2010

ECCC Hosts Annual District Skills USA Competition Approximately 450.

Demonstration A, Masonry, Opening and Closing Cer– emony. Machming Technol– Og}, Prepared Speech, Quiz Bo...,l, Related Technical Math. Res1dential Wiring, Sheet ~fetal, TechnicalDraft– ing and Weldmg. \\fmners in each cat– egory will be announced at the awards ceremony begin– ning at 2 30 p.m. in HuffAu– ditorium. The top three finish– ers qualify for state competi– tion scheduled in April atMis– sissippi Gulf Coast Commu– nity College in Perkinston. District I1I schools include A. P Fatheree in Jones Count), ChoctawCounty Ca– reer-Technical Center, Forest/ Scon COU!ItyCareer-Technol– ug~ Center, Laurel High School. Le

Noxubee Cotmty Vocational Center, Philadelphia/Neshoba County Career-Technical Center, Smith County Voca– tional-Technical Center, Wayne County Vocational– Technical Center, West Point Career andTechnical Center, Winston/Louisville Voca– tional-Technical Center, Clarke County Career and Technical Center, Covington County Vocational andTech– nical Center, Millsaps Career Center in Starkville, Ross Collins Career and Technical Center in Meridian and West Lowndes High School. For more informa– tion, contact Wayne Eason, dean ofcareer-technical edu– cation, ECCC, Phone 601-635- 6211 or call toll free, 1-877-462- 3222, ext 21 I. Thee-mail ad– dress is weason@eccc.edu.

students representing career, technical and technology centers from Laurel to Starkville are scheduled to compete in various leadership and skill events when the an– nual District Ill SkillsUSA contest is held Friday, Feb– ruary S, 20 l 0, at East Central Community College inDeca– tur. Wayne Eason, dean ofcareer-technical education at ECCC, said East Central looks forward to hosting the event each year. "Hosting the Dis– trict 3 SkillsUSAcompetition is always a highlight for us. We look forward to having these very talented students on campus and hope that many will continue their ca– reer and technical educations with us," Eason said. Registration begms at 9 a.m. in the Bradford J Tucker Applied Technology Center. Competition starts at l 0 am. in theTucker building and at various other loca– tions on campus. Categories include

Architectural Drafting, Auto– motive Service Technology, Cabinetmaking, Carpentry, Chapter Business Procedure, Extemporaneous Speaking, APPEARED Job Interview, Job Skills CARTHAG INIAN----- – NEWTON COUNTY APPEAL---

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