November 4, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: DEBORAH ROBERTS PUGH

(662) 377-3712

TUPELO, Miss.—Gail Morton (second from right), art teacher at North Pontotoc High School, gets help loading a ceramic kiln from her father, Dr. Donald Russell (left) and daughter Tristan Morton as well as North Mississippi Medical Center's Behavioral Health Center employees Kathryn Sansing, RN, Rene Horton, activities coordinator, Tina Samples, RN, and Renee Harrington, activities assistant. Morton said the school had held several fundraisers in the hope of purchasing a ceramic kiln for students to use, but kilns are so expensive they had not been able to buy one. When employees at the NMMC Behavioral Health Center learned of the need, they donated the center's kiln to the school. Morton said her students are excited to begin ceramics projects with their own kiln.

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