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WCU plans to celebrate the Fourth of July - 3 Graduation rates for SC men's basketball - 5 The Western Carolinian New Beginnings...2 Awards luncheon.2 TTi ■ FEATURES Medical manual....2 Trailblazing 2 Tau Alpha Pi 2 SPORTS Basketball 5 Ml. Heritage Day..2 Volume 57, Number 1 Thursday, June 20, 1991 Cullowhee, North Carolina THURSDAY, June 20,1991 Briefly Campus Watch Service luncheon scheduled Western will honor 106 employees in the annual service awards luncheon on June 26. The 1991 Outstanding Support Personnel award will be given during the luncheon. Page 2. New Beginnings slated for July New Beginnings program offers workshops on personal development, employment skills and parenting. The program is conducted by WCU's office of Rural Education. Page 2. Interaction with audience is highlight of Godspell John-Michael Tablak's musical Godspell continues through this Saturday with performances nightly at 8:00p.m. The production is directed by Stephen Ayers. Review on Page 4. Guild Fair '91 scheduled for July 18-21 Southern Highland Handicraft Guild gears up for its annual craft fair. Festivities will be at the Asheville Civic Center and The Folk Art Center. Page 4. Fly fishing made easy Robbie Robertson offers tips on fishing for trout in Western North Carolina. Page 4. Relaxing on the river Tubing and Whitewater rafting can be an enjoyable weekend or afternoon activity. Page 4. Mountains To The Sea The great Mountain to the Sea trail inches closer to completion with the help of volunteer trailblazers. Page 3. Mountain Heritage Day in top lOOofN.C. festivals Celebration North Carolina has chosen Mountain Heritage Day as one of the state's most outstanding festivals. Page 3. Bellomo drafted by the Giants Former Catamount centerfielder, Kevin Bellomo, was recently drafted by the SanFrancisco Giants. Bellomo was second team All American and Southern Conference Player of the Year. His batting average was .435. WCU basketball recruits seven New recruits and returning experienced players could lead Western to its best season in years. Among the recruits is Western N. C.'s Player of the Year, Scott Bradley. Page 5. Railway offers variety for summer Karen Stewart Staff Writer The Great Smoky Mountain Railway brings back at time when there was no Inter- state-40 or speeding cars. This turn-of-the-ccntury railway gives the tourist a unique perspective of the beautiful surrounding mountains of western North Carolina. Doug Ellis, president of the railway, believed that the Raft and Bail Excursion would be especially attractive for students. The train departs from Bryson City at 9:00 a.m. The full day trip includes a picnic lur.ch and an eight mile rafting trip on the Nantahala River. The group would return via bus at 4:00 p.m. There are trips to the Nantahala Gorge, Balsam Mountain, Red Marble Gap and more. Rates for the Nantahala Gorge Excursion are S14 for adults and S7 for children. For the Tuckaseegee River Excursion the prices are SI2 for adults and S6 for children. Group rates are available for groups of 20 or more with a total discount of ten percent. Future plans for the railway include an addition of steam locomotives, a train to Waynesville and the Catamount Express Caboose which will be painted in purple and gold. The train would travel from Waynesville to Dillsboro. The passengers would then be shuttled to the campus for home football games and then back to the train for the return trip. Mr. Ellis also has plans for a dinner train in a few years. It is advisable to make reservations to assure a seat. For reservations, information and schedules call 1-800-872-4681 Ext. K or 1-704-586-8811. Carolinian pnoto oy Karen Stewart Great Smoky Mountain Railway gives passengers a new perspective of the mountains. Webster Enterprises and WCU combine efforts OPI photo courtesy Mark Haskell Webster Enterprises director Gene Robinson (left in center group) discusses production techniques with (from left) WCU Professor Kurt Whitley and students Jason Crooks and Monte Higgins. Curtain rises for summer theatre Western Carolina University has unveiled its 1991 summer theatre season lineup, which will include a hit musical, an insightful look into the minds of women, and a traditional "whodunit." The three plays - - Godspell, Talking With . . . and Pack of Lies - - will be produced in June and July by WCU's department of speech and theatre arts. The first production of the summer will be the popular musical smash Godspell, an evening of rowdy comedy and raucous music and dancing. The play by John-Michael Tablak is based on the Bible's gospel according to Mark. Godspell, directed by Steve Ayers of WCU's speech and theatre arts department, is playing through June 22. Jane Martin's Talking With . . . will come to the stage June 26-29 and July 10-13. Described as "a wonderful, insightful look into the minds and hearts of women," the play is made up of 11 monologues, all performed by women. Herschel Harper will direct. Bringing the summer to a close will be the suspense-filled spy thriller Pack of Lies, written by James Whitmire. Spies, secret agents and next-door neighbors are part of this "whodunit," which is based on a true story out of American history. WCU speech and theatre arts professor Donald Loef fler will direct the play, which will run July 17-20 and 24-27. See"Tiieatre" Page2 Webster Enterprises and Western Carolina University are located just a few miles apart, but at first glance they appear to be as different as could be. The university is Jackson County's largest employer with about 1,200 employees. Webster Enterprises is one of the county's smaller employers with about 75 employees. Western Carolina's work force is characterized by the best- educated, brightest faculty members and students it can attract. Webster Enterprises' work force comes from the disadvantaged, the handicapped and the down-on-their-luck. Despite the differences, WCU and Webster Enterprises have common missions - - education and the improvement of lives. The more the two neighbors get together, the more common ground they seem to find. Webster Enterprises began in 1976 as a sheltered workshop to provide training, evaluation and jobs for the mentally, physically or emotionally impaired, substance abusers and disadvantaged residents of Jackson and Swain counties. That seems a world away from Western's manufacturing engineering technology and project management classrooms, except that Webster Enterprises is fundamentally a business. In fact, Webster Enterprises' very existence depends on being a successful small business since about 70 percent of its funding comes from revenue generated from the sale of its products and from a young recycling operation. The products are disposable medical devices - - surgical drapes and equipment covers. DuringDirectorGeneRobinson'snine-year tenure, Webster Enterprises has become one of the most successful operations of its type. It is one of an elite group of rehabilitation facilities that has won See "Webster" Page 2 Burton receives awards for service and leadership Garris receives NAHAD scholarship Bradley Paul Garris of Summerfield, NC has been awarded the National Association of Hose and Accessories D istribu- tors (NAHAD) Scholarship at Western Carolina University. The SI,000 scholarship is given annually to an outstanding student majoring in industrial distribution. It is supported by the NAHAD's training and education committee to help provide for the industry's future personnel needs. Garris is the son of Mr. and Mrs.Danny JoeGarrisof 3014 Oakbridge Road in Summerfield and is a 1988 graduate of Northwest Guilford High School. He will be a senior industrial distribution major at WCU and serves as president of the Professional Association of Industrial Distribution. Last year NAHAD supported industrial distribution programs at three U.S. universities - - WCU, the University of Houston and Central Washington Univer- nolo courtesy of. James D. Turner, left, coordinator of WCU's industrial distribution program, presents a $1,000 NAHAD Scholarship to Bradley Paul Garris. sily. Western was selected for the quality of its curriculum and facilities and its proximity to East Coast industrial distributors, according to the training and education committee. Western has approxi mately 50 students majoring in industrial distribution. James D. Turner associate professor of industrial and engineering technology, coordinates the program in the WCU School of Technology and Applied Sciences. International Society of Poets seeks inptit Nathan David Burton of Durham has received Western Carolina University'sCristyFlye Distinguished Service Award and the Henry Lewis Suggs Award of Excellence. The Cristy Flye Distinguished Service Award is given by the WCU Residence Hall Association and Omega Chi Upsi- lon chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary to a sophomore or junior exhibiting outstanding leadership and service to WCU's residence life program. The award, which includes a check for $200, was established in 1990 in memory of Cristy Flye, a WCU Residence Hall Council president killed in an automobile accident. The Henry Lewis Suggs Award of Excellence is presented by WCU's Organization of Ebony Students to the African-American student who was exemplified outstanding scholastic achievement, leadership, involvement, and dedication to campus and community. The award is in honor of Henry Lewis Suggs, the first African-American professor to teach at WCU. Suggs, who taught at WCU in 1974-76, is associate professor of history at Clcmson University. Burton, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Burton of 1511 Ridgeway Ave., Durham, is a junior majoring in business NathanBurton education. A 1988 graduate of Hillside High School, he is president of the WCU Inspirational Choir and Organization of Ebony Students (OES). He is a N.C. Teaching Fellow and a member of Residence Hall Council, Alpha Lambda Delta honor society, and a Chancellor's Ambassadors. OES is an association of African-American students interested in becoming more aware of their heritage and history. The International Society of Poets (ISP) is accepting poems for its "World's Largest Poem for Peace." Anyone may contribute to this worldwide effort. Responses have already been received from President Bush and nearly every governor. The World's Largest Poem for Peace, a document ex pected to be longer than several football fields, will be presented to the Secretary General of the United Nations following the Society's August 16-18 National Poetry Symposium in Washington, D.C. In addition to this literary donation, ISP will donate ten cents to the United Nation's In ternational Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) on behalf of everyone who shows support for world peace by subm i tti ng a poem. To beapartof this monumental effort, send one original poem (20 lines or less) to: World's Largest Poem forPeace.P.O. Box 627, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117. Smmertime fun at WCU Dave McCaskill Staff Writer In Cullowhee there is a lot happening this summer and there need not be any difficulty in occupying leisure time. Whether you are an extrovert or introvert, there is a variety of activities to choose from, ranging from volleyball to reading and everything in between. Summertime is per- See "Summertime" Page 3

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Date original: 1991-06-20
  • Date digitized: 2019-10-02
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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