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~====~~======================== East Central bounces back from Special to The Record The Warrior football ECCC students and Col- No doubt the highlight and baseball stadiums lege personnel also tor Ktst 0 ·1tral Commu- were also impacted by the responded to the needs of nity College in 2005 - as storm. hurricane victims at Mis–

well as most areas in The visitors' bleachers sissippi Gulf Coast Com– south and <, ·ntral Missis- and fencing on the football munity College by provid– sippi -was the destruction field were destroyed, as ing toys and gifts to chil– caused by Hurricane Kat- was a section of the press dren of MGCCC employ– rina on August 29. box. (Because of the dam- ees whose homes were E C C C r.""~--• age, East Central moved destroyed by Katrina. President allitshomefootballgames Donations were also sent Dr. Phil A. - including homecoming- to other Coast areas and S u t p h i n to the Newton County several student groups estimated High School stadium.) assistedinmaking repairs the damage Both baseball dugouts and to houses damaged by the at approxi- batting cages were also storm. m a t e 1 y demolished. In addition, The College's truck driv- $700,000. as lighting at the football and ing program also played a s e v e r a 1 Sutphin baseball facilities was major role in the relief areas of affected and had to be effort by transporting 24 the campus were victims repaired or replaced. loads of supplies and of Katrina's "Tath. Classes were dismissed other needed items to var- Ethridge Hall, which the week of the hurricane ious locations in south houses the College's due to power outages and Mississippi and ABE GED Lab and repairs that needed to be Louisiana. numerous classrooms on made to various campus East Central continues · South campus was heavi- facilities by the College's to work with FEMA ly damaged. A section of maintenance staff, which regarding reimbursement the roof was destroyed received praised from Dr. for various expenses and several classrooms Sutphin "for working long incurred due to the hurri– received water damage. and tirelessly every day - cane. The College has Classes were relocated for including the Labor Day received an advanced pay- several weeks until weekend- to insure the ment from its insurance repairs were made. readiness of the campus underwriter in the Other facilitie receiv- for the resumption of amount of $100,000 and ing major roof damage classes." was presented a $186,000 include the Vincent Maintenance staff mem- grant from the Bush/Clin– Administration Building, bers also provided assis- ton Fund to help defray Huff Auditorium and the tance in helping make recovery expenses.

APPEA Brackeen-Wood Physical repairs to the Pearl River

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