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Safety First at Guthrie Job Corps

The Guthrie Job Corps Center is finalizing Job Corps' Universal Safety Week June 6-10, 2011, with a pizza party. This weeks activities included "How to conduct a safety inspection", scavenger hunts, viewing a series of safety related videos and finishing with a mock...

Guthrie participates in Special Olympics

The Guthrie Job Corps Center Health Occupation students and staff are participating in the annual Special Olympics  held at Stillwater at the Oklahoma State University Campus on May 12, 2011. This gives the students an opportunity to give back to to the community....

Relay for Life

Mineral Wells Park in Guthrie was the site for the 2011 Relay for Life Survivor Walk. Always an emotional start as the Cancer Survivors are first to begin the walk. Teams start walking from 7:00 p.m. (CST) continually until 7:00 a.m. The Guthrie Job Corps Center takes...

Chuck Wagon Feed

Protection Security and Investigation students provided security for the Annual Chuck Wagon Feed at the Logan County Fairgrounds. Over 1000 people attended the annual feed of barbeque and all the trimmings to start off the 89er week celebration in Guthrie.

Earth Day Every Day/Trash Off

The Guthrie Job Corps Students partnered with the City of Guthrie and Guthrie Chamber Of Commerce for the Annual Earth Day Every Day and City Wide Trash Off, the week of April 18th. Trees and flowers were planted along with students picking up trash to help beautify...

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE

Another great day with over 90 pints of blood donated for the Red Cross Blood Drive. A great turn out of staff and students to help put this event over the top.

Job Fair Rolls Around Again

The Guthrie Job Corps held its Annual Employer Job Fair with over twenty employers setting up booths. The students enjoyed talking to the employers and receiving information about jobs that were available. Culinary Arts Students prepared and served a luncheon to the...

Gulf Coast Drawings

Guthrie Job Corps Student Malcolm Warren is the National Winner of the Gulf Coast drawing contest. This picture has scenes depicting the Gulf Coast area and items that the Department of Labor staff are working to protect after the BP Oil spill. It is an honor for...

Career Technical Education Council Luncheon

Thursday, March 24, 2011 the Guthrie Center hosted its semi-annual Career Technical Education Council Luncheon. The employers and staff along with Community Relations Members had a joint luncheon with an excellent meal prepared and served by the Culinary Arts...

Major General Rita Aragon on Center

Friday, March 25, 2011, the Guthrie Job Corps Center was honored as Major General Rita Aragon gave the graduation address to 215 students at the Winter Graduation Ceremony. She is the first female in Oklahoma to become a Major General for the United States Air Force.

Birthday Cakes made with Love

The Culinary Arts students volunteer and prepare birthday cakes for the children in OKLAHOMA FOSTER CARE. The students baked, decorated and presented six birthday cakes on Sunday, March 6, 2011. The cakes are made for the "Birthdays Made with Love Foundation". They...

FEED THE CHILDREN

Nineteen health occupation students went to the Oklahoma City Expo Center to pack books for "Feed the Children". These Guthrie students also help with the "Annual Canned Food Drive" for the "Feed the Children" ministry.

Taste of the Town

Fox 25 News intervied Chef Yvette Curry at the Logan County Red Cross office this morning, March 29, 2011 at 6:00 a.m., about the Taste Of the Town which the Guthrie Culinary Arts Students are honored for the fourth year, being requested by the Logan County Red Cross...

New Enrollee’s Meet Mayor of Guthrie

New enrollee luncheons are held weekly at the Guthrie Job Corps Center. The Tiger Executive Team welcomed the Mayor of Guthrie, Chuck Burtcher, on March 8, 2011, as he came to meet the new students and welcome them to Guthrie. A great lunch was prepared by the...

Honorary Rotary Members

The Tiger Exectutive Team from the Guthrie Job Corps Center helped serve over 300 people at its annual Spaghetti Feed on March 10, 2011. The Guthrie City Mayor Chuck Burtcher deemed the students as Honorary Rotary Members of 2011.

Students Impress Employer

Damon Ledbetter with Reliant Health is an employer partner of the Guthrie Job Corps Center. He attended the National Job Corps Policy Forum in DC as an employer guest of the center. Reliant Health states that they will hire all of the Guthrie Job Corps Health...