Angie Alford, director of the Department of Mental Health’s Sikeston Regional Center, 112 Plaza Drive, speaks during a reception Sept. 21 celebrating the government agency’s 50th anniversary in Sikeston. Special guests included former Missouri First Lady Betty Hearnes of Charleston and Lynn Feeler, former director of the Sikeston Regional Office. The occasion was also marked by opening the 25th anniversary time capsule, which included several documents from that time.