Pictured are the June 6 graduates of the Nurse Aide Training Program at the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton. They are, from left, front row, Teresa Botts and Rosa Harrison of Sullivan County; Jessica Barnett, Heather Moss, Tim Jenkins and Lynet Tyrrell, all of Carter County; from left, back row, Barbara Benfield and Shirley Jenkins, instructors; Rhonda Baker, Patel Kajal, Tazley Hotz, Heidi Sutphin and Brad Rouse, all of Washington County; Jordan Grubbs of Greene County and Amber Phillips of Newland, N.C.
Twenty-one Carter County high school students completed Certified Nurse Aide training at the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton on June 27 as part of the “Runway After School Program” financed by unclaimed Tennessee lottery funds. Pictured, from left, front row, are Diana Tolley, instructor; Savanna Wagenseller, Charice Richardson, Brandi Berry, Josh Ellis, Chelsey Campbell, Dorothy Reed, all from Unaka High School; Wendy Campbell and Kathy Carver, instructors; standing, from left, are Dustin Vanover, Shelbie Morgan, Joy Matheson, Heather Allen, Jonathan Davis, Cody Irick, Rachael Finney and Alecia Stevens, all from Hampton High School; Alison McKinney, Cassie Campbell, Michaela McAllister, Cassie Loveless, Kayla Whaley, Lauren Heaton, and Jessica Hongkham, all from Happy Valley High School. Davidson and McKinney, who had the highest grade average, each received a full scholarship in the Practical Nursing program at TTC-Elizabethton.