• ~ -> l il/y _ *' V^v your best _ . SjSWQTtt cDLiilCK- r ~ ■ i ADVERTISING MEDIA 910 If IT Vf " k I BLACK NEWSPAPERS . gaass" I HE P >QT kssss™ CALL 376-049* A AAAI Jl F J BLACK CONSUMERS “Charlotte’s Fastest Growing Community Weekly” - ' THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, ^VugusT^TsTg-””™^“““^ -■ ' _ ._ 1 —~ ~ - ___^^^Pric«30Cent> “noto by Jtrry Curry ATTRACTIVE ROSLYN BLAIR' ...Christian Day iunior Miss Roslyn Blair Is Beauty Of Week by Sherleen McKoy Post Staff Writer Our beauty for this week is Roslyn Blair, a rising junior at Carolina Christian Day School, where she is a mem ber of the school’s honor society and the National Honor Society. Ro6iyn characterizes her self as a “friendly and sort of outgoing person” who “gets along pretty good with peo ple.” Her hobbies are cooking, playing tennis, and reading a lot of novels, mostly fiction. She also plays the flute in her school’s band and plays the piano as a personal interest. Taught by her mother who plays for the same reason, Roslyn has been playing the piano for four or five years now. Another favorite past-time of hers is ordering and collec ting odd things (stamps, etc.) as collectors’ items. At her church, Berean Seventh Day Adventist, - Roslyn serves on the Usher Board and other various acti vities. Registering lo Vole Made Eoao*, And Enjoyable WBT Radio and the Meck lenburg County Board of Elec tions have a plan to make registering to vote easier and enjoyable. For a series of eight Satur days, beginning August 4th, the double-decker WBT Fun Bus will serve as a mobile registration unit w..ere three registration commissioners will register new voters, file changes of address and-or pre cinct, and provide general voter information. ^ The WBT Fun Bus will ™ register voters from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m on the following dates and locations: August 4 - Eastland (Belk side), August 11 • Latta Park (Dilworth Jubilee), August 2S - Univer sity Park Shopping Center, September 8 - Sguthpark Mall (Faurvlew Road side), Sep- ; tember 8 • Southpark Mall. Recreation Center, September 22 • Try on Mall Shopping Center, September 29 • Bel mont Regional Center,.. VQIMWI Business prophets attempt to tail us WHAT WILL HAP PEN. Business profits teU us WHAT DID HAPPEN. Upon graduation from high school, Roslyn said that she will most likely attend a local college (in the state of North Carolina) to major in Business Administration and minor in Economics. Roslyn cites her parents as having the most positive in fluence in her life. 1 “My father (deceased since last November) always push ed and encouraged me in things like my schooling,” she explained. “My mother helps me in day-to-day things like cooking and music.” Some of the most enjoyable times Roslyn recalls have been class trips at the end of the school year to Washington, Florida and Atlanta. The class trips, usually lasting from three to four days, began when she was an eighth grader. Laughingly, she said, “They’re half educational and half fun.” bummerume seems to De the season for the Bahamas fever. Like many others who think of a pleasure trip con sisting of pure relaxation and peacefulness, Roslyn said that someday she would like to visit the Islands. "It’s not like a reality,” she said, “but like a fantasy island,” adding that it’s like the saying, “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” Meanwhile, fifteen-year-old Roslyn is contented to just “live and enjoy life each day as it comes and not worry about things in the future.” An only child, Roslyn is the daughter of Mrs. Bernice Rl»ir. U. S. Urged To Link Unemployment Solutions To Energy Solutions Client Council To Hold Sale By Eileen Hanson Special to the Post The Client Council of Legal Services Corporation will hold a benefit attic and bake sale on Saturday, August 4 at the Fireman’s Hall, 2801 E. 7th Street, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The benefit will raise funds to send Charlotte delegates to the National Conference of the Client Council, August 9 -12 in San Diego, California. Dele gates from Charlotte will be Betty Sue Huntley, Evelyn Arant and Carrie Graves. inis comerence is very important for poor people,” said Ms. Graves. "The aim is to involve clients in the policy making of Legal Services programs across the country.” Legal Services is a federally funded program that provides free legal services to low income people. Legal Services of the Southern Piedmont offices are located at 403JW^ Tryon. The Client Council U. composed of those eligiUaJ^pi free legal services. 'kk*re3Lrr cil helps set policy, loobies for legislation to. benefit low income farpilies, and works to educate people about their legal rights. Speakers at the national conference will include Sena tor Edward Kennedy (D-Mass) and Congressman Ronald Dellums (D-Calif). The Charlotte Client Council needs to raise $1200 for their trip to the west coast. President lo Appoint Georgian For Judgeship Washington -- President Jimmy Carter has announced he will nominate Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., of Georgia, as United States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia. • - 1CKLEMBURG COUNTY VOTER -~'CTP A whole family of new voters - Mahon and Wilbert Brown, Adele and William Jackson, all of 909 Spruce. The deadline to register to n . a Ad* vote in the city primary is August 25. (Photo by Eileen Hanson) oauiraay Ajiernoon Cherry Community Organization To Hold Voter Registration by Eileen Hanson Special to the Post “Every Vote Counts.” That’s the message the Cherry Community Organiza tion is spreading door-to-door in their neighborhood canvas for unregistered voters New voters are invited to register on Saturday. August 4 between Noon and 3 p.m. at Morgan Park (Torrence and Baxter), in the heart of Cherry. As an added attraction, can didates Harvey Gantt and Don Carroll will appear to meet new and old voters and to discuss issues in the Septem ber 25 City Council primary election. Gantt, currently an at-large City Council members, is run ning for Mayor If elected, he would be the first black tc head Charlotte V. > Carroll is running for a second term as District 1 Council representative. Cherry is located in his dis trict. The Cherry voter registra tion drive is part of a city-wide push to involve more blacks in the voting process. "Voter registration is en tirely too low in our communi ty," said Janie Tucker, mem ber of the Cherry Organization Steering Committee "We are explaining to each resident that their vote counts. The vote is our power." A special emphasis is direc ted towards getting 18 year olds and senior citizens to register. Any citizen 18 years and older is eligible to regis ter. There is no fee or test. The registrar will ask a few simple questions about residence and party affiliation Voters may register as Democrat, Repub lican. Libertarian or unaffilia ted For those unable to come to the park on Saturday, regis tration is available every day from 8 a m. to 5 p.m. at the Board of Elections, 710 E 4th Street, at any public library or branch of First Union Bank New voters, those whose registration has lapsed from not voting in the last 4 years, or those who have changed name or addresses, must register by August 25 to vote in the September primary According to the city-wide Vote Task Force, only 20 percent of Charlotte’s poten tial 56,000 voters cast a ballot last year. The Cherry voter registra tion drive is an effort to turn that low figure around. “We are striving for 100 percent in Cherry," said Mrs Tucker In Black Community - - Poll Shows Gantt With Overwhelming Sunnort by uary uregg Special to the Post If Charlotte’s mayoral elec tion was held last week, city councilman Harvey Gantt would have carried more than 90 percent of the city’s black vote. Local black political leader ship would have had little impact on that vote as blacks would have demonstrated a growing independence in choosing elected officials. These conclusions were drawn from a Charlotte Post poll conducted last weekend by a local communica tions research and planning consultant firm. In the poll, 81 percent of the respondents said they sup ported Gantt, while one per cent supported Knox and eight percent said they were unde cided. Responding to questions about black political leader ship, 38 percent of the persons questioned said they believe local black political leader ship has significant impact on how blacks vote, while 27 percent disagreed and 35 per cent said they weren’t sure of the impact However, *2 percent of the respondents said they feel (he leaders' influence is decreas ing today, while 18 percent said they think it's about the same as it always was, and 30 percent said they had no opinion. The respondents completely reversed themselves on the question of the black political leadership’s influence on the upcoming mayoral race that pits black city councilman Harvey Gantt against former state senator Eddie Knox, who is white. On this question, 37 percent of the respondents said they think the leadership will decide how blacks vote in this race, while 38 percent disagreed, and 35 percent were unsure The poll was conducted in response to reports that Char lotte’s black community is split in its support of Knox snd Gantt, and that this split is largely fueled by the fact that Knox has significant support among black leaders. In the poll, 190 black regis tered voters in scattered pre cincts were asked four ques tlons in telephone interviews No whites were interviewed The questions were: + Does Charlotte's black political leadership have sig Harvey Gantt Mayoral candidate nificant impact on how blacks vote? + Is the influence of Char lotte's black political leader ship decreasing today? + Do you think black politi cal leadership will decide how blacks vote in the upcoming mayoral race between Harvey Gantt and Eddie Knox' + Who are you supporting in the mayor's race? Persons interviewed were asked to respond one of three ways: l think so, I don't think so, I'm not sure, and to desig nate the candidate they sup A ported, or to select "undeci ded” if that was the case. Though saying he complete ly backs the poll's conclu sions, Milton Jordan, presi dent of Jordan & Associates, the communications, research and planning consultant firm that conducted the poll, said the process had two major flaws. "We did not seek to deter mine if 150 respondents was an adequate sampling of the city’s black registered voters, and respondents were not asked to define black political leadership," Jordan said, "and the interviewers offered no definition.” According to current board of elections figures, there are 26,028 black registered voters in the city, compared to 123,094 registered whites. Blacks make up about 28 percent of the city’s popuia tion In separate interviews, other individual blacks in their comments basically sup ported the poll’s findings "I don't think the so-called leaders will have much at an impact on this election," said Carrie Graves, a community activist who livas in Dalton Village, off West Boulevard M. "I believe that mo6t black people will see that Harvey (Gantt) is the most qualified of the two candidates, no matter what the leaders say, and I think he will be judged on his record, which I think is very good ’ ’ Johnsie Evans, a retired nurse who lives at 1000 Baxter Street, said she is supporting Gantt because ‘Tve watched him on the council, and he appears to be for the people, and uncontrolled by any spe cial interest group He backs whatever he thinks is right, and is his own man." Elma Clancey of 1609 North brook Drive said she listens to what the political leaders say, but then makes up her own mind about who to vote for “My final decision," Mrs Clancey said, “is based upon what I know and feel about a particular candidate " But Mrs Clancey also said she thinks there are blacks who wait to see what the leaders say before making up their minds, and who pretty much follow the leadership's direction Gantt, a two term city coun oilman, who holds one of four at-large seats on the 11-mem ber city council. Rev. Sullivan Praises Domestic Policy Chief Special to the Post WASHINGTON, D C.-Stuart E. Eizenstat, President Car ter’s assistant for ^domestic affairs, joined recently with Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, foun der-chairman of OICs of America, to pinpoint the chal lenge posed by rising youth unemployment in the nation when he received the OIC Public Service Award, the 'highest that the organization gives for government execut ive leadership. Rev. Sullivan praised the U.S. domestic policy chief for his “total commitment to ser ving those who need help most" and for his “unswer ving dedication to the public interest, setting an example for a new generation in public administration and public service." As if in anticipation of the Camp David decisions of Pre sident Carter to concentrate on the energy crisis and the economy, the two men spark ed an enthusiastic response from 2,000 delegates attending the 15th annual convocation of the Opportunities Industrial ization Centers, held in Wash ington, D C., by identifying unemployment among the dis advantaged as a key barrier in achieving economic and social progress. mii uii, uiuciai noiea mat not only is Mr. Eizenstat a strong supporter of what OIC is trying to accomplish, but a strong voice in finding solu tions to America’s pressing energy problems In this envi ronment, he said, "Rev. Sulli van's war on youth unemploy ment now takes on new signi ficance as a battlefront in the overall fight to reduce America's high level of depen dency on foreign sources of energy." Rev Sullivan and OIC feel that a strong domestic energy industry can be a key source of new jobs and therefore, job-training opportunities The OIC official noted that minority groups and economi cally disadvantaged indivi duals are hardest hit by the spiraling costs of energy and in many places, energy short ages "We therefore heartily support and encourage attempts by the President and leaders such as Mr Eizenstat to make America stronger on the energy front," he said. "At this early stage in the new energy program, how ever, we urge U S policy makers to link our high degree of unemployment, particular ly among our young people and most of all among our minority youths, with the planning on how to stimulate energy development "The matter of energy is a tremendous problem for our government leadership But we at OIC also see it as an opportunity - an opportunity for jobs We must discover and develop new sources of oil and natural gas within our borders We must learn to use our vast resources ol coal, as well as oil shale, in an econo mically and environmentally sound manner We must en sure that present and future nuclear plants will he safe And we must develop other alternate sources of energy, from geothermal to solar to the use of solid waste mater i&iA. " he declared “All of this will require people trained people cons tructing pipelines ■*«* plants, working in lai