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Pag* 411-ElllOS MOUNTAIM HERALD-Thuiiday. luly 9. 1981 f ■ Hicks Joins KMHS Staff GOING SKIING • WhiU th« waothw In North Carolina Is hot, Thomas Putnam. Isit, and Chris Ellis of Grovsr will bs In ths cold moun tains of Oregon through luly 20 toklng port In Photo by Gory Stswart the ML Hood Eastern Downhill Ski Camps. They ore two of only 40 persons selected to portlcipote In this week's session at ML Hood. Denny Hicks, former head football coach at Owen High School in Black Mountain, has joined the Kings Mountain High coaching staff as defensive coor dinator. Hicks replaces David Brinkley, who resigned recently to go into business. A Wadesboro native, Hicks has been in the coaching profes sion for 14 years and coached the last nine years at mountain schools. During his flve year tenure as head coach at Owen, he compil ed a 35-14-1 record and coached the school to two championships in the Mountain 3-A Con ference. His first two years at the helm, he compiled identical 9-1 records and finished his career there with 64, 54-1 and 64 marks. Hicks began his coaching career at his alma mater. Bowman High of Wadesboro, as an assistant under Coach Ed Emory, who is now the head football coach at East Carolina University. After Emory left Wadesboro, Hicks served two more years as defensive coor dinator for Coach Lou Fogle, who is now the head coach at athletic director at Dorman High in Spartanburg. Hicks then moved to West Henderson High in Henderson ville, where he was the defensive coordinator for two years under head coach Don Slaughter. He then served for one year as defensive coordinator for coach Jim Levine at Owen High, and then moved to 4-A Asheville High for three years before returning to Owen as head coach. His move to Kings Mountain, he said, is the result of a desire to get closer to his hometown of Wadesboro. “My wife, Katherine, and I are both from WadesbOTo,” he said. “We have been in the mountains for about 10 years and we both felt like we wanted back in this area.” Hicks received a call from Coach Dan Brooks of the Moun taineers about the vacancy here and decided to check it out. He and his family made several trips I to Kings Mountain before deciding to move hpre. “We were so impressed with Kings Mountain that we thought it would be a good move,” he said. “We are impress ed with the school system and are excited about the opportuni ty. All the people have been great.” Hicks has two children, Mike, a rising senior, who wrestles and ptoys golf, and Eric, a rising eighth grader. Hicks has been boarding at the field house at John Gamble Stadium while trying to locate a home here. He works with Champion’s Contractors and returns to his home in Black Mountain on weekends. He hopes to move his family here later this month. It’ll Be Ski Summer For Putnam And Ellis ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ i SRLEifirirSRLEifirifSKLE i PORTERLATOR i It’S not your usual summer camp, but Thomas Putnam and Chris Ellis aren't your usual campers. The two Grover youths left by plane Friday for a 17-day trip to Mt. Hood, Oregon, where they will participate in the Eastern Downhill Ski Camp and sharpen their skills for another winter of skiing in the North Carolina mountains. The Oregon camp is the only ski camp in America, and only 40 campers are selected for each of the sue summer sessions. Putnam, 14, and Ellis, 11, have been skiing only two years but both are certified ski instruc tors on the Appalachian Ski slopes. To earn that certification, they had to undergo extensive training, and pass oral and writ ten state boards. They are two of the youngest certifi^ ski instructors in North Carolina and Ellis is believed to be the youngest person to ever be certified by the French-Swiss Ski College near Boone. The two go to Boone just about every weekend during the winter. They’re usually accom panied by their parents, Steve and Jo Ellis, and John and Susan Putnam, who are also into ski ing. Thomas’s winters are usually filled with teaching skiiers rang ing frcHn age four through aduits. He recalled the first lesson he ever gave was to nine Florida giris who had never been on skis. On another occasion, he tutored a group of Spanish youngsters and, immediately after he completed his instruc tion, one feu and suffered a broken leg. Chris, ahhough he is certified to teach, caimot legaUy because of his age. “I do a lot of baby sitting while Thomas is teaching,” he says. “I'm waiting for my age to catch up.” iRSwaice MpINIe ciMiiaiitos Find out about Nalioftwida's Employae Family Plans for businasses with between 3 and 9 employee!. It provides high maximum benefits for both life and health coverage. Including weekly income, major medical and hospital coverages. See a Nationwide agent soon. no w. Mm. St Klaga Mooatoia. N.C 73S3253 NATIONWDe I INSURANCE Ngveftwtiai « m voav Home oSioo: CaMnbus. OMe Mrs. EUis, a Kings Mountain school teacher, explained that in structors cannot actually teach until they become old enough to be granted a work card. When the two are skiing together, it's usually in a racing situation, either at Appalachian or some of the other slopes around the southeast. In a race in West Virginia last year, Chris took fourth place in his division and Thomas was third in his. “I was teaching last year at Appalachian and didn't get to race much there,” said Thomas. "This year 1 hope to do less teaching and more racing.” The racing phase of skiing is mainly what got the two in terested in the Oregon camp, which features slalom and giant slalom racing. The two explained that their first two days of camp will in clude evaluating the areas they need to work on. After that, they will undergo eight days of extensive training, and the last few days of their stay will in clude tours of the State of Oregon. jWOOD-BURNING STOVeI BUY NOW AND SAVE $100.00! 11 LAY-A-WAY PLAN 11 - $50.00 down and $50.00 a month - NO INTEREST! The average American watch es 32 hours of TV a week. Both Thomas and Chris are sports-minded, and do not Umit their activities to skiing. Thomas, a rising sophomore at Kings Mountain High School, is an avid footbaU and basebaU player. He played both sports last year at Kings Mountain Junior High School. Chris, a rising sbeth grader at South Cleveland School in Earl, also plays football and baseball, but his greatest love other than skiing is fishing. “Youll usually find him at some fishing hole,” Mrs. Ellis noted. * As he boarded the plane for Oregon, he had his fishing rod ^wrapped up in his ski bag. •Premium Quality Steel ^ •Corning Glass Doors ^ •Usable Without Power •Two Models-Freestanding and Insert •Front Mounted Motor •Lifetime Guarantee •UL Listed J 413 N. Piedmont Avenue FORD'S Kings Mouritain, N.C. 280M^ PhQpf 739-5786 or 739-5735 ^ jf ir inn! innni innrinnnr 739-5786 or 739-5735 ^ “LYTLE BUICK HAS FREE DIESELS?” 1981 BUICK REGAL (DIESEL) Yes, Free Diesels. A new Buick has never been more affordable at Lytle Buick. We have discounted the additional cost of the diesel engine from every diesel car in stock. IT’S OUR FREE DIESEL DEAL! 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