Honor Society induction - Pictured are Kings Mountain High School seniors who were inducted into the membership of the Kings Mountain High School
Chapter National Honor Society. Front row, from left, Megan Hoyle, Courtneigh Bumgardner, Hannah McDougal, Victoria Greene, Diana Phanthalack, Erica
Moore, Vina Sananikone, and Samantha Haskett; second row, from left, Taylor Neisler, Daniel Dyer, Mallory Mansfield, Hayley Hoyle, Chasity Llewellyn,
Ashton Orders and Tanner Deaton; third row, from left, Sarah Smith, Ashley Ray, Ramey Kerns, Taylor Gettys, Nathan Fore, Kayla Sadler, Ansley Putnam,
Natacia Snow, Katelynn Daniel, Sachin Patel and Evan Anthony; back row, from left, Bryan Moffitt, Bradley Lovelace, Cline Tate, Ethan Roper, William Black-
Thirty-seven Kings Mountain
High School seniors were in-
ducted into membership in the
National Honor Society, the high-
- est academic honor that can be be-
* stowed by the high school, in a
ceremony Sept. 24 in the KMHS
Media Center.
In his remarks, Principal
GARY STEWART/HERALD
Rotny Funderburke thanked the
new members for their leadership
and service to the high school. He
challenged the students to con-
tinue striving for academic excel-
lence.
The National Honor Society
recognizes students who have ex-
dards in scholarship, leadership,
character and service throughout
high school. The requirements for
membership are high and the
screening process thorough.
Inducted were Evan Anthony,
Tyler. Black, William Blackburn,
Courtneigh Bumgardner, Kasey
burn, Robert Locke, Tyler Black, Kasey Chapman, Dylan White and Stephen Sharp. Not pictured: Ellen Hall.
KMHS National Honor Society inducts 3 7
ner Deaton, Daniel Dyer, Nathan
Fore, Taylor Gettys, Victoria
Greene, Ellen Hall, Samantha
Haskett, Hayley Hoyle, Megan
Hoyle, Ramey Kerns, Chasity
Llewellyn, Robert Locke, Bradley
Lovelace, Mallory Mansfield,
Hannah McDougal, Bryan Mof-
. Ashton ides ‘Sachin Pathel,”
Diana Phanthalack, Ansley Put-
man, Ashley Ray, Ethan Roper,
Kayla Sadler, Vina Sananikone,
Stephen Sharp, Sarah Smith, Nat-
acia Snow, Cline Tate and Dylan
White.
celled and maintained high stan-
Chapman, Katelynn Daniel, Tan-
Charneice Crocker, fourth grade student at Bethware Elementary, received the Boosters Club student
award during halftime of Friday’s game with North Gaston. She is pictured with Tim Ross, President
of the Boosters Club, Jada Hardin, assistant principal at Bethware, her mother Denese Dawson and
her godmother Bernadette Cannady.
Ryan Neal, Tyler Black;
Austin Clemmer, Billy
Heath, Samantha Has-
kett with instructor
-Nick Hoffmann take
part in hands-on sci-
ence experiments.
Photos by LIB STEW-
ART
Akosua Boakye, left,
and Maria Obando ex-
periment in the AP Biol-
ogy class at Kings
Mountain High School.
fitt, Erica Moore, Taylor Neisler,
Garden Club meets
Town and Country Gar-
den Club held the October 8
meeting at Patrick House
with
Arlene Barrett, hostess.
Mrs. Barrett served pump-
kin pie, vegetable sand-
~ wiches, candy corn and
- apple cider.
The nine members
opened the meeting with the
Club Collect. Susan Gibson
gave the financial report
and Glenda Crawford read
the minutes, reporting on
get well cards sent to mem-
bers and those having spe-
cial needs.
The Cleveland County
Fair Committee reported
that the club received a rib-
bon with a monetary gift for
the booth decorated by
members.
Connie Bell reported
that a sign is being con-
structed to feature a com-
munity appearance award to
be presented by the club
each month for nine months
during 2010.
Paul Owen, owner of
Slightly Different Nursery
of Polkville, was program
speaker. Owen said he
began his first garden in
1990 in Pocono Mountains,
Pa.
Perennials were his first
project, he later began to
hybridize day lilies and in
2005 moved 1000 cultiva-
tors and 10,000 seedlings in
the back of his truck and
came to Polkville.
With hard work and cre-
ative design he has turned
106 acres of pastureland
into breath-taking fields of
day lilies.
He names each new hy-
brid- often after family
members. A spring trip by
the club to his gardens is in
the works.
Plonk proud to be Air Force ROTC:
Ed. note - Alex Plonk is
the son of Carl and Margot
Plonk and grandson of Pa-
tricia Neisler Plonk and
the late John O. Plonk Jr.
of Kings Mountain.
by Alex Plonk, C/2d Lt,
AFROTC, 595th AFROTC
Cadet Wing, Alpha FIt/CC
Junior, Textile Engineer-
ing, NC State University
I am very proud to be a
part of the Textiles commu-
nity as well as the ROTC
program here at NC State.
Textiles is like a huge fam-
ily to me and I am happy to
haye represented them well
this summer. Air Force
ROTC is an extremely chal-
lenging and rewarding pro-
gram that © I would
.
encour-
age any
student to
look into.
RO. TC
are pro-
i vided
. with nu-
Smerous
opportunities each semester
to do things that other stu-
‘dents would never get a
chance to do. Last year, I
got to ride in the back of a
refueling jet and watch it re-
fuel F-15E Strike Eagle
fighter jets. It was amazing!
The program also teaches
cadets how to be effective
leaders and speakers in the
world today, which is some-
thing we will always need
more of.
cadets:
Why I joined?
I joined the Air Force
ROTC program my sopho-
more year of college, and
never imagined I could
have accomplished as much
in the past two years as I
have. ;
I knew I wanted to join
the service, and my love of
aviation is what drew me
into the AFROTC program
initially. Now, there is no
doubt in my mind that
AFROTC was the right de-
cision for me.
As I see all my friends
struggling to find a career
after college, I know that
my future is secure as an of-
ficer in the US Air Force,
fighting for freedom and for
my country.
See PLONK on Page 7C
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