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Key awards, which are the highest level of achievement, will be sent to New York City where they will compete in the national competition among80 other regions.

captain in the Anny Air Corps during World War II, and ulti mately rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Wed dington was inducted into

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Hurtt received the MBEAOut standing Community College Busi ness Edu cator award and Fer guson received the Outstanding Career and Technical Business Educator award. Hurtt also serves as commu nity college representa tive to MBEA and Fer guson is pres ident-elect.

tian Reynolds of Meridian was among Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) Literary Arts students who ~:~:~~

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Strlckland the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and was a member of the Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame for his notable golf achieve ments. He considered himself like "Ifs a Wonderful Life's" George Bailey "the richest man in town" because of all of his friends. Weddington was a longtime member of the Meridian Community College Foundation and was honored with the naming of Weddington Hall by the college earlier this year. Strickland is a 2015 honors graduate of Lamar High School. At Lamar, he was first team all-district in basketball and baseball and was low scoring average in golf. He is a freshman in the University Transfer Program at MCC. A Dean's List scholar, Strickland is a member of the MCC Golf Team coached by Ronnie Key. He is undecided on his field of study.

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Reynolds awards in the prestigious Regional Scholastic Creative Writing Competition. The event is hosted by The Eudora Welty House, in conjunction with the Eudora Welty Foundation. Reynolds received two Silver Keys and one Honorable Men tion. MSA students received one American Voices Nomina tion/Best in Show. a Senior Portfolio Silver Key Winner, five Senior Portfolio Honorable Mentions, 15.ve Gold Keys, 36 Silver Keys and 33 Honorable Mentions. Every literary arts student at MSA won an award. Writing entries represented diverse categories, including dramatic script, humor, jour nalism, personal essay and memoir, short story, poetry, science fiction/fantasy, as well as general fiction and non-fic tion portfolios. Entries receiving American Voices nominations and Gold

• Dr. Krista LeBrun, dean of el.earning Education at East Central Community College, wus recently listed among 20 finalists for Pearson's 2016 Online Learning Excellence Awards for outstanding leaders working in the online or blended learning environ ments. The awards honor educators and administrators who have demonstrated measurable best practices and innovation in online education. As part of her selection, Le Brun attended Pearson's online learning conference, Cite 2016, in Amelia Island. Fla. • East Central Community College instructors Judy Hurtt and Christy Ferguson were honored at the Mississippi Business Education Associa tion's (MBEA) annual confer ence.

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• Lance Strickland has been selected to receive the Hunter George Weddington Memorial Scholarship at Meridian Community College This $1,000 one-time award for the spring semester is funded by the MCC Foundation in memory of Hunter George "H.G."Weddington. Wed dington was a lifelong resident of Meridian and well-known across the Deep South as a business and sports icon. He served his country nobly as a

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