Wytheville Community College is sponsoring its free monthly Bluegrass and Old-Time Jamboree, this time featuring the bluegrass band Fescue and the old-time group The White Top Mountain Band on Saturday, November 21, from 7-9 p.m. in the George Wythe High School Auditorium in Wytheville.

“Fescue� was founded more than 20 years ago and has performed in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and West Virginia. The five-piece band’s stage show is comprised of a wide range of bluegrass music from slow ballads to hard-driving, energetic tunes. The band won first place in the Bluegrass Band competition at the Galax Fiddlers Convention in 1997 and then followed that win with another first-place finish in the same category in 2000. Fescue has appeared several times at the WCC Bluegrass and Old-Time Jamboree.

The White Top Mountain Band has a long history in old-time music. Three of the current lineup’s five members are Spencers—fiddler Thornton and his multi-instrumentalist wife Emily and their daughter Martha—complemented ably by mandolinist Jackson Cunningham and acoustic bassist Debbie Bramer. Emily and Martha split the bulk of lead-vocal and harmony duties, and they sing with beauty and intensity in the pure Appalachian style. The band sizzles without ever sounding soullessly slick.

Fescue will perform from 7-8 p.m. and The White Top Mountain Band will perform from 8-9 p.m. The doors will be open at the George Wythe High School Auditorium beginning at 6 p.m. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

The event is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted to help defray the travel expenses of the bands.

2009 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE
ALL HOME GAMES ARE PLAYED AT THE HISTORIC WYTHEVILLE RECREATION CENTER – 250 SOUTH 4TH STREET IN DOWNTOWN WYTHEVILLE
Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ New River Community College – 7 p.m.
Monday, November 9, 2009 @ New River Community College – 7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Home vs. New River Community College – 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 5, 2009 Tournament @ Home

2009-2010 MENS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
ALL HOME GAMES ARE PLAYED AT THE HISTORIC WYTHEVILLE RECREATION CENTER - ACROSS FROM THE WYTHE COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN WYTHEVILLE

Sunday , November 1, 2009 @ Davidson JC — 3:00p.m.
Thursday, November 5, 2009 @ Bluefield College (NAIA) – 7:00pm
Monday, November 9, 2009 Home vs. Milligan College (NAIA )— 7:00p.m.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 @ Caldwell JC —7:00p.m.
Monday, November 16 2009 @ VMI (Big South Conference) — 7:00p.m.
Thursday, November 19, 2009 Home vs. SVU (Big South Conference) — 7:00p.m.
Tuesday , December 1, 2009 Home vs. VMI (Big South Conference) — 7:00p.m.
Thursday, December 3, 2009 @ Milligan College (NAIA) — 7:00p.m.
Tuesday , December 8, 2009 Home vs. Caldwell JC — 7:00p.m.
Friday , December 11 2009 @ SVU (Big South Conference) — 7:00p.m.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Home vs. Davidson JC – 7:00p.m.
Friday, January 8, 2010 @ Lord Fairfax Community College – 7:00pm
Friday, January 15, 2010 Home vs. Bluefield College (NAIA) – 7:00pm
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 @ New River Community College – 7:30pm
Friday, January 29, 2010 Home vs. Lord Fairfax Community College – 7:00pm
Thursday, February 4, 2010 Home vs. Virginia Highlands Community College – 7:00pm
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Home vs. Virginia Western Community College – 6:00pm
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ Virginia Western Community College – 6:00pm
Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ Virginia Highlands Community College – 7:00pm
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Home vs. New River Community College – 7:30pm

WCC Students!  Meet and great each other from 10:45 am-2:15 pm in Fincastle Hall Eatery area.  Enjoy pizza, ice cream, and a chance for a free gas card.  See you there!

Visit the WCC Library web page and check out our new link “What’s New at the Library”.  You will find our latest lists of new popular books, new materials added, Kegley features, and other announcements.

The Assistant Manager’s main responsibility is to assist the manager in running the store. Other duties include, but are not limited to, maintaining strong customer service connections with faculty and students, assisting with staff hiring and training, inventory control, opening and closing the store, and acting as store manager when needed. Assists in the ordering of textbooks, verifying incoming orders, stocking, providing customer service and helping organize buybacks. Bookstore management experience preferred with a good knowledge of the textbook cycle. This is a full time salary position with benefits. Some nights and weekends required. Applicants must have solid computer skills with Microsoft programs and have demonstrated the ability to lead others. Nebraska Book Company is an equal opportunity employer.

Effective Fall 2008 the VCCS has increased the tuition rates for the 2008 - 2009 academic year to the following:

IN STATE tuition is now $87.15 a credit hour.

OUT of STATE tuition is now $262.30 a credit hour.

Payment options include the FACTS payment plan, Cash, Check, Master Card or Visa.

Please contact the business Office at 223-4789 with any questions about payment options.

Barr, Nevada.  Winter Study.  “The national park ranger, Anna Pigeon, returns to an island park in Lake Superior where a monstrous wolf is at large.”  (Popular PS3552.A73184 W56 2008)

Clark, Mary Higgins.  Where Are You Now?  “A woman searches for the truth about her brother who is alive, but has disappeared.”  (Popular PS3553.L287 W53 2008)

Coben, Harlan.  Hold Tight.  “The aftermath of a high school kid’s suicide rocks a New Jersey suburb.”  (Popular PS3553.O225 H65 2008)

Frank, Dorothea Benton.  Bulls Island.  “An investment banker returns to the South Carolina island home she had left 20 years before.”  (Popular PS3556.R3338 B85 2008)

Johansen, Iris.  Quicksand.  “The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan tracks a killer who claims to have murdered her daughter years earlier.”  (Popular PS3560.O275 Q53 2008)

Kellerman, Jonathan.  Compulsion.  “Several Los Angeles women are murdered and the psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates.”  (Popular PS3561.E3865 C64 2008)

Lahiri, Jhumpa.  Unaccustomed Earth.  “Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children.”  (Popular PS3562.A316 U53 2008)

De los Santos, Marisa.  Belong to Me.  “When she moves to the suburbs, a woman becomes enmeshed in complications and secrets.”  (Popular PS3604.E1228 B45 2008)

Pollan, Michael.  In Defense of Food.  “A manifesto urges us to “Eat food.  Not too much. Mostly plants.”  (Popular RA784.P643 2008)

Anna Ray Roberts, WCC’s Coordinator of Library Services, has announced that she will retire from the college effective August 1, 2008. Anna Ray became WCC’s librarian in 1967. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan. The students, faculty, and staff of WCC wish Anna Ray a healthy and happy retirement.

Sign up to WCCALERT, the new WCC Emergency Alert System.

Please go to http://alert.wcc.vccs.edu and check out the capabilities and features available with this alert notifications system, which will be used to contact members of the WCC Community in the event of extreme weather events, school closings and/or emergencies. You can sign up to receive alerts by going to the website, or by using the quick-sign up feature. Just SMS the keyword WCCALERT to 411911. You will get a text message telling you that you are signed up and will get a login id and temporary password to sign in to the website given above, where you can add other phones, email addresses and so on.

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