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r»r MS. GLADYS SLOAN POSES WITH _Maryiin Sloan and Dinia Mtmsley Ms. Sloan Enthusiastic About HandfuU Of Flowers Center Kv CKaoIaar Poet Staff Writer' Gladys S. Sloan, Center Dir ector and owner of Handfull of Flowers Day Care Center is very enthusiastic about the prospect of getting more child ren enrolled in the nursery. "I love making kids happy and doing things for them," she said jovially. "I wish I had a bigger place and a bus where I could just take the kids to a whole lot of places." Presently, the nursery is equipped to accommodate 24 children, but in the future, Ms. Sloan hopes to expand the number to 30 or 35 children. The Center, licensed by the state and located on 2733 Southwest Boulevard, opened on October 9 and currently enrolled three children. Ms. Sloan receives children from ages 1-4 anytime from 6:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. After school, children are also kept. Schools Workshops The second in a series of workshops in schools on "Communicating Humor Through Dance" will be offer ed October 30-November 3 at Billingsville Elementary School, 124 Skyland Avenue. The workshops for first and six graders are scheduled from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. each day. The New Reflections Dance Theatre is sponsoring the pro gram designed to introduce students to the relationships of their expressions and body movements through explora tion of modern dance con cepts. The New Reflections Dance Theatre will perform on Friday, November 3 at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. at the school. (Contact: Elizabeth Dar gan, Billingsville principal, 375-1158; or Susanna Hewson, New Reflection· Dance Theatre^ 537-4156 η >|icuai raie is issuea il inere is more than one child from the same household. Ms. Sloan said that she provides pampers, a morning snack at 9 a.m. and a hot lunch. "The children play bet ween snack and lunch," she said, "before lunch they're washed up and then after lunch they are bedded down from about 1 to 1:30." The children are engaged in several learning activities; reading books, looking at cer tain TV stories, coloring and more. Ms. Sloan said that she is in the process of ordering some record storybooks. There is a convenient play area with a wired fence. The children play on swings and sliding beards, pUy volleyball ' and'they have a sandbar The Day Care Center is a beautiful six-room home that has been redecorated by Ms. Sloan. Almost all the rooms are carpeted and the home has a very cozy atmosphere to it. Two other women will be helping Ms. Sloan; Ms. Stella Quinn, a local nurse, and Ms. Elizabeth Cunning ham, who will be assisting Ms. Sloan with the children's basic needs. "I'm here to serve the com munity," she stated, adding "I'm willing to do anything I can to help parents with their children. Before Ms. Sloan decided to "be her own bou," she used to keep her neighbor's children when she first moved to Charlotte from Davidson a few years ago. After 12 years of working at Lance's, she retired and went into her present be cause she had "enjoyed caring for children in the put." She took workshop courses at Cen tral Piedmont Community College and a first-aid course at the Red Cross. Ms. Sloan feels she has a "fabulous center because the children receive personal care." She is avidly anticipat ing the Christmas a—son be cause by then, she hopes to have more child* eu and to have a real Santa Claus for them to talk to. She wants to fill the yard with lots of pretty Christmas symbol· and have the yard completely lighted up with colored bulbe. "I want to invite other nurseries to come and share in the Christmas celebration," she said exdted Jy· Ms. Sloan's Secretary is her 22-year-old daughter, Marilyn Benita. "I think the world is made up of flowers," Ms. Sloan said, "just like children. That's why 1 named the center, Handfull at Flowers Day Care Center." For District 26 Judge Philosophy Of Jim Lanning Democratic Candidate C..·».. Poet SUM Writer* "To treat people as human beings and administer the law as fairly as poesible," sums up the philoeoptr of Democrat Jamee Lanning, incumbent candidate for judge of the District Court in the 26th District. Born and raised in San Diego, California, Lanning moved to Chapel Hill, N.C. in 1963, and one year later he attended the Chapel Hill Law School. After graduating in 1967, Lanning relocated to Char lotte and become a first staff lawyer for the Legal Aid Soc iety, a position he held for a year. In 1968, Lanning went into private practice with Julius Chambers and Adam Stein; 16 Berixi>Sootia Students Make "Who's Who" List! CONCORD -The 1978-1979 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Univer sities and Colleges" will carry the name· of 16 students from Barber-Scotia College who have been selected as being among the country's most outstanding campus leaders. Campus nominsUng com mittes and editors of the ann ual directory have included the names of these students based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in ex tracurricular activities and future potential. The 16 Barber-Scotia Coll ege students join a list of students from more than 1,000 institutions of higher educat ion in the United States. Student named this year form Barber-Scotia CoUege are as follows: Christopher Joseph Brown, Patricia Faye Burch, Lolethia Annise Chap man, Carolyn Hamilton, Flor ie Johnson Knox, Connie Veroel Leeper, Donald Lenora Lewis, Arthur Lewis Moore, Zebria L. Neal, Daniel J. I. Nwashili, Lenora Lee Sapd ers, Danny Ray Sifford, Will iam Earl Taylor, Doris Jean Wallace, Randolph White, snd Sirile Lewis Wright, Jr. Outstanding students have been honored in the directory since it was first published in 1934. SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS! thus, he became pari of the law team Chambers, Stein, Ferguson and Lanning. Elected to his first term as District Court Judge in 1974, Lanning said he "treats peo ple with dignity," and aUemgt^U^jnake^ court feel more at ease. Lanning is married to the former Kevin Davis and has a five-year-old son. Joehua. The District Court presides over several smaller courts family court, juvenile justice, misdemeanor, social services, traffic, civil litigation, judicial hospital and criminal-domes tic courts. Judges hear cases part of the dayin one court, close that court, then listen to different kinds of cases in another court for the remainder of the day. Each of the eight District Judges rotate in the different courts. 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