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Rev. Stackhouse
Andrea Walkers
. ....North Mecklenburg sophomore
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Walkers Is Concenfed
At J Making Good Grades
A North Mecklenburg High School
Mpiittore, Andrea Walken plays
the flute with the school’s Marching
Band. Having played the flute since
she was in the fifth grade, . Andrea
claims it’s especially nice playing in
high school. "It's a lot of fun,” she
describes. “You get to travel and get
into thegames f^si.” ’ W
At school, Andrea also partici
pates in Junior Achievement. Her
favorite subjects are geometry and
business law; both are “interest
ing," she claims. Andrea is, addi
tionally, very concerned about
making good grades. “They let me
know how I'm doing and also whe
ther I should try harder in a
particular area,” she explains
The 15-year-old'a ambition is to
become a lawyer. "I want to help the
innocent,” she projects.
Andrea Is better known to her
friends and family as “Punkin,” a
nickname she’s had for a long time,
she recalls. -How did she get It?
"When I was a baby the doctor said I
had a big bead,” she smiles
Nonetheless, Andrea has grown to
be a very attractive teenager who’s
also a good athlete. Sports, such as
softball, basketball, and swimraii^,
are her favorite hobbies. She ex
; cels in them. Andrea played short
stop diving the summer for both M
ft P Auto Parts and her church,
Temple Chapel Baptist. She was
named "Most Valuable Player" for
, M ft P last summer “I fait a grand
slam,” Andrea notes ss one of her
memorable momenta of die season.
She inherited her athletic nature
from her mother, who, Andrea re
veals, is an avid swimmer and ball
player also
Talking on the telephone, listen
ing to soul music and dancing are
other activities this week’s beauty
indulges in for leisure.
Abe’s the oldest of the three
children in her family Andrea has
two sisters, Angel, JO, and Tasha, IS.
“I like being the oldest,” the ad
TV* (kings only a man cannot
hhto: that he ts drunk and that he is
fesses, “I also do a lot of baby
sitting.” And, as usual, her younger
sisters love to follow Andrea around.
“All the time,” Andrea empha
sizes. '■>
In describing herself, this young
lady admits to being “very moody."
But overall, “I’m a nice, under
standing person,” she claims. “I’m
shy in front of a lot of people. Yet, I
like to have fun and make people
laugh.”
Her grandmother, Magdeline
Young, is the person Andrea most
admires. “She understands me and
is there when I need her,” she
explains. “She’s a very, very, sweet
lady,” Andrea further describes.
"And she’s my money lady,” she
adds, stating that her grandmother
slips her a little spending money so
Andrea can take part bi a few other
favorite activities like buythg
clothes, going out to eat at God
father's Pizza and McDonald’s, or
for entertainment such as going to
the movies, to Skate Palace and to
parties.
Andrea plans to go to college and
she’s hoping she’ll attend the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. However, now she’s finding
high school to be “exciting.”
Light Turnout Expected
Candidates Making Final Efforts
To Come Out Ahead In The Polls
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
With the general election only
days away, candidates are making
their final efforts to come out ahead
in the polls. However, interest in the
election seems to be dropping. Po
litical observers attribute this to the
apparent distance between Char
lotte mayoral candidates Gantt and
Berryhill.
Traditionally, when the major
race of an election appears close,
voters on both sides are galvanized
to head to the polls to push for their
candidate. But when one candidate
holds a wide lead over the other,
voters stay home. And that may be
what happens Tuesday.
Elections Supervisor Bill Culp
expects about 37 percent of Char
lotte’s voters to turn out, with only a
29-30 percent turnout in the re
mainder of the county. This should
average out to about 35 percent
voter turnout countywide.
< ' - ThisJigure isahout-^Aiarage, says
Culp, for a local election, but is far
below the 51 percent in 1983.
If you’re planning on voting on
Tuesday, it’s a good idea to pick up a
sample ballot ahead of time. Not
only are all the candidates, bond
issues, and questions listed, but
instructions are included as well.
Having a sample ballot should speed
Mayor Harvey Gantt
.Seeks reelection
your way through the polls on Elec
tion Day.
All voting places in Mecklenburg
County will be open from 6:30 a m.
to 7:30 p.m. Your voter card tells
you wjjere your voting place ».
You’ll hav&the opportunity to vote
“yes”- or “no” on the following
questions: solid waste disposal sys
tem bonds, school bonds, parks and
recreational facilities bond (for
pools), county building bonds, sani
tary sewer bonds, community col
lege bonds, county water bonds,
four-year terms for County Com
Al Rousso
.At-Laree candidate
missioners, and city water bonds
(for the six-mile, 54-inch pipeline
from northwest to southeast).
The non-partisan election for the
School Board vacancy offers you the
choice o£ Harvey E. Sadoff (en
dorsed by the Black Political Cau
cus), Maggie Nicholson, Jerry
McMurray, Timothy Kroboth, and
John J. Alquist.
For Mayor of the City of Char
lotte, you may vote for either
Harvey B. Gantt or Dave Berryhill.
You may vote for four at-large
City Council candidates. Republi
Richard Vinroot
.M-Large candidate
cans running are Richard Vinroot,
Herbert Spaugh Jr., Minette Trosch,
and Earl Driggers. Democrats are
A1 Rousso, Mike Stenhouse, Vic Bell,
and Cyndee Patterson.
In six ot the seven City Council
districts, one candidate is running
unopposed. These are Districts 1,
Pam Patterson; 2. Charlie Dannel
ly; 3, Ron Leeper; 5. Ann Ham
mond; 6, Velva Woollen; and 7.
Gloria Kenning In District 4, Roy
Matthews <D> and Jim Hawks <Ri
are competing to represent that area
on City Council
World Mayors To Curb Crime, Drugjs, Illiteracy
Special To The Post
It’s not just the gangs on the
corner and the drifter in the park.
“It’s hungry children, men out of
work and youths on dope in every
major city. It’s a whole world gone
awry, where illiteracy, poverty and
crime soar at a dizzying pace and
old solutions fail to check the rising
roar of violence.
Such problems face the mayors of
today’s cities. They face Johnny
Ford of Tuskegee, Al., and hundreds
of other mayors, many of whom are
reaching out for help. “If we, the
mayors of the world, do not save the
world, then who will save it?’’ asked
Ford at the second annual conven
tion of the World Conference of
Mayors this August in the Bahamas
In 1984 Ford founded WCM to
supplement the work of the United
Nations and other international
agencies by promoting global peace
and understanding through "the five
T’s -- Trust, Technology transfer,
Trade, Tourism and Twin-cities
relationships," he explained.
"Many nations in the world are
suffering famine, because they lack
technology to feed their popula
tions,” said Ford. "Those of us who
have technology and expertise must
be willing to share with these na
tions."
Representatives, advisors and
mayors of more than 200 cities
gathered in the Bahamas for this
three-day conference. They came
from as far away as Gambia,
Senegal and Zaire to find solutions
for illiteracy, poverty and crime in
their hometowns. Religious and
civic leaders and experts on un
derdeveloped nations joined dele
gates from France, Israel and the
U.S. in a search for hard answers to
persistent questions.
To combat illiteracy and juvenile
crime in his own city, Ford re
ported, he invited a group from Los
Angeles to Tuskegee Advisors
from the International Way to Hap
piness Foundation, a Los Angeles
based charitable group, spent four
months there distributing more than
35,000 copies of “The Way to
Happiness," a common-sense guide
which counsels a return to such
traditional values as “Do Not
Steal," “Safeguard and Improve
Your Environment,” and “Set a
Good Example.”
Ford said the team changed lives,
helped citizens clean up their
streets, planted grass and ended
all-night gambling in a high-crime
neighborhood
Ford also invited a counselor from
Applied Scholastics International, a
Los Angeles-based educational
group which for 12 years has been
applying new study techniques de
veloped by American author and
researcher L Ron Hubbard Hub
bard's methods have raised pass
rates of entire classes in South
Africa from below 50 percent to
more than 90 percent, and many
Tuskegee youths benefited from
Hubbard's procedures, Ford said.
Recommending new tools for dis
posing of old problems. Ford urged
others to join him in implementing
all workable means for bettering
human life
Organizations To Solicit Subscriptions
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By Loretta Manago
Post Managing Editor
Between the Benevolent Club in
Belvedere and the Salvation Army
Sunshine Club in the Smallwood
area, Elizabeth Neal has her hands
bill
As president of these two or
ganizations , Mrs Neal has re
. centiy gotten them to rally around
The Charlotte Post, by selling sub
scriptions.
“When I first came up with the
idea, I thought it waa a good way to
help build up the treasury in both
groups. I also think that it's a good
way to keep the coanmuntty In
■ x formed on what's going on,” sur
mised Mrs. Neal..: -
Mrs. Nesi projects that her group
will begin their subscription cam
palgn right after Halloween Any
time before that would conflict wtth
the busy schedule of the two clubs
“Each-month,'’ she explained, “we
have a birthday party for those
members whose birthdays fall hi the
have our Halloween party. So until
those two events are meg, we won’t
be abfaf to start.”
The Benevolent Club, which Mrs
Neal formed It) years ago, was or
ganized to attend to the needs of the
bereaved In the neighborhood “In
ELIZABETH NEAL
-Spearheader for mbecripdon drive
stead of the unorganized fashion of
going door-to-door asking far con
tributions when someone died, the
Benevolent Cion serves as friends in
time of need, ff a bereaved family
requests our prmesses, we cook a
meal, serve it and clean up after
wards." Informed Mrs Neal
The Salvation Army Sunshine
Club, on the other hand, focuses on
senior citizens "At the Sunshine
Club we take trips, go out to eat. and
if we need to get our prescriptions
filled, we do that, too." The club is in
its second year
Mrs Neal is a member of May
field Memorial Baptist Church She
is involved with Youth Services at
the Housing Authority
Charlotte Receives
5.6 Million Dollars
Raleigh Help is on the way for
the state's cities and towns plagued
by potholes and other street
maintenance problems.
Checks totaling over $47.1 million
in State Street Aid Allocations
<Powell Bill) funds were mailed by
the North Carolina Department of
Transportation (NCDOT) October 1
to 467 municipalities across the
state. The money will be used to psy
for maintenance and improvement
projects on streets inside muniei
palities that are not included on the
state's highway system.
Charlotte received the largest
amount. $5.6 million, while the Pitt
County town of Falkland received
the smallest amount, $1,717.M.