The Newport Plain Talk

(C)2012 NPT PHOTO BY SETH BUTLER Leadership Cocke County Class of 2012 celebrated their successful completion of a year's study and work Thursday night with a banquet at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center. Judge John Bell was keynote speaker. From left, graduates Spencer Thomas, Derrick Proffitt, Teresa Buckner, and Jeff Dykes prepare to cut the traditional graduation cake. Also graduating, but not present, was Vaughn Moore. The Class of 2012 became the fifteenth group of citizens to graduate from the leadership program.