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THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VOLUME 6, No. 2
WILKESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
MARCH 23, 1976
DOCTOR THOMPSON HONORED
Doctor Howard E. Thompson,
President of WCC, was honored with
a surprise birthday party on March
4th. The party, which was organized
by John Cashion, was well attended
by many staff and faculty members,
along with many of Dr. Thompson’s
friends from the community.
John Cashion presented Doctor
Thompson with a scrapbook consist
ing of personal notes and momentos
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one way or another said, “Thanks
and we love you.” He was also
presented with a sculpture of a
moonshine still, created by Bobby
Foster, an alumni of WCC. Bob
Johnson, hotel-restaurant instruc
tor, served refreshments consisting
of punch and a specially designed
cake. The multi-media staff decorat
ed the stage with photographs of
Doctor Thompson from baby
photographs through his recent visit
with the county commissioners. A
group of WCC students, under the
direction of Nancy Whittington,
sang “Happy Birthday” and “For
He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” in Doc’s
Imnoi*.
In his remarks to the group.
Doctor Thompson stated that “this
birthday would be long remem
bered” and that “this (the scrap
book) is one of the nicest gifts I
have ever received.”
McNEILL SCHOLARSHIP
TO BE AWARDED
Application for the first annual
Robert B. McNeill Memorial Schol
arship may be obtained from Bill
Moffett, Bud Mayes, or John Way-
land. They are to be turned in to
Bill Moffett by Friday, April 23.
Any graduating student from
WCC who will be continuing at
another college is eligible. The
award will be made on the basis of
academic excellence, financial need,
and quality of character.
This year’s award will be slightly
over $200.
THE QRCLE K
WINS SERVICE AWARD
hy Barbara Bumgarner
At the Carolina District Conven
tion of the International Circle K on
March 5, 6 & 7, Wilkes Community
College received recognition for
their service to Wilkes County. Col
leges and Universities from North
and South Carolina entered reports
of their services done during the
past year. Debbie Keller and
Marlayne Lackey wrote the winning
report which was submitted by the
club President, Mike Bumgarner.
Wake Forest University received
first place in the Single Service
event and Wilkes Community Col
lege second place. The Single Service
project entered by the WCC Circle
K Oub was the members’ donation
of their free time to help the men
tally retarded children at the Wilkes
Day Center.
The club’s upcoming projects are
visiting the homes of needy families
in Wilkes County, aided by the
County Health Care Center, and the
selling of bicentennial postcards of
the Wilkes County hero, Ben Cleve
land.
During the next few months the
club will be raising money to go to
the International Convention in
Washington, D.C., where their report
will be entered in competition
against other schools from the
United States and Canada. The pro
ject will also be written up in the
Grcle K International publication.
WCC SGA MEMBERS
ATTEND
STATE CONVENTION
Seven student government repre
sentatives from Wilkes Community
College attended the state assembly
of community college officers, held
in Boone, February 12-14. ^ The
theme of the meeting was set by
Lyman Reed, president of the or
ganization, in his opening speech,
entitled “The People Shall Be
Heard.” Mr. Reed stated that his
goal as president was to establish a
strong student government organi
zation which could make its voice
heard in both community and state
affairs. To achieve this goal, several
workshops and seminars were held
to help student government officers
iron out any problems they might
have on their local campuses.
The Wilkes representatives at
tended workshops on student rights,
voter registration, development of
constitutions, leadership dynamics
and specific problems. They were
also very active in the state commit
tees including the legislative liason,
the political platform, the constitu
tional amendments, the publicity
and executive committees. The
group from Wilkes felt these meet
ings were very informative and they
were excited to see first hand how
government works.
Attending the convention from
Wilkes were Dayle Rogers, Marcia
Foster, Steve Rogers, Barbara Bum
garner, Mike Bumgarner, Tricia
Sturdivant and Eddie Sturdivai't.
PRESIDENT FORD
VISITS WILKES
On March 10, 1976, Sheriff Bill
Anderson, Chairman of the Presi
dent Ford Committee in Wilkes
County, announced that President
Gerald R. Ford would visit Wilkes
County on Saturday, March 13,
1976.
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JLP TALENT FINALE
MARCH 19-20
The county-wide James Larkin
Pearson talent search is nearing its
end. By March 16, nineteen public
schools and WCC will have had
shows in their individual schools to
select finalists for the finale compe
tition to be held at Wilkesboro Ele
mentary School on March 19 and
20 at 7:30 p.m. An estimated 1300
students have participated in these
shows, and donations from the
schools will be approximately thirty-
five hundred dollars. Over 50 acts
will comptet on March 19, and
approximately 40 acts will perform
on March 20. In addition, art com
petition will be on display. Prizes
will be awarded to the art and talent
winners.
It is extremely important that all
art winners from WCC’s James
Larkin Pearson show (held in
December) submit their winning
entries to the desk at WCC’s library
no later than 10:00 a.m. on Friday,
March 19. Judging will be held at
6:30 that evening at Wilkesboro
Elementary School. Talent entries
from the College include Steve
Cardwell, the Yadkin River Bottom
Boys, Jeannie Absher, and Mark
Qinard.
Come and support your favorite
talent!
HOTEL-RESTAURANT
MANAGEMENT CLASS
TRIP TO CHARLOTTE
On Monday and Tuesday, March
15 and 16, the WCC Ho tel-Restaur
ant Management class, along with
Mr. Bob Johnston and Dr. Phil
Lewis, travelled to Charlotte. They
attended the first two days of the
three-day long North Carolina Food
Exposition held at the Charlotte
Merchandise Mart.
The class, who paid for the trip
with money received from banquets
that they have held under Mr.
Johnston’s skillful supervision, hope
to have gotten heavy exposure to
the North Carolina Food Service
Industry.
Attendance at the Food Exposi
tion also enabled the students to
publicize WCC’s Hotel-Restaurant
curriculum through a booth decor
ated and manned by them.