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Volume 1, Issue 4
Job Corps 50th Anniversary
Edition—Summer /Fall 2014
Job Corps Civilian
Conservation Center Courier
Harpers Ferry Job Corps Celebrates the First Annual Corps Day of Service
Anna Stead, Business Community Liaison, Harpers Ferry Job Corps
Harpers Ferry National Day of
Service Student Crew
Sharnea Lover, Affan Rahim,
Deysean Little, Ja’ Leeza Canada, Joseph Parks- Brick, Sabrina Selvy- Moore, Abdemi Dairo,
Mohammed Sesay, Nelson
Rivera, Isayia Mitchell, Stephen
Hopkins, Bassam Brow, Brian
Davi, Bobby Winstea, Alexxis
Kinney, Sylvester Perry, Aijah
Pitts, Danny Sturdivant, Anthony Moul, Dana Dade, Jamie
Morton, Samuel McFadden,
Alexis Roberts, Stephen Hyson,
LaShawn Davis, James Hayward
David Bryant, Martin Dent,
Milton Graves, Jr., Rasheid
Hardy. Sidney Joyner, Jermaine
McMillian
On June 13, 2014, U.S. Forest
Service Harpers Ferry Job Corps
Civilian Conservation Center
(JCCCC) joined service and conservation Corps from across the
country to celebrate the first
annual Day of Service, sponsored by the Washington D.C.
The Corps Network. The event
was held in Washington, DC at
the Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(FDR) Memorial on the National
Mall. Harpers Ferry Job Corps
students participated in a ceremony honoring Corps groups
nationwide. The opening ceremony was followed by a day of
giving back to the community.
Earth Conservation Corps,
Groundwork Anacostia, New
Jersey Youth Corps of Phillips
burg, AmeriCorps were just a
few of the Corps who participated in the day of service.
As helicopters soared through
the skies on a beautiful day,
national service leaders addressed the crowds of corps
members and volunteer participates. Guest speakers for the
event included, Mary Ellen
Sprenkel, President and CEO of
The Corps Network; Butch Blazer, USDA Deputy Under Secre-
tary for Natural Resources and
Environment; Bill Basl, AmeriCorps Director; Tina Terrell,
National Director U.S. Forest
Service Job Corps, and other
leaders from service and conservation corps.
USDA Deputy Under Secretary
Butch Blazer addressed the
crowd stating, “The United
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From the Desk of the National Office
Tina J. Terrell, National Director, Job Corps National Office
Fall is in the air and winter is
just around the corner. I have
been the National Director
(officially) from February 2014
until now (6 months) and I must
say I am inspired by the patience, diligence, and persistence of Job Corps employees to
handle issues, students, and
adversity.
When I began my tenure as the
National Director, I made three
commitments to myself to
achieve: visit most of the Job
Corps Centers to get a better
understanding of issues on the
center, lead the planning pro-
cess for the Workforce Restructuring and Placement System;
and identify avenues for improving center performance.
Over the past two (2) months I
have visited nine (9) Job Corps
Civilian Conservation Centers.
They are: Collbran (Colorado),
Pine Ridge (Nebraska), Boxelder
(South Dakota), Anaconda
(Montana), Fort Simcoe
(Washington), Jacobs Creek
(Tennessee), Pine Knot
(Kentucky), Blackwell
(Wisconsin), and Flatwoods
(Virginia).
Tina tours Montana Precision Products (MPP), a
manufacturer of jet engine components in Butte, MT. The
company has hired eight Anaconda Job Corps graduates
since 2012. Photo courtesy of Anaconda Job Corps
Previously, I
have visited
Timber Lake
(Oregon), Columbia Basin (Washington),
Angell (Oregon), Centennial
(Idaho), Frenchburg
(Kentucky), Wolf Creek
(Oregon), Harpers Ferry
(West Virginia), Curlew
(Washington), Weber Basin
(Utah), Great Onyx
(Kentucky), Schenck (North
Carolina), LBJ (North Carolina), Oconaluftee (North
Carolina), Treasure Lake
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(Oklahoma), Ouachita
(Arkansas), Cass (Arkansas),
and Golconda (Illinois). Two
centers remain for me to visit in
the next couple of months, Mingo (Missouri) and Trapper Creek
(Montana).
As your National Director, I will try to get out to
centers on a regular basis to personally speak
with you on issues, to
hear your concerns and
critiques, and also to
work with you where
needed.
—Tina J. Terrell,
National Director
As I have travelled to various
centers, I have been inspired in
the employees and students I
interacted with throughout the
day. Some centers I was able to
spend a full day, other centers
(due to a tight schedule), I was
only able to spend 3-5 hours on
the center. Even though the
time was limited, staff and students showed me the best aspects of the center and took
pride in showing me dorm
rooms and bays, the gym and
weight room, the cafeteria, the
academic classrooms, the Wellness Center, the career preparation office, the counseling
offices, the administrative building, and the trades. I could see
on young people’s faces when
we walked the halls of a dormitory or walked the roads/
sidewalks between buildings
that students wanted to show
me their living conditions and
their involvement in keeping the
center looking, feeling, and
representing the best aspects
of Job Corps life.
Now, I will say there are issues
on each and every center, so I
am not going to sugar-coat this
Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center Courier
From the Desk of the National Office
(continued from page 1)
Tina J. Terrell, National Director, Job Corps National Office
article. But, the issues I heard
about from staff and students
are issues that can be and are
being addressed by Center
leadership. I met with most
Student Government Association leaders and I heard firsthand how student leaders felt
their issues could be addressed
as long as management and
students worked together to
identify solutions.
As your National Director, I will
try to get out to centers on a
regular basis to personally
speak with you on issues, to
hear your concerns and critiques, and also to work with
you where needed. As all of you
know, the Job Corps program in
the Forest Service is embarking
on restructuring the organization to be more nimble and
efficient with the funding we
receive from the Department of
Labor. To embark on this major
restructuring effort will take
coordination and communication amongst the Job Corps
National Office, various offices
in the Department of Agriculture, Unions associated with
Job Corps Centers, employees
and students. My commitment
to you is to keep lines of communication open and to steer
the Job Corps program through
these changes that have occurred over the past year.
In closing, we all know the Job
Corps program is celebrating
the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Job Corps
through the Economic Opportunity Act. This landmark legislation has been instrumental in
changing young lives, and we
can see the change that has
occurred in young people who
have become employed, joined
the military, or continued/
started their education at a
community or 4-year college.
Job Corps is a vital program to
society and has served millions
MPP employees give Tina a crash course on the skills needed and techniques used to building
components of jet engines. MPP entered into a Work-Based Learning (WBL) agreement with Anaconda
Job Corps in 2012. Photo courtesy of Anaconda Job Corps
of young people to this
day. As we embark on
the next 50 years of
Job Corps, let’s continue to focus on our
mission in Job Corps
and our mission in the
Forest Service. Both
missions have led us
this far and where we
go from here is up to
all of us. Your involvement will continue to
make the Job Corps
program a success for
others to emulate.
Anaconda Job Corps graduate and MPP employee Cody Stewart
discusses explains his current job duties in the Aerospace Division
at MPP. Photo courtesy of Anaconda Job Corps
“My turning point was when I completed the education part of the program,
and I earned a high school diploma. Once I did that, I felt like I could do
more. Then my heavy equipment operating instructor helped me get a job
washing a fleet of semi trucks at a local trucking company. Again, I had no
experience in getting a job – had never filled out an application, never had
done an interview, didn’t have any work experience to speak from. Once I
had that job and proved myself to be a good employee, my confidence grew
again. It was during that job that I heard there were openings for welders at
SeaCast (Montana Precision Products’ previous company name). I picked
up an application, filled it out, turned it in, got an interview, and here I am
three years later, doing a very highly-specialized type of welding at a leading
corporation in a cutting edge industry – loving what I get to do every day and
being paid a very good wage.”
—Cody Stewart,
Montana Precision Products employee and Anaconda Job Corps graduate
(pictured above with Job Corps National Director Tina Terrell)
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States Department of Agriculture along with the Department
of Interior have been partnering
for many years with regards to
youth conservation. We’re getting better at it and we’re working hard to do that.”
Blazer said, “I had the opportunity several weeks ago to
travel out to Colorado with Secretary Sally Jewell where she
announced the next generation
of funding to continue to develop youth conservation programs
across the country. She’s very
passionate about developing
these programs.” In delivering
his message to the group, Blazer spoke about how “USDA is
working hard with various Corps
groups to become more efficient, more effective, and do
more with the funding that is
given to these Corps youth pro-
“The United States Department of Agriculture
along with the Department of Interior have been
partnering for many years
with regards to youth conservation. We’re getting
better at it and we’re
working hard to do that.”
— Arthur ”Butch” Blazer,
USDA Deputy Under
Secretary for Natural
Resources and the
Environment
grams.” Blazer is a member of
the Mescalera Apache Tribe in
South Central New Mexico and
in his delivery, he discussed the
need to spread these conservation groups and the services
they provide to Indian country
and on Indian reservations.
Participants in the National Day
of Service signed a shovel for
presentation to Secretary Jewell
as a symbol of all the Corps
Harpers Ferry Job Corps Celebrates the First Annual Corps Day of Service
(continued from page 1)
groups that support the work
that Sally Jewell and her administration do for Service and
Conservation Corps around the
country.
Forest Service Job Corps National Director Tina Terrell also
addressed the volunteers. She
spoke about the Harpers Ferry
Job Corps’ recent project involving preserving historical horse
stables at Shenandoah National Park. She mentioned that,
“The Forest Service is doing
more to preserve our historical
legacy.” She talked personally
to the Corps members and volunteers, stating, “I want to start
a new legacy, called ‘Citizens
Stewardship.” In describing this
legacy, she said, “It’s each and
every one of you, as a citizen of
the United States, taking on
that legacy to be stewards of
the land. All of you standing
here today, whether you actually walk, talk, play in the park,
play in a national forest, or
come work for the Forest Service, have a great opportunity to
take care of ‘Your legacy!’ We
stand here today to try and do
something that started over
100 years ago. That’s taking
care of these national parks.”
Corps members and volunteers
divided into groups to complete
three service projects in the
Nation’s Capital. The first project provided clean-up services
at the Tidal Basin. The second
project, at Fort DuPont, involved
Corps members clearing a path
for future outdoor exercise
equipment. The third project
included painting the fence,
chains and posts at the FDR
memorial. The Corps Network
and all its members plan to
make this a yearly event.
(L to R) National Director Tina Terrell, Deputy Under Secretary Butch Blazer, President and CEO of The
Corps Network Mary Ellen Sprenkel, Harpers Ferry students Bobby Winstead, Martin Dent, Brian Davis,
Anthony Moul, Vice-President of The Corps Network Marie Walker and Harpers Ferry Business Community Liaison Anna Stead. Photo courtesy of Anna Stead
Harpers Ferry student Brian Davis smiles for the
camera. Photo courtesy of Anna Stead
(L to R) Butch Blazer, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment and
Harpers Ferry student Anthony Moul. Photo
courtesy of Anna Stead
(L to R) Harpers Ferry students Brian Davis, Anthony Moul, Sabrina Selvey-Moore sign the shovel presented to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell as The CorpsNetwork staff member “Bobby” looks on.
Photo courtesy of Anna Stead
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The Honorable Hal Rogers Celebrates Job Corps’ 50th Anniversary at Pine Knot Job Corps
Alicia D. Bennett, Public Affairs officer, Job Corps National Office
On August 20, 1964, Congress
passed “The Economic Opportunity Act” (EOA), which created
the flagship Job Corps program.
Chairman Rogers posted
this remark on Facebook:
“Proud to join the Job
Corps 50th Anniversary
Celebration at the Pine
Knot Job Corps Center in
McCreary County. Thank
you for all of the community service efforts you provide to our region and the
life-changing skills and
education you provide to
students from across the
country. Congratulations!”
To view Chairman Rogers'
pictures and post, right
click on ink below:
https://
www.facebook.com/
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Across the nation, from Monday,
August 18 through Friday, August 22, 2014, Congressional
members, state and local officials, neighbors, and graduates
gathered at 28 Forest Service
Job Corps Civilian Conservation
Centers to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the Job Corps
program.
Job Corps National Director Tina Terrell presents the Honorable Hal Rogers an engraved plaque designed by
Collbran Job Corps. Photo courtesy of Pine Knot Jobs Corps
The Pine Knot Job Corps Civilian
Conversation Center, on the
Daniel Boone National Forest,
welcomed Hal Rogers (R-KY),
Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee as the Center’s key-note speaker for its
50th anniversary week kick-off
celebration.
The day began with tours of the
center. As their vehicle made the
way up the road to Pine Knot’s
gymnasium, Chairman Rogers
and his staff were welcomed
with an array of lawn signs celebrating the success of the program.
Pine Knot Job Corps’ entire student body, campus staff, local
elected officials, community and
Student Andres Mendoza takes the opportunity to shake the hand of the Honorable Hal Rogers as student
Kenneth Murray looks on. Photo courtesy of Pine Knot Job Corps
employer partners, and graduates and former staff erupted in
a round of applause as Rogers
walked into Pine Knot's gymnasium.
Highlights of the celebration
included a performance by the
McCreary Central High School
Choir and presentation of the
national colors by the McCreary
Central High School Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps,
U.S. Forest Service Job Corps
National Director Tina Terrell
recognized Chairman Rogers for
his long-time support and advocacy of both protecting America's forests and its at-risk
youth.
Chairman Rogers posted this
remark on his Facebook page,
“Proud to join the Job Corps
50th Anniversary Celebration at
the Pine Knot Job Corps Center
in McCreary County. Thank you
for all of the community service
efforts you provide to our region
and the life-changing skills and
education you provide to students from across the country.
Congratulations!”
To view Chairman Rogers' pictures and post, right click on ink
below:
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ref=stream.
The Honorable Hal Rogers poses with students (L to R) Kenneth Murray, Desiree Murray,
Christopher Shanks and Flor Carbajal-Moreno. Photo courtesy of Pine Knot Job Corps
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Forest Service Intermountain Region Congratulates Weber Basin Job Corps on 50 Years of Service
Nora B. Rasure, Regional Forester, Intermountain Region
skilled young people is admirable. I speak with the experience
as many of my Forest Service
offices have benefitted from the
opportunity to hire your interns
and graduates.
(L to R) Weber Basin Job Corps Counseling Manager Susan Bradford, Administrative Officer Laurie
Villalpando, Residential Living Manager, Trevor Hulse, Acting Center Director Jason Talbot, and Nurse
Manager Michelle Petersen Staff display a 50 th Anniversary Clock. Photo courtesy of Weber Basin Job
Corps
I hope you will find an
appropriate place to
display this timepiece.
The clock represents
time—the first 50 years
you celebrate today,
and a long and promising future for Job Corps
Centers and your graduates. The beautiful
wood represents the
forests that serve as a
foundation for our Forest Service mission,
and the bond that connects the Weber Basin
Job Corps Center with
the Intermountain Region of the Forest Service.
—Nora B. Rasure,
Regional Forester,
Intermountain Region
In honor of Job Corps’ 50th
Anniversary, please extend my
congratulations, and sincere
thanks, to all at the Weber
Basin Job Corps Center.
I am grateful to you and your
staff for your strategic leadership, and the tactical guidance
and teaching that you all deliver each and every day. Your
work supports our country’s
most vulnerable young people
by offering them the opportunity to improve their lives. Equally
importantly, your efforts provide your students with the
skills and knowledge to live up
to their full potential and
make significant contributions
that benefit their families,
their communities and our
nation.
I also appreciate the students,
both current and past. It takes
great strength, bravery, and
wisdom to imagine a more
positive future, to move to a
new and challenging environment and to stick with the
program in order to gain the
benefits offered. Job Corps’
track record of graduating
talented, hard-working, highly-
I regret that I cannot be there
today to celebrate with you. I
hope you will find an appropriate place to display this timepiece. The clock represents
time—the first 50 years you
celebrate today, and a long and
promising future for Job Corps
Centers and your graduates.
The beautiful wood represents
the forests that serve as a foundation for our Forest Service
mission, and the bond that connects the Weber Basin Job
Corps Center with the Intermountain Region of the Forest
Service.
Weber Basin Job Corps students and staff. Photo
courtesy of Weber Basin Job Corps
Weber Basin Job Corps Facts
Activation Date: 12/11/1965
Associated Forest: Uinta-WasatchCache
Number of students: 224
Students served each year: 314
Number of employees: 63
Volunteer hours on NFS in
FY2013: 13,727
Vocational Trades:
Culinary Arts
Facilities Management
Office Administration
Union Bricklaying
Union Carpentry
Union Painting
Welding
Weber Basin Office Administration Trade. Photo
courtesy of Weber Basin Job Corps
Weber Basin Hand Crew finishes their last shift on the Border Fire, North of Grouse Creek, Utah, July 2013.
Photo courtesy of Brandon Everett
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Pine Ridge Job Corps Graduate Todd Schuler Seeks Excellence in Both Life and Work
Alicia D. Bennett, Public Affairs Officer, Job Corps National Office
and I had very few options locally in obtaining a high school
education,” says Schuler.
LBT, Inc. Quality Control Manager and DOT
Registered Inspector Todd Schuler. Photo
courtesy of Todd Schuler
Although Pine Ridge Job Corps
(JCCCC) graduate Todd Schuler
counts himself lucky to have
found Job Corps, in a short
time, you also realize that Pine
Ridge Job Corps was fortunate
that Schuler found it. This is
because 17 years after departing the campus, Schuler is one
of Pine Ridges’ committed
boosters with a vision for Job
Corps’ future as the program
enters its 50th year.
Schuler is a Quality Control
Manager and DOT Registered
Inspector at LBT, Inc., an equipment manufacturer in Omaha,
Nebraska. LBT builds bulk tank
trailers and portable storage
units and its tagline is “The
Toughest Tank in the Industry.”
Schuler is working on a cooperative relationship between LBT
and the Pine Ridge Job Corps
Center to train students in aluminum welding, creating an
employment pipeline for Pine
Ridge welding graduates.
Schuler, a native of Omaha,
Nebraska, was on the verge of
being homeless when he enrolled at Pine Ridge at the age
of 16, on the advice of his aunt
Cindy Keller says Schuler. “She
explained to me the importance
of getting a high school diploma
Pine Ridge Warehouse Instructor Robert Letcher recognized
Schuler’s potential and Schuler
was appointed as Warehouse
Foreman, in addition to a position as a Dorm Leader. “Mr.
Letcher always told me that he
knew I was a natural leader,
and trusted me with all of the
regulatory duties in our shop,”
states Schuler. “The experience
I received in delegation at Job
Corp being the Foreman of a
trade was invaluable.” At Pine
Ridge, Schuler obtained his
High School Diploma and a vocational trade certificate in
welding which allowed him to
attain his first job in management.
LBT, Inc. Quality Control Manager and DOT
Registered Inspector Todd Schuler. Photo
courtesy of Todd Schuler
When asked about Job Corps’
future and the direction the
program needs to go to continue to be relevant, Schuler says,
“I would like the Job Corps program to really invest into their
Welding programs. With the
upcoming retirements of many
of the baby boomer welders
there will be a large need to fill
these jobs. It is disheartening
to hear of the cutbacks to the
programs that have helped so
many adolescents.” says
Schuler. There are some
500,000 welders employed in
the United States. According to
the American Welding Society,
the average age of these welders is 55 years old. Some estimated 200,000 welders could
be nearing retirement.” Schuler
believes that although some
students will have the skills to
immediately enter the workforce, others may need additional training after Job Corps
which is why he supports partnerships with community colleges. “These partnerships will
help students from Job Corps
transition right into college life,
and sharpen their skills even
further,” states Schuler.
For youth who are considering
enrolling in Job Corps, Schuler
shares the following advice:
“Job Corps is nothing to be
feared but you must be able to
follow the rules and be willing to
make the education work for
you to succeed.”
After graduating from Pine
Ridge, Schuler earned an Associate’s Degree in Welding Technology from Metropolitan Community College and currently is
pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in
Organizational Communications
from Creighton University.
Schuler, who has always desired to attend the university,
says he selected his major because he believes that communications is a vital aspect of all
organizations the program
teaches not just how to communicate, but also the variables
involved with communication.
My B.A. will add value to my
Associates Degree in Welding
Technology from Metropolitan
Community College,” states
Schuler. “My degree from
Creighton’s Organizational Communications program will only
help me become both a better
Graduate Name: Todd P. Schuler
Age: 35
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Job Corps Center: Pine Ridge
Vocational Trade: Warehousing\Welding
Current Employment: Quality Control Manager, LBT Inc.
Personal Words to Live by or Favorite
Quote:
“You build on failure. You use it as a
stepping stone. Close the door on
the past. You don't try to forget the
mistakes, but you don't dwell on it.
You don't let it have any of your
energy, or any of your time, or any of
your space.”
—Johnny Cash
internal consultant as well as an
external consultant in furthering
my career,” he adds.
Schuler deeply cares about the
issues of education and technology in education. The Boy
Scouts of America introduced
the Eagle Scout program in
1911; a little more than 2.3
million of the more than 115
million boys who have passed
through the Boy Scotts since
then have earned the title of
Eagle Scout. Todd Schuler is a
member of this select group and
remains active in the organization. Through it and organizations like Skills USA, Heart Ministry Center Inc., and Job Corps,
he continues to actively serve
his community to create opportunities for America’s youth who
will be tomorrow’s workforce.
Leadership, education, service
to others, and service to community—these are the values
that Pine Ridge Job Corps nurtures and the Center can proudly point to Todd Schuler as an
example for its students to follow in its next 50 years.
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Charles Reibe, First Center Director of Great Onyx Job Corps, Returns to Celebrate Job Corps’ 50th Anniversary
Joseph Hauck, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Specialist, Great Onyx Job Corps
(L to R) Charles Reibe and Center Director Curtis Haynes cut Great Onyx’s 50th anniversary cake.
Photo courtesy of Joseph Hauck
Great Onyx Job Corps Civilian
Conservation Center’s first Center Director (CD) Charles Reibe
was on hand to help kick-off the
Centers 50th anniversary celebration, serving as one of the keynote speakers on August 20,
2014. Riebe, who served as CD
from 1964 through 1969, shared
copies of original plans and a
description of the center, along
with a September 24, 1965,
newspaper article from The Louisville Times.
the main buildings were ready
for use. But, Reibe stated,
“Fighting off the mosquitos,
ticks, and snakes during the day
and picking the ticks off at night
was worth the aggravation.” All
of Great Onyx’s staff members
and its first students worked
hard to get the Center up and
running. After the celebratory
program ended and center
tours were conducted, Riebe
and Acting Center Director Curtis Haynes cut the Center’s 50th
anniversary cake.
Riebe reflected on what it was
like when Great Onyx Job Corps
first opened. He shared about
how when he showed up for his
first day of work, the buildings
were not constructed as he was
promised they would be and how
it was not until June 1965 that all
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Blackwell Job Corps Student is Accepted for Advanced Training
Andrea Schenkosk, Guidance Counselor, Blackwell Job Corps
small stipend for some spending money. Justin wanted to be
able to focus on learning without having to worry about bills
and everyday stresses. “It was
a good way to get away from the
city and be somewhere peaceful” says Justin.
Blackwell Job Corps graduate Justin Roach (Left) measures a patient’s pulse. Photo courtesy of
Blackwell Job Corps
Justin Roach is a 21 year old
from Rockford, IL where he was
moving house to house and
living paycheck to paycheck. He
wanted to go to college but
couldn’t afford to without work-
ing at the same time. He heard
about Job Corps and thought it
would be a good way to achieve
his goal of going to nursing
school. Job Corps provides
meals, housing, and even a
“Lots of people have
dreams of becoming a
basketball player or a
musician, but growing up
you realize that your
goals change. I always
wanted to become a
nurse and because of
Job Corps my dream is
becoming a reality.”
—Justin Roach,
Blackwell Job Corps
graduate
Justin was recently accepted
into the Licensed Practical
Nurse (LPN) Advanced Training program at the Denison
Job Corps in Iowa. His classes
begin June 2, 2014 and he
could not be more proud of
himself. “I’ve been trying to
get into nursing school for 2
years, but I needed a 3.0 GPA,
and certain prerequisites, and
even then I would be on a
waiting list.” Justin says that
getting accepted to the LPN
Advanced Training program is
his greatest accomplishment
so far. He reflects, Persistence really pays off.”
Justin’s goals for the future
are to complete the Denison
LPN program and then continue his education and become
a registered nurse. He wants
to be able to live and work in a
safe and positive environment, even if that means relocating somewhere entirely
new. Good luck in this new
chapter of your life, Justin!
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Oconaluftee Celebrates Sidney L. Myers’ 50 Years of Service to Civilian Conservation Centers
Alicia D. Bennett, Public Affairs Specialist, Job Corps National Office
Employee Name: Sidney L.
Myers
Age: 75
Hometown: Townsend, Tennessee
(L to R) Oconaluftee’s “Old Guard.” Education Manager Daniel Muse (38 years of service),
Supervisory Social Services Assistant Sydney L. Meyers (50 years of service), and Counselor
Supervisor Calvin Carter (32 years of service). Photo courtesy of Daniel Muse
Institutional memory, succession planning—those phrases
frequent come up when government leaders discuss the
wave of upcoming federal employee retirements or when an
organization reshuffles. Well
imaging leading an organization that not only has an employee with 50 years of institutional memory but was there
from the very beginning.
That’s what Oconaluftee Job
Corps has in Supervisory Social
Services Assistant Sidney L.
Myers. This year, Myers celebrates 50 years with the Job
Corps program. “Mr. Myers is a
living legend. He stands along
in the Job Corps program for a
lifetime of service,” states Education Manager Danny Muse,
who himself has served 38
years at Oconaluftee Job Corps.
Myers began his service as a
GS-4 group leader at Job Corps
Civilian Conservation Centers
(JCCCC) at the Department of
Interior Park Service Tremont
Job Corps JCCCC, located in
Tremont, Tennessee, on April
15, 1965. Myers was recruited
by Center Director Ivan Napier
after serving two years in the
U.S. Army, serving in the Panama Canal Zone.
When Tremont Job Corps
closed on June 30, 1969, My-
ers was the last staff member to
leave the center, locking the
doors and gates at midnight.
Myers transferred to the Oconaluftee JCCCC in the Great
Smokey Mountains National
Park in 1969 and shared wisdom with both students and
staff ever since.
Myers has reinvented himself in
many staff roles since that time.
He has worked as an Assistant
Recreation Specialist, Recreation Supervisor, Center Standards Officer, and Weekend Duty
Office before serving as the
Center’s Supervisory Social Services Assistant—the position he
now holds.
“What I like most about my job
is the opportunity to work with
and for my students,” states
Myers. The future Myers wants
for the JCCCCs is to continue
moving forward and reach out
young people who need it and
want educational and training
opportunities the most.
When asked how he would advise young people who are considering enrolling in Job Corps,
Myers says, “Make a plan and
stick with it—never quit!” Mr.
Myers, you certainly have followed your own advice. Congratulations on 50 years of service!
Fun Facts: You can catch
Myers’ cameo appearance
in the movie “Forest Gump.”
Myers plays the original
“Shrimp Boat Captain.”
Job Corps Center:
Oconaluftee
Job Title: Supervisory Social
Services Assistant
Personal Words to Live by :
“WOW”
Oconaluftee Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
Supervisory Social Services Assistant Sydney L.
Meyers reminisces about the birth of Job Corps.
Photo courtesy of Daniel Muse
“Mr. Myers is a
living legend.
He stands
alone in the Job
Corps program
for a lifetime of
service.”
—Education Manager
Danny Muse
Supervisory Social Services Assistant Sydney L.
Meyers. Photo courtesy of Daniel Muse
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Hands On Preservation Experience (HOPE) Restores Historic Stables!
Preservation
and other partners to help
save and preserve America’s
historic places.
Harpers Ferry
Job Corps Center partnered
with Hands On
Preservation
Experience
(Project Hope),
(L to R) National Park Service Superintendent Jim orthrop observes
the National
Harpers Ferry student Anthony Steward sit tall in the saddle on Sugarfoot
the horse on June 4, 2014. Photo courtesy of Anna Stead
Trust for Historic Preservation,
Harpers Ferry Job Corps CivilNational
Park
Service,
The
ian Conservation Center
Corps
Network,
Citizens
Conser(JCCCC), in partnership with
vation Corps of West Virginia,
The Corps Network and the
Delaware North Companies, and
National Trust for Historic
historical engineer David Logan
Preservation, has completed
to complete the project.
its first project as a Hands On
Preservation Experience
(HOPE) crew. On Wednesday,
June 4, 2014, the first HOPE
Crew participated in a ribboncutting ceremony at the historic Skyland Stables in the Shenandoah National Park, located
in the Blue Ridge Mountains of
Virginia. Young people in service and conservation Corps
nationwide will work with the
National Trust for Historic
The HOPE Crew members were
honored for the historical
preservation work they performed on the stables. Twelve
Harpers Ferry Job Corps carpentry students and Home
Right click on the link below to see
the PBS NewsHour feature story:
http://youtu.be/SRypxmdDjVM
Art Carter, HOPE crew leader from the Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia cuts the
ceremonial ribbon on June 4, 2014. Photo courtesy of Anna Stead
Builders Institute instructor Ron
Hartle completed the historical
project within nine weeks. The
work included building new stall
doors, staining of the structure,
building a corral fence, cladding
on deteriorated areas of the
stables, and refurbishing structural posts.
Right click on link below to see Skyland Stables before and after pictures:
http://www.corpsnetwork.org/
mission-accomplished-historicstables-shenandoah-national-parkrestored-1st-hope-crew
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was hosted by Jim
Northrop, Superintendent
of the Shenandoah National Park. “We took an
important historic structure that was in terrible
shape and made it better,” Northrop said, “I
think we helped some
young people develop
some new skills that they
can continue to use to do
meaningful work in other
national parks and
throughout the country.”
Delaware North Companies operate the stables
and trail rides for park
(L to R) National Park Service Superintendent Jim Northrop
visitors each year. Twelve and Harpers Ferry students Anthony Stewart, Kevin
Johnson, and Payton Boone with Sugarfoot the horse on
horses were showcased
June 4, 2014. Photo courtesy of Anna Stead
during the ceremony.
Many HOPE Crew memtional Trust for Historic Preserbers spent time with the horses
vation, stated, “It’s continuity. It
and were able to take photos
continues a historical conversawith them; the students are
tion that started in the late 30’s
planning a recreational trip
into 2014.”
back to the Skyland Stables for
a horse riding session. The ribbon cutting ceremony was enjoyed by all participants, includHarpers Ferry HOPE Crew
ing a horse that admired the big
green ribbon that was used for
Raheem Abdul-Hamid
the ceremony. Following the
Payton Boone
ceremony Delaware North ComJarmaine Budd
panies hosted a brunch for all
Nicholas Edwards
participants. HOPE crew memKevin Johnson
bers enjoyed their brunch with
Deysean Little
Superintendent Northrop in a
Aaron Myers
charming nearby cabin decoratAndre Northern
ed for the formal event.
Steven Reddick ,Jr.
Everette Sentino
In early June 2014, in a Public
Elijah Smith
Broadcast Station NewsHour
Anthony Stewart
feature story about the project,
Carpentry Instructor Ron Hartle
Monica Rhodes, Manager of
Volunteer Outreach for the Na-
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Boxelder Job Corps Center Completes Wildland, Urban Interface (WUI) Project
“Because everyone is filling in for everyone else while Todd is
on the Bearlodge I didn’t want to forget anyone that needs to
be in the loop on this. Todd, thanks for making the initial
contact at Boxelder to get the ball rolling.
(L to R) Boxelder Crew Damion Richard, Michael Nordeng, Thwi Ka Nya Htoo, Bogdan Iskenerov,
Nathan Carlson, Teran Hagen, Thomas Gravvatt, Monty Good Voice Flute, Brandon Rothchadl, David
Little ,Jr.
On July 2 and 3, 2014, Boxelder
Job Corps’ Type II firefighting
crew completed a Wildland,
Urban Interface (WUI) project
and cut down thousands of jack
pines that were encroaching on
Pageant Hill and the Custer
Disc Golf Course in Custer,
South Dakota.
WUI refers to the zone of transition between unoccupied land
and human development.
These lands and communities
are adjacent to and surrounded
by forested lands that are at
risk of wildfires.
Each year on the fourth of July,
the city of Custer holds a fireworks show on Pageant Hill;
homes opposite the disc golf
course, located within forested
lands, are vulnerable to fires
ignited by fireworks. The WUI
project provided training for the
Boxelder’ fire crew, while providing more open area for disc
golfers on the golf course and
reducing the wildfire risk for
both Pageant Hill and the City of
Custer. Boxelder performed the
WUI project work at no cost to
the city.
Boxelder Job Corps FF2 Crew at Pageant Hill and the Custer Disc Golf Course in Custer, South Dakota.
Photo courtesy of Steve Pischke
Last week on the 2nd and 3rd, we had 10 young adults come
down from Job Corp and work on thinning out some of the
Ponderosa pine that have, in some places, taken over Pageant Hill and were encroaching on the City’s WORLD CLASS
18 hole disc golf course. For most of the crew, this was their
first experience in stick stacking, time in running a chain saw
and in general working as a crew. From my perspective, as
the liaison for Custer City, I feel that they did a “bang up” job
and would like to express my appreciation for all the hard
work they did during this two day period. I would be glad to
have them back since there are still several acres yet to be
taken care of.
A special shout out needs to go to Brandon Fischer from the
Northern Hills District who coordinated the crew assigning
each crew member a task and making sure that everyone
rotated through to get some saw time. Having Brandon there
made things run smoothly.
I have included several photos to give you an idea of what
they accomplished and/or the sea of trees they were working
in.”
—Steve Pischke, Unofficial Groundskeeper for Custer’s
WORLD CLASS 18-Hole Disc Golf Course , Monday, July 7,
2014
Pageant Hill and the Custer Disc Golf Course in Custer, South Dakota. Photo courtesy of Steve Pischke
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Pine Ridge Firsts
Don Richards, Business Community Liaison, Pine Ridge Job Corps (as reported in the Chadron Record)
During Job Corps 50th anniversary week, Pine Ridge Job Corps
(JCCCC) recognized its beginnings in 1965.
Dave Prior from Torrance, California, was the first student to
step on Center on Tuesday,
December 9, 1965. The first
graduate was Robert Smith of
Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Robert was selected for a job
with the National Park Service
in Washington, D.C. Robert, who
was 19 years old, dropped out of
high school his freshman year.
Before enrolling in Job Corps,
Robert worked as a stock boy for
five months. Smith had high
praise for the education and
training he received while in the
program. Smith worked with
“Project Beautification” in the
Capital City.
Smith studied the carpentry,
heavy equipment, and maintenance trades while enrolled in
Pine Ridge JCCCC.
Robert Smith, a native of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was the first student to graduate from Pine Ridge Job
Corps. Photo courtesy of Pine Ridge Job Corps
David Prior (far left), a native of Torrance, California, was the first student to arrive on Pine Ridge Job
Corps Center. The two unidentified students were students two and three to arrive on the Center.
Photo courtesy of Pine Ridge Job Corps
Pine Ridge Fire Crew. Photo courtesy of Pine Ridge Job Corps
Pine Ridge Job Corps
Flag Pole
Student in Heavy Equipment trade. Photo courtesy of Pine Ridge Job Corps
Initial building facilities. Photo courtesy of Pine Ridge Job Corps
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Harpers Ferry Job Corps—Rock Stars in the Conservation and Restoration Volunteer World
ents is reflected in the diversity
of the volunteer projects on
which they worked. Students
have worked on reforestation
projects to restore and improve
stands, constructed and maintained trails and roads, and
constructed, maintained and
improved facilities and buildings.
Harpers Ferry Job Corps students and staff join members of the Citizens Conservation Corps of West
Virginia to celebrate the construction of new roads and trails in Harpers Ferry National Park.
The noun “volunteer” is defined as a person who performs a service willingly and
without pay and Harpers Ferry
Job Corps Civilian Conservation
Center (JCCCC) students are
rock stars in the volunteer
world of public lands conservation.
In Program Year 2013,
1,993 Forest Service Job
Corps students volunteered
210,549 hours towards
restoration and conservation on the nation’s public
lands. These hours have an
independent sector volunteer hour value of
$4,661,555 million dollars.
The Economic Opportunity
Act of 1964 assigned the
U.S. Forest Service Job
Corps Civilian Conservation
Centers a unique conservation mission to “provide
academic education and
practical training in workbased learning to conserve,
develop and manage, and
enhance public natural
resources and recreation
areas, or to develop community projects in the public interest.”
In Program Year (PY) 2013, 239
Harpers Ferry students volunteered 36,223 hours of skillsbased work to improve the infrastructure of America’s public
lands. These students clearly
embrace the Civilian Conservation Center mission to
“conserve, develop and manage, and enhance public natural resources and recreation
areas, or to develop community
projects in the public interest.”
To put these hours in perspective, they translate into 20.12
person years and a monetary
value of $801,977 dollars. Of
the 28 JCCCCs, Boxelder Job
Corps, which racked up 20,688
hours, an equally impressive
number when considering that
it was accomplished with a
mere 26 students, was Harpers
Ferry closest competitor. Harpers Ferry students’ array of tal-
The Harpers Ferry Center has
continued its exceptional volunteer record into PY14. Beginning
in October 2013, the Center
partnered with the Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia
the Eastern Panhandle Trailblazers on a one year project to
maintain and construct roads
and trails in Harpers Ferry National Park. The trail connects
Ranson, West Virginia to Martinsburg, West Virginia. Additionally, Harpers Ferry students
are installing trail heads that
display maps and information on
historical landmarks in Jefferson
and Berkley Counties. In cooperation with the West Virginia Division of Forestry, students also
have beatified the trail by planting 126 trees in 2013 and 300
trees since the beginning of this
year.
On June 13, 2014, 35 Harpers
Ferry JCCCCs students joined
Butch Blazer, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment
and National Job Corps Director
In Program Year (PY)
2013, 239 Harpers Ferry
students volunteered
36,223 hours of skillsbased work to improve
the infrastructure of
America’s public lands.
To put these hours in
perspective, they translate into 20.12 person
years and a monetary
value of $801,977
dollars.
Tina Terrell in a National Day of
Service to celebrate the beauty
of America’s natural landscapes.
Although all of the Center’s
projects are equally important,
Harpers Ferry Job Corps Center
the project that garnered the
highest profile for Harpers Ferry
was its partnership with The
Corps Network and National
Trust for Historic Preservation
to be a part of the first “HOPE
Crew” (Hands On Preservation
Experience Crew).
The HOPE kick-off project was
the preservation of Skyland
Stables on Skyline Drive in the
Shenandoah National Park.
Probably the icing on the cake
for Harpers Ferry Job Corps was
when its carpenters were featured in a Public Broadcast
Service (PBS) for their preservation work for HOPE. Visit the link
at: http://youtu.be/SRypxmdDjVM.
Bailey Elementary School Butterfly Garden.
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Youth Natural Resource Program Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act
Boxelder Job Corps students and the Rocky Mountain Region Specialty Pack String work in the Black
Elk Wilderness. Photo courtesy of Bethany L. Doten
Darwin Yellow Earrings, 18, of McLaughlin, South Dakota, rolls up a piece of barbed wire he found
Wednesday morning in the Black Elk Wilderness while working with the Youth Natural Resource
Program. Photo courtesy of Rapid City Journal
The Youth Natural Resources
Program (YNRP) consists of a 7member Boxelder Job Corps
Crew and a 10-member crew of
students from local Native
American tribes who work on
natural resource conservation
projects with the U.S. Forest
Service.
In July, YNRP participated in a
special Wilderness Stewardship
project inside the Black Elk
Wilderness (named in honor of
Ogallala Lakota Holy Man Black
Elk) that was funded to encourage Native American youth to
participate in Wilderness Act
50th Anniversary projects.
The U.S. Forest Service Region
2, Rocky Mountain Region Specialty Pack String, partnered
with the YNRP and seasonal
Black Hills National Forest employees to haul steel posts,
barbed wire, and other metal
remnants of a former homestead and boundary posts and
signs on the Norbeck Wildlife
Preserve.
The mule team is primarily used
to haul equipment to backcountry areas where motorized
equipment is not allowed and
for educational outreach. Each
mule is capable of hauling 160
pounds per trip.
YNRP was founded in 2000 and
Boxelder Job Corps joined YNRP
as a primary partner in 2008.
The mission of YNRP is to teach
participants valuable job and life
skills through completing conservation projects such as trail
maintenance and construction,
riparian restoration, heritage
restoration, noxious weed abatement, and fuels reduction on the
Black Hills National Forest.
YNRP students are paid just
under $10 per hour and live at
Boxelder Job Corps during the
two four-week summer sessions
and participate in all Center
activities.
Taeran Helton, left, and Zeke Helper search Wednesday for steel posts in an area of the Black Elk
Wilderness near Gate Creek. They were part of a group made up of Native Americans and Boxelder Job
Corps members who have been working with the Black Hills National Forest to bring the area back to
its natural state. Photo courtesy of Rapid City Journal
Right click on link to
view Youth Natural Resources Program
Slideshow: http://
fsweb.blackhills.r2.fs.fe
d.us/public_affairs/
ynrp_mule_wilderness_
slideshow/index.html
Rocky Mountain Region Specialty Pack String hauls debris out of the Black Elk Wilderness. Photo
courtesy of Bethany L. Doten
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Trapper Creek Job Corps Students Add Electricity to 4LazyF Ranch in Grand Teton National Park
Cyndi Szymanski, Natural Resource Liaison, Job Corps National Office
Historic 4LazyF Ranch in Grand Teton National Park
“The park staff was extremely impressed with the students, their work
ethic, and positive attitudes. Jeremy was an amazing leader and Gary
provided some much needed expertise. I hope the group enjoyed White
Grass Dude Ranch. We would love to have the five students return.”
—Katherine Wonson,
Cultural Resources Specialist, Grand Teton National Park
(L to R) Trapper Creek Job Corps students Donovan Archuletta, Mercedes Coleman, Cameron Laver,
Steven Gazzillo, Jesse Neale, and Yellowstone National Park Electrician Gary Shelton. Photo courtesy of
Gary Shelton
Grand Teton National Park
needed some help. The 4LazyF
Ranch needs upgraded electrical work, roofing and general
maintenance.
(L to R) Trapper Creek Job Corps students Cameron Laver, Mercedes Coleman, and Donovan
Archuletta
We would love to have the five
students return.”
Fortunately, Trapper Creek Job
Corps students in Montana
were ready and eager for the
work. And after one week, the
historic 4LazyF Ranch went
electric. The five students, accompanied by residential staff
Jeremy Perlinger, and taught by
National Park Service Electrician Gary Shelton, completed
the wiring challenge, digging
trench, running wire, installing
an electric panel box and making the necessary connections.
The week long work project,
completed in June 2014, is part
of a larger interagency agreement signed between the National Park and Trapper Creek
Job Corps Center. The intent of
the agreement is three fold: to
allow Job Corps students to
practice their skills in a real
world work environment; to
expose Job Corps students to
the National Park and potential
career opportunities with the
Federal government; and to
expand the knowledge about
the Job Corps program in the
region.
Not only did the students complete the work but they impressed the Grand Teton National Park staff. Katherine
Wonson, Cultural Resources
Specialist at the Park thanked
the Trapper Creek students,
saying “The park staff was extremely impressed with the
students, their work ethic, and
positive attitudes. Jeremy was
an amazing leader and Gary
provided some much needed
expertise. I hope the group enjoyed White Grass Dude Ranch.
Based on the success of this
initial project, and the needs of
the National Park, student
crews will be returning to the
park soon. Next trip the students might upgrade the White
Grass Cabins, learn some historic preservation techniques at
the 4LazyF Ranch, and possibly
see an elk in the beautiful national park. Who knows, maybe
someone will decide to make a
career out of maintaining some
of our national treasures and
structures.
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Schenck Job Corps Students Gain Work Experience on the Huron-Manistee National Forests
Elizabeth McNichols, Resource Information Specialist, GISP, Huron-Manistee National Forest
the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to pursue a
career with the Forest Service
and forestry in general.”
The Forestry/Job Corps Public
Lands Corps program on the
Huron Shores Ranger Station is
fulfilling their goals to 1) Recruit
and train Job Corps students
from the Schenck Forestry Program in the areas of forest and
wildfire management, 2) Provide
Job Corps youth opportunities to
be hired through the Public
Lands Corps authority, and 3)
Connect Job Corps youth to professional employees who serve
as mentors and coaches.
(L to R) Schenck Job Corps students Dante Lewis-Sutton and Stephen Osborne work on the HuronManistee National Forest as members of the Public Lands Corps. Photo courtesy of Kate Salm
Two Schenck Job Corps Civilian
Conservation (JCCCC) students
began their Huron-Manistee
National Forests experience on
snowshoes. Shortly after the
February signing of the program agreement, two young
men from Pisgah, North Carolina arrived in northeast Michigan on a cold, blustery winter
day. Dante Lewis-Sutton and
Stephen Osborne stepped into
a brand new adventure, the
Forestry/Job Corps Public
Lands Corps Program.
Mentoring these students was
spearheaded by Resource Information Specialist Elizabeth
(Liz) McNichols during her
practicum for the 2013 Eastern Province Middle Leader
Program. Having spent two
weeks at Cass Job Corps during her program, Liz identified
a way to bridge the gap between USDA Forest Service
JCCCCs and the National Forests by creating student opportunities for paid or unpaid Work
Based Learning experiences.
The idea was inspired by Cassandra Ramos, Forestry Technician on the Huron-Manistee
National Forests and graduate
of the advanced forestry program at Schenck Job Corps.
Ramos is the work supervisor
for these students while on the
Huron-Manistee National Forests. Ramos was recently selected as the Lead Timber
Marker on another national
forest in the state of Washington. Forest management principles and their application was
the first order of business. As
the snow melted, the students
transitioned to working with
wildlife, botany, recreation and
the fire staff.
The students will complete their
program in May, and two new
students are planned to arrive in
August 2014.
The unique opportunity was
made possible by the collaboration of the Eastern and Southern
Region Job Corps Liaison Clara
Johnson, Natural Resources/
Forestry Instructor Mickey
Beland at Schenck, Natural Resources Liaison Cynthia Szymanski at the Job Corps National
Office, Huron Shores District
Ranger Shawn Cochran, and
Timber Program Manager Ralph
The Job Corps forestry
program on the Huron
Shores Ranger Station is
fulfilling their goals to 1)
Recruit and train Job
Corps students from the
Schenck Forestry Program in the areas of forest and wildfire management, 2) Provide Job
Corps youth opportunities to be hired through
the Public Lands Corps
authority, and 3) Connect Job Corps youth to
professional employees
who serve as mentors
and coaches.
Hartman.
For more information about the
Huron-Manistee NFS Forestry/
Job Corps Public Land Corps
program, please contact Liz
McNichols at (989) 739-0728
or [email protected]
To expand the learning opportunities for these youth, weekend
field trips included a trip to the
Alcona FFA Celebration Days
where they learned about maple syrup production, and to
Hartwick Pines State Park, noted as one of the few remaining
native old growth white and red
pine forests in Michigan.
When asked about the program, Dante said, “It is a different kind of forestry experience
working in Michigan;” while
Stephen commented, “This is a
great opportunity to establish
(L to R) Schenck Job Corps students Dante Lewis-Sutton and Stephen Osborne work on the
Huron-Manistee National Forest as members of the Public Lands Corps. Photo courtesy of Kate
Salm
Page 16
Photos from the Civilian Conservation Center Fire Program
“All Smiles” — Harpers Ferry Job Corps Fire Crew No. 1
Lisa Loncar, SFEO/Engine Captain E641, Monongahela NF
David Little Jr mopping up on the Calton Complex in
Washington. Photo courtesy of Robert Cota
Six Harpers Ferry FF2 students and two staff members completed a 14 day fire assignment fighting the RACMOB, Watermelon Hill, Bugg Rd
Fire and Carlton Complex from July 19 through August 5, 2014. Harpers Ferry Job Corps Fire Crew No. 1 at the Tonasket Ranger District in
Tonasket, WA on July 24th, 2014. From Left side of sign: Ron Brown (AD), Brandon Carney (HFJC), Mike Gilmore (FS), Ron Polgar (behind
Gilmore – Monongahela NF). Front and Behind Sign: Danielle Martin (FS), Abidemi Dari (HFJC), Lisa Loncar (Detailer to HFJC as staff),
Dennis Weikle (Monongahela NF), Mike Whitehill (FS). Right of Sign: Bill Snodgrass (Monongahela NF), Carl Kelk (AD). Bottom Row: Jim
McCormick, Justin Sperry (HFJC – Rec. Tech.), Bill Oldland(FS), Corey Bryant (HF JC), Mike Wygal (Monongahela NF), Govenor Hall (HFJC),
Deon Pastusak (HFJC – behind G. Hall).Laying Down: Mark Tracy (AD), Donna (Bus Driver), Brian Davis (HF JC). Photo courtesy of Lisa Loncar
As of August 2014, 778 Job Corps students
had been deployed to 166 fire assignments,
working a total of 96,696 hours.
Right click on the box to the right
and select adobe acrobat document to open slideshow of 14
Columbia Basin Job
Columbia Basin Job Corps students
who completed the FFT-2 training. Corps CCC 2014 FFT-2-T.p
Prepared by Susan Mann.
Boxelder Job Corps student Thwi Ka Nywa Htoo learns how to use a Very Pistol at the 2014 Black Hill Interagency Fire School. Photo
courtesy of Robert Cota
Mingo Job Corps students, members of the Mobile Operations Control Center
No. 3 are exited and ready. The bus leaving Rolla, Missouri rolled out just after
8:30 a.m. headed to St. Louis, Missouri and the National Interagency Fire
Center jet arrives at 1 p.m.! this morning. Photo courtesy of Jody Eberly
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“Job Corps Helped Make Me the Person I am Today”
Sergio A. Gutierrez, Boise, Idaho, Chief Judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals (May 27, 2014, Washington Post Reprint)
I am the judge mentioned in the May 20 front-page article “At core of
LBJ’s legacy, a question,” which discussed the efficacy of the Job
Corps program. I can definitively say that my life and the lives of the
youths who participate in the program are better for it.
At 16, my future looked bleak. My circumstances were typical of the
youths who entered the program: I came from a low-income family, had
no familial support and literally confronted death in the streets. Quite
simply, Job Corps saved my life. The Wolf Creek Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Glide, Ore., immediately provided me a safe place
and gave me a reason to care about living. I credit my success to the
manner in which the staff took an interest in me as a person. Beyond job
training, the center provided a positive way to look at yourself and opportunities. Numbers cannot quantify the change in one’s life perspective.
Sergio A. Gutierrez, Boise, Idaho, Chief Judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals, Photo
Courtesy of the State of Idaho
I remain grateful to Job Corps for providing me the opportunity to succeed. As a result, I have been able to give back to our country, not only as
a public servant but also by supporting and mentoring today’s youths so
that they, too, can succeed.
Sergio A. Gutierrez, Boise, Idaho
Chief Judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals
Kudos from Another Satisfied Employer to Curlew Job Corps
Curlew Job Corps graduate Evelyn Anderson
It’s always great to hear from
happy and satisfied employers
of Job Corps students. Here is
one of the latest notes of praise
for a Curlew JCCCC graduate—
Evelyn Anderson.
“Good afternoon. Just wanted to
follow up with you and let you
know that I hired Evelyn this
morning. She stayed in contact
with me from the time I met you
all the way to today. So far I
have been impressed in her
consistency and professionalism. When I called her to ask if
she needed directions to our
office she said she had already
driven here to make sure she
knew where she was going and
to make sure she wasn’t late.
We had a great interview with
her this morning and she impressed everyone in our office.
Tomorrow she will head out to
our 40 story apartment job and
begin her journey to getting her
journeyman card. Thanks for the
referral and we are excited to
watch her grow not only in our
company but in her chosen career as a finisher.”
—Jorrod Avery, Interior Finishes
Superintendent, Anning-Johnson
Curlew Job Corps Facts
Activation Date: April
28, 1965
Associated Forest: Colville National Forest
Number of students:
186
Students served each
year: 278
Number of employees:
72
Volunteer hours on National Forest System
Lands FY2013: 9,460
Vocational Trades:
Facilities Maintenance
Forestry Conservation
and Firefighting
Medical Office Support
Union Painting
Union Carpentry
Union Bricklaying
Welding
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Firefighter Training Prepares Recruits
Don Richards, Business Community Liaison, Pine Ridge Job Corps
(Left Back) Logan Kenoras, Tyall Thompson, Dylan Pagget, Brian Taylor, Cedric Jackson, Robert Iron Cloud, Timothie Campbell, Noe Reh,Chris Brown, Jarett Siefford, Taw Moo, Marina Lopuyo, Eh Hser,
Daniel Tudor, Rufus Whiters, Dominic Lopuyo, Crew Leader Dalynn Parks, Ahmed Kadim . (Second Row) Kahsay Yitabrek, Michael Veenendaal, Matia Haynes, Naing Oo, Terry Minard III, Hanady Kamal,
Harley Wester, Adam Kovar, Allen Hauck, Chris-tian Valenzuea, Clayton Klevemann, Crystal Lozano, Cristian Regalado, Soe Lin Naing Khaing, Christian Marcial, Nay Gay Lah, Soe Nay, Char Pee, Aboubaker
Eltoum, (Front) Michael Jones Robinson, Joe Searcy, Anthony Hill, Troy Lewis, Jazire Moore, Niel Nielson, Tha Gay, Juan Ochoa Carbajal, Joshua Ellis, Christopher Moorlet. Photo courtesy of Don Richards
The Nebraska National Forest
held its annual spring Wildland
Fire Training School at Pine
Ridge Job Corps the week of
April 14th, 2014, under the
supervision of Fire Program
Coordinator Dalynn Parks. Fifty
students and staff participated
in the training. Some were taking the training as a refresher
course.
ger of a burn over, that is, when
the firefighters are trapped by
fire surrounding them from all
directions and firefighters have
to protect themselves with fire
retardant shelters. The firefighting students learned about
the importance of communication and how it could save
someone’s life.
There was classroom instruction as well as actual field experience. The students covered
courses in wildland fire, topography, weather, fire safety,
terminology and preparedness.
The group learned the appropriate use of water, watch situations, deploying fire shelters
and suppression techniques.
A pack test was given. This
requires the firefighters to hike
three miles with a 45-pound
pack in 45 minutes. On the
final day, the recruits went on a
practice exercise where they
excavated an eighteen inch
line of bare dirt. The fire line is
built around the perimeter of
the fire to stop or contain a fire
from spreading.
The trainees learned how to
dig, communicate, and move
along the line at a continuous
pace. There is always the dan-
Pine Ridge Job Corps firefighting students. Photo courtesy of Don Richards.
Pine Ridge Job Corps student Noe Reh. Photo
courtesy of Don Richards
Pine Ridge Job Corps firefighters digging fire line. Photo courtesy of Don Richards
Compare Don’s recreation in the left photo to the vignette seen in the historic black and white Pine Ridge firefighters’ photo on page nine.
Page 19
Tim Mitchell Awarded Habitat for Humanity’s Golden Hammer Award
worked alongside Habitat volunteers to build durable, affordable houses at the lowest
cost possible within the Moses
Lake community for many
years. Habitat houses are sold
to partner families, who invest
hundreds of hours of their own
labor, at no profit. Habitat for
Humanity Building Manager
Terry Hall has stated that
Mitchell and Columbia Basin
students supplied approxiColumbia Basin Job Corps Carpentry Instructor
Tim Mitchell. Photo courtesy of Susan Mann
On July 28, 2014, Columbia
Basin Job Corps Carpentry Instructor Tim Mitchell was presented with Habitat for Humanity's Golden Hammer Award. The
Golden Hammer Award is given
to individuals and groups who
provide outstanding service and
make significant contributions
to the organization.
Mitchell, along with Columbia
Basin Job Corps students from a
variety of Center vocations, including carpentry, painting, cement, and plastering trades, has
Columbia Basin Job Corps Facts
Activation Date: November 1, 1965
Associated Forest: OkanoganWenatchee National Forest
Number of students: 247
Students served each year: 406
Number of employees: 81
Volunteer hours on NFS in FY2013:
6,587
Vocational Trades:
Computer Networking/Cisco
Culinary Arts
Facilities Maintenance
Nurse Assistant Home Health Aide
Office Administration
Pharmacy Technician
Union Cement Masonry
Union Carpentry
Union Painting
Union Plastering
Right click to watch
Mitchell accept the Golden Hammer Award:
http://www.habitat-forhumanity-awards-moseslake-man-with-goldenhammer
mately 99 percent of the labor
on the last home Habitat constructed which measured a
little over 1,500 square feet to
accommodate the family with a
son with special needs. A core
component of Job Corps is
Work-Based Learning which
provides students with handson real world work experience,
while providing services within
their communities.
On September 27, 2013,
Mitchell and his students
helped “raise the walls” of that
home, Habitat’s twelfth in Moses Lake. A crew of five to six
Surrounded by his carpentry students, Columbia Basin Job Corps Carpentry Instructor Tim Mitchell
(center) displays his Golden Hammer Award. Photo courtesy of the Columbia Basin Herald
Columbia Basin Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center. Photo courtesy of Columbia Basin Job Corps
Right click to view the raising walls video:
Raising the walls video: Twelfth house being built by Habitat for
Humanity in Moses Lake, WA
Right click video link to view
video on Work-Based Learning: http://job-corpscelebrates-its-th-anniversarywith-the-community/
Columbia Basin Job Corps students worked an average of
250 hours per week on the
home. Hall, said that “It has
been a pleasure to have and
work with Job Corps on this
project.” As Mitchell accepted
the award, he gave primary
credit for his award to the students of Columbia Basin.
Individuals pictured in Hard Hats are Columbia Basin Job Corps JCCC students. Standing Left to Right: Tim
Mitchell, UBC Carpentry Instructor, Jacob Derrick, Kalie Provins, Anthony Bargma, Brad Rieush, Alex
Wilson, Sean LaFrancois, Homeowners Darrell and Tammy Roloff, Terry Winn, Ronald Beeny, Justus Griffin,
Alex Statstill and Habitat for Humanity Project Manager Terry Hall. Kneeling left to right: John Coals, Trevor
Bradt, Jalen Rude-Filgo, Jeremy Ward, Jason Gilbert, Yasara Alverez. Photo courtesy of Susan Mann
Page 20
Toby J. Aberle Wins Department of Labor National Safety Officer Contest
Boxelder Safety Officer Toby Aberle. Photo
courtesy of Boxelder Job Corps
After competing against 125
Job Corps safety officers nationwide, Toby Aberle, Safety Officer
at the Boxelder Job Corps Center, won the Department of
Labor (DOL’s) Office of Job
Corps’ National Safety Officer
Contest.
DOL’s Office of Job Corps holds
this yearly contest in observance of June as Universal
Safety Month in coordination
with the National Safety Council. Toby was recognized for his
significant contributions to safety on the Center and in the local
community.
Toby’s focus on safety resulted
in a safety score of 8.7 out of 9
on its annual Department of
Labor Occupational Safety and
Health Review. Boxelder’s
dorm safety and dorm appearance have improved tremendously due to Toby’s monthly
inspections for unsafe use of
electronics, damaged window
screens, and electrical cords.
These inspections have resulted in safe, clean rooms and
lavatories.
Through improved dorm conditions and safety watch, Boxelder students are taking more
pride in and care for the dormitories which assists in creating
a positive living environment.
Aberle’s Center contributions
include improving Center Quarterly State Health Inspections
ratings up from 80% to 98.5%,
and a Center rating of 8.7 out
of 9 for its annual DOL Occupation Safety and Health Inspection.
In 2014, for the second year in
a row, Aberle also was awarded
the National Director’s Safety
“Far too often, workers ignore even the most basic, yet life-saving
safety procedures,” states Job Corps National Director Tina Terrell.
“Boxelder Job Corps students and staff have a knowledge and
enthusiasm for the safety and health program as a result of Toby’s
efforts. He always goes ‘above and beyond’ and this recognition of
his efforts is well-deserved.”
—Tina J. Terrell, Job Corps National Director
Leadership Award for has been
selected for the Safety Leadership Award for his outstanding
contributions to the advancement and promotion of safety
and occupational health at
Boxelder Job Corps.
“Far too often, workers ignore
even the most basic, yet lifesaving safety procedures,”
says National Director Tina
Terrell. “Boxelder Job Corps
students and staff have a
knowledge and enthusiasm for
the safety and health program
as a result of Toby’s efforts. He
always goes ‘above and beyond’ and this recognition of
his efforts is well-deserved,”
commented Terrell.
Write a Job Corps Success Story for the Courier!
Help tell the story of Forest Service Job Corps and create a lasting record of what Job Corps
students accomplish each and
every day.
A good story will answer the
questions of what happened,
when did it take place, who was
involved, why was it done, where
did it take place and how did it
happen. Describe the accomplishment, internal and external
partners and why your story is
significant.
Submit high quality photographs
in .jpeg format with your story.
A good photo will convey the
essence of what you want peo-
ple to remember. As they say,
“A picture is worth a thousand
words.”
Provide captions for your photographs. A reader wants the
answers to the following questions: Who is that?; What’s going
on?, When and where was this?,
How did this occur? Your audience wants to understand your
picture.
Please provide the following
information for photo captions:
Name of individuals (L to R);
Activity/project captured in photo; Name of photographer for
photo credit; Physical location
where photo was taken; Day/
(L to R) Boxelder Safety Officer Toby Aberle and
Job Corps National Director Tina Terrell. Photo
courtesy of Alicia D. Bennett
Month/Year photo was taken if
available
Please submit your story in APA
Style and Franklin Gothic Book
font size nine.
Call Alicia D. Bennett at 303275-5934 or send an e-mail to:
[email protected] describing
the story you would like to write
and to discuss its placement.
Schenck Job Corps Forestry trade students.
Photo courtesy of Schenck Job Corps
Page 21
Cass Job Corps People’s Garden Is Expanding
Jennifer Hennigan, Office Automation Assistant, Cass Job Corps
den of which they are proud.
Initial construction started
with raised garden beds in
addition to the tilled ground
level garden locations. Fresh
tomatoes, squash, corn, and
cucumbers from the garden
are now utilized daily in the
Center’s Culinary Arts program training kitchen.
Cass Job Corps students work in the Center’s People’s Garden. Front Row (L to r) Rowena Angotti
and Tanisha Coleman. Back Row (L to R) Rachael Werb, Mariah Nobles, Rosa Adair and Scarlet
Edison. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Hennigan
The People’s Garden Initiative
was started by the United States
Department of Agriculture in
2009 to challenge department
employees and citizens across
the country to establish community and school gardens. Three
common factors are present in
all established People’s Gar-
dens: 1) the gardens must benefit the community; 2) they
must be a collaborative effort;
and 3) they must be set-up to
incorporate sustainable practices.
Cass Job Corps student and
staff population have worked
hard to create a People’s Gar-
This year a greenhouse was
purchased. It will be constructed in fall and it will
allow the Center to start raising flowers and vegetables
on-center for next year’s use.
Cass Job Corps students
have learned some valuable
lifelong skills about growing
vegetables while saving money and promoting self-growth Cass Job Corps student Patrick Linton harvests
through the satisfaction of
peppers. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Hennigan
seeing the fruits of their labor. The Centers’ garden
expansion next year will include
Cass Job Corps students and
more raised garden beds and
staff and cultivated a strong
fencing to keep out wildlife. It
sense of pride in their center.
has been a great experience for
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Signed into Law
Right click link below to
learn more about WIOA
https://
beta.congress.gov/113/
bills/hr803/BILLS113hr803enr.pdf
The Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) Public
Law 113-128, which reauthorizes the Job Corps program, was
unanimously passed by both
the Senate and House and
signed into law by President
Obama on July 22, 2014.
WIOA will enhance the Job
Corps program by aligning common performance measures
and increasing the performance
outcomes and quality of Job
Corps Centers, by establishing
community networks that include employers, labor organizations, and state and local
boards to improve services to
and outcomes for Job Corps
participants.
“Within the Job Corps,
there is authorized a Youth
Conservation Corps in
which no less than 40 per
centum of the male enrollees.. . ..shall be assigned
to camps where their work
activity is directed primarily
toward conserving, developing, and managing public
natural resources of the
Nation and developing,
managing, and protecting
public recreation areas.”
—The Economic Opportunity Act,
Public Law 88-452
PREAMBLE TO THE ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY ACT
“The United States can achieve
its full economic and social potential as a nation only if every
individual has the opportunity to
contribute to the full extent of his
capabilities and to participate in
the workings of our society. It is
therefore, the policy of the United States to eliminate the paradox of poverty in the midst of
plenty in this Nation by opening
to everyone the opportunity for
education and training, the opportunity to work, and the opportunity to live in decency and
dignity."
Page 22
Highlights from Civilian Conservation Centers’ August 18—22, 2014 50th Anniversary Week
Right click to read
the Presidential
Message on Job
Corps’ 50th
Anniversary:
https://
twitter.com/
USDOL/
Jacobs Creek Center Director prepares to bury
time capsule in recognition of the program’s
50th anniversary. Photo courtesy of TriCities.com
Cass Job Corps unveiled its 50th anniversary sign during its 50th anniversary week celebration.
Photo courtesy of Cass Job Corps
Right click link below to see how Jacobs Creek prepares students for the world of work: http://
www.wcyb.com/news/job-corps-prepare-young-adults-for-work/
Right click to
view the
speech that
envisioned
Job Corps:
Johnson’s
Great
Society
Speech
"Carl Schenck," who started the first school of forestry at what is now
the Cradle of Forestry, makes a surprise visit, at the Schenck Job Corps
celebration. Carl Schenck was born in 1868. Photo courtesy of The
Transylvania Times
(L to R) Columbia Basin Job Corps Fire Team. Back Row: Jeremy Wyatt, Damien Cunningham, Danny
Feiock, Samuel Winters, Alexandar Maldonado, Jose Martinez Alcoser, Maribel Castillo-Gonzalez and JC
AFMO Robert Kephart. Front Row: Anjelica Jones, Tino Barrera, Smokey Bear, Rakshya Shaha, Sepoima
Lavea. Photo courtesy of Susan Mann
Right click on the box below and select adobe acrobat document to open
slideshow of Columbia Basin Job Corps’ 50th Anniversary celebration
Prepared by Susan Mann, Business Community Liaison, Columbia Basin
(L to R) Trapper Creek Job Corps student tour guides Sunni Arnold, Dezirae Jarred, new Trapper Creek
Center Director Chris Feutrier, Titus Brown and Steven Thompson prepare for the 50th Anniversary of
Job Corps. Photo courtesy of Michelle McConnaha, Ravali Republic
Page 23
Tiffany Gottberg Designs Forest Service Job Corps 50th Anniversary Poster
Timber Lake Job Corps student Tiffany
Gottberg. Photo courtesy of Timber Lake Job
Student Name:
Tiffany Gottberg
Age: 19
Hometown: Kenmore, WA
Job Corps Center: Timber Lake
Vocational Trade: Business
Administration
What You Like Best About Job
Corps: The extensive amount
of activities
Favorite Color: Every single
color in the world
Favorite Type of Music: Japanese music
Favorite Past Time: A wide
variety of arts and crafts, and
reading
Education Aspirations: Learning more Japanese and a class
on making comics
Career Aspirations: Artist
Personal Hero: My mother, My
father, and Gregg
Favorite Quote: “Art is either
plagiarism or revolution”
—Paul Gauguin
Page 24
Job Corps Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
Original Civilian Conservation Center
Directors in B&W Photo: Agency abbreviations: OEO (Office of Economic Opportunity, USDI (U.S. Dept. of Interior), BIA
(Bureau of Indian Affairs), BLM (Bureau of
Land Management), BR (Bureau of Reclamation), NPS (National Park Service),
F&WLS (Fish and Wildlife Service), USFS
(U.S. Forest Service)
Front row (left to right): Stanley Zimmerman, OEO, Washington, DC; James C.
Gillis, OEO, Training Officer, Washington,
DC; C.S. Merman, BR, Region 7, Denver,
CO; Harry Rainbolt, BIA, Washington, DC;
Luis Gastellum, NPS, Director Job Corps,
Washington, DC; Forrest Sorenson, BR,
Center Director, Casper, Wyoming; Lee
Brewer, BIA, Center Director, Winslow, AZ;
John Carley, OEO, Washington, DC; Barney
Old Coyote, USDI, Director Job Corps,
Washington, DC; Charles Butler, BR, Washington, DC. Second row (left to right):
Ralph Kunz, USFS, Center Director, Ouachita, AR; Jack Deinema, USFS, Job Corps
Director, Washington, DC; James Batman,
NPS, Center Director, Cumberland Gap,
KY; James Corson, NPS, Center Director,
Wellfleet, MA; Charles Riebe, NPS, Center
Director, Great Onyx, KY; Harvey Price,
USFS, Center Director, Arrowood, NC; Tony
Dorrell, USFS, Center Director, Curlew, WA;
Richard Latimer, BR, Center Director,
Toyon, CA; Murray Durst, BR, Center Director, Collbran, CO; Robert Lewis, USFS,
Center Director, Angell, OR; David Paynter,
OEO, Washington, DC; John Scalise, BLM,
Center Director, Tillamook, OR. Back row
(left to right): Al Maxey, NPS, Center Director, Catoctin, MD; Jens Jensen, BLM,
Washington, DC; William Schlick, BIA,
Washington, DC; Woodrow Austin, F&WLS,
Center Director, Crab Orchard, IL; Phillip
Clark, USFS, Center Director, Schenck, NC,
Richard Pomeroy, USFS, Center Director,
Wolf Creek, OR; Ned Jackson, USFS, Center Director, Grants, NM; William Snyder,
USFS, Center Director, Mountainair, NM;
Stanford Adams, USFS, Center Director,
Hodgen, OK, Elmer Foutz, BR, Center
Director, Lewiston, CA; Patrick Sheehan,
USFS, Center Director, Blue Jay, PA; Howard Huenecke, F&WLS, Washington, DC;
Kenneth Taber, USFS, Denver, CO.
Hilton Hotel, Denver, Colorado, April 2,
1965. Photo Courtesy of Tony Dorrell, First
Center Director of Curlew Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center
The first few groups of Job
Corps Civilian Conservation
Camp directors were personally
interviewed by Office of Economic Opportunity Director
Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, Jr. Upon meeting one proposed camp director, Shriver
demanded, “What do you want
with a job like this? Why don’t
you continue with forests and
trees? They don’t talk back!”
Current Forest Service Job Corps Center Directors: FIRST ROW: Brandon Pfeilmeier, Pine Knot Job Corps Center Director; Ralph DiBattista, Harpers
Ferry Job Corps Center Director; Peggy Hendren, Assistant Director, Job Corps National Office; Tina J. Terrell, National Director, Job Corps National
Office; Harris W. Maceo, Chief-of-Staff, Job Corps National Office; Cynthia Snow Kopack, Cass Job Corps Center Director; David M. Scholes, Flatwoods Job Corps Center Director; Gwendolyn Gaither, Harpers Ferry Job Corps Deputy Center Director. SECOND ROW: Michael Schenk, Blackwell
Job Corps Deputy Center Director; Sharon Hernandez, Timber Lake Job Corps Deputy Center Director; Scott Prescott, Collbran Job Corps Deputy
Center Director; Matt Nielson, Weber Basin Job Corps Center Director (Acting Assistant Director, Job Corps National Office); Tammy Wentland,
Schenck Job Corps Center Director; Sherri Chambers, Wolf Creek Job Corps Center Director; Ray Ryan, Anaconda Job Corps Center Director; Robert
Fausti, Blackwell Job Corps Center Director; Mike Deveraux, Boxelder Job Corps Center Director; Michelle Woods, Centennial Job Corps Center
Director; Mike Kelly, Columbia Basin Job Corps Center Director. THIRD ROW: Chuck Root, Ouachita Job Corps Center Director; Tammy Calamari,
Great Onyx Acting Center Director; Curtis Haynes, Great Onyx Deputy Director; Walter West, Jacobs Creek Job Corps Center Director; Sam Cooper,
Mingo Job Corps Center Director; Mary E. Smith, Oconaluftee Job Corps Center Director, Clyde Franklin, Pine Ridge Job Corps Center Director; Kurt
Davis, Centennial Job Corps Deputy Center Director; Chris Feutrier, Trapper Creek Job Corps Center Director; Jason Talbot, Weber Basin Job Corps
Acting Center Director; David Floyd, Golconda Job Corps Center Director. FOURTH ROW: Arthur Phalo, Lyndon B. Johnson Center Director; Scott
Olson, Timber Lake Job Corps Center Director; Billy Lewis, Jacobs Creek Job Corps Deputy Center Director; Eric Bracken, Curlew Job Corps Center
Director; Gove Aker, Collbran Job Corps Center Director; John Booker, Angell Job Corps Center Director, Dennis Graham, Fort Simcoe Center Director; Lawrence Ferrell, Flatwoods Job Corps Center Director; Dan Crow, Pine Knot Job Corps Deputy Center Director; Dan MacPherson, Golconda Job
Corps Deputy Center Director. Frenchburg Job Corps Center Director Ira Young is not pictured.
U.S. Forest Service Region 2 Regional Office, Denver, Colorado, September 9, 2014
Page 25
Dedication
The 50th Edition of the Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Courier is dedicated to Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, Jr. for his vision in establishing
the Job Corps program and choosing to make it Title I of the Economic Opportunity Act, thereby making Job Corps a critical player in the War on Poverty. Job
Corps has changed the lives of millions of America’s at-risk youth and for many young people has been a last chance for success.
“Nearly everybody in their life needs someone to help them. I don’t care whether you’re the greatest
self-made man; the fact is somebody has helped you along the way.”
--Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.
Page 26
What Can Civilian Conservations Centers Do For Your National Forests or Grasslands?
Sample Work
Forest Service Job Corps
Civilian Conservation Centers
National Forest Systems
Recreation
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Trail construction, trail maintenance
Recreation Site improvements: painting (signs, picnic tables),
facilities maintenance, construction, brush removal, mowing,
trailhead maintenance)
Installation of picnic tables, fire rings
Kiosk construction and installation
Forestry

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Pre-commercial thinning, tree planting, timber marking
Stream maintenance -gabion installations
Nursery work -tree lifting and packing, seedling planting
Cone Collection
The Forest Service is facing critical shortages of workers. Job Corps is an ideal source from which to recruit and improve the diversity of its permanent workforce. The partnership between the Forest and
JCCCCs can benefit both parties through development of work-based learning (WBL) opportunities that
provide on-the-job training for students and help the Forest Service meet mission critical project goals.
Looking to add professional, trained, youthful, diverse staff to your project or office? Forest Service Job
Corps Civilian Conservation Center students or Mobile Corps can be a valuable addition to your next
project.
Mobile Corps projects are larger scale, multi-student and/or multi-center projects. These projects have
ranged from painting/maintenance at Grey Towers Historical site, building smaller buildings and
campsite projects, to the construction of ranger stations and staff housing. A formal application process
must be completed for project consideration.
Job Corps students are eligible for federal employment. As students they can be hired using the Pathways
Program. They may also qualify for the Public Lands Corps Act (PLC). Students are able to compete
through the traditional federal hiring but using these two authorities might expedite JCCCC student hiring.
Contact Cyndi Szymanski at 303-275-5074 or e-mail at :[email protected] for additional information.
Wildlife/Fisheries/Hydrology/Soils
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Install Inserts for Red Cockcaded Woodpecker
Boundary marking of Red Cockcaded Woodpecker area
Snag/Grouse drumming log creation
Mid-story removal
Gabion installations
Infestation surveys
Engineering
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Carpentry, painting
Heavy equipment repair and maintenance, auto maintenance
Electrical, plumbing, welding
Brick and concrete masonry
(L to R) Admin. Support Clerk Sherise Foster shares career
advice with Jacobs Creek’s Jasmine Gates and Lindsey
Worley . Photo courtesy of Jacobs Creek Job Corps
Fashion stone foundations for forest portal signs
Stream inventory
Boundary/landline location, marking, inspection and maintenance
Road Maintenance - sawing and chipping for site clearance on
FS roads
Greening of Job Corps Centers, Research Stations, and District
Offices
Administrative


Job Corps painting students help restore Grey Towers, Gifford
Pinchot’s ancestral home in 2010. Photo courtesy of Karl Perry
Front desk operator /services
Frenchburg Job Corps partnered to restore Gladie Cabin on the
Daniel Boone National Forest. Photo courtesy of Charles Betram
Timber Lake Job Corps student s help restore the Clackamas
River in 2011. Photo courtesy of Timber Lake Job Corps
Data input, clerical, computer installation (Job Corps IT Team),
record keeping
State and Private Forestry


Fire suppression, rehab, mop-up, catering
Prescribed fire
Research


Data collection
Inventory
Job Corps Heavy Equipment students working on the HuronManistee National Forest. Undated photo courtesy of Charles
Barron II
Flatwoods Job Corps Lonesome Pine Fire Team conduct high
priority trail maintenance on the historic Stone Mountain
Trail in 2010. Photo courtesy of Pete Irvine
Page 27
Timber Lake Job Corps Painting Students Apply “The Brocken Window Theory” To Environmentalism
On Mt. Hood National Forest
Before Picture. No. 1 This decommissioned "tagged" weight station is one of the first buildings
visitors see when visiting the Mt. Hood National Forest. Following the broken windows theory that
fixing urban vandalism problems while they are small discourages vandalism and more serious crimes,
Timber Lake Job Corps painting students took advantage of a warm spring day to help keep the forest
beautiful and restrain gang activities. April 2, 2014, photo courtesy of Aaron J. Pedersen
Before Picture No. 2. This decommissioned "tagged" weight station is one of the first buildings
visitors see when visiting the Mt. Hood National Forest. Following the broken windows theory that
fixing urban vandalism problems while they are small discourages vandalism and more serious
crimes, Timber Lake Job Corps painting students took advantage of a warm spring day to help keep the
forest beautiful and restrain gang activities. April 2, 2014. photo courtesy of Aaron J. Pedersen
After Picture. Students work on finishing touches on this decommissioned weight station. It is no
longer the unsightly structure in the “before” pictures above . Following the broken windows theory
that fixing urban vandalism problems while they are small discourages vandalism and more serious
crimes, Timber Lake Job Corps painting students took advantage of a warm spring day to help keep
the forest beautiful and restrain gang activities. April 2, 2014, photo courtesy of Aaron J. Pedersen
After Picture No. 2. This decommissioned weight station is no longer the unsightly structure in the
“before” pictures above. Following the broken windows theory that fixing urban vandalism problems
while they are small discourages vandalism and more serious crimes, Timber Lake Job Corps painting
students took advantage of a warm spring day to help keep the forest beautiful and restrain gang
activities. April 2, 2014, photo courtesy of Aaron J. Pedersen
Editorial Corrections to March/April 2014 Civilian Conservation Center Courier
Alicia D. Bennett, Job Corps National Office
The March/April 2014 edition
of the Courier incorrectly identified Job Corps National Director
Tina Terrell as Acting National
Director. Director Terrell was
appointed to her position on
February 20, 2014.
Jacobs Creek Job Corps Teacher Kimberlie Bastone worte the
article “Ground Hog Day” on
page 7. Timber Lake Job Corps
painting students painted the
decommissioned weight station
on the Mt. Hood National Forest
in the photos on page 15.
The Courier welcomes corrections, comments, suggestions,
and photographs, particularly
those of a historical nature from
Forest Service retirees, that
shed light on the proud history
of Forest Service Job Corps.
Hope to hear from you!
Davidson River IA Crew on the Pisgah NF in April 2013. L to R: Anthony Conte (Superintendent),
Tim Garity (Acting Assistant Superintendent), Sam Lewis (Squad Boss), Evan Harcrow, Emanuel
Prince, Wesley Gregg, Kevin Adams, Alexander Prins, Jared Rogers, Julian Esquivel (Squad
Boss), Jesse Moreng (Squad Boss)
Page 28
1964 — 2014
Conserving America’s
Natural Resources
for 50 Years
Job Corps is the nation’s largest residential, educational,
and career technical training
program that prepares economically disadvantaged
youth, ranging in age from 16
to 24, for productive employment. USDA Forest Service
operates 28 Job Corps Civilian
Conservation Centers (JCCCCs)
with a capacity to house, educate, and train over 5,200 enrollees. Students attend academic and vocational classes
and learn critical life skills in
preparation for long-term employment, careers in natural
resources, continued education or military service. The
to the conservation of the nation’s public natural resources. JCCCCs are associated with national forests or
grasslands and are operated
by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Forest Service in partnership
with the Department of Labor
(DOL).
Alicia D. Bennett
Public Affairs Officer/Editor
USDA Forest Service Job Corps
740 Simms Street
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: 303-275-5934
Fax: 303-275-5940
E-mail: [email protected]
Marcia Eisenbraun
Executive Assistant/Co-Editor
To subscribe to the Courier, send
your e-mail address to:
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