WEBVTT - 3-18-26 Sloan with William Sprankles

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to be an American idiot?

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<v Speaker 2>It's plenty back seven hundred WLW. So if you knew

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<v Speaker 2>this about our great state here in Ohio, we are

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<v Speaker 2>not just the birthplace of aviation. I believe that because

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<v Speaker 2>it says that right on your license plate. You know

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<v Speaker 2>it's also one of the top spots for aerospace, aviation

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<v Speaker 2>and defense. We are the number one supplier, the number

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<v Speaker 2>one supply ohioways to both Airbus and Boeing, with more

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<v Speaker 2>than one hundred and ten thousand employees in the industry,

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<v Speaker 2>six hundred companies in Ohio, and we right now you think, wow,

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<v Speaker 2>we're pretty saturated. We can't train enough people to fill

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<v Speaker 2>those jobs. And the future is looking really really bright

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<v Speaker 2>for a lot of these trades within aerospace. And so

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure you've heard about this. At Middletown Regional Airport,

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<v Speaker 2>Butler Tech just open a brand new, state of the art,

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen million dollar aviation center and this is for high

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<v Speaker 2>school students and it's underway right now. The ribbon has

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<v Speaker 2>been cut and in studios William Sprinkles, he's the superintendent

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<v Speaker 2>in CEO of Butler Tech. Welcome to the studio, William.

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<v Speaker 2>Congratulations by the way, on the on the ribbon cutting,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for that, Sarah, thank you for having us,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, And I think the biggest question to have

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<v Speaker 2>for you, sir, is do you get to keep the

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<v Speaker 2>giant scissors? What happens to the giant scissors you cut

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<v Speaker 2>the ribbon on?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, the giant scissors didn't work at the ribbon cutting,

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<v Speaker 3>are you kidding?

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<v Speaker 1>We had to have a pair of micro scissors.

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<v Speaker 3>You had a backup scissors shadowed underneath the giant scissors.

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<v Speaker 3>The giant scissors the blade was too dull and didn't work.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 3>We had some nail clippers and some micro scissors. That's

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<v Speaker 3>not acceptable. It works, it works perfect. You're the CEO

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<v Speaker 3>heads need to roll for this? Would you agree?

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<v Speaker 1>Not at all? But in the world of career tech,

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<v Speaker 1>we made it work.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you made it happen. You think on the fly

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<v Speaker 2>we always let's coect. I love it. People think, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>aviation industry, everyone wants to be a pilot. That's not true,

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<v Speaker 2>because you have maintenance, you have avionics, you have manufacturing,

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<v Speaker 2>you have all these things. And and also we now

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<v Speaker 2>have flying taxis that are being built in date and

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<v Speaker 2>I believe if I'm not mistaken. So that's a whole

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<v Speaker 2>other sector, a whole nother evolution and layer of aerospace.

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<v Speaker 2>We think aerospace, oh, ge, But there's so many more

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<v Speaker 2>companies there. I'm sure ge is it has a hand

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<v Speaker 2>in what the programming is that you do at Butler

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<v Speaker 2>Tech William But other companies involved are what like, how

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<v Speaker 2>many other companies I have to say and like, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>here's here's we want to be job ready, this is

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<v Speaker 2>a workforce development thing. How many companies have a seat

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<v Speaker 2>at the table?

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<v Speaker 1>Sure?

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<v Speaker 3>At our ribbon cutting we acknowledged at least twelve companies

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<v Speaker 3>that are from the region. Companies like CTL Aerospace Standard ERA,

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<v Speaker 3>which are more in the manufacturing and the aero defense side.

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<v Speaker 3>There's other smaller companies that are local A ANDP mechanics shop,

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<v Speaker 3>companies that sit on the that sit on the Middletown runway,

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<v Speaker 3>and so companies whether they're small in size or large

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<v Speaker 3>in corporate status. We try our best to welcome all

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<v Speaker 3>of them and have a seat at the table and

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<v Speaker 3>provide influence in the shape and the design of the

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<v Speaker 3>curriculum and the experience that the students get.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I often talk about this on my show, here

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<v Speaker 2>you beat a trades guy myself and you were identifying

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<v Speaker 2>with the hell you're a doctor now, so doctor sprinkles.

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<v Speaker 2>They were both like tactile learners, right. You know in school,

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, I'm looking at a book. I like,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't get THEE for it. But you put something

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<v Speaker 2>applied in front of someone, all of a sudden, the

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<v Speaker 2>light bulb goes off. We have done for the last

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<v Speaker 2>couple of generations, at least the poor job of that.

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<v Speaker 2>How much are we writing the ship now? It's starting

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<v Speaker 2>to it's starting to come back to center a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>I think many people would argue for career tech centers,

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<v Speaker 3>we've already righted that ship. And it's important to name

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<v Speaker 3>that because this idea that career tech centers were only

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<v Speaker 3>for one type of student or a particular type of

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<v Speaker 3>learner is outdated. In Butler Tech's case, we serve eighteen

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<v Speaker 3>thousand students a day between the grades seven and twelve,

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<v Speaker 3>and we serve an additional twenty two to twenty three

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<v Speaker 3>thousand learners a year in our adult education division. So

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<v Speaker 3>in the grand scheme of one calendar year, we're going

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<v Speaker 3>to serve over forty thousand people are going to access

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<v Speaker 3>cred tech education from a Butler Tech location. That's cool

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<v Speaker 3>class or even a weekend credentialing program.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because I was a kid in you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>have barely had shop class, and I was so into that.

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<v Speaker 2>I loved it, and they took it away and basically said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to do that, you've got to go

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<v Speaker 2>this whole Shepherd school for the kids who are troublemakers,

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<v Speaker 2>because the students go here and the dummies go there.

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<v Speaker 2>And thank god, we finally blew that up right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, so you're correct.

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<v Speaker 3>In particular, in the late eighties and the early nineties,

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<v Speaker 3>there's a lot of research about a particular type of family,

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<v Speaker 3>a particular type of student. Those students were forced, persuaded,

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<v Speaker 3>or channeled to career tech centers. And I'm proud to

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<v Speaker 3>say now and really the last ten years at Butler Tech,

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<v Speaker 3>but even today in twenty twenty six, we represent every

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<v Speaker 3>single possibility for a student and a family. If you

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<v Speaker 3>want to go right to the workforce, we have a

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<v Speaker 3>program for that. If you want to go to a

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<v Speaker 3>two year school, we have a program that'll kickstart you

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<v Speaker 3>and get you ahead and lower the cost of that

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<v Speaker 3>two year journey and if you want to eventually go

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<v Speaker 3>to a four year school or even your doctorate program.

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<v Speaker 3>We have pathways that lead to those experiences, things such

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<v Speaker 3>as biomedical engineering and our bioscience center. We have something

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<v Speaker 3>for everybody that leads to a high level education, a

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<v Speaker 3>hands on education and hopefully it keeps families and students

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<v Speaker 3>out of debt and poverty free.

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<v Speaker 1>And these are skills.

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<v Speaker 2>They are in demand because now you're partnering with the

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<v Speaker 2>companies that so it's a great pipeline.

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<v Speaker 1>They're trained up.

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<v Speaker 2>And you hear that for college, the college path traditional

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<v Speaker 2>for year university that young people will graduate, they'll come

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<v Speaker 2>and they have no job skills whatsoever. Like they have

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<v Speaker 2>this degree but no job skills. You guys are teaching

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<v Speaker 2>not only the craft but also how to develop that

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<v Speaker 2>you know, how to get in that situation, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>is what I'm trying to say, and be actually just

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<v Speaker 2>work from day one.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't have to retrain you like they do with

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<v Speaker 1>a college degree. Yeah, so I appreciate that framing.

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<v Speaker 3>Our belief is that young people need to have the

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<v Speaker 3>actual hands on skills and the actual processes of how

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<v Speaker 3>to operate machines and equipment and the credentials to make

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<v Speaker 3>them successful in the workforce. We also believe our young

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<v Speaker 3>people at Butler Tech have an opportunity to have the

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<v Speaker 3>business acumen to not only be the person that works

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<v Speaker 3>on the shop lore, but if they eventually aspire to

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<v Speaker 3>want to be the CEO of the factory, they have

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<v Speaker 3>that opportunity, and we give them those skill sets to

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<v Speaker 3>start moving in that direction and can start their career.

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<v Speaker 2>The young people I mentor in the trades and trying

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<v Speaker 2>to get them situated in which which type of trade

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<v Speaker 2>with electrician, plumber, h F whatever it is, aviation. It's like, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>you know you're smart enough to do this, okay, and

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<v Speaker 2>go to school, but also keep an eye out how

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<v Speaker 2>the business runs, because the goal some day is to

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<v Speaker 2>get you to own your own company. And that's true

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<v Speaker 2>not for everybody, but for a lot of these kids

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<v Speaker 2>are like, wow, I can do this, and I learned

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<v Speaker 2>so much that I want to go and do it

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<v Speaker 2>my way now and hire people and become the next

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<v Speaker 2>generation of entrepreneurs.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, there's a lot of social media footage right now

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<v Speaker 3>about one particular type of entrepreneur that's going to emerge

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<v Speaker 3>because of the conflict with artificial intelligence is electricians. Electricians

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<v Speaker 3>are going to triple their worth and triple their value.

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<v Speaker 3>The cost that you're going to be able to charge

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<v Speaker 3>and to make and to create profit share by being

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<v Speaker 3>in a high skilled electrician is not something that artificial

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<v Speaker 3>intelligence is going to take over that trade of soon.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyways, my nephew moved here from out West and he's like,

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to work. I want to get a job,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want to go to school. He said, what

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<v Speaker 2>should I do? And I will consider trades. I've mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>aviation he goes. He goes, well, which one has the

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<v Speaker 2>most gross and said, hands down, electrician because of data farms,

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<v Speaker 2>because of the infrastructures, Like you're gonna have a job

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<v Speaker 2>for the rest of your life and beyond. You may

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<v Speaker 2>be working from the grave if you want to, but

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna make great money and you're gonna meet and

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<v Speaker 2>demand do that because we need electrical workers more than anything.

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<v Speaker 1>WILLIAMS.

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<v Speaker 2>Sprinkles is the superintendent CEO Butler Tech. They just opened

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<v Speaker 2>a fifteen million at state of the art aviation centered

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<v Speaker 2>Middletown Airport and its workforce development. We're talking about Ohio

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<v Speaker 2>is the number one supplier to Airbus and Boeing, and

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<v Speaker 2>there's one hundred and ten thousand jobs and it's growing

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<v Speaker 2>here in Ohai. If you're looking to get in a

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<v Speaker 2>profession's can be around for a long time. We have

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<v Speaker 2>despite what you see with TSA lines and everything else

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<v Speaker 2>in that nightmare, and maybe that goes to show you

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<v Speaker 2>need more workers. But air travel and cargo with on

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<v Speaker 2>demand is getting bigger and bigger and bigger. If you

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<v Speaker 2>thought it was already big, it's going to get much bigger.

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<v Speaker 2>The projection is maybe even triple in just a number

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<v Speaker 2>of years where we are right now. That's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>hard to believe. But you need the bodies in there too.

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<v Speaker 2>And you hear about AI and automation coming for jobs

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't apply here, does it?

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<v Speaker 3>Well?

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<v Speaker 1>It it does many of the trade pathways. Here's the thinking.

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<v Speaker 3>If you think that you are going to be replaced

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<v Speaker 3>by a robot, you probably are. You have to be

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<v Speaker 3>willing to work with the emerging technology and work with robots.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's a lot of technical pathways that are working

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<v Speaker 3>with cobots. There's a lot of technical pathways that have

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<v Speaker 3>to learn how to navigate the prompt engineering to embed

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<v Speaker 3>AI inside of the pathways. It's not something that AI

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<v Speaker 3>is exclusive from being invasive of those pathways. We're pushing

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<v Speaker 3>all of our students, all of our teachers, all of

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<v Speaker 3>our staff to embrace artificial intelligence and make sure that

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<v Speaker 3>they're on the cutting edge of what's happening in those

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<v Speaker 3>particular trades, industries and local local pipelines. Yeah, because you

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<v Speaker 3>it's not something you can fight at this point. If

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<v Speaker 3>you're not embracing it and working alongside it, it's going

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<v Speaker 3>to be a competitor for you eventually.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you know, you're right, there's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a displacement. But I'm wondering, you know, if you're an AVIA,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're a mechanic, for example, AI is not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>it may it may augment your job, it may change

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<v Speaker 2>some things as being a force multiplier for you, but

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<v Speaker 2>you still have to get in and fix that engine

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<v Speaker 2>or that part. AI is not in a robots to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to do that because you have to have

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<v Speaker 2>the critical thinking which may be augmented by AI, but

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<v Speaker 2>you still have to do it with your hands as

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<v Speaker 2>opposed to a robot. So I think those jud But

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder about pilots. You know, we know, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>massive pilot shortage right now. When you can't get enough pilots,

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<v Speaker 2>do we start to see as is autonomous airplanes a

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<v Speaker 2>thing's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a lot of companies that are investing billions of

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<v Speaker 3>dollars into the regional economy here in the Greater Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 3>great and Dating great in ed Area, great in Dayton areas,

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<v Speaker 3>Greater Dayton areas such as such as Jobi. Yeah, that

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<v Speaker 3>specialize in the vertical lift and take off. Is that

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<v Speaker 3>the air taxis I was talking about. It is the

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<v Speaker 3>air taxis and so those are still being piloted. They're

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<v Speaker 3>what we're seeing right now in industry is they're making

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<v Speaker 3>a shift from delivering goods and content and packages that

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<v Speaker 3>are in particular weights to figuring out the volume of

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<v Speaker 3>how many people that they can transport. And then you

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<v Speaker 3>have to figure out how the airspace is regulated for

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<v Speaker 3>the particular size of those particular aircrafts and how they

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<v Speaker 3>work in airspace.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's a whole nother a.

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<v Speaker 2>I see AI managing air traffic too, air traffic controllers,

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be AI. It's gonna be a while before

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<v Speaker 2>one of us goes Yeah, I'm gonna get on this

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<v Speaker 2>plane with no pilot. It's that's gonna take a minute,

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<v Speaker 2>that's gonna take him in.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, there's already the autonomous cars that are predominantly in

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<v Speaker 3>the larger metropolitan areas. They're they're out west in Phoenix.

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<v Speaker 3>When I was in Phoenix for a conference, they're out

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<v Speaker 3>west and it's crazy, right, and you they're fully autonomous.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, no driver in them. It's not that far off. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just again, the early adopters will be like, I

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<v Speaker 2>may try this if I'm adventurous, but I can see

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<v Speaker 2>how people get nervous about that. But in the future,

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<v Speaker 2>in you know, twenty thirty, forty fifty years, it'll just

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<v Speaker 2>be ah, this is what we do. We have Bilois,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't need it. It'll look like the Jetsons correct,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're headed that way. What is your completion rate

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<v Speaker 2>and also placement rate for new grads? Now, granted you

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<v Speaker 2>just opened the center right now, but I'm sure you

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<v Speaker 2>have a target. But what's your success been. We have

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<v Speaker 2>two answers for that.

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<v Speaker 3>Our graduation rate at bull at Tech for the last

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<v Speaker 3>ten years is ninety nine percent. Nine percent some years

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<v Speaker 3>it's one hundred. The lowest it's been is ninety nine.

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<v Speaker 3>The students that complete our secondary pathway, which is the

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<v Speaker 3>equivalent of a high school diploma, those students we're graduating

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<v Speaker 3>ninety nine percent of our students.

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<v Speaker 1>And shout outs to not only our staff, but all.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the partner schools that have partner based relationships that

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<v Speaker 3>feed into Butler Tech. That's important to acknowledge our relationship

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<v Speaker 3>with them. And on the adult education side, our placement

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<v Speaker 3>rate is ninety percent for adult learners of every single

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<v Speaker 3>ethnic group that we have, so that means white students,

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<v Speaker 3>Black students, Asian students, Hispanic last Hispanic Latino students, multi

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<v Speaker 3>racial students. Ninety percent of students from any subgroup. That's incredible,

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<v Speaker 3>get placed into a job of the of the pathway,

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<v Speaker 3>of the credential that they acquired within six months.

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<v Speaker 2>That goes to show you just how successful and why

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<v Speaker 2>this fifteen million dollar plan is needed. So on that,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, the median wage for someone in the aerospace

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<v Speaker 2>industries like right around six figures, right, one hundred thousand

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<v Speaker 2>dollars people leaving with that degree leaving Butler Tech, what

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<v Speaker 2>are they earning?

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<v Speaker 3>Students are not leaving Butler Tech with a degree after

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<v Speaker 3>their high school experience. What they are leaving with is

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<v Speaker 3>a series of high level credentials that are accepted and

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<v Speaker 3>embraced within the industry in multiple different subpathways. So at

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<v Speaker 3>our Aerospace Center, students will filter through one of three pathways.

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<v Speaker 3>There is the aerospace pathway, which many students will lead

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<v Speaker 3>right into college.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a four year pathway.

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<v Speaker 3>Students matriculate to four year universities if they want to

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<v Speaker 3>focus on aerospace, or many of those students will head

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<v Speaker 3>into manufacturing careers that work for Department of Defense and

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<v Speaker 3>other types of industries like that. There are students that

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<v Speaker 3>will be the mechanics, which is the AMP the airframe

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<v Speaker 3>and power plant mechanic pathway. That particular industry has thousands

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<v Speaker 3>of jobs within a two hour radius of the greater

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<v Speaker 3>Cincinnati area. And then the third pathway, students will have

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<v Speaker 3>the opportunity to earn various different credentials for their private

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<v Speaker 3>pilot license. Their private pilot license can be for their

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<v Speaker 3>personal aircraft, can lead to the ability to fly a

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<v Speaker 3>corporate aircraft, and it can also lead to your drone license,

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<v Speaker 3>which is huge in various different sub industries. Right now,

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<v Speaker 3>such as defense, real estate, construction, and that list goes

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<v Speaker 3>on and on and on, and of course industries like

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<v Speaker 3>yourself in the media industry.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, that's fascinating.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're pretty much guaranteed a job, you know, and

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<v Speaker 2>not only that, the success rate is so high it's

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<v Speaker 2>a no brainer. Not I think it may be for

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who's going, wow, am I going to get laid off?

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<v Speaker 2>I've got laid off again? I maybe you want to

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<v Speaker 2>pivot career. Why see adult education program is wonderful. It

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<v Speaker 2>is the brand new Butler Tech Aviation Center at Middletown

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<v Speaker 2>Regional Airport. William Sprinkle, Superintendent and CEO Butler Tech, thanks

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<v Speaker 2>for popping in today.

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<v Speaker 1>Appreciate it. Thank you for having me.

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<v Speaker 3>And what would be important to also acknowledge is we

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<v Speaker 3>have a ribbon cutting for our brand new bioscience center

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<v Speaker 3>in one month on April thirteenth, which is strictly about

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<v Speaker 3>the forecast of jobs in this market for healthcare, which

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<v Speaker 3>is one of the most booming in demand fields.

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<v Speaker 1>This state. Has gonna bring the good scissors this time

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<v Speaker 1>for that one. We're going to bring the good scissors.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't you can do it once and screw it up. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't have it twice though, You're gonna have to.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to bring the great ribbons, practice ribbon, practice scissors.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's do put a little work in sprinkle. We got it, well,

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<v Speaker 1>got it. Appreciate you. Thanks for coming to all right,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks again.

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<v Speaker 2>Got to get the news update in here momentarily slowly.

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<v Speaker 1>Seven hundred win snat