February 15, 2012
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LADY PATRIOTS! clinch tie host playort game Monday
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Burns finally got into the
scoring column with a
buzzer beater to end the first
period. Kings Mountain
went on to lead 12-7 at half-
time and 26-9 going into the
fourth period.
Burns made a run early in
the fourth quarter to cut the
score to 26-20 but Kings
Mountain won going away.
The Patriots did an out-
standing job working the ball
inside to Tiffani Thompson,
who led both teams in scor-
ing with 16 points. Kelsi
Farmer and Maikeia Seright
scored four points each,
Gwen Hopper three, and Vir-
ginia Dellinger and Shaniya
Portee two each.
Hopper and Seright
played well defensively.
Front Porch Music
By Ron Isbell
Hold ‘em ander
til they bubble
Hold ‘em under ‘till they
bubble. Or just a sprinkle.
Dunk ‘em in a raging river.
Or a quick dip in a heated
baptistry. Days old infants
of age of consent. King
James or New Revised
Standard. :
Baptist, Methodist, Jew-
ish, Catholic, Lutheran, An-
glican, Wesleyan, AME,
Nazarene, Quaker.
Qur faith is very per-
sonal. I don’t think anyone
will argue with that. But
what we do seem to argue
with is that we singularly
are right in our thinking
about our religion and per-
haps everyone else is
wrong.
One of our reporters was
tasked with explaining to us
just what Mitt Romney’s’
Mormon faith means to him,
and by extension, what it
might mean to us if he were
to become the next president
of the United States. It’s a
faith I know very little about
and wanted to know more. I
was “left still wanting to
know more about Mor-
monism.
He used some internet
references I wish he hadn’t.
We, as your local newspa-
per, need to leave the Web
for you to figure out indi-
vidually. If you choose to
accept what you find there,
that’s okay with me, but I
don’t think we need to ad-
vance such information as
facts.
His story also raises a
question that only those of
us my age and older might
relate to. In 1960 we elected
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a rich New Englander who
happened to be Catholic.
Many said a Catholic should
not lead our nation. He al-
most lost that election be-
cause of his faith. And, in
fact, he is still the only
Catholic president to lead
the US, I believe. In 1960
there were many Americans
who knew little about
Catholics. Stereotypes
abounded about billions in
gold and precious gems hid-
den away and of secret or-
ganizations within the
church who carried out hid-
den agendas. They were
criticized for educating their
children in their
schools.
And how did electing
this rich man with a religion
. most of us didn’t understand
“work out for us? Pretty dog-
gone well as I recall. I was
11 and, of course couldn’t
vote, but I'd put a check by
his name today if he were
here to run again. There are
a lot of parallels between
Kennedy and Romney.
Many differences, too,
though. But to write off a
candidate because his reli-
gion differs from our Sun-
day morning routine could
be a huge shortchanging of
our country’s future. I think
we need to know more than
I do at this point to make re-
ligion an issue.
References are still being
made to Mormonism’s
polygamy practices, which
are no longer accepted by
the church. I just heard the
issue raised this weekend on
a TV news program. To con-
own
tinue to dig up this practice
in order to condemn the re-
ligion is plain wrong. It’s
just as wrong as if we were
to continue to bring up ston-
ing and other barbaric prac-
tices of the early forms of
Christianity.
Every religion has had its
dark hours. Remember
heads served on platters?
Bloody crusades in the
name of God? Today’s Mid-
dle Eastern holy wars are
nothing new to Bible schol-
ars. It’s easy to find disrep-
utable references when we
look deeply into religion,
and these are the roots of the
same religions we pragtice
today.
We owe everyone the
right to practice their faith
the way: they want. We do,
however, have an obligation
to understand how that faith
might impact each of us be-
fore we go to the polls.
In fact, I care very little
about religion. There are too
many of them, and they all
can’t be right in their
dogma. But I do care about
faith and a man’s measure of
that faith. The church I was
raised in told me that my
neighbors would go to hell
because they were “sprin-
kled” and not immersed, a
view I just cannot accept. I
cannot find traction in a be-
lief that God could write off
billions .of souls because -
they were born in a time or,
in a part of the world that”
has not heard of Christian-
ity. Tibetan monks not wor-
thy of salvation? It has to be
about faith, not
religion. And if Mitt Rom-
ney has the conviction of his
faith to carry him through
four years as president of
our country, I think I can ac-
cept his religion. Even the
good Baptist Bill Clinton
lost his way but still served
us well as president.
February is Heart
Health Month
.In recognition the Kings
Mountain Hospital is spon-
soring a heart awareness
event on Wednesday, Febru-
ary 15, in the front lobby
from 10:00 a.m - 2 p.m.
A Sanger Clinic Physi-
cian and hospital staff will
be available to answer ques-
tions, take blood pressures,
and distribute educational
material.
Fun and information for
all. The public is invited.
Caregivers to meet
Caregivers of persons
with dementia are invited to
. a meeting to hear the advan-
tages of palliative care for
the person with dementia
and their caregivers.
The program will be
held at Life Enrichment Cen-
ter Adult Day Care in Shelby
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In last week’s Herald,
Emporium storeowner
Shirley Bimrose was incor-
rectly identified as Shirley
Brimrose in the story “The
Emporium on 161 - now
open for business”.
Tuesday, Feb.» 21, at 5:30
p.m. It is free of charge and
open to the public.
For more information,
call 704.484.0405.
Volunteer on Red
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teams
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by attending a membership
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at the Cleveland County Red
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1333 Fallston Road, Shelby.
All training of volunteers is
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Kings Mountain Middle's cheerleaders cheer their Lady Patriots on to victory in a big win
over Burns Monday.
AT LEFT, Kings Mountain's Taylor Myles keeps the defensive pressure on Burns in Monday’ Ss
Tri-County game at KMMS.
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inviting area on school grounds, called the.
Wolf Den, for classes to meet for an outside
lunch, reading time, parent project, or class
event. :
Benches and picnic tables, along with
beautifying plants and new grass, will create
an atmosphere that will be conducive to out-
door activities yet allow learning, communi-
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prove and be enhanced.
The project is scheduled to be completed
by late spring.
Grover Elementary School is one of more
than 585 schools or parent organizations to
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tion across the United States during the
2010-2011 school year.
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