Lees-McRae College News

Hendley to be Grand Marshal of Boone Christmas Parade On Wednesday, December 9, at the Jones House Community Center, Boone Mayor Loretta Clawson formally asked Doc Hendley, founder of Wine To Water, to be grand marshal for the Boone Christmas Parade.

Lees-McRae College Performing Arts presents the annual Candlelight Christmas Concert on Dec.

The Candlelight Christmas Concert has been a tradition at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk for 30 years.

A plaque in Bill and Saundra Morton's Burlington kitchen reads "Count It All Joy - James 1:2" and that's truly how this couple approaches life.

In 1979, playwright Augusto Boal introduced the world to Theatre of the Oppressed, a concept performance with a central conflict, an clearly oppressed person, and an equally clear oppressor.

The three senior starters for Christian Academy of Knoxville and coach Ried Estus arrived at the school at different times.

Performance students Kadey Ballard, Austin Perry and Laurel Wilde take part in workshops to help develop a script for the Interactive Theatre Project.

A benefit concert will be held on Friday, November 13, to raise funds and awareness for the nonprofit therapeutic equestrian organization, Blazing Saddles.

A man steeped in Shakespeare puts Lees McRae College in Banner Elk on secure path in short order.

Truckee, Calif. The USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships kicked off on Friday as nearly 300 student athletes converged on the Northstar at Tahoe Resort to compete for a total of 22 national titles over three days.The first day of racing saw the coeds battle it out for individual titles in the cross country contests.

Lees-McRae College Campus Recreation will again host the annual Turkey Trot 5K, taking place this year on Saturday, November 21, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lees-McRae College Williams Gymnasium in Banner Elk.

In the past week, candidates for Banner Elk mayor received a questionnaire asking them to provide their top priority for the town and their positions on the issues of development, utilities, support for Lees-McRae College and annexation.

Alonzo Valdez Clark II, 19, of Fredericksburg, son of Cheryl and Alonzo, has completed his circle of life, dying Thursday, Oct.

Les Broussard co-owns The Banner Elk Cafe with his wife Cindy. An avid sports enthusiast, Broussard heads up several Sugar Mountain Adult Race League ski teams in the winter.

SPENCER a ' The mayor's race and races for the Spencer Board of Aldermen are generating considerable interest here in next month's general election.

Tying in with the Autumn at Oz celebration on Beech Mountain this weekend and the 70th anniversary of the MGM film The Wizard of Oz , the 2009 Homecoming theme at Lees-McRae College is "There's No Place Like Lees-McRae." Homecoming weekend events are scheduled throughout the campus this Friday to Sunday, October 2 to 4. A Homecoming pep rally and ...

E-mail information about faith-based events and what's going on at your place of worship at least two weeks in advance of the event to Features Editor Bruce Steele at bsteele@CITIZEN-TIMES.com. Items are published 1-8 days in advance, in Saturday's Mountains section, space permitting.

The nip of cool mountain air reminds many that the annual Woolly Worm Festival is just around the corner.

Look around you, and you're likely to come into contact with a volunteer firefighter.

A GLENGORMLEY student has jetted off to study in the United States with an extra A 1,000 in her account thanks to Northern Bank's Study Travel Fund.