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Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R, N.C. District 2) visited Central Carolina Community College's Industry Training Center at the Lee County Innovation Center in the Lee County Industrial Park to learn more about the workforce training that takes place there and the community partnerships that have made it successful. Ellmers (center) listens as Kendall Crawford, CCCC industry trainer and coordinator, talks about the robotic welder (right), one of the pieces of high-tech equipment used for training. Also pictured are (from left) Kirk Smith, Lee County commissioner; Bryan Fox, Ellmers' field representative; Keith Clark, CCCC trustee; and Cathy Swindell, CCCC Innovation Center director. Not pictured, but taking the tour, were Donnie Oldham, chair of the Lee County Economic Development Corporation; and Margaret Polt, general manager, and Timothy Gelsinger, director of quality, for The Challenge Printing Company in the Lee County Industrial Park. For more information about training offered by Central Carolina Community College at the Innovation Center, contact Cathy Swindell at 919-718-7212 or by email at cswindell@cccc.edu.

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Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R, N.C. District 2) visited Central Carolina Community College's Industry Training Center at the Lee County Innovation Center in the Lee County Industrial Park to learn more about the workforce training that takes place there and the community partnerships that have made it successful. During her tour, she was able to visit a training class of new Caterpillar, Inc. welders. Pictured (front, from left) are Kendall Crawford, CCCC industry trainer and coordinator; Cathy Swindell, CCCC Innovation Center director; Ellmers; and Kirk Smith, Lee County commissioner; and (back, from left) new Caterpillar welding hires Ethan Sims, of Zebulon; Kenyon Griffin of Hope Mills; instructor Jeff Bryant; Will Thomas, of Siler City; Jacob Morgan, of Wagram; Eric Spencer, of Greensboro; and Terrence Bowden, of Fayetteville. For more information about training offered by Central Carolina Community College at the Innovation Center, contact Cathy Swindell at 919-718-7212 or by email at cswindell@cccc.edu.