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The Kings Mountain Herald
School
Gregory wins coveted Ione Mann Good Citizen Award
Boys State is held on the
campus of Wake Forest
University. Girls State is
held on the campus of
Catawba College in Sal-
isbury.
“Boys State was a
good experience,” said
Fujita, who said that he
enjoyed co-sponsorship
of one bill and served as
a State “senator.” He
said that young people
interested in govern-
ment and politics
should attend.
All six students are
looking at colleges after
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BOYS STATE CITIZENS - American Legion Post 155
Commander Claude Pearson, center, congratulates
Boys State Citizens Matthew Gray, left, and Ethan Fu-
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GIRLS STATE CITIZENS - Michelle Timms, Lauren Proctor, Sydney Gregory and
Sarah Greenlee, left to right, represented Unit 155, American Legion Auxiliary, at
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Jjita at a supper meeting honoring Boys State and Girls
Tar Heel Girls State in Salisbury recently.
State Citizens. graduation, none said
th 1d probabl
The six Kings Moun- ~~ Thursday night at a made life-long friends, = each summer in Wash- lee in Green City and Fi _ ll in
tain High School sen- supper meeting at Post they said, helped pass ington, DC where the winning in a second their hometown, but all
iors back from Tar Heel
Girls and Boys State ran
for office, learned about
government in a two-
Party system and had
fun, they told the spon-
soring American Legion
Post 155 and Auxiliary
155,
Sarah Greenlee, Syd-
ney Gregory, Lauren
Proctor and Michelle
Timms, Girls State Citi-
zens, and Matthew
Gray and Ethan Fujita,
Boys State Citizens,
bills such as safe food
handling, debated other
bills, elected governors
and state legislators of
“the best state in the |
land” and were among
top runners for Girls
and Boys Nation held
Sellers chosen for North Carolina Honors Chorus
Morgan Sellers, an 8th
grader at Kings Mountain
Middle School and
daughter of Jody and
Marilyn Sellers of Kings
Mountain, was the only
Middle School student
chosen in Kings Mountain
and the only female Mid-
dle School student chosen
in Cleveland County
Schools, to participate in
the 23rd annual 2008
North Carolina Middle
~ School Honors Chorus.
“This Chorus provides
an opportunity for the
very best singers from
across the state to come
together and work with a
nationally ~~ acclaimed
choral conductor.
Auditions were held in
three regions across the
state in which students
auditioning must sing
their voice part of the se-
lected audition piece and
also sight read music in a
closed audition in front of
a judge. Morgan sang
highest soprano.
Over 1200 students in
North Carolina audi-
tioned but only 189 mid-
dle school students
received this prestigious
honor. Morgan traveled to
Winston-Salem along
with Mrs. Sherry Young,
KMMS Choral Director,
for the NC Music Educa-
tors In-Service Conference
where the Chorus re-
hearsed at the Benton
Convention Center and
then performed as a
group in a concert on Sun-
day afternoon, Nov. 9, at
the Stevens Center, the
performing arts facility of
the North Carolina School
of the Arts. The Chorus
-was conduced by Dr. Ju-
dith Bowers from Florida
State University.
After performing in the
concert, Morgan received
a scholarship to attend a
clinic at Appalachian State
University.
Morgan, granddaugh-
ter of Bill and Rachel Sell-
ers of Kings Mountain
and Etta Herrell of Bak-
ersville, NC and Kings
Mountain, has been a
member of the KMMS
Chorus two years and
was chosen in elementary
school and intermediate
school to be in the Cleve-
land County Honors Cho-
rus. She has a sister,
Johana, 11, and the family
attends First Baptist
Church.
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Citizens become “Sena-
tors.”
Gregory won the
coveted Ione Mann
Good Citizen Award
which honors the late
founder of Girls State
after tying with Green-
election and then com-
‘peting with other city
winners for the top
award.
Boys State and Girls
State are premier pro-
grams of the American
Legion and Auxiliary.
said they loved the po-
litical experience and
the lessons learned at
the week’s short course
in citizenship with hun-
dreds of other youth
their age.
Symphony, Oratorio to present Handel's Messiah
The glorious music of Handel's Messiah is coming to Gastonia in a special way
this Christmas season. The Charlotte Symphony and the Oratorio Singers will
present this work in a special concert on Thursday, Dec. 18 at First Assembly of
God Church in Gastonia. The concert is underwritten by First National Bank.
The Oratorio Singers include several people with local connections. Uniquely,
an entire family from Gastonia are members. Dwayne and Sarah Fink and their
three daughters Jennifer, Sarah and Catherine all perform with Oratorio. Mary
Katherine Monteith is also from Gastonia and there are others from Kings Moun-
tain, Cherryville and Clover.
The Symphony and Oratorio perform this concert annually in Charlotte. This
year’s Charlotte concert will be on Wednesday, Dec. 17 to a sold out Blumenthal
Performing Arts Center audience. Then the same orchestra, chorus, soloists and
conductor will come to Gastonia Dec. 18.
Fink and Monteith both offered special words of thanks to First National Bank
for underwriting the concert. “It takes a major financial commitment by First Na-
tional Bank to make it possible.” They further thanked First Assembly of God for
hosting the concert. “The church has built this beautiful new sanctuary, with such
good ambiance and great acoustics, and they've certainly welcomed us with open
arms.”
Tickets are available at all First National Bank offices. Advance tickets are $20
each and $25 each at the door. All net proceeds will be donated to a local charity.
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