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Sen. Merkley tours CTEC

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
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Teegan LaRochelle, left, a senior at West Salem; Holly Ber, a junior at North Salem and Joseph Donovan, a senior at McNary, talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley as he tours the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
Teegan LaRochelle, left, a senior at West Salem; Holly Ber, a junior at North Salem and Joseph Donovan, a senior at McNary, talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley as he tours the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
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Salem-Keizer Superintendent Christy Perry holds a CTEC sign during a tour Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center in Salem, Ore.
Salem-Keizer Superintendent Christy Perry holds a CTEC sign during a tour Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center in Salem, Ore.
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Principal John Honey, left, and Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley as he tours the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
Principal John Honey, left, and Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley as he tours the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
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U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman Journal
Students learn how to install, hang and seal windows Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at the Career Technical Education Center in Salem, Ore. U.S. Sen.
Students learn how to install, hang and seal windows Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at the Career Technical Education Center in Salem, Ore. U.S. Sen.
DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman Journal
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Teegan LaRochelle, a senior at West Salem and Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Teegan LaRochelle, a senior at West Salem and Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman Journal
Students, staff and adminstrators talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley while he tours one of the classrooms at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore.
Students, staff and adminstrators talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley while he tours one of the classrooms at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore.
DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman Journal
One of the classes at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
One of the classes at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman Journal
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.
DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman Journal
Students, staff and adminstrators talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley while he tours one of the classrooms at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore.
Students, staff and adminstrators talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley while he tours one of the classrooms at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore.
DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman Journal