Tunya N. Moore
..•Nat. BETA member
Monique D. Neal
...Plans fashion career
, Tress L. Reid ,
...College bound
Debbie A. Reynolds
...Project Airies member
Debutante Candidates Must Meet Special Criteria
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
After meeting certain criteria
Miss Debutante ’85 and the first and
second runner-ups will each recieve
scholarships. Miss Debutante ’85
will be crowned during the' 21st
Cotillion sponsored annually by the
Delta Sigma Theta Charlotte Alum
nae Chapter.
The affair will take place 9pm
March 23 at the Park Center.
But Miss Debutante and her court
will not be the only ones receiving
scholarships. If certain criteria are
met non-competitors in the pageant
What Lies Ahead
Few Teenage Mothers?
first child if she returns to school
and gets adequate child care sup
port. Yet, statistics suggest that
some 40 percent of teens who have a
first baby will have a second while
still in their teens.
Finally, we need to start planning
now so that the babies born in 1985
don’t themselves become part of the
pregnancy epidemic in decades to
come. Churches, community lead
ers and the media can all help begin
spreading the message that it is
harmful or, as teenagers would put
it, “uncool” to have a baby too soon
in life.
Adolescent pregnancy is a com
plex problem which require* sound,
sane, preventive actions by all ele
ments of our community. The
alternative is to sit back and watch
as the maternity ward’s “Class of
’85” follows the destiny mapped out
for them by the very grim statistics
of dropouts, welfare, unemployment
and poverty.
Marian Wright EdelmSn is presi
dent of the Children’s Defense Fund,
a national voice for children.
- By Marian Wright Edriman
Special To The Poat
What Bee ahead for the half-mil
lion teenage women in this country,
many of them Black, who will have
babies during 1965? We can’t afford
to accept the obvious answer of not
much.
Facts tell us that most-of these
young women will lead troubled
«yei: this year, years from now and
26-years from now. Young mothers
often drop out of school, work at
low-paid, menial jobs, and fight
losing battles, for child support,
decent child care and employment.
Statistics show that Black young
women are even less likely than
White teenagers to recover their
footing after having a baby too
early.
Yet each year, 500,000 teerw have
babies - 160,000 are Black. Thirty
five thousand are 15 and under. We
know the rest of the story: families
forced into poverty, children barely
surviving on welfare and food
stamps, teenagers who turn to crime
and drug addiction. Families
headed by young females under the
: the poorest of the poor,
the poverty rate is
write off 1965’s new
let’s take another look at
their statistical destiny. Is it really
inevitable? Must we continue to
accept the high, long-term cost it
will exact from them and from us?
I don’t believe so. Ntf tf parents,
church and school officials, commu
nity leaders, and government at all
levels step in and provide timely
assistance.
First, we can save money and, in
some eases, lives by making sure
that these young mothers get ade
quate prenatal care. The best
current estimate is that we save 92
for every 91 we spend providing
comprehensive prenatal care to a
woman who would not otherwise
receive it. I
We can provide support for a
young woman’s decision to refrain
from having a second baby if she has
her first too young. Evidence
suggests that a young mother can
overcome the problems caused by a
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Auto Recortfckeeping
Greensboro - The .Internal
Hfrterfae Service ha# eased
regulations issued late in 1984
requiring close recordskeeptng by
drivers of automobiles and certain
other vehicles used for business
purposes.
Under the regulation* the driver
was required to mate a separate
entry for each business use of the
vehicle. Now, taxpayers may satisfy
this requirement by single entries
for periods of uninterrupted
business use. For eaampts, a person
who makes a series of deliveries dr
business calls, returns to the office,
and then makes additional
deliveries or calls, may account for
such use by making a single entry in
a log, journal, diary or other record.
Also, a salesperson away from home
on a business trip may make a single
entry in the record for the entire trip
if no personalise of the vehicle was
made.
For farm vehicles, taxpayers can
satisfy the recordkeeping require
ment in two ways for a vehicle
regularly used in the farm business,
such as a truck. Farmers may either
(1) keep records ef personal use of
the vehicle; or, (S) keep no records
and treat 80 percent of the use of the
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gross income From larFnifig.
More detailed information on
recordskeeptng can be obtained by
calling the IfLS at 14*424-1040.
toll-free, any weekday.
The Charlotte Post!!!
will also be able to obtain scholar
ships if they place first, second or
third in their category.
A non-competitor is a debutante
whose sister or mother is a member
of the Delta Sigma Theta Soroity.
This week four more young ladies
vying for the coveted title of Miss
Debutante ’85 are being featured.
Tunya NaNette Moore, Monique
Dwanna Neal, Tress Lashell Reid
and Debbie Antonia Reynolds.
Ms. Moore is the daughter of
LaVeme Miller. “I enjoy reading,
dancing and music,” Ms. Moore
stated. She was inducted into the
National BETA Club, is a flag girl
this year and is extremely active in
church activities. She is a senior at
Harding High School.
Ms. Neal is the daughter of Larry
and Vernell Neal. As a senior at
Independence High School Ms.
Neal’s dream is to pursue a career in
fashion. She enjoys dancing, singing
and sewing.
A South Mecklenburg Senior Ms.
Reid is involved in the FBLA the
Girl Scouts and her church choir.
Her plans are to continue her
education at an institute of higher
learning.
Her hobbies are reading, horse
back riding and shopping. She is the
daughter of Chalmers and Laura
Reid.
Debbie Antonia Reynolds, a North
Mecklenburg Senior High Senior
loves to sing and talk and play with
children.
She is a member of the Red Cross,
the Belauh Bost Chapter No. 29 of
the Order of the Eastern Stars, she is
a member of Project Aries and
the Girl Scouts.
Her personal accomplishments
include receiving the First Class
Girl Scout award, being named to
“Who’s Who Among American High
School Students” and being ac
cepted to the 1984-85 Leadership
Conference.
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