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11A ZAWADl/The Charlotte Post Thursday, December 4, 1997 Science camp makes learning fun Continued from 12A ing, medicine, law, engineering, nursing, firefighting, computer technology, and a host of other professions that utilize science and math on a daily basis. Among the speakers and vol unteers were physicians Dr. Sophia Paige and Dr. Mary Barber; NationsBank employees Charlene Balfour, Lovetta Thompson, Curt Hill and Lamont Holly; and computer consultants James Mitchell, Jr., Tamara Otey, Priscilla Mobley, Stephanie Clay, David Gottlieb and Jarvis Leigh; engineers Jay Potter and Regina Dobson; fire fighter Kim Robinson; architect Jonathan Hutchinson; market ing associates David Gee and Collette Forrest; airline pilot Donald Black and educators Elaine King, Angela Jeter and Wallace Barnes. Dr. Paige admitted that she was never the smartest in her class, but said that after a teacher indirectly called her stu pid, she was motivated to be the best. The 32-year-old obstetrician and gynecologist said she decid ed in the 8th grade that she wanted to deliver babies. She said her 12 years of education beyond high school was very rig orous. “Don't be discouraged by out siders who tell you that you're not good enough or smart enough,” Paige said. “You must have a strong sense of self” Speaker Sandye Hines said she became a certified fitness instruc tor because her mother died of a heart attack two years ago. She feels that by being a fitness instructor, she can provide encouragement to individuals and help to save lives. She had the participants do a very ener gizing exercise routine. The 150 camp-in volunteers were private citizens. Students were greeted by engineers, doc tors, parents, lawyers, teachers, high school and college students anda number of other careers and professions. Volunteers represented commu nity organizations such as The Charlotte Medical Society, Focus on Leadership, National Coalition of 100 Black Women of Greater Charlotte, Swing Phi Swing Social Fellowship and student commvmity service groups like the Johnson C. Smith Universily Service Learning Program, the JCSU NOBCChE Student Chapter, the AKA Pearls of Culture and the Class Project 2000 mentoring program. Marilyn Friday and her daugh ter, Alison, were one of several mother-daughter teams who NWA Winners Kendra Shawna Megan Winners of the National Women of Achievement 1997 Baby Contest are: first piace, Kendra Charloese Edwards, 11 months, daughter of Kenneth and Deborah Edwards; 2nd place, Shawna Ju’Vonne Howard, 10 months, daughter of Mary Walker and David Howard; and 3rd piace, Megan Briei Lee, age 3, daughter of Markis and Doiiy Lee. Oops... Shawna was incorrectly identified in iast month's issue. Top lOs Top Ten Videogames Playstation 1. NBA Live '98 2. Game Day '98 3. Street Fighter EX 4. Sub-Zero 5. NCAA Game Breaker '98 6. Twisted Metal 2 7. Crash Bandicoot 2 8. Madden '98 9. Bushido Blade 10. Final Fantasy VII Nintendo '64 1. Madden 64 2. Extreme G 3. Turoh Dinosaur Hunter 4. Diddy Kong Racing 5. NFL Quarterback Club '98 6. Goldeneye 007 7. MRC (Racing) 8. F-1 Pole Position 9. Duke Nukem 64 10. War Gods By William "Vance". Caraway and Jordan Gregory Cfje Cfjarlotte iBetosipaper attended the camp-in together. “I had a fantastic student chap erone, Chessa Huff, who worked with me and my group,” Friday said. “She was cheerful, informa tive, experienced and a sheer delight to work with, I will espe cially cherish the opportunity that I had to make these memo ries with my daughter. She had a great time.” Stephanie Clay, an information technology auditor at Duke Energy, volunteered as both a chaperone and moderator for the camp-in for females.Clay also par ticipated in the camp-in when she was a student. Student Angele Rodgers said, “One thing that I learned and gained from Camp-in '97 was that I am becoming a more people per son. I met new friends as well as had an opportunity of filUng myself with knowledge.” Aquinette Bradley said: “I learned that to succeed in life I have to believe in myself, and do what I need to do to achieve my beliefs. Also to foUow my dreams and never give up no matter what somebody else says I can't do.” April Bethea is a sophomore at West Charlotte Senior High School.. Brittny McGraw is a junior at Providence High School. Camp-in coordinator Theresa Williams Bethea also contributed to this article. Three win Fighting Baek contest Three young people won prizes in the Fighting Back Drugs Destroy Dreams art contest. They are: first place, Joshua Mauney of Matthews, a 6th grader at Proverbs 22:6 School; second place, Vanneary Sok, an 8th grader at Cochrane Middle School; and 3rd place, Samaria Leak, a 5th grader at Statesville Road School. The winning entries will be fea tured in the 1998 Fighting Back calendar. The J.H. Gunn Community "Blue Eagles" Youth Drum Corps and Steppers will hold a fish fiy Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the J.H. Gunn Elementary School, 7520 Harrisburg Road. The event will raise money for uniforms and equipment for the youth organization. The group will perform during the fish fiy, as weill the Brothers of Faith gospel group of Concord. Dinners are $6. Sandwiches, $3. For more information, contact Ruth Phifer, 537-9657; Alberta McGill, 537-2438; or Joe Orr, 568-5656. A children’s cast will present a Christmas play Saturday at Dana Auditorium. The show, “A Royal Celebration” is being pre sented by Kidz Biz Productions and was written by Sibyl Lee. The play goes beyond the tradi tional nativity scene. Showtimes are 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available by calling 442-1893. Children’s hospitals in Charlotte recently received a $7,153 gift from Coca-Cola Consolidated and Eckerd Drug. The donations were made to the Children’s Miracle Network. On hand for the presentation were Taylor Aldridge, 4, of Concord, Rajeedah Woodson, 11, of Charlotte, and DeAndrea Gadsen, 7, of Gastonia. The money vriU help support the network’s member hospitals, with include: the Children’s Hospital at Carolinas Medical- Center, Charlotte Institute of Rehabiliation, University Hospital, Amethyst and Mercy Hospital South. The money was raised through a program in which a donation was made to the Children’s Miracle Network for every Coca-. 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