CIVIC CENTER MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

The Cape Civic Center appears to be moving in the right direction to ward off any threat of an interruption in the valuable services it offers underprivileged youths. The Areawide United Way has put the center back on its list of agencies that get United Way funding.

Problems in 1996 with the center's bookkeeping and management forced the United Way to withdraw funding after the second quarter of the year. As a result, the center got but $20,000 of the $35,000 United Way originally had allocated for it.

A condition of the restored funding is that the center contribute as much money to its working budget as will United Way. To help do so, the center has a couple of fund raisers planned, intends to hold others and hopes to acquire some grant money here and there. John Jenkins, president of the Civic Center board, is confident the agency can raise the $37,000 it will need to qualify for a like amount from United Way.

After some difficult times, the Civic Center, through efforts of a dedicated board, is turning itself around. And those who use the center will be the real beneficiaries.