-——- r. - FT0VA YOUR BEST _ _ f' Jfffisr THP P1IKPT ITTP Dj ionp sss • sffjar 1 IlJCi ijxljfllUi r 1 1 Ju Jr 1 ro 1 “CJiariotte’s Fastest Growing Community Weekly" TOE CHARLOTTE POST Thursday. July 26. 1979 Pnce30 Ce Ls WIN t Program Wins Recognition RALEIGH--North Caro lina's efforts to train and find jobs for welfare recipients was recognized in Raleigh this week as the most cost effect ive in the nation for the second consecutive year. Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. was presented Certificates of Achievement Tuesday by David T. Duncan, Regional Administrator of the Employ ment and Training Adminis tration of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Certificates were for J. B. Archer, Chair man of the Employment Secu-i rity Commission, and Robert H Ward, Director of the Divi sion of Social Services of the N. C. Department of Human Resources. These two agen cies are jointly responsible for the administration of the Work Incentive (WIN) program in the state. For the twelve-month period ending September 30,1978, the average cost for administra tion and services of $834 per WIN registrant entering un subsidized employment, was the lowest in the country. North Carolina's program also ranks either first or second in the top three in other areas During uie teuerai uacai year 1978, these two agencies through their respective local offices, assisted more than 5,000 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) welfare clients in entering unsubsidized employment, of which 700 were AFDC appli cants whose welfare grants had not yet been authorized. Annualized Welfare savings resulting from the employ ment amounted to over $8 million, while an estimated $1.2 million was generated in Medicaid savings,” Duncan said. Additional benefits accruing to North Carolina through WIN was the $24 million in annualized wages earned by these welfare clients enrolled in WIN. During the same period 2,500 of these clients went off the welfare rolls com pletely according to Duncan. “These monetary savings are very important to your state and the reason why we bring this to your attention; however, as you readily recog nize, the more critical savings are in terms of the human benefits derived as many of the individuals no longer face the specter of welfare as a way of life, but instead have strengthened their self-esteem and now contribute to society in their own right. Your WIN program has made this pos sible,’’ concluded a letter pre sented to the Governor by federal officials of both the Departments of Li >or and HEW. m m ■ ■ s jTim’KUMiuurp County Road Closes The Division of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has closed the ramp leading from the 1-65 northbound lane to 1-77 northbound lane in Charlotte to through traffic for approxi mately two months, according to Division Engineer David B. Roberts. , The ramp, located at the intersection of 1-77 and 1-66 wilt be closed until Monday, September 17. 'aasiBBsaw wimm MIDDLE AGE l> when a person starts thinking about resigning from the JET SET and joining the SET SET ;■* >> ■ • Photo by Jorry Curry GORGEOUS DORIS ANNETTE NORMAN ...South Mecklenburg graduate Doris A. Norman Is Beauty Of Week by Sherleen McKoy Post Staff Writer “To love and to be loved” is the underlying principle of our beauty for this week, Doris Annette Norman. Doris, a 1978 graduate of South Mecklenburg High School, is presently working part-time at Stuart’s Ladies’ Apparel on Freedom Drive. She began matriculating at the University of North Caro lina in Charlotte last semes ter. She plans to study ac counting, but her main inter est lies in helping mentally retarded children. She also plans to attend the American Business and Fashion Insti tute on Independence Boule vard to study the basic funda mentals of modeling. Doris describes herself as a “sensitive and indifferent” person, “yet shy in certain situations.’’ Her hobbies consist of sew ing, singing, roller skating, dancing and playing pool (for 4Mi years). An only child, Doris credits her mother with the distinc tion of being her “guiding light.” "Her suggestions are very influential,” Doris related. “She’s very interested in eeverything I do.” One of Doris’ most exciting moments was the day of her graduation from high school. "It was a cnance tor me to get and pursue a career of my own choice,” she noted. “I no longer have to wait around and wish for a career, I can now go out and pursue it.” Someday Doris would like to visit the Bahamas. ‘‘I’ve heard so many talks and seen many pictures about it," she said. “The island is my idea of a place where I can just go, relax and enjoy my self.” But for now, she’ll just be contented with her trip to Orlando, Florida the last week in August with a group of her friends. Calling it a trip “to get away from work," Doris said they will visit Disney world and the sandy beaches of Florida. When she returns to UNCC this Fall (which she said, “I gave it up for the summer with every intention of returning this Fall”), Doris plans to join the Alpha Beta Sorority, a social club specifically for freshmen women. She also plans to become a cheerleader next year, something she’s been doing since junior high school. By 1984, Doris said that she hopes to have settled down (she plans to make her home in Charlotte) and get her family started. Nineteen-year-old Doris is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Norman. John C. Brooks Says: North Carolinians Priced Out Of New Home Market Mercy P:rT^is Arthritis Class Series Julius Caesar, John Calvin, Mary Queen of Scots and Henry VIII of England all had one thing in common - each suffered from arthritis. Many patients in Mercy Hospital today can more than sympa thize with their plight because they, too, know the pain asso ciated with chronic rheuma toid diseases like arthritis. Working closely with Drs. Patrick and Jane Box, inter nists specializing in rheumato logy, the hospital’s Patient Education Department has n 4 L_1AI_ teaching program for in-house patients. The program in cludes a series of three classes a week plus films aired over in-house closed circuit TV. Classes began July 17 for patients of Drs. Box, although they are open to other patients with specific orders from thcr physician. Held each Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday at 2:30 p.m., the classes discuss the nature and types of arthritis and inflammatory disease, myths about “cures ’, proper exercise and treatment, and the community resources available. “Over $4 million is lost to quackery each year" in arth ritis “cure-all’’, explains Patient Education instructor Joan Angely, RN, citing examples from copper brace lets to moondust and acupunc ture. Myths about such cures for arthritis are presented to the class In the film, “Flim Flam Man." Remissions may occur while attempting one of these cures, says the film, and the credit is given to the "flim flam man” even though the remission may have occurred anyway. 12,000 Attending Women’s Baptist Home Convention Here by Susan Ellsworth Post Staff Writer Over 12 thousand women from across North Carolina flocked to Charlotte this week to attend the 95th Annual Session of the Women’s Bap tist Home and Foreign Mis sionary Convention. Mayfield Baptist Church