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"a!y a so' o uating from Ea mark the end r the end o~ her commumtv ~:ollt.:gt <·xpent·nce ~\\{ 'vc m t and. t adc friends with studenls from all five counties in the Last C en tral Conur;.mity Cofl<'ge District .and lht• ·surrounding areas. ~ltese friendships will last a life– llllte, even though our livPs will go in different direction" " he said. "And dcspitt• the fact we will go in diffcr:ent direction$, 11 i" my hop(' that wp will rl'turn to this place on a reRUlar basis and reminbcc about our days at East Central." Ealy said some graduates will continue tlwir t•ducation at ~c university level, wltile some v; til enter the v; orld ofwork. "f know they \\ge family for makmg llus truly a place that lives up to its motto - '\\ ith you in mind..., Special music for the com– ll?encement program was pro– VIdnl by graduating sopho– mores \ ictoria Loper of Decatur and Luke Howell ot Union. v;ho performed ··vou Raist' Me Up." Marley Smith ofUnion ga~e he invocation and Jordan Kemp of Lo111svil!t' provided tlw Ot. '1 diction. , f?iploma.s \\-ere presented by ECCC Prest dent I>r. Phil A Sul IJhin and \ ice President for ~ Instruction I>r. Lavinia c;., • ..: JI:.IVIVv~A I ECORD ___________ >TAR ----~--------- EDGER ____________ Ct:"nt al

HARD WORK PAYS OFF Participating 1n East Central Community College's 76th commencem 1t Fnday on the Decatur campus were graduating sophomores, from.left, Marley Smith of Un1on, mvocat1on: Amy Ealy of Forest, commencement address; and Luke Howell of Union and Victoria Loper of Decatur, special music. Not pictured is Jordan Kemp of Louisville, who gave the benediCtion. ECCC holds graduation at Warrior Stadium special to The Star DECATUR - Spt>aking to

Eal} reminded the 45 plus rnl'mbcrs of tlw Uass of 200.. "It was our first experience of being on our own Th s no one to wakt• us and mal late nights studying, stud} mg in the early mornings, and we made tt through cramming for exams all night," Eal} atd "\Ve made it lht ough the many ob tacle~ plac d in 11 ont of us which \~l' thought Wf' would not overcome \\e made it through all those tests and papers the rP~ear~.:h tht' rec1ding - and mor r adt " v;hich wa~ assign~.:d. A td somehow we .:nade it I" Ealy, \\ )11) was earliPr nam to the college's Hall of Joa1 and was chose n Mtss E( remarked that during lwr tv •' years at Ea C n r 1

seemed like ~-estcrda) when she and her l:lassmates were anxious fre:-hmen. not knowing what to ex(X.'\"t from college lif1•. ·1 hi-. \\a our first experi– ence of being away from home,''

fellow graduates at East Cen– tral Community College's com– mencement ct:rt>rnouies Frida~ night, Amy Ealy ofFon·st said it

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