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The Kings Mountain Herald
ALAN HODGE/THE HERALD
Readers, from left, Hannah Clark, Ross Clark, and Payton Clark spent a recent morning enjoy
hildren’s Wing. The kids say they enjoy
New children’s wing, computer
system in use at Mauney Library
BY ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
With an upgraded computer
system and brand new wing
added to their facility, workers i
at Mauney Memorial Library in
Kings Mountain are excited
about the future. Closed the
week of July Fourth so they
could move books and other
materials into the Harris
Children’s Wing, the Mauney
librarians are concentrating on +
getting everything up to speed.
“The new computers and
children’s wing are wonderful,”
said head librarian Rose Turner.
“We still have a lot of work to .
do getting everything orga-
nized.”
Two new computers behind
in Shelby, and the branch li-
brary in Lawndale so that pa-
trons can see the availability of
materials at all three locations.
“The new connections will
give the patrons much faster,
cleaner access to the informa-
tion they need,” Turner said.
“Patrons will also be able to ac-
cess our online catalog from
their home computers.”
Plans are for the computers to
be online and ready for action
. ‘next week. Turner says she has
' "also discovered that the library
is eligible for a grant from the
Gates Foundation for four more
machines.
The newly completed Harris
Children’s Wing adds not only
more space to Mauney Library,
it also lends an entirely different
atmosphere to the place. Nearly
10,000 volumes of children’s
books are housed in the wing
which features large picture
windows and three dimension-
al quilted wall hangings of pop-
ular book characters.
Downstairs, there's a large
room that can be used for story
times and other programs.
All of our children’s materials
are concentrated in one place
now,” Turner said. “Before, they
were scattered in several
rooms.” ar
Even though school will start
in just a few weeks, there is still
plenty of time to check out a
good book at Mauney Library.
For more information on the li-
brary and its programs, call
739-2371.
Textiles and tobacco once
ruled North Carolina’s econo-
my, but Alfred Ash knows tech-
nology is in the future. The
Kings Mountain High School
instructor recently took part in
a high-tech summer school to
teach his students computer en-
gineering skills.
This spring Ash will begin
teaching his students how to
upgrade older computers and
build new machines from
scratch. The curriculum is part
of ExplorNet’s Computer
Recycling Program. Computer
Recycling or CPR operates
through a vocational high
school course called Computer
Engineering Technology (CET).
Ash joined more than 30 fel-
low North Carolina teachers
from across the state last week
for an extensive two-week
training program in Raleigh.
The workshop concentrated on
learning how to assemble com-
puters and diagnose common
computer problems. These
high-tech, real-world skills will
be passed on to student who are
enrolled in CET classes at Kings
Mountain High School.
“The interest is already there;
a lot of our students want to
learn more about computers,”
Ash said. “Hands on experience
enhances what you are trying to
teach.”
Ash said he hopes to build
confidence in his students as
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Alfred Ash’s summer school experience will help his KMHS
student master computers
they learn how to take apart
computers, upgrade them and
even build computers from
scratch. “We are very excited
about having CET at Kings
Mountain High School,” he
said.
The CET curriculum was de-
veloped by ExplorNet and the
North Carolina Department of
Public Instruction to teach stu-
dents in rural and under-served
communities real-world job
skills. While Ash’s students
learn to build and repair com-
puters, they will also be prepar-
ing for the A+ Certification test.
This test is an industry standard
for computer service techni-
cians, and is viewed as a “cer-
tificate of employability.”
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the front desk will give librari-
ans quicker access to patron ac-
counts. Four other new ma-
chines in the children’s wing
feature early learning software
among their capabilities.
“The children’s software will
focus. on teaching shapes, num-
bers, and the alphabet, Turner
said. “We plan to hold classes
so that parents and their chil-
dren can learn the computer
systems together.”
On the main library floor,
there are four older terminals
for public use, but they will
benefit from upgraded connec-
tions. These terminals will be
hooked up to the main library
Western Carolina
confers degrees
Western Carolina University
recently conferred degrees on
689 students. Students from
Cleveland County who received
their bachelor degrees included:
Garnett Cook, Robert Cook,
Joshua Hoyle, Bradley
Morrison, Aimee Rudasill, Kara
Fraser, Joshua Guffey, Steven
Hughes, Miriam Izbicki, Jerry
Wellmon, Bobbie Williamson.
ALAN HODGE / THE HERALD
Former Grover resident Les Roark presents year 2000 weath-
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Schools to be used in grades K-5. Roark has presented copies
of his unique calendar to all three of the county’s school sys-
tems. The calendar lists the weather report for each day of
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