Wednesday, July 23, 2014
MCKEE: qualifies
for shot at national
championship
From page 1B
Safety Corporation who
help pay his way to the
races, McKee has had the
opportunity to pursue his
dreams. He has won 4 na-
tional titles including one at
Loretta Lynn's and has
racked up numerous top 10
finishes at the national level.
McKee will make the
long journey to Tennessee
along with his family. The
race runs July 27 - August 2.
McKee is just one of the
over 20,000 that spent the
last four months qualifying
for the event. The top finish-
ers in area and regional
qualifiers earn a berth into
the National Championship
race at Loretta Lynn’s.
Racers may enter a wide
variety of classes, from
minicycle classes for chil-
dren as young as four, all the
way up to a senior division
for riders over 50. There are
also classes for women and
classes for both stock and
modified bikes.
The track is built on a
section of Loretta Lynn’s
Ranch and Campground in
Hurricane Mills, Tenn. The
course contains a variety of
jumps, corners and other ob-
stacles designed to test the
skills and stamina of the rac-
ers.
Most riders attend the
event with the help of their
families. In fact, many
groups consider the event
their family’s summer vaca-
tion. Besides races, the
ranch provides family-
friendly facilities including
a game room, Swimming
pools, arts and crafts activi-
ties as well as a fashion and
talent show.
DOVER: named
KMHS Career-Tech
student of the year
From page 1B
tion in an international econ-
omy as world-class workers
and citizens.
Brooke focused on the
CTE program areas of
Health Sciences and Busi-
ness and Information Tech-
nology while at KMHS.
She is a Career-Technical
Education concentrator and
member of the National
Technical Honor Society.
Brooke’s CTE classes in-
cluded Health Team Rela-
tions, Allied Health Science
I, Health Sciences II, Nurs-
ing Fundamentals, and Mi-
crosoft Word, PowerPoint,
and Publisher. Brooke
earned certifications in Mi-
crosoft Word, PowerPoint,
and as a Certified Nursing
Assistant (CNA). Brooke
plans to attend the Univer-
sity of North Carolina at
Charlotte in the fall to study
nursing.
Memory Bear
Workshop
Participants will have the
opportunity to make a teddy
bear out of a loved one’s
shirt or other article of cloth-
ing. Children are welcome if
accompanied by an adult.
Space is limited. Please call
one of our Grief Counselors
at 704-487-4677 to reserve
your space.
Thursday, August 7,
9:00am - Noon or 4:00pm -
7:00pm at 321 Kings Moun-
tain Blvd., Kings Mountain.
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Page 5B
Summer Fun With Kids: DIY newspaper kite
This little activity is the
perfect combination of craft
and physical exercise. It’s
educational and artsy, but
then you get to run and play
with it. It teaches the kiddos
a little bit about physics and
lets them make something
that’s fun and actually
works.
Here is what you need:
* One sheet of newspaper
(Make sure you get a large,
full-size sheet. )
» Kite string
* Thin strips of an old sheet
or scrap fabric
* Two thin sticks of bamboo
or pliable sticks
* Clear packing tape or
scotch tape
* Elmer’s glue or craft glue
Step 1: Choose and prep
your bamboo sticks. You’ll
want one stick that’s pretty
stiff that runs the length of
your newspaper sheet, and
one stick that’s a little more
bendy that’s the same width
as your newspaper sheet.
Step 2: Cut your stiffest
piece to the length of the
newspaper. And your bendi-
est (real word!) stick to the
width of the newspaper.
Then use some of your kite
string to wrap the two sticks
together at the center, mak-
ing a “t” shape.
Step 3: Use a knife to cut
a small slit in both ends of
both sticks of bamboo. The
kite string will slide right in
that little slot. (This, I prom-
ise, is the hardest part, and it
sounds so much more com-
plicated than it is!) Insert the
end of the kite string in that
little slot on one side of the
shorter, bendy stick, wrap it
around the end of the stick a
bunch of times, and knot it
so it’s attached to the end of
the stick pretty sturdily.
Then pull the string tight
across the stick, making the
stick bend a little bit, and
slide the string through the
slot on the other end of the
stick. Tie it off and cut the
string.
Woohoo! Almost done!
Now you just need one
more piece of string that
goes around the outside of
the kite, from one end of the
bamboo stick to the other, so
it looks like this:
So starting on one end of
one piece of bamboo, insert
the string in the slot, wrap it
around so it’s sturdy, then
wrap the string around to the
next end, and all the way
around the other ends of
bamboo, then tie it off again.
Step 4: Put your little
kite skeleton on top of the
newspaper, wrap the corners
of the newspaper over the
string and glue it to itself. It
looks like a kite now,
hooray! Look at you!
Totally optional, but you
can whip out the finger
paints right now and let your
kids decorate the newspaper
before you attach it now.
Just one more way to keep
‘em entertained!
Step 5: Tear an old sheet
into long thin strips and tie
the strip to the bamboo at
the bottom of the kite for a
tail. Warning: toddlers come
out of the woodwork when
they see you tearing fabric!
Now add the string so
this baby can fly! Turn the
kite over so you can’t see the
bamboo anymore. You’ll
need to make two holes in
the newspaper to thread the
kite string onto the bamboo
stick behind it, but just to be
safe, put two small pieces of
clear tape on the newspaper
to reinforce it so it doesn’t
tear. You're going to make
one hole in the center of the
kite about one-third of the
way down, and another
about two-thirds of the way
down. Use a pair of scissors
to poke a hole in the news-
paper where you added the
tape.
Now poke the string
through that hole on the
front, loop it around the
bamboo stick behind it and
knot it, then cut the end of
the string so it’s about 2 feet
long, poke the other end of
the string through the other
hole you made, loop it
around the bamboo stick
there and tie it in a knot.
Now tie the end of your
whole spool of kite string to
the center of that 2-foot
loop. It should look like this.
See the string coming out of
the front like that?
And you’re done!
Step 6: Pick a windy day,
pack a picnic and make an
afternoon of it! You can
have lots of fun running
around flying the kite, play-
ing, and getting ALL THAT
ENERGY OUT before nap-
time.
A few tips for best success:
+ Use the largest sheet of
newspaper you can find so
your whole kite is as large as
possible. Ours was a little on
the small side, so it flew but
it didn’t SOAR like it
could’ve otherwise.
* Our kite was a little bit
square, and you’d probably
do better to make yours
more of a diamond.
* On kite-flying day,
make sure you bring extra
fabric for the tail. If your
kite isn’t staying upright
when you try to fly it, you
can just add on another tail
or a longer tail. The weight
of the tail keeps the kite
right-side-up.
* Bring a few extra mate-
rials in case your toddler
tears the newspaper when
you’re just getting started.
(Ask me how I know!).
This is definitely a one- .
time use kite, but in my ex-
perience, so are the ones you
buy at the dollar store, and
half the fun is making some-
thing anyway! When we
flew ours, it was lightly
sprinkling, so the kite even
got a little damp and still
flew like a champ.
But best of all: the kids
thought it was super fun!
You can use this project to
teach older kids about
physics and weather — or
just use it to keep ‘em enter-
tained and running around
for an afternoon!
Read more at
http://goo.gl/ugFyed.
Desmelik to
perform
Dave Desmelik, song-
writer, singer and guitarist,
returns to Owl's Eye this Fri-
day, July 25, and will play
on the crush pad from 7 until
9 p.m.
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