BCCC hosts dedication ceremony
Published 5:35 pm Wednesday, March 22, 2017
- LONG-TERM PROJECT: Ted Clayton, lead welding instructor (third from right), gathers with some of the 40 students who worked on the statue over the course of seven years.
Beaufort County Community College welcomed students, staff and alumni from 1967-1969, for a statue dedication Wednesday in honor of the college’s 50th anniversary. Lead welding instructor Ted Clayton worked with his students to create the work of art for seven years. It includes scenes of fish, an osprey circling its nest and a great blue heron. The statue is named “Life on the Pamlico.”
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INSPIRATION: Welding instructor Ted Clayton discusses the fishing trips on the Pamlico River that inspired the statue.