2007

. 'i\nd we hope to contin· .ue to make improvements to the campus as funds are available." · Also completed during .the 2006 term were vari– ous repairs to the baseball and football facilities that ,\\·ere impacted by Hurri– cane Katrina in 2005. ; New dugouts and a bat– ting cage were construct– ed prior to the 2006 base- ' ball season getting under– way, and additional improvements were made at Chris Gay IV Memorial ,Field/Jamie Clark Memo– rial Stadium later in the :year. ' Those improvements .include the addition of concrete and rocks under

Officials estimated that Katrina caused $600,000 in damage on the ECCC cam– pus. FEMA provided $113,123.08 to purchase new bleachers on the foot– ball field and the College received a $186.000 grant from the Bush/ Clinton Fund to help replace lost tuition. East Central also received an advance pay– ment of $100,000 from the insurance underwriter to begin roof repairs on var– ious campus tiuildings. East Central experi– enced another successful year in 2006 as it served the needs of approximate– ly 2,500 students enrolled in academic. technical