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POWAYDIGEST Honor a veteran Those wanting to honor a veteran with a tile at the Poway Veterans Park on Midland Road now have an additional opportunity to do so. One hundred 8-inch by 8-inch tiles are now available until May 15 for installation by July 4. The cost is $350 each. In addition, 4-inch by 8-inch tiles are available for $150 each. Download an order form at www.poway.org or stop by City Hall, 13325 Civic Center Drive.
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Job seekers lined up to be admitted to Congressman Duncan Hunter’s job fair on Friday.
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Hundreds drawn to Poway job fair BY EMILY SORENSEN Over 150 people were lined up outside the Poway Community Center by 9 a.m. Friday, with more pouring in all morning, in hopes of finding their new career at a Job Fair, hosted by Congressman Duncan Hunter. Sixty-plus companies and colleges had booths at the fair, of fering positions in everything from entry-level retail to government positions in the DEA, FBI and United States Customs and Border Protection. The fair also offered five-minute resume critiques and veteran resources. The job fair wasn’t just good for those searching for employment, but for the participating businesses as well.
that each opening often gets between 200 to 400 applications, sometimes up to 1,000 applications for a single position. Wendy Sandvik of UCSD, who was offering clinical, administrative and clerical, and support ser vices positions, said it was similar for their job openings, often getting between 300 to 500 applications per position. The crowd was a mixture of those just out of college all Job seeker Della Heiling, right, meets Clarence Sellers and David the way up to those of retirement age, dressed in everyHass from the Veterans Administration. thing from jeans and T-shirts “We saw a lot of interest, hire for 150 to 200 entr y- to suits and ties. While many a lot of new faces,” said Eliz- level summer jobs at both were unemployed, a number abeth Valle of the National parks. of those visiting the job fair Life Group. “We get a lot of interest were underemployed, workBrooke Brun, represent- from job fairs,” said Brun. ing part-time but searching ing San Diego Zoo Global, Still, in a reflection of the for full-time employment.” said they were starting to tough economy, she said See JOBS, Page 20
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Poway Unified School District “Classified Employee of the Year” honors were bestowed Monday on Darrell Duplechain and Cindy Hicks. Duplechain is the lead custodian at Poway High School. Hicks is a Student Support Ser vices prevention specialists and grant researcher. A committee of district and site representatives selected the two District Classified Employees of the Year (one representing school sites and one representing district departments) based on work performance, contributions to the school district and community service. San Diego County Office of Education also sponsors a Classified Employee Recognition Program, honoring one member of classified service for San Diego County. This year’s Poway Unified See PUSD, Page 20
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