Joining Finch-Henry Job Corps Center Director Cordella Smith (left, front) to welcome National Job Corps Association Director Lonnie P. Taylor (front, right) to the Batesville facility were special guests from the community including (from left) Calvin Hawkins, Dennis Hannah, Anne Marie Jenkins, Alecia Hines, Sylesia Nash, Cassandra Benson, Twanda Pryor, Midrette Netter White, Willie White, Lourine Robinson, John Thomas, Johnnie Darby, Jason Gordon, Rufus Manley, Latasha Rice. Demetria Donelson, Rhonda Sanders, Brenda Black, Lataisa Jackson and Tamekia Jackson. The center held special programs on May 1 to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the national Job Corps program.

Photo and Post Credit: The Panolian, photo by John Howell.