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i mmmmm mmm 3A NEWSACtie Ciiarlotte Thursday, April 22, 2004 Htest Ghariime Msioiy on brick mural Continued from page 1A Corporation funded the art. “By commissioning this sculpture, we wanted to add something meaningful to the neighborhood that illus trates its history and digni ty,” CMDC chairperson Frances Harkey said. ’’This isn’t museum art, Smith said, “People like to get up close and .touch it,” she said. Smith said she tried to include all of the ideas she was given by the group in her design, which include an African American female sci entist, veterans of World Wars I and II, blue collar professions such as masonry and welding, and the story of the first paved road in the state. Wilkinson Boulevard was one of the first paved roads in North Carolina. “This is 6,000 pormds of bricks,” she said. Tb create the designer bricks. Smith said she received the bricks when they were still in clay form. Then she carves in the designs, using “kitchen knives and meat tenderiz- ers.” Smith said the next step is to bake the bricks at 2,000 degrees for about a week. “Each brick is numbered, so when we put it up, it is brick by number,” she said with a laugh. Despite the detailed designs on the bricks. Smith said any skilled mason would be able to put one of her projects together. This isn’t the first time Smith has dotted the Charlotte landscape with her work. She was commis sioned to install panels at Charlotte Latin School. The creation of the artwork and the Wilkinson Business Park is part of the Advantage Carolina strate gic plan. Business and civic leaders developed the plan to address strategic issues in the Charlotte region. THE CHARLOTTE POST (USPS 965-500) is pub lished weekly for $40.00 per year by the Charlotte Post Publishing Co., 1531 Camden Rd. Charlotte, NC 28203-4753. Periodicals postage paid at Charlotte, NC, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE CHARLOTTE POST, PO Box 30144, Charlotte, NC 28230 WINTHROP UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL Senior remembered on campus By Harold Tyson FOR THE CHARLOTTE POST Winthrop University held a memorial ser vice for LaTina Renee Wilson, a senior family and consumer science major who died of the flu in December. Winthrop University representatives, including her faculty advisor, two professors, and Pat Graham, Dean of the Richard Riley College of Education attended. Wilson was scheduled to graduate in May. Thomas Moore, Winthrop’s vice president for academic affairs officiated the ceremony during which Wilson’s parents, the Revs. Unlike popular belief, Black readers of 53% areA18-44 62.3% are A25-54 57.5% are A35-64 24,6 17.6 10.9 20.1 12.8 10.8 3.2 ADULTS-AGE AOULTS-AGE ADULTS-AGE AIXJLTS-AGE AOJLTS-AGE ADULTS-AGE ADULTS-Affi 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75 PLUS H0MB4AKBt 3,5 RETIRED BLUE COLLAR CLBUCALISALES PROPRIErORlMANAGBIIAL 10.8 PtfflfESSIONAUTECHMCAL 12.5 Source: The Media Audit Black-targeted newspaper report 2003 Fm more informaiion on Black-rargtid newspapers eontaci Hujh B, Btoven. Jr,. Diiwtot of Uihan Mirketing. ItiieniitioiH! Demogr^ics, Inc., at l-SOO-MI-POZ! ordiKCi si 40424M276. Revs. Claudette and Albert Wilson receive a certificate of attendance in honor of their daughter, LaTina Wilson, from Pat Graham, dean of the Richard Riley College of Education, and Thomas Moore, vice presi dent for academic affairs. 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