November 7, 2003

that raised $112 million with a $100 million goal, experienced increases in unrestricted gift income every year and tripled the number of donors contributing more than $1,000 annually.

Other honorees Thursday included Little Rock businessman Jackson T. Stephens, “Outstanding Philanthropist,” LaVerne Feaster of Little Rock, “Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser,” the Rotary Club of Little Rock, “Outstanding Philanthropic Organization,” the Ben J. Altheimer Charitable Foundation, Inc., “Outstanding Foundation,” Pulaski Bank & Trust, “Outstanding Corporation,” and Lt. Gov. Win and Lisenne Rockefeller, the President’s Award.

Poet Deborah Cummins to visit campus Monday

The Visiting Writers Series will present poet Deborah Cummins, who will give a public reading at 7:30 p.m. Monday, November 10, in Bevens Music Room of Brown Chapel. She will also conduct a Writer’s Life interview and lunchtime talk at noon Tuesday in Flanders Reading Room in the Lyon Building.

Ms. Cummins has been chair of the board of trustees for The Poetry Foundation, formerly known as the Modern Poetry Association, since 2001.

Ms. Cummins has written two books of poetry, “From the Road It Looks Like Paradise” (State Street Press, 1997) and “Beyond the Reach” (BkMk Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2002). Her work has appeared in literary journals including New England Review, Gettysburg Review, TriQuarterly and Shenandoah.

She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston and a B.A. degree from Northern Illinois University. She has served as arts-in-education artist with the Illinois Arts Council, writer-in-residence at the Menil Collection art museum in Houston, and as visiting lecturer at the University of Chicago. Awards she has received include the James Michener and Donald Barthelme fellowships, the Washington Prize in Fiction, and the Headwaters Literary Prize. Admission is free.

Ethos Percussion Group to perform Ashley-Lewis concert

This year’s Ashley-Lewis Concert will be performed by Ethos Percussion Group at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 11, in Brown Chapel.

The program is free and open to the public.

Hailed by The New York Times for their “expert togetherness, sensitivity and zest,” these internationally recognized percussionists (Michael Sgouros, Eric Phinney, Yousif Sheronick, and Trey Files) offer a program of various musical styles on an eclectic battery of instruments from around the globe. 

The Ashley-Lewis Concert and Recital Series was endowed in 1982 by a gift from Jewel Ann Price Ashley in honor of her husband, Dr. John D. Ashley, a Newport physician, and in memory of her two sons, John Nicholas Lewis III and Mark Price Lewis.

Mrs. Ashley’s purpose in establishing the concert series was to recognize her husband’s strong interest in music, art, and the humanities, and to bring master organists, string ensembles, and other musicians to Lyon College and the Batesville and Newport communities.

Lyon theatre department wins awards at festival

Lyon received the following awards at the Arkansas Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival:

Lyon received an award for Excellence in Support and Development of Student Work.

Zac Cunningham - Excellence in Playwriting for his play “Two Ships.”

Christina Cody and Jack Lofton - Excellence in Critical Writing.

Paul Fennig - Excellence in Sound Design.

Gretchen West, John Earney, and Zac Cunningham - Irene Ryan nominations for acting scholarship competition.

Jance Floyd and Eric Bork - Honor Crew.

Jessica Miller, a senior from Cave City, dressed as a whiskered cat and won the Best Whiskers contest and the pumpkin basket prize of goodies.		Judy Blackwell, a senior from Batesville, recited the “Pied Piper of Hamelin,” by Robert Browning, on October 31, at the Mabee-Simpson Library before a small group. The poem contains a little over 2,000 words. Blackwell memorizes poetry as a hobby and spent over a year memorizing the “Pied Piper.”
Camille Beary, assistant director of the library, said, “The library’s next event will be Tuesday, November 18, at 3 p.m. We will be giving away a free DVD as a door prize. Click on the link on the library homepage for details.”

Stinson, and students to participate in organ symposium in Illinois

A Lyon College professor and two students will be participating in the Illinois College Organ Symposium today and tomorrow, November 7-8, in Springfield, Illinois.

Dr. Russell Stinson, the Josephine Brown Professor of Music and college organist, will deliver the keynote address at the symposium, called “Bach and Beyond.”

The two students, both sophomores, are Skye Hart of Mountain Home and Cecilia Bogowith of Gainesville, Missouri. They will participate in an organ recital and master class on the Brombaugh Opus 35 organ at First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Missouri.

The church is known as “The Church of Lincoln” because Abraham Lincoln and his family attended there.

The Brombaugh Opus 35 was dedicated in 2001. John Brombaugh and associates of Eugene, Oregon, whose organs are located through the United States and abroad, built the Opus 35. The organ was inspired by 17th century northwest European traditions and impressive in size and craftsmanship. It has 3,250 pipes placed in 70 ranks for its 49 stops.

Rudolf Zuiderveld, First Presbyterian’s organist since 1988, was adviser for the Opus 35 project. A professor of music at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, Zuiderveld performed an organ recital at Lyon College last spring.

Lyon Pipe Band records travels

Saturday, November 1: “We attended the Arkansas Piobaireachd Society meeting in Conway. We are working our way around the state, introducing other pipers to the classical music of the Great Highland Bagpipe. The meetings are usually well attended, fun and informative for all.”

Sunday, November 3: “We went to Pine Bluff for the First Presbyterian church’s Heritage Sunday. We once again played to a packed house, as all four Presbyterian churches in Pine Bluff attended the service. We were very well received, and met several parents of Lyon College students.”

Monday, November 4: “Ken Adler and I attended the Heritage Day program at UALR. It went very well indeed. Ken played not only the big pipes but brought along his small pipes, which all enjoyed. The band then had the opportunity to hear Ken Burns lecture on various subjects. He wasn’t Dr. Terrell Tebbetts, but they really enjoyed it.”
                                                                                                                                           -Director Jimmy Bell

Sports

Basketball

The Scots opened the season Tuesday night in Little Rock with an 86-75 victory over Philander Smith. Senior guard Brandon Byrd led the scoring with 20 points, Norris Weintz hit for 19 and Jason Donaldson, another sophomore, hit nine of 14 from the field while also tallying 19 points. Donaldson also led in rebounding with 10 and had four assists.

The Scots will be off until Monday when they and the Pipers will host Williams Baptist. The Pipers will open their season Saturday afternoon in Columbia, Missouri.

Volleyball

The Pipers defeated the Freed-Hardeman lady Lions 3-0 in a TranSouth Conference match in Henderson, Tennessee, Monday. The Pipers won 30-28, 30-19, 30-23. Kim Ricker recorded 20 digs, Chelsea Gilliam and Yllen Rosales had 10 assists apiece and Alison Sablick hit 13 kills.

The Pipers are 19-12 overall and 7-6 in the conference. They will host Martin Methodist tonight in the last regular-season conference match. They will visit Lambuth in Jackson, Tennessee, on Tuesday for the regular-season finale.

The conference tournament will begin November 14 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Soccer

The Pipers defeated Trevecca Nazarene 4-1 on Saturday at Huser Field to finish with a record of 2-14 overall and a conference record of 2-4 in their first year to field a team.

Christina Bass scored two goals and Betsy Anderson and Martha Seilenga each scored one. Anderson assisted on two goals; Bass and Melissa Cox got the remaining assists.

The Scots lost to Trevecca Nazarene 5-1 Saturday to finish their second season with an 8-11 record overall and 2-5 in the conference. Ben Brabant scored Lyon’s goal with an assist by Tim Akin.

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