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} Editor: Gary Stewart 739-7496. «Mach 1, 2001 Section A, Page 4 i] - Sonic y OPINION FREER RC ane Kings Mouniain Harald SEER RS : A SE TR RY NEB REAR RR RRR A is yk We are all just birds of BAL a feather flocking together 8 Program Birds are fascinating creatures. Not only can they fly through : “did not tell ir For many years I was an avid birdwatcher in the Audubon Society. No, we didn’t all have thick horn-rimmed glasses and wear tan shorts, oxford shoes, or a safari helmet. During my birding days I marked down 114 different species of birds that I personally saw. Most of these were right here in North Carolina, but a few such as the hoopoe and magpie were in England. Bird species have been given some pretty in- teresting, unusual, and descriptive names. Just a few of these include long-billed curlew, pileat- E ed woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, and rose-breast- Alan Hodge ed grosbeak. The other night I was at a get together and as Gt ff Wi-iter I cast my eyes upon the Ds A the Stef Hite whole story of slavery To the Editor: Recently I had the opportu- nity to attend a children’s planetarium program at the Schiele Museum. Since I own property in the city of Gastonia, my taxes help to support the museum. This program was not about the stars and other heavenly bod- OD OQ ies. It was a story about the slaves escaping the South to Canada by following the Big thought came to me- what if people were given bird names that matched their physical appearance. As it turned out, there were as many different types of birdfolk in that room than in the Amazon jungle. One type I spotted hovering near the food hols was-the common round-bellied widebeak. Another similar species in ev- / idence was the tight-belted gluttonbird. Yet another type seen stuffing their face was the great-gutted grubgrabber. There were many female members of the various species there also. One that is commonly seen in these flocks is the yellow- headed chickybird. Another perched precariously on a wee chair was the overstuffed gaudybill. Several variants of the sag- faced spindlelegs were also milling about. ; Every flock has its leader birds. On the night in Sheston I per- sonally added to my birding list the squinty-eyed bristlelip, the shifty-eyed doubletongue, and the sharp-nosed falsehood. The entire situation was a veritable birdwatching heaven: $i Many people balk at the idea of people being in some way re- lated to our animal friends. As someone once remarked “there Dipper. But, it was interesting, and showed the bravery and the determination of the run- aways to be free. It was very vivid, however, in portraying the Southerners as evil mon- sters who beat, starved and otherwise mistreated their slaves. This made me feel that I was being blamed for some- thing that other white people did over 137 years ago. — A — GARY STEWART / THE HERALD Christine and Richard Wright did their part to keep North Carolina beautiful Tuesday by picking up a trailer load of trash along a 1/4-mile stretch of Bethlehem Road near Long Branch Road. Trash along roadways is common in rural areas of Cleveland County, and the Wrights said some of this came off the back of pickup trucks apparently on the way to trash dumps. If those folks had stopped and plased it back on their trys ks, it would have made the Wrights’ Don’t misunderstand. I feel, job much easier. or as do most Southern Christian white people, that slavery was’ are those that say man is descended from an ape, but who i a horrible blot on the humani- Dale kB / arnhardt would tell us would say that Robert E. Lee is counted in that number?” As for ? i of I United Toms y oe myself, the more I observe of avians- especially chickens- the l eel that our young children, d more I realize we are all just birds of a feather flocking together. ! both black and white, should t Y y d Ha he 3 i Oo dry our eyes and move on ’ pened in the days when slav- ery was practice. But, if we're . : It's hard to imagine the death of anyone else A going to teach history we can’t t's har imag y Way we were in ‘90 Fer SR i iS di h 1 North or South Carolina being mourned so open- SON ont ihe pars ial ve ly by so many for so long than Dale Earnhardt. don’t like and embellish oth- His death has received worldwide attention g y | ers to make it better suit popu- i 4 was even a front page story for the New York The March 8, 1990 version of the Herald feted long-time : 5 lar views. This program, entitled “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” would have been an excellent teaching tool had it ot'been * so one-sided. It was full of half-truths, but left out the Times. That's a surprising turn of cvents to many, in- cluding me. I know NASCAR drivers are popu- lar, but I confess | didn't, know how popular this. 17 man was. Théré have bean “other fee drivers killed, } "Fireball" Roberts, immy ardue, Joe Weatherly, Friday Hassler, Tiny Lund and Davey Allison, but none have stirred people like this. ous than driving an automobile at 185 MPH. The school teacher Mrs. W.T. Weir and her decades of exemplary ser- vice to the Kings Mountain School system. The accolades were part of a “Celebrate Central” event which looked back at the 85- year, history. of Central School. “Also on the front of the March 8, 1990 Herald Was 1 news fi om lio Grover that the town was planning to construct a $54, 1000’; addi- os tion to City Hall. The addition was going to add 3,250 square fee < to the already existing 1,375 about these slave vessels. The Puritans of Massachusetts, be- tween 1755 and 1766, brought onto their shores at least 23,000 Africans to be sold as slaves. Abraham Lincoln, him- self, admitted more than once that, in the matter of slavery, the North was as responsible as the South. - much of the story. It began by ime when you either loved . : square foot building. ; ) telling the children that people Bon him. Those who didn't like Shiies y pier ee 4 gk Sl Soar ahd as news for Ee first week NB ki ? y Inthe Southyof the United hi to have disappeared. Nr mpm a o P \ DE of March 1990 saw the Herald 00 ng ie { States.owned slaves. Tene. m Ry kd aPpe et inv lav Lat 1 there may be a few others, but these are pursuits Lia A it | however, only one in 15 south- 1 : aver 185 DD ne Eornhir hy A WR aT Tae » Ws i : i = Pr ioe ; | Ax as Haver on : Ty po his ne oh billy be naut's job is riskier, but I don't think so. An astro- Sis spelling bee. Baker cor- v North also owned slaves. oe § i divi SA d ia Titre Eh po s he he hs Le ey i True, surely some of the slave fan : Lo : is tir Systems, but they ail iive Dagiey re ato : Plige ownées were cue tothe | (LI cor Ho was sot spoken, nace Gu © Sei on tk 1 he NFL ond the NEA, you | ment vel appetiion in 2 : Y ’ a 9 Hover Dumas Tipe at I've also met Derrike Cope and Kyle Petty, both pink drag use, rape and even murder. Therd's a cluded Bobbi Jo Morrow, Amy AT KINGS MOUNTAIN a $1,000 ie A Nother ye Sd Sai i feng) A Barred smattering of’ that among some major league Deaver, Hiroki Nishiyama, By Alan Hodge a W : avbe that's part of the story, Tale Earnie baseball players. How many times have you seen Chris Jones, and Bo Walker. abe aden forawe Zh always had time ise eerste a NASCAR driver involved in any kind of illegal On the church page of the March 8, 1990 Herald it was an- iY rather than mistreat or ive gn Wy h a 0 Li is Tike tha Ltn ne ox activity? Off the top of my head, I can’t come up nounced that Native American Rev. Quinton Mills was slated to L their investment. ory 4 figure like the NASCAR drivers and - with anything. Ey ; } Po ii eon Church. A photo with the article showed ; 3 wd : Palmer, there are dozens who wouldn't give a kid They Stand Ae a I Mos awe tor Y ills in full war bonnet. Up in Shelby, plans were underway for, YER 72 Tt was nob mentioned that fat ds men, and many are deeply religious. There have a visit from The Huddersfield Methodist Choir of England to 0 7 = thitslaves in the 'Southy were I a IAA TV vouns Son 10 see the been so many of them born in the poor neighbor- sing at Malcolm Brown Auditorium. The group dated back to 55 probably fed as well as, or bet- Boston Celtics Tay Be Young Cougars at the hoods and on the mill hills of North and South 1945 and it was their first trip to America. ter than any comparable class old Charlotte i when Tommy Heinsohn Carolina. They would never forget their roots. ~The March 8, 1990 Herald also contained a story of historical. § in other countries. (This fact was their coach. After the game, my son asked It's true, race drivers arc just like all of > hey interest. Citing the book “The Patriots of Kings Mountain,” it ~~ was noted by a Northern stu- Heinsohn for an autograph, and he walked away. work, pay their bills and go to Ww en t Jil ~ was revealed that a number of free blacks had fought atthe fa- + dent, Frederick L. Olmstead, But he must have thought better of it, because he Sa hoy put on their pants one leg at a time, jus mous Revolutionary War battle. One such person, Essius in his “Journey in the turned and came back and signed for him. He al- ee a br Ha he alter Bowman, got credit for having fired one of the shots that killed b Seaboard Slave States,” pub- so apologized. en ey : = Pe — Th o a Loyalist leader Patrick Ferguson. Dr. Bobby Moss of Limestone lished in 1856). I've thought a lot ala at Edrnibardt since his ntoa peweriul.machine The 80 i g y College was recognized in the story for having made the Unique z fie death, and I've tried to figure out fi he did | can, trying to stay phead o : he Hg; ines discovery. fe J / Neither was it mentioned what he did, why all the drivers do what they do. they don't finish the race bec a 2 mec Be Another bit of local history filled nearly an entire page of the that practically every one of The only thing 1 can come up with is, and this problems or wrecks. Dale Earn Lil t Zhe je March 8, 1990 Herald. In this article, historian David Neisler 5 the American ships engaged is especially true in Dale Earnhardt's case, they 200 yards from finishing his we 0 at i Fen traced the entire story of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club. iy in the selling of human flesh enjoy living their lives out on the edge. He'd probably tell gyervhn Y tordry thew tears According to Neisler, the KM Kiwanis Club went all the way J! : was owned and operated by There are probably few activities more danger- and get on to the Hh race. : back to 1940. {A | Northerners. And we all know PR i) wo NM : of the horrible conditions : z : 2 : [ SIDEWALK SURVEY By ALAN HODGE Kings Mountain Herald Neither was it mentioned that the warring tribes in Africa were the ones who sold their captives (their own race) to the slave traders into the horrible estate of slavery. If you could change anything about the current income tax law, what would it be? The point I'm trying to make, folks, is that if we are getting to place blame, let's be honest and tell all of the story. There needs to be a flat 10 percent The thing | would do would be to I would change the whole system | would make itso retirees would not. = | would have a straight 10-12 Little children are born free of percent flat fax have to pay any and have a flat cut taxes and tax rate for hate. Why en we not Strive to rate. tax on their Social tax. : have a flat rate for ~~ everyone. keep them that way, rather : tho fanning the fares of Securiy money. Sveryons. racism at every turn? SO ph ; ; { . #5 ~~ + Don Cornwell Dot Hullender Brenda Hope Paula Grant Boyd Hayes Elizabeth Champion Gastonia Kings Mountain Kings Mountain Kings Mountain Kings Mountain |! Kings Mountain
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