Mars Hill College Plans on MLK Day of Service on Saturday
The fourth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Mars Hill College will be held January 28, 2012.  This day is one of the most important days of the year for the Mars Hill community. 
Last year, over a hundred students, staff, faculty, and residents of Madison County come out to work hand in hand with each other to keep Martin Luther King Junior’s dream alive.
 
The MLK Day of Service will start off at 12:15 at Broyhill Chapel with an appearance from Hillcrest Highsteppers majorette and drum corps and Elder John R.  Hayes, former President of Asheville’s NAACP.  Volunteers will work until 4:30 on Saturday. A reflection ceremony will conclude the day’s festivities with cake and discussion about the hard work accomplished. Volunteer work sites will include Town of Marshall, United Methodist Preschool, Beech Glen Community Center, and more!
 
The MLK Day of Service is a perfect way for members of the Mars Hill Community to be proud of where they came from. According to Caroline Twiggs, “As Martin Luther King, Jr. said, ‘everyone can be great because everyone can serve.’ Everyone has a talent that they can use to better their community. It is figuring out what that talent is and how to use it. The day of service at Mars Hill College is an opportunity for the students to explore that talent, so they can figure out where they fit into the community, what they can do to be civically engaged, and to continue the dream that Martin Luther King Junior had. His dream being, the dream of alleviating poverty, the dream of tolerance, the dream overcoming racism, and the dream of unity.”
For further information please contact Caroline Twiggs at ctwiggs@mhc.edu, Angie Renner at arenner@mhc.edu, or visit LifeWorks at Mars Hill College! 

Pink Basketball Games at Mitchell High January 31
All of us know someone who is, has been, or will be affected by the diagnoses of cancer. To help raise awareness and to fight this major health problem, the students at Mitchell High School are competing against the students at Mountain Heritage High School with donations supporting the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Mitchell and Yancey Counties. The Pink Game Challenge will be played on January 31 when Mountain Heritage travels to Mitchell for Western Highlands Conference basketball games. JV games begin at 4 p.m. with varsity games to follow. In addition to the basketball game, other fundraising events are planned at the schools. Both schools and cheer teams are raising money now, up to, and during the game on Tuesday.  There will a variety of products for purchase at the game, but the main item will be “Pink” themed T-shirts. Please come out and support the event for breast cancer awareness and get in on all of the great fund raising activities that both schools are involved in. For more information or to purchase a T-shirt contact Heritage Cheerleading Coach Cindy King at cdriddle@yanceync.net or call 828-208-6318.

Pitch and Hit Open For Baseball Training
     When it’s cold and wet outside and you can’t practice on the baseball and softball fields, you’ll be happy to know there is now a place in the area where people can go to hone their pitching and batting skills. Pitch and Hit an indoor pitching, hitting and fielding facility in Ledger opened on December 5th, providing area athletes a .....