t 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.

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