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Job Connection ' To Help Dropouts

MAYS LANDING - High school dropouts having trouble finding a job now have a direct "connection" to employment through a new program sponsored by Atlantic Community College ( ACC) and the Atlantic/Cape May Private Industry Council. The "Job Connection." located at ACC's City Center. 1535 Bacharach Blvd., Atlantic City, is open to Atlantic and Cape May County residents aged 16 to 21 who have dropped out of high school and are having difficulty securing employment, according to Tom Collins, coordinator of the program. Participants also must meet the financial eligibility requirements set forth by the Job Partnership Training Act program, he said. THERE IS great need for such a service in this area, according to Collins. "The unemployment rate in Atlantic and Cape May Counties for young people is about 15 percent. For minority youth, the figure is 25 percent and it's even higher for Atlantic City. These high unemployment figures for youth are particularly striking when con-

trasted with the fact that Atlantic County leads the state in the creation of new jobs." Gene Hudgins and Ada Barlatt work for the Job Connection identifying persons who qualify and training them in the program. "The first thing participants learn what it takes to find and keep a job," said Hudgins. "After the job readiness workshop, we develop an employment plan for them and, finally, we give them placement assistance, which will lead directly to a

job, skills training or entry into higher education." ACCORDING TO Barlatt. this approach helps not only the youth but the employers as well. "By serving as a screening service. the Job Connection will help reduce training costs." she said. Collins said he feels that one of the primary advantages of the Job Connection is its affiliation with Atlantic Community College.

"Participants who need to upgrade their basic reading and math skills will be able to do so through attending day or night classes at ACC's Adult Learning Center adjacent to the Job Connection. "Those who have the desire to commit the necessary time and effort will receive help in obtaining their G.E.D. high school equivalency diploma."

Business Is Going Informal COURT HOUSE - The first session of "Business After Hours", designed by the county Chamber of Commerce as an opportunity for the county's businessmen to get together informally, will be held 5-7 p.m. Thursday. Dec. 12. at Snickers. Harbor Square, 96th Street. Stone Harbor. The meetings will let participants talk business in a non business setting. There will be no set program and no speeches, just time for developing additional contacts with chamber members and others It is planned to have Business After Hours once a month. At the first gathering, there will be a cash bar, and hors d'oeuvres will be furnished compliments of Snickers. For further information, call 465-7181.

At Beauty Show COURT HOUSE - Ralph and Dorothy Mogavero of Salon 21 here recently attended Beauty U.S.A.. the largest professional onlybeauty trade show in the Eastern United States, which was held in Hershey. Pa. A.E. Offers $500 Rebates Atlantic Electric offers $500 rebates for solar water heating systems, not $55 as reported here last week. Low and no interest loans are also available to qualified applicants besides a 40 percent federal tax credit that expires Dec. 31. For more information on the water heating system, call Frank McLaughlin of All Quality Solar Systems 1368-8219) or Atlantic Electric on the local loan program (1-800-221-05201. Bicycles Go To Winners RIO GRANDE - Winners in a raffle conducted by the Parents Association of the Cape May County Schools for Special Services received their awards Nov. 30. Bicycles donated by KMart here were presented to Harry Mitchell. Wildwood Crest, and Mrs. Jargowsky, North Wildwood. at K-Mart. Proceeds of the raffle go to benefit Ocean AcademyAlternative Schools.

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