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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
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Colonel Frederick Hambright Chapter Members
Re-dedicate the Dankel Boone Trail
Middlesboro, KY — On
June 12th and 13th, 2015,
Members of the National So-
ciety Daughters of the Amer-
ican Revolution (NSDAR)
traveled the Cumberland Gap
near Middlesboro, KY to cel-
ebrate the 100th Anniversary
of marking the Daniel Boone
Trail by the DAR. At the re-
quest of the North Carolina
State Regent, Loretta Husky
Cozart of the Colonel Fred-
erick Hambright Chapter in
Kings Mountain planned the
event.
On Friday, June 12th a
dinner honoring President
General Lynn Forney Young
was held at Pine Mountain
State Resort Park. In ad-
dition, State Regents from
North Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, and Kentucky along
with 105 DAR members were
in attendance. Three members
from the Colonel Frederick
Hambright Chapter attended:
Loretta Husky Cozart, Renee
Bost, and Ann Wright.
On June 13th, 2015, hun-
dreds of DAR members,
guests from the Sons of the
American Revolution, and
the Daniel Boone Society
gathered at the Cumberland
Gap National Historic Park
to re-dedicate the four state
marker placed by the DAR
“in 1915. The morning was
filled with the Pledge of Al-
legiance, speeches, patriotic
music, musket fire salutes,
and prayers, culminating with
a wreath laying ceremony.
Tired North Carolina DAR
LORETTA HUSKEY ..at Cumberland Gap
LYNN FORNEY YOUNG
President General
dons a helmet.
daughters boarded the bus
for a long trip home after hik-
ing up the trail to the saddle
of Cumberland Gap for the
re-dedications ceremony.
Daniel Boone lived in
North Carolina for 21 years
from 1752 to 1773. He was
married here in 1756 and
many adventures from his
exciting life on America's
expanding frontier are com-
memorated with our state.
The idea to mark the Daniel
Boone Trail came from the
creative mind of the industri-
ous Mrs. Lindsay Patterson of
Winston-Salem, North Caro-
lina. A patriotic public gath-
ered to dedicate each marker,
and newspapers eagerly
wrote accounts of local cer-
emonies including the joint
ceremony at Cumberland
Gap attended by thousands
on June 30, 1915 in a day be-
fore good roads, comfortable
cars, or AAA. In North Car-
olina, twelve markers were
placed at the home of Daniel
Boone near the Yadkin River,
Shallow Ford, Huntsville,
Yadkinville, Wilkesboro,
Holman’s Ford, Elkville,
Three Fork Church, Boone,
Hodges Gap, Graveyard, and
Zionville. A total of 45 mark-
ers were placed by the DAR
Daughters across the four
states; 30 remain.
Volunteering is labor of
love for hospital volunteer
Ben Privett has long
scheduled his week around
his volunteer services.
His list of volunteer ac-
tivities includes working
with Boy Scouts of Amer-
ica for 45 years, volunteer-
ing as an instructor at the
American Red Cross, and
being a Sunday School
teacher. For the past two
years, on Wednesdays,
Privett has also been ex-
tending hospitality to
guests at Carolinas Health-
care System Cleveland
as part of the patient tram
service.
The service started in
June 2013, transfers pa-
tients and their families to
the front entrance of Levine
Cancer Institute-Cleveland.
Privett is one of the volun-
teers who d rives a golf
cart along the route, eas-
ing parking difficulties and
creating connections with
patients.
“I also pick up patients
and take them to the main
entrance," Privett adds.
Tt feels like 95 percent of
them always say, “Bless
you, thank you for volun-
teering' and I say, I'm and
old Boy Scout and try to do
a good deed daily."
Carolinas Healthcare
Cleveland has openings
for volunteers in multiple
service lines, including the
patient tram service and in-
formation desk, as well as
greeters in the emergency
department and Grover
Building. At Carolinas
HealthCare System Kings
Mountain, volunteers are
needed at the information
desk and as emergency de-
partment greeters.
Privett says the most
memorable aspect of vol-
unteering at Carolinas
Healthcare Cleveland each
week is getting to know the
patients and their families.
“When I first started, there
was a cancer patient and
we heard his wife had a
hard time finding a place to
park," he recalls. "She saw
me riding around, checking
out the people, and giving
them a lift, and I started
Hospital volunteer Ben Privett drives the patient tram ser-
vice at Carolinas Healthcare System Cleveland on Wednes-
days.
picking her up. After the
third or fourth time, I
recognized the car and I
started meeting her when
she dropped her husband
off to be treated. It was
like a family thing because
she always talked about his
treatments and everything,
after awhile you start to
recognize each other. They
tell you things about how
the family is doing, it's
been a good thing for me.”
Interested volunteers
can contact Ginger Norman
at ginger.norman@caroli-
nashealthcaresystem.com.
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KM woman sees dream come true
A Kings Mountain woman
will see a dream come true
when she boards a jet next
Wednesday for Ethiopia.
Colleen Barrick is look-
ing forward to seeing her
son, Kevin, and her daughter
and son-in-law, Jonnett and
Mussie Teshone, all mission-
aries, and her two Ethiopian
grandchildren.
Barrick said the trip would
not have been possible with-
out the support of her church
family, Emmanuel Baptist,
and East and North Elemen-
tary School staff where she
has been a substitute teacher
and saving her paycheck for
an airline ticket.
“God works in mysterious
ways," says Barrick, who has
seen the hand of God working
with others in the community
to make her trip possible.
East Elementary's secre-
tary Julie Fortner sponsored
a material shower for her so
that 60 pillow case dresses
could be sewn and the project
paid for two sewing machines
so that when Colleen arrives
in the region of Debre Zeit,
she can teach Ethiopian ladies
how to sew. North Elementa-
ry’s Anissa Moore collected
school supplies and craft sup-
plies for Colleen to take since
she will be teaching Sunday
School classes and helping
with two fun days while in
Ethiopia.
Her church friend Joan
Parker planned and organized
a sewing bee at Emmanuel
Baptist Church. With seven
sewing machines and four
15 ladies
sewed 38 dresses and some
took dresses home to sew,
including Mary Mages, who
has sewed over 40 dresses
herself.
Little girls in Ethiopia will
receive at the fun day, feeding
program at the church where
Kevin Barrick, Jonnett and
Mussie Teshone are located.
With donations, Colleen was
able to purchase T-shirts to
take to girls whose shoul-
ders must be covered because
of the culture of the area in
which they will be working.
Kevin Barrack spent two
months in language school
learning the Amharic lan-
guage which gave him a °
good base for learning and
communicating with the peo-
ple he serves. He served in a
children's home for the last
six months helping with up-
dating sponsorship pictures
and biographies. He made
home visits and helped in the
school.
Kevin is currently volun-
teering with an organization
that helps with after school
tutoring, moral behavior, per-
sonal hygiene and healthcare.
He is loving the experiences
he is getting with this group.
Kevin helped finish a
project which repaired the
roof of a home-restaurant for
Tsege,a restaurant operator,
and the repairs were finished
just in time for the rainy sea-
son and customers are able
to eat in her little restaurant
without getting wet. Kevin
Colleen Barrick, at sewing machine, and Joan Parker, left,
standing, and Mary Mages are shown with pretty and col-
orful pillow case dresses that Barrick will take to children
in the Debre Zeit region of Ethiopia next Wednesday. She
is also taking two sewing machines to teach the African
women to sew.
wants Kings Mountain peo-
ple who have been praying
for him and supporting him
that he is “loving it here and
thankful for everyone who
has helped get him here.”
Jonnett and her husband
are active in Living Stones
Ministry in Ethiopia. They
plan to officially launch that
ministry in the fall since they
have official notice that their
non-profit status has been
approved. This ministry will
focus on ladies trapped in
human trafficking and the
children who are a result.
They not only plan to meet
their physical and emotional
needs but will share the gos-
pel with them and train them
in a trade that will enable
them to support themselves.
“We are $500 sort of
reaching our goal of $6000
to buy three milk cows," she
Photo by LIB STEWART
tells her mother. With these
cows they can sell milk and
save to build their home.
They have rented for three
years but want to own land
in which to build their home
and ministry. Jonnett went to
Ethiopia five years ago as a
missionary.
Barrack says she is excited
to be able to walk alongside
her famaily and view their
ministry in action. “I want
to thank all those who made
this trip possible and I ask for
prayer that God will allow
me to be a blessing as I go to
Ethiopia," she said.
Mrs. Barrick's husband,
Nathan and their daughter,
Jasmine, went to Ethiopia for
the wedding of Jonnett and
Mussie Teshone. He will re-
main at home with Jasmine,
See KM WOMAN, Page 12
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Pre-Hire Apprentice Machinist Class
at Cleveland Community College
Monday - Thursday, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
CLASS 1
July 6 - July 16
CLASS 2
July 20 - July 30
This pre-hire class will prepare each
candidate to interview for the Pioneer Motor
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candidates into the apprenticeship program.
Space is limited to 20 people.
Unemployed or underemployed students are
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available for students who qualify.
Tuition Cost: $70 per person
Register in the Continuing Education Department
located on the first floor of the LeGrand Center on the
Cleveland Community College campus.
Contact Chad Chastain at 704-669-4224
for more information.
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