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September 18, 2013
Carpenters Union Hosts Career Fair
The Pacific NW Regional Coun­ carpenters.
cil of Carpenters is looking for en­
A free career fair will be held on
thusiastic women and men who are Saturday, Sept. 21 offering women
interested in building their commu­ and men of any experience level to
nities to till jobs as skilled union come to the union’s training center
and ask questions of industry pro­
fessionals, contractors, and the
apprenticeship program to see if
carpentry is the right career path for
them.
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M ichael A. Burch
SPEfiKERS
including
Dr. John McDougall
nutrition expert
With impending retirements fac­
ing not ju s t the co n stru ctio n
workforce, but in all industries, it is
imperative that workforce training
is in our future, said Michael A.
Burch, NW Carpenters representa­
tive.
Learning a skilled trade such as
carpentry is an honorable way to
have a lucrative and rewarding ca-
SATURDAY & SUNDRY
SEPTEMBER 21 & 22
OREGON CONVENTION CENTER
10AM - 6PM
$8/D A Y (regular admission)
$5/D A Y (students/seniors)
Brenda Davis
Dietitian/co-author of
Becoming Vegan and
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kids 12 & under free
reer. Unfortunately many young
people today do not know programs
like apprenticeships even exist. Of­
ten times apprenticeship programs
are overlooked by high school stu­
dents, and recent graduates. Ap­
prenticeship offers free training, and
actually pays while one learns a
trade. While most of the training is
on the job, apprentices do attend
class a few times a year.
From the concrete forms on a
high-rise building, to the acoustical
ceilings in offices, to bridges, to
heavy machinery, carpentry as a
trade is very diverse. There is unlim­
ited potential for upward mobility
and advancement within carpentry.
The career fair will take place from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pacific North­
west Carpenter Institute, locatedjust
off Sandy Boulevard at 4222 N.E.
158th Ave.
“If you love your city, and would
like to build it, then come down. We
hope to see you there,” Burch said.
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and eighth grade students who were
able to pass math exams with a 50
percentage improvement from the
previous year. Students in other
grades also saw huge increases in
reading and math. But a new year of
testing made public last week shows
scores plunging significantly.
Now the district is again looking
at the disparities in scores to try to
explain what happened.
A former language arts teacher at
King says she witnessed educators
offering coaching to students dur-
WIRE A LIGHT WORKSHOP
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Monday 9/30/13
Tuesday 10/1/13
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ing state testing when the higher
scores were recorded. She filed a
complaint with the district last year,
however officials ruled there was no
evidence to support her claim.
While school administrators they
don't believe district employees
cheated to help students, they still
want to examine causes behind the
changes.
Jackey Fox is the mother to a
Kindergartner at King School. She
believes the whole system of test­
ing is the biggest concern.
King is in its third and final year
of a $2million federal School Im­
provement Grant, which is meant to
turn around some of the nation's
lowest-performing schools.
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brains going. If you don’t use it
you’ll lose it and I see that as I get
older,” she says.
67-year-old Mabie Atkins was
on the walk too. She says she’d
been in similar programs in the past,
but many of them seemingly dis­
mantled. She saw a posting about
the program at the senior center on
Martin LutheHCing Boulevard and
was compelled to sign-up.
“My momma died last year in
May, and was 101 [years old], and
that was the number one advice she
gave me, is if you keep moving,
you’ll stay.”
Atkins playfully added another
reason for staying active, “I don’t
want to give the pharmacy all my
retirement.”