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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1996
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Let’s get
physical
at local
exhibit
Discovery Place invites you
to a traveling exhibit, Get
Physical, an highly interactive
display allowing visitors to
explore wellness concepts in a
fun atmosphere.
The exhibit opens Saturday
and will continue to March 3.
One area offers all ages a
chance to perform a computer
ized projected life exchange
and health risk assessment.
Visitors can explore how fit
ness is assessed through blood
pressure, pulse rate, body fat,
a step test and cardiovascu
lar/respiratory measurements.
Get Physical was created by
Discovery Place in 1991 and
has toured science museums
in Kentucky, Texas and
Michigan teaching children
good physical and mental
health habits.
Admission is $5.50 for
adults; $4.50 for children 6-12
and senior over 60; and $2.75
for children ages 3-5. Children
under 3 get in free.
Exhibit hours are 9 a..m.-5
p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m.-6
p.m. Saturday and 1-6 p.m.
Sunday.
For more information, call
372-6261 or 800-935-0553.
Scholastic
art awards
showing
The 1996
Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Scholastic Art Awards of
1996 competition and
exhibition will be held at
Charlotte/Douglas
International Airport
Feb. 9 through April 8.
The show will be shown
throughout the public
galleries of the baggage
and ticketing areas.
Art work by public and
private high school art
students in the
Charlotte/Mecklenburg
area. Participation is
open to grades 7-12.
Registration began Jan.
29. There is no entry fee.
For more information,
call Paulette Purgason,
704-359-4011.
I^KIDS Corner
KID OF
• ••••••••••
Hampton Harrison
• •
MONTH
Age - 8
Parent(s) -
Denise Jones
School - Highland
Elementary
Favorite Food -
Shrimp
Favorite Music -
Reggae
Favorite
Subject in
School -
Spelling
Favorite
Sport/Player -
Basketball/
Michael Jordan
Role Model -
Taft Stinson
What does he
want to be
when he grows
up -
Artist
Favorite
TV show -
X-Men
Favorite
Teacher -
Ms. Hammond/
Ms. Gunn.
Photos/James Brown
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HONOR ROLL STUDENTS • Waiting to exhale?
Eight students from the
Anita Stroud Youth
Development Center were
honored recently for mak
ing the Honor Roll or
showing measurable
progress in their studies
during the first quarter of
the school year.
At a luncheon in honor of
Mrs. Stroud, founder of
the program, the young
sters heard Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Schools
teacher Demitria Braxton
speak about her life. Ms.
Braxton is a product of
Miss Neets’ program.
Pictureed below (left to
right) are: (Front row)
Trinika Reid, first grade,
Reedy Creek; Ebony Allen,
first grade, Reedy Creek;
Aaron Jordan, 3rd grade,
Reedy Creek; and John
Wallace, kindergarten,
Shamrock. (Second row)
Shereta Davis, 2nd grade,
Druid Hills; Kristina
Cunningham, 3rd grade,
Barringer; Jackquelyn
Hoover, 3rd grade, Druid
Hills; and Ashley Reel, 1st
grade, Reedy Creek.
Not pictured are:
Shawntrica Johnson, 1st
grade, Druid Hills;
Jacolby Lucky, 1st grade,
Reedy Creek; and
Shemicka Allen, 4th
grade, Reedy Creek.
Since 1974, the Anita
Stroud Foundation has
provided counsel and
guidance to keep Anita
Stroud’s dream and min
istry alive. Financial
assistance comes form
individuals, churches,
civic clubs, men’s and
women’s social clubs,
local and national busi
ness and foundations.
Anita Stroud’s apart
ment in Fairview Homes
was a mecca for children.
In her home, they found
love, acceptance and sta
bility. She told stories
about biblical heroes,
encouraged children to
develop their own abili
ties and instilled in them
that they had the poten
tial to “be somebody.”
She freed them from
aimlessness, temptation
and danger.
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PHOTO/JAMES BROWN
J ason Spearman of the 100 Black Men’s youth group
tries out scuba diving gear with aid of instructors
Ray Swain, left, and Fred Mills, center. About 50
young African American males attended the scuba
diving demonstration at Cochrane Middle School
last Saturday. Swain, a certified diving instructor, is president
of the Nubian Divers of Charlotte. Mills is vice president of the
year-old organization, an affiliate of the National Association of
Black Scuba Divers. The local divers are available for dfemon-
strations to groups of all ages. Contact Swain at 567-5459.
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PHOTO/CALVIN FERGUSON
Science Bowl advances
Six middle school teams
have advanced to the
Science Bowl fiuaals this
week and two winning
teams will win expenese-
paid trips to the National
Science Bowl.
The national contest
will be held in Detroit,
Mich., in April.
The semi-final teams are
eigth grade minority stu
dents from Cochrane,
Kennedy, Quail Hollow,
Sedgefield, J.T. Williams
and Wilson middle
schools.
The competition will be
Saturday, at 9 a.m. at the
Hoechst Celanese
Dreyfus Research Park,
2300 Archdale Drive. It is
modeled after the College
Bowl television program.
Each semi-finalist wins a
scientific calculator. The
third place team members
will each receive a $50
Savings Bond.
The Science Bowl is
sponsored by the National
Organization for the
Professional
Advancement of Black
Chemist and Chemical
Engineers, Hoechst
Celanese, Charlotte-
Mecklenburg School
Minority Achievement
Program and Johnson C.
Smith University.