Exhibition to showcase work of Northwest's artists

Starting today (April 16) in the Fine Arts Atrium, seven sophomore Art majors will have their artwork on display in the Sophomore Art Exhibition.

Many of the students involved with the show will either graduate or transfer in May, and the exhibition will include works they have created during their tenure as students at Northwest.

According to Lawayne House, Art chair, the purpose of the exhibition is to show how the students have grown and improved as artists since they first arrived at the school. The exhibition will include anywhere from 30-45 pieces and will feature a variety of visual art forms including drawing, painting, pottery, graphic design and some mixed media.

Students included in the show are Danny Young, Al Sides and Helen Boswell of Olive Branch, Britney Donald of Memphis, Lizzie Gray of Southaven, Gretchen Harris of Oxford and Kristina Atkinson of Senatobia.

House, along with art instructors Eunika Rogers and Ashley Chavis, will jury the show, selecting pieces of work that the students have created in their past two years as Northwest students.

    Photo by T.J. Jernigan

(Photo submitted)

Tiner, Heishman tapped for All-Mississippi team

Lindsey Tiner (front row, left) of Senatobia and Christopher Heishman (front row, right) of Hernando are honored March 25 in Jackson for being named to the Phi Theta Kappa All-Mississippi Academic Team.

Each two-year college in Mississippi may nominate two students per campus to the All-USA Academic Team.

Nominations are based on outstanding academic performance and service to the college and community. Congratulating Tiner and Heishman are (l to r) Northwest President, Dr. Gary Lee Spears; Executive Director of the SBCJC, Dr. Eric Clark; and Northwest PTK adviser James Baker.

Tiner was named to the first team, while Heishman was chosen for the second team.

Student killed in wreck with bus
The Ranger Rocket Staff Report

A Northwest student was killed on Sunday, March 29 following a car accident on U.S. 61 which involved his ‘97 Pontiac Bonneville colliding with a northbound passenger bus.

Coahoma County Coroner Scotty Meredith has identified the victim as 20-year-old James Dwayne Horston III of Marks.

The accident reportedly occurred as Horston was exiting the Shady Nook gas station on U.S. 61 just after 8:05 p.m. on the night of March 29. According to a report from the Clarksdale Press Register, Sgt. Leslie White with the Mississippi Highway Patrol says Horston’s vehicle pulled in front of a northbound bus that was carrying approximately 45 passengers.

Horston was said to have been killed instantly as a result of severe head trauma.

White says there was one passenger on the bus who suffered minor injuries but the rest of the passengers were unhurt. The bus was owned by Clarksdale-based Delta Bus Line.

Funeral services were Saturday, April 4, at Madison S. Palmer High School in Marks with the Rev. Robert Griffin, Jr. officiating. Interment was in Paw Paw Cemetery at Lyon. Arrangements were by Delta Burial Corporation in Marks.

Horston was born Sept. 8, 1988, in Benton Harbor, Mich., to Doris Anderson and James DeWayne Horston, Jr. He was an outgoing person who loved playing sports, hanging out with friends, and most of all, playing practical jokes on others. He was a member of Sykes Chapel M.B.Church.

He was a class of 2008 graduate of Madison S. Palmer High School, and was a Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigerator Technology major at Northwest in Senatobia.

He was preceded in death by his grandmothers, Darrene “Judy” Anderson and Aline Horston, and his grandfather, James L. Horston. He is survived by his mother, Doris Anderson of Marks his father, James Horston, Jr. of Benton Harbor, Mich.; his grandfather, Arthur Anderson of Milwaukee, Wis.; two brothers, Jermine and Jeremy Horston, both of Marks; one aunt, Brenda Anderson of Marks; three uncles, Patrick and Arthur Anderson, both of Marks, and Christopher Moore of Topeka, Kan.; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

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