May 5, 2005
ADDIE
From 1A
“It sounded so perfect (in
class), how could you go
wrong?” she said.
Another surprise was the
similarities in behavior
between people here and in
Africa. Moschler said she
went expecting everyone to
be humble and cooperative.
Instead, she learned that the
small village has the same
politics as any other com-
munity.
After Moschler arrived in
Mali she wrestled with lone-
liness and isolation, espe-
cially before she learned the
language.
“It was so scary. They
dropped me off in the mid-
dle of nowhere,” Moschler
said, describing her arrival
in Mali.
Listening to a BBC short-
wave radio broadcast about
a woman working alone in
Antarctica, Moschler could
relate.
“There is this whole net-
work of culture I don't
understand,” she said.
Village families had lived
among one another for gen-
erations.
Despite her apprehension,
Moschler opted not to
request placement in a city
where she would have
access to email and phones.
She had come to her assign-
ment convinced she could
be happy and successful in
any environment. Her first
months in Africa challenged
that. Only after accepting
the unhappiness did the sit-
uation turn around,
Moschler said. Her host
father played a big part in
this by accepting her and
speaking with her in French,
the language they shared.
The villagers are Bobo
people, a minority group
which still practices tradi-
tional religion. They vener-
ate their ancestors.
Talismans of chicken blood
and feathers blended with
powder and spit are worn
to ward off evil. The Bobo
perceive illness as either
punishment or the result of
intentional poisoning.
While in Perakuy,
Moschler watched festivals
which correspond to the
agricultural calendar. Large
masks which often had been
handed down for genera-
tions were used in the cere-
monial dancing. In another
ritual young men just initi-
ated as adults danced cov-
ered in leaves. One festival
only happening every seven
years took place during
Moschler’s tenure.
“It’s really cool. This is
something they've been
doing for thousands of
years,” she said.
Before attending any ritu-
al, Moschler had to have the
chief’s approval. Sometimes
when she asked questions,
villagers were surprised she
didn’t know their religion
and would explain. Other
questions they refused to
answer.
Moschler’s status as a 20-
something, single woman
not in search of a husband
made her an oddity among
the villagers. They also
questioned why she did not
wear expensive clothes and
jewelry or hire anyone to
draw her water.
“I don’t need that,”
Moschler said.
The Peace Corp worker
explained to the villagers
that she could not help them
without understanding how
they live, something which
would not be possible if she
clung to western privilege.
Moschler describes the
Maliese as “incredibly hard-
working,” poor and happy.
“They live rich lives,” she
said. :
Understanding the com-
plexity and paradox of their
lives left Moschler frustrated
at aid agencies which force
.assistance on people with-
out asking.
“I really saw the other
side of development,” she
said.
Moschler was warned
that she would experience
reverse culture shock com-
ing home. She says it hasn't
happened yet, instead
Moschler is enjoying seeing
friends and family, speaking
English, eating as much as
she wants and driving a car.
She believes living in
another culture has helped
her both see and value her
own culture.
“You don't appreciate
things till you leave,” she
said.
Moschler hopes to return
to Boone and work in
organic agriculture, some-
thing she describes as “get-
ting your hands in the dirt,
growing food.”
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ANDIE L. BRYMER/HERALD
Grading started last week on a Dollar General in Grover. The store will be located on Cleveland Avenue.
GROVER
From 1A
“tremendous business.”
Dollar General officials
told Sides they thought
Grover needed the store.
There are 7,453 Dollar
General stores in 30 states.
Some 420 are located in
North Carolina with two in
Kings Mountain and three in
Shelby. The first store
opened in 1939 in
Scottsville, Kentucky.
Contact Andie Brymer at
704 739-7496 or
abrymer@kingsmountain-
RATES
credits the city’s peak shav-
ings plant for saving $40,000
in the Margrace Road area.
“You've got to be proac-
of Mayflower and STI along
with the arrival of
From 1A each month in electric pur- tive,” Murphrey said. Southeastern Container, :
chases from Duke Power. The mayor is optimistic MRA, Gibson Industries and
taxes. The city plans to build about the city’s economic Axle Alliance, 400 jobs have
Mayor Rick Murphrey another peak shavings plant future. With the expansion come to town, he said. |
REL AY orated with purple ribbons McDaniel were raffled. fire station. A 1936 fire
sat in front of Resurrection ~ Decorated in a Hawaiian engine was parked nearby.
From 1A Lutheran’s “A Relay motif, the “Blessing Tignor’s fire gear was dis-
vivors. Kings Mountain and
Frady’s florists donated pur-
ple ribbons to decorate
downtown light poles.
Survivors took the inau-
gural lap as Lou Ballew, a
survivor herself, read their
names. One well-known
survivor, Autumn Malpass,
10, could not be at Relay.
She is undergoing surgery.
Creativity ruled the night
as teams set up themed
campsites. An inflatable
snowman and white wicker
Christmas tree and deer dec-
CORRECTION
The City of Kings
Mountain has not raised
gas rates since the early
1990s. Water and sewer
rates have been raised on a
regular basis. This informa-
tion was incorrect in last
week's edition of the Kings
Mountain Herald.
GARY
From 4A
when a young lad, who is now a grown
Clause smells like Junior's Texaco.”
Alot of kids (and grown-ups) were
spoiled at Causby’s Texaco.
man, sat on his lap and announced, “Santa
Our sympathy goes out to Jenny and
other members of the family.
HEFFNER
From 4A
the role of North Carolina in the Civil War.
A young, liberal Yankee who came south
and went to work for the Greensboro
Record-News, couldn't stand the thought of
anyone learning anything other than the
northern version of the war.
He twisted facts and told outright lies
about what instructors were teaching during
the course, and created an untrue story
which spread world-wide. Repercussions
were devastating, including the death of
heart attack, probably brought on by stress.
Bledsoe is a remarkable writer, and I
couldn’t put the'book down, although the
more I read the angrier I became.
The book is also a history lesson. I didn’t
know, for example, that many Union officers
. were slave owners right through the end of
the war. Neither did I know that President
Lincoln, until the publication of the
Emancipation Proclamation, never referred
Jack Perdue, a gentle man who died of a
to the war as a war about slavery. He called
it a war to preserve the union.
Everybody should read “Death by
Journalism?” It jast might be the most
important book in the last 20 years.
HENSLEY
From 4A
comes closer to us, we begin to go around
and around the tree, always keeping the
trunk - or some other kind of barrier —
between God and us.
not willing to give. Or he might cause us to
see something about ourselves that we don't
‘want to see. Though we know that we need
God in our lives, we just can’t let go of our
barriers. Yet, we are living beneath our priv-
ileges if we do not come down out of our
trees, stop scurrying aimlessly about and
place our trust in God.
It's not really that we're afraid of God; it’s
rather that we're not willing to trust God.
We don’t want God to get too close. He
might expect something from us that we're
Dr. Jeff Hensley is the pastor at Kings
Mountain Baptist Church.
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A memorial collage of mem-
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Photos of former Kings
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