FRIDAY APRIL 13, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.**

Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for
Cima Technology Center

SPANISH DEFINITION:

ci·ma, f.

1. (cumbre) summit, peak, top

2. figurative (colmo) height, pinnacle

Cultivating business and skills to reach the top

Friday the thirteenth was a lucky day for the Cima Technology Center grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. The weather was beautiful as the high-energy crowd of stakeholders and well-wishers joined to celebrate. Cynthia Soto, Illinois 4th District State Representative officiated. Representatives from Battelle, Wright College and Humboldt Park Vocational Education Center stood along side elected officials from the city, state, Congress and Senate for the launch festivities.

See additional photos on Senator Durbin's site: http://www.durbin.senate.gov/photo.

(left to right) Jack Lavin, Director Illinois Department of Commerce; Charles Guengerich, President Wilbur Wright College; Karen Yarbrough, Illinois State Representative; Wayne Watson, Chancellor City Colleges of Chicago; Michael Madigan, Illinois Speaker of the House; Robert Sawyer, Regional Director, U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration; Cynthia Soto, Illinois State Representative; Marcelo Quiroga, Battelle Executive Director Cima Technology Center; Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator; Frank McGuinness, Battelle Program Manager; Madeline Roman, Dean, Humboldt Park Vocational Center

(left to right) Cynthia Soto, Illinois State Representative; Dick Durbin,U.S. Senator; Michael Madigan, Illinois Speaker of the House; Jack Lavin, Director Illinois Department of Commerce; Karen Yarbrough, Illinois State Representative; Robert Sawyer, Regional Director, U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration