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THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VOLUME 11 - NO. 3
WILKESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
DECEMBER 18, 1981
S.G.A. Plans
For The Winter
Merry Cl^ristii^as froip
fljc Cougars
The Student Government Asso
ciation is now making plans for
upcoming events during the
winter and spring quarters. On
Thursday, December 17, at the
North Wilkesboro Armory, the
SGA will be sponsoring a
Christmas dance featuring the
band SUGARCREEK. Refresh
ments will be provided free of
charge, thanks go out to Forester
Beverage Corp. and the Coca-
Cola Bottling Co. WCC students
with current ID cards will be
admitted free. Non-students will
be charged a $3 fee.
Also, the SGA will be
sponsoring a project for a needy
family and senior citizens for
Christmas. The Student Govern
ment Association donated $150 to
help this family and the senior
citizens to have a Happy
Christmas!
Tentative dates have been set
for the upcoming events: On
January 13, a Freshman and
Sophomore Mixer; and on April
7, the WCC Spring Fling.
The Student Government Asso-
Art Students
Visit New York
Four WCC students and two
advisors recently took an art trip
to New York. Those attending
were: Bill Moffett, Bill Nichols,
Sue Sparks, Kelia Dowell, Trena
McGlamery, and Gregg Roten.
The four-day trip consisted of
many sightseeing tours. On
Wednesday, they visited the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and
rode the Staten Island Ferry
across the Hudson River and
around the Statue of Liberty. A
highlight on Thursday was the
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Pa
rade. On Friday, they visited
smaller museums across Manhat
tan. In all the museums
throughout New York, the
students concentrated on the
paintings, primarily Rembrandt
and Picasso. Equal in splendor to
the Metropolitan Museum were
the three churches in Manhattan.
These were St. Patrick’s, St.
Bartholomew’s, and St. Thomas.
These churches had many statues
and golden objects inside their
beautifully arched walls. They
also had a radiant sparkle when
the sunshine passed through the
stained glass windows. On
Saturday, they went shopping at
Macy’s and Saks on Fifth
Avenue. They also went to the top
of the World Trade Center which
rises 110 floors and the Empire
State Building which towers 102
floors above the city.
These are by no means all of the
sights the art students and
advisers saw, but it does give you
an overall view of the exciting
experience they had while visiting
New York.
By: Lana Chambers
Members at work on Long Range
Planning Committee
Long Range
Planning
Committee
Creating A
Better Future
By: Janet Lae!
The Wilkes Community College
Internal Assessment Committee
is hard at work at the present time
developing long range goals and
furthering plans for the expansion
and growth of Wilkes Community
College.
This committee was set up to
look at the total college picture
here at WCC and to set forth
goals and assess needs that will
ensure a continual growth in our
college.
The committee consists of
administration, trustee, facuUy,
clerical, professional/technical,
and student members. Each group
has a definite part in the make-up
of Wilkes Community College
and a total combined effort is
needed to really determine some
of the major goals and needs of
each area.
Meetings are alternated, on
Tuesday’s and Thursday’s during
selected weeks and the time spent
in these meetings is usually from
1-5 p.m. It is a great challenge to
meet and discuss openly the
problems and opf>ortunities fac
ing Wilkes Community College,
but this group is facing the task
I9BI
ciation encourages all WCC
students to attend the weekly
meetings on each Tuesday at 1:00
p.m.
By: Lana Chambers
John A. Walker
Community Center
For Everyone In Wilkes County
By now, everyone knows about
the John A. Walker Community
Center to be built on our campus.
Even though it will be located
here, it is not just for the benefit
of the college. The site by the
Technical Arts Building was
chosen because of it’s availability
and convenience. The land itself
was available and located in an
ideal place near the center of the
county and both highways 268
and 421. Also nearby are
conveniences such as eating
establishments, lodgings and the
airport. The John A. Walker
Community Center will be just
what it’s name says: a center for
the entire community’s use and
enjoyment.
The Community Center was
appropriately named in honor of
John A. Walker when, in the early
stages of planning, he donated
$250,000.00 to the project. His
donation was followed by a
contribution of $500,000.00 from
the Wilkes County Board of
Commissioners. These and other
corporate donations have gotten
the total amount closer to the
expected cost and goal of
approximately $2.2 million. The
amount to date is $1,506,669.17
(as of December 1). Drives for
raising the additional money
needed have included radio-thons,
telephone pledges, and a booth at
the Apple Festival in October. A
total of 1,110 seats are being sold
By: Jamie McNeil and Eugene Rash
for donation’s of $^*00. A
plaque will be engraved with the
donor’s name and will be placed •
on a seat in the main auditorium.
Larger donations will entitle the
donor to certain privileges.
Donors of $1,000.00 or more will
be entitled to a membership in the
John A. Walker Century Club;
$2,500.00 or more - a membership
in the John A. Walker Cougv
Club; $5,000.00 or moje - a
membership in the John A.
Walker President’s Club; and a
$15,000.00 or more donation will
gain membership in the John A.
Walker Tory Oak Club.
The architect for the Commun
ity Center is from J. Hyatt •
Hammond and Associates, the
same firm that designed the
buildings here at Wilkes Com
munity College. According to
Jerel T. Boone, project architect, *
there is no other center in the
Southeast that has as many
functions as the John A. Walker
Community Center will. There is
a space which can be divided into
three separate meeting rooms or
used as is to serve up to 300
people. The separate, large
auditorium will seat 1,110 people.
Partitions can also be used there
to create a smaller auditorium and
three additional seminar rooms.
Other facilities inside the »
Community Center will include a
catering kitchen to serve the three
meeting rooms. It is also equipped
before them with great abilities
and ideals.
The company helping the
college in this long range planning
assessment is Faber and Company
from Greensboro, North Caro
lina.
Together, Faber and Company
and the Wilkes Community
College group will surely make
Wilkes Community College a
leader among community colleges
throughout North Carolina.
The members of the Long
Range Planning Committee are
Cindy Beshears, Ed Bryson, Faye
Byrd, Ed Curtis, David Daniel,
Bill Davis, Steve Desautels,
Jonathon Edwards, Ira Gambill,
John German, Jo Hendrix,
Barbara Holt, Phil Lewis, Janet
Lael, Eddie Lyle, Pete Mann, Bud
Mayes, Jean Miles, Stokes
Pearson, Tony Randall, Pennie
Self, Conrad Shaw, Johnny
Spicer, Bob Thompson, Kathy
Tisdale, Jean Tugman, Bob
Watts, Tom Whittington, Austin
with a “full working stage,”
complete with orchestra pit.
Adjoining the stage will be
dressing rooms, rehearsal rooms,
storage spaces and other rooms
necessary near a stage.
The John A. Walker Commun
ity Center will be flexible enough
to house many different activities
such as banquets,'club meetings,
exhibits, fashion shows, beauty
pageants, concerts, plays, recitals,
and even graduations. The*John
A. Walker Community Center
will be a great asset for the college
and entire county.
The Decameron
By: Daniel HoweU
Christmas came early for the
Creative Writing Class this year.
For the first time in Wilkes
Community College history the
Decameron will have two editions
in one year, tlie first issue has
been released and is doing well.
The second wjll be published by
the Spring Creative Writing class.
It will be-an anthology of three
quarters work. We are looking
forward to it being one of the best
ever.
The staff for (he Decameron
consisted of our Advisor Dr. Essie
Hayes, Bob Watts and Daniel
'HoweU, co-editors, Jane Camp
bell, Annette Kinney, and Sandy
Nichols. With artwork being done
by Dr. Hayes and Claudene
Johnston. This Decameron repre
sents one quarter of hard work
and creativity by our staff aiid it
has a mixture of poetry, essays,
and short stones. , {
Anyone interested in the
Decameron should see Dr. Hayes
or any other members of the
Decameron staff.
Adams, Judith Bloomfield, Ray
Stroud, Arlee Andrews, David
Hayes, Donalee David and Sam
Sink.