Secondary Center Students Take 1st place

Welding students win first place in competition. (L to R) Kenneth Edwards (Blytheville High School), Andrew Simpson (Manila High School) and Taylor Cannon (Blytheville Charter School). 

 

ANC Secondary Center students took first place in the vocational division of the fourth annual Northeast Arkansas Weld-a-thon, hosted by Arkansas State University-Newport and Ozark Gas.

The school was awarded with a trophy and an ACE portable fume extractor.   Each winner received a full tuition scholarship to ASUN along with a Lincoln welding hood and a gear bag.  

There were more than 40 students from 14 area high school and technical programs competing in the event.  ANC secondary center students that won were Kenneth Edwards of Blytheville High School, Andrew Simpson of Manila High School, and Taylor Cannon of Blytheville Charter School.  The instructor is David Davis.

For more information about the secondary center, contact Angela Dixon at adixon@smail.anc.edu.