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Page IQA - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, April 20, 1989 News For Young Post Readers Excellence In Youth 'file Charlotte Alumnae Chap ter of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. will recognize black ninth grad- lers who have not only achieved academically but have excelled 1n the areas of Fine Arts and Athletics. ihe program, "Excellence In Youth" will be held at the Afro- American Cultural Center on Saturday, May 6 at 4 p.m. Ibis is part of the annual May Week Celebration and is de signed to Inspire youth to strive for excellence in all facets of life. Award recipients must have a B letter or 3.0 grade average. They are nominated by their Junlor/senlor high school facul ty and submit a brief essay. Charlotte Hornets player, Mi chael Holten, will help present the awards on Saturday when all students will receive certifi cates. The program is open to the public. Uptown Youth May Join Junior Optimist Club The Uptown Optimist Club of Charlotte will organize a Junior Optimist Club (for junior high scliool students) and an Octa gon Club (for high school stu- dent.s) this spring. The Optimist club hopes to reach out to the youth in the up town area on a continuous ba sts to help promote community service, leadership development and Improve self-esteem. Darrel Williams, youth com mittee chairman, said the gen eral Idea is to give the kids something positive to look for ward to on a continuous basis. All junior and high school stu dents living in the uptown area are invited to become members of the clubs. For additional information call 375-5564 or write Darrel Williams, P. O. Box 31512, Char lotte, N. C. 28231-1512. Please Include age, sex, address and telephone number. i The newly organized Katonah Starlets is an or ganization providing activities for youth. The group plans to hold a pageant on Sunday, April 23, 4 p.m., at the Jerusalem House of God featur ing gospel singer John Kee. Members of the Kato- nah Starlets are: (pictured 1-r) Lillie Mae Fluker, Kimyata Steele, Chaka Watson, Shimeka Jackson, Tameka Phifer, Victoria Sturdivant and Shatacha Steele. Not pictured are Tikilah McKinney, Tiffany Clybum and Kizzie I.eak. The gfcoap was organized by Loretta McNeil. Program Offers Safe Drive Home From Proms The Children's Theatre of Charlotte's Education Depart ment presents a red-hot line up of summer drama classesi Professional teachers will challenge students through an assortment of creative activi ties. Students will play, create, "act out", listen and gain confidence in expressing themselves in a group. At the end of each session, children will have an opportu nity to share their experiences with their parents. Classes will be held from June 5 Uuough August 11 and are for ages 3 - 15. Please call 376-5745 for information about registra tion. Prices for classes range ^rom $25 to $60. SAFE DRTVE staff and volun teers, with the help of area stu dents and their parents, have launched OPERATION SAFE PROM. OPERATION SAFE PROM seeks to prevent the tragic deaths and injuries due to alco hol-related accidents which of ten occur after high school proms and post-prom parties. In an effort to make prom nights safer for area teens SAFE DRIVE coordinates the pairing of schools. The paired schools provide volunteer drivers and navigators to drive on the prom night of their matched school. then on their prom night the school they were paired with will reciprocate. SAFE DRIVE will use OPERA TION SAFE PROM volunteers along with its own volunteers to offer safe rides on prom nights from 10 p.m. until 7:30 a.m. the next morning. Rides will be provided for driv ers who have been drinking and/ or passengers of impaired driv ers who would prefer a safer way home. Florists, tuxedo rental shops and NCNB are helping SAFE DRIVE spread the word about the SAf« DRIVC 552-SAFC availability of the rides and dis tributing the phone number 332- SAFE through a variety of pro motional means. Upcoming Proms Providence Day, April 29: Garinger, April 29: West Mecklenburg, May 6: West Charlotte, May 6: Olympic, May 6: North Mecklenburg. May 12: Charlotte Catholic, May 13: Harding, May 19. Volunteers from the communi ty at large are welcome to call 332-SAFE and help with this project. Charlotte Parks and Recrea tion will present its 4th Annual Center Showcase, a presenta tion of youthful talent in perfor mance on Saturday April 22 from 7 - 9:30 p.m. at the Albe marle Recreation Center, 5027 Idlewlld Rd. North. ITie program will include the creative skills of youth ages 4- 18. Talent acts are not limited to but will include: • Acting • Baton Demonstration • Choral Group, choir • Cheerleading • Dance - African, Ballet, Clog ging, etc. • Drill Team • Instrumentalists • Jump rope - Doubledutch • Karate demonstration • Lip sync • R^ • Vocalists. Prizes for first, second and third place will be awarded to winners of each age division (4- 8) (9-12) (13-18). Five judges representing vari ous art Interests will screen tal ent for creativity, originality and quality of performance and P CC^OLfTAhDPtJf CHARLCfTTE •African Dance Drawing • Sewing • Modern Dance • Football Register Now!! Youth Classes At The Afro-American Cultural Center Through the month of April Call Gwen Jackson at 374-1565 for more information. 1 2 12 15 Word I is The Charlotte Post'.'. Wpw ;if'Ctl!)n for young readers. We're interested in receiving riswi, nj youtli achievement, events and ai&o articies, poem&or illiiltiMtionR created hv-young peopie. Please send submissiS^tei'Word! c/o The 'Ch8riQtteiPosr,T70r' Box 30144, Charlotte. N.C. ?a?30 For more information, call Jalyne Strong, at 376 0496. Crossword ACROSS 1. Large monkey 4. Exclamation of grief 8. Foolish 12. Japanese coin 13. Indian plant 14. Monster 15. Pen for horses 17. Great lake 18. Liquid for writing 19. Small infant 20. French river 23. Uncontrolled 26. Landed 27. Prickly shrub 28. Behold! 29. Lid 30. Falsify 31. Friend 32. Before npon (Abbr.) 33. Framework 34. Facts 35. Feminine 37. Laundry aid 38. Wild revel 39. Part of to be 40. City in France 42. Storage charge 46. Plant of the lily family 47. Asian country 48. Take forceably 49. Animal homes 50. Swiss Mountains 51. Public conveyance ■ DOWN 1. Small snake 2. A legume 3. Terminate 4. To expiate 5. Absence of 6. Noah’s boat 7. To that degree 8. Twofold 9. Be in harmony 10. Back and forth 11. A cardinal number 16. A blow or stroke 17. Part of a ship's bow WHAT 16 tne COMMON TERM FOR'. " tOCiiKiK. 19. Flat-bottomed boat 20. Kind of parrot 21. Davy Crockett fought here 22. Tear 23. A cart 24. Blackboard 25. Pertaining to the sun 27. Pious 30. Pointed teeth 31. Compensate 33. Decay of the bone 34. Sketched 36. Weak-minded person 37. Crust of metal 39. At the peak 40. Cushion 41. Alcoholic beverage 42. Salt 43. Part of a curve 44. An antelope 45. Fall of the tide 47. Note of musical scale 20 26 29 32 35 21 II 4 36 38 40 41 46 49 10 24 128 25 44 45 WHO WAS TK& FIRST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER TO BECOME A U.5, PRE61PENT ? THE MOST COMMONLY PERFORMED SURGERY 16 A CASERIAN SECTION-WIHAT IS THE SECOND ^ answers; mvs • SNiaavH ■© • „a3svi„- d 3 A d V 1 V a 1 V d 0 1 3 s s 3 1 3 g N 0 d n 3 d 3 0 i 3 V a d V V 3 BLACK FflH QUIZ |ln luhich state uias the first Fair Employment Practices Commission established? lUlhat organization replaced the Office of Minority Business Enterprise? |Hoiu did Maruin Gage die? |U/hat team drafted the first Black Rmerican soccer player? |Ulho Is considered as the "Prince of Negro Journalists"? iRugustus F. Hauikins was a Congressman from what state? ■ ' IHSr PlEtK’S' HWltPriHr- 1. Phyllis Mae Bailey 4. Two 2. Howard Uniuersity 5. Julius Lester Medical School 6. Jennifer Holliday 3. Edward Ellington Rearrange letters of the ^^four scrambled words be low to form four simple words.l T I D 0 Y D 1 MfiGICWORD HOW TO PLAY: Read the Hat of words. LooK at the puzzle. You'll find these words In all direollone — horizontally, ver tically, diaponally, backwards. Draw a circle around each let ter of a word found In the puzzle, then strike It oft the list. Circling It will show ■ latter has been used but will leave It visible should It elso form pan of another word. Find the big words first. When latlara of all Hated words are circled, you'll have the given number of letters left over. They'll spell out your MAqIcWORD. April Showers (sol: 13 letters) C—Climate, Cloudburst, Cloudy; D—Damp, Dark, Deluge, Downpour, Drencher, Drippy, Drizzle, Drops; F—Flood, Foggy; G—Gray; H—Hard, Haze, Heavy: M—Mist, Moist, Monsoon; N— Nature; P—Pour, Puddle; R—Rain; S—Saturate, Scatter, Season, Sky, Slip, Sheer, Smog, Soppy, Splash, Sprinkle, Storm; T—Teem, Thick, Thunder, Torrent; U—Umbrella; V—Vapor; W— Water, Weather, Wet, Windy This Week’s Answer; PRECIPITATION ©1989, McNaught Synd. 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