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Police Community Relations Awards Program Announced By (iayle Hinson Post Staff Writer If you know a policeman who's been extremely help ful and deserves special thanks, here is your chance to reward him. The Police Community Relations Awards, given to exceptional ftekf-officers, is sponsored by the Char lotte-Mecklenburg Com munity Relations Commit tee (CRC) and WBTV and recognizes patrol officers -who-have mirlp nntc>pnf|. ing contributions toward improving police commun ity relations in their patrol The program, in its third year, awards five police officers with $500 each. CRC chairman J. Ran dolph Taylor, commented on the program by saying, "The Police Community Relations Awards Pro gram continues to symbol ize the community's sup port for and dedication to law enforcement that is both effective and fair for all citizens.” Officers are nominated _according to_the following criteria: (1) inv61Vfim«lt in helping the community understand the function of police and the citizens role in that function, (2) demon I. Harrison" . Last year's winner stration of extraordinary effort in the area of crime prevention and (3) involve ment in aiding neFghbor hoods in handling their own problems. Nominees for the awards should be respected as pro fessionals by their peers and community residents, and should be recognized as striving to maintain positive human relations at all times. Nominations can be made by fellow officers, superior officers or citizens in a patrol area, by grollps or individuals. So if you want to give a policeman a pat on the back, call Com munity Relations at N. Games— ...Last year’s winner 374-2424. 8 a.m. - 5 p,m. weekdays or write: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee, 623 East Trade St., Suite410, Charlotte, NC 28202. The deadline for nominations is January 18, 1982. Nominations will be re veiwed by a committee of members of the CRC and personnel from the Char lotte and Mecklenburg County Police Depart ments. A ceremony to announce winners.of the award will be held in April, 1982. Three of last year’s win ners were officers G. N. Games, Ike Harrison and R. W. Garnett. Number Of Black Elected Officials Up 2.6 Percent The number of black elected officials in the United States increased by 2.6 percent between July 1980 and July 1981, accord ing to the Joiht Center’s annual survey of black elected officials (BEOs). Last year's increase was 6.6 percent. The 1981 increases were concentrated in a few states. This year, as last, Mississippi had the largest net increase in number of black elected officials, 52. Georgia gained 43 BEOs; Illinois and Kentucky each gained 17; Ohio gained 13; and Tennessee, 11. Texas had a net Joss of 33 BEOs. Other than these substan tial changes, net losses and gains around the country were generally small. The number of black offi cials has increased every year since the Roster was first published in 1970. In 1969, three years after "’passage uf the Voting Rights Act, there were 1,160 BEOs in the country ; as of July 1981, there were 5,038. (Results of this fall’s election are not counted in this total.) Blacks now hold 1.03 percent of all elective offices in the United States. On the whole, blacks must stil^c^^^^oi^sup^n from black voters to win elective office, and the geo graphic districution of BEOs still corresponds to the distribution of the black population. Thus, - the Southern states, which con tain 53 percent of the black population of the United States, also contain 61 per cent of all black elected officials. At present 340 blacks hold state-level offices; 36 hold regional offices; 465 hold county offices, and 5-12 hold judicial and law-en forcement offices. By far the largest category of BEOs remains municipal officials: this year there are 2,382, up slightly from last-year’s total of 2,346. The second largest cate gory of BEOs is education officials. The 1,255 black education officials repre sent 25 percent of all BEOs. As they have for the past decade, black women con tinued to gain offices at a greater rate 3.1 percent- - than black men-2.4 per cent. Black women make up abput 20 percent of all black elected officials. They are distributed wide ly both geographically and by level of office. They are especially concentrated in educational offices and hold relatively few judicial and law enforcement offices. Probably the most note worthy fact about the num ber and distribution of black elected officials is their stability. Since 1976, the rate of growth has been relatively low, and the dis tribution geographically and by level of office has changed little. Milton Mor ris, director of research at the Joint Center, said of this year’s findings, “While the continued growth in the number of black elected officials is encouraging, its pace can only be a cause for concern in view of the massive disparities be tween the proportion of offices, held by blacks and the propora tion of blacks in the population as a whole." A complete listing of black- elected officials throughout the country and a set of statistical tables will be available in the 1981 'Roster of Black Elected Officials " the eleventh an. nual edition, which will be published in December. Copies may be ordered from JCPS for $23. Read the Charlotte Post each week. It’s your best source of news about the people you know. FORD EXTRAVAGANZA DISCO “INTRODUCING” ♦Mr. Gomillion & Mr. Henderson Town & Country Ford Charlotte, N.C, 536-5600 Previewing 1982 Ford & Fiat Products Fairmont Escort Mustang EXP Thunderblrd Flats LTD Trucks Sunday, Dec. 13th, 1981 4 pm - 8pm -at The Kings & Queens Lounge Uptown Charlotte A . S 100 $1 00 Admission • Beverages 1 . 119 S. Brevard St. R. W. Gamette --Last.year's winnpp_ UNCC 49ers Have Big Week Coming Up! The UNCC 49ers have a big week coming up in the First Union Invitational Tournament playing Holy Cross in the first round at 9 p.m. Friday in the Coli seum. Davidson will meet the Citadel at 7 p.m. in the other first round game. The winners meet at 9 p.m. Saturday, the losers at 7 p.m. Ranked as one of the top teams in the country, the Crusaders of Holy Cross are coached by George -BUlIt j. Tin;} ait nicirtbeia of the East Coast Athletic Conference’s Northern Di vision and won 20 an lost 10 last year. Nine lettermen return and of these the best seem to be guard Kevin Greaney who averaged 12.9 points last year and guard Eddie Thurman who averaged 7.4 points last year. Up front will be 6’9'' Eddie Floyd and 6’8” Chris Logan. The Citadel of the South ern Conference is coached by Les Robinson. They were 9-17 last year. Wells Holland with 10.8 points per game last year and Greer Huguley with 9.7 are top players On Wednesday, Decem ber 16, the 49ers take their 56-game winning streak in the Mine Shaft on campus for a game with the Fight ing Camels of Campbell College^ Than Meets The Ear There’s More To Conversation By Bob Cairns Why do your lips say no, no when your eyes say yes, yes, yes? Knowing the answer to that question may make you a better communicator. Dr. Harry E. Munn, as sociation professor of speech-communication at North Carolina State Uni versity, has made a study of the conflicting messages which occur in many con versations. “When the words we speak agree with our facial expressions and body lan guage, good communica tion is inevitable," Munn said. “But if our actual feelings disagree with the verbal message, we may be letting nonverbal clues give us away.” According to Munn, our real source of credibility comes not from what we say but from how we say it. When the person with whom we are conversing can't read our nonverbal clues, a breakdown in com munication occurs. He cited frowns, smiles, grimaces, finger or foot tapping, distant looks, di rect eye contact and nod ding as pxamnlpx nf nnn verbal clues. “The person who can identify properly the mean ing of a furrowed brow or tightened lip6 is more like ly to be in control of a conversation and better able to make good deci sions about the message being given," Munn said. Munn, who teaches inter personal communication courses at NCSU and com munication workshops and seminars in the private sector, tells his students that becoming skillful at reading nonverbal mes sages can be extremely important in manager employee communcation. “An employee usually tells his boss what he thinks the boss wants to hear,” Munn commented. “The manager, fearing that an honest appraisal of the em ployee might be demeral izing, tends to temper his message as well." An employee with skills in reading nonverbal mes sages might turn a mis leading verbal conversa tion with his boss into one that ultimately will be pro ductive,” Munn explained. He used the example of an employee who requests a raise and is given a roundabout verbal “no" and “I’m busy, try me later” nonverbal response (a furrowed brow, an uir derstanding nod, a thought ful look). The employee can assess those clues and pose the question again when the time is right. He said that nonverbal messages tell two stories' one about the speaker; the other about how the listen er perceives the speaker. “The key is to have good data on the person talking and to know the clues and how to look for them. Then we re in a good position to take the right message from a conversation.” He illustrated the point with the case of a baseball manager who is having a poor season. If he gets a verbal vote of confidence from the team owner, but sees a red face, tight lips and sweat pouring down the man's forehead while they talk, then the man ager shouldn't be surprised if he’s called in the next week and fired. “The skillful sign reader would have SDotted the clues are taken the oppor tunity to clear the air then, or begun immediately to look for another team to manage," Munn said. Munn emphasized the importance of being able to assess the source when judging nonverbal clues. 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