Commencement exercises planned for Wayne County Adult Education Program

Commencement exercises for the Wayne County Adult Education Center will be held Saturday, June 7 at 7 p.m. in Pickrell Auditorium. Sixty-seven individuals have received GED’s through the Wayne County Adult Education Program for the 2002-2003 school year.

Those who wish to participate in Saturday’s graduation ceremony will receive diplomas endorsed through the Wayne County School System. Many of these students have entered other vocational programs, college or have obtained employment or job advancement.

Bill Roberts, Coordinator of the Wayne County Adult Education Center, and his staff cordially invite the families of the graduates and the general public to attend the graduation ceremony on June 7. A reception will be held after the ceremony.

Precipitation for May was slightly above average

It might have seemed like it rained a lot in May, but J.D. Rogers, local weather observer for the National Weather Service, noted that the total precipitation for the month was only slightly above average.

Total rainfall in May was 5.54 inches, which is .86 inches above average. Rogers said that precipitation fell on 21 days of the month.

So far this year, total precipitation in Wayne County is 22.87 inches, about 1.42 inches above normal.

The average temperature for May was 63.9 degrees, which is very near normal, according to Rogers. The warmest temperature of the month was 84 degrees recorded on May 9 and May 10. The coolest temperature was 42 degrees recorded on May 4.

Rogers noted that thunderstorm winds damaged a few tree limbs in the city on May 5. Another thunderstorm, on May 11, uprooted trees in the southern part of the county.

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