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Page 8C-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Wednesday, March 8, 1989
LOCAL SCOUTERS HONORED-Membership Director Phyllis D. Brown, left, presents leadership pins
to Susan Goforth and Jane Talbert, rig
gram. Girl Scout Week is March 12-19.
ht, local Scouters for outstanding leadership in the Girl Scout pro-
Girl Scout Week Set
Next week is Girl Scout Week
and Sunday Girl Scouts and
Scouters will worship together and
then will hold grand opening of
Girl Scout Equipment Agency, 324
N. HIghland Street, in Gastonia.
The event, to which the public is
invited, is one of many activities in
which local Girl Scouts and
Scouters will take part in during
the week.
Girl Scouts are invited to come
as a troop or with your family. The
Equipment Agency will feature
Daisy, Brownie, and Junior uni-
forms and will carry a sampling of
the older girl and adult uniforms.
Numerals, insignia, sports clothing,
sashes and handbooks will be
available as well as assortment of
Girl Scout items.
Regular business hours of the
Equipment Agency are 2 p.m. to 5
p.m. Monday-Friday.
Leaders will be interested in the
troop cookie incentives in stock.
Cookie dough may be redeemed
for any merchandise in the
Equipment Agency. There will be a
drawing every half hour with grand
prize for one adult, one girl at 4
p.m. You do not have to be present
at the 4 p.m. drawing to win.
The Pioneer Girl Scout Council
serves almost 4,000 girls in 280
troops. A Girl Scout group may be
a special interest and/or seasonal
group or it may be an ongoing
group not in the traditional setting.
Several area schools are forming
Girl Scout groups in their after
school child care programs.
Job Training Is Offered
When volunteers are recruited
for Girl Scouting, they are
promised training for the job.
While on-the-job training is a part
of the learning process, the Pioneer
Girl Scout Council expects the vol-
unteer to attend specific training
sessions. These are designed to
teach the volunteer the particular
job so that it can be done well and
give the volunteer job satisfaction.
Training has always been a criti-
cal part of Girl Scouting. For 77
years the Girl Scout program has
been adaptable to the changing
world and has developed a pro-
gram which is flexible and re-
sourceful. By training adults in
ways that help them respond to the
needs of today's girls, the Girl
Scout program continues to be con-
temporary without sacrificing tra-
dition.
Each year, the Pioneer Girl
Scout Council produces a training
calendar which lists the courses in
basic troop leadership, age level,
i.e., Daisy, Brownie, Junior,
Cadette, and Senior, multi-media
Pet Of The Week
JOANN FREDERICK
As you can see by the expres-
sion on his face, style conscious
Desi was delighted to be our star
this week. He is the longtime pet of
Chris and Jerry Dycus of Kings
Mountain. He is part poodle and
dachshund and is very lovable.
He is 16 years old, has lost his
hearing and most of his teeth and
doesn't wander around too much on
these cold, chilly days as it bothers
his arthritis. It's tough getting old,
even for a pampered pooch. In the
summer he loves to swim in the
lake and go for long boat rides,
usually drifting off to snooze to the
hum of the motor and the feel of
the warm summer sun on his body.
If he gets a whiff of a picnic in the
making, he sticks like glue, know-
ing lots of goodies will be coming
his way. Pick up fishing rod and
gear and he is right there till you
pull in the big ones. Desi has a few
favorite foods, such as bologna,
pizza and archway cookies but his
real favorite is Hardee's hamburg-
ers. Hold the pickle, please!
first aid, and troop camping. The
calendar is constantly updated as
the need arises.
Area training coordinators set up
courses. These coordinators are re-
sponsible for seeing that area train-
ing needs are met. Taking the lead
to get leaders trained are: Darlene
Eaves (Gastonia), Janet Bishop
(Mt. Holly), Debby Carpenter
(Denver), Emma House
(Lincolnton), Jim Garren
(Rutherfordton), Teresa Morrison
(Lawndale), Doris Howell
(Cherryville), and Margaret Dilling
(Kings Mountain).
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One of the unique Wider
Opportunity programs in which lo-
cal Scouts participate is the Page
program in the state House, Senate
and Governor's Office. And it hap-
pens during Girl Scout Week--nat-
urally.
The area members of th North
Carolina legislature as well as
Governor Jim Martin were enthusi-
astic in appointing the following
Pioneer Council Girl Scout pages
and they will be in Raleigh next
week.
Governor's Pages: Beth Dailey
of Rutherford and Rachel Wortman
of Cleveland.
Legislative Pages: Alice Puckett
of Cleveland County for Rev. Edith
Lutz, Ann Gardner of Rutherford
for Rep. John H. Weatherly, Lacey
Phinx of Denver for Senator Helen
Rhyne Marvin, Melissa Byrum of
Denver for Senator Ollie Harris,
Deborah Glaze of Belmont for
Senator Marshall Rauch, Heather
Wilson of Rutherford and Amy
Price of Cleveland for Rep. Jack
Hunt and Michelle Camp of
Bessemer City for Rep. W. W.
Dickson.
The Pioneer Girl Scout Council,
with the service center located on
Highland Street in Gastonia, is one
of seven councils in North
Carolina. Pioneer Girl Scout
Council's jurisdiction is Gaston,
Cleveland, Lincoln and Rutherford
counties.
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Scouts Work Toward Goals
On my honor, I will try:
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout law.
For the youngest Girl Scout, the
Daisy, this might mean having to
wear her Daisy pin upside down
until she performed a good deed.
For a Senior Girl Scout, the
promise translates into leadership
projects which benefit the commu-
nity.
The Senior Girl Scout working
toward the Gold Award has usually
been through several age levels of
Girl Scouting. Each program level
would have helped her to under-
stand herself, to discover her po-
tential, to understand how she
might contribute to the world
around her. These are prerequisites
for achieving the highest award in
Girl Scouting; those and the com-
mitment, for reaching the Gold.
Deciding on that special project
that will stand the close scrutiny of
the Gold Award Review Board, is a
tough job. When questioned, a typ-
ical reply is "I'm having the hard-
est time deciding on my Gold .
Award project. The goal of the
gold is to choose a project in keep-
ing with the interests of the partic-
ular Girl Scout; a project which
will benefit those other than Girl
Scouts.
In 1989, nine Senators in the
Pioneer Girl Scout Council are
working toward the Girl Scout
Gold Award. Their projects are
varied but all involve working with
others to reach a specific goal.
Lindsay Ledbetter of Gastonia
will teach a twelve week course on
drama and play production to chil-
dren kindergarten through eighth
grade. There will be a group pro-
duction.
Angela Hoyle from Cleveland is
mapping a church cemetery and
with her findings will update the
records of the Cleveland County
Historical Museum.
Rhonda Hoffman of Dallas is di-
recting the children's music pro-
gram of her church. She is teaching
action songs, songs in sign and is
working on a monthly puppet show
for her church.
Allison Roberts’ goal is to help
teenagers understand the problem
of suicide. She will do research on
the problem in Gaston County and
develop a brochure and present a
program to youth groups.
Rachel Wortman of Casar is
working with deaf children aged
two to five. Her activities will cul-
minate in a family picnic outing.
Jamie Hunter of Dallas is focus-
ing on the problem of drug and al-
cohol abuse. She will use her
school mascot to add interest to her
presentations to area schools.
Lisa Clay of Bessemer City is
organizing a support group for the
Gaston :County Society for
Autistic Children with a baby sit-
ting service for the group. She
hopes to increase public awareness
of the problems of autistic chil-
dren.
Canty Land is writing and con-
structing a puppet show for fourth
graders. This will be used as a re-
source at the Gaston County
Museum of Art and History to
teach the life and times of Judge
Gaston.
Tanya Hare of Shelby is working
with the United Way of Cleveland
County to produce a Teen
Helpcard to distribute to youth 14-
17. The card, designed to be car-
ried in a wallet, will make a helper
available to the teenager in need.
For those who reach their goal,
the banquet on May 27 at UNC-C
will be very, very special. Before
their leaders, parents and peers
they will describe their projects.
And then they will join the very se-
lect group of females who proudly
wear the Girl Scout Gold.
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