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Wednesday, December 17, 2014
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Letters to the Editor (Continued)
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teachers and police and other adults. You
can do that while having them report to
you any incidents that doesn’t seem right
© to them. Unless something is a life or death
situation it can always be addressed after the
incident occurs. More than anything, get the
kids in church.
Last are church Pastors. God love them
all. They may have the toughest job out
there and the least appreciated. They follow
a calling of our Lord and Savior. They see
and deal with the worst situations of any-
© one, including Doctors and Nurses. They
constantly deal with pain, both physical and
spiritual. They encounter broken families
and those struggling to stay together. They
serve many ways in the communities, even
outside their church homes. They see the
lost every day and do their best to lead the
lost to Christ. Many times they fail and they
frequently feel like they personally are fail-
ures. God still demands they continue their
work, even while knowing a lot of it will
not bear fruit.
Thank God for these groups. Thank God
for His Son, Jesus Christ.
Merry CHRISTmas to all.
Beauford Burton
To the Editor:
Thank you to everyone who was in-
volved in the preparation of the Grover
Christmas Parade.
I hate that we were not able to have the
parade on Saturday, Dec. 6 but I couldn’t
‘have participants arld viewers standing and
riding in the rain. We do not have a date to
reschedule for this year but we have already
set up a rain delay day for next year and I
hope to see you all next year. The parade
next year will be Saturday. Dec. 5, 2015 at
11 a.m, The rain delay date will be on Satur-
day, Dec. 12, 2015. Thank you again.
Anna Grace Hughes
Parade chairman '
No room: in the mall say church workers
From Page 1
gifts are wrapped.
Black said the project helps gift-buyers
have a less stressful holiday and all do-
nations will help put a roof on the Haiti
The parent company of Cleveland Mall
sent a memo to Family Worship as well as
the Salvation Army that “The Cleveland
Mall does not allow solicitation in and
around the mall, regardless of the cause
AE rs X, pr os fa
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Bids for new shooting range
on Commission agenda Tuesday
The Cleveland County Board of Commis-
sioners was meeting Tuesday night to consider
construction bids for the new shooting range.
Roger L. Holland of Holland & Hamrick
Architects was recommending that Eagle
Wood, Inc. receive the total contract award
of $2,206,425 and T. C. Strickland Construc-
tion Co. receive the contract award for the
Concessions Building and Training House
for the Cleveland County Shooting Range at
$485,445.
As the board began its new year a total of
11 board appointments were made by commis-
sioners.
school.
being represented,”
Reflections: on the loss of a family doctor
From Page 1
they raised 5 children,
attending to their health,
education and spiritual
well-being. He influ-
enced the life of many
others including myself.
His acts were consis-
tently unhistoric, never
making the headlines as
caring, benevolent and
even life-saving actions
fypieally do not. It seems
that the only time a doc-
tor makes the news these
days is if he has commit-
ted a crime or is accused
of malpractice.
| had the honor of car-
ing for him for the last
3-1/2 years of his life.
Though a shell of the
person he once was, he
always expressed his ap-
preciation for the visits,
either in my office or in
his home. As his cognitive
function declined, | found
myself reflecting during
our visits; the exceptional
life of service, the dedica-
tion to his profession and
family, the vast amount
of knowledge and expe-
rience burgled by his de-
mentia. Though Dt. John
did not live a “hidden life”
as he was always very ac-
tive in the community, his
life was dedicated to pro-
viding those “unhistoric
acts” to the residents of
Kings Mountain and the
surrounding area. | can't
help but think how many
of us would agree that
our health and the greater
good of the community,
have been improved by
this man’s life.
(Dr. Scott Moss is a
Kings Mountain native
and a medical doctor in
Charlotte. He was Dr,
John McGill's physician
for 3 "2 years prior to his
death.)
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Cooking Corner
Ed. note- The recipes in today's cooking column comes Sfrom
“Something Old, Something New” from the White Plains Shrinettes cookbook
CHRISTMAS
SALAD
Mary Wilson
2 c. sour cream
2 Thsp. Lemon juice
8 oz. pineapple
2 diced bananas
4 drops red or green food coloring
%4 c. chopped nuts
1 small jar red maraschino
cherries, drained
1 small jar green maraschino cherries,
1 drained % c¢. coconut
Freeze in cupcake pans lined with cupcake
papers. Serve on lettuce.
I want to take a
little time to wish
my beautiful, lov-
ing, sexy, amazing
wife Denise Cobb
a very Happy 5th
year anniversary.
Denise, the last
five years have
been the greatest
of my life. There
are so many peo-
ple that thought
and some even
hoped that this
Godly wife.
PORK CHOPS
SUPREME
Dot Gantt
6 or 8 pork chops
3 medium potatoes
1 medium onion
1 quart tomatoes
% tsp. crushed basil
Brown pork chops. Peel and slice potatoes
and onions; boil about 5 minutes. Drain.
Place tomatoes and basil in bottom of pan.
Layer potatoes and onions. Place pork chops
on top. Cover and bake at 350 degrees about
45 minutes or until potatoes are done.
Happy Anniversary
marriage would fail. Well, how wrong they were. Oi love for each
other has grown more each day over the past five years.
After five years of being married this December 21st, I can honest-
ly say I never ever knew or thought I could love anyone as much as |
do you. Also you get more beautiful each day.
I am so glad and honored to be your best friend, your soul mate
and your husband.
Babe, you could look in all the world and you could never finda
love as true as mine. I love our honesty, faithfulness pnd love so true 0
to each other, that we share.
We both know that love we share comes from God our Givin. I
love the faith in God we both share, praying together each night
and morning. I love our time in church at Chestnut Ridge with
each other. I know that God put this marriage together for a purpose
and nothing or no one can tear it apart.
You are such a great nana, wonderful mother and a very special
Denise, I will love you forever. Thanks for loving me like you do.
It is such a great feeling that I will always cherish.
t
Love you, Pete
# BRIEFS
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Resurrection Lutheran
Christmas Eve service
Christmas Eve Services
at Resurrection Lutheran
Church will be at 8 p.m, on
. December 24. The service
“will be led by The Rev.
Dr. Michael Varn, current
interim pastor and by semi-
‘nary student Emily C. Lem-
oine of High Point, NC.
Special music will be
given as a Prelude and
during the service by the
Chancel Choir under the
direction of Clay Ollis. This
candlelight service marking
the birth of the Christ Child
will include Holy Commu-
nion,
The public is invited to
join the congregation for
this beautiful and meaning-
ful service.
Mary's Grove
church service
Mary's Grove United Methodist Church, 1223 Mary's
Grove Church Road, will hold candlelight communion ser-
vices Tuesday evening, Dec. 23, at 7 p.m. Refreshments
will be served after the services in the church fellowship
hall. Everyone is welcome.
Drug
ring:
busted
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secured bond.
Sheriff Norman said,
“These arrests and the
quantity of pills that were
seized shows just how
serious the problem is
with the diversion of pre-
scription medication. The
Sheriff's Office continues
to educate the community
about this problem and
ways to help combat it.
I encourage any church,
civic group or organiza-
tion that wants to know
more about how they can
help to call the sheriff's of-
fice at 704-487-4788.
Casino: opposition group
takes petition to Washington
From Page 1
of Indian Affairs, Depart-
ment of the Interior, and
Paula Hart, head of Indian
gaming operations.
Forcade said the purpose
of the trip was to “make
sure the Department of In-
dian Affairs knows that the
indications of community
support they received in the
application were misrepre-
sented. We wanted them to
know that the application,
in fact, was not official
letters but was done in se-
crecy."
Harris told the group that
“nothing has been decided,
the process is early, early”
and Forcade said she used
the word early a number of
times. The developers and
the Catawba tribe have sub-
mitted an application as a
mandatory trust application
and that determination is
yet to be made, Harris said.
“One of the key things
we wanted to bring out
was that, contrarary to
what local officials are
saying, that a complete
environmental study has
neither been completed or
approved.
Forcade added, “They
stated their appreciation to
us for taking the time and
on our own dime to come
to Washington, DC and ex-
press the wishes of the com-
munity.
Board: settles on transfer policy
change; calendar tweaks proposed
From Page 1
“There are still concerns
about fairness among many
on this board and in the
community.
Nevertheless, Hoyle and
others said the new policy
language was a “good com-
promise.”
The board was presented
with possible school cal-
endar charges that it will
decide on in subsequent
meetings.
Due to updates, school
employees are now enti-
tled to 11 holidays during
the school year. The cur-
rent 2015-16 calendar only
designates 10. That means
that additional holiday will
need to be designated. To
that end, the calendar com-
mittee, which is composed
of parents, teachers and ad-
ministrators, is proposing
two changes:
Good Friday is currently
a planning day. The com-
mittee recommends chang-
ing. Good Friday from a
planning day to an Annual
Leave day. The planning
day would be eliminated.
Memorial Day is currently
an Annual Leave Day. The
committee recommends
changing Memorial Day
from an Annual Leave day
to a holiday. The Annual
Leave day will be moved to
Good Friday as described in
Option A.
State law mandates that
the school calendar must
contain 215 days total, in-
cluding workdays, holidays
and annual leave. Instruc-
tional days can either be 185
days or 1,025 instructional
hours. The board heard a
presentation from CPA firm
Dixon Hughes Goodman
regarding its annual audit of
the school board’s finances.
The audit reported that
the school system’s gen-
eral fund — essentially,
its savings account — had
fallen from 2012-13 lev-
els, but was still considered
“healthy” ... for a “school
district of this size.”
Auditors also explained
that the decrease had been
expected by school budget
officials, and adjustments
had been made.
Auditors noted a decline
in profitability from food
sales, which was accompa-
nied by an overall decline in
food sales and an increase
in federal food funding.
School board members
had few questions about
the results of the audit, but
Roger Harris posed a broad
question about whether au-
ditors had uncovered any
waste in the budget. Audi-
tors responded by saying
they found only insignifi-
cant amounts of waste or
unnecessary overhead. In
an administrative action,
the school board members
elected Phillip Glover as
new chairman of the board.
Glover replaces Dr. Jack
Hamrick, who has served
‘as chair for three years.
Shearra Miller retains her
position as the board’s vice
chair.
The board recognized
Burns High School teacher
Chad Beam for being
a runner-up for the Re-
gional Teacher of the Year
Award. An English teacher
and Burns graduate, Beam
was named the Cleveland
County Teacher of the Year
for the 2013-14 year.
Joining other board
members who said Beam
had high standards and was
a gifted educator, Richard
Hooker praised him for his
“enthusiasm” and “pas-
sion.”
“It’s teachers like you
that make a real and last-
ing positive impact on
students,” board member
Donnie Thurman, Jr., said.
In the public comment
segment of the meeting, Jim
Richard spoke on behalf of
a number of students — in-
cluding one who attended
Kings Mountain Middle
School — who claimed to
have suffered intense and
prolonged bullying this se-
mester.
Richards, who came into
contact with the children
while serving as liaison for
a local church, said that the
Kings Mountain Middle
Schooler had been trauma-
tized so much that she had
tried to commit suicide. He
also said he had witnessed
her hair falling out from the
stress of the bullying, and
that her grades had gone
“from good to bad.”
Although board mem-
bers, as a rule, do not re-
spond to public comments
during the course of the
meeting, Richards was in-
structed to meet with Dr.
Brian Hunnell, the school
district’s director of admin-
istrative services.
At Monday’s meeting,
the board announced plans
to videotape each meeting
and post the footage with
audio on the Cleveland
County Schools web site
https://sites.google.com/a/
clevelandcountyschools.
org/ccs/). The practice will
begin in January. “(Video-
taping meetings) lends itself
to transparency,” said board
member Thurman.