CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, November 4, 1983
Federal act to provide local job training
By SUSAN WORTMAN Staff Reporter
Unemployment in Kansas this month hit its lowest point since last March, but the figures may drop even more once the Job Training Partnership Act goes into full effect, a Department of Human Resources official said yesterday.
The program, passed by Congress in 1982, will train and provide jobs for disassemblaged people, said Kathy Osterman, an official officer with the department.
Although the program went into effect Oct. 1, the Douglas County JTPA program will begin Wednesday with a training session at 9 a.m. in Navarre Hall at Haskell Indian Junior College.
NANCY HIEBERT, Douglas County commissioner, said the program would be geared toward employers, potential participants and anyone else interested in the program.
The program is supposed to increase employment and earnings of partici-
depend on members of the community to determine what type of programming will be provided, how much will be spent on the training and who will be trained, O'Hara said.
pants and to decrease welfare dependency, she said.
"I'm not sure if it will stay that high since our unemployment is dropping. They are targeting the money to areas of highest unemployment," she said.
easy. Heibert estimated that the federal government would allocate $2.5 million for the Kansas JTPA program.
of highest unemployment, size of the
The JTPA program is replacing the
"This program has a lot of options. If they determine that high-tech will be big in the area, they can set up programs for this," he said.
'They need to earn while they learn. They need to put food on the table.'
Nancy Hlobert,
Douglas County commissioner
CETA job training program that has been used for the past 10 years.
"They usually run about 10 years and then are abolished," Michael O'Hara, area supervisor for the JTPA prog"said of training programs. "There was considerable evidence that the CDTA was indeed well. However, it has done well in Kansas."
And people will be trained for jobs that already exist, Hiebert said.
THE KEY DIFFERENCE between JTPA and CETA is that JTPA will
"They need to earn while they learn. They need to put food on the table," she said.
One disadvantage of the program is that less money is allocated for support services while people are being trained for a job. In the CETA program, money was available for baby-sitters and transportation. That was the trade-off
with the JTPA program, Hiebert said.
MOST OF THE people involved in the JTPA program will probably be learning a vocational skill such as welding or auto mechanics, Hiebert said, but the program is not restricted to vocational training.
If people have the interest, they can be trained as Licensed Practical Nurses. Area employers have said that jobs might be available in high technology equipment, computer programing and telemarketing.
To meet the federal requirements set for the program, 90 percent of the participants must be in the poverty income level, she said. The other 10 percent need only have some serious barrier to employment to qualify for training, such as limited English proficiency or a physical handicap.
The program has been directed toward minorities because they have the highest rate of unemployment, Ketchum said.
JTPA can also provide money for job training for youths and elderly people, Hiebert said. However, those programs have not yet been developed.
KU India Club to celebrate Hindu festival
By KALPANA TRIVADI Staff Reporter
In countries across the world — from India, England, South Africa and the United States — the wicks of clay candles will grow deep into the night for Diwali, a typically Hindu festival commemorating the triumph of good over evil.
Attired in new clothes, young and old Hindus, the rich and poor, will partake in huge feasts and will light firecrackers during the celebration, often called the "Festival of Lights."
SATURDAY THE KU India Club will host a program that includes a variety of entertainment shows and a tradition Indian dinner cooked by club members.
"Diwali for Hindus is like Christmas for Christians," Ninan Chacken, Pening, Malaysia, sopplomore and treasurer of the KU India Club. said
130, is a needs-based group of the community. Apart from organizing social gatherings on religious and festive days, it provides the meeting ground for Indians on campus.
"We try to create the atmosphere of a home away from home," Chacko said. On Diwal, he said. "We hope to have someone just as we would have back home."
Chacko he expected as many as 400 people to attend the Diwali night celebration, which is scheduled to last from 7 to 11 p.m. at Cordley Elementary School Hall, 19th and Vermont streets. Tickets are $8 and attendee activities office in the Kansas Union. Tickets at the door cost $1 more.
LAWRENCE INDIANS will find the celebration an excellent time to get to know each other and to appreciate the talents of the participants, said Pratiba Amin, 212 N. Crestine Dr., the club's cultural secretary.
a traditional Indian folk dance will be staged by Indians. Also, a Western
Bombay, India, said she would be celebrating Dhali. Having lived in a predominantly Hindu neighborhood, her family celebrated Dhali, she said, and over the years absorbed many practices and celebrated Hindu festivals.
music recital will be performed by three Americans on Indian musical instruments, Amin said.
Local woman fatally struck by lightning
Despite efforts by the India Club, nothing replaces the "Diwali-at-home-spirit," said Ketan Parikh, Bombay, India, graduate student.
"Here, Diwali passes by uneventfully, and you don't even realize that it has come and gone."
The woman, who police identified as Jacqueline Johnson, was struck about 9:40 a.m. MJR. Ron Olin of the Lawrence Police Department said. Olin said that a bicyclist discovered the body. The bicycle had disturbed Oln said, and was returning from the end of the bike when he saw the body.
Angina Parek, Durban, South Africa, graduate student, said that Diwali is a day when she visits relatives and returns home with gifts.
"Because my mother comes from India, she has followed all Indian traditions even while in South Africa," Parekh said.
A 46-year-old Lawrence woman jogging along a dike near the area of Lawrence River Front Park was struck and killed by lightning yesterday
By the Kansan Staff
working on a roof at Lawrence Freight Lines, 1321 North Third St., when she saw a woman wearing a blue top and jogging shorts run by about 9:15 a.m. He said a black German shepherd was with her.
1. David Oshel, Route 3, said he was
About 10 minutes after he saw her, he said, it began to sprinkle, and about five minutes later, the sky became darker and it began to thunder.
Even though the festival is mostly celebrated by Hindus, Shamim Jivani, a muslim graduate student from
dubbed him Oselie. Oshel said he also saw someone ride by on a bike about five minutes after he had first seen the woman.
The dog was uninjured and was found sitting next to the body, Olin said. Preliminary identification of the body was made by an animal control officer who recognized the dog and the owner.
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TODAY
INTERVARSITY Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union.
EMILY TAYLOR Women's Resource Center will present a workshop titled "Your Vision of the Women's Union" at 1:30 p.m. in Alcove B of the Union.
FOLK DANCE Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Military Science Building.
UNDERGRADUATE Biology Club will meet at 4 p.m. in the Sunflower Room of the Union.
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CIRCLE K Club will meet at 7 p.m. in 2007 Malott Hall.
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