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OFFICE ABERDEEN AREA HUMANE They also met Jane, an 8-year old Pug/ INFORMATION Beagle mix who is adorable and available SOCIETY DONATIONS for adoption. 1812 6th Ave SE, Suite 1 CSR Brittany Cooper and Internet Also pictured is Jaymie Overacker, our Aberdeen, SD 57401 Specialist Jordan Balster are pictured National Pet Day winner! Jaymie and her below as they dropped by the Aberdeen (605) 725-1000 son Huntley stopped in to pick up the $50 Area Humane Society to deliver: cleaning Target gift card they won. OFFICE HOURS: supplies, food and treats donated by our Mon.- Fri. 8:30am- 5:30pm employees & customers, a $100 check Thank you to all who participate in our from our T-Shirts for a Cause Fundraiser, events so we are able to give back to the REDFIELD: community. Wed. 10am- 4pm and a $300 check from our National Pet Day Promotion.

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THE NETWORK KEEP MTI IN MIND MTI and offered to hire the entire graduating class, he said. In addition If you have a high school student you to South Dakota, employers in have probably been discussing what states that include Nebraska, the future means to them in regards Wyoming and Montana recruit these to “what do I do after graduation?” telecommunications graduates. Besides what jobs/career students It almost goes without saying that find interesting, the decision of the job placement rate for graduates where to go to pursue those can be of MTI’s telecommunications daunting. program is 100 percent. One option right here in South Students in the telecom program Dakota is Mitchell Technical study the art and science of getting Institute. information from one point to Eighteen students are on track to another, regardless of whether graduate in May from MTI with the information is in the form of degrees in telecommunications. voice, video or data. In addition About 90 job opportunities await to examining state-of-the-art them. telecommunications technology, the program provides students with “Last year we graduated 17, and they a solid foundation in mathematics, had 110 job opportunities,” said Mike electronics and general education, Benjamin, a telecommunications according to the school. instructor at the Mitchell school. Students are prepared to pursue jobs The pay awaiting graduates of the as programmers or technicians who two-year program is good, too. Last work in telephony, cable, networks, year’s graduates averaged starting outside plants, or central offices. pay of $18.50 an hour. That’s more than double South Dakota’s At one time, telecommunications was minimum wage of $8.85 an hour. MTI’s flagship program. However, students have drifted into other As MTI points out on its website, technology-related fields. The school the U.S. Department of Labor also offers programs in areas such and Bureau of Labor Statistics as health sciences and construction, list the median annual wage for which also are tempting career UNLIMITED telecommunications workers as options for students. $47,150. Overall enrollment at MTI has been DATA Good pay and plentiful job choices at about 1,200 students for the past Only are expected to remain available in three years, according to Dean of $89.95 the telecom field for years to come. Enrollment Services Clayton Deuter. / month That’s an inviting situation – one that high school students, recent A two-year investment in education graduates, their parents and other would significantly increase career advisers should keep in mind. students’ longer-term earning potential. Tuition, fees and related There are a few other schools in costs for the 18-month telecom Visit NVC.net the multistate region that offer program total about $17,000, but telecommunications programs but financial assistance is available. not many. Employment recruiters from several states routinely pursue Visit MTI’s website at MTI graduates. mitchelltech.edu to learn more about its telecommunications program. Last September, a general manager from upstate New York visited

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GUARD BASE TOUR Maintenance Squadron commander. “In my opinion, for our Guardsmen to Sales and Marketing Manager/MSgt be successful, we need that support Jeff Evenson and Outside Plant from their employers.” Manager Pat Schumacher were among a group of North Dakota Jeff and Pat are pictured with the National Guard members and their MQ-9 Reaper, an unmanned aerial employers that were invited to a vehicle (drone) capable of remotely mission briefing and an interactive, controlled or autonomous flight hands-on tour of the North Dakota operations. Air National Guard Base in Fargo. We thank Jeff for his nearly 20 years “This is an event that’s going to of service to the North Dakota Air help solidify continued support of National Guard and are proud to Guard members by employers,” said have him on our NVC team! Lt. Col. Chris Domitrovich, 119th

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