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“The Kings Mountain Herald
November 18, 2004
JENA LEIGH GLADDEN
Local girls to part
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in 57th Carrousel
Jena Leigh Gladden, Marlowe
Higginbotham, and Regina Bell will
represent area high schools in the 57th
Carolinas’ Carrousel parade’
Thanksgiving Day in Charlotte.
The parade begins at 1 p.m. and will
be shown by delayed telecast at 4 p.m.
on WBTV Channel 3.
The Pepsi Coronation and Awards
Ceremony, which features the crown-
ing of the new Carolinas’ Carrousel
Queen, will be held Wednesday, Nov.
© 24 at 7:45 p.m. at the Omni Charlotte
‘Hotel, 132 East Trade Street. Tickets are
$15 for adults, $10 for students, and $5
for children under 12 and are available
at the Carrousel office.
Grand Marshall is Dale F. Halton,
President and Chairman of the Board
of Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of
Charlotte. He will speak at the corona-
tion ceremony, and entertainment will
be provided by the East Burke Cavalier
Band, which will lead the parade as
Honor Band, and the East Burke
Choral Singers. The 60 Carrousel rep-
resentatives will be introduced, the
queen will be crowned and scholarship
and grant winners announced.
Jena Leigh Gladden is a senior at
Kings Mountain High School, where
she ranks number five in a class of 268.
She plans to attend Erskine College to
obtain a bachelor’s in Biology, and
‘plans to attend graduate school at
UNC-Chapel Hill.
Jena Leigh's future plans include
working in Field Ecology and Research
Biology. She hopes to work for the
Environmental Protection Agency in
Water Quality Management.
Jena Leigh is involved in numerous
extra-curricular activities and clubs at
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KMHS. She attended Girls State, and is
a member of the Beta Club, National
Honors Society, and Key Club. She
sang in the All-State Choir. She
received an Erskine Fellows, Wofford
Scholarship, was accepted in Summer
Ventures in Microbiology, attended the
Gardner-Webb Choral Clinic and
Cleveland County Choral Clinic, was a
Junior Marshall, Academic Top
Achiever, Renaissaice Gold Card
Holder, and had the highest English I.
end-of-course score in 2002.
She is a member of Boyce Memorial
ARP Church, where she sings in the.
choir and has participated in mission:
trips and youth retreats. She works -
part-time at Chuga-Chuga Choo-Choo.
Marlowe Higginbotham is a senior
at Gaston Day School, where she ranks
number one in a class of 11. SHé plans *
MARLOWE HIGGINBOTHAM
Elizabeth Dole for U.S. Senate, and is a
member of the Gaston Day School var-
sity tennis team.
Regina Bell is a senior at Bessemer
City High School and plans to attend a
four-year university to receive a
Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She
hopes to specialize in pediatrics and
nd and eventually be a Nurse
+ Practitioner.
At BCHS, she has been a Junior
Marshall and is a member of the
National Technical Honor Society and
Beta Club. She was selected as Beta
Club Queen. She was named Who's
Who Among American High School
Students and Who's Who-Sports edi-
tion. She has been on the National
Honor Roll, All-American Scholar, and
A Honor Roll. She was nominated for
Gaston County's Teen Volunteer of the
to attend college and graduate school +; Year Award, and has received the
and pursue a career in law, textiles or
business.
She serves as Editor-in-chief of her
high school yearbook. She is a member
of the National Honor Society, The
National Beta Club, and Mu Alpha
Theta. She received The President's
Student Service award for over 100
service hours, participated in the Hugh
O'Brian Youth Leadership, and was
voted by her peers as the “Best all
around Senior.” She was a Junior
Marshall, has won numerous writing
awards, is a member of the Duke
Kimbrell Leadership Committee, and
is a two-time recipient of the Highest
Academic History Award.
Marlowe co-choreographed “Oliver”
at Gaston Day in 2003. She served on
the Sue Myrick Youth Congressional
Committee, was a junior volunteer for
President's Education Award. She has
had perfect attendance at school, and
is a member of the ACTS High School
Honor Society. She won the Algebra
III / Trigonometry Award, Spanish III
Award, Computer Applications II
Award, Bible Award and Citizenship
Award. She is captain of the volleyball
team.
Her freshman year she participated
in Gaston County Commissioners
School of Excellence. Her sophomore
year she was a North Carolina Senate
Page. Last summer she attended
Student Leadership University 101 in
Orlando, FL, and she plans to attend
201 next summer in Washington, DC.
She is active in church and has
served in the youth group and has
gone on mission trips. She volunteers
at the Crisis Pregnancy Center.
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REGINA BELL
cipate
parade
BEVERLY ERIN HUTCHINS
Beverly Erin Hutchins
represents West Lincoln
Beverly Erin Hutchins was crowned the 2004 Carrousel
Princess at West Lincoln High School during recent home-
coming festivities.
She will represent her school in the Carrousel celebration
events during Thanksgiving week and will participate in
the Carolinas’ Carrousel Parade on Thanksgiving Day.
She is the daughter of Neil and Diane Hutchins of
Lincolnton and the granddaughter of Jack and Georgia
Hutchins of Kings Mountain.
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