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ELLISVILLE 鈥� The 麻豆直播 Fine Arts Department is pleased to continue its partnership with the Salvation Army in providing a bit of Christmas cheer for kids in the Pine Belt. The public is invited to begin the holiday season by attending this year鈥檚 Christmas show, 鈥淪anta鈥檚 Swingin鈥� Pajama Party鈥� on Thursday, November 29, at 7 p.m. in the M.P. Bush Fine Arts Auditorium.听 This whimsical and very kid-friendly show invites everyone to wear pajamas and listen to Jazz, Swing, Pop and all of your favorite Christmas songs.听 Admission is one, unwrapped toy for the Salvation Army鈥檚 Angel Tree program.

鈥淲e are excited to work with Bruce Smith who is directing the Christmas Show this year featuring our musical and vocal groups and a few guests from the North Pole!鈥� said Fine Arts Division Chair, Mark Brown.听 鈥淲e want to stress the purpose of our Christmas production is to provide toys for children who normally may not have much of a Christmas. We hope our local angels will be able to give a Santa filled sled full of gifts with a little help from our audience.鈥�

Gift suggestions include toys, sports equipment, board games and plush animals. All the donations will be given to children in our area this Christmas.听 Necessities and Christmas gifts are provided for disadvantaged children from infants to age 12, through the Salvation Army Angel Tree Program in Jones, Jasper, Wayne, Clarke, Smith and Simpson counties.

The Christmas Show will feature an evening of beautiful holiday favorites like the JC Voices group will perform, 鈥淪ing We Now of Christmas,鈥� under the direction of Dr. Susan Smith. 鈥淪ilver Bells,鈥� and 鈥淟et it Snow鈥� will feature the JC Jazz Band under the direction of Dr. Ben Burge and The Bridge will sing, 鈥淐hristmas Song鈥� along with other Christmas favorites like 鈥淢ary Did You Know?鈥�

鈥淢any of our students receive scholarships and this is an opportunity for them to give back to the community while also highlighting their talent in a fun show,鈥� said Brown.

Show hosts include, 鈥淛ingle and Belle鈥� who are two of Santa鈥檚听elves, along with JC Voices, JC Jazz Band, The Bridge, Touch of Gold dancers and special guests, 鈥淜en and Barbie,鈥� and Santa and Mrs. Claus. For more information, call the Fine Arts Office at 601-477-4203 or follow JCJC Fine Arts on Facebook and Twitter. For more information about the Angel Tree project, go to http://salvationarmyalm.org/angel-tree/

Guest Stars in order of appearance

Jingle – Landon Williams of Waynesboro

Belle – Coco Caldwell of Laurel

Barbie – Sydney Brady of Madison

Ken 鈥� Jared Woullard of Leakesville

Mrs. Claus – Shaylee Thames of Petal

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Members of JC Jazz

Dr. Ben Burge, Director

Joshua Anderson, Sandhill

John Harrison, Laurel

Kenton Henderson,听Richton

Kendall Herrington, Enterprise

Sydney Herrington, Enterprise

Ryan Nowell, Ellisville

Hunter Gammil, Petal

Logan Donald, Ellisville

Michael Brown, Laurel

Bethany Miller, Ellisville

Linda Echenique, Laurel

Cole Johnson, Laurel

Clay Whitt,听Vancleave

John Ivey, Petal

Zack Gregore, Petal

Matthew Dodd, Petal

Matthew Haight, Mobile, AL

Tristan Garrett, Laurel

Courtland Goff, Ellisville

听Members of JC Voices

Dr. Susan A. Smith, Conductor

Ms. Jennifer Bruton, Assistant Director

Dr. David Goldblatt, Accompanist

Kenneth Anderson, Sand Hill

Kalyn Bales, Stringer

Ella Barker, Hattiesburg

James Bilbo, Hattiesburg

Faith Bufkin, Ellisville

Jorge Castillo, Ellisville

Kassidy Chandler, Laurel

Mary Coats, Taylorsville

Hayden Dillistone, Laurel

Reagan Dukes, Laurel

Nathaniel Gamblin, Waynesboro

Shedrick George, Laurel

Matthew Haight, Mobile, AL

Victor Harris, Laurel

Dakota Malone, Raleigh

Addison Nelms, Brandon

Lamar Saddler, Quitman

Jordan Sistrunk, Mize

Kendra Stevison, Lucedale

Alyssa White, Laurel

DeMoynedre Morgan, Houston

Davonzell Moncrief,听 Montrose

Eli McMellon, Moselle

Stuyuncey Nobles, Laurel

Caleb Pearce, Ellisville

Shellie Roberts, Ellisville

Members of The Bridge:

Dr. Susan A. Smith, Conductor

Mr. Gregory Wascoe, Assistant Director

Dr. David Goldblatt, Accompanist

James Bilbo, Ellisville

Jorge Castillo, Moselle

Kassidy Chandler, Laurel

Reagan Dukes, Laurel

Shedrick George, Laurel

Addison Nelms, Brandon

Davonzell Moncrief, Montrose

Caleb Pearce, Ellisville

Kendra Stevison, Lucedale

Touch of Gold Dancers

Anna Catherine Hampton, Petal High School

Sydney Jolly, Petal High School

Ryleigh Meadows, Petal High School

Lauryn Wheat, Petal High School

Sydney Beech, Laurel Christian High School

Rylee Gavin, South Jones High School

Lauren Hankins, Northeast Jones High School

Mary Hanna, South Jones High School

Holly James, South Jones High School

Taylor Martin, South Jones High School

Timber Prince, South Jones High School

Victoria Strickland, South Jones

Ashley Sumrall, West Jones High School

Courtney Thigpen, Laurel High School

Faith Lewis, Lawrence County

Julia Fairley, Richton High School

Victoria Carter, Brandon High School

Audrey Johnson, Warren Central High School

Lakeryia Lacey, Wayne County High School

 

ELLISVILLE 鈥� After battling all day at the 麻豆直播 Bobcat Math League playoff competition, the first-seeded Oak Grove Warrior team won the 2018 Championship title for the second time in recent history. It literally came down to the last question in the final round of 30-questions with the second-seeded team, the Presbyterian Christian Bobcats.

鈥淚鈥檓 super proud of this team because they worked hard and fought to the end,鈥� said Oak Grove Math Coach, Whitney Necessary. 鈥淲e lost a lot of seniors so we weren鈥檛 sure how we鈥檇 do in the playoffs.鈥�

It looked like there would be some upsets in the Championship round when the sixth-seeded team, West Jones knocked off the third-seeded Sacred Heart team in the first round and the fifth-seeded Northeast Jones team blanked the fourth-seeded Wayne County team. In close matches, Oak Grove held off West Jones, 26 to 19 and Presbyterian Christian fended off the Tigers of Northeast Jones, 24 to 19. Sacred Heart finished off the Mustangs of West Jones in the following round, 29 to 17 and Northeast Jones fell to Wayne County, 10-5.

Oak Grove would have to battle against the Wayne County War Eagles twice before getting to the Championship round of the double-elimination competition. Losing in the first round of the semifinals, Oak Grove was uncertain about their fate. Wayne County came out blazing earning 26 points, keeping Oak Grove scoreless and desperate to win. The Warriors tried to regroup during the third-seeded Sacred Heart match against the undefeated Presbyterian Christian team in the semi-final round.

鈥淚t was a little intimidating at first but we got in our groove and managed to win,鈥� said Presbyterian Christian freshman, Sam Powell.

It looked bleak for Oak Grove as they saw Wayne County quickly scoring again in the last attempt for both teams to earn a spot in the Championship round.听 Wayne County鈥檚 Luke Bowles earned the first five points against Oak Grove, with Nicholas Cooksey and Dakota Brewer assisting to put the Warriors up 15 points. Oak Grove sophomore, Ethan Choi answered correctly on the fourth question, helping his sister and senior, Erin Choi to earn two bonus points.听 The score remained 15 to 7 until Warriors鈥� sophomore Tegus Kotikalapudi earned five points on a math question to bring the Oak Grove score to 12.听 Wayne County鈥檚 Brewer tried to take control earning five more points but Oak Grove鈥檚 Ria Patel answered with five-points and the Choi siblings added seven more points on the next question ending the match with Oak Grove ahead, 24 to 20. The War Eagles ended the series in fourth place overall.

In the first match-up between the two Hattiesburg area schools, it appeared Presbyterian Christian had the edge coming into the final round as the only undefeated team in the playoffs. PCS quickly scored 12 points by the ninth round of questions with the Warriors scoreless. However, Oak Grove鈥檚 Ethan Choi and Kotikalapudi managed to disrupt the 12 point lead the Bobcats had on the Warriors in the first half of the final match by scoring the team鈥檚 first, 7 points.听 The momentum continued with the two gaining 10 more points.听 In the second half of the final 鈥淪uper Bowl鈥� round between the Warriors and the Bobcats, Kotikalapudi and Choi were hot on the buzzer with the correct answers in the math and science categories and racked up 22 points and kept PCS from scoring again until late in the half.听 Presbyterian Christian鈥檚 Matthew Morgan managed to get the next science question correct giving Carson Dorsey and Jackson Polk the opportunity to earn two-points each by correctly answering the bonus questions. The Bobcats earned 21 points and were ready to close the gap when Kotikalapudi took control two questions later. Ethan Choi answered the bonus question correctly surging the Warriors鈥� score to 29.听 Then, answering the next technology question, PCS freshman, Sam Powell scored 5-points correctly giving the Bobcats 26 points. It appeared PCS was going to win the match when Dorsey earned 5 points allowing Polk to score a two-point bonus.听 On the 28^th question, the score was in favor of PCS, 33 to 29.听 The two teams failed to answer the following question leaving it all to be decided by the final question about engineering. Kotikalapudi buzzed in first and correctly answered, ending the match with the Oak Grove Warriors winning by one-point, 34 to 33.

鈥淚鈥檇 like to thank Percy Jackson!鈥� exclaimed Kotikalapudi.听 鈥淚 read the books and watched the movie about Percy Jackson and I remembered the part about Archimedes screw in Greek mythology and that鈥檚 how I knew the answer to the last engineering related question. Also, I鈥檇 like to thank my fifth-grade Accelerated Reading class because I read a lot of books which helped me today.鈥�

The Oak Grove Warriors captured the title, 2018 JC Bobcat Math League Champions for the second time with the team coming in second place last year and first place in 2016. Oak Grove High School, their coach, and the team earned a total of $3,250 this year, as well as trophies, plaques, medallions and scholarships to Jones for the senior team members. Presbyterian Christian鈥檚 last appearance in the finals happened in 2014 and 2013 when they took the title both years. The second place school, coach and team earned a total of $2,725 this year, as well as trophies, plaques, medallions and scholarships to Jones for the senior team members. In 2012, the Bobcats were runner-ups so perhaps this could be the beginning of another series of wins for Presbyterian Christian. Sacred Heart ended the day in third place taking home $2,000. The fourth place Wayne County team and its coach earned $1,525.

Sacred Heart鈥檚 Ben Dunn earned a laptop from Howard鈥檚 Computer as the overall individual with the highest average accuracy rate during the regular season and the title, the Most Outstanding Player.听 He is also a member of the All-League team, which recognizes the top scoring individuals during the regular season. Other All-League team members include Erin Choi-Oak Grove, Nicholas Cooksey and Joshua Curry from Wayne County, Maxwell Dobbs-Laurel High School, Grayson Nocera-Presbyterian Christian, Remy Poirrier-Sacred Heart and Sam Powell-Presbyterian Christian.

The Most Outstanding Players from each of the thirteen participating schools were: Columbia Academy,听 Warren Parker; Heidelberg HS, Jamicgra Morgan; Laurel HS, Maxwell Dobbs; Northeast Jones HS, Lexi Berlin; Oak Grove, Erin Choi; Perry Central, Shanna Stewart; Presbyterian Christian HS, Grayson Nocera; Quitman HS, Logan Kelly; Raleigh HS, Trace Bowen; Sacred Heart, Ben Dunn; Wayne Academy, Hannah Burke & Ryan Miller; Wayne County HS, Nicholas Cooksey & Joshua Curry, and West Jones HS, Eva Kiparizoska.

Sponsors of the Bobcat Math League at 麻豆直播 include the Chisholm Foundation, Corner Market, Jones County EDA, Wayne County Economic Development District and Howard Computers.

Results are posted on the JC Bobcat Math League web page under 鈥淒ivision Standings/Schedules at: http://www.jcjc.edu/bobcatmathleague/ 听and the Facebook page: as well as local media outlets. For more information about the Bobcat Math League contact Dr. Jessica Bunch (JC Bobcat Math League Commissioner) at 601-477-5422 or email at jessica.bunch@jcjc.edu.

ELLISVILLE 鈥� A $10,000 grant from the Gene Haas Foundation has provided each of the five 麻豆直播 precision manufacturing and machining student-recipients with a one-thousand dollar tuition scholarship. Receiving the scholarships are Tanner Bryant of Laurel, Jason Williams of Laurel, Christian Daniel of Prentiss, Emmett Searles of Hattiesburg and Troy Leiva, Jr. of Gloster. 麻豆直播鈥檚 precision manufacturing and machining instructor, Chase Elmore said the recipients are all outstanding students in the program.

鈥淓ach student who applied through the 麻豆直播 Foundation had to submit a resume鈥� to be considered for the scholarship,鈥� said Elmore. 鈥淏esides scholarships, some of the grant money will also be used to provide credential testing fees for qualifying students.鈥�

Freshman, Troy Leiva, Jr. said he was thrilled to receive this scholarship.

鈥淚t will take care of paying the rest of my tuition so I can complete this program. I am very happy about that!鈥�

This is the second year the Gene Haas Foundation has donated to the program since the partnership began in 2017, providing many opportunities for 麻豆直播 students.

鈥淭he Gene Haas Foundation along with Haas and Machine Tools LLC has contributed greatly to the program. They have also provided new equipment for us to use in the lab which also serves as Haas鈥� showroom for business customers and for the company鈥檚 鈥楧emo Day.鈥� They also provide maintenance for these high-tech machines and opportunities for our students to meet some of the industry leaders who purchase the machines,鈥� said Elmore.

He added he is optimistic about continuing to receive funds/grants from the Haas Foundation for the precision manufacturing and machining program at Jones and encourages students to take advantage of an incredible opportunity to learn a valuable skill that can also offer tuition assistance for qualifying students. Elmore said job placement in the machining and manufacturing industry is usually at 100-percent. The workforce needs young men and women to lead this nation to provide better manufacturing nationwide.

鈥淲e are grateful at Jones to be able to provide an opportunity to train students where there is demand for our graduates. Our partnership with Haas has also allowed us to take our training even further by providing Jones students with experience and training on the newest technology furnished by Haas,鈥� said Elmore.

 

 

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ELLISVILLE 鈥� While discussing his road to success as an artist, Thomas Jackson shared he was a musician first.听 Becoming an artist was a nice surprise for the Hattiesburg resident whose original career plans didn鈥檛 go as planned. The Tupelo native said he couldn鈥檛 see how art would fit into his career after leaving the graphic design program at USM.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 pay attention to teachers because I thought I was the best artist partly because I have been drawing all my life. When I got to USM in 1998, I quit the art career because I didn鈥檛 think the teachers knew what they were doing, and focused on my music,鈥� said Jackson. 鈥淥h, how I wished I would鈥檝e listened to them! Classical drawing has helped me with other types of art.鈥�

The guest artist鈥檚 work has been on display at 麻豆直播鈥檚 Eula Bass Lewis art gallery on the Ellisville campus during the month of October. He shared with students during his 鈥淎rt Talk鈥� his art was literally discovered by accident. The musician鈥檚 artwork became popular because of a friend and Facebook.

鈥淚 did an oil pastel drawing of a comic book character for a friend and posted it on Facebook. People started asking me if I could do other characters and it went from there. So I’ve been a part-time professional artist for about five years, doing mostly comic book related stuff, after a twenty-year break,鈥� said Jackson.

He encouraged Jones students to develop a style that will stand out among artists. Working with oil pastels, Jackson discovered he can work in layers, cutting out patterns in the paint and making the portrait more interesting. However, he was intimidated initially, trying to make 鈥渁rt鈥� for a living because he felt everyone was 鈥渓ight-years鈥� ahead of him technically.

鈥淚 may not be as good technically, but stylistically I can make it. I stand out. I experiment with my subject, like one day I over exaggerated the hair on Wonder Woman. I try things all the time,鈥� said Jackson.

His unique style is especially appealing to Jones student, Ali Wittneber.听 The Gulfport sophomore is especially interested in Jackson鈥檚 comic book style art.

鈥淚t鈥檚 refreshing to see an actual artist that is doing comic book and fantasy paintings and not the classical art.鈥�

Caleb Broadhead, a sophomore from Sandersville also likes the comic book art and noted he could see signs of classical drawing in Jackson鈥檚 characters.

鈥淚t鈥檚 his own style and he鈥檚 making a living at it. I鈥檓 inspired by that.听 His work is not so far out, or over the top. It鈥檚 inspiring,鈥� said Broadhead. 鈥淐omic book art involves a lot of fine lines and it takes patience and talent. It鈥檚 interesting.鈥�

Besides sharing stylistic tips as an artist, Jackson also offered business advice. While social media helped Jackson鈥檚 art career take off, he cautioned students to always be professional on social media and in public.

鈥淧eople need to perceive you as an artist. Don鈥檛 complain on social media or act anything but professional. Use social media as a vehicle to show your art. You don鈥檛 have to wait either. You can show your work now,鈥� encouraged Jackson.

For more information about the JC art show contact the gallery at 601-477-4148 or visit the gallery which is open Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., and Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.听 The gallery is closed for lunch daily from 11:30 until noon.听 If you want to know more about the JCJC Fine Arts Department check out the JCJC Fine Arts Facebook page at .