Pearl River Community College offers equal education and employ-ment opportunities. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, reli-gion, color, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, or disability. Forinquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies or to request ac-commodations, special assistance, or alternate format publication,please contact Tonia Moody, ADA/Civil Rights Coordinator, at P.O.Box 5118, Poplarville, MS 39470 or 601 403-1060.

Non-discrimination statement

SafeHeart Health Screens, a Gulfport-based company, willbe at the Wellness Center on Friday, Feb. 15, offering cardio-vascular screens that test for risk of heart attack, stroke, pe-ripheral vascular disease, and abdominal aortic aneurysm.

The screens are done with portable ultrasound and EKGequipment that takes images of the carotid arteries to screenfor plaque build-up that can block blood flow to the brain.They also take pictures of the abdominal aorta looking foraneurysms or enlargements that might rupture.

They also use an EKG machine to record your heart rhythmto look for atrial fibrillation, which is an arrhythmia or irreg-ular heartbeat that causes about 15% of all strokes. Finally,they take blood pressure measurements in your arms and legsto test for any disruption to the blood flow to your legs.

SafeHeart’s board-certified physicians review the results andsend you a confidential report within two weeks. The screenstake only 10 minutes to complete and are painless. Cost is $119or $109 without the A-Fibrillation screening. For further infor-mation, call SafeHeart Health Screens at 866-548-3006 or visitthe website at www.SafeHeartHealthScreens.com.

Cardiovascular screenings offered at Wellness Center

Career Fair set for March 6at Technology Center

MFACJC hosting eventsat the Capitol this month

Spirit of the River makes school historyPOPLARVILLE - Millions of people

heard of Pearl River Community CollegeJan. 21 when the Spirit of the River bandmarched in President Barack Obama’sinaugural parade.

National television networks broadcastthe band playing God Bless America asthey marched past the reviewing stand infront of the White House.

“I got to see the president,” sopho-more drummer John Fisher ofPoplarville said. “I was 30 feet away fromthe president basically. It was pretty coolfor my last year at PRCC to march in theparade.”

Dr. Kyle Hill, PRCC director of bands,received a telephone call on Dec. 18

inviting the band to march. During theChristmas break, he and assistant direc-tor Mike Bass contacted all band mem-bers who had to send him photos ofthemselves and information required bythe Secret Service for clearance.

“Everything about the trip wentsmoothly, especially with the short no-tice that we had,” said Archie Rawls,chair of the Department of Fine Arts andCommunication.

“Dr. Hill and Mr. Bass do an outstand-ing job with the band and I’m grateful tothem and the college for helping providethis opportunity for our band program.”

About 150 students in the band,String of Pearls and color guard made

the grueling bus trip to Washington,D.C. The four buses left Poplarville at 5p.m. Jan. 19 and arrived at aWashington, D.C., mall about noon Jan.20 for lunch.

The students spent the afternoonsightseeing, accompanied part of thetime by Fourth District CongressmanSteven Palazzo.

“There was a large crowd on Sundaythat kind of hindered our sightseeing,”Hill said.

“Other than that, everything wentvery smoothly, much better than I antic-ipated.”■ See BAND, page 13■ Additional coverage, pages 11-13

Band represents state in inaugural parade

Above, the Spirit of the Rivermarching band marches pastthe presidential reviewingstand in front of the WhiteHouse during the 57th inaugu-ration parade on Monday, Jan.21. Left, President Obamaand Vice president Joe Bidenapplaud the band’s perform-ance of God Bless America.

PRCC bandimpresses

Pearl River Community College students selected by audi-tion for the 2013 Community College All-State Band are,seated from left, Kelcey Whitfield of Carriere, clarinet;Kimberly Arnold of D’Iberville, alto saxophone; DanielleRogers of Petal, flute and piccolo; Kristy Noble of Gulfport,trumpet; Taylor Trigg of Petal, bass clarinet; standing, Adam

Mixon of Sumrall and Allen Grace of Hattiesburg, trombone;Brandon Hutchison of Picayune, percussion; Chris Fletcherof Columbia, trumpet; and Subio Medina of Hattiesburg,tenor saxophone. They will attend the All-State Band clinicFeb. 7-9 at the University of Southern Mississippi and per-form in concert at 1 p.m. Feb. 9 in Bennett Auditorium.

All-State band members

The PRCC Board of Trustees will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday,Feb. 14, in the cafeteria board room.

The trustees agreed to change the meeting date to avoidmeeting on Mardi Gras.

Board changes meeting date

Chris Flynn appears on stage

Black History month event set

A Valentine’s Day gift idea

Flu shots are still available

Chris Flynn, PRCC theater instructor, appeared in “ThatChampionship Season” last month with the Bay St. LouisLittle Theatre.

The show won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New YorkDrama Critic’s Circle, and the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. It hasbeen recently revived on Broadway.

The plot revolves around an annual reunion of five men - ahigh school basketball coach, now retired, and four membersof the team that he guided to the state championship 30 yearsearlier.

Black History Month Observance will be held at Pearl RiverCommunity College’s Forrest County Center on Tuesday, Feb.25 at 11 a.m. in Building 5 Multi-purpose room.

The speaker will be Ike Haynes, superintendent of theJefferson Davis County School District. He is also a member ofthe PRCC Board of Trustees, a position he has held sinceJanuary 2008.

Valentine Gram candy bags are on sale for $1 in the GreatHall during lunch through Wednesday, Feb. 13.

The gifts will be delivered to dorm rooms on Valentine’sDay.

They can also be purchased in the Housing Office on thesecond floor of Crosby Hall.

The flu vaccine is readily available in Mississippi wherethere is no shortage.

Flu season typically will last several more weeks and thevaccine can prevent coming down with it.

The vaccine is available at state Health Department clinicsfor $25. It is also available at many pharmacies.

The annual PRCC Career Fair will be held from 9 to 11:15 a.m.Wednesday, March 6, at the Technology Center on thePoplarville campus.

The fair gives students an opportunity to network with some50 prospective employers and/or educational institutions.

Students will be given attendance verification so that they canbe excused from classes they miss while attending the fair.

Douglas Donohue, mathematics in-structor at the Forrest County Center,has begun a two-year term as presidentof the Mississippi Faculty Associationfor Community and Junior Colleges.

Donohue has previously served astreasurer and vice president of theMFACJC from 2010 through 2012.

According to Donohue, the currentpolitical agenda for the MFACJC cen-ters arounbd Mid-Level Funding.

Some important dates upcoming in-volving the MFACJC:

■ Feb 12 (Mardi Gras) - MFACJC will be hosting a breakfastin the rotunda at the Capitol Building.

■ Feb 28 - MFACJC will be hosting Capitol Day in the rotun-da at the Capitol Building.

By JOE GARVINDirector of Academic Advisement

for Athletes

Pearl River CommunityCollege is the “home” of manychampionship trophies in ath-letics through the years.

It’s a source of pride toeveryone associated with thecollege. But a great “source ofpride” at which student-ath-letes, faculty, coaches, andstaff work hard every day isthe academic performanceand progress of those stu-dents involved in athletic pro-grams.

In the fall semester of 2012,sports teams in three of theseven sports on the campusearned a team average grade

point of better than 3.0 soft-ball, baseball, and men’s bas-ketball.

Men’s and women’s soccerteams were close to thatthreshold with above a 2.85for those teams.

Six student-ath-letes at PRCCearned a perfect4.0 GPA in chal-lenging courses forthe fall semester.They includedHannah McCartyand Karly Mitchellfrom women’s soc-cer; Kelsea Lewis,Micah Davis, andChelsea Page fromsoftball; and Michael Allizzo,

a member of the football andsoccer teams.

Every sport at Pearl Riverhas in place a study hall orprescribed study hours pro-gram.

Every studenttakes advantage ofseveral helpinglabs and tutorialservices on thecampus; andcoaches from eachsport follow the ac-ademic progress ofthese young menand women on adaily basis.

Pearl RiverCommunity College

enjoys the highest graduation

rate among all students, in-cluding student-athletes, of allcolleges in the MississippiCommunity College system.

Congratulations to thesestudent-athletes and to a ded-icated faculty and coachingstaff for a great fall semester.

Sports teams are hitting books2012 Fall semestergrade-point avg.Sport G.P.A.Football 2.42Men’s Soccer 2.89Women’s Soccer 2.82Men’s Basketball 3.00Women’s Basketball 2.61Baseball 3.00Softball 3.50

Garvin

Donohue

N E W S & O P I N I O NFebruary 2012 • Page 2 The Drawl

By ANDREW RAMSDELLThe Drawl Staff Writer

Only speaking for myself and thosethat I deployed with, as every war ex-perience differs; it is far more diffi-cult for a family to continue daily lifewhile living without the face-to-facecontributions of their soldier mem-ber, their hero, than it is for their sol-dier to fight at war.

The instant that your boots plodinto the moonlike dust of the MiddleEast, the automation of soldieringtakes over. The institutionalizedmindset of your unit feeds habitualimpulse and weans conscience driv-en decisions.

Redundant 14-16 hour days onlyperpetuate android temperament.Dress in the same uniform every day,same arduous mission, same blandfood, same drab scenery. Every day isan echo of the day before.

This is not to say that soldiers willnot think about their wives, hus-bands, children or families, but thatfor most of a 14-16 hour work day,distractions could be fatal. Civilianlife enables a multitude of opportuni-ties in which the family is put firsthowever, the only way toensure you are able to putyour family first is by re-turning home, and to doso requires the soldier toplace the mission at handabove all else.

Doing so is paramountbut it employs the mindspause button. A soldier re-turning from war remem-bers how things were,what roles they played inthe family and is unable topicture the quantity of tasks that havebeen done for them in their absence.

Those roles are not left undone orunattended; those roles are filled byanother family member.

Wives and husbands cook, clean,shop, pay bills, discipline children,keep up the yard, schoolwork withthe children, care for the baby. The

remaining partner mustact as the point of contactfor the family concerningupdates, ensure the laun-dry is done, take out thetrash, complete the honey-do list and the list could goon forever.

Menial tasks are takenfor granted on a day-to-daybasis but the absence of apartner will quickly put torest the jibes at lackadaisi-

cal attitudes by illuminatingthe excessive amounts of tasks that re-quire attention in another’s absence.

The fact that less than 1 percent ofAmerica’s population has served onactive duty is not overtly obvious inthis region of the country for simplereasons. If you are reading this youare likely from the south and live inrelatively close proximity to a mili-tary base. If you are from the south,you are more likely to have had afamily member serve at some point.

More importantly I feel, which hasnot been studied to my knowledge, isthe increased veteran residencyaround military bases for a multitudeof reasons.

The increase in veteran residencyand the proximity of a military base,Camp Shelby, to Pearl RiverCommunity College breeds a com-munity of students and faculty thatare prone to have known a servicemember. Furthermore, if you haveknown a soldier, they have likely de-

ployed to defend their country andachingly left their family to fend forthemselves in many ways.

Whether you find that soldier, vet-eran, reservist or national guards-man whom you know and thankthem for your freedom or take theopportunity to thank one in uniform,do not forget to take a few minutes tothank them for their devoted spousethat exudes faithfulness andstrength, or their children whotrudged along in their absence.

Thank them for their family thatsent care packages and their closenetwork of friends who aided in anycapacity that was needed.

Please remember that just as ittakes a village to raise a child, it takesa village to bring a soldier home.Thank you to all the villages!

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A hearty thanks to those who serve the serving

By SUSIE HALLPRCC Nurse

Heart disease is the leading causeof death in the United States. Theterm “heart disease” includes sever-al types of heart conditions withcoronary artery disease (CAD)being the most common. The follow-ing facts were taken from the CDCHeart Disease website.

About 600,000 people die of heartdisease in the U.S. every year - that’s1 in every 4 deaths.

Heart disease is the leading causeof death for both men and women.

Coronary heart disease is themost common type of heart disease,killing more than 385,000 people an-nually.

Every year about 935,000Americans have a heart attack. Ofthese, 610,000 are a first heart at-tack. 325,000 happen in people who

have already had a heart attack. Coronary heart disease alone

costs the U.S. $108.9 billion eachyear.

Coronary Artery Disease occurswhen plaque builds up in the blood-supplying arteries to the heart. Theplaque sticks to the walls of the ar-teries and causes obstructions or de-creases blood flow. When the heartmuscle doesn’t get enough oxygenfrom the blood it can cause chestpain, irregular heart beats, and/orheart attack.

Signs and Symptoms of a heart at-tack include:

1. Pain or discomfort in the jaw,neck, back, shoulder, or arms,

2. Weakness, light-headedness, orfeeling faint,

3. Chest pain or discomfort, and4. Shortness of breath.Not everyone will experience the

same symptoms and the severitylevel of symptoms will vary. It is veryimportant to recognize the signs andsymptoms of heart attack and to call911 immediately if you think you orsomeone you know is hav-ing a heart attack. A per-son’s chances of survivalare increased if emer-gency treatment is provid-ed as soon as possible.

Risk factors for heartdisease include physicalinactivity, high bloodpressure, high cholesterollevels, smoking, diabetes,stress, and poor diet andnutrition.

Keeping your heart healthy canhelp prevent CAD and heart attack.Making good dietary choices that in-clude more fruits and vegetables andfiber-rich whole grains can help keep

your good cholesterol levels highand your bad cholesterol levels low.

PRCC’s cafeteria provides healthyfood choices and keeps fresh fruitavailable during the breakfast, lunch,

and supper meals.Todd Hickman, Valley

Food Services Manager, isavailable to discuss anyspecial dietary needs orfood allergies for studentswith any special dietaryconcern and is able to pro-vide you with a printedcopy of the nutritionalcontent of any menu itemserved upon request.

The Surgeon Generalrecommends that adults exercise atleast 30 minutes daily for most daysof the week. PRCC’s WellnessCenter offers exercise classes and isa great place to monitor your exer-

cise program. Call 601-403-1340 forinformation on joining the WellnessCenter.

Smoking greatly increases yourrisk of developing heart disease. Ifyou don’t smoke, don’t start. If youdo smoke, try to quit.

There are many products on themarket available to assist with smok-ing cessation. Mississippi has aTobacco Quitline that you can callfor help with quitting smoking, in-formational materials, and referralsto other quit-smoking resources.The toll-free number is 1-800-784-8669.

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Keep your heart healthy by following some guidelines

By SHAQUELL THOMASThe Drawl Staff Writer

Welcome back Fellow Wildcats! I hope thateveryone enjoyed their break; I know that I did.

During the break I spent a lot oftime with my family. I celebrated acouple of birthdays and brought theNew Year in with my family. I alsotook time out to fill out as manyscholarship applications that I could.

The best thing about my wholebreak was that I had time to relaxand rest up for the semester. Thankgoodness for breaks.

While wandering around campusand at a couple of games, I have no-ticed that there are a lot of new faceson campus. Well, I just wanted to bethe first to say, “Welcome to PRCC.”

If this is your first semester here, I encourageyou to get involved in school activities.

They will make your time here more enjoy-

able and it is a great way to make new friendsand meet new people.

I also encourage you to stay on top of yourschool work. Once you fall behind it is hard tocatch up. Don’t let all of the fun that goes on

this semester hinder your education.Remember you are here to get a

good education, not to party allnight; use your time wisely.

But if you just happen to fall be-hind in your classwork, I advise youto find a tutor and spend more timestudying. I can say from experiencesome classes will be an easy A, whileothers you will have to really workfor your grade.

Don’t wait until after midtermexams to get help, do it ASAP. I wish

everyone good luck this semester. GO WILD-CATS!

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Advice to all new students:use your spare time wisely

By MATT LEEThe Drawl Staff Writer

What is character? Well, it defines who weare as people, it gives us good morals, and re-spect toward others and helps us with earningrespect, too.

It also has six pillars which include trustwor-thiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring,and citizenship.

Trustworthiness is being honest. Be honestwith your parents, friends, classmates, instruc-tors, boss, and others who are in your life. I wastold once by my dad that the truth doesn’t hurt;it’s the lie that hurts. When you tell alie you hurt more people than justone. Such as God, the person youlied to, yourself, and everybody elsearound you.

A good leader is an honest leader.An honest leader makes it to thetallest mountain with assistancefrom others so the lie is not worth it.

Respect is treating others the wayyou want to be treated; also knownas the golden rule.

If you want to be treated withkindness then treat others that waybut if you want to be rude, unfair, and get treat-ed poorly then treat others that way and that’show you will be treated; then see how manypeople stay around you.

We must always use the good manners thatwe were raised by, remember what’s right andwrong and that two wrongs do not make a rightit makes the situation worse then what it was.

Use good attitude toward adults and eldersby always saying yes ma’am, no ma’am, yes sir,and no sir. Use proper etiquette at the table and

avoid using bad language. Some people do getoffended so think before you speak.

Responsibility is doing what you were told todo and doing your very best at it.

Fairness is playing by the rules, not just atboard games and hide and go seek, but also inthe game of life.

When I was in FFA, there was a part of a linethe president says that always caught my atten-tion which was, “as we mingle with others, letus be diligent (hard-working) in labor, just inour dealings, courteous to everyone and, aboveall honest and fair in the game of life.”

Caring is being compassionate and showingthat you care. Help people in need.For example, if you see a studentstruggling on a class assignmentthen go see if you can help them.

Citizenship is doing your share tomake PRCC and the community bet-ter, such as picking piece of paper offthe ground and throwing it away.Always obey the laws and rules forthe PRCC campus and your hometown.

That’s character. Let it define whoyou are and thank God that He made

you because He made all of us for areason and we are to all things according to Hiswill.

My challenge for the month of February andall the months to come is to be the best you canbe, follow God’s will for your life, and use thesix pillars of character.

Look for the article for March as I discussleadership traits which also have lot to do withcharacter.

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Character and six pillars

By CHRISTINE LOVELESSThe Drawl Staff Writer

NEW ORLEANS - With Chewbaccas,Wookie, Dr. Whos, Zombies, Unicorns, and somuch more, the Intergalactic Krewe ofChewbacchus, or IKoC, rolled this year on Jan26 with their new route through the Marginy.

The IKoC is a new Mardi Gras krewe in itsthird year.

The Krewe is the brain child ofRyan Ballard and Kirah Haubrich.They later joined forces with BrettPowers, and started a geeky MardiGras krewe whose throws were justas nerdtastic.

Most throws are D.I.Y. (do it your-self). They range from handmadedoubloons to trading cards. Thekrewe started small without manysub krewes. Just the Chewbacchausbanner at first.

Later it sprouted the following subkrewes.

■ The VaJar Jar Binks and Scruffy LookingNerf Herders Dance Team

■ The Red Shirt Rebellion Security Forces■ The Mighty Wookiee Fi-Yo and the Wild

Tchewbacchatoulas Interstellar Indian Tribes ■ The Chewbikkan Cyclepods art bicycle

contingent ■ The Space Cadets Marching Corps,

Krewe du Who■ The Chewy Center of Dedicated

Lieutenants

■ P.A.D.M.E. - People Allied for DroidMarriage Equality

■ Krewe of Really Awesome Parodies■ Mystik Krewe of P.U.E.W.C. (People for

the inclusion of Unicorns, Elves, and Winebotsin Chewbacchus)

This year’s King was no other then PeterMayhew, Chewbacca himself. Last year’s Kingwas Giorgio Tsoukalos, of Ancient Aliens, and

the King from the first year wasCynthia Scott of Aliens.

The IKoC does much more thanjust Mardi Gras. They throw a partyin the summer known as AlienBeach Party, as well as Set yourPhasers to Stunning (an after partyfor the New Orleans Wizard WorldComic-Con, and various other par-ties throughout the year. As well asparties for all the individual sub-krewes, and much more.

Joining the krewe is only $42, andgives you all the beer you can drink,

access to the Chewbacchanal, and braggingrights.

For those you of you who are fans of DouglasAdams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy willrecognize 42 as the answer to life the universeand everything. In all of the IKoC are allspoofs on various Scifi movies, book, andshows.

If you are interested in joining please go tohttp://chewbacchus.org.

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Loveless

Bar 2 d2 (left) and the Krewe Du Who in the parade.

Spring registration

Above, PRCC football player Ryan Briggs of Baton Rouge and his mother, Laurie Briggs,talk with Jamie Dickson and Paul Martin about Briggs’ spring semester schedule. Below,Noel DiMarco of Picayune waits while Dr. Glenn Dale and Dr. Aleta Sullivan make herspring semester schedule as Lonnie Burchell looks on. Spring registration at all PRCCcampuses totals some 4,300 students.

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The DRAWL February 2012 • Page 3

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The small community feel of Carey was a definite attraction, as was the Christian environment and the kindness of the people.

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Faculty profileNNAAMMEE: Jennifer Balli

FFAAMMIILLYY: Married to Tony Ballifor 20 years, we have eight wonder-ful children.

RREESSIIDDEENNCCEE: Carriere, MS

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By DR. STEPHEN BLACKDirector of the Honors Institute

The Honors Institute hasmany events planned for thissemester. Besides planning forour first graduating class ofhonors students, the Institutehas arranged for several eventsoff campus.

Dr. Pamela Jones’ HonorsMusic Appreciation class willtravel to USM on Feb. 14 toenjoy a USM orchestral con-cert. Mrs. Deana Holifield’sHonors American Literatureclass will view a theater pro-duction at USM.

All of our honors students,including our honor studentsat the Forrest County Center,are invited to a very specialevent in touring our state capi-tol in Jackson on March 6. Ourstudents will tour the capitoland meet state officials.

On March 22-23, several ofour students will attendMississippi’s first HonorsConference hosted by the

Honors College at MississippiState University. Several ofour students will have the op-portunity to participate andobserve other honors pro-grams in action.

Honor student AllisonMcDaniel recently returnedfrom Jamaica. During the holi-day break in December 2012,she participated with theUniversity of SouthernMississippi Study AbroadProgram.

Allison completed a class insocial work in Jamaica with an“A” in the subject. The HonorsInstitute is very proud ofAllison’s accomplishments.

Construction on the secondfloor of White Hall is progress-ing. As the future home of theHonors Institute, students andfaculty look forward to itscompletion in fall 2014.

This building will offer ourhonor students a sense ofidentity and will aid in recruit-ing future honor students intoour program.

Honors Institute’sspring activities

PRCC Honors Institute sophomore AlisonMcDaniel of Columbia spent part of theChristmas break studying in Jamaica.

McDaniel participated in the University ofSouthern Mississippi’s Caribbean StudiesProgram from Dec. 27 to Jan. 11, taking a so-cial work class taught by Dr. Tom Osowski.

As a community college student, McDanielinitially was concerned about handling a uni-versity-level course. “I would definitely recom-mend it,” she said. “I worried about the workload. It wasn’t too much to handle.”

The program included community servicework. “We went to orphanages and schools andpainted,” she said. “I really enjoyed it at theschools.

“One of the little girls took my heart. She just

grabbed my hand and held on the whole time.”Southern Miss offered 12 courses during the

2012 Caribbean program, which it has spon-sored for 25 years. Students and faculty werebased in Montego Bay at El Greco Resort andenjoyed day and overnight trips to Ocho Riosand Kingston.

McDaniel learned of the program throughthe PRCC Honors Institute.

“We were all excited, but I was the only oneable to go,” she said.

After graduating from PRCC, she hopes tostudy video game animation at the Universityof Advancing Technology in Arizona whilemaintaining an interest in sociology.

“I would like to do something on the sidewith it and merge the two,” she said.

Honors Institute student enjoysher off time studying abroad

Alison McDaniel at Dunn’sRiver Falls.

MACJC Legislative Appreciation Luncheon

Sen. John Polk of Hattiesburg is shown at the MACJCLegislative Appreciation Luncheon Jan. 22 with PRCC stu-dent leaders Logan Schaefer of Kiln, from left, sophomoreclass president; Student Government Association executivevice president Zac Husband and SGA executive presidentPresley Stiglets, both of Hattiesburg.

Mick Bullock, communications director for Gov. Phil Bryant,explains the capitol’s architecture outside the governor’soffice in Jackson to PRCC student leaders PresleyStiglets, from left, Zac Husband and Logan Schaefer.Student activities director Maghan James is behindBullock.

Rep. Herb Frierson of Poplarville, left, talks with PRCCtrustee Dale Purvis at the MACJC Legislative AppreciationLuncheon on Jan. 22 in Jackson.

Logan Schaefer of Kiln, right, president of the sophomoreclass, reminds Sen. Philip Moran, also of Kiln, about theMACJC Legislative Appreciation Luncheon.

F O R R E S T C O U N T Y C E N T E RThe DRAWLFebruary 2012 • Page 4

Faculty profileNNAAMMEE: Amy P. Smith

FFAAMMIILLYY: Married to Ben Smith,one daughter, Mackenzie, 1.

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:Graduated from Florence High,A.A in Liberal Arts from HindsCommunity College, B.S. inBusiness Technology Educationfrom the University of SouthernMississippi, M. Ed. in Educationfrom William Carey University.

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One decision in life can determine your fate

PRCC treats kids to a brighter smile

HATTIESBURG - First-yearstudents in the Pearl RiverCommunity College dental hy-giene program brightened thesmiles of 25 kids from theSalvation Army Boys and GirlsClub of Hattiesburg.

The students and childrentook part Friday, Feb. 1, in theannual Give Kids A Smile eventsponsored by the South Mississ-ippi Dental Society and PRCC.

The PRCC students cleanedand polished each child’s teethand made sure they know theproper technique for brushingand flossing. A dentist thenchecked the PRCC students’work and examined the chil-dren’s teeth.

“The main reason we partici-pate is to give back to the com-munity,” said Dr. Shana Allen,director of the PRCC program.“It’s also a wonderful learningexperience for our students.”

Six-year-old Rory Hall Jr., astudent at Lillie BurneyElementary School, used ahand mirror to watch whatPRCC student Cindy Nguyenof St. Martin was doing insidehis mouth.

“I like her washing myteeth,” he said.

PRCC and area dentists havepartnered on Give Kids ASmile for nine years, said Dr.Lana Clarke of Hattiesburg, co-ordinator for the dental society.

“It is basically a way for us toreach out to the communityand try to make a difference,”she said.

PRCC provides the hygien-ists and the clinic while thedental society provides sup-plies and dentists. Dr. BillTolbert of Hattiesburg also as-sisted with the exams.

For information on the den-tal hygiene program or to makean appointment at the clinic,phone 601 554-5509.

Graduates of the surgical technology program at PearlRiver Community College’s Forrest County Center receivedtheir diplomas and pins during a ceremony on Monday,Dec. 10, at PRCC’s Woodall Advanced Technology Center.They are from left: Front row - Tammy Allhoff, program di-rector/ instructor; Leslie Haney of Columbia, honors;Bonnie Tyrone of Hattiesburg and Brittney Hawkins, clinicalcoordinator/ instructor. Second row - Stephanie Pace of

Oak Grove, honors; Leighann Prescott of Wiggins andEmily Speights of Carriere. Third row - Brittany Howell ofPetal, Celeste Scarbrough of Hattiesburg and Laura Rocheof Carriere. Fourth row - Angelia Polk of Tylertown, KristiMiller-Lee of Petal, special honors, and Biunka Hardin ofHattiesburg. Fifth row - Emily Powers of Brookhaven, hon-ors; Hannah Rawls of Sumrall and Myranda Miller ofColumbia, honors. Back row - Steve Parrish of Laurel.

Surgical Technology graduates

By DR. BENNY HORNSBYSpecial to The Drawl

I was once recruited to join a gov-ernment organization so secret Inever really knew what it was.

My ship was on the back end of anaround the world cruise, and we hadstopped in Fort-de-France,Martinique, to refuel. When we tiedup to the refueling pier, this realspooky-looking guy got onboard. Hewould have fit right into one oftoday’s “Men in Black” movies.

No one knew who he was. As a jun-ior office, I was cleared for TopSecret radio messages, but all refer-ences to him were higher than that.Only the Old Man (the Captain)knew who he was and why he wasriding the ship back to Norfolk, Va.

I was young and full of beans, and

the Old Man trusted meand gave me responsibili-ties beyond my rank.

This apparently im-pressed the mystery shiprider because abouthalfway betweenMartinique and Norfolk,he called me to his state-room and asked if I wouldlike to “work for a veryimportant branch of thegovernment?”

By this time, I had fig-ured out that he was talking aboutthe Secret Service.

I thought about it for a day or twoand then respectfully declined. I al-ready had 12 years in the Navy andMarine Corps; I was tired of being alife taker and a heart breaker; and be-coming a Chaplain was weighing

heavily on my mind. It wasone of those moments inlife where a decision oneway or the other affectsone forever.

Years later, I had anoth-er encounter with theSecret Service which, hadfate not intervened be-tween Martinique andNorfolk, might have in-volved me in a differentrole.I was chaplain in the

newly renovated Battleship NewJersey (BB-62), very similar to theUSS Alabama which you see everytime you drive along Interstate 10through Mobile, and PresidentRonald Reagan decided that he want-ed to attend the commissioning cere-mony in Long Beach, Calif.

This wasn’t long after the assassi-nation attempt on PresidentReagan’s life, and everyone was onhigh alert. According to military cus-tom, we had several rehearsals beforethe actual ceremony, and the nightbefore we had a full-dress walk-through with every activity timeddown to the second.

The Secret Service advance partywas in attendance. When we fin-ished, they got us all together, every-one who was going to be on the plat-form with the President the next day,including admirals, generals, etc.,and told us the following:“Tomorrow, when the President isup on the stage, if you make one sud-den move, we will kill you.”

Naturally, this got our attention.The next morning, the President’schopper landed next to the ship, and

he walked up the gangway. The plan was for me to get up out

of my seat, meet him, salute him, es-cort him to his seat, and then go thebank of television and radio micro-phones and give the Invocation overnational radio and television.

As I walked to meet the President,I couldn’t help but notice the snipersposted on the rooftops, and the Uzi-machine gun bulges in the suit coatsof all the clean-cut, athletic lookingyoung men standing around withbugs in their ears. I knew that if Istumbled and fell, I would have atleast five bullets in me before I hit thedeck.

I managed to get through it, but Iwas wishing I had said “Yes” to thespooky-looking guy on the ship yearsbefore between Martinique andNorfolk.

Dr. Hornsby

Top photo, Pearl RiverCommunity College dentalhygiene students pose for agroup photo with the 25children from the SalvationArmy Boys and Girls Clubof Hattiesburg who partici-pated in Give Kids a SmileDay on Feb. 1 at the PRCCForrest County Center.Above left, Rory Hall Jr., 6,watches as PRCC dentalhygiene student CindyNguyen of St. Martin flosseshis teeth as part of the an-nual Give Kids A Smile Day. Above right, seven-year-oldNicholas Keys keeps acheck on what dental hy-giene student Chelsea Fordis doing to his friend, AlecMcKenzie.Lower left, Alyssa Toney, 9,shows dental hygiene stu-dent Abby Williams ofHattiesburg that she knowsthe correct way to brush herteeth. Lower right, ChristianMcLaurin, 9, holds a mirrorso his little sister, 6-year-oldTreneicia Coleman, canwatch while dental hygienestudent Brittany Long ofPurvis examines her teeth.The children, who attendLillie Burney ElementarySchool, were part of the an-nual Give Kids A Smile Dayon Feb. 1 at PRCC’sForrest County Center.

Give KidsA SmileDay helpsyoungsters

F O R R E S T C O U N T Y C E N T E RThe DRAWL February 2012 • Page 5

By LEE BELLDirector of Woodall Center

The new year has brought several new train-ing opportunities as well as new faces to thecenter.

A truck was moved to Hattiesburg to allowus to start a CDL program at our center, andwork has started on a new Department ofLabor training grant. We all have had to hit theground running this year, which is a goodthing.

We were contacted in May of last year aboutthe possibility of partnering with Pine BeltMental Healthcare Resources on a Departmentof Labor grant to help mitigate unemploymentwith the veteran population. In lateAugust we were notified that PineBelt Mental Healthcare Resourceshad been awarded a $1.1 millionVeteran’s Workforce InvestmentProgram (VWIP) grant to be spentover three years.

They in turn subcontracted morethan $600,000 to Pearl RiverCommunity College to conducttraining classes.

In November 2012, Pine BeltMental Healthcare Resources locat-ed three employees that are workingon this grant in the Woodall Center.

They are Latibiyatta McClendon, VWIPCoordinator, LaKinta Griffin and LatonyaRamsey, both Veterans’ Resource Specialists.These three people are the first source of con-tact for any veteran looking to receive benefitsfrom this grant.

They will screen each applicant to ensure el-igibility as well as other supportive services.

Having these ladies here has helped to makea more cohesive approach to addressing the re-quirements of the grant.

In January, we added a member to theWoodall staff. Stephanie Howze was hired asthe Workforce Training and Test Coordinatorunder this grant.

Stephanie previously worked for PRCC asthe Dislocated Worker Program Coordinator.

She will work closely with the group fromPine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources to co-ordinate training for the qualified veterans.

This grant will allow us to offer some addi-tional programs through the Woodall Center.

We are excited about starting a new electri-cal and welding program. Both programs willuse the NCCER curriculum and will be offeredfirst to qualified veterans.

We are strategically blending fundingsources for these classes so that we can openany available spots in the classes to the publicfor a fee. Our hope is that after the grant is

gone we will have an establishedprogram that will continue to havethe approval from employers anddemand from potential students.

Students will get short-term train-ing that could lead to longer-termtraining should they choose thattrack.

■ David Clark has joined the staffat the Woodall Center. He is ourCDL instructor. Our program is of-fered in an eight-week format.

We have five classes scheduledfor 2013. So far, we have seen a good

bit of interest in the program. Four studentsstarted class on Jan. 7 and we are already load-ing students into the next class that startsMarch 18.

Financial assistance is available through theWIN Job Center for this class. This is one ofthe programs that we are placing qualified vet-erans into. We are excited about the additionof this program and thenew students.

I sincerely hope thatyou took time to readthis article. There maybe some informationthat will relate to youor someone you know.Bottom line, trainingour nation’s heroes isjust one of the manythings going on at theWoodall Center.

The Woodall CenterThe Woodall Center is part of the FCC campusand is located on Sullivan Drive in theHattiesburg Industrial Park.

Lee Bell

Clark

McClendonHowze Griffin Ramsey

CDL program begins;Howze joins ATC staff

By TERRI WARDGED Success Counselor

Often times, students enrolled in PRCC’sAdult Education Program have one goal: Toearn their GED.

Fortunately, we are seeing an increasingtrend in students not only earning theirG.E.D., but enrolling in college as well. Thisspring semester, we have many first-time col-lege students enrolled.

However, I want to spotlight two new stu-dents (G.E.D. recipients) enrolled at ourForrest County Center. Both of these menbeat tremendous odds to get to where they aretoday.

One is battling seizures and has manyhealth-related issues that could hinder himfrom continuing his education. But, he doesn’tallow that to slow him down. The other gen-tleman has battled addiction, has been home-less, and is currently residing in a residualtransitional living facility.

He could blame his lack of education on his

addictive past, but doesn’t. You see, both menmade the decision to better themselves. Tonot only earn their G.E.D but to continuetheir education; in turn this will bring themmany new job opportunities.

So, on behalf of the entire staff in AdultEducation, Joseph and Mark we are PROUDof you!

I have the privilege of working with adultlearners every day who are not forced to behere. Their mother or father did not put themon a bus and make them attend class.

For many various reasons these learnerswere not successful in high school and failedto graduate. However, they made the decisionto come back and earn their G.E.D.

We currently have G.E.D. recipients in al-most all of our career-technical and academicprograms.

If you know of anyone 17-years of age orolder who is not currently enrolled in school,feel free to have them call the Office of AdultEducation at (601) 554-5551 for enrollmentinformation.

More and more G.E.D. graduatesare enrolling in college classes

Graduates of the respiratory therapy technology program at Pearl River CommunityCollege’s Forrest County Center received their diplomas and pins during a ceremony onFriday, Dec. 7, at PRCC’s Woodall Advanced Technology Center. They are, front rowfrom left, Jane Elaine Tolar of Columbia, Kristina Len Williams of Bay St. Louis, specialhonors; Whittney Lane Taylor of Picayune, Frances Clare Book of Yazoo City, honors;Lauren Rachea Garner of Hattiesburg, Joann Eliabeth Guillot of Poplarville, Ashely NicoleWells of Columbia, honors; Brittany Jamie James of Petal, special honors with a 4.0 GPA;second row, Samantha Ann Wood of Laurel; Melinda Kay Amacker of Poplarville, honors;Jennifer Noel Ashmore of Sumrall, special honors with a 4.0 GPA; Stacey N. Inmon ofHattiesburg, special honors; Kayla Christine Gatlin of Smithdale, honors; Taccara NicoleStubbs of Picayune, Laura Wheat Kadake of Bogalusa, La.,honors; third row, Tonya LynnWinstead of Gulfport, William Alex Helton of Hattiesburg, Marshall Brett Moak ofTylertown and Herman Leon Wheeless of Hattiesburg. PRCC Public Relations photo

Respiratory therapy graduates

LPN yard sale

PRCC students Fadrian Oatis of Bassfield and Victoria Walley of Richton, seated, in theLPN program at the Forrest County Center register customers for Saturday’s yard sale inthe multipurpose room. PRCC students are raising money to attend the MississippiPrctical Nursing Convention in April in Biloxi.

RetirementFaculty and staff at theForrest County Center host-ed a retirement receptionfor Harold Schultze, long-time biology instructor atPearl River CommunityCollege. The reception wasorganized by his colleaguesand catered by Jody’s bak-ery in Hattiesburg.

The $3.6 million Career Education Center at the Forrest County Center is nearly complete. Some career-technical programs will move into the facilty durng spring break. The front ofthe facility, located behind the Allied Health Center, is pictured below.

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February 2012 • Page 6 The DRAWL

President’s list announced for 2012 fall semester

Dean’s list announced for 2012 fall semester

Pearl River Community Collegehas released its President’s List forthe fall 2012 semester.

Students named to the list main-tained a 4.0 grade point average.

Listed by hometowns, they are:BBaayy SStt.. LLoouuiiss - Kristen R.

Kennedy, April Wane, Matthew R.Powe, Justin T. Austin, Jennifer R.Ginn, Miranda N.Rutherford, RoseR. Duryea.

BBiillooxxii - Vivyan D. Gollott, HaileyA. Wall.

BBoogguuee CChhiittttoo - Emily S. Powers.BBrrooookkhhaavveenn - Melanie M. Smith.BBrrooookkllyynn - Chasity L.Dye,

Whittney E. Fairley.CCaannttoonn - Dexter C. Smith.CCaarrrriieerree - Brec M. Barnett, Kirby

D. Carroll, Richard A. Dauzat, CleonM. Dillard, Alicia M. Dimiceli,Dwayne A. Duchmann, Ashley D.Fletcher, Amanda F. Kerry, David T.LeBeau, Katy D. Miley, Sandra L.Pennington, Heather L. Peterson,Melanie K. Richard, Stephanie R.Rivas, Shelby K. Sampson, MichaelB. Stockstill.

CCaarrssoonn - James S. Mahood.CClleevveellaanndd - Heath Blount.Columbia - Kimberly A. Ball,

Renee N. Broom, Janea R. Burton,Makayla D. Cooper, Julia K. Garner,Charles K. Green, Bradley P.

Holmes, Hayley C. Knight, MarvinD. Kyle, Brittany E. Lee, Mary A.McDaniel, Myranda M. Miller,Shelley R. Parker, Shassidy L.Ramshur, Tye N. Whitfield, Tyler S.Wilks.

DDiiaammoonnddhheeaadd - Matthew J. Reed,Alexander J. Rushing, Tiffany N.Tucker.

EElllliissvviillllee - Alexander J. Harvey.FFlloorreennccee - Hannah L. Sykes.FFooxxwwoorrtthh - Joshua C. Bean,

Marissa N. Blanton, Danny P. Smith.GGaauuttiieerr - Ashton S. Pace.HHaattttiieessbbuurrgg - Brandon L. Allen,

James H. Anderson, Anna K. Ard,Jennifer N. Ashmore, Olivia M.Benoit, Derek Blackwell, Kristina N.Brady, Melissa N. Brown, Jameka S.Calcote, Marlee N. Cameron,Elizabeth A. Catlett, Lace G. Clark,Sonya D. Conerly, John S. Craig,Trevor A. Creighton, Feliciano M.Davis, Tran Diep, Evelyn L. Doherty,Michaela L. Donohue, Ashlyn P.Dykes, Craig T. Eubanks, LouieForsmark, Creighton R. Holder,Kaysee E. Hover, Stacey N. Inmon,Tiffany L. Johnson, Ashton D.Jordan, Jessica D. Kilgore, JenniferR. King, Ashley D. Kinney, Kelsea M.Lewis, Phillip K. Logan, Craig M.Morris, Liselle P. Nuckols, ElizabethI. Nutt, Stephanie A. Pace, Stephen

B. Perry, Sydney R. Ravesies, LexusB. Rodgers, Ronald Shorts, LaurenM. Spight, David G. Stepko, DonnaJ. Stevens, Virginia R. Strong,Charles W. Thaggard, Ethan M.Warden, Shane D. Williamson,Anson M. Wright, Joshua A. Yates.

KKiillnn - Jeremy C. Cooper, AnthonyL. Ferrell, Christopher T. Koenenn,Dustin S. Platt, Erick S. Villalta.

KKoosscciiuusskkoo - Hannah L. Pritchard.LLaauurreell - Boremus L. Johnikin,

Tanisha K. Rivers, Brett A. Saul.LLoonngg BBeeaacchh - Harold O. Grissom,

Rebecca M. Hopper.Lumberton - Dana J. Alexander,

Jacob S. Bracey, Hollie A. Chester,Bryan L. Fairley, Callie T. Hughes,Carly McKenzie, Andrew Ramsdell,Elizabeth M. Reed, Shelby L. Sattler,Chelsy M. Schauer.

MMccNNeeiillll - Rachel E. Murphy,Layton E. Spiers.

MMeennddeennhhaallll - Brittney B.Davidson, Adrian N. Weathersby.

MMoossss PPooiinntt - Jessica F. Gregory.MMoouunntt OOlliivvee - David Spencer.OOaakkvvaallee - Mitchell G. Bass.OOcceeaann SSpprriinnggss - Michael A. Allizzo,

Brandon G. Moss, An M. Tran.PPaassss CChhrriissttiiaann - Melody G.

Campbell, Deana D. Landry.PPeeaarrlliinnggttoonn - Charles B. Fornea.PPeerrkkiinnssttoonn - Allen M. Mitchell,

Amanda C. Clark, Constance A.Dedeaux, Amanda C. Whittington.

Petal - Laken C. Arrington, DustinM. Chambliss, Joshua C. Dupre,Aaron L. Hinton, Brittany James,Katie C. Lucas, Kristi I. Miller-Lee,Chelsea L. Page, Asia D. Roberts,April N. Smith, Colby S. Stewart,Toy D. Zarraga.

PPiiccaayyuunnee - Donald L. Balch, Tom F.Bichell, Joey K. Breeland, NicholasR. Brewer, Chelsea E. Gascho, PhilipR. Hester, Joshua D. Irby, AmandaM. Johnson, Rachel E. Kessling,Teddy J. Kreeger, Jorge E. Lawes,Steven C. Moody, Stacey S. Norris,Victoria Salinger, Christina V. Seale,Melinda R. Speights, Brandi G.Stricker, Stephanie D. Strickland,Sofia I. Tent, Judy L. Wells, ShannonA. Westbrook, Alicia D. Whitfield.

PPooppllaarrvviillllee - Amanda K. Allen,Chelsey L. Barrett, John R. Cowart,Hannah E. Davis, Micah T. Davis,Kristy L. Eaves, Kelly D. Farmer,Lindsey R. Feuge, Danna S. Jackson,Cara L. Larsen, Andrea G.Mannarino Tanya J. Panella, JeremyD. Peters, Casey L. Porter, MichelleR. Schaubhut, Sean T. Stasny, AbbyK. Williams.

PPrreennttiissss - Jason W. Bridges,Rolando I. Castillo.

PPuurrvviiss - Jaime D. Baas, Dakota J.

Baker, Owen B. Breazeale, Misty D.Crowley, Megan L. Davis, Anna L.Delancey, Crystal M. Dewease,Rachel C. Fowler, Patrick E.Holcomb, Troy W. Holmes, Bryce L.Johnson, Kristen B. Meyers, WilliamR. Moore, Collin T. Powell, KennethR. Rayborn, Stacey Slater, Justin M.Tuck, Raechele K. White, JuliousYawn.

SSoossoo - Steven W. Mason.SSttaarrkkvviillllee - Samantha Comer,

Jeremy L. Hinton.SSuummrraallll - Cathleen R. Cheek,

Jessica L. Davis, Tyler D. Hall,Katelin B. Jackson, Brandie M.Robbins, Joseph K. Speights.

TTuuppeelloo - Hannah S. McCarty.TTyylleerrttoowwnn - Brennen L. Beard,

Jacob L. Blackwell, Raven C. Wilson.VViicckkssbbuurrgg - Donald R. Gray.WWaavveellaanndd - Ashley L. Ard, Ashley

L. Chasez, Austa A. Chasez, KadijahS. Johnson, Telvin R. Singleton,Jarrod R. Wilson, Shantel M. Zar.

WWiiggggiinnss - Janice M. Breland,Jennifer L. Dedeaux, Lee M. Lane,Travis W. Moore, Russell A. Reed,Hannah L. Scruggs, Austin D. Szura,Joshua A. Williamson,.

PPaaccee,, FFllaa - Mark M. Hollifield.MMaannhhaatttteenn,, KKaann. - Erica J. Cave.BBooggaalluussaa,, LLaa.. - Megan E. Clayton,

Anthony J. Hemphill.

Associate Degree in Nursing graduates

Gaduates of the associate degree nursing program at Pearl River Community College re-ceived their diplomas and pins Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in a ceremony at Olivia BenderCafeteria on the Poplarville campus. They are, front row from left, Juanita H. Aponte ofCarriere, Megan Beach of Picayune, Holly Bounds of Lumberton, Sunnie Cagle andChristopher Cecil, both of Picayune; Candace Cobb of Lumberton, Dawn M. Comeaux ofPicayune, Lindsey M. Cook of Carriere, Tatiama L. Dillon and Courtney Dubose, both ofHattiesburg; Teresa K. Mura of Poplarville, Matthew Blake Fleming of Picayune, MelissaGriffin of McLain; second row, Cody Hartfield and Lauren Hensleigh, both of Purvis; AmyHood of Carriere, Courtney Howard of Perkinston, Zikoya N. Johnson of Foxworth,Denicka R. Jones of Laurel, Kayla Ladner of Picayune, Billie S. Landrum of Columbia,

Nicole Leidelmeyer of Picayune, Renita McGowan of Petal, Candace McPherson ofSumrall, Andrea F. Miller of Bush, La., Esther E. Even of Covington, La., ElizabethPatterson of Hattiesburg, Christina Pearce of Petal, Britany Nikki Pearson of Carriere,Jonathan Phillips of Hattiesburg, Tiombe Phillips of Laurel, Lacey Pigeon of Lumberton;third row, Jaime Pisani of Poplarville, Regina Pounds of Carriere, Aaron Powell ofHattiesburg, Wendell Robinson of Carriere, Carmen Scobey of Columbia, Cali Shaffette ofCarriere, Dustin Slade of Waveland, Michael Spencer of Carriere, Adriane L. Tanksley ofHattiesburg, Mary Thorman of Picayune, Jennifer Weems of Bay St Louis, Ashlie BrookeWells and Tiffany Wheat, both of Poplarville; Amber Williamson of Sumrall, Donna Woodof Slidell, La., and Amy Young of Hattiesburg. PRCC Public Relations photo.

Pearl River Community College hasreleased its Dean’s List for the fall 2012semester.

Students must maintain a gradepoint average of 3.4 or higher to benamed to the list.

They are listed by hometowns: BBaassssffiieelldd - Franchesca D. Oatis,

Jabreil Z. Thompson.BBaayy SStt.. LLoouuiiss - Warren J. Buehler,

Brittany L. Dougherty, Brittney S.Graham, Richard K. Mitchell, CaseyM. Butler, Andrew P. Goscinski,Brittny S. Griffin, JonathanW.Mirandy, Krisjon J. Wilkerson.

BBiillooxxii - Hailey A. Fischer, ThaddeusF. Fronczak.

BBrraannddoonn - Mark J. Brown, Bo P.Thomasson, Andrew P. Wilkes.

BBrrooookkhhaavveenn - Jonna B. McGlaughn.BBrrooookkllyynn - Channa M. Nowell,

Cassie M. Cochran.CCaarrrriieerree - Linda A. Davidson,

Raquele Z. Beech, Aaron J. Bennett,Alyssa M. Benoit, Felicia L. Bilbo,Joshua J. Blackburn, Lisa Blackburn,Ryan S. Brady, Racquel A. Brekeen,Randi L. Britt, Jennifer L. Brittain,Raven L. Burns, Virginia S. Carnathan,Dylan T. Dewhurst, Nicholas V.Drouilhet, Brooke M. Fulcher,Christian S. Fuller, Jamie M. Garner,Amber C. Gault, Marie Paule T.Grenham, Celeste K. Harlow, MatthewJ. King, Courtney B. Lee, Lauren R.Lossett, Ashton K. Lowery, DiegoMangia, Colbie M. Marshall, RachaelA. McCoy, Bailey M. Miller, RebeccaL. Mitchell, Caitlin V. Palmer, RobynE. Pascal, Katie M. Prevot, Victoria S.Quave, Ashley M. Riley, Jennifer Seal,Debra J. Spence, Amanda E. Terry,Debra H. Thompson, Taylor E. Walker,Dekina D. Whitney, Elliot M. Zalaznik.

CCaarrssoonn - Benjamin A. Jones, JimmyD. Pierce.

CCoolllliinnss - Thadra S. Lockhart,Zhaundria M. Pace.

CCoolluummbbiiaa - Tina L. Bass, Devin L.Bracey, Trent Brown, Victoria A. Cox,Taylor G. Crosby, Leslie R. Haney,Shelita A. Kendricks, Monica H.Lenoir, Madelyn M. Lokey, Michael D.McArthur, Robert A. McKenzie, JasonT. Meidl, Marshall B. Moak, KeDeidraJ. Newson, Fredriauna M. Perry,Marcus R. Petty, Jerri S. Pounds,Katarina L. Powell, Tiffany L. Powell,Tanya L. Stevens, Jana E. Tolar,Marvin Webber.

DD’’IIbbeerrvviillllee - Nhi Y Le.

DDiiaammoonnddhheeaadd - Reese E. Gill, JenaE. Simpson.

DDiixxiiee - Robert L. McGee.FFooxxwwoorrtthh - Whitney M. Armstrong,

Tiffany L. Hicks, Corthel G. Johnson,Patrick C. Regan, Shannon L. Rose,Henry A. Stringer, Kenzie Turnage.

GGlloosstteerr - Amber R. Brown.GGuullffppoorrtt - Alyssa E. Gill, Savannah

Ladner, Michele C. Ogonowski. HHaattttiieessbbuurrgg - Benjamin J.

Alexander, Millie Barr, Brianna S.Blackwell, Robert R. Bounds, KristenM. Brison, Kodi K. Brumfield, KristinaM. Brumfield, Eric T. Chandler,Dominique L. Cole, Chantelle Cosey,Kayla L. Daley, Deniecia Darby, TokyaM. Dauphine, Lavasia D. Dawkins_Robinson, MelissaJ. Fahrenbruch,Kayla M. Fortenberry, Devontai Foye,Lauren R. Garner, Amerial F. Glenn,Cecil L. Hartfield, Aeryka M. Harvey,Amanda L. Hayes, Andrea R. Haynes,Wanda G. Herrin, Charlie Jackson,Stevany N. Jackson, Khadeasia S.Johnson, Teresa L. Johnson, John L.Kent, Kasey R. King, Matthew A.Ladner, Kendall A. Laster, Megan T.Lee, Amanda L. Leff, Annie M. Leon,Donald R. Lewis, Brittney N. Linton,Brandi L. Logan, Jasmine N. Madison,Meagan M. Mandel, Kelley S. McGee,Eusebio Medina, Carly E. Mingee,Jessica S. Mitchell, Daryl R. Moody,Jolisa Moore, Dalton M. Murphy,Hayden C. Myers, Victoria D. Nettles,Kayla D. Parker, Donna A. Perry,Michelle A. Pittman, Laykin C. Posey,Alexandria M. Redeemer, Sarah C.Reid, Philip S. Ritchey, Channing T.Roberts, Crystal A. Small, DeAndre K.Smith, Will L. Smith, Lacey A. Spiers,Jordan J. Stewart, Melissa A. Stuart,Alex L. Sullivan, Graham A. Tant, SethA. Thornton, Bonnie B. Tyrone, MilesR. Underwood, Amber M. Vickery,Nancy L. Warden, Darrell D. Williams,Jerry W. Williams, Kristina L.Williams, Kristian A. Wilson, Russell J.Zingg.

HHeeiiddeellbbeerrgg - Victor E. Cooley.JJaacckkssoonn - Jasmine N. Beaman,

Marcus J. Hogan, Ralencia N. Pickens.KKiillnn - Devin M. Antunica, Amy L.

Case, Jenna M. Gambino, Jace V.Ladner, Candace F. Murray, Hope A.Scully, Jorden E. Sprague, Michelle A.Thorpe.

KKookkoommoo - Suzette N. Andrews,Brittany G. Lewis.

LLaauurreell - Myah Amos, Allen G.

Holifield, Lee A. Moore, Alex M.Murry, Carlee M. Windham.

LLeeaakkeessvviillllee - Hannah R. O’Neal.LLiibbeerrttyy - Annie M. Cardenas,

Chelsea E. Ford.LLoonngg BBeeaacchh - Michael D. Bass.LLuucceeddaallee - David C. Creech, Maggie

E. Fallon.LLuummbbeerrttoonn - Breanna L. Cabe,

Aeriel L. Davis, James C. Davis, JohnK. Davis, Kerrie L. Davis, Maurice A.Dyches, Ashley E. Ford, Donika D.James, Jeffrey A. James, Justin K.James, Michael C. Johnson, Joe D.Keith, Terry L. Kelly, Sara D. Kemp,Dejean Laughlin, Egan D. Poolson,Jessica L. Rousse, Cole P. Shedd,Justin Taylor, Winter L. Whiddon.

MMaaddiissoonn - Margaret H. Daniels,Kristen R. Massey.

MMaaggeeee - Dana V. MathisMMaaggnnoolliiaa - DeVontee Cook.MMaatthhiissttoonn - Cherish M. McClain.MMccCCoommbb - Angela L. Beene.MMccCCooooll - Anna L. Dotson.MMccNNeeiillll - Christopher M. Navo,

Kandise M. Snider, Kelcey T.Whitfield.

MMoossss PPooiinntt - Amber B. Carter, KacyL. Mixon, Bianca Williamson.

MMtt.. OOlliivvee - Rebecca D. Ellis.NNaattcchheezz - Jacob C. Brumfield,

Christopher Carrell.NNeeww HHeebbrroonn - Yvette P. Stephens.Ocean Springs - Crystal Davis,

Cindy T. Nguyen.PPaassccaaggoouullaa - Jordan E. Dufault.PPaassss CChhrriissttiiaann - Caleb D. Cuevas,

Bailey A. Hoda.PPeeaarrll - Joseph J. Bridges.PPeellaahhaattcchhiiee - Jeremy L. Cross, Ethan

C. Martin.PPeerrkkiinnssttoonn - John H. Baxter, Ashlyn

B. Dearman, Joel A. Lee, Lindsey C.Shaw, Sarah A. Silver, Andy A.Woodard.

PPeettaall - Ashley N. Bernard, John T.Burge, Willetta M. Clinton, Jenifer L.Cospelich, Jacob D. Cox, Alexandra M.Dickerson, Jonathan L. Douglas,Debra A. Ellis, Lequisa K. Evans,Jessica M. Fitzgerald, Terrolyn J.Grimsley, William A. Helton, JamiesaD. Hillman, Amanda S. Jenkins,Thatcher F. Lee, Neely F. McCrary,William C. Nagy, Priscilla F. Nguyen,Constance M. Reed, Kaitlyn R.Richards, James A. Richardson,Joseph P. Saucier, Megan L. Scronce,Andrew D. Sims, Ryan L. Sumrall,Stephens R. Taylor, Elizabeth D.

Warren, Amanda L. Woods.PPiiccaayyuunnee - Grisela M. Amado-

Somerville, Rachel O. Beebe, MaureenK. Bird, Kimberly D. Brewington,Alicia R. Buckelew, Joel A. Cagle,Rebecca E. Case, Leslie A. Champlin,Stacey L. Cooper, Ashley D. Craft,Mallory J. Cumberland, Kelli M.Davison, Hillary L. Dickens, HeatherL. Duckett, Taylor J. Dufrene, DshanalW. Fowler, Melanie L. Frierson,Heather M. Fullilove, Elizabeth J.Gomez, Jennifer L. Greenroad, JohnM. Haller, Haley B. Harrison, BrookeM. Hart, Lester E. Higgins, StephanieR. Hudnall, Kymetria S. Jackson,Kaitlin A. Johnson, Kristie G. Johnson,Kristen A. Ladner, Kayla Lee,Chassidy D. Martin, Desmond Martin,Nicholas S. Martin, Tara E. Mashburn,Ashton S. Maxwell, Amanda M.McDaniel, Robert A. McGrath,Melissa G. Miller, Victoria R. Necaise,Patti J. Nicholson, Gina S. Phillips,Kathy R. Phillips, Victoria R. Pichon,Alexander P. Porche, Alvin B. Richard,Dylan D. Savoy, Crystel L. Schultz,Gary S. Speights, Ruben B. Stephens,Stephen A. Stewart, Willa C. Stubbs,Jenna L. Thompson, Joseph Thorman,Spencer K. Travis, Jennifer S. Wells,Aaron D. Whitehead, Melvin Wilks,Hannah M. Williams.

PPooppllaarrvviillllee - Melinda K. Amacker,Shaley L. Ashley, Diane F. Bayhi, LaciE. Bilbo, Hannah R. Bowman, HaileyA. Breisacher, Velma L. Burge,Haley R. Dewitt, Cody B. Dupont,Kaitlyn A. Dupont, Mariah P. Fairley,Miranda B. Fazende, John M. Fisher,Kayla S. Gentry, Zachary W. Gillespie,Jeremiah Grizzle, Joann E. Guillot,Lisa R. Hamada, Cody Hinson, JackieHinton, Mollie A. Hollander, Leila M.Jaar, Alethea R. Jarvis, Jonathan Kelly,Summer N. King, Braden P. Ladner,Elizabeth J. Ladner, Katelyn V. Ladner,Kathy M. Ladner, Johnathon E.Larsen, Austin J. Matthews, Edna M.Miley, Jonathan R. Miller, RavenNightengale, Gabrielle L. Nuccio,Karina R. Pisani, Tori D. Pullen, DaziaR. Raine, Ashton E. Rogers, KristinaE. Schluter, Skylor E. Shamp, Siera C.Shiyou, Austin W. Slade, Crystal D.Smith, Michael C. Smith, Stephen T.Smith, Megan L. Speights, Donovan J.Touchet, Katherine E. Whitworth,Meagan A. Whitworth, Brittany N.Wilkins.

PPrreennttiissss - Joshua D. Broome,

Kimberly D. Bryant.PPuurrvviiss - Sarah L. Anderson, Wylie A.

Anderson, Lauren T. Boone, HeatherN. Boutwell, Victoria K. Clapp, AltonE. Curtis, Jillian L. Ferrell, Katrina M.Hall, Karina Hernandez, Laura A.Kadake, Mariah L. LeBlanc, BrittanyM. Long, Joshua M. Long, Colby G.Sellers, Alexandrea M. Sinclair,Georgia W. Waits, Clay M. Williamson,Courtney E. Wilson, Samantha A.Wood, Lacey D. Yawn.

RRiicchhttoonn - Lacey K. Feduccia, DarionL. Matthews, Gretchin A. Perry,Jessica Walley.

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Kaitlyn N. Bennett, James M. Buckley,Amber M. Courtney, Crystal M.Curtis, Genna M. Dement, Jamie B.Dunaway, Jessica J. Ehret, Amanda C.Emerson, Chelsea R. Freyoux, Todd A.Hatten, Anna M. Hibbard, David J.Hillery, Jessica L. Hobold, Elizabeth A.Lanham, Kristian N. Novem, PatrickC. Peterson, Chastitie L. Polk, Kayla R.Polk, Brittni D. Prine, RachaelRhodus, Katherine E. Robertson.

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J. Coe, Margaret F. Guerrero, MargaretE. Hubbard, Malcolm L. Reid, OwenO. Villalta, Jayson L. Woodfill.

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Health Symposium provides information and funPOPLARVILLE - Approximately 400

women took time Jan. 26 to learn how tobe healthier when they attended the2013 Women’s Health Symposium atPearl River Community College.

The symposium gave them free healthscreenings, a panel of five area physicianswho answered questions about women’shealth concerns and a rollicking keynotespeech.

The women also received pearl ear-rings as a special favor and an insulatedlunch bag along with a variety of samplesand promotional items from more than30 vendors at the health fair.

“I’m glad I came,” said Carrie Hales ofPoplarville. “I’ve had a bone density test.I had my cholesterol checked.”

The event, the seventh hosted byPRCC, featured keynote speaker BarbBancroft, a nurse practitioner and authorof “Kiss My Asparagus!”, a guide to nutri-tion’s role in health and disease.

Bancroft kept the audience laughing asshe touted the benefits of exercise anddiet, including any kind of beans.

“As long as it gives you gas, it’s a goodbean,” she said.

A healthy lifestyle helps prevent chron-ic disease, a problem that is relatively re-cent.

“Most people in the 1920s did not livelong enough to have a chronic disease,”she said.

She also encouraged everyone to get aflu shot, pointing out that although thevaccine takes two weeks to protectagainst the flu, the flu season lasts anoth-er 12 weeks.

“It hits you like a Mack truck and thenit backs up,” she said.

Bancroft and the doctors on the paneladmonished the women to be proactiveabout their health.

“The most importart part of yourhealthcare team is you,” said Dr. JamesRiser, a family practitioner in Picayune.“You are the center of the team.”

In addition to Riser, panelists were Dr.Jennifer Bailey of Hattiesburg Clinic, Dr.Andrea Carter of Women’s Pavilion ofSouth Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Dr.Angela Jones of Poplarville Clinic ofHattiesburg Clinic and Dr. Lara Otaigbeof Wesley Primary Care in Hattiesburg.

The symposium’s popularity may forcechanges in the future, said Dr. WilliamLewis, PRCC president.

“When we began this venture sevenyears ago, the idea was we wanted tobuild off our Wellness Center,” he said.“The first year, we had about 200 people.This year, we had about 400 people.

“Quite frankly, we’re at a crossroads.We had a waiting list this year.”

With the Ethel Holden BrownstoneCenter for the Performing Arts and theMarvin R. White Coliseum slated toopen this year, symposium planners haveoptions for future events, he said.

In addition to the favors each guest re-ceived, dozens of door prizes wereawarded, including six grand prizes:

■ Vera Bradley bag from PRCC admis-sions - Ruth Ann Kohnke of Lumberton.

■ Eighteen-inch pearl necklace from

Paris Jewelers - Joye Ferrill of Poplarville.■ Year’s supply of Coca-Cola from

Coca-Cola of Hattiesburg - Valerie Raineyof Poplarville.

■ Healing Touch Day Spa gift package- Margaret Lynn

■ Concrete picnic table and benchesfrom the PRCC masonry program - PaulaBond of Poplarville.

■ Belk Day of Beauty package - TeresaAmacker of Poplarville.

Grand sponsor for the symposium wasthe Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation.

Silver sponsors were Hancock Bank,Slidell Memorial Hospital and PearlRiver County Hospital and NursingHome. Bronze sponsors were BankPlus,First National Bank of Picayune,Hattiesburg Clinic, HighlandCommunity Hospital, Southern Boneand Joint Specialists, Wal-MartSupercenter of Picayune and WesleyMedical Center.

Screening and demonstrationproviders were SafeHeart HealthScreens, Forrest General Home Care andHospice, Pearl River County Hospitaland Nursing Home, Hattiesburg Clinic,Highland Community Hospital,Southeast Mississippi Rural HealthInitiative, Mississippi Department ofMental Health, Poplarville FamilyChiropractic Clinic, Grace Health Care,Wesley Medical Center, Healing TouchSchool and Day Spa, Hattiesburg EyeClinic, Cloverleaf Immediate Care andstudents from the PRCC nursing, med-ical laboratory technology and cosmetol-ogy programs.

Additional information booths wereprovided by Dermatology South, MS SelfDefense, Pine Grove, Pink Ribbon Fundof Hattiesburg, Planned ParenthoodSoutheast, Poplarville Family Clinic,PRCC dental hygiene program, SouthernBone and Joint Specialists, Stone CountyHospital and Clinic, Poplarville MedicalClinic and WebMD Health Services.

PRCC nursing instructor Amy Esslinger talks with PhyllisDaniels of Poplarville about her blood pressure readingJan. 26 during the PRCC Women’s Health Symposium.Listening is nursing student Kandise Snider of McNeill.

Pearl River Community College cosmetology studentsRacquel Brekeen of Carriere, from left, and ConstanceDedeaux of Wiggins give manicures to Lois Smith ofPicayune and Peggy LaDue of Poplarville during the 2013Women’s Health Symposium.

Pam Jefferson of Lumberton, right, gets her finger prickedfor a cholesterol test during the Women’s HealthSymposium. Jennifer King of Hattiesburg and other PRCCmedical laboratory technology students did the testing.PRCC Public Relations photos

Featured speaker Barb Bancroft

Faculty profileNNAAMMEE: Silvia Preston

FFAAMMIILLYY: Married to LancePreston, 6 years;, one newborn son,Marshall; two daughters: Frances,4, and Sophia, 3

RREESSIIDDEENNCCEE: Oak Grove

EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL BBAACCKKGGRROOUUNNDD::High school completed in Rio deJaneiro, Brazil. Bachelor degree(2002) and Master degree (2005)in Computer Science, USM; cur-rently a Computer Science Ph.D.candidate with graduation scheduledfor May 2013.

PPOOSSIITTIIOONN AATT PPRRCCCC:: Computer Science instructor atPRCC Forrest. Coounty Center

TTEEAACCHHIINNGG EEXXPPEERRIIEENNCCEE:: 10 years

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE BBOOOOKK: The Purpose Driven Life

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE FFOOOODD: Brazilian and Japanese

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE MMOOVVIIEE: Forrest Gump

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE MMUUSSIICC:: Brazilian

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE VVAACCAATTIIOONN TTRRIIPP: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

WWHHAATT TTHHRREEEE WWEEBBSSIITTEESS DDOO YYOOUU VVIISSIITT EEVVEERRYYDDAAYY??Yahoo, Blackboard, RiverGuide

WWHHAATT DDOONN’’TT WWEE KKNNOOWW AABBOOUUTT YYOOUU TTHHAATT WWOOUULLDDSSUURRPPRRIISSEE UUSS?? Besides speaking 2 languages, nothing really.

WWOORRDDSS OOFF WWIISSDDOOMM:: Don’t give up. You can achieve allyour dreams. You just need to work to get them.

Preston

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Faculty profileNNAAMMEE: Larry Scott Kimball

FFAAMMIILLYY: Wife, Alicia Kimball. Daughters: Evelyn Kimball,9, Emelia Kimball, 7.

RREESSIIDDEENNCCEE: Poplarville

EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL BBAACCKKGGRROOUUNNDD::Poplarville High School, PearlRiver Community College,University of Southern Mississippi,B.A. in History from USM; MSHonors College; MA EuropeanHistory, USM.

PPOOSSIITTIIOONN AATT PPRRCCCC:: HistoryInstructor

TTEEAACCHHIINNGG EEXXPPEERRIIEENNCCEE: 18years

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE BBOOOOKK:: Book of Fiction: Count of MonteChristo by Alexander Dumas

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE FFOOOODD:: Sausage and Bacon of any kind

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE MMUUSSIICC: Contemporary Christian

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE MMOOVVIIEE: Jason Bourne series

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE VVAACCAATTIIOONN:: Trip of Rome

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE WWEEBB SSIITTEESS: Sportsman Guide, Fox News,Etrade

WWHHAATT DDOONN’’TT WWEE KKNNOOWW AABBOOUUTT YYOOUU TTHHAATT YYOOUUTTHHAATT WWOOUULLDD SSUURRPPRRIISSEE UUSS? I love frogging.

WWOORRDDSS OOFF WWIISSDDOOMM: Matthew 22:37: “Love the Lordyour God with all your heart and with all your soul and withall your mind.”

Deroche

Faculty profileNAME: Pam Gillespie Waddle

FFAAMMIILLYY: Married to Benny Waddle for almost 30 years.One daughter, Amanda, 20; one son, Benjamin, 18.

RREESSIIDDEENNCCEE: Hattiesburg

EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL BBAACCKKGGRROOUUNNDD::Graduated from Hattiesburg PrepSchool in 1979, from the Universityof Southern Mississippi in 1983 witha BSN, and from USM in 1996 withan MSN; recently completed a LegalNurse Consultant Certificate courseat South Alabama.

PPOOSSIITTIIOONN AATT PPRRCCCC:: AssociateDegree Nursing Instructor onPoplarville campus

TTEEAACCHHIINNGG EEXXPPEERRIIEENNCCEE:: 16 years of teaching experi-ence at PRCC in the ADN program

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE BBOOOOKK: 24 hours by Greg Isles

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE FFOOOODD: Chinese

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE MMOOVVIIEE: No Way Out

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE MMUUSSIICC: Classic Soft Rock

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE VVAACCAATTIIOONN TTRRIIPP: Anywhere where there isa beach and tennis courts!

FFAAVVOORRIITTEE WWEEBBSSIITTEESS: Three websites visited everyday:prcc.edu; yahoo.com; amazon.com

WWHHAATT DDOONN’’TT WWEE KKNNOOWW AABBOOUUTT YYOOUU TTHHAATT YYOOUUTTHHAATT WWOOUULLDD SSUURRPPRRIISSEE UUSS? My husband and I were pic-tured in Mississippi Magazine

WWOORRDDSS OOFF WWIISSDDOOMM: Be willing to work hard for yourgoals but allow time for yourself to relax and enjoy life.

Waddle

Changing landscape at PRCC

An exterior shot of the $10.4 million Ethel Holden Brownstone Center for the Performing Arts, which is scheduled for completion later this spring.

Work continues on Marvin R. White Coliseum. The projected completion date is sometime this summer. Rod Cooke Construction is the general contractor.

By TONIA MOODYADA/Civil Rights Coordinator

Have you ever been late to class,the only parking space that was leftwas one designated for handicappedparking, and you thought “no one elseis using it right now, what will ithurt.”

Or, if you are shopping and you say,“I’m only going to be a few minutesand no one is going to need it in theshort time I’ll be here.” Well, the factis, you could be causing a huge incon-venience to a person with a disability.

Everyone who drives knows thatthey should not park in the reservedhandicapped parking space, but thereare times when we are tempted to

park there anyway because we arelate, in a hurry, having a bad day, orsimple selfish pride (nobody mattersbut me attitude). Stop and think be-fore you make a huge and expensivemistake.

Most handicapped parking has apicture of a wheelchair on it. Whenyou see that sign, you should think ofa person you know using a wheelchairwho arrives at that parking lot justseconds after you took the spot.

The reason those spaces were creat-ed is so individuals with a disabilitydo not have to walk far or have tocross a high traffic area to get to theirdestination. Not all individuals usinghandicapped parking use a wheel-chair.

An individual with a disabilitiessuch as Multiple Sclerosis or ChronicHeart Disease may not be able towalk over 10 feet without it affectingtheir health. So just because someoneparks in handicappedparking and is physicallyable to walk, does not nec-essarily mean they shouldnot be parking in handi-capped parking.

However, if you have ahandicapped parkingdecal and find a close reg-ular parking space, thensave the handicappedparking space for someonewho may need it morethan you.

Remember, Van AccessibleHandicapped Parking should be re-served for individuals using vans andonly should be used by other vehicleswhen there are no other handicapped

parking spaces available. Individuals with disabil-

ities who use a van musthave the access isle on thepassenger side to let theramp down in order toexit the vehicle.Otherwise, they do nothave adequate space forthe ramp to lower and areunable to exit their vehi-cle.

Is it worth it? Not onlydoes it cause the individ-

ual with a disability a huge inconven-ience, it is expensive as well. The finefor illegally parking in designatedhandicapped spaces differs from cityto city.

Here at PRCC the fine for illegallyparking in designated handicappedparking is $75 for the first offense anddoubles for each following offense.This is compared to a $30 fine forparking in a prohibited area.

In Hattiesburg, the fine for illegallyparking in handicapped parking is$100.50 and in Poplarville, the fine is$157. So if you don’t remember any-thing else, remember to think of theimpact your act will make on an indi-vidual with a disability before illegallyparking in a handicapped space.Moody

Whatever you do, always think before you park

Calendar of eventsspring semester

■ Thursday, Feb. 21 - Bingo Night, 7 p.m., Olivia BenderCafeteria

■ Monday, Feb. 25 - Black History Month Observance, 11a.m., multipurpose room, Forrest County Center

■ Talent Show, 7 p.m., Olivia Bender Cafeteria■ Thursday, Feb. 28 - Phi Theta Kappa Spring Induction

Ceremony, 6 p.m., Technology Center■ Monday, March 4 - Somethin’ on a Stick Day, 11:30 a.m.-

12:30 p.m., gazebo outside Crosby Hall■ Wednesday, March 6 - Career Fair, 9 - 11:15 a.m.,

Technology Center.■ Saturday, March 9 - Softball Pink Games against

Southwest, 12 and 2 p.m., Wildcat Stadium■ Monday, March 11 through Friday, March 15 - Spring break■ Monday, March 18 - Softball/baseball pep rally and block

party, 8-10:30 p.m., street between Hancock and Lamar Halls■ Thursday, March 21 - Field Day, 3:30-5:30 p.m., football

practice field■ Tuesday, March 26 - JazzCats and RiverRoad spring con-

cert, 7 p.m., Olivia Bender Cafeteria■ Wednesday, March 27 - Easter Egg Extravaganza, time and

place to be announced■ Friday, March 29 - Good Friday holiday■ Monday, April 1 - Thursday, April 4 - Nominations due for

Mr. and Miss PRCC, class favorites■ Tuesday, April 2 - PRCC Singers and The Voices spring

concert, 7 p.m., Malone Chapel■ Tuesday, April 2 - Block Party, 8-10:30 p.m., street between

Hancock and Lamar Halls■ Monday, April 8 - PRCC Symphonic Band spring concert,

7 p.m., Olivia Bender Cafeteria■ Monday, April 8, and Tuesday, April 9 - Elections for Mr.

and Miss PRCC, class favorites, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Crosby Hall■ Sunday, April 10 - Daylight saving time begins■ Monday, April 11, and Tuesday, April 12 - The Complete

Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)■ Monday, April 15 - Thursday, April 19 - Nominations due

for SGA executive offices■ Monday, April 15 - PRCC Date Auction, 7 p.m., Olivia

Bender Cafeteria

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Learn With Us at Pearl River Community College

Performing arts center work begins soonEthel Holden Brownstone Center will showcase Poplarville Campus

at Pearl River Community College

www.prcc.edu

Fine ArtsFuture venue for Pearl River Community College Fine Arts

Ethel Holden Brownstone Centerfor the Performing Arts

Seniors! Scholarships are available for all performing arts groups. To schedule an audition, call Ladona Tyson at 601-403-1272. VISIT US ONLINE AT:

March 26 - JazzCats and RiverRoad Spring ConcertApril 2 - PRCC Singers & The Voices Spring Concert

April 8 - PRCC Symphonic Band Spring Concert

Performance dates for 2012-13April 11-12 - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)April 16 - PRCC Faculty RecitalApril 25-26 - Musical Revue: “The River Opry”

April 29 - Honors Recital

Above, the PRCC Gospel Singers practices under the direction of Englishinstructor Tonyia Benton, back to camera. Students include, front row fromleft, Randi Fowler, Danica Hart, Brandon Williams and Frank Henry, all ofPoplarville; Carl DeFrance of Vicksburg, Brice Johnson of Wiggins, AmberScott of Hattiesburg, Lillian Clark of Petal, Destiny Tyson of Picayune; sec-ond row, Toshiba Buckley of Hattiesburg, Imani Robertson of Bogalusa, La.,Javetta Jarvis of Poplarville, Christoph Garner of Columbia, KharderiusDavison of Moss Point, Ca’Standra Hart and Valdericka Raine, both ofPoplarville, and Jovondra Moore of Ellisville.Right, sopranos Imani Robertson of Bogalusa, La., Danica Hart and JavettaJarvis, both of Poplarville, sing at choir practice. PRCC Public Relationsphotos

A group of Pearl RiverCommunity College studentsgathers every Mondayevening at Malone Chapel to“make a joyful noise unto theLord.”

The PRCC Gospel Singersis an informal group open toanyone who wants to sing.

“When I was in high school,I used to sing in the choir atSouth Jones,” said JovondraMoore of Ellisville. “I missedit.”

English instructors TonyiaBenton and Marjorie Thrashwork with the choir.

“This is student-led,”Benton said. “Some studentscame to me and said theywanted to have a gospelchoir.”

Benton and her husband,Antonnio Benton, pastorSalem Baptist Church inVossburg and she has beenleading church music pro-grams since was 15 years old.Thrash says she’s a cheer-leader and recruiter for thenew group.

The choir usually has about35 singers. A home basketballgame cut the number in half ata recent practice but the voic-es still filled Malone Chapel.

“I love to sing,” said fresh-man Kharderius Davison ofMoss Point. “I’m in a choir atmy church.”

The choir is working onenough music to present aconcert later in the semester.

“This is in the infantstages,” Benton said.

Jovondra Moore

Gospel choirmeets Mondays

Choral department hosts Showchoir contestThe Pearl River

Community College choral de-partment hosted theMississippi ShowchoirContest Feb. 1 and 2 atWilliam Carey University inHattiesburg.

Twenty-four junior and sen-ior high school showchoirscompeted in the contest.

RiverRoad, PRCC’s show-choir, and The Voices ensem-ble performed in exhibitionboth days.

Members of both groups aswell as the PRCC Singers con-cert choir along with parentvolunteers worked selling t-shirts and concessions, as an-nouncers and hosts.

Judges were Dr. MarkMalone of Carey, formerly

PRCC choral director; Dr.Johnathan Kilgore ofMississippi Gulf CoastCommunity College, JacksonCounty campus; Dr. WebbParker of the University ofSouthern Mississippi; andKen Thomas of EnterpriseState Community College inEnterprise, Ala. Judi Holifieldof Laurel judged the solo com-petition.

Proceeds from the contestwill go towards RiverRoad’strip to New York City nextmonth. The group will serveas a host choir at the 2013Show Choir NationalChampionship Series for highschool choirs.

LaDona Tyson is director ofPRCC choral groups.

Above, the Voices sing atthe Mississippi ShowchoirContest hosted by PRCC.They are, from left,Malorie Townsend of Petal,Ethan Martin of Pisgah,Mallory Cumberland ofPicayune, Allen Holifield ofLaurel, Mariah LeBlanc ofPurvis, Frank Henry ofPoplarville, Claire Loper ofLumberton, Jonathan Morrisof Brooklyn, Rachel Pierceof Columbia, RhettUnbehagen of Carriere,Danielle Rogers of Petaland Carl DeFrance ofVicksburg.Middle left, RiverRoad singsand dances.Below left, RiverRoad singsMe and My Gang during anexhibition performance.

Above left, Katie Beth Robertson of Sumrall and EthanMartin of Pisgah perform. Above right, Jonathan Morris ofBrooklyn sings Home. Below, Clay Hession of Purvis sellsa Mississippi Showchoir Contest t-shirt during the event.

Drew Hedgepeth ofPicayune sings StandingOutside the Fire.

Virsaviya Efraim discoveredPearl River CommunityCollege by accident.

Bicycling cross country, sherolled onto the edge of campusas dusk began to fallWednseday, Jan. 23, and begansetting up camp betweenNorth Street and Faculty Row.

PRCC Police showed up afew minutes later to see whatshe was doing and ended uptaking her to supper in thecafeteria and moving her campto a safer spot.

“I had an excellent day,”Efraim said the next day as shepacked her tent and other sup-plies before heading to theWellness Center for a shower.

A native of Moscow whogrew up in Connecticut, the25-year-old Efraim left St.Augustine, Fla., on Jan. 2. Thefirst couple of weeks were slowgoing as she adapted to hernew routine. She averages 50to 60 miles a day, she said.

“By the time I get to westTexas, I hope to be able to do100 miles a day,” she said.

A psychology graduate ofWestern New EnglandCollege, Efraim spent twoyears teaching English inTaiwan and the past year inMoscow with her father. Shealso taught English there andtutored children of well-to-dofamilies. She hopes to use thatexperience to work as a nannyin New York after her biketour.

“When I started the tour, Iwas doing it to see if I could,”she said. “I keep meeting ran-dom people who help me outand some want to give memoney.”

Because she had been in-volved in the past with V-Day,she donates any money she’sgiven to the group.

“They’re an internationalnon-profit whose aim is to stopviolence against women andgirls,” she said. “They’re verygood about grassroots ... 90percent of donations go tolocal shelters.”

Efraim is following a routerecommended by theAdventure Cycling Associa-tion. It took her fromPerkinston, where she campedTuesday night, to Poplarvilleand on to Bogalusa, La.

Some days are like the dayshe found PRCC with mishapsand enjoyable encountersslowing her down. First, it wasa flat tire near Perkinston but anice guy helped her fix it. Itwas on to Wiggins where sheasked a man to recommend alocal restaurant for lunch. Heinvited her to his house forsandwiches.

“I met some very interest-ing people,” she said.

PRCC Police Chief DougRowell approved Efraim’sovernight stop on campus.

“It was about dark, so tomake sure she was safe, we al-lowed her to camp on the backside of the property,” he said.“Our officers were able to keepan eye on her during thenight.”

About 75 percent of the gearEfraim has hanging from herbike is for sleeping - tent,sleeping mat, sleeping bag.Clothes make up about 20 per-cent and the rest is bike main-tenance equipment and water -about 7 pounds of water.There’s also a camp stove anda supply of Ramen noodles.

Showers are a luxury.“I try to get a shower in

twice a week when circum-stances allow,” she said. Sheexpected to spend a night witha family in Jackson, La., anarrangement she madethrough an on-line communityof cyclists.

Efraim is blogging about hertour at http://virsaviya.word-press.com. The blog includes alink for donations to V-Day.

Pearl River Community College inPoplarville will be featured in the season pre-miere of Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s(MPB) original series “Job Hunter” on Thurs.,Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. on MPB-TV.

“We are pleased to bring ‘Job Hunter’ backto MPB for a second season,” said MPBExecutive Director Ronnie Agnew. “Fosteringa vibrant and robust workforce is essential tostrengthening Mississippi’s economy. MPB isproud to have a part in that by highlightingthe wealth of careers in Mississippi industriesand the skills needed to succeed in thosefields.”

Throughout the show, viewers will see inter-views with various PRCC students and facultyin the school’s Utility Lineman Training pro-gram.

As the only show of its kind in Mississippi,“Job Hunter” introduces viewers to jobs andcareer opportunities right here at home.Episode one focuses on the energy industry inMississippi.

Host Kerri Courtney will take viewers tohigh-profile companies around the state to ex-plore the variety of careers within the indus-try. Courtney will then visit PRCC’s UtilityLineman training program, which will equip“job hunters” with the skills they need for en-ergy careers.

Catch season two of “Job Hunter” on MPBTV Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. beginning Feb. 7,2013.

For more information, visit www.mpbon-line.org/jobhunter.

“Job Hunter” is made possible in part byfunding from the state of Mississippi and theMississippi Manufacturers Association’s(MMA) Dream It. Do It. campaign and theMississippi Department of EmploymentSecurity.

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By RAYMUNDA BARNESDean of Hancock Center

The spring semester at the Hancock Centerhas begun, and excitement is in theair.

The 2nd Annual Spring Fling willtake place on Tuesday, March 5,from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

This event is designed to offercurrent Hancock Center students anopportunity to fellowship and enjoycampus life while also offeringHancock County juniors and seniorsa chance to experience a little col-lege life. The Hancock Center willserve food and beverages.

The students will be engaged andentertained by many student groupsfrom the Poplarville campus.

On Tuesday, April 16, the Hancock Center’sStudent Government Association will sponsorthe PRCC Annual Blood Drive from 1-6 p.m.This is one of the many events held at the cen-ter that encourages the student body to give

back to the community.Last year, this event was a huge success. It

is our goal in 2013 to collect even more pintsof blood than last year. Come help the

Hancock Center reach that goal.■ The fall semester at the

Hancock Center came to an endwith many interesting events.

One of these events was led byCraig Carrigee.

In November, the PhysicalScience Survey I class went on afield trip to the Infinity Center atthe Stennis Space Center inHancock County.

The class spent the day investigat-ing the various displays at the center.These included displays showing

the growth of science through history, numer-ous artifacts representing space travel in thelate 20th century, and even a simulator thattook the students on a flight through space.

The field trip concluded with a tour of thegrounds of the Space Center, including a viewof the test stands used for rocket testing.

Barnes

Hancock Center making plansfor 2nd annual Spring Fling

Hancock Center students, from left, Kadijah Johnson , Demonica Bounds and KavonnaBradley are engaged in a group study session in the Hancock Center library.

PRCC featured in MPB series premiere;series to explore Mississippi careers

MPB host Kerri Courtney

By CANDACE HARPERCoordinator of Alumni Services

The Alumni Association is preparing for itsannual Little Black Dress Charity Luncheonon April 13 at the President’s home on thePoplarville campus.

Women gather for a fun-filled luncheon witha silent auction that consists of more than 100accessories. Tickets to the event are $50 andinclude the meal and a contribution to both or-ganizations.

For tickets, contact the Foundation at 601-403-1183 by March 22. This event is firstcome, first serve.

Silent auction items starting as low as $1.Bring your friends and enjoy a ladies day out.

All proceeds go to support scholarships forstudents in need and a local charity/commu-nity organization. This year the organizationwe will be assisting is called Pathway2Hope.

Pathway2Hope is a non-profit organizationfocused on serving and supporting childrenand adolescents in South Mississippi. It istheir belief that when a child is given a healthyenvironment and equipped with the propertools, his or her inherent potential can blos-som.

The long-term goal of Pathway2Hope is toestablish an emergency shelter and grouphome for foster children and adolescents ofSouth Mississippi who are not immediately

placed with family at the time of removal fromtheir home by the Department of HumanServices. While working toward this goal,Pathway2Hope is seeking to partner with thecommunity to support the children of southMississippi through promoting excellence inhome, school and the community.

We are in the process of collecting acces-sories, jewelry and handbags for the silent auc-tion. Sponsorships for this charity event arealso needed and would be greatly appreciated.

11.. Silver Business Sponsor - $100 - $500:Business name will be advertised on all pro-grams.

22.. Gold Sponsor - $501- $999: Name will bedisplayed at entrance with your company in-formation as well as advertised on all pro-grams and articles.

33.. Corporate Sponsor - $1000 up: Bannerwill be displayed at event with company logo;information will be publicized on all advertise-ments, programs and articles as corporatesponsor.

If your business would be willing to con-tribute by becoming a sponsor, please contactCandace Harper at 601-403-1193 or charp-er@prcc.edu by Friday, March 22.

You may also mail your tax deductable dona-tion to: PRCC Development Foundation Attn:Little Black Dress Sponsorship, P.O. Box5389, Poplarville, MS 39470

Little Black Dress Charityluncheon plans underway

Designer Dorothy Stone and the Little Miss PRCC doll (left) she designed and displayed(right) for her exhibit at Pearl River Community College. PRCC Public Relations photos

Biker Virsaviya Efraim packs up to leave the PRCC campus.

Beautifully-dressed dolls on displayPOPLARVILLE - Elaborately-dressed dolls

are on display through March 20 in the MoodyHall gallery at Pearl River Community College.

Dorothy Stone of Hattiesburg took a life-long love of collecting dolls and turned it intoa creative business, Dorothy’s Best DressDolls.

She designs and sells made-to-order fashionsfor dolls sized 24 inches and larger.

“I view dolls as works of art that combinemany art forms, including painting, sculpting,clothing design and fabric art,” she said. “Dollsevoke positive emotions and reactions in bothwomen and men of all ages.”

Stone holds degrees in dietetics and exercisephysiology from the University of Southern

Mississippi and has been a registered dieticianfor more than 25 years. She works at ForrestGeneral Hospital while pursing her designinginterests.

Charleen Null, art instructor at PRCC, invit-ed Stone to display her dolls after learning ofher designs through a mutual acquaintance.

For the current exhibit, she designed a LittleMiss PRCC outfit, making the dress from silkPRCC ties she bought on eBay.

Stone has set up a website for her businessat www.dorothysbestdresseddolls.com withphotos and an order page.

“It’s just now starting to take off,” she said.“For awhile, I was just kind of playing aroundwith it. Now, I’m starting to promote it.”

Moody Hall gallery

Biker finds PRCC campus

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Mississippi Congressman Steven Palazzo greeted members ofthe Pearl River Community College “Spirit of the River” marching band on Sunday, Jan.20, at the World War II Memorial. The band was one of less than 20 marching bands se-

lected nationwide and was the only group from Mississippi to participate in the 2013Presidential Inauguration Parade. “This is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our PearlRiver students and an extraordinary honor,” Palazzo stated.

By JAMES HAMANNThe Drawl Staff Writer

Have you ever wonderedhow it would be to tour thisnation’s capital with some ofyour best friends representingyour school for the Presidentof the United States?

One hundred and fifty mem-bers of the Spirit of the RiverMarching Band got to experi-ence the amazing WashingtonD.C., where we marched forPresident BarackObama in his sec-ond-term inaugura-tion parade.

We had a long 18-hour drive to reachour destination.There was scream-ing, laughing, and aton of sleeping onthe way. I havenever seen so manypeople trying to stayoff of their cell phones just sothey could save the batterylife. Some even made home-made chargers just so theirswould not turn off.

It’s hilarious how creativecollege kids get whenever along bus ride is coming up.

By the time we reached thecapitol to get some food,everyone was running to getoff of the bus first since wetraveled for such a long time.The mall that we stopped atwas massive, and had more

than eight stories of everystore you can imagine.

Once everyone ate, we allgot in different groups andtoured the beautiful sightsthat lie in Washington.

There is so much history be-hind the memorials and mon-uments of D.C. that it reallyshows the effort thatAmerican soldiers and thegovernment put into ourcountry for us to have the free-

dom we have today.Every single stu-dent got the oppor-tunity to learnabout our formergovernment andpresidents such asGeorgeWashington andAbraham Lincoln,as well as MartinLuther King.

These three menare only a few of the

people who have had statuesdedicated in their honor forwhat they did for America.

Most of the PRCC bandmembers had no idea abouthow cold the weather wasgoing to be. If you were igno-rant like myself, we got towalk for five hours in shortsand t-shirts. We really regret-ted our decisions in clothingvery quickly after complain-ing about getting back on thebus regarding the fact us fewwere freezing.

Once the tour was over wewent back to our hotel rooms,and a lot of people passed outvery quickly. Once everyonewas asleep and had theiralarms set; at 5 a.m., the firealarm went off in one of thehotels making everyone scat-ter down the steps like wildanimals. All this over a bagel

getting burned in the mi-crowave on the first floor.

You can only imagine thefrustration that was felt on thethird floor where we were.

The next day, Monday, Jan.21, we started getting readyfor the parade at 8 in themorning and didn’t startmarching until 6 p.m. due to

the clearance of the SecretService.

But, once the parade startedand we passed the President,who was clapping and smilingto the music that we wereplaying, the whole trip feltcompletely worth the chaos.

I know everyone in theSpirit of the River had an ex-

traordinary time and I wouldlike to thank the college forgranting us that opportunity.

If you ever have the chancego to Washington D.C., I high-ly recommend it.

It will be one phenomenallife-time experience.

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By ABBIE McMAHONThe Drawl Staff Writer

I’m sure you have all heard that theSpirit of the River marchingband was selected to go to ournation’s Capitol to march in theinauguration parade.

I was one of those bandmembers who got to go on thatonce-in-a-lifetime trip. It wasan 18-hour bus ride toWashington, D.C.

We stopped a couple of timesfor the bus drivers and to eat.The first time we stopped wasin Virginia for breakfast onSunday morning. We woke up tobeautiful mountains covered in snow.

We finally arrived in Washingtonand ate lunch at the Pentagon Mall.We got our own tour guide to take usaround to all the monuments and me-morials at the National Mall. Wewent to the Washington Monument,Martin Luther King Jr. MemorialSite, Lincoln Memorial, World War II

Memorial, and many more sites.We were honored to have

Congressmen Steven Palazzo visit uswhile we were at oneof the sites. He spoketo us and then tooktime to take pictureswith us.

We got dinner andthen went to the ho-tels.

The next day wasthe big day. We wokeup early to be back onthe buses. We wentstraight to the

Pentagon where webegan going through security.

The military fed us lunch as wewere being checked and waiting togo to the parade route.

We were very blessed with greatweather for the day that wasn’t toocold until we were still standing stillas the sun went down.

We didn’t step off marching untilabout 5 o’clock Monday afternoon.

As we traveled to the parade routeon the bus there were thousands ofpeople flooding the streets, but bythe time the parade got to us manywere gone.

When we hit Pennsylvania Avenue,my adrenalin was up again. All thebig lights, cameras, and some civil-ians were there cheering us on.

The 1.5-mile parade route was allworth it when President Obamastood to applaud the Pearl RiverCommunity College band.

He stood smiling and waving at allof us. I am still in shock by how closewe were to the bullet-proof block ofglass that was protecting thePresident of the United States.

There really aren’t enough wordsto describe the emotion that I feltwhen I looked to my left with himwaving at me.

I’m pretty sure no matter what youbelieve as an individual, if you agreeor disagree with him, each of us wereso proud and blessed to be in hispresence. I know the band was defi-

nitely honored to be taken the na-tion’s capital.

Our trip went very smooth and itwas all because Dr. Hill, Mr. Bass,and many others made the trip possi-ble. We are so blessed for all the

prayers and sacrifices that weregiven for our trip to even be possible.

I know that was a once-in-a-lifetimeexperience that I will never forget.

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McMahon

One student’s thoughts on the inauguration trip

Hamann

Mississippi Congressman Steven Palazzo took time to visit and take photographs withmembers of the PRCC Spirit of the River marchng band during their visit to theWashington Mall Sunday, Jan. 20. Left, Palazzo poses with PRCC drum majors (from

left) Adam Weatherford of Columbia, Taylor Trigg of Petal and Allen Grace of Hattiesburg.Right, Rep. Palazzo poses with Breanna Peters of Brandon. The band spent the betterpart of Sunday visiting monuments.

Members of the Pearl River Community College Spirit of the River marching band bravedsome chilly weather to visit many of the monuments and memorials at the WashingtonNational Mall on Jan. 20. Left, James Hamann (from left) of Picayune, Nick Roper of OakGrove and Matt Lander of Picayune pose in front of a Vietnam Memorial. Right, several

students took time to visit the Korean Memorial. They included from left, Rachel Bond ofPoplarville, Darion Matthews of Richton, Stevany Jackson of Hattiesburg, BreannaPeters of Brandon, Taylor Turcotte of Waveland, Brooke Loftin of Bay St. Louis andVictoria Farmer of Picayune.

Pictured with Mississippi Congressman Steven Palazzo are from left:Briar McMahon, Abbie McMahon and Brandi Logan, all of Oak Grove.

Posing for a picture at the Lincoln Memorial with theWashington Monument in the background were, from left,Megan Varnado of Carriere, Lacey Hampton of Carriere,

Caitlyn Herrin of Carriere, Meagan Whitworth of Poplarville,Carley Harrell of Poplarville, Bridgett Patterson of Picayune,Melissa Dragon of Picayune and Brooke Wactor of Carriere.

Trip for PRCC bandamazing experience

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■ FROM page 1The band reported to the Pentagon at

10:30 a.m. on Inauguration Day forscreening. Each person’s ID was checkedand agents screened them and their in-struments with hand-held scanners.

The buses were driven to anotherscreening point where they were lined upand the drivers taken to a nearby woodedarea, Hill said. A magnetometer mountedon a flat bed truck circled the buses,checking them for explosives, he said.Dogs also were used to inspect the interi-or of the buses.

The screenings impressed the stu-dents, Hill said.

“They were very excited, especially theday of the parade and once the securityprocedures showed them how importantit really was,” he said.

After the screenings, the students gotback on the buses to wait for the paradeto start. They were provided box lunchesbefore going to their line-up point about2:30 p.m.

The Spirit of the River stepped offshortly after 5 p.m. for the 1.5-mile marchalong Pennsylvania Avenue. Announcersstationed along the route identified theSpirit of the River for the crowds liningthe street.

By the time the band reached standswhere Rawls, PRCC Police Chief DougRowell and Debbie Hill were watchingnear Pennsylvania Avenue and 14thStreet, darkness had fallen.

Despite the late hour, Obama was easi-ly visible to the band as they passed theWhite House, Hill said.

“He was right up in the front window,waving,” Hill said. “The only thing be-tween them and the president was glassand about 10 feet.”

Television coverage showed Obamaand Vice President Joe Biden clapping asthe band passed.

“It was a once- in-a-lifetime experi-ence,” Rawls said. “I was very proud ofour students.”

After a supper break, the band got backon the buses for the long trip back toPoplarville where they arrived about 3p.m. Jan. 22.

BAND

The Vietnam Memorial was a popular site for members of the Pearl River CommunityCollege marching band. In the left photo, from left, are Kristian Roberts of Picayune,Magnolia Allen of Purvis, Dr. Kyle Hill, Melody Hill, Reese Gill of Bay St. Louis, Tiffany

Tucker of Diamondhead and assistant band director Michael Bass. In the right photo,from left, are Shelby Champaigne and Reanna Reese of Carriere, Stevany Jackson ofHattiesburg and Melissa Dragon of Picayune.

Pearl River Community College’s Spirit of the River marching band makes its way down Pennsylvania Avenue in the 2013 Inauguration Parade.

PRCC bandwalks in stepThe Spirit of the Rivermarching band played GodBless America as it made itsway down PennsylvaniaAvenue as Mississippi’srepresentative in the inau-guration parade on Monday,Jan. 21.

S P O R T S

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Fourteen women’s and men’s soccer stand-outs from Pearl River Community Collegehave earned post-season accolades for their2013 championship seasons.

Lady Wildcats named All-Region 23 includesophomore goalkeeper Hannah McCarty ofTupleo High, freshman forward-midfielderKarly Mitchell of Poplarville High, and fresh-man forward-midfielder Kacy Mixon of EastCentral High; while Wildcat honorees includefreshman forward Mike Allizzo of OceanSprings High, sophomore forward-midfielderGarrett Head of Oak Grove High, and fresh-man midfielder-defender T.J. Sharp of OceanSprings High.

PRCC women’s squad members named All-MACJC include sophomore midfielderCharlotte Crisp out of Cheam High in London,England, freshman forward Chistine Gentry ofHorn Lake, sophomore centerback Jessica

Guillot of Pearl River Central, and sophomoremidfielder Presley Stiglets of Oak Grove.Men’s squad All-MACJC honorees includefreshman forward Austin Douglas of GulfportHigh, freshman midfielder Dylan Garrett ofVancleave High, sophomore midfielder TylerHatch of East Central, and freshman midfield-er Ricky Henry out of Escambia High inPensacola, Fla.

Both Pearl River squads achieved unprece-dent success during the 2013 season, winningRegion 23, MACJC, and MACJC SouthDivision championships before ending theirrespective seasons with losses in the NJCAAwomen’s District H playoffs in Poplarville andNJCAA men’s District playoffs in Tyler, Tex.

The Lady Wildcats wrapped their season at12-2, while the Wildcats finished at 14-1.

Jack Byrd coaches the PRCC women’s team,while Paul Martin is the men’s coach.

Soccer players earn honors

A former Pearl River CommunityCollege assistant coach is comingback to lead the Wildcat football pro-gram.

William Jones, 45, a native of HotSprings, Ark. and assistant coach atPRCC from 2001-07, is the new headfootball coach at Pearl RiverCommunity College.

“We feel very fortunate to be ableto recommend Coach William Jonesas the next head football coach atPearl River Community College,”said PRCC President William Lewis.

“Coach Jones is passionate abouthis profession and has a deep senseof commitment to the success of hisplayers on and off the field. He has aproven track record of success on thefield, but he also has the same recordof success with developing his play-ers for success after football. CoachJones is a great fit for our program. “

Jones comes to PRCC from EastMississippi Community College,where he has served as associatehead coach and defensive coordina-

tor under head coach BuddyStephens. He also served as assistantathletic director.

He helped guide East Mississippito a five-year record of 44-10, includ-ing the school’s first NJCAA nationalchampionship, two MACJC statechampionships and four MACJCNorth Division regular-seasoncrowns.

“This is the biggest moment in myprofessional career, being namedhead coach at Pearl RiverCommunity College,” said Jones. “Iam very excited about the opportuni-ty to lead a program that has won anational championship and you havethe ability to win a national champi-onship here.

“There is work to be done in termsof hiring coaches, evaluating currentpersonnel, looking at the facilitiesand getting everything in place.”

He replaces Coach Tim Hatten,who resigned his position as headfootball coach last month.

After having spent 12 years as a de-

fensive coordinator in theMississippi junior collegeleague, Jones knows hehas his work cut out forhim.

“It always starts withhaving good people, agood administration,good community support,and good players,” saidJones. “You have to buildthose relationships thathelp you find those goodplayers. It all starts with caliber offootball player and the kind of personyou want in this program. I have toset the bar for that.”

Jones also knows that his firstgame as the PRCC head coach nextseason will be at home against EastMississippi.

“There will be some excitementabout that,” he said.

At PRCC, Jones served as defen-sive coordinator and linebackerscoach. During that time, theWildcats posted a composite record

of 60-12 (.833), includingan NJCAA NationalChampionship in 2004and four consecutiveMACJC state titles(2003-06).

PRCC consistentlyranked among the nation-al team defensive leadersduring Jones’ tenure, and10 Wildcat players col-lected NJCAA All-American accolades dur-

ing his seven-year stay at the school,including 2003 NJCAA Male Athleteof the Year and Defensive Player ofthe Year Larry Kendrick.

Upon earning his bachelor’s degreein life sciences (pre-veterinary medi-cine) from Louisiana Tech Universityin 1990, Jones served as vice presi-dent of scouting operations and per-sonnel development for theSportstek Management Group inShreveport, La.

He later earned a master’s degreein higher education administration,

with a concentration in sports ad-ministration, from the University ofLouisville in 1999.

Jones’ debut in collegiate coachingcame at Grambling State University,where he served as a defensive assis-tant coach under the guidance of leg-endary Hall of Fame coach EddieRobinson.

During his time at Grambling, the1994 Tigers claimed theSouthwestern Athletic Conference(SWAC) championship and played inthe inaugural Heritage Bowl.WhileJones has divided his football coach-ing career between the communitycollege and NCAA Division II ranks,he also has extensive experience atthe professional level.

Before switching to the communi-ty college coaching ranks in 2001,Jones spent six seasons at the NCAADivision II level at Kentucky StateUniversity, where he served as co-de-fensive coordinator and recruitingcoordinator before getting the callfrom Pearl River.

William Jones new PRCC head football coach

Coach Jones

By LEIGHTON CHERAMIEThe Drawl Staff Writer

Since day one of hiring Coach William Jonesthere has been a drastic change of scenery onthe Pearl River Community College campus.

The biggest change of pace has more thanlikely been football players waking up at allhours of the night doing team building exercis-es, team togetherness at an all-timehigh and most of all school spirit.

I had the wonderful opportunityof working with the PRCC radiobroadcast crew this past football sea-son and I can already tell you that adrastic change has already occurredto your Wildcats.

Coach Jones has done an out-standing job of getting the team atti-tude back to where it needs to be,and that is the winning attitude.

Speaking of winning, from 2001-07 when coach Jones was theWildcats’ defensive coordinator and lineback-ers coach, they were 60-12. If that’s not enoughto convince you, PRCC won an NJCAANational Championship in 2004 and fourMACJC state titles from 2003-06.

After Coach Jones left the staff here atPRCC, the program never could seem to getover the hump and win another state or nation-al championship.

The Wildcats will soon begin spring trainingin preparation of their season opener at homeagainst Coach Jones’ previous coaching count-er parts at East Mississippi CommunityCollege.

Recruiting will also play a hugefactor in the success now that thestate is wide open and the districtscouting limits are no longer in use.

In the long run, Coach Jones willneed all the support from the admin-istration, students, and fans that hecan possibly get in order to be suc-cessful.

Will Coach Jones restore the win-ning tradition everyone here is usedto, or will we continue to come up

just short against our divisional ri-vals? The only answer I can give you is,Wildcat fans, you better get ready for an excit-ing season of Wildcat Football.

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Coach Jones brings addedexcitement to our program

By RAVEN JONESThe Drawl Staff Writer

School is back in session, and now it’s time toget back on your studies. That’s the hardestpart for me, coming off of a break and you haveto get that time management back and get backon track.

When it comes to me, I have a totally neweverything. I have classes on Tuesdays andThursdays now and they begin at 8 a.m. I’mvery thankful for the class eventhough I have to wake up at 7 in themorning, but I’m getting the hang ofit.

It’s basketball season and thatmeans I have a new practice sched-ule every day besides Tuesday andThursday. And as a trainer, Mr. Codytells me to be there 30 minutes earlyso I can have everything ready andthey won’t be waiting on me.

Sometimes when I show up late,Stevany is there and she’ll haveeverything taken care of.

But I’m going to soon get back on the righttrack. I’m going to kick in gear and once I startI’m not going to be able to stop.

I have to make sure my grades are lookingright at all times. I cannot be behind in anyclasses or I’m going to be in big trouble. Andthat may cause me to lose everything.

I’m not going to sit here and say that I’m notstill in break mode because I believe I am and I

need to get out of it, however, making a big ad-justment to a new surrounding such as, newclass rooms with new instructors, new people,new class hours, and new lab hours.

All that sums up getting back on track. Aftera while, everything will come back to me. Toeven my day out I take naps in my free time sothat I won’t be sleepy when it comes to doingmy homework.

The days that I need to work on is the gamedays when we have to leave and then come

back late at night and I have home-work. Therefore, that means home-work needs to be done the day beforeinstead of that night because thenext day I’m going to be tired andmight not wake up for class.

A couple of times already I’ve wait-ed to the last minute to do somework and missed a class the next day.I have to stop doing that because Icould get cut from a class. And Lordknows I’m not trying to have thathappen.That would be a minor setback

when I’m trying to get back on the right track.I realize that I need to stay in school mode allyear round.

So when I come back to school, I’ll be goodand it won’t take long for me to adjust to any-thing. So get back on track and know thatschool waits on no one.

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School’s back in session;little planning important

Coach William Jones gives his East Mississippi Community College football players someinstructions last season.

Softball field work

Phyllis Hensarling and Becky Hartfield of Hensarling Construction paint the school nameand logos on the new dugouts at the PRCC softball complex. The softball complex has anew outfield fence, new backstop and new dugouts.

Wellness CenterWorkout Countdown for Prizes

By JAMIE DICKSONAssistant Director

Welcome students, faculty and staff. Pleasecome join us at the Wellness Center.

The Wellness Center is adjacent to theAssociate Degree Nursing building.

This 15,000-square-foot facility is equippedwith an elevated walking/running track,group exercise room, separate women andmen locker rooms, and a large workout areawith televisions, treadmills, stair climbers, el-liptical trainers, stationary cycles, strengthtraining machines and free weights.

We have a full staff of Fitness/WellnessSpecialists who can assist you with learninghow to exercise and we can provide you withan exercise program based on your fitnesslevel or goals.

Students can participate in an exercise in-

centive program called, “Workout Countdownfor Prizes.”

The ultimate goal of this program is for youto achieve 40 exercise visits during the springsemester. By achieving this goal, your namewill be entered into a drawing for a grandprize.

Additionally, this program offers other op-portunities for you to win gifts such as, t-shirtsand sweat towels. You can register for this pro-gram at the Wellness Center.

■ Don’t forget to check out our group fit-ness classes. We offer Zumba, Pilates on theBall, Fitness Walking and Running, SuperCircuit, Kung Fu, and a new Zumba Toningclass. All classes are open to anyone who wish-es to participate.

Come see us. For more information, ourhours are Monday through Thursday from 6a.m.-7 p.m. and Fridays from 6 a.m.-4 p.m.

PRCC will be closed Monday and Tuesday, Feb.

11-12, for Mardi Gras. Day and night classes

will not meet either day.

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Construction on Pearl River Community College’s new$8.9 million Marvin R. White Coliseum is underway, sevenyears after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the original facility.The 35,400-square-foot gymnasium is located on the

same site and is scheduled to be ready for the 2013-14season. Rod Cooke Construction Inc. of Mobile is the gen-eral contractor. The coliseum will seat between 2,600 and2,800. The old facility sat 2,200.

Upcoming gamesFeb. 4 - host East CentralFeb. 7 - host Miss. Gulf CoastFeb. 11 - at SouthwestFeb. 18 - host Jones County Feb. 21 - at Co-LinFeb. 25-28 MACJC Tournament

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Above, Pearl River center FrankSnow, a sophomore from Wellington,Fla., battles under the board in the25th-ranked Wildcats’ stunning 83-69MACJC South Division loss toCopiah-Lincoln Jan. 28 in Poplarville.The setback snapped PRCC’s 10-game winning streak. Left, PRCC freshman guard JeremyHollimon of Gulfport works his waypast a Co-Lin defender.

Basketball action

Pearl River’s Jeronda Beason drives the court in the Lady Wildcats’ 67-49 MACJC SouthDivision loss to Copiah-Lincoln Monday in Poplarville. Beason, a sophomore guard whoprepped at Poplarville High, scored 10 points for PRCC.

Pearl River’s Chaquita McGee (23), a sophomore guardfrom Yazoo City, looks for a driving lane against Co-Lin ina South Division basketball game earlier this season. Photos by Mitch Deaver.

Pearl River’s Kalisha Washington (22), a freshman guard from Jackson Murrah HighSchool, manuevers her way past this Co-Lin defender in South Division basketball actionin Shiver’s Gymnasium on Jan. 28. Photos by Mitch Deaver.

Pearl River’s Kaven Bernard (30), a freshman forward from Assumption High inNapoleonville, La., works his way toward the basketball against a Co-Lin defender inSouth Division basketball action in Shiver’s Gymnasium on Jan. 28.

PRCC sweeps 2 from HindsUTICA - Pearl River swept rival Hinds in women’s and

men’s MACJC South Division basketball action here Jan. 31with the Lady Wildcats taking a 67-64 victory, and theWildcats were 80-70 winners.

PRCC’s women improved to 6-9 overall and 3-4 in divisionplay, while its 21st-ranked men are now 15-2 and 6-1.

In the women’s game, the two teams battled to a 35-35stalemate at the intermission before The River outscored itshosts 32-29 in the second half to take the three-point victory.

Valescia Dixon of East Marion paced PRCC with 19 pointsand 12 rebounds - both game and career highs - while KalishaWashington of Jackson scored 18, Daiquari Raine ofPoplarville 13 (seven rebounds), Jeronda Beason ofPoplarville seven, Lolecia Richardson out of Jackson six (fiverebounds), and Mia Coleman of Mendenhall two.

In the men’s game, Hinds had a 47-38 advantage at thebreak, but PRCC bounced back with a dominating 42-23 ef-fort in the second half to take the 10-point win.

DeAngelo Coleman of South Pike and Xavian Rimmer(seven rebounds), an Alcorn State transfer who prepped atPiney Woods School, led the Wildcats with 21 points each;while Kaven Bernard out of Napoleonville, La., scored 11(seven rebounds); Frank Snow, a San Angelia CC (Tex.)transfer from Wellington, Fla., nine (seven rebounds); DanielGrieves, a U.S. Air Force Academy transfer who prepped atSt. Stanislaus, six; Rakeem Esco of Canton High andNick’Laus Warren out of Murrah High in Jackson, five each;and DeMondre Harvey of Minden (La.) High two.

Pearl River swept Hinds in previous South Division meet-ings played Nov. 29 in Poplarville.

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F 9 BATON ROUGE (La.) 1 PM (DH) Vidalia, LAF 1 3 BISHOP STATE (Ala.) 4 PM (DH) Wildcat StadiumF 1 7 COAHOMA 3 PM MeridianF 1 7 MERIDIAN 6 PM MeridianF 1 9 LSU-EUNICE (La.) 4 PM (DH) Wildcat StadiumF 2 3 EAST MISSISSIPPI 1 PM (DH) ScoobaF 2 6 MISSISSIPPI DELTA 1 PM (DH) MoorheadM 3 TRITON COLLEGE (Ill.) 3 PM Wildcat StadiumM 3 MERIDIAN 6 PM Wildcat StadiumM 9 ST. LOUIS-MERAMEC (Mo.) 1 PM Wildcat StadiumM 9 MARION MILITARY (Ala.) 6 PM Wildcat StadiumM 1 0 ILLINOIS CENTRAL (Ill.) 2 PM (DH) Wildcat StadiumM 1 2 EAST CENTRAL 3 PM (DH) DecaturM 1 6 COPIAH-LINCOLN 2 PM (DH) WessonM 2 0 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST 4 PM (DH) Wildcat StadiumM 2 3 HINDS 1 PM (DH) RaymondM 2 6 MERIDIAN 5 PM (DH) Wildcat StadiumM 2 9 JONES COUNTY 4 PM (DH) Wildcat StadiumA 1 BISHOP STATE (Ala.) 4 PM (DH) Wildcat StadiumA 3 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI 4 PM (DH) Wildcat StadiumA 6 EAST CENTRAL 1 PM (DH) Wildcat StadiumA 9 COPIAH-LINCOLN 4 PM (DH) Wildcat StadiumA 1 3 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST 3 PM (DH) PerkinstonA 1 7 HINDS 4 PM (DH) Wildcat StadiumA 2 3 JONES COUNTY 4 PM (DH) EllisvilleA 2 7 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI 1 PM (DH) SummitM 3-4 MACJC PLAYOFF SERIES TBA To Be DecidedM 10-12 MACJC STATE TOURNAMENT TBA Top South SeedM 17-19 REGION 23 TOURNAMENT TBA Top South SeedM 26-J 1 NJCAA DIV. II WORLD SERIES TBA TBA Enid, OK========================================================================

( ) SOUTH DIVISION GAMES, (DH) DOUBLEHEADER

BASEBALL W I L D C A T

F 1 2 HOLMES 3 PM (DH) Goodman

F 1 5 EAST MISSISSIPPI 3 PM (DH) Scooba

F 1 9 FAULKNER STATE (Ala.) 4 PM (DH) Wildcat Stadium

F 2 1 MERIDIAN 1 PM (DH) Meridian

F 2 3 NORTHEAST TOURNAMENT TBA Booneville

F 2 6 LSU-EUNICE (La.) 1 PM (DH) Eunice, LA

F 2 7 MUSKEGON (Mich.) 4 PM (DH) Wildcat Stadium

F 2 8 EAST MISSISSIPPI 3 PM (DH) Wildcat Stadium

M 9 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI 12 N (DH) Wildcat Stadium

M 1 3 JONES COUNTY 4 PM (DH) Wildcat Stadium

M 1 6 COPIAH-LINCOLN 12 N (DH) Wesson

M 1 9 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST 4 PM (DH) Wildcat Stadium

M 2 3 HINDS 12 N (DH) Raymond

M 2 6 BATON ROUGE (La.) 3 PM (DH) Wildcat Stadium

A 1 BATON ROUGE (La.) 3 PM (DH) Baton Rouge, LA

A 3 EAST CENTRAL 3 PM (DH) Decatur

A 6 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI 1 PM (DH) McComb

A 9 JONES COUNTY 4 PM (DH) Ellisville

A 1 3 COPIAH-LINCOLN 12 N (DH) Wildcat Stadium

A 1 7 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST 3 PM (DH) Perkinston

A 2 0 HINDS 12 N (DH) Wildcat Stadium

A 2 3 LSU-EUNICE (La.) 3 PM (DH) Wildcat Stadium

A 2 7 EAST CENTRAL 12 N (DH) Wildcat Stadium

M 2-4 MACJC STATE TOURNEY TBA South Champion

M 9-11 REGION 23 TOURNEY TBA Clinton

M 15-18 NJCAA NATIONAL TOURNEY TBA Clinton========================================================================

( ) SOUTH DIVISION GAMES, (DH) DOUBLEHEADER

SOFTBALL L A D Y W I L D C A T

PRCC baseball signee

One of Pearl River Community College’s newest signees this spring is Petal High Schoolbaseball star Garren Berry (seated center), son of University of Southern Mississippi base-ball coach Scott Berry and PRCC speech instructor Laura Berry. Standing in the picturewith the Berrys are, from left, PRCC assistant coach Kyle Lindsey, Petal baseball coachLarry Watkins, PRCC head coach Joff Hoffpauir and PRCC assistant coach Jeff Long.

The 2nd Annual “Good Friday” PinebeltFCA Breakfast of Champions is scheduledfor Good Friday, March 29.

Slated for 8 a.m. at the Thad CochranCenter on the campus of the University ofSouthern Mississippi, the event willhonor outstanding exemplary leaders atarea middle and high schools.

In addition, Pinebelt FCA will name it’sCoach of the Year.

The guest speaker for the event will beformer University of Alabama and NFLhead coach Gene Stallings.

Stallings, who once played and coachedfor the legendary Bear Bryant, is a long-time supporter of the Fellowship ofChristian Athletes.

According to Pinebelt FCA AreaDirector Mitchell Williams, Stallings com-ing to Hattiesburg is huge in so manyways.

“We are overwhelmed with CoachStallings agreeing to come to our largestfundraiser for Pinebelt FCA and also giveour selected young leaders at our schoolsan opportunity to meet a legend, “Williams said. “Also, we at Pinebelt FCAare excited to sew into Coach Stalling’smission and that is to build a hospital inHaiti.”

Title sponsorships, group tables and in-dividual tickets for the event on “GoodFriday”, March 29 are available.

Information can be found at pinebeltf-ca.org, pinebeltfca on facebook or callMitchell Williams at 601-270-4601 oremail Jessie Taylor atjessietaylor@fca.org.

Pearl River Community College spon-sors a FCA chapter and it meets weeklyon Wednesday nights in the MaloneChapel on the Poplarville campus.

FCA breakfast planned for March 29

Dylan Favre signs with UT-Martin Pearl River Community College quarterback

Dylan Favre has signed a National Letter ofIntent to play for the University of Tennessee-Martin in Martin, Tenn.

Favre, a high school All-American at St.Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis, signedwith the Skyhawks Dec. 19 after playing the2012 season at PRCC.

“I’m thrilled to be with Tennessee-Martinand looking forward to getting on campus andgetting to work,” Favre said.

Favre will be eligible for spring training and

has two years of eligibility.“I like the way the Skyhawks and Coach

(Jason) Simpson run their offense. They runthe spread and like an up tempo offense. ”

Favre completed 59 percent (191 of 323with 15 interceptions) for the Wildcats thispast fall for an 11th best 2,024 yards (224.9per game) in school history. His 16 touch-down passes were ranked 10th best. In addi-tion, he rushed for 131 yards (71 carries) fortwo TDs.

PRCC had a 3-6 record in 2012.