Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 1, 1 January 1990 — Computer center accepts applicants [ARTICLE]

Computer center accepts applicants

Pikake Wahilani, executive director of the Hawaii Computer Training Center (an Alu Like, ine. project) announces testing is in progress for applicants for admission into the Center's ClossX. Class X begins Monday, Feb. 12. The center was established in joint cooperation by Alu Like, ine., and the 1BM Corporation in 1986. Testing will be at the center's facilities at 33 So. King St., Suite 300, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96813 every Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tests will eonhnue through January. Applicants will be tested in typing, math and English. The 15-week, tuition-free program runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, and will include all of the following: business math and English, Cortez Peters championship typing, office procedures, operations of the IBM PC-XT (DisplayWrite 3, Lotus 1-2-3, dBase III Plus); also pre-employment preparation and job placement assistance. People of Hawaiian ancestry are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to prepare themselves for employment in the business world. Priority will be given to those seeking entry-level positions in the business world after completion of training. For more information, contact the Hawai'i Computer Training Center at 538-0035. Center hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lau-kapalili. Lau-kapalala. Tremble-leaf. Broad-leaf. These were the names applied to the leaves of the very first taro plant, whieh according to legend was named Haloa. Taro leaves are sometimes referred to poetically by these terms. From "Olelo No'eau, Hawaiian Prouerbs and Poetical Sayings," published by Bishop Museum Press.