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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.
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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.
<The Kings Mountain
Board of Education race for
three seats now held by
.and Curtis
Connie Phifer Savell, 56,
George Litton, 73, and
Phillip Glover, 44, are being
challenged by Kathy B.
Falls, 43, Eddie Benton, 66,
S. Dale. Oliver, 47, and
Yvette D. Grant, 45.
No major issues have
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FUNDRAISER
and audiences throughout
From Page 1
plan to hold at least one
fundraiser every year
around this time to raise
money for the Patrick Sen-
ior Center.
Pendergrass’ common
sense approach to finances
make her book an easy read
that all need to read.
Her wisdom of finances
began with a few "unneces-
* sary" hard knocks. "I expe-
rienced financial problems
early in life, including bill
collectors, late payments,
living from paycheck to
paycheck and everything in
between. I always thought if
I had a better job making
more -money, those prob-
lems would not exist," she
wrote in her preface. "One
day my mom heard me
stressing out about my bills
and struggling to pay them.
She said something so sim-
ple and yet it was some-
thing we all should know.
She said, 'Katherine, it is
not how much money you
make, it is how much you
spend.’ After I started to live
by that truth, I began to
In her book, Pendergrass
makes finances easy to un-
derstand, the debt monster
becomes not so hard to slay
and she reminds the reader
that freedom and power
doesn't come with more
money, but with better
sense.
She puts the common
words of wisdom, like "pay
your bills on time" and
"don't spend more than you
have", into relatable true
stories from her own life or
the lives around her.
Katherine Pendergrass
owns and operates Liberty
Tax Service and Annie's
Consignment with her hus-
band Karl Pendergrass, in
Union, SC.. She has one
daughter, Kelli, a -son-in-
law, Montero, and. one
granddaughter, six-year-old
Kaia. She has two sisters,
Janice Raye of Charlotte
and Wanda Gilmore of
Kings Mountain.
Pendergrass was previ-
ously employed with Cytec
‘Industries, in Charlotte, for
13 years as a corporate
trainer ‘and course devel-
oper. She has facilitated
training on diverse topics
the United States, Europe
and Mexico.
She is a guest columnist
for the Union Daily Times,
writing "Keeping It Real
with Katherine", which fo-
cuses on issues of finance,
life lessons and common
sense topics for the readers.
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1,030 in Ward 3; 1,648 in
Ward 4 and 1,212 in Ward
5. A total of 463 people are
registered to vote in Grover.
The last day of early vot-
Brenda McFalls Ross, 68, is
challenging Mike Butler,
62, for the Ward 2 seat on
City: Council; Tommy
Hawkins, 65, is challenging
date opinions are expressed
on "Meet the Candidate"
special pages in today's edi-
tion of The Herald.
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Five plus years of active and productive participation in Kings
Mountain City government more than qualifies Tommy Hawkins
to represent the citizens of Ward 3.
Vote Tommy Hawkins for Kings :
‘Mountain Ward 3 City Council.
If you live north of East King St.
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