At least four students applied for the C.O.R.E. program at ECCC. They are from left, (front) Hayden Craig, Wyatt Blanton, Kaylee Jimenez and Nelson Jimenez. Looking on were, from left, (back) Cpl. Heath Mullins, Assistant director; Trooper Blake McClendon, ECCC C.O.R.E. instructor; Trooper Levert Jernigan, Itawamba C.O.R.E. instructor; and Trooper First Class Julian Wells, Mississippi Gulf Cost C.O.R.E. instructor. | Brent Maze/The Appeal