Saturday's Bellingham Herald ran some coverage on the importance of training and took a look at the economic impact on local workers and the importance of learning. From the article: "A 2006 report by the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board projected there will be significant demand from employers for midlevel graduates - those who have less education than a four-year bachelor's degree but more than a high school diploma -through 2012. It expected about 5,000 of those jobs would be unfilled annually because of a shortage of properly skilled workers."

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