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Page 4A Op The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com IN10118... Quote of the week If you aim at nothing, you will hit it everytime. Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Yours, Ours, Others -Zig Ziglar This is the time of the year for fairs The “Wall” (Ed. Note - Jim Medlin along with the Kings Moun- tain Vietnam Veterans are sponsoring a campaign to The traditional Bethware Fair is now history and by all accounts was high- ly successful again for the sponsoring Bethware Progressive Club. The Saturday closing day brought crowds to Bethware School grounds as children enjoyed the rides and cotton candy and par- ents and grandparents watched them have fun. piled up in the car and spent the day on Saturday at the county fair. My favorite ride was the merry-go-round but my sister could get off one big ride and hop on another. Our Mom had special memories of the county fair. She told us that she and her sister rode with their Grandpa in a horse- drawn wagon to the county fair and spent an entire day on a Saturday. A different kind of fair will be held in help some Vietnam veterans go to Washington, DC to see the Vietnam Memorial. Individuals and/or clubs interested in sponsoring a veteran can call Medlin at 828/443-7933, or Grindstaff at 704/739-6964, or Bolin at 704/739-8639.) Lib Stewart Managing Editor land County Fairgrounds. As a child growing up on the farm our family could hardly wait for the fair and This year marks the 115th Cleveland County Fair which opens Sept. 30 and runs through Oct. 11 at the Cleve- Kings Mountain in October. It's time for the annual Woman's Club Fall Festival which began some years ago as a floral fair featuring some of the prettiest roses from Mrs. Carl Mauney’s garden and by other gardeners in the area who received blue ribbons. Club women are busy get- ting ready for the annual event. What I learned from you, we must stop a nuclear Iran This year again | had the plese of spending : = Au- gust at home in Western North Carolina § meeting with you,.my bosses. Over the span of three weeks, | conducted seven town hall meetings throughout the 10th District. Along the way, | joined numer- ous Chamber lunches, Rotary club meetings and other public forums where | shared my con- cerns about the problems facing our nation and — more importantly, heard yours. Throughout these meetings, common themes emerged. Many in the 10th District have lingering anxieties about the economy and the job market. | heard time and again from constituents Patrick McHenry US Representative 10th District Gethsemane in Jerusalem sickened and disgust- ed by videos exposing Planned Parenthood's treatment of aborted babies. And — thanks to Obomacare- increased healthcare costs to hurt many in our state. While each of these topics raised serious and meaningful concerns, the number one issue | heard ab out was the Obama Administration's proposed nuclear agree- ment with Iran. Time and again, at each of my sev- Congressman Patrick McHenry overlooking the Garden of en town hall meetings, | heard deep fears about this deal. Some believe it does not do enough to prevent a nuclear Iran. Others think it endangers our allies in the Middle East, including our most sacred ally Israel. As | mentioned above, | had the honor of joining 35 of my colleagues in visiting Israel during the month of August. Israel is one of our nation's most sacred allies and | wel- comed the opportunity by Jim Medlin The Vietnam Memorial, or the “Wall” known by all Vietnam Veterans, is located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. It ranks tenth on the list of Amer- ica’sFavorite Architecture. Each year approximately 3 million visitors visit this 3-acre national memorial. The main part of the “Wall” was complet- ed in 1982 and its location is northeast of the Lincoln Memorial and is in Consti- tution Gardens adjacent to the National Mall. The overall memorial consists of three separate parts which are Three Ser- vicemen Memorial, The Vietnam Wom- en's Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the best known part of the iconic structure. The Memorial “Wall” is made up of two 246 feet 9 inches long gabbro (dark granite) walls, etched with the names of the servicemen being honored. The panels of horizontal rows of names etched in regular typeface and spacing. The walls are sunk into the ground, with earth behind them. Each panel stand 10.1 feet high, and they taper to a height of 8 inches at the extremities. Maya Lin, at the time a 20-year-old daughter of Chinese immigrants and a student at Yale Univer- sity in Architecture, is the design architect Jim Medlin, right, with Major General Rudy Rudisill, Adju- tant General of the North Carolina National Guard, at the “Wall” in Washington, DC in 1999. of the “Wall.” When Lin first presented - her application, amongst more than 1400 proposed, it was not well received. Many prominent people, including Ross Perot, withdrew financial support. However, her design of black granite, reflective and contemplative and to harmonized with its surroundings would withstand the test and the “Wall” was constructed and was ranked in 2007 tenth on the “List of Amer- ica’s Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. It is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Perhaps, today, we would not have the “Wall” had it not been for Jan Scruggs, a corporal during the Vietnam War, who wanted to honor his dead comrades in what he described as “the most ambigu- ous venture in America’s military history.” He started a fundraising effort and raised $9 million and got Congressional approval to build the memorial. In 1980, Scruggs See THE WALL, Page 7B to visit and learn directly from Israelis how the Ira- nian nuclear agreement would impact them. My visit included meetings with Israeli gov- ernment officials includ- ing Prime Minister Benja- | had min Netanyahu who took never heard questions from our group of Chicago for nearly two hours. We suburb Fox also had a chance to tour | ake police an Iron dome missile officer Joe defense battery. Gliniewicz. Recently, three men murdered him. Sadly Do Not Kill police officers, black people, white people or any people the Old Testament or New Testament the best and he replied that he liked it all affirming the Bible as his favorite book. | doubt if the ma- jority of Americans can tell you for sure about where to find The Ten Commandments. Some would simply affirm Glenn Mollette Guest Editorial from the Sept. 9. 1999 edition of the Kings Mountain Herald 9-9-99. Could this be the day computers come crashing down? Everyone in the computer world will be testing their systems September 9 to see if the fateful figure of 9-9-99 has any adverse effect upon their operation. Kings Mountain Mountain- eers hope to bounce back from Friday's loss to Gaffney when they travel to Bessemer City Friday night for a non-conference game. Game time is 8 p.m. Hilda Goforth got in the - habit of going to Sunday School and church on a regular basis when she was a small child. She ooking back recently received recognition for 49 years of perfect attendance at Kings Mountain's First Presbyteri- an Church. Bynum Chapel AME Zion Church will dedicate its new Fam- ily Life Center Sunday at 12:30. The City of Kings Mountain will soon be checking out the seven miles of 24 inch water line coming from Moss L ake into the city and this could be the first step in a multi-million-dollar project to bring an entirely new line into town to replace the 30-plus year old pipe. Champion Contracting began site development work recently at the new Cleveland County Indus- trial Park between Kings Mountain and Shelby. Champion has 60 days to put in the roads, water, se wer, gas and drainage system for the 240-acre park. If anyone doubts that mira- cles can and do happen in Kings Mountain, they should have a chat with Paul Gaffney. While working at a construction site, he was accidentally shot in the head with a three inch nail which penetrated to the hilt in his skull. With an injury that could have easily ended his life, Gaffney calmly walked to his brother Mike Gaffney’s truck and rode to * the hospital. The freak accident happened at a house Gaffney was building on Gold Dust Circle. | now know about what a great man, and police officer he was. Could this be a good time to reinstate the sixth commandment? You might know it better as “Thou Shalt Not Kill,” or “Thou Shalt Not Murder,” “You Should Not Kill.” The sixth commandment appears in a series of commandments remem- bered by some today as The Ten Commandments. These commandments can be found in the Old Testament of the Bi- ble. Donald Trump was recently asked if he liked them as being important while others would not. Not every American may know that The Ten Commandments come from the Old Testament of the Bible. Honestly, most Americans may not care. | am old enough to remember when The Ten Commandments were a big deal everywhere. We had them in some of our classrooms where | grew up. | used to see them posted in state and fed- eral buildings. Actually, | was speaking in a small See DO NOT KILL, Page 7B Published every Wednesday © USPS 931-040 by CF Media KingsIMountain Nr. 00 « Periodicals postage at Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Office: 700 East Gold Street Kings Mountain, NC 28086 * Phone (704) 739-7496 » Fax (704) 739-0611 Postmaster, send address changes fo: P. 0. Box 769, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Annual mail subscription rates. Prices include 6.75% NC State Sales Tax Gaston & Cleveland Counties $30 * Other NC Counties $35 ¢ Outside NC $50 Published by Community First Media, Inc. 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