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Thursday, November 20, 2008
NPR comes to Dayton
On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Montgomery County’s Job Center made NPR’s “All Things Considered” program.
In his 7-minute segment, Noah Adams talks to several people who’ve turned to the Job Center for training, GED classes or help searching for a new job after being laid off.
The piece (which made NPR’s most e-mailed list for that day) is a reminder that Montgomery County has an impressive — and widely recognized — organization that is designed to meet people where they are educationally and emotionally and help them better themselves.
A job counselor who’s retired from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base briefly speaks in a way that’s both sensitive, but firm. You can imagine him having a way with despondent people — not letting them feel so sorry for themselves that they’re paralyzed, but insisting that they can’t just bemoan their situation.
Adams didn’t just do the Dayton-is-dying song and dance. He also interviewed the Job Center’s Lucius Plant, who talked about Wright-Patterson’s National Air and Space Intelligence Center, assuring listeners that, yes, there still are some people working in Dayton and that the community has a future.
Something tells me that Adams didn’t just happen on the Job Center. Somebody had to tell him that, while General Motors is quitting Dayton and the town is reeling economically, there are some special efforts going on here to help people get back on their feet.
It’s nice to be noticed for something other than job losses.
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