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It was a big year for The Next Door’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP): So big the program needed an extra work crew to complete its projects in Hood River and Wasco counties.

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Donald Harold McAllister was born in Seattle, Wash., on May 6, 1943. Don moved to Stanfield, Ore., when he was seven years old, and moved to H…

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Columbia Gorge Community College has assumed operations of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult/Dislocated Worker program, joining the WIOA Youth program CGCC began managing in 2017.

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Columbia Gorge Community College has assumed operations of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult/Dislocated Worker program, joining the WIOA Youth program CGCC began managing in 2017. These programs were previously administered by Mid-Columbia Council of Governments and are contracted through the East Cascades Workforce Investment Board.

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To the editor: We live in a time of change. It seems as if hopefulness in our future lies in our openness to participation. Over the last year I have had the pleasure to work closely with Kathy Schwartz in various civic engagements in The Dalles. Upon meeting her, I was immediately impressed with her can-do attitude and her leadership abilities.

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Gorge employers were regularly saying they had trouble filling well-paying, good-benefit jobs, even though they didn’t even require a college education. Enter Gorge Works, a new program through the Port of The Dalles that offers paid summer internships and apprenticeship opportunities. It began taking applications for internships in mid-December, and the application period closes Jan. 31.