Rutherford Weekly - Shelby NC
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Page 16 - Rutherford Weekly 828-248-1408 www.rutherfordweekly.com Thursday, March 2-March 8, 2023 DEADLINE FOR COMMUNITY DEADLINE FOR COMMUNITY CALENDAR MONDAYS: 10AM CALENDAR MONDAYS: 10AM March 3 What: White House Community Center Live Music Fundraiser When: March 3; 7-10pm Where: White House Community Center; 5408 Painters Gap Road, Union Mills More Info: Music by Black Water Station. $10. Concessions, dancing. Proceeds to community center. March 4 What: Charity Dinner When: March 4; 4pm Where: Bills Creek Community Center; 198 Club House Road Lake Lure More Info: Corned beef, Irish music. Supports Bill's Creek Community Center. Take out available. What: Rutherford Farmers Market When: March 4; 10am-1pm Where: Woodrow Jones Bldg, 146 N. Main St., Rutherfordton More Info: rcfarmersmarket.com March 7 What: Addiction Support Group When: March 7, 6pm Where: Highland Apartments; 171 Butler Rd., Forest City. More Info: Rena 828-305-1280. March 11 What: Drive Thru Country Ham and Chicken Pie Supper Fundraiser When: March 11; 4:30pm until gone Where: Mt. Vernon Community Clubhouse; 120 Mt. Vernon Cemetery Rd., Forest City More Info: $12. Support Mt. Vernon Community Club. March 18 What: Free Food Giveaway When: March 18; 8-10am Where: Caroleen Congregation Holiness Church, 112 Walker Store Rd., Ellenboro More Info: Lower parking lot- we'll bring the box to your car. What: Rutherford Farmers Market When: March 18; 10am-1pm Where: Woodrow Jones Building, 146 N. Main St., Rutherfordton More Info: rcfarmersmarket.com Through March 31 What: "Beary Fun" Stuffed Animal Collection When: Through March 31 More Info: Rutherford County Girl Scouts are collecting all types of new and gen- tly used stuff animals. Email: Mrsrahelrodgers@yahoo.com Volunteer Opportunity What: Volunteer Opportunity When: On going More Info: N.C. Guardian ad Litem Program trains and super- vises child advocate volunteers to represent best interests of kids in court system. www.volunteerfor- gal.org, 828-288-6121. Email your community happening to: events@rutherfordweekly.com 293 S Broadway St., Forest City 828-245-0434 Monday & Tuesday 8AM-5PM Thursday & Friday 8AM-5PM Sat. 8AM-12PM • Closed Wed. Not Just Oil, Pennzoil FAST FAST FAST FAST WAY WAY WAY WAY LET US DO YOUR DIRTY WORK! KIDS' CORNER BROUGHT TO YOU BY: A long time ago now it seems I was bullied unmercifully by fellow school bus riders, kids at school and even adults, because I had red hair. Unless you were born with natural blazing red hair, such as my sisters and I, you have no clue what I'm talking about. Ask that red headed little person you know if they like their hair. Having red hair was plenty enough for a fi rst grader, but adding to that a freckled face and being less than middle class, life was tough on a kid. I had three red headed, freckled faced sisters. They felt the same way. We were in this fi ght together. We defi nitely stood out from the crowd since our parents were also red headed. I remember walking into a drug store as an adult and the pharmacist, in a loud voice he called out to me, "I'd rather be dead than red on the head." He may have been joking, but even as a grown up 23-year-old adult, I cringed and looked around to see if anyone else heard. It was not funny. Last week I saw a couple of red heads I went to school with and like me all grown up now. Their hair is still beautiful, still red, still their natural color and proud of it. There are several little red heads in children's worship where I help on Sunday mornings and I make it a point to tell the children how beautiful their hair is. "I hate it," said a third grader. I hugged her. I have been there. It's beautiful and so is she. She began to tell me the percentage of children who have red color. She had been talking with her parents, too, and no doubt they offered some consolation. I admitted to her that I knew what she meant because I had red hair, too. "Your hair is not red," she said with a serious note. I asked my Mama a lot to things as a child and I probably asked about our hair color, something like this: "When I was just a little girl, I asked my mama what would I be? Would I be pretty, would I be rich, would I always be red headed?" "Que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be." Somewhere along the way, my red hair began to lighten a bit and it's more strawberry blonde today than red, according to my little friend at church. My Aunt Mae had red hair. I remember when she began to lose the shade of her bright red hair to an orange sherbet push-up ice cream color and I thought it was beautiful. I often wondered if mine would turn that color when I got as old as Aunt Mae. People have said to me when they were expecting a baby, "I just hope they aren't red headed." Well, anybody can be a blond, a brunette or have dark brown, but my sisters and parents, well we were among the less than two percent of the world's population with red hair, making it the rarest hair color in the world. It's the result of the mutated MC1R gene. If both parents carry that gene, their child has a 25 percent chance of getting lovely, red locks, even if the parents don't have red hair themselves. Well in our house, it was a full 100 percent of us with red hair. So as I stand with all the little red heads out there with the most beautiful hair color on earth, be proud, children. Hold your head up high, walk tall and remind yourself that 98 percent of the population can't even come close to having red hair. We are special and someday when the years pass you buy, it might just be the same color as ice cream. What could be better? Contact Jean: gordonjean211@gmail.com STAND TALL AND BE PROUD OF YOUR RED HAIR; YOU'RE SPECIAL By: Jean Gordon Email news and events to events@rutherfordweekly.com or go to or go to www.rutherfordweekly.com www.rutherfordweekly.com to submit online. to submit online. Have interesting news about your business or organization? Email it to us! Email it to us!