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CMS Seeks To Increase Involvement The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Office of the Parent ing Counselor will offer a 10-15 week course to parents of the West Charlotte Feeder Area. This course will attempt to increase parent involvement in education, according to James Robert White, Parent ing Counselor, of the Char lotte-Mecklenburg schools. The course has three main objectives: to assist parents in communicating both with their children and the school, to seek parental understand ing of and support for their children’s educational activi ties, and to act as a liaison for school and community. The classes will meet week ly at the local high and junior high, on Monday, at West Charlotte High School, Tues day, at Cochrane Junior High School. Wednesday, at Pied mont Open Middle School, and Thursday, at John T. Williams Junior High School. Day meet ings for parent training class es within the West Charlotte Feeder Area will be held from 10 a m. till 12 noon. Registration will continue until Nov. 17 at the Area Center, located on North Gra ham Street. To register, call 333-7582 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mrs. rixley' I o Serve On Board Mrs. Roland T. Pixley of 2018 Bucknell Avenue. Char lotte, was elected by the TJirl Scout National convention meeting in Denver, Colorado, on October 25 to serve on the national Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. While raising four daugh ters and a son, Jane Pixley has been a troop leader for 21 years. In addition, she has served Hornets’ Nest Girl Scout Council as neighborhood chairman, vice president, pre sident (two terms), and as a member of the Region III Council Evaluation Task Group. A registered nurse, who • holds an S.S. from the Univer sity of Buffalo, Jane put her nursing skills to use when she and her physician husband participated in a medical mis sion to Zaire. Jane’s Senior troop benefits from her enthu siasm for needlework, sailing and swimming. At one time or another, the whole family has heen involved in Girl Scouting. 8,000 Girl Scouts Helping Salvation Army Eight thousand girl scouts in eight Metrolina counties aie helping the Salvation Army, by collecting goods from now until November 12. Clothing and household items that are donated to the Salvation Army Rehabilition Center will help keep the men at the Center constructively employed. If you have items you want to donate, contact a neighbor hood girl scout. A year’s subscription is only $13.00. - REPORTER AUDREY KATES TALKS ~.Wilh Ms. Villa Lenoir Beginning November 15 Ebony Exposures To Focus On Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies are the focus of a special two-part edition of EBONY EXPOSURES, “The War of Poverty: Has It Been Worth It?" Part one airs Wednesday, November 15 at 7 p.m. on UNC-TV, Channel (s) 58. Part two featuring a live call-in segment airs the following Wednesday, November 22, at 7 p.m. There are 35 Community Action Agencies in North Car olina employing 2,600 people and a volunteer staff of nearly 7,000. They are charged with the task of eliminating pover ty for the 780,000 people in North Carolina who fall below the poverty level. Part one looks at some of the successes and failures of Com munity Action programs in North Carolina. The programs answer a wide variety of community needs. For exam ple, the Blue Ridge Communi ty Action Agency in Lenoir operates a moble cannery for middle and lower income fam ilies. The Macon County pro gram for Progress in Franklin provides money and expertise to help low income families construct their own houses. Other programs provide coun seling for prison inmates and iT weatheming project that— prepares older homes for win ter. Also featured on the pro gram will be Governor James Hunt, Howard Lee, secretary of Human Resources and Community Development and Laird Harris, assistant to the director of community deve lopment for the Community Services Administration. Viewers with questions a bout programs discussed in Part one will have an opportu nity to have them answered on a live call-in program Novem ber 22. Joining host Audrey Kates will be four directors of Community Action Agency and James Walker, Regional Director of Community Action •••Sell Subscriptions For The ••• • Charlotte Post _ And Make Big Money H f Agencies in Region four. The toll free number is 1-800-662 7030. EBONY EXPOSURES is a production of UNC-TV and was produced by Audrey Kat es and Bob Spencer.
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