2006

C program mas from ECCC President Dr. Phil A. Sutphin and Gene Davis, Dean of Adult and Continuing Education. Members of the Class of 2006 include Matthew Barrett, Jonathan Eaves and Zachary Fulton, all of Louisville; Lindsey Bozeman, Bobby Campbell and Cindy Chesney, all of Union; Lora Amanda Bryant, Pela– hatchie; Sarah Burrage, Nichole Ferguson, BrookDaniel Jackson, Wallace Sullivan and Jason Viverette, all of Philadelphia; Brittany Collins, Michael . Edmonds, Leslie Lay and Valerie Thigpen, all of Forest; Chris Creighton, Justin KevinMorrow, Fabien Gillis and Roxanne Wil– son, all of Hickory; Makisha S. Davis, Barbie Folse, Eric Kyzar and Marcel Shelton, all of New– ton, Bobbie Kaye Green, Pre– ston; Christopher Morgan, Lawrence; Ronald Harper and Casey Wright, both of Lena; Teresa James, Louin; Jamey Johnson and Brandi Reynolds, both of Conehatta; JoAnn Lee, Carthage; Whitney Lott, Dorothy Sullivan and DeeDee Walters, all of Decatur; Daniel Pilgrim, ~lorton; Alexander McMillan. Choctaw; Natasha Walke1; Pearl; and DanielYoung, Meridian. For information about the ECCC Adult Basic Education/ GED Program contact the Office ofAdult and Continuing Educa– tion, Phone 601-635-2111 or call toll free, 1-877 4 62-3222.

graduates in EC - delivered byMarcella Sanchez, a

native ofTrujillo. Venezuela, who now resides in Flowood. Sanchez, who could not speak English when she ani.ved in the United States in April 2005, began tak:mg English As A Sec– ond Language .classes a month later offered by ECCC at Scott Reg10nal Hospital in Morton. Mrs. 'Mo Cross served as her instructor. Sanchez said not being able to speak English made her feel "alone," since the only person she could communicate with was her husband, Robert. who speaks English and Spanish. But since taking the ESL course, Sanchez has discovered a new world. ''I am n