On Monday, the McDowell County Board of Commissioners recognized two local emergency medical technician students who are second-place winners at the National SkillsUSA competition held in Atlanta. The team of EMT student Emma O’Neil and EMT class Capt. Payton Teague of McDowell High School placed second in the SkillsUSA National Championships Emergency Medical Technician competition. They well represented McDowell High, McDowell Technical Community College, McDowell County and the state of North Carolina at this national competition, said their instructor Barry McPeters.
MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
In other business, the McDowell County Commissioners heard from Michael Tanck with Spectrum, who gave an update on the company’s grant-funded activities. That includes the projects being funded by the GREAT grant and the county to extend high-speed Internet to unserved areas of McDowell.
On Monday, the McDowell County Board of Commissioners recognized two local emergency medical technician students who are second-place winners at the National SkillsUSA competition held in Atlanta.
On Monday, the McDowell County Board of Commissioners recognized two local emergency medical technician students who are second-place winners at the National SkillsUSA competition held in Atlanta. The team of EMT student Emma O’Neil and EMT class Capt. Payton Teague of McDowell High School placed second in the SkillsUSA National Championships Emergency Medical Technician competition. They well represented McDowell High, McDowell Technical Community College, McDowell County and the state of North Carolina at this national competition, said their instructor Barry McPeters.
In other business, the McDowell County Commissioners heard from Michael Tanck with Spectrum, who gave an update on the company’s grant-funded activities. That includes the projects being funded by the GREAT grant and the county to extend high-speed Internet to unserved areas of McDowell.
