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Opinions...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
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WN uote of the week...
A politictan thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.
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Make a
Difference
Day
project
Each Make A Difference
Day, millions of busy Ameri-
cans set out to help others.
Whether they rebuilding a play-
ground or cleaning up trash,
volunteers proved a universal
tenet to be true: It is better to
give than to receive. For that
period of time, they make the
world seem like a better place.
What is Make A Difference
Day?
Make A Difference Day is
the most encompassing na-
tional day of helping others — a
celebration of neighbors help-
ing neighbors. Everyone can
participate. Make A Difference
Day is an annual event that
takes place on the fourth Satur-
day of every October. Millions
participate. People who care
enough about their communi-
ties to volunteer on that day ac-
complish thousands of projects
in hundreds of towns. Anyone,
young and old, individuals and
groups, anyone can carry out a
volunteer projects that help
others.
Your project can be as large
or as small as you wish! Look
around your community and
see what needs to be done. It
might be as ambitious as col-
lecting truckloads of clothing
for the homeless, or as personal
as spending an afternoon help-
ing an elderly neighbor or rela-
tive.
Are people hungry, home-
less or ill? Are parks or schools
dirty or neglected? No matter
where you live, there's a need
nearby. You can act alone or
enlist your friends, family and
co-workers. Dozens of people
across the community can
band together.
Carry out your plans to help
others on Make A Difference
Day, this Saturday, Oct. 26. Be
sure to take lots of pictures and
share them with us in our Make
A Difference Day photo album.
Send your information to
lib.kmherald@gmail.com; be
sure to include your name and
phone number.
How to reach us...
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To the Editor:
| have known Jerry Mullinax for a very long time and his reputa-
tion as a good, honest man doesn't do him real justice.
Jerry has 10 years experience as a former councilman and | do
believe he deserves another chance as councilman for we the peo-
ple of Kings Mountain deserve the best, and, in my opinion, he is
the man for the job.
Thank you for your time and for the publication in your paper
as to this good man's character and experience.
Gayle F. Courtney
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
November 5 is coming around soon and the good people of
Kings Mountain will be going to the polls to vote for the candi-
dates of their choice. This is what | love about America. We get to
pick and choose who we want to represent us to make the right
decision on how our city is run. :
Tommy Hawkins married my baby sister, Kay Baity some 49
years ago. He and Kay did a great job raising their three daughters,
Kim, Zena and Tonya. Tommy has worked hard all his life. You
elected Tommy to the city council in the last election and he has
done a great job for Ward 3 and for the betterment of Kings Moun-
tain.
Tommy is running again for Ward 3 councilman and would ap-
preciate the support of the people in Ward 3 again. Your vote will
be greatly appreciated.
My name is Ken Baity and | approve this letter.
Ken Baity
To the editor:
The Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry was established in 1990 by
the Kings Mountain Ministerial Associatiom.
We serve the Kings Mountain and Grover area of Cleveland
County with emergency assistance such as food, utilities, rent,
medicine, baby formula, diapers, gasoline, kerosene, transient
ministry and many other things that may come under emergency
needs. We are noticing now that some of our clients are coming
from other states or other counties. Our population is increasing.
Most of the time we are the first ministry that they seek assistance.
| just want to say to our community a huge Thank You for all the
years you have been supporting the Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry.
Thank you for being a true servant. We could not do our job with-
out your support. Thank you again.
Iris Frady
Executive Director, KM Crisis Ministry
James Freeman clarke
To the Editor:
| have started to write this letter many, many times over the last
two or three years and then not done it but | feel like it is some-
thing we all need to think about.
The office that | work out of is downtown. | have been here for
over 24 years. | have watched businesses and restaurants come
and been excited - and then watched them go and been saddened.
This is just what | see every day out of my window, but it it is
happening all over town.
| have questioned why we as a community and town are not
supporting local people and local businesses. Why would we
rather drive to Gastonia or Shelby to purchase a gift or eat a meal?
| know there are more choices but | happen to think we have some
pretty good choices right here in Kings Mountain. The people run-
ning these places are living here and are part of our community.
Owners of these businesses range from young entrepreneurs to
greet grandparents who are trying to provide services in Kings
Mountain, so their children and grandchildren will want to live
here and raise their families here.
| believe that we have good restaurants, jewelry stores, florists,
antique shops,consignment stores, hardware stores, and outfitter
| store, a bakery, gift shops, a fabric outlet, and the list goes on and
on. All of these establishments are comparable to anything in
Shelby or Gastonia and some of them are much better. Why do we
get in our cars and drive 16 to 20 miles round trip to shop? Why
would we rather support the big box stores? You may say things are
more expensive here in KMTN? | wo uld say not only are we burn-
ing fuel that probably costs as much as the little bit of markup at
some of these stores, we are also spending 30 minutes of our time
in the car traveling out of town.
I have been guilty myself of heading East and West to shop, but
lately I have seriously tried to focus on shopping and eating here
in town. We need to support our friends and neighbors. If we don't
start now Kings Mountain will be a desolate, little ghost town, with
nowhere to buy anything.
So | challenge you to at least check out all that we have in
Kings Mountain — shop in these establishments, see what they
have to offer before driving East or West. If you have any sugges-
tions on how to make shopping in Kings Mountain better, call The
Main Street Director Jan Harris at 704-730-2197 or if you want to
remain anonymous and there is a reason that you don't shop
downtown or greater Kings Mountain, write it down and send it to
PO Box 99, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 and | will do my best to
get your reasons to the right people, so we an work on fixing this
as a community.
| am challenging all of us to shop at HOME!
Stella N. Putnam
To the Editor: does it to the best of his ability. He is very dedicated, en- See more
Tommy Hawkins, my husband for 49 years, is running thusiastic, optimistic, sincere and a man of integrity. Letters
again for Ward 3 city council. Please go out and vote Tuesday, Nov. 5. Thank you in :
Tommy is 100% committed to working for the better- advance to the Editor
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ment of Kings Mountain. When Tommy does anything he Kay Hawkins on page 9
Folks were
asked...
The federal
government
was shut down
for two weeks.
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What effect Other than the IRS office
ia: being closed, no effect.
did it have on Not for me anyway.
you or your
. Johnny Nantz
family?
t didn't effect me even
though I'm retired military.
Paul Brown
None that | know of. It did-
n't bother my employer or
my work.
My husband is on disabil-
ity. We were scared to
death he wouldn't get his
check. And they shut the
parks down. | wasn’t
happy.
Earnest Jones
Bobbie Martin
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