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1 Illlllllllll tllllllllll I Ill I Hill Illllllllll II The Chronicle, Thursday, August 14, 1986-Page A17 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiftiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii artin From Page A5 IIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIItlllHHIllHIIIHIllllllllllllinilllHIIIIIHIimillllllllHIIIIHIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIHIHIIllimillllHIilllHIlflHmiHIHHmillHIIIIIIHHHIHIIIIIIIIIHimimillllllHIHIimillltHlimillllHIIIIIHHIIIHMIllHlimiimillimilimillllHIIIIIH^ ire results in terms of our ished goal of 2 percent of )urchases. this respect, we equalled or ded our mark in seven of the lonths, and our overall I was precisely what we had t to achieve. More impor- , the pilot project was a ;s of discovery - that is, a id of identifying flaws in stem and finding ways to t them. Some months we above 5 percent and some ds under 1 percent. At no neve we under the 0.15 per- yerage of the previous ad- tration. And we met our ent goal. And we learned 0 do better. lay, I am pleased to an- ;e that I am instructing my counsel to prepare an ex- ve order formally ishing a Goals Program, ef- this month, and setting a jf 4 percent for the current year. To assure a continued of cooperation, informa- and coordination among tments, I am designating iirector of minority affairs, femory Rann, to serve as coordinator. support of this action, I am also directing the secretary of ad ministration to provide staff assistance to Mr. Rann on a pro ject basis, thereby assuring an ef ficient and effective program. Moreover, I already have taken steps to bring about greater representation of minorities in purchasing and personnel posi tions by instructing department secretaries to register all vacan cies with the equal oppor tunity/affirmative action representative in the Office of State Personnel, as well as the director of minority affairs. Currently, we have a vacancy for a purchasing officer and a clerical worker in the Department of Natural Resources and Com munity Development, and I have notified Secretary Thomas Rhodes to set aside these posi tions for qualified minority ap plicants. If we hope to meet or exceed our goal for minority con tracting, it will be vital to have purchasing officers who unders tand the minority business com munity, and who can help other purchasing officers understand. From the outset of my ad ministration, I have appointed minorities to key non-traditional leadership positions. During my first year, we set a new record of appointing or employing minorities in almost 28 percent of all state government job vacan cies. Approximately 9 percent of the new minority employees were in official and administrative posi tions; more than 10 percent were in management-level openings, and more than 50 percent were in professional and technical jobs. I believe this represents a good- faith effort by the administration to bring about a favorable impact on purchasing decisions. In the past, so-called “good-faith ef forts” didn’t produce any result. No other administration in state government has ever ap proached the number of minorities appointed to cabinet and sub-cabinet positions. My appointees have included Aaron Johnson, secretary of correc tions; Lew Myers, assistant secretary of commerce for small business; Sylvania Wilkerson, assistant secretary of transporta tion; Henry McKoy, deputy secretary of administration; Ed Garner, assistant secretary of crime control and public safety, and Brenda McGee, deputy com missioner of the Employment Security Commission. None of these is limited to minority affairs. It is very signifi cant that they are in key leader ship jobs serving all the people. That’s the new wave of equal op portunity. I could go on, listing dozens of others who are members of my staff or who hold jobs as direc tors of various divisions within the nine departments under the executive branch. However, I believe that my actions demonstrate a deep personal in volvement in minority affairs - something that heretofore has been absent in state government. We are moving rapidly to make necessary adjustments in our minority purchasing program, in cluding upgrading of our com puter systems so they can inter face with all departments, and consolidation of our purchasing directories to include business listings by product or service codes. These improvements are extremely important. The first task of meeting and exceeding our minority contrac ting goal is the identification of companies whose products or ser vices meet our purchasing re quirements. Once these firms are identified, we can launch a concerted effort to contact them on an individual basis and make them aware of anticipated purchases. Our Small Business Division and our Minority Business Division, both eacekeepingforce may be needed protect South Africa’s neighbors he Associated Press lS VEGAS, Nev. - A keeping force may be need- I protect neighboring coun- [rom the apartheid regime in 1 Africa, the Rev. Jesse ion said. fe must be prepared to use troops to protect self- mination in South African y much as we did 40 years in European policy,” ion said in an interview Sun- ight. He was in Las Vegas to ; Monday to the opening ses- of the American Federation overnment Employees con- on. Ve need a new policy; one hooses Nelson Mandela and ;r Tambo over Tarzan and bo in South Africa,” ion told some 1,500 conven- delegates. n South Africa our govern- ; is a co-conspirator with the theid regime — the historical :ssor to Nazi facism - that is ng its racist war against both wn black majority and its states,” Jackson said. ckson charged that South :a is occupying part of )la and had “bombed over billion of infrastructure” in iboring states. ckson, who lost a bid for the ocratic presidential nomina- in 1984, said the United s must be firm in resisting te-sponsored terrorism” by h Africa against neighbors Zimbabwe, Botswana and bia. ckson said he would leave nesday for a meeting with its of eight southern African tries. te Baptist minister urged irica to aid South Africa’s bbors in an effort to isolate ipartheid government. But he such options “will never be Sored by leaders who are ig- ttt of the region.” ickson also charged that the !an administration “has used iers against themselves and workers scapegoats for the cn’s ills.” '^e are challenging workers •alesce and resist cutbacks in s and securities and benefits ballots, marches and Dnstrations,” he said. Some 1,500 members of the AFGE are meeting in Las Vegas through Friday for their 30th biennial convention. The union has some 210,000 members and represents more than 70,000 federal workers. AFGE President Kenneth Blaylock, in an address opening the convention Monday, said his members want a union “that can stand effectively between them and a management at the worksite that cares nothing about them.” “They have sent us here to build a union that can stand bet ween them and the political forces of power that would do away with our government, that would destroy their jobs, and that would turn our government over to the rich and powerful,” Blaylock said. Ross From Page A3 barbecue where Mrs. Ross grills ribs and brisket, Singleton was apt to be thinking about another of her specialties. “I may come back and eat some gumbo tonight,” the church deacon would often say, carrying his lunch in one hand and a worn felt hat in the other. Mrs. Ross learned the kind of hospitality and good cooking that keeps such regulars coming back at home. “While my grandmother was cooking, I was nosy enough to get on a stool to help her,” she says. Her cooking skills expanded with her travels overseas, but the daily menus posted on a chalkboard reflect a preference for Southern-style cooking. Each menu is entered a second time in longhand in a thick, worn spiral notebook, because Mrs. Ross doesn’t want to serve the same combination twice. Cook ing starts at 6 a.m., when she starts preparing everything from sausage links and cornbread to pies and pecan candies — from scratch. “I just don’t feel like it’s really eating if we don’t cook from scratch,” says Mrs. Ross, who employs kitchen help during the busiest times of the day. "I am very, very particular. In fact, I think I am a fool at times ... but it’s the only way you can stay in the cooking business. You have to be very firm. You’re playing with people’s health.” Mrs. Ross’ firm demands, though, are softened by a smile as sweet as her candied yams. She rules her neatly ordered kitchen with organization. “It’s all easy to me. After you do it so long, it all falls into place. The main thing is to have a system .... I have with a system. I like to do things my way.” But Mrs. Ross is not all business. “People come in and holler at of which are under the Depart ment of Commerce, are available on a day-to-day basis to provide technical assistance to firms that wish to participate. All of us should take pride in the increasing number of minori ty men and women who have conquered seemingly impossible odds to make significant con tributions to the economy of North Carolina and to their own particular economic sectors. During the past year, black- owned businesses posted a 14.8-percent growth in business on a national basis, compared to a growth rate of only 3.2 for the United States as a whole. North Carolina’s economy, during the same period, surged ahead even faster. We continue to have unemployment below 5 percent, and for the first time, more than 3 million of our citizens are in the active work force, meaning that they are employed. As one of the 10 fastest growing states in the na tion, North Carolina offers unlimited potential for expan sion. Minority business can excel in this business climate. It will re quire dedication, tenacity and creativity as their tools of trade. But the opportunities are here for them to carve out a solid place in the bedrock of our mainstream economy. For decades, minority business enterprise in North Carolina has defied an adverse system in order to realize the dream of business ownership. Today, black en trepreneurs are boldly facing new challenges - challenges of new opportunities. We must realize that, to achieve a measurable degree of success, these businesses must possess the same level of skills, financial savvy and technical know-how as their counterparts in majority-run businesses. More importantly, they must capture the spirit of enterprise, displaying the courage, ingenuity and determination to succeed, no matter what obstacles lie before them. State government will contin,ue its successful efforts to establish a strong public-private partnership - one which fosters economic growth and opportunity for all. Our goal in government is to achieve one united state — a state in which there is success enough for all who have the determina tion to pursue it. This administration had made a good beginning; it has' established a framework for pro gress. Together, let us build upon this successful beginning. Can 724-5399 Nateottcs Anonymotts Halplins . WlniioivMam, K. C. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii me all day long in the kitchen,” she says, stopping long enough to tell a visitor to stuff his lunch payment into her apron pocket. “You know where to put it,” she says, and he does. Mrs. Ross left the restaurant business for a time when her hus band retired. “He decided he didn’t want me to do anything but stay home,” she says, heading across the kitchen to pick up a pot that need scrubbing. Mrs. Ross closed her restaurant and stayed at home for a year and a half, confining her restauranting skills to a barbecue stand at the South Texas State Fair. “And then I began, you know, spending money I shouldn’t be spending,” she says. Meanwhile, friends kept urging her to open another restaurant. So Mrs. Ross decided to reopen. “I had to have something to keep myself busy,” she says. Furthermore, her “retired” hus band had taken on another job. “I can’t make him quit his job, and he can’t make me quit mine,” she says. The restaurant, which Mrs. Ross says nets her a profit of $100 or $200 a month, is less a business investment than an in vestment in her neighborhood, she says. “It’s something I like to do,” Mrs. Ross says. “I feel like being up here is helping the neighborhood. I was born and raised on this end of town. Peo ple come by every now and reminisce about old times.” But Mrs. Ross doesn’t confine her neighborliness to longtime regulars. ‘‘All my customers are special,” she says. “They don’t have to come here. They can go somewhere else. I think they have to be thinking about me in order to come here.” Summer Fun Tour 86" Rappin' and Jammin' Live and In Living Color Featuring / ^ BOOGIE BOYS L.A. DREAM TEAM JOESKI LOVE RAPPING DUKE U.T.F.O. ,,3 "WHISTLE" ' CANDY LOVE Friday, August 15th, 1986 8:00 p.m. C.A. 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