March 13, 2003
The Kings Mountain Herald
Page 5A
Scholarships available KMHS student designs school web site
for KMHS students
The following scholarship
applications are available at
Kings Mountain High
School.
Note to seniors: The dead-
line for filing FAFSA (finan-
cial aid forms) is Saturday,
March 15 for NC state aid in
the form of the NC Incentive
Grant, etc. File them by
paper or online at
www.fafsa.ed.gov. See Leigh
Bell paper application.
HM The Performance
Friction Scholarship is for
one member of the 2003 sen-
ior class in the amount of
$500. Last year, no one
applied so the scholarship
was not given. Applications
must be returned to Mrs.
Bell by Friday, March 14.
HB The NC Association of
Agriculture Fairs is sponsor-
ing a scholarship to seniors
who will continue their edu-
cation at a four-year or two-
year college or university. A
$1,000 scholarship will be
given to a student who
plans to enroll in a four-year
institution or a $500 scholar-
ship to a student who plans
to enroll in a two-year insti-
tution. See Mrs. Hager or
Mr. Mayes for an applica-
tion. All completed applica-
tions must be returned to
Mrs. Hager by Friday,
March 14.
BM The Kings Mountain
Sports Hall of Fame is giv-
ing $500 scholarships to sen-
iors who have been
involved in at least one
sport. This includes score-
keepers and managers. The
KM Booster Club wants
football players to apply!
Applicants should have
good grades although there
is no minimum GPA or class
rank. When all else is equal,
individuals with the highest
financial need will be select-
ed. Deadline for submitting
an application is Tuesday,
March 25.
HM The Fraternal Order of
Police Scholarship is for stu-
dents who intend to pursue
a career in law enforcement.
The $1,000 scholarship'is
intended to help the most
worthy student attend the
college of their choice.
Academics, attitude, person-
ality and reputation will be
taken into consideration.
Deadline to submit applica-
tions has been extended -
until Wednesday, March 26.
HB The USA Funds to
Education Scholarship is
open to seniors who plan to
enroll in full or half-time
coursework at a two or four-
year college. Family's
adjusted gross income must
be $35,000 or less as docu-
mented on a 2002 federal
income tax return on which
the applicant is claimed as a
federal tax exemption.
Eligible non-citizens must be
permanent U.S. resident
aliens with a Green Card, or
refugees with a Departure
Record (I-94) from the U.S.
Immigration and
Naturalization Service. Up
to 50% of the scholarship
awards will be targeted to
applicants who are member
of an ethnic minority group
or have a documented phys-
ical disability. Applications
mst be postmarked by
march 15. See Leigh Bell for
application.
BM The Geneva Homesley
Neal Memorial Scholarship
is available to seniors who
plan to enter nursing as a
mid-life career. The scholar-
ship is available to students
who want to attend a 2- or
4-year college. Financial
need will be one of the
determinants. Students must
have a cumulative 3.0
weighted GPA or higher.
They must submit an appli-
cation and 2 to 3-page typed
essay by Thursday, March
27.
HM Seniors who plan to
attend Cleveland
Community College in the
fall of 2003 may apply for
CCC scholarships.
Applications are available
from Mrs. Bell. Each appli-
cant must show a 3.0 or
greater weighted GPA.
Submit applications by"
March 28.
ABIGAIL
From 4A
out against the war and the reception they have had in t he
movie and television industries.
George Clooney was quoted as saying, "It's a frustrating
time for many of us (who disagree with the
Administration). We're raised in a country that's fundamen-
tally about questioning our government. That's part of the
design of our Constitution. But now (if you do), you're
labeled unpatriotic."
We live in a great nation where we have the freedom to
speak our minds about the government. In fact, we are
guaranteed that right in the Constitution. Since September
11, some would like to deny that right to those who do not
agree with every word that comes out of the President's
mouth. However, part of our patriotic duty in the United
States is to pay attention and know what is going on in the
government. We have to be able to vote intelligently, after
all.
Patriotism is expressed in different ways. While the man
who played patriotic music from across the street at the
rally probably did not intend for those of us on the lawn to
sing along, we were doing just that in our hearts.
JIM
From 4A
Durst took the microphone and said. “I hope we all can be
in agreeance that this war should come to an end.” The
crowd cheered, not knowing what they were cheering for.
Over in the world class city, a TV station suspended one
of their employees for using the “agreeance” remark to
knock Gaston County. People in the world class city have
poked fun at us for years. It has never bothered me. I think
it’s funny, and I think the TV station went overboard sus-
pending the guy. Maybe they should have just severed one
of his limbs.
If we were the most ignorant people in the world, I'd still
rather live in Gaston County.than in the world class city.
And, as for Fred Durst, I think we can all be in
“agreeance” that he has a Limp Biskit for a brain.
I think Durst is a human shill.
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BY ABIGAIL WOLFORD
Staff Writer
High school senior Justin Frye has
found that he has an interest and skill
in computers. His teachers and princi-
pal have discovered his gift as well. In
fact, they let Frye design the high
school’s website for his senior project.
Frye spent eleven months working
on the website. Although his senior
project required only 15 hours of work
with a mentor, Frye spent over 1,000
working on the website.
“I love doing it. It's the funnest
thing in life to me. It’s not like a job or
a school project. Ilook forward to
coming home and working on the web
site,” he said.
Frye said one of his computer teach-
ers originally approached him with the
idea of creating a design for the Kings
Mountain High School website. He
spent the next two weeks working on
the design and then presented it to the
high school principal, John Yarbro.
Frye spent the summer working on the
website and uploaded it in August. He
will present his senior project this
semester.
“The senior project helps you in life.
I've actually applied it in life,” he said.
Since August, Frye has been looking
for someone to keep up the website
next year. He has asked several people
in the high school but has not found
anyone who knows enough about web-
sites to be able to keep up with it. He
said he wants to present his website to
an 8th grade HTML class and see if
anyone in that class is interested in
being trained to keep up the site. The
student will have to be a volunteer, like
Frye is. Frye said working on the web-
site looked great on his college applica-
tion, though.
Frye said he spent a lot of time gath-
ering information about the school for
the site. He said he wanted it to be
more than an informational site,
though. He wanted to post something
on the site that would keep people
coming back to it. Although he has not
yet asked permission to post it on the
website, Frye has designed a game for
the site, in which the administrators
are all dressed as Mounties and race
across the screen.
Frye said he has gotten many sug-
gestions on what he should include on
the site. Many people have asked him
to include a link to the weather.
“It’s kind of hard to keep up with
everybody emailing me. I've learned a
lot,” he said.
He said he learned most of what he
knows about computers on his own.
When he first moved to Raleigh several
years ago, he did not have any friends
because his family moved during the
summer. He spent most of his time
playing on the computer. His family
got its first computer in 1991. He had
MEGAN WRIGHT AND THOMAS BRIDGES
Arnold and Freda Gibbs named to Board
Arnold and Freda Gibbs of
Arnold's Jewelry, Shelby,
have been named to the
pearls beads, carvings and
other items that were part of
the American Gem Trade
Association GemFair South
designed a couple of websites for
friends but nothing professional, he
said. :
He said he has no plans of designing
a website for himself at this point in
time.
“I've always looked for content,” he
said. “Most people aren’t interested in
my life.”
His family moved to Kings Mountain
when he was in 5th grade. Both of his
parents’ families are from Kings
Mountain, so he has many relatives in
the area. He has one brother and a for-
eign exchange student from Germany
at his house right now.
Outside of working with computers,
Frye is also a four-year member of the
swim and soccer teams at Kings
Mountain High School. He has been
on the honor roll every year, as well.
He designed a t-shirt for the girl's soc-
cer team on his computer once.
In the fall, Frye plans to attend
Lenoir-Rhyne University and major in
computer law.
“I've always loved law. Dad's a fed-
eral judge. I've always loved comput-
ers, so this is just perfect for me. There
are not a lot of laws out there for com-
. puters. We have to develop laws,” he
said.
The Kings Mountain High School
website address is: http://km.rocks.it
orhttp:/ /kmds.k12.nc.us/school/kmhs
/home htm.
KMHS students
in all-state band
Kings Mountain High School band students, Megan
Wright and Thomas Bridges, were selected to be members
of the state’s top band. The students auditioned Saturday,
March 8, at East Davidson High School in Thomasville.
The two students of Chris Cole and Gil Doggett will trav-
el to University of North Carolina at Greensboro, April 25-
27, for the three-day clinic. The band will present a public
concert at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 27 in Aycock
Auditorium on the campus of UNC-Greensboro.
Megan, a sophomore, will perform on clarinet, and
Thomas, a senior, will perform on percussion.
Pavilion, which ran along-
side the Atlanta Show.
Retail Advisory Board of the
Southern Jewelry Travelers
Association, producers and
managers of the semi-annual
Atlanta Jewelry Show.
“When choosing members i
of our Retail Advisory
Board, we're looking for
industry leaders with exten-
sive experience in the jewel-
ry retail arena and we felt
that Arnold and Freda will
bring a wealth of industry
insight that will help guide
us as we continue to build
on and improve the Atlanta
Jewelry Show offerings,”
said Carol Young, executive
director, SJTA.
Regular attendees of the
Atlanta Jewelry Show, the
Gibbs have most recently
returned from the spring
edition held March 1-3.
During the buying trip, they
had the chance to get a first-
hand look at the jewelry
industry's latest designs and
breaking trends. From the
brand new introductions by
top name companies and u--
and-coming designers to the
hottest designs in virtually
every jewelry category,
including bridal, diamond,
pearl, platinum, gold and
sterling jewelry, charms, ear-
rings, diamonds, watches
explored the tremendous
collection and chose the best
and brightest to insure that
Arnold’s Jewelry will offer
and unrivaled collection for
the upcoming holiday sea-
son. In addition, they also
had a chance to expand their
store's offering by reviewing
a vast range of natural col-
ored gemstones, cultured
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