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6 mi v L f . -ifo. -i A .n , n -.i- IAT..KAY23.1S31 Third State High School-Math Held in Research Triangle Lid Uv y";?fe-rJ Wake County minority high school student! pirtlclpiti In the Careers Information Academic Skills Enrichment Workshop at St. Augustine's College, Boyer Amphitheater Building, Raleigh. Wake Students Participate In Workshop RALEIGH "You! can make it (to a health career) if you try. You ' ' already have the brains and the heart, all you have .to do is develop the courage to stay with 'it", Dr. E. Lavonia Allison, Director Of the NC Health Manpower Development Program, University of Norht Carolina, told a group of Wak, county 4 minority high schools students attending a Health Careers Informa tionAcademic Skills Enrichment Workshop at St. Augustine's College in 1 Raleigh. Students, from Broughton, Sanderson, Garner, Athens Drive , Wpex, East Wake, and ' Wake Forest High Schools, participated in the workshop sponsored by the NC Health Man power Development Pro-i gram, in cooperation with the Wake County Areaj Health Education Center t (AHEC),' and the Wake' County School System, on May ,2. The workshop, with the theme, "A Health Career is Within youF Reach, If You Believe in Yourself', was designed to acquaint "the high school students with tfie many career Straining opportunities in the health field, to involve them in experiences to strengthen their background in basic study skills of classroom notetaking, time control, textbook reading and notetaking,' memory train ing, and preparing for and taking exams, and to in crease their motivation, interest, and commitment to pursuing a health or health related program. In addition to a health careers and academic skills information and orienttion, the students were encouraged to develop an "attitude for success". Two films, "Gefion's Plough" and "It's Your Future", presented during the workshop session, em-, phasized the workshop! theme, thawehef in one s own ability and personal: determination are impor tant factors in determining success or failure in the' pursuit of a profesional health career. Dr. W.W. Johnson, Chairperson, Department of Natural Sciences at St. Augustine's urged students to take full ad vantage of the resources afforded them through workshops and programs like NCHMDP, in order that they might become more competitive for ad missions to health training programs. He went on to say that, "any concien , tiouSj, studious.hardwojjci. ing student who is com mitted, to excellence should not have any trou ble getting into the health program of his or her choice," 5 Because of the tremen dous need for minority health professionals, he participants were challenged to seriously consider health careers as viable options, which will offer them opportunities to return to provide ser vices ih minority and poor communities. - Ms. Joyce Perry, Guidance Supervisor of the Wake County Schools, ! spoke to students of the financial security, rewards, and personal satisfaction to be gained from helping peolein need of health care services. "Cetificates of Par ticipation" were awarded to each student for com pleting the workshop. Ths Third Annual State High School Mathematics Contest, sponsored jointly by the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Mathematics Division of the State Department of Public Instruction, was held in the Research Triangle Park, on May 7. The purpose of the Contest, was to recognize . outstanding scholarship in mathematics and to stimulate interest in the. study of mathematics in all North Carolina , schools. The 110 contestants from 53 high school in this year's contest were selected through twelve regional competitions in the comprehensive divi sion. The top scorers in ' 'each region were eligible to compete in the State Contest. The first place winner of the State contest was Richard G. Heck of R.J. Reynolds High School. Richard, a junior, is the1 son of Richard and Helen Heck of Clemmons, North Carolina. , Placing second was' Christopher Jolly of West Charlotte High School. A senior, Christopher plans , to- attend North Carolina ' state University, he is the son of Raymond and Kim j jolly of Charlotte. . Placing third was Eric Queen of Independence ' Senior High School. A senior, Eric is the .son of James and Sandra Queen of Charlotte and plans to, I attend Duke University. Placing fourth was David Fortney of Chapel hill .Senior Hieh School.. , David, a junior, .plans io 1 aiiendlLFUKe University! and is the son' of Sidney ' and Elizabeth Fortney. ' Placing fifth was Bruce Lindsey, Jr. of Tuscola. High School in Waynesville, N.C. Bruce, : a senior, is the son of. Bruce and Mary Lindsey . and plans to - attend Western Carolina Univer-' sity, Sixth through twentieth place winners were respec ' tively Kenny Hirsch, a senior from Chapel High School; Michael Marion. ' a senior from Chapel High School; Kevin MarOney, a junior from Chapel Hill High School; Kevin Knight, a senior from Chapel Hill High School;, Richard Wehe, a junior , from Millbrook Senior High School in Raleigh; !Ali Shahin, a senior from Chapel Hill High School; Randy Whitmeyer, a senior from R.J. Reynolds Senior High in Winston- Salem; Bruce Hvierrymaii, a senior ftom.North Mecuenourf .mn bcnool in Huntersvillc: ' Tim, Huson, a senior from ast : Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte; Charlotte Chht, a junior from the N,C. School of Science and thematics;: Terry Bridgeman, a senior from DavieV High School in Mocksville; Sarah Krigman, a junior grom from the NX. School of Science and Mathematics Harvey Jenkins, a junior! from Reid Ross Senior High in Fayetteville; and Joseph Doyle, a senior from South Mecklenburg High School in Pineyille. Those placing first, through sixteenth will; represent North Carolina as a team in the Atlantic1 Region Mathematics com petition to be held at the University of Maryland,; June 5-6, 1981. The tofi. tive winnn were presented with pi ques andjCertificates ot Merit were given to the too twenty winners. All -Gontest--i Park 'contestants received Cer tificates of Participation. On hand for the present turn were Dr A. Grai Phillips, State Superinten dent of Public Instruction, Dr. H. David Bruton, Chairman, State Board of Education, and Dr. Quen tin Lindsey, the Gover nor's Science and Public Policy Advisor In addition, 20 colleges and universities ' across North Carolina have agreed to offer a full year's tuition scholarship to the top twenty winners, j Hosts for the events of Contest Day were Burroughs-Wellcome, IBM, the Environmental i Protection Agency and the U.S. Army. Research Office. Rest Easy f WithSleep-Eze". 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Which treatable condi tions can produce confus ed states similar to senile dementia? Can actual brain disorders in the elderly be diagnosed and treated? THE BRAIN AND AGING, a 20-page booklet, is available for 50 cents from the nonprofit Public Affairs Commit tee. 381 Park Avenuci South, New York, N.Y. 10016. Freese emphasizes that manv individuals live to a very advanced age with no; dimunition of mental, ability. But family,, friends, and even medical i personnel are sometimes: tooiast &mir(hW persons in thdr 60 s orj beyond are "senile", says; Freese. V Symptoms j associated with senility confusion, disorientation, j forgetfulness can acutually be caused by more than a hundred con ditions, many of them curable if they are; recognized and treated j promptly. Some of these treatable . physical conditions are 1 poor nutrition, heart! disorder, gall bladder at tack, virus infection overmedication anemia. 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