State Alexander
. .. .Community Affaire Director
Charlene Price
.Graded year on three levels
John Richardson
.Stonewall Jackson counselor
Local Gtizens Give 1985 Low Marks
By Loretta Manago
Post Managing Editor
Nineteen eighty five. Was it a good
year? Was it a bad year? How would
people grade it if given the op
portunity to do so? This question was
put to several people here in the
area. Their responses are as fol
lows: Charlene Price, community
affairs director at WCCB, graded
the outgoing year on three levels. ‘‘I
would give it an “A" for the many
hi—sings I've received and for some
of the professional accomplishments
I’ve made and also for the valuable
friendships I have.
"In terms of being content in life, I
would have to grade the year at a
‘C.’ Thfere are many unmet goals
that I’ve set for myself that have yet
to be achieved.
“On ihe national level scene an ‘F’
immediately came to mind vyhen I
think of South Africa and the role our
country continues to play in that.
And in our country there is plenty of
pain atod suffering that is not
brought to the media forefront. That
makes it necessary for me to give
that grade’’
counselor for Stonewall Jackson
&hool, John Richardson expresses
similar thoughts as Ms. Price when
. assessing the events that have trans
pired in the nation in the past year.
“Looking" a> the nation’s events,- -I
would almost givethegrade ‘F.’ The
number of air tragedies, the sky
rocketing black unemployment
rate, and the vast number of
people who have lost both their Jobs
and their homes made for a very
trying year.” But on a personal
level, the grade for 1965 takes a step
up. “I think the grade *B' would be
the appropriate grade to give 1965 in
my personal life. I accomplished 90
percent of the things I set out to do
the very beginning of the year. While
some of them seemed slow in
coming, they did materialize.”
That s how Yolanda Ross,
secretary-bookkeeper at WQCC felt
about her personal life this year.
“The things I wanted to accom
plish, I did accomplish. I would have
to give the year a ‘B.’ Ms Roes
commented that when 1984 ended
and '85 began, things were in bad
shape. “I did make progress.” On
the national level, however, Ms.
Ross grades the year a “D.” The
multitude of tragedies makes me
give this grade. There were many
killings, plane crashes. It just seems
to me that every week I heard about
something devastating that had
happened. Satan was really busy.”
For State Alexander, community
affairs director at WPEG, the na
tional events this year warranted
two grades.. In some areas, such as
economics, I would have to say a ‘B.’
I do feel some improvements were
made. But when it comes to man
made and natural catastrophies, the
CPCC Sponsore Autograph Party
An autograph party for Cornelius
writer Clara Dulin is planned for
Thursday, January 16, at the Cen
tral Piedmont Community College
(CPCC) North Area Learning
-Center.
“Lingering Echoes from the
Blue Ridge,” a collection of short
stories written by Mrs. Dulin, will b«
on sale on that date at the CPCC
Iewniijg gutter bookstore. Mrs.
D«atn, * etude* in the advanced ,
creative writing dess, taught at the '
Lemming Center and will be avail- 1
able to autograph her book from 9
a.m. -‘l p.m. * '■ **
The book is a collection of re
membrances from lira. Dulin’s
yean as the wife of a Methodist
m^plater in the North Carolina
mountains.
“Those echoes have been linger
ing for more than 50 years,” she
saldT “I didn’t know I remembered
so much until I sat down and started
writing.”
Mrs. Dulin, a widow, said the book
is a memorial to. her husband, Grady
Dulin. He was pastor of Central
Methodist Church in Charlotte for
many years before the couple re
ttredto Cornelius.
' Two other students in Virginia
Chrtstenbury's creative writing
class At the Learning Center also
received recognition recently.
Barbara J. Mayer’s story, “A Tale
of Two Horses,” won second place in
the Charlotte Writers Club’s annual
Children’s Story Contest. Taking
third place was Lilli K. Richard
son’s story, “The Golden Box.”
The Learning Center is located on
Hwy. 21 in Cornelius, one mile
south of Hardee’s.
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grade would have to be a *D.'”
Looking at his own life, State
Alexander gave the year an “A.’’
“From a personal standpoint, it’s
been a good year. I think that I’ve
grown in a lot of ways-profession
ally, spiritually, and economically.
It was better than the average
year.”
1 PHILIP MORRIS PRESENTS CONTRIBUTION TO NBC8L
State Senator Clarence Mitchell of Maryland (second
from right) accepts a check for 120,000 from Guy L.
Smith IV (center), Vice President, Corporate Af
fairs, Philip Morris USA, at the annual convention of
the National Black Caucus of State Legislators
(NBCSL) held recently In Washington. Accepting the
gift with Senator Mitchell are Wllhelmina Delco.
NBCSL Vice President, and Calvin Smvre. NBCSL
Secretary. Also representing Philip Morris is Man
ager, Constitutency Development Programs, Allene
Roberts (far right). The NBCSL, with headquarters In
Washington, D.C., represents 370 minority legislators
from 43 states.
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