The Sun Herald | 09/10/2006 | Moss Point labyrinth: "MOSS POINT - Katrina brought paths of destruction to Moss Point, but also left behind a gift a group of high school students will use to create a legacy for their hometown.
The wind and floodwaters that tore up the town uncovered terra cotta tiles, buried in the Escatawpa River for more than 100 years, and deposited them on the shore. The students will use these tiles in the design of a 40-foot-by-40-foot labyrinth they will soon build near the boardwalk and river.
'We're picking up the pieces after Katrina,' junior Nicholas Bovastro explained, which is both their intent in building the labyrinth and their motto. French words on the terra cotta tiles helped identify them as parts of the ballasts from French ships that docked at Moss Point in the 1880s to load lumber.
Viewing the labyrinth from overhead, 'It looks like the eye of a hurricane,' said Brittany Riley, another of 70 students enrolled in the culinary arts program at Moss Point, who are nicknamed 'Tiger Tales.'"
Sunday, September 10, 2006
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