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    Carpenters to expand S. Side training center BY FRANCINE KNOWLES, Chicago Sun Times
    The Chicago and Northeast Illinois District Council of Carp-enters' center at Cermak and Union opened five years ago with the goal of ensuring that inner-city and minority Chicago area residents had access to training in the skilled building trades. The center graduates 250 pre-apprentices each year, half of them minorities, union representatives said.
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