🦺Husted tours Vanguard; $9.4 million awarded in grants for vocational and technical ed

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Husted tours Vanguard; $9.4 million awarded in grants for vocational and technical education

Following the April 16 announcement of $9.4 million in state grants for vocational and technical programs, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted toured the Fremont campus of the Vanguard Sentinel Career and Technology Center on Wednesday.

I was the only media to show up for Husted's stop in Fremont , and happy to do it. I've covered him many times, and found him more than willing to talk, with me and the wide array of individuals he crosses paths with while doing this type of tour. It was great to have, what unintentionally became, exclusive access.

Husted explained that the strategy behind the funding is based on emerging demographic needs.

“Certainly, there is a demographic need. You see more people retiring, fewer young people available. We can’t afford to lose anybody,” Husted said. “We need to have every single student skilled toward where those opportunities are. If you do that, everybody wins, because the students have job security and higher pay. Employers have the talent they need to win, and mom and dad have kids who have a job when they graduate, which they like too, and no college debt.”

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Something great I ate

Roots Carryout : It's also the other white meat

I got up to the carryout counter at Roots Poultry, just northwest of Fremont , and I asked about the pulled pork. Years ago, I fell in love with pulled pork sandwiches as I started covering blues music festival gigs, and I heard that Roots also sold the other white meat.

I asked for a pulled pork sandwich combo. I was in turn asked which kind I wanted. Being new, I asked what my options were.

I nearly fell over laughing with her reply, that seemed straight from the classic movie, "The Blues Brothers."

"We have both kinds," the lady said. "...smoked and barbeque, but you also get to pick a soup."

While I love a good barbeque, a real smoked pork sandwich can be hard to find. I got one, with their soup of the day, lobster bisque. I ate at the picnic tables next to the road.

Roots Poultry is at 3721 W. State St. and their website is www.rootspoultry.com .

To share news tips, just say hello, or ask a question, email me at rlapointe@gannett.com .

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