Bree —— x Sor FEFiEsiiissknienines a ized children. Santa got a hand from local cy- clists, Murphy's Scooter Shed and pled ‘and burned children at Shriners’ Hospital in Greenville, SC are getting the Christmas pre- sents. The first annual Toy Run by {1 Murphy's Scooter Shed resulted in a big collection of toys which were presented to White Plains Shrine Club of Kings Mountain for distribution at Shriners Hospital. Shriner Bruce Ward, incoming President of White Plains Shrine Club, gets ready to deliver a truck load of toys to burned and crippled hospital- Dot's Day Care recently and crip-= Cyclists led by John and Buffy Hutchins, left on front row and Kevin Champion, far right, conducted a big Toy Run recently for crippled and burned children at Shriners Hospital. "" Dot's Day Care parents and employees Deda Shepard, Joy Wood, Debbie Ross and Darla Bridges holding Lyndsey Murphy, daughter of John and Buffy Murphy, are pictured at the recent Toy Run for crippled and burned children at Shriners Hospital. Incoming White Plains President Bruce Ward filled his truck with the toys and plans to have them at the hospital prior to Christmas Eve. John and Buffy Murphy ar- ranged the event, assisted by Kevin Champion and Buffy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Hutchins, and parents and employees from Dot's Day Care pitched in by helping with the collection. More than 10 cyclists took part in the 10-mile Toy Run which was led by firemen in a Bethlehem Fire Toy Run benefits children Department fire truck which led the caravan through the city, assist- ed by the Kings Mountain Police Department. "It was just something my wife and I wanted to do for Christmas and we were delighted to have the help from many people and appre- ciate the collection from the com- munity," said John Murphy. After the Toy Run, the Murphys served homemade chili to the par- ticipants at their home on Camelot Court. CCC offers "Learn to Ski' The Continuing Education Department at Cleveland Community College in cooperation with Sugar Mountain REsort, Inc., in Banner Elk has scheduled a "Learn to Ski" program to begin in January. There will be an organizational meeting and’ registration on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. in room 1134 at CCC. The class will begin January 16 at Sugar Mountain and will meet each Tuesday at 7 p.m. through February 13. The cost is $135 per person and includes registration, lift/slope tickets, rental equipment and lessons. Fees will be collected at the organizational meeting. For more information, call 484- 4063. CCC president on commission Cleveland Community College President Dr. L. Steve Thornburg was recently elected to a three-year term as a commissioner for the Commission on Colleges. The Commission on Colleges accredits 780 degree granting insti- tutions in the 11 Southern states from Virginia to texas, in Mexico, the Caribbean,and Central and South America. Accreditation is a non-governmental and voluntary process concerned with improving educational quality, West PTO provides Christmas luncheon Members of the West School PTO provided recently provided a Christmas luncheon for faculty and staff. Parents who worked on the pro- ject included Stella Putnam, Roxanna Gaffney, Jill Hinson, Deidra Slifko, Donna Logan, Lisa Leach, Laura McGill and Robin Spicer. ; Ei ®: SE ik i GRADUATION TIME - Seventy fifth graders at Grover School graduated from the D. A. R. E. (Drug abuse resistance education) pro- gram led by Kings Mountain Police Officer Lisa Capps Tuesday. 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