Thomas Shankle
.“Hear a lot”
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Tangy ReM
."Too much violence'
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Daniel Freeman
."PoHnUon”
upmwns At Kennedy Junior High
What Is The WoHd’s Bieeest Pw»blem?
So many problems beset the
world: hunger, wars, disease, dis
crimination, the threat of nuclear
catastrophe. News reports of apar
theid, starving children, family
farmers losing their land, terror
ism, AIDS bombard us-it’s all over
whelming.
While leaders and ordinary citi
zens alike struggle to solve them
problems, what do this country’s
young people think? Students-and
one teacher-at Kennedy Junior
High in southwest Charlotte were
asked what they consider to be the
biggest problem facing the world
today. The youngsters, though in
terviewed separately, surprisingly
gave very similar answers.
• THOMAS SHANKLE, Miss
Hope’s seventh grade, resident of
Scarlet Circle: “Violence. You hear
a lot about it on the news, people
getting killed." The solution? “Have
more cops on patrol.”
• TANGY REID, Farmer Street
resident, Miss Hope’s seventh
grade: “Too much violence.” The
cause? “Somebody going behind
your back and delivering messages
that aren't true. This leads to
fights and arguments. You can solve
the problem by ignoring what is
said."
• TARYN DAVIS of Scottsdale
Road. Miss Baines ninth grade:
“Violence. People should learn to
love one another instead of be
coming violent. It’s caused by dis
agreements. People don’t know how
to handle disagreements without
getting violent. They should learn to
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• SHARON RATLIFF, Mr Shipp’s
ninth grade, resident of Queen
Anne’s Road: “Violence and not
trusting each other. People are al
ways getting in trouble and carry
ing guns. If we had trust, maybe
they wouldn’t get in trouble as
muok.The government should try to
control guns.” What can an indivi
dual do to help? “Be nice to other
people and trust them.”
• DANIEL FREEMAN, seventh
and eighth grade physical education
teacher, in his 15th year at Ken
nedy: “Pollution, nuclear waste.
There’s no proper way or place to
get rid of it. The only way is to do
away with nuclear energy. We’ve
got the sun; it comes up every
morning. Also, polluted food is a
problem, with additives and pre
servatives.”
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Charlotte Medical
Society Hopes
' Medical Directory Has The Answers!
By Loretta Manago
Post Managing Editor
Are there any black female gyne
cologists in Charlotte? Where is the
office of the black obstetrician lo
cated?
Those are just two of the ques
tions that the Charlotte Medical
Society hopes to answer when it
publishes its medical directory next
month.
Once the directory has been pu
blished, the members of the medi
cal organization hope that the black
community will find helpful in
formation that will tell them that
altough there is not a black female
gynecologist in Charlotte, that there
is a black female internist who can
handle some of the same medical
concerns that a gynecologist could,
as well as give a complete listing of
Charlotte's black optometrists,
pharmacists, dentists and doc
tors.
The need for this directory grew,
according to CMS president, Dr!
Melvin Pinn as a result of growing
concern about the relationship of the
black community and the black me
dical profession.
"The directory, which will in
clude the pictures of its members
along with addresses, phone num
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Or. Melvin Pinn
.Medical Society president
bers and specialties of the doc
tors, will serve to bridge the gap
between the black community and
the black medical profession," ex
plained Dr. Pinn.
"There are just too many black
people who aren't aware of the many
different kinds of black doctors we
have in Charlotte.”
Dr. Pinn further explained that
the idea of the directory was pur
sued due to the rapid growth of the
city as well as the growing influx of
black medical professionals. “The
city is growing at such a rate and the
number of black doctors is increas
ing so that even some of the pro
fessionals don’t know who each
other are.”
A secondary service that the me
dical society hopes to supply is to
dispel some of the myths concern
ing black doctors that have cir
culated in the black community for
years "Myths like black doctors are
unprofessional or that they charge
too much have hurt the black doc
tor’s practice. We (CMS mem
bers) hope that through this direc
tory the black community can see
that we are very professional and
not exorbitant in costs.”
The Medical Society is still in the
planning stages as to how it will
dispense the directory. “We're look
ing at sending them to registered
black voters and maybe going to the
black churches in the community.”
Five thousand to 10,000 copies of the
directory will be printed
The CMS is excited about the
directory, stressing that the timing
for the directory is good “It's a
first.” exclaimed Dr Pinn.
Safety Tips For Children Waiting For A School Bus
During this time every year,
parents of young children share a
common fear - small children wait
ing for a school bus in the early
morning hours. Many of these
youngsters leave home as early as
6:30 a.m. to catch their school bus. A
word of caution and safety tips for
parents and youngsters might pre
vent an accident or worse incident.
Use the following tips to teach your
child to be more aware.
--Accompany your child to the bus
stop, if at all possible.
--Purchase a bright colored
backpack or bookbag. If you al
ready have purchased one, apply a
luminized self-adhesive strip across
the front of the bag. (Strips can be
purchased at most sports or bike
shops.)
- Instruct your child to always
walk on the sidewalk or road side
and cross the street only from a
comer or cross walk. Avoid
crossing a rural road at a curve.
-Stand with other children in a
group while waiting
-Never dart out into the street to
catch the bus.
-Look both ways before crossing
a street.
-Instruct your child to keep his or
her head up and observe his or her
surroundings — be aware!
-Be aware of the bus schedule —
don’t let small children wait too long
for a bus.
-Last but not least - never get into
a stranger's car, even if he’s a
“friendly stranger.”
Editor's Note: (Written by K.
Bertrand Fields, M.D., Greensboro,
N.C., family physician as a public
service of the North Carolina Aca
demy of Family Physicians.)
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