HANDS BLESSED: Rose Wilkins of Youngstown, center, was one of …

Photo by Lisa-Ann Ishihara | published: November 24, 2009

HANDS BLESSED: Rose Wilkins of Youngstown, center, was one of a dozen people who turned out Monday for the first Blessing of the Hands service, presented by SouthernCare, a hospice organization. She had her hands blessed by Dr. Nicholas Mager, right, pastor of the Youngstown First Presbyterian Church, as Sylvia Beard, SouthernCare chaplain, assisted.