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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Yours,
Ours,
Others
“It is the working man who Ls the happy man. tis the tlle man who is the miserable man.”
—Ben amin Franklin
Assumption is the worst of
sins in the newspaper business
Assumption is the worst of sins in the
newspaper business.
Last week we ran the wrong picture of
the couple who won the $10,000 grand
prize at the Kings
Mountain Historical
Museum fundraiser.
The couple that was pic-
tured on the front page
- Richard and Janice
Anderson - won a nice
prize but not the grand >
Lib Stewart
Managing Editor
prize.
$10,000 grand prize.
Wendy Walega didn't realize she and
her husband had won the $10,000 until
her husband kissed her and said, “Babe,
we won.” She said she was still in shock.
Wendy said when it was down to two
tickets she was watching her husband and
another man ( Richard Anderson) and she
thought the Andersons had won the top
prize. “I saw everyone looking at us and
| thought they were feeling sorry for us
because we lost.”
Jeff Walega has been employed by Em-
erson Process Management for 37 years.
Letters to the Editor
Thoughts on
“Same Sex Marriage”
The Supreme Court
ruled that it is a constitu-
tional right for all citizens
of the United States to be
allowed to marry. the per-
son of their choice.
First, it is obvious that
the LBGT individuals ( as
all of us) have no choice
in how God made them.
Who in their right mind
would choose to live the
tormented and abused life
they live?
The facts are:
They are citizens of the
United States.
Wendy and Jeff
Walega won the
=
in March.
WENDY AND JEFF WALEGA
A longtime Harley enthusiast, he enjoys
beekeeping as a hobby and also helps
build sets for Kings Mountain Little The-
atre plays which his wife has directed.
Wendy is looking forward to directing
the KMLT musical, ‘Have a Nice Day”
The Walegas haven't made any spe-
cial plans for spending their winnings.
Wendy says they will probably end up
They contribute to our
society.
They pay taxes.
They fight and die for
our freedom and country.
They make wonderful
and faithful friends, neigh-
bors and parents.
And think of this = They
are being discriminated
against because they are
loving somebody. We are
judging it to be the wrong
person. And that is God's
call, not ours. It is the
wrong interpretation of the
Bible.
Jesus did not speak
about homosexuality. He
did however teach us how
using some of it for some unexpected
home repairs that recently came up.
to live with each other.
“Love your neighbor as
yourself,” judge not that
Jou be not judged,” be
ind to each other,” serve
each other and take care
of each other” to mention a
few. And lay aside the old
Jewish laws.
So this ruling does not
take away our religious
freedom in any way. In-
stead, it gives us as Chris-
tians the opportunity to
show all of God's children
His amazing love, grace
and mercy.
MOLLY SAVAGE
Kings Mountain, NC
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Goodbye!
Now that's a word I've
been using a lot lately. Ac-
tually it is probably one of
the most used words in the
English
lan-
guage,
along
with
hello. For
you see,
we greet
and bid
farewell
to folks all
day long, every day, don't
we? Phone calls begin with
hello and end with good-
bye. Encounters during
the course of our days
usually begin and end that
way. So it is really a rather
common experience to say
goodbye to someone. And
yet, when we are using it
before an extended separa-
tion, there is often a sense
of finality and sadness.
None of us has the
promise of the next breath
and so there is no guaran-
tee that we will ever see or
speak to someone in this
life. | remember shaking
hands with Eric Wright out
at Mountain Rest Cemetery
on a Tuesday after we had
worked a funeral together.
He was his usual jovial,
encouraging self. The next
Monday, | was back in
the same cemetery at his
funeral. We never know
when goodbye will be a
final separation.
Of course, for the
Christian, it isn't. In John
14, Jesus was trying to
prepare His disciples for
His imminent departure.
Rev. James Lochrldge
Former Pastor
Second Baptist Church
He used these words, “Let
not your heart be trou-
bled; you believe in God,
believe also in Me. In My
Father's house are many
mansions; if it were not so,
| would have told you. | go
to prepare a place for you.
And if | go and prepare a
place for you, | will come
again and receive you to
Myself; that where | am
there you maybe also.” He
was saying goodbye, but
helping His followers to
realize that it was just for a
season. They would watch
Him die, but they would
also'see Him resurrected
to live eternally. And in
those words about Himself,
He also let them know
that they would receive
the same treatment. Most
would probably experience
the death of their earthly
body, but because they
had put their faith and trust
in Him, their spirit would
live forever and they could
look forward to receiving
an eternal body. Now
that's a deal if ever | heard
of one; swapping and old,
worn out body, perhaps
even one mangled by an
accident or ravaged by dis-
ease, for a brand spanking
new one that will never
grow old or suffer deterio-
ration in any way.
William Shakespeare
said, “Parting is such sweet
sorrow.” How true! We are
saddened by the require-
ments of separation and
yet glad that our loved one
will no longer be suffering.
We are sad that we won't
have the privilege and joy *
of more regular fellowship
with a friend who is mov-
ing away, but glad for the
new opportunities the next
chapter of their lives will
provide them.
I've often reflected on
the words of Revelation
21:4, "and God will wipe
away every tear from their
eyes, there shall be no
more death, nor sorrow,
nor crying. There shall
be no more pain, for the .
former things have passed
away.” I've wondered why
the tears in the first place.
Maybe it will be tears of
remorse that we didn't do
enough to encourage oth-
ers to trust in Christ so that
they too can experience
heaven. | confess that |
don't know which. Perhaps
it could be a little of both.
| do know this though.
Every time | say goodbye
down here, is just a fore-
runner of that last goodbye.
The one that | know as a
Christian will simply pro-
ceed a big HELLO on that
glad reunion day in heav-
en. Not because | deserve
it or earned it, or was born
in the USA, or any other
reason, but Savior and
Lord. That decision, made
as a six year old, has guid-
ed my goodbyes and hellos
for some 60 years now. |
can face the goodbyes in
Kings Mountain and the
hellos in Aruba because |
know that through my faith
in Christ, one day I will
be able to say “goodbye
earth and hello heaven'' in
eternity. Hope to see you
there.
from the Sept. 21, 1995
edition of the
Kings Mountain Herald
After a petition effort by
retired city planner Gene
White, Kings Mountain
citizens voted down the four
year term three months ago
and council changed the
charter to two year terms for
city officials. Charlie Car-
penter, Democrat precinct
leader, had stirred up so me
interest with letters to c can-
didates asking their input for
four year and two year terms
and seeking a return to the
four y ear staggered term for
four city offices up for grabs
this year.
Natural gas customers
LOOKING BACK
of the city can expect their
gas bill to be higher with
October bills if city council
passes on, as expected, a 3 to
5 percent transportation cost
for firm customers. Finance
Director Maxine Parsons said
after Monday's meeting of
the utilities committee that
$33,000 is cost of the prod-
uct and should be shared by
everyone buying gas.
Mrs. Josephine Ellerbe
Weir, who died Sept. 15,
1955, w as an educator for
47 years and a former librar-
ian whose longtime service
to the community was per-
petuated in the building and
dedication of the Weir Audi-
torium at Mauney Memorial
Library in her honor.
One of the hits of any
Friday night KMHS football
game is the pre-game and
half time performance of the
Mountaineer Marching Band.
The band includes over 100
students. Drum majors are
Christie Hughes and Susan
Putnam.
The football contest
that appears on a page in
the Herald, Bessemer City
Record and Cleveland Times
is very popular and presents
to a lucky winner $100 in
weekly drawings.
Food Lion advertised
this week “extra low prices
and more” and Winn-Dixie
advertised “Lower prices
every day.”
Kim Davis, Marriage Licenses
and Down The Road
If you take a job for
the govern-
ment then
you should
abide by the
rules of the
job. If you
don’t agree
with the
rules then
you should
resign.
When the government as
in Kim Davis’ case makes
allowances for her to ex-
ercise her religious con-
victions then that “seems”
to be a good thing. After
all we are a country of
religious opinions across
the board and we don't
want to violate people's
religious convictions.
However, If you work
for Caesar then you have
to follow Caesar's rules.
Here is something from
Glenn Mollette
Guest Editorial
the Bible. Mark chapter
12:13 “Then they sent
some of the Pharisees
and Herodians to Him
in order to trap him in
a statement. (This is
referring to Jesus). They
came and said to Him,
“Teacher, we know that
you are truthful and
defer to no one; for you
are not partial to any,
but teach the way of God
in truth. Is it lawful to
pay a poll-tax to Caesar,
or not? “Shall we pay or
shall we not pay?” But he,
knowing their hypocrisy
said to them, “Why are
you testing me? Bring
me a denarius to look at.
They brought one. He
said to them, “Whose
likeness and inscription
is this? And they said to
him, “Caesar's. And, Jesus
said to them, “Render to
Caesar the things that are
Caesar's and to God the
things that are God's.”
And they were amazed at
him.” (Mark 12: 13 - 17).
| don’t think anyone
should have to do some-
thing if they have moral
or religious objections.
However, if you are tak-
ing money from Caesar
aka the government then
there are some expecta-
tions. Actually, I've never
worked a job that did not
have expectations, guide-
lines and requirements,
whether | liked them or
not.
Personally, | would not
officiate a wedding cer-
emony for a gay couple.
This doesn’t mean that
| am opposed to equal
rights. | am for equal
rights and the equal rights
See KIM DAVIS, Page 7A
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