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Hot Off The Vetura County Press

Workforce Investment Board Announces Recipients of the 2008 WIB Awards at their annual meeting. The awards recognize individuals and organizations exhibiting exemplary dedication to advancing workforce development in Ventura County.

"Our award recipients work hard each day so others have the opportunity to succeed,"
says Alex Teague, Chairman of the Ventura County WIB. "They have touched the lives
of hundreds of individuals who are seeking to better themselves. The awards are a way
of saying thank you from the Ventura County community."...

Lifelong Learning - Cindy Adams, owner of Denny's Electric and Home
Services in Ventura.

For the past three years, Adams' company has sponsored an electronics job-training
program for employees who want to learn trade skills. Electronics apprentices from
Santa Paula, Oxnard, Ventura and Fillmore have passed the State Electrical
Certification program and have moved into high paying jobs in the electronics industry.