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The Kings Mountain Herald
ome
November 21, 2002
BY ABIGAIL WOLFORD
Staff Writer
Don Phifer needs $150,000. for
a liver transplant. Luckily he has -
received much support from the
community of Kings Mountain.
Around $92,900 has been raised.
Now it is time to finish the job.
The next big fund-raiser for
the transplant is a silent auction
for three pieces of artwork that
will be held from Nov. 22-Dec. 31
in the Cleveland County Arts
Council building, said Sonya
Ivester, a member of the commit-
tee that is raising money for
Phifer’s transplant. All of the
proceeds will go to Don Phifer.
Peter Max, a popular New
York painter whose work has sold
for as much as $60,000, agreed to
submit a signed poster to the
silent auction. The work is called,
“Red Angel with Heart III.”
“He's been well-known since
the 70s,” said Ivester.
Ronnie Blanton, the chairman
for the committee of the National
Foundation for Transplants that is
raising money for Phifer, said that
Max has done posters for various
U.S. Presidents, as well as art-
work for the Olympics and the
World Series.
Also, Cleveland County artist,
¥ Philip Philbeck, agreed to donate
two prints to the auction.
Philbeck has been compared to
the famed Bob Timberlake, said
Ivester.
Sharon's
Hometown Framing
has also agreed to
donate the frames for
the artwork that will
be sold at the silent
auction.
The auction will
take place in the Arts
Council building, but
the Arts Council real-
ly does not have any-
thing to do with it.
They are simply
donating the space
so that the committee
that is raising money
for Phifer can set up
the art.
“We felt like the
best thing to do
would be to go
through the Arts
[Council]. You have
to go where the peo-
ple are interested for
something like this,”
said Ivester.
“Since it is art,
been so willing to
help him,”
Phifer is now
near the very top of
the list for a trans-
plant at Duke
University Medical
Center. “They [the
doctors] told him to
be ready to go any
day,” said Blanton,
“Because the call
could come at any
time.”
The effort to raise
money for Phifer has
been a community-
and church-wide
effort, said Blanton.
He said that he and
the other committee
members really did-
n't know much
about fund-raising
when they started.
They just knew they
needed to help their
friend. He credits
God with bringing
everything together
we are being kind
enough to let them
set it up here,” said
Donna Melton of the
Cleveland County
Arts Council. “We really are just
a backdrop.”
With all of the efforts going
on to help him, Phifer is actually
doing very well, said Blanton. He
Don Phifer of Kings Mountain will soon undergo a liver
transplant at Duke Medical Center.
even works everyday.
“I can’t say enough good
things about him. He is such a
good guy,” said Blanton. “I think
that’s why the community has
when they needed it.
“The good Lord
is the one who's
made it happen,” he
said. “None of us:
really knew what we were
doing.”
According to Blanton, other
fund-raisers have included barbe-
cue dinners, silent auctions,
Paintings for Phifer
Art auction to raise money for liver transplant
chicken pie dinners, yard sales,
hot dog sales and canisters in
Cleveland Cotinty businesses ask-
ing for donations.
Contractors David Evans and
Kenny Davis will also be building
a house in the Oak Grove com-
munity and donating all of the
profits to Phifer. Blanton said
they are expecting to raise
$40,000-50,000 with the house.
The money will go to help
pay for what Phifer’s insurance
won't cover, said Blanton, like the
anti-rejection medications that
will be necessary for a successful
transplant.
Some of the money will also
go for a place for him to stay
while he is at Duke. He will be in
the hospital for about a week ide-
ally and then will have to stay in
an apartment close to the medical
center so that he can be under
close surveillance for approxi-
mately six weeks. The money
will not go to help him pay his
other bills at home, like his house
payment, said Blanton.
The money is being handled
by the National Foundation for
Transplants, a non-profit organi-
zation.
Anyone wishing to contribute
to the effort may send donations
to National Foundation for
Transplants, PO Box 1415, Kings
Mountain, NC 28086. Donations
are tax-deductible and should be
marked for the Don Phifer Fund.
Community tree lighting
Monday at Mauney Library
BY ABIGAIL WOLFORD :
Staff Writer Ly
The annual Christmas tree lighting
will take place on Monday, November
25 at 7 p.m. in front of Mauney
Memorial Library.
“The public's invited. We've been
doing it for years and years and
. years,” said Ellis Noell, director of spe-
cial events for Kings Mountain. This
year, however, one small change will
be made to honor the soldiers who are
stationed away from home during the
holidays.
“We're going to decorate the tree
with yellow bows for the armed forces
this year,” said Noell.
The bows will specifically be for
Choir, made up of students from
the 505th battalion that has been sent:
to Washington, D.C. The members of
the battalion will not make it home for
the holidays this year. The ribbons are
a way to honor them and their service
to the country, as well as the sacrifices
their families have made during their
time away from home.
Mayor Rick Murphrey has actually
sent out a letter to invite the families of
the soldiers to the special ceremony,
Noell said.
“We're going to have a couple of
kids who represent the soldiers’ fami-
lies put a big yellow ribbon on the tree
as well,” said Noell.
This year, the NEW Children’s
North, East and West Elementary
Schools, willialso be singingeat the Jzib of thoirinw ozln ver
event, said Noell.
As usual, Santa Claus will pay a
special visit to the children at the cere-
mony.
A reception will be held in the chil-
dren’s wing of the library immediately
following the lighting ceremony.
“It should be a nice event,” said
Noell.
The tree lighting will be part of the
“Down Home Christmas” celebration,
which will also include a mural light-
ing and a Christmas parade in early
December. More information will be
available on these events later.
Smith completes refrigerator course
Marine Corps Pfc. Dewey
J. Smith, son of Brenda L.
and Arthur W. Jones of
Grover, recently graduated
from the‘ Marine Corps Basic
Refrigeration Mechanic
Course.
During the course with
Letters to Santa
Our annual Letters to Santa will be published in our
papers December 18 & 19.
we will need to have the letters by Monday, December 2.
Thank you and please send in your letters!
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Students also studies main-
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Smith joined the Marine
Corps in April 2002.
EARLY DEADLINE
The Deadline for news for
next week’s Herald is 3 p.m.
Monday.
ABIGAIL WOLFORD / HERALD
The tree in front of Mauney Memorial Library will be deco-
rated with Christmas lights and yellow ribbons, in honor of
the 505th battalion, which has just been stationed in
Washington, D.C. The tree-lighting will take place on
Monday, November 25, at 7 p.m.
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