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TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS! .
Money won’t bring you friends, but it gets you a nicer
class of enemies. ,
The more I see of Walter Berry the more comfortable I
am with the opinion that the St. John’s 6-8 junior forward is
the best college player in the game today.
Lee Elder and Calvin Peete didn’t earn pocket change in
the Chrysler Team Golf Tournament at Boca Raton, Fla.,
last weekend. They, however, were only six strokes off the
$55,000 winning pace of Ray Floyd and Hal Sutton, who
carded a 260 for the 72 holes.
Add Joe Taylor of Virginia Union, Mo Forte of A&T, and
Otis Washington of^Southem to the growing list of football
coaches who will be handed their walking papers any day
now*
Morgan State is experiencing severe financial problems
and is expected to make an announcement shortly. The
Bears, once the most feared black college team in all
sports, will either request a return to Division 11 status or
it will drop football from its athletic program.
Green Bay Packers assistant coach Ken Riley, a FAMU
alumnus, is asking $100,000 a year to return to his alma
mater as head football coach. Good luck, Ken!
Four cheers to Shaw University, the age-old institution
down Raleigh way last week paid tribute to the popular
James “Jim” Lytle, a gentleman who served the
university with distinction from 1922 until he retired in
1974. During the interim, he served as student, athlete,
coach and athletic director. He’s well remembered by the
old timers!
■ •'Johnson C. Smith’s struggling basketball team closes
out its pre-holiday schedule commitments with a CIAA
contest with St. Paul’s here Friday night at Brayboy
Gymnasium. The Bulls will return to action January 4
when they host Virginia Union’s classy Panthers in
Brayboy gym. The school’s women quintet will face the St.
Paul’s girls in the 5 o’clock preliminary game.
As an attribute to his greatness, Delaware State’s
standout wide receiver, John Taylor, had been chosen to
perform i®the annual Blue-Gray All Star Football Classic
in Montgomery, Ala., on Christmas Day. The event will be
televised nationally on CBS.
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders will spend their 7th
consecutive Christmas visiting USA military personnel in
Korea. Our soldiers overseas are not so unlucky, afterall!
Wonder how long Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry
will he able to pull rabbits out of the proverbial hat? He
dug down deep to the third-string quarterback and called
uporna guy named Steve Pelluer Sunday afternoon and
before the opponents could stop laughing, the “good old
maetfoe/rose to the occasion and led tfife hot tma-c
CdwbOys to their first NFC East Championship since UL..
“You have to take you hat off to him. He read the blitz,
^^rdyaf^;^victory*^ corner back Dennis Thurman
Hats off to the Detroit Pistons. Led by^ Isaiah Thomas
andEagGureton, the Pistons are playing better this year.
However, I’m more proud of their efforte encouraging
Demttfdgh school students to stay in school. They have
Ranted a number of students to a free game and meal in
Change Jar maintaining perfect attendance and pur
suing high academic Standards.
My guest is that Auburn University’s Bo Jackson will
S a career to l— and will not sign with a
lFoofhgll team. The Heisman Trophy winner has
leats effereatness as a centerfielder and will likely
th£ upcoming baseball draft
./d that the era of free agency haw cqgne to a
It Tigers outfielder kirk Gibson is a case in
has found no taken for his services since
ee agency market
THE BOOKS - Abdul-Jabbar is the only active
NBA freshman class, which included the likes
Dandridge of Norfolk State, Jake Ford of
State and William English of Winston-Salem
T j. If you’re wondering what happened to the three,
Bobby is director of a drug program for the NBA, Jake is
doing an excellent job of running the basketball pro
gipm at Fayetteville Stole, and Bill is serving his alma
miter as Clarence “Bighouse” Gaines’ assistant coach.
Chicago’s black mayor, Harold Washington, is being
asked to refrain from attending the Bears’ away-from
home games. The resolution, submitted December 4 by
Alderman Edward Vrdolyak points out that “every time
Washington attends a Bears game away from home the
teamJoses.”^
A little ovef half of the 160 college basketball coaches
Sg to a recent poll, said they favorbd granting
thletics a $50 to $100 per month stipend. And,
to the poll, nearly three-fourths of the college
presidents from the same schools did not favor the stipend
idek; We now know where the problem lies!
The Kansas City Chiefs have given up on Ethan Horton,
their No. 1 draft choice. Chief coach John Mackovic
believes the former North Carolina standout does not have
much of a*future impact in the National Football League.
Mackovic is showing considerable interest in Heisman
Trophy winner Bo Jackson.
If your TV screen goes black while you’re watching the
Super Bowl January 28, don’t run out looking for the
nearest repairman. NBC has decided to give viewers a
one-minute break during the pre-game telecast. Your set
is okay!
St. Louis Cardinals coach Jim Hanifan and Dad Coyrell
of San Diego wiH be given their walking papers shortly
after the NFL season ends. Say you saw It here, first!
ABC “Monday Night Football ” continues to lead the TV
ratings. The contest between the Rams and the 49ers last
week attracted a 21.7 share of the market. Incidentally
ABC has expanded its schedule of Sunday baseball games
to 14 in 1986.
My prayers are for you and yours to have a wonderful
Christmas, with good health, much happiness and all the
other “goodies.” # ‘ '
UNCC*» 6-8 Center
Eric Offers Immediate Help!
By James Cnthbertson
Post 8porU Writer
Eric “Slim” Duncan is the 6’8t4”
freshman who almost wound up at
North Carolina State University.
The center from Fayetteville,
North Carolina, who is a child
psychology major, was a star at
Seventy-First High School when he
originally signed with the Wolfpack
in November of 1964.
He was released on May 5, 1985
after the Wolflack had gone over
their limit of eligibles for basket
ball scholarships.
At Seventy-First, he averaged 17.5
points and 10.8 rebounds per game
and was a nominee for McDonald’s
All America Team.
He broke his school’s season scor
ing record with an uncanny mark of
71 percent from the floor and 74
percent from the line.
He was one of Seventy-First's 10
outstanding seniors, All Mid-South
4A Conference, All Cumberland
County, team Most Valuable Play
Eric "Slim” Duncan
.Promising rookie
er and All East honorable men
tion.
“We are excited that Eric has
decided to enter our program,” said
coach Jeff Mullins. "He is an out
standing young basketball player,
but an equally outstanding human
being. At his height, Slim will help
immediately up front, where we
need help the most. He comes to us
highly recommended by his com
munity and his presence increases
our credibility almost immediate
ly.”
Duncan is a believer in fate,
saying that “I didn’t choose the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte. God chose it for me."
His favorites include the book
"Black Boy,” the movie "The Na
tural,” television show “Sanford
And Son,” and actor Lou Gossett.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Duncan of Fayetteville,
N.C., and was recruited by N.C.
State, South Carolina, Clemson and
Wake Forest in addition to UNCC.
The Miners play Appalachian
State in the Coliseum on Friday,
December 20, at 7:35 in a revenge
match. The Apps beat them earlier
in the season by an 84-73 score at
Boone.
Leaves Can Help Make Charlotte Area More Beautiful
Special To The Post
Dowd Primm of Charlotte con
siders hiipself a minor, of sorts.
Every fall he’s busy turning leaves
which he calls “black gold" into a
compost that enriches his yard and
vegetable garden.
“It gives the roots a good place to
go for moisture and nutrients,” says
Primm, who lives at 5440 Kildare
Drive. Primm and his wife, Colleen,
have been making compost for about
15 years. They collect leaves from
neighbors’ yards as well, grinding
them in a backyard shredder before
putting them in the compost pile.
The organic material decomposes
faster when it’s ground.
While beautifying their surround
ings, gardeners like Primm who
recycle yard waste are also helping
Mecklenburg County by keeping the
i'
material out of dwingling landfill
space. Currently an average oftnore
than a million pounds of vard waste
a week goes into the county’s land
fills, all of which are scheduled to be
closed by June, 1987.
“No yard waste should be going
into the landfills because the ma
terial is so easy to recycle through
composting or mulching,” said
Mecklenburg County Recycling Co
ordinator Betsy Dorn. “Almost
every lot in the county needs this
organic material, because the soil
contains so much clay,” she adds.
Compost enriches the soil by add
ing organic material that provides
important nutrients. It also in
creases the soil’s ability to hold
moisture and helps loosen the soil
for easier working.
To start a compost pile, spread a
six- to 12-inch layer of leaves and
other yard waste on a level spot with
good drainage. Add a layer of
manure or fertilizer and top this
with half an inch to one inch of
topsoil. Moisten the pile thoroughly
and repeat the layering until the pile
reaches the desired height. A pile
approximately four feet square and
three feet high is considered a
manageable size.
It is not necessary to build an
enclosure for a compost pile, but
many people like to build a simple/
bin with two sides to hold the leaves,
clippings and shrubbery trimmings.
The compost is easier to start and
maintain when it is in a bin The bin
can be built from bricks, concrete
blocks, wood or wire.
NOTICE
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on the following dates: December 25
and 27, January 1 and 3.
On Thursdays, December 25 and
January 2, we’ll resume regular
business hours - 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
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