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i Page 4C PORTER YELTON Yelton wins theatre critic award Porter . Yelton, Gaston Day School student and son of Bob Yelton of Kings Mountain, won the Charlotte Observer Student Theatre Critic Award recently and will receive the award May 19 at Belk Theater in Char- lotte. Eleven student critics from local high schools par- ticipated in the inaugural Student Critic Program in as- sociation with the 2nd an- nual = Bumey Awards presented by Wells. Fargo with support from The Char- lotte Observer. Editors at The Charlotte Observer chose the winner who is a junior student. Grover honors volunteers Grover Elementary School held its annual Vol- unteer Day April 26. Staff members prepared a wide variety of special desserts for all parents, grandparents, and commu- nity members who have given of their time and tal- ents to help students this year. Each volunteer also re- ceived a packet of flower seeds with stickers that read, "Volunteers Sow Seeds of Kindness." PROUD TO BE A PIONEER NIGHT- Thursday was “Proud to be A Pioneer Night” at Kings Moun- AMBER SELLERS Sellers is National Honor Student Amber Sellers, Freshman student at Kings Mountain High School and daughter of James and Tina Sellers of Kings Mountain, has been recognized for academic achievement as a United States National Honor Stu- dent Award winner. She will be recognized in the United States Achieve- ment Academy’s Official Yearbook which is published annually. “Recognizing and sup- porting. our youth is more important than ever before in America’s history. Certainly, United States Achievement” Academy winners should be congratulated and appreci- ated for their dedication to excellence and achieve- ment,” said Dr. Stevens, Founder of the United States Achievement Academy. The USAA National Honor Student Awards pro- vide honor students with many benefits and services and is a tribute to a student’s dedication, talent and ability. George | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 ASHLEY RUSSELL Russell graduates from UNC Sharon “Ashley” Rus- sell, daughter of Perry and Sharon Russell of Kings Mountain, graduated May 12 at a 9:30 am. com- mencement ceremony in Kenan Stadium at the Uni- versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ashley majored in Jour- nalism and Mass Commu- nications (Editing and Graphic Design) and Eng- lish with a minor in Infor- mation Systems. She was listed on the Dean’s List for the last four semesters at UNC. She is a 2009 graduate of Kings Mountain High School. Grandparents are Brenda Lawson, Clyde and Denise Lawson, Mark and Shirley Dickson and Dixie Blanton. She plans to move to Dallas, Texas for employ- ment at Brown Books Pub- lishing. Bridges, Moore in Phi Kappa Phi Katie Bridges of Bethle- hem Road and Jordan Moore of 1417 S. Battleground Av- enue have been initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the University of North Carolina at Char- lotte. Phi Kappa Phi is the na- tion’s oldest and most selec- tive collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate stu- dents and 75 percent of j Jur iors. tain Intermediate School as 4th grade orientation was held. An incoming student and Bis par- ent are greeted by faculty members Rachel Lowery and Jasmine Wilson. kmherald.net KMMS Junior Beta Volunteers — Mayor Rick Murphrey greets Kings Mountain Middle School Junior Beta Club volunteers at the Kings Mountain Main Street office as they conduct a beau- tification project downtown under the leadership of Jan Harris, Main Street Ditecior Photo by ELLIS NOELL KMMS Junior Beta Club members paticipate in Main Street Program Eighty members of the Kings Mountain Middle School Junior Beta Club traveled after school on Wednesday, May 22, to vol- unteer for the Kings Mountain Main Street Program. The volunteer effort was the result of col- laboration between the school and the Main Street program and was headed by Shelby Myers, 8th grade Counselor at KMMS. The students, under the supervision of KMMS Principal Dr. Brian Hunnell, Ms. Myers, Mauney Memorial Library Director and Main Street Advisory Board member Sharon Stack and Main Street Director Jan Harris were deployed to various areas in the down- town area to assist with beautification proj- ects. One group of students removed the spent pansies and weeds from around the Mauney . Memorial Library’s sign and planters while another group removed a row of liriope in the - area between the main library biding and the Harris Children’s Wing in preparation for a new concrete pad and bicycle rack which will be installed soon. A third group of students went to the pedestrian corridor beside the Amity Build- ing that connects S.Battleground with the Cherokee Street parking lot where they planted around 17 hostas in two of the large planters. The final group remained at the ‘Main Street office on King Street where they cleared the weeds from the garden space in front of the office and planted three rose bushes. The students were welcomed by Mayor Rick Murphrey who commended them on their volunteer efforts in support of their home town. New sign at KM Middle School A new sign at Kings Mountain Middle School was purchased with funds provided by the community. Kings Mountain Patriots” features a “Pa- triot” and was recently put up at the school. “We want to thank sponsors for their gen- erosity and for making a difference in the lives of our children,” said a school spokesman. Sponsors included Harris Funeral Home, Chairman of the Board; Gold sponsors — Bridges Hardware, Jeff and Kate Carley, corti Gordon and Sherry Wright, Brian and Miriam Goff, Mike and Lisa Medlin,; Silver sponsors — First National Bank of Shelby, In- novative Pool Designs Inc., Tim Moore, Di- versified Textile Machinery Corp., Spartan Marketing, Cherokee Auto Auction, Crown Automotive Group, Chief Enterprises, C&T Leatherman Holdings, Warlick and Hamrick Insurance and Alliance Bank & Trust; Bronze sponsors- Destiny Washington and Cam Scism. SCHOLARSHIP WINNER Pictured are Peggy Troxell (State DAR Regent), Andrew Thomas ~ Buchanan (scholarship winner from the Colonel Frederick Hambright Chapter in Kings Moun- tain) and Judith Phillips (State DAR Scholarship chairman). This award was presented at the North Carolina State Daughters of the American Revolution Conference in Durham April 28, 2013. Andrew was also the DAR Good Citizen for the Colonel Frederick Hambright Chapter this year. MARCH MADNESS WINNERS - East School third and fourth grade students followed the NCAA tournament during PE classes. Physical Education teacher Barry Webster explained where each college is located, how the NCAA tournament works and encouraged students to reach the goal of attending college. One student from each class received a hasketball. Front row, third graders, Stacy Hannon, Kayleigh Sauls and Hailey Hudson; back row, fourth graders Tommy Moore, Kadance Revels, Jaden Fields and Mr. Webster.
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