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ATCreports $1.5 millionaward at groundbreaking
AN, 5.C
Congressman Lindsey O Gra.
ham announced a 315 million
Financial Assistance Award to
Asken Technical dunng
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ceremony for the new CSRA
Manufactuning and Technology
Tramning Center
The grant by the Economic De
velopment Administration will
asxist with the construction of the
$3 millon. 350 ,000. square-foot
MTTU on the ATC campus The
facility will provide a regional
state of the art training site that
can respond quickly to the short.
term high tech traaning needs of
new and expanding industry [tis
expected 1o open in 2001
Addittonal funding included a
$1 mullion grant from the Savan.
nah River Regnonal Diversifica.
tion Initiative, $250 000 from the
Atken Technical College Founda
r.mtmmmunmun
echnical College Plant Fund
The MTTC will house four dis
tunct programes, including the Ad
vanced Manufacturing Center,
the Environmental Safety and
Quality Resource Center, Com
puter Training, and Special
S hanad
The conter will also provide
space for specialized equipment
a sumulated manufactuning and
warehousing snvironment, anin
strumentation laboratory a flud
“Dare to Dream”
Blacks Against Black Crime
to host Victims Rights Week
AUCUSTA
Natwnal Crime Victims Rights
Week will be observed duning the
potiod ml 714 Blacks
Against Crimes, Inc is the
anly lecal victims nghts organ:
patson in the Augusta area BARC
advesates for all victims of crimes
rogardiess of race, gender, rely
R of oo economiic status
Supperting victims' famibies in
their negotiations with the jus.
tiee system s one of the many
services BABC provides for cnime
victams n our arva Scheduled
activities include
BAprid 7. Tpm Peter S Knox
Center, Sixth Annual Victims
Rights Dinner 1999 homicide
victime will be remembered The
Rev Otis B Moss 1 of Taber.
nacle Baptist Church will be the
keynote speaker Ms Winette
Bradley will receive a Commu
Deltas to present an
“Evening of Fashion & Flair”
The women of the Augusta
Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Inc present an Evening of
Fashuon and Flarr This fashion
and talent showcase will be held
on Sunday, Apnil 9 2000 t 5p m
at the Sacred Heart Cultural Cen
Girls Inc. to sponsor White
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power laboratory, a manufactur
ing systems laboratory, a com
puter laboratory, and an area for
safety training that can be cus
tomized to meet the needs of a
specific business or industry
The MTTC will improve Aiken
County’s ability to attract a broad
range of diversified businesses by
training the existing and future
workforce in skills that will sup
port the industrial growth of the
CSRA This s particularly impor
tant following mission changes at
the Savannah River Site The
county’s largest emplover has lost
about 17,000 emplovees since
1994
Community teamwork was key
in bnnging this state-of-the-art
YDC celebrates foster grandparent’s 98" birthday
AUGUSTE
The Augusta Youth Develop
ment Camput ( YDC ) hosted a barth.
day celebration in honor of
Georgia's oldest foster grandpar
ent volunteer, Ms Virginia
Crawford The celebration was held
at the Augusta YIXC on Friday,
March 3, 2000
Born March 3, 1902, Ms
Crawford began working as a fos
ter grandparent at the Augusta
YDC on August 1, 1978, and has
given more than 21 years of con-
nity Service Award for her com
mitment and fine work at the
Augusta Alternative School redi
recting misguided vouth, ading
the reduction of cnme. Four schol
arships will be awarded ARC se
nwors in memory of homiaide vie
tums Phalonda Howard and Wilhe
Kelly Call (706) 737.00564 for
ticket information
SApril 11,545 p m. BABC will
host a public forum at Beulah
Grove Resource Center with rep
resentatives of Mothers Against
Drunk Driving, ARC District
Attorney’s Vietum Assistance De
partment, Georgia State Depart.
ment of Pardons and Paroles and
Blacks Against Black Crimes. The
forum will include an overview of
the agencies and their services as
they relate to enme victims. No
admission fee
ter Tickets are fifteen dollars each
and may be purchased from any
member of the sorority. Proceeds
to benefit scholarship fund and
other community service projects.
For additional information, call
724-3576
ing, toys books and much more
All proceeds go to Girls Incorpo
rated Programming to help in.
spare girls to become strong, smart
and bold
facility to ATC, The Continuing
Education and Economic Devel
opment Division's Customer
Council, the ATC Academic Pro
gram Advisory Councils, and the
Savannah River Regional Diver
sification Initiative all supported
the project. Representatives from
business, industry and the com
munity have alsoexpressed strong
support
“Since moving to the area, |
have been very impressed by the
ability of the region’s aitizens to
work together in partnership for
the benefit of the entire commu
mity,” said ATC President Susan
Graham “No task seems too diffi
cult or complex to achieve
“This project exemplifies the
spirit of accomplishing goals
tinuous service to the program
She has worked with hundreds of
students during her tenure there
The Foster Grandparent Pro
gram is a nationwide program that
pairs seniors with special-needs
children and youths The Program
came to Augusta in 1972 and the
first grandparents were placed at
the Augusta YDCin 1978 Some of
their activities include attending
classes with students, encourag
ing students to work on treatment
goals, participating in recreational
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through partnerships By combin
ing resources and expertise, the
building will seon house training
that will become a showcase for
economic development activities
The programming offered in this
facility will be a powerful tool for
attracting new businesses to the
region and for providing techni
cal training for our many success
ful existing business ”
The MTTC will ultimately cre
ate a community resource to
stimulate economic recovery and
growth inthe CSRA, stabilize and
diversify the local economy by re
deplovingdownsized SRS employ -
ees, and transfer knowledge, skills
and technology developed at SRS
to expanding CSRA industry
activities and counseling infor
mally with students
“It 1s canng, dedicated people
like Ms. Crawford that make the
system work. We are greatly ap
preaative of her vears of service to
this agency and to the vouths we
serve,” stated DJJ Commissioner
Orlando 1. Martinez
The program 1s sponsored by the
Semor Citizens Counal of Greater
Augusta. For more information
contact Leroy Rogers at the Au.
gusta YDC at (7061 792.7532
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ASU host state education
conference at Sheraton
A state conference on partner
schools will be hosted by Au
gusta State University on March
29-31 at the Augusta Sheraton
The conference involves all in
stitutiors in the University Sys
tem of Georgia having educator
preparation programs as well as
the area’s professional develop
ment schools in the P-16 imitia
tive
The conference gets underway
Wednesday evening with a wel
come from ASU President Will
wam A Bloodworth, Jr . and a
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presentation from a representa
tive of the national Council for
the Accreditation of Teacher Edu
cation Thirty-six concurrent edu
cation sessions will be held Thurs
dayv and Friday at the Sheraton,
and on Frniday, some conference
attendees will visit in the area's
Professional Development
Schools
Forinformation about the con
ference and the P-16 Initiative,
contact Dr Mary Gendermalik
(CCooper at Augusta State at 737-
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