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February 11, 2013
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ond issue would pass
ith educated community
Board discusses need to inform voters
By Jennifer Stogsdill
Co-editor
A survey consultant said if
Laramie County Community
College asked for a bond election
to finance construction
on campus, the college would
need to educate the public
about the need and the cost.
At the Feb. 6 LCCC Board
of Trustees’ study session, the
board discussed the results
of a survey about a proposed
bond election for the university/student
center and flex-tech
building.
The survey to residents
with landlines and cellphones
was conducted by Keith
Frederick of FrederickPolls
from Arlington, Va., who called
in to the board meeting to
review the survey results with
the trustees.
Frederick said the 300
people who were surveyed
were most likely to vote in the
actual election, and margin
of error was 5.6 percent. The
summary of findings from
the survey found the mood
was very supportive of a bond
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measure, but problems existed
with the legal language of the
potential bond ballot. The
survey showed more voted no
(48 percent) than yes (42 percent)
on a more legally termed
ballot, but when asked about
the concept of a $20 million
bond for a flex-tech center and
student services building, with
these being detailed, and with
the tax increase broken down
monthly, more voted yes (63
percent) than no (32 percent).
Frederick said the atmosphere
to hold a special bond
election was positive because
the survey showed the community
viewed the economy
and the taxing situation as
good and LCCC was viewed
favorably. He added though to
have a successful election, the
college would have to educate
the community about the
issue.
The board discussed
whether the college should
wait for the general election
in 2014, but Frederick and
Todd Bishop from Kaiser and
Co. said it was uncertain if
the community and economy
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would be this positive in two
years. The board is considering
a special, off-year election
this fall.
Trustee Don Erickson
pointed out it would take a lot
of work to fully educate the
community about the election
and what it means for the
college and the community in
the six months before a special
election.
Overall, Frederick said the
response seemed positive regarding
the bond, but his summary
said if the election were
held today, LCCC would lose
the election mostly because of
the wording.
“This bond referendum
should win but will likely
fail unless the electorate can
be educated on specifics of
LCCC’s successful track record,
the community value and
return on investment and the
honest impact of this temporary
tax increase,” Frederick
said.
Following the meeting, the
board went into an executive
session to discuss personnel
matters.
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By Derek Hoffman
A&E Writer
An opportunity for students
looking to improve themselves
and plan their lives will happen
in February. Laramie County
Community College will host two
career fairs on Feb. 21 and 28.
Targeting students who are about
to graduate.
Cheryl Collins, program assistant
in Advising and Career
Services said, “That is not the
only focus for these career fairs.”
Students who haven’t decided on a
degree, or have decided on one can
use this as an opportunity to see
what the people who are hiring in
these companies are looking for in
their future employees.
In addition it is easy for undergraduates
to change their majors if
they discover what they were looking
into isn’t what they thought it
would be, or perhaps they might
not be the type of person who
would be interested in that particular
job.
Some of the businesses represented
at the Career Fairs will
come ready to accept applications
from those students who are nearly
ready to graduate. So students
should bring copies of their
résumé, both professional and
personal references, and maybe
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Community called to rise
against violence Feb. 14
Char Lessenger
Graphics Editor
The global strike aimed at
violence against women will
come to Cheyenne. At 10 a.m. on
Thursday, Feb. 14, beginning at
the Depot Plaza, V-day Cheyenne
will gather women and those who
love them to start the dance to the
Capitol and demand an end to
violence against women.
After spending some time
listening to speakers rally for violence
against women, the group
will reconvene at Laramie County
Community college for another
demonstration.
However, this event isn’t just
for the people of Cheyenne.
Women, men and children will
be joining together on this day all
over the world in an effort to stop
violence against women.
V-Day Cheyenne coordinators
want the world to see the
collective strength of Cheyenne,
according to Shelly Montgomery,
a V-Day Cheyenne coordinator.
The website explained One
Billion Rising is a revolution, an
invitation to dance, a call to men
and women to refuse to participate
in the status quo until rape
and rape culture ends, but, most
importantly, it is a refusal to accept
violence against women.
For more information
visit www.facebook.com/
OneBillionRisingCheyenne or
call Shelly Montgomery at 307-
630–9547.
College to host pair of career fairs
some copies of their unofficial
transcripts.
Also Collins said students
should dress as if they were going
for an interview, because they just
might be.
Students needing help with
building their résumés can attend
the Career Center résumé workshops
on Tuesday, Feb. 8, from
noon–2:15 p.m. Drop-in help is
available at the Career Center on
Feb. 11 from 10 a.m.–noon and
Feb. 14 from 1 p.m.–3 p.m.
The first fair will focus on technical
professions, and the second
fair will focus more on business
and computer technology.
Some of the companies attending
the first fair will be Brown
Company (Torrington), Correll
Refrigeration Inc., Fat Boys Tire
and Auto, Great Lakes Airlines,
Laramie County Fire District No. 2,
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 192
JATC, state of Wyoming, and Volt
Workforce Solutions. More could
still be added because the fairs are
still open until Friday, Feb. 10.
Some of the companies represented
at the second job fair will
be Allstate Insurance Co., Cellular
Plus/Verizon Wireless, Christie
Technology, College Pro Painters,
Dillard’s, Great Lake Airlines and
Home Depot.
Correction:
Wingspan would like to apologize for the following error in the
December issue. Tammie Keney’s name was misspelled in the Bucket
List feature story of the Apocalypse section.