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Northwest Fire And Rescue Workshop The Northwest Fire and Rescue Workshop was held at WCC the weekend of November 7 and 8. Spon sored by Wilkes County Firemen’s Association, Wilkes Rescue Squad and Wilkes Community College, the workshop was attended by 360 fire and rescue personnel from North Carolina and Tennessee. Ken Sebastian, director of Emer gency Services Training at WCC stated that "Thirteen classes and 36 hours of training were completed by those in attendance. The training is required of all fire fighters and rescue workers on a yearly basis.” This is the ninth such event held on the WCC Campus. The 13 workshops included topics such as Arson Detection, Rescue Practice, Basic Medical Care, Fire Apparatus, Wildland Fire Suppres sion, Fire Protection Systems, Search and Rescue, and Compressed Gas Emergencies. An L.P. gas tank was burned at West Park Shopping Center Sunday night for the Compressed Gas Emergencies class and climbing and repelling took place at the Broadway Fire Department. Those were the only two classes that were held off campus; all others took place at WCC. WCC offers an Occupational Ex tension Program that includes law enforcement training, training for emergency medical technicians, and fire fighting. Registration for WCC’s winter quarter is Monday, November 30 from 9:00 am until 8:00 pm. Those interested in any of the Emergency Services Training programs offered at WCC should contact Ken Sebastian, director of Emergency Services Train ing, at 919/651-8684 Christmas X’s Out War For One Day Note: The following is based on an eyewitness account of an incident that occurred the day before Christmas at the Western Front during World War I: As if by some miracle, the shelling stopped and the mortar and rifle fire ceased. Only silence... But the stillness was broken by men of the North Staffordshire Regiment who exchanged "words of good cheer” with the enemy. Men from Bri tain and Germany talked to one another across No Man’s Land! A British officer suggested a Volkslied. The Germans sang... Everyone agreed to a truce until midnight of Christmas Day. Both sides cut through their barbed wire and walked in each other’s trenches, exchanging food and talking and photographing one another. Some German soldiers sang Home Sweet Home followed by a hymn. In another part of the trenches, some German soldiers left their posi tions to offer Christmas greetings to a group of Scots. An officer tried to stop them, but one German said, "But this is Christmas...” No one would or could stop the brotherhood of Christmas. And at midnight, both German and Britons fired warning shots: Return to the trenches behind your own lines. Gradually, the business of trying to kill the enemy returned to normal. But the soldiers of both sides knew that Christmas is not a normal time... it can X out war, if only for a day. All I Want For Christmas,,. ...is to have all of the starving peo ple of the world to have food for the holidays . . . Roberta Harless ...is to go to New York and visit many places and some of my friends. I want to have a good hol iday there Koji Mcasukawa ...is a little snow, please Robert Woodside ...is for my scholarship to come through and maybe a new truck Amy Nichols ...is a warm hearth and safe haven for all who are not at home this Christmas Charlie Denew ...is for our U.S. troops to be safe in Somalia; also, snow nose-deep to an elephant . . . Brett Cothren ...is for lots of snow this winter and for everyone to get what they need &. want . . Marty L. Johnson ...is for v’orld peace and for health and happiness for everyone Diane Montgomery ...is for lots of snow and to be able to spend my vacation with my boyfriend, Rob Tracy M. Wagoner New Counselor Hired At WCC Dean Sprinkle was recently hired as a counselor for Wilkes Community College’s Student Support Services Department. Student Support Serv ices provides services to eligible stu dents to help them successfully com plete their college education. Mr. Sprinkle holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, and a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. He has had many years experience as a psy chologist working with children and youths individually, in family ther apy, and in group therapy. At WCC, 175 students are selected each year to participate in this feder ally funded program. To participate in Student Support Services, students must meet the following criteria: 1) first generation college student, nsean- ing that neither parent has graduated from a four-year college; 2) economi cally disadvantaged as determined by federally established income levels; 3) disabled, including physical disabili ties and learning disabilities. The Student Support Services coun selor is especially equipped to help students with learning disabilities. The counselor works with students, faculty and staff to accommodate the needs of the Student Support Services students. Mr. Sprinkle raises horses and lives in the northern end of Iredell County with his wife, Janie Ann Hardin. The couple has two sons, four-year old John and two-year old Nick. "WCC is a welcomed and refreshing change of pace,” Mr. Sprinkle commented, "and I enjoy applying my skills in a community college setting.” Individuals interested in enrolling in Student Support Services should contact Mr. Sprinkle at 919/651-754. THE COUGAR CRY Student Newspaper of Wilkes Community College Staff: Advisor*: Sheryl Monks Thelma Walker Dr. Bob C. Thompson Joe Correll Bruce Monks Dr. Frances Jo Hendrix Kelly Hobbs Troy Prevette The Staff Letters to the editors are welcomed. Address to: Editors, Cougar Cry, W.C.C., Wilkesboro, NC 28697. Copy deadline — 20th of the month. NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS IS BAD NEWS FOR THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS IS STILL BAD NEWS. Nonprofit Orj^nization U.S. POSTAGE Wilkesboro, NC 28697 Permit No. 11
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