As jewelers struggled to fill their employment ranks with new talent in the late 1970s, Dee Rouse Huth spotted an opportunity in their frustration. "I'd ask, `How do you find jewelers when you need them?'" Huth recalled. "They said, `You don't.'" Huth decided to link her passion for jewelry design with a career in teaching, founding the California Institute of Jewelry Training in Carmichael.

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