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NEWS/ The Charlotte Post
January 25,1996
Community Notes
Edelman comes to Charlotte meeting
Brothers and Big Sisters of
Charlotte will be on hand to
provide information on the
Big Brothers Challenge.
casino trips. All
money raised sup
ports community
and youth activi
ties. Deposit of
$120 is due by
Feb. 15.
For more infor
mation, call 379-
0235.
PHOTO/ PAUL WILLIAMS,
Bertha Gilbert enters her new home in the
Grier Heights community. She got the home
with the assistance of the Grier Heights
Economic Foundation and Wachovia Bank
financing.
• Marian Wright
Edelman, president and
founder of the Children’s
Defense
Fund, will be
the keynote
speaker at
the Charlotte-
Mecklenburg
Education
Foundation’s
annual meet
ing Feb. 7.
'The meet
ing will be
held at the
• National
Council of
Negro Women
Inc. Charlotte
Section will host
its annual broth
erhood dinner
March 2 at
Ebenezer Baptist
Church, 2020
Sugar Creek
Road. Guest
speaker will be
U.S. Senate candi
date Harvey
Gantt. Donation is
$20 and benefits
NCNW’s commu
nity service pro
jects. For more
information, call
536-0941.
Edelman
Charlotte Convention Center
ballroom from 7:30-9 p.m.
Tickets are $25. For more
information, call 335-0100.
• A Central Piedmont
Community College group will
celebrate black heritage next
month.
CPCC’s Council of the
Southern Regional
Conference on Black
American Affairs will host
its celebration Feb. 15 at
11:30 a.m. at Pease
Auditorium on the Elizabeth
Avenue campus. The Rev.
Frank Madison III, senior
pastor at Bethel AME Church
in Baltimore, will be guest
speaker, A reception will fol
low.
• Carolinas Association
of Black Women
Entrepreneurs will sponsor
a health fair Saturday.
The fair, to be held at the
Public Library auditorium,
301 N. Tryon St., starts at 10
a.m. and will feature work
shops addressing physical,
psychological and spiritual
health. Among the exhibitors
expected are the National
Cancer Society, Mecklenburg
County Health Department,
Sickle Cell Anemia
Foundation and American
Diabetes Association.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, call
Trasha Davis at 522-1237 or
Charnetta Gading at 535-
8499.
• Metrolina Food Bank
will officially open its expand
ed building Monday at 500-B
Spratt St.
The Food Bank will be re
dedicated during ceremonies,
which will include contribu
tors to its building campaign.
Ceremonies will start at 10
• A CPR class will be held at
Central Piedmont
Community College Feb, 3.
The college will conduct the
class from 9 a.m.-noon at
Taylor Hall gym on Elizabeth
Avenue. Instructors are certi
fied by the American Heart
Association. Registration is
$10 and can be sent by check
along with participants’ name,
address, telephone number
and Social Security number to
Central Piedmont Community
College, David Brown, HPER
Department, P.O. Box 35009
Charlotte, N.C. 28235.
Registration is limited to the
first 200 people to enroll and
ends Wednesday. For more
information, call 342-6555 or
342-6937.
• Focus on Leadership
Inc. is seeking nominations
for its annual Unsung Heroes
Awmds.
The awards are given to
African Americans in
Charlotte-Mecklenburg who
have shown dedication and
commitment in: arts; busi
ness/entrepreneur; community
service; education; human ser
vice; media; personal achieve
ment; politics; religion and
youth. The deadline for nomi
nations is March 3.
For more information, call
C3Tithia Sifford at 561-3043.
• Hidden Valley Optimist
Club will sponsor a trip to
Atlantic City, N.J. in April.
The trip costs $174 and
includes tips, taxes and two
• Portraits of Color is
offering a 16-week cultural
arts and development pro
gram which started Tuesday.
The program will explore
African American art forms in
dance, music and theatre
through classes, workshops
and performing opportunities.
Curriculum will take place at
Hawthorne Recreation and
Community Center, 345
Hawthorne Lane. Youth ages
5-18 can enroll in dance and
music; youth ages 7-18 can
enroll in each discipline,
although it is suggested par
ticipants enroll in no more
than two at a time.
Enrollment fee is $85 per
student for one discipline;
$160 for enrollment in two.
For more information, call
Bridget Phifer at 535-3633 or
537-9787.
Donations will fund scholar
ships for Sigma Beta Club
members and other deserving
high school students. For
more information, call Darryl
Tyson at 554-0375.
Braces For Children & Adults
DR. PAUL A. McGILL,
D.D.S., P.A.
"Practice Limited To Orthodontics"
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(704)375-7005
1404 Beatties Ford Rd.
Northwest Gateway Professional Center
Suite 200 • Charlotte, North Carolina 28216
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• Hoechst Celanese and
Johnson C. Smith University
will recognize leaders who
make contributions to the
community March 29,
The Circle of Honor
Awards Ceremony will be
held at the Sheraton Airport
Plaza Hotel. In addition to
recognizing community
involvement, JCSU will pre
sent the Rufus Patterson
Perry Award to recognize a
graduate for his or her work
in the community and on the
school’s behalf. Tickets are
$50 for individuals, $100 for
benefactors and $125 for
patrons and must be pur
chased in advance. For more
information, call June
Sanders Grayson at 378-1025.
• Nominations are being
sought for the annual Police
Community Relations
Awards. The awards recog
nize officers and work teams
from Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Police who have contributed to
the improvement of police-
community relations.
Nominations may be made
by citizens in the patrol area,
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School
personnel groups, fellow offi
cers or their superiors. To
nominate an officer, write the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Community Relations
Committee, 600 East Trade
St. Charlotte, N.C. or call the
committee at 336-2424.
Deadline for nominations is
April 1.
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• Secretarial Service
• Conference Room
• Private Restroom
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Businesses & Organizations
Conference and Seminar
Rooms
Available For Rent
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2/16-19
Biloxi Casinos, Ms with New Orieans Mardi Gxas
$169
3/9
Outlets of Pigeon Foige, Tn inds breakfast
$32
3/29-31
Weekend Party Cruise - Tampa, FI ...Jtom
$283
4/11-14
Disney Worid/Epcot or MGM - Orlando, FI
S259/155-
4/12-14
NOAH & Amish CcMmtry Live on sta^ w/300 animals
$199/166*
4/12-14
Outlets, Outlets, Lancaster, Ph - 2 nts & tour
$159
4/27-28
Historic Savannah, Beaufort & Hilton Head Island
$95
5/2-5
Biloxi Casinos, Ms with New Orleans Festival
$179
5/3S
Atlantic Qty Casinos - 2 nts boardwalk area
$175
5/11
Smith Mountain Lake & Virginia Dare Cruise - Roanoke
$55
5/18-19
Charleston, SC w/dty tour and Magnolia Plantatkxis
$89
6/10-14
San Frandsco - Ind air4K>tel,bay cruise, F. l^^iarf area
$715
6/13-16
Carnival Cruise "Fantasy” to Nassau iod port/taxes
$419/344*
6/14-16
Williamsburg, Va & Busdi Gardens - 2 nts 1 admission
$159/127*
7/3-7
New Orleans - Essence Music Festival avatlable.JrDm
$275
IjA-l New Orieans - Essence Music Festival avail w/Air ftom
*Doublc/Ouad (Outside 704) - 1 800 41-PRATr (77288)
$399
Celebrate
Your
Heritage...
• The Charlotte Alumni
Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma
fraternity will host its annual
graduate chapter basketball
game at Cochrane Middle
School Feb. 2-3. The school is
located at 6200 Starhaven
Drive.
Games will tip-off at 7 p.m.
each day with teams repre
senting Alpha Phi Alpha,
Omega Psi Phi and Kappa
Alpha Psi in addition to the
host fraternity.
Representatives from Big
With invitations
^y^arlson
The Heritage Collection
"Designs For People Who Share
An African Heritage."
PAPERTOWN
4420 Monroe Rd* 342-5815
(Aooss From Oakfiurst SdMCl)
Charlotte Country
Day School
LEADING THE WAY FOR 55 YEARS
TO LEARN
TO SHAPE
TO LEAD
TO SHARE
TO BECOME
Admissions Testing
Saturday, February 3,1996 • 8:30am - 12noon
Also accepting applications for grades
Junior K-12 1996-97 school year
Admissions Office, Charlotte Country Day School
1440 Carmel Rd. • Charlotte, NC 28226
• The Charlotte Local
Organizing Committee of
the Million Man March and
Present Day Ministries will
sponsor an African American
History Month lecture series
in February.
The series, held each Friday
at 7 p.m. at Present Day
Ministries, 2730 Rozzelles
Ferry Road, will consist of
presentations, panel discus
sions, question and answer
sessions. Topics include: “The
Nile Valley Civilization” (Feb.
2); “The Holocaust of
Enslavement” (Feb. 9); “The
Resurgence of the ‘60s” (Feb.
16) and “Where Do We Go
From Here: Chaos or
Community?” (Feb. 23).
For more information, call
393-5474.
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