Name: Dalphine White
Age: 26
FTCC Program: GED and Nursing Assistant
Highest Grade Completed
Before Coming to FTCC: 11th
Last School Attended: In Norfolk, Va.
Family: Married, one child
Employer: JOBS program at Social Services
Reason for returning to school: To go into medical field
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Love for her daughter was the most
important factor in Dalphine White's deci
sion to go back to school, get off drugs, and
make a new start in life. For White, a
recent GED graduate, earning her GED
was the first step in her march towards a
better future for her and her daughter.
"I couldn't see raising my daughter that
way," says White, who is now in a Forsyth
Tech nursing assistant class at Goodwill
Industries. "Getting involved with drugs is
my biggest regret in life," said White.
She dropped out of high school after
completing half of her twelfth grade year.
"1 was just so rebellious. I felt old enough
to control my own life. 1 wanted to be
grown up," said White, who blames much
of that decision on her need to be with the
"in" crowd.
After trying the different kinds of jobs
available to a high school dropout, includ
ing fast food restaurants, waitressing, and
working as a nursing assistant, White
decided that she wanted more. Her goal
now is to become a respiratory therapist
through Forsyth Tech, where she is sched
uled to start classes in November.
Two organizations have helped make
this goal a possibility. These two are Good
will Industries for sponsoring GED and
nursing assistant classes with on-site day
care, where White's four-year-old daughter
attends while her mother is in class, and the
JOBS program at the Department of Social
Services for picking up the cost for daycare
and tuition.
White has a few words of advice for
any teenager who is ready to grow up faster
than they are supposed to. "I know it looks
tempting, but 9 out of 10 times you will
realize that leaving home was a mistake. It
is truly hard out there in the real world.
Stay home as long as you can."
Dalphine White is already a "second
chance success" having beaten drugs and
gone back to school, and with the contin
ued support from her grandmother, daugh
ter, local agencies, and most importantly
herself, she will realize her dreams of being
a health care professional.
CHURCH CALENDER
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
9 a.m. ? The Harvest Celebration Committee of Hanes Memori
al C.M.E. Church will be sponsoring a yard and bake sale and car
wash. There will be all sorts of things in which to choose. There will be
home baked cakes, pies and bread.
12 p.m. ? New Jerusalem Baptist Church at 1212 N. Dunleith
Ave. will hold a "Feed My Sheep Day" until 3 p.m. There will be food
and clothing for anyone who comes by, as well as bibles and spiritual
guidance.
4 p.m. ? The 80th birthday celebration of Evangelist Mamie
Rennick of Ishi Temple will take place until 9 p.m. at the Holiday Inn
North. The theme is "A Jewel of Distinction." For more information,
please contact Eunice Woods at 768-3872.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18
11 a.m. ? The Laymen's League of Shiloh Baptist Church will
have their 57th Annual Observance program of the Laymen's League.
Their motto is "As the Laymen's Go, The Church Will Grow." The
Rev. Darryl Husband, pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist church will be the
speaker. The church is located at 916 East 12th St.
3 p.m. ? New Zion Baptist Church will sponsor their annual
Men and Women's Fall Rally. The Rev. Isaac Carter pastor of Red
Bank Baptist Church and his congregation will be the guest ministers
and church. The church is located on 158 Highland Ave.
4 p.m. ? Mt. Calvary Holiness Church Df God presents the"kick
off service for the upcoming Men and Women's Day Program. Elder
Robert Edmond, Associate Minister at Bethlehem Holiness Church of
God, Inc. will deliver the message. The church is located at 1615 East
22nd St. The host pastor is Vice Ruling Elder Wardlow Frazier Sr.
4 p.m. ? Black Country will be in concert at St Matthew Baptist
Church on 149 Wheeler St. For more information call Fred Glaspy at
767-0230.
7 p.m. ? The Ushers and Nurses Board of Ambassador Cathedral
will hold their anniversary. Pastor Bobby Wilson of the Greater Mt.
Calvary Cathedral of Oxford, N.C. will be the guest speaker. Bishop
Frederick D. Patterson is the host pastor.
7 p.m. ? The Pastor's Aide of New St Paul Missionary Baptist
Church will sponsor Marlene Joyner and the Gospel Missionaries. The
church is located at 3758 Akron Dr. The pastor is the Rev. Carlton
Rucker Sr.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
7 p.m. ? The Political Awareness Committee of Phillips Chapel
Baptist Church is sponsoring a forum on credit at their church. Repre
sentatives from the Retail Merchants Association and the Consumer
Credit counseling Bureau will be present. The public is invited to par
ticipate.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
10 a.m. ? St. Paul U.M. Church is sponsoring a Medicare Semi
nar. Virginia Belton will be the speaker. The seminar is free and at the
church located at 2400 Dellabrook Rd. and New Walkertown Rd. The
public is invited.
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GUIDELINES FOR SAFE^DISPOSAL OF
HOUSEHOLD PAINTS
#1 BE AN "ENVIRO-CONSUMER"
When possible, use latex (or water-based) paints rather than
oil-based or other paints that require a solvent to clean up. Not only
will you eliminate the hazards from the solvents in the paint, you
will eliminate the need to use additional solvents to clean brushes.
#2 USE IT UP!
When paint products are fully used up as Intended, there is no
hazardous waste to dispose of. If you only need a small amount of
paint, check with friends or neighbors to see if they have any
excess they are trying to use up.
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#3 SAFE DISPOSAL
*Latex-base (or water-base) paint; other paint where spills are
cleaned up with water: Give usable paint to theatre groups,
schools, scouts, etc. If paint is unusable, remove the lid and
place can in well ventilated area (preferably outside) where
children and pets cannot reach. After contents have hardened,
replace the lid and place the can in the trash.
*Oil-base paint, alkyd enamel, model airplane paint, epoxy
enamel, varnish, other paint where spills must be cleaned
up with thinner: Give usable paint to schools, theatre groups,
etc. If paint is unusable, seal the can and hold for hazardous waste
. collection event.
*Paint thinner, turpentine, mineral spirits: Recycle thinner
used to clean brushes by storing in closed container until particles
settle. Then filter, store and label the thinner in a separate metal
or plastic (not glass) container for reuse or hold for disposal at a
hazardous waste collection event. Thinner may be mixed with
oil-base paints when these are being taken for hazardous waste
collection.
Source: Household Hazardous Waste Project Guide to Hazardous
Products Around the Home