2006

IN DECATUR

East Central Community Col– lege adjunct pro– fessor Richard Berryhill talks to students about ' the history between England and Ireland during a recent Geogra– phy class. Berry– hill, a former instructor at Gulf Coast Community College, was dis– placed by Hurri– cane Katrina and is currently on staff part time at ECCC.

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get medals for being a hero and try~ ing to ride it out. "But it was pretty bad up here, too. There were a lot of trees down. A barn on my son's property blew over," Berryhill said. After the storm passed, they went home a few days later and found they had lost everything. "From the outside, the house looked okay," Berryhill said. "But S· ·e BERRYHILL, Page 9A

Berryhill had taught geography at the Gulf Coast Community Col– lege branch in Gautier, wb.ere he had made his home for the past 15 years. He and his wife, Aggie, evac– uated their home in Gautier the Saturday before the storm hit and rode it out in Newton County with their son. "We are from Kansas and have been around tornadoes," Berryhill said. "You don't have to tell us when it is time to leave. You don't

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