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Dec. 11 , 2006

Training Grant Check Presentation

Dec. 13, 9:45 a.m.

Blinn College - Brenham

Administration Building Board Room

Texas Workforce Commissioner Ronald Congleton will present a $129,162 Skills Development Fund grant on Dec. 13 to Blinn College and Sealy Mattress Company to provide job skills training for current employees. Participating in the 9:45 a.m. check presentation will be Blinn president Dr. Donald Voelter, Blinn grants director Milton Radke, and Sealy Mattress vice president Ray Rodenbeck.

Sealy Mattress Company, which began a century ago in Sealy, is the largest bedding manufacturer in the world. Sealy employs more than 6,000 people at 34 plants including the Brenham facility.

Congleton represents labor on the three-member Texas Workforce Commission. The Skills Development Fund assists businesses and labor unions by designing, financing, and implementing customized job training programs in partnership with public community and technical colleges for new or existing jobs in local businesses.

Pictured from left to right; Ray Rodenbeck, Dr. Donald Voelter, Ronald Congleton and Milton Radke.

Contacts:

Blinn College: Milton Radke, grants director, (979) 209-7379, mradke@blinn.edu

TWC: Larry Jones, communications director, (512) 463-8556, larry.jones@twc.state.tx.us