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MISS KIMBERLY NASH
...Wants to become^ model
Miss Kimberly Nash
Is Beauty Of .Week
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
As part of the POST back-to
sehool promotion we’re featu
ring students as beauties for
the next four weeks. Our
choice for this week is Kim
berly Rene Nash, fourteen
year old daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. G. Thomas Nash. Kim,
as she is usually called, grad
uated from Our Lady of Conso
lation, School in June and will
enter the ninth grade of Char
lotte Catholic High in the fall.
Kim has serious aspirations
to be a model and has appear
ed in one fashion show alrea
dy. She said she was surprised
to be chosen POST Beauty of
the Week but hopes it will give
her some exposure. ‘‘I want to
continue my education so I’ll
have something to fall back
on, but I intend to try very
hard to become a full-time
model," she told us. Since the
age of two Kim has studied
ballet and has passed her Ro
yal Academy Grade 3 and
_ Checetti Grade 2. She is en
▼ rolled in the Gay Porter
School of Ballet. Though ballet
is her first love, she likes disco
and other kinds of dancing as
well.
During the last school term
Kim won four first place blue
ribbons, one each in the stand
ing broad jump. 60 yard dash,
basketball relay, and the 240
yard dash. She was also Co
captain of the Varsity Cheer
leader Squad. This summer
she attended Camp Thunder
bird in Clover, S.C. for three
weeks and learned to water
ski, which she said was fun
and she also won an award for
archery.
Besides the three weeks at
camp, Kimberly has spent the
summer much like any other
teenager - swimming, playing
basketball and tennis, going to
the movies, and shopping. “I
love to go shopping," she said,
“but I haven’t done any back
to-school shopping yet be
cause it's so hot. I’ll start
school with the summer things
I have and buy fall clothes
later.”
We asked Kim how she
thought “Our Lady” differed
from public shcool and she
said, “Well, the teachers are
quite a lot stricter and I think
we get more individual atten
tion because the classes are
small. Many of us in my class
had been together since the
first grade and we were like a
big family. It was really sad to
break up at graduation.”
In spite of her sadness at
leaving old friends, Kim is
looking forward eagerly to the
new experinece of high school.
She is going to Charlotte Ca
tholic this year but plans to
transfer to public school next
year. "If I wait til next year to
enter public school I’ll be with
other new people and we’ll all
get used to the school toge
ther," she explained.
Asked if she has a motto or
philosophy to guide her in her
daily living, Kim told us she
believes in a saying by
St. John Chrysastom which
goes like this: “.It
is not lawful to say cannot for
that means accusing the Crea
tor. He will not ask us to do
anything if we are incapable
of doing it. So many cannot
because they will not, If they
would but will, they will be
quite capable." She then add
ed, "I know life isn’t easy for
everyone but sometimes we
fail because we don’t really
try hard enough. I believe I
can do anything if I really set
my mind to It, especially as
long as there is someone who
believes in me.”
August b Social
AwareneM Month
The Month of August has
been designated as Social Ser
vices Awareness Month in an
effort to tell the public some
thing about the work that
social services employees do
in Mecklenbur County.
The month-long observance
has been planned by members
of the local unit of the North
Carolina Social Services As
sociation, an organization that
includes employees from all
units of the County's Depart
ment of Social Services < DSS)
Tucker Says Few Big Corporations
Open Accounts In Black Banks
Utilities
Commission
Sets Hearing
The Utilities commission
announced this week that it
was reopening its investiga
tion and hearing on voluntary
peak-load time-of-day electric
rates with a new hearing set
for August 31. The rates apply
to Duke Power Company, Ca
rolina Power & Light Com
pany, and Virginia Electric
and Power Company, and
were first heard in December
1976. The new August hearing
will cover all events since the
December 1976 hearing, and
will give all parties in the case
a chance to be heard for
approval of the rates for use
by the public.
Electric customers are re
presented in the case by the
new Public Staff established
by the 1977 Legislature and by
the Attorney General.
The offer of the time-of-day
rates on a voluntary basis for
individual customers is de
signed to give those customers
who want to arrange a major
part of their electric use for
off-peak hours an opportunity
to save money on their electric
bill, by having cheaper rates
for off-peak hours and higher
rates for electricity used dur
ing on-peak hours.
The Commission Staff sup
ported the Duke rates at the
December hearing as offering
a good opportunity for savings
by Duke’s customers, with
incentives to shift their elec
tric use to off-peak hours. The
Commission Staff had reser
vations about the CP&L and
Vepco rates, as their off-peak
rates were not as low as
Duke's off-peak rates. Duke’s
residential voluntary rate pro
posal provides a $10.75 per
month customer charge, a
demand charge of $3.20 per
KW on-peak demand in the
summer and $1.60 per KW for
on-peak demand in the winter,
and an energy charge of 1.8
cents per KW for on-peak
energy and 1.3 cents per KWH
for off-peak energy.
Duke's off-peak hours at the
reduced rates are all-day Sat
urday and Sunday, and all
hours Monday through Friday
except 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. during
summer months and 7 a.m. to
12 noon during winter months
CP&L and Vepco filed for
longer hours for the on-peak
rates.
Jeff Cunningham, center, is being congratu
lated by Bill E. Wallace, advertising manager
of Woolco Department Store in the Tryon Mall
Monday afternoon. Post circulation director
Ronnie Saddler, right, looks on approvingly.
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Jeff Leroy Cunningham, 13
year-old son of the Mr. and
Mrs George Cunningham of
1709 Beatties Ford Road, has
earned the first bicycle in the
Charlotte Post Subscription
Campaign for the month of
August.
Cunningham, who sold 35
subscriptions to the Post last
Friday, is also the Post's top
individual carrier with the
weekly sale of 90 newspapers
in the Biddlesville area
“I am proud of the achieve
ment of this outstanding
young man,” Ronnie Sadler,
circulation director said Mon
day afternoon. “We’ve signed
up 30 boys and girls to work in
the program. He's the first to
sell enough subscriptions to
win a bicycle.”
Sadler said he expect to
have "at least 50 boys and
girls signed up by this week
end” and that he feels “be
tween 30 and 40 will earn
bicycles."
According to Sadler, there's
still time for more boys and
girls to sign up as circulation
salesmen for the Charlotte
Post “We'd like to have all we
can get.” he concluded.
The rules are simple:
First of all, to qualify you
must be 10-years old or older.
Second, you must either
come to our office at 2606-B
West Boulevard or call Mr
Sadler at 392-1306 to register
and for orientation.
Third, if you sell 35 new
annual subscriptions to the
Charlotte Post you will earn a
brand new bicycle. Winners
get their choice of one from
three styles offered at Woolco
Department Stores in the Try
on Mall.
Fourth, you must have writ
ten permission from your pa
rents or guardian allowing you
to become a Charlotte Post
circulation salesman. In most
cases a parent or guardian has
accompanied youngsters ' to
our ottices to register.
“We have several young
men who appear to be of the
same caliber as Jeff,” SauUn.
explained. “In addition to be
ing active in Nazareth I’Timi
tive Baptist Church where he
is a member of the choit a
Sunday School helper and Jun
ior Usher board, this young
man is a rising eignth grader
at Northwest Junior High and
is a member of the footb JI
team.”.
Post To Highlight C-M Schools
The Charlotte Post will be
highlighting news and infor
mation about the Charlotte
Mecklenburg School begin
ning with this issue and for the
next four weeks.
Articles will include infor
mation about the school board
policies; Dr. Jay Robinson,
the new superintendent; the
new decentralized manage
ment system; specific school
program* such as reading
skills; the school year calen
dar; testing programs, and
the many dimensions of the
teaching - learning process
While catching up on these
developments, we hope too
that you will support the ad
vertisers who will have madp
this timely educational infor
mation - designed to better
inform you - possible
Possible Candidate
Black To Campaign For Mayor Post
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
Jim Black, 29, WGIV Radio
personality and professional
photographer, is being pro
moted as a possible candidate
for mayor of the city of
Charlotte.
Ms. Gail Dry, organizer and
founder of an integrated group
called “Young Citizens of
Charlotte," said they “have
organized to campaign for
Jim Black as a candidate for
mayor of the city."
Ms. Dry, owner and director
of sales of Sunview Holidays,
Inc., a local travel agency,
said further, “There are many
issues that he (Black) can and
will bring up front. Further
more, we feel there is a need
for some change because ma
ny of our current elected
officials and some candidates
are too conservative in their
views to adequately address
themselves to a number of
crucial issues ”
In conclusion, the articulate
Ms. Dry said, “While Mr.
Black says he is relatively
new to the Charlotte commun
ity and he has some questions
about the degree of financial
support needed for the race,
he is considering It.”
Black said in a telephone
interview, "I don't know at
this time how strong the
Young Citizens of Charlotte is
as an organization but Ive
received more than 100 tele
phone calls over the past three
weeks encouraging me to seek
the (mayor’s) office. Of
course I appreciate this sup
port and expression of confi
dence "
Black, a Chicago native
added. "My feeling is that Jim
Whittington and Eddie Knox
will probably be the major
Jim Black
Radio personality
candidates. In fact, I predict a
third candidate and a black
would offer them and the
community a real alternative,
an alternative that might
win.”
He said also, "In all elec
tions blacks should be seeking
representation so as to be able
to control some votes and,
therefore, a certain amount of
power to get others to conform
to their gains and thus recog
nize black potential clout "
Black added that as soon as
he can fully determine the
degree of his support and
determine whether his candi
dacy would put him in a
position of,conflict of interest
due to his radio work he will
decide whether to offer him
self as a candidate
A co-founder of the Char
lotte-Mecklenburg Youth
Council. Black received his
education at the University of
Illinois Before coming to
Charlotte in 1972, he was a
free-lance photographer in the
Windy City < Chicago)
Lack Of Corporate Accounts
Hurts Black Bank Efforts -
By Hoyle H Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
"Few big corporate ac
counts and the deposit mix"
tend to make black banks
less profitable and less com
petitive. according to Walter
Tucker, vice president of Me
chanics and Farmers Bank
Tucker made these remarks
in a telephone interview when
asked to react to some conclu
sions drawn from a 1973 study
of 9 black banks and 22 white
banks in 8 states. The banks
were all located in black com
munities
The 207-page study was con
ducted by Dr. Thomas W
Wright, an assistant professor
Chief Porter
Attends
Workshop
County Police Chief B L.
Porter, who is president of the
North Carolina Association of
Chiefs of Police i NCACP i, has
recently returned from the
association's annual workshop
at Wrightsville Beach.
More than SO police chiefs
from throughout the state at
tended the conference. One of
their major topics of discus
sion was insuring equal em
ployment opportunities for mi
norities. Their discussion was
insuring equal employment
opjnortumties for minorities
Their "ussion dealt with
both the issue of equal empiltj"
rr.ent opportunities and the
need fcr taking affirmative
iteps to insure that North
Carolina law enforcer.ier.t a
gencies are responsive to and
representative of the make-up
of the communities they ser
ve.
The ktyntie sp-aker for the
conferenct den D King, F x
ecutive Dire, tor of the Inter
naVrn? 1 Assm lation.of Chief*
of Police, complimented the
association for its initiative in
addressing the issue.
CPD Receives
SI 35,000
Federal Grant
The Governor's Crime Com
mission recently awarded a
$135,000 federal grant to the
Charlotte Police Department
to be used to continue the
city's Mini-Team Policing
Project, according to Secreta
ry of Crime Control and Public
Safety J Phil Carlton.
The grant is being made
available through the U.S.
Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration for the second
year The project is an effort
to reduce crime and improve
police community relations in
high crime residential areas
The Police Department has
established a mini-police team
in Dalton Village with one
sergeant, ten police officers,
and one civilian coordinator to
provide 24-hour police service
and special community activi
ties
"The Mini Team Policing
concept has turned one of the
highest crime neighborhoods
in the state, Dalton Village in
Charlotte, into a more liveable
neighborhood. Carlton said.
of finance at the University of
Cincinnati. Dr Wright, who is
black, reportedly said last
week that there is certainly a
need for more black;owned
banks and for more black
ownership of capital How
ever, he cautioned that there
are some pitfalls to banking in
a black community.
Dr. Wright drew two princi
pal conclusions from his stu
dy. These are:
1) When black banks and
white banks are both located
in the same black communi
ties. the black banks are con
siderably less profitable The
reasons for this, according to
Professor Wright, were that
the black banks lost twice as
much in loan defaults and they
had relatively more employ
ees.
2> Black banks were consid
erably more affected by com
munity economic conditions
than white banks, in the same
community Wright said this
arises from the fact that black
banks were more actively in
volved in the community, that
is. having more accounts and
making more loans, than their
wiiiic uuiu^ciiiurb
Mr Tucker expressed a
greemeut with these conclu
sions by noting that black
hanks have a higher percent
age of savings accounts which
are more costly and less pro
fitable "than demand deposits
(checking accounts) He add
ed that a typical white bank
may have demand deposits of
70 percent and savings depo
sits of 30 percent while a black
bank may have a 50 to 50
percent ratio
Tucker continued, "minori
i£v vendors are not as well
grounded i.n financial matters
and few of them .have estab
lished histories of suc^oss/u!
financing " Other problems he
noted in support of Professor
W right’s conrlnsinn were that
00 percent of Mechanics and
Farmers Bark’s (Charlotte)
depositors are wage earners."
with relatively small savings
and demand deposits while
“'he tvoma' white bank has a
high percentage 6. arporate
Hpmanrl Horv^ilc uiKipn -on
quite profitable.”
With regard to employ -**.
Mr. Tucker said that on i e
first and 15th of each monL
and on Fridays most banks
actually can use more labor,
especially tellers White banks
can usually locate the neces
sary part-time help, black
banks cannot In conclusion,as
the local bank official said,
black banks have considera
ble difficulty in investing mo
ney in high interest loans."
Finally, in responding to
questions about the status of
black banks in today’s econo
mic setting. Mr Tucker said
indications are that the nat-'
ion's black banks are “faring
quite well " With regard to the
Charlotte branches of his own
bank. Tucker said. “If we
keep on like we are going our
profits for the year tl977i will
be pretty good ”
Epilepsy Group To
Hear Cong. Jim Martin
Congressman Jim Martin.
N C. Ninth Congressional
District, will address the
Mecklenburg Chapter of the
Epilepsy Association of North
Carolina. (EANC) Tuesday.
August 16 at 7:30 p m at the
Sheraton Center, McDowell
Street
For more information call
704-377-3619
Cunningham Wins First Bicycle
In Post Subscription Campaign
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