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OPINION : Thursday, September 19, 2002
: : The Kings Mountain Herald Editor: Gary Stewart ¢ 739-7496
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of peace
To the editor:
Up until September 11,
2001 our nation was a
peaceful but well protected
country. Everyone that lived
here lived without a’ doubt
Hambright
in national
Excerpts from the
Thursday, September 19,
1985 edition of the Kings
office in ‘85
of fear of what might hap- Mountain Herald:
pen on that day. Deep in the - R. Fain Hambright,
heart of New York City Postmaster at Grover has
stood two twin towers been reelected for a fourth
which supported the func- term to the office of
tions of our day to day
world. On day break of
September 11, 2001, fathers,
mothers and children arose
to an unprepared day which
National President of the
National League of
Postmasters. Hambright
with a nearly 80 percent
turned back his opponent
_ share of the vote. The
league, whose
Headquarters is in
Alexandria, VA, was
founded in 1904 and is the
oldest organization repre-
senting postal managers in
the nation. Hambright
served on the organiza-
tion’s National Executive
Board for a number of
years prior to becoming
the organization's top offi-
cer. As President, he over-
sees and directs the daily
operation of the association
which deals with Congress,
the Administration and the !
U.S. Postal Service. |
- Plans are underway by
the Kings Mountain Fire
Department for the annual
Mountaineer Days Oct. 4-5
with a variety of events.
slated for all ages. Fire
Chief Gene Tignor said the
two-day celebration of the
206th anniversary of the
Revolutionary War Battle
of Kings Mountain will
kick off at 3:30 p.m. on
© Friday, Oct. 4th, with a big
i parade on downtown
would change history forev-
er. :
As the twin towers began
to populate with employees
eager to return to work
plans were being carried out
for destruction. At 9 a.m.
one of our planes crashed
into one of the towers. Then
at 9:30 a.m. a second plane
thundered through the sec-
ond tower. This sent total
shock and chaos throughout
what hours before had been
a relaxed and humble
world.
As the rubble came to a
fall and reality of the catas-
trophe sank in, we had lost
more than three thousand
Americans, firefighters,
policemen, paramedics, doc-
tors, nurses, military troops,
and even civilians who
reached to the aide of oth-
ers. One that stands out in
my mind is a small boy
around the age of 12 or 13
who rushed to help with the
victims. All that he must
have seen had to have been
devastating. Me being the
: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
‘The Kings Mountain High Class of 1952, largest ever up to that time, will celebrate its 50th reunion September 27-
28. Friday will be a steak cookout followed by attending the homecoming football game. Saturday will be sumptuous
hors e’oeuvre followed by old movies from school days, welcome by the major, and entertainment of musical vignettes
by “Bags of Gold” and KMLT “Forever Plaid” and “Nunsense.” The class picture will be taken in front of the Joy
Theatre with members around old classic cars. Thanks to the generous support of the business community and plan-
ning committee, over 50 door prizes will be drawn.
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was looking out the window at the forest. Some of the
ideas also surfaced when I had a recent crying jag.
There are a couple of definitions for the word potpourri.
One type of potpourri is that smelling stuff made of dried
bits of flowers some folk fill jars with and place around
their home. I know a house that has so much potpourri in
it that when you walk in the door your eyes water and
It’s time to put
9-11 behind us
and move on
September 11 of this year has now
come and gone and hopefully all people
have had a time to reflect on last year’s
horrible attacks.
"A lot of different organizations held observances for
people to remember. Now it’s time to move on.
Let's put this in the history books and let others taking
classes discuss the attacks. Let's let it sit with people’s
newspaper collections. The attack should be thought of
whenever one gets the urge to go through the clippings of
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My name is Friday. These are just the facts ma'am.
The other day I saw a lady in a car on I-85 that must
have had a Sperry automatic pilot directional vectoring
device installed. Why did I think this was so? Because the
silver SUV she was sitting in was speeding down the road
at 80 miles per hour right on the bumper of another car as
she steadied the vanity mirror with on hand and applied
war paints with the other.
Here's another bit of potpourri. Have you ever watched
any of those shows on TV that tour mansions and such or
show the lifestyles of the "rich and famous?"
There seems to be a glut of them. I was struck the other
day by the fact that not everyone lives in a mansion, has a
$50,000 car, or dines daily at a five-star restaurant. What
do poor folks think when they see these shows? How can
they explain to their kids the fact that money is not every-
thing? I wonder.
Barbecue is my next bit of potpourri. Having sampled Q
in a number of locations in both North and South
Carolina, I am convinced that the further west you go, the
worse the stuff is.
On a recent mountain trip, my wife and I stopped at a
bbq place in the hills. What came out on my plate looked
like a stomped possum. There was two types of Mystery
Sauce on the table. One resembled watery ketchup laced
with turpentine, the other a concoction of mashed up
tomatoes and some type of oil. When we got back home, I
“did not let many days pass before we went to a decent
Gaston County bbq place for something fittin' to eat.
+ My last chunk of potpourri is about rain. Wasn't the
recent rain lovely? There is no doubt a connection
between the soothing sound rain makes as it hits a tin roof
and our deepest inner self.
will benefit the Kings
Mountain Boys Club. The"
big yard sale gets under-
way at 7 a.m. sharp in the f
old Roses Store Building in i
downtown Kings
Mountain. Promoters of
the benefit say the yardsale
will be the “biggest ever”
and invite yard sale-goers
to come early for best
selections of “almost every
imaginable product.”
- First Baptist Church of
Kings Mountain announces
the inaugural and dedica-
tion services for its new
worship center Sunday,
September 22 at 10:30 a.m.
This new facility contains
sanctuary seating for
| approximately 750 persons.
The building also houses
an office suite, music suite,
church parlor and senior
adult educational wing
with total space of around
20,000 square feet.
- The Kings Mountain
Indoor Pool Foundation
has announced that fund
raising efforts for a com-
munity indoor swimming
pool have now eclipsed the
$450,000 mark.
the news, nothing could
have prepared us for the
actual reality that our sister
city had to face. Tears were
shed all across our coun-
tries, lives were touched so
deep. And the bond that
united all of mankind's race,
gender and religions can
now never be taken away.
War, what's war, I know
you all must say? More
blood shed, more lives lost.
Is that the road to take?
Revenge is sweet, that’s
what most think will make
things okay. I'm not sure
which way I would go but
peace would really be nice.
For no more pain and no
more tears of all the loved
ones lost. That day I know
we'll never forget and hold
always close to heart.
One year later and here
- we stand, One Nation
Under God. I feel your pain
and weep the same in hope
that it all would end. So lift
your head up to the sky, be
proud of who you are.
Divided we all shall some-
how fall, but united we will
See Letter, 5A
But I haven't seen any 12-7-41 shirts. Maybe that’s
because it’s not as catchy as 9-11 and sounds more likea ~~ #
football play. i
play :
Plus since the United States has mended fences with :
Japan, mass-marketing of Peral Harbor would not be a :
good idea. |
eo At the Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department, some-
thing changed last week. :
Something really changed.
Voters in Cleveland County made their choice for sher-
iff known when they cast their ballots for Raymond :
Hamrick and Richard Hill.
Although both will advance to the general election in
November, Hamrick, a democrat, had the most interesting
race.
As the first precinct totals were coming in, Hamrick was
ahead, and the trend continued throughout the night.
Only a handful of precincts went to incumbent Dan
Crawford, who served two terms as the chief law enforce-
ment officer for the county.
A recent controversy about an inmate who died while at
the jail may have skewed the election. It may not have,
also.
Frankly, that will never be determined unless a scientific
poll is conducted to see if that was the case. Fon
It would be too costly and too time consuming.
e Schools that used to be NCAA Division II and in the .
NAIA have now gone Division I. Some that come to mind
are High Point and Elon in the Piedmont Triad. :
Another one closer to home is Gardner-Webb
University. :
Recently, there has been some controversy concerning
its president, Dr. Chris White, and whether he violated the
See Ben, 5A
See Alan, 5A
SIDEWALK
SURVEY
BY BEN LEDBETTER
THE HERALD
Hu
What do
you think
is the
Probably Florida State and
Florida. They usually put
Kings Mountain and
Shelby, because I'm from
In my opinion, I'm a
Philadelphia Eagles fan,
Probably Shelby-Kings
Mountain. I grew up
I would say in high
school, Kings Mountain
on a heck of a game. Kings Mountain, my peo- Philedelphia and around here and I've and Shelby. It’s been a big
o ple go to Kings Mountain Washington. ; always pulled for Kings rivalry ever since I've been
biggest Mike Stone and we want to beat Mountain. in ‘high school.
Gastonia Shelby. Jimmy Chaplain
football : Kings Mountain Clinton Feemster Jerry Bedsole
Hasker Parker Jr. : Kings Mountain Kings Mountain .
Kings Mountain
rivalry?