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	<title>East Tennessee SkillsUSA</title>
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	<description>Preparing for leadership in the world of work.</description>
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		<title>2012 NLSC Contestant Schedule</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONTESTANTS: CHECK CAREFULLY for the time and location of your contestant meeting. To compete, you must attend your contestant meeting. • Contestants required to attend early orientations/familiarizations on Sunday: Check this schedule to see which lobbies you will enter to be escorted to your contest areas. • All contestants will enter Bartle Hall at 7:30 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CONTESTANTS: CHECK CAREFULLY for the time and location of your contestant meeting. To<br />
compete, you must attend your contestant meeting.</p>
<p>• Contestants required to attend early orientations/familiarizations on Sunday: Check this schedule to see which lobbies<br />
you will enter to be escorted to your contest areas.<br />
• All contestants will enter Bartle Hall at 7:30 a.m., and competitions will begin at 8 a.m. unless otherwise stated in the<br />
specific contest schedule. Contestants will enter through the Grand Ballroom and Lobbies 1500, 2100, 2200 and 2400<br />
as appropriate for their contest location. Advisors, parents and observers will enter at 8 a.m.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.etnskillsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-NLSC-Contestant-Schedule.doc">2012 NLSC Contestant Schedule</a></p>
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		<title>State Farm Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Farm Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grants &#8211; $1,000 Deadline: May 31, 2012 State Farm™ is proud to team up with YSA (Youth Service America) to offer grants of up to $1,000 for programs enhancing student achievement through service-learning in K-12 public schools in all fifty US states, the District of Columbia, and in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>State Farm Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grants &#8211; $1,000<br />
Deadline:  May 31, 2012</p>
<p>State Farm™ is proud to team up with YSA (Youth Service America) to offer grants of up to $1,000 for programs enhancing student achievement through service-learning in K-12 public schools in all fifty US states, the District of Columbia, and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick.</p>
<p>Each grant engages participating teachers and students in a service and learning program that promotes academic achievement, workplace readiness, and stronger communities. The State Farm Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grant requires a 12 to 14 week Semester of Service™.</p>
<p>For more details read through the Program Overview.</p>
<p>Start your online application at https://www.wizehive.com/appform/login/ysa2012sf.</p>
<p>Applications must be submitted by May 31, 2012.</p>
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		<title>April Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.etnskillsusa.org/2012/04/april-meeting-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next ETSC meeting will be at Mama&#8217;s House Buffet on Wednesday April 18th at 1:00 p.m. The 2012-2013 officer elections will be at this time, please be present if at all possible. It is requested a representative from every school in the Upper East Tennessee region is in attendance.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The next ETSC meeting will be at Mama&#8217;s House Buffet on Wednesday April 18th at 1:00 p.m. The 2012-2013 officer elections will be at this time, please be present if at all possible. It is requested a representative from every school in the Upper East Tennessee region is in attendance. </p>
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		<title>IMPORATNT Notes for the SkillsUSA State Competitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMPORATNT Notes for the SkillsUSA State Competitions. Please read! 1) Barbering will take the written test at 1:00 p.m. in Marriott Plaza A, B, C. 2) Graphics Contest– Advisors and Students need to furnish their own transportation to Chattanooga State on Monday a.m. Students and advisors may ride the bus back. 3) Advisors not registered [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IMPORATNT Notes for the SkillsUSA State Competitions. Please read!</p>
<p>1)      Barbering will take the written test at 1:00 p.m. in Marriott Plaza A, B, C.</p>
<p>2)      Graphics Contest– Advisors and Students need to furnish their own transportation to Chattanooga State on Monday a.m.  Students and advisors may ride the bus back.</p>
<p>3)      Advisors not registered online will need to pay at the door.</p>
<p>4)      No Changes will be made for contestants or models, unless an emergency after April 15, 2012.</p>
<p>5)      Any photography/design instructor may bring studio lighting if desired. Please contact Sue Tucker at 615-532-2835 if anyone is able to do so for the state photography contest.</p>
<p>6)      The SkillsUSA Program for 2012 will be online at www.tnskillsusa.com</p>
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		<title>Cosmetology State Competition</title>
		<link>http://www.etnskillsusa.org/2012/03/cosmetology-state-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[men and women’s hair cut designs that will be utilized for Cosmetology at the State SkillsUSA Conference in Chattanooga. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>men and women’s hair cut designs that will be utilized for Cosmetology at the State SkillsUSA Conference in Chattanooga.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.etnskillsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Ladies-Cut-State-20122.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-277" title="Ladie's Cut State 2012" src="http://www.etnskillsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Ladies-Cut-State-20122.jpg" alt="Ladie's Cut State 2012" width="300" height="400" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.etnskillsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mans-Cut-State-2012.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-278" title="Man's Cut State 2012" src="http://www.etnskillsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mans-Cut-State-2012.jpg" alt="Man's Cut State 2012" width="300" height="400" /></a></p>
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		<title>Welding Sculpture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welding Sculpture Monday 1:00 -3:00 PM Setup Tuesday 8:30 AM –Contest- Convention Center – Exhibit Hall A. Please see attachment for contest scope. &#160; Welding Sculpture Art 9.12.11]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welding Sculpture<br />
Monday 1:00 -3:00 PM Setup<br />
Tuesday 8:30 AM –Contest- Convention Center – Exhibit Hall A.</p>
<p>Please see attachment for contest scope.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etnskillsusa.org/2012/03/welding-sculpture/welding-sculpture-art-9-12-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-269">Welding Sculpture Art 9.12.11</a></p>
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		<title>CNC competition</title>
		<link>http://www.etnskillsusa.org/2012/03/cnc-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the CNC competition will be held off site on April 12. Both secondary and postsecondary will be involved, therefore this information is for both divisions. The postsecondary lead advisors and directors are receiving this and Carol Myers, Sue Tucker and Joe Cruz are receiving this for the secondary division and will forward this to the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the CNC competition will be held off site on April 12. Both secondary and postsecondary will be involved, therefore this information is for both divisions. The postsecondary lead advisors and directors are receiving this and Carol Myers, Sue Tucker and Joe Cruz are receiving this for the secondary division and will forward this to the secondary competitors.</p>
<p>The Contest Chairperson has provided the following information:<span id="more-266"></span></p>
<p>Contest Location Haas Factory Outlet<br />
1897 General George Patton Drive<br />
Suite 100<br />
Franklin, TN 37067</p>
<p>Secondary Resumes are to be turned in on site and postsecondary resumes are to be filed online &#8211; Résumés must be posted here: www.skillsusa.net/newresume/</p>
<p>Contestants are to bring 1) Nonprogrammable Calculator and 2) Machinist Handbook. No tools are needed and pencils and paper will be furnished.</p>
<p>Onsite registration will begin at 9 am and the actual contest will begin at 10 am central time.</p>
<p>REMEMBER: No cell phone or other type of electronic communication is permitted in the contest area. Violation of this rule will result in disqualification.</p>
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		<title>State  Computer Maintenance Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contestants will not need any tools or software for the Computer Maintenance Technology contest.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Contestants will not need any tools or software for the Computer Maintenance Technology contest.</p>
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		<title>March Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.etnskillsusa.org/2012/03/march-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The March ETSC meeting will be on Wednesday March 21st at 1:00 p.m. at Mama&#8217;s House buffet.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The March ETSC meeting will be on Wednesday March 21st at 1:00 p.m. at Mama&#8217;s House buffet.</p>
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		<title>Attention Welding, Culinary Arts, and Commercial Baking Instructors!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 9, 2012, midnight, is the deadline to register your students for the Welding, Culinary Arts, and Commercial Baking contests. The contests take place on March 31, 2012. Welding will be at the Miller-Motte Technical College, Nashville, and the Culinary Arts and Commercial Baking contest will be at the Art Institute of Tennessee at Nashville.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> March 9, 2012, midnight, is the deadline to register your students for the Welding, Culinary Arts, and Commercial Baking contests. The contests take place on March 31, 2012. Welding will be at the Miller-Motte Technical College, Nashville, and the Culinary Arts and Commercial Baking contest will be at the Art Institute of Tennessee at Nashville.</p>
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