Recreation News

Pictured from left to right: Bobby Holden, Kevin McCowan, Barbara Mack accepting for Lenell Starks, Arnold Howell, Carroll Emery, Anna Wentzky, Nicole Mattison Hood, and Jessie Jones.

Bobby Holden – coached baseball, basketball, and football for over 10 years.
Kevin McGowan – played football, baseball, and basketball at the Rec for a number of years/ is now a noted and published physician in Atlanta, Georgia.
LeNell "Snookie" Starks – worked with Barbara Mack at the Jim Rice Center in the afterschool and summer program for over 10 years.
Arnold Howell – served the Recreation Department for around 40 years doing a variety of jobs in the athletic programs and field and park maintenance; coached girls softball for 15 years/ worked full time on the ball fields after retiring from the school district.
Carroll Emery – was involved with the Recreation Department for over four decades serving in many capacities such as official, field and park maintenance, and supervisor.
Anna Wentzky – played softball and basketball with the Rec Center before moving on to successful careers in high school and college/ now coaches basketball at McCants Middle School.
Nicole Mattison Hood – played basketball, baseball, and softball at the Rec Center for nine years/ excelled on her high school and college basketball teams/ now coaches basketball at Dorman High School.
Jessie "Dickie" Jones – began as a volunteer maintaining fields for the black girls softball league before being hired by the department as umpire and field maintenance man.