reasons beyond their control. Many childrra do not live in neighborhoods where they can sell docx' to door. Many parents do not have workplaces where selling is allowed. Many parents have to par ticipate in fund-raisers at more than one school, so they cannot buy as much. Many grandparents are on fixed incomes. Many friends and family members have been in undate with so much merchandise from Wake County school fund raisers already that they are not able to buy any more! No mattCT how hard they try, some children are na able to sell enou^. These children are left be hind in the classroom while the rest of the school attends the event I think no child should be excluded fircrni a pubhc school assembly be cause of their inability to raise the money necessary to be invited. Mary Lorscheider-Britt MorrisvOk (We welcome letters to the editor on topics of community interest Letters should be typed or legibly handwritten and should include a name, address and phone number. Send to: The Morrisville & Preston Progress, do Kirkland Newspapers, 1533 Hermitage Ct, Durham, N.C. 27707.) 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