February 15, 2012
The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net : Page 5B
‘Hunger Games’ fanatics collect food, calm hunger
KYRA A. TURNER
kyra.kmherald@gmail.com
It was all about “The Hunger
Games” last Friday night at the
Cleveland Mall.
Tona Dahiquist, ‘Extras Casting
Coordinator for “The Hunger
Games” - a movie premiering in
March based on the popular
Suzanne Collins’ trilogy, and fea-
tured extras from the film hosted an
event last Friday night, Feb. 10,
helping to ease the hunger pangs in
Cleveland County by collecting
non-perishable food.
The community was welcomed
by extras when donating food for
the cause and also got to join them
in a “Hunger Games” Costume
Contest. The public was encour-
aged to come dressed as someone
from the books. There were 13.
adults and three kids who partici-
- pated in the event.
Winners represented partici-
pants from all over North Carolina.
“In the kid’s division Mia McAbee,
10, was second runner-up, Ashley
Miller, 10, was first runner-up and
Alexa Masiello, 13, won first
place. McAbee dressed as a mem-
ber of the “Hunger Games” Capi-
tol, Miller came as a member of
“District 12” and Masiello dressed
as a child from the “reapings” - a
+ momentous event in the storyline
where children are culled from the
crowd, picked randomly to fight
other children to the death for the
The Outten family, (left to right
_ tied for first runner-up and a three-
. their talent in the upcoming pic-
* Joseph and Miller, were selected to
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) Joseph, Katherine, and Miller were all extras from Kings
Capitol’s amusement.
In the adult competition
Christina Edwards from Asheville
and Matthew Sara from Charlotte
way tie was decided by the judges
for first place featuring TC
(Toochukwu Anyachonkeya) from
Charlotte, Jennifer Trudrung from
Asheville, and Andrea Craven from
Greensboro, who were all dressed
as characters from the Capitol. :
With parts of the movie filmed
in Cleveland County, Dahiquist
and her team looked into cities in-
cluding Kings Mountain for people
yearning for the spotlight. The Out-
tens were one of two families from
Kings Mountain chosen to show
ture.
. “It was so much fun,” Katherine
Outten said.
Katherine and her two sons,
make an appearance as community
people from District 12, where the
heroine of the book/movie, Katniss
Everdeen is from.
“This was our first time doing
something like this and it was a
great experience,” Katherine Out-
ten said. :
Dahiquist assured extras this
would not be their last movie to
help with. ;
“The Hunger Games” is set to
hit the silver screen March 23. The
movie follows Collins’ first novel
in the three-book series.
Mountain, in "The Hunger Games" film, coming out March 23. Parts of the movie were filmed
in Cleveland County.
NC ABC commission hosting
. Katherine and her sons were extras in the District 12 scenes.
< "It was a good experience and so much fun to do as a family," Katherine Outten said.
middle school poster contest
Entries accepted through Feb. 29
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Alcoholic lected by a committee at the state ABC Com-
Beverage Commission has launched a poster mission. Winners will be announced in early
contest for North Carolina middle school stu- April, which is Alcohol Awareness Month.
dents to boost awareness and reinforce an un- =~ Winning entries will be posted online and may
- derage drinking prevention message.
be reprinted for distribution to schools or other
The contest, with the theme of “Most Don’t educational outreach.
and I Won't,” focuses on the fact that 70 per- Additional details and the entry form for the
“cent of middle school students report never hav- ~~ “Most Don’t and I Won’t” poster contest are
"ing tried alcohol.
available at the Commission’s educational web-
The contest is open to all sixth through site, www.ACTnowNC.org
eighth graders in North Carolina’s public and The NC ABC Commission’s mission in-
Prizes provided by independent grant funds
private schools as well as sixth, seventh and cludes raising awareness about the public health
eighth grade students who are home-schooled. issues of alcohol misuse, including underage
drinking, binge drinking and the challenges of *
will be awarded to the top three winners se- alcohol use and abuse for older adults.
Battle of the Books set for March 2nd
Cleveland County Mid- competition later in March. be asked in rounds, each
dle Schools will hold its an- Windy Ledford, National round consisting of eight
nual Battle of the Books Board Certified teacher and = questions. At the end of all
Competition Friday, March media specialist at Kings rounds the team with the
2, 4t9 a.m. inthe auditorium = Mountain Middle School, - highest number of points
at Cleveland Community said the students will receive will be the winner.
College. Students competing random questions from 29 “This is an exciting com-
- will be in grades 6-8 and the books and will be expected petition and the goal is for
winner will represent Cleve- = to know the title and author students to read more
land County at the regional of each book. Questions will books,” said Ledford.
You Are Invited!
The three child competition winners, Alexa Masiello, 13 years old, first place winner dressed
as a girl from the reaping; Mia McAbee, 10 years old, second runner-up dressed as a mem-
her of the Capital; and Ashley Miller, 10 years old, first runner-up dressed as a member of
District 12.
There was a three-way tie for first place in the adult competition: TC (Toochukwu Anyachon-
keya) from Charlotte, Jennifer Trudrung from Asheville, and Andrea Craven from Greenshoro,
who were all dressed as characters from the Capitol.
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