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ROBBIE ROBERTSOWTHE NEWTON RECORD East Central Community College football coach and athletics director Terry Underwood is working on a major fund-raising proJect for the school's football stadium. Fundraising effort under way to construct new football stadium entrance at ECCC Special to The Record

Katrina. "We have been working for sev– eral months to develop a plan that will restore our stadium and bring us to tl1e level of other Mississippi community and junior colleges," Underwood stated. "The facilities they have cnrrentl~ surpass ours, but the project that we are plan– ning will giVE:' ECCC a first-class football complex.'' Dr Sutphin stated. "The recent hurricane damage to the stadium and the need to reconstruct sever– al components of Warrior Stadi· um give us an opportunity to add some features that will significant– ly improve the facility." The ne\\ stadium entrance includes a ticket office. concession

stand, restrooms, media room and dressing room for game officials. Brick pavers will lead to the entrance. Brick colunms and black wrought Iron fencing arc also included in the project. Ricky Harrison, who teaches drafting and design technology at ECCC. is responsible for designing the new entrance, estimated to cost in excess of $100,000. A $25.000 donation from La-Z-Boy South in Newton launched the fundraising drive which has surpassed the $49,000 mark as of June 1. Contrib· utors of $100 or more qualif) to have the1r names engraved on donor bricks which will be dis- Set FOOTBALL. Page 2B

Fund-raising efforts are under– way to construct a new entrance to the football stadium at East Cen– tral Community College in Decatur. announced ECCC Presi– dent Dr. Phil A. Sutphin. Dr. Sutphin said Terry Under– wood, athletic dh·ector head foot– ball coach, is leading the fundrais– ing drive and recently sent a letter to 10,()(){)-plus alumni and friends of the College seeking support. Underwood, who is beginning his ninth season as head coach after sen·ing three years as an ECCC assistant, said it's time for ECCC to build a top-notch entrance to Warrior Stadium. which was damaged by Hurricane

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