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VOL11ME91, NUMBER 64 TUESDAY, AUGUST 26,1980 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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An Enriching Experience
F or Local Students At G-W
By GARY STEWART
Co-Editor
Two Kings Mountain
students, Ericka Lanelle Woods
and Patricia Lynn (Patti)
McGinnis, were among 26
students from Nonh and South
Carolina and one from Florida
who were selected to participate
in the Summer Enrichment Ex
perience (SEE) this summer at
Gardner-Webb College.
The three-week program was
the first of its kind in this area
for gifted students - those with
an IQ of at least 120 and
achievement test scores of at
least two grade levels above
placement.
Ericka and Patti were recom
mended for the program by Jane
Shields, coordinator of the Ex
ceptional Children Program in
the Kings Mountain District
Schools, exceptional children
teacher Carolyn Roark and Cen
tral School Principal Richard
Greene.
Jackie Lavender, assistant
principal at Kings Mountain
High School, was one of the
coordinators of the program,
which was in the planning stages
for over a year.
Ericka, an eighth grader at
Kings Mountain Junior High,
and Patti, a seventh grader at
Central, attended classes from 8
a.m. until 2:30 p.m. daily.
Gardner-Webb faculty members
served as teachers. The students
also lived in college dorms, with
G-W students serving as
counselors.
They attended Sunday morn
ing worship services and
Wednesday night vespers, which
were led by Rev. Richard
McBride, campus minister.
Evening activities included guest
speakers such as Stanley Green,
author of“Kinakett Adventure,”
music lecture-performances by
music students, movies and
disco with “Sid the Surf.”
Field trips included a trip to
Biltmore House and Gardens in
Asheville and trips to drama
presentations in Shelby and
Mars Hill.
Ericka studied mathAcience,
taught by Dr. Robert Morris,
French, taught by Dr. Charles
Andrews, and tennis and swim
ming, taught by Dr. Dave Gard
ner.
Patti studied fine arts, taught
by Mrs. Barbara Cribb, English,
taught by Dr. James Taylor, and
tennis and swimming.
“We had some of Gardner-
Webb’s best faculty members,”
pointed out Mrs. Lavender.
“The faculty members really en
joyed it and they all did a good
job. They were excited about the
program and wanted to be a part
of it.
“It was a positive experience,”
she went on. “It was something
Dr. Craven Williams (G-W presi
dent) really wanted. The s^ool
went all out for it and the
Gardner-Webb students that
served as counselors were real
good.”
Ericka was especially impress
ed with her French classes.
‘They taught me things 1 didn’t
know,” she said. “I had never
studied it before. I feel like it will
really help me when I take the
course.”
Her science classes were also
of benefit, she said, because
“someday I hope to be a doctor.”
Patti, an avid swimmer and
tennis player, used her physical
education classes to earn a junior
lifesaving card. In drama, video
taping was used so the students
could “see how we looked on
film,” Patti said.
“An important part of the pro
gram,” she said, “was that it
helped us get along better with
different people. We had to learn
to adapt to their ways.”
Both of the students, and Mrs.
Lavender, came away from the
three-week experience highly im
pressed, and with the desire to
participate again in the future.
“It’s something that has not
been available in the immediate
area, and it is greatly needed,”
said Mrs. Lavender. “Fortunate
ly Gardner-Webb saw the need.”
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DISCUSS PROGRAM - lackie Layend*r, left,
acRlRtant principal at Kings Mountain High
School, talks to local students Ericka Wood,
center, and Patti McGinnis about their ex
periences in the first annual Summer Enrich-
Photo by Gory Stewart
ment Experience at nearby Gardner-Webb
College, The students spent three weeks at
G-W studying science, French, fine arts,
physical education, and other courses, Mrs.
Lavender helped coordinote the program.
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Photo by Gory Stewort
SCHOOLS DAYS - That first day of school is something long
remembered by parents and youngsters. Over 4,000 Kings
Mountain students in grades kindergarten through 12 made
the walk Monday morning. In photo above. Tony Davis, a
kindergorten student at West Elementary School, is accom
panied to his first day of school by his mother. Borbora.
Local NCAE Head Looks
For Good School Year
Kings Mountain District
Schools opened their doors to
0 4,249 children Monday for the
start of another school year, ac
cording to John Pettus, president
of the Kings Mountain unit of
the North Carolina Association
of Educators (NCAE).
“NCAE members are looking
forward to a good year for our
schools,” said Pettus. “We want
this year to be the best that it can
possibly be for each child.
A “We hope that all parents will
work with us to make this year a
successful learning experience
for each child. Each parent
should visit his child’s school ear
ly in the year,” continued Pettus,
a seventh grade teacher of
language arts and social studies
at Central School.
“A good working relationship
between the parents and the
school is one of the most impor
tant factors in determining
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(diflLocal Interest
KIWANIS PRCX2RAM
Clayton Davidson will present
a slide program and talk on his
recent trip to Europe at the
weekly meeting of the Kiwanis
Club Thursday night.
HOT DOG SALE
The youth of First Wesleyan
Church will sponsor a hot dog
sale Saturday from 11:30 a.m.
until 2 p.m. at the church
fellowship hall. Proceeds will be
used to help sponsor a trip to
Atlanta.
COUNCIL
Cleveland County Interagen
cy Council will meet Thursday
at 11:30 a.m. at Jackson’s
Cafeteria in Shelby. Bill Mc
Cullough, Executive Director of
CODAP, Cleveland County
Organization for Drug Abuse
F*revention, will briefly explain
CODAP’s services to the com
munity.
DANCE CLASS
Classes in ballroom dancing
will be held at Bradley Center,
Gastonia, beginning Sept. 2, 7-9
p.m. Boice Triplett with instruct.
Participants should bring part
ners. Fees are $15-$21 per per
son depending on residency
status and must be paid before
the first class. Call Cynthia
Byars at 864-3211, Ext. 297 for
further information.
HOLIDAY WORKSHOP
Learn to make your favorite
candies at the Gastonia Recrea
tion Department’s candymaking
workshop to be held at Jeffers
Center, Mon., Sept. 29, 7 p.m.
June Rhinehart will instruct the
one time workshop. Cost of in
struction and supplies is SS - $7
per person depending on residen
cy status. Fee must be paid by
Sept. 26. The enroll, call Cynthia
Byars at 864-3211, Ext. 297.
ART CLASS
Charlotte artist John Brady
will return to Kings Mountain
Sept. 9th to conduct classes at
7:30 p.m. second Tuesdays at
A.B. Snow Originals, 3600
Margrace Rd. Call 739-5917 to
make reservations.
GROVER BOARD
Due to the Labor Day Holi
day, the regularly scheduled
meeting of the Grover Board of
Commissioners on Mon., Sept. 1
has been changed to Mon., ^pt.
8 at 7 p.m. at Grover Town Hall.
Local Residents In Play
A number of Kings Mountain
resudents have become involved
in “Then Conquet We Must,”
the outdoor drama being staged
at Kings Mountain National
Military Park. Many positions
must be filled and carried out
with skill and dedication in order
to create a successful theatre ex
perience, and as in 1780 Kings
Mountain natives have come to
the rescue.
Jane Dixon will be serving as
Costume Mistress for the drama,
and Mary Neisler as Properties
Mistress. Jerry King has taken
the position of Company
Manager. Others serving on a
technical crew are Shirley Pate,
Selenja Goins, Betty Jordan,
Nina Oliver, Nan Jean Gantt
Grant, and Gerald Lovelace.
Also giving of their time are
Robert Boggan, Laura Hendrix-
on, Robyn Ramsey, Daune
Brazzell, and Evelyn Hamrick.
Many of the actors for the
drama also are Kings Mountain
natives. Reb Wiesener, Lynne
Mauney, David Grant, Suzanne
Thornburg, Mark McSwain,
Lisa Roark, Suzanne Amos-
Grabus, and Debbie Rushing
have all been listed as cast
members. Also included in the
cast list are Pauline Wright, Ed
die Gantt, Heather Bradshaw,
Harwood Smith and Pat Blan
ton. Others named are Joe Ann
McDaniel, Selenja Goins, Ar
nold Clayton, Howard Bryant,
and Odell Norwood.
‘Then Conquer We Must” is
being produced by Kings Moun
tain National Military Park, the
city of Kings Mountain, and
Limestone College in Gaffney.
Tickets are available in ad
vance, and may be obtained by
calling the local Chamber of
Commerce.
Overmountain Victory Trail
Step Closer To Being Enacted
Designation of the Overmoun
tain Victory Trail as a national
historic trail is now a step closer
to being enacted into law as a
result of final passage by the
U.S. House and the Senate this
week, according to Congressman
James T. Broyhill (R-N.C.), the
bill’s chief sponsor.
The only remaining step in the
long road toward the legislation’s
becoming law is the signature by
the President. “I have contacted
the President and I have urged
him to sign this legislation,”
Broyhill said. “1 am optimistic
that he will do so at any early
date.”
Commenting briefly on his
legislative success, the Lenoir
Representative said, “Years of
work have been devoted to see
ing the Overmountain Victory
National Historic Trail become a
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PASTOR HONORED — R*t. Eug*n* Land,
potior of S*cond Boplltt Church, wot honorod
with an approciation day during a turprit*
dodlcallon atrYlc* tpontorod by th* Boptitl
Wom*n. R*v. Land wot pr*t*nt*d a plaqu*
for 10 y*ar* of t*rvic* to th* congr*gatlon by
Ch*ryl P*ar*on (right) and h* wot alto
pr***nt*d o chock for a trip to th* Holy Land.
Spoclol tinging ond tpookort olto honorod
th* pootor. Aftor th* worthlp torvic*. th* con-
gragalion portlcipatod in a dlnnor and *n-
joyod a hug* birthday cak* mad* otpocially
for Rot. Lond’t birthday.