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Interns to floum fcir lhieDp I if i day in several Iowa City locations. The meeting schedule follows. Sundays: 9:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. at.

511 Melrose 7 p.m., University of Iowa Chemical Dependency Center in Oakdale (353-4412); women's meetings, 1 p.m., 511 Melrose lesbian's meetings, 5:30 p.m., Women's Resource and Action Center (353-6265), 130 N. Madison St. Mondays: 8 p.m., 511 Melrose Ave. and in private homes (call 337-5201 or 338-8707 for location Tuesdays: 8 p.m. at 511 Melrose Trinity Episcopal Church, 320 E.

College St. (first and third Tuesdays), and First Baptist Church, 500 N.Clinton St. Wednesdays: noon, Wesley House, 120 N. Dubuque 8 p.m., Veterans Medical Center (third floor conference room) West Branch Town Hall (643-5683) and 511 Melrose Ave. Thursdays: 6:45 p.m., Voss House, 611 S.

Clinton St (338-1985); 8 p.m., 511 Melrose 7:30 p.m.r 10 S. Gilbert St. (for gays and lesbians). Fridays: noon, Wesley House; 8 p.m., 511 Melrose Veterans Medical Center, third floor conference room, and in private homes (call 337-5201 or 338-8707 for location); 11 p.m., 511 Melrose Ave. Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m., 511 Melrose upstairs.

Saturdays: noon, North Hall (Room 321); 8 p.m., 511 Melrose midnight, 511 Melrose Ave. Relatives and, friends of alcohol community members involved with substance abusers. MECCA also provides a residential treatment program for recovering male substance abusers over the age of 18. The purpose is to assist people in integrating a more successful and healthful lifestyle by providing support, education and counseling in a semi-structured living environment. An employee assistance program provides area employers with a systematic procedure to assist troubled employees to become more productive.

Services include superviser training workshops, assessment and referral, and follow-up. MECCA operates prevention programs, including special workshops, presentations and inservices related to substance abuse prevention and wellness. MECCA also provides information about other community resources, including Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. University of Iowa Chemical Dependency Center (Oakdale Campus), 3534412. Dr.

Rubin Widmer, medical director. The center, part of the University of Iowa, is an in-patient alcohol and substance abuse treatment center. Both individual and group therapy are offered. Iowa City Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 351-9813, answered 24 hours a day. Alcohols Anonymous meets every If you or someone you know needs help, here are some places to turn.

Johnson County Office of the Iowa State Department of Human Services, 911 N. Governor 351-0200. Carol Thompson, director. Human Services administers state and county welfare and aid programs. Four programs assist citizens with money to meet basic food and medical needs: Aid to Dependent Children (ADC), food stamps, Medicaid, and the state's general fund for emergency assistance.

The Unemployed Parent Program assists families with at least one unemployed spouse. Other social services offered are in-home health care, a family therapy team, an investigative team, adoption services for special needs children and assistance for mentally retarded and mentally delayed individuals. The department also administers federal block grants for social services and provides, information about local state-licensed day care centers and child care facilities. Mid-Eastern Community Council on Chemical Abuse (MECCA), 1701 S. Riverside Drive, 351-1357.

Arthur Schut, director. MECCA offers out-patient counseling services for individuals, groups and families, including assessment, referral and consultation. Services are available to individuals having problems with substances, their families, significant others and other ics can join Al-Anon, which meets at 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and Saturdays at 511 Melrose at 8 p.m. Fridays at Veterans Medical Center (Room 119, third floor), and at 11 a.m.

Saturdays at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. Teen-agers with relatives and friends who are alcoholics can join Alateen, which meets Mondays at 8 p.m. at 511 Melrose Ave. Alakid meets at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at 511 Melrose Ave.

Iowa City Crisis Center, 26 E. Market 351-0140. Ken Kauppi, director. The Iowa City Crisis Center, an information, counseling and referral service, operates a 24-hour hotline (351-0140). Its offices are open each day from 11 a.m.

to 2 a.m. to provide general information and to counsel walk-ins. The office is wheel-chair accessible. The center's crisis intervention program provides counseling and emergency transportation for medical emergencies, including drug overdose and potential suicide. It operates a message relay center for the deaf from 8 a.m.

to 2 a.m. Its food bank program provides food and other crucial resources, and its emergency assistance program helps travelers who are stranded in Johnson County. It also administers the Iowa-Illinois Gas Turn to page 24 NATIONAL COMPUTER 5S NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION j- IT 4 The NCS facility in northeast Iowa City is a self-contained information processing center providing computer products and services to print, collect, process, and report data for our customers in the education, industry, and government markets. NCS is proud to be part of the prosperous Iowa City community. We believe in Iowa City and its future, and are committed to help provide a high quality of life for our skilled and dedicated personnel, their families, and their neighbors..