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D.G. Martin To^
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Convention
D. G. Martin, recent Ninth Con
gressional District candidate, will
be the keynote speaker at the Meck
lenburg County Democratic Con
vention on Saturday, April 13, at 1
pm., County Chairman Hugh
Campbell announced. The conven
tion will be held at Garinger High
Heading the convention’s agenda
wijU be the election of a new (l
County Democratic Chairman and
other officers. Mecklenburg Coun
ty’s members on the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee will
also be chosen. 1
: County Conventions are im
to all Democrats in North
” Campbell noted. “We
i the Party leadership Out
us in the 19S6 election and
our organize
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Monjya Bynum
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Awards”
By Jalyne Strong
Past Staff Writer
Monjya Bynum describes herself
as “a person who likes to set goals
and go after them.” Possibly, that’s
how she’s received such honors as
theU.S. National Leadership Merit
Award in 1985, the All-American
Academic Award in 1985, and one of
the Most Valuable Cheerleaders
awards of 1965. .
Fifteen-year-old Monjya is a ninth
grader at Northeast Junior High. In
school, she participates as a mem
ber of the Junior Honor Society, the
Explorers Club, and the Ease’s
track team. She plays the clarinet in
the school’s band and she is one of
the head cheerleaders.
That’s many achievements for a
young lady and though Monjya
appears to be extremely studious, it
ian’t all hard work for this beauty.
Math is her favorite subject in
education. “I’m curious about the
basic conceptions,” she comments.
Bat what she likes best about
school is, says Monjya, “Social
izing, being around my friends.”
Friends are important to Monjya.
She says, around strangers she’s
■by. “But around my friendsJLcan
let it all out,” she admits. ^That’s
why I like cheering. It's a chance to
jump up and down and yell,” she
adds.
Monjya loves cheerleading. She’s
bean active as one for eight years in
all. It looks like a lot of fun to most
spectators, yet Monjya informs, it
takes 4 lot of concentration and
ability. People don’t realise how
hard it is.” She also tells that
cheer leading has been officially
designated as a aport. .*■ -
Vj*jr aspiration as of this moment,
Por relaxation Moniya enjoys
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Bahamas, and ^California.
“Traveling to thebe many places
also allows me to decide where I’d
like to pursue a career,” she points
out. Presently, Atlanta looks pro
mising to Monjya. “I like Atlanta.
It’s not too fast and not too slow.
Plus I have relatives there from
whom I could get some home
cooked meals,” she smiles. “I can’t
cook.”
Monjya also enjoys music. She
listens to the radio when she’s not
watching television or talking on the
phone. And the person she likes to
hear most is Prince. “When he sings
you can tell that he’s really into it,”
she describes. “He shows what he
feels. When I finally saw ‘Purple
Rain,’ Prince had my heart."
Others with claim to her heart are
her parents. About her mother,
Thelmatia Bynum, Monjya says,
“She’s out going and has a great
personality. She has a lot of cou
rage since she’s not afraid to stand
up for what she believes. She’s
always there when I need her.”
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Minority Business
More Sophisticated
And Bigger Than Ever
Special To The Post
. Albany, N.Y. - “Every year more
minority-owned enterprises are
challenging well-established busi
nesses for corporate dollars and
winning," Stanley S. Scott, vice
president and director of cor
porate affairs for Philip Morris Inc.,
said recently.
Addressing the New York State
Black and Puerto Rican Caucus
Legislative Weekend as chairman of
the workshop on “Minority Entre
preneurs — How To Do Business
With the Fortune 500 Companies,”
Scott told the group: “American
corporations spent $6 billion with
minority firms during 1983, accord
ing to the National Minority Busi
ness Council. Minority-owned busi
nesses are getting bigger, better and
more sophisticated."
Scott, who served as chairman of
the development committee of the
New York State Advisory Council
for Minority and Women-owned
Business Enterprises, said also that
Governor Cuomo has charged the
Council with strengthening the links
between large corporations and
businesses owned by women and
minority group members.
Stanley S. Scott
.PM vice president
F. Harrison Poole, vice president,
financial affairs, Philip Morris, Inc.,
told the workshop that the national
economy “always needs new faces
and new forms of creativity. The
economy always needs people with
purpose, imagination, flexibility and
principle Now it is your turn to
provide these qualities,” Poole said
Philip Morris learned the value
"of doing business with minority
banks and suppliers in the early
sixties," Poole said, “and we knew
that a company like ours didn’t
stand a chance without the support
of America's emerging and expand
ing black. Hispanic, and Asian
communities -- they are important
markets to any business.” Further,
“it became obvious that our busi
ness activities have got to make
social sense and our social activi
ties have got to make business
sense,” Poole said.
On the following morning, during
the Philip Morris-sponsored Busi
ness Advisory Council Breakfast,
Scott presented special awards for
outstanding sendee to the Caucus to" >1
deputy assembly speaker Arthur
Eve, a Caucus founder, and as
semblyman Angelo Del Toro, past
president of the Caucus. The awards
were Steuben glass figures of the
New York state animal, the beaver.
State Senator Leon Bogues, the
current Caucus president, in turn
presented Scott with a Steuben glass
figure of the state fish, a trout.
School Counselor Says:
Academic Performance Not The Only
Factor Considered For Scholarships
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
Sophomore year in high school is
not too early for college-bound
students to begin seeking informa
tion about the availability and re
quirements of scholarships and
other financial aid, according to Jo
Williams guidance counselor at
West Charlotte High School.
‘‘Juniors and sophomores should
begin to find out what is available
and when they come up,” Williams
recommends. ‘‘Many scholarship
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opportunities are available, but stu
dents need to take a lot of initiative ,
in finding out about them " She
points out that many of the larger
and more prestigious scholarships
have application deadlines early in
the fall, so students really need to
learn about them a year ahead.
Academic ability and perfor
mance are important factors in the
selection process of most of the large
and prestigious scholarships, but
ire
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_ J’usade” Begins Sunday
The spiritual warfare we endure
seems to be aided moreso by the
Holy Spirit now than ever before.
Adding to the weapon try will be the
Family - Crwade* ’ sponsored by the
Rev. Dr. Clay Evans
.Guest evangelist 1 K
Bible Institute, and holds two ho
norary doctor of divinity degrees
He is chairman emeritus of
“Operation PUSH,” preaident of
Ministers Broadcast Alliance,
board member of the National Bap
tist Convention USA, member of the
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other factors are also considered,
Williams relates Besides a stu
dent's grade point average (GPA),
also taken into account are the
degree of challenge in the courses
taken and the kind of school and
community activities the student is
involved in, “It’s better to be very
active or a leader in one or two
activities." notes Williams, than to
simply be a member in 15 organiza
tions Participation in organized
sports has become increasingly im
portant, she says, because that
indicates physical vigor
Among the more prestigious scho
larships listed by Garinger High
guidance counselor Walter Porter
are the Morehead (University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill), the
Edward Crosland Stuart Scholar
ship (Davidson College), the Rey
nolds Scholarship (Wake Forest),
and the Bob Allen Scholarship (Ap
palachian), which goes to a Meck
lenburg County high school gradu
ate
I ne National Merit and National
Merit for Minorities are based on
PSAT scores (from tests taken in
11th grade) As Porter explains it.
National Merit acts as a talent
search, with colleges and universi
ties contacting finalists and makina