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south of downtown Hunters
ville.
At 10:30 a.m. on June 5, a
parade will begin at Bay-
shore Shopping Center, at
the comer of Highway 21 and
Gilead Road and culminate
at the David Waymer Com
plex. Among those partici
pating In the parade are
Mecklenburg County Sheriff
C.W. Kidd, Huntersville
Mayor Bobble Ross, Small
wood Presbyterian Church of
Charlotte and the House of
Prayer Band.
Councilman Hoyle Martin presents Ollie Hough key to city.
•The Charlotte YWCA will
sponsor a "Day of Commit
ment to Eliminate Racism"
May 27 at noon on the steps
of the Park Road facility,
3420 Park Road. The day of
commitment was developed
by the national office of the
YWCA following the violence
that erupted In Los Angeles
last year.
Representatives from
YWCA Day Care Centers,
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Community Relations Com
mittee, the local chapter of
the National Conference of
Christians and Jews and lo
cal schools, businesses, civic
and service organizations
will be on hand.
•The National Council of
Negro Women has published
the "Black Family Reunion
Cookbook" (Fireside Books/
Simon & Schuster Trade Pa
perback: 1993), billed as the
"first community cookbook
of African-American cui
sine." Containing 250 tradi
tional recipes, the book de
scribes how to prepare
dishes such as gumbo, angle
biscuits, soul bread, butter
milk hush puppies and hoe
cake. In addition to profes
sional chefs, celebrities like
Natalie Cole and Patti La-
Belle have submitted recipes.
•Thirty-one men were hon
ored at the North Carolina
Black Male Showcase, USA
Image Awards last weekend.
Robby J. Culbreth was cho
sen as spokesman for the
N.C. Showcase. Founder Ol
lie Hough also served as ex
ecutive producer and direc
tor.
What's In A
Name?
African Roots
Continued From 7A
she
had different names,
said.
The names symbolize the
degree to which black Amer
icans have felt excluded
from American life, she
said.
She noticed some patterns.
Some differed only in
spelling. She found 40 ver
sions of "Tamlka.” Many
were combined with unusual
middle names, such as
"Kamarl Makall."
Yolanda Raeshaun Camper
created "Mia Ayana" for her
daughter, bom March 22 at
Georgia Baptist Medical Cen
ter In Atlanta. She says It
means "my beautiful flow
er."
"It's like a gift," McGregory
said. "It's like saying, 'I can't
give you much, but I can give
you a name no one else will
bear.'"
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•Tickets, ads and booth
spaces are available for the
Sister Clara Muhammad
School Educational Aware
ness Banquet May 29 at 6:30
p.m. Speakers will Include
Iman Ervin Shakir, Iman
Kenneth Muhammad, Iman
All Shah, Dr. Ophelia E. Gar
mon-Brown and Aaliyah
Shah. For information, call
377-4752 or 596-2447.
•The Charlotte Doll Show
presented its pageant May 22
at Northwest Middle School
to benefit Crisis Assistance
Ministry and the scholar
ship fund for previous par
ticipants entering college.
Seventy-one girls partici
pated. Shanetta Covington
was crowned queen. Ruby
Davidson was first runner-
up and Raven Gresham and
LIquIsha Jones tied as sec
ond runners-up.
•The Huntersville Commu
nity Development Associa
tion will celebrate its 17th
annual spring festival June
4-5. A festival king and
queen contest will be held
June 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Da
vid Waymer Complex on
Holdbrook Road, one mile
Robby Culbreth
The festival will continue
after the parade at the David
Waymer Complex featuring
games, food, songs and enter
tainment for the whole fami
ly-
• The Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Chapter of Las
Amigas Inc. sponsored a
high school recognition and
awards program at Greater
Bethel AME Church, 201
Grandln Road.
Kevin Sloan Is the recipi
ent of the 1993 Ethel Alexan
der Scholarship award; An
thony Beatty and Jeanine
Williams were named the
Pitching In For Youth mem
bers: Tenltra Allison, De-
mond Boston and Dorenda
Johnson were given the Las
Amigas Legacy awards.
Jean Holtzclaw Is presi
dent.
•The Second Ward High
School Class of 1968 will
have a class meeting at
Greenville Center, 1330
Spring St. on June 12 from 4-
6 p.m. For more Informa
tion, call Gwen Woodard at
334-53-5309.
•Hypnosis and the Great
Art of Relaxation will be the
topic discussed by Starm W.
Relzlss at the dinner/lecture
June 3 In the cafeteria of
Presbyterian Orthopedic
Hospital (formerly Ortho
pedic Hospital of Charlotte),
1960 Randolph Road. Dinner
will be served at 6 p.m. The
program will begin at 6:45
p.m. For Information about
registration and cost, call
331-4878.
•A rheumatoid support
group will meet June 16 from
5:30-6:45 p.m. at Arthritis
Patient Services, 1960 Ftan-
dolph Road. Pre-registration
Is required by June 14. Call
331-4878 to register.
•Arthritis Patient Services
is offering effective pain
management classes led by
Virginia Sullivan. The six
continual classes are in the
following areas: understand
ing pain: understanding
stress: pain relief techniques
and relaxation exercises:
managing sleep and nutri
tion; heat/cold exercises;
mind power. Classes will be
held on consecutive Wednes
days from 5:30 p.m.-6:30
p.m. at the Orthopedic Hospi
tal Rehabilitation Center,
1960 Randolph Road. Call
331-4878 for more Informa
tion.
•The Mecklenburg County
Health Department has col
laborated with the Uptown
Klwanas on a childhood Im
munization project to make
Immunizations more access
ible for school age children.
Several Immunization clin
ics have been scheduled for
children 4 to 21 years old.
Immunizations are free and
can be scheduled by calling
336-5494.
The clinics are from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at the following
sites and dates: Berryhlll
School, June 9 and Aug. 18;
Sugar Creek Center. June 9-
Aug. 18; Greenville Center,
June 16-Aug. 11; Hunters
ville Health Department,
June 16-Aug. 11; Idlewlld
School, June 23-Aug. 4; Beth
lehem Center, June 23-July
28; Dalton Village, June 30-
July 28; Chantilly School,
June 30-Aug. 4; Earle Village,
July 14-21; Shamrock
School, July 14-21.
Parents whose children do
not have the required Immu
nizations are encouraged to
schedule appointments to
avoid the fall rush.
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