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According to Vicki
the affected workers have actually
Simek, Executive Director of
applied for unemployment beneCCCs Workforce & Community
fits partly because of experiencing
Education office, The educawhat Simek terms a result
tional and occupational levels of
of personal shock. Simek also
the dislocated workers will vary
states, Workforce & Community
tremendously. Many of them
Education (office) will continue to
will need addiwork with our
The resort town that
tional training
One-Stop partto prepare them once boasted it was
ners to identify
for jobs outside stronger than the
job titles and
of the casino
(to) assess the
storm is now falling
industry, but
skills of these
we are currently like Pai Gow tiles.
displaced
working on
workers. We
those programs. Additionally,
will look for additional training
she states, The state of NJ is (in
opportunities that match workers
the process of ) writing a Nationskills that are in-demand
al Emergency Grant or NEG,
The New York Times
specifically for these workers and
reported that, to date, the NJ State
others who will lose jobs as a result Labor Department has planned
of the trickle down effect. This
eight job fairs to help displaced
funding is expected to be focused
Showboat employees, and ironion short-term skills training,
cally the one that was attended the
as opposed to college degrees.
most focused strictly on finding
However, the One-stop career
replacement casino jobs.
centers will still offer state grant
During a recent briefing
money for on-demand jobs
for ex-Showboat employees, it was
requiring degrees, as long as it can strongly suggested that they drive
be completed within one year.
75 minutes away for their new
CCCs Workforce &
careers, because casino gambling
Community Education office,
is on the rise in neighboring states
which is primarily Cumberland
such as, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
county-based, is still in the
and New York. It should be noted
process of gathering data, Simek
that when Pennsylvania opened
shares. Where less than 20% of
their slots-only casinos, four years
Do you, or somebody
you know need to
get their high school
diploma, but cant
attend high school?
Instead of earning a
GED (if standardized tests are
not your strong suit), there is an
interesting alternative that New
Jersey offers through community
colleges, where you can earn a
state-issued high school diploma.
Its called the Thirty-College
Credit Route Program, and you
can participate in it at CCC.
To apply for NJs
Thirty-College Credit Route
you must be 16+ years of age.
All courses must be college level
(remedial classes dont count).
Students taking this program
are required to take three credits
in each, English/Language Arts,
Mathematics, Science, Social
Studies (like classes taken in high
school). Also required, are six total
credits between the categories of
Performing Arts, Health/Phys.
Ed., Technology, and 21st Century Life and Careers. This leaves 12
Diana Appel, Student Development Advisor, works on the Thirty-College Credit Route Program.
However, the ThirtyCollege Credit Route Program
can help you out in the long run.
It might be easier to accomplish
for adults, but its a great learning experience for teenagers. If a
student enters this program at 16
and finishes it in a year, he not
only graduated high school a
year in advance, but hes also now
a sophomore in college at the age
of 17. This will open up great opportunities, and who doesnt want
to be a part of that?
To find out more about
this program, you can read the full
article online at cccvoice.wordpress.com.
Staff Writer
Not to Wheat?
That is the question,
which was presented to 40 students here at CCC. Out of these
students, 40% said they dont
incorporate wheat into their diet
daily, and 60% said they do. The
main reason why these students
dont eat wheat daily is because
they either dont keep it in the
house or just dont think to eat
it. The main reason why students
do eat wheat daily is because its
healthier. But is wheat really as
healthy as they think?
Today, wheat products
you eat are different than what
your grandparents ate. Modern
wheat contains known toxins,
and is a 2 foot tall plant with 42
chromosomes- it used to be 4 feet
tall with 28 chromosomes.
In the 1950s, scientists began crossbreeding wheat
to make it harder, shorter, and
more abundant. According to Dr.
William Davis, author of Wheat
Belly wheat is a geneticist- created artificial plant that is a far
genetic and biochemical distance
away from any wheat that ever
existed in nature.
Now, it still may seem that wheat
is healthy when its compared