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Soulath Douangmavongsa, a se-
nior at Kings Mountain High
School, is the winner of the Kings
Mountain Woman's Club Sallie
Southall Cotten Scholarship of
$500.
She is the daughter of Samly
Khamphouy and Khamphae
Douangmavongsa, both of who
work for Cablelink Inc.
The club chose Soulath as its
nominee because of her high schol-
arship and leadership abilities, and
her commitment to succeed despite
obstacles. Academically, she has
taken the most difficult curriculum
offered and participated in a wide
variety of activities.
A native of Laos, she is now a
U.S. citizen. She speaks Laotian in
her home. Her parents speak halt-
ing English.
The family moved from Laos to
Hawaii, then to California, Virginia
and finally Belmont, NC looking
for work. While in Belmont her fa-
ther died. Her mother re-married
and the family moved to Kings
Mountain.
In her interview, Soulath noted
that her greatest strength is meeting
new friends and her greatest weak-
ness is being shy. She demonstrat-
ed her ability to think critically and
to compare, apply, analyze, and
synthesize ideas, and communicat-
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Douangmavongsa wins Sallie Southall Cotten Scholarship
ed ideas clearly. She also demon-
strated originality of thought and a
high degree of energy and enthusi-
asm. She has a good command of
the English language, and with
slight hesitations she demonstrated
sound knowledge of the system of
rules that define the grammatical
structure of the English language.
She also speaks French fluently.
Soulath participated in the
Summer Ventures of Science and
Math, where she studied and exca-
vated an archeological site at
Western Carolina University. She
was a Junior Marshal at the 1996
graduation. She is secretary of the
National Honor Society and the
National Beta Club She attended
the Academic Awards Banquet her
freshman, sophomore and junior
years and has been on the honor
roll for the last four years. She was
Junior Class and Senior Class rep-
resentative for Student Council.
She is a member of Students
Against Violence Everywhere
(S.A.V.E), Earthwatch, Key Club,
and the French Club.
In the community, she tutors
high school students for competen-
cy tests and also tutors her peers in
mathematics. She participates in
Student Council fund raisers. She
worked her junior year as a cashier
at Hardee's in Kings Mountain and
presently works as a sales associate
at Revco/CVS Pharmacy under
Ragan Harper's supervision.
Soulath plans to attend the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill to major in pre-
medicine, and to graduate with a
bachelor's degree in chemistry. She
will continue her education at an
optometry college. Her career goal
is to work for a major eye care cen-
ter or hospital and earn enough in-
come to start her own optometry
practice.
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DOUANGMAVONGSA
DAR ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS - Pictured are winners in the Colonel Frederick Hambright
Chapter DAR-sponsored essay contests. Front row, from left, Katie Bennett, Daniel Monomai and
Justin Weaver; second row, Catie Pate, Subrina Jones, Justin Smith and Kirsten Martin.
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Students win
DAR essay contests
Kathryn Davis Bennett, sev-
enth grader and the DAR
District II winner in the recent
DAR essay contest, and Daniel
Manomai, District overall 5th
grader winner from West
School, joined other contest
winners from the schools in
reading their winning essays
Tuesday to members of Colonel
Frederick Hambright Chapter
DAR.
The program was held at
Weir Auditorium at Mauney
Memorial Library.
Betty Masters introduced the
group of students, including:
Bethware - Justin Coy
Weaver, winner, and Megan R.
Wright, first runner-up; East,
Subrina Nellie Louise Jones,
winner, and Francesca Hager,
first runner-up; Grover, Kirsten
Lee Martin, winner, and
Norman Fain King, first runner-
up; North, Robert Sadler Stowe,
winner, and Steffie Christina
Collis, first runner-up; and West
School, Daniel Manomai, win-
ner, and Ethan Sean Blanton,
first runner-up.
The winners of DAR-spon-
sored contests at the Middle
School were Charles Justin
Smith, winner, and Elizabeth
Drew Ware, first runner-up, 8th
grade; Kathryn Davis Bennett,
winner, and Sarah Alicia Propst,
first runner up, seventh grade;
and Catherine Marie Tate, win-
ner and Jody Dennis Black, first
runner-up, eighth grade.
Trip to New York City
set for drama students
Betsy Wells, drama teacher at
Kings Mountain High School, is
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New York May 1-3. Transportation
will be either by bus or plane.
The group will see two
Broadway plays and will view the
sights of new York, staying in the
Howard Johnson in the Manhattan
area. The trip includes dinner at
two famous restaurants. Special ac-
tivities will be planned including
shopping, Chinatown, South Street
Seaport, Metropolitan Museum of
Art, So Ho and G. Village.
The cost is $500 and will be tak-
en in installments if necessary.
For more information call Wells
at 734-5647.
The Music Man set
at KMHS March 13-15
The drama, chorus and band de-
partments of Kings Mountain High
School will present "The Music
Man" March 13 and 14 at 7:30
p.m., and March 15 at 3 p.m. at
B.N. Barnes Auditorium.
The cost is $7 for adults and $5
for students and senior citizens.
The cast involves over 60 stu-
dents with 200 being involved in
all aspects of the performance.
. A special invitation is being is-
‘sited: to: the cast ‘of the 1989 pro-
duction of the same play. They
must call Mrs. BEtsy Wells,
Director, at 734-5647 to accept the
special invitation.
St. Matthew's given
$500 grant from AAL
St. Matthew's Pre-School in
Kings Mountain has been awarded
a $375 grant from Aid Association
for Lutherans.
The grant is designed to encour-
age the staff of Lutheran early
childhood centers to pursue profes-
sional development opportunities.
The grant was provided to ore
than 4,000 Lutheran childhood
centers through the AAL Lutheran
Early Childhood Education Grant
Program. Since 1995, AAL has
provided more than $4 million tc .
Lutheran childhood centers across
the country.
"AAL recognizes the role that
Lutheran early childhood educators
play in providing the building
blocks needed for children to grow
in their education and their faith,"
said Juanita Harder, manager of
AAL education benefits. "We are
happy to support their work."
AAL, based in Appleton, Wis.,
is a fraternal benefit society of 1.7
million Lutherans that provides in-
surance and volunteer opportuni-
ties to its members.
Farris gives recital
at Gardner-Webb
Chad Farris of Kings Mountain,
a senior music major at Gardner-
Webb University, gave his tenor
performance February 24 in the
Dover Chapel on the GWU cam-
pus.
Farris, a graduate of Kings
Mountain High School, is the son
of Paul and Linda Farris. He is a
member of Friendship Baptist
Church in Belmont where he
serves as minister of music. At
GWU, he is a member of the
Concert Choir and has participated
in Symphonic Band, Pep Band, and
Chorale.
Lori Bridges earns
degree at Winthrop
Lori S. Bridges of Kings
Mountain received a Master of
Education degree with a major in
Counseling and Development dur-
‘ing fall commencement exercises
at Winthrop University in Rock
Hill, SC.
The Honorable Betty Jo Rhea,
mayor of Rock Hill, was the speak-
er.
Author Bathanti
to read at Cleveland
Author Joseph Bathanti will be
presented in a reading Wednesday,
March® 11 at 7 p.m. in ‘the
Cleveland Community College
Auditorium.
Bathanti is the author of four
- books of poetgy, and has won
awards from The North Carolina
Writers' Network, The Deep South
Writers Conference, The Atlanta
Writers Resource Center, The
North Carolina Poetry Society, and
The Writers Workshop of
Asheville.
Pottery exhibit set
at Gaston College
The Gaston College Pottery
Invitational Exhibit will be on dis-
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