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Democrats
To Install
Officers
The Young Democrats of
Mecklenburg County will
welcome new officers Sa
turday, May 19, with a
banquet at the Radisson
Plaza in Charlotte.
The new officers are:
Lecil Henderson, Presi
dent; Michael Parker,
First Vice President; Steve
Porter, Second Vice Presi
dent; Betsy Simmons,Third
Vice President; Sharon
Chisolm, Secretary and
Chuck Morgan, Trea
surer.
David Parker, President
of the North Carolina
Young Democrats will in
stall the new officers, who
assumed office on May 1.
Tickets to the event are
$12.50 per person and are
available to members and
_prospective members.
For ticket information,
contact Chuck Morgan,
535-0050 or any Young De
mocrat member.
PiTo Discuss
legislative
R&iistrieting
“Legislative Redistrict
ing Effects On Mecklen
burg and Five Other N.C.
Districts,” will be the
topic of the second annual
Black Media Association
(BMA) Community Ser
vice Awards Banquet.
TTie banquet will be held
May 12 at 6 p.m. in the
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity Student Union. G. K.
Butterfield Jr. will be the
guest speaker. Butterfield,
a resident of Wilson, N.C.,
is the past president of the
N.C. Association of Black
Lawyers. Considered a
black political activist,
Buttenieitf Is working with
the Jesse Jackson cam
paign. ' . '
Butterfield is known for
pushing the redistricting
lawsuit through the federal
courts.
Other features which will
be a part of the banquet
include presentations of
outstanding black citizens
in the Charlotte area.
Among the awards is the/
annual Community Ser
vice $50 prize for lead
ership.
Awards will also be given
for outstanding news
stories covering the black
community, and reported
.'by print, and broadcast
«jmalists. Video tapes at
tstanding television en
tries will be shown during
t dinner. Print entries will be
on display.
JCSU president, Robert
Albright and Mayor Har
vey Gantt are among those
expected to attend the af
fair.
UKUMttA
Whin you One tempta
tion, be tore you don’t
leave a forwarding ad
Connie Davis
.An aspiring singer
Connie Davis
1$ Beauty Of Week
By Karen Parker
' •r' Post Starr Writer ~
Connie Davis refuses to
let any of life’s '-tamers
suppress her goals?
“I don’t have a job now,
but I dream of becoming a
singer,” this week’s beauty
confidently spoke.
The employment situa
tion needs to be changed,
according to Davis. She
claims “too many people
who really don’t need jobs
have them, and those who
need jobs are being de
prived of them.” Then, re
membering an appropriate
statement, Connie pro
fessed, “It’s not what you
know, but who you know.”
Davis noted she doesn't
want to see anyone without
a job, "but some people
who don’t seem to be qua
lified for jobs manage to
get them anyway. It's a
problem that’s being ig
nored,*’ she added.
Davis stated she spends
most of her time with
Crystal, her l&-month-old
daughter. Other favorites
in her life include Crystal’s
father, John and Davis’
mother, Lucille. “It’s good
to know I can go to my
mother for advice at any
time,” our beauty smiled.
Davis, 21, has three
sisters and three brothers.
Laughing, she admitted
there are no disadvantages
to having a large family. “I
never have trouble finding
a babysitter,” Davis ac
knowledged. The greatest
times she can recall of her
family is holiday gather
County Honors
Four Blacks
For Services
Four black members o»
the Mecklenburg County
Buildings' and Grounds
staff have been awarded
certificates of appreciation
for their work on the Paper
Chase recycling program.
William E. Nicholas,
Clyde P. Porter, Charlie J.
Ytson, and Theadford
Neely have been com
mended by the Mecklen
burg Board of County Com
missioner* for helpii* save
a total of 33,363 pounds of
recyclable paper. That
paper was sold for <763.46
The names of the fiour
staffers will be placed on a
special plaque for display
In the main office of their
department.
ings. Davis believes the
more people -around orr ho- '
lidays, the better the oc-__
casions.
Davis appears to have
ambition and determina
tion. Even though she is
unemployed, she never
gives, up seeking the op
portunity to- take voice
lessons. She already
strikes a melodious note,
but Davis realizes the ad
vantages of professional
training. “I plan to go to
Central Piedmont (Com
munity College) to take
classes in voice,” our beau
ty stated.
She also frequents the
night spots in Charlotte, to
sense the musical sounds
that are pleasing audi
ences. Davis is sure she
wants to be a soloist when
she reaches the stage. A
couple of her favorite en
tertainers life Michael
Jackson and Culture Club.
Good luck to this week’s
beauty; A1 Jarreau would
tell her, “Follow Your
Dream.”
Primary Election Threw
New Spirit Over State
-Reagan
Redefines
Poverty
Washingtoil-Ndtitmal b'r
ban League Vice Pres
ident, Dr. Douglas Glasgow
■ said he hopes that the
Reagan Administration
does not intend to redefine
poverty, as has been re
ported in newspaper ac
counts. “It is unconscion
able—to—even., consider
making the poor pay for
social programs by treat
ing benefits as income. To
do so would punish millions
of Americans who are too
Ipoor to pay TOr these ser
- vices because they are
teetering on the brink of
poverty and need govern
ment assistance,” Glasgow
said.
He criticized the Admin
istration’s empaneling of a
group of-economists to seek
ways to measure the value
of noncash social program
benefits. It is unrealistic
for economists to determine
who is poor and who isn’t
based on the notion that the
market value of such be
nefits as food stamps,
Medicaid and housing sub
sidies represents real in
come, Glasgow explained.
“Medicaid payments for
treatment rendered a sick
person who is poor do not
increase that person’s in
come. That person remains
poor.
-“Poverty is economic.^
but it is more than eco
nomic. It may sometimes
involve lack of opportun
ity," the noted author
added.
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MAYOR HARVEY GAJVTT
~To take on all comers
Give Gantt Your Best Shot!
Taking The Mayor To Court
By Phil Busher
Special To The Post
Tennis players, distance
runners and softball power
hitters will all be a part of
• the first annual JCSU
UNCF Super Sports Satur
day to raise funds for the
United Negro College Fund
at Hornet s Nest Park on
Saturday, May 26th.
Charlotte Mayor Harvey
Gantt, accustomed to field
ing political volleys, will
open the festival day by
taking on all comers on the
tennis court. For a $5
UNCF donation, any pro
spective Roscoe Tanner
may fire away a service
point at his honor. The en
trant with the most aces
wins an autographed "I
Own—Harvey—Gantt np
Court" T-shirt. Court will
be in session beginning at
9:30 a m.
An open, two-day tennis
Stratford Says:
BON Strives To Promote Growth
Of Existing Minority Businesses
By Loretta Manago
Post Staff Writer
Sometimes the gap be
tween larger established
businesses and minority
and women businesses
seems to be continually
widening and never nar
rowing. This is a problem
from which both the larger
and smaller businesses
lose out.
The Business Opportuni
ty Network (BON) for
Minorities and Women was
created to close that busi
ness gap that exists be
tween these two groups.
Sponsored by the City of
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, and the Greater
Charlotte Chamber of Com
merce, BON began opera
tion last year.
It is this organisation's
primary function to open
communications between
minority and women
owned companies and
larger, more established
firms which may be po
tential users of their pro
ducts or services
But BON does not stop
Willie Stratford
... .BON manager
there. BON also strives to
promote the growth and
existing minority and
women-owned businesses,
to increase the number of
minority and women sup
pliers. to create new jobs
for minorities and women
and to stimulate a diversi
fication of minority and
women-owned businesses
Those lofty goals reflect
the high ambitions of BON.
With iust a two-person
staff, BON actively match
es potential buyers and
women vendors, arranges
consultations of minority
and women-owned busi
nesses by larger corpora
tions and fosters ongoing
relationships of minority
and women-owned busi
nesses with the corporate
world
Despite the goals of BON
and its activities, the or
ganization falls short of
meeting its commitment to
the community when there
are ho participants.
According to Willie
Stratford, present BON
manager, the organization
needs more participants in
this two year pilot pro
gram. “The process is
rather simple, all a poten
tial minority or woman
owner with an established
business has to do is to
contact the BON office,
complete a Vendor Profile
Form, return it to our
office and, based on the
information given, other
companies who have re
quested matching goods.
will receive that infor
mation ”
The process is even sim
pler for potential buyers.
They need only to request a
product or service from the
BON office and BON will
then supply the potential
buyer with information
about minority and women
vendors capable of provid
ing the service or product
requested.
In the capable hands of
Stratford, BON can only
succeed in its goals. Strat
ford has been involved with
the Chamber of Commerce
since 1975 and presently
serves on the board or
directors there. He is co
chairman of the Uptown
Dialogue Committee. He
serves on the Executive
Boards of Boy Scouts of
Mecklenburg County, the
Metropolitan YMCA and
the Cancer Society. A
member of the Charlotte
Public Relations Society,
Stratford is also a mem
ber of Ascension Lutheran
Church where he is a Sun
day School teacher
tournament featuring
$1,000 in prize money
sponsored by Floyd Young
Food Services will start at
10 a.m. Saturday with a
championship round sched
uled for Sunday. A $15
UNCF donation ($25 for
two categories! will allow
entrants to compete for
trophies and~a~$75T5r $100
first prize in each cate
gory of men's singles,
women’s singles, men's
doubles and women’s dou
bles in four age brackets
<8-12, 13-18, 19-29, 30 and
over).
six categories ol dis
tance runners will vie for
first place prizes of $75
each in three age brackets
for a men's and women's
three-mile run, sponsored
by Sam Johnson Lincoln
Mercury Runners in age
groups 13-18 years of age,
19-29 years of age and 30
years and older will com
pete in separate groups of
men and women (a sched
ule is available! Saturday
morning A $10 UNCF do
nation is required as an
entrance fee.
Power will come into
play -Saturday afternoon
with a Home Run Derby
contest at 1 p m on Hor
net’s Nest diamond No. 1.
For a $1 UNCF donation
per swing (fast pitches are
guaranteed!, fence busters
will compete for a $25
sporting goods certificate
awarded the longest home
run.
“Sports activities will be
drawing point , but the
entire day will be • fam
ily festival, exclaimed pro
gram director Dr. Gloria
Duval, Vice President of
Development at Johnson C.
Smith University.
Hornet’s Nest Park is lo
cated off Beatties Ford
Road, five miles north
from where 185 intersects,
outside of Charlotte
3 Runoff
Elections
Possible
__By Karen Parker
Post Staff Writer ~
Tuesday's primary elec
tion threw a spirit over
North Carolina that hasn't
been felt in quite a while
The results will lead
many voters back to the
polls once more before the
November general elec
Tiorr A second primary will
be held for governor be
tween former Charlotte
Mayor Eddie Knox and
former state attorney gen
eral Rufus Edmisten
Susan Green and D.G Mar
tin will continue to work for
support in their race for
ninth district Congress;
while Bob Jordan and Carl
Stewart will be on the
Democrat’s runoff ballot
for Lt. Governor. Repub
lican candidates Frank
Jordan and John Carring
ton will also have their
second chance to gain the
most support, June 5
Elections supervisor. Bill
Culp stated before the pri
mary, a runoff was likely in
these races. The first in
complete tally fdr governor
gave many Knox sup
porters a scare, when he
was shown in. a distant
third Knox’s state cam
paign manager never be
lieved the numbers were
correct. The tally which
Knox campaign staff
workers were—keeping—
didn't show Knox doing as
badly as the official tally
from the elections office
revealed.
Apparently, the calls
were receiving, and the
calls the elections office
are receiving are at this
time from different pre
cincts,” stated the cam
paign manager Nearly an
hour later the elections
office discovered a com
puterized mistake
The correction put Knox
in second place, close
enough for him to declare a
runoff with opponent Rufus
Edmisten Demonstrating
confidence, Edmisten
stated he's ready for the
diligent work which will be
required in the less than
three weeks remaining be
fore the second primary
In the ninth district race
for Congress, Susan Green
and D G. Martin didn't hes
itate to begin campaigning
again. Martin began a 7:30
a m sweep across the
county, Wednesday “I'm S'
real happy about the turn
out,” Martin stated “I’m
going to continue to tell
people about my hands
on experience plus my ex
perience in Washington
will help me be a more
effective representative for
the ninth district.”
Susan Green was the top
contender in the con
gressional race. Campaign'
manager, Susan Shackle
ford assured Green will
continue working hard
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