Ashe County News
The second annual WCC Ashe
Campus-Jefferson Landing Golf Touma-
ment will be held May 26 at the Jeffer
son Landing. Proceeds of the tourna
ment will be used for WCC Ashe
Campus projects and also to allow
students in the public school system
to attend John A. Walker Center pro
grams. Entry fee is $125, captain’s
choice, and includes a meal, prizes,
and gifts. Golfers could win a car of
their choice valued in excess of
$20,000 from Chevrolet, Ford, or
General Motors Companies. Money
will be given for the first five places.
Contact Darrell Miller or Sandy
Sheets at (910) 246-3900 for more
information. Jefferson Landing is lo
cated on Highway 88 and 16, pre
viously known as Colvard Farms.
Public is invited to watch free of
charge.
Ms. Susan Fine teaches evening bus
iness courses at Ashe Campus and is
an accountant at Vannoy’s Construc
tion in Jefferson, N.C. She received a
master’s degree in business education
from Virginia Tech. and previously
taught part-time at Wytheville Com
munity College in Virginia. She says
she is happy at WCC Ashe Campus
and that teachers there are friendly
and students are eager to learn. She
also said, "It is nice to work here and
be able to do what I want to close at
home.” This is her second year of
teaching at Ashe Campus.
Bart Stewart, the Evening Coordi
nator at the Ashe Campus of Wilkes
Community College is a retired uni
versity professor from the University
of Nebraska, where he taught for
about 20 years before moving to Ashe
County. There, he taught visual com
munications, art, photography, cine
matography (motion pictures), and
constructed audiovisual materials to
be used in classrooms. Prior to teach
ing at the University, he worked with
the National Park Service and U.S.
Department of Agriculture in
Washington, D.C. and taught art in
high school.
Mr. Stewart began his job as Even
ing Coordinator at Ashe Campus in
1986. Here, he is basically the man in
charge when the director, Mr. Darrel
Miller, is not in. He assists the instruc
tors when needed, maintains the build
ing, makes sure the classes meet, and
checks out the equipment for repair
needs, etc. He says he enjoys his job
and mixing with the students. He likes
feeling useful and feels that students
should always come first. He says his
job is "just seeing that everything
works well and that students have the
best learning environment that we can
give them. The way I see it, an
unhappy student is not a good
student.”
"This is one of those jobs you do,
and if you don’t think about the things
you do, it must be going smoothly.
When people are unhappy, you hear
about it.”
When asked why he moved to Ashe
County, he replied, "Well, I married a
girl from Ashe County, and anyone
who marries a girl from Ashe County
hves here, but I didn’t know that
then.” He and his wife Patsy live near
Shatley Springs in Crumpler. Their
son, James, is a senior at a college in
Asheville, studying environmental
Coming
Attractions!
On Tuesday, 19 April 1994, a
talent show was held at 12:30 pm. A
total of $90 was awarded to the three
top acts. A professional MC was
directing.
SGA elections was held on April 19
and 20.
On Tuesday, 3 May 1994, students
and faculty of WCC will compete in a
softball game during Springfest ’94.
Any interested student should contact
an SGA representative. Practices are
informal at 2:00 pm Mondays through
Thursdays on the softball field. Many
other fun activities will be available.
Make this activity a success. Attend!
Pre-registration will begin May 10.
Talk to your advisors in order to make
the most effective use of your summer
enrollment.
The outdoor club is planning a raft
ing trip on May 14. Club members
should plan for this trip.
The Gift
The fortune of springtime. Warm
weather, gentle breezes, and the soft
music of nature bless us. We have
health, and enough daylight to enjoy
the great life. What more could we
want?
I, for one, want others to appreciate
these blessings. For some, the weather
is irrelevant, the breezes do not touch
them, the music does not reach them.
We can help. For those who have been
denied the full richness of springtime,
we can give the gift of life; we can give
blood.
On May 4,1994 the Red Cross will
bring the bloodmobile to Wilkes
Community College. In the Rotunda
of Thompson Hall (from 10:00 am
until 3:00 pm) students, staff, and
faculty of WCC, along with citizens of
Wilkes County will try to replenish a
dangerously low blood reserve. All
types of blood are needed, most espe
cially your type.
Spread the word to friends and
neighbors. Help the Red Cross; give
the greatest gift of all — the gift of life.
SIGNUP!!
3 on 3 Basketball
Students vs. Faculty/staff
Softball
Sand pit volleyball
"Best Bod" contest
Don’t miss outi!
Other Activities:
BBQ Lunch
Live Country
Music
Outdoor DJ
Dance
May 3,1994
BBQ Lunch
Noon , Front of Tff
•
3 on 3 Baifketbalt Toumamtnt
1 pm , Gym
FacttUytSlaff vf. Studtnts Soflball
2 pm , Field
**Best Bod'* Contest
3 pm , Front of TH
DJ Danet **Dance LTD" p-om Charlotte
9 pm, Hayes Halt Path
And mor$..
*Chlldeare provided for Danee:FREB
^Events (except softball) held Indoors In ease of rain
Sponsored by WCC
Student Government Association
Beneath the Oaks
To childhood memories voe cling,
Of old oak trees
And tire swings,
And how on summer days we’d dream
Beneath a canopy of green.
-Anita B. Blackburn