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t sSitTvd THE CflfARI.I ITTF. pi iqt BLACK MARKET A AAAI vAXiJLA (JJ! f 1 I If « V Fftl I EFFECTIVELY REACH CALL 376-0496 A A ^ X. I BY FAR. MORE '^le m(U'k Community”_Jbl^kconsumers^ —————M^-^MM^H^^wCTn|^^^0^:jniursda.v.^oTenibrr 27. 1980 PricTauCents SINGER JOANNE BARNETTE ...Talent flourishes Joanne Barnette Is Beauty Of Week ICIC9B OUlllft Post Staff Writer Talent flourishes, espe cially in Charlotte. If you’ve ever heard Joanne Barnette sing you would agree she is certainly a local star. She also writes what she sings, expressing herself through ballads anc poems. Kliast you could call . me a sentimental writer 3* My writings are based on my life style and experi ences and I have to have inspiration - then it just comes out,” she stated. Ms. Barnette, on occa sion, performs her mate rial locally but has realized through experience that artists must protect their works. She is still optimis tic that her messages can reach many despite the needed cautiousness. “When people can identify with you, I think you are well on you way to star dom,” she remarked. “But I’m not looking to .just become a star but also become financially suc _ cessful,” she continued. Our Scorpio beauty pos sesses the talents to aK,iiicvc uuui. nci singing ability reflects the long hours of practice. Her songs are evidence of her various interest. From bal lads to country and west ern, to the message of life songs, Ms. Barnett can create then perform them all. “Know Where You Are Going,” “Especially To You A Song,” and “Life Of A Black Man” are a few of Ms. Barnette’s works. She has performed locally in nightclubs, in South Caro lina and Atlanta; won se veral talent shows; and re ceived the distinguished honor of Best Vocalist of 1977-78 from S.E.A.R.C.H., a talent scouting agency. Presently she sings with the band called MAGIC and is now preparing a package MCABSW To Meet The regular meeting for the Metrolina Chapter of the Association of Black Social Workers (MCABSW) will be held Thursday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m at the Belmont Regional Center wnMtf* ne wno does not give thanks an Thanksgiving Day is ths true TURKEY deal with original material with her arranger Alfred Caldwell. Ms. Barnette enjoys writing and has been doing it for 13 years. She has attended Central Piedmont Community College, fur thering her knowledge in musical theory, learning to play the piano, and im proving her overall know lege concerning the enter tainment field. A slim chance exists for Ms. Barnette to be ‘dis covered’ if she stays in Charlotte. “So I’m willing to relocate,” she confessed. “I would like to move to California. I believe there are job opportunities there. I’d have a better chance of running into the right peo ple willing to invest in a talent without them having reservations." The favorite being in Ms. Barnette's life is God. She attends various churches. Her mother, Emma Crock ett, is a local evangelist. She has three brothers, Willie, John and Frank Crockett, one sister, the late Jean Evelyn Straite, and one son, Charonn Barnette. 6u.uv-imvo. ICVIU1 ca UIIU dUUlU VlbUdl Parade Set For Saturday Masons Will Hold First Grand Conclave Here This Weekend The first annual Grand Conclave of United Nation al Free and Accepted Masons and O.E.S., Inc., will be held in Charlotte November 28-29 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel. The highlight of this event is twofold. There will be a motorcade parade Saturday, November 29, at 3 p.m. beginning at the intersection of Poplar and Trade Streets, proceeding east on Trade to Ebenezer Baptist Church (733 E. Trade St ). • An Imperial Ball will be held at the Civic Center from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. The public is invited to attend. Advanced tickets are on sale at the Soul Shack and Pete’s Barbeque. Door prizes will be given. The United National Su preme Council Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Freemasonry of the World, and 33rd and Last Degree and Order of Eastern Star was incorporated April 4, 1980 and organized May 31, i960 in Wilmington, N.C. They are presently operat ing in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida Their Certificate of In corporation gives them the VEP Responds To Senator Strom Thurmond’s Remarks SSI Makes 3 Program Changes The Social Security Ad ministration Monday an nounced three program changes that become ef fective January 1: + The maximum amount that beneficiaries may earn annually and still re ceive all of their benefits will increase from $5,000 to $5,500 for those aged 65-71 and from $3,720 to $4,080 for those under 65 Benefits are reduced $1 for every $2 of earnings exceeding these amounts. But, beneficiar ies 72 and over may earn any amount without any reduction in their social security checks + The maximum amount of earnings subject to the social security tax will in crease from $25,900 to $29, 700. The change will give workers earning above $25,900 greater protection because a large amount of . their earnings will be credited toward benefits than before. This will mean higher benefits for them and their families at re tirement or in the event of disability or death. + The amount of earn ings required to earn a quarter of coverage will increase from $290 to $310 Four quarters of coverage will be credited for earn ings of $1,240, up to $1,160. These three changes, re quired by the 1977 amend ments to the Social Security Act, will be pub lished in the November 19 Federal Register UNCC Homecoming All Alumni of the Uni versity of North Carolina at Charlotte are invited to a Homecoming Dance fol lowing the 49er basketball game on December 6. Roma Gillard and Leonard Sumter are testing their manual dexterity. Goodwill Industries gives aptitude tests as part of O Mr its new Youth Employment and Training Program cxtcurex i/ne-iear i on tract Goodwill Industries Will Not Let CETA Program Die By Susan Ellsworth Post Staff Writer The Federal government has abandoned the Com prehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program, but North Caro lina and Goodwill Indus tries will not let it die Under a $42,000 grant from the N.C. Department of Labor, Goodwill Indus tries of the Southern Pied mont has a one-year con tract to manage the CETA funded Youth Employment Training Program. Although a City CETA program already exists, services are not dupli cated. To be eligible for the youth program, applicants must live outside Charlotte city limits but within Meck lenburg County. They must be in the 16-21 age group, unemployed or underem ployed and meet the low income guidelines i ui a single yersun, earnings must not exceed $3,790. In a family of four the maximum income al lowed Is $8,370 and $11,550 for a family of six. Unlike the City CETA program which serves the 18-65 age group and has almost equal numbers of economically disadvan taged and handicapped, County CETA does not re quire that applicants be handicapped. Participants in the coun ty program undertake two w eeks of assessment where they take a series of tests measuring dexterity, intel ligence, strength and . interest. Data is fed into a com puter Results indicate the best jobs for the applicant, based on aptitude During the training program ap plicants share in group discussions, and receive IwtlirPC nnH miHin tficnol presentations on career goal development. They are taught how to inter view for a job and get alonf with supervisors and co workers. After these sessions, youths are either placed ir a job or referred for fur ther skills training. Coun seling in job-related areas after placement is also available. Edwards said the pro gram concentrates on a youth's weakest areas. “Many youths have no idea how to present them selves before an interview er," he emphasized. Ed wards pointed out Goodwill uses taped interviews to show them their shortcom ings. "We take them from the point they are and move them to the level where they can hold a full-time job," he added. Ill WIndell Daniels ...Chief executive officer right to promote and ad vance the cause of free masonry throughout the U.S. and foreign countries Additionally, it gives them the right to establish busi nesses and institutions to be operated by and for the mutual benefit of the mem bers They are an extreme ly progressive organiza tion. Their main objectives are to develop leaders not only in the organization but also in the community They propose to carry on a benevolent and patriotic fraternal society for the cultivation of friendship among members; and to carry on benevolent work for the relief of the help^ less and needy without pre judice or bias Further, they believe that every individual has intrinsic dig nity and worth. III. Windell Daniels. Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander, serves as the Chief Executive Officer Sis Gwendolyn Moore serves as Most Ancient Worthy Grand Matron III. Windell Daniels has received eleven distin guished awards, including Master Mason of the Year, Modem Free and Accepted Masons in 1979 and First Place - State Participation - Modern Free and Ac cepted Masons of the World, Inc., 1979. He pre sently is plant superinten dent at Koch Fuels Pro, ducts Company in Wil mington He is a graduate of Fayetteville State Uni versity and attended Cape Fear Technical Institute bis Gwendolyn Moore, presently a drafting clerk at Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph in Wilming ton, obtained an Associate Degree from A&T State University and attended l^aSalle Extension Univers ity and the University of N C at Wilmington She, too, has received numerous certificates and awards of recognition for outstanding services in the Modern Free and Accepted Masons of the World, Inc Presiding over the state of North Carolina are III Willie Nixon, Grand Master of Greensboro and Sis. Patricia Walters of Charlotte, Grand Worthy Matron. Local lodges include St James Lodge No 33, III James Steele, Worshipful Master, Solomon I>odge No. 357, III. Charles June, Worshipful Master; Sons of Joseph, Lodge No. 007, III. Joseph Lloyd, Worshipful Master; and St. John IxKlge No 10, Bro Jesse Jackson, Worshipful Master Local chapters are Alpha Centauri Chapter No 9, Sis Patricia Walters. Worthy Matron, Dixon Chapter No 4, Sis Elizabeth Murray, see MASONS on Page 2 The county program will serve 57 applicants, com pared to City CETA's 130 Although it has fewer open ings, the county program offers more individual at tention. Whereas, the city pro gram runs three weeks, according to director Sa brina Johason, the county program is three months long Edwards, a 17-year re sident of Charlotte has pre viously served as store manager and transport ation supervisor for Good will Industries Interested in applying0 Call Ralph Edwards at the Goodwill branch on Free dom Drive. 372-3434 SBA Aid To Minority Firm** Hit* New High WASHINGTON, DC Federal contracts and loans to minority-owned businesses made by the U S. Small Business Ad ministration reached new records in Fiscal 1980, which ended September 30 In announcing the I9tt results, SBA Administratoi A Vernon Weaver said th< records were linked U SBA's new managemen approach ot targeting program resources t< small business men ant women facing traditions difficulties in raising capi tal" GOP Would Repeal 1965 Voting Rights Act Special To The Post ATLANTA, Ga - The Voter Education Project, Inc. (VEP) issued a state ment last week responding to Senator Strom Thur mond's reported remarks favoring repeal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Senator Thurmond was quoted as saying he favors repeal of the Act in order to remove Federal control over local affairs. VEP noted that the Voting Rights Act came into being because local governments had acted in a discriminatory manner to ward minorities and there is no reason to believe they would not resume those discriminatory patterns if the Act were repealed Sherrill Marcus, execu tive director of VEP, stated, “Senator Thur mond’s belief that state and other local govern ments can be counted on to act responsibly toward minority voting rights sim ’> ply does not hold water it light of the historical fact! since the passage of the Voting Rights Act.” He continued, 1 ne Senator s statement rejecting the need for Federal control over voting rights protec tions indicates that, as the next Chairman of the Senate’s Judiciary Com mittee, racial and lan guage minorities will not have a friend as was the case with Senator Thur mond's predecessor, Sen ator Edward Kennedy." Under the Voting Kights Act, local governments are required to submit notice of any changes in voting rights laws, practices and procedures to the Voting Section of the U S. De partment of Justice. The Justice Department can then raise objections if the change would have a dis criminatory effect on minority voting rights VEP data indicate that .385 objections have been made by the Justice Department in eight southern states EEOC Office is Moving To E Morehead St. The Charlotte District Office of the U S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is moving Effective December 1, the offices will be located at 1301 East Morehead St , at the corner of Kenil worth Office hours will remain 8 30 to 5 p m Monday through Friday The tele phone number, 371 6437, will stay the same Ample parking and access lo public transportation will be provided The EEOC Office has jurisdiction over employ ment discrimination com plaints in North Carolina It enforces the Civil Rights Act of 19M which prohibit* discrimiantion in employ 1 ment based on race, color sex, religion or national ! origin 1 Additionally, EEOC en forces the Age Discrimin ation in Employment Aci i which prohibits discrimin ation because of age (40^70 and the Equal Pay Ac which prohibits wage dis crimination because of sex since the law s passage. 4n addition, a substantia] number of state and local governments have been taken to court as a result of making changes The Voter Education Porject. Inc is a non partisan, nonprofit, tax exempt organization which has worked since 1%2 in the 11 southern states to promote minority political participation City Offices To Close For Thanksgiving All departments of Char lotte City government will be closed on Thursday. November 27, for Thanks giving Day. Regular busi ness hours will be resumed on Friday, November 28, at 8 p.m. Due to the holiday the City Sanitation Division 1 will operate on a four-day i work schedule. There wl'l be NO curbside trash col lection during the week. Items should not be placed ai me luiu until tt truiltfa* day, December 3 Bagged leaves will be collected from curbside on Wednes day, and Friday Thanks giving week Backyard garbage collection will be made on a Monday-W'ed nesday and Tuesday-Fri day schedule The York Road Landfill will be closed on Thanksgiving Day The City Animal Control Division, located at 2700 Toomey Ave , will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Only emergency cases will be handled Community centers operated by the Charlotte Parks and Recreation De partment will be closed on Thanksgiving Day Parks and the Revolution Golf Course will operate on a regular schedule On Thanksgiving Day the Annual Carolinas' Car rousel Parade will be held in uptown Charlotte start ing at 2 p m. Due to the parade many routes operated by the Charlotte Transit System will be de toured for the duration of the parade starting at I 30 p m All North South buses generally using Try on St will be using Mint St and Church St All East West buses generally using Trade St will be using the one-way paris of 5th and 6th Streets Oireftd Shopper* (mi linv Mad !M errhandise Even a careful shopper can buy bad merchandise But there usually is some thing the shopper can do to get satisfaction, believes Dr Thelma Hinson, extern sion family resource man agement specialist. North Carolina State University hirst, go back to the store where the item was pur chased If that doesn’t work, contact the manu facturer If that fails, turn to a Consumer Action Panel These panels are set up in several industries, includ ing the furniture , major appliance, auto and insur ance industries.