CPCC Sponsors Neighborhood
Meeting At West Ghariotte High
Neighbors of West Charlotte High
School are invited to a meeting
sponsored by Central Piedmont
Community College (CPCC).
The neighborhood meeting will be
in the cafeteria at 7 p.m. on Tues
day, December 10, and will focus on
the special evening programs the
college offers at West Charlotte High
School. Also, residents will be
asked what kind of classes they
would like offered in their neigh
borhoods.
Cedric,Jones, a retired educator
who now teaches high school com
pletion English for CPCC, will serve
as moderator.
"I'm concerned that more people
In this area aren’t taking advan
tage of all the educational oppor
tunities offered to them,” Jones
said. “Education is the key to
success in jobs and in all walks of
life. T
“Through this meeting, we hope to
learn what the average housewife
wants. What does a group of se
nior citizens want? What does a
barber or a beautician or the man on
the street want?”
Attending the meeting will be Dr.
David Hunter, Vice President for
General Studies; Margaret Rows,
Minority Recruiter; Ed Martin and
Ernest Stanback with the college’s
High School Completion program;
and Bobbie Ross, Coordinator of the
West Area Learning Center at
Freedom Mall.
"We hope to hear from all our
neighbors In the West Charlotte High
area,” Ross said. "Even people who
don’t usually attend CPCC classes
are welcome to come and meet us. If
they want us to teach pottery or
small business courses or uphols
tery or Old Testament literature, we
want to know so we can respond and
arrange such classes.”
$132,600 To Help The Poor
Raleigh - The City of Charlotte
Mecklenburg County will have an
additional $132,600 to help poor and
disadvantaged people get skill
training and jobs under the Job
Training Partnership Act, accord
ing to S. Thomas Rhodes, secre
tary of the Department of Natural
Resources and Community Develop
ment.
The City of Charlotte Employment
and Training Department will re
ceive the funds for exceeding the
required minimum number of per
formance standards set by the U S.
Department of Labor in the imple
Gantt Appoints
Self-Sufficiency
Tusk Force
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Mayor Harvey B. Gantt announc
es the appointment of 11 members to
‘a task force for Project Self
Sufficiency. The task force will
serve as the principal overseeing
body for implementing a Housing
and Urban Development (HUD)
demonstration project to bring
single parents into the economic
mainstream.
Iqy making the .appointments
Mayor Gantt said, “The task force
will take a strong role in develop
ing an ajttton plan to be the basis of
the program to- provide indepen
Itis'ouf "hope thal tKis'pfsgftnBT^Sl
enable participants to become self
sufficient and less dependent upon
government.”
Cullie Tarleton, general manager
of Jefferson Pilot Communications,
has been named chairman of the
task force. Mrs. Micki Riddick,
retired local and national YWCA
director, will become vice chair
man. The task force is comprised of
representatives from the Charlotte
Housing Authority, private em
ployers, the Private Industry
Council, Central Piedmont Com
munity College and other agencies
with resources and programs to
assist the single parent population.
The City was notified in Septem
ber, 1985, by Congressman Alex
McMillan that HUD had. approved
federal housing assistance for 50
additional Section 8 certificates.
These certificates administered by
the Charlotte Housing Authority,
will be used as a reward to those
individuals who commit to improv
ing their economic status through
self-improvement.
The project will use a comprehen
sive program of housing, child care,
transportation, personal and career
counseling, adult basic education,
job training and job placement to
assist single parents toward self
sufficiency. All participants will be
required to commit to the self
sufficiency requirements prior' to
receiving a Section 8 housing
certificate.
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mentation of the jobs program. This
incentive grant will be used to plan
new programs and to expand exist
ing ones.
There are seven performance
standards. For adults, the perfor
mance standards include how many
were placed in jobs, how much each
placement costs, the average start
ing salary and how many welfare
recipients were placed. Youth stan
dards are employment rate, suc
cessful completion of youth oriented
programs and the cost per com
pletion. To qualify for the incentive
awards, at least four of these per
formance standards must be met.
These two youngsters appear to be lost in thought during a play period at
Fairyland Day Care and Kindergarten on W. Kingston in Charlotte.
Ramondous Betrand, left, and Daniel Massey are both four year olds in
.Marjorie Gaddy's class. A third character, a white duck at Daniel’s
knees, seems to be a bit nosy about what the little fellow has In his hands.
(Photo by Audrey Lodato)
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Time To Prepare For Winter Storms
Special To The Post
.. Raleigh - The Division of Emer
gency Management and the Nation
al Weather Service have declared
December 1-7 as Winter Weather
Awareness Week in North Carolina.
“Even though winter occurs dur
ing the months of December,
January, and February, our citizens
need to begin preparing now for
their protection and safety," said
Joe Myers, Director of the Division
of Emergency Management.
Record-breaking cold weather last
January recorded temperatures
ranging from five degrees below
zero in the east to 34 below at Mount
Mitchell. Fourteen people died from
hypothermia during this winter
storm.
Myers said, “The key to surviving
| a winter storm or extreme cold is to
first, understand the seriousness of
the situation. Second, you must
know what to do, and third, you
must have the proper emergency
'upplies in your home or car.”
The National Weather Service will
soon release their long-range fore
cast for the winter. It may be
colder and stormier than last year,
or it may be milder. Taking steps
now could mean fewer problems
later on when the calendar marks
the first day of winter.
For more information about
Winter Weather Awareness Week
and tips on personal and home
safety, contact your local office of
Emergency Management.
Emmerson Sartor
Marine Gunnery Sgt Emmerson
W. Sartor, son of Nathaniel and
Barbara S. Talbert of 1830
McDonald Street, Charlotte, has
been meritoriously promoted to his
present rank while serving a Marine
Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
SC.
Sartor received the accelerated
promotion in recognition of
outstanding performance, duty
proficiency and demonstrated
professoinal abilities.
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Cordially Invites Everyone To Attend
Our 1st Anniversary Celebration With
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universities are making the most of the talent, intelligence and
determination of thousands of students. In this unique environ
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is no ceiling on achievement; no goal is too far-fetched.
| Ajnd from the graduate classroom to the corporate conference
room, that spirit of resourcefulness and achievement is a lasting
benefit to the graduates of Black colleges and those who live and
work with them. Is it any wonder that, though they enroll only
16% of Black college students, Black colleges produce 37% of
all Black college graduates?
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