Cedetria and Cobfetre the twins of Mr.
and Mrs. 'Cedric Maagom. Their God
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; Not Alike Personality-wise
year-old daughter, Ra
< quandra, and an eight
month-old son, Rodrick.
“Cedric and Cedetria are
nothing alike personality
wise,” Mrs. Mangum stat
ed about her twins. “Ce
dric is extremely active
_ and_Hk3L tojio Just about
anything and Cedetria fol
lows behind me a lot.”
v Our oldest, Raquandra,
was thrilled to see two
babies and there was no
jealousy at all. She helps
out a lot. And now that we
have Rodrick, the twins
now get things for their
little brother.
“At times our twins are
dose. When you give one
: . aomeflting; the other wants *
it tod"’ Mrs. Mangum
continued.
“But when they were
babiear, it was just like
having one child. When
they were small, when one
• was asleep, the other was
awake and they never
causedany problems.”
The Mangums feel that it
would be unfair to their
children, Cedric and Cede
tria to mold their person
alities for them. “We don’t
feel it is necessary to
make them one person. I
.don’t see it that way. Each
child should have his or her
own independence,” Mrs.
Mangum expressed.
The Iota Chapter’s spon
sor for the Mangum fa
mily is Jeanette Spicer.
The Mangums are mem
bers of the United House of
Prayer. Grandparents in
clude Mr. and Mrs. James
Mangum, Sr. and Mr. and
i Mrs. Oscar Alexander.
Would Mrs. Mangum
want to have another set of
twins? “I really am satis
fied with my children now.
But if anyone else wants to
have twins, I’ll be glad to
help Jhem take care of
them,” she lauehed.
activities sponsored by the
Retired Senior Executive
Corps and the Retired
Senior Volunteer Pro
grams, pledged to help
expand these programs.
These programs match
retired persons with spe
cial expertise in many
areas to individuals or
groups needing help in
“This program'could be
enhanced by a more struc
tured matching of indivi
duals and agencies and or
ganizations, greater distri
bution of information about
the skills of available
senior citizens,” Knox
said. “I believe these pro
grams could be expanded
to the many knowledge
able retired persons with
special skills, the cr*fta
person, the person with
technical skills, the Mere- r
tary. Um office pan
■
ager.”
Knox-pointed- out that
expanded recreation pro
grams aimed at older ci
tizens provide vital con
tributions to the quality of
life for them. He noted that
Raleigh’s commitment to
recreation programs for
older citizens is a fine
example of what can be
done. Those programs are
supported by many organ
izations and clubs and pro
vide a wide variety of
activities for older citizens,
such as exercise, music
appreciation, arts, crafts,
dance, cooking and field
trips.
a
Senior citizens were ap
pointed to numerous
boards and commissions in
Charlotte while Knox was
mayor.
— ^ -« ..
By Karen Parker
Port Staff Writer
English Bradshaw, the
now director of the Char
lotte-Oastoula Minority
Business Development
Center, recently Stressed
be is seeking to assist
business people not head
scratchers.
According to-Bradshaw,
_Wbo assumed the director
ship February 1, past
directors allotted too much
-- time tn people who hart Tin
business savvy. “I intend
to turn it around," Brad
shaw claimed. “We’re
■ serious about manage
i ment and technical assist
ance.”
Bradshaw described the
beadscratcbers as those
. who go to the local MBDA
staff with no idea of the
type of business they want
to establish dr those with
—no. business .skills, despite
their knowing the type of
business in which they’re
interested. He implied the
MBDA doesn’t have the
time nor money for risky
undertakings.
Acknowledging the
MBDA’s purpose is to pro
mote and assist the cre
ation and expansion of
minority business enter
prises, Bradshaw talked
about the kinds of busi
ness he does intend to help.
“The level of assistance
varies; however, I’d like to
identify minority business
es that want to expand,”
Bradshaw continued.
He explained there are
many successful minority
owned businesses inthe
Charlotte-Gastonia Stan
dard Metropolitan Area,
(SMSA), but they’ve
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bNAACP
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housing and employment.
The organization has
about eight major cam
paigns which can actually
cover hundreds of activi
ties conducted by mem
bers. Those campaigns are
Operation Fair Share; Le
gal Department;,. Prison
Program, Washington Bu
reau; Education, Acade
mic, Cultural, Technologic
al & Scientific Olympics
(ACT-SO); Housing and
^abor.
uperation f air Share
strengthens the relation
ship between blacks and
corporate America, assur
ing more black participa
tion in major businesses in
every facet.
The NAACP’s legal de
partment-fights discrimin
ation while the prison unit
concentrates more on pre
paring prison inmates for
productive lives. The or
ganization’s Washington
Bpreau lobbies for civil
right.
In the education depart
ment NAACP members
monitor programs in public
Khools to discredit any
Inequality practices. Also
m the line of education is
Act-SO. This campaign en
courages minority youth by
having them compete for
local, regional and national
scholarships and awards in
various academic disci
plines.
Other special guests ap
pearing with Rasheed in
clude the chairman of the
board, Kelly Alexander, Sr.
of Charlotte and Earl Shin
houte, director of Region
Five.
740 SERIES
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f FABULOUS
L 40’s
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English Bradshaw
-New MBDC director
reached their production
limit because they don’t
have adequate capital for
expansions.
"We’d also like to help
establish businesses with
—people-who have-business
knowledge,” Bradshaw
emphasized:
The MBDA is a federal
program established by the
U.S. Department of Com
merce. The Department
awarded a contract to a
national minority-owned
consulting—firmr Boone;
Young and Associates, of
New York to operate
MBDA offices. Bradshaw
was assistant director of
the Brooklyn MBDA office
before transferring to
Charlotte.
-“We offer assistance and_
consultation in bidding,
construction, food service,
office supplies, and any
other areas in which minor
ities own business,” Brad=_
shaw pointed out.
He mentioned knowledge
of bidding is important.
government doesn’t
manufacture anything it
uses, not even paper dips,”,
Bradshaw stated. “It has to
purchase everything.”
Originally from Winston
Salem, Bradshaw received
his Bachelor’s degree
(Political Science), and his
Master’s (American Stu
dies) from the University
of Hawaii. He obtained an- -
other Master’s (Public
Affairs) from Harvard
-University.
The Business Develop
ment Center is located at
230 S. Tryon Street. For
more information, tele
phone 372-6966.
Talent Hunt
..The Pi Phi Chapter of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
Incr will host its 38th An
nual Talent Hunt Program
Sunday, March 4, at First
Baptist Church west on
Oaklawn Ave.
Junior Division partici- j
pants include Melissa Mob
ley, Monique Dennis, Riz
pah Ross and Jonathan
Stover.
- The Senior Division par
ticipants include Kimber- I
ly Harrison, Roberta Rat- j
liff, Enya Flack and
Melody Carson.
The Senior Division win
ner will represent Pi Phi
Chapter in the District
ralent Hunt Program Sa
turday, May 12, in Mrytle
Beach, S.C.
Special guests perform- !
;rs will be the Pi Phi ,
Ensemble, under the lead
Hrship of Frederiek Ervin,—L
accompanied by Samuel
Hill, director. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
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