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BEST WISHES TO …Best wishes are extended to everyone who is
celebrating a birthday today, es-pecially: Janie Lee McKinney, Ann
Wray Keziah, Doris Outen, Ruby Efird, Tatyana Morrison, Jim
Holloway, Joshua Caudle and Kyle Philemon. Best wishes also
are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday Monday,
especially: Jessica Enderle and Walker Norwood,Best wishes
also are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday Tuesday,
especially: Bill Jackson, Marvin Tyson, Hakeem Polk and
Jaynie Williams.Add your names to the birthday list by calling
704-261-2278 or emailing [email protected] at least 48 hours in
advance of publication.
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13The state of Wyoming is the dead-liest state for drinking and
driving, with just over 13 drunk-driving fatalities for every
100,000 people occurring each year. New York experiences the least
amount of drunk-driving fatalities, with only 2.06 per 100,000
residents.
A number to know
1831: Darwin began his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.1900:
Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashed her first saloon.1932: Radio
City Music Hall in New York City opened.1945: The World Bank was
created with an agreement
signed by 28 nations.1949: The Netherlands transferred
sovereignty to Indonesia
after more than 300 years of Dutch rule.1979: The Soviet Union
took control of Afghanistan, install-
ing Afghan politician Babrak Karmal as president.
Today in history
COMING UP
Coming WednesdayHow does your garden grow? Read Joy Goforth’s
garden column on Wednesdays and it might grow even better.
Coming FridayOutdoors writer Bill Howard
offers tips, techniques and tales of adventure in the great
outdoors.
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2015 • CHARITABLE EFFORTS: WHAT NONPROFITS
NEED. A5
A $2 billion bond issue will be on the ballot when North
Carolina voters go to the polls on March 15 in party and
presidential primaries.
Rep. Dean Arp, District
69, is among the authors of the bill to put the bond issue on
the ballot. He said this is a good time to put the issue before
voters.
“What this bond propos-al does is provide $2 billion wor th of
investment into Nor th Carolina’s needed infrastructure,” Arp said.
“It does so without raising taxes or even increasing our debt.”
It is a six-year capitol plan,” Arp said. It will invest in
National Guard facilities, parks, agriculture, indus-tr y, along
with water and sewer infrastructure projects throughout the
state.
“After six years, we are actually $1.1 billion less in debt than
where we are today, even taking out that $2 billion.”
Arp said he had two ques-
tions when considering the bond issue:
“Do you think it’s going to be cheaper to build these facilities
and these infra-structure in the future than it is now? Do you
think the cost of money is going to be cheaper than where it is
right now?” Arp said.
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Arp among authors of bond issueBY TERRI FERGUSON SMITH
[email protected]
Norma Dougherty went from a life in the country of Prince Edward
Island in Canada to being a world-traveling beauty queen almost
overnight.
H e r n e w m e m o i r, “Island Girl: Triumph of the Spirit,”
talks about her time spent traveling the world and how she found
her identity and relation-ship with God once her reign as Miss
Dominion of Canada ended.
Dougherty, a Wedding-ton resident originally
from Darnley on Prince Edward Island in Canada, entered the
world of beauty pageants when her high school principal suggested
she enter a local pageant that was part of the har-vest festival.
She won. After that, she won Miss Domin-ion of Canada and then
competed internationally at the 1970 Miss World, Miss Universe and
Queen of the Pacific pageants. She was a semi-finalist winner in
the Miss International contest.
Dougher ty went from having never been on an airplane before to
traveling
the world and being greet-ed with roses and adulation from
people. She was 18 and the competitions and praise lasted for about
a year.
“It was quite a growing- up experience for me,” she said,
describing the year as a “whirlwind.”
After it was over, she felt she did not know who she was,
Dougherty said.
“You’re expected to go back to a normal life and I just didn’t
know how,” she said.
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Island Girl: How a beauty queen found her true identityBY
CAROLYN STEEVES
[email protected]
Help for a single mom and her daughter, seriously injured in a
car accident ear-lier this year, is growing as friends and
strangers alike donate funds for needed equipment.
Shelby King and her daughter Kai are hoping 2016 brings a
vehicle equipped to take Kai and her wheelchair to where she needs
to go.
Kai, 6, has mastered the skills needed to operate her
wheelchair, a 300-pound mod-ern marvel.
The accident happened on April 13, King said.
Just after the Easter holi-day break, King was tak-ing her
daughter to school. Details are sketchy, King said, because she
suffered a
SEE SUPPORT/PAGE A5
Support builds for young crash victim
BY TERRI FERGUSON [email protected]
Terri Ferguson Smith | Enquirer-JournalShelby King and her
daughter Kai are hoping 2016 brings a vehicle equipped to take Kai
and her wheelchair to where she needs to go.
Measure will be on ballot in March
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The state is in a great posi-tion to be able to invest in
infra-structure, he said. The state’s population just recently
reached 10 million, he said, and the last time the state issued a
bond for infrastructure was 15 years ago
when the state had about two million fewer people, he said.
The state has a AAA bond rating, which is the highest, he said,
and is one of only 10 in the U.S. which has ratings that high from
all three credit agencies.
“We’ve got strong debt man-agement and always have, which means
the cost of capital is low. We can obtain this money, fixed for 20
years for 3.5 percent,” Arp
said. “Now is just a great time to invest in our state.”
Arp said the state isn’t bor-rowing just because it can; there
is both a need and an opportu-nity.
“Sometimes people get the impression that we’re borrow-ing just
because we can,” Arp said. “The reality is we haven’t borrowed
anything in the past 15 years.”
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concussion in the acci-dent. She knows that she put her daughter
in the back seat on the driver’s side and fas-tened her seat belt,
but her booster seat had been left in her grand-mother’s car.
They didn’t have far to go, she said. On the way to school, King
took her eyes on the road just for a second, she said, and when she
turned back she was about to hit a tree at 45 miles per hour.
“Not to make excus-es. It happened. I can’t go back and change
it. There’s no use in beat-ing myself over it,” King said. “We have
to move forward. Kai is a brave, strong girl. She’s still exactly
the same. The only dif ference is that she’s in a wheelchair.”
King said doctors were not optimistic, ini-tially telling King
that her daughter would be permanently paralyzed from the neck
down.
“There was not one time that I believed what they said when they
said she was not going to move from the neck down,” King said. “I
just
prayed and I knew it was in God’s hands.”
In addition to her spi-nal cord injury, she had a traumatic
brain injury and a broken leg, as well as other injuries.
Kai has regained some use of her hands, she can feed herself and
pull up from a reclining position.
Kai goes to school five days a week and she goes to physical
therapy four days a week in a special needs bus. There are many
other places her mom would like to take her but their vehicle is
not equipped to handle her wheelchair.
They need a new vehicle modified to carry Kai’s wheelchair.
Modifications will be about $25,000, putting the total estimated
cost of the vehicle around $50,000, King said.
For that reason, there is a GoFundMe account set up to receive
dona-tions on Kai’s behalf. All funds will go toward the purchase
of a power wheelchair assessable vehicle.
To donate, go to:G o F u n d M e . c o m /
helpingKaiMore than $6,000 has
been raised by 86 people in six days, according to the GoFundMe
website.
SUPPORT
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She said she suf-fered a personal iden-tity crisis for many
years, something she believes many people can relate to. Her memoir
tells the story of that time in her life and the struggles she went
through and her relationship with Jesus Christ.
This is Dougherty’s first book. She said she had been thinking
about it for a number of years, but decided that she wanted to her
story when she came to know the Lord.
“It’s so meaningful to me, that I wanted other people to see the
trials, the strug-gles, the successes and the failures,” she
said.
She said she wants to help people find the place where they feel
their hear ts are at home and to fill the void many people feel in
their lives.
D o u g h e r t y a l s o works as a motivation-al speaker and
often speaks on these sub-jects.
“It’s not just about finding the identity,” she said. “It’s
about the trials and tribula-tions...the life chang-es tha t you gr
ow through.”
At first, the process of writing the book was frightening and
she wanted to quit. She said she was con-cerned she might say
something and hur t someone’s feelings, along with other
con-cerns.
However, the feed-back she has received makes the process
worthwhile, she said.
“I have received so many great reviews
... I’ve had so many women whose hearts have been touched that
it’s really been worth it,” Dougherty said.
Her book is for peo-ple of all ages, but she hopes people come
away with dif ferent messages.
She said that for younger women, she hopes they realize that
“beauty is as beauty does” and not to strive for the perfect image
they see in magazines and the media.
“Beauty is in our character,” she said.
For older women, D o u g h e r t y h o p e s they lear n to f
ind contentment within their circumstances, even if they are going
through hard times.
“I think we are all board with a void in our hearts and we try
to fill it with so many outside things, so many worldly things,”
she said. “We can find that peace that guards our hearts and minds
if we just stop that con-tinual searching.”
Dougher ty wants people to understand the difference between
happiness and joy. She said happiness is momentar y and
cir-cumstantial, while joy is a feeling of peace and patience even
in the midst of dif ficult circumstances.
Her book has been available since August and Dougherty said it
has been doing well.
“ I fee l that i t ’ s wonderful because it honors the Lord and
I just want to honor the Lord in everything that I do,” she said.
“I’m just thrilled that I have this opportunity ... I really hope
that it helps other people.”
Her book is avail-able on Amazon and other bookstores.
QUEENCharitable EffortsWHO: Union County Crisis
Assistance MinistryWHAT: Annual meeting, dinner and
celebrationWHERE: Monroe Country Club, 1980
Pageland Highway, MonroeWHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2016
from
6 until 8 p.m.NOTES: Individual seating is $30,
table sponsors are available for $300. Please RSVP by Dec. 31 by
calling 704-225-0440.
•••WHO: Carolina Waterfowl RescueWHAT: Adopt-a-thon Open
HouseWHERE: Carolina Waterfowl Rescue,
5403 Poplin Road in Indian TrailWHEN: Jan. 23 and 10 a.m. to
Jan. 24
at 4 p.m.NOTES: The rescue is holding an
open house for adoptions. You must have an adoption application
on file to attend.
They will be open to the public all weekend to come pick out
birds. Adoption coordinators will be there to help you pick out
birds and all the fees are waived on ducks and roosters. Reduced
adoption fees on all caged birds and other animals.
Please complete an application online prior to the event. Only
approved adopters will receive the expedited handling and waived
adoption fees. www.carolinawaterfowlrescue.com/adopt.html
•••WHO: Two Hearts One Language
FoundationWHAT: Black Chicken BenefitWHERE: Black Chicken Wine
Cellar,
113 E North Main St, WaxhawWHEN: Feb. 23, 6 p.m. until 10
p.m.
(drop-in)NOTES: The benefit will support
Express Yourself, Financial Fitness and I AM modalities of the
EFL program. There will be appetizers and finger foods, along with
a cash bar for beer and wine. The event will feature live
entertainment, local artists, a silent
auction and more. •••
WHO: Union County Education Foundation
WHAT: Run for U 5KWHEN: Saturday, April 9 at 8 a.m.NOTES: More
information
when available, visit
http://www.ucedfoundation.org/events/run-for-u-5k.
•••WHO: Union County Crisis Assistance
MinistryWHAT: Fifth annual CrisisRUNWHERE: Wingate
University, WingateWHEN: April 9, 2016NOTES: The event
will feature a 5K,
10K and a one-mile fun run. More details as they become
available.
•••WHO: Carolina Waterfowl RescueWHAT: Medical
NeedsWHEN: OngoingNOTES: Carolina Waterfowl Rescue is
seeking the public’s help to restock their treatment room
with many basic first aid supplies used on a daily
basis. Medical supplies do not need to be sterile or in
date.
The rescue especially needs: ointment such as Neosporin; Q-tips;
gauze (pads and rolls); Ace bandages; vet wrap (to protect bandaged
wounds); Latex gloves; finger splints; medical tape; hydrogen
peroxide; vinegar; cotton balls and tweezers.
Donations can be dropped off at the rescue, 5403 Poplin
Road, Indian Trail, Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Cash
donations are also needed to help purchase supplies and
medications. Checks, made payable to Carolina Waterfowl Rescue, can
be mailed to the organization at P.O. Box 1484 Indian Trail, NC,
28079, with “medical supplies” in the memo line. Donations also can
be madeonline at www.carolinawaterfowlrescue.com/donate.html. All
donations are tax-deductible.
•••WHO: Union County Crisis Assistance
Ministry
WHAT: Needs listWHEN: OngoingNOTES: The agency
needs boxed
meals, canned meats, canned soups, canned vegetables, peanut
butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, sugar, flour, cornmeal, crackers,
fruit juice, fruit cups, paper towels, toilet paper, spaghetti
noodles, spaghetti sauce, macaroni, pasta, cake and cookie
mixes, icing and snack items for its food pantry. They also
need body lotion, combs, brushes, deodorant, disposable razors,
mouthwash, shampoo, conditioner, soap, body wash, toothpaste and
toothbrushes. Along with supplies for the office,
dishwashing detergent, gift cards, paper bags, boxes and
laundry detergent. Please call the office for specific needs or to
make arrangements at 704-238-0155.
•••WHO: Turning PointWHAT: Wish
ListWHEN: OngoingNOTES: The Turning Point shelter
needs: Chef Boyardee canned products, ramen noodles,
nonperishable kids snacks, juice that does not need refrigeration,
coffee, paper towels, toilet tissue, napkins, plates, 12 ounce
cups, plastic food gloves, liquid hand soap, disinfectant spray,
Clorox wipes, cleaning supplies (Pine Sol, All Purpose, Lysol,
Clorox wipes), laundry detergent, bleach, women’s and men’s
deodorant, hairbrushes, women’s and men’s shaving cream, women’s
and men’s body wash, men’s razors, ethnic hair products, women’s
and men’s pajamas (Medium, large, 1X, 2X,3X), women’s and men’s
socks, women’s and men’s underwear, pillows, twin sheets and pillow
cases, blankets for twin beds, wash cloths, dish towels, bath
towels, plastic shower curtain (with metal rings), bath mats with
rubber backing, gas cards for clients and gift card or checks (made
payable to Turning Point) designated specifically for the Client
Assistance Fund.
For more information, call 704-283-9150.
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