| { i ! | | { | Wednesday, October 28, 2009 The Kings Mountain Herald Scare away hunger Friday on Ridge St. By EMILY WEAVER Editor . North Carolina comes in second out of 50 states with the highest hunger rate, accord- ing to a report by WRAL, out of Fayet- teville. To put that statistic into perspective, one in eight women will be affected by breast cancer, while one in eight people will be af- fected by hunger. After studying this scary statistic, the FaithKidz at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church have decided to “Scare Away Hunger” on Oct. 30. Dressed in their Halloween best, they will be collecting non-perishable foods out- side of the church on Ridge Street from 5-7 p.m. on Friday. People are asked to bring do- nations in this special drive-up drive. “(The FaithKidz) will come to your car, take your food items and give you a treat (for donating),” said Nikki Paulson, who leads the FaithKidz ministry at St. Matthews. All donations will be given to the Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry to help stock the pantry’s shelves for one of the organization’s busiest times of the year. “The kids were appalled when they found out that North Carolina was the second out of 50 states (most affected by) hunger,” Paulson said. “I did not know that it was such a big problem locally.” St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church has in- vited other churches to participate and has scattered fliers for the “Scare Away Hunger” event, hoping to get the community involved and aware that there is a need. “In the last 10 minutes about 68 children have died from hunger in the world,” Paul- been championed lately by such stars: as Bono, of the rock group U2. It can be erad- icated through community help. Paulson said that they will have some “magic disappearing footsteps” at the “Scare “Away Hunger” event this Friday to show donors how they are helping chase hunger outoftown. = “At the beginning of scaring away hunger there will be 36 glowing footprints on the sidewalk. As food is dropped off those footprints will begin to disappear as hunger leaves Kings Mountain,” Paulson said in an email sent throughout the com- munity. | The FaithKidz hope to collect 500 Ibs. of food to give to KM Crisis Ministry Friday night. : The FaithKidz have spent many hours digging into this hidden dilemma and have found many Bible verses to support their calling to eradicate it. A few of the verses they have found are: “and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the op- pressed, then your light will rise in the dark- ness, and your night will come like noonday,” (Isaiah 58:10) and “Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The Lord rescues them when they are in trouble” (Psalm 41:1). This is not the first time the youth at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church have reached out to help the less fortunate. For the past few years, young church members have been collecting shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child, which delivers needed es- .sentials and special messages to suffering HUGHES From Page 1 “I was drafted in 1942 and served in the Army three years,” said Hughes, whose family sent four sons into the military. Hughes’ brother, Jack, enlisted in the US Navy dur- ing World War II, and Erwin, US Navy, and Gene, US Army, served in the Ko- rean Conflict. D. C.'s young son, Dudley, died while, he was serving in the Seabees in Vietnam in 1967. “I served as a Technical Sergeant in the Army in North Africa and France and most of the time I drove a wrecker following truck convoys of troops and sup- plies,” said D.C., adding, “before we shipped out overseas I was stationed in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Fort Bliss, Texas. He mar- ried Evelyn Biddix, who died in 1985, in 1941. Nellie McDonald and - Page 3A D.C. HUGHES, SERVICE PHOTO D.C. Hughes will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary May 11, 2010. Mrs. Hughes and her family were longtime friends of the Hughes family. Her children and their fam- ilies, Kay Sparrow and David and Lynn Frye of Gastonia and Tim and Rosanna Frye of Indiana, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren plan to wish D . C. a happy birth- day. D. C. is a member of Antioch Baptist Church near Grover and Mrs. Hughes i is a mem- ber of Christ United Methodist Church in Gastonia. Retired for a number of years, D. C.'s failing eyesight prohibits him from enjoying TV, but he is always interested in sports and news happenings and keeping in touch with grand- children and friends. He likes company and reminiscing about the “good ole days.” “I can't work on your car anymore,” he laughs, “but maybe you got a new one.” VOTE ing is Saturday, and the Elections Board in Shelby Jerry Mullinax,69, for his Ward 3 seat; and a three- T son read from her statistic sheet. children thronchoat the world ‘that iGed |. From. Page 1 will be open from 8 am.-1 . way race exists for the At- The effort to curb the world’s hunger has loves them. p.m. An early voting rally Large seat. Dean Spears, dates have been busy pump- ij be held in Palmer Park 75, is challenged by Gina ROBBERY From Page 1 Kings Mountain Police at 704-734-0444 or CrimeStoppers at 704-481-8477. ~ Ptl. M. J. Howard, in the incident report signed by Cpl. B. M. Black, said that a man entered the business at 6:13 a.m. on Octo- ber 21 "posing to have a weapon and de- manded money from the clerk." The clerk complied with the request and gave him $67. ! truck or SUV sitting on the entrance ramp - of U. S. 74 bypass in the eastbound direc- tion. Police said that while the suspect was walking toward the store he put on the ban- danna, entered the gas station/convenience store with his left hand inside his pants . pocket and his right hand reached out to- ward the clerk demanding cash. Zp Ln nae ing hands. And in Grover, the most activity, according to councilwoman Jackie Bennett, will be centered on the beer and wine issue. ~ Elections Director Debra Blanton predicts that 20 percent (1,211) of the 6,022 registered voters will cast their ballots in the Kings Mountain city election, al- though she said she had seen those numbers swell to near the Board of Elections office, for all interested vot- ers and candidates. Con- cerned Citizens of Cleveland County is spon- soring the rally which also includes refreshments. Blanton said that she an- ticipates voting will run. smoothly and hopes all reg- istered voters will cast their ballots. "Wouldn't it be wonder- Collias, 42, Pressley, 43.