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-• • ■ YOUR BEST ' / *" -*m‘eWTWt*° Bl \<K \FWSI«\PFKS IN THE LUCRATiV - BLACK MARKET K\n\imi F * l#~ --^aeewwb..-.^ _ ^ukVonsoiers “The Voice Of The Black (.ommntiity" Volume 7, Number 46 " ~ -------- ——-THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday. April 22. I9H2__ Price: 35 Cents Survivor Conference Scheduled By Mac Thrower Post Staff Writer The North Carolina Asso ciation of Black Psycholo gists, the Black Child De velopment Institute, Inc. Durham and the North Carolina Association of Non-White Concerns in Guidance and Counseling -have- united to present a statewide conference en titled “Black Survival Into . The-31st Century” in ih» Taylor Educational Audi torium, NCCU, between the hours of 8:30 a m. and 5:30 p m. on Saturday, April 24, The conference includes informative workshops on the methods the black community can employ to remain intact in these dif ficult times. Topics for dis cussion are: Child Develop ment, Social Service-Bud getary Concerns, Politics, Religion, Health-Mental— -Health, and Justice. Featured speakers will include: Attorney Floyd McKissick, Founder of Soul City; US. District Judge Karen B. Galloway; Mrs. Thelma Lennon, Deputy Assistant to Siiperinten —dent, for Student Services. State Dept, of Public In struction; Dr. Awkard, Professor, UNC-Wilming ton; Attorney Barbara Amwtne; Chairperson, Na tional Black Political - ~ Party land. Dr. Audreye Jq^son, Associate Profes sor, School of Social Work, UNC-Chapel Hill. Some of the other major speakers at the conference will be: Rev. W. W. Easley, pastor of St. Joseph AME Zion Church, Durham ; Mary Ann Black, ACSW, MSW-Psychiatric Social Worker; Dr. Richard Mizelle, Profes sor, Dept, of Psychology, NCCU; and Dr Hattye Liston, Director Commun ity Psychology, A&T State University, Greensboro. The registration charges are $10 for members of either sponsoring organiza tion, $15 for non-members and $5 for students. For additional inform ation, call Mrs. Belfon at 919-493-3632 after 6 p.m. or 683-6419 during the day. Livingstone Announces Commencement SALISBURY - Mrs. Eliza beth Hanford Dole, Assist ant to President Reagan for Public Liaison, will be the guest speaker and re ceive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the 1982 Livingstone College an<T Hood Theolo gical Seminary Com mencement exercises on Tuesday, May 11, at 2:30 p.m. in Varick Auditorium on the college campus. Bishop Herman L. Anderson, Prelate of the E^enth Episcopal Dis trict of the AME Zion Church, will deliver the \ Baccaluareate .Sermon at 10 a.m. on May 11, in Varick. Approximately US stu dents are expected to receive degrees. If the going is getting easy, you’re not climbing. YOUTHFUL WANDA WARD ...Olympic sophomore - Wanda Wand fe_ Beauty Of Week By Teresa Burns Post Managing Editor Something beautiful is usually something some . nno hag umrlroH harH to make it so. Our beauty, Wanda Renee Ward, sees a lot of beauty in the world. She has a strong ambition to complete her goals and she realizes that sitting -around wonit get-the.work completed. Now a tenth grader at Olympic High School, Ms. Ward has set her aspir ations on college. "I would like to attend college and extend my edu cation. I would like to go into the field of computer or science... may be become a computer engineer." “I like using my brain,” she continued, and I like challenging myself.” “No matter how it is I feel one should strive for the best and one will suc ceed,” she concluded. Presently Ms. Ward is busy using her intellect to benefit others as well as herself. She is a Junior Varsity Cheerleader; a member of the sophomore Executive Council; Science _ Club; and Drama Club. She also attends Upward Bound at Johnson C. Smith University and will be at tending the Project Excell at Queens College this sum mer in Drama. “This is a project,” Ms. Ward explained, “that is set aside for students who want to excell in one subject.” Besides acting Ms. Ward also enjoys dancing, swim ming and cheeering. “I also read a lot," she re marked, "mostly teenage novels.” Mutilated Water Bilk Causing Problems The City of Charlotte receives nearly 100 water bills each day that have been mutilated in some way. The City asks that water customers please not fold, bend, tear, staple, tape or maj-k the right hand portion of the water bill that is returned with payment. The City also requests that water customers in dicate address or amount changes on a separate piece of paper rather than on the water bill. Com panies are requested to specify individual pay ments when sending one check to pay for a number of water accounts. The problems caused by mutilated cards, including extra time for manual pro cessing and higher risk of error, eventually result In higher water rates. “My favorite subject in school is Biology, it leaves you with an open mind. And it makes you wonder what -io-think next." One of our beauty’s favorite instructors is Ms. Wean, a mathematics teacher at Smith Junior High School. “She was also my cheerleader advisor. She was-niee and consider ate of others’ thoughts,” Ms. Ward explained. Ms. Wean contributed greatly to our beauty’s cheering talent. Ms. Ward received three trophies at Smith for cheering. She also received two track certificates at Smith. Another aspect of our beauty is her family and church. Mrs. Bessie Ward is the mother of our beauty. Mrs. Ward also has another daugher, Diane, and three sons - Marvin, Michael and Victor. Our beauty and her family at tend New Hope Baptist Church were Rev. B. R. Moore is pastor. All the beautiful portions of Ms. Ward produce a lovely example of intelli gence, talent and charm. Our beauty’s essence was not produced overnight - over the years she has only allowed for the best. Laureate: Unemployment Could Destroy Blacks CMCRC To > Honor 5 m Policemen ..The Charlotte-Mecklen burg Community Relations Committee will host The Third Annual Police Com munity relations Awards Banquet on Friday. April 23, at . p m. at the United Community Services Build ing. 301 South Brevard Street. The purpose of the ban quet is to honor 11 City and County police officers who have been selected for their outstanding contributions to improving police community relations in the Charlotte area. Special recognition will be given to —fiVC_nominees The II police officers who are being honored were nominated for the awards by Charlotte-Mecklenburg citizens, community organ izations and fellow police officers. _ The finalists include City Police Officers Robert Reives. Cheryl Williams. Kenneth Temple, Franklin Coley, Gregory Norwood. Rudolph Torrence Sr., and Jeffrey Cox. County Police finalists are Paul Stafford Jr., Thomas Bluthe and Paul Crocker. Peggy E Triplett, a criminal justice specialist and consultant -for the - Police Foundation in Washington, D C., will be the keynote spaker for the awards banquet. Revolution Golf Course Will Be Closed Monday Don’t load up your golf clubs and head for Revo lution Golf Course on ' Monday, April 26th. The distinguished ministers shown above recently served as the Church Commit tee mr the recent United Negro College Fund campaign in the Charlotte area For Cancer Research_ 200 Unit Volunteers Will Be Knocking On Local Doors “Share The Cost of Living" is the theme of the American Cancer Society’s 1982 educational fund rais ing campaign Over 200 Mecklenburg Unit volun teers will be knocking on doors April 24-25 to tell people about ways they can protect themselves against cancer. One out of four indivi "cfaals will get cancel. and it will strike in approximate ly two out of three fami lies About one-third of all people who get cancer will be alive at least five years after treatment. When normal life expectancy is taken into consideration. 41 percent of cancer patients will survive at least five years. If more cases were detected earlier, this statis tic would change to one patient in every two. Therefore, the American Cancer Society volunteers are taking an important educational message into local homes. Volunteers will also be asking for donations to help support research, educa tion and service programs of the Society. Marianne Anderson and Jenny Teague are co-chairmen of the Residential Crusade. -They hope to raise s:o; non toward the Mecklenburg Unit's $185,000 goal April is designated Can cer Control Month, but fund raising, educational efforts and patient service pro grams are conducted throughout the year . Can cer education programs are scheduled for groups from kingergarteners through senior citizens, and a variety of services are available for cancer patients and their families Gaile Warren is chair man of the Mecklenburg Unit's 1982 Crusade, and .1 Will Patterson serves as vice-chairman_ Anyone wishing to con tribute to the American Cancer Society or learn more about their various programs is urged, to call the Mecklenburg Unit at 376-1659. JNew Airport Announces Entertainment Schedule The entertainment schedule has been an nounced- for—the nen* air I>ort terminal open house . on Sunday. April 23. be free to the public to help celebrate the opening of the New Douglas Municipal Airport located at 6501 Old Dowd Hoad. The City sponsored entertainment will take place on stages located in the main ticketing lobby of the new terminal Area high school bands will per form on the lower baggage level Some of the major scheduled events are Terminal Opens, II a.in.; Trinidad Steel Drum Hand. 12 p.m.: South >1eck. Show Band. I p.m.; Independ ence High Band, 2 p.m.: I'NCC < heerleaders-toach at 2:3(1 p.m.; North Meek. Band.. 3 p.m.: J.t'. Smith Bull-ettes. fffS p.m.: Harding High Band, t p.m.. Hot Air Balloon Ascension, 4:30 p.m.; and Open House Concludes at fi p.m. There will be a great deal of other entertainment, in cluding that planned by the major airlines serving Charlotte Free trips, give aways, aircraft displays, exhibits and fotJK Wlll lif a part of this entertain ment The new terminal com plex has 339,497 square feet of floor space and includes 25 gates for large aircraft and 10 parking positions for commuter planes The complex will serve ap proximately 200 daily flights and four million passengers and one million guests annually. Post s Poll Reveals Reactions To Budget Cuts Range From Dismay To Controlled Anger oy mac mrower Post Staff Writer President Reagan, in his speeches and press confer ences, is known for using specific anecdotes (some times proved to be er roneous) to make points about welfare cheatefs or wasteful government spending. One of his most famous stories involves the man at a grocery store who pays for a bottle of vodka with food stamps. It stretches the imagin ations of many people, including those inter viewed for this article, to believe that Reagan, who vacations in the Caribbean and works in Washington to maintain the “three martini lunch” tax break for his wealthy friends and supporters, has real know ledge of what occurs in the checkout lanes of the local grocery store. Yet, some Americans feel, especially in the black community, that Reagan uses "examples" such as the vodka story to justify an effort to shift the emphasis on the U S government away from the goal of “justice for all" to the less noble aim to pro Harold Parks says Ail indications point to racism.” vide profit to the pri vileged. In this article the Post has attempted to shed the "common light of day" on the much debated impact of Reaganomics To do this, we talked to people in the local community who spoke directly about what the budget cuts mean on the streets-not in the country clubs of America The reactions to the president’s budget cutting programs by those inter viewed by the Post ranged from dismay to controlled anger. Mrs. Celesta Bobby Ix>wery sees a negative iricKie down effeict." McCullough, for example, spoke of the "tension and strain" created by the rising unemployment rate and the cut-offs of federal funding in critical areasT Mrs. McCullough, who works in programming and planning at the YWCA, stated that she sees ' a very strong trend, in terms of lifestyles, to more stress" among families who have less money for leisure activities The cuts in the day care programs were cited by Mrs McCullough as an example of how the ^ Reagan budget is creating Celesta McCullough ..Cites “stress and strain" created by the rising unemployment strain in many families she noted that, many mothers are having to quit work in order to stay home and care for their children thusf producing an even greater financial burden on many families Mrs McCullough feels that the president is “insensitive" to the pro blems of minorities. "He doesn’t realize that all people are important -he needs to be more in tune with the opinions and feelings of the total popu lation,” she declared. See REACTIONS Page 10 Youth Out Oi The. Job Market Sustained higlt black teeti-age- unemployment— could destroy black Ameri can society says Nobel Laureate of economics and member of the Black En terprise' Board of Econo mists Sir W Arthur Lewis in May -issue of “Black Enterprise." During day-long—dt“— liberations by the "Black Enterprise" Board of Eco nomists on the effects of the economy on black Americans, \obel Lau reate Sr -W Arthur Lewis warped. For 40 percent of black teen agers to be un employed year after year will destroy black Ameri can society " Government statistics in dicate nine percent of the workforce is unemployed and the 'percentage is dou ble for black Americans The oven* lieTniIng " uriefrT plovment of black teen agers leaves that group virtually closed out of the job market a seasoned punnc Health employees with born bach elor and maste; s degrees has been <)ut of work fur two years » high school dropout ''-arching for full time employment and a single father of three bare -H—able to feed his child-— ren since cutbacks ehmin ated his job in August of 1981 are examples ol the dilemma lacing the unerr. ployed as Black Enter prise" takes an indepth look at "The People Be hind The Statistics "A lot of them 'high school dropouts) have an unreal view of the job market they have very little HvisroTr~of chain of commands type things, let along how to progress in the company." says KevTrT~' L Dixon, education co ordinatorior700i. a nation al program to train and find private sector employ ment tor >ouths ‘Black Enterprise" examines job employment programs like 7001 that emphasize moti vation. obtaining a high school equivalency di ploma. training and place ment for unskilled youth Suggestions in career directions, preparation for the job search and the transition from public to private sector jobs are offered by search firm pre sidents to enable those pre viously employed by cur rently out of work the route In IM'M Utilize their assets The May issue of “Black Enterprise" is on local newsstands Public AwareneHM Of Mail Fraud Increase* Fraud and misrepresent ation of products and services sold by mail left the American consumer millions of dollars poorer again last year by public awareness, reflected by the number of complaints, increased for the second year in a row. Postmaster General* William F. Bolger. In a continuing effort to height en the preventive aspects of consumer education, has designated April 25 through May I.