Gabe Turner wins North Carolina contest; goes to National

Congratulations Gabe Turner, winner of the North Carolina American Legion High School Oratorical Contest. He took the title in Marion, NC  Saturday, March 5th, in competition with students from 4 other regions of the state. Next he goes to Indianapolis, Indiana in Mid April to compete for the national championship. Gabe is a talented musician. In the 9th grade he set one of Shakespeare's Sonnets to music. He also has composed music for an upcoming production of THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, where he is an 11th grader.

Birthday Celebration at Shelby Cafe

Judy has a birthday March 4th, and mine is March 6th. 

Top photo, left, Dave Causby, Judy Hoffman Barrett, Jeanne Dorsey Burks, Brenda Waters Costner, Steve Costner, Bryan Legrand, Max Daves, Gail Pearson--right, Gerald Weathers, Ron Blackwell, Ron Byers, Tom Cothran, Charlie Magness, Ludy. 

Bottom photo, left--Ludy, Charlie Magness, Tom Cothran, Ron Byers, Ron Blackwell, Gerald Weathers--right, Gail Pearson, Max Daves, Bryan Legrand, Steve Costner, Brenda Waters Costner, Jeanne Dorsey Burks Judy Hoffman Barrett, Dave Causby. Claude Ross was present but was called away to work and John Gjelhaug had to leave before photo was taken. Thanks to Bryan and his wife Brendan for the cake.

Passing of William Spencer Smith

I learned last night that William Spencer Smith (Spencer) of the W C U class of '69, has passed away.  (Read obituary notice here.)  Spencer was active in campus radio station W W O O -- a manager one year -- and was a lay reader at St. David's Episcopal Church, Cullowhee. He majored in education--possibly special ed. His wife Louise was also a WCU graduate--maybe a year ahead of us. Spencer was from Manteo but he and Louise were living in Brevard at the time of his passing.

Lost Playwrights meets in February and March

Lost Playwrights meets 
Saturday, 2PM to 4PM, 
in Kaplan Auditorium of Henderson County Library, 
301 N. Washington Street, Hendersonville, NC. 

All persons interested in any aspect of theatre or creative writing are invited. There are no dues.

The next meeting after that one will be also in Kaplan Auditorium,
2-4 pm
Saturday March 19, 2016

Gabe Turner wins American Legion Oratorical Contest

Gabe Turner of Ellenboro, a junior at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, is the winner of the American Legion District 5 Oratorical Contest, held in Hickory on February 13th. He advances to the state contest to be held in Marion, NC on March 5th. He is shown here with chairman of the Shelby Post 82 contest, Ludy Wilkie

American Legion Post 82 is also on Facebook.