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Show Wednesday, November 27, 1985 - Page 12 Training Center is developing unusual product : Self respect for developmental disabled adults things we are doing for TV Guide and BYU and a contract with Pykettes. We can collate, package, assemble." "They like routine tasks. They stay with it well." he explains, "We can come out and clean, work in an auto shop sorting parts, whatever anyone needs done. It's good for them and us. It builds "We have the capability of picking up big contracts, the bigger the better." The Northern Utah Countv Training Center only insists that workers be 22 years old, not eligibi! for rehabilitive services, in a han ' dicapped condition. There is n discrimination on the basis of race creed, color, sex, religion or ethnip background. j Those desiring more information can call Richard Pace at the CenlPr i at 756-611- Staff member Athene Phillips helps the students at Northern Utah County Training Center perfect their skills at creating handicafts. By SHARON MORREY The Northern Utah County Training Center is producing a unique product in its workers - self-wort- And at the same time it is filling contracts for assembly, packaging, collating ; making gift items of every description to sell. The Northern Utah County Training Center has also only been in business for a couple of weeks located at 10 South Center Street in American Fork (in the Elaine Sharp building.) Richard Pace is owner and president and he says the whole idea is to teach adults from the Utah Training School and other care centers to have work skills and valuable job experience. "We are part of a five year master plan," explains Pace. "We are a private non-prof- organization that provides rehabilitative, vocational and supported work services for developmental disabled adults." The end result is a workshop that turns out volume business, whether it be pine-con- e wreaths, ceramic Nativity scenes or stuffed envelopes. Thirteen staff members supervise nearly 90 students, teaching task completion, use of hands, listening and follow-throug- The workers then turn out crafts and articles of every description, many for sale to the general public right from the workshop building. There are dry flower arrangements, ceramic glazed vases and figurines, grape-vin- e wreaths, Christmas ornaments, mesh-wir- e baskets, party favors, terrariums. The students staple, paint, glue and wire. Some string items together. Others take things apart. Each is learning to pay attention to a task and to accomplish something with their time. "Hopefully, these people will start here and be able to move to the job market," says Pace. "That's really our goal, to help them fit into the real world." Pace says there is going to be an increasing need to fit in disabled adults in society as the Utah State Training School and others pare their programs. He's excited about the con-tribution The Northern Utah County Training Center will make. "We have some of the finest people from the Training School on our staff here. We feel like the adults with us are growing, feeling useful. Well, you can see it. They like it. They work hard." Every item manufactured at the Training Center is sold with a dual purpose, partly to recover material costs and partly to pay "labor" time to the adult who made the item. Gift pieces and decorations will be for sale every day the Center is open, five days a week, from 9 to 5. Some of the adults working in the Center will also handle the sale of merchandise. "We'll have very comparable prices to the stores. And we'll have year-roun- d items," says Athene Phillips, staffing the craft work area, "We have some beautiful things." "They insist on quality," com ments Pace of the workers, "Very often, they throw out something they don't like and start over. There's an incentive there to do it well enough that people buy it." The disabled adults are grouped into levels, the Work Activity Level 1, the Sheltered Workshop Level 2 and the High Skill Level 3. Each level demands different skills from the workers. Pace says the students must consistently exhibit good work habits to stay in the program. They are encouraged to try new skills again and again. To offer different kinds of challenges, Pace says the Center needs many and varied work con-tracts. "The businesses can help us. We need work to do. We have some Sale Price Reg. Price 12 Exposures 2.99 4.11 15 Exposures 3.99 5.24 i 24 Exposures 6.99 7.53 1 36 Exposures 8.99 11.75 135, 110, 126 & Disc 1 Color Print Film Hurry! Prices effective thru Dec. 4, 1985. il I wL Here's wishing you a lm Thanksgiving holiday mgM Mm) that's bountiful in all mm f WW life's joys . . . good :$'; "M&ffi wr 5 y friend, good health, Jftt4Jlll Ig good fun! Enjoy it! 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