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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Lockheed grant to fund [Peninsula] college training for Angeles Composite employees
Peninsula Daily News, June 26, 2009
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090626/news/306269993
WLJT-TV bids fond farewell to general manager
He was offered a general managing position with KBTC (Bates Technical College) based in Tacoma, Wash. His start date is July 1.
NWTN Today, June 26, 2009
http://www.nwtntoday.com/news.php?viewStory=28314
In our view: Seize the Moment / Out of work? Instead of waiting for a miracle, get aggressive about a new career
The Columbian, June 26, 2009 (Clark College)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090626/OPINION02/706269966
Not your average motocross fanatic
The Daily News, June 26, 2009 (Lower Columbia College)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/26/local_sports/doc4a446604ae885140259070.txt
Lay-offs changed directions
Monday was her first day back in school at Yakima Valley Community College where she’s taking nutrition and applied mathematics classes through support from the People to People program, pending full OK for the state retraining program.
Daily Record , June 25, 2009
http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a43c0d3a8f31605438584.txt
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Few Colleges Managing Risk, Report Says
Inside Higher Ed, June 26, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/26/qt#202107
Help Wanted for New Graduates
Inside Higher Ed, June 26, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/26/activism
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Gov. Gregoire’s on Twitter [and Facebook]
Capitol Record, June 25, 2009
http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2009/06/gov-greoires-on-twitter/
FRIDAY LITE NEWS
'Stoned wallabies make crop circles'
Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around "as high as a kite", a government official has said.
We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles. Then they crash.
BBC News, June 26, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8118257.stm
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