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Career Center Students Advance to State Competition

This group of students from the Belmont Career Center, after placing at the regional competition, will be competing in the 63rd annual Ohio SkillsUSA state contest on April 14-15, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. SkillsUSA is a national organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled, service and health occupations.

Pictured, from left, are Kyley Dulkoski, Dental Assisting, Harrison Central, competing in dental assisting; Franki Spinelli, Dental Assisting, Martins Ferry, competing in job skill demonstration; Hunter Kinney, Allied Health Science, Barnesville, competing in job skill demonstration; Cody Woofter, Drafting/CAD Applications, Barnesville, competing in technical drafting; Devan Case, Visual Graphics/Web Design, St. Clairsville, competing in photography; Brianna Fuhr, Visual Graphics/Web Design, Bellaire, competing in web design; George Arminger, Visual Graphics/Web Design, Harrison Central, competing in web design; and Fallyn Carpenter, Visual Graphics/Web Design, Barnesville, competing in advertising design. Not pictured is Abagail Lutman, Drafting/CAD Applications, Bellaire, competing in architectural drafting.

First place winners at the state contest will advance to the National SkillsUSA competition in Louisville, Kentucky in June. Debbie Hawthorne serves as Ohio SkillsUSA advisor for the Career Centers.