2 THE CAROLINA TIMES
SAT., SEPTEMBER 27,1980
Calendar and Announcements
ARE VOU INTERESTED IN HELPING BAT
TERED WOMEN? The YWCA Coalition for Bat
tered Women is offering a 30-hour training progra
for men and women who would like to become
volunteer Advocates. Course starts Saturday, Oc
tober 4, 9-5, YWCA, 809 Proctor St., Durham.
Eight remaining sessions will be held on Tuesday
and Thursday evenings, 7-9:30. Call 968-4646
(Orange Women's Center) or 688-4396 (Durham
YWCA) for further information.
CLOTHES FOR THE NEEDY The Social
Service office of OBT has accumulated lots of
clothes and is open to serve people within the com
munity and Head Start families who may have a
clothing problem.
RECYCLING is a growing industry, according to
the latest figures from Reynolds Aluminum Recycl
ing Company.
During the first six months of 1980, Reynolds
collected a record 101 million pounds of aluminum
nationwide, a 34 increase over the first six mon
ths of 1979 and an all-time high figure during
Reynolds' 13 years of recycling.
Reynolds recycles at Northgate Shopping Center,
every Tuesday through Saturday, 9-1 1:30 a.m.
Paul S. Hayden, vice president and general
manager of Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Co.,
said that the record setting volume includes 2.1
million aluminum cans, and that consumers were
paid $32 million during this period..
For more information, call toll free
1-800-228-2525.
WSSU TO HOST GRANTSMANSHIP TRAIN
ING Winston-Salem State University will host a
Grantsmanship Training Program; October 6-10, at
the University O'Kelly Library. The Program, co
sponsored by the Voluntary Action Center, is
designed for college and university development of
ficers and members of other non-profit agencies.
Program participation is limited to 25 persons. Tui
tion is $375 and includes a 500-page Grantsmanship
,book along with these post-conference services:
proposal critique, consultation with grantsmanship
experts, information about groups of past program
participants and a one-year subscription to the
News (a special grantsmanship publication).
The course will be conducted by the Grantsman
ship Center of Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.,
recognized as the largest philanthropic training
organization in the nation with more than 100
courses each year. Training includes program plan
ning, researching government and private grant
sources, and writing grant applications.
To register or to obtain additional information
about registration, interested persons should con
tact Ms. Joan Sullivan of The Grantsmanship
Center, (213) 749-4721. Persons wanting to know
more about local arrangements should call Mrs.
Hdlena Tidwell, Director of Corporate and Foun
dation Relations at Winston-Salem State, 761-2176.
"TRIBUTE TO MINORITY WOMEN" The
North Carolina Council on the Status of Women
will sponsor its first banquet and "Tribute to
Minority Women" October 11 at St. Augustine's
College, Raleigh. The purpose of this tribute is to
honor minority women who are making outstan
ding contributions to their local communities and
the state of North Carolina. Tribute will be paid to
those community leaders who have not previously
received statewide recognition for their contribu
tions. The banquet is scheduled for 7 p.m. A reception
will precede the banquet at the Merrimon-Wynne
House, office of the North Carolina Council on the
Status of Women, 526 North Wilmington St.,
Raleigh, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
' Persons wishing to make nominations should
contact Ms. Patricia Gill, 428 N. Clarke St.,
Henderson NC 27536
REGISTRATION FOR DURHAM
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE'S fall quarter classes
will be held at Northern High School on Thursday,
September 25, 5:45-8 p.m. Registration will be held
at Durham Tech on September 29-30, 9 a.m. -7:30
p.m.. Fall classes begin October 1. For more infor
mation, contact Durham Tech's Admissions Office
at 596-9311.
AFTERSCHOOL RECREATION PROGRAMS
The Durham City Community Education pro
gram and the Durham Parks and Recreation
Department are conducting Afterschool Recreation
Programs at Y.E. Smith, East End and George
Watts Elementary schools. These programs operate
each day school is open through June 5, 1981. The
.hours are Monday through Friday, 2:30-5:30 p.m.
The program offers a wide range ot activities in
cluding sports and athletics, music and drama, arts
and crafts, study hours, tutorial sessions, and other
seasonal special events. There is a small weekly fee.
For more information, call Gaston Patterson at
683-4355 or Albert Huey at 688-2361, extension
245.
WHAT IS THIS THING ANYWAY? If it's
hung over your grandmother's couch since you can
remember or if you found it in the attic and it looks
like art to you, bring it by the N.C. Museum of Art
in Raleigh on Mondays between 2 and 4:30 p.m.,
when the museum staff offers its free art consulting
service. They won't tell you what it's worth, but
you'll find out everything else they know about it,
and you might discover that you have a treasure.
For more information, contact Sterling Boyd, the
museum's chief of programs at 919733-7568 or
Michael Matros a) the Department of Cultural
Resources at 919733-5722.
TREES FOR FALL PLANTING The Na
tional Arbor Day Foundation reminds local
organizations that they need to contact the Founda
tion now to line up a fund-raising project involving
the sale of trees for fall planting.
Youth and school groups, clubs, churches and
other organizations can sell trees in their communi
ty to raise money for their activities, and the Foun
dation will mail the trees directly to the customers'
homes. The local sponsoring organization never has
to handle the trees, according to the Foundation.
Red Maple, Sugar Maple, Redbud, Weeping
Willow, Tulip Tree, and White Flowering Dogwood
trees are sold for $3.50, including a profit of $1.25
per tree for the local sponsoring organization.
Organizations may obtain sample sales literature
and further information by calling (402) 474-5655
or writing the National Arbor Day Foundation, Ar
bor Lodge 100, Nebraska City, NE 68410.
D.H. LAWRENCE FOCUS A series of films,
lectures, panels, and other programs focusing on
the author, D.H. Lawrence, is being offered at the
Durham County Library throughout September,
October and November. All programs are open free
of charge to the public.
Details of the entire series are available from the
Office of Continuing Education, 107 Bivins, on
Duke's East Campus, and at main and branch
Durham County libraries. For more information,
call 684-6259.
UPDATED "ALL ABOUT OSHA" edition is
available free from the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, Room 406, Federal Office
Building, 310 New Bern Ave., Raleigh, NC 27601.
FREE PUBLICATIONS FROM IRS may be
ordered by calling the IRS toll free telephone
number listed in the directory. Among the subjects
covered are: child care credit, energy credit, moving
expenses and other tax breaks.
IRS PROBLEM RESOLUTION OFFICE has a
toll-free number, 1-800-832-8800 in Greensboro. If
you have problems you have not been able to
resolve through normal channels, call the
Greensboro number. They promise to cut through
red tape and get to the solution faster than routine
channels you have tried.- You may also write: Pro
blem Resolution Office, 320 Federal Place,
Greensboro, NC 17401.
THREE MEMORABLE NIGHTS AT THE
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA If you are an opera
lover or think you might want to become one, this
fall is your chance to see three glorious productions
of the world famous San Francisco Opera, combin
ed with the opportunity to experience for the first
time or revisit the city that is loved by people all
o 'er the world.
The Durham Arts Council is offering a tour,
November 4-8, limited to twenty participants. In
cluded in the tour package are three opera perfor
mances, Richard Strauss, Arabella, Verdi's La
Traviata, and Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde. The re
maining evening in San Francisco gives participants
the option to see the classic musical, My Fair Lady
with Rex Harrison.
The tour's daytime activities include a wine
tasting visit to Napa Valley, California's most
beautiful wine region, a chance to see the giant red
wood trees and other famous sights.
For details, call the Durham Arts Council at
682-5519 and ask for a brochure on "Three
Memorable Nights at the San Francisco Opera."
COLLEGE DEGREES WITHOUT CAMPUS
LIFE For people who find a need for a college
degree, but cannot manage the time away from
work, there is an alternative.
"Non-traditional" or alternative" education
takes many forms: credit for life and work ex
perience, independent study, and credit by ex
amination are just a few. A workshop is being of
fered which will make participants aware of the
non-traditional learning programs available to them
around the country often without leaving their own
homes. Information regarding procedures will be
presented along with advice on how to use
resources. Persons who are currently pursuing alter
native degrees from various institutions will be pre
sent to answer questions about their own ex
periences. The workshop is offered by the Duke University
Office of Continuing Education. It will be held on
Thursday, Sept. 25, 6-9 p.m., Bivins Building,
Duke's East Campus. $20 fee includes materials.
For further information, call Ms. Dorothy Heather
ington, director of Peer Counseling Service, Duke,
684-6259.
THE DURHAM COUNTY NURSING HOME
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE wants
to help. If you need information about nursing
homes in Durham County, in the area of financing
nursing home care, quality of care received by nurs
ing home residents; or if you would like to know
how you can be of service to Durham County Nurs
ing Home residents, contact Mrs. Jane Hare,
682-8104, Coordinating Council for Senior
Citizens. This agency will take incoming calls from
residents and their family or friends and make ap
propriate referrals.
HALF-MARATHON SCHEDULED
Chamber of Commerce officials and coordinators
for the Durham Half-Marathon have scheduled the
Second Annual Durham Half-Marathon for Satur
day morning, October 4. Charlie Payne, assistant
track coach at Duke University, will serve as race
coordinator. For details of the race and further in
formation, contact Jim Mentzer, Durham Chamber
of Commerce, 201 N. Roxboro St., Durham or call
682-2133.
SATURDAY MORNING LIVE Student
Theatre Guild Players in live stage production of
Winnie-the-Pooh, cartoons, audience participation
and full-length film. Film: "Seven Dwarfs to the
Rescue", Sept. 27; Play at 10 a.m., movie at 1
p.m., Colony Theatre, 1620 Glenwood Ave.,
Raleigh. Tickets from Colony box office (info.
787-3638) $2. Children will be supervised
throughout the performances.
INDIAN CRAFTS EXHIBIT "Selections of
Traditional North Carolina Indian Crafts," now
through November 23, third floor, N.C. Museum
of Art, Raleigh. Hours are Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5
p.m.; Sun., 2-6 p.m. More than thrity artifacts
from the 12th to early 20th centuries representing
cultures from the Appalachian, Piedmont and
coastal regions of the state will be shown.
STRING RECITAL The Duke University Str
ing School will present Hjordis Tourian and
Frances Evans in a faculty recital for violin and
piano on Saturday evening, Sept. 27. The program
which will begin at 8:15 p.m. in the East Duke
Music Room will include Bach's Sonata III in E
Major; Aaron Copland's Sonata for Violin and
Piano; and Beethoven's Trio III in C minor, Op. 1,
No. 3, in which Kathryn Logan will also play. The
public is invited. Admission is free.
JOIN GIRL SCOUTS Computers, spaceships,
photography, careers for women, the wonderful
world of the out-of-doors - just a .few of the many
programs enjoyed by Girl Scouts today. The best of
traditional Girl Scouting has been retained and is
enhanced by new programs as contemporary as the
girls themselves. Durham County Girl Scout troops
are forming now. If you are a girl between the ages
of 6-17 or an adult of any age, male or female, Girl
Scouts want YOU! Have fun, make new friends, be
a part of something great I In Durham, call
493-3234 or 489-2886.
ROOTS OF RACISM - The Durham County
Public Library will present a seven-part film series
on "The Roots of Racism." Sponsored by Duke
University, the distinguished feature-length films
will be shown free of charge. Beginning on
September 24, films will be shown each Wednesday
at 7 p.m., in Zener Auditorium on Duke's West
Campus (Sociology Building, Main Quad); and
each Thursday at 7 p.m., in the auditorium of the
Durham County Public Library, 300 North Rox
boro Street.
CHILDREN'S FALL FILM FESTIVAL - The
Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department 1980
Children s Fall Film Festival will feature children's
films for family entertainment during the fall