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Show CJCC luncheon addressed By TOM HARALDSEN CLEARFIELD - The new project pro-ject manager for Regions 7 and 8 of Job Corps told members of the Clearfield Job Corps Community relations council that few people realize "just how important community com-munity relations are in our center's future." Joe Vail, who recently returned to the post he held previously, told a luncheon group of 50 that when the federal government was considering con-sidering which of six centers to close due to budget cuts, "one of the criteria looked at was the community com-munity relations efforts of those centers. Many of them have good relations, but a few do not, and that did weigh on the decision reached as to which centers should be closed." Mr. Vail praised both the Clearfield Clear-field and Weber Basin Job Corps for their efforts in community relations. rela-tions. He recalled his previous visits to both facilities and how impressed im-pressed he was with the relationship relation-ship both have with the areas they serve. In a similar vain, Clearfield center cen-ter community relations director Richard Quimby announced to the group that CJCC will hold a "Salute "Sa-lute to the Community Week" on Sept. 29 through Oct. 3. Details are still being finalized, but activities will include a public open house of the facilities. "We want to show the public the work done by our 500 employees and 1600 students," he stated, adding the event could be held annually if it proves successful this year. In other luncheon business, council members heard of the center's cen-ter's ongoing instate recruitment efforts. 1 he center now houses 147 students from Utah, more than double the 60 students it has averaged aver-aged in the past. "Our efforts here, along with those of Nero and Associates in Salt Lake City, are allowing us to get the word out here at home about ab-out the Job Corps program," E.E. Ludeman, center director, stated. The numbers reflect an ever-increasing ever-increasing effort to get local students stu-dents for the center, which has more than 20,000 graduates nationwide nation-wide since its inception. |