Montgomery spoke about his personal journey as a child growing up in Batesville. Montgomery said that in 1964 he was discouraged from attending Lyon, but in 1997 he was able to attend his son Andy’s graduation. His father, Savoy Montgomery, was also in attendance. With tears in his eyes, Montgomery concluded with words of encouragement, saying that the journey is not over, and that education is often a deciding factor.

The Alumnus of the Year Award was presented to Mrs. Lou Ann George ’77. George is a geography teacher at Batesville Junior High School.

Lyon Dean of Students Bruce Johnston presented the Dr. Jane Fagg Scholarship, an annual award, to BSA Vice President Brandi Yarberry.

The annual Friend of BSA Award was presented to Dr. Tom Carpenter, one of BSA’s faculty sponsors.

Bach Birthday Bash will be March 16

Lyon College’s Bach Birthday Bash has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 16, at 4 p.m. at the Christian Science Society at 18th and College Streets in Batesville.

Lyon faculty and students will perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach in honor of the composer’s 318th birthday.

The concert will feature Bach’s music for cello, organ and voice performed by Cecilia Bogowith, Skye Hart, Misty Humway, Kevin Peek and Russell Stinson. There will also be two audience-participation selections.

The public is invited and admission is free.

The event was previously announced for March 23 but was changed because of a scheduling conflict.

Lyon prepares for Scottish Festival Wren Wigginton places small, green seals on one of 6,000 24th Annual Arkansas Scottish Festival registration mailers that will be sent out to announce this special event. The festival will be held Friday, April 25 – Sunday, April 27 and intense preparation is already under way. If you would like to help out, contact Will Muirhead at ext. 4298.

AETN to feature Scottish Festival

The Arkansas Scottish Festival at Lyon College will be featured on a segment of “Celebrating Arkansas” on AETN at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5.

Scenes from last year’s festival were filmed by AETN and will be shown on the public television program. Bob Pest of Batesville will be one of the hosts.

“Celebrating Arkansas” is an AETN series that showcases festivals and fairs from around the state.

This year’s Arkansas Scottish Festival will be April 25-27 on the Lyon campus.

Students participate in phone-a-thon JoAnne Wilkes (seated), Lyon director of annual giving, poses with her exuberant team of student phone-a-thon callers. The team has used office phones in the Nichols building after hours in an effort to generate continued support and funding for Lyon College.

Poem by Budy to be included in book

A poem by Andrea Hollander Budy, writer-in-residence at Lyon College, has been selected for inclusion in “Writing Poems,” a textbook widely used by college and university creative writing courses in poetry.

The poem, “Giving Birth,” first appeared in Field magazine in spring 2002. It will be reprinted in the sixth edition of “Writing Poems,” to be published in fall 2003 by Addison, Wesley and Longman.

Mardi Gras ball/buffet is tomorrow

The Batesville Area Arts Council will present the 1st annual Mardi Gras Ball at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Batesville Country Club. Celebrate Mardi Gras with live music by “Boys Gone Wild,” dancing and a cajun buffet. Tickets are $15 per person. For reservations call 793-3382 or ext. 4250 on campus.

Lyon hosts prospective students at Fellowship Day Deborah Sisson, Lyon director of admissions, patiently answers a prospective student’s questions during last Friday’s Lyon Fellowship Day.

Dr. Whitfield co-authors book

Dr. Patricia T. Whitfield, the Rountree Caldwell Bryan Professor of Education, has co-authored a book, “Widening the Circle: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for American Indian Children,” published recently by Routledge Press.

The book is co-authored with Dr. Beverly Klug of Idaho State University.

The publisher says, “Recognizing the need for a pedagogy that better serves American Indian children, ‘Widening the Circle’ constructs a culturally relevant model of teaching that blends native and non-native world views and methods. Among the building blocks of this new pedagogy are the use of oral histories to supplement traditional text and a re-evaluation of the knowledge base these students need for academic success.”

Both Dr. Whitfield and Dr. Klug have had considerable experience in working with American Indian students.

Sports

Pipers basketball

The Pipers clinched a home game in the TranSouth Conference Tournament by defeating Berry College 74-66 Saturday in Mount Berry, Georgia.