League Needs Applicants For Job Training Center -» ???*• '•'--55s - —v. \ ■ - fe ?•/;-' Dr. Bertha Maxwell 'i| ’ Celebrate Black Hstory WomanReach with Dor.. Bertha Maxwefl’sFPsrstory: “Success is Diminishing Failures!” Come early for the monthly networking pot luck supper and conversation with Bertha Maxwell ht « p.m., February U (Tuesday). jMng a covered Ash or beverage, soda friend! S For more information call a '’cFoiTIBnRCtlch ' ’ ^Qiintiplnr MondaySaturday 1W p.m. at nt-Mti T- V,*" >' All women are welcome at are freely A United F^yAgmcy ^ canoed accessible with It hom a NCNB To Initiate Slate’s First Video Banking Service NCNB National Bank will ini tiate this summer the first video banking service for the home in North Carolina It will be available statewide through an IwlennatiBii rriworK accessmie uj immny 9VV)pi “This new service will enable our customers to perform many at their banking activities conveniently at manager of delivery systems^for I Author, display their | and pay monthly MBs any (hue of day or night, • * * “In addition to services available Initially, m envision continually adding furiethw, such as loan appB cations and reordering of checks,” he said Froneberoer said the new service - which could be used by individuals or small businesses - will not ha a pilot test "The service we plan wiU ba the first commercially available video hanking Service in North Carolina he informed. ' ’WT" course* in Math, English and typing are taught. An additional “Life Skills” course instructs students on resume writing, Job interview tech nique*, time management and in terpersonal communication. Fin ally, students receive hands-on training in clerical word processing. The entire training program lasts u weeks. The Center also offers services in counseling, Job development and placement. “The Center's staff takes a personal interest in the students'development,” assures Bowen. “IBM was the driving force behind '• the establishment of the Job i Training' Cantor,” he informs, in fact, the cantor la tha result of a joint venture between IBM. the Urban League and other local companies IBM is providing <800,000 in equip ment, service end salaries for the center’s first three years of opera tion. An additional <323,000 is donated in money and services by <7 area businesses. This all shows, suggests Bowen, that bop-profit cr ganiaations, such as the Urban League, and profit sector businesses work together to address the critical needs of the community. ' ‘Whet we are doing is a construc tive way of dealing with unemploy ment, underemployment and the [R^DnS>o|f f HILL* GASTONIA* CHARLOTTE* I Rock Hill 1270 Albrinht RcL (Next to Food Lion) Gastonia 2425 W. Franklin Blvd. (Next to Wendy's) Statesville^ Signal Hill Drfce - (Next to Food Lion) Charlotte 5 4633 Central Ave. (2 Blocks W. of Eastland Mall) Charlotte vr 3231 Wilkinson Blvd. (Next to Bojengle'i) ^Charlotte '"V 2510 Little Rock Rd. (Next to Food Lion) Charlotte 4325South Blvd. I cJftSTiKRc-.il I I! Why Shop W™ Crazy Joe’s ? 15 MONTH LIMITED WARRANTY... I ^ia facta far* from data o m««h^a Hours:Mon.-Sat. 8am till 1 lpm/Sun. 10am till 11pm * ; thoaow Wrt mi. Hotrr Hnvfct fcfwtimpm/Sun ICHwttnapm) i[ WOCHWLL.M. chaw tom «> « Wto. w, ^ » ohaalctti nnriir»wt mx»•oi**** CHAHUym CHAWLOTT« > IA»«M— WATMyitH mn»)W» INtlllA^ OACTCWHA 1»8 tl WHtWWI W»* 8A»TOHA .. * WK 3^4 PAY1 A VI

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