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14.A c' Wednesday, August 1, 2007

.._, UR'NAL 'Determined' grandmother receives GED dioloma at 52

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When she -completed the sev– enth grade in 1969, Teresa Harrison thought she "knew it all," so she quit school. The 52-year-old grandmother from McCool admitted 38 years later that she really "did not have a clue" to the real meaning of an education until she recently received her GED (General Educational Develop– ment) diploma. Harrison provided her testi– monial during the annual GED Graduation ceremony held July 17 at East Central Com– mufl.ity College in Decatur. She was one of 45 graduates hon– ored at the special event, coor– dinated by the Office of Adult and Continuing Education. "Without an education, you're not going to get far in life," Harrison told a packed Huff Auditorium. "It took a long time to get my GED and I thought about quitting classes several times. But all my hard work would have been for nothing, and I knew that if I quit I would be setting a bad t>xample. for my grandchild,ren nne! r jll'st C'Clllld n't no lhnt! I clul IIIII r~ive (IJ) l_irJ my clt·enm...aud I lll'l!C utlu t. not tu give up...no mutter how old yuu are or how many times you have to take the test!"

Winston Countians Receiving GED Diplomas These Winston County residents received their high school equivalency diplomas_ottho 11th annual GED (General Educational Development) Graduation held July 17 ~t l;_a9t Centra! ~~m11Junlty Gollcge In Decatur. From left are Teresa Harrison, McCool; Sheronda Martin, Preston; ond Angela Martin aijd Jody E. Garrard, both of Louisville. ECCC President Dr. iPhil A. Sutphin presented diplomas to 45 gra~­ uates during the special program Adult Basic Educ_atiqn and GJ;D Pr~paratlon classe~ are provl.dcd t~rough the Collog"''•. Otflc•' of Adult Ot'!d Cqntlnt.ilng Educptlon. Classc.!l ore held at vartpus locations In tho ECCC dlstr'lct, which Includes LcQkc, Nos!19b1;1, Newlon, S~ot~ an~~ Winston .counties.rFor more Information contact the Off teo of A~ult ond Contmulng Education, Phone 601 ·635-2111 or call toll free, 1-877·462·3222, ext. 279. The email address Is gdavis@eccc.edu. (EC Photo)