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- EMILY WEAVERHERALD
The Shutterlight Group,
a photography club at the
Kings Mountain Art Center,
is having its first photogra-
phy competition and will be
accepting entries 11 a.m.-3
p.m. on Saturday, June 12.
A complete prospectus is
available online at photo-
club.southernartssociety.org
and at the KM Art Center in
the old depot, 301 N. Pied-
mont Ave.
Kristy McSwain, a
Cleveland County native
and the owner of Intimate
Visions by Kristy Photogra-
phy based in Kings Moun-
tain, will judge the contest.
Awards will be presented at
a public reception on June
20 at the depot.
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Shutterlight Group plans first
photo contest for June 12
For more information,
email photoclub@south-
ernartssociety.org or call
704-473-9971.
CORRECTION
Reagan Childers, the
youngest bra designer in the
Southern Arts Society’s
new exhibit in honor of
breast cancer and those af-
fected by it, was mistakenly
identified -as Meagan
Childers in last week’s Her-
ald. A ninth-grade student at
Kings Mountain High, Rea-
gan Childers volunteered to
decorate a bra for the ex-
hibit currently on display at
the Kings Mountain Art
Center, in the old depot, 301
N. Piedmont Ave.
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MEET THE CITY’S JUNIOR FIREFIGHTERS - Kings Mountain Fire Department’s Junior Firefighters
are, left to right, Ryan Bridges, Marty Lockridge, Trevor Mashburn (in back), Noah Allen, Brandon
Gantt, Joey Carroll (in back), Chris Allen, Brandon Parker, and Bubba Moss, accompanied by Fire-
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“the “pavilion”.
fighter Engineer Rocky Pack.
White Oak celebrates Nussing Home Week
‘Just couldn’t find a
better place to be’
By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
Joey Turner, 69, is happy
to be a resident of White Oak
Manor in Kings Mountain,
where he said he’s a name not
a number.
May 10-14 was National
Nursing Home Week and
Turner, along with the staff
and residents, celebrated the
occasion with the theme of
“Enriching Every Day at
White Oak Manor-Kings
Mountain Theme Park”.
On Monday, they cele-
._ brated with beach music with
the Many Faces of Johnny B
. performing. The afternoon
was filled with beach games,
building sand castles, and a
bubble blowing contest. On
Tuesday, they watched the
movie “Grease”, enjoyed
games in the “Rydell Senior
Carnival”, milkshakes in
“The Soda Shop” and a visit
from “Elvis”.
On Wednesday, White
Oak enriched the day on the
“Riverboat Queen”, spending
the afternoon “gambling” and
playing Bingo. On Thursday,
they enjoyed entertainment at
“The day
started with pianist Bobby
Burson and the afternoon was
filled with the WOM Pavilion
Talents,” according to a re-
cent WOM-KM newsletter.
On Friday, residents and
staff celebrated with a
“county fair”, starting the day
with a petting zoo. They ate
“country vittles” for lunch
and played “Cow Patty
Bingo” and judged a blue rib-
bon contest in the afternoon.
They ended the day and
the week with a Bluegrass
country hoe down provided
i by the Whetstone Mountain
Boys.
Turner has been a resident
of White Oak Manor for two-
and-a-half years. Three days
after his wife suddenly passed
away before Christmas in
2008, he fell in his house. He
EMILY WEAVER/HERALD
Joey Turner, left, and Amy Mayes, his “buddy” at White Oak Manor.
was taken to the hospital and
was treated for pneumonia.
“The doctors wanted me
to come down here and stay,”
he said. Turner suffers from
emphysema, COPD, asthma
and has had a heart attack.
“After she passed away I
didn’t have anyone at home
to help me,” he said.
He was nervous about
going to a nursing home and
wasn’t sure what to expect.
“But when I got down
here and got to know the res-
idents, knowing people on
my own level, it made me feel
better,” he said.
It wasn’t Turner’s first
time in White Oak Manor. He
had come to the facility sev-
eral times to visit patients and
donate his time.
After joining the Mount
Holly Police Department in
the 60’s, Turner, who served
in the U.S. Army, decided to
pursue a career as a certified
nursing assistant. ,
He worked as a C.N.A. for
45 years at the old Gaston
Memorial Hospital, Gaston
Hospital, the Presbyterian
hospital and Kings Mountain
.Hospital. After a heart attack,
he retired, and said that he
looked forward to a life of
leisure and traveling with his
wife. Her time came too soon.
Missing her is hard. But
perhaps the smiling faces and
the attentive ears of those at
White Oak Manor have
helped in a way.
“Without socialization we
fail to thrive,” said Amy
Mayes, Turner’s “buddy”,
who works in the activity de-
partment.
She brings “his Kings"
Mountain Herald to him
every week, simple gestures
that mean a lot. °
Turner bragged about
Crystal Lombardo, the White
Oak administrator; the nurs-
ing staff, housekeeping, the
cooks and the activity helpers.
They have all made a differ-
ence in his life today.
" “A lot of people come in
and donate their time playing
games with us,” he said.
“Joey’s a special resident
for us,” Lombardo said.
He also thanked Nursing
Director Judy Dover, who he
added is a “fine person”.
“We're his family and he’s
our family,” Dover said, with
a grin.
In the Activity Depart-
ment, he gives credit to Di-
rector Kathy Payne, Amy
Mayes, Sharon Wilson and
Ashley Melton. “They do a
_ real fine job with giving us
things to do,” he said.
He participates in nearly
all of the activities White Oak
offers, including Bingo
games, Sunday school,
church services, music pro-
grams, bag auctions, exercise
programs, poker night, Wii
“video games, and karaoke.
“I enjoy everything they
do here,” he said. He added
that he also enjoys going out-
side, when his allergies aren’t
acting up, and on outings:
“Last year for Christmas *
Kathy (Payne) drove the van
and took us to Ovens Audito-
rium (in Charlotte) to see the
Living Christmas Tree,” he
said.
“We buy salvage cars & trucks”
Mac’s Auto Parts
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