The Pony Express (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 6, Ed. 1 Monday, February 12, 1996 Page: 5 of 8
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The Pony Express
Campus services
extended to help
disabled students
From the classroom to the stage
Panola College Instructors to perform
Pate set JEtp election at
January board meeting
by Lari Murray
Express Writer
Two members of the
Panola College Fine Atrs
Department will present a
recital Thursday, Feb. 29.
Leslie Dutton-Alien
and Dr. Karen McBee will
perform at 7:30 p.m. in
Q.M. Martin Auditorium
on the Carthage Campus.
formances include soprano solo-
ist in Handel's Messiah and in
the ETSU
Feast of
Carols.
Dutton-
Alien has
p e r -
formed as
a choris-
ter in ma-
jor works
Admission is free and the Leslie Dutton-Alien with the
public is invited to attend. Dallas Symphony Orchestra, East
Dutton-Alien, soprano, is in- Texas Symphony Orchestra and
structor of voice at PC. the North East Texas Symphony
She has performed in many Orchestra,
voice recitals and in featured roles Dutton-Alien received a Bach-
in Suor Angelica and Fiddler on the elor of Music in piano per-
jRoof. formance/pedagogy from East
Dutton-Alien was soloist in the Texas State University in 1992.
USIS State Department Tour to Her Master of Music is also
Mexico City in 1994. Recent per- from ETSU with an emphasis in
choral conducting and voice.
Dutton-Allen joined the faculty
at Panola College in the fall of 1994
as voice instructor. She also main-
tains a private piano/voice studio.
McBee joined the fac-
ulty of Panola College as
piano instructor in 1989.
She holds degrees
from East Texas Baptist
University and the Uni-
versity of Texas at San
Antonio She completed
a doctorate in piano per-
formance at he University
of Missouri-Kansas City,
Conservatory of Music.
At the conservatory, McBee
studied piano with Richard Cass,
artist-in-residence.
In addition to her responsi-
bilities at Panola College, McBee
serves on the Executive Board of
the Texas Society for Music Theory
and is president of the Carthage
Music Club.
For this concert, Dutton-Alien
has chosen a varied program in-
cluding clas-
sical and
contempo-
rary works
from Mozart
to Debussy.
McBee's
performance
will include
works of
Handel,
Chopin and
Dr. Karen McBee
Prokofiev.
The recital features a piano duet
version of the Carnival of the Ani-
mals by Saint-Saens narrated by a
Panola College drama student
Rebecca Cousins.
by Gina Sue Rogers
Staff Writer
13 : :j<pQii^ge ..
Trustees previously held their
jmbhtWy.m^ ;
22.
jj During
a humber. of things. iwere d.is- |
cussed.
I These .items.-mcluded the dis-;
eiisseti^
resolution,1 ne\y.: school bbard
elections and personhel matiers
along with other dungs>;||^|:p
|’The adopted resolution dis-.
cussed by the board; allows inter-
est that has:
dowments to. be. put bhek-i^the
original endowment.- Thus this,
fesolu|ipn:r^ to
the students.
•; We: cam get ’.higher .Interest
eamings.by: doin|:h::j^$way^
said Jackie Robinson; director pf
will infurii;
&nefe -llllli
li/lmptfe business. discussed, ;a
^he-iJPanpl^ CpilOge Board of
Trustees, election on Saturday^
May 4.
II - There will be openings for Hal
; Palmer Varid^Hermon Reed's
if .-Each:teirm for these, positions
is six years.
yeh.no one ha* filed for
re-election.
illflAIsb, .the resignation of assist
tant nurse instructor; Deloris.
Bentschwas accepted byi; the
board.
iM^The next Panola College Board
i-; ::o jf Trusbeos rireoti vsHU L>e.
ctey/. February: 19 at T PM M the
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Occuapation Therapy a possible opportunity for students
by Gina Sue Rogers
Staff Writer
Panola College hopes to get
approved for a new Certified Oc-
cupational Therapy Assistant
(COTA) program starting next
fall.
"Occupational Therapy is not
as well known to the community
as physical therapy," said Charles
Hughes, vice president of instruc-
tional affairs. "But, the field has
a 100 percent placement rate and
a starting salary in Texas of
$20,880."
Occupational therapy devel-
oped out of the wars in which
people were left with physical or
emotional disabilities. The theory
was if you keep a person occu-
pied with a meaningful tasks that
they are more likely to recover.
Schools, day cares, psychiat-
ric hospitals, businesses and in-
dustries use occupational thera-
pists. However, occupational
therapists help stroke victims as
well. They help the victims to
leam to feed themselves again or
to put on their socks. .
Also, therapists are qualified
to help assembly line workers that
have been using the same bones
and muscles repetitively for years.
They help such workers to avoid
diseases of the bones and muscles
and leam to exercise and stretch
them.
COTA will be a two-year pro-
gram designed to train students
to help occupational therapists
who hold bachelors degrees. If
approved it will start with 12
courses.
Each COTA student will also be
required to take seven academic
courses, such as anatomy, interper-
sonal communications and psy-
chology.
Also, only a limited number of
positions will be open and a point
system will be established similar
to the nursing program point sys-
tem.
Panola conducted a survey of
the other allied health programs in
the area. The college conducted this
survey by mailing it to the
This action was done to make
sure that there was no conflict
with other occupational therapy
programs 30-40 miles away.
The Health Care Facility pro-
vides information about current
healthcare programs in the area,
and if the probability exists for
new programs.
"We did not want to start a
program that someone else had
too close to us," said Hughes.
"We don't just offer training, but
we must prove that there are
Healthcare Facility in the region, plenty of jobs waiting.'
"It's important for anyone con-
sidering entering this program to
examine themselves closely," said
Hughes. "If he/she has a genuine
commitment to help others and
they are not just looking for a rela-
tively good income or secure fu-
ture, then occupational therapy is
for them."
Hughes encourages anyone in-
terested to go by his office and ask
any questions. He is happy to of-
fer any information about classes
to take or any other available de-
tails.
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ilMiiilatti tontinues su§§5| Panola County celebrates statehood
byMahdy Lane
Express Writer
5 ;:. Members of the forensics team
yearln Houston, Annette Bartlett
lll-TBe was.
^ where
Bartlett placed fhkd’m Lincoln-.
Dodglas Debate : and v was
awarded second jplsice speaker.
I^hqrhas j?osey and Dewayne
Simms ftnlsfed first lift duo,, while
Posey and Chad jeffery finished
Bfthirt dup|::|^sey'finished first!
M Rat Inter-
pretation) and Jeffery finished
third inP.O.I.
in a competition at Louisiana
Tech, Lent Heims went to the
Quarter finals in Linco!n-Dou-.
glas Debate.
|!||f The Spring Semester started
.-.with a competition at McNeese
State.Uni versify in Louisiana.
Posey was fifth in PQ.I., Jeffery,
finished fourth in RGX, and was
named top novice.
At their most recent competi-
, .tion at LSU-S, Starr Kendel! fin-
•|C^sins;Snished sixth; Po^y and
;Ke^l&i|rf second % j§|ia;
mentary Debate.
4I.:Sam^ghfweil was.awarded
;!f|fthp!ac^®Speakcr CEDA De-
bate. Posey was second in EOT.
He also combined, wfh Jeffery to
finish second in duo. Aaron BvanS
was sixth in After Dihner Speech,
Kendell iwas also awarded second
■ place Speaker Their next compe-
tition is Regional* in San Antonio.
. National competition will be
. held in Chicago this spring, those
who have qualified for nationals
are Posey..Bartlett, Kendell and
Jeffery.
. The team includes Rebecca
Co^ te; ini-;
Bartlett, Lori Helms, tori MoHtar>
I SamBn^twfilR^IndiyidualEyents
v
. KendelL Chad Jeffery, Chad
|Watson,..Aaron Ryans'.and • Amid
BrlanL X-’
by Laurie Moses
Express Writer
State Representative Jerry
Johnson recently kicked-off
Panola County's sesquicentennial
celebration with a speech on the
history of the county and the
statehood of Texas.
Johnson, who serves as co-
chairman of the Texas Statehood
sesquicentennial celebration com-
mittee, spoke in Q.M. Martin
Auditorium at 6 p.m., to begin the
celebration of statehood in Panola
county.
Johnson explained how the
county was formed in 1846, when
Texas was less than a year old.
Panola county was formed from
parts of Shelby, Harrison,and
Rusk counties.
Pulaski was named the origi-
nal county seat.
Johnson also explained how
Carthage became the second
county seat in 1948 because of its
central location.
A 100-hundred acre tract of
land was deeded to the county by
Jonathon Anderson for that pur-
pose.
Also, included in the program
was a performance by the Panola
Pipers and Panola College Cho-
rale, under the direction of Larry
Brumley.
Judge John Cordray served as
master of ceremonies for the event,
and Panola County Historical
Commission Chairman Robbie
Sutlive welcomed the group.
The invocation was given by
Leila (Stone) LaGrone, a descen-
ded of Dr. John Stone who arrived
in Texas in 1842.
Johnson's speech was the first of
a year-long series of monthly cel-
ebrations that will focus on Panola
county's heritage.
The series of celebrations is
sponsored by the Panola County
Historical Committee. It will focus
on notable people of Panola
County as well as on the many re-
sources and manufactured goods
of the county.
Amy Tribes
Panola students are taking advantage of the new computer equipment at the Carthage campus. This new technology allows disadvantaged
students to learn effectively using computer equipment. Students can access this new equipment in the Gullete Technology Building.
Kim Carpenter
Staff writer
For many students with a dis-
ability, learning can seem almost
impossible.
However, with new speech
synthesizers and screen-reading
programs available now at the
Panola College campus learning
is reality.
"We saw the need to make
computer use available to stu-
dents who experience some type
of disability," said Vocation
Counselor/Special Population
Director Kathy Conroy.
The college purchased seven
Pentium computers with braille
display and a voice activation
scanner.
The computers serve students
who are totally or partially blind,
orthopedically disabled and
learning disabled.
There is also a screen magni-
fier which enlarges the text and
graphics for the blind and visu-
ally impaired.
Also, with a few keystrokes a
visually impaired person can
hear information displayed on
the computer screen spoken in
clear, quality speech.
According to Conroy, the cen-
ter is for the learning disabled,
however the computers are avail-
able to any student.
Last spring Joe Pate was hired
as a part-time tutor for the com-
puter lab.
The lab is located in the
Gullete Technology Building in
Room 208.
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The Pony Express (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 6, Ed. 1 Monday, February 12, 1996, newspaper, February 12, 1996; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth591743/m1/5/?q=deberry: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Panola College.