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CCC is preparing
for spring quarter
Cleveland Community
College has announced dates
for students to prepare for the
upcoming spring quarter.
Preregistration payment day
for returning students will be
held Monday, Feb. 17 from 8
a.m.-8 p.m. in the Campus
Center Building.
New student orientation will
be held Wednesday, Feb. 19 at
10 a.m. in the college auditori-
um. New students will register
and pay on orientation day.
General registration will be
held February 25 from 9 a.m.-1
p-m. and from 4-8 p.m. in the
- Campus Center Building.
Spring quarter classes begin
March 3. For more information,
contact the Student Services
Department at 484-4081.
New courses slated
at Cleveland College
Cleveland Community
College will offer the course,
Macrobiotic Cooking For
Health, February 24 from 6-9
p-m. in campus room 1134. The
cost is $20 and students should
call 484-4015 or 484-4085 to pre-
register.
Participants will learn how to
prepare foods which are both
healthy and tasty using whole
grains, beans, vegetables, seeds,
nuts and fruits. The class will
include lecture, demonstration,
recipes and sampling foods.
The class, Sewing - Making
Patterns Fit, will be held each
Tuesday March 4-April 8 from
6-8:30 p.m. in campus room
2007. Cost is $35.
Instruction will include mak-
ing patterns fit before cutting
fabric and easy zipper insertion.
Students should take pattern
and sewing notions and a tape
measure to the first class.
For more information, call
484-4015.
WCU Family Night
slated in Gastonia
Western Carolina University
will hold a family night pro-
gram for prospective students,
their parents and university
alumni Thursday, Feb. 6 at 7
p-m. at the City Club .in
Gastonia. Ao Bn
"The program will include
presentations about WCU's aca-
demic programs, student life,
and procedures for admissions
and financial aid. Faculty mem-
bers, staff and students will be
available to answer questions;-
and there will be a brief video
presentation.
Guest registration begins at
6:30 p.m.
The program is open to any-
one. Refreshments will be
served.
The City Club is located at
532 S. New Hope Road,
Gastonia.
For advance registration or
additional information, contact
the WCU Admissions Office,
Room 219, H.F. Robinson
Administration Building,
Western Carolina University,
Cullowhee, NC 28723-9017;
telephone (704) 227-7317, or 1-
800-928-2369.
Gaston Day students
All-American Scholars
Allison Hager of Kings
Mountain and Krista Oopik of
Shelby were among 26 Gaston
Day School students to receive
recognition as All-American
Scholars.
The All-American Scholar
Award Program recognizes su-
perior students who excel in the.
academic disciplines. Students
are nominated by their teachers
for recognition by the United
States Achievement Academy.
Gaston Day School is an inde-
pendent college preparatory
school with an enrollment of
370 students in prekindergarten
through grade 12. :
KM student receives
honors at Montreat
Kevin Wease of Kings
Mountain was recently named
to the distinguished scholar’s
list at Montreat College's School
of Professional and Adult
Studies.
Students who achieve a grade
point average of 3.9 or better
are selected.
Montreat College is a four-
year liberal arts college located
15 miles cast of Asheville. The
college's School of Professional
and Adult Studies is a rapidly "f
growing off-campus degree
program for adults with classes
meeting in Charlotte, Asheville,
Montreat, Spindale, Marion,
Murphy, and various other NC
locations.
CEREAL BOX HOUSE - Third graders in Connie Phifer Savell and Maxine Bennett's class at
North School built a unique house for the recent celebration of the 100th day of school. The house
was constructed of 100 cereal boxes the students collected and assembled on a cardboard frame
with 55 glue sticks. The house has windows and a door and being used as a reading room.
Pictured with Mrs. Savell are Stacey Oliver and Lee Roberts.
Children of veterans
may get scholarships
The North Carolina Division
of Veterans Affairs reminds
high school seniors and other
interested parties of the ongo-
ing State Scholarship Program
for children of certain disabled,
deceased or POW/MIA veter-
ans. Scholarships may be used
at North Carolina colleges
which are state-owned institu-
tions of higher education, com-
munity colleges and technical
institutes; or privately-owned,
nonprofit colleges and universi-
ties.
Scholarships, with one excep-
tion, provide free tuition, cer-
tain fees, and room and board
allowances in state-owned insti-
tutions and $4,500 per academic
year in private institutions. The
exception is that awards under
the 100% service-connected dis-
ability provision provide free
tuition and certain fees in state-
owned institutions and $1,500
. per academic year in privates
stitutions. All awards’ are £6
four academic yeas in duration
which must be used within 10
yeas from the date of the award.
Interested persons are urged
to contact the local Veterans
Service Officer, P.O. Box 1210,
Shelby, NC 28151; or call 484-
4803 for more detailed informa-
tion, advice, and assistance with
an application.
Tanning bed course
at Cleveland College
Cleveland Community
College will offer the course,
Tanning Bed Certification,
March 3-17. The class will meet
each Monday and Wednesday
from 6-9 p.m. in campus room
2091.
To preregister, call 484-4015.
School Health Council
to meet February 10
The Kings Mountain District
Schools Health Council will
meet Monday, February 10 at
6:30 p.m. at the Teacher Center
at Central School, 105 East
Ridge Street.
The meeting is open to the
public.
KATY ROUNTREE
Student of Month
is busy young woman
At 17 Katy Rountree of
Grover is the third generation
member of her family and the
youngest to serve on the
Session of Shiloh Presbyterian
Church. rd Ba va
Saturday she may have been
the youngest ruling elder in the
Presbytery of Western North
Carolina to cast a vote for a
chastity and fidelity amend-
ment which passed 187-100
with two Elders abstaining.
"This is an underlying homo-
sexuality issue which has been
a big issue and a controversial
subject for about 20 years," said
Katy. :
"I was very impressed with
the - meeting: at: First
Presbyterian Church
Morganton, although some
folks seemed a little surprised
to see me there and it won't be
my last," said the daughter of
Joe and Patsy Rountree of
Grover.
Joe Rountree is currently
Clerk of the Session of Shiloh
Church. His parents, Jackie
Rountree and the late Glenn
Rountree, were both active on
the Session and his whole fami-
ly are active in the work of the
congregation.
A junior student at Kings
Mountain High School, Katy is
Student of the Month, an honor
voted by teachers. She is taking
a full credit preparatory load
with an eye toward teaching
high school algebra. She is un- -
Shelby Chrysler
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~ =Becky Champion,
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mother's alma mater
Appalachian State University or
her father's alma mater
Davidson College.
At KMHS Katy is active in
the marching Blazer Band, a
member of the pep band and
band librarian and active in stu-
dent government as treasurer of
the junior class. She has partici-
pated in homecoming activities
and in community-wide trash
pickups. She is a member of the
Beta Club and is a gold card
holder in the ‘school's
Renaissance program. She at-
tended Summer Ventures at
Western Carolina University.
Katy is also the granddaugh-
ter of Maude and David Lee
Smith of Kings Mountain. Katy
has one brother, Joshua, 15, a
KMHS sophomore, and one sis-
ter, Emily, 11, a sixth grader at
Kings Mountain Middle School.
Katy"
English teacher, said of Katy:
"She always responds in a ma-
ture, insightful way in discus-
sion..she is courteous and ex-
emplary in het conduct.”
Said chemistry teacher
Michelle Sivy, "Katy is a very
strong academic student but
she is also a terrific all around
young person. She is a joy to
work with and she contributes
significantly to our school.
Joe Rountree, Katy's history
teacher, said of his daughter,
"Katy always come to class pre-
pared and takes excellent notes.
She does a good job of keeping
her history teacher on track."
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Open House planned
at Gaston Day School
Gaston Day School will host
an open house for all prospec-
tive parents on Tuesday,
FEbruary 11 at 7 p.m. in the W.
Duke Kimbrell Learning Center.
All parents who are consider-
ing Gaston Day for their chil-
dren are invited to attend. Julia
Wall, head of School, will talk
with parents about Gaston
Day's educational program.
Parents will also have an oppor-
tunity to tour the school and
talk with teachers at all grade
levels.
For additional information,
contact Celia Billings, Dlrector
of Admission; at 864-7744, from
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
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