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Issue No. 1901
NoNcmhcr 2008
Associate C oiisiiltants
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A NEW PARTNERSHIP BRINGS
NEW OPPORTUNITIES
ing and job-placement services.
“This program will provide
direct assistance in helping resi
dents secure full-time, permanent
employment,” Woods said. “It will
open doors for more comprehen
sive and holistic services for our
residents, allowing them to transi
tion smoothly into the mainstream
of society.”
Inauguration Will Break
All Records
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
Keith Grandberry and Larry Woods
(WINSTON-SALEM. NC) —
The Housing Authority of Winston-
Salem and the Winston-Salem Urban
League have partnered in aji effort to
increase employment opportunities
for Housing Authority reSfaents in
Forsyth County. The Quality of Life
Employment Program was recently
announced by Larry Woods, Chief
Executive Officer of the Housing
Authority, and Keith Grandberry,
Chief Executive Officer of the Urban
League, when the two signed a
memorandum of understanding. The
purpose of the program is to provide
Housing Authority residents job
readiness tools needed for gainful
employment. The Urban League
will provide the job-readiness train-
Woods said the Housing
Authority was entering the contrac
tual agreement with the Urban League
on a pay-for-performance scale.
Grandberry championed the
collaboration. “I think this is great. It
is something that’s needed in our
community, especially with the econ
omy and the statewide unemployment
rate being what they are,” Grandberry
said. “In the state of North Carolina,
thirty percent of families are consid
ered ‘working poor.’ This is an op
portunity to make a difference in our
community. We will offer employ
ment training as well as financial lit
eracy through a partnership with Bank
of America.” He said the general
public also could take advantage of
the services.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President
elect Barack Obama's inauguration is
expected to draw 1 million-plus to the
capital, and already some lawmakers
have stopped taking ticket requests
and hotels have booked up.
Some people are bartering on
Craigslist for places to stay for the
Jan. 20 ceremony when the Illinois
senator takes the oath of office. They
are offering cash or even help with
dishes for residents willing to open
up their homes.
The National Park Service, which is
planning for an inaugural crowd of at
least 1 million, will clear more view
ing space along the Pennsylvania
Avenue parade route. Jumbo TV
screens will line the National Mall so
people can watch the inauguration
and parade, park service spokesman
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Upscale ChOd Care Center
Opens On Union Cross
by John Raye
Parents in search of a quality
child care center can consider their
seareh over because an upscale,
multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art,
child care center has open for busi
ness on Union Cross Road in Ker-
- nersville.
The facility. Sugar and Spice Child
Enrichment Center, Inc. located at
1414 Union Cross Road celebrated
with an abundance of cheers and
goodwill from family, friends and
well pleased parents who welcome
the new facility to the neighborhood.
Named after the famous nursery
rhyme. Sugar and Spice is indeed,
everything nice, definitely upscale
and definitely first class, a vivid re
flection of the style and ambience of
its founders, Daryl and Chanthini
Photo Taken during Grand Opening of center
Cruise.
Built from the ground up with every
thing brand new, from a toddler’s toi
let seat to color-coordinated, outdoor
playground equipment, Sugar and
Spice, more than anything else, is a
child-centered facility with a heavy
focus on education, training, safety
and security.
It’s next to impossible to miss the
9,000 square foot facil
ity and spacious out
door playground that
stretches across three
acres of land, about a
mile up from the Dell
manufacturing plant on
Union Cross.
At first glance, it could
be mistaken for an ex
clusive private school
or an upscale retail out
let, with spacious and
comfortable parking
facilities and well-
cared grounds.
INSIDE.
Instead, it is a place that caters to all
children, from birth to age twelve. It
is on target to be one of the most
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