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but finding a job’ s not easy
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
Staff Writer
When school recessed for
summer break some teens
headed to work while others
are still looking for employ-
ment.
Bubba Noell who graduat-
ed from Kings Mountain
High School in the spring
went to work before school
ended. In December he took
a job at Woodbridge Golf
Club.
Noell washes golf carts
and golf balls, picks balls up
from the driving range and
and performs an assortment
of other tasks.
“I love it here. This is
fun,” the teen said.
Noell says his job makes
him the envy of his friends.
While Noell found a job
which even comes with free
golf and “friendly bosses,”
many teens are working in
fast food, retail and con-
struction.
Noell got the job through
a friend who was already
employed part time at
Woodbridge.
Heather Walker who
graduated with Noell
believes networking is the
way to find a job. Recently
one of her friends got a job
through the young woman's
future sister-in-law.
“She’s got connections,”
Walker said.
Walker has struggled to
find a job this summer.
Employers are reluctant to
hire someone who is leaving
for college in a few months,
she said.
Her lack of formal experi-
ence hurts too. While Walker
has worked with her dad, a
Fed Ex driver, during
Christmas and summer
break and cleaned, pressure-
washed and mowed at her
grandparents’ mobile home
park, that isn’t enough for
would-be employers, she
has found.
“I wish they would just let
me show them my progress
report,” Walker said. “It
doesn't work that way.”
At least Walker is not
alone. Another one of her
friends is struggling to find
a job. Walker wants to work
in retail but isn’t interested
in the fast food jobs some of
her friends have taken.
Neither the Shelby nor
Kings Mountain
Employment Security
Commission offices report’
many teen and college-age
job seekers this year.
ESC works with people
ANDIE L. BRYMER/HERALD
Bubba Noell enjoys his job at Woodbridge Golf Club.
ages 16 and up. In Kings
Mountain the office is locat-
ed inside the YMCA and is
open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Employers are welcome to
place requests for workers
and job seekers may visit
that office. For more infor-
mation, call Lead
Consultant Deborah Wood
at 704-739-0191.
Final Relay total $93,121
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
Kings Mountain's Relay
for Life exceeded its
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fundraising goal, garnering
$93,121 this year.
- The 2005 campaign which
culminated in the two-day
Relay. for Life walkathon
well surpassed the group's
$86,000 goal. Last year’s
Relay raised over $75,700.
Co-chairperson Tammy
Hogue said she was over-
whelmed by Relay’s success.
“I knew we would do
well but I didn’t realize we'd
do this well,” she said
Monday night, just before
announcing the total to a
group of volunteers who
had assembled for a wrap-
up party at the Patrick
Center.
After a month off, Hogue
and other volunteers will
start planning next year’s
event.
“I do it for my mom, my
kids, me,” she said.
She co-chaired the event
with Melissa Davis. Fatz
Cafe catered Monday night's
party. For more information,
call Linda Neal 704-473-
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board refused a request by
Laura Fannin to consider
rezoning a portion of
Cansler Street. According to
officials, Fannin had heard a
rumor that a muffler shop
would be built beside her
residence. She was not at
the meeting but appeared on
the agenda.
The board cannot consider
rezoning before a request is
brought by the property
owner, according to board
Chairman Jim Childers.
Kings Mountain Weather Report
By Kenneth Kitzmiller
June 8-14 Year Ago
Total precipitation 3.08 5.50
Maximum one day 2.17 (8th) 2.8 (14th)
Month to date 5.23 5.64
Year to date 24.72 17.94
Low temperature 68 (10th) 66 (12th, 13th)
High temperature 91 (14th) 92 (11th)
Avg. temperature 78.7 75.9
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June 16, 200
2 OBITUARIES
THELMA PARROTT
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Thelma Harris Parrott, 74, 200
Fulton Street, left this earth on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 to be = &* |
with the Lord Jesus.
She was born in Marion, NC, daughter of the late James
Oscar and Zilla Mae Silvers Harris. In addition to her par-
ents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, James
W. Parrott, her son, Johnny Eugene Black, sisters, Opal |
Harris and Dale Gantt and a brother, Paul Harris.
She was a retired textile worker and a member of the
Kings Mountain Missionary Methodist Church.
She is survived by her sons, Rev. David L. Black and wife i
Shirley of Shelby, and Mike Black of Kings Mountain;
daughters, Rhonda Lambert of Kings Mountain and Joyce
Evans and husband Larry of Kings Mountain; step-daugh-
ters Wanda Henry of Greenville, SC and Nancy Drennan of
Grier, SC; brother Charles Harris of Baltimore, MD; 14
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. David L. Black
and the Rev. Allen Knicely at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 16, 2005
at Shelby Missionary Methodist Church, Shelby. Interment
will be in Mountain Rest Cemetery. :
Harris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DAN HAMRICK
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Dan Hamrick, 59, 115 Remington
Drive, died Friday, June 10, 2005 at Hospice at Wendover,
Shelby.
He was a native of Cleveland County and was employed
with Dodge Motorsports. His church family was Bethlehem
Baptist Church and Christian Freedom Baptist.
He is survived by his wife, Sherry Hamrick of Kings
Mountain; son, Danny Hamrick and wife Sharon of Cary;
daughter, Kelley Sroufe and husband, Ralph, of Kings
Mountain; mother, Betty Hamrick of Kings Mountain; and
grandchildren, Jessica Her, Jayme Ellis, Alex Hamrick and
Emma Hamrick.
The funeral was condricted by the Rev. David Blanton at 1
p.m. Monday, June 13, 2005 at Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Interment was in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Bethlehem Baptist Church
Building Fund, 1012 Bethlehem Road, Kings Mountain, NC
28086.
Harris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
GENE WARE
SHELBY - David Eugene Ware, 77, Dellinger Road, died
Thursday, June 9, 2005 at Hospice at Wendover.
A native of Cleveland County, he was born June 26, 1927
and was a son of the late Thomas B. and Maggie McDaniel
Ware.
He retired from the auto body repair business and from
Ingles Food Market. He was a member of Shiloh
Presbyterian Church, Grover.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by
his wife, Selma Tessener Ware; seven brothers, J.D. Ware,
- Buford Ware, Woodrow Ware, Horace Ware, Maynard Ware,
Charles Ware, and Marshall Ware; and a sister, Delta
Humphries.
He is survived by one brother, George Ware, and a sister,
Inez Eskew, both of Shelby; a daughter, Anne Ware of
Forest City; a son, Tim Ware and Wanda Crotts, both of
Shelby; numerous nieces and nephews; and extended fami-
ly, Bobby and Frieda Guffey of Shelby, and Pat and Pauline
Murphy of Hillsborough.
A memorial service was held at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 12, at
The Episcopal Church of The Redeemer, 502 Sumter Street,
Shelby, with the Rev. Dr. Gene McDowell and The Rev. Dr..
Nancy Mugford officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be
made to Shiloh Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 76, Grover,
NC 28073.
“Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home was in charge of arrange-
ments.
Pop Warner sign-ups
set at local businesses
Kings Mountain Optimist Club will be registering players
and cheerleaders for Pop Warner football during June and
July.
The first day of pragiice is Ans 1 from 6-8 p.m. at City
Stadium.
Sign-up locations are:
June 18 - Food Lion, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
June 25 - Wiener Works, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
July 7 - Subway, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
July 16 - Wal-mart, 1-5 p.m.
July 23 - City Stadium, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
July 30 - City Stadium, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Each person must bring a birth certificate with raised seal,
last year’s report card and $10 registration fee.
For more information call 739-0296 or 739-7102.
The Pop Warner coaches will be soliciting businesses in
the community during the next several weeks to ask for
help with youngsters’ registration fees.
In the past the club has charged a $50 registration fee, but
recognizes that the large fee causes many youngsters not to
be able to participate.
The club has sponsored four teams in the past, but begin-
ning this year can sponsor up to six if enough players come
out.
According to Jeff Putnam, longtime Pop Warner coach, it
costs about $250 to outfit a player. The teams have a lot of
usable equipment left over from last year; however, each °
year equipment has to be repaired and updated.
Including up to six football and cheerleading teams,
approximately 300 youngsters could participate, Putnam
said.
The Kings Mountain teams use game receipts and special
fund raisers to provide the majority of the funds needed to .
finance the football program.
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