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WOW! WHAT A TEAM!

ESTC Gets New Burn Building

The Emergency Services Training Center at Central Carolina Community College inaugurated its new 2,800-square-foot live-fire training Burn Building April 3 with a big fire.

"This facility will take fire departments back to the basics of live-fire training," said Joey Shue, Fire/Rescue Training coordinator at the ESTC. "It will teach them to go into a smoke-filled building and search out the base of the fire while performing rescue operations with charged hose lines and practicing instant command procedures."

Live Burn

WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND CCCC

Jonathan Loftis

Jonathan Loftis Elected President of N.C. Association of Veterinary Technicians

Jonathan Loftis, of Cameron, is now serving as the president-elect of the executive board of the N.C. Association of Veterinary Technicians. He is an instructor and the Animal Facility manager for the Veterinary Medical Technology program.

He was elected to the position at the organization's Spring Conference, held March 7 at N.C. State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital, in Raleigh. He will assume the presidency of the organization in 2010.

Loftis worked in the field of veterinary medicine intermittently for 13 years before deciding to make a career of it. He graduated from Central Carolina's VMT program in 2001 and went to work at N.C.State University's Large Animal Hospital. After a few years, he decided to go into VMT education.

He returned to the college in 2003 as an instructor and the Animal Facility manager. In 2008, he was chosen by his peers at the college as the Operational and Support Staff Employee of the Year.

"I am delighted to serve the NCAVT as its president-elect," Loftis said. "I am particularly proud that, of the 11 board members, nine are Central Carolina C.C. graduates. It says a lot about the quality of the education and the graduates' desires to serve their communities and organization."

Campus Fund Drive a Success!!

by Abby Walker, Foundation Administrative Assistant

With your help, the college raised over $20,000 for the 2009 Campus Fund Drive!! Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the fund drive! We had a wonderful week of fun activities and fellowship. A special "thank you" to the CFD staff representatives for all their hard work and planning to make this event possible:

Also, a special thanks to all the team captains and to all those who helped with each activity. We appreciate all you do for the college! Thank you, The Foundation Office

Starlene Jackson Honored

Starlene Jackson

Starlene Jackson, purchasing agent for CCCC, has been honored by the National Association of Educational Procurement with its 2009 Distinguished Service Award. The award, given for "extraordinary service," was presented at the NAEP's annual meeting, held April 22 in Providence, R.I. Jackson has served two terms as regional president of the organization, a representative on the national board, on several national committees, and other positions. Jackson, a resident of Sanford, started working at Central Carolina in 1988 and has been the purchasing agent since 1990. The NAEP is an association of 4,000 purchasing staff in colleges, universities, research institutions, hospitals, and K-12 schools.

CCCC NCAEOP NEWS

by Gloria Cheatham, Administrative Assistant

The Central Carolina Community College Association of Education Office Professionals recently met and elected officers for 2009-2010. The new officers are:

Also, at this meeting our EOP of the Year was announced. The winner is Linda Spivey who also serves as State EOP President. She will go on to District Competition.

ESTC Receives Donated, Rebuilt Motorcycle

Rebuilt Motorcycle

Wayne Graham (left), motorcycle mechanics lead instructor, and instructor Stan Thompson (seated) present a 1996 Honda Rebel 250cc motorcycle to Landis Phillips (right), director of the college's Emergency Services Training Center. Dr. Robert Patterson, a former member of the college's board of trustees, and his wife, Cecelia, of Sanford, donated it to the college through the CCCC Foundation. The motorcycle mechanics class rebuilt it for the ESTC's Motorcycle Basic Riders class. The class teaches people who have never ridden motorcycles how to do so safely.

Fifth Edition of The Red Clay Review Available On Website Now

by Molly Luby, English Instructor

This year is our fifth issue of The Red Clay Review. The Red Clay Review has a strong commitment to publishing fresh new literary voices in and around the CCCC community. For our fifth issue, we added black and white art to the Review, a feature we plan to expand upon in future issues. You can check out the Review on the CCCC website, click here. The print version will be available in late May.

We also had cash prizes ($75 each) for the best poem, the best prose piece, and for the winner of our cover contest. The winners:

Special thanks to those who contributed to the CCCC Foundation fund for The Red Clay Review-that fund allowed us to offer these prizes.

I also would like to mention that we accept submissions to The Red Clay Review year-round. Submissions for the 2010 issue may be sent to me at mluby@cccc.edu.

PBL Club Raffle Drawing Today

by Drew Goodson, Accounting Instructor

The PBL Club would like to thank the many college faculty and staff who supported our car wash last Saturday. The event was a great success.

We are still selling raffle tickets for the big drawing today, which will take place at noon on the quad of the Sanford Campus. We have multiple prizes to give away, including our most recent addition, a brand new 26-inch bicycle! Tickets are only $1 each or 6 tickets for $5.

Drew Goodson (dgoodson@cccc.edu) or any PBL member if you would like to purchase tickets.

Complete prize list*:

*some prizes may be packaged together

CCCC West Harnett Offers Free Vegetable Production Class

An Introduction to Sustainable Vegetable Production class will be held at Central Carolina Community College's West Harnett Center from 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. on Wednesdays from May 6 through July 22. There will be no class June 17 and 24.

The continuing education course will discuss herbs, cut flowers, and summer vegetable crops. It will also cover weed management, insect and disease prevention, cover crops, and crop rotation.

The enrollment fee, textbook, and a kit of garden tools and supplies are provided by an N.C. Tobacco Fund Skill-Up Grant for those accepted into the class. Those who are interested, but may have to miss one or two classes are still welcome to enroll.

The center is located at 145 Olive Farm Drive, in the Western Harnett Industrial Park, south of Sanford. For more information, contact the center at (910) 498-1210 or instructor Rob VanderVoort, at ext. 1004.

Excellence Honored at Awards Program

Drew Goodson, Accounting instructor, presents the award for Outstanding Student in Accounting to Marikate Preston, of Chatham County, during the college's 14th annual Academic Excellence Awards program Wednesday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The college and departments recognized about 70 graduating students for academic excellence, being outstanding students, serving as Ambassadors, achieving Who's Who Among Students in America's Junior Colleges, and other achievements.

Marikate Preston-Awards Program

COUGAR CUISINE

by Jan Rider, Director of Business Services

Attention Lee Campus personnel: Subway hours will be reduced following this week. Beginning Monday, May 11, and running through Friday, May 22, Subway will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. These hours will accommodate CCCC staff and faculty as well as LEC students and staff through the end of the regular LEC school year. Your patronage is encouraged. Subway will close after May 22 for the summer. It will reopen for the fall semester. Thank you for patronizing Subway and enjoying the fresh and healthy food choices during this inaugural year of service.

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PERSONNEL NOTES

Cougar Profile

Jean Vollrath

Jean Vollrath
Library Assistant, Chatham County Campus

In 1976, Jean Vollrath moved to North Carolina from Indiana to attend graduate school. She was advised, upon leaving Indiana, that she would love the program and hate the state. However, Jean fell in love with North Carolina.

Jean, a Staley resident, has been working for CCCC since August 2008. One of the many reasons she wanted to work for the college was because it felt so much like home. She said that working with students is the best part of her job.

"Faculty runs a close second," she said. "Librarianship is a helping profession--connecting people and information are what it's all about!"

Jean has a bachelor's degree in bacteriology from DePauw, in Greencastle, as well as a master's in environmental science and engineering. In 2000, she enrolled in CCCC's online Library Science program. In 2005, she entered the MLS program at East Carolina University and finished in May 2008. While in library school, Jean worked two years in a corporate library at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro.

In Jean's spare time she loves to weave and sew. After completing her master's degree, she opened a yarn store in Pittsboro. For 20 years, she has operated a production hand-weaving studio in Staley, which was an outgrowth of her yarn store.

Jean and her children love to travel N.C.'s back roads in search of old buildings and beautiful vistas. Her daughter will attend college next year and her son is a high school freshman. Jean said that both her children are musical, a talent they inherited from their late father.

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News From the CCCC Family

Thank you all so much for the cards, kind thoughts, and prayers. It really means a lot to know that you are supporting me. The surgery went well and results so far are mostly very good. I'm gradually getting better and stronger. Hope to see you all soon. God bless you all and thank you again. -Bill Edwards, Basic Skills Instructor/Jonesboro

Larry Lutz, stepfather of Faye Stephenson (Cosmetology Instructor/Dunn) passed away. Funeral services were held on Saturday, May 2, 2009. You may remember Faye with a card/note at P.O. Box 1475, Angier, NC 27501.

Teresa Cameron, Financial Aid Specialist on Lee Campus, became the bride of Derrick Hye on Saturday, May 2. After their honeymoon, they will be at home at 6051 Homestead Cove, Sanford, NC 27332.

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Birthdays

Birthday Cake
5/09 Rhonda Evans
5/10 Kim Michael
5/10 John Faircloth
5/13 Phyllis Huff
5/14 Zhyra Barber
5/14 Kevin Luck
5/15 Douglas Arevalo
5/16 Martha Wolfenbarger
5/17 Diane Glover
5/18 Melanie Yarborough
5/19 Cynthia Page
5/20 Trinnette Banks
5/21 Rosalind Cross
5/22 Robert Powell
5/22 Michelle Coore
5/23 Molly Luby
5/24 Daryl Maddox
5/24 Hillary Heckler
5/25 Erica Greenlee
5/25 Clint Matthews
5/26 Joey Shue
5/26 Rosalind Cross
5/27 Christine Taylor
5/27 Hazel Tysor
5/27 Melissa Fogarty
5/27 Christa Mashburn
5/27 Drew Goodson
5/28 Vinnie Subramaniam

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Dates to Remember

Planner

May 25 - Memorial Day Holiday

May 28 - AEOP Meeting

June 1 - Administrative Staff Meeting, 8:30 a.m.

June 21 - First Day of Summer

June 25 - AEOP Meeting

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CCCC-BAY

Things For Sale, For Adoption or for Free

Wanted: Many thanks to those who have already contributed the much needed tote bags (non-paper/non-plastic) to the Coalition for Human Care. Kitchen workers are happily using them to prepare food bags for Coalition clients. In this economy, the number of clients is increasing daily and the need for tote bags is growing. Please donate your extra tote bags to Diane Kannarr (Lee campus), Jean Vollrath (Chatham campus), and Ellen Dickey (Harnett campus). Thank you!

COUGAR BITE-BACKS

Compliments, Complaints, Comments

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