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• THE CHARLOTTE POST • Thursday. July 4. 1985 Price: 40 Cents
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Highway Patrol
Gearing Up For
pburth Of July
„ - The State Highway
I is gearing up to protect North
Iina motorists during the up
holiday. The Fourth of July
y ported officially begins at 8
. .Wednesday, July 8, and ends at
midnight Thursday, July 4:
Last year, four people (Bed in
traffic accidents on North Carolina
highways. An additional 328 people
differed accident-related injtries.
This holiday, as always, troopers
OdU strictly enforce all traffic laws
and will be on the lookout for
speeding motorists and those drin*.v
ing while Impaired. Colonel Jack
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Sandra Ragln 1» tha pretty
waitress who may have served you
at Charlotte's Coffee Cup Res
taurant; she's been working at
the establishment for three years
while attending Barber-Scotia Col
lege. Her Job at the Coffee Cup is
beneficial aa hands-on-experience
since Sandra is majoring in res
taurant management at college.
Her goal ia to one day own her own
“soul food” restaurant.
Sandra’s ambition is fueled by her
cousin, Chris Crowder, who is part
owner of the Coffee Cup Restau
rant. “She’s quite an inspiration to
me,” tells Sandra. "I'm learning a
lot about the restaurant field
through my Job at Coffee Cup,
especially on dealing with the public
in a courteous manner and also
business management.”
The 22-year-old “Scotia” Junior
says she is putting her best effort
into learning the restaurant busi
ness through her Job and college
studies. And she cites her college’s
motto as reason for her hard work:
"Give the world the beat you have
and the beat will cone back to you,”
expresses Sandra.
-- *«•!« 8he chose to go to
Bar6ef-Scot«T5eeause of' the col
lege’^-atmosphere. “It’s a family
type of school, small, close-knit
and the faculty works closely with
you,” she describes. She was an
Omega Pearl at school and a mem
ber of the NAACP but Sandra says
most of her time was spent “stick
ing to the books.” “I’m going to
participate in more extracurricular
activities this year,” she plans.
For this week’s beauty leisure
activities include boat riding and
driving; “I was afraid at first to
drive a boat but it’s easy,” she
claims. She also enjoys aerobics,
bicycling, socializing, and travel
ing. “I’m planning a trip to the
Virgin Islands this summer," San
dra reveals. She’s traveled to
Miami, New York and other places
in the past a ns says, "it’s seeing
other places and the change of
atmosphere” that she looks forward
to in her Journeys.
"I’m very ,energetic,” says
Sandra, “and independent ” The
latter quality Sandra reveals she
learned from relatives: her sister,
Eleanor Holloway, and sister-in-law,
Mary Ragin.
See SANDRA On Page 10A
Julius “Dr. J” Erving
Will Highlight Optimist
Club’s 6th Banquet
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
Philadelphia 76ers player Julius
“Dr. J." Erving will highlight the
Hidden Valley Optimist Club’s Sixth
Annual Banquet as keynote speaker
on July 20. Remarked Odell With
erspoon, banquet committee chair
man, “The Optimist motto is
-Friends of Youth.’ Therefore we
believe that Julius Erving, being a
devoted family man, outstanding
athlete, and successful business
man, is the ideal role model for our
youth to emulate,"
Students with outstanding aca
demic and athletic achievement will
be recognized at the banquet, which
will be held at the Adam’s Mark
Hotel in Uptown Charlotte
Erving it highly regarded as one
of pie. top speakers among pro
fessional athletes today Coda-cola,
who is sponsoring his visit to Char
lotte, has this veteran of more than
10 years in the NBA under contract
to do various kinds of promotions
and appearances.
The annual banquet is the Op
timist Club’s major fundraising
event of the year. Proceeds support
the Club’s various activities and
programs for youth, including
baseball, basketball, an oratorical
contest and other special events.
President of the Club, Ed Strait,
commented, “Having a well-known
personality like Julius Erving as our
banquet speaker could make this our
biggest and best affair ever in the
brief history of our Optimist Club.”
Banquet tickets can be purchased
through any member of the Op
timist Club of Hidden Valley, or by
calling 333-6499. They cost $25 each.
Companies, groups or individuals
wanting to place ads in the Club’s
souvenir program should contact
Ken Koontz at 372-9941.
Hidden Valley Optimist Club was
chartered in November, 1979, and is
affiliated with and governed by the
bylaws of Optimist International,
headquartered in St. Louis, Mo.
Julius “Dr. J.“ Erving
.Devoted family man
Each year the Club sponsors a
haunted house for the Hidden Valley
Elementary PTA halloween carni
val. This event provides a safe and
exciting halloween for several hun
dred community youth. The Club
also sponsors an oratorical contest,
with the winners - one boy and one
girl - being eligible to compete for a
$1,000 scholarship. Other activities
include a yard of the week cam
paign, bicycle safety, and respect
for the law.
Out of 57 Clubs in the North
Carolina Central District, Hidden
Has Entrepreneurma nia Hit Charlotte?
By jaiyne strong
Pool Staff Writer
An article In a men’s magazine
titled, “The Fall and Rise and Ul
, timate Triumph of the Entrepre
neur. Mli!i?MrtLJ.”1 how
entfepr
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magazine article, "Merely calling
oneself an entrepreneur has
apparent belief that It positions
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mouth and of GflngU Rent A^Car s
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neur is made of at least from his
personal perspective.
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OMAR LEA THERM AN
-A bonafide member
uea merman, was influence from
my father who owned a printing
shop In Detroit for 40 years I saw
him get work and saw him sue
coed. The fact that he was proud that
he was his own man made a strong
Impression on me."
It*s Interesting to note here, that
the article on entrepreneurs did list
, exposure to/otjepr*neurtal adults
often a parent or close relative, as a
significant characteristic in the per
sonal lives of entrepreneurs
Leatherman continues, “After col
lege, I took a Job with a major
corporation. My objective was to
learn how to work in a corporate
environment so 1 would know how to
run my own corporation. When I was
interviewed I told them I would own
my own business,” states Leather
man. “They advised me not to
repeat that to anyone,” he laughs
Wouldn’t you know It, the article
also states, “problems with authori
ty“ as another significant characte
ristic of the entrepreneur.
But what really separates the en
trepreneurs from the herd of nine
to-fivers is two overriding person
ality traits: virtually no Tear of
failure when inspired, combined
with the willingness to take mode
rate risks.
“I’m a gambler,” describes Lea
therm an, “I love to take calculated
gambles And I have a very high
degree of belief in myself. I can do
anything I want if I try hard
enough.''
Leatherman tells how he sacri
ficed for the “personal satisfac
tion' of self employment. “I went .
from making 190,000 a year on a Job
down to 19,000 a year aa an en
trepreneur, in the beginning 1 went
from working Monday thro««h Fif 2
day from 9 a m until 9 p ai. tg
working Monday through Sunday, m
to 12 hours a day."
And there were times when tall
ure loomed Ita ugly heed. '‘After my
first year in business,” recalls
See ENTREPRENEUR o^Page «A
Valley ranks ninth for club achieve
ment programs Current member
ship in the Club is 65
Does Your
Opinion Count?
How important are citizens’
opinions to those men and women
who represent them at city, state
and national levels of government?
"Very imporant," say several
Michigan legislators who were in
formally polled
Their comments included the fol
lowing
"If people don’t contact their
legislators, then the voices that the
legislator hears will be the ones he
follows."
"The political process is a dyna
mic one and is set up to provide for
input from all segments of society
Sometimes we get a dozen cails a
day on big issues The most ef
fective mail we receive is from
people who know the subject well
and present good arguments "
"Essentially, the entire govern
ment is based on an informed
electorate Further, the major role
of legislators is to reflect public
opinion The seat belt Jaw is a good
example. It passed because of a shift
in public opinion in favor of the
legislation "
"Legislators are, for the moat
part, generalists They may have
expertise in some specific areas, hoi
they depend a let on information and .
ideas from a variety of sources. If
individual citizens have experienb# * '
and perspectives that should bo re
flected in the political decision-. *
making process, they must parti#.:*.
pate In that process The decMjif'
wifi always be made. Ignorli* tfi# *
political process assures that the
decisions will be made without yew *
perspective ’’
"It’* nty Important to got dtt-:*
ten input, especially when the citi
zan has expertise on a particular £'*'
issue where there la pending h- *
gislation." r—.