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Community colleges seen as crucial during economic downturn – lobby Helena, citing economy

Roger Pillsbury started college at age 53. Don Skare was 49 when he first set foot in a college classroom.

Both men are former Flathead Valley mill workers, forced into school because of layoffs and closures at the shuttered Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. and Owens & Hurst Lumber Co. in Eureka.

“What is a 53-year-old man to do then?” asked Pillsbury.

A lot of workers are finding themselves asking that same question. Unemployment in the Flathead hit 7.3 percent last month. With that many peope out of work, the pressure on local community colleges and other two-year institutions increases.

Flathead Valley Community College http://www.fvcc.edu/

By CHELSI MOY of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/articles/2009/01/22/news/mtregional/news07.txt

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