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Carolina Crier
F R O M Y O U RR E G I O N A LO F F I C E R S :
Issue 2 | December 2016
Sammie's Experience
C H A P T E RU P D A T E S
2016 Fall highlights
R U N F O RO F F I C E
Phi Theta Kappa-Carolinas Region
Applications nowavailable for R O & I O :
learn more
THE HOLIDAYS Service project ideas
R E G I O N A LE V E N T S What's Next?
Reasons to Run for Office:
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Build on your leadership skills, work in a team, and organizational
skillsofficers plan and run events
Further connect with your communityregional officers choose and
promote the service project for their year in office
Build on your public speaking skillsdelivering speeches (part of
election process and opportunities if elected), hosting workshops (if
elected)
Campaigning for office will strengthen your social skills, gives you
experience, and builds your self confidenceno matter the outcome
Opportunities for travel
Encourage members to get involved in Phi Theta Kappa programs
like Competitive Edge
Resume worthy
*Applications for regional office and international office are now
available. Be sure to review the qualifications, requirements if elected,
and application deadlines. Then, go for it! You have everything to gain!
My Regional OfficerExperience
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Samantha Aviles, VP of NC
When I first decided to runfor regional office, I wasterrified. I didn't know
whether I could even liveup to what the positionentailed. Being a leaderfor the region? Public
speaking? Me? ThankfullyI pushed aside my doubtsand dove in head first.
The campaigning processwas stressful, but really
fun.After being elected I gotbetter acquainted with myfellow ROs, and almostinstantly made some ofmy newest lifelong
friends. Unfortunately wehave had some roadbumps, but your 2016
2017 regional officer teampushed through it all.
On a personal level, Ihave met some amazingpeople and made lifelongmemories this year. Iknow that if I wouldn't
have faced my fears andran, I would have missedout on all of that. Youhave all made this year
the best year I could haveever imagined.
I want to thank you all forbeing my friends, myfamily, my inspirationwhen I felt like I was
sinking. I will never forgetmy time as VP of NorthCarolina and all the
position, and every one ofyou, have done to enrich
my life.
OUR HIA PROJECTON CAMPUS
BY MIKE MILLS , ALPHA ETA KAPPA CHAPTERPRES IDENT
On Thursday, November 17, the Alpha
Eta Kappa chapter at Midlands
Technical College in Columbia, SC,
hosted a seminar on behalf of
Lighthouse for Life. Lighthouse for Life
is a nonprofit organization which
focuses on helping survivors of human
trafficking in our area.
The seminar was a great success, with over
30 people learning about the signs of
trafficking and what can be done to
prevent it and hopefully end it. The chapter
is still raising funds for Lighthouse for Life.
They are in the process of finishing a home
built for survivors who are making the
transition to everyday life.
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Beta Nu Upsilon chapter of Phi Theta Kappaat Pitt Community College
Our Honors in Action Project
The Beta Nu Upsilon chapter of PTKat Pitt Community College Honors inAction project this year promoted
awareness for voter registration andilliteracy. Our honors programrevolved around the Rights andResponsibilities in the Honors
Program Guide. The idea of voterregistration/ voter awareness goeshand in hand with American rights
and responsibilities. A mainconsideration for this theme was thelow amount of voter informationavailable, and the statistics we
gathered on illiteracy rates in ourarea. Our community had an illiteracyrate more than twice as high as thenational average. We threw around acouple different ideas: a toleranceweek, seminar series, readingpartnership with the library, and
reading days at a nursing home. Ourchapter decided that an informingevent on illiteracy and voting and
issues facing voters was anappropriate answer to the questionsraised by the theme. The objectivewas to inform the potential voters onthe process of voting, illiteracy, andalso to register potential voters.
We partnered with other PittCommunity College clubs, and somenonPCC affiliated organizations:
Gamma Beta Phi of PCC, Next Levelof PCC, the North Carolina Board ofElections, and Pitt County literacyvolunteers. Elizabeth Chilcoat, andShara Chilcoat were in charge of theresearch. We had multiple memberstake part in the event, from planningto hosting. The members involvedwith the event were Monica, Kurt,
Angel, Daniel, and Chria.PTK members were taught to
network by finding oncampus andoffcampus emails to collaborate withspecial guests. A brief session washeld to teach members how to fill outvoter registration forms, how to findone’s ballot, and the special careneeded to register a voter. The Pitt
Community College Honors in Actionproject promoted awareness for
voter registration and illiteracy. (Weprovided books, paper, pencils, and
other supplies to the literacyvolunteers). There were
approximately 110 attendees and weregistered 13 voters. They wereinformed on literacy and differentissues on campus by multiple
different groups.
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Fall 2016 at Beta Sigma PhiBy Rogelio Salvador, Chapter President
This has been such an excitingfall semester for the Beta SigmaPhi chapter! Our work on theHonors in Action, College, andRegional projects have helpedstrengthen our relations with thecommunity at Central CarolinaCommunity College. For theHonors in Action project, our
chapter has focused onrenewable energy and the
impacts that it can have towardssociety. In an attempt to raiseawareness about renewable
energy, our chapter has inviteda guest from the Central ElectricMembership Cooperative tospeak to us all about thisemerging technology.
For the College Project, ourchapter has decided to giveback to the faculty at our
campus for all of their hard workby providing them with goodiebags, composed of candy and
keychains that were all made byour chapter.
For the Regional Purse Project,our chapter held a donationdrive and were able to collectmany purses and items that will
all be donated to the localHaven in Sanford, NC, which
provides services for victims ofabuse and violence. The
donations will be given to theHaven a week prior toThanksgiving Day.
We held a small informalinduction ceremony on October
28th. The first week ofDecember, we will once again
participate in the annualChristmas Tree Lighting atCCCC helping children makechristmas cards for their
parents. These activities are allin addition to attending theregional Honors Institute at
Mars Hill University in July andthe Regional LeadershipConference at DavidsonCommunity College in
November. The excitementcontinues as the semester endsbecause our chapter has plansof continuing to be active in ourschool and community for theupcoming spring semester!
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Fall 2016 at Beta Sigma PhiBy Rogelio Salvador, Chapter President
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Fall 2016 at Beta Sigma PhiBy Rogelio Salvador, Chapter President
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Go Alpha Chi Sigma!as well as our Keynote
Speaker Melissa Singler, theVP for Academic Affairs andWorkforce Development. We are delighted to haveour new members and we
look forward to enjoying to allthe shared opportunities that
they bring with them.After months of planning,Alpha Chi Sigma held a
vigorous debate on the 3rd ofNovember. Our topic ofdiscussion was the UnitedStates’ role as a global
policing power, including therights and responsibilities
inherent in that role. We werepleased to have the supportof Gregory Arey, CFCC’sSocial and Behavioral
Sciences Department Chair,as well as several otherfaculty members from avariety of disciplines. Thedebate was an enlighteningopportunity to hear different
perspectives on acontroversial subject,
including the thoughts ofsome of our student veterans.
Alpha Chi Sigma Chapter ofCape Fear CommunityCollege has continuously
endeavored to set the bar forexcellence and achievementthis Fall. During the thirdweek of September, our
school celebrated Phi ThetaKappa week to increase ourvisibility and promote ourchapter. During this time,
students who became eligiblefor Phi Theta Kappa were
“tapped” in class by supportingfaculty. The friendly faces ofour officers manned a booth in
an area of high trafficthroughout the week to
provide our student body withinformation regarding our
chapter and Phi Theta Kappaas a whole.
On the last Friday of October,Alpha Chi Sigma Chapter was
proud to induct 50 newmembers during anexceptionally moving
ceremony. We were honoredto have the support of Dr.Amanda Lee, President ofCape Fear Community
College,
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Go Alpha Chi Sigma!
Over the next few weeks, welook forward to engaging insome creative fundraisingactivities during the Annual
Riverfest in HistoricDowntown Wilmington, NC. We will also be serving ourcommunity by volunteeringwith the Salvation Armyduring their ThanksgivingDrive, and we plan to enjoy
some muchneededfellowship during our holiday
party!
During the first weekend ofNovember, 100% of the Alpha
Chi Sigma officer teamattended the Regional
Leadership Conference as oneof the Host Chapters. Severalof our officers and our chapter
advisor lead workshopsthroughout the weekend. Itwas a pleasure to be able toreunite with our colleaguesand friends from around theCarolinas Region while
enriching our leadership skills.
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Updates from Wake TechnicalCommunity College
The Officers and members ofWake Technical CommunityCollege’s chapter of PhiTheta Kappa, Beta AlphaZeta, have been very busy!We’ve had many activitiesalready this fall semester.During awareness week, wepromoted PTK by displayinga booth at Facts and Snackson campus, where studentscould come and learn moreabout our chapter. At thisevent, members wore ournewly designed PTKBAZ tshirts and buttons to raise ourvisibility on campus. We alsoheld a successful KrispyKreme fundraiser duringawareness week as well.
Our BAZ family has beenhard at work and dedicated tothis year’s goal of becominga fivestar chapter. We havecontinued to work on both ourcollege and Honors in Actionprojects. We have pickedsubjects that we are bothenthusiastic about and thatare challenging as well. Weare excited to share theseprojects with our PTK familywhen they are completed.
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Updates from Wake TechnicalCommunity College
We have continued toincrease our chapter’sinvolvement and visibilityboth on campus and in the
community. We hadoverwhelming participationfor The Purse Project thatwas held on all of our
campuses. The Purse Projectwas our Regional projectwhere we collected gentlyused purses and bags,toiletries and other useful
items to then be donated to alocal women’s shelter. Theinterest was so high that weeven extended our deadlinetwo weeks! We continue tocare for a local lake trail herein Raleigh. BAZ partneredwith the AdoptATrail
program last year and hassince been proud to call thissection of trail our own. It is a
great opportunity formembers to fellowship withone another while also givingback to our community.
PTKBAZ held our newmember orientations in
October. We were happy tosee the excitement that ournew members showed andtheir interest in becomingactive members of ourchapter. Our InductionCeremony was held inNovember and it was a
wonderful event as always. The members and their
families were very proud oftheir accomplishments andenjoyed learning more aboutPTK. We are excited tocontinue sharing the
wonderful things that PTKBAZ has to offer with ourmembers, fellow students
and our community!
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Updates from Wake TechnicalCommunity College
Stuffing Trucks andWarming Hearts
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Members of Alpha AlphaIota at York TechnicalCollege in Rock Hill, SCshowed up and showedout for our “Stuff the
Truck” event. The eventwas to collect items forthe Carolina’s Region
Purse Project.
Members collectedpurses and personal
items all day from otherchapter members as wellas from the student body,the York Tech faculty andstaff, and individuals from
the community.
Alpha Alpha Iota
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Stuffing Trucks andWarming Hearts
Our goal was to fill thebed of a Ford F150 pickup truck. While the bed ofthe truck was not overflowing at the end of theday, the event was anincredible success.
People showed up withtrunks full of donations.Students who did noteven know about the
event prior to seeing us inthe parking lot left andcame back with items
they purchased in order tobe able to contribute. Themajority of the bed wasfilled and later donated atthe Honors Institute in
Mars Hill, NC.
However, the greatersuccess was not theamount of collected
donations. The successwas hearing so manypeople’s testimonies ofperseverance. Donorstold about having beenhomeless and escapingabusive situations. The
experience washeartening and humblingfor the chapter memberswho were receiving thedonations. Alpha AlphaIota was honored toaccept donations from
such amazing people andto be able offer small
comforts to the clients ofthe Purse Project.
Alpha Phi Nu Working Hard
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The Alpha Phi Nu chapter hasbeen hard at work on severalprojects over the past severalmonths. From our 99th chapteranniversary celebration, to ourboth our College Project andHIA project, it has been one
heck of a ride so far. The teamhas been meshing really well
and we’ve gotten a lotaccomplished.
On the trip back fromNerdNation, the idea was
pitched to coordinate with the99th Brewery for our 99th
anniversary. Randy Riggs, afarmer, donated a pig and
several others donated time tohelp out. Alpha Phi Nu had asolid group turnout with our
officer team, several members,advisors, alumni, and even oneof our honorary members. Itseemed like everyone had ablast. The event was so
successful, that we are alreadyplanning our 100th anniversary
event.
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Group 1's Experience Duringthe Leadership Conference
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Carolinas RegionLeadership Conferencewas held at DavidsonCounty CommunityCollege in Lexington,North Carolina last
November 11 13, 2016.This conference was
about learning how to doan Honors in Action (HIA)
Project as well as aCollege Project in one
day. On Friday night, DanHoughtaling, gave a
lecture about leadership.Afterwards, the Carolinasregion was divided intogroups and did a teambuilding exercise. OnSaturday, the fun and
learning began.
Group 1 Team Members with their Team Leader
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This year’s Honors in Actiontopic is How the World Works:Global Perspectives. Group 1
had Theme 1: Myth andReality. All members in groupone never experienced writinga HIA Project or a CollegeProject before, so after
introductions and explainingthe process of the activity,
team members were split intotwo groups. They started
brainstorming ideas for theirHIA project and Collegeproject respectively. Whileeach group were discussingtheir plans about the projects,Heather Dougherty was in
charge of their calendar. Shehad to coordinate with bothgroups, so that the calendarhad the same dates andevents in their write ups.
The HIA Group were off to agood start. Everyone seemedto be interested in one topic.Each member had a specificjob to do. The team leader ofHIA Group, Jennifer Liebelt,made sure their group wasorganized. Meanwhile, theCollege Project Group hadsome trouble on decidingwhat their college project
should be about. The CollegeProject Leader, Noel
Martinez, spoke with JobelBarcoma who is the Group
Leader of Group 1 and SarahShannon Mohamed who isan alumna. Afterwards, theirgroup was back on track. ThePresident of the mock chapterwas Gary Kellum. He was incharge of making sure thateveryone was doing theirpart. Their goal was to be a
FiveStar Chapter.
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In the end, each groupfinished their write ups on
time. As the Group Leader ofGroup 1, I would like to saythat I am very proud of mygroup. It was their first timemaking a HIA Project and
College Project, but I saw theteamwork, leadership, and the
drive to be a FiveStarChapter. I asked somemembers about their
experience and here’s whatthey say:
Heather Dougherty (InChargeof Calendar): “My experiencewas awesome since it was myfirst HIA class. I learned howimportant it is to have a
secured calendar and to makesure you have all yourinformation on it so that
everyone in the chapter willknow what's going on.”Noel Martinez (College
Project Group Leader): “I hada great experience. My teamhad great chemistry and weall seemed to easily agree onmost topics. I would definitelywork with the same groupagain. I learned many thingsduring the practice college
and HIA project, but the mostimportant thing that I learned
was how to go about inpreparing the write ups and
how they are graded.”
Gary Kellum (President): “I'dsay it was a unique
perspective. It also was aneyeopening experience towhat chapter presidents
actually should do. If I learnedany one thing, I'd say it's thatthe chapter president needsto split time evenly between
both projects to betterunderstand the chapter's
progress in both.”
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Group 1 working together on their HIA and college project
RCC Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Inducts 69New Members
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Beta Theta Rho, the local Five Star
Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at
Randolph Community College,
welcomed 69 new members during
its Fall Induction Ceremony on
Saturday, November 5, in the R.
Alton Cox Learning Resources
Center auditorium on the Asheboro
Campus.
Zeno Phu, Beta Theta Rho
treasurer, led the Pledge of
Allegiance while Lilith Ward,
secretary, presented the invocation.
Clark Adams, RCC
English/Communication instructor
and one of the chapter advisors,
welcomed the crowd and explained
the mission and purpose of Phi
Theta Kappa, noting the four
hallmarks of Phi Theta Kappa:
leadership, fellowship, scholarship,
and service.
“Each one of you has gone over and
above what has been required of
you here at RCC” Adams told
students. “You set the standard for
other students to follow and we’re
proud of you.” In his welcome
message, Adams recognized
college employees, administration,
other Phi Theta Kappa advisors for
their support.
Wendell Haselden, an RCC and Phi
Theta Kappa alumnus, was the
alumni speaker. He attended RCC
from 2009 to 2010 where he
became a member of the college’s
chapter of Phi Theta Kappa in
Spring 2010. He received his
Associate in Applied Science
degree in Funeral Service
Education in 2012 from Fayetteville
Technical Community College, a
collaborative program with
Randolph Community College.
Haselden resides in Lexington,
North Carolina and is a licensed
funeral director and embalmer at
Davidson Funeral Home of
Lexington.
In his address, he explained how
after he was laidoff from his job of
over 30 years, he attended RCC
and received a first class education
where he received assistance from
his instructors and developed as a
student. Haselden encouraged the
new inductees to have a positive
attitude, stay focused, and express
gratitude. “Does this choice of
lifestyle sound like a person an
employer would like to hire? A
happy person, a positive person, a
focused person, a committed and
confident person, a healthy
person?” Haselden asked.
Written by Nicholas LaPlant, Phi Theta Kappa PublicRelations Officer
RCC Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Inducts 69New Members
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The keynote speaker was Dr. Robert
S. Shackleford Jr., president of
Randolph Community College.
Shackleford spoke to students about
the importance of hard work by
referencing an interview with the
famous UCLA basketball coach
John Wooden. In the interview,
Wooden was asked who his favorite
player he ever coached was to
which Wooden gave a surprising
answer. It was not the famous
Kareem AbdulJabbar or Bill Walton,
but it instead was Curtis Rowe.
Shackleford explained that
according to Wooden, it was not the
number of points that his players
scored, or the number of rebounds
the players had, but it was how hard
they worked that made the
difference. Shackleford expressed to
the new members how hard work
and dedication leads to success.
Next came a special presentation by
the Director of Transfer Recruitment
and Special Events for Salem
College, Ms. Jennifer Chapman, and
the Admissions and Enrollment
Coordinator/Academic Advisor for
Salem College, Ms. Anne Donovan.
Each new Phi Theta Kappa member
was presented with a special
scholarship letter and certificate from
Salem College, exclusively for Phi
Theta Kappa members.
Suzanne Rohrbaugh, vice president
of instructional services, presided
over the ceremony and inducted the
new members. Student officers of
the local chapter played key roles in
the ceremony. Jahmina Ollison,
president, told the audience about
the significance of the carnation as a
symbol of Phi Theta Kappa and led
the new inductees in the Phi Theta
Kappa pledge. Taylor Maness, the
vice president, handed out the
carnations to the inductees, while
Nicholas LaPlant, the public
relations officer, was in charge of
the membership book. Phi Theta
Kappa members Joshua Castro and
Cason Conder served as ushers.
Students and their guests were
invited to enjoy light refreshments
and fellowship provided by Phi
Theta Kappa advisor Melissa
Earliwine in the Armadillo Cafe
following the induction. Waymon
Martin (department head, Business
Administration) and Dorothy Hans
(English/Reading instructor) are also
Phi Theta Kappa advisors.
Written by Nicholas LaPlant, Phi Theta Kappa PublicRelations Officer
RCC Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Inducts 69New Members
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Established in 1918, Phi Theta
Kappa is the only international honor
society serving twoyear institutions.
It recognizes the academic
achievement and integrity of
students enrolled in associate
degree programs. Students who are
invited to join Phi Theta Kappa must
have completed 12 credit hours and
must possess a grade point average
of 3.5 or higher.
Beta Theta Rho, Randolph
Community College’s chapter, was
chartered on November 1, 1999 and
over 3,300 students have been
inducted in the past 17 years. RCC’s
chapter has maintained Five Star
status for 13 consecutive years. The
Five Star status recognizes chapters
that have met a higher standard of
quality programming and have
completed every requirement set
forth by Phi Theta Kappa to reach
the highest star level.
Written by Nicholas LaPlant, Phi Theta Kappa PublicRelations Officer
RCC Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Inducts 69New Members
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Students (identified by hometowns) whowere inducted on November 5 include
the following:
Archdale: Grace Davis Harrell,Davindra Rammani
Asheboro: Gabriel Arellano, ElizabethAviles Hernandez, Lauren ChristineBaugh, Samantha Marie Capers,Sandra Frye Collinson, Macy LaneDaniel, Tiffany Jordan Dunn, Leslie
Alondra Estrada, Jason Albert Eubanks,Seth Andrew Gibson, Amanda LynnHall, Ashley Nicole Hancock, MeganRenee Hardin, Cassandra Reid Hicks,Char L. Holsworth, James SteinreedJones, Tammy Lynn Jones, KayleeAddison Lineberry, Laramie LucasLipman, Sabrina Selena MichelleLucas, Jennifer Anne Mraz, RobertOsler Norton, Rachel Christine
Osborne, Sandra Cristina RamirezSaldana, Paul Douglas Sanders, Jr.,Ashley Lane Shackleford, Bridget ToriSwaney, Molly Ann Teel, Amiya Ja’lyn
Strickland, Jr., Carolyn Gayle WhiteSeagrove: Mildred Ann Lundy, Camille
Alexandra SmithSophia: Lauren Madison McHenry
Staley: Sierra Faith PriceStar: Brianna Nicole Coble, Erin Kristen
ManessThomasville: James Larry Johnson,Jason Tiler Martin, Felicia Ann Tolani,
Sherry Ann UnderwoodTrinity: Nicholas Ryan Jarrett, MirandaRenee Lowe, Jackie McDowell, Kaitlin
Marie Smith
Holiday Service ProjectIdeas
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Tis' the season to be jolly! Here are some serviceproject ideas for the holiday season:
Offer a gift wrapping service & donate the money to a local charityDonate gently used stuffed animals to a local firehouse, police station,orhospital for children Organize a coat collectioncontact your local shelter to find out what sizesare needed Contact a tree farm about donating Christmas trees to nursing homes,hospitals, or families that cannot afford them Volunteer at a local nursing homeVolunteer at a soup kitchen
March 1012, 2017
Carolinas Regional Convention
DoubleTree by Hilton, Durham, NC
*Please refer to the Carolinas Region
Website for a complete list of dates and
deadlines
www.carolinasregion.org
Upcoming Regional Events
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Carolina CrierEditorinchief Angela Jackson
Phi Theta KappaCarolinas Region
Carolina Crier is published by the Regional Secretary
Angela Jackson, 20162017
www.carolinasregion.org
EDITORIAL OFFICE
Special Thanks To: Jobel, & Sammie, Regional OfficersJohn Sharpe, Regional CoordinatorBeth Carraway, Associate Regional
CoordinatorAll Chapters that submitted articles,
and YOU, for reading!
*If you would like to have an article published in the next Carolinas RegionNewsletter please send your articles
via email as a Word attachment to the Regional Secretary, Angela Jacksonat [email protected]