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Page 4A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, May 25, 1995 Opinions JIM GUEST \ COLUMN Columnist . Rep. Sue Myrick 2 NC 9th District ! = pe? it doesn't make cents AT = | ; ; Ts | Kings Mountain Herald Editor Gary Stewart asked me, ! Remember heroes ] “What are you writing about this week, birds or President OR JUST RELAXING AT HOME... Fuzzy?” 2% Memorial Day is a time to pay homage to the lives of ; P Everybody knows about Fuzzy, and birds are one of my ® TAKE A MOMENT THIS WEEKEND) American men and women who died in the defense of our abiding interests. AND REMEMBER THEM. nation. Our nation's capitol is filled with monuments that are In deference to Gary, I'll leave those two subjects alone em 1 a testament to the ultimate sacrifices these individuals paid this week LE so that others may live free. Though massive in size and or- : ans : 1s nate in appearance, these monuments of stone and marble do That does, however, limit my subjects, so I'll just ramble not adequately compensate for the flesh and bloodshed for a little. our nation's freedom. Last night I went to one of the local supermarkets for a FRE - On any given day, thousands of people stroll past these — monuments and gaze at the brick and mortar embodiment of loaf of bread. When I took my purchase to a cash register and handed the girl two bucks, it took her a good five minutes to return my change. The reason is her cash drawer had no pennies. The first thing she did was leave her station and go to the office. She returned with several rolls of pennies. I had to wait until she got all the coins tucked away in her register. Then she took one of the rolls and tried several times to break the wrapper on the cash register drawer. Finally the roll broke and the pennies scattered all over the counter and the floor. a il rn . the brave souls of lost lives. The Vietnam Memorial, in par- JT Bi b ticular, epitomizes what Memorial Day is all about. Here, the families, friends and veteran comrades of fallen soldiers gaze mn 2% reverently at name after name etched in black granite. v5 Coming across the name of a loved one, they pause to rub iA the etching with a gentle touch...mothers caressing the en- rT graved stone much like they once touched the hand of their BARBOR = now departed son or daughter. Fathers pause before the mon- ument and swell with an emotional sense of pride, as their namesakes are honored for their heroism. As they scroll their hands over the chiseled name of their soldier child, memo- ries flood their minds...memories of the childhood whisper- Th made change, smiled and said, “Have ings of their sons and daughters, memories of birthday par- Ey » ties and Little League, memories of first dates and high anice night.” Atleast she didn’t say, “Have anice Da-a-y t i f f ' 1 school football : ” games. Ultimately, these thoughts lead to the Now I ask you, how much trouble would it have been to No es FPO AIMOUS peop e nemories never tobe made = 10 a life cut down in full stride, resupply her penny slot after she used her last one? Shouldn’t America's free soil was paid for and consecrated by the she have gone for more then, rather than make a customer Leg i v spilled blood of thousands of individuals. While their names wait? Is it possible she thought she wouldn’t need any more Quotes and quoted from Monday, night's Kings are etched in our monuments, more importantly, their memo- : ) : Mountain High School spring sports banquet: ries are etched in our hearts. This Memorial Day, as we con- 9 , pennies during her shift? : . G A RY template their deeds, we do so with reverence, respect and It seems to me that most of the time, people who operate "It's very difficult to be a headline...but it's not diffi-_ love, remembering their lives and the free nation they helped cash registers run out of pennies, and customers are forced jt to make up your mind what you want to do in life ST EW A RT protect. ® to wait until they break a roll open. And what are those and work at it very hard." There are no words to adequately describe the supreme wrappers made of? You’d think they're made of steel plate, -Charlotte Hornets announcer Gil McGregor Liked By REC, Seine ii they se So hard 10 open. : . " : Editor to the ultimate deed that these brave Americans did for those I would suggest that the mint cease manufacturing pen- He set a standard that everyone in the state can of us now living in a free world. While our humble words nies, but then we’d have to go through the same routine shoot for.” with nickels. can never repay the debt we owe these men and women, we -McGregor on KMHS basketball standout Bryan can strive to keep faith with them and uphold their vision which led them into battle and to their final sacrifice. As caretakers of their memories, we honor them with respect Leftwich's state #-point field goal Fecord, "The day I told her she was going to become a starter she cried because she didn't want to win a start- For the first time former Surgeon General Joycelyn "He's my man." 3 ji) . : Seraicall and reverence. Elders said something the other day that made sense. She -Coach Chris Johnson on Bryan Leftwich. ay due to another girl becoming academically was speaking to some graduating class, when she said, ihe = i tball Coach Tony Leigh on most improved “The only people in this country who get free health care "He's a great coach but also someone we can call »asietball Loach Tony 2 aver April i are prisoners.” our friend. Sometimes we felt like calling him dad." play Pp BO B M C I. AE | She’s correct, and it’s something that was brought to my -Basketball player April Putnam Bi Coach "He has natural talent. He worked hard and it took a ® | attention last week by Ken Bumey of Benen) Fi Y eIg1 little growing and maturing, but he came a long way." Stperniendent When a prisoner scratches a finger, he goes. to the infir- " : Si Papal ; -Assistant wrestling coach Alfred Ash on Mario 3 : mary. If he needshis appendix removed, he is.entitled to, , , He would run through'abrick wall if’ you'd ask him Robbs. Kings Mountain Schools £ i Yat Jk ... "to, but there are no:brick walls in track so we just stuck § dtgery. None ofthis costs him a cent. Guess who pays his» : da ed nie y REEELY: NN ONGEN 3 ? a few hurdles in front of him. : Swe! be baby!" i medical bill. : -Coach Aubrey Hollifield about Shane Logan = | ''¢ 1c UmMOer One, baby: . a Wh d 1 ? As far as I'm concerned | -Assistant girls track coach Chris Johnson, who : at good is a magnolia tree? As far ; i 1 d d N \ they're an aggravation I can do without. "We started good and got better and better as we was o bed Ni he Di hen ho Jot a Som hu Bu an orma i The flowers draw Japanese beetles, the leaves die inces- went on. There are 12 running events and there was playersiniorming im that they w ely up ® ® d i I! santly and clutter the yard, Birds don’t build nests in them only one event anybody could touch us in. Our girls Southwestern Conference championship. will be misse A (I lied, Gary), children don’t climb them, and, as far as I were very fast. They could fly." gt : , ; f know, nobody makes furniture from the wood. No self- -Girls track coach Diane Dooley talking about a San Soli gow 15 nat ST The school year ends Wednesday, May 31, and this respecting woodpecker would be caught dead in a magno- her conference champions. Hl ig So Ee Pia will be my last column for the year. Thanks to the lia tree. They don’t seem to have any redeeming features at -Girls softball coach Susie Hughes on her SWC Herald for once again generously allowing me space i all "She gave it her all. That's all we expect from our , hat for the column, and thanks to the many of you who | My J de Dekghor hs Aiiagholia tres that'con athletes." champions. have commented positively about it. As we conclude i - : | : . -Coach Chris Johnson about star runner Tina ~~, . the year, I want to say a special word of congratula- stantly spews leaves into my yard. : : Welch She's so good on defense, I even heard opposing ions to the Class of 1995 upon their graduation. I am Once she said, “Our magnolia tree is shedding again.” By coaches tell their players ‘don't hit the ball to her. certainly proud of you! { ours she meant hers and mine. I have no claim on that tree, "She has determination and drive and you can see it -Susie Hughes on shortstop and sSwc Player of As I thought about a topic for this last column, I I and I wish she’d chop it down, but she won’t. The least she in her face. If there happens to be anyone in front of the Year Keisha Wells kept coming back to our recent loss of two people who f could do is rake up her leaves from my yard, but that would her she's going to get them or die one, and she's not "He's the Ultimate team player” were special ie the Kings Moby Die Sonal - be too easy. dead." : : Bud Bumgardner and Norma Cissell. Our sympathy I think God put that tree there as part of my punishment, -Coach Dooley on state champion 400-meter run- -Assistant basketball Coach Aubrey Hollifield on = o4e5 out to the members of their families and our sin- although 1 don’t recall doing anything bad enough to ner Jackie Houston Mars Hill recruit Albert Perkins cere appreciation for the service each of them gave our warrant such treatment. ia ane school system. It is my firm hope that the work of I’ve heard that if you drill holes in the trunk of a tree and "Our guys really loved playing basketball. You Letrkecnaio coming hots Si a iy fi : HL , o could take their uniforms away and take the score- I especially remember Bud Bumgardner for two fill them with salt, the tree will die. I wonder of that’s true’ bonzd down and they'd Sill Tove Gl ; things - his unyielding interest in young people and his -Coach Larry Sipe on his 1995 sectional champions -Principal Jackie Lavender after accepting SWC willingness to help others in any way he could. As for championship trophies for girls track and softball. his interest in young people, I never saw anything in it other than a pure desire to see them do well. What a great attribute! Bud never wanted any glory for him- self from the many hours he spent with his teaching Senator Bob Packwood, R-Ore. is upset because he thinks welfare, if turned over to the states, will not improve the lives of poor families. I had no idea welfare was designed to improve life for anyone. I've been laboring all ® ; iors 2 these years under the impression welfare was designed to Nostalgia Corner ay Rao yy eae help people who are down on their luck until they getback and to establish values which would last them over the f on their feet. long haul. Here's a novel idea. Scientists are saying marijuana may Bud did many personal favors for me. I quickly cause cancer. Why didn’t somebody come up with that came to realize that he did them not because I was his years ago, then maybe people would have stopped puffing principal but because he was happy to help friends the stuff This opens up a whole new area? who needed his service. Over the years many of you I’m putting out the word today. If a clerk in the supermar- benefitted from that same spirit of helpfulness. I assure ket runs out of pennies, he or she, could be exposed to you that our school system also did. cancer. Not only that, I have it on good authority that Norma Cissell kept us up. Her positive spirit was al- magnolia trees are carcinogenic. ways on display. She filled many roles in our school system, but I will remember her most for her work with a group of high school students with whom many do not care to work. They understand that they have had problems in school - some socially. some academi- cally, some behaviorally, some all three. But Norma "saw in them a greater ability than many did. Her ex- pectations for them were higher than those to which the students were accustomed. I doubt it is any wonder that these students typically were more successful when under her supervision than they were in other VIO dfn? d Established 1889 Published Thursday at East King Street at Canterbury Road, Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086, USPS 931-040, by Republic Newspapers, Inc.-2nd Class postage paid in Kings Mountain BoD ROD 100 e iricn ete Stiri sata inasay, ...... Publisher Darrell Austin ...... ..Associate Publisher school situations. Her sincere desire to help them real- Er bth Sowa i Ey ize their potential. even after they had left high school. Aron R. GOSS ......... <veanennnn.. Advertising Director will not be easily replaced. pa SA fe nd Rea Those of us who knew Bud and Norma will certain- Nancy Millar ......c...cccovoqenuress Advertising Representative ly remember them and their work with affection. Sarah Sain Sivias aoe Br hana! However, it will be a disservice to their memories if Celeste WIISON ..........oc.coooemviiienneneens Circulation Manager we do not do more than that. The two of them taught Sn NER Production Mone: of us some great lessons. It is now our responsibility to Steven Doyle .........ooovevivininiiiceieens Graphic Ast be sure the traits which made them so special to us do li@ LONG «ooovvieiieiiiaiicinesis sini tiascens ra han aaa rs ie rd i JlieLo Noise Toes versie de heii Bronson Ten not diane Be fromthe Sy = mn. wy truly de Sue to see our students succeed. it we truly are intent on helping i SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In Gaston & Cleveland Counties: 1 ih Year $17.00; 6 Months $10.00. Other NC Counties: 1 Year $19.00; \ 6 Months $11.00. Outside NC: 1 Year $22.00; 6 Months $12.50. REPUBLIC NEWSPAPERS, INC. others. and if we truly are interested in reaching out to students who have few other places to tum, we will be well on our way to having the kind of personality a OLD CENTRAL SCHOOL - This is a photo of Central School which is believed to have been taken Shoo! system ought to have. . sometinre after 1910. According to school records, the original school was destroyed by fire in 1910. This Phe fosacy of these two will erseus well ifne Momber North Caroma Pross Association could be a dedication service for the new school or a Fourth of July eclebration. The flags hanging from Shuply Rep it in our focus, Lam graleiiLion their gen. ose en on NC2 the building have 46 stars. New Mexico, the 47th state, joined the United States in 1912. Anyone with any UIC comNMIMe ILI ol children nd afier 1 special Kings Mountain Herald: P.O. Box 769, ings Nounain, information about the event being celebrated is asked to contact Mayor Scott Neisle : © thank you to their tamilies for sharing them with us. Back issues, one month or older, when available, are 70¢ per copy. 5 ie ! Yor in Have a wonderful summer
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