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September Recognized As Sickle Cell Month By Deborah Gates Post Staff Writer In recognition of National Sickle Cell Month this Sep tember, persons are urged to support their local Sickle Cell program. An inherited blood disorder that primarily affects blacks, Sickle Cell Anemia or Sickle Cell Trait may be affecting some and they not know it. A simple blood test can tell if you have either. According to a spokesman from the Association for Sic kle Cell Disease for Charlotte Mecklenburg, Inc., to get in formation about Sickle Cell Anemia, persons may contact the local Sickle Cell Clinic or their nhvsician In compliance with the regu lations of the National Sickle Cell Disease Program, it is mandated that all employees, bojfd members, volunteers, and any other persons so involved with the Association For Sickle Cell Program maintain confidentiality in re gard to all patient information and any project information at all times. Breaches of confi dentiality will be identified as: information revealing the i dentification of a screened patient by name, address, phone number, or any other identifying entity, without the written consent of the patient in addition to authorization by the Executive Director or the Genetic Conselor) information revealing the test results of any patient to persons both within and outside the project, without authorization by the Executive Director, Genetic Counselor and designated of fice manager information re lTiecKienmirg County Receives LEAA Grant The Governor’s Crime Com mission has awarded a federal 8fant <4itt33.570>to,i|(WWen ' burg CoSnty for tgWWpnfilti ve remedial education pro gram, according to J. Phil Carlton, Secretary of the De partment of Crime Control and Public Safety. Available through the U.S. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), the grant will be used to establish specialized training for stu dents who have been unsuc cessful academically and so cially in the traditional school setting. “This program will provide a highly individualized educa tjonal setting to emphasize the development of personal, so cial, and intellectual skills in these young people,” Carlton said. The Governor’s Crime Com mission, housed in the Depart ment-of Crime Control and Public Safety, regularly dis tributes LEAA funds to simi lar projects throughout North Carolina. Keep your out-of-town friends informed on what’s hajfehing in Charlotte by senalng them a copy of the Charlotte Post each week. The cosUswjiyny^^ar^^ HOWTO SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHARLOTTE POST JUST COMPLETE THECOUPON BELOW AND MAIL TO: CHARLOTTE POST P.O. BOX 97 Charlotte N.C 28230 CALL j 392-1306 One year $10 Q 13 Weeks $3 25 I I 6 Months $0.75 I | Two Years $18 I I Payment enclosed O Bill Me Later Name Address— City—— State-Zip vealing the activities, plans and-or finances of the project without the expressed permis sion of the Executive Director or the Project Director. According to Ms. Peggy Beckwith, Project Director and Executive Director for the Association for Sickle Cell Disease for Charlotte-Meck lenburg, the association is presently sponsoring a mem bership drive to reach a goal of $10,000. The money will be set aside for funds that facili tate medical care for indigent persons. “This is our first year as participants in the United 4_n:_ • l n_« vice cuiiiiiuo' sion, Combined Federal Cam paign,” Ms. Beckwith said. Ms. Beckwith said that per sons wishing to be tested for Sickle Cell Anemia or Sickle Cell Trait may do so at no charge at the Independence Medical Center, 951 South In dependence Boulevard, Suite 365 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. She said that services are available to groups also. "They may call and make the date and we will go to them," she added. r— * Alcohol Program Lily White Raloidh I rrVC I A pr> • iai • nriwu/InruL- Inr hinnrt >i tkn black, unemployed, and look ing for a job? Now hear this! The unaware, who for any reason, happens into suite 1100 of the Albemarle Building in Raleigh might leave thinking that blacks are not hired in the Alcohol and Drug Services Section of the N.C. Depart ment of Human Resources. If a person did reach that con clusion it would not be totally incorrect. The section develops policv and programs for $22 million in federal and slate funds for treatment of alcoholism The section employs in its Raleigh office one part-time black w oman as a clerk, while all of its professional staffers and the other three clerical workers are white Dr R.J. Blackley, acting Section head, says the lack of blacks in the section is the result of past discrimination and failure of blacks to qualify for professional jobs. A medi cal doctor, Blackley says, "l would like to say whoever is qualified gets the job” when a job is vacant According to Blackley, the last vacant posi tion was for a grantsman to write and attain funds for the alcohol programs, a position iormeriy neia oy a mack attorney When he left state employment, Blackley said, a qualified black applicant could not be found. The hiring of blacks in the Alcohol and Drug Services Section throughout the state is no better The latest figures available for the section show ed that in September black employment was concentrat ed in service and mainte nance. skilled craft, and para professional jobs, a persistent pattern in overall state hiring Take a look at the following table which are about the same for black men and wo men in the section. A state plan required for federal funding by the Nation al Institute of Mental Health declared that the Division of Mental Health Services under which the Alcohol and Drug Section is administered, is "striving to overcome the many and diverse factors which have resulted in the under representation of va rious minority groups on our staffs " Prior to submission of the report to the NIMH a Task Force on Black Alcoholism was organized which recom mended changesjn personnel policies Change in testing career ladder to provide ad vancement opportunities to para-professionals head the list The task force also re commended establishment of a quota system in hiring, and a training program for black leaders to enable them to understand the nature of alco holism and alcohol abuse in the black community. Counselors are currently be ing trained by the Alcoholism Training Program at East Carolina University in Green ville Jerry Lotterhos. the Cen ter's white director, in a pro posal submitted to the Alcohol and Drug Section which was funded for *22.000, identified the problems of hiring blacks in the state alcohol program very critically "The staffing patterns of our state alcohol- abuse pro grams do not reflect an equi table percentage < based on black population ratios) of black staff members, espe cially in the professional and administrative levels " Discrimination of blacks in hiring filters all the way down to an inferior quality of ser vices Lotterhos's proposal claimed Drug abuse pro grams are insensitive to the black alcohol abuser JCSU ALUMNI LAUNCHES RECORD SALE charlotte Chapter of Johnson C. Smith University Alumni Association has launched an album sale of the University Choirs Latest recordings. The more than 60 member choir, under the direction of Dr. Christopher W. Kemp features a medley of songs of the 1930’s, along with sacred and contemporary music. Also included in the album is the jonnson U smith University Loyalty Song arranged by Mr. Kemp Pictured above is Rufus Spears on the left, former chapter president who started the project, making the purchase of the first record from sales manager Clyde Brown. The album can be purchased by calling Clyde Brown at 334 1368 or by going to 1400 Waddell St. | Today, kids want fashion corduroy pears pants and color-cued sweaters... now ours are 20% OFF st* x.-v £ * \ • Roth Greeting Card, Inc. , \ A 20% Off! I Kids’ sleepwear V G1^5l*ei^r8 B°y’ *FL pj’s Pantaloon print V 1T-4T, 3-o Lirls' nightgowns footed pj’s 447 ^59 fk39 Rrg. $5.49 ^-F Rc«. $6.99 V-F Rr*. $7.99 Boys and girls' flame resistant grow sleepers have skid resistant soles.They re a brushed knit of Cortlelan" Matrix (\ inal-vinyon ) and polyester. Toddler tops ha\e 2 rows of snaps at waist to allow 2-in. of growth. 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