Two holes-in-one at the BCCC Foundation Golf Tournament

It was an unusual day on the golf links when two players scored holes-in-one at the Beaufort County Community College Foundation’s 17th annual Golf Tournament held Friday, Sept. 10, at the Washington Yacht and Country Club.
The tee shots for golfers Paul Manning, of Washington, and Will Franklin, of Greenville, went in on hole number 15 at the golf course, earning each a set of Callaway fairway woods and a $500 Visa Card provided by Lee Chevrolet-Buick and Park Boat Company.
The tournament, of which PCS Phosphate in Aurora is a major sponsor, is held each year to raise money for BCCC scholarships.
This year’s tournament raised more than $10,000 for the Foundation, according to Foundation Director Judy Meier Jennette
“The BCCC Foundation is very pleased with the continuing support the community has shown for this golf tournament,” she said. “It is a very popular tournament among players who are dedicated to the support of higher education in Beaufort County and the surrounding region.”
“Thanks to the support of these golfers and other generous members of the community, the BCCC Foundation awarded more than $28,000 to some 50 deserving students who are attending BCCC this fall,” she said.
For the third year in a row, the tournament offered two tee times to accommodate a growing number of golfers interested in playing in the event.
The winners from the 8:30 am round were as follows:
First place in the Championship Flight: Ross Kain, Bobby Hardy, Cordon Tracy, and Josh Chandler. Second place in the Championship Flight: Tom Richter, Mark Henley, Bill Bowes, and Jeff Bowes.
First place in the First Flight: Bill Wall, Mike Wooles, David McLawhorn, and Matt McLawhorn. Second place in the First Flight: Phillip Price, Wesley Adams, Dick Barber, and Daniel Bergevin
First place in the Second Flight: Mike Tucker, Ed Smith, Jeff Joyner, and Mike Derner. Second place in the Second Flight: Carl Biedinger, Dick Fitzgerald, Lou Weltzer, and Byron Martin.
The winners from the 1:30 pm round were as follows:
First place in the Championship Flight: Cornell McGill, Tim Satchell, Jay Lynn, and Sam Leggett. Second place in the Championship Flight: Charlie Rasmussen, Alton Griffin, Paul Manning, and Warren Jarrett.
First place in the First Flight: Bobby Morse, Randy Apple, Claude Dupree, and Shady Brantley. Second place in the First Flight: Eric Slade, Steve Beckel, Andy Franklin, Curtis Brown
First place in the Second Flight: Todd Bryant, Thomas Waters, Andy Porter, and Ricky Young. Second place in the Second Flight: Russ Ipock, John Mattheis, Dave Newman, and Larry Whittington.
Other prizes included the Longest-Drive-Prize which went to Matt Aldridge and Closest-to-the-Pin prizes that went to John Jordan on the Fifth Hole, Eric Slade on the 10th Hole, Sam Leggett on the 13th Hole, and Franklin and Manning on the 15th Hole.
Co-sponsors of the tournament were Lee Chevrolet-Buick, East Carolina Bank, First South Bank, Embarq, Flanders Filters, JKF Architecture, P & G Manufacturing Inc., Tideland EMC, Carver Machine Works, and Park Boat Company

17th Annual Golf Tournament set for Sept. 10

The 17th annual Beaufort County Community College Foundation Golf Tournament will be held Friday, Sept. 10, at the Washington Yacht and Country Club.

The tournament, sponsored by PCS Phosphate, is held each year to raise money for scholarships to BCCC.

Co-sponsors of the tournament are Lee Chevrolet-Buick, East Carolina Bank, First South Bank, Embarq, Flanders Filters, JFK Architecture, P & G Manufacturing Inc., Tideland EMC, Carver Machine Works and Park Boat Company.

The tournament format will be a four-person super ball with teams pre-flighted based on each golfer's handicap. There will be two tee times offered ― 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.- with a limit of 20 teams per session.

This is the third year that the tournament will offer two tee times to accommodate the growing number of golfers who want to participate, according to Judy Meier Jennette, director of the BCCC Foundation.

"In recent years, we offered two tee times and this was a very popular format with our players so we wanted to continue that same format this year," she said.

The entry fee remains the same as last year ― $70 per player ― and includes lunch, cart rental, greens fee and two Mulligans.

The largest single annual fundraising event for the college, the tournament typically raises more than $10,000 for scholarships and programs supported by the BCCC Foundation.

Team prizes will be awarded by 18-hole score in each of three flights in the morning and afternoon session. Four prize packages for "closest to the pin" shots will also be awarded. Hole-in-one prizes sponsored by Lee Chevrolet-Pontiac-Buick and Park Boat Company will also be available.

Team and hole sponsorships are now being accepted.

For more information or a registration form, contact Marcia Norwood at 252-940-6218 or visit www.beaufortccc.edu.

Three receive Gautier Nursing Scholarship

Three Beaufort County Community College students have been awarded scholarships provideded in honor of Hyde County native, Nina Mae Berry Gautier, by her daughter. Chosen for the award were Andre L. Browning Jr., Bailee Nicole Cowan and Deborah Rollins.

Browning, 24, of Robersonville, left, is a student in BCCC’s Associate Degree Nursing Program. A graduate of Bertie High School, he is the son of Alvin and Daivie Browning of Windsor. He and his wife, D’Jara, have three children. He hopes to find a job in his field after completing his studies at BCCC.

“I thank you from the bottom of my heart,” he said. “This really helps me and my family.”

Cowan, 19, of Williamston, below left, is also a student in BCCC’s ADN Program. A graduate of Williamston High School, Cowan is the daughter of Margaret and Larry Pierce. She is employed as a cashier at Piggly Wiggly. She hopes to work at a local hospital and continue her education after graduating from BCCC.

Rollins, 46, of Greenville, right, is also a student in BCCC’s ADN Program. A graduate of Gates

County High School, she hopes to work in surgical intensive care nursing after completing her studies at BCCC. She was certified as an Emergency Medical Technician in 1982 and works at Pitt County Memorial Hospital as a

nursing assistant. Rollins is the daughter of Joyce Moore of Eure, N.C. She and h

er husband, Bobby, have four children.

“I would like to say thank you very much,” she said. “The scholarship will be put to good use. It will help ease the financial burden of going to school and working part-time.”

Mrs. Gautier was born in Hyde County in 1912. She trained as a registered nurse, graduated and worked for Tayloe Hospital in Washington. After she and her husband James married, they moved to Dalgren, Va., where they lived for over 50 years. Mrs. Gautier left nursing in the late 1950s and started a floral business. Mrs. Gautier was active in local garden clubs throughout her life. In her later years, she returned to Washington. She had four children, 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. After Mrs. Gautier’s death in 2009, her daughter, Barbara Gaumont-Lanvin, known to her friends as Bobbie, donated the scholarship funds in her mother’s memory.

Rita B. Toler Scholarship awarded

A Belhaven student at Beaufort County Community College has been chosen to receive a scholarship awarded from an endowment established in memory of long-time BCCC Controller Rita Boyd Toler. Rydia M. Spencer has been chosen for the award.

Spencer, 56, is a student in BCCC’s Accounting and Business Administration programs. A graduate of John A. Wilkinson High School, she hopes to continue her studies after graduating from BCCC. Spencer is the daughter of Maggie Moore of Belhaven. She and her husband, Willie, have four children.

“I would like to thank the Toler family very much,” she said. “This scholarship will definitely help me.”

Following Mrs. Toler’s death in October 2003, her husband, Gary W. Toler, and her daughter, Kelly Toler Harding, established the endowment in memory of Mrs. Toler’s long association and love for Beaufort County Community College.

From 1968 to 1970, Mrs. Toler worked as a bookkeeper and secretary for J.D. McCotter Marina at Broad Creek before joining the staff at Texasgulf Sulfur, now PCS Phosphate, in 1971. Mrs. Toler later joined the staff at Beaufort County Community College as controller, a post she held for more than 30 years before retiring in 2003.

Thomas receives Uniforms PRN Scholarship

A Beaufort County Community College nursing student has received a scholarship that will enable her to by textbooks as a result of a contribution from a local business that sells uniforms for health care professionals.

Sharon Thomas, 54, of Plymouth was chosen for the Uniforms PRN Book Award. Thomas is a student in BCCC’s Practical Nursing Program. She is a graduate of Plymouth High School and is employed at Plumbee Nursing Center in Plymouth. Thomas hopes to work in an area hospital or nursing home after graduating from BCCC. Thomas has two children.

Lou Waters, the owner of Uniforms PRN is a graduate of the BCCC nursing program and she wanted to help other nursing students through the program. Her business, Uniforms PRN, located at Washington Square Mall in Washington, provides high quality medical scrubs, lab coats, hospital uniforms, nursing scrubs, and clogs to health care professionals throughout the area.

Two BCCC students receive first Wilkinson/Archbell Scholarships

Two Beaufort County Community College students have received the first scholarships awarded from an endowment created by a gift from the trust of Beaufort County lawyer John A. Wilkinson. Chosen for the award were Amanda Holland and Blake Paszt.

Holland, 32, of Pinetown, left, is a student in BCCC’s Associate Degree Nursing Program. A graduate of Washington High School, Holland is also a cosmetology graduate. She is employed at Capelli Salon as a stylist. She is the daughter of Waverly and Judy Holland of Washington. After graduating from BCCC, she plans to work as a nurse while continuing her education.

Paszt, 18, of Pinetown, right, is a student in BCCC’s Electrical Engineering Program. He is a graduate of Northside High School and plans to continue his education at East Carolina University after completing his studies at BCCC. He is the son of Deborah and Richard Paszt of Pinetown.

The endowment was established by a gift from the John A. Wilkinson Foundation, which also made gifts to other charities, including the George H. and Laura E. Brown Library, following Wilkinson’s death in 2001.

Wilkinson, a Beaufort County native, practiced law in the county for over 60 years. He served in the law firms of Ward and Wilkinson, Wilkinson and Vosburgh and Wilkinson and Rader before retiring in 1995. He also served as president of the Second District Judicial Bar Association.

Wilkinson was active in civic and political affairs in Beaufort County and North Carolina throughout his life.

A U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, Wilkinson was a member of American Legion Post 15 and a member of the Washington Masonic Lodge #675 A.F. & A.M.

He was a delegate for 40 years to the Republican National Convention and served on the National Republican Committee in 1983 to 1984, among other party positions. He was a candidate for the N.C. House of Representatives in 1966, 1980 and 1982. In 1988, Wilkinson was inducted into the N.C. Republican Party Hall of Fame.

Under guidelines established by the college and foundation representatives, the gift will be invested with a portion of its earnings to be used to fund scholarships and faculty and staff awards that promote excellence in education.

Welch Scholarship Awarded

A future teacher from Beaufort County was recently awarded the Louise and Dorsey Welch Scholarship to attend Beaufort County Community College this year. Lisa Cornelius received the award.

Cornelius, 49, is pursuing an associate in general education degree at BCCC. A graduate of Thompson High School in Alabama, she holds a credential in Early Childhood Education. She plans to continue her studies and pursue a bachelor’s degree in education after graduating from BCCC. She is employed as a student services secretary at Washington High School.

“I am very grateful for this opportunity to continue my education,” she said. “After sending two daughters though college, I now have a chance to succeed.”

Established in 2001, the Louise and Dorsey Welch Scholarship memorializes a couple who made life-long contributions to the community. For many years, Dorsey Welch operated Welch’s Drug Store on Main Street in Washington. Mrs. Welch was a teacher.

Recognizing Mrs. Welch’s work, this scholarship is awarded annually to a student who, after completing his or her initial course work at BCCC, plans to go on to earn a teaching degree. Recipients must maintain a 3.0 grade point average to be eligible for the scholarship.