ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald @gmail.com
Peggy Cline Wells may haye
brought her 46-year-old son, David
Wells, some good luck.
Last week Mrs. Wells thought she
was lucky but a check for $3,550 in her
mailbox turned out not to be a windfall
but a scam.
Last Saturday at the annual reverse
‘raffle auction/benefit of the Kings
Mountain Historical Museum the
younger Wells won the grand prize,
$10,000. He and his wife, Brenda, and
their son, David Ray Wells, were out
celebrating birthdays—David Ray was
13 and his dad was 46. Mom and
Grandma Peggy and Peggy's sister,
Dixie Cline Blanton, were on hand to
Kellstrom crowned
Page 2A - A second check scam was reported to Kings Mountain Po-
lice this week. Brenda Adams said that her daughter, Angelica, re-
ceived a bogus cashier's check for $3,450 from a "global company"
that selected her to serve as a "secret shopper" at a major department
store in the area.
receive the congratulations at American
Legion Post 155 where hundreds of
people bought $100 dinner-for-two-
tickets. Every third ticket drawn won a
prize until the end of the drawing when
the big winner was named. City Man-
ager Marilyn Sellers’ name was the next
to the last ticket called out from the
stage where Ellis Noell emceed and
. Greg Johnson drew the names.
"It was so noisy in the ballroom and
David's name hadn't been called and
Miss Pre-teen NC,
off to Disney World
: EMILY WEAVER
| Editor
Two days and one year after the
mayor proclaimed July 29th to be
"Sophia Kellstrom Day" inthe
City of Kings Mountain, a young
beauty queen had another day she
won't soon forget in the State of
North Carolina.
Kings Mountain's Sophia Kell-
strom, the former Little Miss
North Carolina, was crowned Miss
North Carolina Pre-Teen on July
31st. In November, she will travel
to the Hilton Walt Disney World
Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.,
to represent the state in the Na-
tional Miss American Pageant.
Kellstrom and 49 competitors
from throughout the United States
will vie for the title of Miss Amer-
ican Pre-Teen. In mandatory con-
tests, girls will compete in evening
gown, spokesmodel and interview
categories and may also opt to
compete in talent. Kellstrom plans
to sing in the talent contest.
She wowed the crowd at the
state pageant July 30-31st in-
Raleigh with her vocals, singing
two minutes of "Via Dolorossa"
. SOPHIA KELLSTROM
Miss Pre-teen North Carolina
aaL- DA lh
(translated from Latin to "Way of
Grief"). A Gospel song depicting
Christ's walk to the cross, "Via Do-
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drum roll. And polish those crowns!
The Miss Kings Mountain Pageant
lorosa" was new to Kellstrom.
"I started learning it on Monday
See KELLSTROM, 7A
begins at 6 p.m. Saturday on the
stage of the Joy Performance Cen-
ter.
Campbell returns from
final Flight of Honor
EDWARD GORDON CAMPBELL
...RETIRED KM RESIDENT
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i ELIZABETH STEWART
._ libkmherald@gmail.com
Ed Campbell, 86, was the age of
« the young students he now shares his-
tory with in January 1943 when he got
an appointment to the US Merchant
Marine Academy after graduating at
age 17 from the 11th grade at Kings
Mountain High School.
The Kings Mountain veteran took
his second visit to the World War II
Memorial in Washington, D.C., Satur-
day, on the 7th and final Flight of
Honor by Rotary District 7680, The
Kings Mountain Rotary Club was
among 50 clubs in Rotary District
7680 to send area veterans on the one-
day visit and their send-off at the
Charlotte International Airport fea-
tured a performance of a bluegrass-
country end that GI’s in Europe
See CAMPBELL, 7A
then we heard Marilyn's name called
and we crossed our fingers that David's
name hadn't been called yet. Then
everyone started shouting that my son
had won!" said an elated Peggy Wells.
Mrs. Wells used Larry Hamrick's
cell phone to call her son with the good
news.
"The big win couldn't happen to a
more deserving couple," said the proud
See LUCKY, 6A
Stella Putnam,
— Swimmers dive into Open Water Challenge —
Gardner-Webb University swimmers were among 220-plus who raced in the second annual 2011
Western North Carolina Open Water Challenge Saturday morning at Moss Lake. Sharks Aquatic Club
registered swimmers for the four swim events including those from USAS USAT, YMCA and Masters.
Three teams camped in comfortable temperatures at the lake and on race day with the cold front
coming in, the air was cooler than.the water. Fans enjoyed the sweater weather and the coffee and
hot chocolate served up by Oak Grove Fire & Rescue.
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A left, and KM Historical Museum Director
Stephanie Walsh (in back) give Peggy Cline Wells the great
news. Her son won $10,000.
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Photo by ELLIS NOELL
Scoggin says positive
Attfule key to survival
sg ELIZABETH STEWART
| lib.kmherald @gmail.com
Staying positive with a neat
attitude is key to surviving can-
cer, says Kristin Scoggin, 23.
Her family, co-workers and
friends agree that she is the epit-
ome of a fighter.
Scoggin smiled, showed off
her purple ribbon tattoo on her
right wrist, and visited the beauty
shop to have her hair trimmed
before she left for a vacation
with husband and family to New
York.
"There isn't much to trim,"
she laughs to a customer at Cen-
ter Street Tavern where she is a
manager. Kora Corey, a co-
worker, shaved Kristin's head
nearly six months ago, which be-
~ fore cancer was a full growth of
long, shoulder-length hair, Now
her hair is growing back short in
a pretty style. She hopes her hair
will "come back longer and
KRISTIN SCOGGIN
curly."
Kristin discovered a knot on
her neck seven months ago, a
swollen lymph node. Her oncol-
ogist gave her the news on
March 7 that she had Aodghins
Lymphoma. She had never been
sick a day in her life and there
was no history of family cancer.
"Mom Lisa Beard of Dallas,
grandmother Gayle Flow of Fort
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Campaign for million-dollar
expansion kicks off this week
By ELIZABETH STEWART
ib. kmherald@gmail.com
The H. Lawrence Patrick
Senior Life and Conference Cen-
ter is kicking off a campaign this
week for nearly $1 million:for a
14,200 square feet addition. City
officials say it is needed due to
growth, not only in programs but
in attendance by senior citizens,
and wide and increased partici-
pation by the community.
Mayor Rick Murphrey said
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the current facility cost $3.2 mil-
lion to build and was paid for by
the city in three years. He said
Kings Mountain's is the only
senior center in the state func-
tioning as a city department of
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