New Basketball Conference
Includes Wilkes Community
Wilkes Community College BaskeAall Team 1992-93
Sitting, left to rigfit, Jerry Myers, Jody Cheek, Melvin Roberts, Joel Perkins, Christian
Hilliard, Ernie Eller. Standing, left to right, James Jones (Coach), David Tummire,
Ricky Joines, Jason Macemore, William Harrison, Scott Horton, Tim Laws, Derrick
Johnson, Ritchie Greer (Asst. Coach), Steve Cardvjell (Manager). l>]ot pictured:
Derrick David.
This year marks a new beginning in
sports for Wilkes Community Col
lege. For the first time in 11 years,
WCC is playing basketball. The team,
known as the Cougars, will play their
first game on Thursday, December
17, at 4:00 pm in the WCC gymna
sium against Catawba Valley Com
munity College.
Five area community colleges are
participating in the newly formed
Western Athletic Community College
Conference. They are Asheville-Bun-
combe, Caldwell, Catawba Valley,
Surry and Wilkes. Next year, the con
ference will include two or three more
community colleges to the conference.
The coach at WCC, Jim Jones, is
excited about the new program and
says that it provides an opportunity
for local students who might not qual
ify for scholarships, but are good ath
letes, to attend a colege that has an
athletic program. It will benefit those
who excel in athletics, but need to
work on academics. After completing
two years at WCC and working on
academics, they could qualify for a
scholarship to a four year college.
WCC has planned a program for
the year that includes tennis for men
and women in the spring and co-ed
volleyball in the fall. Definitely in the
works for next year is a women’s bas
ketball team. According to Coach
Jones, WCC has a lot of excellent
female athletes, but some of the other
schools were unable to put a women’s
team together this season.
Assistant coach for the Cougars is
WCC alumnus Ritchie Greer. Tom
Caudill and Frank Shuford are score-
keeping officials. The team’s roster
includes Jody Cheek, 6'1'; David
Derrick, 6'2"; Ernie Eller, 6'0'; Jerry
Goodlow, 6'6'; William Harrison,
6'2'; Christian Hilliard, 6'1'; Scott
Horton, 6'3'; Derrick Johnson, 6'0';
Ricky Joines, 6'3'; Tim Laws, 6'4';
Jason Macemore, 6'3", Jerry Myers,
6'1"; Joel Perkins, 5'11"; DavidTurn-
mire, 6'1'; and Melvin Roberts, 5'8'.
Coach Jones stated that the philo
sophy at WCC is "to provide an
intercollegiate atmosphere for com
munity colleges on a localized level.”
He said that the basketball program
may attract students that otherwise
wouldn’t have considered WCC.
This season’s eight scheduled games
and conference tournament are as
follows:
Phi Theta
Kappa News
PTK members have been as busy as
little elves with the holiday season
approaching soon. Members are in
volved in several projects around the
community as well as on campus. On
November 19, PTK provided coffee
and donuts for instructors and staff
members in several areas around
campus, as a way of showing apprecia
tion for all of their hard work.
The next thing schedules for PTK’s
agenda is a Christmas Bake Sale which
will be held on the sidewalk of Wal-
Mart on Dec. 19, starting at 8:00 am.
Everyone is invited to stop by for
some delicious home baked goods to
brighten the holidays.
Toys are being collected in various
ways around campus for needy child
ren in our community. If you’d like to
contribute, simply wrap your gift and
tag it "Boy” or "Girl” and indicate the
age level that it’s intended for. Toy
boxes will be located in the Business
Office (downstairs of Thompson
Hall), Dr. Shaw’s office, Student De
velopment, Dr. Hendrix’s office (rm.
405, Hayes), the Bookstore, Techni
cal Arts (instructors’ office areas),
and in Daniel Hall (Wanda Smith’s
office). Please share the spirit of
Christmas and contribute the gift
which could brighten some youngs
ter’s holiday.
— Sheryl Monies
King’s Hope:
P A^C'-E
On Christmas Eve, 1967, at the
Auburn Avenue Ebenezer Baptist
Church in Atlanta, Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. gave a sermon about his
hopes for peace in the world. He
spoke of the interdependence of all
humanity, of the sacredness of life, of
the power of love and of social change
through nonviolence.
His sermon has special significance
today as the world faces the dawning
of a new world order, as countries
which were enemies during King’s day
now become friends, and newly-
divided countries rekindle old hat
reds. As he so eloquently stated 25
years ago, "Now the judgement of
God is upon us, and we must either
learn to live together as brothers, or
we’re all going to perish together as
fools.y
CHRISTMAS
DANCE
December 17
9:00 P.M. - Midnight
in the
GED Testing
Eligibility for testing —
Any person who is not a high
school graduate may apply for the cer
tificate and take the tests if he/she is
eighteen (18) years of age or older. An
individual sixteen (16) to eighteen
(18) years of age may be admitted to
testing provided: (1) He/she has
demonstrated special needs; (2) The
application is supported by a notar
ized petition of the minor’s parent
which includes approval by the Board
of Education. It is the policy of the
Community College System to en
courage young people to complete
high school.
Registration —
Prior to testing, an apphcation for
the GED exam must be completed in
the office of Student Development.
There is a $7.50 fee to take the exam.
Retests are given at no charge except
for the Writing Skills test which is
$2.50. Applicants should be at the
test location (Student Development
Office - Thompson Hall) by 8:15 am
to begin testing. Also, they should
plan to spend two days taking the
exam.
GED Test Dates, 1993 —
January 13 and 14
February 10 and 11
April 14 and 15
April 26 and 27 (evening)
May 12 and 13
June 9 and 10
August 11 and 12
September 15 and 16
October 13 and 14
November 3 and 4
December 8 and 9
For further information contact:
Student Development Office
Wilkes Community College
P.O. Box 120
Wilkesboro, NC 28697-0120
(919)651-8600
Dec. 17
cvcc
(home)
Jan. 1
CCC&.TI
(away)
Jan. 16
Surry
(away)
Jan. 23
ABTech
(home)
Jan. 28
CCC&TI
(away)
Feb. 4
Surry
(home)
Feb. 6
ABTech
(away)
Feb. 8
CVCC
(home)
Feb. 18
Conference Tournament . .
TBA at Surry
Home games are at the WCC Gymnasium in the Technical Arts Building on
the WCC Campus. There is no charge for WCC home games. For more
information contact WCC at 919/651-8642 or 919/651-8713.