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Friday, November 9, 2012 – Daily News Utility to provide veterans-only training Company (PG&E) announced Thursday it will offer two new training courses for recently discharged veterans next year that will provide a career path into the energy industry through the utility's Power- Pathway program. PG&E is offering the veter- ans-only energy training courses at American River College in Sacramento, part of the company's commitment to helping recently discharged veterans find work and to growing a pipeline of skilled utility workers. PG&E expects more than 40 percent of its workforce will be retirement- eligible within the next five years and believes veterans can be high-potential candi- dates for these positions. As a former officer in the Pacific Gas and Electric U.S. Navy, PG&E Chairman, CEO and President Tony Ear- ley is committed to creating career paths for veterans. "Unemployment rates are as high as 29 percent for young veterans – about 65 percent above those for other Ameri- cans in the same age group," Earley said. "PG&E has the opportunity to match our workforce needs with the great technical skills and leadership ability that veterans offer." In addition to veterans-only courses, PowerPathway part- ners with community colleges, universities and community- based training organizations throughout Northern and Cen- tral California to offer other industry-related courses that are open to all qualified candi- dates. As part of its commitment to the White House's Joining Forces initiative, PG&E has set a goal for PowerPathway to provide career and techni- cal training to approximately 250 California residents, including 100 veterans, and place about two-thirds of those into energy and utility industry jobs through 2013. "Taking care of our veter- ans is a sacred duty that we must never turn from," said Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento). "As these brave men and women transi- tion to civilian life, both the public and private sector must Organizers of a massive get-out-the-vote campaign that targeted Native American communities across the country are con- sidering their efforts a success. The National Congress of American Indians led the push. The group pointed Thursday to U.S. Senate races in Montana and North Dakota, as well as a voter iden- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — ensure our veterans have the support they need, and that includes educational and job opportunities. The energy training course being offered by PG&E will help our veter- ans find good paying jobs and will provide an ever-growing job sector with a highly skilled workforce." The PowerPathway Bridge to Utility Worker for Veter- ans course offers 240 hours of training designed to strengthen participants' can- didacy for employment and increase their knowledge of the energy and utility indus- tries, including pre-employ- ment test preparation and soft skills development. The course will begin in January 2013. The PowerPathway Weld- ing for Veterans course pro- vides fundamental training on the pipe-welding techniques and safety procedures unique to the utilities industry. The course will begin in May 2013. Both veterans-only pro- grams are being funded through a California Employ- ment Development Depart- tification ballot initiative in Minnesota, where it says the Native American turnout made a difference. The Minnesota voter ID requirement failed. NCAI Executive Director Jackie John- son Pata says the best indicator was the fact that President Barack Obama men- tioned Native Americans during his victo- ry speech Tuesday night. She called that a ment grant to the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency, one of several PG&E workforce development part- ners. PG&E has already success- fully completed six veterans- only Bridge to Utility Worker courses. Through 2011, nearly 150 former military personnel have been trained through the Bridge to Pre- Apprentice/Utility Worker and Bridge to Utility Equip- ment Mechanic programs at Fresno City College, City College of San Francisco and American River College in Sacramento. Approximately 72 percent of those trained have been hired by PG&E and other companies in the energy industry. way programs that will be open to new enrollment in 2013—at nine community colleges, universities and community-based training organizations throughout Northern and Central Califor- nia—can be viewed at www.pge.com/powerpath- way. A schedule of PowerPath- National group touts success of Native vote push ''huge leap'' for Indian Country. It's difficult to say at this point exactly how many American Indians and Alaska Natives showed up to the polls. But NCAI officials say Native Americans in New Mexico and Montana were registered to vote at higher rates than any other racial or ethnic group in those states heading into Election Day. RED BLUFF 7B DAILYNEWS Website: TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 advertise@redbluffdailynews.com redbluffdailynews.com E-Mail: LEGAL NOTICE Notice Re: Seizure of Property and Initia- tion of Forfeiture Proceedings, Health and Safety Code Sections 11470 et. seq. and 11488.4. To: All persons claiming any right, title, or legal interest in the following seized property (appraised values appear in pa- rentheses): Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Five dol- lars ($19,475.00) valued in terms of United States Currency seized from or about the person or property of Sami Chartouni. Notice is hereby given that the above described property was seized on May 1, 2012, during an enforcement stop on North Main Street, Red Bluff, CA by T. I. D. E. for alleged violations of Cali- fornia Health and Safety Code section(s) 11358 and 11359. On May 1, 2012, non-judicial for- feiture proceedings were com- menced by the Tehama County District Attorney in Action #AS12-535. Please use this case number on all documents and correspondence. You have thirty (30) days from the date of the first publication of this notice to file a verified claim, unless you have received actual notice. The claim must state the nature and extent of any interest you hold in the property, must be verified, and must be filed with the Superior Court Clerk, 633 Washington St., Red Bluff, CA 96080, or the prop- erty will be forfeited to the State. An endorsed copy of the claim must be served on the Dis- trict Attorney, 444 Oak St., #L, Red Bluff, CA 96080 within thirty (30) days of the filing of your claim. 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