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As top votegetter in the Family Resource Center's "Kiss The Pig" contest, Sonja Haynes of Macon Bank kissed this Tuckasegee porker during festivities Saturday at the FRC in Webster. Haynes raised $1,695, beating out the runner-up, Jackson County Sheriff Jim Cruzan who raised $1,255. Smoky Mountain High School Principal Kenny Nicholson, who maintained a strong showing throughout the race, said, "This should teach us not to get in a financial race with somebody from a bank!" The low vote-getter was not present at Saturday's festivities to hold the pig, which several children thought "looked like a dalmatian" because of its black spots. Family Resource Center Director Linda McElroy said she was "extremely pleased" with the fund-raising event, which netted $6,113 for the center's programs. - Herald photo by Rose Hooper, who came in sixth out of the 20 contestants |