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Mecklenburg County Commission ere chairman Carla E. DuPuy and vice chairman T. Rodney “Rod” Autrey announced the appointment of a citizens committee to promote the passage of a $113,750,000 County bond package on November 5. ■ Edwin B. Peacock, former chair man of the board of County Com missioners and Charlotte City Coun cil member, will serve as chairman of the ''bond committee. The vice chairman will be Sarah Stevenson, member of the Charlotte-Mecklen burg Board of Education, and Malcora T. **Mal” Murray Jr., executive vice president of First Union National Bank and a member of the 1983 Citizens Capital Im provements Program Committee. James W. Thompson, executive vice president of NCNB Corp., will serve as finance chairman of the committee, and the treasurer will be John D. Lewis, managing partner Arthur Andersen Co , and incoming president of the Greater Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. The following persons will serve on the committee, leading the ef forts to promote specific items included in the bond package: -Solid wast disposal projects - Welfar Leadership Chapel mu - The National Child Welfare Leadership Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel mil School of Social Work has received a three-year $1.2 mil lion grant from the Edna Mc Connell Clark Foundation to strengthen child welfare leadership nationwide. The grant was preceded by a similar $1.2 million gift establishing the center in 198$. “With the Clark Foundation’s con tinuing support, and with other funds we have received, the center . ■ can become an important source for cWW welfare leaders across the country In helping them provide better services for abused and neglected children and their fami lies," Dr. John Turner, dealt of the School of Social Work, said. 1. The National Child Welfare Lead ership Center was designed to im prove child welfare programs in the Doited States by strengthening the ability of administrators in both public and private agencies to de liver competent and effective ser I jJtpe center provides training to top and mid-level managers of child welfare programs nationally; pro- , motes Innovative approaches to de Awing services to children and famUies and defrelopr pilot pro grams where these approaches do welfare leaders who can respendto '* critical Issues and work for client ' needs ' JV . • , The Clark Foundation, based in New York. City, supports projects in areas such as children’s services, criminal Justice, employment ser vices and tropical diseases. * *■ ’ I; |jjlotLunch Ftogram * locatedon* NantoT^d.'offlra^roy 73, on Friday, October 11. variety of activities, centered rides, guided nature ..walks, horse lu nffpr#vH Hannincr ,Jcn oc onticu. oquare aancing will also be performed. A cook but lunch wUl be prepared by the County’s Hot Lamcn r-rograns,,. There is no admission fee, but reservations are requested for indi viduals and groupehyfiling Dora Barringer at 336-3854 at the Meek E • '/ ; J. * • WHATHAS 1« LETTERS BUT MARKS J 4 THOUSANDS OF WORDS? The Charlotte Boat ' 5 rtflMWf* '<»“* M . ... Mary McDaniel, director of the Piedmont Waste Exchange at UNCC and chairman of the Solid Waste Management Advisory Board; and Audrey Mayhew, former member of the Mint HUl Town Council. -Schools - Jackie Shore, immedi ate past president of the Char lotte-Mecklenburg PTA Council and a member of the Governor’s Com mission on Child Victimization and treasurer ftf the N.C. Congress of Parents and Teachers, and Joan Zimmerman, co-owner of Southern Shows, Inc., and a member of the Charter Review Committee and the Airport Bond Committee. Natatoriumand high school swimming pools - Fred C, Thomp son, attorney in the Parker Poe Thompson Bernstein Gage and Pres ton law firm, president of the Mecklenburg Aquatic Club, and chairman of the Acquatic Center Swimming Pool Study Committee; and Ted Hartsock, president of OSI - The Computer Store and a member of the 1978 Parks Bond Committee and the Aquatic Center-Swimming Pool Study Committee. ‘ -County buildings • Linda Ashendorff, vice president - sales, Synco, Inc., vice chairman of the Citizens Capital Improvement Pro gram Committee, and a member of the Airport Bonds Committee; and Richard T. Wllll>mi, manager. Duke Power Investor Relations. -Water sewer lines - Dr. mil McCoy, professor of political sci ence at UNCC and former member of die Planning Commission; and Sam Boyd, retired Seabord em ployee and president of the Crest dale Community Association. -CPCC facilities - Maggie W. Ray, teacher at West Charlotte High School and member of the CPCC Board of Trustees; and Dr. David L. Hunter, group vice president - General Studies, CPCC fc*#* * Additional committee members will be named to work in the various divisions of the bond campaign. The $119,790,000 bond package, the largest in the County’s history, includes these projects: -Solid WMt* disposal facilities - #08,500,dOO. The largest portion of these funds will be used to hind waste-to energy facilities (incinera tors), and the balance will be used foe the acquisition and development of additional land for landfills and . for a garbage transfer station. -Schools - #23,100,000. These bonds will fund the construction of five new schools, as well as reno vations at several existing schools The largest expenditure, #7,100,080 will be for a senior high school In the southeastern area of the County and School -Natatorium and high school swimming pools - #8,000.000. These bonds will provide, for a stadium size swimming pool at the Metro Center on Independence Blvd., and for swimming pools at three high schools. --County building projects, -'i $6,500,000. These bonds will be used for renovations to the Marshall County Services enter (formerly SeaH-Roebuck building) and the County Office Building; to pur chase gpece for the Election Office; .v and to construct a new. motor maintenance facility and a Jail intake center. -Water and Sewer lines - $4,600, 000. The bonds will fund the ex tension of water and sewer lines to low-income neighborhoods in Com munity Development target areas. -Central Piedmont Community College projects ; $2,050,000. These bonds will provide funds for a parking deck at CPCC and a Learn ing Center in North Mecklenburg, r-■ ■ - ■ . .. . — pmy far exam here (aot Included). Selected Popular Frame* • Clear Plaadc Lenae* I thru + ar • 3 diopter* sphere k cylinder only. . ;*■ f E. Independence Plain, Suhc AOO, Independence A McOoweflSn. Yes! i We alee examine adults, feat for glaucoma and cataract* and allow tlm* for quiltion* after the examination. ^ Wp a reopen tome Saturday mornings for NON-third party billing patients. Dr. - L Bynum atvaha* special early morning or late afternoon appointments. For , ^ more infoMAatlon. call 375-9001. A Hanes Supports State NAACP - Members of Hanes Group corporate staff, from right to left, Pat Temple, vice president tinman resources, Elynor Williams, director of corporate affairs and A1 Arrington, man ager of employee relations and North Carolina NAACP state president. Kelly Alexander Jr„ discuss the upcoming state NAACP convention, which will be held in Winston-?alem October U-tf. Hanes Group also made a contribution to the NAACP's state office operating budget. The itate NAACP has recently had to absorb more of the operating cost of It* office because the national office has not been able to absorb the cost as It has In the past years. Hanes has made contributions to the national, state, and local offices. Hanes group, which Includes L'eggs Products, Hanes Hosiery, Hanes Knitwear and Hanes Printable*, also made a contribution to the North Carolina state NAACP to help underwrite Its operating budget. Domestic Violence Victziis To Receive Help inousands of domestic violence victims in North Carolina can get help, thanks to grants totaling *272,000 awarded to 43 community programs across North Carolina. The grants are made available by the Domestic Violence Project and, the Council on the Status of Women in the N.C. Department of Ad ministration. Funding for the grants was provided by the 1985 General Assembly; $70,000 of the total was part of the special one-time appro priation of *200,000 in addition to the continuation budget. C “An estimated 212,000 women in North Carolina are physically abused each year, but only about one In 10 reports it,” said administra tion secretary Grace J, Rohrer. "For the approximately 21,000 who ■ _ Ia-_ - - - ■ do seek help, these grants nuke possible the community services they so desperately need,” she added. The council received 54 applica tions requesting a total of more than *870,000. Awards did not exceed *10,000 each. Programs receiving grants must generate local funds amounting to at least 20 percent of the total funding requested. Programs receiving grants pro vide services to domestic violence victims such as counseling, volun teer advocacy, emergency support in the form of transportation and housing, crisis intervention, shelter services and programs for children I' ' .. - — READ - THE CHARLOTTE PQ8T Braces for Children & Adults ^ , DR. PAUL A. McGIIL, DD.S., PA. |T_A “Practice Limited To Orthodontics” £. CONVENIENT LOCATION HOURS 1028 Wwt FtfIBSt., CfcwloUe, N.C. »m 1 Block from 1-77 Near Irwin Avenge'Junior H.8. . CURTIS C. REEVES, M.D. Doctor of Ophthalmology Eyes Examined For ( Glasses, Contact Lenses, C&taract & Laser Surgery \ NEW Medicare Cataract Surgery Program No overnight stay No out of pocket cost CALL ABOUT OUR FREE CATARACT SCREENING Program •'> - Curtis C. Reeves, MIX Doctor’s Building Kings Drive Charlotte, N.C. as well as abusers. For more Information about the domestic,violence program, contact Carey Fletcher, director, N.C. Domestic Violence Project, 526 N. Wilmington St., Raleigh, N.C. 27604, or call 919-733-2455. Seminar ForWomen * Have you always wanted to get vi more education? WomanReach and' • J Pfeiffer College are offering tf spe dal all-day workshop called ‘‘Go For It!: Making the Decision to Go Back to School,” on Saturday, Sep- ■; * tember 21, fadlitated by Patty Jamison of Pfeiffer College. The meeting will be held at the Woman Reach Center at 2:90 a.m. for cof- — fee, then go downstairs to Pfeiffer tS College from 10-3 p.m. All service* are freely given and freely re ceived. The WomanReach Center is a United Way Agency, and the fadli-r! ties are handicapped accessible, FOr ; > more information and to register, r' call a WomanReach peer counselor. Monday through Saturday, from 10 ; I a.m. to 4 p.m., at 334-3*14. - i ‘ CASH FOR YOUR VALUABLES -flace a classified ad .
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