SPORTING CLAYS
CHALLENGE CUP

The EMCC Development Foundation introduced a new event April 17 at Burnt
Oak Lodge in Artesia – the Sporting Clays Challenge Cup. The action began at 9 a.m. with five teams. The winning team was Wayne Stewart State Farm of Macon with Randy Butler, Jay Clark, John Fason and Tyler Huerkamp. John Fason earned the top gun trophy award with a score
of 88 out of 100. Like other Foundation-sponsored events, the Sporting Clays Challenge Cup helps raise money for scholarships and programs at EMCC.
For more information, call Nick Clark
at (662) 476-5075.

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OH, SAY CAN YOU SEE … ?

The EMCC Reflection Singers, under the direction of EMCC choir instructor Wendy Smith, sang the national anthem April 24 at Trustmark Stadium in Pearl before a Mississippi Braves baseball game against the Chattanooga Lookouts. The Reflection Singers auditioned for the spot in 2006, when they created their own rendition of the national anthem. They’ve had a standing invitation at Trustmark Stadium ever since; this year marks the group’s third appearance.

n Photos: Take me out to the ball game!

SkillsUSA/VICA Competition

EMCC career and technical students traveled
to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
April 14-17 to compete in the SkillsUSA/VICA
state competition. SkillsUSA/VICA is a national organization for students and professionals in training programs in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health care. The contests require students to demonstrate, through hands-on activities, mastery of skills learned in the classroom. Eleven EMCC students placed and six are invited
to attend nationals in June in Kansas City, Mo.

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  n Participants

   20^th ANNUAL INDUSTRY
APPRECIATION LUNCHEON     

     Gray Swoope, executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority, was keynote speaker at the 20^th Annual Industry Appreciation Luncheon, held April 15 at East Mississippi Community College’s Golden Triangle campus. A Clay County native, Swoope said it will take strong relationships between the public and private sectors to recover in these tough economic times: “I’m spending a lot of time on the road right now. I’m relentless in building those relationships.”     
     The luncheon was attended by hundreds of business and industry leaders, elected and state officials, and community leaders. And, as always, EMCC presented annual awards to people whose leadership sets the pace in the Golden Triangle. 

                                                For more information, click on these links:

n EMCC Awards: Director’s, Best Practices and Special Recognition awards
n News: WCBI-TV   n   News: Daily Times Leader   n   News: Commercial Dispatch
n Photo gallery: Lunch at the Lyceum 
n Thanks: Industry Appreciation Luncheon sponsors
n Check it out: EMCC Workforce Services has a new Web site!