FUTURE NURSES - These local students in Rend Lake College's Practical Nursing certificate program are set to graduate this week. Their pinning ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 21, in Waugh Gymnasium.
FRONT ROW, FROM LEFT; Beverly Sears (Belle Rive), Jenna Caraway (Johnston City), Janet Smith (Mount Vernon), Heather Lowe (Mount Vernon), Tina Perez (Mount Vernon), Helena Lenard (McLeansboro), Julie Vordtriede (Pinckneyville), Olivia Shopinski (Pinckneyville), Jane Morgan (Benton) and Mary Jo Rone (Whittington).
SECOND ROW, FROM LEFT; Lindsey Furlow (Christopher), Megan Kash (Waltonville), Molly Wheeler (Mount Vernon), Gina Rooker (Mount Vernon), Jamie Bain (Bluford), Haleigh Hagood (Pinckneyville), Yvonne Kimble (West Frankfort), Rachel Hill (Tamaroa) and Katti Merkel (Benton).
THIRD ROW, FROM LEFT; Samantha Haile (Wayne City), Crystal Kellerman (Tamaroa), Jordan Brown (Bluford), Donna Reynolds (Bluford), Katie Hicks (Dix), Cecilia Montgomery (Mount Vernon), Heather Morton (Mount Vernon) and Jerret Sanders (Mount Vernon).
FOURTH ROW, FROM LEFT; Angie Gunter (Sesser), Dristi Lamichhane (Bonnie), Russell Williams (Dix), Becky O'Connor (West Frankfort), Brande Alvis (Tamaroa), Michelle Redmon (Benton), Shannon Shirk (Mount Vernon), Brittany Koenegstein (Dix) and Maret Visser (Mount Vernon).
BACK ROW, FROM LEFT; Jason Orkies (Mount Vernon), Rachel Connell (Mount Vernon), Sara Meyer (Waltonville), Tina Welch (Bonnie), Christina Shoponski (Pinckneyville), Andrew Palmer (Christopher), Stephanie Clarke (Mount Vernon), Tobbie Chocrane (Bluford) and Marla Vaughn (Pinckneyville).