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LOOKING BACK
March 1, 2007
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Love, faithfulness, grace
concepts we should live by
At my house we enjoy movies,
and one movie we like is an ani-
mated feature called Shrek.
Shrek is the story of how a big
green ogre,
who happens
to live in a
swamp, goes
on a journey
to rescue a
princess from
a castle and
then brings
: her back to
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thirsty king,
and he does all of this so that he
can save his home. But as many
fairy tale stories go, the ogre
ended up falling in love with the
beautiful princess, and though it
came as a surprise, the two of
them married, moved into the
swamp, and there were able to
live happily ever after.
An important part of what
makes this movie fun is the fact
that it includes a reversal of for-
tunes that cuts against the grain
of what is typically expected.
This reversal of fortunes is evi-
dent in a number of different
For example, the green
ogre wins the princess. The
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GUEST COLUMN
beautiful princess then ends up
taking love’s true form — that of
another green ogre. And in addi-
tion, a lowly donkey becomes a
hero, a fiery dragon turns out to
be a compassionate lady, and a
fairy tale wedding, which is
attended by a group of outcast
fairy tale characters, is held in a
muddy swamp.
Most good stories share the
sort of role reversal that is
depicted in the movie Shrek, but
popular fiction and films are not
the only places where you can
find this kind of thing. In fact,
the same sort of reversal of for-
tunes is evident in the Bible,
especially in the life and teach-
ings of Jesus. Of course, most of
us have certain expectations for
life, and people in first century
Palestine shared many of our
expectations, which is why
Jesus’ teaching often cuts across
the grain. Saying things like,
“The first shall be last and the
last shall be first,” just didn’t
seem to make Jesus many
friends. Indeed, Jesus’ expecta-
tion that our lives should be
transformed by Kingdom values
often led to the formation of ene-
mies and mobs. I suspect that
the reason for this was because
Kings
Jesus’ teachings, when taken
seriously, seem to turn our
expectations on their head.
Take, for example, how we
typically understand success.
Though some folks clearly sug-
gest that success means putting
yourself first, placing your goals
above the goals of others, and
being self-sufficient, the teach-
ings and example of Jesus sug-
gest a very different picture.
From the gospels we see that
Jesus defines success as giving
God first place, giving ourselves
away to others, and depending
on God's strength rather than
our own.
Though it’s interesting and fun
to watch movies like Shrek
because they entertain us while
also giving us the opportunity to
examine the concepts of love,
faithfulness, and grace, the
teachings of Jesus remind us that
these concepts are not fictional
notions that are limited to films
and books, but are actually some
of the most important concepts
by which we should live.
Dr. Jeff Hensley is pastor of
Mountain Baptist
Church. His column appears
weekly in The Herald.
Come on Al, Sean, Jesse, et al;
no more causes to ‘champion?
Notes: It has dawned on me
that celebrities are running out
of causes to champion.
Let's see,
several of
them have
the war in
Iraq. There's
Sean Penn,
Glelo rige
Clooney and
S* ‘wi stan
Sarandon.
Clooney also
pushes help
for Darfur.
Jane Fonda is
in charge of war in general, but
remember, any troop move-
ments must still be approved by
Penn.
Al Gore, and a host of show
business types who cannot spell
environment, have latched onto
global warming. Gore is
absolutely certain there’s a hole
in the ozone over Cherryville.
Gore must be careful not to
infringe on Jeanine Garofalo,
who is the ozone’s largest
booster.
The rapper, Jay Z, is
Jim Heffner
Guest Column
" spokesman for the worldwide
clean water crisis. He actually
couldn’t find a cause which
interested him, so Jay Z made
up the clean water gig. It’s
ambition such as that which
makes you proud.
Mike Farrell has been
involved in lots of causes, but
he is presently interested in
making sure the U.S. doesn’t
~ attack any Central American
HERALD DEADLINES
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12 noon Monday. That includes
weddings, engagements,
anniversaries, birthdays, club
news, church news, school news
and community news.
Deadline for all other news is
5 p.m. Tuesday. That includes
. city and county government
news and sports. In cases of
Tuesday night meetings and
activities, items will be accepted
until 8'a.m. Wednesday.
Items received after deadline
will run if time and space per-
mit. Otherwise, they will be
withhéld until the next week.
country. He works in concert
with Martin Sheen on that front.
Sheen is currently busy: getting
his Hollywood Friends to
donate blood in Nicarauga.
There are still a few causes
open, but they're not very glam-
orous. Protection of rain forests
is available since Sheen gave it
up.
Then there’s removal of dead
animal carcasses from the
Interstate Highway System.
Nobody seems to want to take
that one on.
The preservation of spotted
owls, red-cockaded woodpeck-
ers, garter snakes, snail darters
and other endangered species
are all important, but have lost
their shine for some celebrities.
All of these would be excellent
causes for young Hollywood
actors just starting out.
Oh well, so much to do and so
few to do it.
Musings: Does anybody else
believe that some who claim
they fight for an end to racism
sometimes perpetuate it?
Jesse Jackson has said his
Rainbow Coalition would pay
the accuser’s tuition in the
Duke lacrosse rape case regard-
less of the truth of her claims. So
much for being judged by con-
tent of character rather than the
color of skin.
After the O.J. Simpson trial,
former NBA basketball players
John Salley and Magic Johnson
were talking about Simpson on
Salley’s TV talk show. They
agreed that Simpson may have
been guilty, but he is “still one
of us.”
Remember to celebrate before
the month is out. It is Black's
history month. Jim Black that is.
Isn't it possible that the real
father of Anna Nicole's child is
none other than O.]. Simpson?
Note: “Britney Spears has
again entered rehab. Nobody
knows what kind of
rehab. We just know it’s rehab.
Note: Spears disappeared
from rehab in less than 24
hours. Be on the lookout, she’ll
be the young bald headed
woman without underwear.
Musing: I do wish these big
city reporters would start to
identify rehab. After all, as
things stand today, every time
somebody says something con-
strued as politically incorrect,
the person who says it runs for
rehab. Usually it’s alcohol rehab
or drugs, but there are other
addictions. The most glam-
orous, of course, is sexual
addiction. That one was invent-
ed by Michael Douglas. Then
we have gambling, eating and
cruelty to grandparents.
There are plenty of addictions
to go around, and some of them
don’t have a celebrity
spokesman.
Jim Heffner is a writer for
the Belmont Banner/Mount
Holly News and a regular
columnist for The Herald.
Contact him at Jim@theban-
nernews.com.
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This picture submitted by Margaret Dover of Kings Mountain shows the West Mountain Service Station
at the corner of West Mountain Street and City Street in 1939 or 1940. Standing in front of the sta-
tion is proprietor Fulton Everhart. The building in the background is the rear of the old Chevrolet deal-
ership that faced Railroad Avenue.
WKMT Radio went on the air
on Tuesday, March 10, 1953
From the March 5, 1953 edition
of The Herald:
Radio Station WKMT, King
Mountain, goes on the air early
Tuesday morning with regular
programming continuing
throughout
the day.
During the
past ~~ week
WKMT Was
‘been on #the
air after mid-
night for
equipment
testing.
City Florist
Shop will
open for busi-
ness at 202
Cherokee
Street on Saturday morning.
Richard Price is owner anid oper-
ator of the new firm.
J. Clyde Randall, Guernsey
dairyman of the. Bethlehem
Community, was awarded the
Charlie Rackley Guernsey Cup
at the meeting of the North
Carolina Guernsey Association
in Winston-Salem Friday.
Ollie Harris and Rev. P.D.
Patrick represented the
Cleveland County Citizens
Committee for Good
Government at the hearing in
Raleigh Tuesday on the pro-
posed bill to call for a liquor ref-
erendum in the state.
The city board of commission-
ers and the city planning board
met jointly Tuesday night and
agreed to the calling of a city
manager system election.
Kelly E. Weaver, Kings
Mountain high school senior and
winner of the Cleveland County
oratorical contest sponsored
annually by the American
Legion, has been declared 28th
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Laura Morris with 434 points
and Dan Huskey with 203 paced
the scoring for Bethware High
School's basketball teams this
season.
Baseball drills will begin
Monday at Kings Mountain
High and the first Western AA
game is March 31 in Hickory,
Coach % Everette Carlton
anniounéed. i WA
Maford Lawrence of Bessemer
City has moved to Kings
Mountain to assume manage-
ment of Sisk Funeral Home here.
Mrs. John Henry Caldwell was
hostess Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock honoring her sister, Joyce
Ann Childers, in celebration of
her 11th birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Grady Yelton and Miss
Diana Gamble will represent the
Junior Woman's Club of Kings
Mountain Friday, March 13 in
the Fashion show of the leading
spring fashions, sponsored by
the Junior Woman's Club of
Shelby.
Kings Mountain's girls basket-
ball team defeated Shelby 36-34
at the Shelby Community Center
last Friday in the season’s finale.
Shirley Falls led the scoring with
20 points and Gertie Jenkins
scored 12. The boys lost 60-40.
Ollie Harris Jr. scored 15 points
for KM. Andy Cockrell of Grover
led Shelby with‘30 points.
Grover’s girls won their 25th
and 26th straight games over the
past week, defeating Waco 76-15
and Polkville 61-38. Peggy
Keeter scored 53 points against
Waco and 37 against Polkville.
Four new members were wel-
comed into the Junior Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday night at
the Masonic: dining hall. W.S.
Fulton Jr, membership chair-
man, welcomed Neil Hullendér,
Arnold Falls, Robert Whitesides
and Ed Smith.
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney has been
named the winner of the North
Carolina Federation of Woman's
Clubs musical composition con-
test.
“No town in the state has the
sewage disposal capacity, per
capita, that you have,” Russell
McKee of Morristown, Tenn, told
the city board of commissioners
Monday afternoon as he collect-
ed a $1,850 check for repairing
the city’s several sewage dispos-
al tanks.
John C. Greene, general man-
ager of Radio Station WKMT,
will address members of the
Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club at
the regular meeting Thursday. at
the Masonic dining hall.
Mrs. Earl Ledford, Mrs.
Arnold Kincaid, Miss Melba
Tindall and Miss Betty Lou
Melton will leave Tuesday morn-
ing to attend the W.M.U. State
Convention at the First Baptist
Church in Wilmington, March 10
11 and 12.
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