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May 25, 2000
The Kings Mountain Herald
Out in Style
Graduating seniors end
with gala outdoor picnic
BY ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
Burgers, a balmy breeze, and
brightly striped tents formed
the perfect backdrop to a gala
. outdoor banquet at Kings
Mountain High School last
Thursday. Given to honor de-
parting seniors, the jamboree
saw school administration,
staff, and over 200 students
have a bittersweet final lun-
cheon on the grounds together.
Opinions on the end of an-
other school year varied. One
teacher even quoted the late Dr.
Martin Luther King.
“Free at last, free at last,” said
Kay Walker.
Teacher Lou Ann Davis was
more succinct in her response to
how she felt about sending an-
other crop of high schoolers out
into the world.
“Yahoo!” Davis whooped.
Gathering in groups at tables
under the food tents, many of
the kids knew they would be
soon be saying some sad
farewells to friends and class-
mates.
“I'm happy to be finishing
high school,” said departing se-
nior Casey Short. “But I've had
a great year and I'm ready to go
off to college.”
Short plans to attend
Appalachian State University
and become a teacher. He also
has aspirations of one day be-
coming an author.
Food at the outdoor banquet
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Chefs Jake Dixon (left) and Greg Dixon cooked up the meat
for last week’s senior picnic at Kings Mountain High School.
The Dixo
was plentiful and pleasing.
Joyce Hord, manager of the
Kings Mountain High cafeteria
and her crew provided the side
items such as slaw and succu-
lent pork n beans. Hot dogs and
hamburgers were grilled to per-
fection by Jake and Greg
Dixon's catering company,
Cooking Maniacs. The Dixons’
motto is “you kill it, we'll grill
it.” Also chipping in to make
the affair a success was the
American Legion who provided
the tentage.
Hallie Connor was one of the
folks who put the soiree togeth-
er.
“We planned on feeding at
least 400 people,” Connor said.
“It has turned out to be a per-
fect picnic.”
Grillmeister Jake Dixon came
well prepared for the event.
Dixon estimated he cooked up
over 300 burgers and 200 wee-
nies before the picnic crowd
stopped chowing down.
“I wanted to make sure ev-
erybody had enough to eat,”
said Dixon.
As the last of the burgers
flipped off Dixon's grill, every-
one agreed the picnic had been
a fitting and filling end to an-
other great school year at Kings
Mountain High. :
KM students make
dean’s list at ASU
Ronna Michelle Caulder,
Heather Maria Hughes, Shelby
Ann-Cecile Jennings, and Kate
Amaryllis Pascoe, all of Kings
Mountain, made the dean’s list
for the spring semester at
Appalachian State University.
To qualify for the list, one
must either be enrolled for 12 to
14 hours and attain a 3.45 grade
point average, or be enrolled in
15 or more hours and attain a
3.25 grade point average.
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ALAN HODGE/THE HERALD
Kings Mountain High School threw a lawn party for the graduating senior class last week.
Parents, teachers, and plenty of hungry seniors ate hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers at the
picnic.
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Pictured are third grade classmates of the late Casey Burnette at North School. Casey died of
leukemia last December, and since her death North students have shared in many activities in
her memory. Students donated their extra change at a recent bookfair to purchase books
which were sent to Ronald McDonald House in Casey’s memory. The school participated in
“Pennies for Patients,” raising close to $400 for the Leukemia Society. As a tribute to Casey’s
love for reading, students presented a child size rocking chair to the school library in Casey's
memory. Casey's twin sister, Jordan, is pictured in the rocking chair. Students, left to right,
front row, are K’Anne Edge, Jordan Burnette, Michelle Timms and Crystal Wyte. Back row, Tyler
Dixon, Zack Massey, Victoria Martin and Mary Kathryn Lyn.
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Kaye Putnam was recently named Teacher of the Year at East School in Kings Mountain for the
third time. Going over some reading lessons with Putnam are students Claire Richards and Tyler
Three-peat
Kaye Putnam East Elementary
Teacher of the Year third time
Bess.
BY ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
East Elementary in Kings Mountain has a
three-peat winner in Kaye Putnam. That's be-
cause she’s just been named as Teacher of the
Year there for the third time.
A native of Taylorsville, Putnam graduated
from Appalachian State University and did her
student teaching in Shelby. She’s been at East
School since 1970 and has won Teacher of the
Year in 1980, 1990, and now, 2000. ,
“East is a great school,” Putnam said. “It is a
special place to be involved in education.”
Putnam says her interest in teaching took off
when she helped with Bible school during her
teenage years in Taylorsville. The fact that she
just naturally likes kids made her a teaching natu-
ral. :
“To get the best out of children you have to let
them know what you expect,” Putnam says. “It's
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ests. If you have'to get'on them about'something,
let them know it’s for their own good.”
Firm but fair is a good way to describe the way
Putnam handles her class.
“I'make it a point to keep the students on task,”
said Putnam. “We don’t waste time.”
Another thing that Putnam stresses is parental
involvement in their children’s school work.
Parents should also keep an open line of commu-
nication with the teacher, Putnam says.
In her 30 years as a teacher, Putnam has seen
many changes come to the classroom. She also
says that teachers today have special challenges
that were nonexistent when she first began her
career as an educator. Though three decades in
the classroom might make some teachers cry “un-
cle,” Putnam plans to keep her hand in for at least
another round.
“Even though I will retire next year, I am going
to come back as a fill-in teacher,” Putnam says.
Winning Teacher of the Year for the third time
still thrilled Putnam as much as her first award
back in 1980, but she is still modest about the
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suipossible, “Putnam said. “It’s special to know I
have their respect.”
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