Three Rivers College breaks ground in Sikeston
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Jill Bock, Staff
Three Rivers College officially broke ground for its new Eastern Campus in Sikeston on Aug. 15.
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Three Rivers College is developing its Eastern Campus at the intersection of Highways 60 and 61 in Sikeston.
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TRC's Rocky Raider greets Sikeston Chamber Executive Director Susan Lawrence.
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Visitors are greeted as the enter the Life Church where the ceremony was conducted due to wet conditions at the groundbreaking site. Dr. Devin Stephenson, president of Three Rivers College, is pictured center.
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Members attending the ground breaking get a look at the drawings of the planned Eastern Campus.
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The hard hats are ready for the ground breaking.
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Special shovels are designated for those taking part in the ground breaking.
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Dr. Devin Stephenson, president of Three Rivers, addresses the crowd.
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Riley Bock, chairman of the Three Rivers Endowment Trust, talks about the significance of New Madrid County will soon be home to a college.
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It was a standing-room-only crowd for the ground breaking ceremony at the Life Church.
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Clyde Hawes, presiding commissioner of New Madrid County, speaks at the ground breaking ceremony.
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Scott Matthews, center, along with his wife, sister and brother-in-law, donated the land for the new college building.
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Each of those attending received a special memento of the occasion.
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Work continues at the new college site, located at the intersection of Highways 60 and 61, in Sikeston.
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Ready to break ground
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Rep. Holly Rehder and Rep. Steve Cookson speak with Dr. Devin Stephenson following the groundbreaking.
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Missy Marshall, right, director of the Three Rivers College Center at Sikeston, pauses following the ground breaking.
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