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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 2000
Page
5
Belmont hosts a Christmas parade at 4 p.m. downtown with additional events including Miss Scrooge at Grier Middle School, health screenings at First Presbyterian Church, and a caroling drive for canned goods. Community notices list tips for participation, venue details, and contact numbers for organizers and sponsors.
Community page invites readers to submit school news military notices duty updates and awards weekly. Contact details include FAX and mail options and an address in Gastonia North Carolina for written submissions. The notice asks for a telephone number for verification and warns photos will not be accented.
Wayne Linder crafts evolving plywood nativity scenes on the Eastside Church driveway. Starting with Joseph and Mary on a donkey, the display adds shepherds, animals, wise men, and the baby as weeks pass toward Christmas. Completion aimed by December 20.
Community listings describe a Nativity service at First United Methodist Church Dallas with the Gentlemen Songsters and Chancel Choir, plus Live Christmas Scenes at First Presbyterian Stanly. Holiday film festival at Dallas Library, a Christmas Carol radio production by Gaston College, and charity food drives by Eagle Ministries and Kirk Wells Quality Home Sales collecting ham, turkey, and canned goods through Dec 21 with a $1,000 prize draw on Dec 22.
The 12th annual Ride for the Children charity toy run by Windjammers Motorcycle Club will line up Sunday 1 30 to 2 p m in Ingles lot at Hwy 74 and 226 for Aaron's House in Cleveland County. Last year drew 250 motorcycles and 500 people with about 300 gifts and 22000 dollars raised. Proceeds fund foster care gifts and events with a goal to surpass last year’s total.
Gastonia native Navy Petty Officer James E. Bond, 28, will be overseas for the holidays as part of the USS Duluth’s six month deployment. The Duluth strengthens an Amphibious Ready Group with 900 Marines and 400 crew, able to project power and aid humanitarian missions. Bond, a 1990 South Point High School graduate, says he will stay connected with home via packages and calls, prioritizing duty over family time this season.
A list of donors to The Gazette Empty Stocking Fund includes Carol and Mike Lewis and anonymous donors giving amounts from five to five thousand dollars. Many gifts honor or memorialize individuals, with details of names and relations, and instructions for contributing by mail or in person.
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