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Convention in Los Angeles last’
week. An exciting time was had
by all according to her dispatch-
es from the field.
Last Tuesday Wells says that
Jesse Jackson, Senator Ted
Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy
and Senator Bill Bradley all
gave speeches. After their pre-
sentations, Wells, and Jack and
Judy Hunt, went to a reception
honoring governor James B.
Hunt. The reception was at the
Museum of Television and
bravely and very dignified,” : "
DEVIN N 1kki hi lders fi I'St runner-up To grandchildren.
Neel d. “He lost his battle t 2
Ne 1 C 1 t UE A he tien Wi ° Some of the younger people, ., ;
Parents group
needs support
To the editor:
Save Our Schools, a group
of parents actively fighting
the forced merger of
Cleveland County Schools, i 15: «
appealing to the citizens of
Kings Mountain and
Cleveland County for finan-
cial support in carrying on the
battle.
This group was formed in
April by concerned parents
who simply thought the
merger issue too important
not to fight. The group hired
Lou Lesesne of Charlotte as
attorney, and currently has ac-
tions pending in Gaston
County Superior Court and in .
the State Office of
Administrative Hearings.
Members of the group have
also been especially active in
opposing preclearance by the
Justice Department, sending
several hundred pages of doc-
students, Cshediiz Coleman
and Jaimie Sherrill, went with
Wells’ roommate and Lincoln
County Democratic chairman
Judy Gilbert for a tour of Los
‘Angeles. Places they visited in-
cluded Mel’s Diner, Ming
Theater, and views of the homes
of several Hollywood stars.
That evening, Wells saw
Senator Joe Liebermann-and his
wife Hadassah introduced to
the convention as well as the
breakfast at the Universal
Hilton where they spoke with
Gov. Hunt and N.C. democratic
Chairman Barbara Allen. The
afternoon was again spent with
Coleman and Sherrill on a trip
to Malibu Beach.
Thursday evening, the con-
vention heard speeches by sev-
eral dignitaries including
Congresswoman Maxine
Waters, Andrew Cuomo,
Kweisi MeFume of the NAACP,
- and Senator Tom Harkin of
appeared before the convention.
Following the convention's
conclusion, Wells said she was
interviewed by C-SPAN about
her response to Gore's speech.
“The week at the National
Democratic Convention was the
most exciting week of my entire
life,” Well said. “I was very ap-
preciative of the opportunity to
represent Cleveland County at
the history making event.”
in Global American Pageant
Ashley Nicole “Nikki”
Childers of Grover recently
traveled to Columbia, South
Carolina and participated in the
Jr. Miss Division of the Global
America Pageant where she
was awarded first runner-up.
A 14-year-old ninth grade
student at Kings Mountain
Middle School, Childers earned
the N.C. State Banner and
crown based on her high stan-
dards in academics, student life,
and service to the community
and world.
An example of this attitude is
the fact that Childers recently
spent two weeks in Suriname,
South America where she
worked in an eye clinic in the
interior. The clinic was operated
by a group of missionaries
from the Broad River Baptist
Association of South Carolina.
For her efforts in this project,
NIKKI CHILDERS
summer and ministered to by
volunteers.
At the pageant in Columbia,
raphy agency of Rock Hill. She
was chosen as their Cover
Model and has had a photo ses-
sion with prospects for more in
the future.
The Global America
Pageant’s platform is Breast
Cancer Awareness, and itis a
nonprofit organization whose
proceeds are donated to the
South Carolina Comprehensive
Breast Cancer Center in
Columbia. Childers recently .
lost her grandmother to cancer
and has a heightened awareness
of the importance of the need
for testing, treatment and re-
search funding.
Childers is a member of
Mount Whitaker Baptist Church
in Blacksburg. She gave her tes-
timony as the reigning Jr. Miss
N.C. Global America at
Blacksburg’s recent Fourth of
July celebration. She plans to at-
tend the “Walk of Life” event to
key people from the city about
beginning a Relay for Life
here,” he recalled. “It just so
happened that it was on the
very day that my father had his
* first treatment. Fire Chief Frank
Burns volunteered me to be the
chairman.”
Neely and others also point-
ed out that they were greatly in-
spired by Joe Smith, a civic and
business leader who lost a
courageous fight against cancer
earlier this year.
“Joe fought cancer very
hearts forever.
“Cancer affects us all,” he
added. “It knows no bound-
aries. But someday we're going
to look back at cancer like we
do polio. It’s going to be a thing
of the past.”
Joni Smith-Wilson, Joe
Smith’s daughter, also spoke of
her father’s courageous battle
and urged everyone in atten-
dance to keep the fight going.
“It’s wonderful to have a Joe
Smith Relay,” she said, “be-
cause, in a way, he was every
man. He enjoyed being just Joe.
And it’s the Joe Smiths and the
Browns and the Joneses that
fight every day to find a cure
for this disease. It’s everyone's
battle. It’s something he fought
for until the day he died.”
Smith-Wilson recalled that
her father always spoke to his
children about “do wells,”
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Cleveland County Radio in Beverly Hills. roll call which nominated Al Iowa. Later, Senator John “A oir] £ tio A : have to pick your battles. Yo@ & |
Democratic party chairman Last Wednesday Wells and Gore for President. Breaux officially nominated ah rom the on want to fix every problem, but * -A-
Betsy Wells attended the two of her former Kings Thursday, Wells joined the Liebermann for Vice President. Coon yan 0 you can’t pick every battle and
“" National Democratic Mountain High School drama North Carolina delegation for Gore and his wife once again alto mee; with some of fie win. You have to pick your bat-
tle and then fight it with all, rd
you've got.
“There's a cure for cancer al-
ready out there,” she added.
“We're not raising money to .
find a cure but so the cure can
come to us - so that all the pow:
ers that be can give it to us.
“We can beat this disease. All
we need is money. Daddy want; . ii
ed to be able to beat this in his 05
lifetime. But he would be happy. 1. A
to know that all of his friends;
the lifetime of his children and: +
will see it,” added Neely.
“People my age may not see by:
but it’s on its way.’
Mayor Rick Murphrey Bn
ed out that he has seen both |:
sides of the disease. His father,
has been “cancer clean” for 10,
years, but his wife's father ost
his battle.
“You do a lot of praying a
a lot of crying,” Murphrey said...
Murphrey said he was proud,
tolivein a community like
Kings Mountain - a “caring,
community and a loving coms,
munity.”
Many cancer survivors were say
on hand to walk the first ig of ;
the Saturday morning Relay.
Rev. Ron Caulder, pastor of
David Baptist Church, probably, I
summed up all of their feelings .;-
Nel}
when he said “I am a cancer, .. , od
survivor and I praise God for, it,..
and I pray that others will neva, .,
er have to deal with it.”
Kings Mountain Weather Report.
(Compiled by Kenneth Kitzmiller)
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summer term at Appalachian
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Rae Bumgardner of Kings
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Science in Graphic Arts and
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