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on College
Submitted by Vicki Nichols
Our WCC Student Ambassadors attended the fifth annual
North Carolina Campus Volunteers State Conference held
at Elon College on November 6, 1999. This year’s theme
“Deep Impact” was designed to help all of us focus on the
things that will aid our service, learning, and volunteer programs
so that we will be truly effective.
We attended several different sessions that were a lot of fun as
I well as informative. The day ended with round table discus
sions and a drawing. We were lucky enough to win a one
year membership to NCCVC valued at over $150.00.
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A STAR IN HEAVEN
By Regina DeLisse
If you had the opportunity to know Star-
lene Lewis, you were indeed blessed. She
is the type of person that lights up a room,
is always adorned with a smile, bright
eyes and the ability to make anyone laugh.
^ You always felt better after speaking with
her no matter what your mood prior to that. She spoke to
everyone, never knowing a stranger.
I met Star about four years ago. She and many others in Ashe
County lost their jobs when the Sara Lee plant closed. I re
member she was always so diligent in her studies and took
her college courses very seriously, always alert, eager to
learn, and a straight “A” student. I remember when she
found out she had ovarian cancer. That was the only time I
ever saw her cry. We cried together, but Star was a fighter.
She went through her chemotherapy sessions working them
around her classes. School came first, even then. She went
to class even when she felt sick and weak. She threw on a
baseball cap and kept going even when she lost her hair. She
kept picking up her pencil and typing those reports even
when she lost the feeling in her fingers. Throughout it all,
she kept smiling and joking. One could never guess the pain
and the struggle. Star never stopped; she never felt sorry for
herself.
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