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HOSPICE
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raised $1.6 million for con-
struction of the KM Hospice
House—mostly from indi-
viduals, families and busi-
nesses in Kings Mountain,"
McGinnis said. "The support
from these donors has been
amazing, especially consid-
ering the challenging eco-
nomic times. The living
room, conference room, and
hospice house still have not
been named, and we think
these are perfect opportuni-
ties to honor people in the
community." 3
Naming opportunities are
available through donations
to the Hospice house project.
"We're also actively
seeking $3,000 and $10,000
pledges, which can be paid
over several years. All of
these gifts will be acknowl-
edged with recognition
plaques at the hospice
house," McGinnis said.
To make a donation to the
new Hospice house, contact
. Myra McGinnis at 704-487-
4677. or the project's Capital
Campaign Chairman Jay
Rhodes at 704-739-8194.
The City of Kings Moun-
tain submitted a second grant
request on Hospice's behalf
to the North Carolina Rural
Economic ~~ Development
Center. If approved, the
grant will provide $156,000
for the Kings Mountain Hos-
pice House, based on
$12,000 for each of the 13
new full-time jobs that will
be created there, according
to Hospice Cleveland
County.
"Honestly, we’ve worked
so hard for so many years to
bring a hospice house to
Kings Mountain—it’s diffi-
cult to believe that we’re so
close to achieving this goal,"
McGinnis said. "It really is
the culmination of a lot of
work by a lot of people who
have a heart for Hospice and
the care we provide to peo-
ple at the end of life.
"We’re thrilled that the
Kings Mountain « Hospice
House will open soon and
that when it does, it will pro-
vide greater access to hos-
pice care for people
throughout Cleveland
County.”
The Kings Mountain
Hospice House, located on
Kings Mountain Blvd., looks
out on a serene view of the
mountains.
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Work continues on the new KM Hospice House.
The Kings Mountain Herald
also a Boy Scout.
SHADOWS
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Although there have been
years when the annual event
was not held, the fact that the
City of Kings Mountain still
honors it today is a testament
unique to the program.
King said that Kings
Mountain is currently the
only municipality he knows
of that allows local scouts to
shadow city employees.
“We are very appreciative
of the city doing this,” he
added.
Scout Leader Tommy
Matola, whose son partici-
pated in Friday’s shadow
program, said that the event
is “unbelievably important”
for the scouts.
“We're always very proud
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to have the scouts come
downtown and work with
the different department
heads,” said Mayor Rick
Murphrey, who is an Eagle
Scout himself. “They learn a
lot about the city and we
learn from them.”
I The scouts’ day started at
9 am. at city hall, where
they gathered for their as-
signments with city employ-
ees. Each scout, eight in all,
drew an envelope with the
name of the department they
would shadow.
Jake Brown, of troop 95,
drew the detectives division
of Kings Mountain Police.
Joining him was scout John
Bridges, of troop 93, who
was assigned to shadow the
police chief. Both young
men were escorted by police
captains Derek Johnson and
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Jerry Tessneer.
David Warlick, who is an
active member of the award-
winning Kings Mountain
Police Explorers (a special,
division of the Boy Scouts),
got an inside look at the
city’s gas department, es-
corted by David Lawhun.
At the end of the day,
Warlick was given a hard hat:
and other little souvenirs to
remember his work with the
department. But the one
thing he perhaps enjoyed the
most was the experience.
He said that employees
showed him how all of the
gas regulators work and how
to. change charts. He also
helped them check for gas
leaks.
“I really appreciate the
opportunity,” he said. “It
makes you think about the
different careers.”
Although he plans to go
into law enforcement, he
said that getting an inside
look into the gas department:
was a “great experience.”
Scout Nicholas Matola
said that he also had a great
time shadowing the water
department: “I got to drive a.
track-hoe and move dirt to
bury a pipe that was show-
ing,” he said, excitedly.
Then, he said, they went
to the treatment plant and the
sewer plant.
“I learned a bunch of
stuff,” Nicholas said.
His journey ended at the
Patrick Senior Center, where
he and his escort, water de-
partment employee Tommy
Painter, met with the rest of
the scouts for lunch.
Alex Martin of scout
troop 93 toured the public
works department Friday
morning with
Ricky Putnam,
Tyler Sholes of troop 39
toured the city’s electric de-
partment. Cody Clemens,
troop 95, shadowed the fire
department.
At fire station No. 2 he
learned, along with an Allied
Health class from Kings
Mountain High, how to op-
erate a fire extinguisher.
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Front row, left-right, Steven Smith, Tyler Sholes, David Warlick, Mayor Rick Murphrey, Nicholas Matola, Alex
Martin, and John Bridges. Back row, I-r, Cody Clemens, Jake Brown, Scout Leader Tom Matola, Tommy
Painter with the city's water department, Scout Master Tommy King, and Councilman Dean Spears, who was
Each was quizzed on what to
do in the event of a fire and
then they each had a chance
to put one out with an extin-
guisher ‘using the P.A.S.S.
(Pull the pin; Aim for the
bottom of the fire; Squeeze
the trigger; and, Sweep the
nozzle) method.
Steven Smith of troop 92
shadowed at the library and
said that he read a book to
children.
Talking over; pizza at the
center, all of the scouts
seemed to have a memorable
experience; and experience
is one of the key elements in
the boy. scouts program.
It’s more than just teach-
ing them how to earn a merit
badge, King said.
“To watch this little man
sit down and do something
you showed him, like start-
ing fires with rocks and
flints, he’s accomplished
something on his own that
not everyone knows how to
do. It means a lot to them,”
he added.
“The skills that they learn
they can carry with them all
of their life,” the mayor said.
“You can see a change in
the boys going through the
program,” King said.
The evolution seems to
come as they gain self-con-
fidence, leadership skills, the
knowledge: of first aid tech-
niques, the value of team-
work and more in their many
tasks.
Beginning of the scouts
Boy Scouts is not just
about going camping or
learning how to survive out-
doors, but that is how it
started, in a way, over 100
years ago.
“The World Scout Move-
ment began in the United
Kingdom in 1907 with an
experimental camp on
Brownsea Island, Dorset.
During the week-long camp,
Robert Baden-Powell and a
small party of boys put into
practice his ideas for training
* young people in responsible
citizenship,” according to
scout.org.
The program was
adopted and began in Amer-
ica on Feb. 8, 1910, by
newspaperman William D.
Boyce. Today, Boy Scouts of
America boasts over 2 mil-
lion members. The World
Scout Movement has more
than 28 million members in
over 216 countries and terri-
tories.
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