Lake-Lehman Honor Roll | PAGE 7 Vol. 119 No.3 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 January 20 - 26, 2008 , The DALLAS POST. SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF THE DALLAS AND LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com “This man died about 40 years ago. He was killed because he believed in equality for everyone.” In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and life, Wycallis Elementary School Principal Kathleen McCarthy led an assembly for all students on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 15, telling students about the late civil rights leader. The assembly was meant to educate young people about the man who had a dream for an America free of discrimination and full of peace. Six second-graders opened the event CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Third-graders Ryan Kelly, left, and Jacob Taffera lead the Wycallis Elementary School community in singing "Teaching Peace" to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated tomorrow, January 21. The Dallas School District will have an Act 80 Day with students being dismissed early. The Lake-Lehman School District will have a full day of classes while Gate of Heaven School will be closed. Remembering Martin Luther King with the Pledge of Allegiance. McCar- thy spoke to the children about discrim- ination based on race and religion and explained that King wanted everyone to be treated the same no matter who they are. Music teacher Deborah Pike played the piano and led the student body in “This Land is Your Land” while the stu- dents joined in singing the song and of- fering hand motions to go with the mu- sic. Pike began teaching the students of the school the music and hand motions used for the assembly right after Christ- Fifth-graders at Wycallis Elementary School sing and clap to a song called "Teaching Peace," marking Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. See KING, Page 11 ‘Carnivale’ will benefit kids’ charity By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com For children born with a cleft palate, life can be tough. Normal 0 daily activities such as eating and speaking are difficult. They face never-ending ridicule from children and, sometimes, even from adults. Surgery is an op- tion for many people in Amer- ica, but not in a poor country like Ecuador. Community Cares for Kids is trying to change that. Valentine's Jewelry, others join in fund-raising raffle Community Cares for Kids’ major annual fun- draising drive is currently underway with a grand leged children suffering from congenital birth defects. The organizations second annual benefit gala, “Carnivale,” will wn be held starting at 7 p.m. on : prize valued at $6800 donated by Valentine's Jew- Saturday, Jan. 26, at The High- : ery, Dallas, and nationally acclaimed Henderson 0 lands at Newberry Estates in Designs. Dalles. The cost is $125 per The award features a magnificent jewelry en- ticket. semble including necklace, bracelet and earrings from The Tinsel Collection, custom designed for the fundraiser by Lecil Henderson himself. Additional prizes include Arasys weight and size reduction and muscle-tightening package (se- ries of six) valued at $900; Parisian Peel Package skin rejuvenation and lift (series of three) $750; In June 2007, Dr. Collini of the Renaissance Center in Shavertown, along with his team of volunteers, performed about 62 surgeries on children at Naval Hospital in Guaya- quil, Ecuador. Three ear deforma- Founded by Dr. Francis and Susan Collini about two and a half years ago, Community Cares for Kids is a Back Moun- tain-based non-profit organiza- tion that assists underprivi- tions, cleft lips and palates, burn See CARNIVALE, Page 11 Perfector Package skin rejuvenation and lift (se- See RAFFLE, Page 1 Former library friend dies in Calif. By DOTTY MARTIN Editor Carol King, a former resident of the Back Mountain and a long-time supporter of the Back Mountain Memorial Library, died on January 4, 2008 in Ber- keley, Calif., after a brief illness. Best known as the publicity person for the library, King had lived in Dallas from 1967 until late 2006 when she moved to El Cerrito, Cal- if. Her son, Adrian, lives in El Cerrito while another son, Randall, resides in Truckee, Calif. King was a long-time author of the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library column that ap- peared in both The Dallas Post and the former Back Mountain Leader. As a member of the Friends of the Back Mountain Library, she was known for pro- viding publicity for that group, as well as photographing events conducted by the Friends. “Carol truly enjoyed writing the articles and doing the pub- licity,” said Martha Butler, who has been director of the Back Mountain Memorial Library for 16 years. “She would always in- terject some thought of hers or a thought-provoking anecdote into the column.” Born in January 1921, King grew up in Chicago and Wash- ington, D.C. She earned her degree in teaching French from Wilson Teachers College in 1941 and worked as a secretary, first for the War Department and then for the Chamber of Commerce in Washington. It was in Washington where she met Hugh King, whom she married in 1958 and remained together until his death in July 2006. The couple moved from the Washington area to Long Is- land, where their two sons were born, before moving to Dallas in 1967. In Dallas, King operated her own nursery school for two years. She then obtained a teaching certificate in elemen- tary education and taught first grade at Wyoming Seminary Day School from 1969 to 1989, a job she greatly enjoyed. For years, Hugh King operat- ed “The Recyclery” bicycle shop on Main Street in Dallas. In retirement, the Kings trav- eled the U.S. and Canada in their motor home and Carol al- so made several trips to Eu- rope. Last year she visited Ha- waii and Alaska, realizing her dream of seeing all 50 states. In addition to her volunteer work with the Back Mountain Memorial Library, King was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and pub- lished extensive genealogical research on both her own an- cestry and that of her husband. “Carol was very assuming,” Butler said of King. “We don’t even have any photographs of her at the library because she didn’t like to be made a fuss of. “But, she was delightful to have a conversation with,” But- ler added. “She was a very lik- able, very warm person.” King
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