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www.shelbyinfo.com Our 41st Year • Issue No. 3 • January 18, 2024
Gary W. Self
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Ribbon Cutting celebrates renovated CCC Yetis Gym By Alan Hodge Last Saturday, January 13, 2024, saw Cleveland Community College celebrate the grand opening of its newly renovated Yetis gym with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The atmosphere inside the gleaming gym was electric with excitement. In addition to the ribbon cutting, two thrilling basketball games took place that saw the CCC Yetis men’s and women’s teams take on the Bryant & Stratton College (Va) Bobcats. The Yetis women fell 55-84 and the men won 10079. The ribbon cutting took place between the games. The ribbon cutting was the culmination of work that has transformed the gym from a ho-hum space to a state of the art athletic and other activities edifice. Extensive work was completed in the gym last year, most notably the installation of new hardwood flooring featuring the Yeti head. In addition, new locker rooms were built for both home and visitor teams, new flooring was installed on the walking track and a new Yeti Club room was
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constructed. Much of the work was done by CCC’s maintenance staff with help from a few contractors. CCC public relations/media spokesperson Paula Vess explained the evolution of the gym. “In 2021, the first phase of the Yeti Athletics Complex was completed with the construction of a new baseball field. A new softball field was completed a little more than a year later. The softball field was finished during the off-season in 2022, and we held a grand opening in February 2023. The Board of Trustees approved adding volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball in May 2022, which created the need to completely renovate the gym. At the time, the gym floor was covered in carpet, there were no bleachers, and although there were men’s and women’s locker rooms next to the gym, they weren’t equipped to meet the needs of competitive teams and there was no visitor locker room.” Key spaces in the gym are named in honor of key CCC personalities and loved ones. The named spaces in the gym are: The Chloe and Gracie Langley Scoreboard was
L-R: Betty Carrigan, Tony Berry, Larry Hamrick Jr, Robert Queen, CCC President Dr. Jason Hurst, Board of Trustees Chair Bill Turpish, and CCC Foundation Board of Directors Chair Steve Padgett. (Photos by Alan Hodge)
CCC President Dr. Jason Hurst addresses the crowd. named by Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees Allen Langley to honor his daughters. The Joe and Terri King Scoreboard was named by Trustee Wayne King to honor his parents. The King Family Locker Room (home team locker room) was named by Trustee Wayne
King to honor his family. The Berry Family Yeti Club Room was named by Trustee Tony Berry to honor his family. The Charles Carrigan Memorial Wall was named by Trustee Betty Carrigan in memory of her husband. Several dignitaries shared
their thoughts on the new gym project. Remarks were rendered by CCC President Dr. Jason Hurst, Board of Trustees’ Chair Bill Turpish, Cleveland Community College Foundation Board of Directors Chair Steve Padgett, and the See YETIS, Page 7
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