Cougar Bytes for April 15, 2011

CCCC Campus Fund Drive

Christa Mashburn trying out the 'beach prize' at the Lee employee luncheon

In spite of heavy and continuing rain, CCCC's Foundation managed to stage a weeklong schedule of fun and games on all three of the college's main campuses during the 2011 Campus Fund Drive. To top it all off, they laid on a delicious free meal for all of the faculty and staff. Diane Glover, Executive Director, Emily Hare, Associate Director, and Abby Walker, Administrative Assistant, with the help of staff representatives on each campus and a small army of volunteers helped to raise $25,000 for the Foundation's awards and scholarship programs.

"We are pleased and grateful to report that we had close to a 90% participation rate," Diane Glover told us.

The Foundation wishes to thank the following staff representatives for their hard work during the campaign:

• Chatham - Kendra McKinney & Cathy Phillips
• Harnett - Crystal Baker & Cindy Page
• Lee - Christa Mashburn, Laura Musselwhite & Linda Summey

As well as the many volunteers on all three campuses who pitched in to help.

Simultaneous to this major effort, the Foundation is running their annual fundraising drive in the college community and planning a number of other events. Check the website for the current Foundation activities.

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Barbering Customer Appreciation Day

Students in the college's Barbering program at the West Harnett Center served customers during the April 13 Customer Appreciation Day. More than 200 people showed up to enjoy it, with 178 serviced that day and an additional 40 receiving gift certificates to return for services another day. Customers and visitors at the event received a variety of free barbering services from the program students, refreshments, medical screenings by First Choice, and a display of the Buddy Backpacks program. "It was a great community event," said Walter Cotton, Barbering Department Chairman. The Center also got to show off the other programs it offers, including Adult Education, English as a Second Language, and Sustainable Agriculture.

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Lee Library Undergoes Renovations and Celebrates National Library Week

by Tara Guthrie, Director of Library Services

The Lee Campus Library was recently renovated. The next time you visit the library, you will notice a few changes in our arrangement. All computers on the main floor are now centrally located in the area outside the computer lab. All our special collections are now located near the main entrance next to Bell Hall. (These include our best sellers, new books, audio books, videos, music CDs, paperbacks, career books, and early childhood materials.) All of the study tables and chairs are now located on the side of the library closest to Bell Hall. We have doubled our number of study carrels for quiet individual study in the back of the library. We now have four study rooms available for group study. Our new circulation desk is ADA-accessible for those who need wheel chair access. We hope everyone will find our new furnishings pleasing, comfortable, and more conducive to research and study.

The library celebrated National Library Week on April 11th-15th. The celebrations began with an open house for faculty and staff on Monday. The activities during the remainder of the week included the paperback book exchange, a book and video sale, a jelly bean jar count and give-away, and freebie items.

The library is conducting online library surveys from April 11th-22nd for all libraries. If you have not yet had a chance to participate in the survey, please do so. We value your input. The survey can be accessed at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/CCCCLibrary

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Professional Development Opportunity

by Bianka Stumpf, Director of Distance Education

Please mark your calendars for the Distance Ed Department's April roundtable. Details are below. Please note spaces are limited (25 total) and reservations are required. To register, email DE at destaff@cccc.edu. First come, first served.

• Topic: "Blogs: Their Promises & Pitfalls"
• Facilitators: Jessica Brown, Biology Instructor; Amanda Carter, DE Coordinator & Adjunct Early Childhood Education Instructor; Janet Zurbach, Spanish Instructor
• When: Mon., Apr. 18 (3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
• Where: Science 9107, Sanford Campus

If you're interested in serving as a faculty facilitator or have other topic ideas, please contact me.

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Tickets Are Still Available For the Final Performances Of "Dreamland"

by Ellen Bland, Drama & Communications Instructor

This spring's musical, "Dreamland," is a super fun 1920's adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," featuring over 30 local actors, musicians, and tech folks. Performance dates are:

• April 15 & 16 @ 8 p.m.
• April 17 @ 7 p.m.

Tickets on sale now at CCCC Pittsboro campus or www.brownpapertickets.com

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Mary Ann Gaster Published in Prestigious Journal

Mary Ann Gaster, nursing instructor at Pittsboro Campus, is a published author. Her piece entitled "Service Learning" was published in the January 2011 edition of the scholarly journal Teaching and Learning in Nursing.

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2011 Red Clay Review To Include Essay By Irene Smith

The CCCC 2011 Red Clay Review has accepted an essay by Irene Smith, Administrative Assistant, Marketing & Public Affairs, for publication. The essay, entitled "Writing to the Sanford Herald," touches on the culture shock experienced by a Northern liberal who relocates to the conservative south. The Review, which has a southern theme this year, will be available on all CCCC campuses and on the website in the near future.

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News From the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs

by Brian Merritt, Director of Grants, Sponsored Programs, and Alumni Relations

Congratulations to Ginger Harris-Pike, Department Chair for Early Child Education, and Angela Leonti, Preschool Director. They were awarded a $3,750.00 "Healthy Eating Equipment Grant" from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation. These funds will help expand the Preschool garden at the Chatham Community Preschool in conjunction with the Sustainable Farming program to provide healthier snack options for the preschool children.

Have an idea for a grant, or are you writing a grant proposal? Receive pre-and-post award support by sending an e-mail to grants@cccc.edu, or call 919.718.7426.

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News From the Office of Alumni Relations

by Brian Merritt, Director of Grants, Sponsored Programs, and Alumni Relations

Name our E-Newsletter! Over the next few weeks, the first edition of a new CCCC Alumni E-Newsletter will begin. Suggested names are welcomed for this new E-Newsletter via e-mail at alumni@cccc.edu.

Sign up for the E-Newsletter on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ccccalum by clicking the "Join E-mail List" link, or send an e-mail to alumni@cccc.edu with the word "Newsletter" in the subject line.

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3rd Annual Broadway Our Way Festival Slated For April 16

This year's Broadway Our Way Festival in downtown Broadway, NC is set for April 16. Several new attractions are being offered at Broadway's third annual festival. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., nationally renowned Barney Fife impersonator, Scott Epperson brings laughter and good times to Broadway! Come meet Barney and have your picture taken with him. The Deputy's car will be on display also, and he's bound to issue some citations along the way.

Another new attraction is Broadway's first-ever Cornhole Tournament. Join in the fun by entering this single-elimination tournament. Entry fee for the tournament is $30 per 2-member team. Tournament champions will receive a $250 cash prize, with runners-up receiving $100. Tournament begins at 10 a.m. at the North Carolina Veterans Memorial located at 210 S. Main Street. Enter today and join the fun!

Also for the first time this year, online registration is available for the popular Run the Buck (5k run) beginning at 8 a.m. and Ride the Buck (50/100k bike ride) at 8:30! Entry fee for each is $25. Complete information and entry forms for all events, as well as links for online registration for these two events, can be found at www.broadwaync.com.

Back by popular demand, the Broadway Idol contest at 5 p.m. has a limited number of openings remaining. Entry fee is $20 per act and prizes include $100 cash plus trophy for first place, $50 for 2nd place, and $25 for 3rd place. Got talent? Enter now to get in on this popular event.

At 10 a.m. the Street Fair opens with a great variety food and craft vendors; as of March 29, we have accepted 60 vendors, with only a few spaces remaining. Also free, fun Kids' Activities are back, along with an extraordinarily talented face painter. This year the car/truck and tractor display, also opening at 10 a.m. on South Main, adds motorcycles to its inventory.

The popular Barbeque Cook-off featuring People's Choice awards is filling up fast. Only 10 teams will be accepted for competition, so don't wait; sign your team up today! Entry fee is $100 per team, and pigs are provided by the Festival Committee. First place prize is $250, second place, $150 and third place $100. Also at stake are braggin' rights for best barbeque in the area! If you want to taste this great barbeque, come early. Tasting begins at 11 a.m.. Armbands permitting unlimited tasting and the opportunity to vote cost $5-a great bargain!

There's great live entertainment again this year. Beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 10 p.m., you'll enjoy the antics of Emcee Gene Dickens and the performances of Kim Brown, 2010 Lee County Idol winner; Frankie Faucet and the Drips, a first-time act in Broadway with a highly entertaining audience-involvement show; Ronnie Womack, back for the 3rd year with great country music; Swift Creek Revival, on our stage for the first time with bluegrass you don't want to miss; and back for the 2nd year, Four Heart Harmony with beautiful strains of gospel. Live entertainment continues with the street dance at 7 p.m. Featuring Gene Dickens and Second Chance Band. The street dance is one of the festival's most popular offerings. Whether you're 3 or 93 you'll be right at home at this family-friendly event.

The Broadway Our Way Festival Committee has instituted a new NO PETS POLICY effective for this year's festival. We do love your pets. This policy has been adopted solely to protect the health and safety of the public. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Bring your family and friends and spend the day in Broadway. There's something for everyone. For more information and entry forms go to www.broadway.com or call 919.258.9922.

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LAEC Adult Ed Students Shine In Competition

by Stephanie Matthews, PT Counselor, Lillington Adult Education Center

From the left, Counselor Stephanie Matthews, Dallas Purcell, Blanca Eguia, Mayra Eguia Cedillo, Charles Dickens, Rosemary Vargas, Maggie Vargas, and Instructor Annie Utley.

On March 10, 2011, students in the Basic Skills, GED, and Adult High School programs from the Lillington Adult Education Center and the West Harnett Center competed in the Annual Geography Expo hosted by Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst. Three students from each campus attended, but five classes contributed pieces of our project on the state of Pennsylvania. Entry items included a display table featuring PA's history and state flag, a report on PA, a travel brochure, a recipe of Baked Apples prepared to sample, and detailed itinerary for a trip to PA. Students who attended the fair were judged based on their ability to answer questions about PA and work as a team. The students brought home the award of "Best Team Effort" for presenting the most creative and cohesive team presentation.

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Chatham Community Library Event

Thursday, May 19th 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. at the Chatham Community Library, The Friends of the Chatham Community Library will present "Saving the Earth's Topsoil" with speakers Jack Traywick and Guy B. Baird.

This program will also include a showing of the documentary film entitled "DIRT", an invigorating, humorous and substantial look at the unappreciated dirt beneath our feet. Speakers Jack Traywick and Guy Baird will discuss the critical issue of topsoil loss, some programs underway aimed at helping to reduce the rapid topsoil loss and start rebuilding it, plus some of their own experiences in several developing countries. They will also attempt to answer the question of why we humans tend to ignore, abuse and destroy our most precious natural resource and how each of us can help to reverse this wasteful practice.

Jack Traywick grew up on a self-sufficient farm in the Piedmont of NC. He had early experience helping his father rebuild a badly eroded farm. Jack is a graduate of NC State University with a Masters degree in Agricultural Engineering. He spent 30 yeas in several developing countries in the design, building and remodeling agricultural research stations, extension programs, multiple cropping and management of natural resources.

Guy Baird grew up on a farm in the mountains of western NC. His advanced college degrees are in agronomy and soil science. His career was in international agricultural development as a soil scientist and research administrator. He spent seven years in Colombia, followed by fifteen years in India.

Find more information about the documentary "DIRT" at www.dirtthemovie.org

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Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce Fundraiser

Moore's Machine Company, a manufacturer of production machine parts in Lee County since 1971, has donated a custom made AR-15 rifle to be raffled off to raise money for the Chamber. The drawing will take place at the Small Business Expo on May 11, 2011. Purchase your ticket for $10. Click here for more information.

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3rd Annual Relay for Life Silent Cake Auction

by Amanda Carter, Distance Education Coordinator

• Wednesday, April 20
• 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• New Science Conference Room

Please join us for this year's Silent Cake Auction. We have a great selection of desserts and treats just in time for the holiday weekend!

We are moving the auction indoors and extending our hours to allow everyone more time to participate. We are also inviting faculty and staff at other campuses to bid and we will deliver your treat to you if you win!

We have added two new ways you can put your bids in during the day. Of course, you can come in-person to check out everything firsthand as in past years. You can also take advantage of phone-in bidding via extension 7525 or you can email me at abcarter@cccc.edu to let me know your new bids. We will be posting the bids in front of the desserts and cakes and you can bid as often as you would like during the day until 3:00 p.m. We will contact all winners as soon as possible after the auction is over.

All of the proceeds will go to the CCCC Relay for Life team. We are "Fighting for a Cure" and "Celebrating More Birthdays" thanks to the research and support of the American Cancer Society. Please come out and join us for this wonderful and fun event!

We will be accepting cash, check, and credit cards (via our Relay website) for the winning bids so come ready and leave with a sweet treat or two!*

Some treats you will find at this year's auction include: Hershey Cake, Angus Barn Chocolate Chess Pie, Carrot Cake, a Dessert from Chef Greg Hamm's Cafe 121, Linda Spivey's Famous 14-day Pickles, Pineapple Upside Down Cake Coconut Pie, German Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, Amaretto Almond Pound Cake, Butter Pecan Cake, Hoho Cake, Fresh Cinnamon Raisin Walnut Bread, Anadama Bread, Peach Casserole, Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Sticks, Brownies, Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies, Five Layer Pound Cake, some gluten-free desserts and much more!

We can provide a receipt for your donation upon request for tax purposes.

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Volunteers Sought For Endor Furnace Mural

by Carl Bryan, Dean of Student Learning

Tim Shaw from the City of Sanford has formed a committee of representatives from the Sanford Brush and Palette Club, Lee County middle and high schools, and CCCC to solicit help for painting a mural that is along the new Endor Furnace greenway. The location of the mural would be near Applebee's restaurant in Sanford, NC. CCCC is asking for student submissions of their plans for a mural that represents life in Sanford from a historical perspective. Perhaps students would highlight pottery, the Depot Park train engine 12, agriculture or the actual Endor Furnace. Carl Bryan, Dean of Student Learning, is accepting proposals from CCCC students for this project. Plans are to be drawn on either a posterboard or 8 x 11 paper. Submissions to Dean Bryan are due to his office located in the Lee campus Academic Assistance Center by April 30, 2011. All submissions would be taken before the committee and a compilation of the best submissions would then be arranged for painting the mural. This is a great opportunity for our students to have their work displayed on a permanent basis and be a part of a great community project.

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Cougar Pets News

by Jonathan Loftis, Animal Facilities Manager

We are featuring two mature and charming beagles that are awaiting adoption. The animals waiting patiently for permanent homes at the CCCC vet tech facility are healthy, have all their shots and have been spayed/neutered. They are ready to love you.

Griff: An adult male beagle, Griff is distinctive for his sweet personality. He is undemanding, requiring only someone to take him for walks, although he would love to have a human he could train to fetch balls for him. Griff considers himself a family guy, although he'd prefer teenagers to smaller children. He would be a perfect companion for a senior or someone who lives alone.

Barry: Eight years old, Barry has been at the CCCC Vet Tech facility for four years. He is calm with a quiet personality and would be excellent company for a senior or a shut-in. He's easy to care for.

Visit the Cougar Pets website at cougarpets.webs.com/index.html for more information and pictures of pets available for adoption. Call 919.718.7465 or email jloftis@cccc.edu if you want to adopt.

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Cougar Profile

Chef Gregg Hamm
Director of Hospitality
and Culinary Program

Chef Gregg Hamm, Director of Hospitality and Culinary Program, grew up in North Carolina and Virginia, developing a deep appreciation of traditional Southern cooking as a child. By the time he was eight years old, Chef Hamm was learning to cook the things he liked to eat, laying the foundation for a lifetime devoted to cooking and eating. "I love all the good old-fashioned southern comfort foods," he said.

The dominant thread running through the fabric of his life has been a passion for teaching others what he has learned through study and experience. He is a graduate of the culinary arts program at Johnson and Wales University in Charleston, South Carolina and still serves on the Educators Advisory Council for his alma mater. He spent 11 years at Lee County High School teaching hospitality and culinary arts. His students operated and managed the popular Culinary Cafe at the school, serving breakfast and lunch and filling takeout and catering orders.

The new curriculum program will be "much more than cooking," Chef Hamm told us. Graduates of the two-year program will acquire the tools necessary to manage their restaurant or their bed and breakfast as well as produce authentic "Farm to Fork" regionally based sustainable cuisine.

In June of 2008, Chef Hamm opened his own restaurant, Cafe 121, located on Chatham Street across the railroad tracks from Depot Park in the center of Sanford. The restaurant is an integral part of his teaching curriculum, a place where all his students have the opportunity to get hands-on experience at every level of their program. He is a resident of Sanford, sharing his home with two beloved Great Danes.

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News From the CCCC Family

I appreciate everything that you did to comfort me when my father died. I was touched by the cards, the well wishes, and the beautiful plant. My dad would be pleased to know that I work with such caring people. -Michelle Powell

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Birthdays

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Dates to Remember

April 18 - 4th Annual CC Cosmetology Hair Show - Civic Center, 11:00 AM

April 22 & 25 - Easter holidays.

May 30 - Memorial Day holiday.

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Things For Sale, For Adoption or for Free

FOR SALE: 2001 Harley-Davidson Road King (FHLR)23,000 miles. Lots of chrome. Has windshield and sissy bar. Great ride! Asking $8,700. For more details or pictures, please email gene307@gmail.com

YARD SALE: Saturday April 16th , 8 AM - until -- Salmon Motors next to Hardee's in Carthage. Dining room tables, hutch, 2 green chairs, green love seat, child's desk, porcelain sinks, household items, and toys.

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