Gulf Pine Catholic

14 Gulf Pine Catholic • March 20, 2020 K nights of C olumbus On March 1, KC Council 5654 held a blood drive under the direction of Dr. Blake Elkins, health director for the council. Thanks to his great coordination of setting up the drive and maintaining order during the donation of the blood. The Red Cross asked for us to have at least 25 pints, and Dr. Blake surpassed it to 37 pints due to his great advertising of the drive. Council 5654 hosted the (Reginal) Southern State Free Throw contest Saturday, March 7, at St. Alphonsus School gym. Pictured are: front row, l-r: Aiden French, Olivia Karcher, Gabriella Sinopoli, Germain Lindsey, and Greg McKenna; back row l-r: Kahliyah Chapman, Franco Richburg, Davis Voelkel and Parker Davis. Knights of Columbus Council 5654, St. Alphonsus Parish, Ocean Springs On Feb. 11, Knights of Columbus Council 1908, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Hattiesburg, presented a $375 check to Diane Bakerʼs high school art department class. The donation was from a recent quilt raffle sale. Pictured, from l-r: Chris Tomlinson, Diane Baker and Robert Hall (Grand Knight). The class was present for the photo-op. Knights of Columbus Council 1908, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Hattiesburg USM Professor Emeritus Philip Kolin Featured Poet for Delta Poetry Dr. Philip Kolin, a distinguished professor of English (Emeritus) and Editor Emeritus of the Southern Quarterly at the University of Southern Mississippi and a member of Saint Fabian Catholic Church, is the featured poet for the latest edition of Delta Poetry Review . Delta Poetry Review is an online poetry journal commit- ted to publishing exceptional work by new, emerging, and established writers. Dr. Kolin’s contributions to the publica- tion include Elegy for the River ; The King is Dead. Long Live the King ; Bluesmen at Dawn ; and Delta Winter . An international authority on the life and works of Tennessee Williams, Dr. Kolin has written or edited more than 40 books, including nine collections of his poems, the most recent being Emmett Till in Different States: Poems ( Third World Press , 2015), Benedict's Daughter: Poems ( Wipf and Stock , 2017), and Reaching Forever: Poems ( Poiema Poetry Series , Cascade Press , 2019). He has also co-edited, with Jack Bedell, an anthology of original poems on the Mississippi River, Down to the Dark River ( Louisiana Literature Press , 2015). Learn more about Dr. Kolin’s work in the latest issue of Delta Poetry Review at http://deltapoetryreview.com/. Dr. Kohn