![Ohio County's Edwina Sheffield was named the "Above and Beyond" employee for the quarter at Muhlenberg Job Corps recently. Pictured L-to-R: Ashley Knight, HR Manager, Edwina Sheffield, Academic Instructor and Eric Jones, Center Director.]()
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![Ohio County's Edwina Sheffield was named the "Above and Beyond" employee for the quarter at Muhlenberg Job Corps recently. Pictured L-to-R: Ashley Knight, HR Manager, Edwina Sheffield, Academic Instructor and Eric Jones, Center Director.]()
Ohio County's Edwina Sheffield was named the "Above and Beyond" employee for the quarter at Muhlenberg Job Corps recently. Pictured L-to-R: Ashley Knight, HR Manager, Edwina Sheffield, Academic Instructor and Eric Jones, Center Director.[/caption]
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Muhlenberg Job Corps Center recognized Edwina Sheffield as the quarterly Above and Beyond Employee recently.
Sheffield has been an employee of the center for the past five years and lives in Ohio County.
Sheffield was nominated because she always puts in a lot of extra time to help students, but recently, she did something that was above and beyond even what she normally does.
Recently, we had a student who got a job and wanted to leave the program ahead of his projection date, but he couldn't leave unless he finished his last high school credit first. Mr. Price, High School Diploma principal, told the student this, and we also informed him we didn't believe he could get that much work done before his time to leave the center.
The student went to Sheffield for help, and she chose to work with the student until 11 p.m. at night to finish his required work. She also provided him her personal phone number so he could reach her if he needed extra help, which he did. She was in contact with him repeatedly through the night and then came into work at 5 a.m. the next morning to finish assisting the student.
So thanks in no small part to Sheffield's help, the student finished his last credit and left the center with his high school diploma. Sheffield most certainly went above and beyond all measures to help this student reach his career goals. This is why the Muhlenberg Job Corps Center and Horizons Youth Services are proud to have Edwina Sheffield as part of the team.
The Muhlenberg Job Corps Center, in Greenville, serves disadvantaged youth ages 17-24. They obtain vocational skill training they need to be successful in their chosen career.
Over 70 percent of Job Corps student earn industry-recognized credentials in one or more than 100 trades in high growth industries. Year in and year out, for the past 50 years, the Job Corps program has been a beacon of hope and opportunity for over 2.7 million young people.
Muhlenberg offers training and certifications in heavy equipment operating, welding, Class B CDL, construction equipment mechanics, certified nursing assistant, clinical medical assistant, pharmacy technology and medical office support. Should you know someone who could benefit from this free program, please contact Karen Robinson at (270) 377-3269.
Billy Franklin Flener, 81, of Owensboro, passed away Saturday July 4, 2015, at Riverside Care and Rehab Center in Calhoun. He was born Sept. 24, 1933, in Cromwell to the late Boyce Franklin and Erna Allen Flener.
He was a member of Green River Baptist Church and the McHenry Masonic Lodge #800 F&AM and was a Kentucky Colonel. Billy was a retired heavy equipment operator for Peabody Coal Company. He enjoyed fishing and University of Kentucky Basketball.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Boyce and Erna Flener.
Survivors include two sons, Mike (Cherita) Flener, of Owensboro, and Tom Flener, of Seattle, Wash.; two grandchildren, Ian Flener, of Louisville, and Ashtin Flener, of Owensboro. He is also survived by his longtime companion, Cassoline Joines, of Owensboro; her children, Shirlene Joines, of Owensboro, and Patricia Joines, of Owensboro; and her grandchildren, Dylan Joines, Paige Joines, Aidan Joines, Mackenzie Quiggins and Cassidy Joines, all of Owensboro.
Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 9, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Dr. Mitch Donohue officiating. Burial will be in Green River Cemetery in Cromwell. Friends may visit with the family from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. until the time of service Thursday at the funeral home.
Online messages of condolence can be made at: www.danksfuneralhome.com.
